Archive for the 'PDA & GPS' Category

Nokia Provides Lonely Planet Maps

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Nokia collaborates with Lonely Planet to sell maps and city guides which allow the Nokia phone user to access the map and city guides on mobile phones.

According to Nokia, each download will only cost US$11.75. This Maps can be download at more than 100 popular tourist locations provided by Lonely Planet. The maps cover over 200 countries, with over 70 of them navigable.


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Apple’s 3G iPhone Bad Reception Issue Blamed on Infineon RF Receiver Module

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Apple Inc’s iPhone has received overwhelming responses after the recent launch in consumer market. However, not all of the users are satisfied with its performance and one of the major complaints from users so far is on the poor 3G network reception that often causes internet connectivity and calls drop. There are few potential root causes speculated around ranging from AT&T 3G network instability, software and hardware and even manufacturing defects. But according to Nomura Securities analyst, Richard Windsor, the reception issue could be due to inferior Infineon 3G receiver module embedded in the iPhone itself.


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MWG Zinc II Huge Price Reduction to Compete Against iPhone in US market

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Apple Inc has just released its next generation 3G iPhone and has been getting excellent response from consumers. On the other hand, seems that MWG (which took over O2 last year) is having difficulty to push its newly released Zinc II model to compete against other strong rivals in United States. Recently, MWG America has just announced the price reduction of this recently launched Zinc II, hoping to gain some market shares in this saturated consumer segment. The MWG Zinc II, which is the successor to the O2 Xda Zinc will be available at $600, after a price slashing of $150 as compared to $750 introduction price when it was debuted early last month.


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Disable iPhone Backup Process to Speed Up Slow Sync Process

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

iPhone mobile device with firmware OS version 2.0 (including iPhone 3G) will make a full image backup of the iPhone device with all installed applications, instead of just documents and library data to computer (Mac or PC) during the synchronization process, each and every time when there is a change to the installed apps and games. The backup of complete snapshot of iPhone apps can take a while to complete, especially for iPhone device with many apps loaded, causing significant slow down of sync process.

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iPhone 3G TV Commercial Ads - Everyone, Unslow, Work Friendly and Hallway

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Apple launched the first TV commercial ad for iPhone 3G back in June during the WWDC ‘08, which was given the name of Hallway and served to introduce and announce the arrival of the new iPhone 3G. The ad is shown in the embedded video below.

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How to Tether and Connect iPhone (1G, 2G and 3G) as Modem for Internet Gateaway

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

iPhone, whether it’s classic 1st generation iPhone or iPhone 3G has built-in at least some form of Internet connection via wireless (WLAN), GPRS, EDGE, 3G UMTS and HSPA GSM connectivity. Especially with the release of iPhone 3G, the broadband speed is considerably faster. So theoretically, iPhone owner can connect and link notebook or laptop computer to iPhone and goes online from PC.

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WinPwn Free Download to JailBreak and Unlock iPhone 3G or Classic iPhone and iPod Touch in Windows

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

iPhone 3G has been cracked and hacked by hackers within days of official release, with PwnageTool 2.0 has been released previously to jailbreak iPhone 3G or jailbreak and unlock classic iPhone 1G or 2G with or without firmware OS version 2.0. PwnageTool only supports and runnable on Apple Macintosh Mac OS X system. However, an equivalent tool has been developed for Windows based system.

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Simple Way to Download Free Map and Install into Garmin Streetpilot and Nuvi Series GPS

Friday, July 25th, 2008

GPS (Global Positioning System) has becomes more and more popular in today’s consumer market. It has been integrated as one of the must have accessories especially in middle and high end vehicles. Besides the receiver module that is able to lock onto at least 3 out of 24 satellites surrounding the earth to enable coordinate finding and route tracking, there is another important element – mapping database that makes the whole device usable in city drive with great visual experience and vocal direction guide. Here I intend to provide a simple guide on how to install a new mapping database especially for Garmin Streetpilot as well as Nuvi series.

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