Monday, March 31, 2008

Squash Batch Image Resizer

Squash is a lightweight fast batch image resizer. I could end the article here because the previous sentenced is a good summary of what Squash is able to do. Add multiple images to Squash, select a new size for them, and click on Resize images. That’s the process in detail.

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It’s possible to specify a destination directory for the resized images, add a suffix to the filename - something like thumb or small would do - and if you want to overwrite existing images in that directory.

There is no preview of the output images, no information on file size, no choice of file extension. As I said it’s lightweight and does only one thing at the moment. I still like Squash because it is easy to use, mainly because of the missing options of course.

Squash is available for Windows and Linux. [via Genbeta]

Samsung Alias Dual-Hinge Flip Phone Reaching Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless and Samsung announced the Alias by Samsung will be available in mid-April.Mobile reviewsThe successor to the Samsung SCH-u740, the Alias sports the familiar dual-hinge design but is packaged with an updated easy-to-read full-QWERTY keyboard. In addition to sending text messages, customers can use Wireless Sync, Verizon Wireless' proprietary personal information management solution, to synchronize their phones with their home or office PCs for easy access to e-mail, calendar, contacts and task information.

Additional features of the Alias include:

* 1.3 megapixel digital camera with flash
* Camcorder
* Instant Messaging using AIM, MSN, Yahoo!
* Text, picture and video messaging
* Bluetooth
* Expandable memory with external microSD card slot
* Dimensions: 3.8" x 2.04" x .58"; 3.65 ounces with standard battery
* Bilingual user interface: English and Spanish
* TTY/TTD Capable

The Alias will be available in mid-April for $129.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement
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iPhone SDK Beta 2 - time to make things look good

The major addition that the second beta of the iPhone SDK brings is the Interface Builder. This nifty little tool will allow you to drag and drop in order to build the user interface for your application.iPhone SDK Beta 2
Tools like that make it on par with languages such as Visual Basic which make building new apps fast, easy, and convenient. Granted, using the drag and drop method may not give you the appearance you really want, but using it to complete a large portion of the code for you, and then changing the way things look a bit is a lot easier than trying to reinvent the wheel every time you write a new app.

Apple also added in some new sample code and updated the documentation that comes with the SDK. Sadly there isn’t a simple update option for the new SDK, you actually have to go get it yourself, but it’s still free. Apple is also still reported to be limiting access to the App Store and still limiting the participation in the $99 iPhone Dev Program.

Verizon Wireless Unveils XV6900 From HTC Touch

Verizon Wireless today announced the XV6900 will be available in April. Whether customers are accessing local weather reports, navigating to the Internet, flipping through photos, or one-touch dialing of loved ones, they can interact with a myriad of the XV6900’s features with just a flick of their fingers.Mobile reviews
The Verizon Wireless XV6900 leverages the broad functionality and communication capabilities of Windows Mobile 6 Professional with access to Outlook Mobile for smooth e-mail integration, Office Mobile and the ability to run a bevy of third-party applications.

Features of the XV6900 include:

* Bluetooth v. 2.0 with support for stereo, hands-free, and headset profiles
* microSD memory card slot with support up to 8 GB
* 2.0 megapixel camera with video capture
* 256 MB ROM / 128 MB RAM
* 2.8” TFT-LCD touch-screen with LED backlight
* 3.98” (l) x 2.35” (w) x 0.56” (d)
* Support for Office Outlook Mobile and Microsoft Exchange® with Direct Push

The XV6900 will be available for $349.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.

Verizon Wireless Introduces The BlackBerry Curve 8330

Verizon Wireless and Research In Motion (RIM) today announced the BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone will be available in May. Packaged in a liquid silver-colored finish with chrome highlights, smooth edges and soft curves, the BlackBerry Curve 8330 is backed by Verizon Wireless' high-speed Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) network.

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The BlackBerry Curve 8330 offers the following capabilities and key features:

* measures 4.2” x 2.4” x 0.6”and weighs only 4 ounces
* Large, vibrant 320 x 240 display, with light sensing technology
* full-QWERTY keyboard and trackball navigation system
* noise cancellation technology to offset background noise, Speaker Independent Voice Recognition (SIVR) for Voice Activated Dialing (VAD),
* Bluetooth 2.0, with support for hands-free headsets, stereo headsets (Bluetooth stereo audio profile A2DP/AVRCP)
* 2.0 megapixel camera
* Facebook for BlackBerry Smartphones application
* 3.5 mm stereo headphone jack and dedicated volume controls
* MicroSD/SDHC memory card slot
* HTML web browser
* A removable, rechargeable battery, rated for up to 260 minutes of talk time and up to 11 days of standby time

The BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone will be available for $269.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.

