Nokia Prism Collection - 7500 & 7900

The Nokia Prism Collection consists of the Nokia 7500 Prism and the Nokia 7900 Prism, handsets which combine striking design, individual style with state-of-the-art technology and are aimed at the fashion conscious user.

NOKIA 7900



1) The Nokia 7900 Prism is the top of the range model in the Prism Collection. It comes with glossy front and an aluminium back cover, which is coin-stamped and laser-etched in Nokia Prism's signature diamond-cut design.

2) The screen on the Nokia 7900 is a little different from most, as it uses an 240x320 pixel OLED (Organic LED) display rather than the traditional TFT LCD. The 7900 Prism is one of the first phones by Nokia to feature an OLED screen. OLED uses much less power than TFT LCDs and has a greater contrast and colour range.

3) A 2-megapixel camera is built in with 8x digital zoom and flash. The camera is capable of recording DVD-quality video (H.264). The phone has a multi-format music player, FM stereo radio and 1GB of internal memory.

Nokia 7900 Prism Key Features

• Cutting-edge design with anodized, diamond-cut patterns on an aluminum back cover
• Fascinating light effects – customizable with 49 different colors – when phone is turned on and off, or in idle mode
• Marvel at a living wallpaper that animates new, dazzling patterns unique to each phone
• Enjoy fast web browsing, quick downloads, and 6 bands of coverage with 3G capabilities
• Capture stylish photos or videos on a 2 megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom and flash
• Store more pictures, videos and music on 1 GB of internal memory
• Synchronize data and contacts with PC applications using high speed USB connection or Bluetooth
• Experience peerless color clarity and brightness with the 16 million color OLED display

NOKIA 7500

1) The Nokia 7500 Prism is described as the ' quirky sibling' to the Nokia 7900 Prism. The 7500 Prism comes with a few less features than its older sibling but is equally as stylish.

2) The Nokia 7500 Prism is one of the most striking phones on the market with bold geometric patterns and distinctive triangular keys. It comes with 3 'colour accents' - plastic coloured trims for the side of the phone which can be easily changed to suit your mood.

3) The 7500 prism comes with a Music player with support for MP3/AAC/eAAC+/WMA formats with skins and album art Nokia Prism, headphones and pouchsupport. It boasts a playback time of up to 9 hours and iscompatitble with Windows Media Player. The phone comes with 30MB internal storage but comes with a Micro SD memory card slot capable of taking upto 2Gb memory cards, enough foraround 1500 tracks.

Nokia 7500 Prism Key Features

• Cutting-edge design with bold geometric patterns and distinctive details
• Capture life's great moments in still photos and stunning video quality on a 2 megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom
• Capture memorable moments in black and white, sepia, and solarize color modes
• Exchangeable accent colors
• Enjoy your favorite tracks on the music player that allows you to change the skin to match your mood
• Store more music, high quality videos, and photos with expandable memory of up to 2 GB
• Share your latest images and videos via email
• Extend your internet browsing experience with Widsets, Yahoo Go, and Opera Mini
• Share more of your memorable moments using Nokia Sensor, the social network application
• Send voice messages to friends and family

The NOKIA PRISM COLLECTION




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Microsoft's copy protection cracked... again !!!

Microfost is once again on the defensve against hackers after the launch of a new program that gives average PC users tools to unlock copy-protected digital music & movies.

The lates version of this program, FairUse4M, which can crack Microsoft's digital rights management (DRM) system for Windows Media audio & video files, was published online. FairUse4M has a simple drag & drop interface and PC users can turn the protected music files they bought online into DRM - free tunes that can be copied and shared, or converted into MP3 files.

"We knew at the start that no DRM technology is going to be impervious to circumvention," said Jonathan usher, a director in Microsoft's consumer media technology group. He did not say ow many songs have bee stripped of copy protection, or how long it will take for Microsoft to combat the hack again.

