Aakash 2 ICS tablet now available for as little as $25 in India
Following the release of the original Aakash tablet more than a year ago, UK-based Datawind hope to continue to make the cheapest tablet around with the Aakash 2.
The new tablet will run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich right out of box (a step up from the Froyo-based Aakash), and can be had for as little as $25 thanks to government subsidies which are imposed in India.
The original Aakash tablet did not impress many largely in part due to its low battery life (2-3 hours), and almost comically slow 366 mHz processor.
This time around, it seems that Datawind are hoping to avoid the you-get-what-you-pay-for stigma of the original, beefing up the processor to a 1Ghz Cortex-A8 and doubling the RAM to 512 MB. The 7-inch screen will feature a display resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, and you get 4 GB of internal storage as well as microSD support for up to 32 GB expansion. The battery performance again leaves something to be desired, as it’s rated for about 4 hours, but the Aakash 2 will also feature a front-facing VGA camera.
All-in-all, it’s a fairly impressive package for the price.
The Aakash 2 is available starting today in India.
Facebook-centered INQ Cloud Touch droid on sale now in the UK, 300 pounds seems pricey
The INQ Cloud Touch phone is on sale in the UK earlier than expected (it was slated for Q3), with some better specs but not quite the bargain price we originally saw. This Facebook-loving Android is coming out just in time – before the similar offerings from HTC get out (the Salsa and the ChaCha).
The INQ Cloud Touch is available right now from The Carphone Warehouse… for £300 SIM-free (which is $490, or a whole of a lot pricier than the $250 we heard originally) or for £18 a month with a 24 month contract (and the phone is free).
Contracts are available for Talk Mobile (theirs is the cheapest with unlimited Internet), O2, Vodafone and 3 UK.
Here’s a quick overview of what you get for your money – a 3.5” HVGA screen, 800MHz CPU (instead of 600MHz like originally announced), 512MB RAM, Android 2.2 Froyo, 4GB microSD card pre-installed, 5MP camera and other goodies.
And of course, there’s the custom user interface – the INQ Cloud Touch comes with deep integration to Facebook.
The INQ Cloud Touch has marginally better specs than the HTC Salsa (the faster CPU mainly, but it runs an older version of Android). However, it lacks the brand recognition that HTC has built up. Got you interested?
Casio announces high-speed EX-FH25 and EX-FC150 with back-light CMOS sensors
Casio Japan announced a couple of pretty interesting digital cameras today. The EX-FH25 superzoom and EX-FC150 compact both feature back-light CMOS imaging sensors that should be able to deliver better signal-to-noise ratio than conventional front-lit units.
Casio EX-FH25
Both cameras sport 1/2.3” 10 megapixel sensors and are able to shoot video at up to 1000 FPS. Of course that number is only achievable in the miserly resolution of 224 x 64 pixels but VGA @ 120 FPS ain’t too bad either.
Casio EX-FH25 sports a 28-560mm (35mm equivalent) zoom lens with minimal aperture of F/2.8-4.5, while the more modestly sized EX-FC150 comes with 37-185mm (35mm equivalent) F/3.6-F4.5 lens.
Casio EX-FH25
Both cameras will start selling on 27th of November but there is no information about their pricing just yet. Admit it – you gotta fancy recording 1000fps video footage yourselves, wouldn’t you? I know, I would.
ZTE announces affordable Light Plus Android tablet, Snow Leopard wallpaper not part of standard equipment [VIDEO]
After the Light and Light Pro, ZTE has another affordable Android tablet for the masses. This one is similar to the two before it but has improved hardware. It now runs on a Snapdragon MSM8225 chip with 1GHz CPU and Adreno 205 GPU, same as most Android phones these days, 1GB ROM, 512MB RAM, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, 3.2 megapixel camera and microSD card support.
It still uses the same 7-inch, 800 x 480 resolution display (which roughly gives it the same pixel density as the iPad) and Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread instead of the tablet-optimized Honeycomb.
The ZTE Light Plus will start selling across Europe in September for a price tag of �250 ($365). Nevermind the Snow Leopard wallpaper or even the Sense UI icons and weather widget on the screen in the image above. It seems that some designer was feeling bit lazy and decided to flick images off from elsewhere instead of from the device itself, which as you can see in the video below, has the standard Froyo icons and none of the other stuff shown above.
