Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 video confirms ICS upgrade for the smartphone
- Category: Samsung
- Thursday, 24 May 2012 15:44
- by Kunal Khullar
Announced just around the Mobile World Congress, the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 is the successor to the Galaxy Ace. But the smartphone still came with Android 2.3 Gingerbread showing signs that it might not get an Android 4.0 upgrade.
But thanks to a video, we can confirm that the smartphone will be getting the Ice Cream Sandwich update in the future.
But thanks to a video, we can confirm that the smartphone will be getting the Ice Cream Sandwich update in the future.S-Voice knows less about Samsung and more about Apple
- Category: Samsung
- Thursday, 24 May 2012 11:10
- by Amol Mathur
A couple of weeks back we saw Apple’s Virtual Personal assistant, Siri make a blunder when the app went on to name its competitor, the Nokia Lumia 900 as the ‘Best Cell Phone Ever’. But then, Apple was quick enough to re-program Siri and changed her mind.
Now the latest newbie on the block as a personal assistant is the S-Voice which has also gone ahead and done a blunder even before arriving officially into the market.
Android 4.0 ICS rolling out for Samsung Galaxy Note in India
- Category: Samsung
- Wednesday, 23 May 2012 17:22
- by Amol Mathur
So the wait is finally over! Samsung India has finally started rolling out the much-awaited and delayed Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for its 5.3 inch Phablet Galaxy Note in India. Our sources in Samsung have also confirmed the same.
The update is currently available for download for all Galaxy Note users through the Kies Software and is of about 319 MB with the firmware PDA:LP8 / PHONE:LP4 / CSC:LP5 (INU).
Samsung accepts the blocking of S-Voice app
- Category: Samsung
- Wednesday, 23 May 2012 16:46
- by Amol Mathur
Are you one of those who are not able to access the leaked S-Voice service which is exclusively for the Samsung Galaxy S III? Well you are not alone. As soon as the personal voice assistant for the S III got leaked, Samsung took no time in blocking users to access the service.
S-Voice makes use of Vlingo’s servers and thus it was easy for both Samsung and Vlingo to block access to non-S III devices and returned a ‘Network Error’ result. Today, Samsung has gone ahead and officially accepted that it has blocked the app
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 310 launched in India
- Category: Samsung
- Wednesday, 23 May 2012 15:23
- by Kunal Khullar
After putting up the tablet for pre-order, Samsung today announced the launch of Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 310.
The Tab 2 310 is yet another 7-inch device from Samsung and will be available in 3G + Wi-Fi version.
The tablet will be running on Android 4.0 out of the box with the TouchWiz UI and will have the usual Hubs including the Readers Hub, Game Hub on board. The specs of the tablet include a 7” WSVGA (600x1024) PLS TFT display, a 1 GHz Dual-Core Processor, 1GB RAM, 3MP camera at the back, 3G, WiFi, 4000 mAh battery and 16 GB storage expandable upto 32 GB.
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 gets a new design with an S-Pen slot and quad core processor
- Category: Samsung
- Wednesday, 23 May 2012 14:15
- by Amol Mathur
Back at the Mobile World Congress (MWC), Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note 10.1 with the magical S-Pen which makes a perfect match to the Note. But at that time the Note 10.1 went on to lack a dedicated slot to hold the S-Pen.
But today a couple of images have popped up indicating that Samsung has made changes to the design of the Galaxy Note 10.1 and has included a S-Pen slot to the device.
More Galaxy S III Apps leaked, S-Voice is back
- Category: Samsung
- Wednesday, 23 May 2012 11:41
- by Amol Mathur
First it was Flipboard and then it was S-Voice but now almost all exclusive-to-Galaxy-S-III apps are being ripped off the smartphone even before it arrives officially in the market for buyers to get their hands on.
This is definitely a repeat telecast of what happened to the Apps-Exclusive-to-Nokia-Lumia-Devices when most of them were extracted and up for download for any Windows Phone smartphone.
This is definitely a repeat telecast of what happened to the Apps-Exclusive-to-Nokia-Lumia-Devices when most of them were extracted and up for download for any Windows Phone smartphone.
Samsung reels in David Beckham to promote the Galaxy Note
- Category: Samsung
- Tuesday, 22 May 2012 16:56
- by Kunal Khullar
With the London Olympics 2012 on its way, Samsung has become the official partner and just to sweeten up the publicity, the Korean giant has signed David Beckham to promote the Galaxy Note.
Earlier we heard Samsung signing tennis sensation Maria Sharapova, and now just before the Olympics we see the company appointing the football star to be the brand ambassador for the Galaxy Note and feature in a new advert,
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 310 launching in India this week for Rs. 23,250
- Category: Samsung
- Tuesday, 22 May 2012 14:50
- by Amol Mathur
Samsung India is planning to launch its Galaxy Tab 2 310 in India this week and is said to be priced at MRP of Rs. 23,250. But the 7 inch tablet is expected to go on sale for a price as low as Rs. 19,500.
The tablet is also up on pre-booking at Samsung India’s eStore. With the launch of the Galaxy Tab 2 310, Samsung now has 6 tablets in the market which include the original Galaxy Tab, Galaxy Tab 750, 730, 680 and 620.
Samsung starts blocking unofficial S-Voice queries from leaked app
- Category: Samsung
- Monday, 21 May 2012 17:02
- by Amol Mathur
Earlier today we shared about the personal assistant for the Samsung Galaxy S III, the S Voice's APK installation file getting leaked. Many people were even able to install the apk and use the app. But it seems that Samsung is not liking this much and has so gone ahead to block the access to the app.
Samsung’s S-Voice is powered by Vlingo and it is being said that Samsung has asked Vlingo to disable all the queries reaching its server if the query is from any Android device expect the Galaxy S III.