Samsung is developing Android 4 aka Ice Cream Sandwich OS for Samsung Galaxy SII and Galaxy Note as the upgrade from Android 2.3 to satisfied the customer. The final release of Android 4 update for Galaxy SII and Galaxy Note will be present at the end of this quarter of 2012  which means on march this year.

The Ice Cream Sandwich OS  for Galaxy  SII and Galaxy Note will offer new features such as face unlock, a new Task Manager, Notification Manager a better and improved browser performance, both in terms of functionality and performance. 

As we know that  previously has been presented the "unofficial" Ice Cream Sandwich OS ROM for Galaxy S II. But many user feel that it is not perfect yet and has lots of bugs. However, Samsung release the newer version then, unfortunately it is not for public consumption, which is considered adequate (I9100XXLP6 version). 

In this newer "unofficial" version of  ICS ROM for Galaxy SII, the previous version's bugs are already fixed then the performance is tuned and provides the Face Unlock feature, which is known the Android ICS flagship.

So if you want to try it, you can download it Here. But remember it is still a good idea to wait for the official version of Android  Ice Cream Sandwich   for Galaxy S II and Galaxy Note released on March this year. 

The smartphone technology is growing faster right now. Kristian Ulrich Larsen from idkul.com has created a three screen smartphone. He stated that

:A phone that differentiates it self from the norm of a smartphone and incorporates the physical product into the interaction with what's on the screen, creating a unified experience.

After the introduction of the smartphone, the industrial design of the devices has converged into all looking more or less the same. Due to the touchbased interaction every smartphone device is now a flat rectangle with a screen on it, making it difficult for both the user and the manufactures to differentiate the devices from each other. This phone is trying to change that. The unique form and unique way of interacting with it, is supposed to set it apart from other phones, but more importantly it's supposed to add value for the user, making the experience of using a smartphone even more exiting and engaging.

The phone has 3 screens that can be transformed in different ways depending on what the user wants to do with it. Having 3 screens on a phone opens up a number of possibilities in dealing with the content on the device. Because people no longer only use their phone as a comunication device. It's more and more used for the things, we usually use our laptops for, but with the limited screen real estate on phones, there are still boundaries for what you can do.

But with the ability to expand your content onto multiple screens or having multiple apps running on separate screens, it's possible for the user to do a lot more productive, and creative things.
Flip phone is based on a concept concieved during a 6 week long workshop done by my self Kristian Ulrich Larsen, Ewa Sendecka, Jeppe Vestergård and Victoria Kusk. It was then developed further for a semester by me Kristian Ulrich Larsen as part of my MA program.

A new concept smartphone with three screens at once was the subject of hot discussion on the internet. This three screen smartphone concept remind me of eyefinity feature from AMD GPU. The wider screen bring new experience to Smartphone user beside communication function.

The three-screen smartphone will use the super AMOLED display powered by Gorilla glass to avoid scratches on the screen. The three-screen smartphone will use Android as the operating system.  This three-screen smartphone casing uses the aluminum material which is anodize black with hinges made ​​of iron. 

Unfortunately, The three-screen smartphone concept is still in the form of rendering images from computer. However, you can see the appearance of the three-screen smartphone on the video below.

Does anyone have an Acer Aspire S3? Acer Aspire S3 is the first Ultrabook from Acer. Ultrabook as ultrathin and light laptop intended to offer long battery life without compromising on performance is going to be big thing in pc form factors history.

However an Acer Aspire S3 user reportedly in Indonesia that he has just bought an  Acer Aspire S3  in 2 months, found that the  Acer Aspire S3 restarts repeatedly within his work and the touchpad is difficult to press until it's loosen itself and off from its place. The next is when he try to turn the  Acer Aspire S3  180 degrees, the laptop is off by itself and poked the touchpad panel plate. The magnet button on the laptop bag also caused the error on the hard drive of  Acer Aspire S3 . He just has his unlucky terrible product only in two month from the day he bought it.

