Nokia 5310 Music express

 

Big on sound, small in the pocket

 With a sleek aluminium finish, the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic phone blends an array of features with an iconic design. At only 9.9mm thick and weighing less than 71 grams, the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic fits comfortably in a pocket or purse. Equally important, the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic offers up to 18 hours of music playback, memory for up to 3,000 songs** on an optional 4GB microSD card and dedicated music keys. With a 2-megapixel camera and a bright 2-inch QVGA screen with up to 16 million colors, the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic is expected to begin shipping in the fourth quarter of 2007 with an estimated retail price of 225 EUR before taxes and subsidies.

Technical specifications

The perfect balance of style and music

Design

Thin monoblock with aluminum side panels and smooth inspirational design with two trendy color combinations to choose from

Measures (closed) 103.8 mm x 44.7mm at widest and 9.9mm at thickest. Weighs 70.2g with battery.

Music

Switch straight to your music using the dedicated music keys with diamond cut music key symbols to 

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Protect yourself from unwanted calls and messages

BlackBaller is an Extreme Mobile Filter that is designed to block (reject) unwanted calls and messages (SMS/MMS). BlackBaller is a full featured and easy to use program which offers unique features such as message filtering, and the ultimate in user friendly features – Smart Reject Sensor. BlackBaller is the most user friendly and robust program of its kind.

BlackBaller feature Summary:

Block unwanted calls and messages (SMS/MMS)

Supports two types of filters: Blacklists (Blocks all calls on list) and Whitelists (Blocks all calls except what are on the list).

Tight integration with phonebook. Availability to block groups, persons, numbers and private numbers. Also includes an advanced option for setting block expiration date.

Smart Reject Sensor – Ultimate ergonomic solution. When you reject a call the system automatically asks if you want to block this specific caller.

Real background mode. BlackBaller is highly integrated into your mobile device. It works silently without keeping the program open and hidden and using up a lot of system resources.

Complete log for rejected calls/messages.

Note: BlackBaller offers a trial period of 14 days. After that time you should register your copy of the program, otherwise you will not be able to continue using it. Killer Mobile is not responsible for any lost personal data that you have entered into BlackBaller during the trial period.

Installation

You can install the program as a native Series 60 application. See your phone’s users guide for details. Installation requires about 200 Kb of the free space on your device’s memory disk. Please install to the internal device memory for best performance.

Note: Currently BlackBaller does not have any trusted certificate, this may cause warning in the installation process and will also keep the autostart feature from functioning (we will be signing the program very soon!) However using the AutoPilot program is safe. Every customer may request certified version of the program free of charge when it is available.

**If you get certificate error when attempting to install the program on your S60 3rd Edition smartphone, it means that you haven’t enabled installation of unsigned SIS files. Go to Tools -> App. Manager, choose Options -> Settings and set Software installation to All and Online certif. check to Off.

Sony will close its music store

Sony plans to close its music store, Connect, sometime after March 2008.

Apple’s iTunes, was never actually threatened by Sony’s misguided download service, of course. The company’s attempt to compete in the digital music market was from the start marked by glitchy software and disinterested consumers.

Sony claims the reason it scrapped Connect is that the company has “widened its digital music environment” to support Windows Media. But the story of how Connect was doomed from the start is well chronicled.

The project was self-sabotaged by politicking and infighting on the Connect development team.

When Sony launched Connect, the software was so buggy that the company resorted to telling frustrated customers to go back to using pre-Connect software, SonicStage. Sony’s U.S. operations went so far as to refuse releasing Connect.

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Yahoo is conducting research for a new social job network called Kickstart.

Dell profit up 46 percent due to cheaper components

 Dell reported a profit of $733 million for its fiscal 2008 second quarter, up 46 percent from its mark of $502 million for the same period last year.

The strong result was driven by sales to enterprise customers, an increase in the selling prices of Dell PCs, and a drop in component costs, the company said.

Dell recorded revenue of $14.8 billion for the quarter ending Aug. 3, generating earnings of $0.32 per share. Both figures were above Wall Street expectations of $14.63 billion revenue and $0.30 earnings per share, according to analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial.

However, Dell warned investors to be cautious when comparing the figures to past quarters because the company plans to restate its earnings for the past four years. Dell plans to revise its quarterly and annual financial statements for fiscal 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and the first quarter of 2007.c

Glyph For Palm : Version 1.00

Save the dying world of Kuros by reassembling ancient glyphs hidden beneath layers of rock and glistening stones. Clear groups of like-colored gemstones to break through the layers of rock and reveal the glyphs. Several different types of powerup will aid you in your task. Progress through 5 elemental areas and 125 levels to complete Quest mode, or explore the simpler challenge of over 100 levels in Action mode.

Glyph for Palm OS® and Windows Mobile® is based upon the highly-acclaimed PC game from Sandlot Games. It features beautiful graphics, an ethereal soundtrack, and atmospheric sound effects to enhance the adventure puzzle experience.

• Based on the highly acclaimed PC original from Sandlot Games
• Over 250 levels across 5 different worlds
• Impressive array of powerful artifacts to aid you
• Two exciting game modes

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Another Laptop Explodes… But Who’s at Fault?

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This issue didn’t get a lot of press when it happened late last week, perhaps because laptops going up in flames has become a tired, almost cliched, story. But laptops (in this case, yet another Dell) are still catching fire.

The twist is that the battery that caused the fire in question was one of the ones recalled last year. Laptop battery fires were probably the biggest technology story of 2006, but here we are well into the latter half of 2007 and people are still using computers with recalled batteries. I’d have a little sympathy for a little old lady who only used her laptop to check AOL and never kept abreast of technology news… but the owner of the laptop was a computer network administrator at a hospital. In other words: The guy is probably paid to know about this stuff!

Still, it leads one to ask whether Dell has been absolved of responsibility here. What happens if a consumer never hears about a product recall and that product causes a problem? What if the consumer did hear the recall alert, but chose to ignore it? Where does Dell’s responsibility end and the buyer’s begin? Gizmodo has asked for legal input on the subject, and I’d like to hear it too. I’m inclined to side with Dell on this one (the computer companies did a decent job of handling the recall in my opinion), but U.S. law is a strange beast. What does the law really say on topics like this?

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Nokia launched 4 new phones and webservices portal

Nokia (NOK) is making a splash today with the launch of four new mobile phones, the Nokia music store, a Nokia N-Gage gaming site, and a web services portal called Ovi. The company announced these new efforts at Go Play, an even the company is hosting in London.

What is Ovi? It is Finnish for door and it also is Nokia’s new Internet services brand name. It will be the door to Nokia Music Store, Nokia Maps, and N-Gage games, and will also be the entry point for other Web and mobile services. It is going to go live in English during the fourth quarter of 2007 and in other languages in the first half of 2008.

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Earthlink to fire 900 employes out to save up to 35 million

As expected, EarthLink announced late yesterday that it would cut 900 jobs, which is nearly 50 percent of its workforce, to reduce operating costs. EarthLink’s CEO Rolla Huff said the company plans to make further cost savings announcements before the end of the year, but no more job cuts are expected. EarthLink plans to close down its offices in Orlando, Fla.; Knoxville, Tenn.; Harrisburg, Penn.; and San Francisco. The company also said it would repurchase $200 million of its stock as part of the plan. Because of the restructuring, the company said it expects to save between $25 million and $35 million by year-end.

Nokia Navigator : Just Don’t Call it a Phone

Nokia really doesn’t like people calling it’s devices “phones” The trouble is, the alternatives are pretty clunky. The new 500 Auto Navigation, Nokia’s first stand-alone navigator, gets the tongue-twisting moniker handsfree dedicated personal navigation device. Catchy.

The GPS unit doubles as a Bluetooth handsfree set, and the regionally-tuned mapping software can offer up contact details of points along the way, which means a quick click-to-call without looking up numbers for, say, hotels and restaurants.

A built in MP3 player will beam tunes to your car radio via FM, and there are photo slideshow and video functions for times when the split screen traffic info service fails to bail you out of gridlock. Due in Europe this fall for €300 ($410), with a Worldwide rollout soon after.

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HTC Working to launch Google Phone

Foollowing to our last post on Gphone There have been a buzz on internet about possible launch of Gphone but Google the internet giant can not push its phone just with out any real buzz. Many Bloggers note that google will have its viral wom camaign on internet  much better that IPHONE had but not for too long.

 Also few industry reports says that its undertesting and  HTC is working with Google to launch a Google Phone in the first quarter of 2008. “Google is currently assessing over twenty HTC models and refining its final handset design and will create a special version of Google Maps, compatible with built-in GPS, and compatibility with Gmail and the calendar app. There is also some talk that Samsung will be releasing gPhone handsets as well, but that has not been confirmed…One extremely interesting point? Google Talk will become a part of the phone, adding VoIP capability to the hardware.” This last bit isn’t very surprising—I’m betting on any Google handset to have WiFi access, and/or to work on any spectrum that Google may win in the upcoming auction in the US

Symbian Shipments Increased 52 Percent In Q2

Average loyalty rate decreases 

 Symbian has reported a 52 percent increase in shipments of handsets with its smartphone operating platform in the second quarter to hit 18.7 million handsets, due mainly to the recent success enjoyed by Nokia.

It has also reduced the average royalty rate from $5.70 down ot $4.30 to “reflect the downward trend of phone costs in the market”. I guess Nokia being its biggest customer and owning 47.9 percent of the company had something to do with that. Symbian’s revenue increased by 7 percent to 44.1 million pounds (US$88.21 million) reports Dow Jones. Symbian said 145 million handsets have been shipped with its operating system since it was founded in 1998

Nokia announces Vivendi Games Mobile’s popular Crash Bandicoot franchise for N-Gage

Nokia announced today that they are teaming up with Vivendi Games Mobile, a division of Vivendi Games, to bring the legendary Crash Bandicoot franchise to Nokia’s new N-Gage mobile gaming platform launching this fall.  

“Vivendi Games Mobile is one of the most respected publishers in mobile gaming,” said Gregg Sauter, Nokia’s director of third party publishing. “Crash Bandicoot is a gaming icon as well as a global powerhouse, having sold more than 33 million units worldwide. With its fun appeal to people of all ages and incredible graphics, the Crash Bandicoot franchise is the perfect fit for N-Gage.”

“We are excited to offer Nokia customers the opportunity to enter the thrilling world of Crash Bandicoot and play a number of award winning titles from the popular Crash franchise,” said Paul Maglione, president of Vivendi Games Mobile. “We look forward to working with Nokia to offer entertaining, innovative mobile games that tap into the performance and innovation of the N-Gage application and Nokia’s mobile devices.” 

Crash Bandicoot follows the original storyline where the crazy marsupial must save the world. Jam packed with action and comedy, the player must take on the role of Crash to defeat the game’s villain and mad scientist, Dr. Neo Cortex. More information about the Crash franchise can be found at the official Crash Bandicoot Web site at http://www.crashbandicoot.com

A Mobile software Clock with wheather forecast, curency converter

PalmaryClock Wireless Edition s not just an improved clock, it is a technological breakthrough. Your Palm can now be not only a powerful organizer but a real-time assistant in your business! Nowadays it is very important to have the latest reliable information, and with the help of PalmaryClock Wireless Edition it is as easy as a pie.

The latest currency information, weather forecasts and exact time are seamlessly integrated for you!

