More Rumors Unfold for the Samsung Galaxy S4

With the announcement of the release of Samsung Galaxy S4 comes a bunch of rumors as well. What folds now primarily pertains to the screen of the device. According the rumors surging around Samsung Galaxy S4 will be equipped with floating touch technology. Floating touch technology allows you to interact with the device by hovering your finger above the screen. It works with the help of electrical field created by our finger which is then detected with the help of a sensor, pretty much similar to what you have seen in Samsung Galaxy Note II where you use S pen to interact with notifications and emails. Same goes for the Sony’s low end phone Xperia Sola.

Previously the device had AMOLED display but now the S4 is rumored to have Green PHOLED. So, what’s the difference? In AMOLED screen the green and blue OLEDs were fluorescent where red OLEDs were phosphorescent. But now the S4 is touted to be equipped with green and red OLEDs with phosphorescent materials and fluorescent materials for the blue ones. It does not augment the picture quality or so but it does aids in the power efficiency of the device, almost 25% more power efficient.

It is also believed that Samsung is preparing two prototypes of S4. One with the LCD display and runs on Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor whereas the other one is said to have an AMOLED display and uses Samsung Exynos 5 Octa processor. As for now there is no clue whether Samsung will sell both of the devices or drop any of the two before its introduction next week in New York.

And lastly, the device will run on Jelly Bean Android 4.2.1 at the time of its launch but will be upgraded to 4.2.2 as soon as the update hits in the same month.

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Chinese Market Over-ruled by Android, iOS Faces Adversaries

Android has certainly become predominantly the operating system with the largest market share. Informa Telecoms, an analytic firm, presented us with much bigger and clearer picture. According to their report the only OS that stands out in the overwhelming competition in China is Android, accounting for two third of all the handsets sold so far in 2012. One out of every three Android devices that was sold in 2012 was sold in China, certainly a big hub of Android lovers.

But to be more specific, out of all the Android devices sold in China 41 percent were the ones that did not run on authentic Android rather had the imitation of the Google’s original operating system. So if we right them off China still holds 20 percent share of all the Android devices sold in 2012 which is pretty impressive.

Statistically speaking, Android holds 85 percent of the market share in China and still growing where as Apple’s iPhone accounts for only 5 percent of the market share and Windows Phone a minimal of 1 percent. Although, the release of iPhone 5 last week in the country was very much promising, selling over 2 million units in the first of week of its release and setting a milestone of best launch of all time of Apple’s smartphone in China. Apple was not only able to establish the pre-ordering process but is now also available on two carriers for the first time.

If Apple is to increase its market share in China it needs to come forth with TD-LTE because the only reason China Mobile, world’s largest carrier, has not been successful in selling iPhone is because of its 3G network. We anticipate iPhone based on TD-LTE to be offered by China Mobile in 2013. And as for Microsoft’s Windows phone, Informa anticipates that its market share will be double to 2 percent in 2013.

As for the US, Informa believes that Apple needs to come up with a better iOS otherwise it will face further decline in its market share because it is not meeting the standards that other high end Android devices are offering. The principal analyst Malik Saadi at Informa Telecoms anticipates that next year around 50 percent of the handsets sold in US will be Android based devices. The report also depicts that Apple might have to go for margin cuts in order to sustain its market share because the even the most diehard fan is realizing that Apple needs to upgrade its iOS. Inform forecasts that in 2013 Apple will be able to sell almost 34 million units which a million less than this year’s sale. Whereas Windows Phone will be accounting for 6.5 percent of the US market as Nokia and HTC are augmenting their marketing strategies and they are also in close relationship with US carriers.

According to an estimate by Informa Android will account for 50 percent of the global market by 2015. But 2016 Android market domination is anticipated to be decline because of other operating systems in the market specifically Windows Phone.

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Acer Tablet A200 [ROMS] and You!

Acer is Good!

I’ve been using the Acer Tablet A200 has been really good with my two weeks of the tablet use and I have been really impressed with it.   I have however decided that I might check out the ROMS that I can use with it as far as using Jelly Bean with the tablet.  If I can install Ice cream sandwich using Acer update then I am most confident that it should also support Jelly bean and I have been looking long and hard for that on my HTC Inspire 4g (ATT) [Affiliate Link].

So let’s get this out of the way!

You will have to unlock and become a Superuser if you wish to install another ROM.  I prefer to find the ones that work best for me and here are some of them that I have to do a lot of explain or even trying to figure it myself.   Here are a Few ways to Root your Acer A200 that I’ve found.   Granted each one of these are “USE at your OWN Risk!” they however seem to be very good at Rooting your device the way you are wanting to.

• Simple Root — Works with Iconia A200 Tablets and I’ve not had a chance to test it but it might be what your looking for.
• Acer Tablet Forum Discussion — I will say this tutorial looks promising and should be considered when rooting and unlocking your tablet.

Which ROMS can be used with the A200?

So I’ve also been looking for some Jelly Bean ROMS that would work with the Acer A200 Tablet and I must say they are few and Far Between at least from what I’ve found but I will share with you ROMS that I will check out later on this week and try them out.   Here are the Ones that I’ve found:

• CM 10  - Preview Build — haven’t played around with this but I am hopeful that this will work nicely with the Acer Tablets.
• CM 10 - randomblames Jelly Bean — Another One that is supposed to work with the Acer A200 Tablet but haven’t tried it out just yet!
• CM10 civato’s JB 4.1.2 FLEX v6supercharged — Different but same!
• [ROM]Jelly-Bean_4.1.2_CM10-FLEX_v6supercharged_Aroma — It is supposed to work with A500’s but Since they are almost exactly the same you shouldn’t have much trouble with using it with the A200!
• [ROM][A500] CM10 Jellytime — Same as above but just a different mod that might work A200!

