Saturday, May 29, 2010

CPU benchmarks and the HP TouchSmart tm2 tablet PC

CPU benchmarksSo you are about to buy a new computer and suddenly you discover that the number of choices are endless. Distant is the time when choosing a computer was basically choosing among 3 or 4 microprocessors, a graphics card, the amount of RAM and a large hard disk. Even if these items are not so difficult to choose even now a days, you will probably get stuck when it comes to the heart of the computer, the microprocessor. Models and models, speeds, brands, technologies and so on, and so on. The microprocessor commercial approach has made impossible to choose without a reference service. That's here where a service such as the cpubenchmark.net comes to action. Search for a specific CPU model and obtain a position in the performance rank (direct link to the search form).

HP TouchSmart tm2 tablet PC HP TouchSmart tm2 tablet PCIt was this way that I came to know that the interesting tablet computer concept from HP, the HP TouchSmart tm2-1090eg Notebook-PC, would be quite disappointing when running more demanding software. With a CPU Intel SU7300 @ 1.30GHz, it ranks at the lower level of the performance  chart. This make it not suitable for photography field work, what would be my main task for it, specially because of its touch screen and foldable screen.

However, who is looking for an acceptable computer that is also a tablet can find an interesting solution on this  HP EliteBook 2740p Tablet PC. But at what price :-S

Note: Intel has a compare functionality for its processors here: http://ark.intel.com/Default.aspx. And AMD has something similar here: http://products.amd.com

Friday, May 28, 2010

Apple iPad REVIEW|PRICE|SPECIFICATION

Apple iPad REVIEW|PRICE|SPECIFICATION
Apple iPad
Apple iPad GAMBAR|HARGA|SPESIFIKASI
Apple iPadApple iPad REVIEW
Apple released the Apple iPad, such as the time mentioned in the posting about the Apple iPhone 4G some time ago it was true promise of the sweet Apple will release this before the iPhone 4G released. As we all know Apple Tablet rumors have been rolling for a long time and in fact the fair has become a rumor last nearly 10 years. Steve Jobs came up on stage in the Apple Event in San Francisco and announced to the audience that their new device will be called the iPad. The gadget has only a half-inch thickness has a weight of 0.6 kilograms. 9.7-inch display with touch screen, Apple's latest pledge is powered microchip A4 1GHz Apple-Designed custom, high-performance, low-power system-on-a-chip. Apple iPad will have the same operating system with the iPhone and have access to 140 000 applications.

First let us look more closely to the price of this Apple iPad. For the 16GB version will bibandrol worth $ 499, which will bibandrol $ 599 32GB and 64GB version will be priced $ 699. All these models come with Wi-Fi, 3G will be added to add tariffs worth $ 130 for each model. Wi-Fi standard model will start off in 60 days, with the 3G version will come in the next 90 days. For international versions of itself will be available starting in June 2010.

SPESIFICATIONS
Height:9.56 inches (242.8 mm)
Width:7.47 inches (189.7 mm)
Depth:0.5 inch (13.4 mm)
Weight:1.5 pounds (0.68 kg) Wi-Fi model;1.6 pounds (0.73 kg) Wi-Fi + 3G model

Display:

  • 9.7-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen Multi-Touch display with IPS technology
  • 1024-by-768-pixel resolution at 132 pixels per inch (ppi)
  • Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
  • Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously
Batt and Power:

  • Built-in 25 Whr rechargeable lithium-polymer battery
  • Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to music
  • Charging via power adapter or USB to computer system

Audio Playback:

  • Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
  • Audio formats supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
  • User-configurable maximum volume limit
Wireless and Cellular:
Wi-Fi model

  • Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n)
  • Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR technology
Wi-Fi + 3G model
  • UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz)
  • GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
  • Data only2
  • Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n)
  • Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR technology
Location:
  • Wi-Fi
  • Digital compass
  • Assisted GPS (Wi-Fi + 3G model)
  • Cellular (Wi-Fi + 3G model)

TV and Video:
  • Support for 1024 by 768 pixels with Dock Connector to VGA Adapter; 576p and 480p with Apple Component AV Cable; 576i and 480i with Apple Composite Cable
  • H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
System Requirement:
  • Mac computer with USB 2.0 port
  • Mac OS X v10.5.8 or later
  • iTunes 9.0 or later (free download from www.itunes.com/download)
  • iTunes Store account
  • Internet access
Mail Attachment Support:
Viewable document types: .jpg, .tiff, .gif (images); .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (web pages); .key (Keynote); .numbers (Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .rtf (rich text format); .vcf (contact information); .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel)
Language:

  • Language support for English, French, German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Russian
  • Keyboard support for English (U.S.) English (UK), French (France, Canada), German, Japanese (QWERTY), Dutch, Flemish, Spanish, Italian, Simplified Chinese (Handwriting and Pinyin), Russian
  • Dictionary support for English (U.S.), English (UK), French, French (Canadian), French (Swiss), German, Japanese, Dutch, Flemish, Spanish, Italian, Simplified Chinese (Handwriting and Pinyin), Russian
Accessibility:

  • Support for playback of closed-captioned content
  • VoiceOver screen reader
  • Full-screen zoom magnification
  • White on black display
  • Mono audio

Envi Requirement:

  • Operating temperature: 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)
  • Nonoperating temperature: -4° to 113° F (-20° to 45° C)
  • Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
  • Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)
In The Box:

  • iPad
  • Dock Connector to USB Cable
  • 10W USB Power Adapter
  • Documentation

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Sony Ericsson J105 Naite REVIEW|SPECIFICATIONS

Sony Ericsson J105 Naite in REVIEW and SPECIFICATIONS
Sony Ericsson J105 Naite
Sony Ericsson J105 Naite
Sony Ericsson J105 Naite Review
Sony Ericsson J105 Naite Mobile Phone arrives in attractive shades of vapour silver and ginger red. The unit was announced in 2009, May. The unit, no doubt will bowl over consumers world wide!

TFT Display supports 256K colours. Screen size of the excellent unit is 2.2 inches. You can change the wall papers and screen savers to your choice. Vibration, Downloadable polyphonic, MP3, AAC ring tones and composer are the sound alarms to alert you. Speakerphone adds to your convenience. Phone book memory of the competent unit can save up to. 30 received, dialled and missed calls records too are kept by the unit. Picture ID and Ring ID allows you to identify the caller before you pick up the phone. 100 MB Internal and micro SD (Trans Flash) up to 8GB, 2 GB are included.

One of these handsets is the Naite J105 - a relatively cheap candybar phone that sits at the bottom of the Greenheart range. It's available for as little as £60 on Pay As You Go and for free on even the cheapest contracts. Its green credentials are derived from the use of recycled plastics, water-based paints, an energy efficient display, an on-phone manual instead of a paper one, and a lower-power consumption charger (though as the phone tells you every time you unplug it, you should unplug or switch off the charger at the mains anyway to save power). All told these measures apparently result in a 15 per cent drop in the overall CO2 emissions of the phone. This is of course good to hear, though we can't help but feel a 15 per cent saving would easily be bettered simply by buying second-hand and prolonging the life of existing products. Still, if you're looking to buy a new phone, it's good to know you're doing your bit for the environment.

Being a budget phone, it's no surprise that the Naite is lacking somewhat when it comes to fit and finish. That plastic body is rather flimsy and the keypad buttons are very wobbly and overall it just doesn't feel all that solid. It's certainly not going to fall apart at the drop of a hat but it doesn't fill you with confidence. Weighing just 82g, the plastic construction does at least get you a light device and its dimensions of 108 x 47 x 13mm make it highly pocketable as well. We also rather like the simple styling with its matt black back and combination of glossy black and silver on the front.

Also, despite their wobbliness, the buttons of the keypad are relatively easy to use thanks to a neat and logical layout. The action isn't great thanks to that aforementioned wobble but there's still a discernible click so it's easy to tell when you've pressed one. In addition, the navigation buttons are a little small but again not enough to be of major concern. Overall, we found we could type at a decent pace and navigating the menus was not hampered at all by the keys.

SPECIFICATIONS
General
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - Naite (a) for Americas
Announced 2009, May
Status Available. Released 2009, October

Size
Dimensions 108 x 47 x 12.6 mm
Weight 84 g

Display
Type TFT, 256K colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.2 inches
- Wallpapers, screensavers

Sound
Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3, AAC ringtones, composer
Speakerphone Yes

Memory
Phonebook 1000 contacts, Photo call
Call records 30 received, dialed and missed calls
Internal 100 MB
Card slot microSD, up to 8GB, 2GB included

Data
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
WLAN No
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0

Camera
Primary 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels
Video Yes, QVGA@15fps
Secondary Yes

Features
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, RSS
Browser WAP 2.0/ HTML (NetFront)
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + downloadable
Colors Vapour Silver, Ginger Red
GPS No
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- MP3/eAAC+/WMA player
- MP4/WMV/H.263 player
- TrackID
- Organizer
- Voice memo
- T9
- E-manual
- Eco friendly materials
- Ecomate, CO2 Calculator

Battery
Standard battery, Li-Po 950 mAh (BST-33)
Stand-by Up to 600 h (2G) / Up to 583 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 13 h 45 min (2G) / Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)
Music play Up to 33 h 45 min

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

SONY ERICSSON Xperia X2

SPESIFIKASI HARGA SONY ERICSSON Xperia X2
SONY ERICSSON Xperia X2
SONY ERICSSON Xperia X2
SONY ERICSSON XPERIA X2 REVIEW
the SONY ERICSSON XPERIA X2. It´s the first Windows phone of the company, meaning it runs Windows Mobile 6.5. The panel interface we know from the X1 haunts us again, but it has been revamped and the manufacturer´s personalization pack seems to have taken over the standard Windows interface deeper. The XPERIA X2 sports 8-megapixel camera with touch focus, larger display, new keyboard and navigational keys design, plus a microUSB port. We´ve got a prototype intended for Vodafone, but it´s functional, so we will show you what to expect from the first Windows phone of Sony Ericsson.

