Ultra Slacker

June 29, 2012

Samsung Galaxy Nexus is preliminary banned in the USA.

I am pretty sure the it was an album title. Yep there’s an album titled “Banned in the USA” for sure.

From FOSS Patents Blog:

Apple wins U.S. preliminary injunction against the Samsung/Google Galaxy Nexus over Siri patent

Judge Lucy Koh of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California has just granted Apple a preliminary injunction against the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, an Android-based smartphone co-developed by Samsung and Google.

In the meantime, Google dropped the unlocked Galaxy Nexus price by $50 at Google Play Store; from $399 to $349. Better get it before the ban took effect.

June 29, 2012

Apple iPhone Turns Five Years Old: Two-Year Wireless Plan.

Apple had a deal with AT&T that required new customer to sign up for a minimum of two-year wireless plan. I was already an AT&T customer and I did not sign up for any new contrat or plan. I was instead required to add data plan for $30 on top of my existing plan.

June 29, 2012

Apple iPhone Turns Five Years Old.

Apple iPhone went on sale on June 29th, 2007; that’s five years to the day. Yes, it is five years old, and I am using it again just for today.

I am looking forward to the next iPhone which will be unveiled in 3 months.

June 28, 2012

Google Drive for iOS.

Google Drive for iOS is now available at the App Store.

Google Drive comes with 5 GB of free storage. Additional 25 GB of storage for Drive and Picasa costs $24.99/year. The additional storage is also available through in-app-purchase; that means Apple is getting $7.50 for each upgrade through the app.

Google drive is also available for Android, Mac and Windows OS.

June 28, 2012

Google Chrome for iOS.

Google Chrome for iOS is now available at the App Store.

John Gruber noted that Google Chrome for iOS does not use Google’s own rendering or Javascript engine. One of main features of Google Chrome is the ability to sync across devices. Google Chrome is also available for Android, Linux, Mac and Windows OS.