Samsung Unveils the Mighty Galaxy Note II

A lot of time has passed since Samsung launched the original ‘Phablet’, the Note, so 10 months and 10 million units later, we’ve finally got Samsung’s next super phone or phablet, the Note II.
The Note II’s design is similar to that of the Galaxy S III. But when it comes to power, it had got quite more muscle under its hood. With enormous screen of 5.5 inches Super Amoled display, this smartphone from Samsung will probably be the best pick for those who would want to have one device for their phone and tablets.
Here are the specs:

• Android 4.1 Jelly Bean (finally a device that is launched first up with Android 4.1)
• 5.5 inch Super Amoled display with a resolution of 720 x 1280 and 16 million colors
• Multi-touch, capacitive touchscreen with Corning Gorilla Glass 2
• Thickness: 9.4 mm
• Weight: 180 grams
• 1.6 Ghz quad-core Cortex A9 processor with Exynos 4 Quad chipset
• 2 GB of RAM with 16, 32 or 64GB expandable storage
• 8 megapixel rear-facing camera with LED flash and 1080p Full HD video recording
• 1.9 megapixel front-facing camera
• A thicker and longer S Pen
• A new feature called ‘Air View’ (explained below)
• Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope, Proximity, Compass sensors
• Bluetooth 4.0, microUSB v2.0, USB-on-the-go, Wifi-hotspot, NFC
• 3100 mAh battery

Air View is a feature which lets you preview images, videos, emails etc. when you hover your S Pen over them.
Samsung Galaxy Note II will be released in parts of the world in October and worldwide after that. No info is out regarding the pricing but don’t expect it to come cheap. The Galaxy Note II might be the Phablet of the year.

Samsung Unveils Android Powered Galaxy Camera

No one really had expected Samsung to extend its Galaxy line-up to cameras. But we’ve finally got an Android powered point-and-shoot camera and it is called the Galaxy Camera EK-GC100.
Its classified as a point-and-shoot camera but its certainly bigger than that. Actually, this camera can even become a threat to the new Nikon S800c camera.
With dimensions and weight of 128.7 x 70.8 x 19.1 mm and 305 grams respectively, this is easily among the biggest point-and-shoot cameras you’ll find. It has surely got some great specs.
To start off, it has a 1/2.3″ 16 megapixel CMOS Sensor, 21X Optical Zoom and a wide-angle 28mm lens. It can do 1080p Full HD video at 30 frames per second or slow motion videos at a resolution of 720 x 480. There’s 8 GB memory onboard along with a microSD card slot.
This camera has got an HDMI output, Wifi, 3G and 4G for connectivity. There’s also a Xenon Flash which pops-up from inside the camera while usage. The battery is a 1650mAh one which extreme users might find small.
Then there’s the touchscreen. Its a 4.8 inch touchscreen with HD resolution and guess what, the camera runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean which is several light years ahead of the Android 2.3 of the Nikon S800c. Its customized with Touchwiz and all the Touchwiz special apps like the S Voice and S Planner are there.
This camera runs on a 1.4 Ghz quad-core processor. Did we mentioned there’s Play Store access too? Its available in Black and White flavors.
No info on launch date is out currently but it should hit stores in or around Q4 of 2012, and is estimated to be priced around Rs. 40,000.

Samsung Unveils its First Windows 8 Tablet, the RT ATIV

Along with its first Windows Phone 8 smartphone and other products, Samsung has also introduced its first Windows tablet to the people and its called the RT ATIV.
Apart from being Samsung’s first RT tablet, the RT ATIV is also easily the best portable devices among the tablet.
Here are the specs:

• Windows RT, a version of Windows 8 running
• 10.1 inch LCD display with HD resolution of 1366 x 768
• Thickness: 8.9 mm
• Weight: 570 grams
• 1.5 Ghz dual-core ARM processor
• 2GB RAM with 32 or 64 GB expandable storage
• 5 megapixel rear camera with flash
• 1.9 megapixel front-facing camera
• Office Home and Student 2013 RT installed
• 8200 mAh battery
• Bluetooth 4.0, NFC and Micro HDMI output

No info on pricing and availability is currently given by Samsung but if this tablet is priced around Rs. 40,000 to Rs. 50,000, this can become a potential iPad killer.