HTC Rider and Kingdom leaked , Doubleshot is MyTouch 4G Slide... ...

In a slew of HTC leaks today we see the smudgy pics of two unannounced phones and we hear about the real identity of the HTC Doubleshot, which recently made the headlines on its own. The Doubleshot will be called My Touch 4G Slide in tune with T-Mobile's HTC smartphone naming tradition.

A leaked test radio ROM for the HTC Doubleshot reveals that it will go under the name of MyTouch 4G Slide. We heard more details about the HTC Doubleshot earlier this week. Its XML profile revealed it should come with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, a WVGA screen, a side-sliding QWERTY keyboard and a 1.2GHz processor. Rumors suggested it’s coming to T-Mobile and the newly uncovered name ofMyTouch 4G Slide certainly suggests that as well.

  
HTC Kingdom • HTC Rider

In related news, tow new unannounced HTC handsets leaked today. We don't have many details besides what's already visible on this grainy low-res shots.

The red trim on the HTC Rider is certainly likeable and breaks the smartphone design mold. Rumors suggest that it's perhaps the European twin of the CDMA EVO 3D smartphone. It sure looks like it judging by the buttons below the display.

icloud.com domain name sold for $4.5 million, most likely to Apple... ...

When somebody drops 4.5 million dollars on a domain name, they surely mean some serious business. This is about how much a “mysterious” buyer just purchased icloud.com for, and rumors suggest the domain name's new owner is no other company than Apple itself.

Although the information has not been officially confirmed yet, things just seem to add up for now. It is speculated that Apple is already working hard on deploying its cloud-based media storage services, a goal which might have a higher priority than releasing iOS 5. Cupertino is also said to be in the talks with major record labels in order to smooth out the launch of its online “music locker.” Until recently, the icloud.com domain name was owned by Xcerion, a Swedish company which offers free and premium online storage services. The business, however, now operates under its new CloudMe branding.

Hopefully, more light will be shed on the matter on June 6, when Apple will be hosting its WWDC2011 event

Google Docs App now available for Android phones in Android Market... ...

Google has finally launched Google Docs app for Android phones. This lets you view documents, images, presentations from your Google docs account. This also lets you create and convert documents easily.

Features of Google Docs app for Android

• View documents, spreadsheets, presentations, PDFs and images
• Create or edit documents and spreadsheets easily
• Upload and convert the documents to different formats
• Switch account option lets switch between different accounts
• Search for a particular document by its name
• Share a document with the e-mail ids in the phone contacts
• Upload an image to convert it into Google docs document using OCR feature

This also lets you capture an image to convert it into document. This won’t recognize handwriting and some fonts, but would get better in coming versions says Google.

Other than these features the “more option” in the dashboard shows the text, spreadsheet and presentations separately. This also lets you star and rename the documents. Option to change the privacy setting for the document as public and private is not yet available.

There is a home screen widget with the shortcuts that takes you to Google docs Dashboard, view starred items, capture an image for converting it and create documents.

Google Docs app for Android is available to download in the Android market for phone that run Android 2.1 and above.

BlackBerry Style 9670 Lands In India. Shows Some CDMA Love...Price Rs 24,999

All you BlackBerry fanbois on the CDMA side of the telecom divide rejoice! RIM has launched its much talked about (but not sought after) flip phone, the BlackBerry Style 9670 here in India. Designed to run on the CDMA platform, this device features a twin displays with a 360 x 400 resolution internal one and a 240 x 320 pixel external display.
A five megapixel autofocus camera with flash should take care of your imaging worries. It can also capture videos in VGA resolution which I must say is quite decent. Even though it is a flip phone, it features a full QWERTY keypad and even the BlackBerry standard optical trackpad. Connectivity options include Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS.

The Style 9670 packs in 512 MB of internal memory and is augmented with an 8GB microSD card in the package. It runs BlackBerry OS 6.0, the latest version out there so you won’t feel left behind. This one will set you back by a cool Rs. 24,999 in India which we think is on the expensive side.

You can buy and use the phone on Reliance and Tata CDMA networks. Interested?

Apple officially announces the White iPhone 4, available tomorrow.

Apple officially announced the iPhone 4 last year and it’s almost one year old now. iPhone 4 is no doubt a great device and Apple has sold more than 18 million iPhone units so far. When it was announced, Apple also announced that there will be a White iPhone 4 too but then Apple postponed it till July, and then in October, Apple delayed it again till 2011. We heard that it will be out around summer 2011 and now it’s finally here.
Apple has officially announced the White iPhone 4, which looks more beautiful as compared to the Black iPhone 4. White iPhone 4 will hit AT&T and Verizon on April 28th, and also Apple authorized retailers in following countries:

Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Macau, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, UK and USA

Well, it’s not hitting India tomorrow but Apple said that it will be available in many other countries soon and I am sure that India is also part of it. Just like the Black iPhone 4, 16GB and 32GB model will be available for $199 and $299 respectively on contract. I think that launching it right now doesn’t make any sense because people already got the Black iPhone 4 and also the next iPhone is coming out inSeptember as we heard. Well, if you are an iPhone fan then no one can stop you. So folks, pick up your collected pocket money and be ready tomorrow because I am sure that you are going to make Black iPhone 4 owners jealous with your new device. So anyone getting it tomorrow? And please share your opinion about the White iPhone 4.

