Around the web Dead on arrival

Nokias N9, dead on arrival. Looks like the MeeGo powered Nokia N9 will go the way of the Maemo Nokia N900. Interesting, with excellent potential, but relegated to being a interesting piece of tech history. GSMArena reports that, Nokias "CEO Stephen Elop confirmed that even if the N9 proves to be a massive success, there is no returning to MeeGo for Nokia. Nokia instead will be betting everything on Windows Phone 7 platform and Elop is confident that it will be well received." Read the rest of the article here. 

This is bad news indeed.

The most expensive tablet in the planet. Techie.com.ph christens the HTC Flyer as the "the most expensive tablet in the plane". We have to agree with them. 

Bring on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9.

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Around the web iPhone 4S

Dont expect the iPhone 4S in the Philippines till December at the earliest.  GSM Arena has a list of iPhone 4S launch dates, and we are not on it yet.

Less battery life? Phone Arena compares the new Apple iPhone 4S with the older iPhone 4. Two things struck me. While the two phones looks the same, the iPhone 4S is actually 1mm taller.

While Apple touted that it had longer talk-time during its launch, we noticed standy time dropped by 33%. Hhhmmm....

No 4G? PCMag asks if the iPhone 4S can survice without 4G? The new iPhone 4S has HSPDA+ 14.4 support which is twice as fast as data transfer on the the iPhone 4 which supported only HSDPA. 

HSDPA+ 14.4 means 1.5 to 2 Mbps download speeds in the real world. But this just means it catches up with 2010 Androids like the HTC Desire HD which already came with HSDPA+ 14.4. Android being released today come with true HSDPA+ 21 or even faster 4G or LTE connectivity.

The next iPhone will be coming in six months or less.  I think we will be seeing a iPhone 4G (or 4GS) or even a new iPhone 5 before before Q2 2012. I do not see how long Apple can hold off giving their phone faster wireless connectivity.

Better camera. Techcrunch looks in depth look at the improved 8MP f/2.4 with a back lit camera of the iPhone 4S. But is that really new?

Sony Ericssons XPeria Arc already came out with a camera with a back ;it sensor. The HTC Titan already came out with a 8MP f/2.2 camera last month, which also features a back lit sensor just like the unit in the iPhone 4S. We expect to see this camera appear on other HTC phones as well. The best phone camera in the business would still appear to be the Nokia N8 with its large 1/1.83" sensor.

Better camera yes, but we will have to wait for comparisons to find out if it is really groundbreaking.

Disappointed? The Apple faithful may still claim this is the perfect phone, but the Apple share price dropped a whole 5% with the new release. With the iPhone 4, Apple was playing catch up with phone like the Google Nexus One, which it did. With the iPhone 4S, has Apple caught up with phones like the Samsung Galaxy S II? Not completely. Even it did, a new round of Android will be out before the end of the month. 

Now the ball is in Googles court. 

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Around the web Samsungs Dual Core Galaxy phones

Engadget reports that Samsung has sold 3 million of its i9000 Galaxy S II phones in the fifty-five days since its release. This is Samsungs fastest selling phone ever. Given that the Galaxy S II has still to be released in the United States we expect it to continue is brisks sales and go beyond that 10 million Galaxy S phones Samsung sold in 2010.

GSM Arena has a first look at the upcoming Samsung i9103 Galaxy Z. Basically, it will be a cheaper Galaxy S II with a slightly smaller 4.2-inch SLD screen instead of the the 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus screen on the Galaxy S II. The other specifications are also downgraded as against the Galaxy S II, with the Gaalxy Z a 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 AP20H Dual Core processor, 8GB of internal storage and a 5MP camera. When the Galaxy Z is offered here we expect it to be priced at around Php22,000 to Php24,000, based on the pre-order prices in Sweden. This will be bad news for LGs Optimus 2x and HTCs Desire S.

Phone Arena reports that a Windows Phone 7 version of the Galaxy S II, the Samsung SGH i-937  might be underway. Windows Phone 7 on steriods!

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Around the Web Happy 20th birthday Linux

Linux is now twenty years old. Time flies.

As Linux turns twenty, Linux Girl greats Linux happy 20th birthday in her Linux Insider Blog Safari. PC World, looks at how has Linux become indispensable to our world. OMG!Ubuntu joins in the birthday greetings by looking at where Linux started and how far it has gone. 

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