Saturday, September 17, 2011

Purported Samsung Galaxy S III specs revealed

So what are these specs? Well, prepare to get your mind blown. According to our friend, the Galaxy S III will have a
  • Quad-core 2.0GHz processor.
  • 1.5GB RAM, expandable memory with 32GB built-in.
  • 4.65-inch Super AMOLED III display developed specially for this phone with an odd 1280 x 1024 resolution, which will give it a pixel density of 352-PPI, the highest on a smartphone so far.
  • 10 megapixel camera capable of recording 1080p videos at 60fps.
  • Metal body with 9mm thickness and a 2,250mAh battery.
  • Built-in NFC.
The device will be running on Ice Cream Sandwich with a TouchWiz 5 on top. This new version of TouchWiz will be a bit different from the current versions wherein it won't be as comprehensive and will feature only minor changes to the OS. This will allow Samsung to provide quicker software updates in the future.
Samsung is planning to announce the device at MWC 2012 with a worldwide release planned sometime in mid-2012.
The specifications sound very impressive but perhaps a bit too impressive. Unlike the information regarding the Nexus Prime and ICS, we will take our anonymous friend’s information with a pinch of salt this time. We especially have doubts regarding that display. It has a 4:3 aspect ratio, which is simply odd for Android. Leaving aside the budget phones with QVGA resolution, no other Android phone has a 4:3 display. We can’t even dismiss it to a type as there are also claims of pixel density being made, which only make sense with the said resolution and size.
We will have to wait and see how this pans out. If we are lucky this may just turn out to be real. Hopefully the next time we hear about it, there will be some photographs of it as well.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Apple iPhone 5 to go on sale on October 15th, Orange confirms

We can imagine Apple won't be particularly happy about that, but the CEO of Orange might have just spilled the beans on the availability of the iPhone 5. He said that if he believes what he hears, the next iPhone will be out by 15th October on his network.
Since CEOs of major carriers like Orange rarely get their information from anywhere else, but the manufacturer itself, this one seems rather trust-worthy. Stephane Richard also went on to say that they will be special packages on offer for the iPhone 5, but that's hardly a surprise, considering the importance of the smartphone to carriers.
Earlier today, we also heard an interesting rumor about the availability of the iPhone 5 in the UK. This information, however, comes from O2's customer service center so it's a bit harder to believe. And there's little sense in Apple releasing the smartphone in France, before they bring it to UK, so it's unlikely that both of those are true at the same time.
So, if the iPhone 5 is to come in the middle of next month we should be looking for its announcement event to be scheduled for the end of September. Yeah, the waiting is killing us too, but at least we know its end is finally nearing.

Monday, September 12, 2011

Friday, September 2, 2011

Samsung Galaxy Note

The Galaxy Note has a 5.3" WXGA (1280x800) screen (285ppi) and comes with a stylus, the S Pen that works with dedicated apps (S Planner, S Memo, etc.). It runs Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread (and not Honeycomb as you might have expected) on the same beefed up Exynos chipset as the Tab 7.7 (dual-core 1.4GHz CPU, 1GB RAM, Mali-400MP GPU). However, its camera is much better at 8MP with 1080p video recording.
The Galaxy Note measures 9.65mm of thickness and 178 grams of weight. It's battery is 2,500mAh.
There will be a selection of accessories for the Samsung Galaxy Note - a pen holder for the S Pen stylus, a dock and even a car holder.

Samsung S5360 Galaxy Y preview: First look

Smartphones at parent-friendly prices mean that a kid's first phone can be a smartphone, just like dad’s. The Samsung S5360 Galaxy Y is part of Samsung's youth-oriented lineup and promises the Android experience at a bargain.









The Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 was just announced this week and it will be some time before it gets the market. However, we have a pre-production unit in our hands so we decided we do a quick preview just to get you started. So without further ado here's the overview of the key features.

Samsung S5360 Galaxy Y at a glance:

  • General: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, 3G with HSDPA
  • Form factor: Touchscreen bar phone
  • Dimensions: 104 x 58 x 11.5 mm, 97.5g
  • Display: 3" 65K-color TFT LCD capacitive touchscreen, 240 x 320 pixels
  • CPU: 832MHz ARMv6 processor
  • Memory: 256MB RAM, 164MB storage, hot-swappable microSD card slot
  • OS: Android OS, v2.3.3 Gingerbread with TouchWiz UI
  • Camera: 2MP camera with geotagging, smile detection; QVGA video recording @15fps
  • Connectivity: Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, charging microUSB port, GPS receiver with A-GPS, 3.5mm audio jack, FM radio
  • Battery: 1200mAh
  • Misc: Built-in accelerometer, multi-touch input, proximity sensor, Swype text input, Office document viewer
The Galaxy Y is probably the first step on a journey that may well end at the latest generation of Galaxy S available. It packs enough to provide the full smartphone experience but was put together with a low budget in mind. The full-blown TouchWiz 3.0 has the software side of things well covered.







Thursday, September 1, 2011

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 preview: First look

Last year’s IFA is where the tale of Samsung and tablets started and now the company is ready to open a new chapter and it’s one we couldn’t be more excited about. The SuperAMOLED screens were one of the best things to ever happen to the smartphone industry and now they have landed on slates as well. Meet the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7.




Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 official photos
As its name suggests, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 has 7.7-inches of SuperAMOLED Plus gorgeousness. The tablet is a living proof that the mobile industry has been progressing at an amazingly rapid rate. A single year is all it took for Samsung to more than double the processing power and get a vastly superior display technology on board, while at the same time reducing the thickness by a third.
Just check out the compelling specs sheet that the Galaxy Tab 7.7 has:

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 at a glance

  • Form factor: Tablet
  • Dimension: 196.7x 133 x 7.89 mm
  • Weight: 335g
  • Display: 16M colors 7.7” Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen of WXGA resolution (1280 x 800 pixels)
  • OS: Android 3.2 Honeycomb, TouchWiz UI
  • Chipset: 1.4 GHz dual-core Cortex-A9 CPU, Mali-400MP GPU, 1GB of RAM, Exynos chipset
  • Camera: 3.2 MP autofocus camera with 720p video recording; LED flash; 2 MP front-facing camera
  • Memory: 16/32/64 GB internal memory, expandable through a microSD card slot
  • Connectivity: quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and quad-band (850/900/1900/2100 MHz) UMTS with 21 Mbps HSDPA and HSUPA 5.76 Mbps support, dual-band Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, Assisted GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, 30-pin connector
  • Battery: 5,100mAh (Up to 10 hours of video playback)
  • Misc: Gyro sensor, accelerometer sensor for automatic UI rotation, ambient light sensor, Adobe Flash Player 10.3 support, DivX/XviD support, TV-out (through an adapter)
So not only are we getting a Super AMOLED Plus instead of a regular LCD, we are also treated to a larger screen and higher resolution in a body that hasn’t growtn noticeably. Plus, there’s the latest version of the tablet-friendly Android on board, instead of Gingerbread and the oversized-phone experience that it provides.






All this really shows that Samsung is a quick learner. In the increasingly crowded tablet market you can’t achieve great things by being as good as the rest – you need to stand out. And what could possibly stand out more than a combination of the most powerful mobile chipset, an impressive screen, an ultra-slim waistline and a thin bezel?
Luckily, we were able to get a pre-production Galaxy Tab 7.7 and we went for a short hands-on preview to get you started. By now you should have felt how enthusiastic we feel about the Galaxy Tab 7.7, so we better not waste any more time. The hardware inspection comes after the break.

Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 Gets Official Gingerbread 2.3.4 Update with DDKQ5


Galaxy Ace S5830 users can now breathe easy as an all new update for the Galaxy Ace has arrived in the form of an update version Gingerbread 2.3.4. With the arrival of this Global Gingerbread 2.3.4 update which is having the version name as DDKQ5 and is among the stable releases OF ALL THE Gingerbread versions. Over a period of time there have been several beta versions which were seen on this site but due to some or other reasons users used to face some issues which now has been sorted out in this version of firmware. Though there is no exact clarity on where this update is pushed via KIES, we have a manual way with which you can update your Ace easily.
So, in the due course of this article we will see on how you can update with the same as this version comes along with a bunch of enhancements which too we will see in the dues course of this article and for your convenience, we have broken this article over a couple of pages so that all the different sections like Pre upgrade instructions, Enhancements and then followed by the Procedure to update with this version will be seen. Additionally, ensure that you are applying this update only on Galaxy Ace S5830 and not on any other phone as just in case if you still proceed for the update then there is a high probability that you may end up bricking up the device.
Highlight: The best part of this firmware is that anyone from any part of the World can proceed with the updation of the Galaxy Ace S 5830 device. The only thing you need to do is to just follow the instructions strictly which are mentioned in the due course of this article.
In the last two articles of the update for this Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830, it has been found that users were not following the procedure and due to which many of them faced some serious consequences due to which either the phones were not updated or the devices got halted in the amidst of updating it due to improper flashing of the phone. So, we appeal to all of you out here that kindly follow the instructions which are mentioned in the due course of this article so as to refrain from such incidents which will facilitate the smooth updation process of the device.
Rooting Information: Please note that, updating with this firmware version won’t root the phone in any manner or even won’t require you to root the phone before applying this update. Just in case if your phone is already rooted then you will have to enter into the recovery mode and then need to clear the cache and wipe the data to apply this update of DDKQ5.
Note : Please note that in the process of updation you will be losing all the data which is SMS, Contacts, Music, Videos and Pictures if they are stored in the phone. All the contents stored in your external SD Card will stay intact and no contents will be modified in the external SD card. Additionally, all the APN Settings as well as the MMS Settings too will be erased, so you need to ensure that you are noting all this settings somewhere so that you can then restore the same by configuring it manually once the firmware updation process is done. To know on how you can back up all your data, kindly refer to the “Pre Upgrade Instructions” which are mentioned in the Page No. 3.
Disclaimer : We take no responsibility in any manner if any damage occurs with your phone which is a very unlikely event if you follow each and every single instruction which is mentioned in the due course of this article. Although if at all there are any issues then do report us in the comments section and we will help you in solving the same.