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When we paying close attention to the various of mobilephones with different OS from 2012 CES, the developer from XDA-developers brought an Android Ice Cream Sandwich ROM fro Xperia Player. We are told this ROM is leaked from official and also had made some changes by the developer.

Though it's a leaked ROM, there are still LOTS OF THINGS DONT WORK according to the developer introduced. A common ported ROM's problem is that camera can not work, so is this ROM. And stock Launcher doesn't allow to add widgets. I think this ROM is not leaked from official, maybe from another developer. And I believe the specific games can not run also. Whatever, let's enjoy the operation video in below. If you are interested in this ROM, you can do to XDA-developers. And I will also keep update the newest ROM information for you guys.

I believe that so many people will so upset to android phone's file manage issue because Android never provide this practical function. We can't delete, move, replace, find any files on SD card without a computer. As a smart and open source system, we really need to let it become more convenient for our life.Well, today, I will introduce you 5 top rated free file manager apps to make you phones become much powerful.

5: OI File Manager

OI File Manager allows you to browse your SD card, create directories, rename, copy, move, and delete files. It also acts as an extension to other applications to display "Open" and "Save" dialogs.

Features:

Show list of files with thumbnails for images.
Move, copy, rename, and delete files.
Create and delete directories (folders).
Send files by email.
Acts as an extension to other applications, like GMail, to attach files.
Support for many file endings and mime types.
Supports PICK_FILE and PICK_DIRECTORY intents so that other applications can use OI File Manager. 

4: File Manager

Key features:

3 sets of commercial icons for 60+ different file types, toolbar and menu items
Multiple resolution support
Cut, copy, paste and cancellable progress dialog
List and grid view for file browsing
Compress and decompress support
Search and share files
Multiple selection and sorting support
Support both local and remote(LAN/SMB) file systems
Play streaming media from LAN without download
Thumbnail for photo, pictures and apk files
Support file shortcut on Home screen for easily access
Root Explorer for rooted devices
Built-in text editor, image gallery and swf player

3: ASTRO File Manager

It's like Windows Explorer or Mac’s Finder for your phone or tablet and allows you to easily browse and organize all of your pictures, music, videos and documents. It also gives you the ability to stop processes that burn battery life and backup your apps in case you lose or change phones.

Features include: file management, android file browser, file and/or app backup, image and text viewers, networking, Bluetooth, SFTP, Zip/ Tar, downloader, thumbnails, search files, application manager, task manager, attachments and more…

2: File Expert

Powerful File Manager/WIFI File Transfer Web & FTP/App Manager - ALL in ONE
File Expert is an ultimate app for managing your files and other resources which stored on your Android phone and tablets. Files can be stored on local SD card, local WiFi network, or cloud storage servers like Dropbox, Box.net, etc. Designed for both advanced and entry level users.

Features:

All basic file operations
FTP/HTTP Server
Root access to system folders and files like Root Explorer. Remount /system to read write. Requires rooted phone
Cloud Storage
SMB, FTP, SFTP, FTPS, WebDAV and Bluetooth OBEX Client
Bluetooth - Full-featured Bluetooth capabilities include OBEX FTP, OPP
NFC Support. You can use NFC-enabled phone to transfer files and apps.
WiFi Send. Directly send files via WiFi between File Expert powered phones
App Manager - Uninstall/Backup apps. Support silent operations if on rooted devices
Archive manager - Create and decompress ZIP archive, Decompress RAR.
Thumbnails - supports jpg/png/mp3/mp4/3gp thumbnails
Text Viewer
Image Viewer - supports both local and remote folder
Search SD card, perform operations on search results
File Picker - Let FE to help you anywhere you want

1: ES File Explorer

ES File Explorer for Android is a free, featured all-in-one file manager & application manager & task killer & dropbox client & ftp client which explores your phone and your computer. It allows android users anywhere in the world to manage their resources for free, it makes easy to manage, stay connected using your 3G, EDGE or WiFi, and share with friends, upload photos, watch videos.

Features:

File Manager -- Operate filesin the phone and computers
Multiselect files
Application manager -- Manage apps(Install, Uninstall, Backup, Shortcuts, Category)
Compress and Decompress ZIP files, Unpack RAR files, can create encrypted (AES 256 bit) ZIP files
View Different file formats, photos, docs, videos anywhere, support third party applications such as Document To Go to open document files
Thumbnails for APK,images, and with an inbuilt image browser
Text viewers and editors
Search files
Access your Home PC, via WIFI with SMB
FTP, it's your FTP client, manage the files on the FTP server as the ones on the sd card
Dropbox,Box.net,Sugarsync, it's an enhanced cloud storage client other than the official version.
Bluetooth file transfer tool.It supports OBEX FTP for browsing devices and transfering files between Bluetooth devices.
Root explorer feature. It is the ultimate file management tools for root users.
Developers can visit our website for the developer interface for picking files from your applications, email attachments, etc.

