The Apple v. Samsung patent war that will seemingly never end has taken another turn today, as Apple is asking the court to add newer Samsung Galaxy hardware, including the Galaxy S III, Verizon Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note and Galaxy Note 10.1 to its complaint against the Galaxy Nexus and other related devices. If you thought updated software and designs would keep these newer smartphones and tablets out of the fight -- you were wrong. Just to help you keep things straight, remember this is a separate case from the one that ended exactly a week ago with a decision in Apple's favor to the tune of more than $1 billion in damages.
At issue here are eight of Apple's utility patents that it says Samsung has infringed upon. The headliner patents at issue are '721 which covers slide to unlock, and '604, which could apply to the universal search feature Samsung has been pulling from its phones recently. Another familiar entry is the '647 patent Apple slapped HTC with in 2010, which has a vague description but applies to clicking on a phone number in an email, for example, to call it. You can read the details each and every one in the PDF linked below, we'll be doing... anything else.
Despite carrier and retailer indications of delays for certain editions of Samsung's new Galaxy S III, the company triumphantly announced its launch right on schedule tonight. Of course, here in the US we're sadly on the outside looking in at the launch action going on in 28 countries as a new day dawns for the 29th, but at least there's rumblings that our localized editions aren't far off. In July, its world tour is expected to have swung through 145 countries and 296 carriers. As long as you're looking for a 16GB Marble White quad-core Exynos juggernaut, you should be able to find it right away -- if the machine translated Korean press release (Update: English link added) is too tough to bear, remember we've got all the launch details (and a review) right here.
The screen could be a four.8-inch HD Super AMOLED show. The dangerous news? the dearth of a "Plus" in that name suggests that it's PenTile, which implies that pixelation continues to be visible despite the 306 ppi density, thanks to the sharing of sub-pixels. the great news is that the resolution continues to be specific, and will suffice for all however the foremost eagle-eyed -- though if you are still undecided you'll explore our own microscopic comparisons right here. it is also nice to ascertain that the panel is cocooned in Gorilla Glass two, besting its relative's fortified face, and it conjointly offered nice viewing angles.
The Galaxy S III's beating heart is Samsung's new one.4GHz quad-core Exynos processor, aided by a contemporary GPU that's supposedly sixty five % faster than the companion Mali four hundred graphics chip on the Galaxy S II. sadly, we have a tendency to did not have time to administer GTA III a blast, nor run our typical benchmark apps, however in any case the model we have a tendency to played with wasn't final hardware. That said, we have a tendency to were ready to grab a fast SunSpider browser performance score of slightly below one,500ms, putting the phone below HTC's polycarb-clad surprise -- however lower is best, by the way. Whizzing round the native apps and internet browser was as pleasant as we have a tendency to expected, pinch-to-zoom pinged into action, whereas multimedia playback was easy, no matter the software additions that Samsung has thrown into the combo (more on those during a second).
The phone homes a removable two,100mAh battery, with a wireless charging possibility already within the works. Next to the battery and area for a micro-SIM, you will find an increasingly rare microSD slot, whose absence was one among the most criticisms leveled at the Google Nexus, to not mention the HTC One X. This expandability sits alongside 16GB, 32GB or 64GB of internal storage, looking on that variant you get. alternative affiliation choices here embrace Bluetooth four.0, WiFi Direct, DLNA, an MHL-compatible micro-USB port and headphone socket, with NFC connected to the battery unit.
Software
Samsung's pitch to us centered heavily on the software. Pure Android enthusiasts could wince at the sight of TouchWiz (overlaid on prime of Android four.0.4) and from the transient time we tend to played with the device, Ice Cream Sandwich appearance plenty like how it arrived on our updated Galaxy S II -- it is not near a stock Android expertise. rather than messing with its UI, Samsung has targeting specific apps -- and many of latest gesture functionality.
