Pizza shot taken from my D3000
Monday, December 28, 2009
Camera upgrade R3A (R27-35059) Camera
I just bumped to this camera upgrade that I found out over at XperiaX1 and it works like a treat! It adds auto-flash as well as geo-tagging. Although you must have a ROM of either R2A or R3A. Credit goes to the guys over at XperiaX1 and XDA-devs, not me. Also, don't forget to hit the thank you button, they did give you a treat! :)
Sunday, December 27, 2009
My Christmas gift
Check out my new toy! Thanks to my cousin for the wonderful gift! It's a bluetooth watch, but most of all it's a Sony Ericsson!
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Merry Christmas to everyone :)
So, here we go. A few hours away from Christmas, so let me be the first few to greet all of you and your family a merry merry Christmas. Careful with the fireworks, we want to keep all of our fingers, right? Spend it wisely and with your family. Once gain, a Merry Merry Christmas to everyone.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
X2 ROM on my X1
I know, this is kinda late, but I had a good time with my SPB Mobile Shell 3.5. But, you know what they say, better late than never. So here it goes, I just ported a PURE X2 ROM to my X1, kudos to the lads over at xda-dev for doing a great job. Along with the X2 ROM I ported some of the other stuffs to my X1, so those of you considering the x1, it just got better. Its a bargain, really. Photos are on the previous entry, enjoy the beaut!
P.S. If you think that the whole phone lags after booting up the new ROM, then you are completely wrong, it still is pretty fluid and responsive, there are no considerable lags, except only when you switch the tilewave panel to landscape from portrait and vice versa, there is a small lag, but overall, the experience is awesome! and I'm still loving it!
Sunday, December 20, 2009
GSMarena reviews the Palm Pre
The folks over at GSMarena have just reviewed the Palm Pre, and from what it looks like the Pre has the potential but brings some minor setbacks with it.
"It is clear Palm didn't see much point in inching their way out of oblivion. They needed to come back with a bang. And they did. The Pre did its job and the sooner they move on, the better.
Whatever negatives we might have said about the phone can't change the fact that we like it. It's a strange looking thingy with a rather vague concept of build quality. But it got propelled to the top by its creative webOS. Not bad for a late comeback."
My take on the Palm Pre? It would have been a bigger success if they had released the GSM version of the Pre much earlier, it had the potential especially the new webOS. We'll have to see what Palm has on its sleeve. And as usual, don't forget to leave your comment below.
T-Mobile offering snapdragons - HTC HD2 and Sony Ericsson Xperia X10
Well it seems T-mobile is getting serious with their smartphone lineup offering two of the most highly anticipated and powerful phones. The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 just as I have blogged a while ago has passed FCC with 3G bands for T-mobile, while the HTC HD2 did not (what?) yet. But the fellows over at WMEperst have just dugged up the ROM image for the US HTC HD2 and what they found out were pretty convincing that the HTC HD2 is heading to T-mobile USA as well. So, T-mobile subscribers, I think its time to rejoice again after a long long time. AT&T costumers you better look elsewhere, and I know your jealous with your GSM counterpart. Feel free to leave your thoughts about this over at the comments, are you rejoicing right now or not?
Source: GSMarena
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Sony Ericsson X10 drops by the FCC (Update - Xperia X10 manual download)
The much anticipated Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 (Sony Ericsson's first take on Android) has just dropped by the Federal Communications Commision or the FCC for some photos of the device itself, the device being torn down, and the user manual. Also take note that if you rely mostly on carrier subsidy, the tests results here for the X10 are EDGE 850/1900 and WCDMA Band IV which is for T-Mobile. Not much details beside these, so what can we do now? Just wait for it, though feel free to leave your comments below if your sick and tired of waiting for this phone. I'm sure we can find an alternative for you.
Source: Engadget
Update: If you want to download the manual for the Xperia X10, you can do that by clicking the link below:
Source: SE-blog
Geek rush is like sugar rush, for us geeks...
After watching Joshua Topolsky over at Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, I actually observed how he gets a , what I call, "geek rush". Of course, not all geeks are those who know and like technology, we have all sorts of geeks. From sports geeks, comics geeks, and movie geeks to name a few. You can see geeks go to the geek rush mode when they show off a gadget or something that they pretty much like. A geek rush instance was when Joshua Topolsky showed off the prototype of an Internet Tablet he quickly went into details like processor, but notice the way he talked that he was like out of breath due to excitement. That's the tendency when geeks show off what their interests are. Joshua Topolsky, a certified geek! How about you, are you a certified geek too? Shout it out over at the comments!
