Samsung today announced that will soon be introduced in the Italian men brand GX1983, including the men series of clothing and leather accessories. From Smartphones to Men Clothes, big jump for samsung.

Mentioned Samsung, people tend to think of the Samsung mobile phones, computers and other electronic products, but the group Samsung Cheil Industries as early as a few decades ago had to enter the fashion industry. 1983 in Korea, Samsung launched a men brand Galaxy.30 years later, to commemorate the creation of the Galaxy brand, the group launched the GX1983 men brand in the Italian fashion capital Milan.

This new brand will be designed in Italy, local, first only for the Italian market, will then be extended to the entire European market, Samsung said, The the GX1983 Men series will be set casual wear and sportswear in one, and keep the quality of Italian Men Seiko

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As Nvidia promised us, we will see some Tegra 3 Quad-core Smartphones for the first time on the MWC, HTC Endeavour has just been leaked to be the Upcoming ICS Quad-core Beats Smartphone from HTC that will be announced on the MWC 2012 event.

The HOT specs (unconfirmed yet) of the HTC Endeavour is Quad-core Tegra 3 chip clocked at 1.5GHz powering a 4.7-inch 720p HD display, an 8MP camera complete with an f/2.2 lens and 1080p video capture capability, 1GB Ram, 32GB Internal with a microSD slot offering expansion of another 32GB (64GB), Beats Audio, LTE-support, Quad-band support, 21Mbps HSDPA speed all on the Big tasty Android ICS 4.0.3 with HTC Sense UI 4.0 overlay.

The move to Nvidia is a definite shift for HTC, which has been joined at the hip with Qualcomm almost exclusively in recent years.

Chrome for Android was released with No Flash support and will Not run Flash Player, the popular software that Apple has banned, Adobe confirmed yesterday that it will not bring it to the Android Chrome browser.

The acknowledgment was no surprise as last November, Adobe announced that it will be abandoning development of Flash for mobile browsers. However, The stock Android ICS browser included with the operating system does support Flash.

Adobe Official announcement on its blog:
"Today Google introduced Chrome for Android Beta. As we announced last November, Adobe is no longer developing Flash Player for mobile browsers, and thus Chrome for Android Beta does not support Flash content. Flash Player continues to be supported within the current Android browser."

Acer said that it will announce its a New Phone Acer CloudMobile during the MWC later on this Month, Acer Cloud Mobile has received the "iF" design award 2012, in recognition of outstanding achievement in design, even if the device has not been announced yet, you can see the Official press photos of the device and it really has great design.

When it comes to the specs at this point we don't know much. The Acer CloudMobile is said to feature a 4.3-inch HD screen, Dolby Advanced Sound, and a body less than 10mm thick. On the software side, the Acer CloudMobile is said to run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich out of the box. The device will also be the first implementation of Acer own cloud technology.

As we said before Acer CloudMobile will get unveiled at MWC later this month, Market availability scheduled for Q3 this year.

Well, We have plenty of rumors for the Apple Next-gen iPad aka iPad 3 already, but can we confirm any of them? Well yes, The Most Expected feature for the iPad 3 is the Retina display for its 9.7-inch screen, It will need to have very High-resolution to match the pixel density about 2048 x 1536 (even Higher than HD 1920 x 1080).

This feature will surely boost the iPad 3 sales and Apple will concentrate on this Feature on all the upcoming iPad 3 commercials.

If you take a look on the leaked photo of some iPad 3 components (Photo above). In this photo you will find a three wide ribbon cables as opposed to the two that the previous models had. This extra cable is more than likely in place to carry additional screen-data to the high resolution display. If the iPad 3 carry a Retina display at the massive 2048 x 1536 pixels resolution, the data transfer of three cables will be needed for sure.

Some Photos leaked today of an unannounced HTC Android Device. However, The Device looks much like the Incredible 2, so it may be called the Incredible 3, This device has LTE-support and its heading to Verizon with ICS and Dual-core processor on board.

The device has a 1.2GHz Dual-core processor, 1GB RAM, an 8MP Camera and a VGA front one. It has an AMOLED display instead of the HTC traditional S-LCD, LTE Support, Android 4.0.1 Ice Cream Sandwich and features the latest HTC Sense UI 4.0. We can Expect an Announcement for this device during the MWC.

Apple will completely revamp its MacBook Pro line of notebooks this year, according to sources familiar with the company plans for 2012. The new MacBook Pros are expected to feature an ultra-thin unibody design modeled after the MacBook Air and get a spec boost to Intel next-gen Ivy Bridge chips.

Citing a source familiar with the new MacBook Pro design, AppleInsider reveals that the new Air-like MacBook Pros will be phased in over the course of this year. The revamped version of the more popular 15-inch model will be introduced first, followed by the 17-inch model later.

This will include new, ultra-thin unibody enclosures that jettison yesteryear technologies like optical disk drives and traditional hard drives in favor of models with lightweight chassis that employ flash-memory based solid-state drives, instant-on capabilities, extended battery life, and rely on digital distribution for software and media.

 

"They are all going to look like MacBook Airs," one person familiar with the new MacBook Pro designs told AppleInsider. Meanwhile, existing MacBook Pro designs are expected to be phased out over the course of the year.

 

What is WidgetLocker?

 

A Very Cool App that able you to customize  your lock screen on your Android phone and support all screen resolutions (Galaxy S, Galaxy S2, HTC Sensation... etc), It customize the lock screen using Widgets and shortcuts with changeable backgrounds too.

With Widgetlocker you can put all your Favourite Widgets on the lock screen and use it without unlocking the phone, you can still add security key and patterns too.

Lockscreen Exambles

Setting Up WidgetLocker

First thing you need to do, is to adjust the grid size of the lockscreen so that it can accommodate everything we throw at it. you can find the app on the Market, This week we provide it for FREE!

After you have downloaded and installed WidgetLocker (Link Below), go to Settings > Look and Feel > Layout. Once here, adjust the anchor size to span over two rows. Now, turn off "Automatically determine grid size" and set the Rows to 3 and Columns to 4.

 

 

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Google has just updated Chrome Beta to version 18 after Chrome 17 gone final yesterday. Its headline new feature is improved 2D graphics performance in HTML5 and a software rasterizer to enable older machines to display content rendered using newer unsupported technologies (by these old Machines) such as WebGL.

Chrome 18 Beta also sees improvements to the PDF plug-in and Printing, plus fixes a number of issues such as full-screen performance under Windows and startup issues in Red Hat Enterprise 6.

Most Windows and Mac users should start to see major performance improvements from certain web apps and websites thanks to support for GPU-accelerated rendering for 2D Canvas content. Because of the wide variety of hardware configurations out there, the Chromium development team has taken a conservative approach to this new technology, enabling just a few features and keen to hear feedback from anyone who encounters performance issues as a result of the tweaks. To see what new features are supported by your system, type chrome://gpu/ into the URL bar.

Download Chrome 18 Beta

Motorola launched a successor of its RAZR-like Gleam clamshell, simply called Gleam+. That plus is well deserved since the new device looks much better than the original Gleam model. Moreover, specs are also bumped up, though at its core Gleam+ remains a feature phone.

Speaking of specs, this fancy fella rocks a 2.8-inch WQVGA (240×400 pixels) internal display, external screen comprised of 144 LEDs, 2-megapixel camera with fixed focus, Bluetooth 2.1, FM radio, 3.5mm headset jack, and 50MB of built-in storage that is further expandable with microSD memory cards.

The Motorola Gleam+ will cost €99 off contract, when it hits the shelves in March. The clamshell will be available in silver and winter white.

 

Believe it or not, it was and is possible to track the traffic that MegaUpload and the rest of the piracy-laden file-sharing groups out there have compared to the rest of the web. In One hour following the January 19th raid of MegaUpload the Global entirety of the Internet lost between 2-3 precent of its total volume in traffic.

