The update is available in the Android Marketplace and the full version number is 2.2.0.18794.

What’s new in this release?

• GeoLocation Support.  Skyfire now supports the HTML5 GeoLocation feature. Thus, for example, Google and other web pages that use the location feature will be fully working.
• Vertical Search Results. When searching with Skyfire several result options are available, such as Google, Videos, Trends, Twitter and Amazon. We will add more providers from time to time, so send us feedback.
• Set as Default Browser. For Android 1.5 to 2.1 Skyfire supports setting the default browser option within Skyfire. Unfortunately, Android 2.2 does not provide that option.

Enhancements in this release

• Android 2.2 / FroYo enhancements: Fixed some cosmetic and crash related issues that were FroYo specific.
• Flash 10.1 related enhancements: Addressed UI overlap and background audio issues with Flash. We recommend that users change the Plug-in setting to “On Demand” under the Browser Settings tab for snappier browsing experience.
• Updated Video startup behavior: We optimized the video start sequence to clearly differentiate between pre-loading and buffering.
• Disable standard Zoom buttons: we reintroduced this feature (was missing in Skyfire 2.1). Thus you can remove the +/- zoom buttons if they are not wanted.
• Improved Pinch to zoom for HTC devices (Evo, Incredible etc).  We found a way to reduce the page shifting behavior after pinching that was systemic to some HTC devices.
• Fixed some crash and force close related issues that we found.

Known Issues

• Finding videos and 25% stuck issues. Supporting videos from millions of websites on the Web is not a trivial undertaking. We are getting better and better at it and support more than 100,000 websites and counting. Another major upgrade due out soon so stay tuned.
• Hulu: Won’t work since Hulu does not have the rights to support content for mobile devices and thus is blocking Skyfire.

ASRock will release yet another P55 mainboard. This time round the focus is on more USB 3 ports. This mainboard has most of the feature sets of previous P55 mainboards. In addition, it now has 2 front and 2 back USB 3.0 ports. The 4 SATA3 6Gbps ports are supported by Marvell SE9128 . There are two SE9128, each supporting 2 SATA3 6.0Gbps ports. The USB 3.0 ports are supported by NEC MPD720200 chip. 2 ports at the rear and one USB header will connect two USB 3.0 ports for the front panel.

2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by Marvell SE9128, support
hardware RAID (RAID 0 and RAID 1), NCQ, AHCI and “Hot Plug”
functions
- 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by Marvell SE9123/9120, support
NCQ, AHCI and “Hot Plug” functions
(SATA3_4 connector is shared with eSATA3 port)
- 2 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by NEC MPD720200, support USB 1.0/2.0/
3.0 up to 5Gb/s
- 1 x Front USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) by NEC
MPD720200, supports USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s

- ASRock DuraCap (2.5 x longer life time), 100%
Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer
Capacitors
- Supports Dual Channel DDR3 2600+(OC)
- Supports ATITM CrossFireXTM and
Quad CrossFireXTM; NVIDIA® SLITM and Quad SLITM
- 2 x Front USB 3.0 ports, 2 x Rear USB 3.0 ports,
4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors
- Dr. Debug, Smart Swith Design: Power/Reset/
Clear CMOS Switch with LED
- Supports ASRock Instant Boot, Instant Flash,
OC Tuner, IES, OC DNA, AIWI, APP Charger,
Good Night LED, Multi-Speed Fan Control
- Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.)
- 7.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec),
THX TruStudio ProTM and Premium Blu-ray audio
support
- Free Software : CyberLink DVD Suite – OEM and
Trial; THX TruStudio ProTM – OEM
- Free Bundle: 1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card,
1 x Front USB 3.0 Panel
- ErP/EuP Ready

Release the Gaming Power by Unbelievable Overclocking Capabilities.” – ECS launches Black GTX 460 graphics card family for performance-desired gamers.

Unbelievable Overclocking Capabilities.
Targeting at the high-end segment, ECS Black GTX 460 graphics card delivers a stunning gaming effects with its genuine hardware and firmware design, which bring the critical gamers over 20% overclocking capability and boost the gaming power far more than reference designed graphics card.

Awesome Performance with High Efficient Cooling
Adapted with Arctic Cooling precise engineering cooling solution – dual ultra quiet fans and 4 excellent heatpipes, ECS Black GTX 460graphics card performs very well even runs at full-loading speed under high-range overclocking mode. Dual Dual-link DVI-I and one mini HDMI outputs support three high-resolution screen displays via pure digital signal, powered by Nvidia 3D Vision Surround Technology, it is very easy for gamers to enjoy multi-display 3D stereo gaming experience that never happened before.

ECS Black GTX 460 graphics card family comes with 336 powerful CUDA cores and 1024/768 MB GDDR5 256/192 bit data bus showing amazing gaming performance, with its fully OpenGL 4.0 and DirectX 11 supported, gamers can enjoy the incredibly detailed visuals and unprecedented level of detail and realism in the latest games.

