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Yota Phone will be available this year, but only in Russia.

This dual-screen 4G smartphone manufacturer Russian Yota Devices will be available this year, but only in Russia.

Android smartphone next generation front side and a reading light tails: this is the feature of the device presented by Yota Devices, a subsidiary of Yota Group, a Russian investment in the telecom sector.

Jelly Bean running 4.2 and equipped with a dual processor 1.5 GHz heart, the Yota Phone 4G is a smartphone rather upscale sports a 4.3 inch HD LCD screen. The originality of this mobile? In place of the hull at the rear, we find under the photo sensor 13 megapixels a second 4.3-inch screen.

This second type screen e-ink (electronic ink technology has on reading lights ebooks) provides the ability to display all types of documents (text, images, flow of information, sms, social networks, etc.) from the Android platform tails.

And originality of Yota Phone lies above all in the relationship between the two worlds: the transfers are made to the user with a simple swipe of a finger. What also save battery since the maximum reading on e-ink screen uses almost no energy.

The company plans to commercialize Phone Yota in Russia in the second half of 2013 ... but expects to attack from other countries as soon as possible.

HP Slate 7: an Android tablet low cost without embellishment

HP finally returns to the mobility market with the "Slate 7", yet another tablet ... low cost running Android!

With computer market lowered, HP could not decently shun the more buoyant market mobility long, after the failure and abandonment of webOS devices.
A technical trivialHe therefore turn to a tablet 7 inch screen. Failure to display a high-definition, as it sticks to WSVGA (1024 x 600 pixels), this screen is based on a slab with HFFS which the manufacturer promises a comfortable reading in the dark as in the light. In terms of restitution, the camera also has a pair of speakers stamped Beats Audio, but no figures unfortunately is communicated.
The "HP Slate 7" also has a front VGA sensor (300,000 pixels) and a sensor back to 3 million pixels, without LED. It features a SoC ARM Cortex-A9 double-heart at 1.6 GHz of unknown provenance. HP would probably boasted if this chip came from a great depth U.S., we can think that it comes from a Chinese manufacturer or as Allwinner MediaTek. It is anyway associated with 1 GB of RAM, 8 GB of internal memory, expandable by microSD, and a Wi-Fi N and Bluetooth 2.1. There is however no GPS or NFC.
But a reputed brandIt rests finally on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and weighs 370 grams with its stainless steel frame. This "HP Slate 7" will be launched in the U.S. in April retail price of $ 170 (about 150 euros), before crossing the Atlantic "shortly after".
This time HP has abandoned the idea to make a clear difference with the competition, as he had done with the HP TouchPad running webOS. One can even say that it is returned to the ranks, since the tablet is somewhat trivial. But the consumer knows more HP, the number one computer market, Acer, Asus and Lenovo, and it will probably be sufficient for a successful first step in the market.

Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie unveiled in May at Google I / O?

The case is fairly sensitive Android Authority since the site was forced to remove the paper he published and announced through a roadmap of Qualcomm, the arrival of the new version 5.0 of Android Key Lime Pie from April and June 2013.

It does not take much to deduce that this presentation would take place within the framework of the conference Google I / O to be held in San Francisco from May 15 to 17, but not more either to annoy Qualcomm has requested and obtained the withdrawal section.

However, the leak was part and we know that the document evoked Nexus two products (probably a smartphone and tablet Nexus 7 second generation Full HD) equipped with a Snapdragon processor and Android 5.0 system, which come out during the third quarter of 2013.

But be presented, it was said, in the spring. In the end, nothing really surprising, but confirmation after update 4.2 far from revolutionary to the point that the name of the Jelly Bean 4.1 was maintained-, arrived last fall, Google prepares a truly new version of its Android operating system this year.

TomTom is reviewing its copy on Android

TomTom updates its GPS application to the terminals Android. Available for two months on the Google platform, it had some deficiencies which did not take long to be filled.

Upon its release on the store Google, TomTom was compatible with smartphones including the screen resolution was equal to 854 x 480 pixels and 800 x 480 pixels. Therefore, users of modern aircraft displaying at 1280 x 720 pixels were simply dismissed.

