iPad UI ported to the iPhone, now that was fast

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Two days after the revelation of the iPad, hackers have been pretty busy from the get go and now they have just done what they wanted. They have ported the iPad UI over to the iPhone, not that there's that much difference. What you'll get though is the added 3D candy UI, and the iBookstore UI as well. Now, do you want to have some of that iPad flavor 58 days before the release? Hit the source link to get the full scoop and the instructional video.

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Samsung has stellar fourth quarter

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After four of the five top mobile phone manufacturers announced their fourth quarter and full year financial reports, there's only one left and this manufacturer shouldn't to be taken for granted. The last one is one of the two "Korean Giants". Samsung is the second largest phone manufacturer on the planet, only behind the "Finnish Giant" - Nokia. So how was their fourth quarter? Nothing short of spectacular. They sold 69 million phones in the fourth quarter that's a 16 percent jump from the same quarter last year. They sold 227 million phones for the whole year, amazing indeed. Mobile division reported revenues of $9.9 billion and an operating profit came in at $852 million. Samsung is surely positioning itself right behind Nokia, with these results they just passed the 20% market share in 2009. All of these are due to the steady growth in numerous regions, as well as the cheap touchscreen phones they have manufactured. All in all, Samsung is going steady and if I were Nokia I'd be biting my fingernails right now. Source link for the full story.

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One interesting tidbit from the financial reports of the top five mobile phone manufacturers, everyone gained positive profit except for Sony Ericsson.

Adobe: "Apple imposes restrictions on their devices"

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As what I have said about the iPad, Adobe has now just come clean with all the buzz surrounding it and the iPad as to why there is no flash support for the said device. No need for me to say more, just read the full text below to find out all the juicy information.

"It looks like Apple is continuing to impose restrictions on their devices that limit both content publishers and consumers. Unlike many other ebook readers using the ePub file format, consumers will not be able to access ePub content with Apple's DRM technology on devices made by other manufacturers. And without Flash support, iPad users will not be able to access the full range of web content, including over 70% of games and 75% of video on the web.

If I want to use the iPad to connect to Disney, Hulu, Miniclip, Farmville, ESPN, Kongregate, or JibJab -- not to mention the millions of other sites on the web -- I'll be out of luck."

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All HTC HD2 having 567MB, HTC just keeping the stash?

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A video over the internet has popped up showing an HTC HD2 (asian variant) having 567MB worth of RAM. What's so special about it? Oh nothing, just the fact that the HTC HD2 is supposedly only to have 448MB though the American variant was going to have a boost to 567MB. Having 567 MB of RAM rocks especially when it comes along the 1GHz processor and that oh so juicy 4.3 inch capacitive screen. Source link is where the evidence is at.

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My take on the iPad

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I'm kinda late on this post since I wasn't sure if I should take on this post since my blog focuses more on mobile technology and the like, though Apple's iPad might not be a mobile phone, I have come to a conclusion that I will write an article about it albeit a short one. The iPad, along with the other Apple devices, certainly caused some stir around the tech industry when good 'ol Stevie J. announced the product, oh and he did say that this will be "better than a netbook". Does it live up to the same expectation and impact that the iPhone left behind? I don't think so, not yet.

The iPad had a gorgeous screen, a 9.7" capacitive multi touch capable one to be exact, a 1GHz processor (Apple A4) which was Apple's, e-book capabilities, and ermm a home key, yeah that! Based on the photos, since I wasn't there though I did wish I was there, the iPad looks stunning and without a doubt leaves a pretty good first impression but dig deeper and you might get disappointed. It doesn't support multi tasking, no flash support, no USB port, no SD card slot, no removable battery, no camera even just a front facing one would have done, and the optional $130 add on for 3G seems pretty much steep. The $499 price tag seems wonderful to begin with, but 3G nowadays is a must so add $130 dollars then voilah! you get it for $629 for a 16 gig version while the 32 gig will set you $599 without 3G/729 with 3G and the 64 gig at $699 without 3G/829 with 3G.

There are three things that irritate me the most, the lack of flash support, multi tasking and USB port. These three are not new technologies, they have been here with us for years yet Apple, being themselves, purportedly did not include it. Oh apple, the Nokia N900 has flash 9 support while the Palm Pre will have flash 10.1 as well when webOS 1.4 rolls out. Multitasking has been a no brainer for the other companies, especially with Palm and Samsung showing off their powers.

The USB port? Need I say more?

