Archive for January 28th, 2010
Nexus One Desktop Dock Now Available
Google has formally announced the availability of the Nexus One Desktop Dock from the Google online store.
Custom-designed for the Nexus One, the dock offers a convenient place to charge the phone, on a desk or nightstand. As soon the phone is slipped into the desktop dock the Clock app opens, providing quick access to the local time and weather, alarm settings, photo slideshows, and music. Users can dim the Clock screen for nighttime use.
The dock comes equipped with a charger and a 3.5mm-to-RCA audio cable, for connecting the dock to a stereo.
The dock is priced at $45 and can be bought as a separate accessory from the online store, or bundled with the purchase of the Nexus One phone, which unfortunately isn’t in India yet.
Apple Inc Launches iPad which gives more than Apple iPod
Apple has finally announced their much anticipated, (almost prayed for) tablet, and it’s called the iPad.
The bridge between a smartphone and a laptop, the iPad has a 9.7- inch touchscreen. It’s reportedly half an inch thick and weighs 1.5 pounds. iPad is powered by A4, Apple’s next-generation system-on-a-chip. Designed by Apple, the new A4 chip provides exceptional processor and graphics performance along with long battery life of up to 10 hours. Apple’s advanced chemistry and Adaptive Charging technology deliver up to 1,000 charge cycles without a significant decrease in battery capacity over a typical five year lifespan. It also has built-in iPhoto, iTunes, a calendar and address book.
The iPad will come in three sizes – 16, 32, and 64GB – and features a speaker Bluetooth and WiFi.
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A new iPhone SDK has been announced which will allow developers to tweak their apps for the iPad.
Update:The iPad has no flash support for the browser but has a magazine, newspaper and Ebook reader.
Apple also introduced a new version of iWork for iPad, the first desktop-class productivity suite designed specifically for Multi-Touch. With Pages, Keynote and Numbers you can create beautifully formatted documents, stunning presentations with animations and transitions, and spreadsheets with charts, functions and formulas. The three apps will be available separately through the App Store for $9.99 each.
Greenpeace rejoice. Each iPad enclosure is made of highly recyclable aluminum and comes standard with energy-efficient LED-backlit displays that are mercury-free and made with arsenic-free glass. iPad contains no brominated flame retardants and is completely PVC-free.
The iPad will cost $499 for 16GB, $599 for 32GB and $699 for 64GB.
Apple’s iPad can be used as a canvas with artists optimizing the multi-touch display to the fullest.
For convenient typing the iPad will come with an optional keyboard dock and camera connection kit.
iPad features 12 next-generation Multi-Touch applications. Every app works in both portrait and landscape, automatically animating between views as the user rotates iPad in any direction.
iPad runs almost all of the over 140,000 apps on the App Store, including apps already purchased for iPhone or iPod touch.
iPad syncs with iTunes just like the iPhone and iPod touch, using the standard Apple 30-pin to USB cable.
Surf the Internet Anonymously With Ixquick
Metasearch engine Ixquick and its U.S. brand, Startpage.com have released a new proxy service that allows users to surf the web with complete privacy.
The proxy lets users browse websites safely and anonymously, without passing on any private, personally identifiable information to the websites they view.
The Ixquick proxy is a free service that works in conjunction with the Ixquick search engine, available at www.ixquick.com. When users perform a search, they will find a clickable “proxy” option below each search result. When this option is selected, Ixquick acts as an intermediary to retrieve the page and display it in a privacy-protected Ixquick window.
The proxy offers anonymity, since the user never makes direct contact with the third-party website. The user’s IP address is invisible to the viewed website. In addition, the website cannot see or place cookies on the user’s browser.
Ixquick does not record IP addresses, make a record of users’ searches, or record details about proxy usage. The company’s data collection practices are third-party certified with the “European Privacy seal”.
The proxy service is being launched today, January 28th, to celebrate international Data Privacy Day.