Apple iPhone owners need to know there’s a new kid in town - and there’s a reason why the Samsung Galaxy S2 won the best smartphone award at the Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona. Specs wise, the Samsung Galaxy S2 is better equipped and a comparison of the two phones can be found at the table below.

Check out the video comparison of the Apple iPhone 4S against the Samsung Galaxy S2 by PocketNow after the break. Various unofficial speed testings where done on both phones to compare the performance.

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Samsung has signed a deal with Norton to provide Samsung Galaxy phones with 90 days of Norton Mobile Security subscription and this include a feature that is similar to Find My iPhone as well as malware protection. The Norton security package is available from the Samsung Apps hub on all Galaxy handsets.

Android is probably far more at risk from viruses than any other mobile operation system and users can try out the Norton Mobile Security for 90 days and buy an annual license for $29.99 if they want the protection for their phone.

Via: SammyHub

Prepare to view a lengthy video from NASA astronaut Don Petit as he explain some of the physics of how the angry birds can launch an assault on the pigs in space from the International Space Station. If you are more interested in the gameplay footage feel free to forward to the 3 minute mark.

Angry Birds Space is coming out this March 22nd and gamers worldwide will indulge in catapulting angry birds against the evil pigs. Featuring 60 levels at launch expect also more free levels from Rovio as well as in-app purchases. The new gameplay footage sees a number of new gameplay elements which most of them are centered around the different gravity physics in space.

It will be interesting to see how the gameplay of Angry Birds Space would turn out this March 22nd. In the meantime check out the gameplay footage after the break.

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Angry Birds Space is the next big release for Rovio and will be available on March 22 for iOS, Android, Mac and PC and launching together with the Samsung Galaxy Note in the US which will also receive exclusive content. The game will feature 60 levels at launch starring new birds and using a variety of gravitational tricks which is different from the conventional Angry Birds game. There will also be free updates in the future as well as in-app purchases for the iOS.

If you are excited about Angry Birds Space check out the rest of the gameplay screenshots after the break.

Via: Kotaku

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Rumor has it that Google’s $199 7-inch Nexus Tablet will be made by ASUS using the Tegra 3 quad-core processor. However even the hardware is not verified yet - whether there is going to be a Google Nexus Tablet in the first place is still very much not yet been concreted. News has it that Google partnered with ASUS to produce the Nexus Tablet which will enter production in April and ships around June.

ASUS is no stranger to tablets as their MeMo 370T tablet won several best of show awards and sources has it that Google was so impressed with the device that they approached ASUS to see if a partnership was viable with a $199 tag tablet. Cheap tablets sell well as demonstrated by the Amazon Kindle and Google is set to enter the lower end tablet market if the rumor is true.

With the announcement of the new iPad by Apple, it will be hard to see Apple being toppled as the dominating tablet seller currently in the market.

Via: Android And Me

Mobile World Congress 2012 may be over but one can’t get enough of the pletora of technology and gadgets showcased at the event. Samsung had a great showing with its Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, Galaxy Note, Galaxy Beam and even won ‘Device Manufacturer of the Year’ at the Global Mobile Award Winners 2012. Best phone award goes to the Samsung Galaxy S2 which recently hit 20 million in sales and was named the best smartphone. The Samsung Galaxy S2 outperforms its Android rivals and demonstrated the maturity of the ecosystem.

Take a revisit of this Samsung’s showing at this year’s Mobile World Congress with the highlights video after the break.

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The Optimus L3 is one of the phones announced at the Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona and it is the smallest of the L-series. Targeting the middle to lower-end market, the Optimus L3 will debut in Europe later March and later with the Asian and American releases to follow.

Specs of the phone include a 3.2 inch LCD display running at 320×240 pixels, powered by 800Mhz single-core processor, runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread and 3.2 megapixel rear camera. No news in regards to the pricing of the Optimus L3 and no indicative release date yet for Optimus L5 and L7, the more powerful phones in the L-series.

Via: Android Community

The HTC One X is the high end device from HTC which was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress 2012 which sports a 4.7 inch screen 720p resolution powered with 1.5GHz quad-core Nvidia processor, 8 megapixel rear camera, 1.3 megapixel front camera and integrates with BeatsAudio. For those who wants performance out of their mobile device, the quad core processor will provide lightning fast web browsing, great gaming experience and remarkable picture quality.

The hands-on video from Android HD checks out the large screen, iconic design, sound experience and camera/video capture of the HTC One X. Check it out after the jump to see what the top premium mobile device from HTC has to offer.

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HTML5 technology will be adopted by many sites and applications in replacement of Adobe’s Flash on mobile since Apple is not giving support to Flash technology. Report from mobile-gaming company Spaceport has indicate that the Apple iOS platforms renders HTML5 significantly faster than main rival Android. When HTML5 becomes mainstream, the performance criteria could be one of the important factors to consider while choosing a certain platform.

The report currently rates the iPad 2 as the fastest device on the market for HTML5 based games. The performance test is done on browsers on the different mobile devices from the respective platforms. For comparison statistics, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 can show 65 images moving simultaneously on the screen at 30 frames per second, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus running on Ice Cream Sandwich can show 147, iPhone 4S on iOS 5 can show 252 images while the winner of the report, iPad 2 on iOS 5 can handle 327.

HTML5 will be improved with each OS iteration as tests on previous version of iPhone, the 3GS could only handle 53 images. Of course, the processor will be a key factor as well in terms of how HTML5 perform on different devices. HTML5 adoption in mobile devices will expand in the next few years and we should see more improvements to HTM5 performance.

Via: Mobile Tech Today

Right, we had the Galaxy Note - a hybrid tablet smartphone that features a 5.3 inch screen, Galaxy Beam - a phone that projects out 50 inch images and video and now Samsung has just announced another new Galaxy device - the Samsung Galaxy Pocket. This is the cheapest Galaxy yet and geared towards the mid to low end market.

Specs for the Samsung Galaxy Beam includes a 2.8 inch screen with resolution of 320 x 240 pixels, runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread and TouchWiz, 2 megapixel rear camera, 832MHz processor, 3GB of storage, 3G and Wifi connectivity and Bluetooth 3.0.

It is slated to launch in Italy sometimes this month with the rest of Europe to follow soon. Pricing has been set as 1200 SEK in Sweden ($175). 130 EUR in Finland ($170). 1199 NOK in Norway ($215). It’s expected to land in those three countries in April. Samsung is covering many different markets and it will be interesting to see how Samsung fare in market share in the near future.

Via: IntoMobile