iPod Touch On On and ON............

Now everything’s in play with iPod touch

Game ON
Rock ON
Watch ON

Games designed for iPod touch technology are just a tap away. Browse hundreds of games from the App Store right on your iPod touch, download what you want, and you’re ready to play.

Music

Flip through your library by album artwork. Create Genius Playlists on the go. And add to your collection by shopping the iTunes Store from anyWi-Fi hotspot.

Movies + TV Shows

Movies and TV shows pop off the 3.5-inch widescreen display. Choose from thousands at the iTunes Store and take them with you everywhere.

Internet

Browse the web with Wi-Fi. Get rich HTML email, including attachments. Get directions and live traffic reports. Feed your YouTube addiction.

High Technology

Its advanced technologies enable iPod touch to respond to both touch and movement. It also finds wireless networks and connects you to the Internet.

iPod Touch

The iPod Touch is a portable media player, personal digital assistant, and Wi-Fi mobile platform designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The product was launched on September 5, 2007 at an event called The Beat Goes On. The iPod Touch adds the multi-touch graphical user interface to the iPod line and is available with 8, 16, or 32 GB of flash memory. It includes Apple's Safari web browser and is the first iPod with wireless access to the iTunes Store. It also has access to Apple's App Store. The second generation iPod Touch, featuring external volume controls, a built-in speaker, a contoured back, built-in Nike+, and Bluetooth support, was unveiled on September 9, 2008 at the Let's Rock keynote presentation.

Manufacturer	Apple Inc.
Type	Portable media player / Digital audio player
Retail availability	1st generation: September 13, 2007 - September 9, 2008 2nd generation: September 9, 2008 - present
Media	Flash memory (8, 16, or 32 GB)
Operating system	iPhone OS 1st generation: 1.1 originally, 3.0 with Software Update 2nd generation: 3.0
Power	Lithium-ion battery 1st generation: Audio - 22 hours, Video - 5 hours 2nd generation: Audio - 36 hours, Video - 6 hours
CPU	1st generation: ARM11 620 MHz (clocked down to 400 MHz, then 412 MHz) 2nd generation: ARM11 620 MHz (clocked down to 533MHz), with internal ARM7 core for Jazelle acceleration
Memory	128 MB DRAM
Graphics	PowerVR MBX Lite
Display	480 x 320 3.5" color LCD 3:2 aspect ratio, 163 pixels per inch (ppi)
Dimensions	1st generation: 110×61.8×8 mm (4.3×2.4×0.31 in) 2nd generation: 110×61.8×8.5 mm (4.3×2.4×0.33 in)
Weight	1st generation: 120 grams (4.2 ounces) 2nd generation: 115 grams (4.05 ounces)
Input	Multi-touch Touch Screen
Connectivity	USB 2.0 Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Bluetooth 1st generation: unavailable 2nd generation: Bluetooth 2.1+EDR; requires iPod Touch OS 3.0 Update

iPod Classic

Apple's sixth generation iPod. It is called "iPod classic." The flagship iPod is also sporting an all-new interface, headlined by Cover Flow. The iPod comes in 80GB and 160GB capacities, with 30 hours of battery for audio playback, 6 hours of video on the 80GB version, and 40 hours / 7 hours for the 160GB unit. In addition to the new interface, the iPod classic is getting a new all-metal shell

iPods with color displays use anti-aliased graphics and text, with sliding animations. All iPods have five buttons and the later generations (4th and above) have the buttons integrated into the click wheel — a design which gives an uncluttered, minimalist interface.

iPod Classic 6th generation

Manufacturer	Apple Inc.
Type	Portable media player / Digital audio player
Retail availability	October 23, 2001 – present
Media	Hard Drive From 5-160 GB (Currently 120 GB)
Operating system	1.5 (1G, 2G) 2.3 (3G) 3.1.1 (4G) 1.2.1 (4G Color) 1.3 (5G) 1.1.2 (6G) 2.0.1 (6.5G)
Power	lithium polymer batter lithium ion battery
Display	160×128 2-inch monochrome LCD (1G, 2G, 3G, 4G) 220×176 2-inch color LCD (4G Color) 320×240 2.5-inch color LCD (5G, 6G)
Input	Click wheel (4G, 5G, 6G) Scroll wheel (1G) Touch wheel (2G, 3G)
Connectivity	USB 2.0 (3G, 4G, 5G, 6G)
FireWire	(1G, 2G, 3G, 4G)

[Capacity]
iPod classic gives you 120GB of storage capacity, good for up to 30,000 songs, 150 hours of video, 25,000 photos, or any combination. And you get up to 36 hours of battery life, so you can keep on rocking for a long, long time.

