Opera has just released the final versions of its Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10 mobile browsers.

Opera Mini 5 sports a brand new look, tabbed browsing, and tons of new features that I’m sure all Opera Mini users would love to try.

Opera Mini 5 Key Features

• Tabbed browsing
• A visual Speed Dial
• Opera Mini now remembers your passwords
• A new, easy to use interface, optimized for both touch and keypad phones
• A download manager
• Opera Link, to keep you synchronized

Opera Mobile 10 for Symbian and Windows Mobile (final version) is now also available for download which brings in lots of new improvements and bug fixes.

Download Opera Mini and Opera Mobile 10

You can download these mobile browsers from the Opera Mobile website: Opera Mobile

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Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10 Final Now Available

VLC Remote for Android brings the popular VLC Player controls on your Android device and you can watch movies without having to sit near a computer for basic controls.

Android VLC Remote app allows you to control media playback of VideoLAN Client from your Android-powered mobile device.

VLC Remote for Android

This app offers basic functionality of VLC Player on your Android device, like play/pause, stop, next, previous, volume controls and album art. You can also open files in your computer using this app and select audio or video file from your playlist.

You must enable the HTTP interface in VLC Player for this app to work and detect your computer.

Download VLC Remote for Android

You can download this app for free from the Android Market or use the direct link here: Download VLC Remote for Android

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VLC Remote for Android Devices

Seesmic for Windows Phone was just announced at the MIX 2010 conference.

After Seesmic for Android and Seesmic for BlackBerry, they have now introduced, Seesmic for Windows Phone at the MIX10 conference which is being held in Las Vegas.

Seesmic for Windows Phone is still in its early development stages, and by the time first Windows Phone 7 devices hit the market, they would be fully utilizing the Windows Phone’s OS rich user experience and full integration of Bing maps and its geo-location features.

More features and plugins will be created when they are made available.

At MIX10, along with the announcement for Seesmic for Windows phone, they also announced Seesmic Desktop, which is a Silverlight-based Twitter client for Windows and Mac.

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Seesmic for Windows Phone, Announced Too

Seesmic just announced two new products at the ongoing MIX10 conference in Last Vegas. Catch the live video stream here.

One of the product is the all new Silverlight-powered Seesmic Desktop Platform. It’s a development platform for Silverlight developers that want to work on the development of Seesmic Desktop Platform with cool new plugins and addons.

Seesmic Desktop Platform allows you to integrate Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn accounts and in terms if design is quite similar to the Sessmic for Windows app.

Other features in the Seesmic Desktop includes animated transitions in settings and personalization of background.

One of the plugins that went on the live demo is the Bing mapping control plugin that will show location of users using geo-location enabled Twitter clients.

Seesmic Desktop will work under both, Windows and Mac.

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Seesmic Desktop Platform, Silverlight-Powered Client Announced

MIX 2010 live streaming is available online and you can catch all the Microsoft fun there. MIX10 is about to begin in an hour.

MIX is a 3 day conference for web designers and developers building the world’s most innovative web sites using Microsoft technologies.

This conference is to be held from March 15 to March 17, 2010 in Las Vegas.

There are tons of announcements coming up, with Microsoft previewing the Internet Explorer 9, a newer version of Silverlight and some demo videos of products it will be launching soon (or may be not?).

Watch MIX 2010 Keynote Live Streaming Online

You can catch the live streaming of MIX 2010 online from the official website given below.

http://live.visitmix.com/

The event is about to start at 9 AM PDT.

[Via Sizlopedia]

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Watch MIX 2010 Keynote Live Online

Yes, you read the title right! You can now use your Android phone as a mouse and keyboard.

RemoteDroid turns your phone into a wireless keyboard and mouse with touchpad, using your own wireless network.

It is a free app for devices running the Android OS i.e Nexus One, Droid, HCT Hero etc. Next time, your keyboard or mouse stops working in the middle of some important work, you won’t have to rush out to get a new one!

Here’s a video of RemoteDroid running on the HTC Hero:

RemoteDroid Features

• Touch-screen mouse control
• Two onscreen mouse buttons, with right-click/control-click functionality
• Use in either portrait or landscape mode
• Works with any WiFi network — no Bluetooth hardware or adapters required
• Compatible with Mac, Windows and Linux operating systems

RemoteDroid consists of two parts: the phone application you can download from the Android Market, and a server application for your computer that you can download from the link below.

Requirements

This app has three requirements:

• Java SE Runtime Environment 1.5 or higher on your PC
• A wireless network connection.
• A device running the Android OS.

Download RemoteDroid Server App

You can download it from the RemoteDroid website: Download RemoteDroid Server App

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RemoteDroid: Use Android Phone as Keyboard/Mouse

Nowadays, so many rumors are going on all over the internet. First it was about iPhone 4.0 to support multi-tasking, Nokia to announce C6 and the latest rumor suggests that HTC is planning to launch HTC Touch Pro 3 running Windows Mobile 6.5.

Ofcourse, it won’t support Windows Mobile 7 because of its different requirements (but who knows?), but Windows Mobile 6.5 would be cool for the HTC Touch Pro 3.

