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Friday, May 31, 2013

Samsung Planning To Have A Mobile Unpacked Event On March 22 In The US Galaxy S IV

Well according to a korean newspaper, Samsung is planning to hold a mobile unpacked event in the US on March 22. Well on the same page, there is also rumors that Samsung is planning to ship the Galaxy S IV in April. Other info include that the next gen Galaxy S device will be codnamed Altius and the device will launch in two colors. The Altius is going to ship in week 16 of 2013 if all goes well. Also there is also rumors building up that the next gen Galaxy S device will not include the number 4 because it is bad luck in Korea. That goes to say with the model number which till date we are only seeing GT-19500.

Source: Sammobile (1), (2)
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Are Windows Phone and Windows RT Dead in the Water

In an interview with Bloomberg Germany, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said Microsoft’s Windows Phone and tablet operating systems will gain “enough critical mass to keep going with their tablets and phones.” By this time, I had expect Windows Phone to have a larger market share, and I am having a hard time sharing Mr. Wozniaks optimism.

Windows Phone. Data from IDC shows that in Quarter 4 of 2012, Windows Phone accounted for just 2.6% of the mobile phones shipped worldwide. Thus is up from 1.5% in the Quarter 4 of 2011. The numbers are not all that encouraging.

The 2.6% figure for the 4th quarter of 2012 represents 6 million smartphones. Another problematic figure is connect to this modest number. Of the 6 million Windows Phone smartphones shipped in Quarter 4 of 2012, 4.4 million were apparently Nokia Lumia phones.

With Samsung and HTC having to share in the remaining 1.6 million phones shipped, there seems to be little incentive for them to continue. Still HTC has had a long history as a Microsoft partner, and Samsung is getting bigger in the PC business.

If Windows Phone is going to gain traction, it would have to do so in Quarter 1 of 2013. The current Windows Phone devices are four or five month old designs, which I do not expect to see update for another seven or eight months. By Quarter 2 of this year, you can expect the new Android phones to cause a surge in Android phone sales. Later in the third or fourth quarter of the year, a new iPhone will see a increase in iPhone sales.

Should Quarter 1, 2013 sales of Windows Phones be lackluster, developers will have to decide if Windows Phone is worth it, given that the last quarter of 2012 and the first quarter of 2013 are likely the peak period for Windows sales.

Windows RT. Windows RT would appear to be in worse shape. Few of Microsoft OEM partners came out with RT devices. Total Windows RT device sales for 2012 appear to be less than 1 million units.

Worse, Windows RT seems now to be a superflous operating system. Windows RT was designed to run on ARM processors. But Windows RT plus ARM processors do not seem to offer any advantages over full Windows 8 tablets running on Intel Atom processors.

So, rather than trying to rake on iOS and Android in the tablet market, it would seem that Windows RTs number one competition is actually Windows 8.

So where does it go from here? Between Microsoft and Nokia Windows Phone will continue to exist for foreseeable future. Nokia is actually making money on selling phones again. What would kill Windows Phone quickly, is if Nokia decided to release Android devices. In the longer term, it will be developer support which will keep this platform alive, or end its life.

As for Windows RT, I would not be surprised if we do not see another Windows RT device released ever again.

Samsung Galaxy S IV GT I9400 Appears In Nenamark 2 Benchmark

Late last week we started the first episode of the Galaxy S IV rumor roundups and the next episode is due around next week. One of the thing we can mildly confirm about the Galaxy S IV is the model number which is expected to be GT-I9400. Also just recently in the Nenamark 2 benchmark the results for GT-I9400 was found and the specs was set at pretty low. This could mean that Samsung is testing the software since based on the benchmark the device is running android 4.2 or this could be faked. Stay tuned for more Galaxy S IV news.

Source: GSMArena
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iPad 2 Sold Out In Many Countries

After its first marketing in the United States, this tablet gets rousing welcome from fans in many countries so that Apples stock sold out in short time.

In the United Kingdom for example, IPAD 2 reportedly sold out less than 24 hours since the sale. Stores across the country reported running out of supplies so many people go with empty hands.

In other countries also seem alike, virus iPad 2 infecting people. Long lines in the towns of Paris, Sydney and Munich in Germany. In fact, there are some Apple fans queue for 53 hours just to be the first to buy iPad 2.

