LG Optimus Vu II Released

LG officially announced Optimus Vu smartphone on Tuesday. The 5-inch size known as the Optimus Vu II will still maintain the odd 4:3 aspect ration along with an upgraded 1.5GHz dual-core MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 processor, 2GB of RAM, VoLTE capabilities and the 2,150 mAh battery. Similar to its predecessor, the phablet will include a stylus, Android 4.0, 4G LTE connectivity, NFC and an 8-megapixel rear camera. The LG also announced an optional “One Key” accessory, which can be placed on a user’s key ring and pressed to help locate the phone by generating a loud beep. The Optimus Vu II will be available in Korea for $864 before taxes and subsidies, and LG did not disclose any information regarding U.S. availability.

Leak Light Plagues iPhone 5

In the past few days, many customers complaint that the receiving new iPhone 5 handsets are very easy scratched and scuffed, but now another problem is plaguing Apple: light leak hits iPhone 5. According to some users of new iPhone 5,” many white iPhone 5 are showing slight light leakage between device’s glass display and chamfered aluminum antenna. 

The famous scientific website BGR has reported one of its own units (see photo below) that there exists small crack on some new iPhone 5 units located below the power button. It’s not sure for this point if the issue is an isolated one that affects just some new white iPhone 5 or if it does a widespread defect. 

The defective iPhone 5 was a 64GB white and silver model running on AT&T. The light leak is unnoticeable except when the iPhone 5 is used under low-light or completely dark situations.

iPhone 5 defeats Samsung's Galaxy S III in display test

A comprehensive side-by-side examination of the Apple and Samsung flagship smartphones was performed by display testing firm DisplayMate Technologies, which found the iPhone 5's 4-inch Retina display to be more refined than the OLED unit found in the Galaxy S III.
DisplayMate's "Flagship Smartphone Display Technology Shoot-Out" not only pitted the iPhone 5 against the Galaxy S III, but added in the iPhone 4's Retina display to show how Apple's display technology has advanced over the past two years.
The test consisted of numerous tests covering screen reflections, brightness and contrast, colors and intensities, viewing angles, display power consumption and effect on battery life.
"Apple has uncharacteristically understated how much better the display is on the iPhone 5 – something that could be an important factor for those considering whether to upgrade," said DisplayMate's Dr. Raymond Soneira. "In every category that we measure (except Brightness Decrease with Viewing Angle), the performance of the iPhone 5 display has improved over the iPhone 4, sometimes by a bit and sometimes by a lot."
Compared to the iPhone 4, the iPhone 5 has decreased screen reflectance by 52 percent, boosted contrast by 57 percent and improved color accuracy. Soneira notes the iPhone 5's display calibration is very good and, while suffering from minor gamma intensity, that "It is still probably more accurate than any display you own, unless you have a new iPad."

Source: DisplayMate Technologies

Highlights from the iPhone 5 test:

[…] it is the Brightest Smartphone we have tested in the Shoot-Out series, it has one of the lowest screen Reflectance values we have ever measured, it has the highest Contrast Rating for High Ambient Light for any Mobile device we have ever tested, and it’s Color Gamut and Factory Calibration are second only to the new iPad. What are the downsides? The White Point is still somewhat too blue like most Smartphones, and at Maximum Brightness it has a shorter Running Time than the iPhone 4, which is not surprising since it has a larger screen and a larger Color Gamut but roughly the same capacity battery.
As for Samsung's Galaxy S III, the device's PenTile display performed admirably, but the OLED technology the screen leverages is still being perfected and is not up to par with the LCD tech used in the iPhone 5.

Highlights from the Galaxy S III test:
The Brightness is about half of the iPhone 5 due to power limits from the lower power efficiency of OLEDs and concerns regarding premature OLED aging. The Color Gamut is not only much larger than the Standard Color Gamut, which leads to distorted and exaggerated colors, but the Color Gamut is quite lopsided, with Green being a lot more saturated than Red or Blue, which adds a Green color caste to many images. Samsung has not bothered to correct or calibrate their display colors to bring them into closer agreement with the Standard sRGB / Rec.709 Color Gamut, so many images appear over saturated and gaudy. Running Time on battery is less than the iPhone 5 due to the lower power efficiency of OLEDs, even given that the Galaxy S III has a much larger battery capacity and much lower Brightness.

Overall, the iPhone 5 scored an "A" rating while the Galaxy S III earned a "B+" on poor calibration and viewing angle issues.

From Applw Insider.com

The irony of the Apple-Google battle: They’re rivals despite having entirely different goals

From BGR.com

By now you’ve probably heard about the mini-backlash that’s ensued over Apple’s botched Maps implementation on iOS 6 after it decided to ditch Google Maps earlier this year. But anyone paying attention to the Apple-Google rivalry shouldn’t be surprised that Apple would flop in its first attempt at creating a maps application that’s traditionally been Google’s bread and butter. After all, Apple and Google have two entirely different business models and strategies, and the two companies find themselves competing despite, not because of, those models.

