Exynos 5 Octa by Samsung reportedly features PowerVR SGX 544MP3

Samsung announced this CES the Exynos 5 Octa which has 4 ARM Cortex A15 cores and 4 ARM Cortex A7 cores for power management with whats called as Big little configuration. Now Samsung is known to boast their GPUs, but during their Octa announcement, they did not talk about the GPU they were using and Anandtech is now reporting that Samsung is using the PowerVR SGX 544MP3 GPU at 533 MHz.

Now we should note that Samsung has not used PowerVR GPUs in their top end SoCs after the first Samsung Galaxy S. All the other top chipsets had ARM’s Mali. In fact the dual core version of Exynos 5 also ran on ARM Mali-T604 GPU. AnandTech reports that the graphic performance of the Exynos 5 Octa will be somewhere in between the Apple’s A5X and A6X with DirectX like texturing hardware.

This means that the devices which will run on Octa will not have better graphic output than the latest iPad 4. The iPad 4 uses the A6X chipset which has the PowerVR SGX 554MP4 GPU which is better than the PowerVR 544MP3 used in the Exynos 5 Octa. The usage of this GPU tather than the same one used in dual core version beats me, but we will wait for Samsung to confirm and give us more light on the GPU they are using for this chipset.

Source: AnandTech

Google releases Chrome Beta channel for Android

Google has released Chrome Beta channel for Android phones and Tablets. This would let Android users try out upcoming features and also provide feedback. The beta channel also adds new features including faster Octane performance, CSS Filters for developers and more. Google launched Chrome for Android last February.

New features in Chrome Beta for Android

• Improved the Octane performance benchmark by 25-30% with the new V8 version 3.15
• CSS Filters for developers to add visual effects like grayscale, blur, and contrast adjustment to the mobile web
• New Flexible Box Layout Module simplifies the styling of complex layouts
• Improved Text Autosizing that is consistent with other browsers.
• Updated stack of Developer Tools

Download Chrome Beta for Android (4.0 and later) from the Google Play Store. Since this is a separate app, you can install the Beta alongside the current version of Chrome for Android.

LG Windows Phone 8 line-up includes 5.5-inch HD

Smartphone manufacturer LG has been busy in the last few months getting ready a number of flagship devices that run on the Android operating system. It seems though the company is looking to strengthen its smartphone range with reports suggesting LG is going to offer some Windows Phone 8 handsets, and the line-up is thought to include a 5.5-inch HD handset.

At the moment the biggest players on the Windows Phone 8 platform are the likes of Nokia, HTC, and Huawei, but LG Electronics are now reportedly going to offer handsets on the platform at some point this year. The company is looking to sell around 75 million devices during 2013, which is up from the 55 million it achieved last year.

Nokia Lumia 920 launched in India for Rs. 38199

Nokia has finally launched the Lumia 920 in India after a long delay. It was announcedback in September, and comes with a  4.5-inch (1280 × 768 pixels) Pure Motion HD+ IPS display, 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor and runs on the latest Windows Phone 8 OS.

It comes with an 8.7 MP auto focus camera with PureView camera technology, LED Flash, Optical imaging stabilization (OIS) and Full HD 1080p video recording. It also has a 1.2MP 720p HD front-facing camera for video calling. The back plate has Wireless charging capabilities based on the popular Qi wireless standard. The connectivity features include, 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.1, GPS / aGPS, NFC. It has 1GB RAM, 32GB internal memory and comes with a 2,000mAh battery.

Nokia Lumia 820 launched in India for Rs. 27559

Nokia has also launched the Lumia 820 along with the Lumia 920 in India. It was announced back in September and comes with a 4.3-inch (800 x 480 pixels) OLED  ClearBlack display, 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor and runs on the latest Windows Phone 8 OS.

It has a 8MP Auto Focus camera with Carl Zeiss optics and Dual LED flash at the back that can record videos at Full HD 1080p resolution at 30fps and a VGA front-facing camera.

The connectivity features include 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.1, GPS / aGPS and NFC. It has 1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, expandable memory with microSD card and a 1650 mAh battery. The phone has support for Qi wireless charging through separate exchangeable shells.

