Posted by amawanqa
Mid-2012 is to be the transition from Sony-Ericsson to Sony, with only smartphones being produced.
http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_[....]_sony_by_mid2012-news-3475.php
Posted by Hobbs
It should be interesting to see what Sony will bring us in the near future.For me now,its Samsung all the way baby
Posted by Hobbs
Tsepz
The sh#ts about to hit the fan.Here we go again
Posted by Hobbs
Google Nexus to hit our shores early Q1and will retail between R6999-R7300.Theres some Ice Cream Sandwich for Dups and Tsepz.
Posted by Hobbs
Installed my first custom rom on my S2 today Its the 2.3.6. CheckROM Revolution HD v.4
Check out the benchmark score of this baby.
4209
[ This Message was edited by: Hobbs on 2011-12-08 16:04 ]
Posted by Tsepz_GP
Wanqs
Eish, id hate to be the guy who caused that accident, some unique beasts in there, Lamborghini Diablo amongst others, my heart sank when I saw the pics, lesson learnt by those guys im sure, they must've been flying, ive seen footage on youtube of convoys of supercars including Porsche 911 GT RS, Toyota Supra, Ferrari 550 Maranello etc...racing on that highway.
Gola
What browser you using?
dude, I saw the vid to that track once a week ago and was like WTF!? Must be nice to be them, they can sell ice to an eskimo at this point, and they are on a signing spree, I heard Bow Wow and Busta Rhymes are among the new YMCMB members, and there are rumours of Tinie Tempah also being signed to them.
In other news the most annoying rapper, Soulja Boi, is apparently broke and going to sue his manager for exploitation...wish I could say I way suprised.
Havent heard Bang yet, think its AKA on that track with Khuli Chana, I like both of them, AKA has a chilled flow, and he's good live, saw him perform at latinova a while ago. The sort of record deals our local artists sign though are quite bad, I was told about Da LES and Ishmael's deal the other day and I just feel sorry for these guys, they get peanuts at the end of the day.
Hobbs
I see you're enjoying your new beast, that is one incredible Quadrant score
,havent seen any above 3500 until now!
Lets see what gets here 1st, Sensation XE or Galaxy Nexus, im growing sick of waiting!
Posted by Hobbs
Tsepz
MyBroadband says the Nexus will get here February.Not sure about the Sensation.
Ran about 10 Quadrants and every one of them was above 4000+ and you can feel that extra kick.Its nice though because they left some traces of Samsung here.Just got rid of the serious bloatware and optimized the sh#t out of it.Everything flies but most noticably,the Market and Browser.
Included in the rom is the Kitchen Pro Application where you build your Rom as you wish by flashing mods,utilities,kernels,dialer themes,widget/apps,themes,fonts,battery mods,basebands & boot animations.Its so simple.You download what you want in .zip format from inside the Kitchen Pro app,click install and it reboots into Recovery and flashes it on the phone and wala,when the phone switches on the changes are implemented.Very impressive.
If you curious
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312240
[ This Message was edited by: Hobbs on 2011-12-08 19:15 ]
Posted by Rob123
@Hobbs: Whaaa....that thing is a beast! Haven't seen scores like that before.
I managed to get myself one of the Notes that they display in the stores. Now that I am getting used to it it doesn't seem so big any more. Easily fits in my pants and shirt pockets. Nice to hold in one hand. I think after a week I won't be able to go back to anything smaller. Now the long wait till upgrade time....
Posted by Hobbs
Thats fantastic Rob. Very clever of you to have done that.I was dead set on that phone until I played around on a working unit at an Samsung exhibition.Something just didnt sit right with me.Cant quite put my finger on it.Think it could be the way they created Honeycomb just for the tablets and with the Note its somewhere inbetween and Gingerbread,for me just looked wrong.You wouldnt notice it if you coming from a different OS other than Android.I just couldnt get used to it.It wasnt the size of the phone in the end that changed my mind,it was the UI experience.Very excited for you to get one.Its my phones big daddy afterall.
Posted by gola
Tsepz
It's fine now, I couldn't login using both Chrome and Safari. But I prefer Chrome over Safari, so it's my default. Chrome is just super.
