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fawaid on Selasa, 03 April 2012
You thought I was joking about Instagram photos getting blurrier? John Gruber Tweeted these two photos, one taken with an iPhone 4S, and the other taken with a Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Aka, the flagship Android device from Samsung and Google.
Same subject, same time, same filter. The photo on the left was taken with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. On the right, the iPhone 4S. Now you know why it took Instagram so long to arrive on Android devices.
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fawaid on Sabtu, 10 Maret 2012
Apple has been getting a lot of flak over working conditions at a separate company, Foxconn. Try to make sense of it if you will, but what it comes down to is the fact that Apple is popular, and there's more profit in making a fuss over a profitable company.
But, more to the point, Apple has been working harder to ensure workers have the best working conditions. They've invited independent inspectors to their factories, during the height of the production of the new iPad, and without notifying their suppliers. They couldn't have found a time to do a more honest inspection.
Other tech companies have been completely silent, and for good reason. They're doing little to nothing. A number of these tech companies were asked "
Does your company have any plans to let independent auditors check up on your suppliers’ factories?". A simple question, and yet they all dodged it. A few responses are below.
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fawaid on Kamis, 23 Februari 2012
Thanks to plenty of copyright issues, I can't just post the comic strip here. But, here's a
link to the comic (like I wouldn't have posted it anyway).
I'll cut to the punchline: it's a bad phone, and a bad tablet (all in one!).
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fawaid on Rabu, 15 Februari 2012
Android phone manufacturers seem to have an obsession with
huge screens. It doesn't do anything to improve them, and the resolution is rarely better than smaller screens. In the end, they just don't look as good, and they're harder to use.
The recent introduction of the Samsung Galaxy Note is so humorous. I can already see the customer-sales person interactions now.
Customer: "What can the Samsung erm... Galaka-note thingy do?"
Sales Person: "The Samsung Galaxy Note?"
Customer: "Yeah, that one. What's special about it?"
Sales Person: "Well, it's too big for a pocket or purse, yet too small to be usable as a tablet. Best of all, it uses a stylus! Wait! Where are you going?"
Samsung should have stuck to what they were best at: making
poorly done imitations of Apple products. Better yet, throw the copying and silly gimmicks aside, and make something people would actually like to use.
via Joy of Tech
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fawaid on Kamis, 09 Februari 2012
Apple products are primarily manufactured by Foxconn. If you're been reading the news lately, you might have read about poor working conditions in Chinese factories, or how our economy would improve greatly if some of that manufacturing was brought back to the US.
Foxconn alone can include Acer, Samsung, Dell, Microsoft, Nintendo, Amazon, Barnes & Nobel, HP, Nokia, Motorola, Asus, Sony, and
many more as customers. You probably haven't read too much about that lately though. Odd, isn't it?
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fawaid on Kamis, 05 Januari 2012
Samsung must have gotten bored with new Apple products, and they've decided instead to move their focus to the much older iPhone 3G. Above, you can see the Apple iPhone on the left, and the Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus on the right (someone's been using the
random Android phone name generator).
It seems Samsung really hasn't employed a single creative person.
via CultOfMac
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fawaid on Rabu, 04 Januari 2012
It's becoming increasingly obviously obvious that Samsung wants nothing more than for consumers to
mistake their products for Apple products. It's especially obvious with their Galaxy line of products, both the tablets and phones. They use an Apple-like interface placed sloppily over Android. It looks like Apple's iOS, but once you use it, you'll find it's anything but iOS.
Compare the two videos in this post. The one at the top is from a Samsung commercial. The one just above this paragraph is from Apple. Not only are they made to be similar, but Samsung even used the same child actress in their commercial. Exploiting a child? Have they no shame?
It goes well with Samsung's sales strategy: confuse consumers. If they get customers or sales representatives to think the Samsung line of products is "like the iPhone" then they've succeeded. Fortunately, there are laws in place to prevent misleading advertising. Unfortunately, Samsung has been at least somewhat careful to create campaigns that dodge many of these laws. Of course, they've also had plenty of mishaps, and they haven't gone unnoticed. Products from Samsung's line of mobile devices have been
banned all over the world, and for good reason.
via CultOfMac
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fawaid on Selasa, 20 Desember 2011
Apple's filed for another lawsuit against Samsung. This time, it's for copying the design of the smart cover. When looking at the two products, it's obvious that Samsung blatantly copied Apple's design. Above, you can see that the "Smart Case" from Samsung copies the functionality of the Smart Cover. It even copied the name! Below, the Samsung covers on the left, and the Apple Smart Cover on the right. If you didn't know, the Smart Cover from Apple came long before the "Smart Case" from Samsung.
