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Cameraman Ran Over by 4×4 in race – Priority FAIL

| May 7, 2012 | 0 Comments

I wouldn’t have wanted to be in his shoes! At the same time, put the damn camera down already!

Source -Failblog.org

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Samsung Galaxy S III Images Are Online

| April 23, 2012 | 0 Comments

Last week, a site called “tinhte.vn” got images to the next Galaxy S device, specifically the Samsung model number “GT-i9300″. The blog no longer has the images or content available online, but Engadget was able to get copies of the images which you can see above and below. The images clearly show the model number “GT-i9300″, along with the Android version 4.0.3 ICS installed and running.

Whether this is in fact the actual Galaxy S III we will see announced May 3rd in London is another story, as Samsung is known to have many model numbers for the same family of devices. The Galaxy S II is a prime example of that. Some of the models have less specs, while others are with added features such as 4G/LTE connection bands. Regardless, this model shown is cited as being within the next Galaxy S III line of devices, but the casing seems to be similar to previous devices. “What about the unibody ceramic casing we heard about?” you may ask. Well, apparently Samsung may be ahead of the game, and put a fake casing around the guts of the device we see here to ensure that the REAL casing is unveiled only at the Samsung Mobile Unpacked event, and not leaked online beforehand.

Well played Samsung…well played.

Source – Engadget

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Samsung Releases Teaser Video for Next Galaxy Device

| April 23, 2012 | 0 Comments

The next Samsung Galaxy device is right around the corner, and will be announced on May 3rd in London. The “Next Galaxy” from Samsung has also been chosen as the official smartphone of the 2012 Olympics. As the hype keeps building around the new competitor in the ring to the Apple iPhone 4S, Samsung keeps the carrots dangling in front of all us technology rabbits (not to be confused with ‘sheep’ as we’ll see in the video below).

At the Samsung Mobile Unpacked event, we’ll finally hear about a device that claims the following;

  • Truly smart technology becomes a natural part of life.
  • Where a galaxy fits perfectly into your hand.
  • Your view of the world grows even wider.
  • As you gain the power to explore it freely and swiftly.
  • With technology that fits in this easily, you can now stand out from…everyone else.

Samsung is dropping a few hints with the statements above in their latest teaser video, but what we know is that the next Galaxy device will have a quad-core Exynos processor, 16GB internal storage (another 32GB expandable micro SD), 12 megapixel rear camera, full 1080p video capabilities with a 4.7inch Super AMOLED Plus HD screen, Android 4.0 ICS out of the box and 4G/LTE bands. What we could take from the teaser is that they will be ensuring the case design fits easily into your hands, most likely referring to the ceramic unibody we heard about here. Also, the design may include color options as well, making it appear easily different than the Apple iPhone users (sheep in the teaser video).

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Source – YouTube

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Samsung Schedules Galaxy S III Announcement

| April 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

Samsung let the world know that it plans on announcing and unveiling the next Galaxy device (Galaxy S III) on May 3rd 2012. The event will take place in London at a press conference by invite. This happens to be the next Samsung’s Mobile “Unpacked” event, where in past events, Samsung has not only focused on one device launch, but has shown their next wave of mobile products, including software upgrades and apps.

The Galaxy S III is believed to be the name of the next Galaxy device, despite it not specifically being named on the invite seen above. Regardless, the Galaxy S III device is rumored to have a huge 4.8inch Super AMOLED HD touchscreen with full 1080p display capabilities. Other specs include an 12 megapixel rear camera, 2 megapixel front facing camera, 1.5GHz quad-core Exynos processor (not the Tegra 3), and a unibody ceramic casing as opposed to the plastic casing from earlier Galaxy devices. It will be running Android 4.0.4 ICS at the time of launch, which has been expected to drop into most carriers sometime in June 2012.

Source – BGR

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Android 4.0 ICS Still Too Far Behind Gingerbread Installs

| April 4, 2012 | 0 Comments

It’s been 4 months now since we first heard about Google’s new flagship smartphone, the Google Nexus, with Android 4.0 ICS installed. Since then, we have barely seen a dent in the deployment of ICS updates for Android devices, which is always the bane of Android smartphone owners. Some Android device owners could wait up to a full year before their carrier launches an update to the new operating system. This wouldn’t be such an issue if Google didn’t release at least 1 major version of Android per 9 months.

Currently, in the world of Android, Gingerbread still stands tall at the top of the install mountain, while Android 4.0 and Honeycomb combined only take 6.2% of the Android OS install mix. Android 2.3 Gingerbread has 63.7%. That’s a fair amount of catching up to do for Android 4.0 ICS, which alone accounts for 2.9%, over the last 4 months since it’s launch.

At that pace, it would take another year minimum for Android 4.0 to cover half of the Android devices on the market, and by that time, Android 5.0 Jelly Bean will already have been out for 4 months, as it’s rumored to release this Fall 2012.

The thing that takes the cake here, and really puts a perspective on how long it tales to get upgrades for Android, is that the 2nd highest deployed version of Android is 2.2 Froyo at 23%. That is a sad stat, and one of the main reasons users are flocking back to Apple’s iPhone and iPad. iOS updates are released, and your device, if supported, gets the update. No waiting 15 months, even though a new iPhone is launched every 8 – 10 months.

Source – Android Developers

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New Samsung Galaxy S III Image, Exec Says Coming in April

| March 22, 2012 | 0 Comments

Above you can see a new rendering of the Samsung Galaxy S III that we should see later this year. This one has a dedicated Home button similar to the Galaxy S II, and two softtouch buttons on either side of it. The screen is said to be a 4.8 inch SuperAMOLED Plus HD screen. Other specs we should see include a 12 megapixel rear camera capable of shooting 1080p HD videos, a 1.5GHz quad-core Exynos processor and a full ceramic body rather than the thin plastic we are used to seeing on the Galaxy S devices previous.

Adding to the hype of looking at the next best thing to the iPhone 4S, Samsung’s Chief Executive in China Kim Young-Ha made comments that the Galaxy S III would be arriving in April 2012, rather than May which is the current rumor. He did not specify where it would launch in April, but perhaps it will launch in Samsung’s homeland of Korea first, then make it’s way to North America in May. Either way, we’re supposed to hear about the official launch dates over Samsung’s Twitter page first, and anything

Sources – GSMHelpdesk, MK News (Translated)

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Samsung Galaxy S II Android 4.0 ICS Source Code Released

| March 20, 2012 | 0 Comments

The Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone is Samsung’s best selling Android device to date. While many are eagerly awaiting the successor to that model in the Galaxy S III, due out by Summer 2012, Galaxy S II owners are waiting for Android 4.0 updates.

We had heard back in early January about Samsung’s commitment to upgrading the Galaxy S II to Ice Cream Sandwich in Spring 2012, and now that March is almost over, people are starting to get anxious. Samsung started releasing Galaxy S II Android 4.0 updates in Europe last week. This gave many users in North America a glimmer of hope, knowing that the updates would soon make their way over seas.

While the Android 4.0 update has not been released in North America, nor is there a scheduled date for the upgrade, users can take comfort in seeing that Samsung has released the source code for Android 4.0 to the world. This means we’ll start seeing some creative custom ROMs for the Galaxy S II in a short while as developers start downloading the code made available today.

Source – Samsung

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