HTC's upcoming flagship device, HTC M7, is rumored to be released during this quarter (Q1,2013). The first rendered image of the phone has been leaked (photo above) showing a big 4.7-inch display and white design similar to HTC Butterfly with two speakers on the front.
HTC M7 rumored specs includes a 4.7-inch, 1920 x 1080 resolution display with an incredible 468 ppi pixel density, 1.7GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of storage space, 13 megapixel, f/2.0 rear camera and 2 megapixel front facing camera with 1080p video recording.
Samsung might have decided that it makes sense to take the 5.8" Galaxy Player, and turn it into a phone. Granted, the resolution of said multimedia device is just qHD, and it is on the huge size.
Galaxy GT-I9152 Fonblet is the codename of this Player reincarnation, and before you dismiss the name as unlikely to happen, remember that Samsung actually filed a trademark for the Fonblet moniker last year, so it has every chance to become reality.
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Samsung Korea has just Officially annouced that the Samsung's Galaxy S series of Android smartphones has reached a New record, The Galaxy S series total worldwide shipments exceeding 100 million units since the first Galaxy S device shipped two and a half years ago.
The Galaxy S III (I9300) has been the biggest and fastest selling smartphone so far, with 40 Million shipments coming in the first seven months after launch and currently shipping close to 190,000 units every day. The previous flagship Galaxy S II (I9100), which has been around for almost two years now, has managed to ship 40 Million units in 20 months, and don't forget the Original Galaxy S (I9000) which scored more than 20 Million shipments worldwide.
After the CES2013 Event, Samsung showed the GALAXY YOUM Smartphones proto-types that the Exec. used during the Keynote, Qatch the Video here. Samsung showed two devices with YOUM flexible unbreakable screens.
Both Devices have an extended curved YOUM OLED display to show floating content (text, notifications.. etc) while the phone's flip-cover is closed or on sleep-mode. One of the devices has the curved-display at the bottom, and the the other has it at the right side.
Samsung also showed us its upcoming FHD sAMOLED 4.99-inches display with 1920 x 1080 resolution and about 440ppi pixel density too, the display will be featured on the Next Samsung GALAXY Smartphone "Galaxy S IV" this year.
The production date for the 4.99" FHD display is (Q1,2013) which indicates that its coming in the next couple months.
Angry Birds game was an overnight success for Rovio. The game was the 52nd try on the iOS platform for the game developer which struck gold with this franchise game.
During December (last month), 263 million active players took aim at the porkers with 30 million downloads the week of Christmas. On Christmas Day alone, there were 8 million downloads of Angry Birds. The monthly figure was a 30% increase over the 200 million active players for the games back in December 2011.
T-Mobile CEO John Legere might be feeling his oats these days. After all, T-Mobile is about to turn on its first LTE market and the carrier will finally be seeing its name on the Apple iPhone some time in the next few months.
During an appearance at CES 2013 in Las Vegas, Legere speaks to someone in the audience from New York and he is an AT&T customer who apparently isn't happy with his service. Legere then calls AT&T's network "crap" in terms of speed and availability, Check the video below for the video conference.
In the Google Play Store, there is an update for Flipboard that helps prevent accidental page flipping. Additionally, the update also exterminates some bugs that afflicted the app. But more importantly, for those with Android 4.2, it supports the Daydream feature for the OS build.
Daydream is a screensaver that turns on when the phone is charging or docked. Users can choose between seeing the clock, changing colors, photos or headlines from Google Currents. While the latter might sound interesting, it is not interactive which means while headlines appear before your eyes, you cannot touch on one to open a news story. And this is where Flipboard's update comes in.
Samsung's Executive officially showed us a Proto-type of an Upcoming Samsung flexible YOUM-branded smartphone, the Proto-type is believed to be very close in design and features to the upcoming Samsung GALAXY S IV that will released this year. The Samsung executive showed it at Samsung's CES 2013 press conference and surprisely it was a fully working phone with a customized TouchWiz UI too.
This Proto-type has a YOUM flexible side curved-Display that work as an extension to the UI, enables the user to show horizontal content like text, icons and important messages floating horizontally without opening or touching the phone, which is very cool, the phone itself has a 5.0-inch display but we don't have any other info about the screen resolution of the hardware specifications of this GALAXY YOUM Smartphone.
According to Samsung's Executives, Samsung will be launching a whole line-up of Flexible and Bendable GALAXY smartphones under the YOUM branding in the near future, probably by the end of this year.
Don't Miss the Press Conference Video below, it's really Amazing!
Sony revelaeed two New Falgship devices at the CES 2013 this year, Sony Xperia Z and Sony Xperia ZL. Some Sony twitter fans from Canada asked SonyMobile twitter account if the Xperia Z will be launching in Canada or not... Sony tweeted back that Both devices Xperia Z and ZL will be coming to Canada.
.@gmpope - yes both Z and ZL will be coming to Canada ^SM
— Sony Xperia News (@SonyMobileNews) January 11, 2013
The company didn't announce any confirmed release date yet, but you can expect the device to ship worldwide during this Quarter (Q1, 2013).
The successful TV series Game of Thrones by HBO is getting ready to its 3rd season on the TV screen. The new teaser is here and it's three times longer than the one released back in December.
The Teaser is kind of short as it only runs for 45 seconds. HBO said that the first episode of the new season will be aired on March 31.
After Google deleted the Nexus 4 Android 4.1.2 image from its servers and it didn't take long before a Brazilian Nexus 4 emerged with an arm shot of a brand new Android 4.2.2 jelly bean release.
Nothing is known yet about the minor Android 4.2 Jelly Bean update, if it is legit at all on this picture, but the Nexus 4 is apparently starting to get produced in LG's phone factory in Taubaté.
Brazil today, before heading to carriers later in the month, and the first batch of one thousand is reportedly being loaded with Android 4.2.2 from the box, so it's a matter of time we get a rundown on the improvements.
As we reported before Samsung was working on the Jelly Bean Update for the Galaxy Tab 2. Today, We have some Good news for owners of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 and Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, the update to Jelly Bean is now making its way to the Wi-Fi-only 10.1 Galaxy Tab 2 and the 7.0 Galaxy tab 2, the update brings Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean, build JRO03C to your Galaxy Tab.
The Update size is about 311 MB, we don't have a complete change-log yet but the update reported to bring Google now, Project butter smooth UI and performance enhancements.
Nokia is launching its Lumia 920 flagship in India today alongside the Lumia 820. The phones will be available in brick and mortar stores as well as through Nokia's online store with free shipping starting tomorrow and will cost $697 and $504 (RS 38,199 and RS 27,599) respectively.
The budget Windows Phone 8 offering Lumia 620 will be available in India from February but the price and exact date aren't available just yet.
You probably already have Google Chrome for Android installed on your Smartphone/Tablet. But Do you want to try out the New upcoming features of Android Google Chrome before it gets released ? then Google Chrome Beta for Android is your solution.
Google has just officially released the New Chrome Beta for Android, which just like its desktop counterpart, would let you sample all the upcoming features and improvements before they hit the stable version, you get it too from as a separated app beside your stable Chrome for free from the Play Store.
Phil Schiller dismisses all the rumors we have been hearing about Apple working on a cheaper iPhone, The rumor came from a report from the Wall Street Journal.
In an interview with China's Shanghai Evening News, Senior Vice President Worldwide Marketing at Apple, Phil Schiller said that "Despite the popularity of cheap smartphones, this will never be the future of Apple's products".
Samsung keeps on showing us amazing innovations. At the CES 2013, Samsung Electronics unveiled Samsung's Curved OLED TV, breaking the barrier of innovation in home entertainment and become the World's first curved OLED TV with Ultra-High-Definition UHD resolution, using its flexible YOUM technology.
The OLED panel is curved, which provides depth to the content displayed for a more life-like viewing experience. Additionally, consumers will enjoy the Curved OLED TV for its immersive panorama effect, which is currently not possible with conventional flat-panel TVs. When watching captivating content such as vast landscapes and scenes from nature on the Curved OLED TV, they will feel like they are surrounded by the beautiful scenery.
