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Useful iPad Apps for Painting and Drawing

Ravi Ahuja — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 09:47:27 +0000

iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab and other similar devices are hot these days. iPad had changed the way of computing and this is the future of computing. With iPad you can access internet, social networking and many other things on the go.

iPad is not just used for internet it can be used for many other things like gaming, music and designing. Yes you can do lot of things graphic designing too. Today there are many iPad apps available for painting and image editing. These apps can help you create amazing graphics which you create on PC. Here are some paid and free iPad apps for graphics which can help you to create amazing stuff thru your fingers.

7 Great iPad Painting Apps

1. Doodle Buddy – Make your finger your brush. Doodle Buddy for iPad is the most fun you can have with your finger. Finger paint with thousands of colors and drop in playful stamps.

2. SketchBook Pro – Autodesk SketchBook Pro for iPad is a professional-grade paint and drawing application. Using the same paint engine as its desktop counterpart, SketchBook Pro delivers a complete set of sketching & painting tools through a streamlined and intuitive user interface.

3. MyPaint Free – MyPaint Free will also help you to articulate conversations, add that sparkle to your photos and paint away the boredom in long meetings.

4. Adobe Ideas - Adobe Ideas is your digital sketchbook, letting you capture and explore ideas anywhere you go. Adobe Ideas is an ideal companion for the professional design applications.

5. Freeform - Freeform is a vector drawing tool for your iPad. Create quick sketches, mockups, or diagrams with this powerful tool. Export your drawings via email in JPG, PNG, or PDF formats, or save to your photo library.

6. Downsize - Downsize is a utility that allows you to prepare images for the web, email, or presentations by resizing, adding watermarks, frames, and drop shadows. Batch resizes an entire folder of images in bulk to save time.

7. Adobe Photoshop Express - With Photoshop Express, it’s easy to improve your photos. Choose from a variety of one-touch effects, or simply drag your finger across the screen to crop, rotate, or adjust color. Add artistic filters like Soft Focus or Sketch. And never fear: You can undo and redo changes until you get just the look you want—a copy of your original file is always saved.

Setting Up Home Network

Ravi Ahuja — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:31:09 +0000

If you are having the multiple gadgets at home to use and want to get them linked to increase their efficiency and productivity, what are these options that you have? So, there are many queries that pop up how you can set up the home network and is it safe and inexpensive? Can the home networking be well maintained and hassle free? Home Networking will allow you connect your computers to Internet through the single connection.

The home network is residential local network that is used for the communication between the digital devices that is deployed in your home like printers, personal computers, etc. Most of these computers have an inbuilt networking capability. The home network also allows connecting and sharing different digital devices in your home. You can also set up the home network with and without online access by using different combinations of the computer software and hardware.

With advancement in the technology, now it has become very convenient setting up the home networking that allows you connect as well as share digital devices that you use in your home and stay in full control of the network. Available software will allow you not just add any new devices to home network but allows you to troubleshoot the networking issues and learn how you can avoid these issues in near future. It makes the home networking very safe by prohibiting any unauthorized access to files or documents that stored on your PC. It helps you unlock true power of computer.

With WiFi and Bluetooth you can create wireless network. Now days it is very easy to communicate between different devices but it is also important to make them secure network. Every devices have different ways of making them secure you can check your products website to find way to secure them from unauthentic access.

iPhone OS 3.1 Direct Download Link

Ravi Ahuja — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:32:04 +0000

As always with every latest iPhone OS version there are new features and improvement. The latest version is 3.1 which come with iTunes 9. The latest version is available for iPhone 2G, 3G and 3GS.

