Another PS Vita teardown

I have posted PS Vita teardown some time back:
http://outdatedpenanguncle.blogspot.com/2012/01/ps-vita-teardown.html

iFixit finally have this game machine teardown as well:


As usual, if you prefer to read it at iFixit website, here is the link:
PlayStation Vita Teardown

Demo of rear touchpad of PS Vita, go straight to time 1:00



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source: iFixit

Running Windows Mobile on Windows Phone 7

Someone managed to port Windows Mobile to Windows Phone 7. Why would someone want to run Windows Mobile on Windows Phone 7?

Simply because Windows Mobile is a classic. Same like vinyl record, it is an old type of audio storage with lots of disadvantages (noises, statics, huge size, etc), but why do some people still prefer to listen it? Because there are a lots of memories to it and also the sounds some people claimed that it is still the best media to hold. CD, DVD, Super Audio Disc, MP3, AAC, etc etc are digital signals that convert the analog sounds to digital format and then when you want to listen, the analog sounds being constructed back from the digital format, therefore some information are lost during the conversion.

So back to this Windows Mobile on Windows Phone 7, for Windows Mobile users, WM served as good old memories. In fact I am still using my WM phone, the HTC Touch Elfin. I use it to make phone calls, sms, surf net (very slow, still works), read ebooks, play music for my children, snap photos, etc.



This video is just preview of the WML (WM Loader). It still not available publicly.


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Angry Birds go to Space!

Not much info at the Angry Birds website, just a video and some wallpaper for you to decorate your PC/Mac/laptop/tablet.

http://space.angrybirds.com/teaser1/

I tried to go to the root, meaning delete teaser1 at the address bar, but it still go back to the same address.

Angry Birds are going to space for sure! On March 22.
:D




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Waste time Sunday

It is Sunday in Penang. How about a waste time post on Sunday? I haven't do any waste time post on Sunday before, so here it is.

I am a Star Wars geek, I am very interested with anything to do with Star Wars. Evident:
1. I watched Star Wars movies for more than 10 times. Okay, only episode IV, V, and VI. Not so with I, II and III.
2. I followed the animated series "Clone Wars".
3. I subscribed to Star Wars official newsletters.

Alright, alright, I am not so Star Wars geek after all, otherwise I would join the "Star Wars Freeze Mob" at Queensbay Mall (Penang) yesterday. I don't buy any Star Wars toys and t-shirts. The only thing I bought was DVD. HAHA.

Wayne Dorrington uses icon to retold the story in Star Wars: Episode IV:

Click this link to View Full Illustration in another windows/tab

If you are lazy to read the long long pix in the link above, you can watch it in animation, made by Greg Burrus:

It is a almost 4 and half minutes video, that's why I call this post a waste time post! :P

Stay tune for Star Wars: Episode V and VI on tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.


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source: http://waynedorrington.blogspot.com/2011/02/star-wars-episode-iv-retold-in.html

Motorola Droid 4 Teardown

Teardown time!

Motorola Droid 4 is a LTE phone. So far it is only available for Verizon in US but it can be a world phone because it supports GSM, CDMA, HSDPA, CDMA2000 and LTE.

It is powered by Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9 and PowerVR SGX540.

iFixit took it apart recent in their latest teardown, found the chips being used:
Samsung K3PE7E00M-XGC1 4 Gb LPDDR2.
Hynix H8BCS0QG0MMR memory MCP containing Hynix DRAM and STM flash
Qualcomm MDM6600 supporting HSPA+ speeds of up to 14.4 Mbps
Qualcomm PM8028 chip working in conjunction with the Qualcomm MDM6600 to provide wireless data connection to the phone
Motorola T6VP0XBG-0001 LCM 2.0 LTE baseband processor
ZE55431140KHD, which appears to be the RAM sitting atop the 1.2 GHz main processor
Infineon 5726 SLU A1
Skyworks 77483 700MHz LTE PA module
Avago ACPM-7868 quad-band power amplifier
Texas Instruments WL 1285C WiLink 7.0 single-chip WLAN, GPS, Bluetooth and FM solution
ST Ericsson CPCAP 6556002 System on a Chip

The teardown:


If you prefer to look at iFixit website, here is the link:
Motorola Droid 4 Teardown

It's full spec at gsmarena:
http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_droid_4_xt894-4418.php


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source: iFixit

Manage Hotmail or Windows Live Mail with Outlook

Hotmail, it was the first ever internet account that I registered. I still keep it until now, just in case someone from schooling time would like to contact with me. Facebook? All of my online account are using Gmail, so no one can find me in Facebook using my Hotmail account.

I never like Hotmail/Windows Live Mail website interface until now. That's why I once I get the invitation to Gmail (yes, it was by invitation at beginning), I moved all my contact/subscriptions to Gmail. Another thing about web based Hotmail nowadays is the ads is very annoying, at least 25% of the Hotmail/Windows Live Mail screen is fill with ads.

Another thing about Hotmail/Windows Live Mail is it is very difficult to manage the contact, especially the grouping of contacts.

Therefore I always use this method to manage my Hotmail/Windows Live Mail account. Too used to it that I forgot to share it in this blog. However when my wife asked me how to create contact group in Hotmail/Windows Live Mail recently, I show her this method.

This method is to use Outlook to manage your Hotmail/Windows Live Mail account. Therefore you will need Outlook to be installed on your PC/laptop.

First thing to do is to download Outlook Connector, go to MS website to download it:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/outlook/microsoft-office-outlook-hotmail-connector-overview-HA010222518.aspx
Note: 64-bit version works on Outlook 2010 only. If you have older version like mine, download the normal version.

Close and exit Outlook before install Outlook Connector.

At the first time Outlook start after install Outlook Connector, Outlook Connector will ask for Hotmail/Windows Live Mail login name and password. Check "Remember Password" if you are not sharing the PC/laptop. After that wait for it to download emails from Hotmail/Windows Live Mail from server and all the emails will be appear as a personal folder in Outlook, with Inbox, Junk, Sent Items, drafts, etc sub folder inside this folder. Usually the folder name will appear as your Hotmail/Windows Live Mail email address.

If you have calendar and contacts in your Hotmail/Windows Live Mail, it will be sync into Outlook as well. The contacts in Hotmail/Windows Live Mail now will appear in Outlook contacts, but they will not be mix with the original contacts in Outlook. These contacts usually in "Contacts in xxx@hotmail.com" or "Contacts in xxx@live.com". Using Outlook, you can now create groups of contacts and use it in when you send emails from Outlook.

With this method, you can also choose to send email from Outlook, using your Hotmail/Windows Live Mail account. What you need to do when you writing a new email is change the "Account" (right under "Send" button) to xxx@hotmail or xxx@live.com or any Hotmail/Windows Live Mail account that you added into Outlook using Outlook Connectors.

Not only emails, calendar and contacts are being sync from Hotmail/Windows Live Mail, but Tasks and Notes from Hotmail/Windows Live Mail are also being sync.

Another advantage of using this method is you can search Hotmail/Windows Live Mail with Outlook. The search in web-based Hotmail/Windows Live Mail is simply too crappy. You can access your emails on Hotmail/Windows Live Mail offline, no longer need to find a Wifi network just to look at one of the email in Hotmail/Windows Live Mail.

Best of all, no more crappy ads! It is just you, Outlook and Hotmail/Windows Live Mail.

One thing to note, this Outlook Connector is not working with Outlook Express. Outlook Express however is not being included since Windows Vista. Outlook connector works for Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010 and it is free!

Have fun managing your Hotmail/Windows Live Mail account using Outlook!


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source: I wrote this tutorial for my wife :-)