Samsung Galaxy S4 estimated time of arival

I recently heard that the Galaxy S4 just "might" be launched by april. This is still juts a leak of news and the date might now be changed to keep the element of surprise but it is now known the Samsung Galaxy S4 will come out in april.

Google taking over the world.

This is from Mobiledia.com so i quoted the whole article.

Next month, the world will welcome the Chinese New Year of the snake, but the tech world will probably call 2013 the Year of Google.

If you get the feeling it's a Google World and you just live in it, you aren't alone. The giant company's projects are expansive -- developing the Android operating system that runs most smartphones and tablets, becoming the standard-bearer for mapping, showing off Google driverless cars and smart glasses and dipping its toe into the hardware market.

And CEO Eric Schmidt's recent trip to North Korea underscores Google's near-omnipotence, even in the darkest corners of the earth. Where there's an opening, Google will find its way into it, hunker down and finesse its way into a stronghold -- and these are five of the ways the company will merge, grow and expand in the new year.

1. The Search Continues

Google heads into 2013 free and clear of the two-year-long Federal Trade Commission investigation into search monopoly, paving the way for its dominance to continue. The FTC commission, composed of both Democrats and Republicans, announced earlier this month it concluded its two-year investigation into the issue of search bias and did not take serious action. Despite finding some evidence that changes to the company's search algorithm harmed competitors, the Commission said that these changes "could be plausibly justified as innovations that improved Google's product and the experience of its users."

The regulatory body also investigated whether Google harmed U.S. consumers by suing to block sales of competing mobile devices, namely those by Apple and Microsoft, for infringing on mobile technology patents Google acquired during its $12.5 billion buy of Motorola Mobility. On this front, the FTC reached a broader settlement with Google that would give competitors access to patents necessary to make smartphones, and other devices, and Google voluntarily agreed to stop borrowing others' content for use in its own services. The settlement encourages Google to resolve patent disputes through arbitration first, not through lengthy, expensive court battles.

Competitors who alleged Google engaged in anti-trust activities believe the search giant got off lightly, compared to FTC treatment of IBM in the 1970s and Microsoft in the 1990s, which levied significant financial penalties and smacked both companies with restrictions.

Maybe the FTC didn't want to hobble a thriving business in these harsh economic times, or perhaps the case didn't merit tougher measures. Google's lobbying efforts may have also paid an important dividend in the decision. Regardless of the reason, Google is out from under the FTC's investigative eye.

Now the immediate FTC threat is gone, Google can plow ahead with its plans to transform its search engine into an "answer engine," designed to give users a better, faster search experience. Through constant refinements of its search algorithm, Google's goal is to build something like the Star Trek computer, able to directly and instantly answer users' queries, and the reality could come closer this year.

However, it faces competition in search by an old foe. Not Microsoft, but instead Facebook, which recently unveiled its Graph Search feature to allow users browse their friends' interests, preferences, locations and other social information on the network more easily. Graph Search could prove a boon for users looking for personalized information and meaningful results on music, books, travel or other subjects, possibly delivering more targeted data than on Google. As Google fights to refine its search results by instituting constant changes in its algorithm, Facebook's offering could pose a threat.

2. Google Wi-Fi

So far, Google isn't in the water you drink, but it is in the air you breathe -- sort of. If you live in the southwest Chelsea neighborhood of New York City, near Google's headquarters, you can dip into the company's free public Wi-Fi access.

Similar to the FTC resolution, the free Wi-Fi public-private project highlights the search giant's increasingly cozy political relationship, but this time with state officials. With the project, Google promises to bring free Internet access to hundreds of thousands of people each year, making it the largest such network in New York City.

New York officials praised Google's move, which will be a resource for more than 2,000 residents, 5,000 students and hundreds of workers, retail customers and tourists who visit the neighborhood daily.

"New York is determined to become the world's leading digital city, and universal access to high-speed Internet is one of the core building blocks of that vision," New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a statement. "Thanks to Google, free Wi-Fi across this part of Chelsea takes us another step closer to that goal."

Some aren't as quick to give Google a pat on the back. Reportedly, the new Wi-Fi network will cost $115,000 to build and $45,000 a year to keep up. Google is picking up two-thirds of the tab, and nonprofit group Chelsea Improvement is covering the rest.

The positive buzz stemming from being associated with an exciting "digital city" project is well worth this tiny -- at least by Google standards -- investment. Also, Google benefits with broadband Internet use, which lets users browse more at faster speeds, executing more Google searches along the way.

In addition to offering free Wi-Fi in its home city of Mountain View, Calif., Google recently launched a plan to offer high-speed fiber-optic Internet access in the Kansas City metropolitan area, and for more than just faster service. The search giant already began testing televisionservices in Kansas City, and the Motorola buyout means Google can make set-top hardware and start a direct run at rival Apple in the growing smart-television arena.

