| Samsung, Apple rumored to be planning 12-inch or larger tablet market Aug 12th 2013, 07:23, by Juan Carlos Torres What should you do if the market is over-saturated with 7-inch, 8-inch, 9-inch and 10-inch tablets? Why, make a new market segment, of course! This is exactly what Samsung and Apple are rumored to be doing as the two companies shift their eyes towards tablets that are 12 inches or larger. 
Samsung and Apple are both planning on creating a new market segment to turn competition away from smaller devices like smartphones and towards devices even larger than the usual 10-inch tablets today. According to sources, this change in tactics is due to a drop in the global shipment of tablets, as indicated in IDC’s latest quarterly report. As the demand for smartphones and tablets collide, Samsung believes that consumers will prefer smartphones and sees this as a writing on the wall. The company will instead focus on competing with the netbook industry, where sizes range from 10 to 13 inches. Apple won’t be able to make such a quick change though, as large tablets could directly compete with and maybe even supplant its own MacBook Air devices. Sources also say that other vendors aren’t willing to join in just yet. After being burned by low sales of 9- and 10-inch tablets, they aren’t ready to take big risks again and might prefer to wait for the big players to make their move first and see if it all works out. VIA: DIGITIMES |  | HTC One Max "non-final artwork" leaked ahead of September unveiling Aug 12th 2013, 06:35, by Juan Carlos Torres Companies are probably busy getting their media materials ready for the IFA trade show on the first week of September, so it wouldn’t be surprising to get bombarded by leaks and images over the next days. And that’s exactly what we’re getting as rumor source evleaks gives a glimpse of a rendered HTC One Max image, probably for use in press kits. 
Aside from having a pretty picture to look at and pass around, we aren’t getting anything new information to what we have so far. We’re still expecting the One Max to have a 5.9-inch display with strangely the same resolution as the smaller HTC One but also with a better processor, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 running at 2.3 GHz and with the usual 2 GB of RAM. 16 GB internal storage expandable with a microSD slot, 4 megapixel rear camera, 2.1 megapixel front-facing camera, and a 3300 mAh battery rounds up the rumored specs. HTC has really been pushing its marketing campaign, dropping images and video clips that are intended to go viral on different social media sites. Although it is expected that they are primarily for the HTC One Max unveiling, the company seem to be dropping hints that there could be more up its sleeves, including the rumored reveal of Robert Downy, Jr. as HTC’s new endorser. HTC is expected to bare it all on September at IFA in Berlin, in synchronicity with a whole host of other companies making device announcements like Samsung’s Galaxy Note III and Sony’s Xperia Honami. It’s still a good three or so weeks away, but sounds like it will be a whirlwind, so best to hold on to your seats and be prepared for a blast. SOURCE: evleaks | | Samsung Galaxy Note III rumored to have 3450 mAh battery Aug 12th 2013, 06:02, by Juan Carlos Torres With just a weeks left before the expected September 4 unveiling, we’re still getting last minute leaks and information regarding Samsung‘s next S Pen-powered phablet. An insider source has revealed that the Samsung Galaxy Note III will be Samsung’s most powerful smartphone, literally, as it will be running on a 3450 mAh battery. 
If true, the Galaxy Note III will have the highest battery among its peers. The Motorola Moto X only has a 2200 mAh battery and even the recently unveiled LG G2 ships with 3000 mAh. It tops even those phones that are yet to be revealed, with the Sony Honami rumored to also have a 3000 mAh battery and the HTC One Max still falling below with 3300 mAh. We’re not sure what would have caused the boost to the Galaxy Note III’s battery. Like other smartphones this year, it will be using a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chip running at 2.3 GHz, but with 3 GB of RAM instead of the usual 2 GB of other devices. It is expected to pack a 5.7-inch Super AMOLED display and feature a 13 megapixel camera with Xenon flash. And of course, it will come with the Samsung’s notable S Pen stylus and S Pen-enabled apps. Whether it’s because the Galaxy Note III requires more power or just because Samsung wanted to give users a higher battery, we don’t really mind a longer battery life. Hopefully, the company hasn’t changed its design direction and will still let the device’s battery be replaced. VIA: phoneArena | | Android Bitcoin apps vulnerability disclosed, updates coming soon Aug 12th 2013, 05:42, by Juan Carlos Torres Bitcoin has just issued an announcement to users of several Android Bitcoin apps regarding a security issue found on the Android platform itself. The culprit is Android’s own random number generator which has been discovered to contain critical weaknesses that would make some Bitcoin wallets vulnerable to theft. 
Bitcoin is a virtual currency that makes use of cryptography to create and transfer bitcoins. Users make use of digital wallets to store bitcoin addresses from which bitcoins are received or sent. These bitcoin addresses are actually cryptographic keys generated and managed by a local app or by an online service. Because of the security issue with Android’s random number generator, wallets generated by an Android app could be considered insecure. Bitcoin has mentioned Bitcoin Wallet, blockchain.info, Bitcoin Spinner, and Mycelium Wallet as examples of such apps although the list is not exhaustive. Bitcoin details re-securing wallets using key rotation, which basically consists of marking old addresses as insecure and generating new ones. Updates for the mentioned apps are being prepared and users are recommended to follow the key rotation procedures once the updates have been rolled out. While most Android app users will have to do it manually, users of the Bitcoin Wallet app by Andreas Schildbach will have it done automatically for them. Android apps that do not generate addresses on the device, such as Coinbase or Mt Gox, are not affected by the vulnerability. SOURCE: Bitcoin | |
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