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Acer beTouch E130 Full Specifications

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Acer beTouch E130

Acer has officially announced the Acer beTouch E130 which was first revealed during the Computex 2010. Acer beTouch E130 is a BlackBerry look-alike phone and sports a 2.6-inch QVGA touchscreen, 3.2 Megapixel camera, 416 MHz Ericsson processor, 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM, 3G HSPDA connectivity, front-facing full QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi, up to 32GB microSD support, A-GPS, Facebook and Flickr integration etc.

Acer beTouch E130 Pictures:

Acer beTouch E130 android

Acer beTouch E130 Full Specifications:

Dimensions 115 x 62.5 x 11.5 mm
Weight 109 g
Display – 2.6” TFT touchscreen 65K colors
– 320 x 240 pixels
– QWERTY keypad
– Optical trackpad
Camera – 3.15 megapixels
– 2048 x 1536 pixels
Memory – Internal: 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
– External: Up to 32GB microSD
Processor 416 MHz ST Ericsson PNX6715 processor
Operating System Android OS v1.6 Donut
Network – 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 (2G)
– 900 / 2100 (3G HSDPA)
850 / 1900 (3G HSDPA)
Connectivity – 3G HSDPA 3.6 Mbps, HSUPA 384 Kbps
– Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
– Bluetooth v2.1
– microUSB 2.0
– A-GPS
– 3.5 mm audio jack
Audio/Video formats – MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ (Audio)
– MP4/H.264/H.263 (Video)
Extras – Accelerometer sensor
– Acer Spinlets, Acer UrFooz apps
– Digital compass
– Preloaded Google products
– Facebook and Flickr
– Doc viewer
Battery Standard Li-Ion 1500 mAh
Colors Black, White
Availability Expected release in August 2010

Price And Availability:

The Acer beTouch E130 is expected to hit the markets in August 2010. However there is no official word on pricing of the phone.

Sony Ericsson Cedar Full Phone Specifications

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Cedar Silver side

Sony Ericsson Cedar is the next GreenHeart labelled phone from Sony Ericsson after Sony Ericsson Aspen.

Cedar (aka Cedar GreenHeart) is a low weight (84 grams) mid-range phone with Human Curvature design, 3G connectivity, 2 Megapixels camera capable of VGA quality video at 30fps, Widget Manager 2.0 (to add social networking widgets on homescreen), a slot for microSD memory card, 3.5 mm headset jack.

SE has announced Cedar in a press conference along with Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 and Sony Ericsson Yendo

In line with the company’s GreenHeart™ commitment, Sony Ericsson Cedar™ features various green credentials such as recycled plastics, a low power consumption charger, an e-manual, waterborne paint and compact packaging. The phone is perfect for businesses that are looking for a green alternative as it offers push mail, Bluetooth™ connectivity and HSDPA.

Sony Ericsson Cedar Pictures:

SE cedar front red

SE Cedar silver both sides

Sony Ericsson Cedar Full Phone Specifications:

Dimensions 111 x 49 x 15.5 mm
Weight 84 g
Display – 2.2” TFT screen, 256K colors
– 240 x 320 pixels
Camera – 2 megapixels
– 1600 x 1200 pixels
– Video rec @ 30fps
Memory microSD slot
Network – 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 (2G)
– 2100 (HSPDA)
850 / 1900 / 2100 (HSDPA)
Connectivity – 3G HSDPA
– Bluetooth v2.1
– microUSB 2.0
– 3.5 mm audio jack
Audio/Video formats – MP4/H.263/H.264 (Video)
– MP3/eAAC+/WAV (Audio)
Extras – Social Networking Apps (YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter)
– Widget Manager 2.0
– GreenHeart labelled (Eco friendly)
– Stereo FM radio
Battery Standard Li-Po 1000 mAh
Talk time – Up to 12 hrs 30 mins (2G)
– Up to 5 hrs (3G)
Stand-by time – Up to 420 hrs (2G)
– Up to 475 hrs (3G)
Colors Black/Silver, Black/Red
Availability Expected release in Q3, 2010

Price And Availability:

The price of the Sony Ericsson Cedar hasn’t been announced yet. Cedar is expected to make its official debut in the markets in third quarter (Q3) of 2010.

