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Samsung officially announces Galaxy Tab
Sep 3rd
Samsung has just officially announced their long-awaited Android Tablet – Galaxy Tab.
The specs of the Galaxy Tab is nearly the same as a normal smartphone, it is just bigger. It comes with a 7″ TFT-LCD display with WSVGA resolution (1024 x 600), 3 MP rear-facing camera paired with a 1.3 MP front-facing camera, and a massive 4,000 mAh battery. All of these give you a 380g of weight.
The Galaxy Tab will be equipped with Android 2.2 – Froyo. During the the launch event, the Samsung team has stated they have been working closely with Google and there will be new tablet in 2011 based the the next generation Android – Honeycomb (3.5?).
You can get more information of Galaxy Tab at its official site here. There are some interesting accessories like car dock, desktop dock, keyboard dock, etc. And you can find the video for the add-on apps that come with Galaxy Tab like reader hub, video call, etc.
[via samsungmobile]
Motorola officially announces MILESTONE (DROID) 2
Sep 2nd
The new brother of Motorola MILESTONE (DROID) 2 has been officially announced. This new Android device comes with 1Ghz CPU, revamped keyboard720 HD video recording and a new look of the Motoblur. Enjoy the video below:
Samsung Galaxy Tab video
Aug 27th
Here is a video from Digital time Korea for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab – the 7″ Android tablet. I won’t say much, enjoy the video!
Samsung Galaxy Tab to be announced on 2nd September?
Aug 26th
Samsung has released a video teaser for the upcoming Galaxy Tab Android tablet.
From the video, it is suggested that the Galaxy Tab is having the following specs:
- Android 2.2
- 7 Inch Screen
- Swype Text Entry
- Video Calling
- HD Movile Playback
- Full Web Browsing
And it looks like there will be an official announcement on 2nd September.
So, stay tuned.
The official video can be found at: http://galaxytab.samsungmobile.com/
Android continues to take over the world
Aug 13th
Garnet’s report for Q2 2010 smartphone market share is out. The picture says it all. Android has overtaken iOS and come very closed to Blackberry. May be Symbian next year?
Google announces “Voice Actions” and “Chrome to Phone”
Aug 13th
Google has just announced 2 new cool applications for your Android 2.2 phones (yes, only Android 2.2) – Voice Actions and Chrome to Phone.
Voice Actions is an extended version of your current voice commands for Android and it comes with a lot more commands, including voice to email and SMS. The commands are listed below:
- send text to [contact] [message]
- listen to [artist/song/album]
- call [business]
- call [contact]
- send email to [contact] [message]
- go to [website]
- note to self [note]
- navigate to [location/business name]
- directions to [location/business name]
- map of [location]
Chrome to Phone is not exactly new. However, it is made official now by Google. Basically you can install the program in your Android phone, add the extension to your Chrome browser (or Firefox), then you can push a number of things to your phone from the browser. You can:
- Send browser links from Chrome to your phone.
- Google Maps links launch the Google Maps application on Android.
- YouTube links launch the YouTube application on Android.
- Selecting a phone number will automatically launch the dialer with the number populated.
- Selecting text on a Web page will copy the clipboard to Android (long press a text box to paste on Android).
The video of the official Voice Actions is after the break. Enjoy!
[via google mobile blog]
HTC Desire HD (Ace) caught on video
Aug 10th
Waiting for a GSM version of the HTC EVO 4g? The HTC Ace (Desire HD) might be the one you are waiting for. From the leaked video shown below by 247android.com, it looks like we are going to have a 4.3″ Android device with HD video, 3.5mm audio jack, microUSB port. Enjoy!
