SymDVR v1.27(1) is video recorder utility with wide functionality onboard. Some of key functionalities are: record videos non-stop, record in background, acquire and log GPS info, write subtitles with date-time and GPS data. Also it has favorites functionality which help you to save important videos to separate folder on the fly.

SymDVR v1.27(1)

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Bluetooth
Bluetooth allows your mobile phone to wirelessly connect, via low frequency radio waves, with external devices such as a headset for making calls. Many Bluetooth cell phones also allow you to exchange or sync data with other Bluetooth devices or to connect to stereo headphones to listen to music. For more information see CNETs Quick guide to Bluetooth.

Speaker phone
A speaker phone is useful for hands free calling when youre driving or multitasking. Consider getting a cell phone with a full duplex speaker phone, which allows both parties to speak at the same time. Business travelers who need to set up impromptu meetings will want to look at a mobile phone or smart phone that supports conference calling.

Specification
Phone

• Service provider : T-Mobile
• Vibrating Alert : Yes
• Voice Recorder : Yes
• Speaker phone : Yes
• Voice Mail Capability : Yes
• Polyphonic Ringer : Yes
• Alarm Clock : Yes
• Calendar : Yes
• Additional Features : QWERTY keyboard layout , Intelligent typing (T9)
  

General

• Cellular technology GSM
• Band or mode GSM 900, 1800, 1900 (Tri-Band)
• Wireless Interface Bluetooth 2.0
• Combined with With digital camera and digital player
  

Digital Camera

• Camera highlights With a resolution of 2 megapixels, this model will give you better pictures than other phones.

Digital Player and Recorder

• Digital player supported digital audio standards AAC, MP3
• Digital player and recorder type Digital player
  

Display

• Display Type LCD display
• Display technology TFT
• Diagonal Size 2.4 in
• Display Resolution 240 x 320 pixels
• Color Support Color
• Color Depth 18 bit (262.000 Colors)
  

Power

• Battery installed Lithium ion

Messaging and Data Services

• Short Messaging Service (SMS) : Yes
• Internet Browser : Yes
• GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) : Yes
  
• JAVA applications Yes
• Mobile Email : Yes
• Messaging and Data Features Text messages, Picture messages, email
• WAP Protocol Supported : WAP Protocol Version WAP 2.0

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Spontaneous dance parties. Exquisite sunsets. Junior High graduations. Each and every timeless moment is easily captured with the EX-S10. The worlds smallest and thinnest 10 megapixel camera fits perfectly into accessible pockets for spontaneous snapshots and personal YouTube friendly videos. Life seems 10 times more vivid once this Exilim starts shooting.

The Exilims 10 million pixels of extremely high resolution maximize clarity so detailed moments are captured the way you envisioned. Super high resolution is maintained when printing very large sizes as well.

The wide 2.7 inch Super Clear LCD screen delivers amazingly high contrast and brightness, and enhanced movie functions can turn anyone into a phenomenal photographer and monumental movie maker.

Share your stills over the Internet or download them to your iPod or iPhone. Shoot videos and transfer them to YouTube with ease. Strong, thin tempered glass ensures high tech durability. Youd never have realized that a digital camera could be so much fun. The Exilim EX-S10 is a party in your hand. Choose among a rainbow of available colors.

iTunes compatible video format YouTube video capture Contrast Detection Auto Focus Modes. Auto Focus, Macro Mode, Pan Focus, Infinity mode, Manual focus or Macro Focus for close ups Exposure Control Metering Multi pattern, Center Weighted, spot by CCD or Control. Program AE or Exposure compensation 2EV till +2EV by 1/3 EV step CCD electronic shutter and mechanical shutter Auto 1/2 to 1/2000 second. Night Scene 4 to 1/2000 second Sensitivity Setting Still Auto, ISO50, ISO100, ISO200, ISO400, ISO800, ISO1600 Movie Auto Dimensions 3.70 (W) x 2.14 (H) x. 59 (D); 3.98 oz.

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This post is part of Whos at Google I/O, a series of guest blog posts written by developers who are appearing in the Developer Sandbox at Google I/O. Its also cross-posted to the Google Code blog which has similar posts for all sorts of Google developer products.

Mojo Helpdesk from Metadot is an RDBMS-based Rails application for ticket tracking and management that can handle millions of tickets. We are migrating this application to run on Google App Engine (GAE), Java, and Google Web Toolkit (GWT). We were motivated to make this move because of the application’s need for scalability in data management and request handling, the benefits from access to GAE’s services and administrative tools, and GWT’s support for easy development of a rich application front-end.

In this post, we focus on GAE and share some techniques that have been useful in the migration process.

Task failure management

Our application makes heavy use of the Task Queue service, and must detect and manage tasks that are being retried multiple times but aren’t succeeding. To do this, we extended Deferred, which allows easy task definition and deployment. We defined a new Task abstraction, which implements an extended Deferrable and requires that every Task implement an onFailure method. Our extension of Deferred then terminates a Task permanently if it exceeds a threshold on retries, and calls its onFailure method.

This allows permanent task failure to be reliably exposed as an application-level event, and handled appropriately. (Similar techniques could be used to extend the new official Deferred API).

From the existing Mojo Helpdesk: a view of a user’s assigned tickets.

Appengine-mapreduce

Mojo Helpdesk needs to run many types of batch jobs, and appengine-mapreduce is of great utility. However, we often want to map over a filtered subset of Datastore entities, and our map implementations are JDO-based (to enforce consistent application semantics), so we don’t need low-level Entities prefetched.
 So, we made two extensions to the mapper libraries. First, we support the specification of filters on the mapper’s Datastore sharding and fetch queries, so that a job need not iterate over all the entities of a Kind. Second, our mapper fetch does a keys-only Datastore query; only the keys are provided to the map method, then the full data objects are obtained via JDO. These changes let us run large JDO-based mapreduce jobs with much greater efficiency.

