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Recently, mainland manufacturers Meizu (Meizu) officially opened in Hong Kong, Mong Kok, first store on the same day also started to accept Meizu MX booking. Meizu MX on January 1 will be officially on sale, and recently came in the official forum and quad-core version of the Meizu MX news. Meizu CEO - J. Wong, said the official forums four-core version of the MX will be released in May next year!

J. Wong did not disclose more about the forum quad-core version of the MX of the hardware specifications, but according to MX using Exynos 4210 processor, so if Meizu to launch an upgraded version of quad-core processor may use the Samsung Exynos 4412 extremely high.

In addition, J. Wong also said that Android 4.0 firmware forum is under development, there is considerable in the UI changes, I think we will Meizu MX quad-core version of the launch, a great opportunity to have native on Android 4.0 system.

Hello, as expected, the Chronic Dev Team and the iPhone Dev Team have released the A4 untethered for 5.0.1 based on my work.

It is exactly the same set of files, either distributed as a Cydia package for those that are already tethered or a redsn0w bundle for new users.

They both did a great job testing and integrating the payload.

Here is a link to their respective blog posts :
- Chronic Dev Team : http://greenpois0n.com/?p=150
- iPhone Dev Team : http://blog.iphone-dev.org
temporary redsn0w download links: http://pastie.org/3078869

Happy jailbreaking !!!

~pod2g

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Display
 Type: TFT 262k colour display Capacitive touch
 Size (diagonal): 3.2''
 Resolution: 320 x 480 px
Weight
 123g

Operating System
Android 2.3

Bearer
GSM Quad band 1900/850/1800/900; UMTS 2100/900; UMTS 1900/850; UMTS 850/2100; Dual SIM Dual standby

Wi-Fi
Wireless connection to the Internet through a LAN

A-GPS
Assisted GPS for a faster location of the phone

Camera
3.2 Megapixel

G-Sensor
The accelerometer allows the phone to automatically orientate the display vertically or horizontally

FM Radio
Follow your favorite radio stations with the RDS function

MMS
Send and receive multimedia messages with MMS 1.2

SMS Input
Writing sms is more simple with the CoolTeck system

Facebook
Facebook for Android

Twitter
Twitter for Android

Browser
Surf the Internet with Google chrome and Opera Mini browsers

RSS Feeds
Automatically get news and updates from your favorite websites

Music Player
MP3 Optional: AAC/AAC+,WMA

Micro SD Card
up to 32GB

E-Mail
Receive emails on your phone using POP3 and IMAP4 communication protocols.

Instant Messaging
Talk with friends using Palringo, a Java based app for instant messaging

Handsfree
Make and receive calls having your hands completely free

Bluetooth
3.0 A2DP - Share music, photo and more with close friends thanks to Bluetooth 3.0 A2DP
SAR
(CE)The highest tested SAR value for this mobile phone for use at the ear and compliance against the standard is (1.12) W/kg and for use close to the body is (0.603) W/Kg.

Display
 Type: TFT 262k colour display Capacitive touch
 Size (diagonal): 3.2''
 Resolution: 320x480 px
Weight
 123g

Operating System
Android 2.3

Bearer
GSM/UMTS/HSDPA

Wi-Fi
Wireless connection to the Internet through a LAN

A-GPS
Assisted GPS for a faster location of the phone

Camera
3.2 Megapixel

G-Sensor
The accelerometer allows the phone to automatically orientate the display vertically or horizontally

FM Radio
Follow your favorite radio stations with the RDS function

MMS
Send and receive multimedia messages with MMS 1.2

SMS Input
SMS with predictive input CooTek

Facebook
Facebook for Android

Twitter
Twitter for Android

Browser
Surf the Internet with Google chrome browser

Music Player
MP3, AAC/AAC+ , WMA

Micro SD Card
Up to 32GB

E-Mail
Receive emails on your phone using POP3 and IMAP4 communication protocols.

Instant Messaging
Talk with friends using Palringo, a Java based app for instant messaging

Handsfree
Make and receive calls having your hands completely free

Bluetooth
3.0 A2DP - Share music, photo and more with close friends thanks to Bluetooth 3.0 A2DP

Companies MakTsentr and Chumby Industries presented the device Chumby8, which is a versatile desktop internet monitor that provides continuous and discreet access to your favorite web services and Internet radio stations.

