Nokia create new products to prevent its declining market in the world. The world’s largest manufacturer of mobile phones is going to introduce cheaper smart phones to compete with similar products of Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc.
The new phone called the C5. This phone is the first series of new “family” of Nokia mobile phone, C-Series. “The focus of this phone is to create social interaction between family and friendship,” said Motorola spokesman Doug Dawson.
C5 design was supporting access to social networking. Nokia wants this phones that still have a traditional keypad to become choice of young people who liked to send short messages and accessing social networking sites.
So, Nokia set the C5 sale price at the cheap level. Each unit C5 sale at 135 euros, equivalent to 183 U.S. dollars, before taxes and subsidies. C5 will flood the markets of Europe, Asia, and Africa in the second quarter of 2010.
C5 size was small enough. The length is 112 millimeters (mm), width 46 mm, and thickness 12 mm. C5 battery stand to speak up to 12 hours and standby for 26 days. Weight 89.3 grams this phone.
C5 install the latest generation Symbian operating system, S60 third edition. C5 is fitted with social networking features built in.. Thus, consumers can instantly see the status of their friend on Facebook. Features chat, e-mail, and browsing are also in this phone. Nokia C5 provides high-speed data connectivity HSDPA / HSUPA for uploading photos and video.
This phone has a 2.2 inch screen and 3.2 megapixel camera. Every phone C5 are mounted 2-gigabyte memory card and can be enlarged up to 16 gigabytes. C5 also has a FM stereo.
Fun, C5 also includes the latest versions of Ovi Maps. These devices can make consumers share the sites being through social networking sites.
Nokia is trying to fight the banging from two mobile phone maker from Korea. C5 will be a strong competitor against Samsung Corby, Samsung Star, and the LG Cookie.
Pressure for Nokia in the mobile phone business is very hard. Last year, their net sales fell from 50.7 billion euros to 40.9 billion euros. Certainly, these numbers erode corporate profits which has 123,553 workers. Nokia profits down from 4.9 billion euros to 1.1 billion euros in the year 2009.
Netbook with Android, operating system from Google become more and more popular. One of the new vendor of this product is HP.
Under Compaq brand, HP Airlife 100 netbook is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon ARM processor which found in many smart phones, including the Nexus One from Google.
Apparently, the difference between these two devices – smart phones and netbooks – was only on the screen and keyboard size are almost full-size on HP devices.
HP Airlife 100 has screen 10.1 “with a 16GB SSD which is supported by an SD card slot. Features Wi-Fi, 3G and GPS are embedded in this netbook. Wireless access via 3G causes HP have to partnered with Telefonica operators.
On the netbook arena, Android was not welcomed as glorious as smart phone. He was considered too light for netbook Operating System. However the good news is, it has impressive battery power. HP says it can stay active up 12 hours with standby time that reaches up to 10 days.
The HP Airlife 100 price has not been announced yet.
Twitter users are now free to access these microbloging services through a smartphone by using a number of third-party applications such UberTwitter, Viigo, or Snaptu. But, for special BlackBerry, Research In Motion (RIM) will release a Twitter application for BlackBerry.
The application is in beta version now, but it already can be used at this time. However, it can be downloaded and used by a particular user who received a special invitation to try it.
“Twitter for BlackBerry smartphones will soon be available for download, so you can do all your favorites on Twitter,” RIM statement on its website.
It has complete features such as Twitter update information, send private messages, reply tweet, re-tweet, follow friends, and do a searching. You can even send link directly from the BlackBerry browser, upload photos, and join in the discussion.
Facebook application problems that can not be worked on BlackBerry had complained from users throughout the world. Facebook acknowledges that it happens because there is a problem in the API (application programming interface) that developers use to build applications.
“We have a problem with our API so that multiple users can not access the current through the device. API is designed so that partners can provide the operator a solid Facebook application. We’re still trying to resolve the issue as soon as possible,” that was the statement from Facebook Erictric site.
As the display changes in its web version, Facebook is releasing a new version of the API through their developer blogs. API changes are probably not directly followed by Research In Motion (RIM) on his BlackBerry service.
However, some users reported that the Facebook application on BlackBerry is working again starting Thursday afternoon. In fact, it looks little changed with the addition if the update status icons with links to specific sites, such as YouTube icon if there is a link to a video sharing site in the news feed menu.
Starting today, Thursday (2/4/2010), Symbian that is widely used in the smartphone device made its debut as an open source platform. Symbian Foundation was officially released open source package for kernel packages Services & Hardware Symbian platform that is free download at their site.
“Kernel & Hardware Package Services is a foundation while the rest of the platform is being developed,” that is the introduction on the Wiki page for Symbian developers. With the release of the Symbian open source package that is officially starting today Symbian is used and modified freely without charge.
Symbian is still the dominant platform in the global handset market and is used by a lot of smartphone vendors. However, major challenges with the entry of major competitors like RIM, Apple, and Google. Last year, Nokia took over all shares of Symbian and decided to make it as open source platform to facilitate the support of content developers.
However, in transition, the new Symbian Foundation provides most of the open source platform with royalty-free license only for members with a license called the Symbian Foundation License (SFL). Source code is open to the public with a license EPL (Eclipse Public License) begins with the kernel and is scheduled to be opened completely in mid-2010.
After providing Intel Core processor 2010 to the consumer market with the Intel Core I3, I5, and i7, Intel launch the Intel Core vPro 2010 processor. Intel’s latest products is specifically oriented for the businessman and small medium businesses that are equipped with more sophisticated safety features and business management.
