Samsung has announced the DV300F, a Wi-Fi compatible compact camera with its twin LCD "DualView" feature. The DV300F has a 5x, 25-125mm equiv, F2.5-6.3 stabilized zoom lens and a 16MP CCD sensor. It also features a 1.5-inch LCD on its front plate to allow easy self-portraits. Its stand-out feature, though, is its Wi-Fi capability, that allows it to be remotely controlled from an Android smartphone.

It can also automatically backup your images to your home computer via a Wi-Fi network, every time you walk into the house, or to a "cloud" service such as Microsoft SkyDrive or Samsung All Share Play, avoiding the need to remove the camera MicroSD card.

This week we have had more than a general share of conversation on the ASUS Transformer Prime, especially on the fact that it'll be shipped to users with a locked down bootloader, this blocking general efforts to develop on a deep level for the device today ASUS has announced that due to the response they have had on the subject, they will be releasing a bootloader unlock tool for the device as well!

Developers and hackers alike will be able to work with their NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core toting Transformer Prime on an intimate level, and will be able to do it with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich as well, starting on January 12th, 2012.

Samsung has just announced the successor of its highly popular Galaxy Ace Android smartphone. The successor of the mid-range device is dubbed Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus and improves several key aspects of its hardware.

The Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus comes with a faster, 1GHz, CPU, 3GB storage and more RAM than its predecessor 512MB. The Ace Plus also sports a marginally larger HVGA LCD sized by 3.65" . The exterior of the smartphone also got redesigned and it is now made of shiny-New-Glossy rather than matte plastic.

 

 

 

 

Samsung GALAXY Ace Plus Product Specifications
 

 

Network	HSDPA  7.2Mbps  900/2100 EDGE/GPRS  850/900/1800/1900
Process	1 GHz Processor
Display	3.65” HVGA(320x480) TFT
OS	Android 2.3(Gingerbread)
Camera	Main(Rear) : 5 Megapixel Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash
Video	Video : MPEG4, H.263, H.264 Recording/ Playback : WVGA@30fps
Audio	Codec : MP3, AAC, AAC＋, eAAC＋ Music Player with SoundAlive 3.5mm Ear Jack, Stereo FM Radio with RDS
Value-added Features	Samsung TouchWiz/ Samsung L!ve Panel UX
	Samsung Apps
	Samsung Kies 2.0/ Samsung Kies air
	Samsung ChatON mobile communication service
	Social Hub - Integrated Messaging(Email, SNS), Contacts/ Calendar Sync - Basic: POP3/IMAP Email
	Music Hub (Downloadable)
	GoogleTM Mobile Services - Android Market™, Gmail™, YouTube™, Google Maps™,  Syncing with Google Calendar™
	ThinkFree
	A-GPS
Connectivity	Bluetooth® technology v 3.0 USB 2.0 Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Sensor	Accelerometer, Digital compass, Proximity
Memory	3GB User memory ＋ 512MB(RAM) microSD (up to 32GB))
Size	114.7 x 62.5 x 11.2 mm, 115 g
Battery	Standard battery, Li-ion 1,300 mAh

 

 

 

It confirmed, Apple will hold a media event at the end of January in the big Apple.

It is unlikely that an iPad version will make its way to the masses so early and the event will not include any iTVs or any kind of hardware at all, which leaves software most likely iBooks, iAds and the likes.

Allegedly the focus in the event will be some improvements to the iBooks platform, which will be important but not groundbreaking.

 

Sony has promised an Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 upgrade to all the Tablet S devices during this year. they have now also dropped the price of the device by $100 by Making the 16GB model costs $399 and the 32GB model costs $499.

Sony is also throwing in some free stuff along with the price cut. Buyers will get store credit and five free movie rentals from Sony Video Unlimited service, five free PlayStation Store game downloads and 180 days of free Music Unlimited service.

If you grabbed the iOS or Android version of the new game app Grand Theft Auto III you will appreciate this new. The game launched in the middle of last month and can be downloaded right now. Kotaku reports that the game will work with the PC mods that added new content (e.g. new cars) to the original computer game back in the day.

The iOS version may be tough to mod, but apparently, Android users have an easy time modding away. All the Android user needs to do is access the Android/Data/com.rockstar.gta3/files/GTA3 directory. IOS users will need to be jailbroken apparently.

[How-to] Video below!

After all the pattents and suing between Apple becuase of the Samsung smartphone and tablet designs, Now, Samsung Korea appears to have borrowed one of its advertise rival actresses. Cheryl Lindo Jones spotted that a new Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE commercial for the Korean market through YouTube, these ads were made uses the same young actress as Apple iPhone 4S camera commercial. 

In Apple promo, the young star is shown the iPhone 4S camera. Samsung, meanwhile, also has some mugging for the camera, showing the girl excited by the flexibility of the 4G slate.

Samasung continue their tradition to offer free apps and games, Samsung App store has two AWESOME games to give away today as Limited time offer. The first one is the popular Dead Space, a futuristic survival horror game, which recently arrived on the Android Market. The game is otherwise sold for $6.99 but you can have it for free on the Samsung App store.

Another free game is Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus, a war-based shooter, which is currently being sold for $0.99 on Android Market but for Samsung smartphone owners it is completely free.

 

Samsung App Store

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We have seen a jailbroken Apple TV rung some apps from the project developer MobileX, but it was a very short video with few apps and not full resolution too. This Time the project Team came back with a New version of the jailbreak that can run all iOS apps on the Apple TV very smoothly in full screen at 720p Resolution, s you can see the iPad version of facebook ROCKS the LCD screen on the screenshot above.

Demo Below!

 

ChevronWP7 Labs (Making WP7 jailbreak) will be coming to an end as soon as those remaining tokens sell out. This was (and still is) the onlysanctioned unlocking tool outside of Microsoft 99 USD AppHub and was to serve as the gateway to a large homebrew community. Not to mention allowing new devs without the hundred bucks to play around before committing to the platform.

ChevronWP7 Labs statements :

 

"ChevronWP7 Labs enters the New Year with 10,000 token sales under our belt. Hooah! Nearly 90% of the tokens we've sold have been used to successfully unlock a Windows Phone thus far.

Our agreement with Microsoft was to sell no more than 10,000 tokens. Our team doesn't currently have plans to renegotiate this number, although it's a matter we're still discussing."

 

 

 

LG and Intel are at it again, showing off another mobile device at the Consumer Electronics Show. The two companies teamed up for CES last year and showed off an Android smartphone running on Intel Moorestown chipset, which was ultimately scrapped.

LG and Intel will be showing off a second Intel-powered smartphone during this year CES, according to the Korea Times. The mystery device will be running Google Android operating system and powered by Intel new Medfield chipset.