AT&T Mobile TV Coming in May

AT&T confirmed that the mobile TV service will launch in May 2008 on two new exclusive handsets, the LG Vu and the Samsung Access. AT&T Mobile TV will also feature two exclusive channels, which will be announced soon.

AT&T Mobile TV will deliver full-length television content and sporting events from top networks, including programming from leading entertainment brands CBS Mobile, Comedy Central, ESPN Mobile TV, FOX Mobile, MTV, NBC 2GO, NBC News2Go and Nickelodeon.

LG Vu: the Vu gives you a clear view of TV, Web, pictures or videos on its large interactive touch screen. It also lets you get the utmost in mobile entertainment with a music player, 2.0 megapixel camera and Bluetooth capabilities.Mobile reviewsSamsung Access: This handset features a large landscape display, camera, external stereo speakers, stereo Bluetooth, AT&T Music, CV, of course, AT&T Mobile TV.

More details on AT&T's soon-to-be-launched mobile TV service from MediaFLO USA and the company's exclusive handsets from LG and Samsung will be available soon.

Apple has supposedly ordered another 10 million iPhones - I want mine delivered now

According to an analyst at Gartner, Apple has ordered a second batch of 10 million 3G iPhones to be delivered. That’s a total of 10 million regular iPhones and 10 million 3G iPhones that Apple is apparently hoping to sell by the end of this year.

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Speculation by the same analyst was that the new 3G iPhone would use an OLED display which would net it a thinner design and a longer battery life. The switch to OLED would make sense, some would say that it would help make up the difference in battery that 3G would drain, but we already know that several system on a chip designs that include 3G are out there that are at the same level of power usage as the iPhone’s current chipset, such as the one from Broadcom which would have brought several other new features as well.

As far as the thinner design goes, that would have its potential up and down sides, if it was so thing it was as thin as the iPod Touch, then all those accessories/cases would work, but if it was thinner, or not quite that thin, but thinner than an iPhone, you’d have to have a whole new set of cases/accessories developed which would suck for manufacturers and consumers alike. I don’t really care though, I just want my damned 3G iPhone pronto!

Resco Backup for Pocket PC (v1.10)

mobile softwareNever lose your data again
Resco Backup creates reserve copies of your PDA on the storage card.
This data (called backup set) can be used to restore your device in case of problems.

Basic features:
Backup to the storage card
Full and custom backup
Full and custom restore
Backup compression
Safe encryption (uses industrial standard AES)
Fast incremental backup
Backup scheduling

Advanced features:
Integrity checking (Is the backup set corrupted?)
Customizable profiles (daily/weekly backups, separate backup of contacts…)
Compare backup set vs. device (Track changes)
Compare two backup sets
Manage your backup sets
Access backup sets on the desktop with any good zipper (no extract tool needed)

WordPress 2.5 is Out

WordPress 2.5 is OutHuzzah! After a few months of waiting, the next feature-packed WordPress is out! WordPress 2.5 codenamed Brecker is now available for download. As of now, I’m trying it our with my offline WordPress installation test site before I fully deploy it for my websites. But if what the release notes really deliver then I’d have to say kudos to the WordPress gods. Just take note of these features. I’ll probably add a short review after I’m done testing.

  • Cleaner admin interface
  • Multi-file uploading
  • One-click plugin upgrades
  • Built-in galleries
  • Customizable dashboard
  • Salted passwords and cookie encryption
  • Media library
  • A WYSIWYG that doesn’t mess with your code
  • Concurrent post editing protection
  • Full-screen writing
  • Search that covers posts and pages.

You can view the screencast for the Release Candidate here.

Saturday, March 29, 2008

TeaShark JAVA browser with tabs, zoom & RSS


Tired of using your mobile phone’s default web browser or perhaps you do not like Opera Mini? Here’s a new mobile web browser which offers full web browsing right in your mobile phone’s small display screen – TeaShark.These mobile browser supports multiple tabs and history, has time-saving jump-to-link navigation and two-level zoom, and bookmarks with colour coding for easy organisation.

