Sony Ericsson Xperia X10

Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro To the steady beat of a drum, Google Android marches on to visit new cell phone manufactures. And with its new Xperia X10, Sony Ericsson reveals itself as the operating system's latest stop. Both outside and in, the Xperia X10 offers a bit more than many Android handsets do. Its large display is simply gorgeous, its multimedia capabilities are impressive, and the user interface is slick and easy to use. We also like the virtual keyboard, but would really love it if it worked across all applications. The Timescape application is worth noting as well, even if it didn't come together quite as we'd hoped. Without a doubt it's practical and pretty, but Timescape's interface is almost too complicated for its own good.

Harga Sony Ericsson - The X10's performance was somewhat uneven. Call quality is satisfactory and the internal speed is very fast, but some Timescape updates failed to load and the strength of the data connection varied. Those issues could be solely related to the carrier--we were testing the unlocked phone on AT&T's 3G network--but even the best phone can't be separated from its service provider.

Believe us when we say the X10 is a superb handset in many ways, though we were hoping for better overall performance. A different carrier, however, could offer a totally different experience. Because it's unlocked, the X10 isn't cheap--expect to pay at least $700 with an online retailer--but we commend Sony Ericsson for making a solid first pass at Android.

Design and display
"Big" is the first word that comes to mind when you see the X10. We doubt that many consumers are actually using an X10, but complaints about its size are littering user forums. We, however, take a more neutral view. Seriously, if you want a compact device, you really shouldn't be looking at a touch-screen smartphone in the first place. The X10 makes for a tight fit in a pants pocket, but it remains portable if you stick with a jacket pocket or purse.

At 4.7 inches long by 2.5 inches wide by 0.5 inch deep, the X10 is only slightly larger than the iPhone, and you hear no one complaining about that device's size. The X10 is lighter than you might think (4.8 ounces) though we enjoyed its sold feel. Its face is purposely curved; Sony Ericsson does this so the device matches the natural curve of your hand. We understand nay skepticism, but it's only the slightest bit gimmicky. Indeed, the X10 fits comfortably in the hand, but it wasn't a huge leap over other handsets. On the other hand, the curved back means that when it's resting on a flat surface, the X10 wobbles if you try to tap at the screen.

Size, of course, does have its advantages. A bulky phone can offer a sizable display and the X10 comes through with a 4-inch screen. That makes it larger than most touch-screen phones currently on the market and we couldn't fault the rich resolution (65,536 colors; 854x480 pixels). Graphics, photos, and colors were sharp and vibrant, and we could see the display relatively well in direct light. The touch interface was accurate and responsive, both when tapping icons and swiping through long lists. It even was responsive at the very edges of the display.

You get three home screens that you can populate as you please with shortcuts, folders, and widgets. Like all Android phones, other display options are limited to the wallpaper, brightness, and backlighting time; the menu font size and style aren't customizable. Our only real complaint about the display is that it shows smudges way too easily. Indeed, we were wiping it clean constantly just to see it clearly. The display has the Android notifications bar and an accelerometer, but not a proximity sensor.

Below the display are the X10's only physical controls. The Home key, back button, and menu control are large and tactile so we had no trouble using them. On the left spine you'll find the volume rocker and a camera shutter. The latter is a rather small, but it didn't pose a problem. On the top of the phone are the 3.5mm headset jack, the power control, and the Micro-USB port for the charger and syncing cable. We give Sony Ericsson major points for ditching the proprietary connections and including a microSD card slot. The slot is located behind the battery cover, but we'll let that slide in this case since we aren't stuck with a Memory Stick Micro format.

Virtual keyboard
The X10's virtual keyboard is very close to the standard Android design, but it offers a few unique elements. In landscape mode it takes advantage of the display's full size so you have plenty of room for typing. There are three rows of alphabetic/punctuation keys with separate keyboards for numbers and symbols and other punctuation. You also get a special pop-up keyboard above the alphabetic buttons that includes smileys and some symbols. That's particularly convenient since it puts oft-used characters, like a dollar sign and parentheses, right on the main screen. The space bar is conveniently located in the center of the bottom row.

