India gets its first 4K TVs

Sony India launched the country's first 4K television in 65 and 55 inches recently in Delhi. Former Miss India Rochelle Rao was also present here.

This launch is an extension of 84 (213.5cm) 4K TV that was introduced by the company last year.

The 4K Bravia screen contains 8 million individual pixels, which is four times more detail than a full HD TV. The TV's powerful 4K X-Reality PROTprocessing engine up-scales any standard definition content to 4K resolution irrespective of its source.

On the occasion, Kenichiro Hibi, managing director, Sony India, said, "Over the years, Sony India has established market leadership in the flat panel televisions category and we aim to further strengthen this position with the newly launched line-up of 4K BraviaT televisions, in addition to the other series announced this year.

The 4K TV in 65 (165cm) and 55 (140cm) screen sizes will be available for 4,04,900 and 3,04,900 respectively.This range of TVs will be available at all Sony centers and major electronic stores across India

He said, "Bravia is the largest category contributor towards overall sales of Sony India and contributed 35% towards the company sales in FY12."

"With the launch today, we are targeting a bigger market for 4K TVs by introducing the technology at a very strategic price-point", he added.

This X9004 series also offers a wide range of connectivity options to enhance the user experience.

The 4K Bravia screen contains 8 million individual pixels and from photos, music, apps, everything is mirrored on the TV.

With the new NFC feature, one can simply touch an Xperia smartphone (NFC compatible models) with the sleek one-touch remote and see the phone's screen super-size on BraviaT.

Samsung Galaxy S4 Smartphones technical specification

Samsung unveils Galaxy S4 Smartphones on the stage of New York City’s Radio City Music Hall.The new smartphone runs on a Google’s latest Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) operating system.
The Galaxy S4 also features 13 megapixel back camera, and 5-inch Full HD Display,The Exynos 5 Octa processor based on ARM Holdings big. Little architecture and includes one 1.9 GHz quad-core Cortex-A15 cluster and one 1.6 GHz quad-core Cortex-A7 cluster, making the Galaxy S4 the first, and currently only, octo-core smartphone. Although the phone has 8 cores, only 4 can be active at anytime, either 4 Cortex-A15 or 4 Cortex-A7. Users get the performance of a quad core phone.
Check complete technical specification below.
Dimension:136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm, 130g
Display: 5 inch Full HD Super AMOLED (1920 x 1080) display
Processor: 1.9 GHz Quad-Core Processor / 1.6 GHz Octa-Core Processor
OS: Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Camera:
Rear: 13 Mega pixel Auto Focus camera with Flash & Zero Shutter Lag.
Front: 2 Mega pixel camera, Full HD recording @30fps with Zero Shutter Lag.
Connectivity:
WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (HT80), GPS / GLONASS, NFC,  Bluetooth 4.0   (LE), IR LED (Remote Control), MHL 2.0.Full HD Super AMOLED display.
Sensor:
Accelerometer, RGB light, Geomagnetic, Proximity, Gyro, Barometer Temperature & Humidity, Gesture.
Memory:
16/ 32/ 64 GB User memory and microSD slot (up to 64GB),2GB RAM
Battery: 2,600 mAh

