How to Make Your Phone Work With Facebook

Facebook is big enough to have its own verb ("I Facebooked that link") and its own slang. Access to this social network is a must for people who desperately need to know which of their friends "Likes" Dancing With the Stars.
Mobile Facebook apps allow you to upload photos, send and reply to messages, read feeds, and check your FarmVille crops--all in real time. While the process for making your phone work with Facebook is different for every smartphone, the basic app is the same.

iPhone: On your handset, go to www.facebook.com/iphone for the official Facebook for iPhone page. Tap Download Application to load the app on your iPhone. Once installation finishes, you can surf Facebook, open chat with friends who are online, upload photos, and access most of the features of your account. You can also go to touch.facebook.com to log in.
If you prefer, you can download this app at the App Store by searching for Facebook.
Android: Browse to the Android Market and search for Facebook for Android. Download the free app. Until August 2010, many Android users experienced serious problems accessing Facebook via the app. A new update appears to have resolved most issues, so Android users who had given up on Facebook should try the new version of the app.

Motorola's Launched the FlipOut in India

Motorola's launched the Android 2.1 powered, five row QWERTY keypad phone in India. The QWERTY keypad includes a separate row for numeric keys. The FlipOut also features up to seven customizable screens and live wallpapers. It comes with multitouch pinch to zoom, and is Adobe Flash enabled. For music fans, FLIPOUT has a connected media player that offers full screen lyric support, integrated song ID and a social solution for knowing what people around you are listening to.

The FlipOut in Poppy Red

The phone comes with a 3 MP camera with built-in Kodak Perfect Touch technology and one-touch add to Facebook and Myspace capabilities. It is capable of video recording, streaming and playback in H.264,  MPEG4 and WMV v9. The phone also comes with Crystal Talk Plus which is an added microphone to improve "a caller's voice quality" while filtering out background sound. Bands/modes include 850/2100, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps (Category 5/6), EDGE Class 12, GPRS Class 12, HSUPA 2.0 Mbps, eCompass/aGPS. It has a 2.8 inch display and is capable of talk time up to 357 mins and standby time up to 365 hrs. Messaging/web/apps include MMS,  SMS, Email (Corporate Sync, POP3/IMAP embedded,  Push Email) IM (Embedded - WVIM), Android HTML WebKit with Adobe Flash Lite 3. It has connectivity with 0.35cm (3.5mm) headset jack, USB 2.0 HS, FOTA,  NGP. The FlipOut also comes with Stereo  Bluetooth Class 2, version 2.1 + EDR. It has aGPS (assisted) location services.
The phone comes with four colours for battery covers: Licorice (Black), Fairway Green, Poppy Red and White.
So, here's how we know this phone is definitely aimed at women (yeah, the colours and shape were a solid hint but here's the punch). When you buy a FlipOut, you get Rs. 1000 worth of services for free at Lakme Salons.  The phone is available for a best buy price of Rs. 15,990 (MRP: Rs. 16,990).

News:Chrome OS Based Netbooks in the Works

According to multiple sources, various manufacturers are preparing netbooks running Google’s Chrome OS. With hardware from Ivantech and employing a ARM processor which has certain energy efficiency advantages over the x86 architecture, but none of them support the Windows operating system. The netbook will most likely include Nvidia’s TEGRA Graphics chip and 64GB SSD.

 The competition is starting to heat up.

The release for the Chrome OS netbooks are rumoured to be anytime this month. Following the same route as the Nexus One, the netbook will only be sold online and will not be available with retailers. Google is hoping to ship out 60k-70k units this month.

With Chrome OS based netbooks on the way, Microsoft’s reign as the preferred OS for Netbooks may soon be under threat. Will Chrome OS give Microsoft a run for its money? Or will Windows OS still remain king in the netbook space, let us know what you think in the comments section.

News:LG is Prepping a New Tablet for 2011

The last the world heard about the LG Pad was that it would run on Android 2.2 aka Froyo, but LG canned the idea and is now looking towards Honeycomb as the OS for the tablet PC.

