Such is the interest in the October 27-29 event in San Francisco that devs are already clamouring for more details.

The focus will be on all Samsung’s products and resources including Tizen, Windows, apps, APIs / SDKs and Smart TVs as well as Android and Touch Wiz.

Details are pretty sparse at the moment but if you want to sign up to be first in the queue for tickets visit.

Industry watchers are speculating on whether the conference will feature the streaming set top Boxee which Samsung acquired recently.

The firm has launched a Smart App Challenge 2014 aimed at Galaxy S4 mobile app developers with the aim of finding new apps to use group communication functionality.

Samsung is clearly interested in what outsiders have to offer as earlier this year it announced a Silicon Valley innovation centre and $1.1 billion of funds to find the next big thing in the tech world.

Apple, Google and Microsoft already hold dev conferences and a Samsung event will target those who specifically want to target the Samsung brand of handsets.

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Just coming on to the market and retailing around £350 on pay-as-you-go, the Mini is small enough to pop into your pocket or to use one handed. It comes in just two colours, black or white. It’s a teeny 61.3mm wide, 124.6mm height and 8.94mm deep and weighs just 107g.

Under the bonnet there’s a 4.3in qHD sAMOLED display at 540×960 qHD resolution and a powerful Dual Core 1.7GHz processor. There’s 1.5GB RAM and either 8GB or 16GB ROM. The camera at the rear is an 8megapixel shooter plus a 1.9megapixel HD on the front. The phone runs on Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2.

The Mini Galaxy S4

The 1900mAH battery will give you nine hours of 3G internet or 11 hours on wifi. On standby you can get 300 hours. It has an accelerometer, geomagnetic, gyro, light and proximity sensor.

Hot on the heels of the Samsung Galaxy S4, the Mini has a lot of the same features, including Group Play where you can link your phone to those of your friends to use the handsets as a speaker system. You can also create a photo collage or play a game together.

One of the things that we love here at Androidizen is the S Health app on the full sized Galaxy S4 and we’re pleased to see it’s been ported over to the Mini. All you do is download the application from Samsung Apps and you can keep tabs on how many steps you’ve done in a day, how much you’ve consumed in calories. If you download the S Band which is sold separately then it’s like having your own personal trainer.

If you travel a lot, or even go outside your own locality, then the S Travel app is a fantastic way to get tourist guides, find out the best places to eat, things to see and how to get there. It really is a fantastic map in your pocket with so many added extras.

The Samsung Link means you can share all your content with friends or family and you can also upload pictures or video to a Samsung TV set. HomeSync, which is sold separately, means that all your media can be stored and shared and you don’t need to worry about losing it or about capacity or security loss because it’s stored remotely.

You can download a user manual from the internet or there’s a nifty tutorial on www.samsung.com which will get you started with some easy to follow tips.

If you shop around you should be able to get the handset much more cheaply on a two-year contract. Three have been offering it for £26 a month on a two-year deal.

Watch out for reviews of the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active and the Samsung Galaxy S4 zoom which promise some additional features, in particular for the camera on the S4 zoom.

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We discuss the difference between the S4 and other leading handsets as well as explore the camera and settings area of the Galaxy S4 so you can get a better idea of what to expect.

The Galaxy S4 is a fine device and now that Samsung has spent some time fixing bugs and finishing off features we are confident you will find the S4 the best Smartphone on the market today.

I was negative about the S4 when it was first released their were many rough edges and un-optimized features that it marred what should be a great device.

With those issues now fixed we can see more clearly the device that was waiting to burst forth. The 1080p display is the best I’ve seen and beats even those LCD panels.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 is by far the fastest Smartphone on the market today never stalling or letting me down when it comes to even the most demanding games.

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Let us take a look at all the new entrants:

ATIV TAB 3

ATIV TAB 3 is claimed to be the world’s thinnest tablet that uses Windows Operating System. Its design elements are on par with the Samsung Galaxy series, Smartphones series and tablets. Its thickness is only 8.2 mm with 540 grams weight. It has a screen display of 10.1cm which is ideal for high definition video to ensure brown photos.  Battery life of 10 hours is claimed by Samsung. The specifications are identical to Android. The 10.1 inch display‘s resolution is 1366 X 768. Its on-board flash has the capacity of 64 GB. This device has a RAM of 2GB in size and a slot which is of microSD and microHDMI. Since it runs Windows 8, it can run all Windows Applications. For creative and official work, as it uses, S Pen, it is compatible with Microsoft Office also.

ATIV Q

ATIV Q is yet another device from Samsung in the ATIV line of Windows PCs and tablets. It is a hybrid electronic device which runs both of the Operating System, the Windows and the Android. Moreover it acts as an Ultrabook in addition to a normal tablet. It has four different operating modes like a Notebook with a full keyboard access, a standard Tablet, a raised Tablet and a standing Tablet. This flexibility of the device will help the customer to convert the device to use for any type of situation as the time demands. This certainly reduces the burden of carrying additional paraphernalia on the part of the consumer.

Using this tablet you can access all types of apps from Google Play Android apps. Additionally files and folders can also be interchanged between them. As mentioned above, by changing the display modes, typing, watching the movies, comfortable viewing angles, everything is possible by adjusting all with a comfortable weight of just 1.2 kg and a width of only 13.9 mm, which is amazing.

The ATIV Q‘s resolution is one of the highest, QHD + (3200×1800) display. The 13.3 inches touch screen of this device offer 2.8 times higher ppi than full High definition displays for seeing the finest of details. Its design also gives the same viewing experience in all conditions of environment. It runs on Central Processing Unit of Intel’s new Haswell CPU. Moreover, the battery life of 9 hours has been assured for this model of tablet. Apart from all this the device is featured with a RAM of 4 GB, a 128GB SSD and is included with a SD card slot, a USB 3.0 port and a micro HDMI out.

AT IV BOOK 9 PLUS

ATIV Book 9 plus is a laptop that is based on the Series 9 PC. This is the new Ultrabook Champion which has arrived at the U.S. market. It has a 13.3 inch screen with 3200 X 1800 resolution. The battery life of this laptop is expected to be 12hours full. The aluminium whole body and the shining exterior of the laptops give it a robust and tough look. The opening of the laptop is of a full width nature. Book 9 weighs 3 pounds and has a quad-core CPU (AMA). The displays can bend back by 180 degrees to lie flat, which is to facilitate the friends also to watch what is going on in screen.

Processors available in the Plus are Intel’s fourth generation Core 15 and 17 offerings and shared HD 4400 graphics, which is backed up by up to 8 GB of RAM and a 256 GB SSD. Samsung claims Book 9 can boot up from cold in under 60 seconds.

Author Bio:

 This guest article has been composed by Christy Root who works for Prepaymania and, who writes Guest Articles, Press Releases for Mobile Phones. She loves to update herself with different mobile technologies.

