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Heres the step by step procedure on how to flash and made for people who do NOT wish to no longer wait for PC Companion update stock in there countries, so people can get the upgrade earlier without waiting no longer to upgrade their Xperia Arc the latest 4.0.A.2.368 Global Generic firmware.

Xperia™ arc software updates
08-01-2011
New software available ( Now available on PC companion. For few countries its still rolling out At the moment)
THIS IS 2.3.3. NOT 2.3.4 .
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THIS IS AN ENHANCEMENT THAT SONY ERICSSON IS CURRENTLY RELEASING FOR ALL XPERIA FAMILY DEVICES. 




What you will get is:
Updated: It seems this firmware makes the Booting Much much quicker. I cant say if its true but anyone else can confirm this besides me. thanks
Updated: I currently will be in vacation for 6 days. This thread will be Updated by my Brother. Thanks guys I appreciate your thumbs up
Some improvements to this upgrade:
Theme support, available under Display settings or with a long-press option on the home screen. Still limited to a handful of SE themes but if you always wanted less blue in the menus its now an option.

The Gingerbread CRT-off animation makes its first appearance!

The widget overview accessed with a pinch on the home screen now has the widgets floating about. Shaking the phone sends them flying. Pretty and smooth animation but it makes the overview practically unusable IMO, Ill tap SE about this.

Several ring tones have disappeared, among others the one I were using (Digital Phone). Not a big issue.

Im finally able to set a silent alarm! Previous firmwares allowed setting the alarm sound to None in the list but always defaulted back to the last set sound anyway. This is now fixed.

Setting the alarm time now entails spinning dials instead of clicking. Faster but less precise.

Various UI text is now smaller and sharper.

Additional bloatware, of which some can be uninstalled without root.

Connected Devices, a more intuitive and cleaner version of the DLNA media server software.

The address book looks a bit different, I think. Unfortunately its still impossible to change the sorting order of contacts.

The photo album offers a few more options when you call up the menu.

Digital zoom available at all camera resolutions. Only for images though, not video.

Compression levels of still pictures remain overly high.

xLOUD option to significantly enhance audio output strength from the rear speaker. Almost painfully loud IMO.

Using the HDMI mirroring feature now forces the home screen into landscape mode for a better fit with widescreen TVs.

There is also the Keyboard option for International (full keyboard or Phonepad !)

Minor updates:
Video Editor
Data Monitor
Contact Widget
Timescale extension search
Friends & Music
Setup screen has been changed
Nice Update Center
Etc.
They introduced
New weather widget
New layouts for background theme management
New Xloud benefits
Etc


REQUIREMENTS:Gingerbread 2.3.3
Flashtool.

reminder: XLOUD Can be disable on Sound settings.
Generic Global:
flash version:
Link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CFS4HQ16
Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?lgbljmvuw2ggwd0


Heres BluechipJ Guide Video Walkthrough/Comparison: watch this on youtube to get full detailed instructions and other additional information.

All credit goes to Mobage & jlmcr87  .
Original Thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1196322 for the link
and dyjin for the guides here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1199597

Heres the Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread Stock ROM for Samsung Galaxy Mini S5570 with build number S5570XXKPK with CSC_SERKPK and build July 21st 2011. This is an update firmware for Europe version of Galaxy Mini and recently officially released from Samsung KIES server over Russia users.


(from SamKies Updates tweets)

If you want to try it out on your Galaxy Mini and see what features and improvements or bug fixes that has it might be, you can grab a copy of it at samfirmware.com, for they have managed to ripped it and packed as stock and can be flash by using ODIN.

All the latest firmware updates for Galaxy Mini are all listed here: Samsung Galaxy Mini S5570 Stock ROMs

Heres a guide on how to manually flash it via ODIN multi-downloader tool.

1) Download the file from the above page including the OPS file and ODIN downloader tool.
2) Extract to a folder using the password provided by samfirmware.com. Dont rename it or extract again.

3) Run ODIN multi downloader, and load up  the TASS.OPS file for your phone.
4) Select "One file package" from ODIN and in look way down, theres the one package selector, click it and browse to the S5570XXKPK_S5570XXKPK_S5570SERKPK_HOME.Tar file you got earlier, and click it.


5) Connect your Phone to PC in "Download" Mode (By turning off the phone, clicking the Power Button + Home button + Volume down button).

6) Once all set and everything is in place, click "START" button and it should take no longer than 3-5 minutes and youre done
7) When the flashing successfully completes, the phone will restart and may take a while to start up, this is normal. Then go to settings, change the default language which is in Russian to your Region.

8) Boot into recovery mode, clear the cache partition. To have a clean and fresh firmware installed.

Thats it! and your done, enjoy..

