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Is the Apple iPhone 3GS having overheating issues? I've seen some reports circulating on the Web today that indicate some handsets might indeed be affected. And I have my own tale to add to fray.
The story began at French site Nowhereelse.com, with a piece that showcases a discolored white iPhone 3GS whose owner says the discolorations came from the device noticeably heating up during use of the GPS over 3G wireless. This tale and the image has circulated today at other U.S. gadget sites, including Gizmodo and Engadget.
For me, I had noticed from day one that the iPhone 3GS appeared to have similar heat issues to iPhone 3G: The phone's back got warm during use. I thought it curious that handset still got warm in many of the same areas as with the 3G, in part because, Apple had specifically told me that the components inside were reconfigured as compared with the 3G model.
I did not think too much of this heat thing - I recall the lower inch of the T-Mobile G1 getting toast, too, when I had tested that model - until last night. That was the first time I had used my 16 gigabyte iPhone 3GS while it was plugged into the wall outlet.
I do not recall how long I had been using the handset, but I was making my way steadily along the Oregon Trail, thank you. And at some point, I became aware the handset had become very hot. Very, very hot - not just on the back, but the entire length of the front face, too. I was using a game, and then later the Web browser for reading the news about Michael Jackson, all over a Wi-Fi connection while plugged in. And in those circumstances, well ... toast does not even describe how hot it got surprisingly. It was too hot to even put the phone against my face. No discoloration to report, though, I have the black handset, and did not see any effects.
After my own experience, I wondered if this was an isolated case, or if this was a sign of something bigger. The Nowhereelse.com blog appears to confirm that this may not be an isolated case. Anyone else noticing heat issues?
Jun 28, 2009
Apple iPhone 3GS Overheating News
Now, use twitter to see the International Space Station
Washington, 27 June (ANI): Two journalists have built an online service that would let the twitter users around the world to spot the International Space Station (ISS), but without a telescope.
On-line services, built by the Dutch science reporter and journalist Govert Schilling Jaap Meijers people know they have to look to see the ISS pass.
People using the waffle can now get an alert when the ISS will be composed on the spot in their twitter profile.
All you need to do is follow the twitter account @ twisst: www.twitter.com / twisst
The service operates in a test phase for a while now.
The website accompanying chirk report will be launched in the coming week, with lots of other information, such as hand 'Spotting the ISS'.
As a very bright place, the International Space Station crosses the sky about three minutes.
Space Station is visible only for a few minutes on each passage and in different time periods, which is important to know exactly where and when will be visible.
This information could be already found on several websites and dedicated e-mail or phone services, but global service that records of ordinary people on the ISS passes on their site did not yet exist.
But it is now possible via twitter.
Twisst may even be the first service to the excitement, which distributes the highly personalized information. Twisst sends a warning to every supporter personally, anywhere in the world, that person may be. (ANI)
Represents the State Opera Mobile Web report
Opera's popular mobile browser Opera Mini claims to enhance the mobile Internet experience. The software organization has now broadcasted its State of the Mobile Web report that further ascends the browser. This report presents some fascinating data that offers a detailed description about the evolution of Web browsing on mobile phones.
Opera conducted a study of vital factors that influence the mobile Web globally and publishes it as the State of the Mobile Web, monthly. The report provides information about the most regularly visited sites. Moreover it also includes key data metrics from Opera Mini and a picture of a particular development selected by the analysis team for that month.
The company had introduced the Opera Mini and Opera Mobile which are premium software for mobile Web browsing on both feature phones and smartphones. Opera Mini offers faster Web services on the handset. Moreover even the page is viewed just as it appears on the desktop browser. The Opera Zoom feature articulates the contents so as to enhance the readability and interaction. Additionally, it also incorporates Opera Link that facilitates users to synchronize their bookmarks for free. It also offers a option Speed Dial and personal bar between all the web browsers.
The report reveals that 25.4 million Opera Mini users have browsed over 9.6 billion pages, as per the records in the month of May, 2009. Further it claims that since April, 2009, page-views have risen by 11.0% and increased by a remarkable 227% from May, 2008. It also illustrates that users generated almost 160 million MB of data for global operators in May, 2009.
The content analysis is based on an assessment of the top 100 ranked sites based on page views in every country. The designation of sites to particular kind was devised by local content professionals by following Opera's guidelines to exemplify each site.
Additionally, demographic data was also gathered from voluntary user surveys. The data was then provided to a random subset of Opera Mini users through their handsets, in English, Russian, Chinese, German and Polish. Survey responses were accumulated between February to June, 2008.
