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  • Samsung Galaxy S and SII sales surpass 50 million

    Samsung is easily the biggest Android OEM in the world right how. Heck it is the biggest smartphone manufacturer even when operating system isn’t taken in consideration. With market penetrating in countries ranging from its home country of Korea all the way to the United States, it won’t be surprising at all to know that the company has sold quite a few smartphones. From its massive portfolio, it’s easy to pick the Galaxy S lineup as the company’s most successful. The original Galaxy S propelled Samsung to the top of the charts way back in 2010. And with Galaxy SII that upward trend only increased further.

    Samsung, according to BGR,  has now unveiled some official sales figures for a few of its top selling phones. According to the company the combined sales for Galaxy S and SII have surpassed 50 million. If broken down into separate sales figures, it comes to 24 million for Galaxy S and 28 million for Galaxy SII. The phablet, Galaxy Note has also enjoyed success with sales figures topping out at 5 million units.

    Now with the launch of Galaxy SIII, which has already broken preorder records for all Android smartphones, the only future for Samsung is further up from where it already is. Don’t be surprised if by the end of the year sales figures for Galaxy SIII alone surpass 50 million.

  • Juicy details about Galaxy S III Mini surface ahead of tomorrow’s launch

    Right after we told you about Samsung releasing a ‘mini’ version of its Galaxy S III smartphone tomorrow in an event the company is holding in Germany, the renders, specs, and pricing details have been leaked over the internet. Samsung Galaxy S III mini, that according to a Samsung official will be a high-end device was expected to feature similar specs as its bigger brother (the Galaxy S III) but that seems not to be the case as the leaked details posted by MobileGeeks suggest otherwise.

    Juicy details about Galaxy S III Mini surface ahead of tomorrows launch

     

    Galaxy S III mini according to the report by MobileGeeks will feature a 4-inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 800×480 pixels. Unlike original Galaxy S III the mini version will have a 1GHz dual-core processor, 1GB RAM, 16GB internal storage, 5-megapixel rear camera with flash, front VGA camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, HSPA support and more. The phone is rumored to be priced at 399 euros.

    While many Android fans were hoping that this 4-inch Galaxy S III mini will outclass iPhone 5 with its Galaxy S III like internal specs, many are disappointed by MobileGeeks’ report and are hoping that the rumor turns out to be untrue. We will know about the authenticity of this report and more about what Samsung has in store for us tomorrow.

  • Samsung Galaxy Premier with 4.65-inch display and GSIII like design gets official

    Samsung has officially announced the new Galaxy Premier smartphone which is powered by Google’s Android OS. The phone features Samsung Galaxy S III like design and is aimed towards Easter European and Asian markets. It has been announced recently in Ukraine.

    The device features mid-level specifications when compared to GS III. Galaxy Premier has a 1.5-GHz dual-core TI OMAP 4470 processor with 1GB of RAM. It features a 4.65-inch Super AMOLED display that carries the usual resolution of 1280×760 pixels. On the back it has a 8-megapixel camera and a 1.9-megapixel camera is present the front. Other notable features of Galaxy Premier smartphone include Android 4.1 Jelly bean with Touch Wiz 4.0, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, LTE, GPS, microSD card slot with 32GB support, 2100mAh battery, and more.

    Samsung Galaxy Premier smartphone will be available in Ukraine in December in two storage capacities that include a 8GB model and a 16GB model. The phone also comes in different 3G and LTE versions. In Ukraine Galaxy Premier costs 5555UAH which is equal to around $680. Samsung is expected to make Galaxy Premier smartphone available in South East Asia, Korea, and China in the coming months.

  • Update Galaxy Note N7000 to Android 4.1.1 XXLS2 official firmware

    Even though Samsung has now released its successor, the original Galaxy Note N7000 is still a powerhouse of a smartphone. It can still hold its own against the very best of today. Of course that would mean nothing if it runs outdated software. Today we will guide you how to install Android 4.1.1 XXLS2 official firmware, which is the latest firmware available for the Galaxy Note N7000.

    Overview of the firmware

    • PDA: N7000XXLS2
    • CSC: N7000OXXLS2
    • Version: 4.1.1
    • Date: 2012-10-01
    • Regions: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom

    Make sure your phone is fully charged and your data is backed up. Since this is an official firmware, your phone will be unrooted after installing it, if it was rooted before.

    samsung galaxy note 1 Update Galaxy Note N7000 to Android 4.1.1 XXLS2 official firmware

    The guide to install Android 4.1.1 XXLS2 official firmware is below:

    Step 1- Download the firmware

    Step 2- Download ODIN

    Step 3- Boot your phone into download mode. Do this by switching it off and then pressing and holding the Volume Down + Home buttons together, and then pressing the Power button. You’ll see a triangle and an Android logo. Press the power button to enter download mode

    Step 4- Open ODIN on your PC. Make sure USB drivers for the phone are installed. Upon successful connection one of the ID:COM boxes will turn yellow with the COM port number.

