Samsung Unveiled Galaxy Grand - Review

Samsung Galaxy Grand

Samsung South Korea has announced a new Android smartphone, called as Galaxy Grand. It is another addition to the Samsung Galaxy series, introducing a new mid –range device. The main specialty in it is that it is a 5-inch, 800 x 480 resolutions LCD, only smaller to the Note series in Samsung smartphones and it claims to be an ideal android smartphone for users with latest mobile lifestyles. It is also a dual Sim phone making it fit best to users which uses two Sim. It is coming with Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean). It will be available in both Single & Dual SIM versions.

Let’s take a quick look at the specs of the Galaxy Grand smartphone

Network
2G	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – Dual Sim (SIM 1 / SIM 2)
3G	HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - Dual Sim (SIM 1 / SIM 2)
SIM	Double SIM i.e. two slots for SIM
Screen
Type	Capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size	5.0 Inches,800 x 480 pixels,(~187 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch	Touchwiz UI
Memory
Card Slot	micro SD, up to 64 GB
Internal	8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Data
Network Speed	HSUPA: 5.76 Mbps and HSDPA :21 Mbps
WLAN	Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct & Hotspot DLNA
Bluetooth	V4.0
USB	micro-USB
GPRS & EDGE	Available
Camera
Primary	8 MPX, 3264x2448 pixels, LED flash with autofocus mode.
Video	1080p@30 frame per second (Full HD)
Secondary	2MP
Features
CPU	Dual-core 1.2 GHz
OS	Jelly Bean (v4.1.2)

Samsung Galaxy S4 rumored specs, release date and news

Samsung Galaxy S4 rumor Model

You all might be excited to reveal the upcoming Smartphone from Samsung. Yeah! I am talking about Samsung Galaxy S4. As per the latest rumors from different tech brands states that Samsung is planning to launch Samsung Galaxy S4 in first quarter of 2013.

Recently a video has been released which shows it core features and one of the interesting things which is to be noticed is that Samsung Galaxy S4 supports S-Pen (which is famous from Note 2) and also what we see is that it is also features Laser Keyboard technology. This is something new which we hadn't seen before.

Rumor Specifications (Specs) of Samsung Galaxy S4:

Specs
Display	1080p Hyper AMOLED screen (Full HD)
Processor	2GHz quad-core Exynos
Operating System	Android Jelly Bean 4.2 or Key Lime Pie (Guess)
Screen Panel	Capacitive Touchscreen
Screen Size (diagonally)	5.0 inches
Screen Protection	Corning Gorilla Glass 3
RAM	2 GB
Rear Camera	13 Megapixel
Front Camera	2 Megapixel
Model No.	GT-I9500

99 Dollar Acer Iconia B1 Tablet with Android 4.1

Acer Iconia B1 Tablet

From WSJ (Wall Street journal), the news has come that Acer is planning to make low budget tablet for around $99. The tablet name is Acer Iconia B1. Their major targeters for this tablet are emerging markets including China. 

As you all know Acer is multinational hardware and Electronics Corporation situated in New Taipei City, Taiwan. They are premier marketers of laptop, PC's, tablet computers, Smartphones, gadgets etc. They are promoting this tablet for developing markets where user cannot afford high end devices. 

Let see what Acer Iconia B1 tablet offers - 

 

Features
Display	7-inch
Resolution	1,024 x 600
Processor	1.2 GHZ, Dual Core
Operating System, Storage	Android Jelly Bean, 8 GB
RAM	512 MB
GPU	PowerVR SGX 531

More detailed has not been leaked but this looks cheap and fair powerful specially for developing countries.

Samsung Galaxy Camera Review

Here we are again for reviewing a new cool two in one gadget for both Android and Digital Camera users. Yes, I am talking about Samsung Galaxy Camera.

Samsung has great dignity in new generation digital camera, but even greater in android devices. Using both they made a new camera running android and the result is as Samsung Galaxy Camera.

Samsung is not the first to make the Android Camera. Nikon Coolpix S800c and Sony Alpha NEX-5R  has earlier introduced this technology of Android Camera.

So we are going to discuss its both android and camera specifications with its features.

Android UI

Android Specifications:

Network
2G	Not Available
3G	HSPA+21  850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G	LTE 700
SIM	Micro-Sim

Screen
Type	Super Clear HD LCD (TFT)
Size	4.8 Inches,1280*720 pixels(HD),16M Color
Protection	Corning Gorilla Glass 2 and  UI  (Touchwiz)
Memory
Card Slot	micro SD, up to 64 GB
Internal	8 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Data
Network Speed	HSUPA,( 5.76 Mbps) , HSDPA ,(21 Mbps)
WLAN	Wi-Fi (2.4- 5Ghz), Wi-Fi Direct & Hotspot DLNA
Bluetooth	V4.0
USB	YES, micro-USB
GPRS	No
EDGE	No
Features
CPU	Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9
GPU	Mali-400MP
Chipset	Exynos 4412 Quad
OS	Android V4.1 (Jelly Bean), planned for upgradable to v4.2

Camera Specifications:

Camera
Primary	16.3 MP, 4608×3456 pixels, Autofocus with 21x optical Zoom and Xenon Flash.
Video	1080p @30fps & 768x512 @120fps
Secondary	NO

Camera Sample 1

Camera Sample 2

Features:

SMART PRO MODE:

Shoot like professional with just simple touch. By just one tap of pro mode, select your desired mode options for the perfect shot.

Sharing:

Now with this feature you can share your photos instantly when you shoot the photo by just clicking Share Shot option and with Wi-Fi direct. It allows you to Share the photo with 8 other Wi-Fi direct devices around you.

 

 

Auto Cloud Back-up:

This Auto Cloud Back-up feature automatically saves your precious photos on cloud as you take the shoot. After that you can use them on your laptop, TV and other media devices, also you can use other third party apps like Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and the best of all Dropbox with 50GB cloud space for buyers.

Good -

- Excellent Android User interface                   

- Great camera Quality And interface

- Easy to use and handle

- Long zoom, 21x Digital Zoom

Bad -

Can’t make voice calls till now, but according to the news XDA Developers, Android hackers and developers are with the idea to turn this the 16-megapixel camera into a fully-functional smartphone.

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