In that light, these isolated projects could hint at Google's deeper ambitions. On the surface, providing free Wi-Fi is a generous gesture, but establishing this infrastructure could also lay the ground work to support and expand bigger, more ambitious projects like Google TV down the road.

3. Google in Your Purse

Beyond getting more bang from its political buck to fuel search and generate positive press, Google is also trying mighty hard to get into your purse.

No, we aren't talking about Google's Wallet, though the company is working to iron out wrinkles with that product. The latest way Google wants to get into your wallet is with Zavers.

Zavers saves digital coupons to your accounts, based on your interests and visits to retailer websites. So, you shop and check out as you normally would, and the real-time savings are automatically deducted at checkout when you give your phone numbers.

The service, which welcomed New York's Original Grocer D'Agostino as the latest network partner, is essentially a coupon book tied to your phone: you add coupons to your account, and they're automatically applied at the register with a single scan. The product's cloud technology gives manufacturers a real-time look at the pace of redemptions so they can target and plan coupon policies with that information in hand.

As Zavers illustrates, companies are taking small steps to lure consumers to go digital when it comes to their pocketbooks. Last fall, Apple joined this market with its Passbook feature on the iPhone 5. Zavers and Passbook are unlike more-ambitious e-payment systems that require NFC chips, store digital versions of their credit cards on handsets and pay for products by scanning their phones at special pay stations at supported retailers.

Passbook takes a more introductory approach to mobile payments, focusing on storing virtual tickets and vouchers, and Zavers does the same with coupons. Google and Apple are betting that by easing consumers into the digital wallet concept with coupons and tickets, it will familiarize them with the e-payment concept while avoiding the security concerns that now accompany smartphone transactions.

4. Not Even the iPhone Escapes Google's Grasp

Apple aficionados scorn Google and its Android OS, extolling the virtues and ease of Apple's operating system in what is increasingly a two-horse smartphone race. But Apple fans aren't as steadfast when it comes to Google's apps, and there are more Google apps than ever in the iOS store, ready for iPhone users to download.

For example, soon after Google released its revamped Maps app in December, it became that month's most downloaded program for the iPhone. Google also pumped out a YouTube app, an iPhone version of its Chrome Web browser and updated software to use its Gmail service.

Two dozen Google iPhone apps, with variations for the iPad, are available on Apple's App Store. The strategy is simple: Google wants to reach an audience that can give it data to improve products and generate more income. Besides, having Apple users familiar with its products could help Google one day turn them to Android, so it's a win-win.

Last year, Apple began removing Google services in apps that come installed on its phones and instead began promoting its own services. But its unreliable and highly criticized maps service, complete with misplaced landmarks and inaccurate addresses, highlights how challenging this approach is. For Google, the snafu was an opportunity to quickly design a Google Maps app for the iPhone and watch it become a hit.

Google's success in this arena is remarkable. According to Nielson, in the U.S. last November, the 11.8 million unique users of the new Google-created YouTube app for the iPhone, and the 6.4 million users of its Google Search app, placed them both in the top 20 list of iPhone apps with the biggest audience.

For Google, it always comes back to advertising. Since Google makes money from selling ads that appear on phones and not the phones themselves, it doesn't care so much about what type of phone its services are on. What is important to Google is whether that consumer uses Google apps, shares data with Google and is looking at Google ads.

5. Google Partners with FBI

You might be surprised to learn the Federal Bureau of Investigation is partnering with Google to catch crooks.

The FBI just launched a website that uses Google Maps to show visitors the location of criminal incidents down to the street level. The site also displays photos of "Wanted" posters of suspects along with their physical descriptions. Users can search locations, an unidentified robber's nickname, weapons used, and other clues.

Google, along with Facebook, is keenly interested in facial recognition technology. The ability to scan through photos looking for specific facial features is also massively appealing to law enforcement agencies who are increasingly turning to these new digital DNA technologies, and getting results.

Last year the FBI arrested hacker Higinio O. Ochoa III after using GPS data embedded in an iPhone's photo of his Australian girlfriend's impressive cleavage, an image he left to taunt authorities. Authorities used the photo to track down Ochoa's girlfriend, and then him, showcasing how law enforcement, even when dealing with a person expected to be highly skilled in covering his digital tracks, can still get its man.

Google's partnership with the FBI may offer citizens a harmless, even helpful way to spend online time, but the future is increasingly crowded with scenarios where this and other Google-inspired technology could be misused and trigger sharp privacy criticisms.

Google growing and more...

I start with this. Google has earned more money this quarter, and this year! That means it is growing right.

I quote from GSM Arena
""Anyway, revenues for Q4 of 2012 were $12.91 billion, up 36% year-on-year and 8% quarter-on-quarter. Google accounted for 89% of that, while Motorola brought in 11%. Google got 54% of its revenues from outside the US.

Operating income was 24% of those revenues or $3.39 billion, compared to 33% and $3.51 for Q4 of 2011. Motorola Mobility once again had a negative impact on those numbers, however. The division posted an operating loss of $353 million.

