The "shorter" 7-hour battery life on the new 2011 MacBook Pro's is actually longer

When Apple launched their MacBook Air's last year, they implemented a new system for measuring battery life. My experience with the 7-hour battery of the 13-inch MacBook Air, is that it does last almost 7 hours in real world use. With other manufactures, you generally get 66%-75% of the published battery in real world use.The new 2011 MacBook Pro's list a 7-hour battery life as compared to the previous models 10-hour. But the new models apparently have more endurance. LaptopMag just reviewed the 13-inch MacBook Pro and wrote: Last year when our 13-inch MacBook Pro achieved a very long 7:48 of runtime we were very pleased. Understandably,...

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New backdoor Trojan targets Mac OSX users

Sophos one of the worlds leading developers and sellers of security software reports that there is a new backdoor Trojan in town and it targets users of Mac OSX. SophosLabs analyzed the sample we received and determined that it is a variant of a well-known Remote Access Trojan (RAT) for Windows known as darkComet. You can read more details about this new Mac OSX trojan here. While most Mac users do not use anti-virus software, it might be time to change that habit. Sohpos offers a free anti-virus solution for Mac users. You can read about, and download Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition he...

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Day 8 with the HTC Desire HD: Typing Speed and Size

The big 4.3-inch screen really enhances hand held web browsingTyping Speed. For the nearly 5 years I have been using a phone with a physical QWERTY keyboard. When I got my first QWERTY messenger, a Nokia E61i, I swore that this was the perfect form factor for a phone. Great for typing SMS and firing up emails. When deciding to make a shift to a touchscreen phone, I thought about long and hard about getting one with a slide out QWERTY keyboard. The HTC Desire HD decision was an impulse buy. When I went to the store to buy a HTC, I was pretty much set on getting the HTC Desire Z. But seeing the 4.3-inch screen in action was just too compelling. As...

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Spice Mi 310 Specs Price in India

Spice mobile entering into the android mobile wars with their new mid ranged Android based Smartphone called Spice Mi 310 and it will be launching soon in the Indian market by the end of March 2011. The new Spice Mi 310 has stylish metallic design body with quite impressive features and Specs offers 3.15-inch capacitive touch screen display with 320x480 pixel resolution and it runs with latest version of Android 2.2(Froyo) OS, 2 mega pixel camera with digital zoom option and video recording support, a small Trackpad is integrated in the phone for easy navigation, a lot of connectivity options like GPRS, 3G HSDPA with 7.2 Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11n and...

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Android for Laptops?

A lot of the software we run today, ran fine back in the days when all we had under the hood was a 350MHz and 64GB of RAM. No matter how fast our processors become and how much RAM we utilize, Microsoft always manages to come up with an operating system to make us want to buy faster and faster hardware. Basically, Intel wants to sell newer faster hardware and Microsoft is happy to come out with a heavier operating system. True, we have gone a long way from DOS. But the migration from DOS to Windows 95 was by leaps and bounds. Windows 95 to Windows 7, is really just a series of small incremental increases. It is much better, but not all that revolutionary. I...

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So what happens to 16GB iPad "1"?

With just over two days to go till we get the actual specifications of the new Apple iPad 2. Specifications have been leaked by "reliable sources", the leaked specifications have been denied by "reliable sources". We do know we are seeing an iPad in two days. We are sure it will have at least one camera, a front facing one for use with Apple's FaceTime. We are sure it will have at least have double the memory, at least 512MB, since the iPhone already has that much. We are sure it will have a faster processor and GPU, since the current iteration already shows some degree of stutter when playing Angry Birds HD. At the same time,...

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DreamBook epad F10 Tablet Specs

Well Pioneer computers is an Australian company which is going to lunching their new DreamBook epad F10 Windows 7 Tablet. The new DreamBook epad F10 Tablet is equipped with quite impressive features and specs. While entering into the Dreambook epad F10 Specs list, the device is powering with Intel 1.5Ghz Oak Trail processor and well optimized with windows 7 operating system, integrated Intel graphics and a 10-inch capacitive multi-touch screen display with 1024x600 pixel resolution, 2GB DDR2 RAM, 16GB SSD Storage, 1.3mega pixel camera, Bluetooth 2.1, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n and 3G connectivity.Read more...