There are many new and improved features in iPhone OS 3.1

Improved syncing for music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and photos1
iTunes U content organization
Redeem iTunes Gift Cards, codes, and certificates in the App Store
Display available iTunes account credits in the App Store and iTunes Store
Save video from Mail and MMS into Camera Roll
Option to “Save as new clip” when trimming a video on iPhone 3GS
Better iPhone 3G Wi-Fi performance when Bluetooth is turned on
Remotely lock iPhone with a passcode via MobileMe
Use Voice Control on iPhone 3GS with Bluetooth headsets
Paste phone numbers into the keypad
Option to use Home button to turn on accessibility features on iPhone 3GS
Warn when visiting fraudulent websites in Safari (anti-phishing)
Improved Exchange calendar syncing and invitation handling
Fixes issue that cause some app icons to display incorrectly
Improved syncing for music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and photos
iTunes U content organization
Redeem iTunes Gift Cards, codes, and certificates in the App Store
Display available iTunes account credits in the App Store and iTunes Store
Save video from Mail and MMS into Camera Roll
Option to “Save as new clip” when trimming a video on iPhone 3GS
Better iPhone 3G Wi-Fi performance when Bluetooth is turned on

You can download iPhone OS 3.1 directly from your iPhone but if you want to direct download iPhone OS 3.1 you can download them from here.

Direct Download Link for iPhone OS 3.1

iPhone OS 3.1

iPhone 3G OS 3.1

iPhone 3GS

iPhone 3GS OS 3.1

Nokia First Laptop Booklet 3G

Ravi Ahuja — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:23:03 +0000

How you feel a mobile manufacture giant has also jump into Laptop market. Yes Nokia has reveled his first ever laptop Nokia Booklet 3G. Actually it is a net book which can run up to 12 hours with its powerful battery life.

Nokia Booklet 3G is very light weight (1200 grams) mini laptop with built-in 3G and Wi-Fi. Nokia is targeting user who always connect to Internet. It’s built in 3G and Wi-Fi capability make you connect with fast Internet all the time. It comes with 10.1″, 1280 x 720 pixel display.

Nokia Booklet 3G Specifications:

CPU and chipset
Intel® Atom™ Z530, 1.6 GHz
Intel® Poulsbo US15W

Memory and hard drive
RAM: 1 GB DDR2
Hard drive: 120 GB

Display and keyboard
10.1″, 1280 x 720 pixel display
Glass window
Frame keyboard

Wireless
WiFi: 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
Built-in 3G modem (data calls only): WCDMA 900/2100 or 800-850/900/2100

Download & Convert YouTube Videos to iPod Video

Ravi Ahuja — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:46:02 +0000

You may have software to download YouTube videos but what if you want to convert YouTube videos to some different file format like MPEG or play them on your iPod.

Ares Tube is a free YouTube video downloader and converter software. With Ares Tube you can download videos from many video sites like YouTube, DailyMotion, Metacafe, etc and convert them to MPEG, MP4 which can be played on your iPod.

Downloading and converting videos is very easy just open YouTube directly on software and you can watch video right from software. If you want to download the video just add it to download list. With option setting you can choose in which format you want to convert video.

Download Ares Tube

Direct Download Link for iPhone OS 3.0.1

Ravi Ahuja — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:14:49 +0000

Apple has just released iPhone OS 3.0.1 which fixed SMS vulnerability. Recently this issue was discovered by Charlie Miller at Black Hat cyber security conference in LA.

This bug may lead to an unexpected service interruption or arbitrary code execution. Apple iPhone OS 3.0.1 comes with fix for SMS bug and is only available via iTunes and can’t be downloaded from Apple website. There is no direct download link available to download latest iPhone OS 3.0.1.

How to Upgrade to iPhone OS 3.0.1

1. Connect your iPhone to computer and start iTunes
2. A message will be displayed to download OS 3.0.1
3. Click on Download & Install.

If you want to direct download iPhone OS 3.0.1 on your computer here are direct download link.

iPhone

iPhone OS 3.0.1

iPhone 3G OS 3.0.1

iPhone 3GS

iPhone 3GS OS 3.0.1

Free Antivirus for Mobile Phone

Ravi Ahuja — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 08:37:38 +0000

As smart phone users are increasing virus attacks are also increasing. Many smart phone users connect to Internet. A recent study shows that American mobile user invest same time on Internet from their mobile as much the spend talking on phone.