To install TeaShark on your JAVA enabled mobile phones, just point your browser to wap.teashark.com and follow the instructions for downloading and installing the browser. If you want to follow the long route, just visit the Tea Shark website and download the web browser to your PC, then connect your phone and upload the software, then install it in your mobile phone. You are then on your way to an enhanced mobile browsing experience.

Sling preps mobile player for UIQ phones, N95 8GB

Sling Media, makers of the video-shifting Slingbox, have announced a new SlingPlayer Mobile client for Symbian UIQ. The new version will allow some Sony-Ericsson and Motorola phones to stream and remotely control Slingbox devices at home whenever the device is connected to either a 3G or Wi-Fi network. The initial lineup will include the P1i and P990i smartphones, the M600i, as well as the W950i and W960i Walkman phones. Motorola’s RIZR Z8 is also included, Sling said. The updated version of the software will be available in the summer and will sell for $30 to first-time users but will also be downloadable for free for existing owners.

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Sling also noted that it had expanded SlingPlayer for Symbian Series 60 phones to the N95 8GB. Nokia’s phone will have access to a Slingbox through either European or North American 3G networks in addition to short-range Wi-Fi. The update will be free for existing users and should ship ahead of the UIQ release, arriving in spring.

The mobile phone in the future

mobile reviewWhat phone will you be using in the far off age of 2010? Along with our flying cars and robot slaves, you could be sporting one of these concept phone designs born out of a partnership between phone company Pantech (Sky Premium) and Korean university students. Still, would you trade in your current cellphone for one of these “phones of the future? AFter you jump see the Full Size.
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Windows Mobile 6.1 coming for you on April Fools Day

Do you remember that semi-formal roadmap we saw not too long ago that pretty much stated that Microsoft had seen the error of their mobile ways and with 6.1 they were going to fix a lot of things and make a move towards higher useability? Well I don’t know if that’s come true or not, but word is that we’ll find out on April 1st.

Windows Mobile 6.1
Supposedly April 1st is the release date for the new version of Windows Mobile which is rumored to include a newer, better, web browser that allows for zoom and scrolling with ease. It also will offer up a more Vista-like UI, copy/paste from IE, new fonts, a task manage more similar to its desktop siblings, WiFi indicator, and auto-configure in ActiveSync for your email.

So, its not an entirely new OS like some think Windows Mobile handhelds need, but it’s a major step in the right direction and should definitely make at least a few things more intuitive, if not user friendly. I have no idea if they’ll try and charge for the minor revision update or not, but I’d guess not. Now all we need to do is get Sony Ericsson to push out that XPERIA X1 with this new OS, which could happen since CTIA starts on April first as well

Friday, March 28, 2008

25 Search engines to search files on rapidshare

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Thursday, March 27, 2008

LG KF300: the Wine Phone goes global

LG in February announced LG KF300, a fashion handset. I really knew nothing much about, except for the model number.

Well, since we already know that LG KF300 exists, more details about it were bound to leak sooner or later. And today mobile-review.com got the scoop, with all the press pics and specs for LG KF300 fashion phone:
LG KF300
Full specs of LG KF300 include:

* Tri-Band GSM/GPRS/ EDGE
* Main display (inside): 2.2″ TFT, 240×320 px, 262K color
* External display: 1.3″, TFT, 128×160px, 262K color
* 2Mpx camera with autofocus
* 10 Mb internal memory,
* microSD memory card slot
* Bluetooth: 2.0, USB: v1.1 (Mass Storage)
* Audio: MP3/AAC/AAC+/AAC++/WMA
* Video: MPEG4/H.263
* Internet: WAP 2.0 / xHTML
* Battery: Li-Ion 800 ??/?
* Flash UI, Vector Font, FM Radio
* Dimensions 98.8 x 49.5 x 16.2 mm

Nokia N95 In Three New Colors - White, Red And Blue

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Nokia N95 is now available in 3 new colors, White, red and blue. Unfortunately the phones with the new colors will be exclusively sold by the Japanese provider “SoftBank”, that means that they have the “SoftBank”-Logo under the display and they have another, branded firmware than the free ones.In my opinion the white is ok , what you think? Which you prefer ? Red ? White Or Blue

Samsung Electronics Releases the AnyCall Haptic

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Samsung Electronics has released a new touch screen phone, the AnyCall Haptic (Model: SCH-W420, SPH-W4200). The top premium model in the AnyCall Series.

