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Android 2.1 update now official for Samsung Galaxy Spica

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:09:22 +0000

Samsung’s cheapest android phone, the Samsung Galaxy Spica will now officially get the official Android 2.1 update. All Samsung Galaxy Spica owners need to do is download the latest Samsung Studio PC 7 and run the software updater to get Eclair on their Spica.

The Android 2.1 update will initially be available for Germany but the rest of the world would soon follow. But if you can’t wait, you can always download the unofficial version and update at your own risk. Unofficial version can be found here.

Source: Pinoy Reviews

HTC Legend joins Vodafone’s exclusive handsets

admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:28:53 +0000

My, looks like Vodafone is trying to fill their exclusive handset portfolio. Joining the likes of the Samsung Genio Slide, Nokia N900, and Blackberry Storm2 is the HTC Legend. HTC’s first aluminum unibody Android phone.

Of course being exclusive doesn’t mean that only Vodafone users will be able to enjoy this mobile phone. If you can easily let go of £399.99 for an unlocked handset, you can purchase one from Amazon UK or wait until other retailers such as Carphone Warehouse or mobiles.co.uk offer it with an Orange, O2, or T-Mobile plan.

Source: Cellphone-Reviews

Driver of runaway Prius in spotlight

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:09:50 +0000

Remember that runaway Prius that was in the news? Well, Jim Sikes, the driver whose Prius took him in a 23 minute out of control drive down a freeway (according to reports), is finding out the hard way the downside of being an instant celebrity. It seems that everyone is now scrutinizing his financial situation.

It seems Sikes has filed for bankruptcy in 2008 and the Prius is his only remaining car. This fact has led to some speculations regarding Sikes and whether or not the incident was really an accident or just “staged”. According to the records, Sikes is updated on his lease payments on the Prius but he has to give the car back in a few months. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Toyota inspectors are currently dismantling Sikes car to see what has caused his joyride.

Hmm, I wonder if the car is insured? If he did manage to insure it with a Washington insurance company, would Toyota or the insurance company be liable? Anyways, if he didn’t, and he did manage to get a replacement car, he can always get multiple insurance quotes from NetQuote.

New goal: Develop a java program

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:06:50 +0000

There’s one thing I hate about being a technopile, I seem to have an ADHD for technology. By ADHD, I mean, I have an attention deficit disorder because a newer technology always takes my attention away from my current gadget or hobby. For example, I few months back, I was so interested in web design. I wanted to make my own wordpress theme for this blog. I studied all the how-tos and searched google far and wide. I was getting pretty close too. I already have a PSD file from photoshop but the only problem I’ve encountered was converting psd to wordpress template. I had a hard time making it compatible with all three popular browsers: internet explorer, firefox, and chrome.

Anyways, to make a long story short, after a few months, I got tired of the project and am now currently into mobile phones. I’ve been through two or three smartphones in the span of only three months. I am now currently obsessed with studying java programming and making my first java program. I’m just starting and it’s not like I’m going to apply for a job in a software development Ukraine company…Although, that’s not such a bad idea. I mean, who knows, I might actually develop a popular java game.

Study confirms: iPhone is addictive

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:11:42 +0000

Now do we really need to have a study for this? A Stanford University survey revealed that iPhone owners are rely heavily on their handsets while those who are not addicted express worry that they might be.

The survey was conducted on 200 students with iPhones. Some of the interesting points of the survey include:

1) 41 percent of owners surveyed says that losing their iPhone would be a “tragedy”
2) 3 percent of people surveyed says they don’t let anyone touch their iPhones
3) 3 percent have named their iPhones
4) 9 percent have patted their iPhones
5) 8 percent have thought “my iPod is jealous of my iPhone”
6) 74 percent of people surveyed says that owning an iPhone made them “feel cool”.

Oookaayy, another media hype for Apple?

Source: Nerdnewsblog

HTC Legend, Desire, and HD Mini now available for pre-order at Amazon UK

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:08:04 +0000

Our British brothers across the pond are lucky. HTC’s newest smartphone are now available for pre-order on Amazon UK and the earliest availability for these mobile phones is April 1st.