Consolidated net income was $2.89 billion, up from $2.71 billion in Q4 of 2011.""

Interesting. So the fact that Google bought Motorola was good after all huh...

MORE NEWS. windows phones grow more and more popular in europe. in away this is good and in a way this is bad. One because android will become less popular. The reason for wp being popular in europe is that they are not hooked the the damn iphone and can actually like other things other than what is "trending" in the   USA. android is simply a way to get more people to get away from the iphone and then later...THINK about what is better not go with the flow.

I might sound angry but im not, its just that im probably the only person withing 100 miles around where i am right now that actually knows this.

News: Samsung Galaxy S series and more

Today is a big day in history. The Samsung galaxy s series shipments surpass 100 MILLION phones. This is big, because this is a big hit to apple. And since we are on the topic of Samsung  Samsung is launching the new (not really) galaxy s 2 plus phone which is i think really stupid.

LG Has released the Optimus L9, and Huawei is selling there new Ascend and Mate phones but not in the USA, crap that is WHERE I LIVE! I WANT IT.

About the L9, if anyone looked at it, it looks like a freaking samsung s3, which looks like an iPhone, so i do not support it. I also do not like the new UI trend that lg is taking, also copied from samsung which looks like the iPhone so...

The android court rules LG and Samsung guilty of TREASON!

That is all for today i might add on as the day goes.
ENJOY

Blog Info and more

The most popular posts on this blog really surprised me. They are the following:
1. What is lazy list on my sd card
2. How to play tiny tower offline android
3. Android root, backup and rom flashing guide
4. Is mobage spying on android users
5. LG Optimus one series best roms list

That is a very awkward list because there is not trend, these posts are generally are not about the same thing.

Now based on this i understand people are looking for more technical fixes and explanations of hardware and software. I will try to post more on that topic.

But here is my idea. I would like you, the reader to give me ideas. Please send me ideas, essays, thoughts anything. If you want to see your blog post here please do the following.

Email me at dangrbvsky@gmail.com

write the following:
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Thanks for your attention and as always...ENJOY!

Ubuntu Mobile and More

Cononical has backed up Ubuntu on this so bear with me. UBUNTU MOBILE IS OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am not going to say anything but if you have a spare 30 minutes please sit down and relax while watching this video.

The New Sony Xperia Z and ZL

Android phone wars will continue shortly, but bear with me as i get more data in to my charts so i could analyze the phones and post a non-biased review.

Meanwhile sony is back with the new Xperia Z and ZL. GSM arena has a great hands on video that i posted onto my tv stream too and i encourage you to go check it out.

For some reason the trend for new smartphones is in 5 inch full HD screens, so that is the direction Sony followed the crowed. IT IS a 5 inch 1080p screen. It is complemented with a Sony 13 Mega Pixel camera. Sony is known for its TX 10 and TX 100 cameras that own 16.2 mp carl zeis lenses.

Now about the thing managing that massive display. "Sony continues its partnership with Qualcomm and has picked the Snapdragon S4 Pro, which packs four Krait cores at 1.5GHz, along with 2GB of RAM and Adreno 320 (it will hardly be idle considering everything needs to be rendered at 1080p resolution)." (GSM arena)

But what is the difference between the Z and ZL, well the ZL is a bit thicker and shorter so the screens are the same but the size is a bit different.

The phone will be launched with android 4.1.2 jelly bean, WHY NOT SWITCH TO 4.2 ALREADY.

So i encourage you to go check out the videos about it on my video stream on the right there > and as always, ENJOY!

Link to gsm areana

http://www.gsmarena.com/ces_2013_sony_xperia_z_xperia_zl-review-870p3.php

Android Phone Wars...Not Yet

There haven't been any new major phones made out there over my Christmas break. I will probably be making a list of low top 10 low end phones because i know pantech has made a new great phone and lots more. Just be patient because Im at school and working on getting into college and other things. I am kind of tight with cash so idk if i will go to college. Any way i hope you enjoy the blog and thanks for all the faithful viewers here.

Thank You
Dan

How to tune cars in Drag Racing Game-Android

Ok, so how do you tune your car in the drag racing game on and android. well here are the steps.

1. DO NOT TOUCH THE NOS, you do not need to modify it at all, most people do so thinking it helps but really it doesn't.

2. Final drive. The final drive determinse how much power goes to the wheels. The lower the number the less power, the higher the number, the more power, if you have a RWD car like a ferrari novitec rosso, then you want the number to be lower and then you will not burn out, but if  you have a 4WD car that does not burn out, add a bit more power and when you see a little bit of tire smoke, you are good to go. The thing is tire smoke is an indicator here, if you have lots of tire smoke, you are adding to much power, if you dont have tire smoke, that might mean you dont have enough power, so you want a small quick burn out and then none at all during first gear.

