Month: June 2010

Apple Safari 5 Released With HTML5 & Extensions Support

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Apple has quietly released the next version of their popular browser Safari 5, at the WWDC 2010 along where we had seen the official announcement of iPhone 4 . The main new features in Safari 5 include HTML5 support and the extensions on the lines of Firefox and Chrome.

New features:

1.safari reader Safari Reader:

Click on the Reader icon at the end of the address bar to view the clutter-free page without annoying page elements. (I have no idea why Reader icon appears only for certain pages)

safari reader icon

2. HTML 5 safariGreater HTML5 support:

Safari 5 supports host of new HTML5 features like Geolocation, full screen HTML5 video, WebSocket, EventSource, HTML 5 validation and Ruby.

3. safari better performanceBetter Performance:

Safari 5 features faster Nitro Engine, DNS prefetching and improved caching helps to load sites faster and

4. Safari Bing searchBing search:

In addition to Google and Yahoo search, Safari 5 adds built-in Bing search

5. Safari developer programSafari Developer Program:
Safari 5 is coming with new Safari Developer Program through which developers can build extensions using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.

Other features:

Smarter Address Filed, Tab settings, search history with date, top sites/History button, private browsing icon, DNS prefetching, improved page caching, XSS Auditor, improved JavaScript support.

System Requirements:

– Mac OS X 10.5.8 / 10.6.2 / 10.6.3

– Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7

Download Safari 5

Apple iPhone 4 Full Specifications

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Well, the much awaited announcement of the next generation Apple iPhone, being called iPhone 4 is completed at WWDC 2010(it’s not iPhone 4G or iPhone HD as called by fellows who leaked it earlier).

The official specifications of the iPhone 4 are just out. iPhone comes in two variants: 16GB version and 32GB version.

Check out the full specs list below:

iPhone 4 pictures:

Apple iPhone 4

iPhone 4 Full Specifications:

Dimensions 114.3 x 58.7 x 9.3 mm
Weight 140 g
Display – 3.5” TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
– 640 x 960 pixels
Camera – 5 Megapixels
– 2592 x 1944 pixels
– 5x digital zoom
– Autofocus, LED flash, LED video light
– 720p HD video rec @30fps
– Secondar camera with Wi-Fi only
Memroy Internal: 16GB & 32GB variants
Processor Apple A4 prcoessor
Operating System iOS
Network – 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 (2G)
– 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 (3G HSDPA)
Connectivity – 3G (HSPDA 7.2 Mbps)
– Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
– Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR wireless technology
– A-GPS
– USB 2.0
– TV-Out

– 3.5 mm audio jack
Extras – Multi-touch input
– Accelerometer
– Gyroscope
– Proximity sensor
– Scratch-resistant surface
– Social networking integration with live updates
– Google Maps
– Digital compass
– iBooks application
Battery Standard Li-Ion
Talk time Up to 7 hrs (3G)
Stand-by time Up to 300 hrs
Browsing – 3G Up to 6 hrs
Browsing – WiFi Up to 10 hrs
Playback time – Video: 10 hrs
– Music: 40 hrs
Colors Black, White
Availability Release on June 24, 2010

Price And Availability:

Apple iPhone 4 has just been officially announced. The price of 16GB version of iPhone 4 is $199 and that of 32GB version is $299 on a two-year contract with AT&T.

Pre-orders start this June 15, 2010. The sales will start from June 24. Initially iPhone 4 will be launched in US, France, Germany, UK and Japan. 18 more countries will be added in July, 24 more in August , 44 more in September.

Nokia N900 Full Specifications

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Nokia N900

Nokia N900 is the Nokia’s first phone running on Linux based Maemo operating system. Nokia N900 sports a 3.5-inch touchscreen display, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens, dual LED flash, 3x digital zoom, A-GPS, Wi-Fi, FM transmitter and Bluetooth. N900 runs on a ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz processor ,Open GL ES 2.0 Graphics acceleration support and  also support for Adobe Flash 9.4.

The phone is coming with a 32GB of on-board memory along with support for microSD memory card of up to  16GB.

Nokia N900 Pictures:

Nokia N900Nokia N900

Nokia N900 Full Specifications:

Dimensions 110.9 x 59.8 x 18 mm
Weight 181 g
Display – 3.5” TFT resistive touchscreen 65K colors
– 800 x 480 pixels
– Proximity sensor
– Accelerometer sensor
– Full QWERTY keyboard
Memory – Internal: 32GB
– External: up to 16GB microSD
– 256 MB RAM
Camera – 5 Megapixels Carl Zeeiss optics
– 2576 x 1936 pixels
– 3x digital zoom
– Dual LED flash, autofocus, video light
Processor – 600 MHz ARM Cortex A8
– PowerVR SGX530 graphics
Operating System Maemo 5
Network – 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 (2G)
– 900 / 1700 / 2100 (3G HSDPA)
Connectivity – 3G (HSDPA 10 Mbps, HSUPA 2 Mbps)
– Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
– A-GPS
– Bluetooth 2.1
– microUSB 2.0
– TV-out
– 3.5 mm audio jack
Audio / Video formats – MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+
– WMV/RealVideo/MP4/AVI/XviD/DivX
Extras – Skype and Google Talk integartion
– PDF viewer
– Adobe Flash player 9.4
Battery Standard Li-Ion BL-5J battery 1320 mAh
Talk time – Up to 6 hrs 30 mins (2G)
– Up to 4 hrs 30 mins (3G)
Stand-by time – Up to 278 hrs (2G)
– Up to 250 hrs (3G)
Music play time Up to 24 hrs 30 mins
Colors Black
Availability Available (In India: June 4, 2010)

Price And Availability:

N900 was released in November 2009 worldwide. The phone now costs around $479 in US and £459 in Europe. The same phone has made its late debut in India during June 2010. The price of Nokia N900 in India is Rs. 30, 639 INR.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab Leaked Pics & Specifications

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Samsung Galaxy tab

The pictures of the Android powered tablet, Samsung Galaxy Tab have been posted via Twitter by Samsung South Africa last week. According to the rumors, the Galaxy Tab runs on Android OS (not clear whether it is OS v2.1 or V2.2) and has a 7-inch high resolution TFT screen with Samsung’s TouchWiz UI, 3G connectivity, Wi-Fi, and a front facing camera, . The “phone” icon present in the leaked pics shows that the Galaxy tab can also be used to make phone calls possibly with a headset like Bluetooth headset.

Samsung Galaxy Tab Pictures:

Samsung Galaxy tab

Samsung Galaxy tab galaxy phone comparision

Samsung Galaxy Tab Specifications*:

Display – 7” TFT capacitive touchscreen 16M colors
– 1024 x 600 pixels
Display features – TouchWiz UI
– Multi-touch
– Accelerometer sensor
– Proximity sensor
– Swype text input
Camera Front camera for video calling
Memory microSD support
Operating System Android
Connectivity – 3G (HSDPA), GPRS & EDGE
– Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
– Bluetooth
– USB port
– 3.5 mm audio jack
Multimedia Players – Video: MP4/DivX/WMV/H.264/H.263
– Audio: MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC
Extras – Social networking integration
– Doc editor
– In-built Google products (Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk etc.)
– Adobe Flash support
Battery Standard Li-Ion battery
Colors Black & Grey
Availability Expected release in Q4 2010

[*] based on rumors, subject to change in the final version

Price And Availability:

Samsung Galaxy Tab is yet to be announced officially. We can expect the tablet to be released in the fourth quarter of 2010 (Q4). The price details will be available only after official announcement.

Samsung Galaxy Tab has been launched officially and is available in markets. If you are in US, here is what Sprint has to offer for Galaxy Tab:

Sprint: 2GB for $29.99 per month
5GB for $59.99 per month
$600 without contract

The same tablet is available in India at Rs 38000 INR.

How To Open IE In Private Browsing Mode By Default

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Internet explorer logo

In Private Browsing Mode IE

“Private browsing mode” is idle for those who don’t want other users on the same computer to see sites that he had visited and other information. In private browsing mode, the browser will not store your browsing details in cookies or in browsing history.

But for some reasons this private browsing mode is hidden in the browser windows and is not that easy to access (even though you can use a keyboard shortcut to open it, I’d still want a better way) this mode. Even if we create a desktop shortcut for Internet Explorer, it’ll only create a shortcut for normal browsing mode, not the private mode. But here’s a tutorial for you which explains you how to add a private browsing mode desktop shortcut.

1. Create a desktop shortcut as you would do normally.

IE private mode shortcut

[I just renamed the shortcut to “Internet Explorer Private Mode” to reflect its purpose]

2. Right-click on the shortcut now and you will be under “Shortcut” tab by default. You can find a field “Target” under the Shortcut tab.

3. Append the following string to the target location present in the filed:

-private

Now the string will look like:

IE private mode shortcut

"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -private

4. Click OK to save the settings.

You can now use this shortcut to start Internet Explorer in “Private Browsing Mode” by default.

Windows 7:

If you are using Windows 7, you need not worry about going through all the above listed steps to create a shortcut as Windows 7 by default will have a shortcut to start InPrivate Browsing. Just right-click on the IE shortcut present in the taskbar and choose “Start In Private Browsing option” from the list.

Windows 7 IE start inPrivate Browsing

Change Address Bar Search Provider In Firefox

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Firefox logo

Address bar search is the feature that allows you to search for a keyword entered in the address bar (location bar) without entering the search engine homepage. Firefox by default will look for the keyword entered in the address bar in Google search as it is usually set as the default search engine to manage address bar keywords.

