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Samsung Galaxy S II [AT&T] Ice Cream Sandwich alpha build hands-on

noreply@blogger.com (Pangeran Berkuda Putih) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:51:00 +0000

Now that Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is out in the wild and the source is available to all we are starting to see a few ICS ROM’s appearing for select handsets. This is not a port from the SDK but a ROM built and modified right from the source code. What I have for you today is the highly popular Samsung Galaxy S II running the latest and greatest 4.0 ICS from Google. Remember this is very much an alpha build and not remotely close to being finished — but it’s still fun to use and enjoy as well as show all of you.

Being very much an alpha build many things currently aren’t working, especially those needing a data or internet connection. We have no WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC and the camera has issues. Obviously this will all get worked out and one day soon become a completely smooth and stable ROM for daily use. From what we are seeing so quickly, this will indeed be one blazing fast ROM as it already is and it’s no where near being complete.

Most of what you’re about to see in our video has been covered in-depth already in our ICS 4.0 hands-on, and our Galaxy Nexus hands-on but I’m sure many SGSII users will thoroughly enjoy the video below. What does it show you? Obviously we all knew that ROM’s would be coming soon, and that the Galaxy S II line will be getting updated to ICS eventually from Samsung — but this video shows you just how amazingly fast and smooth most of the things that are currently working actually are. And what we can expect to see in the future. GPU rendering works wonderfully and the scrolling and panning is exceptionally smooth. Once the bugs get ironed out and Samsung officially updates we will all be loving us some Ice Cream Sandwich.
Interesting point before the video — we have two menu buttons here. The on-screen ICS and the standard capacitive button, makes things both feel and look a bit odd but that shouldn’t be an issue. As all these ROM’s are built we can expect to see the soft touch buttons be removed to give us more real-estate on screen. We have the buttons already so there is no reason to waste screen space. We can expect this to be an option that users can toggle in most builds and ROM’s in the future.

Galaxy S II Android 4.0 ICS hands-on: Alpha build
Just like I stated in the title of this article and the video — this is seriously an alpha build and in no way intended for actual use in the current form. Either way it was very fun and entertaining to give it a whirl for a few days and see what Ice Cream Sammy is all about. Once more things get ironed out and daily features get incorporated you can bet we’ll be posting another video. This is just one of many many devices all at XDA that have similar alpha builds available. We urge you to check our your favorite developer portals to see if you can enjoy the same beta software on your own device.
For more information on this specific ROM or to try 4.0 ICS on your own Galaxy S II (we used the AT&T version here) feel free to head to this XDA thread. Thanks to @xplodwild we were able to enjoy this for a few days and look forward to more. If you are new to hacking Android we suggest you wait a little while or for an official OTA from Samsung. For more video’s specifically about Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich we have those right here. Enjoy!

Samsung DoubleTime Review

noreply@blogger.com (Pangeran Berkuda Putih) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:51:00 +0000

The flexibility of Android and the continuing march of mobile technology progress are making Android available on hardware and price points that would have seemed impossible just a couple of years ago. The latest phone to skirt the line between smartphones and featurephones is the Samsung DoubleTime, a QWERTY phone with a novel hinged and double-screen design. For $50 on a new two-year contract it’s definitely on the low end of AT&T’s smartphone lineup, but can it stand up on its own? Let’s find out.

Hardware
In fact the DoubleTime can literally stand up on its own, thanks to its horizontal clamshell design. In the fashion of “messaging” phones that have gone out of fashion as of late, the 3.2-inch screen flips up to reveal a second, identical LCD panel below, opposite the large and comfy QWERTY keyboard. 480 x 320 resolution isn’t anything to write home about, but on this screen size it’s as dense as is practical. Below the exterior screen you get pink-shaded physical nav buttons, which are repeated on the inside above the keyboard.
The phone is undeniably chunky for its width and height, but considering the keyboard and both screens that’s understandable. A phone like this can live and die on its hinge mechanism, and in that regard it does very well indeed: it snaps into place at about 130 and 160 degrees with a firm click, making it useful both as a speedy text-entry device and a desktop or nightstand display. The exterior is clad in eggshell white, and feels commendably sturdy.

The DoubleTime’s specs, alas, leave a lot to be desired. It’s one of AT&T’s few new smartphones that only uses 3G, not the HSPA+ “4G” that they’re so keen on advertising. A 600 Mhz processor is pokey, even at this price point, and a mere 260 megabytes of user-accessible storage is downright frustrating, even with the included 2GB MicroSD card. A 3.2 megapixel camera is suitable only for low-quality snapshots in good lighting, and you’d better hope you’ve got good lighting, since an LED flash is painfully omitted. The primary draw for the hardware is the clamshell keyboard form factor – unfortunately, you’ll have to ignore just about everything else to consider the DoubleTime over its AT&T contemporaries at a similar or even lower price.
Software
The Samsung DoubleTime comes loaded with Android 2.2 Froyo. Let’s go over that again, just to make sure: the Samsung DoubleTime comes loaded with Android 2.2 Froyo. For the record, it’s been just shy of one year since Gingerbread became available, and similarly spec’d phones have had it almost as long. It’s possible that the DoubleTime’s low storage space prevented a later version of Android, but even if that’s true, another gigabyte or two surely wouldn’t have made this little phone too expensive. Given that Samsung and AT&T seem to think that Froyo is good enough for the moment, it’s my opinion that they won’t be interested in updating it. Ever.

