Blackberry CEO believes his company will soon rival Apple, HTC, Samsung

BlackBerry just reported its fiscal third quarter 2015 earnings. Surprisingly the company's cash flow reads a plus instead of a minus and operating earnings was one cent per share, or six million dollars. Despite having a positive cash flow and operating profit, BlackBerry (formerly RIM) reported a net loss of $148 million on their shares, which was an improvement from the $4.4 billion on shares it lost in last year's third quarter. After tendering the report on Friday,

Samsung ATIV Q specifications

Heard about the Samsung ATIV Q? Well lemme gist you. The ATIV Q looks to be the first oversized tablet likely to make a lasting impact. Its screen is 13.3″ on the diagonal, its resolution designated “qHD+,” or 3200×1800, for a pixel density of 275ppi. That doesn’t quite reach the 300ppi density of Samsung’s Nexus 10 tablet, but it beats out Apple’s current-generation, 264ppi iPad, and it leaves the Microsoft Surface Pro‘s 208ppi in the dust. The ATIV Q’s display also features exceedingly bright performance; Samsung didn’t give a figure in nits, but it did make a point of citing the unit’s 178-degree viewing angle. But the Haswell-powered ATIV Q is more than just a jumbo-tablet. Given its brand name, it’s no surprise that it runs Microsoft’s Windows 8 platform; but it is a surprise to learn what else it packs under the hood: a full version of Android 4.2. And that Android build runs alongside Windows; there’s no reboot required to transition between operating systems. A simple flick and a tap delivers a user to and from Windows and Android, and users can even pin Android apps directly to the Windows 8 Start screen. What’s more: though the ATIV Q lacks Samsung’s now iconic Note branding, it does feature an S Pen stylus with docking silo, alongside a display digitizer allowing for 1024 levels of pressure sensitivity. And while it’s a bit on the pudgy side at 13.9mm thick and 1.29kg in mass, there’s a good reason for that: the ATIV Q is not a pure tablet, but a convertible, with a full physical keyboard hiding beneath the display.

That keyboard is mated to an articulated hinge that allows for the display to be levitated horizontally above the keys or flipped facing away from the base for presentations (both orientations look awkward but will probably come in handy), or used in the more conventional ultrabook-style arrangement for typing, swiping, or drawing with the S Pen. We’ll have some more thoughts on the design from our hands-on demo time, but Samsung made a point of calling out the device’s magnesium construction at the announcement – a casing material we’ve lauded before. The company is also citing up to 9 hours of battery life for its new Frankenstein jumbo-tablet/convertible hybrid, which makes us wonder how it’ll differentiate itself from the ultrabooks that were announced alongside it.Think about it: this is an Android/Windows 8 convertible with full keyboard and S Pen, with a magnesium frame and a reconfigurable screen, packing a 13″ display and a battery that lasts 9 hours. If that doesn’t sizzle your bacon even just a little, you should probably get your pulse checked. Because the ATIV Q is the epitome of a tablet geek’s dream device.

Samsung bringing 5g to their new devices

The majority of the planet may still be trying to get to grips to 4G, and plenty of areas in technologically developed countries still don’t have even 3G, but that hasn’t stopped various carriers and smartphone manufacturers from working on coming up with the fifth generation of mobile data, or 5G.

With mobile data becoming more and more integral to the way we consume information as well as being the cornerstone of many a business, the scramble for ever increasing mobile data speeds has seen development of 5G begin even while 4G is still a pipe dream for many. Samsung is one company poking its nose into the future with 5G, and it has today announced that it has successfully run tests that have achieved a whopping 1Gbps download speed, with more potentially to come.

The test, using the 28 GHz waveband and 64 different antenna elements, took place at a time that Samsung is claiming that the technology could theoretically achieve tens of gigabits per second, but we’ll settle for just the one right now!