Even you are not connected with Internet your mobile is at virus attack risk. These viruses can remove your contact list and can use your phone number in any illegal activity without knowing you.

With Antivirus software you can prevent your mobile phone from viruses. There are many paid antivirus software for mobile phone but why to pay when you can get a good antivirus for free.

NetQin is free antivirus software for Mobile phones. NetQin Mobile Antivirus is the first mobile antivirus product that has passed the authoritative authentication by the Ministry Of Public Security and the product test made by the Research Institution of China Mobile, and is recommended by Nokia.Com. NetQin supports Symbian, Windows Mobile, and Nokia S40 operating system.

NetQin Features

Fast full scan
Timely and accurate real-time monitoring
Timely and economical on-line update

NetQin Screenshot

Download NetQin Antivirus

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SanDisk Ultra Backup 64 GB USB Flash Drive

Ravi Ahuja — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:06:34 +0000

SanDisk is known for its portable storage media. They have long list of product from USB drive to memory cards.

They have a new and first of its kind SanDisk Ultra Backup USB Flash Drive which have backup button. It comes in storage capacity of 8, 16, 32 and 64 GB. With so much space and backup button you can easily backup your data.

Features of SanDisk Ultra Backup USB Flash Drive

Simple – Back up at the touch of a button – no cables or software installation needed
Portable – Just put it in your pocket and protect your files wherever you are
Secure – Protect your data with password protection and AES hardware encryption
Available in 8GB, 16GB, 32GB and 64GB capacities

Price rang between $49.99 for 8 GB and $277.99 for 64 GB drive. Price can be different in other countries.

Iomega eGo Desktop 500 GB Portable USB Hard Drive

Ravi Ahuja — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:59:01 +0000

Iomega is known for some good and bad product. There few products are big seller in many countries. Iomega eGo Portable USB hard drive can make you impress.

It is a small beautiful portable hard drive with capacity of 320 GB and 500 GB with USB 2.0. This device comes in different colors. Iomega Drop Guard feature protects the drive when dropped up to 51-Inch (40% above the average!). With good storage capacity it can be good choice for personal and office use. There is a Mac version of this product.

Specification of Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive

Storage Capacity – 320 GB and 500 GB
Connectivity – USB 2.0
Price – 500 GB Drive is selling at $119.95 on Amazon

Wireless Mobile Broadband Providers in India

Ravi Ahuja — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:00:32 +0000

Internet growth depends on how many new Internet users are adding. To use internet you need Internet Service Provider (ISP) who provide you internet connection to connect to internet. There are many type of Internet connections like Dialup, Broadband, and latest wireless mobile broadband.

Wireless Mobile Internet connection is available from long time but now you can access internet much faster then before with Wireless Mobile Broadband which can provide you speed more then 7 Mbps, much faster then any normal mobile internet connection which only provide max of 256 KBPS.

In India internet connection speed is increasing day by day. With private players competition is increasing and people are getting much faster internet connections. There are few ISP who are providing Wireless Mobile Broadband in India. Here is the list of providers and there offering.

Best Wireless Mobile Broadband Providers in India

1. BSNL – The oldest Telecom Company in India. Normally people don’t think it can provide latest product and service and there service is poor. If you also think so then think again BSNL have much better offering then any other private player. As far now they are the only player who is providing 3G service in India in most of the cities. They have 2 high speed wireless mobile broadband offering both can be limited to some cities.
a. 3G Wireless Mobile Broadband – This comes with USB modem with high internet speed of 2 Mbps +. 3G wireless broadband plan start from Rs. 250 per month which comes in prepaid and postpaid plan. You have to buy 3G modem which cost around Rs. 4500/-. For more details check BSNL 3G mobile broadband site.

b. EVDO – This is also Wireless Mobile Broadband which gives speed of more then 2 Mbps. This is CDMA based technology, it only work well if you have to use Internet in your city. It comes with fixed plan or Rs. 550 per month for unlimited download. You can purchase EVDO card or get it on rent base.