That said, the software is pretty solid as Froyo goes. There’s very little in the way of AT&T or Samsung add-ons, besides the now-ubiquitous account manager and AT&T Navigation. (That makes me laugh every time I see it.) IT’s possible that the phone’s low storage actually prevented it from being burdened with bloatware. The slimmed-down version of TouchWiz is snappy in both portrait and landscape modes, and Samsung’s customizations take advantage of the hardware to the fullest extent.
Calling and Texting
Call quality was in line with other AT&T phone in my area, though it dropped them on two occasions. This isn’t unusual for my home town. 3G speeds were reliable in urban areas. But if you’re interested in a phone at this price with a full keyboard, odds are you want to text, and text a lot. On that score the DoubleTime is hard to beat. Because the keyboard essentially takes up an area of space that’s the same at the entire height and width of the device, it’s nicely spaced with a full number row and D-pad. Firing off long texts or URLs was an easy and pleasurable experience, and thanks to the extra height enabled by the clamshell design, significantly more comfortable on my fingers than slider phones with their narrow keys.

Media and Battery

You’ll absolutely want a larger MicroSD card for music or photos. With that caveat, the DoubleTime works well enough as an MP3 player, with a surprisingly loud speaker for its small size. The built-in YouTube app ran well, though Flash video is a choppy and generally frustrating experience. Videos taken with the camera were smooth, but on a screen this small, it’s not much fun to watch them.
The battery is a small 1200mAh, but that’s rather typical on a phone this size. Keep in mind that only one screen is active at any given time, so the dual-screen design doesn’t hinder the battery at all. The DoubleTime lasted me all day even in a low-signal area – it’s probably getting some very efficient use out of Froyo, minimal bloatware and Samsung customizations. Users should have no issue getting through a tough workday without recharging.

Wrap-Up
As an Android fanboy, the choice to limit the DoubleTime with Froyo really, really gets on my nerves. But from the perspective of a first-time smartphone buyer, who just wants a phone with a great keyboard and decent call quality, with Android and app installation as an after thought, it’s a pretty good choice. Music fans and shutterbugs will want a bigger SD card, but excellent battery life means that this little phone is ready for lots of service in between charges.

The DoubleTime probably isn’t the phone for our most dedicated readers, but it’s worth considering for family members or friends who aren’t interested in Ice Cream Sandwich or massive screens. At $50 on contract it’s a little pricier than some other AT&T phones (most of which have better hardware) but that excellent keyboard makes it worth considering even so.

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Kyobo eReader launches in South Korea with mirasol and Android 2.3 Gingerbread

noreply@blogger.com (Pangeran Berkuda Putih) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:48:00 +0000

Kyobo Book Centre has unveiled the world’s first eReader based on the new mirasol display technology by Qualcomm. This color e-paper display technology will allow for an enhanced reading experience as well as offer bright colors for pictures and video and exceptional battery life. The Kyobo eReader with mirasol is on sale starting today in South Korea and will initially be targeted at education customers.

We’ve mentioned the mirasol display before, Qualcomm’s new technology that aims to change the display markets while offering a technology that promises exceptional color, video-capable e-paper eReaders with amazing battery life. For more information head to mirasoldisplays.com or watch their innovation video here. Essentially using mirrors to reflect light back and control the color at the same time it offers an extremely efficient technology that will work great indoors, and look even better in direct sunlight. Basically a front lit technology rather than conventional backlight displays that are power hungry and become washed out with brightness from the sun or other sources while being used.
The Kyobo eReader will be using the newest mirasol 5.7″ panel with a 1024 x 768 resolution, a 1.0 Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and running atop Android 2.3 Gingerbread with what we are hearing will be a locked down and custom UI — although I’m sure the Android hacking world will get on that right away.
Kyobo, Korea’s largest bookseller — will offer 90,000 ebooks for the mirasol eReader, as well as video education content and many other educational options, integration with social networking services and English text-to-speech support. With magazines for the down-time between study classes and possibly 3 weeks of battery life this will be one interesting eReader. The Kyobo eReader is available today starting at $310 USD in South Korea but we have no details on when or if it will see any other markets. Most likely we’ll be seeing more from Qualcomm and their mirasol technology at CES 2012.
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CyanogenMod ROM based on ICS coming to the Galaxy Tab 10.1 early next year

noreply@blogger.com (Pangeran Berkuda Putih) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:47:00 +0000

Steve “Cyanogen” Kondik has announced that his extremely popular ROM series CyanogenMod will be coming to the Galaxy Tab 10.1 when his group upgrades their ROM base to Android Ice Cream Sandwich in version 9.

The CM9 (7 is for Gingerbread and 8 for Honeycomb) is already in the works and the CM team expects the first stable versions to arrive early next year.
“ICS on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is pretty great. Coming soon to a CM mirror near you ” is what Kondik posted on his Google+ page. His words make us think that there have been successful tries to run CM9 on the Galaxy Tab 10.1.

Ice Cream Sandwich has already been rumored and officially declared coming by many manufacturers and the CM team is working to bring ICS to its 60+ supported devices. And we’re happy to see that he (Steve) is still working on his CM project even after been drafted by Samsung earlier this fall.

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HTC HD2 gets an Android 4.0 AOSP port, other stare in disbelief

noreply@blogger.com (Pangeran Berkuda Putih) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:43:00 +0000

You may have already forgotten all about the HTC HD2, but the hacking community clearly hasn’t. The Windows Mobile (that’s BC in Microsoft speak) smartphone got its lifetime extended way beyond what its manufacturer expected thanks to the efforts of some indie developers, who keep porting the latest versions of Android to it.