Visit ECS for more information and take gaming to a new level now.
www.ecs.com.tw

About ECS

Are you jealous that HTC phones are given
EXCLUSIVE rights to use MeRadio App from Mediacorp?

To all Sony Ericsson, MOTOROLA, and other Android users
- here is the link to download MeRadio!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4777570/MeRadio.apk

Just open your browser to the link and install it direct into your phone. If it doesn’t work, use a Astro File manager to install. (You can download astro file manager from Android market).

The World First Palit GTX 460 1GB SONIC Platinum solution is available around the globe

Palit Microsystems Ltd, the leading graphics card manufacturer, announces a fresh class of Fermi architecture GeForce GTX 460 series: GTX 460 768MB, GTX 460 1GB Sonic and GTX 460 1GB Sonic Platinum. Palit GTX 460 series is ready in stores around the world in over 20 countries: Australia, Germany, Japan, Korea, Russia, UK, USA, Indonesia, Israel, Latvia, Macedonia, Romania, Singapore, Thailand and many more.

The first custom design Palit GeForce® GTX460 is base on identical Fermi architecture but with better DX11 performance. The new GTX460 Fermi architecture is even suitable for the most popular DX10 games. Palit GTX 460 1GB Sonic provides up to 4.5x faster DX11 Tessellation performance but the crown goes to our Palit GTX 460 1GB Sonic Platinum which offers up to 5x faster DX11 Tessellation performance than our competition(HD series). And being the first to provide 1GB solution, Palit presents a new edition called “SONIC PLATINUM” with extremely outstanding benchmark performance which is more than your expectation. Palit GTX 460 1GB Sonic Platinum Edition is factory overclocked to 800 MHz core, 1GB of high speed GDDR5, memory clocked at 4GHz, and can boosts the performance 17.5% higher than non-OCed GTX460. With Palit GTX 460 1GB Sonic Platinum, you can enjoy the best gaming experience. In order to provide the highest quality, Palit use 2-Ball Bearing Fan which is more durable especially at higher temperatures but quieter at higher rotation speed, Palit 2-Ball Bearing Fan provides longer lifetime than the usual fan.

Built from the ground up for DirectX11, Palit GeForce GTX 460 delivers exceptional DirectX11 tessellation performance that can output at high detailed visual into your games without sacrificing frame rates. NVIDIA 3D Vision, PhysX and CUDA technologies are elements that make the GeForce GTX 460 a genuinely piece of hardware that produce incredibly realistic effects for your current and next generation games.

Palit GeForce GTX 460
	GTX 460	GTX 460 Sonic	GTX 460 Sonic Platinum
DirectX	DirectX 11	DirectX 11	DirectX 11
Processor Cores	336 cores	336 cores	336 cores
Memory Amount	768 MB	1024 MB	1024 MB
Memory Interface	192 bits	256 bits	256 bits
Graphics Clock	675 MHz	700 MHz	800 MHz
Processor Clock	1350 MHz	1400 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory Clock	1800 MHz (DDR 3600)	1800 MHz (DDR 3600)	2000 MHz (DDR 4000)
DRAM type	GDDR5	GDDR5	GDDR5
Video Support	DVI/VGA/HDMI	Dual DVI/VGA/HDMI	Dual DVI/VGA/HDMI

Features

Microsoft®  DirectX® 11 Support:  

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  • DirextX 11 GPU with Shader Model 5.0 support designed for ultra high performance in the new API’s key graphics feature, GPU-accelerated tessellation.

NVIDIA PhysX®  Technology:

• Full support for NVIDIA PhysX technology, enabling a totally new class of physical gaming interaction for a more dynamic and realistic experience with GeForce.

NVIDIA 3D Vision™ Ready

• GeForce GPU support for NVIDIA 3D Vision, bringing a fully immersive stereoscopic 3D experience to the PC. A combination of high-tech wireless glasses and advanced software, 3D Vision transforms hundreds of PC games into full stereoscopic 3D.

NVIDIA 3D Vision™ Surround Ready

• Expand your games across three displays in full stereoscopic 3D for the ultimate “inside the game” experience with the power of NVIDIA 3D Vision and SLI technologies. NVIDIA Surround also supports triple screen gaming with non-stereo displays.

NVIDIA CUDA™ Technology

• CUDA™ technology unlocks the power of the GPU’s processor cores to accelerate the most demanding system tasks such as video transcoding, physics simulation, ray tracing, and more, delivering incredible performance improvements over traditional CPUs.

NVIDIA SLI™ Technology:

• Industry leading NVIDIA SLI technology offers amazing performance scaling for the world’s premier gaming solution.

32x Anti-aliasing Technology:

• Lightning fast, high-quality anti-aliasing at up to 32x sample rates obliterates jagged edges.

Microsoft Windies 7 Support:

• Windows 7 is the next generation operating system that will mark a dramatic improvement in the way the OS takes advantage of the graphics processing unit (GPU) to provide a more compelling user experience.

DirectCompute Support:

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  • Full support for DirectCompute, Microsoft’s GPU computing API.

