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Exclusive Content with the Best Prices at Amazon App Store, Check it out...

2011-03-19T00:24:00.000-07:00

The secret art of URL guessing – sometimes it pays off. Someone decided to add /apps after amazon.com and the upcoming Android app store was revealed. It was stocked with about 50 apps, some exclusive and some cheaper than in Google’s Market. AndroidNews.de discovered the URL, took screenshots of the Amazon App Store and made a price comparison table between it and the Android Market…

The page has been taken down since but apparently wasn’t fully working even when it was up. Still, there were 48 apps and games were listed in the Amazon App Store. Angry Birds Rio (which will launch exclusively there) wasn’t on the list so, there will be more content added before the store launches. Here’s a sample of what was available in the Amazon App Store. You can check out the full list over at AndroidNews.de along with the price comparison between the two app stores. Among the exclusive titles was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Force Recon (now that’s a mouthful), while some apps like Scan2PDF Mobile 2.0 was a cool $2.50 cheaper in the Amazon App Store. It’s getting crowded in the app store world, isn’t it?

Finally Adobe Flash Player 10.2 for Motorola XOOM is here, Download it now...

2011-03-14T07:06:00.000-07:00

Here comes the Flash Player for XOOM, yes finally the wait is over and Flash Player for Motorola XOOM is available. Well, you don’t have to any more as the app just leaked and you get it running on your device in a minute or so. Seems like a pre-release version of the app so some quirks are expected, but the good news is no root is required. You don’t even need to have applied that preliminary update Motorola posted last week.

All you need to do is enable installation of non-Market apps on your Xoom (found under Settings-> Applications) and get the .apk on board. You can then use a file manager to install it. You can get the file itself from any of the sites listed at this Multiupoad page. The guys over at Engadget already got to take a Flash-enabled Xoom for a spin and they have been pretty impressed with its performance. Now HD Flash video streaming is still choppy, but anything below that and you are fine. Gaming was also possible though the touch-controls pose some natural limitation to that. You can check this next video to see the Flash-flaunting Xoom in action.

A Comparison of Apple iPad 2 and Apple iPad

2011-03-14T00:13:00.000-07:00

Synthetic benchmarks are one thing, but what really matters is real-life performance. The great news is that the iPad 2 computing update is easily felt in everyday usage and we’ve got the video to prove it. Placing the iPad 2 side-by-side with its predecessor the Gizmodo team has demonstrated just how much faster the new tablet is.
The difference is obvious, which is a pretty good achievement, considering that the original iPad was already a pretty smooth performer. But enough talking – take a comfortable seat, hit this link and enjoy the video. The fun part starts at about 0:55.

Shell Scripting | How to automate the MySQL Database Server Individual Database(s) Backup(s)

2011-03-07T21:35:00.000-08:00

Hi guys today I'm going to show you the script that I use to take MySQL Database Server Databases Backups individually. First thing you need to do login to Linux and edit a file with anyname like mysqlbackup.sh.
My favorite editor is VIM or vi in linux, once file's edited put the following code in it and make changes according to your needs:

#!/bin/bash

USER="put username here that can take the backup of all or required databases and have enough privileges"
PASSWORD="write your password for the above specified user"
OUTPUTDIR="path to output directory where backups will be placed"
MYSQLDUMP="/usr/bin/mysqldump"
MYSQL="/usr/bin/mysql"
MYSQLHOST="localhost or ip address of your database server"
MYSQLPORT="3306"
DATE=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d-%H-%I-%S")
EXCLUDE="put the database name here if you want to exclude any from backup"

# get a list of databases
databases=`$MYSQL --user=$USER --password=$PASSWORD --port=$MYSQLPORT -e "SHOW DATABASES;" | tr -d "| " | grep -v Database`

# dump each database in turn
for db in $databases; do
echo $db
$MYSQLDUMP --force --skip-lock-tables --opt --port=$MYSQLPORT --user=$USER --password=$PASSWORD --databases $db | gzip > "$OUTPUTDIR/planet-$db-$DATE.gz"
done

Save the script and you can test it by running it from shell with command like ./mysqlbackup.sh but before you run it you have to make it executable with command chmod +x mysqlbackup.sh then you can run it like ./mysqlbackup.sh

Once script runs successfully and you get your desired results you can put it to cronjobs to run it daily or weekly or monthly as per your requirement.

