Jonne is a mobile phone enthusiast who is currently pursuing his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science at the Vaasa University of Applied Sciences. He has been using the newest phones out there ever since the Nokia 5110 was released. Currently his choice of smartphone OS is Windows Phone 7.5.
I was testing the Samsung Galaxy Note today and noticed a pretty big hardware bug on it. For some reason the S-Pen that is provided with the phone didn’t work in a large circular area of the screen. The circle you see above is where the pen just didn’t work. Everything inside the red circle didn’t work with the S-Pen, but it worked with your finger. This would mean that the capacitive sensor is working well, while the magnetic sensor is causing the problem.
I did some digging on the Internet and found that this wasn’t the only problem with the magnetic sensor of the Galaxy Note. A lot of users have complained about the Note’s ability to track the S-Pen, and also the lack of a real calibration utility. Corners seem to be another weak spot when using the S-Pen. I didn’t really find a real solution for neither of the problems mentioned, so for now we’ll just have to wait for Samsung to provide a fix. Have any of our readers experienced a problem like this on their Galaxy Note?
It’s been a really long time (roughly 6 months) since I got a chance to grab some live photos of a phone. Well, now I’m back from my student exchange in Thailand, and so are the live shots! The first phone to get the attention is the Samsung Galaxy Xcover S5690.
Here are the most important specs for the Samsung Galaxy Xcover S5690:
GSM frequencies: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
3G frequencies: 900 / 2100 MHz
CPU: 800 MHz
OS: Google Android OS v2.3 (Gingerbread) + TouchWiz UI
Screen: 3.65-inch, HVGA (480 x 320)
Camera: 3.2-megapixel (2048×1536), LED flash, video
I really don’t know what to make of this. The image above is from a Swiss site that claims to have information of Windows Phone Tango. First, they claim that Windows Phone Tango will be Windows Phone 7.6 (image of build 7.20.1050.5). The original version was 7.0, and Mango is 7.5, so 7.6 for Tango sounds possible. What is more interesting is that they also claim Tango to bring Skype and Google+ integration. The image HAS to be a fake. Google+ is spelled as “Google +”, with a space before the +. Additionally, the double-o in Facebook and Google+ don’t have the same font-spacing. The third thing in the image that doesn’t really compute, is that the watermark is behind the text.
The image is obviously a fake, but could the intel be correct? Would it make sense to bring Google+ integration to the platform? Skype is already on its way to the platform, but will it be ready for Tango, or will Microsoft have to postpone it till Apollo? ALOT of questions remain unanswered. I guess we just have to wait :(
There have been rumors flying around of a Samsung Galaxy S III. The image above is proof of a WiFi certification for a Samsung GT-I9800. The model number for the Galaxy S III is believed to be GT-I9300, so what really is the GT-I9800? Will we have something even better than the Galaxy S III?
The Samsung Galaxy S III was rumored to be released at MWC next month, but Samsung has yet to decide whether this will happen or not. It remains to be seen what Samsung will bring to Mobile World Congress next month!
The guys over at Pocketnow has managed to get some hands-on time with the brand new Nokia Lumia 900 for AT&T. As many of you should know, what’s packed inside the Nokia Lumia 900′s polycarbonate case is delicious. The screen is a 4.3-inch AMOLED ClearBlack display (WVGA resolution), 1.4GHz Qualcomm APQ8055 + MDM9200 (WCDMA), 512 MB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, 8-megapixel f/2.2 28mm back camera with LED flash, 1-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.4, WiFi, Bluetooth, and a 1,830 mAh battery. Windows Phone 7.5 is what makes all of the above work together.
Current rumors and leaked roadmaps suggest that this thing will be released on March 18th by AT&T for $99.99.
Samsung has began seeding bada 2.0 for owners of the original Samsung S8500 Wave. The update is now available in some parts of the world, and the rollout will continue in stages. This means that not everyone will receive the update today! The best thing you can do is to use Samsung Kies on your PC to see if the update is already available in your region. Enjoy!
During today’s earnings call, Samsung told that they will start mass production of the Exynos 5250 SoC in the second quarter this year. This is the dual-core Cortex-A15 monster that is clocked at 2GHz, supports a WQXGA (2560×1600) display resolution, and packs four times the graphics performance of the Cortex-A9 SoC.
Samsung told that the initial target is to bring the dual-core processor into tablets, and later into smartphones.
Nokia Conversations provided a list of EA games that will be exclusive to Nokia’s Windows Phones. It’s possible that these titles will be exclusive for the first, lets say, 90 days, and then be available to other devices.
Here’s a list of the games.
Mirror’s Edge – award winning Parkour sim with a futuristic spy thriller plot.
Real Racing 2 – hit racing sim pits you over 40 miles in 30 officially licensed cars.
Sims Medieval – The Sims meets Fable in genre-crossing adventures.
Tiger Woods PGA Tour – Go golfing with the Pros in this leading simulation.
Monopoly – no need for an introduction to the classic property-baron board game.
Spy Mouse – a new one to us, it’s a portable puzzler with a flight control vibe.
Yahtzee – it’s poker but with dice. Good one for a train trip or the back seat of the car.
The Game of Life – another family board game; and an unknown quantity here. Opinions?
Vampire Rush – an combination of tower defence and survival horror.
Parking Mania – never played this one. Looks suspiciously like a parking simulation. Hope there is something we’re missing here…
Picnic Wars – an evolution of the ‘annoyed avians’ formula – this time featuring vicious veggies.