3. Gears. The number on the gears indicates how much power is used in each gear. So if your first gear is 4.375, that means it is going to use 4.375 out of 4.375 power on that gear, and the second gear would be for example 3.5, that means it will use 3.5 out of 4.375. You might ask why on earth then does the game not let second gear be more power than first. Well if you know how transmission works and its purpose you would understand. The point of gears is to use less power to accelerate with each gear. so that is why there is less power each gear. Now you might have noticed the stock tune grows exponentially from bottom to top, that is how it should be, it should be a very big arc to the right or it should be more of a straight line. you don't want any jagged parts.

That is all there is too it, there is no perfect tune because each car is different, even if they have the same upgrades, because each person drives differently and you cant use the same tune for 1/4 and 1/2 mile races.

Tips:
 If you are tuning for quarter mile and you don't pass second or third gear, that is not good, for quarter mile tuning you want to get through as many gears as possible.

Meizu MX2 goes official - quad- core, HD screen and Jelly Bean

The Meizu MX2 has become official today, just as previously expected. The device comes with a new MX5S chipset with four 32nm Cortex-A9 CPU cores, 2 GB worth of RAM, a 4.4" screen of WXGA resolution (1280 x 800 pixels) with the impressive ~347 ppi density. There's also a faster GPU and Flyme 2.0 on top of Android Jelly Bean on board.

The Meizu MX2 will hit the shelves in China in the middle of December in 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB versions. They will cost $400, $480 or $640 respectively or ¥2,499/¥2,999/¥3,999. It remains unclear if the MX2 will launch globally and when.

Screenshots : http://www.gsmarena.com/showpic.php3?sImg=newsimg/12/11/meizu-mx2-official/gsmarena_001.jpg&idNews=5134

   
Meizu MX2 official photos

The Meizu MX2 has borrowed many design cues from its predecessor's, but instead of a physical home button there is a capacitive one this time. The display on the Meizu MX2 has really thin bezels around it (3.15 mm), giving the smartphone an even more impressive look.

   
Meizu MX2 official photos

The camera on the back is still an 8 MP one - it's has a backside illuminated sensor abd an F/2.4 lens. The MX2 can do 9 frames per second in drive mode and comes with the Wide Dynamic Range mode we know from previous MXes and four-direction Panorama, among others.

   
Meizu MX2 official photos

The Meizu MX2 is powered by Jelly Bean, topped with Meizu's Flyme 2.0 UI. Aside from the backup to the cloud option Flyme offers, the smartphone will also offer video and lossless music cloud streaming, but we'll need to wait and see how good that actually is.

My personal opinion, This thing looks FREAKING AWSOME, although it does steel a design off of the iPhone, and stands a good chance to be sued....um...big mistake to go up against apple, but the hardware and UI is really, really awsome.

LG Optimus One Series Best Roms List

CM10 JB Stable 4.1.2
-All LG Optimus One phones
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1811325

CM7 (looks like ics) CyanMobileX
-LG Optimus One (Can be substituted with proper bb fix or kernel)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1883410

Oxygen 3.0 ICS
-LG Optimus One ONLY (cannot be substituted with kernels and stuff to work on others, so new bb) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1833218&page=1

Oxygen 2.3.2 GB
-LG Optimus One new bb (can use bb fix and/or kernels to fix for old bb)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1325386

This is the list of the best LG Optimus One series roms so far. Most of these are stable and work well. ICS and JB can always have bugs because they are ICS and JB. But if it says it can be substituted, then use the stock .35 kernel from the LG Phoenix and everything should work. Enjoy!

CyanMobile X Rom

I was looking around for other roms that people are now making for our beloved lg optimus one, which is a piece of crap in many ways, but it is alot easier to flash roms, root and more.

I found a couple of roms out their and this one really caught my eye, it looks like ics, works like jelly bean, and is customizable like miui and cyanogenmod and aokp combined! Surprising right?!

I have not flashed it yet as im in school right now and cannot download it and transfer it to my phone, but i will do it at home to day and write a full review on it. Their are no videos on it so i guess you have to do it your self.

Here is the link

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1883410

Best android phone pictures (not phones) updated

Huawei
HTC
Nexus
S3
Meizu MX2

ZTE is coming back and LG is getting better

Ok, ZTE is a small android smartphone manufacturer, i personaly have a ZTE and its ok but not such a high quality build and most of the ZTE phones are low end 600 800 megahertz phones. But now ZTE wants to show what it is made of.

Rumored for a next year release comes the ZTE Apache. It will reportedly run on an 8 (that's right, eight) core processor made by MediaTek. It will be made using the TSMC 28 nm process with Cortex-A15 CPU inside.

The ZTE Apache is expected to arrive by May next year and sport a 13 MP camera, 1080p display, 3G and 4G LTE. There's nothing else we know about the smartphone at this stage, but ZTE already has our attention.

The first dual-core smartphone come to the market in early 2011 and the first quad-cores were unveiled at the MWC in February this year. This means that seeing eight-cores in 2013 is possible.

