The Samsung Galaxy S2 Versus The Flagship Smartphones iPhone 4S-Head To Head

Posted by Unknown Selasa, 29 Mei 2012 0 komentar

The Samsung Galaxy S2 Versus The Flagship Smartphones iPhone 4S-Head To Head






Apple has recently launched their new flagship smartphone, the iPhone 4S. With the smartphone market flooded with high end devices, how does it stack up against the offering of other major players such as Samsung? In this article, I will attempt to find out by pitting the iPhone 4S against the Samsung Galaxy S2.



The Samsung Galaxy S2 Versus The Flagship Smartphones iPhone 4S-Head To Head





The Samsung Galaxy S2 Versus The Flagship Smartphones iPhone 4S-Head To Head






The Samsung Galaxy S2 Versus The Flagship Smartphones iPhone 4S-Head To Head










The Samsung Galaxy S2 Versus The Flagship Smartphones iPhone 4S-Head To Head







The Samsung Galaxy S2 Versus The Flagship Smartphones iPhone 4S-Head To Head

The Samsung Galaxy S2 has proven to be a very popular device, as was the original Galaxy S. In fact, the Galaxy S2 was recently crowned "Phone of the Year" by gadget magazine T3. This is no mean feat, considering the fact that it faced competition from impressive some devices, with the Motorola Atrix, HTC, HTC Incredible Sensation S and Apple iPhone 4 all making the shortlist. The Samsung Galaxy S2 came out on top for a numberof reasons.

The handset boasts all the bells and whistles of a high end Android device in terms of software, with access to the Android Market and the Samsung TouchWiz UI. Hardware wise, the device is impressive in pretty much every aspect. To provide all the necessary computing power to hardware and software alike, there is a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor which aids many aspects of the phones, ranging from performance response times of the screen, multitasking, web browsing and many more. The camera boasts 8 megapixels, with 1080p video capture and comes with an LED flash along with a comprehensive package of adjustable settings and image enhancing features. The screen is also another impressive feature of the Galaxy S2. It is large, measuring 4.3 inches, with a pixel resolutionof 800 480x. With Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen technology, Plus it is responsive, and it is renowned for its ability to offer great display quality when in direct sunlight. The handset itself is very slim, at 8.5 mm and weighs just 116 grams.

The iPhone 4S is similar in many respects to the Samsung Galaxy S2, on paper at least. Software wise, the major difference is in the operating system, with iOS running the intuitive and customisable interface. There are many aspects of the hardware which are similar; the camera is 8 megapixels, with 1080p video just like the Samsung device. However, Apple claims that the camera on the new iPhone has many unique features such as the lens technology and the speed at which the camera operates. The latter is thanks largely to theprocessor, which is a 1 GHz dual-core processor Apple A4 processor. Whilst this is slightly less than the 1.2 GHz offered by the Samsung, it will hardly be noticeable during day to day use. One of Apple's advanTAGes over the competition is its multimedia ecosystem, which allows iPhones to integrate with iTunes, iPod and AppStore. Whilst the likes of the Android Market are impressive, and certainly catching up with Apple, it has to be said that the AppStore is superior in terms of both quality and quantity of available Apps. The iPhone 4S has another advanTAGe over the Samsung Galaxy S2; the fact that it is new. Therefore, Apple has had more time to include its latest technology in the handset. The new Siri and iCloud features are good examples of this, and it gives Apple the edge as thiskind of technology was not around when the Samsung Galaxy S2 was released.

Choosing between the iPhone 4S and the Samsung Galaxy S2 is a close call. Technically, it would be rather unfAir to say that one is better than the other. As the manufacturer's flagship phones, each has its own strengths and weaknesses. I believe that the ultimate deciding factor would be down to the individual's preference for either Android or iOS, but having said that, Apple may have the edge thanks to its all new features like Siri and iCloud, as Samsung currently has nothing similar to offer.



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Mobile Application Aims to Inform Customers of Their Home Energy Use Habits

Posted by Unknown Rabu, 23 Mei 2012 0 komentar
Recently a new application developed by the Danish company Kamstrup was announced. This application allows electricity consumers to view up to date data about their consumption. The application is available for iOS and Android devices in the App Store and Google Play store.

The application does not take a novel approach to data visualization. It provides a bar graph with accompanying text data. This is unlike the application we designed which takes a novel approach to data visualization through the metaphor of an emptying fish tank. However, I still feel that the application is relevant to the theme of this blog. This is because the application seeks to give consumers awareness about the limited resources that they consume.

