Atrix is a great phone from motorola but you know it's too costly to try out the docks and guess what Fenny of xda developers has developed a new hack that modifies the phone's APK files and allows it to activate Webtop mode on standard HDMI cable.
That certainly is something. No need to go for the expensive dock as you can access the Atrix Webtop features on your TV or monitor with a bluetooth mouse and Keyboard ready. But ofcourse the phone should be rooted and deodexed to do this and it's not too difficult to do that.
Fenny's hack could make the laptop dock obsolete but you know what, the dock is something else. Eventhough expensive, it is razor thin. It also charges the Atrix phone while working in it. So you cannot completely write of the dock as of yet.
Nvidia on Mobile World Congress 2011 has announced a Quad-Core chip code named Kal-El. It contains four cores and delivers 5 times the CPU capacity of a Tegra 2 processor and 3 times the Graphic capacity. Well this is really exciting and interesting. They have announced that the chips should be available in tablets this August and in smartphones this Christmas.
It also has a 12 Core Nvidia Geforce GPU. Nvidia's new chip can handle 1440p videos at 2560x1660 pixel resolution. Well that's one heck of a media performance. Also they reported that it will consume less energy and provide more battery life. Because you can run four cores at low voltage and lesser clock speed than a single chip running at higher speed.
Nvidia hasn't said anything that whether the chip will be renamed Tegra 3 before the launch but this is the successor to the popular Tegra 2 chip.
Nvidia's sticking with the superhero names for the other upcoming chips as well. Kal-El is the Kryptonian name for Superman. The next chips in order will be called Wayne(Batman), Loagan(Wolverine) and Stark(Iron Man). They will be released in the next three consecutive years. And the Stark chip will have 75 times better capacity than the Nvidia Tegra 2 chip.
Also both Qualcomm and Freescale has promised to bring Dual Core chips to the market by the year end. So we will be seeing many Quad-Core devices by the year end.
Asus is said to be readying a Quad-Core tablet to be relased in 2011, with 3D availability. The CEO Jerry Chen hinted that the plan of the company is to ready a 3D Quad-Core tablet in 2011. The tablet is rumored to be made by the same company that made LG Optimus Pad. And it can be safely assumed that unless Google releases a new OS Asus will be sticking with the Honeycomb operating system.
Nvidia announced a Quad-Core chip earlier at the Mobile World Congress 2011 dubbed "Kal-El" for superman. That chip is said to be five times faster than the Nvidia Tegra 2 processor. Video quality will be 1440p double that of 1080p. Well that combined with the 3D display is going to make this a rocking media experience.
There is currently no word on the release or pricing of the product. But we expect to hear it soon. Stay tuned for more updates.
Well there have been many estimates and reports that tablets will shun the growth of laptops. According to the estimates with the better touch interface, great performance and much better user experience, tablets will be much more loved than a laptop. Obviously that might become just true.
Next year people are prone to buy more tablets than laptops. The PC share is also expected to grow less the next year compared to the last year. Also it is expected that Apple will still remain the leader in tablet market, with the current release of the new version of iPad, the iPad 2.
Immediately after the release of the iPad 2 they are said to take on 80% of the market share despite the release of a number of competitor tablets.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has earlier announced the successor to the iPad, the all new new iPad 2.
There have been major changes in the iPad 2. The first and foremost one is the A5 CPU. New chip with 1GHz dual core processor, which delivers 2 times CPU and a whopping 9 times Graphics capacity. Well that makes it great to play games on.
Well making the processor dual core has it's own advantages like you get a super cool phone with high end CPU performance. The core OS and all is still the same, but you would get a thundering speed increase and also the graphics is highly enhanced.
And the other thing with this is that it is thinner than the last version. The last iPad was 13.4mm thick and you know what they have reduced the thickness of the current version to just 8.8mm. Massive decrease in size. They also decreased the weight from nearly 1.53gm to just 1.3gm.
The earlier version of the iPad was criticized for it's weight and thickness. Now it's much more thin that it's great to hold it in your hand.
They also introduced a front VGA camera and rear primary camera capable of recording 720p videos. Also the former iPad lacked a gyroscope which has been included in this one, meaning much improved gaming experience.
Another thing is that you get both the black and white variants of iPad form day 1 onwards and the shipping starts from March 11. The price starts from 499$. Apple has announced they will provide both AT&T and Verizon models for the iPad 2.
Stephen Spielberg is supposed to make a movie on Wikileaks with dreamworks, his production company having bought the right of two books about the organisation and it's author Julian Assange. Wikileaks: Inside Julian Assange's war on secrecy, written by two journalists from the Gaurdain and Inside Wikileaks penned by one of Assange's former colleague.
Reports is that the movie will be a thriller and pacier than the real incident of Assange's run from the law. The movie will be more like David Fincher's Social Network about the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg. Like in that movie many incidents would be taken from various sources and some parts would be fictionalised. That would make it much more interesting to watch and there won't be any need to make a rights deal with Assange.
Social Networks success has made internet a hot topic of Hollywood and we can see a number of movies with the theme in recent years. But with Steven Spielberg at the helm and the story being that of wikileaks we can expect a great movie.
Asus has been demonstrating it's new PC based geture controlled technology. They are hoping to attract of potential gamers who spend less time or do not use consoles much. It's a primesense developed WAVI Xtion product.
Well PrimeSense is that company which collaborated with Microsoft on the development of first generation of Kinect for Xbox 360. WAVI stands for Wireless Audio Visula 'Interaction' transmitter and receiver. The Xtion asus's new product looks mostly like the kinect and is able to transmit user's motion from about 0.8 to 3.5 meter away.
"Connections to both PCs and TVs via wireless HDMI (WHDI technology) deliver smooth transfers of high definition content such as movies, games and photos in 5GHz with a range of up to 25 meters."
