ROMs of the latest Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) have been leaking for the Samsung Galaxy S II (SGS2) for some time. The leaks started coming back in December. I’ve been tempted to try the ROMs, but some usability problems were reported, so I held back. I wanted a ROM that was mostly workable for daily use. The leaks continued to come, and right now, the latest available is LP6, released 17th January. Going by reports on XDA, it…
In case you have not noticed, the Android Market is currently running a fabulous promotion. For 10 days, 10 applications will be released on each day, priced at just 10 cents each. This promotion is in celebration of the market’s 10 billionth download. It’s not only just 10 US cents in the US market, but it is also 10 Singapore cents in the Singapore market. Nice! So head over and fill up your Android device with these apps. Even if…
I watched the Samsung Galaxy Note launch event, the one that was held in London, the start of its world tour. No, I wasn’t there physically, but I watched it through webcast. The event was, overall, pretty impressive. I was particularly interested to find out how Samsung was trying to pitch the Galaxy Note, which in my opinion, was too large to be a phone, yet too small to be a tablet. Samsung thinks so too, so, what are they…
I was recently asked a simple question, but it turned out to be awfully difficult to answer: “What is the difference between iPhone and Android?” It was asked, quite obviously, by a lay person. First of all, the question is wrong. The iPhone is a specific type of phone, whereas Android refers to the software that runs on a variety of phones. The correct comparison would be between iOS and Android. It’s precisely because a lay person asked the question…
When I was looking to upgrade from my Nexus One, one of my mandatory requirement for the new phone was that it will run CyanogenMod 7 (CM7), or if it hadn’t yet been ported, that at least it has a reasonably good chance of (CM7) running on it. I had enjoyed CM7 (and CyanogenMod 7 prior to that) so much on my Nexus One that I was apprehensive about moving to some other manufacturer’s stock ROM. Particularly since so many…
The Samsung Galaxy S II (SGS2) has got to be one of the most anticipated Android phones of 2011. There are already plenty of excellent reviews of the SGS2 (some listed at the end of this post), so I will not write yet another post to review the phone. What I’ll do, instead, is to share my experiences with the SGS2 coming from a Nexus One user. There are big expectations of the SGS2, because it succeeds the Samsung Galaxy…
I recently laid hands on the Asus Eee Pad Transformer. It’s an Android tablet from Asus, uniquely characterized by its optional docking station which contains a keyboard and that transforms the Transformer into sort of a netbook form. If you ever thought that the new slate of keyboard-less tablets would be rather inconvenient to do “real work” (i.e. writing emails, documents, etc), the Transformer essentially gives you the best of both worlds.
I was quite intrigued to learn that the Nexus S is carried by our local telcos, and sold subsidized with 2-year contract plans. The Nexus S is made by Samsung, and it is the second Google flagship phone. I decided to hop over to HardwareZone Forums to check out and hear from the experiences of our local buyers. That’s when I discovered something rather shocking about the Nexus S. I was quite surprised, because I’ve not heard anything about this…
My Nexus One is over a year old now. My mobile contract is up for renewal. The Nexus One’s hardware specifications are still pretty good, even considering the second Google flagship Nexus S. But there’s always room for improvement, like faster CPU, more memory, longer battery life, more megapixels, etc. Perhaps, even more hardware like adding a front-facing camera or NFC, things that only became standard expectations on the Android platform much after the Nexus One was launched.
The big news last week, apart from Mubarak stepping down, is Nokia jumping ship. There had already been some speculation, before their Feb 11 announcement, that Nokia would tie up with Microsoft. Yet, I still found their press release on Friday quite startling. Nokia had, after all, always been standing staunchly behind Symbian all these years. Symbian has very much been a sinking ship, and most people are describing Nokia’s efforts as “rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic”. Well……