Battle of the sub-9-inch tablets: Archos 80 G9 vs. LG Optimus Pad vs. Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 fight [TABLE]
The newly announced Archos ninth generation tablets made quite a significant impact on the Android world. For one the smaller of them immediately heated up the sub-9-incher battle as it offers an impressive specs sheet at a really attractive price point. To make it easier for you to make up your mind we are putting what we consider to be the three best slates “sweet spot” sales out there and see what’s what.
So we pitted the freshly announced 8-inch Archos 80 G9 against the 3D-shooting 8.9-inch LG Optimus Pad and the slim Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9. The Archos 80 G9 has some interesting tricks up its sleeve like a 1.5GHz dual-core Cortex-A9 processor and an optional 250GB HDD. The LG Optimus Pad on the other hand can shoot 3D videos and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 boasts seriously good looks and a gorgeous screen.
Okay, enough blabbing about, let the tablets’ specs do the talking.
Archos 80G9
LG
Optimus Pad
Samsung
Galaxy Tab 8.9
Flash version
HDD version
OS
Android Honeycomb
Android Honeycomb
Android Honeycomb
Display
8-inch
LCD
8.9-inch LCD
8.9-inch
PLS LCD
Resolution
1024 x 768
1280 x 768
1280 x 800
Height
Width
Thickness
226mm
155.3mm
11.7mm
226mm
155.3mm
14.7mm
243.8mm
150mm
12.7mm
230.9mm
157.8mm
8.6mm
Weight
465 grams
599 grams
621 grams
470 grams
Processor
1.5 GHz dual-core
Cortex-A9 OMAP4
1Ghz dual-core
Cortex-A9 processor
1Ghz dual-core
Cortex-A9 processor
Storage
16GB
250GB
32GB
16GB / 32GB / 64GB
microSD
Yes
No
No
No
Front camera
0.7 MP
720p video
2.0MP
2.0MP
Rear camera
No
Dual 5 MP, 2560��1920 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
1080p 2D & 720p 3D
video recording
The Archos 80 G9 battery capacity remains a mystery, but it’s sure as a bright day that with the overclocked 1.5GHz Tegra 2 chip it won’t last as long as competitors with regular CPU clocks. Then again it might use its smaller screen to its advantage and somehow find a balance. We’ll update this table as soon as we get more information on the matter.
Max Payne Mobile coming to Android on June 14, here's a list of supported devices
Although the iOS version of Max Payne Mobile was launched back in April, the Android version got lost in translation and was delayed indefinitely. That is until now.
Rockstar has announced that the game will be available this Thursday, that is June 14 for $2.99 and features HD graphics, high-resolution textures, Social Club connectivity, user-customizable controls and gamepad support for select USB controllers.
Now because this is Android, you can expect some compatibility issues with some of the devices. Fortunately, Rockstar has provided a list of devices that the game is compatible with for now, so you don’t end up downloading it on your phone and watch it crash every few seconds.
Among smartphones, the following devices are supported:
Motorola RAZR, Motorola RAZR MAXX, Motorola ATRIX, Motorola Photon, Motorola DROID Bionic, HTC Rezound, HTC One X, HTC One S, HTC Evo 3D, HTC Sensation, HTC Droid Incredible 2, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Samsung Nexus S, Samsung Galaxy Note, Samsung Galaxy S II, Samsung Galaxy R, Sony Xperia Play, Sony Xperia S, Sony Walkman Z Series Media Player.
Among tablets, the following devices are supported:
Acer Iconia, Asus Eee Pad Transformer, Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime, Dell Streak 7, LG Optimus Pad, Medion Lifetab, Motorola Xoom, Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 / 10.1, Sony Tablet S, Sony Tablet P, Toshiba Thrive, HTC Flyer, HTC Jetstream
This is just for now. You can expect support for more devices to be added in future.
7-inch Android 2.1-powered Huawei S7 has 1 GHz Snapdragon CPU under the hood, poses for a video
Unless this is your first visit to a tech-dedicated website for the past year or so, you know that tablets are all the rage now. And while Huawei is hardly a big name outside the telecom solutions business, their offering in the tablet realm certainly looks interesting.
Dubbed Huawei S7, this Android 2.1-running tablet packs a 7” touchscreen and relies on a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU to do the math. There is also a 3.5mm headphone jack, microSD card slot, USB connector on board, plus a convenient kickstand (guess Apple are saving that one for iPad 2) but that’s as much as we can tell you so far.