Among its new features, the latest UI is designed for users to enjoy visual, acoustic, and touch sensations. For example, an increase of volume triggers a cute sound and vibration similar to a real analog radio.Following the trend of my own mobile phone, a Widget function is provided. With it you can place your favorite icons on the screen allowing you to create a unique screen menu.

AnyCall Haptic supports a full drag and drop interface where users can manipulate all its new features simply with the touch of a finger.Users can enjoy various multimedia entertainments through a 16:9 ratio 3.2″ screen. More advanced features like DMB, a 2mega pixel camera, Bluetooth 2.0, and payment are also supported.

Nokia intros VoIP-capable 6300i

Nokia 6300i
Nokia has announced a new GSM phone, the Nokia 6300i, ability to make both cellular and VoIP calls. The latter are possible over Wi-Fi, an option which may save money when in range of an open hotspot. The phone is also able to browse the web and download applications over Wi-Fi, and can store as many as 2,000 numbers in memory.

Nokia is otherwise reticent on sharing specifications; the regular 6300 is made of stainless steel, however, and has a two-megapixel camera. It also features a music player and an FM radio, along with expandable memory via a microSD slot.

The 6300i should ship to “select markets” in the second quarter of 2008, at a cost of €175 ($273).

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Sharp’s Internet machine 922SH to be released in Japan via SoftBank

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Sharp launches its 3G mobile phone ‘922SH’ in Japan market through SoftBank, which is expected to be available on 28th March. Measuring 56*116*17mm at 132g, it comes with four different colors including pearl white, metallic black, bronze gold and pearl pink.
Supporting 1-Seg, international roaming service, HSDPA and Bluetooth connectivity, the 922HS is quipped with a full qwerty keyboard, a 3.5-inch 260,000 pixel display with 480 x 854 resolution, and a 2M camera.

Samsung i458 cellphone DAP with B&O amp and scrollwheel speaker

Samsung i458Samsung trying to present a good alternative to existing music phones with Samsung i458.Running Symbian S60 v3.1 with a 2.4-inch display and HSDPA connectivity, with a Bang & Olufsen ICEpower amplifier, microSD slot supporting up to 4GB cards and built-in speaker,the i458 stands a good chance of being a decent phone, too. The dual-slide is similar to that on Nokia’s N95, although with a wheel control rather than boring old buttons.After you jump see the video and read more information of Samsung i458 music phone

A 3.5mm headphone socket means no frustrating adaptor is necessary when you want to use your own cans, while there are fourteen equaliser presets and a meagre 25MB of internal storage. The i458 measures 101 x 52 x 17.8mm, weighs 110g and will be priced at 14,950 Taiwan dollars ($495).

LG to launch silicon HSDPA phone of skin feeling

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LG Electronics’ cellphone label CYON on Tuesday launched a new 3G-capable HSDPA phone for the Korean market. The SH240 has a silicon-covered front panel and buttons that give it a touchable, human skin-like feel, instead of the usual relatively hard rubber or plastic common to most handsets. Other unique features include SK Telecom’s Moneta Mobile Card wireless payment system, which allows users to pay for purchases on SKT’s network and even pay for public transport in Seoul.

More common functionality comes in the form of Bluetooth connectivity, a 2-megapixel camera, MP3 playback, and video conversation capabilities, among others. LG lists the suggested price at below 400,000KRW, or about $400.

Dual-SIM on the way from Samsung

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When Samsung introduced dual SIM D880 DuoS phone, it had targeted Eastern Europe market first.You can Find these phone, but is too expensive 700$.

Well, Samsung is apparently working on bringing a couple more reasonably priced DuoS handsets to market. Smape has it from Samsung’s Russian head, Yoonsoo Kim, that Samsung plans to bring the Samsung P240 DuoS handset to market later this year. The new DuoS handset retains the sought-after dual-SIM capability and offers Bluetooth 2.0, 2 megapixel camera, microSD card slot, FM radio with RDS, 2-inch display, and mpeg4 player - all packed in a slim 115.1×48.6×15.7 mm package powered by a Philips PNX5230+OM6357 chipset and a tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900Mhz) radio.