We also love the X0's autocomplete function and dictionary. Instead of just one possible choice when writing a word, the X10 offers up to 20 possible choices. For example, if you type "it" you get not only "its" as an option, but also "itself," "Italy," "item," and even "ignore." What's more, the X10 is adept at remembering previously used words and offering them as suggestions even if they aren't in the dictionary. After typing "germank" just once, we got it as a suggestion each time we started typing another word that begins with G.

Not all was well in keyboardland, however. For reasons that we can't fathom you can't use the landscape keyboard in the messaging app (it does work in e-mail). When typing a text message you're stuck with the portrait keyboard at all times even if you tip the phone to its side. In additional to being smaller, the portrait keyboard doesn't have the same autocorrect feature described above.

UXP interface
The X10 runs Android OS 1.6. We've rattled on endlessly about the fragmentation of Android, but we're starting to wonder if anyone besides us really cares. Google always has said that manufacturers and carriers decide when a device receives an OS update, so it shouldn't surprise us that the X10 runs a different version than the Motorola Droid. But updates aside, we still think it's a problem that new Android handsets aren't given the most recent version of the OS at the time of their final release. The Droid hit stores months before the X10 was ever made it past the announcement stage, but it runs Android 2.0. So why do we have to fall back to 1.6 to use the X10?

We expect that the answer partially lies with Sony Ericsson's User Experience Platform (UXP), which the company is debuting on the X10. UXP, formerly known as Rachel, sits on top of the Android OS and will cross to other phones like the X10 Mini and the X10 Mini Pro. Normally, we're wary when a manufacturer tries to mask Android--really, what's the point?--but UXP wins our approval. Before we received the X10 for review, we got an in-depth tour of UXP from one of Sony Ericsson's lead designers. Sure, the X10 will get updated at some point, but UXP no doubt was written with 1.6 in mind.

The premise of UXP, much like that of MotoBlur, is to combine your various messages, alerts, and contacts into a steady stream of communication called Timescape. We'll get to that in a moment, but UXP also skins Android with its own color backgrounds and typography; the company developed a new font for UXP called "Soma." In particular, you'll notice slight changes to the phone dialer, the calculator, and the music player (more on that later). Also, the menu is accessible through a thin bar on the bottom of the home screen rather than the standard Android tab.

On the whole, the various elements of UXP are clean and attractive, but more importantly it lets Android be Android. The icon-based main menu, the internal menus, and most basic apps look the same. And unlike when Samsung crammed TouchWiz on the Samsung Behold II, UXP doesn't provide any redundancy functionality. That's a good thing.

Timescape
The main draw of UXP is the aforementioned Timescape feature. After registering your accounts for e-mail, Twitter, MySpace, and Facebook, it displays your latest e-mails, text messages, and social media alerts in a flowing design that resembles a stacked deck of cards. To move through the deck, just swipe your finger along the display and the cards will fly by. Timescape also displays your latest social media alerts on the home screen, though we chose to remove that option. Like with the "Happenings" widget in MotoBlur, we just didn't need to see what was going on with our friends at every moment.

On the upside, Timescape is slick and pretty, and it offers a wealth of features. For instance, tapping an individual card or tile will display that message or update in its entirety with the source (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) and the contact's photo. You'll also see an infinity symbol in the upper right corner. Tap that and you'll see a list of all communication between you and that contact. You also can use the touch controls on the bottom of the display to sort the feed by the source and set your status for Twitter and Facebook.

On the other hand, Timescape can be a bit much. Yes, we said this about MotoBlur when we reviewed the Cliq, but the X10's busier design makes it even more overwhelming. For example, when you switch between the different feeds, the old tiles fly out to one side and the new tiles fly in from the other. It's rather like you were playing a game of poker and a disgruntled opponent took the playing cards and threw them in the air. The effect is exciting the first few times, but then it just gets a bit disorienting.

