Galaxy Note 5 Case: 九月 2013

2013年9月30日星期一

Google may actually be enjoying Apple's Maps mishaps

As of iOS6, Apple replaced the well-known Google Maps app with one of their own. And ever since its launch, there’s been strong controversy surrounding it. Map data and POIs have frequently been found to be inaccurate by users around the world and satellite imagery has been rather spotty, interchanging between high and low res, different times of day and even seasons all on the territory of one and the same town.

The new Maps app has been rushed to the market and it’s far from ready for prime time. And that got the anger of users, who have been voicing their discontent online quite loudly (and originally, too).

Apple’s competitors didn’t miss the opportunity to take a jab at the the quality of provided maps with both the Google-owned Motorola and Nokia making public their ill-concealed satisfaction from the situation.

You would think that in times like these Google would jump straight ahead and release a dedicated native Google Maps to iOS devices? Well, not so fast, if you ask Eric Schmidt, one of the men at the top over at Google.

In fact, Reuters has him quoted saying that “We think it would have been better if they had kept ours. But what do I know? What were we going to do, force them not to change their mind? It’s their call.” Schmidt also added that no Google Maps application has been submitted to Apple’s AppStore and that Google will be leaving the decision whether Apple would want one completely in Apple’s hands.

This comes hot after rumors surfaced online that Google has indeed prepared a native Google Maps app and it has even submitted it to the AppStore for approval.

And I gotta tell you, it really makes sense for Google to back off now and not do anything, letting Apple soak in the full publicity negatives of their solo move. Submitting a Google Maps app right now would only ease off the blow and allow Apple some slack to improve its Maps app.

I can’t help but put myself in Apple’s shoes too. Going rogue and against the well-established online map authority is bound to make many users unhappy. But this was a logical step having in mind how they see Android as ripping them off and how Google Maps on iOS has been stalling in its development the past few years.

History shows that a move like Apple’s may not be the best idea (Microsoft and its Bing Maps), but we also have evidence in the opposite direction as well. Nokia Maps for instance, has proved that competing successfully with Google in mobile maps is a feasible task.

So what do you think? Is it the Google Maps’ way or the highway for Apple?

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Australian police express concern over the accuracy of Apple's new Maps

It’s no secret that Apple’s new Maps application that debuted with iOS 6 has been an unmitigated failure. Outside of a few key locations in the US, the mapping data has been woefully inaccurate in most places around the world and although it is improving, it’s still pretty bad.

Providing further proof of its incompetency is the latest news from Mildura, Australia, where the local police are expressing concerns over Apple’s mapping data and asking users to be careful while using it.

It seems that several people in the recent past have found themselves driving to the wrong location in the middle of Murray-Sunset National Park when they thought they were actually driving to Mildura, even though the actual place is 70km away from the national park.

Simply driving to a wrong location wouldn’t be too bad but then the Murray-Sunset National Park isn’t the most hospitable places on Earth. There is apparently no water supply in the park and temperatures can reach 46 degree celsius, which means getting stranded here could potentially kill you. There is also no cell phone reception there so you can’t even call for help.

The local police have contacted Apple regarding this issue and are hoping for it to be fixed in the near future.

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2013年9月29日星期日

Face-to-face meet-up with the Sony Xperia miro

Sony brought so many new smartphones to IFA that we almost forgot about the Xperia miro. Almost. The handset was announced back in June and is expected to hit the market next month, but it was showcased at the company’s booth.

Specs-wise, the Xperia miro has lots of common internals with the Xperia tipo but offers two major upgrades – a 0.3″ bigger LED-backlit LCD screen and a 5 megapixel snapper. Thanks to the LED-backlit upgrade, the phone is also thinner and lighter.

The phone has escaped Sony’s square design, but is still pretty nicely looking for an entry-level device.

Sony Xperia miro hands-on

There are no metallic parts on the Xperia miro’s body, but the plastic used for its panels seems quite solid and feels decent to touch. The battery cover attracts almost no fingerprints and smudges.

Sony Xperia miro hands-on

Xperia miro runs on Android 4.0 ICS skinned with Sony’s familiar user interface on top. There are no surprises within the software department – we’ve seen this combo in action a few times already.

