Samsung Galaxy S4 is one the most hyped Android smartphone of this season but still not all of its features are getting the limelight they deserve. This list will focus on some of the Samsung Galaxy S4 exclusive features that you might have overlooked while using your Galaxy S4. Share the worth of this incredible device!

• Send pic/videos in emergency: Galaxy S4 has this exclusive feature to send pics and videos to pre-assigned numbers or email addresses from front and back camera when in emergency – very important feature in times of panic.
• Take 3d pics: Galaxy S4 also lets you take 3D pictures. Just use the 3D Effect mode in camera to take photos that look like real 3D shots.
• Slow video recording: useful feature for video creators. Go to Vamcorder and choose between the options: mms mode, slow mode, etc.
• WiFi Direct: This feature lets you share all the stuff in your Galaxy S4 like pictures, videos and even share internet connection using the WiFi connection!
• 20 language translation: S Translator can translate between more than 20 languages instantly! and it also has the capability to recognise text from pictures.
• Wireless charging and game pad support!
• TripAdviser: This app will make your travelling easy and convenient.
• Audio: SGS4 has the Wolfson Audio for that ground Shaking effect.
• S Health (complete package): diagnosis of common diseases, weighing body with help of accessories and sensors like Barometer, Thermometer, Pressure Detector etc using the Bluetooth, tracking your movement while walking/running with Walking Mate app and can also monitor your calorie consumption.
• Group Play: Group Play is one of the Samsung Galaxy S4 exclusive features letting you use multiple phones as a multi-speaker setup. One song, 4 devices, cinema sound!
• Sensor capabilities: 
• SideSync: Hookup your Samsung Galaxy S4 to a computer using the SideSync. The app essentially turns the phone into a second screen: move the mouse in one screen, use the computer keyboard to type on phone or even copy/paste the files between the two devices. Works seamlessly.
• Adapt sound: Enjoy clear sound quality from tweaking with settings in the Settings > Sounds & Sound Effect - works incredibly.
• Touch Assistant: In Settings > My Device > Accessibility > Assistant Menu, to enable the S4′s version of iOS Assistive Touch. Enables onscreen navigation menu and lets you use only screen without the hardware buttons.

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You can update your Galaxy S3 I9305 LTE to XXBMD5 Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean Official Firmware by going through our guide. And here is how you can root your Galaxy S3 I9305 LTE running XXBMD5 Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean Official firmware.

Disclaimer:

In order to root your Android device, we will require to flash a rooting kernel to your phone. We will be flashing a rooting kernel in your Galaxy S3 I9305 LTE running on XXBMD5 Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean official firmware using ODIN. This will root your device. However, in this process you may lose your personal data and settings.

Please do also note that once your device is rooted, you warranty will be considered void by the OEM. You can, however, reclaim the warranty by re-applying official firmware update.

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1. CF-Auto-Root-m3-m3zh-gti9305.zip to root I9305XXBMD5 firmware [File: CF-Auto-Root-m3-m3zh-gti9305.zip]
2. Odin 3.07

Guide to Root XXBMD5 Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean on Galaxy S3 I9305 LTE

1. Download and extract CF-Auto-Root-m3-m3zh-gti9305.zip. You will obtain a CF-Auto-Root-m3-m3zh-gti9305.tar.md5 file in the unzipped folder.
2. Extract Odin zip file and you will get Odin3 v3.07.exe.
3. Switch your phone off. And make sure that you wait 5-6 seconds to confirm complete the power down cycle.
4. You will then put your Galaxy S3 I9305 LTE phone in Download Mode by pressing and holding down the Volume Down button, alongside Home and the Power button. A screen will then come up; warning you about entering into Download Mode, press the Volume Down key to continue to enter Download Mode.
5. Run Odin3 v3.07.exe with Administrator rights.
6. Now that you are all prepared to root your phone, connect your Galaxy S3 I9305 LTE with your PC. You will then see a notification appear in Odin in the bottom left saying “Added!!”. If for some reason, you do not see the said notification, try another USB port. If that too doesn’t work, then reinstall the USB driver. Once you successfully see the “Added!!” notification in Odin, you are good to go. Also, check for COM port being depicted by a number in ‘yellow’ to make sure that you have successfully added your device.
7. Select these files in Odin at their respective buttons:
   • Click the PDA Button, and select the CF-Auto-Root-m3-m3zh-gti9305.tar.md5 file.
   • In Odin window, make sure Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time checkboxes are selected.
   • Double check everything. Hit the START button to begin the flashing process.
   • Once the flashing process is completed, the phone will automatically reboot and you will see a ‘Green’ PASS notification in the top-left-most box. You can unplug the device from the computer now.

