New 10m HTC Nexus One Video

Another Google Nexus One Video emerges. This time a more comprehensive 10minute one.

HTC SenseUI ported to Droid

This seems to be a preliminary ROM with some UI bug fixes and does not supports Wi-Fi yet. More

How to install Swype on Android

Swype is an app used for quick and easy input of keywords. Whats make it so wannabe? It allows you to type fast with a speed of 40 words per minute without

Superboot HTC Nexus One on Android 2.1

Guys this is real. Unbelievable? just bite your fingers. :D

Modaco Android forum experienced a strange thread, explaining how to root Google Nexus One prior to its

How to install Android 2.1 gallery on 2.0.1

Android 2.1 ROM is equipped with marvelous gallery pics than 2.0.1. Android 2.1 ROM has been ported

Top 3 Nokia Apps,Products,Services in 2009

Nokia end of year polls for Best Applications, Products and Services is out. Following results were

How to play iTunes videos on any Video player

Whenever videos or audios are purchased from iTunes they can't be played on video player. This is because of m4v protection works only on iPods. To remove DRM protection from downloaded iTunes videos to be playable on your favorite Video Player, download DRM remover and add files.

Loaded files can be any of format from wma, m4a, m4b, aac, wmv, m4p, m4v, asf, mov or avi. Both audio and video iTunes files can be converted. Converted files can be played on many video/audio players and portable devices such as iPod, Zune, Creative Zen, PSP, MP3 players etc.

Nexus One Debut Appearance

At last Google announced final date for its much awaited smartphone. According to which Google Nexus one is said to have a debut appearance on January 5th in the event named 'Android Press Gathering'. It will be held at Company's Mountain View, California, Headquarters. Moreover in the same month there are two big and competitive events coming up. One is Consumer Electronics Show on 7th at Las Vegas and the other one is Apple event on 26th which is rumored to launch 8GB iPhone 3GS.

In the midst of two important events, will Google Nexus One be able to keep the hope alive? This is the one big question surely to be answered in coming days. Nonetheless with the rate of Android devices popping up and Android 2.1 being ported on different products, it will be definitely worth giving a shot. 

Google Nexus One Pricing Details

Gizmodo got hands of pricing details for Google Nexus One, an Android based Smartphone. According to which there are two buying plans available.

 1. If you plan to buy Google Nexus one with T-Mobile carrier, it will cost $179.99 which includes 500 talk time minutes, Unlimited nights and weekends, Unlimited T-Mobile to T-Mobile minutes. Individual 500 T-Mobile pricing Plan also covers unlimited local SMS, MMS, IM, Android unlimited web for $79.99/m. Existing users have an option of up gradation. This plan covers 2 year contract service.

2. If you plan to buy only Google Nexus One without carrier (Unlocked) it will cost $529.99. It accompanies with accessories such as charger, USB Cable, Phone case and free shipping for US customers.

Google will sell phones by itself through online. Also 5 Google Nexus one phones can be purchased with one GMail Email ID.

Leo ported to Touch Pro 2 [Video]

Pokemon Theme for Google Chrome

Pokemon Theme is one of thousands of theme available for dev builds of Google Chrome. Not much for hard cores, kinda fun for kiddos. Pic depicts for itself.



There's also a pokemon theme song, have a listen if it soothes your ears.

Aero on Windows 7/Vista Home Basic

Aero is acronym for 'Authentic', 'Energetic', 'Reflective', 'Open'. Aero theme GUI is a transparent theme for Windows 7 and Vista officially released by Microsoft. It is also available on Windows 2008 server. It is a successor of Luna theme. Aero theme in Windows 7 is a revised edition with several UI changes such as Aero Peek, Aero Shake, Aero Snap, Touch UI. Aero theme comes with many editions but deprived versions are Windows 7 Home Basic & Windows Vista Home Basic. Also, Aero theme can't be enabled on low end graphic cards or on PC's having no graphic card at all. Users using these versions can still have a realistic sense of Aero theme by Aero Enabler.

