They say that we all live now in the multi-touch, multi-task and all-in-one virtual devices generation. As ambitious as it was decades ago, we can truly say that this same ambition materializes now as we experience it with the kind of technology that we have. What’s new with the updates of technological ambitions?

Tablet in November?

Behold another first in the history of Apple Inc. on being the pioneer in technological innovations. Apple Insiders claim to have it on good authority that we will witness a launch of an Apple tablet available in the market most likely in November or year-end time frame.Sounds like fun? Wait until you hear some of its “rumored features”. If you have a craze on MacBooks and iPhones and you would want to own both, read on. Imagine a device made with a:

• 12-inch touch screen with 3G connectivity controlled by slide-out keyboards
• a stylus, a digital pen or a combination of the three.

It will come out like an over-sized iPhone built like a crossover between the iPhone and MacBook Air. It is essentially dubbed as a large iPhone or iPod touch with the features and systems of a Mac laptop. The device needs a visibly larger screen to differentiate it from the iPhone, but small enough to keep it portable and at the size of a book that easily slips in one’s briefcase. Another reason for the size is for it to enable comfortable media playback and a convenient content creation capability. With that, it only says that this tablet with a slightly larger version than the iPhone would prove to be a best device in content creation that works best for social networking and documents editing in working environments impossible to imagine. Talk about convenient and form-factor design.

Apple Tablet Software Features

Now, we go to its software features. This device they say will run the full scaled-down versions of the Apple Mac OS X with various Mac OS X v10.5 (Leopard), comes with a 2.1 Ghz processor, 1GB onboard memory, along with the standard set of connectivity options you expect from a Macintosh computer: Airport, USB, Ethernet, Bluetooth and FireWire applications and will have a slot loading SuperDrive, an “iPhone-type” GPS chip and an Intel Core Duo processor, presumably the microprocessors of Intel’s Atom. Applications developed for the tablet PC cater to the form factor and functionality available on the platform. I know that these specifications are what software geeks are dying to know.

Tablet Will Focus On Video, Mobile Content

Every Apple lover will surely enjoy the focus of this tablet on media player and mobile content. It is noted that Apple is interesting in the lead of personal media players. If the iPhone is a great media player, a Mac tablet with a larger screen could take you from a smallish screen to a more convenient display. A large screen, extended battery life and a modified version of OS X could make it an attractive device to show off your photos and watch movies on the go along with the focus on E-book reading and Gaming.

Also, what separates it from other Apple multi-touch inputs is the unique inclusion of stylus from Wacom, powered by Apple’s Inkwell software. Inkwell boasts amazing handwriting recognition which performs far better than does its Microsoft based competition. In tests, even the most illegible of handwriting was recognized and translated into readable text on screen- quite a feat, especially in what is a relatively early stage as far as the history of handwriting recognition software goes. Inkwell is truly an advanced system and it will be fascinating where Apple takes this functionality in the future. If multi-touch works well on the iPhone, imagine it on a mobile device with a larger screen. It would eliminate the need for a physical keyboard, while a virtual keyboard would work much better on a screen larger than the iPhone. Amazing right? A device that recognizes your own handwriting, it doesn’t get any better than that.

Tablet Materials

How about your concerns on durability? With Apple Inc.’s profile on gadgets, one will not doubt its productions when it comes to quality and durability. AppleInsiders say that this tablet will be made up from a striking chrome finish tops a double layer of metal plating (nickel and copper), all over a magnesium alloy casing similar to that used in aircraft. This is certainly one durable portable – these units are built to last. The finish is satin, but mirror finished chrome will be available within the next month or two for those who demand that their shiny new computer be well, shiny. The durability factor doesn’t end with the casing however. The screen and camera are protected by glass for increased durability and scratch resistance compared to the plastic covered LCD screens typically seen in portable computing. The screen and cover are exceptionally bright and clear as well, thanks to an anti-reflective coating on the underside of the screen and an acid treatment on the outer side to reduce glare and “sparkle” effects. This is another feature many who use laptops and other portable computers on a daily basis will surely appreciate.

Tablet Price

And then there is the question: how much would it cost? The new device, insiders say, may retail for $699 to $799. The Apple tablet may break your bank, but for those big bucks you’d get a device that would be able to, among other things, do functions of a phone and a laptop in one. This may sound a bit too much but it is inarguable that tablet laptops really cost more expensive than other computer devices not only for their sleek and compact designs but also because of the many features that they present to techie consumers. Also, if Apple feels it can build a product worthy of its brand, then it will do so with no compromise in quality.

