Android is top smartphone OS in the US, iOS is a close second

According to the latest report by the analysts from Nielsen, Android enjoys the highest usage among smartphone platforms in the United States, followed by iOS and BlackBerry OS. Some 36 percent of US smartphone users have an Android smartphone. In comparison, 26% are using the Apple iOS while 23% are using RIM's BlackBerry OS.
The remaining 15% of the smartphone pie is taken by Windows Mobile, which still has a decent 9% user base, and by WebOS, Symbian, Windows Phone 7 and PalmOS with.



GSM Arena, Android is top smartphone OS in the US, iOS is a close second

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New Motorola devices leaked in images

The folks over at PocketNow recently stumbled upon some images of new Motorola products that were somehow leaked on its website redesign and it shows us a glimpse of what the company is up to. Judging by the photographs, we'll be seeing a follow up to the Xoom, tentatively called Xoom 2, two new thin-looking Android handsets nicknamed Slimline and Zaha, and a watch phone (!!) dubbed Tracy XL. There is also a screenshot of the Motorola Targa, along with a phone called Pearl. While no specs were leaked, these leaked screenshots do help pique our interest in whatever Motorola's coming up with.



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IPC releases PCB industry reults for April 2011

BANNOCKBURN, USA: IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries announced the April findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program.

PCB industry growth rates and book-to-bill ratios announced
Rigid PCB shipments were up 0.8 percent and bookings decreased 6.6 percent in April 2011 from April 2010. Year to date, rigid PCB shipments were up 5.2 percent and bookings declined 8.1 percent.

Compared to the previous month, rigid PCB shipments decreased 15.0 percent and rigid bookings decreased 12.3 percent. The book-to-bill ratio for the North American rigid PCB industry in April 2011 improved slightly to 0.96.

Flexible circuit shipments in April 2011 were up 30.3 percent and bookings increased 7.2 percent compared to April 2010. Year to date, flexible circuit shipments increased 14.3 percent and bookings were up 9.0 percent. Compared to the previous month, flexible circuit shipments decreased 2.4 percent and flex bookings declined 0.8 percent. The North American flexible circuit book-to-bill ratio in April 2011 fell to 0.96.

For rigid PCBs and flexible circuits combined, industry shipments in April 2011 increased 3.0 percent from April 2010, as orders booked decreased 5.6 percent from April 2010. Year to date, combined industry shipments were up 5.9 percent and bookings were down 6.7 percent. Compared to the previous month, combined industry shipments for April 2011 decreased 13.9 percent and bookings decreased 11.5 percent. The combined (rigid and flex) industry book-to-bill ratio in April 2011 inched up to 0.96.

“Growth in North American PCB sales continues to follow normal seasonal patterns and seems to have returned to normal, and the book-to-bill ratio is holding steady at just under parity,” said IPC president and CEO Denny McGuirk. “This suggests the slowdown in sales growth is likely to continue into the third quarter of this year.”

The book-to-bill ratios are calculated by dividing the value of orders booked over the past three months by the value of sales billed during the same period from companies in IPC’s survey sample. A ratio of more than 1.00 suggests that current demand is ahead of supply, which is a positive indicator for sales growth over the next two to three months.

Book-to-bill ratios and growth rates for rigid PCBs and flexible circuits combined are heavily affected by the rigid PCB segment. Rigid PCBs represent an estimated 89 percent of the current PCB industry in North America, according to IPC’s World PCB Production Report.

Role of domestic production
IPC’s monthly survey of the North American PCB industry tracks bookings and shipments from US and Canadian facilities, which provide indicators of regional demand. These numbers do not measure US and Canadian PCB production.

To track regional production trends, IPC asks survey participants for the percent of their reported shipments that were produced domestically (i.e., in the USA or Canada). In April 2011, 81 percent of total PCB shipments reported were domestically produced.

Domestic production accounted for 79 percent of rigid PCB and 87 percent of flexible circuit shipments in April by IPC’s survey participants. These numbers are significantly affected by the mix of companies in IPC’s survey sample, which change slightly in January, but are kept constant through the remainder of the year.

Bare circuits vs. assembly
Flexible circuit sales typically include value-added services such as assembly, in addition to the bare flex circuits. In April, the flexible circuit manufacturers in IPC’s survey sample indicated that bare circuits accounted for about 52 percent of their shipment value reported for the month.