Mimpi Buruk

Video tuyul - Bangun mendadak atau terkaget-kaget saat tengah terlelap biasa terjadi pada orang yang mengalami mimpi buruk. Temanya pun beragam. Mulai dari kehilangan orang yang dicintai, berjalan putus asa, terlambat untuk janji penting, sampai dikejar-kejar rakasa atau hantu.

Tuyul - Seperti dikutip dari laman Daily Mail, sejumlah ilmuwan lalu mencoba mengungkap makna di balik mimpi-mimpi mengerikan yang mengganggu, dan membuat banyak orang panik saat terbangun.

Mereka percaya bahwa mimpi buruk tidak secara langsung berhubungan dengan kehidupan nyata. Bunga tidur itu hanya mencerminkan emosi tidur atau sebagai tanda bahwa ada masalah yang belum terpecahkan.

Berdasar studi yang dipublikasikan dalam Eropa Archives of Psychiatry dan Jurnal Clinical Neuroscience terungkap, pria cenderung lebih sering mengalami mimpi buruk tentang kekerasan atau dipecat. Sedangkan wanita lebih banyak memimpikan situasi berkabung dan pelecehan seksual.

"Topik seperti jatuh, dikejar-kejar atau lumpuh tidak memiliki korespondensi langsung ke dalam kehidupan nyata atau pengalaman hidup," kata peneliti Dr Michael Schredl dari International Association for the Study of Dreams.

Mimpi dikejar raksasa atau hantu saat tidur di siang hari mungkin mencerminkan ketakutan akan tugas tertentu yang tengah membebani hidup Anda. Sementara mimpi tentang gigi serta rambut yang sering dialami wanita, mungkin menandakan kegelisahan tentang kehilangan penampilan.

Temuan ini berasal dari suatu studi di mana peneliti bertanya kepada 2.000 orang dan wanita tentang mimpi-mimpi mereka.

Studi yang dilakukan terhadap 2.000 wanita itu mendapati 48 persen responden tidak pernah mimpi buruk. Satu dari 10 responden mengalami mimpi menakutkan beberapa kali dalam setahun, dan satu dari 20 orang terbangun ketakutan setidaknya sekali dua minggu.

Davina Mackail, seorang pakar mimpi, berkata, "Mimpi buruk adalah respons terhadap sesuatu yang belum terpecahkan. Mereka dapat diperburuk oleh stres. Jika Anda menghadapi apa yang muncul, mereka akan pergi. Anda dapat berbohong kepada diri sendiri ketika Anda terjaga, tetapi tidak dalam mimpi Anda."

Indra Brugman Menghayati Ciuman Dewi Persik

Film Terbaru - Beredar via YouTube aksi ciuman bibir Indra Brugman dan pedangdut Dewi Persik. Indra yang mengaku senang mendapatkan kesempatan itu mengaku menghayati ciuman tersebut.

Film Tiran Mati di Ranjang - "Aku mencoba untuk menghayati peran. Itu sesuatu yang lumrah," ujar Indra ketika berbincang dengan detikhot via ponselnya, Senin (15/3/2010).

Ternyata ciuman tersebut adalah tuntutan adegan Indra dan Dewi untuk film 'Tiran: Mati di Ranjang'. Film yang diproduseri Maxima Pictures itu rencananya akan tayang pada 1 April mendatang.

Ketika tahu adegan ciuman tersebut tersebar, Indra hanya tertawa. Dia sempat deg-degan harus mencium perempuan yang bukan kekasihnya, namun Indra juga melihat Dewi sangat grogi. Tak mau ambil pusing, mantan kekasih Dhini Aminarti itu pun mengamini punya kesempatan mencium Dewi, janda yang penuh kontroversial.

"Nggak apa-apa nyium Dewi Persik. Kapanlagi," jelasnya.