Tablet Rumors

For many Apple avid followers, the plethora of rumors and anticipation over Apple’s newest tablet device proves that the varying confidence on the product remains to be on the highest point. Apple would be insane to never release a product that so many consumers want blindly considering the various positive feedbacks that they get from them. So would Apple risk its iPhone mojo on an unproven device that nobody may want, or are we truly at the point where the world will just go nuts for anything Apple comes out with? If the rumors are correct, we may know the answer to that question very soon. One thing remains, if this release will realize then it will be yet another great rally for Apple earnings and the next big thing when it comes to techie craze.

Whether you wish to have an application on your Apple iPhone to lose weight, listen to music, play games, track the stock market, schedule your day or help you in carrying out other important activities, never opt for the second best. Here are 40 Incredibly Free iPhone Apps, which are available here and you can use them to make your device a mind blowing gadget.

Now with these 40 Incredibly Free iPhone Apps in your device, here is what you gonna get:
Your iPhone will serve you with all the applications you require in your day-to-day life. Again, all these applications are wonderful and can give you the best result, which you were always looking for. You will able to use your iPhone, the way you actually wanted too: As a fun machine. With applications for music and games, expect your smart phone to be a walking notebook.

The added advantage to these features is that all these applications are free to you. This means that you do not require giving a second thought to the application you wish to have on your iPhone. Have all of them installed at a time and make your iPhone have an edge over others.

Two-way Video Conferencing for iPhone

Relekinesis

Remote Desktop on iPhone

iPhone Pepper

Tap Tap Revenge

LinkedIn for iPhone

Noter

Evernote for iPhone

Facebook for iPhone

AIM Messaging

SummerBoard for iphone

Mobile RSS iphone

Installer.app

iflickr

Pianist

eBay on iPhone

YouTube for your iPhone

The Weather Channel

Skype for iphone

iPhone Voice Recorder Utility

Heat Pad

1Password

iBowl

Gmail iphone

Last.fm iPhone

Google Mobile App for iPhone

iMoonU 2.0 for iPhone

AroundMe

MySpace for iphone

Shutterfly for iphone

fring for iphone

MixMeister Scratch

TypePad for iPhone

Twitterrific for iphone

Eventful for iPhone

Pandora on iPhone

Google Earth for iPhone

Air Sharing

Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone

Shazam on iPhone

Notebooks have created a niche for itself in the modern society. Most functions carried out by an individual in his daily life revolve around this electronic device. They are slowly but surely replacing desktops for the convenience that it provides to a user. Apple MacBook Pro is a new notebook, which has been recently launched in the market by Apple. Macbook Pro has a metal body and weighs around 6 pounds. With a dimension of 15.4 inch x 10.4 inch x 1 inch, this notebook gives adequate space for wide screen display. Its wide screen gives a provision of opening more than one window and scroll-free viewing of web browsers. With one Lithium polymer battery having a capacity of 68 WH, Apple MacBook Pro can stay on for over 5.5 hours after receiving a complete charge.

Apple MacBook Pro has a 17 inch TFT active matrix display screen with a resolution of 1680×1050 (WSXGA). This widescreen provides clear viewing to the person, who uses it. Apart from its widescreen, the display is also supported by ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 PCI Express x16 Graphics Card. Although MacBook Pro cannot be tagged as a gaming notebook with such a configuration, games running on 1280 x 1024 (resolutions) are playable at 32.8 fps. Again, the notebook has an iSight 0.3 Megapixel Integrated Camera sitting above the display. Again, the model includes power buttons, stereo speaker, sizeable touchpad (two finger scroll that gives the feeling of a mouse wheel) and a single mouse button. With stereo speakers, mic-in features and iSight Integrated Camera, audio and video transmission during videoconferencing through this notebook has been improved.

When it comes to networking features, Apple MacBook Pro has been provided with Ethernet, Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet. For Wi-Fi, the standard set in the MacBook Pro includes IEEE 802.11b and IEEE 802.11g. An inbuilt 2.0 Bluetooth is also provided with the notebook for short range connectivity. The device is also provided with a 1(1) x ExpressCard / 34, 2 (0) x Memory–SO IMM 200-pin. Again, the extra interfaces for connectivity available with Apple MacBook Pro include Display/video (DVI) and Audio – SPDIF input/line-in & output headphones along with a 3.5 TOSLINK Mini-phone for making full use of media file types. Again, it’s FireWire IEEE 1394 (FireWire) and IEEE 1394b (FireWire 800) allows you to access Wi-Fi without being in close vicinity of a Wi-Fi hotspot. In addition to all the above, MacBook Pro has 3 4-pin USB and an RJ-45 for connecting external drives and establishing local connections.

