Sunday, August 29, 2010

what is wifi and push mail ?

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi means Wireless Fidelity used to access Internet services in a Wi-Fi zone. Wi-Fi is also called as WLAN or Wireless Local Area Network.It stands for Wireless Fidelity. Wi-Fi networks use radio technologies provide wireless connectivity in local area networks. A Wi-Fi network can be used to connect computers to each other, to the Internet, and to wired networks using IEEE 802.3 or Ethernet. Wi-Fi networks operate in the unlicensed 2.4 and 5 GHz radio bands. Wireless LANs are not sufficiently protected. It is vulnerable to virus attacks and information privacy invasion. Security technologies are developed to enhance the WLAN security, including, Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), Wireless Application Protocol (mainly for mobile devices) plus many vendor proprietary technologies.

Skype is application software, which is used to make calls using Internet bandwidth. It operates on a technology called VoIP or Voice Over Internet Protocol. VoIP - voice over IP - service, consumers enjoy the convenience of a cell phone with the benefits of full Internet connectivity for telephony. The same technology used in internet surfing (data networks) can be used to transmit voice and fax. Many business series handset like Imate, HP, Nokia, etc comes with Skype software installed in it.

Smart Phone & 3 GP

3gp means Third Generation Partnership Project which is a collaboration between groups of telecommunications associations, to make a globally applicable third generation or 3g mobile phone system.

In simple terms it is a type of file format which is used to store audio or video. Just as an Mp3 format reduces the total amount of space required to store a particular file, the 3gp format also reduces the storage space required on a Cell phone.

It is based on the popular on the MPEG 4 and H.263 format. It is used for both streaming Video and Audio, however the formats used for both are different.E.g. Video streaming happens in MPEG – 4 or H.263 formats while Audio streaming happens in different versions of AMR, AAC formats.

What is GPS & Navigation ?

GPS is a functionality that allows a user to know his or her location and the location of points of interest using a Global positioning satellites

GPS

The abbreviation GPS stands for "Global Positioning System".
There are several satellites that orbit the globe. These satellites are constantly beaming down information to the earth. The GPS receiver in the phone or the device uses this information from a group of these satellites to determine the location of the phone on earth. GPS tells us where we are at that particular point in time.

can i use my mobile to print images?

Phones with camera capacity of 3 or more mega pixels give optimum print picture quality. 3 Mega pixels give better picture quality on 4"X6" paper or post card size.

Methods of printing : Via Data cable, Infrared & Bluetooth
The above are used from the phone to a photo printer directly. Examples of portable printers are:-

Hp 325-with memory card, memory stick, Bluetooth hunting options.
Canon i80-with infrared printing option
Hp320-With USB cable connectivity available with selected Nokia model gets connected directly from the phone to the printer

what is gprs?

GPRS is a system of transferring information over the GSM mobile phone network in small packets. E.g. an email would be broken down into lots of little packets of information and then sent over the network. Each packet is given an extra bit of information that tells the network where it is meant to be going and how it fits into the overall structure of the original email. This means that the packets can be routed via different parts of the network taking advantage of spare capacity and re-assembled at the destination in the right order. This is exactly the same method used on the Internet for moving information around.

what is 3g?

3G Stands for 3rd-generation. Analog cellular phones were the first generation. Digital marked the second generation.
3G includes high data speeds, always-on data access, and greater voice capacity. The high data speeds are possibly the most prominent feature, and certainly the most hyped. They enable such advanced features as live, streaming video. There are several different 3G technology standards. The most prevalent is UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System), which is based on WCDMA (WCDMA and UMTS are often used interchangeably)

WAP - WIRELESS APPLICATION PROTOCOL

What Is WAP?
WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) allows mobile phones to send and receive information from the internet. On your PC you would use a browser program like Netscape or Explorer to surf the internet; on your mobile you use WAP. It's a communications standard that has been agreed by more than 200 telecommunications companies worldwide.

What does it do?
WAP is simply a way of providing interactive information services for mobile phones. A full page of a normal website wouldn't fit on your phone's small screen, but a WAPsite is designed specially for a mobile. You can do the same kind of things you would do on a website, but in a simplified, stripped-down way.