A post on XDA said,

Just had a dinner with a friend of mine who is the main distributor for HTC in Europe, and he informed that they will receive the first shipment of Touch Pro3’s this summer and they will be on sale in Europe third quarter of this year. This is my main contact for HTC devices and he arranges a Touch Pro2 for me 4 months before it was officially released…He told me that the device will be much smaller and thinner, and soon he will provide me with the evidence including the full specifications Do you guys think this would be something you would purchase or would you rather wait for the Windows Phone 7?

Well, with Windows 7 release expected by the end of this year, the chances of HTC launching a WinMo based mobile are not very high. Even if they are planning to release the mobile this summer, there would have been some news related to its launch or an event where they would launch the product. Although there are chances it may be a Windows 7 based handset.

All we can do is wait and see what HTC will announce in the upcoming days.

[Via Techie-Buzz]

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HTC to Launch HTC Touch Pro 3?

Installing different softwares to convert files into different formats can be a bit of a hassle. One of the main problems by installing different types of software is that it can use a lot of your system resources making it slower.

We have gathered list of useful online tools and services that can solve this problem. The following list of websites will allow users to convert most common file formats easily without installing any software on your PC.

Zamzar

1. Zamzar: Zamzar is a great free online file conversion service which allows you to convert most used file formats. Once the file is converted, it emails you with the link where you can download the converted file. The free service allows up to 100MB files and as many as five concurrent conversions.

To convert the file, all you have to do is upload the file, select the file format in which you want the file to converted and click Convert. And you are done.

Main features of Zamzar:

• Free and easy to use
• Support almost all the common file formats
• Upload and convert up to 100mb files
• Convert doc files into mp3 audio files

To see the complete list of supported file formats, click here.

Convert.Files

2. ConvertFiles: ConvertFiles is another handy tool which can help you convert almost any type of documents, archives, spreadsheets, audio and video files from one format to another. The service allows users to upload files of up to 150mb. It even allows you to send the converted file to a mobile device.

Main features of Convertfiles:

• Free and easy to use
• Upload files of up to 150mb
• Supports almost all file formats
• Send converted files to a mobile device

Click here to view the list of supported file formats.

Free File Converter

3. Free File Converter: Free File Converter is a free tool which can help you convert all the popular file formats. It even allows you download videos from many different websites. Free File Converter allows you to upload files of up to 200mb.

Main features of Free File Converter:

• Free and easy to use
• Upload files up to 200mb
• Download videos from popular video sites
• Click here to view the list of supported file formats.

Media-Convert

4. Media-Convert: A free service that converts documents, images, audio, video and compressed files. It can send the converted file to a mobile device as well as convert a file hosted on a webserver.

Main features of Media-Convert:

• Free and easy to use
• Send converted files to a mobile device
• Convert files hosted on a webserver

Online file detection service to detect the type of file you upload.

YouConvertIt

5. YouConvertIt: A free service which allows you to convert any media file format (Documents, Images, Audio, Video and Archives) without buying or installing anything on your PC.

Main features of YouConvertIt:

• It’s Free
• Convert any media file format
• Convert video from different websites
• Send converted files to your friends

List of supported file formats can be found here.

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Top 5 Free Multi-Purpose Online Conversion Tools

iPhone 4G ‘leaked’ photos have once again started popping up, and ofcourse, they are fake (or may be not?) by the looks of them.

This time, the leaked photos are not just of the iPhone device, but also includes unboxing, accessories, a dock etc.

The first glance at these photos tell you they are fake because Steve Jobs isn’t that dumb to call the next-generation iPhone as the iPhone 4G (what the Internet world call it as).

Check out some of the screenshots below:

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iPhone 4G Unboxing Photos Leaked

Nokia C6 first exclusive photo has been leaked online. Nokia C5 was just announced a few days back, and now we have the C6.

This phone looks like a mashup of the Nokia 5230 and the Nokia N97 with a sliding keyboard. It will probably be the second phone in the Nokia C-Series. [What is C-Series?]

Nokia C6 seems to be running Symbian^3 (as per the screenshot). No more details have been out, but it looks like Nokia will be announcing this one soon.

[Via Fonearena]

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Nokia C6 Photo Leaked

PlayStation Move was announced yesterday by Sony at the Sony GDC. Several game demos were also shown being used with the PlayStation Move.

The announcement was made during Sony’s Game Developers Conference event yesterday which is Sony’s answer to the Xbox Project Natal and Nintendo Wii.

PlayStation Move Videos, Game Demos

Collected from various sources, here are a few game demos:

PlayStation Move Release Date

PlayStation Move is expected to release in September of this year.

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PlayStation Move Game Demo Videos

Sony announced PlayStation Move yesterday. Yes, the long-rumoured motion controller was finally unveiled by Sony.

This long stick-shaped motion controller has been named PlayStation Move, which brings all the rumours of it being called the Arch (or previously known as PlayStation Motion Controller) to an end.

The announcement was made during Sony’s Game Developers Conference event yesterday. Several games were also demoed that you will be able to play with the PlayStation Move.

PlayStation Move is Sony’s answer to the Xbox Project Natal and Nintendo Wii and boy, the device looks amazing!

This device will be sold in several bundles/packages. There will be a “Starter Kit” which will include the Move, PlayStation Eye (camera) and a game which is expected to go on shelves at less than $100. Or it would be sold as a standalone device – cost of which is still unknown and could be sold bundled with the PlayStation 3 console too.