Intel stands to gain new steps against alliance with Nokia for mobile computing devices
Earlier last week, the phone manufacturer Nokia and chip designer, Intel announced the entry of the hand to offer a rich mobile computing devices provides for a huge potential of these facilities in the background growing consumer demand for broadband on the move.
The Alliance will lead to the design of the Nokia mobile computing devices containing Intel architecture and lead to the creation of a new mobile platform that will evolve beyond the currently available, smartphones, laptops and netbooks. The tie-up promises to offer a range of innovative hardware, software and mobile Internet services in a user-friendly pocketable form factor.
Post solution will also get Intel HSPA/3G Nokia modem license for use in future devices.
"The Intel and Nokia collaboration unites and focuses many of the brightest minds of computer and communication in the world, and finally issued open-based standards and technologies that show the history of drive rapid innovation, adoption and consumer choice," said Anand Chandrasekher, Intel Corporation Senior Vice President and Director, Ultra Mobility Group. "With the convergence of Internet and mobility team only obstacle, I can only imagine innovations that come from our unique relationship with Nokia. The possibilities are endless."
"Today's notification is a significant commitment to work together on the future of mobile computing, and plan to turn our joint research into practice," said Kai Öistämö, Executive Vice President, Nokia. "We look for new ideas in design, materials and displays that go far beyond the equipment and services on the market today. This will be compelling not only for our companies but also for our industry, our partners and also for consumers. "
In addition, both companies will develop the technology for use in many open source software, such as initiatives Moblin, Maemo, and alignment on a number of key Open Source technologies for mobile computing technologies, such as oFono * ConnMan * Mozilla *, X. Org * BlueZ * D-BUS *, Tracker * gstreamer * PulseAudio *.
Do not spam us reports say bloggers
INDIA: In what is believed to the first global survey of its kind, looked at 100 Test and PR communication preferences in particular technology, business and lifestyle bloggers around the world. The survey shows that the "mainstreaming" of blogs, in most markets, with many bloggers reporting increased contact PR professionals and corporate communicators.
It also stresses that some of the worst practices of media relations have been exported to global blogger relations practices. Is more important for companies that want to participate, the survey shows that it is an important opportunity to deepen relations with this increasingly influential community.
Contact the PR People
- More than 90 percent of 449 respondents bloggers welcome contact PR people
- Most high report regular contact from PR people, with more than 96per cent in the U.S. bloggers were contacted once a week or more (compared with 36per cent in the APAC and 65per cent in Europe)
- E-mail is the preferred form of contact, regardless of the bloggers of the world live and SMS and IM are generally the least preferred forms of
- About half of all bloggers in APAC and Europe indicate the preferred form of contact on their blogs, and as a result of this survey, a number of plans to add their preferred form of contact, if not already showing. 88% of bloggers in APAC home preferred to obtain information from PR people and society and many of these blogs also want face-to-face meetings
- Bloggers are united in their desire for distinctive content, particularly in the vicinity of new product development and evaluation, feedback on the content posted on your blog, and interviews with key people
Browse Content from PR
- Photos are the most commonly used form supplied content, followed by tables and graphs, and video streaming
- Almost two-thirds of bloggers in APAC and Europe intends to use more elements of the SMRs (Social Media Releases) in the coming 12 months
Blogging Habits
- Bloggers in the U.S. spend the most time blogging, with 63per cent of expenditure 9 or more hours per week, while in Europe, APAC and that is the shorter (36per cent and 44per cent)
- Microblogging is used more than 75per cent of all blogs, and those in APAC and Europe people think that blogs are often due to microblogging
Continued bad habits from the PRS
- PR people continue to blindly send corporate press releases for bloggers
- PR experts can not read blogs and really understand their target bloggers' communities.
- Seems to expect corporate bloggers to post material that demonstrates a lack of understanding of the medium and very reason why bloggers blog.
- They are the bloggers, how journalists - not as an influence that is more appropriate.
Text 100 has analyzed the results and suggests five major lessons for PR and communication professionals:
1. Corporations are increasingly recognized the impact of bloggers - Increased points of contact on the "mainstreaming" of blogs as a channel of communication, and recognition on the part of corporations that bloggers have an impact on increasing their desired target groups.
2. News releases are out: Bloggers say Social Media Releases will experience much greater use in the coming months
3. RSS feeds are a key source of information for bloggers, second only to other blogs - If companies are not available to them through RSS feeds, then they are failing to use one of the bloggers' most-trusted channel. Corporate bloggers and websites are also increasingly regarded as a credible source than microblogging, news, social bookmarking websites and TV (and magazines in Europe and Asia Pacific).
4. Most blogs are still a part-timer - to adjust its strategy - outside the U.S., the majority of surveyed bloggers blog for less than 9 hours per week.
