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Google has optimized its search pages for Android and iPad tablet, with the aim that users are able to experience more in accessing Google via a tablet device.

As quoted by Mashable, Sunday (07/31/2011), a new front display on the Google search page for a tablet, an improvement of some of the changes that have been done for products like Gmail and Google+.

The redesign is minimal style, but more focus to the user ease of accessing the device by touch. The search button larger, and more content, which is white.

On the Google Mobile blog, Google said that the launch will be applied to the iPad, Android 3.1, and tablet devices in 36 languages.

To access Google's new look for the tablets, just click the Google.com through a browser on the tablet.

Taiwan's number one mobile phone vendor HTC managed to increase its business profits to double in the second quarter of 2011.

As reported by Yahoo News, on Saturday (07/30/2011), HTC net profit during the second quarter rose 103 percent to 17.5 billion Taiwan dollars (USD607 million), with revenues of approximately 124 billion Taiwan dollars.

The Satisfactory results are achieved by HTC following the high demand on their handsets. Recorded HTC has shipped 12 million units smartphones in Q2.

Taiwanese vendor managed to strengthen its business thanks to an attractive mobile design based on Google's Android operating system.

According to HTC, the launch of a number of low-end model also adds to its income. They note that sales growth in Asia than in the United States and Europe.

Referring to these results, HTC mobile phone shipments in the third quarter is expected to grow 98 percent from a year earlier to 13.5 million units and revenue reached 137 billion Taiwan dollars, or up 80 percent from the same period in 2010.

iPad leads as the most satisfying tablet among U.S. consumers.

Based on IHS iSuppli survey reported by Cnet.com, Friday (07/30/2011), when asked how much they would give to the tablet as a recommendation to their friends and family, owners of iPad average value of 8.8 scale 1 to 10.

This value is the highest of a total of 11 brands surveyed tablets. There are more than 80 percent of iPad owners who give a value of 8 or higher.

Rhonda Alexander iSuppli analyst involved in the "Survey of Consumer Preferences Tablet" is considered that most U.S. consumers are making the iPad as a benchmark standard tablet PC so difficult for competitors.

"Apple's competitors in the tablet market faces severe challenges in offering products that could match the combination of advantages of hardware, software, systems, applications, content and application stores owned by iPad," said Rhonda.

A total of 79.2 percent of respondents, according to iSuppli, claimed to have iPad or iPad 2. And 61 percent of them also expressed his desire to re-buy Apple's products.

So who's in second? If you guessed Samsung earned his success with the Galaxy, you are wrong.

Ranked second is less popular brands from China, Shenzen region precisely, Zenithink Technologies. Brands should be less known is the U.S. consumer, trailing Apple with an average satisfaction level of 8.75. However, iSuppli claims that the sample of respondents to Zenithink is low.

Samsung Electronics with a large sample of respondents was in third place with an average value of 8.5.

While other brands including Archos (8.4), Motorola (8.4), ViewSonic (8.25), Dell (7.8), Acer (7.6) and HP (7.6).

HTC has successfully launched their first tablet device, the Flyer. However, it seems that the Taiwanese company did not immediately complacent with these products. Reportedly they're developing a new product that has a code name Puccini.

Different than Flyer which is equipped with a 7-inch screen, the HTC Puccini reportedly will use a 10-inch screen. Stylus that has been used in the Flyer seems to be used also on the Puccini.

Information about the specs of the Puccini has not been confirmed by HTC. However, according to rumors, the HTC Puccini comes with a 1.5GHz processor, Android Honeycomb, HTC Sense technology, 4G LTE, an 8 MP camera, dual LED flash.

Until now there has been no confirmation of price and also the release date of the HTC Puccini. However, most likely HTC will soon unveils this product to the public officially.

In July last year, Qualcomm launched its Augmented Reality Software Development Kit (SDK) for Android. Now the SDK application is also brought to the IOS platform.

The Qualcomm Augmented Reality SDK allows users to view 3D virtual game via camera phones, which are directed to a particular media, without having to change the visual recognition system on their devices. As reported by TechCrunch, Thursday (07/28/2011).

The Augmented Reality for IOS launched because Qualcomm in building such a platform intended to be used in devices that use the Snapdragon chip-sets, instead of Apple's chip-set output.

The first release of the Augmented Reality SDK for iOS has been supports the iPhone 4, the iPad 2, as well as the iPod Touch fourth-generation, which is not one of them using a Snapdragon chip-set.

Nevertheless, the release of the Augmented Reality for iOS supports Unity (a random game development tool WYSIWYG-style), while the version of Android gets Unity several months later. The developers are also working directly on the Augmented Reality through Xcode, if they want to choose it.

The launch of the SDK application for iOS at least reduce the pessimism of the developer. So, we hope that the Augmented Reality sdk application can be present in the App Store in the near future.

The first mobile phone with a new version of Windows Phone 'Mango' from Microsoft unveils in Tokyo, on Wednesday (07/27/2011), in the form of Fujitsu IS12T.