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Turning your Android Smartphone into a PC of sorts is really easy and a fun weekend project, combined with a Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse or a Joystick and you can extend the power of your Smartphone in new ways.

With the Galaxy S4 you have more than enough power to play the best Android games and 60 fps on a big TV.

Use an MHL Dock with your Galaxy S4 or S3

Using a Smartphone like the Galaxy S4 as a PC is easy all you need to do is plug in the KiDiGi  MHL Dock to your TV or Monitor using an HDMI cable and then plug-in the Micro-usb adapter so it has power.

The benefit of this is the dock will also charge your Galaxy S4 while it’s sending a picture to your TV or Monitor.

One you have the dock wired up to your display device plug-in the galaxy S4 or S3 by placing it into the dock.

Check out this video that shows the process in action on our YouTube Channel

You may need to push it down firmly but try not to move it too much as you do this as it can cause the Micro-usb adapter in the dock to flex.

Due to the way Samsung’s Auto-rotate option works you will be stuck in Portrait on your Display to solve this download an application called Rotation Locker it’s free and it will allow you to force Landscape for your output.

Once you have that done you can hook up a Bluetooth Keyboard and mouse or a Joystick via Bluetooth.

Android makes for a great Gaming system when hooked up to a large TV or monitor and if you want to get some work done using an app like Multi-window allows you to have a desktop like experience.

You may want to avoid running your Galaxy S4 display all the time as it lowers it’s life span so either turn the brightness right down to save the back-light or use an app that shuts down the display until you want to power it back on.

Alternative to MHL Docks

You can also use a simple cable like an MHL Adapter that will allow you to do all of the above but with a more cable management, in my opinion using an MHL dock with your Android device is so much easier and not a lot more expensive.

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More Cohesion Among Devices

Something that is both a strength and a weakness for Android is the lack of a uniform experience across the mass of devices out there. This is largely in part because of manufacturer’s tendencies to modify Android to their liking. In an interview at D11, Android chief Sundar Pichai said himself that the Android network is bigger than he expected.

He says that in the future the intention will be to create more common ground among devices, while still giving manufacturers room to innovate. As for a practical step forward on this front, Pichai said that the HTC One and the Google S4 will be available on Google Play with the Nexus interface.

Motorola’s New Phone

Motorola’s Dennis Woodside confirmed the existence of the Moto X. Its name suggests that it is the long rumored Google X phone. While he stated the phone was in his pocket, he did not reveal it to the audience. The information is still vague, but Woodside said that the phone will have sensors that enable it to be ‘contextually aware’.

It seems reasonable to think that this feature will integrate with Google Now. In addition to this feature, Woodside said 70% of the product will be assembled in a Fort Worth, Texas plant. He described it as the first smartphone to be built in the U.S. Beyond these concrete aspects of the phone, ideas were tossed around for the future. Electric tattoos and a pill you can swallow were suggested as potential forms of verification.

Unlike YouTube, Motorola’s identity still seems to retain an air of independence after their acquisition by Google. It has to be remembered that if Motorola’s new phone is a success, it is a success for Google. It could be a game changer capable of taking on the Galaxy S4 and the iPhone 5S, but we will have to wait to find that out.

Samsung: Will They Stay On Top?

Overall, we didn’t see any big reveals or huge hints at Android’s future. The coming year seems to be more about refinement than anything else. We may see the market shares evening out between manufacturers. Google’s Nexus phones along with the Moto X may help them to expand their reputation as hardware developers.

On the other hand, with Samsung’s new Design 3.0 paradigm on the way, a more uniform design may establish them as an even bigger presence in the Android market. While Pichai denies any sense of competition with Samsung, suggesting greater collaboration between the companies in the coming year, it is hard to deny that Google wouldn’t mind seeing more of their phones moving off the shelves.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8-inch

Exceptional Reading and Entertainment Experience: Designed to be held in one hand, the new Galaxy Tab 3 8-inch is the optimal device for viewing videos, playing enhanced games, and reading e-Books anytime, anywhere. Samsung’s “reading mode” technology is effective and allows for maximum screen use.

Optimising the display to deliver perfect illumination and for comfortable paper-like reading in a variety of lighting conditions.

Samsung’s Sound Alive and Dolby Surround Effect maximise every sound and allows you to enjoy clearer dialogue, consistent volume levels, and superior audio. The physical keys on the bottom of the device also gives you a comfortable smartphone-like experience when navigating.

Enhanced Smart Usability: Making travel and discovery effortless, the Galaxy Tab 3 8-inch features the S Translator, which provides instant translation through voice recognition and via text on applications including email, text message, and ChatON. This instant translation works both from speech-to-text and text-to-speech, ensuring that you can communicate with ease when traveling internationally.

The Galaxy Tab 3 8-inch also includes WatchOn, which turns your tablet into a virtual TV remote by syncing with your local service provider and allowing wireless control for television viewing. Intuitive features such as Story Album and Group Play gives you more ways to share and enjoy music, photos, documents, and games with those around you instantly.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1-inch

Amplified Multimedia Experience: The Galaxy Tab 3 10.1-inch seamlessly combines sleek design with enhanced multimedia capabilities for home and family use. Stacked with a 1.6 GHz Dual Core processor, the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1-inch is the ideal device for everyday use.

Featuring a comprehensive suite of video, music and photo software, and coupled with the clarity of its display, the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 takes centre stage for portable home entertainment.

A Perfect Tablet for the Entire Family: Equipped with Smart Remote and MHL (TV Out) capabilities, the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 is able to make a seamless transition from the perfect gaming device for kids to the ideal home media control device for the parents. Whether streaming movies to television, controlling home audio systems or playing games at the highest resolution, the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1-inch smoothly integrates into the household for an experience that can be enjoyed by the whole family.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Series will be available in the UK later this year. There will be a 4G LTE version, 3G version, and WiFi version. Details on which variants will be ranged in the UK and the UK shipping date will be announced in due course.

Samsung GALAXY Tab 3 8-inch Product Specifications:

Network
WiFi
3G
LTE
Processor
1.5 GHz Dual Core processor
Display
8-inch WXGA TFT(1280 x 800, 189PPI)
OS
Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Camera
Main(Rear): 5-megapixel camera
Sub (Front): 1.3-megapixel camera
Video
Codec: MPEG4, H.264, H.263, WMV, DivX(1080p Full HD @30fps)
Playback: 1080p@30fps
Recording: 720p@30fps
Audio
Codec: MP3, OGG, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, FLAC
Sound Alive and Dolby Surround Effect
Services & Additional Features
Samsung Apps
Samsung Hub*
- Readers Hub/Music Hub/Game Hub/Video Hub
Samsung Kies
Samsung Kies Air (Downloadable via Samsung Apps)
Samsung ChatON mobile communication service
Samsung Services: Reading mode, Story Album, Group Play, S Translator, S Travel,
Dual View, Pop up Video, WatchON
Google Mobile Services: Google Search, Gmail, Google Play Store, Google Plus, YouTube,
Google Talk, Google Maps (Turn-by-turn Navigation), Google Now
Connectivity
WiFi a/b/g/n (2.4/5GHz), WiFi Channel Bonding, WiFi Direct
Bluetooth® 4.0
USB 2.0
GPS
A-GPS + GLONASS
Sensor
WiFi: Accelerometer, Magnetic, RGB
3G/ LTE: Accelerometer, Magnetic, RGB, Approximate
Memory
16/32GB Internal Memory + 1.5GB (RAM)
microSD slot (up to 64GB) *available capacity varies and storage is less due to phone software
Dimension
209.8 x 123.8 x 7.4mm
314g(Wi-Fi)
Battery
Standard battery, Li-ion 4,450 mAh