The application has alarms that can be configured to alert the user when energy usage has surpassed set limits. The real time aspect of the application allows users to be more proactive about their data usage. Instead of the usual monthly granularity, users can look at day-to-day trends and even year-to-year trends. This allows them to make much more informed decisions, and hopefully decisions which lead to better efficiency. Consumers can also take action within a day or two of unusually high energy use taking place rather than waiting to respond after receiving a large monthly billing statement.

As more applications such as this one are developed and released to the public, awareness of consumption may become much more mainstream. We believe mobile bandwidth monitoring applications will become much more popular once unlimited data plans are completely phased out. The driving factor behind the adoption of these monitoring applications will generally be money. Consumers are always looking for ways to minimize cost. By investing a few dollars in a mobile phone application they could save potentially thousands more.

Source:

New App Makes it Easy to Save Energy


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Amazing Alex game for Samsung Galaxy Tab

Posted by Unknown Kamis, 17 Mei 2012 0 komentar

Amazing Alex game for Samsung Galaxy Tab will be released soon


Rovio Entertainment, creator of immensely successful game, Angry Birds has come up with another new mobile game, Amazing Alex.

This title is re-branding of Casey’s Contraptions bought by Rovio early this month from developers Noel Llopis and Miguel A.Friginal. According to Mikael Hed, Rovio CEO who spoke to Yle, Finnish TV station that this latest game “has an educational element and centers on the main character Alex, a curious young boy who loves to build things.” The game is expected to roll out within next two months.

Casey’s Contraptions is similar physics-based game like the Angry Birds. The game has Rube Goldberg-type contraptions made from things such as balloons, scissors, soccer balls and buckets. Here players are required to assemble clever tricks as well as traps and setting up that will let Casey to retrieve his missing toys. The game Casey’s Contraptions was released for the Apple’s iPad a year back.

Last week Rovio announced billionth download of Angry Birds game. The game was released in 2009 has four different versions, where Angry Birds Space is latest. Added the company is also working on movie, TV show as well as theme park based on property.
Only time will tell that whether Amazing Alex will taste the same success of Angry Birds or not.

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Mobile Internet Stats

Posted by Unknown Selasa, 15 Mei 2012 0 komentar
Every year, Cisco Systems, the company that manufactures a majority of the hardware that runs the internet, compiles vital statistics for its networks worldwide.

According to the Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update, a part of Cisco's yearly forecast, smartphone data usage is exploding by over doubling (2.3x) the previous year. This trend is not new either. Over the past four years, the doubling trend has burdened service providers that are staggering to keep up with demand. When you look at the magnitude of data consumption, it is not hard to believe why unlimited data plans are coming to an end. Last year's mobile traffic alone was over eight times the traffic on the entire internet in 2000. Much of the consumption comes from the increase in video streaming sites, which make up 52% of the data downloaded.

Even with introduction of tiered data plans, the top 1% of users use 24% of the bandwidth. By 2016, global mobile data will have increased 18x since last year, posing a huge problem to existing infrastructure. In raw numbers, that amounts to 10.8 exabytes per month. For those who have not heard "exabytes" before, 1 exabyte is 1,000,000,000,000 megabytes. Service providers will have to find ingenious solutions to handling this explosive growth.



Source:http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns341/ns525/ns537/ns705/ns827/white_paper_c11-520862.html

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Speed Test

Posted by Unknown Senin, 14 Mei 2012 0 komentar
I've come across an interesting application on the Android store; however, similar applications are available on the Apple app store as well. I downloaded the free application called Sensorly. Sensorly allows me to test my network speed in my current location. It is an very informative application, it can even possible give you the final nudge to switch services depending on where you are and what speeds you are getting. Personally on Verizon in San Luis Obispo at the Cal Poly library, I get download speeds of 1.66 Mbps and upload speeds of .85 Mbps.

The scope of this program goes beyond just reporting the users speed.  It will compare your results to others with different carries in your area. Unfortunately this is very users based, so the comparison results would depend on other users with this application that have run a speed test in your area. Less populated cities such as San Luis Obispo are at a disadvantage compared to San Francisco or LA. The speed test takes 2.85 MB, so if you have that much to spare its worth finding out what service is the best for you in your area.



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Samsung Galaxy Notes: 1 Month Later (Review)

Posted by Unknown Jumat, 11 Mei 2012 0 komentar
Samsung Galaxy Notes: 1 Month Later (Review) Video Clips. Duration : 10.88 Mins.


