- Facebook = 500++ Million
- Skype = 560++
- Foursquare = 3 Million (15.5K per day or 0.5 M per month growth)
Figures - Facebook, Skype, Foursquare
Skype Integrated in Facebook - Make Calls from Facebook
How does this sound -: You will soon be able to make Voip calls directly from your facebook account. In other words, you may will soon find skype integrated with your facebook account. So along with chatting with your friends, you will be able to place phone calls (Video calls ?).
I read this news somewhere on web while surfing about the latest in the voip world. I kinda liked what I read and thought of sharing with you all. It would be highly beneficial for all, if Skype gets integrated with Facebook. This will be a huge impact on gmail/google talk. A lot of people have been chatting on facebook itself and not on gmail.
According to Allthingsdigital, Facebook and Skype are working to allow Facebook users to send SMS messages and make voice and video calls to friends and contacts via Skype.
It may be vice-versa too, that is Facebook users allow to use Skype using their facebook account. Its more like integration of Facebook (social networking in Skype). Facebookers will be able to sign into Skype through Facebook Connect, which allows users to sign into third-party Websites with their Facebook accounts. The integration is expected in Skype 5.0, scheduled for an October launch. A Facebook-Skype VOIP integration would also be an answer to communications and collaboration capabilities offered by Google.
Lets see what finally comes into market, but I am sure this will be a great move by Skype and Facebook and will be accepted by all.. I am really looking forward for this.
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I read this news somewhere on web while surfing about the latest in the voip world. I kinda liked what I read and thought of sharing with you all. It would be highly beneficial for all, if Skype gets integrated with Facebook. This will be a huge impact on gmail/google talk. A lot of people have been chatting on facebook itself and not on gmail.
According to Allthingsdigital, Facebook and Skype are working to allow Facebook users to send SMS messages and make voice and video calls to friends and contacts via Skype.
It may be vice-versa too, that is Facebook users allow to use Skype using their facebook account. Its more like integration of Facebook (social networking in Skype). Facebookers will be able to sign into Skype through Facebook Connect, which allows users to sign into third-party Websites with their Facebook accounts. The integration is expected in Skype 5.0, scheduled for an October launch. A Facebook-Skype VOIP integration would also be an answer to communications and collaboration capabilities offered by Google.
Lets see what finally comes into market, but I am sure this will be a great move by Skype and Facebook and will be accepted by all.. I am really looking forward for this.
PennyTel New Billing System Updates
PennyTel made some huge news when it was offering unlimited free international calls including free calls to India during the new year season. A large number of people (a lot from this blog) made use of the offer and made account with Pennytel. Some must be continuing with Pennytel only for their international calling needs.
Here are some updates about PennyTel about its new billing system starting 1st October. PennyTel will be changing its billing process to a monthly prorated system, simplifying your statements and invoices.
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Here are some updates about PennyTel about its new billing system starting 1st October. PennyTel will be changing its billing process to a monthly prorated system, simplifying your statements and invoices.
(1) The billing periods of all PennyTel accounts will correlate with calendar months in the year (start and end on the first and last day of each month respectively)
(2) For those PennyTel accounts whose billing date is not the 1st day of the month, a prorated amount (subscription fee/number of days in the current month*remaining days in the current month) will be calculated on their next billing date. On that date, they will be charged the full amount for the plan’s monthly subscription fee, but the difference between the monthly subscription fee and the prorated amount will be refunded into the PennyTel account as call credits.
(3) If a customer changes their plan, the billing period will be from the day the change of plan was completed until the end of the month. Plan upgrades will involve the customer being charged the full amount for the new plan’s monthly subscription fee, but the difference between the monthly subscription fee and the prorated amount (as mentioned in section 2) will be refunded into the PennyTel account as call credits. Any included calls, minutes and/or SMS that come with the new plan will be prorated for the remaining number of days in the month. Any included calls, minutes and/or SMS that come with the old plan will be forfeited. Plan downgrades will have their old plan’s monthly subscription fee prorated and refunded.
(4) Customers can change their plan only once per billing period (month). A second request will be put on hold and processed on the 1st day of the following month. Customers are able to cancel the second request.
PennyTel is making these changes in order to make its billing system more simplified and effective. May be this way they can attract more customers. In the future, PennyTel is expected to revise some its plan offering some more free calls. I am again waiting for the time when PennyTel start some similar promotion offering unlimited free international calls.
The Chance to jailbreak Apple TV 2 since its on iOS 4.1
- Its great to hear that Apple's latest Apple TV 2 is based on iOS 4.1 as reported from Covering Web.
- This opens up new possibilities for jailbreak.
- Once the Apple TV is Jailbroken, it can do a lot of wonders just like iPhones and iPods.
600K Users of 3G Change to Broadband - Still A Small Figure
BERNAMA reported in the recent news "600K Users of 3G Change to Broadband" on Sept. 21, 2010. The exceprts are shown below:
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About 600,000 out of the 7.9 million users of the 3G service have changed to the broadband service, said Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim.
The government had earlier targeted to reach a 50 per cent penetration rate for broadband which would raise the gross domestic product (GDP) by not less than one per cent.
Currently the high-speed broadband (HSBB) project together with Telekom Malaysia in the Klang Valley and several industrial areas is giving coverage to more than 300,000 premises.
As of June 2010, the broadband penetration rate had reached 36.1 per cent.
Currently, there are about 16 million Internet users in Malaysia.
- Only about 7% of 3G users actually subscribed to Broadband services. Others, most probably only owned 3G Simcards and phones. Read my blog post regarding "A Myth: Mobile Broadband User".
- If Malaysia's population is about 28 Million, it meant about 2.1% of Malaysian users are 3G Broadband users.
- WIth the current rate at 36.1% in June and the target to reach 50% in end of 2010, its going to be definitely an uphill task.
- Malaysia need a proper and healthy ecosystem. Read the following blog "DNA of a Broadband Nation".
Get Ready for Greenpois0n Download!
This is the news that we are waiting for! Greenpois0n is about to be release!
As stated in the Covering Web recently:
Good news everywhere floating on the web about iOS 4.1 jailbreak with GreenPois0n. The hacker behind SHAtter exploit has just published all decryption keys to jailbreak iOS 4.1 on iPhone 4. This means that the new USB-Based (Greenpois0n) jailbreak tool is completely done and ready to be released.
The keys were published on the iPhone wiki for iPhone 4 on iOS 4.1 to confirm that the tool is completed. According to multiple tweets from Pod2g, the developer of SHAtter's exploit, MuscleNerdhas already used SHAtter with a pwned iBEC to get real proof that the exploit is working, iSpazio thinks that this words means theoretically that the new jailbreak is untethered (we hope so).
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Rebtel Cheap Calls to Liberia, Ivory Coast and Trinidad and Tobago
Rebtel is one such voip provider which keeps on revising its calling rates, actually time to time lowering its calling rates to various destination. All of you must be aware of its ongoing promotion of free $5 bonus coupon code (Check post on Rebtel discount code if you are not aware).
Well Rebtel has lowered its calling rate to Liberia, Ivory Coast and Trinidad and Tobago.
For Liberia : you can now call for 23.9 cents/minute USD to fixed lines and for as little as 17.9 cents/minute USD to mobiles.
For Ivory Coast you can now call for a mere 17.9 cents/minute USD to fixed lines and for no more than 21.9 cents/minute USD to mobiles.
For Trinidad & Tobago you can call fixed lines for 3.9 cents/minute USD and mobiles for 10.9 cents/minute USD to mobiles.
The best part about Rebtel voip is that it never compromises on its call quality, customer support which are among the best. So if you have friends in these countries, use Rebtel to make Cheap voip calls to these destinations.
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Well Rebtel has lowered its calling rate to Liberia, Ivory Coast and Trinidad and Tobago.
For Liberia : you can now call for 23.9 cents/minute USD to fixed lines and for as little as 17.9 cents/minute USD to mobiles.
For Ivory Coast you can now call for a mere 17.9 cents/minute USD to fixed lines and for no more than 21.9 cents/minute USD to mobiles.
For Trinidad & Tobago you can call fixed lines for 3.9 cents/minute USD and mobiles for 10.9 cents/minute USD to mobiles.
The best part about Rebtel voip is that it never compromises on its call quality, customer support which are among the best. So if you have friends in these countries, use Rebtel to make Cheap voip calls to these destinations.
Life without an iPhone 4 iOS 4.1 Jailbreak
- When I purchased the iPhone 4, Apple has just launched iOS 4.0.2. Thus, I missed the opportunity to Jailbreak it. The latest Jailbreak solution is for iOS 4.0.1 using the Jailbreakme solution.
