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More photos of Samsung Galaxy S

Here's a few more photos of the Galaxy S from last week's ICS. I mentioned that I couldn't find the Samsung booth but I did spot the Galaxy S at the show. This is a different unit from the one Bayu was looking at as you can see from the baseband and kernel versions as well as the lack of connectivity widgets across the status bar. I didn't get to play with this phone much which is why Bayu's the one with the more complete first look.

While the camera and the screen look pretty impressive, the overall build quality of this phone feels rather cheap and plasticky (perhaps the fact that it's fully clad in plastic actually legitimizes this) but it's seriously light. For a phone that costs over $700 outright (Telkomsel is selling it for Rp 6,499,000, no subsidies), you'd expect it to feel sturdy and tough, but it doesn't feel that way.

Being used to the iPhone with 3.5 inch screen though, holding the 4-inch Galaxy S almost feels like holding a tablet. It's pretty damn big. 

When he mentioned that the app drawer resembles the iOS, he wasn't kidding, check it out below.

       
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Posted 12 days ago by Aulia Masna 

Not-so super Nexus One


A few days ago Google announced that they've received their final shipment of Nexus One phones and as soon as they run out of them, that will be the end of it as they will shut down the Nexus One web  store and will no longer offer the superphone for sale.

Google did say that the Nexus One will still be available from existing carrier partners such as Vodafone in Europe and KT in South Korea but there's no word as to how long this arrangement will last.

Despite the fanfare the Nexus One received at launch in January, it has been an abysmal exercise for Google. The sales of the phone is embarrassing to say the least, 135 thousand units in the time it took the iPhone 3GS to sell 1 million units seven months earlier and that is with arguably a better hardware feature set.

The Nexus One was supposedly launched as a beacon for the Android ecosystem but the leapfrogging among Android partners have negated this purpose. Thanks to Google's self imposed limitation in sales channels coupled with the $500+ price tag in the US, the superphone had an uphill battle against competition from within its own ranks. In the end, Google relented.

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Posted 12 days ago by Aulia Masna 

Create your own Android App with Google App Inventor

Today Google just launched a new software called App Inventor, its basically a software that allows anyone to create their own Android app. According to New York Times, apparently, this free software has been under development for a year and has been tested mainly in schools with groups that included sixth graders, high school girls and university undergraduates who are not computer science majors.

Also quoted from Google:

To use App Inventor, you do not need to be a developer. App Inventor requires NO programming knowledge. This is because instead of writing code, you visually design the way the app looks and use blocks to specify the app’s behavior.


Its pretty simple, you only need to drag and drop blocks of code, put them together, and voila! You just make an app. Well, its not that simple.. but you get the idea.

So what does it means? It means, with this tool, lots of people can make an app for Android platform, regardless of what education background they have. As long as you know how to use a computer, then you're good to go. The downside is, while there's a big potential for us to see more apps on Android Market, there's also a big possibilities of more crappy apps to surface. If you're an Android user like me, you must be aware that there are tons of low quality apps in there.

There is one good thing though, because of its simplicity to make an app, it may encourage young people in schools and universities to make an app. Or at least, with this tool, it may be a starting point for them to learn about mobile software. Who knows, maybe one day they'll learn some real programming languages and make their own killer apps.

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Posted 19 days ago by Bayu Wicaksono 

New Froyo update for Nexus One is now available

Ever since yesterday, some Nexus One owners apparently received another update for Android 2.2. After the first update (Build number FRF50) then the second update (FRF72) and the last one is FRF83, and now the new update will have build number FRF85B. No news about what improvement the new update brings, but since the update size is pretty small (if you're coming from FRF83), I'm guessing its just a couple of bug fixing.

If you haven't receive the OTA update, you could try browse to Settings > About Phone > System updates. If that doesn't work, you could do it manually, all you need to do is download the required file:

  • If you're coming from build number FRF83, here's the link
  • If you're coming from build number EPE54B, here's the link

After you have download the file, rename it to update.zip then flash it. The 'how-to-flash' instruction is pretty much the same with the one that we have shared before.

[via. AndroidAndMe]

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Posted 1 month ago by Bayu Wicaksono 

Froyo code is dropped into the AOSP

The wait for Android Devs is over, as Google has finally made the Froyo code available for all. At the Droid X event, Andy Rubin confirmed this news by saying:

Android 2.2 is being open-sourced today. Everyone can start hacking on it right now, and start making it even better.