Samsung GALAXY Tab 3 10.1-inch Product Specifications:

Network
WiFi
3G: HSPA+ 21/5.76 (850/900/1900/2100)
LTE: 100Mbps DL, 50Mbps UL
Hexa Band(800/850/900/1800/2100/2600)
HSPA+ 42/5.76 (850/900/1900/2100)
(※ Data Only)
Processor
1.6 GHz Dual Core processor
Display
10.1-inch WXGA TFT (1280 x 800, 149PPI)
OS
Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Camera
Main(Rear): 3-megapixel camera
Sub (Front): 1.3-megapixel camera
Video
Codec: MPEG4, H.264, H.263, WMV, DivX(1080p Full HD @30fps)
Playback: 1080p@30fps
Recording: 720p@30fps
Audio
Codec: MP3, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+, WMA, E-AC-3, FLAC, Vorbis, AMR-NB/WB
Sound Alive and Dolby Surround Effect
Services & Additional Features
Samsung Apps
Samsung Hub*
- Readers Hub/ Music Hub/ Game Hub/ Video Hub
Samsung Kies,
Samsung Kies Air (Downloadable via Samsung Apps)
Samsung ChatON mobile communication service
Google Mobile Services: Google Search, Gmail, Google Play Store, Google Plus, YouTube,
Google Talk, Google Maps (Turn-by-turn Navigation), Google Now
Connectivity
WiFi a/b/g/n (2.4 & 5GHz), WiFi Channel Bonding, WiFi Direct
Bluetooth® 4.0
USB 2.0
GPS
A-GPS + GLONASS
Sensor
WiFi: Accelerometer, Magnetic, Light
3G/ LTE:
Memory
16/32GB Internal Memory + 1GB (RAM)
microSD slot (up to 64GB) *available capacity varies and storage is less due to phone software
Dimension
243.1 x 176.1 x 7.95mm
510g (Wi-Fi)
Battery
Standard battery, Li-ion 6,800 mAh
* The availability of each Samsung Hub and Google service may differ by country.
* All functionality, features, specifications and other product information provided in this document including, but not limited to, the benefits, design, pricing, components, performance, availability, and capabilities of the product are subject to change without notice or obligation.
* Android, Google, Google Search, Gmail, Google Play, Google Plus, YouTube, Google Talk, Google Maps and Google Now are trademarks of Google Inc.
*Available capacity varies and storage is less due to phone software.

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So first off spec wise, this is by far the most powerful smartphone ever created. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor is backed up with great GPU, a 1080p 5in display, 2 gig of system ram… it flies. Let’s face it, this is the fastest smartphone ever created.

But it’s let down in a few areas which we’ll come on to later in the review. Now, first off, the style of the Samsung Galaxy S4 is striking, but maybe not the most progressive of designs we’ve ever seen.

Certainly when placed against something like an HTC ONE this does look a little bit out of date, let’s say, a little bit too close to the Galaxy S3 and the Note 2 with only really minor updates to the general look and feel of the hardware.

However, one massive change that Samsung have made is the in-the-hand feel. Now, the Galaxy S4 feels great in the hand.

With the Note 2 and the S3 at times you could feel your finger starting to strain a little bit because of the kind of curved back wasn’t quite as curved as it could be.

Now, though, the feel certainly in my hands is very very good. The weighting as well has been distributed much better so at no point do you quite feel the device is tipping.

Galaxy S4 Build Quality

The continued use of polycarbonates in the Galaxy S4 does make you feel that the device is little bit cheap.

The S4 does feel shiny and plasticky and a little bit nasty which is a shame because the weight is brilliant, the hand feel is perfect, it’s comfortable to use but it just feels a little bit plasticky and cheap which is such a shame.

We can argue all day long which is better – aluminium or polycarbonate but again this is one of those personal choice moments.

If you’re someone who wants aluminium, you feel that gives you more durability then the S4 is not going to be for you. If you’re someone who’s willing to trade off the polycarbonate for the replaceable battery and more spec for your money then the S4 may very well be a good choice.

And these are really the choices we have to make, It’s aluminium and less spec for our money, no removable battery or polycarbonate plastics, removable battery and a higher clock and higher spec overall. So, we have our trade off. My personal feeling is I like removable batteries and that probably answers the question.

Software on the Galaxy S4

So, on the software side of things. Samsung have thrown everything and the kitchen sink into the Galaxy S4.

You’ve got everything from an optical character recognition system which can also do translations so you can point it at an object which has text on it and it will translate that text in real time for you either into English or into other languages.

S Voice which I still wish Samsung would dump! It’s not a patch on Google Now, S Translator, S Planner and S Memo round out the software offerings from Samsung.

S Translator being one of the new items which allows for near real-time translation between two languages so if you’re travelling into a foreign country or something or you meet somebody from a foreign country and you’re having trouble having that conversation you can use S Translator to assist you. For the most part it works well. It does require you to speak fairly slowly and quite deliberately but it gets there in the end.

S Health though, is by far the shining example on the S4 and it makes you wonder why all of Samsung’s apps can’t be of this quality. With the S Health app it tracks your day-to-day life. It monitors how many calories you’ve burned how much weight you’ve gained and helps you stay fit and healthy. And as you can see the app is beautifully designed.

In comparison to some of the other Samsung apps it’s like they’ve got somebody else to build this for them.

The S Health app it’s phenomenal, maybe not the reason to buy the S4 in its own right but if you’re a fitness fanatic or if you’re someone who’s looking to get fit, the S Health app might be a tipping point compared to other handsets on the market.

S Memo and S Planner are unchanged from the previous editions, they’ve been given a few tweaks here and there but the basic functionality is still the same.

If you use them on the S3 or on the Note 2 effectively these are Samsung’s versions of a note taking app and a calendar app. I’m afraid to say Google does it better.

Samsung Link is the new name for the Allcast and Share application I believe. This allows you to link up multiple different devices including PCs and other phones and share information wirelessly between them. They work quite well in practice.

We were able to pull graphics and video footage from a local PC over wifi and display them on the S4 with very little time delay and it all felt very fluid and easy to use. However it was quite a chore setting up the Samsung software on the PC. It took several attempts, a few reboots and a bit of magic.