Five icons populate the bottom of the screen, together with the app drawer, whereas the homescreen itself contains a a lot of typical four-icon-wide berth. "Inspired by nature, designed for humans" is that the winsome philosophy behind the Galaxy S III. In terms of the character factor, this essentially implies that the phone comes loaded with some splashy water graphics and sound effects furthermore as many seasonal wallpapers (including some new good wallpapers sort of a background news feed).
The built-in keyboard is perfectly functional; at this screen size there is merely a bigger probability of hitting the letter you are once. The menus and icons are all drawn in Samsung's TouchWiz vogue, though there are some new additions, together with lock screen app shortcuts. In fact, the lock screen is where Samsung's new "intelligent" smartphone starts showing its gesture antics -- a part of its "designed for humans" mantra.
Once enabled in settings, you'll faucet and hold the screen, rotate the phone horizontally and you may be sent to the camera app. Using an equivalent accelerometers, a brand new calling operate can dial whoever's contact details you've got displayed after you raise the phone to your ear. Keeping with the contextual phone skills, Samsung's good keep feature makes the device detect (through the front-facing camera) whether or not a face is observing it so as to change the show on or off. alittle eye icon would seem on the notification bar when it had been seeking out our face. Similarly, good Alert can show any missed calls or notifications after you devour the phone, using the built-in accelerometer. it is the form of magic that HTC's been using for a short while, however it will facilitate the new phone to face out from Samsung's existing phones that are beginning to blur along.
S Voice is Samsung's latest effort to introduce voice interactions to its phone series, however sadly it wasn't operating throughout our briefing. We've been promised that your commands are going to be ready to unlock the phone, management the music player and capture photos. Samsung additionally told us that it's already operating with third-party apps to make up similar functionality for those too. sort of a bound voice assistant rival, it will need an information affiliation as a result of voice patterns are processed within the cloud. S Beam was during a a lot of generous mood throughout our hands-on, riffing from Google's Android Beam whereas using WiFi in tandem with NFC to share meatier files. Beaming through NFC peaks at around 400Kbps, however that is just for pairing and smaller files -- sharing media engages WiFi Direct at up to 300Mbps, per Samsung. we tend to saw a 10MB video file bounced between 2 phones in a moment. it is a terribly nice show-piece, though the requirement for all of your S Beam sharing partners to upgrade to the Galaxy S III will inevitably taint that giving.
AllShare Play shares your media content with the large screen, whereas AllShare forged can duplicate your phone's show for big-screen gaming. (Samsung told us that it's performing on populating its own game hub with optimized titles, though it had been still keeping quiet on any specifics.) Like S Beam, this is often additionally broadcast through WiFi Direct to a compatible TV, instead of through DLNA -- though the handset will technically still support DLNA.
A new feature that best showcases the phone's new Exynos muscle is Pop Up Play, that plays a video file on prime of the other app in its own window. Playback is proscribed to the native media player -- no YouTube greatest hits on prime of your email simply nevertheless -- however the window may be moved round the screen and at its mounted size covers slightly below a sixth of the complete screen.
To recap: this is often a good-looking phone, with a formidable high definition Super AMOLED screen and a processor that appears seemingly to spar for prime spot among Android devices. However, Samsung hasn't more experienced the recent trend for stand-out build and materials and this new flagship feels plenty like all its older relatives; given the complete "nature" spiel, some good new end would are nice. It's little doubt this lack of wow-factor hardware that has led Sammy to stress software progress instead, and indeed there are many intriguing TouchWiz options that warrant additional investigation on a finished handset -- assuming you are not a vanilla Android die-hard. Glacial hardware style progress aside, if Samsung manages to induce these new options polished up and dealing flawlessly, the corporate would possibly well have another bestseller. And yes, we'll take the Pebble Blue, please.