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X8 Full Specifications

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Xperia x8 small

Sony Ericsson has announced new Xperia series phone Xperia X8, which looks like a bigger SE Xperia X10 mini. [SE has also officially announced that all the XPERIQA models will be updated to Android 2.1 by Q3 2010). X10 features a 3-inch HVGA touch screen, Android 2.1 , 600 MHZ processor, 3.2 Megapixels camera, microSD memory up to 16GB with 2GB card being included in the box, 3G connectivity, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and A-GPS.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 Pictures:

SE Xperia X8 BlueSE Xperia X8 Blue

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X8 Full Phone Specifications:

Dimensions 99 x 54 x 15 mm
Weight 104 g
Display – 3” TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
– 320 x 480 pixels
– Accelerometer sensor
– Timescape UI
– Scratch-resistant surface
Camera – 3.15 megapixels
– 2048 x 1536 pixels
Memory – Internal: 128 MB
– External: Up to 16GB microSD
Processor 600 MHz
Operating System Android Os v1.6 Donut
Network – 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 (2G)
– 900 / 2100 (3G)
850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 (3G)
Connectivity – 3G HSDPA
– Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
– Bluetooth v2.0
– A-GPS
– microUSB 2.0
– 3.5 mm audio jack
Audio/Video formats – MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV (Video)
– MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV
Extras – Stereo FM
– TrackID music recognition
– Preloaded Google products
– Facebook App
– Doc viewer
Battery Standard Li-Po 1200 mAh battery
Colors White, Dark Blue/ White, Aqua Blue/ White, Pink/ White, Silver/ White
Availability Expected release in Q3 2010

Price And Availability:

According to the reports, the price of Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 will be €259 ($320 USD), or may be around Rs. 15,000 INR in India. The phone is expected to be released officially in Q3 of 2010.

Enable/Disable Auto Fill Or Auto Complete In Firefox

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AutoFill Firefox

Firefox by default is coming up with AutoFill or Auto Complete feature in location bar (address bar), but for some reasons if you see it disabled in your Firefox, you can enable it in the following steps:

1. Type about:config in the address bar.

about: config firefox

2. Just accept the “This might void your identity” warning to proceed to the about:config settings page

3. Under the Preference Name, filter the entries by typing “Autofill” in the filter bar.

Autofill in browser urlbar

4. Change the value field to “false” to enable the Auto Complete feature in the browser URL bar.

Just set the value back to “false” to disable the auto-fill feature in the location bar.

Setup Windows Live Hotmail SMS Alerts

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Windows live mobile

Hotmail users has now something to cheer about, the new Hotmail mobile SMS alerts !! Yes, Windows Live Hotmail is offering free mail alerts via SMS, without requiring a GPRS enabled phone. To get started, follow the steps below:

1. Go this Windows Live Mobile Signup page, login using your Windows Live ID.

2. Now you can add a phone to your Windows Live account. Enter your mobile phone number and click “Next”.

add phone in Windows live mobile

3. You will now receive a verification code as a text message to your phone.

4. Enter the verification code, and select Hotmail under SMS services and click “Save”.

SMS Service Hotmail

You will now start receiving SMS whenever you get a new mail. You can also configure them to receive alerts from a set of recipients and also the time where during which you can receive them.

You can also read, compose, delete and forward e-mail right from your mobile phone using the following shortcuts with Hotmail.

SMS text Shortcuts for Hotmail:

Inbox- I or IA

Compose- C

Read – (msg num)

More – M

Reply – R or RA

Delete – D

Forward – F

Next – N

Previous – P

Mail header – MH

Convert .doc To .docx Using MS Word 2010

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Word 2010

Ever since Microsoft has introduced Microsoft Office 2007, .docx format replaced the classical .doc format which was used with MS Office 2003 on Windows XP based systems. But then, considering the fact that some of the users still use MS Office 2003 and Windows XP on their machines. If you have created a .doc format office document with earlier versions of MS Office, you might want to convert it to the newest .docx format. Here are the steps that you should follow to convert a document into Office Word 2007/2010 :

Steps:

1. Open the .doc format document in Microsoft Word 2010.

2. Click on the File from the menu. Under the Info tab, you can find a option to “Convert”

Convert Doc to DocX in Word 2010

3. Click on the Convert button to start the conversion process, you will be prompted warning window saying that the layout of the document may change if you convert the document to newest format. Click on “OK” to continue.

Microsoft Word 2010 convert

You can now save the document and it will be automatically converted to the .docx format.

Bing Facebook Map App Shows Your Friends Location On Facebook

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Fconnect my friends on bing

Bing Maps team has created a new app called “My friends”, which pulls your data from Facebook profile to show your friends locations on Bing maps.

Just open the My Friends application, login through Facebook Connect, select “Allow” to allow the Bing Maps to connect to your Facebook profile, that’s all you need to. Now the profile pictures of all your friends who have listed a “Current City” in their profile will be pinned to the map,

Current City in Facebook

as you can see here:

Facebook friends in bing

It’s really fun to see all your friends location on a map like this, just click on the “+” sign that may appear above any of your friends profile pictures to see more friends located in that particular city.