The design of the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 features small changes and the manufacturer has staked on retaining the characteristic style of the X1 and its high build quality. You will almost immediately notice the lack of the prismatic navigational keys on its face side - they are now flat and smooth and the D-Pad has been transformed into an optical pad. The size of the phone display has grown 0.2 inches and now measures the healthy 3.2”.

We're not convinced about the panels system to be honest – as although it's great in practice, it seems to stress out the 528MHz processor a little bit, like it did to a greater degree on the Xperia X1.

Sony Ericsson assured us that this was only because it's a pre-production unit, and while we've heard such claims before, we'll give them the benefit of the doubt in this case.The Windows Mobile interface is still sporting some of the nasty trademark tiny icons we really hate, such as tiny crosses in the corner of the phone to shut down application windows, which ruins things a little bit, especially when we've played with the HTC HD2 which does a bang up job of hiding it all.

But there are a lot of cool features on the Xperia X2 as well – such as being able to re-order your panels by timeline, so basically changing your home screen depending on what you'll be doing at that time.There's also a cool tiled interface that links through to other applications, and while this might not be the most constructive way at looking for the program you're after it's still nice.

And the keyboard, which has been overhauled for this release, is a lot better too, as it's no longer flush with the surface (which made it very difficult to hit indeed). This keyboard will give a lot more accuracy, we reckon, and that will be another big problem fixed from the X1 to the X2.

PRICE (HARGA) : 410 EURO


SPECIFICATIONS

General
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - XPERIA X2a
Announced 2009, September
Status Available. Released 2010, January

Size
Dimensions 110 x 54 x 16 mm
Weight 155 g

Display
Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 65K colors
Size 800 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches
- Full QWERTY keyboard
- Optical trackpad
- XPERIA panels user interface
- Accelerometer sensor

Sound
Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones, composer
Speakerphone Yes, with stereo speakers
- 3.5 mm audio jack

Memory
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 110 MB storage, 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
Card slot microSD, up to 16GB, buy memory

Data
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, DLNA
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB

Camera
Primary 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features
Touch focus, geo-tagging, image stabilizer
Video Yes, WVGA@30fps
Secondary Yes, videocall functionality via software update

Features
OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5/6.5.2 Professional
CPU Qualcomm MSM 7200 528 MHz processor
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push email, IM
Browser WAP 2.0/HTML (IE), RSS feeds
Radio Stereo FM, via software upadte
Games Yes, incl. motion-based + downloadable
Colors Elegant Black, Modern Silver
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, MIDP 2.1
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player
- MP4/Xvid/WMV9/H.263/H.264 player
- TV Out
- YouTube application
- Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, PDF viewer)
- Picture editor/blogging
- Organizer
- Voice memo/dial
- T9

Battery
Standard battery, Li-Po 1500 mAh (BST-41)
Stand-by Up to 500 h (2G) / Up to 640 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 10 h (2G) / Up to 6 h (3G)
Music play Up to 20 h

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 mini pro

FITUR|HARGA Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 mini pro
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 mini pro
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 mini proSONY ERICSSON X10 Mini Pro REVIEW
The SONY ERICSSON X10 Mini Pro takes many of the original handsets features and technology and shrinks them down into a far smaller handset with a 3.2 inch touch screen as opposed to the large 4.3 inch display of the X10, added to this is a full Qwerty slide out keyboard for those people who like to press physical buttons when entering text rather than the on-screen option.

One big difference between the new X10 Mini Pro and the previous X10 and soon to be launched Sony Ericsson X10 Mini is that the camera has been slightly downgraded from 8.1 mega pixels to 5.0, this also helps to keep the price of this new Android handset low with the initial release price slated at £249.99, compared with the £489.99 asking price of the original X10 model this is a huge discount.

The release date for the SIM Free Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro is now confirmed as May 24th 2010, the Mini version of this handset without the Qwerty keyboard is also rumoured to be launching at around the same time giving consumers a real choice of new, smaller Android phones.

The main display changes slightly from the larger model with the manufacturer using short-cuts in each corner of the screen, they claim that this makes it far easier to select features and applications just using your thumb on the smaller touch screen and these can also be personalised to your favourite programs and functions.

SPECIFICATIONS
General
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Announced 2010, February
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2010, Q2

Size
Dimensions 90 x 52 x 17 mm
Weight 120 g

Display
Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.55 inches
- QWERTY keyboard
- Scratch-resistant surface
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Timescape UI

Sound
Alert types Vibration, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
- 3.5 mm audio jack

Memory
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 128 MB
Card slot microSD, up to 16GB, 2GB included

Data
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA; HSUPA
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB

Camera
Primary 5 MP, 2560х1920 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging
Video Yes, VGA@30fps, video light
Secondary No

Features
OS Android OS 1.6
CPU Qualcomm MSM7227 600MHz
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push email, IM
Browser HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes
Colors Black, Red
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, via third-party application
- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
- MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
- TrackID music recognition
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
- Document viewer
- Voice memo
- T9

Battery
Standard battery, Li-Po
Stand-by Up to 285 h (2G) / Up to 360 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 4 h (2G) / Up to 3 h 30 min (3G)

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

SONY ERICSSON SATIO

GAMBAR|HARGA SONY ERICSSON SATIO
SONY ERICSSON SATIO
SONY ERICSSON SATIO
SONY ERICSSON SATIO REVIEW
Sony Ericsson Satio is a smartphone, announced by Sony Ericsson at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain on 15 February 2009 as the Idou (pronounced "I do"). It was released on 7 October 2009 in the UK in 3 colour schemes: Black, Silver and Bordeaux (Red).

