Meanwhile The Galaxy S4 Active and Galaxy S4 Zoom Leaks Alongside The Galaxy Mini

Specs for Samsung‘s two upcoming Galaxy S4 variants leaked online today. The waterproof Active and the Zoom, which features a 10x optical zoom, are both expected to debut on June 20th at a special event in London alongside the Galaxy S4 Mini.

Below is a list of various specs;

Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom will come equipped with:

4.3” 540x960px Super AMOLED display
1.6 GHz dual-core CPU, no LTE support
Android Jelly Bean OS
8 GB of built-in memory, micro-SD support
1.9mpx fron facing camera
16 megapixel main camera, with 10x Optical Zoom
Bluetooth 4.0LE, Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n, A-GPS
1900 mAh battery

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Galaxy S4 Active is a water and dust resistant version of the main Samsung flagship, with following specs:

5” Super AMOLED Full HD display
Quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 CPU
Adreno 320 GPU
2GB of RAM
Android 4.2 Jelly Bean OS
LTE support
16GB of built-in memory, microSD support
Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, NFC, IR blaster
2600 mAh battery

The invitation to it also said that there will be something Ativ there, as well. So we can expect at least one more Windows, or, most likely, Windows Phone device, too.

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Foxconn and Mozilla prepares to launch a Firefox OS device next month.

Foxconn and Mozilla have plans to launch a device based on the new mobile operating system Firefox OS. Both firms have partnered for this purpose, although they have not revealed details of the product.

The Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn is known for making devices for brands such as Apple, essentially making the assembly of products with different components from various sources. Although the Asian firm revenues are insured by the growing demand for mobile iPhone and tablet iPad, the fact is that the company seeks to diversify its activities.

In addition to manufacturing also Android OS devices, Foxconn now also manufacture products for Firefox OS.

The details of the agreement between Foxconn and Mozilla were not disclosed, nor the references to the device presented in early June, although some industry sources cited by Taiwan media suggest that it will be a tablet. In any case, with this announcement extends the range of devices that will be present Firefox OS, the mobile operating system introduced by the Mozilla Foundation in the last Mobile World Congress and whose first handsets were announced by ZTE.

Later the Spanish firm GeeksPhone was responsible for launching the smartphone OS Keon yPeak with Mozilla Firefox. It was last April, and the high demand for terminals available units sold out within hours of its release . Mozilla's effort to boost the system has moved the company to give developers terminals to promote the creation of applications and increase its attractiveness to users.

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Microsoft confirms Windows 8.1 public preview next month

Microsoft is to release a public preview of Windows 8.1 for anyone who has Windows 8 during BUILD 2013 in June. Head of Windows Engineering at Microsoft, Julie-Larson Green confirmed this today during the Wired Business Conference.


According to previous tips and leaks, Microsoft is close to completing what's believed to be the second internal milestone build, known as the Milestone Preview, of Windows Blue. Shortly after that, Microsoft is expected to make its one-and-only Windows Blue public preview available to consumers.

Earlier this week, Microsoft officials said to expect the company to make Windows Blue available by holiday 2013. I am still continuing to hear Microsoft is on track to release to manufacturing (RTM) Windows Blue by August 2013 or so.

Larson-Green emphasized -- like her Chief Financial Officer counterpart Tami Reller -- that Microsoft plans to be "principled but not stubborn" with coming modifications to the Blue update. Neither Larson-Green nor Reller promised that Microsoft would add back the Start Button to Windows Blue, but neither of them ruled out this possibility.


"The Start Button might be helpful," Larson-Green acknowledged during her remarks at the conference, and provide users with more of a "comfort level." She did note that the team has had "meaningful discussions" about bringing back the Start Button, but users shouldn't interpret that as meaning the old Start Menu would be coming back.

She noted that the Start Button today is basically hidden. "Some would like it showing up on the screen all the time," she said.

Source: ZDNet