 

 

The story that goes along with the image you are about to see is that someone at Boored@Work got Nokia is Chris Weber to show off a piece of the "Amazing Everyday" event early: this piece being a business card sized device made by Nokia and set to bust apart the idea that your smartphone is the only device you need.

Not that we needed more incentive to check out new devices, of course, we are always up for a few more digital bits.

 

Samsung has announced that it has reached 1 million Galaxy Note units shipped. As we all know, that does not necessarily means the same number sold however, that's still an impressive figure for a device as powerful and somewhat controversial as the Note.

In related news, the Korean company said their smartphone/tablet will hit the U.S. shores at some point next year.

There have been a lot of hints and suggestions of what the Windows Phone LTE offerings will look like next year. Paul Thurrott over at Winsupersite says that with all the rumors and suggestions he is just going to out the real plans and then goes on to lay out the LTE scheme. He says that Microsoft and its smartphone partners do intend lots of LTE devices next year.

The smartphone will start to land in a six-month period next year and all of them will be offered on the AT&T network.

 

 

 

 

Good though not great news for those of you with Verizon Wireless version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 the carrier is planning to release a new software version for the Android tablet by Next week or may be later than that but it is not the Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.1 update.

 

 

Its a firmware version I905-EL01 is a maintenance release that brings TouchWIZ UX improvements, a new Social Hub widget, improved media player with DivX support, Bluetooth 3.0 and support for additional Wi-Fi routers, photo editor, and The Daily news app that provides users with access to "best of print, web, and broadcast news from around the world."

 

 

 

Samsung has teamed up with the concept store 10 CORSE COMO to create a special case for the Galaxy Tab 8.9 and Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE. The new 10 CORSE COMO Galaxy Tab Case is designed by Kris Ruhs and comes in floral and polka dot design and it also doubles as a tablet stand.

 

An Epic Mobile-gaming Cat on the following video, This cute Cat is playing Fruit Ninja HD on an iPad 2 and it is playing pretty damn well player for a CAT, This cat completed a whole level without touching one bomb but got all the furits as well, lOl

 

Must See Video Below!

 

The photo shows what appears to be the iPad 2 display panel above with the new iPad 3 display panel below. Referencing a diagram of a disassembled iPad 2 screen by iFixit, MacRumors noted that the screen pictured above matched the diagram, which showed two brown wide ribbon cables that are used to transfer display data.
The difference with the screen pictured in the lower half of the photo is that it features three wide ribbon cables, which suggests that the extra one is needed to carry more data in order to power the high resolution 2048 x 1536 display. This resolution is four times the number of pixels in the current iPad 2 screen.

 

The photo shows what appears to be the iPad 2 display panel above with the new iPad 3 display panel below. Referencing a diagram of a disassembled iPad 2 screen by iFixit, MacRumors noted that the screen pictured above matched the diagram, which showed two brown wide ribbon cables that are used to transfer display data.

 

It was expected that users of all older Bada handsets would receive the gift of 2.0 by Q4, 2011. Now however, it would appear that Samsung are not quite up to the task as they first promised.

The likes of Samsung Spain and Samsung Italy have confirmed a delay on the Bada 2.0 upgrade to all expectant devices until Q1,2012. meaning you will not be able to ring in the new year with the update. Samsung Italy expanded on that explaining that software will not be available before March, so not exactly nailing a date down, but providing a new deadline with which patient users will have to wait for.

 

 

 

 

When the Apple iPhone 4S was introduced to the world, with it came a re-introduction of Siri, an until-then third-party app that used an above-average voice recognition system to do commands and actions now the Android Market has "Siri for Android" but it is not quite what you might think. Instead of an "Official App" as it jokingly suggests that it is with its developer name, it is just a shortcut to what all Android devices version 2.2 and forward have working on them natively: Google Voice Actions.

Between 1,000 and 5,000 people have already downloaded this application, it just added this week in an effort to educate the masses on what Android has been capable of doing for over a year now. This app was not produced by Google but its a good tool and a good idea.

Sadly, Google has pulled the Application off the Android Market after 5,000 Download.

 

After 2 Beta ICS CUSTOM ROMs from Samsung for the Galaxy S II I9100, Samsung has finally started making official ROMs for the Galaxy S II based on Android 4.0.1 and Android 4.0.3, The ROMs leaked as a final version of the Upcoming Next Month (jan,2012) Updates through Samsung KIES.

 

 

Screenshots of the Offical ROM

The 2 ROMs are the following:

• I9100XXKP4 is based on Android 4.0.1 Build date: December,20 2011
• I9100XXKP8 is based on Android 4.0.3 Build date: December,30 2011

 

Galaxy S2 ICS Task Manager

 

Most Regions will Get the KP8 ROM with Android ICS 4.0.3 directly, We are now working on the Android ICS Updates Release Status Page for all Galaxy S II users around the world to check their country statuses on the "KIES Update" and will publish it ASAP. Stay Tuned!

Hands-on Video Below!

 

ROM Soruce via SamMobile

 

A Pictures of Nokia upcoming Windows Phone lumia device for ATT LTE network popped up in a Christmas card, thanks to a creative Microsoft partner.

The handset, dubbed Ace, is most likely going to launch as Nokia Lumia 900 in regions other than the United States. It will finally bring a front-facing camera to Nokia Windows Phone lineup a nice addition to its LTE network compatibility.

 

 

 

 

Casio has announced the G-SHOCK GB-6900 watch that has Bluetooth 4.0 and makes use of an important feature in this new version, the Low Energy mode.

 

Thanks to this nifty addition to the Bluetooth feature set, compatible devices need only a fraction of the power of previous Bluetooth devices to stay connected and transfer data, which results in amazing battery life. In case of the G-SHOCK GB-6900, you can get about 2 years of battery life with a single button cell.

 

 

 

There are only two platforms mobile-gamers Preferes : iOS and Android. Microsoft knows this and is reportedly trying its best to produce some Windows Phone exclusive titles in order to get gamers to also embrace the Windows Phone platform as the premier gaming platform.

Microsoft already has some exclusive titles in development and plans to release one of them next month. Not only that, but Microsoft is also doing some back-door deals to obtain some apps of note from iOS onto Windows Phone 7. Seeing as there are not many iOS exclusive games, that is, besides Infinity Blade and Infinity Blade II, getting key iOS games on the WP7 platform should not be too difficult.

Motorola RAZR users in European countries can look forward to an over-the-air firmware update for their devices soon. The new firmware will update the software from version 651.73.15/16/17/18 to version 651.73.30.

Update Changelog:

 

• Pre-installed Evernote application

• Camera performance improvements

• New Smart Rule trigger: Motion detection

• Added security features

• Improved call and Bluetooth connectivity performance

• Localization improvements

• Improved Wi-Fi connectivity

ASUS released a new software update for the original Eee Pad Transformer tablet. Unfortunately this release does not come with the Android (4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich) pre-installed, it is a maintenance update that makes sure most of the things run even better.