As noted in the companies, Chumby8 will always be on the right Web-wave home or office in the presence of an access point Wi-Fi and broadband Internet connection. Chumby8 - an online music radio with Web Services and SHOUTcast Radio Akado. Chumby will show you detailed weather forecast of 250 Russian cities and in cities over one million forecast is also available for counties and districts. The device can display photos from online albums Picasa, Flickr and others. It can also serve to monitor Internet Networking Resources: Coupon discount systems, news feeds, collections of recipes and so on. Catalog programs (widgets) for Chumby has over 1,500 items in 30 categories. The number of Russian widgets, specially designed for Russian users is constantly growing, covering ever larger areas of interest. In addition to using online services to Chumby8 can play music, videos and photos from external storage devices.

Chumby8 is a compact one-piece computer running Linux-platform Chumby, executed in black and equipped with 8-inch touch screen with a resolution of 800x600 pixels, 800 MHz processor, Marvell, 128 MB RAM, two USB-connectors, slots for cards the SD / MMC and CF, an audio output. Widgets for Chumby developed in ActionScript 3 (Platform Adobe Flash).

A new electronic device Chumby8 went on sale and available for a suggested retail price of 7990 rubles.

WEXLER Company announced today the new e-book WEXLER.BOOK T7006 running Android 2.2, equipped with a 7-inch touchscreen TFT display with LED backlight technology and support for "multi" as well as built-in Wi-Fi module.

In addition, the novelty is equipped with a 640 MHz processor ARM9, 4 GB of internal memory, a slot for microSD memory card, access to Android Market, TV out, accelerometer, USB port with support for USB OTG, which allows you to connect to it as an external drive (USB flash drive ), and additional devices such as 3G USB-modem.

Built-in WEXLER.BOOK T7006 Li-Polymer battery with 3000 mA / h provides, according to the manufacturer for a long time - more than 4.5 hours without recharge (in the mode of use of the Internet-enabled module Wi-Fi).

In addition to all the buyers WEXLER.BOOK T7006 will be presented with three books of fiction series "The Universe of Metro 2033", which are already written to the memory of the electronic book.

E-book WEXLER.BOOK T7006 performed in an ergonomic metal body and comes in a leather case. Dimensions - 265 x 165 x 40 mm, weight - 315 gr.

Deliveries will begin WEXLER.BOOK T7006 in February 2011. Suggested retail price - 3999 rubles.

Japanese mobile operator NTT DOCOMO announced that he has reached a basic agreement with the five companies - Fujitsu Ltd., Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd., NEC Corporation, Panasonic Mobile Communications Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd to establish by the end of March 2012 a joint venture that does not use its own production facilities, which will develop and sell semiconductor products for mobile devices.

As stated in the declaration, a joint venture sponsored by the six companies that use their strengths in telecommunications technologies, and have extensive experience in the design and manufacture of specialized integrated circuits, will develop multi-functional, compact, low-power semiconductor products are responsible for the modem functionality of mobile devices .

The first joint venture will focus on developing products that support LTE and LTE-Advanced mobile communications standards. This product is expected to be sold in all world markets.

The new joint venture will be established once all parties agree on the details of which are already being consulted.

DOCOMO plans to invest in the new company 450 million Japanese yen (about 5.8 million U.S. dollars), a wholly owned subsidiary by mid-January under the title Communication Platform Planning Co., Ltd. headed by the Director General of Mitsunobu Komori (Mitsunobu Komori), which in combination is also executive vice president and CTO DOCOMO.

Intel has revised policy on development and implementation of energy efficient, but not too productive platform Intel Atom. According to data obtained by representatives of the resource DigiTimes, these processors will be focused on the use of network storage systems for home and basic servers. The platform will be a very modern solution-type system-on-chip, carried out in 32-nm process technology. It was reported earlier that will support 64-bit software and system memory up to 8 GB on a single panel. CPU clock speed is 1.6 GHz. Against the backdrop of a series of previous decisions of the Intel Atom new chips will be more energy efficient, peaks of heat will be from 5 to 8 watts. Centerton platform should be provided by Intel in the spring of 2012. It is assumed that such a revision of the strategy was a reaction to weak sales of current-generation Cedar Trail Intel Atom processor models N2600 and N2800. These platforms targeted for use mainly in netbooks, although it was a step forward in the series, but suffered from the falling interest in netbooks, which are noticeably inferior race tablets and portable notebooks. The results of the fiscal year for Intel are not known yet (they will be published in January), but based on the fact that in all quarters there was a reduction of profit growth, it is unlikely that we should expect some surprises.

