2009/05/28

Seven Common Problems iPhone Users Face

By LesFex Zango

It's been over a month since the iPhone 3G was launched. The new iPhone is not as perfect as Steve Jobs believes it to be. Check out what users had to say about their experiences so far.

What Are Users Saying About the iPhone 3G?

Recently, complaints about poor reception and dropped calls have been mounting to the point where one owner has sued Apple for misrepresenting 3G performance. Here’s a run down of some complaints we’ve seen.

1. Connectivity Problems

"Connectivity problem? What connectivity problem?"

The most serious complaint to date appears to be a connectivity problem. Users have been noticing an unusually high number of calls being dropped in mid-conversation along with seemingly arbitrary switching between the lower speed EDGE network and high speed 3G network in some cases, when the phone remains in a fixed position. As of this writing, Apple has been mum but some theories point to problems with the Infineon chip set integration as well as deficiencies in AT&T’s 3G coverage.

2. Battery Life

The original iPhone would never win an award for battery life. Apple claimed it improved battery life in the iPhone 3G however, there were concerns about how much the 3G radios and GPS would affect battery life. Out of the gate, there were many complaints about short battery life on the 3G. There still appears to be widespread concern over poor battery life with some users barely able to make it through a day of normal use.

Apple released some battery saving tips that recommend turning off unused features like 3G, WiFi, and Bluetooth but why buy a car that you can only drive Tuesdays? One user pointed out that turning Location Services off again when using the GPS returned a huge savings in battery life.


3. Periodic Resets, Freezes, and Lockups

We’ve seen more than one complaint about the iPhone locking up in the “Apple Logo Reset” mode during updates or installs. You can find work-arounds like this one that have saved many users a trip to the Apple store. This video that has been viewed over 90,000 times (which should tell you something) might also be helpful.

4. Hairline cracks in the case

Apple went with an all plastic case for the iPhone 3G. Now we’re seeing postings of users with cracked cases and furthermore, reporting that when they take them into the Apple store they are told it’s either their fault or nothing can be done although there are also many reports of Apple offering to replace iPhone with cracked cases.

5. Sluggish performance

Many users have mentioned performance issues like waiting for a contact list to become usable or iTunes synching times feeling like they take longer than they should. Many users find overall performance degrading over the course of a day and perform a reset to bring their iPhones back up to speed. Sounds a little like Windows, doesn’t it? Here’s a video on how to reset your iPhone.

6. No Slingbox

This is not a common complaint but wouldn’t it be cool if you could watch live TV on your iPhone through your Slingbox? You can do that now on Windows Mobile based phones. This thread on the Slingbox forum might lead you to believe that Slingbox for the iPhone is not around the corner.

7. No Tethering

Tethering your laptop computer to your iPhone's high speed connection through Bluetooth is much lamented by iPhone owners who are all too aware how common this feature is on other cell phones. An application from nullriver that turns your iPhone into a WiFi access point appeared briefly on the App Store but was quickly removed. A similar application from Joiku is available for Nokia phones like the N95.



Common Problems iPhone Users Face


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Looking to buy a Laptop? Think about a Netbook!






What is a Netbook

A Netbook (InterNET and noteBOOK) is a class of Laptop computer designed for wireless communication and access to the Internet. Netbook is primarily designed for web-browsing and emailing. Netbooks are gaining grounds on their compact design, slimmer looks and sleeker appeal.

Netbook is a Notebook computer with a low-powered x86-compatible processor (compatible with PC standard software), small screen (no larger than 10 inches), small keyboard, equipped with wireless connectivity, lightweight (under three pounds) and generally with no optical disk drive. They sometimes have Solid State Drives (SSDs) instead of Hard Disk Drives, which are lower capacity but have no moving parts and should, in theory, increase battery life and speed. Netbooks can run either Linux or Windows XP.

Why A Netbook

The obvious question is why should anyone buy a device with a smaller screen, slower processor, no optical drive when you can get a full-featured notebook?


