Samsung Galaxy S2 Android Phone Hands-on Review - Price, Features Specs

Samsung Galaxy S2 was just released and a good friend of mine bought it. Galaxy S2 was something that I was looking forward for quite a long time and I was thrilled to have it in my hands.

Let me tell you, its a proper smart phone. Runs on the latest Android 2.3 with awesome 1GB ram and comes with 32 GB internal memory! Looks awesome and has a easy-to-carry around weight. Its touch is super smooth and its way smoother than it previous release, the Samsung Galaxy S. Battery life is pretty ok at the moment, lasts for a whole day.

Thanks to the huge 4.3" AMOLED capacitative screen, its really easy to type on it, that could help you with your tweets, texts and IM's ;)

Price of Samsung Galaxy S2

The average price throughout various shops is around Rs 30,000 (670 US$). My friend got it for Rs 29,200, yeah that includes everything.

Features and Specifications of Samsung Galaxy S2

• 3G
• OS: Android v2.3 Gingerbread
• Processor: Dual Core Application Processor
• Full HD 1080p Video Recording/Playback
• Display: 4.3” inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
• 800 x 480 pixels screen resolution
• 8 Megapixel Camera
• 1GB RAM
• 32GB Internal Memory
• HDMI
• Wireless
• Bluetooth Data connectivity
• A-GPS

I hope you enjoy the phone as much as I did :)

BlogCamp Kerala: Face-to-Face meet of Passionate Bloggers is happening on 16th of this month in Kerala

An offline meet of around 120 bloggers, which is named BlogCamp Kerala, is happening on the 16th of this month at Alappuzha. The event, as they call, is an Unconference, which will be taking place in a Houseboat! And it will be the First Unconference to be held on a Houseboat.

BlogCamp will feature lots of hot discussions, mainly focused at SEO, Blogging Ideas, Campus Blogging and audio Blogging. Prominent Bloggers from Kerala will show up at this event, so this is a golden chance to meet local passionate bloggers. The event is sponsored by Kerala Tourism. 

Details of the event are available at their official portal. Visit the portal or dial, +91 9846831128 (Mr. Jacob) or +91 9846430463 (Mr. Subramanian) (Both numbers at Kerala) for more details and registration. SMS 'Go BCK' to 53636 for Mobile Updates.

Official Speak about BlogCamp…

BlogCamp Kerala is an event conceived by a group of volunteer bloggers who want to meet up and share ideas and have casual discussions about blogging, internet, technology and more.

The main essence of the Blog Camp Kerala is “Unconference”. Blogging for the most of us is a passion first and a profession next. We celebrate unconferences in its best, thanks to its power of active participation, and its wholesome fun.

I am looking forward for the event. Thanks to Mr. Subramanian and Mr. Jacob for the details. Just 11 days to go.

BlogCamp Kerala Official Portal | Read about BlogCamp Kerala on The Hindu Newspaper

China Removes Website Restrictions For Olympics

China recently removed some of the Website Blocking Restrictions, so that users from all around the world who come to China for the Olympic season can enjoy all their favorite websites. Major Video sharing and networking websites that were previously banned would be available now for the Olympic season. This relaxation is temporary and the original state would be restored shortly after the Olympics.

Though the blocking is lifted, content that was blocked earlier and those materials that matter the socio-economics of China will remain behind bars. Still this relaxation could mean a memory of the good old days for the Chinese in general and the newbie’s would get a chance to discover new sites. Happy Olympics!

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Google Knol is now available

Google yesterday released its Knowledge Sharing Platform, Knol . With the release of Knol, Google plans to put a tough competition with Wikipedia and win a better share of the Internet.

Recently, there was a lot of buzz about this new Knowledge Bank, but the initial Buzz was lost and the official release of Knol took more than 2 months.

Coming back, Every post written in Knol is called a 'Knol'. Google has a tie up with New Yorker magazine which will let a author use one Cartoon per post (to illustrate the post) from their Extensive Cartoon Gallery.

Why Knol..?

"Everyone knows something. See what people are writing about, then tell the world what you know"

Read What Google has to Say | Sign-Up For Knol
 

Blogger Just added a New Page Element: Subscription Links

Blogger today added a new Page Element called 'Subscription Links'. This will allow bloggers to add a feed subscrition service to their blog. Once the Subscription Links are added a new Page Element will appear on the blog (see image). Readers can subscribe to both Posts and Comments via popular feed readers.

The Links are neatly arranged into a drop down box (see image). This element looks good especially when the background is white. Another plus is that both RSS and Atom feeds are available.

For the counter side, Blogger has just added a few online readers in this element. Even the most popular Desktop Feed Readers and missing. Meanwhile, FeedBurner gives a wide range of options which includes both online and Desktop feed readers. Also this element cannot be customised i.e. you cannot select the readers of your choice. Only thing that can be modified is the title (which is ' Subscribe to ' here). The New element also showed problems when placed towards the end of the page.

So the new Element holds good for those blogs without a FeedBurner Link. But for those blogs that already features FeedBurner, there is no point in shifting to this.

Bill Gates Retires

The Software Guru, Bill Gates will not return to his office anymore for his routine work. Today will be his last day of his official work at Microsoft. But he still owns the majority share of Microsoft and will continue to take part in its important decisions.

Born on 28th October 1955, this 52 year old 'guy' dropped out of Harvard in 1975 to built Microsoft Corporation, along with some of this associates. It was his futuristic vision that made computers accesible for eveyone.

Retirement does not mean fishing or travel for Bill Gates. He will stay in tune with the latest technologies at Microsoft and will devote much of this time towards the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This Gates Foundation works for charity and puts in more than 4 Billion Dollars per year towards its cause, across the World. Moreover Bill Gates have decided (earlier) to donate a major portion of his fortune towards funding of various projects world-wide. Remember that he is worth over $65 Billion!

Kudos to Gates. Have a happy Retired Life...

Nokia Buys Symbian for $400 Million!

World leader in mobile phones, Nokia, just bought Symbian. VentureBeat reports that Nokia is going to keep the Symbian OS free. This might mean a slight dip in mobile prices of Nokia phones. More over this integration should mean better understanding of the needs of Nokia and thereby better mobile phones.

This purchase is going to put Nokia right in front of the war with Apple's iphone. So cell phone lovers watch-out. Nokia might be bringing some serious stuff very soon.

Press reports ...

" To be clear, Nokia already owned a large percentage of Symbian, but now it has bought the remaining shares to take total control. The all-cash deal is said to be worth around 265 million Euros, which is just over $400 million. "

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