As Acer changes to strategy, to be a focus on product quality and consumer demand, which resulted in a decline in sales ranking of second-placed notebook Acer became the fourth largest rank, we hope that new technology has to be tested under tight quality control procedures before they released to global market. 

The famous computer vendors from Taiwan, Asus, has been working on a project with Microsoft to create Windows 8 notebook which will be equipped with motion sensor technology from Microsoft called Kinect. This Microsoft Kinect is similar with Microsoft Xbox 360 feature which user able to control the device with body motion or voice. According to a report released in The Daily, they had seen two prototype notebook with Kinect made by the Asus.

Referring to sources on The Daily, the Kinect sensor placed at the spot where the camera notebooks usually are, while a set of LEDs located at the bottom of the screen. Microsfot have confirmed that two notebook from Asus are the notebook prototype with Kinect technology.

Well , by pinning the motion sensor technology called Kinect it, allowing notebook users to interact with Windows 8 or playing games using motion control, as can be done Kinect Xbox 360 users today, or listen to music, watching movies only with the sound of your voice command control.  Unfortunately, they do not confirm yet when the notebook with Kinect technology will be released to the market. So, we wait for its development.

Sony Xperia phone S , which is the candidate of  the first  Sony's  mobile phone without the Ericsson brand rumored to be equipped with anti-stain features and UV coating. This feature is claimed will help repel dirt and other stains on the body of the Sony Xperia S.

This Sony Xperia S smartphone will also claimed will has a  feature of fast charging (fast-charge), which makes the battery charging lasts shorter time. While the Dirt and brown stains on the  body cover  will be lost easily after UV coating is exposed to sunlight for a few seconds. And, for the battery, through the fast-charge mode will reduce battery charging time in half from the charging time of  Sony Xperia previous models. It is claimed that for 10 minutes charging time,  could allow  Sony Xperia S  standby up to one hour. 

These features  would be  increase the advantages of  Sony Xperia S, which is the more worth waiting for the consumer to buy. We can tell that besides these amazing  features that will come on  Sony Xperia S mentioned,  the high end 12 MP camera, dual-core processor CPU 1.5 GHz, and others are best features among the competitors.  Sony Xperia S  is expected this March 2012, priced at 462 Euros.

When you want to buys a pocket digital camera, you will see that  there are hundreds of models for sale at any given point in time with various interesting features from popular vendors like Canon, Sony, Nikon, Olympus and many more. So it is not easy to figure out which type of camera is right for your need. Anyway beside that vendors, there is Pentax as an alternative for your pocket camera buying choice.

Pentax has just introduced to the global market, a new variant to model new pocket camera called the Optio VS20. Pentax VS20 Optio Compact Camera  is one of  the most unique innovation as the first pocket camera that has two shutter buttons. This unique feature is often found on the high-end camera type of  DSLR. It allows its users to take a picture with either landscape or portrait position. Now, the ease of taking a picture at any position can be done with  VS20 Optio, a pocket camera from Pentax.

In addition to these main features, the Optio VS20 is designed for use by the users who like to enjoys traveling hobby. The feature like super zoom with an equivalent size between 28-560mm lens and has a long range zoom up to 20x optical zoom, it would helpful for users to take a hard object taken from close range. Beside that the use of type CCD sensor with 16 megapixel resolution capable to produce good images.

Another feature in Pentax VS20 Optio  is Auto settings, which are easy to use of special effects like fisheye mode, sketch, and others. For those of you who like to use the video recording feature, this pocket camera capable of capturing an image with the results of 720p video. The use of a 3-inch LCD screen with a resolution of 460,000 pixels, can display a fairly clear picture quality.

Pentax Optio VS20 will be available on the global market starting in February 2012. This Pentax Optio VS20 compact pocket camera are available in two types of color choices, black and white, and  will be priced at a price of USD 249.95. You may consider this Pentax Optio VS20 for your choice of pocket camera. 