Samsung Galaxy Notes: 1 Month Later (Review) My initial impression of the Galaxy Note when it was announced was that it was laughably big. The phone/tablet hybrid was introduced as big smartphone displays were becoming the norm. But having gotten used to devices in the 4-inch range, I just couldn't fathom using the Note's oversized 5.3-inch screen as my daily driver. How I was wrong. After nearly a month of use, every other smartphone experience literally pales in comparison. Even the HTC Titan, which I've sung the praises of before, takes some getting used to because the screen is so much smaller. Browsing, messaging, watching video and using apps is that much better on the Galaxy Known because there's so much screen real estate. And my biggest apprehension, the portability, is an absolutenon-factor. It's easy to use, talk on and isn't an issue in my pocket. Continue reading: tchno.be For more tech goodness, check us out at: www.technobuffalo.com Follow Us on Twitter www.twitter.com Like Us on Facebook: www.facebook.com Check Us Out on Google + tchno.be Inside My Mind: www.youtube.com

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Galaxy S III Vs Galaxy S II (photos taken)

Posted by Unknown Kamis, 10 Mei 2012 0 komentar
Galaxy S III Vs Galaxy S II (photos taken)


Galaxy S II ( f/2.65,  3,97 mm)
Galaxy S III  (camera : f/2.6 ; 3,9 mm)
Galaxy S II.
Galaxy S III.

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Smartphone Adoption

Posted by Unknown Selasa, 08 Mei 2012 0 komentar
According to Nielsen Research, U.S. smartphone usage has reached about 50% with feature phones on the decline. Smartphones when compared to feature phones have more advanced connectivity and computing functionality. To support these more advanced phones, top service providers, including AT&T and Verizon, typically mandate or strongly suggest data planes for smartphone users. Who is selling these phones? The top 5 are Nokia, Samsung, Apple, LG, and ZTE (one you have probably never heard of). These smartphones are running Google Android (42.6%), Apple iOS (27.5%), and RIM Blackberry  OS (22.1%).

U.S. Smartphone Penetration


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What Is My Cap? Understanding Today's Data Plans

Posted by Unknown Senin, 07 Mei 2012 0 komentar
I recently came across a website devoted to educating consumers about a few of the most popular wireless companies' data plans. What Is My Cap allows users to select a service provider to learn about that provider's data rates. Once the user has selected a carrier, and meter starts running. This meter counts how much data the user would have consumed if they were downloading at full speed on the carrier's network. For example, in less than 30 minutes of top speed downloading, a Verizon Wireless customer would already hit their 2 GB data cap. At that point the consumer would end up paying $10 / GB.

The site puts data use into perspective for consumers. Although most users don't download at top speeds constantly, many consumer hours of movies, music, and other media on their smartphones monthly. In the user experience survey's that our team conducted, we found that many users have unlimited data plans. These users may feel safe from high fees, but as seen in an earlier post, the time of unlimited data plans will come to an end soon.

What Is My Cap encourages consumers to take action and stay informed about issues related to mobile data usage and billing. Through the continuation of our project we hope to come up with a design that developers could implement relatively easily. Our hope is that consumers can use an application like the one we are designing in order to take matters into their own hands by becoming aware of their own mobile data usage habits.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 hardware finalized, up for pre-order

Posted by Unknown Jumat, 04 Mei 2012 0 komentar
There’s good news and bad news, Samsung tablet fans. The good news is that the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 hardware is good to go, and you can pre-order one at Office Depot right now. The bad news is that rumor of a delay to implement a quad-core processor has fallen by the wayside: the listing shows the same dual-core hardware that we saw at Mobile World Congress. Bummer.

Office Depot did confirm the rumor that the newer Galaxy Tab 10.1 would be getting a lower price: the 16GB model starts at $399, a full hundred dollars cheaper than the original and well-placed to compete with the iPad 2. The tablets will start shipping out on May 11th, at least according to this retailer. The WiFi version is the only one being offered at the moment, though we fully expect at least one carrier to sell the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 somewhere down the line.
The Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 is strikingly similar to the original – which is why that rumored upgrade was so compelling. The hardware has changed only slightly, with side-mounted speakers and a MicroSD card slot being the primary differences. Though it isn’t confirmed, the 10.1-inch model almost certainly has the same dual-core TI OMAP processor as the Galaxy Tab 2 7-inch version. The new 10-inch tablet comes with Ice Cream Sandwich installed at launch.