Intel Core vPro 2010 processor has many advantages, e.g it can run the business productivity applications more quickly to 80 percent and can multiple application run more faster. With Intel vPro Core 2010 processor, the data that absorbed into the PC can be encrypted three times faster than the servers that existed previously.
Interestingly, Intel’s new Core vPro has integration features for keyboard-video-mouse that can protect users from theft of confidential data and assets up to 3.5 times faster. Intel Core vPro 2010 is also equipped with Intel Turbo Boost feature that can automatically adjust the speed of the processor’s workload became faster. For example when the user is doing multi-tasking or watching videos.
Instead, Intel Turbo Boost can also efficiently use energy when the user is resting and the computer was running background applications. In other words, Intel Core vPro 2010 is very suitable to be used by business people and entrepreneurs because it can improve cost efficiency in business activities.
Google announce to stop support for Internet Explorer 6 or IE6 and other old web browser. Starting March 1, 2010, Google site and some services are no longer able to displayed with these browsers.
“Many other companies have stopped supporting the older browsers like Internet Explorer 6.0, including a browser that is not supported by the manufacturer company. We also begin to abandon our support, starting from the Google Docs and Google Sites,” said Rajen Sheth, Google Apps Senior Product Manager in the Google enterprise blog.
Previously, Ars Technica site release, since August 2009, Google said it would end support for IE6 YouTube service and social network, Orkut. When IE6 users visited these services, they will be warned to immediately switch to the latest browser, such as IE8, Chrome, and Firefox.
Sheth says that web technology has grown rapidly in the last ten years from the text based to interactive applications and rich with video and sound. Browsers that are too old can not run the new features. This year there would be a breakthrough in Google applications and services and they wants to ensure that all Internet users to be able to enjoy it.
“So, take advantage of the opportunity to switch to the latest available browser,” he said. Some of the recommended browsers include a minimum of Google Internet Explorer 7.0, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Google Chrome 4.0 and Safari 3.0.
Previously, Microsoft itself admits that IE6 is not feasible and many shortcomings that urged users to immediately switch to a newer version. the last time Microsoft released a patch to the gap in IE6 weaknesses suspected to be the door for hackers to attack the infrastructure of Google and dozens of large companies in other U.S.. However, Microsoft still provide support for IE6 patch until 8 April 2014.
So, Do you are still want to use IE6 any longer?
Google always presents something new for their users. When visiting voicemail on Google Voice, now you will feel faster access than before. So you do not have to wait a long time and this will certainly save you time.
This Faster access is a result of improvements that have been done by Google for the voicemail application recently. Of course this will increase your voicemail access using the Google Voice over this.
What makes these applications much faster access than usual because whenever you want to listen and to open an existing voicemail, the system will copy the voicemail so you do not have to listen one by one from the existing voicemail. Then the system will immediately send a notification via email and SMS notification so you’ll know when you get new messages. Even the system allows you to listen to voice messages to know how long the existing content of the message.
To create a voice message now becomes much easier, there are 2 changes in the way you listen to voice messages through your phone device. The first change is the user of Google Voice dialing his own, and users began to play back voice messages directly without the need to dial a 1 first. The second change is Google now going to play the voice message at the last (new) left a voice message in advance than the first voice message (old). Of course, with this change, Google Voice will look more powerful and enjoyable than ever.
Mozilla Foundation finally released the latest browser, Firefox 3.6, web browser software that claimed to be the “World’s Fastest Browser”. In Mozilla website home page is written “World’s Best Browser”. What are the changes made in the browser compared to its predecessor, so Mozilla pls say so?
“Mozilla has improved its overall performance and accelerate time to run it,” said Mike Beltzner, director of Firefox, as reported by Computerworld, Thursday (21/1/2010).
He said, to open a web page can now be done 20 percent faster. JavaScript on this 3.6 version is also executed 12 percent faster than with the version of Firefox 3.5.
Firefox also includes new security features that will check the plug-in in browsers such as Adobe Flash Player or Apple Quick Time so it is always been updated. Plug-ins are suspicious will not be executed, and only to be told how to do updates if desired.
In addition, this new browser also features Personas feature that lets users choose the background theme of the browser in accordance with the preferred design of an estimated 30,000 are available. Firefox 3.6 also supports the latest web technologies such as CSS, DOM, and HTML5, including fullscreen video and web for open font format (WOFF).
“Firefox offers users to manage their own experience, this is the most customizable browser and the browser is also very fast. So, overall, I think Firefox is the best complete package,” added Beltzner.
This browser is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac and can be downloaded on the Mozilla website. Firefox users can immediately upgrade to new version by doing a “check for updates” in the menu “help”.
Apple Inc. intends to change the search engine for the iPhone. Currently, Apple is in serious talks with Microsoft Corp. to replace Google with Microsoft Bing. According to Bloomberg’s anonymous sources who know this problem, this discussion will reflect the competition between Apple and Google. Google plans to launch own mobile phone this month by offering a mobile operating system named Android.
“So far, the deal probably will threaten Google, but it would be better for Apple,” said James McQuivey, a researcher Forrester Research Inc., Cambridge. Apple could benefit more from working with Google than Microsoft. Because, according to sources, Microsoft might be willing to many more revenue with Apple. From search engines, Google and Microsoft both have income from ads placed alongside search results.
If the deal is successful, Microsoft had a chance to enlarge its search engine market share. According to Nielsen Co. research, of all mobile phone users who use this search engine, is 86 percent of Google users. The new Bing users reached 11 percent.
Only, so far there has been no information from the company. Frank Shaw as well spokeswoman, Katie Cotton as well as a spokesman for Apple declined to comment on. Similarly, a Google spokesman, he declined to comment about this issue.