MWC 2012 : LG Optimus Vu

With a 5-inch screen with an unusual aspect ratio of 4:3, it catches the eye, but we kept on wondering whether such a huge device can really become the mainstream. Here are all the details about it:

- a 5-inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1024x768 pixels,

- thin 8.5mm body,

- screen supports a stylus,

- 1.5GHz dual-core processor,

- 8MP camera,

- LTE connectivity,

- huge 2080mAh battery,

- Gingerbread initially, to get updated to ICS within 3 months after launch.

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MWC 2012 : Lg Optimus 4X HD Quad-Core

LG Optimus 4X HD is an Android 4.0 running smartphone which comes with quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor, while a 4.7” 1280 x 720 display accompanies its larger than life status – and if that’s not enough, it’s packaged all within a 8.9mm casing. It also features an 8-megapixel rear camera, 1.3-megapixel front-facing snapper, 21Mbps HSPA, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, 16GB of storage, NFC and Bluetooth 4.0. Worried about the pitfalls with battery drain with this one? Well, the handset packs a hefty 2,150 mAh battery to hopefully give it enough juice to get through a day.

• Very big display (4.70 inches)
• Fast mobile data support (4G)
• Extremely high pixel density screen, over 300ppi (312 ppi)
• High-resolution display (720 x 1280 pixels)
• Very fast processor (1500 MHz)
• Lots of RAM (1024 MB RAM)
• High-resolution camera (8 megapixels)
• HDMI connector for TV-out (via microUSB) 

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MWC 2012: New Protective Smartphone Coatings

Look at devices treated by these companies to see the way they react to liquid. You can decide for yourself if this technology is going to be a must-have for phones in 2012.

Of course, that might depend on whether you store your tech devices in a bowl of water. HzO decided to show that a Samsung Galaxy Tab can perform perfectly with HzO's protective coating, even while sitting in a bowl of water. Removing the back of a phone won't cause problems as the treatment coats both the inside and outside of the device.

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More than 300 million Android devices activated.

Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2012 - MWC 2012

Google has announced that they are now activating more than 850,000 Android device per day which is up 250 percent from the previous year and there are now more than 300 million Android devices activated.

We wonder how long it will take the company to reach the 1 million activations per day mark.

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New Samsung Galaxy Note Preview 2012

 

 

Network

    HSPA+ up to 21Mbps 850/900/1900/2100

    4G LTE

    EDGE/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900

※ Network differs by country

Processor

    1.4GHz Dual Core Processor

Display

    5.3” WXGA (1280 x 800) screen*

    HD Super AMOLED

Platform

    Android™ 2.3(Gingerbre

Camera

    Main(Rear) : 8 MP with LED Flash / Front : 2 MP

    Action Shot, Beauty, Panorama Shot, Smile Shot

Video

    1080p Full HD video recording & playback

    Recording: 1080p@24~30fps/

    Playback: 1080p@30fps

    Codec: MPEG4/ H.263/ H.264/ DivX, WMV, VC-1

Audio

    Codec : MP3, AAC, AMR, WMA, WAV, FLAC, OGG

    Music Player with SoundAlive

    3.5mm Ear Jack, Stereo FM Radio with RDS

Multi Input

    Full touch

    + S Pen (Advanced smart pen)

Connectivity

    Bluetooth® technology v 3.0 + HS

    USB 2.0 HOST

    Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct

Sensor

    Accelerometer, Digital compass, Proximity,

    Barometer,Light

Memory

    16GB Internal memory

    + microSD (up to 32GB)

Size

    146.85 x 82.95 x 9.65 mm, 178g

Battery

    Standard battery, Li-on 2,500 mAh

Value-added Features

    Samsung Touchwiz/ Samsung Live Panel UX

    S Memo/ S Planner/ S Choice (Apps for GALAXY Note)

    Samsung Apps

    Samsung kies 2.0/ Samsung kies air

    Social Hub, Readers Hub, Music Hub

    Google™ Mobile Services : Gmail™, Google Talk™,

    Google Search™, YouTube™, Android™ Market,

    Google Maps™ with Google Places™ and Google- Latitude™

    A-GPS, Glonass

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Galaxy Nexus with Android Ice Cream Sandwich

The Google Nexus Prime (aka Galaxy Nexus) and Android Ice Cream Sandwich will be the two most important announcements that Google will make this year. While we’re still some hours away to the event unconfirmed specs of the new device has been leaked.

