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ASUS Malaysia: Padfone 2 launch event

Finally, ASUS Malaysia launched the 2nd generation hybrid smart device – Padfone 2, with near two months behind Taiwan (Oct 16th, 2012), and Malaysia is the 3rd country to launch the device. The Asus Padfone 2 Media Gathering event was held on 3:00pm at 7atnine, The Ascott Kuala Lumpur.

Here are some details i extracted from the event:

  • Pricing: RRP of Asus PadFone 2 with PadFone 2 Station in Malaysia will be RM 2,799
  • Available for sale from 13th December 2012 onwards
  • Only 32GB available for the moment
  • Black Color available now, White coming on January 2013
  • PadFone 2 Station does not have a keyboard dock
  • Android 4.1 Jelly Bean will be available for update on Next Week
  • 50GB of Asus WebStorage free for 2 years (Cost 37.49/yr to continue)
  • 649g of weight (Asus PadFone 2 with PadFone 2 Station)
  • Camera 6 fps with Burst mode up to 100 shots compare to 99 shots on HTC One X+
  • LTE-equipped, Download: 100Mbit/s and Upload: 50Mbit/s
  • Equipped with Asus SonicMaster technology and audio tuning by Waves
  • Asus bundle apps: SuperNote 3.0, Instant Translation and Aicloud
  • PadFone 2 Specs

  • OS: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (Upgradeable to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean)
  • Display: 4.7″ Super IPS+ (550 nites), 720 x 1280 pixels / 312 ppi
  • Scratch-resistant Corning Fit Glass with HCLR Film (anti-fingerprint coating)
  • Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 quad-core APQ8064 1.5GHz processor with Adreno 320 graphics
  • Memory: 2GB RAM
  • Storage: 32GB internal storage options (no memory card slot)
  • Main Camera: 13-megapixel BSI Sensor, f/2.4, LED flash (from Sony)
  • Front Camera: 1.2-megapixel
  • Battery: 2140 mAh Lithium, non-removable (Talk time: 16h with 3G)
  • Body: 137.9 x 68.9 x 9 mm, 135g
  • Colors: Black and White
  • PadFone Station Specs

  • Display: 10.1″ IPS with Capacitive touch panel, 800 x 1280 / 149 ppi
  • Scratch-resistant Corning Fit Glass with HCLR Film (anti-fingerprint coatin
  • Front Camera: 1-megapixel
  • Body: 263 x 180.8 x 10.4 mm, 514 g
  • Battery: 5000 mAh Lithium
  • Colors: Black and White
  • Asus SonicMaster speaker
  • Click here: “Where To Buy” for dealer list and official annoucement from Asus Malaysia: “[Press Release] Live Life Intuitively with ASUS PadFone™ 2“. Photo Shots from the Asus PadFone 2 media gathering event:

    ASUS Malaysia: Padfone 2 launch on 13th December 2012

    Numbers of smartphone and tablet coming to Malaysia in this end of the year. For Asus, “It’s Intuitive!” Padfone 2, 2nd generation hybrid smart device will be Landing on our country on 13th December 2012 (Thursday) as mentioned by ASUS Malaysia.

    PadFone 2 Specs

  • OS: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (Upgradeable to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean)
  • Display: 4.7″ Super IPS+, 720 x 1280 pixels with Corning Gorilla Glass
  • Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 quad-core 1.5GHz processor
  • Memory: 2GB RAM
  • Storage: 16/32/64GB internal storage options (no memory card slot)
  • Main Camera: 13-megapixel, f/2.4, LED flash
  • Front Camera: 1.2-megapixel
  • Battery: 2140 mAh Lithium, non-removable
  • Body: 137.9 x 68.9 x 9 mm, 135g
  • Colors: Black and White
  • PadFone Station Specs

  • Display: 10.1″ IPS with Capacitive touch panel, 800 x 1280,
  • Scratch Resistant Corning® Glass with anti-fingerprint coating
  • Front Camera: 1-megapixel
  • Body: 263 x 180.8 x 10.4 mm, 514 g
  • Battery: 5000 mAh Lithium
  • Samsung Galaxy S3 MTP (Media Transfer Protocol)

    UMS (USB Mass Storage Mode) is not available on Samsung Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note (latest firmware). User have to use MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) to transfer file. According to reddit comments titled “Whoa, whoa. ICS doesn’t support USB mass storage?“, differences between UMS and MTP:

  • Not all the operating systems are compatible with the MTP
  • MTP mode allow user to access files on phone storage while connected to PC

  •   (Previous firmware)

      (Current firmware)

