Samsung Galaxy S3 is Now Available for Sale Globally

The most anticipated Android handset this year, Samsung Galaxy S3 is now available for sale around the world. Recorded around 28 countries will get this device today. Meanwhile in the US and Canada, the device is expected to arrive later this summer on various carriers with some minor tweaks. At the same time, Samsung's grand plan say the Samsung Galaxy S3 will be on 296 countries by next month July.

The Samsung Galaxy S3 hits shelves in the following countries and regions :

United Kingdom
France
Europe
UAE, Saudi Arabia and Middle East
Africa

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The next-generation iPhone 5 with 3.9-inch display

The next generation of iPhone has nearly come to us. The most awaited iPhone after the success the previous iPhone 4GS and now we want more advance of iPhone.

Apple is testing multiple next-generation iPhones, and we have independently heard that at least one of these devices sports a brand new display.

Apple’s iPhone display went mostly unchanged from the first iteration of the iPhone to the third, but for the iPhone 4, Apple took the iPhone display to new heights with the incredible 640 x 960 Retina Display. The display has always been 3.5 inches measured diagonally and a 3:2 aspect ratio. As we hinted yesterday, all of that is about to change…

Right now we know of a few next-generation iPhone candidates in testing. These prototype phones are floating around Apple HQ in thick, locked shells in order to disguise the exterior design to “undisclosed” employees. We know of two next-generation iPhones in testing with a larger display: the iPhone 5,1 and iPhone 5,2. These phones are in the PreEVT stage of development and are codenamed N41AP (5,1) and N42AP (5,2). Because Apple reserves certain models for internal-only usage (such as the N96 phone we previously reported on), we’re not sure which of the two devices will make its way into the world later this year.

Both of these phones sport a new, larger display that is 3.95 inches diagonally. Apple will not just increase the size of the display and leave the current resolution, but will actually be adding pixels to the display. The new iPhone display resolution will be 640 x 1136. That’s an extra 176 pixels longer of a display. The screen will be the same 1.94 inches wide, but will grow to 3.45 inches tall. This new resolution is very close to a 16:9 screen ratio, so this means that 16:9 videos can play full screen at their native aspect ratio.

We’ve also heard that Apple will be taking full advantage of their new pixels. Apple is currently testing builds of iOS 6 that are custom-built to the new iPhone’s display. These builds include a tweaked home screen with a fifth row of icons (besides the stationary app dock) and extended application user interfaces that offer views of more content. Apple is able to pull this off with the same sharpness as the current iPhone Retina Display because of the additional pixels.

In terms of hardware other than the new display, we’ve heard that both of these prototypes definitely include a home button and the previously-rumored smaller dock connector. Apple will be bringing these dock connectors to all of their iOS devices over time, and it is not exactly a “pill-shape” as rumored. It’s basically a much narrower version of the current squared off (on the corners) dock connector. It is between the size of a Micro-USB and Mini-USB connector.

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Mexico will get Nokia Pure View Soon for Sale

The time to taste the Nokia Pure View 808 will finally arrives soon, but the first country to taste this amazing camera phone is Mexico.

Soon enough the first country to step over by Nokia Pure View is Mexico. This Nokia plan has been confirmed by some media over the internet one of which is the news from the Spanish Version of Nokia Conversations.

The mobile phone market in Mexico probably get the Nokia Pure View in the end of May or in the beginning of June. After the Pureview passing through FCC, our hope it might also make to the United States.

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How to Root Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 Step by Step (Tutorial)

Since many homemade applications have been made to give more experience for Smartphone users, there is a requirement in order to access the apps for rooting the device first. When your device is already rooted then you have the access to install many application of to any setting on your devices or adding some features, such as changing font or updating the unofficial custom Rom.

When you have a control on your phone, then it might be interesting because your phone is different than any other original phone that didn't root yet. This article will explain how to root Sony Ericsson X8 so you can update your Xperia X8 or you can add any application that requires a rooting.

However, we recommend you to consider carefully wether or not your phone requires the rooting process. When you root your device, usually the warranty will void. Please follow the steps carefully because we are not responsible of any damage occur on your device.