Nowadays we have seen many vendor produce smartphones which faster, stronger, and wider. The technology is growing so fast, and user like smartphone which has more complete features. Smartphone with complete feature, for business, social life, and entertainment is a trend for now.

Sony Ericsson had already anticipated this by issuing smartphones glance similar to the Xperia Neo.Only, this one smartphone that has a keyboard that can be used by sliding the body underneath. The name of this smartphone is the Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro.

With the keyboard, making it easier to type text such as SMS, e-mail, status in social networks, and more. Even at his keyboard, keypad is there that can allow you to play games.

This smartphone uses the same System on Chip with Xperia Neo, the Qualcomm MSM8255 processor with 1 GHz speed and GPU Adreno 205. RAM memory is installed in this smartphone with a capacity of 512 MB. For its internal memory, Sony Ericsson has paired the NAND Flash memory that can be used by the user is 320 MB. For the size of screen, attached screen of 3.7 inches with a resolution of 480 x 854. Used smartphone operating system is Gingerbread with version 2.3.4. Sony Ericsson also plans to upgrade this smartphone to Ice Cream Sandwich in due course.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro is still using the Android Gingerbread with version 2.3.2. If you check the update option, you will get a firmware update to version 4.0.1.A.0.283 which also contains the OS version 2.3.4. In addition, Sony Ericsson promised at this year also, the Xperia Pro is one of the smartphones that get upgraded to Android Ice Cream Sandwich.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro has a five-homescreen, where the third is the main homescreen. The homescreen has also been modified with widgets made by Sony Ericsson so the widgets installed on the Xperia Pro will not make the system slowing down. Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro with Mobile Bravia display is already using the 3.7 inch capacitive screen which is very responsive and makes a higher contrast without losing detail.In addition, any color will appear more bright and beautiful. You can play games, like Guitar Heroes, Fruit Ninja, Angry Birds, and other HD games with smooth feelings. Gesture and emphasis points can be done without lag. Responsiveness of the screen is supported by the keyboard that makes it more comfortable again in operating Xperia Pro.

Sony Ericsson is one of the manufacturers of smartphones that have a camera with a very good result snapshots. Resolution main camera which belonged to the Xperia Pro was equal to 8 Megapixels, produces images that are very good. The front camera has a resolution of VGA. This Smartphone also equipped with multimedia functions. Of course, this smartphone has a function to play an audio file which is pretty good. The look of his audio player has been modified in such a way by Sony Ericsson so contrast to Android smartphones in General. Full audio file support still follow the default Android support, such as MP3, MP4, and Ogg.

The battery life of  Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro capable to play video files with formats.MP4 is continuously for 7 hours 45 minutes which is a standard battery life for a smartphone 

We can tell that Sony Ericsson has fulfill the needs of a person in choosing a smartphone. While many who need a smartphone with keyboard, Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro delivers. This makes comfort in work using smartphone will be even better. Moreover, the performance of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro is also very good.

The use of the SoC MSM8255 single core processor 1 GHz is  indeed support the good performance on the  Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro. This US$ 300 smartphone is suitable for You who prefer a smartphone with keyboard. For those of you who use Smartphones to work like typing in the document, have a smartphone like  Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro with keyboard can help you in your work.

People is busy to work for life. Most of them have mobile devices to communicate each other in work or social life. Sometime when their mobile devices run out of batteries, then there is no power source available, they have to think what to do to keep their mobile devices alive. The need for a portable charger is increasing. However, rather than ordinary portable charger, portable charger but that does not depend on electrical power. Could it happen? So a Swedish company see this opportunity to bring the portable charger  product which has unique capability to charge without electric power source. 

A Swedish company has developed a charger for mobile phones, cameras, and GPS devices with only the help of a small amount of water. The portable charger is named PowerTrekkis designed specifically for people who spend time away from power and have no access to electricity power source. It is suitable for the traveler and the people who work in locations far from the center of power.