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10 inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 up for pre-order, ships May 13

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Samsung’s latest 10 inch Android tablet is set to hit stores on May 13th. But you can pre-order one at Office Max today for $399.99 or from TigerDirect for the same price.
The new Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) is a modest upgrade over last year’s Galaxy Tab 10.1, but there are three significant changes.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1)
First, the new model ships with Android 4.0. Second, it has a microSD card slot. Third, and most importantly, it has a starting price that’s $100 lower than that for Samsung’s first 10 inch tablet.
When the Tab 10.1 first launched in 2011 Samsung charged an iPad-like $499 for the base model. Now the company is charging the same price for its new tablet as Apple does for its year-old iPad 2.
This isn’t necessarily meant to be a high-end tablet. Samsung has the Galaxy Note 10.1 for folks that want premium features including a faster processor and digital pen.
Instead, you can think of the Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) as a larger version of the Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0). It just has a larger, higher resolution display and a $400 price tag instead of $250… which might be enough to turn off some potential customers if they’re uncertain that a larger screen is worth $150.
The new 10 inch tablet has a 1280 x 800 pixel display, a 1 GHz dual core processor, 1GB of RAM, and 16GB of storage. A 32GB model is also on the way.
The tablet has a 3MP rear camera and a 0.3MP front-facing camera. It supports 802.11n WiFi and Bluetooth 3.0, measures 0.4 inches thick and weighs 1.3 pounds.
via CNET

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 review

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I really like reviewing products, but don’t have the time or patience to measure battery life or benchmark the CPU, etc. I'm more interested in how a product like Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 fits in the scheme of things. How it suits real people.
So far, I think this tablet has gotten an unfair shake among major media. But the reviews at shopping sites tell the real story. This is a nice little tablet. The price is right, too, and it comes with Android 4.0 (aka Ice Cream Sandwich).
A Real Delight
Inside the standard white, tight-fit Samsung cardboard box there are no surprises. You get the unit, a charging cable, and an AC adapter. No headphones. I prefer it that way, as I have a nice set of headphones, and I’d rather take the cost out of the unit. There’s a manual, but I imagine it’s a giant cut and paste of everything the lawyers made Samsung put in the box. Leave it in the box with the receipt from the store or Amazon.
I’ll get right to the bad news, probably the worst thing I can tell you about the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0. I don’t think other reviews mentioned this (see list later on). Samsung preloads the tablet with a lot of software. A LOT. And pre-loaded software, unlike a PC, can’t be deleted. It can only be disabled, which is simple to do. So when you open up the Storage section of the Settings you are going to discover the 8GB on the box translates to 4.5GB of free memory. Yep, 3.5GB is tied up by Samsung’s stuff, and there’s not really anything you can do about it.
So you need to understand that if you are going to carry this thing around and use it where there is no WiFi you’re going to have to pick up one of these, too, to expand the storage. So add $25 to the price of the unit to have a healthy amount of space to work when disconnected. If you are going to be in WiFi most of the time you’re in luck. You get 50GB of free Dropbox space for a year with this unit. Google Music allows you to load 20,000 songs that can be downloaded on demand.
Just be sure and turn the machine off and on every other week, and you’ll be fine.
Galaxy Tab 2 7.0  has a front VGA camera and a back 3-megapixel camera. The software shutter button has almost no lag at all, which is a big improvement over the Tab 8.9. Photo quality is good enough for web work but not astounding. Don’t buy this tablet to replace your camera (why would you anyway?) but it does a fine job at what I use Galaxy Tab cameras for, mostly for reference shots and copying things I’m too lazy to write down, or grabbing a business card on the go so I can impress the person handing me the business card by handing it back.
The camera also is great for catching moments when there’s nothing else to shoot with. It improves dramatically when the amount of light increases. The camera also has a lot of the standard Samsung perks, like the ability to take a panorama picture, which is great for getting the inside or outside of a business.