Your Galaxy S3 I9305 LTE running XXBMD5 Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean firmware is now rooted. If there are any issues, feel free to post in the comments section for our staff to take a look at it.

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Samsung has rolled out a firmware update for Galaxy S3 LTE GT-I9305; XXBMD5 Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean Official Firmware for users in United Kingdom. But since it is a non-branded ROM, it can be used in other regions of the world as well. While this update is available via KIES and it is recommended that you get it from there. If for some reason, you cannot access the official update or would like not to wait and get it on your phone right now, here is a guide to update your Galaxy S3 LTE GT-I9305 to XXBMD5 Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean Official Firmware.

Also, read: Guide to Root XXBMD5 Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean on Galaxy S3 I9305

Disclaimer:This guide will be using ‘Odin’ as a took to flash the official firmware on your Galaxy S3 LTE GT-I9305. During the process, you might lose all your existing installed apps and personal settings. It is therefore necessary for you to follow the guide carefully. Also, please, do mind that this tutorial is only for Galaxy S3 LTE GT-I9305. Don’t try this guide in any other Android device.

Android 4.1.2 XXBMD5 Firmware Details:

PDA: I9305XXBMD5
CSC: I9305DBTBME1
Version: 4.1.2
Date: May, 2013
Regions: United Kingdom, Europe

Download

1. Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean I9305XXBMD5 for Galaxy S3 LTE GT-I9305
2. Odin 3.07

Guide to Update Galaxy S3 I9305 LTE to XXBMD5 Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean Official Firmware

1. Download and Extract I9305XXBMD5_I9305DBTBME1_DBT.zip to get a file with .tar extension in the unzipped folder.
2. You will then extract Odin zip file to get Odin3 v3.07.exe.
3. Switch your phone off. And make sure that you wait 5-6 seconds to confirm complete the power down cycle.
4. You will then put your Galaxy S3 LTE GT-I9305 phone in Download Mode by pressing and holding down the Volume Down button, alongside Home and the Power button, until the screen flashes the Samsung Logo. After a few seconds of that, the phone will enter download mode.
5. Run Odin3 v3.07.exe with Administrator rights.
6. Connect your Galaxy S3 LTE GT-I9305 with your PC. You will then see a notification appear in Odin in the bottom left saying “Added!!”. If for some reason, you do not see the said notification, try another USB port. If that too doesn’t work, then reinstall the USB driver. Once you successfully see the “Added!!” notification in Odin, you are good to go. Also, check for COM port being depicted by a number in ‘yellow’ to make sure that you have successfully added your device.
7. Select the following files in Odin at their respective tabs from extracted XXBMD5 firmware folder :
   • Click the ‘PDA’ Button, and select the .tar file extracted in Step 1.
   • Click the ‘Phone’ Button, and select file with *modem* in its name (Ignore, if this file does not file exist).
   • Click the ‘CSC’ Button, and select file with *csc* in its name (Ignore, if this file does not file exist).
   • Click the ‘PIT’ Button, and select the .pit file. Use only if you got it while extracting in step 1 above, otherwise ignore it.
   • In Odin window, make sure Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time checkboxes are selected. Please make sure that Re-Partition checkbox is selected, only if you are using a .pit file.
8. Hit the ‘START’ button to begin the flashing process.
   Once the flashing process is completed, the phone will automatically reboot and you will see a ‘Green’ PASS notification in the top-left-most box. You can unplug the device from the computer now.

If you have followed every point described in the guide, your Galaxy S3 LTE GT-I9305 should now be running Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean build I9100ZSLSH. If there are any issues, feel free to post in the comments section for our staff to take a look at it.

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You can install a variety of custom and official ROMs on your T-Mobile Galaxy S4 SGH-M919 by going through our guides. And here is how you can root your T-Mobile Galaxy S4 SGH-M919 running Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean Official firmware.