Aero Enabler lets to activate/deactivate Aero theme with single click. It also allows to disable Hardware Check if required graphic card is not available or Windows 7 Basic/Windows Home Basic is in use.

Download Aero Enabler

Android 2.1 update for HTC Hero

Cellular south will be delivering the Android 2.1 update to HTC Hero. It is scheduled to be launched in the first half of 2010. Its not a huge surprise as the clone Sprint is also getting the update in the same time frame.

Ubuntu as Windows XP

Chinese pirates have successfully converted Ubuntu Linux OS to Windows XP, in GUI respect atleast. Linux based Windows XP OS named as Ylmf OS looks very much like Windows XP with all linux attributes. Ylmf OS uses similar Windows XP icons and taskbar. It comes with freeware such as Firefox and OpenOffice.org.

Wine integration allows to use Windows programs in Ylmf Linux OS. However some programs may not be able to run. Since the manufacturer are Chinese and language is also set to Chinese by default, which can be converted to English by running this command in terminal

sudo locale-gen en-US

To download the Ylmf OS navigate to download page. There are four download options. Download file is in ISO format and 683MB in size.

Leaked Google Chrome OS Netbook Specs & Price

Google Chrome OS is a cloud based open source operating system. As official Google announcement depicts it is initially targeted for Netbooks which will be available from second half of 2010. Since Google Chrome OS does not supports all hardware specifications, which can be one of the reasons for Google to launch pre installed versions of their OS on Netbooks.

Specs for Google Chrome OS based Netbooks:

- ARM CPU

- 10.1 inch TFT HD with multi touch display (1280x 720)

- NVIDIA Tegra

- 64GB SSD

- 2GB RAM

- WiFi

- 3G

- Bluetooth

- Ethernet port

- USB port

- Webcam

- 3.5mm audio jack

- Multi card reader

- Pre installed Google apps

- GPS

- 4 or 6 cell battery

Price: Google Chrome OS Netbook is said to have a price tag of $300 and in some countries like US, it will be sold with 3G package plan.

Palm Pre webOS 1.3.5

Sprint USA is all set to deliver its most awaited update from for Palm Pre. All exclusive USA customers will be able to upgrade to webOS 1.3.5 build 194. According to Sprint new update will be equipped with

-Battery life optimization improvement in marginal areas

-QCELP capability fix for audio and video sent via MMS

-Minimized package of MR size

-More storage space

-Stronger support for WiFi and app performance

Update will be conducted via automated notification.

Convert DVD files to 3GP

Many of low cost phones has support for 3GP format. A converter is always required to convert any media files to 3GP format or any other. Here DVD to 3GP converter will be discussed. Below pictured are some of the phones which support 3GP format. These phones includes Sony Ericsson, Motorola and Nokia.

Aimersoft DVD to 3GP converter in addition to video conversion extracts audio from DVD and converts to MP3, WMA, WAV etc. Also, ISO file can be fed into for conversion. This free mobile converter supports portable players such as Creative zen vision, psp, ipod etc.

Download DVD to 3GP Converter

GMail in Google Wave

If you are die hard Google waver then integrating different Google services into wave might be one of your priorities. There is a simple gadget named 'GMail' to access Google Mails while waving.

How to Access GMail in Google Wave?

-Login to Google wave account and add a new wave

-In new wave click a small jigsaw icon named "Add Gadget by URL"

-Enter URL "http://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/100080069921643878012/gmail.xml"

It will give a minimized version of GMail with Inbox, Compose, Customize, Contacts, Delete options.

HTC Sense 'Documents Tab'

Recently released Landscape HTC Sense from HD2 ROM includes one important feature 'Documents Tab'. Pocketnow covered an exclusive video describing New Tab features. It is robust with E-mail sync option. E-mail can view by sent or received feature. Video covers pdf, excel, and word document as a demo. If you tap on any one it opens in respective program. It also includes a search documents with type, access, modified, file size etc.

What makes 'Documents Tab' an exclusive feature is its one place documents availability which can be worth testing while on the go. Have a look below.