To put it to cronjob run command:

#crontab -e

then make an entry for your shell script like this:

* * * * * /bin/sh /path/to/mysqlbackup.sh

First star is minutes, second star is hours, and then next ones are days, week days and month etc... That's it. I'll be back with more tutorials. See you later...

Wallpapers for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic | Never seen before...

2011-03-07T11:23:00.000-08:00

Remote-Control and Drive your BMW with Nokia C7 | A must watch Video...

2011-03-07T10:44:00.000-08:00

You must’ve seen James Bond controlling cars in the movies by remote control from his cell phone or I must say James Bond has been seen many times controlling his car or driving his car by using his cell phone.

Like if you remember then let me remind you Tomorrow Never Dies where James Bond has controlled BMW with his Mobile Phone. It’s massive and huge fantasy that action heroes do in the movies but what I say you can do it in your real life, yes in real actual life a BMW can be controlled by a Cell Phone.

Well Well Well We’ve a video with us two boys has done this they controlled and drive BMW with NOKIA C7 Phone. It took them 20 days of coding and 7 demo tests on toys and home appliances but they did it – they’ve got a BMW 1 Series car driven remotely using a Nokia C7 with touchscreen controls. Check out the video, which shows some of their early tests, fitting the car with the control mechanisms and finally, driving it from a distance. Before getting to work on the car itself, the guys tested their tech on an air conditioner among other things, and we gotta say that seems to have more practical value, not to mention it’s a lot safer. Now the adventurous duo have their eyes on an airplane. Sky is the limit, as some say… Anyway, we’ve been seeing several smartphone apps from car makers and phone/in-car entertainment system integration. Do you think this could be the next big thing?

Get $100 Refund if you have bought an iPad prior to the iPad 2

2011-03-07T08:12:00.000-08:00

Are you one of those users bought an iPad a few days prior to the iPad 2 announcement? Are you frustrated because of the sudden $100 price drop?

Well, we can’t blame you though you should have seen it coming! Anyway, Apple’s thought of a way to fix your disappointment. Apple will return that $100 to you if your purchase is made after 15 February. The amount will be refunded to your credit card. We don’t know yet whether the refund policy will be applicable in other countries or just the US.

Apple iPad 2 Smart Cover | What's the idea behind it...

2011-03-07T07:15:00.000-08:00

The whole world was thrilled a couple of days ago with the arrival of Apple iPad 2, a lot of reviews are done and detailed description of iPad 2 is already up in the air.

It’s awesome technology introduced by Apple and it’s rocking and the Tech World is rocking with it. Well now when the wait is over and iPad has become Official lets checkout the Apple iPad Smart Cover that’s present by Apple along with iPad 2, it’s to protect the new iPad. Well there are some rumors in the air about this Smart Cover that the sleek idea like that was bound to go under the scrutiny of the press and the blogger’s community.

And as it turned out, Apple’s Smart Cover may be borrowed or totally copied from elsewhere. Not only that but the possible source of the Smart Cover is not one, there are two. The first is an accessory designer – Incase, who have a very similar product for the exact same purpose – protecting your device. It’s almost uncanny a resemblance. It’s practically the same. Now price-wise the Apple Smart Cover costs $40 or $70 depending on the material you’re getting.

The Incase cover is $50. And it doesn’t magnetically attach to the iPad, it uses snap-on rubber side-grips to hug the iPad. The second source of debate can be scratched right off. But we guess it still deserves mentioning. We are talking about these very interesting bathtub covers, which look just like the Smart Cover. As you’ll see even the default color is the same. There must be something going on there. Is Apple going to respond, we’ll have to wait and see. For detailed pictures of the Incase iPad 2 case you can head right to the first source link below.

Get Angry Birds | Released for iOS and Android powered Devices

2011-03-06T12:09:00.000-08:00

Angry Birds Season v1.2.1 is released for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch and for Android Devices. So both Android and iOS powered devices can have Angry Birds new Season, good news for the users.