I do not hate Apple nor do I worship them, I was almost jumping into the Apple bandwagon but they seem firm to not let me...yet. All these may not be deal breakers for others but it surely will be for me. Now, will I say that the iPad is a winner? In my eyes not yet, for others its drop dead the "most advanced" peace of tech they have ever seen, don't ask me why. But will it be a success, I still believe that it will, with the strong support of the Apple fanboys (blind ones to be exact), along with the strong developers community it will make the iPad all the more worth it. Oh, and a kick stand would have been a nice add on too, though you can buy a case with a kick stand. Other accessories include a keyboard dock, a dock alone, a camera connection kit, and a 10W USB power adapter.

Now, that wasn't too long, was it?

Motorola has a splendid fourth quarter, clawing back..

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Motorola has announced their fourth quarter financial report and the road back to success seems to be clearer. Motorola recorded a profit of $142 million, though that's not pretty big still we'll take a positive profit, that's $14 million better than the previous quarter and a whopping 3.799 billion jump or leap from the same quarter last year. 12 million devices were shipped this quarter, a 1.4 million down compared to the previous quarter. All in all Motorola is slowly clawing back into the game, they've covered up the wound. All that they need to do now is to keep an eye on it and do the right thing. Anybody up for a "Hello Moto" catch phrase right now? I am! Source link!

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What's up with 50? 50 apps, now 50 games?

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Yeah, I know. What's up with 50 nowadays? We had the Palm Pre Plus run 50 simultaneous apps, hot off its heels was the Omnia HD, now we have the Motorola Droid/Milestone running 50 games. Though I doubt that these were all simultaneous, but still it has the number 50 on it. So far, we have Palm, Samsung, and Motorola on board the 50 apps/games. SE, Nokia, RIM, LG, and Apple its your turn, oh wait not you Apple. You're "too special" to have multi tasking, we know. Enough chit chat, just like what you did with the Palm Pre Plus and the Omnia HD, hop on the source link to enjoy the 50 games that were shown off on the Motorola Droid/Milestone. Ain't this a treat?

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Nokia to publish 4th quarter results (Update! and it's here)

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The Finnish giant and the biggest mobile phone manufacturer in the world should be releasing their 4th quarter and full year financial report today. They should be making their announcement at 1:00 P.M. (CET +1) and right now it's 12:45 P.M. over at Finland so the announcement should be near. Stay tuned for the financial report.

Update: and as planned, Nokia just released their fourth quarter full year financial report and where do they stand? Net sales are at 12 billion Euros, 11.988 to be exact that's down 5.3% from 12.662 billion from last year same quarter while that's a 22.2% rise compared to last quarter's 9.810. Nokia was able to ship 126.9 million units for the fourth quarter, that's a 13.8 million or 12.2% rise compared to last year's final quarter, and an 18.4 million or 17% rise compared to last quarter. Read on the full story at the source link.

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HTC Bravo and Supersonic spotted.....again

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First off the HTC Bravo, rumored to be HTC's flagship android smartphone. It has Android as its choice of OS paired with a 1GHz snapdragon processor. It has DivX support, 720p video capture, a 5 megapixel camera with AF and flash, also a 3.7 inch AMOLED (sweet!) display. Source link for the photo and the full story, click on!

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Next off, remember the Supersonic? Yeah you do! Who could ever forget those beautiful blurry shots? A leaked photo just surfaced, and now its clearer, finally! Not only that, a render also bumped us, now what are the chances? It seems like HTC wants this brute to get all the attention now, don't they? HTC has been busy with all these leaks, I'm not saying that we don't like it, we'll take whatever leak we can get. Especially the juicy ones, right HTC? The supersonic is said to have a 4.3 inch display along with WiMax and Sense UI on top of Android 2.1.

Now I wouldn't say HTC is that quietly brilliant, they're not quiet, oh no not at all. Though they are brilliant.

Pre does 50 apps, so does Omnia HD

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Remember how I reported about the Palm Pre running 50 simultaneous apps, that was awesome, right? Hold on though, Samsung won't go down without a fight and they really aren't. Here comes the Omnia HD running a CUSTOM ROM while running 50 simultaneous apps with the likes of Opera Mobile, Skyfire, etc. Yeah those are space hoggers. Now we'll be waiting to hear from the other top handset manufacturers, yeah we're talking to you Nokia, SE, Moto, RIM, LG, and Apple. Oh yeah, I spoke too soon. Hit on the source link for the full story.

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