 

In other words, some of the bugs have been squashed, some apps updated and few things under the hood changed to improve the overall performance.

 

Nokia announced a new Symbian Anna smartphone in China thats ready for NFC-based contactless payments. In addition, the device marked as 801T rocks a 4-inch ClearBlack LCD touchscreen, China Mobile-friendly TD-SCDMA connectivity, 8-megapixel "full-focus" camera with 720p video recording support on the back, VGA front-facing camera, 8GB of built-in storage, GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, 256MB of RAM, 3.5mm headset jack, and a microSD card slot with hot swap support.

 

Moreover, there is mobile TV capability which is enabled with an external antenna too.

 

Samsung has added Taiwan to the list of countries where Galaxy S II Pink will be sold. Starting January 1, Samsung will sell the newly colored Galaxy S II to entice ladies. The 32GB variant will sell for 21,900 TWDollars (About 724 USD).

 

To rehash, Galaxy S II features a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus WVGA display, 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 8MP camera with full HD video recording support, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, microSD card slot and 1650mAh battery.

 

 

 

 

Meizu has just revealed that its latest Android flagship, the Meizu MX will go on sale in a couple of days time. The smartphone has been on pre-order since the start of this month and will be officially available on New Year Day.

China and Hong Kong will be the first two countries to get the Meizu MX. The smartphone will be available across the manufacturer official stores in China as well as in the Meizu Store in Hong Kong Sai Yeung Choi Street in Mong Kok.

 

 

 

Facebook has just released the Messenger app for Windows 7. Its been available for iOS and Android for some time too.

The app does exactly what it is supposed to do bring the Facebook chat outside Facebook. But there are a few more features too. On the top of your online friends list you get their latest updates too just like it is on the Facebook Sidebar. There are also on-screen updates for your notifications.

 

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Microsoft has found the root cause behind the SMS vulnerability in its Windows Phone operating system. The bug was reported earlier this month by Khaled Salameh, who found that the platform could be exploited via a malicious SMS message that forces a Windows Phone device to reboot and then disables its messaging hub.

Although it is good that Microsoft has found a fix for the bug in Windows Phone devices, the exploit may also affect its other applications. So far it is known to work not only through SMS messages but also through Facebook chat or Windows Live Messenger.

 

 

 

We had heard about the Acer Iconia Tab A700 before but this is the first time we are seeing actual images of the device. Well, not of the actual device because what you see below is just a dummy but that is basically what the A700 will look like when it will launch.

 

 

As we had heard before, the A700 will have a 1920 x 1200 resolution display, the highest on any tablet so far and will be powered by the same quad-core Tegra 3 processor ticking inside the ASUS Transformer Prime. Other features include 5 megapixel camera with LED flash and HD camera on the front, Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 3.0, micro USB and micro HDMI port for connectivity and a SIM card slot for 3G.

 

 

 

HTC has decided to unlock the bootloaders on every phone launched since September 2011. The announcement came quietly in the sidebar on HTC Developer site, and in addition to the newer phones the company is also working to expand unlocking to older phones as well:

"All HTC Android devices launched after September 2011 are unlockable. The website will be updated accordingly to reflect this in the coming weeks. We continue to work on models launched prior to September 2011, please check back often for the status of older devices."

 

 

The chart breaks down some pretty incredible percentages. According to the study, 18 percent of users have unusually large heads, which might confirm the geek tag the Android platform get sometimes, just guessing. Also, 62 percent wear jeans and 63 percent have a significant other. Check the Infographic Below!

 

 

Apple war on Android will NOT Stop, Apple has just applied for a fresh new iOS patent at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. This time, it involves face unlock and presence detection.

In case this function rings a bell for you, you are most likely right face unlock is a function, which is already embedded into Google latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS. It appears however, that Apple wants to add a new twist to it.

According to Apple patent application, its solution will utilize the location and distance between the user eyes, mouth and nose tip. It will then determine whether or not, the person involved is the owner of the respective device. Support for more than one user is also included in the filing.

 

Intel is looking forward to powering Android-based phones with its Medfield platform,ITG still have not given up on the dream of running a proper desktop OS on mobile phones namely, the Windows 7/Windows 8 OS.

 

New Year and a New version of the xpPhone, xpPhone 2 has just been released in China with Windows 7. It is a device that ITG call a "post-smartphone" and have their sights set on beating the iPhone 4S and the other big names in the smartphone world.

 

The ITG xpPhone 2 packs a 1.6GHz processor (a single-core Atom Z530), which can be upgraded to 2GHz, plus 2GB of RAM, which is double what current smartphone flagships have. But then, Windows 7 uses more RAM than a mobile platform. The xpPhone 2 has a 112GB of SSD storage, which ITG brags is way more than what current smartphones offer (32GB internal storage plus 64GB microSDXC get pretty close).

 

 

 

DigiTimes has sources that are claiming we will not have to wait long to see two new iPad version be unveiled by Apple. According to the sources, Apple will be rolling out the two new iPad versions at iWorld on January 26. The tip comes from supply chain sources. The sources claim that the two new versions will go into the line with the existing iPad 2.

 

With two new models, Apple is said to be aiming at the entry-level, mid-range, and high-end markets. The sources claim that the existing iPad 2 will compete directly with the Kindle Fire.

 

 

 

LG is on a roll with the incredibly awesome televisions. After the 55-inch OLED TV that we saw last week, which also happened to be the world largest OLED TV, today they have announced the gigantic 84-inch 3D Ultra Definition TV, which, again, is the largest in the world.

LG 3D UD TV boasts superb picture quality with 8 million pixels, four times the resolution clarity (3840x2160) of existing Full HD TV panels. Combined with LG's Slim and Narrow Bezel Design, the 3D UD TV provides the most convincing 3D viewing experience currently available outside of a movie theater. What is more, 3D Depth Control allows users to customize their viewing experience by controlling the 3D effect while 3D Sound Zooming provides users with 3D sound that rivals the output of all but the best home theater systems.

 

 

The MeeGo way of handling multiple applications is so cool that it was always a matter of time before it found its way to other platforms. And iOS users are the first lucky ones who get to try it, thanks to a tweak created by a developer called chpwn.

The tweak called Zephyr lets you manage apps by pushing them away from the screen, just like you would on a Nokia N9. And the smoothness is all there too.

 

Video Demo Below!

 

 

 

We believe that the photo above was shot by Samsung upcoming Galaxy S III (Check the Original version on the link below). Its EXIF data show that it was taken with a phone whose model number is GT-I9500, the highest, numerically, that the company has ever used. For reference, the original Galaxy S took up the I90xx range, while the Galaxy S II was slotted into the I91xx set of model numbers, the Galaxy Nexus model number GT-I9250. Adding further authenticity to the photo is the fact that the same shooter was testing a Galaxy S II back in January, weeks before it had been launched and months prior to release. 