When it comes to a portable computer, the things that matter to most are speed and convenience.A Netbook is more convenient because it is lighter, and it usually has a lightweight operating system. The processor itself isn't as powerful, but there's much less processing that needs to be done with Windows XP or Linux in order to be usable.

If we are just looking for a portable computer to take along with us while traveling, to check e-mail, chat on Skype, watch some Youtube videos, take some notes, then a Netbook is what we want. Where as if we're going to do intensive image editing, multimedia authoring, gaming etc then a Notebook/Laptopi is more suited for our needs.

Don’t confuse these low cost Netbooks with some of the sub-compact full featured Notebooks that are also out there. Sony, Dell and others also offer small lightweight Notebooks that have all the features of a full size computer in a tiny package but at a hefty price of $1400 and up. Some of these have plenty of power and features and up to 9 hours of battery life. These are real computers that are just packed into really small cases.

How does it compares to a regular Notebook

Let’s see the differences between a typical Netbook and a regular Notebook. Features of Dell Mini 9 Netbook are compared with a regular sized Dell Inspiron Notebook below:

Inspiron Mini 9
Proecessor: Intel Atom Processor N270
Screen: 8.9”
Weight: 5.9lbs.
Battery: 32WHr Battery (4 cell)
Processor speed: 1.6 GHz
Memory: 1GB DDR2, 8GB SSD Memory
OS: Windows XP Home
Options: Camera, Bluetooth
Cost: $299

Inspiron 1525
Processor: Intel Pentium Dual Core T4200
Screen: 15.6” Wide Screen, Optional Hi-Res
Weight: 2.28 lbs.
Battery: 6-cell battery
Processor speed: 2 GHz
Memory: 4GB, Disk 320GB
OS: Windows Vista
Options: Camera, Bluetooth, ext Bat, More mem
Cost: $699

Pros compared to a regular Laptop:
- Excellent portability due to small size and light weight
- Good enough for basic computer tasks
- Relatively low cost

Cons compared to a regular Laptop:
- Small screen/lower resolution, small keyboard due to small size
- Limited processing power
- Hardware upgrades can be more challenging
- Due to lower processing capabilities, size and cost, advanced features are less adopted (FireWire, HDMI, etc...)

Which Netbook To Buy ?

It seems that Initially Netbook category was lead by Asus, Acer, but today computer giants Dell and HP jumped into the race.

According to the PcWorld.com the TOP 10 Netbooks are:
1. Asus EEE PC 1000HE
2. Acer Aspire ONE AOD150
3. Lenovo IdeaPad S10
4. Acer Aspire One (XP-Based)
5. Asus Eee PC 1000 XP
6. HP Mini 2140
7. Asus N10Jc
8. HP Mini 1000
9. Dell Inspiron Mini 9
10. MSI Wind U100

As with any purchase, you have to decide for yourself on what suits you best.

So go ahead explore the world of Netbooks and see if it's a better choice compared to a Laptop. While the Laptop market is declining in this economy, interestingly the Netbook sales are predicted to be on the rise.

A couple of useful resources:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/154358/top_10_netbooks.html
http://tech.msn.com/products/slideshow.aspx?cp-documentid=18573429&imageindex=1

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Author: Vish J

About the Author:

Author is a blogger and adviser of consumer electronics and posts information on best online deals everyday

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Convert , transfer iTunes mp4 & protected wma music to XpressMusic for free

iTunes has two types of music: music DRM-free from iTune plus; music copy-protected with digital rights management (DRM). All the iTunes music is encoded in AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) with file extension of .m4a(non-DRM 256Kbps) and .m4p(DRM-protected 128Kbps).

Nokia XpressMusic 5800 Range
plays audio file in formats of MP3, AAC, WMA, M4A etc

Generally, the Nokia Nokia XpressMusic phones can play iTunes M4A music well without problem, but play iTunes DRM protected AAC music (.m4p) on Nokia XpressMusic 5800 Range, a protected music converter is must at hand.