• Model: GT-I9250, GT-I9250T, GT-I9250M, SC-04D, SCH-I515
• Dimensions (length x width x thickness): 136.0 × 68.0 × 8.8 fine piece – 11.5 thickest part
• Weight: Approximately 135.0 (g)
• OS: Google Android version 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
• Chipset: Texas Instruments Omap4460 CPU: ARM Cortex-A9 MP Core SMP (Dual-Core) CPU operating frequency: 1.2 GHz
• RAM: 1GB
• GPU: PowerVR SGX 540 Immage Technologies
• ROM: 16/32GB
• Display: AMOLED HD: 4.65 inches Resolution 720 x1280)
• Main camera: 5 megapixel CMOS camera with LED flash Video recording 1080p HD (1920X1080 pixels)
• Front camera: 1.3 million pixels CMOS
• NFC
• Micro USB 2.0
• Communications Bluetooth 3.0 + HS
• Wireless a/​b/g /n (2.4 GHz Dual-Band 5.xGHz)
• Tethering
• Wi-Fi Direct
• Battery Capacity: 1750mAh
• Notification LED

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Galaxy Nexus

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus offers the best accessible technology in every facet of its hardware. The screen has advanced feature, with AMOLED technology providing an approachable and instinctive means to navigate the applications and interface. It is a pretty large screen with 4.65 inches, so can do better than several competing handsets such as Galaxy S2. Of course, it is good news for users who likes to watch video, view photo, surf the web and play games on their phone. There is lots of space for storing the files like these, with both 32 GB and 16 GB version available. Although it has less micro SD slot, but it is not a problem for users to internal storage. The Galaxy Nexus phone has competent camera. Though it has 5 mega pixel camera which gives 2592x 1944 resolution, but still it has all features that give an excellent quality images and 1080p HD video. Led flash and auto focus are included with face detection. It also has a front facing camera to self portrait photos and video calls.  3G coverage of phone allows the user to stream data, and put it on the level of Galaxy S2, which is seen as benchmark Smartphone on this respect.

But the most worthy feature of screen is its resolution, with 720x 1280, it is a first mobile to improve over Apple’s “retina display” that found in iPhone 4S and iPhone 4.

The Samsung Nexus has specs to avail fast internet surfing. It also provides Wi-Fi connectivity, and Wi-Fi hotspot feature that allows user to utilize the handset to avail Wi-Fi to other device like laptops or tablets.

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HTC Sensation Special Update

The HTC Sensation runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread with the latest HTC Sense UI skin on top. The new Sense UI features HTC’s active lockscreen which serves live information, like weather and stock prices right without the need to unlock the phone. In addition the active lockscreen allows you to unlock straight into an app by dragging its link into an unlocking circle.

The Sensation features a 4.3-inch qHD Super LCD screen with Gorilla Glass that displays a whopping 540×960 pixels. The display also features a contour design along the entire edge of the screen which HTC claims lend a premium feel to the device while at the same time protecting the screen from grit and sand when it’s placed screen-side faced down.

The HTC Sensation also brings with it HTC Watch video store which allows users to download movies and television shows by renting or buying them directly from the device. We doubt that this feature will be of much use here in Malaysia.

Processor-wise the Sensation is packing a 1.2Ghz dual-core Snapdragon with 768MB RAM and 1GB of internal storage. In the camera department, there’s an 8MP rear camera with dual LED flash and 1080p HD video capabilities. HTC says the camera offers instantaneous shutter response allowing you to capture images and videos faster. At the front you get a standard VGA resolution camera.