Features

• Weather Forecast for 1500 cities (provided by CustomWeather, Inc)

  

• Currency Converter

  

• Atomic Time Syncronization
• Wireless autoupdate
• An ability to specify the button to switch on the device and automatically start PalmaryClock.
• An ability to launch an application or timer on alarm
• New skins with calendar
• User’s skins
• User’s backgrounds
• Easily adjustable and intuitive alarms and timers control from the main clock screen
• Slideshow mode
• Personal user settings for every skin
• Analog clock

  

• Digital clock
• Analog-digital clock
• Unlimited number of Alarms with enhanced settings
• Unlimited number of Timers
• Ten independent Stopwatches
• World Map view with additional thematic maps
• World Time with integrated World Map

  

• Sunrise/sunset, Internet time and Time calculator for cities or for free location
• Moon phases view

  

• MP3/WAV/OGG/WMA alarmtones support using built-in decoder or external player (PocketTunes or Aero Player)

Reasons To Replace Your Iphone

 In any case here´s a list of reasons as to why I am not replacing my iPhone.

1. Even though the method of writing text is much better on the iPhone than the N95 or most other telephones, it is still not nearly as good as the Blackberry’s key pad, and if you have to work, the Blackberry is your best tool.
2. The iPhone does not have GPS. I arrived at that infamous party in Mallorca where my iPhone was stolen by using my Blackberry’s GPS (the taxi driver didn’t even know the way). I have been a portable GPS device addict ever since they first came out. I always used to have a Garmins on me, and now both the N95 and Blackberry 8800 have GPS, and I use them a lot because I spend one third of each month traveling. Both the Blackberry and Nokia have been smart enough to build social features around GPS. This summer, for example, while sailing we’d know where to meet up with our friends by sending them our coordinates using the “send location” function.
3. The iPhone does not have filming capacity, an essential tool for a blogger like me. For me, the N95’s video camera is presently the best of any telephone on the market.
4. The iPhone’s camera is only 2 megapixels and photo quality is much worse than that of the Nokia N80 and N95, and the photos end up looking pretty crappy on Flickr.
5. The same aesthetics that make the iPhone so attractive also make it incredibly slippery and it can easily fall out of your pocket (I still don’t know if someone pick-pocketed me or if it fell out of my pocket onto the floor). Plus after only one month, it was already scratched and the iPhone is extremely difficult to use without scratching its screen. Sorry, but I am not the kind of person who is going to walk around using the iPhone cover as if it were a pair of glasses. The iPhone is like an iPod: who has an iPod that is not scratched? And in this case, the screen is what is most important about the iPhone and its best quality. It’s being scratched so easily is a horrible design defect.
6. The only videos you can see on the iPhone are those from YouTube, not the ones I have created and want to store its memory using a video player. The iPhone is great for Web 2.0 users who want to receive videos, but not for those who want to help build the Web 2.0.
7. Even though the iPhone is the best iPod out there in terms of functionality, it will not be replacing my 60 giga iPod anytime soon. I have 43 gigas of music that I listen to. I go biking and want to listen to whatever I feel like: Maroon 5, Ella Fitzgerald, Gorillaz, Fatboy Slim, Carlos Gardel, Johnny Cash, Caetano Veloso. In a two hour sprint, I like to alternate my music, and the iPhone with all of its functionalities is limited to only 4 or 8 gigas.
8. The iPhone does not have Chat, and I use Google Talk on both my Blackberry and Nokia. SMS is a rip off in general, so I prefer to Chat on my phones.
9. The iPhone does not have Gmail which I have integrated into my Blackberry and Nokia. From the iPhone Twitter is incredibly complicated. I have to go through Safari while with the Blackberry and Nokia, I can send messages directly to Twitter through Google Talk.
10. There is no search function. This sounds hard to believe, but the iPhone doesn’t let you search amongst your contacts except by going from letter to letter. It has a favorite contacts feature, but the quantity is fairly limited (I don’t remember exactly how much).
11. I can download applications to the Blackberry and Nokia, but can’t download them to the iPhone. One of my favorite applications for Nokia is Fring. With Fring, I can use Skype, IM, Google Talk, and can call for free from my Nokia when there is WiFi or if I have a fixed 3G plan.
12. Although it sounds unbelievable, iPhone does not have VOIP. This is ridiculous. The iPhone has sold out to AT&T to such an extent that it doesn’t allow you to put voice over WiFi as with the N95.
13. The iPhone does not have push email. You can only get your emails by asking for them periodically and not automatically.
14. And yes, Fon is WiFi and we love WiFi but let´s be frank, there´s not WiFi everywhere and when there isn´t my N95 has 3G while the iPhone only had 2G.

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Israeli Computer Engineers hacked Iphone

Israeli computer engineers have managed to hack Apple’s iPhone system. They were able to make it available for use through Israeli carriers Cellcom and Orange, local daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported on its website on Sunday.

The three were also able to give the iPhone a Hebrew interface, thus breaking Apple’s restriction.

The three hackers are not ready to share how they got the iPhone to work, but did say that practically anyone could do it, said the report.

Apple launched the iPhone in June, granting AT&T and a few European carriers an exclusive two-year distribution deal.

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Some Expected Features Of GPhone

Google phone aka GPhone is no more a rumour, yes you have heard it right..Google Inc, is coming up with their own mobile phone with the brand name Gphone (sounds similar to iPhone). There was quite  a speculation in the industry about the next gen mobile phone from Google but this is no more a speculation. Come this September and you will find a GPhone ringing next to you. what made this Internet giant to foray into mobile? Definitely to grab a pie of the upcoming market

The trendy phone from Google will definitely come with many google goodies packed

It will be based on Linux Operating System.

It will be Internet ready phone so must be having a large intuitive display.

It will be a PC in  a mobile.

It will surely have many features which are not available ina iPhone in order to compete in the market

Russian mobile market expand to $420 by 20 percent in 2007

The Russian mobile content market is set to expand by 20 percent in 2007 to $420 million, up from $350 million in 2006 according to Dmitry Smirnov, Head of the Mobile Service Department of the inv*stm*nt Holding Finam. However, this is lower than other estimates reports CNews, noting that iKS-Consulting puts the internet mobile content revenue in Russia at $408 million last year, and expects it to grow 21 percent to about $494 million this year. There’s also a wide-held belief that the introduction of 3G into Russia will not result in the same levels of growth of mobile content as in other countries…at least, not straight away.

Microsoft Hackers Now Have an Official Blog

    

“Hackers @ Microsoft” – that’s the name of a new Microsoft blog officially launched on blogs.msdn.com which also hosts thousands of other blogs written by Microsoft Employees.

The pitch says – Microsoft employs some of the best hackers in the world and actively recruits them and develops them.  At his or her core, a true hacker is someone who is curious and wants to learn how systems work.  This can and of course at Microsoft is done in an ethical, legal manner. 

Microsoft does have hackers, and its time to introduce you to some of them and show you what it is, exactly that they do. The new Microsoft Hackers blog is located at blogs.msdn.com/hackers.

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Nokia N81 coming with two versions (Colour Culd be blue)

The memo states that Nokia plans to launch two variants of the N81, one with an 8GB storage capacity and another with 1GB of storage. Orange proposes that an “open and transparent” trial is conducted to evaluate the Nokia music store using the 8GB handset to compare results with the 1GB variant that would only use Orange’s own music download service. “If this proposal is not accepted, we will regrettably be forced to derange this handset,” the memo warned.The memo said it wants to source larges volumes of “the exclusive blue N81″ but that if Nokia does not agree to the trial, it will work with other handset makers to fill the gap. Orange has set a deadline of 31 August for Nokia to agree to the trials.

How to stop spam emails

While spam filters have gotten better over the years, meaning that email spam is now “manageable” for most people, some people are apparently arguing that a better solution to stopping spammers is to go after the web hosts who host the sites advertised in spam. That sounds nice in theory, but in practice it doesn’t make that much sense.

Spam is a huge and growing problem. Ideas on how to stop email spam come id many forms, this course will look at some of the most effective and show you step by step hoe to use them to free your email inbox from this curse of the 21st century.

1. Non Cloaked emails on websites

This is actually one of the most easy way to get spam. I’ve talked to a system administrator in the office and she expressed surprise at not knowing about this. Most people start building a website on free webhosts and then add their email address at the bottom of the website. While this is good for website usability which is a separate topic altogether, it allows unscrupulous people to harvest your email address with powerful online website crawling programs. What these programs do is crawl websites and then classify them and sell the extracted leads to lead vendors. So if your website is about health, they might classify your extracted email address as a health lead and sell it to other marketers to email to you.

The simple solution to this problem is to do email cloaking. This is usually a simple script which breaks up your email into two parts when a robot on the internet crawls your website. But to the normal user who looks at it, the browser combines it together to show a normal email address. Do a simple google search for “email cloaking script” and you should be able to do this by copying the script into your website.

So then you prevent spam and at the same time allow people to continue to contact you.

Another simpler solution which may confound some of your website users who are not so internet savvy is just to do use /at/ instead of @. So for instance your email will read Abc/at/abc.com rather than abc@abc.com. However as mentioned, if your target audience is older and not so good with the internet, this may be a problem and prevent them from contacting you.

2. Spam via cookies or malicious code or programs

Spyware flooding your computer is a real problem. Most people do not really realize this until they find popups suddenly appearing when they reach some pages or find that their starting page has been high jacked by some website. When you visit a website like Yahoo and log in, a cookie is deposited into your computer browser to tell Yahoo that you have logged in to their system. These cookies have short life spans and self delete when you log out of the system.

However there are some websites that have cookies for the sole purpose of tracking all email sent into and out of your computer when the browser is on. It then tracks your name and email address and sends it secretly to a central server where it then sells you name and email address to email lists. Thus some people report an increase in spam after visiting certain websites and this may be the reason.

Another reason for spam can be attributed to malicious code which can possibly install itself into your browser without you knowing it and does the same thing as the cookies in the above example but on a longer term basis as the cookies would be deleted when you clear your cookies and cache in your browser. Some of this malicious code can even do keyword logging and send your passwords and bank IDs to the programmer who came up with the code!

The best solution to the problem is to download the Mozilla Firefox Internet browser which has a built in security system which prevents such malicious code from being installed into your web browser without your knowledge and allows you to clear your cache and cookies easily. I do this on a constant basis to prevent my email inbox from being filled with spam.

3. Spyware via free programs installed

Another reason why there is an increase in spam is that there are third party spyware that is bundled with free software which is why the software is free in the first place because the spyware companies pay the programmer to bundle it with their software. Always look at the agreement before downloading any free wallpapers or free programs like weather programs as there could be a possibility that spyware could be bundled together with it and flood your email box with spam.

The best solution is to download Spyware Search and Destroy or Lavasoft’s Adaware anti-spyware programs to detect and clear any spyware from your computer. In addition, you might find that your computer might run faster when you are connected to the internet as the spyware does take up some bandwidth in its communication to the central server.

4. Random emails

Some of the more powerful email programs have the ability to flood servers with permutations of email addresses. This means that they can basically email anyone online because they have powerful computers which run software which blasts emails to all permutations and one of them may be yours.

The more legitimate marketers will have an opt out link at the bottom of the email so that you can actually opt out of the list. On the other hand, some of the real offshore spammers have servers in China and Russia so when you do click on the link to opt out, it actually confirms that your email address is working so ironically sometimes it is best to just delete spam rather than reply to it.

