6/28/2010

iPhone 4 - Just Avoid holding It In That Way

A growing number of iPhone 4 owners are reporting that holding the iPhone 4 has an effect on the signal strength of the handset. Multiple videos demonstrate this unusual behavior in which the iPhone, when held in the palm of one’s hand, will lose signal strength by going from 5 bars of coverage to no service in less than a minute. To reverse this loss, one only needs to put the phone down and the signal strength will be restored.

"Just avoid holding it in that way!", Steve Jobs responsed.
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6/21/2010

Apple iOS 4 is Now Available on iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS

For info. Apple have released version 4.0 of the Apple iOS operating system today and it is now available for download & install from the iTunes store.

According to Apple . . .

'iOS 4 was made available to the public for the iPhone (4, 3GS, 3G with limited features) and iPod Touch (3rd gen, 2nd gen with limited features) on 21 June 2010'

The following 'enhancements' have been made:

Initial release on iPhone 4

- Multitasking by double clicking home buttonP3,P4,T3
- Support for Apple Bluetooth keyboardsP3,P4,T3
- Game Center social network
- iBooks with PDF support
- iAd mobile advertising network
- Portrait orientation lockP3,P4,T3


Settings

- App-specific location settings
- Cellular data toggle (On/Off)
- Password with alphabet characters and numbers
- Simple Passcode Lock (4 digit number) option
- New Wallpapers
- Wallpaper available for home screenP3,P4,T3
- New Wallpaper preview for home screen and lock screen
- Set up Internet Tethering
- New Gmail and Exchange icons in Mail, Contacts, Calendars account settings
- Support multiple Exchange accounts
- Custom Dictionary

Home Screen

- Ability to categorize apps into folders with default folder naming based on category name in

App Store

- Up to 2,160 instead of 180 visible apps (12 apps per folder)
- Folder name supports up to 13 characters
- Custom backgrounds for Home screen and Lock Screen
- Dock redesigned to that of the iPad
- Rate on deleting app removed
- Default utilities folder which contains the clock, calculator, voice memos and compass apps

Photos

- Categorized by Albums, Faces, Events and Places (under iPhoto in Mac OS X)
- Select multiple photos for mass deletion
- Support landscape mode

Camera Roll

- Rotate photos
- Resize photos
- Categorization by All, Photos and Videos
- Support landscape mode

App Store

- Ability to gift apps

Maps

- Unified "locate me" icon
- Background location icon shown on status bar

iPod

- Playlist creation on device
- Nested playlists
- Lyrics and Podcast info on Setting
- Volume control with Bluetooth headsets
- Art in Album View

Notes
- Notes syncing with MobileMe, Gmail IMAP and Yahoo! Mail
- Accounts management appears if syncing is enabled
- Notes setting below Mail, Contacts, Calendars Settings if syncing is enabled
- Moved search box into title bar

Calendar
- Birthday calendar
- CalDAV invitations

Contacts

- Unified Info by linking contacts from different accounts
- CardDAV
- Streamlined "New Contact" Screen

Spotlight

- Search with Web or Wikipedia

Safari (Webkit version 532.9)

- Bing is now a search option, along with Google and Yahoo
- Recent Searches below search field
- Top Hit in Search
- Google Suggest appears below search field if Search Engine is set to Google
- Unified "Search" keyboard button when search field being used
- In-Page Video Playback

YouTube

- Rotate & Zoom Videos in vertical and horizontal Position

Nike+

- Upload workouts to Nike+

Accessibility

- Larger fonts in Mail, SMS & alerts

Message

- Include a Search bar
- Character count (Can be enabled or disabled in Settings -> Messages screen)
- Failed SMS Notification
- Option to toggle off the ability to send group messages

Mail

- Unified Inboxes
- Edit from Outbox
- Support for multiple Exchange accounts
- File & delete Mail search results
- Organize By Thread in Mail
- Quicklook attachments
- Open attachments by registered filetype with corresponding Apps from App Store
- Smart Links For Dates and Addresses
- Contact Pictures in Emails
- Create Calendar events from dates within emails

International

- Spell Check
- Added Cangjie and Wubihua Keyboards for Simplified and Traditional Chinese
- Text replacement between Simplified and Traditional Chinese
- Switch keyboard shortcut (holding the "earth" button on keyboard for a while)
- Added support for Danish voice control
- Hungarian Language added

Other

- Persistent Wi-Fi
- Wake on Wireless
- Auto-join and Auto-login and IPv6 on individual Wi-Fi Networks setting
- Enhanced data protection
- Wireless app distribution
- Mobile device management
- SSL VPN support (both Juniper and Cisco)
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 support
- Improved Bluetooth driver for A2DP devices

Note: iPod Touch 1st gen and iPhone 1st gen devices are not supported, while iPhone 3G and iPod touch 2nd gen have limited support. iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and iPod touch 3rd gen
are all fully supported.
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6/12/2010

How to Rip DVD with VLC Media Player on Mac


VLC player is a free and open source media player, streamer and encoder supporting many video files as well as DVDs.