Sony also unveiled a wireless “PlayStation Move Sub-Controller” featuring an analog stick which will support Move in games. This is similar to that of Nintendo Wii’s Nunchuk.

Some of the games demoed at the Game Developers Conference were Sports Champions, Move Party and SOCOM 4 will be fully playable with the PlayStation Move and its Sub-Controller.

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PlayStation Move Announced, Motion Controller by Sony

IPL has just started today which includes 60 matches, spread over more than a month (45 days).

The best part about IPL this time, is that fans all over the world can watch IPL live on YouTube, and that also for free!

You are no more bound to your TV sets or have to sit in front of them all day to catch all the updates. But now, YouTube has tied up a deal with IPL to broadcast all the 60 matches live on YouTube IPL channel page.

Due to this agreement, Google will have exclusive online rights on the IPL content for two years.

Now stop reading here, and head over to the YouTube page to watch the live ceremony of IPL!

IPL Live on YouTube

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IPL Live on YouTube, Watch Matches Online

Few pictures and specs of Verizon’s upcoming Android based phone, HTC Incredible, have been leaked today. The pictures look somewhat real compared to all the prototypes that were leaked before. Rumors have it that it’s another Sense UI Android with an 8MP camera with LED flash.

Rumors also suggest that the Snapdragon processor has been underclocked to 768MHz to save battery life while the RAM has been doubled to 512MB.

HTC Incredible Specifications

Here are the leaked specs of HTC Incredible:

• 8 megapixel camera with autofocus
• Memory: 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM (320 free to the user)
• Android 2.1 with HTC’s Sense UI
• Optical Trackpad
• 3.7? WVGA (800×480) AMOLED Screen
• 1300mAH battery
• FM Tuner
• 802.11b/g WiFi
• 117.5 mm (L) x 58.5 mm (w) x 11.9 mm (T)
• 1Ghz Snapdragon processor, underclocked to 768Mhz.

HTC Incredible  Photos

[Via Engadget]

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HTC Incredible Leaked Pictures and Specs

One of the biggest complaints that all iPhone users have is the lack of multitasking support in the iPhone, and no, this is not a new issue, but something which has been bugging everyone for the last 3-4 years since the first iPhone released.

According to some sources for AppleInsider, Apple is finally planning to incorporate a task manager that will integrate with the established iPhone user interface in the iPhone OS 4.0.

Apple believes that multiple apps running simultaneously will run down the battery faster, or could lead to more out-of-memory errors as apps contend for resources of the iPhone. But it looks like some big changes are going to be seen in the iPhone 4.0 firmware.

iPhone 4.0 is expected to be unveiled at the WWDC 10 and also the iPhone 4G featuring a 5 megapixels camera (may flash too?), faster CPU and a new design.

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iPhone 4.0 Firmware Gets Multitasking, Finally!

Indian Premier League (IPL) is the most watched cricket tournament in India and is watched by fans around the globe! This time, YouTube will be broadcasting all the matches live on YouTube.

These matches will be broadcasted live on the official IPL channel on YouTube.

IPL includes 60 matches which are spread over 45 days.

Matches will be shown with a five-minute delay as compared to the TV, because TV already has the rights to broadcast the matches live. Due to this agreement, Google will have exclusive online rights on the IPL content for two years.

Now fans all over the world won’t have to rely on online live streams or TV streaming to watch the match. They can easily watch them at YouTube IPL channel.

IPL Channel on YouTube

[Via LifeRocks]

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Watch IPL Matches Online on YouTube

Windows Live Writer is the best word processing application to write blog posts and then publish them online on your favourite blogging platforms.

Unfortunately, Windows Live Writer does not support posting to Posterous.com, which means you can’t benefit from having the great experience of using Windows Live Writer when publishing to Posterous.

Writerous (thanks Keshav) is a plug-in for Windows Live Writer that allows the user to create their post in Live Writer and then publish it to Posterous.com. It’s a small and simple plugin that does what it says to.

Simply run the MSI file to install the plugin in your Windows Live Writer.

Download Writerous

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Post to Posterous from Windows Live Writer

Remember ODROID? Yes, the handheld gaming device powered by Android. ODROID Developer Edition recently got an Android 2.1 update which makes it running on the latest Android version up to date.

It is based on a Samsung-manufactured application processor called S5PC100 833MHz. The system-on-chip(SoC) uses the latest ARM’s Cortex-A8 with NEON multimedia accelerator.

This device has so much potential to be the next big thing in the Android world, but it looks like developers haven’t yet realized that. From the video above, everything seems to be running very smooth on the ODCROID with Android 2.1.

Some really cool new 3D games can be expected now, thanks to the new 3D features of the Android NDK announced by Google.

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ODROID Developer Edition Gets Android 2.1

Google has launched a marketplace integrated within Google Apps that would allow third-party developers to sell software directly to Google business consumers.

The rumours for such an app store have been for a month now, but yesterday at the Google’s Campfire One event in Mountain View, the search engine giant announced the Google Apps Marketplace.

This event was broadcasted live on the Google Developers YouTube Channel.

Google Apps Marketplace

The Marketplace can be accessed by the URL given below/:

http://www.google.com/enterprise/marketplace/

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Google Apps Marketplace Launched

Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1 has been upgraded to a beta version. The beta release of this desktop email client was released by the Mozilla Messaging developers.

