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Acer Aspire Switch SW5 is a windows 8.1 tablet that comes with keyboard dock that lets you use it like a sleek laptop. It comes with a quad core SoC from Intel. Today we have its press photos which show how good-looking this tablet computer is.

Acer Aspire SW5 Switch Specifications

10.1-inch IPS display with 1366 x 768 pixels
Intel Atom “Bay Trail” quad-core SoC Z3745 with 1.33 GHz (Turbo Boost 1.83 GHz)
2 GB of RAM
64 GB internal memory + microSD card slot
2 megapixel cam
MicroHDMI-out
MicroUSB 2.0 port
N-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0
585 grams
8.9 mm thin

If you take a quick glance at the pictures you will notice the similarities to Lenovo Yoga tablets that also doubles as laptops. So you can also pick up the tablet part and attach the other way around for instance to use it in presentation mode.

Battery life is said to be 8 hours on a single charge but you would be able to double those runtimes with another internal battery present in keyboard dock.

Acer is really on the roll this year. In January the company launched Iconia W4-821 that was followed by A1 840 Android tablets. The company has also adopted Intel processors in all the tablets, be it Android or Windows 8.1 tablets. Now it is all set to launch Iconia A5-810 with 7.9 inch display and Octa core processor which is interestingly not powered by Intel.

Like recent yet-to-launched Acer tablets, the Acer A5-810 has also surfaced on GFXbench website which has spilled details on its specifications.

Acer Iconia A5-810 Specifications

* Mediatek MT8392 1.664 GHz processor
* Mali 450MP4 quad core GPU
* 2 gigabyte of RAM
* 7.9 inch WUXGA resolution (1920×1200 pixels)
* 5 mega pixel LED camera
* 16 gigabytes of flash storage
* Micro SD card slot
* 2 MP webcam
* Bluetooth, 802.11n Wi-Fi and GPS

This upcoming Acer tablet runs Mediatek MT8392 CPU that is manufactured using 28nm manufacturing process. The processor is backed by 2GB RAM that is fine enough for running Android 4.4.2 KitKat smoothly.

Samsung will be releasing Android 4.4.2 to forgotten Galaxy note 10.1 2012 users but if you cannot wait till then you can flash them today. First download all of these files to upgrade from Jelly bean to kitkat.

Continue reading “Galaxy Note 10.1 2012 Gets Android 4.4.2, thanks to XDA”

Folks at xda have provided download links of Android 4.4 Kitkat for the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2012 edition. Right now the users are stuck on the Android 4.1.2 jelly bean ROM. Note that this process will delete all data stored on your tablet so make sure to create a backup before proceeding.

First download ODIN from here. After that download all files provided by galaxy note news and store them on your computer.

BL :
BL_N8000XXUDND5.tar
http://www13.zippyshare.com/v/45313724/file.html

MODEM :
MODEM_N8000XXUDND2.tar
http://www64.zippyshare.com/v/59505193/file.html

CSC :
CSC_OXA_N8000OXADND5.tar :
CSC_OXA_N8000OXADND5.zip
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CSC_OXA_N8000OXADND5.z01
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CSC_OXA_N8000OXADND5.z02
http://www39.zippyshare.com/v/97261232/file.html

AP:
AP_N8000XXUDND5.tar :
AP_N8000XXUDND5.zip
http://www57.zippyshare.com/v/73873394/file.html
AP_N8000XXUDND5.z01
http://www3.zippyshare.com/v/46722430/file.html
AP_N8000XXUDND5.z02
http://www30.zippyshare.com/v/47884001/file.html
AP_N8000XXUDND5.z03
http://www32.zippyshare.com/v/39571794/file.html
AP_N8000XXUDND5.z04
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AP_N8000XXUDND5.z05
http://www69.zippyshare.com/v/78725952/file.html
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Then put your Galaxy Tab 10.1 2012 in download mode by pressing volume down + power button together for few seconds. Then connect it to your computer and start ODIN. Select them as shown in following screenshot.

