tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63541942509199091282024-02-18T17:53:22.590-08:00MOBILE-STUFFEDobaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720921687044695532noreply@blogger.comBlogger654125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354194250919909128.post-63906531491073472752010-10-13T22:01:00.000-07:002010-10-13T22:04:03.667-07:00They're all out: 33 miners raised safely in Chile<div id="ss-image-container" class="clickable"><img id="ss-image" src="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/media/ALeqM5heGOKtT4LM4v3LQMMwgJ8g8CqVkw?docId=5fd2352f-684f-47b0-877a-4d39369da510&size=s2" alt="" /></div><p>SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — The longest underground nightmare in history ended safely — and faster than anyone expected.</p><p>In a flawless operation that unfolded before a hopeful, transfixed world, 33 miners who were trapped for more than two months deep beneath the Chilean earth were raised one by one Wednesday through a smooth-walled shaft of rock.</p><p>The last man out was the one who held the group together when they were feared lost, a shift foreman named Luis Urzua who enforced tight rations of their limited food and supplies before help could arrive.</p><p>"We have done what the entire world was waiting for," he said immediately after his rescue. "We had strength, we had spirit, we wanted to fight, we wanted to fight for our families, and that was the greatest thing."</p><p>Not even a full 24 hours after the rescue began, Urzua made the 2,041-foot ascent in a rescue capsule called Phoenix and emerged from a manhole-sized opening in the ground to a joyous celebration of confetti, balloons and champagne.</p><p>President Sebastian Pinera told him: "You are not the same, and the country is not the same after this. You were an inspiration. Go hug your wife and your daughter." With hardhats held to their hearts, the pair led a joyous crowd in singing the national anthem.</p><p>The first rescue worker down was last up — Manuel Gonzalez, a mine rescue expert with Chile's state-owned Codelco copper company, talked the men through the final hours inside the mine. Then, he spent 26 minutes alone down below before he strapped himself into the capsule for the ride up. He reached the surface at 12:32 a.m. Thursday local time to hugs from his comrades and Pinera.</p><p>The rescue exceeded expectations every step of the way. Officials first said it might be four months before they could get the men out; it turned out to be 69 days and about 8 hours.</p><p>Once the escape tunnel was finished, they estimated it would take 36 to 48 hours to get all the miners to the surface. That got faster as the operation went along, and all the miners were safely above ground in 22 hours, 37 minutes.</p><p>The crowd in "Camp Hope," down a hill from the escape shaft, set off confetti, released balloons and sprayed champagne as Urzua's capsule surfaced, joining in a rousing miners' cheer. In the capital of Santiago, hundreds gathered in Plaza Italia, waving flags and chanting victory slogans in the miners' honor.</p><p>In nearby Copiapo, about 3,000 people gathered in the town square, where a huge screen broadcast live footage of the rescue. The exuberant crowd waved Chilean flags of all sizes and blew on red vuvuzelas as cars drove around the plaza honking their horns, their drivers yelling, "Long live Chile!"</p><p>"The miners are our heroes," said teary-eyed Copiapo resident Maria Guzman, 45.</p><p>One by one throughout the day, the men had emerged to the cheers of exuberant Chileans and before the eyes of a transfixed globe. While the operation picked up speed as the day went on, each miner was greeted with the same boisterous applause from rescuers.</p><p>"Welcome to life," Pinera told Victor Segovia, the 15th miner out. On a day of superlatives, it seemed no overstatement.</p><p>They rejoined a world intensely curious about their ordeal, and certain to offer fame and jobs. Previously unimaginable riches awaited men who had risked their lives going into the unstable gold and copper mine for about $1,600 a month.</p><p>The miners made the smooth ascent inside the Phoenix capsule — 13 feet tall, barely wider than their shoulders and painted in the white, blue and red of the Chilean flag. It had a door that stuck occasionally, and some wheels had to be replaced, but it worked exactly as planned.</p><p>Beginning at midnight Tuesday, and sometimes as quickly as every 25 minutes, the pod was lowered the nearly half-mile to where 700,000 tons of rock collapsed Aug. 5 and entombed the men.</p><p>Then, after a quick pep talk from rescue workers who had descended into the mine, a miner would climb in, make the journey upward and emerge from a manhole into blinding light.</p><p>The rescue was planned with extreme care. The miners were monitored by video on the way up for any sign of panic. They had oxygen masks, dark glasses to protect their eyes and sweaters for the jarring transition from subterranean swelter to chilly desert air.</p><p>As they neared the surface, a camera attached to the top of the capsule showed a brilliant white piercing the darkness not unlike what accident survivors describe when they have near-death experiences.</p><p>The miners emerged looking healthier than many had expected and even clean-shaven. Several thrust their fists upward like prizefighters, and Mario Sepulveda, the second to taste freedom, bounded out and led his rescuers in a rousing cheer. Franklin Lobos, who played for the Chilean national soccer team in the 1980s, briefly bounced a ball on his foot and knee.</p><p>"We have prayed to San Lorenzo, the patron saint of miners, and to many other saints so that my brothers Florencio and Renan would come out of the mine all right. It is as if they had been born again," said Priscila Avalos. One of her brothers was the first miner rescued, and the other came out Wednesday evening.</p><p>Health Minister Jaime Manalich said some of the miners probably will be able to leave the hospital Thursday — earlier than projected — but many had been unable to sleep, wanted to talk with families and were anxious. One was treated for pneumonia, and two needed dental work.</p><p>"They are not ready to have a moment's rest until the last of their colleagues is out," he said.</p><p>As it traveled down and up, down and up, the rescue capsule was not rotating as much inside the escape shaft as officials expected, allowing for faster trips.</p><p>The first man out was Florencio Avalos, who emerged from the missile-like chamber and hugged his sobbing 7-year-old son, his wife and the Chilean president.</p><p>No one in recorded history has survived as long trapped underground. For the first 17 days, no one even knew whether they were alive. In the weeks that followed, the world was captivated by their endurance and unity.</p><p>News channels from North America to Europe and the Middle East carried live coverage of the rescue. Pope Benedict XVI said in Spanish that he "continues with hope to entrust to God's goodness" the fate of the men. Iran's state English-language Press TV followed events live for a time. Crews from Russia, Japan and North Korean state TV were at the mine.</p><p>The images beamed to the world were extraordinary: Grainy footage from the mine chamber showed each man climbing into the capsule, then disappearing upward through an opening.</p><p>Among the first rescued was the youngest miner, Jimmy Sanchez, at 19 the father of a months-old baby. Two hours later came the oldest, Mario Gomez, 63, who suffers from a lung disease common to miners and had been on antibiotics inside the mine. He dropped to his knees after he emerged, bowed his head in prayer and clutched the Chilean flag.</p><p>Gomez's wife, Lilianett Ramirez, pulled him up from the ground and embraced him. The couple had talked by video once a week, and she said that he had repeated the promise he made to her in his initial letter from inside the mine: He would marry her properly in a church wedding, followed by the honeymoon they never had.</p><p>The lone foreigner among them, Carlos Mamani of Bolivia, was visited at a nearby clinic by Pinera and Bolivian President Evo Morales. The miner could be heard telling the Chilean leader how nice it was to breathe fresh air and see the stars.</p><p>Most of the men emerged clean-shaven. More than 300 people at the mine alone had worked on the rescue or to sustain them during their long wait by lowering rocket-shaped tubes dubbed "palomas," Spanish for carrier pigeons. Along with the food and medicine came razors and shaving cream.</p><p>Estimates for the rescue operation alone have soared beyond $22 million, though the government has repeatedly insisted that money was not a concern.</p><p>The men emerged in good health. But at the hospital in Copiapo, where miner after miner walked from the ambulance to a waiting wheelchair, it became clear that psychological issues would be as important to treat as physical ones.</p><p>Dr. Guillermo Swett said Sepulveda told him about an internal "fight with the devil" that he had inside the mine. He said Sanchez appeared to be having a hard time adjusting, and seemed depressed.</p><p>"He spoke very little and didn't seem to connect," the doctor said.</p><p>The entire rescue operation was meticulously choreographed. No expense was spared in bringing in topflight drillers and equipment — and boring three separate holes into the copper and gold mine. Only one was finished — the one through which the miners exited.</p><p>Mining is Chile's lifeblood, providing 40 percent of state earnings, and Pinera put his mining minister and the operations chief of Codelco in charge of the rescue.</p><p>It went so well that its managers abandoned a plan to restrict images of the rescue. A huge Chilean flag that was to obscure the hole from view was moved aside so the hundreds of cameras perched on a hill above could capture images that state TV also fed live.</p><p>That included the surreal moment when the capsule dropped for the first time into the chamber, where the bare-chested miners, most stripped down to shorts because of the underground heat, mobbed the rescuer who emerged to serve as their guide to freedom.</p><p>"This rescue operation has been so marvelous, so clean, so emotional that there was no reason not to allow the eyes of the world — which have been watching this operation so closely — to see it," a beaming Pinera told a news conference after the first miner safely surfaced.</p><p>The miners' vital signs were closely monitored throughout the ride. They were given a high-calorie liquid diet donated by NASA, designed to prevent nausea from any rotation of the capsule as it traveled through curves in the 28-inch-diameter escape hole.</p><p>Engineers inserted steel piping at the top of the shaft, which was angled 11 degrees off vertical before plunging like a waterfall. Drillers had to curve the shaft to pass through "virgin" rock, narrowly avoiding collapsed areas and underground open spaces in the overexploited mine, which had operated since 1885.</p><p>President Barack Obama said the rescue had "inspired the world." The crews included many Americans, including a driller operator from Denver and a team from Center Rock Inc. of Berlin, Pa., that built and managed the piston-driven hammers that pounded the hole through rock laced with quartzite, some of the hardest and most abrasive rock.</p><p>Chile has promised that its care of the miners won't end for six months at least — not until they can be sure that each man has readjusted.</p><p>Psychiatrists and other experts in surviving extreme situations predict their lives will be anything but normal. Since Aug. 22, when a narrow bore hole broke through to their refuge and the miners stunned the world with a note, scrawled in red ink, disclosing their survival, their families have been exposed in ways they never imagined.</p><p>Miners had to describe their physical and mental health in detail with teams of doctors and psychologists. In some cases, when both wives and lovers claimed the same man, everyone involved had to face the consequences.</p><p>As trying as their time underground was, the miners face challenges so bewildering that no amount of coaching can fully prepare them. Rejoining a world intensely curious about their ordeal, they have been invited to presidential palaces, to take all-expenses-paid vacations and to appear on countless TV shows. Book and movie deals are pending, along with job offers.</p><p>Sepulveda's performance exiting from the shaft appeared to confirm what many Chileans thought when they saw his engaging performances in videos sent up from below — that he could have a future as a TV personality.</p><p>But he tried to quash the idea as he spoke to viewers of Chile's state television channel while sitting with his wife and children shortly after his rescue.</p><p>"The only thing I'll ask of you is that you don't treat me as an artist or a journalist, but as a miner," he said. "I was born a miner and I'll die a miner."</p> <p><em>Associated Press Writers Frank Bajak, Franklin Briceno, Peter Prengaman, Vivian Sequera and Eva Vergara contributed to this report.</em></p><p><em>source: <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i075ahoJZZkuwcSyRJcUkUDZKuFQD9IR85B00?docId=D9IR85B00">associatePress</a><br /></em></p>obaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720921687044695532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354194250919909128.post-77704608007071016952010-10-13T21:58:00.000-07:002010-10-13T22:01:10.434-07:00Miners inside the mine for 17 hrs and alive!!