What can I use it for?
WAP technology brings a huge range of interactive information services directly to your phone - from TV and Restaurant listings to the latest financial news; from pop charts and film reviews to sports results, travel updates and even horoscopes. You can also use your WAP phone to send and receive email, to access information from your home or work computer. Very soon you'll be able to use it for shopping, banking and much more.

MPEG - MOVING PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP

Its the working group of ISO (International Organization for Standardization) in charge of the development of standards for coded representation of digital audio and video. Established in 1988, the group has produced

MPEG-1, the standard on which such products as Video CD and MP3 are based.
MPEG-2, the standard on which products such as Digital Television set top boxes and DVD are based.
MPEG-4, the standard for multimedia for the fixed and mobile web.

WHAT IS ANDROID?

AndroidTM is an Open Mobile OS developed by the Open Handset Alliance, it brings Internet (Computer) like convenience & flexibility in using Applications on mobile phones.

Open Handset Alliance

A group of 47 technology and mobile companies who have come together to develop this new platform and offer consumers a richer, less expensive, and better mobile experience, on Multimedia & Business applications

Tips to select a smart Phone

More models do end up confusing one about what to choose. Here are 7 tips to help you select one:

Operating system

Yep, just as you have to decide between Linux and Windows on a PC, you will need to make up your mind about whether you would rather go for a Symbian, Windows Mobile, Palm OS, BlackBerry or Linux device and each OS also has its own sub-groups too (Symbian, for instance, has different editions of Series 60 and UIQ). The jury are still out on which one is the best, but you will need to keep in mind factors like speed of operation, number of applications available (preferably free ones) and compatibility with other devices, before you opt for a particular OS. Do remember that unlike in PCs, you cannot install any OS on any phone—so if you are dreaming of running a Symbian OS on an iPhone, forget it! Here you are pretty much stuck with the OS that comes on the device. No changes allowed.

Screen size

While screen size is indeed important on all cellphones, it attains an entirely different dimension in the case of enterprise phones. This is because one often ends up viewing, documents, presentations and spreadsheets on enterprise devices and even browsing the Internet a fair bit. And the bigger the screen, the lesser the strain on your eyes and fingers.

Interface

Do you like touchscreens, physical keypads or a blend of the two? And even in physical keypads, do you want a proper QWERTY keypad, a semi-QWERTY keypad or just the good old alphanumeric affair? it all really depends on your needs. Toushcreen users normally end up with larger screens and the convenience of being able to scribble using a stylus, but have often to put up with iffy handwriting recognition systems and slightly lower battery performance. On the other hand, those with physical keypads often find the keys way too small to really replicate the convenience of a notebook but get better battery performance and more software applications to play around with. Suit yourself!

The second 4G phone by carrier Sprint, the Samsung Epic, is all set to release in U.S. on August 31. The Android run phone will be available at $250 after a rebate of $100.

Let us have a quick look at the phone specs. The Samsung Epic comes with a 4 inch AMOLED touchscreen and a slide-out keyboard. It has two cameras- a 5MP with auto focus and LED flash and a front facing VGA camera. Running on Android 2.1 OS, the phone packs in a 1GHz Hummingbird processor.

In addition to that, the Epic has the latest version of Samsung's TouchWiz skin and is preloaded with Swype and Qik apps. The phone can act as 3G/4G hotspot and incorporates Samsung's AllShare and Social Hub features. It has a six-axis motion sensor and a 16 GB microSD card is included.

Apple to launch mini iPad soon

Technology giant Apple Inc. is reportedly planning to release a mini iPad this December, a media report said Wednesday.

Details of a smaller version of the iPad were leaked in a Chinese newspaper that had also correctly predicted the specifications of the iPad months before its release.

Apple intends to launch the smaller iPad this December in time for the Christmas shopping season, Sky News reported citing sources.

Diamond may replace silicon in computers

Diamond could be the next key component in making computers, as scientists in California are working on diamond-based computers. This new set of computers would store information millions of times more than the existing silicon-based systems and processes that information dozens of times faster, according to the scientists.

