Samsung Galaxy Note II is now official

The Samsung Galaxy Note II is now official. The second generation of the highly popular phoneblet made its debut at the Samsung pre-IFA press conference and confirmed most of the rumors from the past few weeks.

The Samsung Galaxy Note II is built around a 5.5" Super AMOLED screen of 1280 x 720 resolution (down from the 1280 x 800 resolution of the original Note). The Exynos 4 Quad chipset has its quad-core CPU clocked at 1.6GHz, coupled with 2 GB of RAM and a beefy 3,100 mAh battery on board. The Note II is actually thinner than its predecessor at 9.4 mm (the Galaxy Note is 9.65 mm thick) and just 2 grams heavier, at 180 grams. Theres an 8 MP camera on the back and a 1.9 MP one on the front.

The S-Pen has been redesigned too - its longer and thicker making it more ergonomic and has learned some cool new tricks. One of them is dubbed Air View, which allows you to hover the S Pen over an email, the gallery, video, etc. to preview the content without the need to actually open the app. In addition, the S Pen is capable of a new gesture called Quick Command, which lets users quickly activate frequently used apps.

The Samsung Galaxy Note II will come with support for both HSPA+ and 4G LTE. It will have 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB storage options with a microSD card slot available on each of them.

The Samsung Galaxy Note II will ship in Europe this October with US and worldwide availability to follow shortly afterwards. Unfortunately, the pricing is yet to be revealed.

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White BlackBerry Z10 now available at WIND Mobile

Already sold the BlackBerry Z10 in black color only since last week, WIND Mobile is now offering this BlackBerry smartphone in white version. The Canadian customers can grab the white BlackBerry Z10 for cost as low as $299 on WINDtab. 
The BlackBerry Z10 is the first smartphone to run the latest BlackBerry 10 (BB10) operating system and both officially introduced back in January 2013. Unlike the previous BlackBerry handsets, the Z10 is all-touch device and without physical QWERTY keyboard.
New BlackBerry Z10 has a 4.2-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, 16GB of internal storage, and an 1800mAh battery.
It measures 130 x 65.6 x 9 mm and weighs 136.6 grams. Other features on Z10 are a MicroSD card slot (up to 32GB), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and so on.

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Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 Now on Sale

It was supposed to be launched commercially last October, but for some reason was held back at the last minute. That wait is finally over.

The Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 is now available for retail. For $649, you would get this Windows 8 tablet with a 64GB internal storage and WiFi-only connection; add $30 more and you get a pen input and digitizer screen for those who love jotting and doodling on their tablets. Finally, the $729 version comes with Windows 8 Pro, ideal for the corporate bunch.

Base specs include an 1.8GHz Intel Atom Z2760 processor, 10.1-inch HD-quality multitouch screen, and 2GB of RAM. All versions also have free Office upgrade (Office purchase not included) and free use of Skype Premium for 12 months (a $100 value) if the device is bought on or before January 31, 2013.

Lenovo estimates a deliver date of January 8th if purchased now.

Via:Gadget

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