All I have to say is...WHAT THE FLIP!!!

Now LG is now becomeing like HTC, pump out phones as fast as possible (afap).

LG is going to release a successor to the Optimus G successor – that rumor is hardly going to raise any eyebrows. However we also got to learn the some of the purported specs of the device and that's where things get exciting.

The LG Optimus G2 (or perhaps G II) is reportedly going to pack a quad-core 2.0 or 2.5 GHz Krait processor, an Adreno 320 GPU and 2GB of RAM (at least). This sounds a lot like the Qualcomm's MSM8974 chipset, which is a part of the chip maker's upcoming Prime lineup.

At the front there's going to be a newly developed LG display, which will have 1080p resolution. We already heard that LG is working on a 1080p screen for smartphones and it's only logical that the Optimus G successor will be the first to employ it.

As for the camera, 13MP or more will be present for sure, since the current generation Optimus G is already offering 13MP snapper on its back.

Finally, the rumor has it that the Android version powering the next LG flagship will be 5.0 Key Lime Pie.

The Optimus G2 will hit the market next year and while LG is (supposedly) aiming at a Q3 release, which makes sense, given that the Qualcomm chipset is only going to become available in Q2 of next year.

Epic News About CyanogenMod

CyanogenMod Hit by Rogue Team Member

POSTED NOVEMBER 14, 2012 AT 8:00 PM BY PULSER_G2

Recently, the more astute among you may have noticed that the CyanogenMod project has begun to use the cyanogenmod.org domain rather than their previous .com version—a seemingly incongruous change, unfortunately driven by a malicious team member (turned rogue).

SatanR1, to use his username, bought the .com domain name for CyanogenMod via his company, Metserve Enterprises, when they started their own site to host builds and infrastructure such as their build system and distribution network. At some point in the past few months, the owner of the domain decided to fraudulently impersonate Steve Kondik (Cyanogen) towards companies, in order to seek donations and financial contributions. These were claimed to be going to the CyanogenMod project, but were in fact going directly to the impersonator himself.

To make matters worse, this user had (and has) full control of the .com domain name (which CyanogenMod are currently attempting to regain via the ICANN dispute procedure). The impersonator tried to extort $10,000 from the team to have the domain name returned (which they naturally cannot and will not pay). As of today, the domain name has been directed away from the project’s site, presumably in an attempt to try to gain some further money from the team.

To echo the request from the CyanogenMod Team,

If you are a company out there that believes they have also entered into agreements with “CM” by this person impersonating Steve, please contact Shade@chemlab.org. We’d like to get a handle on how widespread this was before we file charges.

The Android community is fairly tightly knit, and to see such a flagrant abuse of trust is frankly shocking. To see someone attempt to extort vast sums of money from an open source project (after already having obtained large sums of money by purporting to represent them to other companies) is likely very distracting for the team, yet they have pressed ahead with the release of CyangenMod 10 nonetheless.

I hope you will agree that this kind of behavior is totally unacceptable, and that such unethical business practices, especially by someone operating under the guise of their business, should be condemned by the community as a whole.

Samsung Galaxy SIII Review

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hello viewers, posting my first review is exciting. i would like to say being the owner of a Galaxy s3 verizon, i love the phone. No lag at all is all i can say. Software is latest ice cream sandwich 4.0.4. The 4G LTE is blazing fast internet ranging from 15-20mb per second. The camera is just outstanding both in low light and bright light pictures. What i like best about the phone is the speed and the size of the screen. A 1.5 Gig processor is plenty for any task. With 2gig of ram. i only use about half of that multitasking on just about every app i have. Although the screen is big, its sometimes difficult pressing something toward the top right because of the size of the screen. i have also opened and disassembled just about every piece on the phone. so say something broke, all it takes is 10 screws and you're in. unlike the iphone cough* (i love the iphone) cough* (not) you cant take the back out and do as needed. The phone is thin and light. And if you happen to be in a war of some sort, you could use it as a shield. ;)

the only fraud i see in this phone is the plastic makeup. i had it for only 3 days and the power button is loose which again is plastic and if it were metallic then there would be no problem. Also, if mulitasking and using it for about an hour while on charge, the battery will get hot but thats not a major issue.

my overall rating for the phone:  8.5

the plastic makeup makes it light i understand but easy to break. so consider that when buying this phone.

other than that, i would say its the second best aside with the Droid DNA.

this is mark konopadchenko signing off

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Apple Patents Are Retarded

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/patent-system-fail-all-your-rectangle-with-rounded-corners-are-belong-to-apple/

Patent System Fail: All your Rectangle with Rounded Corners are Belong to Apple

In a move for which no level of facepalm can suffice, the USPTO granted Apple a patent for a rectangle with rounded corners last week. Regardless of how ridiculous it may sound, sadly it’s true. According to patent no. D670,286, design rights for a “portable display device” with an external shape that is a rectangle with rounded corners are now owned by Apple.