New estimated closing in the beginning of 2012
Ericsson and Telcordia confident in the progress of the approval process
Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) informs that the acquisition of Telcordia will likely not close before year-end as originally forecasted when the agreement was announced on June 14, 2011.

With approvals still outstanding from certain government authorities and as we are in the holiday season, the original estimate of closing by year-end is likely not probable.

Both companies continue to work diligently with the government authorities in order to close the acquisition as soon as possible. Our new estimate is in the beginning of 2012.

On June 14, 2011, Ericsson announced that it had entered into a merger agreement with Providence Equity Partners, LLC and Warburg Pincus to acquire 100 percent of the shares of Telcordia for USD 1.15 billion in an all cash transaction, on a cash and debt-free basis. The transaction includes approximately 2,600 employees and Telcordia's customer base.

Notes to editors:

Link to the press release from June 14, 2011, "Ericsson to acquire Telcordia": http://www.ericsson.com/news/1523267

Our multimedia content is available at the broadcast room: www.ericsson.com/broadcast_room

Ericsson is the world's leading provider of technology and services to telecom operators. Ericsson is the leader in 2G, 3G and 4G mobile technologies, and provides support for networks with over 2 billion subscribers and has the leading position in managed services. The company's portfolio comprises mobile and fixed network infrastructure, telecom services, software, broadband and multimedia solutions for operators, enterprises and the media industry. The Sony Ericsson and ST-Ericsson joint ventures provide consumers with feature-rich personal mobile devices.

Ericsson is advancing its vision of being the "prime driver in an all-communicating world" through innovation, technology, and sustainable business solutions. Working in 180 countries, more than 90,000 employees generated revenue of SEK 203.3 billion (USD 28.2 billion) in 2010. Founded in 1876 with the headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, Ericsson is listed on NASDAQ OMX, Stockholm and NASDAQ New York.

NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced that it has reached a basic agreement with five companies — Fujitsu Ltd., Fujitsu Semiconductor Ltd., NEC Corporation, Panasonic Mobile Communications Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. — to establish a fabless joint venture company by the end of March 2012 to develop and sell semiconductor products for mobile devices.

The joint venture company, leveraging the six investing companies’ strong backgrounds in cellular communication technology and vast experience in application specific integrated circuits (ASIC) design and foundry manufacturing, will develop feature-rich, small-size, low-power-consumption semiconductor products equipped with modem functionality. The joint venture company will focus on developing products for LTE and LTE-Advanced mobile communication standards. The products will be sold in markets globally.

The envisioned joint venture company will be formed once all parties agree on the details, which are now being worked out through consultation. Following the basic agreement announced today, and as part of preparing to form the joint venture company, DOCOMO plans to invest 450 million Japanese yen, or about 5.8 million USD*, to establish a wholly owned subsidiary, called Communication Platform Planning Co., Ltd. and headed by CEO Mitsunobu Komori, concurrently an executive vice president and Chief Technical Officer of DOCOMO, by the middle of January.

* USD = 78.13 yen as of November 30, 2011

About NTT DOCOMO
NTT DOCOMO is a world-leading mobile operator that is in transition into an Integrated Service Company placing mobility at the core. The company serves over 59 million customers in Japan via advanced wireless networks, including a nationwide 3G network and one of the world’s first commercial LTE networks. Leveraging its unique capabilities as a mobile operator, DOCOMO is a leading developer of cutting-edge technologies for NFC mobile payments, mobile GPS, mobile TV, intuitive mobile assistance, environmental monitoring, smart grids and much more. Overseas, the company provides technical and operational expertise to eight mobile operators and other partner companies. NTT DOCOMO is listed on the Tokyo (9437), London (NDCM) and New York (DCM) stock exchanges. Please visit www.nttdocomo.com for more information.

