Samsung’s Windows 8 Hybrids

Windows 8 is that your tablet and your PC can be the same device. Exactly how will that work? After seeing of intriguing possibilities, we’re starting to get a more firm idea with actual products like the Samsung Series 7 and Series 5 PCs.

The new machines are hybrid PCs — meaning they “transform” from an 11.6-inch Windows 8 tablet to laptop and back again. They do so via keyboard docks, which hold the tablet in place.

Make no mistake, these are full Windows 8 PCs, not Windows RT devices. That means you can run all your old Windows 7 or XP apps on them in addition to any newer Windows 8 apps. They also sport Samsung’s new take on the old Windows Start menu, the S Launcher, which should calm the nerves of a few skittish Windows 8 users.

There’s a big gap in price between the Series 7 and Series 5, which cost $1,199 and $749, respectively. That’s because of what they have inside: The Series 7 boasts an Intel Core i5 processor, 4GB of RAM and a 128GB solid-state drive. But the Series 5 is something else, packing Intel’s latest Atom mobile chip “Clover Trail,” 2GB of RAM and a 64GB SSD. Both will be available when Windows 8 launches, Oct. 26.

While the keyboard dock is included with the Series 7, you can get the Series 5 with or without it. With no dock, it just costs $649. The pricing gives you an idea of what other Windows 8 tablets like the Microsoft Surface and Lenovo’s Clover Trail model might cost.

Finally, Samsung has tied its new hybrids into its AllShare network, the company’s cloud service for sharing content across devices. Any photos you take with the tablets, for example, will automatically get shared to your other devices via the service. While this functionality doesn’t yet apply to movies and TV shows you might buy from Samsung’s online media hubs, the company says it’s working on it.

How do you like Samsung’s Windows 8 hybrids, or hybrids in general? Let us know in the comments.

Update: It looks like Samsung is calling these tablets “ATIV” tablets in the global market. Reps tell us Samsung hasn’t decided if it’ll use this label in the U.S.

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Samsung Unveils Galaxy Note II

Samsung unveiled the Samsung Galaxy Note II smartphone Wednesday at its event at the IFA trade show in Berlin.

The new Note is narrower and taller than the old version, with a 5.5-inch HD Super AMOLED screen — slightly larger than the previous Note‘s 5.3-incher. Samsung managed to narrow the form factor by changing the aspect ratio to a 16:9 widescreen display.

The new Note is powered by Android 4.1 “Jelly Bean.” It packs a 1.6GHz quad-core processor with 2GB of RAM.

Of course, it also has the S Pen stylus, boasting some new abilities that weren’t in the old Note. First is Air View, which lets you preview content by hovering the stylus over icons. For example, you could hold the S Pen over a day on a calendar, and a preview window of that day’s appointments will appear.

There’s also Quick Command: Just sweep the S Pen up and a blank square pops up where you can write customized commands that will instantly do things such as send an email to a specific person.

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Popup Note is a kind of multitasking ability, letting you call up a note from the S Note app as a pop-up window on the screen. This could come in handy when you get a phone call and need to write something down quickly.

Finally there’s Easy Clip, a way to quickly outline and crop certain kinds of content on the screen. With the S Pen’s button, it intelligently figures out what you want to clip, then you can paste it into other content.

The Galaxy Note II will be available in 16, 32 and 64GB configurations, all enhanceable via a microSD card. It has an 8-megapixel camera with all the new camera functions that we saw in the Galaxy S III. There’s also a bonus camera function called Best Faces, letting users designate the “most preferred” face in a group.

The new Note will be available in white or gray, and it’ll debut October in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. No word yet on a U.S. launch.

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0800 numbers to be free to UK mobile users

0800 number, maybe should be the lucy number for user from uk, 800 numbers on a mobile phone could soon be a thing of the past. Ofcom, the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK's communications industries, has outlined a proposal to make the number group, as well as 116 numbers, free to call with all phones, not just landlines.

Currently, if a mobile user dials a supposedly "freephone" number, they can incur a charge of up to 21p per minute. This would be abolished, if the proposal goes ahead.