All the specs should be published soon either way as the Huawei S7 is obviously close to market release. For now all we get is this short video of the device in action.
3G-enabled Asus Transformer priced in Europe, starts at €500
Asus has just spilled the beans of the pricing of the 3G-enabled version of their Transformer tablet. The Taiwanese company will charge you an extra �100 for the SIM card slot of the popular Android slate with an optional keyboard.
So the 16GB Transformer with 3G connectivity will set you back �500, while a 32GB unit will go for �600. Seeing that the Transformer was somewhat cheaper than most of its competitors, we were hoping that Asus won’t stick to the usual practice and demand �100 for the network connectivity, but alas.
Anyway, at �500 the 4G Transformer still seems to provide decent value with its IPS screen and Tegra 2 chipset. And if you are willing to part with another �100 you will also be able to secure that sweet keyboard that turns it into a proper netbook replacement.
Now how about someone gives us an exact release date?
HTC Flyer on pre-order in the UK for 600 pounds, to arrive in mid-April
HTC’s first tablet, the HTC Flyer, is preparing to land in the UK. The Brits at Clove were very happy to announce the start of the Flyer pre-order and they even have a quick pros and cons for the device.
They’ll be posting one-to-one comparisons with other tablets over the next few weeks, biding their time until the HTC Flyer stock arrives…
By Clove’s estimates this will happen in mid-April. They’re still waiting for official pricing and will amend the pre-order prices before shipping. Right now, the Flyer is priced at £600 (including VAT), which works out to €690. That’s a bit pricier than the €669 that Amazon Germany is asking for it.
The HTC Flyer is one of the smallest tablets we saw at the MWC with its 7” screen and it runs Android 2.4, which apparently is still Gingerbread (sorry ice cream lovers) but it will support apps designed for dual-core Honeycomb tablets and also bring in some of the new UI elements.
Oh, and then there’s the resurrection of the stylus – Scribe as HTC call it. It’s easier to show on video than to explain, so here it is.
If you own a GoPro camera, then you’re familiar with its abilities to capture all the cool stuff you do on the go, and in full HD to boot.
The folks behind the GoPro HERO series cameras have just released an Android app which lets you control the camera from your Android-powered cell phone.
Much like it’s iOS counterpart (released last month), the app, simply called GoPro App, gives you full control over the camera and viewfinder, as well as options for video previews and daily highlights.
For now, only the HD HERO 2 camera equipped with the “WiFi BacPac” optional accessory is supported. If you’ve got one of the new HERO 3 cameras (lucky), then you’ll have to wait a bit longer as compatibility for the White and Silver versions of the HERO 3 will be available later this month, while Black Edition owners will have to wait until December. Furthermore, you Android smartphone will have to run Android 4.0 or better, as any version below that will get poor video streaming rates.
Check out the new app here, while iPhone users can check out the iOS app here.
Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 gets gutted, reveals Samsung-made internals
The new Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 has just been taken apart, revealing plenty of Samsung-made parts in the process.
The teardown also reveals that the device is fairly easy to take apart, which should make eventual repairs relatively painless.
As far as the Samsung contributions go, it seems that the display panel, RAM and battery are all supplied by the Korean giant. The processor is, as expected, the OMAP 4470 from Texas Instruments, while the 6000 mAh battery has a dual design, featuring two separate bays connected by a controller board – something unconventional by today’s manufacturing standards.
Finally, the LCD and digitizer are fused together, which is what you’ll find in most mobile devices.
Nokia 808 PureView snaps its way into the office, we get shutter-happy
It’s been a hard wait since February when the Nokia 808 PureView was announced at the MWC, but now the monster cameraphone that grabbed everyone’s attention has finally arrived in our office.
Yes, the 41MP sensor-touting behemoth is here and it’s ready to blow your mind away. We are already working on its detailed review, but until it is complete, we thought you might want to check out a quick video of the smartphone in action, garnished with our first impressions.
The 808 PureView replaces Nokia’s previous cameraphone flagship, the N8, and by now you are probably quite familiar with what it puts on the table. We already gave you a few samples that should give you a basic idea of the capabilities of its 41MP sensor, but how does it stack up as a smartphone? Running Nokia’s Symbian Belle FP1, the PureView is rocking a single-core 1.3GHz ARM 11 processor and 512MB of RAM. That’s pretty modest by today’s quad-core flagship standards, but the smartphone feels impressively snappy nonetheless.
