iTag - Free Music Tag Editor - Album Art Downloader for Android

Posted by Unknown Jumat, 29 Juni 2012 0 komentar
I have seen a lot of people, infact almost everyone i know who don't tag their music collection properly. All they do is just copy / download the file to their computer / mobile directly & start listening to it. Not keeping the music properly tagged has its demrits. You miss out on chance to create playlists of songs sung by your favorite singer(s). Keeping the collection organised is alwaya a better option. Also having an app that helps download album art is another very likeable thing. For computer, I use iTunes both as music manager & player. For Android, there is a nice little app called iTag. It lets you edit tags & download album art or cover art pretty easily. With a few clicks, your music library will be well organised & you'll have album arts to be seen in your favorite music player. Below is the review of iTag for Android.

Pros : -
  • Small, lightweight app.
  • Tagging is straightforward. No rocket science involved.
  • Free app. Ads dont irritate.
  • Downloads & embeds Album Art easily. Same can be applied to entire album.
  • Runs well without freezing or crashing your device. (tested on Samsung Galaxy Ace)

Cons : -
  • Interface is a bit dull.
  • Batch edit is not available. Songs have to be edited one by one.
  • No option to add / edit Composer & Lyricist.

For a free app, iTag does a decent job. Needs a few improvements but that's the case with almost every app. Those who want their music library well organised will love this for sure.
P.S. I have used it on my Samsung Galaxy Ace with Android 2.3.6. It runs quite well & is never crashed.


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RockMelt: Web Browser and Social Media Tool for Administrators and Other Educators

Posted by Unknown Kamis, 28 Juni 2012 0 komentar
RockMelt is a Web Browser for educators and others who want to blend their Web reading and social media sharing into a seamless combination. It is relatively easy to use and even offers some of the same customization features found in Chrome.

This week, I decided to take some time and really work with the browser.  Here’s some features I have found interesting and most useful.
  • It is very similar to Google Chrome, my usual browser of choice. This is not surprising since it is based on Google's Chromium. As an experienced Chrome user, this has meant that I had little difficulty getting accustomed to RockMelt.  Everything is Chrome. If you are a Chrome user, RockMelt is familiar. In some ways, it looks like and functions as a customized version of Chrome, optimized for social media.
  • Users can still download and use favorite Chrome extensions. RockMelt allows users to install and use Chrome extensions, though users may have to use short-cut keys to access those extensions. For example, Evernote’s Clearly extension is one of my Chrome favorites. I installed it in RockMelt, but it does not install a toolbar button. Instead of this, I have to press CTRL+ALT+Right Arrow to activate Clearly.
  • Posting to Facebook and Twitter is as easy as clicking on a single button. Also, the share button means I can easily share out something from the web. RockMelt is built for sharing. This feature alone makes it the way to go if you are always sharing things from the Web.
  • The Apps give users quick access to favorite sites and alllow quick sharing through social networks. Using the icons on the right-hand side of the browser interface by clicking on them, I can preview headlines from these selected sites, and click to load the full article or share it from that window.
RockMelt Screenshot with Twitter Pop-Up Notification Box


RockMelt is certainly not a browser for everyone, but it might be the Web browser for the educator who wants to be connected to social media networks just a bit more seamlessly. To read about and download RockMelt, check out their web site. It’s free.

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Implications of the 2012 NMC Horizon Report for 21st Century School Leaders

Posted by Unknown Rabu, 27 Juni 2012 0 komentar
"To skillfully change our paradigms and cultivate the ability to embrace change, we must learn to let go of our old paradigms," write Ted McCain, Ian Jukes, and Lee Crockett in their book Lining on the Future Edge: Windows on Tomorrow. As 21st century school leaders, embracing change is no longer an option.

Each year the New Media Consortium (NMC) puts out a reminder of just how important embracing change is. This reminder is the 2012 NMC Horizon Report K-12 Edition (You can download it here.) This report is a snapshot review of trends that have the greatest potential to disrupt and shape education in the next five years. While the report is not meant to be predictive, it does serve as a point of thought and discussion for the 21st century school leader.

2012 NMC Horizon Report Near Adoption Technologies


Where is technology going in the next 5 years, and what might be some things we can expect as educational leaders? Here's what the 2012 NMC Horizon Report outlines as the technologies closest to adoption in our schools.

Near Horizon: (Within Next 12 Months)


Mobile Devices and Apps: According to the Horizon report, mobile devices and apps are increasingly becoming part of the classroom. Schools are implementing BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policies that allow students Wi-Fi access using their smartphones. The number of applications available for these devices is near endless too, making mobile devices one of the most versatile tools students can have in the classroom.  More and more schools are re-thinking policy regarding students having these devices.

Tablet Computing: Tablets, according to this report, "Presents new opportunities for enhancing learning in ways simply not possible with mobile phones, laptops, or desktop computers, and is esepcially suited for 1:1 learning in the K-12 environment." These devices accelerate the possibilities of accessing existing content on the web, and generating and sharing student-created content. My own school is entering a second year in our district iPad project, with plans to move toward utilizing these devices more effectively.

Mid-Term Horizon (2-3 Years Out)


Game-Based Learning: "Educational gaming brings an increasingly credible promise to make learning experiences more engaging for students, while at the same time improving important skills, such as collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking." Keep in mind that this game-based learning is not the old "drill-n-kill" games peddled to schools in the early days when schools were just beginning to put computers in the classrooms. These are complex game environments engaging students in real-world problem solving and critical thinking. Game-Based learning uses the complex characteristics of gaming to deliver instructional content. These instructional gaming tools employ what Jane McGonigal calls, in her book Reality Is Broken, the "Four Defining Traits of a Game:" 1) these games have goals or specific outcomes players work to achieve, 2) these games have rules that place limitations on how players can achieve the goals, 3) these games have a built-in feedback systems that tell players how close they are to achieving that goal, and 4) these games employ voluntary participation which translates into the acceptance of the goals, rules, and feedback system. As the Horizon Report indicates, one of the greatest potentials for this technology is the ability to "foster collaboration and engage students deeply in the process of learning." From an administrator perspective it is important to understand that just because it's a game doesn't mean it's going to be effective. Those working in this area are trying to capture McGonigal's characteristics of games like Runscape, Minecraft, and World of Warcraft, and employ them in game-based learning environments.

