AT&T announces HTC Vivid and Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket LTE phones, coming on November 6

AT&T has announced their first LTE phone lineup with HTC Vivid and Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket that would be available from November 6. These smartphones uses both the LTE and HSPA+ 4G for a consistently fast connection in and out of LTE areas. The HTC Vivid has dual core 1.2 GHz processor 4.5-inch qHD display and the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket is powered by 1.5 GHz dual core processor and has 4.5-inch SuperAMOLED Plus display. Both these phones run on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread).

The HTC Vivid has an 8MP camera with f2.2 28mm wide angle lens for low light photos and 1080p HD video recording at 60 FPS, 16 GB internal memory that is expandable up to 32GB with MicroSD.

The Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket comes with an 8MP rear-facing camera with LED flash and 1080p HD video recording and a 2MP front-facing camera, 16 GB internal memory that is expandable up to 32GB with MicroSD.

There are LTE plans include, DataPlus that provides 200 MB of data for just $15 per month with extra 200 MB of data usage at  another  $15. The DataPro provides 2 GB of data for $25 per month with an additional 1 GB of data at $10.

The HTC Vivid and the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket would available from AT&T company-owned retail stores and online Nov. 6 for $199.99 and $249.99 respectively with a 2 year commitment.

Opera Mini 6.5 now available for iPhone, BlackBerry, Symbian S60 and Java Phones

Opera has launched their latest Opera Mini 6.5 with Data Usage view and bookmark import is now available for iPhone, BlackBerry, Symbian S60 and Java Phones. The Opera Mobile 11.5 browser is now also available on Symbian S60. The Data Usage view keeps count of how much data you are spending and saving in total, or for a specific time frame. It is said to save 90% of data cost. The Opera Mini and Mobile for Android was launched last month.

The data tracker is located under the “Help” menu that gets you total usage and also temporary usage. You also add bookmarks or new Speed Dial shortcuts for easy access to your most used website in the new version. The cost-saving compression is always turned on in the Opera Mini and you can turn off this feature in the Opera Mobile.

Download Opera Mini 6.5 for iPhone from the Apple iTunes Store. Download the app for BlackBerry, Symbian S60 and Java Phones just by heading to m.opera.com from your device.