The Xperia miro is going to launch in a month with the attractive �150 price tag, so we’ll try and get a unit for a complete review. You know, once we are done with all the IFA headliners.

AMD unleashed the HD5970 beast - the world's fastest video card

AMD seems to be on the right track with their HD5xxx series, since their cards become just faster and faster and there’s no stopping them. A few days ago, their latest crop – the Radeon HD5970 – made its way to the retail stores and awaits you there with a pricetag of $600.

The HD5970 has two separate Cypress cores with 1GB GDDR5 memory each. The engine clock goes up to 725 MHz (the HD5870 one is 850 MHz), while memory runs at 1000 MHz. And it has full hardware support for DirectX 11.

Looking at the specs table made by tomshardware.com you can see that the new HD5970 is exactly twice the HD5850 was (even price-wise). But prepare for a huge power drown – at full throttle the HD5970 uses 300W and combined with the board power reaches a bit under 400W. If you want Crossfire with two of these 1 kW power supply is the minimum requirement for you… plus a bag full of cash.

In most of the benchmark tests made by tomshardware.com, the HD5970 show almost similar performance with a Crossfire configuration of 2x HD5870 and outperforms all NVIDIA contenders.

You can find the full review here.

2013年9月28日星期六

Is iSlate the name for the rumored Apple tablet and will it be revealed soon

Is iSlate the name for the rumored Apple tablet and will it be revealed soon?

iSlate may be the proper name for the long rumored Apple tablet. MacRumors posted an evidence for the Apple’s ownership of many international iSlate domains including iSlate.com and iSlate.co.uk.

It’s been a long time since the first rumors about an Apple tablet start circling into the internet. This time the iSlate evidence looks so real that it may as well be announced in a few weeks.

MacRumors found some historical evidences for the domain iSlate.com, which at the end became property of Apple. Sometime in 2007 Apple bought this domain, but remained hidden owner until a few weeks earlier this year, when the real name was exposed.

TechCrunch have gone even further and their research came up with very intriguing results. The iSlate.com is not the only registered domain. There are plenty more for many countries around the globe including iSlate.co.uk, iSlate.jp, iSlate.fr and iSlate.cn.

It seems Apple have started the preparations for their next huge product line � the iSlate tablet(s).

Some recent information points that Apple asked the iPhone developers not to limit their software for the iPhone’s 320×480 resolution. Apple is also asking select developers to get some new apps ready for a January demonstration (of a 7-inch tablet?). The Silicon Alley Insider claim the new Apple product will be released later in 2010, (probably March).

If you want to read more speculations about Apple’s tablet, Gizmodo have done a nice job of piecing all the bits in a full dedicated article.

Amazon App Store uncovered early

Amazon App Store uncovered early, has exclusive content and competitive prices

The secret art of URL guessing – sometimes it pays off. Someone decided to add /apps after amazon.com and the upcoming Android app store was revealed. It was stocked with about 50 apps, some exclusive and some cheaper than in Google’s Market.

AndroidNews.de discovered the URL, took screenshots of the Amazon App Store and made a price comparison table between it and the Android Market…

The page has been taken down since but apparently wasn’t fully working even when it was up. Still, there were 48 apps and games were listed in the Amazon App Store. Angry Birds Rio (which will launch exclusively there) wasn’t on the list so, there will be more content added before the store launches.

Here’s a sample of what was available in the Amazon App Store. You can check out the full list over at AndroidNews.de along with the price comparison between the two app stores.

Among the exclusive titles was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Force Recon (now that’s a mouthful), while some apps like Scan2PDF Mobile 2.0 was a cool $2.50 cheaper in the Amazon App Store.

It’s getting crowded in the app store world, isn’t it?

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Both BlackBerry Storms get an optimized Google Mobile App with voice search

If you thought a voice search app was all that separated your BlackBerry Storm or BlackBerry Storm2 from perfection, you are in luck. Google released a version of their Google Mobile App, specially optimized for the BlackBerry touchscreen devices.

You can now press and hold the green button and start a Google search. Alternatively you can search your contacts or emails. The supported languages include English, Mandarin Chinese and Japanese, which is a pretty strange combination but I’m not going to argue about it.

To download Google Mobile App to your BlackBerry, visit m.google.com in your BlackBerry’s browser.

