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Samsung has announced its Galaxy S phone no update to give to Android Ice Cream Sandwich ICS 4. Indicates that one reason is that the ROM would not fit on the memory of the device. This is because Samsung's own bloatware, the TouchWiz skin / shell wants to deliver. TouchWiz course looks nice and is nice and user helemaaal but not necessary. After having some issues "gechopt" including the boot animation (eye candy and eye candy and no old or new) have the code gurus ICS works fine as far as the i9000. It is of course a custom ROM which is still working hard to fix as many bugs but it's the real Android 4.0.3 so we can not leave it in the hope that Samsung spent some time on a slightly older machine which is still used by many people. Fortunately, there are a lot of enthusiasts who develop .. Thus one has invented the boat animation omit so to create space. Brilliant course and a little strange that Samsung itself has apparently not thought This is the alpha

Good intention for the new year: your iOS app design. iMockups for iPad is therefore a useful tool. You can play called wireframes for websites and iOS apps, which you outline your project down. You start with a blank project, with a left uittrektab to add additional pages and a right uittrektab with web and iOS elements that you can drag the page. The app is also suitable for people who Balsamiq mockups already use because its interface is similar in both applications and projects you created in Balsamiq export format so you easily can share with colleagues. Complete exchange in both directions (eg Dropbox) is not possible. iMockups is intended for software developers. Do you want an example app to iOS, then drag the default iOS action bar on the screen, you can fix. You can also select multiple items to tie items clone, copy or modify. Through the info option with each element set the properties. There is a presentation mode for your designs to others to show, for exa

Acer earlier this month announced the Acer Iconia Tab A200, a 10.1-inch tablet on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) will run. There is a 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2-processor. The new Android tablet will be available during January, but who already have the equipment to be held in Las Vegas. There goes the CES in early January 2012 launch, the largest fair for consumer electronics and the editors of  Android will of course be present at all the beautiful area on Android to beat. The Russian site NoMobile claims that at CES 2012, the Acer Iconia Tab A700 will be seen, with a Tegra processor 3. The A700 would have a 10.1-inch screen with a resolution of 1920 x 1200. In addition there is a rotation slot, a micro HDMI port, a SIM card and a micro USB slot. On the back is a 5-megapixel camera with built-in flash is present. The A700 weighs 650 grams and is 10 hours on a single charge. But even though the A700 at CES can be seen in the shops it yet. The launch is scheduled for around Marc

Many Dutch people will not have a Motorola RAZR , but if you have bought one then there is now an update. The update applies to all European versions of the Motorola RAZR. The manufacturer promises overall improvements for the camera app, improved stability and new features for the Motorola Smart Actions feature. Also now the Evernote app supplied. If you want to make sure you have the latest firmware version already installed: the build number is 651.73.30. The changelog mentions a number of issues, such as improvements in the location features and better Wi-Fi connectivity. Motorola has no representation in the Netherlands and you'll devices like the Motorola RAZR (and later models) not just to find the operators. Specialty stores such as phone Belsimpel or sell Android phones from Motorola.

Can not you at midnight on New Year celebrations in New York, there is an iPhone app to it a bit to experience. Times Square in New York the place to go, but you stand for hours in the cold waiting. This can easily: at home, where you can watch the events and even pictures of yourself on the giant Toshiba screen to display. The app is free, but heavy with Toshiba commercials. The official Times Square app lets live the opening ceremony, musical performances and turn up of famous stars. Of course it also shows how at the end of the evening the famous ball falls down. The app also read about the history of the old and new celebrations, news, weather, photos, a map and a schedule of events. You can from the app to send an e-card and share photos with friends. Every hour, there is a aftelceremonie the app to see while in the Netherlands already almost morning. Later today we will have more tips on apps, which you can celebrate New Year. Download: Official Times Square.

In a few hours it's already come: New Year's Eve, time to socialize with friends do. With the apps in the following list, we try to help. What do you need some last-minute fireworks and liquor store, how do you corks popping and firing on your iPhone and what's going to happen tomorrow? Unfortunately we could not find apps that you can bake for donuts (not even a app with donuts recipes!) But everything else you need during New Year's Eve is covered with this list of iPhone apps. Consumption of liquor you register for e-cards. Firecracker The already existing app firecracker this year received an update. New is the ability to throw a firecracker to friends via Facebook. 3.0 includes a new firecracker firework: the nitraatbom, you can unlock. Download firecracker. Asterisks Stars is the child version of firecracker. Safe and inexpensive, with images in HD quality sounds and fireworks. During the turn you get videos of cities like Amsterdam, Rotterdam and New