Let’s start with Apple’s strategy because it’s relatively straightforward. Apple basically wants consumers to fall in love with every aspect of Apple hardware and software, and it wants people to make Apple computers, smartphones, tablets and music players central to their everyday lives. In case you haven’t noticed, the company is extremely good at this, as its hardware is consistently lighter, thinner and more attractive than its rivals and its operating systems are amazingly smooth and pain-free, especially when compared with Windows-based devices.

Google is a different animal entirely. Its goal is not to peddle hardware or to even software per se, but to instead focus relentlessly on improving the Internet, both from a performance and an access perspective. Google’s revenue model is simple: The more clicks its sites and its partner sites get, the more money it makes from advertisements. And the best way to ensure that its sites keep getting clicks is to make sure more people have access to high-speed Internet service that delivers content quickly and efficiently.

This is why Google pushed out Android as an open-source operating system: It wanted to expand access to the mobile web so consumers have more opportunities to click on Google sites, and the millions of sites that run Google’s ads, even when they weren’t sitting at their desktops. Similarly, Google decided to build out Google Fiber as a way to spur incumbent ISPs to build out faster networks that would result in more use of Google products. And yes, it’s the same story with Chrome: Google figured out that more people would use its sites if they had access to a high-performance Web browser.

iPhone 5 Released -- Goophone Are Preparing to Sue Apple

Two weeks ago, HongKong based manufacture Goophone which posted a video on Youtube claimed that they will sue Apple over iPhone 5 design. The Goophone designed their Android phone according to the leaked iPhone 5 parts such as Full Housing, motherboard,glass lens and small dock during the last few months. In the video, the Chinese girl tells people that Goophone had released its first concept of god machine--Goophone I5 before iPhone 5 publish, so all other phones include iPhone 5 come after that must be a copy, and they hold that Goophone I5 will fight for Chinese independent intellectual property rights and phone's appearance patents, even their Goophone official website is posters advertised as "sniper" life and vowed to resist the iPhone 5 from outside Chinese market.

Now,iPhone 5 had been released,and from the specification of iPhone 5 and Goophone I5,we can see that both iPhone 5 and Goophone I5 has same 4 inches screen, and the two own the same two-color back design and small dock connector, So from the the pictures and videos we can see that Apple just showed the people one copied Goophone I5 in terms of appearance, and if Goophone keep its promise, they will set Apple in the dilemma of patent lawsuit.

In 2012, Apple paid $60 million to resolve a trademark infringement suit for its iPad and a Chinese company named "Snow Leopard"said Apple’s Snow Leopard operating system violates its trademark. What else, Apple currently has been sued by another Chinese company for allegedly infringing its voice-recognition software. If Goophone really did that, GooPhone's alleged patenting of the design in China could effectively block Apple from selling the iPhone in the Chinese market..
Today i got the latest news from one of my Chinese customer that Goophone are preparing to fight with Apple now, but when and whether Goophone will sue Apple over design, let's just wait for an answer.

Apple and Google will own 98% of the smartphone market

An analyst from financial research firm Global Equities Research has some bad news for Microsoft and Research in Motion. In an interview with eWeek, Trip Chowdhry predicted that Apple and Google will control 98% of the mobile market by the end of 2012. “There will not be any third spot left,” he said. “Nokia, Microsoft and RIM will struggle in the remaining 2 percent of the market.” Research firm IDC in August found that Google and Apple controlled 85% of the global market, however Chowdhry defended his bold prediction. 

“It is not the quantity of people you talk to,” the analyst explained. “In a random sampling of people, when three people in a row say the same thing, you know you have it right.” For his prediction, Chowdhry interviewed only 15 iOS and Android developers at different mobile technology conferences. The percentage was then based on the developers’ insights on the mobile marketplace.

“Developers will go to the platform where you have devices and you have monetization,” he said. “If you look at Apple, they have 400 million devices in the market, with more than 400 million user credit card numbers in their system,” where developers can make potential sales of their apps. ”What that means for a developer is that they have 400 million people waiting to buy. That is a critical asset that Apple has. If you go to the Windows market, they don’t have 400 million devices or credit card numbers.”

At least one analyst disagrees, however. “I think that the 98 percent prediction is pretty aggressive. Certainly, it’s going to come down to people and their loyalties,” said Dan Maycock of Slalom Consulting, noting that Microsoft also makes money on every Android device sold.

“Microsoft has too much money, too much entrenchment in the enterprise market and too much to lose to let [a possible 2 percent market share] happen to them,” Maycock concluded. “If they have to give away enough devices to get more than 2 percent of the market, they could do it.”

 from bgr.com