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With the launch of the much awaited Android 4.0 Ice cream sandwich operating environment for smartphones, the top mobile companies are cashing in on its hype by releasing their phones in the beaming market.
Did you pick up a shiny new Samsung Galaxy S II when AT&T started selling them this weekend? Then you might want to head on over to Samsung’s Media Hub page. New users can beta test the service to get $25 worth of free content, courtesy of Samsung.
Media Hub is Samsung’s all-in-one entertainment distribution system (think iTunes or Amazon Instant Video) and it’s preloaded onto Galaxy S II phones and newer models of the Galaxy Tab. One of the more compelling use cases is that you can purchase videos once, then watch them on your phone, tablet or television – provided, of course, that you have one of Samsung’s 2011 model Smart TVs. While the service doesn’t have a great selection of video at the moment, you can’t beat free when it comes to pricing. To try out Media Hub, just head click on the link above and enter your customer information. Samsung will send you a confirmation email and then walk you through the steps of redeeming your $25 voucher. When the beta program ends, you’ll be asked to fill out a questionnaire about your experiences. As of now the program is only being offered to AT&T Galaxy S II owners, but expect the qualifications to expand at some point.
LightSquared has been on our radar for a while now. The startup is aiming to “revolutionize” the American wireless industry with a new 4G-LTE network supported by satellite connections. Sharp is the first manufacturer to partner with LightSquared, promising support for the company’s next-generation connection technology in upcoming smartphones and tablets.
Sharp could certainly use the boost. Despite positive buzz for the AQUOS line of Android phones, the Japanese manufacturer has lagged behind others in the smartphone market, and with the tablet market blowing up, a new connection technology could give them a needed edge against Apple, Motorola and Samsung. While no Sharp tablets are currently slated for a US roll-out, the new partnership is a strong indication that they’ll enter the American market soon, perhaps with the new NFC-totting RW-T107. If you’re not familiar with LightSquared, it’s a new American infrastructure company that plans to sell its expanded LTE service wholesale to carriers and other large corporations. LightSquared will not compete directly with existing carriers, so you won’t be able to buy service from them. What makes the company’s technology so interesting is that it combines 4G-LTE radios with satellite data connections, potentially opening up next-generation mobile Internet data to most of North America.
The much-anticipated smartphone/tablet hybrid Samsung Galaxy Note is coming in a lot faster than we expected. In a press release Samsung announced that the Galaxy Note is headed for the white cliffs of Dover on November 17th, just ten weeks after the device’s premiere at IFA in Berlin. The phone will be available at retailers across the UK and Ireland.
The Samsung Galaxy Note is a flagship device with a huge 5.3-inch, 1280 x 800 screen using Samsung’s Super AMOLED technology. Naturally the phone has a 1.4GHz dual-core processor and the latest 4G radios. One of the most interesting features is a capacitive stylus with its own on-device storage bay. Coupled with Samsung’s drawing/note apps, this is a throwback to the pen input days before capacitive screens became the norm. Both 16Gb and 32Gb versions will be available with MicroSD card expansion slots. A standard 8-megapixel camera adorns the back with a front-facing cam for video conferencing. Samsung has listed in its product sheet that some models will feature NFC chips, but has not specified which markets will get these versions.
US Samsung fans got an exciting indication that the Galaxy Note is headed their way on Friday, when the FCC posted its initial rundown of the phone with AT&T radio bands. Though no official announcement has been made, it’s quite likely that the device is headed to America soon. You’ll be happy to know that the Galaxy Note runs the latest smartphone version of Android (as of now), 2.3 Gingerbread.
Check out our hands-on look at the Samsung Galaxy Note below:
Sprint users, it looks like your wait for the iPhone 5 is almost over. Over the past few months we’ve had some hints about the iPhone arriving on the Now Network. The increased Early Termination Fee, increased upgrade fees and the installation of Sprint cellular repeaters in Apple Stores. Now we’ve got one more clue which pretty much confirms the Sprint iPhone – if it turns out to be the real deal. The folks over at 9to5Mac were sent a screenshot showing the inventory listing of the Radio Shack, and on it is an entry with the description “16GB SPRINT APPLE IPHONE 5″ alongside other entries for the Verizon and AT&T iPhone 5. Assuming the picture wasn’t doctored, this is pretty good confirmation of the iPhone 5 arriving on Sprint. Fortunately the official iPhone announcement is going to take place tomorrow, and we’ll know for sure by then. Stay tuned to Ubergizmo – we’ll be keeping you updated with the details as they are unveiled. iPhone 5 with unlimited data – I can see some of you already drooling. Who’s excited?