This release of Thunderbird 3.1 beta fixes a total of 96 bugs including performance updates and security fixes.

There are four notable changes in this release. As pointed out by the Thunderbird team, they are:

• Several fixes to improve upgrading from Thunderbird 2.
• Several fixes for auto complete, tabs, and activity manager.
• Several design improvements and corrections to the interface.
• Stability and memory improvements.

Download Thunderbird 3.1 Beta

Thunderbird 3.1 Beta can be downloaded for all operating systems from here: Download Thunderbird 3.1 Beta

[Via gHacks]

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Thunderbird 3.1 Beta Released

MP4 is now one of the most widely used video formats used in mobile phones and videos recorded using a mobile phone’s camera is also in MP4.

If you would like to convert many video clips to MP4 format, the One-Click Video Converter is the best app available for this purpose. And not just MP4, it supports a wide range of formats that you can convert to.

One-Click Video Converter Series bring you easy to use free programs for converting videos to various formats.

The programs supports the following video formats: 3G2, 3GP, ASF, AVI, FLV, MOV, MP4, MPG, RM, SWF, VOB, WMV, which include all the formats used by YouTube, iPhone, iPod, PSP, Zune, etc.

The programs provide truly “one-click” solutions: Using them is as easy as adding the files to be converted (click Add Files button), specifying output folder, and clicking Convert button.

Download One-Click Video Converter

You can download this freeware from here: Download One-Click Video Converter

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Convert Videos in One-Click

Few days back, we posted a video by SE officials unboxing the XPERIA X10. We had some idea that they will be introducing new interface for their new smartphones, XPERIA X10.

Sony Ericsson has designed a completely new interface called UXP or User Experience Platform. It is based on Sony Ericsson’s latest phones, XPERIA X10, X10 mini and X10 Pro, based on Android OS.

CNET reported,

CNET took an in-depth tour of UXP with George Arriola, Sony Ericsson’s head of human interface design, at the company’s lab in San Francisco. Overall, we liked what we saw. Sony Ericsson’s UXP interface is clean, easy-to-use, and attractive. We also like that it lets the basic Android framework shine through.

This can finally change things for Sony Ericsson smartphones in terms of user experience. This change may attract many SE fans who were expecting something new from Sony Ericsson Team.

Here are some of the screenshots provided by CNET.

To view the rest of the pictures, click here.

[Via CNET]

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Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 New Interface

Opera Mini 5 for Android beta was released a couple of hours ago today and since then I have been playing with the app, and trust me, I’m finding it even way faster than the Opera Mini 5 for Symbian.

This is just the first beta release, which means more improvements and bug fixes will render it into the fastest and the best browser on Android platform.

Opera Software today launched the newest beta version of the world’s most popular browser for mobile phones, Opera Mini 5, on the Android platform. Opera Mini 5 beta for Android brings a fast and cost-efficient Web experience to any handset built on the Android platform.

I have tried Opera Mini 5 for Android on my HTC Hero and the Nexus One. Performance is up to the mark on both the devices. It’s speedy, responsive and cost-efficient.

Opera Mini 5 on Nexus One and HTC Hero

The UI is the standard Opera Mini 5 interface available for touchscreen phones. When compared with the old Opera Mini 4.2 for Android, this latest beta leaves v4.2 far behind.

And I just noticed, Opera Mini 4.2 has been removed from the Android Market and if you search, Opera Mini 5 beta is the only one available there.

Opera Min 5 offers some of its standard features on the Android version – tabbed browsing, speed dial, Opera link, download manager, history, bookmarks manager, saved pages etc.

Screenshots of Opera Mini 5 Android have been attached below the download link.

Download Opera Mini 5 Android

You can download the browser by pointing your mobile browser to m.opera.com/next or download it directly from the Android Market.

Opera Mini 5 Android Screenshots

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Opera Mini 5 Android Review, Screenshots

Yes, Opera Mini 5 beta, the long awaited browser has finally released for the Android users to test and play with the app. This is just the first beta version.

Opera Mini 5 for Android is now available for download. More details on the browser will follow up soon after we test drive it. Check out the full review and screenshots of Opera Mini 5 Android.

Download Opera Mini 5 beta for Android

To download Opera Mini 5 beta for Android, visit http://m.opera.com/next from your Android phone or download it from the Android Market.

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Opera Mini 5 Beta for Android Released

Taking screenshots in Windows require you to hit the Print Screen key and then open an image processing app like paint to save the screenshot taken. If done with a simple freeware, it would take a lot less time.

Lightscreen is a simple tool to automate the tedious process of saving and cataloging screenshots.

It operates as a hidden background process that is invoked with one (or multiple) hotkeys and then saves a screenshot file to disk according to the user’s preferences.

Lightscreen Features

• Can execute at Windows startup
• System tray icon for easy access.
• Five configurable actions, each with it’s own hotkey
• Multiple image formats (PNG, JPEG, etc) and image quality selector.
• A notification when the screenshot is taken.
• Screenshot delay.

Download Lightscreen

You can download this freeware from here: Download Lightscreen

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Lightscreen: Screenshot App for Windows

Sony Ericsson XPEIA X10’s unboxing video is out, and no, sadly we are not the ones unboxing the device. It’s the Sony Ericsson guys themselves, who run the Product Blog unboxing the new XPEIA X10, powered by Android.