It's called the LG Optimus and it's expected to launch in Q1 2011. The Optimus will be powered by a 1Ghz Nvidia Dual-Core Tegra 2 chip which has the horsepower to run some pretty hardcore multimedia apps and games. The  8.9 inch display is another welcome addition since most other manufacturers offer a 7 inch screen on tablets.

Looks like the bees knees

The Optimus has the potential to blow the iPad out of the water based on the specs alone, but the iPad will retain the edge in software and it will take a lot of hard work to be beaten. With proper marketing and a decent price, the LG Optimus may very well be a serious competitor to the iPad in 2011.

We'll bring you more news about the LG Optimus in the month of January next year, when LG will be present at CES and has a massive press event planned.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab Has Landed!

Ladies and gentleman, Samsung's answer to the iPad is here. India is one of the first three markets in the world where the Galaxy tab is being launched. The tablet is powered by Android 2.2 (Froyo) and has a 7 inch TFT-LCD display. It weighs 385 grams.

The Android 2.2 based Samsung Galaxy Tab

Using the tablet, users can work with and edit documents in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Email, voice and video calls, SMS/MMS and social networking abilities are all built into the tablet. Swype is built into the device. The tablet supports Adobe Flash 10.1. 
The tablet comes with Samsung's e-reading application, the "Reader's Hub". Users are able to purchase ebooks and newspapers in English and a variety of vernacular languages. Indian consumers will also be able to access over 100,000 Indian songs, optimized for the Galaxy tab, on the Samsung Mobile web and wapsite. Samsung is providing MapmyIndia navigation package free as an introductory offer along with the Galaxy tab.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab is powered by a Cortex A8 1.0GHz application processor and comes with 3G HSPA connectivity supporting high speed data upload and download, 802.11n Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth 3.0 and 1.3MP VT Camera. HD video contents are supported on the Galaxy tab with a wide range of multimedia formats (DivX, XviD, MPEG4, H.263, H.264 and more.
Powered by a 16GB memory expandable up to 32 GB, the Galaxy Tab has a 4000mAH battery and is available with accessories like desktop dock, keyboard dock, car mount, diary case and pouch, stylus, car charger, detachable travel charger, TV-out cable, headset and USB cable. The accessories are available seperately. The Samsung Galaxy Tab is priced at Rs. 38,000.

news:TATA Docomo's Diya This Diwali - 3G Services!

Tata Docomo, in a statement announcing that they've selected Apalya Technologies as their exclusive Mobile TV partner, also mentioned a loaded sentence. "Tata Docomo today became India’s first private telecom operator to offer 3G services." They had said earlier that they had plans to roll out 3G services in all 9 circles by this Diwali which include Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh-Chattisgargh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh (West), Punjab, Haryana and Maharashtra.

The loaded statement highlighted - Click to enlarge

As part of this announcement, Tata Docomo has also said they're pairing up with Apalya Technologies to provide Mobile TV via Tata Docomo's 3G service.  Apalya's Mobile Video Delivery Platform streams video content to consumers, integrating mobile operators billing system, content owners interests and mobile advertising.

Do these guys have the Docomo tune stuck in their head?

Public service providers like BSNL and MTNL have already rolled out 3G service. 3G services enable subscribers to download full length movies, make video calls and watch live television programs.

News:Simmtronics Launches USB Flash Drives... In Leather!

We're getting all kinds of fancy today. First, MapMyIndia gets it on with BMW, now Simmtronics is announcing leather flash drives. The flash drives comes in blue, gold, black leather & brown leather versions and are claimed to be moisture proof. They come with a 3 year global warranty,and are compatible with Windows "ME/200/Xp, Vista & 7 OSX".

The VM04L (that's the model number) comes in 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, 32GB and 64GB versions. They follow USB 2.0 standard speed rates. They are available at Rs.360 for 2 GB, Rs.450 for 4GB, Rs.850 for 8GB & Rs.1600 for 16 GB.