#Alivecor #iPhoneECG See your heart rate http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
Checking your heart rate with iPhone is possible now with iPhoneECG, an iPhone case from Alivecor. iPhoneECG will debut in CES 2011 in Las Vegas.
Alivecor via engadget
#Geimini, #Android #Trojan http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
A Trojan called "Geinimi" has been discovered in the wild affecting Android devices according to mobile security company Lookout. The Trojan collects a lot of information from the device such as personal information, installed apps and other information to remote servers and exhibits botnet-like behavior (capable of being controlled by super droid somewhere), the security company report says.
Geinimi has been recognized as being originated in China, and is being distributed inside applications and games downloadable in third-party Chinese Android app stores. The Geimini trojan has successfully grafted in to legitimate apps, mostly games. Once the application is launched on the user's smartphone, the trojan collects location data, as well as the device's IMEI and IMSI numbers, and a list of all the apps the user has installed on his device. It then attempts to contact a remote server every five minutes, using one of ten embedded domain names. A subset of the domain names includes www.widifu.com, www.udaore.com, www.frijd.com, www.islpast.com and www.piajesj.com. If it connects, Geinimi transmits collected device information to the remote server.
Monkey Jump 2, Sex Positions, President vs. Aliens, City Defense and Baseball Superstars 2010 on Chinese App Markets seems to be infected while the same originals apps on the Google Android Marked are not infected.
Lookout has posted following guidelines, to keep your phone safe;
#Verizon #iPhone, http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
Might not be the death ringer but losing $6 Billion (Analyst prediction) or 10% of income is a big issue for AT&T. It had enough time but AT&T spent it's time scratching something than fixing the connectivity and network issues.I have not been happy with AT&T service at all for my iPhone(s), which we pay a hefty sum, each month. One reason that we switched from Sprint to AT&T was because we wanted iPhone experience.
The dissatisfaction with AT&T is not a remote issue, there are many people who are unhappy with AT&T, according to a recent Consumer Reports survey, 58,000 ranked AT&T to be the worst wireless carrier. I for one will go to Verizon, if I am to stay with iPhone. AT&T even hiked the early termination fee (more like an early termination scheme,) to $325 from $175, perhaps hoping to curb the flow. Well, I will still be leaving AT&T. AT&T still fail to see that people value, a good service and are willing to pay for it.
I am also wondering if Apple will add an "G" to the Verizon iPhone, making it iPhone 4G! That will throw all the analysts numbers regarding AT&T's loss out of the window, that the industry is now predicting. It will be fun to watch how Verizon will advertise "Girly iPhones".
There is a good article on Businessweek, if you are interested in the Verizon iPhone and it's effects on AT&T.
• Make Skype to Skype video calls on WiFi and 3GThe real problem seem to be the bandwidth consumption. According to Washington Post's Pegoraro who tested the app on an iPhone 4, the app consumes about 3.2 MB a minute. This will eat up you 200MB (AT&T entry level data plan cap) in about an hour. The video quality seem to be at question too. So before jumping into video calling and showing you and your surroundings to your friends, take all these fact in to consideration.
• Call Skype desktop users (Mac OS X or Windows, video phones like Asus) and other iPhone users.
• Two-way video calls supported on iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch 4th gen.
• Receive only video supported on iPad and iPod touch 3rd gen, with no camera.
• Make video calls in portrait and landscape.
• Skype video calling requires iOS 4.0 or above.
#BlackBerry Tear Down Video Shows Rare Earth Metals! http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
Kidela, with it's connections to rare earth mining company Stans Energy Corp., produced a video goes inside a Blackberry to show where the rare earth metals are used. I bet you did not know that Europium that makes the color red in the LCD screen while Terbium makes green and also responsible for the backlighting or that Yttrium is used in the camera, unless of course you are a chemical geek.
Now I look at my BlackBerry in a different war, my rare metal baby which plays heavy metal at times.
