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Samsung Galaxy S III: Specifications and Price

Posted by on May 7, 2012 No comments

The Galaxy S III is here, or almost. Samsung has officially unveiled at an event held last night in London, and its benefits have not disappointed. In fact, with its high-definition screen, quad-core processor and operating system “Ice Cream Sandwich” will become the most advanced Android phone to date and will compete head on with the iPhone and HTC recently released One X.

Many of the rumored specifications for the new terminal have complicated. The Galaxy S III chip has Samsung Exynos 4 to 1.4 Ghz, panel 4.8-inch AMOLED HD at 720p, 2100 mAh battery, 1.9 megapixel camera front and rear of 8 megapixels. Its reaches 1 GB RAM, supplemented with 16 or 32 GB of storage. Measures 8.6 millimeters thick, weighs 133 grams and combines Bluetooth 4.0 connection, WLAN and NFC.

Galaxy SIII Samsung Sign UpIn terms of software includes a fully customized interface called TouchWiz, and certain variations in applications created by Google for the camera and voice command of the latest version of its platform. For example, voice recognition technology Voice S-similar to the wizard Siri, you can understand everything the user asks, and the “Buddy Photo” recognize the faces of the contacts in a picture and provide an opportunity to send it.

For its part, the technology to competitor NFC content via Android Beam has been renamed S-Beam and facilitate transfer of files, maps, applications and URLs in seconds. So much so that also may be used by the touch between two phones.

Another interesting new feature is its ability to detect movement so the screen stays on when a user is reading or watching a video, avoiding crashes, and turn off when it goes to sleep to save energy. Read more »

Kindle Fire – Amazon’s Tablet PC at Cheap Price

Posted by on September 29, 2011 No comments

Amazon release Kindle Fire

Amazon finally launched its flagship tablet, Kindle Fire. The launch took place on Wednesday (09/28/2011) and managed directly by the CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos. Kindle fire was launched at a price that makes people eager to buy, only U.S. $ 199 lower than forecast prices, ie, 250 to U.S. $ 300.

“We are trying to develop high quality products at a price not quality,” Bezos said in his presentation, quoted by CNET.

The presence of fire marks the debut of Amazon Kindle in tablet sales contest. The plan, Kindle Fire will be available in the market on 15 November. Analysts believe the fire Kindle presence at a price far below other pills, an average of $ 500 is going to be a marker for the presence of actual competitors iPad.

“We believe this launch will significantly exploit the tablet market and become important rivals of Apple iPhone,” said Adam Leach, an analyst firm Ovum.

Because the price is cheaper, the Kindle Fire also has shortcomings many other tablets. However, these pills are still dual-core processor. The downside is that these pills do not have a camera, microphone and wireless 3G. In addition, the storage capacity of compressed data is 8 GB.

Based on Android, the Kindle Ffire will use the old Android operating system designed for smartphones. However, Amazon developed a new different user interface experience. Users can access the Internet with a browser Silk Amazon. Web browser can make predictions that support faster access to the site visited.

Fire Kindle comes with a pack of 30-day free trial offer the Amazon Prime, 2 days shipping delivery services and streaming video, originally worth U.S. $ 79. Kindle Amazon Prime fire support makes the position even stronger, especially with the seriousness of the Amazon to work on digital content, from a contract with 20th Century Fox for movie content to a variety of magazines.

With low prices and support content, Amazon does a good step that many miss out by competitors. If this step is successful, perhaps other manufacturers such as Apple Tablet would be disturbed.

Fire in conjunction with the launch of Kindle, Amazon has also launched three new e-reader Kindle sales prices ranging from 79 to $ 149. Amazon also develop applications that can be used in other devices so that its contents can be accessed.

Samsung ChatON – New Mobile Instant Messaging

Posted by on August 30, 2011 No comments

ChatON - New Mobile IM

Samsung Electronics will soon launch mobile instant messaging capabilities. The move is part of Samsung’s efforts to attract more mobile users, a rival to rival Apple and Research In Motion (RIM).

The new service called ChatON will be available from October and is available preinstalled on Samsung mobile phone equipped with the type and Android based smartphone and Bada. Reported by Reuters, with a market share of Samsung Chaton began to enter the mobile messaging increasingly crowded. Even the fear of telecom operators could reach the mobile messaging service or SMS messages.