Apart from the other (still playable) levels, this time it adds a whole new set of levels in a “Valentine’s Day” setting. Still a lot of fun to play, it offers quite a few new playable levels with each their own love twist. Enjoy this game like I do!
Game developer Rovio is at it again, with 18 new Angry Birds levels commemorating Valentine’s Day coming to Angry Birds Seasons. The updated expansion pack will make its way onto the App Store on Monday, a full week before the holiday. Those who already have Angry Birds Seasons will get the new levels for free.

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Motorola XOOM WiFi Version is available at $539 | Details

2011-03-06T04:57:00.000-08:00

Motorola XOOM WIFI Version has been found on some US Store with a Price Tag: $539, this price is really less than the CDMA Version that's available that Verzione at the moment.

Meanwhile in Europe the Motorola Xoom showed up in its entire connectivity-full suite in the UK and Germany. The 3G+Wi-Fi version of the Xoom is priced at £599.99 in The Carphone Warehouse for the UK and €699.95 in Germany, courtesy of Amazon. Mind you both are SIM-free offers with pre-order prices. Amazon doesn’t specify a date for delivery and The Carphone Warehouse states early April. The Motorola Xoom is one of the hottest slates out there on the market, even after the iPad 2 was announced a couple of days ago. The Xoom comes with the tablet-oriented Android 3.0 Honeycomb, dual-core processing power and HD video prowess.

Massive updated version of Infinity Blade Game for iOS based Devices is here...

2011-03-04T08:46:00.000-08:00

A massive update has been released for Infinity Blade Game for iOS Devices, INFINITY BLADE Game is about UNREAL ENGINE 3, game Graphics are excellent for cell phone devices, really really cool. This latest update to Infinity Blade brings 6 new game arenas and some other nice stuff.

The update is name as The Deathless Kings and it also brings almost more than 10 new enemies to fight against, more than 30 new magic rings and weapons, six new game arenas and gameplay enhancements and optimizations. Not only that, but they are also selling the game at half of its original price to celebrate it. it’s now up in the AppStore for only 3 bucks.

Top Celebrity Wallpapers for Nokia 5233

2011-03-04T07:35:00.000-08:00

Give your Nokia 5233 a new look with cool Wallpapers of Megan Fox, Kristen, Tom Cruise, etc...

Katrina Kaif Wallpapers for iPhone 4

2011-03-04T05:24:00.000-08:00

TECHRESORTZ's managed to get the HD Wallpapers of Katrina Kaif for iPhone 4 Users, now give your iPhone a new astonishing look with Katrina Kaif's Hot Wallpapers. Have fun...

Blackberry Playbook | You've never seen Blackberry like this before...

2011-03-03T10:02:00.000-08:00

It was rumored that Blackberry Playbook will hit the shelves in first quarter of the year but the real story has gone little different and Research In Motion seems not to going for this launch during the first quarter of the year instead of it the expected launch date of the RIM Blackberry Tablet will be around 10^th of April 2011. Apparently the QNX platform isn’t completely ready yet and it will only turn Gold master on 31st of March.

This means that all early adopters will be prompted to do a software update right after they power their Playbooks on. Now we are pretty excited about the BlackBerry Playbook and its cool new platform so let’s hope that will be the last delay and we’ll really be able to see it in the market next month.

With 9.7" more powerful Capacitive Touchscreen Display and 9x Faster A5 Chip, Apple brings Apple iPad 2 | Checkout the Video Review...

2011-03-03T04:20:00.000-08:00

Apple has announced Apple iPad 2 and we’ve managed to get iPad 2’s Official Video Review for you. The video will unveil an Overview of Apple iPad 2. Well some major features are: 9.7” Screen 1024x768px, it’s Capacitive TouchScreen. The display is more powerful than the iPad 1 and the device packs a 9x Faster Graphic Chips with Apple A5 chipset.
Let’s have a look at the video:

Official Images of Apple iPad 2, All at one place...