Now, the HTC HD2 is even ready to run the latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, long before most Android smartphones can do so. An HD2 ROM based on the AOSP release of Ice Cream Sandwich is available for download and you can try it right now.
The ROM is still pretty early in its development and there are plenty of glitches, but those should be dealt with soon enough. For now there are three pretty major items on the not working list (USB Mass Storage, Camera and HW acceleration) and the audio is only partially working, so the ROM doesn’t seem ready for everyday use.

Still, if you are interested you might take it for a spin by following the source link below. Those not courageous enough to do so will have to settle for seeing it in action in the following video.

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HTC loses S3 patents leverage, as ITC clears Apple of patent infringing

noreply@blogger.com (Pangeran Berkuda Putih) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:42:00 +0000

Apple has scored a point in their ongoing court match against HTC. The US International Trade Commission has ruled that the Cupertino-based company doesn’t infringe any of the HTC-owned patents.

Earlier, ITC declared that Apple was, in fact, violating some of the patents that HTC acquired with its purchase of S3 Graphics. However, it was OS X, rather than iOS, which was found in the wrong and Apple has obviously done enough to fix that. By acquiring S3 graphics HTC was hoping it could use the graphics company patent portfolio as a leverage to cut a deal with Apple.

The HTC general counsel Grace Lei said that the company was disappointed by the decision and that an appeal is on the cards.

We are also still expecting the ITC to confirm if HTC has been infringing some of the Apple patents. The iPhone manufacturer has filed a case on its own saying that the HTC Sense uses technology that’s its property.

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HTC Sensation XL dares enter our battery life trial, lives to tell the story [TEST]

noreply@blogger.com (Pangeran Berkuda Putih) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:41:00 +0000

We’ve got the battery tests results of yet another smartphone to share with you. The HTC Sensation XL will try and protect the honor of the company after the rather disappointing performance of the HTC Radar yesterday.

If you are just looking at the specs, you wouldn’t back the Sensation XL to do too greatly. A 1600 mAh battery and a 4.7″ LCD seemingly put the XL at a disadvantage, but maybe it has an ace up its sleeves.

That turned out to be just the case, as the Sensation XL put out a brilliant performance in our first test – 3G talk time. 9:30 hours passed before the HTC Sensation XL finally switched off – an achievement far better than even what its own specs would lead you to expect.

We had lower hopes for the HTC Sensation XL performance in our browser test as the screen does come into play here, but the droid did quite fine. It survived for 5 hours and 20 minutes of the intensive browsing that our automated script simulates – reloading a page every ten seconds.

There are no flash elements on the tested web pages, the display brightness is set to 50% and we use a Wireless N connection, with the router placed a few meters away from the tested phones, so we are getting full bars on every one of them.

We concluded the round of individual tests with video playback, but unfortunately the Sensation XL failed to keep its impressive performance here. The smartphone lost 90% of its battery (this test concludes at that point) in just 6 hours and 12 minutes – barely enough to lift it off the bottom.

We use an SD video for this and have the screen brightness set to 50% and all radios switched off.

As usual we conclude with the performance of the smartphone in the most important of them tests – the overall usage one. Luckily the stand-by of the Sensation XL was much more efficient than that of the Radar and it got an endurance rating of 40h, which is among the better scores we have seen. This suggests that you’d need to charge this one every 40 hours if you do one hours of each of the three activities described above per day.

2.5GHz quad core HTC Zeta leaked online

noreply@blogger.com (Pangeran Berkuda Putih) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:00:00 +0000

The HTC Zeta, complete with Android 4.0, a 2.5GHz quad-core CPU and 4.3-inch 720p display, has leaked online

The HTC Zeta has been leaked online – and what a phone it is. We’re talking Android 4.0, a 4.3-inch 720p display and, best of all, a 2.5GHz quad-core CPU. Pick your jaw up off the floor and read on.
The scoop comes via Engadget, which reports that Zeta – most likely a codename – has a much faster CPU at 2.5GHz than last week’s other HTC leak, the Edge.

According to the source, the uniquely shaped HTC Zeta ‘will come with Ice Cream Sandwich pre-installed with Sense UI (version 4.0 wasn’t specified, but we’d be surprised to see it any lower on an ICS device) and have 32GB of internal storage space, an 1,830mAh battery, Beats Audio, Bluetooth 4.0, an 8-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash, 1080p video capture and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing cam.’
Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Well that may well be the case. You see, HTC has yet to even confirm the Edge, which means this device could be a hoax or, most likely, just a conceptual handset – the image does look rather a lot like PC-generated render.
In terms of dimensions, the Zeta is said to measure 109.8×60.9×9.8mm and weight in at 146g – 5g lighter than the Sensation XE.

It also looks like HTC has finally started to shake things up in its design department. The Zeta looks very different from what we’ve seem to date from the Taiwanese manufacturer.
Nonetheless, we’ve seen plenty of HTC leaks that turned into real handsets within a couple of months of them first showing up online, anyone remember the HTC Pyramid? That turned out to be the Sensation in the end.
There’s no word on a release date as yet nor is there any details regarding pricing. But judging by how impressive the spec is, we’d say what you’re looking at here is HTC’s up-and-coming flagship device for Q1 or Q2 of 2012.
Expect to see more of this handset, along with the Edge, at Mobile World Congress 2012, if it actually exists.

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Report: Steve Jobs Considered Building Apple Mobile Network

noreply@blogger.com (Pangeran Berkuda Putih) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:58:00 +0000

It should be no surprise that Steve Jobs liked to do things himself, hence Apple’s “walled garden” approach, but did the company almost become a wireless carrier?
Jobs reportedly “wanted to replace carriers,” according to wireless industry vet John Stanton, who spoke at a Law Seminars International event this week. As reported by NetworkWorld, Stanton said Jobs considered using unlicensed spectrum currently used by Wi-Fi networks in order to provide an Apple-based network for the iPhone.