Disclaimer:
In order to root your Android device, we will require to flash a rooting kernel to your phone. We will be flashing a rooting kernel in your T-Mobile Galaxy S4 SGH-M919 running on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean official firmware using ODIN. This will root your device. However, in this process you may lose your personal data and settings.

Please do also note that once your device is rooted, you warranty will be considered void by the OEM. You can, however, reclaim the warranty by re-applying official firmware update.

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1. CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.zip to root SGH-M919 stock firmware [File: CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.zip]
2. Odin 3.07

Guide to Root T-Mobile Galaxy S4 SGH-M919 on Stock Kernel via ChainFire – How To

1. Download and extract CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.zip. You will obtain a CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.tar.md5 file in the unzipped folder.
2. Extract Odin zip file and you will get Odin3 v3.07.exe.
3. Switch your phone off. And make sure that you wait 5-6 seconds to confirm complete the power down cycle.
4. You will then put your T-Mobile Galaxy S4 SGH-M919 phone in Download Mode by pressing and holding down the Volume Down button, alongside Home and the Power button. A screen will then come up; warning you about entering into Download Mode, press the Volume Up key to continue to enter Download Mode.
5. Run Odin3 v3.07.exe with Administrator rights.
6. Now that you are all prepared to root your phone, connect your T-Mobile Galaxy S4 SGH-M919 with your PC. You will then see a notification appear in Odin in the bottom left saying “Added!!”. If for some reason, you do not see the said notification, try another USB port. If that too doesn’t work, then reinstall the USB driver. Once you successfully see the “Added!!” notification in Odin, you are good to go. Also, check for COM port being depicted by a number in ‘yellow’ to make sure that you have successfully added your device.
7. Select these files in Odin at their respective buttons:
   • Click the PDA Button, and select the CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.tar.md5 file.
   • In Odin window, make sure Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time checkboxes are selected.
   • Double check everything. Hit the START button to begin the flashing process.
   • Once the flashing process is completed, the phone will automatically reboot and you will see a ‘Green’ PASS notification in the top-left-most box. You can unplug the device from the computer now.

Your phone will show that it is now rooted. Enjoy the root. If there are any issues, feel free to post in the comments section for our staff to take a look at it.

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Please, do keep in mind, that this rooting guide is meant for the Galaxy S4 version slated to be launched in the United States, Europe and some other countries of the world featuring; Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 600SoC containing a quad-core 1.9 GHz Krait 300 CPU and an Adreno 320 GPU. You can install a variety of custom and official ROMs on your AT&T Galaxy S4 SGH-I337 by going through our guides. And here is how you can root your AT&T Galaxy S4 SGH-I337 running Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean Official firmware.

Disclaimer:
In order to root your Android device, we will require to flash a rooting kernel to your phone. We will be flashing a rooting kernel in your AT&T Galaxy S4 SGH-I337 running on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean official firmware using ODIN. This will root your device. However, in this process you may lose your personal data and settings.

Please do also note that once your device is rooted, you warranty will be considered void by the OEM. You can, however, reclaim the warranty by re-applying official firmware update.

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1. CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.zip to root SGH-I337 stock firmware [File: CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.zip]
2. Odin 3.07

Guide to Root AT&T Galaxy S4 SGH-I337 on Stock Kernel via ChainFire – How To

1. Download and extract CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.zip. You will obtain a CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.tar.md5 file in the unzipped folder.
2. Extract Odin zip file and you will get Odin3 v3.07.exe.
3. Switch your phone off. And make sure that you wait 5-6 seconds to confirm complete the power down cycle.
4. You will then put your AT&T Galaxy S4 SGH-I337 phone in Download Mode by pressing and holding down the Volume Down button, alongside Home and the Power button. A screen will then come up; warning you about entering into Download Mode, press the Volume Up key to continue to enter Download Mode.
5. Run Odin3 v3.07.exe with Administrator rights.
6. Now that you are all prepared to root your phone, connect your AT&T Galaxy S4 SGH-I337 with your PC. You will then see a notification appear in Odin in the bottom left saying “Added!!”. If for some reason, you do not see the said notification, try another USB port. If that too doesn’t work, then reinstall the USB driver. Once you successfully see the “Added!!” notification in Odin, you are good to go. Also, check for COM port being depicted by a number in ‘yellow’ to make sure that you have successfully added your device.
7. Select these files in Odin at their respective buttons:
   • Click the PDA Button, and select the CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.tar.md5 file.
   • In Odin window, make sure Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time checkboxes are selected.
   • Double check everything. Hit the START button to begin the flashing process.
   • Once the flashing process is completed, the phone will automatically reboot and you will see a ‘Green’ PASS notification in the top-left-most box. You can unplug the device from the computer now.