A Fine Heritage
Before I go on with the rest of the review, let me drag you through a brief history lesson. It's important context for Galaxy Tab 2 7.0's size.
The first tablet I can think of is the Newton. At the time it was awesome, but nobody could afford it, until it failed. That’s when I got mine. I had it about 3 days, then realized for the time being paper and pencil were safe. Pinnacle of tech between then and now was the Palm Pilot, which abandoned recognizing handwriting for teaching you a new way to write. The small size and the fact that it ran for a month on a pair of AA batteries made Palm Pilot great. If you were a hardcore user you eventually lost the ability to read your own handwriting.
But like the Newton, Palm Pilot primarily did one thing -- it was a day planner. It beeped when you were supposed to do something and put your Outlook calendar in your pocket.
Sometime in the past the mini-tablet leapt to the phone, and while Windows versions were excessively complicated and Palms were hopelessly underpowered that created the vacuum for the iPhone to emerge. It raised the bar.
Which leads to the iPad. The first words out of my mouth when I saw the iPad? "It’s too big" A wave of Steve Jobs' Jedi hand and use of the word "magical" and I bought one anyway. It was too big.
It really still is. Don’t get me wrong, iPad is a great lap tablet. When you're nestled in something that supports you to support it, it’s fine. When you have to tote, retrieve and work with it all day long, it gets unwieldy at times.
The Right Fit
Samsung decided to try to capitalize on this shortcoming and released a 7-inch tablet, the Galaxy Tab. It was the perfect size but had basic problems. It was too heavy, wasn’t that comfortable to hold and had iPad-style square edges. It had a version of Android prone to freeze ups, and when the Gallery app went South you just couldn’t fix it with a reset or anything. At least that’s how it went for me.
Still Galaxy Tab was the right size. Fortunately Samsung didn’t give up and today we have the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0. Let’s hit the high points. The curved plastic back solves two problems: The device feels better in your hand, and it’s lighter.

Some people have problems with the plastic back but let me tell you, build quality on this unit is nice. The back feels solid and the switches and buttons, too. This unit is built to last. Given the volatile nature of technology, this tablet will outlast its relevance and will be handed down (rather than thrown away) to make way for newer tech.
Ample Resolution
The screen is the same resolution as previous 7-inch GTs, WSVGA (1024 x 600), and that is plenty for much of what you would use a book-sized tablet for. It’s okay for reading a book. Okay to use as a day planner. Okay to watch a movie or TV show. Irrelevant when listening to music. Honestly, no tablet needs to be super high-resolution for one obvious reason: your fingers can only be so small. At some point if the resolution is high enough you can’t tap something with any certainty. I experienced that first hand with the new iPad when I had a heck of time tapping between specific letters.
The color fidelity of the screen is good and because it’s 7-inches with WSVGA, it has a good apparent resolution. It’s not pixel invisible like the “resolutionary” new iPad but it’s very close to the 100DPI limit the eye can perceive and you are not trying to schlep 3.1 megapixels when you just want to see the next headline on Feedly.
It only took a few seconds with the store demo unit to realize the screen was going to be fine for everyday use.
Now about speed. I never had or used a Galaxy Tab 7 Plus, which is supposedly faster but I did have a Galaxy Tab 8.9, and this feels much faster than it. The page flips in the launcher are fast and my true speed test worked just fine. I load Autodesk Sketch Plus and draw a long continous swirl as fast as I can. If the screen tracks and there are no skips in the line - it passes. The Tab 2 handled my speed test just fine. All of the apps I loaded performed better than on the 8.9 and no real noticeable lag even with a Bluetooth keyboard.