Commercially available technology has been used by the researchers in order to pattern large sheets of diamonds with tiny, nitrogen-filled holes. These diamond sheets, according to scientists, could be the basis for a supercomputer.

Nitrogen has been in diamonds for as long as there have been diamonds; it's why some diamonds have a yellow hue. For years scientists have used these natural, nitrogen-infused diamonds to study various aspects of quantum mechanics.

"We've used well-known techniques to create atomic-size defects in otherwise perfect diamonds," Discovery News quoted David Awschalom, a scientist at the University of California.

Now illegal tapping on mobile will be fined Rs.1 Crore

Illegal tapping equipment is becoming an easily accessible medium to record mobile phone conversations outside homes, offices or even while someone is driving, without proper authorization. Now, government has acknowledged that this is a huge area of concern as it places national security as well as privacy of regular citizens at major risk. To tackle this technology loophole, the government has decided to put together a task force to control this menace.
The government also admitted that those found guilty of misusing tapping equipment will face strict penalty including a heavy fine and imprisonment. Specific sections of the Indian Telegraph Act, namely 20 and 25, will be amended. A public notice will be placed in the newspapers to inform all citizens that any attempts at unauthorized use of such equipment will attract penalties up to Rs 1 crore and imprisonment.

India retains 2nd rank in sending spam, US leads: Report

India has retained its second position in originating spam, accounting for about 12.55 per cent of the global junk mails sent in July, even after reducing the number of mails sent, says a study.

Besides, the U.S. has continued to maintain its first position as the king of Spam relaying nearly one-fourth of the world's total junk mails and Brazil also continued to hold the third position with 12 per cent, the study by Trend Micro said.

Continuing the last two-month trend in July, the US, India and Brazil retained their positions as the top three spam-sending countries.

Adobe Flash 10.1 player now available on Android platform

Adobe Flash 10.1 Player is officially available on the Android platform, It is fully redesigned with new performance and mobile-specific functionality, mobile users will now be able to experience the full web - games, animations, RIAs, data visualizations, music, video, audio and more.

Flash Player 10.1 beta is already one of the top free apps on Android Market today and will be available as a final production release for smartphones and tablets once users are able to upgrade to Android 2.2 "Froyo." The new version is designed completely redesigned and optimized for mobile, including new interaction methods that support mobile-specific input models, and support for accelerometer.

On another note, the Motorola Droid could very well get Adobe Flash Player 10.1 tomorrow, according to word of Verizon pushing out a software update. While the software update will not include Flash Player 10.1, it will let you access it in the Android Market.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Nokia N8 3G WIFI 12MP CAMERA PRICE REVIEW

Nokia N8 is a Bar Phone. weighing 135g. It′s dimensions are 113.5 x 59 x 12.9 . The talk-time of the phone is Up to 7 h 40 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 20 min (3G). The phone operates at frequencies of GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 Mhz. Display type is 3.5 inches, AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors. This model comes with Camera of , 12 Mega Pixels Camera with Auto Focus with , 2x Digital Zoom

Price: Rs.23,990

Nokia 7230 A MOBILE WITH GPS UNDER RS 6000 3.2MP CAMERA

Nokia 7230 is a Slide Phone. weighing 100g. It′s dimensions are 98 x 48 x 14.8 . The talk-time of the phone is Up to 5 h 24 min (2G) / Up to 3 h 40 min (3G). The phone operates at frequencies of GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900, UMTS 900 / 2100 / 1900. Display type is 2.4 inches, TFT, 256K colors. This model comes with Camera of , 3.15 Mega Pixels with , 4x digital zoom

Price: Rs.5,299

Samsung Galaxy S (I9000) PRICE 5MP HD 3G WIFI GPS ANDROID

Samsung Galaxy S (I9000) is a Bar Phone. weighing 118g. It′s dimensions are 122.4 x 64.2 x 9.9 . The talk-time of the phone is Up to 13 hours 30 minutes (2G) / Up to 6 hours 30 minutes (3G). The phone operates at frequencies of GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 Mhz. Display type is 4.0 inches, Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors. This model comes with Camera of , 5 Mega Pixels Camera with Autofocus with , Digital Zoom

Price: Rs.25,299

Samsung going to stop e-book production

Samsung, one of the leading Asian manufacturers of cell phones and memory chips, is going to quit the production of e-book readers or displays, saying it to be too costly, a recent report from Korea said.

