iPhone 4S vs. Samsung Galaxy S II Drop Test

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News Samsung Galaxy Nexus to be announced October 19th

Google Nexus Prime, or curently know as Samsung Galaxy Nexus, or some said maybe will release both model (one model come with TouchWiz and another with Vanilla Android) will be officially announced on October 19th.

The date itself, we heard about through the grape vine back on Wednesday, but now, we have reports of official invites courtesy of Samsung, having been issued as of this Thursday. The new event will take place on October 19th (as we said), with doors opening at 9:30am and the event kicking off at 10am.

You'll be able to watch a live-stream, assuming it fits in with your timezone, via youtube.com/android, meaning by the end of play on the 19th we should finally have the full story on both the next Nexus and Ice Cream Sandwich.

Meanwhile, Ice Cream Sandwich for real anyone? ;)

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Sonalight Brings Powerful Texting-By-Voice To Android

Well if you are Android user and looking for something what Siri (iPhone 4s apps) can do, introducing you Sonalight Text by Voice.

There’s a lot that Siri can do that Sonalight doesn’t — you can’t ask it to check your calendar, for example, nor can you do any of those nifty Wolfram Alpha data lookups. But for straightforward texting, it’s taking a similarly intuitive approach.

Here is the video demo



Well if u r a user who love to text during driving, this is what u need. The apps is free to download but you only can send 20 text message by voice and you can receive an unlimited number. If you want to send more voice texts, you have to pay $20 for an unlimited year’s subscription. Skates says that the service will be experimenting to figure out the best approach, so this setup may change.

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The sweetest Valentine present, Sharp Q-Pod

Ever wondering what is the best chocolate to give during Valentine? no fear! Sharp has found a solution for you! Introducing the dessert and technology by Sharp, Q-Pod, a design like a chocolate bar.

Sharp Q-Pod (SH-04D) Key Features :

• 3.7″ LCD with qHD (540 x 960 pixels) resolution.
• 1GHz Snapdragon MSM 8255.
• 512 MB RAM.
• 8MP camera with LED flash.
• waterproof body.
• Android  2.3

The dessert doesnt end here, it also come with CHOCOBED which will be used for charging your sweet droid.

The Sharp Q-Pod is expected to hit the shelves of NTT DoCoMo in Japan on or around October 18. There will be only 3000 chocolate droids made, so in case you happen to be in Japan, and interested in one, don’t delay your purchase. I’m sure they will sell out quickly.

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Have you upgrade to iOS 5?

Well if you havent time to do it! iOS 5 updae is now available via iTunes. The update brings lots of new features including the Notification center, the location-aware Reminders, iCloud and iMessage to the iOS compatible devices such as the iPhone 3G and the iPhone 4, the iPod Touches (3rd and 4th gen) and of course, the two iPads.

iOS 5 changelog :

iOS 5 Software Update


This update contains over 200 new features, including the following:


• Notifications
◦ Swipe from the top of any screen to view notifications in one place with Notification Center
◦ New notifications appear briefly at the top of the screen
◦ View notifications from lock screen
◦ Slide the notification app icon to the right on the lock screen to go directly to the app


• iMessage
◦ Send and receive unlimited text, photo, and video messages with other iOS 5 users
◦ Track messages with delivery and read receipts
◦ Group messaging and secure encryption
◦ Works over cellular network and Wi-Fi*


• Newsstand
◦ Automatically organizes magazine and newspaper subscriptions on Home Screen
◦ Displays the cover of the latest issue
◦ Background downloads of new issues


• Reminders for managing to do lists
◦ Syncs with iCloud, iCal and Outlook
◦ Location-based reminders when you leave or arrive at a location for iPhone 4S and iPhone 4


• Built-in support for Twitter
◦ Sign-in once in Settings and tweet directly from Camera, Photos, Maps, Safari and YouTube
◦ Add location to any tweet
◦ View twitter profile pictures and usernames in Contacts


• Camera improvements for devices with cameras
◦ Double click the home button when device is asleep to bring up a camera shortcut on iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch (4th generation)
◦ Volume Up button to take a picture
◦ Optional grid lines to line up shots
◦ Pinch to zoom in the preview screen
◦ Swipe to camera roll from preview screen
◦ Tap and hold to lock focus and exposure, iPad 2 and iPod touch (4th generation) only support exposure lock


