How fast is your iPhone?

Side-by-side comparison of iPhone 2G, 3G, 3GS, 4G. How fast is your iPhone? :)


iPhone 2G/3G/3GS/4 Speed Comparison from Mike Hellers on Vimeo.

p/s: visit other iPhone related posts:
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source: http://www.tuaw.com/2010/07/27/found-footage-four-generations-of-iphone-compared/

Run Android on Your Netbook or Laptop or Desktop

It's real. I have tried it on my laptop using Sun VirtualBox. You can also burn the iso on CD or make a bootable USB drive. No installation needed, just run the live CD.


Step by step instruction at: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/22665/run-android-on-your-netbook-or-desktop/

ARM that solves Rubik's Cube

Which arm is better? Your own arm or ARM processors? See the video by ARM to show that ARM processors are really powerful to resolve Rubik's cube.

First video: Motorola Droid (using ARM processor and Android OS) solved 3x3 Rubik's cube in 25 seconds:


Second video: Nokia N95 (still using ARM processor, but not Android OS) solved 4x4 Rubik's cube in 15 minutes:


Third video: Android phone (Android OS with ARM processor) solved 7x7x7 Rubik's cube in less than 39 minutes:


Source: http://gizmodo.com/5592576/lego-android-robot-solves-7x7x7-rubik-cube

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Fired because of Twitter

Brian is back. Now he has a new video. The video tells a story of a normal person fired by his company because of what he said in twitter. So people, please be careful when you twit or said something in facebook. See the video:


Who is Brian you might ask? He is the one that created the iPhone4 vs HTC Evo video that got himself into trouble because his company want to fire him. See the iPhone4 vs HTC Evo (mind the language, parent guide required! ;) )


Source: http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/21/tweet-fired/

p/s: see also other video:
http://outdatedpenanguncle.blogspot.com/search/label/video

Mobilism (ppcwarez.org) is back online

Mobilism (ppcwarez.org) is back online. Right now only can access it using IP address (Thanks to FuFu for providing it). However it is slow and might not work sometime. Please be patient as the people at mobilism is working hard to bring it back.

Detail at: http://94.102.49.151/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=131077

Update (Jan 05, 2010): It is up now!

Update (Jan 01, 2010): Lets hope mobilism is up on 2011:

Update (Dec 24, 2010): It is under construction for relaunch :) another 1d and 9h+

Update (Dec 16, 2010): It is down again :(

Update (Dec 13, 2010): It is back to normal now. :)

Update (Dec 09, 2010): oh no, it is down again. See the print screen that I captured from the mobilism main page:

Update (Dec 02, 2010): It is up now, they have moved to better servers, lets hope it will be stable for a long long time. :) http://forum.mobilism.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=142219

Update (Dec 01, 2010): Mobilism is down again :(
I waited for more than 5 mins, but it took forever to load on my FireFox and RockMelt. And now it is showing "A communication error occurred: "Operation timed out" on my FireFox and RockMelt. :(

Update (Nov 19, 2010): I haven't login to Mobilism for quite a while, noticed that it was down last week because of hacker's attack. It is back online now, but I have problem to post reply on it, could be my FireFox, or something else. For you all, check it out your self.

Update (Jul 26, 2010): Mobilism is back online, it can be access using http://forum.mobilism.org

Original post:
http://outdatedpenanguncle.blogspot.com/2010/05/ppcwarezorg-changed-to-mobilismorg.html


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Windows Phone7 and XBox360 demo

Windows Phone 7 and XBox360 Live and Kinetic being demo during the keynote at WPC (Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, Jul11-15, 2010).

I would want both of them!

See the video in IE (I tried FireFox, but can't see the video). You may have to allow IE to install silverlight if you don't have it yet on your laptop/PC.

Go to 58th minutes for the Windows Phone 7 demo. Go to 75th minutes (1:25) for XBox360 demo.

http://digitalwpc.com/Videos/VisionKeynoteVideos10/2/BradBrooksAndAndyLees

p/s: see also other windows phone 7 posts:
http://outdatedpenanguncle.blogspot.com/search/label/windows phone 7

iPhone4 antenna issue solved!

hey, iPhone4 antenna issue solved! You can choose any of the 2 design showed below :P Please contact your nearest apple store! :P

Design1:

Design2:

p/s:
see other solution:
http://outdatedpenanguncle.blogspot.com/2010/07/how-to-fix-your-poor-iphone4-reception.html

pp/s: see other iPhone4 posts:
http://outdatedpenanguncle.blogspot.com/search/label/iPhone4

Source:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23301604@N07/4764273405/
http://gizmodo.com/people/sandeepmurali/

How to fix your poor iPhone4 reception issue

See the later part of the video to find out how to fix your poor iPhone4 reception issue, but not recommended because it looks horrible on your iPhone4!



p/s: see other posts regarding iPhone4
http://outdatedpenanguncle.blogspot.com/search/label/iPhone4

Source: ConsumerReports.org


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Finger print reader can be security weakpoint of your laptop

Finger print reader on laptop can be easily duplicated:


Even high tech finger print reader also be be hack!


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First HTC WP7 - HTC Gold

The first WP7 that HTC going to release 2nd half this year or 1st half of 2011, HTC Gold. Or might be call HD3!?

Some detail:

• 4.5 inch screen!
• 1280x800, PPI should be better than iPhone4
• 1.5GHz CPU
• 1G RAM/1G ROM
• Support 1080p HD output
• 8MP camera
• Support 4G (Wimax)
• PUSH email
• GPS

p/s: see other leak news:
http://outdatedpenanguncle.blogspot.com/search/label/leak%20news

source: Omiomio.com

Samsung i9200 or Galaxy S2

Samsung new flagship phone - i9200

Some detail of this phone (speculative only):

• Galaxy S2 (i9200)
• Android 3.0 (or 2.5?)
• 340PPI (iPhone4 at 326PPI)
• 2GHz CPU
• NVIDIA Tegra maybe
• 8Mpixel camera, auto focus, digital zoom, face detection, etc
• HD 1080p video recording
• 4GB ROM, 1GB RAM
• 32GB internal storage
• support up to 32GB memory card
• multitouch
• 3.5mm ear phone plug
• support DivX/Xvid HD, VC-1
• WCDMA/HSDPA
• bluetooth 3.0
• WiFi 802.11n

When? Q1 2011? WMC2011?

source: http://telecom.chinabyte.com/483/11409983.shtml

Optimus prime fans should get this phone!

LG going to release two new Android phone, Optimus One, and Optimus Chic. These going to run Froyo (Android 2.2). I just like the name of it: Optimus.

source: http://gizmodo.com/5579749/lgs-optimus-one-and-optimus-chic-phones-will-ship-with-froyo