It’s packs a pretty nice looking 4.0″ ClearBlack AMOLED with a resolution of 360×640 pixels and uses Corning Gorilla Glass for extra protection. The mammoth sensor, Xenon flash and the dedicated imaging processor create a small hump at the back pushing the weight of the device to 169 grams. The added weight helps the nicely solid feel, though, so we don’t mind it all that much.
Check out the video below to see the Nokia 808 PureView in action.
We are working as hard as we can to bring you the Nokia 808 PureView review as quickly as possible and you should expect to see it pop up on our homepage sometime next week. Meanwhile, feel free to post any question you want answered in the review in the comments section below.
Original white iPhone 4 panels on sale, you better hurry up before the seller goes to jail
An inventive USA teenager has found a way to import to the US lots of original white iPhone 4 panels from Foxconn. He is now selling the complete white conversion kit for 280 US dollars. It’s not cheap, but that’s because it comes with the Retina display included (glued to the front panel) plus you will be one of the very few showing off with original white iPhone 4 – that’s worth something on its own, right?. Just don’t hesitate too long, the guy may soon end up in jail.
The 17-years old student Fei Lam knew some guys in Foxconn, which supplied him with the original white iPhone 4 panels. He made a website to sell them and has been enjoying a thriving business. So far Fei Lam has reportedly earned over 130,000 US dollars – money he intends to use for college.
His business was doing well until recently, when Fei Lam received some threatening letter by a private investigator. He’s been accused of selling “stolen goods”. So far no charges are pressed but Fei Lam intends to get a lawyer and continue with his business.
As you may know the white iPhone 4 is postponed to Spring 2011 and Apple’s already removed it from their Store. If you want a white iPhone 4 really badly, visit Fei Lam’s website and hope he’ll send you the parts before the law enforcement team breaks his door.
Temple Run 2 is the fastest growing mobile game after reaching 50 million downloads in 13 days
Angry Birds Space just got stripped from its fastest growing mobile game laurels. Imangi Studios’ Temple Run 2 snagged the title away from Rovio by hitting 50 million downloads in 13 days – a cool 22 days quicker than what it took Angry Birds Space.
The impressive download count was achieved across Apple’s App Store, Google Play, and the Amazon Market Place. Naturally, Temple Run 2 is a the top of the list of the most popular apps in all three app stores.
The original Temple Run has scored over 170 million downloads to date, so it is safe to assume that the sequel will handily beat the achievement. Given the rate of its downloads, I’m guessing that the margin will be significant.
Mysterious 3-inch Nokia device turns out a name badge
The long-awaited Consumers Electornics Show in Las Vegas isn’t due for two more weeks, but already Nokia gets us excited with a little something.
And by the leaked photos of it, it’s a 3-inch device, which doesn’t feature any hardware buttons at all. Excited? Don’t be.
Sadly, as it turns out, this mysterious device is just a fancy programmable name badge for Nokia representatives to flash around on the CES showroom floors. At first we thought it might be a new compact, button-less Windows Phone 7 device, but our hopes were quickly put to rest.
Undoubtedly, CES 2012 will be much more interesting than overly expensive ID badges and we expect the Nokia Labs team to not disappoint.
Rant: Nokia new naming convention is no less than a mess
Okay someone had to step up and say it – Nokia’s new naming convention is a total failure. And I’m not talking about some minor setback here – it’s a full-scale epic fail.
Now I’m not saying they did that on purpose – their intentions probably looked good on paper. Place a letter in front to indicate series affiliation and follow it by the number showing the device’s place in its own series pecking order. Great idea, right – keep it nice and simple?
The actual result however is no less than a mess – for users, advertisers and tech journalists alike. Having a dash in a cell phone name is a big no-no on its own but that’s not even the biggest issue here.
First off, the families of devices don’t seem properly chosen – touch-driven and keypad devices get mixed in the same series and so do smartphones and feature phones. Plus this concept fails to take into account the fact that Nokia keeps more than one generation of some device available at a time. Sometimes first-gen devices (think Nokia C6 for example) were marketed without the add-on to their names and now that the successor is announced the big inconsistency is revealed. Especially when Nokia marketing materials continue to refer to BOTH as C6.
