Android Jelly Bean OS manages speedy launch on ZTE’s N880E smartphone

Android Jelly Bean OS manages speedy launch on ZTE's N880E smartphone

Unless you’ve been buying your Android gadgets exclusively from Google’s Play store, chances to get your hands on the latest iteration of its mobile OS are still pretty rare. Color us surprised, then, when ZTE announce that one of its humbler handsets from last year is making the leap from Android 2.3 all the way to version 4.1. The China-only N880E appears to be only the third smartphone to launch with the buttery smooth Android trimmings, spread across a 4-inch WVGA (480 x 800) display. The smartphone holds onto the four off-screen capacitive Android keys and is powered by a 1GHz Qualcomm processor and 512MB of RAM. ZTE is still keeping quiet on whether the phone will appear outside of China — and is similarly schtum on its upgrade plans for the other smartphones.

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Samsung Galaxy Beam with built-in projector now up for grabs: £395 sim-free in the UK

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If you’ve been eyeing flat surfaces with bad intent since the new Samsung Galaxy Beam projector smartphone was announced, it’s now ready for your schemes — at least in the UK. Expansys is showing the light-shooting device in stock, replete with its 4-inch WVGA screen, 1GHz dual-core Cortex A9, 768MB of RAM and 8GB storage, at a price of £395 ($615). The projector itself radiates 15 lumens and displays an nHD (640 x 360) image up to 50 inches across. At 12.5mm (0.5 inches), Samsung claims it to be the world’s thinnest projector phone, so if you need something pocketable for those impromptu presentations — or even to save your bacon — check the source to snag one.

Samsung Galaxy Beam with built-in projector now up for grabs: £395 sim-free in the UK originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 06 Jul 2012 08:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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