<p class="i1"> </p><div class="img" rel="media:image enclosure" type="image/jpeg"> <img style="width: 209px; height: 139px;" src="http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/101010-capsule-hmed-12p.grid-6x2.jpg" alt="Image: Rescue capsule" class="photo" /> </div><p class="i1"><span class="dateline">SAN JOSE MINE, Chile — </span>After more than two months trapped deep in a Chilean mine, 33 miners on Sunday were tantalizingly close to rescue within a few days.</p>The first tests of the three rescue capsules built by Chilean naval engineers will likely begin early Wednesday, with the rescue to begin later that day and last about 48 hours, said Mining Minister Laurence Golborne. <p>A day after drillers broke through to where the miners have been abiding, officials began detailed monitoring of their health and sweating every detail of the half-mile ascent that is expected to last about 20 minutes for each man.</p> <p>"Today we sent down special equipment to measure their heart rate, their respiration rate and skin temperature," said Jaime Manalich, Chile's health minister.</p> <p>He said officials were concerned about hypertension because the speed with which the miners will ascend the nearly half mile to the surface.</p> <p>Another concern is blood clotting.</p> <p>To counteract it, the miners began taking 100 milligrams each of aspirin on Sunday and will until the rescue, he said. They'll also put on compression socks and will be on a special high-calorie liquid prepared and donated by NASA for the final six hours before being removed, Manalich said.</p>That's to prevent them from becoming nauseous as the rescue capsule is expected to rotate 350 degrees some 10-12 times through curves in the 28-inch-diameter escape hole on its way up, he added. <p>Officials biggest worry? "Panic attacks," said Manalich.</p> <p>"This is the first time in many weeks that the miners are going to be completely alone," he added.</p> <p>A small video camera will be placed in the escape capsule so each miner's face can we watched as he ascends. Each will also have a mask attached to an oxygen tank affixed to their face and two-way voice communication.</p> <p><strong>Each miner wants to be last one out</strong><br />A list has been drawn up suggesting the order in which the 33 miners should be rescued, and Manalich said the otherwise cooperative miners were squabbling about it.</p> <div class="art hmedia grid-6x2 hang"> <div class="img" rel="media:image enclosure" type="image/jpeg"> <img src="http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/101010-capsule-hmed-12p.grid-6x2.jpg" alt="Image: Rescue capsule" class="photo" height="317" width="474" /> </div> <span class="credit vcard contributor"> <span class="fn">Chilean government</span> / <span class="org">Reuters file</span> </span> <div class="caption fn"> One of the three capsules is prepared ahead of the rescue. </div> </div> <p>"They were fighting with us yesterday because everyone wanted to be at the end of the line, not the beginning," he told reporters, "It's a question of solidarity."</p> <p>"I think they're more excited than scared or nervous," Brandon Fisher, president of Center Rock Inc., the Pennsylvania company whose hammer-style drill heads created the hole, told The Associated Press. "That first guy up might be a little nervous, though."</p> <p>The final order will be determined by a Navy special forces paramedic who will be lowered into the mine to prepare the men for their journey.</p> <p>A video inspection Saturday showed the hole's walls firm and smooth, without any fissures or rupture of walls of the mine.</p> <p>"If this had been a vertical hole we probably could have done it in half the time," said Fisher.</p> <p>Only the top few hundred feet of the escape hole needed to be reinforced with a sleeve and workers were welding together about 16 steel pipes for that purpose.</p> <p>The completion of the escape shaft Saturday morning caused bedlam in the tent city known as "Camp Hope," where the miners' relatives had held vigil for an agonizing 66 days since a cave-in sealed off the gold and copper mine Aug. 5.</p> <p>The drill that punctured through worked constantly for 28 days with a few breaks when some of its hammers fractured, once on a 6.6-foot roof bolt used to support mine shaft ribs.</p> <p>When it broke through Saturday, the rescuers chanted, danced and sprayed champagne so excitedly that some of their hardhats tumbled off.</p> <p>The escape capsules, equipped with spring-loaded wheels that will press against the hole's walls, will be lowered into the hole via a winch and the trapped miners brought up one by one.</p>obaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720921687044695532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354194250919909128.post-34969610299571072052010-06-13T03:14:00.000-07:002010-06-13T03:31:52.283-07:00Didier Drogba<img style="cursor: -moz-zoom-in; width: 122px; height: 91px;" alt="http://fmkorea.net/files/attach/images/3674798/136/695/003/didier-drogba.jpg" src="http://fmkorea.net/files/attach/images/3674798/136/695/003/didier-drogba.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Place and date of birth:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Abidjan, March 11, 1978</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Country: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Ivory Coast</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Current club: </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Chelsea</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Position:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Striker</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Height:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">91 kg</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">In three words:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Infallible, powerful, intimidating</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Titles: </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">With Chelsea, three Premier League titles, three FA Cups, two Community Shields and two Carling Cups.</span><br /><br /><img alt="http://amongthethugs.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/didier-drogba.jpg" src="http://amongthethugs.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/didier-drogba.jpg" /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What everyone knows about him:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">He is the top scorer in the history of the Ivorian national team. Former South African President Nelson Mandela is his hero.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What few know about him:</span><br /><br /> <span style="font-style: italic;">As a child he wanted to be a doctor, to help people. He got into football thanks to his uncle Michel Goba, a former Ivorian striker, with whom he first lived upon traveling to France.</span><br /><br /><img alt="http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00595/Didier_Drogba_595444a.jpg" src="http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00595/Didier_Drogba_595444a.jpg" />obaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720921687044695532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354194250919909128.post-4965743651148514652010-06-11T05:38:00.000-07:002010-06-11T05:44:44.680-07:00Bio Data of Lionel Messi<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lionel Messi</span></span><br /><img style="width: 116px; height: 163px;" alt="http://img03.blogcu.com/images/w/o/r/worldstar1/9_1252668536.jpg" src="http://img03.blogcu.com/images/w/o/r/worldstar1/9_1252668536.jpg" /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Place and date of birth</span><br />Rosario, June 24, 1987<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Country:</span> Argentina<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Current club:</span> Barcelona<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Position:</span> Striker<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Height</span>: 1.69<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Weight:</span> 67 kg<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">In three words:</span><br /><br />Genius, explosive, winner<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Titles:</span> With Barcelona, four La Liga titles, one King’s Cup, two champions Leagues, one FIFA Club World Cup, three Spanish Super cups and one European Supercup; with Argentina, one Under-20 World Cup and the fold medal in the Beijing Olympics.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">What everyone knows about him:</span><br />He won the Ballon d’Or and the FIFA Player of the Year award in 2009. As a child, he needed treatment due to problems caused by a growth hormone deficiency.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">What few know about him :</span> His favourite dish is the Argentine :milanesa de ternera a la napolitana,” a breaded veal steak with cheese, ham and tomato, although he had to adapt to a new diet at the request of Barcelona nutrition specialists, His Grandparents still operate a small corner store in Rosario.<img style="cursor: -moz-zoom-in;" alt="http://www.lionel-messi.biz/photos/lionel-messi--1024x768-25.jpg" src="http://www.lionel-messi.biz/photos/lionel-messi--1024x768-25.jpg" width="757" height="568" />obaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720921687044695532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354194250919909128.post-69890101827926682702010-06-02T04:05:00.000-07:002010-06-02T04:10:55.373-07:00Steve Jobs at D8: Post-PC era is nigh<div class="postBody"> <p> <img style="width: 118px; height: 89px;" alt="http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Technology/images/steve-jobs-with-apple.jpg" src="http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Technology/images/steve-jobs-with-apple.jpg" />RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif.--At the D8 conference here, Steve Jobs didn't whip out the newest <a href="http://www.cnet.com/apple-iphone.html" section="luke_topic">iPhone </a>or tell us which category will be next to get an "i" before it, but his words offered a glimpse of where the iconic CEO thinks the industry is headed. </p><p> <a title="Steve Jobs: Let the post-PC era begin (live blog) -- Tuesday, Jun 1, 2010" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-20006442-56.html">Speaking for an hour and a half at the D: All Things Digital confab</a>, Jobs said the day is coming when only one out of every few people will need a traditional computer. </p><p> "When we were an agrarian nation, all <a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/car-tech/" section="luke_topic">cars</a> were trucks because that's what you needed on the farms." Cars became more popular as cities rose, and things like power steering and automatic transmission became popular. </p><p> "PCs are going to be like trucks," Jobs said. "They are still going to be around." However, he said, only "one out of <i>x</i> people will need them." </p><p> Jobs said advances in chips and software will allow tablet devices like the <a href="http://www.cnet.com/apple-ipad/" section="luke_topic">iPad</a> to do tasks that today are really only suited for a traditional computer, things like video editing and graphic arts work. </p><p> The move, Jobs said, will make many PC veterans uneasy, "because the PC has taken us a long ways." </p><p> "We like to talk about the post-PC era, but when it really starts to happen, it's uncomfortable," he said. </p><p> Jobs noted that people still laugh at him when he talks about the iPad as magical, and he tried to put that feeling into more concrete terms. "You have a much more direct and intimate relationship with the Internet and media and apps and your content," Jobs said. "It's like some intermediate thing has been removed and stripped away. Like that Claritin commercial where they strip away the film--it's like that." </p><p> Among the other big revelations that came out of the talk was the fact that Apple was actually working on a tablet like the iPad before the iPhone, but put the project on hold when it saw an opportunity to crack the phone market, which is far larger than even the PC business, in terms of units. </p><p> When pressed, Jobs also opened up a bit on the story behind Apple's dispute with Gizmodo over the lost iPhone, which Jobs said may well have been stolen. </p><p> "There is a debate of whether it was left in a bar or stolen out of his bag," Jobs said. </p><p> Jobs allowed that the whole matter does make for a great story. "It's got theft. It's got buying stolen property. It's got extortion," he said, adding that there is probably sex in there somewhere. "Somebody should make a movie out of this." </p><p> Jobs also spoke on a range of other topics, including his thoughts on AT&T, Adobe and Flash, and Apple's relationship with Google. And he even shared a bit on what daily life is like for him and the rest of the team at Apple. </p><p> <b>On AT&T</b><br />Jobs said that though there are problems, AT&T does offer the fastest 3G network. He said he thinks the quality issues are improving but added that