It was strange, we couldn’t work out exactly why it wasn’t working it just seemed to be a bit glitchy.

Watch On is a very interesting and useful app it will allow you to pick what types of shows you enjoy watching. It will then make suggestions to you about what shows you might like to watch and if you want to watch the show you simply tap the show’s name and the infrared port on the Galaxy S4 will automatically change the channel for you.

Likewise, you can set up all of your audio video equipment in the WatchOn app and by doing so you can then control your television your audio video equipment Blu-ray player, all from your smartphone.

For me, that is a bit of a killer feature and it kinds of puts the S4 heads and shoulders above any of the other smartphones out there. It’s a very nice implementation, I would have preferred an application built solely by Samsung because this one is a bit ugly in places.

Samsung have also seen fit to put their own app store on there which is not as good as the Play Store but it has a reasonable attempt.

The standard Google apps are all included as well, so you’ll find Gmail, Google Chrome, Google Maps, Play music ,Play movies, Play books all of the usual things you would expect on any Android device is here.

Samsung have also seen fit to include their video app and a few other little bits and pieces. What Samsung have done really is improve the sensors in the Galaxy S4.

There’s a lot more sensors, including things like barometers, temperature gauges, tilt control, gyroscopes it’s all available on the S4 and also things like Smart Scroll, Smart Stay Air Gestures and Air View.

One cool feature of Air Gestures is to be able to pick up an icon and then instead of having to try and move the icon to the edges of the screen you can simply wave your hand over one of the sensors and then drop the icon where you’d like.

Multi window allows you to have two applications on screen at the same time which is cool we like that idea but it would be nice if it could be two different applications at the same time just picked from your app tray.

So overall we really like the Samsung Galaxy S4.

While we’ve had quite a lot of teething troubles with it, the overheating issue, the headphone jack issue and the general manufacturing, and as we’ve got used to the S4 and we’ve found a few workarounds to some of the problems, we found it to be a very competent device, one of the better smartphones on the market.

We will be taking a look at the HTC ONE and we’ll also be comparing it to the S3 and the Note 2 but overall I think if you’re in the market for a new phone now, the S4 is the one to go for.

If you already have an S3 or a Note 2 I would say there’s not quite enough here to justify it. Not unless you need the bigger 1080p screen or the faster processor.

If you don’t need either of those two things really what Samsung have offered here is not enough to justify selling your S3 or Note 2 or trading in and buying an S4.

It’s a great device it’s got a lot of rough edges. And the extra stuff that we’re getting here is mostly software.
There is not really enough to justify dumping a device like the S3 or Note 2 that’s barely a year old.

Those are great devices, so is the S4 and for me, this device sits in between the S3 and the Note 2 and it’s kind of like the S3 now becomes the mid range model the Galaxy S4 becomes the high end smartphone and the Note 2 is still the king. I would also suggest checking out some Galaxy S4 cases as well to help protect your investment.

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It’s great to see the Galaxy S3 get 4.2.2 we have been waiting what feels like a lifetime to see some sign of it.

We can expect the Note 2 to also get these features in due course as well.

It’s interesting to see the gap close a bit between the S3 and S4.

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The addition of a small magnet triggers a sensor in the S4 to lock and unlock the Galaxy S4 just by opening and closing the cover.

The Galaxy S View cover. Now what’s quite special about this S View cover. Like the previous covers it replaces your battery compartment cover as well, the back cover but it also has the front cover with a cutout. And that’s actually got a piece of plastic there.

Now this plastic is actually conductive as it were, so when we place it on the smartphone on the Samsung Galaxy S4 what will happen is we can use this window here to quickly check for alerts or notifications or if the phone rings we’ll be able to answer a call.

So, first of all, how do we actually attach this to the device.

So what we first have to do is remove the old back cover and it can be reasonably tight to remove so you’ll have to get your finger in and just pries it away.

The great thing with the S View case is there’s a small magnet inside here so as you can see there notifications popped up and I’ve got my notification there, I can quickly see the information but it’s still leaving you with my clock nicely there.

Now when you open the case because of the magnet that’s been attached into the inside of the case the device actually knows that you want to look at it so it will immediately drop into homescreen view.

Likewise, when I close the case it knows the case has been closed and it switches over to this S View mode which allows you to see the information.

One of the things I found slightly awkward  with this case as you can see in the video it has an absolute love of just popping open on its own.

One thing Samsung really should have done here if they were putting a magnet in to detect when the cover was over the screen or not is maybe put a stronger magnet that would keep the actual cover attached to the front of the S4.

It does seem to be a little bit of a design flaw that really.

A lot of people found that the best thing you can do is just try and flex the spine in a few different directions just to remove some of the kind of starchiness from it.

After a couple of weeks worth of use you will find that it sits much more comfortably on the top of the phone.

But, from a functionality point-of-view the S View cover is an absolute dream.  It’s a great idea having this cutout.

The fact that this is a touch sensitive cutout as well using Samsung’s glove tech effectively means that you can use  this to interact with  the S4 if you  get a phone call or to check what actually going on with your latest alerts without even having to open the cover.

The idea of being able to reject a call really quickly and easily is just fantastic. Like I say, the only drawback is this slightly springiness coming from the Galaxy S4 S View cover when you first get it but that can be solved with a little bit of work.

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In past Galaxy models a lot of complaint has been leveled at Samsung for basically trying to shove every single setting possible into just a single page and the problem with that is you just couldn’t work out where settings were going to be.

You would find some things were in the security section which were lock screen related, it was just a complete mess.

So with the Galaxy S4 they’ve obviously taken that criticism to heart and they’ve split things down so you now have these tabs on the bottom previously everything was just in one long scrolling list which made life difficult so now you have a connections tab your my device, your accounts and a more option.

Connections as the name suggests deals with anything connection related so you’ll find your wifi, your Bluetooth your data usage and your ability to change your 3G networks etcetera available in there as well as things like your roaming if you go into more networks.

So also flight mode tethering and your VPN is available in there.

NFC and S Beam which are one and the same thing really they both use the near field communication with the S Beam it also uses the wifi and you can quickly flick those on or off as you need to, you can also access those through the quick short cuts up at the top here as well if you need to but the option is there within the primary settings. You also have a screen mirroring device nearby and Kies via wifi.

Again all of this is connection related, related to you connected to the device, or having other devices connecting to it.In my device it’s very much about personalization creating your custom lock screen tweaking your display settings if you’d like to notification panels, multiple windows, brightness and your auto rotation, fonts and everything like that.

That’s not to say that Samsung haven’t still crammed in an awful lot of settings but at least things are now a little bit better laid out and a bit more logical. Your LED indicator can be changed there or turned off completely if you’d like to.

Home screen and sound mode.

The home screen mode is if you want to switch it into easy mode.Why would you want to do that? And sound is where you can set up your ring tone, vibration patterns, dial pads and more importantly if it’s annoying you, turn off that touch sound, so you know, that weird water droplets sound that you get every time you touch anything. There is where you can turn it off.

