The coolest thing around is the new iPhone 3G S from Apple.  Lets see the features and Specifications of it. Meet the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet. iPhone 3G S features video recording, Voice Control, up to 32GB of storage, and more.

FEATURES:

The Fastest iPhone Ever

The first thing you’ll notice about iPhone 3G S is how quickly you can launch applications. Web pages render in a fraction of the time, and you can view email attachments faster. Improved performance and updated 3D graphics deliver an incredible gaming experience, too. In fact, everything you do on iPhone 3G S is up to 2x faster and more responsive than iPhone 3G.

Video

Now you can shoot video, edit it, and share it — all on your iPhone 3G S. Shoot high-quality VGA video in portrait or landscape. Trim your footage by adjusting start and end points. Then share your video in an email, post it to your MobileMe gallery, publish it on YouTube, or sync it back to your Mac or PC using iTunes.

3-Megapixel Camera

The new 3-megapixel camera takes great still photos, too, thanks to built-in autofocus and a handy new feature that lets you tap the display to focus on anything (or anyone) you want.

Voice Control

Voice Control recognizes the names in your Contacts and knows the music on your iPod. So if you want to place a call or play a song, all you have to do is ask.

Compass

With a built-in digital compass, iPhone 3G S can point the way. Use the new Compass app, or watch as it automatically reorients maps to match the direction you’re facing.

Cut, Copy & Paste

Cut, copy, and paste words and photos, even between applications. Copy and paste images and content from the web, too.

Everything you love about iPhone.

Phone, iPod, and Internet device in one, iPhone 3G S offers desktop-class email, an amazing Maps application, and Safari — the world’s most advanced mobile web browser. And your iPhone does even more when you add apps from the App Store.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Size and weight
Height:     4.5 inches (115.5 mm)
Width:     2.4 inches (62.1 mm)
Depth:     0.48 inch (12.3 mm)
Weight:    4.8 ounces (135 grams)

Cellular and wireless
* UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz)
* GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
* Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
* Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR

Location
* Assisted GPS
* Digital compass2
* Wi-Fi
* Cellular

Power and battery
* Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery
* Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter
* Talk time:
Up to 12 hours on 2G
Up to 5 hours on 3G
* Standby time: Up to 300 hours
* Internet use:
Up to 5 hours on 3G
Up to 9 hours on Wi-Fi
* Video playback: Up to 10 hours
* Audio playback: Up to 30 hours

Capacity : 16GB or 32GB flash drive

Color : Black or white

Display
* 3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display
* 480-by-320-pixel resolution at 163 ppi
* Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
* Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously

Audio playback
* Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
* Audio formats supported: AAC, Protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
* User-configurable maximum volume limit

Video playback
* Video formats supported: H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

Mail attachment support
* Viewable document types: .jpg, .tiff, .gif (images); .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (web pages); .key (Keynote); .numbers (Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .rtf (rich text format); .vcf (contact information); .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel)

Camera, photos, and video
* 3 megapixels
* Autofocus
* Tap to focus
* Video recording, VGA up to 30 fps with audio
* Photo and video geotagging
* iPhone and third-party application integration

External buttons and controls
* Sleep/wake
* Ring/silent
* Volume up/down
* Home

Connectors and input/output
* 30-pin dock connector
* 3.5-mm stereo headphone minijack
* Built-in speaker
* Microphone
* SIM card tray

Sensors
* Accelerometer
* Proximity sensor
* Ambient light sensor

Headphones
* Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic
* Volume control
* Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
* Impedance: 32 ohms

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source:apple

The all new Nokia 5800 Xpress Music lets you access all features such as Music, Video, Games with just one touch of a button. The new Nokia 5800 Xpress Music offers a dedicated media bar offering entertainment easily available to its users along with surround sound and high-resolution video viewing.

The Nokia 5800 Xpress Music features a 3.2″  touch screen and a 3.2 mega pixel camera to capture your best moments with your loved ones. Just check out the features and specifications of Nokia 5800 Xpress Music below and get to know it better.