5. Most bloggers to confirm if space is supported by the company - More than 80 percent of bloggers, regardless of the region, saying that would acknowledge sponsorship blog, especially the North Asian bloggers tend to be less likely or willing to grant sponsorship.
Add Beijing limit Internet access
HONG KONG - China's Ministry of Health on Thursday ordered sharp restrictions on access to the Internet for medical research papers on sexual topics. This is the latest move in what the Ministry requires a antipornography campaign that many experts see China as an anchorman in a wider crackdown on freedom of expression and dissent.
In the past month, central government officials cited the need to monitor the ordering of pornography that filtering software is preinstalled on all new computers sold in China starting on 1 July.
They also forced Google to disable a feature that allows you to search terms and to propose on Wednesday night even briefly blocked access nationwide main Google search engine and other services such as Gmail. Some users are still problems with access Google on Thursday evening.
In addition, Chinese bloggers say they have found evidence of concerted efforts to stain the Google image. They say that someone in Beijing manipulated Google software to be more likely to suggest pornographic search term in the state television.
At the same time, the government seems to have stepped up harassment of human rights defenders.
Liu Xiaobo, China is one of the best-known dissidents, was officially arrested Tuesday for suspected subversion, six months after he was detained for involvement of other intellectuals in signing a document calling for democracy. This month, the authorities refused to renew a license more than a dozen lawyers agreed to the representation of clients in the field of human rights.
The same public safety agencies to be entrusted with the fight against pornography are responsible for the suppression of illegal political activities, said Nicholas Bequelin, a researcher in Hong Kong for Human Rights Watch. Government statistics for the illegal seizure of publications tend to include both pornographic and political documents, he noted.
"Both are closely linked," said Mr. Bequelin. "These campaigns work hand in hand."
Emphasis on pornography reflects a similar procedure at the end of 2005 and early 2006, say rights advocates.
At that time, seeking to dispel concerns about the official Chinese pornography, Google created a new search engine for Google.cn, its Chinese service, which would not stop referring to the politically delicate subjects such as Falun Gong, banned spiritual movement, or the 1989 killings in and around the square Tiananmen.
While denouncing pornography, propaganda officials reined in publications that were challenging government policies. This included the conclusion of freezing, a popular journal of news and views, and the replacement of three top editors at other publications.
Posted by Ministry of Health this week requiring health information providers restrict access to articles on sexual topics. The penalty for infringement is up to $ 4,400, which have the potential for criminal prosecution for offenses uncorrected model.
At a press conference on Thursday, a Foreign Ministry spokesman, Qin Gang, has been quick to criticize Google allowing too many links to sites uncomely, saying, "It is every government has a duty to protect their teenagers from porn and obscene information on the Internet."
On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of commerce, F. Gary Locke and Ron Kirk, United States of America agent, a letter to Chinese officials, protesting the country with the proposal that all computers sold in the country must be equipped with filtering software.
"China is putting the company in an untenable position that requires, with virtually no public notice, to preinstall the software that appears to have broad-based implications of censorship and network security issues," Mr Locke said in a statement. Government of the United States not release the text of the letter.
He asked about the complaint on Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said only that in the past defended the decision required software.
Google said Thursday that he tried to restrict access to pornography.
"Google is working to eliminate pornography from our search results in China, in accordance with our operating license there," said the company.
"This was the main engineering work," said the company ", and we believe that we have addressed many of the problems identified by the government."
The government started stepping up the pressure on Google last week. CCTV, the state-owned television monopoly, broadcasting an interview in which the reporter entered the word "son" into Google and was appalled that one of the search terms proposed in the Chinese was "abnormal relationship between mother and son."
Google software allows to analyze the frequency and source of search terms. During the inspection on Thursday, the Google Web site showed that none had entered the words "abnormal relationship of mother and son" in China for several months until it suddenly became a popular phrase written in Beijing in the days before the show, which is more likely to pop as suggested search terms.
Same CCTV show included an interview with a young man, which are identified as a college student, who expressed horror at pornography on the Internet. Chinese bloggers already identified the man as an intern for CCTV.
Many of the Chinese supposedly aimed at the control of illegal sexual activity could also be used to limit the political activities unacceptable to the authorities.
For example, Chinese law requires that the karaoke bars, night clubs and Internet cafes to be monitored 24 hours a day via closed-circuit television cameras on the grounds that prostitutes trying to find clients for these sites. But according to security industry executives, China's anti-prostitution regulations are stricter supervision on internet cafes.
While the karaoke bars and night clubs are obliged to store their video entries on its premises, Internet café, must be wired to the nearest police station and to ensure immediate and continuous record, which is using the computer. If e-mail message from a computer cafe later catches the attention of investigators, the police can see the video records to see who was using a computer.