The focus of the phone is the high quality playback of music and video, as well as photography. The camera is located on the back of the phone, behind a slider and features a xenon flash. On the side of the phone, there is a shutter button, and a button which allows you to switch between still and video modes. Next to this is a rocker switch for zooming in and out. Also on this side is a button for playback of photos or video. The other side of the phone has a sliding lock button and a covered slot for a MicroSD card.

There is a front facing video camera on there too for all that video calling fun everyone has these days, but it's down the sides of the phone where the button frenzy really begins.

On the left-hand side is the slider for unlocking the phone (which is in just about the right place for most hands), the standard Sony Ericsson port for USB connection, charging and headphone connection (boo!). Below that lives the microSD slot, which is covered by a nice hinged flap.

Over on the right side of the phone we get the camera controls, with the zoom buttons doubling as the volume up/down keys, despite having the 'proper' zoom icons on.

Below this is the photograph playback key, allowing quick access to your snaps in both camera mode and standby. There's also a video/camera swap hard key as well, which we're trying to work out if it has another function in other applications. It appears not to.

And below that is the stylishly hewn shutter for the camera. This side of the phone is well put together, laid out in the right manner and given the Satio's penchant for touch operation, a welcome addition

PRICE : 410 EURO

SPECIFICATIONS
General
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - Satio(a) for the Americas
Announced 2009, February
Status Available. Released 2009, October

Size
Dimensions 112 x 55 x 13 mm
Weight 126 g

Display
Type TFT touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 360 x 640 pixels, 3.5 inches
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
Sound Alert types Vibration, MP3, AAC ringtones
Speakerphone Yes

Memory
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Detailed, max 30 days
Internal 128 MB storage; 256 MB RAM
Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included, buy memory

Data
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 3.6 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0

Camera
Primary 12 MP, 4000 x 3000 pixels, autofocus, xenon flash, video LED flash
Features Touch focus, geo-tagging, face and smile detection
Video Yes, WVGA@30fps (via software update)
Secondary VGA videocall camera

Features
OS Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5
CPU ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX graphics
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser WAP 2.0/HTML, RSS reader
Radio Stereo FM radio
Games Yes + downloadable
Colors Black, Silver, Bordeaux
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- Google Maps
- Gesture control
- MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
- MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player
- TV-out
- Office document viewer
- Organizer
- T9

Battery
Standard battery, Li-Po 1000 mAh
Stand-by Up to 360 h (2G) / Up to 340 h (3G)
Talk time Up to11 h (2G) / Up to 4 h 50 min (3G)
Misc SAR EU 1.58 W/kg (head)

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Template actions: download, backup, edit and restore

This tutorial describes how to perform a backup of your template, how to edit your template and how to restore your template.

tip level: beginner

 

Some times people find problems editing their template and then I figure out that the root for the problem is because they didn't select the "Expand Widget Templates" check box. So, if you are using the code directly from this check box, be sure to select it:

 

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However, I would recommend that you edit your template another way.

 

1. Download the full template, by clicking the link "Download Full Template":

image

 

2. Choose to save the file and give it a meaningful filename:

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Including the date in the filename it's a good idea for backup organization.

 

3. Keep this file unchanged and perform the edits in a copy of this file. This way, if something goes wrong you can go back by uploading the previous version of the template.

Use a text editor to perform your changes in the .xml file. You can use a basic editor such as Windows Notepad but consider to use an editor that colorize the code. Notepad++ is a good choice and it's free. Links:

- Notepad++ page: http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net

- Download page; click at the "Download Now!" button:

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4. Perform your edits in the template, save the file and upload the new template. The template will be immediately changed and in use.

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If you want to preview the changes before applying them, copy the edited template text and replace the text of the text box with it. Then press "Preview":

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If it is ok, press "Save Template".

This preview method doesn't always work, particularly if the changes involve JavaScript. The best approach is to create a test blog and performing the template tests there.

5. If your changes become problematic, just upload the original template that you saved at points 1/2.

 

That's it. Enjoy.

Epson Stylus T11

Printing texts, pictures/photos, or other kinds of document has become an important task for us. Many types of printers have been manufactured. If you are looking for a simple and relatively cheap printer but can do incredible job, you can try to use Epson Stylus T11.