Leveraging its expertise in display technology, Samsung has optimized the picture quality of the Curved OLED TV to deliver a comfortable viewing experience. Viewing visual contents on Samsung's Curved OLED TV is a comfortable experience for the human eye, as the curved panel allows the distance between the user and TV screen to be the same from almost any angle.
"Samsung is dedicated to developing innovation television solutions, beyond what consumers could ever expect, or could even imagine. We will continue our tradition of developing Samsung TV innovations by steadily introducing new TV technology that helps enhance the lives of users, even beyond the World's First Curved OLED TV," - HS Kim, Samsung executive vice president of Visual Display Business.
If you are looking for a Video Player for Android Smartphone or Tablet that can Play any Video format with subtitles. MX Player is your best choice out there, the App supports all video formats and work on all Android versions 2.1 or later.
MX Player make a use of your Multi-core Smartphone/Tablet with Multi-Core Decoding for smooth playback of your videos or any streaming feed online. Also, MX Player has some FREE separated codecs for ARMv5, ARMv6 and ARMv7 phones, MX Player will test your device and show you the best matching codec automatically if it is necessary. You do not need to install codecs unless MX Player asks. MX Player App and Codecs links are below.
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Finally, T-Mobile is Now offering the Titanium Gray variant of the Samsung GALAXY S III starting from today. Most of the T-Mobile retail stores have received their inventory of the Titanium Gray model, which offers 16GB of native storage.
The Price of the Titanium Gray Samsung GALAXY S III 16GB is the same as the 16GB Pebble Blue and Marble White version $279.99 as mentioned on T-Mobile website.
via T-Mobile
Google has just Updated the stable release of Google Chrome Browser to version 24.0.1312.52 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame.
The New Update brings some speed improvements, Security fixes, MathML support and update Adobe Flash to (11.5.31.137). Head to "Menu" -> "About Google Chrome" to update.
Chrome 24 Change-log:
•[$1000] [162494] High CVE-2012-5145: Use-after-free in SVG layout. Credit to Atte Kettunen of OUSPG.
•[$4000] [165622] High CVE-2012-5146: Same origin policy bypass with malformed URL. Credit to Erling A Ellingsen and Subodh Iyengar, both of Facebook.
•[$1000] [165864] High CVE-2012-5147: Use-after-free in DOM handling. Credit to José A. Vázquez.
•[167122] Medium CVE-2012-5148: Missing filename sanitization in hyphenation support. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Justin Schuh).
•[166795] High CVE-2012-5149: Integer overflow in audio IPC handling. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Chris Evans).
•[165601] High CVE-2012-5150: Use-after-free when seeking video. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Inferno).
•[165538] High CVE-2012-5151: Integer overflow in PDF JavaScript. Credit to Mateusz Jurczyk, with contribution from Gynvael Coldwind, both of Google Security Team.
[165430] Medium CVE-2012-5152: Out-of-bounds read when seeking video. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Inferno).
•[164565] High CVE-2012-5153: Out-of-bounds stack access in v8. Credit to Andreas Rossberg of the Chromium development community.
•[Windows only] [164490] Low CVE-2012-5154: Integer overflow in shared memory allocation. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Chris Evans).
•[Mac only] [163208] Medium CVE-2012-5155: Missing Mac sandbox for worker processes. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Julien Tinnes).
•[162778] High CVE-2012-5156: Use-after-free in PDF fields. Credit to Mateusz Jurczyk, with contribution from Gynvael Coldwind, both of Google Security Team.
•[162776] [162156] Medium CVE-2012-5157: Out-of-bounds reads in PDF image handling. Credit to Mateusz Jurczyk, with contribution from Gynvael Coldwind, both of Google Security Team.
•[162153] High CVE-2013-0828: Bad cast in PDF root handling. Credit to Mateusz Jurczyk, with contribution from Gynvael Coldwind, both of Google Security Team.
•[162114] High CVE-2013-0829: Corruption of database metadata leading to incorrect file access. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Jüri Aedla).
•[Windows only] [162066] Low CVE-2013-0830: Missing NUL termination in IPC. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Justin Schuh).
•[161836] Low CVE-2013-0831: Possible path traversal from extension process. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Tom Sepez).
•[160380] Medium CVE-2013-0832: Use-after-free with printing. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Cris Neckar).
•[154485] Medium CVE-2013-0833: Out-of-bounds read with printing. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Cris Neckar).
•[154283] Medium CVE-2013-0834: Out-of-bounds read with glyph handling. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Cris Neckar).
•[152921] Low CVE-2013-0835: Browser crash with geolocation. Credit to Arthur Gerkis.
[150545] High CVE-2013-0836: Crash in v8 garbage collection. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Cris Neckar).
•[145363] Medium CVE-2013-0837: Crash in extension tab handling. Credit to Tom Nielsen.
•[Linux only] [143859] Low CVE-2013-0838: Tighten permissions on shared memory segments. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Chris Palmer).
Google is continuing to encourage the connection between developers and users and now the company behind Android has allowed developers to respond to user reviews and comments on Play store Apps, allow the users to get more connected with the developers, and also allows the developers to get more feedback from the users who are experiencing problems or crashes.
The feature first launched for top developers in June 2012, and now all developers are getting the privilege to reply to users' comments.
Ubuntu OS for phones was formally announced just last week, and won't be available on the market until early 2014. Test images that have been promised, to allow developers and various other technophiles to play around with the platform, won't be made available until late in February.
Great work is definitely being done on the platform, and it seems that Ubuntu for phones has already gotten a performance update.
The video comes from Mika Meskanen, an Ubuntu interaction designer, showing off two devices one running the original build of Ubuntu for phones and the other running the new update. One of the things that we had all noticed from the early hands-on with Ubuntu for phones was that there was some lag and stutters in the UI when scrolling and such. From the new video, it seems those issues have been smoothed out.
The folks at Mozilla are working on a full-fledged mobile operating system "Firefox OS", the debut of which might be closer than we think. We've already seen the platform in action on a smartphone and screenshots of it have been made public, taken using the Firefox OS emulator.
Information regarding actual devices has been scarce to this point, but we now know that at least one major manufacturer is serious about Firefox OS ZTE.
The Chinese company announced its plans to launch a Firefox OS-based smartphone in Europe in partnership with a yet-unspecified wireless carrier. A launch of such a handset on the U.S. market is also being evaluated, although nothing is certain at this point.
Verizon Communications Chairman and CEO Lowell McAdams sat down with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to discuss football and entertainment the other day at CES 2013 in Las Vegas. Both talked about increasing the technology available to those attending a game, and since McAdams no longer is in charge of just wireless, the talk also covered the ways that those watching at home over cable could enjoy more interactive options.
But the highlight of the discussion was when McAdams revealed that Big Red is seeking to broadcast the Super Bowl to Verizon connected handsets over its 4G LTE network. Last year, Verizon streamed the game to its customers through the NFL Mobile app, but a broadcast would offer a more stable view of the game and would eliminate the buffering that takes away from the experience. McAdams said that a broadcast of the Super Bowl could take place as soon as the 2014 game.
The 2014 Super Bowl will be held at Met Life Stadium in New Jersey Next year.
Australia is the next major market the Sony Xperia Z is going to hit this March. Telstra has already opened forms where you can register your interest of buying the device.
According to the Head of Sony Mobile, the Australian Carriers Optus and Vodafone should also be offering the Xperia Z as well. This means that all major carriers in Oz will be offering the latest Sony flagship. No release date or price set for any carrier yet.
Samsung decided to refresh its previous King Of Smartphones the GALAXY S II, with a revamped design, updated OS and New chipset, called the Samsung GALAXY S II PLUS I9105 with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean pre-installed out of the box.
The Samsung I9105 Galaxy S II Plus is powered by a Broadcom chipset with a dual-core Cortex-A9 processor clocked at 1.2GHz and 1GB RAM. It packs the same 4.3" WVGA Super AMOLED Plus screen as the original Galaxy S II.
GALAXY S II Plus Specifications
Other things are the same as well 8MP main camera with 1080p video recording, 2MP secondary camera, 3G with 21Mbps HSPA+, dual-band Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0+HS. Built-in storage has been cut down to 8GB, but the microSD card slot remains.