The Nokia Lumia 820 is priced at Rs. 27,559 in India and comes in red, yellow, cyan, white and black colors. It would be available from select retail stores in key cities across India starting from tomorrow, January 11th 2013. It would come with 2GB of free 3G data from Vodafone for 3 months.

Samsung Galaxy S2 Plus with 4.3-inch display, 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, Android 4.1 announced

Samsung has announced the Galaxy S2 Plus. It has a 4.3-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touch screen display and is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor. It runs on Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean). It  has a 8MP auto focus camera with LED flash, zero-lag shutter and a 2MP HD front-facing camera. It also comes with Samsung’s unique features such as S Voice,  Popup Video, Smart Stay, Direct Call, Smart Alert and AllShare Play. It would also come with optional NFC support.

Panasonic’s wearable camcorder announced at CES

Ever wanted to take point of view shots, but like all the time, with a very small camera on you? Yes, Google glass can do that, but if you don’t want to wait till then, you can get what Panasonic just announced at CES. Yes, Panasonic just announced a wearable camcorder, the HX-A100 that can record full HD 1080/60p video from your helmet our even point of view shots with a ear hook.

The HX-A100 is dustproof, waterproof and various mounting options. Panasonic claims it is very light weight too. Here are some highlights of this wearable camcorder -

• Stream from the camcorder using WiFi, directly to Ustream in full HD
• Smartphone can act as live view and remote control
• f2.5 lens with Image stabiliser and a 1/4.1″ BSI sensor for better low light performance
• LSI for automatic tilt correction
• 240 fps slow motion recording at 640×360
• Wind noise reduction
• 140 minutes battery life in a single charge

Pretty impressive for a wearable camera. With the likes of GoPro and other extremely portable cameras, the Panasonic HX-A100 proves it can do more, and yes, more portable. Portable enough to wear it on your ear.

Panasonic have not shared the availability and pricing details yet. We’ll keep you updated if we find anything about it.

Panasonic reveals the world’s first 4K Windows 8 tablet

Right after announcing a slew of TVs, cameras, camcorders and what not, Panasonic just went ahead and released the world’s first 20 inch Windows 8 tablet with a 4K display. The tablet, which looks like a huge photo frame has support for stylus based computing. We have no details regarding the tablet but looking at the screen from the live blog shots, it seems to be awesome. They also dropped a line that this is more of a business centric tablet and we are not even sure if it will touch base with the consumer market.

With that said, the first 4k tablet is here, and it runs Windows 8. It is also supposed to have super sensitive touch, on the lines of the crazy 1ms response time for styluses. Add to that realtime cloud collaboration, which makes it clearly a product for business. We are still shocked at the prospect of a 20 inch 4K display. The pixel density on that one is going to be crazy, and move over Retina displays and so called high PPI screens, the boss is here.

We have got more details, this 4K tablet is powered by a Core i5 processor, has inputs for USB, micro SD and HDMI. There is also a front camera it seems. And that’s about it for the details, with an extra information that it will probably last for around 2 hours without a power chord stuck on it.

We have no more details, but this huge thing is on the Panasonic booth, so wait till we sleuth for more specific details and some hands on images. Stay tuned!

Image via Engadget Live Blog

Salora launches POWERMaxx with Android 4.0, dual-core CPU and 3200 mAh battery

Here's an ICS-based dual-SIM smartphone that comes with a powerful 3200 mAh battery. Other specs of the device called POWERMaxx include 1 GHz Cortex-A9 dual-core processor, 512 MB RAM, 8 MP rear camera and 1.3 MP front-facing camera.

Salora International Ltd. has introduced a new Android-based smartphone called POWERMaxx. Priced at Rs. 15,999, the POWERMaxx comes with a massive 3,200 mAh battery, which is rated to deliver 22 hrs of 3G talktime, 42 hrs of playing music, 10 hrs of playing video and 11 hrs of 3G networking.

Kingston will launch world’s first 1 terabyte flash drive

In this technology world everyone is In- touch with computers and its related devices. Off course you hear about flash drive and if you are using computer you must have a Flash drive for storing your data. you hear about storage of flash drive and also you have some storage of flash drive. There are different storage of flash drive which is usually from 1GB to 64GB. There are also different companies for manufacturing these devices. Kingston is one of that company which manufacture lots of Flash drive with different storage up-to 512GB. Now Kingston will launch world’s first one terabyte Flash drive ( 1TB).