Now click on start to flash. Give it some time as you are flashing an entirely new OS on to it.

Acer is working on yet another Android tablet, Iconia A2-810 even though it is yet to make the Acer B1-730 HD tablet official. A2-810 was discovered in a database benchmark on GFXbench website via which we came to know that it is powered by the Bay trail Intel Atom Z3745 quad core CPU.

Acer Iconia A2-810 specifications

Display: 8-inch display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels,
Processor: 4-core Intel Atom Z3745 (x86) with a clock frequency of 1862 MHz,
GPU: Intel HD Graphics Dedicated BayTrail,
RAM: 1 GB,
NAND memory: about 10 GB for the user (16 GB version)
Camera: 2 megapixel, video in Full HD 1080p
Camera: 4.7 (5) megapixel sensor, LED Illuminates LED, face detection, autofocus, touch focus
Communication: Bluetooth, GPS, WiFi,
System: Google Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean.

Pricing details are not yet known but we are pretty sure it will be priced between EUR 150-200. We will get more information on April 29 when Acer will be doing a massive launch to other tablets like Acer Iconia B1-730 HD, A1-840 along with many others including this one.

Most of us go for Cyberpower or Razer if we are looking for a gaming PC, but now Asus has a desktop PC with Nvidia or AMD add-in graphics that should easily give those brands a run for their money. The new comer is Asus M32 which while is not over powered does have all the ingredients to play almost any PC game out there.

Asus M32 Specifications

It comes with an Intel Core i7 processor and add in graphics card from Nvidia or AMD. Asus has not mentioned details about its RAM, storage and price though, however it has mentioned that it features:

Sonic Master audio technology
HDMI, USB 3.0
6 in 1 memory card reader
Asus Ai charger that charges your mobile devices 50 percent faster than normal USB ports

The company will be bundling 32 gigabytes of free web storage for 3 years.

A massive feature list for the upcoming Windows Phone 8.1.1 has been leaked by a Microsoft employee on reddit. The employee, microsoftly claims that he works for Microsoft and following features are on their bucket list.

* Interactive live tiles
* Lock screen applications will be built inside core system
* Features in Action Center
* Music controls in Action Center
* More detailed notifications in Action Center
* Dividing line in Action Center
* Application Games to be deleted and replaced with Xbox One application dealing with avatar, messages, remote and other features.
* Name to be decided YouTube application to be built completely with html 5 coding as requested by Google
* Instagram application to have DIRECT MESSAGING and better video uploading capabilities and camera fixes UI for camera to be tweaked with enhanced features from Nokia Camera application
* KIK Messenger to be finished in late June, overhauled design and html 5 support Skype with completely new design.
* Messages in bubbles and chat heads similar to Facebook messenger?
* Facebook messenger to have improved notifications, polished design and new set of fonts along with video chat, calling and improved emoji store
* OneNote to have many new features as Word.
* A possible merger Ability to set WordFlow’s guide line to accent invisible
* Give users choice to have invisible tiles on individual applications
* New lock screen gestures input and other unique, disclosed password input technique options
* Calculator upgrades to version 2 with more scientific features
* Month view drastically changed in design in calendar application
* Alarm application to feature a stopwatch, timer and splits
* Cortana to head out of beta
* Internet Explorer applications
* Give uses the choice to delete Podcasts application
* New voice memo application Backgrounds (Accent Colour 2)
* Store with wallpapers from featured applications
* Ability to favorite applications in store to better suggestions
* Unit converting applications
* Change colour of keyboard to black, white, gray, accent colour without changing background color
* Keep word suggestion bar hidden until something is typed
* Tiles to update as frequently as 30 seconds if feature is turned on by user or developer
* Music volume controls to be centered
* OneNote having abilities to use art tools
* Facebook application from official company
* Email/Outlook application to follow same design as computer base
* Photos will have description such as name, place and time

The ones that we will definitely we waiting for are music controls in Action Center; KIK messenger and direct messaging in Instagram.