There's optional NFC too the I9105 S II Plus without it is 8.5mm thick while the NFC-enabled I9105P is a hair thicker at 8.9mm. The other dimensions are 125.3 x 66.1 regardless of model, that's the same as the original. At 121g it's a bit heavier though (the classic Galaxy S II is 116g). The battery is the same at 1650mAh capacity.
Yesterday at the CES 2013, Samsung made some Big announcements and showed its latest products and innovations for 2013. You can check our reports and photos of the Main Samsung announcements...
Samsung Flexible YOUM Panels Concept [Photos]
Samsung Exynos 5 Octa announcement [Video]
Also you can watch the Full Samsung CES 2013 Conference Video below!
Last year, when we saw the Samsung's flexible OLED displays under the brand "YOUM" we've been waiting for an official reveal of actual products featuring this technology. Today at the CES 2013, Samsung's executives has officially showed off some live prototype devices with flexible panels during the CES keynote, using YOUM panels and plastic, these devices can bend easily and become unbreakable.
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One of the possible uses for a flexible display panel is on a tablet that can be folded in half, thus becoming a smartphone that one can fit in their pocket. As you can see on the Photo below... This device is a concept of a future YOUM GALAXY smartphone (in the left) and future YOUM GALAXY Tab (in the right).
Another way to take advantage of this technology is to have a smartphone with a screen extending to the sides where notifications can be displayed even when the handset is lying down on a flat surface.
Of course, these are merely possibilities rather than practical real-world applications of the Youm flexible screens. But since we know that this innovative tech is almost ready for prime time, it will be interesting to see what kind of smartphones and tablets Samsung and other OEMs might implement bendable screens in.
Photos by Engadget
Samsung has just Officially announced the 8-Cores processor Exynos 5 Octa, will be on upcoming Samsung's products during this year.
The latest member of the 5-series has been done with frugality/performance ratio in mind, as the chief of Samsung Electronics Stephen Woo admitted that the task to up performance while decreasing power consumption has been the one bothering him, and keeping him awake at night.
With Exynos 5 Octa, Samsung thinks it has cracked that code, and demonstrated on stage how you can search for restaurants and watch an HD movie at the same time, as well as some 3D gaming with Need for Speed: Most Wanted chosen as the demo... all this without a single lag.
Samsung's peeps said that the new Exynos has twice the graphics performance of anything currently on the market, but it is also very frugal, for up to 70% power savings. It's built around ARM's big.LITTLE concept, with a mix of frugal Cortex-A7 cores for the mundane tasks, and Cortex-A15 ones for the heavy lifting.
#Samsung #GalaxySIV #ExynosOcta bit.ly/ExynosOcta
— YouMobile.org (@YouMobile) January 9, 2013
Sony has just revealed the Xperia Z 2 days ago. Today, Clove and Phones4U announced that they'll start offering the 5" Sony phablet starting this March in the UK.
Xperia Z will also be available through the country's major carriers and Vodafone has went ahead and announced planned availability too. However, unlike Phones 4U, Vodafone hasn't specified the timeframe of the smartphone's arrival.
Clove has posted that the Unlocked SIM-free version of the Xperia Z will be priced at £528 upon launch, which is a bit expensive that the expected price which was £450-490 but the price may go down a few weeks after the launch.
Besides the Sony Xperia Z announcement at the CES 2013, Sony also introduce a wide range of New innovative 3D camcorders with build-in Projectors to shoot & view right in the moment.
As a High-end Cam, there's a Sony camcorder with a 24.1MP sensor, 26.8mm Sony G Lens with manual controls, 3" 921K display, 0.27″ 201K electronic viewfinder and a 20 lumen built-in projector. It will cost around $1100, which is the best camcorder from sony yet.
The Mid-range camcorders start at $450 with a wide angle 26.8mm Sony G Lens, 3″ 230K display and mic/headphone jack. There's a model with a 13 lumen built-in projector, HDMI input and tracking focus ($600), one with 24p mode, Optical Stabilization and advanced 5.1 mic ($700) and one that combines all of these ($850).
The Low-range HD camcorder costs $250 and shoots 1080p60 video with a 8.9MP sensor and packs a 29.8mm wide angle Carl Zeiss Vario Tessar Lens. More expensive versions add more storage ($270), a 13 lumen built-in projector ($400) or Optical Steady Shot ($350).
You probably heard about Microsoft's cloud sharing platform "SkyDrive" which got major updates in the last couple months and now it gets even better. Microsoft aadded some HTML5 features to optimize the user experience on touch devices and added drag-and-drop support too.
The new implementations are enabled by HTML5, so you know they'll be future-proof for a wide range of browsers. SkyDrive allows you to share content across a wide variety of platforms, such as social networks and email in addition to generating a direct link. Now, the sharing interface is generated on a single screen, so you can choose how to share a file and with whom from one place.
Samsung will present an 8-core Octa Core chip of Cortex A15 and Cortex A7 CPU cores in a "Big.Little" configuration at the CES 2013 event today. "Big.Little" architecture combines very low-power cores like Cortex A7 with very high-performance cores like Cortex A15, for a well optimized mobile experience and balanced battery life.
It's possible that for the time being we'll only see a chip that contains 2 clusters of dual core CPU's for smartphones (2 A15+2 A7), although there's no rumor of this chip existing yet, but it seems like the natural progression for Samsung Exynos 5 Dual that currently lacks the A7 parts.
This would be the first 8-cores mobile processor in the markets, showing us the future after the Quad-core, let's wait and see if this Exynos beast will beat the Nvidia Tegra 4 with the 72 GPU cores.
Swype keyboard for Android BETA version is Now available for download to anyone without the need to register. The new beta features include a Smart Editor that lets you quickly edit a typed sentence, and Living Language, which suggests trending and popular words.
Smart Editor becomes active after you finish a sentence with punctuation. It looks over your typed words and suggests ones that it believes make more sense you can quickly see the suggestions by tapping on the underlined words.
You probably heard earlier this month that Canonical announced the Ubuntu Phone OS. YouMobile was at the CES 2013 on the Ubuntu booth and we've got a Hands-on Video for you guys to check out the User Interface and features of Ubuntu Phone OS.
The Operating System is running on Samsung's GALAXY Nexus and it's still a pre-release, the final version will be out by April,2014. Watch the video below and enjoy!
The devs over at Mozilla are obviously so happy with how their Mobile Firefox is going that they've decided to reveal some of the upcoming features in 2013.
The most important features, which the team is working on for 2013, is the private browsing mode and the ability to add a skin to the web browser with customized themes. Both of these have been available in the desktop browser for ages and are obviously pretty popular requests for the mobile versions as well.
Sneak peek #1
Private browsing. We take comments from you - the ones who use our products - very seriously. Lots of you have requested private browsing on your Android phone and we're working to deliver! It's a much-loved feature on Firefox for your computer and we always wanted to include it on Android - and now it's coming! Yay!
Sneak peek #2
More customization. You've become accustomed to it with Firefox for your computer. Why shouldn't you want it on your Android phone?
• We're working to bring you themes for your Android browser, so when you're browsing the Web on your mobile device, you can display a bit of your personality.
• The team is also working hard on a way to give you the ability to control the Firefox for Android start page content. No matter how you browse with Firefox for Android - for news, the most useful sites, the funniest pages - we'll never stop trying to give you the best and fastest experience.
Sony seems to be really proud of its hotly announced Xperia Z flagship smartphone as it has posted pretty lengthy video dedication to its key selling points including really cool close-up shots.
In the video, Sony Community Manager Marcus Hansson details the Xperia Z's powerful chipset and its IP57 certification. Watch the Video below to know more!
Sony released two New Flagships devices yesterday, The Xperia Z and Xperia ZL, both has a 5" 1080p display and very close in specs and price too.
Sony Xperia Z
The Sony Xperia Z runs on the latest Snapdragon S4 Pro with a quad-core 1.5GHz Krait processor, Adreno 320 graphics and 2GB of RAM. The smartphone is built around a 5" LED-backlit 1080p display with Mobile Bravia 2 Engine and has a 13MP Exmor RS camera sensor capable of 1080p video recording with HDR option at its disposal.
