The Samsung Galaxy S3 Premium Suite Update (Part 1)

So after the launching of Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean OS on Galaxy S III almost 2 months ago, Samsung has once again shown its love for its flagship smartphone. Here comes the Galaxy S III Premium Suite - which features new cool stuff borrowed from the Galaxy Note II.

Some of the new features include Page Buddy, which opens a new homescreen with the respective widgets when you connect an accessory. There is also contextual image tagging, multi-view app mode (for true multi-tasking), auto share shot (which uses NFC), reader mode (like the one on its iOS competitors) and Facebook lock ticker (which really comes in handy).


And the best part is that the YouTube video says it's just Part 1 - meaning Samsung Galaxy S III users will get more Premium Suite features in Part 2.

To the Galaxy S III owners out there, are you excited for this? You should...as users from Poland have already received this update. It won't take that long before it rolls out to your country as well.

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Til then...

xoxo Nash

Best Free Samsung Market Apps

Here are the Best Free Apps for Samsung smartphone users, in my opinion of course.

1. Photo Editor - Make photography easy with Photo editor. Photo editor provides a wide range of features for anyone from beginners to experts. You can use the effects feature to apply fantastic effects to your photos, and even decorate photos with stickers and frames. Produce amazing results using the available effects, including the distortion effect, and you can even select parts of the photo for more detailed editing.

DOWNLOAD HERE


2. Video Editor - Make videos easily using Video Editor. You can use the themes available to decorate your videos or add voiceovers using the recording function. Edit mode provides you with a wide range of options including adding text or visual effects. You can use automatic editing features whenever you want.

DOWNLOAD HERE


3. Polaris Office 4.0 - Polaris Office is the easiest and most capable Office product designed for mobile devices. Anytime, anywhere, you can easily use various kinds of documents such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe PDF, with only several tabs, and organize your data fast and do your presentation excellently.

DOWNLOAD HERE


4. S Baro - This application shows expected altitude of device based on pressure. This application only works for devices, which has a pressure sensor. This application uses the user's location information and Internet connection.

DOWNLOAD HERE


5. Kies air - Kies air is an application that enables you to easily manage contents saved on your device via PC Internet or mobile browser using Wi-Fi technology. Without having to connect any cables, within a browser you can use diverse functions such as multimedia transfer, music listening, PIMS management, text message, file search, and so on.

DOWNLOAD HERE


6. KiesCast - KiesCast is a fully featured podcasts directory service and manager. It provides hundreds of thousands free audio and video podcasts from news to entertainment. KiesCast let you find easily various podcast channels. Now, with KiesCast, subscribe and listen to your favourite channels in your mobile.

DOWNLOAD HERE


7. SoundCloud - Discover, listen to, record and share your sounds with the official SoundCloud app. Record your sounds on-the-go and share to Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and Tumblr. Utilize background playback and homescreen widgets. Discover music and audio from a growing community of over 15 million SoundCloud users.

DOWNLOAD HERE


8. Application Monitor - This is a widget application that can manage tasks. It now shows the number and a preview image of applications running.

DOWNLOAD HERE


9. Free Music - Free Music allows you to download millions of free songs from websites that legitimately give you that option. All the music is licensed as "free to use", so feel free to download as many songs as you want. As for music sources, popular sources like LastFm are used, as well as Jamendo, Free Music Archive or Live Music Archive!

DOWNLOAD HERE


10. Battery HD - This is the perfect battery monitor for your phone or tablet. It is simple, beautiful and can be calibrated specially for your device. Try it now ! It's simply the best at what it does.

DOWNLOAD HERE


So there you have it! These are the 10 best applications that can be downloaded from the Samsung App Market for FREE. I hope you like them and find them useful as well.