OpenCL Support:

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  • Full support for OpenCL GPU computing API.

OpenGL 4.0 Optimization and Support:

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  • Ensures top-notch compatibility and performance for OpenGL applications.

PCI Express 2.0 Support:

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  • Designed to work perfectly with the new PCI Express 2.0 bus architecture, offering a future-proofing bridge to tomorrow’s most bandwidth-hungry games and 3D applications by maximizing the 5GT/s PCI Express 2.0 bandwidth.

Dual-link DVI Support:

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  • Able to drive the industry’s largest and highest resolution flat-panel displays up to 2560 x 1600 and with support for HDCP.

HDMI support

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  • Fully integrated support for HDMI 1.3a including deep color, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD 7.1 digital surround sound. A future NVIDIA driver will enable HDMI 1.4a support for Blue-ray 3D playback.

 SPARKLE Announces  GeForce GTX 460 Series Graphics Cards Bringing A New Level of DirectX 11 Performance to Mainstream Users

Taipei, Taiwan – July 12, 2010 – SPARKLE Computer Co., Ltd., the professional VGA card manufacturer and supplier, today announced the SPARKLE GeForce GTX 460 series Graphics Cards, which includes the SPARKLE GeForce GTX 460 768MB Graphics Card, the SPARKLE GeForce GTX 460 1GB OC Graphics Card and the SPARKLE GeForce GTX 460 2GB Graphics Card.
As a deadly weapon of Fermi Family, SPARKLE GeForce GTX460 series graphics cards provide the best performance price ratio, being the the world’s best $200 graphics card, it brings a new level of DirectX 11 performance to mainstream PC enthusiasts and gamers around the world.
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A New Level of DirectX 11 Performance For Mainstream Market
The SPARKLE GeForce GTX 460 series Graphics Cards from SPARKLE deliver all the benefits of the advanced 40nm process from TSMC, a high speed GDDR5 memory interface, and full DirectX 11 support, possessing considerable power improvements compared to its predecessor. They use the GTX460 cores with 336 stream processors and 192-bit / 256-bit memory interfaces with 768MB/1024MB/2048MB GDDR5 memory.
The SPARKLE GeForce GTX 460 series Graphics Cards are designed from the ground up to deliver potent gaming performance, delivering up to 8x faster geometry tessellation, than the closest competitive product. The SPARKLE GeForce GTX 460 series Graphics Card feature dedicated tessellation engines, resulting in outstanding performance at a new price point for GeForce GTX 460 GPUs. 
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TThe Revolutionary Compute Architecture for Gaming
The  SPARKLE GeForce GTX 460 series Graphics Cards adopt the Fermi architecture which implements all DirectX 11 hardware features, including tessellation and Direct Compute, among others. Fermi brings forward a vastly improved compute architecture designed specifically to support next generation gaming effects such as ray tracing, order-independent transparency, and fluid simulations.  

Game performance and image quality receive a tremendous boost, and enables film-like geometric realism for game characters and objects. Geometric realism is central to the Fermi architectural enhancements for graphics. In addition, PhysX simulations are much faster, and developers can utilize GPU computing features in games most effectively with Fermi..
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Incredible Detailed Visuals
By 7 PolyMorph Engine for Tessellation supporting, the SPARKLE GeForce GTX 460 series Graphics Cards let mainstream gamers to experience an unprecedented level of detail and realism in the latest games, such as Metro 2033, AVP etc. Tessellation- one of the biggest new features of Microsoft DirectX11 helps developers create more detailed characters and terrain in games, bringing mainstream gamers sharper, crisper images and a more realistic experience. The SPARKLE GeForce GTX 460 series Graphics Cards are built ground up for tessellation, bringing  games closer to reality without sacrificing the high frame rates gamers enjoy. 

Ray Tracing Support: The Future Of Gaming
The SPARKLE GeForce GTX 460 series Graphics Cards bring interactive ray tracing to the consumer market for the first time, providing a glimpse into the future of visual realism in games. By tracing the path of light through a 3D scene, ray tracing uses the power of the GF104 GPUs to create spectacular, photo-realistic visuals.

GF104’s compute architecture was built specifically with ray tracing in mind. GF104 supports recursion in hardware, enabling efficient ray tracing and a host of other graphics 

algorithms.GF104 excels not just at standard ray tracing, but also at advanced global illumination algorithms such as path tracing, which uses a much larger number of rays to collect ambient lighting information from the scene.

To sustain performance, a game may use ray tracing selectively. This hybrid model of rendering enables fast performance with great image quality. Thanks to the innovative unified cache architecture in GF104, ray tracing on The SPARKLE GeForce GTX 460 series Graphics Cards run up to 4 times faster than prior generation GPUs.
 