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Netbook Cr-48 specs revealed

Netbook Cr-48 specs revealed, Google kills 25 netbooks on video to show how good cloud computing is

There are two ways to tear down a Cr-48 netbook – the right one and the rough one. One user has already disassembled the first Chrome device and the insides are pretty much the same as I suspected.

But Google took the tear down to a whole new level. It destroyed brutally 25 Cr-48 netbooks in some crazy ways and shot the entire thing on video. Watch!

The purpose of this demonstration was to show us that no matter happens to our netbook, all of our data will be safe. It isn’t something we didn’t know from day one, but now I’m sure there will be no doubts.

The disassembled Cr-48 reveals an Atom N455 1.6GHz dual-core processor, 16GB SanDisk SSD and Hynix RAM chips (possibly 1GB). Perhaps the 16GB-only disk explains the incapability of dual-booting Chrome OS with Windows – there is not enough room for both.

Here are the pictures:

Google Cr-48 insides

Looks just like any other oversized netbook, right?

Anyway, the first retail devices will hit the shelves in mid-2011 and their specs might be surprisingly different from the Google’s test netbook.

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2013年9月27日星期五

Microsoft Surface RT pricing and availability surfaces

Microsoft Surface RT pricing and availability surfaces, takes after the iPad (Updated)

A slip-up at the Microsoft online store has finally lead to the unveiling of the Surface tablet’s pricing. Scheduled to hit store on October 26, the pricing of the Microsoft Surface starts from $500 without the cool Black Touch Cover with keyboard. However, chances are that you’ll want the cool accessory, which basically transforms the Surface into a fully-fledged notebook replacement. In that case, you’ll need to shell out $600. Both prices apply for the 32GB version of the slate.

Update: The Microsoft Surface RT tablet is officially now up for pre-order in the US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, and Australia. The German prices, which should be valid for pretty much all Europe, are clear now. The 32GB version costs €479, while €579 will get you the Touch-Cover as well. In the UK pricing starts from £399.

In the US, the 64GB variation is priced at $700 with the Black Touch Cover included. The Touch Cover is also available for purchase separately for $120 a pop and comes in red, black, white, blue or purple. There’s also the Type Cover retailing for $130, but that’s only available in black.

With the Surface’s advertisements already showing on TV and all over the Internet, and rocking the same price as the iPad 3 (32GB), Microsoft’s slate is ready for a fight in the upcoming holiday season.

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US database for stolen phones is now live

US database for stolen phones is now live, to join the international blacklist soon

The Wireless Association (CTIA) has announced the US database for stolen phones is now up and running. In case a phone gets in there it won’t be allowed to connect to any of the US networks.

The participating carriers in the database are AT&T, Cellcom, Nex-Tech Wireless, Sprint, T-Mobile USA, and Verizon Wireless. They already deployed their IMEI databases of stolen phones and the merge should be completed within a year.

Part of the merged database is already live and when a phone pops in there – it will never get service from any of those networks. In the efforts of drying the stolen phones market this database will soon join the GSMA Global IMEI database and its blacklist. That way no phone stolen stateside will work overseas and vice versa.

This surely won’t stop the phone thefts, but will make things a lot tougher for the thieves and hopefully most of them will drop this “business” eventually.

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Google launches Play Magazines in the UK

Google launches Play Magazines in the UK, leaves continental Europe hanging

Slowly but surely, Google is making its various Play Store departments available in Europe with the latest addition being the Play Magazine landing in the UK.

Now the Brits will be able to subscribe to their favorite magazine publications or buy separate issues cheaper than their print counterparts.

As TheNextWeb points out, Play Magazines is likely to hit France, Germany, Italy and Spain next, as they’ve received Google’s Music store at the same time last month.

If you’re UK-based, make sure to check out the dedicated Google Play Magazines app, from where you can also purchase your favorite magazines.

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2013年9月26日星期四

LG shows off 5

LG shows off 5.5-inch 'Quad HD' display for smartphones

In a short period of time our phones went from having Retina displays to HD displays and now Full HD displays. You might think that we don’t need any more pixels on our mobile screens but the pixel density race is far from over.

LG has just showcased a new 5.5-inch display for smartphones that has a resolution of 2,560 x 1,440, with a pixel density of 538 PPI and 430 nits of brightness. LG is calling it a ‘Quad HD’ display because it has four times the resolution of a typical 720p HD display.