NTT DOCOMO, INC. once again extends its deepest apologies for inconveniencing customers as a result of its sp-mode service malfunction on Tuesday, December 20, 2011, causing the email address of some customers using the service to be temporarily replaced with a different email address and related errors.This situation was resolved by around 18:00 JST on December 20*. The resetting of packet switching equipment, performed as a precaution, was fully completed by around 01:00 JST on December 22.All sp-mode services that had been temporarily suspended as a result of the malfunction were restarted by around 14:00 JST on December 22, with the exception of the phonebook backup service, which was restarted at around 12:00 JST on December 26.DOCOMO has completed its analysis of the effect of the malfunction on customers, as explained below, and is now addressing inquiries from individual customers. Considering this incident to be very serious, DOCOMO is taking all necessary countermeasures to ensure the malfunction does not occur again.*There is a possibility of a replaced email address remaining in the “My Address” category in the sp-mode application after 18:00 JST on December 20, but emails can be sent or received normally because the information on the network has been corrected. Addresses displayed in the “My Address” category can be corrected by refreshing the “My Address” information.1) Reason for ProblemMismatches between phone numbers and IP addresses on the sp-mode server occurred as a result of congestion on the server on December 20.2) DetailsThe malfunction caused the email address of certain sp-mode service subscribers to be temporarily replaced with a different email address.3) Customers Affected by the Malfunction (see Attachment) Customers whose email addresses were changed are as follows:Customers (A) whose email address was changed to another email address: 6,878 personsNote: Of these, customers who did not send and/or receive an email, and were only inconvenienced by the changed address: 4,097 persons.Customers (B) who received an email from Customers (A) in which the sender’s address was that of another email address: 2,909 persons.Customers (C) whose email address was replaced with the address of someone in the Customers (A) group: 6,894 persons.Note: Of these, customers who did not send and/or receive an email, and who were only inconvenienced by the changed email address: 4,110 persons.Customers (D) whose email addressed to Customers (C) was received by someone in the Customers (A) group, when the devices of Customers (C) was turned off or had no reception: 2,017 persons.4) Response to CustomersDOCOMO will publish an apology in newspapers and send direct mail to individual customers determined to have been affected.DOCOMO will set up a designated call center to respond to inquiries about the matter.Customers may contact the Designated Call Center as follows:Dial 0120-152-770, including from mobile phones and PHS devices.Open from 09:00 to 20:00 JST daily, including Saturdays, Sundays, holidays and the yearend/New Year period between December 27, 2011 and January 31, 2012.5) Refunds Due to Temporary Suspension of sp-mode ServiceDOCOMO will issue refunds by subtracting the daily rates for the number of days on which services were suspended from the monthly fee. The applicable services are docomo Drive Net™ and imadoco search™.Note: DOCOMO will issue an announcement regarding specific refund dates and methods as soon as these are determined.(Reference) Temporarily Suspended sp-mode Services(Attachment) Malfunction of sp-mode on December 20, 2011About NTT DOCOMONTT DOCOMO is a world-leading mobile operator that is in transition into an Integrated Service Company placing mobility at the core. The company serves over 59 million customers in Japan via advanced wireless networks, including a nationwide 3G network and one of the world’s first commercial LTE networks. Leveraging its unique capabilities as a mobile operator, DOCOMO is a leading developer of cutting-edge technologies for NFC mobile payments, mobile GPS, mobile TV, intuitive mobile assistance, environmental monitoring, smart grids and much more. Overseas, the company provides technical and operational expertise to eight mobile operators and other partner companies. NTT DOCOMO is listed on the Tokyo (9437), London (NDCM) and New York (DCM) stock exchanges. Please visit www.nttdocomo.com for more information.sp-mode is a trademark or registered trademark of NTT DOCMO, INC. in Japan.sp-mode is only available to subscribers in Japan.

•Samsung to acquire all of Sony's shares of S-LCD, making the joint venture its wholly-owned subsidiary
•Sony and Samsung enter into a strategic agreement for supply and purchase of LCD panels.

Tokyo, Japan - Sony Corporation (“Sony”) and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (“Samsung”)  announced that the two companies have signed agreements to transition the current business relationship with respect to LCD panels.

Under the agreement, Samsung will acquire all of Sony's shares of S-LCD Corporation (“S-LCD”), the two companies' LCD panel manufacturing joint venture, making S-LCD a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung. In consideration for the share transfer, cash consideration of approximately KRW 1.08 trillion* will be paid to Sony by Samsung. Concurrently, the two companies have entered into a new strategic agreement for the supply and purchase of LCD panels with a goal of enhancing the competitiveness of both companies. The agreement also allows Sony and Samsung to continue cooperative engineering efforts focused on LCD panel technology.

For Sony, this transaction will enable it to monetize its shares in S-LCD and aims to secure a flexible and steady supply of LCD panels from Samsung, based on market prices and without the responsibility and costs of operating a manufacturing facility. With whole ownership of S-LCD, Samsung anticipates heightened flexibility, speed and efficiency in both panel production and business operations.