Samsung Galaxy S 4 official launched

Samsung Introduces the GALAXY S 4 - A Life Companion for a richer, simpler and fuller life
GALAXY S 4 gets you closer to what matters in life, bringing your world together
New York, USA, March 14, 2013 - Samsung Electronics announced today the fourth generation GALAXY S, the GALAXY S 4, designed to get you closer to what matters in life and bring your world together.
Understanding what matters most to us in our lives, the Samsung GALAXY S 4 was developed to redefine the way we live and to maximize our fulfillment of life. This sleek and innovative smartphone makes every moment of life very meaningful; it understands the value of relationships, enabling true connections with friends and family. It believes in the importance of an effortless user experience, making your life easy and hassle-free; and, it empowers your life, helping take care of your well-being.
The beauty of the phone is the highly crafted design encompassing a larger screen size and battery, minimized bezel; all housed in a light (130g) and slim (7.9mm) shape. The Samsung GALAXY S 4 is slimmer yet stronger, with less to hold yet more to see. It has come up with simply unreal beauty. At launch, two color options will be available - Black Mist and White Frost; with a variety of additional color options to follow later this year.
“With the GALAXY S 4, Samsung is again going to enhance the way we live,” said JK Shin, President and Head of IT & Mobile Communications Division at Samsung. “All the innovative features of GALAXY S 4 were developed based on the insights and needs we found from our consumers all around the world. Following the successful GALAXY S series, this phone is yet another great proof point of people-inspired innovation. At Samsung we’ll never stop pursuing innovation conceived by people, so we can inspire them in return.”
Meaningful Moments - Gives Greater Enjoyment
A rich life is one that’s filled with meaningful moments and the GALAXY S 4 captures and shares those special moments. The GALAXY S 4 has the world’s first Full HD Super AMOLED display to showcase images at their very best. Its 5-inch large screen has 441ppi for stunning viewing quality. The Samsung GALAXY S 4 also utilizes Corning’s new Gorilla® Glass 3*, making it a durable travel companion for all of life’s adventures.
Equipped with a 13 megapixel rear camera, the GALAXY S 4 also boasts a ‘Dual Camera’ function that allows simultaneous use of both front and rear cameras. When capturing moments, users can choose from a variety of frame effects which blend the two pictures naturally and also adjust the size of the small picture inside the big one. Users can select 8 different ways to combine the two photos taken by the front camera and the rear camera. At the same time, the ‘Dual Video Call’ function enables you to make and receive a video call with friends and family while showing what you are looking at during the call.
The camera functionality extends beyond Dual Camera, as the device is also equipped with 12 outstanding shooting modes including ‘Drama Shot’, which allows you to see all the action in one continuous time-lapse, and ‘Sound & Shot’, which uniquely stores sound and voice together as the picture is taken so those special moments are captured in the truest form imaginable, exactly as they happened.
These meaningful moments can also now automatically be stored in a photo album, with the new ‘Story Album’ function. Photos taken by the GALAXY S 4 are automatically gathered and sorted out according to your timeline, geo-tagging information, or a specific event to create a photo album. These unique story albums can be ordered and delivered as an offline photo album through a new partnership with Blurb*, so you can keep those precious moments safe to look at and share time and time again.
True Connections – Brings People Together
Samsung GALAXY S 4 enables true connections with the people in our lives. It is more than a personal device that can be enjoyed by one user - it makes the most of our relationships allowing us to easily share and experience many of life’s pleasures together with family and friends, wherever you are.
With its ‘Group Play’ function, users can enjoy music, photos, documents and games with those around them without even requiring a Wi-Fi AP or cellular signal. This innovative feature enables users to connect directly with others to share, play and co-create content and entertainment instantly. Its ‘Share Music’ option allows users to have the same song playing on multiple phones in sync to create the best party atmosphere.
The GALAXY S 4 brings all people closer together by breaking down language barriers. It makes international travel a joy, with ‘S Translator’ which provides instant translation, using text or voice translation on applications including email, text message and ChatON. This instant translation is possible both from speech to text and text to speech and ensures that you can rely on the correct information whilst abroad.
The GALAXY S 4 supports HSPA+42 Mbps and 4G LTE which means wherever you are in the world, you can rely on perfect connectivity. Especially, the LTE version supports up to 6 different band sets which allows it to function in most LTE coverage areas as well as enabling global LTE roaming. Furthermore, TDD/FDD LTE Dual Mode version will be introduced later this year.
Effortless Experience - Makes Things More Convenient
In today’s world, we are all looking for smart ways to make life easier and less stressful. The GALAXY S 4 ensures that tasks are effortless with innovative features that detect your face, voice and motions to enable screen control with no need for finger touch activation.
‘Samsung Smart Pause’ enables you to control the screen by where you look. When you are watching a video, the video pauses when you look away then it starts right up again when you are back. ‘Samsung Smart Scroll’ allows you to scroll the browser or emails up and down without touching the screen. It recognizes your face looking at the screen and movement of your wrist and then scroll the pages up or down accordingly.
‘Air View’ allows users to hover with their fingers to preview the content of an email, S Planner, image gallery or video without having to open it. You can even see a magnified view on the internet browser, or a phone number saved in the speed dial on the keypad. With ‘Air Gesture’, you can change the music track, scroll up and down a web page, or accept a call with a wave of your hand.
With ‘S Voice Drive’ you can activate commands via voice control for optimization when driving. Once connected with a car Bluetooth, the phone automatically turns into driving mode converting text to speech so you can easily and safely check messages with no need to look at the screen.
‘Samsung Optical Reader’ makes life yet more effortless, by automatically recognizing text, a business card or QR code information, and providing useful functions such as translation, call, text message and search.
At home, using ‘Samsung WatchON’, the GALAXY S 4 will transform into an IR remote to control your home entertainment system including TV, set-top box, DVD player and even air conditioner. In addition, you can enjoy various content including live TV, cable TV and VOD based on the rich information provided by EPG (Electronic Program Guide).
Empowered Living - Takes Care Of Your Health and Quality of Life
The GALAXY S 4 empowers your life by keeping you up-to-date with health and wellbeing information using the new ‘S Health’ software. The combination of sensors built within the device systematically and automatically monitors your health, surroundings and so much more to help improve your quality of life. Also, users can easily check their health conditions using food diary, exercise diary and sleep monitor to stay fit and healthy. (Certain functions are enabled by specific accessories.)
To further protect your wellbeing, ‘Samsung Adapt Display’ provides an optimal viewing experience, customized for each type of application, and ‘Samsung Adapt Sound’ offers an optimal level and type of sound, personalized for each user, to make the most out of life.