he only wishes he could say they were improving rapidly. "I do think they have some issues," he said. </p><p> Asked by moderator Walt Mossberg whether there could be an advantage to the iPhone being offered in the U.S. by more than one carrier, Jobs said. "There might be." </p><p> Jobs declined to say whether that might happen this year. </p><p> <b>On the chilling of Apple's relationship with Google</b><br />"They decided to compete with us, and they are," Jobs said, adding that he was referring to the phone business primarily. As for Chrome OS, he said, "Chrome is not really baked yet." </p><p> Jobs was asked if he sees himself in a "platform war" with Google. Jobs said that's not how he thinks about the world. </p><p> "We never saw ourselves in a platform war with Microsoft," he said, adding, "maybe that's why we lost." Instead, he said, Apple just focuses on building the best product. </p><p> The competition with Google, he said, was launched by Google, not Apple. </p><p> "They decided to compete with us," Jobs said. "We didn't go into the search business." </p><p> Asked whether Jobs got a call from Google CEO Eric Schmidt, he said, "no, they started competing with us, and it got more and more serious." </p><p> <b>On why he likes the consumer market better than selling to businesses</b><br />"(In the consumer market) every person votes for themselves," Jobs said. "If enough of them say yes, we get to come to work in the morning." In the enterprise, he said, not so much. The people that use the products aren't the ones that choose which products are used, and the people that make those decisions, Jobs said, "are sometimes confused." </p><p> <b>On why Apple doesn't support Flash</b><br />"Apple, Jobs said, is still a company with limited resources and chooses to focus that energy by picking technologies that are in their "springs" as opposed to those on the wane. </p><p> "The way we have succeeded is by choosing which horses to ride very carefully," he said. </p><p> He noted the company's moves in the past, such as building the iMac without a floppy drive. </p><p> "If you choose wisely, you can save yourself an enormous amount of work," he said, noting that that is what allows Apple to make things that are great, as opposed to just OK. </p><p> <b>On whether Apple has too much control with the App Store</b><br />"We have two platforms we support. One is completely open and uncontrolled, and that is HTML 5. We support HTML 5. We have the best support for HTML 5 of anyone in the world." </p><p> "We then support a curated platform, which is the App Store," Jobs said, adding that "we've got a few rules." The app has to function as advertised, Jobs said, adding that it also can't crash or use unsupported APIs. Still, he said, 95 percent of applications are approved within a week. </p><p> <b>On how things work at Apple</b><br /><img alt="http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Technology/images/steve-jobs-with-apple.jpg" src="http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Technology/images/steve-jobs-with-apple.jpg" />"We are organized like a startup," Jobs said. "We are the biggest startup on the planet." </p><p> Apple, he said, has no committees, just people in charge of specific areas. </p><p> "What I do all day is meet with teams of people," he said. Asked by Walt Mossberg whether people at Apple ever stand up to him and tell him he is wrong, Jobs said they do. "We have wonderful arguments," Jobs said, adding that he doesn't win them all. "The best ideas have to win, otherwise you don't have good people who stay." <img alt="http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Technology/images/steve-jobs-with-apple.jpg" src="http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Technology/images/steve-jobs-with-apple.jpg" /></p><p> <b>On why he doesn't change</b><br />"When this whole thing with Gizmodo happened, I got a lot of advice from people that said you've got to just let it slide. You shouldn't go after a journalist because they bought stolen property and tried to extort you." Jobs said he concluded the worst thing would be if he started letting more things slide. "I can't do that. I'd rather quit." </p> </div>obaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720921687044695532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354194250919909128.post-37555844263482091282010-06-02T03:59:00.000-07:002010-06-02T04:03:58.688-07:00Firefox hack for super speed browsing!<div>There are many people out there complaining about the Firefox <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2">RAM Memory</span> Bug. Lets get it straight. It’s not a bug. It’s part of the cache feature. This ‘feature’ is how<b> </b>the pages are cached in a tabbed environment.</div><div>To <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3">improve performance</span> when navigating (studies show that 39% of all page navigations are renavigations to pages visited less than 10 pages ago, usually using the back button), Firefox implements a Back-Forward cache that retains the rendered document for the last five session history entries for each tab.</div><div>This is a lot of data. If you have a lot of tabs, Firefox’s RAM memory usage can climb dramatically. It’s a trade-off. What you get out of it is faster performance as you navigate the web.</div><div>Now a lot of us have found the ’secrets’ on how to manipulate settings in “<b>about:config</b>” to drop the memory usage as long as possible and to<b> increase the speed at which Firefox loads sites.</b> Read on to find out how to do this.</div><div>Remember: Firefox (<a href="http://www.firefox.com/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.firefox.com');" target="_blank" title="download firefox">download it here</a>) is the <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD5">best internet browser</span> available (in my opinion), and these tweaks below will make it even greater and faster. So enjoy!</div><h3>Reduce the amount of RAM Firefox uses for it’s cache feature</h3><div>Here’s how to do it:<br />1. Type “<b>about:config</b>” (no quotes) in the adress bar in the browser.<br />2. Find <b>“browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewer</b>”<br />3. Set it’s value to “<b>0</b>“;(Zero)</div><h3>Increase the Speed in Which Firefox loads pages</h3><div><b>1.</b> Type “<b>about:config</b>” into the address bar and hit Enter.<br />(Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable<b> pipelining</b>it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.)</div><div><b>2.</b> Alter the entries as follows:<br />Set “<b>network.http.pipelining</b>” to “<b>true</b>”<br />Set “<b>network.http.proxy.pipelining</b>” to “<b>true</b>”<br />Set “<b>network.http.pipelining.maxrequests</b>” to some number like <b>10</b>.</div><div>This means it will make <b>10</b> requests at once.</div><div><b>3.</b> Lastly, right-click anywhere and select<b> New-> Integer</b>. Name it “<b>nglayout.initialpaint.delay</b>” and set its value to “<b>0</b>“;.(Zero)</div><div>This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives. If you’re using a broadband connection you’ll load pages faster now.<br />Optionally (for even faster web browsing) here are some more options for your <b>about:config</b> (you might have to create some of these entries by Right Click –> New– > Interger or String</div><div><b>network.dns.disableIPv6: set “false” </b><br />“<b>content.notify.backoffcount</b>”: set “<b>5</b>“; (Five)<br />“<b>plugin.expose_full_path</b>”: set “<b>true</b>”.<br />“<b>ui.submenuDelay</b>”: set “<b>0</b>; (zero)</div><h3>Reduce RAM usage to 10mb when Firefox is minimized:</h3><div>This little hack will drop Firefox’s RAM usage down to 10 Mb when minimized:</div><div><b>1.</b> Open Firefox and go to the Address Bar. Type in<b> about:config</b> and then press <b>Enter</b>.<br /><b>2.</b> <b>Right Click in the page</b> and select <b>New -> Boolean</b>.<br /><b>3.</b> In the box that pops up enter <b>“config.trim_on_minimize”</b>. Press Enter.<br /><b>4.</b> Now select <b>True</b> and then press<b> Enter</b>.<br /><b>5. Restart Firefox.</b></div><div>These simple tweaks will make your web browsing with Mozilla Firefox 2-3 times faster and easier. And I think they are fairly easy to apply. Enjoy!</div><div>credits: Beepthegeek </div>obaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720921687044695532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354194250919909128.post-45017338982102686212010-05-25T05:54:00.000-07:002010-05-25T05:55:37.505-07:00Twitter Client for Android Mobiles<p><img style="display: inline; border: 0px none;" title="twitter for android" src="http://www.techlivez.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ssactions.png" alt="twitter for android" width="160" border="0" height="266" /></p> <p><strong>Twitter</strong> recently <a href="http://blog.twitter.com/2010/04/twitter-for-android-robots-like-to.html" target="_blank">announced</a> the availability of its official <strong>Twitter Client for Android Mobiles</strong>, named as simply <strong>Twitter for Android. </strong>It is now available for <em>free download</em> in <em>Android Market</em>. <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1">If you</span> weren’t satisfied with the other Twitter apps available previously then this app is a must have, it also comes with a home screen widget that lets you quickly access your twitter timeline without having to open the application again and again.</p> <p><span id="more-3246"></span></p> <p>The source code of the Twitter App will be made open to the developers in the near future so that they can utilize it to develop more incredible apps using the Twitter APIs.</p> <p><strong>Download Twitter for Android</strong></p> <p>Just scan the following barcode or visit <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2">Android Market</span>.</p> <p><img style="display: inline; border: 0px none;" title="Twitter for android barcode" src="http://www.techlivez.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Twitterforandroidbarcode.png" alt="Twitter for android barcode" width="96" border="0" height="96" /></p> <p>You must have <strong>Android 2.1+ OS</strong> to use this application.</p>obaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720921687044695532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354194250919909128.post-70790340793648462952010-05-25T05:52:00.000-07:002010-05-25T05:53:41.303-07:00Sharp Unveils HD 3D Camera Module for Mobiles<p><img title="3D camera module- mobiles" src="http://www.techlivez.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/3Dcameramodulemobiles.jpg" mce_src="http://www.techlivez.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/3Dcameramodulemobiles.jpg" alt="3D camera module- mobiles" width="456" border="0" height="269" /></p> <p><a href="http://www.techlivez.com/2009/07/fujifilm-intros-amazing-3d-digital-camera-finepix-real-3d-w1/" mce_href="http://www.techlivez.com/2009/07/fujifilm-intros-amazing-3d-digital-camera-finepix-real-3d-w1/" target="_blank">Digital cameras</a> already supports the 3D shooting, now its the turn of mobiles to join the 3D bandwagon as Sharp has introduced an industry’s first<b> HD</b> <b>3D camera module</b> which will be used in Smartphones and digicams in the near future.</p> <p> </p> <p><b>Sharp’s 3D Camera Module</b> is capable of capturing videos and images in 3D and that too in 720p per eye. According to the early reports mass production of 3D camera modules will begin by the end of 2010 and you could be seeing 3D camera enabled handsets in as early as Q1 2011.</p> <p>Pricing details of the 3D modules are unknown as of now.</p> <p>via <a href="http://sharp-world.com/corporate/news/100512.html" mce_href="http://sharp-world.com/corporate/news/100512.html" target="_blank">Sharp</a></p>obaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720921687044695532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354194250919909128.post-79984679451529106612010-05-25T05:47:00.000-07:002010-05-25T05:52:17.567-07:00List of Compatible Cydia Apps for iPad<p><a href="http://www.techlivez.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/iPad-JB-Compability1.jpg"><img src="http://www.techlivez.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/iPad-JB-Compability1_thumb.jpg" alt="iPad JB Compability1" width="376" border="0" height="186" /></a></p> <p>If you have already <a href="http://www.techlivez.com/2010/05/how-to-jailbreak-ipad/" target="_blank">jailbroken your iPad</a>, then you must be wondering about which jailbroken <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2">apps</span> to install from <em>Cydia’s huge list of apps</em>, fortunately Musclenerd has come with a <strong>list of compatible Cydia apps</strong> that are safe to install on <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1">your iPad</span>, the list is divided into three categories, Cydia apps with GREEN status are safe to install, whereas RED status are not recommended and apps with YELLOW status are the ones that are partially working. List of <em>working Jailbroken apps for iPad</em> after the jump.