Technoholik

In March 2011, GSM Arena conducted a survey of 15000 people around the world, including both males and females, this survey included questions that were asked to analyze how people use their mobile phones.

GSM Arena also created an infographic with the results of the survey for demonstrating the exact picture of things people do with their mobile phone. You can watch the infographic below:

“If you expect the world to be fair with you because you are fair… It’s like expecting the lion not to eat you because you don’t eat him”

Latest technology has helped human kind immensely to prevent relations from thinning out. Android and Blackberry smartphones, with upgraded gadgets and toolkits, have eliminated chances of diminishing associations.  There are a hell lot of devices available in the market and one gets extremely blank over choosing amongst them.

Attention all HTC Desire owners particularly those who have been affected badly by the poor battery life of their powerful Android phone. A trick to increase the battery life of the beautiful HTC Desire has been discovered or should I say borrowed from the HTC’s advice to increase the battery lasting period of Evo 4G.

Steps to boost battery life of HTC Desire

Here are the official steps that will double the battery life of your HTC Desire: 
Step 1 - Turn your device ON and Charge the device for 8 hours or more 
Step 2 - Unplug the device and Turn the phone OFF and charge for 1 hour 
Step 3 - Unplug the device Turn ON wait 2 minutes and Turn OFF and charge for another hour.

Want to go down the memory lane and see how Internet Explorer evolved to where it stands today? Well we have a video courtesy Andrew Tait who walks us through every single Internet Explorer version that Microsoft released. Video awaits you after the jump.

So you want to do something different and unique with your newly bought all slim and smart looking MacBook Air and piss off Steve Jobs in the process? Well CNET have found just the thing you might be interesting in doing – install Microsoft’s high flying and high selling Windows 7 on the MacBook Air.

Is is possible? Of course it is. So what do you need to get on your way? Here’s the thing:

A computer running Windows 7 (that has a DVD drive), a 4GB or larger USB thumbdrive, a Windows 7 Installation DVD, and about an hour of free time

Installation instructions can be found here. Do share with us your experience,and if possible mention the features and reasons that compelled you to use Windows 7 on a Mac enabled MacBook Air.

In case you missed it, the new slim and light weighted MacBook Air was unveiled at the Cupertinos Back to the Mac event. Read all about it right here.

Google started to refresh the look of its web properties when it introduced Google+, and the trend of unification by design has now caught up with YouTube and Blogger. As some believe, the trend could very well bring other changes, with Google possibly intending to rebrand properties like Picasa and Blogger to Google Photos and Google Blogs. It is obviously a rather major decision to make, but we do not wonder if we will see YouTube being rebranded as the now defunct Google Videos, at least, not for a long while. We do hope to see something like theWhat Do You Love site Google had unveiled, as bridge between all the Google islands on the web.

We've also seen minor cosmetic changes in properties like Calendar, Google Maps, Product Search, and more. 

YouTube Cosmic Panda

The YouTube team has unveiled a new experimental user interface they are calling Cosmic Panda, bringing the new dark UI look that the new Search interface, and Google+ are already following. Videos, playlists, and channels all have new layouts and features, and uploaders will be happy to note there will be new editing tools and channel page designs. 

Some Chrome only features have been introduces, such as a new seamless interface to navigate between videos, playlists, and channels. You can try it all out if you choose to participate in the Cosmic Panda TestTube Experiment, here. You can always go back to the old, white interface. YouTube is awaiting feedback before it fully incorporates the new ideas.

Blogger

The Blogger platform was rather completely redesigned with nary an announcement, hoping to stay fit against the WordPress, Tumblr and Posterous competition. The redesign incorporates several features already available on the Google Labs-like Blogger in Draft section, such as the improved text-editor and mobile blog support. The overall UI of orange and white has many of the same buttons and icons as we’ve seen in the new unified UI Google seems to be aiming at. Visit draft.blogger.com to check out the changes.

There are some brand new features as well, such Google Analytics available right on the dashboard, a new and improved post screen, and what looks like an Ad Sense Earnings tab that’s still ‘coming soon.’

