Samsung Launches Pin Dock for Google Nexus

Samsung is one of the foremost players in the manufacture of high quality smartphones as well as tablets and other consumer electronic products at an extremely affordable price tag.

The latest news that is making headlines is the release of a Pogo Pin Desktop Dock for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. The product is officially named as Samsung Galaxy Nexus i515 Pogo Pin Desktop Dock that allows the users to charge their handset quickly by means of connecting the pogo pin receivers that are placed on the side of the handset.

One of the major attractions of the pogo pin is that it increases the lasting period of the device. The device is designed in such a way that it is ideal for both home as well as workplace too by means of keeping the power of Samsung Galaxy Nexus nearby with the help of the pogo pin desktop dock.

The major use of making use of pogo pin desktop dock is that users can watch videos as well as listen to their favourite tracks with the help of an in-built 3.5 mm stereo audio port. Users can also run the applications in the landscape mode by making use of the pogo pin desktop dock.

The dock has been designed in a custom moulded manner that suits well with the form factor of the Galaxy Nexus device. The device is also capable of preventing the wear and tear that occurs by means of manual plugging as well as unplugging.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus i515 pogo pin desktop dock arrives at an online retail price tag of approximately $89.99 which makes this product one of the best accessories designed for Samsung Galaxy Nexus at an affordable price tag.

Smartphone Controlled Camera from Panasonic

You would think nothing can be more innovative than a particular company, when it comes to integrating cool new technologies in its products. Samsung made quite a name out of the SH100 camera. The SH100 camera apparently had the ability to link up with the Samsung Galaxy S. That is, the Galaxy S can be used to control the camera as well. Now following Samsung’s footsteps, Panasonic came up with a smartphone controlled camera.

In Hamburg, at the European conference, Panasonic showcased the concept of a smartphone controlled the camera, the camera being a new addition to their compact Wi-Fi camera lineup. It seems Panasonic, has been planning this for quite sometime now, because it hasn’t been long since they released a new smartphone, making their first step towards the smartphone sector. The new Panasonic touch phone known as Eluga can now be used to control the new WiFi active camera from Panasonic.

From Panasonic’s demonstration at the European conference, it was supposedly clear that the Panasonic Eluga, which runs in Android, uses an unfamiliar application (most likely unreleased as of yet) which shows exactly what the camera sees, in the phone’s display. This obviously gives you control over the camera from your phone’s display.

The link between the Camera and the Panasonic Eluga smartphone is established via WiFi connectivity in real time. With the link established, the tethering is done virtually. The Panasonic Eluga also features the Viera Connect app, which connects the handset to Panasonic’s smart TV, Viera. This can also be used with the camera. After capturing a picture, Eluga users can use the Viera Connect app to transfer the images to the Panasonic Viera TV, and that too with just a flick of a finger.

There are already a few Panasonic cameras with WiFi enabled, in the market now. So, hopefully, Panasonic will soon release the anonymous camera application for the smartphone, so that people can start trying this piece of concept out. 

Samsung Brightside a new phone in the Making

Samsung received great reviews for their Galaxy lineup of handsets, which made them launch more additions to the Galaxy series; each handset specifically designed for a particular class of users, namely the youth, business people etc. The Galaxy Y series was Samsung’s recent success. Now that the Galaxy series attained huge popularity and achieved critical reception, Samsung is intending to launch a few handsets outside the Galaxy lineup, the latest which is due to be launched being Samsung Brightside.

A few months back, there were quite a few reports claiming the arrival of Samsung Brightside on Verizon. It remained as a speculation, until recently as many sites received proof that the Brightside is on its way to Verizon. The handset first made news by the name of Samsung U380. But now, even its equipment guide is making news. An anonymous source recently let out a product equipment guide, which had details about the U380 also known as Samsung Brightside. Reportedly, the handset will be out for sale from the first day of next month.

If you think that a handset with such hype will hold something spectacular, you are mistaken. The Samsung Brightside is a basic mobile handset with QWERTY keyboard and some decent features. But the design is excellent though.

The features known about the Samsung Brightside are:

• 3.1 capacitive Touchscreen display
• 3.2 Megapixel rear camera
• microSD card support with expandable memory
• Slide-out QWERTY keyboard
• One touch social access features
• 256 MB internal storage
• Bluetooth connectivity v2.1 with EDR

It’s not just Samsung’s high priced smartphones which have great demand. Even basic phones from Samsung are a good choice, if you prefer a normal handset to a smartphone. Although, many details of Samsung Brightside are still not known, the handset is expected to come at an affordable price tag. Brightside would most likely be one of the most affordably priced handset on Verizon, after its release. 

Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 and Galaxy Mini 2

With LG giving Samsung a tough time by launching new additions to the competitive Optimus series, Samsung’s reply comes in the form of two new members to the Galaxy lineup – the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 and the Samsung Galaxy Mini 2. Both the handsets are successors of the Galaxy Ace and Galaxy Mini handsets.

Basically, both of them are mid range handsets sporting decent specifications which would seem more appealing to the youth.

Key features of Galaxy Mini 2:

• 3.27 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen
• Qualcomm 800 MHz Processor with 512 MB RAM
• Adreno 200 GPU
• 4 GB Internal storage extensible to up to 32 GB
• GPRS, EDGE, 3G and WiFi connectivity
• Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP
• 3.15 Megapixel camera with 2048 x 1536 pixels max resolution
• microUSB v2.0
• Android v2.3 Gingerbread

  

Key features of Galaxy Ace 2:

• 3.8 inches TFT Capacitive touchscreen
• Dual core 800 MHz processor with 768 MB RAM
• 4 GB Internal storage extensible to up to 32 GB
• GPRS, EDGE, 3G and WiFi connectivity
• Bluetooth v3.0
• 5 MP Primary camera with LED flash and max resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels
• 720p HD video recording
• VGA secondary camera
• microUSB v2.0
• Android v2.3 Gingerbread

Specifications wise, the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 packs more power than the Galaxy Mini 2, with its dual core 800 MHz CPU and 768 MB RAM, while the Mini 2 is equipped with just 800 MHz CPU and 512 MB RAM. Both the handset shares the same Samsung TouchWiz UI. Bluetooth connectivity version is also same for the handsets. Galaxy Ace 2 sports a slightly bigger and better 3.8 inch screen while the Mini 2 comes with 3.27 inch screen. Memory specifications are same for both phones. Ace 2 has a 1500 mAh battery powering it while the Mini 2 gets the juice from a 1300 mAh battery.

The price details of Galaxy Ace 2 and Galaxy Mini 2 will be officially released at the MWC reportedly.