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

HTC One X unveiled: Quad-core Tegra 3, HD display, LTE, launches on AT&T by end of April

HTC on Sunday unveiled a trio of new smartphones at Mobile World Congress, capped off by the flagship of flagships: the HTC One X. BGR took the wraps off of this stunning smartphone back in November, and the details within our exclusive report are now confirmed. The One X features a quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor clocked at 1.5GHz, a 4.6-inch 1,280 x 720-pixel high-definition Super LCD 2 display, an 8-megapixel rear camera, a 1.3-megapixel front facing camera for 720p video chats, 1GB of RAM, 32 GB of internal eMMC storage, embedded 4G LTE and Sense 4.0 atop Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich — and it’s all packed into a case that is just 9.27 millimeters thin. The phone also includes Beats Audio across all multimedia apps, not just HTC’s music player, and 25GB of free Dropbox storage for two years, which includes several iCloud-like Sense features such as auto-uploading photos. Read on for more.

The HTC One X finds itself atop the totem pole in HTC’s new “HTC One” lineup, which will designate its flagship devices moving forward. The specs listed above tell an impressive story, but we were fortunate enough to spend some time with the handset ahead of HTC’s announcement and the specs definitely don’t tell the whole story.
HTC said that its new HTC One devices focus on three main pillars: Amazing design and user experience, an amazing camera, and an amazing multimedia experience. We’ll discuss how the One X fares in each of these categories in our hands-on with the device, but one area in particular managed to really blow us away: the camera.
The camera in HTC’s new One-series phones is a complete departure from the technology used on the vendor’s earlier devices. HTC One smartphones each include an “HTC ImageChip,” which is a physical chip dedicated solely to the camera system. The 8-megapixel One X camera features an f2.0 aperture and HTC’s amazing new image capture software, which includes revamped HDR technology and integrated Instagram-like filters.
Perhaps most impressive of all, the new cameras across HTC’s One lineup are capable of capturing an image, saving the image and preparing to take a new shot all in the span of 0.7 seconds. Still not impressed? Images are actually initially captured in RAW format now to ensure the highest quality before being converted to JPG, and the One X can capture 8-megapixel still photos while recording 1080p HD video.
HTC had a rough fourth quarter in an otherwise stellar year, and the smartphone maker vowed that it would narrow its focus and concentrate on distinguishing itself from the competition in 2012. The One X, which manages to pack a remarkable amount of technology into a beautifully-designed package, is a terrific start. This smartphone is as sleek as it is capable, and it sets the bar high for Android smartphones at Mobile World Congress 2012. In fact, I can only think of one smartphone that might be able to compete with the One X, but it isn’t expected to make an appearance at this year’s show.
The HTC One X will launch on AT&T by the end of April, and HTC’s first three One-branded smartphones will be available from a combined 130 partners around the world in 2012. We’ll have more on this sleek smartphone shortly in our hands-on.

sourced http://cellntechnews.blogspot.com

Sony Announces 2 new Smartphones at MWC

Sony has announce 2 new smartphone at MWC 2012 today, they are the Sony Xperia P and the Sony Xpera U both of which will be running Android 2.3 and 4.0.

Sony Xperia U

Sony Xperia P

Both these handsets will out in mid Q2 of 2012 no release day yet

The official Rom Leak of ICS for HTC Sensation and XE

This is taking a look at for the official Rom Download for ICS for both HTC Sensation and HTC Sensation XE following the link below for more details

Latest Mobiles & Technology News: HTC Sensation and Sensation XE see their official ROM ICS filtered

Some HTC to get Early Access Preview of ICS with sense 4.0

HTC is calling it a "Early Access Preview". Ice Cream Sandwich and HTC Sense 4.0 will be in a type of beta test for a select 300 HTC Sensation and Sensation XE users.

Here is the deal, HTC is allowing a few hundred HTC Sensation and Sensation XE owners a trial run at the new Ice Cream Sandwich and HTC Sense 4.0 operating systems before the official release, giving the HTC users a chance to test out the programing. 