 
Incomparable PhysX Engine
Helped with the GF104 compute architecture, The SPARKLE GeForce GTX 460 series Graphics Cards are designed to take NVIDIA® PhysX® technology to the next level—making games more lifelike than ever before with advanced effects such as turbulence and fluid dynamics. The new NVIDIA® GigaThread hardware scheduler allows 10 times faster switching between graphics and physics processing, enabling more complex effects to be rendered in real time.
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Total Immersive With NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround Technology to Support Blu-Ray 3D in Full HD 1080P Stereoscopic 3D
Prepare to be blown away by the most immersive PC gaming experience imaginable. Leveraging the power of multiple GF100 GPUs in an NVIDIA SLI configuration, NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround enables a new level of eye-popping 3D stereo gaming, expanding your real estate across 3 panels for the ultimate “inside the game” feeling. The SPARKLE GeForce GTX 460 series Graphics Cards provide the incredible graphics horsepower to run your game in 3D stereo, across 3 panels, at HD resolutions up to 5760×1080.  

The SPARKLE GeForce GTX 460 series Graphics Cards also support gaming across three non-3D displays with resolutions up to 2560×1600,it’s the best in Class 2D Surround Gaming.
1024MB/256bit OC Features Brings Extreme HD Gaming Experience
Compared with ordinary GeForce GTX 460 graphics cards on market, the SPARKLE GeForce GTX 460 1GB OC Graphics Card is overclocked out of box. With 700MHz core speed,3600MHz memory speed and 1485MHz shader clock, it take mainstream users’ DirectX 11 gaming beyond HD. With the power of the overclocked GPUs, it places gamers in the center of the action and experience true gaming cinema in extreme HD (2560×1600) resolutions—all enabled by the SPARKLE GeForce GTX 460 1GB OC Graphics Card, NVIDIA SLI technology, and incredible performance in the latest games including Bioshock2, Alien VS Predator, and Dirt2. With the powerful OC features, the SPARKLE GeForce GTX 460 1GB OC Graphics Card tears through complex DirectX 11 environments and cinematic effects at blazing frame rates in extreme HD resolutions.

2048MB Incredible Large High Speed GDDR5 Video Memory
Today‘s DX11 game,such as Stalker:Call Of Pripyat,Metro 2033, they insanely use as large as possible number of bump texture, transparent texture to describe faces of characters and render realistic gaming scenes, so these DX11 games put rigorous demands on the bandwidth and capacities of video memory. The current situation demands at least 1GB video memory to run these games. The SPARKLE GeForce GTX 465 Graphics Card comes with incredible large 2048MB high speed GDDR5 video memory, making it to be first GTX 460 Graphics Cards on mainstream market with this incredible large memory.

3-Way SLI Support
The SPARKLE GeForce GTX 460 series Graphics Cards supports NVIDIA 3-way SLI technology, which provides even higher frame rates and permits higher quality settings for the ultimate experience in PC gaming when connected to a high-end, high-resolution monitor.
3nd Generation PureVideo  HD
High-definition video decoder and post-processor delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video and accurate color for movies and video.
NVIDIA™CUDA Technology With 336 cores CUDA C/C++ Support and 56 Texture Unit
CUDA technology unlocks the power of the GF104′s 336 processor cores to accelerate the most demanding system tasks such as video transcoding. The 56 Texture Units  embedded in the GF104 can dramatically improve the texture processing efficient in latest DirectX 11 games, resulting in higher fps than the competitor’s products..
OpenGL 4.0 Optimization and Support
Ensures top-notch compatibility and performance for OpenGL applications.

Native HDMI 1.4a Support and Audio Input for HDMI
Fully integrated support for HDMI 1.4a including xvYCC, Deep color and 7.1 digital surround sound. High-definition audio transmission can be realized without spdif wiring.

Fuse Function Improve The Stability
SPARKLE specially design the Fuse Function for The SPARKLE GeForce GTX 460 series Graphics Cards. The Fuse Unit on the Graphics Cards’ PCB can avoid the hardware damage caused by the instable voltage of the monitor.
The SPARKLE GeForce GTX 460 Graphics Cards Comes with 3 free Applications Bundled.
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MAGIX Video Easy, which is the first video editing program for the whole family. It’s so easy to use that even beginners without any prior skills will be able to design breathtaking videos in just a short time. Transform recordings of family celebrations, vacations, or special events into video DVDs or present your videos on the Internet with ease.
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SPARKLE GTX460 also offer Supersonic Sled and Design Garage,2 new, exciting NVIDIA applications which showcase how GeForce and these new products are driving the future of gaming. Supersonic Sled is a timed race game involving a rocket-driven sled on a 6-mile track. It provides a compelling and interactive showcase of DX11 Tessellation, PhysX, CUDA particles, and fluid simulation. Design Garage is new, exciting demonstration of ray tracing technology. Interact with the most exclusive vehicles on the road and create incredibly photo-realistic images. Harness every last bit of GF104 compute power using CUDA accelerated ray tracing.

? With these two applications, SPARKLE wants to literally give consumers the keys to the new GF104 architecture. To expose and showcase the new level of interactivity and realism that this architecture enables. Applications so compelling that consumers will spend hours playing with. 

