Swedish Tech Report

As a movie fan one of my favorite webpages is IMDB.  It is one those applications that I actually missed the most while I was using my iPhone. Today they announced IMDB for Android Anyone else excited for this application?

Every movie, TV show and celebrity in your pocket

 

Free Download from Android Marketplace

Visit the Android marketplace on your device and search for "IMDb". Select and install the application titled "IMDb Movies & TV" published by IMDb, Inc.

 

Scan the Code & Download for Free

If you have a barcode scanner installed on your device, scan the code here to be taken directly to the download page for IMDb Movies & TV for Android.

IMDb is the world’s largest collection of movie, TV and celebrity information, and has the leading app for Android to find US showtimes, watch trailers, browse photo galleries, get US TV listings, find latest DVD and Blu-ray releases, explore popular charts and share movie information.

We aim to list every detail about every movie and TV show ever made, including who was in it, who made it, the plot, user ratings, trailers, photos, reviews, quotes, goofs, trivia and much more.

With IMDb Movies & TV for Android, you can

Search the world’s largest collection:

• Over 1.5 million movie and TV titles
• Over 3.2 million celebrities, actors, actresses, directors and other crew members

View:

• Movie trailers
• User reviews for movies and TV shows
• Critics reviews for movies and TV shows
• Quotes, trivia and goofs about movies and celebrities
• Your browse and search history on IMDb

Look up: (US only)

• Movie showtimes at local theaters near you
• TV listings for your local time zone
• Recaps of TV shows from previous night
• Upcoming movies

Explore popular charts:

• Best Picture – award winners
• Top rated movies of all time (IMDb Top 250)
• Most popular movies of the day on IMDb (MOVIEmeter)
• Most popular celebrities of the day on IMDb (STARmeter)
• Lowest rated movies of all time (IMDb Bottom 100)
• Most popular movies listed by genre (Action, Horror, Romance, Comedy and many more)
• Most popular TV shows
• US Box office results
• Celebrity birthdays

Shop:

• DVDs and Blu-ray discs for any movie or TV show from Amazon.com stores
• Configure your default Amazon store to one of these international sites:
  • Amazon.com
  • Amazon.co.uk
  • Amazon.de
  • Amazon.fr
  • Amazon.co.jp
  • Amazon.ca

Share:

• Share showtimes and movie info with friends via email, Facebook, Twitter and other sharing apps.

Availability:

• IMDb is available worldwide in English (US/UK), Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Italian and Japanese.

Sony Ericsson just posted on their product blog that a new software update is coming for the Xperia X10. It will improve both the speed and responsiveness, add a backup and restore application and PlayNow will be updated with both Premium apps and games. Best of all is that this update will be delivered over the air. Can not wait until it hits mine:-)

Many of you have been asking about the software update coming to the Xperia X10 this summer and we are pleased to share the details of it today.

This update will be gradually rolled out across our markets over the coming weeks, pending the completion of quality approvals for individual markets and operators. The first updates are now live across selected markets. Please check with your local Sony Ericsson customer support when the upgrade will be available for your market and network.

When the update is available in your market you will receive a message in the notification bar of your X10. The easiest way to get the new software is to accept this update – you can use your mobile network connection or a WiFi connection for the download. Alternatively you can update your phone using your PC – please visit www.sonyericsson.com/update and follow the instructions.

This update focuses on improving the general performance, speed and responsiveness of Xperia X10. For example, there are speed improvements in messaging tasks and camera UI. In addition we add a free back up and restore application so you’ll never lose your settings and information. In selected markets, PlayNow™ with premium apps and games will also be added.

We hope you like these improvements. Please continue to interact with us. We listen to your feedback.

I had the benefit of beeing on a conference call with AKG about scholarship of Sound yesterday and found it to be really interesting. They provide them with the option of training with the top producers in the world in a modern studio in Berlin, Germany.

These 10 person will get the free trip to and from Berlin, accomodation for seven nights, workshops and visiting Berlins historical musical spaces. These are just a few of the things that these 10 talented persons will get to enjoy.

AKG Scholarship Of Sound from Scholarship Of Sound on Vimeo.

Swedish developer Polarbit has released Fuzzies on the Android Marketplace. It can best be described as a clone of the old Amiga game Lemmings. It looks like a game that one could enjoy. Anyone tried it yet? I am just hoping that Google soon releases the ability to purchase apps on the Android marketplace here in Sweden so that we can see game developers like Polarbit conquer their homemarkets also.

Stockholm, Sweden – Polarbit, noted cross- mobile- and handheld game developers announced today that the popular iPhone AppStore game Fuzzies is now available on Android Market.

Fuzzies is a sidescrolling puzzle/platformer in which players aid a band of carefree monkeys over, around and through a host of tricky obstacles by assigning them a variety of different tasks and abilities. Monkeys are lazy and not very bright, so a monkey without an assigned task will just keep shuffling straight into oblivion.

