Samsung ATIV S – Video Review

Samsung was the first manufacturer that announced a Windows Phone 8 handset, the ATIV S. Check the video review of the ATIV S after the break.


The ATIV S features a 4.8 inch HD Super AMOLED display, 1.5GHz dual core processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB or 32GB of storage (expandable via microSD card) 8-megapixel back camera, a 1.9-megapixel front facing camera and 2,300 mAh removable battery.

What do you think about the ATIV S?

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HTC DNA pops up again, release tipped for next month

Last year Samsung really started something with the release of the original Galaxy Note, and created a niche in the smartphone market with the 5.3-inch display. Now other companies are looking to have a slice of the phablet pie by offering similar products, and we now have reports that the HTC DNA pops up again with a release tipped for next month.

HTC has long been rumoured to be offering a 5-inch smartphone, and this came recently with the launch of the HTC J Butterfly with the promise the screen technology will be seen elsewhere. Now as SlashGear are reporting the often reliable evleaks Twitter account has again leaked the HTC Droid DNA, and give a Verizon release date of December.

HTC Dual-SIM Desire SV announced for India, worthy specs

Recently we have seen more big name handsets manufacturers beginning to offer smartphones that have Dual-SIM capabilities, which was once only reserved for feature mobile phones from the likes of Nokia. Such handsets have always been popular in emerging markets, but more consumers also want to have access to similar devices in other regions, and today we have news of the HTC Dual-SIM Desire SV that has been announced for India with some worthy specs.

HTC announced the device today at an event in Singapore, and as Tech 2 are reporting the device features a dual core processor powering a 4.3-inch touchscreen, as well as an eight megapixel rear camera. HTC revealed a couple of Dual-SIM handsets last month for China, and Samsung has the Galaxy S Duos on offer.

Karbonn Mobile A21 & A9+ Android phones announced and online

Over in India the Android faithful now have a couple of new low cost Android ICS smartphone to consider in the form of the A21 Android, and the A9+ Android handsets, with the A21 being a dual SIM smartphone that have now been announced by Karbonn Mobiles and can now be purchase online if desired.

The Karbonn A21 is a dual SIM GSM+GSM handset with one SIM supporting 2G and the other supporting 3G, and a report over on Techtree has it that the A21 sports a 4.5-inch qHD 480 x 800 pixel touch screen along with a 5 megapixel auto-focus rear facing camera with LED flash, a 1.3 megapixel front facing camera, and powered by a 1.2GHz Snapdragon dual core processor.

Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE Android Jelly Bean Update

We are sure that when it comes to Android users, are aware numerous devices are still running Android 4.0 even though the latest operating system is at 4.2. It is also known that it will take quite some time to update those Ice Cream Sandwich devices to Jelly Bean 4.1 let alone JB 4.2, and whilst some will never see the Jelly Bean update many older devices are to remain on Gingerbread, but this doesn’t include the Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE.

It appears that over in South Korea the Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE smartphone has started receiving the Android Jelly Bean update, which enables owners to experience new features in this operating system such as Google Now, auto-resize widgets, actionable notifications and much more.

HTC One X+ SIM free unboxed on video

If you are one of the Android faithful contemplating picking up the HTC One X+ smartphone, but can’t quite make up your mind, perhaps an unboxing and short hardware tour of the Android Tegra 3 packing smartphone might go some way to helping you come to a decision. So that’s what we have for your viewing consideration below.

The HTC One X+ unboxing and hardware tour video comes our way courtesy of Android Central, who managed to get hold of a UK SIM free version of the smartphone and take it through the usual unboxing process along with a short look at the final hardware.

Apple release iOS 6.0.1 via OTA update

To coincide with the launch of the iPhone 5 Apple released its latest version of its mobile operating system to the masses in the form of iOS 6, but trouble is there have been a number of early teething problems with the software. We can now tell you that Apple has released iOS 6.0.1 via an OTA update to fix some of the bugs.


As GottaBe Mobile are reporting the company has pushed out the iOS 6.0.1 update for owners of the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad that brings with it a number of bug fixes for the software. Users of iOS devices have been looking forward to the update since it was firstrevealed to be coming just over a week ago.

