Archive for October, 2010

windows-phone-7 Microsoft has announced the launch of ten Windows Phone 7 handsets for 30 countries around the world. As expected, nine of these ten phones will be available October 21 in select European and Asian markets and early November in the US. This is the first time we are seeing Europe and Asia getting a major phone launch ahead of US. The phones will find their way to over 60 cellphone operators in more than 30 countries this year. Microsoft has enrolled Dell, HTC, LG, and Samsung to deliver the Snapdragon-based handsets with a carrier list that includes AT&T, T-Mobile USA, Vodafone, TELUS, América Móvil, Deutsche Telekom AG, Movistar, O2, Orange, SFR, SingTel, and Telstra to start with.

List of Windows Phone 7 Announced

  • HTC 7 Surround -- The 3.8-inch T8788 with slideout speaker for AT&T and Telus
  • HTC HD7 -- Schubert comes of age as a 4.3-inch HD2 cousin for T-Mobile and beyond
  • HTC 7 Trophy -- the 3.8-inch Spark headed to international carriers
  • HTC 7 Mozart -- another heavily leaked int'l player with 3.7-inch display
  • Dell Venue Pro -- 4.1-inch portrait QWERTY slider for T-Mobile we broke as Lightning
  • Samsung Focus -- AT&T's 4-inch Super AMOLED slate we broke as Cetus

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Nothing seems to be going Microsoft's way on the day they are holding Windows Phone 7 Event and trying everything to keep the surprise and excitement alive. Right after LG Optimus 7 got leaked officially, Samsung Russia has revealed the details of Samsung Omnia 7 right before the Windows Phone 7 launch event.

Samsung Omnia 7 - Specs & Features

The 4-inch Super AMOLED WVGA handset measures 122.4 x 64.2 x 10.99 mm and runs the 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 processor with 8GB of onboard storage and a 5-megapixel autofocus camera. It also includes WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 and A-GPS, along with USB 2.0 and triband UMTS/HSPA. The Omnia 7 (GT-I8700) can also record 720p HD video and the phone has an FM radio as well. Not many smartphones have FM radio these days! Battery life is tipped at up to 520 minutes talktime or 390 hours standby from the 1,500mAh Li-Ion pack. Below is the full specs sheet

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What about the price? That is not clear yet. May be we will get to know about it when the event starts few hours from now. [via]

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The tech community & the blogosphere is abuzz with Windows Phone 7 launch event which might will reveal some WP7 devices like LG Optimus 7. The company has scheduled the launch event in New York at 6.30 AM PDT/9.30 AM ET today, October 11th 2010. In addition to LG Optimus 7, we might see the lauch of other Windows phone 7 devices like According to the leaked information from various sources, the software giant is expected to reveal HTC HD7, HTC Trophy, Samsung Cedar and HTC Mondrian.

Windows Phone 7 Event - Keynotes

Microsoft is set to launch at-least 3-4 new phones on the AT&T network with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and AT&T Mobility CEO and President Ralph de la Vega set to address keynotes. The event begins at 9:30 am EDT, that’s 6:30 am PDT or 2:30 pm in London, U.K. For other parts of the world, that’s 7:00 pm in New Delhi, India, 22:30 pm in Tokyo, Japan or 3:30 pm in Johannesburg, South Africa. For others, here is a quick link to be sure of the timings.

Watch Windows Phone 7 Event Online - Live Streaming

Thankfully, the Windows Phone 7 launch will...

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An overzealous LG official leaked the details of LG Optimus 7 right before the Windows Phone 7 launch happening later in the day. The leaked details include the spec sheet as well as gallery of images of Optimus 7. It's a different matter altogether that most of the details were already known, but it would still hamper Microsoft's hopes of managing to surprise the tech fraternity later today. Update: Samsung Omnia 7 gets revealed now The Optimus 7 comes with a 3.8-inch WVGA, 800 x 480, capacitive touchscreen and boasts 16GB of internal storage. It has a 1500mAh battery, a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash, 720p HD video and also has Bluetooth 2.1 to go with the Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity. There's also a proximity sensor, an ambient light sensor and a digital compass. The official Windows Phone 7 press conference is scheduled for 6.30am PDT (or 9.30am EDT, 2.30pm GMT) and someone at LG's UK blog updated the details of LG Optimus 7 which was removed as expected, but not before few folks at Pocket-Lint managed to grab and blog them. There's no pricing or availability details yet, but we can...

