The most creepiest Ad EVER!!

So, Sony Ericsson recently launched a teaser for their new Xperia Playstation Phone. When I heard about it, I got really excited. That was until i saw the teaser. Here it is!

Watch it before reading on.

This has to be the CREEPIEST thing I have EVER seen. What the hell were they thinking when they came up with this video. The moving thumbs are so creepy that they gave me nightmares for days. Thanks a lot Sony! Thanks for ruining the PlayStation Phone for all of us, Because whenever someone mentions the phone, The creepy thumbs will come to mind.

Introducing the Google Nexus S

Google just announced the new Android 2.3 OS aka Gingerbread and the Google Nexus S, The 1st phone which comes with Gingerbread.

Here's what Google said on its blog about the phone.


Nexus S is the first smartphone to feature a 4” Contour Display designed to fit comfortably in the palm of your hand and along the side of your face. It also features a 1GHz Hummingbird processor, front and rear facing cameras, 16GB of internal memory, and NFC (near field communication) hardware that lets you read information from NFC tags. NFC is a fast, versatile short-range wireless technology that can be embedded in all kinds of everyday objects like movie posters, stickers and t-shirts.

Gingerbread is the fastest version of Android yet, and it delivers a number of improvements, such as user interface refinements, NFC support, a new keyboard and text selection tool, Internet (VoIP/SIP) calling, improved copy/paste functionality and gyroscope sensor support.

Source : http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/introducing-nexus-s-with-gingerbread.html


For a complete look at the phone, visit http://www.google.com/nexus

Google releases Android 2.3 OS

Today, Google announced the Android 2.3 OS which will be known as Gingerbread. The first Gingerbread mobile phone will be the Google Nexus S.

Some of the new features of Gingerbread which Google has revealed are :

• A refined stock UI.
• Access to front-facing camera from camera app
• Multitouch capabilities to enter keyboard shortcuts
• Switch to voice mode to make text corrections
• Faster keyboard.
• Better power/battery management .
  
• Improved task manager.
• Better management of applications interface.
• The stock music player has been given an overhaul
• New audio effects like reverb and bass boost included alongside a 5-band equalizer.
• Internet calling (to SIP account numbers)
• NFC Purchases

And the highlight of the new OS is its support for 3D gyroscopes and other spatial sensors. Now developers will be able to make apps which detect motion and device position. The new OS also features a barometer. Expect lots of apps for weather obsessed people.

A list of technical details of the OS for developers can be found here.
http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.3.html

The SmartPhone Wars

Nowadays its all about your iPhones, Blackberries or Android powered phones. I can understand why everyone's barking mad about smartphones, Having the whole digital world in the palm of your hands while on the go is something I never imagined would be possible back when i was a kid. Technology really is amazing.

My thoughts on Blackberry:

When the Research-In-Motion came out with its BlackBerry smartphones its PIN messaging and push email revolutionized the mobile world. Besides those one could use MSN, Yahoo, Gtalk etc as well. However, times have become difficult for RIM as their Blackberry smartphones no longer offer something new. Almost everything the BlackBerry smartphone offers, Every smartphone offers the same or even more features. Unless RIM pulls of something huge BlackBerries are no longer gonna be the big thing. Good luck RIM!