The Samsung P240 DuoS will be offered at a more palatable 270 EUR (about $416 USD) later this year. Kim also mentioned that a Windows Mobile powered DuoS handset is also in the pipeline for later this year. And, Symbian owners might also get some DuoS-love, but not in time to make the 2009 New Year’s party.

MWg reveals two more phones,the UBiQUiO 501 and UBiQUiO 503g

MWg, which was reborn from the ashes of O2 Asia’s handset biz, has added two more Windows Mobile phones to its portfolio. The UBiQUiO 501 and UBiQUiO 503g. Both the phones have a full QWERTY keypad with a touchscreen and run on Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional.Processor: TI OMAP 750 200 MHz
Operating System: Windows Mobile 6 Professional (Upgraded from WM 5.0)

Keyboard: QWERTY
Network: GSM900 / DCS1800/PCS1900, GPRS Class 10
Size: 122 x 65 x 13.5mm (ultra slim)
Memory: 128 MB ROM + 64MB RAM
Display: 2.5″ QVGA 65K Colour TFT
Imaging: 2M Pixel CMOS camera
Battery: 1250mAh Li-Ion
Connectivity: IrDA / Bluetooth 1.2 with A2DP / Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) / mini USB (1.1)
External Storage: miniSD
The higher-end 503g, meanwhile, upgrades to triband 3.6Mbps HSDPA and swaps out the TI core for a 520MHz XScale.

Operating System: Windows Mobile 6 Professional
Memory: 192MB ROM, 96MB RAM
GSM/GPRS/EDGE: Quad-band 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, GPRS Class 10
WCDMA/UMTS: Tri-band 850/1900/2100 MHz, HSDPA 3.6 Mbps
Processor: 520MHz Intel XScale 270 + Qualcomm 6280
Bluetooth: 1.2 with A2DP
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
Display: 2.4″ QVGA (240×320) Colour TFT
Camera(s): 2MP main camera, secondary 0.3MP camera
Memory Card: microSD
Connector: Mini USB
Dimensions: 123mm x 65mm x 15.7mm
Weight: 157 gram

The UBiQUiO 501 is available at Expansys UK at a price of £149.95 while the UBiQUiO 503g is available for £299.95.

Wireless phone services

Wireless phone services
Cell phone industry changed a lot in these last years. Nowadays, even young children have cell phones and these wireless phones is something necessary and usual in daily life. Phones evolved from 2G to 3G and the mobile industry in changing each day. In the early 90s the 2nd generation of phones appeared and these phones could work on GSM, TDMA and CDMA. In time, mobile phones become smaller and smaller and each new phone had new, interesting features. Today, we’ve got 3rd generation phones, which means that our cell phones could do more than just phone calls. You can browse the internet, stream video, listen to music, radio, you can check your email and a lot more. Mobilephones are getting better and better each day and there are a lot of companies in the whole world that offer wireless phone services.

Three years ago, the wireless industry in the UShad more than 200 million subscribers. The number grew quickly until today and it’s going to get bigger each year. You have to know that there are more than 200,000 cell phone websites that offer valuable information about anything you want in this andustry. If you don’t know yet which are the best plans for you you should always search the internet first and choose the best plans from companies that work in your location. Today almost each cell phone carrier has a lot of plans and you’ll certainly find the one that fits you really well. You can choose from cell phone family plans, daily plans, night plans and a lot other. Each plan will have cheap phone call rates at a certain hour, with certain numbers or with several friends you’ll choose. In cell phone industry everything is as you request so it’s up to you what mobile phone you’ll pick, which phone carrier you want or which cell phone plan you’ll choose. So, take your time and find the best options on the market.

LG Shine might be better than an iPhone

LG Shine
Ladies this is the phone for you with a refelective screen so shinny you can even do your make up on it.The LG Shine has a 2 megapixel camera with flash, 1 gig embedded memory, an mp3 player and all the other usual cellphone contents. Of course, the best thing about the Shine is that it has a super shiny sliding cover that can double as a mirror.

Yahoo! Buzz Publishers Get Highest Site Traffic Ever!

What happens when your blog story gets featured on the front page of Yahoo! Get prepared for the highest site traffic ever. As Yahoo! Buzz is getting a revamp , some lucky publishers are getting an opportunity to join as Yahoo! Buzz Publishers and drive huge unbelievable traffic to their sites with pageviews being limited by how much load the web hosting server can handle…

Salon.com announced that it hit over 1 million uniques in one day for the first time in the company’s 12-year history, a traffic milestone reached when Yahoo! linked from its home page. Techcrunch reports that they received their highest traffic day ever with over 1,000 comments on the post, which almost brought the site down.

