LG Optimus 4X HD, 3D Max and Vu get the hands-on treatment

 

The Italians are on a roll with the hands-on videos. After a hands-on video of the Acer CloudMobile by Cellular Magazine, we now have a trio of hands-on videos of the latest LG smartphones by Telefonino.net.

The first one, which we have embedded below, is of the Optimus 4X HD, which runs on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and has a 4.7-inch HD display.

 

As you can see in the video above, LG's UI customizations aren't as extensive as Samsung or HTC's. You can easily tell that the phone is running on ICS, but they have added some touches that would help them differentiate their product without going overboard. The lockscreen, for example, is different, with a new unlock method, large date and time display and the presence four shortcut buttons below. The homescreen has a different dock and different animation for homescreen navigation. LG has also changed the way you add widgets on the homescreen by adding a Honeycomb-like drawer at the bottom.

The application menu is similar to stock ICS but includes another tab for downloaded apps. You can see more customizations in the video, such as the use of different icons and a navigation bar at the bottom of the browser.

You can check out the Gingerbread running Optimus 3D Max and Optimus Vu in the second and third source links below, respectively.

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Hizbullah Kecam Pembakaran Alquran oleh NATO

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, KABUL--Kelompok perlawanan Libanon, Hizbullah telah mengutuk penodaan Al-Quran oleh pasukan AS di Afghanistan. Mereka menyebutnya kejahatan terbaru dari militer AS.

Hizbullah mengatakan, "Tindakan dari pasukan asing adalah kejahatan baru yang mengungkapkan AS-Zionis terhadap penodaan kesucian Islam dan menertawakan perasaan lebih dari satu miliar umat Islam. Tindakan terang-terangan pasukan pimpinan Amerika yang dilakukan terhadap kitab suci umat Islam, akibat peningkatan penghinaan kesucian Islam. Ini mengungkapkan kampanye sistematis untuk menodai kesucian islam di wilayah kami," katanya, Selasa (21/2), Press tv melaporkan.

"Hizbullah mengutuk tindakan kriminal yang menyinggung semua prinsip, etika, dan agama dan memanggil orang-orang bangsa untuk meningkatkan suara mereka, mengutuk aksi yang provokatif, dan mengecam semua upaya untuk menodai kesucian, apakah Islam atau Kristen," dia menambahkan.

Pada Senin malam, pasukan AS di Lapangan Udara Bagram di luar Kabul membakar Al-Qur'an dan materi keagamaan lainnya seperti sampah, menurut pejabat NATO dan Afghanistan.

Demonstran Afghanistan marah, dan melancarkan demonstrasi anti-AS di Kabul dan beberapa kota lain Afghanistan. Mereka juga menyerukan para penghujat itu diadili di pengadilan hukum.

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Sony Xperia U live photos leak again, still hot looking

We are really starting to worry that at the rate these leaks are going, Sony won't have much news for us at its MWC press conference on Sunday. The Sony Xperia U, which is one of the smartphones to go official there, leaked once again - this time in an extensive live photo session.

The Sony Xperia U was previously known by its codename Kumquat and by its product code - ST25i. It has much of the styling of the high-flying Sony Xperia S, but has a slightly tuned down specs sheet and should come with a lower asking price.

Sony Xperia U live photos

The Xperia U is said to be built around a 3.5" qHD LCD and feature a 1GHz dual-core CPU and 512 MB of RAM. A 5 megapixel camera replaces the 12 megapixel monster we saw on the Xperia S, but the OS at launch should still be Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich should be pushed as an update shortly after, though.

Sony Xperia U live photos

And with the Sony Xperia U mystery all but gone, we start wondering what other cool devices we will see in Barcelona come this Sunday. Just make sure you stick around so you don't miss anything.

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Quad-core Huawei Ascend D1 Q press shots surface

It's no secret Huawei has big plans for its Sunday press conference. The event, which should kickstart the MWC will feature at least one quad-core smartphone device and we get to see its press shots in advance.

The Huawei Ascend D1 Q will obviously have a pretty face to go along with all the muscle under the hood. Judging by those press shots, the Tegra 3-packing Ascend D1 Q won't have the impressively slim waistline of the Ascend P1 S, but it will still be one sleek smartphone.

Huawei Ascend D1 Q press shots

Usability and attention to detail are also advertised as the Huawei Ascend D1 Q strengths, though the wording of the Huawei PR team is rather strange. At any rate, the D1 Q has every chance of becoming the first quad-core global smartphone to be announced as the Huawei press conference is a few hours before the HTC one this Sunday.