The Xperia Z is IP57-certified for dust and water resistance. It bets on the unibody design and has a non-removable 2,330 mAh battery. The phone runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and is skinned with the latest version of Sony's proprietary launcher. It will hit the shelves this March, but its pricing is yet to be announced.
Sony Xperia ZL
The Xperia ZL is a smartphone pretty similar to the Xperia Z, save for the lack of IP57 certification and the slightly different design. The Xperia ZL has its front camera placed in the bottom right corner of the front panel, has a tad smaller footprint and is slightly lighter than the Xperia Z.
The rest is pretty much the same the 5" 1080p display, the Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset, the 13MP camera, the connectivity department, etc. Don't worry, the Xperia ZL also sports a microSD slot.
Samsung financial report for the Q4,2012 (October - November - December) isn't officially announced yet, but has been leaked. If the leak is correct, Samsung could have made a crazy $8 Billion in profits in Q4 of 2012, $5.5 Billion are from Mobile products.
The official numbers are expected near the end of the month, but early reports say that Samsung will be announcing Q4 operating profits that are up 65% compared to last year at 8.7 trillion. That would mark a new record hight, 7% better than the previous record of 8.1 trillion won in July-September.
We've seen Samsung GT-I9500 device recently in many benchmark results and software development kits. From the model number we can indicate its a high-end device from the "Galaxy S" family.
We still not sure if the device is the rumored Galaxy S IV with Android 4.2.1 or a TIZEN smartphone, as Samsung plans on moving to TIZEN OS during this year. Now it's on the Samsung's Official website...
Today, The Samsung GT-I9500X has been spotted on the company's software download page, probably entered into the database early by an error and its still there. Unfortunately, the website does not reveal anything on the this Smartphone, the "X" indicates that the device will have more than one version (e.g. I9500G, I9500P... etc).
The International variant of HTC latest flagship device, HTC Butterfly, is now available for purchasing in Australia.
Currently, the unlocked, SIM-free device is offered exclusively by MobiCity and is sold for AUD849 which is about $891 and will start shipping on January 18. While currently not available in Europe, this gives us a rough idea how much the X920e would cost in the Old continent.
Dropbox has just launched it official App with Modern UI for Windows 8/8 Pro and Windows RT users.
The App displays tiles of files and folders from your account, nicely optimized for touch-operation too. In its initial release, the app is very limited in its functionality, but it will get better with future updates.
NVIDIA already showed its Tegra 4 worlds fastest mobile processor at the CES 2013 today, The company also revealed a new device of its creation, the Project SHIELD.
NVIDIA Project SHIELD is a handheld gaming console that lets you play Android games and will also let you stream Steam games from your PC to the device wirelessly. itbasically looks like an Xbox 360 controller with a foldable display attached. The display is a 5-inch, 1280 x 720 resolution ‘retinal' multitouch unit, with a pixel density of 294 ppi. You can output the video to an external display through the HDMI port on the back, that too in up to 4K resolution! Other hardware features include built-in bass-reflex speakers.
Project SHIELD runs on stock Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and you can control it either through the touchscreen or the controller.
Thanks to NVIDIA partnership with Steam, you will also be able to wirelessly stream games running on your PC with NVIDIA GPU to your Project SHIELD. The rendering will happen on the PC and then the video will be streamed to the handheld device, similar to the way the WiiU works.
The Sony Xperia Z has been spotted at the company's CES 2013 booth and we've got a photo of the Smartphone too.
With its early preview, official press image leaked and even purported pricing floating in the wild, the only thing left to be officially unveiled are some minor details and the release date.
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Bluetooth s now exist on all our daily life, Personal fitness company Fitbit has just jumped further into the wearable Bluetooth-tech market. Today at the CES2013, The company unveiled its $99.95 Fitbit Flex device, an activity tracker designed to be worn all day and monitor movement, sleep, and calories burned.
The Flex is similar to other competing products in the growing personal fitness category such as the Nike FuelBand, and Jawbone Up. Built to be worn all day long, the appropriately named Flex is a soft bracelet encased in a rubbery skin. LED lights on the Flex will also, says Fitbit, glow when you've approached 20% of your preset fitness goals for example taking 10,000 daily steps. Fitbit also plans to offer the Flex in an assortment of five colors to match various styles and tastes.
At its core, the Fitbit Flex is a personal fitness tracker. If you're familiar with Fitbit's other products such as the Fitbit One, Fitbit Zip, and older Fitbit Ultra, most of the Flex's skills won't cause you to raise an eyebrow. For instance the gadget uses an internal accelerometer to record steps, distance traveled, and estimated calories burned through exercise.
At the CES 2013 today, Acer announced a new 7" android tablet, called Acer Iconia B1-A71 and it will cost €119 after taxes. The Iconia B1-A71 will come with Jelly Bean 4.1 out of the box.
Acer Iconia B1-A71 has a 7″ display with WSVGA resolution (1024 x 600 pixels), a 1.2GHz dual-core Mediatek processor and 8GB of storage, expandable via a microSD card slot. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS connectivity are also available as well as a front-facing camera and a standard microUSB port.
It is expected to hit Europe, the Middle East and Africa in mid-January.
NVIDIA has just officially announced its latest Next-Gen mobile processor, the NVIDIA Tegra 4 codenamed "Wayne". NVIDIA claims that the Tegra 4 is the world's fastest mobile processor, yet.
The Tegra 4 packs 4 ARM Cortex-A15 CPU cores [4PLUS1], along with an extra second-generation battery saver core, similar to Tegra 3. The CPU performance is said to be 2.6x that of Tegra 3. It also includes 72 GeForce GPU cores, 6x faster than the previous Tegra 3.
Along with being able to run apps and games faster, this also brings the ability to playback 4K content which is first for a mobile processor.
NVIDIA Tegra 4 Key Features:
• GeForce GPU with 72 custom cores.
• Quad-core ARM Cortex-A15 CPU, plus a 2nd Generation Battery Saver Core.
• Computational Photography Architecture.
• LTE capability with optional Icera i500 chipset.
• 4K ultra-high-def video support.
You probably heard about the Ouya Android Gaming Console that we posted about before, the console will start selling by 2013 but it's currently shipping to developers.
The Ouya idea came with the promise of being an affordable open platform for game development and a herald of change. And now, the first 1,200 Ouya developer edition consoles just got shipped to developers across the globe.
As exciting as this is, even more exciting is the fact that the console got an official unboxing from its very makers, and the developer edition looks gorgeous. A translucent, Rubik cube-sized box with all kinds of connectivity and two gamepads, along with a set of cords is what is inside the box.
It's time to upgrade the Xbox 360 to something New, Xbox Live's head Larry Hyrb aka "Major Nelson", posted a countdown on its blog to E3 2013. It counts the days until June,11th this year which may be the launch day of Microsoft Xbox 720 console.
There is one more thing unlike most past shows, this upcoming one isn't expected to bring some hot sequels or smashing new IPs to Xbox 360. Halo 4 is out, Gears of War and Mass Effect Trilogies are over, and there are just few announced games that seems to deserve the gamers' attention. Oh, and none of them is an Xbox 360 exclusive. A new Xbox should definitely be on the cards then.
Rogers is now offering the 8GB variant of the HTC Windows Phone 8X, The device is selling well in the U.S. and now Rogers Canada have both 8GB/16GB of the 8X. To qualify for that offer, all you need to do is to sign a three year contract, which is the traditional length of a carrier handcuff in the country.
Rogers offers the HTC Windows Phone 8X 8GB variant for 1 Cent only, the 16GB variant is available for $29.99.
We heard rumors before about Samsung GALAXY Note II to be coming in 2 New colors Amber brown and Ruby Wine. Today, We've got some Real photos of a Note II device in Amber Brown color.
The Amber Brown GALAXY Note II is available on Docomo, a Chinese carrier, we have no info about the price but we guess it will still be the same as the original white/blue Note II.
Aside from the Amber Brown color-scheme, Samsung is expected to launch a Ruby Wine version as well which is coming very soon too.
Source: ePrice
Reports from a popular mobile gaming website confirm that Nokia is ready to push out the Windows Phone 7.8 update to Nokia LUMIA models running Windows Phone 7.5 (aka Mango).