[Leave no tune behind]

With 120GB of space, iPod classic means you can always have your entire music and movie library with you. Carry it from the living room to a party in the backyard. Or take it on a cross-country road trip and never listen to the same song twice.

[Watch movies and TV shows]

The vivid 2.5-inch display makes video come alive. Purchase or rent movies, buy TV shows, and download video podcasts from the iTunes Store, then sync them to your iPod classic to watch anywhere, anytime.

[Share your photos]

iPod classic uses iTunes to sync the photos you have in iPhoto on a Mac or Adobe Photoshop Elements and Adobe Photoshop Album on a PC. View photo slideshows complete with music and transitions on iPod classic, or play them on a TV using an optional Apple component or composite AV cable.

What is iPod

[What is iPod?]
The iPod is a combination portable digital media player and hard drive from Apple Inc. and launched on October 23, 2001.

[Size]
The original version was about the size of a deck of playing cards, with a monochrome screen and a 5 gigabyte capacity. iPod's can be now be purchased with up to 160 GB of hard drive capacity and color screens capable of playing television shows, videos or movies uploaded from a PC.

[Connectivity]
An iPod can be connected to a computer with either a FireWire or USB port, with many of the latest versions depending upon USB 2.0. iPods have a reputation for being user-friendly. Users navigate with what Apple calls a "touch wheel," a centrally-placed circular disk designed for one-hand operation.

[Applications]
Popular iPod features include a calendar, address book, to-do list, alarm clock with sleep timer, games and text reader.

[Peripheral]
A large variety of peripherals exist for the iPod beyond its iconic white ear buds, including modules that allow songs to be broadcast on radio frequencies, docks for digital cameras, digital voice recorders and docking stations that are integrated with stereo systems, powered speakers or even automobile entertainment systems.

[Magnificent]
While the iPod was originally platform dependent, after July 2004 iPods (and Apple's iTunes software, included with each unit) worked on either Windows or Mac. iTunes makes it possible to load an entire CD onto an iPod in as little as ten seconds, organize thousands of songs into favorite playlists, purchase songs, albums, videos and movies from the online store and subscribe to podcast.

[Varieties]
The product line-up includes the hard drive-based iPod Classic, the touchscreen iPod Touch, the video-capable iPhone Nano, and the compact iPod Shuffle

[History]
Former iPod models include their Pod Mini and the spin-off iPod Photo (since reintegrated into the main iPod Classic line). iPod Classic models store media on an internal hard drive, while all other models use flash memory to enable their smaller size (the discontinued Mini used a Microdrive miniature hard drive). As with many other digital music players, iPods can also serve as external data storage devices. Storage capacity varies by model.

Use Ur iPhone to Track ur Happiness

A new app is actually some psychology research being performed by Matt Killingsworth at Harvard, and it's designed to tackle one of nature's most ephemeral and yet fascinating questions:

What is it that makes people happy?

It's a "new scientific research project that aims to use modern technology to help answer this age-old question. Using this site in conjunction with your iPhone, you can systematically track your happiness and find out what factors--for you personally--are associated with greater happiness."

"Essentially you sign up for the program, and then give the software a slew of personal information to give the researches some meaty data to think about later-- like how satisfied with your life you are, how much money you make, whether you're married, how liberal your political leanings are. Then, at repeated periods throughout the day you'll be pinged by your iPhone either by email or by SMS, and prompted to answer a short one-minute survey.