SPECIFICATIONS and FEATURES of Nokia 5800 XpressMusic :

Technical Specifications

Size

* Form: Classic with full touch user interface
* Dimensions: 111 x 51.7 x 15.5 mm
* Weight: 109 g
* Volume: 83 cc
* Touch user interface optimised for one-hand use with tactile feedback

Display and 3D

* Main display
- Size: 3.2″
- Resolution: 640 x 360 pixels (nHD)
- Up to 16 million colours
- aspect ratio 16:9
- automatic orientation sensor (Accelerometer) for display rotation
* 3D image engine

Keys and input method

* Stylus, plectrum and finger touch support for text input and user interface control (alphanumeric keypad, full and mini qwerty keyboard, handwriting recognition, full screen handwriting for Chinese language)
* Dedicated Media Bar touch key for access to music, gallery, share on-line, Video Centre and web browser
* Voice commands
* Physical keys for application launch key (menu key), send & end, power, camera, lock, volume up & down

Colors and covers

* Available in-box colours:  Red, Blue, Black ( Available colours may vary per region) .

Connectors

* Micro-USB connector, USB 2.0 High Speed
* 3.5 mm Nokia AV connector
* MicroSD card slot, small DC jack, Micro USB cable interface to PC (CA-101), TV out interface (CA-75U)

Power

* BL-5J 1320 mAh Li-Ion battery
* Talk time (maximum):
- GSM 8.8 h
- WCDMA 5 h
* Standby time (maximum):
- GSM 406.2 h
- WCDMA 400 h
* Browsing time with packet data (maximum): 3.4 h
* Video playback time (maximum): 5.2 h, Video playback time (maximum, nHD/Mpeg4) 3.4 h, VGA video playback using TV-Out with Stereo BT Headset 3.8 h
* Video recording time (maximum): 3.6 h
* Video call time (maximum): 3 h
* Music playback time (maximum): Up to 35 h
* Gaming time (maximum): 5.6 h

Memory

* MicroSD memory card slot, hot swappable, max. 16 GB
* 81 MB internal memory
* 8GB microSD memory card in-box, expandable up to 16GB

Communication and navigation

Operating frequency

* WCDMA 900/2100
* GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
* WCDMA 850/1900 (Latin America and Brazil variant only)
* Automatic switching between GSM bands
* Flight mode

Data network

* CSD
* HSCSD
* GPRS/EDGE class B, multislot class 32, maximum speed 296/177 kbps (DL/UL)
* WCDMA 2100/900 with simultanous voice and packet data, maximum speed PS 384/384 kbps (UL/DL), CS maximum speed 64 kbps
* HSDPA cat 6, maximum speed 3.6 Mbps (DL)
* WLAN IEEE 802.11 b/g (3G version only)
* TCP/IP support

Local connectivity and synchronization

* Bluetooth version 2.0
- Bluetooth profiles: A2DP & AVRCP
* MTP (Mobile Transfer Protocol) support
* TV out with Nokia Video Connectivity Cable (CA-75U, in-box)
* Support for PC synchronisation with Nokia OVI Suite

Call features

* Integrated hands-free speakerphone
* Number screening for messaging and calls
* Automatic answer with headset or car kit
* Any key answer
* Call waiting, call hold, call divert
* Call timer
* Logging of dialled, received and missed calls
* Automatic redial
* Speed dialling
* Voice dialling: speaker independent dialling and voice commands (SIND)
* Fixed dialling number support
* Vibrating alert (internal), also with tactile feedback
* Side volume keys
* Mute/unmute
* Contacts bar for 4 contacts with images and communication history (SMS, IM, email, web feeds)
* Talking ring tones
* Conference calling with up to 6 participants
* Video calling: up to 3h, QCIF 176 x 144 pixels, low up to 5 fps, normal up to 10 fps, smooth up to 15 fps

Messaging

* SMS
* Multiple SMS deletion
* MMS version 1.3, message size up to 600 kb
* Automatic resizing of images for MMS
* Nokia Xpress audio messaging
* Common inbox for SMS and MMS messages
* Number screening for messaging
* Distribution lists for messaging
* Instant messaging client
* Cell broadcast

E-mail

* Supported protocols: IMAP, POP, SMTP
* Support for e-mail attachments
* OMA e-mail notification support
* Mail for Exchange 2008 in DL client, in 2009 embedded

Web browsing

* Supported markup languages: HTML, XHTML, WML
* Supported protocols: HTTP, WAP, JavaScript
* TCP/IP support
* OSS browser
* Nokia Mobile Search

GPS and navigation

* Integrated GPS for pedestrian and car navigation
* Nokia Maps 2.0 Touch application