Ah yes, AKA, not your everyday type of name that.
Lol, I can't picture Bow Wow in YMCMB, nor can I Tinie Tempeh goo'luck to them. Tinie is on some other tip, I like his gear.
Wasn't/isn't Da Les in some contractual agreement with Akon?
It's rough in SA, amazing how these artists still manage to give the perception that they are living the super rich life...
You think they'd make more money on a 9to5 job?
Posted by Tsepz_GP
Hobbs
Thats incredible! To think the GSII in its current state is still abit limited by Gingerbread, can you imagine how powerful it will be when it gets ICS???
Gola
Same here, on PC I swear by Chrome or even Opera, had a little fiddle with Firefox to, but Chrome is what I use most of the time.
Yep, digging Tinie to, hope he lasts, his so hungry right now, his album is just too hot, id suggest xou have a listen to a track called Frisky featuring Labrinth, too sick, they have two track together, forgot the recent one though, but Frisky is the one I realy like by them.
yeah some of them would be better with a 9to5, nah Da LES is signed with Ghetto Ruff, and he owes them big time after writing-off a car they bought him, thats on top of what he owes on studio time, video budgets etc etc...and on top of that the managers cut, it also limits collabos that he does, its very messy.
Posted by Bonovox
@Tsepz_GP how was your weekend away you had & did the battery hold out??
Posted by Tsepz_GP
Bono
It was great, charged the phone before I left on friday afternoon, and only recharged again on Saturday late afternoon, held up very well, im even running a custom ROM now with a CPU Undervolt mod so the battery is seeing less consumption, hope my Galaxy SII can manage the same when I get it
How do you find your GSIIs batt life compared to X10?
Hobbs
How does your GSII compare to your X10 batt life wise?
[ This Message was edited by: Tsepz_GP on 2011-12-12 22:21 ]
Posted by Bonovox
You getting a GS2??
The GS2 easily gets a day & a bit out of the battery. But there is the 2,000mAh battery you can get too. My XPlay I have managed 3 days out of it with quite heavy usage[ This Message was edited by: Bonovox on 2011-12-12 22:33 ]
Posted by Hobbs
I find it better.Got 1 day 5hrs with 36% battery still left before I plugged it in to charge.Its pretty good.I haven't messed with any kernels to improve battery life yet so that could improve.The funny thing about Samsung is you seem to be able to flash kernels at will without any problems.The kitchen even has a kernel page for you to choose from.Its bizarre.Its a hell of a learning curve this phone.With the X10 changing kernels was always a tricky affair.
Posted by Tsepz_GP
Happy Birthday Hobbs!!!
Bono
Thanks a lot for the info, I can imagine the XPERIA Play managing that sort of up-time, considegqing the Play has the same size display as X10 with a more effecient CPU and newer LiPo batt.
Yep, getting the GSII, my network, Vodacom, discontinued the OG HTC Sensation and do not even have an ETA on the Sensation XE so ive given up, im also reading a lot more about the Sensation having dust under the screen (as you mentioned), dead pixels and the worst being Antennagate, the XE apparently suffers from it to which is a major bummer.
Hobbs
Nice! Even more excited now. Yeah, I never messed with my X10's kernel, I just found it too risky.
Posted by Hobbs
Tsepz
Thanks buddy.Got a nice Samsung home Entertainment System.Samsung seems to be invading my house at this present moment in time.
When is your moms upgrade due this month? Yipeeeeee!
Posted by amawanqa
The HTC Wildfire S dropped in price again here, now just £119.95 (approx R1300) on PAYG:
http://www.carphonewarehouse.[....]ile-phones/HTC-WILDFIRE-S/PPAY
Posted by Tsepz_GP
Hobbs, cant blame you, SAMSUNG are on top of their game in almost everything these days, and jhey are quickly becoming a highly respected brand if not already, gone are the days of "but its a Samsung" lol.
Phone should be in my hands in the next 2weeks, or whenever I decided to settle at home, thought I was back until Xmas only to be dragged out again tomorrow night, im milking this whole guestlist/getting in to clubs for free thing as much as I can this december
Posted by Bonovox
On 2011-12-13 11:30:04, Tsepz_GP wrote:
Happy Birthday Hobbs!!!