LG is yet to announce any device that will have this display but pretty sure we would see something later this year or early next year that might.

Apple gets a trademark for their retail store design

Apple has been granted a trademark for the distinctive design of their chain of retail stores. Although the claim was rejected twice in the past, Apple managed to successfully convince the US Patent and Trademark office the third time with a lengthy, 122-page document detailing the reasons.

The trademark includes use of items such as a paneled facade of glass, recessed lighting units and lined rectangular tables, but as usual, the trademark is for the sum of parts rather than any individual item.

While it’s easy to look at this and scoff, it’s fairly common practice for companies to get a trademark on a distinctive design that they have come up with, with examples such as the shape of the Coca-Cola bottle or the Swiss Federal Railways watch face that Apple was recently found using in iOS. A trademark by definition is a ‘recognizable sign, design or expression which identifies products or services of a particular source from those of others’ and differs from a patent. But while other store designers can still use individual elements of Apple’s store (as many do), if the final result ends up looking exactly like an Apple Store, they better lawyer up.

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Fujitsu STYLISTIC M532 Tegra 3-powered tablet offers Android ICS in a MIL-STD-810G certified package

We’ve seen our fair share of tough Android phones, but there are rugged Android tablets as well, like the Fujitsu STYLISTIC M532. It’s a 10.1″ slate powered by Tegra 3 and running Android Ice Cream Sandwich.

The STYLISTIC M532 has been MIL-STD-810G certified, so it should survive rough transport, work in low and high altitudes, temperatures and humidity along with drop and dust resistance. It seems it’s not water resistant though, in case you wanted to go swimming with a 10.1″ tablet.

Other than that, the Fujitsu STYLISTIC M532 packs a 10.1″ IPS LCD with 1280 x 800 resolution, Tegra 3 3T30S chipset with a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and 1GB of RAM, 32GB of built-in storage plus a microSD card slot, 8MP main camera and 2MP front-facing.

The tablet measures 261.2 x 175.3 x 8.9mm and weighs 558g, which isn’t bad considering its element resistance. The battery is rated at 38Wh (3170mAh), which should last about eight and a half hours of video playback.

If all that sounds appealing, you can grab a Fujitsu STYLSITIC M532 for $550 from Fujitsu’s web site.

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2013年9月25日星期三

Samsung lets you be part of the Olympics with Take Part 2012 augmented reality app

Samsung released an Android app that will help you feel the spirit of the upcoming Olympic games (which start on July 27). It’s called Samsung: Take Part 2012 and offers tours of the Olympic venues, info on the UK, the latest news and it will even let you participate. Of course, we are not talking taking part in the real games but at least in the augmented reality games.

Take Part 2012 features 360-degree panoramas the venues of the games and the Top 10 list of British attraction (according to David Beckham), so you can check them out in your spare time.

The game will also let you play a number of games – 100m Sprint, 110m hurdles, 100m freestyle swimming and double-trap shooting, plus Penalty Kicks and Archery augmented reality (owners of the latest Galaxy phones are promised HD graphics). For each game there will be both individual and country leader boards.

Each day there will be news and polls about the games. The polls will show you what people around the world think.

This being a promo app, it will also include a tour of the Samsung Galaxy S III, Samsung��s Olympic Games Phone.

If it sounds interesting, you can grab the app for free from the Play Store.

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iPhone-controlled BMW and Audi RC cars are impressively cool

After introducing the Angry Birds RC helicopter, iHelicopter are launching their luxury iPhone-controllable SUV, saloon and sports cars.

The new luxury RC garage consists of an Audi Q7, BMW 5 F10, BMW X6 and Audi R8, each costing $59.95, which is considerably less than their full-size versions. iHelicopter has even gone to the trouble of taking these bad boys out for a spin and recorded a video for your viewing pleasure. Check it out.

Pretty cool, eh? The BMW X6 and Audi Q7 measure 25.0 x 10.0 x 9.0 cm (1:20 scale) and come with three or four 1.5V AA batteries depending on which model you go for. Charging takes 60 minutes, which curiously is the time you’ll have fun with the RC cars once they are fully charged.

So, what’s your take on that iPhone controllable RC goodness? Which one do you like best?