The image was captured in Suwon, South Korea which is home to a large Samsung factory.

 

Full Resolution Sample

 

Kevin Rivette, the managing partner at intellectual property firm 3LP Advisors LLC, shared his professional opinion on the ongoing legal wars in the smartphone world. In a chat with Bloomberg, the expert revealed that he believes Apple could be earning some good money if it was to stop with all the court action and instead concentrate on licensing.

Rivette believes that the Cupertino-based company owns patents that could secure it as much as $10 for every Android device sold if it licensed them. That is twice the amount Microsoft receives from their current licensing contracts with Android manufacturers.

Yet, Apple does not seem interested in renting out its technology and prefers to try and ban as many Android products as possible from as many markets as it could manage. And while a potential triumph in this crusade will certainly bring in lots and lots of cash, it seems highly unlikely that it will ever be achieved.

 

Most of the iOS devices are finally going to stay jailbroken with the new untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1. It works on every iOS 5-compatible gadgets but the A5-based ones (the iPad 2 and the iPhone 4S).

The exploit was discovered by pod2g and is now implemented into the latest redsn0w and PwnageTool.

 

Nokia just announced that the beta 2 version of its Nokia Link software is now available for download. The app that lets you sync the multimedia files on your Nokia N9 with your computer is now compatible with Windows Vista and Windows XP in addition to the previously supported Windows 7, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.

You are also now able to copy mobile content to and from smart playlists in iTunes and Windows Media Player. Plus, the Nokia software developers claim to have streamlined the process of deleting files from the smartphone.

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The Argentinian government has banned the import and sales of Apple iPhone and all BlackBerry smartphones, among others. The ban also extends over all foreign-made phones, but it seems Apple and RIM among the few of the major phone makers who do not have factories in Argentina, so their ban is in focus.

Nokia, Samsung, LG and Motorola have already built plants in Argentina, so they all escape the recent Government ban.

Apple and RIM though are not so lucky. Their only option is to build a factory in Argentina. RIM is already looking for a partner to do so, while we do not have any info on Appleplans.

 

 

 

 

BGR has just reported that Apple is possibly debuting a completely redesigned iPhone in the fall of 2012, following the trend first set by the iPhone 4S, of new Apple products being launched later in the year, instead of mid-year releases. According to the report, the new iPhone will incorporate an aluminum back panel rather than the glass found on the current iPhone models, the iPhone 4 and 4S.

BGR report:

We have also learned that Apple is planning to use a rubber or plastic material — similar to the material used in the company’s bumper cases — that will be built into the new iPhone case. In all likelihood, this material will be used as a bezel surrounding the front edge of the phone (like the iPhone 3GS bezel) and it will serve two purposes. First, it will join the glass iPhone face with a new aluminum back plate. It will also cover a redesigned antenna system that surrounds the device, allowing Apple to build the rear case out of aluminum without having to use a large plastic insert above the antennas as the company does on its iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G.

 

 

 

Good news if you own the Acer Iconia Tab A500 as Acer is pushing the new software updates for its 10.1-inch tablet as we speak.

Do not expect the Ice Cream Sandwich though this is rather a maintenance update that will make your Iconia A500 snappier as well as bring the latest version (3.4.4) of the Android Market app along with a number of performance and stability enhancements under the hood.

 

A new report from the mobile advertising company Fiksu found that Apple iPhone app downloads have increased 83 percent from last year and iPhone owners are downloading roughly 5 million apps a day.

The mobile advertising company Fiksupublished the results of its research on what it calls App Store Competitive Index, Cost per Loyal User Index, and a general analysis for iOS. In the chart below, there’s a clear spike in app downloads from September to November.

In the latter month, downloads from the App Store reached 5.65 million per day, which is the first time it has ever exceeded the five million mark. 

 

 

 

Even though the bulk of the population out here in Android Land are not yet updated to the newest version of Google Mobile OS, modifications on the basic user interface of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich are in full force, shown here with the CyanogenMod team Trebuchet launcher, made to make your experience as lovely as possible. What you are seeing is a hacked version of the newest version of Android made perfect as the developer team CyanogenMod sees it.

 

 

They have got their newest version, CyanogenMod 9, under development now, and inside you will find this new look at Ice Cream Sandwich complete with improved widget resizing, auto-rotate, home screen modification, and a whole lot more!

 

 

This build is only in pre-alpha mode. At the moment, Trebuchet only works on hacked devices running Android 4.0.3 ICS.

 

The next generation of the Samsung Galaxy phone (Galaxy S III), The rumor is that Samsung will unveil the new device from the floor of the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, just like they did with the Galaxy S II model.

Specs wise, such a smartphone is said to sport a quad-core processor, 720p screen (1280×720 pixels) and more (2GB) of RAM. Needless to say, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will run the show with samsung own TouchWIZ UI singing on top.

In related news, we are hearing the Galaxy S 3D is coming as well. When you think about it this also makes sense with Samsung being the only major handset maker without a 3D Android smartphone LG has its Optimus 3D and HTC Evo 3D.

 

 

 

In response to the rumor that Acer will withdraw from the tablet PC and smartphone markets, the company founder, Stan Shih, has said that although Acer tablet operation has not performed well, it is not time to give up the business.

"He said experiencing frustration is an unavoidable the process, just like Acer encountering troubles when it entered the notebook market."

Acer has clarified the rumor by stating that Acer has no plans to quit the tablet PC and smartphone business operations or downsize related personnel but will made optimal adjustments to decrease the number of product models for selective and strategic input of operational resources. If the adjustments lead to success, Acer will expand tablet PC and smartphone business operations, the company said.

 

 

A newly leaked Windows Phone roadmap has surfaced that gives a rough time frame for the launch for the coming versions of the OS. According to the roadmap the expected Tango flavor of WinPo for lower end devices will be launching in Q2 2012. The roadmap is supposedly up to date as of October 2011. That is a few months back now and things change quickly in the tech world.

Take these dates with a grain of salt. The roadmap also shows that Windows Phone Apollo will be launching in Q4 of 2012. Apollo is the update for the OS that is supposed to make the devices running Windows Phone more suitable for business users. Apollo is also said to be the code name for Windows Phone 8.

 

 

We already know that the Intel Ivy Bridge processors are coming and that they are the follow-ups to the Sandy Bridge units already available. Not too long ago some pricing detailson the Ivy Bridge parts leaked for us to look at. Today more rumors are surfacing about the Ivy Bridge processors. The source of the rumors that DigiTimes cites are PC makers in Taiwan.