Ice Cream Sandwich
It’s hard to review a device that has an OS without talking a bit about the OS.
This, I believe, is the first Samsung to ship with Ice Cream Sandwich. Ice Cream Sandwich, which is different than Honeycomb (Android 3.x) but I don’t care what the OS technically is, I care about what it does. It still has soft buttons at the bottom of the screen, instead of hardware buttons and overall seems to run faster.
The first Galaxy Tab I owned ran Froyo (Android 2.20, which was pre-Gingerbread (Android 2.3). It was only two years ago but seems like the Stone Age. For the most part the apps back then were mostly Java-based layouts, and while they would capture the data the UI was kind of Fisher Price My First Tablet looking. Add that apps crashed a lot, and it was a labor of love to like the unit, especially with the ridiculous overly ambitious 3-D wall Gallery app that choked on your Picasa photos (by the way I do not recommend syncing your photos to your tablet; use the Dropbox autoupload instead). Most apps made your Galaxy Tab 1 look like a big freaking phone.
Fast forward to the Tab 2 7.0 and you have a very different experience. There are lots of newer apps with a much nicer interface and are more intuitive to use. They look better on the screen (Samsung has installed a Helv Neue font on this device) and there is no apparent performance penalty. I don’t know if this is because apps are more HTML 5 and less Java these days or not but regardless you’ll have a much better experience using this and other ICS device(s).
One minor annoyance, and I don’t know if this is ICS or Samsung’s Launcher, you can only use a subset of the screen for icons and widgets in the Launcher, which is a square portion of the screen that is the same portrait or landscape. In portrait mode there are two fairly large pieces of unused screen above and below your widgets and icons -- mildly annoying to me because I like to try to jam everything on the main screen (yep OCD). Because the Launcher is so fast on the Tab 2, and I want to preserve as much space as possible on the primary SD, I initially didn't load Go Launcher EX. When I did, it was slower than TouchWiz -- uninstalled.
Probably the ICS nicest perk: You can download and install Chrome for Android beta from Google Play store. This gives you the ability to sync your bookmarks in the background as well as have your open tabs move. Along with Google Drive, this makes any Android tablet a much better work device.
I need to point out the difference between Android and iOS as well.
You can write an application on your PC or Mac and install it on your Android device and run it. No developer fees. You can copy over a ton of material to a MicroSD card and load it into your device and watch, listen or read it. You don’t have to cloud it anywhere. It just goes straight from your PC to your Tablet. No trips to Cupertino, Calif. to get to Collinsville, MS.
That’s a big deal.
I can’t tell you how good a 3-D gamer machine this I don’t play them. I suspect it’s not the Droid you want in that department.
The Price is Right
So let’s talk about the most important feature of this unit. It’s the price. $249 USD. That’s really a deal. Subtract the $99 worth of Dropbox you are getting for free (which takes the sting out of the 4.5GB  thing I opened with) and it’s actually less than the Kindle Fire ($199 USD). Let’s break that price down a bit.
The Tab 2 costs:
  • 60 Big Macs
  • 35 high-end domestic beer 6 packs
  • 1.5 college textbooks
The new (too big) iPad  -- that's the $499 one -- costs:
  • 118 Big Macs
  • 3 college textbooks
So it only takes 2 months of Ramen to pay for your Galaxy Tab 2 7.0.
This price point and the feature set make this, IMHO, the perfect wired campus companion. It’s also the perfect tablet for the person who goes home to a WiFi’d house from an open or guest WiFi’d workplace. It’s a great coffeshop device, too. It’s a good tool to get your life organized. Those are things that really appeal to me about this unit.

When the Kindle Fire came out at $199 price point, I was ecstatic -- finally a device that was affordable to lot more people. It only took reading the specs a few minutes to realize this was a shopping cart that played movies, books, music and selected games. It was a closed environment that required being in the Amazon App store to market to. It was the Apple model all over again.
Now with the Galaxy Tab, we have a device at a price point that is a smidge higher but with a lot more potential. It’s more open. If this is not the device that kills the textbook, then its next iteration will. This is what we need for education, and education is what we need to make the world a better place (steps down from his soapbox).
Closing Thoughts
Galaxy Tab 2 7.0's smaller size means littler hands can type on it easily in portrait mode. It’s light enough and comfortable enough to hold for a while. The applications available are good enough to manage your life, and even start an Internet business with (with the occasional help of a borrowed desktop). With Chrome and Google Drive installed, your stuff moves with you making anywhere you can get to Chrome -- desktop, laptop, Chromebook; Windows, OS X, Chrome OS.
You could easily create a USB flash drive Linux computer, install Chrome and carry everything with you in a sandwich bag. As an aspiring minimalist that has big appeal.
There are apps that allow you to create documents (you can even pair a Bluetooth keyboard), and you can code on it with an app like Droid Edit. You can remote into Windows and OSX machines with an app like PocketCloud if you needed to.
So when you first look at the storage and see you are down 3.5GBs out of the gate, you quickly get over the heartburn as you use the unit and see it still has plenty of room for more stuff. The performance of the unit is solid and it feels good in the hands. With moderate use I get two days between charges (see the other reviews for actual test).
Spot checking Amazon reviews, it gets 4 stars and many buyers echo my sentiments. The pros don't necessarily agree. Some of their reviews:
  • PCWorld
  • PCMag
  • Cnet UK
  • The Verge
  • Engadget
Among these five reviews, you can find your deep geek questions answered in full. In the interest of full disclosure I read most of them before buying my Galaxy Tab 2 7.0.
I don’t think you’ll be disappointed with this device and, yes, someone will announce a new and better tablet 2 weeks after you buy this one. Don’t let that stop you. Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 will be quite useful for a very long time.
Photo Credits: Clay Hamilton

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Android Widgets

Posted by Unknown Kamis, 03 Mei 2012 0 komentar
This form of displaying information can be efficient and used for a quick display on the home screen. The implementation for creating an App Widget is also extensive and can be found through the android developer guide at http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/appwidgets/index.html.