In addition, Ofcom proposes that more clarification is needed on charges for other 08 numbers (such as the dreaded call centre 0845 numbers), as well as 09 and 118 prefixes. At present, only BT line users can tell how much they're being charged when calling them.

"Callers are not able to understand how much the call costs as opposed to the cost of the service being provided via the call," said the regulator in a statement. "Under Ofcom’s proposals, consumers will in future be presented with clear, transparent information on both."

On calling a revenue-sharing number, callers are currently told: "This call will cost you X pence per minute on a BT line, calls may vary on other landline and cost considerably more on a mobile."

However, Ofcom proposes that this is changed to: "This call will cost you X pence per minute plus your phone company’s access charge."

The proposal will now enter a consultation period, with Ofcom expecting to rule on the changes at the beginning of 2013.

"Consumers are often confused about how much they will pay to call these number ranges," said Ed Richards, chief executive of Ofcom. "Under our proposals, people will have much clearer information and there will be greater competition on prices.

"By making calls to 0800 numbers free from all phones, we will clear up any uncertainty about making calls, especially from mobiles, to the benefit of consumers and service providers alike."

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Nokia 808 PureView in focus 41 mp

Nokia 808 is the latest mobile phones from nokia are still in prototype stage and is powered by Symbian Belle.The uniqueness of this Symbian cell phones on camera that has up to 41MP sensor that is capable of capturing images with high detail and quality can still be maintained even cut or zoom.

Through interviews with Damian Dinning GSMArena, revealed that it takes a special method to be able to produce super high resolution camera on the Nokia 808.

Nokia 808 also make use of lenses "Carl Zeiss", but the production process is not like a regular camera up to the precision needed "ten times higher than [the lens] SLR".

"There are five lenses, a little at the top, then [the size of the lens is mounted] greater when getting closer to the sensor. Here also there is a mechanical ND filter that can be controlled in Creative modes, such as the N8."

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iOS 5.1 Golden Master Reportedly Complete Ahead of iPad 3 Launch

iOS 5.1 reportedly includes Japanese Siri support and a new camera slider, as well two other significant features that have yet to be revealed to the public.

iOS 5.1 has satisfied the requirements of Apple's quality assurance testing and is now ready to be released to the public, presumably just prior to the iPad 3 launch within the next few weeks. The report claims that iOS 5.1 is now in the golden master stage with build 9B176 being the final build to be issued for public release.

The build number of iOS 5.1 Gold Master is 9B176 according to a very solid source, although three different partners who are testing the Gold Master claim to have slightly (by single digits) higher builds numbers on their copies, I'm assuming that's because right now it'd make sense for those people to be testing what will soon be released as 5.1.1, so I've disregarded the claims.

The quality assurance phase for iOS 5.1 is said to have taken place over the past three weeks, with work by Apple and its carrier partners to ensure that as many bugs as possible have been eliminated.

Source: http://www.macrumors.com/2012/03/06/testing-on-ios-5-1-golden-master-reportedly-complete-ahead-of-ipad-3-launch/

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QuickOffice Launches Connect Cloud-Based Service for Android & iOS

Popular office applications for mobile devices QuickOffice recently launched a komputasii cloud-based services (cloud based service) that allows users to exchange documents mensinkronasikan they have. Service called Connect by QuickOffice ins allow users to access remotely, you have to find documents regardless of service type of cloud service, operating system and what device you have.

With Connect users can access files stored on Mac, PC, iPhone, iPad, Android smartphones and tablets, or on other cloud services, such as Basecamp, Box, Catch, Dropbox, Egnyte, Evernote, Google Docs, Huddle, Microsoft SkyDrive, Springpad, SugarSync and WebDev.

Furthermore, users can edit, create and documents, spreadsheets as well as presentations that strongly resemble Microsoft Office formats. As we mentioned earlier, it can automatically sync files across all devices.

Other highlights of the cloud-based service include the following features:

- Remote access into connected desktops and mobile devices;
- Search across all devices and clouds;
- Share folders with anyone;
- Share files with connected social networks, including Docstoc, Facebook, LinkedIn, Slideshare, Scribd, Twitter and Yammer;
- Collaborate with peers by commenting on files or folders;
- Manage files online via Quickoffice Connect web portal.