Video Review of the LG GD880 Mini Feature Phone
Bluetooth  11 Jul 2010

Looking for a small size feature phone? THe LG GD880 will fit the bill. The first sight of it reminds me of the minis from various manufacturers, all trying to outbid one another to make it more compact and handy.

Finished in polished black with silver lining, this phone looks very unique just like the LG BL40 which is longer in size. It has icons and widgets similar to those you commonly see on Android phones.

The GD880 uses a 3.2″ TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M Colors of Size 480 x 854 pixels and is powered by the ARM11 processor which is used in the original iPhone 3G.

Although the GD880 Mini is not a smartphone, it has some neat features that address the social media users.  You have  3 page customisable desktop (with widgets, shortucts, icons). They are widgets available for download for real time Facebook and Twitter updates on the 3 page desktop. When the desktop gets too messy, you can just shake the phone and it will help you arrange them in an orderly fashion.

The phone has a 10.6mm Slim 3.2″ Multi-touch LCD. It has  built-in Phantom Browser (Support Flash-lite v3.1). It supports Wi-Fi, HSDPA 7.2Mbps & GPS and comes with a 5MP Camera with Auto Focus & Face Detection (no flash). The GD880 also supports 2 finger pinch and zoom for pictures and in the browser to manify the text. There is a FM Radio built in.

LG GD880 is the first to implement the LG Air Sync. LG Air Sync allows you to synchronize your mobile with the computer without USB. A simple right click can select, resize, and crop from a PC or a website, and send directly to your LG Mini. You could also retrieve important information, like contact list, schedule and memo from your LG Air Sync account.

Below is a video showing the contents of the package.

Display

Main Display Type

TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M Colors

Main Display Size

480 x 854 pixels, 3.2 inches

Sensor

S-Class Touch UI, Multi-touch input method, Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate, Proximity sensor for auto turn-off

Screen

Scratch-resistant surface

Sound

Alert types

Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones

Speakerphone

Yes, 3.5 mm audio jack, Dolby Mobile sound enhancement

Memory

Phonebook

1000 entries, Photocall

Call records

Yes

Internal

60MB

Card slot

microSD (TransFlash), up to 32GB

Data

GPRS

Class 10

HSCSD

Yes

EDGE

Class 10

3G

HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps, HSUPA 2.0 Mbps

WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g

Bluetooth

V2.1 with A2DP

USB

Yes

Camera

Primary

5 MP, 2576×1928 pixels, autofocus

Features

Geo-Tagging , face detection, Manual Focus, Smile Shot, Beauty Shot, Art Shot, Frame Shot, Panorama, Stitch Shot, Animation Shot

Video

Yes, WVGA@30fps

Secondary

Videocall camera

Features

Messaging

SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email

Browser

LG Phantom Browser, WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML

Radio

FM radio

GPS

Yes, with A-GPS support; Google maps

Java

Yes, MIDP 2.0

Software

MP3/AAC/AAC+/WMA player, DivX/XviD/MP4 player, Organizer, Document viewer (DOC, XLS, PPT, PDF), Voice memo

Next Page

Today at the VidCon 2010 conference, we announced support for videos shot in 4K (a reference resolution of 4096 x 3072), meaning that now we support original video resolution from 360p all the way up to 4096p. To give some perspective on the size of 4K, the ideal screen size for a 4K video is 25 feet; IMAX movies are projected through two 2k resolution projectors.

We always want videos on YouTube to be available in the highest quality possible, as creators intend. In December of last year, we announced support for 1080p, or full HD. At 4096 x 3072 pixels, 4K is nearly four times the size of 1080p. To view any video in a source resolution greater than 1080p, select “Original” in the video quality pulldown menu:

To illustrate the power of 4K, please check out the videos in this playlist; each one was created by a filmmaker with access to a 4K camera. (Be warned: watching videos in 4K, even on YouTube, will require ultra-fast high-speed broadband connections).

Because 4K represents the highest quality of video available, there are a few limitations that you should be aware of. First off, video cameras that shoot in 4K aren’t cheap, and projectors that show videos in 4K are typically the size of a small refrigerator. And, as we mentioned, watching these videos on YouTube will require super-fast broadband.

Test Your Memory with Kingston at WCG 2010

Enjoy the Exclusive Fun and Win Exclusive Prizes from Kingston!

Singapore, Singapore – (July 9, 2010) – Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced the kick-off of the on-site activity during the anticipating and exciting World Cyber Games 2010 (herein known as “WCG”) in Singapore. As the exclusive memory sponsor, Kingston is not only going to rock the hard-core gamers with the premium HyperX 2133MHz memory modules but also to bring excitements for visitors with interesting games. From July 9 to July 11, everyone is welcomed to cheer for the contestants and to be pampered by Kingston with free giveaways! Come to visit Kingston’s booth at: Singapore EXPO Convention and Exhibition Center Hall 6B.

