Engineering samples of Intel Core i7 Haswell E chipsets have emerged online, and according to the sources, it will be a 22 nm chip. It will be successor to the X79 chipset, which is current top-of-the-line chip. Release date of Core i7 Haswell-E is Q3 2014.
Popular laptop maker, Clevo has leaked details of upcoming mobile Nvidia GeForce GPUs. This includes GTX 880M, 870M, 860M and 860M MXM modules. While concrete specifications are not yet available, we do know that these GPU units are based on Maxwell architecture. This ‘base’ is also being used in GeForce 800-series used in desktops.
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Microsoft is willing to offer up to 1 billion dollars to Samsung for making more Windows Phones. This rumor comes from Eldar, who owns popular site, mobile-review.com. Here is his tweet.
Another “good” news from Microsoft – company negotiate with Samsung and offer 1 billion support if vendor will produce Windows Phone devices.
After Microsoft buys Nokia, it would want the biggest Android OEM, Samsung to put some more resources in WP ecosystem and churn out some more devices that run MS’ mobile OS.
While Samsung is already said to be working on a new WP phone, $1 billion could make it release a lot more devices in 2014.
Nokia now owns more than 90 percent of the WP market, and MS would definitely want more players to get serious about its fast growing OS. It would be interesting to see how MS-Sammy deal fares out.
Chinese manufacture, Haier is now selling a 10 inch windows 8 tablet with detachable keyboard. It is powered by Intel Atom Z3740D bay trail processor. Specs include 10.1 inch display, 1280×800 pixel resolution, 2GB of RAM, 64GB of flash storage and 2 megapixel front facing camera, HDMI, USB and 802.11n Wi-Fi.
HP has updated its business ultrabook laptop, Elitebook Folio 9470m and has swapped it with Eitebook 1040, which is mere 0.62 inches thick and weighs mere 3.3 pounds. The new laptop has rugged case, and is shock and vibration resistant. The HP EliteBook 1040 is also resistant to extreme heat and cold. Specs and price of HP EliteBook 1040 are given below.
Thanks to kind folks at XDA, the Samsung galaxy core users can have multi window functionality on their phones. All you have to do is get the multiwindow.apk file from here; put it on the root folder of your phone; reboot to cwm recovery; install my zip from SD card and install it on your phone.
To use multi window on the phone, there is need to have root access, as well as CWM recovery, and can be used on any deodexed Galaxy Core ROM.
Some time back, folks at Cooler Master churned out Silencio 352 and 652, and today the company has released Silencio 452. The model has received a new shell which feels more sturdy and now has soundproof foam pads to minimize the noise levels. To further tone them down, it comes with rubber feet to dampen vibrations and two silent fans as well. Specs and price of Silencio 452 are given below.
For many reasons, you might require a deodexed, zipaligned and debloated ROM for your Samsung galaxy core. The ROM is plain stock, and does not have any bloatware, and is deodexed, and zipaligned. To install, follow these steps. Just make sure to backup your data before proceeding.
1. Download the ROM from here and power off your phone.
2. Boot into CWM recovery by pressing home+power+volume up
3. Select wipe data / factory reset
4. Select wipe cache
5. Flash the zip
6. Do steps 3-4 again.
To do any sort of modding on your Samsung galaxy core, you will need to download and install CWM clockworkmod recovery. While with the stock recovery, you can wipe your phone, clear cache, with the CWM recovery, you can install custom ROMs, make Nandroid backup and even partition your SD card.
First, you will to install Galaxy Core Drivers on your computer. Download them from here. To get CWM recovery, you will need ODIN (download link) and CWM file (download link).
Before you proceed, ensure that, you have 30 percent or more battery. Copy Recovery.tar File In ODIN Folder. Open settings on your phone and go tot developer options > tick USB Debugging. Now, turn off your phone.
Now, go into download mode. You can do that by pressing and holding the Volume Down + Home Key + Power Key. Do that for few seconds until download screen comes up. Press Volume Up key to proceed.
Connect your phone via USB cable and open ODIN. Click on PDA button and select recovery.tar file. Press the start button to start the process. It should display pass.
Samsung Galaxy Core users get only 8GB of flash storage, out of which only 4GB is available to the user. While you can use micro SD card to expand storage, only internal storage is used for storing apps. Here is a guide on how make everything store on external micro SD card.
1. First root your Samsung Galaxy Core by following step by step instructions from here.
2. Now, download external2internal app from Play store.
3. Start external2internal app and grant it root access. Tick send rescan and use per default options.
4. Then press Original Mounting Point And Change To ‘storage/sdcard0’.
5. Now, select original External Mounting Point And Change To ‘storage/ExtSdCard’.
6. Tap Ext.Sdcard Device Access and Change The Value From 179:49 to 179:33.
7. Now press back button and tick, At Boot Option and select External>Internal.
8. Wait for some time and reboot your Samsung Galaxy Core.
If still no success, go to external2internal app again Press External>Internal.
