By Satish |

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

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• ViewSonic VEB 625 Book Reader – Formidable Enough To Rival Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader?
• Real Leaked Pictures of New iPhone HD Phone
• Best iPhone 3G/3GS Cases – Carbon Fiber Cases | Stylish iPhone Cases.
• Getting in Sync with My New Motorola Cliq XT [Review]
• Twitter and Amazon URL Shortening Service Can Jeopardize Existing Providers.

ViewSonic VEB 625 Book Reader – Formidable Enough To Rival Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader? I am one for convenience and I like how people spend much effort in finding new ways to make everyday living so much more convenient. Today, another innovation is currently making waves across borders and this is the electronic book or e-book reader. Yes, new age reading has indeed arrived. Avid readers can now bring all of their favorite reading materials without the need for any heavy lifting. The Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader revolutionized the electronic book industry by offering a world of knowledge in a neat little package and now another product attempts to do even more. ViewSonic currently released a line of e-book readers namely the VEB 620 reader and VEB 625 reader both offering 6-inch monochrome screen displays and 2GB internal memory for your digital library. To compensate for the absence of full color displays, which were rather disappointing, ViewSonic designed these readers with touch screen technology. I prefer the Viewsonic VEB 625 model though because it is already Wi-Fi ready. I can easily download e-books to my reader. With the VEB 620, you still need to manually load your e-books may it be via SD card or USB connection. ViewSonic Against Amazon Kindle and Sony reader Also, each ViewSonic reader uses a G-sensor that allows the onscreen display to reorient itself, in vertical or landscape mode, according to how the device is held just like the Apple iPad. This new feature gives ViewSonic readers an advantage over their predecessors. Flipping through pages with the ViewSonic feels as if I was going through the pages of a real book. This is because of the E-INK technology used for these reader screens. E-INK only requires minimal backlighting saving much battery power, not to mention lessens eyestrain from lengthy reading. I was already able to go through a number of different books with thousands of pages and the battery was not even on the halfway mark. You can also adjust the text size to your liking with this device. Just zoom in for a better look or zoom out for more page information. Aside from going through a number of electronic books, I was also able to use my ViewSonic reader to store and view photos and even listen to music files and audio books using the 3.5mm headphone jack. Clearly the ViewSonic readers achieved the standards set by the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader. Who knows? Maybe in a few months we'll get to see yet another innovation that surpasses these models.

Real Leaked Pictures of New iPhone HD Phone The concept photos of the rumored iPhone HD / iPhone 4G are already floating around the web. This upcoming phone – iPhone HD is all set to be announced in the month of June and some sources have found the leaked images of the new iPhone HD. There have been leaked photos of iPhone HD model for over a month now. Some name this as iPhone 4G, the iPhone HD, and iPhone Pro – Whatever it is, the rumors are getting way too frequent, and sometimes boring! The first real iPhone HD phone which resembles this concept image has a aluminum uni-body and looks definitely a little too heavier. There have been rumors of integrated front face camera on the new iPhone HD, and only time will speak for itself if there's any truth. Check out the images.. Another version of the iPhone HD leaked images was spotted by Engadget, although not so beautiful at first glance but its the features that matters the most. No leaks of the exact specification yet! Maybe that are to be rumored once the pictures are confirmed. Here are the set of images found through a Chinese twitter by @TUDream from twitter. You never know this can be the real iPhone HD phone we might be witnessing in the hands of Steve Jobs in June.

Best iPhone 3G/3GS Cases – Carbon Fiber Cases | Stylish iPhone Cases. Whether its the iPhone apps or the iPhone stands, Apple iPhone accessories are very much popular among the iPhone owners. And part of all this also includes protecting your iPhone from scratches and damages, in such cases, using a iPhone case would be the best possible option. Of course, there are plastic iPhone cases available in the market that are inexpensive. However, those cases (most of them) doesn't really stand upto its expectation. Also they are boring. If you are willing to get a custom like cases for your iphone then better check out the Carbon Fiber cases, these are state of the art iPhone cases that provides sporty and stylish look for your iPhone. You can buy such iphone 3G/3GS cases online, or get a similar one from any of the stores for under $100. Here is the compiled list of the awesome, the best iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS cases that has Carbon fiber, stylish and beautiful Apple iPhone cases Moncarbone Carbon Fiber iPhone case Xbox 360 iPhone Case Striscai Series Case for iPhone 3G/ 3GS Playstation iPhone Case Case Mate For iPhone 3G – 3GS Jeans Series Case for iPhone 3G/ 3GS Metal Camera Lens iPhone Case Funkalicious Tee and iPhone 3G/3GS Case DRO Concepts' Carbon Fiber iPhone 3G Case Bookshelf iPhone 3G/3GS Case Last but not the least – The Recession iPhone Case Price: Free