Image and sound

Photography

* 3.2 megapixel camera (2048 x 1536 pixels)
* Image formats: JPEG
* Carl Zeiss optics
* 3x digital zoom
* Autofocus
* Dual LED flash
* Flash modes: On, off, automatic, red-eye reduction
* White balance modes: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
* Centre weighted auto exposure; exposure compensation: +2 ~ -2EV at 0.5 step
* Normal, Sepia, Black&White, Vivid, Negative
* Dedicated camera key
* Landscape (horizontal) orientation
* Photo editor on device
* Direct printing to compatible picture printers

Video

* Main camera
Video recording at up to 640 x 480 pixels and up to 30 fps (TV high quality), up to 640 x 352 pixels and up to 30 fps (widescreen quality), up to 320 x 240 pixels and up to 30 fps/15 fps (email high/normal quality), up to 176 x 144 and up to 15 fps (sharing quality)
- Up to 4x digital video zoom
* Front camera for video calling
* Video recording file formats: .mp4, .3gp
* Audio recording formats: WAV (normal), AMR (MMS), AAC/MP4 (high quality)
* Video white balance modes: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
* Scene modes: automatic, night
* Colour tone modes: normal, sepia, black & white, vivid, negative
* Clip length (maximum): 1 h 30 min (high or normal quality). Dependable on available memory.
* RealPlayer
* Video playback file formats: MPEG4-SP playback 30fps VGA, MPEG4-AVC playback 30fps QVGA, WMV9 playback 30fps QVGA, MPEG4-SP playback 30 fps nHD
* Video streaming: 3GPP and CIF
* Landscape mode video playback
* Video editor on device
* Video Centre service supported: download and stream video content, WMV support, video feeds

Music and audio playback

* Nokia Nseries digital music player
- Playlists
- 8-band graphical equalizer
- selection by artist, composers, album and genre
album graphics display and audio visualisations
bass booster, stereo widening, loudness
* Music playback file formats: .mp3, SpMidi, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA
* Dedicated volume keys & immediate access to Music Player from Media Bar, dedicated music keys in the headset control unit AD-54
* Stereo FM radio
* 3.5 mm Nokia AV connector
* Music Player
* Nokia Music Manager
* Nokia Music Store support
* Nokia Podcasting support
* Ring tones: 3D stereo ring tones, 64-tone polyphonic, mp3 & video ring tones (3 videos and 9 mp3 songs built-in)
* Integrated stereo speakers with surround sound (crystal clear hi-fi sound quality with dedicated audio chip)

Voice and audio recording

* Voice commands
* Speaker-independent name dialling (SIND)
* Voice recorder
* AMR, NB-AMR, FR, EFR
* Digital stereo microphone

Personalization: profiles, themes, ring tones

* Customizable profiles
* Ring tones: 3D stereo ring tones, 64-tone polyphonic, mp3 & video ring tones
* Themes

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source : nokia

Samsung Electronics on Thursday said it has used its 50-nanometer circuit technology to develop the first 4-Gb DDR3 PC memory chip, which the vendor claims offers more capacity at significantly less power consumption than current DDR3 products.

Samsung is targeting manufacturers’ new generation of “green” PCs with its new technology, which will be used in 16-GB dual in-line memory modules, or RDIMM, for servers; 8-GB unbuffered DIMM for workstations and desktop PCs; and 8-GB small-outline DIMM for laptops.

DDR3, a type of DRAM technology, has several advantages over its DDR2 predecessor. Among the primary benefits is the ability to transfer input/output data at eight times the rate, while providing a 30% reduction in power consumption.

“We have leveraged our strength in innovation to develop the first 4-Gb DDR3, in leading the industry to higher DRAM densities,” Kevin Lee, VP for technical marketing at Samsung Semiconductor, said in a statement.

By applying its dual-die package technology, Samsung said it can package two 16-GB modules in one dual-die package for a maximum of 32 GB, which is twice the capacity of products based on the previous highest chip density.

Samsung’s latest technology operates at 1.35 volts and has a maximum speed of 1.6 Gbps. A 16-GB module, for example, can consume 40% less power than a 2-Gb DDR3 module because the higher density 50-nm technology uses half the number of chips, 32 versus 64.

Samsung plans to convert all its DRAM products to the 50-nm process. The company released its first product in September with the development of a 50-nm 2-Gb DDR3 DRAM. The company also offers 1-Gb DDR3 DRAM.

