New Samsung Note 3 : Improved stylus functionality

Samsung announced its new note series phablet, Note 3 and the functionality of stylus has improved much from the previous models. Samsung is leaving no stone unturned in phablet sector. Samsung till now has largely remained unchallenged from other companies in the form of any phablets making dent in the market. Note 3 with its gorgeous display would probably help Samsung continue its dominance.

Here is a video from PocketNow which demonstrates this new feature

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Official Specs

Network 2.5G (GSM/ GPRS/ EDGE): 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz3G (HSPA＋ 42Mbps): 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz 4G (LTE Cat 4 150/50Mbps) : up to 6 different band sets (Dependent on market) Processor LTE 2.3 GHz Quad-Core Processor 3G 1.9 GHz Octa Core Processor ( A15 1.9 GHz + A7 1.3 GHz) The selection of AP will be differed by markets. Display 5.7inch (144.3mm) Full HD Super AMOLED (1920 x 1080) OS Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) Camera Main(Rear): 13 Mega-pixel BSI Sensor, Auto Focus camera with Smart Stabilization, LED Flash(High CRI), and Zero Shutter Lag Sub (Front): 2 Mega-pixel BSI sensor with Smart Stabilization, Full HD recording @30fps Dual Camera: Dual Shot / Dual Recording/ Dual Video Call Recording: UHD 30fps, Smooth motion (FHD 60fps), Slow motion (HD 120fps) Camera Mode: Drama Shot, Sound & Shot, Animated Photo, Eraser, Best Photo, Best Face, Beauty Face, HDR (High Dynamic Range), Panorama, Sports, Golf, Surround shot, Live effect Video Codec: H.264, MPEG-4, H.263, VC-1, WMV7, WMV8, Sorenson Spark, MP43, VP8, HEVC Recording & Playback: Full HD (1080p), UHD (*may differ by market) Audio Codec: MP3, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+, WMA, AMR-NB/WB, Vorbis, FLAC(*), WAV(*) (*) Ultra High Quality Audio (~192KHz, 24 bit) support S Pen Optimized Features Air Command: Action Memo, Scrapbook, Screen Write, S Finder, Pen Window S Note, Multi Window, new Easy Clip, Direct Pen Input Additional Features Group Play: Share Music, Share Picture, Share Video, Share Document, Play Games Story Album, S Translator Samsung Smart Scroll, Samsung Smart Pause, Air Gesture, Air View Samsung Apps, Samsung Hub, ChatON (Voice/Video Call, Share screen, 3-way calling), Samsung WatchON S Voice™ Hands Free, S Health Samsung Adapt Display, Samsung Adapt Sound Auto adjust touch sensitivity (Glove friendly) Samsung Link, Screen Mirroring Safety Assistance, Samsung Google Mobile Services Chrome, Search, Gmail, Google+, Maps, Play Books Play Movies, Play Music, Play Store, Hangouts Voice Search, YouTube, Google Settings, Play Games, Messenger Connectivity WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (HT80) GPS / GLONASS NFC, Bluetooth® v 4.0 (LE) IR LED (Remote Control), MHL 2.0 Sensor Gesture, Accelerometer, Geo-magnetic, Gyroscope, RGB Proximity, Barometer, Temperature & Humidity, Hall Sensor Memory 32/ 64 GB User memory ＋ microSD slot (up to 64GB) 3GB RAM Dimension 151.2 x 79.2 x 8.3mm, 168g Battery Standard battery, Li-ion 3,200 mAh

Samsung Note III : bigger but not flexible yet

The rumors of flexible OLED for Samsung seems to be a wrong one with sources suggesting now that the flexible screens are still not in mass production stage.
Tablet + Phone + Laptop ?
Note III is rumored to have an Exynos Octa-core processor clocked at 2GHz for the A15 processor and 1.7GHz for the A7 processor, 3 GB of RAM, and runs Android 4.2.2. With these huge screen and specifications, Note III which is called a phablet has gone an inch closer to becoming laptop and finally getting "All in One" tag.
Wonder what to name it as ? "Phablap" !!!

S4 is finally here!!!

Samsung has finally unveiled much awaited new smartphone Galaxy S4, and has taken the war of smartphones to another level. The rival competitors might have started feeling tremors. Galaxy S4 has  2,600 mah battery, octo core processor & with out of the box Android jellybean 4.2.2 OS, it offers the most unique features.