This new version 1.1 finally corrects this mistake, to use TomTom on Android devices showing a definition of 800 x 480 pixels and 1280 x 800 pixels, which brews a good portion of the installed base. Note that the Dutch publisher indicates that its application is also available on all Android tablets. After some tests, our colleagues explained PCInpact it will not install on Archos 101 XS, Google Nexus 7, Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 and Asus TF101 / TF300T, even though they all adhere to the definitions accepted by TomTom.

Besides this, it is now possible to download a map in the background and stored on a microSD card if one is inserted in the terminal.

Android: Samsung Galaxy SIII goes to Jelly Bean 4.1.2

The smartphone Galaxy SIII has success from Samsung, an update of its operating system Android Jelly Bean (version 4.1.2) as indicated by the manufacturer's website dedicated to mobile phones. As always, the models are not blocked (purchased "naked" or unlocked) who first served until the operators are in turn available to owners of subsidized S3.

New functions inherent in this version of Android, Samsung adds its specific overlay software such as multi-function views for displaying two windows on the screen simultaneously, inherited Galaxy Note 2. The menu suggests the most commonly used applications by the owner of the phone.

The update is available via smartphone or Wi-Fi connection can be installed by connecting the smartphone via USB to a PC with software Samsung KIES. The next version of Android expected for galaxy S3 Android 4.2 in 2013.

Winulator: emulator of Windows 95 and 98 on Android

Simulating the environment of Windows applications on your Android device, there's a package. Winulator but wants to go further by proposing to run Windows 95 and 98 games on your mobile and tablet.

Developed by Dan Aloni Winulator will tickle fiber nostalgic old PC gamers like us. In an explanatory video, the developer shows us his project, which seems to work well and be quite fluid. He realizes his presentation with the cult game Caesar 3.

Dan Aloni wishes to make two versions of the application, fee and free bonuses made without specifying if you proceed to checkout. Winulator is due for release in 2013 on Google Play Store.

The Nexus 7 gets a docking station

Google Nexus 7 and Asus came out a few months ago, and it still has no accessories including docking dedicated. But this absence is only a matter of time, according to the Japanese site of Asus.

The site became apparent docking station on which the 7-inch tablet. The station would have a micro USB and a 3.5mm jack. Similarly, it could be equipped with speakers, just to be able to watch a movie in good conditions on your tablet.

For now, this docking station is restricted in Japan and will be released in a few days at a price of $ 50. Hopefully Asus thinks the rest of the world by marketing its dock in Europe.

Arrival of Android 4.2.1 on Nexus 10

While the last Google tablet produced by Samsung, was launched on November 13, with the final version of Jelly Bean, behold, a new update has already appeared.

Under the name Android 4.2.1, this software upgrade is being deployed on the Nexus 10. It corrects many bugs that were deferred during the launch of Android 4.2.

With a size of 1.1MB, this update brings so December in the Contacts application, but also a better functioning of Bluetooth.

As usual, the update is performed OTA (Over The Air). So just connect your Nexus 10 Wi-Fi to receive this evolution.

Android 4.2 Jelly Bean: Google forced to adopt the geolocation in Google Now

With the arrival of version 4.2 of Android, called Jelly Bean always, Google has added new features and options in its mobile operating system. But it also looks that the Google has decided to make a cross on a choice that was available to users until version 4.1.2.

The choice of geolocation

Thus, in the latter, it is possible to activate geotagging for some services. For example, Google Maps, but not Google Now, the service of research and extensive background information on your smartphone (or tablet) as a function of time, your location, your search habits, etc..

In version 4.2, as we have seen, this choice no longer exists. When you decide to activate its location in Google Maps mapping application integrated with Android, it is obligatory for all active applications provided by Google, Google Now the head. And if you want to refuse the right of Google Now you know where you are, it will not be possible to locate you on the map of Google Maps.

ANDROID 4.2.1 JELLY BEAN ARRIVES ON THE NEXUS 4, 7 & 10

To fix some bugs with recurring problems with Bluetooth, but also the absence of December in some parts of the calendar, Google is now deploying an update to Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean's latest Nexus Terminal 4 7, & 10! Available via OTA, just 1.1MB!

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