Aimersoft music Converter is such a DRM removal ready to convert iTunes M4P to Nokia XpressMusic.

3 steps to transfer iTunes (DRM protected) music to Nokia XpressMusic 5800 range

1. Free download Aimersoft Music Converter, install and luanch it, the default settings work well with your PC, you don't need to make anymore configeration.

remove DRM, convert m4p protected wma to Nokia XpressMusic

2. When come to the main interface, you can directly drag-drop the target media file to the conversion window, or hit the top-left 'Add' button to import the target files. The'settings' let you choose output format you like, as well as the bit rate, resolution etc. For Nokia phones, AAC (128Kbps) is the preferred audio format with less file size.

transfer iTunes music to Nokia XprexxMusic

3. When settings done, click 'start' button lower-right on the main window, conversion proceeds fast and stably. It supports batch conversion as well if you have hundreds of songs to transfer iTunes library to Nokia XpressMusic 5800 range.

For Mac user, you can transfer iTunes music (.m4a) between you compatible Nokia device and Mac with Nokia Multimedia Transfer, of course, for protetcted AAC music (.m4p), you have to remove DRM first.

For more How-to about removing DRM and converting iTunes music, video, movie you can check:

http://www.all-media-converter.com/knowledge/how-to.html

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2009/05/12

Cell Phones with Huge Memory

Many cell phones offer excellent feature like music player, audio player, video player, picture and video editor and high camera resolution.This cell phones feature will be more benefit if we have cell phones with huge memory to save all data.Photo, Music, Video, Games and Application need huge memory,so this is huge memory cell phones list :

1. Samsung i8510-innov8 ( 16 GB Internal Memory )

We can call this cell phones as real multimedia cell phones,with camera 8 MP and memory 16 GB we can enjoy our photography hobbies.


Specification :
- HSDPA
- Symbian S603 rd
- Camera 8 MP
- Video Call Camera
- Audio video player
- Memory slot

2. Nokia N96 ( 16 GB Internal Memory )

This is super multimedia cell phones from NOKIA.This cell phones combined entertainment and gaming,with huge memory we can save thousands gaming and application.This cell phones using Open Source Software so it can save any application and game from many vendor.


Specification :
- HSDPA
- Symbian S60 3rd
- Camera 5 MP and VGA
- Audio video player
- Memory slot

3. Sony Ericcsion W960i ( 8 GB Internal Memory )

This cell phones including in Sony ericsson Walkman series.This cell phones can save many music file and video clip, so we can enjoy this cell phones for a trip, but Sony Ericsson W960i doesn't have memory slot.


Specification :
- 3G
- Symbian UIQ v3.0
- 3.15 MP and VGA
- Audio Video player

4. Nokia N95 8 GB (8 GB Internal Memory )

This cell phones have feature like N96, but memory size only 8 GB, without memory card slot. Wide screen can support to show Image and video with camera 5 MP.



Specification :
- HSDPA
- Symbian S60 3rd
- Camera 5 MP and VGA
- Audio video player

5. Sony Ericsson W980i (8 Gb Internal Memory)

This cell phones like Sony Ericsson W960i but has feature HSDPA, it cause both include in Sony Ericsson Walkman Series.Sony Ericsson W980i has ellegant interface with flip concept.



Specification :
- HSDPA
- Sony Ericsson Open Source
- 3.15 MP and cideo call camera
- Audio Video Player

LG KS360

LG KS360 is the second LG Communicator product after LG KT610.It's cause LG KS360 using QWERTY keyboard with side sliding, which can support typing action.
This cell phones offer feature still under LG KT610 like camera 2MP, music and video player, memory slot, radio and bluetooth A2DP.
This cell phones doesn't offer HSDPA and open source software,but this cell phones still give different experience and cheaper than LG KT610

Specification :

