Archive for September, 2010

Cisco should buy Skype not Facebook

Facebook and Skype are planning a deep integration partnership, which will allow its users to communicate with each other using voice chat or sms messaging. Sounds like an audacious plan. For the most part this is definitely good news to FB users. So Facebook has started adding value to its platform by providing communication utilities [...]

Free VoIP calling for iPod touch users

Pinger, the company behind textfree, a very popular application for iPhone and iPod Touch is venturing into Voice area by providing Free Voice calls for iPod touch users . The company already supports ad based text messages and Users have already sent more than 4 billion text messages using pinger application. The VoIP application will [...]

Acer Aspire TimelineX Series with New Processor

The 11.6-inch Aspire TimelineX 1830T will now be available with ultra-low voltage Core i3, i5 and i7 CPU options, though Acer’s pushing the $900 Core i7 680UM-powered version (the 1830T-68U118) rather hard. If you’re looking for similar one with 3.1-pound chassis, it’s not bad. The other TimelineX machines, 13.3-inch 3820T, 14-inch 4820T and the 15.6-inch [...]

WSJ reports Verizon to offer tiered data soon; Verizon CEO talks Apple

A new Wall Street Journal article says Verizon plans to offer tiered data plans soon, much like rival AT&T. AT&T sells 200 megabytes of data per month for $15. It sells 2 gigs of data for $25. Prior to the change this year, AT&T offered unlimited data for $29.99, a requirement for its most popular [...]

QUEASY VIDEO ALERT: God bless the TV tower worker who climbs 1700 feet

This is a job I don’t want. When something goes wrong in a TV tower, someone has to climb way way up — higher than the Empire State Building up — to fix the darned thing. If you can get through this video without making faces and turning away, well, you’re better than me.

MetroPCS first operator to launch LTE

Its MetroPCS and not Verizon to be the first operator to commercially launch LTE service in United States. Today they officially launched LTE service in Las Vegas. The service offers voice, text and 4G Web access starting as low as $55 per month including taxes and regulatory fees. Add another $5 for unlimited on-demand video [...]

Nokia C6 & C7 SmartPhones

These Nokia’s C6 and C7 mobile phones are one of the sexiest Symbian Phone and very similar to N8. May be, you’ll face few problems with the display screen on both C7 and C6 Nokia phones.

Nokia C6 & C7 SmartPhones

These Nokia’s C6 and C7 mobile phones are one of the sexiest Symbian Phone and very similar to N8. May be, you’ll face few problems with the display screen on both C7 and C6 Nokia phones.

DirecTV offers free preview of NFL Sunday Ticket

DirecTV subscribers can get a free preview of the satellite provider’s popular NFL Sunday Ticket package. The package, which costs $300 (payable in five $60 installments) delivers out-of-market NFL games each week throughout the season. The free preview begins at 1 p.m. today on Channels 701-717 and includes the Red Zone Channel, which shows you [...]

Panasonic steals the IBC Show for me

Woah – so glad I waited before picking out a new camera. Just come back from the introduction of a new flashbased camcorder from Panasonic called the AF101. They say its about 70 percent ready and will come onto the European market by December 2010 for a price just under 5000 Euro (excluding local VAT [...]