 

 

According to the sources, some of the processors will debut on April 8. Previously we had heard May was the launch date. The desktop processors that are fingered for that launch date include the Core i7 3770K, 3770, and 3770T along with the Core i5 3570, 3550, and 3450 parts. Pricing will run from 184USD to 332 according to the sources. The Core i5-3470T will sell for $184 and is set to debut in May.

 

Bad News... then Good NEWS ... then Bad News Again, It seems that Samsung will stand by its original decision for the Galaxy S after all. However, there will be a slight change as Samsung will be providing a Value Pack Update (VPU) to Galaxy S I9000 users instead of the Android ICS 4.0 update.

Although the phone will stay at Android Gingerbread 2.3, the Value Pack Update (VPU) will bring the experience as close as Ice Cream Sandwich and in the same time will keep the device running TouchWiz very smoothly and bring an experience as close as Ice Cream Sandwhich. The VPU will start Rolling-out during the Q1,2012

 

 

The Value Pack Update (VPU) will Include:

• Improved Web Browser Experience

• Improved Multi-tasking

• Smoother User Interface (UI) look close to the ICS

• New Widgets to increase productivity

• Performance Enhancements & Bug Fixes

Samsung earlier this month adopted a similar strategy for its Wave 525 and Wave 533 devices. Instead of offering bada 2.0 to both the devices, Samsung promised to provide a Value Pack upgrade which tries to offer the "same bada 2.0 user experience and service as much as possible despite the hardware limitations."

 

 

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Flurry has released some impressive stats for Android and iOS device activations on Christmas day and even more impressive information on the amount of downloaded applications.

According to the chart, from December 1st to the 20th, the average daily activations for Android and iOS devices was at a cool 1.5 million. On Christmas day, however, those numbers grew a whopping 353% and a total of 6.8 million devices running either of the mobile operating systems were activated.

 

 

While many Android tablets are soon to be offered with quad-core configurations, we are still wondering if and when handsets will get over the dual-core hump. Meizu is the first to make public plans to release a quad-core device. It will be an upgraded version of their beautiful Meizu MX.

Other than its quad-core specification there is not much know about the device at this time except a launch window May 2012. Thats a decade from now in the world of technology but it is a timeline we expected for the first quad-core enabled devices to, at the very least, be announced.

 

 

 

The Amazon Kindle Fire ships with a custom version of Google Android which is designed to work with Amazon music, movie, book, and app stores. But people have been replacing the official Kindle Fire software with custom versions of Android almost as long as the tablet has been available and now the tools are available for anyone to install an early build of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on the tablet.

Developer JackpotClavin has released a very early build of Android 4.0 for the Kindle Fire. It is based on CyanogenMod 9 and right now it is very buggy.

 

 

 

 

Alcatel still around and they have nice entry-level Android offerings, like the new Alcatel Blaze Duo OT-918N. As the name suggests, it is a dual-SIM, dual-standby device.

The phone has a twin the OT-918D. The OT-918N uses 850MHz/2100MHz for its 3G connectivity, while the D version uses 900MHz/2100MHz instead. The 2G connectivity is quad-band.

Other than that, they share the same specs. Do not expect much of them though, they are really low-level entries - they run Android 2.3 Gingerbread on a 650MHz processor with 256MB RAM, the screen is a 3.2-inch LCD with HVGA resolution, and there is also a 3MP camera, A-GPS, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0 and A-GPS to complete the tally. The Blaze due OT-918N is available for 140 USD and 918D for 179 USD.

 

 

 

Last week, Samsung announced that its previous Flag-ship Galaxy S I9000 and Galaxy Tab will not be eligible to get in line for some tasty, official Ice Cream Sandwich update. As a result, a lot of people were infuriated and wrote Sammy how they really felt about the matter.

Good NEWS, Samsung heard her fans all around the world and will Rethink their decisions about the ICS Upgrade , according to Korean newspaper Ajnews, Samsung has promised to look into it again and re-evaluate both Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab capability to get the latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Upgrade.

We contacted Samsung, and we are waiting Samsung for official comment on the matter, So Stay Tuned!

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Boxee newest 1.5 update today essentially marks the company transition from focusing their media-streaming service on the desktop, to that of devices. With that said, the app comes with a newly revamped interface, that provides faster access to the browser and the menu appearing as an overlay, along with an easier to access search function. The movie and TV sections have also both been updated, given more effortless navigation by genres and sources, and making it easier to check for previously unwatched video episodes.

The app is available for download on Macs running Snow Leopard or newer OSes, Windows XP or later, and Linux boxes running 32-bit Ubuntu 11.10 or later. The 1.5 release marks the final desktop version of Boxee, and will be pulled after late January rolls around, when the interface arrives on Boxee own hardware with the Live TV Tuner add-on.

 

 

 

It is time to get serious about blowing up everything from your car to your pet dog to your swingset and back down to your salt and pepper shakers with Action Mobile FX for iPhone, you can do such a thing with the greatest of ease.

 

This application was released on the 22nd of December, right before the holiday rush, and is set to set the virtual world on fire directly through your device camera. You select your effect, hit GO for your camera, film a short scene, and the effect is added automatically.

 

 

 

It is the day after Christmas eve, and we have just found out that Intel has reportedly told company partners that a full release of their Thunderbolt I/O technology is slated in April 2012. Intel is prepping to go beyond just Macs, and will allegedly launch Thunderbolt on motherboards, notebooks and desktop PCs, springtime of next year.

A report from Digitimes stated that the cost of the Thunderbolt technology is expected to experience a decrease in the second half of 2012, allowing for more widespread adoption in the consumer market. Though, at the moment, Apple does offer Thunderbolt across most of the Mac line, the very first Thunderbolt products have been primarily limited to relatively high end electronics.

 

 

Sony will sell its shares in the LCD panel joint-venture S-LCD to partner Samsung, the two companies have announced, in a deal worth 940M USD, as the Japanese firm struggles to coax profit out of its TV line. S-LCD Corporation had been established in 2004 by Sony and Samsung, with this new deal that will leave S-LCD a wholly owned Samsung subsidiary expected to close by the end of January 2012. Sony will continue to source displays for some of its TVs from S-LCD.

"This transaction will enable Sony to monetize its shares in S-LCD and aims to secure a flexible and steady supply of LCD panels from Samsung, based on market prices and without the responsibility and costs of operating a manufacturing facility" the Japanese company says.

 

 

 

Now, a new gimmick is making us like Facebook built-in chat function a whole lot more. As demonstrated in the photo above, you can make the profile pictures of Facebook users and pages show up inside your chat windows.