All social network at one place - Yoono

Yoono is a powerful socializing  network tool for social geeks. It may be really hectic for many people out there to sign into multiple social sites such as Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, FriendFeed, AIM, Imeem, AIM, GTalk, Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger on daily basis. Yoono does this all. When installed it places a sidebar into browser which can be customized to suitable size.

Its interface is pretty much like Digsby IM in the sense that it places all the social networks updates in one column.Whenever browser is started it auto signs in all social networks and produces real time updates.

One thing worth mentioning is its search mechanism. Prominent words which are widely used on internet when occur in any social network, are underlined for Wiki, Photos, Videos etc discovery.

Interface is very neatly placed, allowing options for collective or individual feed for any social network or IM. Also if you see any picture, link, video on internet worth sharing, it can be quickly shared on Facebook, Myspace, Flickr etc by right clicking it and choosing 'Share'.

Browser Version | Dekstop Version

Touch IT- Black Custom ROM for HTC HD2

This custom ROM v1.1 has new Manila which supports landscape mode. Some of the features in Touch IT-Black HD2 ROM are:

-Includes new Sense 2.5.19222911.0
-Build 21887
-Updated Drivers
-NetCf3.5
-New custom graphics/icons/folders

Requirement: SSPL for HD2

Download Touch IT-Black HTC HD2 ROM

HTC Sense 2.5 Landscape ROM

This is an official HTC Sense UI ROM in landscape. This particular ROM is for Rhodium based on HD2 LEO test 2.xx ROM. It comprises of Rhodium 1.9 with Manila 2.5.1922. After installation of this ROM you it is experienced an OS 5.2.21887, updated drivers, added voice commander, incall recorder.

Download HTC 2.5 Landscape ROM

Missed Call issue can be resolved by downloading this cab file

Espresso for HTC Hero GSM with Android 2.1

HTC Espresso is the sequel update to Sense UI. It works with GSM based HTC Hero. The system Dump is Android 2.1 HTCPedia posted some exclusive pictures with a video. As the AndroidSpin user reported that this dump is not an ROM.




Download HTC Espresso

XPPhone: First Windows XP based phone

Chinese company named In Technology Company (ITG) has introduced first ever Windows XP phone. It works same as usual Windows XP windows with software installation option. In this era of  Apple iPhone, Motorola Droid, HTC Hero, Nokia N900, Google Nexus it will be a hard task for ITG to keep upto user expectations. However one major compelling  factor to buy Chinese phones is its new and advanced features at an affordable price.
Video:

Specs:

CPU: AMD Super Mobile CPU
Memory: 512MB/1GB
SSD hard disk: 8/16/32/64 GB
HDD Hard disk 30/60/80/120 GB
Display: 4.8 inch 800x480 TFT touch screen
OS: Microsoft Windows XP
Network: GSM/GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA (HSDPA/HSUPA), CDMA/CDMA2000 1X/CDMA1X EVDO TD-SCDMA, TD-HSDPA
Wireless connectivity: WiFi 802.11b/g, WiMax (optional), Bluetooth, GPS
Camera: 1.3/5.0 MP
Battery type: Li-ion battery
Talk time: 5 hours
Standby : 120 hours
Weight: 400g  (battery included)

Pics:

Future enhancements:

In near future it is said to be equipped with Windows 7 OS.

Firefox Mobile: Fennec 1.0 alpha 1

Fennec is the first ever mobile browser version developed by Mozilla. Fennec 1.0 alpha 1 is an early developer version of Firefox mobile which has touch screen support. For now Fennec works on OS2008 "Maemo" including Windows Mobile and N810. However it can be tried on other devices also.

Features?

-Easy navigation to web content via bookmarks, Smart URL bar, Tabbed thumbnail browsing, easy web search access and integration.

-Auto hiding web content with zoom in/out.

-Secure browsing with website ID, popup blocker, password manager.

- Device service integration for JS API

Download Fennec Mobile

Download Desktop version for Windows | Mac OS X | Linux

Blackened White Theme for Motorola CLIQ

Blackened White theme is combination of black and white colors blended in background, icons, text etc. Its a Metamorph theme.

How to get working?