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2013年9月24日星期二

iPad and Android were the hottest tech topics in Twitter for 2010

Twitter is where rumors are born and distributed lightning fast. The social network just published their 2010 top tweet subjects and the top tech topics of the year turned out to be the Apple iPad and Google’s Android OS.

Twitter isn’t my cup of tea but even though it isn’t, it’s still intriguing to see what were the most discussed topics this year. Twitter has just released the top trends on Twitter for 2010 based on the 25 billion tweets sent in 2010.

On the list of the top 10 overall subjects, among the Mexican Gulf oil spill, the Inception movie and Justin Bieber teenage superstar, we find two tech-related names, Apple iPad and Google Android (at positions 6 and 7, respectively).

Leaving the Top 10 overall subject aside, here’s the Top 10 dedicated tech trends list:

1. Apple iPad
2. Google Android
3. Apple iOS
4. Apple iPhone
5. Call of Duty Black Ops
6. New Twitter
7. HTC
8. RockMelt
9. MacBook Air
10. Google Instant

As you can see, Apple and Google dominate in the tech world of Twitter. Those are connected to 6 of the 10 topics listed above.

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Adobe reports vulnerability in Flash Player that affects desktops and Android

Adobe reports vulnerability in Flash Player that affects desktops and Android, a fix is coming next week

Adobe has reported on a critical vulnerability in Flash Player, Reader and Acrobat applications. It’s interesting since it affects the desktop Flash Player along with the Android one and even the one embedded in Chrome.

Adobe is working on a fix, but until then you should be careful when dealing with Flash files – there are reports of attacks using this vulnerability…

Here’s a list of the affected software:

Adobe Flash Player 10.2.152.33 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris operating systems
Adobe Flash Player 10.2.154.18 and earlier for Chrome users
Adobe Flash Player 10.1.106.16 and earlier for Android
The Authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat X (10.0.1) and earlier 10.x and 9.x versions for Windows and Macintosh operating systems.

Adobe Reader 9.x for UNIX, Adobe Reader for Android, and Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.x are not affected.

The reported attacks that exploit the vulnerability happened through an Excel file with an embedded Flash file. So, no attacks on Android as of yet, or at least none that Adobe knows about.

An update will be pushed out next week that fixes the vulnerability in all but Adobe Reader X. Protected Mode of Reader X (which should be enabled by default) prevents the exploit of auto-running so Adobe feel they can wait to patch that up on 14 June, the date the next quarterly security update for Adobe Reader is scheduled for.

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The waterproof LG Optimus GJ battery life test completes, check out the scores

The LG Optimus GJ is a rare midrange smartphone offering that also features IP-certified water resistance. It’s based on LG’s famous Optimus G flagship with a new watertight chassis and a beefier battery.

The Optimus GJ lacks some of the connectivity antennas found on the G, like NFC and LTE, and with the larger battery should have the edge over its flagship predecessor.

In a rather odd twist, it’s the waterproof member of the duo that has the removable back panel, in contrast to the unibody construction of the Optimus G. This is uncommon as it’s easier to make a watertight smartphone with a nonremovable back panel, but LG’s design team saw fit to do it otherwise.

Diving right into the tests, we first examined how the Optimus GJ fared in our dedicated talk time test. As we mentioned, the Optimus GJ doesn’t have LTE support, and instead relies on its 2G and 3G antennas for voice calls. Here, it lasts about 3 hours less than the LG Optims G (all tests are carried over a 3G network).