... After 50 successful survey answers you'll get a Happiness Report from the system, which will apparently help you work out the factors that contribute most to your levels of happiness. Or, I suppose, there's the flipside conclusion: You can learn what things make you most unhappy. "

having the iPhone as the chief input device will bias the survey? I understand it's a Web-connected gizmo you tend to have nearby at all times, making it ideal for the time-related part of the study...but Apple users tend to report high levels of satisfaction with their products, and using the iPhone is a constant reminder of how cool it is. That's going to skew things a bit.

Mobile Phone Towers Could Help Predict Flash Flooding

Researchers from Tel Aviv University say that they can use mobile phone towers to predict the intensity of weather derived flooding, before it arrives. They said that such a technique could have acted as an early-warning for New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hit the US city.

Their model, protected by a patent application which analyses cell phone signals, adds an essential and critical component to weather forecasting, never before available.

"By monitoring the specific and fluctuating atmospheric moisture around cell phone towers throughout America, we can cheaply, effectively, and reliably provide a more accurate 'critical moisture distribution' level for fine-tuning model predictions of big floods," says Prof. Pinhas Alpert, a geophysicist and head of the Porter School for Environmental Education at Tel Aviv University.

Nissan Dials IPhone for Car Remote Control

Nissan has developed a prototype iPhone application that would allow electric car owners to dial into their vehicles and check battery levels.
"Using it, owners will be able to monitor charging of their cars while away from the vehicles. The system could come in handy, for example, when cars are parked at public charging stations and owners want to fully charge the batteries before driving away. In addition to the basic monitoring of battery level, more detailed information can be sent to the phone that includes the time required for a full charge and the approximate cost."

In addition to the basic monitoring of battery level, more detailed information can be sent to the phone that includes the time required for a full charge and the approximate cost.

The information also includes the current temperature inside the car and that ties into a second function of the application: remote control of the car's air conditioning system.

That might sound like a random and perhaps strange function but it's all in the name of energy efficiency.

Google patent could bring ads into your phone

A patent assigned to Google describes how the search giant can monetize its Voice service: play ads while a call is dialing or placed on hold.

"The Patenet application, called "Ringback Advertising," is assigned to Google. In general terms, it describes a system for delivering ads to any sort of phone system, including IP, cellular, or landline phones. The idea is to place software somewhere within the flow of telephony data that can identify when a given call is not active, then request audio ads for delivery during that time. Although this obviously pairs nicely with Google's Voice service, there's no reason it couldn't be rolled out to telcos that choose to partner with the search giant."

The patent identifies three specific times that ads might be appropriate: when a caller is dialing, when the call is suspended via call waiting, and when the call is placed on hold. That last one might be a bit problematic for many companies, which seem to enthusiastically advertise themselves during hold times.

A Cell Phone Stun Gun

The Cell Phone Stun Gun incorporates its unique design to give you a tactical advantage. Personal Alarm and 180,000 volt stungun with case.

Choose from either navy blue or pearl silver and the cell phone stun gun comes with a free genuine leather carrying case.

It also has a safety switch to prevent accidental discharge. Uniquely designed right into a regular cellphone body so there's no question of how it looks. It's authentic! Just don't let anyone make a phone call!"

Police say the device, found last Thursday and acquired from overseas, looked like a cellphone but had a stun gun attached to it.

The phone/stun gun, branded as the Immobiliser, can be bought online for US$51 (NZ$78) but the manufacturer warns that they are illegal in Australia.

The weapons is a 900k-volt stun gun in the shape of mobile.

[Cell Phone Guns]

Cellphones are carried by almost everyone these days. No one will think that yours is actually a non lethal self defense weapon

[When]
Someone is building cell phone guns and distributing them through the criminal underground. These weapons first showed up in Europe in late 2000.

[Mechanism]
The weapon is built around a hollow cell phone case. The mechanism is installed inside the case so that by hitting the correct buttons, the cell phone case comes apart. In the top half you can see four .22 caliber (5.56mm) bullets in short barrels that are concealed by the plastic covering at the top of the cell phone. When you snap the cell phone back together, four of the buttons on the cell phone will release a spring loaded firing pin into the rear of one of the bullets, firing it out the front of the case. It's not very accurate, but from a few feet away, a shot in the head will kill, and a hit anywhere else will be felt.The .22-caliber rounds fit into the top of the phone under the screen. The lower half, under the keyboard, holds the firing pins. The bullets fire through the antenna by pressing the keypad from numbers five to eight.