If you want rid of that, that’s where you get rid of it I would strongly urge you to turn it off if you value your sanity! You can also change your call settings as well, your call settings in here including how you reject whether you should automatically answer calls, your alarms and everything like that. And the ringtones that will appear in there as well.

A lot of options here to look at but you know, it’s what we expect from Samsung. You’ve got the blocking mode which will allow you to simply block calls or notifications and a new feature which I don’t recall seeing on the previous Galaxy S models is Safety Assistant.

Effectively in an emergency the device can automatically do some stuff for you So for instance it can display your emergency contacts, send an emergency picture send messages etcetera.

Very useful if you happen to be out and about if you’re a walker or anything like that you have an extra safety feature there that can keep you safe and alert people should there be a problem.

The power saving mode is obviously very useful in any smartphone. It allows you to drop down various settings on the phone to a lower power mode so for instance restrict the amount of cpu you’d be using put the screen into low power and turn off the Haptic feedback.

Which, you know, all of these things drain the power. If you drop those into lower mode you may get a couple more hours worth of use out of your device.

Accessibility and accessories. those are there, if you’ve got accessories things like your dock those options are available in there and for accessibility you have all of those accessibility features to make it easy if you have a particular problem using a device.

So things like magnification is available in there, adjusting the colours everything you could possibly need if you need the accessibility features in that particular section.

Your keyboard controls are in language and input. Now I’ve installed Swiftkey. I remember the announcement initially they were saying that Swiftkey or Swipe was actually going to be coming with the Samsung phones. I can’t find it anywhere so I’ve installed mine off the Play Store.

And in there you’ve also got your text to speech options as well, voice typing and everything like that. Motion and gestures, this is where we get into more of Samsung’s kind of added extra features.

These allow you to interact with the device without actually physically having to touch the screen necessarily. You can make a gesture, for instance flicking the wrist, swiping across the screen with your hand will allow the device to recognize those actions and do whatever it’s been designed to do.

Normally moving between panels and things like that and you can just flick those on very very easily.

With the Air gestures you’ve then got even more options there for which Air gestures you would like to use bearing in mind that all of these features do run your battery down because it’s constantly having to use things like the camera to judge whether your hand has moved across the screen or not.

You have your Voice control down at the bottom here.This is very much the S Voice kind of stuff I have mine turned off because it just annoys the heck out of me.

If you come into accounts now at very least accounts aren’t buried under another submenu as such.You can come into the accounts section and see all of your accounts listed, add a new account or trigger back-up and reset. In here is where your factory data reset is. If you need to wipe everything on your device and start again this is where you can do it.

And you can also set your back-ups as well in there if you need to.

The private options allow you to save various features of the phone so your settings and so on and that all goes straight up to Samsung’s cloud and then obviously restore them again later if you need to, say for instance if you’ve done a wipe or a reset.

The accounts section is very much a muchness, there’s nothing really new here as such other than what a particular application might install for you But you’ve got your Samsung account as standard, Chat On, Dropbox and Google.

Email, LDAP if you’re network orientated and the Microsoft Exchange and custom serve is there as well. If you’ve installed Facebook you’ll also get the Facebook accounts there.

In More, finally in More we just get down to the stuff they couldn’t think of anywhere else that it could kind of go.So you’ve got your location services in here.

So do you want your gps or wifi location being reported, and available for applications. In security you’ve got encrypting your device, encrypting your external SD card, really nice to see those encryption options Remote control, SIM change alerts there. you can SIM card lock in there as well.

Verifying your apps. Now this is an interesting one. Google in Android 4.2 I think introduced a new feature which would analyse applications you were installing and make sure that they weren’t dodgy in any way, stealing data or anything like that.

Turning that on and using the unknown sources allows you to sideload an application but still check it against Google’s good list as it were to make sure there’s nothing bad going on.

Very useful if you’re like me and you take a lot of apps in from developers for reviewing and so on that aren’t actually available through Play Store yet.Just helps us keep our devices safe.

Trusted credentials again that tends to come into play with things like exchange server if you’re a business user and have to talk to exchange.

The application manager is very similar to the application manager of old. Shows you everything you’ve got installed on the device and let’s you uninstall it as long as it’s not one of these stock applications or preloaded applications as it were. So if you want to uninstall something go into there, hit your uninstall button.

You can also clear down your data, clear your cache data, or force the application into a stop, Those sort of things can come in handy as my wife discovered the other day with Facebook playing up clearing the cache on the Facebook app solved her problems.

You can also see what applications you currently have running and using up processes, again this will list absolutely everything that’s available including the stuff that is stock and running in the background that’s required to actually run the phone itself.

So, you know, don’t be surprised if you do see quite a lot of odd things in there like filter, and store and factory mode. These are all part of the Android operating system. Don’t turn them off now.
And then if you go all the way to all you can see absolutely everything for those people that love to scroll.

So if we come back out of there and go into battery again this battery app is very much as we’ve seen many times previously. It allows us to see what the current charge is, how long the device has currently been running on battery and which applications are currently drawing down on the battery.

So you can see I’ve been playing Carmageddon there, my screen has been burning through 70% and my maps has been flicking on a little bit.

In storage we can see what is using what space and where broken down by application types. Pictures video audio downloads miscellaneous data and then at the bottom what is available.

So here we can see applications are currently taking up 5gig of my storage space. I can click on applications and I come into the application management just so.

Likewise I can come into pictures and video and I can make changes there as well all nice and easy.

It does also show you your SD card down at the bottom as well if you have that installed, but it doesn’t give you the breakdowns.

In date and time surprise surprise it allows you to change the date and time as well as things like the automatic time zone formatting and when your daylight savings is likely to kick in as well.

Developer options is only available if you’ve done a particular action on your handset which brings you into the developer mode. To do that you come into about device you come down to your build number and you tap many many times until you see a message pop up that says type one more time, two more times, three more times or what have you and the developer mode will be active.

Once you have your developer mode you’ve then got some things you can do. Usually this is pretty much just for developers but there are a couple of interesting things in here.

Checkout the windows animation scale and transition animation and animator. If you drop these down to 0.5 or put them on off completely you can actually find your device runs a little bit quicker. It’s not actually running quicker but you’ve actually reduced the amount of animation time for when you transition between various screens.

By reducing that transition time it makes things feel a little bit more fluid and snappy.

I’ve never encountered an Android device yet that doesn’t work just as well when you put it off or 0.5 as having it on 1.It just adds to a little bit of snappiness of the device. Which, you know, hey, we like snappiness don’t we.
Those are core Samsung Galaxy S4 settings.

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Samsung announces another Android smartphone (via The Inquirer)

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Also in this overview we take a look at port and button placement and discuss where things have changed from the previous generation Galaxy phones.