Yahoo is still ramping up the number of links it puts on the home page from Buzz, and is being careful about the potential to flat out nuke websites with all the traffic they can send. But it’s clear that a link from Yahoo.com blows away anything Digg or any other competitor can offer. That will keep the Buzz publishers, who must be invited into the service, paying attention.

How does Yahoo Buzz send you huge traffic?
Yahoo! Buzz features the most interesting stories and videos on the Web and the content is ranked based on votes, search-term popularity, and what people are reading and emailing that instant. Yahoo Buzz does not use holding story pages on their site, but rather directly links to the story page boosting traffic to your site to read the full story. You can promote the story further by adding a vote button. Selected Top Buzz content may be featured on the Yahoo! homepage too!

Yahoo! informs that the current beta test is limited to a small set of select publishers to ensure they can evolve the program in a way that is most beneficial for a good user experience. They will be accepting new publishers soon and you can join the mailing list for updates.

Can your web server survive 1 million hits?

This is way beyond the number of visitors Digg or Fark can send your way. Most sites hosted on shared webhosting will not be able to handle such traffic even for minutes, so I guess they will be joining in top websites and blogs on dedicated servers initially who can handle the traffic. Do you prefer your few thousand daily visitors, or rather have a crashed site everyday…Thanks to quicktips

Extract, Record and Download MP3 from YouTube and raaga.com

Sometimes you may wish to extract the mp3 audio from a video in YouTube, Yahoo Videos, Metacafe, ifilm or some songs sharing sites like raaga.com. There are lot of ways by which we can download YouTube or any flash videos using web browser, but we may not be able to directly extract audio alone from those flash videos. Most of the audio sharing sites stream audios to play at users browser with the help of realplayer or windows media player and does not allow its users to download those songs to their computer.

Here is a work around to extract and record audio from flash videos and to download mp3 playing sites.

First of all you need to install FreeCoder Toolbar for your browser.

Then, click the settings button in the FreeCoder Toolbar and then select your preferred recording drivers and the location where recorded mp3 to be saved.

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Then just goto your favorite video or mp3 playing site and press record button in the toolbar to record when the song starts playing.

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Once the playing is completed press stop button on the toolbar to stop recording then you will have your recorded mp3 audio copy in the location specified in the Freecoder toolbar settings.

Go ahead and download your FreeCoder Toolbar now.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

T-Mobile BlackBerry 8820 Available with GPS & HotSpot Support

BlackBerry 8820T-Mobile and Research In Motion announced the national availability of the BlackBerry 8820 smartphone, featuring built-in GPS and support for T-Mobile’s HotSpoHome( service for Wi-F calling. hone.

The BlackBerry 8820 helps people stay connected to business associates, colleagues, family and friends by offering Wi-Fi connectivity for voice and data, access to location-based applications and services, and a superior mobile experience for personal and corporate e-mail.

With the T-Mobile HotSpot @Home mobile add-on plan, customers can enjoy the freedom of unlimited, nationwide calling over any Wi-Fi network at home, across accessible corporate Wi-Fi networks or at T-Mobile HotSpot locations nationwide.(i) When connected through Wi-Fi, access to information continues to include all of the BlackBerry platform’s security features. Customers can also enjoy faster Web browsing at Wi-Fi speeds.

The BlackBerry 8820 is available at select T-Mobile retail stores, select authorized dealers, online at www.t-mobile.com, or by calling 1-800-T-MOBILE.

For more information about the BlackBerry 8820 from T-Mobile, please visit www.blackberry8820.com or www.t-mobile.com. The smartphone is currently selling for $349.99 with a discount and plan.

The quad-band phone also supports international roaming and is enabled for T-Mobile’s popular myFaves service experience for quick, one-click access to five people by instant messaging, e-mailing, texting or calling from the Home Screen.

“Customers want and need to stay connected to the important people in their lives,” said Leslie Grandy, Vice President of Product Development, T-Mobile USA. “With unlimited nationwide calling using T-Mobile’s popular HotSpot @Home mobile service, access to personal or business e-mail, and reliable GPS navigation services, the BlackBerry 8820 from T-Mobile provides unparalleled value for our customers at home, at the office and everywhere in between.”

