Samsung Galaxy S III official – 4.8 inch HD display, quad-core Exynos CPU in tow

While it wasn’t the biggest secret around, Samsung took the stage and officially announced the next Galaxy handset, the Galaxy S III. The handset is just as powerful as it is sleek and we’re impatiently awaiting its arrival in the states, which shouldn’t be that long.

Rocking the rumored 4.8 inch 720p HD display, the Galaxy S III sports one of the largest displays that we’ve seen on a phone before, with the exception of the Galaxy Note, of course. As you’d expect, the display itself is gorgeous but also the same display tech that’s found on the Galaxy Nexus – Super AMOLED HD. Inside the handset is the new quad-core Exynos 4 processor, which is one of these fastest CPU’s we’ve come across. The previous Exynos CPU found in the Galaxy S II put most other processors to shame and it looks like Samsung is doing the same thing, yet again.

That said, processors like the Tegra 3 and Snapdragon S4 aren’t as far behind as last time, and we wouldn’t be surprised if we found the US variants of the Galaxy S III rocking Qualcomm’s chip to support LTE. Other specs of the Galaxy S III include 1GB of RAM, 8 megapixel camera, 1.9 megapixel front-facing camera, 16/32GB versions, with 64GB coming soon, along with a micro SD card slot that supports up to another 64GB of storage.

Rounding out the specs, you’ll find a 2,100 mAh battery inside of a 8.6mm shell. You will find a dedicated home button on the device but we can imagine that it might go missing by the time it hits US markets.

As far as US availability is concerned, here’s all we have:

Samsung Mobile is planning a U.S. version of Galaxy S III, optimized for the fastest LTE and HSPA+ networks in the U.S., which will be available in the summer of 2012. Exact timing and retail channel availability is not being announced at this time. We believe the Galaxy S III is the most anticipated product in the 20-year history of Samsung Mobile; therefore, we will continue to share information as it becomes available.

The Galaxy S III is a welcomed evolution of the uber-popular handset family and it will undoubtedly sell much better than previous versions.

Stay tuned for more Galaxy S III news!

Press release below:

[Via: Engadget]

Samsung Introduces the GALAXY S III, the Smartphone

Designed for Humans and Inspired by Nature

May 4, 2012

Effortlessly smart and intuitively simple,

Samsung GALAXY S III reveals a new concept of smartphone

London, UK—May 4, 2012—Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, announced today the third generation GALAXY S, the GALAXY S III. Designed for humans and inspired by nature, the GALAXY S III is a smartphone that recognizes your voice, understands your intention, and lets you share a moment instantly and easily.

This sleek and innovative smartphone has the enhanced intelligence to make everyday life easier. With Samsung GALAXY S III, you can view the content like never before on the device’s 4.8 inch HD Super AMOLED display. An 8MP camera and a 1.9MP front camera offer users a variety of intelligent camera features and face recognition related options that ensure all moments are captured easily and instantly. Samsung GALAXY S III is powered by Android™ 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, with greatly enhanced usability and practicality to make life easier. Packed with intuitive technology, the GALAXY S III delivers a uniquely personalized mobile experience that refuses to be compromised.

“With the GALAXY S III, Samsung has maximized the consumer benefits by integrating superior hardware with enhanced smartphone usability,” said JK Shin, President and Head of IT & Mobile Communications Division at Samsung. “Designed to be both effortlessly smart and intuitively simple, the GALAXY S III has been created with our human needs and capabilities in mind. What makes me most proud is that it enables one of the most seamless, natural and human-centric mobile experiences, opening up a new horizon that allows you to live a life extraordinary.”

Introducing Natural Interaction

The GALAXY S III enhances the interaction experience between the device and user. Smart enough to detect your face, voice and motions, the GALAXY S III adapts to the individual user to provide a more convenient and natural experience. With the innovative ‘Smart stay’ feature, the GALAXY S III recognizes how you are using your phone – reading an e-book or browsing the web for instance – by having the front camera identify your eyes; the phone maintains a bright display for continued viewing pleasure.

The GALAXY S III features ‘S Voice,’ the advanced natural language user interface, to listen and respond to your words. In addition to allowing information search and basic device-user communication, S Voice presents powerful functions in regards to device control and commands. When your phone alarm goes off but you need a little extra rest, just tell the GALAXY S III “snooze.” You can also use S Voice to play your favorite songs, turn the volume up or down, send text messages and emails, organize your schedules, or automatically launch the camera and capture a photo.