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fawaid on Minggu, 18 Desember 2011
Android phones were always behind iOS when it came to multitouch (
or touch in general). But this issue can't be chalked up to Android, it's an issue with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. After watching the video and reading up on it, it seems to be a firmware issue, which means a future update
could fix the problem. The issue could be more serious, but because the bug disappears for a short time after the screen is turned off then on, it's most likely related to the firmware.
If you were considering a Galaxy Nexus, hold off until this bug is resolved.
via Engadget
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fawaid on Kamis, 15 Desember 2011
What do you do if another company has tried to block the sale of your tablet? Create an ad telling people about it. That would make it seem as though the other company was frightened of the competition, right?
Of course, Samsung doesn't acknowledge that Apple sued them because they
infringed on
a number of their
designs and patents. But hey, if Samsung was honestly advertising the Galaxy line of products,
how would they sell a single one?
via CultOfMac
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fawaid on Kamis, 08 Desember 2011
Apple is suing Samsung for the Galaxy line of smartphones and tablets, which have copied off their hardware and software designs. Samsung decided to try to delay the proceedings by countersuing Apple. The French court wasn't too happy about that. They threw the case out, and have made Samsung pay for Apple's legal fees, which come to €100,000 (about $133,900).
It's good to see at least one court taking a stance against frivolous lawsuits.
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fawaid on Rabu, 23 November 2011
Want to be able to hook your phone up to your in-car entertainment system to both play music and charge it? Then you'll want to stay clear of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
Google's flagship phone for Android 4.0 will not allow direct access to the files via USB, like other phone manufactures do. The only system it will work with will be Ford's Sync, which, instead of accessing the filesystem directly, syncs with it like a computer would. In doing so, it finds a workaround to get to the files. If you don't have a Ford with Sync, you won't be able to use this phone with your entertainment system.
Other Android 4.0 phones should work with your car's entertainment system, as well as most other phone manufactures, like Apple. But Samsung's Galaxy Nexus? That will not work with your in-car entertainment system.
via AutoBlog
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Ouch. Samsung goes after a few things here. First, they attack fanboys and people staying in line to buy the iPhone. Next, they make claims about the iPhone 4S battery (even though it's better than the Galaxy S 2 battery). Then they go on to make remarks about screen size and 4G connectivity.
To someone sitting back, they might say "wow, that Galaxy S2 is fantastic!". Samsung even borrowed design elements from the iPhone to try to make your switch easier (of course, they're being sued, and losing, everywhere for doing it). However, what happens if you break down what they're saying? That leads to finding a few faults in their logic, all made in the name of marketing.
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fawaid on Rabu, 16 November 2011
Samsung has had their Galaxy Tab
banned in Germany for infringing on Apple's designs. The evidence that Samsung's designers used a photocopier when designing their Galaxy line of products is obvious. Though they (slightly) changed the design of the Galaxy Tab, this
wasn't Samsung's only issue with copying. In fact, the amount of
imitation Samsung has done is
unbelievable.
Samsung's lawyers were unable to tell the difference between the Galaxy Tab and the iPad 2 from 10 feet away. Lawyers who worked on the case for weeks were unable to tell the difference between their client's hardware and their competitors. However, this was just a test of the external hardware, not the software. The hardware wasn't the only issue, as the Galaxy Tab's interface is also visually similar to iOS in some cases.
In order to try to sell the Galaxy Tab again, Samsung decided to change the external design by very little. It still looks like an iPad, and it seems the biggest change was taking the reflection off the image. There is a slight increase in the metal around the bezel.
Perhaps if they want to avoid lawsuits, and actually sell a few, they should try to create their own brand image, rather than piggybacking off of other companies' designs.
via Gizmodo
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fawaid on Senin, 07 November 2011
I think images are worth 1,000 words, so I'll just leave this here...
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fawaid on Selasa, 18 Oktober 2011
Samsung just can't stray away from Apple, can they. Despite being found guilty of infringing upon a number of Apple patents already, they still slipped up and posted the photo you see above on their website. It's clearly taken from the iOS map application, which you can see on the left.
A full screenshot of the webpage before Samsung took it down is below.
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fawaid on Kamis, 29 September 2011
Apple is currently in the process of suing Samsung for copying their designs. It's easy to see why.
Yesterday, Amazon showed that the Android operating system could be used as the basis for a completely unique, great looking, and functional interface. And, because they put the extra effort into it, the OS runs better on their hardware than Android does on their Android using competitors hardware, even though it has lower hardware specs.
There's a lot more evidence below.