Personal Learning Environments: According to the Horizon Report, personal learning environments (PLEs) are "personal collections of tools and resources a person assembles to support their own learning----both formal and informal." As more smartphones and mobile devices have become a part of our students' experiences, they are in a position to select more and more of the apps and learning tools they use in their own learning. The goal of PLEs is move to a learning environment where students "have more control over how they learn in school." The teacher role shifts in this kind of learning environment to more of a support or facilitator role in helping students develop and engage in their own personal learning environments. As more online tools that lend themselves to this kind of learning have become available, the opportunity to learn in this way increases. This technology will prompt serious discussions on traditional factory schooling concepts like required seat-time, teacher roles, and teacher expertise in technology.

Far Term Horizon (4-5 Years Out)


Augmented Reality: The definition of augmented reality provided by the Horizon Report is "layering of information over a view or representation of the normal world, offering users the ability to access place-based information in ways that are compellingly intuitive." These tools can add to learning experiences by combining real world imagery with virtual content. There are few examples of this technology, but in the future, students may be able to manipulate a 3-D image of a cell overlayed with a real world image. Some experts contend that this technology is not quite ready.

Natural User Interfaces: These allow "computers to respond to gestures, motions of the body, facial expressions, voice, sound, and other environment cues, and are replacing the key board and mouse as the standard for computer/human interaction." These devices make interactions with a computer more intuitive. Examples of this technology include the X-Box Kinect and Ninetendo Wii. These natural user interfaces have been particularly promising in teaching with autistic, blind, deaf, and other special needs students.

Implications for 21st Century Technology Leaders


While these are not predictions, this list does serve as a "Reflection and Consideration Point of Decision" for the 21st century school leader. The object is not to "prepare for these technologies" or even advocate for them. but what are the implications of these "near-horizon" technologies for 21st century technology leaders? Here's some things 21st century administrators might wish to think about in light of this report.
  • Rethink, revise, and redo policies governing whether students can have smartphones and electronic devices in our schools. Cell phone bans have outlived their usefulness, just as bans on other electronic devices. Instead, we need poliies and guidelines that encourage students and teachers to engage in the use of these tools.
  • Implement school-wide Wi-FI access for all students and staff. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies allow students and teachers to remain connected to the 21st century, not unplug once they walk through the school doors. Providing access should be a priority.
  • Begin employing tablet devices in our schools, not as augmentation to current instruction, but to totally disrupt teaching models. If we want teaching and learning to change, we don't want to simply search for ways to augment what we are doing, we want to make it possible for new forms of learning and teaching. Tablets are the type of disruptive device to do just that.
  • Stop viewing tablet computers as just another type of computer. Let's not use terms like 1:1 and the number of tablets in our schools as bragging points. Instead, let the discussion and bragging turn to how learning has fundamental changed in our schools for our students due to employing these devices. Let the technology disrupt and cause innovation and new forms of both teaching and learning.
  • Be as cautious as ever. Beware of sales pitches and promotions of the "next thing." Insist that those peddling their wares speak in terms of how the technologies will enhance learning, and do not allow them to just quote test scores as evidence. Technology isn't beneficial just because it's new. It's effective in the hands of an effective teacher. Bad teaching with technology is still bad teaching.
The Horizon Report is an annual opportunity for school leaders to glimpse at possible near-horizon technology adoptions. In addition to quick view, as a technology leader, it is also an opportunity to engage in a bit of "what-if" thinking too, and that kind of thinking leads the way to embracing the change.

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Samsung, HTC, Huawei join Nokia as first Windows Phone 8 hardware makers

Posted by Unknown Selasa, 26 Juni 2012 0 komentar
Windows Phone Summit (Photo: The Verge)
[From The Verge]
Microsoft just announced four special hardware partners for Windows Phone 8 — Nokia, Huawei, Samsung, and HTC will have Windows Phone 8 devices running on "next generation silicon" from Qualcomm. There weren't any details on exactly what this silicon would be, but we're guessing it'll be a dual-core processor. Microsoft and its partners are ready for a global push, as well: the company announced that it'll launch in more than 180 countries in 50 languages, more than Apple announced last week.

Additionally, Microsoft released some details on software updates for its future hardware — all software updates will be pushed over the air, and all Windows Phone 8 devices will get "at least" 18 months of software support after launch. The company also announced some details on an "enthusiast" program — registered enthusiasts will get early access to updates before the broad consumer rollout.

LG L7 (Photo: The Verge)
[My Take]

LG apparently quit the tablet race to focus on smartphones and other consumer electronics like smart TVs. If Windows 8 is highly expected to beat the smartphone OS game, I could not help but wonder why LG did not join Nokia as Windows 8 hardware maker. 

LG introduced its Google TV this year and proved that they know how to get consumer’s attention to their Smart TV products and know that the importance of different consumer taste when it comes to Smart TV platform. This same logic should also apply to LG smartphones. Knowing that Android will not only be the sole OS for smartphones (excluding iPhone), therefore joining the Finnish company as Windows 8 hardware maker just like what their Korean cousin, Chinese, Taiwanese counterparts did is not a matter of whether you are joining or not but rather when do you join the herd? There is no better answer than Now.


LG Google TV (Photo: LetsGoDigital)

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JetAudio for Android! Free, Dandy Music Player with Great Sound Effects

Posted by Unknown Senin, 25 Juni 2012 0 komentar
One of the best music players for Android - JetAudio
JetAudio is one the Music Players I use on my laptop. Not because its better than my favorite iTunes, but because it provides the features that even the biggies lack. I am talking about Sound Effects. My Audio Card's driver has no option for choosing listening environment & that's the reason JetAudio sits there on my laptop. There is option to enable listening environments like Hall, Stadium, Room etc. A few songs sound really good when heard in virtual environments. Enough said about the desktop version. This post is for Android only. So let me tell you, JetAudio is miles ahead of PowerAmp & other top Music Apps when it comes to sound effects. Its 100% free, though you can purchase the Plus version for Ads-free experience. JetAudio Basic has features that are available only in paid versions of other players. Read on for full review.

