So after downloading some flash menu’s / themes , started A2 uploader and then using the file system tool went to this location “file://tpa//preset//system//desktop//flash” and uploaded the flash menus and then with MyPhone explorer put in the theme into the phone and after setting the theme viola i had brand new flash menu’s to show in my phone. I even had a iPhone UI to speak of for some time. But one thing the UI icon better have these icons to have a problem free access to all the phone functions.

The * is the icon where play arena icon is usually present and this can be there or not , but icons like alarm and radio has to be present. So before you upload a menu see whether the basic essential icons are there

Here is another place to download flash menus for K660i

Intel Core 2 Duo T6400, 4GB DDR3 RAM, 320GB HD,512MB Nvidia GeForce Graphics, 15.6″ LCD display (16:9), DVD Burner, 4 USB ports, 1 HDMI port, Multi-card reader, Bluetooth, Windows Vista Home premium

Look wise the overall profile was similar to the previous apsire 4710, but the top was made of a glossy blue material making it much more striking and the keyboard part of it was made of dark patterned grey material giving it a sophisticated feel. Its not as thin or svelte looking as a Dell Studio or HP DV series but its quite good. The build quality seemed ok but the hinges still seem to shake when kept under a ceiling fan.

Powering On, windows vista intialization was quite smooth and I was for the first time seeing the difference between a LED backlight LCD display and my IdeaPad’s own normal LCD display. There were quite a lot of demo games and some bloatware preloaded in the machine. The first step the laptop prompted was to create recovery cd’s (2 dvds) using the acer recovery management software and that was also when i first noticed there was no vista recovery dvd’s given in the box. Anyway after burning 2 DVD’s that step was done.

I was curios to find what it feels like to have a 512MB NVidia Geforce graphics inside the hood, the windows experience rating for Graphics and Gaming Graphics was 4.1 whereas my Intel shared graphics Lenovo Y410 was only 3.4 . The Aero interface along with other eye candy stuff of windows vista was smooth and I was able to Moto GP3 and Max Payne 2 at the highest resolution of 1366 x 760 x 32 pixels.

Since being a entertainment system with acer’s dolby digital surround system I was impressed by the sound quality from audio songs and from videos. And the HD capable 15.6″ screen was impressive to look at with nice and vivid color reproduction.

And the 15.6″ screen has also made space for a full fledged keyboard with nicely spaced out keys and a dedicated number keypad ala ps/2 keyboards for desktop pc’s. Overall I was impressed by its features and working but this is a brand new laptop which I was playing with so time only will tell about its reliability. But for a street price of Rs. 42,900/- including a bag and taxes it seems a great deal for a portable home entertainment & computing system.

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The HomeScreen with its weather screen, message screen,photo contacts, program shortcuts, gallery access, media player access makes it much easier to use and also much more touch friendly. The message screen displays the most current message but a nice scroll bar enables us to scroll through the other messages from the home screen itself. The photo contacts enables us to keep our most frequent callers on the homescreen and with a option to sms them included. The program shortcut screen is a great way to place shortcuts to access our most often used app.

And one more example is the screenshot which I have shown, giving a easy finger touch friendly access to some main phone functions.

Going by this, Touch Flo 3D in HTC’s Hi-end devices should be a treat to work with provided the hardware has enough oomph to power it up.

Retailing at aroung 13,500 bucks (280$) its almost 2000 bucks cheaper than HTC’s own Touch. Built in a glossy gun metal gray plastic it is slightly slightly bulky when compared to Touch, but very acceptable for a smartphone. When I played around it for few minutes, I was surprised to see its almost or much faster than Touch (might be its only few days old) and it carried a 8GB micro SD card but the file manager and phone’s general operation seemed very fluid.

If you want to know more about its capabilities you can read my post on HTC Touch here.

