- Samsung Galaxy S3 running CyanogenMod 9 Nightly Build(Photo: XDA forums)
Samsung Galaxy S3 is the most anticipated Android smartphone manufactured till date, adding more than 9 million pre-orders to its portfolio. Popular smartphones always demand for the attention of developers. And those things have started happening as CynaogenMod team has released the first custom ROM for Samsung Galaxy S3, even before the smartphone has hit U.S. shores.
Restless folks at CyanogenMod have opened doors for Galaxy S3 owners to test the first nightly (equivalent to Beta mode) build of CyanogenMod 9 on the smartphone. The new build is superfast, lightweight and adds some bits of awesomeness to Galaxy S3. However, you will not be getting the so-called "Inspired by Nature" interface in custom builds. The nightly build is based on Vanilla ICS theme, which is similar to the one Samsung utilizes in Galaxy Nexus.
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The nightly build is light weight and significantly improves performance of the smartphone. Many users are replying back that the battery life has also increased after flashing the new ROM on Galaxy S3. However, the ROM is still far away from being perfect. The custom build have following issues in it:
- Problem with camera flash (sometime laggy and sometimes does not work)
- FM Radio is offline
- LED notification will be off while the smartphone is charging
In case you are ready to sacrifice these features, the CyanogenMod 9 build is all yours to flash on Galaxy S3. However, you will need to root the device first. And we did like to remember you that rooting your smartphone voids warranty.
CyanogenMod 9 Nightly build is available for downloads on XDA forums. The ROM will only work on international version of Samsung Galaxy S3, codenamed GT-I9300. For 4G LTE variant of Galaxy S3, CyanogenMod folks will be developing a separate ROM.
If you are not familiar with installing Custom-ROMs on Android smartphone, you need to be warned that you may brick your phone doing so and it could be very difficult (and time consuming too) for you to return back to the stock level.
Samsung Galaxy S3 Release Threatens Both Apple and Blackberry - gamenguide.com
Samsung S3 finally catches up with the Palm Pre - if modified - The Register
Samsung S3 finally catches up with the Palm Pre - if modified
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Wireless charging was a key feature of Samsung's flagship Android blower when it was announced, but the replacement back plate it needs isn't on the shelves yet, so one brave soul has hacked a Palm Touchstone charger into the S3 case.
Not that the hack uses the Samsung/Qualcomm-backed "Alliance for Wireless Power" standard, that's not even been published yet, but it does enable a Samsung S3 to be placed on the magnetically aligned Touchstone wireless charger to pick up some power:
The Touchstone was designed for use with the Palm Pre, and hacking it onto a S3 requires dismantling the receiving coil from the back of a 'Pre and jamming it into the S3 case, so not making use of the S3's capabilities beyond the two connectors which stand ready for the official wireless charging kit.
That kit won't use magnets to align the coils, as the standard being pushed by the Alliance for Wireless Power doesn't require devices to be aligned. It also allows devices to be charged from several centimetres away, allowing a new charging paradigm of "power sipping" where the phone picks up energy from the car door, or the office chair, without the user ever proactively "charging" their phone.
When we covered the launch of the 'Alliance we suggested it was just Qualcomm's WiPower standard with broader backing, but that resulted in hurt messages from Samsung saying it had had wireless power for at least five years (in 3D specs as well as elsewhere) and that the new standard would incorporate aspects of WiPower and its proprietary technology.
We asked about Samsung's membership of the rival Wireless Power Consortium, and were told it was "under review", but more than a month later Samsung is still listed as a member of both consortia and the S3 still doesn’t have wireless charging of any kind, other than after being bodged together with the Touchstone as above. ®
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T-Mobile slashes data roaming prices for EU - The Guardian
T-Mobile has unveiled details of a market-leading tariff for consumers who want access to the internet through mobile phones while overseas, and announced plans that will prevent customers experiencing "bill shock" when they return from travelling.
The cost of using your mobile phone to access the internet is set to fall dramatically across Europe from 1 July following implementation of rules to stop UK mobile providers setting excessive charges.
It means holidaymakers may finally be able to chat to friends on Facebook or watch YouTube on the beach without breaking the bank.
Some consumers have suffered bill shock after unwittingly running-up charges amounting to thousands of pounds while on holiday, after leaving data-hungry smartphone apps running in the background.
Source: consumerchoices.co.uk However, mobile providers are introducing lower roaming charges and deals on data allowances in anticipation of tighter pricing controls.
T-Mobile will allow customers to buy "booster" deals, based on how much data they wish to use, and will completely block overseas internet usage until customers purchase one of the new packages (available from 19 June).
Comparison site Broadband Choices said T-Mobile was the best option for consumers wishing to use the internet briefly, buying 3MB worth of data for just £1 or 33p per MB.
However heavy internet users might find other tariffs cheaper than T-mobile's larger bundles, which are priced at £5 for 20MB and £10 for 50MB (both have time limits).
Three is offering an "all-you-can-eat" tariff, the Euro Internet Pass, for £5, while Vodafone will allow customers to use their existing UK plan overseas for an extra £3 a day.
