Develops Google Android-Based Home Entertainment System

After successfully bringing Android for mobile devices, Google reportedly will extend the functionality of the operating system to other entertainment devices. What is it? According to information reported by The Wall Street Journal, reported that the Internet giant is developing a home entertainment system.

The device will be branded Google, and as for the company's first device that has historically developed software, then melisensinya to outside vendors.

The system developed is most likely based on Android and will allow users to download music and running it to the speakers who created Google or any other web-connected in the home or office. Besides music, this system also allows to stream other digital media.

The rival, Apple, was reported as long to develop that system, both hardware and software for its products.

With the acquisition of Motorola Mobility which was delayed it, Google touted want to enter a new wave in the hardware sector. Home entertainment solutions company that developed it, could be one of the first device with its own brand to be launched after the purchase has been completed pembesut Motorola's Android.

Android-based entertainment devices that proclaim to be available later this year. So, we wait.

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Google launches Cloud Drive Soon

As quoted from the Wall Street Journal, Google is rumored to soon release a cloud-based storage services (cloud-drive system). This service is claimed to be the storage solution and file sharing.

According to sources inside of Google, mentioned that the search engine giant was started the project "Drive", which will compete with Dropbox.

In terms of functionality for Google Drive can store photos, documents and videos on Google's servers, so as they can easily share files with others. It seems, Drive also has similarities with Picasa, Google Docs, and YouTube. However, to date no one has all the special functions.

The new service Google Cloud Drive is expected to be launched in a few weeks or months ahead, and apparently freely used by anyone. Google will only charge a fee for users who want to save a large file, so that later would place a premium service.

If Google actually release this cloud storage service, then the next lot of the hope that this service will be used on Android devices. Hopefully

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Hacked, Root Owned Sony Tablet S Accessible

S Sony Tablet owners can now access the root device, thanks to a man named Dan Rosenberg. Rosenberg, who became a member of the XDA Developers forum, finally able to hack the device and package files on the tablet S, until it becomes easy to use.

To run such access, Tablet S only needs to be brought into the USB debug mode, and then run the Windows batch file. Of course everything you need to have full access to the Tablet S is complete in XDADevelopers.

Although many people claim to have successfully run these steps, but still was at his own risk when you do, remember this is not a tutorial resmio of the Sony. Instead of the possibility of 'gaps' for this root access will be removed if there is software update via OTA.

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Amazon Kindle Glide Fire 9-inch Mid 2012?

Fire gush successful Kindle tablet with a 7-inch format, Amazon is reported ready to launch a new tablet with a 9-inch screen format.

Interestingly in addition to Kindle Fire 9 inches, according to estimates also allegedly stated that Amazon will launch its latest 7-inch tablet in the middle of this year.

Quoting a statement from the bureau analysis of Chad Bartley of Pacific Crest, Fire of 2012 Kindle sales estimates range from 12 million units to 14.9 million units. The increase in sales, according to estimates due to the release of new models.

"We are raising our 2012 sales forecast to 14.9 million from 12.7 million," wrote analyst was quoted as saying PULSAonline via Techradar.

"But we believe there is upward bias, especially from the new model 7 and 9-inch, which we expect to launch in mid 2012." he continued.

Still based on estimates, the Amazon Kindle Fire 9 inches mentioned will come with a price around 250 USD. Fire is more expensive than 7-inch Kindle is now circulating a price range of $ 199.

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Application updates and Foursquare for IOS Release Has Android

For those of you who like to eat out, especially in restaurants famous, and often eat showing your current position via social networking foursquare, maybe it will be interesting info.

Tab "Explore" application in Android and IOS has been updated with a fresh new look, which allows users to quickly find and choose a popular spot on the most popular restaurants other than your current position.

Foursquare can help you find a place to eat. Even apada latest update also provides a list of menu-owned restaurant / eating places, including details of the list price.

Such features as a result of cooperation with the firm SinglePlatform. The company already provides at least 13 million list price of the menu at the restaurant about 250 000. And now all that can be accessed via the application Foursqure latest update.

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Design Galaxy S Advance, Combination Galaxy Galaxy S II-Nexus

Samsung Galaxy S Advance, which was announced last week it had stopped at the hands of one source at the site based in Vietnam, Mai Nguyen.

According to the source, said that the Galaxy S Advance has a design that is a combination of S II and Galaxy Galaxy Nexus, complete with a slightly curved screen.

For specifications offered, Advance Galaxy S is between S and Galaxy Galaxy S II. Overall this smartphone Super AMOLED display screen 4-inch, dual-core processor 1 GHz, 5 MP camera, 768 MB RAM, and internal memory capacity of 2 GB.

According to the source Advance Galaxy S is said to feel solid with a thickness of 9.7 mm and weighs about 120 grams. This smartphone is expected to be released later this February in Vietnam with the official equivalent of 450 USD (Rp 4, 1 million).