Based on leaked from Engadget, the Fujitsu IS12T Windows Phone Mango features a 3.7 inch screen, powered by the Qualcomm MSM8966 processor, with speeds that can not be ascertained. Has a resolution of up to 13.2 megapixel camera, the Fujitsu IS12T was rumored to be waterproof.

In addition, the Mobile Phones are available in two colors of pink and yellow-green provides up to 32GB of flash storage, and has Bluetooth (2.1 + EDR) and WiFi (802.11b/g/n).

The Fujitsu IS12T is the first mobile phone of several handsets based on Mango's offered by a number of vendors within the next few months. Microsoft expects that the interest of the vendor of this Mango platform can bring them back as a top player in the smartphone market.

Throughout the first quarter of 2011, Microsoft earned only 2.7 percent share in the smartphone market. This figure is clearly far degenerate from the achievement of Microsoft in the same period last year, ie 7.1 percent.

The plan, The Fujitsu IS12T Windows Phone Mango will start to be released to the public in September or months afterward.

Latest news related to the presence of the iPhone 5 appears again. According to an Italian iPhone site based in Italy reports that the iPhone 5 will be released on September 5 in the U.S, with an international release a month later, according to a new rumour.

As reported by Telegraph, on Tuesday (07/26/2011) “The iPhone 5 will be announced by Apple next month, according to a report on an Italian iPhone website, and will be available in the US from September 5. International releases will follow in October.”

Associated with the iPhone 5 launch date on September 5, is quite reasonable. Although the news is still a rumor. Moreover the iPhone 5 release schedule is also rumored to be delayed due to overheating of its dual-core Apple A5 chipset is touted as the main weapon of Apple's new iPhone.

On the other hand, operators in Switzerland also claims that the new generation of the iPhone will be offered a month later, ie October 5. And it seems this date will be the launch date of Apple's latest mobile phones in Europe.

After Samsung launches Galaxy S2 to the market and became one of the best smartphones on the market, now Samsung is reportedly preparing to release the Galaxy 3D.

The Samsung Galaxy 3D is planned to be released at the end of this year. The Galaxy 3D comes with a very impressive specifications including a 4.3-inch WVGA capacitive 3D glassless screen, an Exynos 4210 SoC clocked at 1.2GHz, 1GB RAM, 32GB onboard memory and two eight megapixel rear facing cameras.

The Samsung Galaxy 3D price is still not announced, so we wait for further news.

Here are the Samsung Galaxy 3D specs:

Network
GSM:	850, 900, 1800, 1900
UMTS:	850, 900, 1900, 2100
Data:	EDGE
UMTS:	Yes
HSPA:	Yes HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
HSPA+ (4G):	Yes (HSDPA 21 Mbit/s)
Design
Form Factor:	Candybar
Display
Resolution:	480 x 800 pixels
Physical Size:	4.27 inches
Colors:	16 777 216
Touch Screen:	Yes (Capacitive)
Multi-touch:	Yes
3D:	Yes
Light sensor:	Yes
Proximity Sensor:	Yes
System Properties
Operating System	Android 2.3 Gingerbread
Processor	Dual core, Dual-core XMM6260, 1200 MHz
Memory
Slot Type:	microSD, microSDHC
Maximum card size:	32 GB
Camera
Resolution:	8 megapixels
Flash:	Yes (LED)
Features:	Auto focus, Smile detection, Panorama
Video capture:	Yes
Resolution:	1920x1080 (1080p HD), 1280x720 (720p HD)
Video light:	Yes
3D capture:	Yes
Additional camera:	Yes
Video Calling:	Yes
Connectivity
Bluetooth:	Yes
Version:	3.0
Wi-Fi:	Yes (802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n)
NFC:	Yes
USB:	Yes
Type:	microUSB
Version:	USB 2.0
Features:	Mass storage device, USB charging
Headphones connector:	3.5mm
HDMI:	Yes
SyncML:	Yes
DLNA:	Yes
Multimedia
Music Player:	Yes
Supports:	MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+
Video Playback:	Yes
Supports:	MPEG4, H.263, H.264, DivX
Radio:	Yes
Type:	FM
YouTube player:	Yes
Internet browsing
Internet Browsing:	Yes
Supports:	HTML, Flash
Built-in online services support:	Facebook, Picasa, Twitter
Messaging
SMS:	Yes
E-mail:	Yes (IMAP, POP3, SMTP, Microsoft Exchange)
Phonebook
Support:	Yes
Capacity:	Capacity depends on system memory
Features:	Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact, Search by both first and last name, Picture ID, Ring ID
Other features
Sensors:	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass

Samsung rumored to be planning to release a 3D version of its popular handset the Galaxy S2. This phone will be called the Samsung Galaxy 3D which will be a competitor of the LG Optimus 3D and the HTC EVO 3D.

This rumor came from Korean sites ETNews adding that the handset is likely to be released at the end of this year as the device in the holiday season.

