Samsung has unveiled its new Samsung Galaxy S III. It features a 4.8 inch HD Super AMOLED touchscreen display that is capable of rendering up to 1280 x 720 pixels of resolution, which means it can handle content in 720p. It comes with a 1.4GHz quad core Exynos processor, a new GPU with two cameras: a 1.9 megapixel camera up front for video conferencing and a rear facing 8 megapixel camera for videos and photos which is capable of full HD video in 1080p.
Other features include GPS, NFC, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0 and it will be available in a 16GB and 32GB version.
“Smart enough to detect your face, voice and motions, the GALAXY S III adapts to the individual user to provide a more convenient and natural experience. With the innovative Smart stay feature, the GALAXY S III recognizes how you are using your phone – reading an e-book or browsing the web for instance – by having the front camera identify your eyes; the phone maintains a bright display for continued viewing pleasure.”
Draw Something becomes even more popular, and has hit its new milestone for reaching a massive 50 million downloads. It only took the game just 50 days to reach the said milestone. OMGPOP has been purchased by Zynga a month ago in a deal which is reported to be worth $180 million, and the free and paid versions are apparently making around $250,000 per day revenue. Having been able to achieve 50 Million downloads in 50 days is an impressive feat, and if the game continues at this rate it could end up being as popular as Angry Birds.
HTC and Samsung are some of the manufacturers who in the middle of various patent cases with Apple. Today, Google’s Eric Schmidt has once again confirmed that Google will support these companies in the various court cases.
Apple’s new Siri personal assistant is a great application for your iPhone 4S. Yes, we all know that this app always requires an Internet connection to be able to answer your questions but we don’t have a clue if it really causes a problem with data usage. There had been a few tests taht have been carried out to answer this question by the Ars Technica team, who have done a little investigating and have discovered that on average Siri uses around 63kb of data on each request.
We have already seen quite a few videos, and photos of the Nokia Lumia 800 and now, Nokia has released new sets of photos of the device. The new photo will give you a great view at the new Nokia Lumia 800. You will notice that it has taken some deisgn cues from the Nokia N9, and it looks like it will be one of the Windows Phone devices that has the best designs so far. For sure, this device will bring great revenue to both Microsoft and Nokia, but then again, we ‘re not sure if it will be the new iPhone killer.
Samsung announced a new version of its popular Galaxy S II smartphone in South Korea last month, and it is the Samsung Galaxy S II HD LTE. According to reports, this Android device from Samsung has turned up at the FCC.
US is said to become the World leader in 4G LTE adoption after carriers like Verizon and MetroPCS launched their LTE networks. The Big Three, Verizon, MetroPCS and AT&T are are currently operating an LTE network wiht 47% of all global LTE connections in 2011. Seven million people are subscribed to those carriers’ 4G offerings, nearly a half of the world’s 14.9 million LTE subscribers.
Dell has unveiled its latest Android device, called the Dell Streak Pro 101DL. It is an Android smartphone, that will be available in Japan. It features a 4.3 inch qHD super AMOLED display, and will run Android 2.3 Gingerbread and a powerful dual core 1.5GHz processor.
Google introduced the Google Wallet service back in May, and it looks like Google is preparing to launch it today, the 19th of September.
Rumors are saying that Sprint is planning to launch its own version of the LG Optimus Black, called the LG Marquee. The LG Marquee runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and features LG’s 4 inch NOVA Display that is designed to be bright but also consume less power. The processing power will come from its single core 1GHz processor, and will have a 2 megapixel front facing camera for video conferencing and a five megapixel rear facing camera with an LED flash. Other features include iFi, plus the ability to be used as a mobile hotpsot for up to five devices.