The folks over at the FCC are most probably enjoying themselves with the kinds of job they have – checking out devices even before they’re ready for a mass market release. Among the devices that saw action at the FCC recently would be the Viewsonic ViewPad 7x tablet device that picked up nods of approval for its Wi-Fi and Bluetooth capabilities. The kind of hardware that the ViewPad 7x packs is pretty ordinary- – we’re talking about a simple 7″ form factor at 1,024 x 600 resolution, Android 3.2 Honeycomb (at least that takes care of any form of future operating system updates, a dual-core 1GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 processor, a 2-megapixel camera at the front and a higher resolution 5-megapixel camera behind, not to mention 8GB of internal memory. The slated $379 price point is far from what the $199 Kindle Fire offers, so it would be interesting to see this mid-range tablet fit into the grand scheme of things as it is released later this month.
Apple’s secrecy of what it is about to launch has been going so well with the rumourmongers of the Internet really only left scrapping at bits and pieces like a pack of Hyenas in the Savannah. That was until the company released the latest beta version of its iTunes software to developers. According to reports coming in Apple has detailed the iPhone 4S in the latest version of iTunes. “Inside the latest iTunes beta is a specific mention of the “iPhone 4S.” Along with the new iPhone name of “iPhone 4S” comes an image, and it is of a CDMA iPhone 4,” reports 9to5mac.com. Of course it could just be a placeholder in the code, but that seems like a pretty strange thing to do given that the iTunes software is bound to get a further update before it is released into the wild for the general public. There have been plenty of rumours circling that Apple would merely launch an upgrade to the iPhone 4 rather than opt for a completely new design. Apple performed the same trick with the iPhone 3G when it updated it to the iPhone 3GS. Thankfully with the company holding its “Let’s talk iPhone” event on Tuesday 4 October, we won’t have long to wait before we get an answer.
Back at the end of July Google updated its Gmail application for Android bringing a ton of new features to the table (like Priority Mail or custom ringtones). While nothing major like the previous one, Mountain View updated the application again but this time it's for security reasons instead of features.
A new Gmail app is available in the Android Market and you should have gotten the notification by now. If not, just follow the source link or consult the Android Market app on your phone. We're talking about Gmail version 2.3.5.2 in relation to which the changelog only states "security update". We're all sensitive to security so you might want to get the latest version as soon as possible! Source: Android Market
The Motorola Xoom 2 might not be the first of the next generation of Android Honeycomb tablets but if the original Xoom is anything to go by, then there's plenty of reason to be excited still. In fact, with the first incarnation launched all those months ago, it's high time that the follow up hit the shelves of the world. So, with Motorola Xoom 2 news upon us like an heavy suitcase, it's probably a good idea to straighten out this Google tablet device's specs and features, so that we can take a long, hard look at what the future is all about.
Motorola Xoom 2 release date The Motorola Xoom was announced back at CES 2011 on 6 January 2011 and Pocket-lint made sure we got our hands on it the moment it saw the light of the showroom floor. That said, it wasn't until 24 February of the same year that it starting bleeping through the check-out tills of the world. To take that back until we first got wind that a Motorola tablet was in the offing though, it's when Droid Life discovered some hidden data on 17 August 2010 describing an Android tablet referred to at the time as the Motorola Stingray. Your choice as to whether you reckon the name Xoom has more or less pizzazz. Back to the Motorola Xoom 2 rumours and the first stories heard about such a thing turned up on 17 June 2011 when a Verizon advert aired on US TV networks showing a lady on her Verizon branded tablet that looked an awful lot like the original Xoom, only not, and with the camera in the wrong place. The next, and this time far bigger, drop occurred on 23-26 September 2011 when both Engadget and thisismynext.com had anonymous tipsters contact them about some goings on at Motorola and just what they thought was on its way including some interesting Xoom 2 pictures. The fascinating part is the idea that there was going to be two of them - the Motorola Xoom 2 and the slightly smaller Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition. With very similar first rumour dates in their respective years, one might bet that the Motorola Xoom 2 turns up at the same time in the calendar as the first Xoom did, i.e. CES 2012. However, with the Google Android Ice Cream Sandwich launch on 11 October 2011, any time after then could be fair game. Motorola Xoom 2 features The more traditional, non-Media Edition Motorola Xoom 2 features look to include a 10.1-inch screen - the same as the original, only with a more powerful engine room at work in the shape of what appears to be a Texas Instruments OMAP 4 system on a chip with a dual-core CPU at 1.2GHz and 1GB of what's described as "faster" RAM. Following the lead from those, the likely prediction would be a PowerVR SGX540 GPU much like the one found in the Amazon Kindle Fire set up but for now this is just speculation. Physically speaking the Xoom 2 might be quite a looker too. Again, the Engadget tipster from the 23 September outlined physical details including a 9mm profile which puts it just a shade thicker than the 8.8mm - and super-thin - iPad 2. There also look to be some physical buttons on the rear of the device as well as HDMI, micro-USB and SIM card ports too. As for the smaller tablet, the Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition features were reported on 24th September to promise an 8.2-inch, HD capable, screen with IPS for a better viewing angle and that puts it in virgin territory as far as tablet sizes go. The same leaks also point to a fairly durable piece of Gorilla glass on the front that's both got anti-glare properties as well as water-resistance to a degree. Could this be the tablet that's finally beach-friendly? As for its more personal stats, the same rumours predict a 430g waistline with an ever-so-slightly bulkier 9.3mm frame. Thisismynext.com also reported on 24th September that Motorola might push the Media Edition's home entertainment credentials with both an IR remote and a sub-woofer built-in. Both Xoom 2 models have also been predicted to support LTE. Motorola Xoom 2 camera The HD label on the back of the Xoom 2 from the leaked shots on 23 September is a pretty decent clue that certainly the larger of the two Motorola tablets will be able to shoot 1080p video and it was expected, at the time, for up to 5-megapixel stills to be possible. The leaked shots also clearly show a front facing camera as well.