Looking in the interiors of the notebook, Apple MacBook Pro is provided with an Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 (2.33 GHz) processor. Its 64-bit processor provided with 4 MB L2 Cache allows you to run almost every multimedia and productivity application without any trouble. For complementing the high processor speed, MacBook Pro has a 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM (extendable to 3 GB) and 160 GB SATA-150 hard drive to give you adequate space and speed for running high-end applications. The operating system standard for the notebook is the maker’s own Apple MacOS 10.4. With the presence of Boot Camp, which allows you to install Windows XP in partitioned space, several popular and high range games can be played on this MacBook.

With market price starting from $2,799, Apple MacBook Pro has been mainly aimed towards professionals. However if you are amongst those users, who crave for speed and style, MacBook Pro should be in your list.

Specifications with Pros & Cons of Apple MacBook Pro below:

Processor

• Model: Intel Core 2 Duo T7700
• Speed: 2.33 GHz
• Front Side Bus: 667 MHz
• Cache: 4 MB L2

Screen

• Size: 17-inch
• Screen Type: TFT-active Matrix

Graphics card

• Type: Integrated Graphics
• Version: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 PCI Express x16
• Weight: 6 – 7.5 lbs (7.5 with Adaptar)

Memory:

• Hard Disk Size: 160 GB
• Hard Disk Type: SATA-150

RAM

• Size: 2 GB (3 GB extendable)
• Type: DDR2 SDRAM – 667 MHz

Ports

• USB 2.0 Port: 3
• Headphone Port: 1
• Mic-in Port: 1

Networking

• WLAN: 802.11 b/g
• Bluetooth: 2.0

OS (operating system): Apple MacOS
Version: Apple MacOS X 10.4

Pros: With a 17 inch visual display, Apple MacBook Pro is very light. With the availability of Boot Camp, it can incorporate XP installation and allows running games with high resolution. Its system configuration allows swift functioning of multimedia and productivity applications.
Cons: Price of Apple MacBook Pro is slightly on the higher range. Again, most non-native applications provided with this MacBook are not compatible with the current intel processor. It lacks media card readers.

Price: $ 2,799 (starting range)

In celebration of Unique Blog Designs one year Anniversary, UBD is running a contest here for the remainder of August (until Sunday, August 31st). The contest is open to everyone on Earth! If you are not from Earth, you are responsible for the cost of shipping.

So here are the prizes:

• Grand Prize will be a Brand New 8GB iPod Touch and One Copy of our New UBD Citrus WordPress Theme which is coming next week
• Three runner up prizes include copies of our new UBD Citrus WordPress Theme.

Official Contest Rules

• The contest runs from Friday, August 22nd, 2008 to Sunday, August 31, 2008.
• Winners will be chosen randomly on Monday i.e, September 1, 2008.
• Only one comment per person and one blog entry per person. The total number of entries any person can receive is six (6) entries.
• Contest is open to everyone world wide.

After a long time finally Vodafone revealed Apple iPhone 3G in India which will be available in 8GB & 16GB models and costs Rs.31,000($715) and Rs.36,100($833) respectively.

Apple has provided them with a limited stock, so they are advising interested customers to pay an advance fee to book their iPhone at Vodafone stores.

Many buyers booked there Apple Iphone 3G in india before the prices and models are revealed and as most of the people expected that the price will be between 20k to 22k INR($461 – $507) but Apple decided the prices between Rs.31,000 and Rs.36,100 that too we have to pay Rs.10,000($230) in advance to get an appointment time and date along with the place of location and time to get iphone 3G starting from August 22 .

So isn’t this a twist to indians?!

So here is the mail:
Those of you in India planning for iPhone…Think Twice Before Making a decision…The short commings of iphone are endless..

No video calling, no AD2P on the Bluetooth, can’t share any(mp3, images, videos…) files via bluetooth, can’t use as a wireless modem, (you pay ridiculous data charges to activate internet on your phone, but cannot connect it to your PC and browse when you are at home)

All even the smallest copy and paste,(cannot copy a part of a.. say… email & send it..have to type it out yourself)

No 3.2 or 5 megapixel camera,(the 2MP camera it carries is worst camera i’ve ever seen.. photos look like they have come out of a VGA camera)

No video recording with camera, no front camera, no flash.