Your phone will show that it is now rooted. Enjoy the root. If there are any issues, feel free to post in the comments section for our staff to take a look at it.

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NVIDIA, today launches their latest and greatest GeForce GTX 780 graphics card which is built using the same DNA “core” used on the GeForce GTX Titan and Tesla K20X graphics accelerators. The GeForce GTX 780 comes with the GK110 architecture that provides supercomputing performance to PCs.

Titan’s Little Brother Has Arrived – Meet The GeForce GTX 780

On the technical side, NVIDIA made a few changes with the GK110 core architecture. It still features 7.1 Billion transistors and comes with 4.5 TFlops of computing performance. The difference in the core is the GK110 version used on the GeForce GTX 780 “GK110-300″ comes with 2304 cores which means that out of 15 total SMX units only 12 were kept operational. The GeForce GTX Titan has 13 SMX units which amounts to 2668 Cores while a fully enabled GK110 GPU features 2880 cores, NVIDIA hasn’t released a GPU which comes with the fully enabled version.

Coming back to the specifications, the 2304 cores are coupled by 192 texture mapping units and 48 ROPs (Raster operators). The GeForce GTX 780 has 3 GB GDDR5 memory compared to the 6 GB GDDR5 memory on GeForce GTX Titan. Memory operates along a 384-bit wide interface while clock frequency is configured at the reference 1502 MHz or 6 GHz effective. The core clock is maintained at 863 MHz while GPU Boost 2.0 is clocked at 902 MH z. The GeForce GTX 780 pumps out a bandwidth of 288.4 GB/s which is the same as the GeForce GTX Titan but a boost over the 192 GB/s bandwidth of the GeForce GTX 680.

The reference models of the GeForce GTX 780 ship with the NVIDIA’s NVTTM cooler we saw on the GeForce GTX Titan. The cooler makes use of an advanced vapor chamber with an extended fin stack plus advanced or manual fan control to allow users to adjust fan speeds for overclocking or silent operations. The cooler shroud is made up of Magnesium alloy metal featured on the GTX 690. Overall the card looks exactly similar to the GeForce Titan. The only thing that differentiates both cards are the label on the shroud which note down their model. Display connectivity includes Dual-DVI, HDMI and a display port while power is provided through an 8+6 Pin connectors. The GeForce GTX 780 comes with 4-Way SLI, DirectX 11.1, NVIDIA PhysX, NVIDIA 3D Vision, NVIDIA Steroscopic support.

From a performance point of perspective, the GeForce GTX 780 is a beast at running the latest titles and OC. It shows large headroom for overclocking and we are already looking at custom models like the Inno3D iChill GTX 780 which are clocked beyond 1000 MHz which is impressive. With liquid cooling solutions, most people can go upto 1.2 – 1.3 GHz given the voltage restrictions are not as harsh as experienced by users of GeForce GTX Titan. The slides showcase a phenomenal improvement over the GeForce GTX 680 and Radeon HD 7970 GHz while at pricing much lower than the GeForce GTX Titan. Its still on the high side which i agree with but with this kind of performance, the GeForce GTX 780 will become the perfect videocard for gamers.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Reviews:

• GeForce GTX 780 3 GB Review @ TechpowerUp
• GeForce GTX 780 3 GB Review @ PCPerspective
• GeForce GTX 780 3 GB Review @ Guru3D
• GeForce GTX 780 3 GB Review @ Hexus
• GeForce GTX 780 3 GB Review @ Anandtech
• GeForce GTX 780 3 GB Review @ Sweclockers
• GeForce GTX 780 3 GB Review @ HiTech Legion
• GeForce GTX 780 3 GB Review @ Hot Hardware
• GeForce GTX 780 3 GB Review @ Hardware Canucks
• GeForce GTX 780 3 GB Review @ ComputerBase
• GeForce GTX 780 3 GB Review @ TechReport
• GeForce GTX 780 3 GB Review @ VR-Zone
• GeForce GTX 780 3 GB Review @ HardOCP

