iPhone 5 : Product showcase !

Some folk has made a product showcase video of the upcoming iPhone 5.... MUST SEE !!!

HTC Desire Family to get Gingerbread update.

Source : Slash Gear

Good news. By Q2 2011, all HTC Desire (Desire HD, Desire Z, Desire) and also Incredible S can get their long waited Gingerbread update. Some says that gingerbread is somehow not stable, but i guess HTC has overcome that bugs before releasing the update. Have fun updating your phone Desire's owner ;)

Special gift from dad : Playable Angry Bird Birthday Cake.

The video below shows how a father construct a birthday cake for his 6 year old son named Ben. Enjoy ;)

Must see : iPad 2 Full review

Some guys has posted a full review about the coming iPad 2. Well, i don't what their intention is. But it is surely worth the time. Have a happy laughing time guys ;)

Tour : Android both @ Mobile World Congress 2011

Entrance

Floor Guide

Crowded !

Hi you earth creature !?

Google Lava lamp

Google shirt. Free ?

Yeaaa... lets go slide !

Dare !

Yeaaahaaa

What ?!?! Free smoothie ;)

Your order please !

Droidshi (android + sushi)

Giant Nexus-S

Android pin. 86 design to collect. i like ;)

Free drinks ;)

Stick it ;)

A view from the top

For more pictures please go to http://www.businessinsider.com/google-booth-mwc-2011-2#google-isnt-goofing-around-here-a-huge-sign-on-the-building-tells-you-to-come-inside-and-meet-the-android-community-1. Thanks BI ;)

The Battle of Android tablet : Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Motorola Xoom, LG Optimus Pad

Here a table to begin with :

	Samsung Galaxy Tab	Motorola Xoom	LG Optimus Pad
OS	Android 3.0 Honeycomb	Android 3.0 Honeycomb	Android 3.0 Honeycomb
Processor	1 GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 Dual-core processor	1 GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 Dual-core processor	1 GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 Dual-core processor
Screen Size	10.1"	10.1"	8.9"
Display	1280x800 WXGA	1280 x 800 WXGA	1280x768
Weight	599g	730g	630g
Network	HSPA+ 21 Mbps 850/900/1900/2100 EDGE/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900	EVDO Rev. A (4G Upgradeable) GPRS/EDGE Class 12 HSDPA 10.1 Mbps HSUPA 5.76 Mbps	HSPA+ 21 Mbps 850/900/1900/2100 EDGE/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900
Connectivity	Bluethooth 3.0, WiFi 802.11n, GPS	Bluethooth 3.0, WiFi 802.11n, GPS	Bluethooth 3.0, WiFi 802.11n, GPS
Memory	16 GB / 32 GB	32 GB	32 GB
Camera	Rear : 8 MP, Front 3 MP	Rear : 5 MP, Front : 2	Rear : 2x 5MP, Front : Unknown
Port	Proprietary	Micro USB, Mini HDMI	Micro USB, Mini HDMI
Memory slot	None	Micro SD	None
Good	Lightweight, 8 MP camera	Connection option micro SD card slot Good Build	Record 3D video 15:9 acpec ratio, great for watching movie
Bad	No USB / HDMI port Use the Proprietary	A bit heavy	Relatively odd and small screen size
Score	6 (7-1)	8 (9-1)	4 (6-2)

As you can see, from the table above (it's just my way of comparing them, result may vary by individu), Motorola Xoom has manage to get the most point (my pointing system). Notice the Micro SD card slot on the Xoom, although Android 3.0 doesn't support   micro SD card, Motorola told that, they will immediately push the update when the OS become micro SD card friendly.

My Summary :

Those number were for illustration purpose only. There's no clear winner until we get the device on our hand. By then, we can know which is good and bad. Sometimes, good thing seem like a bad things. It depend on how people see's it.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is the most lightweight. In term of handling, it's reported to be very pleasant. Motorola Xoom, despite being the heaviest of those 3, it's pack with a lot of features and connectivity options. While LG Optimus Pad is so obvious with it 3D capturing capabilities, but with a slightly smaller screen size. All in all, all those 3 look great on paper, but can they perform similar ? That we need to wait. With several opponent coming their way, like the HTC Flyer, things should be interesting by then. I'll surely blog about them when there's one available. 

Motorola has announce price for Xoom

Just last month Motorola has announce their first tablet. Recently, they has manage to come out with the price range. With the highest CDMA and upgradeable spec were price at $800 (approx RM 2400). Good news is, the Wifi only version has a lower price tag at $599 (approx RM 1800). The bad news is, those price were not including all the lousy tax. huhu !

Angry Bird is coming to Windows Phone 7

At last, Angry Bird is coming to Windows Phone 7. Angry Bird has been the star app on iPhone and Android device. When somebody from Pocket-lint ask the Rovio (the developer), they answered "We are working on it".  Let's hope that this Angry Bird will come to WP7 for free.