Tutorial for How to do it:

 

1. Start chatting with someone (pretty simple).

2. When you would like to refer to a mutual friend or,  you dump their facebook UID or username into double brackets. So, that would be [[cocacola]] for a picture of Coke, [[zuck]] for Mark Zuckerberg and [[joseph.w.s]] for My proifle pic lOl !

3. Now try it put with your own UID [[yourusername]]

4. Amaze Your Friends on Facebook chat with this cool new gimmick.

 

 

In case you were a Nokia N900 owner who upgraded to N9, we have some good news for you. A simple software tweak will enable your Nokia N9 homescreens to go into landscape mode.

The modification is unofficial and takes no time to setup. It enables you to view all three homescreens in landscape mode, as well well as switch them with a swiping gesture.

Video Demo Below!

 

Samsung has launched a dual-SIM version of its super popular Galaxy S II smartphone in China. Simply called Galaxy S II Duos, it resembles T-Mobile or Sprint version of the device, sporting a large 4.52-inch Super AMOLED Plus WVGA touchscreen.

 

In addition, it also comes with other standard Galaxy S II specss like a 1.2GHz processor, 8-megapixel rear camera, 2-megapixel front-facing camera, GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, video out, 16GB of built-in memory and a microSD expansion slot.

 

 

 

LG has a special treat in store for CES visitors next year, a massive 55-inch TV that uses an OLED panel, the largest to be used on any TV yet. LG claims that the panel has a contrast ratio of 100,000:1.

Compared to other OLED TVs, the LG TV uses a White OLED or WOLED panel. Unlike AMOLED panels that use RGB subpixels placed next to each other, WOLED panels stack the subpixels one above the other, which results in lower error rate, clearer picture and low color distortion at wider viewing angles.

 

 

 

iPhone users are sharing photos at a record level. However, most photos are pretty boring and watching them can be pretty daunting. Enter Animoto, a new iPhone app that turns multiple photos into a fancy video slideshow that is easy to share and a pleasure to watch.

The free to download application is an extension of the same-named online video editing service, and allows users to insert their own music and text into the slideshow. Then, once you like what you have created, you can easily share your work with friends via email, Facebook and Twitter.

 

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Samsung is already working on the Galaxy Note successor. That is what we think of the new un-announced device codenamed GT-N8010, which has recently received a Wi-Fi interoperability certificate.

So why do we think the GT-N8010 has anything to do with the Galaxy Note? Well, the Note model number is GT-N7000 and as far as we know it was the only newer Samsung device which model number starts with N.

 

 

 

LG promised an upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich for their phones released this year and they plan to keep that promise. They have just announced a release schedule for the Ice Cream Sandwich update.

The updates will start rolling out in two waves. The first wave will begin in Q2, 2012 and it will cover the following handsets: the LG Optimus LTE, Prada phone by LG 3.0, the LG Optimus 2X, the LG Optimus Sol, the LG my Touch Q and the LG Eclipse.

The second wave of updates will begin in Q3, 2012 and will cover the following handsets: the LG Optimus 3D, the LG Optimus Black, the LG Optimus Big, the LG Optimus Q2 and the LG Optimus EX.

 

 

 

 

There is a good reason why companies like Mozilla can give away their software for free. That is because they get a lot from search engine providers to include their search engines inside the browser. So far Google has been the default search engine in Firefox and now they have signed another three-year contract with Mozilla to keep their position at the top of the search box.

This time however, they are paying a lot more to Mozilla than they did last time, almost three times as much. Google will be paying around $300 million per year for three years, which is close to a billion dollars.

 

 

if you are in Vietnam and love Christmas and mobile technology, then you will be far too happy with this Christmas tree made of old cell phones.

The AP and Stars and Stripes have a great breakdown of it but basically the tree sits in front of an electronics store, uses more than 2,500 unusable cell phones and it lights up at night.

 

 

There was a time when if something could stand still long enough someone would install Linux on it. The same is true for Android today. And so the latest gadget to get an Android port is the recently announced sports tracker, Motorola MOTOACTV.

Of course, there was only one way to find out so he installed a custom ROM on it by first rooting the Gingerbread OS. Honeycomb has its own on-screen controls, which should make up for the lack of the Home and Menu button on the device. He also managed to get applications working on it so you can play Angry Birds on it among others, as demonstrated in the video below. You will of course need fingers as thin as toothpicks to operate it properly but the performance is quite good, probably due to the low resolution display which would not tax the hardware much.

 

Video Below!

 

 

Android may be leading the US smartphone market, but when it comes to mobile online shopping, Apple iOS dominates. According to a study by retail analysis firm RichRelevance, 92 percent of mobile online sales in 2011 came from iOS devices such as the iPhone and iPad.

The study looked at 3.4 billion shopping sessions between April and December 2011, during which iOS mobile online shopping grew from 88 percent to 92 percent of the market. The average order value of purchases made from iOS devices was also higher than those made on other platforms, averaging $123 in December versus $101 on Android and $87 on desktops.

 

 

Sony recently posted some good news for Tablet S and Tablet P owners, confirming that the latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update will indeed be rolling out to both devices. The news was posted in Sony UK community forums, but the company hasn’t confirmed yet when this update will arrive.

Both devices feature unique form factors with the Tablet S being a 10-inch device that resembles a folded back magazine while the Tablet P sports a smaller more pocketable clam shell design. Both devices come with a 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, Android 3.2 Honeycomb.

 

 

Some leaked Samsung Galaxy S III photos and specifications that was showed yesterday here on YouMobile came from a Samsung employee connected to the company in Russia. The guy is called Ivan Ilchenko and the photo apparently appeared on the official Samsung page on the Russian social network Vkontakte.

The specs of the claimed-to-be SGS III was a 5-inch display with a 1280 x 720 pixel resolution and HD Super AMOLED, 9mm in thickness, 12 megapixel camera with LED AND Xenon flash, 2 megapixel front camera, 32/64GB of internal memory and a microSDXC card slot.

Samsung Russia officially confirmed that this is not a real phone and its only a Concept-photo that has been published on the "Samsung Phones Owners' Club" group on VKontakte.ru (Russian website). This section contains unofficial artworks and designs and all of it are products of pure imagination. You can check the section on this link HERE.

 

 

High-Resolution Version Of the Concept Photos just to Check them out!

 

 

 

Event if its a cool phone, but this is not the Upcoming Samsung Galaxy S III that will anounced during 1H of 2012. But you can enjoy these photos and specs as it may be a bit close to the real SGS III from samsung !!

 

 

The location-based social networking app, Nokia Pulse, is inviting the Nokia N9 to the party. The app debuted with Windows Phone and Symbian versions along with an in-browser version, but now you can try out the beta version of the native app for Nokia sole MeeGo-powered phone.

Nokia Pulse lets you check into places and discuss those places with your friends. It is hardly the first app to do that, but Pulse integrates with Nokia Maps.