Samsung Galaxy S IV to manufacture 100 million phones

The Samsung Galaxy S IV is guaranteed to be one of the hottest sellers and after crushing the numbers, analysts have predicted that the next Samsung flagship might cause headaches to Apple.

Peter Misek from Jefferies & Company wrote a note to clients of the analytics firm saying that Samsung plans to build 100 million Galaxy S IV phones. That would require monstrous amounts of resources, which would eat into manufacturing capacity for the upcoming iPhone update.

“The enormous 100 million S4 build plan (we estimate the S3 sold 60M) is leading some suppliers to say that they will reallocate resources away from Apple.”

The last official numbers are from mid-January and state that 40 million Galaxy S III’s were shipped.

On the topic of the next iPhone, Misek had previously written that Apple is already facing manufacturing issues as suppliers struggle to provide enough units of the bigger screen for the new Apple phone. This might even lead to delaying the launch until next year.

After Samsung, Apple attacks Google Apps

Patents between Apple and Samsung, it's a long story. This war is not about to end. The firm at the apple has made ​​a request to the California judge on adding several models and Samsung Apps.

The war between Apple and Samsung is very complex, it is even very difficult to navigate. In this umpteenth chapter, Apple has made ​​a new request to the judge. The California court agreed Friday to add in its complaint several Samsung devices ( Galaxy Tab 2 and Galaxy S3) and the latest version of the Android OS, Jelly Bean. Apple had already attacked this OS, but the complaints were modified versions by Samsung. Today, the Cupertino company directly attacks in Mountain View. Korean has not remained unmoved in the extension of the list because it has decided to add to his complaint, the iPhone 5. Currently, the war between Apple and Google is not reported, but it could very well come in the coming days or weeks.

Another war Apple / Google?

In this trial, the two companies accused of having copied technologies and designs in violation of the intellectual property . In July, Samsung had lost a lawsuit in the U.S., however, the Korean decided to start a war against Apple. The trial is scheduled for 2014 and could be many surprises in the next two years. The addition of Android in the complaint is a surprise. The Google OS met with some success, a survey FIFG indicated that users were satisfied 95%, this rate is quite important. 

Android market represent 75% of sales against 15% for Apple. Finally, Jelly Bean would be used only on 2.7% of terminals 1st November. But in just three years, the Mountain View company has gone from darkness to light with some domination. War could therefore soon take place between the two companies.

The next episode of the war between Apple and Samsung will occur on December 6. This hearing is the result of the first case. Samsung was ordered to pay a billion dollars to Apple, but the Korean did not want to stop there. We must therefore wait until the beginning of December to see the turn of events.

Samsung Galaxy S4: Characteristics and a wireless charging?

The S4 Galaxy should disclose in a few weeks at the Mobile World Congress 2013. The first features the Smartphone would have appeared on the Web. Samsung will also have to provide a system of wireless charging.

Galaxy S4 will be the successor to the Galaxy S3 has returned a success since its release in May. Samsung is going to try to do better by offering a Smartphone to the expectations of consumers. All eyes are turned to the new Korean mobile. SamMobile , which is always very knowledgeable about the products, Samsung has once again struck in discovering possible features of the Galaxy S4. The terminal would have made ​​an appearance on a site benchmarks. Some information has been collected by the site. The smartphone is expected to enter the phone market in the first half of 2013. It would have Exynos processor clocked at 1.8 GHz 5 with 8 cores and 2 GB of RAM.

A Wireless Charging System

Galaxy S4 propose a Super AMOLED 4.99 inch Full HD with a density of 440ppi. Operate the terminal with Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Samsung could offer a 13 megapixel sensor capable of performing full HD video in 1080p 30FPS. A 2 megapixel front camera could offer HD video in 720p.

Along with this information, Samsung would have the opportunity to propose a wireless charging system for S4 Galaxy. This is not the same site that reveals the information, but the Korean site DDaily. Customers would get this feature through an option. The terminal may be provided with a cover and a special charging station specific. The website does not give more information about the technology. Samsung would have thought to choose a technique of inductive coupling resonance. You could recharge your smartphone without touch up to 2 meters. This information is rumors since the Korean did not confirm the presence or characteristics of the system load. We must wait the Mobile World Congress to learn a little more about what Galaxy S4.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 soon

Samsung, as we know, has a catalog very complete and varied. The manufacturer clearly trying to be present on all fronts and has thus learn through Sam Mobile that it could soon raise the veil on a new range of touch tablets: the Galaxy Tab 3. A range that is apparently composed of three models since it would issue a three Galaxy Tab 7.0, Galaxy Tab 3 of 10.1 and a Galaxy Tab 3 mystery that we do not know much yet. And if you want to know more, know that talking about now!

Certainly, these next few weeks are likely to be very busy with Samsung and this is normal since the South Korean manufacturer should grant us a number of new mobile terminals among which we can mention the S4 Galaxy , the Galaxy Tab 8.0 The Galaxy Pocket Plus and a lot of other nice things. And if we believe this new rumor, then it would also be three new tablets that could land soon: Galaxy Tab 3.