    Step 5- Select all files you downloaded in step 1.

    • Click the PDA button. Select the file which has CODE in its name
    • Click the Phone button and select the file which has MODEM in its name
    • Click on the CSC button and select the file which has CSC in its name
    • Click the PIT button and select the .pit file

    Step 6- In ODIN select Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time options. Select repartition only if your selected the PIT file

    Step 7- Click on the start button. Installation process will start which will take 5 to 10 minutes to complete. Upon restart your phone will be updated to Android 4.1.1 XXLS2 official firmware.

  • Samsung’s response to Jelly Bean update

    Jelly Bean update was announced by Google a few days ago and showcased a lot of new features that have gotten Android users very interested. Apart from Nexus owners, everyone is wondering when their beloved handset will get the Android 4.1 update. HTC has already given their response and now it’s Samsung’s turn. The statement by Samsung was:

    Samsung will soon announce which additional devices are eligible for the Jelly Bean update. As the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer, Samsung leads the Android community with best-in-class devices like the Galaxy S III, and is creating new device categories with products like the Galaxy Note. Samsung has delivered the most Nexus-branded lead OS devices and we are pleased that Google will be bringing Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S customers the first experiences of Jelly Bean on a handheld device.

    Certainly a lot of boasting about delivering updates to Nexus devices but we all know Samsung isn’t responsible for those anyway. The only thing we can make out of it that some of the devices will be getting the Jelly Bean update. Galaxy S III is surely one of those and Galaxy Note too probably. What else? Will Galaxy S II get the update? What about carrier variants of Galaxy S II and S III? Samsung’s Galaxy based phones alone outnumber almost the entire lineup of HTC. That’s great, but it makes updating all the more painful.

    Samsung’s track record regarding updates has been the worst of all manufacturers, and not just on Android. They botched the NoDo update on their Focus, a Windows Phone device. Galaxy S II took nearly 4 months before it got the update all over the world and even now there are some carrier variants that are in queue. Galaxy S update was a fiasco. So based on history Galaxy S III owners have some long waiting to do. At the earliest you’re looking at Q4 2012 which is still 6 months away.

    Those who want to go the custom way, do so. Relying on Samsung for updates requires patience and handling frustration. It’s hard to swallow, but that has been the Samsung way.

     

  • Samsung and LG to release 1080p display equipped smartphones in 2013

    Recently HTC stunned everyone with the announcement of HTC J Butterfly, which is a Japan-only smartphone and features a gorgeous 1080p display. While HTC is the first Android phone maker that has been able to put this high quality display in a commercial device, Samsung and LG are working hard to catch up.

    According to a recent report by MKNews, both these Korean companies are planning to release 1080p display equipped smartphones in the first half of 2013. These displays that are also known as ‘full HD displays’ were hard to fit in small display size of smartphones but that seems to be the problem of the past as HTC J Butterfly nicely fits the 1080p screen in a 5-inch screen. Samsung is said to introduce 1080p displays based on its AMOLED technology while LG will use the LCD prototype it showed to the world a while back.

    While other details about these the displays LG and Samsung are considered to be using in their future smartphones are unknown at this point of time, it is safe to assume that they will boast 400 pixels per inch. The devices with these new displays are said to debut at Mobile World Congress event of next year.

  • Judge orders Apple to alter its online Samsung apology

    The ongoing Apple vs. Samsung saga has taken yet another turn. Recently Apple’s appeal in the Galaxy Tab case in the UK was denied, and as a result Apple was ordered to post an apology on their website. Apple complied, and an ‘apology’ was posted. However anyone who’s read it will know it didn’t quite sound like an apology.

    The UK court apparently saw the post and it didn’t go down too well. “I’m at a loss that a company such as Apple would do this,” Judge Robin Jacob said. Apple requested a time period of 14 days to come up with a revised statement, a request which was slammed, with one judge saying he ‘cannot believe’ it would take so long.

    The court has given Apple 2 days to come up with a revised post that states the apology clearly. The revised statement must have an 11-point font and be displayed on the company’s website front page. The online apology will remain there for at least six months.

    Apple must have known they had this coming and it’s nice to see the UK court acting so proactively. Whether Apple will learn and will comply with the order will be known in the next two days.

