Remember the outlandishly awkward Galaxy Note that's too big to be a phone, but too small to be a tablet? It appears that Samsung is cooking up a successor to the device which it will unveil at the end of August during the IFA 2012 consumer electronics show in Berlin. On top of this, it is rumored that the Galaxy Note II will come with a 5.5" display, which is slightly larger than the existing Galaxy Note's 5.3" display. It will of course run Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, which is now the latest version of the operating system.
If there was one thing I really enjoyed in my time with the Samsung Galaxy S II (before shifting to the iPhone 4S), it was the ability to easily customize large parts of my smartphone. The home screen launcher - the user interface from where you launch apps and absorb information in a glance with widgets - is one area where Android offers unmatched variety. There are launchers that promise awesome performance, others that offer wide variety of features and others one that promise both.
Google’s recently announced Nexus 7 is receiving critical acclaim throughout the blogosphere. It offers the hardware of a $500 tablet – a 7” HD IPS display, quad-core processor, 1GB RAM, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean – for the unbeatable price of $199. Some sacrifices had to be made to bring price down to this level, sacrifices like the lack of a rear camera, higher storage capacity, extendable storage and GSM connectivity.
After being bested by the quad-core processor, HD display and superior software of Google and ASUS’ Nexus 7 tablet which will, in a weeks’ time, be sold at the same price as their Kindle Fire, Amazon is reportedly working on building their own smartphone. Check out the details of the report after the jump.
Remember last month's comparison between mobile OSes, where we compared iOS 6 with the existing Android 4.x ICS and Windows Phone 7.5 Mango platforms? Well, in the time that has passed since then, we've since learned some newer official information about iOS 6, along with the upcoming versions of the other two mobile OSes. So now, a new chart has been concocted which compares and contrasts iOS 6 with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and Windows Phone 8.
YouTube is the most frequented video streaming site on the web, and as such, most smartphone owners require a decent app for viewing the very latest and most entertaining content.
If it's not the new iPad, it's rife rumor regarding the upcoming next-gen iPhone that's keeping Apple in the news just now. The device, which is thought to be receiving a longer screen, will also be getting a mighty quad-core processor, if a report originating from DigiTimes is to be taken as Gospel.
Galaxy Nexus Removed From Play Store Due To Injunction, Sales Will Resume Next Week, Confirms Google
The injunction handed out against Google by the famously tough-talking Judge Koh earlier this week meant a sales ban on the company's Samsung manufactured Galaxy Nexus. Although most following the coverage within the tech community will be more than aware of the reasons behind the injunction, Google has confirmed the ruling as the reason behind its removal as being due to Koh's ruling.
You don't need to be an expert to know that relations between both Samsung and Apple are at an all-time low. With the blocking of Galaxy Nexus sales in the United States and a collection of other legal battles between the two, it is clear that the two companies both believe that the other has copied ideas in order to make their own smartphones better. Whether you believe that or not is almost as complicated as asking you about religion or politics. Needless to say, we'll leave it there.
If you are the smart and sophisticated kind of person who carries around an iPhone or iPod touch with you, then it is immediately evident that you appreciate the finer side of technology. Regardless of the iOS/Android divide, users of Google's mobile operating system will have to concede that Apple's iOS devices are of premium quality.