Established in April 2004, S-LCD has continued to deliver advanced and cost-competitive LCD panels to both of its parent companies, contributing to the expansion of the respective parties' TV businesses, and the large-sized LCD TV market overall. However, LCD panel and TV market conditions have now changed. In order to respond to such challenging conditions and to strengthen their respective market competitiveness, the two companies have agreed to shift to a new LCD panel business alliance.

The share transfer and payment are targeted to close by the end of January 2012, subject to necessary approvals from regulatory authorities.

As a result of this transaction, a non-cash impairment loss of approximately JPY 66 billion is expected to be incurred by Sony in the third quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012, due to the reevaluation of its S-LCD shares. This loss includes an impact from the fluctuation of exchange rate. Despite this one-time loss, Sony estimates that the transaction will result in substantial savings on and after January 1, 2012 in respect of costs associated with its procurement of LCD panels. The current estimate of the yearly savings in respect of such costs is approximately JPY 50 billion, compared to LCD panel procurement costs estimated for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012. Neither the one-time loss nor the estimated cost savings were included in Sony's forecast of consolidated financial results for the current fiscal year ending March 31, 2012, announced on November 2, 2011. Sony is currently reevaluating this forecast, taking into account this transaction and other factors that might affect its full year FY2011 consolidated financial results forecast.

Facts about S-LCD
Established
:April 26, 2004
Capital
:KRW 3.3 Trillion
(Samsung Electronics: 50% plus 1 share, Sony: 50% minus 1 share)

Representative
:Donggun Park, CEO
Location
:Tangjeong, Chung Cheong Nam-Do, South Korea
Production Items
:7th and 8th generation Amorphous TFT LCD
*Note: The final amount of such payment will be determined based on S-LCD’s financial statements as of the end of December 2011.

About Sony
Sony Corporation is a leading manufacturer of audio, video, game, communications, key device and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. With its music, pictures, computer entertainment and online businesses, Sony is uniquely positioned to be the leading electronics and entertainment company in the world. Sony recorded consolidated annual sales of approximately U.S. $87 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011. Sony Global Web Site: http://www.sony.net/

About Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2011 consolidated sales of US$135.8 billion. Employing approximately 190,500 people in 206 offices in 68 countries, the company consists of nine independently operated business units: Visual Display, Mobile Communications, Telecommunication Systems, Digital Appliances, IT Solutions, Digital Imaging, Memory, System LSI and LCD. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, semiconductor chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com.

Intel has recently notified its partners that the company will fully release its Thunderbolt technology in April of 2012 with several first-tier PC players already preparing to launch Thunderbolt-supported motherboards, notebooks and desktop PCs, according to sources from PC players.

To speed up the standardization of Thunderbolt, Intel is cooperating with Apple and Apple is the sole vendor currently to have PC products featuring Thunderbolt technology. As demand for the technology has seen obvious growth, Intel is ready to release the technology for public use.

Due to Thunderbolt chip costs being more than US$20 and the solution running a conflict with USB 3.0 in terms of next-generation data transmission technology, the Thunderbolt did not receive strong attention from the IT industry when announced, but as Apple has largely adopted the technology into its products such as monitor, MacBook Pro, iMac, MacBook Air and MacBook Mini, it has strongly boosted demand.

With the cost for adopting Thunderbolt technology expected to drop in the second half of 2012, the technology should be standardized gradually in the future, the sources noted.

Currently Sony is expected to adopt Thunderbolt technology into its product lines with players such as Asustek Computer also expected to adopt the technology into their high-end notebook products. Gigabyte Technology, which has been aggressively adopting new transmission technology into its product line, is also expected to launch Thunderbolt-featured motherboard in April of 2012 to compete against Asustek and ASRock.

NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced that, as of yesterday, it established a “Task Force for Improvement of Network Infrastructure,” headed by President and CEO Ryuji Yamada, in response to a malfunction of the company’s sp-mode™ mail service for smartphones that occurred on December 20, 2011.

The company, once again apologizing deeply to customers for any inconvenience caused by the malfunction, is now taking steps to ensure that customers can use its network infrastructure with maximum ease.