5. Free offers

Some spam in your inbox (not legally spam) may be from free offers. When you signup for some online service, there is thing called co-registration where they have many boxes for you to tick. Generally what this means is you are asking the online service to send your email address and name to an online marketer who is going to sell it to others to email to. While this is not spam as you have opted into it, it may become irritating after a while.

The better solution that I do personally is to create an email from Yahoo for the sole purpose of free offers so that I can let that email be flooded with spam. So you can get the free offer and not face the possibility of deleting 500 spam emails daily in your personal email inbox.

In conclusion, spam can be reduced if you are aware of the reasons and the ways in which online marketers and spammers can get your email. Taking an active step today to prevent them from getting your personal email is a great step forward to reducing the amount of spam you have in your inbox.

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Palm Introduces Slim and light T|X handheld

 

While the device is quite slim and light, and has a black-and-silver colour scheme that looks tasty, you wont find it quite as solid as some of the companys previous handhelds. Still, this is a sharp.

With built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth® technology, this is the wireless device you’ve been waiting for. Browse the web and check email from your office, campus, or a home Wi-Fi network—and places like airports, cafes, and hotels¹. Carry your Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files² and get more done anywhere. Web pages, presentations, spreadsheets, photos, and videos come to life on a large color screen that rotates from landscape to portrait mode. Have time to unwind? The Palm TX handheld even lets you listen to MP3s³ and read eBooks. It’s anything but business as usual.

A user story 

After running around the world with Palm’s E2 and having to switch my SD storage card for my Wi-Fi card and not being able to download files I decided to bite the bullet and purchase Palm’s T|X.

Upon opening the flashy business box the T|X gleems like a new penny. After a 3 hr initial charge I got to play with the T|X’s features. Doc2GO, Versimail, and bluetooth connectivity all worked like a champ. The media program played mp3s and showed pictures on a beautiful landscape or vertical screen in millions of colors. The most impressive feature was the ease of use of the built-in Wi-Fi. I detected not only my home’s network but 3 others in my neighborhood. I took my T|X on the road for the first time and connected to the hotel Wi-Fi without any trouble.

My only complaint would be with the battery life is not a long as I would like it to be but there are ways to get your battery to last longer. (i.e. turn off BT or Wi-Fi when not in use). Also, I am not a big fan of the 2 wire set up on the latest Palm products. 2 ports on the bottom of the device, one for hotsync and the other for power. What ever happened to the cradle? If your USB port supports 500 mA power you can “trickle charge” your T|X through it’s USB cable and not the power charger. Word to the wise though…”trickle charge” takes up to 9 hrs vs 3 hrs on the power charger. The other 2 items I highly recommend is the hard case to protect your purchase and a 1 or 2 GB SD card so you can work and download from you Wi-Fi connections.

So, if you don’t need to be connected all the time and don’t want the monthly cost of a data plan on a smartphone like the 700w or Motorola Q but still want processing power, internet connectivity, and a robust email program for all your email needs then this sleek, beautiful, handheld is for you

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Best choice for your mobile data backup

Sunnysoft Backup Manager is High data security professional backup tool that is easy to use, fully customizable with extended backup options to suit your needs. Simple/Advanced mode, password protection, clever organization of this powerful backup application with great graphics and much more make it the best choice for your data.NEWLY! 8 language versions available(CZ,PL,HU,ES,RU,DE,FR,EN)
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• Simple mode for quick and easy Advanced mode for custom back-ups
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• Backup of all user created files incl.files in ROM storages and Memory cards
• User defined files to be excluded from backup, selective backup
• Smart progress bar showing details about time, size, and content
• Log files with backup information
• Backups made with previous Backup Manager versions compatible
• Complete support of localized devices

Supported Operating Systems

• Windows Mobile 5 (starting from version 3.7)
• Windows Mobile 2003 SE
• Windows CE .NET (* in case of devices with .NET, please, test the application first for full functionality on a particular device!)

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Languages available

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Manage your contacts, appointments and tasks in a snap and get things done quickly and effectively

award-winning, fully integrated, personal information manager, Agendus, is now available for the Window Mobile Smartphone platform. Agendus for Windows Mobile has been optimized to handle the dynamics of your everyday life, and provide a level of proactive personal assistance that so far has only been available from a “real-life” assistant, not a Windows Mobile-based phone or PDA. Agendus was designed to work the way you think. It has numerous options for customizing, viewing and using data that you can access via its intuitive interface.

» Maximize the Use of Your Mobile Companion Agendus makes it easy to schedule meetings, write tasks, create contacts, check email and send SMS with confidence. Its contact management capabilities are superb! You can do everything from grouping, sorting, filtering, and searching, to tracking contact history, checking the weather at the contact?s location, obtaining driving directions and customizing your contact?s profile to include photos, birthday alerts and more. Plus, full color and icon support and its design for one-handed navigation makes using it a snap while on-the-go. » Make Your Device Work for You Agendus gives you various ways to display settings and organize your information that best fits your preferences. Find the best view to fit your needs. Choose from the Today View, Day View, Month View Standard or Month View Clock Mode, Contact view and Task View list mode. » Fun and Rewarding Furthermore, Agendus for Windows Mobile makes using your Smartphone fun and rewarding. Color and icon support minimizes the need for long descriptions and adds some spark (and spunk) to your schedule. These also make it easy to tell from a glance where you need to be (and what you need to be doing). And you aren?t locked down to using just the icons provided. Agendus also includes a full-featured icon editor so you can make whatever changes you?d

turns your SmartPhone or PocketPC into a minature light

Flashlight is a simple little app that turns your SmartPhone or PocketPC into a minature light by setting the screen to maximum brightness and temporarily disabling the backlight-timeout. With it, you can use your phone for reading in the dark or finding your way at night. Super-convenient at a super-convenient price.

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Yahoo will Add SMS to Its Webmail serivce

Yahoo is updating its e-mail client, and among other things is the ability to send free text messages to a mobile phone number from within Yahoo Mail. This service will work in the US, Canada, India and the Philippines in real-time, although only on certain carriers (which will be published in the Help pages of Yahoo Mail).

Of course, the people receiving the messages on their phones may have to pay for that, and to reply via SMS. Yahoo is also adding instant messaging capability to Yahoo Mail (such as Google has) which will allow access to Yahoo Messenger and Windows Live Messenger. Perhaps more impressively, people will also be able to “easily convert their e-mail messages into IM chats or switch to a text message dialogue with the click of a button, when friends come online or go mobile, and vice-versa”.

IPhone Unlocking Software Delayed

Unsurprisingly AT&T has moved to prevent the sale of software which can unlock the iPhone, allowing it to be used on any GSM carrier. “John McLaughlin, founder of Uniquephones, based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, said Saturday that he received a phone call about 3 a.m. Saturday local time from a man claiming to be from O’Melveny & Myers LLP, an international law firm, calling on behalf of AT&T. The firm has worked with Apple in the past…The man informed McLaughlin that if he posted the unlock code, he could be sued for copyright infringement and for dissemination of Apple’s intellectual property (IP)” reports IDG News Service. The plan was to release the iPhone on saturday at www.iphoneunlocking.com, but that has now been delayed

Nokia N-gage. For the 3rd Time.

Nokia will revive its most famous misfire, the video game-cellphone hybrid, the N-Gage, as a multiplayer gaming service that will work on its popular line of smartphones

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Nokia E90 Communicator

Rate This Nokia E90 Communicator is a cellular phone with combined multimedia and PDA features, and is by far (August 2007) the most well equipped Nokia’s cellular phone. The Nokia E90 Communicator comes loaded a full QWERTY keyboard, GPS navigation system, MP3 player, and 3.2-MegaPixel digital camera with Flash and AutoFocus. The Nokia E90 Communicator runs on Symbian 9.2 mobile operating system. It supports POP3, IMAP4, and SMTP email technology which allows users to access both personal email accounts and corporate email accounts seamlessly. Besides that, you could open and edit email attachments (documents, spreadsheets, and presentations) right on the Nokia E90 Communicator phone. In addition, you could make VOIP calls with its built-in VOIP application wherever there is a WiFi Network as the Nokia E90 runs on WLAN 802.11g wireless network.

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Video advertising industry to grow to $2.9 billion by 2010

While YouTube’s announcement that they will start including ads in video comes as little surprise, there are already dozens of companies vying for a piece of the video advertising industry, which is expected to grow to $2.9 billion by 2010 according to eMarketer. Here is a look at 10 of the top players in the market, ranging from startups to some of the Web’s biggest companies.

BrightRoll offers both pre-roll (meaning ads before a video plays) and mid-roll (ads that take place between segments of a video) advertising and places ads based on contextual, behavioral and demographic targeting. To determine content, BrightRoll looks at information like tags and keyword profiles, while using data for its publishers from ComScore to create demographic-based campaigns. The company claims to be the fastest growing video advertising company with more than 800 million ads served.

Flickr Joins Nikon on Digital Learning Center.

An update to our post ON Nikon has teamed up with Flickr to launch a sponsored educational activity on the photo-sharing site, called the Nikon Digital Learning Center.

This will provide tips and tutorials for photographers, as well as a space for photographers to discuss related topics with Nikon School instructors Reed Hoffman and Bill Durrence in a live chat. Professional photographers Rosanne Pennella and Cliff Mautner will also be making themselves available for live chats through this educational learning center as well.

This is a great way for camera companies to grow brand loyalty and increase recognition, and what better place to do this than Flickr? Pentax is another camera company that’s taking a social approach to promoting its own products, launching a selective, community-voted gallery of photographers.

[via cNet]

Orkut to Launch New Design very soon

Orkut is rolling out a new design this morning, starting with a select number of users. It’s a much-needed change to the previously ugly social network that became unintentionally popular in Brazil.

But what’s we’re really hoping for from Google is the launch of SocialStream, the aggregated social network they’re supposedly developing. LiveJournal founder Brad Fitzpatrick, who has been talking seriously about a format for aggregation, just moved over to Google: a sign that something is cooking.

Google is enhancing its Google Maps Service With Street Views

In an unprecedented campaign, Google is enhancing its Google Maps service with a new Street View feature that allows you to view crisp, navigable photos of roads in nine major cities across the United States, including San Francisco, New York, San Diego, and Denver. (To see the full list, go to maps.google.com and click the Street View link on the upper-right corner.)

Once you zoom in close enough, you can click the Street View link and look around the location, or click an arrow to see the next Street View photo.

To snap the pictures, Google mounted digital cameras on the roof of passenger cars — reportedly Chevy Cobalts, according to the tech blog Gizmodo — and drove around San Francisco and San Diego.

The Mountain View, Calif.-based company partnered with Immersive Media for the underlying photo technology and has worked with third-party firms for street-level photography for the additional cities outside of California. Only San Francisco and San Diego use high-resolution street-level images, however. Other cities use lower-res captures.

Street View could be a boon for “landmark drivers” who prefer driving instructions such as “Turn left at the large brick church, and drive until you get to the pizza place on the corner” as opposed to “Meet me at Second Street and Fourth Avenue.” It certainly reveals how far Google will go to prove its mapping prowess — and, incidentally, attract users to more localized advertising.

