One of the worst kept secrets in the recent history of gadgets, Samsung Galaxy tab (GT-P1000) was officially unveiled today at IFA 2010 in Berlin, Germany. This is the first tablet which comes close to be a competitor for Apple’s iPad and definitely the best Android tablet out there in the market currently.

The major selling point of Galaxy Tab is that it can also be used as a phone unlike iPad. Running on Android 2.2 Froyo, Galaxy tab will also offer Multitouch web browsing, including HTML5 and Adobe Flash, email, voice and video calling and all other apps provided by Android market. Weighing 380g, the device is based on Samsung’s Galaxy S smartphone and is designed to be used in one hand.

Much like the iPad, the Galaxy Tab also includes an ebook reading application, call the “Readers Hub”. Powered by Kobo, PressDisplay, Zinio and others, Samsung claims more than 2 million books, over 2,500 magazines in 20 languages and more than 1,600 newspapers in 47 languages will be available at launch.

Samsung Galaxy Tab Specifications

OS: Android 2.2 (Froyo)
Display: 7.0 inch TFT-LCD, WSVGA (1024 x 600)
Network: 2.5G (GSM/ GPRS/ EDGE) : 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
3G (HSUPA 5.76Mbps, HSDPA 7.2Mbps) : 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
Processor: Cortex A8 1.0GHz Application Processor with PowerVR SGX540
RAM: 512 MB
Memory: 16GB/32GB internal memory with up to 32GB external memory via MicroSD slot
Camera: 3 MP Camera with Auto-Focus and LED Flash, 1.3MP front camera for Video Telephony
Connectivity: 30 pin connector, 3G HSPA connectivity, 802.11n Wi-Fi, & Bluetooth 3.0
Sensor: Gyroscope sensor, Geo-magnetic sensor, Accelerometer, Light sensor
Size: 190.09 x 120.45 x 11.98mm, weight 380g
Battery: 4,000mAh (7 hours movie play)
GPS: A-GPS
Video: Full HD (1080p) Video Player & Recorder (720 x 480) @ 30fps
3.5mm Ear Jack & speaker
MP3, AAC, OGG, WMA, AMR-NB/WB, FLAC, WAV, AC3, MIDI
Integrated E-mail: Gmail, MS Exchange ActiveSync
Google Maps, Latitude, Places | Google Maps Navigation (Beta)
eReading: Newspaper Book , Magazine
Adobe Flash 10.1 player support

Samsung Galaxy Tab – Release & Availability

The Samsung GALAXY Tab will be launched in Europe (most probably in ITALY first) in mid September, and in other markets including Korea, the US and Asia in coming months.

Samsung Galaxy Tab – Price

Pricing details will be announced nearer to the launch date. We don’t even have some believable rumors about the pricing. We guess Samsung is simply playing a waiting game without deciding the pricing upfront.

Would you buy one when its available? What’s the maximum price you would like to shell out?

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Compare Samsung Galaxy S Phones

Samsung Galaxy S series has 4 popular models – namely Samsung Fascinate, Samsung Captivate, Samsung Vibrant and Samsung Epic 4G. Many people do not have a clue as to what differentiates these 4 models. So here is a brief comparison, courtesy BillShrink. The poster has 2 parts, the first one compares the similarities between the phones in terms of specifications, while these second part touches upon the differentiating factors.

Samsung Galaxy S – Common Factors

Samsung Galaxy S – Differentiating Factors

That should help you understand and decide which model to go for, isn’t it?

[via]Labnol

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The “Just one more thing” at this year’s special music event at Apple is nothing but the next gen AppleTV (and not iTV) which is shockingly small, slick and tiny.

The new Apple TV comes with Hollywood movies and TV shows, everything in HD and it is is 1/4 the size of the first gen Apple TV. it comes with a Power supply, HDMI, Ethernet and optical audio. What more? It has WiFi 802.11n built in! It is so small that it can fit in the palm of your hand!

There won’t be any purchases with Apple TV. Everything will be rentals and hence no storage management too. And what about the price of the rentals?

Movie Rentals – $4.99
HD TV shows – $0.99 yes, 99 cents!

