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!

Free Vodafone SIM cards and NFC – A reality

Global Mobile Technology leaders Vodafone and Gemalto (the world’s largest SIM card manufacturers) have joined forces to provide secure Free SIM card based NFC payments to customers around the world, in a multiple year contract between the two giants. This union will see the provision of an infrastructure that will deliver secure and trusted mobile transactions including payment by mobile contact and even ticketing. The security is provided by the SIM card, which is controlled by Vodafone, which means that the manufacturers or software providers will never have access to customers’ sensitive information.

Only Gemalto will have access to the software, which will be implanted in the Vodafone SIM card, this combination creates and manages a secure environment in which customers can take advantage of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology to make payments and other transactions on their mobile.