They show the boxes for both colors of XPERIA X10 and also show a bit of what to expect in the box i.e the XPERIA X10, USB cable, charger, earphones, battery and documentation.

XPERIA X10 Unboxing

The unboxing clip was shot with the Sony Ericsson Vivaz, which means you can try out its video quality at 720p on YouTube.

[Via SE Product Blog]

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Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Unboxing Video

HTC Legend has been reviewed by Gizmodo, and according to them, it is not just a “HTC Hero sequel”.

Every feature and hardware specification that has received an upgrade as compared to the Hero shows what beautiful device HTC has come up with this time!

Gizmodo says the Legend is way more responsive, super fast and HTC Sense (on Android 2.1) is said to be at its best. Now this all adds up how the HTC Desire would be when it is released.

Check out the full review of HTC Legend at Gizmodo here.

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HTC Legend Review, by Gizmodo

HTC Supersonic has been briefly caught on cam and boy, that 4.3 inches screen looks awesome!

Not much was shown in the video accept the HTC boot screen on the HTC Supersonic and showed the backside of the deive which had HTC Supersonic printed.

HTC Supersonic still has not been officially announced, but will soon be as the device photos have been leaking on the web for quite some time. This device will be powered by Android, and have a 4.3-inch display and WiMax (4G).

Enough for now… Check out the video below

[Via MobileCrunch]

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HTC Supersonic, Caught On Cam

Apple finally announced the exact date of when the iPad will be available in the US. It’s coming on Saturday, April 3 – for the WiFi models. WiFi + 3G models will be available later in April.

For the countries other than US, i.e Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK, iPad will be available there in late April.

Apple is taking pre-orders for the iPad, starting from March 12, for the US. WiFi and WiFi + 3G models will have to be ordered online through the Apple Online Store. Or you can get an iPad (WiFi model) reserved to pick up on April 3.

For complete specifications, photos and video, click here and here.

iPad Price

iPad will be available through AT&T starting from $499, yes, that’s the price! You won’t be tied to a contract, but will be on prepaid plans with the AT&T.

[Via Mashable]

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Apple iPad Launches on April 3

Guess what will come next after the iPad? Yep, we’ll get to see the iBoard and the iMat. Apple launches a new product every two years which is powered by the iPhone OS.

And it won’t be long before we actually see an iBoard and an iMat running on the iPhone OS.

Check out the image below that shows the evolution of the iPad in 2012 and 2014!

[Via BeGeek]

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iBoard and iMat Next, After The iPhone and iPad

You can easily import phone numbers of your Facebook contacts to Google Contacts with the help of a Greasemonkey script.

This could be useful for people using Google Sync to sync their Android devices or iPhone with Google Contacts and want their Facebook phone numbers too in the Contacts list.

Here’s the script: AddressBooker

How to Import Facebook Phonebook To Gmail Contacts

1. First, make sure you’re using Firefox with GreaseMonkey installed.
2. Go to your Facebook phone book. Log into Facebook, click Friends at the top, then click Phonebook on the left.
3. Then in the Firefox menu, go to Tools->GreaseMonkey->User Script Commands->Export Facebook Phonebook
4. Log into AddressBooker with your Google account, and follow the instructions.

This tip was originally shared by Brad Fitzpatrick, founder of LiveJournal.

[Via Folksonmy]

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Import Facebook Phonebook To Gmail Contacts

Emoze Pro version has now become “Free”  for everyone! In case you don’t know, Emoze is the popular third-party push email and messaging (kinda like Nokia Messaging) client for Symbian devices.

Yesterday, Emoze blog announced that all the features of the pro version are now available for free.

Apart from Rich HTML support, and PUSH email, the full version of Emoze also has:

• Configure multiple accounts on a single handset
  • Outlook
  • Gmail
  • Hotmail
  • Facebook messaging
  • Your own home or ISP email account
  • OWA Corporate email
• Manage all your email accounts on the GO
  • Send and receive email
  • Reply, forward and save to drafts
  • Receive, View, Send and Download attachments up to 2MB
• Each email account is identified by its own icon.
• Each email account has its own inbox
• Create folders and save mail from any account to a folder

Download Emoze

You can download Emoze for Nokia S60 devices by pointing your mobile browser to: m.emoze.com

[Thanks CJ!]

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Emoze Pro Now Available for Free

Now you can import your Facebook contacts to your Yahoo! Mail and access them from there. Last year, Yahoo! announced Facebook Connect integration and some other plans to improve Mail, so before they add that, you can now import contacts from Facebook.

Along with importing your contacts from sites like Gmail and Windows Live Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail now allows you to connect with your Facebook friends and easily add their email addresses to your Yahoo! Contacts list.

This will make it easy to communicate and share with the people you care about – wherever you are in Yahoo!. So when you are on Yahoo! Sports and you want to email your old high school buddy that great article on the Winter Olympics, his email address is just a click away.

How to Import Facebook Contacts to Yahoo Mail

Just follow the steps below to import your Facebook contacts to Yahoo! Mail.

• Go to the Import Contacts landing page and select Facebook.
• Authorize your account.
• Importing will now begin!