Steps to root the Sony Ericsson Xperia X8:

• First you need to download and install the Xperia X8 USB Drivers on your PC
• Turn on USB debugging on your device: Go to -> Settings -> Applications -> Development ->U SB Debugging
• Download the latest SuperOneClick.zip file to your Windows computer. (in case you need to register)
• Extract the files from the .zip file into a new folder on your Windows PC.
• Restart both. The PC and X8 just in case.
• Plug your phone in to your PC and turn on USB debugging. Note: DO NOT MOUNT THE SD CARD!!!
• Open the folder with the SuperOneClick contents and double click “SuperOneClick.exe”.
• Run the program, click root and wait few minutes. Done.

Note: If it doesn’t work at the first time just re-run the program once or twice.

Congratulations! your device is now rooted and you can use your device to install any homemade applications or changing your phone and setting. You also able to update your operating system to the next higher Android OS. Enjoy!

Tutorial credit: xperia-x8.com

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How to Update Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 into Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)

This article will explain about how to update Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 to OS Android v2.3 Gingerbread. Xperia X8 was released featured with the official system of Android 2.1 Ecrair, and no update is provided for this type of Sony Ericsson phone. So, people who want to update their X8 should know that the update will destroy the guarantee of the phone itself. You have to consider first wether you want to get along this update or just stay on the Android version on the phone.

After you have decided on the condition of the phone, and you still want to update your phone, this article is the right option. I will try to explain the steps of the updating X8 into Android OS v2.3 Gingerbread. Before going on the updating process, you need to prepare some files for the requirement of the update. Here are the file you should download first

Files you need to download: (Click to get redirected to the download page).

1. Download Android 2.3 Gingerbread ROM
2. Download xRecovery

Before installation of Gingerbread on you X8, it is better to back up your phone to keep your files and data setiing on your phone save. Make sure you have rooted your X8 and xRecovery is installed on your phone. The back up process we use now is using the tutorial below using xRecovery from the files above. For the tutorial to back up your X8, follow the link below:

How to Backup Your OS Android Phones Using xRecovery

After you backup your phone, now follow the steps below carefully to avoid any unwanted thing to your phone:

• Create a new folder on your desktop and rename it as per your choice. Here let’s consider that folder’s name is “XYZ”
• Now move the downloaded “Android Froyo Custom ROM” to the “XYZ” folder.
• The Custom ROM is a RAR archive so you need to extract it using WinRAR.
• For extracting the Custom Rom just Right Click on the file and then click on “Extract Here”
• It will get extracted and “Android Gingerbread Custom ROM’s” folder will be created.
• Now connect your Sony Ericsson XPERIA X8 Phone with your PC via USB cable.
• Select “Open Folder to view files” in the Autoplay box and then click on OK.
• Now Go To backup folder present inside the xrecovery folder (xrecovery – > backup)
• Copy “Android Gingerbread Custom ROM’s” folder to backup folder from “XYZ” folder.
• When it’s done, disconnect your phone from your PC.
• Switch/Power off your phone and wait for five seconds.
• Now Switch/Power on your phone again and as soon as the Sony Ericsson logo flashes on the screen start pressing the back key continuously.
• This will take you to the Xrecovery menu. (This happens only when you have installed xrecovery on your phone.)
• Now Select “Backup and Restore” in the Xrecovery menu
• In “Backup and Restore” click on Restore.
• Now you will see two files

- The backup of your phone
- “Android Froyo Custom ROM” file

• Select the “Android Gingerbread Custom ROM” file .
• It will Ask “Are You Sure”. Select “Yes – Restore”
• Now it will start installing “Android Gingerbread" on your XPERIA X8. Be patient, it will take some amount of time.
• After five or six minutes installation gets completed and a menu comes in front of you. Select “Reboot” From That Menu and Press Enter. Your Phone will reboot and you will see the change

Congratulations! Your Sony Ericsson is now using the Android OS v2.3 Gingebread. Let us know when there is problem occured on your phone. Enjoy !

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How to Install Apps to SD Card on Android 2.1 Eclair (Xperia X8, Xperia W8, and more..)

Many people are wandering if the could install application when they run out the internal memory storage of the phone. This problem might be faced by people who have android phones using the operating system of Android 2.1 Eclair. This problem also occured when i bought Sony Ericsson Xperia W8 yesterday, when i wanted to install the app, it said that i should clean some memory on my phone so i will be able to install the app.

This problem do not occured on the android phones using the OS Android 2.2 Froyo or 2.3 Gingerbread, it is only on Eclair and below. So, this article will explain the steps to install the apps to SD Card on Android 2.1 Eclair.

