Budget-friendly Corby will be released soon

Sunday, December 27, 2009

After marked a great success with Corby, Samsung will soon release the lowed-price version of this cute mobile phone. As Techtree reported, Corby Pop, the downgrade version of Corby S3650 will be launched officially in India first.

In general, Samsung is targeting consumers who fall in love with Corby, but is looking for lower price. However, though the price is relatively cheap, Samsung promised this next Corby will have extra features on it.

And yes, Corby Pop keeps some features of its predecessor such as 2.8 inch monitor display and integrated FM radio. However the price reducing does affect the quality of camera. While its predecessor comes with 2 MP camera, Corby Pop is only equipped 1.3 MP camera.

In India Corby Pop will be sold Rs. 7000 or about Rp1,4 million. This is quite a competitive price for a touch-screen mobile phone model. Well, if you are one of Corby lover, just be patient and hopefully it will be released in Indonesia soon.

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CSL Blueberry i9000, the Smallest Qwerty Mobile Phone

Sunday, December 20, 2009

CSL mobile phone producer booked new record by recently launched handsets Blueberry i9000 series which is claimed to be the smallest Qwerty phone.

The phone has dimensions of 53.8 x 98.8 x 13.3 mm. Although it has a small shape, i9000 offers complete features and applications, starting from dual GSM, 1.3 megapixel camera, Facebook application, Twitter, to Opera browser.

Completing its features and applications, i9000 is also equipped with Color TFT LCD 2.0 inch QVGA-size, plus a four-way navigation buttons for menu operation.

This phone is also claimed as religious phone as it has many religious features such as call-to-pray (adzan) feature; along with adzan sound for some major cities of the world. In addition, this mobile phone also has a smart feature to assist the user in determining the direction of Qiblah (kiblat).

Specification:

Network: GSM+GSM 900/1800 MHz
Connectivity: Bluetooth (A2DP), GPRS class 12, USB 2.0
Memory: Micro SD
Features: FM Radio, MP3/MP4 player
Battery: Li-on 1000mAh

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Yahoo! Go will soon be gone

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Yahoo! Go a mobile application was released in 2006 will be closed on January 12, 2010. Yahoo Go is a portal service that allows users to access content within Yahoo itself. This includes emails, contacts, calendar, photos, and so on.

In 2007, Yahoo worked with HTC to offer version 2.0 of this application in windows mobile handset. Then Yahoo released 3.0 version as the improvement of the previous version.

But in the next years, it seems yahoo no longer focus on the application; this can be seen from the lack of development of the new version of Yahoo Go on this year.

As pcworld says, the policy to close the application is a smart move for yahoo. The problem with the development of smart phone technology in these recent 4 years, making this application considered less effective.

So, since months ago Yahoo started focusing on a new iPhone application with some related platforms. This application is named Yahoo Mobile Applications.

Now Yahoo is struggling in the increasingly competitive online marketplace. As a result, since 1990 Yahoo also had been closed their web hosting services called GeoCities. So, let’s see yahoo’s next surprise for next year.

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Connect to your Facebook account via PS3 with support of Firmware 3.10

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Social networking Facebook application would soon be present in the PS3 console. Users only need a firmware update version 3.10. This statement can be seen in Sony's PlayStation blog.

The blog said, when firmware has installed in PS3, users can run applications on the social networking on their beloved console. With this application, the developers are able to update useful information for fans of their games.

By connecting PlayStation Network account to to Facebook account, users also have the option to update their Facebook newsfeed automatically.

Others new stuffs on firmware 3.10 are the photo store feature in the PS3. It says that this feature will be much easier and has better view. Furthermore, the list of friends on the PlayStation Network (PSN) has been modified based on feedback received, after updating firmware 3.00. Users also can choose PSN ID color.

There are some others interesting information about facebook application on PS3. So, check out PlayStation blog for complete review. Don't forget to see a preview video of firmware 3.10 too.

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BlackBerry OS 5.0 for Storm will be coming soon

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Goodnews for Blackberry user. The latest operating system upgrade of the BlackBerry OS 5.0 is rumored to be coming soon. The operating system is designed for the Blackberry Storm. This news comes up after a few days ago BlackBerry informed to update the OS 5.0.328 Strom with some improvements.

Among of those improvements is the addition of browsing feature called Flick scrolling. Furthermore, there is also faster loading time to open application compared to previous version. Unlike the usual updates, this update is not through the OTA (Over The Air). So for Storm users who want to upgrade their OS, make sure there is a PC nearby, and visit the BlackBerry sites.