2010 Chile earthquake

Chile Earthquake 2010 - The Foreign Office is warning Britons against 'all but essential travel' to the regions worst affected by the earthquake in Chile over the weekend.

The epicentre of the quake, which measured 8.8 on the Richter Scale and struck in the early hours of Saturday was some 30 miles off Chile's coast. The cities of Concepcion, Talca and the capital Santiago have seen the worst damage with 700 people already confirmed dead, a number that is expected to rise say Chilean officials.

2010 Chile Earthquake - Hundreds of thousands of people in 53 countries were evacuated from their homes and millions more put on alert after a tsunami from the quake raced across the Pacific.

The FCO website is advising that the regions of Maule and Biobio are currently 'states of catastrophe' and should be avoided by travellers. Phone links to The British Embassy in Santiago are down and Britons in Chile are being asked to 'follow the advice of the local authorities'.

Those due to travel to the country this week have been forced to change their plans as much of Chile's infrastructure, particularly south of Santiago, has been damaged with transport links, including the Pan-American Highway, severely affected.

The country has long been popular with independent travellers and backpackers with around 65,000 Britons visiting Chile every year.

The main gateway for flights, Santiago Airport, has been closed since the earthquake but there are reports that it may reopen later today. Iberia and LAN Chile, which both fly from the UK to Santiago via Madrid, have suspended flights as has American Airlines which flies from Miami.

Although aftershocks are still being felt across southern Chile, a giant tidal wave which could have spread as far as Australia, Hawaii, Philippines and Russia hasn't materialised although large waves have hit land - amateur video footage taken in Hawaii shows a beach being flooded.

Meanwhile, fears are growing for four British backpackers missing in Chile. Kirsty Duff and Dave Sandercock were on a surfing holiday round South America but have not been heard from since Thursday. They were in Pichilemu, a surf resort about three hours from Santiago, when it was rocked by the quake.

Most Desirable Woman of 2008

Jenny Cortez - Katherine Heigl plays a girl who's always the bridesmaid and never the bride in her new movie, 27 dresses. But off the silver screen, the actress is not only a blushing newlywed, she also seems to have captured the hearts of American men.

Jenny Cortez Foto Bugil Hot Panas Telanjang - On Thursday, the lifestyle Web site Askmen.com named Katherine Heigl the year's most desirable woman. The site — which boasts seven million readers a month — said it polls users annually for a list of 99 women who best embody the qualities of an ideal girlfriend or wife, as judged by intelligence, humor, charisma and ambition.

"This year's list really goes to show who our users relate with and find beautiful, charming and personable," Editor-in-Chief James Bassil says.

It's been an amazing year for Heigl, 29. She received acclaim for her role in last year's runaway hit Knocked Up and won a Best Supporting Actress Emmy for her work on the television series hit Grey's Anatomy. Heigl's personal life has also played out like a fairy tale. Her wedding earlier this month to musician Josh Kelly — featured exclusively on the pages of OK! — was set in a

The Indian Movie with Hollywood Touch

Action, drama and glamour, Kambakkht Ishq seems to have it all! A big budget movie with Sultry Kareena Kapoor and handsome hunk Akshay Kumar, Amrita Arora, Aftab Shivdasani, not to forget the impressive Hollywood star cast as Sylvester Stallone, Denise Richards and Brandon Routh, this movie is sure to be a complete entertainer. The movie takes bollywood to a new level and standards. While still in production, this movie has created a rage and many like us are anticipating its release date.

The story of the movie is the main attraction of the movie. Viraj Shergill (Akshay Kumar) is an eminent stuntman in Hollywood and thinks that women are only good for making love and nothing else. While Simrita Rai (Kareena Kapoor) is supermodel who labels all men as dogs. Viraj and Simrita meet but cannot stand the sight of each other. But inevidently, destiny always brings them together in most unforeseen circumstances! So what happens when Viraj and Simrita meet at Simrita’s best friend Kamini’s and Viraj’s brother Lucky’s wedding? Will they try to stop the wedding? Watch out for funny situations and comedy capers!