Mobile phone users who want to take advantage of the new cloud-based service offered by QuickOffice should know that it’s available via a native mobile application for iOS and Android platforms.

Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/QuickOffice-Launches-Connect-Cloud-Based-Service-for-Android-and-iOS-261427.shtml

It is also worth mentioning Connect service automatically syncs documents in order to ensure that the latest versions are available on the device.

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Apple begin to production of 7.85-inch iPads in 3Q12

 

Latest news will be released ipad 7.85 start popping up.Apple's iPad supply chain have started delivering samples of 7.85-inch iPads for verification, with volume production likely to begin in the third quarter of 2012 at the earliest, according to industry sources.

The planned launch of the 7.85-inch iPad is apparently to take on Amazon's US$199 7-inch Kindle Fire as well as a comparable model from Barnes & Noble, although Apple already took up nearly a 60% share of the tablet PC market in 2011, indicated the sources.

The price of the 7.85-inch iPad is likely to be set at US$249-299, since Apple is also expected to release an 8GB iPad 2 for US$349-399, and has lowered the price of the 16GB iPad 2 to US$449, the sources noted.

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Rumor specification Samsung Galaxy S III

Previous rumors said the Galaxy S III will have a screen size of 4.8-inch HD 1080p resolution with a 16:9 aspect ratio and rear 8-megapixel cameras seem to support 1080p video recording capabilities.So check this out the new specification in this bellow:

We reported some exclusive details surrounding Samsung’s upcoming flagship Galaxy S III smartphone this past weekend, and now we have received some more information that helps us paint a more complete picture. And as that picture becomes more clear, this sure looks like the baddest Android smartphone the world hasn’t yet seen. We reported that the new Samsung flagship would launch in a simultaneous fashion across the globe, but we now have some more detailed specifications to report. Ladies and gentlemen, here is the Samsung Galaxy S III:

1.5GHz quad-core Samsung Exynos processor
4.8-inch “full HD” 1080p resolution with 16:9 aspect ratio display
A 2-megapixel front-facing camera and an 8-megapixel rear camera
Ceramic case
4G LTE
Android 4.0

As always, we’ll keep pounding our sources for more information, but we have to say… a Blu-ray display? On a smartphone? We’ll cuddle up with that and some popcorn any night of the week.

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Samsung Galaxy S III Coming at Mobile World Congress 2012?

Samsung Galaxy S III the next of generation Galaxy S family, after before success with a previous version Galaxy S and S II Galaxy S and S II are legendary. And the Quad-core phone may be showcased at the Mobile World Congress, event in the world’s largest telecommunications equipment held in Barcelona by next February.

GALAXY S III, will be equipped with a Quad-core processor; possibly the Samsung’s Exynos 4412 processor, a 32nm quad-core chip based on the ARM Cortex A9 architecture. Other specifications include 4.6-inch Super AMOLED Plus touchscreen display (1280×720), supports LTE network, 12-megapixel rear camera that can capture full high definition 1080p video, and runs Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

 It was also reported that Samsung is developing 3D capabilities on the smartphone, though there’s no details as to what extent will the new phone be equipped with the technology. The company could come up with a separate smartphone, rather than incorporate it to the GALAXY S III, and called it the Samsung GALAXY S 3D.

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iPhone 4S hits four million in sales after first weekend

"iPhone 4S is off to a great start with more than four million sold in its first weekend-the most ever for a phone and more than double the iPhone 4 launch during its first three days," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "iPhone 4S is a hit with customers around the world, and together with iOS 5 and iCloud, is the best iPhone ever."

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Apple’s Japanese Site Leaks iPhone 4S Launch Date: October

latest news comes from one of the official Apple Store site from Japan which proclaim the iPhone release date 4S.Apple’s Japanese online store has outted the iPhone 4S, along with a launch date of October 14. First spotted by MacRumors, the page offers a “Learn More” link, but unfortunately clicking through only gets you to iPhone 4 information.

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Samsung Galaxy Note coming out in Europe this month

The event was first introduced at the IFA 2011 in August, Galaxy Note  soon be available in several European countries starting this October. Some countries which will get the first smartphones among Germany, France and Great Britain

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