Video Demo Below!

 

 

Samsung Galaxy S III in leaked press images and details. The story goes like this: Concept Phones, a blog that specializes in conceptual renderings of devices, has intercepted a couple of images and some details sent in from a fellow by the name of Ivan Ilchenko who reported them appearing on Samsung official page on a Russian social network by the name of Vkontakte.

This device is being called the Samsung GT-I9500 Universal, and its details are rather incredulous. While the renderings appear really quite crisp and certainly in line with what we’ve seen from Samsung lately, specifically with the Galaxy Note and the Galaxy Players, the magic inside might be too far-fetched to be realistic. Behind a 5-inch HD Super AMOLED 1280 x 720 pixel resolution display you will find a 9mm thick body and a 12 megapixel camera on the back with both LED flash AND Xenon flash.

 

Then there is a front-facing 2 megapixel camera, availability of 32 or 64 GB internal memory, and a microSDXC slot for memory expansion. This device is said to come with a stylus like the Galaxy Note, but does not appear to have the same onboard slot for carrying said pen like its big cousin does, USB 3.0 capability, and 4G LTE connectivity in its first iteration. Also onboard is a quad-core Samsung Exynos 4412 1.5GHz processor, and the whole thing works with TouchWiz 5.0.

Hasbro does not like how Asus is calling its brand-new Transformer Prime tablet. The toy maker has a trademark for the "Transformers Prime" brand and think what the Taiwanese company is doing is illegal. Hence they are suing them in a federal district court.

Hasbro also holds the mentioned trademark for toys, board games, and animated shows, and is set to "aggressively protect its brands."

 

Rumor has it Apple will release the iPad 3 on February 24, 2012 in honor of Steve Jobs birthday. Asian manufacturers are apparently working up a sweat trying to prepare the third-generation iPad for that date.

February 24th is slightly under one year after the iPad 2 was released, and the iPad 2 was released slightly under one year after the first iPad was released. The iPad 3 could be the most challenging of them all to manufacture since recent reports suggest it will have a high-resolution 2048 x 1536 retina display. Such a large display would require additional processing power.

 

 

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 joins the list of devices to get unofficial Android 4.0 support. Samsung promised that this one will get an official ICS update, but thanks to the devs at the XDA-developers you do not have to wait that long to try it out.

Samsung will Officially release the ICS 4.0.1 Update to Galaxy tab 10.1 and 8.9 during january,2012.

 

 

 

When we first saw this picture of a Nokia WP-running smartphone a few hours ago we thought it was depicting some new color version of the Nokia Lumia 800. A closer inspection and a few helpful tips later and we know that we are looking at a completely different device.

It appears that the photo is the first official image of the upcoming Nokia Lumia 900, which is to become the next Nokia WP flagship. Notice how the touch-sensitive keys are located much closer to the bottom edge than they were on the Lumia 800 a clear indication for the larger screen.

 

 

 

Sony may not have had a lot of success in the tablet market but it is not going to leave those who decided to spend their money on their Tablet S. And so to show that it will continue to support the device, Sony has just announced its intention to upgrade the tablet to Ice Cream Sandwich.

 

 

Sony Official Anoncement

"Sony Tablet™ is evolving, and we'd like to keep you informed with the latest updates.
 
Today we're happy to confirm that an update to Android 4.0 will be available for Sony Tablet.Details including timing will be announced in due course, so please stay tuned.
 
Just recently we released the Software Development Kit for Sony Tablet P.  For more information on this and future updates please visit us at Sony Tablet Evolution.
 
Best regards"

 

 

LG has been quiet on the Windows Phone front this year. The fantasy is hardly a new product as it is entirely based on the Optimus 7 from a year ago.

It appears however, that the company has a brand new device in the works. A member of XDA Developers has obtained a pre-production unit of a yet to be announced, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango sporting.
 
We know practically nothing about the specs of the smartphone, save for the fact that its sports a 4-inchs IPS screen, and Microsoft latest mobile OS on board.

 

 

 

Consumer Electronics Show 2012 is coming, Samsung already has revealed their first dip into the teaser game, complete with a history lesson on the basics of television. This is not the first time we have seen Samsung work with smart televisions, it being one of the most visible names in the game over this past year without a doubt with such gems as the Samsung UN55D8000 55-Inch 1080p 240Hz 3D LED Smart TV.

The video you will see here shows several iterations of the family at home watching the television, each one basically the same but with tinges of less desirable situations leading up to the current seating of the family.

Video Below!

 

 

EA has just released their newest and best racing game yet in Real Racing 2. In case you have never heard of the first one that is because it was not available in the Android Market so many users never played that decently fun game. Real Racing 2 brings things to a new level and brings tons of racing awesomeness to the palm of your hand. EA is calling this "the most hotly anticipated racing game ever made for Android". Hopefully it lives up to that line, see the video and screenshots below to get a better idea of what to expect.

 

The Android version of the game is FREE for try. But you only get a limited trial and you need to to unlock the full game through an in-app purchase afterwards. Don't forget to Check the DEMO Video Below!

 

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Dropbox released version 2.0 of their Android app and it promises to make the mobile experience much, much better. Storing files offline, bulk uploads and Ice Cream Sandwich support are just a few of the changes that the new version brings.

 

 

Dropbox 2.0 uses a tabbed interface and one of the tabs is Favorites files marked as such will be stored on the phone for offline storage use, Galaxy Nexus Users can Now Enjoy it NOW!

 

 

Here are the rest of the changes:

• Ice Cream Sandwich support: Optimized for the newest and tastiest Android release yet: Ice Cream Sandwich.

• Single-tap access to actions: All file and folder actions are available from a single tap.

• Lots of others: Export to (and upload from) local storage, as well as numerous bug fixes and stability improvements

 

Samsung recently announced the list of devices that will receive the new Android 4.0 aka Ice Cream Sandwich update in 2012. However, the list did not cover the Galaxy S (I9000) or the original Galaxy Tab (P1000) which irked a lot of users.

Samsung suddenly Announce that it will Cancel the Android ICS 4.0 Upgrade for the Samsung Galaxy S and Original Galaxy Tab, even if the Nexus S is similar to the Galaxy S. but the Question is Why ?????

 

Samsung Answer to this Question!

Samsung has now justified why it cannot give the Ice Cream Sandwich update on both the devices. Galaxy S maybe similar to the Nexus S but Samsung says that "the smartphone and the Galaxy Tab run Samsung specific elements like TouchWiz UI, video calls, Samsung widgets, carrier and country customizations that makes difficult to run the new OS smoothly. The RAM and ROM storage are also an issue", Samsung said.