- Currently, all the iPhone 4 owners are eagerly waiting for the Greenpois0n Jailbreak solution from Chronic Dev Team. The last known update reported recently stated it was about 80% ready.
- It was quite frustrating when "not much" can be done with a non-Jailbreak iphone. I missed the Winterboard themes and some of system tweaks.
- Its quite "boring" when the iPhone 4 is not Jailbroken.... How about you?
Foursquare - An Addictive App for iPhone
- I was introduced to Foursquare app for iPhone in the middle of the year when I am using the iPhone 3GS. It has now became one of my favorite app.
- It has the ability to link with my Facebook and Twitter account. Thus, its easier to share the places with my friends. Its like voluntary way "to get yourselves being stalked"..!
- The client interface as shown below showed how simple it is to use the app. We have a choice either to check-in to the places which have been registered by others or we might add a "new" place. The location-based services of the iPhone will automatically detect the nearby places.
- Sometimes, we might noticed that there are several people already "checked-in" at that place at the same time.
- For a traveller, you might want to find good tips regarding certain places (restaurant, shop, etc) which are being left by others (or you can leave tips too). There is also an option for "things-to-do", just in case, you might want to check out that place again. It serves a good reminder.
- Since the app links to the Google Map, it will help you to find the exact place. But sometimes, the place is not 100% correct due to the inaccuracy of the location based services. If this is the case, you can log-in to Foursquare website to edit that location map.
- There is also a summary the whereabouts of your friends.
CallNet VoIP FREE 15 Minutes per month to 50 countries
With so many voip players already in the market, voip companies have started offering good mobile voip deals. Many are offering good mobile voip plans, so that people can make cheap phone to phone calls. Its indeed good for all the users. We have already discussed about Fringout, offering cheap calls to India, then we have voip provider like Rebtel which offers direct calls (without any need to download any voip application to your phone). Just to remind you all, those who have not utilized the offer yet, Rebtel is offering free $5 bonus (yeah offer for our blog readers) - valid till November !!
Coming back to the voip provider in discussion, CallNet. Its a mobile voip provider which is having some good plans to make cheap international calls. The best part about this voip provider is that it is offering free 15 minutes calls to 50 countries, and that too each month. Yeah, India is included in the list. So that means, you can make free 15 minutes calls to India each month without spending anything. Lets talk about it more, then I will discuss some of CallNet other plans.
Well, actually CallNet offers several plans, one of them being CallNet free. Sign up for your free account and Callnet throws in 15 minutes to 50 Worldwide destinations per month free!
Destination list where you can make free calls to India :
Argentina, World Wide DestinationsAustralia, Belgium, Belgium Mobile, Brunei, Brunei Mobile, Canada, China, China Mobile, Croatia Republic, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Guam, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Mobile, Hungary, Iceland, India, India Mobile, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Korea (South), Luxembourg, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Portugal Mobile, Puerto Rico, Russia, San Marino, Singapore, Singapore Mobile, Slovenia Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Thailand Mobile, United Kingdom, United States, US Virgin Island, Venezuela, Venezuela Mobile.
Features:
Lower Call Rates
Competitive international and mobile call rates even for destinations outside the CallNet VoIP Plans.
Voicemail to Email Service
Have your voicemails delivered as sound files to your email address.
Online Billing Information
This feature allows you to view and download your call history online in realtime!
Time Of Day Forwarding / Scheduled Dial plan
This feature allows you to customize your dial plan online to manage your incoming call
Some other plans which CallNet offers :
300 minutes to NZ & 50 Worldwide Destinations for only $9.95 / month
600 minutes to NZ & 50 Worldwide Destinations for only $14.95 / month.
Unlimited calls to NZ & 50 Worldwide Destinations for only $29.95 / month.
DID NZ regional numbers available for only $3.95 / month
Mobile Voip $3.95/month : Make low cost international & local calls with our VoIP Apps for iPhone, Nokia, Android, and BlackBerry.
What I suggest you to try CallNet free plan first. Register with them for free, try out your free 15 minutes to these countries (you get 15 free minutes each month). If you like the service then you can topup your account/Choose any plan which suits your need. Please let us know your feedback, its very important to us as well to these voip companies.
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Coming back to the voip provider in discussion, CallNet. Its a mobile voip provider which is having some good plans to make cheap international calls. The best part about this voip provider is that it is offering free 15 minutes calls to 50 countries, and that too each month. Yeah, India is included in the list. So that means, you can make free 15 minutes calls to India each month without spending anything. Lets talk about it more, then I will discuss some of CallNet other plans.
Well, actually CallNet offers several plans, one of them being CallNet free. Sign up for your free account and Callnet throws in 15 minutes to 50 Worldwide destinations per month free!
Destination list where you can make free calls to India :
Argentina, World Wide DestinationsAustralia, Belgium, Belgium Mobile, Brunei, Brunei Mobile, Canada, China, China Mobile, Croatia Republic, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Guam, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Mobile, Hungary, Iceland, India, India Mobile, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Korea (South), Luxembourg, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Portugal Mobile, Puerto Rico, Russia, San Marino, Singapore, Singapore Mobile, Slovenia Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Thailand Mobile, United Kingdom, United States, US Virgin Island, Venezuela, Venezuela Mobile.
Features:
Lower Call Rates
Competitive international and mobile call rates even for destinations outside the CallNet VoIP Plans.
Voicemail to Email Service
Have your voicemails delivered as sound files to your email address.
Online Billing Information
This feature allows you to view and download your call history online in realtime!
Time Of Day Forwarding / Scheduled Dial plan
This feature allows you to customize your dial plan online to manage your incoming call
Some other plans which CallNet offers :
300 minutes to NZ & 50 Worldwide Destinations for only $9.95 / month
600 minutes to NZ & 50 Worldwide Destinations for only $14.95 / month.
Unlimited calls to NZ & 50 Worldwide Destinations for only $29.95 / month.
DID NZ regional numbers available for only $3.95 / month
Mobile Voip $3.95/month : Make low cost international & local calls with our VoIP Apps for iPhone, Nokia, Android, and BlackBerry.
What I suggest you to try CallNet free plan first. Register with them for free, try out your free 15 minutes to these countries (you get 15 free minutes each month). If you like the service then you can topup your account/Choose any plan which suits your need. Please let us know your feedback, its very important to us as well to these voip companies.
Free Griffin Reveal Etch graphite iPhone 4 Case
- I chose the Griffin's Reveal Etch Graphite case for the iPhone 4 Free iPhone 4 case Program for Apple before its final dateline.
- Apple shipped to my friend's address in Singapore. Arrived on Sept. 16, 2010 but only reached to me yesterday (Sept. 25, 2010)
It has the below features:
- Rubber sides with full coverage polycarbonate back
- Super-slim; adds only 1.6 mm in thickness to your iPhone
- Integrated rubber sides protect edges, corners, and controls
- Allows unhindered access to Multi-Touch display, controls, and ports
LocalPhone Make Cheap Pc to Phone Calls
Yeah I know, that we already have had a lot of discussions and posts about LocalPhone
. But Localphone is such a good option to make voip calls, that I thought to remind my blog readers about Localphone.
To all new to Localphone, its a UK based voip provider which offers very cheap phone calls to most parts of the world. For making calls to India you just have to spend about 1pence/min or 1.5 UScents/min. For other countries as well, Localphone voip calling rates are very competitive.
The best part about Localphone is that it offers so many different ways by which you can make calls. Another good thing, you need not to belong to UK to use LocalPhone
. I have been using Localphone in India itself for making my STD (calls to India) and international calls (USA/Sweden/UK) etc, and it works great for me.
Actually, that is what I wanted to highlight in this post. Not very new, but less used option to make calls -PC to Phone calls - yes its PC application, Localphone softphone.
So, If you are among those where Localphone has its local access number, or you make use of direct call feature, calling card feature of Localphone then you need not to try PC to Phone calls. Just enjoy Phone to Phone Calls using LocalPhone
.
Coming back to its Pc application, its a simple softphone (about 3MB), which you can download once you login to your account. Its very simple to install, and once installed and you login - directly make calls to your international destination. The call quality is just great, and I have not faced any problems from past few months. This is actually good when you want to use LocalPhone
from countries like India, Pakistan where it does not offer any local access number.
For business purpose also you can try Localphone softphone as a replacement for Skype. You will definitely be saving a lot more money switching to Localphone. So better try the LocalPhone Voip Service
now, as first call is always free. So may continue if you like the service (I am sure you will like it !!! :)
Update : Localphone is running a promotional offer. When you sigh up with $1 credit, you will get $2.5 credit. That's additional $1.5 credit as bonus.
$1.5 credit is worth 100 minutes to India. This makes cheapest voip provider to India with effective rate of just 0.6 cents per minute. This offer can be used to call other countries as well. What are you waiting for. Just try Localphone.