This drive comes with super speed USB 3.0 support and its transfer speed is up to 240MB per second when reading data and up to 160MB per second when writing data. It also comes with a five year warranty. This drive is compatible withMicrosoft Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP and Mac OSX and Linux. With the Kingston 1 terabyte flash drive you can store and backup of all of your computer data with super fast speed of 3.0. So if you are searching for more than 512GB storage flash drive then Kingston 1 terabyte flash drive is best for you. It will available in this quarter but Kingston didn’t mention its price yet.

Microsoft Pleased With Windows RT Jailbreak, Applauses Efforts

Microsoft has been one of the few oldest companies that have made their names in every aspect of technology market. An interesting news has been heard that earlier this week Microsoft experienced something that shocked them. This happened to them for the first time that Microsoft’s new Windows RT got jailbroken. It happened to it as someone wanted to execute unsigned, arm-based desktop apps via memory exploitation. Instead of hearing cruel and angry comments afterward, we heard something else like Redmond-based Software Company stated they applauded the effort that hackers put into it to execute their task as jailbreaking the operating system is not an easy thing to do.

News came from the campaign named as ‘WeWantAnOpeniOS’ of pod2g where hackers demanded Apple to make its iOS 6 open to all so that users can install whatever they want without the need of jailbreak.

It seems like Apple is in danger to as hacker has untethered iOS6 in their grip with which they might make things tight for iOS 6.1.

Microsoft further added that thing might get difficult in future because of this but it is trying to patch the flaws. However it is worth mentioning here that Microsoft is taking this much lighter than Apple which can easily be judged by the comment from both parties. Hope we do not get to see such situations again in future which can make things riskier.

CES 2013: Razer Steps up its Game With the World's First Gaming Tablet

Hey, gamers! Remember at last year's CES, when Razer tantalized us all with a concept device codenamed Project Fiona? At that time, Razer promised it would deliver "PC gaming in an all-new form factor." Turns out, they came through. Today at CES 2013, Razer unveiled the Razer Edge, the world's first tablet designed exclusively for high-end gaming. After a massive, yearlong crowdsourcing endeavor of tapping into Razer's fanbase for input on everything from chipset to physical dimensions, "Project Fiona" has morphed from concept to full-blown reality.
The Razer Edge is a 10.1-inch device being touted as the world's most powerful tablet, and a quick look inside both the base model and the souped-up Pro version show why. Both pack a third-generation Intel Core processor and a discrete Nvidia GT640M LE GPU. 

Intel introduces Atom Z2420 for emerging markets, Lava announced as the partner

Intel just unveiled its new SoC platform for value smartphones in emerging markets. It is codenamed the Atom Z2420, and it directly aimed at the ever burgeoning mid range smartphone market that craves for powerful hardware. And it looks like Intel might have just the solution for value smartphones, yes, that’s what they call mid range devices now. The platform was unveiled today along with a reference device with a 3.5 inch screen, 5 megapixel camera that can shoot 7 frames per second and 1080p full HD video.

The Atom Z2420 has a 1.2 GHz single core processor with hyper threading technology and incorporates the Power VR SGX540 GPU from Imagination technologies. The SGX540 was introduced with the Galaxy S, if we remember right. According to Inte, this chip enables low – mid range smartphone to be blazing fast in web browsing and major multimedia tasks. And talking about multimedia, Intel has made sure that this reference platform is choc a bloc filled with every feature that you can imagine, including full support for most of the video codecs and full HD 1080p encoding/decoding with Intel Wireless display support. We find it a pretty impressive feat for this reference platform. And yes it runs Android and can run all the apps and games, much like the Intel XOLO.

Intel also claims that they have massively improved upon in the battery life department claiming that they can last even longer than rival ARM platforms like the Qualcomm S4. And that’s not it, it includes full support for micro SD, dual SIMs and FM radio. Now we are talking! This pretty much sums up the mid range device range. This platform is all set to be utilised by partners like Lava, Acer and Safaricom. With the popularity of the Xolo range of devices here, the Z2420 based devices can’t come sooner.

