Smartphone vs Tablet / Galaxy Tab 7.7 vs Galaxy Nexus – Samsung now has many different size of tablet, mobile phone and mobile phone + tablet devices for you to choose from, like the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, 7.7, 8.9, 10.1, Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy Note, Galaxy S2.

The variety of size makes choosing your ideal a bit difficult. Bigger size makes reading and surfing the web comfortable but the portability become poor. Check out this video to see the Galaxy Tab 7.7 vs the Galaxy Nexus.

For me, owning both will be the best of both world.

Angry Birds Dragon Chinese New Year Special – Today is 9th day of Chinese New Year, 6 more days to go until the end of Chinese New Year celebration. In this holiday season, you can play some Angry Birds Seasons Chinese New Year Edition and shoot some pigs.

Download it for free on the Android Market and costs US$0.99 on Apple AppStore.

Android APN Settings For Maxis, DiGi & Celcom – Have been using Android for some times and I realised I should share with you guys the APN settings for Maxis, DiGi & Celcom in Malaysia so you can set it up manually when you root your device or something wrong with the automatic settings.

To access Android APN Settings:

Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> Mobile Networks -> Access Points Name -> (Menu) -> New APN

Maxis (3G):

Maxis Mobile Internet 3G
Access point name : unet
Username :
Password :
Account name : Maxis 3G WAP
Proxy server address : 202.75.133.49
Proxy server port : 80
Homepage : http://wap.maxis.com.my/

MMS 3G
Access point name : unet
Username :
Password :
Account name : Maxis 3G MMS
Proxy server address : 202.75.133.49
Proxy server port : 80
Service center address : http://172.16.74.100:10021/mmsc

DiGi

DiGi APN,
Name : DiGi Internet
APN: diginet
MCC: 502
MNC: 16
APN Type: default
(Others, blank)

DIGI MMS,
APN: digimms
username: mms
password: mms
Proxy: 203.092.128.160
Port: 80
MMSC: http://mms.digi.com.my/servlets/mms
MMS Proxy: 203.092.128.160
MMS Port: 80
MCC: 502
MNC: 16
APN Type: mms

Celcom

Celcom 3G Setting
Name: celcom3g
APN: celcom3g
Proxy: 010.128.001.242
Port: 8080

Celcom MMS Setting
Server: http://mms.celcom.net.my
Proxy: 010.128.001.242
Port: 8080

Enjoy Internet on your Android device.

Pre-Order The Sony Tablet S Now – Sony is going to release a new tablet to the market – Sony Tablet S, an Android-based tablet. You can pre-order it now on Sony’s website and there are two models available.

• Sony Tablet S (16GB WiFi) – RM1,499
• Sony Tablet S (32GB WiFi) – RM1,799

The tablet features a 9.4″ screen, runs on dual-core 1GHz Tegra 2 processor, 1GB RAM and weighs 598g. The thickness is different at two point of the tablet, the thinnest point at 10.1mm and the thickest point is 20.6mm which is rather thick. It’s running on Android Honeycomb 3.2 and ICS Android 4.0 update will be coming in soon. The back shooter is a 5-megapixel camera and front faced camera is a 0.3-megapixel camera.

With the pre-order of the tablet, you will get an exclusive ST Slip Case that is worth RM139.

Head over to Sony’s website for more information.

My 2 cents: This tablet is quite pretty in term of design as well as the specs, however what I don’t like is the thick design. Although it’s ergonomically nice to hold on hand, but I still prefer something to be flat and thin.

Huawei Honor In Malaysia At RM1,099 – Huawei Honor is the latest Android smartphone by Huawei and is now available in Malaysia. The phone, Huawei Honor is an affordable mid-range smartphone that is Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich-ready.

It features a 16M 16:9 true colour high-definition 4-inch FWVGA capacitive touch screen and powered by a high capacity 1,930mAh battery. It runs on a 1.4GHz processor. The rear shooter is an 8-megapixel HDR-enabled camera, whereas the front face camera is a 0.3-megapixel camera. The design is pretty sleek and sports a 10.9mm thin body and weighs about 140g.

Unfortunately, it’s shipped with Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 is expect to be released by Q2 of 2012.