(No expiry of credit, good voice quality, and sign up with as low as $1).
READ MORE - LocalPhone Make Cheap Pc to Phone Calls
. But Localphone is such a good option to make voip calls, that I thought to remind my blog readers about Localphone.
To all new to Localphone, its a UK based voip provider which offers very cheap phone calls to most parts of the world. For making calls to India you just have to spend about 1pence/min or 1.5 UScents/min. For other countries as well, Localphone voip calling rates are very competitive.
The best part about Localphone is that it offers so many different ways by which you can make calls. Another good thing, you need not to belong to UK to use LocalPhone
. I have been using Localphone in India itself for making my STD (calls to India) and international calls (USA/Sweden/UK) etc, and it works great for me.
Actually, that is what I wanted to highlight in this post. Not very new, but less used option to make calls -PC to Phone calls - yes its PC application, Localphone softphone.
So, If you are among those where Localphone has its local access number, or you make use of direct call feature, calling card feature of Localphone then you need not to try PC to Phone calls. Just enjoy Phone to Phone Calls using LocalPhone
.
Coming back to its Pc application, its a simple softphone (about 3MB), which you can download once you login to your account. Its very simple to install, and once installed and you login - directly make calls to your international destination. The call quality is just great, and I have not faced any problems from past few months. This is actually good when you want to use LocalPhone
from countries like India, Pakistan where it does not offer any local access number.
For business purpose also you can try Localphone softphone as a replacement for Skype. You will definitely be saving a lot more money switching to Localphone. So better try the LocalPhone Voip Service
now, as first call is always free. So may continue if you like the service (I am sure you will like it !!! :)
Update : Localphone is running a promotional offer. When you sigh up with $1 credit, you will get $2.5 credit. That's additional $1.5 credit as bonus.
$1.5 credit is worth 100 minutes to India. This makes cheapest voip provider to India with effective rate of just 0.6 cents per minute. This offer can be used to call other countries as well. What are you waiting for. Just try Localphone.
(No expiry of credit, good voice quality, and sign up with as low as $1).
Free Wifi by Skype : this weekend
Just received an email from Skype, which I thought to share with you all. Its limited time (only weekend) offer.
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It’s almost the weekend, and we’re celebrating this one by giving everyone free Skype Access, the single-click Internet access feature, available at over 200,000 WiFi hotspots worldwide. Just because.
With Skype Access you can pay for WiFi access per minute using Skype Credit. All you need is a connection to a Skype Access compatible hotspot and the latest version of Skype for Mac or Windows.
From 0001 GMT on Saturday 25 September 2010 to to 2359 GMT Sunday September 26, Skype Access will be free to use, so you can surf the web, send email and make free Skype-to-Skype voice and video calls at over 200,000 WiFi hotspots in cafés, hotels and airports worldwide.
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It’s almost the weekend, and we’re celebrating this one by giving everyone free Skype Access, the single-click Internet access feature, available at over 200,000 WiFi hotspots worldwide. Just because.
With Skype Access you can pay for WiFi access per minute using Skype Credit. All you need is a connection to a Skype Access compatible hotspot and the latest version of Skype for Mac or Windows.
From 0001 GMT on Saturday 25 September 2010 to to 2359 GMT Sunday September 26, Skype Access will be free to use, so you can surf the web, send email and make free Skype-to-Skype voice and video calls at over 200,000 WiFi hotspots in cafés, hotels and airports worldwide.
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TruPhone reduced rates : mobile voip
More and more mobile providers are entering the market, and already existent ones are offering new offers. Fring has already reduced its calling rate in its Fringout plan, which we discussed yesterday. So I thought to check out other mobile providers as well.
It seems that the competition in voip is really heating up. TruPhone, global mobile operator has reduced its calling rates to more than 30 destinations worldwide by an average of 60 percent when compared to previous rates for calls made using its Apple iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, Nokia and Android smartphone apps. Truphone has also reduced the cost of its unlimited monthly call package to just $12.95 per month.
Truphone's new rates are now as low as 2.1 cents per minute, meaning even calls to some of the most popular destinations worldwide, such as the United States, France and China cost as little as $1.30 per hour. Only thing to note is the Connection fees. Calls made between TruPhone users (TruPhone to Truphone) are free over Wifi/3G.
PS: If you are looking for cheap calling offers to India with bonus credit, Try RebTel as we are offering a special bonus coupon code.
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It seems that the competition in voip is really heating up. TruPhone, global mobile operator has reduced its calling rates to more than 30 destinations worldwide by an average of 60 percent when compared to previous rates for calls made using its Apple iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, Nokia and Android smartphone apps. Truphone has also reduced the cost of its unlimited monthly call package to just $12.95 per month.
Truphone's new rates are now as low as 2.1 cents per minute, meaning even calls to some of the most popular destinations worldwide, such as the United States, France and China cost as little as $1.30 per hour. Only thing to note is the Connection fees. Calls made between TruPhone users (TruPhone to Truphone) are free over Wifi/3G.
PS: If you are looking for cheap calling offers to India with bonus credit, Try RebTel as we are offering a special bonus coupon code.
With Free Maps, Nokia Ready to Lead Market Return
Nokia announced that since its launch on January 21, 2010, a new version of Ovi Maps with driving navigation license for free and walkers already downloaded by more than 1.4 million times.
One million download process is achieved in just one week after the launch. The average is one download per second, 24 hours a day, "said Anss
i Vanjoki, executive vice president, Nokia, on the testimony, when we announced the driving navigation license for free and walkers, we are aware that this will change the habits of mobile phone users. A number of users now use their Nokia device for navigation, and as a result more and more users looking for software-site evaluation, developing even faster than we expected, "he explained.
By leveraging the investment in the company Navteq, Nokia managed to remove the navigation license fees for motorists and pedestrians. Nokia also quickly reach many users, who can be targeted to offer a variety of features, content and new services based on location.
"There is a huge desire of consumers to use direct navigation from the phone," said Chris Jones, VP & Principal Analyst of research firm Canalys. "We estimate there are about 25.9 million people who use it at the end of 2010," he said.
Starting next month all Nokia smartphone that features GPS Maps Ovi will be equipped with the new version, with local country map data that has been invested directly into the mobile phone, with a free license.
Currently, Maps Ovi reaching more than 180 countries with the navigation of vehicles and pedestrians for 74 countries in 46 languages, and traffic information for more than 10 countries. The cost to access data depends on Ovi Maps service that is used.
The success of this new version of Ovi Maps are an important part of Nokia's strategy to become market leader in moving maps (mobile maps), navigation and location-based services. By leveraging its investment in Navteq company, Nokia has managed to remove the navigation license fees for motorists and pedestrians.
Nokia also quickly grabbed a lot of users, which can be targeted to offer a variety of features, content and new services based on location.
"This is exciting news for third-party application developers. In just a few days, there are already more than 1 million active users, potentially requiring new and innovative applications based on location," continued Vanjoki.
According Vanjokia, this may be to provide opportunities for operators to offer more data packets and a complete navigation package for new customers and existing.
Until January 31, 2010, the top five countries with total Ovi Maps download the new version is China, Italy, England, Germany and Spain. While the five most popular Nokia devices used were the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia N97 Mini, Nokia N97, Nokia 5230 and Nokia E72.
One million download process is achieved in just one week after the launch. The average is one download per second, 24 hours a day, "said Anss
By leveraging the investment in the company Navteq, Nokia managed to remove the navigation license fees for motorists and pedestrians. Nokia also quickly reach many users, who can be targeted to offer a variety of features, content and new services based on location.
"There is a huge desire of consumers to use direct navigation from the phone," said Chris Jones, VP & Principal Analyst of research firm Canalys. "We estimate there are about 25.9 million people who use it at the end of 2010," he said.
Starting next month all Nokia smartphone that features GPS Maps Ovi will be equipped with the new version, with local country map data that has been invested directly into the mobile phone, with a free license.
Currently, Maps Ovi reaching more than 180 countries with the navigation of vehicles and pedestrians for 74 countries in 46 languages, and traffic information for more than 10 countries. The cost to access data depends on Ovi Maps service that is used.
The success of this new version of Ovi Maps are an important part of Nokia's strategy to become market leader in moving maps (mobile maps), navigation and location-based services. By leveraging its investment in Navteq company, Nokia has managed to remove the navigation license fees for motorists and pedestrians.
Nokia also quickly grabbed a lot of users, which can be targeted to offer a variety of features, content and new services based on location.
"This is exciting news for third-party application developers. In just a few days, there are already more than 1 million active users, potentially requiring new and innovative applications based on location," continued Vanjoki.
