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Samsung Galaxy Note 4.0.4 Update Software OTA Minor ICS over the air 24 mb kies minor update after 4.0.4 International GT-N7000 I9220 Improved Stability increased speed fast smooth er ice cream sandwich ics android os specs International Samsung Galaxy...

 

12 August 2012 : It's almost a Month that Samsung has Released the Official Software Update Android v4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich for International Samsung Galaxy Note N7000 Over The Air and via Kies. Now the Latest Buzz that Some Users are Reporting that Samsung Galaxy Note N7000 is gettingAnother Update Over The Air (OTA). This New Update is of just 24.54 MB . This Update is Coming as IMPROVED STABILITY and is Speeding up the Smart Phablet abit thus Making it more Smoother and Faster.

This New 24 MB Update OTA brings about Only a Few minor Changes in the International Samsung Galaxy Note N7000. Listed Below are the Few Changes this New Update Brings :   1. Improved Stability 2. Enhanced Speed and Smoothness 3. Few Changes in CALL / MESSAGE LOGS 4. Few Changes and Addition in the SAMSUNG KEYPAD 5. A Little Changes in User Interface
Changes in Logs : The Minor Change that took place in the Logs Interface is , till ICS 4.0.4 , beside the Name of the Recipient there were the Touch Options of Call and Message and Now those Options are Removed and its left with Sliding left to Text and Right to Call.

Before Updated Changes in Samsung Keypad : The Interface and arrangement of the Keyboard has Changed alot, some Borders have gone and some more keys are added and Re arranged. Over all , Looks good.



As of Now almost all the International Samsung Galaxy Note Users have Got the ICS 4.0.4 and Some Users have Started Getting this New 24 MB OTA Update. Well Samsung Promises that the Android OS v4.1x Jelly Bean for Samsung Galaxy Note will be Out along with Samsung Galaxy S II, S III , Note II , Maximum by the End of this Year. Hope For the Best.
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10 July 2012 : Till Yesterday it was Just a Rumour that Samsung Will be Releasing the Ice Cream Sandwich v4.0.4 Update for International Samsung Galaxy S II but as a Surprise Samsung has Already Started Rolling out the Official ICS v4.0.4 Over The Air. Till now, The Samsung Galaxy S II Users who werent so Patient to wait for the Official OTA 4.0.4 Update were totally relying on the LEAKED Offiical ICS v4.0.4.

And those who are Patiently Waiting for the Official Over The Air Ice Cream Sandwich v4.0.4 Update for their Samsung Galaxy S II , there is a Glad news that Samsung has Officially Started Rolling Out the v4.0.4 update OTA. This Android v4.0.4 Update Brings about Minor Changes like Increased Stability, Some performance updates and bug fixes But the Sad news is this Update is only Available for the International Model for now.

So if you possess an International Samsung Galaxy S II you can now Check for the ICS v4.0.4 Update OTA by Settings / About Phone / Software Update / Update . Where in you can get the Official Update. To Remind You Samsung Galaxy S II is the Most Selling Android Smart Phone with About 24 Million Units Already Sold. 


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Sony Xperia J Specifications Features Price Details Reviews Sony Xperia J Technical Review 

