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Samsung is now mass producing the industry’s first 128-gigabyte (GB) ultra-fast embedded memory based on the much-anticipated Universal Flash Storage (UFS) 2.0 standard for next-generation flagship smartphones. The new embedded memory’s UFS 2.0 interface is the most advanced JEDEC-compliant, next-generation flash memory storage specification in the world. “With our mass production of ultra-fast UFS memory of the industry’s highest capacity, we are making a significant contribution to enable a more advanced mobile experience for consumers,” said Jee-ho Baek, Senior Vice President of Memory Marketing, Samsung Electronics. “In the future, we will increase the proportion of high-capacity memory solutions, in leading the continued growth of the premium memory market.” UFS memory utilizes “Command Queue,” a technology that accelerates the speed of command execution in SSDs through a serial interface, significantly increasing data processing speeds compared to the 8-bit parallel-interface-ba...

The Chinese smartphone manufacturer Meizu shipped a record 1.5 million smartphones last month. Jack Wong, the company?s CEO announced the achievement on the social network Weibo. Sales of the company have jumped 50% on a monthly basis. Back in December last year, Jack Wong announced that the manufacturer is shipping a million devices monthly. Meizu?s stellar sales should hardly catch anyone by surprise. In addition to offering the impressive, high-end Meizu MX4 and MX4 Pro, the company took on Xiaomi by launching the budget-friendly, well-equipped Meizu m1 and m1 note. The freshly announced Meizu m1 got 100,000 pre-orders in just a minute yesterday. Therefore, we can certainly expect Meizu to do even better throughout 2015. Source (in Chinese) | Via View the original article here

Samsung is preparing to yet again revamp its TouchWIZ UI. The new interface will likely debut with the upcoming Galaxy S5, boasting a number of elements from the recently unveiled PRO tablets. And what you can see here is how that new UI will look like on a smaller screen, thanks to the ever-savvy folks of EVleaks. It’s obvious Samsung wants to expand on its “life companion” paradigm by including elements of Google Now in its software. The search giant doesn’t let third parties tap into Google Now so we’re guessing the Korean company is starting from a clean slate. Then again, it already has a number of services and may team-up with select companies to present users with relevant information right on their homescreens. Presented in the form of cards, users will be able to quickly access such information as flight status, fitness/activity information, current location, text messages, sport scores, biking/cycling data, and delivery tracking details. Add S Voice to the mix, and you get a...

Microsoft’s Windows Phone visionary, Joe Belfiore, has paid tribute to the ‘gorgeous and awesome’ Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 smartphones that have been unveiled today in New York. In an interview with Conversations, which you can watch in the video above, Joe said the innovative new smartphones represented Microsoft’s ‘next big chapter in our partnership with Nokia.’ The Lumia 920 and the Lumia 820 are the first Nokia smartphones to run on the new Windows Phone 8 operating system that has been overseen by Joe and his team. How significant is Windows Phone 8? “It is the release where we fulfil the vision of the Metro UI with the beautiful new start experience and with the underpinnings in common with Windows 8 on the desktop, slates and laptops,” says Joe. “I think the common technology core with a great new user interface across all our products is going to help developers write more apps, help end users be more productive and happy, and hopefully drive our business together in a s...

Vobis Computer has introduced new Android ICS smartphones in Russia, the Highscreen Alpha GT and the Highscreen Alpha GTR. Both handsets are support dual SIM cards capabilities and runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. The Alpha GT is equipped with a 1GHz MTK6575 processor, 1GB of RAM, and 4GB of internal memory. The phone has a 4-inch touchscreen IPS display with resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. Highscreen Alpha GT smartphone brings two cameras (2MP front- and 8MP rear-facing), Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth, FM radio, GPS, proximity, lighting and orientation sensor. It works with GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz and UMTS 900/2100 MHz networks. Dimensions of Alpha GT are 124 x 63.5 x 11.6 mm. More powerful, the Highscreen Alpha GTR sports a dual-core processor and 4.5-inch IPS touchscreen display with a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels. Other features of Alpha GTR are similar to Alpha GT. View the original article here

A pair of new Motorola Android smartphones have launched by US Cellular. Their cutting-edge Android-powered smartphones are the Motorola Electrify 2 and the Motorola Defy XT. Both handsets are plans available in online/stores this month. Motorola Defy XT (XT535) smartphone has a durable design with waterproof and dust-proof handset. The Defy XT sports a single-core 1GHz processor, 512MB of RAM, and runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system. The phone packs a 3.7-inch FWVGA scratch-resistant touchscreen display, a 5 megapixel camera on the back, and a front-facing VGA camera, as well as a 1650mAh battery. The Motorola Defy XT will be available on August 3, 2012. The Motorola Electrify 2 is the successor to the previous model, Motorola Electrify that already available since September 2011 in US Cellular for cost $129.99. New Electrify 2 smartphone is sold for $349.99 no-contract or $199.99 after a $100 rebate and with a new 2-year service agreement. It is currently available in onli...

Smartphones, feature phones, mobile phones. What’s the difference? You may think it’s easy to distinguish between them all, but sometimes there’s not much difference between them. Here’s our breakdown of the three. As a rule of thumb, the best way to differentiate the three groups is to keep in mind its features and therefore, cost. If a phone just makes a phone call, sends a text message and offers very little else, it’s mobile phone. If it offers a high-megapixel camera, enables you to edit Microsoft Office documents and photos then it’s a smartphone. And anywhere in between is probably a feature phone. To explain things further, let’s look more in detail about the differences. Mobile phones These are usually the most affordable phones on the market. A great example of this is the Nokia 100. While a mobile phone doesn’t come packed with a high-end features, what it does offer is a brilliant battery life. This one has a standby time of 840 hours – well over a month – for example. A m...

Posted in: Android, Mobile phones, Mobile software July 25th, 2012, 12:02 by Chip Manufacturers are still taking their time with the official Jelly Bean updates, but the guys over at XDA-developers have been quite busy porting the latest Android distribution to various smartphones and already have quite a lot to show for their efforts. The most recent achievement of the indie dev community is quite impressive though. The Samsung Galaxy Ace and Gio – two smartphones based on the older-gen ARMv6 CPU – got CM10 ports, which will certainly be their only chance of tasting Jelly Bean. While the ROMs are still in the early alpha stages of their development, they already have support for most of the two smartphone’s hardware. They are some way off from being ready for everyday duties, but at least they give you a preview of what’s to come. You can find more about the Gio CM10 port here, while the page for the Galaxy Ace ROM is over here. A hat tip to Tejas Jain for sending this in! View the ...

Two Huawei Android latest affordable smartphones have just released in India. They are known as the Huawei Ascend Y200 and the Huawei Ascend G300. Both devices are run Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system (updated to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich later for the G300). According to source, the Huawei Ascend Y200 smartphone is sold for price tag 8,190 INR (about $146), while the Huawei Ascend G300 is a bit expensive 13,490 INR (around $240). As specs-wise, new Ascend Y200 boasts an 800MHz processor, 256MB of RAM, 512MB of onboard storage, and a 1,250mAh battery. The Huawei Y200 packs a 3.5-inch IPS capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of HVGA (320 x 480 pixels), a 3.2 megapixel camera, HSDPA, and a MicroSD card slot (32GB expandable). The Ascend G300 sports a single-core 1GHz processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of built-in storage, and a 4-inch capacitive touchscreen IPS display with WVGA (800 x 480) resolution. Other feature is a 5MP rear-facing auto focus camera with LED Flas...