Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Goes for Phablet Fame

In a followup to its Galaxy Note hybrid phone-cum-mini-tablet, Samsung is reportedly planning to release its successor, the Galaxy Note 2, sometime this year.

The Galaxy Note 2 will apparently arrive with a 5.5-inch screen -- a fifth of an inch larger than the one found on the original Galaxy Note, which is itself an enormous handset.

Hybrids like the Galaxy Note, which are smaller than tablets but larger than typical smartphones, are what ABI Research calls "phablets." ABI predicts that more than 208 million phablets will ship globally in 2015.

The new device "is a Galaxy Note 2, and that says to me, OK, the first one did well enough to try again, and this has got me wondering," Michael Morgan, a senior analyst at ABI Research, told TechNewsWorld. "I'm starting to think that maybe Samsung's creating another form factor that will generate a different usage pattern. Today people are increasingly using their smartphones for non-voice communications."

Samsung's Galaxy Note "has been an innovative form factor with market positioning -- they embraced the "tweenerness" of the form factor," remarked Danielle Levitas, a group vice president at IDC.

Source:http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/75571.html

Archos ELEMENTS 97 Carbon Android Tablet

Archos introduces its new ELEMENTS series of entry-level Android tablets. The first model to be released is the 9.7-inch 97 Carbon, and the company will launch 7-inch and 8-inch models later. The device runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on a 1GHz processor and 1GB of RAM. It is capable of Full HD 1080p video playback.

The 97 Carbon comes with a 9.7-inch IPS LCD touchscreen with 5 point multitouch and 1024×768 resolution, a 2 Megapixel main camera and a 0.3 Megapixel front-facing camera. It has HDMI output for showing media content on a HDTV. The 9.7-inch Android device supports WiFi 802.11n connectivity and has USB 2.0 port. If the 16GB internal memory is not enough, simply add a microSD/SDHC card up to 32GB.

The 97 Carbon has a slim profile measuring just 0.45-inch thick and weighing 21.8oz, and a aluminum finish. It will be released in July for $249.99.

Source:http://www.itechnews.net/2012/07/05/archos-elements-97-carbon-android-tablet/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ItechNewsNet+%28ITech+News+Net%29

Samsung Galaxy Beam with built-in projector now up for grabs: £395 sim-free in the UK

If you've been eyeing flat surfaces with bad intent since the new Samsung Galaxy Beam projector smartphone was announced, it's now ready for your schemes -- at least in the UK. Expansys is showing the light-shooting device in stock, replete with its 4-inch WVGA screen, 1GHz dual-core Cortex A9, 768MB of RAM and 8GB storage, at a price of £395 ($615). The projector itself radiates 15 lumens and displays an nHD (640 x 360) image up to 50 inches across. At 12.5mm (0.5 inches), Samsung claims it to be the world's thinnest projector phone, so if you need something pocketable for those impromptu presentations -- or even to save your bacon -- check the source to snag one.

Source:http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/06/samsung-galaxy-beam-projector-on-sale/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+weblogsinc%2Fengadget+%28Engadget%29