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Import Facebook Contacts to Yahoo Mail

Swype for Android is now available to a limited users for a public beta. Earlier, it was only available to some users as a private beta, but Android users can get a public beta from Swype website.

Swype provides a faster and easier way to input text on any screen. With one continuous finger or stylus motion across the screen keyboard, the patented technology enables users to input words faster and easier than other data input methods—at over 50 words per minute.

Here are some details for the Swype for Android beta:

• Initially we will have a limited number of participants – we’ll expand it soon
• In English and Spanish – more languages to come
• Limited Features – some key features of Swype require OEM integration
• HVGA and WVGA Resolutions – don’t worry we’ll detect this automatically
• Limited End User Support – mostly via our forum
• If your phone came pre-installed with Swype
  DO NOT download this beta (it won’t work)

How to Try Swype for Android

To get the Swype for Android beta, go to the Swybe Beta website and register. You will get an email then with the download instructions.

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Swype for Android, Public Beta Now Available

Raging Thunder 2 is now available in the Android Market and App Store of the iPhone for download. Polarbit is now out with the second wave of its 3D games.

This game, Raging Thunder 2, is now available in the Android Market for €4.00 ($5.63) and you need to a high-end device like the Nexus One, Desire or Droid to run it.

Raging Thunder 2 Features

• Six single player game modes: Career, Arcade, Single Race, Time Attack, Survival, Instant Race
• Online or local, cross-platform multiplayer with pre and post-race chat
• Choose from a fleet of tuner cars with the ability to upgrade wheels, body, wings, and engine
• Multiple upgrade options for each area with visual enhancements
• Ten beautiful, varied and animated track environments with tons of hidden shortcuts
• Stunning, console quality 3D graphics using OpenGL 2.0

Raging Thunder 2 features online, cross-platform multiplayer gaming and allows players to challenge strangers around the world to heart pumping racing action whether on an iPhone or Android phone.

Buy Raging Thunder 2 for iPhone

Raging Thunder 2 is now available on the iTunes App Store for $4.99, you can download Raging Thunder 2 for iPhone and iPod Touch here: http://itunes.com/apps/ragingthunder2

Buy Raging Thunder 2 for Android

Raging Thunder 2 is now available in the Android Market for €4.00.

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Raging Thunder 2 Released for Android and iPhone

Oscars is about to start in a few hours and fans all over the world are already glued to their television sets for the event to kick off! If not TV, then you have tons of places to watch Oscars 2010 live online and now, you have iPhone too!

The official Oscars app for iPhone brings you all that you need to know about the 82nd academy awards on your iPhone – Android app next year, may be? ;-)

Everything you need to make the best choices: complete nominee list, insider information on each nominated film, viewable trailers and more can be found in this app.

Oscars App for iPhone Features

• A complete list of 2010 Oscar Nominees organized by category.
• Predict the winners in each 2010 Oscar category.
• Nominees List: includes valuable insider information on each nominee.
• Trailers: View previews from nominated films, including each of the 10 Best Picture Nominees!
• User Predictions and Social Network Sharing: Share and comment on your predictions through Facebook, Twitter, text and email!
• Real Time Community Results: See how you fared compared to the rest of the world.

Download Oscars App for iPhone

You can download this app from the iTunes App Store here: Download Oscars App for iPhone

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Oscars 2010 Live Updates on iPhone

Nexus One is currently the most powerful Android phone available in the market right now. There other cools ones coming too, like the HTC Desire, but for now, Nexus One is the one to go for if you want to experience Android OS.

Even with so many features, the Nexus One is powered with a 1400 mAh battery which hardly gives around 6-7 hours for full-time users. Battery timing was improved a lot in the last software update, but still 1400mAh is not enough.

Google introduced additional batteries last week for the Nexus One, but they are of same size – An official 1600 mAh battery would have been great! For those who don’t want additional batteries, can go with this Nexus One Emergency Charger.

Features

• Insert one 1.5V AA battery.
• Compact and light, ideal for travelers.

This charges would allow you to charge your phone anytime and anywhere you want. All you need to do is carry around this charger and a 1.5 AA battery as it uses that to power your phone.

Nexus One Emergency Charger is available at a sale price for $5.99 – Order Now!

[Via Mascobz]

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Nexus One Emergency Charger

Oscars 2010, 82nd Annual Academy awards, are almost here which will go live on 7th March 2010 (8PM ET) and will be held at the Kodak Theater (Hollywood), Los Angeles, California.

Oscars will be aired on TV, but just in case you miss it there or are not able to watch, you can always watch them online for free.

Watch Oscars 2010 Live Online for Free

I have collected a few links from where you can watch Oscars 2010 live online and that also for free without having to move yourself to TV to watch them. I will keep updating the list as Oscars get near because many other sources will put up live streaming video links.

Watch Oscars 2010 Live on Oscar.com

Watch Oscars 2010 Live Online on Hulu

Watch Oscars 2010 Live Online on TV.com

Watch Oscars 2010 Live Streaming on UStream.tv

Watch Oscars 2010 Live Streaming on LifeStream – AP (My favourite!)

Watch Oscars 2010 Clips on YouTube

These are just the links that I was able to find right now. More will be added as the event gets near.

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Watch Oscars 2010 Live Online

Assassin’s Creed II Multiplayer was released today for the iPhone and the iPod Touch, and guess what? It comes with a promotion that I’m sure none of you would like to miss!