Assembly and other services make up a large and growing segment of flexible circuit producers’ businesses. This figure is also sensitive to changes in the survey sample, which may occur at the beginning of each calendar year.

Interpreting the data
Year-on-year and year-to-date growth rates provide the most meaningful view of industry growth. Month-to-month comparisons should be made with caution as they may reflect cyclical effects. Because bookings tend to be more volatile than shipments, changes in the book-to-bill ratios from month to month may not be significant unless a trend of more than three consecutive months is apparent.

It is also important to consider changes in bookings and shipments to understand what is driving changes in the book-to-bill ratio.

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iCloud is Coming!

Every June for the last few years, Apple has announced the latest iPhone.  This year, that won't be the case as it looks like the iPhone 5 announcement won't come until late summer at the earliest.

So... in order to stop speculation on next weeks announcement at the World Wide Developers Conference, Apple did something today that they don't normally do... namely the told, in advance, what one of the big announcements will be.

It's iCloud, Apple's online music repository.  About 2 years ago, Apple bought online music service LaLa and promptly shut it down.  Since then there has been speculation about a cloud type service for iTunes customers.  Now we've already seen a service like that from Amazon and one has been rumored by Google.

Apple is mum on exactly what the service will do, preferring instead to let people speculate and let the drama build until next week.  Knowing Jobs & company, it will be a better service than what Amazon is already offering (Apple hates to be a me to company), so I'm intrigued to see what this means for my music...

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ASUS Eee PC 1005HA-PU1X-BK 10.1-Inch Black Netbook Review

Ah, the granddaddy of netbooks, the Eee PC. Asus were the pioneer of this small form factor portable computer. Thankfully the 7inch screens from the first models have had a few upgrades since then. This newer 10 inch size, gives a little more to those who don’t have teeny-weeny hands and don’t want to wear binoculars to see tiny text on screen.

Apart from the awful, almost unpronounceable name, this computer provides a huge range of features, in a package that is small enough to drag around anywhere and with a battery life long enough to last for an entire day.

Here’s some of the main features:

Intel Atom CPU1GB memory160GB hard drive10 inch screen with 1024 x 768 resolutionBuilt-in webcam and microphoneLAN, Wifi and Bluetooth2.81 lbs

The styling is good. So no childish looks from this mini-performer. The screen provides enough size for webpage viewing, although sometimes requiring left to right scrolling. For desktop use I’d recommend an extra monitor as it’s easier to view. The VGA port will connect to almost any monitor, but some monitors no longer have VGA ports, so check first.

1GB of memory is just right.

160GB hard drive is fine, but I’d prefer a smaller solid state drive instead. There is an extra 10GB of online storage offered, but this strikes me as gimmicky, I would much rather they provided a subscription to one of the big online storage firms. I just don’t know how much to trust their in-house offering as Asus are a hardware company.

Networking is a critical component for netbooks that, by their very name, are designed to be online. Fast Ethernet is the staple of office networks, and Wifi 802.11n allows faster wireless speeds on networks that support it. Bluetooth is also included and will connect to Bluetooth microphones and stereo headphones.

The Asus Eee PC just can’t really go very wrong. The important part is that there are no important features missing. The blue Samsung netbook is $50 cheaper than this computer, but has less battery life, so weight up what is most important to you.

Pros:

CompactCheap enoughLightStandard features

Cons:

Little more expensive than some other similar netbooksGimmicky online storageTags: Asus, compact, Eee PC, Gaming Computer Reviews, Laptop and Notebook Computer Reviews, lightweight, netbook, notebook computer reviews, ultra-portable

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THE Best Apps for Cydia iOS

Today, I will show you my collection of best apps for Cydia. Check it out, my friends

1. Wi-Fi Sync:

This enables synchronization of iTunes using Wi-Fi connectivity solutions. With these Wi-Fi connectivity solutions, you should be able to transfer files, games and folders, in ease from anywhere, in car, bed or shed. Wi-Fi synchronization once set sorts the problem and makes this synchronization automatic.
Download: Wi-Fi Sync

2. Infinifolders:

This is one of the newest tweak that is known as Infinifolders, which as the name suggests provides you with an infinite number of apps, and has the newly incorporate feature of vertical scrolling to browse through your folders. This is a very useful app for categorizing folders into categories and consolidate same category into a single big folder.
Download: Infinifolders