As explained a little earlier, they would be broken down into three models. It would obviously matter a 7-inch slate and a 10.1-inch slate, but Samsung could also grant us a third tablet that also benefit a 10.1 inch screen. Bizarre, obviously. If Samsung has never been afraid to overload the market, the manufacturer did not used to launch two identical terminals in a single line. Would it be a new Nexus 10? Possible, but it will take to get to the bottom.

Finally, we can also add that the new Galaxy Tab 3 should be divided into several models varying according to their storage capacity (16 GB or 32 GB) and their connectivity (3G or not), all for an arrival on the market the first quarter of 2013.

iPhone 5 vs. Samsung Galaxy S III vs. Droid RAZR HD vs. Nokia Lumia 920

The iPhone 5 launches into a more challenging field of competitors than ever, and to give you some context about the iPhone 5 specifications compared with those of its chief competitors, we put the most important characteristics of each into this handy table.

As we look at specs of the iPhone 5 compared with the Samsung Galaxy S III, Nokia Lumia 920 and Motorola Droid RAZR HD, we can see patterns emerging, such as all the iPhone 5′s competitors have a screen that’s at least 720p (1,280×720 pixels), dual-core 1.5GHz processors, an updated operating system (although that’s debatable in the case of Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich), an 8-megapixel camera and 4G LTE — all functioning as de facto standards in this highest echelon of smartphone goodness.

	Apple iPhone 5	Samsung Galaxy S III	Droid RAZR HD	Nokia Lumia 920
Screen Size	4 inches	4.8 inches	4.7 inches	4.5 inches
Resolution	1,136 x 640	1,280 x 720	1,280 x 720	1,280 x 768
Weight	3.9 oz	4.7 oz	5.1 oz	6.5 oz
CPU	Dual-core Apple A6	Dual-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 (in the U.S.)	Dual-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4	Dual-core 1.5 GHz Snapdragon S4
Storage	16GB, 32GB or 64GB, no card slot	16GB, 32GB or 64GB +microSD slot	12GB+microSD slot	32GB, no card slot
Connectors	Apple Lightning	microUSB	microUSB	microUSB
Operating System	iOS 6	Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)	Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)	Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Battery	225 hours standby, 8 hours talk time (3G)	790 hours standby, 11:40 hours talk time (3G)	TBA	300 hours standby, 10 hours talk time (3G)
Camera	8MP, 3264×2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash	8MP, 3264×2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash	8MP, 3264×2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash	8MP, 3264×2448 pixels, optical image stabilization, autofocus, dual-LED flash
Networking	Wi-Fi, 2G, 3G, 4G LTE	Wi-Fi, 2G, 3G, 4G LTE	Wi-Fi, 2G, 3G, 4G LTE	Wi-Fi, 2G, 3G, 4G LTE
Price	$199 for 16GB, $299 for 32GB, $399 for 64GB; avail. Sept. 21	$99.99 + $35 carrier fee	$199 (estimated, launch end of 2012)	TBA, launch Q4 2012

via http://mashable.com/2012/09/12/iphone-5-compared/

Samsung Galaxy S III Is Making Driving Safer

Samsung is authoritative active safer, but alone for those accustomed a Galaxy S III.

The electronics company's new Drive Articulation in-car smartphone app is congenital about alert to music, GPS navigation, and hands-free talking. But alone Galaxy S III users will get to acquaintance it, for now, until the app is appear to added Android accessories active Ice Cream Sandwich.

Drive Articulation provides a bright interface, with continued buttons and a simple card anatomy for attainable navigation. A alone home awning welcomes the user with the time and area for the accepted location, and
displays accessories adored in the Galaxy S III's S Agenda app.

"For many, active is an basic allotment of their lives and Drive Articulation allows us to accommodate a advised band-aid for those adulatory to use their Smartphone in [the] car," Samsung controlling carnality admiral Wonpyo Hong said in a statement. "With this appliance we ensure users can absorb the amount functionality of their smartphone while authoritative abiding their acquaintance is as safe as possible."

To abstain texting-while-driving scenarios, the app offers text-to-speech, which reads all admission SMS messages, emails, and amusing media updates via the car's apostle system.

The app provides abounding functions agnate to an in-car or attachable GPS device, including the adeptness to accept preset, recent, or admired destinations, as able-bodied as look for a specific address. If abode advice is independent in a agenda item, or a argument is accustomed while application Drive Link, the buzz will accommodate a articulation to the destination that can be set with one click.

Based on the standards of the Japanese Automotive Manufacturers Association, Samsung congenital Drive Articulation with the adeptness to affix a smartphone – any one that will eventually be accordant with the app – to a car's in-vehicle infotainment system, via MirrorLink, a connectivity apparatus begin in GM, Toyota, Honda, Volkswagen, and Hyundai models.