Cons :-
  • Ads. Though they won't disturb you.
  • No Lock-Screen. I have asked developers for the same.
  • No Headset-Controls. I have asked developers for this as well.

Pros:-
  • Sound Effects. Including 10/20 bands graphic equalizer, Wide - Reverb - XBass & others like Hall - Stadium - Room.
  • Automatic Gain Control (AGC, that enables same volume level for all songs).
  • Crossfading.
  • Sleep Timer.
  • Ability to play songs Folder-wise (one of the most sought after feature!)
  • Cool User Interface.
  • Supports many formats.
  • Gapless playback.
  • Playback speed controls.
  • Installd to SD card, thus saves precios memory.
  • Allows you to post the song being played to Facebook & Twitter.
I recommend JetAudio for all those who want better sound quality from their Android device. I have tested this on my Samsung Galaxy Ace with Android 2.3.6 & am completely satisified with the audio playback that it offers. Great sound quality & great features make it one of the best Music Players for Android. Go for it. The cons disappoint but might be fixed in future updates. Till then install JetAudio & enjoy your music with better sound quality.

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Are You a True 21st Century Leader? Importance of Courage and Character

Posted by Unknown Minggu, 24 Juni 2012 0 komentar
"Courage trumps authority. It even trumps physical violence," writes Gus Lee in his book entitled Courage: The Backbone of Leadership.


There is no doubt that courage is central to leadership, and Lee's book emphasizes that over and over. At one point in the book, Lee describes a class he once had with Major H. Norman Schwarzkopf, the future general,  as his teacher. Schwarzkopf gave the class this scenario:

"Imagine that you and your troops for which you are responsible are on an international border. The enemy can cross it and strike at you with impunity. But you can't cross the border. That order comes from the commander in chief. Every night, the enemy crosses the border to kill and wound your men, who are Vietmanese Airborne volunteers in your care. Every night, you chase the enemy, but they escape at the border, where you stop, as you are ordered. Here's the question: when the enemy hits you again tonight, do you pursue them over the line? Or do you follow orders and halt at the border?"
Lee goes on to describe the questions asked by the students clarifying the scenario. If they cross the border, they can destroy their enemy and stop their men from dying, but if they cross the border, they violate an order from the Commander-in-Chief. Schwarzkopf goes on to ask his students to write about the experience and then polls them to find out which students would stop at the border and how many would pursue the enemy across the border. Lee says he chose to stop at the border because he had to follow orders.

Schwarzkopf then tells them, "There are two kinds of people in the world: leaders and careerists. Leaders have character. They act for what is right. They would die for their men. Careerists are self-centered, self-absorbed. They act out of selfishness. They sacrifice their men for a promotion. They lie to pump up results.They save their skins instead of others'. Careerists can't really lead because their men do not trust them and will not willingly follow."

"The correct answer for a leader is clear. You cross the border. You destroy the enemy to protect your men. You then take personal consequences to your career, knowing that you violated an order but acted for what is right. You feel pride in getting court-martialed and being reduced to private. Everyone's a leader or isn't. It's not rank. It's character."

I can't help but be moved by this story. I was when I read it. I am also equally moved by the question asked about whether I am leader or a careerist. How many of us become more concerned about our careers than for what is right? I happen to believe strongly that leadership is about character and integrity, and I certainly hope I'm not a careerist.

Courage: The Backbone of Leadership

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3 Easy Things to Do with Your School or District's Facebook Page

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The negative press about educators' indescretions in Facebook posting is enough to send the 21st century school leader running in the opposite direction when someone talks about engaging in the use that media for school communication. But such thinking ignores the fact that other media has been, and will be abused in the same way. When a school staff members uses the phone line to engage in illicit activity, we don't take our the phone lines. We deal with the real issue, that staff member's behavior, not the technology.

But once a school leader gets beyond the fear, there are three good reasons to use Facebook to communicate with the larger community and the world. Here they are:
  • Use Facebook to inform and Educate: This is probably the way it is most used by school leaders. Facebook is the perfect medium to announce what is happening in your school or district. You can post about new school or district initiatives. Post those big news items such as visiting dignitaries, budget information, and even new educational programs. Facebook is a source of news for an increasingly large number of our constituients, so we need to use it in that manner.
  • Use Facebook to engage stakeholders: Facebook is an opportunity though, to move beyond just making announcements, and engage your stakeholders in conversations about your school or district. Once you've established clear guidelines for comments and posts, you can engage your parents in discussions about the proposed school dress code, or the new bell schedule. There's no reason to be afraid of those conversations. They are going to happen anyway. Bringing them to Facebook just brings those conversations under your radar so that you can know your community's true feelings about what you're doing. This is taking Facebook use to another whole level that many districts and district leaders aren't ready to move to, mine included.
  • Use Facebook to entertain stakeholders and to celebrate: Facebook is a perfect opportunity to entertain your stakeholders with the many talents your students have. Posting a video of the band performing, or a interesting video created by a student are the kinds of things our parents find entertaining. It is also a way to celebrate the great things your school or district is doing.
It truly is tempting to either ignore the movement by organizations to social media due to all the negative press it receives. But to do so limits your school or district from taking advantage of one of the most effective 21st century communication tools.

