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In the U.S. Verizon launches BB Storm to counter iPhone

Verizon Wireless bets on the new BlackBerry Storm (pictured at left) to become the next winter holiday season, hoping RIM targato smartphone can finally compete with iPhone (pictured right), launched by the rival company AT & T Inc.

The No. 2 U.S. mobile service (a joint venture between Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group) in the previous season has heavily advertised four different phones. However, this year decided to concentrate its forces on the model touchscreen signed Research In Motion. More »

Tags: BlackBerry Storm

Firmware 2.3: copy paste arriving?

According to the French site Mac Addict, not just Apple is already at work on the next version of the firmware for iPhone and iPod touch, but some items corridor even speak of the future introduction of very few feature requests from users, such as copy / paste .

We read in the blogs, according to very reliable and very anonymous sources, the firmware 2.3 will bring with it the ability to copy and paste the text through different files or applications. Moreover, it seems to be finally can turn the iPhone and use the landscape mode for writing text messages.

It does not end here: the background, which is now black, in the future can be customized, and with 2.3 will be finally launched the multi-tasking server-based remote announced at WWDC and yet never actually implemented.

To see if the rumors are true, not even to wait too: Mac Addict argues that the December 8 will be distributed the first beta of 2.3 firmware.

Tags: firmware, Firmware 2.3

iPhone: here’s the update 2.2

Apple yesterday released version 8.0.2 of iTunes that lets you upgrade your operating system iPhone to release 2.2. As promised, the Cupertino company has refined its smartphone introduced many small but expected improvements. To install it on Melafonino just download the update to iTunes and then download the new OS X for iPhone.

A file of about 246 MB containing corrections expectations with added fun. Before you start you should accept the offer iTunes to back the memory of your phone: in this way, you lose nothing of your data at the end of the upgrade. So at the end of the procedure have it exactly the situation. More »

Tags: iPhone, iTunes

The new MacBook is slower without battery

The new line of MacBook continues to show an unusual design result: the system slows down when the battery is connected. Some tests conducted by Gearlog confirm this.

Although quietly announced through an article in the technical support that preaches the August update of the new line of laptops, the new unibody deliberately choke the performance of the processor when you can count only on food supply. The company argues that “the operation is necessary to protect the system from an unexpected shutdown if it requires more energy than the same socket could provide” a justification for a while ‘inconsistent.

In tests conducted, the slowdown in performance is considerable: using the test Cinebench R10 on a MacBook Pro 2.53GHz by a score of 5549, which rises to 3504. The difference is that they can conclude that only 63% of real computing power is used (when the system is plugged).

The feature is unusual to many PC manufacturers, who often undertake the common practice of limiting the processor if the system was only connected to the battery to extend the service life: the exact opposite. This would complicate the terms of use of Apple’s portable triggering with cutting performance, damage the battery or the drastic reduction in the time of his life.

Tags: MacBook

New iTunes 8.0.2 and iPhone O.S. 2.2 now available

Well although the rumor has not been completed, has not yet Mac OS X 10.5.6, at least we now have a new version of the iPhone with enough improvements and utilities in addition to an unexpected update of iTunes.

On the subject iTunes nothing remarkable, a minor update stability, correcting bugs and problems. It will not include anything new or improved known.

As for the iPhone comes a new version of firmware promising to stability improvements, operation and also quite a few interesting features. Ultimately, that includes the software are these:
The function is added to Google Street View maps.
Indicators of public transport and “walk” on the maps.
Highlighting points of interest.
Possibility of sharing our position through mail.
Improvements in the functions of Mail and HTML coding
Better stability and performance of Safari.
The Podcast can be accessed from the data network 3G and WiFi.
Reduction of failures and calls for improved sound quality from them.
There is a preference to enable or disable the settings in autocorreción keyboard.

Tags: iPhone O.S. 2.2, iTunes 8.0.2