This first statistic comes from a report from DeepField Networks called File Sharing in the Post MegaUpload Era. This same study had MegaUpload downloads representing no less than 30-40% of all file sharing on the internet. As MegaUpload own MegaVideo and the other biggest sharer of files after that, Filesonic, both shuttered their doors effectively on January 18th, their percentages (34.1% for Mega and 19.1% for Filesonic) were distributed amongst the rest of the next biggest hosts. According again to DeepField, "MegaUpload sprawled over more than 1000 servers and 25 petabytes of data in Carpathia facilities." That is an intense amount of copies of Skyrim, that iss for sure.

On the 19th of January it was Putlocker up top with nearly 30% of all the file sharing on the web with several services next in line like MediaFire and NovaMov. Both the graphics you see above and below come from DeepField.

On the 18th,January 2012 in light of the proposed SOPA legislation, Wikipedia blacked itself out for a whole day. This meant visitors to the site got only an anti-SOPA message and an explanation of why the site was therefore inaccessible.

However, on the same day Wikipedia also launched their official Android application, Here is a Review on the App and the Download link Below it!

First Impressions

The first thing WE noticed about the official Wikipedia app was its speed. There is very little delay when it first loads up, and clicking highlighted links in any article gives you a very speedy return.

On the other hand, oddly, the front page "featured article" is hunched together, without any spaces for new paragraphs rather, just a wall of dense text. Furthermore, the text is really quite small. You can increase the size; there are ‘Smaller’, ‘Normal’ and ‘Larger’ to choose from in the settings menu, but even the large size is going to still cause problems if your eyesight is not very good.

Article Viewing

If you’re unfamiliar with the other Wikipedia apps, articles are usually presented with the introduction and initial paragraphs showing, and subheadings are subsequently hidden and you need to press their tab to open them. This usually makes for easier reading, as you can jump straight to where you want to look. One of the things I’ve historically used Wikipedia for is tracing the careers of actors, and this interface makes it easy to jump straight to a filmography.

As you can see above, the official Wikipedia app also supports this format very user friendly. You can also see that the text isn’t hunched and is far easier to read; although it should be noted the text size here is set to ‘Larger’.

One thing I felt a little let down by is that, if you make a spelling error while searching, the app doesn’t suggest the correct one. So, if you search for ‘Scarlett Johannsson’, you just get a error message. Compare this to the actual website, which will make a suggestion with the correct spelling.

Menu

Opening the menu on any page gives you an assortment of features. You can change the language you are reading in; the app supports 32 different languages. You can also search for Wikipedia articles based on items ‘Nearby’ for example, schools and local landmarks often come up on a map which you can then select from.

Also in the menu you’ll find your viewed article history. Additionally you can save a page and view your saved pages, which is like creating bookmarks in a browser. Then you have a ‘More’ tab which provides the options to share, forward, select text, view the About page and change the settings. The settings themselves are quite minimal: just language and font size.

Comparison: Wapedia

Crucially, it’s worth comparing Wikipedia with the 3rd party clients which have been available for some time already. Most notable of these in my experience has been Wapedia from developers Taptu. Wapedia is without doubt an extremely feature-rich app which, like Wikipedia, lets you save pages. It’s also worth noting that both apps include the often brilliant photographs from the main Wikipedia website.

However, Wapedia then goes above and beyond by providing access to a variety of community-created ‘wiki’s’. These include zones of information related to the media, film, books, entertainment, humour, games, lifestyle, technology, sports, health, religion and science. So, if you’re looking for a wiki on tennis or even zombies, there’s plenty of information to be found. This is not only incredibly rich and diverse, but it’s simple to access and regularly updated.

The problem then for Wikipedia is identifying how it can be superior. I did notice a slightly faster response from the official app over Wapedia, but this was generally very slight. Wapedia also offers customisations which include a better variety of text size and a white or black theme in addition to a widget. There’s just no getting away from the fact that, despite being the official Wikipedia app and being very quick, the likes of Wapedia are arguably some way ahead in terms of usability and functionality.

Wikipedia for Android

 

 

DO NOT Forget, Next Tuesday (14, Feb) is the Valentine Day, Your Girlfriend will kill you if you forget to get her a present, Also Make sure you Check the NEW Rovio Angry Birds Facebook Edition that will be released on the same day. The Facebook version will allow play Angry Birds with new levels and share your progress in your timeline and compete with your friends too.

The Facebook Angry Birds will have some New Features Gameplay that will be called "Power-Ups" which will increase your points on the game but it will cost you $0.99 , We have the full Power-Ups list here...

 

Also we have a small Video Teaser from Rovio, The Video reveals some actual game play, which will be unlike anything we have seen. From what I can tell it looks like it will be Flash based and contain some completely new options, animations, and full screen capabilities. It also looks like the Mighty Eagle will be available, but does not look to be unlimited use.

Transformer Prime owners in the US are getting a notification of a new OTA update , ASUS said that this Update should bring improved Wi-Fi and Bluetooth performance, along with a new kernel version 2.5.39.

There is no Official changelog just yet, but the Update also brings a fix for the random reboot issue that plagued many users after the update to Ice Cream Sandwich last month.

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 8 for ARM-based devices will support full desktop applications following concerns that only Metro apps would be supported. Thats mean you can have your favorite Desktop Applications on your Windows 8 tablet including Office 15, Microsoft Steven Sinofsky further detailed Windows 8 for ARM and previewed a Metro-styled Office 15.

Users of the ARM-based Windows 8 will still be able to access the conventional desktop file system, Internet Explorer 10, and most other core features that are available to the x86 version of Windows 8.

However, Windows 8 on ARM will not be sold separately and will be tightly integrated with the devices they ship on. Also, there will be a limitation on the apps available for it from the Windows Store.

It is Cool to see the transformation of the Nokia N9 MeeGo smartphone into an Ice Cream Sandwich Device. Credits goes to Alexey Roslyakov and the NITDroid project, Still, There is not yet a public release or guidance on how you can get your own N9 to dual-boot between the platforms.

Where MeeGo lacks the bulk of third-party apps, however, Android does not, and for some the polycarbonate 3.9-inch smartphone would deliver the best of both worlds running each OS. At present, pressing the volume-up button during boot automatically loads up Android rather than MeeGo.

It is not the fist time to see a quad-core Tegra 3 devices (Asus Transformer prime), However, Nvidia confirmed that we will see some new Exclusive Quad-core devices on the MWC 2012 event in Barcelona by the end of this Month (February 2012).

The Invitation image includes a smartphone, Saying that they will show some of the first quad-core Android handsets. We saw the first Android quad-core handset at CES 2012, but it was displayed behind glass with no Specs or Details whatsoever!

Previous leaks suggest that HTC and LG are both planning Tegra 3-powered devices featuring a 4.7-inch display with 720p resolution. May be Nvidia planning to show one of them.

There is a HUGE security vulnerability in Google Wallet that effects all users regardless of if they are rooted or not. The security flaw is painfully easy to do and requires no extra software nor does it require root.

All a person who wants to access your Google Wallet has to do is go into the application settings menu and clear the data for the Google Wallet app. After doing that your Google Wallet app will be reset and will prompt for you to set a new pin the next time you open it.

The problem here is that since Google Wallet is tied to the device itself and not tied to your Google account, that once they set the new pin and log into the app, when they add the Google prepaid card it will add the card that is tied to that device. In other words, they would be able to add your card and have full access to your funds.

This vulnerability is particularly bad as it does not require root or an other software in order to gain access to your Google Wallet. All a person needs to be able to do this is access to your phone and within 1-2 minutes they will have complete access to your Google Wallet account.

HTC just gave us some welcome extra information on the planned Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich updates for their smartphone portfolio.

