Facebook Messages (new) – Email @facebook.com, Chat and Text

Facebook Messages (new) – Email @facebook.com, Chat and Text

Facebook, the world’s largest social networking site, announced the roll out of an all-in-one messaging service that allows its members to communicate with people outside the social network. The new system will let users own “@facebook.com” addresses. It will let users send and receive instant and text messages in addition to standard email and Facebook notes. Facebook is rolling out the new Messages to everyone gradually. You may request an invitation.

With the New Messages, get all your messages together -- texts, chat, facebook messages and email together in one simple conversation. You can include email by activating your optional Facebook email address. With the new messages system, you can control who can send you messages through your privacy settings. Your full conversation history will be available, irrespective of whether you send email to text message or facebook message. You can see everything you have ever discussed with each friend as a single conversation. The messages from unknown senders and bulk email go into the Other folder. No need to have a subject lines or other formalities for simply sending a message to your friends.


According to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, more than 350 million of Facebook’s half-billion users now actively send and receive messages on facebook website. More than 4 billion messages get sent everyday through Facebook. He expects that, many new generation users will shift to an integrated, cross-platform mode of communications over the longer term, such as the new messaging service.

Its new product will automatically route messages from a person’s most frequently-contacted acquaintances into a main inbox, with messages from other contacts pooled in a separate inbox. Unlike traditional emails, all the messages between two people are threaded together into one long-running conversation, without having any significance to subject line.

Users will also be able to view Microsoft Office documents as attachments to their messages directly.

Multiple Social Network Status Updates Mobile App

Multiple Social Network Status Updates Mobile App

Socially is a mobile phone application that lets you keep track of friends on multiple social networks. Socially shows you up-to-date social information about the callers during an incoming call with which you get an at-a-glance view of recent activity of your friend on different social networks, enabling you to have better conversations.

Socially offers other useful features such as Desktop alerts of friends’ activities, Syncing photos of friend’s profile with phone Contacts & Birthdays with phone Calendar, Showing Anonymous Caller’s Location, Blocking Unwanted Calls, etc.

Socially supports Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn & Foursquare and is supported on Symbian & Android platforms. You may view the list of Smartphones that supports Socially.


Features
All your social Network in one place
Socially brings all your friends across multiple social networks in one place on your phone. Find what they have been up to and view the latest updates across social networks.

Socially – Aware Address book
Socially makes your phone address book fully socially-aware. The “Sync Photos” feature automatically updates the images of your friend contacts with their latest photo on Facebook. All your Social Contacts across different networks are neatly listed besides your phone contacts. Click them and see their social details.

Socially – Aware Phone Calender
Socially automatically syncs social events like Facebook Birthdays to your local phone Calendar. So your phone can now alert you on your friend’s birthday. Creating a smarter and personal phone experience.

Social Updates pushed to your phone
Socially collates significant events across your social networks and pushes them as notifications to your phone desktop. When somebody changes their status, comments, or changes jobs, you are automatically notified on your phone. Notifications are non-obtrusive and served only during the day time. They can be completely turned off.

Rich CallerID on incoming calls
With Socially on your phone, the next time a friend calls you, you see their latest Facebook profile photo, their most recent tweet and their current employer — all this before you pick up the call!

Location of anonymous callers
When you receive a call from outside your address book, you can now see the caller’s likely home location.

Block Callers
When you receive a call from somebody outside your address book, you have an option to block the caller. The next time this Caller calls you, your phone will never even ring.