Initial software releases set to run on Asus' new gesture-tech include MayaFit Cardio Lite, a motion-sensing fitness training game and BeatBooster, "a multiplayer racing adventure game where users maneuver jet aircraft with their body movements."
PrimeSense CEO Inon Beracha said of the latest gesture tech: "Our collaboration with ASUS in providing a 3D sensing solution for WAVI Xtion proves to the industry that natural interaction technology is the ideal fit for living rooms, and that intuitive, gesture-based control will be the go-to route for operating all devices.
"We believe that PrimeSense solutions like the user interface used on ASUS' WAVI Xtion represent the future of the way people interact with consumer electronics, and help break down barriers of use to allow people to sync with the electronic world around them."
Asus is ready to sell games for it's new motion sensor technology via it's online store and is already making Xtion pro developer kit available for interested third party developers.
The details about the arrival and pricing is not out yet. Stay tuned for further updates.
A team of Korean researchers have produced flexible batteries, bendable energy sources that are at a time more powerful and cheaper than the rigid Lithium ion batteries. And unsurprisingly enough graphene is at the heart of the innovation. The rechargeable battery contains a vanadium oxide cathode, grown on a sheet of graphene paper, an unidentified seperator, and an anode made of lithium coated graphene.
According to the developers this battery sports higher energy and power density as well as better cycle life. Also one similar technology like this enlists the use of carbon nanotubes which is more costlier to make than graphene, and like everything else these technologies will also take years perhaps decades to get implemented. So bear on with the rigid lithium stuff.
Google bought a German security firm Zynamics, which was established in 2004 by security expert Thomas Dullien known in the Hacking community as "Halvar Flake".
Zynamics blog announce that, "We are pleased to announce that Zynamics has been acquired by Google!. If you are an existing cutomer and do not receive our email announcement within the next 48 hours, please contact us at info@zynamics.com. All press enquiries should be sent to press@google.com."
A Google representative commented that they are happy with the acquisition of Zynamics and hope that their skills and tools will help Google in tackling with malwares thus protecting Google users.
Developers at this GDC once again were showered with gadgets this month. They have been given free Motorola Xoom tablets, Chrome OS CR48 laptops and Google Nexus S phones. Last year it was Motorola Droid and Nexus one. Well all this absolutely free. Well Google is trying it's best to dish out more studios to join the Android Game Development platform.
Well seriously guys, most of you might have thought about going to attend the GCD. But for developers the experience they get at the conference matters and the free gadgets are only a part of it. They pay hundreds of dollars just to be here, and believe me just coming here for getting the free gadgets is not a good idea. If that's your motive I would say you go and buy these from the down here.
Sony Ericsson is gearing up for the release of a new and smarter Walkman phone or so the new poster says. Sony Ericsson is said to be gearing up for a 2011 new Walkman phone launch.
We don't know anything about it's specifics or features yet but, we could guess something based on the current trend. We could expect a Walkman phone with as usual great music quality, Bravia powered display and great cameras.
We don't even know whether this mystery handset will be of the xperia Android type. I suggest they go for a completely different feel this time for great music quality and all.
Light passing through walls, that's sounds like a science fiction right. Actually it does. Well if you count on lasers, it can. And also X-ray can see through suitcases and all in airports but this time Jochem Aulbach from FOM institute of Atomic and Molecular physics in Amsterdam, Germany has developed a new technology that allows scrambled light to pass through ultra thin layers of paint.
When light is passed through opaque materials it gets muddled and lost in space time continum. Aulbach and his crew used a Spatial light Modulator(SMT) to control a 64 femtosecond long laser pulse that's passed through a thin layer of paint. The light remains only long enough for machines to see and is recorded and send to a computer for calibration. With this new technology it might be possible to blast away the cancerous cells without damaging the surrounding healthy tissues.
I say if you are a Gmail user you would want to back up your data soon, cause as many as 500,000 gmail users have foung their account vanished into thin air. Not that it no longer exists. But everything in them has been reset. Many have reported that their inboxes with years worth of messages, chat logs, and all have been deleted. They get treated as a new user with the welcome messages from gmail as well. Google said that this bug affected only 0.19% of Gmail users and the Engineers are trying to fix the bug soon and the deleted emails will be restored. We will see if this was just a temporary glitch in their system or a long term failure.
Sources said that Apple may surprise everyone by releasing the iPad 2 quickly afterwards the march 2nd event. Reports suggested that Apple is coordinating several divisions indicative of shipping soon of the iPad 2.
This if happens will be a change from Apple as it's original iPad shipped ony 2 months after announcement and iPhones ships two to three weeks after announcement. It may have a much quicker turnaround due to iPad's indepence from carriers. An iPhone requires coordination from local networks and their own retailers, whereas iPad only needs to be shipped in the WiFi form.
There has been a lot of leaks rumors around this product. The main changes includin the dual core processor, slimmer body and lighter. Reports have suggested that iPad 2 will be built in carbon casing which would make it lighter than all the current tablets in the market. And Apple is expected to hold a minimum of 499$ for it's device.
Sony has announced that it developed a phone sized 17.7MP camera sensor. The sensor can process several pixel input parallel and about 75% less time to generate the final image. At 34.8 GigaBits it's about 5 times faster than a typical phone camera and can handle the Burst photography or high speed video.
The CMOS based Exmor sensor can shoot high resolution videos at 120FPS if the processor and the memory can handle it. Also an underlying technology prevents more battery drainage for that extra speed of the camera.
The exact usage time fot this tech is still not available and sony ericsson may use it in it's phones and point and shoot cameras. Sony is the best camera manufacturers in the world and may be supplying iPhone5 camera. But it is expected that it would only be an 8MP update.
Microsoft has announce the released of the new lifecam HD3000, which can capture 720p videos. And the really good part is that it costs only 39.95$. Nice right. I would say superb. Getting something this good from a great company at such a good price is really nice.
