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Galaxy S III will be sold in shops temporary

The Galaxy S III can be bought in stores … an official deja vu?

Samsung has not inspired by the competition for the design of the Iceberg Galaxy S III. However, the natural is quickly returned to gallop in Korean. As a One More Thing (we believed that another smartphone was going to be announced), we learned that Samsung was going to open its first stores. It will include of course the new flagship smartphone, which will be sold as bare version or with operator. Any resemblance to an Apple Store is fortuitous…

More seriously, the model will be different since this will be temporary stores open at May 29, the day of the European launch of the Galaxy S III. Logically they arrive in London where the phone was announced, the U.S., and Asia perhaps in other European cities. Knowing that the Korean company is a partner of the Olympic Games in London, it is likely that she moved there for a few months.

next Nexus Phone may have a keyboard slide

Last fall through Twitter rumors about a possible smartphone with keyboard slide for next Nexus Phone made ​​the rounds of the network, then turn out corriodio items with the release of Galaxy Nexus turned out to be still tied to a one-piece shell. During the month of January, however, Google has filed several patents from the relevant authority that would open a new chapter of a possible next Nexus Phone equipped with sliding keyboard.

The series of patents include all shown as created and recorded by Andy Rubin same and reveal a whole series of mechanisms that alleggerirebbero the weight of the slider, hinges more solid but at the same time thin and reduced overlap at the limit when the device is open .

With this new mechanism, we would have a physical keyboard and bigger at the same time a less cumbersome device, combining a powerful hardware and software managed and fully supported by Google, we’ll see if this time will be wrapped around some patents on a device or if sfocierà that the Android community has long called for having little market presence. next Nexus Phone

KegDroid: Android shaped beer on Android

KegDroid – Google employee Paul Carff makes its own beer since 1991. According to him, was drinking beer but “boring” and he found it hard time to put some life into the brewery to bring. He therefore KegDroid, a beer tap in the form of the Android mascot, indeed, running on Android. The device operates using a Motorola Xoom and use include NFC chip (Near Field Communication).

His creation is a great way to developers and manufacturers to demonstrate how Android can be used in applications where you might not initially think of.

Android and USB applications on KegDroid

The KegDroid of Paul Carff called Betsy and works as follows: when you have a badge on the reader of the device does is automatically the Google +-ID badge that achieved. Google your name + is removed and this is displayed on the screen. You can then choose one of the two beers that are currently connected to the tap.

The drive of the KegDroid goes through a Arduino-board. This is a USB-board that can be used for the production of accessories Android. In July last year announced a special kit for Arduino development of USB accessories. This made the company after Google announced the Open Project Accessory. With this project it is possible for various Android USB apparel.

HTC HD2: get hardware acceleration for ICS ROM

HTC HD2 is a smartphone that even after many years of its introduction holds high the interest of the community. Not long ago we have taken another important step forward to offer to the many supporters of the device a further means to continue to use it. We refer to the ability to install custom ROM based on Android ICS using hardware acceleration. The milestone was achieved using the elements present in a kernel driver KGSL HTC Desire.

There are already two of the custom ROM based on Android ICS that use graphics accelerator Adreno 200 smartphone. The first is the CM9 developed by Xylograph, the second is a ROM AOKP, always of the same developer. Besides the two custom ROM that cater to end users, was released on HWA Kernel HTC HD2 that supports hardware acceleration with ICS and that will be used by developers to create new custom ROM.

Below we propose the video ROM CM9 for HTC HD2 with hardware acceleration enabled:

LG renounces Windows Phone

LG no longer wishes to continue the adventure Windows Phone. Will therefore only its smartphones running Android. The launch of Windows Phone 7, LG was among the first students to embark on this new adventure. By offering multiple phones, the manufacturer has tried to attract a wide audience with differentiated models (especially with a sliding keyboard). Unfortunately sales are not there, so much so that LG has decided not to propose new smartphones on this operating system.

Information was given a few hours ago a spokesman for the Korean company in Korea Herald:

     LG has no immediate plans for terminals and Windows Phone will instead focus on Android.

     The total number of Windows Phone sold worldwide is not significant.

     [But it] will continue its efforts in research and development.

Several reasons for this decision: the inability to customize the software, the new entry (eg Acer) or the connection between Nokia and Microsoft. The latter is significant in that Android is in the same situation between Google and Motorola. For now nothing concrete has materialized, but it is rumored that the father of Android could use to value the company he bought for billions of dollars.