As reported by IT ProPortal, Tuesday (07/26/2011), the Samsung Galaxy 3D specs comes with a 4.3-inch WVGA capacitive 3D glassless screen, an Exynos 4210 SoC clocked at 1.2GHz, 1GB RAM, 32GB onboard memory and two eight megapixel rear facing cameras.

The phone also will use the Android operating system 2.3 Gingerbread and the price will be charged on the smartphone is much more expensive than the current Galaxy S2. Most likely when launched later, the Samsung Galaxy 3D will be the main handset of the three 3D handsets on the market and probably the most expensive compared to its rival both LG Optimus 3D and HTC EVO 3D.

The Chinese government has decided to investigate a number of fake Apple store in the area of Kunming is known thanks to the anonymous bloggers posting last week.

Some time ago, a blogger with a username BirdAbroad writing about the existence of fake Apple store in Kunming, which is located in the Southeast region of China. Stores that exclusively sell Apple products and have decorations like the official Apple store.

However, some peculiarities BirdAbroad finally convinced that the store is just imitation of the official Apple store. Surprisingly, the store employees seem to really believe that they are working for the Cupertino tech giant origin.

Reported by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Monday (7/25/2011), "a number of Kunming city officials will examine the Apple stores is related to fake operation and also permits the use of a brand, as well as where they get these products."

According to the results of interviews conducted by the WSJ to the fake Apple store manager who was mentioned by the BirdAbroad. The manager insisted that its stores operate legally. The store also sells only the original Apple products and making a price tag of which have been determined by Apple. He also claimed that they never claim to be the official Apple retail stores, despite hopes it might actually happen in the future.

Not known whether Apple interfering in the investigation of this fake store. According to the WSJ, the Apple declined to comment on the news. However, the results of the investigation plan would be announced to the public in the near future.

Chinese company engaged in e-Commerce, Alibaba, has successfully created its own mobile operating system, the Alibaba OS for Smartphone. Alibaba's presence in the smartphone software market, aligning the company with Apple and Google.

"The Alibaba-based Smartphone will be released in Beijing next week," explained a spokesman for Alibaba Florence Shih, as reported by AFP on Sunday (07/24/2011).

Added by Shih, this smartphone will be expected to be priced at a price of CNY 2 thousand ($310) and CNY 3 thousand, depending on the type of device. But clearly, each phone will be embedded mapping feature and instant messaging.

Sales of mobile phones in China in the first quarter of 2011 reached 19.91 million or an increase of 4.8 percent from the previous quarter. According to a report of Analysys International based in Beijing.

In order to compete with other smartphone vendors who had already been in the smartphone market, Alibaba will hold a local company Tianyu Telecommunication Equipment and also support Nvidia as the processor to be used on the Alibaba-based Smartphone.

Only about two weeks ago after Apple launched the iOS 5 beta 3, the company has recently launched a new beta version of iOS 5 for network developers, iOS 5 beta 4 build 9A5274d. The new iOS 5 beta 4 comes with a few improvements of the previous versions.

To update the iOS 5 beta 4, the user is enabled to perform updates wirelessly. iOS 5 beta 4 equipped with a few new features. The new over the air update feature helps keep iOS updates smaller, as only changes to the software are sent to the device, instead of sending the full blown operating system. This feature is very similar to Mac OS updates downloaded through the Mac Software Update feature.

To take advantage of the features, you just need to have iOS 5 beta 3 installed, and head to the Settings app to run the update option, called 'Software Update', under 'General'.

In addition, iCloud features also you can enjoy on the new iOS 5 beta 4, which allows you to store documents and personal data directly on Apple's servers. On the occasion, Apple also released both iTunes 10.5 beta 4 and Xcode 4.2 Developer Preview 4. Both are new beta version of iOS, and can be downloaded from iOS Dev Center.

For those of you Blackberry users and addicts to chat with your facebook friends, now there is a new chat app for your Blackberry, the Chit Chat for Facebook (Blackberry).

Chit Chat is a free Facebook chat instant messenger (IM) that allows you to chat with your Facebook friends from your blackberry.

Chit Chat for Facebook (Blackberry) allows you to use Facebook chat on the move from the convenience of your Blackberry.

Chit Chat offers the following:

• Easy To Use: An attractive easy to use interface
• Manage Lots Of Conversations - The tabbed interface means that many conversations can easily be handled at once
• Searchable Buddy List - Search your Facebook friends to find the one your looking for
• Customisable - Customize your instant messaging window

For more information about the Chit Chat for Facebook (Blackberry), please visit http://blackberry.chitchat.org.uk

After Google and Yahoo, Apple is now reportedly interested in buying the hulu.com is a website offering ad-supported streaming video of TV shows and movies from NBC, Fox, ABC, and many other networks and studios.

Hulu provides a variety of video and subscription television channels directly through the Internet and mobile devices are now in the process of finding a new owner, and found several large multinational companies, including Google and Yahoo. And now with Apple's participation, it makes it interesting. What exactly does Apple expect from the Hulu?