According Vanjokia, this may be to provide opportunities for operators to offer more data packets and a complete navigation package for new customers and existing.
Until January 31, 2010, the top five countries with total Ovi Maps download the new version is China, Italy, England, Germany and Spain. While the five most popular Nokia devices used were the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia N97 Mini, Nokia N97, Nokia 5230 and Nokia E72.
Have you tried FringOut to make cheap calls from Mobile
Sometime back we posted about the new beta voip service by Fring that is, Fringout. Its a newly launched voip service by Fring which allows you to make cheap voip calls directly from your Nokia mobile. Fringout is now again making a lot of buzz in the voip town, and I not very sure why now ?
Fringout is in news on many websites, and blogs stating to replace the voip giants like Skype. Let me describe this service to you again if you missed my last post on Fringout.
FringOut. Fringout is the latest mobile voip application by Fring (Still in beta phase) using which you can make cheap international phone calls directly from your mobile. Fringout is a good option now to make calls from your mobile as its rates are really cheap. You can make ‘almost-free’ mobile calls to family and friends not yet on fring to ANY phone. Call more than 200 countries from 1c/min
- Canada from 0.4 cents
- UK from 0.6 cents
- India from 1.1 cents
Fringout works on Nokia mobiles. Fring is working to launch its iPhone and Android applications. So iPhone users should not worry much !
Surely mobile voip is the upcoming trend, and its time that other voip providers as well start reducing their calling rates. No one is willing to shell out $$$ for making international calls, and actually you don't have to. Many providers offer international voip calls at cheap rates.
Use Fringout, make cheap international calls and let us know your feedback.
Some Powerpoint Best Practices: Steve jobs and Guy Kawasaki
Brian Halliga wrote an article "Steve Jobs & Guy Kawasaki -- Powerpoint Best Practices"
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I recently read Guy Kawasaki's "Art of The Start." In addition to being a good author/blogger, Guy was one of the very early Apple employees and more recently has been a venture/angel investor type where he has listened to countless Powerpoint presentations. Presumably because he is tired of seeing poor Powerpoint presentations, he spends many pages in his book talking about Powerpoint best practices. There were a few nuggets of Powerpoint wisdom among a lot of content about it that stuck with me a few days after finishing the book.
His mantra is that Powerpoint should follow a 10/20/30 Rule. There should be no more than 10 slides in the presentation -- very few people take away much more than one concept from a presentation, so all that other stuff is extra. The slide presentation should be designed to last 20 minutes, leaving room for ample questions/discussion between slides or after the presentation. Guy points out that the point of the presentation is typically to initiate a discussion. He says the font should be size should be no smaller than 30 (Arial font). Guy says that audiences read faster than you can talk, so that while you are up there talking, they are trying to read your slides and not listening to what you are saying.
He says that there are something like 60 animation features within Powerpoint and he recommends the less use of it the better. His advice is to use your voice/body to emphasize when a point is important, not some fancy Powerpoint trick. The only place he recommends using any of this is in going through bullet points on a slide, presumably to avoid having people read ahead. Speaking of bullets, Guy suggests that bulleted slides should have one point with bullets and only one layer of bullets (lest you violate the 30 part of 10/20/30).
50% discount coupon for Rebtel : Cheap Voip Calls
A few days back, we posted about Rebtel Special coupon code which allows you to get Bonus $5 credit. The post was a huge hit with so many people taking its advantage. There has been an update on that special coupon code which I thought to share it again.
I don't think I need to mention anything about the Rebtel, its really good call quality, good customer support, time to time rate reductions, new offers etc. Rebtel is growing each day and best part is they are willing to offer the same to its customers. For calling India, again Rebtel is a very good option.
This new offer is a voucher code that adds $5 bonus on the first $10 deposit. That is a 50% bonus, $5 is equal to approx 6 hours of calling to the UK or Mexico, or about one hour to Asia or Africa.
- Voucher code: REBTEL5
- End date: 1st of November
- The minimum deposit is $10. The deposit must be made within 30 days after the sign up.
At Rebtel you pay only for the time you talk! Rebtel has one minute billing; and there are no hidden charges. No contract required. and the best part First call is always FREE!
PS: Rebtel has recently lowered the rates to Liberia, Trinidad/Tobago and Ivory Coast! For example the rate to Trinidad/Tobago landline is now only 3.9c!
Don't forget to use voucher code REBTEL5 when you sign up so that you get free bonus $5 credit. If you have any concerns, any problems and any feedback - please share with us. Its a platform where we can help each other to reduce our phone bills.
Review: StarWalk (Astronomy App for iPad)
For anyone who loves Astronomy or just loves watching the Skies, here's an awesome application called "Star Walk" for iPad.
Its really cool when we hold the iPad in any direction and it will pointed the skies above you. Even if you point below at your feet, it will show how the skies look like at the other side of the earth.
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
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Its really cool when we hold the iPad in any direction and it will pointed the skies above you. Even if you point below at your feet, it will show how the skies look like at the other side of the earth.
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Steve Jobs Presentation Skills Improves from Year to Year
1984 - Presentation of 1st Apple Macintosh
1998 - Presentation of iMac
2001 - Presentation of iPod Introduction
2005 - Presentation of iPod Nano Introduction
2008 - Presentation of Macbook Air
Jan 2010 - Presentation on iPad Introduction
June 2010 - Presentation on iPhone 4
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1998 - Presentation of iMac
2001 - Presentation of iPod Introduction
2005 - Presentation of iPod Nano Introduction
2008 - Presentation of Macbook Air
Jan 2010 - Presentation on iPad Introduction
June 2010 - Presentation on iPhone 4
Greenpois0n - Jailbreak iPhone 4 iOS 4.1, 4.2
- Getting ready for the next jailbreak?
- Check out the latest development!
- Visit the Greenpois0n website!
- Is it Tethered or Untethered Jailbreak? That is Comex to answer...!
- I guess the team has been receiving many emails and tweets from people eagerly waiting for a Jailbreak for iOS 4.1. Here is the full update given by the Chronic Dev Team:Many people in the comments are asking for a progress update. Any kind of update that we could actually give would be too technical for anyone to understand anyway, not to mention potentially reveal the exploit. Just know that things are going swimmingly and we are working as hard as we can. Any demos, screenshots, or *cough* download links will be posted to this blog before anywhere else, so keep an eye out!
Quality : Skype Voip Phone Calls
Just received an email from Skype voip blog "It's all about quality". I really liked the content of the mail where it talks about the quality the Skype offers and always want to offer to customer.
Let me share some snippets of the mail with you all.
"While Skype wasn’t the first company to allow Internet calling, Skype was one of the first companies to make Internet calling work for the masses. Whether doing a Skype-to-Skype call for free or calling any phone for very little, people have spent over 520 million minutes on average every day talking to people with Skype. "
"our average monthly connected users grew from 91 to 124 million in the last year alone (June 2009 - June 2010). We will continue to build products and features with the level of quality that keeps our community connecting with one another."
"In fact, one seemingly simple feature that the Skype team hears loudest is our end of call customer feedback, where everyone has the opportunity to rate their experience after they make a Skype call (depending on which version you are on). Every score we receive is used to rate customer experience for our different desktop products. For people making paid calls to regular phones, we use the feedback to rate our carrier partners."
"One good example is Argentina. Average feedback scores for calling Argentina were lower than overall scores in South America. This prompted us to start looking for local options. After establishing cooperation with a major local network operator, we saw feedback scores rise sharply - from 3.5 to 4 out of 5 maximum. At the same time, call volumes increased over the next three to four months."
Customer feedback is the best way any company could improve upon, and its really nice if Skype really takes action depending on the customer response. I wonder how many other voip provider do the same. Cheers to Skype !!
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Let me share some snippets of the mail with you all.
"While Skype wasn’t the first company to allow Internet calling, Skype was one of the first companies to make Internet calling work for the masses. Whether doing a Skype-to-Skype call for free or calling any phone for very little, people have spent over 520 million minutes on average every day talking to people with Skype. "
"our average monthly connected users grew from 91 to 124 million in the last year alone (June 2009 - June 2010). We will continue to build products and features with the level of quality that keeps our community connecting with one another."
"In fact, one seemingly simple feature that the Skype team hears loudest is our end of call customer feedback, where everyone has the opportunity to rate their experience after they make a Skype call (depending on which version you are on). Every score we receive is used to rate customer experience for our different desktop products. For people making paid calls to regular phones, we use the feedback to rate our carrier partners."
"One good example is Argentina. Average feedback scores for calling Argentina were lower than overall scores in South America. This prompted us to start looking for local options. After establishing cooperation with a major local network operator, we saw feedback scores rise sharply - from 3.5 to 4 out of 5 maximum. At the same time, call volumes increased over the next three to four months."