However, you might want to change it to suit your personal interest. It may sometimes can also be a case of hijacking: You install some programs that they change your search bar address bar search provider without asking for your permission (ex: so many toolbars like Alexa, Yahoo etc.). For some reasons, if you want to change the Firefox address bar search provider, you can do it by following the steps below:

1. Type about:config in the Firefox address bar. You will be presented with a warning, if you are using Firefox 3.5 + version, just click “I’ll be careful, I promise”!” to continue to the about:config page.

Firefox_about_config_warning

2. In the Filter search box, type “keyword.url” and the result returns only one result as shown in the screenshot below.

keyword.url_firefox

And as you can see here, the address bar search engine provider in my case has been changed to Alexa, when I installed it’s toolbar sometime back. Now I want to change it to a different provider, back to Google may be, or Bing? Well I can even test how it works with Twitter search.

3. Right-Click on the field value and click “Modify”.

change_firefox_keyword.url_string_1

You will now be asked to enter a string value for the keyword.URL, choose the values according to the provider, as listed in the table below.

change_firefox_keyword.url_string

List of  string values of various search engines:

Google http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=
Yahoo http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=
Bing http://www.bing.com/search?q=
Ask http://www.ask.com/web?q=

Click OK to save the settings and checkout the result yourself with typing a keyword in the address bar of the Firefox.

Watch WWDC 2010 Keynote Live Stream Online

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WWDC 2010 Apple iPhone launch live

Update: Watch Apple iPad 2 launch (March 2, 2011) event live online here.

Apple is all set to unveil the 4th generation iPhone, iPhone 4G or iPhone HD as it is to be called at the World Wide Developer Conference WWDC 2010 which is going to start today (June 7, 2010) at San Francisco’s Moscone Center. Besides the iPhone 4G/HD, Apple may also introduce Mac OOS X 10.7 version, Safari 5, possible upgrades to Apple iPhone OS 4.0 for iPhone 3G/3GS, iPad & iPod touch 3G, Apple TV and may also feature other unheard announcements from Apple.

The latest buzz is that the fellows at Gizomodo, which was responsible for iPhone 4G leak months back, haven’t been invited for the event. Steve Jobs will present the WWDC 10 keynote

If you want to keep up with the latest on WWDC by watching it online or reading through live blogging, here are the handy resources for you:

WWDC 2010 Keynote Live Streaming Links / Live Blogging / Live Text Updates:

# Engadget
# Gdgt live

# MacRumors

# MacObserver

# ArsTechnica

# Apple blog

Update: Checkout official iPhone 4 full technical specifications.

WWDC 10 Live Twitter Feeds:

You can catch up with the latest live feed from the WWDC 10 keynote by following the official accounts @macrumors (you can receive updates via SMS) and @arsWWDC

WWDC 10 Start Timings [June 7, 2010] :

Hawaii 07:00 AM
Pacific 10:00 AM
Mountain 11:00 AM
Central 12:00 PM
Eastern 01:00 PM
London 06:00 PM
Paris 07:00 PM
Moscow 09:00 PM
Mumbai 10:30 PM
Tokyo 02:00 AM (June 8th)

Most of  the major previous announcements of iPhone and iPad products were announced in previous WWDCs. WWDC 2007 marked the announcement of iPod Touch along with iPhone 2G, WWdC 2008 had seen iPhone 3G, while iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 3G were announced during WWDC 2009.

BlackBerry Slider 9800 Full Specifications

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The details of the BlackBerry Bold 9800 Slider, the new upcoming slider device from BlackBerry have been leaked a few days back (some of the leaked pictures have been included in the post here). According to the rumours, BlackBerry Bold 9800 Slider runs on BlackBerry OS 6.0 with features including 3.2-inch TFT touchscreen, full QWERTY keyboard, touch-sensitive optical trackpad, 5 megapixel camera, 3G connectivity, WLAN, Bluetooth, A-GPS, 4GB of on-board memory with up to 16GB microSD memory card support etc.

Checkout the exclusive leaked photos and rumoured specs of the BlackBerry Slider 9800.