They also announced three mice. First and the best one being the Express mouse for 19.95$(above) which according to Microsoft has both the looks and moves. It's kinda funky looking and you can choose the offset color which ranges from "Hibiscus Red" to "Dahlia pink". But for those who do not like the funky design or the bright colors there is the comfort mouse 3000 for the same price, in a design which is not likely to stand out.
Or go for the Comfort mouse 6000(above) with just 10$ more. It gives ambidextrous pretenses with form fitting shape and five buttons. Well what to choose form lies with you.
The front bezel of what claims to be iPhone 5 was posted by iDealsChina. From the photo here it looks like iPhone 5 will have a larger 4inch screen. It will also have an edge to edge screen. That is the bezel(borders) will be thinner. Well then it will be a major improvement in the design if this comes out true.
iPhone 5 is said to feature the dual core processor as in iPad 2 due to. And with the screen size becoming larger is a major change. We may also see some change in the camera. Most probably it will become 8MP or higher.
Actually we will come to know of it this summer if Apple releases it this summer. Even that is a rumor. We are not sure about he release date of iPhone 4 but hope it will come soon. I will post about the latest updates, leaks and rumors about the iPhone 5. Stay tuned.....
Reports surfaced on Engadget that Apple won't be introducing the rumored retina display or the SD card as rumored earlier due to some engineering problems which caused the company to modify it's plans at the last minute.
There has been many rumors circulating ahead of the promised official release of Apple iPad2 that there will be retina display on iPad2 as in iPhone4.
Well considering that it's Apple that we are dealing with we cannot trust any of these rumors. Apple is one of the most secretive company in the world and rumors surrounding it prior to a big release will be many. But we will know the correct fact only when Apple announces it.
Expect we will be knowing about it soon at the apple event on Wednesday. Stay tuned.
Samsung galaxy s2 or the Samsung 4G the great successor to Samsung Galaxy S that was one of the pioneers in making the Android hot. And this one definitely lives up to it. It has a 4.27 inch capacitative touchscreen with 800x480 pixel super AMOLED plus display.
It has a 8MP primary camera on the back which can capture 1080p videos and a 2MP front camera. It's just 8.49mm thick, perhaps the slimmest phone to roll out. 0.02 mm slimmer than Sony Ericsson xperia Arc's thinnest point. And guess what, that's just amazing. It looks so ubercool and nice to hold in the hand despite it's large screen. I would say simply amazing.
And it would not be running on Nvidia's Tegra 2 processor but Samsung's own dual core chip, quite possibly the Exynos. And they have included 1GB of RAM. It run's on Samsung Android Gingerbread with the latest Touchwiz 4.0 by Samsung which makes it really special. They two make the user interface simply and the most refined custom Android skin to date. The phone is thin on one hand and other thing is that it has a large surface area, as screen to edge ratio is off the carts.
The game hub in the ROM has the potential to battle with sony playstation suite and allows game developers to bypass the download limit of Android market. The super AMOLED display is simply amazing. And also the UI interface is greatly resposive due to the dual core processor chops.
Samsung has that the phone will be released in Europe and Asia soon and the plans for North America were not yet told. Well we will have to wait a little more to know about that.
This is 7.7mm inch thick phone, and it will only be showing in japan. The pre-order date is March 4 2011 and this phone will be officially released in March 15 2011 and it will be running Android 2.2 Froyo.
It is a completely tiny phone which just weighs about 105g. The black and white models will also be out after the release of the silver edition in march. Display is 854x480 pixel dot LCD, with Gorilla glass technology. The phone is having infrared communication capability, a rod antenna and on the back a 5.1 megapixel camera. This camera also has the ability to take 720p videos.
Also it has the usual Bluetooth, WiFi and all. The battery is said to work for 360 hours on standby.
Mac OS Lion is expected to arrive at some point this summer, with Apple releasing a developer preview of the OS this week. Today the developers will be able to catch hold of the Lion if they are members of Apple's mac development program.
With the new multitouch gestures, full screen app control options and all Apple says that it took the best ideas from iPad and use it on Mac OS. We can also expect great features on the Mac OS such as mission control, Lauchpad etc over the coming months as we approach it's release.
While there is still time for the promised release developer's will have enough time to familiarize with the OS, and it's brand new features. The innovation brought about by iPad has influenced a lot in this new release. Stay in touch for the updates.
The new Galaxy Tab was officially announced at the Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona.
This version is called the Galaxy TAB 10.1 contrary to the rumors. It has as expected from it's name a 10.1 inch touchscreen with Android 3.0, Nvidia Tegra 2 dual core processor, will be available in 16GB or 32GB storage, with a front facing 2MP camera and 8MP rear camera with LED flash. This is all similar with the other tablets running vying around so far.
The o.4 inch thick TAB is lighter. Just 1.23 pounds, whereas iPad is 150 pounds and motorola xoom is 160 pounds. The tab is made up of plastic rather than metal and unlike the 7.1 inch tab it is not glossy at the rear part of the tab. The rear part is rather textured and grippy.
There are no buttons or designs up front to distinguish that it's samsung's. However there is a chrome circular logo of samsung at the back. The screen is 10.1 inch with 1280x800 pixel resolution TFT display. It's doesn't have the super AMOLED it still looks bright. However Samsung definitely dissapointed us there.
The TAB has a sim slot, a 3.5mm jack, and Samsung's propreitary charging cable. However there is no USB or HDMI cable. The rear 8MP camera can capture 1080p HD video and the front 2MP camera will give you good experience in using Google talk video calls.
The Android 3.0 running on it looked simply great. The usage of extra space by the android is simply great. The speed of the tab looks great and all. Well that is to be expected of Tegra2 processor. The dual core processor ensure full HD playback smoothly. The tablet supports gyroscope and accelerometer for motion gaming support.
So far everything looks exactly the same in the tablet as with the other smartphones except the lightweight design. If it puts up a competitive price then it samsung can expect it to stand out against the other tablets. And they haven't anything much about the price and the availability dates. Well I hope we don't have to wait much for it.
