In an official attempt to get some press, Samsung has taken apart one of their upcoming devices for all to see, instead of DIY site iFixit doing the deed. From the teardown, a 5.3-inch 1280×800-pixel HD Super AMOLED display is visible, the unspecified 1.5GHz dual-core processor (likely the Qualcomm Snapdragon S3), an 8 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash plus other the bits and parts like sensors, radios, and plastics. There’s also confirmation of an NFC antenna and a Wacom digitizer for its stylus (yes, the Galaxy Note can make use of an official Samsung stylus).
Via: Samsung Tomorrow
It’s thinner, lighter, stronger, and built to last longer — Corning Gorilla Glass 2. It will be displayed on some of the new devices being launched at the world’s largest tech trade show, and according to Corning, Gorilla Glass is used on 30 major brands and designed into more than 575 product models, spanning more than 500 million units worldwide. PR after the cut.
This is the Galaxy Nexus, the ultimate Android smartphone, in its GSM SIM card version (not the 4G LTE Verizon variant destined for the United States). And iFixit.com, the premier site on the web for taking apart ht newest gadgets and seeing what’s inside, has taken the liberty of doing exactly that with the Galaxy Nexus. You can see all at the source link. Via: 
For the first time, a 2nd-gen Sandy Bridge Intel Core i7 processor has an Extreme Edition. The specs include a six-core, 12-thread processing beast that breathes 3.3GHz of computational firecrackers. It supports four channels of DDR3 memory, has 15MB of L3 cache, and goes up to 3.9GHz using Turbo Boost (Intel’s automatic overclocking). The drawbacks include the need of a new socket, the LGA-2011, and a bulk price of $990 that will be well above $1,000 at retail, and a pretty large 130W TDP. In fact, 
So, yes. That “big announcement” by HTC CEO Peter Chou was blown to 
