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The long-awaited roll-out appears to have commenced, with lucky GS III owners in Poland being among the first to get an early official taste of Android 4.1.1. If you hadn’t heard, the update will bring a host of subtle yet powerful improvements, including Google Now for anticipating search queries, smooth UI improvements from Project Butter, as well as some Samsung extras already seen on the Galaxy Note II, such as a resizable Pop-up play screen. Hopefully this means the update will soon be sent on its merry way to GS IIIs in other parts of the Old World, and maybe at some point — dare we suggest it — those in the US too.

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First official Jelly Bean OTA update for the Samsung Galaxy S III lands in Poland originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Sep 2012 04:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Embracing AirPlay has usually involved a wholesale switch in hardware: years of speaker investment go out the window for the sake of skipping a wire. Onkyo doesn’t have a problem if you bring your own equipment to the fray. Its new DS-A5 docking station brings Apple’s WiFi media streaming to many home stereos, including those of rivals, as long as there’s a wired or 802.11g-capable wireless router to feed the connection. Naturally, there’s perks if you do live in an Onkyo universe — any link using its Remote Interactive cable can both wake the stereo through AirPlay as well as control the dock from a traditional remote. About the only oddities are the vintage composite video output and a 30-pin dock for charging iPads, iPhones and iPods, neither of which will be much help if you live on the cutting edge. Onkyo brings the DS-A5 to American shores in October for $199; that’s a lot to pay for playing songs from the couch, but it’s a sight more affordable than replacing home audio equipment costing multiple times that amount.

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Onkyo DS-A5 grafts AirPlay on to existing home stereos, docks older iOS gear originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Sep 2012 04:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Foxconn has frozen production at a Chinese facility after violence broke out and eventually escalated to involve around 2,000 workers, requiring police intervention to settle the dispute. Approximately 40 people were injured after what Foxconn describes as a “personal dispute” snowballed at the Taiyuan plant, the BBC reports, with Chinese state media claiming it had been “triggered by a conflict” involving workers and a restaurant owner.

Foxconn is helping police with investigations to narrow down the exact cause of the aggression, spokesperson Louis Woo told Bloomberg. The downtime at the plant is described as an opportunity for tensions to ease before work resumes. “We want to give people time to cool down” Woo said, denying that it had been triggered by work-related complaints. Photos taken on-site apparently show damage to buildings and other facilities [image via Bill Bishop] though Foxconn has not details what repairs must be made.

Although Foxconn counts Apple among its customers, and is responsible for manufacturing the iPhone 5, the company would not confirm whether production of the new smartphone would be affected by the facility’s closure. However, analysts have suggested that it is more likely to be a hub for producing Nintendo’s Wii and other devices.

According to local reports, the fight between rival groups of workers began at 11pm on Sunday evening outside a company-run dormitory. Foxconn security and police became involved, and the violence was subdued by around 3am, Woo claimed, with several people arrested. 79,000 people are employed overall at the Taiyuan plant.

Foxconn has come under prolonged investigation over concerns regarding working conditions and employee rights in recent months. The company passed a Fair Labor Association assessment, but was later embarrassed by an insider-exposé when a Chinese journalist reported damningly from within one factory having secretly found work there.

Foxconn freezes production after 2,000-strong brawl is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Sony announced three new external battery charger with the CP-F2L, CP-F1L and CF0ELSVP.
The two first models, the CP-F2L and CP-F1L are design-wise identical but come for the first model with a 7,000mAh internal battery as well as two USB port and one micro USB port, while the second model come however with a 3,500mAh internal battery and a single USB port alongside a micro USB one for a size of 70.4×128.1×9.4mm
The CF-ELSVP is in the other hand a more compact product with a size of …

PC-Koubou announced in Japan a new Android 4.0 Tablet with the LesanceTB A07A! This new 7” (WSVGA) tablet comes with an AMR Coretex A9 CPU at 1GHz and a ARM Mali-400 GPU alongside 1GB of RAM, 8GB of memory, WiFi BGN, MicroUSB, MicroSD, mini HDMI, a 3Mpix Camera in just 390g with a size of 190x120x11.6mm with 4.5h of battery life!
The LesanceTB A07A will be sold in Japan at the end of this week at around 11,980 Yen