  • Photos and full specifications of Nexus 10 tablet leak for the first time

    We have widely reported about the existence and possible release of Nexus 10 tablet here, but the available details about this upcoming Google/Samsung product were quite limited and we knew nothing about its specs and design. All we had was a leaked manual that only showed the design of this rumored device in a sketch form.

    Well if you are equally excited about the new Nexus 10 tablet as we are, then you will be thrilled to know that the whole device has been leaked on the internet and folks over at BriefMobile have posted photos, specifications, and other unknown details on their website. The design featured in leaked images looks exactly like the diagram printed on the alleged manual, which means the manual was legitimate. As seen in the images, Nexus 10 tablet has a different design than the 7-inch Nexus 7. The Nexus 10 tablet that BriefMobile’s source has is running Android 4.2 which is going to get announced on October 29th at Google’s Android event.

    Screen Shot 2012 10 27 at 12.25.41 AM Photos and full specifications of Nexus 10 tablet leak for the first time

    As far as internal specifications of this device go, it has Samsung’s Exynos 5250 dual-core processor that is clocked at 1.7GHz with 2GB of RAM. As rumored, Nexus 10 tablet has a 10.1-inch Super AMOLED screen with a high resolution of 2560×1600 pixels. It has 298.9 pixels per inch. On the back it has a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash. It also has a front camera for video calling. Other reported features of Nexus 10 include NFC, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi, and dual speakers that are located on the front side of the device.

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    This is the first time Google’s Nexus 10 has ‘really’ leaked. We believe this leak indicates that Google will announce the Nexus 10 on October 29th along with the new LG Nexus 4, 32GB Nexus 7, and Android 4.2.

    What do you think about Nexus 10? Will you buy it if it ends up looking exactly like the leaked photos? Let us know in the comments below.

  • Ban on Samsung Galaxy Nexus reversed after court order in the US

    Google’s Galaxy Nexus phone that was manufactured by Samsung and was famously banned in the US after a court decided it to be infringing one of Apple’s patent involving voice search has been unbanned. According to Reuters, following the appeal by Samsung in which the Korean company asked the court to revisit its decision on banning the Android device in the US, the court decided to un-ban the phone and allow it to be sold in the country. Previously Apple argued in court that because Galaxy Nexus copies a functionality of its iPhone’s Siri feature, it poses threat to iPhone’s sales and should be banned. The court agreed saying that because Galaxy Nexus has the voice search feature similar to iPhone which will cause irreparable damages and Apple would lost market share.

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    Now after the appeal the court noted that the voice search feature found on Galaxy Nexus is nowhere near to Apple’s Siri so it poses no threat to iPhone and thus it should be unbanned in the country.

    Samsung that was at the receiving end of this ban argued in the court after the ban was imposed that not only Galaxy Nexus does not feature similar functionality as the iPhone but its sale numbers are so low that it couldn’t be a threat for Apple.

    Samsung that obviously is pleased by courts new decision has responded with the following statement.

    “We welcome this reversal by the Federal Circuit, finding that the District Court abused its discretion in ordering a preliminary injunction against the Galaxy Nexus. Today’s decision confirms that the role of patent law is to protect innovation and not to unreasonably stifle competition and restrict consumer choice. We will continue to take all appropriate measures to ensure the availability of our innovative products.”

    Are you planning on buying a Galaxy Nexus now? Let us know in the comments below.

  • Samsung to release a 10-inch Nexus tablet in the first half of next year

    If you were planning of buying a 10-inch Nexus tablet from Google and Samsung you will have to wait for a few months. CNET reports that Samsung is going to release a new 10-inch Nexus tablet that will be co-branded with Google. This new tablet is said to hit the shelves in the first half of the year 2013. The 10-inch Nexus tablet will feature a ground breaking display that will be even better than iPad 3′s Retina Display and pack more pixels in one place.

    According to CNET’s report the new 10-inch Nexus tablet will have a whooping resolution of  2560×1600 pixels. For sake of comparison iPad 3 features 2048×1536 pixel density while the new Macbook Pro that Apple is expected to announce soon with a 13-inch Retina display will feature similar number of pixels on a larger area.

    The awesomeness of the new display will come at a price though, as manufacturing such a display will be an uphill task and will definitely push the display-manufacturing tech envelope.

    If this report by CNET turns out to be true then we will have a 10-inch Nexus tablet with a better screen to compete with Apple iPad 4th generation that the company is expected to announce in the months between February and April according to Apple’s previous release pattern for iPad releases.