Samsung hasn't abandoned about a driver's charge to break cautiously entertained while on the road.

By abutting your buzz (for now, a Samsung Galaxy S III) to your car, any music book adored on your accessory is attainable through the car's stereo system. Or users can use TuneIn's all-around Internet radio app to accept to any of its 70,000 stations or on-demand alive offerings.

Samsung Windows Mobile Phones New Galaxy Note

BERLIN/SEOUL  Samsung Electronics became the aboriginal handset maker to advertise a smartphone application Microsoft's latest adaptable software, authoritative its surprise, abrupt advertisement aloof canicule afore the awful advancing barrage of Nokia's version.

The abrupt advertisement on Wednesday at a Berlin electronics appearance comes amidst expectations that smartphone makers may about-face more to Windows accessories afterwards a U.S. board absitively abounding of Samsung's Android-based phones abandoned Apple Inc patents.

"It looks like a acceptable phone, and seems like a pre-emptive advertisement advanced of Nokia," said Sid Parakh, an analyst at advance close McAdams Wright Ragen, of the Samsung phone.

"Microsoft or Windows never got their best teams, never got their best designs, aloof because Android was accomplishing so well. With the change in the acknowledged environment, there's a case to be fabricated that Samsung will acceptable about-face some of those assets to augment out or alter their own exposure."

Nokia, the ailing Finnish adaptable firm, already the world's arch ambassador of phones but now disturbing to about-face losses, is due to bare its new Lumia band of smartphones application Windows Buzz 8 in New York on September 5.

Samsung's new buzz alleged ATIV S -- tacked assimilate the end of a continued account appointment in Berlin that focused on added articles -- may drag expectations for the Lumia. Samsung's ATIV S Windows buzz sports a high-end 4.8-inch display, Corning "Gorilla" glass, and an 8-megapixel rear camera and 1.9-megapixel front-facing camera, Microsoft acquaint on its official blog on Wednesday.

"Expectations for a 40 megapixel or possibly 20 megapixel camera archetypal are active high. If Nokia does not bare a monster camera handset abutting week, abounding will be disappointed," said Tero Kuittinen, analyst at adaptable analytics close Alekstra.

But "this leaves Nokia affluence of allowance to draw a bright adverse with its accessible announcement."

Samsung's Windows-based smartphone, alien on Wednesday, marks the aboriginal in a "big calendar of new hardware" from the South Korean aggregation based on Microsoft's software, Microsoft controlling Ben Rudolph said in a blog posting.

Analysts say the addition of Samsung's Windows buzz may be advised to allay apropos that Microsoft will favor Nokia, whose Arch Controlling Stephen Elop -- himself a above arch Microsoft controlling -- has staked its approaching on the Windows platform.

"The actuality Samsung was accustomed to be the aboriginal to advertise is Microsoft's abuse way of absolution added vendors apperceive that Nokia is not accepting appropriate treatment," Current Analysis analyst Avi Greengart said.

But Jack Gold, an absolute adaptable adviser who runs J. Gold Associates, argued Samsung had signalled its charge to Windows for a while, but Nokia will abide the primary disciplinarian of the new brand of Microsoft-powered devices.

"Samsung has beyond the alpha band aboriginal and set the bar for Nokia's launch," said Geoff Blaber, analyst at CCS Insight.

Slideshow: New Samsung gadgets, bang http://in.reuters.com/news/pictures/slideshow?articleId=INRTR379HY

STEALING A MARCH

Microsoft gave a examination of its Windows Buzz 8 software in June, and promised the aboriginal phones would be on the bazaar by the autumn.

Windows Buzz 8 looks agnate to, and is congenital on the aforementioned amount cipher as Microsoft's accessible Windows 8 operating system, but is not the aforementioned product. Windows 8, which will run on tablets and PCs, is appointed to barrage on October 26.

Samsung said the ATIV buzz would hit food in the October-November aeon but did not accord an exact alpha date.

On Wednesday, the Korean association additionally showed off a bulk of tablets application Windows 8 software and the additional bearing of its accepted Google Android-based Galaxy Note phone-cum-tablet "phablet" in city Berlin.

Samsung has awash some 10 actor of its aboriginal Galaxy Note devices, creating a new artefact class which has abate awning than tablets, but bigger than smartphones.

"I am appealing assured it will alike outsell its predecessor," said JK Shin, Samsung's arch of adaptable business.

Samsung hopes the new accessory will booty the focus abroad from its accident of the cloister case. Apple is now gluttonous accelerated bans on the auction of eight Samsung phones, affective apace to about-face acknowledged achievement into actual business gain.

Samsung hopes the phablet advancement will lift any post-Apple gloom. The new adaptation of the Note appearance a thinner and hardly bigger 5.5-inch screen, quad-core processor, the latest adaptation of the Android operating arrangement alleged Jellybean, and bigger stylus function.