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Here is a quick heads up on a promotional offer which lets you grab a free one year license of AVG Internet Security 2011 worth $59.95! For the starters, we need to mention that AVG Internet Security 2011 is different from the AVG Antivirus 2011, which is obviously free to use. AVG internet Security 2011 is a more comprehensive security product and competes with the likes of Kaspersky and ESET NOD32. It provides real time surf, search and social networking protection and also boasts of industry leading scan speeds.

AVG Internet Security 2011 - Free License

AVG is giving out a Free one year license of the AVG Internet Security 2011 suite to users of their community page.
As a friend of AVG, or a friend of a friend, you can join our community and enjoy full premium protection for one year – for free. AVG Internet Security 2011 is our fastest and safest product, ever. As well as keeping you and your identity safe while you shop, bank, surf and download, it now also protects you while you use social networks.
Visit the promotional offer page, fill the registration form and download the application here. The...

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All you Ubuntu fanboys can forget about the specialty of 10/10/10 as Ubuntu 10.10 Final (codenamed Maverick Meerkat) has been released which is super fast to boot (takes less than 9 seconds) and carries new “Unity” user interface, which is optimized for smaller netbook screens and mobile computing. The Unity UI offers limited support for touch and a host of new, sleek, larger fonts. Users can, for instance, launch applications from the left bar, display tabs and maximize and minimize applications from touch capable laptops running Ubuntu 10.10.

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Ubuntu 10.10 Features

Super easy installation, the incredibly user-friendly Software Center, Ubuntu One's streaming music, the new Ubuntu font, and the Unity interface for netbooks are just some of the uber-cool features we love in Ubuntu 10.10! The new default wallpaper isn't orange anymore and I love it personally. The two themes - Ambiance & Radiance are modified just enough to make them look different and bit more orangey. The Ubuntu Software Center has received a lot of improvements. It now has a Featured Applications and What’s New section.

Download Ubuntu 10.10

The wait for the final version of Ubuntu 10.10...

10-10-10

There is something really special about today's date. For all those who are strong believers in the “perfect ten” concept, here’s a date you should look forward to. Today is 10/10/10. A day which is special for everyone because of it's numerical rarity which occurs once in 100 years. But there is more to it than just the numbers. While some Astrologers consider this day to be lucky for money, others believe it's a bit unlucky. Well, astrology is just one of the many interesting things happening around the world.

10/10/10 - Experts predict Virus Attack

10-10-10-virus There are rumors about a possible virus attack on web on this special day. Some of the experts have warned about the malware attack on web at 10:10 am/pm Sunday, Oct 2010 as it appears like 10.10.10, a date whose symmetry has occurred once a year since 2001 and will do so until 2012. They predict Y2K kind of a scenario where people feared the computers to stop working once the clock hits a particular time. Personally, I consider it nothing but a hoax, but you never know. More details here.

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As we had promised earlier, here is a detailed step-by-step guide to jailbreak iOS 4.1 on iPod Touch 4G/3G & 2G using Limera1n. The guide to jailbreak iOS 4.1 on iPhone was already posted. The steps remains similar for iPod Touch as well. All you have to do is to upgrade your iPod touch 4G or iPod touch 3G to the latest iOS 4.1 firmware and then follow the step by step guide posted here to Jailbreak it on iOS 4.1 using Limera1n.

Guide to Jailbreak iPod Touch on iOS 4.1 using Limera1n

1. Download iOS 4.1 firmware for iPod Touch 2. Download Limera1n for Windows 3. Connect your iPhone to PC & Start Limera1n.exe. 4. Click on make it ra1n button.

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5. Once your iPod Touch is in Recovery mode, you will be asked to "Hold Home + Power" button to set your iPod Touch in DFU mode. 6. Voila! Your iPod Touch is now jailbroken and ready to use! 7. Now start Limera1n app from your iPod spring board, and install Cydia. Disclaimer: This guide is for education & information purposes only. Follow it on your own...
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