Android 4.2.2 firmware leaks for Galaxy S3, complete with Galaxy S4 features

A leaked Android 4.2.2 firmware for the Galaxy S3 surfaced online. Features like a new Settings UI, a new lockscreen, and more are coming to the Galaxy S3 in the future.

It’s no surprise that Samsung is planning to bring some of the software features launched on the Galaxy S4 to the Galaxy S3. The Korean giant confirmed it, with the obvious limitation being that features depending on hardware, like Air View, won’t be making it to last year’s flagship.

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On top of the world: HTC One used to make first video call from Everest summit

British mountaineer Daniel Hughes and HTC One just secured their own footnote in the history of mountain climbing with the first video call made from a smartphone on top of Mount Everest.
Hughes has used the HTC One together with Inmarsat's Broadband Global Area Network service (a satellite Internet service), to talk live to BBC News from the peak of the highest mountain in the world.

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Semaphore Manager 2.8.0

2.8.0
- N4: Add undervolting support
- small bugfixes
Overview:
Semaphore Manager helps you to easily full control all Semaphore kernel features. It’s only compatible with Semaphore JB, N4 kernels and works on LG Nexus 4, Samsung Galaxy S-I9000, SGH-I897, SGH-T959 on Jelly Bean ROMs. It requires a rooted device and busybox, with Semaphore kernel installed.
Semaphore JB kernel thread in XDA:

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Solid Explorer (Trial) 1.4.4-pre

-fixed inability to extract archives since the last update
-translation updates
-minor crash fixes
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-SugarSync support
-backup and restore settings

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GT Launcher Prime 2.0.8

1. Fixed guesture settings bug
2. You can edit dock bar freely
3. Added Elastic Scrolling
4. Added 50 themes on Google Play
5. Added re-arranging group function
6. Fixed wallpaper infinite scroll

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Swiss Army Knife 1.4.2

Flashlight: fixed bug that prevents “use screen as flashlight” option to be saved. Improved “method 3”. Added option to turn off LED while entering standby status
Unit Converter: Added: quarts (US), tons per square foot, pounds per square foot, centimeters of water, cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, SI version of data measures. Added landscape mode.
Added languages: Serbian, Croatian.

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New Google media player ‘H840 Device’ passes through FCC

According to the FCC, a new Google branded media device is making the rounds. The new Google product “functions as a media player” and includes an external power source (AC adapter , so we know this new product isn’t a tablet or smartphone). What exactly do we know? Well, we don’t know much besides the product name: H840 DEVICE and the model number: H2G2-42 (which is a nice hat tip towards you Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy fans).

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Samsung tablet with flexible display spotted in new design patent

Samsung Youm OLED flexible display demoed at CES 2013.

Samsung has been recently granted a design patent for a tablet PC that appears to have a bendable display.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded Samsung a slew of patents earlier this week including two design patents for tablets. As always with patents – whether awarded or not – keep in mind that they do not portray actual products, and we may never see the devices shown in patent images come to life.

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Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy S4 “Mega” appear in new rumors

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Concept

A couple of new reports offer new details about Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Note 3 smartphone but also mention a device never seen before in similar rumors, the Galaxy S4 Mega.

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Dell’s Project Ophelia will start shipping in July for $100

Introduced this year at CES, Dell’s ambitious project of delivering Android 4.0 (or above) experience to any device that has a compatible HDMI port and a display has finally received a price and a release window. Officially known as Wyse Project Ophelia, the small dongle will be sold for no more than $100 and should be first launched this summer, in July.

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