The last big crackdown on pornography and political expression lasted for several months and began to retreat in February 2006, after dozens of former Communist Party officials and senior scholars issued a public letter denouncing the closing of a significant news magazine.
But since the government won some significant concessions. Not only does Google have agreed to the removal of high political content of its Chinese service, but Microsoft has disabled certain blogs critical activities in China, and Yahoo had handed over the identity of e-mail users who shared a propaganda directive, the user was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Edward Wong contributed reporting from Beijing. Zhang Jing and Huang Yuanxi contributed research from Beijing, and Hilda Wang in Hong Kong.
MSN Web Messenger, to be retired 6/30/09
Whoa, talk about short term. Microsoft is pulling the plug on the MSN Web Messenger on Tuesday, 30 June. If you are using this service, you will need to go to the Messenger service integrated into Windows Live Hotmail and Windows Live people. Tuesday is the last day of MS Money, Encarta, and OneCare.
"We decided to retirement Web MSN Messenger as part of our overall investment in updating and re-unification of our on-line services under the Windows Live brand. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause our customers."
AdSense Mobile Beta application is now available
With every passing day, smartphones are the modernization of our lives. They are offered at lower prices and faster speed networks and unlimited data plans. Therefore, people are reaching for their mobile phones more frequently than their PCs, while looking for some information. Google wants to offer incentives to the growing trend of mobile applications and has come up with a beta launch of AdSense for mobile applications.
According to the official Google blog, mobile applications are now widely accepted. They help users find music, restaurant reservations or to check bank balances from their phone. Advertisers are always identify means to reach your potential customers that application developers are seeking ways to demonstrate that the best ads to users. AdSense for mobile applications allows developers to make money by presenting text and image ads into their iPhone and android applications.
Beta launch includes sites where developers can gain knowledge about the AdSense program for mobile applications. They can also receive answers to frequently asked questions, and also log on to participate in the beta version. In addition, advertisers can learn about the benefits of advertising on mobile applications. A court of this application has been successfully done before, and it is now presented to a wider group.
The company offers this beta more developers, but also plans to provide new features for mobile advertisers and publishers in other editions.
Nokia N97: the beginning of personal Internet
Nokia N97 will change the way people connect to the Internet and to each other. Designed for the needs of Internet-savvy consumers, the Nokia N97 combines a large 3.5 "touch screen with a full qwerty keyboard, which provides' always open 'window to the popular social networking sites and Internet destinations. Symbolic Nokia Nseries devices introduced leading technologies - including a number of sensors, memory, processing power and speed of the connection-for people to create personal Internet and share their "social space".
The home screen of the Nokia N97 mobile computer offers people, content and media that matter most. Friends, social networks and news are available by simply touching the home screen. 16:9 widescreen display can be fully adapted to the frequently updated widgets favorite web services and social networking sites. Nokia N97 is perfectly suited for browsing the Internet, streaming Flash videos or playing games. Both physical and virtual qwerty touch input provide blogs, chat, send, send texts or e-mail.
Find Solutions for Enterprises, SMB & Service Providers at Internet Telephony Conference and EXPO West, 1-3 September, 2009. Los Angeles, CA.
Find Solutions for Enterprises, SMB & Service Providers at Internet Telephony Conference and EXPO West, 1-3 September, 2009. Los Angeles, CA.
Find Solutions for Enterprises, SMB & Service Providers at Internet Telephony Conference and EXPO West, 1-3 September, 2009. Los Angeles, CA.
Find Solutions for Enterprises, SMB & Service Providers at Internet Telephony Conference and EXPO West, 1-3 September, 2009. Los Angeles, CA.
Find Solutions for Enterprises, SMB & Service Providers at Internet Telephony Conference and EXPO West, 1-3 September, 2009. Los Angeles, CA.
Find Solutions for Enterprises, SMB & Service Providers at Internet Telephony Conference and EXPO West, 1-3 September, 2009. Los Angeles, CA.
Nokia N97 has 32 GB on-board memory for music, media and others. This is complemented by the excellent music capabilities, full support for Nokia Music Store, where it is available, and the continuous playback time of up to 1.5 days. Nokia N97 also has a 5-megapixel camera with high-quality Carl Zeiss optics, and 16:9 DVD quality video capture and support for services such as Share on OVI for immediate sharing through HSDPA and WLAN (c) 2009 Jordan Printing and publishing Co. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info a company Albawaba.com
Artful Toshiba launches series of notebooks
Artful Toshiba has launched new series of notebooks in India. Artful The new series consists of four major and two mini portable notebooks. The new range is priced between Rs 22,990 to Rs 53,490 excluding taxes.