During this three-day event, visitors can get a scorecard at the registration counter or each booth and there will be 10 booths in total for visitors to challenge themselves. Those who conquer all of the games will stand a chance to win a Kingston 32GB DataTraveler c10 USB Flash drive and other hot prizes! At Kingston’s booth, participants can test their memory by playing the game “Challenge Your Memory with Kingston,” and winners will immediately be rewarded with an exclusive, stylish Kingston pen holder. Visitors can even practice this game on-line before taking the challenge on site (www.kingston-blog.com/challenge_your_memory.com/en)! Moreover, there is another one-on-one game called “Viwawa Match It” for visitors to participate in. It is a multiplayer game where two players have to compete to match two identical cards from 4*4 to 8*8 game boards. Participants who achieved the first three highest scores can take Kingston’s high-end HyperX memory kit home! How good is your memory? Show your good memory at WCG 2010 in Singapore!

Aside from the Singapore National Final, the host will also hold the WCG 2010 Asian Championship from July 10 to July 11. All of the 104 national finalists from 13 countries will compete to be entitled as the Asian Champion. Visitors can witness how skillful and brilliant these experts are and cheer for them!

“WCG is the well-known global tournament and has been expected by many cyber gamers every year. We are very delighted to have the chance to join the grand occasion this year,” said Wei Wei Yin, Marketing Director, APAC region, Kingston. “Kingston’s HyperX product line aims to bring perfect experience for hard-core gamers. Through this sponsorship, we hope to reinforce the brand awareness of Kingston’s HyperX with the top-rated performance that HyperX brings for gamers.”

To discuss Kingston products, please visit www.kingston-blog.com. To try the game “Challenge Your Memory”, please go to www.kingston-blog.com/challenge_your_memory/en/. To get the freshest information on Kingston, please go to http://twitter.com/KingstonFEPR. To know more about Kingston’s inside stories, please join its Facebook Fan’s page at: www.facebook.com/KingstonAPAC.

To find out if your Kingston product is genuine, Kingston also provides an online verification site: www.kingston.com/asia/verify. To try the game “Search for Genuine Kingston”, please go to http://anti-counterfeit.kingston-blog.com. For the interesting animation: The Adventures of Rex, please visit: www.theadventuresofrex.com.

Sony Ericsson releases firmware updates (Android 2.1 ?) for Xperia X10, Xperia X10 mini and Xperia X10 mini pro. This came as a surprise as it is just the beginning of Q3. Nothing is mentioned if it is Android 2.1 or just a cosmestic update to the User Interface. If you own one of these phones, do try it out and feedback your findings.

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Gigabyte, in a sales kit presentation to its distribution partners, detailed its upcoming GeForce GTX 460 768MB product, the GV-N460D5-768I-B. This card sticks to the NVIDIA reference design, including reference clock speeds, and is positioned at the US $199 price point. What’s more interesting about these sales kit slides is the performance and market position described by Gigabyte. The GTX 460, according to the company, is said to perform “close” to generic ATI Radeon HD 5830. The keyword here is “close”, as HD 5830 is still the faster card.

Gigabyte also demonstrated the card in a variety of games and benchmarks, where it was pitted against GeForce GTX 465, Radeon HD 5830, and some older GeForce 200 series cards. Tests included 3DMark06, 3DMark Vantage (performance preset) and 3DMark Vantage (extreme preset). While in 3DMark06 and 3DMark Vantage (P) it outpaces the HD 5830, the HD 5830 edges past it in 3DMark Vantage (X). The two also trade blows in DirectX 11 benchmarks. While the GTX 460 maintains some lead over the HD 5830 in older game tests, the HD 5830 does manage to outperform in some tests.

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We have done a video review of the Samsung Galaxy S in the past and was quite impressed with the speed as compared to the iPhone 3GS. The set we had our hands on previously was a review set with an older firmware.

Our team bypass a local telco shop and decide to give it a try. The set is customised with a lot of add on shortcuts etc to specific services provided by the telco. We tried it out and was dismay by the performance. Here is a video of it shot using iPhone 3GS.

So, what is the problem? Is it due to the firmware or over customisation of the phone? Nobody knows until you flash in an European firmware to see the difference.

The original video review can be found here.

Sony Ericsson launches two new mobile phones in Singapore today – the much awaited Xperia™ X10 mini pro and the next generation Walkman™ phone, the Sony Ericsson Zylo™ with Walkman™.

Xperia™ X10 mini pro

The third compact version of the Xperia™ X10 series – the Xperia™ X10 mini pro now comes equipped with a slide out QWERTY keyboard.Combining the Android platform with a customizable UX platform as well as the inclusion of the signature Sony Ericsson TimescapeTM, the new Xperia™ X10 mini pro is a mighty performer within its compact body.Xperia™ X10 mini pro features include: Four corner control – allowing users to customise their favourite icons for better control 5-megapixel camera and video Music player  links to music store and YouTubeTM Android platform: access to GoogleTM services and Android MarketTM for unlimited access to Human curvature design philosophy extended to slide out QWERTY keyboard which offers open and intuitive communication entertainment experience The Xperia™ X10 mini pro is now available in Singapore in Black and Red. The recommended retail price is S$588 without contract.