PowerTrekk only need one tablespoon of water and he can produce the battery for 10 hours. How could that happen? This product works through a chemical reaction. Water, which is the energy source of this charger, reacts with a "composition" of this special product, sodium silicide, to produce hydrogen gas. For information, PowerTrekk is the first commercial product that uses sodium silicide.

This product is compatible with all devices that have USB ports. PowerTrekk can be filled with all kinds of water, including sea water or any water that are not mixed with mud or other sediment.

Although able to walk only with the power of water, this product is still accompanied by a portable battery slot that can be used as a charger or labor to install lights. Users can have between two types of power, 1kW or 3kW.

PowerTrekk first exhibited last year at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The latest version on display at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) which is currently underway in Las Vegas.

These unique products, PowerTrekk,  will be available in the European market in May or June this 2012 with price at € 199 and the replacement of sodium batteries for € 2.

In 2012, the world will not hear the name Sony Ericsson again. On October 27, 2011, Sony announced that it would acquire Ericsson's stake in Sony Ericsson for €1.05 billion ($1.47 billion), making the mobile handset business a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony. The transaction's completion is expected to occur in January 2012.  At their keynote at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, Sony's Kaz Hirai announced that Sony Ericsson would now be known simply as Sony Mobile Communications. In the future, a mobile device division directly under the Sony and no longer use the name of Sony Ericsson, but only "Sony" only. Earlier this year, precisely at the International Consumer Electronic Show (CES) 2012, Sony finally introduced their first smartphone. This smartphone named Sony Xperia S.

Sony Xperia S comes with the Android operating system. Unfortunately, these devices are still not using the latest Android operating system, Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS). Xperia S still use Android version 2.3 or Gingerbread. However, Sony ensures that the Ginger bread can be updated to ICS.

Sony Xperia S comes with high specification that is very capable. Sony Xperia S uses Qualcomm processor 1.5 GHz Dual-Core. In addition, Sony's first smartphone will use Reality Display screen measuring 4.3 inches which has been equipped with mobile technology BRAVIA Engine HD resolution (1280 x 720).

This smartphone is equipped with a camera 12 megapixel Exmor R. berteknologikan In addition, the camera in the smartphone has a feature Fastest Capture to take a picture directly in just 1.5 seconds from standby mode. Xperia S is also equipped with a front camera that has a 1.3 megapixel resolution.

In addition, the Sony Xperia S also comes with a feature called Near Field Communication (NFC) which allows you to share content between each other.

Sony Xperia S will begin shipping in the first quarter of this year. There will be two models for this smartphone, which is 16 GB and 32 GB. Unfortunately, the Sony Xperia S not accompanied by a selection of other additional storage capacity. Prices of these products are also still not been announced.

Going for Google’s mobile OS has enabled Sirius XM to include a series of new advanced features into its creation, like the "Tune Start" option that lets you start over at the beginning of a song if you tuned to a station right in the middle of your favorite track.

Pause, rewind and replay controls are also available, while the "Show finder" feature displays a guide that shows the content which will be set over the air the following week.

Furthermore, subscribers can build a library of up to 200 hours of programming from their Favorite satellite radio channels which are automatically recorded to allow for playback anywhere.

Another good news is that the Android OS run by the Lynx Portable Radio can also be updated by Sirius XM to install new features and to provide users with even more content.

As far as connectivity is concerned, Sirius’s latest creation comes with both a standard 3.5mm jack output and Bluetooth, so it can be linked to most stereo speakers, headphones, and vehicle stereo systems out there.

“Lynx gives subscribers the expanded SiriusXM 2.0 content lineup and advanced features, enabling time shifting and storage of content, offering listeners more control over the programming they subscribe to," said Jim Meyer, President, Operations and Sales, SiriusXM.

"Lynx will offer even more options to manage our exclusive and expertly curated content through future software updates," concluded the company’s rep.