But the music industry is aware of Microsoft's technology, he said, and added that he does not expect record labels to lose patience with the process. While Usher said Microsoft will remain committed to copy protection, attitudes around the industry are tarting to shift.
Apple's chief, Steve Jobs, for one, has started calling for end to digital music-locking earlier this year. In fact, Apple, as well as Web retailer Amazon.com, have already jumped on the DRM-free bandwagon.

10 Richest People In Tech

Source - Mashable.com

Ah, the memories. Bill Gates, known for so many years to be (by far) the wealthiest person in the world, now has to settle for second place, because a Mexican tycoon came in first (and not by a small margin; Carlos Slim Helú beats him by over $8 billion).

Is this a sign that IT is yesterday’s news? Actually, no: Carlos himself is a telecommunications magnate, and while the top 10 list isn’t dominated by tech people, the top 100 still has its fair share of geeks. With the web growing at a miraculous pace, we’re hoping to see the Google founders eventually joined by more web-based entrepreneurs, although the desktop paradigm will likely remain strong for years to come. Let’s take a look at the current list of top 10 wealthiest people in IT.

Carlos Slim Helú

Net worth: $67.8 billion
Company: Telmex, América Móvil, Grupo Carso

What? Telecommunications are IT. The fact that Carlos Slim may not be as known worldwide as some other people on this list doesn’t mean he doesn’t pack 67.8 billion dollars. Add Rupert Murdoch’s wealth to that of Bill Gates and they still barely overtake Carlos, and that says a lot. If you wonder how he got here so fast, it’s due to his company América Móvil’s stock jumping a whopping 27% in the second quarter of 2007.

2. William H. Gates III

Net Worth: $59.2 billion
Company: Microsoft

Now you’re sorry you gave all that money to charity, eh Bill? Being number two kinda sucks, but don’t worry, Microsoft’s long term online strategy will…oh, wait. In any case, Bill Gates has been numero uno for so long we were kinda used to him in this spot. Frankly, we expected him to be overtaken by those two kids from Google, but the telecoms magnate instead reigned supreme. Bill is actually focused on giving away his fortune to good causes from now on, and has said previously that he doesn’t care much for being the richest man in the world.

3. Lawrence Ellison

Net Worth: $21.5 billion
Company: Oracle

Oracle? Bo-ring. Ellison has been able to lurk near the top 10 overall for quite some time now, and although he’s slowly slipping the ranks (at one point in time in 2000, he was the richest man in the world), he’s still doing really, really well. Well, what can you do: databases are always in fashion.

4. Paul Allen

Net Worth: $18.0 billion
Company: Microsoft

There was a time when Paul and Bill were both in the overall top 10 list of billionaires, but this was a long, long time ago. Now, Paul is at the 19th place overall and only fourth in IT, with the Google guys breathing down his neck. His ties with Microsoft aren’t so strong, and he sold some 68 million shares of the company, which left him with a meager sum of 138 million shares. He likes to invest in anything and anyone: real estate, sports, even space programs. He’s also known for owning the Octopus, the world’s fifth biggest yacht, as well as a couple of smaller ones.

5 & 6. Sergey Brin & Larry Page

Net Worth: $16.6 billion (each)
Company: Google

We’ve put these two rascals together because their huge wallets are the exact same size. Combine their wealth, and they jump to number 3; I hope you guys realize why it’s bad to have a co-founder? If you must have one, at least stab them in the back and get rid of ‘em before you get wealthy, so you don’t have to share. But, we digress. The fact that these sheer billions originate from an algorithm and an almost blank white web page with a colorful logo and a single form is still astonishing.

7. Michael Dell

Net Worth: $15.8 billion
Company: Dell

When you count all the problems that Dell (the company) had, it’s a wonder that it still manages to be the number one hardware company in the world (or, if you ask HP, the number two company). Michael is currently struggling to retain this position as he took control of the company once again, replacing Kevin Rollins at the beginning of this year, and the situation is not too cheery at the moment, so you can expect Michael to drop a position on this list real soon.