TidyTilt who first see, you immediately think of the Smart Cover iPad. But this is a afdekhoesje for the iPhone, that doubles as kickstand, earbud holder and more to use. The required amount of $ 10,000 that the creators of the TidyTilt through Kickstarter wanted to pick up, is already well within. With 30 days to go is clear that this project a reality. At the time of writing, over $ 16,000 raised for the first production round. For $ 19 you can buy a blue, green, black or pink TidyTilt and if you have $ 68 you get a package with the accessory in all available colors. For international shipping, you have 10 to 15 dollars extra to add the price. Before dismissing the TidyTilt a cheap imitation of the Smart Cover is still fun to look into what's possible. So picture below shows how you could hang your iPhone on a refrigerator or other ferrous surfaces, thanks to strong magnets and a metal frame that is attached to your iPhone. Also shows how you can neatly stow earbuds iP

The developers ' Nick 'and Steve Troughton-Smith managed to regular IOS applications written for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPhone to get working on 2nd generation Apple TV. The breakthrough would have the effect that both App Store and Cydia apps should be used on the 2nd generation Apple TV. Until now, the biggest limitation for this to springboard (which is responsible for the graphical interface of IOS) on the 2nd generation Apple TV was missing, but Nick has springboard himself re-written specifically for the 2nd generation Apple TV. As the second generation Apple TV can not have a touchscreen will control the applications yet to encounter constraints, but using the remote control, via an iPhone, iPod touch or iPhone via console or controllers with Bluetooth support are in theory the opportunities to remove these limitations. The primary purpose of the hack is , according to Troughton-Smith Apple to force the short term with an application platform for the

The bargain of the day is not the David Guetta album , an expensive German dictionary or a whisper app , but an app where almost everyone has something: snap seed. This application is named Apple iPhone app of the year, but is also great to use on the iPhone. Snap seed is intended for people who enjoy taking pictures and editing. The costing € 3.99 app contains many tools for your photos even better, such as borders, AutoCorrect, straighten and rotate, trim, filters and effects. snap seed has a rating of 4.5 stars and even RAW and TIFF images that you edit the Camera Connection Kit example've imported from your digital camera. Filters such as Drama, Vintage, Grunge and Tilt-shift photographs create separate apps for retro-or tilt-shift effect unnecessary worry. Share your captured images via e-mail, Facebook, Flickr or Twitter. Highly recommended! Download snap seed  . Its Temporarily Free

Last month it was announced that Facebook has started testing a new application called Facebook Messenger , an application to use Facebook social networking without the need to be opened. The application specifically targets Windows is tested in a limited number of users, but the link to download the software has now been leaked that the website techit.co.il discovered. It seems that the software was intended for internal use only inadvertently shared with outsiders. After installing the application, you can directly chat with your online friends. To make the application to use it is true that you have to log onto the social network through a browser. If you are not logged in and click the "Register" button will automatically open the browser. Options You also see through the icons at the top, similar to those on the website, notifications, friend requests and messages. One-button bottom right, the application can be put down to the right of the screen like a to

The Internet of Things and the Quantified Self trends have been quite struck last year. We measure our weight, our blood pressure and the distances we run with apps, Wi-Fi scales, connected heart rate monitors and other gadgets. For the dog, the choice is still limited, but fortunately brings green goose now something suitable on the market . Green goose, a start-up costing $ 50 a sensor package for dogs released. It lets you monitor how much your dog run, play, eat and get rewards. Everything can be read via the Petagonia iPhone app. The sensors are already ordered and delivered in January. For dogs with good intentions ... and owners with great confidence, because it is the first product in this series for a beta release , which you do not get a guarantee that everything is working properly. Green goose got half million dollars from angel investors to the plans. The San Francisco-based company supplies a label that you can attach to the collar of the dog. The sensor keeps an

It seems that after the discovery of the secret Apple Museum of Stanford suddenly new things to the surface. So, Andy Hertzfeld, a member of the original Apple Macintosh development team and currently the man behind Google + circles, a rare photo of Steve Jobs brought out. Job puts his middle finger while at IBM, the company that morning described a parody movie even though it was reviled. Andy says he and Steve Jobs in December 1983, a few weeks before the launch of the Mac, made ​​a trip to New York. They would speak as Newsweek, for a cover article on the Mac. The photo was taken spontaneously by someone who was hanging around the Apple group and Andy got a print in your hands. Andy really wanted to include in a book, but was afraid because at that time IBM processors for Apple made. The photo is in large format (of course) on Google + see . I think we are a clone now Also near the end of the year appeared on the Internet: a missing internal Apple video where the s

Apple is the penalty they were in Italy contest. The Italian competition authority had imposed the fine on Apple , because they were misleading, false guarantee schemes to consumers. Apple has now responded to the decision and a response to The Register announced that they appeal. The company believes that they have complied with the Italian law. The case revolved around the fact that Apple only one year guarantee on electronics products, while, according to Italian law two years should be offered. Also, Apple was a little too eager to recommend AppleCare people, without having to point out that there is a greater guarantee. At least that's the position of the Italian authorities. Apple Sales International, Apple and Apple Retail Italia Italia would have been guilty of misleading consumers about their rights.