The new range of laptops are loaded with design features that appeal to the human visual and tactile senses. The products offered are NB200 Notebook, Satellite M500, Portege M900, Satellite L510 and L500 Satelitte.
The range includes notebooks NB200 Cosmic Black Color Fusion with stripes and the other with brown satin. These 10.1-inch wide-screen LED backlit mini laptops feature Intel Atom processor (1.6GHz N270/1.66GHz N280), with Intel 945GSE graphics chipset and comes preloaded with Windows XP Home. These mini-notebooks acceleromter free 3D feature for the detection of falls, shock or vibration signals to send hard drive off. You can add up to 160 GB HDD, which is a kind of surprising, as netbooks generally support up to 250GB of hard disk storage.
There are also two USB 2.0 ports and one USB 2.0 port with Sleep and Charge feature that allows users to charge portable electronics and mobile phones, even when the unit is off. Its advanced multimedia communications capabilities and to demonstrate that a small portable form factor can still be ready for business or multimedia applications. Note: The 200 has a battery is 3.51 hours.
Portege M900 laptop powered by Intel technology including Intel Centrino Duo CoreTM2 and 2048MB of system memory, is able to cope with most tasks. It weighs only 2.15 kg, it comes with hard drive protection mechanism to protect valuable data. 13.3 "high definition SuperView display and a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels and a luminance of 250 NITS offers an experience chart. Its small form factor ensures high mobility.
M500 comes in a frame color Black with Champagne Premier gold, cover of the LCD screen comes with the product based on Toshiba Fusion Finish IMR (Rolling molded) technology with a design sonic AERO.
This 14.1-inch widescreen TruBrite HD display supports M500 LED backlit display 720p HD content at 1366 x 768 pixels resolution. For graphics, Intel GMA 4500MHD with M500 has 128MB-1759MB dynamically allocated shared graphics memory that can be used for viewing of multimedia HD HDMI port on forever. In addition, the built-in camera allows HD video recording quality.
M500 supports 802.11 a / g / n WLAN. Other features include Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR, built-in webcam with microphone, touch-control input, Multi-Touch track pad, eco energy saving mode, fingerprint reader, memory card reader and ExpressCard slot.
The new Satellite L500 and Satellite L510 widescreen laptops. Intel Pentium Dual Core processors and Intel Core 2 Duo for the Satellite L500 laptop. Satellite L510 comes with an Intel Core 2 Duo. Satellite L510 has 14-inch Clear Super View LED backlit screen, while L500 has 16-inch HD and two support models in 720p HD 1366 x 768 pixels resolution.
Jun 19, 2009
Indians make IM App. Android for phones
Since its launch, the platform supporting the Google-backed Android phone providers has increased exponentially. Therefore, there is no doubt that Android has enormous growth potential. To be a first mover and to take advantage of this growth potential has launched its Geodetic mundu IM for mobile phones Android.
Mundu IM is an instant messenger that integrates MSN, Gtalk and others in a single interface. It offers users an easy way to connect with their friends. Mundu IM is also available for other mobile platforms including Symbian and Windows Mobile.
Characteristics of mundu IM for Android are:
* All-in-one Messenger to view and chat with all your contacts across AIM, Yahoo, MSN, Google Talk, ICQ and Jabber within a single interface.
* Conferences: Chat with friends, colleagues or clients.
* Transferring files / photo sharing: Transfer files from your mobile device to friends.
* Smart Group Management: Organize your contacts by services, groups and aliases for contacts.
* Background mode: Stay connected on IM while you are on the phone or accessing other phone functions. Choose to be alerted by sound or pop-up when your contacts come online or when you receive an instant message.
* Message Archiving and Chat History: Save your important chat conversations and view later.
* Manage your online presence: Tell your friends when you are free to chat or busy.
* Go to the conversation: Go the whole conversation - up or down - on your Android phone.
* Quick Text Messages: Copy and paste the message, send or receive emoticons, and quick option to send text messages using Common.
* Direct calling and navigation: If you received a phone number in the chat, click the number to call directly. Similarly, click on the link immediately received and opened in your default browser.
* Personalized alerts: All types of customized alerts (vibration, sound, LED) for the new message or conference invitations.
In India, Android phones are available through some websites and will soon be available only in stores, too. Globally, according to HTC, which has sold about one million G1 phones in the last year. With Samsung and T-Mobile and join the league, other players like Sony Ericsson, Huawei, Lenovo, Acer and Kogan Technologies is expected to soon take the step to provide Android phones.