Nokia 109 low end phone for the budget minded

Not everyone out there in the mobile space wants a high end smartphone, or perhaps they simply can’t afford one, and this is where the low end budget handsets come into their own, and now Nokia has announced a new low end handset called the Nokia 109 feature phone for the budget minded.

The Nokia 109 has been designed for those folk that want an easy to use affordable internet capable handset sporting the familiarity of a traditional keyboard according to an article over on Nokia Conversions, and is apparently Nokia’s latest step in their strategy to connect the next billion and beyond to the net.

Nokia Beats Google to the Punch by Seven Years with a Patent Read more at http://www.dailymobile.net/2012/10/31/nokia-beats-google-to-the-punch-by-seven-years-with-a-pantent/#FRXqSeppAkxCuQFp.99

Nokia has always been a little ahead of the game when it comes to new technologies. (a little slow to use them sometimes) Text messages, GSM, mobile internet all Nokia. Now it seems that they were seven years ahead of Google on Multiuser on a smartphone.

Google now has multiusers on their tablets but not on their phones in the latest build of Android 4.2. This is because way back in 2005 Nokia patented the idea on a smartphone.

Nokia patent US 2005/0107114 A1, called "multi-user mobile telephone,"

A mobile telephone is designed to be used by several different end-users at different times. A first end-user can alter the mobile telephone so that it operates in a manner specific to that first end-user and a subsequent end-user can alter the mobile telephone so that it operates in a manner specific to that subsequent end-user; wherein each end-user has only to respond to prompts displayed on a screen in order to alter the mobile telephone so that it operates in a manner specific to that end-user.

Does this mean it's never coming to an Android phone near you? Nope it just means that they have to settle out a deal with Nokia before they can make that happen.

Need for Speed Most Wanted for Android, download now

A few days ago we let our Android gaming readers know that Need for Speed Most Wanted for Android would soon be coming out to play on their mobile devices, and if you are one of those Android gamers that have been patiently waiting for the new game to hit Google Play, your wait is now over because you can now download Need for Speed Most Wanted for Android.

Need for Speed Most Wanted for Android by EA allows the gamer to race and wreck cars whilst outrunning the cops, whilst outsmarting rival and out-driving friends and is a 325MB+ download that would probably be best downloaded over a WiFi connection.

iTunes 11 release delay from October to November

At the company’s iPhone event in September Apple announced they were going to release an update to its popular iTunes service by the end of this month, and this has obviously now come without any availability of new update. We now have news that the iTunes 11 release has officially seen a delay from October to November.

The company had promised to release its next update for iTunes in time for Halloween, but as iDownloadBlog are reporting this has now seen its release pushed back to the end of November, and mirrors what happened last year with a delay in the launch of iTunes Match.

Shadowgun DeadZone public beta for Android SDK 3.0+

Users of the Android platform are being treated to an ever increasing selection of games to enjoy on the go, which is being helped with the improvements in smartphone technology in the last couple of years with better displays powered by faster and more powerful processors. Today we have news of the Shadowgun DeadZone public beta for Android for any device with SDX 3.0+.

Developer Madfinger Games are continuing to work on their upcoming game Shadowgun: DeadZone using a public beta program, and after earlier this month releasing the beta for users that had Tegra 3 hardware, the company has now increased this to owners of hardware that have at least SDK 3.0 or above.

Android Complete interactive Kickstarter project course

The most popular operating system on mobile devices today is the Android platform, with in excess of 500 million mobile devices already active and roughly on average 1.3 million devices added every day, and of course there are many mobile apps for these devices. But if you have every wanted to develop apps for the Android platform, but didn’t know how, you might soon be able to find out.
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There is a Kickstarter project running called Android Complete that is a complete engaging, and practical interactive course that will cover everything you need to know about writing applications for the Android platform that will feature five courses.

Microsoft fixes Windows 8 Rs. 699 upgrade loophole

Early yesterday, word spread that Microsoft's $15 upgrade offer for Windows 8 had a loophole that would allow anyone to get the new OS for dirt cheap. Well, the boys at Redmond were quick to catch on and have patched the loophole.