</p> <p><span id="more-3284"></span></p> <p><strong>List of Cydia Apps Compatible with iPad</strong></p> <ol><li>Addexchange</li><li>afc2add</li><li>Applinks</li><li>Backgrounder</li><li>Bossprefs</li><li>BTstack Wii Controls</li><li>CyDelete</li><li>Cydia</li><li>Cyntact</li><li>FakeCarrier</li><li>GPSPhone</li><li>iFile</li><li>iLocalis</li><li>Infinitiboard</li><li>Infinidock</li><li>Installous</li><li>mAdVLock</li><li>MakeitMine</li><li>MemToll</li><li>MetaSpoit</li><li>Multiexchange</li><li>Multiiconmover</li><li>Musiccontrols</li><li>Mx tube</li><li>MyWi</li><li>N64iPhone</li><li>nano</li><li>NES</li><li>Netatalk</li><li>Network cmds</li><li>Poof</li><li>Privacy</li><li>ProTapper</li><li>Quick dismiss</li><li> Quicklock</li><li>Respring</li><li>Rock</li><li>roqyBT GPs</li><li>Rotation Inhibitor</li><li>SBSettings</li><li>SNes4iPhone</li><li>Tapmania</li></ol> <p>You can view the full list <a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/lv?key=tHnYEq4SmhIGOgbH9TVgXgA&type=view&gid=0&f=true&sortcolid=-1&sortasc=true&rowsperpage=250" target="_blank">here</a></p>obaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720921687044695532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354194250919909128.post-24125351586842644942010-05-25T05:46:00.000-07:002010-05-25T05:47:46.345-07:00Download Steam Client for Mac<p><strong><img style="display: inline; border: 0px none;" title="steam client mac" src="http://www.techlivez.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/steamclientmac.jpg" alt="steam client mac" width="189" border="0" height="146" /> </strong></p> <p><strong>Steam gaming client for Mac</strong> finally came out of beta and is now available <em>for</em> free download from the Steam website. With this Apple Mac users will be able to enjoy huge number of game titles that will eventually become available to them, and to celebrate the launch of <strong>Stem client for Mac</strong>, Steam is giving away <em>free download of PORTAL</em> game to anyone downloading their Client on Mac OS X until May 24th.</p> <p><span id="more-3296"></span></p> <p><img style="display: inline; border: 0px none;" title="steam client portal free" src="http://www.techlivez.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/steamclientportalfree.jpg" alt="steam client portal free" width="303" border="0" height="209" /></p> <p>With <em>Steam released for Mac</em>, gamers can now purchase their <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3">games online</span> and can play it either on Windows PC or on Mac with their single Steam ID. At launch there are already 60+ titles ready for download that you can enjoy on your Mac. Steam has also announced that it will be releasing a new set of <em>games compatible with Mac</em> every Wednesday for the next few weeks.</p> <p><strong>Download Steam Client for Mac OS X</strong></p> <p>Direct <a href="http://cdn.store.steampowered.com/public/client/installer/steam.dmg" target="_blank">Download Link</a></p> <p>Download Link for <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/app/400" target="_blank">Free Portal for Mac</a></p> <p><strong>Minimum Requirements for Steam for Mac</strong></p> <p>Intel Based Mac with Mac OS X version Leopard 10.5.8, Snow Leopard 10.6.3 or later</p> <p>1GB Hard disk space and a recommended <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2">2 button</span> mouse.</p> <p>If you are a Windows User <a href="http://www.techlivez.com/2010/04/download-steam-client-windows-7/" target="_blank">Download Steam Client for Windows</a></p>obaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720921687044695532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354194250919909128.post-66164597038931497822010-04-16T21:20:00.000-07:002010-04-16T21:22:10.351-07:00Nokia C6<b><img src="http://www.mobilegazette.com/handsets/nokia/nokia-c6/nokia-c6-2.jpg" alt=" Nokia C6 " width="400" align="right" border="0" height="385" />Expected Q2 2010 </b><br />One of a trio of new social networking <span class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;"><span style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static;color:blue;" ><span class="kLink" style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: relative;">phones</span></span></span> from Nokia, the <b>Nokia C6</b> is pretty much a straight replacement for the unloved Nokia N97, featuring a 3.2" touchscreen display, WiFi and 3.5G support, GPS and a 5 megapixel camera.<br />Nokia say that the C6 is aimed at social networkers, and it includes built in support for Facebook and Ovi plus popular webmail and instant messaging <span class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;"><span style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static;color:blue;" ><span class="kLink" style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: relative;">applications</span></span></span>. But at it's heart, the C6 is a Symbian smartphone running the Symbian^1 operating system (also known as S60 5.0). Nokia say that the home screen is customizable to allow direct access to favourite features. <p>The technical specifications for the Nokia C6 are very close to the N97 - there a 3.2" 360 x 640 pixel touchscreen display, a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash, HSDPA support, WiFi, integrated GPS, <span class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;"><span style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static;color:blue;" ><span class="kLink" style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: relative;">microSD</span></span></span> expandable memory (with a 2GB card in the box), a media player, FM radio and 3.5mm AV connector. </p> <p>Charging is done through a micro USB connector, hopefully Nokia have sorted out the quality problems with the connector which <img src="http://www.mobilegazette.com/handsets/nokia/nokia-c6/nokia-c6-1.jpg" alt=" Nokia C6 " vspace="4" width="356" align="left" border="0" height="384" hspace="4" />has proved unreliable in some current models. A moderately large 1200 mAh battery is quoted as giving the Nokia C6 up to 5 hours talktime on 3G and 16 days standby time.</p> <p align="center"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-1075241033412494"; google_ad_width = 200; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "200x90_0ads_al"; //2006-11-11: Mobile Gazette 2 google_ad_channel = "8516672013"; google_color_border = "FFFFFF"; google_color_bg = "FFFFFF"; google_color_link = "0000FF"; google_color_text = "000000"; google_color_url = "008000"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><script>google_protectAndRun("ads_core.google_render_ad", google_handleError, google_render_ad);</script><iframe name="google_ads_frame" src="http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-1075241033412494&format=200x90_0ads_al&output=html&h=90&w=200&lmt=1271609118&channel=8516672013&ea=0&color_bg=FFFFFF&color_border=FFFFFF&color_link=0000FF&color_text=000000&color_url=008000&flash=10.0.45&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mobilegazette.com%2Fnokia-c6-10x04x13.htm&dt=1271609135579&shv=r20100331&prev_fmts=200x90_0ads_al&prev_slotnames=1718774734&correlator=1271609134055&pv_ch=8516672013%2B&frm=0&ga_vid=109381082.1271609135&ga_sid=1271609135&ga_hid=1035594068&ga_fc=0&u_tz=-420&u_his=1&u_java=0&u_h=768&u_w=1024&u_ah=738&u_aw=1024&u_cd=16&u_nplug=8&u_nmime=18&biw=1007&bih=584&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fnewmobiletech.com%2Fnokia-c6%2F&fu=0&ifi=3&dtd=14" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" vspace="0" hspace="0" allowtransparency="true" width="200" frameborder="0" height="90" scrolling="no"></iframe></p> <p>It's worth noting that the keyboard arrangement is more conventional that the N97, with four rows of keys and a small space bar in the middle. The navigation pad has moved from the left to the right and there are three keys on the front of the unit in the same style as the 5800. The large screen and slide out keyboard mean that this is a fairly heavy device at 150 grams.</p> <p>The C6 is a fairly sophisticated bit of kit, but Nokia's naming convention puts it just one place about the mass-market C5 which indicates that Nokia are aiming the C6 squarely at the upper midrange market. The price is very appealing too.. all this <span class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;"><span style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: static;color:blue;" ><span class="kLink" style="color: blue ! important; font-family: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13.3333px; position: relative; border-bottom: 1px solid blue; background-color: transparent;">technology</span></span><span style="position: relative;" class="preLoadWrap" id="preLoadWrap3"><div style="position: absolute; z-index: 4000; top: -32px; left: -18px; display: none;" id="preLoadLayer3"><img style="border: medium none; width: 22px; height: 22px;" src="http://kona.kontera.com/javascript/lib/imgs/grey_loader.gif" class="preloadImg" /></div></span></span> comes in at just €220 before tax and subsidy.</p> <p>The C6 is hardly a radical phone, it's simply an improvement and evolution of what Nokia have produced before.. and this is probably what gives the phone its appeal. Nokia say that the C6 should be available during Q2 2010 in black and white colour schemes.</p>obaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720921687044695532noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354194250919909128.post-83813684812751223842010-04-16T21:18:00.001-07:002010-04-16T21:18:46.669-07:00Apple Intros New MacBook Pro Laptops 2010<p><img style="display: inline; border: 0px none; width: 192px; height: 98px;" title="macbookpro- 2010" src="http://www.techlivez.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/macbookpro20101.jpg" alt="macbookpro- 2010" border="0" /></p> <p>Apple has recently refreshed its <strong>MacBook Pro</strong> lineup with latest Intel <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD4">hardware</span>, the new <strong>MacBooks Pro 2010 models</strong> will be featuring the new Intel<strong> Core i5 and i7 processors</strong>, all the models will be having 4 GB <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3">DDR3 RAM</span>, Apple has also uppped the <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2">battery life</span> in newer <em>MacBook Pro models</em>, now the 13 inch <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1">MacBook Pro</span> will be having 10 hours of battery whereas its siblings 15” and 17” MacBook Pro will be having 8 to 9 hours of battery life.</p> <p><span id="more-3150"></span></p> <p><strong>Features and Price of New MacBook Pro Laptops 2010</strong> (Base Models)</p> <p><strong>MacBook Pro 13 inch $1,199 Model</strong></p> <ul><li>13.3 inch LED Display</li><li>2.4 GHz C2D Processor</li><li>4GB DDR3 RAM</li><li>NVIDIA GeForce 320M Graphics</li><li>250GB HDD</li><li>8X Slot Load DVD Burner</li><li>MiniDisplay port</li><li>2 USB Ports</li><li>802.11n + Bluetooth 2.1 EDR</li><li>iSight Video Camera</li><li>63.4 Watt Hour Battery</li><li><strong>10 Hours Battery Life </strong></li></ul> <p><strong>MacBook Pro 15 inch $1,799 Model</strong></p> <ul><li>15.4 inch LED Display</li><li>2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 Processor</li><li>4GB DDR3 RAM</li><li>NVIDIA GeForce GT330M Discrete Graphics 256MB VRAM – Intel HD Graphics – with switching on the fly</li><li>320 GB HDD</li><li>MiniDisplay port</li><li>8X Slot Load DVD Burner</li><li>2 USB Ports</li><li>iSight Video Camera</li><li>802.11n + Bluetooth 2.1 EDR</li><li>85 Watt Hour Battery</li><li>8-9 Hours Battery Life</li></ul> <p><strong>MacBook Pro 17 inch $2,299 Model</strong></p> <ul><li>17 inch LED Display</li><li>2.53 GHz Intel Core i5 Processor</li><li>4GB DDR3 RAM</li><li>NVIDIA GeForce GT330M Discrete Graphics 512 VRAM with Intel HD Graphics – switching on the fly</li><li>500 GB HDD with Sudden Motion Sensor</li><li>MiniDisplay port</li><li>8X Slot Load DVD Burner</li><li>2 USB Ports</li><li>iSight Video Camera</li><li>802.11n + Bluetooth 2.1 EDR</li><li>85 Watt Hour Battery</li><li>8-9 Hours Battery Life</li></ul> <p>All new MacBook Pro models now sport multi-touch trackpad with inertial scrolling similar to iPhone for browsing through photos and documents.</p> <p>The entry level 13 inch MacBook Pro will only be sporting Intel Core2duo processors, the base 15 and 17 inch models feature Core i5 Processors with built to order configuration options of Intel Core i7, 8 GB DDR3 RAM, SSD Drives and Antiglare display.</p>obaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720921687044695532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354194250919909128.post-13972532150714633222010-04-16T21:17:00.001-07:002010-04-16T21:17:51.965-07:00Download Redsn0w Jailbreak for iPhone 4.0 Beta Firmware<ins style="display: inline-table; border: medium none; height: 280px; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 336px;"></ins><img style="display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border: 0px none;" title="iphone-4-jailbreak-redsn0w" src="http://www.techlivez.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/iphone4.jpg" alt="iphone-4-jailbreak-redsn0w" width="114" align="right" border="0" height="118" /> <p>So some of you have already downloaded and installed the latest <a href="http://www.techlivez.com/2010/04/download-iphone-os-40-firmware/" target="_blank">iPhone 4.0 Beta firmware</a>, now if you are interested you can also <strong><span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2">jailbreak</span> the latest 4.0 firmware</strong> with Redsn0w 0.9.5 Beta Jailbreak <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1">Software</span>. This is the first jailbreak tool released by the iPhone Dev Team for new<em> iPhone 4.0 Beta 1 OS</em> but as of now it can only be used to jailbreak the iPhone 3G phones on Mac OSX.