Kidela via Crackberry
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| Ojo Vision Video Phone From VOX |
"Based on the growing consumer and business demand – bringing the Ojo Vision to our customers this year was very important to us. We are very excited to become one of the first companies to be able to offer this incredible product to both our retail and wholesale customer base. We have seen many video products over the years, and until now, none came up to our rigorous testing standards of quality – it surpassed even our high expectations of what a video phone product should be. The user experience from the minute the phone is unboxed is painless and the device brings immediate satisfaction to the consumer from the moment it is powered on." said Chief Information Officer of Pervasip, which owns VOX, Mark RichardsPress Release;
WHITE PLAINS, NY – December 29, 2010 –, Pervasip Corp. announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, VoX Communications Corp., a leading provider of wholesale Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone services and smartphone applications, has today launched the Ojo Vision Digital Video Phone and service as one of its core product offerings. VoX is one of the first companies to offer this unique voice and video solution as a home phone replacement to consumers and as a business-class commercial solution to small and medium size business customers.
Pervasip's Chief Information Officer, Mark Richards, noted, "Based on the growing consumer and business demand – bringing the Ojo Vision to our customers this year was very important to us. We are very excited to become one of the first companies to be able to offer this incredible product to both our retail and wholesale customer base. We have seen many video products over the years, and until now, none came up to our rigorous testing standards of quality – it surpassed even our high expectations of what a video phone product should be. The user experience from the minute the phone is unboxed is painless and the device brings immediate satisfaction to the consumer from the moment it is powered on."
In addition to the true-to-life video calling experience, each plan includes a full suite of traditional calling features like caller ID, call waiting and 3-way calling. Innovative features like 3-way video conferencing, connecting to a large screen LCD or TV and unlimited video calling are also included.
Ojo Vision Digital Video Phone features include:
VoX Digital Video Calling Plans starting from $9.95/month including:
- High Quality Video over a seven-inch, high-resolution LCD digital screen
- Simple plug-and-play installation
- Works as a digital photo frame
- Display to external TV or PC Monitor for enhanced calling experience
- Enhanced contact list with snapshot pictures
For more information or to order the video phone visit: http://www.voxcorp.net/videophone/
- Ojo Vision Digital Video Phone for $249.95 with no service contract
- Unlimited voice calling in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico
- Unlimited FREE voice and video calling to other VoX customers
- Low rate international calling
Regrettably, as a result of the confluence of events – server overload, a bug in Skype for Windows clients (version 5.0.0.152), and the decline in available supernodes – Skype’s functionality became unavailable to many of our users for approximately 24 hours.For it's credit, Skype describes how it recovered from the failure and how Mega-Supernodes launched to recover from supernode failure helped. But now that we know Skype can do manage to run Mega-Supernodes, hope it will keep them running all over the world and save users and their networks from overloading. Otherwise people will keep on Uninstalling Skype and finding other methods to communicate.
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| Clear iSpot For 4G On iPhone |
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| YP-GB1 Samsung Galaxy Player |
Texting While Driving, It Certainly Can Wait http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
Usually I do not have much good things to say about AT&T. But the following video, promoting not to text while driving, part of a campaign launched by AT&T makes a difference.
People "it can wait" "do not text while driving:, do not kill yourself and do not kill others. Even for regular texting, get an app like StartTalking for Android which allows sending texts and receiving texts without touching the phone.
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Happy Holidays to everyone. We all are off to our homes where our parents are. See you after holidays. Merry Xmas and Happy New Year. (Some of us will be back before the New Year :)
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| LG Optimus 2X |
LG Optimus 2X with Tegra 2 Offers Top Multimedia Features for a Better User Experience
SEOUL, Dec. 16, 2010 -- LG Electronics (LG) today unveiled the LG Optimus 2X, the world's first smartphone with a dual-core processor. Along with more powerful multimedia features, the LG Optimus 2X's high-performance Tegra 2 processor makes for faster, smoother web browsing and applications and lets users multitask with virtually no screen lag.
"Dual-core technology is the next leap forward in mobile technology so this is no small achievement to be the first to offer a smartphone utilizing this technology," said Dr. Jong-seok Park, CEO and President of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. "With unique features such as HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) mirroring and exceptional graphics performance, the LG Optimus 2X is proof of LG's commitment to high-end smartphones in 2011."
Developed by graphics processor powerhouse NVIDIA?, the dual-core Tegra 2 system-on-a-chip found in the LG Optimus 2X runs at a clock speed of 1GHz and boasts low power consumption and high performance for playing video and audio. Users will experience faster web browsing and smoother gameplay compared with single-core processors running at the same speed as well as instantaneous touch response and seamless multitasking between applications.