Name of New Organization
Task Force for Improvement of Network Infrastructure
Purpose
To support the realization of a highly advanced network capable of responding to the rapid increase in smartphone users, the task force will lead all departments of the company in devising and implementing measures to stabilize network operations and upgrade network capabilities across all departments.
Structure
Head: President and CEO Ryuji Yamada
Deputy Head: Senior Executive Vice President Kiyoyuki Tsujimura
Members: All board members above executive vice president level, and heads of all relevant units
(Total: 38 people)
Key Measures
To respond to rising traffic due to increased smartphones.
To handle traffic bursts in emergencies.
To strengthen connections between terminals, network facilities and sp-mode servers, etc.
To reexamine capabilities of network facilities and sp-mode servers, etc.
To reexamine network-related procedures.
To standardize processes when terminals request reconnection following a communication failure.
Date of Establishment
December 25, 2011
About NTT DOCOMO
NTT DOCOMO is a world-leading mobile operator that is in transition into an Integrated Service Company placing mobility at the core. The company serves over 59 million customers in Japan via advanced wireless networks, including a nationwide 3G network and one of the world’s first commercial LTE networks. Leveraging its unique capabilities as a mobile operator, DOCOMO is a leading developer of cutting-edge technologies for NFC mobile payments, mobile GPS, mobile TV, intuitive mobile assistance, environmental monitoring, smart grids and much more. Overseas, the company provides technical and operational expertise to eight mobile operators and other partner companies. NTT DOCOMO is listed on the Tokyo (9437), London (NDCM) and New York (DCM) stock exchanges. Please visit www.nttdocomo.com for more information.

When Apple launched its Newsstand feature in iTunes this fall, the idea was that giving newspaper and magazine publishers their own dedicated shelf space — for those who signed on to Apple’s subscription program – would boost sales.
And perhaps it has. After the feature launched in October, there were a flurry of press releases and reports about increases in downloads and activity, though every report I saw listed percentage increases, not actual numbers.
But here are some, from Bonnier’s Popular Science mag app, in convenient chart form. The jump you see in the second week of October corresponds with the launch of Newsstand:

The chart comes to us courtesy of Mag+, Bonnier’s tablet-publishing software business. And as Mag+ CEO Staffan Ekholm points out, the really promising indicator for Pop Sci isn’t the one-week sales leap of 13 percent — it’s that the the magazine’s growth picked up after that week, with more velocity.
It’s very easy to caveat this report  – the most obvious thing to point out is that Pop Sci is a title that resonates particularly well with the iTunes market. But it’s still nice to see actual sales data, no matter how anecdotal.
The next thing I’d love to see, though I’m not sure how easy it will be to suss out, is how often readers return to Newsstand apps. In my personal experience, I find that I end up visiting the New York Times’ app much less frequently now that it’s stored in the Newsstand. I wish I could pull it out on its own, so it could sit next to stuff I use all the time, like Instapaper and Twitter. If anyone wants to offer up usage stats, you’ve got an open platform here.

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Developers said the release of the mobile version of Instant Messenger ICQ for Symbian Symbian Touch. Key features of the mobile version:Version adapted for phones with touch screenCompletely redesigned user interfaceAdded emoticons for high resolution screensCommunication with users messengers Mail.Ru Agent, Google TalkCommunication with users of social networks Classmates, OpenID, FacebookAbility to send SMS to numbers of Russian operatorsIn addition, this version is compatible with the new smartphones on the Symbian platform from Nokia (Belle). Download ICQ for Symbian Touch can be on the official website of ICQ . Or the link http://bit.ly/icq_symb_touch .

Southeast Asia is closer to the equator than the North Pole, but an electronics store in Vietnam is ringing in the holidays with a 15-foot Christmas tree made from more than 2500 unusable cellular phones.Nguyen Trai, a store manager at Westcom Electronics in the southern city of My Tho, says 10 workers spent two weeks building the cellular Christmas tree that he hopes will raise awareness about hazardous waste and promote environmental responsibility.The glittering, cone-shaped creation has been on display for about two weeks outside the store in southern Tien Giang Province.Between 700 and 800 people visit daily, Trai told the Associated Press."Many of them have taken pictures with the tree," he said.Cellphones are ubiquitous in Vietnam, where more than 60 percent of the population is under 30 and hordes of young people flaunt flashy electronics to mark their rising wealth even as the country struggles to contain one of Asia's highest inflation rates.Although the majority of communist Vietnam's 87 million people are Buddhist, there is a sizable Catholic minority and an enthusiastic general embrace of all things Christmas. The country's two largest cities - Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City - are studded with holiday lights all winter long, with bright-eyed teens promenading in Santa hats and yuletide-themed electronic music blaring in sidewalk cafes.Westcom Electronics plans to auction its cellphone tree next year and donate the proceeds to charity, said store manager Nguyen Trai, adding that staff members are already collecting unusable phones in hopes of erecting an even bigger Christmas "pine tree" next year.There are tens of millions of cellphones in circulation in Vietnam, but it's impossible to know how many used phones are dumped each year because the government doesn't collect such data, said Nguyen Thanh Yen of Vietnam's Environment Administration.Yen said he welcomed the idea of raising awareness about hazardous waste, but Westcom Electronics has violated Vietnamese law, which requires businesses to seek official permission before using hazardous waste for new purposes.According to the United Nations Environment Programme, people working in the informal sector collect the majority of "recyclable and reusable waste" in urban areas of Vietnam.Solid waste management is among the "major environmental burdens" in developed and developing countries across Asia, especially in megacities, the U.N. says.source