2. Reliance Net Connect+ – This is latest offering by Reliance. Reliance claim that this service offers download speed of more then 3.1 Mbps. You have to buy wireless modem for around Rs. 3500/- and plans starts from Rs. 299 per month. You can choose plan as your requirement. This connection is limited to few cities as for now but Reliance is increasing this service to many more cities.

3. Tata Photon+ – According to company offering its wireless mobile broadband download speed comes with 3.1 Mbps. Its USB modem connects you on the go. As for now this service is limited to very few cities. We can expect it will soon available to most of the cities.

There are some other Wireless Internet providers but there speed is very low and we are talking about Wireless Mobile Broadband Internet. So it’s about speed which we can get on broadband connections.

Apple iPhone OS 3.1 Beta 2 SDK Released to Developers

Ravi Ahuja — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:17:50 +0000

Apple has released iPhone OS 3.1 beta 2 SDK to its developer network. This latest version of iPhone SDK is only available to registered users. Where OS 3.1 is available for all versions of the iPod Touch and iPhone, SDK 3.1 is available in versions which are compatible with Leopard and Snow Leopard.

Now with OS 3.1 beta 2 developers can use iPhones or iPod touches over WiFi not just restricted to USB. There are several bug fixes in OS 3.1 beta 2.

Beta 2 includes a handful of bug fixes to Xcode and various parts of the iPhone software, but there is no clear news about significant changes in new beta 2. Some new features were already added in OS 3.1 like Voice Control over Bluetooth and non-destructive video editing.

TUAW reports that the tethering and MMS hacks on iPhone OS 3.0 and 3.1 beta 1 no longer work under beta 2.

11 Mobile Companies which can Create Future Smart Phones and Their Latest Phone

Ravi Ahuja — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:15:34 +0000

Whenever we talk about futuristic phone a name come to our mind Apple iPhone. World technology is running very fast 10 years back we have not heard about smart phones, touch screen etc but today there is so much to choose from. Some of the technologies are far better then we have ever thought about them.

When taking about future mobile phones we just not think about current available features something much better then that. We only love those things for which we have not ever thought off.

There are many big names which can create futuristic phone. Question is what they can create which will amaze us? Truly speaking I am not able to give this answer because technology is not which is limited to few things.

Let’s see which Brand can make futuristic phones and what they have right now.

1. Apple – iPhone is the only big name in there portfolio but only one phone have created history for them. You can hope something new will also create a history in mobile phone history.

2. Samsung – This Korean company can give big competition to any other big name. There futuristic approach has created some great phone even first 12 MP phone is by them.

3. Nokia – Here comes the big daddy of all phones. No doubt Nokia is no. 1 mobile manufacturer. There new phone N97 has created lot of buzz and this is the company which can really bring some surprise.

4. HTC – HTC phones are known as iPhone killer. These are the phones which are very close to iPhone. There new products are always in limelight and you never know what surprise they can give.

5. LG – A popular brand in Asian Market. Samsung and LG seams to run get to gather. They have similar product range. LG has created some good Windows based mobile phones. LG should not be underestimated as they have some good smart phone.

6. Palm – Palm Pre is another great product by Palm. In past whenever I hard for smart phones first name comes in my mind was Palm. It may not feel you a beauty product by them but there phone are one of the best in the business.

7. BlackBerry – Here comes the king of business phone. Some controversy in security issue on there phone but still the king of business phone. I don’t know any gadget savvy people who don’t know about BlackBerry. They are one among who can bring a phone which will change the mobile industry.

8. Sony Ericsson – How can we forget this company? Pioneer in electronic industry. Have long list of phones from music to gaming. They have many specialized phone. A hope for great product is always with big name.

9. Google – When this internet search engine giant given news of building there own phone this news made many companies finding them in treble. They introduced there own mobile operating system Android with lot of great features and open source. There phone G1 was not that much successful but you can always expect any new thing from them.