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Visit The Android 's Booth - Giveaway * - MWC 2011

* VISIT the Google's Booth and WIN some GOODIES ANDROID.Discover the Google's Booth, the coolest stand at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (MWC 2011) :Toboggan ride...A small smoothie or two...the Androidify booth (Make android your own)...the Big Nexus S ...the beautifull Nexus s case...an assembly line of all of the Android devices ever created ...closure of the Google stand ,.... And The folly of pins that has invaded the Congress ... A real shot at a lower communication costs for Google because it could pass in each hall, Sandwich board person proudly wearing the colors of android!And I confess to have been them! why not you? One thing to do: SUB to my channel, COMMENT this video, THUMPS UP !!!and ONE of you 'll WIN a set of ANDROID GOODIES :android maskott (androski) !!android...

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Philippine Android Community and Globe Android Apps

Yesterday, I attended the Second Philippine Android Community (PhAC) Meet Up. I found out about this group on Twitter (@PHL_Android). The group maintains a website where you can ask questions about Android devices. PhAC is the brainchild of a lady named Charo Nuguid. Some of the members of PhAC. Samsung Galaxy Tabs seemed to be the most common Android device at the meet-up.I attended the meet and greet since I was curious to find out what the group is about. During their first event on January 29, 2011, Cherry Mobile presented some of their Android products. The second event was held at Ramen Bar, The Venice Piazza, Upper McKinley...

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TipidPC & TipidCP

TipidPC and TipidCP is a Philippine market and forum. TipidPC was originaly a trading post for second hand personal computers, parts and accessories. Today, you will find both second hand and brand new items for sale, with many retail stores actually offering their products in the market. Also, the forum, was added about seven years ago because of the  clamor of users (myself included). The site expanded to mobile phones with TipidCP. Which is a trading post and forum for mobile phones and accessories. Both sites are great places to buy and sell hardware and gadgets, especially hard to find items. It is a very good place to...

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Day 5 with the HTC Desire HD: Applications and Content

Over decade ago I was a Power Downloader, I would spend hours on the net searching for the latest software. A friend of mine joked that the PC was a self-propagating hobby. He said "We download new software to improve our internet experience, and one we have optimized our PC, we use it our faster optimized PC to further improve our internet experience." Back than, on a  56kbps connection it was no joke. Today, I download Googles Chrome browser, add OpenOffice as my office suite, and grab a decent photo editor and an instant messenger from the net, and am good to go.On my past smartphone phones, I do not recall downloading any software...

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2011 MacBook Pro's roll out

Apple has released its new 13-inch MacBook Pro, 15-inch MacBook Pro and 17-inch MacBook Pro. The 13-inch MacBook Pro is available in two configurations: one with a 2.3 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 and 320GB hard drive starting at $1,199; and one with a 2.7 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 and 500GB hard drive starting at $1,499. The new 15-inch MacBook Pro is available in two models: one with a 2.0 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7, AMD Radeon HD 6490M and 500GB hard drive starting at $1,799 and one with a 2.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7, AMD Radeon HD 6750M and 750GB hard drive starting at $2,199. The new 17-inch MacBook Pro features a 2.2 GHz...

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and HTC Flyer pricing

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1GSM Arena has the prices for the newly announced 10.1-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab and the WiFi only model of the 7-inch HTC Flyer.  The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 will reportedly be sold for 700 Euros, that is almost Php42,000. The WiFi only Flyer, will retail for 500 Euros, or just under Php30,000.HTC Flyer I do not know, but the Php24K WiFi only iPad 16GB is looking better by the d...

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February 24, 2011 is XOOM day

The Motorola XOOM is out, and we now have our first reviews. I think this tablet's specifications are a bit too good, resulting in a price way to high... anyway on to the reviews:Engadgets Motorola XOOM reviewIs the Xoom a real competitor to the iPad? Absolutely. In fact, it outclasses the iPad in many ways. Still, the end user experience isn't nearly where it needs to be, and until Google paints its tablet strategy and software picture more clearly, we'd suggest a wait-and-see approach. Honeycomb and the Xoom are spectacular -- unfortunately they're a spectacular work in progress.LaptopMags Motorola XOOM reviewIn some ways, the Motorola Xoom...

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Smartphone Postpaid Unlimited Mobile Internet Plans: Sun's Call and Surf, Globe's Super Surf and Smart's Unlimited Data Plan

Every broadband service provider claims to provide the highest speeds. If you go to various forums and check users experiences, feedbacks vary. Users of the same service will give different feedback. Some will find it fast, others would curse to the day they entered into a contract with the provider. Every new service starts out fast, and slows down as more and more persons subscribed to the service. Sometimes, a service which obtains a bad reputation in one area may provide fine service in another. Basically, there is no guaranty of performance with any service. Wireless connections, like the 3G mobile internet services offered by...