Bono
Thanks a lot for the info, I can imagine the XPERIA Play managing that sort of up-time, considegqing the Play has the same size display as X10 with a more effecient CPU and newer LiPo batt.
Yep, getting the GSII, my network, Vodacom, discontinued the OG HTC Sensation and do not even have an ETA on the Sensation XE so ive given up, im also reading a lot more about the Sensation having dust under the screen (as you mentioned), dead pixels and the worst being Antennagate, the XE apparently suffers from it to which is a major bummer.
Hobbs
Nice! Even more excited now. Yeah, I never messed with my X10's kernel, I just found it too risky.
Miss UK is selling her Sensation as she had the dreaded dust problem under the screen with hers. She now has a 4s
HTC are well known for dust issues. Shame
Posted by amawanqa
Oh dang, HAPPY (BELATED) BIRTHDAY, Hobbster! Hope you had a good one, boet.
Posted by Hobbs
Thanks ol' Wanga.Hows ol' Mac Daddy doing?
Tsepz You gonna love this G2.Scouts honour.
I installed the Dark Knight v2.3 kernal this afternoon from the kitchen and straight away you can feel a change in performance.Zip zip zippity zip!
Benchmark taken straight after installation of Dark Night kernel.
Quadrant 4422
I think thats the highest Ive gotten so far.
We sitting at 12.30 at night and I still have 40% battery left.Unplugged from charger at 6 o clock this morning.That my friend is fantastic battery life.Everyone is going to have a different experience but since I got this phone, Ive on average had +- 36% battery at 10 'o clock everynight.
[ This Message was edited by: Hobbs on 2011-12-14 23:12 ]
Posted by Tsepz_GP
Back-ordered my WHITE Galaxy SII
Black is WAAYYY too common and after seeing Hobbs and Bonos ones I was sold. Will only get it on the 28th of December though, cant wait!
Hobbs
Thanks for all the info, keep it coming! Im so excited about this thing, probably more than I was for my X10, and I was very excited for the X10, lol.
Posted by amawanqa
@ Hobbster:
amaMacwa is fine thanks, still at work until the 21st..
Oh well, we close earlier in July because of the Olympics, so I won't complain too much.
Learning new tricks on the Mac every few nights. I'm a lot more comfortable with the Lion OS interface etc now.
[ This Message was edited by: amawanqa on 2011-12-15 22:12 ]
Posted by Hobbs
Cool Tsepz.Im so excited for you too.The 28th aint that far off now.
Good choice in deciding on the white one.Its a nice refreshing change from always having a black phone.
I keep on wanting to make you a screencast video just to show you how this phone flies.Its damn impressive.
When you get it you will consider just staying on stock because out of the box its a fine phone.No complaints what-so-ever.Curiosity will eventually get the better of you and you will succumb.My Samsung rom disappeared in the 1st week
(but I know its been backed up so I can restore it anytime I want to).
Wanga Glad you are enjoying the MAC.I'm also going to be working right up to just before Christmas
so don't feel too bad.[ This Message was edited by: Hobbs on 2011-12-16 15:33 ]
Posted by Hobbs
gola
Vodacom pricing for the 64gb iPhone 4GS.
R10.299.00
Posted by Hobbs
Tsepz
Overclocked G2 to 1600MHz
Quadrant 5588
Posted by gola
All
Hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend.
Tsepz
I can't remember the name of the libarith track you talking about either, but i think you talking about that one with the insane visuals in the music video.
Samsung Gs2, nice choice bud! It's going to make that x10 look rather obese.
Hobbs
I'm going give that one a miss.
I'm waiting to see what the next iphone has to offer, otherwise there is absolutely nothing in the current market that appeals to me except the white Arc S which i'm not prepared to pay more than R4500 for, it's freaken overpriced, but i love it.
Posted by Hobbs
What a beautiful day in Cape Town.How's the weather looking on your side Wangs?
Posted by gola
Tsepz
Yip, Bow wow'S definitely under YM. Remember that new lil wayne mixtape i mentioned the other week, well theres a song on it called 'sweat' ft bow wow. I thought it must've been some mistake 'cos he sounds 95% like drake. Another cool track there is Strange Clouds ft BoB.