A Japanese site has posted pictures of what it claims to the new iPad 2 a week ahead of it's release.
The images shows that new iPad will be a lot slimmer than the current one and a little less round shaped. There is speaker grille shown at the back end and a apple logo printed at the back with the name iPad 2, which confirm that the product will be named that way.
There is a funny circle at the top left of the device and might be a back camera or some glitch in the prototype case.
The front predictably shows a front mounted camera in the center of the bezel which comes as a no surprise. This was expected to come inevitably.
This one might be just a discarded prototype or something like that of the iPad 2. well the secrets will be out next week. Stay tuned......
Apple has confirmed that it will launch the successor to it's iPad on march 2nd. This is great news that Apple will release the product in a week. Stay tuned for the updates on the day about the release and all.
I have now summarized from all the rumors and all what the iPad 2 would look like on it's release on march 2nd.
one of the main differences would be a front facing camera. This inevitably would be there as this was lacking in the first edition and was a reason for customers to complain about. Introducing a front camera would render the inevitable Facetime support.
The physical advantage of this iPad over the previous one would be it's weight. This one would be lighter and slimmer than the last one as iPad was criticized for it's weight. But the one thing that will get all the attention will be the display.
You can surely expect it to be improved. We can sometimes expect a Retina display. But then that will just simply blow away the competition. Making Retina display work in such a large screen would mean more pixels and more pixels would mean much lower battery life. Well that would not be impressive. But if Apple could manage the battery life, then it will be simply stunning.
The other thing is the processor. It is expected that Apple would make it Dual core as every key tablet in the market is running on dual core processors. Apple wouldn't want it's product to be inferior to any.
It is expected that iPad 2 processor design like Nvidia Tegra 2, will be based on ARM's A9 cortex 1GHz Dual Core processor which you will find in BlackBerry playbook. iPad 2 will also sport a three axis gyroscope like there is in iPhone 4 for better gaming experience. There are certain rumors that there will be a USB port or the new lightpeak technology in Macbook pro for importing photos and the like.
There are also rumors about them introducing expandable memory using SD card. Well if it happens it is good move from Apple's part.
We will know all about this on March 2nd. Stay tuned......
Sosche has already released a slim portable battery by the name goBat II. The goBat II contains 5000mAh rechargeable lithium ion battery with two USB recharge ports. One is a high performance port with 10watt(2.1A) port for heavy devices like iPad and 5watt(1A) port for devices like the iPhone. It also has USB adapter for charging samsung galaxy tab. That is it can charge both Android and iOS devices at the same time. It also works up with the company's revive charging app which will tell you how much time it will take to full charge your device with Sosche's chargers. It also sends in a email to notify you when the charge is full.
Apple has been planning to introduce a high speed connectivity technology, the lightpeak, which is to be called by Apple as the thunderbolt. An alleged picture of a 13inch Macbook pro hardware and the specifications show the introduction of not only hardware but also an input for a SDXC card. The specifics also suggests that the processor will not be accompanied by a discrete graphics card. You have to cope with the Intel onboard graphics.
The specifications are
-2.3GHz Core i5 Processor
-4 GB DDR3 @ 1333 MHz
-320 GB HDD
-13.3-inch display @ 1280x800 pixels
-Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 384 MB shared memory
-FaceTime high-definition camera
-Thunderbolt connector supporting High-Speed-E/A and MiniDisplay-Port devices
-SDXC, Firewire 800, and two USB 2.0 slots
-Backlit keyboard
-2.04kg weight
fsckblog as well Apple insider alleged to have received the leaked pics shown here at the same time. Apple is expected to release the new Macbook pros on Thursday and also is expected to hold a press meeting to introduce the light peak technology. Apple Macbook pros are also expected to enhance the laptops other than the jump to Intel's sandy bridge CPU's.
It is most likely that Apple will give the lightpeak technology it's own unique implementation and unique logo. And this will make the rumors srong about Ipad getting a new port is not just a video out.
It's the brand new pocket camera from Kodak featuring a 3 inch touchscreen with just one button for recording. A bit expensive one, it records 1080p resolution videos, 5MP still photos and image stabilization.
The menu buttons on this one is excellent, the screen is responsive and all the controls is placed within your reach. You would never find yourself not able to adjust the settings quickly. Also the auto light adjustment is just awesome. You will find that the camera adjusts very quickly when you move to light to dark. It also focuses on the face.
Thanko a Chines company has released a tiny HD camera in the shape of USB stick which can record 720p, 30FPS videos from a dress shirt's pocket. It stores the recordings into a microSD card expandable upto 32GB and has a 12MP CMOS sensor.
The videos are 30 minutes in total, and the built in battery takes three hours to charge. The USB cable and HDMI cable are include with this device and so can work as SD card reader as well. Also there are only five buttons for controlling the entire camrecoder.
Samsung has developed a chip new type of memory for mobile phones with ultra wide bandwidth for smartphones and tablets. The LPDDR2( Low Power Double Data Rate 2) RAM increases the bandwidth simply by increasing the number of pins on the chip 16 times larger from 32 to 512. This gives it 8 times higher memory capacity compare to normal mobile DDR memory.
Also samsung said that this innovation will reduce the power consumption by 87%. The advancement will first come in a 1 Gigabit(128MB) chip made on a 50 nanometer process. It is expected that Samsung will have the new memory module ready soon.
Samsung customers haven't been named apart, but Apple is expected to come as it is one of largest samsung customers for mobile memory for iPhone, iPad and iPod.
Apple on sunday confirmed that it will not be supplying Macbookpro to US for 3-5 buisiness days on the other hand where they had normally been shipping in 24 hours. Apple usually does this kind delaying in the case of new release. News is that Apple will be introducing on Tuesday or something and ready to have them selling the same day.