No JAVA support

No physical keyboard (BELIEVE me! this alone is a dealbreaker…touch keyboard as good as it looks…once you use it then only you come to know about the importance of having a hard keypad)

No 3G network yet in India..so why pay for expensive 3G phone if you cant use its 3G services … so, for India, iPhone 2.0 is no better than its first version

No removable battery. (You cannot change battery. Have to send it to apple outlet.. Come on now!!!!…This is not an iPod. Its a bloody phone. You cannot live without phone for 2-3 days)

No haptic feedback and cannot send MMS, an’t use as external storage device (16 GB of utter waste..next time you go to your friend’s house & find some interesting songs, movies, etc…sorry you cannot connect your ‘16 GB’ phone and share it!!!! Apple apparently has a solution.. ” BUY MUSIC & MOVIES FROM iTUNES STORE “….. Give me a break will you APPLE!!!)

no FM radio, can’t use your mp3 files as ringtones,(This is heights man!!!)

cannot insert any other SIM card….

completely tied to iTunes… Connect to your friend’s iTunes & you risk erasing everything on your phone.

list goes on & on & on….

Read the iphone endless features below:

We Indians are used to these features. Most of our phones already have these features. & we cannot do with out them…. i mean can you imagine paying so much for a phone with which you cannot transfer files via bluetooth. what age is this …STONE AGE???

Some features may be activated by jailbreak.. But why the hell should you risk losing your warranty after paying so much.

And want to add third party softwares??.. YOU HAVE TO BUY THEM FROM iTUNES STORE ONLY!!! . (Shell out more money). Apple is a bloody control freak. Dont surrender your freedom to it.

Its good for american market (who have no idea what mobile freedom/choice is) which is in stone age compared to asian/european markets. When they want to buy a phone, they have to go to network operators and buy only those phones that are available on that network. & stick to that company till their contract expires. You want to change carriers? Not before paying damages, & buying another phone on the other network again.

On the contrary, we in India have so much freedom. We go to handset shops & buy which ever phone we like. Then go to carriers.. checkout the plans & buy SIM.. Dont like the plan or rival carrier came up with a better plan???? EASY .. just remove & replace the SIM.

Apple are trying to IMPOSE THEIR MODEL ON US riding on the hype iPhone has created in the US (yes it was a flop in Europe ..thats why Apple never talks about its sales in Europe).

Dont fall for the subsidized price of iPhone… CHECKOUT THE DATA PLAN ATTACHED TO ITS SIM ..they will recover the cost through ridiculous data plans. Bill might come to around Rs 2500/month.(ATLEAST AMERICANS PAY THAT MUCH)

Let me clear one thing though.. iphone is the best looking phone (its touch interface is nothing like you have ever seen ), & best browsing experience out there no doubt …. (& others are fast catching up..check out the android demo at Google IO 2008)…. BUT AFTER A FEW DAYS IT ALL COMES DOWN TO FUNCTIONALITY…

Those of who buy it… You will be most happy for atmost a week… & then, MARK MY WORDS…YOU WILL START REGRETTING IT!!!

My advice…WAIT FOR HTC DREAM!! (powered by android). Still not convinced by then…by all means go for iPhone…

So friends lets spread this info to all our friends and help them in making a wise decision….. & those of you who have bought unlocked versions already please share your experiences with others.

So if you still buy then after some months you too can make a Apple Logo with all your iphone like a Fan made Ubuntu logo with Red Bull Cans.

Will you say good bye to iphone or welcome to india.!?
(P.S – No misunderstandings, I’m not a Apple hater. I admire Steve jobs and won a ipod touch)

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Apple iPhone features a rich HTML email client and Safari the most advanced web browser ever on a portable device which automatically syncs bookmarks from your PC or Mac. Safari also includes built-in Google and Yahoo! search. iPhone is fully multi-tasking, so you can read a web page while downloading your email in the background over Wi-Fi or EDGE.

According to a the testing conducted by Apple in November 2007 on a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo-based iMac system running Windows XP Professional SP2, configured with 1GB of RAM and an ATI Radeon HD 2600 with 256MB of VRAM. HTML and JavaScript benchmarks based on VeriTest’s iBench Version 5.0 using default settings.

Testing conducted with a beta version of Safari; all other browsers were shipping versions. Performance will vary based on system configuration, network connection, and other factors.

And the result is Safari executes JavaScript up to 3 times faster than Internet Explorer 7 and up to 2 times faster than Firefox 2.

Here is a interesting video on Apple iPod-Touch hands on demo! watch the video below:

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