16 Mar 10 Apple replaces your iPad if its battery dies
You know you can’t replace the dead battery of your iPad yourself, atleast not easily. But now, you won’t really have to go the hard way ether. Apple would replace your old iPad with a new one in case its battery stops holding charge.
“If your iPad requires service due to the battery’s diminished ability to hold an electrical charge, Apple will replace your iPad for a service fee,” states iPad’s FAQ section on Apple’s website.
The service fee involved here is $99 along with $6.95 shipping charges and local taxes. But in case you end up with a dead battery, be sure to backup all your data before sending your iPad to Apple. ”Before you submit your iPad for service, it is important to sync your iPad with iTunes to back up your contacts, calendars, email account settings, bookmarks, apps, etc. Apple is not responsible for the loss of information when servicing your iPad,” Apple warns.
Apple also states that the iPad would not be eligible for battery replacement service in case it is damaged, which involves actions like liquid contact or unauthorized service/modifications.
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10 Mar 10 Apple patent to replace your keys with the iPhone
A new Apple patent that is exciting gadget lovers promises to use NFC (Near Field Communication) in a way we would really love. Your iPhone combined with a pin code would unlock your home, office, car or any other door that you want to open.
It happens to me quite often that I am left out of the home without a key and have to wait for some family member to arrive back with the keys. A little twist to this technology and you could even authorize limited or temporary access to guests / visitors with ease.
However IMO (more…)
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30 Nov 09 Commpetition forces RCOM to slash SMS Rates
The Rate war for SMSes now begins in India. Today RCOM unveiled two new SMS plans. RCOM GSM and CDMA subscribers will get “unlimited SMS plan” by subscribing to this plan @ Rs.1 per day. In second plan one will get Rs. 0.01 per SMS by subscribing tariff voucher of Rs.11 per month. Just to compare 5000 SMSes will cost you just USD 1.The new tariffs are add-on plans and applicable to both pre-paid and post-paid customers.
At present, The average SMS rate in India is between 40 paise and 60 paise per message and the lowest SMS rates given by TATA DOCOMO which charges 1 paisa per character.RCom also aiming at new customers from high SMS usage groups of the GSM community, such as young professionals and youth across India. It will also benefit to RCOM when number portability will come in India.
The RCom move is expected to be followed by other operators. The rate war began with the per-second pulse billing started by Tata DOCOMO, soon followed by other operators.
Tags: CDMA, GSM, number portability, Rcom, sms, TATA DOCOMO
30 Nov 09 NVIDIA luanched new GeForce 205 GPU
Today morning, NVIDIA released another GeForce series GPU.The entrant of this series is NVIDIA GeForce 205.NVIDIA GeForce 205 is a low-end card powered by 8 CUDA cores which will give high end graphics to the users. NVIDIA reported that it will help to those people who want to build a simple computer with good video capabilities.
The graphic card supports a 589 MHz graphics clock, 1402 MHz processor clock, 512 MB DDR2 memory, Microsoft DirectX 10.1 support, VGA port, Display Port, DVI and even HDMI (albeit via a dongle). We haven’t tested it but according to some sources it is not up-to to the mark.NVIDIA not yet revealed the pricing for this.
24 Oct 09 N900 release pushed to November, Nokia acting on feedback
The Maemo 5 powered Nokia N900 has created quite a buzz, however the launch of the same has been pushed back from October to November for Nokia to act on user feedback received during the pilot testing it did. Some 300 pre production units were given for test purposes and the findings have given Nokia some work before they rollout the device to the masses.
Last I heard about the device was on the first Engadget show where the resistive touchscreen was criticized. Hope Nokia delivers something good in November.
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03 Oct 09 Nokia joins Wireless Power Consortium (WPC)
You will soon see mobiles from the finnish giant Nokia with wireless charging capabilities as seen in the Palm Pre and the Dell Lattitude Z. In what would be a step towards the smartphone dominance which Nokia is sure to attain someday, this would be a good weapon in the armory.
The Wireless Power Consortium was designed to bring a standard to wireless charging. When members sign up they agree to use a standard so that their devices can be charged on other members mats and vice versa. [GA]
As more and more cos signup for this collaborative approach, we can one day hope to charge our gadgets over the air just as we consumer WiFi.
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29 Sep 09 Nokia acquired Dopplr: Step towards becoming a major Mobile VAS player
Nokia has already made its intentions of being a service provider clear. From Music, Maps, Apps to Finance all it’s plans are a open secret. And here they have just acquired Dopplr that serves international travellers.
Dopplr is a service for smart international travelers. Dopplr members share personal and business travel plans privately with their networks, and exchange tips on places to stay, eat and explore in cities around the world.
Dopplr is popularly referred as a social travel network. It helps users plan their trips and share it with friends. The deal is expected to be worth $15 – $20 million. Dopplr also has an iPhone / iPod touch app and integrates with Flickr and Twitter.
Tags: acquisition, dopplr, mobile vas, nokia movile, nokia services
29 Sep 09 Nokia’s Legal battle in Brazil for OVI trademark
Apparently some company named Ouvi in Brazil is not happy about Nokia coming up with the name OVI which sounds just the same as Ouvi. This has led to a courtroom battle between Nokia and Ouvi. Ouvi is so concerned about its brand name that it has taken the domain Ovi.com.br since 2004. Now that given with the similar names, changes of Nokia renaming OVi in Brazil is really high. To make things worse, Ouvi is a mobile player that sells rigntones and some SMS services. But hey, Nokia has that vitamin$ to its aid.
Developing nations are a hot market for Mobile and specially for Nokia. Lets see where this one leads to!
Tags: courtroom battle, nokia brazil, nokia sued, ouvi brazil, OVI, ovi brazil, sue
28 Sep 09 Will Nokia Acquire Palm?
Palm is doing excellent with its WebOS and IMO its the only company giving serious competition to the Apple iPhone. On the other side Nokia hasn’t been doing too well with the smartphones (especially in the US) and has tried many things like a Maemo5 device (i.e. the N900) and a tie up with Microsoft. However rumors suggest that Nokia might flex its mu$cles and buy out Palm.
A good share of Palm lies in the hands on investors and they certainly wouldn’t mind cashing out of the company is the ROI is good. Though personally I wouldn’t like it, its quite logical for Nokia to take up Palm and get its hands on a really powerful OS. Ofcourse the Palm DNA mixed with Nokia can either be a killer combination or 
Lets wait and watch!
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