8. Steven Ballmer

Net Worth: $15.0 billion
Company: Microsoft

Developers developers developers! Laugh all you like (heck, take a look at that dancing video on YouTube again if you must), but he’s got 15 billion dollars, and you have to choose between the iPhone and food for a month. Oh yeah, although he has money to burn, Steve has an office smaller than my bathroom. Go figure.

9. Naguib Sawiris

Net Worth: $10.0 billion
Company: Orascom Telecom Holding

Naguib Sawiris is the chairman and CEO of Egypt’s Orascom Telecom, a multinational GSM mobile phone operating in the emerging markets of Middle East, Africa, and South Asia. As a good indicator of just how fast these markets grow, just look at Naguib’s last year position on Forbes’ list: 278.

10. Sunil Mittal

Net Worth: $9.5 billion
Company: Bharti Telecom

More proof that if you want to be a multi-billionaire, the telecoms industry is where it’s at. Sunil Mittal is the chairman and managing director of Bharti group, which runs India’s largest GSM mobile phone service. Although Sunil has nearly $9.5 billion dollars, he’s only the 6th richest Indian in the world. Talk about fierce competition.

Steve Job - A Powergeek !!!

Steve Job topped the list of the 25 most influential people in Web music by US Music Magazine "Blender". Steve Job, also known as the Father of the iPod, does indeed deserve this title. The Apple iPod has managed to find itself in the hands of millions of music fans all over the world.


The magazine's "Powergeek 25" list was compiled to show the behind-scenes-players reshaping the way people listen to, buy and watch music. "Music fans spend much of their day, if not their life, sitting in front of their computer, discovering and downloading music," Blender's editor-in-chief Craig Marks said in a statement. He said Jobs, who co-founded Apple Inc. and is chief executive of the company, had proved to be a technology trendsetter.

The following is the complete list -


1. Steve Jobs: Apple Inc.

2. Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe: MySpace

3. Chad Hurley and Steve Chen: YouTube

4. Doug Morris: Universal Music Group

5. Ryan Schreiber: Pitchfork (Web magazine)

6. Ian Rogers: Yahoo! Music (music portal)

7. Martin Stiksel and Felix Miller: Last.FM (music community site)

8. Greg Bildson: LimeWire (file-sharing program)

(no photo) 9. Christian Schmid: RapidShare (file-hosting service)

10. Coran Capshaw: MusicToday (online ticketer and merchandiser)

PSP TV !!!

Some good news for all you psp fans. Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. is bringing mobile digital TV to its second-generation PlayStation Portable.

The new PSP model is set to launch in Japan on September 20th. A week before it debuts the company will also start selling a plug-in digital TV tuner for Japan's "OneSeg" format mobile digital TV broadcasts. OneSeg broadcasts are already available in much of Japan and are becoming a popular feature on cell phones. The broadcasts send a QVGA resolution (320 pixel by 240 pixel) resolution video signal that can be easily processed by portable gadgets such as the PSP. As the new PSP features a video-out connector it will also be possible to hook-up the device to a TV to watch programs although as the same channels are available on conventional TV at higher quality there would be little to gain.


The new PSP will be available in six colors in Japan: black, white, silver, pink. purple and blue. The new PSP is being launched to help push up poor sales of the handheld console. The device hasn't lived up to Sony's expectations and the company has revised down sales estimates. It sold 8.4 million PSPs in the fiscal year from April 2006 to March 2007, which was down from 14.1 million in the prior 12-month period. This year it hopes to sell 9 million of the devices.

Source - Yahoo! News

Piracy In India

As the title suggests its a huge business in India - Piracy may it be VCDs, DVDs, Softwares or Games.

A simple PS2 game dvd costs over 1000 bucks if u go to buy from a authentic store & if u want a pirated dvd, u can get one at as low as 50 bucks. Now thats very cheap. And these dvds are available at local computer stores, toy stores & even stationary stores. Obviously its not on display, but all you have to do is ask. I have seen a few ppl sellling them on the railway station as well.

Even the so called rich people who can afford to buy the expensive game consoles for their children, prefer to buy the pirated dvds. Obviously its very light on the pocket compared to the original ones. And i guess everyone will agree we'll obviously go for the cheaper stuff.

