Samsung Galaxy S2 US Release on Sprint

Pakar Iklan - Samsung Galaxy S2 US Release on Sprint : Earlier today we gave news of a price and plans roundup for the Samsung Galaxy S2 (S II) Android smartphone, once again noting that there had still been no U.S release. We know how many of our U.S. readers are eager to get their hands on the Galaxy S2 and we have news of a rumor of a U.S. release on Sprint. The Galaxy S2 for Sprint has been retitled the Within, and is due for release in July.

Long ago when we first spoke of a U.S. release for the Galaxy S2 the indications were that AT&T would be the first carrier to get this phone of the moment in the States, and although that’s still possible, at least we have some further news of release. We also previously gave you the names for the Galaxy S2 on various U.S. carriers and if you want to find out more you may find our Galaxy S2 review roundup helpful, or alternatively we also gave details of how to get an unlocked Galaxy S2 for the U.S.

This impressive handset has a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and a big plus point in reviews was its excellent 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display. Apart from some reports of a screen issue there has been very little negative press about the Galaxy S2 and an awful lot of positive press. Over on Android Spin, Bryce Walter brings us the news of the Galaxy Within release on Sprint from an “anonymous Sprint inside source,” who confirmed that it would see a release on Sprint in late July. Besides that no precise date was given but apparently a rep has tipped a price of around $350, that’s before a mail-in rebate.

Meanwhile Raphael Labuguen of Pop Herald adds a little more to this release rumor on Sprint by saying that the changes for the Sprint version of the Galaxy S2, the Within, will be CDMA technology and also some Sprint apps as an addition. Labuguen also points out that this means the HTC Sensation 4G on T-Mobile looks likely to have at least a month on sale with no Galaxy S2 competition, that’s some headstart.

Are you waiting for the Galaxy S2 to be launched in the U.S.? Maybe you’re a Sprint customer who could be getting this handset first? Let us know your thoughts by sending us your comments.

Samsung Galaxy S III 2012

Pakar Iklan - Samsung Galaxy S III 2012 : Samsung has confirmed that it is already working on a Samsung Galaxy S III for 2012 as well as working on a 4G version of the company’s Tab tablet for later in 2011.

J.K. Shin, president of Samsung's mobile communications division, has told Dow Jones Newswires in an exclusive interview that “Samsung may launch a third version of its Galaxy S smartphone in the first half of next year after launching a second-generation version called Galaxy S II last month.”

Already selling over 1.3million handsets in the first month, the Samsung Galaxy S II is likely to become of one the phones of the year, and continues the company’s success of the first Samsung Galaxy S smartphone launched last year.

It’s no surprise then that Samsung will want the “run” to continue, however this is the first time the company has officially gone on record to state that a new handset will be made, heck the rumours of such a device haven’t even started yet.

But it’s not just a remake of it’s flagship device that Samsung is teasing us with, but the promise of a 4G version of it’s Samsung Galaxy Tab (that’s the 7-inch model) later this year:

"The race for 4G (fourth-generation) has already started," J.K. Shin said in the same Dow Jones Newswires interview. "4G transition is inevitable particularly for tablets because it requires faster download speeds than smartphones to handle bigger volume content."

According to Dow Jones, the new tablet will be an evolution of and an enhanced version of its Galaxy Tab models, Shin said, without providing further details.

Samsung's Origen ARM Cortex A9 board

Pakar Iklan Samsung's Origen ARM Cortex A9 board : LINUX DEVELOPER Linaro has announced that it will provide development tools for Samsung's Origen dual-core Cortex A9 reference board.

Samsung's Origen reference board sports a dual-core 1GHz Samsung Exynos 4210 system-on-chip (SoC) processor based on ARM's Cortex A9 design. It delivers graphics processing via a Mali-400 core and the chip is mated to 1GB of DDR3 RAM. The board is set to retail for less than $200 (£120) and become the Samsung reference design for developers who want to get in on dual-core ARM action.

Stephen Doel, COO of Linaro told The INQUIRER that the time is right for low-cost ARM Cortex A9 reference boards to arrive and that it is still too early for boards with chips based on ARM's Cortex A15 to appear. Doel added that he expects the Samsung's Origen board "to be the default development board".

Aside from Samsung's Exynos 4210 SoC package and 1GB of DDR3, the Origen board features a WiFi and Bluetooth module, a camera interface, an MMC/SD card reader, serial and USB host connections, an HDMI output, standard 3.5mm audio jacks and an LCD interface. There is also, of course, the mandatory JTAG interface for testing and debugging.

Although Samsung's Origen board might not appear in devices itself, the combination of components that make it up is expected to tip up in smartphones, tablets and 'connected screens' - display devices that need some computing capability.

Linaro has said that it will provide development tools for Samsung's Origen board to support Linux kernel development, the Android mobile operating system and Canonical's Ubuntu Linux distribution from the third quarter of 2011. µ