Sunday, July 31, 2011

The New NERF Gun

The new NERF gun! Yeah! Love playing it with Sean!

Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Apps update for Android 3.2

Kids Mode, File Expert, Olive Office updates available today and downloading.

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Friday, July 29, 2011

Updates on Android 2.2 (LG Optimus One)

GPS Essentials, Facebook for Android & Gmail is currently being uodated on my Android 2.2

Read somewhere that Gmail is getting more than aesthetic upgrades.

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Thursday, July 28, 2011

App updates for the Motorola Xoom on Android 3.2

New apps updates available for the Motorola Xoom. Angry Birds, Google Maps, Pulse News, Words with Friends. I just got the prompt this morning.

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Friday, July 15, 2011

Android 3.2 update...finally

One of the main reason why I chose the Motorola Xoom as my very 1st tablet, even though it's the underdog is it's the reference device of Honeycomb. This will be the 1st device to be updated when an upgrade from Google comes out. True enough, my choice was right on. Android 3.2 was announced a few days ago by Google and Motorola and here it is now.

The update was quick and easy. When I check for the update this morning, it wasn't still there yet, mid day it was still missing but after a few hours, I was suddenly prompted about the update and it already has downloaded.  Wow!

I haven't seen any difference yet, still have to search the net for the update notes, though I read somewhere that it'll enable the microSD card slot and of a "zoom-to-fit" capability for apps that are not "yet" optimized to run on Honeycomb.

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Thursday, July 14, 2011

Still waiting for the elusive Android 3.2 update

Took a look at the system updates on the Motorola Xoom, after a few seconds no new updates were found. I'm still hopefully that the update will come any day now.

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Of tablets and cell phones...convergence

I recently got myself my very first tablet, a Motorola Xoom...ever since I wanted to have one, even before the iPad came out. My thought is, it is very easy to consume content on a tablet than an ordinary desktop PC or a laptop. The thought of not waiting for the boot time, no need to look for a table to put it on to. It's something that one can carry around and use it when and where they want to.

The old windows based tablets were cool, but heavy and most of all, expensive. It was difficult to justify to buy something that's priced like a PC but not as functional. Then came the iPad,  its cheap and easy to use. Now things changed.

Now I can go around the house, lugging the tablet, and sit anywhere I want, push a button and the content I want is there, right in front of me. I don't have to wait for it too boot, and the good thing is, the content I see from my desktop is the same content I have on the Xoom. Not the truncated bare one.

That brings use to the cellphones. Other will argue to get a cellphone instead of having to carry two separate things. But I am not convinced that there will be only one convergent device. They may have the same operating system, the same memory, same functionality, but still very different from one another. The display for one, I can get the same content I see on my tablet on the phone, but I enjoy reading and watching on a larger screen. I prefer surfing the net on a bigger screen. I prefer writing long emails and articles on a virtual keyboard than a virtual thumboard. Yet, I would rather take pictures and videos on my phone than on the tablet even if my tablet has a better camera.

There we see, simple daily habits done with two devices that may have the same specifications, but has totally different use.

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

YouTube - ‪The Secret Of The Unicorn Full Movie Trailer.flv‬‏

YouTube - ‪The Secret Of The Unicorn Full Movie Trailer.flv‬‏: "

I was always a fan of the stories...now this...ah...very nice! Most of my childhood cartoons and comics are coming to "life"