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Futuristic-Looking Arc Mouse by Microsoft

Dj Flush — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:29:43 +0000

According to MaximumPC, Microsoft will be releasing a new futuristic-looking Mouse this holidays season known as the Arc Mouse.

The Arc Mouse is a collapsible wireless mouse designed to be both stylish and portable. It is designed for users who want to experience luxury computing.

Arc Mouse features a revolutionary new design and form-factor like a crescent moon. It can be folded from the backside to make it almost half its original size which makes it perfect for both desktop and laptop users.

It will be available in red and black. For some photos scroll below:

For more photos please visit MaximumPC.

How to Update iPod Touch to Firmware 2.0 for Free

Dj Flush — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:57:34 +0000

Apple has pushed the new iPod Touch Firmware 2.0 to iTunes. All iPod Touch users can upgrade to this latest firmware by paying a one-time fee of $9.25.

iPhone users, however, get to upgrade to firmware 2.0 absolutely free of cost. As I find this kind of unfair on part of Apple to charge only iPod Touch users, so I am going to help you upgrade iPod Touch to firmware 2.0 absolutely for free.

Just follow the steps below and soon you will be having an updated iPod Touch 2.0 absolutely for free:

Download iTunes 7.7 from Here.
Hold Shift and click Restore.
Select iPod1,1_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw
Enjoy!

The iPod1,1_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw firmware can be downloaded from any of the mirrors below. It is the complete stable and final iPod Touch Firmware 2.0 (5A347) and has been checked and tested.

Rapidshare mirror (Join parts using this software)

http://tinyurl.com/ipodtouch-firmware-2-part1 http://tinyurl.com/ipodtouch-firmware-2-part2 http://tinyurl.com/ipodtouch-firmware-2-part3

Uploaded.to mirror

http://uploaded.to/file/ih0z65/iPod1,1_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw

Freakshare mirror

http://freakshare.net/files/30208/iPod11_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw

Once you download the firmware locally on your PC, follow the steps above to update iPod Touch to Firmware 2.0.

iPhone Timeline (1999 - 2008)

Dj Flush — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:33:23 +0000

All the iPhone buzz started at MacWorld 07 where Steve Jobs announced that Apple will soon be releasing a touchscreen phone i.e. the iPhone.

The interesting fact here is that despite its launch in 2007, iPhone is being worked upon since 1999 and the following visual iPhone timeline can explain it no better.

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The iPhone comes to focus in 1999 when Apple registers the domain iPhone.org and makes it redirect to Apple.com. The domains iPhone.com and iPhone.net however redirect to http://www.apple.com/iphone.

More interesting facts can be seen on the timeline.

Apple iPhone 3G Pricing Plans by AT&T

Dj Flush — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:33:15 +0000

AT&T has unveiled the pricing plans for the upcoming Apple iPhone 3G which is to be released on July 11, at 8 am local time.

Apple claims to have made the iPhone more cheap and affordable as now the iPhone 3G will be available for $199 for the 8GB model and $299 for the 16GB model.

The new iPhone 3G will be available to new AT&T customers on a 2-year contract basis. However, in the future, AT&T will offer a no-contract-required option for $599 (8GB) or $699 (16GB).

More details on the data, voice and text messages pricing plans can be found on the press release.

The new iPhone 3G will come preloaded with the iPhone 2.0 firmware software which features the new App-store. To see what new apps and features are coming in iPhone 2.0, please take a look at our exclusive review of iPhone 2.0 Apps, Features and Updates.

iPhone coming to Pakistan via Mobilink?

Dj Flush — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:46:51 +0000

Mobilink, one of Pakistan’s oldest GSM network services provider, has recently showcased the iPhone in one of their new TV ad commercials.

While the short ad film is not exclusively about the iPhone, the way the camera focuses around it multiple times is just way beyond usual. Some of the iPhone shots from the ad film can be seen below.

Full motion ad film can be viewed on YouTube.

Right now its hard to believe if Apple would ever officially plan to release the iPhone in Pakistan as the target market is not too fond of touchscreen devices and some hardly even know what is 3G.

Probably, Mobilink planned to use a Jailbroken iPhone just to make their ad film more interesting and controversial however I will be confirming this through inner sources soon.

iPhone 3G Announced! Built-in GPS and Costs $199

Dj Flush — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:14:49 +0000

Finally! the biggest Apple rumor of this year has come to an end taking the shape of reality i.e. iPhone 3G has been announced by Steve Jobs at WWDC 2008.