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Samsung Starts Producing “PC-Fast” 4Gb LPDDR3 RAM for Mobile Devices (via TechDomino.com)

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Building on the success of previous releases, the Galaxy Tab 3 is a 7in tablet running on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

Samsung have found that users like a sleek design which is comfortable to use on the go and can easily be dropped into a bag or pocket. The Tab 3 is slimmer than the Tab 2 and weighs in at just 302g for the wi-fi version and 306g for the 3G device..

So what do you get in the Galaxy Tab 3 box?

As expected, there’s a 3mp rear camera and 1.3mp front camera so that you can share your best snaps and video footage with friends, and you’re sure to want to do that because the pictures will be stunning in clarity and colour.

The Tab 3 runs on a 1.2GHz Dual Core processor so downloads are fast and you’ll be able to store plenty of data on the 8/16GB of internal storage, as well as the 64GB of expandable memory.

So if you’ve struggled to get all your multimedia onto one device, the Tab 3 will more than meet your demands with its capacity to store music, apps, video and pictures.

Get your order in now because the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 is going to be smokin’ hot with its 7in WSVGA (1024 x 600, 169ppi) TFT display.

You’ll be able to play full HD video back 1080p at 30 frames a second with sparkling audio.

As you’d expect, all the top Samsung developments of the last couple of releases are on the Tab 3, including the music, games, video and learning hubs, Kies, Kies Air, ChatON the mobile communication service and Google Mobile Services like Gmail, YouTube, Google Play Store, Google Plus, Google Talk, Google Maps with navigation and Google Now.

For connectivity there’s wi-fi and Bluetooth 3, USB 2 and it all runs on a standard Li-ion 4,000mAH battery.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 wi-fi version will be rolled out globally from the beginning of May and the 3G version will be available in June.

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The camera, which was unveiled at CES in January, will be on the shelves of John Lewis and Dixons in a few days time for around £599.

This is the flagship of the innovative NX series and has an updated Smart Camera 2.0.

It’s aimed at professional photographers as well as amateurs and will come in trendy brown, white or black with a silver band.

Under the bonnet it has a Hybrid Auto Focus system with 1/6000 sec shutter speed and 8.6fps continuous shooting mode, ideal for sporting events. It also has a 20.3 Megapixel APS-C CMC sensor so you’ll get the best shots and wonderful crisp colour, even in poor lighting conditions. Storage is on a SD card.

There are 14 settings, including landscape, light trace, action freeze, creative shot, macro, panorama, silhouette, sunset, night, fireworks, best face, and you can look at your pictures on the 3.31in AMOLED screen.

You can take video too, 1080p at 60fps or 3D video at 30fps and it has a 1130mAh battery, all weighing in at 284g, without the battery. It’s 122×63.7×40.7mm, so compact enough to use every day.

Packing the latest in wifi connectivity, you’ll be able to share photos between devices and desk tops using the Direct Link hot key feature. There’s a five-way easy-to-use manual key interface and it supports AutoShare, cloud, email, auto back-up, remote viewfinder, mobilelink, Wifi Direct and AllShare Play.

The Smart Camera app connects your smartphone and camera so you can upload to Facebook and Twitter.

Bundled with the camera is iLauncher, Adobe Lightroom 4 (which usually costs £106) and Adobe Reader. Adobe Lightroom 4 is good for amateurs and professionals, allowing you to edit pictures post production with video support.

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JK Shin introduced the Samsung Galaxy S4 to a packed Radio City Music Hall, saying Samsung had listened to users to find out what they wanted from a smartphone.

It’s expected to launch at the end of April with  3G and LTE 4G, FDLTE and TLTD, all frequencies and standards worldwide.

Featuring a slimline case in black or white polycarbonate, it weighs in at 130g and 7.9mm thick. It has 2GB RAM and a hefty 16GB ROM storage as well as a micro SD expansion slot and 2,600 MAh battery.

New software Features:

Touchwiz interface improvements will better integrate indicators like the battery. There’s a new rendering engine to bring it all to life.

Hardware features

• 5 Inch AMOLED 441dpi display, full 1080p HD
• Two different CPUs depending on region Exynos 5 Octa 1.6GHz or 1.9GHz quad-core Snapdragon
• 130 grams
• 13 megapixel camera and 2 megapixel front facing camera.
• 100/50Mbps hexa band LTE Cat 3
• 2GB DDR3, 16/32/64GB microSD upto 64GB
• a/b/g/n/ac WiFi
• MHL 2.0
• Bluetooth 4.0
• IIR blaster
• Black and White polycarbonate
• Galaxy S4 looks very similar to the Note 2 in aesthetics

This smartphone, which will run on Android 4.2.2, with it’s snazzy new hands-off features and 1080p HD display, will fly off the shelves and is a real game-changer. Korean electronics giant Samsung are expecting pre-orders to be massive, particularly as they’ve already spent a mega $4 billion on advertising.

Dual Camera

The Dual Camera allows the front and rear camera to record at the same time, overlaying one over the other allows everyone to be in the video. It allows you to add the extra camera at will. You can also add images to the captured image for a unique and cool finish.

You can add sound to your images, before or after taking the image, when you look at the image later you can hear the sound recorded. Erazer allows you to remove people or objects from an image.

You’ll be able to take really stunning pictures with the 13 mega-pixel camera on the back and 2 megapixel on the front. The 8-mega pixel shooter on the Galaxy S3 was one of the best features for day-to-day use and the S4 goes one better. It not only has a Micro SD slot but also infrared gesture and temperature and humidity controls.

The photographer can also be in the video or photo! You can shoot with both cameras at the same time. There are loads of options like fisheye or heartshape, or even cubism. It will take 100 shots in a few seconds.

Eye tracking, Smart Scroll and Smart Pause:

This is an expected development from the Samsung Galaxy S3 where the display stays on as long as the user is looking at it, no matter what time had been set for the screen to turn off.

The Smart Scroll means that you’ll never have to touch the screen again to scroll down, a touchless hover when you’ve reached the bottom of an internet page or email will move you to the next page automatically.

It’s joined by Smart Pause, a clever tweak, which means that the Galaxy S4 will stop playing a video if it senses you have looked away from the screen.

S Translator:

You’ll be able to communicate in different languages. You can ask the phone a question and it will translate it into another language, ideal for tourists needing directions abroad. The response from the person you’re asking will also be translated back into the language of your choice.

You can also use it if you don’t have a network connection as it comes pre-loaded with useful phrases.

Adapt display

The screen automatically adjusts to your surroundings.

This takes over from the previous setting-based functionality and automates the process to create the best viewing experience in any situation.

Story Album

You can create an album with pictures so you can record where you’ve been. The system is smart. It knows if you are on a trip or an event and it will ask if you want to create a Story Album. You can add text like notes about the weather.

You can send a copy of the album to people at home so they can enjoy your pictures as you are taking them, along with sound.

