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Viber comes to desktop

Viber is a very popular mobile communication app and now it comes to desktop for Windows and Mac,being the most active competitor to Skype.

Before this,Viber had supported iOS,Android,Windows Phone,BlackBerry,Nokia and Bada. With the support of desktop system,you could contact people by either one conveniently.

The installation process is just simple as several clicks.After running the installation file,it will let you key in your phone number to sync contacts,messages and call/conversation history with your device which already has Viber in use.


Viber desktop promises to provide seamless user experience on your mobile device,such as :

  • Best-quality HD voice calls
  • Video calls
  • Free text and photo messages
  • Group conversations
  • No registration, passwords or invitations required
  • Contacts and messages sync between your mobile and Windows
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Facebook Home hits in Google Play Store

Facebook Home is finally landed in Google Play Store.However,the start is not so great.In current around 1500 ratings,44% of people only rated it for 1 star.

I wanna install and try it in my Samsung Galaxy S3 to see whether that is so bad as other people thought.Well,I can’t do it now because Facebook Home is not available to Malaysia.It’s kind of weird,right? Continue reading

Maxis 4G LTE network update

Currently,some Maxis iPhone 5 users have received update for enabling 4G LTE service on Maxis network.It has been reported on MalaysianWireless in this morning.Since iPhone 5 is not supporting 2600Mhz 4G LTE network which is initially applied on Malaysia’s 4G LTE network,the current carrier update from Maxis implies that Maxis has been supporting 1800Mhz 4G LTE network from now on.

Up to now Maxis hasn’t yet released any official announcement for the coverage of 1800Mhz 4G LTE network.However,we may see the overall coverage map from OpenSignal map.

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Facebook “Home” and HTC First

Yesterday Facebook held up an event for Android platform.Many people guessed that Mark Zuckerberg would release a Facebook phone and they were curious how would that phone differneciate with other smartphones.Now we know that Zuckerburger is not really building a Facebook phone with sort of Facebook OS,he’s making a phone with Facebook-centric app(launcher).

Facebook is cooperating with HTC to push out this middle range Android phone named HTC First,optimizing Facebook “Home” working on it seamlessly as the default launcher.Facebook chooses to make this happen in Android platform because that’s the one with open source and highly customizable compared to iOS and WP8.


 

The main concept of Facebook “Home” is to focus on social status which has been the most important part of life for people enjoying the connections with family and friends.When you unlock your phone,you will immediately get the latest Facebook status and respond to that by simple clicks.

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(Fake) Samsung Galaxy 4 pics sneak out

For Samsung fans,March 14 is a magical day because the next remarkable smartphone will be released on that day.More and more rumors spread out everywhere and some of them seem to be so real.

@evleaks always has some ways to reveal information before the official release including this time.

credit to @evleaks

You can see some specifications.But from my view,the look is a bit similar with iPad mini.Do you think so?

As a long-time Android user,I’m now not only considering the hardware spec,but also the optimizations on  software(apps,OS etc) to have better battery consumption and system stability/enhancements.Apple always does it well and I hope the competitors could learn from it.

Anyway,we will  know if Samsung learns something good from Apple after 9 days.Stay tuned!

UpdateIt had been approved to be fake.@evleaks is losing the credit this time.However,someone inside Samsung just told the media that Samsung Galaxy S 4 will keep using plastic materials instead of metal materials.I think it would be sad news to lots of fans.

The new flagship phone coming – HTC One

Yesterday night,HTC held two events synchronously in London and New York to release the latest flagship product-HTC One(previously coded as ‘M7′).

Hardware:

  • Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 1.7Ghz Quad-core processor
  • 4.7 inch full HD 1080P display with 468ppi
  • 2GB RAM,32GB/64GB storage
  • Gyro sensor
    Accelerometer
    Proximity sensor
    Ambient light sensor
  • 4G LTE,NFC,Bluetooth 4.0,WiFi IEEE 802.11 a/ac/b/g/n
  • HTC UltraPixels camera(front:2.1megapixcel;rear:13megapixel with F2.0)
  • 2300 mAh Li-polymer battery

Software:

  • Sense 5.0 with Android 4.1.2
  • Blink feed
  • HTC Zoe
  • Video HDR

The phone has a full metal body design making it feel comfortable on holding in hands.I think this is the best design HTC has up to date.

There are 3 options of color-white,black and red.It will be sold in US and other 80 markets next month. Continue reading

BlackBerry 10 opens up a new era for BlackBerry

BlackBerry is a strong name for a mobile platform dedicated to those businessmen and politicians who prefer more secured communication and good typing experience.However,with the fast growth of Android and iOS,BlackBerry lost a lot of existing customers as some of them felt bored to play with the platform.That move made RIM(just changed the name into BlackBerry)-the holding company of BlackBerry suffered a lot and faced a severe recession and now they have BlackBerry 10-the re-designed,re-engineered,re-invented platform trying to compete with other platforms.

There are many innovated features in BlackBerry 10,but there’s only one role-to make the life richer and simpler.Let’s have a peek:

  • BlackBerry Hub

It’s designed to highly integrated into the major social network apps such as Facebook,Twitter, LinkedIn etc so that people will never miss any pieces of updates from any people you are concerned about.

  • BLACKBERRY KEYBOARD

BlackBerry has a very great reputation on its physical keyboard, unfortunately it didn’t happen on its virtual one.Well,it’s gone now.The creative keyboard in BlackBerry 10 will definitely make you like typing from now on.

  • Face-to-face BBM

For the BBM users,video BBM is a long-awaited feature they’d like to have and now it’s working on BlackBerry 10.Furthermore,you could share your whole live screen to  your friends with BlackBerry 10.It’s a kind of seamless chatting and sharing experience.

  • BlackBerry Balance

Nowadays many people are carrying two mobile phones for entertainment(home) and work purpose.BlackBerry 10 could easily switch the mode for different purposes by BlackBerry Balance,let one phone work like two.

  • BLACKBERRY WORLD

BlackBerry World is a all-in-one stop for downloading all apps,games,music,video,magazines,books and more.

More features are waiting for your discovery when you handle one.There are two devices(Z10 and Q10) working on BlackBerry 10 and Z10 will be in the market globally within weeks.

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