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iPhone 4G on its way???
Opera Mobile 10 Beta on Nokia N97
Tata DoCoMo Brings Popular Cartoon Charecters to India
Demo: Google Voice Search on Nokia N79 with ScreenShots

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 06:09 PM PST

Gizmodo has reported the leak of the iPhone 4G midbaord on a Chinese Wholesale website. The Chinese website claims that this is an original iPhone 4th Generation Midboard and they have received this part from Foxconn, who, we all know that manufactures iPhone for Apple.The Chinese website was pretty accurate when an original part of the iPhone 3GS showed up on their website just a month before the launch. But there is one catch here, the Apple releases new iPhone once in a year preferably June of every year and generally the leaks and rumours don't start three to four months before the launch. But this time, the leak has happened much before and Apple in one of its conferences had said that, some new and exciting products will be launched by the end of 2009. But I am sure that this leak won't go unnoticed. Last time a Foxconn employee committed suicide when he lost a iPhone 4G prototype, thats how fiercely secretive Foxconn is. By the way, the Chinese wholesaler also claims to have the final pictures of the iPhone 4G and it will have a beautiful back. So keep checking that website.

Opera Mobile 10 Beta on Nokia N97

Posted: 03 Nov 2009 09:15 AM PST

Opera has launched Opera Mobile 10 Beta for Symbian based smart phones. Like its predecessor, Opera 10 Beta is pretty fast and loads pages faster than most of the Internet browsers available. I have been using Opera 5 Bet on my N79 and I am pretty happy with it and I have just now installed the Opera 10 Beta on the N97. I must say that the Interface of Opera 10 Beta is much user friendly and using it on the big touch screen of the Nokia N97 is a bliss. This version of the Opera browser has the same home screen where you can assign your favorite pages for quick access. This version of Opera is optimized for Symbian S60 devices (3rd and 5th Edition) available on Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Samsung phones. This version of opera comes with password manager, Opera turbo, which enables the loading of the pages faster (you also have an option to turn-off this feature). The best feature of the browser is that it has a optimized keyboard for touch screen phones. From your Symbian S60 phone, you can go to http://www.opera.com/mobile/next/ and download the Opera Mobile 10 Beta version. Check out some informative pics of the Opera Mobile 10 Beta on the N97.

Opera Mobile 10 Beta being downloaded on the Nokia N97, the software does not support Asian languages as of now. As you all know that the N97's native Symbian browser is pretty fast, so the Opera site opened quickly without any difficulties.

The screen above is the home screen of the browser. You can have nine website on the home screen that you visit frequently. You will also see that the menu bar has moved down and you can go back and forward using the arrow keys. You can see the "Show Tabs" key and also the settings key.

The above options come up when you click the settings key. The interface is optimized for touch screen S60 5th Edition phones. You can check your History, Organize Bookmarks, configure browser settings (like image quality, page zoom-in and zoom-out, Opera Turbo on/off etc), search web pages and close the browser.

This is the tabs menu of the browser where you can browse between tabs and also go back to your home screen.

As I said, the keyboard has been optimized for touch screen phones and though it looks a bit cramped up in the portrait mode its fairly easy to use. The keys pop up the moment you touch them for writing in the address bar (Just like on the native QWERTY keyboard thats sits in the iPhone).

I opened my blog on the browser, to see how much time it takes (as my blog is image heavy). The browser was pretty fast and has left me impressed.

Tata DoCoMo Brings Popular Cartoon Charecters to India

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 11:18 PM PST

After getting Japanese Manga on mobile phones, Tata DoCoMo is all set to bring popular cartoon and animated characters on the screens of Indian mobile phone users. Tata DoCoMo has tied up with Zero Sum Wireless and will be bringing close to 2000 titles on to mobile phones. As per this deal, users will get full mobile comics onto their mobile handsets at the cost of INR 20. The charges will vary depending on the kind of content use have subscribed to. Now users will get popular characters like Supandi, Popeye, Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh etc on their mobile phones. Tata DoCoMo is the first mobile service provider that has started giving per second billing and now this comics on the go has made them a early starter in the mobile VAS game. Tata DoCoMo is using social media like Twitter and Facebook to reach out to their existing as well as prospective customers. NTT DoCoMo, the Japanese giant in this venture has played a very prominent role in pushing Tata DoCoMo VAS services. DoCoMo might soon launch its own branded handsets in the Indian market coupled with Tata DoCoMo data plans.

Demo: Google Voice Search on Nokia N79 with ScreenShots

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 08:30 PM PST

Yesterday, Google India announced the latest version of the Google Mobile App that supports voice search for Symbian S60 phones. I immediately installed the latest version of the mobile app and started testing it and i am pretty satisfied with the voice search functionality. I installed the Google Mobile App on my N79 and on the N79's stand-by screen it gives a hint saying, "Press C to Search". As you press C, you will be presented with the screen as shown below.

You have to hold down the call button on your phone to activate the voice search. You can also type your query in the search box. When you press the call button, the app will as you to say your query as shown below.

Make sure that you kept the call button pressed till you finish speaking or telling your query. If you press the button, release it and then say your query, the application will give you an error. Once you voice your query, the application takes time depending upon your query. I searched for, "Bangalore" and "Katrina Kaif" and the app gave the results in a jiffy. Only point is that make sure your pronunciation is clear and the rest will be taken care by the app.