“He and I spent a lot of time talking about whether synthetically you could create a carrier using Wi-Fi spectrum. That was part of his vision,” Stanton said, according to NetworkWorld.

Jobs abandoned that idea in 2007, Stanton said, which is when Apple revealed the iPhone with AT&T as its exclusive U.S. partner. That continued until this year, when Apple added Verizon Wireless in February and Sprint and C Spire last month.

Verizon famously passed on the iPhone when Apple first proposed it, allowing AT&T to nab the lucrative deal. According to a 2007 USA Today report, Apple wanted a percentage of Verizon’s monthly cell phone fees as well as control over where and when the iPhone was sold.

Given the complexity of starting up, building out, and funding a wireless network, it was likely a smart move to let an existing company handle that, despite peoples’ protests over the initial selection of AT&T. Apple’s pre-iPhone mobile efforts, like MobileMe, weren’t exactly smooth sailing.

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Product News : New 4G LTE Tablet Available For AT&T Customers

noreply@blogger.com (Pangeran Berkuda Putih) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:56:00 +0000

• AT&T* introduced its second 4G LTE-enabled tablet for customers, the Samsung Galaxy™ Tab 8.9, an ultra-thin tablet perfect for Android fans who want an optimized Honeycomb experience in a best-in-class form factor.

• Customers can purchase from AT&T stores and online beginning Nov. 20.

• For a limited time, customers who select a Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 will receive a Samsung Galaxy S™ II Skyrocket or Samsung Galaxy S™ II smartphone at no cost. A two year agreement is required on the smartphone.

• Additionally, AT&T will launch 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) in six new markets on Nov. 20: Charlotte, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Oklahoma City, and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

• The Nov. 20 launches will expand AT&T 4G LTE to 15 markets total, meeting its 2011 market commitment. AT&T plans to reach 70 million Americans by year-end 2011.

• AT&T offers the only devices capable of 4G speeds utilizing both 4G LTE and HSPA+, for a consistently fast connection in and out of 4G LTE areas.

• AT&T topped its goal to offer 20 4G devices this year. The addition of the new 4G LTE devices brings the 4G device total to 24.

Samsung Galaxy Tab™ 8.9
Exclusive to AT&T customers, the 4G LTE Samsung Galaxy Tab™ 8.9 is a slim, lightweight tablet, running Android™ 3.2 and packed with optimized services from Google, AT&T and Samsung. The new tablet features a vivid 8.9-inch 1280×800 pixel high-resolution screen, powerful processor 1.5 GHz dual-core processor for fast multi-tasking, and tabbed browsing with support for HTML 5 and Adobe® Flash® Player.

• 4G LTE backed by 4G HSPA+
• Android 3.2 (Honeycomb)
• 15.9 ounces light, 8.6mm thin
• Brilliant 8.9” HD widescreen
• 3.2 megapixel rear facing camera with LED flash, 2 megapixel front facing camera
• Tabbed browsing, Adobe Flash and HTML support
• Snapdragon 1.5 GHz dual core processor
• 16 GB internal memory and expandable up to 32 GB via accessory option
• 1 GB RAM
• TouchWiz® UX
• Dimensions: 230.9 x 157.8 x 8.6 mm

Samsung Galaxy Tab™ 8.9 will arrive in AT&T company-owned retail stores and online Nov. 20 for $479.99 with a two-year commitment. For a limited time, customers who select a Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 will receive a Samsung Galaxy S™ II Skyrocket or Samsung Galaxy S™ II smartphone at no cost. A two year agreement is required on the smartphone. Learn more at www.att.com/tablets.

AT&T 4G LTE Data Plans
AT&T tablet customers can choose a $35, 3 GB monthly data plan option with a two-year contract, and customers who do not choose a long-term commitment may still select one of two existing monthly billing options for tablets:

• Postpaid: $14.99 for 250 MB or $25 for 2 GB. Customers on the 2 GB plan who exceed their monthly data plan will be charged $10 per 1 GB of overage. Charges will appear on customers’ monthly wireless statements offering the simplicity of a single bill.

• Prepaid: $14.99 for 250 MB or $25 for 2 GB. Customers on the 2 GB plan who exceed their monthly data plan may choose to purchase an additional 2 GB for $25. Charges will appear on customers’ credit card statements.
AT&T 4G LTE smartphone customers can choose from tiered data plans starting as low as $15 per month. Existing smartphone customers do not have to make changes to their data plan. All plans include access to AT&T’s national Wi-Fi network of more than 29,000 hotspots.

• DataPlus provides 200 megabytes (MB) of data for just $15 per month. An additional 200 MB of data usage is $15.

• DataPro provides 2 gigabytes (GB) of data for $25 per month. An additional 1 GB of data is $10. Customers who want to use their device as a mobile hotspot can sign up for DataPro 4GB for $45 a month, which lets you tether or share your data connection across multiple devices.

AT&T 4G LTE Footprint
With the Nov. 20 launches, AT&T 4G LTE will be available in 15 markets: Athens, Ga., Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Oklahoma City, San Antonio, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C.
AT&T is the only U.S. carrier providing 4G using both HSPA+ and LTE technologies. HSPA+, when combined with enhanced backhaul, provides customers with compatible devices 4G speeds, meaning customers get a faster and more consistent 4G experience, even when outside of an AT&T 4G LTE area. Customers of other carriers that have transitioned to 4G LTE without further speed upgrades to their existing networks are likely to see a jarring drop-off in speeds when they move out of LTE coverage.