According to Greg Sterling at Sterling Market Intelligence in Oakland, Calif., Google has a Business Referral Representative program that sets a precedent for localized involvement. That program involves Google representatives providing local business information and photos to Google for a fee. Sterling said that precedent for collecting local information and photos is being continued with the Street View program. Street View is “about creating more utility for consumers, which in turn will lead indirectly to ad revenue over the longer term. Google has long focused on small businesses and local users, so this is just trying to take those efforts to the next level,” Sterling said.

Still, regardless of whether Street View is purely a mapping enhancement or a new play for ad revenue, there is tough competition from Microsoft and others. There are also some nagging privacy issues to deal with, plus the sheer magnitude of the project

Smartsynch expects $20Million Un Revenues

SmartSynch, whose smart meter technology uses broadband networks like AT&T’s (T) to connect electricity meters to utilities, expects to bring in $20 million in revenues in 2007. To date, the company has raised $57 million in funding from a long list of investors including Nth Power, JP Morgan Partners, Siemens Venture Capital, and Duke Ventures. CEO Stephen Johnston said SmartSynch isn’t looking to raise more funds just yet, but that it will be aiming for another round in six to 12 months.

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20 most popular Celebrities Age

People say that life becomes really enjoyable when we reach our 40s. According to  Forbes, success is enjoyed from this age and onwards. Amazingly the most successful and famous people in USA are older than 40

Traditional Media vs Internet

These days there was a little war on the Internet in Spain when the leading TV chain in Spain, TVE, ran a show in which they showed how easy it was to vandalize Wikipedia. And what´s worse, after vandalizing some articles, the producers of the show did not even bother to correct the changes. As Microsoft likes to point out that Open Source is not safe to use traditional media´s attack on the Internet generally centers around proving that the Internet is not a trustworthy source of information. In the meantime the value of “reliable” traditional media companies keeps shrinking. Personally I think that the world needs both, professional journalists with great integrity and the user generated content of blogs and Wikipedia. But I can understand why as journalists start feeling that their jobs are being taken by bloggers who compete with their readers attention and do not demand payment other than the occasional Google Ad would react violently and attack the Internet. In the end, this is a foolish strategy. The internet is more reliable than traditional media not because it can´t be wrong (it frequently is) but because it is self correcting. Needless to say the articles that were vandalized have by now been fixed.

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WIFI Stealing IS Crime

A few months ago British police were cautioning people who steal Wifi, now it seems they are really cracking down – even arresting a man for picking up an unsecured Wifi signal. According to the Daily Mail, a 39-year-old man was held after two police community support officers became suspicious when they spotted him using a laptop computer on a garden wall (sounds a little like Humpty Dumpty, doesn’t it?).

When questioned, the man admitted to using someone else’s unsecured wi-fi broadband connection outside a house. He now faces a fine, six months in prison (or both), under the under section one of the Computer Misuse Act and Section 125 of the Communications Act 2003.

The punishments sound slightly exaggerated and unfounded to me – I mean if people leave their wireless networks unsecured they’re almost asking for it. It’s like leaving candy on your doorstep and thinking neighborhood kids aren’t going to snack on it. What do you think?
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Eight Years After Changing Professional Photography Forever, Nikon Does It Again By Introducing The D3 Digital SLREight years after Nikon’s D1 camera changed professional digital photography forever, Nikon today introduced the D3 – a new digital SLR camera that is poised to once again revolutionize photography for professionals. The 12.1 effective megapixel D3 features Nikon’s new FX-format CMOS sensor, measuring 23.9 x 36mm, which is nearly identical to the size of 35mm film. With the fastest startup time, shortest viewfinder blackout time, and shortest shutter lag of any digital SLR camera as well as the capability to shoot up to nine frames per second at full FX-format resolution, the D3 is the world’s fastest digital SLR camera in its class.*

Designed with sports photographers and photojournalists in mind, the Nikon D3 introduces an astounding list of brand new features and technologies that make it the most sophisticated and advanced Nikon digital SLR to date. In addition to the new FX-format CMOS sensor, the D3 incorporates Nikon’s new EXPEED Image Processing System that is central to the blazing speed and processing power needed for many of the D3’s new features.

Images taken with the D3 reflect exceptional overall quality, broad tonal range and depth, along with extremely low-noise throughout its normal ISO range of 200 to 6400. By setting the camera to its built-in options of Lo-1 or Hi-2, the ISO range of the camera can be expanded to the equivalent of ISO 100 or ISO 25,600 respectively, offering unmatched versatility in practically any shooting situation.

The D3 also features an entirely new 51-point auto focus system with Nikon’s 3D Focus Tracking feature and two new LiveView shooting modes that allow photographers to frame a photograph using the camera’s high-resolution LCD monitor. The D3 uses the world’s first Scene Recognition System to greatly enhance the accuracy of auto focus, auto exposure and auto white balance detection in the camera by recognizing the subject or scene being photographed and applying this information to the calculations for the three functions.

Tip to Use Recycled Cell Phone

Here’s a great way to make some new technological art using old cellphones. But what are those guys doing? Are they supposed to be part of the art???

Greystripe says its ad-supported games have been downloaded 14 million times in 12 months

The self-declared download volumes were split between its Greystripe site and third party distributors.  US-based Greystripe’s catalogue includes 800 games by 70 publishers. The company says that during the last 12 months its users have played an average of 3.4 games, with the male-to-female ratio almost equal. The early morning commute and lunch breaks are the most popular time of the day to play mobile games with 9am, 1pm and 2pm the peak download times. Michael Chang, CEO of Greystripe, said: “Now mobile gaming joins radio, internet, and television as a form of entertainment that can be offered free to the consumer, supported by advertising in our case, before and after a consumer plays our titles.” Greystripe’s patent-pending AdWRAP technology automates the process that enables advertisements to be wrapped directly with mobile games and applications without any complex coding and development for the content owner. Source.

Truth About Iphone Nano

Since its release nearly two months ago, the iPhone has proven to be a rather disruptive device, not only in the mobile market, but on the web as well. With designers and developers scrambling to get a foothold in this new market, issues have surfaced and (in many cases) tempers have flared.

The folks at Gizmodo apparently posted up a supposed spy shot of the upcoming iPhone nano, but shortly after doing that they apparently received a dossier from the legal eagles at Apple, politely asking them to remove those spy shots due to the fact that they’re still “intellectual property”. At least the spy shots confirm that the device in question definitely belongs to Apple, although it cannot be confirmed as at press time as to whether it is the final product or still a fledgling prototype.

Are you excited about the prospect of holding a brand new iPhone nano in your hands sometime down the future? Will the user experienced be “gimped” as certain quarters speculate? I think the iPhone nano will still generate a whole lot of buzz and even more sales, but as to whether it is a gadget worthy of long time love, that remains to be seen.

Nokia wants our brainstormed ideas for finding best applications

According to mobilemonday Forum Nokia launched in July is a global campaign for finding new mobile applications and business plans. The ‘Mobile Rules!’ competition is its second year.

Last years Web2Mobile’ is now ‘Mobile Rules. Nokia has partnered several venture capital and media companies to comb the world for best new ideas. The organizers promise the winners contracts or cash prizes.

The competition is divided into two ‘tracks’.

1) The first is for qualified developers working on mobile applications for Nokia platforms in four categories: ‘multiplayer and connected games’, ‘multimedia’, ‘enterprise’ and ‘infotainment’.

2) Aimed at entrepreneurs, small businesses, start-ups and academic institutions and is for business plans in the mobile space, both those designed specifically for mobile devices and those that make existing static businesses mobile.

US Wireless Data Market Update – Q2 & 1H 2007

US wireless data market continued its impressive growth reaching $5.85B in service revenues for the quarter. Data and Voice ARPU increased 8% and 1% Quarter/Quarter (Q/Q) respectively. Given that majority of the data revenues now comes from non-messaging applications and services and the subscriber penetration for such services is just getting into the inflection zone, we remain bullish on the US wireless data market. The introduction of iPhone in Q2 marked a new era of UX-driven devices and applications.

• US Wireless data market grew 7% Q/Q to $5.85B in Q207. For the first half of 2007, the US wireless data service revenues stood at $11.35B jumping 81.6% from 1H06.
• Overall ARPU increased by $1.05 Q/Q to $53.62 due to strong data performance and stable voice ARPU. The untold story has been the surprising resiliency of Voice ARPU over the past 3 quarters. Data ARPU grew 8% from Q107 and 19% from Q406 to $9.04. As estimated in our Q107 update, Verizon overtook Sprint in data ARPU with a 13% increase from its Q107 numbers to $9.84 while Sprint’s data ARPU increased only by 5% to $9.75. AT&T’s data ARPU increased by 11% to $8.77 and T-Mobile’s 4% jump accounted for its $7.8 data ARPU for Q207.
• The strongest growth continues to come from Verizon, accounting for almost 31% of industry’s data revenue in Q207. Its data service revenues jumped by 13% Q/Q to $1.8B. Verizon was followed by AT&T at $1.65B, Sprint at $1.2B, and T-Mobile at $613M.
• The % contribution of data to service revenues jumped from 14.5% to almost 17% in Q207 and is certainly going to cross 20% by the end of this year. Considering the market was only at 6% in 2004, it is a significant improvement in 3 years. Verizon led in % data contribution to ARPU with 19% followed by AT&T at 17.3%, Sprint at 16.3%, and T-Mobile at 15%.
• As we have been discussing in our quarterly updates, the net-adds continue to decline for the industry. The current net-adds rate for the year is 1.65M subs/month down from 1.92M subs/month in 2006 and 2M subs/month in 2005.
• The US wireless industry crossed 80% subscription penetration in Q207. Though the growth rate has expectedly slowed down, there is still plenty of room for growth over the next five years.
• The top three US carriers again maintained their respective rankings amongst the top 10 global carriers in terms of data revenues. For the year, Verizon with $3.4B, AT&T with $3.2B, and Sprint with $2.4B in service data revenues stood at #4, 5, and 6 respectively with Verizon closing in on KDDI for the number 3 spot.
• AT&T stemmed the tide of losing customers to Verizon with the strongest performance in terms of net-adds in Q2 adding almost 1.5M new subscriptions. While the distance between the two giants is getting closer, AT&T is likely to stay perched at the top with most subs in the US market for the remainder of 2007. iPhone mania and 3G penetration helped in gaining new subs.
• Q2 marked the demise of another high profile MVNO – Amp’D. Boasting $100 ARPU in Q1, the company couldn’t control the burn rate and cost of customer acquisition resulting in a spectacular crash.
• Q2 also saw the folding of the DVB-H camp in the US with the mobile broadcast market firmly in the hands of MediaFLO.
• Non-messaging data revenues continue to be in the 50-60% range for the US carriers. T-Mobile recorded $644M or 53% of its data revenues from non-messaging applications and services during 1H07.
• Verizon recorded 10B TXT messages in June setting a record of messaging volume at a single carrier. For the quarter 28.3B TXT messages were sent on its network. AT&T recorded 18B TXT messages for the quarter.
• There was tremendous activity in the area of Mobile Advertising with the acquisitions of Third Screen Media, Telephia, and ScreenTonic. We just finished a comprehensive book on the subject. More details in the coming months.