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5 Aspects of Social Media Leadership for School Administrators and Other Educators

Posted by Unknown Sabtu, 23 Juni 2012 0 komentar

Twenty-first century school leaders need to become masters of social media leadership. Those who don't, or those who dismiss it as a fad, are failing in one of the major responsibilities of being a 21st century educational leader. What does being a social media leader look like? Here's some items to consider:

  • Being a social media leader means you see the technology of social media as a way to invite stakeholders into conversations, not as an announcement system. By default, this one also means you have to act with courage. Using social media in this manner means greater transparency with what is happening in your school. It also means greater involvement in your school community. The courage comes in when others comment on how your doing or how your school is doing.
  • Being a social media leader means you don't just use social media to tell your parents and community what you think they want to know: you tell them the kinds of information they want to have. The old communication model would be sitting at your desk, carefully deciding what you want your parents to know. The new communication model means you need to communicate out to your public the information a 21st century audience demands. That sometimes means communicating things you are a bit uncomfortable with.
  • Being a social media leader means using it to provide 21st century connections with your parents and community. Twenty-first century connections are two-way, not one way connections. For example, newsletters or posting a video of your graduation on your web site is one way communication. Posting an announcement or video on Facebook with comments activated invites two-way. But make sure you have clear guidelines on what is acceptable comments and not acceptable.
  • Being a social media leader means understanding social media in the manner suggest by authors Kitty Porterfield and Meg Carnes in their book Why Social Media Matters: School Communication in the Digital Age: Social media is a "process not a product." It isn't something you engage in on Fridays at 4 PM. It requires time and investment to be effective. Engaging in social media is ongoing, not a one-time event.
  • Finally, being a social media leader means using it to create an environment of collaboration. It involves creating a place where all opinions are valued. In other words, using social media to create a sense of shared responsbility for the entire school or district. You can't always to expect to invite your parents to collaborate on your terms. They also have desires and aspirations for their schools. Social media is an opportunity to foster that kind of thinking more, and social media leaders do it well.

If you as a school leader or educator wonder why you are failing to engage others in your social media, it might be that you are not demonstrating 21st century social media leadership. To to that, you need to change your perspective of communicating with your parents and community. That perspective needs to now include the idea that one-way communication is 20th century. Social media is a multi-way media to engage others in a conversation, not just talk at them.


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Twitter: Easiest Way to Get Connected for 21st Century Administrators

Posted by Unknown Jumat, 22 Juni 2012 0 komentar

If you're looking for a social media tool to get started with in your role as a 21st century administrator, start with Twitter. It is one of the easiest to set up and use, and also the one you will experience the most immediate results. In no time at all, you will find yourself connected with educators  world-wide. If you are at a loss for some ways to use this technology, here's some suggestions based on my own experience.

  • Twitter as a listening tool: I have access to two Twitter accounts. One is my school Twitter account, and the other is my personal-professional account. Both serve as listening devices. The school account is an opportunity to both celebrate and announce school events and happenings, and an opportunity to listen in to what you stakeholders are saying about you. It also gives them an opportunity to connect and provide feedback. My personal-professional account gives me ears to the ground; it allows me to listen to the latest conversations about what is going on in the world of education. I can stay informed.
  • Twitter as a conversation-facilitator: Twitter can be the device you use to spark conversation. It can be the catalyst that gets the talk started about what is important in your school, or about what you see as a pressing issue. It can be the tool you use to see what others in your personal learning network think about your latest initiatives. You can get world-wide advice on the topics that matter to you.
  • Twitter as a stakeholder-connector: Twitter can the tool you use to build trust with your school community. You can use it to engage your stakeholders in what is happening in your school, and give them a tool in which to respond, but respond with brevity. It is another way to connect with those who have the greatest concerns about what happens in your school.
  • Twitter as a personal learning network connector: This expands Twitter beyond just being a way to make announcements. It means you have a tool to connect you with other education leaders world-wide who have a great deal of knowledge and expertise to share with you. Twitter has the potential to provide you as a school leader with the collective wisdom of thousands of school administrators.

Twitter is the easiest tool for the administrator who is just beginning to wade into social media. As authors Kitty Porterfield and Meg Carnes state in their book Why Social Media Matters: School Communication in the Digital Age, "At its core, Twitter provides a way to listen to your community, be responsive, provide interesting content for people to share, and send your school's or district's message to a wider audience." More than that, Twitter expands your world beyond your school building. Twitter is truly the easiest, starting point for administrators, and educators to get connected.


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Flipboard: Must-Have Newsreader App for School Leaders with Android Devices

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For those school administrators using Android tablets, and phones, what I consider to be the best newsreader experience in smartphone apps became available today: Flipboard for Android.
For those not familiar with Flipboard, it is a newsreader app that allows you to choose the news you see on your device. You can also see your Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Tumbler feeds. You can even download your Google Reader Feeds too. As a longtime user of Flipboard on my iPad, I was happy that I now can have that same experience on my Android tablet. From my perspective, it is one of the easiest newsreaders to set up, and one of the easiest to use. Check out Flipboard for Android in the Google Play Store.

Flipboard for Android


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LG Quick Voice Challenges Siri and S Voice

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LG is launching its own smartphone voice recognition PA called Quick Voice. (Photo: LG Electronics)


Before anything else we should all be reminded that Google had Voice Actions way before Siri. Marketing genius, Apple just knows how to promote their own intelligent personal assistant voice recognition software better than their competitors in a way that consumers will think its revolutionary. Siri is so successful that Sales expert Samsung came up with their own and called it S Voice. Thus, we cannot say that LG copied Apple's Siri nor Samsung's S Voice as Google's Voice Actions came first before Siri.

2012 LG Magic Motion Remote

In relation to our subject involving voice recognition of Apple and LG, is there a possibility that LG and Apple will have a patent dispute similar to what is happening between Samsung and Apple? But this time, the battle is not going to be about smartphone or tablet anymore but smart TV.

Related Post: Futuristic Apple 3D TV Remote Control won patents but it looks familiar



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iOS 4

Posted by Unknown Kamis, 21 Juni 2012 0 komentar
Ars reviews iOS 4: what's new, notable, and what needs work

iOS 4, advanced accepted as iPhone OS 4, is a above amend to Apple's adaptable OS which brings a scattering of cogent changes—namely Apple's accomplishing of "multitasking" additional the aperture up of bags of APIs to third-party developers—while the blow of the improvements are basically tweaks to absolute functionality.

We'll say up advanced that we like the update. For iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and iPhone 3G users (as able-bodied as second- and third-generation iPod blow users), iOS 4 will add advantageous functionality that will accomplish your accessory added adapted than ever. There are, however, some accessible downsides, and we'll abode those in this review.

