Ndroidware: April 2012

Saturday, 28 April 2012

Quater-1 2012 : Android OS active installed base overtakes that of Symbian

Symbian's installed base of active users, pointing out that it's larger than most industry commentators would have conceived. However, with Symbian smartphone sales on something of a decline in recent months and with Android device sales still rising, it was clear that at some point the active installed base of the two smartphone OS would switch positions. According to my calculations this happened recently - Android has overtaken Symbian and is now the most used mobile OS on the planet - see the helpful chart below.

Samsung announces 1.4GHz Exynos 4 Quad as basis for Galaxy S III

Looking for something a bit more solid than a third-party benchmark? We can do that. "Already in production the Exynos 4 Quad is scheduled to be adopted first into Samsung's next Galaxy smartphone that will officially be announced in May," the horse's mouth reveals. Samsung boasts that the new 32nm 1.4GHz quad-core processor flaunts twice the processing power over its predecessor, thanks to its High-K Metal Gate (HKMG) low-power technology. The net energy savings? About 20-percent.

The Galaxy S III. We always knew it'd be a keystone among Android smartphones, but according to the AnTuTu benchmark suite, it'll be the one device to rule them all. While there's no way to verify whether this test is indeed legitimate, all Android users may currently peep the AnTuTu app, which not only shows the smartphone as having bested the mighty Transformer Prime tablet, but it also reveals the most comprehensive set of specs we've yet seen for the Galaxy S III -- again, take this with a grain of salt.

One more Galaxy S III prototype spotted inside protective casing

Galaxy S III prototype

This is not the first time we've already gotten glimpses of supposed Samsung Galaxy S III prototypes, this latest one has popped up in a (since removed) post on Chinese forum Mobile01.

Draw Something v1.5.21

About This App

Rating: (18,803)
Updated: April 25, 2012
Current Version: 1.5.21
Requires Android: 1.5 and up
Category: Brain & Puzzle
Installs: 500,000 - 1,000,000
Size: 7.1M

About This App

Rating: (282,845)
Updated: April 5, 2012
Current Version: 3.6.2
Requires Android: 1.6 and up
Category: Productivity
Installs: 10,000,000 - 50,000,000
Size: 7.4M

About This App

Rating: (1,603)
Updated: April 19, 2012
Current Version: 1.0.5
Requires Android: 2.1 and up
Category: Arcade & Action
Installs: 100 - 500
Size: 7.04M

About This App

Rating: (469,722)
Updated: April 20, 2012
Current Version: 1.0.6
Requires Android: 2.2 and up
Category: Social
Installs: 5,000,000 - 10,000,000
Size: 13M

Samsung I9300 Galaxy S 3 : Not A Rumour

Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III

The Samsung Galaxy S3 rumor bonanza is building up as we get closer to the unveiling event set to take place in London on May 3. However, the leaks and speculations seem to be gaining consistency and credibility.

Less than two weeks before Samsung will introduce its next flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III has been spotted on a German Amazon site. The listing describes the device as having a 4.7-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen, a 12-megapixel camera with autofocus, LED flash and face detection, the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, and 16GB of internal memory, expandable to 32GB. PCWorld’s Jared Newman reported that what may have been the Galaxy S III appeared in a video on Tinhte, a Website notorious for revealing unannounced phones. According to the Vietnamese site, the Galaxy S III sports a 1.4 GHz quad-core processor, a 4.6-inch display with 1184 by 720 resolution, 1 GB of RAM, an 8-megapixel camera, 16 GB of storage, microSD expandability, a 2050 mAh battery, and NFC capability.