The media player that fills all your needs. It can handle DVDs, (S)VCDs, Audio CDs, web streams, TV cards and much more. You don't need to keep track of a dozen codec packs you need to have installed. VLC has all codecs built-in. It comes with support for nearly all codec there is.

This guide will mainly focus on introducing its capability of converting DVDs on Mac OS.
You can download VLC media player here.

Get start to Rip DVD with VLC Player


Insert your DVD and run VLC Player. Then under Media click on Convert/Save.
The Open Media Window will appear and you want to click on the Disc tab. Check DVD, make sure the disc device field points to the optical drive with the DVD, and hit Convert/Save. You can select the start position by selecting the title and only record a specific chapter on the DVD

Rip DVD with VLC Player


Click "convet /save" then a windows will pop up where you are allowed to select a location for the ripped file.
While you are browsing to the location to put the ripped file make sure to give it a name and a supported extension.
Rip DVD with VLC Player

Conclusion: Overall, VLC is powerful in both video playing and streaming. But since it is a player at first, it has inevitably limited the range of input and output formats. Also, VLC does not support the DVD with internal encryption, which has also restricted its capability of processing the DVDs.

As an alternative to rip DVD, you can try Daniusoft DVD Ripper for Mac. While VLC Player is a player first and converter second, Daniusoft DVD Ripper is professional DVD conversion tool that does good at ripping DVD to VLC, MP4, MOV, AVI, etc. It supports a wide range of video format, media device, great output quality, etc.

Below is a quick start on how to use Daniusoft DVD Ripper for Mac.


Step1. Download and install DVD Ripping software Mac
Then, just insert your favorite DVD on the DVD-ROM and load your DVD files to Daniusoft DVD Ripper for Mac through "Load DVD".
Free Download DVD Ripper for Mac
Rip DVD with VLC Media Player on Mac
Step2. Select Output Setting
Select output format from "format" drop-down list. Go to "Output" to set the output directory to save the converted files.
Rip DVD with VLC Media Player on Mac - Format
Step3. Convert DVD on Mac
When the settings are done, click the "Start" button to start DVD conversion.
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6/09/2010

iPhone 4 Gets Jump on Android with New Apps

iPhone 4 is outdistancing Google’s Android phones, thanks to video-calling features, a sharper screen and its array of 225,000 applications, analysts said.

The iPhone 4, unveiled yesterday by CEO Steve Jobs, is thinner, has better resolution and adds a front- facing camera. It also sports a new type of glass and a stainless-steel band Apple says is designed to improve network reception.

Apple is counting on iPhone 4 to fend off mounting competition from Android. The iPhone is evolving fast enough to keep competitors at bay, even if the new version lacked major surprises, said William Kreher, an analyst at Edward Jones in St. Louis.

"They remain the technology innovation leader," Kreher said in an interview with Bloomberg Television. "While nothing was really revolutionary in terms of the new features, I think that Apple took a nice step forward."

Jobs, who unveiled the phone at Apple’s developer conference in San Francisco, downplayed the threat from Android. The iPhone was the No. 2 smartphone in the U.S. in the first quarter, with a 28 percent share, he said, citing Nielsen Co. data. Research In Motion Ltd. ranked first, with a 35 percent share, while Android-based devices accounted for 9 percent.

hough many of the iPhone 4’s enhancements were expected -- a prototype of the iPhone was dissected and photographed by technology blog Gizmodo.com in April -- the upgrade provides Apple with a unique package of capabilities, analysts said.

"The combination of a new form factor and software will likely serve as a powerful catalyst for iPhone 4 sales."

Even so, the new abilities come with caveats. The video- calling program, called FaceTime, will be limited to Wi-Fi networks for now. That means customers won’t be able to make video calls using AT&T Inc., the exclusive U.S. wireless carrier for the iPhone. And while the phone can tap upgraded networks, that technology won’t be available across AT&T’s system until the middle of next year.

In a reminder that some of Apple's features are dependent on the reliability of wireless networks, Jobs struggled to use some of the new tools during his presentation.

The trouble stemmed from a poor Wi-Fi connection, rather than AT&T’s service. Jobs asked attendees to shut off the wireless connections on their computers and mobile hot spots because of interference.

When Apple’s first iPhone appeared in 2007, its touch- screen design and app-based interface shook up the market. RIM and other mobile-phone makers clambered to add similar features to their devices. Since then, the industry’s rapid-fire advancements have made it harder for an upstart to catch up quickly.

"Apple and its competitors are steadily bringing better and better technology and software to go with it to the market," he said. "In that environment, it’s difficult to leapfrog the competition in the same way the iPhone did when it was first introduced."

The iPhone is now Apple's top-selling product, generating 40 percent of revenue last quarter -- more than the Macintosh computer. The company has three products that work with its App Store: the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. All together, Apple will have sold 100 million of those devices by sometime this month, Jobs said.

There are now more than 225,000 iPhone and iPad apps available. The company has paid out more than $1 billion to developers. Android developers, meanwhile, have only created about 50,000 apps.

The iPhone 4 adds a camera for capturing high-definition video, as well as software that makes video chatting possible. Its so-called retina display packs four times as many pixels in the 3.5-inch screen, delivering higher-resolution text, photos and videos. New iPhone operating-system software, called iOS 4, supports features such as multitasking.