In addition to recognizing your face and voice, the GALAXY S III understands your motions to offer maximized usability. If you are messaging someone but decide to call them instead, simply lift your phone to your ear and ‘Direct call’ will dial their number. With ‘Smart alert,’ the GALAXY S III will also save you from trouble by catching any missed messages or calls; your phone will vibrate to notify missed statuses when picked up after being idle.

Easy and Instant Sharing

The Samsung GALAXY S III is more than a personal device that can be enjoyed by one user – it wants you to share and experience smartphone benefits with family and friends, regardless of where you are. With the new ‘S Beam,’ the GALAXY S III expands upon Android™ Beam™, allowing a 1GB movie file to be shared within three minutes and a 10MB music file within two seconds by simply touching another GALAXY S III phone, even without a Wi-Fi or cellular signal. The ‘Buddy photo share’ function also allows photos to be easily and simultaneously shared with all your friends pictured in an image directly from the camera or the photo gallery.

With ‘AllShare Cast’, users can wirelessly connect their GALAXY S III to their television to immediately transfer smartphone content onto a larger display. ‘AllShare Play’ can be also used to instantly share any forms of files between GALAXY S III and your tablet, PC, and televisions regardless of the distance between the devices. Under AllShare Play is also the ‘Group Cast’ feature that allows you to share your screen among multiple friends on the same Wi-Fi network; you can make comments and draw changes at the same time with your co-workers, witnessing real-time sharing on your individual device.

Human-centric Design with Uncompromised Performance

The GALAXY S III not only presents features with enhanced usability, but also provides an ergonomic and comfortable experience through its human-centric design. Its comfortable grip, gentle curves, and organic form deliver a rich human-centric feel and design. Inspired by nature, its design concept is the flow and movement of nature. The elements of wind, water and light are all evoked in the physical construct of the GALAXY S III. In its essence, the minimal organic design identity is reflected in the smooth and non-linear lines of the device. Available in Pebble Blue and Marble White at launch, Samsung will introduce a variety of additional color options.

With a 4.8” HD Super AMOLED display, the GALAXY S III offers a large and vivid viewing experience. Samsung Mobile’s heritage Super AMOLED display even enhances to HD and 16:9 wider viewing angles. To ensure faster content sharing and connectivity, the GALAXY S III offers Wi-Fi Channel Bonding which doubles the Wi-Fi bandwidth.

The GALAXY S III also sports a range of additional features that boost performance and the overall user experience in entirely new ways. It introduces ‘Pop up play,’ a feature that allows you to play a video anywhere on your screen while simultaneously running other tasks, eliminating the need to close and restart videos when checking new emails or surfing the Web. Its 8MP camera features a zero-lag shutter speed that lets you capture moving objects easily without delay – the image you see is the picture you take. With the ‘Burst shot’ function that instantly captures twenty continuous shots, and the ‘Best photo’ feature that selects the best of eight photographs for you, the GALAXY S III ensures users a more enhanced and memorable camera experience. HD video can be recorded even with the 1.9MP front-facing camera, which you can use to capture a video of yourself. Improved backside illumination further helps to eliminate blur in photos that result from shaking, even under low lights.

Mobile payment is also accessible with the device through advanced Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. The gaming experience is enhanced through ‘Game Hub,’ providing access to numerous social games, while Video Hub brings users high quality TV and movies. Furthermore, Samsung Music Hub will offer a personal music streaming service. Game Hub, Video Hub and Music Hub will be introduced in select countries initially and soon rolled out to global markets.

The Samsung GALAXY S III will be available from the end of May in Europe before rolling out to other markets globally.

General: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS 850/900/1900/2100 MHz, HSDPA 21 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps; 4G (in functie de regiune)
Dimensiuni: 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm, 133 g
Display: 4.8inci, HD (720 x 1280 pixeli) Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass
CPU: Quad-core pe 32nm, ARM Cortex A9 1.4 GHz (Exynos 4212 Quad chipset)
GPU: Mali-400MP
RAM: 1GB
Sistem de operare: Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Spatiu de stocare: 16/32/64GB, slot de card microSD
Camera foto: 8 megapixel auto-focus cu face detection, sistem "touch focus", stabilizator de imagine, inregistrare video Full HD (1080p) la 30fps, LED flash
Camera frontala: 1.9MP
Conectivitate: Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth 4.0+HS, port micro USB standard
Receptor GPS cu A-GPS, jack audio de 3.5mm, FM radio, TV-out, USB-on-the-go, NFC
Baterie: 2100 mAh

Samsung Galaxy S3 TV First Commercial

During the official announcement of the Samsung Galaxy S III, a new TV was shown off and has now made its way to YouTube. Samsung is really playing up the human element with this new ad campaign, so much that you almost don’t see the phone itself enough in the new ad.

