At the IFA trade fair, Korean technology giant Samsung has unveiled two products both based on the "butter" smooth Jelly Bean Android 4.1 but not both of them are phones. The much awaited super powerful phone-tablet hybrid for the creative users, Galaxy Note II and a 16 MP camera, Galaxy Camera were both unveiled at the IFA at Berlin.
Galaxy Note II is very much similar to the predecessor except for the slightly larger screen in terms of look. What is shielded under the casing would blow you away with sheer power.
Key specs
• 5.5-inch Super AMOLED HD display
• 1.6GHz quad-core CPU
• 8MP rear camera
• 1.9MP front camera
• 3,100mAh battery for extra long life
• 9.4mm thick
• microSD card slot
• HSPA+ 21mbps/ 4G LTE
• Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
• Available in Marble White or Titanium Gray colours
The phone is available in 16, 32 and 64 GB variants to suit your storage needs. This phone is S-Pen capable. Air View which can be accessed with the use of S-Pen would allow you to preview the content of any image gallery, video or even emails by merely hovering the pen on top of the link without actually opening it.
The ability to use two features at once, (Popup Play) without minimizing an app such as using or editing an app while the other runs un-minimized.
If that was not enough to make enough market for the company they have also announced the voice controlled Samsung Galaxy Camera. Enough said as the specifications speak for themselves.
Samsung Galaxy Camera key specs
• Image Sensor: 16.3 effective megapixel 1/2.3" BSI CMOS
• Lens: F2.8, 23 mm, 21x super long zoom
• Display: 121.2 mm (4.8"), 308 ppi, HD Super Clear Touch Display
• ISO: Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200
• Processor: 1.4GHz Quad-Core processor
• OS: Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
• Memory: 8GB, memory slot : micro SDSC, micro SDHC, micro SDXC
• Smart Pro : 10 modes (Macro, Rich Tone, Action Freeze, Waterfall Trace, Light Trace,Beautiful Sunset, Blue Sky, Natural Green, Silhouette, Vivid Fireworks)
• Share shot, Auto Cloud Back-up
• Smart Content Manager, Photo Wizard, Movie Wizard
• Voice Control, Slow Motion Video, S Planner, S Suggest
• AllShare Play, Family Story, Drop box
• GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
• Connectivity: WiFi a/b/g/n, WiFi HT40, Bluetooth 4.0
• Battery: 1,650 mAh
• Dimension (WxHxD): 128.7 x 70.8 x 19.1 mm
• Weight: 305g
The list of the new technology gadgets doesn't end there, as Samsung went further to unveil the world's first Smarphone with Windows 8, the Samsung ATIV S with a high end 4.8" screen.
Both the camera and the phone would be released soon in October.
The hastened unveiling of all the new gadgets comes close on the heels of Samsung losing its patent fight to Apple Inc after a California's court had declared that Samsung Galaxy series of phones and tablets had infringed the rights of the phone. What more does Samsung have up his sleeve?
(AW- Anil)