The iPhone 4 is about 24 percent thinner than its predecessor, the iPhone 3GS. A 16-gigabyte model will cost $199, and a 32-gigabyte version will sell for $299.

Apple, which has delivered a new iPhone every year since it first came out, sees the fourth-generation device as "the biggest leap" in design and functionality in three years, according to Jobs.

A mobile advertising system called iAd will be built into the new iPhone software, giving app creators a new way to make money. Software developers will get a 60 percent cut of revenue from ads placed by Apple within their programs. After eight weeks of taking orders, Apple said it has commitments for $60 million in advertising for the second half of the year.

With iAd, Apple is less concerned about making money from the ads, Kreher said. It’s more about making its software and mobile devices more attractive for developers -- and creating one more way to distinguish itself from Android.

"They just want to cultivate a better ecosystem for developers and advertisers to be comfortable in working with them," Kreher said. "It’s really just about getting more people on board then driving the bottom line."

Apple fell $5.03, or 2%, to $250.94 yesterday in Nasdaq Stock trading. The stock has gained 19% this year. The drop mirrored a 1.9% decline overall in the S&P 500 information-technology index.

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2010 FIFA World Cup - Win Guess, Obtain software

The 2010 FIFA World Cup is coming. Daniusoft, a multimedia developper that focus on video conversion, has held an event - Win Guess, obtain software.(50% to win!!)


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6/07/2010

Apple announces the iPhone 4 at WWDC 2010

On 2010 WWDC, Steve Jobs compared the iPhone’s mobile browser usage to Android & RIM. With the iPhone having 58.2% of the US mobile browser usage, Android having 22.7% of the US mobile browser usage & RIM having only 12.7% of the US mobile browser usage. Jobs also noted that the iPhone has 28% of the US smart phone market share. And RIM having 35%, Android having only 9 %, Windows Mobile having 19% of the US smart phone market.


The most anticipated announcement & the most leaked device on the web was the iPhone 4. Which is only 9.3 mm thick that is 24% thinner then the iPhone 3GS. The iPhone 4 will have a front facing camera, a second mic for noise cancellation, a 5.0 MP camera with LED flash, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi (802.11n) & GPS. The device has the antennas built into its stainless steel frame for improved cell signal quality. Jobs also pointed out that the iPhone 4 would have what he calls “Retina Display”, which will allow the device to display more pixels. And give the users a shaper, clearer view of images & text on the phone. Apples own A4 processor will power the iPhone 4.



The device will use a micro SIM card to save space & will have a lager battery, which will offer up to 7 hours or 3G talk time, 6 hours browsing the web on 3G, 10 hours browsing over Wi-Fi, up to 10 hours of watching video, up to 40 hours of music & up to 300 hours of standby. The iPhone 4 will compatible with HSDPA & HSUPA networks for up to 7.2 Mbps download speeds & 5.8 upload speeds. The handset will have up to 32 GB of storage for your music & video. The camera on the iPhone will allow for 720p HD at 30 fps video recording. Apple has also created a version of the iMovie for the iPhone, which allow you to edit your video right from the device. iMovie for the iPhone will cost 4.99 on the App Store and is now available.

The most interesting feature of the iPhone 4 would have to be the announcement of FaceTime, which will allow for video calling. During the keynote Jobs demoed the feature by calling Jony Ivy the Senior Vice President of Industrial Design at Apple Inc. FaceTime works by using the front & rear camera to send video calls. And will automatically switch to the rear or front camera depending on which way the handset is held. Video calling will work in both portrait & landscape mode. Video calling will only work with other iPhone 4 owners and is only ran over Wi-Fi networks. FaceTime will be an open industry standard.

The iPhone 4 will come in two colors white & black and will cost $199 dollars for the 16GB model & $299 dollars for the 32 GB model. The Phone 4 is available for pre-orders starting June 15th & will be on sale June 24th in the US, France, Germany, UK & Japan. Apple will be adding 24 more countries in August & 44 more countries in September that will carry the iPhone 4. If you happen to have a contract with AT&T with your current iPhone you can get up to 6 months early eligibility to upgrade to the iPhone 4. And if your contract is up during 2010 you are eligible to upgrade to the iPhone 4. The iPhone 3GS will be sold at $99 dollars & the iPhone 3G has been discontinued.

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6/01/2010

Qualified Team for The Fnal Tournament - 2010 FIFA World Cup

The following 32 teams qualified for the final tournament.

AFC (4)
* Australia * Japan * Korea DPR * Korea Republic

CAF (6)
* Algeria * Cameroon * Côte d'Ivoire * Ghana * Nigeria * South Africa (hosts)

CONCACAF (3)
* Honduras * Mexico * United States

CONMEBOL (5)
* Argentina * Brazil * Chile * Paraguay * Uruguay

OFC (1)
* New Zealand

UEFA (13)
* Denmark * England * France * Germany * Greece
* Italy * Netherlands * Portugal * Serbia
* Slovakia * Slovenia * Spain * Switzerland
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