If Apple successfully to buy Hulu, it may be integrated with the Apple TV and iTunes. However, it is still early, and of course money is not a problem for Apple.

If you want to upgrade your Mac OS X that you use now to the new OS X Lion, then one of the important things you should do is to back up your files. This is to anticipate if one day the files are corrupted or missing, then you will be able to use the backup file you have created.

“You should perform regular backups of your system and keep multiple backups of important, irreplaceable files. Without multiple backup copies of your files, your files do not exist anywhere except on your Mac.” As written in the official website of Apple.

There are a few ways that you can take to back up your files. The following is a glimpse about how to backup files on Mac OS X:

Manually backing up files
You can create a burn folder to collect files you want to burn onto a CD or DVD. Burn folders are especially handy for burning several copies of a folder, or for regularly backing up a set of files by burning them to discs.

Here are the steps to create and use a burn folder:

1. Click the desktop (the background area of your screen) if you want to keep the burn folder on the desktop; otherwise, open the window where you want to keep the burn folder.
2. Choose File > New Burn Folder, and type a name for the folder.
3. Drag to the burn folder the items you want to burn to a disc.
4. The Finder places aliases to the items in the burn folder; the originals are not moved.
5. When you’re ready to burn the folder’s contents to a disc, double-click the burn folder and click Burn.
6. Insert a disc and follow the instructions.

The original files that the aliases point to are burned to the disc. In addition, if any folder in the burn folder contains aliases, the original files for those aliases are burned to the disc as well.

If the Finder cannot find the original file for an alias, it asks whether to cancel burning or to continue without that item. If you cancel, the disc remains empty.

If a burn folder is in the sidebar of a Finder window, you can quickly burn its contents to a disc by clicking the burn icon beside it.

Using Disk Utility
This alternative backup process will produce a disk image of your entire Mac OS X disk's contents. This process preserves the unique attributes of your files, such as permissions, ACLs and UUIDs. A disk image backup is good for an archive-type backup for offsite storage.

You may wish to store the external disk in a different location (an offsite backup). If your external disk does not have enough free space to hold future backups, consider using a different disk or deleting prior backups to free up space on the external disk.

Here are the Instructions for backing up to an external hard disk via Disk Utility:

1. Connect an external hard drive (FireWire or USB) that has sufficient free space to hold at least one copy of the contents of your Macintosh HD.
2. Start from your Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 Install DVD. (Insert the disc, then restart and hold the C key.)
3. Select your language. Do not start an installation.
4. Choose Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
5. Select the disk you wish to back up (your source disk, such as Macintosh HD) in the source pane on the left.
6. Click "Verify Disk" to check the hard disk for issues. If an issue is found, click "Repair Disk" to repair.
7. Click the "New Image" button in the toolbar.
8. Give your image a useful name such as "04-15-2009 Macintosh HD backup". A date in the name makes it easy to tell when the backup was made.
   
   Note: For additional security, you can encrypt the backup disk image. From the "Encryption:" pop-up menu, select either 128-bit or 256-bit AES encryption. When prompted enter a password for the encryption: Use the password assistant to help you make a good password, or see this link for information about how to choose a good password.
9. Be sure the Save destination is a location on your external hard disk, then click "Save" to continue.
10. Enter your admin name and password if prompted. The imaging process will begin. The time it takes to complete the imaging process depends on factors such as the amount of data on your Macintosh HD. Approximately 1 GB per minute will be imaged, depending on various factors.
11. When the imaging process is complete, select the newly created disk image in the device pane. Then, choose Images > Scan Image for Restore... from the menu bar, and let the scan complete.
12. Quit Disk Utility (press Command-Q). Then press Command-Q to quit the Mac OS X installer; you will be prompted to restart.

Here are the Instructions for Restoring the backup disk image's contents to your internal Mac OS X disk:

Note: If the Mac you are restoring to is not the same Mac you used to make the backup disk image, use Migration Assistant instead of Disk Utility to properly transfer the data back to your Mac.

Important: These steps will overwrite data with the same name in the same location, such as files on your desktop and in your Home folder.

1. Connect the external disk you've backed up to.
2. Start from your Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 Install DVD. (Insert the disc, then restart and hold the C key.)
3. Select your language. Do not start an installation.
4. Choose Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
5. Select your internal Mac OS X disk that you want to restore to.
6. Click the Restore tab.
7. Drag your internal disk to the "Destination:" field.
8. Click the "Image..." button next to the "Source:" field.
9. Navigate to the location of the backup image you want to restore (located on your external disk).
10. Click "Open" to continue.
11. Click the "Restore" button. Confirm you want to "Restore to Disk" by clicking "Restore" again. This will replace data on your Mac OS X volume with data from your backup that has the same name and is in the same location.
12. Enter your admin name and password when prompted. If the backup disk image is encrypted, enter the disk image password if necessary. The time it takes to restore from the image depends on factors such as the amount of data on your backup disk image.

