Lexibook-Kids in US

Posted by admin on Friday, August 24, 2012

French educational tech maker Lexibook is bringing its eponymous kiddy-tablet to the US from next month. It's not talking specs or price, but we're expecting it to be close to the Lexibook First currently available in Europe. The seven-inch slate packs a 600MHz processor, 256MB RAM, 4GB storage (expandable to 16GB with an microSD card), parental controls and 802.11 b/g WiFi. The FroYo-running device retails for £150 ($237) over the pond, but if the company tries something similar over here, we suspect people might plump for something a little more powerful, or less expensive, or both.



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Lexibook® Tablets Launch In USA

NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lexibook®, Android® educational kids tablet leader, is delighted to announce the official launch of its new tablets for kids nationwide from September 15, 2012. With a preview launch at Toys' R Us stores across the country, parents will discover tablets with content tailored to the needs of the new generation.

With a high definition tactile screen and a kid friendly interface, the tablets offer an unprecedented content offer for toddlers to pre-teens. The educational content is adapted to the curriculum with 500 sheets of general education, tests and interactive quizzes. School Zone™ apps and 200 pre-loaded e-books are also included to complete the educational offer. Children will discover their favorite stories, rhymes and Susie Tallman's top songs and karaoke videos. For even more fun, 25 games and 52 discovery activities are included as well as a camera with photo editing software.

Wireless internet browsing through a high speed built-in Wi-Fi connection is kept safe through embedded parental control, while kids can still download more than 10,000 must-have apps on the Lexibook® Market including Pig Rush™, Angry Birds®, Fruit Ninja®, Pandora®, Skype®, and learn while having fun with educational apps adapted to every age group.

With the Lexibook® Videostore by Kabillion™ and Spotify® music portal, cartoons, music, and other favorite videos are available in one click!

Lexibook® Tablets are a concentrate of educational, multimedia and interactive activities allowing children to finally have a tablet just for them. Parents and children will share amazing moments and kids will learn fast in a fun way. Great accessories will also be available: tablet skins, cases, stylus, keyboards, headsets and more.

Aymeric Le Cottier, CEO, comments: "We're really excited to present this new innovative range that will enable kids to change the way they learn and play. Our great content and fantastic features bring an immediate unique user experience and the built-in gaming and apps download center bring endless possibilities for kids."


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T-Mobile Galaxy Note discontinued?

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The Android powered device has made a sudden and mysterious exit from T-Mobile’s website and has had a status shift to “backordered” on several other sites. Android Police is reporting that an anonymous inside contact of theirs stated that T-Mobile is placing the Samsung Galaxy Note on EOL (end of life) with an estimated end date of November 1st. 
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T-Mobile officially responded to the reports by simply saying, "The Samsung Galaxy Note is currently out of stock online via www.T-Mobile.com; however the device is still available for purchase at select T-Mobile retail stores." 

This, of course, leads us to speculate how soon we could see the rumored Galaxy Note II debut, and if it will make an appearance on T-Mobile. If the Galaxy Note II is in fact making its way to T-Mobile in the coming months, it would make sense for the carrier to start depleting inventory ASAP.
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Motorola Defy Pro only $275 on Rogers Store

Posted by admin on Tuesday, August 21, 2012

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Canadians who need a handset capable of withstanding the frantic hustle of life can now avail themselves of Motorola's Defy Pro. The "lifeproof" smartphone should be able to withstand water, dust and hockey sticks, with a touchscreen and QWERTY keyboard working together in perfect harmony. While it's not yet online at Rogers, the chaps at MobileSyrup found units available in store -- setting you back $275 outright or from as low as a few pennies on the right contract.

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Nokia Dominate WIndows Phone Market

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Windows Phone doesn't hold a big section of the smartphone market worldwide, but it is growing, and a lot of that is thanks to the success of Nokia's Lumia handsets. Microsoft has given Nokia a lot of preferential treatment, and it has paid off according to the new numbers from Localytics. Although, the other Windows Phone manufacturers may not be too excited.

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Localytics released its Windows Phone market share numbers for July, and they show some pretty impressive growth by Nokia. As of this past January, Nokia wasn't even in the US market with Windows Phone, and had just 22% of the worldwide Windows Phone market. Now, Nokia holds 32% of the US market, and a whopping 59% of the worldwide market. 

Nokia's success comes at the price of Samsung and HTC though. Samsung's US WP market share dropped from 36% to 26% in the first 7 months of 2012, and its worldwide share dropped from 23% to 13%. HTC has been hit the hardest though. HTC still holds the majority of the US WP market at 36%, but that is down from 54% in January, and worldwide HTC's share has dropped from 44% to just 21%.
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Acer Liquid Gallant and Liquid Gallant Duo

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n addition to PCs and tablets, the folks at Acer make smartphones too, you know. In fact, their Android-powered CloudMobile handset, which we got to play with back in February, should hit the shelves no later than next month. But that isn't the only device the company plans to launch in September.

