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Samsung Galaxy S4 Video Ad – “Graduation Pool Party”

Samsung Galaxy S4 is now officially released on the market and here comes the first video ad about the phone. It’s called “Graduation Pool Party” and shows most of the features, including – the camera, the NFC sharing capabilities, IR Blaster for remote TV control, Air View and more.

Rumor – Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom With 16MP Camera

Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom

Some interesting information was leaked recently from SamMobile, it’s about a new camera phone – the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom and according to the rumors it will feature a 16MP camera (may be exactly the one used in the Galaxy Camera?).

The expected device will be with a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED screen and qHD resolution, 8GB of built-in storage, MicroSD card slot, Bluetooth 4.0 LE and Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n. There is no information yet about the RAM and CPU, but is rumored that Samsung may use their own quad-core processor and the latest version of Android Jelly Bean with a new modified TouchWiz user interface.

Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom will be officially presented in the coming months – June or July, stay tuned for more information!

LumiTab – The World’s First Tablet With an Integrated DLP Projector

LumiTab

Here is the new LumiTab – the world’s first tablet with an integrated DLP Pico-Projector.

It’s a 7-inch Android 4.2 Jelly Bean tablet with an integrated 35 lumen projector (854×480 pixels resolution), powered by a dual-core TI OMAP4460 processor running at 1.5GHz, 1GB RAM, 16GB of built-in storage, MicroSD card slot, dual stereo speakers, two cameras (2MP each) and 4800 mAh battery. LumiTab is also up-to date with the latest connectivity features, including: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, USB 2.0 + USB OTG support and HDMI port.

LumiTab

There is no information about the market price or any release details, but it’s definitely a very interesting device – stay tuned for more news!

LumiTab

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Doom 3 Ported to Android

Doom 3 for Android

Doom 3 was successfully ported to Android, thanks to the same devs that bring the ports of Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Quake 3. Of course the game uses on-screen controls, but if you have Sixaxis it can be used too. According to the devs, the new Doom 3 port for Android is not only supported by high-end devices, it will also run on smartphones like Galaxy Ace 2 or Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman. Sadly, Tegra 2 devices are currently not supported.

Here is a video demo of the game running on Samsung Galaxy Note 2 – it looks really good and smooth.

Android 4.3 Jelly Bean – Leaked Details

Android 4.3 Jelly Bean

If you’re still waiting for the official Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie premiere this month… it won’t be happen, anyway Google will release something new – Android 4.3 Jelly Bean.

According to the latest leaked information from HTC, Android 4.3 will bring two new major features – Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and Open GL ES 3.0, both will be presented at the HTC’s event in San Francisco this month. OpenGL ES 3.0 is the latest mobile graphics specification and it’s currently supported by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 600 chips.

Acer Iconia A1 – Android Powered Tablet for $199

Acer Iconia A1

Iconia A1 is the latest addition to the Acer’s portfolio of budget tablets running Android OS.

There is nothing really special about the tech specs, Acer Iconia A1 features a 7.9-inch IPS screen with resolution of 1024×768 pixels (4:3 aspect ratio) and it’s powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT8389W processor running at 1.2GHz, 1GB RAM, 8/16GB of built-in storage, 0.3MP front-facing camera for video calls, 5MP rear-facing camera with 1080p HD video support, microSD card slot, Micro USB 2.0 and HDMI ports, GPS, Bluetooth 4.0 and Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n.

Acer Iconia A1 will be shipped with the latest version of Android 4.2 Jelly Bean at a market price of $199.

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Samsung Galaxy S4 (GT-i9500) – Root and Recovery CWM 6.0.3.2

Samsung Galaxy S4 (GT-i9500) – Root and Recovery

This is the easiest way to root your Samsung Galaxy S4 (GT-i9500), the method is based on the CWM 6.0.3.2 recovery.

How-to instructions:

• Download the recovery and unzip it, flash the cofface_samsungI9500_recovery_en_0503.tar as PDA in Odin.
• Turn off the phone and boot to the recovery by pressing Volume Up + Home + Power, select “Root Your Phone” – do a reboot and you’re done!

This method is tested with some of the stock firmwares including:

I9500XXUAMDK, I9500UBUAMDK, I9500XXUAMDK、I95 00ZSUAMDF, I9500XXUAMDE ,I9500XXUAMDL ,I9500UBUAMDE, I9500XXUAMDE, I9500XXUAMDE、I9500ZSUAMDF, I9500XXUAM DE, I9500UBUAMDE, I9500UBUAMDE, I9500XXUAMDE, I9500XXU AMDK, I9500ZCUAMDG.

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HTC M4 Leaked – A Cheaper Version of HTC One

HTC M4

Another leaked information about the upcoming HTC M4 just pops out – thanks to @Evleaks, here we have the first picture and hardware specs of the new phone and it just confirmes the rumors – it will be a smaller and cheaper version of HTC One.

HTC M4 will feature a 4.3-inch screen with 720p HD resolution and UltraPixel camera, an unknown dual-core processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB of built-in storage, LTE capabilities and 1700mAh battery. According to the rumors it will be running Android 4.2 Jelly Bean OS and the latest HTC Sense 5 interface, of course the information is not confirmed officially.

Google Glass Hardware Specs Leaked

Google Glass

Jay “Saurik” Freeman successfully rooted his own Google Glasses and gives us some of the “real” hardware specs inside: the device is running Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich, it’s powered by a dual-coreTexas Instruments OMAP4430 processor running at 1GHz with a built-in PowerVR SGX540 GPU and 1GB of RAM (682MB available to the user). The root process was quite simple, according to the author’s information and that’s the first huge step that will bring new customizations and applications.