[Where]
These cell phone guns have not yet been reported in the United States. But the FBI, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the U.S. Customs Service have all been briefed on the new weapons, as have all U.S. ports of entry. No one is sure, but it is thought that the cell phone guns were invented, and are being built, somewhere in the Balkans.

[Risk]
While they look like cell phones, if you hold one in your hand they are noticeably heavier. For criminals, especially professional killers, such weapons would be useful in situations where people are being frisked for weapons when entering a club, or a meeting with other gangsters. The weapons could also be smuggled into jails to aid in prison escapes. Commandos and spies might find this device useful as well. The weapons could also be used to hijack aircraft.

[CAPTURED]
These new covert guns were first discovered in October when Dutch police stumbled on a cache during a drug raid in Amsterdam. In another recent incident a Croatian gun dealer was caught attempting to smuggle a shipment through Slovenia into Western Europe. Police say both shipments are believed to have originated in Yugoslavia. Interpol sent out a warning to law enforcement agencies around the world. European border police and customs officers are at a heightened state of alert at all ports, airports and border crossing.

"If you didn’t know they were guns, you wouldn’t suspect anything," said Ari Zandbergen, spokesman for the Amsterdam police.

"Only when you have one in your hand do you realize that they are heavier," says Birgit Heib of the German Federal Criminal Investigation Agency.

The guns are loaded by twisting the phone in half. Amsterdam police
says they are very sophisticated machines constructed inside gutted
cell phones which do not light up or operate as real phones.
"These are very difficult to make. We believe experts are involved,"
says Zandbergen.

["செல்பேசி" வடிவில் துப்பாக்கி]

'செல்பேசி" வடிவத்திலும் அதன் அளவிலும் புதிய ரக துப்பாக்கிகள் உலகச் சந்தைக்கு வந்துள்ளன.

இந்தவகை துப்பாக்கி ஏற்கனவே தயாரிக்கப்பட்டிருப்பினும், தற்போதே உலக சந்தைகளில் விற்பனைக்கு வந்துள்ளது. இந்த துப்பாக்கி 0.22 மி.மீ வகை துப்பாக்கி ரவைகள் நான்கை கொண்டது. செல்பேசி வடிவில் அமைந்திருக்கும் துப்பாக்கியிலுள்ள தொலைபேசியில் ஒரு இலக்கத்தை அழுத்துவதன் மூலம் வெடித்து பாயும் துப்பாக்கி குண்டு துப்பாக்கியின் முன்பகுதியால் வெளியேறும் தன்மை கொண்டது. இந்த வகை துப்பாக்கிகள் பிரித்தானியாவின் சந்தைகளில் தற்போது விற்பனை செய்யப்பட்டு வருகின்றது.

What You Need

To use iPhone, you need:

• A wireless service plan with a carrier that provides iPhone service in your area. For example, Rogers
  

• A Mac or a PC with a USB 2.0 port and one of the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X version 10.4.11 or later; version 10.5.7 or later is required for syncing Notes and for using iPhone as a modem

  • Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later

  • Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate edition

• Display resolution on your computer set to 1024 x 768 or higher

• iTunes 8.2 or later, available at www.itunes.com/download

• QuickTime 7.6.2 or later (for playing videos recorded by iPhone 3GS on your computer)

• An iTunes Store account (for purchases from the iTunes Store or App Store)

• An Internet connection for your computer (broadband recommended)

iPhone 3G

iPhone 3G is the second generation of iPhone. iPhone is a smartphone made by Apple that combines an iPod, a tablet PC, a digital camera and a cellular phone.

Operating System
iPhone OS 2.0 was released concurrently with the 3G phone. The operating system update includes a number of features designed for business including support for Microsoft Exchange.