To make matters more complicated, the second generation phone is not really a proper successor of the first one, but a completely different device with a new form factor. In the case of the C6, the first devices is QWERTY side slider and its successor, the C6-01, is a simple touchscreen bar.
Nokia C6 ? Nokia C6-01
It’s the same situation with the QWERTY C3 and its touch-driven non-QWERTY C3-01 “successor”…
Nokia C3 ? Nokia C3-01 Touch and Type
Also Nokia C5 is a regular non-touch smartphone, while the C5-03 (where are the C5-01 and C5-02 here?) is a S60 5th edition handset with full-touch operation.
Nokia C5 ? Nokia C5-03
A similar thing happened in the Nokia music-oriented family with the X3 and X3-02 (again X3-01 strangely missing).
Nokia X3 ? Nokia X3-02 Touch and Type
And what about the Nokia X5-01, where there is no regular X5 to begin with?
Nokia X5-01
And have you looked at the low-end? The Nokia C1-00 is a dualSIM handset, the Nokia C1-01 is not. And finally, the Nokia C1-02 is again a dualSIM handset, but it offers dual standby for both SIM cards unlike the C1-00. I can imagine how that would confuse elderly people, who are frequent customers for this type of products.
Nokia C1-00 ? Nokia C1-01 ? Nokia C1-02
I could go on, but I think I already made my point.
By giving those handsets an identical name only on the grounds of them having vaguely similar price Nokia assumes that people only care about price and not about features.
I really hope the ones responsible for this nonsense will come to their senses and fix it while they still can.
Mozilla releases Firefox for Android Beta, we pit it against its rivals
Mozilla has released a new beta version of the Firefox browser for Android and it brings with it some major changes. The biggest one of all is that the app is written in Java, which is native to Android, instead of the Mozilla developed XUL used on the previous versions. Due to this, you can expect some major improvements in the performance of the app.
Other big change is the new UI, which looks a lot better. It has what Mozilla calls the ‘Awesome Screen’. It’s very similar to the screen you see in Chrome for Android, with the address bar at the top, thumbnails for frequently visited sites below and right at the bottom a list of recently closed tabs.
The address bar lets you search directly. As you type, you will see a bunch of search engines below, such as Google, Amazon, etc. You can type and then click on one of these to search on that particular site. I didn’t like the way the Google search results are displayed, though. Unlike the touch optimized version of Google Search that you see on the stock browser, Chrome and Dolphin HD, Firefox shows the standard mobile version with those really tiny links that you usually see in Opera Mobile.
The browser performance has improved considerably. It’s now a lot smoother and faster. I actually liked the scrolling on Firefox compared to Chrome as it was a bit smoother. Firefox also has no trouble keeping multiple tabs in memory, unlike Chrome, which starts refreshing older tabs the moment you open more than a couple. Firefox uses the Chrome-style bloated fonts for easier reading but sometimes goes a bit too far and makes them look a bit weird, something that Chrome does not. It also failed to properly display Typekit fonts on some sites.
Firefox lacks the menus that appeared from the sides of the screen. The new version is optimized for Android 4.0, so it shows an Action Overflow button on the top right on phones with no menu button, such as the Galaxy Nexus and the HTC One-series phones, and hides it on older phones.
Firefox finally adds support for Adobe Flash Player, although with most of the content on the web now slowly shifting to HTML5 and companies like Google completely removing Flash from Chrome, it might be a bit late to the party.
We ran some benchmark on Firefox and compared the scores to other popular Android browsers, including Chrome, Dolphin HD, Opera and of course, the stock Android browser. The benchmarks were run on a Nexus S running Android 4.0.4, which is currently the latest version of Android.
Sunspider
Lower is better
Stock Browser 3408.8
Chrome 2945.6
Firefox 2992.6
Dolphin HD 3346.5
Opera Mobile 3551.2
BrowserMark
Higher is better
Stock Browser 55382
Chrome 71741
Firefox 35370
Dolphin HD 50731
Opera Mobile 26023
HTML5test
Higher is better
Stock Browser 283
Chrome 380
Firefox 312
Dolphin HD 283
Opera Mobile 380
As you can see from the scores, Firefox manages to keep up with the other browsers in Sunspider and HTML5test but posts a significantly lower score in BrowserMark, despite running the test multiple times. Chrome, just like its desktop counterpart, is the fastest here, and is more than twice as fast in BrowserMark compared to Firefox 12. It must be noted here that the Chrome, Dolphin HD and the stock Android browser are based on the WebKit engine, whereas Firefox uses Gecko engine and Opera uses Presto. Also, both Firefox and Chrome are in beta stages and their performance could improve in the final version.