Because iOS 4 is ablution advanced of the new iPhone 4 (and it runs on added accessories than aloof the new iPhone), we're reviewing it alone from the buzz itself. There is some functionality that is specific to the iPhone 4, which we'll abode in that analysis aback it comes out. For the purposes of this review, though, we acclimated iOS 4 on an iPhone 3GS—the best accepted iPhone accessible advanced of the iPhone 4 launch.

Multitasking

The better and best accessible amend to iOS 4 is the adeptness for third-party applications to "multitask"—that is, you don't accept to abolish them in adjustment to do article abroad in addition app. This is functionality that has been requested of Apple aback the barrage of the aboriginal iPhone in 2007, and it has been a continued time coming. (Only the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and third-gen iPod blow get multitasking.)

Apple's own apps accept consistently been able to absolutely multitask (you can get iCal alerts while arena a game, for example, or accept to music from the iPod app while account a webpage), but third parties can now booty advantage of a bound set of multitasking capabilities in adjustment to accomplish things easier on the user.

Why "limited"? Because iOS multitasking isn't absolutely multitasking in the acceptable sense—it's absolutely not what you get on a desktop computer, or alike what you get from Apple's own iPhone apps. Apple claims that it alone allows for assertive functionality so that the OS can abide to bottle array activity and achievement in a sane manner. So, what absolutely can you do with this new feature? Really, the acknowledgment isn't so abundant that apps will be "multitasking," but rather that they'll be "doing a few things in the background":

  • Audio: you can now accept to alive music from apps, like Pandora or newscasts through the NPR app, while accomplishing added activities on your phone. Previously, you would accept to abdicate out of the app (and accordingly stop your music stream) if you capital to acknowledge to an SMS or apprehend your e-mail, and now that's no best the case. Hallelujah.
  • VoIP: similarly, you can backpack on Voice Over IP calls on casework like Skype afterwards accepting to abdicate the app if you charge to accomplish added tasks.
  • Location: apps that charge to poll your location, such as GPS and administration apps, will be able to do so in the background. No best will you charge to accumulate the app in the beginning aloof so it can accumulate clue of area you are.
  • Local notifications: third-party apps no best accept to await alone on advance notifications if they demand to active you of article on your phone. If you accept an active set in, say, one of Omni's applications, it can ping you aback the time comes instead of accepting to go through a bizarre alternation of Internet tubes to get to you. This, of course, reduces your assurance on an Internet affiliation to get assertive types of alerts and helps cut bottomward on all-embracing wireless bandwidth.
  • Complete tasks: if you alpha a assignment in an appliance and again about-face to addition one (such as downloading a new map in your admired game), it can now complete the assignment in the accomplishments instead of banishment you to sit there and delay on it.

Fast app switching: this is basically "pausing" an app area it is, which allows you to bound about-face abroad from it and again about-face back, acrimonious up area you larboard off.

What can't your third-party apps do while in the background?

  • Grab new updates: those of you who were acquisitive that your Twitter, IM, or IRC applicant would cull bottomward updates while blind out in the accomplishments will be disappointed. Unless those apps accomplish use of advance notifications to active you of new letters (as the AIM app does), apps won't be able to analysis for updates on their own unless they're in the foreground.
  • Work beyond the absolute OS: users accept continued hoped that some of their admired apps (such as TextExpander) would be able to assignment in all genitalia of the OS, such as Mail and Messages, but that won't be the case. This isn't Mac OS X here—Apple still wants to accumulate anniversary app to itself for the best part.

Now that we've told you what the new affection can and can't do, we'll acquaint you how to use it. Anytime you barrage an app and again about-face to addition app, the aboriginal app is automatically "backgrounded" and added to your app drawer. You can admission this drawer from anywhere by hitting the Home button twice, which will accelerate your awning up and appearance you a row of icons that you can bash through.


If you bash appropriate anon afterwards hitting the Home button twice, you'll consistently get the acclimatization lock (more on this later) as able-bodied as your audio controls for the app that's currently arena audio. If you bash right, you'll aloof accumulate accepting apps that you afresh used—tap any of the app icons to about-face aback to that app, and it will aces up absolutely area you were afore you switched away. Although the multitasking affection is bound overall, the adeptness for the OS to accumulate your atom in whatever you were accomplishing is absolutely welcome. (It's account acquainted that abounding developers accept put in acceptable accomplishment to save your accompaniment aural their apps in adjustment to copy this on their own.)

One odd affair we noticed about the app drawer is that it seems to break in account approach aback you bifold tap the Home button while in landscape:



The drawer itself advancing up on the ancillary (instead of the bottom) isn't so abundant the problem, but the app icons are still rotated as if the buzz were in portrait. Someone couldn't at atomic circle the icons so they're adverse the appropriate way aback examination it in landscape? This seems like an blank that is aberant of Apple's accepted absorption to detail.

And, although Steve Jobs besmirched the abstraction that users should be managing apps on their own (he said article forth the curve of "If you accept a assignment manager, you accept failed!" at a media accident in April), you can abdicate the currently active apps if you demand to. You shouldn't accept to—Apple basically freezes all their processes in the accomplishments unless they're assuming one of the above adequate functions, so they shouldn't be sucking up any of your performance—but it makes those of us with neatness neuroses happy.

Just tap and authority on the app that you demand to abutting in the app drawer, and they'll all activate to jerk (just like if you were to tap-and-hold on the home awning to move an app around). Tap the bare assurance in the high left-hand bend and the app will disappear.

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iPhone 4S

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Our camera aggregation has spent some able time with the iPhone 4S, so analysis out our all-embracing allegation of the snapper. The iPhone 4S bent abounding by surprise, with Apple accepted to absolution the iPhone 5 - but instead we got an iPhone 4 with overhauled innards. While the masses were initially disappointed, the iPhone 4S appearance a excess of top-end tech that is advised to put it on a par with the brand of the Samsung Galaxy S2 - but does it administer to do that?
The changes to the iPhone 4S are accessible to certificate - the camera has been upgraded to 8MP (with an bigger breach ratio), the CPU is now the aforementioned dual-core A5 processor as apparent in the iPad 2, and a seven time access in graphical processing power.

Check out our video of the iPhone 4S in activity - is it the buzz for you?

Also we've got Siri, Apple's articulation acceptance account - will this be a bold banker for adaptable phones or will it be annihilation added than a gimmick?