To use Socially, you must:

Have a mobile phone that is compatible.
Have downloaded and installed the Socially application from your web-enabled mobile handset.
Have a mobile service that has “data connection” enabled and allows access to Internet sites from your phone. If you’re not sure, call your carrier and request “2G or 3G Data connection” on your account. Alternatively, you may have have Wi-Fi connectivity on your handset.
Point your phone’s connection settings to an Internet access point. If you are unsure, you can download the correct Internet access point from your carrier.
Downloading options
Nokia Devices
Download from Nokia Ovi Store

Motorola Backflip 3G REVIEW

Motorola Backflip 3G REVIEW

Motorola Backflip is a 3G enabled phone that runs on Android Operating System. It has 3.1″ HVGA Touch screen that supports QWERTY Keypad as well. Backtrack Navigation and Reverse Hinge design helps Motorola Backflip easily flip into Table-top mode, or a hands-free Video or Music player or Digital Picture Frameor Clock. Multimedia features include 5.0 MP Camera with 4X Digital zoom, auto-focus and a built-in Cropping tool.
Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, micro USB and 3.5 MM Universal Audio Jack.2GB of internal memory of Motorola Backflip can be expanded upto 32 GB via microSD memory card support.



Specifications
GENERAL
3G
ANDROID OPERATING SYSTEM
MULTIPLE NETWORKS: WCDMA 850/1900/2100 MHz, GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps

(category 7/8), EDGE Class 12, GPRS Class 12, aGPS, v2.0
TOUCH QWERTY: Backflip with Touch and QWERTY

CAMERA
5 MP Camera
DIGITAL ZOOM: 4X
FLASH: LED
FOCUS: Automatic
IMAGE EDITING TOOLS: Cropping, rotating, GeoTagging, and advanced editing (add borders,

enhance image, frames, text comments, clip art)

MUSIC AND VIDEO
MUSIC PLAYER
VIDEO CAPABLE
VIDEO CAPTURE
PLAYABLE FORMATS: MP3, H.263, H.264, MPEG-4, WAV, AAC, MIDI, AAC+
STREAMING MEDIA: Video
VIDEO CAPTURE RATE: 24 fps

POWER
Talktime: up to 350 Minutes
BATTERY TYPE: 1400 mAh Li Ion
STANDBY TIME:up to 315 Hours

MESSAGING
MULTIMEDIA MESSAGING: MMS
TEXT MESSAGING: SMS
INSTANT MESSAGING: IM
Google Talk
VOICE MAIL
E-MAIL: Corporate (Exchange), Gmail, IMAP, POP3, attachment and browser document viewer

(Microsoft Office and pdf), HTML email composer

CONNECTIVITY
BLUETOOTH TECHNOLOGY: Bluetooth Specification Version 2.0 +EDR supporting the following

profiles: Hands Free Profile (HFP), Headset Profile (HSP), Advanced Audio Distribution

Profile (A2DP) and Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP). Listen to music with stereo

Bluetooth headsets.
WEB BROWSER: Full HTML browser, Android Webkit
WI-FI: 802.11 b,g
DATA ACCESS: USB 2.0 (High Speed)
CONNECTOR TYPE: micro USB
GPS AND LOCATION SERVICES: aGPS with Google Maps, Google Latitude, Google MapsStreet View,

eCompass
HEADSET JACK: 3.5 MM

INTERNET AND GAMES
WEB ACCESS
ANDROID MARKET

Google TV Software Coming Soon – TV Through Internet

Google TV Software Coming Soon – TV Through Internet

Hey hi friends its so CooL that Google is planning to introduce Android-based television software to access television through internet. It is designed to work on open set-top boxes (STB), TVs and other similar device. Google is expected to share some details with annual developerconference in a conference in San Francisco on May 19 and 20.

The service allows users to access and search across programmingfrom the internet as well as Dish’s conventional programming. The test is still limited to a very small number of the company’s employees and their families. [via wsj]

The Google TV software might provide a better platform for Google’s web-based advertisements. It is believed that Google might enter into a partnership with Intel, Sony, and Logitech to make this initiative a success. It is also reported that Google has inked a deal with Sony Corporation to launch the Google TV next month in Japan. Intel will provide the chips. But nothing is officially announced yet by Google.

HTC HD7 Windows Phone 7

HTC HD7 Windows Phone 7

HTC HD7 is a high-end Windows Phone 7 device powered by 1GHz processor. It also features a 4.3″ Capacitive Touch display, 5.0 MP Camera with flash, 3G, EDGE, Wi-Fi and Internal GPS antenna. It is a GSM Quad-band phone capable of global roaming.