3. Overboard:

This is an overview of Springboards pages and jumps, which supports a number of WinterBoard themes, advanced customization with multi tasking accessibility for activating more than one task at a single moment and also now features an extended Springboard.
Download: Overboard

4. Safari Download Manager:

Safari download manager is one of the powerful extensions that add a powerful and highly configurable download manager, which is specially meant for iPhone’s web browser. This plug-in has the power to harness the maximum potential of pleasuresome browsing experience and network connectivity using your device.
Download: Safari Download Manager

5. Cydelete:

While you have been downloading a number of apps from Cydia following jailbreaking the device, sometimes you will find that some of the softwares are not friendly and you do not want them anymore, but will find that the process of deleting the apps takes seven steps before being erased, probably a punishment for jailbreaking. But this is no more an issue, that Cydelete is the one that can remove the installed apps by pressing on the app icon that you want to delete and press or tap the X alphabet, that you will be able to delete any app that is downloaded using Cydia only.
Download: Cydelete

6. Covert:

A new tweak from Chpwn, a developer has designed this tweak, which works like the incognito window of Google Chrome that which enables you to do private browsing on iPhone and iPod Touch when jailbroken and is installed via Cydia directly on being downloading the jailbreaking software. This comes with no cost and will not be remembering or allow the storage of history of web page URL, cookies, browsing sessions, passwords, cookies, cache and forms.
Download: Covert

7. Ipic my contacts:

This small app from Cydia following the jailbreaking of the iPhone or iPod Touch or iPad, will let you to display the contact picture next to the name of the contacts and also allows to perform instant search for placing a small icon next to the contact. All you have to do is no uploading business by merely clicking on the place where you want to place the new icon.
Download: Ipic my contacts

8. Facebreak:

With iPhone there has been the possibility of making FaceTime calls via Wi-Fi only, that you will find now that Facebreak is a tweak for jailbroken phones that will be enabled to make face time real-time calls using 3G as well. What is good about this software is that this tweak do not need any extra installation effort and comes along with Cydia while jailbreaking the iPhone.
Download: Facebreak

9. Mark read:

Well, you are sure to use this app on your jailbroken iPhone with Cydia, when you find yourself the emails turning out to undaunting to manage. Then there is a way that you will find yourself by using the Mark Read app with which you can mark all those emails that do not require any attention at all as read emails, and read only the important emails, instantly or later when convenient.
Download: Mark Read

10. Snap tap:

This app makes the best use of the volume control buttons to take a picture and was the one that was initially released. Now you have something that you can do more with this app like taking even videos using the volume control and headset buttons, capture images using the Cycorder or the built-in 3G cameras, mute shutter, taking self-portrait and normal usage when not taking picture or videos.
Download: Snap Tap

11. Nolock Screen:

This is one of the best apps that comes in real handy by disabling the “slide to unlock” feature and if you are not using the passcode or pending messages, then this will easily skip the lockscreen in no time for unlocking the phone. This tweak plays attractively with a small animation while doing this job.
Download: NoLock Screen

12. Mobile Volume Sound:

This is a tweak that can adds sounds by pressing the volume up or down buttons via your iPhone and works very well on versions from 3.0 onwards.
Download: Mobile Volume Sound

13. Locktopus:

This is a new application that can lock your individual applications with your password, making iPhone less vulnerable to document thefts and personal identity information release. This is being considered as one of the safest and most effective mode of application that can lack any apps that you use on your iPhone, enabling you to carry with your iPhone some confidential information in an easy manner.
Download: Locktopus

14. secretSMS:

Cydia has released an application using which you can send secret sms, which will not be available or known to anyone and can be read only by the intend user. This is a very professional and useful app but requires internet connection to use this app.
Download: secretSMS

15. Recent Delete:

This is an additional feature for the jailbroken iPhone using Cydia, which enables the mobile phone recent deletes extension, and individual calls could be deleted from the recent call lists. An advantage of this app is does not require installation or storage space, rather works as a plug-in.
Download: Recent Delete

16. Installous:

This being one of the top most applications that can be easily downloaded from Cydia and is capable of finding all applications that ends with *.ipa format in the iPhone, which in turn reveals many hidden secrets of the iPhone. This is a systematic installation that could be done better only on the iPhone, and so follow the link to get the necessary guidelines.
Download: Installous