• 5 inch full HD super AMOLED display has adapt display feature, where display of screen adjusts itself depending on what you are viewing. Playing game, checking mail or viewing video- adjustment of the screen provides greater comfort for user.
• Supports Global LTE roaming
• Smart scroll- senses your wrist movement along with where your eyes are looking on the screen and scrolls the webpage up or down depending on the movement.
• Air Gesture –Without touching the phone, just by waving your hand above the screen, its possible to flip between pages, photos, songs.
• Smart pause- Playing video will pause when you take your eyes away from the screen and resume playing when you look back to the screen.
• Air view- Just by hovering your finger, without touching the phone, now it’s possible to see glimpses of photo album or mail.
• It adds business cards or contacts directly from picture and automatically save the information to contacts.
• IR Blaster enables to control your television by acting as remote.
• Dual Camera- Galaxy S4 has 13 megapixel rear and 2 megapixel front camera. And both cameras can work simultaneously.
• Samsung Galaxy S4 Knox – allows you to keep your professional stuff separated from personal one.
• Eraser shot – scans the image and removes unnecessary content in the image. Its possible to remove blurry people from photo.
• S Translator - translates any text on the phone , that may be SMS, email, or webpage. It can translate from voice into text and vice versa.
• S health software tracks your fitness, eating, heart rate etc. It has in-built pedometer.
• Group play - enables s4 handsets to join private network and share music, photos, documents when they are close to one another.
  But it lacks few features as expected by many, like flexible/bending display Samsung youm, high speed wireless connections(802.11). Technology analyst Jeff Kagan stated “The Samsung Galaxy S4 is very good, but looks like an evolution to the S3, not a revolution," And yes.. thirst for the new continues as always and will be never ending.

Waiting for Galaxy S4? It may never be named so...

Samsung may not name its next flagship phone as S4. If you are waiting for S4; it is most probably that you will end up not getting the handset named S4.
SSSS......Superstitious Samsung ?
The pronunciation of 4 is not that much cool in the part of the world from where Samsung comes from. In Korean, it implies kill; and in Chinese and Japanese language this implies death. The samsung might not take the risk of naming it as S4 and more rightly because of the fact that none of its previous models are named with 4.
Unbreakable glass : The next big thing
Samsung might be thinking of unbreakable glass in its next devices. And with this new thing, you might well have a new series name. Samsung might also continue to name it as galaxy 4 and hoping that the new device would make a killing in the cut throat smartphone competition. 

Samsung galaxy note 2 as a desktop replacement

Video illustrating on using Samsung galaxy note 2 as a desktop replacement. The quad core processor, the graphics, productivity and everything is amazing. Probably the future can be seen through this video where our smartphones will be the CPU and we can plug and play everywhere.

Samsung launches windows 8 based convertibles ATIV series : will it vita in the competition?

Samsung launched windows 8 based convertibles in India with ATIV smart PC and ATIV smart PC Pro rices at Rs. 53,990 & Rs. 75, 490. The pricing seems to be on a higher side. ATIV which is the reverse of VITA which means life. Only the time will tell whether these convertibles will have life in the market or just a lost product in the emerging convertibles market.

Samsung ATIV Smart PC key specs

Display Size: 11.6" (PLS type) with 1366 x 768p resolution
31Wh battery
304.0 x 189.4 x 9.9mm(without keyboard) | 304.0 x 189.4 x 19.9mm(with keyboard)
Weight: 750g(without keyboard) / 1.48kg(with keyboard)
Operating System: Windows 8
Processor: Next generation Intel Atom Processor
System Memory: LPDDR 2GB
Integrated Camera: Front 2M, Rear 8M(w/ flash)
Storage Hard Disk Drive: 128GB eMMC
Wi-Fi, 4G/LTE, 3G, Bluetooth 4.0
USB2.0x1, USB2.0x2(KBD), mHDMI, microSD
Samsung ATIV Smart PC Pro key specs

Display Size: 11.6" (PLS type) with 1920 x 1080p resolution
47Wh battery
304.0 x 189.4 x 11.89mm(without keyboard) | 304.0 x 189.4 x 21.89mm(with keyboard)
Weight: 884g(without keyboard) / 1.6kg(with keyboard)
Operating System: Windows 8
Processor: Intel Core i5
System Memory: DDR 4GB
Integrated Camera: Front 2M, Rear 5M
Storage Hard Disk Drive: Up to 256GB SSD
Wi-Fi, 4G/LTE, 3G, Bluetooth 4.0
USB3.0x1, USB2.0x2(KBD), mHDMI, microSD

Samsung Chaebol - Conglomerate

I was wondering what it meant when Samsung was referred as chaebol in some of the articles.
Chaebol in South Korea means a conglomerate which is controlled usually by some powerful families.
So this chaebol is making news in mean time for both good and bad reasons. The patent ruling against Samsung in the patent infringement case filed by Apple mighthave dented the image of Samsung. But it has given ample exposure to Samsung as the court proceedings refused to go away from making headlines.
Finally the case of patent has made it look like Samsung is the real competitor for Apple and other Android based smartphones left in the lurch in the smartphone war.