Below is the information that I got from Epson website:

Sharper text, superb colour and longer lasting prints
High quality, affordable printing with Epson DURABrite™ Ultra INKdividual™ Inks.
Assured Quality with Epson DURABrite™ Ultra Ink
  • Ideal all-purpose ink for everyday printing
  • Revolutionary smudge-proof ink that is also resistant to water and fading, prints stay vibrant for many years to come
Epson INKdividual™ Cartridges for Maximum Savings
  • Replace only the cartridge that runs out
  • Affordable INKdividual™ cartridges
  • Reduce ink wastage and maximise savings
Efficient Print Speed for Busy Schedules
  • Maximise time efficiency and productivity
  • Achieve more in less time with excellent print speed of up to 22 ppm
High Resolution for Superior Print Quality
  • Assured high quality printouts at up to 5760 dpi
Photo Perfection with Epson Creative Suite
  • One-stop photo software solution
  • Achieve photo lab quality prints in 3 simple steps with Epson Easy Photo Print
  • Epson PhotoEnhance automatically adjusts images to give you amazing true-to-life colour photos

Monday, May 10, 2010

Facebook Like button XFBML tutorial

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While searching for a solution that would let me add the "Like" button plus the ability to leave a comment on the "Liked" item (see picture on the left), I finally found the solution that I share bellow. Just follow exactly the next instructions and that's it.

 

Technique 1

With this technique, you'll get a like button where someone can add a comment to the liked item. Instead, if you want to have this like button and a comment form, see bellow the technique 2.

Note: If you prefer not using the Facebook API, just have a look here.


First, set up a new application:
1. Go to: http://www.facebook.com/developers
2. Click on the + Set Up New Application button (at the top right of the page)
3. Type your Application Name (example: Mysite-Name Likes) > select Agree > click on Create Application
4. Go to the Connect tab (on the left tabs-list)
5. Enter your site url with an ending slash in Connect URL and click on Save Changes (for example: http://mysitedomainname.com/)
6. You will see your Application ID number (below your app API & Secret)
7. It will take between 2 to 20 minutes until it will be ready to use with.

Second, remove any old Facebook script, for example:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
    FB.init("123456789000000000","/xd_receiver.htm");
</script>

Or whatever script code of facebook that you got in your page.
(only remove the JavaScript, not the fb: tags)

The setup steps:
1. Add this attribute to your <html> tag:

xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml"

so in the end your <html> tag will look like this:

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">

2. Add this code right after the <body> tag:

<div id="fb-root"></div>
<script>
  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {
    FB.init({
      appId  : 'YOUR APP ID',
      status : true, // check login status
      cookie : true, // enable cookies to allow the server to access the session
      xfbml  : true  // parse XFBML
    });
  };
  (function() {
    var e = document.createElement('script');
    e.src = document.location.protocol + '//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js';
    e.async = true;
    document.getElementById('fb-root').appendChild(e);
  }());
</script>

Change 'YOUR APP ID' with your application ID number, not the API like was before in the old version.


3. Go here and set all the attributes you want in the demo, then click on 'Get Code' and copy the XFBML version from the popup window.
Remember to add http:// at the beginning of your url.


4. Drop your <fb:like href="http://yourdomainname.com/your-page-name"></fb:like> tag where you want in your page.  (but it must to be somewhere after (below it, not need to be right after) the code in step#2, and not before it)

 

NOTE 1: to use in a blogger blog, the above code should look like:

<fb:like expr:href='data:post.url' ></fb:like>

This allows you to have individual likes for each post.

 

NOTE 2: If you prefer that your button says "Recommend" instead of "Like", use this code instead (adapted for blogger):

<fb:like action="recommend" expr:href='data:post.url' ></fb:like>


5. Set the Open Graph protocol meta-tags:
you need to add some new facebook meta-data tags called Open Graph
From this page:

To customize how your site shows up when users share your page with the Like button, you can add meta data to your web pages:
• og:title - The title of your page; if not specified, the title element will be used.
• og:site_name - The name of your web site, e.g., "CNN" or "IMDb".
• og:image - The URL of the best picture for this page. The image must be at least 50px by 50px and have a maximum aspect ratio of 3:1.
For example if you are creating a page about the movie 'The Rock' you would include this meta data:
<meta property="og:title" content="The Rock"/>
<meta property="og:site_name" content="IMDb"/>
<meta property="og:image" content="http://ia.media-imdb.com/rock.jpg"/>

6. Your page must have a document type tag at the most beginning of it (above <html>) if you do not have one:
For HTML add this:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

For XHTML add this:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

Or just this:

<!DOCTYPE html>

DONE!

 

Technique 2

If you are interested in having the Facebook comments box and the like button (with the option to add a comment to the liked item), use instead the following tutorial (copied from Full: Comments-box + Like-button + Language). You'll get something like this:

image

 

First, set up a new application:
1. Go to: http://www.facebook.com/developers
2. Click on the + Set Up New Application button (at the top right of the page)
3. Type your Application Name (example: Mysite-Name Comments) > select Agree > click on Create Application
4. Go to the Connect tab (on the left tabs-list)
5. Enter your site url with an ending slash in Connect URL and click on Save Changes (for example: http://mysitedomainname.com/)
6. You will see your Application ID number (below your app API & Secret)
7. It will take between 2 to 20 minutes until it will be ready to use with.