You can try the new Firefox for Android Beta for yourself by clicking here. It works on Android phones running 2.2 and above. A tablet optimized version isn’t out yet but is in the works. Click here for the change log for the new version.
Nokia makes a video introduction to Symbian Anna and a thorough guide on how to update
Nokia released its Symbian Anna update last week for the N8, E7, C7 and C6-01 handsets and has released an introductory video of the Anna UI to familiarize users with it and, naturally, brag a little about it. Not only that but they’ve put up a dedicated page on how to upgrade to Symbian Anna using the Ovi Suite, the Nokia Software updater for Mac and finally, the in-built updater app on the supported Symbian phones.
The first video focuses the viewer’s attention to four main concepts of Anna – the new design, the battle-proven Nokia maps navigation, the updated, faster web browser and finally, the better PIM (multiple emails support, file manager, business-grade security and more). Jump after the break for the full video.
The video offers direct links to four other videos, depending on what you want to see. You can get a closer look at each of the main concepts.
Let’s move on to the guide-page on how to upgrade your Symbian^3 device to Anna (Source link below). You can opt to update the fastest way – through the in-built app called Software Update on your N8, E7, C7 and C6-01 device. The other way is through the Ovi Suite on a PC or a dedicated Nokia Software Update for Mac. You’ll have to connect your supported Nokia device to a data cable and load up the NSU application.
Finally, there’s a second video teaser of the new Anna features. It’s nothing new compared to the above-mentioned but here it goes anyway.
Nokia released Anna just last week and already it’s teasing us with the Symbian Belle update. A lot of Symbian focus out of Nokia these days – not bad.
Google releases YouTube Capture app for the iPhone and iPod touch
After being dropped out of iOS 6 by Apple, the YouTube app became a standalone application that had to be downloaded from the App Store. But one of the biggest shortcomings of this app was that it was meant only for content consumption, and there was no way to upload videos from it.
Google has now released a separate application for the iPhone and iPod touch, whose only purpose is recording videos and uploading them on YouTube. You can shoot and do quick editing to your videos from within the app itself or upload one of your existing videos.
Unfortunately, the app is currently not available for the iPad. To check it out in action on an iPhone, watch the video below.
Galaxy on Fire 2 free for Nvidia Tegra devices, we wonder what Nvidia is up to
Good news for those with Nvidia Tegra based Android devices. Galaxy on Fire 2 THD is now available for you to download free of cost from the Android Market. This is the special version for Nvidia Tegra devices but there is also a version for other devices which is paid.
Now Galaxy on Fire is a gorgeous looking game and I’m glad for all the Tegra based device owners. But I can see a trend starting here that worries me a bit. We are seeing more and more games optimized for Nvidia hadrware on mobile, which is great for owners of that hardware but not for others. These games aren’t perfectly optimized for other hardware and at times don’t work at all. This makes me wonder whether Nvidia is trying to monopolize the mobile gaming scene the way they did in PC gaming. More and more PC games started coming out that were optimized for Nvidia GPU and hence didn’t work to the full potential of the hardware on ATi GPU.
If that’s the case then soon all the good games will be optimized for Tegra and then that will have to be the platform of choice if you want to game even if there are better phones on other platforms. It won’t do any good to Android’s reputation of being a fragmented platform either. I hope that doesn’t happen though. I hope it’s all just in my head.
Facebook for WP7 2.0 update brings push notifications
One of the most important parts of Windows Phone 7, its Facebook app, just got an update. Version 2.0 of Facebook finally brings some push notification magic to SNS addicts in the WP7 crowd.
Those are shown as toast notifications (or banners in the top of the device like a pop-up) and live tiles. You can set to be notified for a message, wall post, feed comment, when somebody tags you in a photo, comments on a photo of you, etc. So it’s now a fully functioning Facebook app, save for the missing Facebook chat feature.
The app is naturally free and you can get it over here (Zune software is required).