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Day 3 with the HTC Desire HD: Managing battery life

I am still focused on how to manage the battery life of my HTC Desire HD. The HTC Desire HD finished charging just before midnight, and I opted to turn of data, both WiFi and 3G, while I slept. I activated date when I woke up in the morning. I also decided to keep the data off, while I have my laptop on. Since both my laptop and smartphone are getting updates from the same services, it does not seem to make sense to keep both running. Having spend most of the day in the office, by 6:00 P.M. I still had six bars, which dropped down to five bars (50%) twenty minutes later. With minimal use data turned off, and just one phone call and a half dozen...

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HTC Salsa Mobile Review Specs Price

HTC mobile frontier announced their new Android mobile HTC Salsa at Mobile World Congress(MWC) 2011. The new HTC Salsa comes with most popular social networking facebook button that lets you update a profile status and also share the latest news, pictures, videos , music with u r friends with just one touch. While entering into the HTC Salsa Specs sheet, the device is powering with 600 MHz Qualcomm Processor which will sufficient to handle all android apps and runs with latest version of Android 2.3 OS (Gingerbread), with its 3.4-inch capacitive touch screen makes the mobile looks too sexy and small, 512MB RAM which helps to run multi task...

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Around the Web - Not all is well on the Android tablet front

Engadget reports  that the Motorola Xoom won't support flash at its launch. The feature will be added in Spring 2011 (March to May 2011). Waiting a bit for flash is fine. Price is the problem, the US$600 price for the WiFi only model is fair, but a even lower spec'd unit at a lower price would be nice. The US$799 price for the 3G model, well we do not not expect to see many selling at that price.HTC Flyer - A 7-inch tabletThe HTC Flyer looks like it is going to be another 30K or so Android tablet. Well, based on pre-order prices found by TechRadar.com. Jon Stokes of ars technica writes about why he does not care about tablets anymore....

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Day 1 with the HTC Desire HD

I decided to take the plunge and picked up a HTC Desire HD. Many things told me I should not buy this phone. It is more than I really need, based on all reviews it runs out of juice really fast, but after looking a more reasonable options, this monster SnapDroid was just to hard to resist. I am not going to try to review this phone. I has been done before, and I don't have the know how to really conduct a good review. If you are looking for a HTC Desire HD review here are some good ones:GSM Arena - HTC Desire Review: Most WantedTechRadar.com - HTC Desire HD ReviewPhone Arena - HTC Desire HD ReviewBattery life. If you have read all those...

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Viliv X70 Windows 7 Tablet Specs

Viliv officially announced their new viliv X70 windows 7 tablet at CES 2011 in Las Vegas. By looking into the specs of these device, the viliv X70 runs with most advanced next generation Intel 1GHz CPU(probably the Moorestown platform) which is specially designed for windows 7 tablets, a 7-inch capacitive multi-touch screen LCD display with 1024x600 pixels resolution the colors look more vibrant and attractive, at back side it has 3 mega pixel camera which can able to take pictures and shoot high quality videos and front facing is 1.3 mega pixel camera users can able to use video calls, 1GB or 2GB of RAM(not yet confirmed) which can able to...

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Viliv X7 and X10 Android Tablet Specs

Viliv officially announced their new X7 and X10 Android tablets at CES 2011. Well Viliv X7 comes with 7-inch capacitive touch screen and Viliv X10 comes with 10-inch capacitive touch screen and both tablets run on android 2.2(Froyo) operating system. The main disappointment in these tablets is they don’t comes with android 3.0 Honeycomb OS. The main advantage in these tablets is they will run longer battery life up to 9.5 hours of normal usage. It will available on market in March or April and  there is no Price announced for Viliv X7 and Viliv X10 Android tablets.The viliv X7 android tablet powering with Samsung Cortex A8 1Ghz CPU with...

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Acer Iconia-484G64ns dual touchscreen laptop

The dual touchscreen Acer Iconia laptop has landed on Philippine shores. This dual touchscreen laptop can be used as a giant 28-inch tablet, or a 14-inch laptop with a virtual keyboard. Running Windows 7 and powered by a Intel Core i5 with 4GB's of RAM, this is certainly a powerful package. The 4-cell 4400 mAh battery running two 14-inch screens guarantees short battery life. At over six pounds, it wont be easy to carry around. It certainly is interesting. I just really do not know why anybody would want one. Villman's is selling it for Php70,896. At that price, buying a tablet plus a laptop seems like a better idea.&nb...