The wait is almost over for the owners of the original Sensation, the Sensation XE and the Sensation XL. The Sensation and Sensation XE will get the ICS treatment by the end of March, while the XL update will follow shortly after.

Google is really working hard to improve chrome, Dater releasing an Android version and a New desktop version (v17), Today Google released the "3" Google+ Extensions for Google Chrome browser, The first and second one makes you always connected with your Google+ account, getting Notifications and Messages even if you are browsing another website.

The third Extension, tells you the +1's for the current page you are browsing with chrome, Also you can click on it to +1 this page too. You can install all 3 from the link below.

Google Official Message on G+:

"Want to take Google+ everywhere with you as you browse the web? You can add some quick extensions that will help you +1 pages and share them with your circles from almost any website, you can get Google+ notifications in your browser, and can even add the new +Google Chrome app. The web is what you make of it."

Install G+ Extensions

After Nokia Released the Belle Update to all Symbian^3 device, Nokia Beta Labs which allows users to test out beta versions of upcoming apps for Nokia phones for free, put out the latest version of its Maps Suite software for Belle-the most recent version of the Nokia OS. It is the Nokia Maps suite 2.0

While still technically in development, the new version provides some pretty cool functionality to the apps which come with Map Suite (Drive, Maps, My Location, Places, Public Transportation, Weather), specifically geared to take advantage of new Belle features.

In addition to fast, intuitive tools for finding your way, the new Maps makes accessing information and features faster than ever. Press and hold on a destination to choose how you want to get there-including public transport. And enjoy one-tap access to Places and Weather right from your Home screen.

Nokia Maps now also makes your maps more personal than ever. Turn on Photos to see your snapshots of the places you have been placed along your map. Create customized routes for sightseeing or to avoid traffic. You can even save your favorite routes to access them later.

Try it Now!

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich release is slowly coming out to devices around the world. Today, HTC has Officially announced to get the upgrade on more of its phones.

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According to a message posted on HTC UK Facebook page (Photo above), the HTC Incredible S, HTC Desire S and HTC Desire HD are now officially confirmed to be in line for Android 4.0 upgrades.

HTC says the devices will receive the software "later this year" along with the previously announced HTC Rezound, HTC Vivid, HTC Amaze 4G, HTC EVO 3D, and HTC EVO Design 4G and HTC Inspire 4G the AT&T version of the Desire HD.

Apple recently Published an operator profiles refer to iOS 5.1 OTA Update and a release date of March 9, 2012. The profiles are intended for various operators in Japan, France, Finland, Greece and Sweden and will make sure the iPhones will connect to the specific network after an update.

The iOS 5.1 has 3 beta version till Now and it said to be the final FIX for the iPhone4s battery issues, and the iPod Touch Coverflow bug too.

Amazon always mocking of the iPad ever since the first version of it launched, but the latest effort of the online retailer is pretty good even for its own high standards.

Amazon points out that if you happen to have 500 Dollars to spare you might want to purchase a poor-sunlight-display iPad or better get an Amazon Kindle eReader + 2x Kindle Fire slates for the same 500 Dollars with Android OS.

Google just launched a New Desktop version of the Chrome browser, Chrome 17, Among the new features over the previous stable version include the ability to prerender pages to speed up your browsing. Now, when you type a URL in the Omnibox, Chrome will automatically start Pre-rendering the website it thinks you are mostly likely to open, So when you hit Enter the page will open instantaneously in ZERO time.

Another new feature is the ability to check files to see if they are malicious. When you download an executable file such as (.exe) or (.msi) Google Chrome will try to match the file with its online database to see if it is genuine. Also Chrome will check with Google for the websites history and if the site is known to provide malicious content then it will cancel the download automatically.

Ahead of Valentine Day (February 14th), Samsung Bada and Android users are entitled to a number of paid apps, for free!

Samsung are celebrating Valentine Day a week early and offering up some interactive good will, with a $5 app voucher to many of their users (providing they use a device with the correct OS). To check which devices and apps qualify for the freebie treatment, Check the link Below!

Promotion Details

Rumors about Nokia to announce the Nokia 803 Symbian Belle smartphone. The device will likely be the last phone running the Symbian OS to come from Nokia.

Reportedly, the Nokia 803 will feature a 4-inch AMOLED screen unit. HDMI port, NFC connectivity and microSIM slot complete the rumored specs.

Most importantly however, Nokia 803 is rumored to feature the largest camera sensor we have ever seen on a Smartphone (I suggest its a 16.1MP Wide lens Camera). Add to this the suspected optical zoom and we might end up seeing one of the greatest camera phones on the market.

The HTC Sensation already got a white version, Now its the Sensation XE turn to get a white version too. Good News that is Clove.co.uk is bringing it to the UK.

The HTC Sensation XE white is an Upgraded version of the Sensation and also the first phone to pack Beats audio and the iBeats headset. The iBeats headset alone costs a cool £54, so getting it in-the-box is good deal for sure.

Clove UK will sell the white HTC Sensation XE for £408 and you can pre-order it right now. The first units are expected to be in stock in the week which starts on February,20.

Lately, Apple has warned app developers not to manipulate their rankings in the top charts by using third-party marketing services that uses fake users write good reviews.

The warning addresses rumors that "bot farms" or "water armies" in places such as China are offering to boost apps into the top 25 by using a mob of fake users to download an app and give it positive reviews in exchange for money.

Apple Stated on an Email to the Developers, "Once you build a great app, you want everyone to know about it. However, when you promote your app, you should avoid using services that advertise or guarantee top placement in App Store charts. Even if you are not personally engaged in manipulating App Store chart rankings or user reviews, employing services that do so on your behalf may result in the loss of your Apple Developer Program membership."

Is Chrome for Android Beta not Available in your Country Market?

Good news we have the Original .apk file (installation file) for you. Simply download the file from the (link below) and install it on your device. Remember, this only works on Android 4.0+ Ice Cream Sandwich devices.

We also added a Small Tutorial Video on How to use Chrome for Android, Enjoy!

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Chrome For Android [.apk]

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Google recently launched Chrome for Android Beta for Android smartphones and tablets running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The new mobile browser includes many features that make Chrome so popular on the PC including speed, simple design, bookmark and open tabs sync, and autocomplete suggestions. But Google mobile Chrome is not all good news, there are also a few letdowns for people who love Adobe Flash, Chrome extensions or are part of the 99 percent.

No Flash Support!
Even though Android supports the mobile version of Flash Player, Chrome for Android did not ship with Adobe plug-in unlike its desktop counterpart. Shortly after the new mobile browser was released, Adobe said it would not be supporting Chrome for Android. Adobe in November announced it would no longer be developing Flash Player for mobile devices at all and would instead focus on pushing HTML 5 standards for mobile browsers.

Support Android ICS 4.0 only!
Chrome for Android is currently only available for Android 4.0. That effectively means you can only get it if you own a Galaxy Nexus, Nexus S, Motorola Xoom or Asus Transformer Prime. Ice Cream Sandwich updates to Gingerbread and Honeycomb devices are slated for rollout later this year.

Samsung has confirmed that Not only will Not announce the Galaxy S III at Mobile World Congress this month, but also the samsung has NO press conference planned at the Barcelona event this year at all. Despite, Last year MEC Samsung showed her latest High-end Device the Galaxy S II.

"Samsung is looking forward to introducing and demonstrating exciting new mobile products at Mobile World Congress 2012" the company said last week.

Samsung's third-gen Galaxy flagship will be launched at an event of its own sometime in the first half of this year, allowing Samsung to announce the smartphone closer to the point of commercial availability but also monopolize the limelight.