See for yourself:

Note that only the solid line is part of the patented design; the dotted lines serve as mere reference, or more likely influence, to make it look more like a patentable product, but who exactly are they fooling here? The USPTO, apparently.

What makes it even more inexplicable is the fact that design patents are almost always quite specific, to the extent that anyone else would really need to replicate that particular design in order to infringe upon it. In this case however, nothing else but the rounded cornered rectangular shape is patented—no buttons, no back shape, no screen shape, not even the radius of the rounded corner. This in itself raises questions about the practical validity of this patent, and whether those in charge of putting a stamp on this patent application were under the influence or in the reality distortion field.

As most of you may know, this isn’t the first time Apple has resorted to something like this. The company has had a history of getting overly broad and non-essential patents, trying tolicense them to its competitors, and taking to court those who fail to comply. Such broad patents awarded to Apple in the past were at times deemed as invalid by the USPTO after further investigations but the damage was done by that time, in form of import bans on competitors for the products initially declared as infringing. In the end, it’s the consumers who suffer from all of this.

So what should be the course of action from here? As discussed recently by egzthunder1 inThe Weekly Apple Fail Update, both the USPTO and the US justice system should take cues from the UK, extract their heads from their rears, and take a closer look at what is being examined before awarding a patent or a ruling. Untill that happens, let’s keep our fingers crossed and hope that Apple doesn’t start taking all tablet and smartphone manufacturers to court for infringing upon this one.

HTC Droid DNA Best Android Ever Made

I recently found out this from gsm arena, and realy its the best android made, ever!

read on...

HTC is having a hard time competing at the highest level of the smartphone market lately, but its latest smartphone might be what was needed to turn the tables. The all-caps name of the HTC DROID DNA is, for once, well deserved as this is certainly one of the most exciting smartphones we have seen lately.

On paper the DROID DNA is the strongest candidate for the smartphone of the season title.

The defining feature of the DROID DNA is the 1080p resolution of the display - that's over double the pixels of an HD screen. This pushes the pixel density to the insane 440ppi, leaving the 326ppi Retina display in the dust.

The 5" screen of the HTC DROID DNA uses Super LCD 3 tech - the One X used the previous generation of this tech, so we expect nothing but the best. We'll be taking a closer look at it soon enough as we're at HTC and Verizon's New York event.

The rest of the phone is nothing to frown at either - it's powered by the same Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset as the Google Nexus 4, which has four Krait cores, 2GB RAM and Adreno 320 on board. It has wireless charging too.

Two crucial differences between the DNA and the Nexus (aside from the screen, of course) are the LTE connectivity, supported by the Verizon 4G network.

HTC didn't stop there - they added some of their signature features to the phone. Sure, the latest Sense UI is present, on top of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, but there's also the 8MP camera with F/2.0 aperture and ImageChip (which handles the advanced camera features) and Beats Audio with their 2.55v amplifier.

The only worry is that all of this is running off a 2,020mAh battery, which is smaller than what the HTC One X+ got.

There will be a lot to test when the HTC DROID DNA gets in our lab, but we'll start with an on-site hands-on. Stay tuned - the live photos garnished with our first impressions should appear on the following pages shortly.

here is the full article
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_droid_dna-review-849.php
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LG and the Nexus 4 fail to meet expectations!

About a week and a half ago i posted that the LG Nexus 4 is the best phone their is, but to be the nexus means to be the best. Well LG has completely disapointed me and many others.

Quoted from XDA Developers:

Nexus 4 Battery Shot Reveals Potential Quality Issues

POSTED NOVEMBER 4, 2012 AT 10:00 AM BY ADAMOUTLER

Several pictures of the LG-built Google Nexus 4 have been showing up across the Internet. The featured image in this article really caught my eye because it shows the internals of the device relatively well. While this device has not yet been released, a lot can be said (and judged) about a device’s hardware, even without full board shots. Overall, it appears to show that LG’s build quality is considerably lower than that of the Samsung Nexus devices in the past. In this article, I intend to write about the design pros and cons of the highly anticipated Nexus 4.

Design Pluses

Large external speaker - One of the biggest complaints with Samsung’s designs is the low powered/small sized speaker. While it delivers a trade-off in battery life versus sound quality/quantity,  the Nexus 4′s larger speaker should suffice to produce adequate sound.

Good speaker placement - The speaker placement on the Nexus 4 places the speaker at the corner of the device rather than the center, where your palm blocks it in portrait mode. While the Galaxy Nexus forces you to hold the device in an odd position to bounce sound from your palm to your ear while in portrait mode, the Nexus 4 will not have this problem. The corner orientation places the speaker in a optimal position for both landscape and horizontal palm redirection while watching movies.   This same orientation can be seen on the Meizu MX.