In addition the the plethora of wireless connectivity the Sensation supports both HDMI and DLNA output as well. Powering all this is a 1520mAh battery.

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How To Upgrade Samsung Galaxy Y 5360 To Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread

• Step 1: Enable the USB debugging mode on your device, for enabling the USB debugging mode navigate to Settings –> Applications –> Development.
• Step 2: Extract the DDLA1 update package which you have downloaded earlier.
• Step 3: Turn off your device and reboot it into download mode, to do that just press the home button (middle one) along with down volume key and press the Power button.
• Step 4: Now Run Odin3 on your local computer.
• Step 5: Connect your Samsung Galaxy Y 5360 phone to your computer, Odin3 will automatically detect your device. Just check for the yellow ID:COM in Odin3 (which means that the drivers are successfully loaded).
• Step 6: Later in Odin3, just load the following files (PIT  –  totoro_0623.pit, Boot Loader  –  DefaultCalDataWithBoot_S5360DDLA1_REVO5.tar.md5, PDA  –  PDA_S5360DDLA1_REVO5.tar.md5, Phone  –  MODEM__S5360DDLA1_REVO5.tar.md5 and CSC  –  GT-S5360-MULTI-CSC-ODDLA1.tar.md5) which are available in the above downloaded packages.
• Step 7: Now under “Option” in Odin3, just check “Auto Reboot” and “F.Reset Time” and uncheck rest of the selection lists.
• Step 8: Everything is set to proceed further, just click on Start button to initiate the upgrade process. If everything goes fine your will be successfully updated after the reboot.

Additional Steps

• Step 9: Turn off your mobile phone and turn it on to enter into recovery mode (refer step 3).
• Step 10: In recovery mode just select “Wipe Data/Factory Reset” and “Wipe Cache Partition” and reboot your device for cleaning up all the additional files which are loaded while upgrade.
• Step 11: Now to confirm the update, just navigate to Settings –> About Phone –> Firmware version and notice for “Android 2.3.6 DDLA1″.

Congrats for successfully upgrading your Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 to Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread build DDLA1, do let us know if you encounter with any of the errors while upgrading we will glad to help you out with the settings to proceed further.

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Update on Sony Ericsson Xperia X8

Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 and X10 Mini

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X8 have many of the same thing as the above two, but the brilliance of X8 is:

1. X8 is cheaper than both XPERIA X10 and X10 Mini
2. X8 is not clumsy as XPERIA X10 and have bigger screen than the X10 Mini

SE X10 Mini (Mini and Pro) has so far been huge sales successes. Sony Ericsson X8 takes everything great from both the large and small version of the XPERIA series and summarized in a mobile. 


The 3" touchscreen of the X8 Android multimedia smartphone lets you enjoy a perfect combination of entertainment and ease-of-use. Connect through 3G or Wi-Fi. Type your messages on the virtual QWERTY keyboard. Find your way with Google Maps and GPS.
The X8 media phone with touchscreen gives you high-speed Internet - and lets you have it your way. Enjoy instant access to your favorite functions via the customizable four corners of the home screen.
 
So which one should u take x8 or x10 ?


Photo From http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-mini-679703/review
 

Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 - Videos Here 

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Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 at MWC?

Mobile World Congress 2012 will take place at Fira Montjuïc, in Barcelona.  The physical address of the venue is: Av. Reina Maria Cristina, s/n, 08004 Barcelona, Spain.

Mobile World Congress 2011 was by all accounts a record-breaking year:

• Highest-ever total attendance:  more than 60,000
• Largest-ever senior-level audience: more than 58%
• Highest-ever number of CEOs in attendance: more than 3,000
• Largest-ever number of exhibitors:  1,400
• Largest-ever number of press: 2,900+ press members representing 1,500 media outlets
• Largest-ever gathering of Mobile App Developers: more than 12,000

Year over year, the GSMA Mobile World Congress attracts the largest number and highest-quality attendees of any event in the mobile industry. And true to our name, this is truly a global event: attendees came from 200 countries from around the world.

more information on http://www.mobileworldcongress.com/

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Most Wanted Mobile Samsung Galaxy Y S5360

