iPhone vs Others

Source:  iPhone vs Others: The Mobile OS Market

Source: Apple drives USD 6 Billion App Download Market for This Year

Revenues from mobile app sales, however, are expected to decline by 2012, as competition has led to downward pressure on application prices; and a greater proportion of �must-have� applications will begin to have free or advertising-supported substitutes. In addition, notes ABI, many handset makers such as Nokia, and Motorola with its Android handsets, have started to bundle applications that allow users to connect to popular social networks, instant messaging, and GPS services. 

 �As competition heats up, app makers are both dropping prices and �going free� to stay on top of the download charts,� commented the research company�s VP of forecasting, Jake Saunders.

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Windows 7 Slate vs iPad

The Slate's outperform iPad's Safari in terms of browsing experience.
But, I hate the Slate's virtual keyboard!

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Malaysian Mobile Broadband Market Share Q1'10

Celcom has introduced a new Data Package.

It was reported, as of the first quarter 2010, Celcom had 52.7% share of the wireless broadband market, followed by Maxis with 25.5%, Packet One Networks (P1) with 13.7% and DiGi with 6.4%, while the rest altogether had 1.7%.

Question is: Is that based on 3G simcards or 3G data plan subscribed? :-)

How Malaysian telcos compares with other telcos around the world in Data ARPU?
Softbank which launched its iPhone has now more than 55% of its ARPU came from data traffic. Thanks to its expansion of mobile content and iPhone offerings.

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u011 : Cheap Voip Calls to India : Free 5$ credit

It is after long that a new voip provider has launched its services. The call rates to India are already on very low side and the competition is further increasing. I am waiting for the day when we will be able to make unlimited free calls to India.

Lets now discuss about this new voip provider u011 : the name of this voip provider is quite different (don't what this 'u' and '011' stands for - some code ? ). u011 offers cheap international calls to many countries offering one cent calls to many countries.

For India u011 offers two plans :
Pay as you go plan with one year validity offering calls to India at 2 cent per minute. Voip Calls are pay per minute with no hidden charges. Best part is that u011.com is offering free $5 credit on purchase of min $10 credit. So the effective calling rate will be around 1.33 cents per minute.

Other plan to India is Flat rate plan in which you get 1000 minutes to India at $14.99. The validity for this plan is 30 days. Again free $5 credit which is like bonus is also valid on this plan.

Some other features which u011 mentions on its website:
No Taxes
No Hidden Charges
Pay What You See
Call From Any Country
Lowest Rates In The Industry
Best Quality - Guaranteed
24x7 Email Customer Support

For more info, visit u011

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How To: Unlock iPhone 4

Finally! Dev Team released the Unlock Solution!


Dev Team is happy to tell you that their ultrasn0w carrier unlock now supports the iPhone4!
Version 1.0-1 of ultrasn0w works for:

• iPhone4 baseband 01.59
• 3G/3GS basebands 04.26.08, 05.11.07, 05.12.01 and 05.13.04

Step 1 - Jailbreak your iPhone 4 using JailbreakMe 2.0 star. (You can refer our guide on How to Jailbreak iPhone 4, 3GS, 3G iOS 4 / 4.0.1 and iPad 3.2.1 with JailbreakMe 2.0 star)
Step-2 - Start �Cydia� on your jailbroken iPhone 4 iOS 4.0.1 springboard.
Step 3 - Select �Manage� tab at the bottom of your iPhone screen and then select �Sources�.
Step 4 - Select �Edit� and then select �Add�. Now enter a URL source. Type �repo666.ultrasn0w.com� and select on �Add Source�. Once Cydia has added the source click on �Return to Cydia� button.
Step 5 - Once the installation is completed. Search for �ultrasn0w 1.0-1' in Cydia and install it.
Step 6 - This app will automatically unlock your jailbroken iPhone 4 baseband 01.59.00 easily.
Step 7 - Reboot it.

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