HTC Unveil their first 7 inch : The HTC Flyer

HTC has unveil their new line of products to compete with all others brand. Among them, there were this 7 inch display tablet. Let's take a brief look on the HTC Flyer




HTC Flyer : 7 inch Tablet.

This is the most impressive one from HTC. They has finally came out with a 7 inch smart phone to compete with the most praise Samsung Galaxy TAB. Flyer got the 1.5 Ghz single-core processor, 1GB Ram and 32GB of internal storage. It got two camera. On the front is the 1.3 megapixel for video calling and on the back is the 5 megapixel camera with autofocus.

It weight at 415g and is just 13.2mm thick. Unfortunately, there's no HDMI port for us to plug the Flyer to our LED TV. But, HTC has enable the dive to be use with a digital pen capabilities (you can see on the video below).

HTC Flyer use the re-build version of Android 2.3 aka known as Android 2.4. It's sense UI also got some upgrade with lots of new features. One of them is TimeMark. TimeMark is a note taking app with some twist. It allow user to record audio of meeting while taking notes (writing). User also can return to the exact audio recoding time when they click on the written notes using HTC Scribe. All TimeMark notes then can be sync with the popular cloud app called EverNote.

Below is the hands-on video of the HTC Flyer. Nice !!!

LG Optimus 3D : World first 'glassless' 3D Android base smart phone

LG Optimus 3D.
Picture : Engadget

This is the best of them all from LG. This device has shock so many people including me. Personally, i can't wait to get my hands on it. The 'glassless' 3D means that we don't need any glass / eye gadget to be able to see the 3D effect. Glassless 3D has been a talking point since 3D LED TV were invented.  There will be the time where all of us can watch our favorite 3D movie on our glassless 3D TV in comfort and i mean so much in comfort. We can also watch it with the whole family of 5 / 7 / 9 or more (since no glass were needed).

The Optimus 3D not only featured the first glassless 3D tech in smart phone, it also included the 4GB LP DDR2 Ram. The memory also run on dual channel. LG choose to use the 1Ghz dual-core Texas Instruments OMAP 4 processor. IT also has 2 rear-facing camera that enable you to take a 1080p 2D (full HD) video and 720p 3D video. All those captured video can be viewed on your larger LCD / LED TV vie the phone HDMI 1.4 port.

The phone were said to be available world wide by early second quarter of this year (2011). Below is the spec for the phone :

- 1GHz Dual-Core Dual-Channel Texas Instruments OMAP4 processor

- 4.3-inch 3D WVGA (800x480)screen 

- 8GB memory and 4Gb LP DDR2 

- 5MP dual-lens camera 

- 2D: 1080p MPEG-4/H.264 recording and playback 

- 3D: 720p H.264 SEI recording and playback 

- Google Android 2.2 Froyo

- HSPA+, 

- DLNA 

- HDMI 1.4 

- Video formats: H.264, H.263, DivX, MKV, WMV-9, ASF, AVI, 3GP, MP4 

- 1,500 mAh battery 

From the spec above, notice that the phone support MKV file format. Nice eh ! Probably the most bad said and is the phone were shipped with Android 2.2 Froyo instead of 2.3 like all the other new and coming Android phone in the market. But, i think LG will make something between now and the phone launching. They have plenty of time to at least make an 2.3 update ready by the time the phone available to consumer. One other thing, with those kind of spec and features, don't aspect it will come on the middle rage price, it would most likely to be on the highest price rage. Wait and see ;)

In the meantime, please enjoy the Hands-on video below by Engadget :

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Hands On : Samsung Galaxy Tab II

Enjoys :

Sony Unveil Xperia Play : A playstation games friendly device

Soy Xperia Play

Sony has unveil their next-gen mobile gaming device. It's not a Playsation phone, because you can't see or find any playstation logo on it. It's rather a new-gen device that can play playstation games. This is the new beginning of a new era by Sony. It has implement the like of PSP on the Adroid base device. Who knows, after this, any Android powered device can opt for the same things, that would be interesting.

For the spec, it got 4 inch multi touch display with a  854x480 resolution. An 1 Ghz Qualcom processor, an on board Andreno 205 GPU, 512 MB of RAM, 5.1 megapixel camera and all other normal stuff that all smartphone have. The phone expected to be shipped globally in March with a launch in the US.

Samsung unveil their power : Unpacked Galaxy S 2 and Galaxy Tab 2.

Samsung Galaxy S II

Samsung has began to unpack their latest invention. Meet the Samsung Galaxy S 2 and Galaxy Tab 2. Galaxy S 2 use the power of latest release of Andriod 2.3 (gingerbread) with a Dual-core 1Ghz processor. It got the Super AMOLED 4.3 with a resolution of 480x800. On the imaging part, Galaxy S 2 got the 8-megapixel rear-facing camera that can record 1080p (Full HD) video at 30 frame per second. It also got some future tech equipped like the NFC (near field communication).