- TFT Screen 262.144 color
- 240 x 320 pixel , 2.4 inch
- Camera 2 MP
- Video
- MMS
- Email
- GPRS
- EDGE
- WAP 2.0/xHTML
- HTML
- Memory 15 MB
- Slot MicroSD Card
- Polifonik (MP3)
- Java MIDP 2.0
- Full QWERTY keyboard
- Touchscreen Dialling
- FM Radio
- MP3 Player
- MPEG4 Player
- Photo/video Editor
- Bluetooth V2.0 (A2DP)

2009/05/11

LG KP500 Cookie

LG KP500 Cookie has interface like samsung Omnia 900,but LG KP500 doesn't use Open Source Operating System.It interface using flash with touch screen feature.
Like many cell phones which has touch screen feature LG KP500 Cookie has handwriting recognition feature.
LG KP500 Cookie completed with 2 MP camera, for entertainment this cell phones has video player, MP3 Player and Radio FM.

Specification :

- TFT screen 262.144 color
- 240 x 400 pixel, 3 inch
- Camera 2 MP
- Video
- MMS
- Email
- GPRS 10
- EDGE 10
- WAP 2.0/xHTML
- HTML
- Memory 48 MB
- Slot MicroSD Card
- Polifonik (MP3)
- Handwriting recognition
- FLash UI
- Accelerometer sensor
- Java MIDP 2.0
- Radio FM RDS
- MP3/WMA/AAC player
- MPEG4/3GP Player
- Office Document Viewer (doc,xls,pdf)
- Bluetooth v2.1 (A2DP)

Simbadda Deo Shine MP4 Player

Simbadda famous with speaker active, but now Simbadda try to release another electronics equipment.
Simbadda Deo Shine MP4 player is one of it product.This MP4 player has good quality sound.The price is cheap.
This MP4 player has futuristic design with plastic chrome this MP4 player look like metal material.
The screen doesn't looking when this MP4 player switch off,the screen like a mirror.
Switch button put beside this MP4 player,furthermore for choice menu this MP4 player using joystick.
Simbadda Deo Shine has "Background player" feature which we can do another, like reading ebook when listen music.
Specification :

Price : About $45
Screen : 260 thousand color (220 x 176 pixel)
Internal Memory : 1 GB
External Memory : Mini SD Card
Video File : MPEG4, AVI, FLV
Image File : JPEG and BMP
Audio File : MP3, WMA, WAV, FLAC, APE
Radio FM : 20+20 channel
Equalizer Mode : Normal, MS Play FX, Rock, Pop, Classic, Jazz, User Equalizer
Standard Battery : Built in
Dimension : 45x75x13 mm
Another Feature : Sound Recorder, Game, Built in speaker,Built in microphone, ebook
Special Feature : Multi task function, Lyric syncronization
Another Equipment : 1 year warranty,Headset, CD Driver, Wrapper, Manual Book
OS Support : WIN98SE / ME, WIN200 and XP

2009/05/09

Motorola A1600


This is Motorola cell phone ming generation.Like before series, unique design plus touchscreen still has in this cell phone.Like another Linux operating system, Motorola A1600 has handwriting recognition feature.
This cell phone more great with GPS technology.Motorola A1600 completed with camera 3.15 MP for getting image.


Specification :

- TFT screen 262.144 color
- 240 x 320 pixel 2.4 inch
- Camera 3.15 MP
- Auto focus
- Video
- MMS
- Email
- IM
- GPRS 10
- EDGE 10
- WAP 2.0/xHTML
- HTML
- Memory 27 MB
- Slot MicroSD Card
- Linux OS
- Polifonik (MP3)
- Handwriting and Voice recognition (China / English)
- GPS receiver
- A-GPS
- Java MIDP 2.0
- Radio FM stereo
- MP3/WMA/AAC/WAV player
- PIM function
- Office Document Viewer
- Bussines Card Scanner
- Photo Editor
- Bluetooth v2.0 (A2DP)

Sony Ericsson W595i


Sony Ericsson W595 has concept design like G705i,which combination beetwen sliding concept and slim body.So this music cell phones looking elegant and comfortable to grip.
This cell phones not only has advantages in musical but Sony Ericsson W595 has HSDPA feature for data connection.
It walkman player excellent, including shake control ability for music control like W910i.
For camera W5951 using lens 2 MP and front camera for video call.