Ubisoft is offering Assassin’s Creed II Multiplayer for FREE for the next 48 hours to everyone who wishes to download it for their iPhone or iPod Touch.

This promotion will end on March 2 – This game was released on March 1, 2010. Ubisoft showed this game last month, but a release date was not announced and surprisingly enough, they released it yesterday for everyone to play the popular Assassin’s Creed II  online with other assassins.

Download Assassin’s Creed II Multiplayer

You can grab this title from the App Store from here: Download Assassin’s Creed II Multiplayer

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Assassin’s Creed II Multiplayer Free on iPhone – 48 Hour Promotion

Nokia today unveiled a new Cseries of its Nokia phones with the announcement of the first phone in the Cseries, the Nokia C5, which is an affordable smartphone optimized for social networking and sharing.

What will we have in Cseries? Well, Nokia posted a blog post explaining what exactly is Cseries and why they chose to launch this next.

“The new Cseries represents the core of Nokia portfolio, focusing on social interaction between friends and family.”

And not just this, Nokia also explains:

Today’s announcement of the Nokia C5 joins its similarly named cousins of the Nokia X3 and Nokia X6, both of which were announced at Nokia World last year. As yet, we haven’t seen a similarly named E or N series device and of course, we won’t be commenting on when either of those might be happening.

This new naming convention is designed to make things easier for users, so they can quickly and easily work out where a device sits within the series and beyond that have a clearer idea of what each series does. Nseries remains the flagship and most advanced range of products. Xseries comes next and focuses on social entertainment. Eseries remains focussed on productivity and business whilst Cseries represents the core range of products.

I’m hoping to see some new Nseries and Eseries devices to be announced, but I don’t think that is going to happen anytime soon.

From what I heard through a couple of sources at Nokia, the Nokia E72 will be the last of Eseries and won’t have anymore new phones. But you never know when Nokia might change its mind.

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Introduction to Nokia Cseries

Facebook app for Zune HD was made live earlier today and is now available for download for Zune HD users.

Now can use your Zune HD to connect with your friends on Facebook. Update your status to let your friends see what you are listening to right now, view your Facebook page, and much more.

Photo Credit: Engadget

Facebook app on Zune HD offers a rich experience to browse Facebook and is much better than the Twitter app.

Download Facebook App for Zune HD

You can download this Zune HD app from here: Download Zune HD Facebook App

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Zune HD Facebook App, Download Now!

Fring has been updated today for Symbian 9.3 devices which now allows Nokia phones running on S60 3rd Edition (Feature Pack 2) to have video calls.

Just a few days ago, Fring added support for video calls on Nokia E71, and now they have extended this feature on more phones.

Now, the Nokia E72, E75, N96 and other Symbian 9.3 devices can also enjoy video calling through Fring on their phone. A heads up for all the other Nokia S60 users is that they all update their version of Fring as it has been updated with bug fixes and improvements.

Dowload Fring for Symbian 9.3

To get the latest Fring for your phone, point your mobile browser to m.fring.com and download it.

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Fring Video Calls for Nokia Symbian 9.3 Handsets

Nokia unveiled a new device today, the Nokia C5, which is an affordable smartphone optimized for social networking and sharing.

Along with this, they also launched a new naming convention, Nokia Cseries. More details on that will follow later as more devices in the Cseries are announced.

The Nokia C5 is a smartphone packed into a feature phone body, powered by S60 3rd edition OS and a number of messaging and social networking features that comes built in with the C5.

This phone features a cool new feature where users could see your friends Facebook status updates right from your Phonebook and you can also update your status and location using Ovi Maps 3.0 (this comes with free navigation).

Nokia C5 Specifications

• Display: 2.2-inch display
• Camera: 3.2-megapixel camera with fixed focus
• Messaging: Nokia Messaging for email, messaging and IM.
• IM: Supports Google Talk and Windows Live Messenger
• Other: FM Radio, Ovi Maps 3.0, 3.5mm AV connector, Stereo IHF speaker
• Capacity: 2GB microSD card included (up to 16GB supported)
• Battery: 12 hours talktime (GSM), 26 days standy-by time
• OS: S60 3rd Edition
• Colours: White and warm grey

Nokia C5 Release Date & Price

The Nokia C5 will be available in the second quarter of 2010 globally in Europe, Eurasia, SEAP, China and MEA. The anticipated retail price, before applicable taxes and subsidies is €135.

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Nokia C5 Announced, First in C Series

Opera 10.5 final version has released and is now available for download. Just yesterday the release candidate version was released, and now we have the final version of “the world’s fastest browser”.

And like I have posted before, Microsoft has started offering alternative web browsers to Windows users in Europe, Opera is also one of its top choice.

“200 million Europeans now have a chance to find a new browser. We are convinced that people who try Opera will see that our product is better, because it is fast, powerful, easy to use and has the best security record in the industry,” said Jon von Tetzchner, Co-founder, Opera.

Opera 10.5 offers enhanced speed, security and visual enhancements in this latest version.