Image via Engadget

Alcatel One Touch X’Pop, S’Pop and T’Pop Android Phones

We’re hearing plenty of news from the Alcatel camp today and now we have details of the new 2013 lineup of budget Android smartphones from the company. These One Touch handsets will be released in Q1 and available in Asia, Africa and Europe. The three phones on the way are the One Touch X’Pop, S’Pop and T’Pop with the X’Pop top dog followed by the S’Pop and the T’Pop in that order, although all have something to offer those who want an affordable smartphone.

Earlier today we told readers about the quietly impressive Alcatel One Touch Scribe HD 5-inch smartphone and also new Alcatel One Touch tablets so Alcatel is certainly setting out purposefully into the New Year. Each of the three One Touch Pop phones detailed here come in two varieties, one offering HSPA connectivity over 900/2100MHz bands and the other touting HSPA over 850/1900/2100MHz bands. Quad-band GSM connectivity is available on every model.

We’ll start with the best of these three One Touch handsets, the X’Pop with specs including a 1GHz dual-core processor, 4.5-inch qHD display with resolution of 960 x 540, 512MB of RAM and microSD card slot. It also features a 5-megapixel rear camera and a VGA front-facing camera and runs on Android 4.1 jelly Bean and will be released later this month, according toEngadget.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 and 600 quad-core processors announced, offers speeds up to 2.3 GHz

Qualcomm has announced Snapdragon 800 and Snapdragon 600 series at CES 2013. The Snapdragon 800 is the high-end processor that has quad core Krait 400 CPU and Adreno 330 GPU. It would offer speeds of up to 2.3 GHz per core and up to 75 percent better performance than the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processors. It can also play UltraHD or 4K videos and has built-in 4G LTE Cat 4 and 802.11ac support. The Snapdragon 600 series has quad-core Krait 300 CPU running at up to 1.9 GHz and Adreno 320 GPU that offers 40% better performance than the Snapdragon S4 Pro processor. The company has also announced Snapdragon 400 series of processors for mid-range phones and Snapdragon 200 series aimed at entry level smartphones.

Features of new Qualcomm Snapdragon Processors

• Snapdragon 800 Processors – up to 2.3 GHz quad-core Krait 400 CPU, Adreno 330 GPU, 4G LTE Cat 4 and 802.11ac, UltraHD 4K video support DTS-HD, Dolby Digital Plus and 7.1 surround sound, Dual Image Signal Processors (ISPs) up to 55MP. aimed at premium smartphones, Smart TVs, digital media adapters and tablets.
• Snapdragon 600 Processors – up to 1.9 GHz quad-core Krait 300 CPU, Adreno 320 GPU, LPDDR3 RAM, aimed at  mid-high tier smartphones and tablets.
• Snapdragon 400 Processors  - aimed at high volume smartphones and tablets.
• Snapdragon 200 Processors – aimed at entry level smartphones.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 and the Snapdragon 600 processors are expected to be available in commercial devices by mid-2013.

Huawei Ascend D2 announced at CES, 5 inch 1080p 1.5 GHz Quad core Android Jellybean

We have seen the leaks and we definitely saw this coming. Yes, Huawei has unveiled the new Ascend D2 and Ascend Mate at CES today, at their press conference. It has a 5 inch full HD 1080p screen, which means that it will join the ranks of HTC’s J Butterfly and many more Android devices to come this year. The phone sports a 1.5 GHz Quad core in house K3V3 processor and runs on Android Jellybean. The battery is rated at 3000 mAH and the device sports a 13 megapixel rear camera.

As we said earlier, the screen is a 5 inch 1080p LCD TFT display with a pixel density of 443 ppi, the same as the HTC J butterfly. Interesting facts about the camera is that it has a f2.2 aperture and  a hybrid IR filter. The device also boasts a very loud loudspeaker that can be heard from 2 metres away. Additional features being dust proof and water proof.