    Transfer files using MTP Mode

    This mode only works on my most recent Windows 7 laptop, it does not work on my Ubuntu PC and Windows XP Pc. After refer to “Ice Cream Sandwich explained: MTP – what is it, why use it, and how to set it up“,

  • For MAC users, install third party software: Android File Transfer
  • For Windows XP users, install Device(Install),USB Driver (Software) (ver.v1.4.6.0)
  • For Ubuntu users, refer “[How to] Connect your Android Ice Cream Sandwich Phone to Ubuntu for File Access“.
  • In addtion, i’ve tested on PC with Windows Media Player 9, but it only allows to limited file-type to transfer through Windows Media Player. After updated to Windows Media Player 11, it allows to transfer any file-type with Windows Explorer as image below:

    The reason for this are explained in article “MTP Function Driver“, “Media Transfer Protocol (commonly referred to as MTP) is part of the “Windows Media” framework and thus closely related to Windows Media Player. Support for Media Transfer Protocol in Windows XP requires the installation of Windows Media Player 10 or Windows Media Player 11.”

    Comparing Samsung Galaxy S3 with HTC One X

    Sister of mine just got a White Samsung Galaxy S3, immediately play with it and compare it with my HTC One X. After helping sister to set all the things up and using it for few days, these are some of the differences that i discover:

  • Display
    There are mixed comments with these two screen display. There are few display pre-set available on Galaxy S3 which you can’t find on One X, i chose “Dynamic” for Galaxy S3. Personally, i do find Multimedia enjoyment is better on Samsung Galaxy S3, especially watching high resolution video on the phone and playing games.

  • 3 dots menu
    The annoying 3 dots menu doesn’t exist in Galaxy S3, this helps to maximize the usage and advantage of large 4.8″ screen while playing games or using applications. For your info, 3 dots menu happened because of application developers din’t or yet to adapt Android Design Guide for ICS.

  • Phone Design
    Samsung Galaxy S3 comes with less weight but in exchange of flimsy, ultra-thin back cover that feels fragile and easily cracked. You really do need an extra casing to protect this pretty phone to avoid heart breaking incident happen. Unlike HTC One X which i don’t really care because of its tough and solid body (i’m using it for outdoor activity like hiking and running).

  • Front Camera
    The 1.9MP front camera on Galaxy S3 is impressive, smoked HTC One X 1.3MP front camera (bad ISO control, bad white balance and extreme noisy in low light). The reason it makes so much different between two is because of better sensor equipped on Galaxy S3. For HTC, i see what you did here, cutting build-cost by filling in aged and older sensor (which perform like year 2001, 2002 Nokia low cost 1.3MP back camera) for front camera.

  • Smart Features
    All these Smart Features really does it jobs well, especially the Smart Stay. It doesn’t fade to dark screen while your eyes on it. The direct call feature do make sense, speed up whole process of communication while in the case of hurry. As for S-Voice, got bored within few minutes since apple’s Siri already there, not much different here.

  • Others
    2,100mAh Battery doesn’t seems much of different here, since still need to charge it at least once a day and smart features does consume some juice. Responsiveness doesn’t make much different between these two phones. Sound quality on speaker sounds the same, just the HTC One x comes with Beats‘s pre-set that “help” your music sounds “nicer”.
  • XDA: Smart Stay App Beta

    Friend of mine shared this news to me since i’m using HTC One X. If you doesn’t know what is Smart Stay yet, it is one of the Samsung Galaxy S3 feature utilizes the front facing camera to detect user’s eye, where the display won’t be shut off when user is looking at the screen.

    Tested on HTC One X since morning, it still working good. Battery seems normal and no bugs detected yet. To try on the beta, just download the .apk file, install, launch it and activate Smart Stay Beta to “ON“. As images below:

    XDA Senior Member elnoxvie is running beta tests for a similar app. While posted in the Galaxy S II forums, there are reports of it working on other devices such as the HTC One X, as of the most recent update.

    The app is easy enough to install. Simply download the beta and install it. From there, the app works nearly identically to the original. The app runs in the background—reportedly with very few resources needed—and the front facing camera monitors whether you’re looking at it. Then it deals with the screen accordingly.

    The beta is only open til the 29th, when lite and premium versions will be released on the Google Play Store. Despite the list of known working devices being mainly newer, high spec’d devices, this application should work on nearly every phone with a front facing camera.

