Friday, April 6, 2012

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JobsDB.com releases Android app

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 12:14 PM PDT

Live in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore or Thailand? Looking for a job on the go? It looks like we've got just the app for you. JobsDB.com, one of the major recruitment sites has just released an Android app with the following features:

  • Search and browse through jobs by country/region , job function, and position & company keywords
  • Apply jobs by simply selecting a resume and optionally a cover letter.
  • Download job contents and read them offline.
  • Save jobs to your online account and read them again later
  • Share jobs with friends by e-mail
Enough chatter, go and see for yourself!

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Meet Cid, the new CyanogenMod mascot

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 09:45 AM PDT

CyanogenMod really doesn't need much of an introduction these days. With almost 2 million users, the CM team has a lot to be proud of. They've been working towards an elevation from the "infancy" stage of CyanogenMod and the new mascot is the latest addition to the new "mature" team of developers. Yea, 1.8 Million users... Holy Cow!

Well here he is, Meet Cid everyone!

 

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Preface: "Why the change in Mascot? We loved Andy Bugdroid!"

A lot of people love Andy, our former skateboarding mascot. This was clearly evident with the polarized reviews to our announcement of selecting Caio's prototype. We love Andy too, he has served us faithfully for close to 3 years now. However, he increasingly became a symbol of what CyanogenMod was when Steve (Cyanogen) started it, a 'playful spin' on AOSP, and reflective of our immaturity as a project.

We believe we're more than just "stock Android for a zillion devices", and we felt the need for a distinct identity; a change was needed.

This change would allow us to have a unique representative, one not reliant on Google's mascot creation. Contrary to popular belief, both Andy and his penchant for skateboarding were Google's design – we added the color and arrow under Creative Commons licensing, but it's still a very slight variation of Google's own bugdroid, as seen here. As much as we'd like to say it was 'original' it really wasn't; its iconic status was achieved through the merits of CyanogenMod and our community of contributors, not as an epicly designed mascot.

This new mascot will be unique for CyanogenMod and provide an identity and attitude by which the project can continue to develop – a mature Android OS.

Inspiration for design:

We'll let Caio speak for himself on this one:

"When I first started working on the new mascot I had this vision of making something that could also work as a polished and modern logo. I came up with two humanoid figures whose bodies took inspiration from heroes action figures and resembles the original Android robot. For the heads I started with two ideas: a power socket and a simplistic round head. I wanted CM's own robot to feel like an evolution of what we had before, giving it its unique look – and it's a huge challenge to try to evolve something people know and love.

The idea here was to create something cute (people love cute), modern and extremely flexible. Something simple yet iconic; so we could do thousands of different things with it. I wanted the mascot to look great everywhere in every size and color.

For colors I decided to keep the most obvious choice, which was keeping the cyan and grey from our Andy."

Modifications:

As you can see, compared to the prototypes selected, some modifications have been made. Cid has 'grown up' from the child like form of the original design. Additionally, his head has taken traits from both prototypes, not quite a square block and not quite perfectly round.

While the wrench-like hands were unique, we felt trying to pitch them as 'tweaking Android' was a stretch, and went with the more subtle rounded hands. This allows for a cleaner look in many different forms, colors and applications.

Cid's eyes were made wider, to allow for expressions to be conveyed, and a mouth was added to enhance this capability. The ears were added as an homage to the much loved Andy.

Caio's opinion of the changes:

"When reviewing the design I felt the need for some distinctive features and we decided to give him some attitude and the ability to convey different emotions. Cid has big eyes and his default form rocks a challenging look — something the CM community is all about."

And we think it looks great!

Cid (Pronounced: /si:d/):

When we started brainstorming names we wanted to pick something short, simple and fitting for the new mascot. Obviously trying to stray away from the *droid or *Andy type names we decided to pay homage to D.A.R.Y.L., B.O.B Maximillion or V.I.N.Cent and create a name that could also be an acronym.

We chose C.I.D. which is short for Cyanogenmod ID, the common thread that all CyanogenMod users share; each user's unique place in our community.

Some of you may also be familiar with the concept of the "id", the instinctual driving force behind our personalities. It seemed fitting, that this chaotic force and need for immediate gratification, was incorporated into the image of a OS which strives to be on the bleeding edge of Android development.

Thus C.I.D became Cid.

Source: CM Blog

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Best Buy Trade-In program now with exclusive $50 savings on Motorola handsets

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 08:28 AM PDT

This is a neat extension to the Best Buy trade-in program which will be extended with a little special treatment for people wanting to purchase a new Motorola Android device. Beginning April 8,  Best Buy customers will be able to save $50 on select Motorola smartphones across major carriers. All you have to do is trade-in any mobile phone at Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile specialty stores.

The idea is to trade-in your old phone while purchasing a new Motorola phone. They will give you the value of your phone, which will get you up to $50 off a new Motorola smartphone and a Best Buy gift card which equals the value of your old phone. Say you get $50 off the new phone and $100 gift card to Best Buy, that sounds great to me.

This offer to save $50 is available on three of the top award-winning Motorola smartphones, two year activation required:

In addition to this exclusive Motorola smartphone savings offer, customers can save $50 on any Sprint phone with 2-year activation and receive up to a $50 Best Buy Gift Card when they trade in their Sprint HTC EVO 4G.
Source: BBY

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The Galaxy S Aviator has landed on the shelves of US Cellular

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 08:04 AM PDT

LTE, LTE, LTE... US Cellular can finally turn the page from the standard 3G offering into the latest and greatest 4G network. With the arrival of the Galaxy S Aviator, the companies first LTE smartphone, now US Cellular customers are really able to "fly" around the web. Available for a mere $99 after MIR, it seems to be priced just right for what it's able to do. Of course you need to be eligible for upgrade or sign up as a new customer to get this price.

Highlighted features:

  •          Android 2.3.6 (Gingerbread)
  •          4.3-inch Super AMOLED™ Plus touchscreen
  •          8 megapixel rear-facing camera
  •          Front facing webcam
  •          HDMI port
"We are excited to bring our customers our first 4G LTE smartphone to help them get more done in less time," said Edward Perez, vice president of sales and marketing operations for U.S. Cellular. "The faster downloading and browse and talk function make it the go-to device for customers who depend on their smartphone to keep up with their busy schedules."
While it seems a bit under powered for being hyped as their first 4G LTE Smartphone, the hardware seems to be a mix of specifications ranging several devices over the past year or two.  A single core Hummingbird cpu is reminiscent of the Nexus S, as-is the Gingerbread OS (Android v2.3) running on it. Dual cameras are a welcomed "must-have" feature for many users wishing to video chat or hangout on google plus. The 512mb of RAM is fairly disappointing, but at least users will have 1.4GB of internal storage which brings me back to the "mixture of specs" I pointed out earlier.
Is this device brand new? 1 year old? or 2 years old?  It's hard to say! Let us know what you think in the comments below.

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