2011-03-03T03:36:00.000-08:00

We’ve managed to get the Official HD Images of Apple iPad 2 all in one place, I believe you guys are going to love it. All these iPad Images are taken from Apple site and have been pasted at one single place for you guys. Let’s see the iOS 4.3 in Action on iPad 2, checkout the stylish, slim iPad 2 which brings a lot new features and qualities to it’s Users. MHGBN3N4WDG8…

iPad 2 | Apple A5 Chipset - Details Review

2011-03-02T21:17:00.000-08:00

Apple A5 is the latest Chipset with Dual-Core CPU that is fix in Apple iPad 2. Well as we all know Apple always keeps the secrets about it’s products and brings surprises to the World same is the case with iPad 2 and Apple A5, it’s not very clear what’s inside the home-brewed architecture, but here’s what we assumed it to have. Lets talk about the CPU first, it’s Dual-Core Cortex-A9 which is a real safe thing.

ARM Architecture is present as it’s pretty clear from the Image provided here aswell. It’s hard to say anything about Clock Speed but I will run around 1 GHz. This is also on a chance that Apple’s used two Cores to 800 MHz for the improved Battery Life, but the smart money really is on a gigahertz. Talking about iPad 2 GPU is a much more complicated matter. What has come out from Apple is that it’s 9 times faster than the PowerVR SGX535 of the original iPad. Our main suspect is the multi-core PowerVR SGX543 GPU, which should deliver a performance that roughly fits the description. This was also what previous rumors suggested so we would rate its probability as pretty high. By the way, here’s what you’ll see if you remove the display of the iPad 2. The Apple A5 chip can be seen right next to the battery, almost right in the middle. The whole place is taken by the huge Li-Polymer battery. In fact, it’s the same 25Whr battery used in the previous gen iPad. Only this time, it’s positioned to the side (as on the iPhone 4) and not in the middle (as on the original iPad). Finally, we come to the available RAM. There is absolutely no available information on that one, but we’d be shocked to find out if the iPad 2 has anything less than 512 MB of RAM. An increase over the measly 256 MB that the first iPad offered is mandatory a doubling seems to us like the perfectly reasonable thing to do. That move will provide all the RAM heavy multi-taskers might need without skyrocketing the production costs.

Apple iPad 2 announced today | Rumors or True ?

2011-03-02T11:11:00.000-08:00

Well Well Well the wait for iPad 2 continued for a long period and the lovers and fans of iPad were anxiously waiting when iPad 2 hits the Shelves. So this is it, iPad 2 announced today by Apple, so many rumors and news were and are in the air about this great device. Some rumors are like that we shouldn’t be so excited about the iPad 2, because it’s more of a ‘ho-hum update’ rather than something fundamental, which is what the iPad 3 is going to be.

Of course, this being a rumor, the Apple staffer in question hasn’t mentioned any iPad 3 specs or details at all. I tend to not believe this, as history has proven that Apple are not into that sort of thing. Releasing consequent versions of the same device in one year, that is. Another expectation, or a wish rather, is that Steve Jobs himself will make a short appearance at today’s event. Sources close to Jobs have confirmed that he, despite being on a medical leave, has been seriously thinking of attending the event and even stepping up on stage. This will definitely bring some of Apple’s lost stock market positions back, but don’t expect Big Steve to take an important role of the actual reveal of the iPad 2. Let’s get back from Rumorland and get straight to the facts here. The Apple Store is currently down, which indicates that indeed something big will happen today. You can bet that we are going to cover everything that is happening today from Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.

Celebrity Wallpapers for Nokia 5230

2011-03-02T06:41:00.000-08:00

Get the Hottest Celebrity Wallpapers for Nokia 5230, give your cell phone a new look with Bollywood Celebrities Wallpapers.

XPERIA NEO by Sony Ericsson | see Specs details and checkout the Demo Video

2011-03-01T21:34:00.000-08:00

XPERIA NEO is an awesome and the most latest flagship by Sony Ericsson. The look and features of Sony Ericsson XPERIA NEO are really cool. We’ve managed to get a Video of Sony Ericsson XPERIA NEO for our readers, check it out you are definitely gonna love it. Video reveals an overview of the XPERIA NEO and will demonstrate the User Interface.