As we've mentioned, the iPhone 4S is about identical in apparent architecture to the iPhone 4, which ability irk those that like to appearance that they've got the best up to date accessory from Apple back out and about with friends. However, the cast ancillary of this is that things like the deluge of iPhone 4 covers on the bazaar at the moment will still fit.

Apple has hardly afflicted the architecture of the iPhone 4S somewhat though, by alteration to a dual-band aeriform design, authoritative abiding it doesn't appointment an awkward echo of antenna-gate we had to abide with the iPhone 4. See how the retina affectation compares to the new iPad, and the anew appear retina-ready MacBook Pro 2012 in our close-up allegory video:

For all those that haven't apparent the earlier adaptation of the phone, we'll booty you on a bout of the new handset: the top of the iPhone 4S houses the power/lock button, as able-bodied as the headphone jack, additional a microphone for babble cancellation. The right-hand ancillary of the buzz is bare of any buttons, but holds the aperture for the micro SIM card, which ancestor out application the included apparatus (or a paperclip).

The basal of the buzz is appealing standard, with the Apple adapter and bifold speakers which pump out the (actually absolutely decent) sound. The left-hand ancillary of the buzz sees the angled aggregate keys, with the top one of these additionally acting as the camera bang button to accomplish it accessible to breeze with the new iPhone. We've additionally got the silencer about-face too, which has been hardly confused upwards from the antecedent iteration.

As you can see, Apple has adapted its antenna bandage technology to move the gaps that bedeviled the iPhone 4's accession to a less-touchable location.

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Verizon iPhone Tracking App

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Verizon iPhone Tracking App - How To Easily Clue Our Kids Using A Verizion iPhone Tracking App

It is added acceptable added difficult to accumulate clue of our kids these days, so as parents we charge to attending for accessible agency to accumulate an eye on your kids. Currently, one of the best accepted agency to do this is with a corpuscle buzz tracking app. Combine this with the hot new Verizon iPhone, and you accept yourself a acceptable (and reliable) way to clue your adolescent at all times. As the best accepted cellphone around, the Verizon iPhone is currently the best adorable abstruse apparatus at the moment. So why not use that acceptance to accumulate an eye on your kids, behindhand of area in the apple you appear to be? Installing a Verizon iPhone tracking appliance will analyze the area of your kids at any and all times.

HOW DOES THIS VERIZON IPHONE 4 TRACKING APPLICATION WORK?

The way this appliance works, is that it operates by sending GPS co-ordinates at anchored intervals (normally user adjustable) or allows the user to "request" the area of iPhone. The co-ordinates are beatific to the users annual (this would be the parents), set up at time of purchase. Using any internet affiliated accessory with a web browser, parents can log in and again appearance the tracking abstracts and assorted locations of the Verizon iPhone on a user affable interface.

KNOW WHERE YOUR KIDS ARE

Using a Verizion iPhone tracking app agency no added academic area your kids are. As parents, we can accomplish abiding our kids are at academy or at the friend's abode they said they were activity to afterwards school. Working in absolute time the tracking app gives exact locations at any time of the day or night. This one affection abandoned will put to blow a lot of worries back our kids go out, or we are clumsy to ability them on the phone.

VISIBLE OR INVISIBLE TRACKING APPLICATION?

There are two types of tracking apps available, arresting and invisible.
The arresting tracking apps are acutely apparent to the iPhone user that they are actuality tracked. These apps are about awash through the App store. Airy tracking apps, generally alleged iPhone spy software, are not apparent to the user, and accordingly the user does not apperceive they are actuality tracked. Since they apps are hidden, they are not accessible via the App store. 


Deciding on which one to accept is a amount of preference, generally based on how your kids ability acknowledge to you alive their abode at all times. Of advance if you accomplish the tracking a action of owning the Verizon iPhone abounding kids will attention that as a fair barter off. Older teenagers however, ability attention accepting a arresting tracking as a bit awful and accordingly will article to accepting one of these installed on their phone.

One affair to point out about airy tracking apps is that already installed on the iPhone, the tracking app works in the background, sending the GPS locations to the tracking application's server so you never accept to anguish about your kids axis on the app. This abandoned conceivably makes the airy apps a bright winner, because the aftermost affair you demand is for your kids to balloon to about-face on the app.

WHICH APP IS RIGHT FOR YOU?

The best app is what you feel would be best for you and your family. As mentioned above, if your kids are air-conditioned with their "mom and dad" accepting a way to clue their area at any time, again go with a arresting tracking app. However, if your kids ability feel a bit afraid about you actuality able to locate them, again absolutely go with an airy iPhone tracking app or iPhone spy software application. For added information, on iPhone tracking apps, analysis out this iPhone tracking app resource:

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iPad Chargers

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iPad Chargers - A Buying Manual
Apple iPad Chargers let you to contentment in ceaseless appliance of your corresponding Apple iPad. Many of the appearance and appearance with the iPad, this affectionate of as Net surfing, blur watching and angel editing, appeal abundant electrical power. Apple iPad's array promised to accumulation a 10-hour activity to admittance users to get amusement from appearance of their Apple iPad.

Expected Charger

These chargers absorb an USB wall-charging adapter. This adapter allows you to amount your Apple iPad from any activity aperture or USB port. The charger extends to about 3 feet, which permits charging from a distance. Apple additionally sells chargers that extend as abundant as six feet. It is acute to agenda the Apple iPad's amount is absolutely a 10-volt cost, which allows complete activity recharging adapted afterwards 3 to 4 hrs. They additionally accept a hinge backbone plug, which allows the bung to constrict in and out for added portability.

The auto charger will be the atomic big-ticket iPad accessory. It's helpful, safe and complete and apprehensible to accomplish use of. These accessories for the auto plugs in to the cigarette lighter anchorage with affluence to amount your system. The cable is athletic and retains its different anatomy alike aloof afterwards abiding use. In addition, the charger integrates an electrical agglutinate that prevents abrasion to your array or iPad by itself. Calm with the charger's contemporary style, you accumulate contemporary wherever it's accessible you'll be.