Microsoft has extended an offer to those who had bought Windows 7 machines after June 2, 2012, allowing them to get the new OS for just $15 as against the regular $40 price. All users had to do was go to the offer website and fill in their details along with the brand, model and date of purchase of their machine and following that, Microsoft would dispatch a promo code to the supplied email which would offer the whopping discount in the purchase stage. It didn't matter whether these details were correct or not, but as long as all the fields were filled in and the date of purchase was post June 2nd 2012, you were on your way to a really cheap upgrade.

Samsung SCH-W2013 pointless Android flip phone for niche market

My first mobile phone was a flip phone, the Motorola RAZR, a handset that had a great feel and good flip action, along with back in those days what was considered a large display, but times move on, and one would have thought that the flip phone form factor had fallen by the wayside, and to some extent this is true. However, it appears there is still a niche market for flip phones that old Sammy wants to exploit.

It appears Samsung is taking a step back in time because according to a report over on Android Headlines, old Sammy has a flip phone up their sleeve for the Chinese Android market known as the Samsung SCH-W2013. However albeit sporting that old style flip phone form factor along with a rather small 3.3-inch AMOLED touch screen, the handset is powered by a quad core chip, the same as the Samsung Galaxy S3.

Google wishes Happy Halloween with a Haunted House doodle

Google wishes every search engine users “Happy Halloween” with an interactive doodle with complete sound on its home page.

Today's doodle shows a Haunted House, with bunch of closed doors which users can open with a click. There are as many as five doors, each featuring a spooky creature/monster depicting the five letters of the Google logo – G-O-O-G-L-E. Users can click on the creatures revealed after opening the doors to interact.

Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Keyboard Review and Install

This video will show you how to install the leaked Android 4.2 Jelly Bean APK on your Android device (4.0 and up). It includes a new feature called "gesture typing" which is very similar to Swype. Be sure to leave a comment below!
APK:
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Zip (to be flashed through a custom recovery):
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Download and install at your own risk. This may not work on all devices and you will need to use the flashable zip if running an AOSP Rom.

Android 4.2 Jelly Bean release to bring new features

Many owners of Android hardware are currently waiting to see their devices upgraded to newer versions of the operating system, but as many smartphones are just starting to receive the Android 4.1.2 build, Google has just announced another flavour of Android in the form of Jelly Bean 4.2 with the release bringing new features.

It is being reported on Talk Android that the latest version of the operating system will provide users with some typing enhancements, a new camera application, and some other upgrades to Jelly Bean. The biggest changes are to the camera app with the new capability for users to create a ‘photo sphere’, which is promised to take panoramic photos to another level.

Official Google LG Nexus 4, specs, prices and where to buy

The good official news is in and this is exciting, even though Google cancelled its big Playground event today due to Hurricane Sandy. They have just announced 2 new phones and one tablet, but for now let’s talk about the Google LG Nexus 4 specs and price and of course where to buy.

The Google Nexus 4 by LG comes with Photo Sphere and Google Now, this little beauty comes with a quad-core processor, 4.7-inch 320 ppi (1280 x 768 pixel resolution) display, Android Jelly Bean 4.2, 8 MP camera, we love the fact that this smartphone comes with Corning Gorilla Glass 2.

Main Specs Include: WXGA IPS, Qualcomm Snapdragon(TM) S4 Pro CPU, 133.9 x 68.7 x 9.1 mm and weighs 139 grams, it also has a 3MP front-facing camera for those video chats, Unlocked GSM/UMTS/HSPA+, GSM/EDGE/GPRS (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz), 3G (850, 900, 1700, 1900, 2100 MHz) and HSPA+ 21. The Nexus 4 has 16GB internal storage but the actual formatted capacity will be less, other features include 2 GB RAM, Micro USB, 3.5mm headphone jack, SlimPort HDMI and Wireless charging.

Windows Phone 8 device release dates, early reviews positive

The much anticipated launch of the new Microsoft Windows Phone 8 operating system has taken place earlier today, with the company looking to make a dent in the market share of both Android and the iPhone platforms. It has now been revealed that the first Windows Phone 8 devices will be releasing soon, and early reviews of the operating are positive.


According to TechCrunch the first batch of handsets will become available to European consumers this coming weekend, with the likes of the HTC 8X, Nokia Lumia 920, and Samsung Ativ S arriving in retail stores and online.