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“The arrival of the Samsung Galaxy Tab™ 8.9 adds to our outstanding Android lineup and our growing portfolio of premier 4G LTE devices,” said David Christopher, chief marketing officer, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets. “We’re constantly adding new 4G LTE coverage and only AT&T offers 4G LTE plus 4G speeds through our HSPA+ network.”

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.
Limited 4G LTE availability in select markets. 4G speeds delivered by LTE or HSPA+ with enhanced backhaul, where available. Deployment ongoing. Compatible device and data plan required. LTE is a trademark of ETSI. Learn more at att.com/network.

Handset Offer: Offer is available November 20, 2011 through January 7, 2012. No two year commitment required for the tablet when purchasing the tablet at an AT&T company owned retail store. Online purchases require a two year commitment (see promotional tablet pricing below).. Samsung Galaxy S™ II Skyrocket or Samsung Galaxy S™ II smartphone requires new 2-yr wireless agrmt of $39.99 or higher and min $15/mo data plan. Wireless Service: Subject to Wireless Customer Agrmt. Coverage and svcs not avail everywhere. Credit approval req’d. Activ. fee $36/line. Geographic, usage, and other terms, conditions and restrictions apply, and may result in svc termination. See store or visit att.com for complete details and coverage maps. Data: Min $15/mo, 200MB, data plan required. If you exceed your initial 200MB allowance, you will automatically be charged an overage of $15 for each additional 200MB provided. All data allowances and overages must be used in the billing period provided or they will be forfeited – details att.com/dataplans. Regulatory Cost Recovery Charge up to $1.25/mo. is chrg’d to help comply with gov’t obligations and chrgs; it is not a tax or gov’t req’d chrg. Early Termination Fee (ETF): After 30 days, ETF up to $325 based on device (details att.com/equipmentETF). Restocking fee up to $35. Taxes and other charges apply.
Handset Offer cannot be combined with any other equipment promotion, discount, or other offer. Subject to availability limitations. Tablets must be returned within 14 days of purchase. If tablet is returned within 14 days of purchase, customer will be charged the two year commitment price for the Samsung Galaxy S™ II Skyrocket of $249.99 or the Samsung Galaxy S™ II of $199.99.

Promotional tablet pricing requires a two-year agreement and a minimum $35 a month 3 GB DataConnect Plan for tablets. If you exceed your initial 3GB allowance, you will automatically be charged an overage of $10 for each additional GB provided. All data allowances and overages must be used in the billing period provided or they will be forfeited – details att.com/dataplans. Coverage not avail everywhere. Credit approval req’d. Geographic, usage, and other terms, conditions and restrictions apply, and may result in svc termination. Early Termination Fee (ETF): After 30 days, ETF up to $325. Restocking fee up to 10% of sales price may apply. Equipment Fee may apply if service is canceled within 30 days of purchase – details att.com/returns. Regulatory Cost Recovery Charge up to $1.25/mo. is chrg’d to help comply with gov’t obligations and chrgs; it is not a tax or gov’t req’d chrg. Taxes and other charges apply. See store or visitatt.com for complete details and coverage maps.

AT&T Data Plans for Tablets. Postpaid DataConnect Plans are billed monthly and automatically renew every month, unless you cancel service prior to the start of the monthly renewal. No term commitment or termination fees apply (with no service commitment plans). Overage charges apply if the monthly data allowance is exceeded. Offer not available for on-tablet activation. Credit check may be required. Geographic and other restrictions apply. Session Based DataConnect Pass Plans for Tablets: Time begins expiring immediately upon purchase/activation, whether you are using the service or not. Once your time expires or the allotted data is used, whichever comes first, your data access will cease. 30-day domestic plans automatically renew, unless you cancel auto-renewal. Fees are non-refundable. Other restrictions apply. For full terms see DataConnect Pass Wireless Data Services Agreement on att.com/wirelesslegal .
CRU and IRU customers must purchase a qualifying DataConnect Plan for Tablets.
AT&T Wi-Fi access includes AT&T Wi-Fi Basic. Wi-Fi enabled device required. Other restrictions apply. See www.attwifi.com for details and locations.

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Blackberry Knight

noreply@blogger.com (Pangeran Berkuda Putih) — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:49:00 +0000

German car maker, Porsche, along with the RIM BlackBerry Knight plans to launch on October 27, 2011 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Knight or the BlackBerry 9980 series is an adaptation of the BB Bold 9900, still with a 1.2 GHz processor, Random Access Memory (RAM) 768 Megabytes of internal memory with a capacity of 8 GB, as well as a microSD card slot that can expand the memory up to 32 GB. According to Porsche, this smart phone is a special sale in the United Arab Emirates and a number of other areas where the BlackBerry is still the product of interest.

In China, 'iPad' Wannabe Use Android OS

noreply@blogger.com (Pangeran Berkuda Putih) — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:51:00 +0000

BEIJING - iPad success in the market makes a lot of companies racing to make tablets of a kind. In fact, electronics manufacturers in China openly imitate the products besutan Apple.
A company based in China have introduced an 'kloningan' of the iPad, named SungWorld. However, these tablets that they besut using the Android operating system. Problem prices, iPad imitation can be purchased at a price between $ 130 up to USD198.
Devices running Android 1.5 has Rockchip RK2808 processor 600MHz, with 7-inch touch screen that also multi-touch, accelerometer also integrated. If Apple has not pinned iPad camera, then another case with the 'iPad' made in China are already drowned the camera on the front. While there is storage space for 32GB SD card and battery for five hours.
In addition, SungWorld have sizes 0.55 inch (14mm), to measure weight of 0.33 kg gagdet has a meaning, much lighter than actual iPad
"So, is there a port in this wannabe iPad? With USB of course. Just like a real Android devices, Android applications you can install whatever you want," he wrote MIC Gadgets, and okezone quotation Tuesday, (20/4/2010 ).
"Built-in Wi-Fi, users can surf the web with a perfect on it. In addition, you get the keyboard on the screen exactly like the real iPad. Although the device is running from a Rockchip RK2808 600MHz processor, but it seems that manufacturers will add the Cortex processor 1GHz-A8 sooner or later, "he continued.

