The Sony Xperia Z Ultra :
http://androidheadlines.com/2013/06/sony-o...6-5mm-thin.html

Write and sketch with any pencil and selected stylus or pen (capacitive stylus or metal pen with tip diameter over 1mm)

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Practical problems ....... pens will leak ink and smear. Pencils will leave CONDUCTIVE carbon dust. There are VERY FEW capacitive styli between 1mm to 4mm. I have only seen 3 types of styli with these diameters and nearly bought a couple but held myself back. These cost from RM80 onwards. And you need to pocket it somewhere...

So, despite the fantastic specs, I think we can wait and see what the HTC One Max and Note 3 will bring to the table.

The GALAXY S4 shows a sign of weakness! Bring back that unique and premium line we saw you start with the GALAXY SII and GALAXY SIII and remember if your flagship device fails in terms of specification and design. It’s all very well having a natural evolution – but it be considered evolution, it must evolve into something better! Make it worthwhile for customers to buy the GALAXY S for next year!

Since today all eyes are on the XZU, and I am very curious how the stylus tech works:

http://www.androidauthority.com/sony-xperi...-stylus-235062/

Very impressive. It seems to work on anything. However the next question will be will CM/AOSP ROMs be able to support this.....

This will be a major contender to the Note 3. If Samsung has cast its dice, then they need to come back next year, maybe they will launch both Note 4 and S5 together to overcome this year's competition.

If Samsung loses this year's round of the phablet race to Sony, they will need to fight back. S4 lost momentum to both Sony XZ and HTC1. Choice is good, but one thing about Sony is they are very much like crapple, so I am not certain how they have implemented lock in until the full reviews and user comments are out.

HTC, they seem to WANT to become like crapple as well.

Anyway this is a good year for choice in top range models. I still think that you will need to deal with ink smears and carbon dust on the XZU, and accidental loose flaps.

I can put my 7" mediapad in my work pants, and my jeans have large pockets. Sitting is a bit problematic though. But this is overall smaller than any 7" tablet, so it should fit nicely in my pants. Now to figure out how to pocket it with an Otterbox....

NEW TOY:

[APP][ROOT]Recovery-Tools - One-Click-Flasher
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2334554

----- Description -----
This app flashes your device recovery without rebooting it very fast and easy. There are 3 flash options:

"Flash Clockworkmod-Recovery" and "Flash TWRP" (You can use these predefined buttons if they are supported. Shown below) and "Flash other".

"Flash Clockworkmod" & "Flash TWRP" load the custom-recovery for your device down and install them automatically.
"Flash other" lets you choose an image from the internal or external memory of your device.

You can create backups of the currently installed system (If your device is supported. Shown below), restore and delete backups. You can find these functions under "Backup Manager".

This project is fully open-source if you want to help me with unsupported devices you can use the report button or contact me over XDA.
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Getting easier and easier to become a flashoholic

You need to understand the history of Sony and HTC. Sony is almost EXACTLY like crapple in the media world. They treat their users as criminals.

HTC from the way they segmented their One between Worldwide and China models with absolutely no further news about the BETTER China model indicates they are going down the same path of control as crapple likes. And the way they lock down the bootloader and radio.

Read about Sony DRM Rootkit.

but the XZ ultra battery is just 3000mAh, with those high spec, it might be just like 2500mAh or 2600mAh phone today??

they should have let go the thinnest smartphone ego, and put more juice to the battery, they will win.

Too early to conclude this just based on battery size.
Xperia Z stamina mode is amazingly good n is best I have seen in all phones I have used. It works definitely unlike others to conserve power. If it performs similarly as XZ the phone standby mode could possibly outclass Note2.

snapdragon 600 , snapdragon 800 ..... Most important can get what we need done without lag . My phone is mostly for emails , social networks , whatsapps , call + sms . Only do gaming once a while and games like candy crush , transformers , etc dont need snapdragon 800 to run smoothly . Gameloft earn enough of money liau , dont intend to add more .

Forgot to add , of course owning the latest tech will be a plus point but then it's not a need

that review that GC They use ar Sapphire HD 7990 Ghz edition..

but for Diablo3 multi screen,nVidia Titan is better

I run that game on my 7970. Can't max out =(. Super super nice game though.

Better start saving. Sikit-sikit lama-lama jadi bukit.

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Opinion article:

Why should anybody care about your social status?
http://www.androidcentral.com/talk-mobile/...tus-talk-mobile

One of the opinions:
For the average person, one who maintains a smaller network comprised of only the people they care most about, Facebook can be incredibly efficient. Following a few celebrities and a few interesting communities (like all the Mobile Nations sites) on Twitter can be really enjoyable. Used with focus and restraint, social networks can enrich our lives, keep us informed, and keep us up to date faster and better than just about anything else.

But it all too often becomes a numbers game. And I totally blame the networks themselves for that. They put big follower counts, like counts, friend counts, plus counts, etc. where everyone can see them, including us and our egos. That makes it a game, and it makes competitive people -- like me -- want to compete. And competing takes time.

Mehehehe... GTX 660 Ti ftw
sold my GTX 650 Ti lurh..
wanna plan to grab HD 7870XT

Im going to do a full wipe and i need to know about backup. I use titanium backup to backup apps and other things i have to use what to backup? How does TiBu work as well?

Meh.......dun be sad leh.... Still yet u also my sensei mah
manada rich... (get scamed 300bucks leh... )

How about contacts and sms?

Test with another SDcard to eliminate is not a kernel/Rom issue
I have always been using SanDisk though I have tried others Kingston,Apacer,Kingmax,Transcend etc. Simply you get best warranty services from SanDisk - no limit on card replacements
Different user will give you different opinions. You are just as simply asking which is best phone, best TV, best car etc etc

Just sharing..finally understood how to recompile apk..although it is not necessary to sign the system apk..turns out u still need the original META file and the androidmanifest file to be added into the modded..

in any case i added the joker in my notti pull down..(until which I can find sumthing more cooler)

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and my transparent plus clock bar..although cant see it due to my black background..battery saving is importante!

[attachmentid=3518778]

voila!

not a clock..its a H.U.D..obsess with ironman much..uccw zip file actually..got hotspot and such..

edit: well it is a clock..cum battery meter cum shortcut..cum date..the clock part is only the clock number 

fuiyo~~~ coming Note 3 got 3gb ram
http://www.redmondpie.com/galaxy-note-3-to...-design-report/

You never know if Samsung just wants to one-up Sony and HTC.

More RAM is ALWAYS a good thing for computers. It's a computer, NOT a phone

Note 3 need 3Gb ram to fight for phablet supremacy. This will be the battle royal. If Note3 in inferior it will kiss their market share goodbye. Makes business sense to stay on top. Just my 2 sen. 

Phone probably just needs 64k SRAM for contact storage....like Nokia 3310

Note3 with 3gb ram..seriously..not sure that I need it. But I want it.
2012 - 2gb
2013 - 3gb
2014 - 4gb I supposed??
Each year we will be getting bigger ram. Man...cant catch up with the technology nowadays..

S3 question:

Which ROM is better? ARHD 28.0 vs Omega v43? I'm coming from Wanamlite, and will do a clean wipe.

Will I lose all my data if I flash back my stock ROM using Odin?