17. Reminder:

Well when there are a number of apps to remind you on a task, I thought I will take the Remind Me Later as one of the reminder apps, which aids in putting your iPhone on snooze button for remind you on a later time, once in every 5 minutes until you complete the previous task and decide to move to the next task without missing. In short, adds snooze buttons to calendar reminders.
Download: Reminder

18. iProtect:

You can now protect your jailbroken iPhone with a password or by using a SIM control mechanism, with this small anti-theft system.
Download: iProtect

19. WinterBoard:

WinterBoard is an application for Graphic artists to create anything they want into themes for Apple OS, and also allows multiple downloading of theme packages by simply dragging them into the theme folders.
Download: WinterBoard

20. Signal:

This app is for managing the cell towers in your current location on a map and will allow you to choose the best that can provide maximum coverage and uninterrupted service.
Download: Signal

21. Folder Enhancer:

This remarkable app is made to open folders faster and can add up to nearly 320 icons and allows to create folders inside folders like a PC and also gives access to create folder while docking.
Download: Folder Enhancer

22. Enhanced tabs:

This app is made exclusively for Safari web browser to enhance the browsing experience with increased versatility.
Download: Enhanced tabs

23. Full Screen For Safari:

This is a powerful app with a number of features like a real multi touch browser, new gestures and actions making Safari a real intuitive and cool web browser for iPhone.
Download: Full Screen For Safari

24. qTweeter:

This is the fastest, coolest and most efficient way to tweet and work using your twitter account, and use in conjunction the Facebook account. There is much more that you can do with this app on both the prominent websites, Twitter and Facebook.
Download: qTweeter

25. Quick Reply:

This is an easy to use application to send quickly a reply to messages is a much easier and faster manner.
Download: Quick Reply
Comments are always appreciated!!

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Alienware M11x Review

 

 

 

Name
Cpu	Intel®   Core i7-U640
Cpu speed	1,2GHz
Ram	DDR3
Ram size	4GB
Hard drive	Go 500 7200 rpm
Graphic	Nvidia GeForce GT 335M
Graphic size	1024MB
Screen	11.6"
Sys	Windows®  7  Home Premium   64-bit
	Laptop
Cost
	1.034,00€

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WhatsApp Messenger now available for free download

Application WhatsApp Messenger applications Conversation is very famous, and was at the top of applications sold for a long time, and no doubt that the application is also easy to use, and apparently the cause of making the application is free to increase his fame more so in light of similar applications that have emerged recently with the Father Store.

Characteristics of the application last updated:

• has been overcome the problem of VoiceOver
• Network protocol is improved
• a new background of high quality available for selection in the Settings application: (WhatsApp> Settings> Chat Settings> Wallpaper)
• become possible to get out of all the groups once
• it has become possible to convert media files directly to the group
• made ​​available place to send the log SMS to email
• comprehensive modernization of the possibility of the participation site presence
• New Media Player
• has been overcome the problem of the collapse of the application suffered by users of version 4.3 of the iPhone when you share a place in their presence.
• had the possibility of launching a group that contains 10 people (up to now has been allowed only five people)

Appropriate:

Works on iPhones.

Appropriate operating system: iOS 3.1 or later.

Appropriate: for all generations.

Latest Version: 2.6.4 (updated on 04/21/2011)

Language: Supports chat, .

Size: 6.5 MB


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Nokia lowers Q2 outlook, promises WP7.5 smartphones in Q4

Nokia revised its smartphones and services outlook for Q2 and full 2011 and there are some good news and some bad news to investors and users alike. The company will generate substantially less revenue from smartphones and services in Q2, but the Windows Phone smartphone development is going ahead of schedule. With the sales of the Nokia current portfolio apparently not going according to plan the company says that it wonÂ't be able to achieve its target revenue of €6.1 billion.

GSM Arena, Nokia lowers Q2 outlook, promises WP7.5 smartphones in Q4

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Fake Google Nexus 3

Remember the leaked image of the so-called Google Nexus 3. Some pundits are right – it is a fake after all, which is quite a downer after all of the initial buzz surrounding said leak. Guess Ice Cream Sandwich will not be welcomed so soon, and if you are one of those who have had your hopes up sky high before reading this, we're sorry to say that things in life do not pan out as planned sometimes. How does one tell that the leaked image is a fake. Well, just take a closer look at the blown up image above – the shades that the glass itself casts on the actual display eventually end at one point, on both left and right.

Ubergizmo, Fake Google Nexus 3

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