</p> <p><span id="more-3161"></span></p> <p>Please note that if you are thinking of upgrading your iPhone to 4.0 Beta Firmware you will require UDID (Unique Device ID) which is only available to registered Apple developers. Redsn0w Beta jailbreak has been aimed at the developers of jailbroken apps so that they can fine tune their apps for the upcoming <strong>iPhone OS 4.0</strong>. iPhone Dev Team advises normal users to stay away from the current 4.0 Beta OS as it has many bugs and it contains a baseband update thus removing carrier unlocking facility if you rely on it.</p> <p><a href="http://iphwn.org/rs/redsn0w_mac_0.9.5.zip" target="_blank">Download Redsn0w 0.9.5</a></p>obaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720921687044695532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354194250919909128.post-20331495202518701232010-04-16T21:14:00.000-07:002010-04-16T21:16:57.740-07:00iPhone HD Leaked Images<ins style="display: inline-table; border: medium none; height: 280px; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 336px;"></ins><img style="display: inline; border: 0px none;" title="iphone hd leaked images 2" src="http://www.techlivez.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/130851iphone_shell_2_500.jpg" alt="iphone hd leaked images 2" width="411" border="0" height="258" /> <p><span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1">iPhone</span> HD is just a few months away but that doesn’t stop the rumors of the<strong> new iPhone HD</strong>, <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2">what we</span> have here are the <strong>leaked images of the new iPhone HD</strong>, which may or may not be real but looking at the pics they do look awesome, the design is heavily inspired by the MacBook Pros and the iPad. Check our the images below and tell us what do you think?</p> <p><span id="more-3169"></span></p> <p><strong>Uni-body Aluminium enclosure of next generation iPhone HD</strong>, real or fake?</p> <p><img style="display: inline; border: 0px none;" title="iphone hd leaked images 1" src="http://www.techlivez.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/iphonehdleakedimages1.jpg" alt="iphone hd leaked images 1" width="402" border="0" height="261" /><img style="display: inline; border: 0px none;" title="iphone hd leaked images 3" src="http://www.techlivez.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/130851iphone_shell_3_500.jpg" alt="iphone hd leaked images 3" width="402" border="0" height="167" /></p> <p>via <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/2010/04/15/questionable-next-generation-iphone-rear-shell-images-surface/" target="_blank">MacRumors</a></p>obaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720921687044695532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354194250919909128.post-83618732393438500832010-03-23T06:04:00.000-07:002010-03-23T06:06:11.492-07:00BlackBerry Storm2 Now Available in India<ins style="border: medium none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; display: inline-table; height: 280px; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 336px;"><ins style="border: medium none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; display: block; height: 280px; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 336px;"></ins></ins> <p align="left"><img src="http://www.techlivez.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/blackberrystorm2.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline; width: 134px; height: 75px;" title="Blackberry Storm 2" alt="Blackberry Storm 2" border="0" /></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2">BlackBerry</span> better known for the “Smartphone’s of <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD5">the Business</span> Era” are revamping their touch <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3">phone</span> series with all new smart-phone <a href="http://in.blackberry.com/devices/blackberrystorm/" target="_blank">Blackberry Storm 2</a> which can be called a smarter and improved version of its predecessor “Blackberry <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD4">Storm</span>”. After the not-so-good response from the Blackberry Storm due to its various discomforts found in it as per a touch-screen phone, the company has arrived back in the market with a <em><span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD6">new technology</span></em> for Touch Sensing known as <strong>SurePress</strong>. This technology uses 4 sensors under the screen located at four ends while the previous Storm used a single sensor located at the middle of the screen.<span id="more-3058"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left;">Another advantage for this phone is its battery life and the new <strong>Blackberry OS 5.0</strong> which features contacts syncing in applications and allows more features in the SDK for developers. The phone’s keyboard has been enhanced very well and is customizable to show pop-up of the keys being pressed just like the Apple iPhone.</p> <h3>BlackBerry Storm2 Specifications:</h3> <ul><li>Wi-Fi® Enabled: This is one of major positive point for Storm 2. It supports 802.11b/g/d/i (all variants) so that you will never be out of connectivity.</li><li>3.<span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1">2 MP Digital Camera</span>: <ul><li>3.2 MP camera</li><li>Flash</li><li>Auto-focus</li><li>2x digital zoom</li><li>Image stabilization</li></ul> </li><li>Display <ul><li>High resolution 480 x 360 pixel color display</li><li>3.25” (diagonally measured)</li><li>Transmissive TFT LCD</li><li>Supports over 65,000 colors</li><li>Dynamic hardware brightness control</li></ul> </li><li>Video Camera Capabilities</li><li>Size & Weight <ul><li>Height: <strong>4.43 inches</strong> (112.5 mm)</li><li>Width: <strong>2.45 inches</strong> (62.2 mm)</li><li>Depth: <strong>0.55 inches</strong> (13.95 mm)</li><li>Weight: <strong>5.64 ounces</strong> (160 grams)</li></ul> </li><li>Supports BlackBerry App World™</li><li>Bluetooth® Enabled <ul><li>Bluetooth v2.1+EDR1</li></ul> </li><li>Multimedia Player <ul><li>Video format support: MPEG4 H.263, MPEG4 Part 2 Simple Profile, H.264, WMV</li><li>Audio format support: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, WMA ProPlus</li><li>3.5mm Stereo Headset Capable</li></ul> </li><li>SMS/MMS</li><li>Built-in GPS for maps and other location-based applications, as well as photo geo-tagging.</li><li>Wireless Email</li><li>Organizer</li><li>Browser</li><li>Phone</li><li>Corporate Data Access</li></ul> <h3>Why one would go with BlackBerry Storm2?</h3> <p>When the other phones such as “Nexus Mini” (The mini version of Nexus One) from Google, HTC Desire are round the corner, the question arises is why one should go forStorm 2? Answer is Blackberry has been one of the oldest company providing smart phones with powerful features. Those people who have the habit of old Blackberry phone’s will love to see the same environment while making this touch-era switching. Also the email features of Blackberry are one of a class and the phone will probably come unlocked from operators offering various choices to the end-users. </p> <h3>Blackberry Storm2 Price & Launch</h3> <p>Blackberry Storm will be available at all major stores and is priced at <strong>Rs 31,990</strong>.</p>obaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720921687044695532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354194250919909128.post-61909799195450538582010-03-23T06:03:00.000-07:002010-03-23T06:04:09.810-07:00iPhone 3GS 3.1.3 Unlock: BlackSn0w RC2 on Cydia<img src="http://www.techlivez.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/iphone3gsunlock004.png" style="border: 0px none ; display: inline;" title="iphone 3gs unlock 004" alt="iphone 3gs unlock 004" width="191" border="0" height="279" /> <p><strong>BlackSn0w RC2 - free unlocking <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1">software</span></strong> is now available for <em>download via Cydia</em>, if you are having <strong>iPhone 3GS</strong> or iPhone 3G with baseband 05.11.07 then you can safely <strong>unlock your iPhone 3GS</strong>/3G with this <strong><a href="http://www.techlivez.com/2009/02/must-have-third-party-applications-for-your-jailbroken-ipod-touch/" target="_blank">Cydia application</a></strong>. Blacksn0w is developed by Geohot but was not working with <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2">iPhone 3GS</span>/3G with baseband 05.11.07, but msftguy released a fix for blacksn0w which now makes it compatible with iPhone 3GS/3G 3.1.3.</p> <p><span id="more-3062"></span></p> <p><strong>How to Unlock iPhone 3GS 3.1.1</strong></p> <p>Go to <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3">Cydia</span> –> Manage –> Edit –> Add</p> <p>and add this source http://cydia.pushfix.info in your ( see screenshots )</p> <p>Now search in Cydia for Blacksn0w, select and Install</p> <p>You have successfully <strong>Unlocked your iPhone 3GS/3G</strong></p> <p>It will only install if you are having firmware 3.1.2 or 3.1.3 <strong>with baseband 05.11.07</strong></p> <p><img src="http://www.techlivez.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/iphone3gsunlock003.png" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="iphone 3gs unlock 003" alt="iphone 3gs unlock 003" width="227" border="0" height="328" /><img src="http://www.techlivez.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/iphone3gsunlock005.png" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline;" title="iphone 3gs unlock 005" alt="iphone 3gs unlock 005" width="227" border="0" height="329" /></p>obaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720921687044695532noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354194250919909128.post-43621063656724248172010-03-23T06:01:00.000-07:002010-03-23T06:02:48.828-07:00WePad: Intel Atom Based Android Tablet<p><img style="border: 0px none ; display: inline;" title="android tablet wepad" alt="android tablet wepad" src="http://www.techlivez.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/androidtabletwepad.jpg" width="472" border="0" height="320" /> </p> <p>Its raining <strike>tablets</strike> Slates and Pads these days, now <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1">German manufacturer</span> Neofonie has introduced a <strong>new Android OS tablet</strong> named<strong> WePad</strong> with <em>netbooky features</em> like 11.6 inch <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2">touchscreen display</span> (1366 x 768 resolution) along with <em>1.66 GHz Intel Atom N450 and GMA 3150 Graphics chip</em>, other features includes <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3">card reader</span>, webcam, 2 USB ports, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, UMTS modem and around 6 hours of battery life.</p> <p><span id="more-3056"></span></p> <p>Flash supported WePad will be among the first few <strong>tablet devices</strong> to sport Android Marketplace, they have plans for their very own WePad Appstore too, and have you noticed the similarity in naming with <strong>iPad</strong>. iPad sounds Appleish, whereas <strong>WePad</strong> sounds Androidish, wait I just got another idea for next logical device, <strong>OurPad</strong>, you decide the specs and OS.</p> <p><strong>We</strong>Pad pricing and release details are still under the wraps.</p> <p>via <a href="http://onlygizmos.com/neofonie-introduces-android-powered-wepad/2010/03/" target="_blank">Onlygizmos</a></p>obaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720921687044695532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354194250919909128.post-4274889873194452442010-02-20T10:06:00.000-08:002010-02-20T10:29:38.000-08:00The Revolution Has Gone Mobile<p>By mid-2010, there will be 6.8 billion humans on this planet. According to United Nations estimates, there also will be five billion cellphone subscriptions. These are astonishing numbers. What is still more astonishing, and hopeful, is the breadth of change this number reflects. </p> <p>The United Nations says that right now 80 percent of the world’s population has available cell coverage. The fastest adoption of cellphone use is occurring in some of the world’s poorest places. </p><p>Cellphones are cheap, their batteries can be easily recharged with solar power and they are creating nothing short of a revolution: knitting rural communities together, sowing information, and altering the most basic assumptions about health care and finance. Anyone who has traveled to Africa recently can vouch for these changes. </p><p>In nearly every sizable town or city, there are dozens of tiny kiosks where phones can be rented or repaired and subscriptions can be purchased. In regions where communications used to be nearly impossible, cellphones are essential to social innovation. This means everything from microfinance and electronic credit, via SMS, to better networking among health care workers and their patients. </p><p>Another revolution is following close on the heels of the cellphone revolution. This year, the number of mobile broadband subscribers — people who access the Internet via laptops or mobile phones — is forecast to pass one billion, up from 600 million at the end of 2009. That number will almost surely skyrocket, too — and the developed world should be doing everything it can to encourage it.