-Have root access
-Download Blackened White theme to sdcard
-Have working superuser.apk
-Link cp with busybox using

adb remount
adb shell
ln -s /system/bin/busybox /system/bin/cp

-Installed AndExplorer

-Have Metamorph installed

-Launch Metamorph and apply all .apk files

Mac OS X theme for Yahoo! Messenger

Mac OS X theme v1.0.0 release 1 transforms Yahoo! messenger look to that of Mac OS X. IT is compatible with Yahoo! Messenger 9..x and 10.x.


MD5: CA6AD5D43464A9D02EE839471C8AA204
SHA1: AFB4066358C0262217FE523627D2CCDAB19D6C8D


Download Mac OS X Theme for Yahoo! Messenger (821KB)

Install Songbird 1.4.1 in Ubuntu

Songbird is a free and open source audio player and web browser developed by Mozilla. It provides cross platform compatibility with Windows, Mac, Linux. Songbird has the ability to play multiple audio formats such as mp3, aac, ogg vorbis, flac, apple lossless, and wma including WMDRM.

How to Install?
For 32-bit users

- Download .deb file for 32-bit Ubuntu users

- Open terminal and enter

sudo dpkg -i songbird_1.4.1_i686_skyzim.deb

For 62-bit users

- Download .deb file for 64-bit Ubuntu users

- Open terminal and enter

sudo dpkg -i songbird_1.4.1-x86_64-skyzim.deb

When installed Songbird 1.4.1 can be access from Applications > Sound & Video

Install Thunderbird 3.0 in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic

To install Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0 in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala we need to include repositories into the system. Open terminal and enter command,

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily

sudo apt-get update

This will update the sources.list file. Now install Thunderbird 3.0 using following command

apt-get install thunderbird-3.0

Access Thunderbird 3.0 by going to Applications > Internet > Thunderbird 3.0

Update Seesmic for Windows

Seemic, Twitter Windows Native client got updated to v0.5.2. Primary focus is intended for Stability issues and Performance in general.

- Corrections in timestamps in the HOME timeline
- UI Enhancements and improvements when receiving, sending and deleting Direct Messages
- Corrections in duplicate messages
- Validations and improvements to Link Shortening
- Deletion of messages where allowed (DM's & Sent)
- Corrections when inserting images
- Various improvements when composing messages

Download Seesmic v0.5.2 for Windows

Google Nexus One specs confirmed?

Engadget reports that they have got hold of Google Nexus One specs. Its learned that Nexus One retail starts from 5th January as early. Unfortunately, it will be based on Invite only basis. T-Mobile users would be able to access special packages with Google Nexus One purchase. It may be speculated that invitations could work same as GMail or GW.

How to Root/Unroot Motorola CLIQ

Prerequisites:

Motorola 4.2.0 Driver for 32-bit Windows
Motorola 4.2.0 Driver for 64-bit Windows
RSD Lite 4.5.7

Root Motorola CLIQ:

- Install Motorola Driver and RSD Lite 4.5.7
- Download SHX File and unzip it
- Start RSD Lite, browse unzipped SHX file and select phone, it will reboot
- Run following command

adb remount

adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/su

Unroot Motorola CLIQ:

- Download 1.1.31 Firmware and unzip
- Run RSD Lite 4.5.7, browse unzipped SHX file and select phone
- It will reboot phone to bootloader and flash unrooted firmware

Note: It will erase all stored data including apps, works with T-Mobile CLIQ firmware 1.1.4

Firefox 4 Mockups

Some new design mockups came up on Firefox dev personal blog.


1- App button (Appearance and placement)

2- Refining Tool button Appearance

3- Location Bar

4- Retain separate search bar

5- Bookmark bar

6- Tabs under navigation bar

7- Tabs under navigation bar with Bookmark bar

8- App Button variations

9- Firefox 4 and 3.5 Comparison

Android 2.1 interface on Nexus One[Video]

Its one of the comprehensive video yet for Android 2.1 (French) interface operating on Google Nexus One. 

