Thankfully the current generation of smartphones like the Apple iPhone, the Nokia N97 and the HTC Hero all aim to do all this and more. Photography is also a big part of the smartphone standard features list, though to be honest some smartphones have underwhelming photographic capabilities at first glance. Though the iPhone 3Gs has an improved 3.2 megpixel camera, it lags behind the competition in terms of image quality and versatility. But when the iPhone and its contemporaries are coupled with decent photography applications, their functionalities and photographic potentials can be extended far beyond the original intentions of their manufacturers.

Pano App
Though some camera phones have built-in panoramic capture software, the iPhone does not. This application rectifies that by allowing you to take multiple pictures of a scene and then sit back as the app does all the work and stitches them together into a seamless panorama. Some truly breathtaking results can be achieved.

Photogene
If you are looking for a powerful image editing app for your iPhone then this is the one to pick. It is like having Photoshop in your pocket and you can tweak and manipulate virtually anything you can imagine after you have captured a picture. You can let your creative side get to work.

SplashPhoto
This application is compatible with various smartphone, including Nokia handset using the Symbian operating system. If you have got tons of photos stored on your phone but are not pleased with the way in which the basic software allows you to view and organise said photos, this is the app for you. What is more, SplashPhoto can load your pictures up to 80% faster than the basic software of your smartphone, which is a big benefit if your phone takes high-resolution images that can take a while to load.

SnapMyLife
This is one of the best mobile applications that lets you share your photos instantly via social networking and blogging sites. It is compatible with BlackBerry smartphones amongst others and it also allows you to view pictures your friends and family have taken on your own phone.

When you are searching for photography applications, or indeed applications of all kinds, you will want to do so at high speed. You could use the 3G connection on your smartphone, but this may cost you money. If you have a broadband connection in your home and a wireless router you could connect your smartphone using the built-in Wi-Fi for some free surfing and app downloading. This is undoubtedly the cheapest broadband option when you are looking for applications and is usually faster than 3G.

CAYIN will exhibit various products including: zone-type (SMP-PRO series) and web-based (SMP-WEB series) media players, content management servers, management software – SuperMonitor 2 and SuperReporter, and content-editing software for vertical markets – xPost. In addition, four main themes of a hotel reception, a museum, a restaurant, and an interactive area will present visitors with live demonstration of simulation of digital signage applications. SMP-WEBDUO, CAYIN’s web-based digital signage player supporting dual screens and 1080p Full HD video playback, will be officially introduced the first time in China at InfoComm China 2009. To demonstrate its capability to manage two displays simultaneously, SMP-WEBDUO is scheduled to show exclusive contents of digital menu board with both static price list and dynamic promotions playing in separate screens. In addition, vivid advertising will be shown together with SMP-WEBDUO’s most fantastic function, supporting extended multimedia contents from one screen to another which makes dazzling animation-like effects.

CAYIN’s most advanced zone-type digital signage player, SMP-PROPLUS, will showcase the museum application in portrait display. Through flash animation together with artworks’ brief introduction of origin, visitors will be deeply engaged in the atmosphere of an ancient art museum. SMP-PROPLUS can present up to seven zones for two stored/live videos, two image slide shows, a ticker, a clock, and a theme background. It can also perform as an in-store music player simultaneously.

Interactive digital signage application is also one highlight this year. Through CAYIN’s touch-enabled web-based digital signage player SMP-WEBPLUS-T, visitors can click on a product tab appears on the touch screen and view the corresponding dynamic product introduction on the other screen promptly.

In the hotel reception, CAYIN will present SMP-WEB3, the enhanced web-based media player collocated with xPost, the specially designed application software for hotels and convention centers. In addition to live demonstrations through SMP-WEB3, xPost will be introduced with its three modules: lobbyPost, wayfinderPost and meetingPost. Informative messages such as weather information, direction guiding information, meeting schedule, promotional messages, room rates, and advertising will be conveyed corresponding to the real hotel applications.
SuperMonitor 2, the advanced monitoring software designated for CAYIN’s digital signage network, helps administrators to keep track of the live status of multiple digital signage projects and thus improves efficiency of management and lowers personnel costs. SuperReporter helps users in a way to generate playback and system status and billing reports of multiple players.

“InfoComm China is the largest-scale professional AV exhibition held in China which is considered to be a great platform to root in the Chinese Market. CAYIN Technology has continuously joined this show for years because we value the Asian market and we don’t stop cultivating it,” said Michael Wu, vice president of Greater China Department at CAYIN Technology. “We will keep communicating with customers and partners in China face to face via all suitable channels and share CAYIN’s worldwide experience. We welcome all people who are interested in joining the digital signage industry to contact us.”

InfoComm China 2009 in brief InfoComm China 2009, hosted by InfoCommAsia Pte Ltd, will be taken place in National Agricultural Exhibition Center in Beijing, from November 9th-11st. It has provided efficient trade and communication platform for numbers of exhibitors and market players from Audio and Video industry. 8,525 professionals were attracted to join InfoComm China 2007 and 90% of them were system integrators, distributors, contractors, and suppliers. More visitors from markets including digital signage, home entertainment, retailing, projecting systems, video conferencing etc. are expected to participate in InfoComm China this year and it is regarded as a great opportunity to expand business in Chinese market.

Windows 7 is more than what Vista should have been, it’s where Microsoft needed to go. How much damage Vista did and whether Windows 7 is enough for people to finally abandon Windows XP are questions that nobody has the answers to right now.

Read review and take CNET Quick Poll and see what others say.

But  I just want to be fair here guys, I’m using both mail client from Google and Yahoo for different solutions. And this two company is awesome!

Anyway, here are some of the great feature that you may want to check out why do you need to create a yahoo mail account.