The number of PCs shipping with DDR3 system memory is expected to increase steadily. DDR3 is expected to account for 72% of the DRAM market in terms of units sold by 2011 from 29% this year, according to IDC.

The market, however, has been hit extremely hard by the economic downturn, which has caused a slump in the PC and consumer electronics market. Samsung this month reported its first-ever quarterly loss, because of a drop in sales of appliances, liquid crystal displays, and memory chips.

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source: informationweek.com

If you are a Gmail user and is bugged with the fact that your internet connection is slow or you suffer from downtime in your area, then this is the perfect solution for you. Google brings the google gears to Gmail and helps you access your Gmail account even when you are not connected to the internet. Isnt it great. Check below HOW???

The logic is simple but it could be a great value add. If you install the Google Gears plug-in to your browser from the Gmail Lab, Gmail detects when you are offline. The new version caches your e-mail so that you can read it, respond to it, search it, star it, or label it. When you are connected to the Internet again, it sends all the messages that you have prepared while being offline. You can even open attachments.

As Gmail product manager Todd Jackson puts it, “it works exactly the way Gmail already works on mobile phones such as the Android and those that support Gears. The underlying sync engine is exactly the same for Android and offline Gmail.”

Here’s how it works. Once the feature is turned on, Gmail uses Gears to download a local cache of your mail. As long as you’re connected to the network, that cache is synchronized with Gmail’s servers.

When the connection is lost, Gmail automatically switches to offline mode, and uses the data stored on your computer’s hard drive instead of the information sent across the network.

Any messages you send while offline will be placed in your outbox and automatically sent the next time Gmail detects a connection. And if you’re on an unreliable or slow connection, you can choose to use “flaky connection mode,” which is somewhere in between: it uses the local cache as if you were disconnected, but still synchronizes your mail with the server in the background.

According to web reports, Google is making offline Gmail available to everyone who uses Gmail in US or UK English over the next couple of days. If you don’t see it under the Labs tab yet, it should be there soon.

The only bad news is some features that require an Internet connection, such as spell check, won’t work offline. And while you can open attachments, you won’t be able to add attachments at launch. But Google promises to make them available soon!

The system is beta and accessible through Gmail Labs. But it won’t be immediately available to everyone - Google is parsing out access as it experiments with the new feature.

If Gmail lives up to the user expectations, then this would be a big step forward in bringing web mail offline given that presently there are options of offline access to your mailbox, but they all come with strings. You can access your Gmail account through a client like Mozilla Thunderbird. But that doesn’t give you all the Gmail functionality like labels.

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source : Economic times

Times Internet Ltd brings to you Active Search, an intelligent multimedia search engine for mobile users. The easiest and fastest way to search for multi-media content of your favourite celebrity, across ring tones, wallpapers, games, animation etc

Active Search is a single-window search solution, which enables the user to search for multimedia content through Mobile. For example, if the user types the keyword Bipasha, the search window will display multimedia content such as Videos, Ring Tones and Wallpapers which feature Bipasha, as-well as the Latest News
and Gossips about Bipasha. It is the front end for all kinds of multimedia content and information by searching and displaying results from Premium Content, Mobile Content and Web.

To get started, users can simply type www.activesearch.mobi on their mobile internet browser and search for their favourite multimedia content or they can sms ASKMM to 58888. They can then download wallpapers, ring tones, and read the latest gossip about their favourite film stars, cricketers, and celebrities. It is that simple and convenient to use!

This multimedia search engine that has been launched by Times Internet Ltd in association with Unicell Advance Cellular Solutions Ltd. Active Search completely does away with cumbersome surfing and navigation of WAP sites and is an extremely user-friendly interface for searching the most relevant content on GPRS. It creates a new kind of user experience and is a path-breaking endeavour by the Times Group. It could, in coming days become a role model for all search engines that are targeting the mobile internet user.

This is also an excellent platform for third-party content providers, advertisers, and affiliates to promote their services directly to the end users.

