[Sponsored Video Inside] Samsung GALAXY Note upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich with Premium Suite

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Apr 252012
 

The Samsung GALAXY Note is getting an update to the new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and it’s quite a huge update with lots of improvements to the Samsung GALAXY Note calling it the “Premium Suite”.

Here’s a run through of the improvements:

  • S Note – Create your own notebook through various productivity tools
    • 7 templates – Note, Meeting Note, Idea Note, Magazine, Travel, Diary, Recipe
    • Record and play back step-by-step details of your drawings
    • Quick access to productivity tools with the floating tool bar
    • Automatic shape correction
    • Predefined shapes with editable size and colour
    • Find answers to complicated formulas using Wolfram Alpha
    • Knowledge Search with Wolfram Alpha by writing
    • Various notebook covers, and paper backgrounds
    • Quickly scan through contents of notebooks
    • Annotate and save PDF documents
  • S Memo Upgrade – Capturing ideas from anywhere
    • Instantly capture any idea directly from the homescreen
  • My Story – Express emotions to family members and loved ones
    • Write a letter or card and make multimedia albums to share
  • Ice Cream Sandwich Upgrade -  a more intuitive user interface, faster performance, Face Unlock, Snapshot, Photo Editor and other features
    • Multi-task and visually manage tasks with simple swipe gestures
    • Visualize data usage and easily manage data consumption
    •  Improved Hangouts experience
  • Exclusive Samsung GALAXY Note level in Angry Birds Space, the newest Angry Birds game from Rovio Entertainment, along with a special package of 30 challenging levels in “Danger Zone”

The Samsung GALAXY Note upgrade will be made available any time between March 22nd to June 21st (2Q 2012), depending on markets. No idea when Singapore’s going to get the upgrade. Fingers crossed!

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Looking for 900 volunteers to create Singapore’s first objective broadband performance benchmark

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Apr 252012
 

SamKnows is an international broadband research specialist and they are doing a survey that’s backed by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA). It’s the “Singapore’s first objective broadband performance benchmark study”, and they are looking for 900 volunteers to participate.

The study will help identify areas for improvement to ISPs, a vital step in bringing top-notch internet services to local users. As part of the study, volunteers will receive reliable reports about the service they are receiving which can be used by ISPs to diagnose issues with an Internet connection.

Volunteers can sign up for the study anytime by visiting: http://www.samknows.sg. They will be sent a small, purpose-built ‘Whitebox’ device that plugs into their internet connection. When a volunteer’s broadband line is not in use, the Whitebox runs a series of automated tests to measure the speed and performance of the connection.  The device only tracks bandwidth speeds and does not collect or track personal internet usage.

For more Information about this study, go to http://www.ida.gov.sg/Publications/20061206120929.aspx.