</p><p> That means increasing the reach and lowering the cost of broadband and pressing for political and commercial openness across the Internet. Mobile communication and access to digital information are powerful development tools and aids to self-sufficiency. And we, in turn, have a lot to learn from the innovative way those tools are being used around the world. </p>obaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720921687044695532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354194250919909128.post-46830550274883978482010-01-30T22:57:00.000-08:002010-01-30T22:58:27.100-08:00New smartphone platform Samsung bada unveiled<a id="KonaLink0" target="undefined" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=8656#"><img style="width: 138px; height: 94px;" alt="http://www.geekzone.co.nz/images/news/SamsungBadaPresentation.jpg" src="http://www.geekzone.co.nz/images/news/SamsungBadaPresentation.jpg" /><span style="color: rgb(0, 100, 0) ! important; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,verdana; font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; position: static;color:#006400;" ><span class="kLink" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 100, 0); color: rgb(0, 100, 0) ! important; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,verdana; font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; position: relative; background-color: transparent;">Samsung </span><span class="kLink" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 100, 0); color: rgb(0, 100, 0) ! important; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,verdana; font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; position: relative; background-color: transparent;">Electronics</span></span><span style="position: relative;" class="preLoadWrap" id="preLoadWrap0"><div style="position: absolute; z-index: 4000; top: -32px; left: -18px; display: none;" id="preLoadLayer0"><img style="border: medium none ; width: 22px; height: 22px;" src="http://kona.kontera.com/javascript/lib/imgs/grey_loader.gif" class="preloadImg" /></div></span></a> Co. Ltd. finally unveiled its new smartphone platform, Samsung bada. The company showcased the bada SDK (Software Development Kit) for partners and presented the benefits and opportunities that the bada platform will bring to developers, mobile operators and consumers.<br /><br />The company says Samsung bada is a driving force in accomplishing Samsung’s vision of a ‘smartphone for everyone.’ To achieve this vision, Samsung bada offers a feature-rich platform for enhanced mobile experiences for consumers, and a complete mobile ecosystem through a developer support program that both the application store and consumers will benefit from. Based on Samsung’s accumulated expertise in developing advanced mobile phones, the company will allow its users to enjoy the ultimate mobile experience through superb features.<br /><br />Dr Hosoo Lee, Executive Vice President and Head of the Media Solution Center at Samsung Electronics said, “In providing Samsung bada, I believe that Samsung will become a true leader in the mobile industry; offering a wider range of smartphone choices for consumers.” He added, “At the same time, Samsung bada presents a powerful opportunity for <a id="KonaLink1" target="undefined" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=8656#"><span style="color: rgb(0, 100, 0) ! important; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,verdana; font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; position: static;color:#006400;" ><span class="kLink" style="color: rgb(0, 100, 0) ! important; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,verdana; font-weight: 400; font-size: 12px; position: relative;">developers</span></span></a> to get their applications onto an unprecedented number of Samsung devices across the world.“<br /><br />Based on Samsung’s TouchWiz User Interface, Samsung bada platform provides an easy, simple, and intuitive UI. To enhance creativity and user interactivity, Samsung bada provides flash control, web control, motion sensing, fine-tuned vibration control, and face detection. Also, it supports sensor-based, context-aware applications. By using various sensors such as accelerometers, tilt, weather, proximity, and activity sensors, application developers can easily implement context-aware interactive applications.<br /><br />Samsung bada differentiates its position by supporting various service-centric features such as social networking, device synchronization, content management, location-based services, and commerce services - all supported by back-end bada servers. These developer-friendly features support developers to implement various services without additional effort.<br /><br />The platform enables developers to take advantage of mobile device capabilities to create compelling applications. Applications can use device functions to make phone calls, send messages, or access the contact list. Also, various service applications can share information such as personal profiles, social relations, schedules, or contents with a simple user confirmation in order to provide services with greater personal relevance and cooperative service extension.<br /><br />Attendees at today’s launch event will also be introduced to the new Samsung bada Developer Challenge. The Challenge is the first chance for developers to win a share of a US$2,700,000 prize fund, simply by using the features of the new bada platform to build a wide variety of applications for bada devices. The competition is one of the largest ever for developers of mobile software.<br /><br />Samsung is also set to announce a series of Developer Days to take place around the world during 2010. Open to all developers, the initial events will be held in Seoul, London and San Francisco, with more events following as the year progresses.<br /><br />The event will also feature insights from current bada development partners including micro blogging service Twitter, movies and games rental outlet Blockbuster, video games developers CAPCOM, EA Mobile, and Gameloft . Each partner outlined their vision for the future of mobile apps and how they believe that bada will play a key role in the advance of app services to a wider audience in years to come.obaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720921687044695532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354194250919909128.post-13623105293832797142010-01-30T22:54:00.000-08:002010-01-30T22:56:50.784-08:00Mozilla Weave, one Firefox add-on you shouldn’t live without<span class="description"><p><img style="cursor: -moz-zoom-in; width: 103px; height: 103px;" alt="http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/mozilla-iphone-app.jpg" src="http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/mozilla-iphone-app.jpg" />Mozilla’s open-sourced sync engine Weave has finally hit version 1.0. This killer add-on automagically keeps any number of authorized computers and mobile devices running Firefox up-to-date. It’s like having your Internet life in perfect sync, wherever you go.</p> <p>After dozens of pre-releases and <a id="md:4" title="betas" href="http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/mozilla-posts-weave-sync-beta-1-the-killer-sync-engine-for-firefox-20091117/">betas</a>, Mozilla’s syncing add-on for Firefox is finally ready for prime time. The non-profit organization pitched Weave as a way to “securely access all of your personal data across all of your supported devices, making your web experience instantly more personal and useful.” Syncing your Internet life with Weave is a peace of cake. Upon Weave 1.0 addon installation, you are asked to register for a free account on Mozilla’s <a id="KonaLink0" target="undefined" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/review-mozilla-weave-one-firefox-add-on-you-shouldnt-live-without-20100129/#"><span style="color: blue ! important; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13px; position: static;color:blue;" ><span class="kLink" style="color: blue ! important; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13px; position: relative;">server</span></span></a> where all your information is stored securely in an encrypted <a id="KonaLink1" target="undefined" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/review-mozilla-weave-one-firefox-add-on-you-shouldnt-live-without-20100129/#"><span style="color: blue ! important; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13px; position: static;color:blue;" ><span class="kLink" style="color: blue ! important; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13px; position: relative;">database</span></span></a>. Choose your username, password, and secret phrase and you’re ready to go.</p> <p>Weave options are accessed via <strong>Tools > Weave</strong> or an icon sitting in Firefox’s bottom right status bar. You can choose to sync everything (recommended) or custom-pick the supported items, currently bookmarks, passwords, history, open browser tabs, and Firefox’s preferences. Weave currently syncs only your 25 most recently used tabs and puts them under the Firefox’s “Tabs From Other Computers” item in the History menu.</p> <p>With Weave active on your machine, you never have to worry about manually backing up aforementioned items. This will be indispensable comes when re-installing your system or moving to a new machine. Simply run Weave on your new machine and lay back as it automagically populates saved Firefox items. Be careful, though, because any changes you make to the synced items instantly get carried over to all linked computers. Fortunately, Weave creates a backup of your bookmarks before any drastic actions, such as full bookmark deletion by choosing to Start Over. Clearing your private Firefox data via <strong>Tools > Clear Recent History</strong> will cause Weave not to sync those changes, meaning the deleted entries will not be in sync between computers.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1073891" title="Weave (Custom Sync options)" src="http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Weave-Custom-Sync-options1.png" alt="Weave (Custom Sync options)" width="580" height="525" /></p> <p>Weave doesn’t sync your master Firefox password. If you use a master password on your <a id="KonaLink2" target="undefined" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/review-mozilla-weave-one-firefox-add-on-you-shouldnt-live-without-20100129/#"><span style="color: blue ! important; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13px; position: static;color:blue;" ><span class="kLink" style="color: blue ! important; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13px; position: relative;">desktop</span></span></a> but not on your mobile phone, then your passwords will not be protected with your master password on your mobile phone. If you use a master password, Weave will automatically sync with the cloud after you enter in your master password. In addition, Weave stays disconnected until you enter your master password again or manually connect. In order to improve performance and bandwidth use, Weave syncs data in chunks.</p> <p>For example, up to a thousand history items are uploaded to the cloud during the initial sync (bookmarks are also synced in chunks). Any remaining items will be synced in subsequent sync attempts and may cause your bookmarks to appear unsorted, but this will resolve once all the items get uploaded. Note that the initial sync may take anywhere between a few minutes to up to an hour to complete, depending on the size and breadth of your browsing environment.</p> <p>When Weave completes the initial sync, any actions you perform – like adding or deleting bookmarks, visiting sites, or entering new passwords – will be synced quickly because only the changed data is sent to the <a id="KonaLink6" target="undefined" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/review-mozilla-weave-one-firefox-add-on-you-shouldnt-live-without-20100129/#"><span style="color: blue ! important; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13px; position: static;color:blue;" ><span class="kLink" style="color: blue ! important; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13px; position: relative;">server</span></span></a>. If you want to reset sync data, choosing Start Over will let you replace whatever data is on your machine with server data, merge your computer’s data with the Weave server, or replace all other devices with your local data.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1073922" title="Weave (Start Over options)" src="http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Weave-Start-Over-options1.png" alt="Weave (Start Over options)" width="580" height="458" /></p> <p>Being a 1.0 version, Weave isn’t without a few hiccups. For example, syncing a Weave device that has been inactive for a while may cause your current data to be overwritten by stale data from that device. Luckily, there’s a workaround: Simply perform a Start Over when you’re connecting a really stale device and choose to replace the local data with most recent data from the Weave <a id="KonaLink4" target="undefined" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/review-mozilla-weave-one-firefox-add-on-you-shouldnt-live-without-20100129/#"><span style="color: blue ! important; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13px; position: static;color:blue;" ><span class="kLink" style="color: blue ! important; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13px; position: relative;">server</span></span></a>.