Key highlights of this search engine are:
• Easy Search – Active Search can be accessed either by typing the URL on the WAP browser or by sending an SMS to 58888. It is available across all operators on SMS as well as GPRS
o GPRS – Type activesearch.mobi on the mobile browser.
o SMS – Send Active SearchKeyword
• High Relevance – It will only display results that are mobile specific and can be accessed from the mobile phone. User profile and group profile gets built up over a period of time and helps the engine in looking for user-specific content each time he/she does a search.
• Natural language processing – It does not require fixed keywords or codes. Users can use normal text messages to search content. The tool analyzes the keyword, understands it, and then generates the best possible result.
• Platform for Contextual Advertisements – Each time the user types a search keyword, the screen will show a contextual advertisement for a few seconds, till the search results are generated. This is a business opportunity for content providers, advertisers, and affiliates to promote their services or products. The report server generates Live MIS reports for the advertisers, based on user demographics, etc.
• Vertical Search – Aggregation platform where third-party vendors can post their own content on Active Search and generate WAP traffic.

Easy Customization: All pages are generated dynamically and all sections, graphics, colors and positioning can be customized to give it a true local, seasonal or festive feel.

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source : economic times

Google Inc on Wednesday unveiled a plan aimed at eventually letting computer users determine whether providers like Comcast Corp are inappropriately blocking or slowing their work online.

The scheme is the latest bid in the debate over network neutrality, which pits content companies like Google against some Internet service providers. The ISPs say they need to take reasonable steps to manage ever-growing traffic on their networks for the good of all users.

Content and applications companies fear the providers have the power to discriminate, favoring some traffic over others. Google will provide academic researchers with 36 servers in 12 locations in the United States and Europe to analyze data, said its chief Internet guru, Vint Cerf, known as the “father of the Internet.”

“When an Internet application doesn’t work as expected or your connection seems flaky, how can you tell whether there is a problem caused by your broadband ISP (Internet service provider), the application, your PC (personal computer), or something else?” Cerf wrote in a blog post.

The effort aims to uncover the problem for users, Cerf said. Cerf is widely known for his work for the US government in designing the Internet protocol in the 1970s and 1980s.

In a precedent-setting decision last year, the five-member Federal Communications Commission voted to uphold a complaint accusing Comcast of violating the FCC’s open-Internet principles by blocking file-sharing services, such as those that distribute video and television shows. The case became a flash point in the Net neutrality debate. Comcast is fighting the decision in the courts.

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Source: economic times

Chinese Mobiles as we all know them to be. These are the cheap replicas of the original mobile phones having loads of new features and costs a fraction of the original phones. The Chinese Phones offer all the features that any branded mobile phones offer and costs as little as Rs. 2500.00

Now these affordable phones are becoming new Terror Tools.  Following the series of bomb blasts across the country, the Intelligence Bureau (IB) zeroed in on these handsets and last month recommended to the Union home ministry and department of telecommunications (DoT) to ban them. It’s because these handsets, recovered from some terror suspects, did not have the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number and consequently gave no details of SIM cards used in it.

Apparently, terrorists have switched over to such handsets which can be discarded without any hassles and without fear of call transactions being traced.

How exactly does the IMEI number work? Every branded mobile phone comes with a standard 15-digit or 17-digit IMEI number. This number is registered with the GSM service provider once the handset becomes active when a SIM card is inserted.

In case the handset is stolen, even if the SIM card is changed, the police can block the handset by using the IMEI number and even retrieve details from recovered handsets. Even CDMA mobile phones have an electronic serial number equivalent to the IMEI number.

Bangalore City Crime Branch (CCB) officials, who often raid outlets selling such handsets, say: “It is very difficult to extract details from such handsets. Though these ‘Chinese mobiles’ are supposed to have genuine IMEI numbers, they are either fake or several phones have the same IMEI number, making it impossible to find out any details.”

Interestingly, most of such mobile phones are not really made in China. They are assembled in the country, mainly in Delhi and Mumbai and then sold in most cities throughout the country.

These Chinese handsets have become very popular in the city as they have features mostly available only on high-end phones. While genuine high-end phones with several options and features range between Rs 10,000 and Rs 18,000, these phones come for even Rs 3,500 with the same features.

One can buy them at several markets like National Market, Hong Kong Bazaar in Gandhinagar and Dubai Plaza near Brigade Road. Shopkeepers say these phones appeal to several people because in terms of looks and finish they are very similar to branded high-end phones. Dealers selling these handsets say that most customers are happy because there are hardly any complaints.

According to CCB officials, selling these phones is illegal as most handsets don’t come with any documents. The phones are locally made and sold without any receipt or additional tax.

We at TZ request all readers to avoid these type of Mobile Phones and Save all from the Terrorism.

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Source : timesofindia.indiatimes.com