Yes its Coming, Vodafone UK will offer the Sony NEW portable PS, PlayStation Vita starting from February,22. The Vita will pack some impressive hardware for a portable gaming device, It will have a 5.5-inch AMOLED screen, quad-core Cortex-A9 processor and PowerVR SGX543MP4+ onboard.

The version that Vodafone will be offering soon is the Wi-Fi + 3G version bundled with a a 4GB memory card. Price will be £279.

The HTC Primo will be targeted as a mid-range Android smartphone running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. However, it seems that HTC will be moving to make its premium audio experience with Beats Audio Integration, more widely available and the mid-range Primo will be bundled with Beats Audio.

The latest image of the HTC Primo depicts a device with a 3.7-inch screen without any Android navigation keys. Using onscreen navigation keys instead. The device will feature Gorilla Glass but it is unclear if this will be the new Gorilla Glass 2 screens that were introduced at CES 2012. The phone will have a dual-core 1.0 GHz Snapdragon CPU, 512 MB RAM, and rear-facing 5-megapixel camera with 720p HD video capture.

LG teaser for the Optimus Vu has been revealed in Korea. The phone Main feature that was focues-on this teaser is its 5-inch IPS display. But unlike all touchscreen smartphones out there, the display on the Optimus Vu has a 4:3 aspect ratio. Due to this, the display on the Optimus Vu will actually have a higher surface area than other 5-inch displays.

The rest of the specs are not official yet but we have heard it will have a 1024 x 768 resolution display, a 1.5GHz, dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 1GB of RAM, 8 megapixel camera, 8GB internal memory, NFC and Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

HTC already announced devices a second round is ready to be unveiled after the first one for the HTC Sensations and Evo 3D line.

A reliable internal source received information about an April release of Android 4.0 with HTC Sense 3.5 for the HTC Desire S, Desire HD and Incredible S. The three devices will receive the new firmware on different days during the month, and will follow the upgrades of the Sensation family (February) and the EVO 3D.

This year in Barcelona at Mobile World Congress 2012, we are likely to see a brand new Nokia "high-end" device announced and detailed. Forbes has learned from an industry source they trust that MWC 2012 will play host to Nokia newest smartphone, one that they are saying will "run an unusual software feature normally found only on high-end smartphones." It is quite likely that this means the camera, rumored to be 12 megapixels strong on the rumored Nokia Lumia 910, will be ready for action.

As the Finnish device manufacturer continues its all-out assault on the mobile market with colorful Windows Phone devices galore, we must expect that they will continue to bring the fury at the year largest mobile-centric conference. If what Forbes source says is true, the fourth in a series of fairly lovely and certainly strong Windows Phone Mango devices will be dropping in a big way. This far the Lumia 710 and 800 are on the market and the Lumia 900, revealed at CES 2012, will be on the market soon.

Norton is out with a new mobile app for Android smartphones - Norton Safety Minder, allowing parents to keep track of what their kids are doing on their mobile phones through Norton Online Family.

Although the application itself is free to download, Norton Online Family does come with a price tag, offering such benefits to the Norton Safety Minder users as:

• Ability to track who kids have been exchanging text and MMS messages with and check their contact lists.

• White and black list creation tool with approved and not-approved friends, respectively.

• See all the apps kids install and uninstall on their Android phone

• The cool thin

Google Has just released the Chrome browser  for Android. This beta version is currently only available for ICS phones and tablets and like its desktop progenitor, the synced settings and bookmarks are all in tow. Expect to see a new, more natural mobile view of the tab system.

It will also remember what you were last looking at on your desktop Chrome browser, and sync it across to your mobile device it is like Kindle or iBook bookmarking system, but for the web. Your autocorrect content from the desktop is similarly synced.

You can now bring your personalized Chrome experience with you to your Android phone or tablet. If you sign in to Chrome on your Android device, you can:

• View open tabs: Access the tabs you left open on your computer (also signed into Chrome) picking up exactly where you left off.

• Get smarter suggestions: If you visit a site often on your computer, you'll also get an autocomplete suggestion for it on your mobile device, so you can spend less time typing.

• Sync bookmarks: Conveniently access your favorite sites no matter where you are or which device you are using.

Chrome for Android Beta is available on phones and tablets running Android 4.0+, Ice Cream Sandwich in the Following Countries:

• United States

• Canada

• United Kingdom

• France

• Germany

• Spain

• Australia

• Japan

• Korea

• Mexico

• Argentina

• Brazil

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Chrome For Android [Market]

 

 

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Demo Video Below!

As operators around the world look to curb people data usage by rolling out confusing pricing plans or just simply raising their rates, things are going a little bit differently in Russia. MegaFon, the third largest operator in Russia, recently held a contest whereby the person who could use the most amount of data would be awarded with a 150,000 ruble ($5,000) vacation overseas, the winner was someone who managed to pull 419 GB in a single week.

With some calculations, that is a constant download rate of 5.7 megabits per second. Not bad for a network that uses 21 Mbps HSPA+ technology, which is arguably inferior to anything offered in America, but on par with what is available in most of Europe. Some countries have 42 Mbps HSPA+ networks, but that technology is not widely deployed yet.

The truth of the matter is, men have spent more money on consumer electronics in the past and, as a result, women have unfortunately been left with ads targeted towards men or pink versions of everything. But no more.

According to a study out of the CEA, the same folks that brought you that over-sized week of madness called CES, more and more women are showing an interest in consumer electronics than they were in the past.

Specifically, eight in ten women expressed an interest in gadgets, up 10 percentage points from the same time in 2007. Of those women, 41 percent said they were "very interested" in consumer electronics. But it gets more interesting than that.

And perhaps the most important thing we can take away from this study comes out of the mouth of CEA manager of strategic research Jessica Boothe:

"Forget pink. Women don't want to be catered to with ultra-feminine looking products; they simply prefer lightweight devices that can fit smaller hands and smaller body frames. Women play many roles, like mother, spouse and career women, and CE products that can perform many functions are a necessity."

The DROID RAZR MAXX is obviously selling like hot cupcakes these days with Verizon Wireless at one point listing the popular devices as out of stock.

However, the carrier and Motorola must have been working round the clock to fix this "injustice" and now the DROID RAZR MAXX is back with a small label that says "Will ship by 2/9." That is two days from now, so if you want the thicker version of the RAZR, you may still be able to get it by weekend or, worse case scenario, on Monday.

LG new ICS Android phone, the X3, likely to be shown off at Mobile World Congress later this month. That device and one more are probably the source of a pair of certification filings in the Universal Plug and Play database, a set of standards for wired and wireless networking. The phones in question are the "LG-P880" and the "LG-P700". The former is of the most interest to spec hounds, and it probably the model number for the X3.

There is not a lot of information on either phone available, but a few nuggets can be found. Digging around in the GSM filing for the P880 reveals a resolution of 1280x720p and the P700 has a 640×480 resolution found mostly in second-generation Android phones. Oddly, the P700 is listed as an "ICS SmartPhone", not the P880.'

The New LG Prada 3.0 will feature a recognizable face in its global ad campaign as Edward Norton and Daria Werbowy Ukranian model will lead this compaign.

The two stars were shot by British fashion photographer David Sims. It also comes with LG trademark mesh covering the back, as well as a slender 8.5mm profile.

The New LG 3.0 will have a dual-core 1 GHz processor, 8MP camera with 1080p video recording, 4.3-inch LCD screen and 8GB of internal storage.

After Nokia showed the white version of the Lumia 800, the company accidentally leaked an image of a Nokia Lumia 900 sporting the same white polycarbonate unibody.

The Lumia 900 White looks great and deos not have anything different from the original one, the exposed microUSB port, front-facing camera and non-curved glass. As a matter of fact Nokia have done a great job getting applying the white coat of paint, making the device look particularly stunning.