HTC was quoted saying “HTC is doing something new and pretty cool in the coming days: we’ll be releasing an “early access preview” of our ICS upgrade for the Sensation and Sensation XE. This will be limited in scope (just a few hundred users and only in Europe) because we’re still scaling up back-end resources for general availability worldwide, and our hope is people will play with it and enjoy getting used to the ICS experience with Sense. We’ll be doing similar previews for other devices in the future, too.”

Hopefully, the United States HTC community will also get to test drive the new operating systems as well.

Source: Android Community and htcpedia.com

HTC Sense 4.0 screenshots leak through Endeavor RUU

The folks at Android Central managed to get their hands on a RUU (ROM Update Utility) for the HTC Endeavor and extracted dozens of screenshots for the upcoming version of HTC's Android skin, Sense 4.0, which will be running on top of Ice Cream Sandwich.

Although we have seen Sense 4.0 once before in a video, these screenshots give a clearer view of the interface. What you see below are screenshots of some of the built-in themes in preview mode, where you can see how the homescreen, lockscreen and application screen will look like once the theme has been applied.

We can see that the lockscreen is almost identical to the present versions of Sense although you can change the look of the lock ring and the application icon background with different themes. We noticed that the font for the large clock strangely is not Roboto, even though the rest of the OS is using it.

The homescreen looks a bit different, due to the presence of a new dock at the bottom of the screen that houses shortcuts to applications, which is more functional that the current dock in HTC phones.
We think the new Sense 4.0 does look very nice. The lack of overly glossy surfaces also makes it look more mature and sophisticated. If at all we must have a custom skin running atop our Android devices, Sense 4.0 would probably be our first choice. And since it is unlikely that HTC will ever sell an Android phone without its custom skin, it's important for the skin to be good, which it seems it is. We just hope it won't take too much of a toll on the performance of the phone.
For more screenshots, you can check out the source link below. Also check out the video if you need a more in-depth but blurrier look at Sense 4.0

  

 

 

 

sourced from RCmix Blog

[Breaking] Ice Cream Sandwich for more HTC smartphones coming in April

We knew we could trust HTC, and in fact after the already announced devices a second round is ready to be unveiled and we can already tell you about it.

In fact, thanks to a reliable internal source, we received information about an April release of Android 4.0 with HTC Sense 3.5 for the HTC Desire S, Desire HD and Incredible S. The three devices will receive the new firmware on different days during the month, and will follow the upgrades of the Sensation family (confirmed for February) and the EVO 3D (early March).
Thanks HTC for being always ahead listening to its customers and updating the most devices and not just the top ones.

Source: from RCMix team

New HTC Ville photos leak, slim waistline and specs reconfirmed

We got yet another portion of leaked HTC Ville live photos, garnished with a nice specs sheet. The Android smartphone is expected to be unveiled by HTC at their press conference on February 26 and slide beneath the Edge in the company's chain of command.

The HTC Ville will reportedly be the slimmest HTC smartphone to this day, having a profile of just 8.9mm. Previously we heard that the Ville will measure just 8mm, but 8.9mm sounds quite great too, especially for a mid-range device. To achieve this, the Taiwanese used a qHD AMOLED panel, which is supposed to have a diagonal of 4.3".

 

A 1.5 GHz dual-core CPU will be keeping things going under the hood, while Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and Sense 4.0 will provide the eye-candy at the front. The chipset which will power the Ville hasn't been specified just yet, but we are guessing it will be the MSM8260 Snapdragon which we came to know from the Sensation XE.

The HTC MWC event is now just 20 days away, so we'll soon find out the complete specs sheet. As you probably already know, we'll be on site covering it live for you, and making sure you don't miss a thing.

