Samsung Unvieled New BADA phones

Samsung has officially unvield three (3) new BADA smartphones which were showcased at the recent IFA trade show in Berlin. Powered the new BADA 2.0 operating system are the new 4" Samsung Wave 3, Samsung Wave M, and Samsung Wave Y. All three smartphones have the capabilities of multitasking, WIFI-Direct, and voice recognition together with the new Samsung ChatOn service.

Samsung Wave 3 is a stunningly designed smartphone cramped with a 4" Super AMOLED display (480x800 resolution),  a 1.4GHz processor, 4GB built-in memory and supports microSD (up to 32GB). It also sports a 5MP rear-facing camera with Autofocus and LED Flash and a VGA front-facing camera.
Other features: A-GPS/Glonass, Bluetooth® 3.0, USB 2.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Accelerometer, Digital compass and Proximity sensor.

Samsung Wave M is geared toward social-networking crowd. It sports a 3.7" TFT LCD (320x480 resolution) made from tempered glass, a 832MHz processor, and 150MB RAM + 2GB built-in memory with an external microSD slot (expandable up to 32GB). It also include a 5MP rear-facing camera with Autofocus and LED Flash and a VGA front-facing camera.
Other features: A-GPS, NFC (optional), Bluetooth 3.0, USB 2.0 ＋ HS, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi Direct, Accelerometer and Proximity sensors.

Samsung Wave Y is an entry level smartphone targeted at the new smartphone users who is leaving their "dumb" phones. It is powered by a 3.2" TFT LCD (320x480 resolution), a 832MHz processor and holds 150MB RAM + 2GB built-in memory with an external microSD slot (expandable up to 32GB). It also sports a 2MP camera with LED flash.
Other features: A-GPS, NFC (optional), Bluetooth 3.0, USB 2.0 ＋ HS, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi Direct, Accelerometer and Proximity sensors.

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COMPUTEX 2011 : MSI WindPad Enjoy 7 & 10

MSI announced 2 new tablets at COMPUTEX today; MSI WindPad Enjoy 7 and MSI WindPad Enjoy 10.

Like their name, Enjoy 7 is a 7 inch tablet while Enjoy 10 takes form of a 10 inch tablet. Both will be running Android 2.3 Gingerbread. According to Engadget, MSI takes this direction as they see that Gingerbread enjoys broader compatibility and better stability compared to Honeycomb.

Both tablet will be running on a single core 1.2 Ghz processor, 512MB RAM and 4GB of internal storage. Both sport two 2 megapixels cameras; one of the two camera having the ability to take 720p video.

While the Enjoy 10 boosts 1024 x 768 resolution and a 27.3WHr battery, its smaller brother, Enjoy 7, dishes out 800 x 480 pixels resolution with a smaller 17.3WHr battery. Enjoy 7 weights around 395g and Enjoy 10 weights 795g making them quite light in each of their category.

Check out the pics at Engadget.

Just announced: Asus Padfone

What do you want? An Android phone or an Android tablet? What about both?

Yep. Asus has just announce Asus Padfone. It is an Android phone that can dock into its slate and becomes a tablet. The slate itself comes with an extra battery, giving you extra juice. Not only that, the slate battery will charge up the phone during docking.

It sounds great. It looks great. However, it still a concept. A great concept. This will definately change how we perceive a smartphone / tablet should be. I am excited to see it actually comes out. Hopefully Asus will follow it thru with great love... Not to mention a good price too... :)

Enjoy the pics.

Google I/O 2011

*image courtesy of Google Inc.

The fourth Google I/O conference kicked off yesterday with a number of announcement made during the 1st day keynote. Among others are:

1. The growth of Android
• 100 millions Android activations up to date; sees about 400K device activations per day
• Android is currently being supported by 36 EOMs, 215 Carriers, and 450K Developers across 112 counties.
• There a now more than 200K apps in Android Market today which sees 4.5B apps installations. 
2. Android 3.1
•  Announcement of Android 3.1 Update which is a major update to Honeycomb.
  The update will hit Verizon Xoom starting yesterday.
• Among the features are :
    - customizable widget sizing
    - ability to hosts USB devices including PS3 & XBox 360 wired controllers
    - enhanced task switcher
    - new multitasking engine; helps reduce crashes and more fluidity between apps
• The update also hits Google TV this summer. On top of that Google TV will also get Android Market.
3. Android Ice Cream Sandwich
• Another major annoucement is Android Ice Cream Sandwich, might be Google's most ambitious project for Android. Their motto 'One OS Everywhere' shows that Google intend to power tablets, convertible laptops, phones and such with this OS. This must be the roadmap taken by Google to reduce the fragmentation in Android.
• To sweeten things up, this OS will be open source.
• It is scheduled to be released in Q4 2011.
4. Movie Rental Streaming via Android Market
• Android Market now include Movie rentals streaming to your tablet or smartphone.
• Expect the same experience as downloading e-books.
5. Google Music Beta
• In a simple words, it is iTunes on cloud.
• It runs on all Android devices
• Able to create custom playlist
• Upload and store music onto directory on cloud service
• Able to sync your device with your account wirelessly from web; even with your new device
• Able to play them offline
• It has Instant Mix; this is where the service actually listen to the music you, er, listen and able mix and mash them...
• It is FREE, while in BETA


6. Android Update Guidelines
• Google sets how long (timely) does a device will get each update. Google also sets an at least 18 months of timeline update once a new device is released. Commitments from LG, SE, Motorola, AT&T, Vodafone, Sprint, Samsung, HTC and Verizon Wireless
• Android Open Accessory - an API that allows third-party devices to work with Android based devices. Google demoed an exercise bike which sync with an Android phone, and also a labyrinth game that mirrors the movement of an Android tablet.
7. Android @ Home


Google presented a framework in making Android as the heart of your house
Able to control lights, possibly all other electrical devices at home
Project Tungsten - LightingScience will start selling an Android compatible light bulbs. These lights will response to music or games environment from your Android device.
8.  Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Limited Edition
• Google also showed a limited edition of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. The device is 8.6mm thick, weights 565gm and has 10.1" size display, 1 GHz Dual-Core, 32GB internal storage, 1GB Ram and runs on Android 3.1
• Google is giving all the 5000 Google I/O 2011 attendees this wonderful device for free.

Four injured in an iPAD 2 fight at Beijing Apple Store.

Four people were sent to hospital after a scuffle broken out at a Beijing Apple Store. The rage for the recently released iPAD 2 and white iPhone 4 in China had customers and resellers lining up outside an Apple Store in Beijing.

Sources at MacObserver.com reported that the scuffle started by the resellers were told to wait in line outside the store and were not allowed to get inside. Some resellers got mad and started to smash the glass door (which cost around USD46,000).

What happended next, allegedly, was a foreign, non chinese Apple store employee came out with an iron rod and hit people of which 4 were sent to hospital.

Read the sources here:
1. MacObserver.com
2. Canadian Press
3. Agence France-Presse(AFP)
4. NPR by Associated Press

BlackBerry Bold 9900 / 9930 - The BoldTouch

 

BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 are the latest BlackBerry smartphones announced by RIM earlier this week. Also known as BoldTouch gets a 1.2 GHz Snapdragon processor, 2.8 inch VGA touchscreen (287 dpi), and 8  GB of on board memory. Among others, the smartphones also includes a  built-in compass, NFC technology, dual-WiFi and 720p HD recording.

 

 

BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 will receive the new BlackBerry 7 OS, touted to have better browsing experience and speedier webpage loading. With only 10.5mm thickness, the smartphones will be the thinniest BlackBerry ever.

 

Visit RIM's BoldTouch official page here.

 

 

 

BB 7 OS announced, only for new BlackBerry TouchBolds..

Research In Motion (RIM) announced new BlackBerry 7 OS on Monday together with the new thinnest and most powerful BlackBerry smartphones; BlackBerry Bold 9900 and BlackBerry Bold 9930.

BlackBerry 7 OS features:

• easier and faster user experience with improved browsing
• Liquid Graphics, allows faster rendering and seamless panning and
  zooming
• a new JIT (just in time) JavaScript compiler, improve webpage load time
• supports additional HTML5 elements, such as HTML5 Video
• Universal Search - voice-activated searches 
• BlackBerry Balance
•  separates personal content from corporate content;
• freedom and flexibility to use the handset for personal email, Facebook®,
  Twitter®, multimedia, games and other apps
•  provides a number of unique IT policy controls such as wiping only corporate
  data from the handset or blocking work related content and apps from being
  copied or forwarded to personal contacts

BlackBerry Bold 9900 and BlackBerry Bold 9930 also comes with full version of Docs To Go® with all the premium features enabled out of the box, which allows the users view and edits MS Words, MS Excel and MS Powerpoint directly from the phones. Users also able to view PDF files.