I think Apple should smile happy to see good sales, but on the other hand have to anticipate the more depletion of the stock iPad 2.

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Last year at a special event in June, Microsoft announced the Surface which will be a tablet lineup by Microsoft. In the launch event they announced both the Surface RT and Surface Pro. Since the Windows 8 launch in October the Surface RT has went on sales and the overall rating for it is pretty low and is said to be an overhyped device. Today, Microsoft has revealed the black and white on the Surface Pro availability, It will be launching on February 9 in the US and Canada. To recap the Surface Pro is the bigger brother of the Surface RT and will run the full version of Windows 8 which means existing applications like photoshop, and others will run normally. The specs of the Surface Pro include a 10.6" full HD screen, a core i5 processor, 4GB of RAM, a full size USB 3.0 port, a microSD card, 64/128GB storage options, and a mini display port. Similar to the Surface RT, the Surface Pro also supports the touch or type cover. In addition to that the Surface Pro also comes with a pen which will enable better movement in the OS. Finally, the Surface Pro will start at $899 for the base 64GB model.
Source: TheVerge
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Blackberry Playbook Presence In Indonesia On Mei

Google Now is one of the most innovative features Google announce with Android 4.1 Jellybean. Google now is basically a voice searching app which becomes smarter over time and is currently available on android devices running Android 4.1 and up. Since then a subsidized google search app has been released to iOS with the voice search functionality. Google has also been integrating the Google now cards with the Google search web. An now it seems like Googles next plan is to integrated the Goolge now service in to the chrome browser. This is because there is an entry in the chromium project code which is entitled show google now notifications in chrome, additionally there is also some code revisions fro creating a skeleton for goolge now for chrome implementation. This means that the project is under development and hope to see some sort of integration in the next chrome update.

Source: Engadget
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Samsung Galaxy SL i9003 Has Announced in Germany

Samsung has officially introduced the new Samsung Galaxy SL i9003. Powered by the Google Android 2.2 OS, the smartphone features a 4-inch Super Clear LCD display, a 1650mAh battery, a 1Ghz TI OMAP 3630 processor, a 16GB of internal memory and Wireless Tethering. Additional features include Wi-Fi, AllShare, a 5-megapixel camera and ThinkFree Office Mobile.
Now Samsung has just announced the availability of their new Android smartphone ‘Galaxy SL i9003‘ in Germany. The handset is available for purchase via Amazon.de for a retail price of 428.89 Euro (about $590).

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Samsung Galaxy Young is finally available in the retail market. The Samsung Galaxy Young features 3.27 inch full touch HVGA resolution display and Android Jelly Bean operating system. It is priced at Rs 8,300.

Device Specification:

• Jelly Bean OS

• 3.27 inch full touch HVGA resolution display

• 1 GHz processor

• 768 MB of RAM

• 4 GB of onboard storage

• Expandable upto 64 GB

• 3 megapixel camera at back

• 1300 mAh battery

The Samsung Galaxy Young has access to both Google Play store and Game Hub Lite. It has also right to use Samsung’s S Cloud which will also be offered as a safe and simple syncing option for back-up & storage option information such as contacts, bookmarks, and SMS. Motion user interface is also included in the phone. Its user interface lets user to simply shake the devices to refresh and update widgets and other content, or to just turn over the device to mute the ringer.

The Galaxy Young comes in white, deep blue, wine red and metallic silver colours. Currently only the white color model is available for purchase from a number of online stores.

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Friday, May 31, 2013

Samsung Planning To Have A Mobile Unpacked Event On March 22 In The US Galaxy S IV

Friday, May 24, 2013

Are Windows Phone and Windows RT Dead in the Water

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Samsung Galaxy S IV GT I9400 Appears In Nenamark 2 Benchmark

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

iPad 2 Sold Out In Many Countries

Surface Pro To Go On Sale In The US Canada On February 9 For 899

Blackberry Playbook Presence In Indonesia On Mei

Google Now Integration Coming To The Chrome Browser In The Future

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Samsung Galaxy SL i9003 Has Announced in Germany

Samsung Galaxy Young Features Specification and Price Now Available In Retail Market