Apple Confirms iPad 2 India Launch. Lands 29 April...(Tommorrow)... ...

Apple has a finally made the launch official effectively confirming our report. Like we had mentioned, India features in the list of 12 countries where the tablet would go on sale starting April 29, 2011.

This also comes after Vijay Sales sort of pumped up the hype about the arrival of the iPad 2 in their stores soon.  Apart from India, the iPad 2 also goes on sale in Hong Kong, Israel, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey and UAE. The China launch will happen only on May 6. 

The iPad 2 was already being sold in India for exorbitant prices in the grey market. There were also some websites selling the iPad 2 in India unofficially, before this official launch. As for the prices, here’s how things are stacked up. Prices start from Rs.29,500 for the base Wi-Fi only 16GB version to Rs.46,900 for the Wi-Fi plus 3G 64 GB variant. Here are the individual prices of each of the models.

Wi-Fi 16GB             Rs.29,500
Wi-Fi 32 GB           Rs. 34,500
Wi-Fi 64 GB           Rs. 39,500
Wi-Fi+3G 16 GB   Rs. 36,900
Wi-Fi+3G 32 GB   Rs. 41,900
Wi-Fi+3G 64 GB   Rs. 46,900

India also gets the Smart Cover for the iPad 2. The polyurethane version is priced at Rs. 2,100 while the leather version will set you back by Rs. 3,800. All these prices are inclusive of VAT.

What do you think about these prices? The old iPad prices started from Rs.27,900 and topped at Rs. 44,900 for the top end variant. Do you think paying a small premium is okay for the new, faster, sleeker iPad 2?
Update: We are getting signals (mixed with a little guessing by @annkur) that the iPad 2 might go on sale with a lot of retailers for Rs 27900 and not Rs 29500 (which happens to be the Apple MRP). Wait and watch.

New generation of Qualcomm Snapdragon processors for mobiles are leaked... ...

A leaked presentation of Qualcomm's next generation Snapdragon chips reveals plenty to be looking forward to. Based on the future Krait architecture, the MSM8270, MSM8930, MSM8960, and APQ8064 are expected to be as much as five times faster than current CPU chips. When it comes to graphics power, they are said to be 4 times faster which provides the user with 'console quality gaming'.  

A chip made out of a a 28 nanometer process would have 23% more computing power and use 47% less battery power than an Cortex A-15 running at the same speed. Similar to the A-15, these Snapdragon chips could run at 2.5GHz and will be offered in single-core to quad-core models. 
Qualcomm will be sending out the MSM8960 with 3G and 4G LTE cellular capabilities by the end of spring with the remaining chips getting tested by the end of this year. But don't expect to see this new generation of Snapdragon chips in a handset until sometime next year. As you can see below, this new generation of Snapdragon will be capable of running 1080p displays and 3D video, 7.1 Dolby SurroundSound and a 20MP camera. 

iOS is the most wanted OS, after Android

Competition between mobile operating systems is increasing each and every day. At the moment, Android is leading the race and is the most favorite OS. Well, if you don’t believe me then a report is proving it. According to Nielsen survey, they went out to find out which is the best and most wanted OS at the moment in USA, and mostly people are choosing Android as their future OS and iOS is the runner-up. Last year, iOS was leading but things in mobile market changes so rapidly. iOS is currently falling behind Android but iOS will still remain the second powerful OS. As Gartner also reported that Android will dominate the mobile market by 2015, it looks like it will happen before 2015. RIM BlackBerry OS looks really outdated to users and that’s the reason they are moving from BlackBerry to other devices. BlackBerry World event is around the corner, so let’s see if RIM can do something amazing to impress their fans.

Google I/O is also next month and I am pretty sure that Google will introduce some new features to Android. Reason Android is leading that it’s highly customizable, easy to use and a lot of devices are available to choose from. The only problem Android is facing right now is the battery problem. People are complaining that battery life on Android is very low, but it can be increased by rooting and adding some good ROMS, but we are talking about stock ROM. So I hope Google will also make a solution for it.

Apple iOS is unique, simple, and very easy to use. Even a little kindergarten child can use it, that’s the reason people like it. Android is a little complicated as compared to iOS, but iOS is not highly customizable like it. Apple will be launching the newer version of iOS soon, so I hope it will bring some good new features to iOS users.

So folks, tell us what is your favorite OS at the moment?