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Specs:

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Picture Gallery:

EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Classified:

http://eu.evga.com/articles/00746/#3788

EVGA GeForce GTX 780 SuperClock:

http://eu.evga.com/articles/00746/#2784

EVGA GeForce GTX 780 FTW:

http://eu.evga.com/products/moreInfo.asp?pn=03G-P4-2784-KR&family=GeForce%20700%20Series%20Family&uc=EUR

EVGA GeForce GTX 780 ACX:

http://eu.evga.com/articles/00746/#2782

GIgabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce:

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4621

Inno3D GeForce GTX 780 Herculez 3000:

http://www.inno3d.com/press/press_2013_05_23/press_2013_05_23.html

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AMD has launched their latest Temash APU platform for “Ultra Low Power” tablets and netbooks. The Temash APU platform from AMD comes with the latest Radeon HD 8000 cores based on the GCN architecture while the CPU features upto four Jaguar modules.

AMD Temash APU “Ultra Low Power” Platform Launched

The AMD Temash APU platform is built specifically for tablets, convertibles and netbooks with displays under 13 inches. With the Temash platform, AMD has given birth to a new category of technological devices known as the “Performance Tablet”. These so called performance tablets equipped with the latest Temash architecture would feature superior HD Media experience, elite experiences for tablets and gaming on par with PC visuals thanks to the HD 8000 cores.

The Temash APU is a complete SOC (System on chip) and has almost everything including chipsets to hubs on the APU die. The Temash SOC comes with 2 – 4 Jaguar modules which share 2 MB of L2 cache. The die also holds the northbridge, GCN based HD 8000 graphics core, PCI Express/Display, SD, VGA, SATA, USB and other misc input and output controllers which is remarkable for a die of that size. With everything onboard a single die, Temash SOC aims to conserve and become an ever more efficient  product than AMD’s past generation Brazos APUs. A Temash APU is directly be connected to a memory controller that supports single channel DDR3L memory. The Jaguar core architecture delivers upto 20% improvement over Bobcat while the GCN based HD 8000 graphics core offers 75% improvement and adds DirectX11.1 support for tablets.

Temash powered devices can support resolutions of upto 2560×1600 and support 8 USB 2.0 ports, 2 USB 3.0 ports, 1 SATA II 3GBps and a SD card reader V3.0. The Temash APU devices come with the AMD start now technology that shuts off the device in idle mode and you can start it on from where you left. AMD’s Turbo Dock is the most interesting feature which allows upto 40% performance improvement by docking the tablets in a docking device that allows for performance boost. The Turbo dock comes with a fully integrated keyboard that can be used with ease.

Compared to past generation platforms, the Temash based A6-1450 in 195% faster in 3DMark 11 and 126% faster in PCMark 7 while being only 8W compared to the 18W E2-1800. Similarly, the A4-1200 is upto 212%  better being only 4W compared to the 9W C70 in 3DMark 11. This goes off to show the impressive results of Temash compared to previous generation platforms.

AMD’s Temash APU platform is the direct competitor to Intel’s Clovertrail low power SOC. but compared to AMD’s solution it doesn’t offer as many features. From the performance benchmarks provided above, you can note that the Clovertrail Z2760 can not be compared against the AMD’s Temash solutions in gaming results. It barely manages to compete against them not to mention the non-existent OpenCL support. In battery life, the AMD Temash A6-1450 offers 45% more battery than Intel’s Ultra low power Core i3-3217U processor which is impressive.

The AMD Temash APU lineup is now available in a wide range of Tablets, Hybrids and netbook devices. The Temash lineup can be seen below:

AMD Temash APU Lineup:

AMD Temash Ultra Low Power Platform Press Deck:

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AMD has finally unveiled their latest Richland Mobile APU “Elite Performance” platform for high ultrathin laptops and notebooks. AMD Richland Mobile “Elite Performance APU” platform was announced a while back and is now available with top of the line notebooks from OEM manufactures.