Since app widgets are a great way to embed information on the home screen and Due to these reasons, we are looking into displaying the information in our application using widgets for the android platform.

In order to create an application widget for android, the following are needed:


Standard Widget Anatomy

The typical Android app widgets are made up of three components:


  • bounding box
  • frame
  • widget's graphical controls and other elements

Determining the size a widget

Each widget takes up a defined width and height. On phones the typical grid is a 4x4 and on tablets the grid is an 8x7. The following table helps with relative sizes for the # of cells relative to dp.



App Widget Templates Pack

It is also a good idea to look at the widget design templates for styles when updating or creating a new widget. The package includes 9 background graphics, XML, and source Adobe Photoshop files.



Comparison Factor

An app with a similar implementation of widgets for data monitoring to our current plans is called Onavo. In their application they provide 3 widgets for the home screen as shown below:


  • App Watch - to track data used by each app in a selected time frame
  • Data Plan Used - notifies you of how much of your data plan is left this month using a progress bar
  • Live Data Usage - monitors which apps have been using data in the last 30 min.
Onavo also offers a service for iOS devices that allows data to be compressed through Onavo's servers, however there are no widget options for iOS devices.

Our application on the other hand will focus on the biggest factor for users which is the 2nd widget above. The major use for our app widget will be to show the data usage in one pay cycle in an innovative and fun way that looks appealing on the home screen. 

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Samsung Galaxy S III vs iPhone 5: pre-release battle

Posted by Unknown Rabu, 02 Mei 2012 0 komentar

The next-generation iPhone 5 and the Samsung Galaxy S III will be the two biggest and baddest smartphones on the market this summer. There’s no denying that. Unless you’re HTC and you’ve got the HTC One series with the HTC One X on AT&T and the HTC One S on T-Mobile, then you’ve got something to back up your claim that you’ve got anything to say to either Samsung or Apple. Thusly here is my challenge to you, Apple and Samsung – I dare you to make a more perfectly tuned smartphone than HTC has offered up here at the start of 2012. I dare you to take this game to the next level.


The Samsung Galaxy S line has been the best selling line of Android phones in the short history of Android itself. The same is true of the iPhone, except since it’s the only device like it running iOS in the iPhone style, you can rack up the success against the rest of the smartphone world – there’s no other smartphone that’s been in essentially one form factor that’s sold as well as the iPhone has. You can see the reverberations of the iPhone and the Galaxy S lineup in every single other smartphone on the market – BlackBerry and Windows Phones included.


Now what HTC has done is to create a hero phone line called “HTC One” that contains a selection of elements that clearly shows how they’ve payed attention to the whole smartphone experience. Samsung has not been so clear, and the iPhone has always had this sort of situation going on. Apple’s vertical integration between their iTunes app store, iTunes for music and movies, software created by developers specifically for their phone, and the hardware which can be fixed by them in their own store – all of that makes the iPhone what it is today, super successful. 



HTC doesn’t offer that, but they have created a line of phones with a perfectly well-tuned set of elements that make them more than a competitor for the iPhone and the Galaxy S line. What they lack is something that Samsung is getting better at every day: good advertising. Samsung has a big enough name that they’re able to promote their Galaxy S lineup with advertisements during the Superbowl. They’ve got enough cash for that, I should say. They’ve also got brand trust from their customers wishing to get the best out of their Android experience.



Now what the Galaxy S III launch this week needs to have in it are several elements. These elements are not the same as what they’ll have to continue to have for the phone to sell well – these are different things – keep that in mind.
1. A solid internet connection at the launch event.
2. No live feed for viewers at home.
3. Plenty of hands-on time allotted for all attendees.
4. Good lighting for press photography.
5. Engineers of the phone on-hand to show off the devices – not temporary hires that don’t know what they’re talking about. I mean Philip Berne, not some no-name.



Samsung needs to treat this event as a press event primarily and give the press their fair share of coverage so that they might take it to the underground before they make their big showing worldwide. To attract the general audience they need to sell massive amounts of smartphones, Samsung needs to keep it simple. Bring on some all-black or all-white screens and fly the Galaxy S III across the center with the words “Android Perfected.”


Samsung needs to show that they have the only phone anyone could ever want. They need to stop touting the details as the best bits of information about the phone and start saying “This is what you want.” Just like Apple does. Samsung has the ability to make an awesome device, now they just need to assure the public that they’ve got that ability. 