If you update from the old comments-box version so:
1. Remove:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php"></script>

2. Remove:

<script type="text/javascript">
    FB.init("123456789000000000","/xd_receiver.htm");
</script>

3. Then you just stay with your <fb:comments> tag, and the xmlns:fb=http://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml.


4. Follow the steps for the new version below!

 

The new version setup steps:
1. Add this attribute to your <html> tag:

xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml"

so in the end your <html> tag will look like this:

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:fb="http://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">

2. Add this code right after the <body> tag:

<div id="fb-root"></div>
<script>
  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {
    FB.init({
      appId  : 'YOUR APP ID',
      status : true, // check login status
      cookie : true, // enable cookies to allow the server to access the session
      xfbml  : true  // parse XFBML
    });
  };
  (function() {
    var e = document.createElement('script');
    e.src = document.location.protocol + '//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js';
    e.async = true;
    document.getElementById('fb-root').appendChild(e);
  }());
</script>

Change 'YOUR APP ID' with your application ID number, not the API like was before in the old version.


3. Drop your <fb:comments xid="xxxx" url="http://yourdomainname.com/your-page-name"></fb:comments> tag where you want in your page.
(but it must to be somewhere after (below it, not need to be right after) the code in step#2, and not before it)

 

NOTE: to use in a blogger blog, the above code should look like:

<fb:comments xid="xxxx"  expr:url='data:post.url' ></fb:comments>


4. THE ATTRIBUTES
Go here and check all the attributes you can use.
XID: You better use the xid attribute:
1. Otherwise if you will make a change to your page url,
then all the comments that where on that page will be gone.
2. This is the only way you can add 2+ coments-boxes on the same page for individual items.
3. This is the only way you can show the same comments-box on 2+ different pages.
Because of all these reasons it's kind of making the XID as a "must" attribute, so go and add it!


URL: You better use the url attribute, otherwise visitors who will click on the link from the post on the facebook live stream, they may be redirected to the wrong page. Let's say if you got a website with 2 pages "home" and "news", then you present the latest news article from the 'news' page on your 'home' page, and you let visitors to comment about that article from the 'home' page too, then if you didn't use the right url with the url attribute, your visitors will be directed to the 'home' page and not to the specific news article page they friend commented on. And just the same thing will happen if a visitor click on the Like button that come with the comments-box. So this attribute helps to set correct the comments-box & the Like button that comes with it.


TITLE: use the title attribute so - when a visitor post a comment and that comment will show up on the visitor facebook profile page, then It will present that the comment posted in the page/article with that title you specified in the attribute.

Set or remove the Like botton:
(that comes with the comments-box above it)

Set the Like button - Open Graph protocol meta-tags:
For making the Like button to present your site content (the one that the visitor liked),
you will need to add some new facebook meta-tags called Open Graph
From this page:

To customize how your site shows up when users share your page with the Like button, you can add meta data to your web pages:
• og:title - The title of your page; if not specified, the title element will be used.
• og:site_name - The name of your web site, e.g., "CNN" or "IMDb".
• og:image - The URL of the best picture for this page. The image must be at least 50px by 50px and have a maximum aspect ratio of 3:1.
For example if you are creating a page about the movie 'The Rock' you would include this meta data:
<meta property="og:title" content="The Rock"/>
<meta property="og:site_name" content="IMDb"/>
<meta property="og:image" content="http://ia.media-imdb.com/rock.jpg"/>

Remove (Hide):
To hide the Like botton, you will need to add 2 attributes and create a CSS file.
1. simple="1"
2. css="http://yoursitedomainname.com/fb_comments.css"

<fb:comments xid="xxxx" url="http://yourdomainname.com/your-page-name" simple="1" css="http://yoursitedomainname.com/fb_comments.css"></fb:comments>

in the css file add this style code:

div.like {display:none;}

(You can learn more about these and other attributes here)

Saturday, May 8, 2010

NOKIA C3

NOKIA C3 REVIEW AND SPECIFICATIONS
NOKIA C3
NOKIA C3 REVIEW
Nokia C3 is a BlackBerry-style messaging device aimed at social networkers, which despite the expensive looks is set to retail at just €90 before tax and subsidy when it hits the streets sometime this quarter.

Designed to put messaging and social networking in the palm of your hand this tiny tyke comes packing access to your favourite Instant Messaging, social networking and email accounts, all courtesy of Nokia Messaging. Read on after the jump to find out what else is in store.

With Nokia Messaging comes one click access to Ovi Mail (for easy email account creation right on the device) and Ovi Chat (for keeping in touch with your friends). The Nokia C3 also boasts conversational SMS chat, so you can keep on top of your text dialogue and you’ll find your favourite contacts right there on the homescreen, where you’ll also see news and alerts.

Not content with just being a social butterfly the C3 also boasts Wi-Fi connectivity, a two-megapixel camera, 2.4-inch screen and support for up to 8GB of storage on a microSD card.

