A couple of days ago we told you that Samsung confirmed at IFA 2012 that the Galaxy S3, alongside the Galaxy Note 10.1 and Galaxy Note, will receive their Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean updates “very soon,” without specifying any roll out date.
Previous rumors have led us to believe that the international Galaxy S3 LTE version will be the first to run Jelly Bean and it looks like an unexpected report from Germany confirms it.
A few months ago at Google I/O 2016, Google announced its newer, more reliable Google Cast SDK version 3.0. If you’re a developer and have been waiting to get your hands on the new SDK, you’re in luck. Now Google is making the version 3.0 SDK available for Android and iOS Senders.
So what does this new release bring? The new release of Cast SDK v3.0 significantly improve the amount of code it takes to integrate Cast into your Android and iOS sender apps, while making Cast more reliable to maintain.
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Samsung’s Expert RAW app will make its way to other Samsung devices by the end of this year. The oldest phone on the list is the Galaxy S20 Ultra. The app allows professional photographers to make full use of the phone’s camera hardware. Samsung smartphones have world-renowned photography chops. However, since Samsung is so popular, its computational photography software tends to stylize photos and videos quite a bit.
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HP reveals $599 Chromebook x2 detachable 2-in-1 set for release in June. 12.3-inch, Chrome OS-powered tablet is the first of its kind aimed at the general retail market. Base model features an Intel Core m3 processor, 4GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, and up to 10.5 hours battery life The Chrome OS tablets are coming! We recently saw Acer reveal the first proper tablet running Google’s web-based operating system, the $329, education-focused Chromebook Tab 10.
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Huawei will reportedly kill one of its most premium smartphone series this year. The Mate 50 flagships possibly won’t launch as a direct result of the US ban. Huawei has been in turbulent waters ever since the US started imposing multiple sanctions on it in 2019. After selling off Honor and falling out of the top five smartphone makers’ list, the company is reportedly considering killing one of its flagship series this year.
Pesci’s presence is notable considering the actor hasn’t been on screen much as of late. His most recent on-screen appearance was in the 2010 film Love Ranch. Prior to that, his most major role in a film was in 1998’s Lethal Weapon 4 as one of his most famous characters, Leo Getz.
How Google coaxed the Academy Award-winning actor out of semi-retirement is anyone’s guess, but it’s certainly good to see him.
Charge your Android and other micro USB devices smarter with the MagCable. This cable comes with magnetic micro USB tips to separate easily, preventing catching your phone cable and dragging your phone to the ground. But even better, MagCable allows you to instantly change the charging mode at the touch of a button. Want to boost up faster? One click and you can turn off the data sync, diverting all power to charging instead.
Fans of the Angry Birds franchise are in for a treat, with a couple of updates to this physics-based game series.
First, we have an official sneak peak of the latest Angry Birds Star Wars collaboration that includes a clip from Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope. In this video, we see Obi Wan Kenobi with Han Solo talking about what was initially thought to be a moon, but turns out to be the Death Star (but with distinct features of a bad piggie).
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Oppo’s Reno 5 Pro brings the MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Plus chipset to India. The phone launches in India on January 22 for Rs 35,990.
The Oppo Reno 5 Pro is launching in India, and it is the first phone to be powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Plus in the country.
Oppo is striking a middle ground with the spec sheet here, and while the phone brings high-end performance with the Dimensity 1000 Plus chipset and 8GB of RAM, it balances it out with a 6.
Although it’s not exactly a household name in the global mobile industry, Pantech is extremely popular in South Korea. In fact, believe it or not, Pantech has been the second best-selling handset maker in its homeland in 2012, behind Samsung, but ahead of LG, Apple and all the others.
But why not believe it, when the company has sensational phones like the Vega No.6 or Vega R3 in its portfolio? Also, if we are to trust existing rumors, Pantech has great plans for the future – a mystery IM-A870 device targeted against Samsung’s Galaxy S4.