"With Windows Phone 7.8 beginning to ship pre-loaded on Nokia Lumia smartphones, we will naturally be deploying the software to our factories for product rollout. At present we have no more information we can give about wider availability of the update for phones running Windows Phone 7.5." - Nokia
What's holding-up the update that Nokia is awaiting a word from Microsoft to let the update out. Nokia is already shipping out the Lumia 800 models with Windows Phone 7.8 pre-loaded out of the box. It's only a matter of days before the update its all current LUMIA users.
If you live in Canada and you already Pre-ordered a Google Nexus 4, We've got some Good news. Google has sent emails to some few happy Canadians this morning says that their Nexus 4 has been shipped and on its way to them.
Go check your email, you may be one of the lucky ones who'll receive their devices this week. If you weren't one of them, you porbably will get the mail during this month, so just keep checking and good luck.
Android's Google Play store is growing rapidly everyday, more Apps, more Users and more Developers. It seems to be catching up with Apple's App store. The Play Store has reached 800,000 apps today which is a huge number for such a new platform.
According to Sociable.co, Google Play store will hit 1 Million Apps milestone by June,2013. These numbers indicate that Apple's App store is no longer the largest applications market on the web. Google Play books, Movies, Magazines and Music has an important role in this growth.
The official dock for the Google Nexus 7 tablet was first announced in early August last year, but we didn't heard any news from it since. So, here's some Good news B&H Photo Video has the dock listed on their site as coming soon.
The Nexus 7 dock features a microUSB port used for charging and data connectivity along with a 3.5mm audio jack to plug in external speakers. ExcaliberPC.com will offer the dock with a $40 price tag and lists the expected availability date January ,6th which is tomorrow.
Samsung and Android was a Huge success to the mobile industry since the launch of the original Samsung Galaxy S. Sadly, a report from Bloomberg Businessweek confirms that Samsung will begins its plan on moving away from Android platform step by step , by adopting a New fresh OS, which called Tizen.
Samsung confirms that it will be launching Tizen OS powered Smartphones during this year. The Main reason of this action that the Korean giant wants to take more control on its Mobile experience the company's delivering to its users. Having its own eco system will give Samsung a full control on updates, features and hardware specifications of all its products. We still have no info how Samsung will make these changes.
The Question is, Will Samsung survive without Android ?
HTC, which has a rough year, is bouncing back with a couple of strong devices, but this momentum could slow or even come to a halt due to a shortage of components. First, the good news. The HTC Windows Phone 8X has been selling well in the U.S. and the HTC Butterfly has start hitting the store shelves in Japan, Taipei and China.
While sales of the U.S. version, HTC DROID DNA for verizon are still unknown, Verizon has recently started an advertising campaign for the phone, featuring a television commercial now in rotation on prime-time television and during televised sporting events.
The dream of quite a few cellphones nerds is to finally get rid of the per minute mobile plans, or the per text plans, and just have a pipe of data streaming to your hand. One big piece to that puzzle is voice-over-IP (VoIP) or voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) as it has become known since everyone wants to brand everything with LTE these days.
The next generation of LTE chips from ST-Ericsson could help push this agenda because they are expected to support VoLTE and use 50% less power than current chips.
LTE chips have gotten quite a bit more power efficient since they first came out, but attempting VoLTE would still drain your battery pretty quickly, which would make the dream Google Wireless carrier be a bust from the start. But, make the next generation 50% more efficient and that opens up some possibilities, especially given that MetroPCS already has VoLTE live in select markets, and Verizon is planning to begin rolling out VoLTE this year in order to have it widely available by 2014.
The Tablets devices are getting more popular everyday, the number of tablets users is increasing every year, tablets sales is doubling since the last 2 years.
Kids is also getting familiar with tablets... So can the Tablets Take the Place of Teachers in the near future ?
Who owns a Google TV ? Google has proven itself to be a company that knows when to cut its losses with a product, so that alone makes us feel like Google thinks the set-top box war is one that it can win. Google announced that it will be showing off more Google TV boxes at CES this year, and will be pushing functionality like voice command and the new PrimeTime guide.
Year by year Google TV looks cooler and cooler with the Android UI, but every year it has the same problem as well. There is one big problem with the idea that Google has: cable providers have absolutely no interest in supporting the product.
The new Google TVs are planned to come from traditional hardware partners LG, Visio, and Sony, as well as new partners Asus, Hisense, TCL and others. In addition to pushing the voice command features, there is also a new PrimeTime guide. Check out the Demo Below!
Samsung has just released a New Digital Smart Camera, called the NX300 combines Speed, Performance and Connectivity in a good premium design. Samsung NX300 has a 45mm F1.8 2D/3D lens which is the World's first one-lens 3D system, capable of capturing both stills and 1080p Full HD video in perfect 3D quality.
The NX300's Wi-Fi connectivity of SMART CAMERA allows users to share their cherished photos instantly and securely between their camera and smartphone or tablet. To connect a smartphone to the camera, users simply need to download the Samsung SMART CAMERA App., which is available for both Android and iOS based application markets, onto their smartphone or tablet and follow the easy steps to create a secure connection with the camera.
The NX300 will be able to detect and auto-connect to the smartphone wirelessly whenever any of the SMART CAMERA features are activated. These include AutoShare; which automatically sends every high-quality photos to your smart phone for safe keeping, and Mobile Link; which allows users to select and transfer images or album from the camera directly to your smartphone at their leisure.
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NX300 Specifications:
Image Sensor
20.3 effective megapixel APS-C CMOS
Display
84.0mm (3.31") AMOLED with a Tilt Touch Panel
WVGA (800x400) 768k dots
ISO
Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400, 12800, 25600
Image Type
JPEG (3:2)：20.0M (5472x3648), 10.1M (3888x2592), 5.9M (2976x1984),
JPEG (16:9)：16.9M (5472x3080), 7.8M (3712x2088), 4.9M (2944x1656), 2.1M (1920x1080)
JPEG (1:1)：13.3M (3648x3648), 7.0M (2640x2640), 4.0M (2000x2000),
RAW : 20.0MP (5472x3648)
3D Image Size : JPEG (16:9) 4.1M (2688x1512), (16:9) 2.1M (1920x1080)
Video Type
MP4 (Video: MPEG4, AVC/H.264, Audio: AAC)
1920x1080, 1920x810, 1280x720 , 640x480, 320x240 for Sharing
Video Output
HDMI 1.4a
SMART Mode : Beauty Face, Landscape, Macro, Action Freeze, Rich Tone, Panorama, Waterfall, Silhouette, Sunset, Night, Fireworks, Light Trace, Creative Shot, Best Face
3D still image & video capturing
Wi-Fi Connectivity
802.11b/g/n support Dual Channel (SMART Camera 2.0)
Bundle PC software
iLauncher, Adobe Lightroom
Storage
SD, SDHC, SDXC, UHS-1
Battery
BP1130 (1130mAh)
Dimension (WxHxD)
122 x 63.7 x 40.7mm (excluding the projection part)
Weight
280 g (without battery)
The Sony Xperia Z aka "Yuga" has leaked again, this time in a series of images extracted from a promo video that Sony will use to promote the Smartphone upon at the CES 2013.
The new images tell us that the smartphone will feature a water resistant chassis on a "skeleton frame structure", and a 13MP Exmor RS camera accompanied by HDR photo and video capability.
Sony Xperia Z Full Specifications
The images also confirm what we already know about the device, including the 5 inch FullHD Reality display, and quad-core APQ8064 Snapdragon S4 chipset.
The Xperia Z will ship with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean out-of-box and expected to get 4.2 update during this year.
The U.K. carrier uSwitch ranks the Top 10 Smartphones in the UK market every month. December,2012 results shows that the 16GB Blue Samsung GALAXY S3 is No.1 on this list. Samsung GALAXY Models is dominating the list with up to 4 GALAXY branded devices made the Top 10 list last month (December).
The first non-Samsung Galaxy model was the Google Nexus 4 in fourth. Rounding out the top five is the 16GB Apple iPhone 4S, while the 16GB Apple iPhone 5 in black finished sixth. The last phone on the U.K. top ten list for December was the Samsung Galaxy Ace II which was making its first appearance on the list.