• In 1H07, 203 private companies announced $2.3B in venture financing down from $3.6B in 2H06 and $2.9B in 1H06. Source: Rutberg. Mobile TV/Video, Mobile Personalization, Mobile Search and Advertising, Semiconductor, Carrier infrastructure, Device design and development are hot areas. M&A activity also picked up quite significantly. Intel Capital and Sequoia Capital opened their purses the most. We also saw 7 major IPOs with Aruba performing the best and Glu performing the worst. Other notables were Clearwire, Airvana, and MetroPCS.
• Nokia eclipsed 100M unit sale in Q207 for the second time in history (first being in Q406). Its 1H07 tally stood at 191.9M followed by Motorola at 80.9M and Samsung at 72.2M. Nokia’s share of the market went up to 37.9%. Motorola lost significant ground dropping 3.2% Q/Q to 12.4%. Samsung gained as a result and ascending again to the number 2 spot with a 14.1% marketshare. Sony Ericsson with 9.4% and LG with 7.2% rounded up the top 5. Samsung benefited from its Ultra edition, Sony Ericsson from its Walkman/Cybershot, and LG from high-end Chocolate/Shine models.
• Despite the sale of over 426M handsets by the top 5 manufacturers, the talk of the industry for 1H07 was the imminent launch of the iPhone. It captivated and mesmerized the media like no other device in history. Despite some limitations, device was an instant hit and a game changer for the industry.
• 86-88% of the handsets sold in the US are now replacement devices. Globally this figure stands at just over 50%.
• GSM Association announced the 200 millionth 3G mobile subscription. As estimated in our widely referenced 2005 paper on 3G, 2007 is proving to be the inflection year for many western nations including the US where the penetration crossed 15% in Q2.
• WiMAX gained headlines with some significant announcements in Q2. Clearwire-Sprint partnership on network expansion slightly reduces the risk for both players. Clearwire increased its subscriber base to 299K with ARPU at $38. Sprint-Google announcement on applications and open APIs was quite telling. FCC’s 700 MHz auction drama kept the lobbyists gainfully employed though its impact on the industry will be marginal.
• T-Mobile has had good success with its myFaves launch. Since Oct, they have added 2.5M users which add $4/month on average to the plan. If only carriers could extend this interoperability to content.

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Iphone wireless reception imporved in latest update

Apple has improved its wireless reception in its new relased update version 1.0.2,  

“ On the MacRumors Forums, user KLFloyd wrote,

 

“The first thing different I’ve noticed is that my AirPort reception is far improved. For whatever reason, even when in the same room as my base station I would only get 1-2 bars of AirPort reception. Now I have full reception everywhere in my condo. Not sure if the reception is really any better or if the indicator is fixed.”

User schmulz agreed, “My wifi reception is definitely better. While in my office I have never been able to connect to the wifi hub in the conference room down the hall. After the update I was surprised that the Edge connection seemed faster, until I realized I was connected to the wifi hub with two bars. For me, this is a huge issue, as I was preparing to try to deal with whatever hassle it would take to get the wifi connection extended to my office area. Yes!!!”

Sony Ericsson offers UIQ shares, analyst suggests to open source instead

Four months after announcing they were acquiring UIQ, Sony Ericsson invited other phone vendors to become shareholders of the Symbian interface (press release), to ensure a strong alternative to the S60 platform for everybody and to improve its financial position. Software, telecom and IT consultant OVUM questions the need of this and suggests an alternative: opening its source. They point to several different advantages that make it sounds like a good advise, but probably so did the advise of opening to investors. There’s no “best” strategy, and we wish Sony Ericsson the best of luck with theirs. After all, by not open sourcing a tiny bit of code nor even basing it’s strategy on third party applications, we all know what Apple is going to achieve with the iPhone and succesive iPhone nano’s, micro’s, etc. Here are some extracts from the article:

It could be perceived that Sony Ericsson is trying to have its cake and eat it, by wanting the strategic advantage of owning its own smartphone platform but at the same time wanting other phone vendors to subsidise it. (…)

Apple iphone rumours

The Financial Times reports that Apple has chosen some of its European partners for the iPhone: T-Mobile of Germany, Orange of France and O2 in the U.K. have signed contracts with Apple that see them paying Apple 10 percent of the revenues made from the calls and data transfers from iPhones. While none of the carriers would comment on the report, the newspaper’s sources say that the carriers will officially announce their deals with Apple at the IFA trade fair in Berlin at the end of the month.The deal, if true, marks a watershed moment for the carrier/handset maker relationship.

The Financial Times claims that these deals are the first to give handset makers a direct share of revenues from a mobile carrier, which could lead other handset makers to attempt similar deals. But would any other handset maker be able to manage such a deal? As has been noted numerous times, the iPhone enjoyed an unprecedented amount of buzz leading up to its launch as well as a firmly entrenched cousin in the portable music player sector, the iPod. So how could an incumbent handset maker recreate similar conditions warranting such a steep deal with mobile carriers? Seems unlikely

The ultimate anti-theft system

If you’ve ever had your car stolen, you’ll love this video. If you haven’t, you’ll like it anyway.

All I can say is I wish cars really did have trunk monkeys (even though I think this one’s technically a chimp).

Are u short of Ideas? Use Idea Generator

Looking for an idea that’ll make you a million bucks? The next iPod or cellphone?

You probably won’t find it at the Director’s Bureau’s random Idea Generator.

Still, I was on it for just a few minutes, and it came up with “scary levitating restaurant”,  “mediaeval invisible vehicle”, “exclusive inflatable furniture”, and ”revolutionary inflatable sex toy”.

Those all sound like good ideas to me.

Via Silicon Valley.

iRobot plans more home robots

iRobot, a robot maker that sells floor cleaners as well as devices that defuse bombs, introduced on Wednesday a new line of vacuums in hopes of generating cash to invest in a wider range of products.

Two new models, the Roomba 530 and Roomba 560, were scheduled to start selling on iRobot’s Web site, Amazon.com and Home Shopping Network on Wednesday for $US250 ($NZ360) and $US399 ($NZ574).

The new models are more durable, have twice as much vacuum power and more sophisticated artificial intelligence technology than previous models.

iRobot has sold 2 million vacuum cleaners since it introduced its first machine almost five years ago.

Improvements include new anti-tangle technology to extract the robots from power cords, sensors that slow them down as they approach walls and beacons that guide them around the house

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Cellphone calls in prisons to be blocked

The use of blocking technology to combat cellphone use in prisons was a world first, he said.

It was estimated the crackdown would cost the Government around $5 million to implement.

A joint memorandum was signed this morning between the Government, the Corrections Department, Vodafone and Telecom, to work together to combat unauthorised use of cellphones in prisons.

Confiscations of cellphones, which are banned in prisons, have skyrocketed in recent years along with the number of cases of their use to organise crime from behind bars.

The issue came to light again in the past week when it was revealed a Rimutaka Prison inmate used his cellphone to organise the importation of methamphetamine with a street value of $1 million from Thailand. Mr O’Connor said the parties had tested about 30 technological options to find the best way to stamp out cellphone use.

Jamming cellphone transmissions within prison walls was found to be the most effective, but would not suit all prisons.

Where residents were living close to prison walls, and there was a chance their cellphone coverage would be compromised by the blocking technology, other systems would be used.

“Telecom and Vodafone are concerned about the potential effects on legitimate users,” Mr O’Connor said.

Detection devices would instead be used to pick up when a cellphone was being used within a prison

Yahoo Buys Mobile Marketer Actionality

Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) has bought Munich-based mobile marketing firm Actionality earlier this month, Mobile Entertainment reports. Financial terms were not available. The move seems intended to shore up Yahoo’s mobile moves, which got a big push earlier this year with the launch of its Yahoo Go app and OneSearch search system. In a less general sense, the acquisition of Munich-based Actionality helps position Yahoo as a mobile ad inventory manager, much like its previous deal to provide such services for Vodafone. Actionality had seed inv*stm*nt from Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures

Google may Bid For Wireless Spectrum in U.S.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt told a conference of regulatory and industry leaders in Aspen today that his company would “probably” move ahead with plans to bid in the upcoming wireless spectrum auction. The company wanted to spend at least $4.6 billion on wireless spectrum if FCC would agree to certain conditions, but late last month, the FCC stopped short of setting ground rules sought by Google that would require winning bidders in auctions for 700 megahertz radio spectrum to resell access to rivals at wholesale rates.

Skype’s Back, Now With More Ads

Accoring to CentralNetworks  Skype was out of service for ~36 hours last week. Well it’s back now and we just received a tip that the newest release now contains heavy product ads. There have been small ads for a while now, but these new ads are bigger and bolder than before. It might be worth waiting to download for now. It this just the first step? Will we start to see eBay ads and others inside the Skype window? This is ultra-valuable real estate!

Here is an example:

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Who Owns What in Today’s Online Media

Who Owns What in Today’s Online Media

Webbmedia Group LLC There’s a new landscape of media consolidation, and Amy Webb drew us a map. (Click to enlarge)

When people raise concerns about media consolidation, they tend to complain more about Viacom than Yahoo. But yesterday media blogger Amy Webb painted a striking picture of current consolidation in online media that could affect the news business — and everyone else — profoundly.Webb’s chart, Who Owns What v2.0 is worth a look as you consider who you might be working with or for in coming years. It focuses on online-media acquisitions by six key players: IAC, Yahoo, Google, AOL, Microsoft, and News Corp.

Time tool which sets on your mobile with screen saver mode

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Pack of 6 popular French dictionaries for your Mobile

Pack of French Dictionaries is a series of translation dictionaries for BlackBerry from the world most famous publishers and working under the powerful SlovoEd dictionary from the world’s leading provider of dictionary software engines for mobile platforms Paragon Software GmbH

Pack of French Dictionaries contains 6 popular dictionaries:

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	Portuguese-French-Portuguese dictionary (contains 44769 entries)
	Spanish-French-Spanish dictionary (contains 28111 entries)

Work, travel, study and do your business with a reliable dictionary in your pocket from the most distinguished language reference publishers. Databases in our SlovoEd for BlackBerry dictionaries always stay up-to-date of high quality and supported by their owners/publishers. Our partners are well-known linguistic companies, such as Merriam-Webster Inc., Van Dale Lexicografie BV, Larousse Editiorial, S.L., MAGENTA LTD, LingoMAXX. Dictionary contains considerable number of precise translations, occupies minimal memory space on your BlackBerry Smartphone. Dictionary collections are the perfect assistant in your business. Using SlovoEd for BlackBerry allows you to receive as much as possible detailed and exact translations of numerous words rapidly both at an ordinary international business lunch and on the important summit talks. Now you don?t need to waste time on looking up the unfamiliar words in numerous paper dictionaries! The built-in morphology function will help you to find translation even if the search words appear in different grammatical forms. SlovoEd will find base forms of the word in this case. SlovoEd provides you with search method such as Search history (quick access to last words you searched). SlovoEd keeps last 20 words, so you will easily find any word from the History at any time. Besides, in SlovoEd you will find: Variants of the word. Choosing this option you are able to receive the nearest words to the translated word according to alphabet. Possibility to install several language packs on your BlackBerry device at the same time. Convenient, friendly, specially designed for mobile phones dictionary user interface. Optional letter size and color markup are developed to set customer interface in accordance with your taste. Interface is available on 6 European languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Russian. Full-screen mode to show the translations.

Chat with IM+ All-in-One Mobile Messenger within AIM®/iChat, MSN®/Windows Live™ Messenger, Yahoo!®, ICQ®, Jabber®, Google™ Talk and MySpaceIM from your mobile device in real-time.