Specification :

- TFT screen 262.144 color
- 240x320 pixel
- 2.4 inch
- Camera 2 MP
- Video
- MMS
- emil
- IM
- GPRS
- EDGE
- HSDPA
- WAP 2.0/xHTML
- HTML
- Memory 15 MB
- Slot MIcro SD Card
- Polifonik MP3
- Java MIDP 2.0
- full QWERTY keyboard
- Touchscreen dialling
- FM radio
- MP3 Player
- MPEG4 Player
- Photo/video editor
- Bluetooth V2.0 (A2DP)

2009/05/07

Nokia E63









Nokia E63 release cheaper then it senior Nokia E71.
The interface Nokia E63 almost similar with Nokia E71 the different only in plastic chase, NokiaE71 has chase from metal.
Data technology 3G,not HSDPA with Camera 2MP.Although that still there good feature like Wi-Fi, Operating System, Music Player, Video Player, Wide Screen.


Specification :

- 3G
- TFT Screen 16 million color
- 320 x 240 pixel
- 2.36 inch
- Camera 2 MP
- Flash
- Video
- MMS
- Email
- IM
- GPRS 32
- EDGE 32
- WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
- Memory 110 MB
- Slot Micro SD Card
- Symbian OS 9.2 S60 V3.1
- Polifonik (MP3)
- Full QWERTY keyboard
- Touch Sensitie Navigation Button
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
- Java MIDP 2.0
- Player MP3/AAC/MPEG4
- Jack Audio 3.5mm
- Office Application
- FM Radio
- PTT
- Voice Command/dial
- Printing
- Bluetooth v2.0 (A2DP)

13 Shortcut Code for NOKIA

Many way to get light information about own Nokia cell phones.
Some way through shortcut button which must we know.
This is some info shortcut for our cell phones.

- Looking IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity)
Push *#06#

- Looking Software version, date for release software and software compression.
Push *#0000# or #9999#

- Looking call status waiting
Push *#43#

- Looking private number which has been call our cell phones
Push *#30#

- Looking phone number cause call divert on
push *#67#


- Change cell phones setting to default
push *#7370#

- Looking Bluetooth IP for our cell phones
push *#2820#

- Divert call for another phone number when cell phone busy
push **67* destination number #

- Divert call for another phone number when cell phone doesn't answer
push **61* destination number #

- Divert all call for another number
push **21* destination number #

- Go to phone book with fast Nokia cell phones
push numbered sequence of and then push #

2009/05/03

Free Application for Blackberry

I think someone who using blackberry interest to make they blackberry more powerfull with application added, and sure people will choose free application.This free application will be powerfull too.

Google Mobile








Search Engine very important for people in this era.Anything can be found with search engine.
Now for blackberry user can enjoy with Google Mobile.Google make it search engine will be easy to use in mobile phone.Beside search engine google offer another feature like Google Talk for chatting,Google Sync for calendar synchronization, and digital map Google Maps.
For Blackberry user google give all free and we can download in http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/mobile.html

Opera Mini Browser








Blackberry browser good enough to user especially in storm and bold, but blackberry user must try Opera Mini Browser.The different is about theme, opera mini browser has different color scheme.
It's very helpful for dark theme. One more benefit form opera is the speed to show website very good, and we can download in http://mini.opera.com



Blackberry Updater







As a smartphone user, we must note firmware development.Who knows there is new Firmware from vendor,if yes we must stry to update.
For Blackberry, vendor has been provide application to easy use with Blackberry Application Updater.
Only access web page http://na.Blackberry.com/eng/update/
This services free and provide for some cell phones type.The one of advantages update firmware is we get feature fix.