The device measures at 9.9mm in thickness and has a curved design, with a plastic back. Huawei also calls this the “most powerful” smartphone. The jury is still out on that one and we are sure that our friends at AnandTech will clear those doubts soon. Is Huawei hitting this out of the park? We’ll see for sure, soon.

The Huawei Ascend mate was also launched along with the Ascend D2, sporting a bigger screen and similar internals save for the display, which is 720p on the Ascend Mate. You can check out the Ascend Mate here.

Sony Xperia Z with 5-inch 1080p display, 1.5 GHz quad-core processor, 13MP camera announced

Sony has finally announced the Xperia Z, their latest flagship at CES 2013. It has a 5-inch Full HD (1920×1080 pixels) Reality display with mobile Bravia Engine 2 and is powered by 1.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm APQ 8064 processor with Adreno 320 GPU. It has a 13MP camera with LED Flash, Exmor RS sensor for HDR images and video. It has IP55 and IP57 ratings for dust and water resistance and has PlayStation Mobile support.

Munitio Nines Tactical 9mm Bullet Earphones with debatable price

We’re already seeing news coming from CES 2013 in Las Vegas and a unique item that has come to our attention so far is the Munitio Nines Tactical 9mm bullet Earphones. The increasing desire for high-end headphones should be fulfilled by these earphones and they certainly stand out amongst the many others aimed at this end of the market. Munitio aims itself at the urban lifestyle brand and we think the design of the Nines Tactical 9mm Earphones will appeal to many.

We have said in the title Munitio Nines Tactical 9mm Bullet Earphones with debatable price because we are not too sure if the price is too steep or just right. Before you flinch at the $169.99 price tag take a good look at our images here and you can see just how stylish these Munitio earphones are. If they sound as good as they look then they could well be worth the money and Munitio itself bills them as delivering “unmatched sound quality.” The Nines Tactical earphones have enhanced acoustics and the new Nines have earth neodymium 9mm drivers and Bass Enhancing Chamber tweaks and also custom tuned Acoustic Sound Flow System. This offers less bass distortion, crystal clear mids and detailed highs and a more expansive dynamic range.

According to Nokia WP 7.8 Update for Lumia’s “Imminent”

It seems that Nokia is ready and willing to roll out the Windows Phone 7.8 update to all their devices but they are waiting on Microsoft at the moment.

This is according to a site called PocketGamer.biz. Nokia has told them:

...the roll out of 7.8 to existing devices remains in Microsoft's hands, though the firm's Windows Phone 7 currently shipping to retail – such as the Lumia 800 – have the update pre-loaded.

However sadly that is all the information that Nokia could give on this subject at the time.

"With Windows Phone 7.8 beginning to ship pre-loaded on Nokia Lumia smartphones, we will naturally be deploying the software to our factories for product rollout,... At present we have no more information we can give about wider availability of the update for phones running Windows Phone 7.5."

This update was expected late last month and devices have already been flashed to WP 7.8 using Navifirm so it is disappointing that Microsoft is not letting it go to the masses. Hopefully this leak is a good start and it will force Microsoft's hand on this update.

Black and Red Samsung Galaxy S3 launched in Korea

Samsung has launched the Sapphire Black and Garnet Red Galaxy S3 in Korea. The Garnet Red version of the Galaxy S3 went on sale in India last year. The Galaxy S3 is already available in Marble White and Pebble Blue colors, and Samsung launched Martian Pink Galaxy S3 in Korea last September. The company has also announced that the Martian Pink Galaxy S3 would now be available in 16GB version in Korea.

Android 4.1.2 update rolling out for Galaxy Camera

Delivering on their promise of providing Android 4.1.2 for the Galaxy Camera, Samsung has today flipped the switch for the update and are pushing it to devices around the world. Our own unit just received the update over the air. Users shouldn’t expect too much in terms of new features from the update which mostly contains bug fixes.

You should expect some speed improvements all around. What has been confirmed is that the update will bring a fairly big update to the Gallery application. New layouts, viewing modes are some of the features expected in the application which has already been seen on the Galaxy Note 2. 