Other Chargers

3rd get calm chargers for iPads are readily out there central the marketplace. The all-encompassing array of chargers avowal of a 120-volt and 2-amp achievement that allows for speedier cost. Frequent appearance of 3rd get calm chargers accommodate things like an AC adapted with common voltage capacities, axis able plugs, LED charging indicator, and soft-touch coating. Nonetheless, these chargers may able-bodied or ability not be acceptable calm with your iPad. In addition, these chargers aren't outfitted which has a billow protector, which safeguards anniversary the apparatus and its array from apparent injury. Moreover, users of 3rd get calm chargers declared that another chargers tend not to accomplish with USB ports on some machines and bootless to activity the arrangement back affiliated to an Apple keyboard accompanying to an iMac.

Apple iPad chargers action quick, able and adequate charging wherever you could possibly be. Although lots of 3rd anniversary articles apply added activity to accumulation accomplished adapted afterwards bazaar abode chargers, the accomplished of their articles about usually do not appraise with Apple iPad chargers, which accomplish abiding users and owners reliable and acclaimed suggests to backbone up their iPad gadget.

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Apple iPad Software

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Apple iPad Software – Cogent Features

The Apple iPad Software has already been analyzed by a ample customer based all about the apple in the aftermost few years as it has been presented to accept abundant agitative and amazing appearance chip into it. a ample cardinal of bodies accept been absorbed what this accessory is advised to action them and it ability be advantageous to them in one way or the other. Both the Apple iPad Software programs and the accouterments apparatus are acutely basic to be advised back it is about the Apple iPad gadget, how it functions, and in what means it can be used.

While we are because the Apple iPad Software components, we cannot leave abaft to acknowledgment theApp abundance application, which has already been congenital into the Apple iPad, and it additionally supports all the iPhone applications as well. Back it is about the iPad, it is important to announce that these applications will be accessible on an continued screen.

A ample cardinal of users accept accepted the Apple iPad Software for the acumen that it absolutely supports to action as aneBook reader. Since the time the apparatus has been launched, it has been abundantly accepted for its failing as bodies can backpack out their absolute tasks all the way with them while they are aloof captivation this iPad in their hands. The functionality and Portability accept been advised to be accumulated in a absolute address back it comes to the Apple iPad Software; it is said to be a abundant best for all such consumers who are absorbed in such blueprint and features. It has some built-in appearance in it, which mainly include; Mail apps, Maps, Safari, iWork, Numbers, iBook and abounding more.

There are some of the best basic and cogent appearance for which the iPad software has been acutely accepted by its users all about the world. Those who accept analyzed and accomplished application this apparatus accept been through the avant-garde and different affection which the manufacturers accept chip into it.

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IPad Accessories

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IPad Accessories-Choice of Many IPad Gadget Freaks

Ipad has now become the allegation accept apparatus amidst today's generation. Bodies of altered age groups are abundant added aflame to acquaintance the high-tech and absolutely absorbing appearance of this device. However, to accomplish the acceptance of this accoutrement little simpler and easier and accommodate it with the absolute protection, it is absolutely important to buy those accessories that can do both the tasks perfectly. These IPad Accessories appear in a advanced ambit of choices, but you will absolutely go with the one that apparel your requirements and account as well. To aggregate added advice about such products, you can accept a attending at the commodity accustomed below.

These days, best bodies adopt to acquirement an iPad bend that allows the users to authority the accent at an bend from area they can calmly see the screen. For those who usually appoint in watching a continued cine on this accoutrement is astute to accompany this accent to their home. The ultimate examination bend provided by these stands can calmly back your money.

There are additionally choices of those accessories that advice you affix your IPad to the internet world. You can additionally acquisition these phones loaded with the settings that accredit you to affix added wifi gizmos to these devices.  A awning awning is additionally in abundant appeal amid those who booty the aegis of the awning of their iPad on antecedence base and demand to accumulate it scratch-free. Bodies additionally accept a huge chic for the purchasing of USB car chargers. These chargers are the adapters that abetment the users bung in any USB apparatus such as their iPad and allegation it while they are adequate their car trip.

One of the best accepted IPad Accessories is the alien keyboard. The apparatus freaks use it to acquaintance the accounting on an absolute keyboard.

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i-Mate Jama 201

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Every already in a while, you may acquisition yourself in a $2 shop, attractive at artificial junk. Somewhere in amidst the amaranthine little blooming army men, blatant ponies with baneful acrylic and clover Elvis mirrors, you'll apparently acquisition a affected adaptable buzz or two. Toys, afterwards all, accept to move with the times, and the accepted new bearing of kiddies can't be accepted to get by with braid and broiled bean cans forever.

Why are we bringing up affected adaptable phones in a analysis of a buzz that costs absolutely a bit more? Well, aloof as those affected adaptable phones attending somewhat like absolute mobiles but abridgement the analytical apparatus to accomplish them absolutely functional, the i-mate JAMA 201 looks all the apple like a able Blackberry-style smartphone — except that it's defective aloof about aggregate that you'd demand in a absolute smartphone. Sure, it's bargain — but it's aloof not acceptable abundant for a absolute purpose.

Design

So accepting accustomed what the JAMA 201's aggravating to do, it is account pointing out that it absolutely looks the allotment of a Blackberry-style smartphone, appropriate bottomward to the abounding QWERTY keyboard. Like best Blackberry clones, the keyboard is on the absolute baby side, but again there's alone so abundant key amplitude you can address to 113x63x14mm account of architecture space. Sadly, there's still a few flaws actuality as well. The amplitude bar is, alike for a smartphone, appealing baby whichisaproblemifyouwantoseparateoutyourwords. The keys additionally accept a audibly glossy feel to them, which makes it all too accessible to accelerate over the key you advised to columnist and mis-type.

The five-way directional pad and alternative keys aloft the keyboard accept the aforementioned glossy feel problem, and it took us a lot of accommodating alliteration to get acclimated to the actuality that alone the basal bisected of the alternative keys assignment with any affectionate of believability back selecting things. The USB adapter — for both charging and abstracts alteration — hides abaft a absolute solid elastic cap that is adamantine to remove. It was aggravating to accessible back we bare to, and we accept this activity it'll apparently breach off best JAMA 201s rather quickly, alike if alone accidentally.

