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Galaxy Note users in Europe gets Android ICS update

galaxy note ics update photoAs per the latest reports floating around the web world, Samsung had finally released ICS update for their Galaxy Note for their users in Germany. Here i am attaching the  screenshot in which a user is getting Over The Air (OTA) notification for the latest OS on his/her phone. The size of the update is approximately 319 MB and have some exclusive feature for Galaxy Note.

Various features include:

===> Android 4.0 TouchWiz interface which is designed by Samsung exclusively for their Galaxy series of smartphones.

===> S Note App which features advanced note taking and productivity tools. Click here to know more about S Note and S Memo apps.

===> S Memo Widget

===> Face Unlock

===> Snapshot tool

===> Photo Editor

===> Special dedicated level in Angry Birds Space android game

Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100 had already been updated to the latest version of Android by Samsung. It’s another version I9100G which is the actual version available here in India has not been updated to latest version of Android till date. Though there have been some reports or we can rumours that I9100G users from some countries where it is available had already updated their phones to the latest OS but no such update by Samsung for it’s loyal Indian users.

The requirements for the ICS is on the higher side as compared to Gingerbread. It requires more RAM typically > 523 MB. But there no need to worry about any thing here as Galaxy Note boasts 1 GB of RAM

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When will the price of Samsung Galaxy S2 falls in India?

When will be the price of Samsung Galaxy S2 falls in India?

As you all know that Samsung’s Galaxy S2 is present in the Indian mobile market for quite a period of time now but still it is the best high end dual core smart phone that one can afford easily. Even after months, the price of Galaxy S2 continues to rise instead of falling. The primary reason for this is the depreciation of rupees as compared to US Dollar but still company is increasing the price of it’s flagship model even when the rupee is stable.May be Samsung want to extract the maximum profit from this device to compensate for it’s loss while competing with the Apple’s iPhone.

In the latest price increase the galaxy S2 went from Rs. 29,900 to Rs. 30,900 which means a direct rise of Rs. 1,000.  The various factors whic can force Samsung to reduce the price of S2 are listed below:

  1. Launch of Galaxy S3 – Samsung’s next flagship model Galaxy S3 will feature a quad core CPU as per the leaked reports and will plethra of other features such as extremely low SAR value etc. The S3 is rumored to be showcased at the CES 2012, which is going to held next month at Las Vegas.
  2. Rise in rupee value: Though there are no signs in the improvement of the EURO zone crisis but still one can hope that rupee will rise against US dollar in the coming months, forcing the price of S2 to go down.
  3. Availability of different quad core phones from various companies at lower prices can also force Samsung to reduce the price of S2.