The long-awaited Belle update for older Nokias that launched with Symbian^3 has started rolling out. We received tons of tips and when we plugged in our Nokia N8, Ovi Suite immediately found an update.

The update is version 111.030.0609, the latest available version of Nokia Belle, even for the Nokia 701. That means that owners of an N8, E7, X7, C7, E6, C6-01 and Oro will be on par software-wise with phones that launched with Belle.

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China Daily reports that Proview Shenzhen Technology, a Chinese company based in the city Shenzhen, has pointed the finger at Apple over the iPad.

"We ask the court to stop selling and marketing for Apple iPad in China. We also demand an apology," Proview Technology attorney Xie Xianghui told China Daily.

Both companies claim "iPad" as a trademark, but Proview Shenzhen Technology says it has held the trademark since 2000 or 2001 and is asking for a cessation of iPad sales in China due to patent infringement as well as a fine for damages.

The case is set to come before a district court in Shanghai this month. A similar suit in Beijing is asking for a fine of around $38 million, or 240 million yuan. Late last year, Apple lost a suit wherein it claimed patent infringement on the Chinese company part.

The new Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus comes in at a reasonable 249.99 Pound in the UK according to mobile retailer, Expansys. As such we are anticipating a free device on contracts around the 15 pound per-month mark and upwards once carriers release their plans for the Plus.

The Ace Plus is running Android Gingerbread 2.3 with Samsung TouchWiz UI on top. Hardware sees a 3.65" HVGA display, WiFi, Bluetooth, HSDPA support and all the usual connectivity options we have come to expect from a mid-range droid. The Ace Plus is powered by a 1GHz S1 Snapdragon processor and an Adreno 200 GPU, there is also a 1300mAh battery and a usable 5MP snapper on the back.

Now that Facebook has filed for an IPO, we knew it might lead to some changes for the world largest social network. Well, a new report from the Financial Times reports that we could start to see some advertising on its mobile products in the coming weeks.

The report suggests that advertising on mobile Facebook will be different than on the web, as it will primarily concentrate on promotional "featured stories" within your news feed. These should be clearly identified but you just know that people are going to freak out whenever Facebook does anything. While I don't like more ads in my life, I understand why this has to happen.

Facebook listed mobile as one of its biggest risks because it currently does not generate any significant revenue from its apps or mobile web products, VentureBeat points out. This has all been by design, as Facebook was looking for scale on the mobile side before generating money. It has done quite well on that front, as it currently has more than 425 million mobile users.

More HTC Ville live photos leaked, again, The Android smartphone is expected to be unveiled by HTC at their press conference on February,26 and slide beneath the Edge in the company chain of command.

The HTC Ville will reportedly be the slimmest HTC smartphone to this day, having a profile of just 8.9mm. Previously we heard that the Ville will measure just 8mm, but 8.9mm sounds quite great too, especially for a mid-range device. To achieve this, the Taiwanese used a qHD AMOLED panel, which is supposed to have a diagonal of 4.3-inch.

A 1.5 GHz dual-core CPU will be keeping things going under the hood, while Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and Sense 4.0 will provide the eye-candy at the front.

Samsung, Continuing its ongoing The Next Big Thing series of ads designed to ruthlessly mock the iPhone-line-waiters comes what seems to be the final chapter. But this is no ordinary ad, it is the Super Bowl ad, which is a pretty big deal in the US as millions of people watch these games.

This time Samsung is using it to advertise the Galaxy Note instead of the Galaxy S II.

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Despite profitable Q2,2011 and Q3,2011 results, HTC, the Taiwanese company has taken a hit in its sales in the Q4,2011. As a result, the revenue plummeted 25.33 percent QoQ, and just 2.49 percent year-over-year to $3.44 billion (NT$101.42bn).

Profits have also taken a toll falling 12 percent year-over-year to $933 million (NT$27.5bn). On the upside, though, HTC have stepped up their game compared to 2010 and for the whole 2011 the revenue was $15.73 billion (NT$465.79bn), which is 67% up year-over-year.

I think many people understand today that the photos they put on Facebook and other social networking sites can be used against them by employers when searching for a new job. I am sure a lot of people posting pictures to Facebook have thought better of it after a few hours, days, or weeks and then went back and deleted the photo. The catch is that the photo may be deleted from your profile and as it turns out, often the photos are still the Facebook servers and accessible.

According to ArsTechnica, three years after photos were deleted from some Facebook accounts the photos are still accessible via direct links it has access to. All a person needs to be an access the photos you deleted in most cases is the direct link to the photo, and you can still see it. ArsTechnica reports that it started following this back in 2009 and that some of the links to deleted photos they found still accessible back in 2009 are still accessible today despite being deleted from the user account.

Apple refusal to put its Siri voice control system on the iPhone 4 is not a shameless play to persuade users to upgrade to the 4S, it is suggested, but a limitation of the Apple A5 chip found inside the newest iOS smartphone. The A5, Linley Group analyst Linley Gwennap says, was always too large simply to accommodate two Cortex A9 CPUs and a GPU, CNET reports; the extra bulk is to house an on-chip noise-reduction system sourced from specialists Audience, which revealed its deal with Apple last month.

"Apple has integrated our processor IP in certain of its mobile phones" Audience confirmed in its IPO documentation last month. Based on the company EarSmart technology, it allows phones to use effective background noise cancellation even when the microphone is held at arm reach, rather than when it is near the user mouth.

Audience does not detail its "custom processor for Apple" but the volume inclusion timescale Q4 of 2011 fits in with the launch of the iPhone 4S. EarSmart models the human brain, using two microphones and custom DSP to filter out background sound.

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AT&T will begin to take pre-orders today for the Samsung Galaxy Note, the 5.3-inch phablet will be sold in carbon blue or ceramic white, and check in at 299 USD with a new agreement. Orders are set to be delivered by Feb. 17, just a bit too late for Valentine Day. Also scheduled to be in stores some accessories, notably a desktop docking station, a spare battery charger, and a flip cover case and pen holder. Speaking of the flip cover, if you head into Best Buy and pre-order your Samsung Galaxy Note they will hook you up with one for free.

The Note is big. It is huge as a phone, but has enough size to it that it could function as a tablet for many. The lure of carrying one device to cover both use cases is bound to attract quite a few folks, and the fact that LTE data is built into the unit is certainly a big plus.

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The specs are certainly no slouch either. That 5.3-inch Super AMOLED screen has a 1280x800 HD resolution, there is a 1.5GHZ dual-core processor, a 2500mAh battery, 1GB of RAM, and Samsung is excellent 8MP camera all running Android 2.3.5.

For the first time, Germany Federal Office for Information Security has declared Chrome to be the web browser of choice for Windows users who are looking for security.

German officials made it clear that a web browser is the most critical component of using online services securely. Sandboxing is pointed out as the key feature in Chrome security and that was found either weak or completely missing in other browsers.

A screenshot from the upcoming build of Windows 8 Consumer preview has been leaked and although it seems similar to the developer preview available right now, conspicuous by its absence is our long time friend, the Windows Start button.

The Windows Start button, which took the form of an orb since Vista, has been around since the days of Windows 95, so it would feel a bit strange for any long time Windows user to not find it in its usual place in the corner of your display when he or she upgrades to Windows 8. However, even if Microsoft may have done away with the actual button, some of its functionality will still be available to the user.

 

 

Samsung next-generation Galaxy S III will reportedly be one of the thinnest smartphones in the world when it is unveiled in the coming months. South Korea Electronic Times News on Monday cited unnamed sources in claiming Samsung upcoming flagship superphone will pack impressive specs into a case that is just 7 millimeters thick, the thinnest version of Samsung current flagship, the Galaxy S II, features a case that is exactly 8.495 millimeters thick.