According to the latest reports from an HTC insider, the HTC M7 will have an all black body design, similar to the DROID DNA with the similar materials too. The HTC M7 User Interface is mentioned to be "Simple and Clean UI" according to the source, probably will be called "Sense 5" upon launch.
As for the HTC M7 Hardware Specs, It'll pack a Full HD SLCD3 1080p Screen and rumored to be 4.7" in size in order to push more ppi into the display for sharper photos. The M7 will have capacitive buttons not software buttons as latest Nexus devices.
HTC is rumored to release the M7 during the Q1,2013 in a big event, just like the launch of the One series last year.
We reported before that Samsung is preparing to sue Apple over the iPhone Notifications Center that Apple took its idea and concept from Android. Now, Apple is moving to protect itself from this action by seeking a patent for the iOS Notifications Center that was presented in 2011 with iOS 5.
You may be wondering "But Android had it first!"... In fact, Google's filing for Android's "notification bar" was back in 2009. However, there are indeed quite a few differences between the platforms.
Samsung and Apple new legal drama this year will be about features and software patents, not round corners.
Focusing on Build Quality is Nokia's new strategy in 2013, currently Nokia is planning a new line of Lumia Windows Phone 8 devices for 2013. The company is planning to switch to an aluminum construction for at least one high-end Lumia Windows Phone planned for release this year.
The change is a move away from Nokia's traditional polycarbonate body for its Lumia devices and will mean the new device, codenamed Catwalk, will be a lot lighter and thinner than the existing Lumia 920.
Android's mascot, known as Bugdroid (little green roboto above), has become instantly recognizable in the mobile world and it has already gone several transformations to match the dessert a given Android version is named after.
This loopy-looking robot were created by Dan Morrill, who worked in developer relations, when he decided that slides for a presentation to Google's dev team needed eye candy. These were never used officially, but apparently they lived long enough to pick up a nickname "Dandroids". In the End, Google went with the Bugdroid design by Irina Blo.
Mr. Morrill isn't done with the Android trivia. The second internal developer launch of Android was called R2-D2, short for "Release To Developers 2". Due to trademark considerations, Android's naming scheme moved on to desserts, which was an idea by Ryan PC Gibson, starting from the letter "C = Cupcake" and moving on in an alphabetically order.
Samsung is taking the security of its products serious, the software department released a patch to fix the security holes for the kernel vulnerability in Exynos devices. The Patch is currently rolling-out as an update to Samsung GALAXY S III users in the UK.
The updated software I9300XXELLA is available only in the UK. Samsung confirm that the same patch will be heading to other regions very soon but for now Galaxy S III owners in the UK should update as soon as possible the update is available both as OTA and via Kies.
The update comes with a new bootloader, which is the first bootloader update for the Galaxy S III since its launch. The sudden death issue should no longer be a problem after this new bootloader.
Nokia's first PureView smartphone, the Nokia 808 PureView with 41 MP camera has just received a New firmware update from Nokia.
The firmware update is version 113.010.1508 and weights 420 MB in size, this update is daid to be improving the performance and features of the 808 PureView. You can download it via Nokia Suite.
Samsung is now Rolling-out the Official Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update for the Samsung GALAXY Camera, the Korean first digital camera under the branding "Galaxy", The update started with the United Kingdom today and will continue seeding to other regions.
The main feature of the update that it brings some Performance improvements and a New Gallery GUI.
The update is available via Samsung KIES. The Galaxy Camera features a 4.8" Super Clear LCD of 720 x 1280 pixels resolution, a 16.3 MP sensor with 21x of optical zoom and a pop up Xenon flash.
2013 will be the year of Android flagships with 5" 1080p screens, everyone manufacture will release a 5-inch flagship. HTC's phone is already out for US carrier Verizon it's called the DROID DNA and has already seen its first price cuts.
So dar, The best deal is from LetsTalk.com offering the Droid DNA for $120 if you sign a 2-year contract with Verizon starting from $80/month. The HTC DROID DNA is originally $200 from Verizon's site.
Samsung is working on a new Android device, a recently submitted benchmark result of a mysterious device model GT-I9600 and it scores an impressive results. GT-I9600 in the NenaMark2 database reaching a top score of 58.5 frames per second, the handset has a 1.4GHz processor, Mali-400 MP graphics, 1280 by 720 pixel display, and Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean.
From its Model number "GT-I9600", we can indicates that its a device from the "Galaxy S" family, let's wait and see.
Samsung was leading the market in 2012, and will continue to in 2013. Samsung official report sayd that the korean Manufacture will be shipping more than 510 Million mobile device in 2013, and 390 Million of them are Smartphones.
This number is 20% more than the total global shipments during last year 2012, which was about 420 Million device.
"Samsung's proven ability to quickly produce and replace a wide range of handsets aimed at several different markets contrasts with Nokia's struggles and Apple's difficulties that are mainly related to parts sourcing problems." - Hwang Minseong, Samsung Securities Analyst.
"By offering better pricing to consumers in developing nations, we will find new growth. This will also enable consumers in developed nations like North America and Europe to buy our LTE devices at more affordable prices." - Samsung spokesman.
Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth, said that the work to put Ubuntu on phones and tablets should be done in time for the release of Ubuntu 14.04 in April 2014. In the announcement today, Shuttleworth said that the Ubuntu Phone OS had been designed from the ground up to offer a "crisper, sharper" experience on low-end phones.
He expects these low-end phones to drive adoption, much like Ubuntu's Linux-based cousin, Android. Ubuntu will have a "lean mode" which would run well on a device with an A9 ARM processor and 1GB RAM, and a "heavy mode" for high-end hardware. Shuttleworth says that Ubuntu will also target emerging markets by offering a "less complex" user experience than the competition.
In the demo showing off the phone (Watch it below), Shuttleworth showed how that "less complex" experience may look. For instance, an Ubuntu phone won't have a lock screen, but rather a "welcome screen" which will be personally tailored to you and the information you want. Ubuntu will also supposedly offer more screen space for apps than other platforms.
Apple is breaking its deal with Samsung, The U.S. based Company reportedly ending its deal with the Korean giant and moving the production of its latest Quad-core A6X CPU chips out of Samsung's factories. This came as no surprise as the two companies having a patent war for the past 2 years.
The company to take over the production of the quad-core A6X chips is "TSMC" Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. It's the world's largest independent semiconductor manufacturer.
Canonical has announced that an "all-new Ubuntu product" will be released on January,2nd which is just a couple days away, but there has been no word on what the product will be.
Of course, we can make an educated guess based on the known products in development, and since Ubuntu is all open-source, it's kind of hard for there to be a complete surprise release. Our best guess is that this could be the release of Ubuntu for Android.
We will know tomorrow for sure, Stay tuned!
There is no rest for the marketing department for Windows 8 at Microsoft as the calendar resets and we start a new year. The recent Surface ad highlighted productivity, this new duo highlights creativity.
In the first ad, we are greeted with the song "Everything at Once," by Australian singer Lenka who is also the star of the ad. While Microsoft highlights the apps that are included with Windows 8, Lenka dances in a black and white room with a motif of stripes, shades and patterns while wearing black and white pajamas.
When Steve Jobs first Introduced the iPhone in 2007, he said "Who needs a stylus ?... you gonna use your fingers". Well, Today Apple received a patent for a stylus technology called the "Active Stylus".
The "Active Stylus" is a stylus that does more than just help you input a touch on a screen. Your regular everyday stylus works by blocking electric lines. Instead of being passive, like the current stylus, Apple's tool would have the capability to create its own electronic field and couple signals with the main device.
This could increase the speed and accuracy of the stylus and eliminate the lag that some S Pen users have complained about. Despite the lag, the S Pen has become extremely popular, so much so that speculation has Samsung including it with the Samsung Galaxy S IV. And we would say that the popularity of the S Pen comes from its ability to be more like a marker or a crayon rather than a touch input like Steve Jobs was thinking about when he dissed the stylus in 2007.
Looks like Samsung GALAXY Note II is getting a new paint job, According to a leaked ad photo from Korea showing two New colors of the company's latest Phablet device. The New Note II colors are "Ruby Wine" and "Amber Brown" and expected to hit South Korea very soon, and by time will be available globally during this year (2013).
