News: iPhone and it trouble with Alarms, is alarming...

iPhone has already had its fare share of criticism earlier this year during the Daylight Time switch, when the alarms that were set to recurring mode stopped working in Europe and Americas. People had to dig up their more reliable clocks (with alarm), yes the standalone devices that showed only time to wake them up. In spite of lot of publicity and bad press Apple took quite a while to fix this during their iOS update of 4.2.1. The issue was localized only to recurring alarms and one-time alarms worked fine.

Nook Series from B&N

Book reading is a habit, hobby and it is like music for some people. The feeling of holding onto a good book, turning the physical pages and to have decorative bookmarks that reflects the reader's personality has its effect on people. Like any other product there is an electronic version of this also and that is the eReaders. eReaders have been around for quite sometime from Sony, but has been made quite popular in the recent years by number of affordable devices and options to buy eBooks from. The lack of physical pages and bulk of a book definitely needs some getting used to, but has its own benefits

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Notion Ink Adam Tablet

It has been ages since the iPad launched and there have been lot of  tablets launched since then, but none of them even came close to competing from both usability and price stand point of the iPad. Nook Color (from B&N) was priced well and still holds promise, but it still needs fully unlock its potential as a tablet. One of the upcoming tablet that has kept some hardcore Android fans engaged and waiting eagerly for its release is the NotionInk Adam tablet. The tablet with all its features and underlying power of Android OS seems to be a winning combination. The design and development is managed by the new startup company definitely holds promise and is likely to be the hit of 2011. Hit the source link below for the blog that is constantly updated about the development and progress made in the making of the tablet.

Reference Site: NotionInk

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Nintendo Japan says no 3DS for kids under six

In the growing craze about 3D and 3D technology and gaming, this is an interesting disclaimer from Nintendo itself. The company is about to release Nintendo 3DS, which is expected to revive the mobile gaming platform of Nintendo. This disclaimer from them may send some doubts in the minds of parents who are considering to jump on the 3D train for their kids. Lets see what the research and scientific proof has to offer for this growing hype around anything related to 3D.

Reference Site: ArsTechnica
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Skype video calling for iPhone is official

Skype has been making a lot of news recently with enhanced video conferencing capability supporting up to 4 simultaneous video sessions. Now it has gone one more step forward to bring video conferencing to not just iPhone 4, but also to iPhone 3GS over both 3G and WiFi. I tested this from my 3GS, by calling the Desktop over WiFi and the connection was quite impressive and useful. I definitely look forward to trying this in real-time and real-life scenarios.

Reference Site: Engadget
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China tightens hold on rare earth exports, markets soar

China has been clearly getting a stronghold in the financial and technology sectors. This move from China seems to be a clear threat to monopolize the market and more importantly shift the balance in world power when it comes to technology and its advances. Let us see if there is going to be any kind of collective action this time for this deliberate move from China. We have gradually moved to "Made in China" and looks like it is heading to "Made only in China" or "Approved by China"

Reference Site: Engadget
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