Here is the latest from Samsung regarding upgrading your Galaxy to Android 4.0 We know you have been waiting and we’re thrilled today to announce that we’ll start serving Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to GALAXY Note and GALAXY S II in the first quarter of 2012. In addition, other ICS-upgradable GALAXY devices include GALAXY…
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It can happen to anyone. You place your Android phone on the shelf and next thing you know, your toothbrush is upset and decides to hit your Android phone and make it land in the toilet or bathtub. So how can you fix a waterlogged Android phone? Step 1. Take off the cover of your…
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It happens all the time. I took my Android phone overseas, got a new sim card from the local carrier and my internet does not work. After putting in your new sim card you need to change the network settings on your adroid phone. Although the phone detects the network in order to get internet…
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Great news for HTC phone users. HTC will “unlock the bootloader” so that users can modify and change the software their phones came with. From HTC’sDevelopment website “we will allow our bootloader to be unlocked for 2011 models going forward. We plan on releasing the updates that will allow you to unlock your bootloader in…
Continue Reading »For those of us who are no longer teenagers and are not as tech savvy as we were back in 1998 when Windows 98 came out. Here is a quick explaination of the meaning of ROOT, FLASH, ROM for android. In order to upgrade or change the software on my android phone I first need…
Continue Reading »Here is a full spec comparison of the Iphone 4 and the Samsung Galaxy
| I Phone 4 | Samsung Galaxy | ||
| General | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 | 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 | 3G Network | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 | |
| 4G Network | LTE 700 (region specific) | ||
| 2010, June | Announced | 2011, October | |
| Size | Available. Released 2010, June | Status | Available. Released 2011, November |
| 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm | Dimensions | 135.5 x 67.9 x 8.9 mm | |
| Display | 137 g | Weight | 135 g |
| LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors | Type | Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors | |
| 640 x 960 pixels, 3.5 inches (~330 ppi pixel density) | Size | 720 x 1280 pixels, 4.65 inches (~316 ppi pixel density) | |
| Yes | Multitouch | Yes | |
| Sound | Scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating | Protection | Oleophobic coating – Touch-sensitive controls |
| Vibration, MP3 ringtones | Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones | |
| Yes | Loudspeaker | Yes | |
| Memory | Yes, check quality | 3.5mm jack | Yes |
| No | Card slot | No | |
| Data | 8/16/32 GB storage, 512 MB RAM | Internal | 16/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM |
| Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps | GPRS | Yes | |
| Class 10, 236.8 kbps | EDGE | Yes | |
| HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps | Speed | HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE | |
| Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot | WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot | |
| Yes, v2.1 with A2DP | Bluetooth | Yes, v3.0 with A2DP | |
| NFC | Yes | ||
| Yes, v2.0 | USB | Yes, v2.0 microUSB | |
| Camera | |||
| 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality | Primary | 5 MP, 2592×1936 pixels, autofocus, LED flash | |
| Touch focus, geo-tagging, HDR | Features | Touch focus, geo-tagging, face detection | |
| Features | Yes, 720p@30fps, LED video light, geo-tagging, check quality | Video | Yes, 1080p@30fps |
| Yes, videocalling over Wi-Fi only | Secondary | Yes, 1.3 MP | |
| iOS 4, upgradable to iOS 5 | OS | Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) | |
| Apple A4 | Chipset | TI OMAP 4460 | |
| 1 GHz Cortex-A8 | CPU | Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9 | |
| PowerVR SGX535 | GPU | PowerVR SGX540 | |
| Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass | Sensors | Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer | |
| iMessage, SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email | Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS | |
| HTML (Safari) | Browser | HTML, Adobe Flash | |
| No | Radio | No | |
| Yes, with A-GPS support | GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support | |
| No | Java | Yes, via Java MIDP emulator | |
| Black, White | Colors | Black | |
| MicroSIM card support only | Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic | ||
| Scratchresistant glass back panel | MP4/H.264/H.263 player | ||
| Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic | MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3 player | ||
| iCloud cloud service | Organizer | ||
| Twitter integration | Image/video editor | ||
| Google Maps | Document viewer | ||
| Audio/video player and editor | Google Search, Maps, Gmail, | ||
| Image editor | YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration | ||
| Voice command/dial | Voice memo/dial/commands | ||
| TVout | Predictive text input | ||
| Battery | |||
| Standard battery, Li-Po 1420mAh | Standard battery, Li-Ion 1750 mAh | ||
| Up to 300 h (2G) / Up to 300 h (3G) | Stand-by | Up to 290 h (2G) / Up to 270 h (3G) | |
| Up to 14 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G) | Talk time | Up to 17 h 40 min (2G) / Up to 8 h 20 min (3G) |
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