After Windows Phone release the path of NoDo update to brought copy and paste function on WP 7 phones, it took about 3 months to roll out to all WP 7 devices. Recently, Fuzilla written an article to call Google accelerate the speed of Android 4 updating.

Since then only one device with original Android 4.0 – Samsung Galaxy Nexus released, the only one another device – Nexus S received the update.

Google announced ICS Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich a couple of months back, and so far it has managed to ship a single device with this new OS, the Galaxy Nexus. The second device to get an ICS 4.0 update was the old Google Nexus S, but OTA updates for the Nexus have been suspended due to technical issues. There is still no third device with ICS on board and we won’t see any for at least a few weeks. 

Companies are now announcing their own ICS upgrade schedules. LG says that their top devices get ICS in Q2 2012 (April 1 to June 30), while others will have to wait a few more months. Sony Ericsson should have ICS around Q2, if not earlier. Motorola and Samsung are reportedly scheduled to start updating their devices in Q1, but the process will inevitably drag on well into Q2. Worse, Samsung won’t roll out an ICS update for the Galaxy S, which sold in record numbers last year and it’s still a pretty nice phone with an affordable price tag.

In best case scenario, we might see some Android 2.3 to 4.0 update in Q1 but the best chance is to see some new phones launching with Ice Cream Sandwich at the Mobile World Conference, in Barcelona in last days of February. 

Apple has IOS 5 in all of its phones capable of supporting the new OS for months now and at least the top two iPhones today, if not the top three, will get an update to the next version, guaranteed. Microsoft is also doing a pretty good job in the update department with Mango.

By the time LG and Samsung roll out updates for the Optimus 2X, the world’s first dual-core phone and the best selling Samsung Galaxy 2 phones, Optimus 3 should be launching as well as Samsung Galaxy S III. In some countries, LG rolled Android 2.3 just a month ago and by that time, Google already announced and showed Android 4.0.

But there are different devices with Android system in different mobile phone brands. The time is really so hard to control.

Have you ever met that when you decided to make a plan for tomorrow, like as shop something, finish some tasks or prepare to go somewhere, but you forget it in the next day? Well, with your Android phones, you can make a notice on your calendar. But with a good to do list app can make it become much easier. Today, I will introduce you the 5 top rated & downloaded free to do list apps from Android Market.

Top 5: InkPad Notepad - Notes - To do
nkpad Notepad let's you access your notes online at www.InkpadNotepad.com. You can create or edit notes from the convenience of your computer's web browser, and always have access to your notes from your phone when you're offline too.

Top 4: Do it (Tomorrow)
Do it (Tomorrow) for Android a free, multiplatform task organizer that redefines the way you plan and manage your todo list. The app lets you plan today and postpone tasks until tomorrow, in case everything doesn’t go according to said plan (which, in my case, is almost always). Equipped with a new, effectively implemented concept, the capability to sync tasks to a user-defined email account and a sassy yet easy-to-use interface, Do it (Tomorrow) makes planning (and pending) tasks fast and convenient, even enjoyable.

Top 3: Astrid Task/Todo List
Astrid is the much loved open source todo list / task manager designed to help you get stuff done. It features reminders, lists, sync, a widget, task sharing, optional instant notifications and much more!

Top 2: Any.DO: To Do List | Task List
Any.DO is a cool multi-platform GTD (get things done) to-do list manager that is quite simply awesome. I am a massive fan of productivity apps and have tried plenty of them on Android. GTD apps on Android go from the brilliantly detailed project management-style tools such as Due Today to the infinitely simple Do It (Tomorrow). While I have found myself loving both of these and finding each superb in their own way, I always felt one was a little too complex for my level of use and one way a bit too simple.

Top 1: Evernote
Evernote is an easy-to-use, free app that helps you remember everything across all of the devices you use. Stay organized, save your ideas and improve productivity. Evernote lets you take notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record voice reminders--and makes these notes completely searchable, whether you are at home, at work, or on the go.

With one of those free apps, you can remind yourself what's need to finished next few days easily. But the weather is also an important factor to influence your schedule. You can check the top 5 free weather apps for Android.

Well, yesterday I have introduced you the top 5 free weather apps for android phone, and today, I will introduce top 5 weather widgets for your phones. We do not install an app to check the weather, what we need is a beautiful tiny widget on the desktop to guide our life arrangement.

Top 5: World Weather Clock Widget
World Weather Clock Widget with GPS (and status bar) is available. Check weather forecasts, current conditions, time and date for any location in the world. You can even check five days detailed forecasts. Moreover, you can check the current weather and the rain fall probability in the status bar. You can check the rain radar, satellite view and map for your location.

