Available now via HomeShope18, the Micromax Canvas Beat features a 5-inch qHD IPS display, 1.2GHz quad-core Broadcom BCM23550 processor, 1GB of RAM and Android 4.2.2. The smartphone also comes with 1900 mAh battery, 4GB of on-board storage, microSD card slot, dual-SIM support, and the usual set of connectivity options. On the imaging front, Micromax has included an 8MP rear camera and 2MP front shooter on the phone. The smartphone has been priced INR 9,499 and we expect to see expanded availability soon. On the other hand, Micromax Unite A092 is a part of the companys new Unite-series, which comes with support for English and 20 Indian launches. The smartphone packs a 4-inch WVGA display, 1.2GHz Qualcomm MSM8212 quad-core processor and Android 4.3.
Original version, visit http://www.androidos.in/2014/06/micromax-unite-canvas-beat-smartphones-now-sale-india/
Android smartphones shipping from factory with malware
Android 4.4.2 KitKat OTA Update will add new white status bar icons, new lock screen features such as camera shortcuts, album media player art, unified messaging application support so that you can use only one app for all SMS and chat sessions, expanded emoji icons, consolidated location settings, better battery life, improve multitasking, new wireless printing support, closed captions for Samsung and Google subtitles, full-screen immersive mode for an enormous amount of Android applications, new versions of S features, and more. The update will sent directly to your Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini notification panel by Sprint and you will simply need to press the confirmation box when the update is ready to download and install. Your smartphone will then take care of the rest and install all Android 4.4.2 features without you needing to interact with its interface. Note that this update is being rolled out in phases and this means that not all Sprint Galaxy S4 Mini phones will receive the newL520VPUBNE3 KitKat 4.4.2 at the same time. Some users will get the firmware today and by the end of this month, while the rest of the US Galaxy S4 Mini Sprint users will receive the update by the end of this month. If you dont know whether the update has been released or not to your device, then there is a way for you to verify that: go to Settings> About Phone> Software Update and then use the check now button and see if there are any new Android 4.4.2 KitKat updating files available for your phone.
Original version, visit http://www.android.gs/sprint-galaxy-s4-mini-gets-official-android-4-4-2-update/
Digital security company Gemalto loses patent fight against Android | Ars Technica
Gemalto said that the accused Android smartphones infringed when they “temporarily load program instructions from off-chip memory into on-chip cache memory before execution,” but the district court judge ruled that “cache memory issubstantially different from permanent memory and not equivalent for infringement purposes.” The appeals court agreed. It’s fairlyunusual that Gemalto lost on asummary judgment rulingat all.Summary judgment iswhen judges rule on a case without a jury trial because they believe the case can be resolved solely on a legal basis, without any need forthe kind of fact-finding involved with a jury trial.Such rulings are fairly common in patent cases, but not in the Eastern District of Texas, where judges prefer to referlitigants to ajury trial. It’s one factor that makesEast Texas continue to be seen as a favorable district for patent plaintiffs. If Gemalto’s patent case had succeeded, it would have had a major impact on Google. Most patent lawsuits today are filed by so-called”patent trolls” with no business outside of licensing, but the rare cases brought by operating companies can be uniquely threatening. With 2.4 billion in revenue and 14,000 employees, Gemalto was able tofund amajor legal attack, hiring top-tier patent lawyers from McKool Smith . “We are certainly disappointed by this judgment with regards to the scope of use of some of our intellectual property,” Olivier Piou, the company’s chief executive, said in a statement . The loss didn’t invalidate their patents, so it has “no impact on our historical patents licensing activity, nor on the Companys 2017 long-term objectives,” wrote Piou.
Original version, visit http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/digital-security-company-gemalto-loses-patent-fight-against-android/
Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini Android 4.4.2 KitKat Update Available for Sprint users
There is no telling what backdoors or spy software is installed by foreign governments to spy on US Citizens. Hell, the US Government could do it too! Sadly, it seems Android phones are being shipped pre-loaded with malware according to German security company G Data Software. Before you panic and throw your phone into a lake, please know that so far, this is only discovered to exist in Europe on what seems to be a clone of the popular Galaxy S4. In other words, if you are in the USAyou are probably safe — for now.
Original version, visit http://betanews.com/2014/06/17/android-smartphones-shipping-from-factory-with-malware/