We wrote earlier agreed on the Gizmon lenses for the iPhone . Now the manufacturer has something much more beautiful: the ICA case. That looks like an old-fashioned camera and provides many additional camera functions when the optional macro and fisheye lens is attached. The case itself is made ​​of polycarbonate and has a real shutter button. That can be used with the default camera app, but you can also define your own favorite camera app, as long as shutter button is displayed. There is also a tripod socket and you have the option of the system even further expanded with additional lenses (including a telephoto), leather cases, and wrist lanyard and more. There's also an optical view finder in the case. Prices of accessories must still be announced, but the enclosure (in brown, black or white) costs $ 65. More info at Gizmon .

After the exploits of @ pod2g last week were used to the iPhone 3G, iPhone 4, third and fourth generation iPod touch and the original iPhone untethered to jailbreak is now the second generation Apple TV's turn. With the specialized tool Seas0nPass jailbreak is now very easy to second-generation Apple TV iOS 4.4.4 jailbreak untethered to (similar to iOS 5.0.1). If you are already a tethered jailbreak had led from the second generation Apple TV iOS 4.4.4 you can use to re Seas0nPass untethered jailbreak it. Users who are still on an older version of IOS would sit on IOS 4.4.4 to update for new features such as mirroring and AirPlay access to the photo stream of icloud. Plex is currently not appropriate for Apple TV iOS 4.4. 4. The next jailbreak plugins are currently at least for IOS 4.4.4: Couch Surfer Last.fm Media Player NitoTV Overflow Remote HD Rowmote RSS Feeds Weather XBMC

A fun and creative profile picture can now be combined with the cover photo on your Facebook timeline. A number of ideas for a nice cover photo and profile , we have to show you. Do you really want your own unique cover photo and profile picture on Facebook, the Schweppes Profile App 2.0 is recommended. Creative, unique and fun profile and cover photo The advent of the Facebook timeline gives Facebook users the ability to place a cover picture entirely up to their timeline. Are you handy with photoshop or a good photographer you can make yourself a lot of fun. For anyone an easy way to cover a unique and fun photo and profile pictures want, super social order of Schweppes created a Facebook application. The application is similar to the famous Facebook application: Profile Maker . Schweppes Profile App 2.0 with more than 120,000 users are already well on its way to a successful Facebook application be. Watch the YouTube video to get an impression

Another day, rumors of a new iPad Digitimes . Yesterday they hit the mark with their claim that new iPad at MacWorld / iWorld will be unveiled in January, this time they try it again with a claim that has already been done. Apple would for the next generation iPhone using IGZO screen technology instead of the current IPS screens. The IGZO panels (indium gallium zinc oxide) are made by Sharp and have higher resolution. As a result, full HD resolution, say the sources of Digitimes. Currently, Apple is using IPS technology (in-plane switching) for the current iPhone screens. The suggestion of a move to IGZO has already been made, namely in a research note from analyst Peter Misek. He wrote in November: Also, we believe That Apple and Sharp together have a modified IGZO (indium, gallium, zinc) Technology to Achieve 330 dpi, which is Sufficient for an HD display, while not having to include normal IPS Using dual-bar LED back lighting. Apple and Sharp IGZO so would have adap

We have often seen animals in the back with an iPhone. Zoo in Milwaukee now have the orangutans discovered the iPad . Animal Protector Richard Zimmerman hopes that the experiment with iPads and orangutans and increases the awareness that the extra money poses to the animals from extinction threatening. Zimmerman works for charity Orangutan Outreach . When Steve Jobs announced the iPhone he was once the plan to the tablets to give the monkeys. Last May had come: the monkeys play a few times each week with the iPads. The plan is to have more animals with iPads to work, so they can draw, watching videos and playing games. It is not the time that orangutans have their own iPhone, they just may be their play with fingers through the fence, an animal caretaker while the holding device. The chance that the monkey smash the tablet is too large. Zimmerman expects the orangutans in the IPAD 15 seconds to destroy. Therefore, the zoo now looking for a robust implementation of the iPad,