Mundu IM for Android is available for $ 11 (approximately Rs. 530), while a 15-day free trial of the application can be downloaded from mundu.com / products / mundu-im.
Acer New touchscreen five Smartphones
Of all the new Acer smartphone, the F900 is an easy time using the touch screen mobile phone built to navigate the avid fans. Acer Shell v2.0 interface with this smartphone runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system. The 3.8-inch WVGA TFT LCD screen 0.1 inches, is just bigger than the screen of the new Samsung Omnia II. However, note that Omnia II Grinding resistive touchscreen comments. Tempo F900 comes with Internet Explorer 6 (cell), along with a host of other applications. Along with four-band GSM / GPRS support, this phone also has WiFi (802.11 b / g).
Red:-Category 8 HSDPA / HSUPA Category 5 (2100/1900/850 MHz)
GSM / EDGE Quad-band, 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
GPRS / EGPRS Class B, multi slot class 11
Operating system: Windows Mobile 6.1
User Interface: UI Shell 2.0 Acer
Processor: Samsung S3C 6410 (533 MHz)
System Memory: 128 MB SDRAM, 256 MB flash memory
Display: 3.8 "WVGA TFT LCD touch screen, 800 x 480
Expandibility: microSD Card
Dimensions: 117.5 (L) x 63.5 (W) x 12.85 (H) mm
Camera: 3.0 megapixel resolution, auto focus
WLAN: 802.11b / g WLAN
Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
GPS: SiRFstar III
Sensors: Accelerometer, Light Sensor
Applications: Office Mobile, Outlook Mobile, Internet Explorer 6, Maps, Friends localization, web search, streaming video, web, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Media Player.
Battery: Rechargeable 1530 mAh lithium-polymer battery
Talk time: up to 6 hours
Standby: up to 300 hours
Buy an iPhone? No thanks, I Nokia
Osei said his decision to return to a basic feature phone was all about costs. The iPhone and its plan of services are too expensive, he said. Osei, who is in the heart of his two-year contract with AT & T, the iPhone 3G has been stolen recently. But he said replacing it with a new one would cost too much. Instead, he picked up a Nokia 2600 for just $ 43.
NEW YORK--Collins Osei, who had bought an iPhone 3G last year, came to the AT&T store Friday not to buy the latest-generation iPhone 3G S, but instead he wanted to downgrade to a less expensive Nokia phone.
Osei, but the decision depends not only on the costs in advance by phone. He also said that he was tired of paying the additional $ 30 a month data charge is compulsory with the iPhone.
"The plan was too expensive iPhone," he said. "They made me pay $ 30 extra per month for data, and I really do not need the internet on my phone. So I went to a regular phone. And now I'm in a plan that costs $ 39.99 a month."
Osei might not be the sole off there by the high cost of iPhone service fee. Unlike the previous iPhone launch days, there was no line of people waiting this morning in the Times Square AT & T store hoping to get the latest iPhone 3G S. In fact, it appeared that more customers were leaving the store empty-handed or with other devices to come out with new iPhones.
The reason could be that the new generation of iPhone is only a gradual progress in terms of hardware in last year's model. The two main new phone is its higher speed and larger memory. Or perhaps more consumers have their new iPhones shipped directly to their homes.
However, poor people in the store of AT & T could also have something to do with the collapse of the economy. With the national unemployment rate of over 9 percent, some consumers are returning to buy expensive smartphones and expensive service plans. AT & T and Apple have worked hard to bring the entry cost of the iPhone to an affordable level. The new 3G iPhone starts at S $ 199 with a contract for two years, and last year, 8GB iPhone 3G has been reduced to only $ 99. But customers are required to sign contracts for two years for these phones, which will cost at least $ 1680 during the lifetime of their service contracts.
Peter Pham, director general of Billshrink.com, a Web site that helps consumers reduce waste from their monthly bills that sometimes takes a little of the consumer, whereas before you realize the full impact of tariffs service in their portfolios.
"Most people do not realize how much they pay for their services until they are around six to seven months in their contracts of two years," he said. "And then begin to realize that their bills are very high."
Most cell phone users in the U.S. not use all the services they pay, Pham said. His Web site of the company can analyze consumer phone bills and help them calculate the best plan for their usage patterns where they live.
Meanwhile, smart phones, like the iPhone, are still selling well. Analysts are predicting a great weekend to launch the new iPhone 3G S. Apple and AT & T is expected to sell over 500,000 units in the coming days. Apple sold off their phones and Preordenes days before launch and appeared to be held Friday morning in lines at Apple stores around the country.
But as the smartphone market matures and if the economy worsens, it will be interesting to see if consumers are demanding less expensive data plans for their companies. Or maybe some, like Collins Osei, simply return to their basic cell phones.