Movie VCDS, DVDS are priced at over 200 bucks. But now Moserbaer has come upt with VCDs & DVDs for as low as 35 & 50 bucks. Now thats a definite way to cut down on piracy. This obviously has led to their competitors to reduce their prices as well. All said n done, the customer is a happy man. He wants stuff cheap & hes getting it.

I dont think there are many who do actually buy audio cds, people can just d'load it off the internet.

So the problem is with game cds. If piracy has to be stopped, then price of game cds n dvds have to be brought down. thats the only way. And i dont see tht coming as of now...

Transistorless Microchips

A group of electrical engineers at the University of Notre Dame have created a working prototype of a radical new chip design based on magnetism instead of electrical transistors.

History :
The potential of chips driven by nanoscale magnets was considered five years ago, scientists observed that the magnets could exchange information as their fields interacted with each other.

Although existing technologies use magnetic fields to store information on small chips called MRAMs, this is the first application to produce a chip that can process digital information in addition to storing it.

How it works :

The chip uses nanoscale magnetic "islands" to juggle the ones and zeroes of binary code.

It uses a process of magnetic patterning to produce a new chip that uses arrays of separate magnetic domains. Each island maintains its own magnetic field.

The magnets were created from ferromagnetic nickel/iron alloy, We evaporated a thin layer of the alloy onto a silicon surface, then patterned the islands using electron-beam lithography.

Advantages :

1. Computers using the magnetic chips would boot up almost instantly.
2. Because the chip has no wires, its device density and processing power may eventually be much higher than transistor-based devices.
3. And it won't be nearly as power-hungry, which will translate to less heat emission and a cooler future for portable hardware like laptops.
4. The magnetic chip's memory is nonvolatile, making it impervious to power interruptions, and it retains its data when the device is switched off.
5. The magnetic architecture of the chip can be reprogrammed on the fly and its adaptability could make it very popular with manufacturers of special-purpose computing hardware, from video-game platforms to medical diagnostic equipment.
6. The new chips also have some important characteristics that might make them ideal candidates for use in future space hardware. "You can't just put a regular DRAM into space, because it won't tolerate the environment. The magnetic technology is radiation-hard, and will be a huge improvement on what they're using now."

Indepth detail :

The chip's nanomagnets -- on the order of 110 nanometers wide -- can be assembled into arrays that mirror the function of transistor-based logic gates in addition to storing information. These logic gates are the building blocks of computer technology, giving microchips the power to process the endless rivers of binary code.

A NAND logic gate, for example, accepts two inputs to arrive at one output. If both inputs are one, the NAND gate spits out a zero. If one or the other or both inputs are a zero, the NAND gate provides a one as an output.

New chip works with a universal logic gate, a combination of the NAND and NOR gates. Together, these two logic gates can perform any of the basic arithmetic functions intrinsic to all computer processing.

Logic operations within the processor commence with a pulsed magnetic field on the input magnet, which alters the orientation of its magnetic field. This creates a cascade effect across the array, as magnetostatic attraction and repulsion cause the fields of adjacent magnets to "flip."

"To read the output, we used a scanning probe to infer what the magnetization was," said Porod. "Ideally, in the future, we would like to achieve this (input and output) with the simple application of an electric current."

Scanning electron microscope (or SEM) imagery shows the "magnetic islands" of a new chip design that are impervious to power loss.

A grouping of eight nanomagnets together are able to perform all mathematical calculations fundamental to Boolean logic.

The iPod, iPod Nano & iPod Shuffle

So everybody has heard about the iPod. When it comes to music players, the iPod is the first thing that comes to your mind. Right - now there are three versions of the iPod as i have mentioned in the title -

1) iPod (Also called the Video iPOD)
2) iPod Nano
3) iPod Shuffle

Now here's a note - i dont know whats the difference between them apart from the size. So i thought i'd find out n post it here so all you other people like me might understand. So here goes.