So what does this means? It means that the official Froyo will be pushed to the Nexus One real soon, it also means that phone manufacturers can now work to merge Froyo with their custom UI (I'm looking at you HTC) and last but not least, now developers can download and start building the Froyo-based ROMs (eg. Cyanogen). YAY!

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Posted 1 month ago by Bayu Wicaksono 

Nexus One Froyo Update FRF72 leaked and available for download

We're not even have the official Froyo update from Google, yet the update for the Froyo it self has been leaked to the internet. A couple of months back, still fresh in our memory that Froyo is available to download. But apparently it's a beta build and it should only available for certain people. Now thanks to a source at xda-developers, this new update is now available to download and like the previous update, it needs to be installed manually to your Nexus One.

The leaked update requires the FRF50 be installed first before you flash the FRF72. You can check the 'how-to' from here. All in all, this is appeared to be just a minor update, fixes some wireless network and keyboard issues.

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Posted 1 month ago by Bayu Wicaksono 

With a little bit of hack, the Nexus One is capable to shoots a 720p video

Man! The guys from the XDA-Developers forum never sleeps aren't they? This time the community presents a hack, which allows you to record a 720p video from your Nexus One. The video is a bit choppy at times and the sound quality is awful, but this is a work in progress so expect a better release in the future.

To apply the hack, you must have a rooted Nexus One and also running CyanogenMod CM 5.0.8test3 along with the Froyo's radio update. If you want to know more about the hack, go here to check it out.

Okay gotta admit, the hack is pretty darn scary.. so if you're not sure what you're about to do, then move along.

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Posted 1 month ago by Bayu Wicaksono 

Acer beTouch E130, Android in a Blackberry form factor

Acer is really serious about using Android as their devices operating system. After the Acer Liquid, Liquid E and Acer Stream, Acer is currently build a new Android device in a Blackberry form factor. While this isn't a new thing, we never saw an Android OS inside this form factor released in the real market.

The Acer beTouch E130 will be equipped with a 2.6" QVGA touch screen display, an optical trackpad and also a full QWERTY keyboard. The device will have a 256MB of RAM, 512MB of ROM and an ST Ericsson CPU running at 412MHz. There are still no official words about the OS version, but based on that video, the device will probably run on Android 1.5 or 1.6. Its no surprise actually, because if you want the device to run the latest version of Android (Android 2.2) smoothly, you'll need at least a 600MHz of CPU and probably a 512MB of RAM and ROM.

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Posted 1 month ago by Bayu Wicaksono 

Korea's KT to bring Nexus One by late June

In line with Google strategy on dropping Nexus One direct sales, Korea's KT is set to offer Nexus One by late June. KT will be the first operator in Asia to sale Nexus One. Previously Vodafone is the first operator outside USA to offer such thing. Lee Suk-chae, KT's chairman, confirmed that Nexus One brought will powered by Android latest OS, version 2.2 or also known as Froyo.

KT has claimed major success in Korea's smartphone market with skyrocketing sales of iPhone 3GS. Yet, smartphone war with its direct competitor, country's largest SK Telecom, pushes KT to bring more and more favored smartphones to market. SK Telecom is about to unveil Samsung Galaxy S and Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. 

No price plan revealed for this phone. Nexus One is Google own phone -- the first Android phone with updated OS2.2, offering some new features, including built-in portable hotspot and faster compilation performance.

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Posted 2 months ago by Amir Karimuddin 

Your Nexus One haven't got the Android 2.2 OTA update? Do it manually!

Just a couple of days after the announcement of Android 2.2 Froyo, the update has been rolled out to some of the Nexus One owners. Unfortunately lots of people are saying that they haven't receive any notification about the OTA update, especially if you live outside US. Well not to worry, because now you can update your Nexus One to Android 2.2, manually!

Let me remind you though, this is not for the faint of heart. Requires you to go to your phone recovery mode, then apply the update from there. Oh and one more thing, this is for the non-rooted phone only. If your phone has been rooted, you can try this one, but do it carefully.

Still want to update? Here's the instruction on how to do it,

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Posted 2 months ago by Bayu Wicaksono