Supporting transaction semantics

The Datastore supports transactions only on entities in the same entity group. Often, operations on multiple entities must be performed atomically, but grouping is infeasible due to the contention that would result. We make heavy use of transactional tasks to circumvent this restriction. (If a task is launched within a transaction, it will be run if and only if the transaction commits). A group of activities performed in this manner – the initiating method and its transactional tasks – can be viewed as a “transactional unit” with shared semantics.

We have made this concept explicit by creating a framework to support definition, invocation, and automatic logging of transactional units. (The Task abstraction above is used to identify cases where a transactional task does not succeed). All Datastore-related application actions – both in RPC methods and "offline" activities like mapreduce – use this framework. This approach has helped to make our application robust, by enforcing application-wide consistency in transaction semantics, and in the process, standardizing the events and logging which feed the app’s workflow systems.

From the existing Mojo Helpdesk: a view of the unassigned tickets for a work group.

Entity Design

To support join-like functionality, we can exploit multi-valued Entity properties (list properties) and the query support they provide. For example, a Ticket includes a list of associated Tag IDs, and Tag objects include a list of Ticket IDs they’re used with. This lets us very efficiently fetch, for example, all Tickets tagged with a conjunction of keywords, or any Tags that a set of tickets has in common. (We have found the use of "index entities" to be effective in this context). We also store derived counts and categorizations in order to sidestep Datastore restrictions on query formulation.

These patterns have helped us build an app whose components run efficiently and robustly, interacting in a loosely coupled manner.

Come see Mojo Helpdesk in the Developer Sandbox at Google I/O on May 10-11.

Amy (@amygdala) has recently co-authored (with Daniel Guermeur) a book on Google App Engine and GWT application development. She has worked at several startups, in academia, and in industrial R&D labs; consults and does technical training and course development in web technologies; and is a contributor to the @thinkupapp open source project.

Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor

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A frequent theme we have heard from customers and read in the community lately has been about lock-in. What does it mean to choose a cloud provider? What trade-offs are reasonable but also proprietary? Is there a model that works or can work for you? Peter Magnusson, the engineering director responsible for Google App Engine, takes on the topic recently on G+ and it is worth a read. But he’s not the only pundit discussing the topic and I’m sure he won’t be the last.



Take a look at Peter’s thoughts and let us know what you think.



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Samsung NX1000, 16mm, F2.4, 1/30s, ISO 800

With year end comes Christmas lightings, and one of the ways to capture the Christmas spirit - literally - is to roam the shopping belt of Orchard Road where the decoration lights glisten.

If you carry a consumer compact camera and want to capture the lights, here are some tips Id like to share.

Switch Off Your Flash
Flash is useful to light up a near object, like a person. It cannot light up the entire street or the sky. So if you attempt to capture the street scene with flash, you will find that your foreground will be lit up unnaturally while the background will look darker. Try by turning off the flash and shoot again with steady hands.

Samsung NX1000, 16mm, F2.4, 1/20s, ISO 250

Adjust Exposure Manually
For many compact cameras, when you turn off the flash and let the camera meter automatically, the image might turn out overexposed, or blur. This is because the camera thinks that the scene is too "dark", which is correct. However, you wanted the dark to be dark. So, if you camera has a function called EV compensation, then you can adjust down the exposure by selecting a negative value of, say -1. Different cameras meter differently, so play around with this to get the optimal exposure.

Samsung NX1000, 16mm, F3.5, 1/30s, ISO 400

My favourite method is to set the shooting mode to Manual, which means you decide the aperture and shutter values. My usual settings are 1/30s, f/3.5, ISO 400. Anytime when you feel that the exposure is not bright enough, reduce the exposure by 1 step (1/15s -> 1/8s -> 1/4s, etc.).

Samsung NX1000, 16mm, F2.4, 1/13s, ISO 100

Manual Exposure + Flash
Now that you have achieved the best exposure value for shooting the night lights, you can add the flash to shoot portraits. Heres a tip: adjusting the shutter speed manually DOES NOT affect the exposure of the person lit by the flash. It will however brighten up the background. The catch is not to select too slow a shutter speed or else your background will be blurred.

Samsung NX1000, 16mm, F2.4, 1/20s, ISO 640, Flash

Help with "Dummy" Camera
If your compact camera is unable to do any of the above, all is not lost. Use the SCENE mode to work around. Find a Night Scene mode and use that. The results may not be consistent, but well, if you are serious about capturing better night scenes, then you would have to invest in a better camera. Look for one that lets you adjust exposure manually or shoot in M mode.


Happy Lights-Shooting
Over the years, camera manufacturers have been improving their camers to make them more consumer friendly. Some cameras have over 30 preset SCENE modes to cater for every scenario, but they all boils down to the control of depth of field (aperture) and speed of capture (shutter) to achieve proper exposure. Once you understand how camera works, then you will know how to overcome some shooting challenges and achieve more pleasing images.


P.S. if you have missed the year-end festivities, fret not. You can use the same techniques to capture any night light scenes.

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Today’s post comes from Keith Casey, Sr. Developer Evangelist at Twilio. In this post, Keith describes how to use Twilio with Google App Engine on the PHP runtime. You can follow Keith on Twitter at @caseysoftware or on Google+.



I’ve wanted to explore Google App Engine for years. Between its SLA, automatic scaling, and queuing system, it has always been compelling. Unfortunately, since my Python skills are somewhere between “Hello World” and “OMG What did I just do!?” I decided to save myself the embarrassment. When Google announced PHP support for App Engine, I was both ecstatic and intrigued about what might be possible. To get something running in just a few minutes, I decided to use our Twilio PHP helper.



When experimenting with a new Platform as a Service, there are nuances of which you should be aware like dealing with a virtualized file system and needing a separate service for email. However, the remaining nuances are usually pretty minimal and required only the “tweaking of my module” rather than a heavy “rebuilding of my app”.