Former Engadgeteers report that Apple plans on unleashing the next generation of iPad this fall which I am guessing is a September launch. What other things we know about the iPad 3? We answer this question after the jump.

As always, unknown and unnamed sources are fueling this speculation and claim that the iPad 3 which Apple may call iPad HD will become equipped with a retina display screen with a resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels.

The Cupertinos are believed to be targeting a video and photo production industry and will roll out an iPad friendly version of Final Cut or Aperture. If this rumor turns out to be true, we could be in for a shower of Apple products which will include the iPhone 5 or iPhone 4S or both, iPod Touch 5G and of course the iPad HD. Do you see this happening. Share your predictions in the comments section

Today's iMac has come a long way from the first 15-inch iMac. Take one look and you'll see just how far. A display with edge-to-edge glass covers nearly the entire front of the enclosure. When all you see is the display, nothing gets between you and what's onscreen. Movies, TV shows, FaceTime HD video calls, websites, photos - everything looks stunning on the widescreen 16:9 iMac display. The more pixels a display has, the more light those pixels need to achieve the best picture possible. And that's exactly what the LED backlighting in iMac does: it pushes light through each pixel with remarkable brightness and efficiency. Because the LED backlight doesn't take up much space, the iMac enclosure stays thin - even with all the high-performance components inside. The widescreen iMac display allows more room to separate the two hottest components, the CPU and the GPU. This keeps things cool inside the iMac enclosure. Apple engineers also implemented an intelligent control system that monitors temperatures and delivers just the right amount of airflow to critical components. And the three fans inside iMac have been tuned to be ultra quiet, so you hardly know it's on. Watching a movie, updating your blog, editing photos. Tasks like these require data to travel from place to place. The Intel Core architecture puts the processor, cache, memory controller, and graphics engine on a single chip. Since data doesn't have as far to travel, you get faster performance and greater efficiency. Thunderbolt technology has arrived - and Apple computers are the first to have it. With one tiny port, you get lightning-fast transfer speeds and huge expansion capabilities. Two 10-Gbps data channels per port mean you can transfer data up to 12 times faster than with FireWire 800. And don't worry about a single drive or peripheral tying up the Thunderbolt port: you can daisy-chain as many as six devices plus a display.

The title of the post says it all. 9to5Mac reports that a Chinese website Sohu.com has leaked out images of what looks like an iPhone 5 running on China Mobile’s 3G network.

If the above posted leaked image is the real deal, then there are two reasons for the Chinese nation to be excited for:

• China Mobile is finally playing host to Apple’s high selling iPhone.
• China will be getting iPhone 5 in the first shipment along with US and UK, as rumored earlier.

Some factors that add weight to this leaked image being that of a real iPhone 5:

• It has a baseband version of 06.10.01, which hasn’t been released yet.
• IMEI number missing.

Evaluation or prototype iPhone devices have in the past carried these attributes, so we might be onto something here. But if this is indeed the iPhone 5, it means we are stuck with the same old iPhone 4 form factor and we won’t be getting an edge to edge screen or a larger more beautiful design like this. How do you see this leaked image. Share your opinion with us using the comments box

In the midst of all its redesigning, rebranding, and design unification, Google has gone ahead and made some feature changes to its other properties, such as Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Maps for Android. Check them out below:

Gmail

Over at Gmail, Google added the inbox style option, allowing users to quickly switch between style presets in a tab-like format, or a dropdown menu. There are five different style presets, to be used depending on personal taste, usage scenarios, etc. Google listed the five inbox style presets in a blog entitled “New! Pick your favourite inbox style,” and over the next several weeks, it is expected to unveil other inbox styles as well.

• Classic - This is the default inbox style most people are used to. In the Classic inbox, messages are ordered chronologically, with your most recent email at the top.
• Priority Inbox - Important and unread messages appear at the top of your inbox, then starred messages, then everything else. Each section can be customized further, so you can create your own inbox style.
• Important first - This style puts important mail at the top of the page (both read and unread messages). Everything else is in its own section at the bottom of your inbox. You may have noticed that we turned on importance arrows for everyone a few weeks ago; this inbox style separates messages with these arrows from those without.
• Unread first - Simple: unread mail at the top; everything else at the bottom.
• Starred first - Starred messages at the top; everything else at the bottom.