Courtesy: MacRumors

The iPhone 3G is even thinner. It features black plastic back, solid metal buttons, same gorgeous display, camera, flush headphone jack, and improved audio. iPhone 3G also features faster data downloads which makes it perfect for Safari and Mail.

iPhone 3G has an efficiency of data transfer 3 times that of EDGE. Also, when compared to other 3G phones (Nokia N95 and Treo 750), the iPhone is 36% faster.

GPS support is now also included in iPhone 3G giving iPhone the ability to do live tracking. iPhone 3G will be available by July 11th in 22 countries. It will cost $199 for 8GB black edition and $299 for 16GB white edition.

iPhone Firmware 2.0 Apps, Features and Updates

Dj Flush — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:48:46 +0000

Apple WWDC 2008 started almost 2 hours ago with an opening keynote by Steve and until now we have seen quite a lot of news and photo updates related to iPhone Firmware 2.0 apps, features and the new iTunes App Store.

Courtesy: Flickr

As for the interesting news, Steve has announced that iPhone Firmware 2.0 will be available for download in early July, free for iPhone users , $9.99 for iPod Touch owners.

Following are the new unique features of iPhone 2.0.

iPhone 2.0 Features

Fantastic Asian Language Support
Contact search with Live searching
iWord document support
Support for Office documents (Word, Excel, and now PowerPoint)
Bulk delete and move messages
Ability to save images from email or Safari
Calculator with scientific mode in Landscape orientation
Parental Controls

Some of the new paid and free apps that were showcased during the keynote are:

iPhone 2.0 Apps

Super Monkey Ball Game by Sega.
eBay for iPhone.
Loopt, a location-aware social network.
TypePad, to blog or send in photos.
Mobile News Network, gathers news content from nearby sources.
Enigmo, a physics-based game.
Cro-Mag Rally, a 3D racing game.
Band, virtual piano, drums and guitar app for iPhone.
2 Medical-based apps.
Digital Legends, an amazing looking 3D fantasy adventure game.

And of course more apps will be coming soon in the iTunes App Store in Firmware 2.0. Stay tuned for more!

Exclusive Leaked Images of 3G iPhone a.k.a iPhone 2.0

Dj Flush — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 11:32:20 +0000

As WWDC 2008 is approaching closer, various images and photos of the 3G iPhone a.k.a (also known as) iPhone 2.0 have leaked and are being published on the Internet. Still no one knows whether these images are real or fake.

CrunchGear claims these images to be real while Engadget declares them to be fake without any pint of doubt. See the images below and decide for yourself:

The iPhone models you see above are thin in size, have got stereo speakers at the back and feature a front camera for iChat video conferencing as reported by CrunchGear.

Personally I would still side by Engadget as CrunchGear has a good reputation of providing over-hyped false news as we have previously experienced in the case of Windows 7.

HTC Touch Pro

Dj Flush — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:10:50 +0000

Yesterday HTC unveiled the new HTC Touch Pro, a new smartphone in the HTC Touch line of smartphones and devices following the HTC Touch Diamond that was released last month.

This new HTC phone features a solid QWERTY sliding keyboard, Windows Mobile 6.1, HTC TouchFLO 3D interface, 3.2 megapixel camera and 288MB of RAM. Unlike the HTC Touch Diamond, this smartphone has a real keyboard which should keep the users happy who want to enjoy the fun of real keyboard tapping.

Moreover it features WiFi, HSPA with a solid 7.2Mbps on the downstream, Bluetooth, 2.8-inch VGA display. It will hit Europe in late summer this year

Dell Mini Inspiron

Dj Flush — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:50:31 +0000

Gizmodo recently got their hands on what they are calling as the Dell Mini Inspiron. This new Dell notebook was revealed by Michael Dell, Founder and CEO of Dell, at All Things Digital and according to him it is something no one has ever seen before.

Although there is no official name for this notebook yet but Michael confirmed that the Dell Mini Inspiron is low-cost notebook meant for third-world countries.

All we know for now is that it has three USB ports, a card reader, VGA out, Ethernet and a classy red-shell body and no information about the OS or price is available yet.

Personally I love Dell laptops and it would be very exciting to have one of those new mini notebooks that Dell has revealed but still no match to Sony Vaio.

$10 Cell Phone? Cheapest Phone Ever

Dj Flush — Sun, 25 May 2008 20:18:40 +0000

Hop-On, a company which develops and markets wireless phones, has recently released a cell-phone they call as the “Anti-iPhone”.

Image Credit: Engadget

Hop1800 is perhaps the world’s cheapest phone ever that comes with a price tag of $10 only (Thats right!) and the amazing part is that it is now already available in the United States and worldwide.