Earlier this week, Google and Mozilla said they had struck a deal to renew their search royalty agreement for another three years.
What the pair declined to add: The search giant will pay just under $300 million per year to be the default choice in Mozilla’s Firefox browser, a huge jump from its previous arrangement, due to competing interest from both Yahoo and Microsoft.
Sources said this total amount — just under $1 billion — was the minimum revenue guarantee for delivering search queries garnered from consumers using Firefox.
Google’s main rival in the bid, sources said, was Microsoft’s Bing search service, which was aggressively trying to hip-check it from the main search spot on the browser.
That’s because the software giant has been spending a lot of money in efforts to grow Bing’s market share in the search market.
Microsoft, of course, also owns the still-dominant Internet Explorer browser, but Google’s Chrome has recently been making major gains over both IE and Mozilla’s Firefox.
Still, Mozilla’s recent negotiations with both companies was about search market share.
Yahoo was also in the mix, even though Microsoft powers its search technology, because a hookup with Firefox was considered a plus in holding on to its declining search market share.
But the deal, which was being pushed hard by Yahoo’s Chief Product Officer Blake Irving and its search head Shashi Seth, was determined to be too costly for Yahoo.
Costly indeed, since the new price is much higher than Google had previously ponied up to Mozilla. In 2010, Google contributed 84 percent of Mozilla’s $123 million in revenue.
A previous version of the partnership had expired at the end of November, and the new talks were done against a backdrop of simmering tension between Google and Mozilla over Chrome.
As Liz Gannes wrote earlier this week:
Since the first search royalty deal was signed in 2008, Google’s own Chrome browser has become a significant competitor. Just last month, Chrome overtook Firefox in global usage for the first time, according to StatCounter. Both browsers — software which is used to navigate the Internet — have about 25 percent market share.
Even with the new default deal with Google, Mozilla still also has partnerships with other search providers, including Bing, Yahoo, Yandex, Amazon and eBay.
Of course, everybody declined to comment on my queries to hand over all the financial deets stat.
But Google’s SVP of Search, Alan Eustace, said in a statement: “Mozilla has been a valuable partner to Google over the years and we look forward to continuing this great partnership in the years to come.”
Great, perhaps, but also much more expensive — so presumably Firefox is worth it.

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What works:
 Calls
 Call audio in and out
 Data works confirmed 3G and 4G work and are being displayed and registered properly!!
 SMS messages work!!
 MMS works when receiving an MMS but you can't send an MMS yet from internal storage cuz it can't find it yet.. I'm fixing this now also
 ADB works, ADB remount should work now as of Alpha 2

Broken kinda:
 WiFi is broke for the moment.. Looking in to that as well and trying to fix everything tonight..
 I have to incorporate the soft keys in to it so as of right now you can't hit back and stuff lol....

But guys come on................. Not even a day and calls call audio and data are working!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ViciousMIUI Galaxy-Nexus Edition
 Alpha 2 (12-23-2011)
 http://www.multiupload.com/DS08NKH8KB
 MD5SUM 5b50993d659db1d244a102482a024854

Alpha 1 (12-21-2011)
 http://www.multiupload.com/4GBR2URJRP
 MD5SUM 0a798289728d31baba63bf68be7c448c

Temporary fix while I am getting softkeys incorporated in to the actual build for tonight... Flash the ROM 1st and let it settle down then reboot back to recovery and flash this zip courtesy of JohnMS who has been helping me out with this...
 Soft Key Fix
 http://www.mediafire...48ijqeffnxq9scr

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