Lenovo Erazer X700 Gaming PC announced, coming in June starting at $1499

Lenovo has announced Erazer X700 a new Windows 8 Gaming PC at International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2013. The Erazer X700 is aimed at high-end gamers and people who uses intensive multimedia applications. It has a eye-catching diamond-cut and cold blue lighting design and comes with a dedicated Onekey overclocking feature to boost the processor’s performance for complete gaming experience. It has liquid cooling system to prevent from over heating issues while overclocking.

NVIDIA Project Shield Tegra 4-powered Handheld gaming console with 5-inch HD display announced

NVIDIA has announced Project Shield, the company’s first handheld gaming console at CES 2013. This has a 5-inch 720p multi-touch display with NVIDIA DirectTouch. It is powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra 4 processor and runs on pure Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) without any skin. It has a dedicated Shield button that takes you to NVIDIA Tegra Zone to purchase and play games. You can also get games from the Steam store that has more than 2,000 titles.

Belkin Thunderstorm Handheld Home Theater speaker dock for iPad launched

Belkin has launched a new speaker dock, Thunderstorm Handheld Home Theater for the iPad at CES 2013. It offers rich, powerful and immersive audio experience for movies, music and games. It features high-efficiency, front-facing speakers powered by Audifi that offers a cinematic audio experience. It has a unique design with integrated air channels that offers optimal airflow for thumping bass.

NVIDIA unveils Tegra 4 with quad-core A15 CPU, 72 GPU Cores

NVIDIA has announced Tegra 4 processor for smartphones and tablets that has 72 GPUs cores and 4 ARM A15 CPU cores at CES 2013. It also comes with an optional 4G LTE chipset. NVIDIA is calling it the fastest mobile processor in the world. The Tegra 4 tablet takes 24 seconds to load 25 unique web pages, twice faster than the Nexus 10 that has a dual-core A15 CPU. The Tegra 4 slide leaked last month revealing the features.

It is developed using a new 28nm manufacturing process, rather than the 40nm manufacturing process in the Tegra 3. This offers less power consumption and better heat dissipation. It is based on the same 4-PLUS-1 technology, but has second-generation battery saver core for low power during standard use. If consumes 45 percent less power than its predecessor, Tegra 3. The PRISM 2 Display technology reduces backlight power while delivering superior visuals. Tegra 4 also has 4K ultra-high-definition video support.

Zeusmos Is Another Installous Alternative – No Jailbreak Required

uhelious has introduced to the iOS community a new free app download service called Zeusmos that makes the iPhone, iPod and iPad users able to install cracked or pirated applications without jailbreaking their devices, it will be an alternative to installous for many users but without jailbreaking their devices.uhelios is a 15 year old developer and I don’t think he will be able to survive in such a stringent situation where no one will allow him to crack or pirate the software, he may very soon face stoppage of his hosting account etc. Still this is good for the people who can not afford the original apps and want to try some good apps before they can purchase.

TNW asked for more information about the zeusmos from the hacker and uhelious has responded saying that he’s offering the service as a sort of ‘try before you buy’ option.

Two Google Services Are Acknowledging The iPad Due To Bug

Apple and Google separately are two big entities in the world of smartphones and tablets. Both of these have their own fan following in the market which empowers them to stand dominating among all others. Entire world is familiar with these two famous brands which are also popular for one more thing and that is their rivalry. These two companies have been pulling each other’s leg to increase their share in market.

In their prevailing scenario of rivalry, there comes a bug which makes things odd between these two. The bug found in Google Now and Translate appsperforms oddly in this tense rivalry. On asking the right queries to Google Now and translate, this odd behaving bug sort of praises the iPad. The problem found is with the text-to-speech engine of Google. We do not know why it does this but every time when someone inserts a phrase that ends with ‘filled with’, ‘enraged with’ and ‘end with’, it additionally inserts this phrase ‘he now praises the iPad’. This seems like a love from Google to Apple that is actually not understandable.

Samsung Galaxy S2 Jelly Bean update features before release

Despite being the best part of two years old now the Samsung Galaxy S2 remains a hugely popular smartphone with millions of owners around the world, and the device is still available for purchase via some channels. The smartphone will eventually be given a new lease of life once it receives the next version of the Android operating system, and now we can share some of the Samsung Galaxy S2 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update details with you after they have been revealed before the firmware’s release.