Knowing that up front, let’s dig in.



Set up the PHP on App Engine environment



First, check out and follow Google’s Getting started with PHP on Google App Engine to set up your local environment. Their instructions will cover setting up the SDK, connecting to your account, and some details on debugging. It should set up your environment under http://localhost:8080/ which serves as the root of your application.



Upgrade your Twilio Helper library



Next, with respect to Twilio’s PHP Helper library, we’ve taken care of the nuances for you, the most important one of which involved falling back to PHP’s Streams when cUrl isn’t available. In your case, simply upgrade the library to v3.11+ or install it for the first time. You can use the library to send text messages and make phone calls exactly as you would in any other PHP environment:

<?php
// Include the Twilio PHP library
require "Services/Twilio.php";
 
// Set your AccountSid and AuthToken from www.twilio.com/user/account
$AccountSid = "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX";
$AuthToken = "YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY";
 
// Instantiate a new Twilio Rest Client
$client = new Services_Twilio($AccountSid, $AuthToken);
 
// Make an array of people we know, to send them a message:
$people = array(
    "+14158675309" => "Curious George",
    "+14158675310" => "Boots",
    "+14158675311" => "Virgil",
);
 
// Loop over all our friends:
foreach ($people as $number => $name) {
 
    $sms = $client->account->sms_messages->create(
        "YYY-YYY-YYYY",     // Change the From number to a Twilio number youve purchased
        $number,            // the number we are sending to - Any phone number
        "Hey $name, Monkey Party at 6PM. Bring Bananas!"  // the sms body
    );
 
    echo "Sent message to $name";        // Display a confirmation message
}

If you’re interested in the the specific changes for our library, you can explore the relevant pull requests here and here. I also have an article called “Preparing your PHP for App Engine” in next month’s php|architect magazine.



URL Routing in PHP



Within App Engine, the entire routing system is powered by the app.yaml file. If you’re familiar with development using frameworks like Zend or Symfony, defining your routes will come naturally and may be marginally more difficult than copy/paste. If you’re only familiar with doing non-framework development in PHP, you’ll have to define a route for each and every PHP file the user accesses. In Google’s example “hello world” app, your app.yaml file should should begin with something like this:

application: examplehelloworld
version: 1
runtime: php
api_version: 1
threadsafe: true
 
handlers:
- url: .*
  script: main.php

The request handlers are the important part. If you’re using an MVC framework or OpenVBX, you’ll most likely have one primary element mapping your index.php file and a set of elements for static assets like JavaScript, CSS, and images.



Alternatively, if you’re not using a using a framework, app.yaml will map different URL patterns to individual PHP scripts, like this:

application: examplehelloworld
version: 1
runtime: php
api_version: 1
threadsafe: true
 
handlers:
- url: /images
  static_dir: images
 
- url: /send-sms
  script: send-sms.php
 
- url: /make-call
  script: make-call.php
 
- url: .*
  script: index.php

Within those individual PHP scripts, no changes are necessary, so our make-call.php is straightforward and identical to our quickstart:

<?php
 
require Services/Twilio.php;
include credentials.php;
 
$client = new Services_Twilio($AccountSid, $AuthToken);
 
$call = $client->account->calls->create(
    1512-555-1212, // From this number
    17035551212,   // Send to this number
    http://twimlets.com/echo?Twiml=%3CResponse%3E%3CSay%3EHello%20Monkey!%3C%2FSay%3E%3C%2FResponse%3E&
);
print $call->sid;

Also, the send-sms.php can be the same as our normal quickstart:

<?php
 
require Services/Twilio.php;
include credentials.php;
 
$client = new Services_Twilio($AccountSid, $AuthToken);
 
$call = $client->account->sms_messages->create(
    1512-555-1212, // From this number
    17035551212,   // Send to this number
    Hello monkey!!
);
print $call->sid;

Now you can access your scripts via http://localhost:8080/make-call.php and http://localhost:8080/send-sms.php respectively. If the file is one that doesn’t need to be accessible publicly, such as your credentials.php file, it shouldn’t have a listing.



Voila. You now have your first PHP application on Google App Engine!



I hope this is helpful as you test and deploy your PHP applications on Google App Engine. If you have any tips, feedback, suggestions, or just a good joke please let me know via email or Twitter: @CaseySoftware.



-Contributed by Keith Casey, Sr Developer Evangelist, Twilio

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Basics of DLNA

DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) is often wrongly understood as a streaming format, actually its a non-profit trade organization founded by Sony (2003). DLNA supporting devices, apps and programs are using Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for media management, discovery and control.

A device/program/app supporting DLNA can include a media server, a media player, or both of these. Media is streamed from the server to the player usually via WLAN network on which both the server and the player are connected to. Several servers and players can be included into the same network.

1. Stream from Jolla to your DLNA players

Ive managed in this using Android App "Smart TV WiFi Remote + DLNA". Its a free app, no accounts needed either, and it works perfectly on Jolla too. Heres the Installation guide:

• pre-requisites: DLNA supporting WLAN router (most of them do). Jolla phone and your media player must be connected to the same WLAN network.
• system-requirements: Samsung or LG television or Blueray player, or any DLNA capable media Player on your computer (Im using a free program "Samsung All Share" on win7)

1. Install Smart TV WiFi Remote + DLNA to your Jolla. I found it at Aptoide store as a trusted app. (Guide for installing Aptoide store can be found on a previous article)
2. Start the app, select "DLNA" and select your desired folders to share. The app has access to both your Android and Sailfish folders, showing them as one type.
3. After selecting, you can drop the app to your home screen and use your Jolla normally. Media sharing to your network stays on as long the app is running.
4. Connect to your Jolla with your DLNA capable player. If Jolla is not found automatic, check your Jollas local network IP (usually 192.168.X.X) from the phone or from your router and connect to it manually.
5. After the player connects to Jollas shared folders, you can just browse them and play the content (images, music, videos) of your player supported formats.