AMD Officially Launches Richland Mobile APU Platform

AMD Richland Mobile APUs don’t bring anything new to the table as far as architecture is concerned. They are still based off the x86 Piledriver core architecture with upto four modules, improved clock speeds and the Radeon HD 8000 series GPUs are based on the old VLIW4 architecture but yet again offer improved performance from higher clock speeds compared to Trinity.

The AMD Richland Mobile A-series is split into four tiers based on their performance and feature set. The fastest Richland Mobile A10 APUs comes with the entire feature set which includes:

• AMD Gesture Control
• AMD Face Login
• AMD Screen Mirror
• AMD Steady Video
• AMD Quick Stream Technology
• AMD Perfect Picture HD

Along with the new features, AMD A10 processors would also get “regionally assorted game bundle” which is part of AMD’s “Never Settle” initiative. We can see games such as Tomb Raider, SimCity and many more to be bundled with the A10 APUs in their respective regions. The A8 series also fall under AMD’s “Elite Experience Program” featuring the entire feature-set minus the game bundle. Going down we have the Richland A6 and Kabini A6 APUs which come without AMD Gesture Control and AMD Face login but other features are included. Last of all are the Kabini A4, Temash A4 and Temash E2 series APUs that only feature AMD Steady Video, AMD Quick Stream and AMD Perfect Picture HD technology.

AMD’s Elite Performance APUs of the Richland Mobile series which include the A10 and A8 APUs come with a wide variety of features that include dynamic performance boost based on the ambient temps of a room. The lower the temperature, the better performance boost you get off your APU. The latest AMD start now technology gives you tablet like responsiveness so you start off your work where you left it or you can in short call it insta-start. The APUs offer compatibility with FS1r2, uPGA and FCH sockets which allow for OEMs to offer various products. The platform supports the latest discrete graphic chips notably the recently released HD 8000M “Solar System” series that included the Radeon HD 8970M “Neptune” GPU.

One of the most interesting thing about AMD Richland Mobile APUs is support for Wireless display on Microsoft’s Windows Blue operating system. The wireless chip controller is located on the APU itself and delivers upto 3.9 times better responsiveness over Intel’s WiDi and HD Playback with 1080P 60 Hz. High quality audio playback is also supported by the new wireless interface.

There’s another cool feature known as “Dock Part” which is a device that would be bundled by specific OEM manufacturer’s or can be bought separately to be connected to any notebook that comes with a Richland Mobile “Elite APU”. The dock allows you to run upto four external displays and several peripheral devices through USB 3.0 ports all through a single Richland mobile notebook. With this, users can enable AMD Eyefinity gaming with any Dock enabled notebook and 3D Steroscopic display and gaming while the USB 3.0 can allow connectivity with DVD/Blu-Ray, HDD, Smartphones and Mouse/KB.

The next performance slides detail that AMD’s Richland APU platform is around 51% more efficient that Trinity while being based on the same architecture. Compared to a 19W Trinity A8-4555M, the A8-5545 M that is also a 19W chip offers 40% more performance in 3DMark 11 and 12% increase in PCMark 7 while the A10-5750M (35W) offers 21% in 3DMark 11 and 10% improvement in PCMark 7 over the Trintiy based A10-4600M.

Next up are even more performance slides that compare the Richland Mobile APUs to Intel’s Low voltage Core i3 and Core i5 processors. In gaming titles such as Batman Arkham City (DX11) and 3DMark Firestrike, AMD takes the lead. Battery life and OpenCL performance is much better than Intel’s offering.

AMD calls the Richland Mobile APUs as a true gaming platform and we can already see the A10-5750M delivering from 39% upto 97% more performance in various titles compared to the Core i5 3210M which comes with a HD 4000 series GPU core.

What’s even better is that AMD’s Richland Mobile APUs while comes with a fast HD 8000 series GPU can also be paired with a similar discrete graphics solution with which users can gain upto 55% performance boost in gaming. Following chart shows the improvement when an AMD A10-5750M gets paired up with the HD 8750 discrete GPU that can be equipped on supported notebooks.

The AMD Richland Mobile APU lineup can be seen listed below, do note that the notebooks equipped with these APUs are now available globally.