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Skype Service outage who is responsible

Skype has provided the full explanation as to what happened last week when the service experienced an outage lasting over 36 hours for which they say  there was also an issue with Skype’s software but this wouldn’t have happened if MS provided bug-free software. I love Skype but am disappointed with this final update message.

. They open the explanation with:

On Thursday, 16th August 2007, the Skype peer-to-peer network became unstable and suffered a critical disruption. The disruption was triggered by a massive restart of our users’ computers across the globe within a very short timeframe as they re-booted after receiving a routine set of patches through Windows Update.

The high number of restarts affected Skype’s network resources. This caused a flood of log-in requests, which, combined with the lack of peer-to-peer network resources, prompted a chain reaction that had a critical impact.

Normally Skype’s peer-to-peer network has an inbuilt ability to self-heal, however, this event revealed a previously unseen software bug within the network resource allocation algorithm which prevented the self-healing function from working quickly. Regrettably, as a result of this disruption, Skype was unavailable to the majority of its users for approximately two days.

Skype Service outage who is responsible

Skype has provided the full explanation as to what happened last week when the service experienced an outage lasting over 36 hours for which they say  there was also an issue with Skype’s software but this wouldn’t have happened if MS provided bug-free software. I love Skype but am disappointed with this final update message.

. They open the explanation with:

On Thursday, 16th August 2007, the Skype peer-to-peer network became unstable and suffered a critical disruption. The disruption was triggered by a massive restart of our users’ computers across the globe within a very short timeframe as they re-booted after receiving a routine set of patches through Windows Update.

The high number of restarts affected Skype’s network resources. This caused a flood of log-in requests, which, combined with the lack of peer-to-peer network resources, prompted a chain reaction that had a critical impact.

Normally Skype’s peer-to-peer network has an inbuilt ability to self-heal, however, this event revealed a previously unseen software bug within the network resource allocation algorithm which prevented the self-healing function from working quickly. Regrettably, as a result of this disruption, Skype was unavailable to the majority of its users for approximately two days.

Organize your digital pics with CircaVie

Geeksugar has a  good story on traditional Picture modelling . Unlike digital pictures that often get cut, pasted, edited, deleted and after all this, rarely end up back with the originals. CircaVie is a fabulous website because it helps you organize your digital pics chronologically through an interactive timeline. Birthdays, trips, events, whatever you fancy- just add the time, picture or video to get started and finish off by sharing with whomever you’d like! Be sure to sign in using your AIM screenname.

Are iPhone Apps Junking up the Web?

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why can’t iPhone developers just write programs that you could install directly onto the handset? Simple: Apple has yet to cough up a toolkit that would let coders to write software for the iPhone. “In essence,” Gilbertson writes, “Apple has forced a third tier of websites [in addition to standard HTML and WAP] on the world by failing to provide developers with an alternative means of creating applications on the iPhone

On Wired’s Compiler blog, writer Scott Gilbertson likens the recent glut of just-for-iPhone Web sites to a debacle from way back in 1997: sites that were “optimized” for the special, non-HTML-compliant features of Internet Explorer 4, and therefore incompatible with Netscape (IE’s nemesis during the bloody browser wars of the 90’s). 

Gilbertson’s post raises other interesting points: for example, why have these iPhone-optimized sites at all, when the iPhone’s Safari browser promised us “the Internet in your pocket”? Yeah, the iPhone is EDGE-only, but the standard HTML Facebook loads almost perfectly (and in less than a minute) on my iPhone—way better (and faster) than it ever would on my 3G-enabled Treo 700p. And Gilbertson points out that most of these iPhone “apps” aren’t really applications at all: “They just offer the same content as the normal sites, just optimized for the iPhone.”

Boing Boing’s Xeni Jardin with Wi-Fi, Power Outlets, In-Seat Chat

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Boing Boing’s Xeni Jardin was on board yesterday’s JFK-to-SFO flight, and reports that the white leather seats were spacious and comfortable (yes, she was in coach), the playful purple-and-pink mood lighting was a welcome change from the fluorescent norm, and that the interior of the plane as a whole was “like a big happy iPod.”

Jardin goes on with a list of 10 reasons why the Virgin Mobile rules; I’ll leave it to you to explore the entire list, but here’s a few of the highlights: two 110-volt power sockets for every three seats in coach (yes!), a pair of wireless access points that’ll have Net connectivity once approved by the FAA, seat-to-seat text chatting, Ethernet and USB ports for every seat, and starting early next year, an EV-DO data uplink for messaging with the ground. Also: a wide range of movies, games (including Doom), and Google Maps on the in-flight entertainment system. Best of all? A round-trip New York-to-San Francisco ticket is just $298.

GlucoPhone a reality

The GlucoPhone is definitely an interesting contraption since it is capable of sending blood glucose data over the Internet, thanks to a special glucose meter (known as the GlucoPack) that has been fitted onto the back of a cellphone. All you need to do is stick your test strip into a little slot on the side of the phone, bleed into it, and send a text message of your results to an online database. The GlucoPhone currently rides on the Verizon LG5200 handset which isn’t too hot to begin with. Why can’t they release it on something more modern?

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Nokia N95 8GB coming to UK before Christmas?

Wow, that would be awesome — at least for citizens of the UK. Other parts of Europe would follow soon, I guess…

Anyway, at this stage we have no official word from the Finish handset manufacturer whether this is true or not — apparently, this information comes from one of the UK networks and somehow it makes sense. After all, the time before Christmas is the best-selling season for most products, handsets included. C’mon Nokia – do it! We all wait for the better version of the N95 with more storage and more RAM. And then, make it available throughout Europe, Asia and the rest of the “GSM world!”

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Skype Crashes and EBay takes a 1 Billion Dollar Dive

According toS kype spokesperson  the crew is working hard to get the service back by August 17th. the porblems exists far & wide

Skype journal reported that 1.3 million Skype users were connected to the SkypeUPDATE: 0800 Pacific: 1.8 million online. 500,000 people reconnected in 3 hours.

UPDATE: 0825 Pacific: 2.5 million online. See chart snapshot below.

However i feel the problem is still out there for millions around the world.

TechCrunch reports EBay Sees $1 Billion Knocked Off Market Cap As Skype Outages Continue today The Skype outage is now approaching 18 hours (at the time of writing) with little information coming from Skype other than that the issue is related to “sign-on problems.” Skype earlier in the day was forced to deny rumors that their platform had either been hacked or subject to a cyber attack.

Although there are many alternatives to Skype like www.jajah.coma nd www.zoippe.com but still users cannot avoid the most disruptive technology for anthing else.

According toS kype spokesperson  the crew is working hard to get the service back by August 17th. the porblems exists far & wide

Did Microsoft Update caused problemsi Skype

The theory about Microsoft updates causing the Skype problem didn’t mean other operating systems weren’t affected, such as the Mac.

The theory was that a Microsoft update somehow changed the TCP stack or changed how the Microsoft operating system interacted with Skype. Let’s assume the vast majority of Windows users set their patch to auto-install. Then let’s assume Skype is 80-90% Windows users. That means that a lot of Windows users installed the patch last night and lots of Windows supernodes could be knocked offline.

The side effect would be that without enough Windows supernodes, Mac users would be booted as well. Though you’d think the network would be flexible enough to handle millions of Windows users knocked offline.

Again, this was just a theory. It more likely has to do with something Skype is doing on their network.

Skype is experiencing a major outage

Skype is experiencing a major outage. My fellow TMC co-workers noticed it late Wednesday when they couldn’t IM fellow co-workers. TMC’s Dave Rodrqiguez told me that he went home for the day, signed into Skype from home and was bombarded with a ton of Skype IM messages that didn’t go through earlier. I checked Skype’s home page but no mention there. I headed over the the Skype heartbeat page and found that that there are indeed experiencing an outage that is still happening today (Thursday). Skype claims the outage is due to a software issue. Many TMCers are upset they can’t IM their fellow coworkers and their outside clients. Amazing how dependent we’re become on Skype for our business.

Some users are able to connect to the Skype network but then are quickly disconnected just minutes later. According to Skype, “We expect this to be resolved within 12 to 24 hours.” This has to be the longest Skype outage ever.

Concise description on every business & government subject available on Mobile

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What do People say About Iphone (Voices Tha surveyers never Counts)

Is Iphone heating into lot of troubles??Sure they are but what is that people think of iphone.Here is a quick cap of what most of he voices are heard on internet for iphone.

• Am I going to be forced to use terrible horrible no-good AT&T with this phone too? If so, I pass. (If Verizon is involved, then I’m on board.)
• iPhone is for teens who want to show-off, it doesn’t offer nothing special
• I phone can be more useful business man for better communication handling their business sitting away from their office. & Just a toy for teenagers playing games while attending classes
• I’d love to have one, but I will wait until the price comes down
• ooooo pretty. I think I want this one. Even though I love my iMac and iPod, something turns me off from the iPhone. I wonder which carrier they will partner with
• I don’t even car about the features, that phone is BEAUTIFUL. I wants.
• WOAH! I love it! It’s even sexier than the iPhone! I hope it’s not on stupid Cingular/AT&T. If it’s true to the Google spirit, it will be available for all carriers.
• Is this a confirmed rumor… That Google is making a phone? I’ve heard it debunked a few times. But I would totally love it if they did make one.
• It’s kinda cute but I’ll stick with my Blackberry Pearl for righ tnow until something better comes along
• i am a google fan! If they pair with verizon that would be awesome as verizon rocks. I wonder if this is why verizon passed on the iphone? they were alredy in talks with google?

The Google Phone (See the Pics)

For those of you who practiced some serious restraint and decided to save your pennies for the second gen iPhone, behold the next superstar device which might make you change your mind: The Google phoneProjected to be a more powerful phone than iPhone – that would surely steal the limelight away from Macintosh. This is also expected to come out early next year .

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Good & Bad Reasons Weather you should or why not to Buy Iphone

Well, you‘re not alone. There are a lot of people that don’t want to get an iPhone for many different reasons. Here’s a quick Fat sheet if you have made up your mind that yu shouldnot buy iphone or you should stretch your hands and buy the most debated phone

Don’t BUY

The device costs $600

Buy Iphone

iPhone user can read their favorite magazine at any time

Apple’s Iphone soon to become gaming zone

A report in the New York Post today claims that Apple is secretly gearing up to push its iPhone as a gaming platform.

The article cites “various on- and off-the-record sources” as claiming “Apple has been secretly plotting its foray into portable video games for months, looking to add games to its hot iPhone”.

“I was told that a major game developer was seeded with iPhone [technology] quite some time ago,” comments AppleInsider.com’s EIC Kasper Jade.

The NYP also adds: “Apple is expected to make a gaming announcement soon, ‘by Macworld in January at the latest,’ says Engadget.com editorial director Peter Rojas”.

The positioning of iPhone as a mobile games platform, most likely serviced by downloads from iTunes, would put Apple right up against Nokia’s soon-to-be unveiled next-gen N-Gage platform, though the latter will be available across a raft of mass-market handsets as opposed to one with very limited availability.

A games-enabled iPhone would also encroach on territory currently occupied by Sony’s PSP and the Nintendo DS, though again those devices are available in much nigher volumes.

The iPod itself became gaming compliant with a software update in September last year, with Video iPods able to download a selection of games from iTunes. But Apple has kept the portfolio tightly controlled.