Opera 10.5 Key Features

• Speed: Opera is known as the “fastest browser on Earth” and the latest version wins in open speed tests.
• Security: Opera has the strongest security record among all the leading Web browsers.
• Opera Turbo: Boost your speed on slow networks with our powerful servers to get you Web pages faster.
• Visual tabs: Drag the handle underneath the tabs to reveal thumbnails of your open Web pages.
• Customizable Speed Dial: Get easy access to your favorite sites every time you open a new tab.
• Opera Link: Synchronize your Speed Dial, bookmarks, notes and other useful data across all your devices.

This is only the Windows version for now. Opera 10.5 for Mac is in beta and will soon released.

Download Opera 10.5

You can download Opera 10.5 from here: Download Opera 10.5

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Opera 10.5 Final Released, Download Now!

Now this is something really very surprising! Microsoft is offering other “alternative” web browsers to its users in Europe.

In the latest Windows Update, Microsoft prompts users of Internet Explorer using Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 to make an “important choice” of choosing their web browser. The move is part of a settlement with the European Commission.

This update will be delivered to you via Automatic Updates, or if you have that disabled, you can get it from the Windows Update website. It doesn’t alter anything in your system, other than it unpins IE from your taskbar and asks you what browser you want to use.

The list of web browsers being offered by Microsoft are:

• Avant
• Chrome
• Firefox
• Flock
• Green Browser
• Internet Explorer
• K-meleon
• Maxthon
• Opera
• Safari
• Sleipnir
• Slim

Remember, this is only for users who use Internet Explorer as their default browser. Windows users who already use other web browsers i.e. Firefox, Opera etc will not be prompted to choose.

[Via AfterDawn]

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Microsoft Offering Alternative Browsers to Windows 7 Users

We all know Android Market is not available in all the countries yet. Not exactly the entire Market, but users in countries like India, Pakistan and a number of other places don’t get paid apps in Android Market on their phone. Only free apps are accessible.

Market Enabler is an Android app for ‘rooted’ devices that could be used to fake a phone’s location and access Android Market from other countries.

Being in Pakistan myself, I don’t get to see the MySpace Mobile Android app in my Market, but thanks to Market Enabler, I downloaded that app from the T-Mobile (US) market. Also I could see two more apps by Google, Finance and Listen, that are not available for other countries/regions.

Market Enabler is based on reverse engineering of Android Market delivered up to 1.5.x but does work with final 1.6 Market. And now also fully supports Android 2.0 and 2.1 (I’m using it on my Nexus One!).

Dowload Market Enabler

You can download this app for free from here: Dowload Market Enabler

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Enable Paid Apps in Android Market

The first Windows Phone 7 handset has been unveiled by Microsoft at The Engadget Show, and the first WinMo7 phone is by LG.

Windows Phone 7 Series was launched at Mobile World Congress 2010 last month in Barcelona in the presentation by Microsoft.

This LG handset seems to perfectly fit in the requirements needed to run the latest Windows Mobile OS. The prototype phone was unveiled by Microsoft’s Aaron Woodman, featuring Windows phone 7 Series. It is a QWERTY-slider phone with a multitouch display and standard Windows Phone 7 Series device buttons – Back, Home and Search. It also had the power, volume and camera buttons.

According to Engadget, this device is “just a hair thicker than an iPhone or Nexus One” and features a 5 megapixels camera with flash and a headphone jack. Detailed specifications will come up later before the actual release of this LG device.

[Via Neowin]

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First Windows Phone 7 Series Handset by LG

Seesmic for Android also received an update today after the Seesmic for BlackBerry app update yesterday.

I did mention yesterday that Android users will soon get an update as the BlackBerry users got one yesterday and today morning when I woke up, I saw a notification on my Nexus One for a Seesmic update available.

This update brings bug fixes and TweetPhoto upload service has been added. Other features like the multi-accounts is already there in Android version, so that isn’t needed. But a Ping.fm integration will be very useful to Seesmic for Android.

Seesmic for Android can download this update from the Android Market on your phone.

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Seesmic for Android: TweetPhoto Service Added

Google Buzz users must have noticed that whenever you get comments on your post/update, you get a notification email in your email inbox about the comment.

Now this feature could be useful for some, but for most of us, this is quite annoying and looks like spam for regular Buzz users who get comments on almost all of their posts.

How to Disable Comments Notifications

To disable comment notifications for a post, simply follow the steps below:

1. Look for the post you want to disable comment notifications of.
2. In the top right of the post, click the arrow for more options
3. Select “Mute this post” to disable comment notifications.
   

You will not get email notifications of comments now.

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How to Disable Comments Notifications in Google Buzz

Seesmic for Blackberry has received a big update today. This app was first launched in November 2009 along with an Android version, and since then we have seen it improve with every update.

The BlackBerry Twitter app, Seesmic, is now one of the best and probably the only full feature-loaded Twitter client for Blackberry devices.

Several new features have been added in today’s update. Here are the highlights of what has been added in the latest update of Seesmic for Blackberry app.

• Add upto 10 accounts
• Ping.fm integration
• Tweetphoto support
• Upload photos in different sizes

Ping.fm was earlier acquired by Seesmic, which means now your status update can be published at up to 50 social networks at a time. And yes, multi-accounts support is BIG!

Seesmic for BlackBerry app is the first one to get Ping.fm support and I’m hoping to see it soon in Seesmic for Android app too. Multi-accounts support is already there in the Android version of Seesmic.

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Seesmic for BlackBerry Updated: Multi-accounts and Ping.fm Support