Samsung Star : The phone was compact and very nice to hold. I was impressed by its array of widgets on the home screen, especially by the ability even to drag and drop even the operator name to the side. The touch was easy to use and responsive and the themes provided gave a personal touch. Even the fonts changed according to the theme was a nice touch. Music quality was excellent and the ability to browse the picture gallery by tilting the phone on either sides was cool. From what I heard from the phone’s owner the battery seems very good for a touch screen phone. More in coming days maybe

LG Cookie : The phone is more “Hip” looking in its finish with the side “red” trimming. The phone’s UI is based on the earlier Viewty and I found the response to the touch action sluggish. The favorites menu on the menu screen is a easy way to place often accessed apps and there is a task manager to see the running apps. But from what I’ve read on the net it seems phone wont support more than 2 apps to run at the same time. The dice game was a nice way to demo the motion based gaming feature. And the accelerometer provided a way to access the qwerty keyboard when in the messaging window. I will try to get more info as soon as possible.

With 3 Megapixel camera and multimedia player with microSD card slot and with common functions like email, html browser and document viewer and priced at Rs. 9,500/- these 2 phones are worthy to have a look for  the casual and not so casual users without having to break their bank account.

• Mediacoder : Its a very nicely made transcoding software which supports a plethora of audio / video formats. The main thing i liked about this software is its nice UI and ability to cut portions of videos before converting. But on the other hand tweaking the various video and audio encoder settings was a bit confusing at first. The site has even a zipped portable version so there is no need for installation.
• Pazera Video Converter : This is a collection of portable video converters which too supports a large collection of audio and video formats. I tried converting a 350 MB avi file to Sony Ericsson’s 320 x 240 3GP format which it took almost 5 minutes and gave me a 9 MB file with no major drop in quality. The interface is sparse but there were many settings

• Installation : The setup file is small at 3.8 MB (available only for windows platform) and the installation wizard is straight forward with no additional files required.
• Setup : Most Sony Ericsson phones are supported including touch screen UIQ phones. Connection can be made using USB cable, IR or bluetooth. The Search for  device options in settings menu can be easily used to find the device connected to the computer.
• Sync : Address book can be downloaded into the MyPhone Explorer software and can be synced or it can be synced to Outlook, windows contacts, thunderbird,gmail
• Organizer : Calendar, Notes and Alarm can be synced with the computer and calendar can be synced with other calendars like Outlook, Sunbird, Thunderbird, Windows calendar(Vista), Rainlendar, Lotus Notes, Google
• SMS : The inbox, sent items, drafts can all be downloaded onto the computer and can be saved in the archive and archives can be exported for backup . Even sms’s can be sent via our computer
• Extras : Othe utilities like phone monitor, control phone, memory status and there is even a widget for Vista to monitor calls and messages from the phone when it is connected. Calls can be attended through a microphone and speaker using this software.

• Measuring 100 x 45 x 12 mm and weighing 75 grams and made in a black plastic with gold trimming and blue lighted keypad it looks well made up and presented for a entry level phone
• The 1.7″ 128 x 160 TFT screen is quite small compared to its competitors but its bright and nice to look at, in indoors.
• As a phone, its network reception , call quality and battery life all seems very good. Ringtone volume is also nice and loud
• A comprehensive address book with multiple contact details, sms/ems/mms facility rounds it up as a good basic mobile phone
• The VGA camera is nothing to shout about but quite good for occasional snaps.
• Customization wise it has got 10 MB memory to fit mp3 ringtones, the usual Sony Ericsson themes (u can make ur own if u read my previous post), wallpapers etc.
• Connectivity wise there is only Bluetooth and that too only data transfer is supported with no option to sync address book which is a big miss for me and internet connectivity is via GPRS.
• Multimedia wise FM radio is present and the 10 MB memory can fit 2-3 mp3 songs if you want
• Java apps & games support is there and also basic organizer functions like notes, timer, calendar etc.

Whatever it said it can do the phone is doing it well and I am very satisfied with my choice