TalkLock









Talklock is application for lock screen, this application only for blackberry Storm.This application help blackberry user to lock automatically to prevent open another application accidentally.
For open locking, blackberry user only move arrow in the backgorund.
TalkLock can be get in http://www.cellavant.com/TalkLock/
I think someone who using blackberry interest to make they blackberry more powerfull with application added, and sure people will choose free application.This free application will be powerfull too.

2009/05/02

Sony Ericsson S312 "Snap Shot" Camera


From the name we know that if this cell phones included in "Snap-Shot" generation.
Sure the camera feature be andalan dari Sony Ericsson S312.
Photography from this cell phones using camera 2 Megapixel.For this feature completed with illumination shortcut for easy way using camera.One more from Sony Ericcson S312 is 'one click' button for video recording.

Sony Ericsson S312 completed with photo Fix feature for editing image.
For people which interesting in photography with Sony Ericsson S312, they can share photo result online with picture blogging services or share to another gadgets with Bluetooth A2DP.
Sony Ericsson Adding another feature memory card M2(Memory Stick Micro) type, media player and resistant scratch LCD.

Specification :

Network : QuadBand GSM (900/1800 Mhz)
Dimension : 10x 4.6 x 1.25 cm cm
Weight : 80 gram
Screen : 2.0 inch, TFT 262.144 color, 176 x 220 pixel
Data Transfer : EDGE 10, HSCSD, GPRS 10
Camera : 2 MP (1600 x 1200 pixel), video
Internal Memory : 15 MB
External Memory : M2 up to 4 GB
Messaging : SMS, MMS, Email
Connectivity : Bluetooth v2.0 , Data Cable
Browser : WAP 2.0/xHTML (Openwave)
Another Feature : Poliphonic(MP3,AAC),Illuminated Camera Shortcut,Photo Fix, Picture Blogging, Photo Light, Video Light, PictBridge Printing, Media Player, Equalizer, Stereo Widening, Play Now, TrackID, Voice Recorder, 3G Games, Java MIDP2.0, FM Radio with RDS, Scratch Resistant Surface, Alarm Clock, Calculator, Calendar, Stopwatch, Tasks, Timer
Battery :Lithium Polimer

Site To Download Blackberry Content


Blackberry users sure want to make they Blackberry show cool with the interface and moreover with the content.
For the first step Blackberry user will personalized wallpaper, screensaver and theme.
Blackberry User can try instant themes which can download at online portal like www.blackberryfreaks.com.
In this site Blackberry users can choose themes category appropriate with they Blackberry version,start from 7xxx, 8xxx until 9xxx.
Not only themes, this portal offer download game content, application, software and another interesting feature which can use to get pwerfull from our blackberry.
Many of them offer free, only download and install in our blackberry, doesn't need registration for browse and download.

Nokia E75

This is Nokia bussines cell phone with adopted full QWERTY keypad aside.
The body Nokia E75 look a like it family E66 or E71.Just with QWERTY facility email activity can be more optimum.Some benefit feature offer are HSDPA, Camera 3.2 Megapixel, Wi-Fi, Music Player and another feature.

Feature :
- 3G HSDPA
- OS Symbian S60 v3.2
- Processor ARM11 369 Mhz
- TFT Screen 16 million color
- 240 x 320 pixel
- 2.4 Inch
- Camera 3.2 Megapixel
- LED Flash Auto Focus
- Video
- Camera Cideo Call (VGA)
- SMS
- MMS
- Email
- GPRS 32
- EDGE 32
- WAP 2.0/xHTML
- HTML
- HSDPA
- Memory 50 MB
- Slot MicroSD card
- Polifonik (MP3)
- QWERTY Keyboard
- Censor Accelerometer (auto-rotate)
- Java MIDP 2.1
- Player MP3/MP4/eAAC+/WMA
- Jack Audio 5.5 mm
- GPS (A-GPS + Nokia Maps)
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
- UPnP Technology
- Radio FM Stereo (RDS)
- Voice Record
- Speaker Phone
- Game N-Gage
- Bluetooth V2.0 (A2DP)