Good news to all Sony Ericsson Xperia arc S, Xperia ray and Xperia neo V users. Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich software updates is rolling out into Malaysia as some Malaysian users has been updated to the latest Android 4.0.3.

The update is done by phase according to your SI code. More SE will receive the update in coming next 1-2 months. Do look out for software update on your phone.

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ASUS Malaysia has just announced the ASUS Transformer Pad to arrive in Malaysia somewhere in May. It runs on Nvidia Tegra 3 4-Plus-1™ Quad Core CPU with 12-core GPU for lowest power and the highest performance. 10.1-inch 178° wide viewing angle IPS panel, 8MP f/2.2 AF camera, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS and come with a keyboard docking that has USB and SD card slot. Beside that it also double up the battery pack.

The Transformer Pad comes in 3 stylish colors in Royal Blue, Iceberg White and Torch Red. No word of the pricing but it's definitely cheaper compare to its high end Transformer Prime.

Check out the promo video below;


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Samsung has just released a teaser of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S3 which to be announced on 3rd May 2012.

"Truly smart technology becomes a natural part of life"



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Nokia Lumia 610 ,probably the most affordable Windows Phone in the market will be available in Asia beginning with Philippines by end of April followed by Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam and China.

The Nokia Lumia 610 is an entry level Windows Phone runs on a single core 800MHz processor, 256MB RAM, 3.7-inch WVGA screen and 8GB Internal Storage.

Wonder how's the performance with such low specification?

Microsoft has developed a Windows Phone 7.5 Tango which is optimised to run on a lower hardware specification. At this low price tag, Nokia is expecting to sell more devices and accelerate adoption of Windows Phone.

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The hype and excitement of the Samsung Galaxy S3 will be unveiled in London on May 3rd.

Official invite of "Come and meet the next Galaxy" were released to the media and TechRadar has confirmed the invitation. No image teaser of the Samsung Galaxy S3 nor any official news on any specification.

Rumours suggested of sporty display between 4.6-inches and 4.8-inches, run on 1.5GHz Quad-core processor, 4.0 ICS, NFC-enabled, S-Pen input and fast 4G connectivity.

So what would you expect from this new Galaxy S3?

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Apple has just announced the highly demands third generation tablet, the new iPad to be launched on 27th April 2012 (Friday). 12 new countries will go on sale in Malaysia, South Korea, Brunei, Croatia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, St Maarten, Uruguay and Venezuela.

A week after that, the device will be available in another 9 more countries, Colombia, Estonia, India, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, South Africa and Thailand.


Full press release;

New iPad Arrives in South Korea & 11 Additional Countries This Week

CUPERTINO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apple® today announced the new iPad®, the third generation of its category defining mobile device, will arrive in South Korea and 11 additional countries on Friday, April 20.

The new iPad features a stunning new Retina™ display, Apple’s new A5X chip with quad-core graphics and a 5 megapixel iSight® camera with advanced optics for capturing amazing photos and 1080p HD video. The new iPad still delivers the same all-day 10 hour battery life* while remaining amazingly thin and light.

In addition to South Korea, the new iPad also will be available beginning on Friday, April 20 in Brunei, Croatia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Malaysia, Panama, St Maarten, Uruguay and Venezuela. Beginning on Friday, April 27, the new iPad will be available in Colombia, Estonia, India, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, South Africa and Thailand.

The new iPad Wi-Fi models will be available in black or white for a suggested retail price of $499 (US) for the 16GB model, $599 (US) for the 32GB model and $699 (US) for the 64GB model. The iPad Wi-Fi + 4G models will be available for a suggested retail price of $629 (US) for the 16GB model, $729 (US) for the 32GB model and $829 (US) for the 64GB model.**

The new iPad will be sold through the Apple Online Store (www.apple.com) and select Apple Authorized Resellers. Additionally, iPad 2 is available at a more affordable price starting at just $399.

*Battery life depends on device settings, usage and other factors. Actual results vary.

**4G LTE is supported only on AT&T and Verizon networks in the U.S. and on Bell, Rogers and Telus networks in Canada. Data plans sold separately.

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Finally the Smoked By Windows Phone Challenge reached to Malaysia betting people who are using others smartphone than Windows Phone that it can do faster than anyone else's phone.

The first SmokedByWindowsPhone challenge were held at Fahrenheit 88 in KL last Saturday. The challenge were hosted by Ben from FlyFM and Jason Goh aka smashpOp. The Windows Phone used for the challenge were the Nokia Lumia 800.

Watch the recap challenge video and see which smartphone got smoked.


If you think you can bet them on this challenge, do come to the PC Fair in KLCC on 14th-15th April (Saturday & Sunday) to get smoked or walked away with RM100.

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Lenovo has introduced another new Android tablet on their official YouTube channel. The new tablet has a 9.7-inch IPS screen display, running on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, unique Quad Speaker at the rear, 1.3 megapixel front camera, microSD, microHDMI and battery life of 10 hours. This tablet to be called IdeaTab S2109

There were no more further specification mentioned on this video such as CPU, RAM or storage.


There's no price indication or sign of bring to Malaysia. Hope to hear good news from Lenovo Malaysia.

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Nokia recently has kick off a Nokia Lumia 900 campaign by launched a campaign site called "Smartphone Beta Test. This campaign tell that you've been using a smartphone for the last 5 years (which indirectly talking about iPhone introduced in 2007), you're a part of a secret experiment that helped Nokia to create the new Nokia Lumia 900.

The website are includes a couple of commercials promoting the Nokia Lumia 900 as the first smartphone that is not a beta test. Brilliant??





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Finally the white Nokia Lumia 800 is now available at all authorized Nokia Store or dealer in Malaysia.

This was announced at one of the Malaysia's well known discount portal, Living Social (Everyday).

The sporty white Lumia 800 doesn't has matte surface like the current Cyan, Fuchsia and Black, the surface is glossy and fingerprint magnet.

The price of the new colour of Lumia 800 remain the same after the price slash from RM1,650 to RM1,499. So white colour fans out there, you can have this as one of your white gadgets collection.

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The long waiting Instagram for Android is now officially available for Android smartphone. With the current of more than 15 millions users of Instagram just on iOS platform, will be expecting more Instagram photos flowing on web and social networks.

Unfortunately there are some missing features that iOS has for instant tiltshift and live preview. Beside that, some Android users encounter some errors and bugs. Do feedback to them and let them to iron up the app.

Instagram for Android is available for Android device version 2.2 and above. Head over to Google Play Store to download for FREE.

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