Safaricom Yolo with Atom Z2420

At the recent Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas earlier this month Intel showed a reference design smartphone entry level aimed at emerging markets and with Lexington platform, which offered interesting features of course if placed in the background of the target market. Now that prototype has become a finished product that is going to debut on the African market.Were to announce their Intel and Safaricom together through a joint press release.

Yolo is the name of the device, takes roughly all the main features of Lexington, from the body, at the same time be robust, almost rugged but also economic to achieve, to keep costs low end.The lines are simple and clean, with strongly rounded corners and sides, which give the device a very ergonomic, and of course, the case is polycarbonate color dark gray . The technical features, however, are quite interesting, always relating them to the target market, but unfortunately Intel and Safaricom have not yet disclosed all the details of the hardware platform.

We do know that the smartphone is equipped with a display with a diagonal of 3.5 inches with a resolution of 480 x 320 pixels and a System on a Chip Intel Atom Z2420 Medfield , a single core with second-level cache of 512 KB and clock rate from 1.2 GHz, with HyperThreading technology, the ability to encode / decode video via hardware up to 1080p and support two cameras with ability to shoot bursts of seven photographs in less than a second by a sensor of 5 megapixels.Unfortunately at the moment there are guidance on the amount of RAM and a dedicated space for storage. Yolo has a slot for microSD memory, a 5 megapixel rear camera that meets the characteristics described above and a slot-type dual SIM connectivity with HSPA + modem Intel XMM 6265 for global roaming capabilities. The operating system is Google Android, but there are no indications on the version, though that may be most likely at least Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich .

The cost of Safaricom Kenyan Shilling Yolo is of 11,000, roughly equivalent to $ 126 U.S. at the time but was not communicated a clear date for the distribution. 

ASUS Padfone 2 has updated to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

ASUS has updated its Padfone 2 (firmware version 10.4.11.13) by improving and optimizing the stability of the system and components such as the camera and WiFi and 3G. We remind you that the terminal has been upgraded to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean just a few weeks ago and that soon the company will make available the full range of accessories for smartphones and tablets, the cases/stand to adapters and car kits. Last recommendation: UPDATED!

Between yesterday and today was released a firmware update via FOTA for Padfone 2. This is not the release of Android 4.2. We are always on JB. The new firmware version number is 10.4.11.13. And these are the news:

Improved performance and stability both Padfone 2 that the Padfone 2 Station
Improved performance and stability of 3G and WiFi
Improved performance of the navigation system Garmin
updated the firmware of the camera and optimized handling of HDR and the function of automatic white balance
Improved the stability of Launcher
Added support for the video game Need For Speed ​​Most Wanted
Improved volume during calls
Optimized font of email
Optimize the performance of the app Contacts
Improved system power management

As you can see there are a lot of improvements!

Samsung Galaxy S IV the latest rumors

The smartphone Samsung Galaxy S has managed to carve as to when there is an important share of the market and the role of the most credible among the competitors of the Apple iPhone. For every new release in fact the Korean handheld was able to integrate new advanced technology, improving in every area and attracting the attention of fans not only the OS but the green robot of all experts. It 's normal so that by now, come to the threshold of its fourth version, raising a storm of rumors, rumors and rumors different as the date of his debut approaches. In fact it is just one of the topics of greatest interest.

Yes, because the Korean giant currently has only said that it would introduce the new smartphone at CES 2013 in Las Vegas , as it has done, nor the next Mobile World Congress in February, and that is not new because, as almost every producer of the first band, Samsung prefers to organize special events for all the attention on himself. The main problem facing the impatient fans is: when exactly this event will be fixed?According to colleagues Korean Asiae.co.kr could be next March 22 the date designated for the official presentation to the press, which would take place in the United States.

This would mean that the smartphone would come then a little later on the market and in fact the preparation of Sammobile speaks of April as marketing period.Obviously, in the absence of official confirmation from Samsung for now these are just speculations, more or less well founded, as are those relating to the hardware platform, currently based exclusively on information that emerged here and there across the network, by analyzing names Code of prototypes and findings inseveral benchmarks .

According to these rumors, the next Samsung Galaxy S IV , now known under the code name Altius and instead in the final version might be called Galaxy S4, with a number instead of Arabic words in Roman letters, is bound to display even greater than present, a SuperAMOLED from 4.99 inches with a resolution FullHD 1080p .Inside, instead, could make his debut the new SoC Octa Samsung Exynos 5 , based on 8-core ARM Cortex Next Generation (4 A15 4 A7 high performance and low power), coupled with 2 GB of RAM and operating system Google Android in version 4.2, the latest version of its proprietary interface.

As for the multimedia sector instead smartphone should have a back camera 13 megapixelcapable of capturing video at 1080p and a front webcam from 2 Mpixel which should be able to make movies at 720p. News finally also for the battery, following the increase in screen size and high power SoC, should rise from the current 2100 mAh to 2600 mAh, in order to ensure at least equivalent autonomy. The curiosity of many fans unfortunately will have to wait to be fully satisfied.

Sony Xperia Tablet Z

Laptoptabletpc.co.uk reported Sony Xperia Tablet Z is the next tablet from Sony, Sony just launched in Japan, with the publication of technical details, image and first video spot , but also tried live by some colleagues in an event organized by NTT DoCoMo, the telephone operator who will take care of its distribution in Asia. The official presentation materializes at MWC 2013 in late February, at which time we will certainly other material to offer.

Sony Xperia Tablet Z weighs just 495 grams in a thickness of 6.9 mm, with a battery of 6000 mAh. It ‘s an integrated quad-core processor Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro with an operating frequency of 1.5GHz, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of internal memory, expandable with microSD cards. The display of10.1 inches , has a resolution of Full HD 1920 x 1200 pixels (WUXGA) and TruBlack technology for a high-contrast colors and black levels. The tablet is also equipped with an NFC chip, 802.11n WiFi, optional 3G/4G.

The 8.1 megapixel rear camera, is characterized by the sensor Exmor R , with a focal aperture 2.4, HDR technology and Sweep. We are able to offer the first video test of the room, a movie shot in a shop with the Sony tablet. The video is Full HD, images are defined and clean, even if they lose quality when the user tries to zoom in on some subjects. The video is very stable even though it was made ​​with the tablet in hand and never loses focus. A good result for Sony.