• Photo improvements for devices with cameras
◦ Crop and rotate
◦ Red eye removal
◦ One tap enhance
◦ Organize photos into albums


• Mail improvements
◦ Format text using bold, italic, or underlined fonts
◦ Indentation control
◦ Drag to rearrange names in address fields
◦ Flag messages
◦ Mass mark messages as flagged, read or unread
◦ Customize mail alert sounds
◦ S/MIME


• Calendar improvements
◦ Year view on iPad and new Week view for iPhone and iPod touch
◦ Tap to create an event
◦ View and add event attachments


• Game Center improvements
◦ Use personal photos for your Game Center account
◦ Compare your overall achievement scores with your friends
◦ Find new Game Center friends with friend recommendations and friends of friends
◦ Discover new games with custom game recommendations


• AirPlay Mirroring for iPad 2 and iPhone 4S


• Multitasking Gestures for iPad
◦ Use four or five fingers to pinch to the Home Screen
◦ Swipe up to reveal the multitasking bar
◦ Swipe left or right to switch between apps
• On-device setup, activation and configuration with Setup Assistant


• Software updates available over the air without tethering


• iCloud support
◦ iTunes in the Cloud
◦ Photo Stream
◦ Documents in the Cloud
◦ Apps and Books automatic download and purchase history
◦ Backup
◦ Contacts, Calendar, and Mail
◦ Find My iPhone


• Redesigned Music app for iPad


• Hourly weather forecast


• Real-time stock quotes


• Wireless sync to iTunes


• Keyboard improvements
◦ Split keyboard for iPad
◦ Improved autocorrection accuracy
◦ Improved Chinese and Japanese input
◦ New Emoji keyboard
◦ Personal dictionary for autocorrection
◦ Optionally create keyboard short cuts for frequently used words


• Accessibility improvements
◦ Option to light LED flash on incoming calls and alerts for iPhone 4S and iPhone 4
◦ Custom vibration patterns for incoming calls on iPhone
◦ New interface for using iOS with mobility-impairment input devices
◦ Option to speak a selection of text
◦ Custom element labeling for VoiceOver


• Exchange ActiveSync improvements
◦ Wirelessly sync tasks
◦ Mark messages as flagged, read or unread
◦ Improved offline support
◦ Save a new contact from a GAL service


• More than 1,500 new developer APIs


• Bug fixes


* Normal carrier data rates may apply. Messages will be sent as SMS when iMessage is unavailable, carrier messaging fees apply.

CynogenMod 7.1 official released!

Good news to all custom ROM fans, the CynogenMod 7.1 is official release with a host of improvements and support 68 devices!

New devices that support CynogenMod are :

• HTC Desire S
• HTC Incredible S
• HTC Incredible 2
• LG Optimus 2X and T-Mobile G2x
• Motorola Backflip (Motus)
• Motorola Cliq / Cliq XT
• Motorola Defy
• Motorola Droid 2
• Motorola Droid X
• Samsung Captivate
• Samsung Fascinate
• Samsung Mesmerize
• Samsung Showcase
• Samsung Vibrant
• Samsung Galaxy S
• Samsung Galaxy S2 (multiple carriers)
• Sony Ericsson Xperia X8
• Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini
• Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro
• Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo
• Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
• Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray
• Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc
• ZTE V9

So CynogenMod fans, are you ready to flash your ROM? I'll do that on my Xperia Neo this weekend ;)

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Samsung Galaxy II update to increase the size of icons

Good news to all Samsung Galaxy S II user, a new update will roll out soon! Bad news to you all as well because Samsung announced the new update will increase 30% size of the icons.

This means that after the update the homescreen will show just three icons at the bottom and even the application menu grid will be reduced to a 3x3 grid. Another change that this update will bring is a System Update widget. It will inform you of the current version of the software and if there are any new updates available.

The update should be available to Galaxy S II owners soon. Hopefully, the icon size change will be optional, as it seems like a waste of good display space that some users might like to keep.

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