Apple will be upgrading Macbook pros in 10 months with better graphics and overall performance on 15-inch and 17-inch models. The 13-inch models may only get the intel graphics. Also Macbook air isn't expected to get new processes until June 2011.
Dell released it's XPS 14 laptops just only 4 months ago. According to an Engadget report, XPS 14 was already out of stock and won't be making a comeback. We wonder why, was it because the product was a disaster. No, I don't think so. Dell has assured that this one exceeded the sales expectations. This brings us a question, then why stop bringing it out.
Well according to their press release they said in fututre they will be bringing out light and thin products out. And this means we can expect XPS laptops getting thin. We could expect that Dell will probably bring some Adamo qualities into XPS brand. And that's gonna be cool. Stay tuned for further updates.
Apple is supposed to introduce a new high speed connection technology in it's upcoming Macs according to CNet's report. The most likely new technology would be a Light Peak which uses a common interface for anything you connect to a computer like scanners, printers, displays, external hard drive, and also apple products like iPhones, iPods etc.
It is supposed that the one that will contain Light Peak will be sometimes the Macbook Pro. Light Peak technology uses optic fibre technology for high speed connections and was previewed by Intel in 2009. Apple will not be using Optic fibres, but copper cable instead. And also the technology name will not be light peak but something else.
This is a high speed connection which can achieve transfer speeds of over 10 Gigabits per seconds in both directions. And this might be the supposed reason that Apple didn't upgrade it's hardware to USB 3.0. Intel originally said that the first Light Peak technology products would ship in the first week of 2011.
They have now just recently dropped on amazing product out on us. It's a clock radio with a 3.5 inch touchscreen in the middle with the ability to connect 12000 plus radio channels and 1500 plus "Web TV" channels.
You can also play media from your SD card slot or connect locally with a uPNP network. You can even view pictures in here. Well all these things would be pretty impressive if it's available at a moderate price and that sure will kill all the radio's out there. Don't consider buying it soon as that info is not out yet.
We were already hearing a lot about this product from the world's fourth largest phone manufactures, and wondering whether it will bring any difference to the Tablet market with the giant iPad and strong competitors like Motorola Xoom and all. Well the answer most probably will be known after it's release in march.
The LG Optimus Pad was announced at the MWC 2011 at Barcelona. If you want to describe it in one word it would be impressive. Even in this world of fierce competition this one will not go unnoticed. Running on Nvidia Tegra 2 1GHz Dual core processor, Android 3.0 platform, two HD recording capable 5MP cameras at the back.
The specialty of that camera is that it can also record 3D videos. And that's cool. This one does not support glasses free 3D like the Optimus 3D. But you can view 3D using glasses. It has an 8.9 inch capacitative touchscreen with HD playback(720p) cause the screen is WXGA 1280x768 pixels. And so it is guaranteed to provide you with great viewing experience. Also another great and superb feature of this tablet is it's 8.9 inch screen with a 15:9 aspect ratio. It is different from the iPad or the Galaxy Tab and I should say it scored a point there. It's easy to hold with one hand but does not compromise with viewer comfort or experience.
Running on the Android 3.0 platform gives it a great look and feeling. It seems different from the other tablets with Android 3.0. It looks great with the Honeycomb. Superb user experience. It has all the Honeycomb widgets, apps and also the Home screen properties, graphics and all.
Nokia's ambitious Symbian 3 device is coming soon. The first Symbian 3 device in the E series. This is touchscreen sliding qwerty phone like the Nokia n97 but purely business class phone and I would say this one is simply superb.
It's design is similar to the Nokia N8. Even the casing will be so much familiar as in N8. It has 4 inch AMOLED capacitative display. Has a resolution of 640x360 pixel, a little low in today's smartphone world with an Aspect ration of 16:9 nHD. This phone runs on the ARM 680 MHz CPU. I should say that Nokia must seriously consider it's position in the smartphone market.
Now it's the age of dual core chipsets and all delivering even glasses free 3D in phone. But Nokia delivering only a 680MHz processor in one of it's premier phones is a little disappointing actually. This phone has HDMI port also. The sliding qwerty is really superb.
With the keys arranged separately with a lot of space in between makes it easy for us to type. This one has an 8MP camera with dual LED flash. Well as it should have there is always the usual things like the Bluetooth, WiFi, 3G etc. I would say that the only notable difference from N8 and this one is that the 12MP camera with Xenon Flash has been reduced down to 8MP camera with dual LED flash.
Also with the flexible and new Symbian 3 OS, we could everything that we did in Nokia N8.
The phone was supposed to arrive in January 2011. But it didn't. Now the phone has been listed at the Indian retailer site Infibeam for 30,000 Rs as coming soon. Stay tuned for more updates.
Specifications:
- 4-inch AMOLED capacitive ClearBack display
- Aspect ratio of 16:9 nHD and 640 x 360 pixel resolution
- Symbian^3 OS
- ARM 11 680MHz CPU
- 16 GB storage, 256MB RAM, 1GB ROM
- GPRS/EDGE
- 3G (HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps)
- Full QWERTY keyboard
- 8MP camera with dual LED flash and 720p HD video recording
- Bluetooth (v3.0 with A2DP)
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
- A-GPS
- Mail for Exchange, Microsoft Communicator Mobile and support for Microsoft SharePoint Server
- IBM Lotus Mobile Connect
-Business Apps from Ovi Store
- F-Secure Anti-theft protection for remote lock, wipe and location of lost devices
- Free worldwide satellite car and walk navigation from Ovi Maps for 80 countries
- Dolby Digital Surround Sound
- HDMI Port
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Talk time of up to 9 hours on GSM/WCDMA
- 1200 mAh Li-Ion battery
Brace up guys. Cause it's gonna come. The much awaited, much looked out for Android Ice cream. And there are more good news following it. It's coming with the combined features of honeycomb and Gingerbread. Double the delight.