2. Using Jolla as a remote control
 (possible at the same time when streaming media from Jolla)

As the DLNA Server on Jolla can be left running, you can use another Android App on Jolla at the same time, remote controlling your DLNA Player. There are several remote control apps available for several TV/Blueray/DLNA players, just check the Aptoide store for your model. Im using Samsung BD-5500 as the player, so I installed app "Samsung Remote" to my Jolla. In this photo Im streaming a video saved to my Jolla, watching it from my TV and remoting the playback with Jolla:

3. Stream to Jolla from Plex media server

There are propably also other DLNA capable player apps which Jolla supports, but as I already wrote a review using Plex media server for this, heres an installation Guide for Plex:

• pre-requisites: WLAN router on your computer. Jolla connected to the same WLAN network.
• system-requirements: See the Install link below for supported operating systems.
  Plex is widely supported

1. Install Plex to your computer. When using beta version 0.9.8, Plex account is not necessary, just pass it when asked and select the folders you want to share. With Plex you can share images, music, videos and movies to your home WLAN network.
2. Install Plex version 3.2.4.87 to your Jolla phone. I found it available at Aptoide store malow.store.aptoide.com (add the store with writing this address at Aptoide) and 16 other stores. Note: This application has not been checked as trusted.
3. Start the server on your computer. Its running only as an icon near the clock, and the settings are accessed via a web browser.
4. On your Sailfish app launcer you only see an empty icon with the text "com", but you can start the app with tapping that. The icon is visible if youre using an Android launcer like GO Launcher EX
5. Your media server should be located automatic by Jolla. If not, check your media server IP from the computer and set it up manually. After that you can browse and play your shared content on Jollas screen. Plex transcodes the stream (if needed) on the server before sending it to your Jolla, so multiple video formats are possible.

4. Remote controlling Plex player on Jolla with another phone

While streaming media into Jolla, you can download a remote control for Plex to another mobile phone and control Jollas playback from that. I succeeded in this installing an app called "Plex remote" to my old Android phone.

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KIES is Samsung official application to interact with your devices from the computer, and has versions that work on Windows and Mac OS systems.With this application is possible both sync our contacts and events, such as the synchronization of music, pictures and video.

You can update the internal software, also known as ROM devices of the brand, as well as perform and restore backups with this application

Installation

When you download and run the installer KIES, it will not only install the corresponding application, but also access to the device drivers, which are necessary for the operating system recognizes.

As noted, the installation is done through a wizard, so it is extremely simple.

Data synchronization

When we start KIES, it checks if there is a phone connected, using the appropriate cable to the computer, in which case it will detect and enable the corresponding synchronization options (contacts, events, audio and video).

There is now the possibility that KIES works via WiFi through KIES Air application, which is installed by default on most modern devices.

The application is highly user-oriented and is very simple to use, although there are solutions more direct and transparent synchronization, as implemented by Google for contacts and events, for example.

As for the media synchronization, synchronization, pictures and videos between your device and your computer is allowed.

Updating the firmware

Undoubtedly the most useful is the ability to KIES update device firmware to the latest version available for the same with the only exception that it is updated taking into account the country of origin and the operator which is linked which may delay the availability of updates.

In any event, the mode of action is similar to that we used for synchronization: connect the device and expect the application to detect it.

Then click on the icon for our device, in the top left of the screen, and check the information contained in the basic information tab, indicating both installed as the latest version available, if there are any updates.

If there is any update, we simply click on the "install update" to start the process, including downloading the same from Samsung servers, which ensures the validity thereof, their cargo in the device and its subsequent installation.

The process is very descriptive and instructions provided by the manufacturer are sufficiently descriptive, facilitating a process that can last a few minutes.

Backups

Using this utility you can perform a backup of the data on the device, which will be stored on your computer, which can be restored later if necessary.

It is particularly recommended to backup your data before updating the device firmware.

To access the backup functionality, we click on the "backup and restore", located on the top right of the screen, which will display a list of items that can be preserved: contacts, music, photos and videos.

The copying starts when you select the type of items to preserve and make click on the button.

As for restoring a previous backup, the application will allow us to select the copy to restore, as well as the type of the elements to restore from the included therein.

Certainly this application option loses some of its importance in the current environment, in which users can sync your contacts with Google, increasing availability, and multimedia elements directly through data cable or through a service cloud like Dropbox , Drive , etc..

Shop Applications

KIES also be used to install applications from the Samsung Apps store , in which we sometimes find any news or application that can be downloaded for free by users of a particular phone model.

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Our second release of this year will have you leaping into action to start using the new features immediately. What could be more exciting than a feature to support A/B testing on your app? Or DKIM signing when you send email from your Google Apps domain? This release has plenty of exciting changes to keep you busy on your extra day this year.

1.6.3 Platform Changes:

• A new Experimental feature called Traffic Splitting lets you send a percentage of your traffic to different versions of your app. Traffic can be split based either on IP or on cookie.


• When an email is sent either from a user of a Google Apps domain from a request originating on that domain, or from an app administrator with an account on a Google Apps domain, a DKIM signature will be automatically applied to the email.

1.6.3 Admin Console Changes

• Billed applications can now specify the amount of storage used for logs and the duration of time these logs are stored (default is 90 days) as well as view the currently stored amount in the Admin Console. The first gigabyte of logs storage is free and additional storage will be charged at $0.24/G/month. These settings are now available, but additional storage will not be charged for at least 4 weeks, at that point any logs beyond the configured amount will be deleted.


• You can now manually shut down an instance in the Instances view of the Admin Console.


• The Logs Viewer for each request now provides a link to the instance that served that request (as long as the instance is still active).