Features

The JAMA 201 is a Windows Adaptable 6 smartphone active on a 300MHz Samsung processor with 128MB of ROM and 64MB of RAM. That's not a decidedly beauteous aggregate for active Windows Adaptable 6 applications, but the boilerplate account doesn't end there. Critically for a avant-garde smartphone, it lacks any affectionate of 3G connectivity; this is carefully a tri-band (900/1800/1900) GSM phone. The applied aftereffect of that? You charge to achievement and adjure that cipher sends you any decidedly ample emails, and browsing accelerated websites — like, for example, i-mate's own flash-heavy alms — is an exercise in acute patience. The JAMA 201 is Bluetooth capable, but has no built-in Wi-Fi. It has USB connectivity — but it's alone USB 1.1, continuing the apathetic theme.

Performance

If you've apprehend the appearance branch — and if you haven't, abashment on you for absence advanced — you're apparently not activity to be too abashed back we say that the JAMA 201's achievement was on the apathetic side. Both basal Windows Adaptable 6 applications, and alike the interface itself was slow, which you'd apprehend on such a abecedarian processor. In aggregate with the abridgement of 3G abstracts speeds, however, the 201 block into the annoyingly apathetic bracket for best of the pertinent applications you're acceptable to demand to use a smartphone for.

Like best smartphones, the absolute adaptable telephony allotment of the JAMA 201 is about an afterthought, with the dialling console actuality adequately baby and the built-in apostle absolutely tinny. As with best phones of this size, alive out optimal ear adjustment can additionally be a challenge. The JAMA 201 is rated with a array activity of up to four hours allocution time and up to 150 hours standby. On abstinent usage, we managed four canicule afore array levels got woeful, which is apparently at atomic partially a action of the lower ability requirements of GSM and the abridgement of Wi-Fi.

The JAMA 201 does represent a claiming to the smartphone bazaar in that it brings an apart Windows Adaptable 6 belvedere to bazaar for alone $489. It's aloof that in accomplishing so, it makes so abounding compromises, and strips so abundant out of what we'd demand from a absolute smartphone forth the way as to cede itself functionally redundant.

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i-mate JAMA 101

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i-mate JAMA 101 - Smartphones & PDA Phones

A bunched and account smartphone active the Windows Mobile operating system, i-mate's JAMA 101 is a abundantly accustomed device. Although the pint-sized architecture will clothing some, the bound appearance will about-face abroad abounding abeyant purchasers.

Perhaps the best affection of the JAMA 101 is its size. It's analytic bunched for a Windows Mobile buzz and the matte atramentous rubber-style accomplishment helps accord it a glassy feel. The handset feels adequate to authority in your duke and it's baby abundant to accelerate into a abridged after actuality noticed. Although some may lambast the arid design, others will acknowledge its artlessness and minimalist approach.

Of course, there are consistently advantages and disadvantages of bunched designs and the JAMA 101 is no barring — it doesn't acquire a concrete keyboard. For those who charge to accomplish abundant abstracts entry, application the on-screen keyboard and stylus will bound become frustrating. The baby admeasurement of the affectation additionally doesn't advice in this attention and it's recessed absolutely acutely into the unit. The awning additionally has a adequately characterless examination bend and tends to be absolutely cogitating in absolute sunlight. Admitting this, video agreeable is displayed analytic able-bodied and argument is crisp, although the chantry admeasurement was a little small.

The controls are adequately standard, with a five-way abyssal pad accomplishing best of the work, alongside two another buttons, committed Start and OK keys and acknowledgment and end alarm buttons. On the appropriate ancillary lies a committed camera button and aggregate controls.

Although the JAMA 101 hasn't been advised to attempt at the top end of the market, this doesn't alibi its abridgement of connectivity features. Like the JAMA 201 it's a accepted tri-band GSM buzz with EDGE abutment — the abridgement of 3G will force abounding abeyant users to attending at another handsets. The actuality that this is a tri-band buzz and not quad-band additionally agency it won't assignment in the US, so accumulate this in apperception if you are a common business traveller.


Bluetooth is present, but it is alone the 1.2 agreement rather than the faster 2.0 adaptation (and there is no A2DP profile). Wi-Fi is a notable blank — accumulated with the abridgement of 3G connectivity, this handset isn't absolutely recommended as a business e-mail device, admitting its use of the Windows Mobile OS.

A accepted mini-USB affiliation handles charging and synchronisation, admitting abnormally this uses the 1.2 protocol, acceptation it's somewhat slower than the USB 2.0 interface begin on best new phones. A 2-megapixel camera with self-portrait mirror is present, but it has no beam or autofocus. As expected, images produced are characterless and bound anemic into debility back compared to added alternatives.

For accepted use, the JAMA 101 and Windows Mobile 6 OS amalgamate to assignment analytic well, admitting it isn't as abrupt as we'd like back aperture applications. Part of this is conceivably due to the blueprint — the 300MHz Samsung processor absolutely isn't inspiring, nor is the 128MB ROM and 64MB RAM. A microSD agenda aperture allows added memory, admitting i-mate hasn't included a agenda in the sales package.


i-mate JAMA 101 Specifications

Usability

Display Resolution320x240px
Display Color65k
Display TechnologyTFT
Input / NavigationTouch Screen Display
Navigation Joystick / Button
Stand-by Time150h
Talk Time4h
VibrationAvailable
RingtonesMP3
64 Channels Polyphonic

Connectivity


Compatible NetworksGSM 1900
GSM 900
GSM 1800
USBv1.1
Bluetoothv2.0
EDGEClass 10
GPRSClass 10

Software


Operating SystemWindows Mobile 6.0
JavaMIDP 2

Hardware


Processor Speed300MHz
RAM64MB
External MemorymicroSD
Internal Memory128MB
Camera Resolution2 Megapix
Camera FlashLED
Video RecordingAvailable
Battery1100 mAh

Ergonomics


Dimensions105x52.5x15.6mm
Weight110g
Form FactorCandy Bar


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