Day: July 23, 2010

With the unveiling of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Tube Smart Phone which is being billed as the iPhone killer, it is time to assess whether the Nokia new kid on the block can stand up to its billing or not and whether the iPhone’s days of glory are over. Let’s compare the two mobile giants and see how each of them fares.

Method of input

This Nokia comes equipped with a finger touch, stylus pen or a plectrum alternative that allows you to enter text on the touch screen. Iphone supports finger touch only.

Camera

The iPhone with a lame 2 MP camera sans flash is a clear cut loser in this category for Nokia 5800 comes equipped with an auto focus 3.2 MP built in dual flash camera with Carl Zeiss lens that will allow you to click decent pictures. It also allows superior quality VGA video recording. Thus iPhone is outperformed in every quarter in this round and is not at all recommended for serious shutterbugs.

Video recording

The iPhone allows neither video recording nor video calls. In case of Nokia, these features are standard applications.

Music

Both the Apple and the Nokia will score the same points in the music department and both are dream gadgets for music junkies. However Nokia’s Comes With Music feature, FM radio and super powerful stereo surround speakers might give it an added edge.

Display

This is where Nokia falls short a little when you pit the 3.2 inch display with the iPhone’s 3.5 inch one. But to compensate for this lack, Nokia’s resolution is 5 times better than that of the iPhone’s.

Battery

While iPhone boasts of a talk time of five to ten hours, audio playback of 24 hours and a standby time of 300 hours, the new Nokia is supposed to command a standby time of a staggering 16.7 days or 400 hours and audio playback of 36 hours, which are way ahead of the iPhone’s middling battery performance. The bottom line is that Nokia 5800 has a more powerful battery that gives it an edge over its highly hyped rival.

Cost factor

Being pegged at 220 pounds or 279 euros, the Nokia 5800 deals a severe blow to the future prospects of Apple’s costly product which is perched at a rate so steep that it is out of bounds for most. When customers will compare both the handsets and find that Nokia offers most of the sexy features of the iPhone at a price that is significantly less, they will obviously opt for Nokia for the latter also comes with the peace of mind factor and years of good will.

Verdict

After comparing all the features and the price, gadget gurus are of the opinion that the new Nokia 5800 will give the Apple iPhone a very tough competition for it and is a knock out winner in almost 99% of the categories. At the worst, it will be the same as the iPhone, but cheaper by half. That makes it a must buy for gizmo freaks.

This is an information exploding age with millions of people each day sitting in front of their laptop searching online doing a variety of things. Meanwhile however, people’s interests in watching Tv did not seem to have reduced. And an increasing number of people are on their way to search for some softwares to get TV programs combined with computer. And at this point, to our delight, an enlightening software which put TV into our internet— ISoftware TV came into being.
You may have considerable doubt over this new software, as you might not have heard of it at all. But eventually it will catch your eyes because it indeed has in it some notable features that you probably can not ignore.
First of all, a stunning wide range of channels, from international to domestic ones could really make it a best hit of its kind. TV programs like EuroSports, MTV, MSNBC, CNN and many more are all made available in this software . Benefits about ISoftware TV are not just about the thousands of channels it provides, but also lie in the fact that there’s no recurring fees. What’s more , having this program installed into your computer could well mean that you could save quite a sum of money for subscription of your TV.
Another benefit of ISoftware TV is its portability. Wherever and whenever you have internet connection, you have TV programs from news to movies,from music to sports. Now you don’t need to feel regretful when you missed a TV show or a Soccer match because you can always have it played in your computer anytime you want to.
Indeed many people found it rather enjoyable to have this combination between TV programs and everyday internet, so that you both save your money and your time and doesn’t necessarily reduce the fun. But a word of warning is that you really need to be careful when selecting a software for there can be scams.
So far ISoftware TV has proved to be a reliable software since some people have been using it till today. Its numerous TV channels has certainly brought much joy to people’s lives. Download Click here

With the launch of iPhone that has changed the face of mobile handsets forever, touch screen smart phones are the coolest things to flaunt this season. The mobile handset market has taken a leaf out of the book of the ever changing fashion world and is bringing out new and improved models every season with eye popping features that make you gasp in wonder.

Nokia 5800 vs. Apple iPhone

Nokia – the undisputed world leader in manufacturing mobile handsets is the latest to join the Tube smart phone bandwagon with its brand new model – Nokia 5800 XpressMusic that can readily throw a challenge to Apple’s eye popper.
On pen and paper at least, Nokia’s latest touch screen will be as good as, if not better than that of Apple’s.

But Nokia’s low price compared to Apple’s pricey iPhone will tilt the scales in Nokia’s favor. Added to it is the peace of mind factor and elitist appeal that accompany every Nokia dream gadget. The new Nokia smart kid on the block will set you back by 220 pounds (ex showroom price) which is way cheaper than its highly hyped rival.