They states that the Galaxy S III will feature an 8-megapixel rear camera, a 2-megapixel front camera, a Super AMOLED Plus display and the Android 4.0 ICS onboard. An earlier report claimed the Galaxy S III could launch as soon as April, but Electronic Times News claims the handset will hit store shelves in May. Samsung Galaxy S III will feature a quad-core processor, a Super AMOLED Plus HD display, 4G LTE connectivity, 2GB of RAM.

The white version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus popped up on the website of a UK retailer last month after which we got to see an official photo and some live images of the device. As it turns out, though, the rumored February 6 launch date was actually the date Samsung madе the phone official.

So the press release came in today and confirmed that a white Galaxy Nexus is on its way to the market. You will have to wait just one more week to get it sales start on February 13. According to Samsung UK, it will be available in a range of stores across the country, but unfortunately, there were no specifics mentioned.

Apple turned up the heat on Samsung in Australia when it expanded its patent and trademark lawsuit to include 278 new infringement claims covering 22 patents and ten devices (some of them unreleased). This is a significant increase from the original lawsuit which targeted only the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and included with a handful of patent infringement claims. If the court grants Apple an injunction based on these new claims, it potentially could prevent Samsung from selling any Android device in the land down under.

Samsung and Apple are embroiled in a heated legal battle that began in August of 2011.

Looks like its the Time to say Goodbye Symbian, Despite talks of Symbian Carla and even Symbian Donna in the works for current and new devices alike, it now appears that the successor to the Nokia N8 might be the last new Symbian device we shall see from the Finns.

Nokia had originally promised continued support for Symbian following their plans to switch to Windows Phone as their primary OS last Mobile World Congress, with the intention of selling 150 million more Symbian devices before completely phasing the OS out.

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop blamed the lackluster figures on ever-changing and increasingly difficult market conditions, influenced in particular by the demand for lower cost smartphones. "We now believe that we will sell fewer Symbian devices than we anticipated," he explained.

Sony Ericsson and the extreme sports brand Billabong have entered into a partnership, which will bring the Xperia smartphones closer to the adrenaline junkies, who are fans of the popular Australian clothing and gear company. The first product of the partnership is the Sony Ericsson Xperia active Billabong edition.

There is no difference between the newcomer and the tough as nails, regular Xperia active, which we came to like quite a lot, save for the Billabong branded back cover and some software additions. The latter include exclusive Billabong screensavers, preloaded videos, and an app to keep you up to date on surfing news.

After a surprisingly long delay, Windows Phone owners may soon be able to get their hands on a Skype app of their very own.

Microsoft is currently testing a near-final version of Skype for Windows Phone 7, and the company may be planning to launch the app at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona later this month.

Microsoft has been promising a Skype app for Windows Phone for some time. The app was originally targeted for a late 2011 launch, but it obviously missed that timeline. During CES, a Skype representative hinted that a Windows Phone app was "coming soon."

Samsung has officially announced the Champ Deluxe Duos for the Indian market. The dual-SIM Champ device will give the liberty to use two phone numbers simultaneously at an affordable price of Rs. 4,790.

As mentioned before, the phone features 2.8-inch QVGA display, TouchWiz Lite UI, 1.3MP camera, music player, FM Radio, social network integration along with ChatON messaging service and microSD card slot.

According to recent leaks, the latest iteration of Motorola Droid brand will be priced at $200 for those who sign a new two-year service agreement.

And now, we are hearing that the device will be available really soon; in fact, it will be here in less than a week. According to the latest report, it will be available in Verizon Store locations nationwide on February 10.

Approximately 252 homes are in a trial run this month with a brand new Google Entertainment Device which very well may be the project thus far known as Android@Home. This project has been tipped by the FCC where a collection of pre-run devices have been approved for testing, each of them working with Wi-fi and/or Bluetooth to connect the home. This filing was made this December and is only popping up now, Google making no official word on it because it is a big secret but chances are, it is the Android@Home Hub.

The FCC filing itself has a tiny bit of information on what the project will contain, FCC says:

"Google is developing an entertainment device that requires testing outside the laboratory environment. The device is in the prototyping phase and will be modified prior to final compliance testing... Users will connect their device to home WiFi networks and use Bluetooth to connect to other home electronics equipment. This line of testing will reveal real world engineering issues and reliability of networks. The device utilizes a standard WiFi/Bluetooth module, and the planned testing is not directed at evaluating the radio frequency characteristics of the module (which are known), but rather at the throughput and stability of the home WiFi networks that will support the device, as well as the basic functionality of the device. From this testing we hope to modify the design in order to maximize product robustness and user experience. Utilizing the requested number of units will allow testing of real world network performance and its impact on applications running on the device, so that any problems can be discovered and addressed promptly."

Technology is advancing slightly slower than the minds at Corning would have it, it seems, as the creators of Gorilla Glass present a second video in a series that brings the future to us now, glass based. The video moves from one technology to the next, starting with Handheld Display Glass, this essentially stemming off what Gorilla Glass already presents, it being thin and lightweight, damage resistant and what Corning plans for the future: 3D-projection ready! The loveliness then continues through an impressive display of lights and magic through a future we can only dream of.

 

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According to a study by Crittercism on Android and iOS, both platforms have their share of apps that crash and it shows that iOS apps crash more often. The company which specializes in providing real-time crash reports for mobile apps evaluated reports over a period of one month and found that iOS apps crash quite a lot more than their Android counterparts.

In the first of the three quartiles we got data for, iOS apps crashed after 0.51% of all launches, whereas Android apps only crashed in 0.15%. In the second quartile the picture is similar with iOS apps crashing in 1.47% of the cases, whereas Android apps did so 0.73% of the time. Things are much closer in the third quartile 2.97% crashes for Android vs 3.66% for iOS.

Crittercism even gave us a detailed breakdown of the most problematic releases by OS. As it turns out, iOS 5.0.1 generates more than a third of all iOS crashes 33.93%, while iOS 4.3.5 is the second most problematic with 10.62%. That sounds quite believable as these two software versions are the two latest releases of iOS4 and iOS5.

RIM BlackBerry Music Store launched in Canada where users can download the free Music Store app from the BlackBerry App World and use it to discover new tracks, purchase and download them right away, and tell their inner circle about the songs they dig.

You can either use the built-in search to find a specific Arts/Album/Song or browse and check out other tracks and albums by from all Artists.

The Galaxy S III and the iPhone 5 is leading the rumors section in YouMobile these days, According to an anonymous tipster who is said to be working for a large UK retailer the next Samsung flagship will be waterproof. And it will not be the only high-end phone to have such a feature, either the iPhone 5 will also reportedly resist water.

The rumor has it that the two top-shelf smartphones will feature a special nanocoating over their chips, which is impenetrable by water.

The technology is developed by a company called Liquipel and resembles the Nokia water-resisting coating that we saw in October and the HzO thing from last month.

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Apple has been forced to remove some of its 3G products from the German online stores. This includes the iPhone 3GS, the iPhone 4 and the 3G version of the iPad 2.

The products are only being pulled from Apple online store in Germany and the brick and mortar stores will still have them in stock. This is because Motorola only sued the German subsidiary of Apple, which is only in charge of handling the online side of the sales.

However, Apple has won a temporary suspension, which means it can go back to selling the previously pulled products on its online store for now. We are not sure what their next step will be but will keep you informed.

Microsoft has some major changes in store for Windows Phone 8, we have learned, which is the version of the platform currently being referred to by codename Apollo. Thanks to a video hosted by senior vice president and Windows Phone manager Joe Belfiore at Nokia, a number of WP8 features and themes have now been revealed.

Hardware changes

According to Belfiore, the overarching theme with regards to the Windows Phone 8 hardware ecosystem will be scale and choice. Specifically, Apollo will add support for multicore processors, new screen resolutions, and removable microSD card storage. It is clear that Microsoft is addressing one of the platform pain points, which is a perceived inability to compete in spec sheet comparisons with the iPhone and Android-based devices.

