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Apple iPhone at $499

The iPhone is a multimedia/Internet-enabled phone announced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs during the keynote address at the Macworld Conference & Expo on January 9, 2007. The iPhone has a scheduled US release date of June 2007, (later outside the US) and will be available from the Apple Store and from Cingular Wireless. iPhone has a planned launch price of US$499 for the 4 GB model and $599 for the 8 GB model, based on a two-year service contract. The iPhone has not even come out in the stores but already there are online stores lining up to sell accessory for Apple iPhone.

The iPhone’s functions include those of a camera phone, a multimedia player, mobile telephone, and Internet services like e-mail, text messaging, web browsing and wireless connectivity. iPhone input is accomplished via touchscreen with virtual keyboard and buttons. The iPhone is a quad-band GSM phone, though Jobs mentioned in his keynote that Apple has a “plan to make 3G phones” in the future. Apple has filed over 200 patents related to the technology behind the iPhone.

Add comment April 1st, 2007

SSID In WiFi

In Wi-Fi Wireless LAN computer networking, a service set identifier (SSID) is a code attached to all packets on a wireless network to identify each packet as part of that network. The code is a case sensitive text string which consists of a maximum of 32 alphanumeric characters. All wireless devices attempting to communicate with each other must share the same SSID. Apart from identifying each packet, SSID also serves to uniquely identify a group of wireless network devices used in a given “Service Set”.

There are two major variants of the SSID.

* Ad-hoc wireless networks (IBSS) that consist of client machines without an access point use the IBSS ID (Independent Basic Service Set Identifier)
* Infrastructure networks which includes an access point (BSS or possibly an ESS) use the BSS ID or ESS ID (E for Extended) instead.

Add comment March 15th, 2007

Dell M2010

Short review glimpse of the heavy duty M2010.
The good: Sleek, attention-getting design; high-quality, adjustable 20-inch LCD; speakers offer crisp, rich audio; detachable Bluetooth keyboard and Media Center remote will work well from the couch or during a presentation; top-of-the-line components deliver high overall performance and competent gaming capability.

The bad: Absurdly expensive; TV tuner and some other A/V connections aren’t built in; too heavy to be truly portable, so definitely doesn’t need a laptop stand!

The bottom line: A striking feat of engineering that’s sure to garner attention in a stylish home or on a multimedia-intensive sales call, the Dell XPS M2010 is simply too expensive and impractical to be anything more than a curio for the rest of us.

Add comment March 9th, 2007

Video Conferencing

High speed Internet connectivity has become more widely available at a reasonable cost and the cost of video capture and display technology has decreased. Consequently personal video teleconference systems based on a webcam, personal computer system, software compression and broadband Internet connectivity have become affordable for the general public. Also, the hardware used for this technology has continued to improve in quality, and prices have dropped dramatically. The availability of free software (often as part of chat programs such as Windows Live Messenger) has made software based video conferencing accessible to many.

For many years, futurists have envisioned a future where telephone conversations will take place as actual face-to-face encounters with video as well as audio. Desktop PC videoconferencing promises to make this a reality, although it remains to be seen whether there is widespread enthusiasm for video calling.

Add comment March 9th, 2007

D-Link Router

D-Link, the industry leader in wireless networking, introduces another breakthrough in wireless connectivity. The D-Link AirPlus G DI-524 Wireless Router which is capable of transferring data at rates of up to 54Mbps in the 2.4GHz frequency — the same wireless frequency as 802.11b. The D-Link DI-524 Wireless Router also offers four Ethernet ports to support multiple computers.

The D-Link routers are available at almost every store, but good ones like newegg.com, tigerdirect.com offer you all kinds of merchant credit processing.

With the DI-524 Wireless Router’s built-in advanced firewall, threats of hackers penetrating your network are minimized. Some firewall features include functions that allow or disallow certain ports to be open for certain applications. Time scheduling can be established as a firewall rule so that specific ports will be open at certain times and be closed at other times. Features like content filtering, MAC filtering, URL blocking, and domain blocking are useful tools to prevent other unwanted intruders from connecting to your network or browsing restricted sites.

Add comment February 20th, 2007

Cellular Blowout

The following is a paid review BUT trust me what i am saying is true!

Have you ever found the perfect online shop where everything is cheap and you just feel comfortable with buying things. Well i know i have, Cellular-Blowout.com is one such online shop through which you can buy your favorite mobile phones.
Cellular Blowout provides you with the cheapest rates out there and with a good interface. It has every phone you can think of from over 20 brands. Nokia, Sony Ericsson, O2, Motorola are the main ones which are sold, but other brands like Treo, Siemens, Sanyo are also sold there.

You can view details and specifications of all the phones before you buy it. Different payment methods like Paypal, Credit cards and Bank transfers are accepted. They offer quick shipment of your order so you can enjoy your shopping even more!

Add comment February 18th, 2007

AIM Smileys

Who doesn’t spend at least a few hours every day chatting with friends and relatives online? I know I do. In fact, I think I have a bit of an addiction given that I spend all day online at work and then a few more hours chatting to friends on AIM when I get back home.I have a tip for you though. Don’t rely on those standard AIM smileys. Listen to me on this one, they won’t help you get your message across. Serious AIMers need serious AIM smileys! I just downloaded 10,000, yes you heard me correctly, 10,000 free AIM smileys that I can drop into my chats.
It took me a few minutes to download the smileys, but that’s to be expected when you are getting so many. But now my chats are looking and feeling great thanks to the smileys I downloaded. From one AIM-addicted user to another, it’s worth the download!

Add comment February 5th, 2007