However Three's Euro Internet Pass will not allow streaming or tethering – where a mobile is linked to a laptop to enable internet access.
For frequent travellers Virgin Mobile's new data passes, available from 25 June2012, are valid for three months or until the data is used up, so there is no need to use all the data allowance within 24 hours. This makes the £3 charge for 5MB or £5 for 10MB reasonably cost effective.
A megabyte of data is equivalent to accessing eight normal web pages or 200 emails without attachments, according to Which?. You would need 10MB to download one music track.
The Guardian has reported on several cases of mobile bill shock in recent weeks, including that of Alexandra Xanthaki, who faced a £2,600 bill after using an iPhone app to find restaurants on a short trip abroad.
Consumers can also end up considerably out of pocket if their phone is stolen. Johan Potgieter, was landed with a £9,000 bill from Orange after thieves stole his phone while he was on holiday in South Africa.
The EU ruling caps charges imposed by UK network providers for overseas roaming.
From 1 July, the cost of data can be no more than €0.70 per MB, plus VAT, which is around 69p. This will then fall to 45 cents plus VAT, around 36p, in July 2013 and 20 cents plus VAT (around 16p) in July 2014 – vastly cheaper than some UK providers' current European rates.
Orange, for example, charges £3.07 per MB if you want to surf the net in Europe, while Three's pre-EU ruling fee is £1.28 per MB.
But some of the new pricing plans are not straightforward , with some only available to contract customers, leaving pay-as-you-go users facing higher costs, while others penalise light internet users.
Dominic Baliszewski from Broadband Choices said: "Even with these new lower costs, charges can quickly rack up. A £3 charge is still a lot if you're only using 1MB to quickly check your emails. A £3 data charge per day will cost £42 if used daily over a two week trip."
The EU rule does not affect the prices providers can charge for data roaming outside the European Union but from 1 July, people travelling further afield will at least get a warning text message, email or pop-up window from their mobile provider when they are nearing €50 of data downloads, or their pre-agreed level. Consumers will then have to confirm they are happy to go over this level in order to continue their data roaming.
SK Telecom Deploys Juniper Networks Virtualization Security for Cloud Computing - msnbc.com
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), the industry leader in network innovation, today announced that SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM) (KSE: 017670) has become the first customer in Korea to deploy Juniper's virtualization security solution for private and public clouds. By leveraging Juniper Networks'® vGW Virtual Gateway with Juniper Networks' SRX Series Services Gateways, SK Telecom has been able to deliver broad cloud security across its physical and virtual network environments, enabling a comprehensive, automated approach to cloud-based data center protection that supports dynamic service delivery.
SK Telecom is South Korea's dominant mobile service provider with more than 26 million customers, representing over 50 percent market share. In November 2010, SK Telecom launched T cloud biz, a corporate cloud computing service geared toward small to medium-sized businesses. Since it launched the country's first 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) service in July 2011, the company also introduced T Cloud, a B2C cloud service portfolio optimized for the 4G LTE network, including mass data storage/transmission, multi-screen synchronization and cloud-based social networking at speeds matching that of the fixed-line broadband in September 2011.
News Highlights
- SK Telecom completed its nationwide 4G LTE network build-out in April 2012, accelerating customer uptake to an expected six million LTE subscribers by the end of this year.
- Demand for cloud computing services is matching LTE growth, requiring SK Telecom to scale its data center rapidly.
- Running directly on the VMware ESX hypervisor, Juniper Networks' high-performance vGW Virtual Gateway provides visibility into virtual machine (VM) traffic and can provide proper isolation of customer VMs in multi-tenant environments.
- The vGW Virtual Gateway integrates with Juniper Networks' SRX3600 Services Gateways to provide consistent application of security across the virtualized and physical networks of T cloud biz data center.
- The SRX Series delivers zone-based segregation at the data center perimeter while vGW, through automated security features such as Smart Groups and VM Introspection, integrates knowledge of SRX zones to ensure zone integrity is also enforced on the ESX hypervisor.
- Integrated and automated security enables more dynamic, flexible and scalable T cloud biz data center operations.
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"The combination of our 4G LTE network, the latest smartphones and highly-automated cloud data center operations opens up a universe of new and dynamic service opportunities. vGW, Juniper Networks' virtualization security solution, is a key element in enabling our service vision since it automatically maintains consistent security down to the virtual machine level and adapts in response to the variation in workload demands placed on our cloud data center."
-SungShik Won, Senior Vice President and Head of Enterprise Consulting Office, SK Telecom
Juniper Networks
"SK Telecom has been the pioneer for many mobile network innovations, and this dynamic virtualized data center deployment is further testament to this. Juniper Networks' vGW Virtual Gateway is a comprehensive virtualization security solution that protects the heart of SK Telecom's cloud data center operations with its high-performance hypervisor-based stateful firewall, integrated intrusion detection and virtualization-specific antivirus."
-Tim Kang, managing director of Korea, Juniper Networks
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Telecom adds to credit line - New Zealand Herald
Telecom operators in NE, Assam to pay full penalty for faulty customer detail - Economic Times
TDSAT said, however, that for connections activated between July 20, 2010 and March 31, 2011 on the basis of photo identity issued by Village Panchayats and Caste and Domicile certificate by the state governments, operators would have to pay only 25 per cent of the penalty.