Develop Your Own Processors for Apple iPhone 4G?

noreply@blogger.com (Pangeran Berkuda Putih) — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:49:00 +0000

SEOUL - The appearance of the iPhone 4G photos spread quickly on the Internet. Inevitably, the presence of the latest smartphone Apple besutan this conversation many people become successful. Most of them are curious about the newest technology that is pinned on the handset.
Recently a rumor blew hard, which states that Apple plans to use the application processor (AP) development of the company's own results on his iPhone 4G. This decision was of course a negative impact on Samsung, which has been given 'mandate' to work on the AP for the iPhone 3G.
"During this time the iPhone has been using the service product Samsung Electronics in producing APs partly designed by Apple engineers," said chief executive officer at Samsung told The Korea Times, Tuesday (20/4/2010).
"But Apple has decided to use the AP for their own development 4G model it," he added.
Indeed, Apple has already deployed an indigenously A4 chip, designed in the iPad has long awaited. AP Apple production is not independent of company acquisition in 2008 of PA Semi earlier.
"Apple's actions to place the processor itself in the product is a severe blow to Samsung's business systems," said Prudential analyst Park Hyun.
"But overall, it will not make a profit decline in Samsung's semiconductor business because of the atmosphere of optimism in the global chip market," he added.

HTC Touch2, So More Masculine

noreply@blogger.com (Pangeran Berkuda Putih) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:35:00 +0000

There are two things that make this Touch2 HTC looks 'different' than most smartphones currently available. In addition to size relatively small, matte finish that is used here also makes this smart phone was not easily visible so dirty as in most smartphones that use the finishing gloss. It is this loss makes HTC finishing Touch2 be seen 'less elegant'.
Unlike the first generation Touch, which looks more masculine design because using a sharper angle than earlier generations. Unfortunately the screen is installed here still measuring 2.8 inches and began to feel too small, as most smartphones are now switching to 3-inch size. The resolution was only able to display 240 x 320 pixels and therefore not recommended as a means of video player.
As always, HTC is still using the Windows mobile operating system for this product. This time it is installed is version 6.5 Professional. Interface is installed also still pride HTC TouchFLO.Several sites commented that the combination of Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional with TouchFLO this time produces navigation experience very enjoyable. Trusted Reviews even very impressed with the speed of smart phones work on this one.
Touch2 HTC is working on quad-band GSM networks and 3G networks already support HSDPA.At the back there are size 3.2-megapixel camera without flash support. Even the autofocus feature was not installed on this camera and the like can be predicted then the result would not be very satisfactory. Strangely, though already supports 3G networks, there is no secondary camera on the front, which means you can not use this smart phone to make video calls.
As a means of input, relying almost entirely HTC touch screen except a few important keys that were created for his physical form. There is no keyboard or keypad, and the only way to enter information via keyboard is displayed on the screen. There are two possibilities, a full QWERTY keyboard and compact QWERTY buttons each containing two characters. Unfortunately there is no accelerometer, so the keyboard can not adjust to the position of the phone when operated.

Nokia 5700 phone can support the operating system??

noreply@blogger.com (Pangeran Berkuda Putih) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:33:00 +0000

In China forum has circulated news that a Nokia 5700 phone can support the operating system that also exists in the BlackBerry 8220 smartphone OS 4.6. Nokia 5700 handset which has been present since 3 years ago, was initially run on Symbian S60 3rd Edition, but now can run on Agency, 4.6.0.305 for the BlackBerry operating exactly have the BlackBerry Pearl 8220.

Here for evidence of the presence of the Nokia 5700 with BlackBerry 8220 operating system 4.6, with a video link

Lenovo Smartphone with LePhone

noreply@blogger.com (Pangeran Berkuda Putih) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:23:00 +0000

Lenovo Group Ltd. has developed its wings to the smartphone market, with the release of the touchscreen-based devices and operating systems from Google Android 2.0, follow the steps rival, namely Dell Inc. and Acer Inc.. No.4 company's largest PC maker in the world has been launched LePhone, which will be launched on this year in China, Lenovo's headquarters. LePhone handset has a 3.7 inch screen, 12mm thick, resolution 800 × 480 pixels and OLED screen, walking with chips from Qualcomm Inc. Snapdragon. However, Lenovo did not provide the price of the handset LePhone.
Lenovo's handset form is a little big LePhone, namuan feels solid and comfortable in the hand. This unique smartphone has a volume button on the left side, and reprogrammable buttons on the right side. In addition, there are black areas such as the Palm Pre at the bottom which is also touch sensitive, and worked as a home key. To connect a GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and media playback that can be used also to select the TV channel streaming.
"The next big advantage is the mobile Internet." Said Yang Yuanqing, CEO of Lenovo, at CES, Las Vegas. While COO of Lenovo, Rory Read member states refused to smartphone sales to Lenovo, but only tested in China and build momentum into the future.