Minimal Reader Pro v1.7.4
Requirements: Android 1.6+
Overview: Meet Minimal Reader Pro, the only customizable News *WIDGET* with a handy *Pop-Up* function ! Offline or online, never miss your favourite news with this simple and elegant user interface!



** News reading has never been easier, even with large amount of sources :

_ Display the latest news titles from your favourite websites/blogs right on your desktop and easily scroll through them.
_ Import your Google Reader Subscriptions or add your own RSS/Atom feeds.
_ Click on a news title to open the full story in a customizable Pop-up window, works in offline mode too !
_ Swipe left or right on a pop-up to read the next or previous news article.
_ Customize the widget and the pop-up to match your home screen.
_ Many settings available : Filter the News by age, auto scroll, auto refresh ...
_ You can add as many feeds as you want on the same widget or separate them in several widgets.

Note : If you are having issues with your feeds disappearing, clear app data, uninstall, and delete any external backup of the like Titanium does. Then Re-install the app.

Note : The user credentials permission are for logging in to google reader with the google account registered on your phone, its much more secure than a manual login.

Whats in this version:
v1.7.4 - bugfixes
- Fixed background and buttons disappearing on some launchers
- Fixed widget information mixing up between widgets of the same size
- Fixed FC when opeining Atom feeds urls in the browser
- Fixed last popup not showing any content

More Info:
Download Instructions:
http://www.multiupload.com/QMDSEE0QMV

In this era of tough online competition to rank 1 in the search engine ranking, you definitely need a strong army of SEO tools standing by you. 

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Google Webmaster tool 
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Google Adwords Keyword Tool
SEOMoz 
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Bing Webmasters tools
Alexa
Hubspot Marketting Grader
Seoquake
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The three major players in our technology today, Apple, Google, and Microsoft have given us a lot to look at, think about, and own in 2012.  Here is a look back, a glance forward, and wrap up of where the companies are at.

Apple has lived through some big changes in its first full year without Steve Jobs at the helm.  The company has introduced the first 7” tablet in the iPad Mini, a concept that Jobs was against.  However, it has done reasonably well in its first few weeks on the market.

There is also the new iPhone 5 that was released to the public with plenty of excitement and hoopla.  Unfortunately, the issues with Apple Maps have dampened the enthusiasm to some extent.

Apple still leads the world of technology, but has lost some of its sense of direction.  It needs to get that back to remain the definitive leader of what consumers should want to own.

Google arrived on the scene of the tablet market and has won numerous fans with its Nexus 7 this year.  It has also gained ground on Apple’s iPhone dominance with the new Samsung devices.  Google has gotten involved in almost every area of technology and has proven to be a worthy competitor.  It has also shown it can compete in software with Microsoft thanks to Google Docs.

Google hasn’t stopped with traditional technology but has been developing the concepts of Google Glasses and driverless cars to combine technology with everyday objects.

Microsoft has been in the background as the other companies battle it out on the mobile phone and tablet competition for some time.  However, it has decided that late is better than never to throw its hat in the ring.  And while there have been some criticisms of the new Surface, Microsoft’s first attempt at a tablet has been relatively successful in showing that the company can evolve.  The Windows Phone has also demonstrated that it can be competitive.

The competition is going to be fierce in the next few months and on into next year.  Google and Microsoft will be working to topple Apple’s reign while the leader will finding new ways to stay on top.  In the end, it’s the customers who benefit most from the competition with new and innovative products.

[Images via gigaom & electrosome]

The development of mobile processor technology is growing so fast , it was difficult to follow . Qualcomm today revealed that they have a new mobile processor called the Zeroth , who was smart enough , but can become more intelligent by studying previous tasks , like as the human brain .

Processors that inspired the human brain is able to learn and be taught . More details in the video below , which shows the robot explores a room with tiles of different colors on the floor . When the robot stops at the white tile , the robot is given a compliment . Furthermore , the robot just stops in the box and ignore the white tile blue and yellow tiles .

To achieve a more realistic brain function , Qualcomm uses Neural Processing Unit ( NPU ) . NPU attempted to replicate human neurons send electrical pulses . Qualcomm claims NPU will be integrated in System on Chip in the future , so you smarter mobile devices anymore . Awesome or scary ?

When news of the quarter companys revenue decline dominate the whole news about Nokias financial reporting, a new aspect of note is highlighted. If seen sales of Nokia phones running the Windows Phone exceed sales with Nokia for Symbian phones. According to a chart posted on Twitter account Horace Dediu of Asymco, it appears that Windows Phone is slowly but surely killing the sales of Symbian which began last terliaht significantly from 2011 when mobile phones with Microsofts platform was announced. Nokia confirmed last month that it has shipped the last unit of Symbian phones.