</p> <p>Also bear in mind that favicons for your bookmarks are currently not synced to the server so if you bookmark a site on your home computer, don’t expect its favicon to show up on your work machine. Finally, folks running mobile Firefox on Maemo devices like the Nokia N900 should first <a id="KonaLink7" target="undefined" class="kLink" style="text-decoration: underline ! important; position: static;" href="http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/review-mozilla-weave-one-firefox-add-on-you-shouldnt-live-without-20100129/#"><span style="color: blue ! important; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13px; position: static;color:blue;" ><span class="kLink" style="color: blue ! important; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 13px; position: relative;">upgrade</span></span></a> their desktop to Weave 1.0 to avoid stalling mobile Firefox to a halt because the initial sync can be pretty demanding.</p> <p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1073882" title="Mozilla Weave (Nokia N900 teaser)" src="http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Mozilla-Weave-Nokia-N900-teaser1-580x426.jpg" alt="Mozilla Weave (Nokia N900 teaser)" width="580" height="426" /></p> <p>The real beauty of Weave is its open architecture that will make adding new data types a breeze. Mozilla has opened up Weave to add-on developers so you’ll be soon able to sync settings and information from your favorite third-party add-ons as well. Mozilla also said that Weave will soon support Personas, add-ons, search plugins and about:config tweaks, allowing you to fully synchronize your browsing environment in its entirety.</p> <p>I don’t know about you, but I’ve been struggling to keep tabs on my bookmarks and passwords prior to Weave. I actually used to back up local browsing items on a USB drive, but it’s been such a terribly frustrating experience. Needles to say, just as I’d stopped doing back ups on a regular basis, my machine died on me. I also once reinstalled Windows without remembering to backup Firefox data first. With Weave, I can just fogeddabout it! When I get myself a mobile device capable of running mobile Firefox, I’ll just run Weave to have my mobile experience automatically customized according to my desktop settings.</p> <h4> <style type="text/css"> #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 14%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } </style> <!-- see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php --> <div id="gallery-1" class="gallery galleryid-1073871"><dl class="gallery-item"><dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Weave-logo-only1.png" title="Weave (logo only)"><br /></a> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"><dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Mozilla-Weave-Nokia-N900-teaser1.jpg" title="Mozilla Weave (Nokia N900 teaser)"><img src="http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Mozilla-Weave-Nokia-N900-teaser1-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="Mozilla Weave (Nokia N900 teaser)" width="150" height="150" /></a> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"><dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Weave-sign-in1.png" title="Weave (sign in)"><img src="http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Weave-sign-in1-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="Weave (sign in)" width="150" height="150" /></a> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"><dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Weave-secret-phrase1.png" title="Weave (secret phrase)"><img src="http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Weave-secret-phrase1-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="Weave (secret phrase)" width="150" height="150" /></a> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"><dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Weave-Options1.png" title="Weave (Options)"><img src="http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Weave-Options1-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="Weave (Options)" width="150" height="150" /></a> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"><dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Weave-Custom-Sync-options1.png" title="Weave (Custom Sync options)"><img src="http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Weave-Custom-Sync-options1-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="Weave (Custom Sync options)" width="150" height="150" /></a> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"><dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Weave-Start-Over-options1.png" title="Weave (Start Over options)"><img src="http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Weave-Start-Over-options1-150x150.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="" title="Weave (Start Over options)" width="150" height="150" /></a> </dt></dl><br /> <br /> </div> <p>Conclusion: You shouldn’t live without it</p></h4> <p>Wouldn’t you like to have open web sites on your desktop instantly available on your mobile device? Check. Easily sign in to all your favorite sites using your saved passwords, which is really handy on your phone where it’s hard to type in complex passwords? Done. Get the same results on the Smart Location Bar on each of your Firefox browsers, so you can get to your favorite sites with just a few keystrokes? That too. How could you have ever lived without Weave?</p> <p>You can download Mozilla Weave 1.0 for desktop or mobile Firefox <a id="dcwk" title="here" href="https://addons.mozilla.org/services/install.php?addon_id=weave">here</a>. The open source organization warned users to make sure they download and install the Weave 1.0 add-on from <a id="ps55" title="addons.mozilla.org" href="http://addons.mozilla.org/">addons.mozilla.org</a> on all the devices they want to sync in case they have been installing previous Weave versions from other places. More information about Weave is available in the official <a id="n8ly" title="release notes" href="https://services.mozilla.com/sync/relnotes/1.0.html">release notes</a> and on the <a id="yez9" title="official Mozilla blog" href="http://mozillalabs.com/weave/2010/01/28/synchronize-your-firefox-experience-across-desktop-and-mobile/">Mozilla blog</a>.</p></span>obaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720921687044695532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354194250919909128.post-64321715486527030942010-01-30T22:45:00.000-08:002010-01-30T22:53:55.516-08:00Obama wants to repeal<!-- end: .tools --> <!-- end: .hd --> <div class="bd" role="main" labelledby="yn-story-title"> <div id="yn-story-related-media"> <div class="primary-media"> <div id="yn-story-main-media" class="ult-section yn-style1"> <div class="photo-big"> <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/David-Axelrod-Barack-Obama/photo//100130/483/f12670062ff34d95a377332ddb22bb2c//s:/ap/20100131/ap_on_bi_ge/us_taxing_cell_phones" class="media"> <img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100130/capt.f12670062ff34d95a377332ddb22bb2c.obama__dcab118.jpg?x=213&y=168&xc=1&yc=1&wc=409&hc=323&q=85&sig=vCz2FEggtyVw.NHxY3ayTw--" alt="President Barack Obama talks with David Axelrod, right, senior adviser, as they" width="213" height="168" /> </a> <cite class="caption"> AP – President Barack Obama talks with David Axelrod, right, senior adviser, as they watch the Georgetown … </cite> </div> </div><!-- end #main-media --> <div id="yn-story-minor-media"> <ul id="yn-story-related-links" class="list2 list6 size1 ult-section yn-style3"><li class="ult-position first video"> <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/ap_av/av_ap3_us/d86bbe45233e9540b823e3ebe5db7469/34936373;_ylt=AvtttZfY_FN.HyNcR7A.zVhv24cA;_ylu=X3oDMTFibWpsa2NvBHBvcwMyBHNlYwN5bl9yXzNzbG90X3ZpZGVvBHNsawN2aWQtZXYtdGh1bWI-/*http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/17894520" class="media media1"> <img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100131/videolthumb.11678e25f8583b547e4877d4e895944d.jpg?x=50&y=50&xc=51&yc=1&wc=300&hc=300&q=85&sig=L0tkG23Wy3iNVjjFZhb3vA--" alt="Raw Video: Obama takes in basketball game" width="50" height="50" /> <span>Play Video</span> </a> <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/ap_av/av_ap3_us/d86bbe45233e9540b823e3ebe5db7469/34936373;_ylt=Ag4qZLxLtGZKhmzbX4fVpFtv24cA;_ylu=X3oDMTFhdDVrbm50BHBvcwMzBHNlYwN5bl9yXzNzbG90X3ZpZGVvBHNsawN2aWQtZXYtbGluaw--/*http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/17894520"><strong>Barack Obama Video:</strong>Raw Video: Obama takes in basketball game</a> <cite><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/video/us/ap;_ylt=AhxHIyoN7EAk50CtpOiiLrxv24cA;_ylu=X3oDMTFidXRicjgyBHBvcwM0BHNlYwN5bl9yXzNzbG90X3ZpZGVvBHNsawN2aWQtZXYtcHJvdmk-">AP</a></cite> </li><li class="ult-position video"> <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/fox_news/av_fox_pl/334505e42798f974add5f7e7655335e0/34935404;_ylt=AhHB9b6vC0cRRHZcVzijPntv24cA;_ylu=X3oDMTFiNzJmYmw3BHBvcwM1BHNlYwN5bl9yXzNzbG90X3ZpZGVvBHNsawN2aWQtZXYtdGh1bWI-/*http://news.yahoo.com/video/politics-15749652/17893217" class="media media1"> <img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/fox/20100130/videolthumb.d69e8b7adc149f48185cec9add0050e6.jpg?x=50&y=50&xc=91&yc=1&wc=230&hc=230&q=85&sig=u4JqYpnTwN8fY8fMA.sWqw--" alt="Obama's Job Push" width="50" height="50" /> <span>Play Video</span> </a> <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/external/fox_news/av_fox_pl/334505e42798f974add5f7e7655335e0/34935404;_ylt=Agv3UUMlTINPr5FhrKlgCO9v24cA;_ylu=X3oDMTFhc3BiNDZqBHBvcwM2BHNlYwN5bl9yXzNzbG90X3ZpZGVvBHNsawN2aWQtZXYtbGluaw--/*http://news.yahoo.com/video/politics-15749652/17893217"><strong>Barack Obama Video:</strong>Obama's Job Push</a> <cite><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/i/3057;_ylt=AkrxMd6vatS3NoowXbJZk8hv24cA;_ylu=X3oDMTFiN3RwZ3ByBHBvcwM3BHNlYwN5bl9yXzNzbG90X3ZpZGVvBHNsawN2aWQtZXYtcHJvdmk-">FOX News</a></cite> </li></ul> <div id="yn-story-quotes" class="ult-section"> <table cellspacing="0"> <caption>Related Quotes</caption> <thead> <tr> <th>Symbol</th> <th>Price</th> <th>Change</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class="ult-position alternative"> <td class="first"> <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=%5EDJI"> <abbr title="Dow Jones Industrial Average">^DJI</abbr> </a> </td> <td>10,067.33</td> <td class="negative">-53.13</td> </tr> <tr class="ult-position"> <td class="first"> <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=%5EGSPC"> <abbr title="S&P 500 INDEX,RTH">^GSPC</abbr> </a> </td> <td>1,073.87</td> <td class="negative">-10.66</td> </tr> <tr class="ult-position alternative"> <td class="first"> <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=%5EIXIC"> <abbr title="NASDAQ Composite">^IXIC</abbr> </a> </td> <td>2,147.35</td> <td class="negative">-31.65</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- SpaceID=8903535 loc=FB noad --> <script language="javascript"> if(window.yzq_d==null)window.yzq_d=new Object(); 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Did you record the value of that call as <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264907256_0">taxable income</span>, as required by law?</p> <p>Join the club, but don't worry. <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264907256_1">President Barack Obama</span> will propose repealing the widely ignored requirement as part of his 2011 budget plan, a <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264907256_2">Treasury Department official</span> said Saturday.</p> <p>The administration made a similar proposal in June, and it was well received in Congress. Lawmakers, however, became preoccupied by the <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264907256_3">health care debate</span> for much of the year and a lot of their work on tax law was delayed.</p> <p>Obama is scheduled to release his proposed tax and spending plan on Monday. If the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264907256_4">cell phone tax</span> is repealed this year, taxpayers would be off the hook for all of 2010, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the budget had not yet been released.</p> <p>A 1989 law says that personal use of a company cell phone should be taxed like other <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264907256_5">fringe benefits</span>, such as a company car. The law, however, was passed when cell phones were referred to as car phones and were considered a luxury. Today, workers increasingly use company-issued <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264907256_6">mobile devices</span> for texting, e-mailing and browsing the Internet — sometimes for work, sometimes for personal use.</p> <p>Last summer, the <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264907256_7">Internal Revenue Service</span> issued a <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264907256_8">request for comments</span> on ways to improve compliance with the tax, and there was such a backlash that the administration proposed repealing it.