ABC & Fox have been roped in for now. More broadcasters are expected to join the party soon. Netflix streaming is confirmed. SO the Apple TV will support both Netflix and Youtube streaming, along with photos from Flickr and MobileMe. So, no iOS support yet as many people believed.

There are five categories: Movies, TV Shows, Internet, Computers, and Settings. With iOS 4.2, users can AirPlay (stream) content from an iPad to an AppleTV.

And what about the price. The new Apple TV will cost just $99 and will be available in 4 weeks, with pre-orders starting today

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The above screenshot tells you the story. Apple has just announced the brand new iPod Touch with stunning features like Front & Rear camera, FaceTime, Retina Display, HD Video recording, 3-axis gyro & Apple A4 chip.

New iPod Touch – Features

• Retina display – 4x the number of pixels of the old screen, 326 pixels per inch, 24-bit color, LED
• Apple A4 Chip
• 3-axis gyro
• iOS 4.1 with Game Center
• Front facing camera with face time!
• a rear camera, with HD video recording!
• 40 hours of music playback

New iPod Touch Prices

• 8 GB model will go for $229,
• 32 for $299, and
• 64 for $399

All of the new iPods will be available next week. Pre-orders go live today, with shipments starting next week.

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Apple has just released iOS 4.1 for iPhone 4, 3GS, 3G & iPod Touch 3G & 2G. This was announced by Steve Jobs at the ongoing Apple Music event at San Fransisco.

iOS 4.1 Features

• Bug Fixes – Proximity sensor, bluetooth bugs, iPhone 3G performance bugs
• Game Center
• TV Show Rentals
• High Dynamic Range (HDR) photos
• ability to upload HD video over WiFi

So what are High Dynamic Range photos? Well, when you take an image, it actually takes three separate photos, one with highlights, shadows, and midranges, and it combines them together to make HDR photos

iOS 4.1 will be available next week for the iPhone and iPod touch

iOS 4.2 for iPad – Sneak Peek

In addition to the announcement of iOS 4.1, Steve Jobs gave a sneak peek at iOS 4.2 which is supposed to come out in November 2010 and gonna be a free upgrade for iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone.

• Wireless Printing for iPad
• AirPlay – stream music, AND photos/videos over WiFi to your iPad
• multitasking for iPad

and more!

More details coming soon.

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To be fair, SkyFire mobile browser transcodes Flash into HTML5 in real time and hence theoretically at-least, must stand a chance to come through the app store filters. The developers are fairly confident that Apple will accept their submission soon enough and we definitely hope they do.

The company maintains that the app has been developed with significant oversight and feedback from Apple and that it adheres to every guideline put forth by Apple regarding HTML5 video playback for iOS. The process of transcoding Flash to HTML5 will allow Apple users to play millions of Flash videos on Apple devices without the technical problems for which Jobs banned flash.

Skyfire is pretty similar to Opera mini for iPhone in the way it operates, basing its Web-browsing capabilities off of a Webkit browser core shared with Safari and using cloud-computing to transcode Flash into HTML5 in real time.

Skyfire also avoids the concerns raised in Steve Jobs’ recent essay regarding Flash on mobile devices. By optimizing Flash for iPhones and network conditions in the Cloud, Skyfire improves performance and maximizes battery life while playing video. The browser also avoids alternate runtime environments and other security vulnerabilities.

It will be interesting to see if Apple approves SkyFire in one go, or come up with new restrictions and reasons to reject it.

[via]RWW

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It took a longer time than we expected, but its here. The free open source alternative for the expensive PS Jailbreak is here which saves you $169 which you would have to pay for the PSJailbreak USB modchip. The open source alternative for PSJailbreak is named as PSGroove which effectively means that you will now be able to create your own PS3 jailbreaks to replicate what PSJailbreak can do.

The software was not created to allow piracy, and instead was developed so that gamers can play unsigned third party applications as well as games. If developers can come up with some useful and LEGAL third-party homebrew applications, then I don’t see the harm in this.

Though PSGroove doesn’t cost a penny, you would have to copy it over USB development board (AVR HW) of your choice which normally costs $20. That is still way below what you would have to pay for PS Jailbreak. However, we must warn the readers that Sony might ban those who jailbreak PS3 from PSN.