  Sony Xperia J Sony Xperia J is an android smartphone falling into the Xperia family code name(ST26i/ST26a). This smarphone is a mid range device. Xperia J was announced in August and will be commercially available by the end of Q4. Being a GSM device, it supports 2G as well as 3G network globally.      Dimensions & Display: Sony Xperia J is 9.2mm think and weighs around 130g (4.6 ounces). Being a mid range device the dimensions and screen size seems pretty good and features a 4" scratch resistant TFT display with 16 million colors. The strong 4 inch screen of xperia J renders a maximum 480x854 display resolution with a pixel per inch density of 245 pixels. For a mid range device like this, such a resolution and image rending is fantastic.   OS & Performance: Xperia J is powered by the most successful and powerful mobile operating system - Android's ice cream sandwich 4.0.4 which is not just the most successful OS but also the most commonly used mobile operating system throughout the world. Sony's Xperia J uses a powerful 1 Gz CPU that works in coordination with the 512 MB RAM giving the users maximum throttle. To give the best image viewing experience, Sony has used a powerful Adreno 200 GPU that not just makes the images crispier and lively but also enhances your viewing experience.    Coming to the storage and memory aspect, Sony Xperia J has a built in flash memory of 4 GB out of which 2GB is available for the user and the remaining is used for system services and core operations. 2GB of internal storage is very less but if you look at the brighter side of it, you can extend the storage using a micro sd card for upto 32GB. You can add all of your favorite tracks and grove in.   Camera : Sony Xperia J is equipped with a fairly good 5 megapixel camera with LED flash and auto focus. The maximum image resolution of the photos clicked using this camera is 2592х1944 pixels. That's more than enough for a mid range device. Xperia J does not have the ability to shoot HD videos and it supports only VGA video recording at 30 frames per second. The rear and and front camera can be used to shoot videos of VGA quality. If you are a user who prefers shooting videos rather than clicking images then its probably not a good call for you to go ahead with this phone. However, if you are comfortable clicking images and not shooting videos then there are some cool features like: Geotagging Self-timer Touch focus Image stabilizer VGA video recording 4x digital zoom Sound Sony has brought a musical revolution in the industry and it has been associated with the music industry since long. Sony Xperia J is powered with many tools that enhance your music listening experience by giving you the best quality and effects that you cannot find in any other smatphones. Xperia J uses the xLoud - which is an audio filtering technology and a propriety of Sony. The predominant Walkman has been favorite for many and people still love to experience walkman in their smartphones today. It also gives you the option of clear stereo that enhances the music listening experience.
It is tough to compare the sound quality of Sony against any other device manufacturers as sony is not just the best in making quality sound systems but it also has a fair experience in the electronic media and music so it has pretty good knowledge of how to make users grove into the music player by adding various features likemanual equalizer, so if you are an expert in playing with the music then you can manually override the default sound settings of a track and make it jazzy or acoustic or use the powerful bass. With such quality features and get along ear plugins, you can enjoy the music listening experience on Sony Xperia J. Connectivity: Sony Xperia J has better connectivity options that gives you more from your device like WiFi and WiFi hotspot functionality allowing you to not just connect to wireless networks but also become a host and share your internet plan with others making your Xperia J as a wireless modem. Apart WiFi, the smartphone has a built in GPS that allows you to navigate quickly and easily using navigation apps like Navigon or Mobile Maps. Sony Xperia J supports USB tethering allowing you to use your data plan by sharing it with a computer via USB. If you are a strong twitter user that this should bring you joys that Xperia J has twitter integration that makes it easier to share photos and post tweets more easily than ever.   Battery Life, Colors & Price Xperia J's battery life seems better than its successors giving more talk time on 3G as well as 2G networks with a back up of over 5 hours on 3G network and over 7 hours on 2G. The battery has been significantly improved to give a better back up as it has always been a problem for smartphones that they run out of battery. However if you compare the battery of Xperia J with that of Motorola's Razr, that does not make any sense as you need to compare two like wise devices.  Sony has added a new color to the set of known colors for its Xperia J. Apart from black, white, pink, a new color - Gold has been added and it looks impressive. The phone is said to have a price tag of 16 Euros that would be no much for a device with such features and large screen. 

 

                                Sony Xperia J (ST26i/ST26a) NETWORK 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900   3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 (ST26i)
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 (ST26a) BODY Dimensions 124.3 x 61.2 x 9.2 mm   Weight 124 g (4.6 ounces) Display Type TFT, Capacitive Touchscreen, 16M colors, Multitouch, Touch Sensitive Controls   Size 480 x 854 pixels, 4.0 inches (~245 ppi pixel density) Specifications OS Android OS, v4.0.4 ( Ice Cream Sandwich )     Chipset
CPU
GPU Qualcomm MSM7227A Snapdragon
1 GHz Cortex-A5Adreno 200   Sensors Accelerometer, Proximity, Compass   Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email   Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash (To be deprecated soon) Camera Primary 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash   Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, image stabilization   Video Yes, VGA   Secondary Yes, VGA Memory Card slot MicroSD, up to 32 GB   Internal 2 GB storage, 512 MB RAM Data GPRS Yes, upto 86kbps   Edge Yes, upto 237kbps   Speed HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps   WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot   Bluetooth   Yes, v4.0 with A2DP     NFC
USB No
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Sound Alert types Vibration, MP3, Ringtones   Loudspeaker Yes   3.5mm jack Yes, xLoud experience (Audio Filter Technology) Features Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS   GPS Yes, with A-GPS support   Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator   Colors Black, White, Pink, Gold     Others SNS Integration, Cloud Storage (50 GB)       Predictive Text Input     MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player     MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player     Voice Memo/Dial, Commands     Organizer , Calender , Document viewer     Google Search, Maps, Gmail , YouTube, Google Talk Battery Standard battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1750 mAh   Stand-by Up to 607 h (2G) / Up to 618 h (3G)   Talktime Up to 5 h 36 min (3G) / Up to 7 h 18 min (2G) Expected Price INR  approx 11,000   USD  approx 205   EUR  approx 160

