New record for a Samsung

Samsung Reportedly Ships 10 Million Galaxy S5 Units In 25 Days

 Based on the reports are coming from South Korea, 10 million sales in 25 days from Samsung Galaxy S5.

This achievement surpasses the one of the S4 from a year ago.

The Galaxy S5 succeed to break the opening day sales record of its predecessor as well but it did launch in more countries.

Since the inception of the Galaxy S line each and every model has been a strong performer. 

Galaxy history

Galaxy S4 achieved 10 million shipped units in 27 days of on-shelf time, 

Galaxy S III did so in 50 days.

Galaxy S II in 5 months

Galaxy S in 10 months.

125 Countries around the world selling S5 so it wouldn’t really take long to achieve this sales.

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Leaked Android 4.4 KitKat screenshots make the rounds

Alleged screenshots from Android 4.4 KitKat have emerged, potentially giving us a glimpse of some of the UI changes which the new OS has in store. The screen captures reveal redesigned phone dialer and messaging app.

The phone dialer sports a light color scheme which is a notable departure from its current look. The messaging app on the other hand, has seen its controls get moved to the top right corner in comparison to the bottom setup we’ve grown accustomed to.

Furthermore, the screenshots reveal lighter color icons in the status bar. The latter’s color scheme also appears to be changing depending on the one of the app in use.

Android 4.4 KitKat is widely expected to be released in the second half of October, alongside a Nexus 5smartphone. A revamped Nexus 10 is also more than likely to break cover with the new Android version.

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Samsung Galaxy S 3 vs Note 2

The Galaxy S III And The Note II Are Both Cut From The Same Cloth, But One Is XL While The Other Is XXL. What Can We Say - Someone At Samsung Must Be Busy Spinning And Weaving.

Size Matters As It Always Has But This Isn't A Choice Between Slim Fit And Loose Fit. It's The Android Experience And It Must Be The Perfect Fit - So Another Close-Up Look At Both May Be Well Worth It. And Mind You, This Isn't About Which One Is Better - The Phone Or The Phablet - It's About Which One Looks Good On You.

It's Hard Not To Look At The Note II As An Oversized Galaxy S III, But A Few Minutes With The S Pen Might Convince You Otherwise. The Bigger Screen (With A New Super AMOLED Matrix To Boot) And Overclocked Chipset Are Pretty Sweet Too.

On The Other Hand, 4.8" Is Plenty For A Phone And The S III Is A Root Away From The Extra Clock Speed If You're A Power-Obsessed Geek. Plus, While The Screen Uses A Pentile Super AMOLED Matrix, It Does Handle Sunlight Better. And Styli Went Out Of Fashion Years Ago, Right?

We're About To Delve Into The Details, But If We Had 10 Seconds To Summarize The Differences Between The S III And Note II, Here's What We'd Tell You.

Samsung Galaxy S III Over Note II

• More Compact - 136.6 X 70.6 X 8.6 Mm Vs. 151.1 X 80.5 X 9.4 Mm
• Lighter - 133g Vs. 183g
• Same Resolution On Smaller Screen, So Higher Pixel Density - 306ppi Vs. 267ppi
• Better Sunlight Legibility
• Not As Expensive

Samsung Galaxy Note II Over S III

• Bigger Screen - 5.5" Vs. 4.8"
• New Display Matrix With A Full Array Of Subpixels
• Slightly Brighter Screen
• S Pen And Wacom Digitizer
• Faster CPU (1.6ghz Vs. 1.4ghz) And Faster GPU
• All Models Have 2GB Of RAM, While The International S III Has Only 1GB (US And LTE Versions Have 2GB)
• Split-Screen Interface, Other Niceties Like Page Buddy
• Longer Battery Life

While Mobile Devices Are Typically Good At Content Consumption But Not Creation, Samsung Is Trying To Break That Barrier With The S Pen. The Split-Screen Interface Also Promises Improved Productivity.

Still, The Galaxy S III Is Lighter On The Pocket (In Both The Physical And Monetary Sense) And Is Pretty Much The Same Device In Terms Of Software And Hardware (Sans The S Pen).

Galaxy Note II firmware update brings split-screen multitasking

Samsung has released a firmware update for the Galaxy Note II, which enables the much anticipated split-screen multitasking feature.

Multi-View enhances the multitasking capabilities of the Galaxy Note II, allowing you to run two apps on the screen simultaneously. Mind you, not all Android apps are supported, but unlike the Galaxy Note 10.1, where only Samsung apps could be brought up to the screen, Multi-Window supports Google apps as well (Gmail, YouTube, Chrome and Talk).

The update version is XXALIJ1 and comes with a new baseband, as well as an update to Google Chrome.

If you own a Samsung Galaxy Note II, you can check for the new firmware from About device -> Software update. While waiting to download, you can see Multi-Window in action on the official Samsung Galaxy Note II ad below (around the 2 minute mar)

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Certain Nexus 7 displays suffer from severe image persistence issue

Posted in: Android, Tablets
July 4th, 2012, 09:07 by Prasad
Image persistence is a problem with LCD and plasma displays where if a certain image is displays continuously on the screen for a long time, it gets “burned in”, which means even after the contents of the screen change, you can still faintly see the previous image on top of the current contents of the screen. Unlike screen burn-in, this effect is temporary but can still be annoying.

This issue was common on plasma displays but was greatly reduced on LCDs. It seems, however, the display on the new Nexus 7 is not one of them.
As the folks over at Android Police discovered, some of the developer units that were given away at Google I/O suffer from severe image persistence issue. They tested this by keeping an image on screen for two minutes, after which the image was vividly visible even after the contents of the display changed. The ghost image was then said to be visible for around two minutes on screen before it faded away.
Now it is said that LCDs, IPS panels in particular, have a bit of image retention issue. However, none of it is ever this serious. Android Police got a response from ASUS regarding the situation and they say they have been unable to reproduce the issue on production units (the I/O devices are pre-production models, apparently), so hopefully the units you will be able to purchase later won’t have any of this image persistence business.
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