Omnia II & HTC Hero Will Fight in Indonesia

noreply@blogger.com (Pangeran Berkuda Putih) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:17:00 +0000

JAKARTA - It seems that the global mobile phone vendors prefer smart phones that use touch screen technology for the full year 2010 was opened in the Indonesian market. After earlier, Motorola released the series 'New Chocolate' BL40, now turn to Samsung and HTC.

Both vendors are equally derived from asia it will release a Samsung Omnia and HTC Hero II in the same time next week. From Legal information received, on Wednesday (3/2/2010), Samsung will first bring Omnia II on Monday, February 8, while the competitors will be poured Hero on the next day, Tuesday, February 9.

Interesting to see the battle won both the vendor land market is more crowded now China's mobile local flavor. The reason, besides fighting devices, the phone also includes a feud between the embedded operating system in their products. Because as is known, the pinning Omnia II Windows Mobile 6.5 will be challenged to put Android Hero 1.5.

When viewed from the competition in the marketplace map ground water, the second course this phone has an equal chance. Why? The reason Samsung is still confident in relying on the Windows OS is the successor Omnia, because it's Windows Mobile currently undergoing a decline in foreign enthusiasts for other OS eroded.

But that does not mean Android could jumawa OS besutan to beat Microsoft. Although Android is currently rising on world markets, but not so with Android is still groped his way in Indonesia. Moreover, if the proceeds view the Magic had already failed.

In addition to the operating system, which certainly carried jeroaan Omnia Hero II and not much different. This is a fight they will get interesting. Moreover, the extra energy necessary to popularize the touch screen phone, amid public fondness for mobile

Apple stopped Google from iPhones

noreply@blogger.com (Pangeran Berkuda Putih) — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:17:00 +0000

WASHINGTON - Apple reportedly is in talks with Microsoft to make Bing as (default) search engine in the iPhone. These measures will shift once Goggle from his position as the iPhone browser.

Exhaled Bussinessweek news, as reported by AsiaOne, Friday (21/1/2010).

Bussinesweek sources mentioned last week talking about the replacement of both active Bing Google to Apple as competition with Google is a little heated after Eric Schmidt, Google's move to last year.

Eric Schmidt is Google's chief executive, who decided to flee from the ranks of directors at Apple. Previously he was concurrently the post. Apple and Google's rivalry more heated after Google took the phone itself, then NexusOne early January.

Not stop there, competition they are also seen as Apple's advertising firm Quattro annexed wireless two months after Google bought rival Quattro, admob.

Realization of Google to Bing replacement scheduled for June 2010 or is likely to sooner than scheduled. iPhone is one of Google's fields to reach the money through the ads that appear when users conduct searches iPhone.

Android First Sony Ericsson

noreply@blogger.com (Pangeran Berkuda Putih) — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:48:00 +0000

TOKYO - Japan will become the first country lucky enough to enjoy the first Sony Ericsson phone to adopt Android operating system. Society there will be coming Xperia X10 that reportedly will be sold in April next.

It has long been Sony Ericsson's plan to dump-based mobile phone operating system Google's. Before the name pinned Xperia X10, a phone that changing the news as the winds that blow. By the manufacturer, the X10 is a mobile social networking functions and entertainment such as music and video complete.

"All of our mobile phone Xperia series is the result of a successful development globally, including a team from Tokyo. Thus, the operator NTT DoCoMo became the first seller is Xpreria X10," said President of Sony Ericsson Bert Nordberg, told PC World, Friday (22 / 1 / 2010).

X10 itself has the usual offal buried in ceras phone in general, such as the 1GHz chip from the Qualcomm's Snapdragon. Includes 4-inch touch screen, 8 megapixel camera. The phone also brought with internal memory of 1GB that can accommodate a lot of content.

"Sony Ericsson is committed to the Japanese market and will continue to provide the best service in providing communications and entertainment devices,"

UP5530 Sony Clie PDA Battery

noreply@blogger.com (Pangeran Berkuda Putih) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:39:00 +0000

Sony Clie UX40, UX50 PDA internal battery

Fits with compatible part number: UP5530.

Battery Technology: Li-Ion, 3.7V at 750MAH.

100% OEM Compatible

Tools provided may not work with all Sony models.

Expensive phone, iPhone 3 Million Dollar 3GS Supreme

noreply@blogger.com (Pangeran Berkuda Putih) — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:11:00 +0000

Want to know the most expensive iPhone?

GoldStriker International, the company manufactures this exclusive handset has released the most expensive mobile phone ever launched in this week. 3GS iPhone has been modified such that the price dibandrol about 1.92 million pounds or $ 3.2 million. 3GS super expensive iPhoone is named Supreme 3GS iPhone, which must be made within 10 months and funded by prominent Australian origin which are rich in gold, named Stuart Hughes.

This Supreme 3GS iPhone comes with 22-carat gold and weighs 271 grams, 136 plus diamonds that have 68 carat. Diamonds are attached at the front, and in front of the Home button is also coated diamonds weighing 7.1 carats. Hughes also added the logo with 53 diamonds and is made with the finest art.

Supreme 3GS iPhone handset is made of granite and covered with gold leather interior. To find out more or order can visit the website GoldStriker (goldstriker.co.uk).

HTC Expresso, View More interesting than Hero

noreply@blogger.com (Pangeran Berkuda Putih) — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:09:00 +0000

HTC Corporation, Taiwan handset vendors have created the handset with Google's Android operating system or Microsoft Windows Mobile platform. Among its products such as HTC devices Bravo, Legend HTC, HTC Trophy, while the handset with the Android system is HTC Expresso.