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NFC radios will also be supported, with Belfiore placing specific emphasis on 8's push into contactless payments. The "Wallet experience," as he calls it, will have the capability to be carrier-branded and controlled, either by a secure element on the SIM card or utilizing hardware in the phone itself. In addition, tap-to-share capabilities will reportedly work across multiple platforms, allowing desktops, laptops, tablets, and phones to all share content.

Windows 8 integration

Windows Phone 8 will not just share a UI with the next-generation desktop and tablet OS, apparently: it will use many of the same components as Windows 8, allowing developers to "reuse by far most of their code" when porting an app from desktop to phone, according to Belfiore. He specifically mentions the kernel, networking stacks, security, and multimedia support as areas of heavy overlap.

Moreover, Windows Phone 8 will reportedly scrap integration with the desktop Zune client in favor of a syncing relationship with a dedicated companion application. In other words, Microsoft is bringing back a richer version of ActiveSync after letting that program die out for the most part.

A security related bug was discovered on certain HTC Android smartphones. This bug allowed any application that has access to the ACCESS_WIFI_STATE permission will let the application not only check on the status of your Wi-Fi but also have complete access to all your Wi-FI passwords.

The handsets that are reported to have this bug include the Desire HD, T-Mobile myTouch 4G, Desire S, Sensation, EVO 3D, DROID Incredible, and the Thunderbolt 4G. However, HTC is now reporting that the problem has already been solved on certain devices, although which ones exactly was not mentioned. It also said that the rest of the devices will require the update to be manually applied. The update is not yet available but HTC is requesting users to visit their website again next week for the update.

DropBox has been moving up in the world in the last few months, due in no small part to excellent support of mobile platforms like Android. Today the cloud storage service announced a beta program for users of its Android app.

Testers will get access to a newer, faster and more feature-rich version of the DropBox app but that is not all. If you need a carrot even without the stick, beta testers will receive up to 5 gigabytes of extra cloud storage connected to your account, for use on any operating system, including DropBox more robust desktop programs.

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Windows users can now enjoy the benefits of high quality video, granted they have a webcam capable of recording HD video, as well as a fast enough internet connection.

This update also finally sees the integration of group screen share, which enables sharing your screen in conference calls, rather than with just one person at a time. Group screen share is currently only available to Skype Premium members, however.

Features and improvements of Skype 5.8 for Windows are:

• Full HD video-calling

• Support for Facebook audio and video-calling (beta)

• Group screen sharing

• Hide offline Facebook contacts

• Push to Talk

• Skype updater service

• Bing Toolbar integration

Another Samsung-created beta ICS 4.0.3 ROM for the Samsung Galaxy S II leaked. The release is named I9100XXLPB, has a build date of January 29 and is quite a major step forward compared to previous ones.

This new release comes with a slightly more polished UI, which offers more eye-candy and, according to the guy who brought us the leaked ROM much better battery endurance.

Change log:
Interface: Kind of 3D effect when scrolling.
Battery: Lots better than early ones.
Faster: Feels the same as LP6
Touch: Same as LP6.
Facelock: Same as LP6 working fine.
Task: Same as version LP6.

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Leaked iBoot images show that the next Apple tablet will have a combined GSM/CDMA/LTE radio, as well as a quad-core A6 chipset.

The model numbers leaked are J1 and J2, which refer to two versions of the iPad 3 (iPad 3,1 and iPad 3,2, respectively). It is assumed that these will be for Wi-Fi only and Wi-Fi + 3G/4G variants of the upcoming iPad, just like in the case with iPad 2.

The processor specifications confirm that the chipset is indeed the highly anticipated A6 with model number S5L8945X, as well as four processor cores-although at what clock-rate we have yet to find out. Another iPad 3 specification floating around involves a high resolution 2048×1536 pixel Retina Display.

Facebook filled for IPO yesterday. We are not going to bore you with the technical information about it, as those are mostly of interest to banks and their corporate clients at this point, but the documents submitted mention a few quite interesting facts about the social network.

Obviously, the network still has not reached saturation point as its user base keeps growing. By the end of last year Facebook had 845 million users, who formed 100 billion friendships, uploaded 250 million photos per day and generated 2.7 billion daily likes.

This week twitter started a larger rollout of its enhance brand pages. We first caught wind of these new brand pages back in early December 2011 and the first page we saw was from Pepsi. Enhance brand pages allow different companies, brands, organizations, and others to set up twitter pages that more closely reflect the corporate personality and color schemes of the businesses.

Yesterday, several new brand pages rolled out on twitter, including pages for NBC news, Volkswagen, the Huffington Post, and several others.

Corning and Samsung Mobile Display have announced they have teamed up to form a new OLED glass partnership. The two firms are establishing a new joint venture to many factors special the glass substrates that will be used in the OLED display manufacturing market. The joint venture will use Corning new Lotus Glass and Samsung OLED display tech.

Lotus Glass is an interesting product from Corning that is a glass substrate that goes over the top of an OLED display and can be flexed without breaking. That allows it using curved handsets and should make it last longer in the real world by being able to deform when dropped or hit rather than breaking. The joint venture will supply the OLED backplane glass substrates for Samsung Mobile Display along with the broader Korean market.

We have some good news for owners of the HTC Sensation smartphone. A press release has been published that says the HTC Sensation will get the official Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update soon. HTC does not give a specific date that the update will come, simply saying it will come out OTA soon. HTC also dropped information on a new version of the Sensation that is coming to the Netherlands.

The new version of the HTC Sensation will be identical hardware wise to the existing version and the difference will be that the new phone comes in an ice white color. That ice white color looks more like silver to me. The HTC press release says that the phone will land on March 1 in the Netherlands and will already be running Android 4.0 when it hits. There is no word on an official launch date in other countries.

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We have the first live pictures of the recently announced Samsung Galaxy S Advance, along with details on the expected price and release date.

The price will be 22,990 Philippine pesos, which amounts to around $535 and the Galaxy S Advance is expected to be first seen at the MWC later this month and should become available in the Philippines, at least, around the same time.

Microsoft Brick and Mortar retail stores in US is now taking pre-order for the Nokia Lumia 900 device. The Nokia Lumia 900 4G LTE device was announced at CES 2012 last month and it is expected to launch on March,18th from AT&T.

Even the price of the device was rumored to be 99 USD from AT&T under 2 year contract.

This time, The teaser is an assortment of clips from the previous spot, which showed Apple fan boys and girls lining up, waiting anxiously and getting generally quite obsessed with the newest, latest Apple gadget. In the previous ad, they figured out that Samsung phones already are the next best thing. In this one, something similar is probably going to happen except this time, the focus will be on the Samsung Galaxy which will be relesd on AT&T carrier by Feburary,19th.

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A device identifying itself as "Galaxy S 2+" showed up in the online test results of benchmark An3DBenchXL. The benchmark results offer the following info about the device: OS version 2.3.4, screen resolution 480x800 and CPU clock 1.5GHz.

The regular Galaxy S II has a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and so does the regular Galaxy Nexus. But clues to an alleged upgrade of the Galaxy Nexus with a 1.5GHz processor and a new GPU showed up a couple of days ago.

Quite a coincidence, but a Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket i727, for example, more or less matches the specs 1.5GHz CPU, Android Gingerbread and WVGA screen.

 

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Samsung has confirmed that the Galaxy S3 long-waited successor of the S2, will not be appearing at MWC 2012.

The phone was Highly expected to launch at the flagship event in Barcelona later this month, but Samsung has stated there will be a separate event during this Year to show off the new device:

"Samsung is looking forward to introducing and demonstrating exciting new mobile products at Mobile World Congress 2012.