So as you can see there isn’t many that I’ve found but I might of missed a few here and there and ask that you help me find those roms that I’ve missed by leaving a comment and a link to that mod.  I’d love to hear if you had problems or if which mod you used or haven’t used and tell me your opinions on them all.   I have downloaded at least one mod to check out and get back with you if It works.   I will post later on the results.

Paul Sylvester

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HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE Just Got More Incredible

HTC DROID Incredible 4G Android Phone (Verizon Wireless) [Affiliate Link] is really an incredible phone. The smartphone is as small as they come by offers all the things that any high end smartphone has to offer. It is integrated with a fairly high resolution large screen and runs on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and might get the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update as well. Along with that it also offers high resolution video recording and under the hood it has a dual core processor. But what makes this device really special is the size of it, it has all the features that huge high end smartphones have, including 4G LTE connectivity, in such a compact space. HTC Droid Incredible 4G comes with a starting price of $49.99.

These days smartphones are just getting bigger and bigger and not everyone is attracted towards those highly oversized devices that hardly fit into your hand and pocket. And obviously using these huge smartphones is not that much of a good experience, at least for me, because there are some places where thumb can’t even reach. But at the same time no one wants small screens and to address this problem HTC has come up with a smartphone which is small enough to perfectly fit into your hands and offers high resolution screen which is large enough to give a satisfying experience. The phone was released on 5^th of June in United States on Verizon 4G LTE network but its price was cut down recently.

As for design this device has the dimension which measures around 4.82 by 2.40 by 0.46 inches and weighs around 4.66 ounces, almost 132g. Considering the size it offers a large 4.0 inch S-LCS screen which is 15% as big as that of iPhone’s. Made up of Gorilla Glass scratch resistant and glare reduction screen which runs on 540x960 pixels, pretty decent. It offers 9.57 hours of battery life which 20% better than what other 4G smartphones has to offer.

Under the hood of this light weighted device is the Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon microchip set which alongside powered by a dual core 1.2GHz Karit central processor. Not only that, to provide you with hardcore graphics it has a designated Adreno 225 graphics processing chip whose prime function is to support augmented graphics and to keep things smooth it has RAM of 1GB alon gwith internal 8GB of storage capacity which can be increased upto 32GB with the help of microSD slot. It also support video output which can be done with either microUSB slot for wired devices and or with DLNA connectivity for wireless connectivity.

Right out of the box HTC DROID Incredible 4G Android Phone (Verizon Wireless) [Affiliate Link] offers NFC (Near Field Communication) capability which is mostly found in high end devices. Apart from that it also offers access to tons of great apps such as Google Wallet and Android Beam. Sandwiched between cameras, the handset has rear main camera of 8 megapixels and front facing VGA camera. Camcorder provides with a video quality of 1080p and one of the great features it provides is that you can simultaneous capture photos while recording a video. Integrated Beats Audio is also available along with the YouTube integration.

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How I plan to get ready for the CyanogenMod CM10 (Android 4.1 Jelly Bean version)

What is Jelly Bean?

Jelly Bean is the next major update to Android O/S(Operating System) and is due out some time July 2012, and that is just rumor and speculation but it seems to be spot on.   If you haven't played with Ice Cream Sandwich, it is about time to consider going out and buying a new phone.  Check to see if you can upgrade you plan [Affiliate Link] to the newest Operating System, Ice Cream Sandwich!  If it can you should consider doing that in the next few weeks!

Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)

With the recent activities about Jelly Bean, I came across a post about CyanogenMod going to start working on the newest release Android 4.1.   I have been thinking to myself, it would be nice to have it on my HTC Inspire that I just got done putting Android 4.0 otherwise know as Ice Cream Sandwich.   I must admit, this is quite fascinating when it comes to how I would need to do this.   Although if your running ICS then you shouldn't have any major problems installing Jelly Bean!   That is at least what I've heard.  

Backing Up!

Don't let it be said, that I never have told you to back up your stuff.  I've already talk about some of the Cloud service backups but that is different from just backing up your device.  Now here are a few good App's that you should always install to back up your important data off your device.

• App Backup & Restore -- Huge time saver for me.  If you have several apps that you must have at all times, this will back them up onto your SD card or Micro SD card for you to restore later.  I can't say much more than this.   It won't back up your contacts but I've got somethin for that also!
• SMS Backup & Restore -- Another Great little app for when you want to backup your text messages.  This is one of those that I keep on my phone.   You never know when you need that text message.
• Backup Contacts -- Great little App that lets you backup you contacts and upload it to Gdrive.  The only thing is that you have to have Gdrive installed to upload it to your Google Drive in the Cloud!  You can't do an automatic backing up of contacts but that isn't really a need for me.  I don't build contacts every day but I do it once a month or once a week depending on the need of backing up my contacts!
• Titanium Backup -- This little app does all that and more but the only caveat is that you have to buy it for $6.58 to have to be able to have cloud support, and you need to have Root Access so this can be a downfall to some of you.  That is why I gave you some other options that are free to use to backup all you important programs!

With These apps, I can get my HTC Inspire ready to upgrade to Jelly Bean version that is coming in the next few weeks from what CyanogenMod is predicting.  Although there isn't an exact date just yet.  When I find out I'll post it as soon as I can.  This is will be a major update to my system.  I've heard from others that the Jelly Bean O/S is really responsive and I hope the mod will be also be as responsive.  Are you ready for Jelly Bean? or do you need to upgrade you Phone first? [Affiliate Link]

Paul Sylvester

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