Jun 7, 2009
To Start Best Blogging with Wordpress
Lets get started ---
Domain and Hosting
Domain name really doesn't matter but keep it niche related. Go for highly searched terms.
Hosting - Lunarpages.com is the best hosting tbh, they never suspend you even with huge spike of traffic. HostGator and Bluehost are suckers they suspend your account with with small spike in traffic. So go with these guys.
Tools Needed
Wordpress ---> Wordpress.org
WP-o-matic --> If you know PHP and can edit some lines this Plugin is a nightmare to webmaster and Godlike to us AutoBloggers. Even with default settings this plugin is so powerful that basically if I were the owner I would have never released it even if I did I would have sold it on monthly subscription. But anyways this plugin scraps and posts everything in a well formatted manner.
DDSitemapGen -->
w*w*w.dagondesign.com/articles/sitemap-generator-plugin-for-wordpress/
First of all setup a Wordpress blog if you have Fantastico, then it takes few clicks and it installs Wordpress for you.
Once the installation is done, do the following changes --
Activate all the Plugins before you do anything.
1. Add a ping list -
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3. Put up an ok template do not use default and do not use some warez Premium Theme keep it simple.
3. Go to Category and change the "uncategorized" to General.
4. Go to links and delete all the links from LinkRoll.
5. Go to pages and make a new Page and name it SiteMap. Instead of visual mode go to HTML mode and copy paste this code
and then save the page, this basically creates a sitemap if you read the plugin page it explains everything.
Save settings. You are done
If you wanna keep the spam away and make the blog bit better, I would say just enable Akismet it requires API key which you can get from Wordpress.com or if you are a lazy guy then just go get SPAM FREE plugin for wordpress. This keeps your blog clean of spammers. Do not install any other junk plugin. Keep the site light so it loads faster.
Time to find blogs. It is really a good idea if you go for a niche that gets millions of searches per day. Reason being you will find blogs with fresh content daily. Micro niches won't make you a penny. Health, design, photography, entertainment, news they do good.
Anyways, to get the blogs rolling with content we need RSS feed and it is pain to find them but here is a nice trick to find good blogs in your niche and get their rss feed.
First of all, go to Stumbleupon and create an account, you dont have to be active there just get an account and get their toolbar we really dont about being active. Next once you have approved your account go to your settings and then My Preferences and select the topic that relates to your niche or anything that is close to your niche. Save your preferences. If you do not know how to do it refer to this image..
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Here is a picture on how to do this if you do not know.
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Make a list of feeds you want to leech, make sure you find a lot of blogs that broadcast FULL Article in their RSS feed, some only broadcast a summary while others full, so blend them together. Have lots of Full Feeds and some Summary ones.
Once you have made a good list, it is time to put feeds inside Wp-0-matic and let it leech for you. Few things to note here, if you don't do you will have to waste hours going through each thing.
1. Add 2 feeds at time do not add tons of feeds at one time because there is a bug in WP-0-Matic, most of the time it crashes if you are leeching from a lot of feeds, sometimes it does not crash but it posts the same thing 9-10 times. That is the downfall of WP-0-Matic that once in a while if you put lots of feeds it even if you tell it to leech only 10 articles it will leech the 10 articles but will make 9 posts or more of each post. So in essence you will have 90 articles instead of 10, so make sure you don't go more than 2 feeds. Just in case the bug happens you can delete the duplicate posts.
2. Let Wp-0-Matic leech the posts with pictures, it always looks great.
Once you have added the feeds you will have thousands of pages created in a fly. I usually add 300 a week. So you can spread your feeds across a week to make it look bit natural.
Once this is done, it is time to get Ads integrated inside your Wordpress Blog, I will be honest I have not tried this with Adsense and the sole reason being is that I make really good money with my whitehat sites that I really did not want to risk it. But I have not heard any bans to be honest. But if you are not making anything with Adsense it is better to use it for this trick instead of just being a scary cat. Else do what I do, go to Adbrite and sign up for an account and publish their ads on your blog. Although I must say Abdrite is the SHITTEST paying company they pay you less than pennies lol. But I will show you a trick to make cash out of them big time. It is really important that you place the ads correctly. I always put 2x 250x250 ads on top of each post just after the post title. So it looks like ...
Title ----
Ads Ads
Your article....
Screenshot to show it...
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This gets really good clicks from my testings.
Your blog is all set. Now do few things.
1. Submit your Sitemap to Google
2. Submit your blog to --
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Thats it, if you wanna go few steps which I do go, then..
4. Submit your site to Digg.com
5. Submit your site to IndianPad.com
6. Submit your site to Mixx.com
That is enough.
