Samsung Galaxy S III

The day we've all been waiting for has finally arrived, and Samsung just unveiled its third-generation Galaxy smartphone. As expected, it's going by the moniker Galaxy S III, and it's stuffed to the gullet with cutting-edge hardware and software tweaks:

• 4.8-inch 720p Super AMOLED HD Display
• 1GB RAM
• 16/32GB storage, 64GB version "available soon"
• microSD Card slot
• Eye Tracking
• Smart stay: keeps the screen awake while you're looking at the display
• S-Voice: advanced voice recognition, "like a good friend who listens attentively" -- definitely a strong competitor to Siri
• Floating videos: lets you resize videos and move them around on the display whilst they float atop other windows. Nice!
• 8MP rear shooter with zero shutter lag, 3.3 shots per second
• Best Photo: takes a burst of eight shots, automatically chooses the best one
• S Beam: Wi-Fi direct meets NFC
• 1.9MP front camera with "face recognition" and HD video capabilities
• 2100mAh Battery with Wireless Charging technology
• Bluetooth 4.0 (LE)
• Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi HT40
• GPS/GLONASS
• NFC
• 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6mm, 133g
• Android 4.0

At this point, it's safe to assume that it's packing a quad-core Exynos processor, though we're still waiting to hear the official word on clock speed.

Accessories:

• Flip cover
• Desk dock
• Car dock
• HDTV Adapter
• Wireless charging
• S Pebble: A "music companion" for your Galaxy S III (assume it's a remote control of some sort)

  

Preimium suite upgrade for galaxy note offers new S pen applications and Android 4.0

We all expected the Samsung Galaxy Note to receive Android 4.0 in Q1, but unfortunately the software upgrade has been pushed back to sometime in Q2. Thankfully this major upgraded dubbed “Premium Suite” will include a lot more than just Ice Cream Sandwich.

Today Samsung shared a video that detailed all the new things coming to the Galaxy Note. The Premium Suite upgrade offers exclusive S Pen applications, enhanced multimedia features, and an Android 4.0 upgrade as expected. It will also unlock 30 Danger Zone levels in the new Angry Birds Space game.

“With the Premium Suite upgrade, we wanted to add features that enrich users’ Note experience even more, including the great advantages of Android 4.0 and innovative applications for S Pen,” said JK Shin, President of Samsung Mobile. “We are committed to providing extraordinary experiences for consumers, and we will continue to provide new features and upgrades to enrich our offering.”

As most of these things go, the exact availability and scheduling of the Premium Suite upgrade will vary by country and wireless carrier. Check out the preview video below for an idea of what to expect when it finally arrives.

Sourced: Android and Me

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade for GALAXY S II

Samsung offers Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade for GALAXY S II

We're thrilled to announce that Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will be served to GALAXY S II users in the European countries including Poland, Hungary and Sweden, as well as Korea today, and gradually roll out to other markets.

ICS for GALAXY Note, GALAXY S II LTE, GALAXY Tab 8.9 and 10.1 will follow soon.

In addition, we'll also offer Android 2.3 Gingerbread firmware upgrades for GALAXY S, GALAXY Tab 7", GALAXY S Plus, GALAXY S SCL (Super Clear LCD) and GALAXY W from end March. The firmware upgrades for GALAXY S, for example, include Face Unlock, Snapshot, Photo Editor, and others.

The availability and scheduling of the software update and specific models upgradeable to Android 4.0 will vary by market and wireless carriers' requirements.

Sourced from: Samsung Mobile Facebook Page

Opps i think HTC to use a spell checker lol.

Some people may have already got the ICS for there sensation (family) but has any noticed the little problem with HTC has got with some words. Aeroplan, it made us laugh about it when we saw it lol.

False twitter post about ICS update from Samsung

At some point yesterday Samsung confirmed that they would be pushing ICS as soon as today or tomorrow to find that someone has made a fake twitter account and that Samsung have not even confirmed anything to anyone, as this tweet was done HTC has now started to push the first ways of ICS on the sensation because they thought Samsung would be out so early.

Samsung have said that they will be confirming on both Facebook and twittering about the ICS update and it is going to pushed out

The new Google play store

Google announced yesterday that the android market has been changed from android market to Google play market (app called: play shop)

The new play store has the same layout as the last one but with a different logo and name see photo below for more of an idea

There is a apk file of the new play store below:

Google Play Market

Updated: Wednesday 7.3.2012

Some of you may be having problems install this app, so we thought we would give you a little help in handed with it; so follow the link below

Market Help

Android 2.3.5 Pushing Out To Orange Desire HD

Good news if you’re on Orange with a Desire HD, it appears that Android 2.3.5 is rolling out to with Sense 3.0.

With many users of HTC devices waiting for Ice Cream Sandwich this might seem a little dull but as always with network locked devices this is the norm, updates that take forever to be ‘tested’

Reader Robert has one and apparently it’s hitting his phone now, he sent a tweet about it not so long ago. Can’t see anything about it on the HTC or Orange website, if you have one and are yet to see anything about it do a check by hitting settings>about phone and system update.

Those with the sim free versions saw the update towards the back end of last year so the timing sounds about right.