The Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 was announced in February 2008 and released in October 2008 but by that time, it was already behind in the specs and there were already leaks of specs and pictures in late 2007. At the time of release other phones such as the Nokia N95 were still far ahead of the game, mind that the N95 was released back in March of 2007. The X1, nonetheless, was still a very stylish handset, a decent performer and could have been considered Sony Ericsson’s flagship phone. Now Sony Ericsson has announced the  Xperia X2 aka  Xperia Rachel and the specs look very, very promising. This handset is set to boast Google’s Android OS, making SE the third company to use this OS after HTC and Samsung. Below are the specs known so far.

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With the release of the iPhone 3GS, Apple demoed and promised a few features such as video recording and editing, voice control, faster Safari and more. They also stressed that this is the fastest and most powerful iPhone yet, as per their tagline for the 3GS. What Apple usually tends to hide is the actual specs sheet in terms of processor, RAM, graphics etc. But thanks to the internet and some curious minds and accidental hands (T-Mobile) it was revealed shortly after the release of the phone. In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past few weeks, it has been revealed that the iPhone 3GS boasts an ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz processor and PowerVR SGX graphics. It also has been upgraded to 256 MB of RAM from 128 MB on previous iPhones. I just got my unit yesterday (a bit late I know) and I have started to play around with it. Jailbreaking took about 5 minutes and so I entered the world of free apps and mods from Cydia. I decided to run some apps and games and push the 3GS’s processor to max out the memory. A video of the multitasking can be seen below.

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Google has posted on their blog today that there is a Google Chrome OS in the works. This innovative OS is designed specifically for those who spent most of their time on the web. It is being created originally for netbooks and Google’s main goals include speed, ease-of-use and simplicity and security. The aim is that the end user can use turn on a netbook and be on the net in seconds and worry about viruses, malwares or malicious threats. What’s the real surprise? Open source. That’s right, just like the Android this OS will be open source so developers can create web based applications compatible for the OS. Google is working with other OEM’s to bring out their work by second half of 2010 on netbooks. This will eventually stretch out to full desktops and laptops. This OS is will be based on the Linux kernal. An advantage for the devs would be the fact that they’ll be creating web apps which means it will work across all other OS’s with a browser such as Windows, Mac and Linux.

Check out Google’s full article on their blog: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html

So you’ve played around with your new 3.0 Firmware on your iPhone or iPod Touch and think you have found every feature there is…you might be right, that’s what we think too. These are some of the features that we found and did not see floating around the web too much so we’d thought we’ll share it. There is also video showing these features below…enjoy.

Swipe album art
Swipe right at album art section in the now playing screen to go back to your playlist.

Shake to shuffle at lockscreen
“shake to shuffle” also works when you double click the home button at the lock screen.

Access extra characters by holding keys
The keyboard contains extra characters for many keys. These extra characters can be accessed by pressing and holding a key.

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Alright, this is going to be a quick review / must have applications for your NEW s60v5 devices!  It is clear that at the moment there aren’t many s60v5 featured phones besides the Nokia 5800, n97, Omnia HD and the upcoming Sony Ericsson Satio (formerly known as the Idou).

This review will be similar to the previous one I made about the Top 5 s60v3 applications with a quick overview and the download link.

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