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There is a lot of debate online on the question of switching off cellphones once your airplane is ready for take off and landing. Can devices actually interfere with navigation systems etc. It is in this context that we decided to cover Airplane mode on your iPhone and how it works. What actually happens when you switch on airplane mode and is it safe. To start off it is safe to say that once airplane mode on your iPhone has been enabled all wireless features are disabled. All non wireless features however are still available, which means you can still listen to music, watch movies and compose documents.  What features can you use when Airplane mode is switched on 1. You can listen to music 2. Watch Movies 3. Check your calendar 4. Take or view pictures 5. Use your alarm 6. Use your stopwatch 7. Use calendar 8. Take notes 9. Read text-messages or email stored on your phone What features are unavailable when airplane mode if turned on 1. All wireless features of your phone are turned of...

Samsung Galaxy S II Samsung has a Galaxy S2 commercial out and with it they have gone straight after the competition - Apple. The Korean mobile phone maker has started an ad campaign by taking on the iPhone. If you watch the commercial you will notice that they try to keep the conversation real-world and stick to what debates are actually happening  with SmartPhone lovers. One line in the ad goes 'I can never get a Samsung'. Good job with the ad and for sure it has spurred on the SmartPhone debate. Taking on the Apple Fanboy culture with the commercial seems like quiet a long shot, for starters the Apple Queue was not long enough and apparently the look and brightness of the phone has been tweaked. The ad points out 4G and a better battery life. Highlighting the current battery problem with the iPhone 4S. There is however no mention of Siri. Take a look at the Ad and do leave a comment.  An original post by Sociolatte

The makes of this app say that it has been inspired by the best-selling book 'Never eat alone'. There is a truth to this whole thing especially if you are serious about networking with your LinkedIn contacts. This app will come in handy for recruiters, people getting started in their careers and entrepreneurs. The built using the LinkedIn API promises to be able to set up meaningful face-to-face conversations with contacts who could prove useful to you. It's one thing to meet and network on LinkedIn and quiet another to take those contacts to the next level with a face to face meeting. How does LunchMeet work.  The way this App works is that you sign-in with your current location, let the App know where you will be available and when and let it search among your contacts for people who would also be available at that time. You can then invite people for lunch/drinks and build your networking contacts. The App is free to download from iTunes and can be used on your iPhone, ...

VPN stands for virtual private network and this is what you need to make sure your internet connection does not get compromised on your iPhone, iPod or iPad. Creating one can be difficult and that's why there are third-party apps that would do just that for you. Hotspot Shield VPN from AnchorFree is one such App that once downloaded on your i OS device will let you browse the net securely.  This is especially true when you are using public Wi-Fi accounts, your Facebook or Twitter accounts could get compromised. The App however will ensure that all your data is encrypted and passed on securely. You can download and use the App for free but there are in-app purchases which will cost you about $1/month. You can however download and use the App free for seven days before you shell out any money. So give it a try especially if you use Wi-Fi hotspots a lot and you access your iOS device when travelling.  An original post by Sociolatte

It's finally here the Facebook for iPad App. The app itself is stunning using the screen space available to deliver bigger and clearer photos. With Facebook for iPad you can navigate faster with the tap pinch or slide options. Mover around and see who is nearby using the map that is available. Regarding what's new with the App Facebook Says  You can chat with friends right from your iPad, for example, or play games and use apps in full-screen mode. You can also watch high-res videos inline, record HD video and stream to Airplay devices. This new mobile platform launched by Facebook is still so new and users have found a few bugs. Will need to give it sometime before things can be sorted out. You can also play all your favorite games on the App. Farmville and CityVille popular games from Zynga can be played on the App. The Facebook App is  Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later. If you are upgrading your iOS and the App does not function correctl...

iMessage will be out this week on Wednesday. We have already  written  about what iMessage is and how it works. Well just to recap iMessage is the messaging system that comes along with iOS 5. iPhone users can now send unlimited texts and messages to each other at no extra cost. Works on the lines of BlackBerry's BBM service. With the launch of iMessage, Service providers now have a cause for concern as people signup for texting plans but with iMessage you don't need a texting plan especially if most of you friends use iPhones. iPad and iPod users can also use the service if they upgrade their operating systems to the latest iOS 5. Once upgraded users can then send an unlimited number of texts and messages from their devices.  This is a killer for Verizon which makes $7 billion a year from texting fees. So the waiting is over for iPhone users who have been waiting for this update and can now enjoy unlimited texting for free. 12 Oct, 2011 is the date and make sure your device ha...