If you compare the features given below you can easily anticipate how the battle of the smart phone gadgets will hot up once all 3 – Apple iPhone, Nokia 5800 and G1 from Google hit the market and gadget gurus like us have to play a wait and watch game to find out who claims the biggest market pie.

Highlights of Nokia 5800 XpressMusic

Compared to the iPhone , Nokia’s display at 3.2 inches is decidedly smaller but is compensated for by a 30 frames/second recording and playback and 360X640 pixel resolution which translates into top of the line playback, recording and video quality.

A Carl Zeiss lens equipped 3.2 mega pixel camera enables you to click decent and sharp pictures. What really makes this smart phone a winner is the one touch video or image sharing facility that it comes with and it allows you to share pictures directly with your friends through this single touch option via social networking sites such as Facebook and Flickr.

It also features a drop down menu called Media Bar through which you can directly access the multitude of entertainment and music options it offers.
The main and most necessary features are very functional and predictably easy to use, which is another of Nokia’s hallmarks and the layout of the icons can be easily understood.

The path breaking feature which will make this phone a surefire winner in the race is the feature – Comes With Music – that will permit users to get access to an unlimited number of tracks from Nokia’s own music store for one whole year and after the offer expires after a year, all the tracks will remain in the phone memory.

It also features the most powerful built in stereo speakers in its category along with an FM Radio. Thus Nokia has a winner up its sleeves which will appeal both to music junkies and shutterbugs alike.

Lets face it, scammers are rampant on the internet. I often use Craigslist to sell spare parts or equipment around the shop as the need for whatever it is declines from public demand. For every legitimate inquiry I get, I get 2 or 3 scam inquiries. So, here are some tips to avoid getting scammed!

1) Never accept money orders! 99% of all money order traffic on Craigslist seems to be fraudulent, and they will send you a money order that seems good, or clears initially, but then backfires on you, and you wind up with a bank coming after you for fraud instead of the actual scammer. This has happened to an acquaintance of mine, and it could happen to anyone else. The same thing goes for eBay, although that is slightly safer. If I am doing business on eBay, the only method of payment that I will accept is paypal, and I am wary of people who say they cannot pay via paypal, because you do not even need a credit card to have paypal deduct funds from a checking account… That is highly fishy.

2) On Craigslist, pay attention to the email that you get inquiring about whatever you are selling. A lot of scammers will word emails to be about “your item” or I am still interested in “it” sometimes they will copy the listing title letter for letter, and as a result you wind up getting something that reads “Hello, I was wondering if your item, XXXXXXXXXXXX, was still available. Also, I need to know if there is anything wrong with it.” I guess the bottom line is that if it looks like it was written by a robot, it probably was.

3) If a friend contacts you on facebook, and says they are trapped overseas and need money, ask lots of personal questions, because their account has probably been hacked. Scammers will break into an account, and then solicit all of the friends possible to send money overseas until the person figures out they were hacked, at which point the account is closed, and the scammmer takes whatever they have made and vanishes. When it comes from keeping your account from being hacked… The best and most reliable solution is to check the address bar before logging in to any service. Many scammmers will try to get your personal information using lookalike sites, but they will not have the same address.

So, if you are trying to log in to facebook, and the page looks like facebook, but the address bar reads something like “http://www.myfacebook.info” or “http://www.facebook.com@fr.eex.us.” Don’t enter your password, whatever you do!

This is an information exploding age with millions of people each day sitting in front of their laptop searching online doing a variety of things. Meanwhile however, people’s interests in watching Tv did not seem to have reduced. And an increasing number of people are on their way to search for some softwares to get TV programs combined with computer. And at this point, to our delight, an enlightening software which put TV into our internet— ISoftware TV came into being.
You may have considerable doubt over this new software, as you might not have heard of it at all. But eventually it will catch your eyes because it indeed has in it some notable features that you probably can not ignore.
First of all, a stunning wide range of channels, from international to domestic ones could really make it a best hit of its kind. TV programs like EuroSports, MTV, MSNBC, CNN and many more are all made available in this software . Benefits about ISoftware TV are not just about the thousands of channels it provides, but also lie in the fact that there’s no recurring fees. What’s more , having this program installed into your computer could well mean that you could save quite a sum of money for subscription of your TV.
Another benefit of ISoftware TV is its portability. Wherever and whenever you have internet connection, you have TV programs from news to movies,from music to sports. Now you don’t need to feel regretful when you missed a TV show or a Soccer match because you can always have it played in your computer anytime you want to.
Indeed many people found it rather enjoyable to have this combination between TV programs and everyday internet, so that you both save your money and your time and doesn’t necessarily reduce the fun. But a word of warning is that you really need to be careful when selecting a software for there can be scams.
So far ISoftware TV has proved to be a reliable software since some people have been using it till today. Its numerous TV channels has certainly brought much joy to people’s lives. Download Click here