Titles from EA, PopCap and Apple itself (many of them casual oriented or remakes of classics like Bejewelled) have been available since launch, with just one or two added to the line-up since, including a new music quiz game Musika from Parappa the Rapper creator Matsuya Matsuura, released last week.

Some developers, including PopCap, have already utilised the iPhone’s web-browser to run gamesA report in the New York Post today claims that Apple is secretly gearing up to push its iPhone as a gaming platform.

The article cites “various on- and off-the-record sources” as claiming “Apple has been secretly plotting its foray into portable video games for months, looking to add games to its hot iPhone”.

“I was told that a major game developer was seeded with iPhone [technology] quite some time ago,” comments AppleInsider.com’s EIC Kasper Jade.

The NYP also adds: “Apple is expected to make a gaming announcement soon, ‘by Macworld in January at the latest,’ says Engadget.com editorial director Peter Rojas”.

The positioning of iPhone as a mobile games platform, most likely serviced by downloads from iTunes, would put Apple right up against Nokia’s soon-to-be unveiled next-gen N-Gage platform, though the latter will be available across a raft of mass-market handsets as opposed to one with very limited availability.

A games-enabled iPhone would also encroach on territory currently occupied by Sony’s PSP and the Nintendo DS, though again those devices are available in much nigher volumes.

The iPod itself became gaming compliant with a software update in September last year, with Video iPods able to download a selection of games from iTunes. But Apple has kept the portfolio tightly controlled.

Titles from EA, PopCap and Apple itself (many of them casual oriented or remakes of classics like Bejewelled) have been available since launch, with just one or two added to the line-up since, including a new music quiz game Musika from Parappa the Rapper creator Matsuya Matsuura, released last week.

Some developers, including PopCap, have already utilised the iPhone’s web-browser to run gamesA report in the New York Post today claims that Apple is secretly gearing up to push its iPhone as a gaming platform.

The article cites “various on- and off-the-record sources” as claiming “Apple has been secretly plotting its foray into portable video games for months, looking to add games to its hot iPhone”.

“I was told that a major game developer was seeded with iPhone [technology] quite some time ago,” comments AppleInsider.com’s EIC Kasper Jade.

The NYP also adds: “Apple is expected to make a gaming announcement soon, ‘by Macworld in January at the latest,’ says Engadget.com editorial director Peter Rojas”.

The positioning of iPhone as a mobile games platform, most likely serviced by downloads from iTunes, would put Apple right up against Nokia’s soon-to-be unveiled next-gen N-Gage platform, though the latter will be available across a raft of mass-market handsets as opposed to one with very limited availability.

A games-enabled iPhone would also encroach on territory currently occupied by Sony’s PSP and the Nintendo DS, though again those devices are available in much nigher volumes.

The iPod itself became gaming compliant with a software update in September last year, with Video iPods able to download a selection of games from iTunes. But Apple has kept the portfolio tightly controlled.

Titles from EA, PopCap and Apple itself (many of them casual oriented or remakes of classics like Bejewelled) have been available since launch, with just one or two added to the line-up since, including a new music quiz game Musika from Parappa the Rapper creator Matsuya Matsuura, released last week.

Some developers, including PopCap, have already utilised the iPhone’s web-browser to run games

via Mobile -ent

Nokia’s New Prism Collection

There was a time when Nokia was the style icon in the mobile industry, the 3210 widely considered one of the best phones of all time . Now nokia is going with few new elegant design .

Nokia has announced its all new style icons – the Prism collection.Nokia’s latest innovation targets style-conscious consumers for whom the mobile phone too is a fashion accessory. In its Prism collection, Nokia has unveiled two handsets: the Nokia 7500 Prism and the Nokia 7900 Prism.

Combining modern aesthetics with cutting-edge technology, these devices are about to be launched in the third quarter of 2007 and the expected price range is EUR 400 and EUR 210 for the Nokia 7900 Prism and the Nokia 7500 Prism respectively.

The Nokia Prism collection accentuates the colour, the texture and the graphics. With its diamond-cut design, geometric pattern and the light-reflecting colours (even when idle) ensure that these models would definitely stand out in the global mobile phone market.

Dell Buys Zing

Dell has acquired Zing maker of the Sansa Connect (reviewed by Endgadget). I think this is great news for all of us who while loving Apple products believe that time has come to have some real competition in the music playing arena.

 To me (and I know that I am still one of the few people out there who believe this) it is much better to walk around with a Sansa Connect than with an iPod. Why doesn´t the iPod have wifi connectivity is something that I can´t understand. And what´s worse, the iPhone has great WiFi connectivity but it cannot be used to stream or add new music. This is exactly where the Sansa Connect fits in. It is a tiny, elegant device that allows you to discover, share and play music wherever there is WiFi and it even stores new songs for you so when you are outside WiFi coverage you can still have fun. And the Yahoo Music version of the Sansa Connect is a start.

Software Industry asking employees to spy on their behalf

The major software companies including Apple, Microsoft, Adobe, Dell, Symantec, HP, IBM, Intel and McAfee, founded a group called the BSA (Business Software Alliance). They define themselves as “the voice of the world’s commercial software industry and its hardware partners before governments and in the international marketplace”. BSA programs foster technology innovation through education and policy initiatives that promote copyright protection, cyber security, trade, and e-commerce”. In fact, one of their campaigns they run worldwide is to encouraged employees to denounce their companies and employers that use piracy software, such as copies of microsoft, antiviruses and other privative software. and they have become quite succesful in their task in places such as Germany, where quite a few employees contacted them. This is not a problem we have at FON since last May we decided to drop Microsoft and adopt Ubuntu. We did this to save time, maintenance costs, license costs, to be able to use hardware for a longer time, to have access to quick updates, to operate in a secure, virus free environment. But now that I know that Microsoft and others were asking employees to denounce Fon, I feel even happier that we are using open source software.

Mars Needs Cows:A challenging puzzle game

Mars Needs Cows is the wacky new puzzle game from the famous online masters, PopCap Games!
WE NEED MORE ANIMALS!
And not just any old boring martian animals… we need EARTH animals! And lots of them! Why ? Well, its obvious!

Stretch your brain muscle in a series of increasingly challenging puzzles, as you maneuver stupid earth animals into the middle of a field so that you can beam them to your ship!

Features

• Cute Animated Cows, Sheep, Pigs, Chickens, Wolves, Foxes, and more!
• Built-in Tutorial
• Easy to learn with three difficulty setting

Try Now

Mars Needs Cows [WM 2003-PPC]

Mars Needs Cows [WM 5.0 - Pocket PC]

Sony will introduce two new VAIO FZ2 laptops

We have been avid readers of Notebook Italia for a while now and of which we have an interpreter to decipher what it says and we came across this latest Sony news. The latest news is that Sony is set to introduce two new VAIO FZ2 laptops pretty soon which are great. Sony will be bumping up its VAIO FZ laptops into the Santa Rosa jurisdiction.

The two new FZ2 series laptops will feature 15.4-inch WXGA displays; an upgraded processor choice which is Core 2 Duo T7250 or T7500 plus you will get NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GT graphics on the higher model and 250GB hard drive, 2GB of RAM plus get this a choice of Blu-ray or DVD combo drives. There is no word on the release date as of yet but we do know the price will be around about $1,299 to $1,399 dependant on what configuration you opt for.

Replacement of the 200-year-old stethoscope

According to BusinessWeek, an Israeli startup, aptly named Deep Breeze, has developed a high-tech replacement for the 200-year-old stethoscope. This noninvasive device can draw in seconds an image of your lungs by listening to its vibrations. The Vibration Response Imaging (VRI) system could already be used in Israel, in Europe and in South Korea. Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved its introduction in the U.S. But don’t expect to see one of these systems used by your local physician anytime soon. This VRI system will carry a price tag of over $40K.

30+ Tools to Turn WordPress into a Personal Hub

With more of our lives being lived online, it’s nice to centralize our media as much as possible. New aggregated social networks are springing up, but did you know you can do much of this already from your blog? These 30+ WordPress tools will help you display and run more of your digital life from WordPress itself.

This post is part of the WordPress Tips series posted by Mashable

Google news now with comments

Google announced a new feature today for their Google News web site that allows people involved in news stories to post dissenting (or concurring) view points next to published news items

Google News is asking people who are in news stories to email them comments about the story, which will be associated with those articles. From the Google News Blog post:

The way this whole crazy thing works is that any person mentioned in a story picked up by Google News can email their comment to news-comments@google.com. The wannabe commenter must use their real name and be able to verify they are, in fact, the person represented in the story (this should be SO fun for Google to figure out!). Once approved, the comment with be attached to the story on an individual story page (!). It’s probably also worth noting that there’s no link involved. There’s not even a nofollowed link, the link just isn’t present at all. If Google thinks this is going to deter comment spam, it’s not. Anybody even remotely mentioned in the story is going to start leaving “valuable” comments just to get themselves a little more search engine love for vanity searches. This is bad, bad, bad.

 This help page explains the process more. You email Google telling them your comment, the story you’re commenting on, your contact info and how they can verify your address.

 

ZOHO so cool in email Attachments,chat wiki,creator

Online office suite Zoho released another product tonight, called Zoho Viewer. It is similar to Scribd (and the upcoming Docstoc) – upload an office or PDF document for easy viewing on Zoho’s website or embedded into other web pages.

Google has its studio of tools, but Zoho is close on Google’s tail. I learned about Zoho from Kathy Schrock’s presentation at NECC 2007, but she only mentioned the Zoho database. Since then Zoho has added a number of applications

 Zoho isn’t looking to create a community around documents like Scribd does. All documents are private and you must know the URL to view them. They are not listed in any directory or searcheable. So it is useful primarily to quickly upload email attachments and other documents you want to share with a few people but not the whole world. Viewers can also quickly download the document in its original format.

Zoho Writer - Online Word Processor
Zoho Sheet – Online Spreadsheet
Zoho Show – Online Presentation tool
Zoho Notebook – Create, Aggregate and Collaborate with multiple types of content online.
Zoho Planner – Online todo list
Zoho CRM - Customer Relationship Management. This looks like a help desk for small businesses. The first 3 lines are free and then it is $12/month for each line after that.
Zoho Creator – Online database (I embedded my first database file below)
Zoho Wiki – Online Wiki
Zoho Chat – You guessed it – a way to type at each other online.
Zoho Mail – Collaboration groupware. Sounded interesting but it is a beta and I believe that it is all written in the Indian language (Hindi? Tamil?) I look forward to this being developed.
Zoho Meeting – Hold an online meeting. Looked like you can share slideshows, communicate through VOIP, even take control of another person’s computer for troubleshooting.
Zoho Polls - Create surveys and polls.

These are all free. I haven’t had a chance to look at all of them, but it looks promising.

I am embedding a form for completing my database for Web 2.0 Applications below. I copied the HTML code from the Zoho Creator database page and pasted it into the HTML for this page. I have even set it so that I will receive an email notification whenever someone adds a record.

ImageElements – A Box of Tools for Images

ImageElements is a collection of 5 easy tools that let you get the effects you most want on your images, without being a graphic artist or having to learn a complicated program. Use them right out of the box – no learning curve needed!