"There won't be huge avant-garde changes in design, but the Note 2 will affection absolutely a few improvements and accredit Samsung to backpack on its able sales drive in the category," said Lee Sun-tae, an analyst at NH Advance & Securities. "With the launch, Samsung will additionally be aggravating to about-face about beat affect afterwards the U.S. acknowledged defeat."

Apple did not accommodate the Note and added anew apparent Samsung articles in its aboriginal lawsuit. But the aggregation and its attorneys are accepted by abounding acknowledged experts to try and use aftermost week's acknowledged achievement to go afterwards approaching gadgets, abnormally because the board begin anarchic appearance in Samsung phones such as pinch-and-zoom and bounce-back -- accepted in Android.

Shares of Microsoft accomplished up 2 cents at $30.65 on Wednesday. (Reporting by Harro ten Wolde and Tarmo Virki in Berlin, Bill Rigby in Seattle, Miyoung Kim in Seoul; Editing by Edwin Chan and Tim Dobbyn)

HTC One X Vs Samsung Galaxy S III

Samsung Galaxy S III in Pebble Blue

The Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III was officially launched in the Philippines last night, and the suggested retail price was set at Php32,990 and being available on retail stores by June 9, 2012. This matches the suggested retail price of HTC's current flagship phone, the HTC One X, which is also Php32,990.

HTC One X in Grey.

The street price of a HTC One X is lower and can be found at a price range of Php27,600 to Php29,900 with an official HTC warranty. Once the Samsung Galaxy S III become widely available we also do expect it to sell for a bit lower than its suggested retail price. The Samsung Galaxy S III does have the advantage of being offered by both Globe Telecom and Smart Communications on postpaid plans.

So, the two Titans of the Android world have their flagship phones clashing with its other toe-to-toe on price. Which is the better choice for you?

Both phone are very similar, combining large high resolution 720p (720 x 1280) displays in thin and light designs. The Samsung Galaxy S III has a slight larger 4.8 inch Super AMOLED display of the Pentile Matrix variety which is an improved version of that found in the Galaxy Nexus. The HTC One X has a 4.7-inch IPS2 LCD display. Both are excellent displays, and we don't see buyers choosing one over the other because of the display.

The Samsung Galaxy S III is thinner at 8.6 mm thin, but being just 0.3 mm less than the HTC One X, I doubt you will actually notice the difference. The Samsung Galaxy S III is a bit wider at 70.6 mm, the HTC One X measuring at 69.9 mm, but again the difference is too small to be of significance. The HTC One X is the lighter of the two at 130 grams in weight, while the Samsung Galaxy S III.

On the hardware front Samsung Galaxy S III has a slight faster processor and graphics chips, but both phones are so fast it is not likely that there is a significant difference in real world performance. With a quad core processor on either both phones, you probably cannot find any app which would push either phone to its limits. Both phone use HSDPA 21.1 Mbps radios for 3G connectivity. Both phones have excellent 8 MP camera's, and which produces better pictures will be more a function of the user rather than the hardware.

With the two so evenly matched, what should you consider in selecting one over the other?

Internal Storage. For the same money, the HTC One X comes with more internal storage at 32 GB, of which 26 GB is user available. The Samsung Galaxy S III comes with 16 GB of internal storage. We do not yet know what the user available storage is with the Samsung Galaxy S III, but it would be somewhere between 11 to 13 GB. The Samsung though in part makes up for the lower internal storage with a MicroSD card slot.

Getting a 16GB MicroSD card will cost you a bit less than Php800 these days.

I prefer internal storage to SDCard storage. Accessing it is a tad bit faster. So I would say that if 26 GB is enough, I would give the HTC One X than advantage in this regard. If you need more than 26 GB, with the Samsung Galaxy S III it is a matter of buying a large capacity MicroSD card. With the HTC One X you are out of luck.

Winner: Draw. Depends on the users need. If you only need 26 GB or less the HTC One X. If you need more the Samsung Galaxy S III.

Cloud Storage. Both phones come with two years of Dropbox cloud storage. The HTC One X comes with 25 GB while the Samsung Galaxy S III comes with 50 GB.

Winner: Samsung Galaxy SIII. More is better so the Samsung Galaxy S III wins.

Gaming. Both phones are wickedly fast and have the power to tear trough the latest 3D games on the Android market. But use mature graphics chips as their base so compatibility should not be an issue.

The HTC One X does sport the 12-core Nvidia ULP GeForce graphics chip which has some really amazing capability and developers do build gamed optimized to take advantage of the ULP GeForce's capability.

Most games wont take advantage of ULP GeForce, but a fair number do, and those that do, look a lot better.

Winner: HOX. If you want console quality grapchics, the HTC One X is the way to go.

Battery life. Both phones use modern energy saving technology, and in terms of battery life are pretty much as good as it gets. While both phones have excellent battery life.

Basically, GSM Arena which conducts the test we use for comparison rated the Samsung Galaxy S III's battery life with an endurance of 43 hours, while the HTC One has an endurance rating of 37 hours.

