I will not write the whole technical specifications. You can go to GSM Arena, and read the details. About the camera, it’s equipped with 5 MP. I have to say that the photo quality is not bad at all. When I look at photos taken using BlackBerry, I usually didn’t expect much on the quality. On this Monza, I’m really impressed. It’s really good.

Here are some photos taken using BlackBerry Torch 9860. All photos are directly uploaded to Flickr without any extra editing processes.

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That’s right, Facebook acquires Instagram for $1 Billion in cash and stock.

Here are some points regarding this acquisition (from what Mark Zuckerberg) wrote:

• “We plan on keeping features like the ability to post to other social networks, the ability to not share your Instagrams on Facebook if you want, and the ability to have followers and follow people separately from your friends on Facebook.”
• “At the same time, we will try to help Instagram continue to grow by using Facebook’s strong engineering team and infrastructure.”
• “This is an important milestone for Facebook because it’s the first time we’ve ever acquired a product and company with so many users. We don’t plan on doing many more of these, if any at all.”

Just for another reading: Google acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion in November 2006. And, here are some numbers about Instagram (Source: AllThingsD):

• 430K+ on its Android waiting list
• 30 million+ registered users
• 1 billion+ photos uploaded
• 5 million+ photos per day
• 575 likes per second
• 81 comments per second

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Soekarno-Hatta skrg ada di nomor 12 airport tersibuk di dunia, mengalahkan Changi, Dubai, Amsterdam dan New York JFK! twitpic.com/979qng

— Nugraha Sang Surya (@NNugie) April 8, 2012

Got the tweet from Daniel Giovanni (@qronoz), and I spent my time exploring the statistics at Wikipedia about World’s busiest airports by passenger traffic. Some interesting numbers there. According to the statistics in 2011, Soekarno-Hatta was ranked as the 12th busiest airport (by passanger traffic) in the world after Hong Kong International Airport and Denver International Airport. It’s bussier than John F. Kennedy International Airport and Singapore Changi Airport.

Still according to Wikipedia, “a passenger” is described as:

“someone who arrives in, departs from, or transfers through the airport on a given day”.

Seeing from the figure, I think Soekarno-Hatta might be on the top 10 list in 2012. Or, probably in 2013. Of course, there are some other factors involved, but let’s look closer on some facts about Soekarno-Hatta airport:

• Soekarno-Hatta began to operate in 1985. The current operator is PT Angkasa Pura II, anyway.
• Currently, there are 3 terminals (Terminal 1, Terminal 2, and Terminal 3). According to the plan, Terminal 4 will be build in 2013. In total, there are 45 gates.
• By passenger traffic, here are some statistics:
  • In 2008, it was ranked number 36
  • In 2009, it was ranked number 22
  • In 2010, it was ranked number 16
  • In 2011, it was ranked number 12 (19.3% change from the previous year, with the total passengers of 52,446,618). Compared to the other 29 airports on the list, Soekarno-Hatta had the biggest growth followed by Atatürk International Airport of Turkey (16.3%)

So, what do you think about the statistics in 2012?

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1. Generating a feed of stories personalized for members of a social network (U.S. Patent No. 7,827,208)
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10. System for controlled distribution of user profiles over a network (U.S. Patent No. 8,150,913)

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I like the way WordPress greets me with useful information. You will get information about new features. You know what your WordPress installation can do. Nice.

I need some more steps to upgrade since my blog is a network-blog. It took only few extra clicks. When I go to post creation page, I got a tiny  tooltip telling an information about what I can get from this installation. The media uploader is improved now. It’s drag-and-drop now. If you have problem, you can still use the basic uploader. And, it also supports additional files (.rar and .7z).

This release is also great for those who wants to start blogging using WordPress because “Help” provides more details about the current page — yes, it’s depending on the context.

If you want to read all details about this WordPress 3.3, go to WordPress Codex. For me, these are some to highlight:

• Drag-and-Drop Media Uploader
• Post-update About screen — After upgrading, you know what the new features are.
• When inserting a Gallery to be ordered by Date/Time use the post_date field for ordering rather than ID

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I’m not considering the installation process as something difficult. Yes, it’s not like the regular installation procedures. It’s my first-time experience too. So far, everything works without any issue at the moment. For Opera Mobile installation, I just follow the installation tutorial from Nokia N9 Fans Club. It’s an unofficial site, not maintained by Nokia.

This is how Opera Mobile looks like on my Nokia N9.

Now, let me share a bit about how I installed Opera Mobile. Anyway, my N9 is running MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan with software version PR1.1 (20.2011.40-2_PR_005). And, if you’re not familiar with command line, you can continue reading.

Installation

First, you need to turn Developer mode on by going to “Settings” > “Security” > “Developer mode”. I have done something in Developer mode when I fixed the Twitter app issue about two weeks ago. Don’t worry, it’s safe. :)

Since it’s not officially supported by Opera, you need to download from another source. I downloaded the installation file from My-Meego.com website. You can download directly from your N9 browser, or  from your laptop/PC and transfer it to your phone. I downloaded directly from my phone. It’s around 12 MB.

