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Developers have recently got S Voice, Voice Recognition System from Samsung, working on other Android smartphones. The system, which is very similar to Apple’s Siri, is intended for the Galaxy S III from Samsung.

The S Voice is easy to install, because it requires only one file installation in an apk format. It seems that Samsung has not integrated the voice control for Android with its own TouchWiz-skin. This quite different to HTC where a lot of HTC Sense apps do not work on other devices. Interestingly, the required apk file for S Voice was a leaked ROM for the Galaxy S III.

The S Voice system seems to work on many different devices: the only requirement would be that the device has an Android 4.0 operating system. However, the voice system software is sometimes unstable, as evidenced by several users first experiences using the program. Occasionally the S Voice crashed and you would have to restart the program.

By installing the apk file users will be accessing the S Voice software before the official release. The Samsung Galaxy S III will probably launch in various countries at the end of this month. Other than S Voice the next new Android flagship has other amazing features such as S Beam and WiFi for data transfer. For those of you that are more patient, just wait for the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S III to use the S Voice.

Sony has announced two new smartphones for the Japanese market. Both models feature a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor the S4, which is the more powerful successor of the S3 processor at currently powers Sony’s flagship Xperia S.

Although the devices are currently announced for the Japanese market, it is expected that these new Sony smartphones or variations of them will be seen in the market elsewhere in the world. The Xperia GX runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 processor, a dual-core processor based on Qualcomm’s new Krait core. The S4’s new micro-architecture is faster than the S3 Snapdragon processors, which are in the current flagship Xperia S’s. It is unclear what GPU is in the device and Sony has not announced whether it is the S4 or S4 Pro, two variants of the same SOC with different GPUs.

The GX is the first Sony Xperia smartphone with a 13 MP camera and this is new technology developed by the manufacturer. The camera has a feature to make better videos in dark conditions by adding a white subpixel. Also, in January, Sony announced sensor that supports HDR technology for videos.

The GX has a 4.6-inch screen with a resolution of 1280×720 pixels and is released with Android 4.0 with Sony’s own skin. It is also the first Xperia smartphone to be entirely capacitive or without physical buttons below the screen. The GX has the model number LT29i and was temporarily known under the code name Hayabusa. The Xperia SX offers largely the same specifications and features but has a smaller 3.7 “screen.