The smartphone was one of the must have handsets during 2011 and arguably laid the foundations for its replacement the Galaxy S3, and now according to SamMobile the company’s Korea division has revealed what the update will bring to the handset once it is released. The new software has already been seen running on the handset in a video, so there are no concerns the device can handle the new OS.

iPhone 5 iOS 6.0.2 Untethered Jailbreak Done – Releasing Soon

Good news for jailbreak community, we were a little bit disappointed that it might be difficult to jailbreak iphone 5 and iOS 6.0.2 after it was tweeted few days back by a famous jalbreaker that Apple has made iOS 6.0 more secure. But today a new breeze of  hope came when planebeing has posted on reddit that he has already done untethered jailbreak of iPhone 5 and the exploit which they have discovered will be used for iOS 6.1 jailbreak which we believe will be released any time by Apple. I beleive the situation is becoming similar to last year when we were waiting for a long time to jailbreak 5.1 and at the end we got 5.1.1 untethered Absinthe jailbreak which is still the latest untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4, 4s, ipad3 and all older devices.

How To Troubleshoot Personal HotSpot in iPhone

Because I was also facing the problem in personal hotspot frequently therefore I decided to write few lines on how to troubleshoot personal hotspot in iPhone. First of all we need to confirm from our data carrier that the service provides internet tethering or not because if internet tethering is not supported by the carrier you will not be able to use thepersonal hotspot for using your iPhone as a wired or WiFi modem or bluetooth. In that case if you go to settings you will not see the option ofPersonal HotSpot.

CES 2013: Codex The Warrior For Tegra 4 Devices Gamers Treat

The consumer electronics show for 2013 is only a few days away, and a lot of buzz has been floating around of what everyone would get to see. From the latest high-tech gadgets to augmented reality, there’s sure to be a lot in store for everyone. One of the main attractions is the expected launch of a Tegra 4 processor. The most excited bunch out of every one are the gamers on the smartphone platform, who are already preparing themselves for the exciting announcement.

Developers are also doing a great job keeping up with the ever growing demands of technological developments. Codex The Warrior is a game that has been developed for devices that come packed with Tegra 4. This is a game that requires a swipe action to launch an attack on someone. There’s a storyline also expected which will further enhance the experience and add to the fighting action the game has promised so far.

There are multiple players that can play online, and this is expected to be added by the game. This would add to the fun as friends would be able to play against each other and feel the action together.

Codex the Warrior is going to support Tegra 3 as well, and devices like Nexus 7 will also gain compatibility sooner or later. It’s going to one exciting game, and those who are interested in gaming would be awaiting the CES 2013. What are your thoughts? Will it be the best CES ever? Feel free to leave comments.

iPhone 5 100,000 foot drop test video

Over the years we have seen many drop test videos, some of them taking things to the extreme, and one such case manufacture does seem to take testing smartphones to the limits to see if a device can survive when wearing one of their cases. That case manufacturer is G-Form, who have now published a video testing out their new Xtreme case for the iPhone 5, and naturally we have that footage for our readers viewing consideration below.


We have seen a few G-Form case test videos in the past such as with the original Apple iPad being dropped from 500 foot, and we have even seen the iPad 2 having a bowling ball dropped onto it to see if it can survive the impact, and of course both of these Apple products survived the tests.

Samsung Galaxy S3 firmware update hits UK fixes flaws

In recent weeks a couple of possibly serious issues have come to light regarding the hugely popular Samsung Galaxy S3, which included a security flaw affecting the handsets Exynos processor and more recently reports of handsets suddenly dying. We can now report that a Samsung Galaxy S3 firmware update has arrived for users in the UK that could fix both of these issues with the smartphone.

Only yesterday I was checking for software updates via the handset and was met with the same “Access to the software update service is provided to users in the order in which they are requested” message that was shown when recently updating the device to Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. This raised my hopes of an early release of Android 4.2 Jelly Bean for the Galaxy S3, so I decided to check for updates via the Samsung KIES desktop application.

Samsung Galaxy S IV press release shot leaks?

SamMobile just shared a picture of what is said to be a press shot of the next Samsung flagship, the Galaxy S IV.