This movie is completely shot in Los Angeles A.K.A Hollywood with its lush Beaches and Picturesque landscapes. While many movies have been shot in prominent USA cities like New York and Miami, etc. This movie seems to be the first to be shot at Hollywood, the commercial headquarters of the USA based movies. Some of the movie parts have also been shot in Beautiful Venice. This is indeed a big achievement for Indian movie Industry. With Akshay Kumar acting as a stuntman, this movie displays lots of fight and daring scenes which were done by Akshay Kumar himself. Kareena Kapoor seems to be in her best form and playing a role of a glamorous model puts her in limelight!

This movie is estimated to be of 60 crores and this movie has promised quite some special acts for the movie which are creating a bang! There is a special song recorded by bhanga -pop group from Briton RDB, acronym for Rhythm Dhol Bass. RDB walked in to Kambakkht Ishq movie after Carmen Electra and other international artistes who were supposed to participate in the track walked out. A favorite with Akshay Kumar, RDB were first heard in our cinema for Vipul Shah’s Namastey London followed by Singh Is Kinng.

Kareena Kapoor has sported a dress worth RS. 800,000 in a song “Kambakkht Ishq". With such impeccable and expensive work done in a movie, who wouldn’t be tempted to watch it?

Finally, Kambakkht Ishq film is India’s first movie into Hollywood with a great star cast and a wonderful story, the music of the movie seems to be on everyone’s lips and everyone is eagerly awaiting its release. Many of the Indians are expecting this movie to be the biggest blockbuster of this year. This seems to be Indian Industry’s first step towards globalization and certainly Hollywood. The movie has given entry to a new era of Indian film Industry. Let us see now how much this film exceeds our expectations.

Electric Cars

The green brigade has precisely touched most of the industries; Automobile can be left as the fuel consumption is the highest in this sector. Efforts have been made in the past to promote electric cars but the end result has not been impressive to many. Electronic cars launched previously had few draw backs like their top speed not exceeding 20 miles per hour, long recharge hours, expensive and two seating capacity. Though they make no noise and are pollution free vehicles it didn’t made any difference.

A lot of time and money has been put in developing these electric cars and make them more lucrative to the buyer.

UK is coming up with a Electric car which will be a four seater, can run up to 70 miles without bothering to be recharged. It’s a Citroen C1 based car, which is joint venture by Peugeot, Toyota and Citroen. It shall take only six to seven hours to charge and can be charged in a 13a normal socket. Subsidies are also being discussed with British government to encourage people to go in for a Citroen C1. By 2011 Citroen C1will hit the market.

Up till now the designs of any of the previous launched electric cars have not tempted most of them to buy one. They are expensive no fancy features or designs and they could not accommodate large families either. Hope fully the scenario will change in the near future.

Another such product, which is with an electric motor running on three wheels, is an Aptera. It’s quite pleasing to eyes and pollution free.

Aptera 2e is originally manufactured in California, USA. Mostly to be launched by the end of 2009. Aptera 2e can run 100 miles without bothering to be recharged. This is a two seater car with comfortable space for luggage. A Navigation system, an air conditioner, Side and front airbags, Power locks and electric windows are few features of the Aptera2. You can go 0 to 60 in less than 10 seconds which is commendable for an electric car. Such features are not present in any of its present counterparts. You can plug it in to any normal outlet of about 110v which will be cost you about 50c. A test drive of the Aptera 2e shall be an experience you had been waiting for.

Aptera 2e will be launched in California initially then Florida followed by Texas. Only by 2010 or2011 it will be available in other parts of the US. With all the state of art facilities, saving a lot of your hard earned money on fuel and being an eco friendly vehicle it will surely be a treat to drive.

Our future lies in these cars. They only do well to the environment and also to your pockets. You might feel it on an expensive side initially but the amount of money you shall be saving on fuel in the long run is remarkable.