Home Sync

This fab development allows you to share pictures and video to your connected devices like the TV. Home Sync has a terabyte of storage capacity. You can have eight users with their own personal storage and you can connect your S4 via NFC to tap and connect to the Home Sync device. It works with any NFC device or smartphone.  It’s a hub for all your content stored at home.

S Voice Drive

The simpler S drive interface has been designed for hands-free car use, with bigger text display with Bluetooth to provide an optimised experience. This will make the S4 safer and easier while on the move.

The Galaxy S4 responds to voice commands and allows you to reply to and respond with voice commands to your emails. The launch had a very impressive demonstration. S Voice Drive allows the S4 to act like a personal assistant, taking over many areas of your communication needs with voice commands..

It makes transferring your old content to your new Samsung Galaxy S4, simple fast and easy. All you need is the Smart Switch software, plug in in your old device and back it up then plug in your S4 and it will copy all your old personal data onto your new S4.

Glove touch

As a major feature, the S4 works with gloved hands so no more chilly days. Just glove-up and game on.

Samsung Knox

Knox is designed for business and enterprise users, built on top of government standard security. You can use it for business and home. Your personal space is private and your work space is secure.

Group Play

You can play music through as many as eight devices, turning the phone into surround sound. It also allows you to share pictures.

Chat On

Chat On Includes video calling for up to three people with you on the front facing camera and your friends on the back camera.

Air Gesture:

Samsung  Galaxy S4 will be using Air Gesture, already in use to preview on the Galaxy Note 2. You just hover your hand over something like a date on the calendar so you don’t need to touch the screen with your finger.

Battery:

2,600 milliamp battery. We’ll have to see how that fares with the new CPU and display technology that the Galaxy S4 is packing.

S Health App

Also included on the S4 is Samsung’s Health App so that if you have a separate pad you can monitor blood pressure, heart rate, weight, BMI and blood sugar. It can tell you how many calories you’ve burned up and calculate your sleep pattern. You can print out the results..

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But what about the CPU and GPU will Samsung go for a Exynos processor or a Qualcomm as been rumored? All will be revealed on March the 14th at the Samsung Galaxy S4 Unpacked event. An image on Twitter and accompanying tweet reveal the date  “Come and meet the next Galaxy”.

We can##Q##t wait to see what they have planned for the S4, throwing money at my monitor isn##Q##t making the 14th come any faster. Let us know in the comments if you are interested in the Galaxy S4.

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The flexishield shell and modular cover will keep your galaxy note 2 from harm and make it look rather fetching at the same time.

Included in the package is a cleaning cloth and screen protector making this a very complete package for keeping your Note 2 clean and protected.

Check out other accessories for other Samsung devices here

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We don##Q##t know what the word Fonblet means, it sounds like a Scandinavian telecoms company. If anyone knows just drop us an email please.

This 5.8in smartphone had the Fonblet trademark registered last year and rumours say that it will be like the Galaxy Player 5.8 which is on sale in South Korea. The size of it and the weight could be a problem if you##Q##re going to make long phone calls, presumably Samsung have thought about that before putting it into production. It doesn##Q##t sound like the sort of thing you could shove into your pocket on your way out of the door.

SamMobile, who is a good source of all things Samsung, says the Galaxy Fonblet will go on sale in Europe in one colour – pebble white, and that it will have a similar spec to the Galaxy Player, possibly with a dual-SIM. It will run on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean with a 3 megapixel camera and Bluetooth 4.

There##Q##s no news yet about when the Fonblet will hit US shores or whether it will roll out in other parts of the world after Europe. We could find out at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (February 25-28) when Samsung may reveal more about their plans.

Meanwhile, stand by for the release of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 which is likely to be in competition with Apple##Q##s iPad Mini. The Note 8.0 is expected to have a 1,280 x 800 LCD screen, useful 5mp/1.3mp dual cameras 16 or 32GB of storage, 2GB of RAM, a 4,600mAH battery, micro SD support and Bluetooth 4.0.

You##Q##ll be able to choose from a wifi only and a 3G version and they##Q##ll be running Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. Also included with be an S Pen so it##Q##s likely to be a popular option, depending on the price at launch.

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This is a collection of all our Samsung Galaxy S3 videos and demos. we have even included a few games to get you started as well.

The Galaxy S3 is by far the most popular smartphone of 2012 shifting over 30 million units. Our Samsung Galaxy S3 Playlist has tips and tricks to help you get the most from your S3, Also our 21 Minute review and demo footage captured from the Camera is featured in this list.

If your interested in rooting you will also find some videos about the best apps for rooted users to have a look at. We welcome your thoughts and comments so please get in touch if you would like us to take a look at any application  game or service on the Galaxy S3, thanks and we hope yo enjoy our Samsung Galaxy S3 Playlist.

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The bendy screen has been codenamed Project J and could be on sale as early as next April.

Samsung is in a selling war with Apple##Q##s rival iPhones for the biggest share of the $200 billion market, so a revolutionary new screen could see a significant sales boost.

The technology could include LEDs on a plastic surface instead of a glass one, making the smartphone lighter and possibly cheaper to manufacture.

Samsung Galaxy S4 features

The Samsung Galaxy S4 is also expected to have a 13-megapixel camera, with a 441ppi 1080p screen, one up from the Samsung Galaxy S3##Q##s 306ppi 720p display and the iPhone##Q##s 326ppi.

It will also feature a larger and better display as well as a more powerful processor.

In an early Christmas present, Samsung is predicted to ship 22.5million of the Galaxy S3 and Note II smartphones in the quarter to the end of the year, and the total Galaxy S3 sales will top 40 million by the end of this month.

The ongoing legal spat with Apple has made potential customers realise that Samsung phones have plenty to offer and the firm is trousering plenty of cash on the back of it.

The Galaxy Note 2 is doing very well for it##Q##s self sales wise as well reaching 5 million sales in just over a month.

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Amazon are selling the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 for a bargain basement price.

The 7inch 8GB tablet is for sale at £149.99 but you can get a £30 rebate from Samsung and a free 8GB micro SD card, which will double the storage.

To recap…the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 is a dual-core, Ice Cream Sandwich tablet running Android 4.0 and it also has a 3.2 megapixel rear-facing camera and VGA front-facing camera for video chat. It can access more than 600,000 apps from the Google Play Store.

There##Q##s a 1.2Ghz dual-core application processor, Bluetooth 4.0 technology and it supports multiple video file formats, including DivX and Xvid.

It##Q##s pretty good on the move too, so a good business phone, as it supports industry-standard VPN protocols and MDM capabilities so that IT departments can safeguard corporate data and employees##Q## mobile devices.

There are new apps, some of them exclusive to Samsung, a slicker interface and faster web browsing. You can access music, games, video and reader hubs straight out of the box and of course there##Q##s the pre-installed ChatON instant messaging app so you can show all your friends your exciting new purchase.

