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Mozilla Firefox 3.5 Released

Firefox 3.5 the latest in the stable of mozilla in the browser section is  said t be the “The Fastest Firefox Yet”.

The company has to say this about the new firefox Browser: “Things move quickly online, and we’ve beefed up the engine that runs Firefox to make sure you can keep up: Firefox 3.5 is more than twice as fast as Firefox 3, and ten times as fast as Firefox 2.* As a result, Web applications like email, photo sites and your favorite social networks will feel snappier and more responsive.” Features: The features are divided into

Google adsense for Mobiles

Google Adsense is integrating their adsense ads in the i Phone and Android Apps, This is what is given in the Google site

“Google AdSense for Mobile Applications

Targeted advertising in Android and iPhone applications.”

This clearly states that the Adsense is targeting the Apps used in the iPhone and the Android platform and the Adsense cannot be used in other mobile phones.

As we can see in the above image taken from the Adsnese site, the addis placed  in the iPhone app and the Android app.

How to qualify for the Adds:

HTC Hero Specifications

HTC Hero the new Android interface called Sense is making waves in the Mobile market, with it looks and also with its functions includint the newly announced “SENSE” which is said to have Flash making it the First Android phone whith Flash.

HTC hero with a caption

“Be Brave Be Yourself”

The Phone is designed beautifully with a slight curve which starts below the screen and i seriously dont know how it is usefull, ahve to hear from HTC about the concept behind this design, amybe this is what makes it look different from the G1 which also looks the same externally.

HTC Joins the Android Wagon with Hero

HTC the Smartphone developer has unveiled Android Phone HTC Hero which states:

“Be Brave Be Yourself”

But i think the name just refers to the new HTC sense which they have released with this beautiful phone.

According to Peter Chou, Chief Executive Officer, HTC Corporation

“HTC Hero introduces a more natural way for reaching out to the people and accessing your important information, not by following the status quo of todays phones, but by following how you communicate and live your life,”

HTC Sense:

The Android interface based Operating system has an integrated flash which makes it one of a kind.

Bing Mobile Search gone Public

I think that Bing is making it big into the search engine field and also in the Maps giving hard time to google apps and this time it has also been seen in the BING Mobile Search concept.

Microsoft which is launching a mobile version of Bing. In fact, Bing mobile search has just gone public and you can visit the site by pointing your mobile phone’s browser to http://m.bing.com.I tried using Bing mobile using my iPhone and I would have to say that it loads fast and the main search page is sleek and clean, although I can’t help notice it’s striking resemblance and seems even clearer than Google Mobile Search.

My Touch 3G the latest Android Phone set for release

The Google android T-Mobile’s G1 which was the first in the line for the Android series from google has a revamped and newer version called the My Touch 3G which is the second in line of the Android phones by  T-Mobile which is coming back with another attempt at an Android phone in the U.S., which it is calling the myTouch 3G.

Chinese phones banned in India


The loud music the flashy and trendy looking phones will be a thing of the past now as Department of Telecom (DoT) is planning to block all th phones which do not have an imei number (Which all the chinese phones dont) and Even mobile phones that have all zeroes or no zero in their IMEI code will be barred.

Department of Telecom (DoT) is planning to block cell phones which do not bear the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number. (Cheap Chinese phones do not have an IMEI number)

iPhone 3GS compared to Nokia N97

The iPhone 3GS  and the N97 are the in news mobile phones this season which are the ones which are with all the updated softwares and the ones which can rock the cell market.

So lets see the Speifications of each phone compared to each other:

Here i will try to comapre both  the phone specifications hands on.

Dimensions:

N97:

117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm

IPhone 3 GS:

115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm

Display:

Nokia N97: 3.5 inch TFT with up to 16 million colors

nHD16:9 widescreen (640×360 pixels).

Nokia N97 launch party

Nokia is trying its level best to be in the competion in the smart phone section competiting with contenders like Apple, Palm, Blackberry.

The Apple which launched the new iPhone 3GS in WWDC with a grand launch, has caused Nokia to give a launch party to for the N97 which is new phone to get into the competions with the new “Touch trend” going strong.

Nokia is said to be Launching its N97 in grand style by organizing a party where everyone is said to be invited, This is what i read in jkontherun.com

Where to watch WWDC Live

WWDC Live updates
Here i am giving out some of the many sites which are giving out the live updates about the WWDC while sitting there.
These are some of the Active sites which are updating WWDC to the world:

www.macrumorslive.com
www.macworld.com/article/133798/2008/06/wwdckeynote.html
www.engadget.com
www.gizmodo.com
www.tuaw.com
www.gizmodo.com
www.iphonealley.com
www.community.livejournal.com

These are some of the active updaters for WWDC so have a nice time.
Enjoy!!