Motorola Xoom 2 apps and software Naturally, it's Android all the way with the Xoom 2 and, what with Google now the the name behind the company, it really couldn't be anything else. The first flush of stories between 23-26 September all seemed to agree that it's a case of Android 3.2 for both the Motorola Xoom 2 and the Media Edition. Keen followers of all things Android will know that 3.2 represents Honeycomb rather than Ice Cream Sandwich, although it's quite possible that the Xoom 2 tablets could come with the later version if they're launched from December onwards. The Verizon advert on 17 June showed a Xoom 2 running Honeycomb without a UI on top, although there is a disclaimer on the footage indicating that the screen shots were simulated. At the same time, with Google behind Motorola, one might wonder whether there would be a lean towards the Xoom 2 products coming with straight Android anyway; something which looked to be supported by the leaked shots of the software of the Media Edition on 24 September. Motorola Xoom 2 battery The original tips said nothing of the battery life on either device.
Motorola Xoom 2 accessories Even the early leaks from the tipsters at Engadget and Thisisthenext.com pointed towards a couple of interesting Xoom 2 accessories from the start. Word on 24 September was that the Media Edition would come with a stylus pen as well as an optional keyboard case.
Motorola Xoom 2 pictures The first sightings of a rather swish looking Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition turned up as frozen stills from the Verizon commercial but it wasn't until 23 September on Droid Life that we got the first dusties of the more traditional look Xoom 2. The appearance was certainly of a pre-production model complete with slightly nasty-look two-tone rear. The following day, Engadget published a whole load more of both the Xoom 2 and Xoom 2 Media Edition and even one of the siblings side by side in a family photo. Naturally, all the serial numbers and identifying marks were blanked out but what was clear was the magnesium/aluminium chassis, the rear ports and switches, the positioning of the camera and the size differences between the two. Motorola Xoom 2 price The Motorola Xoom 2 leak on the Verizon advert is obviously a very strong indicator that the US network is one which will be stocking at least one of these two tablets. We'll have to wait and see about the Motorola Xoom 2 price. Naturally, things will be muddied slightly when it comes to the difference of going SIM free or on a contract and whether or not the tablets come in different storage sizes. Motorola Xoom 2 review Expect plenty more coverage as we get closer the release date and full and thorough Motorola Xoom 2 and Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition reviews once we've had a chance to get them into the GoAndroid's labs.
We’re still in a major huff about the lack of Amazon Kindle Fire action here in the UK, like a kid in a supermarket throwing a tantrum ‘cause he’s not allowed a chocolate bar. Stupid little brat. Yes, that’s us. Anyway, Amazon investor and CEO of Betaworks, John Borthwick, is rather impressed with Amazon’s new goodies. Probably because he lives in New York and not London.
In a recent Tweet, John said: “Amazon punches Apple hard in advance of nxt week. There are two kinds of companies ...” Of course, “nxt week” refers to Apple’s iPhone 5 unveiling, which will go down tomorrow at 6pm our time. The latter part of John’s Tweet refers to Jeff Bezos’ letter to customers, currently taking pride of place on Amazon’s home page in the US. It reads: “There are two types of companies: those that work hard to charge customers more, and those that work hard to charge customers less. Both approaches can work. We are firmly in the second camp.” Who’s in the first camp, Jeff? Who’s in the first camp? Jeff’s letter concludes: “We are building premium products and offering them at non-premium prices.” You should really add: “for our customers in the US.” Not that we’re bitter, you understand. Sob.
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