Link: My Friends Map App @ Bing

Nokia X5-01 QWERTY Full Phone Specifications

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Nokia X5 blue small

Nokia has today announced a teen-oriented QWERTY music phone Nokia X5-01 at a press conference. This is the second phone of the Nokia X5 series.

Nokia X5-01 is targeted mainly at the youth and it is clearly evident in the wide social networking integration on the phone. X5-01 comes with popular social networking services like Facebook, Twitter, Hi5, and MySpace, along with popular Instant Messengers(IMs) and multiple email accounts.

Nokia X5-01 features a 2.36-inch QVGA resolution display, Series 60 v3.2 UI,  a slide-out full QWERTY keyboard, 5 MP camera with 4x digital zoom and LED flash,  200 MB of internal memory which can be expanded up to 32GB using microSD card (2GB card included in the box), Ovi Music, 3G connectivity (HSDPA), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, A-GPS with Ovi Maps, microUSB and a 3.5 mm audio jack.

Nokia X5-01 will be coming up with excellent sound quality and loud speakers and the music playback on the phone can be controlled with gestures like spinning the phone etc.

Nokia X5-01 Pictures:

Nokia X5-01 pinkNokia X5-01 blue

Nokia X5-01 Full Specifications:

Dimensions 74.3 x 66.4 x 16.8 mm
Weight 129 g
Display – 2.36” TFT 256K colors
– 320 x 240 pixels
– Full QWERTY keyboard
Camera – 5 megapixels with LED flash
– 4x digital zoom
– 2592 x 1944 pixels
Memory – Internal: 200 MB
– External: Up to 32GB microSD
Operating System Symbian OS v9.3, S60 v3.2 UI
Network – 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 (2G)
– 850 / 1900 / 2100 (3G HSDPA)
900 / 1900 / 2100 (3G HSDPA)
Connectivity – 3G HSDPA
– Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
– Bluetooth v2.1
– microUSB 2.0
– A-GPS
– 3.5 mm audio jack
Audio/ Video formats – MP4/H.264/H.263 (Video)
– MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ (Audio)
Extras – Accelerometer sensor
– Flash Lite v3.0
– Doc viewer
– Stereo FM radio
Battery Standard Li-Po battery
Talk time – Up to 4 hrs (2G)
– Up to 3 hrs 30 mins (3G)
Music play time Up to 24 hrs
Stand-by time – Up to 16 days (2G)
– Up to 16 days (3G)
Colors Pink, Azure, Graphite Black, Yellow Green, Purple
Availability Expected release in Q3 2010

Price And Availability:

Nokia X5-01 has been announced on June 14, 2010. The device will be launched first Indonesia during Q3 2010 at a price of €165 ($202). The price of Nokia X5-01 in India is expected to be around Rs.9500 INR.

Nokia X5 is now available in India at Rs 10,499 INR.

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How To Stop Internet Explorer To Stop Asking You To Remember Passwords ?

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AutoComplete passwords

Microsoft Internet Explorer has a default “AutoComplete Passwords” feature that lets you save passwords for different login pages while browsing the internet. But if you are using a shared public computer with many users working on it, you might want to disable this feature for privacy concerns. Follow the steps below to make Internet Explorer stop asking for you to remember passwords.

Steps:

1. Go to Tools > Internet Options, switch to “Content” tab. Click on “Settings” under “AutoComplete” section.

ie content settings

2. Uncheck the “Ask me before saving passwords” option in the AutoComplete settings window.

AutoComplete settings

3. Click OK and close the settings window.

From now on, your Internet Explorer will not offer you the AutoComplete passwords dialogue. To re-enable this feature at any later time, just check the same option in the third step.

New Orkut Upgrade Brings More Facebook Like Features

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orkut logo

Orkut team has yesterday announced minor upgrades to the Google’s social networking site, definitely in a attempt to catch up to the Facebook’s domination in the arena.This is evident since the launch of new version of Orkut with changes like enabling friends to comment on the status updates,auto-magic groups, file transfer in chat etc.

The new upgrade to the site will bring three feature changes:

# Scraps are now being replaced by conversations:

“From now on, all scraps you send to your friends will also show up in your profile, making it easy to start new conversations”

You can even comment on the ongoing conversations that any of your friends have already started, now this conversation will start appearing in your profile, much like that way how Facebook shows them up.

# Private scraps:

You can now send a private scraps to your friends which will be visible to only selected friends:

orkut private scraps

“To keep something secret, just send a private scrap to your friends, and just those people selected will see it”

# Privacy Levels:

Orkut has added privacy settings for each of the individual items like who can see content on your profile, who can send a scrap to you, etc.

orkut_new_privacy_settings

“Every piece of content on orkut (a scrap, photo, video, etc) will be labelled with a privacy level, so you know who else is seeing it or not “

What do you feel about these new changes ? let us know.