There have been rumors flying around that the next version of honeycomb will be called the Ice Cream Sandwich. Well confirmations are up that there's not gonna be a sandwich after Ice Cream. That way it's much better and more cleaner.
And now Google authorities have declared that Ice Cream will be built upon the good qualities of the both the Honeycomb and Gingerbread. The Action bar at the top of Honeycomb will be incorporated, whereas the systems bar at the bottom might not make the transition. And the holographic visual presentation of Honeycomb will be incorporated. Well that would be cool. Also there will be the multitasking app switcher which provides a snapshot of each app running.
With all these combined we will get one heck of a new operating system. Well I would say Android is marvelous.
Information has been released about the release of another Trojan on Android phones, named HongTouTou. This Trojan was only found on cracked versions of some apps in Chinese language sites over the internet. A special one was the popular game RoboDefense, which has been cracked and pirated all over the web. Only apk files of the game which has been tampered with were found to be affected whereas the market version was not.
This one sends your Device ID to a remote host, which returns a string of search engine URL data. Then it performs a background keyword searches for generating clicks on specific results. It's generated to use your phones to create click through counts and generate a bit of income for the people who created it. The Trojan is also able to download apk that can monitor your sms and enter keywords into the conversation.
The researchers at the Lookout said that their 'Android Security' suite has received an OTA update that protect's them HongTouTou.
So people look out for pirated products. They bring a lot of problems with itself. Why ask for that? Android Market is completely risk free. So don't go anywhere else for pirated versions and all. Remember guys, it's better to avoid these kinds of things if you love your phone that is.
When there is just one more day to go to the MWC at Barcelona, LG has unveiled its new Optimus 3D officially. Along with Optimus 3D they will also show off other devices like the Optimus 2X, Optimus Pad and all.
Optimus 3D smartphone has a dual core 1 GHz microprocessor and sports a 4.3 inch glasses free 3D display using dual lens camera that supports a 800x480 pixel resolution(480p). There was no news on the Android version running on LG Optimus 3D, but it is expected to be Android 2.2 Froyo, upgradeable to Gingerbread as in LG Optimus 2X and all.
This phone will also be capable of 3D recording with the help of those dual lens camera. Also LG uses 1GHz Dual-core OMAP4 processor along with dual memory architecture. Enabling it to carry 4 times more video decoders to power up the 3D display.
It has HDMI output as well as DLNA(Digital Living Network Alliance) certification for media transfer with compliant electronics. Updates will be out soon. Shall keep you informed.
Bad news for those in Australia looking forward to the nexus. It won't have the super AMOLED display that it should have, instead replacing it with super LCD.
Vodafone will be the one bringing the nexus S there, with them announcing lately that they will bring nexus S to 24 countries. Super AMOLED display appeared on the preview in Germany Vodafone site, so we will have to think that this change will be in effect in only certain areas. We will know about this soon enough.
Korean news site named Paran has published the leaked image of Galaxy S2 and a 10.1 inch honeycomb tablet. The phone will have these features according to them: Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 4.3-inch display, 1GHz dual-core processor, HSPA+, Bluetooth 3.0, and 802.11 a/b/g/n WiFi. Additionally they says that this new handset weighs 116g (4.09 ounces) and is 8.49mm thick, which is close to, if not the, thinnest smartphone device.
The Article also reports about a 10.1 Honeycomb Tablet with 1GHz dual core processor, 8MP camera with full HD(1080p) video recording and surround speakers. We can't yet be sure about this one though. But it is only a matter of time by which the news reaches out to the customers.
Images have already been out on the new Nokia Microsoft phone on Engadget. Well it's still only a concept and we will have to wait a little longer to get our hands on the real phone. Still it's wonderful. Nokia's hardware combines with Windows software. This is gonna be one heck of a treat for us.
We can except smartphones of look's of N8 or C7 in near future or perhaps an entirely differently product will be out soon. There won't be any compromise on the phone hardware quality as Nokia is already leader in that sector. The only thing is Windows Phone 7. Not many likes it and it is still inferior considering Android and iOS. Well we shall see about it soon.
Both companies executives and engineers should have been working on this project for a long time already now. The result and culmination of all that will decide the fate of both of these companies.
They have been suffering for quite a long time now. Nokia the market leader is now facing serious threats from rival competitors. Android only recently usurped Symbian's leadership in the smartphone sector. And that must have hurt Nokia much. With Apple, Samsung and all growing on the basis of Android and iOS, Nokia was going down. They needed to do something and that too fast to regain the lost ground.
As for the case for Microsoft, the software giant were not at all formidable competitors in the smartphone race with iOS and Android being the prominent players. Their Windows phone 7 was not loved by much and nor was it improving a lot. So they had to do something and that too fast to catch up with other market leaders.
And now this is perfect opportunity for both. A bit of a gamble from the looks of Nokia though. It should have been better for Nokia to go and join the Android bandwagon. Well they didn't and now they have to put a good show with the Microsoft. We all will have to wait and see what fate awaits them both.
I would to hear from you guys on this matter...........
HP has lauched the TouchPad it's first WebOS tablet. HP says the full experience of it's webOS platform was released in this tablet experience.
It has vibrant 9.7-inch diagonal flush capacitive multitouch display with 1024x768 display, virtual keyboard, instant-on access, support for Adobe Flash Player 10.1 beta in the browser and access to thousands of webOS applications.
It runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 1.2 GHz processor. You can select either the 32 GB version or the 16GB version. Contains WiFi AGPS and Bluetooth. Front facing 1.3 MP camera for video calling. Well these features combined with new and refined WebOS is guaranteed to give this device a true feel.
Now the question is whether this will be enough for HP to outshine the iPad. Or more or less it is now fighting with other potentially powerful competitors like Motorola Xoom running on the Android Honeycomb OS. We will have to wait and see.
Just watch the video to see the lauch of the TouchPad.