The phone looks like the Galaxy S III but there is one major difference, there is no home button. Another noticeable difference is that there is no camera button and the thin bezel.

Here are the rumored specs:

4.9-inch SuperAMOLED Full HD screen with 1080×1920 resolution
Exynos 5450 Quad-Core CPU clocked at 2.0GHz
Mali-T658 GPU
2GB of RAM
13 megapixel rear camera
2 megapixel front-facing camera
Android 4.2.1
It's hard to tell if this is a real thing or fake, but SamMobiles source claims that that he have more pictures to prove his claims and we hope that we will see them soon.

What do you think? Is this just an early render or a real thing?

New Swiftkey Flow Beta Released as Build 4.0.0.61

A new Swiftkey Flow beta was just released to the public as version 4.0.0.61. It includes a bunch of performance fixes, allows flowing on tablets in landscape, takes care of memory leaks, improves battery usage, and more. This is the first major update to Flow after its initial launch, so the Swiftkey team was quick to point out that they are still working through a pretty solid bug list.

We’ve included the changelog, a “things to be aware of” section, and the known issues list from Swiftkey.

Hit up the break and download it to your phone or tablet! 

Byond Mi-book Mi7 with 3G, Voice calling, Android 4.0 launched for Rs. 11499

Byond Tech has launched Mi-book Mi7, the company’s first 7-inch tablet with 3G support and voice calling features. Byond launched Mi-book Mi5 , a 7-inch tablet last year with 2G voice calling support last year, but the Mi-book Mi7 has a better 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) capacitive 5-point multi-touch display and is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor. It runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and comes with a 2MP rear camera, VGA front-facing camera. It also comes pre-loaded with office suite.

Videocon VT10 10-inch tablet officially launched for Rs. 10999

Videocon has officially launched the VT10 10-inch Android Jelly Bean tablet in India. It went on sale from online retailers Snapdeal and HomeShop18 last week. It has a 10-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) capacitive multi-touch IPS display, 1.5 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 2MP Front Camera and a 2MP Rear Camera.

It also comes with pre-loaded apps including NexGtv that offers unlimited access to Live 50+ TV channels, Saavn music app ,Facebook and Nimbuzz.

Videocon VT10 Specifications

• 10-inch (1280 x 800 Pixels) capacitive multi-touch IPS display
• 1.5 GHz dual-core Rockchip RK3066 processor
• Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) OS
• 10.3mm thick, weight 650g
• 2MP rear camera, 2MP front-facing camera
• 1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with micro SD
• 3G (via USB Dongle), WiFi b/g/n, USB 2.0, USB OTG support, HDMI out
• 6800 mAh battery

The Videocon VT10 is priced at Rs. 10,999 and comes with free HDMI and USB OTG Cables.

Windows RT is Too Confusing for Users

Microsoft CEO was told by the head of Dell's PC business that he should reconsider the name “Windows RT” for the ARM version of Windows 8. The latter explained that since the OS didn’t run traditional Windows software, this name would be too confusing for users. He warned Microsoft not to use the Windows brand name on RT, because it was designed to run on ARM-based tablets: Windows RT runs only Windows Store, or Metro, applications.

However, Microsoft just shrugged and claimed that the Windows brand was too important not to be used in the new OS name. Indeed, Microsoft has created Windows, which couldn’t be seen as making something else. Nevertheless, the warning turned out to be right. There have already been some users who’ve picked up the Surface RT tablet and were confused.

Actually, Microsoft has even had to change its return policies for consumers who bought Surface RT only to figure out that they can’t run standard Windows software on it. Local media agrees that if Microsoft had listened to Dell, they could have avoided one of the major criticisms of its new OS: that Windows RT looks so much like Windows 8 that it is incredibly easy for an ordinary user to mistakenly purchase a Windows RT device without realizing that it isn’t a regular Windows device.

Worse still, Windows 8 differs a lot from Windows 7, and users might think that RT simply doesn’t run their old software due to that rather than because of running a different chip. In response, Microsoft blames its customers for their lack of desire to be “educated” about the gadgets they purchase. The company also complains that the consumers aren’t going to read any instruction manual – they would just buy something else instead!