According to a company spokesperson, Samsung will remain in the e-book reader market with a device that uses an LCD panel instead. The product is to be released next year.

Samsung unveiled the E6 e-book reader with a 6-inch e-paper display and Wi-Fi at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this year. It was rumored to cost $400, which is likely to be a reason why the device never shipped.

Spies hacked U.S. military computers with a flash drive

Washington: An infected flash drive put in a U.S. military laptop in 2008 set off the most significant cyberattack ever against the military by a foreign spy agency, according to a top U.S. defence official.

The previously classified incident, which took place in 2008 in the Middle East, was disclosed by Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn in an article titled "Defending a New Domain" posted on Foreign Affairs magazine's web site Wednesday.

This "most significant breach of U.S. military computers ever" served as "an important wake-up call" that led to a new Pentagon counterattack strategy dubbed Operation Buckshot, he wrote in the article also released by the defence department.

"An enormous amount of foundational work remains, but the U.S. government has begun putting in place various initiatives to defend the United States in the digital age," Lynn wrote.

"The flash drive's malicious computer code, placed there by a foreign intelligence agency, uploaded itself onto a network run by the U.S. Central Command," his article said.

"That code spread undetected on both classified and unclassified systems, establishing what amounted to a digital beachhead, from which data could be transferred to servers under foreign control."

He continued: "It was a network administrator's worst fear: a rogue programme operating silently, poised to deliver operational plans into the hands of an unknown adversary."

Lynn's article provided no details on specific files lost or stolen in the attack, which he called one of countless attempts to intrude into US military networks.

Software that can identify people from internet

Now, people can be identified from their images posted on the internet, as a software firm named Face.com has developed a facial recognition technology. The software, which is yet to be released, can help identify people on social networking sites and online galleries by comparing their images against known pictures of them.

The software works by creating an algorithm of the face, which is a measurement of the arrangement of features including the eyes, nose and mouth, according to the developers. The company further claimed that while scanning typical images which appear on social networking sites, the software is 90 percent accurate.

According to Gil Hirsch, Chief Executive of Face.com, the company has launched a service that allows developers to take its facial recognition technology and apply it to their own applications. The technology is already being used by 5,000 developers, Hirsch added.

Now laptop batteries can run for 3 years

Boston Power's Sonata batteries have brought a noticeable improvement in rechargeable batteries by bringing out batteries that can run for 3 years. Currently HP and Asus both offer three-year warrantees on the Sonata batteries with performance guarantee.

There aren't as many vendors offering Sonata-type batteries. HP started offering some in early 2009, either as an accessory pack or shipped as the standard battery. According to Boston Power, HP offers them, mostly as "the HP Long Life Battery Accessory," with fifteen commercial notebook models.

And Boston Power has just announced a deal with Asus, offering them standard with ASUS B Series notebooks. Unlike traditional lithium-ion batteries, where run time degrades within two years or even one, says Sally Bament, VP of Marketing, Boston Power, Boston Power's maintain like-new run time for over three years: "Our chemistry guarantees that like-new run time for well over three years, based on cycle life."
"We support 90 percent charge in 90 minutes, and we can charge even faster, the cell can charge to 80 percent in 30 minutes," added Bament.

"There's no question that the longer battery life is important, and so is fast charge, once you have used a notebook long enough where these aren't the case," says analyst Bob O'Donnell, Vice President, Clients and Displays, IDC. "The challenge for Boston Power is that they are a small supplier, and larger vendors like HP often want to second-source, which isn't an option here."

Dell introduces $100 smartphone in U.S.

Dell has officially announced its entry into the U.S. smartphone market stating that its Aero smartphone is now on sale in the U.S. for $99 with a two-year AT&T contract. Dell has been an active player in the smartphone markets in China and Brazil since late last year.