10. T-Mobile – Can tell much about them but there new phone have given a hope from them that they can also make futuristic phone. My Touch running Google Android operating system has great look and features.

11. Someone we don’t know – Yes this is possible that next generation mobile phone can be from some another company which we don’t know. As Apple surprised with there one phones any other company can also repeat the history. Keep thinking who will be next.

A preview of future smart phone:

Unlock iPhone 3G S with ultrasn0w

Ravi Ahuja — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:11:12 +0000

Many of new iPhone 3G S users was looking to unlock there 3G S. iPhone Dev Team shows a video how to unlock your iPhone 3G S phone with ultrasn0w. Make sure that don’t update your phone to OS 3.1 as it will not be possible to unlock OS 3.1.

Watch the video.

5 Must Have Portable Application

Ravi Ahuja — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:20:11 +0000

There are lot of user who like to use portable application which can run on there portable device like USB. Portable applications are useful when you need to work on different computers. If you work on a computer and you don’t find your required software is installed on it then portable apps can solve your problem.

Just keep your portable applications on your USB or any other portable storage device and run directly from there. You don’t need to install those apps on computer. This also helps you to secure your privacy.

5 Best Portable Apps

1. OpenOffice.org is the best free complete office suite. OpenOffice.org comes including a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool, drawing package and database. If you think al this can only come for computer software then you will feel happy that this also comes as a portable app, so you can take all your documents and everything you need to work with them wherever you go.

2. Firefox – What if you want to surf on your favorite browser Firefox. If you th`ink you can’t carry any browser with you then think again Firefox portable version is there to solve your problem. As you know Firefox is most popular web browser and with portable version you don’t have to wary about your internet privacy.

3. VLC Media Player is one of the best media players. VLC Media Player also comes as a portable app, so you can take your audio and video files along with everything you need to play them on the go. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or a CD and use it on any computer, without leaving any personal information behind.

4. GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) -GIMP is a free image editing software. It can do tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc. Yes it also comes as portable apps.

5. 7-Zip – 7-Zip is a popular file archiver application you can compress 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, RAR files and more on the go. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or a CD and use it on any computer. It can easily compress or unzip almost any type of compression system.

Nokia 6600 in New Avatar 6600i

Ravi Ahuja — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:45:47 +0000

Remember the old Nokia 6600 the most selling mobile phone of its time. A heavy phone which was the smart phone of its time, now no one wants to carry it with them (may be).

Nokia want to make same success as with 6600 with its new phone named same 6600i added “i”. This is a slider phone comes with 5 mega pixel camera.

New Nokia 6600i is great in look with its brushed steel body. This phone comes with 5 MP camera with 8X zoom, micro SD slot expandable to 16 GB, 3G support and 2.2 inch 240×320 TFT screen with 16 million colors.

This is not a smart phone it is just another slider phone with features like 5 MP camera and expandable memory just another phone.

Old New

Specifications

Dimensions: 93.0 x 45.0 x 14.2 mm
Weight: 110 g
Size: 2.2″
Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels (QVGA)
Up to 16.7 million colours
TFT technology

Memory
microSD memory card slot, max. 16 GB
20 MB internal user memory

Photography
5 megapixel camera (2592 x 1944 pixels)
8x zoom
Autofocus

Video
Video recording at up to 640 x 480 pixels (VGA) and up to 15 fps

Music and audio playback
Nokia Music player
Music playback file formats: .mp3, .wma, .aac, eAAC, eAAC+
FM radio 87.5-108 MHz with RDS support

Messaging
SMS with support for concatenated SMS for long messages
SMS storage: up to 60 messages on phone, up to 60 messages on SIM card
Speed dialling for SMS sending
List of recently used numbers in message editor
Multiple SMS deletion

Call features
Integrated hands-free speakerphone
Number screening for messaging and calls
Automatic answer with headset or car kit
Any key answer
Call waiting, call hold, call divert
Call timer
Logging of dialled, received and missed calls

Operating frequency
Quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900
WCDMA 850/2100
Automatic switching between GSM bands