Top 4: GO Weather Widget Skin Series
The themes of widget skin designed for GO Weather which includes HTC Style, Simple and 3D. This is not a standalone app, you need to download latest amazing GO Weather v1.9.9 (or above) in order to apply this theme; you can check GO Weather out by searching "GO Weather" in Google market.

Top 3: Weather Widget
With this widget, you can tap widget for forecast and open to configure console for options.

Top 2: 3D Digital Weather Clock
Widgets on Android work a bit differently than a normal application. Unlike regular programs they don't just install themselves in the application tray so you have to add them manually. This widget includes 3D Digital clock widget with Calendar, Time, System info, weather & forecast.

Top 1: Animated Weather Widget, Clock
Animated Weather forecast: realistic video effects, detailed world data. Digital Clock widget 4x2 with Weather forecast application and live wallpapers. The exquisitely realistic video effects of cloudiness, rain and snow provide the vivid sensation of current or future weather conditions for more than 50000 locations over the world.

With one of those widget, you can easy check the weather just lighten your screen. And it makes your mobile phone much greater. Just enjoy it.

Because of the job and life style, I think the weather can have a big impact on our daily schedule.  Most of times we need to cancel a data because the weather comes bad. Now, if you can get a good weather app on your Android phone, you can arrange your schedule easily. The next 5 weather apps are the most popular apps from Android Market.

Top 5: Radar Now!
"Radar Now!" provides National Weather Service (NWS) Enhanced Radar "Base" (N0R) images from the NOAA WSR-88D NEXRAD Radar sites located around the US. Radar images are downloaded directly from NWS servers so are always the most current available*. When you start the app, the radar images are from the site closest to your location.

Top 4: AccuWeather for Android
AccuWeather for Android has all of the accurate and localized weather information and interactive features that you need! With AccuWeather for Android, you can plan your day and make personal or future plans with confidence knowing that you will be safeguarded from weather interruptions. This full-featured app not only has hourly forecasts updated every hour, interactive Google Maps™, and severe weather notices, but it also has weather in 23 languages, customizable color themes, and social media sharing! Download AccuWeather for Android, at no cost to you, and start accessing your reliable and detailed weather news and information today.

Top 3: GO Weather
GO Weather is an uber-cool weather app for your android phones. You are presented with a clean, uncluttered user interface, and satin-smooth animation giving you un-matched user experience. GO Weather delivers the most accurate weather information from anywhere at any time. With access to the largest network of professional weather stations in the US and tens of thousands of locations around the world, GO Weather is ad-free weather application that goes all-out on the eye candy and includes dazzling high definition videos, taking your weather experience to the next-level.

Top 2: WeatherBug
With this app, you can get the latest current conditions, forecast, weather alerts, radar and more! Access the largest network of professional weather stations in North America and thousands of locations around the world! WeatherBug brings the most accurate, reliable and timely weather information directly to your phone. Complete with Doppler radar, severe weather alerts, maps, forecasts and much more, WeatherBug is the most comprehensive weather app available.

Top 1: The Weather Channel
The Weather Channel Android App features 4 tabs: Now, Hourly, 36 Hour and 10 Day weather forecasts. Tapp on any one of them and it streams up-to-date weather readings. There is a little unknown feature with the app that at first seems like a bug. If you have more than one places added and swipe left/right, it will change to that location (it would be cool if that feature would animate the swipe to visually see the transition). One of the best features in the Video forecast… see streaming video of the weather just like on TV for your selected places (if available).

With those weather apps in your mobile phone, you can make your life become much easier. What’s more, a good weather can make your mobile phone desktop look better, and then next post I will introduce you the top 5 weather widgets for Android phones.

If you just get a Kindle Fire as Christmas gift, or used Kindle Fire for a bit long time, I think you can’t miss this news. According to the thread of XDA Developers, the hackers have made a breakthrough. They had run the newest version of Ice Cream Sandwich on Kindle Fire. This version is called “Pre-alpha”.

The newest hack of Ice Cream Sandwich on Kindle Fire is based off of CyanogenMod 9. According to the XDA Developer Forums, CyanogenMod 9 is not all that fundamentally different from the standard the stock edition of Android Open Source Project (AOSP) Ice Cream Sandwich. That does not mean to say that CyanogenMod 9 will not fork away from ICS and bring additions to the custom ROM, but for now there is little different in the code bases.

As an unofficial version, this ROM has tried its best to make most of hardware work although there are still several bugs need to work out on Kindle Fire. Right now, Wi-Fi is working (the all-important first step) while video playback and some audio are not yet working. It can be called a significant progress through the middle of the month.

OK, no more words, let’s check the video and wait for a stable version for your Kindle Fire.