To use the feature, users will have to turn on the Inbox Style feature, and then, will have tabs of the styles on top until they settle on one for more than a week, at which point, the styles will be available via dropdown menu.

Google Docs

Google Docs has seen two new major changes, better document sharing on the go with the improved Google Docs for mobile, and new features for Google Docs videos. The new Google Docs for mobile allows tablets and mobile devices to easily sort and share one or more of their Google documents, either as a link, or as an attachment.

With the new Google Docs videos features, Google now allows users to insert videos from their Google Docs lists to their Google Sites, or embed them on the web, and also caption them.

Google Maps

Google recently introduced many new features for its Google Maps for Android application (bringing it up to version 5.7), and you can check them out here. In the meanwhile, it also added the “Download map area” feature to Labs in Google Maps. Google also wants to take the opportunity to point users to the Labs section, where many new features are available for them to try, such as Measure, and Scale bar.

While the ‘Download map area’ option goes a little against Google’s whole always connected philosophy, it is mighty useful for those times you won’t have access to a data connection. The feature allows users to download a section (10-mile radius) of any map when they have internet access, so that they can use that as an offline, passive guide for when they don’t. So while there is no real navigation element, Google hopes the level of detail, as well as the streets and landmarks depicted will help nonetheless.

Folks who just bought Motorola XOOM and are into hacking side of things will be pleased to know that the world’s first Honeycomb has been rooted. Care to guess the person behind this feat. We address this and provide the root guide after the jump.

Koushik Dutta is the name which needs no introduction to the Android hackers universe. And as the man said, the first Honeycomb Tablet being a pure Google experience offering device didn’t pose much of a challenge in reaching the rooted stage. But hey if I’m getting a rooted XOOM, I would consider it a big achievement.

Steps to root Motorola XOOM

Step 1: Download the XOOM root zip.

Step 2: Unzip the package.

Step 3: Put your junk in the box.

Step 4: adb reboot bootloader (skip the next 3 steps if you have already unlocked via fastboot)

Step 5: fastboot oem unlock

Step 6: wait for reboot

Step 7: adb reboot bootloader

Step 8: fastboot flash boot rootboot.img

Step 9: fastboot reboot

Step 10: wait for reboot

Step 11: adb remount

Step 12: adb push su /system/bin/

Step 13: adb shell ln –s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su

Step 14: adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/su

Step 15: adb push Superuser.apk /system/app/

So are you in the mood to root your Motorola XOOM? Let us know in the comments section.

It is quite next to impossible to imagine a camera without a lens. But thanks to Cornell scientists, we now have a camera that has no lens, no moving parts and costs very little money to make. The scientists call this revolutionary camera Planar Fourier Capture Array. Instead of using a lens, it uses the wave-like properties of light to capture what it is looking at. The image construction is later done by algorithms in a computer.

The prototype of the gadget, developed by a group lead by postdoctoral associate Patrick Gill, is a hundredth of a millimeter thick and half a millimeter on each side. Elaborating on 20p restriction, Gill says in a press statement: "It's not going to be a camera with which people take family portraits, but there are a lot of applications out there that require just a little bit of dim vision."The only set back this camera suffers is its limitation to see about 20 pixels on a side. However, the researchers believe that the camera, in spite of its limitations, could be of great use. The fact that it is very tiny and no moveable parts means it can be integrated with several gadgets. Since it is very low costing, it will be easy to manufacturer. In addition, people can make innovative usage of the dim vision capabilities, perhaps use as eyespot for a robot or device.

The scientists have named the camera a Planar Fourier Capture Array (PFCA) as it is based on the principles of a mathematical tool called the Fourier transform. Each pixel in the PFCA counts for one component of the Fourier transform of the image. The image is later constructed using that algorithm on a computer.

The scientists are presently working on the camera's resolution and overall efficiency.

