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The South Korean brand Samsung has a smartphone in cartons S2 Galaxy Mini, which is presented as a reduction in the Galaxy S2 presentation at the MWC in Barcelona.

Samsung_Logo.svgCette reduction Galaxy Samsung S2 is powered by a single processor running at 1.4 GHz heart and evolve as environmental Gingerbread Android 2.3 with TouchWiz overlay graphics and access to the platform Android Market applications.

Samsung S2 MiniElle Galaxy offer a multitouch touchscreen AMOLED display 3.7 inch 16.7 million colors and resolution 480 x 800 pixels, compatibility 2G / 3G / Wi-Fi for voice and data communication, navigation capabilities GPS, electronic compass, a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, geotagging, face detection and smile detection, a media player that supports DivX, FM RDS radio and an output jack.

Also on the program slot microSD / microSDHC cards to 32GB, a 2.0 micro-USB port and Bluetooth 3.0 connectivity with A2DP support.

Now have to wait for the presence in due form by the manufacturer for confirmation of the above information and be aware of those missing as the internal memory capacity, autonomy and price. It should take place during the second quarter of 2011.

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When Steve Jobs unveiled the tablet iPad 2, it has not failed to mention its small thickness compared to competing products advertised a few weeks earlier. But Samsung had the technology to do even better, as the manufacturer has demonstrated at CTIA Wireless.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 89Si 2 iPad tablet design borrows heavily from the first model, it has gained in subtlety, measuring more than 8.8 mm thick, 13.4 mm cons above. This aspect has been widely highlighted in the communication of Apple, and much of the Anglo-Saxon was ecstatic to passing this test the other tablets of gross objects.

At Samsung, we took note of the information ... and we went back to the drawing board. And the strength of the Korean manufacturer has spoken with the announcement of two new tablets Galaxy Tab at CTIA Wireless enjoying a record fine of 8.6 mm ... less than a month later.

As noted by Forbes, it is relatively rare that a company comes out the same product at monthly intervals, taking into account market developments. That is what Samsung has done with the Galaxy Tab 10.1, announced in February at the MWC 2011 Barcelona with its 10.9 mm thick, and reintroduced at CTIA Wireless yesterday after being modified so thin.

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Research in Motion unveils battle plan for the distribution of its first touch pad, the playbook, which will be offered in the United States and Canada from $ 499 WiFi version only.

RIM playbook 05Les maneuvers to begin marketing the Tablet Playbook Research in Motion's first BlackBerry to ship Tablet OS (based on QNX) and a processor from Texas Instruments OMAP4.

The manufacturer has unveiled pricing, distribution channels and the availability date of its product, which must confront the iPad tablet 2, the Motorola Android Xoom Honeycomb and other tablets slowly starting to arrive.

The playbook will be available starting April 19 in the United States and Canada in the shops and traders at major retailers, a distribution network of 20,000 retail spaces in North America.


Aligned with the price of the iPad 2
It is already possible for U.S. and Canadian consumers to order it at Best Buy, Best Buy Mobile and Future Shop in store or online. The playbook will be available initially only in WiFi version (3G and 4G versions are expected later this year) from $ 499:

* 16GB version: $ 499
* 32GB version: $ 599
* 64 GB: $ 699

Prices are equivalent to those of the iPad tablet 2 WiFi and WiFi version of the tablet Motorola Xoom, which will be available by March 27. Apple seems to have dictated the fee schedule for larger manufacturers who are almost all in the process of aligning them.

RIM playbook 02Pour recall, the tablet has a playbook display 7 "1024 x 600 pixels with a 1 GHz processor TI OMAP4 dual core with 1 GB of RAM, and embeds Tablet BlackBerry OS, a new platform derived from the OS Linux and QNX Software Systems, which should be reflected in future BlackBerry dual core processor.

It is compatible with WiFi and Bluetooth and supports 1080p HD video playback, which can be played on the big screen via its HDMI port. The playbook, while having multimedia features, is intended primarily to a professional audience.

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The firm LG has unveiled a new touchscreen mobile phone, the T315.

LG-logoMesurant 12.3 centimeters long, 6.3 cm wide and 1.1 cm thick, the terminal piece evolves under proprietary environment and operates with a rechargeable Lithium-Ion 900 mAh.

It offers a 2.8 inch LCD touch screen with 262,144 colors and a resolution of 240 x 400 pixels (WQVGA) and compatibility 2G Quad / Wi-Fi 802.11 bg for voice and data communication. It also offers a 2 megapixel digital camera, a multi-media player, FM radio with recording capability and a 3.5 mm audio output for connecting headphones.



The program finally an internal memory of 20 MB that can be extended to 4GB with a microSD memory card format, a 2.0 micro-USB port for wired connectivity and synchronization Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP for wireless transfers and the use of wireless devices as a speakerphone.

Availability is scheduled for next April at a price that can be guessed quite attractive in view of the equipment.

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The joys of free tethering for jailbroken iPhone could soon belong to the past in the U.S. operator AT & T users who gently warns ... and requires a data plan if they persist.

Logo AT & TThe tethering, which allows to use the cellular connection of the iPhone to enable another device (eg a computer) to access the Internet, is possible from the terminals iPhone but it requires taking an option with fee varies according to the operator but which amounts to pay for a second subscription data.

Jailbreak in the terminal, it is possible to access applications that do not appear on the App Store and some of which can unlock this feature of tethering without being forced to take a subscription.

If the operators have less left over to do so far, the U.S. operator AT & T has begun to respond by sending a message warning users that it believes use this feature to its costs.


End of tolerance?
On the iPhone, the user receives a message like: "Did you know that since the tethering your smartphone requires a data plan?" followed by a more explicit email stating politely that "we have noticed that your membership would require an implementation to date "and that" our records indicate you are using this feature, but you do not subscribe to our tethering option. "

The result is more threatening because if the user ignores this warning, a data plan (capped at 4GB) to $ 45 per month will automatically be applied after March 27, 2011, replacing its data plan, even if it offered unlimited access.

However, if he abandons the tethering, no changes will be applied to the subscription. Warning free?

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