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Hack enables Atrix to be connected using HDMI port

noreply@blogger.com (MEMNON ILA) — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 02:33:00 +0000

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 Quad-Core chip

noreply@blogger.com (MEMNON ILA) — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 18:13:00 +0000

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 Quad-Core Tablets

noreply@blogger.com (MEMNON ILA) — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 17:53:00 +0000

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.

Tablets to shun Laptops

noreply@blogger.com (MEMNON ILA) — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 17:19:00 +0000

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.

iPad 2

noreply@blogger.com (MEMNON ILA) — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 07:13:00 +0000

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.

Spielberg to make Wikileaks movie

noreply@blogger.com (MEMNON ILA) — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:39:00 +0000

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 with Kinect style gesture tech for PC

noreply@blogger.com (MEMNON ILA) — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:52:00 +0000

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.

Flexible batteries

noreply@blogger.com (MEMNON ILA) — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 07:53:00 +0000

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 buys security firm Zynamics

noreply@blogger.com (MEMNON ILA) — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 06:58:00 +0000

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.

Details of the deal were not disclosed.

Free Xooms, laptops and Nexus S

noreply@blogger.com (MEMNON ILA) — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 05:27:00 +0000

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 Walkman phone coming back

noreply@blogger.com (MEMNON ILA) — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:49:00 +0000

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.

Seeing through walls

noreply@blogger.com (MEMNON ILA) — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:34:00 +0000

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.

Google accidetly resetting accounts

noreply@blogger.com (MEMNON ILA) — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 01:33:00 +0000

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.

iPad 2 may be available immediately

noreply@blogger.com (MEMNON ILA) — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 09:48:00 +0000

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 prepares 17.7MP camera for phones

noreply@blogger.com (MEMNON ILA) — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 08:57:00 +0000

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 announce budget freindly HD webcam and some mice

noreply@blogger.com (MEMNON ILA) — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 08:37:00 +0000

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.

iPhone 5 to have larger screen

noreply@blogger.com (MEMNON ILA) — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 07:38:00 +0000

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.....

iPad 2 not to feature Retina display

noreply@blogger.com (MEMNON ILA) — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:34:00 +0000

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 S 4G

noreply@blogger.com (MEMNON ILA) — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:45:00 +0000

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.

MEDIAS E-04C 7.7MM

noreply@blogger.com (MEMNON ILA) — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:50:00 +0000

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 to Developers

noreply@blogger.com (MEMNON ILA) — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:22:00 +0000

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.

Samsung Galaxy TAB 10.1

noreply@blogger.com (MEMNON ILA) — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:47:00 +0000

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.

Slim bodied iPad 2 pics leak

noreply@blogger.com (MEMNON ILA) — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:13:00 +0000

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......

iPad 2 to be launched on 2nd March

noreply@blogger.com (MEMNON ILA) — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:57:00 +0000

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......

Firefox 4 Beta 5 for Android out

noreply@blogger.com (MEMNON ILA) — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:44:00 +0000

Firefox 4 Beta 5 is now available at the Android market for download. There are some improvements in the overall working of the browser like.

- Increased response to panning and zooming
- Increased JavaScript performance
- Faster startup and page load times
- Increased stability

You all should test it out to know much more about it. I would like to hear about your opinions of the browser.