Just like the GALAXY S III, which is Now available on many colors, including the Amber Brown all around the world. Ruby Wine color is Exclusive for the GALAXY Note II only.
The Do Not Disturb mode introduced for the first time with Apple's latest iOS 6 appears to have a serious bug. Since the turn of the year, it stopped functioning as promised and prevented quite a lot of people from getting their calls and messages.
The DND feature allows you to set a period of time when your iPhone will stop alerting you of incoming calls, messages and notifications. It doesn't affects the alarms though.
Unfortunately, since last midnight the DND mode won't turn off automatically once the scheduled time comes and continues to silence pretty much everything. If you are in iPhone user, don't panic, your friends didn't forget you (probably), your phone is not alerting. And maybe those friends you have a hard time reaching since last night, are probably victims of the said bug.
Samsung is continue to introduce its innovative products, The Korean Manufactures is known as a manufacturer of household electronics are always more innovation to satisfy customers from the sample surface to use features and technology support inside. All are creating a perfect product before delivering to customers.
Today, Samsung released Photos and Info of its new Next-Generation robotic vacuum cleaners for 2013, will hit the market with the name "Smart Tango". According to Samsung, this model is enhanced rather than the "elder" in order to turn them into a real home care with intelligent computing.
The idea is simple, It's a Robot that works as a wireless vacuum cleaners, it has a re-chargeable battery, camera and 12 sensors to scan your house floor and detect objects to avoid them while cleaning. It works automatically according to a schedule you enter on its setting, it unplug itself from the wall charger, clean the house, then plug itself again to charge.
A dual-processor also helps Smart Tango can calculate and find your way around quickly. We can distinguish between clean and dirty positions to optimize the move. However, the new model will move in a wavy circle instead of square corners as the previous model launches. Go round the corner will help Smart Tango save time while cleaning efficiency did not decrease.
Smart Tango will be introduced during the CES 2013 and expected to hit the markets this year.
Windows Blue was reported late 2012, and while the info was sparse, some of it sounded pretty solid. We like the idea of a yearly update cycle for Windows, much like what we see in mobile, and with MacOS and many Linux distros. We like the idea that it could initially be free, and more solidly unify mobile and desktops. And now, there is a rumor that the update could help add support for 7 - 8" tablets, which are sorely lacking in the Windows ecosystem. Windows Blue is rumored to launch during this year 2013 but no launch date yet!
Windows 8 and Windows RT has done well to add plenty of 10"+ tablets, hybrids, and transformers to the mobile landscape, but not everyone wants a mobile device that big. As Google, and Amazon have proven, there is a large market for tablets around the 7" and $200 marks.
2013 has just started (Happy New Year BTW), Sony is getting ready to reveal its new flagship Android Smartphone, codenamed "Yuga" and the market name of the device will be "Sony Xperia Z", An official images leaked before the January,7th press conference, showing us the Sony Xperia Z.
The Sony Xperia Z will enter the market with 5" 1080p screens this year but it also puts Sony into the quad-core race with its Qualcomm APQ8064 Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset. The Z will come out with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean at launch.
The Xperia Z also packs a 12MP camera, which reportedly performs better than the 13MP one on the Xperia T. There's a dedicated shutter key too.
YouMobile Team is wishing you, our reader, a Happy New Geeky Year 2013, full of Gadgets and Jelly Bean!
We are growing every year and this is all thanks to you, we are really looking forward to support you more and bring you the latest info, News and Updates on Android, Samsung, HTC, Google and other brands too.
So, What gadget you are looking forward this year ?
Samsung has just starting shipping the GALAXY S III mini with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean Out of the box in Asia, Indonesia and Vietnam, more regions is coming soon.
The New GALAXY S III mini devices will have all Premium Suite options of the GALAXY S3, its Big brother. Currently S3 mini users will get the same Premium Suite update with Page Buddy, Multi Window, Paper Artist, Group Cast, Smart Rotation, a new Customizable notification panel, a new gallery app and more.
Samsung sales numbers is still high, The latest Phablet flagship device from the Korean manufacture, GALAXY Note II sales has reportedly reached over than 1 Million devices in Korea alone. Samsung sold more than 5 Million Note II worldwide in two months only since the launch date.
The Samsung Galaxy Note II has achieved the sales milestone three times quicker than its predecessor. Furthermore, given its solid popularity, the second generation of the device is expected to hit the 10 million sales mark worldwide in the next couple of months.
Samsung Galaxy S III sales already reached 30 Million during the 3rd Quarter of this Year (Q3, 2012) which made a record in smartphones sales worldwide, Making the S III one of the Best Smartphones this year. Analysts predicts that the Galaxy S III sales will continue to grow even if the iPhone 5 entered the competition.
Latest reports predicts that the Galaxy S III sales will Hit 50 Million by the beginning of the first Quarter Next year (Q1, 2013). It's only a prediction but its highly anticipated as the Christmas is coming and the S3 sounds like the perfect gift in the Electronics genre. Besides, Samsung has just recently updated the device to the latest Android 4.1 Jelly Bean which brings many improvements and features that's not presented on many smartphones on the market currently.
LG is preparing to reveal some new devices in Las Vegas CES 2013 event, the new devices will include a 5.5-inch phablet Smartphone and a 7-inch Tablet.
The 5.5-inch full HD phablet could be the Optimus G2 we've been talking about in the past. It's apparently going to be LG's flagship device for 2013, competing with Samsung's Galaxy Note II.
Finally, we may see a 7-inch tablet from LG. What will make this device unique is its screen with 1920×1200 pixels resolution. That's 324ppi pixel density that will effectively make it the most reader-friendly 7-inch tablet out there.
Remember the HTC HD2 that was launched with Windows mobile 6.5, Well Now a developer hacked the HD2 to install & run the latest ARM version of the Microsoft Windows OS, the Windows RT.
The hack was performed by developer who goes by the ID @CotullaCode on Twitter. There are zero instructions on how he managed to get this done and how well it works but we do have several screenshots of the operating system in action. It's safe to assume the performance isn't going to be exhilarating but the mere fact that a tablet operating system is running on a three year old smartphone is impressive enough.
myself shocked :O twitter.com/CotullaCode/st…
— Ctll (@CotullaCode) December 27, 2012
Jolla's Meego-based "Sailfish OS" got a New video demo showing us the New UI and deeper look on the its features. The still developing OS got shown off on Nokia N950 developer handset a logical occurrence given the fact that most of the people behind the Sailfish project are ex-Nokia employees.
Making your way around the OS is based on intuitive hand gestures, whose clever implementation allows you one-handed use of the Sailfish device regardless of its screen size. The OS in general is easy to customize starting from the shortcuts on the lockscreen, all the way to the OS's ambiance concept which changes the color of the UI elements once you change your wallpaper.
Sailfish OS supports true multitasking, where minimized apps can appear as cards on the homescreen. Each card can be customized by developers to display real-time app info and controls. Check the OS in action on the video below!
NFC (Near Field Communications) is not yet that popular between smartphone users but its included on all the current mobile devices and tablets in the market. There is no many Applications for the NFC use, but if you've ever dreamed of being able to use your smartphone to unlock or start your car with just a tap... just get a Smartphone with NFC cupport and wait till 2015.
We've already got cars like the Toyota Prius that doesn't need to have a key physically inserted into the car, it just uses RFID to know when the key is inside the car, and allows the car to start only then. But, the tap-and-go option of NFC could be a nice way to make it work as well.
The new Hyundai Connectivity Concept wants to give you that option. The trouble is that the Hyundai isn't planned for production until 2015. The concept car would also include an inductive charging pad like the Toyota Avalon that we saw recently.
The Upcoming Sony flagship Xperia Z first live photo leaked, it has a 5-inch, 1080 x 1920 panel with pixel density of 441ppi. These are the same specs found on the HTC DROID DNA. The phone is expected to be made official at CES 2013.
The Xperia Z is said to have a quad-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 processor under the hood with an Adreno 320 GPU and 2GB of RAM on board. A 13MP camera is on back and a microSD slot does come with the phone. The Sony Xperia Z sports LTE connectivity and Android 4.1.2 is pre-installed right out of the box.