    (XDA: Beta Testers Needed for SmartStay Clone)

    Download: smartstayV1.0.3_sound_fix.apk

    Visit XDA original thread for more info: “Need Beta Tester for Smart Stay App

    Android: Free Live Wallpaper

    Bored with HTC One X stock wallpaper/live wallpaper, therefore downloaded lots of free live wallpaper out there to try out. Some works well, some comes with bugs or not functioning at all. Hereby are some tested and acceptable free live wallpaper that available on Google Play Store.

    a) The Galaxy Series from maxelus.net
    Beautiful live wallpapers series from the developer, smartphone users can install it to show-off their High Definition screen.


     Ice Galaxy

     Vortex Galaxy

     Shadow Galaxy

    b) Force Fields – Live Wallpaper by Paolo Zuliani
    A fun live wallpaper that can be interact with, it respond to every point that you touch on, which will result a unique drawing for temporarily.

    c) Starfield 3D Live Wallpaper by We Like CAPS
    Another fun live wallpaper, you can “Double-tap to engage warp engines” Star Trek like, flying fast effect.

    Xperia Arc: Flash CyanogenMod 9

    Been a year with Xperia Arc, is time to unlock booatloader and install CyanogenMod custom rom, the latest CyanogenMod 9 (based on Android 4.x Ice Cream Sandwich).

    Thanks to Free Xperia Team from XDA Developers forum that putting hardwork and keep rolling out updates to make sure CyanogenMod works good on Xperia handset. Below are brief explanation on steps to install CyanogenMod 9 on Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc (LT15i).

    Tools and Backup:

  • Need a PC and USB Cable to unlock, flash, file transfer
  • Do Back-Up, flashing progress will wipe all your data
  • CM 9.0 is still in progress, some function are not working yet, refer HERE
  • Treat this post as an extra, your main master guide will be: “Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc: Full Update Guide”
  • Preparation and Steps:

      i) Speed reading through these sites:

      ii) Downloads (These are whatever i downloaded to make it done)

      iii) Sequences in brief (Detail steps refer to the links attached)

  • Install Android SDK by following this site: Howto: Install the Android SDK
  • Get the Fastboot: Fastboot
  • Unlock Bootloader: Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc: Full Update Guide
  • Flash the phone: Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc: Full Update Guide
  • For application downloads: Freeware Lovers: alternative Android apps download Site
  • Minor Problems:

    Have met few small problems during progress, i just Google-ed out solutions and replaced some file that can be found (which included on “Downloads” section above). Problems such as:

  • During SDK installation, i left out Google USB Driver install, therefore met problems in next stages.

  • Since i have trouble on SDK, i refer to this site too: What Is ADB And How To Install It With Android SDK

  • Replaced C:\android-sdk-windows\extras\google driver with usb_driver

  • when click on menu button to connect via pc, it asked to instal Android adb Interface
    adb Driver for xperia Arc. i downloaded this and direct windows to the folder and install

  • Fastboot not working in my terminal (cmd mode), downloaded fastboot_with_Android_USB_file.rar and copy all (fastboot.exe, AdbWinApi.dll and AdbWinUsbApi.dll) in C:\android-sdk-windows\tools

  • img boot, need to type full HDD address in terminal. In my case, my boot.img is in D:\Xperia Arc Flash\CM 9, so i typed this in terminal: fastboot -i 0xfce flash boot D:\Xperia Arc Flash\CM 9\boot.img

  • Boot device into bootloader: in arc, Press & hold the Menu button while connecting the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc to the computer, it will display Blue color on LED Notification light

  • ClockworkMod Recovery: typed “fastboot -i 0xfce reboot“, i pressed side Volume Rocker after the “Free Xperia Project” screen, so it doesn’t boot in ClockworkMod Recovery. Should pressed side Volume Rocker before or during the “Free Xperia Project” screen


  • Photos during progress:


    Inside SDK Folder

    Inside SDK platform-tools folder

    Inside SDK tools folder


    Unlock Bootloader Key

    Unlocking Bootloader

    Flashing boot.img


    ClockworkMod Recovery

    Wipe Data

    Reboot


    Installation complete

    Firmware version

    Downloaded Clock widget

    Samsung Galaxy S III: Celcom and DIGI starts ROI

    Both Celcom and DIGI has started registration of interest site for the coming (31 May) Samsung Galaxy S III. Just input your details in those form and you’ll be informed once the device hit their stores. Websites links as below:


     (Celcom Samsung GALAXY SIII: http://goo.gl/s741d)


     (Digi Samsung GALAXY SIII: http://goo.gl/SUfJK)

    According to Engadget, Pebble Blue colour might not be available in first round of launches. This seems to be true as Celcom ROI only offer Marble White Samsung Galaxy S III. For those that wanted a Pebble Blue S3, you might need to wait a little longer.

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