The steps to install apps to SD Card on Android 2.1 Eclair (Xperia X8, Xperia W8, and more..)

1. First of all, you need to download Link2SD or mediafire link. It is free and can be downloaded from Android market. You can help the developer by donating it.

Link2SD is much better than App2SD. Try it! It only needs root. It runs on 2.1!vAs we all know already that we can install Apps to SD card with Froyo or Gingerbread. The thing that makes Link2SD so different from the others is that this one supports Android 1.6 and up. Yes, even with Android Eclair is possible to install games to SD card and get some free memory for using.

After installing Link2SD to your Android phones running Android 2.1 or even Android 1.6 you’ll be able to get much more apps than you can imagine. So, before using this free apps you should root your Android phones first. Don’t worry it’s much more easy to root than flashing the whole Android with new ROM.

2. Secondly, you should have two partitions on SD card and both should be primary. The first FAT partition is your standard SD card storage. The second partition is used for application files and can be ext2, ext3, ext4 or FAT32.

Some phones lack the ext2, ext3 or ext4 file system support and you may get mount errors like “no such device”, “invalid argument”. These phones need ext2.ko or ext3.ko modules and even some additional modules to be able to mount. Using FAT32 on the second partition will eleminate such problems, because FAT32 is supported on all phones.

Link2SD does not create the second partition, you need to create it yourself. You can use any partition manager such as Minitool, Paragon, Easeus etc. for this.

Tutorial Credit: xperia-x8.com

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How to Update Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 into Android 2.2 (Froyo)

The way to update Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 is quite easy when you know the steps of update which are not really complicated. It is right, the official Android OS on the Xperia X8 is not provided any update to the next Android 2.2 (Froyo). So, i bet you know that doing some update on your Xperia X8 will destroy the warranty of your phone.

When you decided to update your Xperia X8 into Android 2.2 Froyo, this article will explain about the ways to do it. Just follow the procedures on this article to avoid any damage of your phone. Note: We are not responsible of any damage on your phone using the tutorial on this article. So, you must do at your own risk.

Before doing some update, please make sure that your phone is fully charged or there is at least 80% of battrey power on your phone. After you have enough battrey power on your phone, you should prepare the files for updating process.

Files you need to download: (Click to get redirected to the download page).

1. Download Android 2.2 Froyo Custom ROM
2. Download xRecovery 

Before installation of Froyo on you X8, it is better to back up your phone to keep your files and data setiing on your phone save. Make sure you have rooted your X8 and xRecovery is installed on your phone. The back up process we use now is using the tutorial below using xRecovery from the files above. For the tutorial to back up your X8, follow the link below:

How to Backup Your OS Android Phones Using xRecovery

After you backup your files from your phone, follow these steps below:

• Create a new folder on your desktop and rename it as per your choice. Here let’s consider that folder’s name is “XYZ”
• Now move the downloaded “Android Froyo Custom ROM” to the “XYZ” folder.
• The Custom ROM is a RAR archive so you need to extract it using WinRAR.
• For extracting the Custom Rom just Right Click on the file and then click on “Extract Here”
• It will get extracted and “Android Froyo Custom ROM’s” folder will be created.
• Now connect your Sony Ericsson XPERIA X8 Phone with your PC via USB cable.
• Select “Open Folder to view files” in the Autoplay box and then click on OK.
• Now Go To backup folder present inside the xrecovery folder (xrecovery – > backup)
• Copy “Android Froyo Custom ROM’s” folder to backup folder from “XYZ” folder.
• When it’s done, disconnect your phone from your PC.
• Switch/Power off your phone and wait for five seconds.
• Now Switch/Power on your phone again and as soon as the Sony Ericsson logo flashes on the screen start pressing the back key continuously.
• This will take you to the Xrecovery menu. (This happens only when you have installed xrecovery on your phone.)
• Now Select “Backup and Restore” in the Xrecovery menu
• In “Backup and Restore” click on Restore.
• Now you will see two files below:
• - the backup of your phone
• - “Android Froyo Custom ROM” file
• Select the “Android Froyo Custom ROM” file .
• It will Ask “Are You Sure”. Select “Yes – Restore”
• Now it will start installing “Android Froyo” on your XPERIA X8. Be patient, it will take some amount of time.
• After five or six minutes installation gets completed and a menu comes in front of you. Select “Reboot” From That Menu and Press Enter. Your Phone will reboot and you will see the change.

