How To Take Screenshot in Galaxy S2 Android Ice Cream Sandwich

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Android Logo Linux Windows 150So you have this awesome Android powered, iPhone killer, Samsung Galaxy S2 and you are looking for some easy ways to take screenshot of your phone screen. If you tried to look for some free app in Play Store, you must have been disappointed because it has some (cr)apps that are mostly paid and are not worth using at all. If you were an iPhone user, you must be missing the easy two button pressing screen capture method.

Now don’t miss iPhone for just that one feature because guess what you can do the same in your Samsung Galaxy S2 as well. Yes! There is this most easy way to take screenshot in your Galaxy S2 running on Ice Cream sandwich (other Android OS are also supported). Lets see how can you take the screenshot without any app in 1 second:

Press the volume down button and the power button at (almost) same time and hold them together for around 1-2 second.

Don’t forget to hold them for 1-2 second. You will see a capture sound and a message on screen that a screenshot has been captured.

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You can find the captured screenshots in Gallery->Screenshots folder.

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I hope you were able to easily take screenshot in Galaxy S2. Let me know if you face any problem. I will be only happy to help :)

Apple Breaks Record In iPhone 5 Pre-Order, Samsung Breaks Ethics

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When a “Job-less” Apple launched iPhone 5 few days back, many speculated it as the biggest fail from Apple ever. To an extent Apple event was missing the charm and spark of its late founder Steve Jobs but several observer in the industry went to the extent of defining it as the start of decline of Apple. Too high user (read observers because not everyone uses iPhone) expectations from iPhone 5 did disappoint lots of tech-lovers all over the world and also put a smirk on Samsung lovers which resulted in a number of iPhone 5 jokes on Facebook and Twitter. Truly, despite of so many new features, iPhone 5 is just another smart phone in the market.

But these negative reviews have never demoralized a true Apple fanboy. Apple products are like sex, you want it even if you oppose it. No matter what the world says, Apple has a cult following and its products are status symbol, pride possessions for many. And the pre-record sales of iPhone 5 has once again showed the world who is the boss. In the latest press release, Apple claimed to have sold more than 2 millions iPhone 5 within 24 hours of opening the pre-orders. Going by these stats, it is predicted that the sale will cross 10 million mark by the end of month.

The crazy fan-boys, the die-hard technology lovers, the wanna be cool teenagers, who doesn’t want an “apple pie”? No doubt that this craziness drives the Chinese teenager to sell their kidney or virginity. A screenshot of ebay India shows that people are willing to buy iPhone 5 for even double of its price.

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Samsung, the biggest competitor to iPhone with its Galaxy series is not just standing as a mute spectator. Just 3 days after the launch of iPhone 5, it has spread the . Apart form that it has also started, kind of, smear advertisement campaign comparing its flagship Galaxy S3 with iPhone 5. Why Samsung is mentioning its software to compare the features with iPhone is beyond fathom.

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It will be interesting to see if launch of Galaxy S4, to be available worldwide by March’13, will be able to refrain users from buying iPhone 5. But if you thought that negative reviews will hurt Apple and iPhone 5 could be a big flop, you just got an egg on your face. By the way, do you remember when was the last time an Apple product failed?

The battle of tech giants Apple and Samsung on Patent; who won, Nokia or Microsoft?

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The two titans of tech world Apple and Samsung have been battling in courts worldwide over the violation of Apple’s patent and that Samsung has used the technology or ideas of Apple in various devices illegally.

Who won the battle and what are the consequences: 

  1. One of the Tokyo courts dismissed the Apple Inc’s claim on Samsung of its Patent infringement.

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  2. The world’s largest maker of phones, Samsung Electronics Co. Of South Korea, welcomed the decision of Tokyo District court.
  3. The fine of $1 billion was echoed in the court room of USA against Samsung. Following this was a rumor which went viral on social sites that Samsung tried to pay $1 billion fine to Apple by sending 30 trucks of 5-cent coins and that Samsung said it is how they are going to pay the fine! That’s funny but it was really not true. The court in USA questioned the company about the innovation or labelled Samsung to be an imitator!
  4. Apple’s win over Samsung brain teased Google and there might be problems for Google’s Android. Samsung uses Android OS for Galaxy series of smart phones. Also, Samsung failed to prove its point that Apple infringed on some of its essential patents which could in turn be cause for worry to Google! Does this mean Windows 8 would be the preferred OS for upcoming handsets over Android which is a kind of mimic of IOS?
  5. Since the launch of Galaxy S3 handsets in May 2012, more than 10 million sales have been reported. Apple has added this Samsung’s best selling device along with 21 other gadgets to the list saying they infringe Apple’s patents and seeks ban on sales of these devices.
  6. Samsung hit back at Apple in South Korea with 10 patent infringements. Samsung won over two patents in home turf, Seoul court, South Korea. But Samsung was also hit as it lost on one of design patent resulting in various gadgets of both the companies being banned from selling in the country.

Who might be getting the advantage of this battle?

The share market started seeing some ups and downs. Samsung’s and Google’s shares fluctuated where as Nokia’s, Apple’s stock and Microsoft’s shares are reasonably doing well after the USA court verdict.