Using Time Machine
Mac OS X v10.5 and later include Time Machine so you can automatically back up your system and your important, irreplaceable files to a different hard disk or network volume. Time Machine also has an intuitive interface for restoring your files or your entire system.

See this article for more information about Time Machine.

If you need more information about how to backup and restore files on Mac OS X, please visit Apple Support.

For those of you who have a Mac laptop or Desktop PC from Apple, now Apple has released OS X Lion, the latest version of the operating system for desktop and Mac laptop via Mac App Store. With the release of the new OS X Lion, so it's good if you upgrade the operating system you are using now with the latest version. Because the new OS X Lion is equipped with more than 250 new features.

The first step you should do is to purchase and download the Apple OS X Lion through the Mac App Store for $29.99 without having to go to purchase it directly at the Apple store. However, installing the new OS X Lion is a big step that you should calculate in advance.

The following are the steps how to upgrade Apple OS X Lion:

• Make sure your Mac compatible with OS X Lion. Apple OS X Lion compatible with Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7 or Xeon processor.
• Backup your Mac files to an external hard drive. You can see this article "How to backup and restore files on Mac OS X".
• Make sure when you doing the backup files, you have read the instructions.
• Make sure you have the latest version of snow Leopard to purchase OS X Lion from the Mac App Store.
• Go to the Mac App Store and download the OS X Lion. The size about 4GB. This may take a few minute or a few hours to download the file depending on the speed of your Internet connection.

Once the OS X Lion software is downloaded completely, then follow the on screen instruction to install Lion. Or you can see the video below for instructions to install OS X Lion on your Mac laptop or Desktop PC.

Samsung finally announced that the Google Nexus S smartphonewill launch on AT&T on 24 July and for pre-orders are now available via BestBuy.

The AT&T device, also sold through Best Buy, costs $99 with a two-year contract; coincidentally Sprint halved the price of the Nexus S to $99 just last week.

During this time the specs haven't changed. The slab-style smartphone ships with Android 2.3, aka Gingerbread, and features a 4-inch Super AMOLED screen, 1-GHz processor for showing 3D graphics, VGA front-facing and 5-megapixel rear-facing cameras, and support for near-field communication (NFC) even though AT&T is not a member of Google Wallet, Google's mobile payment ecosystem (but Sprint is). And being a "pure" Android experience, it also features the most up-to-date Google mobile apps, including Google Voice.

The smartphone also features the latest Google mobile apps, including Google Earth, Google Maps with Navigation, Google Talk with video chat, Google Voice and Voice Actions, as well as access to more than 250,000 apps in Android Market.

In its reviews, PCMag gave the Nexus S on T-Mobile four out of five stars ("average consumers can find even-better high-end smartphones," Segan said) and the Nexus S 4G on Sprint three (it "lacks state-of-the-art specs, and its reception problems are fatal," he found). It earned high praise from PCMag columnist John Dvorak. Check on the slideshow below for more angles.

[via PCMag]

Apple must be recognized is a manufacturer of innovative as well as consistently maintain the quality of the products they produce. Various devices were born from the cold hand they are able to set standards, even a reference for many other competitors. Now with the development of an increasingly high-tech, Apple continues to modify their products to become increasingly more powerful. One is the Apple MacBook Air 13-inch, the belle of super-thin laptops. Now after 9 months since the last variant, Apple introduced the MacBook Air is more powerful, especially the Apple MacBook Air 13-inch will be using Mac OS X Lion which recently launched.

The design shown is not much different than its predecessor series, but do not ask the specifications will be completed in it. Apple's new MacBook Air comes with a display screen 13-inch. Powered by Intel's latest prossesor - Sandy Bridge, this new MacBook Air will also come with Apple's new OS, OS X Lion. Not only that, the Thunderbolt port and backlit keyboards are also pinned on it. Intel HD 3000 graphics will be capable of performance support, with additional standard features such as USB ports and Wi-Fi. The Apple MacBook Air 13-inch will also bring Bluetooth 4.0 technology.

The new Apple MacBook Air 13-inch will use 1.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor, 128GB and 256GB storage capacity, 4GB of 1333MHz DDR3 memory, and equipped with Advanced lithium-polymer battery with MagSafe which can last up to 7 hours and stand by up to 30 days.

The Apple MacBook Air 13-inch price is $1,299, and for the model configurable to dual-core 1.8GHz Intel Core i7 with 4MB shared L3 cache priced at $1599, only at the Apple Online Store.