The Galaxy S III is full of surprises and we’re glad to see that Samsung didn’t let us down. That said, the decision to go with capacitive buttons below the display isn’t our personal favorite but it does allow the user to take advantage of the entire display, which we can’t really complain about. Throw in the new quad-core Exynos processor, sensors galore, and a spruced-up version of TouchWiz running on top of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and Samsung has achieved exactly what it set out to do, which was make a worthy successor to the Galaxy S II that’s more than worth the upgrade.

We still have to wait before we can get any solid dates for the US variants of the handset and it will be interesting to see if this ad campaign is retained.

What do you think about the ad below? Effective or a bit sappy?

I don't understand? Samsung Galaxy S3 is better then a girlfriend or a child? Or hold me in your arms and let's watch on the phone? :) Can you explain me? :D

Electrolux Infinity I-Kitchen Linux Refrigerator

Electrolux Infinity I-Kitchen Linux Refrigerator - this refrigerator by Electrolux was equipped with Linux OS and enabled you to surfing the internet. Imagine a High Tech luxury refrigerator which can help you to find a recipes and tips to make a delicious things? Now you can fulfill your dreams with this Electrolux Infinity I-Kitchen Linux Refrigerator a Web Enabled Refrigerators.

Web-enabled refrigerators have been around for a while now. But, Electrolux takes a step further in the internet generation with its new Infinity I-Kitchen, developed in collaboration with the Brazilian subsidiary of Electrolux and ProFusion embedded systems. The refrigerator features a touchscreen-enabled ARM device running Linux that allows customers to access built-in applications including, notes, calendar, contacts, reminders, photos, tips and recipes with a clean user interface.


The display has a resolution of 480×800 and the hardware is a Freescale i.MX25 running at 400Mhz with 128Mb RAM. This new refrigerator brings high-end technology to the kitchen and provides users with unparalleled control over the refrigerator operations. We hope it also allows its owners to maintain their grocery list, enable shopping goods from the online retailers from the kitchen and watch television and send e-mail messages, so all you nerds can now operate from your kitchen while helping out your partner in the Christmas preparations.

Here's more picture of this Hi-tech Electrolux Infinity I-Kitchen Linux Refrigerator







Via : Bornrich.org

Destroyed Apple Products Become Work of Art

Running out of creative ideas? This is what you should do:

1. Take an Apple product
2. Destroy it
3. Photograph the wreckage
4. Put it up in an exhibition
5. Profit

That’s what artist Michael Tompert does. He takes expensive Apple’s products and wrecks them with blowtorches, sledgehammers, handsaws and handguns. Then he snaps pictures of them and lo, these large-scale prints are now a colorful work of art.


“It’s an alternate viewpoint,” explained Tompert at a preview of his first gallery show, which opens in San Francisco last Friday. “They’re beautiful inside. They’re beautiful when you open them up.”
His methods of destruction varied by gadget. To destroy an iPhone 3G device he used a Heckler & Koch handgun to blow a hole through it. To obliterate a set of iPod Nanos, he placed the devices on a train track so that a locomotive would run over them. The most difficult product to wreck was the iPad -- "it's practically indestructible," Tompert said. He said the iPad withstood blows from a sledgehammer and other blunt tools. In the end, he used a soldering torch to heat the insides of the iPad until they started to boil and the device exploded.
Ironically, Tompert is a former Apple employee.











Source: Cult of Mac, LA Times

Apple Model Girls

Nokia E10 Concept - Rollout Display Phone

Nokia E10 Concept Phone - Nokia back with their newly phone concept. this Nokia E10 was come with a rollout display. this cool concept could be truly a new trends in cellphone design for the future. check out the picture of Nokia E10 Concept Phone below.

Usually gadgets with soft screen or scroll screen do not support touch control and one-hand control if the screen is very large. This inspired the designer to develop a portable gadget that would make the functions of a scroll screen simple and user-friendly on the go. Moreover, foldable phones are a niche that is new not only for users but for designers as well.


What makes it so special? First of its kind, the Nokia E10 phone features a bendable screen that works in two different modes, i.e. cellphone and tablet, thanks to the flexible, folding structure, to enhance the experience of the user. Now, users will be able to carry their tablet alongside the cellphone in their pocket. Locating three solar batteries, together with a lithium battery, at the rear, the futuristic cellphone ensures steady battery backup to support extended chatter and work sessions, while addressing the environmental concerns.