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12 July 2012 : As we all know Samsung has already Started Seeding the Official ICS v4.0.4 Updatefor International Samsung Galaxy Note N7000 last night itself. Now we'll have a look at the detailed description of all the features of this update along with the images. As a surprise the new features brought along by Android OS v4.0.4 are quite awesome, some of the important features include:
Pop up play for videos Signature unlock Several bugs n issues fixed Enhanced stability Enhanced battery life Speed bump Cool new features in the pre-existing applications And changed icons and enhanced user interface.
POP UP PLAY : Well starting with pop up play way back at the launch of Samsung Galaxy S III we saw a new feature called pop up play. This feature allows the user to play video in background (always on top) besides you are on other applications. This feature may take up battery but the main advantage is if u are watching a video and you need to text some one urgently then instead of closing the video user can just touch on the pop up play icon and you can do what u want with the video playing already even though you are in your inbox or on Facebook. if you wish to close the pop up window u can tap and hold the window it will show a (-) icon and it closes the window but if u wish to go back to full screen window all u need to is just one touch on the pop up window.
 

SIGNATURE LOCK : The S-Pen oriented phablet, Samsung Galaxy Note N7000/I9220 has finally got some thing which is unique and related to S-Pen that is th SIGNATURE UNLOCK feature in Settings/security/screen lock. By using this feature with the help of S-Pen one can lock his Samsung galaxy note with his own set signature. Though the process is complicated, it gives complete security as no one else would be able to sign as accurate as it was fed in the Android system. Though one has to enter the same signature thrice at the time of feeding to the system. Once it's done, phone gives alternate unlock option if the signature unlock fails i.e Pattern Unlock and PIN Unlock. This is quite an interesting feature as only the person who has set the signature can unlock via signature unlock method.


HARD BRICK BUG : When Ice Cream Sandwich v4.0.3 was released for Samsung galaxy note n7000, it had many bugs and issues, now with this Android v4.0.4 Update all these bugs and issues are fixed by Samsung making the device much faster and smoother. SADLY, the eMMC Brick Bug Issue is NOT YET FIXED. So still the device with bad eMMC chips are prone to Hard Brick.


ENHANCED FEATURES : Well of course with this new software update of v4.0.4 there is a better battery life when compared to v4.0.3 which was literally draining battery at a high rate. but Alas ! The 4.0.4 is user friendly and has a better battery life along with enhanced stability, enhanced battery life and with Increased Speed.

PREMIUM SUITE : Many of the pre existing applications got cool new features which satisfies the Samsung galaxy note users, for example take the Premium Suite Application " S Note " .The Features of the Premium Suite Include :
    Expressively Create a Unique Story On-The-Go     Use Seven Easy-To-Use Templates to Express Life's Every Detail     Capture Photos and Provide a Description     Record and Play Step-By-Step Details of Your Drawings     Quickly Access Productivity Tools with the Floating Icon Bar     Select from existing Shapes and easily edit it by changing Size and Color     Quickly Handwrite a Mathematical Formula for a Descriptive Answer     Learn More about any topic by simply Writing it     Quickly Browse through the Notebook     Visually Categorize Notebooks with various Notebook Covers     Use Different Ideas to truly let ideas let alive     Quickly Scan through Notebook Contents     Easily Annotate and Save PDF Documents  
CHANGES IN INTERNET BROWSER : The other things found in this Ice Cream Sandwich v4.0.4 Firmware Update of Samsung Galaxy Note N7000 is the changed User Interface i.e the Icons of some of the apps have changed like that of Restart, Music Hub, and various other internal icons of application specially that of the Browser " Internet " . The Changes Found in the Internet are the Address Bar, History Viewer, and the Settings Part plus the Icons of the Internet Options.

S MEMO : There is an Addition of "Handwriting to Text" Option in the S Memo and alot of Icon Changes Too. With the help of Handwriting to text option what ever you draw with the s pen or finger the S Memo Detects it and tries to Write the alphabets or numbers or what ever.

MESSAGING : With this Android v4.0.4 the Interface of the Messaging got changed Noticeably (the option of attachment which used to be on right side is now on left) and as well as the Icon got Changed to Better ones.