Here is the Apple MacBook Air 13-inch specs:

Type	General Purpose, Media, Ultraportable, Consumer Ultra-Low Voltage
Processor	- 1.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 with 3MB shared L3 cache - 1.8GHz Intel Core i7 with 4MB shared L3 cache, only at the Apple Online Store.
Operating System	Mac OS X Lion 10.7
RAM	4GB of 1333MHz DDR3 onboard memory
Storage Capacity	128GB flash storage and 256GB flash storage
Display:
Type	LED-backlit glossy widescreen display with support for millions of colors
Size	13.3-inch (diagonal)
Supported resolutions	1440 by 900 (native), 1280 by 800, 1152 by 720, and 1024 by 640 pixels at 16:10 aspect ratio; 1024 by 768 and 800 by 600 pixels at 4:3 aspect ratio
Size and Weight	- Height: 0.11-0.68 inch (0.3-1.7 cm) - Width: 12.8 inches (32.5 cm) - Depth: 8.94 inches (22.7 cm) - Weight: 2.96 pounds (1.35 kg)
Video Support and Camera	- FaceTime camera - Dual display and video mirroring: Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on an external display, both at millions of colors
Connections and Expansion	- Two USB 2.0 ports (up to 480 Mbps) - Thunderbolt port - SD card slot
Wireless	- 802.11n Wi-Fi wireless networking; IEEE 802.11a/b/g compatible - Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology
Audio	- Stereo speakers - Omnidirectional microphone - Headphone port - Support for Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic
Battery and Power:
Battery	Advanced lithium-polymer battery with MagSafe power adapter
Wireless web	Up to 7 hours
Standby time	Up to 30 days
Price	- $1299 - $1599 model configurable to dual-core 1.8GHz Intel Core i7 with 4MB shared L3 cache, only at the Apple Online Store

Samsung Electronics Company of South Korea unveiled a new version of the Galaxy for the domestic market on Wednesday (07/20/2011), to rival Apple's popular product, the iPad.

Samsung, the second-largest mobile phone maker in the world, said the new version of the Galaxy will be present in the United States market in August 2011. The U.S. market is currently dominated by the Apple iPhone.

The company is ready to release the New Galaxy Tab 10.1 in five countries, including the United States.

The new Samsung Galaxy Tab uses the Android platform Honeycomb 3.1, with a 10.1-inch touch screen, larger than the previous model which only 7 inches.

The new Galaxy Tab will be the world's thinnest tablet with the size of 8.6 millimeters, Samsung said in a statement, quoted by ChannelNewsAsia.

Price of the new version of the Galaxy is approximately ₩671,000 won, equivalent to $634 U.S. dollars in the domestic market of South Korea.

Samsung said the 7-inch tablet is more portable, while the Galaxy 10.1 very fitting use for multimedia consumption and surf the web.

Apple today officially announced that Mac OS X Lion is available for download on the Mac App Store for $29.99. Mac OS X Lion is equipped with over 250 new features including the new Multi-Touch gestures, the system-wide support for full screen apps, Mission Control, an innovative view of everything running on your Mac.

Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, Philip Schiller, said "Lion is the best version of OS X yet, and we’re thrilled that users around the world can download it starting today, Lion makes upgrading a Mac easier than ever before; just launch the Mac App Store, buy Lion with your iTunes account, and the download and install process will begin automatically.” as quoted by BusinessWire, on Wednesday (07/20/2011).

Mac OS X Lion is available as an upgrade to Mac OS X version 10.6.6 Snow Leopard from the Mac App Store for $29.99 (US). Lion is the easiest OS X upgrade and at around 4GB, it is about the size of an HD movie from the iTunes Store. Users who do not have broadband access at home, work or school can download Lion at Apple retail stores and later this August, Lion will be made available on a USB thumb drive through the Apple Store (www.apple.com) for $69 (US). Mac OS X Lion Server requires Lion and is available from the Mac App Store for $49.99 (US).

Lion requires an Intel-based Mac with a Core 2 Duo, i3, i5, i7 or Xeon processor and 2GB of RAM. Lion is an upgrade and can be installed on all your authorized personal Macs. Details regarding Business and Education licensing can be found at apple.com/macosx.

Here are additional new features in the Mac OS X Lion include:

• Resume, allow you to bring your application back exactly how you left them when you restart your Mac or quit and launch an application.
• Auto Save, automatically and continuously save your document as you work.
• Versions, automatically record the history of your document after you create it, and gives you an easy way to browse, go back and even copy and paste from the previous version.
• AirDrop, automatically create a peer-to-peer wireless connections that are nearby to make transferring files quick and easy.

[via Business Wire]

Lenovo today announced new 10.1-inch tablet based on Windows 7, the Lenovo IdeaPad P1. The tablet adopts a similar appearance to the Android IdeaPad K1 tablet, but with a Windows 7 operating system and PC-oriented specs and features.

The Lenovo IdeaPad P1 Specs comes with both 32GB or 64GB SSD storage and up to 2GB of RAM. The Lenovo IdeaPad P1 will run on the Windows 7 Starter to Windows 7 Professional OS. The tablet is also equipped with a single USB 2.0 port, microSD card reader, SIM card slot for optional 3G, and docking port. P1 also has 802.11 b / g / n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

Samsung will continue to develop a wide range of gadgets its devices with the addition of features and design more attractive. Now, Samsung is rumored will bring a new smartphone device, the Samsung Galaxy Q.