First let me tell you what the official Apple site had to say

iPOD
With enough room for your favorite music and video, this iPod has both sound and vision. Of course, it also boasts stamina (up to 20 hours1 of battery life), generous capacity (30GB or 80GB2 of storage), a great personality (intuitive, customizable menus), and a touch of genius (the Click Wheel). In other words, iPod makes an ideal companion.


iPOD NANO
Only 0.26 of an inch thin and 1.41 ounces light, iPod nano packs a lot into its diminutive design. Up to 24 hours of battery life.1 2GB, 4GB, or 8GB of storage.2 A brighter color display. A dock connector that fits an entire ecosystem of iPod accessories. With features like these, iPod nano changes the way you experience your music and more.


iPOD SHUFFLE
In five brilliant colors, the 1GB iPod shuffle lets you wear up to 240 songs1 on your sleeve. Or your lapel. Or your belt. Clip on iPod shuffle and wear it as a badge of musical devotion.

All rite now here's the comparision between the 3:

Storage:
iPOD: 30GB & 80GB
NANO: 2GB, 4GB & 8GB
SHUFFLE: 1GB

Display:
iPOD: 2.5inch
NANO: 1.5inch
SHUFFLE: no display

Photo & Video Support:
iPOD: Both
NANO: only photo
SHUFFLE: none

Charge Time:
iPOD: About 4 hrs
NANO: About 3 hrs
SHUFFLE: About 4hrs

Battery Life:
iPOD: Upto 14 (20 for 80GB) hrs of music playback; upto 4 (6 for 80GB) hrs of slideshows with music; upto 3.5 (6.5 for 80GB) hrs of video playback
NANO: Upto 24 hrs of music playback; upto 5 hrs of slideshows with music
SHUFFLE: Upto 12 hrs

Right now my conclusions -

If you want everything (as in music, pics n videos on the go) go for the IPOD. If you are looking for style (with only music) go for the SHUFFLE & otherwise the iPOD NANO. (Pretty Obvious huh !!!)

Here are the retail prices for the iPODS:

iPOD (Video)
30GB - $249 (Rs. 16700)
80GB - $349 (Rs. 23600)

iPOD NANO
2GB - $149 (Rs. 9800)
4GB - $199 (Rs. 13200)
8GB - $249 (Rs. 16400)

iPOD SHUFFLE - $79 (Rs. 5600)

(INR Source - www.futurebazaar.com)

If you live in India, i might as well recommend you ask someone to buy the iPOD for you from abroad cause the list price is much more than the converted price (USD)

For more details you can visit the Apple Website -

www.apple.com

What do mean by a 1.3 Mega Pixel Camera?

Well i guess most of you must be knowing what it means...but for those dummies like me who knew megapixels but not in the context of cameras here it goes...

Consider a size 1280 pixels x 1024 pixels if u multiply that u get 1310720 pixels which is 1.3 mega pixel. So in short a 1.3 mega pixel camera means one which can capture photos of maximum size 1280 px x 1024 px.

A pixel is a dot of light and a megapixel is one million of these dots.

VGA is a resolution that means 640 pixels across and 480 pixels tall, resulting in an image that's 1/3 of a megapixel. So, a 1MP picture has three times as many dots making up the image. If the two pictures were of the same image, the 1MP version would usually have better detail.

Well dats a short lesson for all you dummies (lol) :)

Search for Music Riskier than Porn?

Search categories related to music and technology continue to be among the most dangerous, according to a new McAfee report. I don't know how to react, to be happy about it or sad.

In its 'The State of Search Engine Safety' report, McAfee points out that one of the riskiest terms to search for on the Web is 'screensavers'. So I advice use those inbuilt screensavers, having beautiful girls on your desktop 24 X 7 was never a good idea.
SiteAdvisor even says that music- and technology-related Web sites have a negative impact on computers, since they often leave spyware and other malware, which could lead to a massive increase in the amount of spam generated. So now you know, the root cause of your spam filled mail-box.

Interestingly, the study revealed that while browsing porn Web sites through search engines carries an approximately 9 percent risk of infecting PCs with spyware, adware, and spam; the risk quotient jumps to nearly 19 percent when searching digital music Web sites. Other sites found to harm computers are those related to electronic gadgets, and those that offer background wallpapers.