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Apple Forced to Pull Products From Germany

Patent infringement lawsuit against Apple released Motorola, associated features push email on iCloud (formerly known as MobileMe) filed in German courts eventually led to the victory of Motorola. The court decided to patent the technology to Motorola. It is informed by an expert observer of the patent issues, Florian Mueller.

Even before the Motorola even managed to win a lawsuit about patent 3G/UMTS standards, with Apple. Well, as a consequence of the German court's decision is the Apple products like iPhone 3Gs, 4 and iPad iPhone 3G will have to be drawn from its online shop (iStore). Or the means expressly prohibited from circulation in Germany.

Although there is news, the retailer (retailer) were still selling Apple products. And, Motorola likely will try to ban the sale of products in all channels.

Meanwhile, it turns out excellent products such as Apple iPhone 4S, not recorded from the affected part of this ban. Because the iPhone 4S has a base radio technology from Qualcomm, where Apple has been paying royalties to Qualcomm

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Android Darting, Achieves 48.8% Market Share in Year 2011

According to a recent study released by Canalys, called Android's market share has increased by 244% from last year (2010). Google's operating system was also successfully led the market, which stood at 48.8% market share, with a number of smartphones that sent as many as 237.8 million units in 2011 ago.In the fourth quarter (Q4) in 2011 Android is also leading the market with total shipments reaching 81.9 million units of the device with a 51.6% market share.While the Apple-IOS according to Canalys report came in second place with a total market share by 23.5% in 2011 and 19.1% in Q4 2011. In total in 2011 and Apple managed to ship as many as 93.1 million iPhone units with 37 units of which are delivered in Q4 2011. Overall Apple has increased 96% from a year earlier.Symbian operating system according to the report recorded a 29.1% decrease over the previous year with total shipments in 2011 as many as 80.1 million units, in which 18.3 million units of which are the gains achieved in Q4 2011. Symbian gained overall market share of 16.4% in 2011.

BlackBerry, though not too surprisingly, was able to fester in fourth with an increase in sales over the previous year by 5% to total as many as 51.4 million device shipments in 2011 and units. RIM's operating system which in Q4 2011 market share gained 8.3%, with total shipments was 13.2 million units. In total in 2011 reaching a market share of 10.5%.Shocking news may come from the OS from Microsoft known as Windows Phone that. According to Canalys report released on the official website noted that the Windows Phone as a whole in the year 2011 decreased by 43.3% over the previous year (2010). From the data presented, the Windows Phone only shipped about 6.8 million units, far behind even with the air-OS Bada who had sent 13.2 million units. In Q4 2011, Windows Phone devices only sold 2.5 million units with a market share of about 1.6%.Overall in Q4 2011 smartphone shipments increased 56.6% to 158.5 million units. Total in 2011 and 487.7 million smartphones were sent globally, an increase of 62.7%.

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Spark, Tablet 7-inch Plasma Active Air-UX OS tag of Rp2, 3 million

Spark, a tablet with Linux-based operating system ready for the market. The plan of this tablet will be present for the first time in Europe in the foreseeable future.

Tablet with 7-inch format screen resolution 480 x 800 pixels This was due to attend run the Active Plasma UX operating system. To support its performance, Sparks will be equipped with dual-core processor 1 GHz, Mali-400 GPU and 512 MB RAM. In addition, the tablet will also be packaged with a 4GB internal memory plus SD card, 1.3 MP camera, two USB ports and audio jack of 3.5 mm.

Kernel-based Linux tablet users will be able to access this ebook from Project Gutenberg and other Qt applications and QML. Not quite up there, but can be used for regular use, Spark is also claimed to be used for those users who like to create applications using Linux tools.

According to information reported by Engadget, the Spark will be released to the market with a price tag around 262 USD (Rp2, 3 million). While it can be ordered pre-order starting next week, but this tablet will be available on the market in May 2012.

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Sony Ericsson launches Xperia active Billabong Edition

Establish cooperation with the vendor of extreme sports equipment called Billabong, Sony Ericsson Xperia active issue a new variant edition Billabong.

Among active Xperia standard version and the latest edition of the Billabong did not pick much difference. It's just as quoted from a press release on the official website of Sony Ericsson, are mentioned in this special edition Xperia will be equipped with active Billabong Billabong exclusive screensaver, a variety of video, as well as an application that allows users to listen to up to date sports news related to surfing.

Billabong active Xperia smartphone edition is claimed as an ideal for extreme sports enthusiasts. Smartphone is packed with tough scratch-resistant is equipped with technology such as wet finger tracking and has received the highest points in terms of water resistance and dust (IP67).

This smartphone has been available in some markets of certain regions. Unfortunately, what the price of the Xperia active Billabong edition is not yet known.

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There is a Bug, WiFi Smartphone HTC Security Threatened

WiFi connection security in several HTC smartphones filmed allegedly threatened by the discovery of bugs (software defects). The bug allows any application to access permissions ACCESS_WIFI_STATE (similar notification of the application before you install), which not only checks the status of WiFi but can also get WiFi access is password code.