The C3 will be available in the second quarter of 2010 in a medley of colours including golden white, slate grey and not forgetting hot pink and is expected to retail at about €90 before taxes and subsidies.

SPECIFICATION
General
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Announced 2010, April
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2010, Q2

Size
Dimensions 115.5 x 58.1 x 13.6 mm, 63.2 cc
Weight 114 g

Display
Type TFT, 256K colors
Size 320 x 240 pixels, 2.4 inches
- Full QWERTY keyboard
Sound Alert types Vibration, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
- 3.5 mm audio jack

Memory
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Detailed, max 30 days
Internal 55 MB
Card slot microSD, up to 16GB

Data
GPRS Class 32
EDGE Class 32
3G No
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB

Camera
Primary 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels
Video Yes, QCIF@15fps
Secondary No

Features
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (Opera Mini)
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Downloadable
Colors Slate Grey, Golden White, Hot Pink
GPS No
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- Social network integration
- MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
- MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player
- Flash Lite v3.0
- Voice command/dial
- Organizer
- T9

Battery
Standard battery, Li-Ion 1320 mAh (BL-5J)
Stand-by Up to 792 h
Talk time Up to 7 h

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Programming Language Popularity Index

Programming computer screenBellow are 3 ranks of popular programming languages. It's build with the "Language Popularity Index" tool, which is "a fully automatic, transparent, open-source and free tool to measure the popularity of programming languages on the Internet".

Surprise, surprise, the C programming language is again on the top (see the post "C programming language back at number 1 position!"). And Ada shows up on the 10th position for general-purpose and compiled languages! Wow.

Image from OpenPhoto

 

Language category:  general-purpose and compiled

Rank Name Share
1 C 25.780%
2 Java 25.409%
3 C++ 13.739%
4 Basic 10.416%
5 C# 9.613%
6 Delphi 2.925%
7 Pascal 1.601%
8 Objective-C 1.500%
9 Go 1.464%
10 Ada 1.090%

 

Language category: script

Rank Name Share
1 PHP 31.919%
2 Python 16.200%
3 Perl 10.997%
4 Ruby 7.418%
5 JavaScript 6.946%
6 R 3.279%
7 Lisp/Scheme 2.439%
8 MATLAB 2.415%
9 Lua 2.332%
10 Logo 1.646%

       

Language category: other 

Rank Name Share
1 PL/SQL 26.769%
2 SAS 16.629%
3 ABAP 14.428%
4 COBOL 11.023%
5 Prolog 7.802%
6 Focus 5.110%
7 RPG (OS/400) 4.519%
8 LabView 3.750%
9 VHDL 2.777%
10 MUMPS 2.618%

  

Source and details: http://lang-index.sourceforge.net

Monday, May 3, 2010

Keep your Blogger blog safe!

image This post contains some guidelines to improve the security level of your Blogger blog and some tips to recover control

Two reasons may have driven you to this page:

  1. you are in trouble and I hope you can find some help here;
  2. you came by chance and you had better check the following tips.

Believe me, security problems are real even if they haven't yet hit you. Here are some tips and guidelines you should follow.

 

  1. Never give your username and password to other people. If you need someone to perform some administrative task for you, instead of giving the user name and password, add that person to the list of your blog administrators. If you what you need is just someone to post posts in your blog, give them only 

    Go to Permissions:
    image

    And invite authors. After the invitation has been accepted, they can become administrators (click "grant... admin privileges"). And you can also remove an existing user or downgrade an admin to a author:
    image
     
  2. Never give your username and password to other sites. Suppose you discover a site that says for example

    "Invite your friends to your network. Just enter your username and password so we can scan your email list. Your account details will not be stored."

    Never do this. This a great approach for other people to gain access to your account. Actually, never enter your account credentials in your site other than the one where you are supposed to perform the login (e.g.Gmail or Blogger).
     
  3. Never grant access from other sites to your Google account. For example, Facebook can ask you access to your Google account to invite friends. It won't ask you the username and password. Instead, you will be redirected to the Google sign in page where you can grant access to Facebook. This is safer than giving the username and password to Facebook (see previous topic) but even thou, any security breach on Facebook can be exploited to access your Google account.
     
  4. Check which sites currently have access to your Google account and seriously consider to remove all sites with granted access. You can see which sites currently have access to your Google account with the following steps:

    - go to you Google account settings:
    image

    You can go directly there with this link: https://www.google.com/accounts/ManageAccount

    - click "Change authorized websites"
    image

    - Click "Revoke Access"
    image 
     
  5. Don't use the same username and password in all websites. Imagine that you are trying a new service and it asks you to register. Suppose that you use your usual username (a Google email) and password. If that site is a malicious one, then it can try to sign in to your Google account with the given credentials and, voilá!, they are in. You would be surprised with the number of persons that always use the same username and password everywhere.

    Now you might be thinking about the madness of too many usernames and passwords. So you can define a strategy as follows:

    - have a username and password that you only use for very important things and that you only uses in one place (your Google account, for example);

    - in websites that requires you to register with your email and a password, never use the email's password in that site;

    - even if you always use the same username every where, have 3 different passwords: one for your email, another for  safe places (consider variations here to no be exactly the same password) and a password for all the other places that you don't care if you loose control there.
     