Congratulations! Your Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 is now using the Android 2.2 Froyo. Please let us know when this is succesful. enjoy !

Tutorial credit: xperia-x8.com

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How to Backup Your OS Android Phones Using xRecovery

This article will explain about how to backup Android Phones using xRecovery which downloaded and installed on the phone. The backup data is very usefull before rooting of updating the system on Android phones, so i hope this article will help you to keep your files in save before doing some update or root.

Actually there are many ways to backup files on Android Phones. But, iam sure the easiest way is using the application called xRecovery. Files you need to download: (Click to get redirected to the download page).

Download xRecovery, click here.

After you downloaded the file, install it on your phone, and follow the steps below:

• Switch off you phone and wait for 5 seconds.
• Switch on the phone and as the Sony Ericsson Screen flashes press the back key multiple times. This will take you to the xrecovery menu.
• In the menu select the option Backup and Restore and then select backup in the next menu.
• This will create backup of your phone in a folder inside the SD card in the backup folder inside the xrecovery folder in the SD card
• Keep a copy of that folder in your hard drive

Now, you have the backup data save stored on the SD card or on your computer. After you have this files, you are ready to root or update you Android phones. Enjoy !

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Samsung I9300 Galaxy S3 (S III) Preview: the Phone is Ringing Now !

Samsung has made us waiting for so long time for the phone called Samsung I9300 S III, but today the good news arrives upon us. The new flagship of Samsung Mobile Phone in Korea finally anncounce of their newest product of Samsung Galaxy S III.

Yes indeed, Samsung becomes the giant mobile phone manufacture that recently climbeb up to the top bringing some new OS of Android Phones on the market beside the old Symbian and other Operating System. This different OS Android has indeed brought something new, and something interesting to know. After launching the best phone ever made, Samsung Galaxy S II, the Korean Mobile Phone manufacture apparently still not satisfied to spoil us with another best amazing phone, Samsung Galaxy S III.

Samsung Galaxy S III is the company's new Android flagship and it features a quad-core processor, a 4.8" 720p screen and an 8MP camera packed in a 8.6mm body (no chins this time). Of course, it runs Ice Cream Sandwich with Samsung's latest TouchWiz interface that includes cool new ways to interact with the phone - S Voice (a direct Siri competitor), eye-tracking (Smart Stay) and several other clever tricks, which the smartphone has up its sleeves.

Specification:

• 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• 3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
• 4G Network LTE (regional)
• OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
• Chipset Exynos 4212 Quad, CPU Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, 1 GB RAM
• GPU Mali-400MP
• Card slot microSD, up to 64 GB
• Internal 16/32/64 GB storage,
• Dimensions 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm, Weight 133 g
• CAMERA Primary 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
• Features Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization, Video Yes, 1080p@30fps
• Secondary 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps
• Touch-sensitive controls
• Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
• Size 720 x 1280 pixels, 4.8 inches (~306 ppi pixel density)
• Multitouch, Corning Gorilla Glass 2, TouchWiz UI v4.0
• SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
• Loudspeaker,3.5mm jack
• DATA GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
• EDGE Class 12, Speed HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
• WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
• Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
• NFC, USB, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
• Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, RGB sensor, proximity, compass, barometer
• Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
• Browser HTML, Adobe Flash
• Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
• GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
• Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
• Colors Blue, White
• - MicroSIM card support only
• - S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
• - Smart Stay eye tracking
• - Dropbox (50 GB storage)
• - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
• - TV-out (via MHL A/V link)
• - SNS integration
• - MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
• - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
• - Organizer
• - Image/video editor
• - Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
• - Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration
• - Voice memo/dial/commands
• - Predictive text input (Swype)
• BATTERY Standard battery, Li-Ion 2100 mAh

What is so cool about this phone ?

There are several cool new usability features - most notably eye tracking and new voice commands. The eye tracking switches the display on and off, depending on whether the phone sees you looking at it (Samsung calls this Smart Stay). Samsung has also extended the voice command capabilities of the smartphone - the latest offering is called S Voice.

S Voice is obviously Samsung's answer to Siri. You activate it by saying "Hi Galaxy!". You can ask it about the weather, but you can also ask the phone to take a picture. Language support is its strongest weapon - besides English dialects, S Voice also understands Italian, German, French, Spanish and Korean.