U.S. Cellular has joined the rest of the Galaxy Note II toting carriers and released an update to Android 4.1.1 (baseband R950VXALL1) which brings multi-window functionality along with a number of other changes.
The Update is available OTA (Over the Air), you should get a Notification for a system update, Here is the change-log:
• Split screen functionality is supported (Multi-Window)
• City ID - v. 1.25.1
• Daily Perks - v. 4.5.14
• Your Navigator Deluxe - v 3.1.4.7141069
• Tone Room Deluxe - v. 2.0.31
• Gameloft Portal - v. 2.1.1
• Mobi TV - 5.1.1.6-216355
• Amazon Apps - v. 2.6.53
• Amazon Audible - v. 1.3.9
• Amazon IMDB - v. 2.7.0
• Amazon MP3 - v. 2.7.0
• Amazon Shopping - v. 2.0.2
• Amazon Zappos - v. 2.0.2
• Amazon Kindle - v. 3.7.1.8
• Let's Golf 3 - 1.0.2
• Slacker Radio 3.2.1062
• Wi-Fi Now - 4.4.67
• When taking pictures using "BURST" mode sometimes when you go to gallery pictures would not be displayed they would be black images.
• Devices would occasionally toggle between 3G and 1X which is not customer impacting but could generate calls.
Could not search image files by "Search" option in My Files application
• UI changes.
• In drop down menu "Sync" was replaced with "Multi-Window" option.
• Sound icon (4th position) color was changed from Gray to Green.
Huawei Ascend Mate with a 6.1" 1080p display leaked on more photos. The photo shows the device's physical appearance. The rumored specs of the Huawei Ascend Mate include a 1.8GHz quad-core CPU, 2GB of RAM, 13MP camera, and a 4000mAh battery. The thickness of this 6.1" device is rumored to be 9.9mm.
In addition to the leaked images, an upcoming ad for the device has appeared as well. It compares the yet-to-be-announced Huawei offering to the Samsung Galaxy Note II's 5.5" screen.
Currently, Android has More than 700,000 Apps on the its Play Store and the number is growing day after day. With this number of Apps you may wonder How to test/run these Apps without using my Tablet or my Smartphone ? and you want these Apps to be on your Windows or Mac notebook/desktop computer too... Houston we have a Solution! and it's called "BlueStacks".
BlueStacks is a software that you can install on your Windows PC or Mac computer, allowing you to run Google Play and install any Android App from it on your computer and run it without the need of your Android mobile device.
Both (PC/Mac) versions of the BETA software are available right now for download using the links below.
Download from the links above
Click "Continue" when this scree comes up
Download & Run any Android App!
Apple withdrew a patent claim against a new Samsung phone with a hi-resolution screen. In a filing with the U.S. Federal Court in San Jose, Apple disclosed that it would not continue the patent claim since the device will not be offered in the U.S. The phone in question could be the Samsung Galaxy S III mini.
Last month, Apple asked the court to add that model, along with some other Samsung phones and tablets, to its seemingly non-stop patent battle against Korean rival Samsung. The latter responded that since the Samsung Galaxy S III mini will not be offered in the U.S., it should not be part of the litigation.
You probably heard about the Ouya Android Gaming Console that we posted about before, the console will start selling by 2013 but it's currently shipping to developers.
The Ouya idea came with the promise of being an affordable open platform for game development and a herald of change. And now, the first 1,200 Ouya developer edition consoles just got shipped to developers across the globe.
As exciting as this is, even more exciting is the fact that the console got an official unboxing from its very makers, and the developer edition looks gorgeous. A translucent, Rubik cube-sized box with all kinds of connectivity and two gamepads, along with a set of cords is what is inside the box.
The console is made to be open and the controllers are meant to be fully customizable and can easily change from the translucent plastic to another body. You connect the Ouya to your HD TV via HDMI, and there's also a microUSB port for easily hooking it up with your computer. Check out the official unboxing right below.
Apple rules the tablets market sales. However, there are many good tablets out there that that don’t have the name "iPad" on their packaging. In fact, some of these tablets arguably give you more bang for your buck than Apple’s popular iPad.
1. Nexus 10
Price: $399 (16 GB); $499 (32 GB)
OS: Android 4.2
SIZE: 10.1 inches (2560 x 1600 300ppi)
CPU: 1.7 GHz Exynos 5250 Dual-core
GPU: Mali T-604
RAM: 2 GB DDR3
STORAGE: 16 - 32 GB
BATTERY: 9000 mAh
A High-res screen and Exynos 5 CPU, the Nexus 10 is on the top with it's 10.1-inch display and latest Android 4.2 Jelly bean.
2. Nexus 7
Price: $199 (8 GB); $249 (16 GB)
OS: Android 4.1
SIZE: 7 inches (800 x 1280 pxl)
CPU: 1.3 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core
GPU: 416 MHz NVIDIA GeForce ULP
RAM: 1 GB DDR3
STORAGE: 8 or 16 GB
BATTERY: 4325 mAh
WEIGHT: 340 grams
SIZE: 198.5 x 120 x 10.45 mm
Light, slender and blazing fast, there’s no deal quite as sweet as the very-affordable Nexus 7. The first tablet with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, it’s this summer’s must-have tablet in the 7-inch space.
3. Transformer Pad Infinity (TF700T)
Price: $499 (32 GB), $599 (64 GB)
OS: Android 4.0
SIZE: 10.1 inches (1200 x 1920 pxl)
CPU: 1.6 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core
GPU: 416 MHz NVIDIA GeForce ULP
RAM: 1 GB DDR3
STORAGE: 32/64 GB
BATTERY: 5400 mAh
WEIGHT: 598 grams
SIZE: 260 x 181 x 8.5 mm
The Transformer Pad is a bit hefty. And there’s a $150 premium to buy the dock. But it’s still the fastest and arguably best large Android tablet on the market today, a status which helps forgive its flaws.
Price: $399
OS: Android 4.0
SIZE: 10.1 inches (800 x 1280 pxl)
CPU: 1.0 GHZ NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core
GPU: PowerVR SGX540
RAM: 1 GB DDR2
STORAGE: 16 GB
BATTERY: 4400 mAh
WEIGHT: 565 grams
SIZE: 256.7 x 175.3 x 8.6 mm
The Transformer Infinity dethroned the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, but it’s still a solid Android Ice Cream Sandwich tablet and is a bit cheaper/sleeker than the Infinity, to boot.
Price: $369 (16 GB), $499 (32 GB)
OS: Android 4.0
SIZE: 9.4 inches (800 x 1280 pxl)
CPU: 1.0 GHZ NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core
GPU: PowerVR SGX540
RAM: 1 GB DDR2
STORAGE: 16/32 GB
BATTERY: 4000 mAh
WEIGHT: 625 grams
SIZE: 241.3 x 172.7 x 7.6-20 mm
One of Sony’s sole tablets, the Tablet S made the list on merits of pure quirkiness and "asymmetric" design. Reviews were generally positive about typing on the tablet. And Sony is offering unique PlayStation ports to differentiate its device.
After selling over 150 million units worldwide since it went on sale almost 13 years ago, the old PlayStation 2 legacy is now finally making an exit. According to Famitsu, Sony has stopped shipping the console to retailers in Japan.
The PlayStation 2 went on sale in Japan back on March 4, 2000, and was a tremendous success for the company. The popularity of this console ended up killing Sega's Dreamcast console and even Microsoft's original Xbox and Nintendo's GameCube didn't stand much chance against Sony's juggernaut.
PS2 is the most popular game console in the world, it also has one of the biggest library of games for any platform out there.
Samsung is teasing a new 55" SMART TV that will be unveiled at CES 2013. The video is obscure as can be, but the company's Flickr account has several images of the revamped Smart TVs, which will be showcased at CES too, and are slightly more generous with the details.
The new Smart Hub promises easier to use interface and it will serve as a content platform the TVs will handle broadcast television as well as on-demand TV shows and movies, browse photos and support apps too.
That's all that the description of the Flickr images gives us, so it's not clear what will set the new TV models apart from the current ones.
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