Samsung has introduced the Galaxy SIII (or S3) this evening with a lot of fanfare, which is the current top of the Android smartphones. Besides impressive hardware (4.8″ display with 1280×720 pixels, quad-core CPU, 8 megapixel camera), there are some nice ...
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Media player on TV: Android do-it-yourself or AppleTV 2?
If you want to play various media on the TV, there is no way around an appropriate media player. This can either be a complete HTPC, or - if you already have the data on a NAS anyway...
Continue readingOne android and back!
After I switched from the iPhone 4 to a Galaxy Nexus with Android ICS 4.0.2 about two weeks ago (with all the trimmings, the iPhone was at home with a dead battery and no SIM card) and ...
Continue readingAndroid x86: Intel shows first Atom smartphone
Android on x86 processors has been a niche product so far, but this is about to change: Intel is showing a smartphone at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas that runs Android with an Atom Z2460 processor. The smartphone operating system was developed for ...
Continue readingCar mounts for Samsung Galaxy Nexus (i9250)
Actually, this blog entry should already be about navigation. Only: the right mount is still missing, because too far in the car inner has the GPS reception simply no longer sufficient. So: a suitable mount is needed. Since ...
Continue readingSamsung Galaxy Nexus with "ICS" 4.0.2 - impression of an iPhone 4 user
I have to admit that Android has always put me off a bit. Too few apps, no consistent user interface and a horrible update policy. Then I got my hands on a relatively inexpensive Samsung Galaxy Nexus, ...
Continue readingSamsung brings Android 4.0 ICS to tablets - in 2012
Samsung has announced that it will release Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" (ICS) for the current Galaxy Tab 10.1, 8.9, 7.7 and 7.0 tablets next year, according to Golem.de. The original Galaxy Tab (without number) seems to be ...
Continue readingGoogle with Majel against Apple's Siri
Apple has launched a functioning voice control with text recognition with Siri, which naturally motivates Google to create a similar product. However, Google's variant is supposed to be reminiscent of the computer from Starship Enterprise - hence ...
Continue readingSamsung Galaxy Nexus at Media Markt for 529,-€
o² offers it for €629, while Media Markt has the Samsung Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.0 for €529. Thus, Media Markt is only slightly more expensive than price comparison offers, which currently start at 523,-€ plus shipping ...
Continue readingAndroid 3.2 for tablets released
Google has released Android 3.2 for tablets, the most important new feature: better support for Android apps that are not adapted to the tablets' large displays as well as support for tablets with a 7-inch display. In addition, ARM CPUs are now supported by ...
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