The look of NEO is almost like Sony Ericsson VIVAZ but differences are much NEO comes with a 3.7-inches Reality DISPLAY with FWVGA RESOLUTION and Sony BRAVIA Mobile Engine Support. NEO packs an 8 MP Camera with Sony’s Exmor R Sensor with a Flash LED, it’s fully capable of HD Video Recording and results are awesome. Well if we talk about connectivity then there are a lot of options available, almost all that are in use these days plus HDMI PORT is also included and a microSD card slot with 8GB card pre-installed. Last but not least OS is Android which has replaced Symbian. XPERIA NEO is based on the latest Snapdragon platform with a 1GHz Scorpion processor and Adreno 205 graphics, These Specs are really good enough powerful to run the Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Well overall it seems a great device, lets checkout the Xperia Neo Video:

Wallpapers for Nokia 5233 | Katrina Kaif | Megan Fox

2011-03-01T10:00:00.000-08:00

Get free premium wallpapers downloaded for your Nokia 5233, give your cell phone a new look with attractive Megan Fox and gorgeous Katrina Kaif wallpapers:

March 22 brings Samsung Galaxy Tablet

2011-03-01T08:42:00.000-08:00

Samsung is very much into Tablet Business and definitely wants to capture the market by making some massive hits in Tablet Market. Well if we look at the Tablets then 7-inches Android Tablet was released by Koreans, this one was the first major achievement that was done, then two weeks back a 10-inches Slate was introduced. Now it’s very much in news that Another Galaxy Tablet is about to come to Market by Koreans. Well the image displayed above has taken from the Teaser Poster published on the Samsung Facebook Page and it’s very clearly asked in the image “What’s your Tab life?”
Now as the 7-inches & 10-inches tablets are already on shelves we are expecting a 8-inches or a 9-inches Galaxy Tab and most probably it will be announced on 22nd of March. What if Samsung comes up with both of these that will be even great. Well if we don’t have any specs details at the moment but it’s pretty clear that tablet will be having a video-call camera on the top. Judging by its location the new Galaxy Tab will be closer to the 10.1” version we saw at the MWC so telephony seems unlikely. Also notice that honeycomb in the lower right corner? No prizes for guessing the OS that will be powering the new Tab. By the way, the Samsung Galaxy S was announced on 23rd March last year so we might see the next big thing in the Android world at this “special episode” of Samsung unpacked.

1. Nokia OVI Browser Nokia OVI Browser Beta, Details and Download Link...
2. Convert WP7 into XBOX Controller Convert your Windows Phone 7 into an XBox Controller

Convert your Windows Phone 7 into an XBox Controller

2011-02-28T21:04:00.000-08:00

Great news for Windows Phone 7 Users, now you an turn your Windows Phone 7 into an XBOX 360 Controller and yes Kinect is included, good one... We’ve a video that will demonstrate it here for our readers “How to Convert WP 7 to Xbox Controller. Let’s have a look at this technical video and at this spot I’d like to mention that this video doesn’t show whether the integration between WP7 and XBOX ecosystem will run or not.
It’s a must watch especially for Windows Phone 7 Users, check it out and give it a try if you have XBOX and like to experiments. It’s time to give an entirely new dimension to gaming.

Nokia OVI Browser Beta, Details and Download Link...

2011-02-28T18:18:00.000-08:00

Nokia has introduced a latest beta version of its OVI BROWSER. There’s tough competition between OVI Browser and Opera Mini, will OVI Browser be able to provide all the features like Opera Mini does? It’s a question mark and still not answered. Well the New OVI Browser has received some polish since last year which is quiet good but still question stays is Ovi Browser better than Opera Mini.
This beta release of OVI Browser got a new Start Page which shows Popular Links and for countries like India, Indonesia, China and Russia the Start Page has localized, if you are not in any of these countries then you will see a general start page with most popular content like Twitter and Facebook etc...

In the last version of OVI Browser it had a menu bar at the bottom which in this beta version is replaced now with floating buttons, it’s a good change as it really use the screen real estate more efficiently. For improved and better performance Ovi Browser reformats and compresses the pages before sending it to the user’s devices, the concept’s taken from Opera Mini. But still I think Opera Mini is better than OVI Browser with it’s 5 tabs and Speed Dial on it’s Start Page, I think Nokia still have to make OVI Browser more better to make people change their minds for switching to OVI Browser from Opera Mini. Ovi Browser beta is launched with 85 languages support. Well you better give OVI Browser a try on your device and see if it’s better and easy to use for you.

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