The study further found that queries related to file-sharing software such as 'BearShare', 'LimeWire', and 'Kazaa' posed a significant risk for computers. In fact, 'BearShare' was found to be the riskiest search term, with over 46 percent of search results marked as dangerous.

So now you know which sites to browse without risking your PC (just kidding).

Yahoo Mail - Unlimited Storage

I was checkin mail as usual, when i saw this amazing news...

Yahoo Mail is soon gonna offer unlimited storage. Yup you read it rite... Unlimited storage by the world's most popular email client (arguably)

Free unlimited storage
Send and receive to your heart's content without dropping a penny.

More of what you love
Enjoy limitless storage space for photos, attachments, messages, and more.

Less to throw out
No need to fret about keeping your inbox under the storage limit.

So yeah i'd love that, coz i've been a die hard yahoo mail user !!!
BY- Mylod

Microsoft's Ballmer To India: Cut Piracy, Create Jobs

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says software piracy in India is so bad that it's holding back the country's economy. But if India can reduce piracy by just 10% it would create 50,000 new jobs, says Ballmer. Question: Where will those jobs come from?

In an interview in the Times Of India, Ballmer says piracy is having "a huge negative impact" on economic growth in India. He also cites an unnamed study indicating that 70% of all software used in the country is pirated. Reducing that number by 10% would lead to the creation of 50,000 new jobs in India, Ballmer says in the interview.

Ballmer isn't specific about what, or who, would create those jobs -- but here's a couple of thoughts. Compared with competitor IBM, Microsoft's presence in India is puny. About 5,000, compared with IBM's 50,000. In other words, Microsoft has a lot of room for growth in India. And it needs growth in India to keep up with its rivals.

So Ballmer may be suggesting that Microsoft's head count in India could rise quickly and dramatically if the country takes a more aggressive stance on intellectual property protection. A larger presence in India would allow Microsoft to better tap in to the country's pool of highly skilled, but lowly paid [by American standards] programmers.

It also could help Microsoft defeat calls by some left leaning legislators in India -- notably in the state of Kerala -- for the mandated use of Linux by Indian governmental agencies and schools.

The concern, of course, is that a larger Microsoft presence in India would come at the expense of programming jobs in the U.S. Microsoft employees in Redmond may be hoping that India doesn't take its piracy problem too seriously -- it may be the best job protection they have.

Steve Ballmer going berserk!

This is a video of Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer at an employee convention. The video features Ballmer dancing and screaming wildly to " Get on your feet".

Steve Ballmer is a billionaire 12 times over, and yet he isn't afraid to get up on stage and make a complete fool of himself. I respect him for this unbridled enthusiasm. He looks like a football player rejoicing after a win. I certainly can't think about any other person of such stature screaming on top of his lungs, about how much he loves his company. Indeed Ballmer is unique.

Windows Vista!!!

Microsoft launched its latest line of operating systems - "The Windows Vista" in November 2006. There is something in it for everyone....literally speaking.The editions of this OS cater to the need of all...be it a home-maker or a business professional. The different editions of Windows Vista are:

Windows Vista Ultimate - includes all the new features.Windows Vista Home Basic - basic features with a new twist for home use.Windows Vista Home Premium - esp for desktop n mobile PC's.Windows Vista Business - for small businesses.Windows Vista Enterprise - for large scale global organizations.All these editions promise to be bigger & better with loads of new features. Microsoft's mantra for marketing this OS is that it is easier,safer & a lot more entertaining.

All the features are of this OS overwhelming...but the most important feature of it is the "Windows Aero"
Windows Aero is the best-designed, highest-performing Microsoft user interface ever.
Windows Aero gives your PC a whole new look and feel with translucent clarity. We can actually personalize the windows using this translucent effect.
Windows Aero supports high-resolution monitors, so you can get a laptop or flat-screen monitor that's smaller in size but visually richer, displaying high-resolution, easy-to-read images.
In Windows Aero, live task bar thumbnail images display the actual contents of both windows that are currently open and those that are minimized in the task bar. When you rest your mouse pointer on a tile on the task bar, you'll see the "live" contents of that window without having to bring it to the foreground.