Talk time

Huawei Ascend Mate
25:12
Motorola RAZR MAXX (ICS)
21:18
LG Optimus G Pro
20:45
Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX
20:24
Motorola RAZR i
20:07
BlackBerry Q10
20:00
Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3
19:54
Sony Xperia SP
19:49
Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600)
18:03
Sony Xperia ZR
17:48
Samsung Galaxy Note II N7100
16:57
Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
16:40
Sony Xperia Z
16:03
Samsung Galaxy S4 zoom
15:32
LG Optimus G
15:30
Sony Xperia ZL
15:22
Nokia Lumia 720
15:17
BlackBerry Q5
14:31
Nokia Lumia 620
14:17
Oppo Find 5
14:17
Google Nexus 4
14:17
HTC One
13:38
HTC One X+
13:31
Nokia Lumia 520
13:33
Samsung Galaxy S4 mini
13:10
Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos
12:45
LG Optimus GJ
12:39
Samsung Galaxy S4 GPE
12:37
Huawei Ascend P1
12:30
Sony Xperia L
12:30
HTC Butterfly
12:18
Samsung Galaxy Note
12:14
HTC One mini
12:04
HTC Desire 600 dual sim
11:58
Samsung I8530 Galaxy Beam
11:58
Samsung Galaxy Premier
11:30
Asus Padfone 2
11:20
HTC Droid DNA
11:07
HTC Windows Phone 8X
11:07
Samsung Wave 3 S8600
11:07
Samsung I9105 Galaxy S II Plus
11:06
HTC Desire X
11:03
Samsung Galaxy S4 (Octa)
11:01
HTC One X (AT&T, LTE)
10:35
Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III
10:20
Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (JB)
10:15
Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2
10:03
HTC One V
10:00
Meizu MX 4-core
10:00
Samsung Galaxy Express
10:00
HTC One X
9:57
HTC One S
9:42
Samsung I9103 Galaxy R
9:40
HTC Sensation XL
9:30
Nokia Lumia 810
9:05
Nokia Lumia 710
9:05
Acer CloudMobile S500
9:05
Motorola Atrix HD
9:04
HTC Vivid
9:02
Nokia Lumia 920
8:56
Nokia Lumia 610
8:51
HTC Rhyme
8:48
Apple iPhone 5
8:42
LG Optimus 3D Max P720
8:42
Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V
8:41
Meizu MX
8:39
Samsung Galaxy S II
8:35
Samsung Galaxy S Duos
8:28
Nokia Lumia 800
8:25
Samsung Galaxy Nexus
8:23
Nokia Lumia 510
8:22
Samsung Galaxy Fame
8:21
BlackBerry Z10
8:20
HTC Desire V
8:20
Samsung Captivate Glide
8:20
Sony Xperia T
8:15
HTC Rezound (LTE)
8:10
Samsung Galaxy Note (LTE)
8:02
LG Optimus Vu
7:57
LG Optimus 4X HD
7:41
Apple iPhone 4S
7:41
Samsung i937 Focus S
7:25
HTC Evo 4G LTE (LTE)
7:21
Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G
7:14
Nokia Lumia 820
7:09
Sony Xperia acro S
7:09
Samsung Rugby Smart I847
7:09
Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro
6:57
Nokia N9
6:57
HTC Radar
6:53
Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos
6:53
BlackBerry Curve 9380
6:52
Sony Xperia E dual
6:42
Samsung Galaxy S III mini
6:22
Samsung Galaxy Pocket
5:54
Nokia Lumia 900 for AT&T (LTE)
5:53
Sony Xperia ion LTE
5:52
Sony Xperia P
5:33
Nokia 808 PureView
5:16
LG Nitro HD (LTE)
5:16
HTC Titan II (LTE)
5:10
BlackBerry Bold 9790
5:00
Pantech Burst
4:46

When it comes to web browsing, the results posted by the Optimus GJ were very respectable. Coming it at just over 7 minutes, the Optimus GJ beats out the Optimus G, although this is likely due to optimizations in the Chrome browser done in between both tests.