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 inch

The new Galaxy Tab is 10.1 inch with a resolution of 1280x800. On the core side, it got the 1 Ghz Dual-core processor. It will run the latest Adroid for tablet Honeycomb OS (3.0). It is said that this tablet is slightly lighter than Motorola Xoom.

SynthCam : iPhone App that turn iPhone camera into SLR like effect.

I'm a bit jealous with all the iPhone owner. This kind of App make iPhone tiny camera become huge (what it can do). Beside of taking normal picture, this App can transform your iPhone into something that more or less 'big lens' SLR.

The App can easily make a 'bokeh' (blured background) effect out of iPhone camera. It was a genus algorithm by the developer to make the iPhone process the captured video into a 'bokeh' style photography.

It also can make magic by completely removing any moving background aka walking people behind your focused object. I'll included the example below.

One more magic that it can do is to sharpen and remove noise of a low light condition photo. What it do is, it will record sum amount time of video (5-10 seconds) and after that, the algorithm will do the rest. You can see the out come from the sample down below.

Here are some info about the developer. An impressive one i should say :

Marc Levoy lives in Palo Alto, California. When he's not writing iPhone apps, he is a professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, where he teaches computer graphics, digital photography, and the science of art.  His research interests include computer animation, volume rendering, 3D scanning, light field sensing and display, computational photography, and computational microscopy.

Now, let see the sample of what this App can do :

Normal snap !

SynthCam snap = bokeh effect (blurred background)

Normal snap. notice the people walking behind !

SynthCam snap = Blurred background and removed the walking people behind. very slick !

Normal snap = low light condition with a lot of noise.

SynthCam snap = Sharper and noise reduced.


























So, to all proud owner of iPhone who like a bit of professional photography, you guys can get this app from the Apple Apps Store at a very low price of 99 cents. Enjoy ;)

Ever wonder what WebOS is : HP Think Beyond Event

HP

You can always jump to the specific time to watch below notes :

00:00 - Opening
09:40 - Introducing the Veer and Pre3
22:30 - Introducing the TouchPad
28:40 - TouchPad and Pre3 feature demonstration

HP bring WebOS to the BIG Screen

HP has announce their 3 new product. Small, medium and big. Those 3 product were base on HP WebOS mobile operating system. It's been a while since HP acquire Palm until they release with these new toys.

Now lets start with the small one, the one called HP Veer :

Jon Rubinstein shows off the HP Veer.
(Credit: James Martin/CNET)

HP Veer will have the power of a regular smartphone, but will be much more compact. While every one is thinking the bigger is the better, but HP was the one with the opposite. The kind of approach in a way of "HP is thinking beyond by thinking small". The 'tiny' and power full smartphone were packed with features (as i said before). You can do almost everything with this little thing (but with a much smaller display of course). Below is some of the feature listed :

• Messaging with google talk support.
• Web browsing with Adobe Flash 10.1 plugin support.
• Email with combined mail box (option to view separately also available).
• Contact that link with Facebook and much more.
• Calendar that has combine view.
• GPS with Google Maps support.
• Video capture with editing and sharing capabilities.
• Camera that take picture and share with social networks.
• Music Player with Amazon MP3 store integration.
• Blutooth 2.1 with EDR
• WiFi B/G
• Youtube full screen.
• Mobile Hotspot.

And the most appealing one is the ability to Charge the phone using TouchStone.
TouchStone Technology. Charge on contact !

Below is the Spec for the phone (kecil-kecil cili api) :

Color	Black
Operating system	HP webOS
Network specs3	HSDPA 7.2/HSUPA 5.76 Quad-band GSM/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS/EDGE
Display	2.6-inch multitouch screen with a vibrant 18-bit color, 320x400 resolution
Keyboard	Slide-out physical QWERTY keyboard
Email4	Microsoft® Exchange email with Microsoft Direct Push Technology POP3/IMAP (Yahoo!® Mail, Gmail™, AOL, Hotmail®, etc.)
Messaging5	Integrated IM, SMS, and MMS
GPS6	Built-in GPS (A-GPS)
Digital camera	5-megapixel camera with extended depth of field, geotagging, and video capture
Audio	Speakerphone; dual-mic for noise cancellation for quieter calls.
Sensors	Accelerometer, ambient light, and proximity
Media formats supported	Audio formats: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR, QCELP, WAV Video formats: MPEG-4, H.263, H.264
Wireless connectivity7	Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n with WPA, WPA2, WEP, 802.1X authentication; Bluetooth® wireless technology 2.1 + EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth support; Wi-Fi router functionality for up to five devices using HP mobile hotspot.
Memory8	8GB (~6.5GB available) USB mass storage support
Battery9	910 mAh (non-removable); up to 5.0 hours of talk time or 300 hours of standby time.
Connector	Charger/magnetic connector with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
Headphone jack	Magnetic connector with 3.5mm stereo headset adapter included
HP Touchstone10	Compatible
Processor	Qualcomm MSM7230, 800Mhz
Dimensions	Width: 54.5mm (2.15 inches) Height: 84.0mm (3.31 inches) Thickness: 15.1mm (0.59 inches)
Weight	103 grams (3.63 ounces)

