Many stylus obsessed users are sitting at home eagerly awaiting a 10-inch Galaxy Note to write on. And while Samsung seems to be pretty hush-hush about a release date for the Galaxy Note 10.1, modeling agency Step Management has no problem showing it in action. It certainly looks like a sexy device, and perfect for those who prefer the larger screen — so how about a release date Sammy?
Shin Jong-kyun, the president of Samsung’s information technology and mobile communication division, was proud to announce that the Galaxy S III has surpassed 10 million devices sold (globally) in just under two months. Samsung not only created an amazing device, but made a wise decision to not only launch the device globally, but to make it available on all major carriers.
The Kindle Fire was the best thing to happen to the tablet market in my opinion, and if Amazon where to simply close the book on their tablet ambitions after the Fire, it would just be silly. We can, of course, assume there will be more content consumption devices to come from Amazon. While there haven’t been any official announcements, president of U.S. retail for Staples has spilled the beans on Amazon’s plans to introduce up to five or six tablet SKUs of various sizes, including a 10-inch model.
It’s another beautiful Sunday (at least in these parts), and I just can’t wait to give our awesome readers (that’s you) a chance to win some more Android Swag. Last week we were giving away two tickets to the Big Android BBQ and today we’re going to announce the lucky winners as well as give you a chance to win some new swag.
We bumped into neophyte Australian headphones-maker Audiofly in January, during a press-only event at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, and gave two models in the four-model lineup a whirl. Their mid-level AF45 set sounded great for $50; but the next one I tried — the top-of-the-line AF78 ($200) — left me slack-jawed with disbelief; its sound knocked my socks off, even amid the cacophony of noisy journalists.
What makes the AF78 unusual is its speaker arrangement.
Many mid-to-high-end canalphones are powered by tiny armature speakers, while moving coil drivers are found pretty much everywhere except the very high end. Armatures are generally better at producing clean highs and mids, but can lack deep bass; moving coils, on the other hand, are generally not as good at reproducing the clarity of an armature. But the AF78 is part of an elite group of models — like the Scosche IEM856m I reviewed last year — that employ both a moving coil speaker and a balanced armature in each ear, in an attempt to give the listener the best of both worlds. And it works spectacularly.