And what about the iPhone 5? It will be amazing, will have more than just your average bunch of upgrades, and will be Apple’s next powerhouse. Think of the upgrades the iPhone 4S had over the iPhone 4. Then think of the upgrades the iPhone 4 had over the iPhone 3GS. These jumps signify what you’ll see here in 2012 for the iPhone 5. The iPhone 5 will be a revolutionary device not just because it will have a set of perfectly legitimately awesome features, but because Apple will say it’s the best. Because of that, it will be.

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Samsung Galaxy S III launch: what we know so far

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Samsung is going to unveil its much-anticipated Galaxy S III smartphone early tomorrow at a press event in London. Set to start at 0030hrs IST on May 4, this event will finally lift the lid of the Galaxy S II successor.
Despite the blogs and technology websites going into overdrive with rumours and leaks in the last few months, we hardly know any confirmed details about this smartphone. Samsung has only revealed one detail about Galaxy S III so-far in the form of Exynos 4 Quad processor, which will be a part of this device.
Even the latest teaser from the Korean manufacturer has done little more than creating hype about the phone.


Samsung Galaxy S III launch: what we know so far
Samsung is going to unveil its much-anticipated Galaxy S III smartphone early tomorrow at a press event in London. Set to start at 0030hrs IST on May 4, this event will finally lift the lid of the Galaxy S II successor.Despite the blogs and technology websites going into overdrive with rumours and leaks in the last few months, we hardly know any confirmed details about this smartphone. Samsung has only revealed one detail about Galaxy S III so-far in the form of Exynos 4 Quad processor, which will be a part of this device.
Even the latest teaser from the Korean manufacturer has done little more than creating hype about the phone.
Rumour roundup
Various leaks in the recent few weeks have suggested that Galaxy S III will sport an S II kind of form-factor, just a little bigger. We have seen several contradicting leaks on the display front, but most of them have talked about a 4.7/4.8-inch HD display.
The presence of Android 4.0 aka Ice Cream Sandwich is also pretty much certain about the smartphone, and we expect to see a revamped version of company's Touchwiz skin for the smartphone.
Coming to the camera, the rumours have it that we might see a 12-megapixels sensor on the Galaxy S III, which wouldn't be surprising considering the megapixel wars in the recent times.
Connectivity options are expected to be pretty much standard, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi, DLNA, NFC, and HSPA+.
There are hardly any believable leaks for the storage, RAM or exact model number of Galaxy S III.
With the actual event just 14-hours away, we would not go too much in the rumours and wait for the official announcement to hear more about the smartphone from the company itself.
Make sure to check back early tomorrow for all the juicy details about the phone, you can also watch the webcast of the press event directly on company's Facebook page, teaser website or the Unpacked app on any Android device.

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Ten facts about Samsung Galaxy S III

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Ten facts about Samsung Galaxy S III

Quad core 1.4GHz Exynos 4 Quad processor


Galaxy S III has Quad core 1.4GHz Exynos 4


Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich


Network of 4G LTE

4G vs 3G

Samsung expected to has 4G LTE
Wider screen of  4,6-inch : Super AMOLED.

More and expendable memory up to 32 GB
New concept's design



Clound integreted S-Cloud.

Better camera : 8 - 12 MP




NFC technology


Reasonable price



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Android Data Traffic Monitor

Posted by Unknown Selasa, 01 Mei 2012 0 komentar

Most recently, I have been trying out the Android application "Data Traffic Monitor". At first, I was a little skeptical because it was not the most popular, but it had good ratings none the less. This application has, like most programs, a paid and free version with the free version having a 4.2/5 rating with 673 ratings. I have been testing the free version.

Having used this application for a week and comparing it to others I have used, I would rate this application over others because it seems to be more reliable. The other applications I have used had certain features fail to log data because I used a AOSP version of Android (Android Open Source Project). This one does not seem to fail like the others do and logs my data correctly. The main feature I liked most was the notification in the Android drop down because it was minimalistic and simple. The consisted of a bar that filled up according to how much data you have used. It also told you how much data you used total.

Once you open Data Traffic Monitor you have 3 main tabs that you can see above in the second picture : monitor and control, instantaneous, settings. The application itself is pretty self explanatory and very direct with its use. The settings tab lets you change your settings  such as billing date, resetting used traffic, notifications etc. You can even see individual data usage. The only thing Data Traffic Monitor lacks is the ability to monitor 4g. At the moment the free version only monitors 2G/3G and wifi data traffic.

I would recommend this application especially to a user who has a non standard version of Android installed.

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