Nokia has atlast declared the historic alliance with Microsoft. Nokia will now be using Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system on it's future phones. Well atleast this bit was already expected. Now they have officially announced it after the three day meet.
Nokia and Microsoft has signed a mutually sharing deal between themselves. Well both are bound to benefit from one another's expertise in certain areas. Nokia has announced that the smartphone manufacturer will use windows as it's primary platform, that is including the usage of Mobile Office and Xbox Live. Bing will be the primary search engine and Microsoft adcentre will provide the mobile ads.
The apps and content from the Ovi Store will be subsumed into the Windows Phone Marketplace. Apps will have to be made with Microsoft's tools and won't work with Nokia's cross-platform Qt.
Nokia also said that Meego and Symbian are also in development. Meego will find itself as an open-source project dedicated to "longer-term market exploration of next-generation devices, platforms and user experiences." While Symbian to support an established ecosystem as it would be "leveraging previous investments."
It's actually like a gamble. Symbian is much more flexible whereas Windows Phone 7 is relatively more strict. This partnership could also thrust Microsoft into the upper echelons of smartphone market with Android and iOS. However it might not last if it's not updated soon.
Nokia is still the leading smartphone manufacturer although with a failing statistics. Symbian just only lost to Android in terms of number. Nokia's strong foot in the developing countries where Apple and RIM are just only establishing would be helpful to Microsoft.
There is currently no info about their combined Phone as of now. Will be out soon I suppose. And it better be good for both Nokia and Widows Phone platform.
You all know about Apple's retina display. Now it's been outshone. Hitachi has announced a 4.5 inch IPS LCD panel that fits 720p resolution display(1280x720) and that too with a 329 dpi, which is presumably higher than Apple's retina display. Hitachi also promises a 1,100:1 contrast ratio and 500 nits of brightness coming from an LED backlight.
Well this is gonna be one heck of a news. They are going to start mass production is to begin in this October. This basically means next years expo's are gonna be filled with phones of 720p resolution outshining even the invincible iPhone 4. Well we are sure to see about this soon.
This phone from Sony Ericsson is up. This is a reboot of the old Sony Ericsson Vivaz. This phone nearly is Vivaz with some slight modifications in the design. One thing you have to say is that Sony Ericsson's superb design quality is shown here also.
It's stylishly designed and has a rear 8MP camera capable of HD recording. Much like it's recent counterpart the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc.
It comes preloaded with the Android Gingerbread 2.3. Not much info is available on the other specs and all. Hope Sony Ericsson announces about this beauty soon enough.
AT&T strikes back at Verizon with their new ad. With the release of Verizon iPhone 4 this week it is a great move by AT&T.
It shows a guy getting a late night call to his iPhone 4 from his wife asking about her anniversary treat. And he surfs the internet at the same time while he calls to book a dinner.
Surfing the internet while attending the call will not be available at the Verizon iPhone and only AT&T provides it. Well this is a bold move by the AT&T to stop at least some customers from migrating and for new customers.
Some people might have been shaken by Motorola's price announcement. But now Motorola has launched it's AT&T Atrix add. They are not gonna let the price tag weigh the customers down, at least that's for sure. And AT&T is going to go ahead with this mammoth price tag of Atrix.
Motorola has announced that their Atrix Laptop dock will cost 499.99$. Well this much for a laptop which doesn't have anything other than a battery and some built in apps and does not work without the Motorola phone.
It can be bought with the phone right away and you will get some discount. So the phone will cost you 200$, the laptop dock 500$ with some discount and a two yearn data plan. This ought to amount to something highly expensive.
Who thought that something announced at the CES 2011, which was highly impressive then might cost you this much. You could get a netbook for 500$ or less which do need a phone to work. Or you could get an iPad for this price.
Well we will have to look at how many people will buy this thing with this price tag. We don't know, people might. This thing's highly popular before it's release and we will have to see how it scores of after it's release this year.
It has been rumored for a very long time that Nokia will be partnering up with Microsoft. With Stephen Elop behind the executive chairs it seems so likely. Now various reports(including Engadget's) have surfaced up that Nokia may announce it's strategic partnership with the Windows phone 7 this coming week. That is at the oncoming Mobile World Congress.
Will this be happening. Will nokia be adding windows phone 7 to its symbian and meego platforms. Or will it be dropping one platform to make way for windows. There have been previously many rumours about nokia joining hands with any of the existing mobile platforms, maybe Microsoft or Google's Android.
The most likely option is Windows. This will put Nokia on the same platform as Samsung, LG, Motorola, etc. Manufacturers not able to create or sustain their own mobile operating platforms but content with their hardware strength. Symbian has now become poorly outdated. In that regards I think Nokia is fighting a losing battle. With Android recently overtaking symbian's position as the market leader, Nokia is now placed in a position to do something and that too fast.
They don't have the necessary resources nor the time to go forth continuing their attempts at developing their own platform. So with all these factors under consideration we will be about to hear some mind shattering news next week at Barcelona.
Whatever is the decision any change will surely affect the whole smartphone market as Nokia is still the undefeated leader.
Samsung has updated its promotional website, www.samsungunpacked.com to announce the arrival of it's new Samsung Galaxy S2 or as we call it the next generation Galaxy S.
They have now released a new teaser video of Galaxy S2. It's worth watching.
This much awaited smartphone is going to be announced on Feb 13th at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Nothing much has been known about this phone yet. But we expect it to have all the uber cool features of the smartphones of this generation. Atleast that's for sure.
Expect the 4.3 inch super AMOLED screen with Gorilla Glass Technology, most probably 1280x720 pixels resolutions(Thats 720P). An 8MP camera with 1080p video recording.
It will surely be running on the Android 2.3 Gingerbread and also it will sport T-mobiles 4G network. It is rumoured to have a RAM of 1GB. The memory must surely be microSD expandable upto 32GB.
It's also tipped to have a 2GHz processor which might be samsung's own hummingbird chip. Connectivity includes WiFi b/g/n and Bluetooth 3.0. No pricing info has been available.