The phone is priced at RM1,099 and you can find the list of available outlets selling the phone on Huawei’s Facebook page.

Well, I think that this phone is a not-bad and affordable Android phone which sports a decent-powerful hardware, just without the dual-core. The 8-megapixel camera, 4-inch screen and ICS-ready make it one of the attractive mid-range Android phone out there. If you ask whether I want it or not, I would save more money and get the best and highest-end mobile phone out there. I don’t want to stuck at something in the middle range. My 2 cents. It’s up to your budget for a mobile phone, for a mid-range, powerful, and affordable price, Huawei Honor is a good one.

Official Wikipedia For Android Available Now – The official Wikipedia for Android app is finally here and you can do your homework, research and just read the open encyclopedia on your mobile on the go now. Previously, all the Wikipedia app on the Android Market are from the third-party.

The app is free and you can save an article for offline reading later and search articles which is nearby to your location. You can also share the articles you are reading to your friend using the Android’s built-in “Share” function. To gain more knowledge, I highly recommend this Wikipedia for Android app.

Download Wikipedia For Android for free on Android Market.

Hong Kong Funny Galaxy Nexus Video Ads – Call Me Galaxy Nexus – Was reading one of my favourite tech blog and the blog shared about the Samsung Galaxy Nexus video ad in Hong Kong – Call Me Galaxy Nexus.

The ads features the Indian-Hongkie comedian, Vivek Mahbubani who shows you the features of Galaxy Nexus, at the same time being sarcasm about other phone like iPhone and standard candy bar phone. Very funny, very sarcastic, yet I think it’s creative. Samsung is getting more and more bad boy right now.

By the way, the video however is in Hong Kong’s Cantonese language.

Dual-Core Processor

Face Unlock

HD Super AMOLED

Panorama Swipe

Voice Input

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ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime Is Cool! Coming 18th January 2012 In Malaysia – All the while, I thought that the coolest tablet on earth is the Apple iPad with a huge IPS screen, long battery life and dual-core. But now, the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime is even cooler, I wonder why the long name?

Let’s get into the hardware specs. The Eee Pad Transformer Prime has the world’s first Quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor with 1GB RAM. The display is a 10.1 inch SuperIPS+ display. The rear camera is a 8-megapixel camera with LED flash and front face camera is a 1.2-megapixel shooter for video call and self-shot. The built quality is great, it’s a metal unibody design with thickness at only 8.3mm thin!

According to Asus, battery life last up to 12 hours and 18 hours when dock on the special keyboard dock that comes with the device. The keyboard dock serves as extra battery, physical keyboard, SD and USB input, as well as a touch pad. This turns the Transformer Prime into a netbook.

The ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime will be available in Malaysia on 18th January 2012 and priced at RM2,199 for the 32GB NON-3G model. Currently, there’s no news about 3G model, but expected to be released soon.

One more thing, the OS of the tablet is the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

This tablet is so cool and tempting to me, the only thing that set me back is no 3G included. I found that the keyboard dock is very useful too and I need not to bring a heavy laptop out with me to travel. What do you think?

Better Android Apps Design Soon With Android Design Website – Being an Android user, I admit that many of the third party apps looks ugly. Undeniable that the ugliest app on iOS looks better than Google Android’s typical third party app, probably most of the iOS has the standardize “iOS” design.

Google just announced the website – Android Design, a website that guide apps developer on making their apps look beautiful and cool. It provides graphic idea to apps developer with less graphical mind and serve as a guide while developing Android app.

With this new Android Design website, hopefully the future apps will looks better on the Android.

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Celcom Unveils Galaxy Nexus Plan, Phone Starting RM1,348 – Celcom finally unveils the Samsung Galaxy Nexus Android phone plan and pricing, which phone starting from RM1,348. Currently, it’s only DiGi and Celcom offers Galaxy Nexus with call + data plan in Malaysia with the phone at a subsided price.

The phone by Celcom is cheaper at RM50 than the one offer by DiGi and a shorter contract period at 18 months.

Today, Friday is the launch of Galaxy Nexus in Malaysia and some DiGi user has already received their unit via online pre-order. As for Celcom, you will have to head over to the nearest Celcom outlet to get your unit.

Go to Celcom’s website to know more about the price plan.