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fawaid on Rabu, 24 Agustus 2011
A judge in the Netherlands has ruled that Samsung's Galaxy line of phones infringes on Apple's patents, and thusly has banned it from being sold in the Netherlands. Due to agreements within the EU, this effectively bans the phone from sale in all of Europe. The ban will start in mid October.
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fawaid on Kamis, 16 Desember 2010
Samsung’s brand new touch screen Bada phone, the Samsung Wave S8500, affectionately known as ‘The Wave’, was released on June 1st, 2010 nad is available at phone retailers all over the country including
Dialaphone. Samsung have seemingly upped their game with an all new Super AMOLED display which gives crystal clear quality for the user. The resolution is 3.3” in size, and operates on a 16M colour capacitive touchscreen, which in itself displays an 800 x 400 pixel resolution. The weight it only 118g, which is fairly light for a smartphone with 108.9 x 53.5 x 11.9 dimensions.
Another excellent feature of the Samsung Wave is its battery life. Nowadays, smartphones tend to come equipped with high quality displays and an array of different features and applications, yet this severely effects the amount of time between required charges, however, the Samsung Wave seems to have got around this problem, and boasts an impressive 180 minutes of battery talk time, and an outstanding 450 hours of standby time. All the features are explained on dialaphones website,
Visit the site for more info.
The phone also features a 1 GHz processor, which is a worth addition, especially when considering most users of the Wave will spend much of their time using the high quality camera, surfing the Internet, or sending email messages. This aforementioned camera has 5 megapixels, and with the phone’s ability to hold 2GB/8GB of internal storage (and the potential for 32GB with a microSD card), owners of the wave will have no trouble editing and storing digital photographs. Samsung’s all new S8500 is also the first of its kind to house the technology firm’s software platform ‘Bada’.
Highlight features of the new mobile operating system include a web browser based on the open-source WebKit, as well as Adobe Flash, which Samsung’s developers have been keen to include in one of their smartphones for some time now. Bada also offers interactive mapping with points of interest, motion sensing (for use with the 5 megapixel camera), vibration control, face detection, and accelerometer, magnetometer, tilt, and GPS. Native applicatons are all developed in C++, and Bada can also run Java ME Applications.
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fawaid on Jumat, 21 Mei 2010
The
HTC Desire is one of the hottest phones currently on the market and its popularity has led to shortages in stock levels. If you are planning to pick up a Desire with the intention of taking it abroad, then its roaming abilities should not disappoint. The Desire is compatible with the majority of international networking standards and its quad band compatibility means that it will operate well in both Europe and the USA. Selecting a network by hand or allowing the Desire to choose an appropriate foreign provider is open to preference and its simple, intuitive menu system with touch sensitive interactions should further simplify things.
The
Samsung Tocco Lite is a popular entry-level smartphone that lacks the high end hardware of its more expensive peers, but still has the necessary software and connectivity tools to make it well equipped for use overseas. You will not have to alter any of its core settings for use when roaming, because by default it is set to seek out an appropriate foreign carrier when it is taken overseas. However, you can use its touch screen interface to make your own manual selection of a network, which may be useful if you know that your domestic provider has a roaming deal with a specific partner in your destination.
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Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is not only an excellent smartphone powered by the Android platform, but it is also a suitably versatile travelling companion thanks to its quad band network connectivity and its ability to download at high speeds via HSDPA and 3G networks. The Xperia X10 has received critical appreciation for its roaming capabilities and you can set the phone to automatically choose a suitable alternative to your standard network provider if service is unavailable or you are out of the country with your phone. Alternatively you can use the wireless controls menu to manually select from a list of available providers.
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BlackBerry 8520 Curve is a smartphone specifically designed for the business user with fairly serious messaging requirements. Its full QWERTY keypad simplifies typing longer messages and it is optimised for email. Because the target audience will be expected to travel to different regions, the 8520 is a quad band compatible handset, which means that most international destinations will offer networks to which it can connect. The 8520 also boasts integrated wireless connectivity, which uses the universal Wi-Fi b and g standards, so internet connectivity for messaging, web browsing and email access is also possible no matter where you go.
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Nokia X6 is one of the Finnish manufacturer's flagship smartphones and its generous 16GB of on-board memory means that it is a traveller's dream. You can fill it with hours of music and video, allowing it to act as a multimedia hub for your time away. The X6's touch screen display and intuitive menu system are coupled with the powerful Symbian operating system. As with all good smartphones, it is compatible with multiple network types, including 3G. It should be easy to automatically search for a partner network associated with your provider and to access most of the services that you can enjoy whilst at home.