Winner. GSIII. The Galaxy S III will last significantly longer on a charge.

User replaceable battery. The Samsung Galaxy S III's battery can be easily replaced by popping of the batter cover. The HTC One X battery is an internal. Replacing it requires removing the LCD display and the mother board. Only a skilled professional should try it.

Winner: Samsung Galaxy SIII. Despite the good battery life, if you keep the phone more than a year or a year and a half, you will probably want to replace the battery. The Samsung Galaxy S III makes this easier.

Others. The other area where both phones differ is in their installed operating system. While both run Android 4.0, HTC places a Sense 4.0 overlay on top of Android. Samsung puts its TouchWiz 4.0 overlay.

In the past we would have given this category to HTC which really includes some very useful enhancements. But Samsung has built a lot, new features into TouchWiz like Smart Stay and S-Voice.

Ultimately, user interface and enhancements are subjective matters and there is really no way to measure one against the other. Best advice, try both and see which you like best.

This also depends on what you used before. If you have been using HTC Sense for some time, I suspect you will want to stay with Sense. If you have been using Samsung phones in the past and like TouchWiz, you will feel more comfortable with the the Samsung Galaxy S III. It is easier to leave TouchWiz behind than Sense, but I really cannot quantify that.

Conclusion. If you want one postpaid, the Samsung Galaxy S III is the only game in town. If you are buying a phone, than you have some decisions to make.

Overall Samsung Galaxy S III had built a better smartphone. If I owned a HTC One X, the advantages of the Samsung Galaxy S III would not be enough for me to want to upgrade. For the typical user, this would be the better choice. If you spend a lot of time viewing multi-media, will last twice as long on the battery as compared to the HTC One X.

HTC on the other hand has built an excellent smartphone in its own regard, which is also the best Android hand held gaming platform in the market today. If you having a bit of gaming in your blood, it is really hard to ignore the Nvidia ULP GeForce graphics.

So which do we recommend, pick your own poison. I do not think you will regret either choice. It is also unlikely that you will feel device envy with anything else coming out in the market, well not for another year when HTC and Samsung duke it out for round four.

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

Samsung Galaxy 3 Phone official teaser is out

As expected, Samsung just launched their Next Galaxy teaser video. At the event on May 3 in London, Samsung is expected to unveil its highly anticipated Galaxy S II successor and, reportedly, a quad-core tablet. Enough with the chit-chat, here's the video itself.

We are yet to see if Samsung will succeed in converting more users to the Galaxy cause, but it's certain that the event will be the focus of everyone's attention. We are also interested to see if a certain Samsung competitor, which is currently in fierce legal battle with the Koreans, will provide some kind of response to the last part of the teaser video.
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Samsung Galaxy 3 Photo 'dummy box' prototype surfaces

Samsung GT-I9300 'dummy box' prototype surfaces. We have another picture of what is likely to be the next Galaxy phone. As usual, the phone is camouflaged by being placed within a case but we still get a glimpse of some of the important bits.

For starters, we see the arrangement of the buttons at the bottom of the display. For the first time, we are also seeing a Menu button there, along with the Back, Home and multitasking button. Samsung has changed the order of the keys again and placed it on the left unlike the Galaxy Nexus, which places it on the right. Also, unlike the Galaxy Nexus, the Menu button pushes the other three buttons on the right, so they are no longer in the center.

What's curious, though, is what we see below the display. There is a physical Home button, not unlike the ones we have seen on previous versions of the Galaxy smartphones. However, we did not see this when we first spotted this prototype device. If the phone is going to have on-screen controls then it makes no sense to have a physical Home button. Perhaps this is something that will eventually disappear by the time the phone reaches the production stage.

Another thing to note is the shape of the device. If you look closely, placed within the case, the corners of the base seem to be highly curved. If you remember the media invite image for the Mobile Unpacked 2012 image, you see two curved droplets of white and blue metallic substance.

If we put on our soothsayer hats for a minute, we can see the Galaxy S III being available in white and blue colored versions, with the blue model having a metallic finish, and both having highly curved corners. The curves will help the device fit your palm perfectly, which also goes with Samsung's tagline that says "For technology to be truly smart, shouldn't it fit into your life naturally?" with additional references to Galaxy fitting in your hands in the teaser video.

Anyway, we won't have to wait too long to find out how it really looks like, with the Samsung event being just a week away from today.
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Samsung Galaxy S Advance I9070 is now available

Samsung I9070 Galaxy S Advance is finally available. The smartphone was announced back in January and it was scheduled for April release. Samsung managed to keep its promise – the phone is now in stock at various retailers across Europe.

Clove UK was the first to report it has the Galaxy S Advance in stock – it costs £323 there.

The Galaxy S Advance comes with a first-generation Super AMOLED WVGA screen, a 1GHz dual-core Cortex-A9 processor, Mali-400 MP graphics and 768MB RAM. There is a 5 megapixel camera with HD video recording and 8 or 16GB internal storage as well as optional NFC connectivity. The phone runs on Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread, but it will probably get ICS later this year.