Advantage Microsoft and Nokia! Apple revealed in a court case that it has licensed some of its technologies to Microsoft. Apple’s lawyers also showed pictures of Nokia Lumia as an example of how a phone is distinct which runs on Windows 7. Apple is also trying its hands against two other Android based mobile companies Motorola owned by Google (another problem for Google) and HTC. The verdict in USA in favor of Apple Inc can empower them to file more such lawsuits against Samsung thereby making a proxy war against Android (Google). Microsoft would be hugely benefited and Windows 8 would be able to see a new high on success.

After Nokia won the lawsuit against Apple Inc on patent infringement years back, Apple had to pay an undisclosed lump sum and royalties to Nokia. Nokia clearly emerged as winner as every Apple device sold would in turn benefit Nokia.

The best example of winning device is Nokia Lumia where Nokia mobile technology and Windows OS come together for user satisfaction.

What do you think? Nokia was hugely benefited or Windows will be taking the advantage in future!

Samsung at IFA 2012: Unveils Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy Camera and Windows 8 Devices

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Samsung is popular for putting on amazing shows when it comes to the “Unpacked” event and the company showed no exception at IFA this year. The Korean company unveiled a number of exciting products in its magical event including Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy Camera, the First officially launched Windows Phone 8 and ATIV tab. The IFA event in Berlin was the first public event for Samsung after the patent lawsuit and it’s easy to say that the verdict of the Apple-Samsung patent case didn’t dampened the company’s spirit after watching the event. Let’s take a look at the unveiled devices.

Galaxy Note 2:

Galaxy Note 2, the successor to the Galaxy Note was unveiled at the IFA 2012 event. The original device was also unveiled at the same “Unpacked” event last year. The phablet is now much powerful and larger with a stunning 5.5-inch Super AMOLED display showing 1280×720 resolution. The phablet also features 1.6GHz quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 8-megapixel rear camera with 1080p video recording capability, 1.9-megapixel front camera taller and narrower S Pen and 3,100mAh battery to power up all these things and is still 9.44mm thick even after sporting all these things under its hood.

One of the new feature of the ‘S Pen’ is ‘Air View’ which shows a small pop-up window when you put your pen over events or in the gallery in images. You can also write down notes on the back of your captured photos using the S Pen. The phone/tablet hybrid will be running Android 4.1, Jelly Bean out-of-the-box so users don’t have to wait for any over-the-air update for this latest Android operating system. The device is expected to be available in the market in October.

Galaxy Camera:

Samsung unveiled a surprising 16.3-megapixel camera called the Galaxy Camera. The 16.3-megapixel snapper comes with 1,2.3” BSI CMOS sensor and 21x zoom lens. But the surprising feature of the camera is, it will be running Android 4.1, Jelly Bean just like the Galaxy Note 2 with Google Play store compatibility. You will find a 4.8-inch HD touchscreen behind the camera showing 308ppi which just looks like a smartphone when you see the back of the device. The camera also features 1.4GHz quad-core CPU, 8GB of internal storage, 1080p video recording capability at 30fps, 3G and 4G connectivity and 1650mAh battery to power up the camera.

There are some extra apps like Photo Wizard and Movie Wizard specially designed for the camera to edit pictures and video clips. The AllShare app is also available in the device for sharing the captured pictures and videos with other Samsung devices. All the devices are attractive but the fact that the camera is running Jelly Bean is good enough to grab this camera.

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Both the Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy Camera will get 50GB of free Dropbox storage for two years.

ATIV S:

Nokia did show some Windows 8-powered device before Sammy but the Korean company managed to announce the first Windows Phone 8 powered device before Nokia, the ATIV S. The smartphone features a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED HD display, 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 8-megapixel rear camera, 1.9-megapixel front camera, 1GB of RAM and a 2,300mAH battery. The company didn’t reveal any pricing or launch details but the Windows Phone 8-powered device is expected to debut after the official launch of Windows 8 in October.

Samsung ATIV (Windows 8 RT Tablet):

Among the slew of products released by Samsung at the IFA trade show in Berlin event and the Windows RT tablet called the ATIV Tab is one of them. The tablet looks similar to other Android devices with aluminum rear panel.

The ATIV Tab sports a 1.5GHz Qualcomm S4 processor and 2GB of RAM but it’s not confirmed if the device is powered by Samsung’s own Exynos chips. The device comes with multiple ports including USB ports and micro-HDMI output. However, a big deal-breaker of the device is its lack of a stylus. Samsung packed S Pen for the Galaxy Note 10.1 and Galaxy Note 2 but the Windows 8-powered tablet only features 10-point multi-touch. All the Windows 8-powered devices are expected to launch after the official release of Windows 8 in October.

If you have missed the magical “Unpacked” event (I am not calling it magical just because there were actual magicians in the event), don’t worry as Samsung has repacked the event for you in the video posted below.

How to fix: Android Samsung Galaxy S2 not recognized on Linux

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Problem:

I was facing problems connecting my Samsung Galaxy S2 on Ubuntu, which is particularly annoying bearing in mind the total lack of support by Samsung for Linux (even Kies is of no use). Strange enough, it works flawlessly on Windows 7, where it recognises it instantly and I can transfer files between my phone and computer.
When I plug it into my Linux machine, it is recognised and I can see the contents of the root of /sdcard and the SD card but I cannot access the contents of any file or folder as all the folders are empty.
When I connect my phone to USB there is no “mount USB” option but just MTP application in the home screen. [Read more…]