What’s in it for me? Employing a thin, flexible material, the screen rolls around onto a 6mm axis to save extra space and reduce the size, so you could carry it all the time with minimum fuss. When required, the Nokia E10 expands its screen to bigger dimensions (6.4 x 4.0 inch) to enjoy your favorite pictures, videos and movies in high-definition anywhere, anytime. While on the other hand, you can fold it up to make phone calls, send messages, emails, play games and do whatever you want like other normal mobile phones.

What’s next? The Nokia E10, together with Sony’s roll-up OLED display, has paved the way for a new line of gadgets that the users will be able to stretch, bend or morph into different shapes and sizes to meet their individual needs. Apart from the E10, Nokia is planning to incorporate nanotechnology in its high-end devices, such as the Nokia Morph, Concept to increase utility and reduce manufacturing costs in coming years.

Acer Iconia the Real Dual Screen Laptop

Acer Iconia will be the futuristic concept of laptop with their dual screen feature. which ditches the physical keyboard to get laptops to compete with the tablets style-on. Now, that may seem confusing, but then a laptop sans a keyboard could be dubbed a tablet, what say? Introduced at the Acer Global Press event in New York City, the concept laptop, called the Acer Iconia has two 14-inch touchscreen displays attached by a hinge. Scheduled to run Window 7, the laptop’s top screen functions as the primary screen, while the one below serves as a navigation panel, displaying things like the keyboard, touch wheel and on-screen controls etc, the display can also work as an extension for the primary display.

Here's the specification of this Dual Screen laptop named Acer Iconia.


The laptop weighing in at about 6.1 pounds features an Intel Core i5 480 processor, 4GB of RAM, 640GB hard drive and Clear-fi, a device networking intiative for media sharing. In addition to an Acer’s interface overlay – Acer Ring, which makes accessing documents and Web pages, resizing pictures and navigating through content library very easy, the laptop will have two USB 2.0 ports, one USB 3.0, HDMI-out, a 1.3-megapixel Webcam and Bluetooth. Acer claims the laptop would be available in US markets by Christmas or latest by January, but also confirms that there will be no SDK available for it until December, so you may have to live with limited customized software Acer has designed initially.

More pics of Acer Iconia after the jump




Via : PCworld

Apple WWDC 2012 to Kick Off June 11 - it's for iPhone 5?

Apple announced the dates for this year’s WWDC event. It will take place at San Francisco’s Moscone West between June 11-15.

Just don’t get your iPhone 5 hopes too high yet. According to Philip Schiller “We have a great WWDC planned this year and can’t wait to share the latest news about iOS and OS X Mountain Lion with developers. The iOS platform has created an entirely new industry with fantastic opportunities for developers across the country and around the world.”

As usual there is nothing mentioned about a new iPhone in the press release. We will surely see iOS 6 and Mac OS X Mountain Lion, but it’s unclear if there will be new hardware announcement.

Of course, I’d love to see a new iPhone announced early as much as the next guy, but I highly doubt that. I bet the next iPhone will be announced and released in October, just like the iPhone 4S was last year.
Source | Via
Labels: iOS Apple Mac OS X

Angry Birds Space & Cut the Rope updated with new free levels

Good news for mobile gamers came today as two of the most popular smartphone and tablet titles, Angry Birds Space and Cut the Rope, got updated with new levels.

Angry Birds Space got a new chapter – Fry Me to the Moon. It contains 10 icy levels. The update also brings 20 space eagles for free plus you will get one free space eagle each day you log-in into the game starting tomorrow. The new Angry Birds Space release is already available on both iOS and Android.

Cut the Rope update includes 25 new levels within a new DJ Box, plus a new Om Nom drawing. The availability of the update is limited to iOS for now, but it should also hit Android in the following days or weeks.
Source 1 | Source 2 Labels: Gaming Android iOS

BlackBerry Curve 9320 surfaces hands-on

We have seen the BlackBerry Curve 9320 before being handled by BGR.in in India and once again we have some more hands-on pictures, this time from Sohoa in Vietnam.

The phone looks similar to the recently announced Curve 9220 but features a matte silver trim around the front edges which gives it a more upmarket look compared to the spartan 9220. You also get some additional features over the Curve 9220. The camera has been upgraded from 2 megapixel to 3.2 megapixel and now has an LED flash. The 9320 also adds 3G HSPA connectivity that the 9220 lacks. Otherwise the two phones seem identical.

The Curve 9320 should be launched soon in India and other Asian markets such as Vietnam and Indonesia and probably even in the US on T-Mobile's network. For more images, click on the source link below.
SourceLabels: QWERTY RIM Blackberry Mobile 3G