Web browsing

Sony Xperia ZR
11:20
BlackBerry Q5
10:04
HTC One
9:58
Apple iPhone 5
9:56
Samsung Galaxy S4 mini
9:47
Motorola RAZR MAXX (ICS)
9:12
Apple iPad mini
9:05
Samsung Galaxy S4 zoom
8:51
Samsung Galaxy Note II N7100
8:48
BlackBerry Q10
8:42
Nokia Lumia 810
8:20
Asus Padfone 2
8:20
Huawei Ascend Mate
8:17
Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3
8:17
HTC One mini
8:12
Nokia Lumia 610
8:01
HTC One X+
7:56
Sony Xperia E dual
7:42
Samsung Galaxy S III mini
7:38
Nokia Lumia 720
7:37
Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
7:35
Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600)
7:24
Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX
7:23
HTC Radar
7:17
Nokia Lumia 520
7:15
Samsung Galaxy S4 GPE
7:13
LG Optimus GJ
7:11
Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos
7:09
Samsung Galaxy Express
7:09
Motorola RAZR i
7:06
Samsung Galaxy S4 (Octa)
6:58
Apple iPhone 4S
6:56
HTC One V
6:49
LG Optimus G Pro
6:40
Samsung I9105 Galaxy S II Plus
6:40
Sony Xperia L
6:40
HTC Droid DNA
6:40
Samsung Galaxy Premier
6:40
Motorola Atrix HD
6:40
BlackBerry Curve 9380
6:40
Sony Xperia Z
6:37
Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2
6:35
HTC Desire 600 dual sim
6:34
BlackBerry Z10
6:27
Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (JB)
6:27
HTC Butterfly
6:24
Sony Xperia SP
6:18
Samsung i937 Focus S
6:15
Nokia Lumia 510
6:13
Sony Xperia ZL
6:04
HTC Windows Phone 8X
6:01
Sony Xperia ion LTE
5:56
Samsung Galaxy Fame
5:55
Samsung Rugby Smart I847
5:53
Pantech Burst
5:51
Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G
5:45
HTC Desire V
5:44
HTC Evo 4G LTE
5:41
Nokia Lumia 920
5:40
Samsung Wave 3 S8600
5:34
Oppo Find 5
5:33
Sony Xperia T
5:33
Samsung Captivate Glide
5:33
Samsung I8530 Galaxy Beam
5:28
Samsung Galaxy Note LTE
5:24
Samsung Galaxy S Duos
5:23
HTC Sensation XL
5:20
Meizu MX 4-core
5:19
Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III
5:17
Sony Xperia acro S
5:16
HTC Rezound
5:16
HTC Desire X
5:16
LG Optimus G
5:15
HTC Rhyme
5:08
Samsung I9103 Galaxy R
5:07
HTC One X (AT&T)
5:03
Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro
4:50
LG Optimus Vu
4:49
HTC Vivid
4:46
Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos
4:45
Meizu MX
4:35
Google Nexus 4
4:34
Nokia N9
4:33
Acer CloudMobile S500
4:32
Nokia Lumia 820
4:24
Samsung Galaxy S II
4:24
Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V
4:20
HTC One X
4:18
Nokia 808 PureView
4:14
LG Optimus 3D Max P720
4:10
Nokia Lumia 900 for AT&T
4:10
Nokia Lumia 800
4:07
HTC Titan II (LTE)
4:05
HTC One S
4:03
BlackBerry Bold 9790
4:02
LG Nitro HD
4:00
LG Optimus 4X HD
3:59
Sony Xperia P
3:59
Nokia Lumia 710
3:51
Nokia Lumia 620
3:50
Samsung Galaxy Pocket
3:47
Samsung Galaxy Note
3:35
Huawei Ascend P1
3:23
Samsung Galaxy Nexus
3:01

Video player performance also gives some respectable figures, with the Optimus GJ providing over 8 hours of continuous playback before reaching 10% of its battery capacity. This puts it right around the middle of the pack.