Most Wanted Mobile Samsung Galaxy Y S5360

OS Android OS, v2.3.5 (Gingerbread)
CPU 830 MHz ARMv6
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, MIDP 2.1
Colors Metallic gray, white / changeable back covers in pearly white, dark black, fruity orange, bubblegum pink and silver platter
- SNS integration
- MP4/WMV/H.264 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player
- Organizer
- Image/video editor
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration
- Quickoffice document viewer
- Voice memo/commands
- Predictive text input (Swype)

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Nokia N8 vs Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II

 

Nokia N8 vs Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II

Nokia N8
OS Symbian^3 OS, upgradable to Nokia Belle
CPU 680 MHz ARM 11
GPU Broadcom BCM2727
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash Lite
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS; FM transmitter
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps 3.0
Java Yes, MIDP 2.1
Colors     Dark Grey, Silver White, Green, Blue, Orange, Pink, Bronze
 - TV-out (720p video) via HDMI with Dolby Digital Plus sound
- Anodized aluminum casing
- Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic
- MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player
- DivX/XviD/MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
- Voice command/dial
- Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Video/photo editor
- Predictive text input

Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0
Chipset Exynos
CPU Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9
GPU Mali-400MP
Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Colors     Black, White, Pink
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- TV-out (via MHL A/V link)
- SNS integration
- MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
- Organizer
- Image/video editor
- Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input (Swype)

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Update on Sony Ericsson Xperia X10

 

Update on Sony Ericsson Xperia X10
OS Android OS, v1.6 (Donut), upgradable to v2.3
Chipset Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon
CPU 1 GHz Scorpion
GPU Adreno 200
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push email, IM
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash
Radio No
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Colors Sensous Black, Luster White
- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
- MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
- Facebook and Twitter integration
- Document viewer
- Voice memo

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From GSMArena.com Statistics By Rate and Votes

				1.Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II Rate 8.467 2.Nokia 701 Rate 8.462 3.Nokia N9 Rate 8.446 4.Sony Ericsson Xperia ray Rate 8.406 5.Nokia N8 Rate 8.403 6.Samsung S8500 Wave Rate 8.393 7.Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY Rate 8.393 8.Sony Ericsson Xperia mini pro Rate 8.386 9.Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S Rate 8.385 10.Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc Rate 8.384 11.Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V Rate 8.382 12.Nokia E6 Rate 8.381 13.Garmin-Asus A10 Rate 8.380 14.HTC Desire S Rate 8.380 15.Sony Ericsson W9958.380 35,369

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Latest Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II

 

Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II

 OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0
Chipset Exynos
CPU Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9
GPU Mali-400MP
Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Colors     Black, White, Pink
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- TV-out (via MHL A/V link)
- SNS integration
- MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
- Organizer
- Image/video editor
- Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input (Swype)

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Head to Head: iPhone vs. Android

Please give some opinion :-)

Hardware:
OS Compatibility: A Waiting Game
Apps: Selection vs. Control
Gaming
GPS Navigation: Free Wins
Flash: Is It Worth It?
Battery Life:Improvement
Screen Size: How Big Is Too Big?
Networking: Android Leads in 4G
Carriers: 4 vs. 3

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Samsung Galaxy s2

 

 

4.3" SUPER AMOLED Plus 

The 4.3" SUPER AMOLED Plus display goes a step beyond the already remarkable SUPER AMOLED to provide enhanced readability, a slimmer design, and better battery consumption for the best viewing value of any smartphone.

Dual Core Application Processor

Clocking at lightening speeds the performance of the Dual Core Application Processor provides functionality and density for fast browsing, quick multi-tasking, a smooth UI, snappy streaming and efficient gaming. With encoding/decoding ability that supports video play and recording, the Samsung GALAXY S II showcases outstanding power and performance.

8.49mm Slim Design

Taking slim to the next dimension. The Samsung GALAXY S II rides the leading edge with an ultra-slim 8.49mm form factor, a luxurious design and an easy grip. The ultra-slim smartphonealso boasts 3D TouchWiz UX adds to the evolutionary experience with a futuristic user interface.