You can also download photos or movies to your tablet and then push them wirelessly onto your DLNA-enabled TV or computer, using AllShare Play, to watch them later. Another useful option is to securely upload and backup your data to a web storage service.

How to claim your Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0  refund

Carphone Warehouse have got a similar £30 back deal and free 8GB Micro SD card which is limited to two Samsung Galaxy Tab 2##Q##s per person. You##Q##ve got until December 31 to buy from Carphone Warehouse to get the offer.

For more details about the cashback offer visit Samsung-Galaxy-Tab2-inch-Tablet/dp/B0080OQJDK/ref=sr_1_8?s=computers&amp##Q## ;ie=UTF8&qid=1352712848&sr=1-8″>Amazon or Carphone Warehouse.

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The great thing about Near field Communication is how easy it makes accessing information or interacting with your device to say turn your wifi on and off with a swipe.

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NFC and the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is fantastic, the NFC reader is just under the Samsung Logo on the back of the device, making it simple to locate when you are in a hurry.

NFC tags come in all shapes and sizes from pens to Hanging tags. We love NFC here at Androidizen and using it with your Android packing phone opens up a new world of possibilities with your Galaxy Note 2.

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 NFC

If your in Marketing or advertising how about an NFC Advert that invites users to check out  your latest Commercial

You can learn more about NFC innovations (Wikipedia)  I really love this NFC talk is how it shows the world moving to NFC in the consumer market.

We have a playlist dedicated to Near Field Communication it##Q##s worth checking out if your interested in more NFC products.

I really hope you enjoy our Samsung Galaxy Note 2 NFC Near Field Communication demonstration let us know in the comments if you have any questions.

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Top 5 Games Samsung Galaxy Note 2 must own

• Zombiewood – Hunt Zombies in a film set and as you complete each stage move onto more and more zombie madness.
• Shadowgun: Deadzone – Multiplayer and console quality graphics make this a Top 5 Games Samsung Galaxy Note 2 owners must download.
• Fifa 12 – Football has never been this portable and playable.
• Death Dome – Finger slashing fun and graphics with scale to boot
• Need for Speed: Most Wanted – Simply the bst racing game on mobile today number 1 in Top 5 Games Samsung Galaxy Note 2 users must play.

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The Samsung Galaxy S3 is smaller but provides a great all round package where as the Galaxy Note 2 has a huge screen and the S-pen

Which ever phone you choose you will be in safe hands the build quality of both is excellent, it##Q##s a shame on the Galaxy note 2 they covered the speaker and moved hte LED flash but they are minor quibbles.

Both devices are very fast but the Note 2 wins out on spec coming with a 1.6 gig proccess to the Galaxy S3 1.4 both are quad core. Depending on where you buy your S3 it can come with either 1 or 2 gig of ram.

The note sports a slightly better screen running a Super AMOLED RGB screen to the S3##Q##s Pentile display.

If you still can##Q##t decide it may be best to consider what you want to do with your device. The S3 is easy to fit in the pocket and hold in the hand. The note 2 on the other hand is great for media nad games and the S-pen is ideal for road warriors or people looking to move from paper to a digital device.

I have both devices and they are fantastic I like the Galaxy S3 for its perfect balance of features, size and performance and the note for it##Q##s extended features like S-pen and a big battery, gaming and media also feels more immersive but the trade off is size.

The ultimate shoot out it##Q##s a draw they are both epic wins for any buyer, what ever you choose you have the class leading device.

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I wrote This using the s-pen on the galaxy note 2.

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The Galaxy Note 2 features a 5.5 inch RGB Super Amoled display with a Quad core CPU running at 1.6 Ghz and 2 gig of system ram and either 16, 32, or 64gig of storage memory. Shooting photos and video on the 8mpx camera and some cool new slow motion video controls exclusive to the Galaxy Note 2 (Wikipedia) and your looking at a fantastic phone / tablet device.

Running Google##Q##s Jelly Bean Android 4.1 operating system this phone really flies, the inclusion with the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 of the S-pen for stylus input opens up a whole new avenue of mobile usage. Now you can draw on the screen as well as touch it with your fingers.

Galaxy Note 2 Review

Now I##Q##ve spent some more time with the Samsung Galaxy Note 2  I can happily say it##Q##s one of the best devices ever made, the size is just right and the inclusion of S-pen opens up new possibilities for the road warrior, if you Root your Samsung Galaxy Note 2 you can modify Multi Window to include apps like Skype and Google Plus making it even more versatile and useful.

The camera takes fantastic pictures on the Galaxy Note 2 to the point that you can leave your old camera at home and just use your device, the flash isn##Q##t the best in low light which is a shame but images still appear clear and without too much iso noise in the shadows.

Gaming is probably one of this devices strongest features the large screen and speed cpu makes games really fly I##Q##ve yet to see a game that can really slow down the Samsung Galaxy Note 2. Wifi performance is top notch as is Bluetooth and NFC sharing capabilities, speaking of which an often overlooked feature of the Samsung Galaxy Note 2  is it##Q##s NFC chip allowing for mobile purchases and tap to access via your Galaxy Note 2 look for NFC tags at retail locations to check out the fun.

Battery life is excellent offering 2 days of general usage or a good 9 hours of heavy gaming, surfing and video watching which places the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 near the top of the pile

The Samsung Galaxy Note 2  is looking like a class defining device with specs that lead the pack for a considerable time.

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This is a PREVIEW : CyanogenMod 10 is nowhere near ready to be used as a daily driver (lots of features still have to be merged), and same is the device support. CHECK THE KNOWN ISSUES LIST BEFORE THINKING ABOUT POSTING.

Make sure to run CM9 so you know you have everything
- Download the zip
- Download Gapps
- Install the update zip from recovery
- Install gapps
- WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET
- Reboot

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If you need any more convincing check out the video below:

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Also of note is that Samsung have branded NFC in the S3 handset as S beam S Beam – The Near Field Communication transfer moves on from the standard ICS based NFC now tapping  phone##Q##s together enables transfer  in a faster and more user friendly way.

We love Near Field Communication on the Galaxy S3 not only does it work but it##Q##s fast and responsive in every day use reading tags and making contactless payments.

The Samsung Galaxy S3 really delivers the goods, we cant wait to see all the creative uses for Near Field Communication that people come up with.

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Many people asked about this one so here is how to Lock Samsung Galaxy S3 touchscreen and keys during video playback.

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Samsung have now released Jelly Bean for the Samsung Galaxy S3, if you have Jelly Bean check out the second video for details of how to update your Lock screen settings.

Samsung Galaxy S3 Lock Screen for Ice Cream Sandwich

The Samsung Galaxy S3 lock screen is one of the most versatile feature of the Galaxy S3. With the lock screen acting as security you can force a pin or gesture to unlock your Galaxy S3.

We would love to see Samsung expand the lock screen in future Galaxy devices like the upcoming S4 to include even more features.

Lock screen widget on the Galaxy S3 would be an epic win for everyone.

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