Getting in Sync with My New Motorola Cliq XT [Review] I just bought a Motorola Cliq XT and after trying it out for a few days I can honestly say that the XT is alright but it could be better. Pocket-able Design The phone was lightweight and compact but it only comes in one color scheme, gray with chrome accents, and uses the typical numerical grid keyboard. Running on 320 by 480 pixels, the colors were acceptable considering that this was no Droid. My problems started when the time came for me to test how responsive the unit was. Basically, it was unpredictable, for every tap, you are not sure if it would respond immediately or if you need to tap the icon again. The screen also stuttered when you scroll down a long list of selections. "Good luck checking for contacts or media files on this thing." The Motorola Cliq XT has a Web function and the touchpad navigation keys allowed for easy surfing on the Internet. It was easy to manipulate. Moving from one page to another was a breeze. "I was impressed with this feature." It was responsive and easy to use with one hand. It took me a while to get the hang of the Swype function for the touch screen keyboard but with practice I was able to type faster and easier than usual. This is definitely another plus for the Motorola Cliq XT. XT Pros has an Average Performance As a Wi-Fi ready 3G phone, the Motorola Cliq XT is capable of superior browsing speeds loading media-heavy pages almost instantly. Motorola Cliq XT Pros Compact and lightweight unit Full multimedia function with navigational touch pad Motorola Cliq XT Cons Average screen display Numerical grid keyboard The Motorola Cliq XT applies MotoBlur technology; this makes it easier for you to manage you social networking pages not to mention your email account with much convenience especially since it comes with Flash. The Motorola Cliq XT is connected to the Google network giving you access to a multitude of Google applications like Gmail and YouTube but you can easily sync your phone to the Yahoo network too. The Connected Music feature is incredible! You can access countless videos, mp3 tunes, and lyrics from a wide library when connected to the Internet. The built in speakers provided a good sound but the external speaker can use some tweaking. Bottom Line The Motorola Cliq XT is not the best performer out of the Moto line but it works perfectly for all your multimedia needs.

Twitter and Amazon URL Shortening Service Can Jeopardize Existing Providers. Heard of the new internet service called 'URL shortening'? Well, in case you haven't, then visit some favorite sites for shopping and social networking to find out. Amazon and Twitter, respectively are two of the newest joiners of the club which now provides shortening of URL just like TinyURL and Is.gd. As it seems, Twitter and Amazon may have made a good move for their business, since people are looking for short-cuts that are dependable enough in terms of service provided. For Amazon, the alleged shortened URL will be amzn.to/xxxxxx. The x's are letters and numbers combination for the giant shopping site. This service shall be provided and powered for Amazon by a third party service, Bitly.pro. Twitter on the other hand, is just rumored to be launching its own shortened URL but no words yet on whatever it is or if ever a third party will host it for Twitter. This report was somehow denied by the chief exec of Twitter, Evan Williams and said that users may not possibly have this shortening alternative from a third party . Size does matter Should Twitter be using its own service for URL shortening, this would be an impact for the entire URL-shortening industry. How and Why? When URL-shortening services like is.gd, tinyurl and bit.ly would halt from its operation, the links that go and are associated with them will also become invalid. So far no major damages have yet unfolded but from last year's unfolding of events, tr.im had discontinued its venture for accepting new URLs with the exception of interfaces for programming. In addition, if Twitter would power its own shortened URL, its own servers shall handle the redirection and may be a point for reliability issues. However, this would add stability to links for a long duration of time for Twitter. As long as Twitter exist, so will your links associated with Twitter. Really, there should be no raucous disagreement about this. Why worry too much for the welfare of companies powering shortened URLs when giant companies like The New York Times, Amazon and Huffington Post are obtaining this service from bit.ly. Surely, the shortened URL service providers will have to stay for a while. The main problem might fall on the fact that if Twitter pursue its own-powered URL shortening, it's possible that the site may even crash and can even be in disarray.