The LG Optimus 2X offers 1080p HD video playback and recording with HDMI mirroring that expands content on external displays to full HD quality. The LG Optimus 2X can connect wirelessly to any DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) compatible digital device such as HD TVs for a console-like gaming experience taking full advantage of the phone's HDMI mirroring, accelerometer and gyro sensor. The smartphone also includes both rear- and front-facing cameras, microSD memory expandability, Micro-USB port and a hefty 1500mAh battery.
The LG Optimus 2X will be available in Korea next month with countries in Europe and Asia to follow. The phone will initially be released with Android 2.2 (Froyo) and will be upgradeable to Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). The upgrade schedule will be announced in local markets in due course.
Key specifications:
- 1Ghz Dual-core Processor (NVIDIA Tegra 2)
- 4-inch WVGA screen
- 8GB memory (up to 32GB via microSD)
- 1,500 mAh battery
- 8 megapixel rear camera and 1.3 megapixel front camera
- HDMI mirroring
- 1080p MPEG-4/H.264 playback and recording
Mobile Maps NG, Is Here Today. http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
Google Mobile maps have been so useful that it feels as if it has been there for ages. But it is only five years old and have saved me from having to use GPS, making my life easier by helping to learn about my localities better. When Click2call was introduced it took away the need of having to flip through the likes of yellow or white books for day to day tasks like finding a new pizza parlor and placing an order.
But we all did that on a north up bound flat map, which misbehaved when the connection to internet was lost.
Well you can be happy now. The maps are not flat anymore also they are not fixed on north up mode anymore either. It is a great relief for me as now I can get my maps to show where the true right and left is! :). You can use compass mode to get yourself oriented.
Best of all is that it will continue to work, even if you lose the Internet connection. Great for those Xmas travels.
Google Mobile Maps 5.0 changes what you are used to with mobile mapping,
The new 3D assisted by vector graphics to draw the maps dynamically on your screen brings in a pleanty of new capabilities;
#Email #Privacy Protected by Fourth Amendment! http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Email Privacy Protected by Fourth Amendment! in the criminal appeal of U.S. v. Warshak case.
The court has ruled, the government must have a search warrant before it can secretly seize and search emails stored by email service providers sighting that email users have the same reasonable expectation of privacy in their email as they do in their phone calls and postal mail.
Given the fundamental similarities between email and traditional forms of communication [like postal mail and telephone calls], it would defy common sense to afford emails lesser Fourth Amendment protection.... It follows that email requires strong protection under the Fourth Amendment; otherwise the Fourth Amendment would prove an ineffective guardian of private communication, an essential purpose it has long been recognized to serve.... [T]he police may not storm the post office and intercept a letter, and they are likewise forbidden from using the phone system to make a clandestine recording of a telephone call--unless they get a warrant, that is. It only stands to reason that, if government agents compel an ISP to surrender the contents of a subscriber's emails, those agents have thereby conducted a Fourth Amendment search, which necessitates compliance with the warrant requirement....
Since I am no lawyer and as this is a sensitive matter please follow the link below, which is to EFF, which has published a very descriptive post with links to many documents that is relevant to the case.
EFF Breaking News.
#Comcast Greed http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
Ever wonder how Comcast's connections to the Internet looks like? Now you do not have to wonder because a person has stumbled on to some graphs of connection to one of Comcast's Internet providers. TATA.
Yes according to the graphs, yes it is congested and ...
Yes you can read the whole report and intelligent comments at Slashdot! I am too tired already of this malpractice. Will it is looking like I will be with AT&T for a while.
Slashdot
#Comcast wants #GoogleTVs and #AppleTVs and #Roku Off The Living Room http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
Comcast is testing a set top box, that does a smattering of Internet Videos in addition to traditional streams of cable TV. It does offer Internet videos and some social networks but not web browsing.
Comcast customers in Augusta, Georgia are searching though both the mediums and watching TV using the new experimental set-top box and service codenamed "Spectrum" and "Xcalibur,".
"We are testing many technological approaches to understand how best to meet consumer interests, and this small trial is one of those experiments," a Comcast spokeswoman told WSJ in an emailed statement.As a customer planing to use Comcast Triple Play, I am happy to have the capability to watch internet content (am I?) while on the couch or bedroom, I doubt, Comcast to give me all the internet Videos to me on a platter. It is not in their best interest.