The Galaxy S III also comes with a feature called Smart alert - when the phone detects that you have picked it up, it will vibrate if you have missed events.

The innovation doesn't stop here - Pop-up Play allows you to move the video player into a small floating window and continue watching while using another app.

Price:

Samsung Galaxy S III even though it is officially released on 29 May 2012 on Europe, but some carriers on England have already confirmed they'll carry the S III point to May 30 as a UK launch date. The prices may different depending the internal storage of the device which are 16/32/64 GB. But accroding to one of the site carphonewarehouse.com it is priced at 499.95 GBP or around £499.95.

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How To Update Samsung Galaxy Gio with CyanogenMod9 Beta 8 Android 4.0 ICS (Stable version)

Many people are thinking that is there any way to taste the latest version of Android ICS 4.0 on their Samsung Galaxy Gio? Are their Gios compatible of this Android ICS? The answer is yes they can upgrade their Samsung Galaxy Gio into the latest version of Android ICS. Even though there are still many bugs on the version, but it still need to be tried.

The latest version of CM9 Beta 8 Android 4.0 ICS (Stable version) is now available for download. This article will show you how to update your Samsung Galaxy Gio into the latest version of the custom Rom of Android Ice Cream Sandwich so you will be able to taste this latest android onto your Galaxy Gio.

What you should know before upgrading your phone:

–> This custom ROM can only be applied to rooted phones. Therefore, you will need to root your Galaxy GIO smartphone. (Warning: Rooting can void the warranty of your phone.)

–> We are not liable for any damages that could happen to your handset. This is a beta firmware. You will eventually encounter some bugs or errors.

–> Check your phone’s battery. Make sure that its power level won’t go any lower than 80 percent. This is to avoid any power interruption during the update process.

–> Disable your computer’s Firewall, Anti-Virus and Security suites. Do the same for your smartphone.

–> Enable your phone’s USB Debugging mode. Do this by going to Settings > Applications > Development. Check the box next to the USB Debugging option.

–> Backup your phone’s important data but do not do such via KIES. You have to create a backup for your call logs, phone contacts, music, videos, photos and SMS messages.

How to Backup SMS, Contacts, Applications and Settings on Android Phones

Change Log for CM9 Beta 8 Android 4.0 ICS:

- Wifi should be fully working right now
- YouTube HQ is working, first 5-10 secound of movie can be laggy (will be improved)
- Really, really more free RAM
- Again faster than ever ealier
- new KGSL backport
- new genlock backport
- new adreno framebuffer
- new video decoder in kernel
- improved filesystem cache
- 800MHz is now default CPU clock
- fixed overclocking bugs
- added KSM for even better performance (enabled by deafult, you can disable it in Performance settings)
- fixed IOCTL_KGSL_TIMES​TAMP_EVENT errors
- now we are using clean libgenlock
- improved KGSL page table size

To Update Samsung Galaxy Gio, follow the steps below:

Step 1: Download the CyanogenMod 9 (CM9) Beta 8 Android 4.0 ICS Firmware Package from this link  Go to Download > Samsung Galaxy GIO S5660 > Releases. Select and download the file called “Beta 8 for Samsung Galaxy Gio S5660 (16 Apr 2012)”. Save the file to your computer.

Step 2: Connect your device to your computer via USB cable. Copy the file from the previous step then place the file to the root directory of your phone’s SD card storage. Remove your phone from your computer. Switch off your device.

Step 3: Boot to recovery mode by pressing the Menu Key while holding the Power button. Just repeat this step if ever you’re booted back to normal mode.

Step 4: In recovery mode, select ‘wipe data / factory reset’ then ‘wipe cache partition’. This will clear all the cached files that were stored inside your phone.

Step 5: Select ‘install zip from sd card’ then ‘choose zip from sd card’. Locate and select the file called “ICS CM9 Package for Galaxy GIO Beta 8”. Wait until the file gets successfully installed.

Step 6: This step is optional and can be applied to deal with Force Close errors. Turn off your device then boot to recovery mode. In recovery mode, select ‘wipe data / factory reset’ then ‘wipe cache partition’. Once done, select ‘++++ Go Back ++++’ then ‘reboot system now’ to reboot your phone.

So, Your Samsung Galaxy Gio is now using the lastest version of CyanogenMod9 Beta 8 Android 4.0 ICS (Stable version). Do let us know when there is some log or bugs on this version, thanks.. !

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