The successor to the Galaxy S2 smartphone will be unveiled at a separate Samsung-hosted event in the first half of the year, closer to commercial availability of the product.

"Samsung stays committed to providing the best possible mobile experiences for customers around the world."

May be Samsung is Waiting for the iPhone5 which expected by Fall,2012 !

BlackBerry London is a name of the Upcoming Blackberry Next-Generation smartphone, Now we have an image of this upcoming smartphone based on RIM new BlackBerry 10 platform.

The image shows the device in black, and looks like a slide from a presentation. The front of the device looks similar to the last picture we saw of the phone but has some differences. It is completely black, but that could just be an alternate shade. What more important is that the beveled edges are missing, replaced by rounded corners and the large BlackBerry logo on the bottom is now a bit smaller and directly below the display.

Google+ is expected to have amassed around 100,000,000 users by Wednesday of this week.

Self-proclaimed "unofficial statistician" for Google+ and founder of Ancestry.com, Paul B. Allen predicted that come Wednesday evening, the readouts at Google HQ should be counting 100.8 million active users on their social network.

New Yorkers were left to ponder their sanity the other day as three mysterious figures flew silently through the sky seemingly unaided.

Truth be told, the occurrences that featured over the New York skyline were not of a supernatural nature, but rather to promote a movie about happenings of a supernatural nature. 20th Century Fox hired ad firm Thinkmodo to come up with a unique way to market their latest Sci Fi flick, "Chronicle".

The supernatural occurrence took place not far from locales such as the Statue of Liberty as well as other well known areas around Manhattan, but how and why?

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Apple not only makes fantastic products, it also created an aura around its brand that many marketing executives would love to duplicate. One such executive is Younghee Lee of Samsung. Speaking with AllThingsD, Lee said she is trying to figure out how she (and Samsung) can "engage with consumers from the bottom of their heart, and not just be a big and functional and rational and reasonable brand." Though Lee did not say it, she wants customers to love Samsung like they love Apple.

One of Samsung first forays into becoming a recognizable and well-loved brand is its recent advertising push in the US. The ongoing video series features Samsung users showing off their handsets to iPhone owners. As expected, the iPhone is not as fast nor as big as the phones from the Korean company. The series is light-hearted and has been well-received by everyone except maybe Apple fans.

Apple CEO Tim Cook outrage at allegations the company knowingly overlooked labor mistreatment among its suppliers may have satisfied some, but that has not stopped an online petition of near 150,000 Apple fans demanding the company take further steps in protecting workers. Accruing nearly 150,000 signatures within 48 hours, the campaign was started by Mark Shields on Change.org and demands greater transparency on suppliers found to have committed rights violations.

It also suggests that "Apple release a worker protection strategy for new product releases, which are the instances when injuries and suicides typically spike because of the incredible pressure to meet quotas timed to releases."

"Here is the thing: you are Apple. You are supposed to think different. I want to continue to use and love the products you make, because they are changing the world, and have already changed my life" Shields wrote. "But I also want to know that when I buy products from you, it is not at the cost of horrible human suffering."

NenaMark 2 is a popular Android benchmark for 3D performance and it offers an online database of results. Interestingly, a Samsung Galaxy Nexus with an updated GPU popped up in the results.

The Galaxy Nexus uses a TI OMAP 4460 chipset, which packs a PowerVR SGX540 GPU. That's the same GPU Samsung used in the original Galaxy S. The interesting benchmark result (submitted anonymously) however claims it ran on PowerVR SGX544. It is used in the TI OMAP 4470 chipset, which suggest that the change is due to an upgraded chipset.

Anyway, the GPU scored 39.8fps, while the regular Galaxy Nexus got 24fps when we tested it. Which is what you would expect as the SGX544 offers double the raw performance of the SGX540 (they are both clocked at 384MHz in their respective chipsets).

Intel has just unveiled seven new members of its Sandy Bridge family of CPUs. We got three quad-core desktop processors of the Core i5 variety and four Celeron CPUs meant for use in mobile devices.

The first and most powerful of the new processors is Core i5-2550K, which is an unlocked-multiplier CPU with a stock clock speed of 100MHz higher than the i5-2500K. The i5-2550K runs at 3.4GHz, with frequencies of up to 3.8GHz possible with the Turbo boost.

The other two new i5 processors are 2450P and 2380P and they run at 3.2 GHz and 3.1 GHz, respectively. The P here stands for GPU-less, as those come without the built-in Intel HD 3000 graphics.

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Specifications of New Intel CPUs (1/30/2012)
SKU	Core/Thread Count	Frequency	Max Turbo Frequency	L3 Cache	TDP	Price
Core i5-2550K	4/4	3.4GHz	3.8GHz	6MB	95W	$225
Core i5-2450P	4/4	3.2GHz	3.5GHz	6MB	95W	$195
Core i5-2380P	4/4	3.1GHz	3.4GHz	6MB	95W	$177
Celeron B815	2/2	1.6GHz	N/A	2MB	35W	$86
Celeron B720	1/1	1.7GHz	N/A	1MB	35W	$70
Celeron 867	2/2	1.3GHz	N/A	2MB	17W	$134
Celeron 797	1/1	1.4GHz	N/A	1MB	17W	$107

The CDMA version of the Nexus S finally gets its long-awaited Ice Cream Sandwich update. In fact, the ICS version listed after flashing is version 4.0.4.

This, as opposed to 4.0.3. is not a part of any official Android build, and may likely contain functionality yet to be announced by Google. As of now, the only confirmed update found in 4.0.4 is for WiMax drivers.

 

Eager to get the latest and greatest browser of the Mozilla Foundation? Well you have got your chance now as the company has made Firefox 10 available for download.

Firefox 10 brings the kind of life-changing features you would expect from a six-week update cycle, with some extension management improvements, a forward button that hides itself until it has a function, the inclusion of APIs for full-screen web apps, and anti-aliasing for WebGL. Firefox 10 also marks the debut of the "Extended Support Release," intended for enterprises that do not want to deal with the hassle of supporting a new browser every six weeks.

 

 

Firefox 10 for (PC)

 

Firefox 10 (For MAC)

 

The HTC Ville rumored back at the end of November, it will supposedly be one of HTC upcoming devices expected at MWC alongside the HTC Edge.

The HTC Ville is allegedly featured in the video below. You can notice straight from the beginning that the phone is very slim, as the Ville is expected to be one of HTC slimmest phones, measuring less than eight millimeters in thickness.

Moving on to the front of the device you can see not four, but three buttons on the bottom, as we learned would be the case for future HTC ICS phones alongside HTC Sense 4.0.

 

 

Video has been pulled down

 

 

Today Samsung and the Swedish audio brand Jays announced their collaboration. This collaboration is entirely focused on headsets for MP3 players and especially for smartphones. Samsung headsets are not that good so this is a step in the good direction. This Integration will lead to better Audio Experience on the Upcoming Samsung Galaxy-Family smartphones for this year.

It is not New, HTC and Nokia are doing business already with headset makers like Monster and Beats audio . The test with the Jays headsets is currently only for the Korean market. If the test turn out good, maybe other markets will follow.

After Samsung announced that the Galaxy S will not be able to get the Android 4.0 ICS update, Yesterday, Samsung Released the Gingerbread 2.3.6 Update for Galaxy S I9000 users in Netherlands to show users that the company is still supporting the Galaxy S and brings the latest Gingerbread builds to its users.

The Update Changelog is not yet Complete and has nothing significant, but it brings some tweakes but Not the ICS tweaks that samsung promised on the VPU (Value Update Package), along with some Bug fixes, Battery Optimzations and performance improvements 

 

The Update is Currently Available to Netherlands, More Countries will Ge the Update during Feburary and we will Release the 2.3.6 Country Release Status Page by th End of This Week.