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Around the Web - $600 Xoom, Angry Birds and people who hate phones

Motorola Xoom tablet at US$600. Red Herring reports that the WiFi only version Motorola Xoom, a 10-inch dual core Android tablet will be sold at US$600. This is a lot cheaper than the 3G (upgradeable to 4G) version which will  be sold at US$799. This places is at about the same prices as the 32GB WiFi only version of the iPad, which is sold in the Philippines for Php28,990. The WiFi only Xoom should be sold here for about the same price. At the price, the Xoom would appear to be the better deal. The price is a bit too high to gain wide acceptance though. Angry Birds coming to Windows Phone 7. Pocket-lint reports that Rovio...

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Huawei S7 Slim,S7 Pro Tablet Specs

Huawei unveils their two new Android Tablets called Huawei S7 slim and S7 Pro at Mobile World Congress 2011.The new Huawei S7 slim is made to the successor of already released Huawei S7 tablet. Both tablets comes with 7-inch Capacitive touch screen display powering with android operating system. The detailed specs lists of these tablets have shown in below.Huwaei Ideos S7 Slim is cheapest android tablet available in the market with price tag around $300. The S7 slim tablet features with a 7-inch capacitive touch screen display at 800x480 pixels resolution and runs on Android version 2.2 with a slightly customized UI, 1Ghz single core Qualcomm...

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Are you tethered to your laptop?

Is the Web your virtual cage?Twelve years ago, I got my first very own desktop and my first very own dial up connection. With a 60 hour per month dial up internet plan. Sitting in front of my desktop for a few hours a day, became part of my daily ritual. When WiFi became widely widely available in 2005, it became sufficient incentive to get a my first personally owned laptop, and my daily ritual became mobile. After that, I jumped into the 3G bandwagon, giving me even more connectivity options.From browsing my favorite sites for purely purposes of entertainment, trolling my favorite forums,  connecting to friends around the world via...

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Smart's Netphone and WAC

We recently wrote about, what we call, the ChinaDroid. These are low cost, good quality Google Android powered powered phones which we expect to proliferate in the local market soon.  At the 2011 World Mobile Congress, Smart Communications revealed it first "Netphone." The unit displayed was the Netphone was a Smart badged ZTE Blade. This is a 3.5-inch touchscreen Android, with a 800x480 pixel resolution screen powered by a 600MHz processor and 512MB of RAM (specifications may vary). The phone runs Google's Android 2.2. The announced retail price is a surprisingly low Php5,000-Php7,000.Smarts Netphone is a re-branded ZTE BladeHowever, this...

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Around the Web - Smartphones, Windows Phone 7 and Gingerbread updates

The year of the smartphone (not the tablet). PhoneArena has a report on a study by Gartner's showing what gadgets U.S. consumers intend to buy in 2011:SmartphoneLaptopDesktop PCMobile handset (other than smartphone)E-book readerMedia tabletDespite all the tablet hype, it looks like more traditional products like smartphones and laptops top the wish list. I really won't be replacing my MacBook Air till 2012, at least, but I do want a new smartphone. I do not have any plans of buying any of the four items on the list. After using my wife's tablet, on and off, for a month, it is not just for me.Nokia to manufacture low end Windows Phone 7 devices....

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Is 2011 the year of the ChinaDroid army?

This article rambles a bit, so please bear with me. The year 2010 say Google's Android Operating System rise into prominence, and is poised to be the most common smartphone operating system in the world. For many a mobile phone manufacturer, Android can be credited with getting them back in the game. Google's Android O.S. reversed the flagging fortunes of Motorola, made HTC which used to exclusively manufacture only Microsoft Windows smartphones a tier one smartphone manufacturer, and is giving Samsung the needed boost in the smartphone segment to become the world top mobile phone manufacturer.  In 2010 we saw the March of the Android army....

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HTC Flyer Android Tablet Specs

HTC officially announced its new first Flyer Android Tablet in Mobile World Congress 2011.By looking into the Specs list of these HTC Flyer Android tablet, it is equipped with a 7-inch capacitive multi-touch screen display with 1024x600 pixels resolution and it also runs with most powerful 1.5 Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, Android 2.3 OS, 1GB of RAM for handling multi task applications, 5 mega pixel auto focus camera with LED flash on back side,  as well as 1.3 mega pixel camera on the front side, so users can make video calls with high video quality.With its aluminum unibody design, touch and pen interactive makes the HTC Flyer unique...

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