Details Specs for the Samsung S8000 Cubic
April 17, 2009
“Leaked 3 weeks ago, the unannounced Samsung S8000 Cubic has got more info available through the Euroset.ru pre-order page. The online retailer was accepting the pre-order of Samsung S800 for about 480 euro, though the pre-order page was removed not too long after reports on few blogs. Other than the 5 megapixel camera with dual LED flash, the full touch screen phone is using a 3.1-inch AMOLED display screen. The display screen supports up to 16 million colors with WVGA (480 x 800) resolution.The Samsung S8000 Cubic will also comes with built in FM Radio, microSDHC card slot, 2GB internal memory, 3.5 mm headphone jack, WiFi, GPS and bluetooth.
Samsung S800 specifications
- GSM 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS 900/2100
- 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, WLAN 802.11 b/g
- 3.1 吋 AMOLED touch screen, 16 million colors, 480 x 800 resolution
- 5 megapixel camera with auto focus, dual LED flash
- FM Radio with RDS
- 3.5 mm headphone jack
- GPS/ A-GPS
- USB
- Bluetooth 2.1
- 2 GB internal memory
- microSDHC card slot” via slashphone.com
Mac OS X Pro Tip: Lock Your Data with Disk Images
April 17, 2009
You may have used Disk Utility to format, verify, repair, or partition disks on your Mac. But the Mac OS X Leopard utility also offers a great way to protect any sensitive or confidential data youre sending to colleagues or clients. Encrypt a folder on your Mac as a .dmg file, and you can confidently email it or include it on an optical disc or thumb drive you overnight. Like to see how easy it is to create a .dmg in Disk Utility?
Google Announces Android Platform Upgrade
April 17, 2009
Developers should get the final edition of the software development kit to create applications for the update to Google’s smartphone OS by the end of the month.
AT&T Starts Shipping Samsung Propel Pro
April 17, 2009
Runs on the Standard edition of Windows Mobile 6.1; so while it sports a QWERTY sliding keyboard, there’s no touch screen.
AT&T Starts Shipping Samsung Propel Pro
April 17, 2009
Runs on the Standard edition of Windows Mobile 6.1; so while it sports a QWERTY sliding keyboard, there’s no touch screen.
Palm Drops Price of Unlocked Treo Pro
April 17, 2009
Significant discount for GSM cusomters of operators like AT&T and T-Mobile still twice the cost of the Sprint edition.
The Samsung Propel Pro is Available from AT&T
April 16, 2009
I know you have been waiting for this one and it has finally arrived. The QWERTY handset from Samsung baptized the Propel Pro is finally available from AT&T. You can have it for $149.99 after $50 mail-in rebate on a two-year contract. And here are the official specs of the Propel Pro, just to remind you what all that money will buy: ? Slider form factor, QWERTY keypad
? 2.5-inch TFT display, 320 x 320 pixels, 65K colors
? Quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
? Tri-band UMTS/HSDPA connectivity (850/1900/2100 MHz)
? Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard OS
? 3 megapixel camera with autofocus
? Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth 2.0
? MicroSDHC support
? 4 x 2.5 x 0.6 inches, 4.8 ounces
? Talk time: up to 6 hours, Standby time: up to 12 days” via mobilewhack.com
App Store Pick of the Week: Flick Sports Fishing
April 16, 2009
Have you gone Flick Sports Fishing? The Freeverse game one of the all-time top 20 apps on the App Store lets you virtually cast and reel in some really big fish using iPhone or iPod touch. You can play against friends and brag about your latest catch. And for a limited time, if you download Flick Fishing or any other app on the App Store you could reel in a really big catch in the Billion App Countdown Promotion.
Nokia E63 Review at brighthand!
April 15, 2009
“When Nokia introduced the very thin and powerful Nokia E71 QWERTY smartphone, it probably had no clue that this would be such a popular model. So much so that they could keep it at a higher price point and release a sibling model, the E63, with a lower price and slightly reduced feature set.
The interesting thing is that the Nokia E63 doesn’t really feel like a cheaper device when you are using it. It’s that good.
Design and Build
The E63 uses a tablet shape, with a front-facing QWERTY keyboard and a 2.4-inch display.
Unlike the mostly-metal E71, the E63 is a plastic-covered device. It also has a thicker profile (13mm vs 10mm) and slightly heavier weight (126g), making it more compairable to a BlackBerry Curve or Palm Treo Pro.
Nevertheless, the soft-touch paint of the rear, and wide profile are pleasing in the hand. The E63 brought back memories of the Treo 680 that I used to own as it felt simply “hand-friendly.”
Beyond that, the 320-by-240-pixel (QVGA) screen offers great visibility in indoor and outdoor conditions. The refresh rate seems a touch faster than what I’m used to with my Nokia N95.
On the downside, the E63 lacks dedicated buttons for volume and power. The volume settings are configured either via the devices settings or a sound-specific application (such as the music player). The power button is the same as the call-end button.
Despite this, the mono-speaker was good enough for listening to music, ringtones, and podcasts.” Read more here:
Android 1.5 announced, early-look SDK available today
April 15, 2009
I’m excited to announce that starting today, developers can get an early look at the SDK for the next version of the Android platform. This new version (which will be 1.5) is based on the cupcake branch from the Android Open Source Project. Version 1.5 introduces APIs for features such as soft keyboards, home screen widgets, live folders, and speech recognition. At the developer site, you can download the early-look Android 1.5 SDK, read important information about upgrading your Eclipse plugin and existing projects, and learn about what’s new and improved in Android 1.5.We’ve also made changes to the developer tools and the structure of the SDK itself. Future Android SDK releases will include multiple versions of the Android platform. For example, this early-look includes Android platform versions 1.1 and 1.5. One benefit of this change is that developers can target different Android platform versions from within a single SDK installation. Another is that it enables developers to install Android SDK add-ons to access extended functionality that might be provided by OEMs, carriers, or other providers. We at Google are using this feature ourselves: this early-look SDK includes an add-on for the Google APIs. This add-on provides support for the Google Maps API, which was previously embedded in the “core” SDK.To help you prepare your applications for the release of Android 1.5 on phones, over the next few weeks we’ll be publishing a series of articles on this blog to highlight new APIs and other changes. In addition to the new APIs that I’ve mentioned, we’ll cover topics such as OpenGL, asynchronous tasks, system settings, and new Activity callbacks.I encourage you to start working with this early-look SDK, but please know that the APIs for Android 1.5 have not been finalized. The majority of the APIs are settled, but there may be some changes before the final release. As a result, it’s very important that you don’t release applications based on this early-look SDK, since they may not work on real devices. The applications you release should be built on the final Android 1.5 SDK release, which will be available around the end of this month. I look forward to seeing all the great apps that use the new capabilities in Android 1.5. Happy coding!” via android-developers.blogspot.com