September last year, Nokia shot the world’s smallest stop-motion animation named Dot using a Nokia N8. Now a short film named Gulp has broken a world record for the world’s largest stop-motion animation and it is entirely shot on a Nokia N8 too.

This new stop-motion film was created by Sumo Science at Aardman and shot at Pendine Beach in South Wales. Watch the video below and be amazed. :)

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World’s Largest Stop-motion Animation Shot On A Nokia N8

Last week, Motorola Atrix was launched in Malaysia and 2 specially designed accessories were introduced as well :

• Motorola HD Multimedia Dock : RRP RM439
• Motorola Lapdock^TM : RRP RM1399

Both of these accessories run on Motorola’s revolutionary webtop application, which aim to bring desktop-like or laptop-like PC experience on a smartphone. You may read the details of these 2 accessories and webtop application in my previous post.

Take a look of how Motorola Atrix is used on the Motorola HD Multimedia Dock :-

The video below will show you how Motorola Atrix is used on the Motorola Lapdock :-

Motorola Atrix was officially launched in Malaysia yesterday and I was lucky to be there to cover the product launch and snapped some pictures and video. The smartphone is now widely available throughout Malaysia at selected retailers at a recommended retail price of RM1,999.

Motorola Atrix, running Android 2.2 Froyo OS.

Motorola chosen Malaysia as one of the first countries in Asia to launch this dual-core smartphone just five months since it was first unveiled in January at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2011), in Las Vegas, where it won CNET’s Best of CES “Best smartphone” award.

Andy Tan, CEO of Brightstar Distributions Sdn Bhd and Robert Van Tilburg, Senior Regional Sales Director, Motorola Mobility, South Asia posing with models at the launch of Motorola Atrix.

The claim that Motorola is calling this smartphone the world’s most powerful smartphone has raised some people’s eyebrows, but it certainly is based some supporting facts. First and foremost, Motorola Atrix is running on powerful hardware configurations and below are the key features :-

• 1GHz dual-core processor (virtually running 2 1GHz processors, good for fast games rendering & HD video playing)
• Full 1GB of RAM (good for multitasking)
• Running Android 2.2 Froyo OS (upgradable to 2.3 Gingerbread)
• 4-inch qHD (Quarter High Resolution) display, at 24-bit colour & 960×540 resolution
• Display panel is made of Corning Gorilla Glass (for maximum durability)
• 16GB on board storage space and expandable to 48GB with an optional 32GB microSD card
• Ultra thin (only 11mm) with a huge 1930mAh battery capacity (extra long battery life)
• Biometric fingerprint recognition (at the Power button) for extra security
• 5 megapixel rear camera with the ability to record HD video in 720p
• Mini-HDMI port (for direct HDMI output to external display)
• Up to 9 hours talk-time on 3G & up to 264 hours standby time on GSM!
• Supports Motorola’s revolutionary webtop application (see below for more details)

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Motorola Atrix Launched In Malaysia, Priced At RM1,999

Today at Taiwan’s Computex trade-show 2011, ASUS has launched a new MeeGo powered netbook, Eee PC X101, that is as thin as Apple MacBook Air!

Eee PC X101 features a 10 inch screen, weighs around 950g and is only 1.76cm thick. The thickest part of a MacBook Air is 1.7cm too! Eee PC X101’s hardware details are as follows :-

• Processor: Intel Atom N435 running at 1.33 Ghz
• Display: 10.1 inch matte display at resolution 1024 x 600
• WiFi: 802.11b/g/n
• I/O: 2 x USB ports, microSD card slot, headphone / audio port
• Battery: 2600mAh

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Asus Eee PC X101 (MeeGo Netbook) As Thin As Apple MacBook Air

Nokia just launched a new phone today that specially designed for the luxury market. Nokia Oro is a limited edition Nokia smartphone that incorporates 18 carat gold plating, a sapphire crystal and leather from one of Scotland’s finest Caledonian herds.

Nokia Oro comes in two different colours, white and black. The surface of its casing is coated with 18-carat gold which has been made scratch-resistant. The back of the casing is trimmed with the finest Bridge of Weir^TM leather, sourced from prime Scotland’s Caledonian herds. A sapphire crystal is mounted as the Home key, giving you both beauty and durability as its durability is second only to diamond.

The hardware specification of Nokia Oro is exactly the same as Nokia C7 with just slight differences in battery capacity (Nokia Oro 1300mAh vs Nokia C7 1200mAh) and its size (Nokia Oro slightly thinker and wider).

As for the software of Nokia Oro, it is running on Symbian Ana OS that comes with the exclusive Gold Theme!

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Premium Nokia Phone – Nokia Oro

Today Microsoft officially announced the new Windows Phone OS Windows Phone 7.1, codename Mango. This is the new OS for the upcoming Nokia Windows-based phones as well after both companies signed the partnership agreement in April 2011.

The official release date of Mango has yet to be announced, but Microsoft is committed to release it to all new and existing Windows Phones in Autumn 2011.

Let’s take a look into the new features added to Windows Phone 7.1 (Mango) :-

• Multitasking
  Allow fast applications switching and support background processing, audio and file transfer.
• Copy & Past
  Yes, this missing feature that is so critical for a smartphone OS will be available in Mango.
• Better social integration
  Social networks such as Facebook, Twitter & Linked-In are integrated into the contacts, making emailing, SMS-ing and instant messaging a lot easier.
• Groups
  This is a new feature in People Hub that allows you put together related people into a grid of live tiles and put tagged pictures of those people into the groups.
• Smarter keyboard interface
  Word prediction will be available when you are typing. For example, when you type “happy”, and the phone will display “birthday” for selection.
• Improved Live Tiles
  One of the main attractions of Windows Phone OS is the Live Tiles so it’s further enhanced to hold more information, including push notifications via Live Agents running in the background.
• Hands-free messaging
  Text-to-voice and voice-to-text engines allow for easier SMS and chatting. Android & iOS already have this feature, so I guess it’s not too late to have it in Mango too.
• Internet Explorer 9
  IE 9 will be the new built-in browser. It provides support for HTML5 and full hardware acceleration. On top of that, the rendering engine of IE9 mobile version will be the same as the desktop version.
• Better Bing Search Engine
  Mango provides new ways to search including Bing Vision, Bing Audio and voice. It offers location specific results such as nearest restaurant, events happening nearby, etc.

Take a glimpse of what Mango can offer you in the videos below :-