These are just some of the highlights in 1.6.3. As usual, our release notes for Python® and Java® contain the full list of all the new features and bug fixes, so be sure to check out all the exciting things we’ve been working hard to release this past month.




Posted by the App Engine Team 

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These 10 applications for Android are completely free and are obviously available on google play store to download. We leave you with the top 10 applications for yor android tablet.

TweetComb

Twitter client designed exclusively for Android tablets.With this application you will see your timeline, mentions, direct messages, tweet, retweet etc. You can also upload media content, receive alert notifications for when new tweets, mentions and direct messages, you can change the background of the application incorporates anytime TwitLonger to write more than 140 characters, among other functions.

Dolphin Browser HD

Dolphin Browser HD on your version, is one of the best Web browsers available for your tablet with Android. Not only have a better experience in navigation, also will sail faster, you have an interface similar to that of Google Chrome, you can install plugins or "added" to further improve your Web browsing experience, you can open tabs, you can change " User Agent "anytime, you have your own favorite folder, save complete pages, own window for downloads, supports multi-touch, among other functions.

WeatherBug

WeatherBug at its exclusive version for tablets with Android, is an application that will keep you informed in real time of the weather situation in the sector where you are with your tablet.
You can find the current temperature, the current condition (sunny, cloudy, rain ... etc.), access to satellite images, radar, you will know what will the weather in the next 7 days, including "Find me" option (find me ) and so the application can access the GPS equipment to find your current location and show you all the weather details of where you are, and to top it off, youll have access to images in HD from quality of cameras located in different parts of the world.

Vendetta Online

If you have a tablet with NVIDIA Tegra 2 and you like MMORPG style games, this game you have to have it.Vendetta Online is a massive multiplayer online game based on science fiction, and involves the management of ships and space stations in order to obtain victory systematic planetary systems and galaxies. This fantastic game was developed by Guild Software in 2004 and is considered an icon gave a unique model to this type of online adventures. Vendetta Online offers players a wide range of ways to conquer other peoples and nations either through the hard struggle or expansive trade. Each player can choose and shape their destiny by the sword or the weight of the coin.

Google Earth

Google Earth is a complete three-dimensional interactive atlas. The first thing you see when you run Google Earth is a globe, a world map by which you can move and move with your fingers. Some of its interesting features is the 3D exploration by displaying the same images you enjoy on your PC, in addition to perform a local search for cities, places and companies, with the power of Google search engine.

CNN App for Android Tablet

With the application of CNN for Android Tablets, you will see the latest happening in the world and enjoy the latest videos from major news and live streaming videos. Also you can share and comment on news and submit your news through the same module called iReport. All CNN directly to your tablet and totally free.

Kindle for Android

If youre good and you love to read books, this app is for you.Kindle for Android offers over 540,000 books with different themes. With Amazon Whispersync function you will see the last page you read when you close the application or changing book because it stays in sync. Among other functions, the application allows you to adjust the text size, add bookmarks, view annotations and easily turn pages with a flick flicker or touching the corner of the page.

Google Body

With Google Body will have access to a 3D model of the human body and can explore similar as you do so with Google Earth. You can go through the human body, discovering bones, muscles, organs, you can zoom in and navigate to parts that interest you like cities in Google Maps.

Pulse News

Press the application promises to be your news reader universal, because it has connection with Google Reader and besides its simplicity and ease of use, we will provide a flashy interface, presenting images of the inputs as access to news, for horizontal lines each feed and read each individual post with some equally attractive transitions. And to top it off, Pulse also integrates with Twitter and Facebook.

GoAruna

GoAruna is a powerful archive manager available exclusively for tablets with Android.Not only allow you to explore your files, copy, cut, paste, move ...etc, also gives you an account with 2GB of storage so you can store your files directly in the "cloud" and access them from any browser just enter http://goaruna.com. That if you access to all of this, you must register first, but its totally free.

These are the best applications that can not miss in your current or future tablet with Android. If you still do not have a tablet with Android. be sure to save this post in favorites because you will have a lot when your future tablet.

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The design and performance make the MacBook Air a standout product among the latest crop of ultrabooks. You can run any applications youll need for business use, including Microsoft Office, and the trackpad and Mac OS X make the Air a pleasure to use.

Pros:

Lightweight, slimline design, great battery life, affordable price tag

Cons:

Waiting for Mavericks, no Retina display

Overall Rating:

Price: £949 for 128GB or £1,129 for 256GB
Manufacturer: Apple

Specifications:
Model: MacBook Air 13in (2013 model)
Processor: Intel Core i5 1.3GHz, configurable to 1.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i7
RAM: 4GB of 1600MHz LPDDR3 memory
Storage: 128GB or 256GB
Display: 13.3in 1440x900 LED-backlit widescreen
Connectivity: 802.11ac WiFi, 802.11a/b/g/n compatible, Bluetooth 4.0
Ports: 2x USB 3 ports, Thunderbolt port, MagSafe 2 power port, SDXC card slot, dual microphones, headphone jack
Weight: 1.35kg
Dimensions: 325x227x17mm
Battery: Integral 54Whr lithium polymer battery

Review : 
 The original MacBook Air established itself as the benchmark for thin and light laptops, and with its upgrade to Intel Core chips in 2011, it got the performance boost to match its sleek design and build.

The latest 13in model launched by Apple in June is pretty much the same on the outside as the 2011 edition, aside from the addition of dual microphones on the left-hand side. Meanwhile, OS X Lion has been updated to Mountain Lion – youll have to wait until the autumn to get hold of a MacBook Air running the latest Mavericks version – but Apple has made some tweaks to the battery to get more juice out of the machine.

Weve been trying out the Core i5 1.3GHz 13in version with 4GB of RAM to see if Apples battery promises live up to expectation, helped on by the inclusion of a processor from Intels latest Haswell processor architecture rather than the previous Ivy Bridge and Sandy Bridge versions.