To put that 1Gbps speed into context, the theoretical maximum we should expect from the currently rolling out 4G technology is around 75Mbps, and that’s generally considered to be pretty speedy! Samsung may not expect to get its G technology into the hands of customers until around the 2020 time frame, but we’re just happy to know it’s being worked on. The European Commission’s aim to have 5G ready around the same time fits in nicely, too.

Samsung isn’t the only one currently testing 5G data, with NTT DoCoMo announcing a few months ago that it too had performed successful tests of its own fifth generation technology. It claimed to have achieved 10Gbps using a car full of antennas utilizing the 400MHz spectrum. That’s two big players duking it out in the speed stakes, we wonder who’ll be next. Probably not T-Mobile or Sprint!

We’re still waiting for 4G to become prevalent across the globe, so we won’t count our chickens just yet. Still, any progress is good progress, so we’ll take what we can get. Just don’t expect the next iPhone or Galaxy S to have a 5G badge on it any time soon!

Source: Redmondpie

Samsung flies the Galaxy S4 in with a helicopter to launch it in Romania

Samsung is bringing it all out with the Galaxy S4. The Korean company has officially launched the device with pompous events in New York and London, but it continues to ramp up the hype in other countries.

It all started with New York’s Radio City Hall where Samsung staged a theatrical performance hiring a whole orchestra for the Galaxy S4 unveiling. Then in the United Kingdom, Samsung arranged a concert to go along the S4 launch. And now of all places in Romania Samsung continues with its creative approach this time flying the S4 in a helicopter.

Out of it, two men clad in black suits and wearing glasses in a typical Bond-style take out a suitcase to present two Galaxy S4 models to the press.

Weird? Yes. Cool? You bet. It seems that just like with earlier devices, Samsung will do all it takes to advertize and push its new flagship to customers, don’t you think?

Samsung galaxy s4 mini: specifications

Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini

The unreleased samsung Galaxy s4 might have a junior brother already. There are rumours of a galaxy s4 mini to be announced this week and its release due by the end of q2. It seems to pack watered down features of its elder brother.
Rumors say that the device is slated for a late May or early June release in one of two color varieties - Black Mist or White Frost. It'll supposedly come in a wide variety of alternatives to compliment the standard quad-core S4 Mini: a dual-core dual-SIM variant, an LTE edition, and a TD-SCDMA version for China Mobile.
Specs-wise the Samsung Galaxy S4 mini is expected to have a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED screen of qHD resolution, 8MP shooter with front-facer, 1GB of RAM, and 8/16/32GB of storage. Like the Galaxy S4, the mini should run the latest Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean release, and will likely cost around £300 / $450.

Unofficial preliminary specifications.
Also known as Samsung I9190 Galaxy S IV mini.
Available as Samsung I9192 Galaxy S4 mini with dual SIM card 
General2G NetworkGSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - GT-I9190
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - GT-I9192 (SIM 1 & SIM 2)
3G NetworkHSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
SIMOptional Dual SIM
AnnouncedExp. announcement 2013, Q2
StatusRumored. Exp. release 2013, July
BodyDimensions-
Weight-
DisplayTypeSuper AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size540 x 960 pixels, 4.3 inches (~256 ppi pixel density)
MultitouchYes
SoundAlert typesVibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
MemoryCard slotmicroSD, up to 32 GB
Internal8/16/32 GB, 1 GB RAM
DataGPRSYes
EDGEYes
SpeedHSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
WLANWi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
BluetoothYes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR
NFCYes (Market dependent)
USBYes, microUSB v2.0
CameraPrimary8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
FeaturesGeo-tagging, touch focus, face detection
VideoYes
SecondaryYes
FeaturesOSAndroid OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
CPUDual-core 1.6 GHz
SensorsAccelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
MessagingSMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
BrowserHTML5
RadioStereo FM radio with RDS
GPSYes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
JavaYes, via Java MIDP emulator
ColorsWhite, Blue, Titan Gray
- SNS integration
- MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
- Organizer
- Image/video editor
- Document viewer
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input (Swype)
Battery Li-Ion battery
Stand-by
Talk tim