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May

23

2012

A 16MP camera sensor with 4K video resolution could be on your next smartphone courtesy of OmniVision

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OmniVision just announced the OV16820 and OV16825 smartphone camera chips. Both will support up to 16-megapixels and capture QFHD video at 60 frames per second, which is 4K resolution. Basically the resolution would be 3840 x 2160 for 60FPS and at 4608 x 3456 for 30FPS. The sensors will also support full resolution 16-megapixel burst [...]

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May

23

2012

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 gets retooled with quad-core and new S Pen slot

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Samsung did it last year and looks like history is repeating itself. If you remember, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Tab 10.1 at Mobile World Congress only to redesign it before actually releasing it. Now it’s happening with the Galaxy Note 10.1. This time it’s not all in the design as they switched out processors, and [...]

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May

22

2012

Play Store Newbie Review: Reiner Knizia’s Skyline [Brain & Puzzle]

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Reiner Knizia has designed a lot of games over the years and the latest installment is Skyline. It hit the Google Play Store recently and I took it for a test drive. I’m a huge fan of puzzle games so I was intrigued. At first I did have a hard time understanding how it all [...]

May

22

2012

David Beckham celebrates the Samsung Galaxy Note by showcasing his soccer skills

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David Beckham is now Samsung’s Official Ambassador for the London 2012 Olympic Games, and it just so happens that the Galaxy Note and Soccer go hand in hand. Samsung, a major sponsor for the Olympic Games, put together a little video featuring David kicking a series of soccer balls against a 15-foot wall of drums [...]

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May

22

2012

S Voice APK now fixed for non rooted users plus a slew of other apps pulled from the Galaxy S III available now

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As we reported, S Voice was pulled from the Galaxy S III over the weekend, but unfortunately stopped working when Samsung (or Vlingo) blocked any non Galaxy S III phone from the server. Yesterday we told you about a fix for rooted users, but now the APK has been re-built with the proper credentials to [...]

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May

21

2012

The One X and Galaxy S III are top dogs for now but will become goats when Jelly Bean arrives

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There’s no question that right now the top two phones to buy are the HTC One X and the Samsung Galaxy S III, but they won’t be so popular 6 months from now. It won’t be because better handsets will be released, it’s more about Android version updates or lack thereof. Both phones come with [...]

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May

21

2012

S Voice leak is now blocked from servers but you can use this workaround

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Those of you who grabbed the S Voice leak over the weekend are now getting “Network error. Please try again.” It a not so surprising move, Samsung blocked all leaked apk’s from connecting to the server so basically it’s unusable. Since S Voice is powered by Vlingo, it’s really the Vlingo servers that S Voice [...]

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May

21

2012

ASUS Transformer Pad TF300 gets minor update

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If you own an ASUS Transformer TF300, you might want to check for an update since one has taken place over the weekend. It’s software version 9.4.3.29 and it’s still based on Android 4.0.3. This is a minor update that brings stability improvements and some sort of enhancements or bug fixes to the camera and [...]

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May

20

2012

Some HTC ‘products’ are allowed to enter the U.S. Market after passing U.S. Customs review

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A few days ago we reported that the AT&T One X and the Sprint EVO 4G LTE were being held up at the U.S. Customs, and were being investigated for infringement for Apple patent #5,946,647, which involves the messaging application. This resulted in obvious delays and a complete cancellation of the EVO 4G LTE launch on Sprint. [...]

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