In comparison, Apple plans to launch iMessage. This service will allow millions of users of the iPhone and iPad message exchange over the Internet without the burden of costs. While services for RIM BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) in its BlackBerry phones, like the growing popularity of instant service messaging its music service.

Samsung messaging tool will be able to work on all platforms including the iPhone and BlackBerry smartphones. This service will allow users to send text messages, images or writings, and of course group chat and share video clips.

Reportedly, ChatON also expand to offer this service on all Android smartphones and tablets. ChatON also be available for download for the iPhone and BlackBerry users.

PhoneGap: Open Source to Create iPhone Applications

Posted by on August 3, 2011 No comments

PhoneGap-Open Source to Create iPhone App

A device called PhoneGap enables developers of mobile applications. Through PhoneGap, developers can instantly create an app for iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Symbian and Windows Phone 7.

Nitobi Software that allows users to create an application that can be submitted directly to a variety of popular mobile platforms today. Included in the list of platforms that reach the iOS (for the iPhone, iPhone, etc), BlackBerry OS, Android, WebOS, Bada, Symbian and Windows Phone 7.

As quoted in TheNextWeb, developers may take advantage of HTML 5, CSS and JavaScript in making the application. PhoneGap actually is present since 2010. However, version 1.0 at the end of July 2011 is the version that is much more stable and easier to use.

One of the repairs, PhoneGap now supports access to native APIs on the platforms it supports. This includes the ability to access inputs such as touch screens or the camera and the ability to access files, storage media and a list of contacts in the address book.

PhoneGap can be downloaded for free at PhoneGap site. Currently the application is said to have been downloaded over 40,000 times.

Are Nokia Windows Phone 7 Powered by Snapdragon Processor?

Posted by on August 1, 2011 No comments

Nokia WP7 will use snapdragon processor

Nokia definitely take Windows Phone 7 operating system on the base. In addition, Qualcomm said it was close with Microsoft to develop new phone. Does this mean that Nokia will use Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset?

Snapdragon has become one of the chips with a capacity quite good. In addition to high performance, this product is not hungry for energy resources, thus saving battery took more than similar products. No wonder then, if the processor type is widely used in upper-class processors a number of smart phones, not just Android but Windows Phone 7 but also in HTC HD7.

“We are currently working closely with Microsoft to optimize the capacity of Snapdragon in Windows Phone 7 Mango,” said Matt Grob, senior vice president of engineering at Qualcomm. Many sources say that the proximity of Qualcomm and Microsoft allegedly closely associated with the development of Windows Phone7 for Nokia.

“Nokia is a big producer, we would be delighted to collaborate with them, but until now there has been no discussion leading to it,” said Grob, in the event of Qualcomm Editors Day, the United States.

Google Launched a New Social Network Photovine

Posted by on July 16, 2011 No comments

photovine-new social network photoGoogle launched a new social network service specific photos, Photovine. Although Google does not much matter Photovine expose the public, but it seems this layannan become one of the pillars of Google. Mobile users can take photos from their phones and upload some pictures of the same when tweet on Twitter.

If you subscribe Photovine a friend, you can see the latest photos uploaded to your friend directly. This Photovine days services were not working. It’s not just the opportunity to request an invitation to Photovine site, without clear when this service will be launched officially. Google gives some details about this service. “Photovine is a photo sharing service that was founded on the slide,” Google said in a statement. It acquired social media company in August. Read more »

Sony e-Book Reader will be Launched in August 2011

Posted by on July 16, 2011 No comments

sony-eBook-reader-launchedSony Corp. (SNE), the largest Japanese electronics company plans to produce an updated digital book readers in the United States from August 2011. Sony Reader, which had previously been about U.S. $ 180 – $ 300 will be reviewed in hardware and software. Phil Lubell, vice president of digital reading of Sony Electronics said in an interview in San Francisco. New products from Sony, will be introduced to U.S. consumers tablet before Sony entered the market later this year.

Tokyo-based company plans to boost sales of the Sony Reader to reach the digital electronic book reader in mind the price is cheaper than the price of the tablet. Sony seems to struggle to expand its e-reader as fast as the original business plan from Sony. Operation of digital books can be low due to the presence of a number of the new tablet later this year, there was an overlap between the tablet and the electronic reader. According to the Pew Research Center survey, the number of Americans with electronic devices like the Kindle, has doubled in the last six months until last May. They are college graduates and adults who have chosen to place the device into a Tablet PC. Read more »