Download PSGroove

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2010 is said to be the “Year of Tablets” & it has been proved right with the success of Apple iPad. The phenomenal success of iPad has led to a huge splurge of Tablets which includes many soon to be released & a few available tablets (like Samsung Galaxy tab). This year & the next year will be for the tablets hands down.

Most of these Tablets will be based on Android, Blackberry & HP’s WebOS. As majority of tablets that are lined up for release are based on Android, it should be the clear choice for users. Tablets of all shapes, sizes & configuration will be available within an year but not all will be a able to make it big. So, it makes very important to consider various factors for deciding your new Android Tablets.

Some of the things which I will consider before making any purchase are-

Proper Screen Size

iPad has been criticized by many for its square-ish screen size. They say its no joy to watch widescreen movies on it. iPad & other tablets are made to be your companion in every aspect be it entertainment or productivity.

Widescreen tablet becomes just another cell phone when used in portrait mode, cramped up for screen estate. Tablets should be made to ease the use no matter how its held. iPad is a great example, it makes things much easier when switched to landscape, like in email app it offers a single pane view whereas it adds an extra pane with list of emails in one pane & email view in second when in landscape mode.

The two most important form factors are devices that go in a bag with other things and pocket-able devices to carry along. The 5-7″ screen therefore makes the worst form factor devices. A 5-7″ screen makes devices way too big to fit comfortably in most pockets and too large to use as a phone holding it up to the face. A screen that size though is too small to convey the advantages that a tablet form factor brings to market in terms of content consumption and creation. Once a device is no longer pocket-able, vendors should focus on larger screen sizes and batteries. Once it’s going to go in a bag or case, there’s no reason to skimp on either.

Latest Android Version

Gingerbread (Android 3.0) is all set to release within a month or two but it looks like many tablets will ship with older versions of Android & will be upgradeable sometime in the future. That’s a red flag for me. One should never buy a device with an outdated platform on the promise of upgradeability. Android 1.5 is not optimized at all for the large form factor and despite vendor best intentions, planned upgrades sometimes never appear or appear so late in time as to be useless. Hopefully, we’ll see more devices ship with at least Android 2.1.

Support for Android Marketplace

Sure there are Alternative Markets to download Android Apps but without full Android marketplace support, devices built on Android will die. A fragmented apps market is bad for Google and Android so expect no support from Google for devices that can’t pass compatibility tests and therefore can’t gain access to Google’s applications and the Android marketplace. Vendors need to beware of creating devices with poor app support where some apps work and some don’t. Vendor-specific Android marketplaces will likely never get the traction they need to support a proper ecosystem and will quickly be abandoned by the market.

iTunes Equivalent

iPad worked in no small part because it tied into both Apple’s app store and the iTunes store. Competing platforms need a place where consumers can obtain legal content – audio, video and print – for their devices. Without that part of the story, consumers’ real world usage will be severely limited.

I think it’s good that we are seeing some heated competition in the tablet space. Apple’s iPad has set the bar and that functionality is now the table stakes for the industry. Vendors must build devices that at least equal the iPad experience, offer clear differentiation and features or exceed what Apple has delivered. Let’s see who will step up to the game and raise the bar.

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The lines circled above in red reads:

Support Service: Free SIM-trimming, jailbreak, installation of more than 10 hot apps

Everyone knows that China follows its own rules and they don’t care (and don’t need to care) much about what Apple thinks and feels. But the question is since all the new iPhones and iPads are now shipping with the latest firmware i.e. iOS 4.0.2 and iOS 3.2.2, how will China Unicom offer jailbreaking service for their customers since JailbreakMe doesn’t yet support these iOS versions.

[via]Redmondpie

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The information about accessories which has been leaked also includes the possible prices. The sexy leather case is priced around €41, while the table charging station costs €54. The Samsung Galaxy Tab keyboard costs a whopping €82 while the USB Cable Adapter, ear phones and TV cables might cost €20 each.

So much for the excitement surrounding the September 2 unveiling!

[via]OLED-display

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