Windows Flip is an update to the feature known as ALT+TAB in previous versions of Windows. Windows Flip shows you live thumbnails of your open windows instead of generic icons, making it easier to quickly identify the windows you're looking for.

Windows Flip 3D gives you a new way to find the window you want. When you press Start+TAB, Windows Flip 3D dynamically displays all the open windows on your desktop in a 3D, stacked view. In this view, you can rotate through your open windows to find the one you're looking for. Windows Flip 3D can even show live processes such as playing video. You can also use the arrow keys or the scroll wheel on your mouse to smoothly flip through the open windows and select the window you need.

When you use Windows Aero, open windows glide across your screen as you move or re size them. You'll see no redraw artifacts, latency, or "tearing" effects that sometimes appear on existing interfaces. In Windows Aero, you'll also experience fewer graphics driver–related system failures and stop errors.

Well Windows Vista is the new "in" thing to watch out for us youngsters...
To chk out more features just log on to
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/default.mspx

Microsoft CEO Ballmer laughs at Apple iPhone

Thats some criticism!!!

Apple iPhone!

On the 9th Of January 2007, at the Macworld Conference & Expo, the Apple CEO, Steve Jobs introduced for the very first time, the much awaited & much hyped "Apple iPhone". At the launch Steve Jobs said, "iPhone is a revolutionary and magical product that is literally five years ahead of any other mobile phone. We are all born with the ultimate pointing device - our fingers - and iPhone uses them to create the most revolutionary user interface since the mouse."

The iPhone combines three products — a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, maps, and searching — into one small and lightweight handheld device.

I'll just give you a small glance on few of the many innovations Apple has made on this awesome product. The features can be viewed in detail at the iPhone website given below.

http://www.apple.com/iphone/

The iPhone is a revolutionary new mobile phone that allows users to make calls by simply pointing at a name or number. It syncs all of the contacts from any PC, Mac, or Internet service such as Yahoo!, and one can easily construct a favorites list for the most frequently made calls, and easily merge calls together to create conference calls.

It employs advanced built-in sensors - an accelerometer, a proximity sensor, and an ambient light sensor - that automatically enhance the user experience and extend battery life. Its built-in accelerometer detects when the user has rotated the device from portrait to landscape, then automatically changes the contents of the display accordingly, with users immediately seeing the entire width of a Web page, or a photo in its proper landscape aspect ratio.

The fact is, the iPhone features very little in terms of new technology. What makes Apple’s iPhone remarkable, rather, is the way in which already-existing inventions are combined to create a unique, user-friendly experience.

Obviously there has to be some criticism on any new groundbreaking product.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer laughs about Apple’s iPhone, “the most expensive phone in the world,” because, he says, “it doesn’t appeal to business customers because it doesn’t have a keyboard, which makes it not a very good email machine.”

About the release dates, iPhone will be available in the US in June 2007, Europe in late 2007, and Asia in 2008, in a 4GB model for $499 (Rs 22,210 approx) and an 8GB model for $599 (Rs 26,661 approx), and will work with either a PC or Mac. Compared to the latest Nseries by Nokia, a wide range of camera & walkman phones by Sony, the iPhone promises to bring something new & exciting in the hands of everyday phone users.

The origin Of Sony

S0NY was founded by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita in 1958.The first ever product by Sony was the transistor radios. Since then the Sony corporation has come a long way since Being innovative thinkers, the founders realised a need for a global brand with mass appeal. Hence, as the company grew, it was simply logical to establish production facilities in their respective regions.
Since its inception, very few have been able to match Sony's track record for invention and innovation. These include the first Trinitron colour television in 1968, the colour video-cassette in 1971, the renowned Walkman in 1979, the world's first CD player in 1982, the 3.5-inch floppy disk in 1989 and many others.