“The BlackBerry 8820 smartphone blends powerful communications, connectivity and navigation capabilities with exceptional ease-of-use and executive class styling.” said Mark Guibert, Vice President of Corporate Marketing, RIM. “Together with the innovative T-Mobile HotSpot @Home service, the BlackBerry 8820 offers incredible flexibility and convenience for both professional and personal needs.”

Using the BlackBerry 8820 smartphone’s built-in GPS and location-based applications, such as BlackBerry Maps, customers can navigate between meetings and locate the closest restaurant or use other advanced services such as TeleNav GPS Navigator(TM) to receive audible turn-by-turn directions to reach their next destination.

Key features of the BlackBerry 8820 smartphone from T-Mobile include the following(i):

  • Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE network support for international roaming

  • Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g) connectivity for expanded coverage and faster Web browsing

  • Supports T-Mobile HotSpot @Home, offering unlimited nationwide calling over any accessible Wi-Fi network

  • Built-in GPS, BlackBerry Maps and support for TeleNav GPS Navigator

  • T-Mobile myFaves® capability, making it easy for customers to stay in touch with those who matter most, with quick, one-click access for instant messaging, e-mailing, calling or texting their Fave 5SM from the Home Screen

  • BlackBerry® Internet Service support allowing access to up to 10 supported e-mail accounts, including most popular ISP e-mail accounts such as Yahoo!® Mail and Gmail®

  • BlackBerry® Enterprise Server support, which tightly integrates with IBM Lotus® Domino®, Microsoft Exchange®, and Novell® GroupWise® to provide secure push-based wireless access to e-mail and other data, and features IT policy controls for managing usage and deployments

  • Easy access to popular instant messaging clients: AOL® Instant Messenger, Yahoo!® Messenger, Windows® Live Messenger, Google® Talk and ICQ®

  • Highly tactile full QWERTY keyboard for easy typing

  • Intuitive user-interface with an easy-to-use trackball

  • High-performance HTML browser for visiting Web sites while on the go

  • A large, ultra-bright 320x240 color display provides vibrant imagery and innovative light-sensing technology automatically optimizes brightness for indoor, outdoor and dark environments

  • Advanced media player with search capabilities, stereo Bluetooth® support (A2DP/AVRCP), dedicated volume controls and support for numerous audio and video formats including MP3, WMA, AAC, AAC+ and eAAC+, as well as support for polyphonic, MP3 and MIDI ring tones

  • Roxio® Media Manager for BlackBerry® (included with BlackBerry® Desktop Manager software), which allows customers to manage media files, transfer them from their computer to the handset, create MP3 music files from CDs, add audio tags and album art, create playlists and easily convert files for optimal playback

  • Numerous premium phone features with Speaker Independent Voice Recognition (SIVR) for Voice Activated Dialing (VAD), noise-cancellation technology to offset background noise, a low-distortion speakerphone for hands-free conversations, Bluetooth® support for use with headsets, car kits and other Bluetooth peripherals, and intuitive call management features such as smart dialing, conference calling, speed dialing and call forwarding

  • Expandable memory storage via microSD/SDHC expansion slot

  • Dimensions: 4.49” x 2.60” x 0.55”

  • Weight: 4.7 oz

MIU HDPC - tries for James Bond, hits somewhere around The Tick

Hardware wise this thing is amazing featuring a VIA C7M ULV CPU running at 1GHz, 4GB of RAM, WiFi, Bluetooth, and your choice of a 60GB HDD or a 4GB SSD. Where it starts to fail is in respect to design, I guess what I'm trying to say here is that it's ugly.

It even has a cool feature where it can dual boot WinXP and your choice of WinCE 5.0 or Linux Qplus. There are two screens; the larger of the two is an 800×480 4-inch touchscreen which hides underneath it a mouse controller and a QWERTY keyboard.

The multi-functionality of this device still make it a smart purchase as long as the appearance of your mobile device isn’t much of an issue with you, it sizes in at 163×67x24.5mm. Suggested uses are as follows: CarPC, GPS, Cell Phone, PMP, UMPC, E-Dictionary, VoIP device, PSP rival, Digital Camera, Voice Recorder, or even mobile TV with the optional DMB tuner attachment. There are some features that we don’t know about at this moment, namely what cellular networks it works on, but we do know it does connect to some of them, word is that we’ll be able to buy on in July, in Korea, for about $498.