HTC phones are reported to have a bug that the Desire HD, T-Mobile MyTouch 4G, Desire S, Sensation, EVO 3D, DROID Incredible and Thunderbolt 4G. Responding to the party claimed to have found the HTC defect software solution, although still limited to a mobile phone. But other solutions mentioned will be provided manually, through the facilities update.

For information, WiFi related bug was discovered in September 2011 by a pair of security researchers, who then contact Google and HTC. However, since it kept up to date, in which several solutions have been found.

If you are the owner of a smart phone HTC claim the problem is, please just visit the HTC website starting next week. Who knew the HTC is providing a solution to patch the flaw update.

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Android Smartphone Showcase Casio G-Shock

Competition in the smart phone segment seems to be even more stringent, in which many manufacturers want to try their luck in this niche. No exception Casio, who tried to introduce Android-based smartphone labeled G-Shock.

As we know, G-Shock brand is better known as the product of a watch, which is designed to be dustproof, waterproof and impact resistant. Well, as well as cell phone filmed Casio G-Shock, which is positioned as a mobile outdoor.

Previous Casio ever made ​​this kind of tough phone, call G'zOne. And, a little different from the seniors, the smartphone Casio G-Shock look with makeup model G-Shock watches are already popular, which put the buttons and control panels at the sides and corners of the body. To screen protected by a frame (frame) is quite thick, which will protect it from damage when accidentally dropped.

The back of G-Shock phone body looks attractive, which is closed by a cover bermaterialkan stylish metal, which is locked with extra strong solid screw. Even in the case back engraved Casio emergency number, which can help users experience the condition of 'exceptional'.

And as already described above, G-Shock Android phone comes with more durability and toughness, which bear an impact (height 3.05m), up to 1 ton of pressure-resistant, water repellent pressure (1 bar).

Unfortunately, to date detailed specifications of the phone G-Shock has not been informed. Including the Android version that is used, although predictable carrying Gingerbread.

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Sony PlayStation Vita 3G/Wi-Fi Launch Offer Bundle

Portable game consoles made ​​by Sony, known as the PlayStation Vita will reportedly come in the new version is offered specifically for consumers who would buy a console game on the day of its release, coming February 22 in North America.

Limited edition called it dikabakan Launch Bundle will come with PlayStation Vita 3G/Wi-Fi version is packaged with a PSN game, memory card 8 GB, and AT & T DataConnect Session will be giving out free 3G data users up to 250 MB.

According to data presented on the official website stated that the PlayStation Vita Launch Bundle is offered at a price of 299 USD, a bit cheaper than the official price of a standard 3G/Wi-Fi model priced around 299.99 USD. While the PlayStation version of Wi-Fi Vita, Sony membanderolnya a price 249.99 USD.

specifications:

CPU ARM ® Cortex ™ - A9 core (4 core)
SGX543MP4 + GPU
External Dimensions Approx. 182.0 x 18.6 x 83.5mm (width x height x depth)
(tentative, excludes largest projection)
Screen (Touch Screen) 5 inch (16:9), 960 x 544, approx. 16 million colors, Multi-touch OLED screen (capacitive type)
Rear Multi Touch Pad touch pad (capacitive type)
Camera Front camera, Rear camera
Built-in stereo speakers
Built-in microphone
Sensors Six-axis motion sensing system (three-axis gyroscope,
three-axis accelerometer), Three-axis electronic compass
Built-in GPS
Wi-Fi location service support
PS button
Power button
Directional buttons (Up / Down / Right / Left)
Action buttons (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square)
Shoulder buttons (Right / Left)
Right stick, Left stick
START button, SELECT button
Volume buttons (+ / -)
Wireless Communications Mobile network connectivity (3G)
IEEE 802.11b/g/n (n = 1x1) (Wi-Fi) (Infrastructure mode / Ad-hoc mode)
Bluetooth ® 2.1 + EDR (A2DP/AVRCP/HSP)

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Nokia Lumia 800 Hard Practice in Finland

Phone first Windows phones Nokia-Lumia 800 - began circulating in Finland headquarters on 1 February. And according to some retailers, as reported Phoneblog and Kauppalehti, smartphones are selling well overrun the consumer.

Based on statements from an employee Gigantti (electronic retailers in Finland), although the numbers have not been calculated for sure, that it was within two days after the launch of Lumia 800 managed to sell far more than the first time Symbian phones Nokia N8.

Through the information presented by Henri Korpi, Executive Vice President Elisa (provider in Finladia) to Kauppalehti (02/02/2012) obtained data that the smartphone Windows Phone for the middle segment has been sold out at some stores owned stores. Indeed, the amount has not specifically mentioned, but this is a sign of positive response on the Nokia product.

Is the future going to succeed anyway Lumia 800 in the Indonesian mobile market, which will start the preorder his February 6 next? We wait for its development.

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