Design Minuses

Bolted in battery - The defining line between “Operator Replaceable” and “Qualified Service Technician” is the use of tools. The Nexus 4 not only requires a screw driver, but the plastic tabs on the edges will break if removed improperly. Once those tabs are broken, signal quality will be lost from the connection with the Spring Antenna Connections.

Spring Antenna Connections - The problem with Spring Antenna Connections or simply Spring Connections in general is: When tension is lost, signal is lost. Loss of tension between the back plate and the board can occur when a tab breaks or the back plate is warped. Warping of back plates can occur easily, and is quite frequent as devices age from stress, dropping, impact, or even a day in a hot car. You may notice some old devices such as remote controls or phones will squeak and creek when you press on them. This noise is generally attributed to warping or breakage of tabs, which would be critical for the WiFi/NFC/data/GPS/Bluetooth connections on the Nexus 4.

Lack of impact zones - Many current devices including Samsung’s entire lineup include impact areas around the bolts and the edge of the device.  This allows the device to sustain impact without altering the physical structure of the board, causing components to come lose.  The absence of impact areas causes a device to be more fragile and less resistant to impacts.  This also increases a device’s warpage risk, which can alter device dimensions and cause the Spring Connections to fail.

Tape used instead of structure and shielding - A well designed device will use its own structure to hold components in place. Tape is a disposable part. Disposable parts have no place inside of a properly designed device. The disadvantage here is tape can take components off the board when removed. Tape is also messy, and leaves residue on a board and other components. There is never a situation when using tape instead of physical structure is required, and the use of tape is often a harbinger for other build quality problems.

Recommendations for next revision

Make the speaker grill bigger - A speaker grill is designed to keep the operator’s fingers out, not to keep water out.  The small size of the speaker grill on the Nexus 4 will impede speaker sound and motion, and thus the overall dB level. This physical obsturction means the speaker wastes power on compression of air rather than audible sound creation.

Replace the battery tape - Instead of using tape for the battery, a slight overhang at the bottom of the metalized battery section will suffice to keep the battery from moving around inside the device.  Another way is to place glue or double-sided tape on the bottom of the battery.

Replace the communications tape - Instead of metalized tape on the communications section of the board, use a physical shield cap, which makes it serviceable and more tidy.

Use impact zones - Impact zones prolong device life.

Use a physical connector and a film substrate for the back cover - The back cover of the device consists of several separate connections spread across the entire device.  This means warpage anywhere in that area can cause the device to lose connectivity.   The primary focus of a mobile device is connectivity, and that should not be trusted to spring connections. The spring connections should be replaced with a physical connector of some sort. A physical connector would also save space.

Do not bolt down batteries - Batteries should be easily removable in the event of a problem.  Getting the rear cover off is enough work.  The compression method has been trusted across the spring connectors on the board, which are held in place solely by pressure. A proper connector holds itself in place. A slight bit of foam-rubber would do the same job as a spring, save space, save tools and remove the need for “tools” when replacing the battery.

Do not put the IMEI on the back cover – There will surely be aftermarket accessories for the device or people who want to replace the back cover, or add an extended battery.  The IMEI should be on the board, or at least bolted to the device.

At first glance, the Nexus 4′s hardware appears to be a quality downgrade from the Galaxy nexus which we reviewed previously.  After release we hope to be able to give a much better analysis.

Article here: http://www.xda-developers.com/android/nexus-4-battery-shot-reveals-potential-quality-issues/

The nexus will now be taken down from the list of best android phones, because....above!

Android Phone Wars Episode 5

Ok, for now, their were not many phones to compare but now....(drum roll)...their is!

Today we will be taking a look at the HTC One X+, The LG Optimus G, The new Google Nexus 4, and the current winner, The Samsung Galaxy SIII.

So lets get a round up on the Samsung galaxy s 3. The phone is crazily thin and when i got to hold it, i was afraid i would break it right their in my hand. It is now updatable to android 4.1 and maybe 4.2. It has a 4.8 inch full HD super AMOLED display. It has a 4 core 1.4 ghz proccesor. It has 16, 32, and 64 gb of storage. It has a 2100 mAh battery. It has a load of sensors: Accelerometer, Proximity sensor, Gyro sensor, and even a barometer. It has a digital compass and RGB Light sensor.

It has a 8 megapixel camera with no shutter lag at all. The front camera is 1.9 mega pixels. The video recording is 30 fps and full HD.

It comes in around 6 colors (i think) and available at $199 on contract from At&t and T-Mobile.

I think it stacks up well against the rest of the phones.

The LG Optimus G came out a couple of days ago and it is a shocking device from LG. It has a 1.5 ghz 4 core proccesor. It has 16 gb storage capability, 2100 mAh battery, 4.7 inch screen which is able to be used as a dual screen. You can play a game and check your email at the same time. The camera is 8 mp, and front camra is 1.3 mp. The video recording is HD resolution.

This is intense from LG. Usualy LG makes small phones like the Optimus one.

So the specs are crazy for an LG.