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Toshiba Satellite M500, A Stunning and Powerful Hybrid Notebook

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Another notebook targeted to mainstream market has been released. Toshiba Satellite M500 combines elegant design with remarkable multimedia features.

First impression spears when you see this gadget is the Flush LCD screen design combined with latest features like system hybrid SSD/HDD, Harman kardon speakers, REGZA-Link, ect.

Covered with bold black color (Premier Black), LCD Satellite M500 cover is made based on Toshiba finishing technique Fusion using IMR (In-Mould-Rolling) technology.

In addition to its chick and fascinating design, Satellite M500 offers edge-to-edge display (Flush Screen) with glass mask, while wheel and switch are made from chrome that beautifies its appearance.

The appearance becomes more perfect with its flat key black button keyboard which turns Satellite M500 into an elegant multimedia device.

Hybrid Performance

With Hybrid SSD system (Solid State Drive) and HDD (Hard Disk Drive), users will get the best two parts of it. First of all is an optimal performance. Notebook PC operation system is stored in SSD with has access five times faster than hard drive.

Second is the storage performance. User data with large capacity will be stored in the hard-drive. And since this notebook is using SSD more frequent, user can also enjoy a better durability from the hard-drive, since the period of storing data on the hard-drive’s head is processed faster. Hybrid storing solution SSD/HDD is available in particular models.

To protect important data in HDD, Satellite M500 is also equipped with hard-drive protection through 3D Motion Sensor built-in which dynamically monitoring vibration, shock and drop-down and quickly keep the drive’s head from any risk that can be occurred.

Specification

Satellite M500 is supported by Intel Core2Duo Processor and memory system 2048MB/4096MB (2048MBx2). Hybrid storing system combines 500GB (SATA) HDD and 64GB SSD. Configuration standard 320 GB and 500GB HDD is also available.

For better graphic performance, Satellite M500 has ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 up to 1278 MB graphic in total. This version is also equipped with ext 512 MB VRAM HD web camera that powerful in making video recording in large format. With about US$1,500 this fascinating product certainly makes more options in the notebook market.

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Apple Officially Released iPhone OS 3.0

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Finally, Apple released iPhone 3.0 software update recently. This software update comes with a bunch of new remarkable features. This Operating System update can be used by all iPhone and iPod Touch users across the world.

The launching of OS 3.0 is almost together with the starting sale of iPhone 3GS that will be available on the public market soon. This new version of iPhone will open all features provided by iPhone OS 3.0.

According to Philip Schiller, Senior Vice President Worldwide Product Marketing Apple in softpedia, iPhone OS 3.0 will be released with a series of new remarkable features full with innovation, both to developer and iPhone users,

iPhone OS 3.0 software update will bring over 100 new features for iPhone and iPod Touch, including Cut, Copy and Paste, MMS (exclusive for 3G), Spotlight Search, Landscape keyboard for Mail, Messages, Notes, Safari, Parental Controls for TV, Movie application from App Store, and Video-recording and editing.

Beside all features mentioned above, there is also a feature that able to capture and send audio recording with new Voice Memo app, Wi-Fi feature that strong enough to download a film, TV program and audio, Stereo Bluetooth and P2P support like the one on iTunes.

iPhone users can download iPhone OS 3.0 for free, while iPod Touch users will be charged US$ 9.95

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Manage Your BlackBerry Vibration using BuzzMe

BlackBerry has a unique vibrate feature compared to others handphone. This feature makes BlackBerry device ringing while vibrating at the same time. This feature is possible through a support from an application called BuzzMe.

BuzzMe application can be used to make sure that BlackBerry vibrates when the ringtone is ringing. This is a little bit different with a basic feature which vibrates first before ringing.

BuzzMe is a free application that suitable with BlackBerry that has 4.2 operation system above or 4.5 or 4.7. Beside this free application, there is BuzzMe Pro, another paid version of BuzzMe application which has more rich features to control your device vibration.

With this paid version application, BlackBerry users are able to manage the vibration more detail. For instance, user can manage the vibration function for SMS and email only, or even manage on how long the vibration will be.

Good news for BlackBerry Storm device users, BuzzMe Pro has a function called facedown. It means, if BlackBerry Storm is facing downward (the touchscreen area is touching the table’s surface), then the device will not be vibrated.

If you are interested on BuzzMe free version, you can download it at BigTinCan.com:
•OS 4.7
•OS 4.5
•OS 4.2+
You can find more detail information about BuzzMe free version in BigTinCan.com

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