Samsung Galaxy Nexus is considered as a highly customize-able phone because of its open nature and support from Google Android Open Source Project (AOSP). Nexus devices are usually highly sought by enthusiasts because it usually the first line of phone to receive official ROM updates directly from Google.

The circle will change color according to battery level and the battery percentage is shown at the indicator. The indicator also includes charging animation in order to give enhanced visual feedback to the user.

Here are the full screenshot of a phone with the circle battery indicator enabled.

The changes is expected to be merged with the nightlies and made available next month. So check BBQLog for updates

Available from: http://www.filesonic.com/file/1726936704

To use MyDistress, the user are required to register the application by providing full name, MyKad number and home address. MyDistress is available for iPhone (via iTunes store – Malaysia), Android (marketplace), Blackberry and JavaME (*.jar)

Source: Android and Me

This video from jkkmobile.com shows the insides Samsung Galaxy Tab 7″ when it was dissected

The flawed evidence has given Samsung the rights to market Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1″ in European Union, except in Germany, where the court over there would hear a full hearing to that matter beginning on 25 August 2011.

My thoughts: Apple has all the rights to protect its intellectual property, including protecting its interests from imitation. However, the use of patents to curb competition can be seen as unhealthy as it could adversely affect innovation and consumer choice.

Luckily, some brave soul has provided phoneME implementation for Android, which in turn enable users to execute Java MIDlet in Android. phoneME for Android can be downloaded from its website: http://davy.preuveneers.be/phoneme/?q=node/10#android

What you need to do is to download phoneME Advanced – Foundation Profile + MIDP or phoneME Advanced – Foundation Profile + MIDP High Resolution (240×320). The midlet manager provided with the distribution requires OpenIntents File Manager, which is used to browse for midlet *.jad or *.jar file.

So far, almost all core MIDP 2.0 functionality is available from the phoneME *.apk. The only incompatibilities arises from midlets that use optional JSR, which usually causes midlet manager to crash.

The video detailed about UI design best practices for developers:

Google Goggles is a mobile app which can identify objects, barcodes, text, and does translation for you in a breeze. It works by analyzing the photos that you take with the app. Among the objects the Google Goggles recognize are:

• Texts
• Landmarks
• Contact Info / Business Cards
• Artwork
• Wine
• Logos

If you still don’t get what Google Goggle are for, then watch these videos:

Google Goggles is available from iTunes Store (for iPhone) and Android Marketplace (for Android) and it supports Android 2.1+

Among the features of Ubuntu One Music for iPhone are:

• Supports MP3 and other non-DRM iTunes format
• Supports iOS 3.1+
• Able to sync music wirelessly between iPhone and the cloud wirelessly
• Easy to use user-interface
• Can resume playing song automatically when interrupted by a call

The Ubuntu One Music is available from iTunes App Store for free

Additionally, the device is available for pre-order from its website (priced around 1700 Yuan or USD 270), there’s no information available about its official launch date though.

p/s: The device copies the iPhone user-interface and icons which is clearly Apple’s intellectual property. Apple has previously taken steps in protecting its intellectual property before (as evidenced by Samsung Galaxy Tab sales block in Europe and the fake Apple Store), I doubt Apple would sit ideally should the device is marketed.

How to include Geolocation API in a Web Page?
The most basic code that you started is listed below, the code below tests if the browser have built-in support for geolocation. If it does have geolocation support, it will call either one of the callback “successCallback” or “errorCallback”.

if (navigator.geolocation) {
  navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(successCallback, errorCallback);
} else {
  error('Sorry, your browser does not support geolocation');
}

“successCallback” is call whenever the API call is successful. You need to create a function for “successCallback”, as shown in the example below:

function successCallback(pos) {
  var lat, long;

  lat = pos.coords.latitude ;
  long = pos.coords.longitude;

var element = '<p><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q='+lat+','+long+'&hl=en">Latitude: ' +lat+ ' Long: ' + long + '</a></p>';

alert(lat +','+long);
$('body').prepend(element);

The function will return the latitude and longitude data and stores it in ‘lat’ and ‘long’ variable, which is then displayed to the screen.

If the API were unsuccessful, ‘errorCallback’ function is called. The ‘errorCallback’ can be used to determined what type of error that prevented the API-call from successful.

function errorCallback (err) {
  switch(err.code) {
    case 1:
      alert("Sorry, but this application does not have the permission to use geolocation");
      break;
    case 2:
      alert("Sorry, but a problem happened while getting your location");
      break;
    case 3:
      alert("Sorry, this is taking too long...");
      break;
    default:
      alert("unknown");
  }
}

Thus the full source code is:

<html>
<head><title>W3C Geolocation Demo</title></head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript" >

function successCallback(pos) {
  var lat, long;
  lat = pos.coords.latitude ;
  long = pos.coords.longitude;

   var element = '<p><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q='+lat+','+long+'&hl=en">Latitude: ' +lat+ ' Long: ' + long + '</a>  </p>';
   alert(lat +','+long);
   $('body').prepend(element);
}


if (navigator.geolocation) {
  navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(successCallback, errorCallback);
} else {
  error('Sorry, your browser does not support geolocation');
}


function errorCallback (err) {
  switch(err.code) {
    case 1:
      alert("Sorry, but this application does not have the permission to use geolocation");
      break;
    case 2:
      alert("Sorry, but a problem happened while getting your location");
      break;
    case 3:
      alert("Sorry, this is taking too long...");
      break;
    default:
      alert("unknown");

  }
}
 </script>
</body>
</html>

The demo file for W3C Geolocation API can be found here: http://w.mobilepit.com/files/geow3c.html

However, the application currently only supports Malaysian and Singapore users only. But you can help the author ( Nazrul Kamaruddin ) to add support for more countries by providing him with the appropriate data.

The application is tested and confirmed to work in Android 1.6+, 2.x and iPhone

The stop-motion animation was made by Gregory Cortez. Visit Wikipedia for more information about stop-motion animation

How does the attacker managed to inject those code still baffles me, as I’ve already taken measures to remove write permission on every php files (and even directory!) on my account. Those with wordpress out there, better becareful as spams can crept into your blog without you realizing. So stay vigilant!

Rest assured, the injection attack has been fixed and this has been verified by the StopBadware.org to be free from malicious code. Additionally, the website has been secured to prevent similar future events from recurring.

Needless to say that, you should take care of your website security to prevent it from being compromised by spammers/crackers.