Customer feedback is the best way any company could improve upon, and its really nice if Skype really takes action depending on the customer response. I wonder how many other voip provider do the same. Cheers to Skype !!
Come Make Android Motherboard Manufacturer
Economic affairs in smartphones, Symbian is the most popular operating systems although occasionally, Windows Mobile phones appear in the segment.
However, the presence of Android change the map of the smartphone. Reportedly, now one of the world's leading motherboard manufacturers will also bring an Android phone with cheap price.
For information, phone Android cheapest today is HTC Tattoo worth 300 dollars. The Android GSmart from Gigabyte, reportedly will be sold cheaper than that.
By coincidence, as quoted from GSM Arena, January 21, 2010, HTC and Gigabyte GSmart Tattoo has almost identical specifications. Eg 528MHz processor, RAM / ROM for 256/512MB, 2.8-inch QVGA screen, Wi-Fi, a GPS, Bluetooth, microSD and the audio jack of 3.5 millimeter.
Nevertheless, the Tattoo has advantages. Gigabyte GSmart Android phone reportedly has only two band GSM / EDGE, while the Tattoo has a quad band GSM / EDGE, and two band 3G HSDPA 7.2 Mbps.
Tattoos are also available at 3 megapixel autofocus camera, while the Gigabyte GSmart, only 2 megapixel autofocus camera.
From information circulating, the first Android phone made by Taiwanese motherboard manufacturer has the dimensions 103 x 54 x 13.4 millimeters and uses 1500mAh battery.
Reportedly, Gigabyte GSmart will be present at the range in February next. To be sure, if the price was only slightly below 300 U.S. dollars, these products will face heavy competition from the Tattoo and other HTC products. Because HTC had better take over the world Android.
Meanwhile, the group of developers calling itself the Android-x86, develop Android on the x86 platform so that the OS (Operating Systems), owned by Google that can be used to run a series netbook Asus Eee PC.
In its website, community Android-x86 mention, just a few months after creating a patch that lets Android running on x86 platform, they were aware of these findings can be developed further. This group then decided to further develop the code base that they find in order to support the x86 platform more and menghostingnya on their servers.
"This project first aims to provide a complete solution for Android on the platform Eee PC, and then for the x86 platform," wrote the Android-x86 on their site, as quoted from TG Daily.
So far, the group of developers has been to test their findings in most series netbook Asus Eee PC. Among a series of Eee PC 701 series, 701SD, 900, 900A, 901, 904HD, 1000, 1000HE, 1000HD, 1005HAG, S101, T91 (VESA mode) and Eee Top 1602C. These findings can also work on the Lenovo ThinkPad x61 tablet. All the devices above is known to run native resolution (800X480 or 1024x600) via driver i915, which all run on Linux Kernel 2.6.29 with the mode-setting kernel (KMS) enabled.
In addition to developing Android to use the PC even further, the developer is planning to develop an external monitor, support bluetooth support, management, better power, support multi-touch touchpad, and also features 3G and GPS
However, the presence of Android change the map of the smartphone. Reportedly, now one of the world's leading motherboard manufacturers will also bring an Android phone with cheap price.
For information, phone Android cheapest today is HTC Tattoo worth 300 dollars. The Android GSmart from Gigabyte, reportedly will be sold cheaper than that.
By coincidence, as quoted from GSM Arena, January 21, 2010, HTC and Gigabyte GSmart Tattoo has almost identical specifications. Eg 528MHz processor, RAM / ROM for 256/512MB, 2.8-inch QVGA screen, Wi-Fi, a GPS, Bluetooth, microSD and the audio jack of 3.5 millimeter.
Nevertheless, the Tattoo has advantages. Gigabyte GSmart Android phone reportedly has only two band GSM / EDGE, while the Tattoo has a quad band GSM / EDGE, and two band 3G HSDPA 7.2 Mbps.
Tattoos are also available at 3 megapixel autofocus camera, while the Gigabyte GSmart, only 2 megapixel autofocus camera.
From information circulating, the first Android phone made by Taiwanese motherboard manufacturer has the dimensions 103 x 54 x 13.4 millimeters and uses 1500mAh battery.
Reportedly, Gigabyte GSmart will be present at the range in February next. To be sure, if the price was only slightly below 300 U.S. dollars, these products will face heavy competition from the Tattoo and other HTC products. Because HTC had better take over the world Android.
Meanwhile, the group of developers calling itself the Android-x86, develop Android on the x86 platform so that the OS (Operating Systems), owned by Google that can be used to run a series netbook Asus Eee PC.
In its website, community Android-x86 mention, just a few months after creating a patch that lets Android running on x86 platform, they were aware of these findings can be developed further. This group then decided to further develop the code base that they find in order to support the x86 platform more and menghostingnya on their servers.
"This project first aims to provide a complete solution for Android on the platform Eee PC, and then for the x86 platform," wrote the Android-x86 on their site, as quoted from TG Daily.
So far, the group of developers has been to test their findings in most series netbook Asus Eee PC. Among a series of Eee PC 701 series, 701SD, 900, 900A, 901, 904HD, 1000, 1000HE, 1000HD, 1005HAG, S101, T91 (VESA mode) and Eee Top 1602C. These findings can also work on the Lenovo ThinkPad x61 tablet. All the devices above is known to run native resolution (800X480 or 1024x600) via driver i915, which all run on Linux Kernel 2.6.29 with the mode-setting kernel (KMS) enabled.
In addition to developing Android to use the PC even further, the developer is planning to develop an external monitor, support bluetooth support, management, better power, support multi-touch touchpad, and also features 3G and GPS
iPhone and MacBook
Apple to plug in the power of the stronger nails in the segment of the gadget, at least this has been proven through the sales of the iPhone and MacBook whose graph continues to rise.
Launched by Apple Insider, Tuesday (01/26/2010), a company based in California that reported their sales results in the fourth quarter of 2009 yesterday. The result, iPhone sales doubled from the same quarter in the previous year. MacBook also increased up to 33 percent. Only the iPod whose sales are not too good, because a decrease of eight percent.
In terms of profits, led by producer Steve Jobs par booked no less than USD15, 68 billion during 2009. That means Apple's profit rose more than USD3, 38 billion, which in previous years recorded a net profit of USD11, 88 billion.
Inevitably, sales of which climbed the charts to make the shareholders happy smile. Moreover, this is the highest profits ever got Apple.
"We have a strong desire in launching new products this year and would begin this week. We are impatiently waiting for him," said Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
Yes, what is meant by Steve was named iSlate Apple tablet. Releases submitted to local journalists say the tablet is to be launched on January 27, 2010. This tablet is a combination between iPhone and PC, with no facility to call of course.
Meanwhile, after receiving numerous reports and evidence of a cloned iPhone device in China, Apple immediately acted and studied the case.
"Today, we have sent our staff to study the case of cloning the iPhone, which began to bloom in Shenzhen. Possibly we will also hold meetings with relevant parties to discuss these findings," said Staff Apple named Xiao, was quoted by Xin Hua.
IPhone phone real cloning has long been circulating in China, precisely in Shenzhen. IPhone artificial devices that have emerged since three years ago, just when Apple introduced the iPhone in that country.
Even recently, security forces arrested approximately Shenzhen kloningan 1000 units and 6000 iPhone iPhone battery in a raid carried out in a day. This is the first time that Apple works with security forces conducted a raid related to Shenzhen for cloning the iPhone.
In these raids, police also arrested 28 perpetrators allegedly involved in selling fake iPhones in China, for questioning.
iPhone clone selling in China is very hard. The price is only approximately USD74 is something quite interesting to be able to have the iPhone, though not original. Original iPhone price in China alone reached USD740.
Launched by Apple Insider, Tuesday (01/26/2010), a company based in California that reported their sales results in the fourth quarter of 2009 yesterday. The result, iPhone sales doubled from the same quarter in the previous year. MacBook also increased up to 33 percent. Only the iPod whose sales are not too good, because a decrease of eight percent.
In terms of profits, led by producer Steve Jobs par booked no less than USD15, 68 billion during 2009. That means Apple's profit rose more than USD3, 38 billion, which in previous years recorded a net profit of USD11, 88 billion.
Inevitably, sales of which climbed the charts to make the shareholders happy smile. Moreover, this is the highest profits ever got Apple.
"We have a strong desire in launching new products this year and would begin this week. We are impatiently waiting for him," said Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
Yes, what is meant by Steve was named iSlate Apple tablet. Releases submitted to local journalists say the tablet is to be launched on January 27, 2010. This tablet is a combination between iPhone and PC, with no facility to call of course.