Whoa, there. We're still weeks faraway from an officer massive stage unveiling, however it's like Samsung's next Galaxy phone is already out there. Vietnamese web site Tinhte, that has past type on these quite things, possesses its hands on the GT-I9300 -- purportedly the Galaxy S III if Samsung decides to follow its own naming convention. in keeping with the specifications leaked, Tinhte reckons the phone homes a four.6-inch show at 720 x 1184 resolution (roughly 320 DPI, finding out Android's XHDPI classification -- thanks Rawat), whereas a quad-core one.4 GHz processor works on keeping the Ice Cream Sandwich OS running smoothly. alternative hardware mentions embody 1GB of RAM, 8-megapixel camera, 16GB of storage and microSD capability. in a very side-by-side comparison with the Galaxy Nexus, it's just like the phone's show is incrementally larger, though we're unable to inform the precise size, nor whether or not we'll be treated to Super AMOLED and or some Pentile substitute.
According to Tinhte, the 2,050mAh battery can arrive with NFC capabilities baked in, just like the Galaxy Nexus before it. there is an iffy plastic rim surrounding to the full device that has apparently been added to not ruin the surprise of how the device appearance prior to its official launch. whereas we have seen some similar hardware leaks already, this video makes a really robust case for it being the important deal. Take a glance for yourself right when the break, alongside an image of the rear.
Update: it's our supply link has disappeared and also the video has currently gone personal. Fortunately, we tend to grabbed our own copy of the video and you'll be able to realize it below.
Update 2: we tend to reached out to Samsung for a comment, and here's the not-so-surprising response:
หลังจากเดือนที่แล้วที่มีแต่ข่าวลือของซัมซุง ตอนนี้ซัมซุงได้ประกาศอย่างเป็นทางการ ไปทั่วโลก ว่าจะได้พบกับโทรศัพท์มือถือ Galaxy รุ่นต่อไปในลอนดอน ในวันที่ 3 พฤษภาคมซึ่งมีคำเชิญนี้ได้รับเป็นครั้งแรกโดยTweakers.netเว็บไซต์ดัตช์ ดังนั้นจึงมีการคาดหมายกันในทันทีว่าจะเป็นการเปิดตัวของสิ่งที่เราคาดหวังว่าจะมา เป็นGalaxy SIII ในขณะที่เราจะเก็บข้อมูลของเหตุการณ์ ที่เป็นของซัมซุงเพื่อเราเองจะได้ไม่พลาดข้อมูลอื่น ๆ รวมคือวันที่ / เวลา(2:00 ET) และมีการโพสกระแสบน Facebook Galaxy SเดิมและGS2อยู่แล้วหลายครั้งกว่าตั้งแต่แรกเปิดตัวเมื่อสองปีที่ผ่านมาและได้นำแพ็ค Android สำหรับเวลานี้ สิ่งที่ซัมซุงจะทำเพื่อไว้บนตัวของมันเองในเวลานี้หรือไม่?(คำตอบ : ไม่มี 3 D และมันอาจเป็นเพียงเล็กน้อยสายเกินไปสำหรับการแสดงผลต่อเนื่องอีกเหมือนแยกเป็นลูกเล่น) มีเพียง 17 วันที่เหลืออยู่จนกว่าเราจะได้พบการเปิดตัวAfter months of rumors Samsung has officially announced the globe can meet future Galaxy phone in London on might third with this invite, 1st received by Dutch website Tweakers.net. whereas most speculation can immediately focus around one thing we're expecting to arrive because the Galaxy S III, the BlackBerry World-spoiling invite we have a tendency to received is conspicuously devoid of details like name or specifications. whereas we'll keep the address of the Samsung Unpacked event to ourselves, the sole different info included is that the date / time (2PM ET) and therefore the address for a live stream on Facebook. {the original|the 1st|the initial} Galaxy S and GS2 are already million unit sellers over and over over since first launching 2 years ago and have led the Android pack for many of now, thus what's going to Samsung do to prime itself this time? (Answer: not 3D, and it's in all probability a trifle too late for one more Continuum-like gimmicky split show.) There are simply seventeen days left till we discover out obviously.Tweakers.net, @SamsungMobile (Twitter)
