Rumor Fridays - iPad Mini

We’re all thinking about the 12^th of September the ‘’big’’ Apple event where we all thing we will see a new iPhone, but a rumor has been circling  around for a month or more now talking about not only a new iPhone but a new iPad. The rumored device is a smaller 7 inch iPad mini or ''nano'' if you like.

                This device as said has been rumored for quite some time now, sources saying about a smaller, cheaper iPad which would be a competition to the Kindle Fire (the Fire 2 is expected to come out some time in September also) and Google Nexus 7. This device was less likely to hit the market when Steve Jobs was still alive as a big hater of screens smaller than 9.7 inches saying that smaller screened tablets were not "sufficient to create great tablet apps" and would be "dead on arrival" but in the biography about Steve Jobs there was a line saying that Steve said yes to this 7 inch smaller iPad idea just before he died so this might contribute to the rumors.

                This device would have a 7 inch screen, running iOS 6 (it would be interesting to see what iOS would look like on this size screen), maybe a back iSight camera and a front facing VGA camera (?),the new rumored 9 pin connector, dual-core A5x chip well we think it will have the specifications of the 3^rd gen iPad but would that make for a cheaper tablet?

                Well now all that remains is to wait for a week or two to see if we are going to see a iPad mini or not and if we see it what the specifications and price are going to be. 

Samsung turning pages? Introducing the ATIV series

                It seems that after the verdict of the Californian court and after paying Apple 1 million $ Samsung turned its back to Google and Android seeing that it brought him no good. Now Samsung is changing its strategy and focusing more and more on the Windows platform. Samsung introduced a lot of new devices on IFA 2012 in Berlin already and one of the biggest is Samsung’s ATIV series of devices.

                Samsung ATIV series is a lineup of devices running on the Windows platform. Samsung introduced a notebook called the ATIV Smart PC and ATIV Smart PC Pro. The ATIV Smart PC is designed for Windows 8 RT and the ATIV Smart PC Pro is designed for Windows 8 Pro. This is a transformer notebook. Or is it a tablet with a keyboard dock? Well it’s both. This notebook comes preinstalled with Windows 8 but is fully compatible with Windows 7. When the tablet is docked in to the keyboard dock you get a bigger battery life. Samsung says this is a device for great portability and maximal productivity.

                Another device from Samsung new lineup is the ATIV S a new and first Windows Phone 8. This phone packs some great specs, with a dual-core 1.5 GHz processor, 4g LTE connectivity, 4.8 inch HD Super AMOLED screen. The phone shares the design principles that were used in designing the new Galaxy S 3.

                When the ATIV line sis going to hit the market remains a mystery as well as the price of this devices.

Samsung ATIV S – first to run Windows Phone 8

This year's IFA 2012 fair which is held in Berlin is going to be packed with new stuff from the world of ICT technology. A real treat comes from Samsung which presented the ATIV S the first phone running the new Windows Phone 8 platform.

                The device is enveloped in a thin 8.7 millimeter thing aluminum housing, it contains a Super AMOLED 4.8 inch screen (Corning Gorilla Glass 2), dual-core 1.5 GHz processor, 1 GB of RAM memory, back-facing camera of 8 megapixel and a front one which is 1.9 megapixel and it comes in two versions one 16 GB and one 32 GB of internal memory.

                This phone is a classic example of the new design principles in Samsung which they first introduced with the Galaxy S III.When and at what price is the ATIV S going to hit the market remains a mystery. 

It's official the new Galaxy Note 2

This has been rumored for a while and finally Samsung unveiled their new generation of the last-year’s Galaxy Note, the completely new Galaxy Note 2. Samsung unveiled it at the IFA 2012 fair in Berlin.

                From the images it is clear that Samsung completely embraced the design principles of the Samsung Galaxy S III.

                The Galaxy Note 2 has a HD Super AMOLED screen which is 5.5 inches (16:9 aspect ratio), a completely new S Pen which is bigger, longer and overall more ergonomically designed for perfect holding. 1.6 GHz quad-core processor, it has HSPA Plus or 4G LTE connectivity, it’s running Android 2.1 Jelly Bean (which is Androids latest and greatest), it comes in version of 16, 32 or 64 GB of internal memory with the possibility of expanding the storage via microSD card, the battery is a giant 3100mAh and a back camera which is 8 megapixels and a front one which is 1.9 megapixels.

                The new Galaxy Note 2 is available in marble white and titanium silver and it’s expected to hit the market on October throughout Europe, Asia and countries of the Middle East. 

To check the full galery of pictures and videos go to http://samsungifa2012.com/