Meanwhile, after receiving numerous reports and evidence of a cloned iPhone device in China, Apple immediately acted and studied the case.
"Today, we have sent our staff to study the case of cloning the iPhone, which began to bloom in Shenzhen. Possibly we will also hold meetings with relevant parties to discuss these findings," said Staff Apple named Xiao, was quoted by Xin Hua.
IPhone phone real cloning has long been circulating in China, precisely in Shenzhen. IPhone artificial devices that have emerged since three years ago, just when Apple introduced the iPhone in that country.
Even recently, security forces arrested approximately Shenzhen kloningan 1000 units and 6000 iPhone iPhone battery in a raid carried out in a day. This is the first time that Apple works with security forces conducted a raid related to Shenzhen for cloning the iPhone.
In these raids, police also arrested 28 perpetrators allegedly involved in selling fake iPhones in China, for questioning.
iPhone clone selling in China is very hard. The price is only approximately USD74 is something quite interesting to be able to have the iPhone, though not original. Original iPhone price in China alone reached USD740.
Phone Calls from Gmail/Google Voice : Tips
A few weeks back, Google started offering Google voice service directly from your gmail account. This enables to make calls from your gmail account, free calls to USA and Canada. Later Google Voice posted on its blog some calling tips which are very useful. Let me share it with you all.
If you have not yet setup Google Voice in your gmail, go to Google Voice, click on settings and check the box next to Google Chat in your list of forwarding phones. Now, you’ll be able to make and receive calls to your Google Voice number right in Gmail.
Tips about calls from Gmail:
1. Call Screening : You want to ignore a particular incoming call. Click the “Screen” button. The caller will be sent to your voicemail and you can listen in while they leave you a message. If you decide you want to take the call, just click “Join” at any time to pick up.
2. Switching calls between Gmail and other phones
Let’s say you picked up a call on your Gmail, but you need to head out the door. It’s a pain to hang up and call the person back from your cell, especially for those important calls. Hit the asterisk (*) on the Gmail dial pad at any time during the call and your other Google Voice forwarding phones will ring.
3. Recording incoming calls
4. Whenever you miss a call, you can see a notification in your Google Voice inbox, or receive an email notification, or both. This setting can be turned on and off from the Calls tab in the Settings menu.
Some of these tips are really helpful, specially forwarding the call to your number in between a call. If Google keeps on going like this in Voip, it is sure to capture the market very soon.
Source : Google Voice Blog.
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If you have not yet setup Google Voice in your gmail, go to Google Voice, click on settings and check the box next to Google Chat in your list of forwarding phones. Now, you’ll be able to make and receive calls to your Google Voice number right in Gmail.
Tips about calls from Gmail:
1. Call Screening : You want to ignore a particular incoming call. Click the “Screen” button. The caller will be sent to your voicemail and you can listen in while they leave you a message. If you decide you want to take the call, just click “Join” at any time to pick up.
2. Switching calls between Gmail and other phones
Let’s say you picked up a call on your Gmail, but you need to head out the door. It’s a pain to hang up and call the person back from your cell, especially for those important calls. Hit the asterisk (*) on the Gmail dial pad at any time during the call and your other Google Voice forwarding phones will ring.
3. Recording incoming calls
4. Whenever you miss a call, you can see a notification in your Google Voice inbox, or receive an email notification, or both. This setting can be turned on and off from the Calls tab in the Settings menu.
Some of these tips are really helpful, specially forwarding the call to your number in between a call. If Google keeps on going like this in Voip, it is sure to capture the market very soon.
Source : Google Voice Blog.
Ebook Reader From DX Kindle
DX Kindle, eBook Reader with a bigger screen on the market today strolled around the world.
Actually, the Amazon Kindle DX has been marketed since May 2009. But then, for while the new DX Kindle available in the United States (U.S.). The reason is, because the country represents the largest market share of the Kindle product. But Amazon's promise to expand its market share to other countries and it seems it is time for Kindle DX penetrated the international market.
As quoted from the Telegraph, Thursday (14/01/2010), this new eBook has a screen measuring 9.7 inches, nearly four inches larger than the screen Kindle 2 were present earlier. More wide-screen version is designed specifically for reading newspapers, magazines and school textbooks.
Another plus, Kindle DX using the 3G network to be able to download the book instantly and quickly. With a capacity of 3.3 GB of internal memory, DX Kindle can also be used to store up to 3500 digital books.
Kindle DX can be purchased through Amazon sites worldwide, or approximately USD489 worth Rp4, 4 million. Amazon Kindle mentions via DX product, they want to re-make history of Kindle sales last year sold approximately half a billion.
Meanwhile, At the moment many gadget lovers are still waiting for Apple's Tablet presence, scheduled to be announced next week, Dell has released the first of a new Tablet.
Dell is still comparatively new player in the mobile industry, dare to make a buzz with the release of this new tablet. As indicated in a press conference opportunity in Las Vegas, Tablet Dell has a 5-inch screen size in order to satisfy the use of touch screen technology is pinned. Problem operating system, this Dell Tablet trust to the middle of Android on the rise.
"We can not guarantee when these tablets will come. The obvious presence of these products can enliven mobile computing industry. Dell also will present a variety of tablets with different screens," said Dell Vice President Michael Tatelman, as quoted by SF Gate
"Dell realizes the moment many people are increasingly requiring medium and large memory for answer their challenges," he added.
At the conference, demonstration tablets Tatelman showed it to play games that have a high enough graphics capabilities. Unfortunately, Dell does not explain the more detailed specification of these tablets, including the appreciated price.
Actually, the Amazon Kindle DX has been marketed since May 2009. But then, for while the new DX Kindle available in the United States (U.S.). The reason is, because the country represents the largest market share of the Kindle product. But Amazon's promise to expand its market share to other countries and it seems it is time for Kindle DX penetrated the international market.
As quoted from the Telegraph, Thursday (14/01/2010), this new eBook has a screen measuring 9.7 inches, nearly four inches larger than the screen Kindle 2 were present earlier. More wide-screen version is designed specifically for reading newspapers, magazines and school textbooks.
Another plus, Kindle DX using the 3G network to be able to download the book instantly and quickly. With a capacity of 3.3 GB of internal memory, DX Kindle can also be used to store up to 3500 digital books.
Kindle DX can be purchased through Amazon sites worldwide, or approximately USD489 worth Rp4, 4 million. Amazon Kindle mentions via DX product, they want to re-make history of Kindle sales last year sold approximately half a billion.
Meanwhile, At the moment many gadget lovers are still waiting for Apple's Tablet presence, scheduled to be announced next week, Dell has released the first of a new Tablet.
Dell is still comparatively new player in the mobile industry, dare to make a buzz with the release of this new tablet. As indicated in a press conference opportunity in Las Vegas, Tablet Dell has a 5-inch screen size in order to satisfy the use of touch screen technology is pinned. Problem operating system, this Dell Tablet trust to the middle of Android on the rise.
"We can not guarantee when these tablets will come. The obvious presence of these products can enliven mobile computing industry. Dell also will present a variety of tablets with different screens," said Dell Vice President Michael Tatelman, as quoted by SF Gate
"Dell realizes the moment many people are increasingly requiring medium and large memory for answer their challenges," he added.
At the conference, demonstration tablets Tatelman showed it to play games that have a high enough graphics capabilities. Unfortunately, Dell does not explain the more detailed specification of these tablets, including the appreciated price.
Free Calls offer on EID : Wish EID for free
Firstly Happy EID to all my blog readers. The festive season is around and its time voip companies have started offering free calls. Skype, one of the voip industry leaders has announced its new offer so that everyone can wish their relative and friends on the occasion of EID.
If you've never tried using Skype to call a landline phone or mobile, now's your chance to discover what else Skype can do. Skype is offering 1 million free voucher giveaway so that can call around the world for up to 30 minutes.
This way Celebrate Eid with free calls to friends and family all over the world from Skype. Getting this free voucher is very easy, but to bring to your notice - these vouchers are limited in number so you should probably not wait and grab your voucher now. The buzz about this free voucher giveaway is already spreading and soon these vouchers will be finished.
To get this free 30 minute calling voucher by Skype and make free international calls :
1. Visit Skype promotion page.
2. Enter your email address and wait for the confirmation. Skype will then email you a special code to claim your free Skype Credit so you can start sending Eid wishes.
Here is the terms and condition about this new offer:
Offer subject to availability, limited to one million vouchers in total. Only one voucher per email address. No cash alternative. Skype reserves the right to exclude participants from the offer in the event of suspected abuse or fraud. To redeem your voucher and make Skype calls, you must have a registered Skype Name and an internet connection. The Skype Credit will be applied to your Skype account. 30 total minutes is based on a single call to a landline at the rate of €0.02 per minute. The actual number of minutes you can redeem with this offer may vary based on your calling destination and whether you call landline or mobile phones. A connection fee applies. Redeem your voucher by 31.03.11.