BlackBerry Slider 9800 Pictures:

blackberry 9800 Slider leak pic 1blackberry 9800 Slider leak pic 2

BlackBerry 9800 Slider Specifications*:

Dimensions 113 x 49 x 13 mm
Display – 3.2” TFT touchscreen, 65K colors
– 360 x 480 pixels
– Full QWERTY keyboard
– Optical trackpad
Camera – 5 megapixels
– Liquid lens technology
Memory – Internal: 4GB
– External:Up to 16GB microSD support
– 512 MB RAM
Operating System BlackBerry OS 6.0
Network – 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 (2G)
– 850 / 1900 (HSDPA)
Connectivity – 3G (HSDPA 3.6 Mbps)
– Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
– Bluetooth v2.1
– microUSB 2.0
– A-GPS
– 3.5 mm audio jack
Audio & Video formats – MP3/WMA/AAC+ (Audio)
– DivX/WMV/XviD/3gp (Video)
Extras – BlackBerry maps
– Doc editor
– Liquid lens technology
Battery Standard Li-Ion battery 1200 mAh
Talk time Up to 3 hrs
Stand-by time Up to 260 hrs
Colors Black
Availability Expected release in June 2010

[*] based on rumours, subject to change in the final version

Price And Availability:

BlackBerry 9800 Slider is expected to be announced officially in June 2010, we await the official price details and availability details from the RIM.

Update (7/28/10) : BlackBerry 9800 Slider is to be officially announced on August 3, 2010.

Apple iPhone 4G aka iPhone HD Specifications

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Update: Checkout official full tech specs of iPhone 4

Apple iPhone 4G (also to be called as iPhone HD) is set to be officially announced today (June 7, 2010) at WWDC 2010. While we wait for the official announcement, let’s have a look into the detailed specifications (almost confirmed) of the next generation iPhone HD.

The features include a much higher upgraded display screen resolution of 640 x 940 pixels, 3G connectivity, an A4 processor, a 5 MP camera with 720p HD video recording support, a front camera for video conferencing, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, digital compass, social networking integration, battery life has been improved compared to the previous version, tougher anti-jailbreaking measures have been implemented.

iPhone 4G Pictures:

iphone 4G HD

image courtesy: Gizmodo.com

iPhone 4G Specifications*:

Update (06/08/10): You can checkout official full tech specs of iPhone 4 (Link)

Dimensions 115.5 x 58.7 x 9.4 mm
Weight 140 g
Display – 3.5” TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
– 640 x 960 pixels
– Multi-touch input mehtod
Camera – 5 megapixels
– 2592 x 1944 pixels
– Autofocus, LED flash
– HD video rec @720p
– Front camera: 2 megapixels
Memory – Internal only: 64 or 80 GB variants
–  256/512 MB RAM
Processor Apple A4 1GHz processor
Operating System iPhone OS 4.0
Network – 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 (2G)
– 850 / 1900 / 2100 (HSDPA)
Connectivity – 3G (HSPDA 7.2 Mbps)
– Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
– Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR wireless technology
– A-GPS
– USB 2.0
– 3.5 mm audio jack
Extras – Accelerometer sensor
– Proximity sensor
– Scratch-resistant surface
– Flash
– Social networking integration with live updates
– Digital compass
– Google Maps
– TV-out
Battery Standard Li-Ion battery
Talk time – Up to 18 hrs (2G)
– Up to 8 hrs (3G)
Stand-by time Up to 600 hrs
Playback time – Video: Up to 12 hrs
– Audio: Up to 35 hrs
Colors Black, White
Availability Expected release in Q3, 2010

[*] subject to change

Price And Availability:

The iPhone 4G has just been announced today (June 6, 2010). We may expect the device to hit the markets in the third quarter (Q3) of 2010. No word on the price of the iPhone 4G till now (will be updated after the official announcement).

Note: The term ‘4G’ in iPhone 4G stands for “4th generation” but not the 4G network.

New World’s Lightest Panasonic HDC-TM35 HD Camcorder

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Panasonic HDC-TM35

Panasonic has launched world’s lightest HD camcorder HDC-TM35 which just weighs 185g (just a bit more than BlackBerry Storm 2) and is idle for women mostly. This new camcorder supports 1920 x 1080/60i HD mode AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Definition) video capturing with its 1/41 type MOS of 3.32-megapixel image sensor and can also capture 2.16 Megapixel still images.

Other features include IA Zoom, Image Stabilization, Smile Shutter and is coming with a 16.8x optical zoom lens, 2.7-inch LCD display, 2-channel built-in stereo microphone, stereo speakers, HDMI output.

HDC-TM35 Specifications:

Dimensions 51.5 x 57.5 x 107.5 mm
Weight 185g
Image Sensor 1 / 4.1 type MOS
Video format MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 (AVCHD standard compliant)
Audio format Dolby Digital 2-channel
Zoom – iA 23x zoom
Memory – Internal: 32GB
– Up to 64GB SDXC memory card
– Up to 32GB SDHC memory card
– Up to 2GB SD memory card
LCD DIsplay 2.7” high definition LCD widescreen
HDMI output System 1 1080i 480p [HDMI mini connector]
Power DC3.6V / 5.0V
Colors Pure White, Classi Gold, Mode Violet and Shiny Gray

Price And Availability:

The Panasonic HDC-TM35 will be released on July 1, 2010 in Japan at a price of $810 (around Rs. 40,000 INR in Indian rupees).