Wednesday, April 6, 2011

US Update - Fring group video calls, iPhone 5 release date, Nokia concepts

US Update - Fring group video calls, iPhone 5 release date, Nokia concepts : Your serving of tech news, squeezed fresh daily, is back again. In today’s US Update we kick things off with news from Fring who just released a limited beta of their messaging application for iOS and Android with group video calling. Next we drop the scoop on the latest iPhone 5 release date rumors. Then we take a look at the fresh new Nokia concept phones. This and more on today’s US Update.

Can’t get enough video calling, but want to add more than one of your friends at a time? No problemo, the new Fring beta now supports up to four simultaneous video callers. Fill out a form and see if you’ll be selected to join in on the action. A new prepaid Samsung Galaxy smartphone has just been announced in the US. Set to debut on Boost Mobile, a prepaid segment of Sprint, the Galaxy Prevail will be available this April.

The iPhone 5 is on track for a summer 2011 release. Let me repeat, the iPhone 5 is on track. We’ve got the scoop on the latest rumor suggesting we’ll see the fifth installment of Cupertino’s smartphone in late June. A fresh new Nokia concept, dubbed Nokia Kinetic, has been released on the N Series blog. When a call is received on the Kinetic, the weight of the base station shifts and the phone rises — talk about cool!

Last up this morning is news on the sales of the Motorola Xoom and Motorola Atrix. According to Forbes and Pacific Crest analyst James Faucette, “sell-through trends” of the Motorola Xoom and Atrix “have been disappointing”. That wraps up the latest and greatest in the world of tech news on this fine Wednesday morning. As always I’m Nick Marshall and I’ll see you again tomorrow.

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