According to rumors, the Samsung Galaxy Q will be different than usual because it has a fairly wide-screen dimensions for the class of smartphones, which is 5.3 inches. By having a wide enough screen, the device is categorized as a smartphone-tablet class. Features and specifications of the Samsung Galaxy Q phone will use the latest version of the Android platform and also uses Super AMOLED display, which is the result of Samsung's technological development.

Following in the footsteps of Twitter who bought the t.co domain as its official shorten URL, Internet giant Google is rumored to be one of the owners of the .co domain after buying g.co with an undisclosed value.

As reported by Yahoo News, Wednesday (20/07/2011), Google will use the g.co as a its official service to shorten URL for its products. Google expects its users to trust that the g.co link will always direct them to one of the company's products, not a malware.

There is one word that was busy talking on the Internet, Google+, a new social network created by Google. Everyone is talking about Google+ (Google Plus), including what is Google+? How do I register on Google+? How to invite friends to Google+? and there are also discussing the comparison Google+ vs Facebook. This is because the giant search engine is claimed to rival the popular social networking that already exists, the Facebook.

Google has launched its social networking site some time ago, the Google Plus (Google+). However, because the Google Plus is in limited Field Trial, then only people who have been invited may join.

This is because Google Plus is still in testing with a small number of people. If the the Google+ project phase testing has been completed, then everyone can register.

LG has recently added two new members of its family Optimus, namely LG Optimus Pro and LG Optimus Net. Both are armed with the Android 2.3 operating system or commonly known as the Gingerbread. What distinguishes the Optimus Pro and the Optimus Net?

Acer is known to have formed a business unit of mobile devices specifically for the Chinese territory. This is expected to increase the share of hardware vendors in the tablets and smartphones market which continues to grow in the Bamboo Curtain country.

Apple reportedly to start quality testing of the Samsung and LG LCD display that will be used for the ipad 3 LCD display. Samsung and LG are required to produce displays with better image quality and density, according to sources, which anticipates the testing process will be completed in the third quarter.

gScreen Corp. is headquartered in the U.S. which is a company that focuses specifically for hardware design, has created a unique laptop that allows users to have two screens running side-by-side, simultaneously, the SpaceBook.

Google finally released the Android 3.2 Honeycomb SDK and now available for download. As we all know that Android 3.2 start rolling out to the Motorola Xoom user, and now the developers can access the resources they need from the Android 3.2 SDK.

The Gresso iPhone 4 Time Machine is designed specifically for people living in the rhythm of world time. Magnificent embodiment of modern design and technical excellence is the key to the unique individuality, which distinguishes the Time Machine.

Three independent swiss clockworks with a ten-year movement reserve are located on the rear panel of the phone and indicate time in New-York, Paris and Moscow. Three decorative pearl dials are decorated with Swarovski crystals.

The HTC status is a phone designed in collaboration with Facebook. The HTC Status is a well-made phone with a QWERTY keyboard and the fantastic slight bend to the body that make SMS much more easily. The Facebook button works as advertised, and it could be a great asset for anyone addicted to Facebook.

Android 2.4 is the latest version of the Google Android operating system, also known as Android 4.0 or Ice Cream Sandwich. Naming the new Android operating system has also yet to receive confirmation by Google. Let us see a glimpse of what can we expect from the Android 2.4 Ice Cream Sandwich.

Ice Cream Sandwich will be available not only for mobile phones, but also for Tablet PCs and other computers. Ice Cream Sandwich are directed to the operating system for all gadgets.

As we all know the Android operating system is still separate between cell phones and Tablet PCs. Since March 2011 when the presence of the Honeycomb 3.x there are 7 variants of Android in 310 type device. The presence of Ice Cream Sandwich at the end of 2011 will bring together all the gadgets with the same Android operating system and even promised by Google, Ice Cream Sandwich will work on all devices, including the old device.

Some things that will be the highlight of the Android 2.4 Ice Cream Sandwich is the Face Tracking. This feature provides the ability to recognize faces. This feature is expected to assist the user during a video conference is to recognize the user's face and followed when moving a user's face. Additionally Face Tracking feature will also provide opportunities for developers to make new games more interesting.

UI (User Interface) will receive attention in this new Android operating system and is still in the stage of customization. The device should be able to handle the latest Android updates to 18 months since the device is sold.

Another interesting point of the Ice Cream Sandwich is a USB Hosting feature. This feature makes the device able to install all devices with a USB connector, such as the PS3 controller.

Android Ice Cream Sandwich will be open for developers and closing separateness specific version of mobile platforms and platform-specific version of the tablet. This makes it possible for developers to create applications that work across all platforms including TV, Tablet PC, mobile phone, eReader, and all devices that use Android. Google promises that with the presence of the Android 2.4 Ice Cream Sandwich, the applications created will be able to work.