Looking at all this we can say one thing for sure. This successor of Galaxy S is gonna rock.
Reports have been leaked about an upcoming 3D phone from LG, which might be called the LG Optimus 3D. The leaked picture from Phandroid definitely shows that the device will sport a glasses free 3D screen like the one demonstrated at CES. LG was already planning to enter the 3D market. And this seems to be their flagship product.
It features a 4.3 inch display and will most probably contain a dual core processor and multichannel RAM powering up the 3D WVGA display. This product from LG will be announced at the Mobile World Congress and we will have to wait till then to get to know it further.
Introduced at CES 2011 this one from sony ericsson is a beauty in itself. 4.2" Sony's own super LCD screen with 480x854 pixels of resolution and LED back-lighting. And one more thing is that this beauty is slim. Just 0.34" (8.7mm) thin in the middle, which gradually becomes 0.39" (10mm) at both ends. And this arch makes it super stylish and comfortable to hold.
Also the Xperia Arc comes preloaded with the Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Well that's something to look out for. The thing is the 480x854 pixels of resolution. That's become old stuff with the Retina display of iPhone and now the qHD displays of some Motorola phones. What Sony has to stand in this area is the Reality Display. Backed up with its award winning Bravia Engine. It revs up the contrast or sharpness when it displays the photos or playing the videos.
This phone comes with a 512 MB ram and the 1 GHz scorpion processor from Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset. It has an internal memory of 8GB expandable upto 32 GB. It sports an 8MP camera with LED flash.
And trust me this phone is worth your interest. The thing that really sets this phone apart from its competitors is its arching design. Look out for it as it's so ubercool.
Now O2 UK has confirmed the availability of the Arc on April. They have not revealed any pricing info but the SIM free version will be available on about 459£. And also the phone is likely to be officially announced at the Mobile World Congress on February.
Franhofer Research institute has developed a new prototype of a pico projector which is only 6mm thick. This is now the world's slimmest ever. The projected image is said to be 10 times brighter than a pico projector of size would have previously been(if existed). The new prototype is made of 45 red, green or blue microlenses, each with a 200 x 200 pixel LCD, inspired by a microlens array called a fly's eye condenser. The resulting resolution is WVGA with 11 lumen's of brightness. The prototype will finally be out at nano-tech 2011 at Tokyo.
And this thin lens can surely be integrated into cell phones and we may be able to see cells with this projector soon.
The new angry birds Rio is up. And do you know what Rio is. It's a animation movie to be released by twentieth century fox. When Blu, a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota, meets the fiercely independent Jewel, he takes off on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro with this bird of his dreams. This is the theme of the movie.
And now Rovio has now combined with 20th century fox to release the movie based version of the Game with whole new 45 levels. This edition will also feature the characters from the upcoming movie. The difference in this edition is that instead of eggs now the birds itself are stolen and they have to fight to get themselves out. Watch the new trailer.
Today PayPal has made some amendments in its policy for indian users. They have sent out a 30 day notice to Indian users about the new guidelines.
These are the three amendments.
- PayPal won't let Indian users receive payments for more than $500 per transaction
- Indian Users won't be able to keep money in their PayPal account balance.
- Customers will have to link their Credit Card to their PayPal account for money to Indian PayPal account users.
PayPal has been under severe and strenuous pressure from the RBI and this amendment is now for PayPal to comply up to RBI guidelines.
The following email was sent to PayPal users.
Dear user,
As part of our commitment to provide a high level of customer service, we would like to give you a 30-day advance notice on changes to our user agreement for India.
With effect from 1 March 2011, you are required to comply with the requirements set out in the notification of the Reserve Bank of India governing the processing and settlement of export-related receipts facilitated by online payment gateways ("RBI Guidelines").
In order to comply with the RBI Guidelines, our user agreement in India will be amended for the following services as follows:
- Any balance in and all future payments into your PayPal account may not be used to buy goods or services and must be transferred to your bank account in India within 7 days from the receipt of confirmation from the buyer in respect of the goods or services; and
- Export-related payments for goods and services into your PayPal account may not exceed US$500 per transaction.
We seek your understanding as we continue to employ our best efforts to comply with the RBI Guidelines in a timely manner.
We regret any inconvenience caused to you and hope the advance notice will enable you to plan your future use of our services accordingly. For further information, click here.
If you have any questions, please contact PayPal customer support by logging into your PayPal account and clicking on 'contact us' at the bottom of the page. We sincerely thank you for your patience and continued support.
Sincerely,
The PayPal Team
For more info regarding this matter visit their site. Here is the link.
Well at least one thing is clear that RBI has made it much more difficult to Indian PayPal users.
Hey this one is a cool new video from Motorola on Atrix 4G. Well this is one powerful phone with powerful computing capabilities. For more details on this phone click here
T-Mobile has created a signup page for updates about the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S 4G. Do not expect any info of the phone on its visuals or price rates. The page do not even contain the ability to pre-order. Well it will provide you with status notifications of the release updates of the phone.
The phone will sport all the features of the Galaxy S with 4G, which will be extremely awesome. This is considered to be released on the coming Mobile World Congress 2011 at Barcelona. One thing certain about the phone will be that it is called Samsung Galaxy S 4G and not Vibrant 4G.
Motorola Xoom is now entitled to be released on February 17th at Best buy. And also prices has also been rumored to be around 800$. It will be released with a 32 GB internal storage. This is about 70$ more than the iPad which sells for 729$ for the 32 GB, 3G version.
Motorola has teased iPad as a big iPhone and said Xoom will be the next chapter in tablet revolution. This beauty runs on dual core tegra 2 processor. For the video click here.
And now this iPad competitor is going to be available at Best Buy at February 17th. The specialty retailer which holds about 19% of the market will now sell its 32 GB Xoom. The pricing info is still not available.