 
ImageElements includes:

• PhotoMontage: Create a montage effect from a single photo.
• Feather Art: Soften the edges of your photo with a feathered effect, and bring the focus right to your subject.
• BrightSpot: Make your subject matter stand out with BrightSpot.
• FrameOut: Make the subject of your photos really jump out by putting them into a separate frame.
• Kaleidoscope: Turn any image into a kaleidoscope! This is a great effect for craft projects, embroidery, quilting, needlepoint, scrapbooking, gifts and decorations.

Nokia Add Cellphone Leads in emerging markets

The Nokia Corporation reinforced its position as the world’s top cellphone maker in a strong second quarter, reporting an increase in its market share on Thursday amid surging growth in emerging markets.Its earnings beat market expectations, and its stock rose 8 percent.

Net profit for the April-June period rose to 2.82 billion euros ($3.85 billion) from 1.14 billion euros in 2006, the Finnish company said. Sales grew 28 percent, to 12.6 billion euros from 9.8 billion euros.

Nokia sold 100 million mobile devices in the period, an increase of 29 percent over 2006, while the overall industry growth was about 14 percent, with 262 million mobile devices sold globally, Nokia said.

But the group again warned about the performance of its troubled network operations, describing market conditions as challenging because of heavy competition.

“We shall have to increase the amount and speed of cost cutting,” the chief executive, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, said, giving no details.

The greatest growth in Nokia’s handset sales, 37 percent, was in the Middle East and Africa, it said. But at 36 percent growth, sales were also strong in the Asia-Pacific region and in China.

Microsoft Damage award voided by court

 Federal district court judge delivered a major setback to Alcatel-Lucent by setting aside a jury’s judgment against Microsoft in a patent infringement lawsuit over digital music technology.

legendary Scandinavian hero Beowulf now in a Mobile game

The legendary Scandinavian hero Beowulf, the main character of an epic Old English poem written around the turn of the second millennium A.D., is getting a third millennium makeover courtesy of French mobile video game publisher Gameloft and Sumner Redstone’s Viacom.

Paris-based Gameloft (other-otc: GLOFF – news - people ) said on Monday that it had signed a distribution deal with Paramount Pictures, owned by Viacom (nyse: VIA – news - people ), for the mobile game adaptation of the forthcoming Beowulf movie. The French firm will develop, publish and distribute the game in over 75 countries More

100 facts on wireless industry

The CTIA has comile ad list of 100 facts o wireless industry 

1 In 2006, wireless consumers were contributing about 33% of the federal 
   Universal Service Fund, while wireless providers withdrew only about 16% 
   of the funds available.

2. On average, wireless consumers pay 14.5% of their bill in taxes and fees – 
   that’s more than twice the tax-rate for general goods and services.

3. 99% of Americans are now living in counties in which next-generation
   wireless services are available.

4. The number of wireless complaints to the FCC fell 40% from 3Q05 to 3Q06.

5. There are more than 229 million wireless subscribers in America.

6. Wireless service was once projected to be a niche market appealing to a 
   maximum of 900,000 by the year 2000.

7. According to the FCC, 35% of the growth in all reported high-speed lines 
   between June, 2005 to December, 2005 was attributable to mobile wireless.

8. In 2003, wireless service providers’ revenues constituted more than $11.5 
   billion of California’s economy.

9. Available to more than 93% of mobile subscribers, Wireless AMBER Alerts 
   is an initiative that allows wireless subscribers to opt in to receive Wireless
   AMBER Alerts as free text messages on their cell phones.

More facts here

After Iphone its Google phone paving its way

Google has been aggressive in developing location based services, has amp-ed up its local search and mapping services. In addition, it has also been mobilizing its applications such as GTalk and GMail. YouTube, the video arm of Google, is beginning to embrace the mobile ecosystem.

The media has been abuzz over the past 24 hours as the Wall Street Journal has reported that Google has begun presenting their phone strategy to carriers. While much of this information is not new, the fact that mass media is covering it, has caused new focus on the initiative. Speculations have been roused once more concerning Google’s foray into the mobile segment as Reuters and The Wall Street Journal last week reported the search engine giant had invested hundreds of millions for a cellphone project.

The WSJ report also said Google has developed prototype phones and talked over technical specifications with manufacturers including LG Electronics.

But Google continued to dodge questions on whether it actually has mobile hardware in the pipeline. In an email response to Reuters, Google said it is “partnering with carriers, manufacturers, and content providers around the world,” but gave no further details. It has said wireless was an increasingly important market but it has not announced plans to build a phone.

Reports of Google’s cellphone venture have been persistent since early this year, but the company had repeatedly declined to make any confirmation.

26 sites who pays you to blog

Writing paid post is perhaps the most straight forward ways to earn some revenue from blogging. The way pay post works hasn’t changed much; after reaching mutual agreement with advertisers, you write about them, they pay you. And if there is a 3rd party (middle man company) involve, they take cut. Most middle man company provides marketplace for advertisers to look for publishers, vice versa.If you firmly believe that writing pay post is one good way to revenue from your blog, here’s a list of web services according to hongkiat that pays you to write for them. This list will be updated periodically, so if you have a paid post service I’ve missed out I’d like to add them to the list. Necessary credits will be given

Anyone who has picked the wrong running or walking shoes for their feet knows that it’s not an experience you want to repeat. eHow has a good article on how pick the right shoe for your unique foot and running style.

Anyone who has picked the wrong running or walking shoes for their feet knows that it’s not an experience you want to repeat. eHow has a good article on how pick the right shoe for your unique foot and running style.It’s not enough to just choose the one that looks the coolest; your entire body is affected by how good or bad your shoes are. This doesn’t necessarily mean that you need to get the most expensive pair, either. What’s your best tip for picking out the best running or walking shoes for your feet? Please share in the comments.

How to Select a Running Shoe [eHow]

Nokia Profits going high for Q2

Selling 100 million mobile devices, an increase of 29 percent over last year, helped more than double Q2 profits for Nokia (Nasdaq: NOK). Net income was $3.85 billion, a gain of 156.7 percent over last year’s $1.5 billion. Net sales increased about 30 percent to $17 billion, compared with $13 billion in Q206. The AP reported that the company beat the markets expectations, sending shares up 8 percent. Other Q2 highlights included:

– Mobile phones: Net sales were flat at $8 billion. The segment’s operating profit grew 28 to $1.7 billion, compared with $1.3 billion

– Multimedia: Net sales gained 38.5 percent to $3.6 billion versus last year’s $2.6 billion.

– Nokia Siemens Networks: Operating profit was negative $1.5 billion, with an operating margin of -36.8 percent. Earnings release (PDF) | Webcast

Updated: News.com on Nokia’s relative success and how it could make more headway in U.S.: “In the U.S., where at least 220 million people subscribe to cell phone service, Nokia only sells a handful of midrange phones through operators..and some of the company’s high-end phones directly through the Nokia site…But that could change. All the hype surrounding Apple’s iPhone could help draw comparisons to Nokia’s high-end phones. And this interest could help lift sales. If Nokia is able to capitalize on a shift in consumer behavior in the U.S., Motorola may have an even harder time catching up to Nokia.”

Power failure screws samsung prodcution

 

An electrical problem at a Samsung Electronics Co. factory Friday forced a partial halt in production at the world’s largest memory chip maker, the company said, raising prospects of a global shortage.

According to yahoo A spark in an electrical transformer led to a power failure on six chip-making lines at a plant near Seoul, spokeswoman Lee Soo-jeong said. Five of the lines make memory chips and one makes chips for other functions, he said.

Samsung is the world’s largest producer of memory chips for use in computers, digital music players and other devices.

Analysts said the suspension of Samsung’s chip lines could lead to a severe shortage of NAND flash memory chips, which are able to retain data even when they are unpowered. Samsung’s misfortune could give a boost to its South Korean rival Hynix Semiconductor Inc. and Japan’s Toshiba Corp

Americans Love Gadgets

American love gadgets.According to an online  national surveycondusted by harris Interactive.

85% of US adults currently own a DVD player

80% of US have a mobile phone

68% have adigital camera

30% ownb MP3 Player

Also 1 in 3 have an aptitude towards new technology

VoIP Vandals

Internet telephone services like Skype and Vonage are starting to look less like digital gimmicks and more like the next generation of voice communication. They’re cheaper than traditional phone services and increasingly fast and reliable. But they may also be far more hackable.

In a series of presentations, Security professionals at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas they demonstrated ways in which cybercriminals can eavesdrop on VoIP calls, steal data from Internet telephony devices, intercept credit card numbers from VoIP connections and shut connections down altogether.

Peter Thermos, chief technology officer of Palindrome Technologies, proved the point onstage: He played snippets of conversations recorded by snooping on VoIP calls, exploiting vulnerability in a common element in VoIP communications known as media gateway control protocol.

“Using this weakness in MGCP, you can do anything like reroute or tear down connections,” He said. “But eavesdropping is especially scary.”

Thermos also described an exploitable hole in ZRTP, one species of the VoIP language real-time transfer protocol: ZRTP encrypts all transmitted sounds, but not the numbers translated from tones. That means hackers can listen for credit card information communicated from touchtone phones.

Though the attacks on display were new, VoIP isn’t: Internet telephony has existed since the early ’90s. But Dempster says its increasing adoption hasn’t led to the patching of old bugs. In his presentation, he described how Asterisk, an open-source VoIP application, can be attacked using what he said was an “extremely basic” method known as a buffer overflow. “We point these problems out,” he said, “But the lessons aren’t being taken.”

New mobile devices are also drawing attention to VoIP problems. Krishna Kurapati, founder and chief technology officer of Sipera Systems, demonstrated vulnerabilities of several Wi-Fi devices at Wednesday’s presentations, crashing a Blackberry and a D-Link phone onstage by hacking their wireless Internet connections. He also simulated the theft of private data via VoIP from a laptop.

FeedBurner Self-Service Advertising

One of my fears when Google acquired FeedBurner is that the excellent CPMs and advertisers that FB has in their ad network would be replaced by Google’s “we ain’t tellin’” AdSense network. While I still believe that will happen by year’s end, the longer it takes, the more I am happy. Another great part about the HA program is that it should increase FB’s fill rate which was about 35-40%.

Yesterday I wrote about the new FeedBurner self-service advertising option using their headline animator service. I think it’s an excellent mechanism for smaller sites like CN to get visibility on other sites.

So the service is live 24 hours, and already I have four ad insertion orders! Here they are:

• Computer Zen
• DonLoeb - has a great writeup on the FB self-service ads as well
• LucaFiligheddu.com
• FeedBurner Blog

Centernetwork reports One thing I notice is that the CPM is noted but not the total purchase. Would be good for a publisher to know how much the person has purchased. Based on what I can tell, two of them purchased $25, one $50 and one $100 for a total of $200. After FB takes their cut (at least they share it!), I should net $130. Nice. Cable bill paid this month!

I will continue to update as the month progresses. If you are in the FeedBurner Ad Network, report in on how it’s working for you. And if you are an advertiser, let us know how it is working out from your end as well.

Iphone major bugs fixed in its recent firmware update

Apple today has released an iPhone firmware 1.01 update via its iTunes software, which it says brings several bug fixes.

Though the company did not specify the bug fixes or additional features, if any, the company has provided the update to all customers who sync their iPhone with iTunes, offering the ability to download the software or download and install the software. The update, only available via iTunes, takes several minutes and users are greeted with the standard white Apple logo and white progress bar on the iPhone as well as a progress bar on their desktop while the updated being applied to the device