  With the announcement of the iPhone 4S comes the news that Siri is coming with it. She will be your virtual personal assistant and help with a whole lot of tasks on your new phone, Siri is a part of iOS 5 and is capable of making you life a lot easier. For instance you get a message or text on your phone it will be read out to you be Siri and you can reply to that message or text with your normal voice. You do not need to touch your phone at all. It is all done automatically and you keep on doing your work and Siri will keep working in the background. You can ask Siri to set your timer, tell you about the weather, remind you of all your appointments, and ask questions like which route to take and what the traffic situation is like. Siri will also speak to you in an intelligent way and has the ability to ask for clarifications.  How does Siri work Works just like a personal assistant, albeit a very wise one. Speak the the assistant in your normal voice and give it all your commands an...

iPhone 4s - Features and Highlights.  After the expected announcement of the iPhone 5, Apple came out with something else the iPhone 4S. Some of the major highlights of the new phone are actually quiet amazing and Apple has held on to its market share. There is an all new 8 mp camera and iOS5 and iCloud. With the launch of the iPhone 4S there has been the new addition Siri. What is Siri Siri is you intelligent assistant residing inside your phone to help you. Some of the features of Siri include allowing you to send messages using your voice. You can also ask Siri to do things like schedule meetings and place a phone call. Siri is intelligent enough to talk back to you and works like your own personal assistant on the iPhone 4s Duel-core A5 Chip Perfect for gamers and people who require a lot of graphics. The two cores of the chip deliver twice the power and up to seven times faster graphics. Apple also says that the chip is very power-efficient. We will know how powerful it really is ...

Filmmakers today you can find them everywhere. There's good reason for that with all the HD cameras and tools available these days to produce and edit, everyone can try their hand at it. with social media and sites like YouTube, it does not take a nice video too long to become famous. What video is complete without some effects and nice natural zooming and focusing. with the pico dolly it is really easy to mount your camera or phone for those great angle shots. The Pico Dolly is a small board on skate wheels which can be mounted with three arms. It is small and neat and easy to move around. The wheels can be adjusted to form a circle or a straight line. The video below explains how it works. The whole thing will cost you #65 if you pre-order and shipping starts in two weeks time. Source: Tech Crunch An original post by Sociolatte

Dolphin Browser up until now was a third-party mobile browser for Android devices both phones and tablets. Dolphin Browser now comes to the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Presented by Mobotap this browser has been very popular amount Android based devices. The browser for the iPhone has been built on i OS unlike the browser used for Android devices. So here are the features found in the browser and some of them really set them apart from other browsers. Dolphin Browser: How does it work and features 1. Webzine - clearly displays web-pages as a series of thumbnail images 2. Gesture - a fun feature to navigate the web. You can move up or down by drawing arrows. 3. Add-ons - over 50 available and include a translator 4. Multi-Touch-Zoom - allows you to pinch the screen and expand or reduce text size. You can also double tap to zoom in and out 5. Tabbed Browsing - Lets you have a desktop experience while browsing. Open as many tabs as you want. 6. SideBar - you can quickly swipe to the tool ...

Hi Phone 5 the fake iPhone already available in China for $31 on Taobao Apple does not want to miss the big opportunities being provided by emerging markets especially the Asian markets. The only thing that deters Apple is the price of it's iPhone, something that is not right for lower and middle end consumers. People are willing to invest in phones but usually go for the mid-range and lower ranges in these markets. Which are controlled and ruled by companies like Nokia. Apple will now want to even enter these segments of the market being that they represent huge volumes to say the least. Reuters reports that a new iPhone 4 is on it's way and with Asian manufactures already into production of a lower-priced version of the iPhone 4. Which will have a smaller 8 gigabyte flash drive.  The new iPhone , which some call the iPhone 4S because of its largely identical appearance to the existing iPhone 4, will have a bigger touch screen, better antenna and an 8-megapixel camera Meanwhil...

The new Facebook App dedicated to messaging is available from today for both the iPhone and Android. This standalone App is not a part of the Facebook App but comes separate and is dedicated solely to messaging. The new Facebook Messenger for Mobile delivers your messages instantly and there is no need for a refresh. All communication on the App happens in real-time. The App allows from group conversations a feature that many companies have been trying to cash in on. With group messaging everyone who is  part of that group can carry on conversations in real time. Texting is taking on a new meaning all together with group texting. The technology that is used in the App is from Beluga the group messaging app company that Facebook acquired for the same purpose If you do not have a smartphone you can still reply to messages by  confirming your mobile number.  How does Facebook Messenger work Messages are delivered through texts and notifications You can message all your friends whether the...

The good news for all those waiting for the Google+ iPhone App, it is now available for you to download for free. There are a lot of people who have already downloaded and have also begun testing the App. There have been App updates from Google+ engineers being shared on Google+.  The latest update on the App is this... Posted by Punit Soni on Google+. Punit Soni is the Lead Product Manager, Google+ Mobile We discovered an issue with the version of the iPhone Google+ App that was on the App Store. When we launched, the App Store started serving a previous test version of the App which didn't have the stability and fixes that the latest version had. It started serving the correct version a little later. If you downloaded within the first 1 hour 40 mins, you may have downloaded the older test version. To check: - Click on the gear icon on the top left of your App's homescreen and look right above the Help button, the version number of the App should be: 1.0.1.1809 - If that is ...