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 12/18 (Updated)
Jimmy Fallon takes on Sherlock Holmes star Jude Law, comedian Abby Elliott, and Engadget editor in chief Joshua Topolsky.
Update: Joshua Topolsky just showed off the Nook, Dell's Adamo XPS, and a prototype of an Internet Tablet (I don't know the exact model though, yikes!)
Update 2: The tablet Joshua played with seems to be the ICD Ultra.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Steve Jobs, Apple, and the iPhone
The iPhone hype has been all over the place since Steve Jobs and co. introduced the monster way back in January of 2007, and quickly became available by June of 2007. Apple has since then been one of the most successful companies in the mobile telephony field, along with Research In Motion and Samsung, the only difference is that they have one phone in their front line (or you could say one model line). They have a very loyal fan base, an impecable App Store, and one line of phone, the iPhone. Every year, they release an "updated" version of the phone, first we had the iPhone Classic, iPhone 3G, finally we have the iPhone 3GS 6 months into its existence, wait another 6 months then you can say hello to the new iPhone, what kind of naming scheme should the next one have?iPhone 3GSM?Really, are they trying to spell out GSM (Global System for Mobile communication)?
The update that you get from one version to the successor really isn't much, though the update from Classic to 3G did bring in something, you know, 3G, when everybody already had it in their phones. When Apple released the iPhone 3G, all the other phone manufacturers were like "Okay....3G....wow". Oh yeah, also the new white variant of the iPhone 3G. From 3G to 3Gs, faster web browsing, a more fluid experience, and better graphics. The 3GS support OpenGL ES2.0 while the 3G supports 1.1. Along with some more minor updates.
So, why is the iPhone such a winner? Simple, it gave everyone something new, multi touch. When pinch-to-zoom was demonstrated, everyone was going nuts! It also had one of the most finger friendly UIs since it uses a capacitive screen for its touchscreen interaction. Capacitive touchscreens rely on the electrical properties of the human body to detect where and when on the display the user is interacting with, thus, the use of the current stylus was not applicable, though we do have a new capacitive stylus coming. Also, the fact that it really doesn't take a genius or a techie to learn how to use the iPhone, it's so simple that nobody had a hard time with it. Unlike Windows Mobile where you had to dig through all those .cab files, root folders, etc. That's what makes it such a success, the new beautiful, simple, and fast UI. The multitouch capabilities. The single physical button. Last but not the least, the Apple Appstore - need an app to light up a christmas tree? they have it! Really, how hard is it to plug in the male plug to the female socket? I believe the AppStore is where they really got it, and look at it now, dare I say more?
Now, all these things surely make the iPhone one of the most wanted phone, right? RIGHT! It IS one of the most wanted phone to date, BUT, not everybody wants it and not everybody likes it. Despite all these, why?
Here's why. The iPhone does give you the best experience with the Appstore, UI, multitouch, and I do believe that the iPhone does bring out the most with current cell phones with its current offers in the Appstore. BUT, it still lacks multi tasking. It's not really about physical keyboards, a removable battery, a 5 megapixel camera, widgets, or open development (I think average customers don't even know what this is!), it's not (sorry verizon, but the droid is one heck of a machine). Though some might disagree, some might want all that megapixel count in their phones, some might want a physical keyboard, heck, some might even want their phone be a specific form factor. For me though, its about the lack of multi tasking. Though others might bug me a bit (e.g. the battery) but my main gripe is with multi tasking.
I always need a phone that can run simultaneous apps altogether, because when I browse the web, I need the music to play at the background, the notes open so that when I find out something new and cool I can take note of it, and the messaging department should be running on the background as well. There are times when I need to open the calculator when browsing the web, dig up a media file that I have, and so much more, and I need to do this without ever closing the app that's currently running. That is where the Iphone fails for me, WinMo did its part for me but the UI is really unbearable. Nowadays, UIs are pretty much important thanks to the Iphone as well. So, what's next for me? With WinMo 7 still faraway (thanks for screwing this up Steve Ballmer and co.), I believe Android is the next stop for me. Try out Android and see if it has what I need, and really evrything iDont, Droid Does! :)
Feel free to leave some comments below, let's see your take here.
Sony Ericsson Satio
My brother just got his new Sony Ericsson Satio, and he says the camera is superb while the overall performance of the phone comes close to the Iphone. He is updating his current firmware to R1CA037. I will try to convince him on taking some shots of his satio, though a review seems near impossible :(
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