Posted by Tsepz_GP
my dual-core monster is coming earlier than i thought!!
Hobbs, that is incredible
! Been watching a lot of YouTube GSII comparisons, it tore the Sensation XE a new one, nevermind the normal Sensation. Held its own up against the Galaxy Nexus, and it runs Grand Theft Auto III like a PS2, im just amazed at how capable it is.
Gola, yep thats the one! Lol, it makes my X10 feel like such a brick, i played on someones white GS2 on monday, i wonder how on earth Samsung managed to make it so thin and lite, its mind blowing.
Nice! Im going to give those a listen, i hope Bow Wow can keep up with Drake, Nicki, and Tyga, they all have such a deep flow.
Posted by gola
Good to see ABSA take initiative with nfc http://mybroadband.co.za/news[....]llphone-payment-nfc-trial.html
Can't beleive they beat FNB to it...
Posted by Tsepz_GP
Wooooh!!! This thing is freaking awesome!! Will post pics when i get home, doing some Xmas shopping now.
Posted by Tsepz_GP
I just cant put it down
Posted by Hobbs
Tsepz Thats Bloody Marvelous.Woohoo! Congrats.
Posted by gola
Tsepz
Awesome, Congratulations
I quite like that black box it came in too...
Posted by Tsepz_GP
Thanks guys!
Gola, yeah, its realy tiny, its quite a suprise when you open it and see this huge thing inside.
Posted by amawanqa
@ Tsepz:
Congrats; another S II in da house!
@ Hobbster,
Been a very mild Winter here so far; no chance of any white Christmas.
Taking a mini-cruise with the better half on the 27th, from Hull here in England to Bruges in Belgium for a few days. The northern (Flanders) part of Belgium speak mainly Flemish, an easier Dutch dialect for use Saffers to understand. South of the capital Brussels will more than likely be French-speaking..
Looking forward to getting away a bit and checking out another European city. Time to dust off the
P1i methinks.. 
Posted by Tsepz_GP
Thanks Wanqs!
Enjoy the trip!
had a bit of a laugh there remembering the movie "In Bruges" with Colin Farrell, hilarious film and a beautiful city.
Posted by amawanqa
Thanks Tsepz.
LOL, ya and the other thing I think about when I think of Bruges is from the third Austin Powers movie, when Dr Evil and Mini-Me do that delightful Jay-Z parody of 'Hard Knock Life' in prison, dedicated to all his 'homies in Bruges'...
:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGHYLcrpens
[ This Message was edited by: amawanqa on 2011-12-23 17:28 ]
Posted by Tsepz_GP
Classic!
Posted by Hobbs
Have a great trip Wangaman.
Posted by amawanqa
Thanks H.
Right guys, hope you've all been kinda good this year and hopefully you guys escaped the chaotic last minute.com shopping..
Posted by gola
Merry Xmas everyone!
Wangs
Hope you enjoy the trip
Posted by jmash
Merry Xmas beautiful Esatoans.
@Tsepz congra bro on your new GSII.That must be the best Xmas present man.To everybody have a blessed one.Be safe📲
Posted by Hobbs
Merry Christmas everybody.Hope you've had a good one.
Posted by Tsepz_GP
Hope everyone had a great Christmas!
Thanks Jmash!
Posted by gola
All
So four years have passed, and I'm finally finished with varsity. Time for me to pack my stuff and start working in the real world next year and try my best not to use my rent money on gadgets... Time flies
[ This Message was edited by: gola on 2011-12-28 10:07 ]
Posted by Tsepz_GP
Congrats Gola!!!
you gona celebrate hard on new years?
What you looking to work as?
get them gadgets bro! you dont want a friend like me, im a terrible influence.
Ive got two more years with honours included, im milking this whole "im a student" thing for as long as possible
....jj, i cant wait to finish, next year i get the degree and hopefuly accepted to do my honours, so working extra hard in 2012.
Best of luck for next year bro, im sure it will be better than you think.
Posted by Hobbs
Congrats Gola and good luck in the big bad world.