Xperia Play 2: Sony reveals a new patent on a future Xperia Play dual-keyboard

Lately speculations about an alleged Xperia Play 2 are becoming more insistent, waiting to see what surprises the Japanese manufacturer of Serbia has in the upcoming May 2, a new patent (actually dating back to 2010 but came to light only now) Sony has recently unveils by referring to its sliding mechanism on the joypad, revealing a little surprise.

Trying to interpret properly the sketch, the Xperia Play 2 bottom would be equipped with two levels of sliding where in the first part also visible in the drawing alloggierebbe gamepad and by bringing down another part of the cover up to half (116), immediately behind would find housed a keyboard qwerty complete ricoprirebbe but only half the buttons of the joypad.

Daza M731: Economic tablet 7 inch with Android ICS and IPS display

Daza M731 – We recently witnessed the debut of several tablet cheap, almost all belonging to the segment of the 7-inch objective, however, have shown the limit of resolution 800 × 480 pixels, not particularly appreciated on these devices. To fill this lack comes now that the seeds unknown Daza at the Hong Kong ELECTRONIC Show has brought his Daza M731, with the device hardware features in line with other low-cost tablet that can boast the presence of an IPS capacitive multitouch panel 7 “with 1024 × 600 pixels.

The Daza M731 is equipped with a 1GHz CPU A10 Boxchip assisted by only 512Mb of RAM and 1GB of storage, expandable up to 32GB of course thanks to the microSD slot. Also present was the Wi-Fi, VGA front camera, a micro USB port and a HDMI, as reported by the manufacturer, even supports playback of external content up to 2160p resolution and 3840 × 2160 pixels. The operating system is Android Ice Cream Sandwich, very responsive and fluid as seen in this brief hands-on shot of the boys NetbookNews:

Windows Phone 8: Huawei is preparing to smartphones and tablet LTE

It seems that Microsoft is preparing a big launch for Windows Phone 8 Apollo and continue to emerge in recent statements by the producers who join the wagon in the parade scheduled for autumn 2012. Today is the turn of Huawei, a manufacturer in the rapidly growing smartphone market (we saw a few days ago, the financial results) that Android in addition to Windows Phone has also chosen through an agreement with Microsoft.

Absent the launch of Windows Phone Tango in China, Huawei will provide Microsoft with the OS still support the next generation because of a dedicated team of 70 engineers who work in contact with Microsoft. Not only mobile but also Tablet with Windows 8 and the first rumors also known as LTE.

Motorola Razr HD: Snapdragon S4 and 3300 mAh battery

We have already spoken of the Motorola Razr HD version with higher resolution screen of the Razr available worldwide in many markets. The novelty of this new variant we find them both in hardware and aesthetically. In the picture you see the model Motorola Razr HD MT887 for the Chinese market, but very similar to the device that will soon be marketed in America. Obviously with the latest Android distribution, Motorola Razr HD will be distinguished from other models by the inclusion of the navigation keys on the screen (like the Galaxy Nexus) and the presence of an improved hardware and able to combine the best of the Motorola products available to date.

In addition to HD displays, will be added to the new S4 Snapdragon processor clocked at 1.5GHz, 12-camera camera, 3300mAh battery and 4G LTE connectivity. So a very full, interesting and very much in line with the top range of the moment with a battery that could really make a difference. We hope to see it in Europe soon. This should have been the original Razr from day 1. We didn’t need 3 or 4 renditions before we got here. Motorola Razr HD

Mediacom SmartPad 910i: the tablet with Ice Cream Sandwich to 194 €

Mediacom SmartPad 910i – To date, few companies to have announced a tablet Ice Cream Sandwich, but among these we find, however, Mediacom, who depends on a 9.7 inch capacitive the very aggressive price: € 194.99.

The tablet Mediacom SmartPad 910i will have 1 GB of RAM, 8 GB of internal memory and also an HDMI output. Following the release of this very interesting product.

Mediacom SmartPad 910i: Internet Tablet Touchscreen from 9.7″- Ice Cream Sandwich Powered by Android

Milan, April 19, 2012 Mediacom, launched another tablet: SmartPad 910th characterized by a capacitive screen from 9.7 “is available immediately.

Mediacom SmartPad 910i specification:

    * Multitouch Capacitive Touchscreen from 9.7 “IPS

    * Use intuitive controls to Android ™ OS 4.0

    * Surf the Web

    * Visit your favorite websites

    * Check your e-mail

    * Keep in touch with friends and family

    * Watch the video to YouTube ™ The most common and popular video-sharing to the world