Iphone Credit card reader

There is also a similar payment system that was launched by the twitter c0-founder Jack Dorsey also releasing a dongle to receive payments on their iphone. Although the system helps people to receive payments, we found the utility to be more useful when iphone users could pay securely with their iphone.

Iphone Payment Dongle

With millions of iphone users round the globe, a payment system would indeed be revolutionary. Both the systems are in prototype and would make a big difference in the near future.

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Windows 7 coming soon

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has just confirmed today that the next version of windows mobile platform, windows mobile 7 will be launched only in 2010. It was widely expected that WinMo 7 would be released later this year, but Ballmer put things clear on a conference call today. Many mobile manufacturers are supposed to receive WinMo 7 OS by November this year, and the mobiles are supposed to roll out by April next year. Ballmer also announced that the key partners, who will benefit from the release are HTC, LG and Orange.

Extending Windows 6.5 to Windows mobile 7

WinMo 6.5 is currently the latest version of windows mobile and enjoys the new user interface, primarily the dashboard like features on the home screen. The My Phone service, also enables windows 6.5 users to connect and store information on a web based service. Windows 7 will be a enhancement, building upon the current windows mobile 6.5 but the user interface is set to wear a new style. Windows mobile 7 may also be geared by the next version of mobile internet explorer, as Ballmer promised a better browsing experience.

Windows Mobile market place

Microsoft is also betting big on the idea of market place. which will enable users to download applications, both free as well as paid applications. After apple has won big with the appstore, Blackberry has also announced plans of App Storefront, Its time Microsoft start (read – copy the idea) its own application store and call it the windows market place.

Mobile Broadband

Microsoft has also announced plans to introduce mobile broadband features in Microsoft mobiles, which will enable users to access high speed broadband on their phones. With the speed of development of mobile internet spreading like wild fire, mobile broadband is set to hit the world in 2010 on a large scale.

Microsoft just changed the user interface in windows mobile 6.5 and is changing it yet again in windows mobile 7. Let us know about your thoughts about windows 7.

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Ipods distracting students?

In Business, you can spend millions of dollars on advertising and drive customers to your store. An easier way would be to place a store near the targeted audience and give a discount. Apple has always had the best products, backed with a spectacular business model and advertising strategies. In a grasping move by apple, students are also considered a very active customer base, and most universities in the United States have an apple store inside the campus. Students also get a discount of at least $100 in macbooks and even more in macbook pro.

In fact, most people who have used a mac, always feel the difference and it is the price of the competitors’ stuff that beats the apple’s products. Apple offers a discount to any college student, faculty including administrators. Apple also offers educational discount to K-12 schools. Students have always been in the focus as prominent buyers of apple’s goods.

In a reciprocation note, college administrators and faculty have also favored the products from apple, with a few college even make macbooks mandatory. In a recent press release by Shenandoah University, the university announced that all freshmen will be equipped with macbooks and a ipod touch.

Oklahama university is also on the same line as that of SU and announced that all freshmen, attending the orientation will receive a macbook. 5,000 students in Abilene Christian University also have an option to receive a iphone or an ipod touch. The college students in this university use the ipod/iphone to do everything from checking status of home work to participating in surveys and even to check their meal.

Duke university was one of the first universities to announce the use of ipod for a vast array of activities. Rochester College, another reputed university known for its research work, is also planning to give away free 13 inch macbooks to all the students.

What is your thought? Do macbooks and ipod touch make life easier for a student? Or is it plain distraction to use an ipod in a classroom? Is apple taking advantage of the vast resources in universities or are their gadgets really finding the potential users? Have your say..

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Sony Ericcson W595a

On a comparison of mobile phones, sony ericcson seems to have a numero uno spot when it comes to stylish user interface and the perfect camera. The output quality of music really stuns a first timer. Sony Ericcson W595a seems to the perfect phone with a lot of new features integrated like shake control, Music recognition, in built gaming, Walk Mate and Sense me.

Looks First :

Sony Ericcson W595 is a slider phone with a decent big size TFT screen but no touch technology though. The slider opens a full numpad and the front panel houses basic navigation keys, along with a joystick. Sony Ericcson W595a is available in 5 colors, Active Blue, Cosmopolitan White (shown in image below), Jungle Grey, Lava Black, Ruby Black. Sony eirccson specifications of 47.0 x 100.0 x 14.0 mm and a weight of just 104g, the phone looks pretty sleek and light.

Camera

Just like another make from sony Ericcson, the Sony Ericcson W595 has a integrated camera with 3.2MP and 2.5x zoom capabilities. There is very good support for geo-tagging and additionally a good integrated photo editor, to adjust the basic effects like brightness and sharpness. Taking the video revolution in camera to the next level, sony ericsson W595 provides excellent video recording and a video blogging promise. Other features include photo blogging and photo subscriptions.

Internet

With WAP browser inbuilt, the internet browsing experinece is good, though the touch interface would have made browsing a lot more like the desktop experince. Also good support for 3G networks, and no mentioned support for wifi (to be clarified, but could have been missed, because it is a basic specification), the netfront browser seems to be well equipped. Support for google maps is inbuilt, which you could have guessed from the photo geo tagging. You can also browse while you are talking and there seems to be excellent support for video conderencing and RSS feeds. Photo RSS feeds are also present.

Sony Ericcson W595a cosmopolitanwhite

Business and connectivity

Not the best of business models, the business users tend to stay away from most models from sony ericcson. But sony is listening, and good support for email, chatting and instant messaging is housed in to the sony ericsson W595. No support for document creation, readers of any kind. But syncing between computer and your phone seems easy with the inbuilt sync features. There is also support for direct printing from phone, but without documents, it is confusing, “what would you want to print?”

Music and entertainment

With business users finding the sony ericsson W595 below par, people looking for music and entertainment will find sony ericsson W595 a god given phone. The best of the phones will find it hard to compete with sony ericsson W595 in terms of music. With album art, shake control and the TrackID, you have features to visualize, control and download new songs. Also there are a few intelligent systems like the SenseMe, which plays music according to the mood. The latest of the technologies involve you recording a song and sony will recognize the song for you. There are also a few 3D games in addition to the java games.

Memory

With very good support for Downloading music, the internal memory seems a bit disappointing in the Sony Ericcson W595a with only 2GB, relative to today’s standards. However this is expandable with a Memory Stick Micro. Sony Ericcson W595a also boasts a 9 hours talk time.

Sony Ericsson W595 Pricing:

The sony ericsson W595 is yet to be released and the pricing for different geographies is yet to be revealed.

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