Build and design
The 13in MacBook Air doesnt quite meet its 11in little siblings feather-light credentials, but its still one of the thinnest and lightest laptops around, partly thanks to its inclusion of flash storage.


It measures in at 325x227x17mm and weighs only 1.35kg, adding just under 300g compared with the 11in 1.08kg model, and expanding by just 25mm in width and 33mm in depth. Even with the rise of ultrabooks since Apple first released this hardware a few years ago, PC manufacturers have struggled to drive down weight and size, while retaining decent performance and battery life at a reasonable cost.

Even though the 13in MacBook Air is stick-thin and lightweight, build quality is superb and extremely sturdy, while the unibody design gives the laptop a sleek, high-end look. Apple has included a 79-key island backlit keyboard that is well proportioned into this 13in model, with 12 function keys and four arrow keys laid out in a user-friendly format. The keys have a short travel distance, meaning only a light touch is needed when typing.

Another key area where the MacBook Air surpasses the majority of its Windows-based counterparts is the trackpad. The trackpad itself is huge, and more than adequate to carry out swiping and pitching gestures comfortably, making it a breeze to scroll up, down and around the screen. But be warned – once youve got used to the trackpad, youll find it difficult to downgrade back to a normal mouse experience.


Its easy to tailor the trackpad to work in the way you want it, with options for one, two and three finger clicks, right clicking, as well as dragging up or down the trackpad. The only real downside weve found is that the trackpad can get glitchy – for example with the right-click functionality – once youve had your MacBook Air for a couple of years or more.

Display
The first downside to get out the way is that, sadly, Apple hasnt added a Retina display to the MacBook Air. Retina screens offer a resolution up to 2880x1800 on the 15in MacBook Pro models, delivering more screen real estate with amazing colour and definition. However, adding Retina would have likely added cost to the MacBook Air, and decreased battery life.



The 13in non-Retina screen on the MacBook Air isnt a downgrade compared with other laptops, though. It has an LED backlight and comes with a maximum resolution of 1440x900, compared with the 1366x768 maximum on the 11in. You can also easily change the resolution to a range of preset options depending on your needs: 1280x800, 1152x720 and 1024x640 at 16:10 aspect ratio, or 1024x768 and 800x600 pixels at a 4:3 aspect ratio.

The display offers sharp colours and brightness, and isnt very reflective compared with many laptop models we have seen, so you wont get screen glare apart from in bright sunlight. The display is high quality for watching video or viewing images. The ambient sensor is also a great touch as it automatically adjusts the brightness of the screen and lighting of the keyboard, meaning you can use the MacBook Air in a dark room and still easily see all the keys and screen.

Ports
Anyone needing a laptop with lots of native connectivity should look elsewhere. The paper-thin chassis simply doesnt allow for a wide variety of ports.


On the left-hand side of the 13in MacBook Air, youll find the power connector, a USB port, headphone socket and dual microphones. Audio quality is decent on the MacBook Air, although if youre planning on using the speakers regularly to watch films or TV, or for webconferencing, youll either want to invest in a comfortable pair of headphones or buy some extra speakers, as the maximum volume isnt very loud.

On the right, Apple has added a second USB port, a single Thunderbolt connector and an SDXC card slot, something not offered on the 11in model.


The MacBook Air has been designed for portability, so its necessary to chop features like optical drives and even an Ethernet port. However, for those not happy relying on WiFi connectivity, you can purchase an Ethernet adaptor to plug into the USB port for £25, an accesory weve found handy over our years using the MacBook Air.

The inclusion of the Thunderbolt port goes some way towards mitigating the lack of others. Not only does the port provide transfer speeds that are up to 20 times faster than traditional USB, it also allows the Air to connect with VGA, HDMI, mini Display Port and DVI devices, via adapters.
Unfortunately, only a power cable is provided in the box, with everything else needing to be purchased as an optional extra. A standard Thunderbolt cable costs £39 and a VGA adapter will set you back another £25.

Storage
While the 11in MacBook Air received a storage upgrade with the latest batch of releases – the entry-level jumped from 64GB up to 128GB of storage for the same £849 price tag and a 256GB version appeared for £1,029 – the 13in models were missed off the upgrade list, coming in the same 128GB and 256GB formats. But the good news is that the price tags have dropped, so the 128GB model is now available for £949, down from £999 for last years model, while the 256GB model is now priced at £1,129, down from the 2012 price of £1,249.
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The long wait is almost over, dear Nokia N900 owners. The Finnish companys developers are almost done porting MeeGo to the sweet QWERTY slider and promise to release it to the general public in a few days.
The update will be available on the MeeGo site, which should enable dual-booting of Maemo and MeeGo on the Nokia N900 so you can get a taste of the upcoming MeeGo mobile OS.
There is no exact date mentioned for the PR 1.3 update but "quite close now" (MeeGo dev team words, not ours) sounds very promising.
The bad news is that this is a try-at-you-own-risk kind of deal so Nokia wont be offering support for the MeeGo-enabled N900 officially. This is not to say they wont be releasing updates or fixing bugs, but you will be the one taking the risk of something going wrong with the new OS.
So are you on board for the update, or are you going to stick to the dead-end Maemo?

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Apple has updated the iWork suite of productivity apps - Pages, Numbers and Keynote - for iOS, OS X and iCloud bringing new features like ability to share password-protected files via iCloud and improved compatibility with Microsoft Office files.

The update brings other new features and improvements to the iOS and OS X versions of apps that seem to focus on UI-related changes, collaboration and compatibility enhancements, greater flexibility when working with certain controls, and more. 9to5Mac details the changes in the iCloud version of the three applications that include a redesigned UI, an ability to see what documents have been shared with you, rich formatting of text in table cells, and more.

The full list of changes in Pages, Numbers and Keynote for iOS and OS X is included below.

Whats new in Pages for OS X version 5.1

• Vertical ruler.


