Ice Cream Sandwich Phone connect to Ubuntu

By default if you direct connect your Galaxy Nexus to Ubuntu, you probably can not works right away. But future updates might contains the features but for now, you have to install the tools by typing following into terminal:

"sudo apt-get install mtp-tools mtpfs"

After you installed the tools, plug Galaxy Nexus to your computer. Make sure MTP (media transfer protocol) is selected. Then type following commands:

"mtp-detect | grep idVendor"

"mtp-detect | grep idVendor"

Noted the numbers and now run following commands:

"gksu gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules"

Now, a plain text editor should appears right now. Put followings text, all with single line. 

"SUBSYSTEM==”usb”, 

ATTR{idVendor}==”VENDORID”, 

ATTR{idProduct}==”PRODUCTID”, MODE=”0666″"

Replace the numbers you have noted (VENDORID & PRODUCID). Now, save and close the text editor. Unplug your phone and run following commands:

sudo service udev restart

sudo mkdir /media/GalaxyNexus

sudo chmod a+rwx /media/GalaxyNexus

sudo adduser YOURUSERNAME fuse

Replace your username. Then run these commands:

gksu gedit /etc/fuse.conf

Remove # of the last line. (#user_allow_other). Save and close. 

Now, restart your computer and then run following commands:

echo “alias android-connect=\”mtpfs -o allow_other /media/GalaxyNexus\”" >> ~/.bashrc

echo “alias android-disconnect=\”fusermount -u /media/GalaxyNexus\”" >> ~/.bashrc

source ~/.bashrc

Connect your phone and run "android-connect" 

Done! enjoy..

note: if you are copying the code directly from the website, remember to retype the quote. Otherwise, commands wont work. 

Microsoft surface

Using two years to prepare a tablet which going to kill the iPad, Microsoft surface.

Its look awful.. its definitely not even going to kill any device in this market, trust me.

With the magnet-keyboard attached to the body, and opened a stand from the back of body itself, it look like this...

A turn over net book or laptop..

Apple WWDC 2012

The long awaiting Apple special event WWDC was held on Friday, June 11 2012. They released the next-generation Macbook Pro, OSX and IOS6.

Nonetheless, Apple revealed the new Macbook pro with Intel ivy bridge processor, which was extremely fast, Nvidia Geforce GT650m Graphics, which provides the MBP 60% faster GPU , speedy data transfer by Thunderbolt port and USB3.0 ports, and Retina Display! The incredible screen resolution of 2800x1800!

With all of these configuration, the Macbook Pro maintains the 7 hours of battery life. Besides, the new Macbook Pro was 25% thinner, lighter!

( The thickness was limited by size of ports. )


Also the new OSX Mountain Lion supporting the new Macbook Pro's Retina display, and 200 new features, eg: deeper integration iCloud, Twitter integration, iMessage, Notification, Game center, Voice dictation, and etc.

OSX Mountain Lion go on sale in July for $19.99

IOS6 update contains same 200 new features. As examples: upgraded SIRI, VIPS, Passbooks, Pull to refresh, guide access, single app mode, new maps, and others. The updates only support for iPhone3GS +, iPad2, new iPad, and iPod 4G.  

The new map has absolutely replaced the previous map, Google map. This apps was beautiful, it can doing turn by turn navigation, 3D maps, SIRI integration, Flyover with smooth fluidity.

That's all for WWDC 2012. Enjoy.

1Mpad

To all Malaysian, this is the first Malaysia's branded 7-inches tablet! This device will target students market with it's CHEAP prices RM999! Isn't this ridiculous? I can find a lot better tablets out there with the same price, even some of it are Branded. 

Samsung Galaxy 2 7.0  ( WiFi-only RM999  )

Lenovo Ideapad A1 ( RM690 )

HTC Flyer ( RM1099 )

Not to deride it, but with this specifications and this abnormal prices. For sure, smart consumers will take others tablet instead of the 1Mpad. 

Recently India have the similar idea of  producing own branded tablet and selling cheap for students, the FonePad. They sell only RP6999, which equals to RM399! 

Students, which one you choose?

Samsung Galaxy S3

It's designed for humans. Samsung Galaxy S3. 

Samsung surprise us with the new smartphone, a specification of processor quad-core Exynos 4 Quad 1.4Ghz, wonderful 4.8 inch HD SUPER AMOLED display, 8-megapixel rear camera, expandable storage with 16/32/64GB internal ROM, and 2100mAh battery. Samsung designed it able to listen, see, and responds to give you the great experience. Two choice of Galaxy S3  "marble white" and "pebble blue" matching the plastic feel with light-weight in the hand cause some of people feeling cheap. Samsung also redesigned the Touchwiz interface and make it to become more interactive than ever. 

Smart stay: Eye Tracking to detects users whether looking to the screen. If it's not, dim the light of the screen. 

S Voice: A Siri-like but more controllable voice control to S3. eg: "Hi Galaxy" to wake up the phone.

Smart Alert: Differentiate messages and give notification to the important one. 

Social Tag: Recognize your friends face and links them directly. 

S Beam: Transfer media directly with putting two Galaxy S3 back to back together. 

And others more features. Have you excited about this phone? It's worth to have a try. Enjoy.. 

Intel Xolo . Huawei Ascend D . Meizu MX

There's quite a number of high-end smart phones are going to reach this market this year. Review the early Quad's came by the HTC One X. It's wonderful with the Nvidia's Tegra3 and new android operating system (ICS) but there's some issues due to the processing speed that should be capable of. (Tests were shown that the One S was faster than One X) Well, hope this might fix soon by software updating.

Now, for whom still wondering which phone to own and yet, here are some other beautiful devices you may love, which believed will arrive soon in April or May.

Intel Lava Xolo

Duo core 1.6GHz Atom Chip. (Price: $424)

Huawei Ascend D

Quad core 1.2 GHz Huawei K3V2. (Price: $480)

Meizu MX

Quad-core 1.5GHz Cortex A9 Exynos. (Price: $400)

Samsung galaxy S3 and iPhone5? We shall see.