Google Nexus One New Pics and Video

Upcoming Google Phone named Nexus One is planned be released early next year. New unboxing video's and pics are caught up in the wild. Have a look

Opera Mobile 10 Beta 2 Updated

Opera released another update for Mobile 10 just after couple of months ago Beta 1 launch.  Its the second update which includes support for language such as Arabic and Hebrew with left right rendering. As told its the last update prior to final release. More phones supports auto-rotation with faster loading. The symbian version of browser gets access to native keyboard integration.

Download:

Opera Mobile 10 Beta 2

Genoid: Android Theme for Ubuntu

Genoid is GTK theme inherited from Android for Ubuntu users. It converts GNOME desktop to that of Android with Android wallpapers, icons, cursors etc.

Whats New:

-reworked theme, icons

-add cursor

-add installer

How to install:

Right Click desktop and click Change Desktop. Click Theme tab, drag and drop theme's archive in appearance preferences window.

Compatibility:

Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala, 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope.

Download:

Genoid Android Theme for Ubuntu 1.0 Final (7.87MB)

Nokia Image Space App for S60

Nokia Image Space is a new photo viewing app. It links Flickr account with Image space to easily browse pictures from Nokia S60 3.2 or 5.0 devices.


Built in Compass and GPS is required to Geo-tag your images  taken which not only records image orientation only but also its Position too in the metadata.

Future developments:

Given a suitable amount of pictures of a particular place, it generates a 3D spatial browsing presentation. This feature is in its early stages and will be coming in couple of months

Compatibility/Requirements:

Adobe flash 10 plugin for IE/Safari/Firefox browser. Works on Nokia N97 Mini, 6210 Navigator, 6710 Navigator, 6720 Classic.

Download:

Go to http://imagespace.nokia.com/beta/ or download .sis file here.

Seesmic for Android updated

Seesmic, twitter client managed to release updated app for Android devices. Latest launch includes Searches, lists, Sharing option via Seesmic and font size setting.




To install new update point Android device to http://m.seesmic.com or search on Market app.

Revised Android 2.1 on Motorola Droid [Video]

Android 2.1 Sense UI on HTC HD2 [Video]

How to Video Chat in Orkut

Orkut team launched video chat in Orkut for orkut users. Its pretty much same like Google Video Chat. Orkut Video chat requires plugin downloadable from http://google.com/chat/video and validation of Email Address

Ubuntu 10.04 new art work proposed

Some new proposals were being made using Inkscape Art named as Humancity.

Firefox 3.6 Beta 5

Aren't we tired of Firefox 3.6 revisions? Its the 5th one which we are coming across. Yes, Firefox 3.6 Beta revision 5 released today. Not to forget that the browser which we trust should be pure in all respects, isn't it?. Thats what Firefox team is scratching their heads so hard. So just bear with this release and hopefully it would be the last one prior to Final encounter. Lets see whats new for us

-supports HTML 5 API

-Scripts runnable asynchronously

-Out of date plugin alerts

-Poster frames and native full screen display support

-CSS, DOM web techs support

Though above 70% AddOns have support for new version, however AddOn Compatibility Reporter is here to help the non-compatible ones.

Download Firefox 3.6 Beta 5

Panda Cloud AntiVirus 1.0 supports 64-bit

Panda Cloud Antivirus is the first free cloud-based antivirus thin-client. It consists of a lightweight antivirus with real time connectivity with PandaLabs Servers. It protects against new malware avoiding PC performance degradation.Panda Cloud Antivirus detects more malware than traditional signature-based solutions. It is extremely light as all the work is done in the cloud. Panda Cloud Antivirus provides you with the fastest protection against the newest viruses thanks to its cloud-scanning from PandaLabs' servers. Don't worry about updates, configuration or complicated decisions ever again. It supports Windows Vista and Windows 7 64-bit with ability to restore and neutralize files.

Download Panda Cloud AntiVirus 1.0

Google Nexus One Wallpapers+Ringtones

Here are some Wallpapers and Audio files extracted from Google Nexus One Android 2.1. Audio files are in .ogg format, and can be converted to desired format using any suitable converter.

Nexus One Wallpapers

Nexus One Audio files