• Share password-protected documents via iCloud link.


• Customizable alignment guides.


• Set keyboard shortcuts for styles.


• View character count with or without spaces.


• Improved precision for inserting and pasting objects.


• Create charts with date, time, and duration values.


• Delete sections from the page navigator.


• Improved compatibility with Microsoft Word 2013 documents.


• Export password-protected documents to DOCX format.


• Custom number formats in charts are preserved on import of Pages 09 and Microsoft Word documents.


• Start a list automatically using new special characters.


• Improved support for bidirectional text.


• Improved ePub export.


• Bug fixes and stability improvements.

Whats new in Numbers for Mac version 3.1

• Sort by multiple columns.


• Sort a subset of rows.


• Text autocompletes when editing cells.


• Chart date and duration values.


• Optionally highlight rows and columns on mouseover.


• Progress indicator for calculations.


• Custom number formats in charts are preserved on import of Numbers 09 and Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.


• Share password-protected spreadsheets via iCloud link.


• Export password-protected spreadsheets to XLSX format.


• Improvements to AppleScript support.


• Improved compatibility with Microsoft Excel 2013 spreadsheets.


• Bug fixes and stability improvements

Whats new in Keynote for Mac version 6.1

• New transitions including Droplet and Grid.


• Enhanced presenter display options.


• Share password-protected presentations via iCloud link.


• Custom number formats in charts are preserved on import of Keynote 09 and Microsoft PowerPoint presentations.


• Create charts with date, time, and duration values.


• Improved compatibility with Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 presentations.


• Bug fixes and stability improvements.

Whats new in Pages for iOS version 2.1

• Share password-protected documents via iCloud link.


• View character count with or without spaces.


• Export password-protected documents to DOCX format.


• Start a list automatically using new special characters.


• Create charts with date, time, and duration values.


• Improved support for bidirectional text.


• Improved ePub export.


• Improved compatibility with Microsoft Word 2013 documents.


• Custom number formats in charts are preserved on import of Pages 09 and Microsoft Word documents.


• Bug fixes and stability improvements.

Whats new in Numbers for iOS version 2.1

• View and edit spreadsheets in landscape orientation.


• Chart date and duration values.


• Share password-protected documents via iCloud link.


• Export password-protected spreadsheets to XLSX format.


• Improved compatibility with Microsoft Excel 2013 spreadsheets.


• Custom number formats in charts are preserved on import of Numbers 09 and Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.


• Bug fixes and stability improvements.

Whats new in Keynote for iOS version 2.1

• Use the new remote feature to control slideshows on other devices.


• New transitions including Droplet and Grid.


• Enhanced presenter display options.


• Share password-protected documents via iCloud link.


• Create charts with date, time, and duration values.


• Custom number formats in charts are preserved on import of Keynote 09 and Microsoft PowerPoint presentations.


• Improved compatibility with Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 presentations.


• Bug fixes and stability improvements.

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Sony Ericsson launch Android-powered cell phone with named Xperia 3. The phone has candy-bar shaped design and is equipped with a 4-inch full touch-sensitive LCD screen.

Features of the Xperia 3 phone include 3G connectivity (supporting 900 / 2100 HSDPA), Wi-Fi connectivity, aGPS, and MP3 music player. The most impressive feature of the phone is its 8-megapixel digital camera with autofocus, LED flash, face-detection, and smile-shot features.

Although the Xperia 3 phone is powered by Android, its interface will looks a little bit than regular Android phone, as the Xperia 3 will have Sony Ericsson’s 3D panel user interface. Price and availability of the phone is still unknown.

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The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 may well be the best-looking Android tablet in the market right now. And Id say it possesses the best customised Android Honeycomb interface thanks to Touchwiz UX.

I was fortunate to get a review unit within a week of its launch in Singapore and so Im here to give my review on this attractive device.

Package
The Tab includes, besides the usual charger, a pair of earphones, one of the few tablet makers to package in the box. The USB cable doubles up as charging cable, its length is rather short.

The tablet in the box is protected with separate pieces of plastic front and back. The plastic is so tightly stuck to the glossy back surface that I am happy to leave it on as a protection against the white scratchable surface.

Size
The Tab is the slimmest tablet for its screen size, a hairline thinner than iPad 2. It has a slightly bigger surface area than Motorola Xoom.

Comparing thickness between Galaxy Tab 10.1 and iPad 1.

The back is flat, not curved like iPad 1 or Asus Transformer, and that makes the Tab extremely slim and easy to slip in your bag.

Design and Specs
Running on dual core 1GHz Tegra 2 processor, the Tab has 3 hardware buttons located at the top left. The volume rocker direction is uniquely swapped: press the left to reduce volume, press the right to increase. This is in alignment with the on-screen volume indicator, but if you use the Tab in the portrait orientation, you would need to press down to increase volume.

The speakers are located at the upper area of the tablet, so you wont block the speakers when holding the Tab naturally. The glass surface is less reflective, which makes viewing more comfortable. The surface also feels smooth to the fingers when swiping, and finger prints are easily wiped off. Audio quality is pleasantly balanced for long periods of listening. 

Built quality
The exterior is entirely made of plastic which is easily dented. I have already dinged the volume buttons and I have no idea how I got the scars. It was certainly not due to drop as it looks more like scratches. See picture below to be the judge (click to enlarge).

Touchwiz UX Skinned Interface
The Tab has, in my opinion, the best Honeycomb interface customised. If you are familiar with the Galaxy S phone interface, then you will feel right at home with the Tab. All the menu icons are splashed in full colour, and the font sizes are made bigger to ease viewing. The slide-out notification pane has the usual short-cut icons allowing you to manage your Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Sounds, Flight Mode, etc. Stock apps like File Manager, Music Player are all customised with multiple columns to improve usability. The Tab even has the familiar vibration feedback as you type or when receiving incoming notifications. Samsung has its TFT LCD screen colours heavily boosted to make images look more vibrant without appearing unreal (until you do a visual comparison with the competitors).