AMD Richland A-Series “Elite” APUs:

AMD Richland A-Series “LV/ULV” APUs:

AMD Richland Mobile “Elite Performance” Press Deck:

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AMD’s next generation Kabini APUs have been released powering next generation of notebooks with the high-performance x86 Jaguar architecture and Radeon HD 8000 cores.

AMD Kabini APUs – Powers Next Gen Mainstream Notebooks

The AMD Kabini APUs or SOC (System-on-chip) is designed specifically to deliver best in class efficiency to next generation mainstream notebooks while delivering faster performance with the first ever x86 Quad Core SOC codenamed “Kabini”. The Kabini APUs feature upto four of the latest x86 Jaguar cores that deliver faster performance over last generation processors while improving power efficiency by delivering muchbetter battery life and performance per watt.

The graphics side of the chip is powered by the latest HD 8000 cores which might not be based on a new architecture but deliver better performance through improved clock speeds. The Kabini APUs are split in two tiers, the Kabini A-Series APUs would directly compete against the Core i3 and Pentium series CPUs from Intel while the Kabini E-Series APUs would go against the Celeron lineup. AMD aims to deliver a new price per performance achievement with their latest Kabini APUs and will be drastically cheaper than what Intel offers.

Although performance on the GPU side is a definitive increase over last generation for AMD, Intel might just give them a hard time with their upcoming low power 4^th generation Haswell iGPs which would be aimed to deliver enhanced performance over Intel’s last generation graphics core. However that would be settled when the reviews for both products go live. Following are some of the highlights for AMD’s upcoming Kabini APUs after which we will head over to take a look at the performance:

• Best-inClass graphics performance
• More responsiveness, better experience with platform performance increase of upto 88% over previous generation.
• The first and only quad core for essential/OPP segment
• Game better with console-like graphics
• Over 10 hours of resting battery life
• Up to 9+ hours of web browsing, 6+ hours of 1080P playback

Compared to the Trinity based A4-4355M (22W), the Kabini A4-5000 (15) delivers upto 66% improvement in 3DMark 11 and 42% improvement in PCMark7. On the other hand, the Kabini E1-2100 (9W) is 215% faster in 3DMark 11 and 136% faster in PCMark 7 compared to the 22W Brazos based E1-1200. You can check out in the following slide that with Kabini SOCs, AMD aims to deliver upto 25% more power efficiency over Brazos.

The next chart compares Intel’s Pentium and Sandy Bridge “Core i3” processors with AMD Kabini A-Series APUs. The Core i3 generation CPU can’t run DirectX11 which is available on AMD’s and Pentium processors. AMD takes the lead by delivering 120-140% improvement in Batman Arkham City, faster DX10 performance flagship vs flagship (Core i3-2370M vs A6-5200) in 3DMark Cloud Gate and enhanced OpenCL performance in Basemark CL benchmark.

The product stack for AMD’s upcoming Kabini APUs lineup can be seen below. As mentioned on the top, the A-series would be placed against Core i3 and Pentium processors while the E-series would tackle the Celeron lineup.

AMD’s Kabini APUs are now shipping globally to OEMs and would be shipped with mainstream notebooks.

AMD Kabini APUs Mainstream Platform Press Deck:

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In this post some of the best tips and tricks for Samsung Galaxy S4 are shared to make it easier for you to get the most out of your new smartphone. Enjoy!

Recording…

• Use the HDR in mixed lighting for some incredible snaps. One of the major highlights of Samsung Galaxy S4 is it 13-megapixel sensor. Add to it the HDR mode and it significantly improves the shot bringing out that extra detail in shadows.
• Under the menus of video cam, there are options of fast and slow mode – capturing fewer or more frames per second. Might come in handy if you are trying to record a racing car, or Bolt…
• Samsung Galaxy S4 lacks those face-distorting fun video effects available with a vanilla Jelly Bean phone, but it does have a range of funky filters. Use cartoon filter for some arty stuff or color pop modes to extract certain shades from your videos.
• When you take a photo, a shutter sound plays in the Galaxy S4. Though occasionally SGS4 needs a little bit longer to attain a solid focus so hold still for an extra half-second for good measure.
• Want to get to a certain point in the movie? If you hold your finger over the transport bar of a movie clip in the media player, using Air View you’ll be given a preview of what’s going on in the film at that point.