Til then...

xoxo Nash

Movie Review: Paranormal Activity 4

This is perhaps one of the most anticipated horror films of the year, after the commercial success of its first three films. All of which grossed more than US$100 million and this is expected to do just the same. Katie is still part of the cast, the only one left from the original Paranormal Activity. The movie is still about poltergeist-like activities (perhaps due to Toby), demonic possession of Katie and perhaps Hunter, cult/coven/witchcraft, and other invisible forces. This time though, the cameras used were from the MacBook computers' webcam, which made me wonder how much Apple paid for this. There were a few surprises in the movie as well. So, better be prepared.


The story goes like this: Katie is possessed by a demon, kills her sister Kristi, and runs away with Kristi's son Hunter. The story then jumps ahead five years later and focuses on siblings Alice and Wyatt, Alice's boyfriend Ben, and a frightening little boy across the street named Robbie. Alice and Ben decide to use laptop computers to document the frightening supernatural occurrences that happen when Robbie is around Alice's house. Robbie seems especially interested in Alice's brother Wyatt, and wants what he and Wyatt do to be kept secret from Alice. Alice's parents are too detached to notice the evil emerging around them.


Paranormal Activity 4 is not for the faint-hearted. It's bound to keep you frightened throughout the film though I must admit, the first half of the movie is quite dragging. The genre is definitely horror like the first three films. There were several new effects used like the night vision camera. Toby, the invisible demon, was still there. Flying and moving objects were still present in the film. My only qualm about this sequel is that it doesn't contribute anything to the plot of the first three films. The film ended with Katie and Hunter still being the villains. One more thing, if you wait until the movie is finished showing the credits, you'll see a clip of Katie's grandmother (well, she looked like her grandmother) acting crazy in a store who's about to attack someone and then the screen goes black. Anyway, if you want to get scared, then yes this is a must-watch. Paranormal Activity has always been in the bucket list of horror movie lovers and theater goers. I'm pretty this movie won't disappoint most of you.


RATING: 3.5 out of 5 STARS

Credits to IMDB for the plot summary

Til then...

xoxo Nash

Software Review: iTunes 11, What's New?

iTunes has undergone a major facelift and I think, it's about time. And unlike most of Apple's product debuts, this one came with no fanfare. So, what's new with iTunes 11? Is it worth the upgrade? Definitely! Moreover, it's free. Join me as I break down to you the changes that iTunes 11 has brought to the table.

So what is iTunes? For those who do not know, iTunes is a free app that lets you organize and play digital music and video on your computer. It’s also a store that has everything you need to be entertained. That makes it the perfect place to listen, watch, read, play, explore, and shop.

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The iTunes player keeps all your music, movies, and TV shows all in one place. Instead of going through stacks and stacks of CDs, you can import them into iTunes and quickly browse your whole collection. Organize it any way you want.

So what things have changed in iTunes 11? Well, first, the player has been redesigned. iTunes now features simplified views of exactly what you want. Looking for an album? Click Music and that’s all you’ll see. Do the same for movies, TV shows, apps, and everything else. It’s browsing made more intuitive.

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The iTunes player now features an Expanded View. Select one of your albums and now it will expand in place. That means you can see all the songs on the album, click Play, and keep right on browsing without having to click back to your library. You’ll also see In the Store recommendations for similar albums you’ll want to check out.

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Then we have the iTunes MiniPlayer, which I think has a pretty useful interface. Apple has managed to squeezed more features into an even smaller MiniPlayer. Now you can click the Up Next button to see which songs are playing next. And if what you see isn’t what you’re in the mood for, you can search your collection and choose a different song without having to open your library.

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Then you'll also get some bonus features. Good recommendations are easy to come by, thanks to In the Store picks. Just select an album, artist, or genre you like, and iTunes will suggest similar music you might never have found on your own. Already know what you want to hear? The new Up Next feature in iTunes lets you select a song and easily queue it to play next. Or last.

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It wasn't only the iTunes player that has been redesigned, the same goes for the iTunes Store. It has been redesigned for your Mac, PC, iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, so it looks and works the same wherever you shop. Easy-to-browse shelves serve up popular music, movies, TV shows, and more. And all the features you know and love are even easier to get to.