The order came over DoT plea that operators were not complying with the tribunal's interim directive on March 13, 2012 for paying full penalty in the two circles. The government had asked the tribunal to enforce the demand for the penalty imposed by DoT against the operators.
The operators are - Dishnet Wireless ( Aircel), Vodafone Spacetel, Reliance Telecom, Bharti Airtel, Bharti Hexacom and Idea Cellular.
Telcos, along with their lobby group Cellular Operators Association of India, contended before TDSAT that 25 per cent of the penalty is applicable for all faulty customer application forms (CAFs) for any reason.
They contended that as per an earlier order of February 6, 2012 of the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT), only 25 per cent of the penalty should be calculated for the faulty CAF forms.
However, TDSAT said it has already passed order in this regard on March 13, 2012 and "both the parties (Telcos and DoT) are bound by that order". The tribunal said the earlier order for paying only 25 per cent penalty pertained only to the specific cases and not across all CAF violation.
It further said, "We have mentioned there clearly that 25 per cent of the penalty related to the violations based on photo identity issued by Village Panchayat Head and Caste and Domicile certificate with photo issued by State Government activated between 20.7.2010 to 31.03.2011 shall be payable.
"We do not find any ambiguity in the order. We have considered to provide partial relief as an interim measure with regard to penalty imposed due to failed CAF forms related to photo identity issued by Village Panchayat Head and Caste and Domicile certificate with photo issued by state government No other certificate has been considered. So there is no ambiguity in the order," said the TDSAT bench.
It also said, "We have clarified the position as it stands. The operators never came to the Tribunal for review of our interim order".
TDSAT said that the hearing in the main matter would be expedited and directed it to list next hearing on July 10. It also directed all the parties to file replies.
Samsung Windows Slate PC cleared out as Windows 8 Pro Surface tablet appears - Itproportal
Like the latter, it comes with an Intel Core i5 processor. In Samsung's case an i5-2467M processor clocked at 1.6GHz with 3MB L3 cache, 4GB of DDR3 clocked at 1.333GHz, 64GB SSD, a 2x2 MIMO antenna, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, a 11.6in 1,366 x 768 pixels HD LED display, a 2-megapixel camera, microHDMI, USB 2.0, two 800mW speakers, a microSD card slot, a 4-cell 40Whr battery, a Bluetooth keyboard, a stylus and a docking station.
At 13mm thick and weighing 860g, it is heavier than most Android or iOS tablets but not when compared to the rest of the Windows-based tablets. It is slightly smaller than an A4 sheet. Strangely for a laptop that promises maximum productivity, it comes with Windows 7 Home Premium rather than the Pro version.
Expect other manufacturers and retailers to clear out the stocks of existing Windows tablets sooner rather than later as Microsoft prepares to flood the market with Surface devices.
Source : Misco
T-Mobile cuts roaming rates for Europe - zdnet.co.uk
The new bolt-ons, called 'Internet Travel Boosters' and 'Broadband Travel Boosters' will allow a customer to add them to their package on arrival at their destination. The user is simply redirected to a page where they can buy the add-ons when they first connect to a mobile network, T-Mobile said.
"Once the purchase is complete, they can immediately continue to browse the internet, update Facebook, email or download apps and documents without the worry of paying more than they expect when they return from their travels," T-Mobile said in a statement.
The internet booster allows smartphone-only usage while the Broadband booster can be used with "all mobile broadband devices", such as dongles and tablets.
Pricing for the boosters starts from £1, T-Mobile said. The amount of data allocated for each booster depends on the country being visited. For example, within Europe a £1 internet or booster plan would provide 3MB of data usage. To get the same amount of data use while on holiday in the US would require a £5 booster.
However, visiting places further afield, such as Hong Kong, still attracts significant commitments, with 3MB of data costing £20. Currently, and without the bolt-on, T-Mobile customers visiting Hong Kong are charged £7.50 per MB for data. Increasing the amount of the bolt-on does provide some economy of scale, but 20MB of data, even with the bolt-on, will still cost £75.
The decision to reduce costs, albeit primarily within Europe, makes T-Mobile the fourth of the five major UK operators to announce reduced roaming rates before the new EU roaming regulations come into effect on 1 July. Only Orange is yet to announce new rates.– Ernest Doku, uSwitch.com
It's still down to consumers to protect themselves and make bill shock a thing of the past.
Earlier in June, Vodafone also announced it was cutting its prices for roaming within the EU. The EuroTraveller add-on costs £3 per day and allows contract customers to use their normal monthly call time and data allowance. Out of bundle charges are then charged at UK rates.
Despite the clampdown from regulators on roaming rates within the EU, Ernest Doku, telecoms expert at price-comparison site uSwitch.com, doesn't think some of the new measures go far enough.
"We have now seen four of the five major providers take steps to protect their customers. However, with Orange still to show its cards and some of the packages not going quite far enough, it's still down to consumers to protect themselves and make bill shock a thing of the past," Doku said in a statement.
Telecom Italia leads gains in Europe - Financial Times
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