</p> <p>At the time, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264907256_9">IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman</span> said the tax was "poorly understood by taxpayers" and acknowledged it was difficult to enforce consistently.</p> <p>Some employers have faced big tax bills after failing to comply with the law.</p> <p>In 2008, the IRS audited two <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264907256_10">University of California branches</span>, in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264907256_11">Los Angeles</span> and <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1264907256_12">San Diego</span>. As part of a settlement, UCLA paid a tax assessment of $238,474 and San Diego paid $186,471.</p></div></div>obaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720921687044695532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354194250919909128.post-24286178359808230892010-01-29T05:31:00.000-08:002010-01-29T05:54:19.507-08:00I pad from Apple<img style="cursor: -moz-zoom-in; width: 111px; height: 101px;" alt="http://www.usageorge.com/Wallpapers/Computer/wallpaper/Apple-Macintosh.jpg" src="http://www.usageorge.com/Wallpapers/Computer/wallpaper/Apple-Macintosh.jpg" />Apple today introduced <a onclick="'s_objectID=" href="http://www.apple.com/ipad/">iPad</a>, a revolutionary device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, playing games, reading e-books, and much more. Its high-resolution Multi-Touch display lets you interact with content — including 12 innovative new apps designed especially for iPad and almost all of the 140,000 apps available on the <a onclick="'s_objectID=" href="http://www.apple.com/ipad/app-store/">App Store</a>. At just 0.5 inches thick and 1.5 pounds, iPad is thinner and lighter than any laptop or notebook. iPad will be available in March starting at the breakthrough price of just $499. <span class="source">Read more: <a onclick="'s_objectID=" href="http://www.apple.com/ipad/">apple.com/ipad</a><br /><br /></span> <img src="http://images.apple.com/ipad/app-store/images/hero_20100127.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="472" /> <div id="appscounting" class="grid2col"> <div class="fullscreen"> <div class="swapView" id="fullscreen-switch"><div class="fullscreen-content" id="MASKED-2x"> <img src="http://images.apple.com/ipad/app-store/images/game_2x_20100127.png" alt="" width="478" height="520" /> </div></div> <div class="fullscreen-content" id="MASKED-1x"> <img src="http://images.apple.com/ipad/app-store/images/game_1x_20100127.png" alt="" width="478" height="520" /> </div> </div> <div class="fullscreen-triggers"> <ul><li class="last"><a class="fullscreen-switch replaced active" href="http://www.apple.com/ipad/app-store/#2x">2x</a></li><li class="first"><a class="fullscreen-switch replaced" href="http://www.apple.com/ipad/app-store/#1x">1x</a></li></ul> </div> <h2>140,000 apps. And counting.</h2> <p>iPad will work with almost all of the apps designed for the iPhone. Just download them from the App Store. Or, if you already have apps for your iPhone or iPod touch, you can sync them to iPad from your Mac or PC. Then run them in their original size, or expand them to fill the screen. And developers are working on new apps designed specifically for this amazing device and all the things it can do.</p> </div> <div id="app-store" class="grid2col"> <img src="http://images.apple.com/ipad/app-store/images/appstore_20100127.png" alt="" width="460" height="495" /> <h2>App Store</h2> <p>Tap the App Store icon to browse a section of the store featuring apps specifically designed for iPad. Or browse iPhone and iPod touch apps, including entertainment apps, productivity apps, social networking apps, games, and more. Then buy and download apps wirelessly, right from your iPad. No matter what you need, there’s bound to be an app for it.</p> </div> <div id="iwork"> <h2>iWork. Completely reimagined for iPad.</h2> <p>The iWork productivity applications that people know and love on the Mac — Keynote, Pages, and Numbers — have been completely redesigned for iPad. So you can create incredible presentations, word processing documents, and spreadsheets by touching words and images on the large, Multi-Touch screen. Each of these apps has been designed specially for iPad, with all-new features. So while they’re easy to use, they’re also the most powerful productivity apps ever built for a mobile device. You can import iWork ’09 and Microsoft Office documents and send documents in iWork ’09 and PDF formats. And because Keynote, Pages, and Numbers will be sold individually on the App Store, you can purchase them all at once or add them to your iPad over time.</p> <img src="http://images.apple.com/ipad/app-store/images/iwork_20100127.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="424" /> <div class="grid3col"> <div class="column first"> <h2>Keynote</h2> <p>With custom graphic styles, elegantly designed themes, stunning animations and effects, and powerful new features designed just for iPad, Keynote makes it easy to put the “show” in “slideshow.”</p> </div> <div class="column"> <h2>Pages</h2> <p>Pages has everything you need to create beautiful documents, including Apple-designed templates and easy-to-use formatting tools. Putting your words into a great-looking layout has never been simpler.</p> </div> <div class="column last"> <h2>Numbers</h2> <p>Numbers lets you create compelling, attractive spreadsheets in minutes. With over 250 easy-to-use functions, an intelligent keyboard, flexible tables, and great-looking charts, all the answers are at your fingertips.</p> </div> </div> </div> <ul id="pagenav"><li class="previous"><a href="http://www.apple.com/ipad/design/">Design</a></li><li class="next"><a href="http://www.apple.com/ipad/gallery/">Gallery</a></li></ul>Source: <a href="http://www.apple.com/ipad/app-store/">apple</a>obaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720921687044695532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354194250919909128.post-86546979949696353662010-01-27T08:51:00.000-08:002010-01-27T08:57:09.903-08:00Apple iPhone 3GS (Vs) HTC Nexus<span style="font-weight: bold;">Introduction:</span><br /><br /><div class="ImageGroup ImageGroup_right"><table border="0"><tbody><tr><td><span class="highslide"><img src="http://i1.phonearena.com/showimage.php?m=Reviews.Images&f=name&id=66144&v=thumb" alt="Click to see a large image." /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div>Two handsets compete with one another in attempting to overcome criticism all around to become arguably one of the best phones in the business right now. Apple’s iPhone 3GS still performs well in a market where it has seen its fair share of trials and tribulations. With a less than direct marketing approach, the HTC Nexus One has begun gearing up as the illustrious next dominant Android handset to give Apple a run for its money. Two handsets enter the arena; each seemingly carrying along their specific platforms along their shoulders – with both offering the highest level of performance to radiate among the crop of smartphones out there.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Design:</span><br /><br />We’ve already gone extensively over the design of each handset – instead, we’ll focus on what concepts they introduce that ultimately become adopted on future phones. If you consider the Nexus One’s footprint as gigantic, then think back a couple years ago when the first generation iPhone was introduced into the market. Up until that point, you rarely saw any smartphones utilize a footprint that large; almost considered as being too big. Most people wouldn’t think anything special about the dimensions used by the Nexus One – it became all too normal nowadays to see handsets reach larger forms and not impact the minds of consumers. In the wake of other smartphones, the iPhone’s look has somewhat diminished over time – which is partly due to biases that it’s been a tried and true look for so long. What the Nexus One has an advantage over is just newer technology; the overall look can go both ways for people – either liking it or they don’t. Touch sensitive buttons undoubtedly replace the mechanical build of older handsets – still we see the implementation of physical buttons on the Nexus One. Both handsets exude a high level of workmanship thanks partly to their use of high quality materials. There’s no question that the iPhone’s build is still superior over the Nexus One – although it doesn’t boast the impressive long list of technological advances in hardware under the hood. Sure some will disagree that the iPhone still doesn’t have a removable battery, but it’s made apparent that Apple opts for simplicity in design as opposed to HTC’s concept of giving owners access to the Nexus One’s innards. <br /><br /><div class="ImageGroup ImageGroup_full"><table border="0"><tbody><tr><td><span class="highslide"><img src="http://i2.phonearena.com/showimage.php?m=Reviews.Images&f=name&id=66141&v=thumb" alt="Click to see a large image." /></span></td><td><span class="highslide"><img src="http://i1.phonearena.com/showimage.php?m=Reviews.Images&f=name&id=66142&v=thumb" alt="Click to see a large image." /></span></td><td><span class="highslide"><img src="http://i2.phonearena.com/showimage.php?m=Reviews.Images&f=name&id=66143&v=thumb" alt="Click to see a large image." /></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Both handsets exude a high level of workmanship</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><br />Most people would argue that the Nexus One’s display is better than the one of the iPhone 3GS – yes, it does use an AMOLED display with better resolution (480 x 800), but the iPhone’s display (320 x 480) gives off a better feeling of durability. We’re still amazed to this day that the screen always looks brand new, without dirt or finger prints, as we take it out of our pockets – thanks to the olephobic coating. On the contrary, the bright and vivid display of the Nexus One clearly outshines the iPhone’s, but we’d question how well it would stand up against some extreme wear and tear over time. Newer technology clearly has its advantages by just looking at the Nexus One – its display is more detailed, brighter, and saturated.<br /><div class="ImageGroup ImageGroup_full"><table border="0"><tbody><tr><td><span class="highslide"><img src="http://i2.phonearena.com/showimage.php?m=Reviews.Images&f=name&id=66145&v=thumb" alt="Click to see a large image." /></span></td><td><span class="highslide"><img src="http://i2.phonearena.com/showimage.php?m=Reviews.Images&f=name&id=66147&v=thumb" alt="Click to see a large image." /></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="highslide"><img src="http://i1.phonearena.com/showimage.php?m=Reviews.Images&f=name&id=66148&v=thumb" alt="Click to see a large image." /></span></td><td><span class="highslide"><img src="http://i1.phonearena.com/showimage.php?m=Reviews.Images&f=name&id=66146&v=thumb" alt="Click to see a large image." /></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">HTC Nexus One (top) and Apple iPhone 3GS (bottom)</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Apple iPhone 3GS 360 Degrees View:</span><br /></span></div><br /><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" id="gsm360" width="573" align="middle" height="550"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="movie" value="http://www.phonearena.com/swf/gsm360.swf?config=http://www.phonearena.com/swf/Apple/iPhone3GS/config.cfg"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><embed src="http://www.phonearena.com/swf/gsm360.swf?config=http://www.phonearena.com/swf/Apple/iPhone3GS/config.cfg" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="gsm360" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="573" align="middle" height="550"></embed></object><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">HTC Nexus One 360 Degrees View:</span><br /></span></div><br /><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" id="gsm360" width="573" align="middle" height="550"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="movie" value="http://www.phonearena.com/swf/gsm360.swf?config=http://www.phonearena.com/swf/HTC/Nexus_One/config.cfg"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"><embed src="http://www.phonearena.com/swf/gsm360.swf?config=http://www.phonearena.com/swf/HTC/Nexus_One/config.cfg" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="gsm360" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="573" align="middle" height="550"></embed></object>obaidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06720921687044695532noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354194250919909128.post-70954664855190459802010-01-25T23:46:00.000-08:002010-01-25T23:51:00.561-08:00Glu Mobile - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen [Motorola C650/L6/V300/K1/V3/E2/V9]<img src="http://i39.tinypic.com/3130mdc.gif" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><b style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><i><span style="font-family:Book Antiqua;">"A game based on the summer blockbuster <nobr><span style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 255); 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