The phone is one of the simplest phones that you will ever see. There is no display, no video or any multimedia features. Its just a phone which you can use to talk to your friends and family.

The phone has a battery life of 4 hours talk time and 150 hours standby time. It can be best used as a backup cellphone for people who are addicted to losing their cellphones often.

Furthermore, if you think that $10 is still a little expensive, the company offers a $5 rebate if you return the cell phone for recycling purposes.

Longest Mobile Phone Concept

Dj Flush — Thu, 22 May 2008 18:48:20 +0000

While I am not a professional designer who can judge a mobile’s design in its true sense but it is a fact that form factor influences the usability of a device very deeply.

Talking about form factor and usability, I wonder what designer Tamer Koseli had in mind while making the Longest Mobile Phone Concept ever.

Just imagine how would you talk to a friend using this phone when the microphone pad is literally touching your chest. There is no MP3 player, no video playback support and not even a camera. The best it can do is recognize text and numbers as your write them on its OLED screen.

As Yanko Design argues, it would be interesting to see the kinds of cases manufacturers would make for this.

iPhone Hands-On

Dj Flush — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:55:55 +0000

I am so proud to announce that after much wait and nights of endless dreams about the iPhone the big wonder phone by Apple is finally in my hands.

iPhone is Apple’s flagship communication and Internet device launched almost an year ago and thinking about having it in a country like Pakistan was no less than a fantasy for me. But thanks to the local market pirates I finally have my hands on the device.

I won’t go into the details of telling how I got my hands on this device because we all know that unlocked iPhones are being sold all over the globe even though iPhone is an AT&T exclusive device.

It is truly a wonder phone as it lets you make calls, do text messages, take photos, share stuff and surf on the web. Much better than iPod Touch (which I still own) and way more stylish than the Nokia N95 (which I also still own). Here is a cute picture of the trio:

For me its funny to realize how about 2 years ago I did not even know what Apple is and now currently I own two of its flagship devices. I may be wrong but perhaps I am the only one in my city to own these three devices i.e. iPhone, iPod Touch and Nokia n95 all together.

Thanks to Sizlopedia and my readers for making this all possible. Take a look at some of more photos.

Now that I own almost all the cool devices by Apple I think its time to look forward to a MacBook. Keep reading this blog and help me get one soon

Samsung AMOLED Concept Notebook

Dj Flush — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:40:16 +0000

AMOLED (Active Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode) displays have come into spotlight because of their great display quality and Samsung has already started implementing this new technology in handful of devices like cellphones and cameras.

Recently the SDI Division at Samsung came up with a AMOLED notebook prototype about which they claim that it produces a contrast ratio about 20 times higher than that of an LCD.

The AMOLED concept notebook by Samsung also features a unique design which is thin and sleek and a touch-sensitive keyboard which lacks tactile feedback.

Samsung AMOLED notebooks are expected to hit the market somewhere in 2009.

Washable Computer Mouse by Belkin

Dj Flush — Sun, 18 May 2008 10:34:06 +0000

Belkin is quite famous for its useful and handy electronic accessories. Ashish from Technospot recently discovered one of the most useful computer accessories by Belkin and it is none other than the Washable Computer Mouse.

Washable Mouse is water-resistant, so it endures spills, and stays clean. Its versatile Scroll Pad lets you scroll vertically and horizontally with one easy touch.

Now this product is more than a treat for geeks like me who like having tea and coffee while browsing and blogging. If I am not wrong I must have damaged over 8 computer mouse in the last 12 months as a result of coffee and Pepsi spills. The Washable Computer Mouse is really going to save my day.

It costs $30 which is definitely worth it. Don’t forget to checkout the Washable Flexible Rubber Keyboards and a list of 25 Trendy Computer Mouse.

Readers Poll: Best Touchscreen Gadget of 2008

Dj Flush — Sun, 18 May 2008 09:00:18 +0000

This year we have seen a lot of cool touchscreen gadgets and smartphones. The reason why smartphone makers are competing against each other so badly is because of the tough competition provided by Apple iPhone which was unveiled last year and yet remains the best touchscreen gadget.

Now that I am bored with my non-touchscreen Nokia N95, its time for me to buy a touchscreen gadget and thats where my readers are going to help me decide which gadget to go for. After a long search I have compiled a list of 5 touchscreen gadgets which, according to me, are the top contenders for being labeled as the best touchscreen gadget of 2008.

Take your poll:

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Below is a list of all these touchscreen smartphones along with a one line mini-review of each.

1. iPhone 3G

iPhone 3G, the first ever iPhone model with 3G technology, is expected to release in June and comes in three colors: Black, Silver and White.