Motorola would not give in to bring the tablets to the market, although their first tablet, Xoom, somewhat less so successful in the market. But they were ready to present the successor of the Xoom, ie tablets that will use the Ice Cream Sandwich.

Amazon.com rumored for months working to make a tablet computer, the Amazon tablet computer is planned to be released in October next.

The Amazon tablet will be the rival of Apple ipad equipped with 9-inch touch screen, slightly smaller than the Apple iPad screen, and will be released along with two new versions of the popular Kindle e-reader from the company.

Apple launched the beta version of iOS 5. In the third trial, they enable the Assistive Touch features for the iPad. Actually, these features have appeared in previous testing. However, it can not be used.

Reuters reported that China Telecom will offer Apple iPhone to its 106 million subscribers by the end of this year, this will make it as a second operator who did the world's largest mobile phone market.

Apple has previously offered the iPhone in China through China Unicom operator. The two companies signed a three-year agreement to offer any device, starting with the iPhone 3G in 2009. The carrier got the iPhone 4, Apple's latest generation device, less than a year later.

Having introduced a few months ago, today PALO ALTO, Calif.- (BUSINESS WIRE)-HP (NYSE: HPQ) announced that HP TouchPad 4G is available exclusively in the U.S. through AT&T.

HP TouchPad 4G is equipped with a faster processor 1.5 GHz, 32 GB of internal storage, integrated GPS and integrated GPS and AT&T wireless mobile broadband capabilities built in, as well as allow users to access the web, check email and get more done in more places - not just Wi-Fi hotspots.

Motorola has just introduced a smartphone with a reasonable price, called the Motorola XT316. This handset has a candybar shape with a QWERTY keyboard and touch screen measuring 2.8 inches QVGA resolution (320 x 240). The Motorola XT316 using the Android 2.2 Froyo OS, and for the Motorola XT316 using Android 2.3 OS will follow to be launched into the market.

After launching the Dell Streak 10 Pro months ago, Dell was allegedly preparing another tablet PC called the Dell Peju Tablet. As reported by Softpedia on Monday (7/11/2011).

A number of photos depicting the design of this tablet has been circulating in cyberspace. According to Softpedia, The Dell Peju Tablet will be equipped with an Intel Core i5 chip as the processor and has 4 GB of RAM and up to 64 GB of storage capacity.

China's largest telecom operator, China Mobile is preparing ambitious steps to promote the 4G mobile phone technology, according to general manager of its research institutes.

"You have to be a leader, not a follower..timing is everything," said Huang Xiaoqing, general manager of China Mobile's Research Institute, in an interview with Xinhua. As reported by ChinaDaily, Monday (07/11/2011).

Nasa's space shuttle Atlantis with the commander Chris Ferguson safely docked at the international space station today, its final rendezvous with the orbiting outpost it helped build, our Dan Vergano reports from the Johnson Space Center in Houston. as reported by USAToday, Sunday (07/10/2011).

Search engines have done a whole lot of good, placing the world's knowledge at our fingertips.

But they're even more powerful than you know with many useful features that are left unadvertised and hidden.

For this list, I looked at the Top 3 search engines — Google, Yahoo! and Bing — for more options to find exactly what you're looking for.

Whyteboard Inc., based in Tokyo, is a software development company has announced the launch of a beta-version of social commerce applications for Facebook.

The new interactive application that takes advantage of the Facebook social data to promote trust between buyers and sellers, allowing for more open markets and secure 'Whytelist'. Whytelist also introduces unique features of social commerce that exceed the purchase and sale. Users can also provide and post items they are interested to buy it.

A prototype of the iPhone 4 black has appeared for sale on eBay. Crazy, the highest bid had reached $1 million on Monday (07/04/2011). The sale will end on July 11.

The seller who uses the name jtmaxo explains, "I am a licensed mobile phone repair experts. The iPhone was purchased from someone who really does not know anything about it."

Asus launches the WX-Lamborghini Wireless Mouse with a sporty design in which the design is inspired by the Lamborghini super car. This wireless mouse features a laser sensor with a resolution that can be customized 800/1200/1700/2500dpi. This mouse uses 2.4GHz RF wireless technology and equipped with nano USB receiver.

Though less agile with other computer tablet manufacturers, but Research In Motion, BlackBerry smartphone manufacturers remained adamant to market It’s computer tablet into the Indonesian market.

Had reportedly will be named BlackPad, RIM's tablet PCs and then released using the name of the Playbook. The plan, the Blackberry Playbook will be released in Indonesia on July 16 through RIM's authorized dealer or through carrier partners.

You dizzy because your Android phone is lost? Or you're worried you could lose your Android phone? It's messy when our beloved cell phone is lost. while on the phone a lot of stored data that is important. So what's the solution?

Working closely with CDMA operator Verizon Wireless, Motorola Mobility launched its new Android phone, the Motorola Droid 3, which is claimed as a full Qwerty thinnest phones in the world, as reported by Cellular News, Friday (07/08/2011).