In 1983, Apple has a touchscreen phone. It was designed by Hartmut Esslinger , who are employed by Apple worked on design projects for the Apple IIc and other devices. Esslinger was apparently a big star on design area because the Wikipedia page mentions that he has then earned one million U.S. dollars annually. The task he meekreeg was a design strategy to design. Almost ten years later, the current chief designer Jonathan Ive only on stage, who is not directly as a star was pulled. Ive's designs were far too advanced, was found at Apple. When Esslinger was different: he and his design firm Frog Design introduced the white product, which to this day can be found at Apple. Esslinger designs were executed between 1984 and 1990, from the Apple IIc. The Macintosh at home belongs in that list. Esslinger also worked for Sony and Louis Vuitton. About the Apple IIc and the Macintosh you can read in the biography of Steve Jobs. What it is not listed, is the prototype of a touch

Mid to late 90's it was a drama to develop websites. We sat in the middle of the browser wars, CSS did not exist and standardization was even less thought. Developer Jeffrey Zeldman thinks that we are in the same situation with mobile websites. You as a developer facing more and more mobile devices and the world of mobile browsers becoming more fragmented. How we are going to solve as web developers is still unclear. Even the direction we will go, is still under discussion. The result: poor user experience, where web designers can do nothing about. They had to choose between the lesser evil and had to compromise. Hundreds of screen sizes and browser versions make it any easier. Web designer who is found in the article Zeldman useful information and perhaps some understanding for the fact that you never can do perfectly for everyone. More info: Jeffrey Zeldman

Lock Screen Weather is a recently released app that lets you lock your local weather information on screen to see. You do not fully iPhone using "unlock" and you do not perform jailbreak. There are two ways to view the weather information: only the local weather at the moment, or a look at the prospects of the next five days. Weather Screen Lock settings. Once your app for the first time you get happy bird sounds, and seems like I'm in the local snack bar ( Corner Inn ) I ended up where they play all day bird sounds. You give permission to your current location to identify and push messages to send. After that basically everything is set, the fact that you want to read temperature in degrees Celsius. Optionally, you can manually enter your home if you have no confidence that the app has done it correctly. Tens of thousands of cities worldwide are supported, so choose a place in your area is. Instead of bird sounds you can silence, sounds of jungle, la

Now that the App Store price changes again permits, flows back into the latest bargains. SEGA has chosen to give away a free game and that is not the least: Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing is a racing game with the world's fastest hedgehog and other stars from the SEGA stable artists. You choose one of your favorite characters and tear after about 15 tracks, so it comes first at the finish line to be. Along the way, you avoid obstacles, weapons disposal and attacks on your allies. Update : Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing is also the 12 Days of Gift today. In total there are 10 characters available, and different vehicles such as a bicycle, truck, airplane or banana. Each vehicle has different properties and any other SEGA character talents. Got the 25 missions, you can participate in three Grand Prix Cups or switch to the Battle Mode. Can be done via local Bluetooth multiplayer gaming with up to three friends. Your scores will appear in the game center and OpenFeint.

60beat have a game controller for iPhone, iPod touch and iPhone made ​​that looks like the controllers that you use a game console. Plug it into the headset jack of your iOS device and then have two analog sticks, a d-pad, 10 action buttons and three menu buttons at your disposal. 60beat the GamePad will flow from the headset jack, claims the manufacturer. Also included is a splitter, so you still can hear audio through a set of earphones or speakers. The GamePad is for sale for $ 50. The GamePad get gaming on the iPhone or iPod touch into a more realistic character. We used proprietary technology, which now controls screen using buttons on the controller to operate. It does not mean that all games are suitable for it. Developers must be specially adapt their games for GamePad 60beat and so far there are only two games that it's done. More info at 60beat and promo video below.

Although the average smartphone becoming increasingly decided by the Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray on another tack. Ray has the same specifications very similar to the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, but is much smaller. It seems that the job was making the Arc as small as possible without being too much of its lost functionality. The screen is 3.3 inches Xperia Ray on the small side, but in return a pixel density of 300 dpi which Ray guarantees a sharp image. Android Planet Ray extensively tested the Xperia. The 1 GHz Scorpion processor and 512 MB of RAM make the machine fast enough to Android 2.3 Gingerbread easily run. The Xperia Ray is 9.4 mm thick and has a 8 megapixel camera for 720p HD video can be shot. Sony Ericsson has opted for a sleek design, making the phone stand out positively, but only with good looks will not do. Packaging To the the Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray delivered neatly packaged and complete. You'll find the next Xperia Ray with a charging plug Micro