Source | Via GSM arena

yet another Samsung Galaxy S 2 with ICS

Samsung have confirmed that the galaxy s2 won't be getting ICS until march due to a few issues with touch wiz.
While we was at the launch of the Samsung galaxy note in white Samsung confirm there was a delay in the galaxy s2 in getting the update.

we shall let you know when there is news of the galaxy s 2 is going to be getting ICS

White HTC Sensation To Launch March 1 In Europe With Ice Cream Sandwich In Tow

The Sensation is one of HTC's most popular handsets overseas, and despite being launched nearly a year ago (May 19,2011), the company just announced a new "Ice White" version. While there are no differences in hardware, the outside will obviously be white (à la Amaze 4G). More importantly, though: it will launch on March 1, and run Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) out of the gate.

That's a pretty big deal for two reasons: first, because as we discussed yesterday, Sense 4.0 (which HTC will slap over top of ICS) pretty much sucks. Second, because that would suggest the ICS update for the normal Sensation should drop before (or at the very least, by) then - after all, the only difference between the white and normal model is the color of the backplate.

[Source: EuroDroid, AndroidWorld.nl] and android police

Google Finally Launches An Ice Cream Sandwich Style Guide - Please, Please, Please Follow It

Google is finally showing developers what an Android app should look like. Android Design is Google's freshly launched style guide for Ice Cream Sandwich. It outlines everything developers should do to make a high quality app that "fits in" with the rest of ICS.

Most of the big stuff is covered: Icons, color swatches, grid layouts, writing style, touch feedback - it's beautiful. Apps are normally all over the place, it will be really nice to see some consistency.

These are just guidelines, they won't be made mandatory in any way. So developers, I know this guide is insanely late, but please follow this. Consistency is important.

Google is finally getting serious about design. The rest of us need to get serious about it too.

Source: from Android Police

Samsung Galaxy S II NEW Official ICS 4.0.3 ROM leaked, New lock Screen and More [Demo Video]

Samsung has just finished working on a New ROM for the Galaxy S II I9100 ICS 4.0.3Update, the New ROM XXKPA leaked today with many improvements from the last two KP4 and KP8 ROMS that was leaked last week. However, this ROM is more stable but its still have some minor bugs.

This shows that samsung is still working to deliver the best ICS User Experience to all Galaxy S II users, The Final ICS ROM will be ready by the End of this Month.

I9100XXKPA_I9100OXAKPA_OXA 
PDA: I9100XXKPA
PHONE: I9100XXKPA
CSC: I9100OXAKPA
Android: 4.0.3
Build date: 5 January  2012.
Changelist: 51925

XXKPA 4.0.3 Change-log:

• Not much Interface changes from XXKP8.

• New unlock Screen.

• Battery life better. 

• Phones looks faster.

• Touch response is better.

• Firmware more stable, but bugs still exists.

ROM (XXKPA)

Video Below!

Source from Youmobile

Android ICS 4.0.3 brings more features and bug-fixes, Galaxy Nexus will get it soon

Android 4.0.2 is the newest version of the ICS. The next update for Ice Cream Sandwich, named Android 4.0.3 brings a few new features, a handful of bug-fixes, as well as a whole new API level.

The Android Developers blog highlighted a few new APIs that you will find in 4.0.3:

Social stream API in Contacts provider: Applications that use social stream data such as status updates and check-ins can now sync that data with each of the user contacts, providing items in a stream along with photos for each. This new API lets apps show users what the people they know are doing or saying, in addition to their photos and contact information.

Calendar provider enhancements. Apps can now add color to events, for easier tracking, and new attendee types and states are now available.

New camera capabilities. Apps can now check and manage video stabilization and use QVGA resolution profiles where needed.

Accessibility refinements. Improved content access for screen readers and new status and error reporting for text-to-speech engines.

Incremental improvements in graphics, database, spell-checking, Bluetooth, and more.

Android 4.0.3 will begin to roll out in the "weeks ahead" for the Galaxy Nexus and will also be the base version of Ice Cream Sandwich going forward.

From: YouMobile