So, where’s the file? You can find it under /home/user/MyDocs/Downloads/. Its file name is: operamobile_11.11.00-1_armel.deb. It might be different when the new release is available. You can check using application like File Manager or Filebox. You can not install it directly by double-tapping (or opening) the file.

Go to Application screen and open Terminal. You need to work as “root” to get permission to install. By default you’re logged-in as “user”. On the Terminal screen, type “devel-su” (without quotes) and press the Enter button. You will be asked for a password. The default password is “rootme” (without quotes), and press Enter button again.

Great, you’re now working as “root”. (See screenshot)

You need to your Download folder by typing: cd /home/user/MyDocs/Download/ on your Terminal screen, and hit the Enter button.

If you want to see list of files in the directory, just run ls -l and you should see operamobile_11.11.00-1_armel.deb there.

You are ready to install it now.

Type this command: dpkg -i operamobile_11.11.00-1_armel.deb and hit the Enter button. If you’re too lazy to write down the file name, just type dpkg -i opera and hit the “Tab” button there to complete the file name. The installation process only took few  seconds.

When it’s done, you can close the Terminal by typing exit or swiping the screen down. Easy.

Other notes

About your User Agent, it will be detected as: “Opera/9.80 (linux armv71; Opera Mobi/10; U; en) Presto/2.7.81 Version/11.00″.

By having Opera Mobile installed, you can expect to have another browsing experience. Opera Mobile offers some great features. Go to Opera website for detailed features. It’s not yet officially available, but it’s running great. On Nokia N9, it only offers a landscape view — no portrait view. The menu button on the bottom right is a little bit not responsive. Sometime it’s slow to open. I tried to browse some websites, and I have a pleasant browsing experiment.

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After using some different cameras (DSLR and phone camera), I think  this year I spend more time using mobile phone, not the DSLR. Sometime, I almost forgot that I still have Canon 450D. After having Nokia N9 in my hands, I wanted to test its camera features, just like what I did with my previous Nokia N8.

Nokia N9 does not have the best camera specifications compared to other mobile phone products (with camera). But, for a mobile photography, the photo quality is pretty good. Let’s look at Nokia N9 camera specifications:

• 8 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics
• Wide-angle lens, true 16:9 imaging
• Large lens aperture F2.2 for better and faster photos in low light conditions
• Dual LED flash
• Digital shutter, continuous autofocus, touch-to-focus and exposure lock
• Focal length: 3.77mm / 28mm, F number/Aperture: F2.2
• Still images file format: JPEG/EXIF/XMP
• Digital zoom up to 4x for still images and video

Now, let’s see how some photos taken using Nokia N9. These photos are not edited at all. Nokia N9 has also a simple photo editor to crop, rotate, brightness, and contrast, etc. I only captured some photos, and send to Flickr directly from the phone using built-in upload to Flickr feature.

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Is it problem-free app? I thought so, until I got a problem: I can’t connect to Twitter using this app. I was not sure when the problem occurred for the first time. I did played with my phone (installing apps, downloading musics, adjusting settings, and including working from the command line). When an update was available, I also upgraded.

Added later: I was not sure what caused this problem. When I signed-in for the first time, everything worked without any issues. I deleted my Twitter account from the app, and tried to add it again. I forgot when I did this for sure, before or after installing the firmware update. It  was optional, but I decided to upgrade.

At first, I was not sure about the problem. Is it my phone, or the internet connection I was using. I switched to some different connections, but it didn’t solve my problem. When I tapped the “Sign In” button, it said: “Can’t connect to Twitter”.

So, I searched for a solution. And, I got one. It’s probably something too technical, but the instruction is easy to understand. According to the forum thread, here are some steps to fix the problem — I’m using Software Version: PR1.1 (20.2011.40-2_PR_005):

• Activate “Developer mode” by going to: Settings > Security > Developer mode. It’s OFF by default. Turn it ON.
• After having it activated, you will find a “Terminal” app button under application menu.
• Open it and you need to execute these commands (one command per line):
  • gconftool --recursive-unset /system/http_proxy
  • gconftool --recursive-unset /system/proxy
  • gconftool --recursive-unset /system/osso

You may close your Terminal.

Those commands will wipe your active connection settings (bluetooth and internet data). But, it’s not a problem as I can add/manage connection settings easily. Problem fixed. Great.

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KUMI — Mozilla Indonesia mascot — celebrates by wearing Bung Tomo’s famous outfit. Bung Tomo is revolutionary leader in the 1945 battle. To remind you a bit about Kumi, it was firstly introduced on September 27, 2010 in Jakarta, Indonesia during Mozilla Indonesia Community Meetup. I think KUMI looks cute here.

According to Mozilla Indonesia’s blog, KUMI is also available in various traditional costumes like Bali, Sunda, Yogyakarta, Madura, Minahasa, Makassar, Kupang, Ambon, Papua and more. Here are some other KUMI’s outfits.

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