Now enjoy those smooth lines for a while more and don't forget to watch this spot on Sunday for the updates from the press event.

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ZTE announces new Tegra 2 based Mimosa X smartphone

Along with the two new ICS handsets announced yesterday, ZTE had another ICS-based smartphone to announce before MWC. This one is called the Mimosa X and will be running on the Nvidia Tegra 2 processor. While that itself is nothing special, it will also be the first device to have the Nvidia Icera 450 HSPA+ modem.

 

If you're wondering what so special about that, so far the phones made with the Tegra 2 processor had to rely on modems from other companies, such as Qualcomm. Last year, Nvidia acquired Icera who also make modems for smartphones. This allows them to use their own modems in phones powered by their processors and the ZTE Mimosa X is the first phone to do so.

Other than that the Mimosa X is a typical upper mid-range smartphone, with a qHD display, 5 megapixel rear camera, VGA front camera, 4GB memory, GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. For any further information, we will have to wait for MWC next week. The phone will be launched in Q2, 2012.

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Iran melancarkan pelatihan

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MOSKOW-- - Iran melancarkan pelatihan pertahanan udara selama empat hari untuk melatih perlindungan bagi instalasi negara yang penting --khususnya instalasi nuklir, demikian lapor Kantor Berita Fars di Iran Senin (20/2). Pelatihan yang dilakukan di Iran selatan mengikutsertakan beragam sistem rudal, radar serta sejumlah pesawat.

Angkatan Darat dari Pasukan Pengawal Revolusi Islam (IRGC) juga melancarkan pelatihan militer yang bernama Valfajr pada Ahad di kawasan gurun di Iran tengah dan di provinsi tengah Yazd.

Fars, yang mengutip Panglima Pengawal Revolusi Mayor Jenderal Mohammad Ali Jaffari mengatakan "Pelatihan perang dilancarkan setelah adanya ancaman dan agresi dari Amerika Serikat, terutama invasinya terhadap negara tetangga dan kawasan regional".

Sementara itu spekulasi Israel diduga mempersiapkan penyerangan terhadap ekporter minyak nomor dua di Organisasi Negara Pengekspor Minyak (OPEC) tersebut juga berkembang pada beberapa pekan terakhir.

Hal itu dilakukan Israel untuk mencegah apa yang dipandangnya sebagai 'ancaman serius' bagi keamanan negaranya sementara AS menyangkal untuk melakukan penyerangan.

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Awas! Pindah ke Komisi Hukum Angie Intervensi KPK

Jakarta - Kepindahan Angelina Sondakh yang berstatus tersangka dalam kasus suap Wisma Atlet ke Komisi Hukum DPR dinilai tidak fair. Muncul kekhawatiran Angie akan mengintervensi KPK yang menangani kasusnya.

"Angie bisa mengintervensi kasus hukum yang menjeratnya, ini harus dicegah dari awal" ujar Direktur Lingkar Madani untuk Indonesia (LIMA) Ray Rangkuti saat dihubungi detikcom, Rabu (15/2/2012).

Menurut Ray, terbuka kesempatan bagi janda Adji Massaid itu untuk mengawasi kinerja KPK secara politik. Sebagai mitra kerja tentu KPK akan melaporkan hasil kerjanya ke Komisi Hukum DPR.

"Logikanya, sama saja KPK memberi laporan hasil kerjanya kepada Angie, karena Angie ada di Komisi III," kata Ray.

Untuk menghindari adanya konflik kepentingan menurut Ray, Partai Demokrat harus segera menarik Angie dari Komisi Hukum. Jika tetap bertahan harus diberlakukan kode etik yang melarang Angie mengikuti rapat koordinasi dengan KPK. Terakhir KPK harus segera menahan Angie.

"Paling kompromistis Angie tidak ikut rapat dengan KPK, wilayahnya hanya kepolisian dan kejaksaan," tandasnya.

Sebelumnya diberitakan FPD menggeser Nasir dari Komisi III ke Komisi XI DPR. Angelina Sondakh dipindah menggantikan Nasir ke Komisi III DPR. Namun keduanya tak lagi menjadi anggota Banggar DPR.

Ketua FPD DPR, M Jafar Hafsah mengatakan pergeseran hanya rotasi biasa saja. Jafar membantah rotasi menyangkut kasusnya agar Angie lebih dekat dengan KPK.

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