Google continues it's foray into the social space and have just launched a new App called Photovine. With Photovine users can take photos and share them instantly kind of like Instagram but with one difference. Uses can take photos and share them into a pool of other pictures centering around user-created topics called vines. In the teaser video found below you will find that a users takes of photo of a puppy creates a vine of photos called 'warm and fuzzy'. So in the larger picture it works like a social network, users can take photos and share them through vines with their friends and others can join in and share photos relating to that topic or vine. It grows and grows after that.  Photovine is invite-only at the moment, so you'll be asked to enter your email address after installing the app. If you haven't already been invited to Photovine by a friend, you can visit their website at www.photovine.com to request an invitation. Find Photovine on iTunes . Sorry no...

To be released soon in  the US is the App Store's volume purchasing program and businesses. With this program businesses in the US will be able to purchase Apps from the App store in bulk to distribute easily across their organization. The bulk purchasing program will also come with discounts enabling organizations to save money on their purchases. Available for all iPhone and iPad users and with the number of organizations providing their employees with iPhone and iPads this comes as no surprise that Apple is now attracting businesses and doing more to attract business customers.  Volume purchasing of Apps Businesses can with the volume purchase program easily search for Apps, determine the quantity needed and easily complete the purchase with a corporate credit card or procurement card. To start off businesses need to first enroll in the program and create a volume purchasing account. Once created a business can then login and start purchasing Apps. Only paid Apps are available f...

Skype has just announced that users can now use their iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch to make video calls. This way users can now use their iPhone 4 with the front and rear view camera to make calls to friends and relatives and share exactly what they are seeing in front of them. With this users can now make free voice and video calls over 3G and WiFi. Share video calls on Skype with people who are on the iPhone, PC or Mac. Talk face to face or show what you're seeing with front and rear facing cameras. Skype's technology allows users to now make video calls between two PCs. Smartphones or TVs. This App has been rushed in time for New Year's Eve the most important day of the year. Skype Video Calling is not available on Android Devices. Download the App for iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch now Download the App from iTunes An original post by Sociolatte

The first part of the process is more or less the same for both Mac and Windows users. In iTunes, select the song you want to use, right-click on the track and hit “Get Info.” Select “Options” from the menu along the top, then change the “Stop Time” of the song to 15 seconds (or how long you want it to be — reports vary, but apparently ringtones can’t be longer than 30 seconds). Now, in the “Advanced” iTunes menu, select “Create AAC version.” You will now see a second version of the song. Be sure to go back into the original song’s “Get Info” options and delete your “Stop Time” setting, or else the song won’t play past this point in the future. Converting the File for Mac Users Mac users should right-click on the new, 15-second version and hit “Show in Finder” in order to change the file extension from .m4a to .m4r. This can be done just by clicking on it and overtyping. You also want to make the file name as short as possible too, so rename this in the same way. Now, still in Finder, ...

This is a really interesting App and it works like this. It is the traditional internet chat rooms that we are all familiar with but this is on the iPhone enhanced with Geolocation. So you can download the App create a chat room or join one that has already been created, the thing about all these chat rooms is that they are located near you. So you can join a group of people and just chat. The App uses Facebook connect to login and uses your Facebook picture as your avatar. There are lot's of rooms and one big room called everyone party. There are no private chats, direct messaging or profiles. You login and join a chat room or create one of your own and join the conversation with people who are located near you. The uses for the App are numerous and some creative people are going to make good use of it. MessageParty on the net Messageparty on iTunes An original post by Sociolatte

What is Facebook places and how does it work? For starters it your familiar with iPhone Apps like Gowalla and Foursquare you will know how this works. It's called Facebook places because it let's you share you current Geographic location with your friends. You can also tag friends who are with you at that point in time. The feature is currently only available in the US and will be rolled out to other countries soon. So once you want to share your location you will need to check-in to that place. You can set your privacy to only your friends or to everyone and your location gets shared. There is also a "People here now" section to see other people who are there.  If you friend tags you in a certain place you can set your privacy to allow tagging or turn it off. You can also remove yourself from a tag anytime you want since it works like "Photo Tagging". So you can use Facebook place on your mobile to share where you are and connect with friends who might  nea...

What is GetGlue and how does it work. GetGlue is a entertainment based social network and is available for Android and the iPhone. The iPad version will be coming soon. Once you get the App you can rate  movies, music, stars, shows etc. See reviews by your friends and get recommendations. GetGlue currently has more than 4.5M new unique ratings and check-ins for tv shows, movies, music and books every month. GetGlue users rate and check-in to things they like to get recommendations and earn rewards and stickers. The main features for the App include. Check-in to tv shows, movies, music, games, and books Share check-ins with your Twitter and Facebook friends See what your friends are currently watching, reading or listening to Earn leaderboard points and get stickers from GetGlue and major brands Rate lists of popular shows, movies, music and books Get suggestions for weekly new releases and old favorites picked just for you Take your favorite entertainment and suggestions with you every...