Archive for January, 2011

CES 2011 And Year Of The Tablets.

Sunday, January 9th, 2011

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I am a gadget buff and more a tablet buff. I have tablets based on intel 486 , a long before Steve Jobs was dreaming about iPad (I guess).
I expected to have enough information to select a tablet for my personal use after the CES 2011. But I am still looking. [...]

Verizon iPhone To Rule The Air, With iPhone 4(G)?

Sunday, January 9th, 2011

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The blogsphere and the regular news channels are awash with Verizon iPhone. More so since Verizon has sent out the invite above to select few Bloggers and reporters. I too think that Verizon will announce the iPhone on 11th.
We have discussed the event of Verizon, the best wireless carrier, according [...]

Microsoft, CES and Tablets Did not Mix Very Well And Lead To Android Hacking

Sunday, January 9th, 2011

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I think almost everyone expected to hear something about Microsoft’s drive towards tablet OS. While most of the other manufacturers and OS companies had a lot to offer in the tablet front. Make no mistakes, there were many Windows 7 based tablets peppering the vast Android based tablet landscape, it was [...]

Mercedes mbrace iPhone app, Your Car Becomes Your World!

Saturday, January 8th, 2011

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Well if you a Mercedes fan, (I am one as I drive a 1978 450 SLC around on weekends but I will not get such attention from lovely ladies on the Mbrace line!) You are in for a treat with Mercedes mbrace iPhone app. It makes it easy to live out [...]

Getting Enterprise Video Encoding In To The Cloud And Delivering It

Friday, January 7th, 2011

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If CES 2011 is any evidence of what may come in next few months, I think one of the major industries in the USA, TV content, will go everywhere. Everybody had models showing dual core phone to multi size tablets that will further enhance our mobility and watching everything [...]

Android Surpasses iPhone In Total US Smartphone Subscriptions.

Friday, January 7th, 2011

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We’ve seen enough Android vs iPhone debates and knew all along that Android based phones are the hottest-selling smartphones in US and now we have legitimate data showing us so. According to ComScore’s latest estimates, Android got in to the hand and pockets of 26% of all US smartphone subscribers in the [...]

iTunes Account Auction, $30 For $200 Worth Of Music, Apps and Others In China.

Friday, January 7th, 2011

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Looks like some bad people in China are auctioning iTunes accounts off, $30 for $200 worth of iTunes goodis from Apple. It turns out to be stolen iTunes accounts.
The low price comes with some stipulations, like the $200 worth of goodies need to be downloaded within 24 hours of purchase.
Looks like it [...]

MAC APP Store Delivers 1 Million Free And Paid Apps On First Day.

Friday, January 7th, 2011

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Apple Computer announced today that the brand Mac App Store toped one million downloaded in the first day of the business from the stores collection of more than 1,000 free and paid apps.
 ?We?re amazed at the incredible response the Mac App Store is getting. Developers have done a great job bringing apps to [...]

Panasonic VIERA CAST Blu-Ray Players Bring Skype Video Calling To Living Room

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

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Looks like Panasonic is bringing Skype to many things and the best seem to be Blu-ray payers with VIERA CAST technology enabled.
Even though there are many TVs that come with Internet and thus technologies like Skype incorporated, many people have invested in their current high definition TVs. Instead of buying [...]

T-Mobile Takes HSPA+ (4G) To 42 Mbps In Las Vegas.

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

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Well now we are really wondering what is real 4G with T-Mobile demoing that it’s HSPA+ network is in par with LTE network from Verizon and much faster than the Clear WiMAX according to the live demo in Las Vegas, CES 2011. I guess the joking about the “Largest [...]