Now lets move on how to get massive traffic. About 1k a day sort of traffic or may be more. Paid and Free Version.
Paid Version..
If you are lazy then go with the paid method. Just go to Etology and sign up for an advertiser account. Then go to Buy Ads and then Network Ads and then scroll down to ads that are cheapest there are those with 1 cent a visitor, I always go with these, you can buy 1000 clicks for $10 and they convert like sick. NOTE - You will 100% get banned from Adsense if you try to do this with them, they will ban you, sad but TRUE, that is due to the fact that back in 07 me and friend made cash with this system and then I taught the trick to a DP guy and this idiot shared the method in some warez and soon Google started banning people. So do not try to cheat Adsense they will ban you.
Once you have bought the Ads they will call you to approve you are real and then your ads will run. If you have setup the Ads as mentioned you will get HIGH ROCKET Clicks on ads and will make back your invested $10 right away.
Note that, in order to buy traffic from etology you will need a credit card.
Now lets move to my favorite method. FREE TRAFFIC. This method is SIMPLE so SIMPLE and it works 99.9%.
1. Go to Reddit.com and get yourself an account. Close your window clean your cache.
2. Go to
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Now I will teach you how to get 1k uniques a day from Reddit now if you overdo it, you will get banned they have never banned my URLS may be because I submit from different accounts but as long as you get 1k a day who cares. In worst case they will ban you from submitting to a category.
Now we will find interesting stuff that we can post on our blog and promote it on Reddit. My favorite and one of the best trick is to use Stumble to find images, all you have to do is in your StumbleUpon Toolbar click the the button that says Stumble Images and it will show you tons of nice interesting pics, anytime you hit a nice one, download the image on your pc and then post it back on your blog with a new title.
Once that is done go to Reddit.com with your 1st account your main IP and then click Submit new link and then in title field put a title as long as possible, the longer the better, if you put short title you will not get any traffic. So for example --
Bad title - beautiful nature image
HOT title - I know you have seen a lot of nature images but I guarantee nobody around Reddit have ever seen anything like this before, because good come by hard..
Now you can actually test it, the long title will get you at least 1k-2k visitors while the short one will get down voted right away lol. Anyways once you have done the title chose the PICS category and post it. Then quickly clean your cache and change your ip to another proxy ip and go to reddit.com and vote up your story. The best way to vote up your story is to always go to this url ---
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Now lets move on to the 2nd method, this will basically take down your server. Anytime you find really interesting post or image. Go to **********.org and post it up. If your server can handle this site will send you a traffic which will force your host to send you an email and warn you about cpu usage.
That is it boyz n girlz, its late night here I am not sure if I missed something but I will go through this later once again and see if I can add more stuff...
Some autoblogs we have taken to a whole new level ---
inbetween*meals.com
wiki*maniacs.com
And few others that are in high 50k Alexa which i planned to put some unique content so I can sell it. This works and not only it brings cash but you can later flip these blogs. If you plan to flip these blogs try to create new sitepoint accounts or get a friend to sell for you, I always get friends to sell it for me as nobody buys from me when I sell it with my real name. Call it jealousy or something else I think people get sort of curious after they see that you have sold tons of sites in your profile. So sell one go with another account and keep it up. I have one sitepoint account but I get my friends to list for me as I find it most suitable and easy for me.
Hope some of you will take action and do this, because this just works, if you do not make cash, I will REFUND YOU LOL. Just take action and this method is worth more than these $2000 - $5000 so called Guru stuff.
Once you have enough cash you can just keep buying etology ads.
ps - if you like my guide please sign up for my newsletter at blackhatguidez.net I have sort of stopped sending stuff because I been making so much cash with these blogs that I am more into big flips now. But I wish you guys luck, try it and it will WORK. If it doesn you can come and beat the crap outta me...and well if you like it you can leave me a nice warm message I take mean messages as well, but I think i have more friends than haterz at least I don't steal other people stuff and rehash it... lol...
Btw if you buy domains from godaddy use the coupon - oyh3 to get $2 or $3 off..
LunarPages is better than others and I think they charge $50-$70 a year...
Submit 1 story a day to Reddit and do the trick..until they ban you from a category LOL...
Etology =
Etology.com
May 28, 2009
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After a very successful detour into comic book adaptations with the Spider-Man series, director Sam Raimi goes back to his horror roots with DRAG ME TO HELL. Alison Lohman stars as a young woman whose life becomes cursed after she makes what seems to be a small decision. Justin Long and David Paymer costar, but fans of Raimi's EVIL DEAD wonder if Bruce Campbell will make an appearance...
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