Apple has run out of stock of the 16 GB Wi-Fi original first generation iPads even though iPad 2 is selling like hot cakes. There are just 3G iPads selling now and they are priced at $729, $629, and $529 for the 64GB, 32GB, and 16GB models respectively. The refurbished models of 64GB and 32GB Wi-Fi iPads cost $529 and $429 respectively and the refurbished Apple iPad 3Gs are selling for $659, $559, and $479. Apple started offering the original iPad for a discount when it announced the new iPad 2. The original unopened iPads are sold for a discount of $100 and the refurbished models are sold for a discount of $170 on the original price. Apple is also offering either a refund or $100 discount to the customers who bought  [...]

Kansas City in Kansas will soon be getting fiber optic cables for connecting to net and Google says they will be giving one gigabit per second net connections which is about 100 times faster than a standard ten mbps line. With such a fast connection, you will be able to download an entire movie from iTunes in couple of seconds. There are about 1,100 towns and cities in the US tested and reports say that the condition of broadband connection is really dismal. This announcement was made on Tuesday after a change in leadership and more than one year of deliberations. Google says that it will be putting fiber optical cables with help from the vendors and service will be started from next year. The price won’t to be too high, it will be competitive and close to what people are paying for a slower line right now. This announcement comes in the lines of AT&T, which is the largest DSL provider in the nation, announced that they would be metering the  [...]

Aston Martin has paired up with Mobiado, a luxury phone maker from Canada for a sexy looking high tech Android cell phone. It will be debuting at the BaselWorld which is a big jewellery and watch show and the device is called CPT002 Aston Martin Concept Phone. Made for the fans of Aston Martin, this gadget is expected to go on sale from May this year. The biggest attraction of this phone is that it has a transparent capacitive touch screen. It is made from solid sapphire crystal and displays the standard Android icons when you are using it. When you are not using it, the phone will be completely see through. The electronics, SIM card and the battery of the phone are located in platinum sides. Mobiado says that this phone will easily integrate with the different functions on Aston Martin car from power door locks and GPS navigation system to safety hardware. CPT002 is made for providing wireless connectivity in the vehicle to plenty of  [...]

Apple has debuted their iPhones traditionally at their conference of annual software developers but the event for this year, in June will be all software related news, says a report. According to our sources, there will be no iPad, Mac hardware or iPhone announced at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference at San Francisco on June 6. Apple also gave a press release but didn’t reveal much details about any new hardware announcements. Apple's senior vice president for Worldwide Product Marketing, Philip Schiller said that they are going to unveil future of Mac OS and iOS. He also added that the event should not be missed by any Mac OS X or iOS software developer. It is believed that Apple will be giving details about the next generation Mac operating system which is OS X Lion and next version of the mobile OS which is iOS 5. We also believe that Apple  [...]

A lot of phones, especially the ones from Sony Ericsson have quirky software nick-nacks which I usually don’t mention in my reviews. Sony Ericsson W760i is not an exception to this but the funky apps on board look really cool and I cannot resist talking about them. There is an orientation sensor along with a bunch of toys/games which you can play around with. Something called bobble-head Elvis swings and rocks when you move the phone around. There is also music app here called ‘Music Mate’ and it comes along with drum kit that you can play by tilting the handset in different directions. When we tested the Sony Ericsson W760i, it was hard to find any faults because the performance was pretty good. The messaging and calling on the phone is excellent and the data speeds too are pretty fast on Next G network of Telstra. I also loved the Walkman music player on board. I then watched Foxtel on Sony Ericsson W760i and found that the media streaming  [...]

Two big names in the world of tech are trying their hand on digitally connected TVs. So will Microsoft and Apple be able to succeed in a terrority that is dominated by Yahoo and Google? Tom Gibbons from Microsoft who is the member of team of Windows Phone since the year 2009 and also the head of Microsoft Hardware business (who have made some very successful mice and keyboards) has now been repurposed. He is now the ‘corporate vice president of television and service business with in Interactive Entertainment Business of Microsoft’. His responsibilities now include driving the usage of subscriptions and also global partnerships for the business unit. He has been given this post because he has experience in software, hardware and consumer product development. In simple terms, Gibbons is hardware guy. While at Windows Phone team, he has led a group which came up with designs of hardware reference for Windows Phone 7 gadgets and a  [...]

Apple has removed the app of ‘gay cure’ after more than 146,000 people signed petitions against it. The goal of the app, according to the creator Exodus International, was to give support to the individuals who wish to recover from homosexuality. This app was quite similar to the Exodus International mobile version and was available previously at the App Store. Two organizations – Change.org and Truth Wins Out launched a petition against it and praised Apple when they removed that app from App Store. Truth Wins Out director, Wayne Besen said that Apple has made a good decision by removing the app as it is offensive for the lesbian and gay people. He also said that the app demonized them. This is not the first time Apple has seen such a thing. Last year,  [...]

Mozilla Firefox 4 is finally out now and unlike the latest browser from Microsoft, it is compatible with Windows XP too. This will easily attract attention of people who haven’t upgraded yet to Windows 7 and want a browser that is more capable than the clunky and sluggish Microsoft Internet Explorer 8. Also, don’t mistake this for the earlier version of Mozilla Firefox 4 which was an open source Web browser. The user interface on Mozilla Firefox 4 has been dramatically redesigned and this is a far cry from the design of the previous iterations. Also, it is a lot similar to Google Chrome. Tabs are now located above address bar and combined with the absence of menu bar, you get extra real estate to view the Web content. The menu in Mozilla Firefox 4 is styled on the lines of Windows Start menu and you will see most common menu commands with Bookmarks menu that are accessible from Bookmarks toolbar. You can also go back to a more traditional appearance  [...]

Nokia N97 is a high end cellphone and the biggest attraction here is the five megapixel camera with LED flash and autofocus. However, the quality isn’t as good as what I expected from a 5 MP camera. This camera can record videos too and you get two options for resolution. The video quality too is nowhere close to what you get on the iPhone. Another highlight of the Nokia N97 is the media playback capabilities. N series phones from Nokia are known for their music capabilities and this phone doesn’t disappoint either. The audio quality is really good and there is a 3.5 mm headphones jack which means you can use any standard headphones with the phone. If you are bored with the onboard music, there is FM radio onboard. For wireless music playback, the phone has Bluetooth 2.0 A2DP and in my  tests, this feature worked  [...]

Japan has been badly hit by earthquake and Apple iPad 2 is likely to be affected due to this. About five components in the Apple iPad 2 are supplied from Japan and Apple will find it hard to find an alternative source for these products. DRAM comes from Elpida Memory Inc., NAND flash comes from Toshiba Corp., overlay touch screen glass for the screen comes from Asahi Glass Co. The battery of the tablet is supplied by Apple Japan Inc, and the electronic compass is made by AKM semiconductor which is also made by Japanese suppliers. They are specilizaed in their own fields and it will be hard to find replacements for these parts. There might be some more parts outsourced to Japanese companies but they are not that important and can be redirected to other firms. Some of the Japanese suppliers said that their  [...]