HTC HD7 has a kickstand that flips out and props up the device for comfortable viewing.

HTC HD7 comes with an 720p HD camcorder which allows you to capture film with incredible quality and detail.

Specifications
Size
Size: 122*68*11.2 MM
Weight
162 Grams with Battery

Display
Type: Touch Screen with pinch-to-zoom capability
Size: 4.3″

Camera
5 megapixel color camera
Auto focus and dual LED flash
720p HD video recording
Built-in scenes include candlelight, landscape, and portrait match the environment of your subject

Internet 3G:
Up to 7.2 Mbps download speed
Up to 2 Mbps upload speed


Resolution: 480*800 WVGA

CPU Processing Speed
1 GHz

Storage
Internal storage: 8 GB (Europe), 16 GB (Asia)
ROM: 512 MB
RAM: 576 MB

iPhone 3G introduced by Apple

iPhone 3G introduced by Apple

In his keynote address to open Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) on Monday, Steve Jobs officially announced the iPhone 3G. Perhaps the most important revelation was the price, which at $199 for the entry level (8GB) model is half the original’s current $399 pricetag. He indicated that the price was based on research where consumers who have so far passed on the iPhone said cost was the biggest barrier. Not surprisingly he didn’t talk about his previous prediction of 10 million iPhones sold by the end of 2008. Why is that significant? Maybe because at the current (pre-iPhone 3G) prices it appears unlikely to happen.


In fact despite “selling out some number of weeks ago,” Jobs said only 6 million have been sold in the approximately 11 months since the initial launch on June 29 of last year. Jobs showed off the speed difference between the iPhone 3G’s “amazingly zippy” performance on newer 3G networks, compared with the EDGE connection available to owner’s of the original. The same web page that took nearly a minute to load using an EDGE connection took just over 20 seconds across 3G. He also compared it to a Nokia N95 and Treo 750, which reportedly took 33 and 34 seconds respectively to load the same page (using 3G) while delivering it in a less completemobile format. He also pointed out that 3G speed is “actually approaching Wi-Fi.”
Other changes include the use of plastic instead of aluminum for the back (presumably to bring production costs down), as well as the addition of a 2 Megapixel camera and GPS. Near the end of his presentation a map showed 70 countries where the 3G iPhone will officially be available while ‘It’s a Small World’ played in the background. By contrast, the original iPhone is only offered in 6 countries. The iPhone 3G’s initial launch, on July 11, will actually only include 22 countries, with the other 48 planned by year’s end.

Superstars V8 Racing review

Superstars V8 Racing review

Gran Turismo 5 is the racing game that everyone with a PlayStation 3wants to talk about, but Polyphony has been tuning its racing title for ages. Pardon the puns; perhaps it is time to shift gears - or at least cruise in another lane for the time being. Superstars V8 Racing is by no means as detailed, ambitious, or impressive as GT5 looks to be. Still, Codemasters and Milestone have put together a solid racing title that holds up very well as a budget alternative.


It is too bad that Superstars V8 Racing looks and sounds so underdeveloped. Even by PSN standards, the visuals are underwhelming: the track designs are generic, the backdrops are lifeless, and the lack of atmosphere makes each race lonely, even when you pass the camera flashes and cheering bystanders in the grandstands near the finish line. The sky and clouds in the distance often look muddy, particularly when the weather effects are set for rain. Finally, the muffled engine sound effects are lacking the meanness that I would expect from exotic race cars with massive V8 engines hidden beneath their hoods.

Superstars V8 Racing does not really crash or burn due to its flaws, it just bumps into walls and finishes somewhere in the middle of the pack. For $20, there is a lot of content to play around with, and the gameplay turns out well enough to justify the effort. Racing fans that are sick of GT5’s waiting game might enjoy Superstars as a time-killing alternative. It’s too bad the no-frills presentation and the underlying lack of inspiration prevent it from emerging as a hit racing game, bargain-priced or otherwise. 


Publisher: Black Bean Games
Developer: Milestone Genre
Sports Release Date: N Amer - 07/10/01
Platforms: PlayStation 3