The Acer Liquid Gallant Solo and Liquid Gallant Duo have been announced officially and will be on display at IFA 2012. When it comes to hardware, both handsets are practically identical, with the dual-SIM functionality on the Duo model being the only significant difference.
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Other than that, both Acer Liquid Gallant models come with a 1GHz processor made by MediaTek, 1GB of RAM, 4.3-inch screen with qHD resolution (540 by 960 pixels), and 5-megapixel main camera. To no surprise, Android 4.0 comes installed out of the box. Last but not least, the smartphones will be available in Gentle Black or Ceramic White.

There is no word regarding the pricing of these two smartphones, but it probably won't be long until we find out more on the matter. The Acer Liquid Gallant Solo and Gallant Duo are scheduled to launch in September.

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Samsung Galaxy SII Leaked?

Posted by admin on Monday, August 20, 2012

This past February, rumors started circulating that Samsung was going to bump up the processor on the Samsung Galaxy S II and call it the Samsung Galaxy S II Plus.  Remember, this rumor started months before anyone had an idea what the specs were going to be on the Samsung Galaxy S III. The Samsung Galaxy S II Plus was spotted on the An3DBenchXL benchmark site back in February, carrying a dual-core 1.5GHz Exynos processor. That would be a slight bump from the dual-core 1.2GHz Exynos processor found on the international version of the Samsung Galaxy S II as well as on the Sprint and AT&T variant of the phone. The T-Mobile branded model of the Samsung Galaxy S II had a dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor under the hood.

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According to Chilean carrier VTR, the Samsung Galaxy S II Plus will have a 4.52 inch screen (which represents a slight increase from the international and AT&T Galaxy S II models and is the same size as the Sprint and T-Mobile versions), 1 GB of RAM, 16GB of storage and an 8MP camera on back. While the benchmark tests earlier this year had the device flexing its muscles with Gingerbread abroad, the latest speculation has Android 4.0 being installed instead.

The Samsung Galaxy S II Plus appears to be available now, according to the VTR web site, priced at 355,900 Chilean Pesos ($734.34 USD)

The best question to ask is why Samsung would go ahead with this when the Samsung Galaxy S III, with clearly much more advanced specs, is selling like hotcakes. 

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Android Jelly Bean 4.1 from AOKP and MIUI

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If you are an Android power user that likes to load custom ROMs onto your phone, today is turning out to be a pretty great day for you. Popular ROM makers AOKP and MIUI both have released their first official ROMs based on Android 4.1 Jellybean. That brings buttery smoothness to some of the most popular after-market versions of Android out there. While several ROM makers have been releasing very preliminary builds for a couple of weeks, these two have a level of stability and feature-richness that those unofficial releases lacked.

MIUI feels a bit like basic Android with aesthetic touches borrowed from both Samsung’s Touchwiz and Apple’s iOS (see below). The initial release of MIUI is just for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus (all models) and the Google Nexus 7 tablet, although we expect more devices to be supported soon.

AOKP's first official release is currently compiling so we don't know which phones are in the initial batch, but if their past in any indication they will support several devices in short order. AOKP has more of a stock Android look, but layers in numerous ways to tweak the phone to your liking, including built-in notification toggles, navigation bar modifications, and the ability to control the audio level independently for each input (e.g. media, phone calls, etc.), as well as custom theming so you can make your device look "just so".

Both releases are essentially 1.0 versions, so they should be stable enough to use as a daily driver, but if you are the type that likes having every last bug squished you may want to wait for a few more releases. Also of note, CyanogenMod has just started doing nightly beta releases of CM10; CyanogenMod has been the most popular custom ROM so far, and with nightlies having started it may only be a matter of weeks before they have an official release as well.

So choose your custom ROM carefully – and as always, if you are not comfortable hacking your phone (and accepting responsibilities if you screw it up) then just hang tight. Most of the newer phone and tablet models should see Jelly Bean in the coming months. And if you are new to MIUI, some shots of the interface can be seen in below

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) Student Edition Bundle

Posted by admin on Sunday, August 19, 2012

The Samsung GALAXY Tab 2 (7.0) Student Edition Bundle includes the tablet in white, a keyboard dock and a USB peripheral connector all for the price of the tablet itself, $249.99. The bundle goes on sale starting Sunday and while we originally told you that it would be available at Best Buy, it will also be on sale at Amazon, Tiger Direct, Costco and Fry’s Electronics. The offer runs through September 1st.