Video playback

Motorola RAZR MAXX (ICS)
16:35
Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX
14:17
Samsung Galaxy S4 mini
13:12
Apple iPad mini
12:51
Samsung Galaxy Premier
12:51
Samsung Galaxy S4 GPE
12:32
Samsung Galaxy S4 (S600)
12:30
BlackBerry Q5
12:28
Huawei Ascend Mate
12:18
Samsung Galaxy S4 (Octa)
11:29
Samsung Galaxy Note II N7100
11:27
BlackBerry Q10
11:15
Apple iPhone 5
10:12
HTC One
10:02
Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III
10:01
Samsung Galaxy Express
10:00
Samsung I9105 Galaxy S II Plus
10:00
Nokia 808 PureView
9:53
Samsung I8530 Galaxy Beam
9:42
Samsung Rugby Smart I847
9:34
Samsung Galaxy S4 zoom
9:30
HTC One S
9:28
Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (JB)
9:27
Apple iPhone 4S
9:24
HTC Evo 4G LTE
9:07
BlackBerry Z10
8:44
LG Optimus G Pro
8:40
Nokia N9
8:40
Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3
8:34
HTC Butterfly
8:28
Samsung Galaxy Note
8:25
LG Optimus GJ
8:15
Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos
8:11
HTC One X+
8:11
Motorola RAZR i
8:11
Samsung Galaxy S II
8:00
Samsung i937 Focus S
7:55
Samsung Wave 3 S8600
7:52
Samsung Galaxy S III mini
7:46
Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V
7:45
Asus Padfone 2
7:38
Huawei Ascend P1
7:38
Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G
7:33
Sony Xperia ZR
7:30
HTC Droid DNA
7:30
Samsung Galaxy Note LTE
7:30
Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2
7:30
Sony Xperia SP
7:27
HTC One mini
7:23
Nokia Lumia 610
7:23
LG Optimus G
7:16
Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
7:03
HTC Desire 600 dual sim
6:49
Nokia Lumia 720
6:43
Meizu MX 4-core
6:33
Nokia Lumia 620
6:32
HTC Windows Phone 8X
6:27
Sony Xperia E dual
6:27
Nokia Lumia 810
6:27
HTC Desire V
6:26
HTC One X (AT&T)
6:26
Nokia Lumia 820
6:25
Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos
6:25
Nokia Lumia 510
6:23
LG Optimus Vu
6:23
Samsung I9103 Galaxy R
6:21
Nokia Lumia 920
6:19
HTC Sensation XL
6:12
Samsung Galaxy Pocket
6:06
Samsung Captivate Glide
6:04
Sony Xperia ion LTE
6:03
Samsung Galaxy Nexus
6:02
Sony Xperia T
6:01
Motorola Atrix HD
6:01
HTC Vivid
6:00
HTC Radar
5:54
Nokia Lumia 800
5:52
Nokia Lumia 520
5:50
HTC Titan II
5:50
BlackBerry Bold 9790
5:47
HTC One X
5:45
Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro
5:44
Sony Xperia Z
5:39
Sony Xperia acro S
5:38
HTC Desire X
5:38
Pantech Burst
5:38
Sony Xperia ZL
5:28
Meizu MX
5:27
HTC Rhyme
5:23
HTC One V
5:20
Acer CloudMobile S500
5:18
Oppo Find 5
5:18
Nokia Lumia 900 for AT&T
5:18
BlackBerry Curve 9380
5:09
HTC Rezound
5:03
Samsung Galaxy Fame
5:02
Google Nexus 4
4:55
Sony Xperia L
4:44
Samsung Galaxy S Duos
4:30
Sony Xperia P
4:30
LG Nitro HD
4:17
LG Optimus 4X HD
4:14
LG Optimus 3D Max P720
3:28
Nokia Lumia 710
3:27

While it was not able to provide the same stellar talk time performance as the Optimus G, the Optimus GJ provides some good figures when it comes to web browsing and video performance. Unfortunately, coupling this with the only average standby time, the Optimus GJ achieves an overall endurance rating of just 39h. This means that you will need to charge the phone every 39 hours if you do an hour each of the three activities tested per day.

Be sure to check out our full review on the LG Optimus GJ right here.

2013年9月23日星期一

$40 Aakash 2 tablet to get Ice Cream Sandwich update

It’s as official as it can possibly get. Suneet Singh Tuli, CEO of DataWind, the company responsible for the Aakash project, has announced that the Aakash 2 tablet will be updated to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

The Aakash 2 tablet is hitting the Indian market in two to three weeks and it’ll take another two months until users can experience Ice Cream Sandwich on their units. It’s yet unknown how the update will be distributed – over-the-air or as a PC download, but Singh Tuli is certain it’s coming.

What makes this ICS release so special is that the Aakash 2 only has 256MB of RAM, 2GB of storage and a single-core 800MHz processor, which doesn’t meet the Ice Cream Sandwich minimum requirements. You might remember Google refused to update the original Nexus One to ICS, and that one has 512MB of RAM and a 1GHz CPU.

So, the software engineers over at Datawind will probably need to compile a special, lightweight Android 4.0 distribution that would run decently on the Aakash 2. And if they succeed, they might allow many other under-spec’d devices to taste the latest Android release.

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Microsoft Surface RT pricing and availability surfaces

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2013年9月25日星期三

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2013年9月24日星期二

iPad and Android were the hottest tech topics in Twitter for 2010

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Talk time

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2013年9月23日星期一

$40 Aakash 2 tablet to get Ice Cream Sandwich update