Next, lets look at the Pre3 :

Jon Rubinstein introduces the Pre 3
(Credit: James Martin/CNET)

HP Pre3 is the update version of Pre2. They share much of the same look and design. It has the largest QWERTY keyboard of any WebOS phone to date. Pre3 user the 1.4Ghz Qualcom processor with 512MB RAM . It has double resolution from Palm Pre. It can shoot HD video. For the features, almost the same as what Veer has on the top. Below is the phone spec :

Color	Black
Operating system	HP webOS
Display	3.58-inch multitouch screen with a vibrant 24-bit color, 480x800 resolution WVGA display
Keyboard	Slide-out physical QWERTY keyboard
Processor	Qualcomm MSM 8x55 (1.4 GHz)
Email2	Microsoft® Exchange email with Microsoft Direct Push Technology POP3/IMAP (Yahoo!® Mail, Gmail™, AOL, Hotmail®, etc.)
Messaging3	Integrated IM, SMS, and MMS
GPS4	Built-in GPS
Digital camera	5-megapixel auto-focus camera with LED flash, HD (up to 720p) video recording, front VGA
Audio	Mono speakerphone; dual-mic noise cancellation
Sensors	Accelerometer, ambient light, proximity, and compass
Media formats supported	Audio formats: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR, QCELP, WAV Video formats: MPEG-4, H.263, H.264
Wireless connectivity5	Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n 5GHz) with WPA, WPA2, WEP, 802.1X authentication; Bluetooth® wireless technology 2.1 + EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth support; A-GPS; Wi-Fi router functionality for up to five devices using HP mobile hotspot
Memory6	512MB RAM; choose from 8GB or 16GB internal storage USB mass storage support
Battery	1230 mAh
Connector	Charger/microUSB connector with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
Headphone jack	3.5mm stereo
HP Touchstone7	Compatible
Dimensions	Width: 64mm (2.52 inches) Height: 111mm (4.37 inches) Thickness: 16mm (0.63 inches)
Weight	156 grams (5.5 ounces)

And now come the much talked HP TouchPad :

Jon Rubinstein introduces the HP TouchPad WebOS-based tablet
(Credit: James Martin/CNET)

HP TouchPad has the same screen size with Apple iPad. While other manufacturer go for 10.1 inch screen, HP decide to stay with 9.7 inch. The WebOS on the Touch Pad is the latest one, which is 2.1. The resolution is at 1024x768. It weight 1.5 pound and 13.7 mm thick. This cool device pack with a dual-core 1.2Ghz Snapdragon processor. Customer got to chose between various model which are with WiFi only / 3G / 4G edition. We will talk more on what this cool device can do in my next submission. Meanwhile, you can look at the TouchPad spec below :

Color	Black
Operating system	HP webOS
Display	9.7-inch XGA capacitive, multitouch screen with a vibrant 18-bit color, 1024x768 resolution display
Keyboard	Virtual keyboard
Email1	Microsoft® Exchange email with Microsoft Direct Push Technology POP3/IMAP (Yahoo!® Mail, Gmail™, AOL, Hotmail®, etc.)
Messaging2	Integrated IM and SMS
GPS3	A-GPS (3G models only)
Digital camera	Front-facing 1.3-megapixel webcam for live video calling4
Sensors	Light sensor, accelerometer, compass (magnetometer), and gyroscope
Media formats supported	Audio formats: DRM-free MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR, QCELP, WAV Video formats: MPEG-4, H.263, H.264
Wireless connectivity5	Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n with WPA, WPA2, WEP, 802.1X authentication; Bluetooth® wireless technology 2.1 + EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth support
Memory6	Choose either 16GB or 32GB internal storage
Battery	Rechargeable 6300 mAh (typical) battery
Connector	Charger/microUSB connector with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
Headphone jack	3.5mm stereo headset/headphone/microphone jack
Speakers	Internal stereo speakers and Beats Audio™
HP Touchstone for TouchPad7	Compatible
Processor	Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-CPU APQ8060 1.2GHz
Dimensions	Width: 240mm (9.45 inches) Height: 190mm (7.48 inches) Thickness: 13.7mm (0.54 inches)
Weight	Approximately 740 grams (1.6 pounds)