The world's No. 2 personal computer maker, behind Hewlett-Packard, has been looking for ways to diversify its business as profit margins on traditional PCs have grown thinner and thinner. Dell also wants to stay relevant as more everyday computing tasks get done on smartphones instead of desktops and laptops.

The Dell Aero uses an older version of Google's Android operating system than many competing phones on the market today. The Aero uses version 1.5, also called "cupcake," while most phones now use version 1.6 or higher. Dell says it has done a significant amount of work adding features to the base Google system.

The Aero has a 3.5-inch touch screen and a 5-megapixel camera, and it has photo and video editing functions built in. Dell says the Aero can sync with Windows Media Player and music without copy protection from Apple's iTunes.

Now, make phone calls from your Gmail account

Google will now facilitate Gmail users to call telephones directly from their email. It will be in direct competition with Skype and traditional operators like AT&T and Verizon Communications.

After offering computer-to-computer voice and video chat services, Google will now allow calls to home phones and mobile phones directly from Gmail. Calls to the U.S. and Canadian phones from Gmail would be free of cost this year and for calls to other countries, there would be certain charges fixed at a lower rate. Google said calls to Britain, France, Germany, China and Japan would be as low as 2 cents per minute.

Soon, computer will read minds to search web

Imagine searching the internet simply by thinking. Well, your imagination may soon turn into reality, say scientists who claim to be developing a computer which reads human minds.

A team at Intel Corporation is working on a new technology which will directly interpret words as they are thought, unlike current brain-controlled computers which require users to imagine making physical movements to control a cursor on a screen.

In fact, the scientists are creating detailed maps of the activity in the brain for individual words which can then be matched against the brain activity of someone using the computer, allowing the machine to determine the word they are thinking, the Daily Telegraph reported.

Preliminary tests of the system have shown that the computer can work out words by looking at similar brain patterns and looking for key differences that suggest what the word might be.

Dean Pomerleau, of Intel Laboratories, said, "The computer uses a form of 20 questions to narrow down what the word is." So a food related word like apple produces activity in those parts of the brain related to hunger. So the computer can infer attributes to each word being thought about and this lets the computer zero down on what the word is pretty quickly.

Flash memory prices to slash by year end

To resurrect the dying market of SSDs, flash memory prices could drop to a dollar a gigabyte by the year end. However, iSuppli states that even this measure is not enough to kindle resurgence in SSDs.

At the start of the year, the prices were just over $2 for 1GB of standard NAND flash memory. This has reduced as much to reach $1.20 for a dense three-bit-per-cell chip by the fall and may get to just $1 by the end of 2010.

Sony Ericsson Yendo

Sony Ericsson Yendo is a Bar Phone. weighing 81g. It′s dimensions are 94 x 52 x 16 . The talk-time of the phone is Up to 4 hours. The phone operates at frequencies of GSM 900 / 1800 Mhz. Display type is 2.60 inches, TFT QVGA 262144 Colours. This model comes with Camera of , 2.0 Mega Pixels Camera with , 2x Digital zoom

Sony Ericsson Cedar specifications

Sony Ericsson Cedar is a Bar Phone. weighing 84g. It′s dimensions are 111 x 49 x 15.5 . The talk-time of the phone is Up to 4 hours 40 minutes (2G) / Up to 3 hours 30 minutes (3G). The phone operates at frequencies of GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / HSDPA 2100 Mhz. Display type is 2.20 inches, TFT 262 144 Colours. This model comes with Camera of , 2.0 Mega Pixels Camera with , Digital zoom

Sony Ericsson has announced their portfolio of Mobile phones in India for 2010.They have launched 6 New Mobile Phones in India, Out if these 6 New Phones, 2 Phones are already available in Indian Market and rest 4 will be available soon.

Here at Mobilenewshome, We covered the stories of announcement of all these 6 phones sometime back, as and when they were announced. To brief you all again, Here is the small summary of all these 6 mobile phones.

Sony Ericsson announced Zylo , Spiro , Cedar , Yendo , Xperia X8 and Aspen in Indian Market. Zylo and Aspen are already available in retail market and rest will available very soon.

Thursday, August 26, 2010