  6. When choosing your password never use correct words. Add some numbers and/or other characters. Example: instead of luisiana use, for example, 1ui5iana<. Remember that it's easy for a hacker to use a dictionary and a software tool to try different password combinations.
     
  7. In your Google blog, have multiple users with admin privileges. These users can be all different emails that belong to you. This way, if you loose the control  of one email, you can use the other users to restore your control.
     
  8. Fill all the data at https://www.google.com/accounts/UpdateAccountRecoveryOptions. Here you can enter several emails and mobile phone number where you can receive a recover link (in the email) or a SMS with a password-reset code (in your mobile). Also, write your own question/answer pair.
     
  9. When you create your Google email, Google sends you an congratulations email which also contains a Verification code. This is a very important email because it's the only thing that allows your to recover your account control if all other things fail. Print it and save the email in different locations.
     
  10. Be very careful with the widgets that you add to your template, particularly  if they aren't supported by Google. I'm sure you don't want some malicious JavaScript sneaking around your blog.
     
  11. Perform backups of your blog from time to time. Click "Export blog" and follow the instructions:

    image 

    With these backups, later on you can import the blog to the same blog or into a new blog
     
  12. Finally, if you really value your blog and you invest lots of work on it, be sure to use a custom domain for it. Therefore, if you totally loose the control of the blog, you still can move to another platform without loosing the Google Rank.

    To setup a custom domain, do the following:
    - Click at "Custom Domain"
    image 

    - If you don't have a domain already, you can buy it at Google and let it do all the settings for you:

    image 

    Otherwise, click at "Advanced Settings":
    image
    and don't forget to perform the correct settings at your domain provider (see instructions here).
     
  13. Security works better avoiding potential problems, so be sure to follow these guidelines before they arrive. When they do, however, use the links that Google to recover the control of your account.

How to regain control of the blog

So, even with all the precautions, you lost control of your blog. Try these approaches:

  • Start with tip 13.
     
  • If you weren't successful or if your blog is still being attacked, then try this:
    - perform a blog backup (see tip 11) or use the latest backup you have;
    - create a new blog with a new user (that is, create a new Gmail account to be used in this blog);
    - import the blog into this new blog (see tip 11);
    - change the custom domain (see tip 12)  to point to this new blog. If you don't have a custom domain, you have to skip this step and, therefore, you will loose some page rank. This isn't dramatic. What ever made your blog's success will make them return again.

If you have other tips to suggest, just leave a comment. I will be glad to update this post and give you the credits for it :-)

 

Update: 2010-05-10

While checking for security problems, you should also have a look at your post by mail mail settings:

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Be sure that the email posting address was inserted by you. And if you are posting by email, be sure that no one else knows the secret email for posting. Otherwise, new posts can appear on your blog without your consent.

Saturday, May 1, 2010

NOKIA X2 REVIEW|SPECIFICATIONS

REVIEW AND SPECIFICATION OF NOKIA X2
NOKIA X2
NOKIA X2 REVIEW
Nokia’s X series –the X3 and X6 and surely what we can expect upcoming X series handsets that seemingly in time with unofficial Nokia X2. In a report by NokiaPort “the Indonesian equivalent of the FCC has approved the Nokia X2, confirming its existence.” Details like quad-band GSM connectivity and Bluetooth also span on the post. Looking closely at the naming convention, X2 suggest low-end handset and obviously cheap favoring the masses.The official announcement from Nokia to show off X2 is still missing for now, but talking about another X-series handset come the interesting mock-up for Nokia X9, which seems quite believable. If this concept will run true, it will be based on X6 and should come with an AMOLED touchscreen display, 12MP camera with HD video recording, HDMI port, and dedicated Facebook and Twitter keys.

SPECIFICATIONS
General
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Announced 2010, April
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2010, June

Size
Dimensions 111 x 47 x 13.3 mm, 61 cc
Weight 81 g

Display
Type TFT, 256K colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.2 inches
Sound Alert types Vibration, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone Yes, with stereo speakers
- 3.5 mm audio jack
- Dedicated music keys

Memory
Phonebook 1000 entries, Photocall
Call records Yes
Internal 48 MB
Card slot microSD, up to 16GB

Data
GPRS Class 32
EDGE Class 32
3G No
WLAN No
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB

Camera
Primary 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels, LED flash
Video Yes
Secondary No

Features
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (Opera Mini)
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS; built-in antenna
Games Bounce Tales, City Bloxx, Snake III, Block'd, Diamond Rush, Rally 3D, Brain Champion, Sudoku
Colors Red on Black, Blue on SIlver
GPS No
Java Yes, MIDP 2.1
- MP4/H.263 player
- MP3/WMA/eAAC+ player
- Organizer
- Photo editor
- Voice memo
- T9

Battery
Standard battery, Li-Ion 860 mAh (BL-4C)
Stand-by Up to 624 h
Talk time Up to 13 h 30 min
Music play Up to 27 h

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