Expresso HTC handsets will be introduced to the HTC in the event MWC in February 2010, and will enter the market as a replacement for the popular handset HTC Hero, who has a physical similarity with a QWERTY keyboard. Expresso code itself is taken from the website named HDblog.it Italian origin. Expresso has a handset HTC HTC Sense user interface, similar like the one on HTC and HTC HD2 Hero.

However, user interface similar to the HTC HTC Sense of Expresso is apparently different from the previous series, because the form of icons that looks better. Expresso HTC HTC is claimed as a device with Android for the future, along with HTC to add some clear application icon, which is not really the HTC style before.

Acer 6 Smartphone Released In 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Pangeran Berkuda Putih) — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:04:00 +0000

Acer plans to launch 6 a new smartphone with operating system Google's Android in mid-2010. Seller company's second-largest computer world has started plans to launch a smartphone named Android. Equipment is sold through the operator CSL in Hong Kong on Wednesday and sold earlier today in Taiwan.

"We are still evaluating the next step. Acer will release five or six Android-based smartphone in mid-2010, "said vice president of Acer, Roger Yuen at PCWorld, Thursday (10/12). Some tech Android smartphone will be divided into three price levels, ie for top-end class, mid-end, and low-end. This is done so that the smartphone can be reached by all parties, ranging from teens to businessmen.

Yuen said that Android-based smartphone's Acer will be available in Europe in the early quarter of 2010. He added that although present in the whole world, the smartphone can only be used by operators in Asia.

BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220

noreply@blogger.com (Pangeran Berkuda Putih) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:56:00 +0000

BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 is a new brand from Research In Motion (RIM) with an unusual design. During this Blackberry is always out series - the series with a candy bar design. But this time issued a series Blackberry called the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 with a flip design / clamshel.

Although the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 has a flip or clam shell design, he still has a great performance like the other series Blackberry. Plus 2 MP camera, WiFi & readers of this document, the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone is ready to compete with other series.

Full specifications BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220:

* Dimensions: 101.1 x 50 x 17.5 mm
* Weight: 102 g
* Display: 240 x 320 pixels, 2.6 inches
* Color layer: 65K colors
* Hp Color: Black
* Other: QWERTY keyboard
* Trackball navigation
* GPRS: Yes
* HSCSD: No
* EDGE: Yes
* 3G: No
* Wifi: Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g
* Bluetooth: Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
* USB: Yes, v2.0
* Message: SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
* Browser: HTML
* Games: Yes + Download
* Camera: 2 MP, 1600 1200 pixels, video, flash
* BlackBerry maps
* DataViz document viewer / editor
* Java
* Media player MP3/WMA/AAC +
* Video player DivX/WMV/XviD/3gp
* Organizer
* Calculator
* Voice dial
* Built-in handsfree
* Voice memo

Samsung Ultra S, Mobile Feminine

noreply@blogger.com (Pangeran Berkuda Putih) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:47:00 +0000

No wonder if Samsung is a phone call this 'truly feminine handset'. From the side of this phone is not too different from the phone-another slider but about color, this phone really feminine. Not many mobile phone manufacturers who dare to take the market segment that was not too wide like this and it deserves a thumbs-up.

Apart from the color of the 'feminine' Samsung Ultra-S actually is not offering anything new. Many other phones that also offers a similar feature, although it does not mean that the Samsung Ultra-S is then completely inappropriate ogled. Most do not support 3G networks already owned while the camera was also installed 5-megapixel size.

Even physically Samsung Ultra S design is quite interesting. Good Gear Guide highlights over the build quality of this phone can be called good. Although most of the body made of plastic, but there was nothing cheap while the sliding mechanism that is used is also quite sturdy. Finishing is used also adds a plus in this phone. The front were brushed steel finish while the back is only given a metallic finish it.

Sized 2.6-inch screen mounted on the front have a view that is clear and bright, although not using AMOLED technology such as the UltraTouch. Navigation was not too problematic because of the five control buttons that are used at large sizes. Unfortunately the buttons on its keypad was not too friendly. Although large in size but the flat keys require little energy to operate.

To enhance the feminine, there are some features that are familiar with the women as Mirror Mode, SOS message, Etiquette and Fake Call Pause. Mirror Mode to change the display screen into a mirror by utilizing a small camera at the top while the Fake Call works by making this phone as if I'm receiving an incoming call. Etiquette Pause it probably the most useful, the phone will automatically reject incoming calls simply by exposing the phone screen to the table.

In addition feminine features, the standard features such as cameras, GPS, USB, 3G connectivity, and music player are also provided. Combined with a friendly interface and responsive then the phone is quite interesting though to the men may have a little 'dare' to use this pink phone.

Cnet Australia praises about the design they think is a very nice addition to the features that are also attractive as a camera, music player and features Fake call and mirror-fashion, although they also complain about its battery endurance is less reliable. In contrast to Cnet, Your Mobile Phone Review even gives high marks to the side rather than on design usability and features. That means this site is more interested in this phone is functional only.

To get this phone, you must be willing to make up for the price of U.S. $ 299 or more or less equivalent to Rp2, 8 million of this. (Editing / rock)

SPECIFICATIONS:
Network : GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900, HSDPA 900 / 2100
Data : GPRS Class 10, EDGE Class 10, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
Operating System : --
Screen : 2.6 inches TFT, 16M colors
Camera : 5 megapixels
Multimedia : DviX / XviD / MPEG4 / H.263 / H.264 / WMV9 / MP3/AAC/WMA player
Memory : 100MB + microSD slot
Connectivity : Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, USB v2.0
Dimension : 109 x 50.3 x 12.6 mm
Other Features : Accelerometer, A-GPS support
Official Site : www.samsung.com