A futuristic way of promoting your product and services is to launch an online website. Many companies and individuals use this mean for advertisement and promotion of their offerings because with the mean of an online website you can reach a wide range of customers. In order to make your website live, you need to buy some hosting solutions. It is not possible for all to make the huge payment of license and other fees in the beginning therefore people normally search for cheap web hosting solutions. On internet you can see a number of websites which are offering you different hosting packages.

A futuristic way of promoting your product and services is to launch an online website. Many companies and individuals use this mean for advertisement and promotion of their offerings because with the mean of an online website you can reach a wide range of customers. In order to make your website live, you need to buy some hosting solutions. It is not possible for all to make the huge payment of license and other fees in the beginning therefore people normally search for cheap web hosting solutions. On internet you can see a number of websites which are offering you different hosting packages.

A futuristic way of promoting your product and services is to launch an online website. Many companies and individuals use this mean for advertisement and promotion of their offerings because with the mean of an online website you can reach a wide range of customers. In order to make your website live, you need to buy some hosting solutions. It is not possible for all to make the huge payment of license and other fees in the beginning therefore people normally search for cheap web hosting solutions. On internet you can see a number of websites which are offering you different hosting packages.

It is good to get the details of different websites and their hosting plans and then to make a quick comparison. In this way, you can get an idea which site is offering the cheapest hosting plan among all. All the same, you should not buy any plan unless you have an idea about its service quality. Always go for that site which is reliable and also has a good reputation.

Normally, people go for three web hosting providers i.e. BlueHost, JustHost,Host Big,Web Spot India,BIG ROCK,Big Daddy and HostMonster. The reason is that all these providers offer cheap hosting solution. When you subscribe for their hosting plans then you are free to design and promote your website in an effective manner. You can get a free domain name and unlimited disk space by paying only a Little amount in month.

You may have heard about iDOS, the 99 cent app that made an appearance on the App Store and was later removed from the App Store. What if we told you that you can still get the DOSbox based open source DOS emulator on your iDevice? Yes, you guessed the source, its none other than the highly popular jailbreak App Store, Cydia. Instructions to get the app follow after the jump.

The emulator is available for Cydia but under a different name – DOSPad. The functionality remains the same as before – a universal app that has PC keyboard support, mouse support, multiple screen modes, and more. In short you can use it to experience the classical experience on your iDevice. Supported devices include iPhone 3GS/iPhone 4, iPad, iPod Touch 4G(without success).

Step 1: Jailbreak your iDevice by using one of the following guides:

Step 2: Launch Cydia.

Step 3: Switch to the Manage screen.

Step 4: Tap Sources.

Step 5: Select the Edit button.

Step 6: Click the Add button.

Step 7: Add the following repo:

http://www.litchie.net/cydia

Step 8: Switch to the Search screen and search for DOSPad.

Step 9: Select the app and tap the Install button.

[via iPhone Developers, Official website]

Nokia has seen its share of the smartphone market slide as its handsets based on the Symbian operating system (OS) went from being top dogs to struggling contenders. There was talk that the Finnish firm would be partnering with a different OS developer for its future projects, a rumour which proved to be true when it recently announced a deal with Microsoft to bring Windows Phone 7 to its next array of smartphones. However, Nokia does not seem to be abandoning its other platforms outright as Symbian is being kept alive in the short term on models like the X7 and E6. The announcement of the Nokia N9, a smartphone based on the MeeGo OS, caused even more speculation that Nokia might not be putting all its eggs in the Windows Phone 7 basket.

Mr know it all, Eldar Murtazin just tweeted a rumor which we simply couldn’t resist sharing it with you. According to the man behind Mobile Review, Google, which is currently busy with its Google I/O 2011 developer conference, will be shutting down Google Talk in favor of Skype.

Here’s the tweet:

Rumour. Google want to close own platform for Skype from next versions of Android. Instead of that all users will receive updated Voice app

The key thing to note here is that only the Android version of Google Talk will be discontiued

What’s our take on it? Well, we are in a total shock at the moment and aren’t in a position to comment on it. All we will say is if the talk of Google Talk being put on the death bed is true, it means Google loves Skype and doesn’t want their own video chat offering app to be a hurdle in Skype’s way.