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Samsung notes that with the keyboard and the USB connector, students can add a plug-in mouse and get to work writing those important term papers. Afterward, they can use the tablet to relax while watching their favorite movies.

In case you forgot about the tablet's specs, the Samsung GALAXY Tab 2 (7.0) is equipped with a 7inch Super PLS LCD display with resolution of 1024 x 600 and a rather low pixel density of 170ppi. Under the hood is a dual-core 1GHz processor with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of native storage aboard.  A 32GB capacity microSD slot can expand storage and a 4000mAh battery keeps the gears turning. A 3MP camera on back captures video in 720p at 30fps and there is a VGA front facing camera for self portraits and video chat. The version of the tablet available with the bundle has Wi-Fi connectivity only, and comes out of the box with Android 4.0.


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iOS sms text spoofing ?

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A relatively serious flaw in the way iOS handles SMS messages has been found by hacker and iOS security researcher pod2g. It appears that there are some phones (not only the iPhone) that are compatible with a number of advanced SMS functions, that become enabled if a hacker tinkers with the UDH (User Data Header) section of a text message. One of these advanced functions allows the user to specify a different reply-to path for the message than the original one (which would be the number that actually sends the message).

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According to pod2g, the right way to implement this feature would be to make both the original and reply-to addresses visible to the recipient of the SMS. This way they will know which number has sent the message, and which number will receive the message once they reply. However, it looks like on the iPhone the user only sees the reply-to number, and they lose track of the original sender's number. This way, pod2g explains, it's very easy for a hacker to pretend that the message is send from a trusted source like your bank, when it actually isn't.

Here's the explanation directly from the horse's mouth:
"In the text payload, a section called UDH (User Data Header) is optional but defines lot of advanced features not all mobiles are compatible with. One of these options enables the user to change the reply address of the text. If the destination mobile is compatible with it, and if the receiver tries to answer to the text, he will not respond to the original number, but to the specified one. Most carriers don't check this part of the message, which means one can write whatever he wants in this section : a special number like 911, or the number of somebody else."

According to the hacker, this kind of SMS flaw can be used for various bad stuff including someone pretending to be a trusted source, asking you to submit your personal data, or even a spoofed message acting as a false evidence.

Probably the most interesting thing about this whole story is that the flaw has been present ever since the launch of the original iPhone back in 2007, and continues to be around with the latest beta of iOS 6. pod2g presumes that other security researchers, as well as some pirates are also aware of it... which would be strange, because we should have known about this by now, if other security researchers like him were really aware.


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iPhone 5 using LTE Network ?

Posted by admin on Saturday, August 18, 2012

New rumors about from Apple iPhone 5 from two big providers in Korea with Apple, that said about LTE on iPhone 5.

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Someone from one provider said "KT is negotiating with Apple to be preparing for the 1.8GHz frequency in Kore for next iPhone."

This news could be true, because in Korea LTE network is very large and it is growing great. There are 10 million LTE users in Korea. One more thing, The New iPad / iPad using the LTE network and iPhone will use it same as The New iPad / iPad 3.
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Screen for iPad Mini ?

Posted by admin on Thursday, August 16, 2012

Gizmodo posted a photo that says it is the screen that will be used for mini iPad. The screen size is 7.85-inch, as is rumored today.

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Interesting, the screen does not have a 4:3 aspect ratio as the current standard on the iPad. Although this remains only a rumor can be believed, the possibility can happen this is really a mini iPad screen.

It could be the screen in this photo is from other screen tablets like Galaxy Tab, we don't know
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Samsung Galaxy S3, Black version

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Photo information from Carphone Warehouse shows that Samsung Galaxy S3 will available on other color, Black.

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Samsung Galaxy S 3 will be all in black casing. For specs are the same as before. But, no confirmation from Samsung to launch the new color of Samsung Galaxy S 3. So, we'll wait.

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iPhone 5 pre-order September?

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A lot of rumors from iMore, that iPhone 5 can be pre-order on the September 12th. On that date, Apple rumored will announce the latest-generation of iPhone and iPad mini.

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The first launch was specific to the U.S., and for global market can be order in October. But no confirmation from Apple that iPhone 5 can be order on that day. So just wait next month, and saving your money for this gadget.
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Apple users try using Android because Price factor

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Internal survey by Apple Apple proved that customers will try to use Android smartphone because Android contract carrier offers more friendly. With so many Android phones, consumers can use same number.

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This was revealed at the patent war between Apple and Samsung which proves that Samsung with Android OS compete fairly in partnership with many carriers43% Apple users begin to try using Android because they wants to stay in the same operator. Google also one of factor that give 36% Apple users want to try Android.
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