Drag and Drop
Drag messages into folders, trash, wherever. Organization made easy.

Auto-Check for New Message
Never hit the “Refresh” button again!

Search Inside Mail
Search for and find anything in Mail.messages, attachments, names, words, and photos.

Auto-Save Drafts
We automatically save your message as you write it.

Easier Access to Attachments
Preview photos in a slideshow right in your Mail or download several attachments at once.

Calendar Timeline
View, edit, and delete upcoming events on your Calendar without leaving your Mail.

Time-Saving Shortcuts
With one click, you can add someone to your contacts, get a map of an address, or add an event to your Yahoo! Calendar.

Till next time!

Amazed with its great features like: Wikipedia sidebar: a SmarterFox adds a “related articles” sidebar to the left side of Wikipedia, Popup bubble: the popup bubble appears when you select (or “highlight”) some text on a web page, Enhanced Awesomebar: SmarterFox extends the Awesomebar (also called the URL bar) so that Google search results automatically appear as you type and finally, qlauncher: it allows you quickly visit your favorite webpages. Download now!

To continue, let me give you some details about what I got in the market just for Php2, 500 or $52.64. And guess what, I get it from the new Annex Building of SM North, EDSA and its so great to spend time shopping on this mall. The place is so clean and the ambiance is great.

Anyway, The Wireless-G Broadband Router is great for sharing an Internet connection, and connecting all of your computers to each other – without running wires. Don’t ask me why I didn’t get the N+ version instead. HaHa!

Freedom of Wireless - Wireless-G technology creates a fast wireless connection for several computers at once. It’ s easy-to-set-up wireless network lets you access your broadband Internet connection to surf the Web and send email – or connect between computers to share music, photos and other files, or print to your printer. All without wires, from all around your home. No trading cables, no waiting for someone else to finish what they’re doing, no being stuck in one place.

Device Connectivity – It keeps your digital photos or music in one place; share them from any computer on your network. Four built-in 10/100 Ethernet ports make it easy to connect additional wired computers, storage devices, printers, and other wired devices to your network so you can access them from your wireless-enabled computers.

And last but not the least, Security Made Simple – Wireless security and firewall protection designed to help safeguard your home network and computers from most Internet attacks.

I can totally say that WRT54G2 – Wireless-G Broadband Router can help you make your world free of wires. Connection is really fast, easy to install, and most of all – inexpensive!

For more details and product specifications, visit Linksys by Cisco at www.LinksysByCisco.com

Till here and happy browsing!

For those that used the previous add-on version, you’ll find little different. Aesthetically, you’ll notice that the actual video will be cut down (removing the play count and video information) so to make presentation easier, and the videos will appear on the map as a thumbnail instead of a small red dot.

Google Map: You Tube Integration Screenshot

I, for one, can’t wait to see what people start filming because of this. Sure, there might be boring videos here and there of people checking out barren stretches of highway that no one will ever see (which I actually think is kind of neat), but this does provide an opportunity to make the world seem a little bit smaller.

Photo credit: Google / Source: maximumpc.com

Google has rolled out a new version of homepage customizer iGoogle. They say they’ve rolled it out to all U.S. users, but that would include me, and I have seen no signs of it on my page, so apparently “all” is a little strong. Hopefully I will be included soon, because being a fan of iGoogle, I would find the new features quite useful.

The biggest of those features is the “canvas view” that comes with it, which allows you to view the contents of some gadgets without leaving the iGoogle page. For example with the old version if you want to look at your gmail account from iGoogle, you can see your inbox, but if you click on a message you will be directed to the actual page at Gmail. From what I understand (I’m still awaiting testing for myself) you will now be able to read your messages without leaving the page you’re on. They have incorporated this ability with a variety of different iGoogle gadgets:

The New and Improved iGoogle

Another key feature of the new version is the left navigation, which will allow you to get to any gadget from an organized menu on the left side of your iGoogle homepage (as seen in the screenshot below. This is a huge improvement in design as far as I’m concerned, because it stands now, I have rearranged the gadgets around my page i don’t know how many times, and can still not really come up with an organization that I really like (and have to look around for a while to find them sometimes). Having a navigation menu on the left with a canvas view for gadgets will be much more convenient.

Canvas View

I only hope that the gadget developers crank out the canvas view compatibility so the number of supported gadgets increases quickly. Google expects them to. First though, I’d just like to be able to see my own version of the new iGoogle.

Update: Well, I’m seeing the left side navigation now, but I’m still expriencing some hiccups with the new iGoogle. I got the canvas view to work on one click, but after that, nothing seems to want to go to it. My Gmail gadget isn’t working at all now. I’ll give it a little time and see what happens.

According to Microsoft 2.0:

“There’s a seemingly related (related to Singularity) project under development at Microsoft which has been hush-hush. That project, codenamed ‘Midori,’ is a new Microsoft operating-system platform that supposedly supersedes Windows. Midori is in incubation, which means it is a little closer to market than most Microsoft Research projects, but not yet close enough to be available in any kind of early preview form.

“What’s also interesting about Midori is who is running the project. One-time Gates heir-apparent Eric Rudder is heading up the effort. Midori is being incubated under Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie’s wing. ‘Everyone under him (under Rudder on Midori) is a multi-year vet, has a super fancy title, and is going back to their roots and writing code like they probably did in the old days,’ one Microsoft tipster told me.

“When and how Microsoft will roll out Midori is still a mystery. But it sounds like the company thinks the project is serious enough to dedicate a considerable amount of time/people/resources to it.”

So it won’t be in Windows 7, but from the sounds of it, Midori might be far enough along to make it to Windows 8. Will they still keep calling it Windows to hold onto the brand, or will they call it something different to illustrate how dramatically separate it is from what we’re currently using? [ZDNet]