[PN] Get 50GB Free Storage on Android & Other Tech News

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Get 50GB of Free Storage For Android Devices

Cloud storage company Box is offering 50GB of free storage with its just updated Anroid App . Users who get it in next 30 days will get cloud storage of 50GB free forever. To avail the offers users need to install the free Box app and register a new account , or sign in if u are already registered .

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Google May Enter the Tablet Market with 7" design

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Google may be entering the tablet market by launching a 7 inch tablet which will run Android ICS later this year , said an analyst to CNET . The tablet will have 1280x800 resolution and will be possibly priced at $199 to compete with the Kindle Fire .

source : cnet

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Microsoft files lawsuit Against Motorola Claiming Patent Abuse

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Microsoft has filed a complaint against Motorola with the European Commission , arguing that motorola is abusing the patents it holds related to Web video and not offering it on fair and reasonable terms . The patent is related to the way devices access video on the Web and play it . Motorola is forcing microsoft to pay 22.50 $ for each 1000$ laptop which use H.264 standard whose patent is held by Motorola . Microsoft says these are FRAUD terms as it needs to license the patents from 29 other companies as well and pay them 2 cents for use of more than 2300 patents . Previously Apple had also appealed against Motorola claiming that it is asking for excessive royalty for licensing its patents .

source: cnet

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Galaxy S II Hits 20 Million sales Mark in 10 months

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The Samsung Flagship Galaxy S II has reached 20 million sales around the world in just 10 months . Initially in just three months , 5 million units were shipped and another 5 million in around next two months . The Galaxy S II family received several new members from Samsung which supported the sales . The original Galaxy S has achieved 22 million sales so far .. And soon in march its successor is expected to be launched .

source : cnet

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Samsung Shows Off 32nm Quad Core ARM Exynos Chip

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Samsung has unveiled their latest 32nm quad core Exynos 4412 chip . The new chip will be built on 32nm process and will run at higher clock speed upto 1.5GHz and offer more power efficiency . The new graphics core is used which is expected to be 26% faster consuming upto 50% less power . The chip achieves higher memory bandwidth by supporting dual channel memory . Probably ,samsung could be use this chip in the upcoming Galaxy S III .

Source : tweaktown

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Nokia is now the Largest Windows Phone 7 Vendor

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Nokia's partnership with Microsoft for Windows Phone 7 has helped it to become the largest vendor of WP7 devices , according to a research firm Nokia gained more than 33% share in the Windows Phone 7 market in the last quarter . After Symbian loosing its market share and falling much behind Android and iOS , Nokia had to choose some alternative which led to partnership with MS for WP7 devices . Now Nokia has become no1 vendor replacing HTC which was previously the top seller of WP7 devices

Source: cnet

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Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Krait Tested On ICS

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Anandtech has tested Qualcomm MSM8960 which will use new Krait CPU architecture , and manufcatured on 28nm process . The new architecture will include several improvements over previous gen processors . The MSM8960 1.5GHz dual-core CPU which was tested on ICS showed some impressive scores ,sometimes upto 2 times of current gen processors . The MSM8960 uses Adreno 225 GPU which runs at 400MHz frequency and showed performance better than any other GPU running android . According to anandtech , " this is the absolute smoothest we've ever seen Ice Cream Sandwich run " .

Source: Anandtech

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Asus Rolls Out ICS Update For Eee Pad Transformer Tablet

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Asus has started rolling out Android Ice Cream Sandwitch update for its Eee Pad Transformer . The update will be available for OTA update , first in Taiwan and soon in other countries .

Source : engadget

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Google Nexus Tab sounds interesting and if the price is what they say to be $199 its a go. Since its Google Tab there will be lot of dev support and frequent and timed updates.

BTW SGS II getting ICS update in march first week right ? Is it necessary to be on stock ROM before the update ?