Sony Ericsson Zylo™

Continuing the legacy of the award-winning Sony Ericsson Walkman™ portfolio and offering an affordable entry point to the brand’s Communication Entertainment portfolio is the new Sony Ericsson Zylo™ with Walkman™.The Sony Ericsson Zylo™ provides consumers with the best music experience that they have come to expect from Walkman phones; and goes one step further in incorporating social networking features (Facebook™  and Twitter™) in this new model.Sony Ericsson Zylo™ with Walkman™ include: Iconic Sony Ericsson Walkman™ player High definition FLAC format TrackID™: name the artiste and track that you just heard PlayNow™ – Sony Ericsson’s proprietary music store Stay connected with Facebook™  and Twitter™ and share photos instantly on Flickr® and Picasa™ Upload video clips with just two clicks on YouTube™ Sony Ericsson Zylo™ with Walkman™ is available in Singapore in the colours Jazz Black, Chacha Silver and Swing Pink. The recommended retail price is S$298 without contract.

StarHub first in the world to launch new AndroidÔ 2.1 Samsung Galaxy Beam
World’s first built-in projector Smartphone capable of projecting from 5 to 50-inches
3.7-inch SUPER AMOLED screen for clear and bright viewing of high-definition videos at all angles, even in the sun

Singapore, July 8, 2010 – Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, today announced that the world’s first smart projector phone Samsung Galaxy Beam (Model: GT-I8520) will be available to StarHub customers from 17 July 2010. StarHub will be the first in the world to introduce Galaxy Beam in Singapore, which is set to illuminate the future of smartphones with its built-in Pico Projector coupled with power-packed features and a crystal clear Super AMOLED display.

“StarHub is pleased to be the first operator globally to launch Samsung Galaxy Beam, a highly innovative, world’s first Smart Projector Phone. The Android platform has been gaining ground in many smartphone markets worldwide and the Galaxy Beam marries exciting features such as StarHub’s mobile TV app, offering projection of a mobile TV programme on the wall. This unique smartphone also allows business customers to display presentations on the wall during business discussions,” said Mr Ng Long Shyang, Head of Sales, StarHub. “Our collaboration with Samsung to bring this world’s first device demonstrates our commitment to be the leading mobile service provider by offering consumers an unrivalled immersive experience in mobile communications.”

Besides operating Singapore’s most advanced mobile broadband network with no-bill-shock mobile data packages, StarHub continues to be an innovator of mobile offerings to deliver the most immersive experience for consumers. Early in 2010, it launched an enhanced mobile TV application that works across all major smartphone platforms to provide a TV-like viewing of 24 premium StarHub TV channels on smartphones. This innovative mobile TV app will be pre-loaded on the Samsung Galaxy Beam.? In addition, StarHub customers can use MobiClip, a mobile web video search service to easily search and stream videos found on user-content generated sites like YouTube and MetaCafe directly on their mobile phone.? MobiClip is accessible from StarHub’s Gee! mobile site.

The built-in multimedia projector on the Samsung Galaxy Beam allows customers to share fun moments intuitively with family and friends, such as watching National Geographic Channel or Disney Channel, browsing photo albums, as well as streaming YouTube or MetaCafe videos together through MobiClip.

The Samsung Galaxy Beam’s highly responsive 3.7-inch WVGA SUPER AMOLED display will further enhance the mobile experience, delivering ultra-brilliant and clear images whilst offering a viewing experience second to none. With the Android powered Galaxy Beam, consumers will receive an integrated and heightened multimedia experience on Singapore’s smartest mobile broadband network with StarHub.??

World’s first smartphone with built-in projector and brilliant Super AMOLED screen
The Samsung Galaxy Beam, first unveiled at the Mobile World Congress 2010 in February this year, is designed to provide users with a rich mobile web experience and best-of-class multimedia features. Packed with a built-in Texas Instruments Pico projector, 8-megapixel camera and multi video codec support, the Galaxy Beam offers consumers the capability to switch between entertainment and professional mode easily. With a projection screen size of 5 to 50-inches, the Galaxy Beam toggles between a personal home theater system to a portable business projector to suit every need.

“The Galaxy Beam combines the best of both worlds, offering users the technological capabilities and features to enjoy entertainment and work functions on a smartphone – now with an enhanced experience thanks to the built-in projector feature. We believe the Samsung Galaxy Beam will capture the imagination of users who demand the option of either enjoying their favourite media files on their Super AMOLED screens or projecting them to share with friends and colleagues. The Galaxy Beam will bring us one step further to achieving our vision of providing a smartphone for every lifestyle, in order to drive the mass adoption of smartphones,” said Mr Sung-Hyun Moon, Managing Director, Samsung Asia Pte Ltd

Android Market applications, Social Hub and Calendar features for simple and integrated access
Powered by Android 2.1, the Galaxy Beam enjoys a variety of applications from the Android Market, which allows users to extend the benefits and excitement of their smartphone experience. Users also have access to Google mobile services such as Google Search, Gmail, and Google Maps.