2. HTC Touch Diamond

Recently reviewed by us, the HTC Touch Diamond features the TouchFlo technology with a Prism-like back.

3. Sony Xperia

Sony Xperia is another one of the most awaited touchscreen smartphones of 2008. It is powered by Windows Mobile and features 9 simultaneously active workspaces.

4. Nokia Tube

Nokia Tube a.k.a the iPhone Killer will be the first ever touchscreen smartphone running on the Symbian OS.

5. Samsung Instinct

Samsung Instinct is Sprint’s response to AT&Ts Apple iPhone comes equipped with localized tactile feedback, called haptics.

In case I have missed a touchscreen smartphone that is better than any of the ones listed above please share in the comments. Vote for your favorite!

Solar Powered Bra for Energetic Women

Dj Flush — Sat, 17 May 2008 12:44:13 +0000

How cool would it be if your bra had the energy to charge your mobile phone or power-up your iPod. Lingerie maker Triumph International Japan Ltd had the same concept in mind while making the Solar powered Bra.

This is not the first time we have seen a Japanese company get creative with Bra technologies. Last year Angel Kitty, another Japanese company, came up with a USB Bra Keyboard.

The Solar powered Bra basically features a solar panel worn around the stomach. The panel requires light to generate electricity which can then be used to power up gadgets and mobiles. This is not coming to stores anytime soon but whenever it does I hope it has a feature to charge the iPhone

Thanks to BizznTech for digging this story out.

Download Opera Mini 4.1 for Mobile

Dj Flush — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:29:58 +0000

Opera has recently released the new version of Opera Mini which one of the fastest and most used mobile web browser. The new Opera Mini 4.1 brings minor updates to Opera Mini 4.0 and claims to be 50% faster than than its predecessor.

Opera Mini 4.1 brings a unique set of features such as URL autocomplete, in-line search, Offline browsing etc. Opera Mini is used by more than 44 million worldwide so in case you haven’t tried it out, this is the right time.

Also if you are using Opera 9.5 on your desktop, you can sync your bookmarks with Opera Mini on your phone.

To download Opera Mini 4.1 go to http://www.operamini.com/download/ and select the appropriate mode and mobile version.

3G Support Coming in iPhone Firmware 2.0

Dj Flush — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:44:27 +0000

Lately there have been various rumors going on around the Internet claiming that a 3G model of iPhone is in the works. Clearly we can assume that something fishy is going on inside Apple as the current models of iPhone have been short on supply and iPhones are also no longer available in UK.

It is very clear from the facts that a new model of iPhone is soon coming out and MacRumors has just the report to back this up. As the new Beta of iPhone Firmware 2.0 has already come into the hands of developers, one of them claims to have discovered a feature that confirms that iPhone Firmware 2.0 has 3G support.

The feature is actually a new On/Off option to enable/disable 3G speeds. As it says, using 3G will let your iPhone transfer data on a broadband speed but will consume much of your battery. There is also an option to switch to EDGE to prolong battery life.

Apple is going to keep a common firmware for both of the 3G and non-3G models so those having old iPhone models shouldn’t care much about this new feature. It is expected that the 3G iPhone will perhaps be released on the Worldwide Developer Conference in June.

HTC Touch Diamond Features and Specifications

Dj Flush — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:16:30 +0000

HTC fans have finally got another touch-gadget to drool over and its none other than the HTC Touch Diamond which was recently announced by HTC at the May 6 HTC Event held in London. HTC Touch Diamond brings the prism-like look on the back that we have already seem in Nokia Prism and Sony Xperia.

HTC Touch features the latest HTC Touch 3D interface (codenamed HTC Manila). It is the first ever phone which is fully controllable through touch gestures even though it runs on Windows Mobile which is not considered a very touch-friendly OS.

HTC Touch Features and Specifications

Coming down to the features and specifications of HTC Touch Diamond, the phone looks really stylish however the processing speed of the device (as seen in a hands-on video) might not be equivalent to what users are expecting. The device does not feature multi-touch technology so categorizing it as an iPhone competitor is totally out of the question.

What we have more on board is a 2.8-inch VGA display, a built-in accelerometer which allows screen auto rotation. A GPS receiver, Wi-Fi and a 3.2 megapixel auto focus camera. There is also a 4GB Memory, FM Radio and Bluetooth 2.0. It is powered by Windows Mobile 6.1, 528 MHz Processor and 192 MB DDR RAM.

Perhaps not the iPhone, but the HTC Touch Diamond will surely give Sony Xperia a tough competition in the market now as both are powered by Windows Mobile.

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