Russia
Sony might announce Xperia L, SP on March 18
Reports are coming in from Russia, which suggest that the Japanese manufacturer might announce the much leaked Xperia L and Xperia SP smartphones next week. Company has scheduled a press event in the country and MobiTelefon.ru believes that Sony will announce Xperia L and SP at this event.
There is no way to confirm, which phones is Sony going to showcase at the event, but unless Sony plans to announce a local launch of some product, the Xperia L and SP launch seems likely. However, we would not put our money on that just now.
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Meizu MX2 goes on sale in China, Hong Kong and Russia
Chinese smartphone maker Meizu has released its latest Flyme OS smartphone MX2 in China, Hong Kong and Russia recently. The smartphone features a 4.4-inch 1280x800p resolution display, 1.6 GHz quad-core processor, 2GB RAM, and 16/32/64GB of internal memory.
The smartphone also comes with 8MP rear camera, front camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and 1,800 mAh battery.
Originally announced back in late-November, it is the third Android smartphone from the company.
The operating system in the phone Flyme, is a forked version of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.
Pricing:
- China: RMB 2,499 ($400 / €300) for 16GB and RMB 2,999 ($480 / €360) for 32GB
- Hong Kong: HK$2999 ($386 / €291) for 16GB and HK$3299 ($425 / €320) for 32GB
- Russia: 17997 rubles ($587 / €440) for 16GB and 19997 rubles ($650 / €490) for 32GB
There is no word on the 64GB availability or pricing right now in any of the countries.
Russian Google “Yandex” launches Android app store
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Russian search giant Yandex has announced the launch of an Android app store. Dubbed as Yandex.store, company is already teasing it at store.yandex.com; it is expected to go live some time in this quarter.
Acer Iconia Tab A700 leaked, features 1920×1200p display, Tegra 3
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First images of Acer Iconia Tab A700 were spotted today in Russia. Originally revealed a month ago in a UAProf, A700 is supposedly coming with a quad core Tegra 3 processor and 10.1 inch display with a hefty 1920X1200p resolution.
Samsung Galaxy S2 now available in Russia, Germany; coming to Italy, Taiwan soon
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Latest Android flagship smartphone from Samsung, Galaxy S II has started reaching various markets, and will be launched in the others soon. The latest ones to get this Android beast are Germany and Russia.
Samsung Galaxy S 2011 Edition with 1.4 GHz processor unveiled in Russia
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Samsung Russia has officially launched another Android smartphone in the country. Dubbed as Galaxy S 2011 Edition, this phone brings a series of improvements from original Galaxy S.
MTS launches Android phone with Russian positioning technology GLONASS
As reported earlier by us, MTS launched the first Android smartphone with Russian positioning technology GLONASS. Dubbed as MTS Glonass 945, it has been manufactured by Chinese OEM ZTE.
Along with GLONASS, this smartphone also support traditional GPS. Russia has been developing GLONASS — its answer to the U.S.-Air Force operated GPS — since 1976. Having spent $2 billion in the last 10 years, it is expected to provide a comparable service to GPS next year.
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Samsung Galaxy S 2011 Edition arriving in Russia with 1.4 GHz processor
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Looks like Samsung is not going to leave the much-successful Galaxy S line behind. After launching a slight modified Galaxy SL, company is planning to launch Galaxy S 2011 I9001 in Russia.
Xperia Play global rollout start today with 11 countries and 60 games
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Sony Ericsson has announced that much-awaited gaming Android phone Xperia Play has started launching in countries across the globe starting today. Xperia Play is now on sale in shops in the UK, Germany, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Russia, Hong Kong and Taiwan with further availability in an additional 6 markets over the next 2 weeks.
First Russia made smartphone with GLONASS to launch on March 1
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Well, Russians are finally ready with first home-made smartphone, and it runs Android. Apart from being the first smartphone by Russians, it is also the first smartphone to integrate GLONASS/GPS chip. On paper, this double navigation system is 93 per cent accurate, as opposed to GPS’s 64 per cent.