Security
Increased mobile security includes secure access to corporate networks over Cisco's IPsec, VPN. Security features, such as remote wipe and inactivity time-out, have also been added.

Developer Kit
Apple has released a software developer kit (SDK) for custom applications and a configuration utility for centralized management.

Looks
Phone 3G exchanges the flat aluminum housing of the first generation iPhone for a sleek convex black or white plastic case. The switch to plastic enables better transmission for the many radio receivers inside than the metal enclosure.

Third Generation Networks
iPhone 3G can connect to the Internet through third generation (3G) mobile broadband technologies like UMTS and HSDPA in addition to EDGE. By default, the iPhone will prompt the user to join open or closed WiFi networks it discovers, entering passwords where WEP or WPA encryption is present.

Sound
Built-in Bluetooth supports wireless earpieces but not stereo audio

GPS
iPhone 3G also features assisted global positioning system (A-GPS), which combines triangulation using cellular towers with a GPS receiver.

Does not Support
The iPhone 3G does not support FLASH, JAVA, but MMS depends on ur carrier.

IPhone

What is iPhone?

iPhone is more than just a phone. iPhone is a smartphone made by Apple that combines an iPod, a tablet PC, a digital camera and a cellular phone. The device includes Internet browsing and networking capabilities.

iPhone is extremely thin (only 11.6 millimeters thick) but wider and longer than many comparable devices. The display area is a 3.5-inch wide screen multi-touch interface with unusually high resulution (160 pixel per inch). Unlike most other smartphones, iPhone does not use a hardware keyboard or a stylus.

To navigate, a user uses multiple taps and drags to navigate through a mobile version of Apple's OS X operating system.

iPhone combines three devices in one:

1. a revolutionary mobile phone
2. a widescreen iPod
3. a breakthrough Internet device.

Revolutionary Phone

With the Multi-Touch interface on iPhone, you can make a call simply by tapping a name or number in your contacts or favorites list, your call log, or just about anywhere. Visual Voice mail lets you select and listen to messages in whatever order you want — just like email.

iPhone shows off your content — music, movies, TV shows, and more — on a beautiful 3.5-inch display. Add to your collection by downloading music and video wirelessly from the iTunes Store. Scroll through songs and playlists with the touch of a finger. Even browse your album artwork using Cover Flow. Users can also view YouTube videos on the device, along with Microsoft Office documents and most imaging formats, including .JPEG, .GIF and .TIFF. iPhone comes preloaded with a suite of media management software, including iTunes and iPhoto. iPhoto may be used in combination with the 2 megapixel camera on the back of the device.

Breakthrough Internet Device

iPhone uses fast 3G and Wi-Fi wireless connections to deliver rich HTML email, Maps with GPS, and Safari — the most advanced web browser on a mobile device. It has Google and Yahoo! search built in. And since iPhone multitasks, you can make a phone call while emailing a photo or surfing the web over a Wi-Fi or 3G connection. Google's search and mapping services are fully integrated, including the ability to initiate phone calls from within Google Maps. IMAP or POP3 e-mail services are integrated along with webmail access in the browser.

It opens a whole new world of applications.

iPhone comes with some amazing applications. And you can choose from thousands more on the App Store and download them with a tap. Your iPhone gets even better with every new app. Play games. Be more productive. Keep yourself entertained. No matterwhat you want to do on iPhone, there’s an app for that.

Like iPod, iPhone synchronizes data with a user's personal computer, using iTunes as a client software and Apple's proprietaryUSB port. iPhone is compatible with Microsoft's Windows operating systems, includingVista.

iPhone's networking features include:

• Automatic detection of WiFi networks.
• Support for the802.11b and 802.11g standards.
• The use of quadband GSM and SIM cards to access cellular networks.
• EDGE support for high-speed data transfer where available.
• Bluetooth connectivity for short range networking with peripherals, other iPhones and PCs.

Apple says that iPhone carries 8 hours of life on the internal lithium-ion battery for talk or video, and up to 24 hours for music mode. The device ships with either a 4 or 8 GB, an Intel CPU and Apple's OS X operating system, modified for mobile use.