HTC’s powerhouse smartphone, the HTC Desire is first to be available on April 1st. It has a pre-order price of £528.68. It packs a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, HTC Sense, capacitive touchscreen, and Android 2.1. Oh yeah, initial reports also say that it has Adoble Flash built into it.

The HTC Legend, successor of the HTC Hero has a pre-order price of £399.99 and will also be available come April 1st. This smartphone has an aluminum unibody, capacitive touchscreen, HTC Sense, and Android 2.1.

The HTC HD Mini will have a later availability which is set at April 14. The HTC HD Mini is a miniaturized version of the earlier HTC HD (not the HD2) but with a slightly faster processor and bigger memory. Pre-order price of the HTC HD Mini is £369.00.

Ways to remotely access your PC

admin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:31:34 +0000

If you’re a road warrior, chances are, you’ll be missing your PC a lot. Sure, you can always bring a laptop or a smartphone but there are some programs/files on your PC that can’t be put on your smartphone or laptop. So, how can you bring your PC with you on your travels? Two words: Remote Access

Remote Access allows you to control your desktop PC from another device, say a laptop or smartphone, or another PC altogether. So here are some ways to access your PC remotely:

THROUGH A SMARTPHONE

Smartphones such as the iPhone, an Android phone or a Windows Mobile device has some apps which can help you remotely access your PC through your phone. The good news is that most of these apps are free, the bad news is that its features are limited

THROUGH A PROGRAM

Now if you have a laptop and want access to your desktop you can access your PC through RDP, VNC. RDP is mostly for windows xp PCs while VNC is platform independent so you can remotely access your iMac on a laptop running a VNC client.

If you run a tech support business or if your business has a tech support department, there are software such as Proxy Pro 6 which gives better security through a 256 bit encryption.

Choosing the best ways for remote access would ultimately depend on your needs.

LG’s Windows Phone 7 Series prototype

admin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:51:52 +0000

Can you say awesomeness? Over at engadget, they’ve just revealed LG’s prototype of a Windows Phone 7 series handset. The mobile phone is kinda like the droid, with a slide-out QWERTY pad sans the chin, and a 5 megapixel camera.

Head on over to the link to watch the videos and prepare to chuck your Droid out the window. Earliest Windows Phone 7 Series we’ll probably see is around September this year.

Google Nexus One UK has multitouch

admin — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:24:13 +0000

Okay, as as most of you may have heard, Google launched its own phone with its own branding: The Google Nexus One. In the US, the Google Nexus One can be bought at Google’s website, unlocked or with a T-Mobile contract. In the UK, the Google Nexus One is apparently headed for Vodafone. But how true is it that like the Droid, the Google Nexus One seems to sport multitouch while that feature is missing here in the US Nexus Ones?

Actually, no one in Europe has confirmed that the Google Nexus one supports multitouch but what is confirmed is that if you want that multitouch feature, you can download the dolphin browser which supports it. Of course, the pinch-zoom feature will still be absent in the picture gallery.

Well, whether it supports multitouch or not, the Google Nexus One is one pretty smartphone.

New Verbatim 2010 Portable drives

admin — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:19:11 +0000

I remember the brand Verbatim back when diskettes were the only medium of storage we know of and 1MB of space seems a lot. Verbatim always offers reliable media solutions. Now floppy drives are almost obsolete but Verbatim DVD-R and Verbatim CD-R are still the brand of choice. The company also has Blu-ray storage solutions for those who have embraced this technology. Aside from offering optical media solutions, Verbatim no has portable drives and this year, they’ve introduced new sleek and slim portable drive designs.

The Verbatim Titan XS is, according to Verbatim, the smallest 2.5”portable USB hard drive. Aside from being small, the Verbatim Titan XS has a rubber enclosure to make it more durable and ideal for mobile computing.

The Verbatim Insight is also a very innovative hard drive solution which has a LED display and Always On technology which enables to display it the available disk space even when disconnected from the PC. This device includes a Backup software which has full system/backup restore functions.