PS: We also have a Rebtel special bonus offer running, where you get free $5 credit on use of a special coupon code.
READ MORE - Free Calls offer on EID : Wish EID for free
If you've never tried using Skype to call a landline phone or mobile, now's your chance to discover what else Skype can do. Skype is offering 1 million free voucher giveaway so that can call around the world for up to 30 minutes.
This way Celebrate Eid with free calls to friends and family all over the world from Skype. Getting this free voucher is very easy, but to bring to your notice - these vouchers are limited in number so you should probably not wait and grab your voucher now. The buzz about this free voucher giveaway is already spreading and soon these vouchers will be finished.
To get this free 30 minute calling voucher by Skype and make free international calls :
1. Visit Skype promotion page.
2. Enter your email address and wait for the confirmation. Skype will then email you a special code to claim your free Skype Credit so you can start sending Eid wishes.
Here is the terms and condition about this new offer:
Offer subject to availability, limited to one million vouchers in total. Only one voucher per email address. No cash alternative. Skype reserves the right to exclude participants from the offer in the event of suspected abuse or fraud. To redeem your voucher and make Skype calls, you must have a registered Skype Name and an internet connection. The Skype Credit will be applied to your Skype account. 30 total minutes is based on a single call to a landline at the rate of €0.02 per minute. The actual number of minutes you can redeem with this offer may vary based on your calling destination and whether you call landline or mobile phones. A connection fee applies. Redeem your voucher by 31.03.11.
PS: We also have a Rebtel special bonus offer running, where you get free $5 credit on use of a special coupon code.
The New iPad 2 in December 2010 for Christmas
- There is a strong rumors that a new iPad 2 will be launch for Christmas by Apple.
- It will have most the iPhone 4 features which are missing from the 1st Gen iPad
- Retina Display
- Facetime
- Two cameras with 5MP resolution
- And probably a reduce size of 7"
What do you guys think?
Symbian Open Source
Starting today, Thursday (04/02/2010), which are widely used in Symbian smartphone device debuted as an open source platform. Symbian Foundation was officially released open source package for package Kernel & Hardware Services Symbian platform which is free downloadable at its website."Package Kernel & Hardware Services is part of the foundation while the entire platform is being developed," the introduction to the Wiki page for developers Symbian. With the release of the Symbian open source package that is officially beginning today, free Symbian used and modified free of charge.
Symbian is actually still be the dominant platform in the global handset market and is used a lot of smartphone vendors. However, major challenges to the entry of major competitors like RIM, Apple, and Google. Last year, Nokia took over all shares of Symbian and decided to make it as open source platform to facilitate the support of content developers.
However, in transition, the new Symbian Foundation provided most of the open source platform with royalty-free license to members only with a license called the Symbian Foundation License (SFL). Source code is opened to the public by licensing EPL (Eclipse Public License) begins with the kernel and is scheduled to be opened fully by mid 2010.
Previously, What would happen if the phone belongs to Nokia broken, then modified in such a way and replaced with the operating system they want? Sure.
Recently, a hacker claimed to have completed the 'project' latest, breaking into one with a Nokia mobile phone series, the N900. Consequently, the N900 is supposed to use the Maemo operating system, now even running with Mac OS X.
Reported by PC Advisor, a hacker named Toni Nikkanen be the first successful run Mac OS X 10.3 or OS X series, known as the Panther's on the N900, OS X 10.3 Apple itself released the first time in 2003.
As is known, the Nokia mark a new phase in the evolution of software. Maemo, a Linux-based software embedded on the Nokia N900 is claimed to be more promising superior performance of the handset.
With Maemo 5 in his body, the Nokia N900 users can have dozens of open windows and applications that run simultaneously.
Nokia outlines that Nokia N900 is equipped with an ARM Cortex-A8 processor, memory up to 1GB of applications and OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics accelerator. This produces a variety of equipment like a mobile computer that is multitasking.
Meanwhile, global economic recovery make some industries such as wireless communication devices slowly began to return cash surplus to finance them. Not with the exception of the world mobile phone leader, Nokia.
Even profits began to improve, making the Finnish vendor could have cut the price of smart phones, in order to compete from competitors Samsung and Sony Ericsson to power in mid-market.
It is even asserted Nokia, this January at the latest if they would be cutting prices by 10 percent. Impact of the reduction was already being felt from now on, for example in the Nokia 5230 series which was previously worth 170 Euros, 150 Euros now.
"This decrease was suppressed in order to make the Nokia Symbian phones that are cheap, as a way for them to dominate the market down," explained Ben Wood observers CSS Insight, told Reuters.
Results smart phone sales report also shows that Nokia appropriate steps. Because, the world's smart phone sales during the fourth quarter of 2009 rose 30 percent. While Nokia itself, smart phone sales also rose 26 percent.
However, Nokia had a strong threat from Sony Ericsson, which already is known as camera phones and cheap music.
i:VIRT M
Citizen, a Japanese company famous clock to create watches that can receive short messages or SMS.
Wristwatch called the i: virt M is claimed will make it easier for teenagers or professionals who use it can continue to connect.
i: VIRTM synced to the phone using Bluetooth technology.
As reported by the Telegraph, these watches will glow and vibrate when receiving an incoming message from the user's mobile phone.
i: virt M can display SMS subject line along the 70 characters, with a clock face that can enlarge the display of the letter 1.2 times actual size so it will be easier to read.
Japan, known as a country renowned as the largest mobile phone market share in the world.
From start watching television, reading novels, writing a school assignment to shopping online.
In fact, almost all daily activities performed Japanese people, not separated from the phone.
"This watch is very nice to check important messages with the simple, even when users were in the crowd or in meetings.
Users do not need to spend their phones, "said a spokesman for Citizen watches worth promoting 30 000 yen
Wristwatch called the i: virt M is claimed will make it easier for teenagers or professionals who use it can continue to connect.
i: VIRTM synced to the phone using Bluetooth technology.
As reported by the Telegraph, these watches will glow and vibrate when receiving an incoming message from the user's mobile phone.
i: virt M can display SMS subject line along the 70 characters, with a clock face that can enlarge the display of the letter 1.2 times actual size so it will be easier to read.
Japan, known as a country renowned as the largest mobile phone market share in the world.
From start watching television, reading novels, writing a school assignment to shopping online.
In fact, almost all daily activities performed Japanese people, not separated from the phone.
"This watch is very nice to check important messages with the simple, even when users were in the crowd or in meetings.
Users do not need to spend their phones, "said a spokesman for Citizen watches worth promoting 30 000 yen
Skype 20% discount on 12 months subscription plans
Voip providers have once again started coming with new offers, new plans to enable your make very cheap international calls. Last week we announced a promotion offer (with coupon code) by Rebtel so that you get some free bonus credit and make cheap calls to India, and now Skype is offering some discounts.
Just now I received a mail from Skype, about offering 20% discount on 12 month subscription plan. Many people use Skype as a primary voip provider and others as secondary, having a permanent account with Skype using it now and then. For those, this discount offer is really good. But for those who are looking for pay as you go options and not for monthly subscription plans (that too annual), then Rebtel is a good option.
So below is the content of the mail.
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When you think of Skype, you probably think of video calling – rightly so as 40% of all Skype-to-Skype calls include video. At the same time, you still want the flexibility to call your friends, family and colleagues wherever they are – which is why Skype makes it possible for you to call any phone, almost anywhere, at unbelievably low rates.
Whether doing a Skype-to-Skype call for free or calling any phone for very little, people like you around the world have spent over 520 million minutes on average every day talking to people with Skype.
For the next week only, we are offering a 20 percent discount off all 12-month subscriptions. Sign up right up now and enjoy talking to your contacts longer, for less.
With over 3,600 types of subscriptions to call over 170 countries, you can stop watching the meter and talk for longer. A monthly subscription gives you the freedom to reach one or multiple countries for as cheap as €0.89 ($1.09/£.69)* per month, with rates as low as €0.01 ($.01/£.01) per minute to almost any destination around the globe.
For example, you can call the following destinations from virtually anywhere in the world for as low as:
€ .01 per minute to China ($.02/£.01)
€ .01 per minute to the United Kingdom ($.02/£.01)
€ .02 per minute to India ($.02/£.01)
€ .03 per minute to Mexico ($.04/£.03)
That means you can call these destinations cheaply whether you are in San Francisco, Buenos Aires, Cape Town or almost anywhere in between.
And if you prefer the flexibility to pay as you go, you can buy Skype Credit to make calls at low rates.