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And now, iCloud does even more! With iCloud, you can access your content on all your devices. And now, when you buy an album, song, movie, or TV show on any device, it’s instantly accessible in your iTunes library on your Mac or PC. Just double‑click to play. Or if you’re going offline say, taking your notebook on a plane, click the new Download button and bring a copy with you.

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iTunes Match is also here to stay. It still lets you store your entire music collection, even songs you’ve imported from CDs, in iCloud. From there, you can access your music from any of your devices and listen to your entire library, wherever you are. All for just $24.99 a year.

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iTunes 11 is also compatible with the Apple TV. Apple TV lets you choose from thousands of current and classic movies and TV shows from iTunes, many in stunning 1080p HD, on your widescreen TV. You can play your music collection, view your photos, and listen to podcasts right from the big screen, too. And if you’re an iTunes Match subscriber, just click Music to play your favorite tracks.

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And yes, there are the gift cards. iTunes Gift Cards let them choose anything on the iTunes Store, App Store, iBookstore, and Mac App Store. They are perfect for gifting this holiday season.

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iTunes is compatible with both Mac and Windows-powered devices. You may download them here.

Images and most of the text above taken from Apple's website unless stated otherwise.

Til then...

xoxo Nash

Best Free Android Apps (Utilities)

Android has come a long way since its birth. We now have Android 4.2 Jelly Bean for a buttery smooth user experience, Photosphere feature, and whatnot, which is its latest iteration. Its application store, known as the Google Play Store, is now almost as big and as extensive as the Apple App Store in its repository of apps with almost 700,000 applications. And yes, many are free albeit ads-sponsored.

A lot of applications have also been carried over by major app developers from iOS to Android, which makes the latter almost at par with the former in terms of quality applications to offer. Do note that not every application available in the Play Store is compatible to every Android smartphone. Certain apps have specific requirements such as a certain screen resolution, RAM, internal storage, graphics chip, and CPU clock-speed. Well, enough about this and let's start with my review.

Let me enumerate my favorite FREE Android apps at the moment. My focus would be on UTILITIES on this one.

1. AntiVirus FREE - AVG offers free, top-rated, real-time antivirus and antitheft protection for Android smartphones & tablets. AVG AntiVirus FREE for Android protects you from harmful viruses, malware, spyware and text messages and helps keep your personal data safe. This one is very easy to use.

DOWNLOAD HERE


2. Where's My Droid - The first "find your phone" app on the Android Market continues to get better and better. Now with an online Commander and a more user friendly interface, it is easier then ever to track down your missing phone. Where's My Droid can turn the ringer volume up and make your phone ring. The app can also get the GPS coordinates with a link to Google maps if you're not near enough to your phone to hear the ringer. Definitely worth downloading!

DOWNLOAD HERE


3. History Eraser - It's a history eraser for Android devices, and it can clean history of apps by only one tap. It's similar to the "ccleaner" on PC. It can help you to protect your privacy, and it can also help you to free up the internal storage. No root permission required. This app comes in handy.

DOWNLOAD HERE


4. ConvertPad - Unit Converter - It's a simple but powerful unit converter. ConvertPad is intuitive and easy to use. It features fast, real time currency and unit conversion in a clean interface.

DOWNLOAD HERE


5. Currency Converter - Convert 190+ currencies and four precious metals using benchmark OANDA Rates. Free currency converter uses OANDA Rates—the same daily filtered exchange rates used by auditing firms and banks.

DOWNLOAD HERE


6. Addons Detector - Want to quickly see which ads and tools each app uses? Addons Detector detects addons used by your installed applications and has tools to find push notification ads. It's a great way to see what advertising agencies other developers use, and what tools they have integrated.

DOWNLOAD HERE


7. AirPush Detector - This is a simple Android application that detects other installed applications which appear to use known notification ad frameworks and offers the user the ability to easily uninstall them.

DOWNLOAD HERE


8. Flashlight - Instantly turn your device into a really bright flashlight. It's the ultimate lighting tool that takes full advantage of the LED light. Strobe/Blinking Mode is also supported.