The HTC One X came out not to long ago, and for some reason, being the most powerful phone is just not enough. It seems like they hacked their own phone and over clocked it to 1.7 GIGA HERTZ, 
What the Heck! This is the all new ONE X +

So it has a 1.7 GHz quad core processor, an 8 mp camera on the back, A 4.7 inch screen, It has all the same sensor as the Samsung except that it does not have a barometer and RGB light sensor. It has Beats audio built in enhancements. It has HD video recording and 1.6 mp camera in the front. It also has the same battery as the Samsung.

Now, The GOOGLE NEXUS 4, the new Google nexus. It has a 4 inch screen which i personally thing is perfect. It is running android 4.2 jelly bean 2. it has same Processor and everything as the LG because it is made by LG. The thing is it is unlocked to any GSM network, and comes with 2 different storage capacity. It seems like google is selling it as an ipod instead of phone.

I have no freaking idea what is up with the back of the phone though.




To sum it up:

Samsung gets a total of 8 points
LG gets 6 points
HTC gets 6 points
Nexus gets 8 too!

So our best will go to the new Nexus, because it is a nexus, it is stock. My friend recently bough an S3, even i was confused.

So here is the list of our phones so far.


Google Nexus 4 (removed because of quality issues)
HTC One X+
LG Optimus G
Samsung Galaxy s3
Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Google)
HTC One X
Motorola Droid Razr Maxx
HTC Evo 4G
HTC Rezound
iPhone 5
Motorola Atrix 2
iPhone 4s

Quick Root, CWM recovery, and flashing guide.

This is a shortened version of all the stupid rooting and flashing guides. Don't worry, if you back up everything you need, then no problems will ever occur, this is the easiest and safest process ever in the world.
do all this on full battery

1. ROOTING
-download z4root app to your phone, hit root, if that does not work, don't worry, download super one click, from shortfuse webiste. turn on usb debugging and then plug it to your pc, hit root once the program is up.

2. Recovery
download rom manager from app store, once it is open, click flash recovery, pick your phone, and wait. to test it, turn off your phone, hold home, volume up, and power at the same time, as soon as you see the unsusual boot image, let go. volume buttons are up and down, back is back, and menu is ok.

3. download rom from internet, and or kernel if needed.
go onto recovery, (power down etc.) navigate to backup and restore, click backup, and then wait. then go to wipe data, click yes, wipe cache too. Go to advanced, click wipe dalvik cache, and wipe battery stats.

4. go to install zip from sd, go to choose zip from sd, then find your rom, flash it, wait, reboot, wait at least 5 minutes, if the phone is not booting properly, then go to recovery, click backup and restore, hit restore, and wait. if the rom is ok, and you need to flash gapps or kernel, go into recovery and flash gapps, reboot, then kernel.

if anything every goes wrong, just restore your backup. need to back up apps? then get android assistant, go to tools, and backup your apps.

note : rebot after each flash (installation of rom and kernel).

enjoy

need help, just ask, find me on xda at russian392

LG Making the new Nexus 4

Google announced the new Google Nexus 4, 7 and 10. Meaning the screen size in inches, these devices are as close as you can get to the perfect phone. All three look really good and have some brutal specs. What is interesting, is LG is making it. LG made small, low end devices such as the LG optimus one, optimus v and LG Thrive. But lately I posted about the LG optimus G, which is the best non Google smartphone out their, it packs an outstanding punch to the market. Great processor and other interesting things.

Here is the link where you can discover the New Awesome Nexus 4" (notice i added the ").

http://www.google.com/nexus/4/

https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_4_8gb&feature=microsite

The device will be running Android 4.2 Jelly Bean 2.

It will have a 8 GB version and 16 GB version. It will come for about 100 to 200 bucks on contract with (i think) T-Mobile and ATT and probably Verizon. The unlocked editions can be bought from Google for $300.00 8gb and $350 for the 16gb version.

Specs Include:

SCREEN

4.7" diagonal

1280 x 768 pixel resolution (320 ppi)

WXGA IPS

Corning(R) Gorilla(R) Glass 2

CPU

Qualcomm Snapdragon(TM) S4 Pro

SIZE

133.9 x 68.7 x 9.1 mm

WEIGHT

139g

CAMERAS

8 MP (main)

1.3 MP (front)

NETWORK

Unlocked GSM/UMTS/HSPA+

GSM/EDGE/GPRS (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

3G (850, 900, 1700, 1900, 2100 MHz)

HSPA+ 42

MEMORY

16 GB internal storage (actual formatted capacity will be less)

2 GB RAM

CONNECTIVITY

Micro USB

SlimPort HDMI

3.5mm headphone jack

WIRELESS

Wireless charging

WiFi 802.11 b/g/n

NFC (Android Beam)

Bluetooth

BATTERY

2,100 mAh Lithium polymer

OS

Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean)

SENSORS

Microphone

Accelerometer

Compass

Ambient light

Gyroscope

Barometer

GPS