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Samsung Galaxy Ace

 Galaxy Ace comes with a large 3.5 inches TFT HVGA LCD touchscreen that only this phone gives you in mid range budget. Even its true contender HTC Wildfire & Wildfire S are having touchscreen 2.8 inch which gives it an edge over others. 320×480 display is well enough for this screen to display vivid range of colors sharply.

Comparing it with Wildfire it has better screen & Wildfire -S is having similar resolution. So overall Galaxy Ace remains ahead of both the wildfire in display & screen quality.

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Ainol Novo 7 Paladin vs Ainol Novo 7 Advanced

Ainol Novo 7 Advanced

•  Adopts A10 1.5GHz (current firmware running on 1.0GHz)
• 512MB DDR, 8GB Nandflash built in Add up to 32GB via micro sd card
• 7" Capacitive 5 points Multitouch Screen 800*480px
• Android 2.3
• Flash 10.3
• Android 2.3 Gingerbread
• Up to 1.5GHz A10 processor
• HDMI out 1080p
• Free Remote Control
• Ebook support
• Gsensor
• Mini USB port
• Wifi 802.11b/g/n
• Slim body
• 3.5mm audio jack
• Dual Camera Front ).3MP, Back 2.0 MP

Ainol NOVO Knight Paladin Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 8GB 

•  JZ4770 (Xburst) 1GHz GPU: GC860
• 512MB DDR, 8GB Nandflash built in Add up to 32GB via micro sd card
• 7" Capacitive Multitouch Screen 800*480p
• 8GB version Build in
• Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
• Flash 10.1
• Market installed
• Ebook support
• Gsensor
• Mini USB port
• Wifi 802.11b/g/n
• Slim body
• 3.5mm audio jack
• Size: 176*110*12mm weight: 326g

 

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Ainol NOVO 7 ELF 8GB (1.5Ghz/1GB DDR3) NEW! VERSION3 (FEB) !

Allwinner A10 1.5GHz (current firmware runs on 1.0GHz)

GPU: Mali 400

•  1GB RAM, 8GB Nandflash built in Add up to 32GB via micro sd card
• ICS 4.0
• 1024*600 px
• 1GB RAM
• Flash 10.3
• Android 2.3 Gingerbread
• Up to 1.5GHz A10 processor
• HDMI out 1080p
• Ebook support
• Gsensor
• Mini USB port
• Wifi 802.11b/g/n
• Slim body
• 3.5mm audio jack
• Front Camera of 2.0MP
• Dimensions: 188*118*114 mm, 356g
• Supports 1080P videos: MKV, AVI, VOB, MPG, FLV, RMVB.
   

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Introducing Android 4.0

Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) is the latest version of the Android platform for phones, tablets, and more. It builds on the things people love most about Android — easy multitasking, rich notifications, customizable home screens, resizable widgets, and deep interactivity — and adds powerful new ways of communicating and sharing.

Refined, evolved UI

Home screen folders and favorites tray

Resizable widgets

New lock screen actions

Quick responses for incoming calls

Swipe to dismiss notifications

, tasks, and browser tabs

Improved text input and spell-checking

Powerful voice input engine

Control over network data

Designed for accessibility

Communication and sharing

Unified calendar, visual voicemail

Rich and versatile camera capabilities Redesigned

Gallery app with photo editor

Live Effects for transforming video

Sharing with screenshots

Cloud-connected

experience Powerful web browsing

Improved email

Android Beam for NFC-based sharing

Face Unlock

Wi-Fi Direct and Bluetooth HDP

 

 

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Android 4.0 Tablets With Galaxy Tab 2

Samsung just launched the Galaxy Tab 2, the official sequel to its original tablet, the Galaxy Tab. Whereas the original Tab was criticized for running an up-scaled phone operating system rather than one designed specifically for a tablet, the new Tab leaps forward to Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich” (ICS), the most recent Google mobile OS, designed for phones and tablets.

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