Friday, October 19, 2012

Oppo Find 5 has a FullHD 5-inch screen

The Oppo Find 5 has a 5-inch screen of FullHD resolution with a narrow 3mm bezel. It runs on 1.5Ghz Qualcomm's APQ8064 quad-core chipset with 2GB RAM. The aluminum unibody has a thickness of merely 6.9mm and the 12MP camera2500mAh battery inside to power the thing.  Android 4.1 Jelly Bean pre-installed.A 5-inch screen with Full HD resolution,The Oppo Find 5 will be available in 16GB and 32GB versions, priced at 3000 Chinese yuan (about US$475) and 3300 Chinese yuan (about US$520) respectively. Those are unsubsidized prices, but the Oppo Find 5 is reportedly coming with support for GSM and UMTS (with HSPA) networks.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Android 4.1.2 update now seeding to Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus 

Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S got their own treatment of Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. The 15.1MB update is currently seeding to GSM/HSPA versions of both smartphones over the air.The update is a minor improvement over its predecessor. It includes the usual performance and stability fixes.

Friday, October 12, 2012

CyanogenMod 10 M2 now available to a wide range of devices 

The CyanogenMod 10 M-Series is a stable version of the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean-based AOSP ROM, which is supposed to be good enough to server as a daily driver.The CM team has released M2 to the general public and it is available for download for a bunch of popular smartphones with support for even “on the way”.Currently the Nexus 7 slate, Galaxy Nexus, Nexus S, Xperia S, Galaxy S III, Galaxy S II and Galaxy S (among others) are all good to go with CyanogenMod 10 M2.

Thursday, October 04, 2012

Next generation Acer touchscreen ultrabooks coming on October 26 

The Acer Aspire S7 series ultrabooks are set to hit shelves on October 26The 11 inch model also has the ability to fold over to a completely flat display, and comes with an aluminum lid rather than one covered with Gorilla Glass like its 13 inch siblings.All models come with 4GB of RAM, SSD drives configured in RAID 0 arrays for ultrafast read/write speeds, and integrated Intel HD 4000 graphics.

The full specs lists for the new ultrabooks are as follows:

Aspire S7-191-6640 ($1,200)
  • 11.6-inch, 1080p IPS display
  • Intel Core i5-3317UB CPU
  • 128GB SSD
  • 4GB of DDR3 RAM
  • 2.29 pounds
  • 11.17 x 7.7 x 0.48 inches
Aspire S7-391-6810 ($1,400)
  • 13.3-inch, 1080p IPS display
  • Intel Core i5-3317UB CPU
  • 128GB SSD
  • 4GB of DDR3 RAM
  • 2.86 pounds
  • 12.73 x 8.79 x 0.47 inches
Aspire S7-391-9886 ($1,650)
  • 13.3-inch, 1080p IPS display
  • Intel Core i7-3517UB CPU
  • 256GB SSD
  • 4GB of DDR3 RAM
  • 2.86 pounds
  • 12.73 x 8.79 x 0.47 inches