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Samsung Announces Galaxy Note 2

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Samsung officially announced the next generation of its popular oversized smartphone the Galaxy Note at an event held in Berlin, Germany. The Galaxy Note 2 is seen as an overall improvement over the niche-making Galaxy Note.

The Galaxy Note 2 now sports a slightly larger touchscreen  at 5.5 inches. The first gen Galaxy Note had a 5.3 inch touchscreen.  But even with the slightly larger screen, the Galaxy Note 2 has gotten thinner at 9.4mm and also taller. The reason is that the new screen has also gotten taller and wider with a 16:9 aspect ratio. The Super AMOLED screen has a resolution of 720p. [Read more…]

Originally posted on August 30, 2012 @ 10:36 pm

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy Camera Will Both Get a Free 50GB Dropbox Storage

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With mobile devices becoming more and more powerful with each new generation and iteration, one thing has also grown exponentially – the need for more storage space. One of the best solutions for storage space needs is cloud storage. Dropbox is arguably the most popular cloud storage service in the market right now and it will become more prominent with a new deal it has struck with Samsung.

Dropbox has announced that two of Samsung’s newest products – the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and the Samsung Galaxy Camera – will both be able to sync their data with a free Dropbox account. This free account will have a whopping 50GB of free storage. The account will be completely free for a total of two years. After this period, the users will be asked to pay a monthly fee to continue having that amount of storage. [Read more…]

Originally posted on September 4, 2012 @ 6:09 am

Samsung To Release Galaxy Note 10.1

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The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 was a new product by Samsung that was first shown during the Mobile World Congress held last February. The Galaxy Note 10.1 was a mashup of a device – bringing together the Galaxy Tab with the S-Pen stylus that was one of the major innovations of the Galaxy Note.

Unfortunately, it did not get a lot of excited reception from the people who saw it, mainly because some of the specifications were a little suspect. First, it only has a relatively vanilla 1.4Ghz dual core processor and a 1280 x 800 pixel display resolution. These were specs that was unimpressive, to say the least and it became immediately unattractive when Apple release the New Ipad and its far superior hardware. [Read more…]

Originally posted on August 7, 2012 @ 9:00 pm

Samsung Increases Lead Over Apple in Sales

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In the smartphone sphere, the two players that have a lion’s share of the market are Apple and Samsung. These two companies have been the dominant players in the global market and their respective sales numbers show that their competition is fierce with no true leader.

But a recent survey released by Reuters has revealed that Samsung may have finally widened its lead over Apple by a significant margin. The study was the result of a poll made involving 41 financial analysts. The analysts have observed that the tremendous interest the Samsung Galaxy S3 has been generating is the factor that has put Samsung over Apple in sales. From the period covering April 1 to June 30, Samsung has managed to sell over 50 million smartphones worldwide, which definitely dwarfs Apple’s own sales figure of 30.5 million smartphones. [Read more…]

Originally posted on July 17, 2012 @ 9:11 pm

LG Releases Optimus LTE 2 to rival the Samsung Galaxy S III

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Smartphone fans are getting excited about the impending arrival of Samsung’s Galaxy S III,  but LG  wants to put a damper on that anticipation by announcing a new phone that it hopes will rival the Galaxy S III.

The new LG Optimus LTE 2 is going to be released in South Korea a day after the Galaxy S III is released internationally. The new LG phone is going to have massive RAM, 2GB to be specific. It’s double the RAM contained in the Galaxy S III and other smartphones in the market today. LG is saying that it is the first phone that will be released in South Korea that will sport this much memory. [Read more…]

Originally posted on May 4, 2012 @ 9:30 pm