Technology Updates

Samsung has always made innovation to depose the dominance of the iPhone in the smartphone industry. This Korean electronics giant will produce a phone that is flexible with the name Galaxy Skin in 2012. Samsung’s latest phone (Samsung Galaxy Skin) is officially began to designed at Hongik Univesity in South Korea in June and then developed at CES 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada by Professor Haeseong Jee and Jye Yeon Yaou.

The designers of this phone say its development is still in the conceptual stage. Gizmos Gadgets quoted as saying on Sunday (25/09/2011), the main advantage of the Samsung Galaxy Skin is the flexibility. This is the first phone that can be bent and resistant to hard objects or being hit by a hammer though. Samsung has confirmed that this production of flexible 4-inch AMOLED display screen with a resolution of up to 800 x 400 megapixel will begin to be released in the second quarter of 2012.

Instead of using glass, this flexible AMOLED said to use polyimide substrate plastic. Some tests have shown that Samsung Galaxy Skin will allow to be bending to form a cylinder with a diameter of one inch. 8MP camera will also be placed on the back side and VGA camera will use at the front side. This smartphone will be equipped premises 1.2 GHz processor and 1 GB of RAM. General connectivity such as Bluetooth 3 and Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n also paired in order to increase the perfection of this phone.

Experts estimate that Samsung Galaxy Skin will run on Android operating system, Ice Cream Sandwiches, but others say that this phone will display a new operating system called Android Flexy. What do you think? Would you want a multi-shape phone to start with? What would you do with it?

Sony NGP is the successor of the highlights of the previous Sony PSP which will bring a 3G version and a non 3G (WiFi only) on this new portable gaming device. This portable gaming device has a touch screen from OLED with a size of 5 inches and even support multitouch. The most powerful from these devices is the specification of its hardware, especially the processor which will use ARM processor cores Cortext A9, which is a type of quad-core. The plan is, Sony NGP will use flash memory storage system that promises to speed.

Sony NGP’s screen resolution is 960x544px with a 16:9 aspect ratio. For durability this NGP Sony batteries can last for 4-5 hours, and the price is still uncertain but the possibility could be about 300-400 USD. There is a built in GPS support again and gyroscope and accelerometer. There is support for a built in GPS and gyroscope and accelerometer so we can play games with motion controls on the Sony NGP. Not to forget there are also front and rear camera on Sony NGP.

Sony NGP also has a sophisticated new feature that is control through the back of the device in which the back is sensitive to the touch as well. So we can combine the touch controls, slide, trace, push and pull on this device. There are even plans that Android games will be ported to this device, which will ultimately benefit consumers in terms of game selection. Unfortunately this device may only be marketed late in 2011.

Specifications on Sony NGP:

• CPU: ARM® Cortex™-A9 core (4 core)
• GPU: SGX543MP4+
• External Dimensions: Approx. 182.0 x 18.6 x 83.5mm (width x height x depth) (tentative, excludes largest projection)
• Rear touchpad: Multi touchpad (capacitive type)
• Cameras: Front camera, Rear camera
• Sound: Built-in stereo speakers, Built-in microphone
• Sensors: Six-axis motion sensing system (three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer), Three-axis electronic compass
• Location: Built-in GPS, Wi-Fi location service support
• Keys / Switches: PS button, Power button, Directional buttons (Up/Down/Right/Left), Action buttons (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square), Shoulder buttons (Right/Left), Right stick, Left stick, START button, SELECT button, Volume buttons
• Wireless communications: Mobile network connectivity (3G), IEEE 802.11b/g/n (n = 1×1)(Wi-Fi) (Infrastructure mode/Ad-hoc mode), Bluetooth® 2.1+EDR (2DP/AVRCP/HSP?

Previously, I have already informed to you about the Facebook Timeline (The new look on Facebook Profile Page), which will be released in the next few pecans. I was able to change the look of my profile page into the new one since for those who had previously made an ??applications through Facebook, will get the permission to try this application. And fortunately, lrc2.org readers could easily use this application without have to wait for the release date.

Things to note before use this application are:

• When you first turn on the Timeline only you who can see it, but when you choose to publish it immediately, then the other beta testers can also see your Timeline.
• Timeline feature has not been released publicly because it is still in beta, so there may be some bugs.
• To be able to perform the tutorial below, you account must first be verified by Facebook (with phone numbers).

Here is a tutorial to enable Facebook Timeline (Chronology Profile):

Log into Facebook, then go to https://developers.facebook.com/apps, when first-time entry and had never made an ??application before, you will be presented by screen requests for permission to access the application.

Create a new application by clicking Create New App, for application name and anything else you can fill it arbitrarily.

Then click Open Graph menu on the left (Fig. a), and create an action that will be performed by the application (Figure b). For example, in column one you can fill it with read, and then followed by article—then click Get started / Start. (If an error occurs, ignore it)

a. Click Open Graph Menu

b. Fill The Second Tab

Open the main page of Facebook, and then there will be an invitation to become a beta tester of “Facebook Timeline”. (Indonesian: Introducing Chronology – Profile of New Type) Select (Gunakan Sekarang) Use Now or Get It Now (Gunakan Sekarang) to start using Facebook Timeline.

When all the steps above are done, then you will see a new look on your profile page, afterwards all you have to do is change the cover profile, make it a orderly, or up to you.