Sunday, March 23, 2008

HTC Dream Android Phone

 HTC Dream Android PhoneThe HTC Dream Android phone rumors have surfaced again. The HTC Dream is supposed to be the first Android running handset released to the public. A person close to the situation recently told InfoWorld that this handset is indeed scheduled to be the first Android phone to debut, acknowledging rumors of the new cell phone.

“The HTC Dream Android phone is said to measure 3-inches wide by 5-inches long and feature a full QWERTY keypad that either slides out or swivels.” If the HTC Dream is indeed the first handset to be running Google’s Android, we would expect it to have tremendous specs - making Android look good.

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Samsung SGH-G600 Belle comes in burgundy

Samsung SGH-G600 Belle
Samsung has now partnered with nails inc. to launch the G600 Belle, a device available exclusively at Phones 4u in the UK. This new version of the G600 is cloaked in a sleek burgundy colour and the manufacturer is now throwing in 3 bottles of nail polish in the box, including one that matches the G600 Belle’s color.

The stylish G600 Belle is equipped with a 5 megapixel camera with camcorder function, and supports microSD memory cards for needed expansion when capturing the moment. Pics and video can be viewed on the G600’s large 2.2″ display, which can render 16 million colors. The handheld also supports Internet browsing thanks to NetFront’s Browser v3.4, which provides PC like capabilities on a small screen.

Other features included are email and Bluetooth support, and an MP3 music player. The Samsung G600 Belle will be available starting on April 1 exclusively at Phones 4u in the UK. The regular version of the SGH-G600 has the same specs and is currently available.

Toshiba’s ultra-exclusive invitation-only Cosmic Shiner revealed

Toshiba mobileAdding another gem of a handset to the glamorous line up of luxury phones, Toshiba have finally introduced the Cosmic Shiner, a FanFun 815T model studded with diamonds.This limited edition model, with only 1,000 available, is to be offered for $4,000 via an interesting invitation only scheme. In addition to the custom design features by Kansai Yamamoto discriminating buyers will also be entitled to a new “Prestige Gold” membership service.

Available for order by credit card only, with estimated delivery of 30-days for the personalized handmade lacquer box, eager buyers will apparently also have to pick-up the April issue of Seven Hills magazine to get their required unique ID code to initiate the purchase process. The Kyoto concierge membership service - first year trial is included - will offer various agency arrangements such as hotel and restaurant bookings along with further special privileges to be detailed in early April.

Google Search plugin for Windows Mobile

Google Search plugin for Windows Mobile
After the success of the Google Search homescreen plugin for S60 handsets - which Vincent described as making “a big difference” to handset usability - the search company has announced a similar app for Windows Mobile handsets.

Google has now brought its home screen search application to the WinMo platform, noting on its blog that it has discovered that S60 and BlackBerry users with the app installed are able to get to Google search results about 40 percent quicker than those without — and they search 20 percent more. Makes sense, considering the pain involved with loading the browser, navigating to a favorite (or even worse, typing in google.com by hand) and tapping your feet for a few seconds. The plug-in is available immediately.

Friday, March 21, 2008

LG LH2300 with Wide VGA Screen

Offering a full internet browsing experience, LG has start selling the LG LH2300 in Korea with a Wide VGA LCD display screen.LG LH2300With a high resolution Wide VGA LCD (WVGA) display screen, the LG LH2300 is offering a 800 x 480 pixels and internet browsing in landscape mode. The screen is also a full touch screen, you can scroll around the web pages with your finger easily. Other features include a new Hello UI, 3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.0, microSD card slot and support T-DMB media service.
LG LH2300
LG LH2300
LG LH2300
LG LH2300

Samsung Glyde U940 for Verizon Wireless Gets More Photos Leaked

Samsung Glyde U940First leaked in end 2007, it looks like Samsung Glyde U940 is finally reaching the Verizon Wireless. It is said that the model will be available in April and feature an auto focus 3 mega-pixel camera and high speed wireless connection capabilities. With a full QWERTY key pad that slides underneath the display, it will give users enhanced access to mobile e-mail and text messaging services. See the photos from engadget inside.Samsung Glyde U940
Samsung Glyde U940
Samsung Glyde U940
Samsung Glyde U940Source

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