Amazon DE offers the non-NFC version of the Galaxy S Advance for €365, but we found it for €330 at other online retailers.
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Samsung Galaxy S3 photo leaks

It's time for today's "photo of the Samsung Galaxy S3" leak - these seem to occur more and more often as we come closer to May 3, when Samsung's Unpacked event will finally settle things one and for all.

The leaked photo in question (the one on the left) shows a device with a hardware home button with two capacitive keys on its sides (menu and back). You can see the volume rocker on the left and the power/lock key on the right - basically, the standard Samsung arrangement.

Note: the middle and right photos come from previous leaks.

The newly leaked photo is the one on the left The screen is off, so there's no way to tell if the device uses the on-screen buttons that we've seen in previous leaks. But it does look an awful lot like the sketch in the alleged leaked manual. And the bezel is very thin - as it would need to be with the rumored 4.6-4.8" screen.
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Samsung Q1 2012 results are out, takes top spot from Nokia

Samsung announced its financial results for the first quarter of this year and the South Korean company is cheering. Analysts like Strategy Analytics say that it is now king of the mobile phone hill - ending Nokia's 14-year reign.

Samsung shipped 93.5 million phones in the three month period, while the former champ Nokia managed just 82.7 million. Of the shipped Samsung phones, 44.5 million were smartphones, which beats Apple's achievement of 35.1 million smartphones. This puts Samsung on top both in terms of both total phones shipped and in the number of smartphones.

Consolidated revenue went up 22% year on year to $39.9 billion, while consolidated net profit reached $4.4 billion.

The chip manufacturing business is down, but demand for DRAM chips and application processors (especially the cool new 32nm ones) is expected to bounce back up in Q2.

The Samsung profit drivers were really IT & Mobile communications business and the display business.

The mobile business is seeing strong demand for smart devices of the Galaxy line (like the Galaxy S II and Galaxy Note), with revenue from the mobile division increasing 86% year-on-year.

IT was again the strong demand for high-end TVs (LED and 3D) along with tablet and OLED panels that helped push operating profit of Samsung's Consumer Electronics business up a whopping 550% in the quarter (year-on-year) to $9.4 billion.

You can find out more details on Samsung's performance in Q1 from its press release or this earnings release PDF.
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Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 service manual revealed

Assuming we are to believe everything we heard so far about the Galaxy S3, and especially the leak in the KIES system, which is as good as official, the model name for Samsung's next flagship will be the I9300.

So today there is this leak, which shows the Samsung GT-I9300 service manual, so it should be nothing else but the S3, right?

Well, yes, assuming the manual is legit in the first place. But since we only got here after so much assuming, we'll let you decide whether that sketch of a phone is the final design.

Regarding the specs, we are not that sure. Nothing there seems that much out of the ordinary, but the screen so far has only been rumored as a 4.6-incher and at 4.8 inches it's would be closer to the Note than to the regular phone lineup. For all we know, the whole leak could be bogus so take it with a pinch of salt. Anyway, we'll know the real specs come next week.

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Amazon Kindle Fire owns more than half of the Android tablet market

Since its release, the Kindle Fire has skyrocketed to the top of the Android tablet market, now holding a whopping 54.4%.

By comparison, the entire Samsung Galaxy Tab family is in the second spot with 15.4%.

U.S. Market Share of Android Tablets by Unique Devices Dec-2011, Jan-2012, Feb-2012 Total U.S. Source: comScore Device Essentials*
	% Share of Android Tablets
	Dec-11	Jan-12	Feb-12
Amazon Kindle Fire	29.4%	41.8%	54.4%
Samsung Galaxy Tab Family	23.8%	19.1%	15.4%
Motorola Xoom	11.8%	9.0%	7.0%
Asus Transformer	6.4%	6.2%	6.3%
Toshiba AT100	7.1%	7.0%	5.7%
Acer Picasso	6.0%	5.2%	4.3%
Acer Iconia	2.8%	2.6%	2.1%
Dell Streak	2.2%	1.7%	1.3%
Lenovo IdeaPad Tablet K1	0.7%	0.9%	1.2%
Sony Tablet S	0.9%	0.8%	0.7%
Other	8.9%	5.6%	1.6%

The latest report indicates that the Amazon product has been a massive success, especially considering it has only been on the market since November. The comScore results also polled the number of page views by different tablet sizes, showing that the larger the tablet, the more intensively it’s being used for web browsing.

Average Browser Page Views per Tablet Feb-2012 Total U.S. Source: comScore Device Essentials*
Tablet Screen Size	Browser Page Views per Tablet
10 inch	125
9 inch	116
7 inch	90
5 inch	79

Source Labels: Motorola Xoom Tablet Android Amazon Samsung Galaxy Tab Family Amazon Kindle Fire