The other customisation to the OS is the MiniApps. Select the up-arrow icon in the middle of the status bar and a row of apps slide out - Task Manager, Calendar, World Clock, Pen Memo, Calculator and Music Player. Click on any of the apps and it will appear as a floating window on top of your existing screens. You can use the floating app and navigate the main screen at any time, and the floating app will remain on top at all times. You can choose to "maximise" the app, and in doing so the MiniApp will close and the actual full-screen app will be loaded. This MiniApp implementation is Samsungs solution to multiple-window multi-tasking. For now, the list of MiniApps are not customisable.

Besides the standard Honeycomb soft-icons to the left side of the status bar, the Tab has a fourth "Screen Capture" button for ease of snapping the screen contents. The button can capture almost every screen on the Tab (even the camera preview), except when the MiniApp dock appears which hides all other status bar information.

Unfortunately, all the wonderful customisations have put a toll on the Tab. It is noticeably more laggy in between finger swipes and icon selections, so this would certainly put a dent on user expectations.

Camera
Ironically, with all the greatness of the interface, the 3mp rear and 2mp front camera quality are not to be taken seriously. It is a pity considering the camera app has many shooting modes and custom settings like metering mode, focus mode, white balance and exposure compensation.

3mp camera with LED.

Video Playback
Just like all the other Tegra2 Android tablets I have tested, the Tab fails to play my reference MP4 and MKV video files smoothly, even when using third-party software-decoding video apps. The playability is a far cry from Galaxy S2, and even my single-core Galaxy S plays the same files without missing a beat.

Battery Utilisation
Battery performance on 3G network is quite good. When I turn on auto-sync for Gmail and corporate mail, sets Tweetdeck to refresh feeds every 10 minutes, and check on the Tab regularly throughout the day for mails and social network feeds, the Tab uses up just 50% in 16 hours.

Expandability
The Tab does not come with generic connectivity ports like HDMI, memory card slots, or USB. However, there are official adapters that allows you to do all the above.


Conclusion
The Samsung Galaxy Tab is light, thin, delivers striking colour display, has good battery life, is easy to operate with customised interface and apps, and 3G-enabled for data access anywhere. Almost perfect... just marred by laggy interface, uninspiring camera quality, and underwhelming video performance. Still, dont let it stop you from owning the best-looking most user-friendly Android interface in the market.

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Its been more than a year since I reviewed a Windows phone. Back in 2012, it was the Nokia Lumia 800. Today, I was handed with the Nokia Lumia 925 that is launching tomorrow (20 July) in Singapore.

Within the span of the 2 Windows phones, I have reviewed numerous other Android devices. As I held the Lumia 925 for the first time, fond memories flowed back to me.

On first impression, a few things stand out from the Nokia Lumia 925:

1. Premium touch. Nokia cleverly designs the phone with an aluminium frame around the sides while opting for polycarbonate rear face.

2. Straightforward layout. Instead of positioning the connectors and buttons all around the phone, the Lumia 925 puts all the buttons - volume, power, camera - on the right, while the SIM card slot and headset jack on the top.

3. Size. The Lumia 925 has a squarish dimension (70.6 x 129 x 8.5mm) which is more friendly on the hand and for typing in both portrait and landscape compared to most other modern Android smartphones.


Ill be sharing more detailed experience on the new Nokia Lumia 925 over the next few weeks. While I am not a Windows Phone user, I will try not to compare too much with other mobile OS. I am already finding some great stuffs on this new smartphone, and cant wait to share my thoughts.

The Nokia Lumia 925 retails for S$799 in Singapore, available in white, black and grey.

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A Dutch court on Tuesday lifted a ban on notorious file-sharing website The Pirate Bay that had forced two major Internet service providers to block access, calling the measure "ineffective".

The decision on appeal slapped down an original January 2011 ruling by another court ordering popular ISPs Ziggo and XS4All to deny access to The Pirate Bay site.

"Service providers Ziggo and XS4All cannot be forced to block The Pirate Bay," The Hague Appeals Court said in a statement, explaining that most web users simply dodged the blocking measures.

"The service providers subscribers in any case mainly use proxies or resort to other torrent sites," the court added.

"The blockade is therefore ineffective," it added.

Ziggo and XS4All were dragged to court three years ago by the Brein Foundation, which defends copyright owners in the Netherlands.

(Also see: Pirate Bay moves from Sweden to Norway and Spain in search of safe havens)

Both service providers appealed but subscribers were blocked from accessing The Pirate Bay.

"It was clear from the start that the measures were ineffective," Ziggo spokesman Erik van Doeselaar told AFP.

"We think the court made the right decision," he said.

XS4All added it was relieved by the appeals decision.

"We are pleased with the appeals courts decision to uphold the freedom of information and the rights of Dutch citizens," it said in a statement.

The Pirate Bay is one of the worlds foremost file-sharing and download sites and has been repeatedly found guilty of copyright violations in the Netherlands and Sweden.

(Also see: Pirate Bay may set sail to North Korea)

Although the appeals court ruled in Ziggo and XS4Alls favour, it warned: "It is very important that the service providers dont themselves violate copyright restrictions."

The Brein Foundation which has to pay Ziggo and XS4Alls costs of between 300,000 and 400,000 euros ($410,000 and $550,000), said it was considering taking the case to the countrys highest court.

"The courts judgement is to the detriment of the development of the legal online market, which needs protection against illegal competition," Brein Foundation director Tim Kuik said in a statement.

"It also goes against decisions by judges in other European countries," the Brein Foundation added. The Pirate Bay has been blocked in several countries, including Britain.

Founded in 2003, The Pirate Bay which boasts more than 30 million users makes it possible to skirt copyright fees and share music, film and other files using bit torrent technology, or peer-to-peer links offered on the site.

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