DOWNLOAD HERE


9. Advanced Task Killer - Advanced Task Killer is also known as ATK. It is a tool to kill applications running. ATK is often used to kill app and clean memory. We do suggest that people who use ATK manually kill apps instead of auto killing apps.

DOWNLOAD HERE

10. Adobe Flash Player - This app has already been removed by Adobe on the Google Play Store but it doesn't mean that you will no longer need it. Thousands of games and videos are still encoded using Adobe Flash and you'll definitely want to sideload it to your device. There’s nothing complicated that you need to do – just download the Flash Player APK, install it with a file manager and make sure plug-ins are enabled in the browser.

DOWNLOAD HERE


So there you have it! These are my Top 10 most useful UTILITIES applications for Android that can be downloaded from the Google Play Store for FREE. I hope you like them and find them useful as well.

Til then...

xoxo Nash

The Best Twitter Parody Account Goes To...

The votes are all in. The poll is now closed. It's now time to announce the winners. Mind you, a total of 398 votes have been cast in a span of more than 3 weeks. This is no joke!


@LoviPoeKiMo has been voted as the best Twitter parody account by netizens. Read more about @LoviPoeKiMO here. Congratulations!

Here's your Walk of Fame award!


First runner-up award goes to @OfficialCharing. You put up a good fight! Read more about @OfficialCharing here.


A shoutout to @BBJamesYap aka Bimby KalerQUI for garnering the most number of views among Twitter Parody accounts on my blog. He has garnered 739 views (at the time of writing) and still counting. Read more about @BBJamesYap here.


Once again, congratulations to all the winners!

Til then...

xoxo Nash

Movie Review: 24/7 In Love

Topbilled by ABS-CBN's finest stars like Piolo Pascual, Kim Chiu, John Lloyd Cruz, Bea Alonzo, Sam Milby, Gerald Anderson and new comers like Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla, 24/7 In Love surely have the makings of a box office hit, or is it really the case? Debuting on a week filled with other big Hollywood movie franchises like Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2, James Bond's Skyfall, and Paranormal Activity 4, 24/7 In Love surely faces a lot of tough competition. But then again, this movie is mainly targeted to the masses or at least, the fan bases of these actors and actresses. This movie sure stands a chance, considering there are no other major Filipino movies being shown in cinemas at the time of its release. Is it worthy of being watched on the big screen? Let's find out.


The story goes like this: Jane (Kathryn Bernardo), a die-hard fan, wants to win tickets to Billy Fernandez's (Daniel Padilla) concert. To do this she must answer the question, "What would you do if it was the end of the world?" In search for this answer she meets different people with different love stories: a 40-year old virgin named Virgie (Pokwang) who meets a gigolo named Charles (Sam Milby); a hopeless romantic secretary, Barbara (Maja Salvador) who is helping her boss, Ken (Diether Ocampo) with "personal issues"; Verna (Angelica Panganiban) who falls in love with a waiter named Elvis (John Lloyd Cruz) in Vietnam; Belle (Bea Alonzo) who is in love with her gay best-friend, Butch (Zanjoe Marudo); an active-executive (Zaijan Jaranilla) who is trying to court (Xyriel Manabat) with the help of (Piolo Pascual) a 35 year old mentally-challenged man named Pipoy, Patty (Kim Chiu) who traces her first love, Alvin (Gerald Anderson) to become a model for her company.

24/7 In Love is indeed a movie for everyone. Directed by some of the country's finest directors, under Star Cinema's production, you're almost being assured of a quality movie. The genre is romantic comedy. It is very similar to other Hollywood movies (New Year's Eve, Valentine's Day) wherein there are so many stars and sub-plots going on, but is, of course, inter-connected. The ensemble cast is composed of Star Magic's celebrated talents to mark its 20th year anniversary. If you have spare money or spare time, I think it's a good movie to watch and you'll surely enjoy it. Very light! Very enjoyable indeed!

RATING: 3.5 out of 5 STARS

Credits to Wikipedia for the plot summary

Til then...

xoxo Nash