Key features of the game include:
• Hours of fun in 28 mind-bending levels
• Easy to learn, difficult to master intuitive gameplay
• Beautiful, cartoonish graphics and animations
• Nine funky music tracks

If you are interested in the iPhone 4 I would recommend checking out Slashgears review. It offers everything that you may need to know about the iPhone 4.

Out of the box, though, the iPhone 4 is one of the most polished, appealing smartphones on the market today. By boosting the camera, upgrading the screen and generally tightening up the whole user experience, Apple has neatly answered most of the complaints from previous models together with addressing some – like the Retina Display – we didn’t even know we had. The antenna issue is frustrating, certainly, but unlikely to be a deal-breaker, and the improvement in battery life is more than welcome; moreover, there’s something inherent in the iPhone 4 that goes beyond “just another” phone and demands you engage with it. Apple’s approach to mobile continues to polarize opinion, but for those with the acquired taste the iPhone 4 is Cupertino’s best yet and a strong contender for smartphone of 2010.

According to the official Nexus One blog, Google will this week start to roll out Froyo to the Nexus One that are out there on the market. In order ot install this update you will see a message in the notification bar and after your press start installing you can just sit back and wait for the update to install. It is recommended that you do this on a WIFI network. This update will provide you with cool options such as mobile hotspot capability, Adobe Flash 10.1.

I have been using an iPad 64 GB 3G version for the last couple of weeks. At the beginning I was not certain on what to expect since I have used an iPod Touch and iPhone but they have not really catched on for me. I have found that compared to when I used my iPhone/iPod Touch I am using it much more and interacting with it. The thing that I may not have expected when I at first got the device was that that the iPhone compatible applications does not adapt to the resolution that the iPad has. Since I have the 3G version a big issue for me was how am I going to actually start using the 3G modem inside my iPad. The answer to that was simply that I had to cut my sim card to make it work here in Sweden. The first time I cut it right, but my iPad did not recognize the sim card since it was simply to old (it was around 4 years old) so I went to the 3 store and picked up a new sim card. Sweet that they do not charge for new sim cards :- )

Even though I have the Documents To Go Suite on my iPad I knew one thing immediately and that was that I had to pick up Apple own suite (Pages, Numbers, etc.. ). Even tough I am a PC guy at heart I know that the Apple suites looks darn good to be honest. Even being a PC person at heart I have always known that the iWorks suite looks darn good to be honest.

I have push Gmail setup on my iPad which means that I am syncing the device up to my Gmail account and both my iPad and Android device have the latest information.

My favorite game so far must be Pinball HD game. Playing Pinball on my old Windows 95/98 devices was perhaps my most favorite game. Right after Sim City:- )

I have tired plenty of Twitter clients on my iPad and so far my favorite is Osfoora HD. A great twitter application that allows easy communication with other. Quick read and reply. Bascially it is an awesome twitter client :- ) Review coming soon:- )

I am one of those persons that do alot of mindmaps on my devices and often on the lookout for what could be my next mindmap solution.. After looking around on the web for what I think would be the perfect solution I have found one iThoughts HD. Perfect solution that allows for easy creation of mindmaps right thereo n my device.

There is actually one application that I think deservers  extra special attention and that is Mobile Safari. When Steve Jobs introduced the iPad he said that it will be the best webbrowsing experience that you have ever had and he was right. I am extremely happy with it:-) Even with the lack of Flash I have been able to visit all my favorite webpages so far. Not exactly missing it either at the moment:-)

The long anticipated Amazon Kindle for Android has now been released. You can find it in the Android marketplace by searching for ‘Kindle’. It requires Android 1.6 and brings the usual bells and whistles that we all like about the Kindle software.

Personally I am looking forward to syncing my books between my iPad and Kindle. How about you ? Is this something that you have been waiting for?

I have been enjoying using the X10 Mini Pro and personally I think that this may be the next device for me. The slideout keyboard is in one word awesome. I have really been enjoying the review unit that Sony Ericsson sent me and when that one goes back I am heading out and purchasing my own.

In the mean time enjoy this new video that Sony Ericsson have posted on their youtube channel and the review will hopefully be published this weekend.

I have a Nokia N900 that I am giving away courtesy of 3 Sweden. To enter this contest you have to first answer two questions that will allow you entry into the contest:-)

1. What system is the N900 running?
2. Which famous soccer player is today the coach of Argentina?

The third and final question is how would you use it? How would it change your life using an N900?

Send in your answers to micael@swedishtechreport.net .

I will ask my sister to pick the answer that she thinks deservers to win the N900 the most! Open to people living in Sweden only.

Update: A prepaid package will come with the phone so that you can start using it directly:-)

The contest ends next Friday, 9:th of July GMT+1 12.00.

Contest now over! Winner will be announced on Monday!

Good luck everyone!