We are terriblly Sorry for all Galaxy S users who won't be able to get the ICS Official Update, your only chance is to root your Devices and get some ICS tweaked ROMs

 

 

A lot of Verizon Galaxy Nexus have reported this BUG with the phone where it shows lower signal strength compared to other Verizon phones in the same area.

Verizon has now said that the issue is actually not with their network but simply with the way the Galaxy Nexus shows the strength. They also said that they will be releasing an update soon which will make the signal bars behave in line with all the other Verizon phones.

 

 

 

 

According to the researchers from Distimo, which specialize in app store analysis, the official Nokia app repository has surpassed the 100,000 mark.

The exact count, according to Distimo, is 116,583, which is enough to make the Nokia Store the third largest app repository in the mobile world. It took Nokia two and a half years to accomplish this.

 

 

 

 

When it comes to using your voice to dictate your content to a computer rather than typing, there are a bunch of apps out there already. Dragon Naturally Speaking is one such voice instead of typing software package. A company called Avatron has invented a new app for the iPhone that harnesses Siri to enter text.

 

 

The app is called Air Dictate and Avatron developed some sort of method to harness Siri voice capturing abilities to transfer the text that Siri pieces together from your speech over to a Mac. The Mac computer needs to be on OS X 10.6.8 or higher and running the Mac portion of the Air Dictate Receiver App.

 

 

 

 

The Nokia Lumia 800 might be just about to get a few new color versions. Nokia France confirmed in an interview that they are now considering the new colors that will be added to the range.

 

 

And while nothing has been settled yet, we got a few photos showing the possible choices. The first image shows the white version, which is probably the most obvious choice of all. After all, Nokia N9 already got a shiny white dress and it uses the same non-painted polycarbonate unibody as the Lumia 800.

 

 

 

Intel has revealed its latest Medfield smartphone and tablet reference designs, the path-laying hardware the chip company hopes will persuade manufacturers to adopt its x86 mobile chip rather than stick withARM.

The two devices the phone running Gingerbread and the tablet running Ice Cream Sandwich were demonstrated to MIT Technology Review, though only a render of the handset has been released. Still, initial impressions from Intel first SoC seem positive.

Unlike previous Intel chips, Medfield pulls all of the core processing tasks onto a single chip. This so-called System-on-Chip (SoC) design mimics the design strategy of ARM licensees like NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments, which have been far more successful in getting their silicon in mobile devices than Intel has managed. Part of the benefit of a SoC design is battery frugality, something traditional Intel mobile processors have generally struggled with.

 

 

 

 

The Android 4.0.3 update for the GSM/UMTS version of the Nexus S began a few days ago and by now several of them are running the latest version of Android. However, there are still many left who are not and it seems it will be a while before they get it.

Certain users are reporting that they are getting the update notification on their phones but when they begin the update process the download fails to start, after which you have no choice but to cancel the process.

When this problem was posted on Google forum, Google responded by saying that it has paused the update in certain locations and is monitoring feedback from other regions.

 

 

 

 

 

Firefox was in a precarious position for a while because the search deal with Google was running out and that was the main source of cash for the non-profit Mozilla Foundation. Firefox fans can breathe a sigh of relief as there is a new deal that ensures Google sponsorship for another three years.

After reports that Chrome has surpassed Firefox for the second spot in the most popular browser leaderboard, it looked uncertain if Google still had interest in Firefox. It turns out it does and Google will remain the default search provider for Firefox for the foreseeable future.

Firefox 9 for Android left the BETA channel to the release channel, It Now available for Desktop PC's and Android Mobile phones 2.2+ with flash and HTML5 support. Also it has a tablet specific design for Android tablets.

 

Demo Below!

 

 

Google has announced and update for the iPhone app for Google Voice. The updated app brings a lot of new features to the smartphone when used in the WiFi Google Voice service. The latest version of the app is 1.4.0.2372 and it adds some of the features that a bunch of users have been asking for. One of the big ones is the ability to send text to multiple recipients.

The multiple recipient texting also has contact autocomplete. The app now has spiny integration support to send all calls to the native dialer when integrated with Sprint. The text field now has multiple lines and character counting. The app also gets single touch copy/paste as well.

 

 

The first HTC Sense-d Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich ROM broke cover, folks. Thanks to the effort of a team of developers over at XDA, we now have a chance to see what changes are coming to the HTC devices, which are bound for upgrade. In this particular case, the ROM has been flashed to an HTC Sensation.

As you can notice from the screenshots above, the HTC Sense 3.5 dressed ROM will offer a significantly different experience than the stock UI, which we've experienced on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.

 

 

 

 

The Amazon Kindle Fire gets listed in the same column as the rest of the Android tablets, but it is worth remembering that it is a highly customized version of Android and works differently than the rest. Take the silent auto-updates for example the Fire will install the latest available firmware version 6.2.1 without asking, which will break root and make the tablet immune to SuperOneClick rooting.

The update does bring several goodies, the most valuable of which is probably the ability to remove items from the homescreen carousel. The update also improves scrolling performance and adds the option to lock Wi-Fi access with a password.

As for geeks who want to keep their root, make sure you do not connect to a Wi-Fi network or the Kindle Fire will fetch and install the update in the background.

 

 

 

The Samsung Galaxy Note is the 5.3-inch giant monster phone equipped with its own S Pen for scribbling your ideas and it is black. Some will love for its size, others will find it too big, but few will complain about it getting a white version and that is exactly what Samsung has released in its home market of South Korea. The Galaxy Note in Korea also boasts LTE connectivity.

 

Interestingly, it seems that it is becoming a habit for Samsung to release its high-end devices in white not immediately, but when some time passes after their launch. The white Galaxy Note is the exact same handset except for the color.

 

 

 

Apple acquisition of flash memory specialist Anobit has apparently been finalized, reports from Israel suggest, with the NAND controller company tech used to boost capacity, performance and reliability of storage in future smartphones, tablets and notebooks. Initially rumored earlier this month, the Anobit buy has now gone through for roughly $400-500m Calcalist reports.

Although neither company has yet officially confirmed the deal, Israel Prime Minister seems to have decided it is all legitimate enough to comment. "Welcome to Israel, Apple Inc. on your 1st acquisition here" the official Twitter feed said earlier today, "I am certain that you will benefit from the fruit of the Israeli knowledge."

 

Microsoft has released two new apps for the iOS platform, Microsoft Lync 2010 for iPhone and Lync 2010 for iPad, targeted at enterprise users with an Apple gadget in their pocket or bag. Both free downloads though requiring a Lync Server or Office365/Lync Online account in order to actually function the two apps offer instant messaging, audio conferencing and VoIP calls while on the move.

Real-time availability updates are given, as well as single-touch Lync conference call participation to avoid having to punch in lengthy passcodes. There is also transport layer security (TLS) and perimeter/internal network protection, neither of which demand a VPN, for increased data security.