Multi-tasking is a breeze with Galaxy Beam smart applications, which allow users to update social networking accounts like Facebook, check emails, listen to music and send messages without having to open and close applications. Users can stay connected with social networks through Samsung’s Social HubTM and Social CalendarTM, which offers convenient, single-point access to all email accounts, calendars and personal contacts. The impressive battery life offers users up to 7 hours of continuous talktime and 530 hours of standby time.

Value-Packed Starhub Price Plans for the Samsung Galaxy Beam
The Samsung Galaxy Beam will be available at all StarHub Shops and selected Exclusive Partners’ outlets from 17 July 2010, from as low as $0, on selected price plans.

From 10 July 2010, customers can visit selected StarHub Shops to check out the phone.

Easy connectivity with the new Nokia C6, exclusive to M1

SINGAPORE, 8 July 2010 – The new Nokia C6 which has the latest in social networking and e-mailing features, integrating both work and play on a mobile platform, will be available for sale exclusively to M1 customers from today.

The Nokia C6 will provide users with the most convenient means to stay connected with family and friends through its customisable home screen that displays e-mail, favourite contacts and Facebook status updates. Pictures and videos can also be shared directly from the phone. These features provide entertainment and inject fun to the overall mobile experience. A large touch display and a full QWERTY side-sliding keyboard further enhance the usability of this smartphone.

Bundled with the Nokia Lifetime Messaging License, customers can enjoy access to Nokia’s push e-mail and instant messaging (IM) services. Nokia Messaging, in particular, offers mobility to road warriors who need to stay connected via e-mail on the go.

The Nokia C6 has been provisioned to provide easy access to Ovi, Nokia’s suite of Internet services. For instance, Ovi Maps is a feature that customers can look forward to, as free navigation and easy location sharing via Facebook will be enabled on the Nokia C6. The Ovi Store and Ovi Music can also be accessed with a few taps on the screen.

“With the pervasiveness of new media and the popularity of social networking, the Nokia C6 will be a welcome addition to the range of smartphones that enable these activities to flourish. Moreover, Nokia C6’s various features are suitably adapted to provide its users with a good balance between work and play. M1 will continue to work with vendors to bring in the latest handsets on the market to ensure customers enjoy the best possible mobile experience and services,” said P Subramaniam, Chief Marketing Officer of M1.
Equipped with a S60 fifth edition mobile computer, the Nokia C6 has a large 3.2”, bright nHD TFT colour display and features a combination of QWERTY keyboard and touch display. The device can connect to the mobile broadband via WLAN or High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA or 3.5G). Directions and location can be provided (including maps) with the integrated A-GPS. There is a 5-megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash as well as a secondary camera for video calling.
The Nokia C6 will be available at all M1 Shop outlets and authorized dealers at a recommended retail price of S$499 or S$98 with a 2-year plan.
Key Features :
- Full QWERTY keyboard for easy typing
- Favorite e-mail accounts supported (Yahoo!® Mail, Gmail™, Windows Live™ Hotmail, Ovi Mail)
- Favorite contacts and Facebook status updates available on the home screen
- 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, integrated flash
- Secondary camera for video calling
- Media player
- FM stereo radio
- Music player
Specifications :
- Display : 3.2” TFT with up to 16M colors nHD 16:9 widescreen (640 x 360)
- Dimensions : 113.4mm x 53mm x 16.8mm (L x W x H)
- Weight : 150g (including battery)
- Memory : Up to 200MB internal memory, support for up to 16GB microSD memory card

USA, 08 July 2010 — The Android OS user base is experiencing immerse growth. Accordingly, competition in the open source application market can be fierce due to the shear amount of applications. The nature of the Android market demands top-quality from developers to differentiate from a vast sea of similar applications. An explosion of activity, and updates for the latest versions of Android OS are occurring frequently. With Froyo being released more than a month ago, early adopters of the new OS, such as NDrive, a leading Android on-board navigation system provider, have created significant exposure or a ‘Big-Hit’ in the market

NDrive’s exposure stems from not only a sound platform to be quickly implemented to a new OS, but developers strategically positioning their applications to win. For example, NDrive also realized a first-mover advantage in the Android Navigation market at inception. This allowed them to travel down the learning curve faster and offer a further developed application. The learning curve effect could be one reason for NDrive receiving a cumulative 4 star rating and praise in the travel applications category. With the summer months rapidly approaching, it is suggested that users utilize trial maps in foreign countries to get a glimpse of travels to come or to simulate real-time navigation.

To facilitate your ability to acquire lifetime full featured local map packs for free; AndroidForums.com is hosting a week long contest in which participants enter to win NDrive map licenses for free. Additionally, version 10 is offered in the Android Marketplace as a free 7-day trial to allow users to browse their user interface, test navigation ability, and map quality at no cost. Prices for full licensed maps range anywhere from $10 to $40.