Samsung I9103 Galaxy R Announced, Features GeForce GPU And NVIDIA Tegra 2

August 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Samsung and NVIDIA teamed up to bring the latest addition to the Galaxy smartphone series – the Samsung Galaxy R. Don’t expect this to hit the mainland anytime soon though, the phone was announced only for parts of Europe and Asia. The phone might come to the states a couple of months after release, just like the Galaxy S2 – Samsung’s insanely popular handset which has shipped over five million units without launching in the US. That said, it might not come to the states at all, so don’t get your hopes up too soon.

Samsung I9103 Galaxy R Announced, Features GeForce GPU And NVIDIA Tegra 2 galaxyr1 20110810

Samsung Galaxy R itself is gorgeous. Its 9.55mm thin body encloses a powerful NVIDIA Tegra 2 chipset and a GeForce GPU. While we are drooling over the kind of raw processing power this device packs and the 1080p HD video playback, we were a bit disappointed that it does not sport the super AMOLED display the Galaxy S2 does. Still, the 4.19-inch WVGA Super Clear LCD is pretty nice and should be fine for everyday use. The device will run Android 2.3 Gingerbread, no surprise there. It will also ship with Samsung’s Touchwiz UI 4.0. It also has a built-in accelerometer, a proximity sensor and supports swype & multi-touch input.

Samsung I9003 Galaxy R Specs:

  • Dual-core 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor, GeForce GPU and NVIDIA Tegra 2 chipset
  • 3G with HSPA speeds
  • 1GB RAM and 1GB ROM.
  • 4.19-inch WVGA Super Clear LCD touchscreen (16M-color SC-LCD capacitive touchscreen) with 480x800px resolution
  • Android 2.3 “Gingerbread” OS with Touchwiz 4.0
  • 5 megapixel auto-focus camera with LED flash supports 720p video recording; face detection & geo-tagging. The 1.3MP front-facing camera can be used for video calls.
  • 1080p HD playback
  • 8 GB internal memory, expandable by upto 32GB via microSD
  • Samsung Galaxy R sports a 1650mAh battery, giving it a longer battery backup compared to other phones in its category.
  • Dimensions: 125.7 x 66.7 x 9.55 mm
  • Weight: 135 gm
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LG G-Slate Android 3.1 HoneyComb Update to Roll-out Soon

August 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The LG G-Slate is about to get an Android 3.1 Honeycomb update very soon. How soon? It could roll out as early as today. The Japanese have been assured of an August 10 update by Docomo already. When T-Mobile G-Slates are going to receive the update is unclear. The update will bring a multitude of improvements to the slate, including a more intuitive UI and USB support to name just two. The UI improvements are a big win for everyone, the general opinion being that the G Slate is some excellent hardware with a mediocre UI running on top of it.
Even though it was announced waaay back in CES 2011, for those who missed this tablet (okay, they didn’t really talk about it all that much there), the LG G-Slate is a Honeycomb device that is a pretty good contender in the Android Tablet space. It features a dual core Tegra2 processor clocked at 1GHz and 32 GB of internal storage. But the one thing that sets this tablet apart from its contenders are the stereoscopic rear facing camera that shoot 1080p HD video in 3D. One of those also acts as a 5 megapixel still camera. There is also a front facing 2 megapixel camera for video calls.
The G-Slate has a nice 8.9 inch touchscreen running at 1280 x 768. Overall, the HD display, the great processor and the 1080p video recording/streaming makes this tablet one of the better Honeycomb devices on the market yet. It is a little late with the Android 3.1 update, behind the Motorola Xoom, The Asus Eee Pad Transformer and the Samsung Galaxy Tab. The improvements that come with the new version of Android should help the tablet with sales before the next generation of tablets comes out in a few months.

[via lgforum]

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Samsung Continuum Froyo ROM Leaked

August 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Samsung Continuum Froyo ROM Leaked Samsung Continuum1

The Samsung Continuum, unlike some other devices in the Galaxy S series, has not yet received an official Froyo update. The phone’s unique 480X96 sub display failed to catch as many eyes as Samsung may have hoped and has remained stuck on Éclair. Great news for those who had given hope on the old handset, a developer on XDA has finally leaked a Froyo ROM for the Continuum. This update may just breathe new life into the handset, Android 2.1 wasn’t helping it much.

The update, build number EC03, brings the standard Froyo feature set to the device. It seems that the ROM is stock, and does not contain any customizations. Apparently, you’re going to need the ClockWork Mod and Samsung’s Odin tool. The procedure looks relatively simple, though. This is still a leak and not an official release, but users have reported that it is working quite well. We could not confirm if this ROM would ever see the light of day as an official Froyo Update for the phone.

While we would not get too optimistic and start expecting a Gingerbread update for the aging Samsung Continuum, this is still worth the time and will let you use your phone a tad bit longer. Be sure to visit the XDA developers forum for detailed instructions o how to download and install the update.

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Verizon 4G LTE Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Now Rooted

August 7, 2011 By 2 Comments

Verizon 4G LTE Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Now Rooted Samsung Galaxy Tab 10 1 Inch 16GB Wi FiA workaround has been released to root the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 with Verizon 4G LTE. Getting root access can sometimes be a giant pain. Fortunately, this one is pretty simple to hack into. All you have to do is download the exploit file, boot your tab into recovery mode and flash it with it. Viola! Be warned, though – With root access comes great responsibility. But what kind of geek would you be if you didn’t abuse that power.

A patch that brings Netflix streaming on the Asus Eee Pad Transformer, has also been shown to work on Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.

Steps to root the device are as follows:

Step 1 – Root:

1. Download the file from THIS THREAD POST to your Tab10.1 (anywhere should work, I went with the /sdcard folder on my tab)

2. Power Down Tab

3. Power On and when you see the Samsung Text Hold Power + Volume UP (From This Post)
4. Select the Android+Box (Volume up to switch, then volume down to select)

5. Chose “apply update from /sdcard” and select the .zip file you downloaded in step 1 (When finished, the tab will automatically reboot).

6. Verify Root – You should see SuperUser in your apps when your tab finishes rebooting.

To be able to watch Netflix movies on your phone:

Step 2 – Asus Transformer Patch

1. Download the Transformer Patch from THIS THREAD

2. Install Patch – I chose to use Root Explorer to manually move the libnvomx.so file into my /system/lib folder, but you could also reboot into recovery and apply the .zip file that way instead (steps 2-5 above).

3. Reboot – If you manually move the .so file you will need to reboot, using the recovery it should reboot for you when finished.

4. Watch Movies

[via XDA]

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