*.€1.02, $1.25, £0.79, including VAT where applicable
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READ MORE - Skype 20% discount on 12 months subscription plans
Just now I received a mail from Skype, about offering 20% discount on 12 month subscription plan. Many people use Skype as a primary voip provider and others as secondary, having a permanent account with Skype using it now and then. For those, this discount offer is really good. But for those who are looking for pay as you go options and not for monthly subscription plans (that too annual), then Rebtel is a good option.
So below is the content of the mail.
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When you think of Skype, you probably think of video calling – rightly so as 40% of all Skype-to-Skype calls include video. At the same time, you still want the flexibility to call your friends, family and colleagues wherever they are – which is why Skype makes it possible for you to call any phone, almost anywhere, at unbelievably low rates.
Whether doing a Skype-to-Skype call for free or calling any phone for very little, people like you around the world have spent over 520 million minutes on average every day talking to people with Skype.
For the next week only, we are offering a 20 percent discount off all 12-month subscriptions. Sign up right up now and enjoy talking to your contacts longer, for less.
With over 3,600 types of subscriptions to call over 170 countries, you can stop watching the meter and talk for longer. A monthly subscription gives you the freedom to reach one or multiple countries for as cheap as €0.89 ($1.09/£.69)* per month, with rates as low as €0.01 ($.01/£.01) per minute to almost any destination around the globe.
For example, you can call the following destinations from virtually anywhere in the world for as low as:
€ .01 per minute to China ($.02/£.01)
€ .01 per minute to the United Kingdom ($.02/£.01)
€ .02 per minute to India ($.02/£.01)
€ .03 per minute to Mexico ($.04/£.03)
That means you can call these destinations cheaply whether you are in San Francisco, Buenos Aires, Cape Town or almost anywhere in between.
And if you prefer the flexibility to pay as you go, you can buy Skype Credit to make calls at low rates.
*.€1.02, $1.25, £0.79, including VAT where applicable
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Jailbreak iPhone 4 on iOS 4.1
- My current iPhone 4 is now on 4.0.2 and its not Jailbroken yet.
- Without a Jailbreak iPhone, its not much fun compared to my Jailbroken iPhone 3GS.
- But yesterday, its to hear the news that it is now possible to Jailbreak iOS 4.1.
- You can read more this article - "Confirmed ! iOS 4.1 Jailbreak Using Bootrom Exploit works on iPod touch 4G, iPhone 4 and Even iPad!"
- But if you are on iPhone 3G, you can Jailbreak 4.1 using this Unofficial method --> How to Jailbreak iPhone 3G iOS 4.1 with PwnageTool for Mac [Unofficial].
- And if you want to Jailbreak your iPhone 3GS (Old Bootrom) on iOS 4.1, you can use this guide --> How to Jailbreak iPhone 3GS on iOS 4.1 with PwnageTool [Guide]
- If you want to safely upgrade your iPhone 4 without upgrading its baseband, use this method -- Here�s How You Can Update iPhone 4 on iOS 4.1 Without Upgrading 1.59.00 Baseband to 2.10.4
- Unfortunately the Jailbreak that might be release by Dev Team is a "Tethered" Jailbreak, meaning, you need to connect to the computer every time you reboot the iPhone --> SHAtter Exploit will Jailbreak All Existing iOS Devices Forever !
- TinyUmbrella have been updated to 4.1.4 with the benefit of saving your current baseband firmware and not updating to the latest firmware on iOS 4.1. This will ensure your baseband is ready for any unlock.
- It seems there's a lot of hard work from the Chronic Dev team to release iPhone 4 iOS Jailbreak solution called Greenpois0n.
UPDATE:
Instead of GreenPois0n, the actual Jailbreak solution for iPhone 4 iOS 4.1 is Limera1n.
Here's how you can Jailbreak it --> Limera1n - Make It Ra1n..!
Instead of GreenPois0n, the actual Jailbreak solution for iPhone 4 iOS 4.1 is Limera1n.
Here's how you can Jailbreak it --> Limera1n - Make It Ra1n..!
iPhone and iPod Touch Compatibility With iOS 4.0
- iPhone 4: Full iOS 4.0 features
- iPhone 3GS: Full iOS 4.0 compatible except iPhone 4 specific features
- iPhone 3G: Partial iOS 4.0 support. Doesn�t support multitasking, wallpaper and Bluetooth keyboard.
- iPhone 2G: No iOS 4.0 support. (Custom Modded 3.1.3 with iOS 4 features available)
- iPod Touch 3G: Full iOS 4.0 support except for iPhone specific features
- iPod Touch 2G: Partial iOS 4.0 support. Doesn�t support multitasking, wallpaper and Bluetooth keyboard.
- iPod Touch 1G: No iOS 4.0 support.
LePhone From Lenovo
Many computer vendors which expanded its business into smart phones have started to bloom since mid-last, which starts from Dell and Acer. Not wanting to miss, Lenovo also plans to bring production to market smart phones this year.
Companies that occupy the position of the big four will be announced when LePhone their first handheld device was introduced to the public. This tool adopts touch-screen technology, with an operating system that runs on Android. According to Lenovo LePhone presence, is expected to become a new way to increase company profits.
More on LePhone specification, the handset uses the 3.7-inch screen, with additional support from Qualcomm's Snapdragon chips. Unfortunately, vendors from China has not yet provided details which will be offered price.
"Smartphones will be more of us first emerged in China, we expect growth will be faster," he added.
LePhone own chance for the first time introduced in the 2010 International Consumer Electronic Show, in Las Vegas, today. They hope their presence in the smart phone industry could provide a new color for the competition in this segment of wireless communication devices.
Meanwhile, Lenovo on Tuesday launched its first smartbook. By vendors from Taiwan, the smartbook they are the best combination of netbooks and smart phones, but without the function call of course.
Weighing 0.88 kilograms makes smartbook heft is hardly much different from the netbook, especially with the addition of 10.6-inch screen and compact keyboard. Smartbook, by Lenovo was deliberately created to consumers who need low-cost devices and can be taken anywhere with Internet capabilities such as laptop computers.
Lenovo's Smartbook has capitaly with artificial Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, this device has the capability of battery life up to 10 hours. Including additional 3G mobile broadband. Lenovo hopes, smartbook be an alternative for consumers in small laptops
"Lenovo wants smartbook gives consumers an alternative choice in choosing a mini-laptop, or consumers who want a PC-style smart phones," explains Marketing Director of Lenovo Ninis Samuel, told PC World.
"Today, we strive to meet the needs of consumers who want to keep it connected to the Internet and multimedia," he added.
Smartbook itself will be introduced to the public at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in 2010 with the support of the Windows operating system and open-source Linux.
Companies that occupy the position of the big four will be announced when LePhone their first handheld device was introduced to the public. This tool adopts touch-screen technology, with an operating system that runs on Android. According to Lenovo LePhone presence, is expected to become a new way to increase company profits.
More on LePhone specification, the handset uses the 3.7-inch screen, with additional support from Qualcomm's Snapdragon chips. Unfortunately, vendors from China has not yet provided details which will be offered price.
Our next big plan is the Mobile Internet," explained Chief Executife Lenovo Yang Yuanqing, as quoted by Reuters.Added the President and Chief Operating Officer of Lenovo Rory Read if their sales targets smart phones are expected to reach globally, however, Rory did not want to get started with everything big, but slowly of a minor nature first.
"Smartphones will be more of us first emerged in China, we expect growth will be faster," he added.
LePhone own chance for the first time introduced in the 2010 International Consumer Electronic Show, in Las Vegas, today. They hope their presence in the smart phone industry could provide a new color for the competition in this segment of wireless communication devices.
Meanwhile, Lenovo on Tuesday launched its first smartbook. By vendors from Taiwan, the smartbook they are the best combination of netbooks and smart phones, but without the function call of course.
Weighing 0.88 kilograms makes smartbook heft is hardly much different from the netbook, especially with the addition of 10.6-inch screen and compact keyboard. Smartbook, by Lenovo was deliberately created to consumers who need low-cost devices and can be taken anywhere with Internet capabilities such as laptop computers.
Lenovo's Smartbook has capitaly with artificial Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, this device has the capability of battery life up to 10 hours. Including additional 3G mobile broadband. Lenovo hopes, smartbook be an alternative for consumers in small laptops
"Lenovo wants smartbook gives consumers an alternative choice in choosing a mini-laptop, or consumers who want a PC-style smart phones," explains Marketing Director of Lenovo Ninis Samuel, told PC World.
"Today, we strive to meet the needs of consumers who want to keep it connected to the Internet and multimedia," he added.
Smartbook itself will be introduced to the public at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in 2010 with the support of the Windows operating system and open-source Linux.
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