Check AMOLED colors:

Go to Settings > Display Settings to choose how vivid the colors should be. Natural and Movie are some recommended settings to get rid of those somewhat “popping” oversaturated color tones of Galaxy S4.

Set the brightness:

Standard settings in Galaxy S4 for brightness is auto. But if you want more, switch off the auto mode for real searing intensity – battery takes the toll though.

Third party video players:

Get the MX Player from Play Store to go around the inbuilt media player – which is excellent but apparently can’t handle high quality 1080p MKVs.

Video Multi-tasking:

This is one of the best features of S3 and S4! Overlay a video playback screen on top of ANY part of the phone and watch videos while browsing the web – yep! Just press a button in the nav bar of the media player to get that little video pop up on the homescreen.

Tips for a mini home cinema!

Not under the audio but under the accessory submenu you would find a Surround Box option. Tick it to get that cinema surround sound mode.

For that “everlasting” battery life!

Okay! Everlasting might be too much but isn’t that the most talked about issue with smartphones? So here are a few settings and tweaks to help you get the most life out of your Samsung Galaxy S4:

• Under the Settings go to Power Saving to make some compromises: throttles the CPU, changes the browser background from white to blue and the sort. But the Power Saving mode does work!
• As a rule of thumb “less features/app, more battery” switch off some features for those few more minutes esp the 3G mobile internet if you aren’t using it. Go to My Settings app or from the pull-down notifications menu to turn it off.
• Under the Settings go to Display submenu to reduce the screen timeout time. Choose between 15 sec and 10 minutes of time the screen stays lit after a screen press. Helps the battery life a lot.
• Since Samsung Galaxy S4 has a removable battery – quite a wonder. Get a spare battery from eBay for well under £10. Don’t go for some unreliable stuff though.

More Storage? Aye, Captain!

• If you want to go for more storage, it’s better to buy one with more storage. But as far as memory cards are concerned, 7DayShop and Ebuyer are the top retailers.
• Clear the cache and temporary files of the apps if you are running low on memory. Go to Settings > Applications Manager and tap on an app to see how much memory it’s leeching. There will be options to wipe cache or the app’s data clean.
• As much as the owners of other smartphones may hate it, the Samsung Galaxy S4 get a free 50GB of cloud storage from one of the best cloud storage provider – the Dropbox. Normally we get only 2GB of free storage on DB.

Screenshots: 

• To take a full screenshot just hold down the home and the power buttons at the same time. Wait for a white flash and a screenshot will be taken and whisked over to the Gallery app.
• Another quicker way to take screenshot is to swipe the palm of your hand from right to left. But for that check Palm swipe capture under the Settings > Motion.

Connect to the world:

• Under the Settings, there is a feature namely Data Usage counter. It monitors your data usage, showing it as a colorful graph helping you to never go over your allowance. Use it to cut off your mobile data connection when trying to save it for those critical last hours.
• You can sync with KIES wirelessly too: scroll to the bottom of the More Settings sub-menu and you will the Kies via Wi-Fi option.
• Introduced with Samsung Galaxy S3, S Beam uses a mixture of NFC and Wi-Fi Direct to let you transfer files between compatible Samsung phones. From Wireless and Networks menu, switch the S Beam on to get it rolling with just a tap.
• Wi-Fi Direct is tied into the S Beam transfer feature but can be used on its own too. This is actually a version of Wi-Fi that doesn’t need an internet connection hooking up directly with another compatible device. It is sort of Bluetooth letting you to transfer files, but at a much greater speed.
• You can also share the screen of your Samsung Galaxy S4 with Group Cast. GC used to be just about sending a video file from your phone to, say, your Blu-ray player but now it lets you send your Galaxy S4′s screen contents to another display.

and the cherry: S Voice:

Not all of the Galaxy S4 can be controlled with S-Voice, but most important ones are covered. Start the S-voice and after the initial setup just go to Settings and enable control apps.

• Camera: take your pictures without holding your camera! Put the phone on an stand, pose and shout SHOOT!
• Music Player answers to PLAY, PAUSE, NEXT, PREVIOUS, VOLUME UP, VOLUME DOWN and RESUME - might help while baking.
• Phone: respond to a phone call by just by saying ANSWER or REJECT!
• Alarm: stop or snooze alarms with the command STOP and SNOOZE - more reason for snoozing!

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