Dashing through the snow... with NORAD and Google

(Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog and Lat Long Blog)

Every Christmas Eve, children all over the world ask themselves—and their parents—questions about Santa’s magical journey. How does Santa visit so many children in one night? Will he eat the cookies I left out? How does he fit all those presents into his sleigh? These childhood mysteries are part of what makes the Santa tradition so special.

There’s one timeless question that we’re proud to say we can help answer: Where in the world is Santa at this very moment? Thanks in part to recent advances in warp-speed GPS technology and some very clever elves (elveneering?) NORAD Tracks Santa is once again prepped and ready to go.

Starting tomorrow, December 24 at 2:00am EST, visit www.noradsanta.org to follow Santa as he journeys around the world delivering presents to children in more than 200 countries and territories. There are a few different ways to find the jolly old man in his unmistakable red suit over the course of the day, so feel free to track him using any of the following methods:

• See Santa on a Google Map: On your home computer or laptop, visit www.noradsanta.org and choose your preferred language. You’ll see a large Google Map on the page displaying Santa’s current location and his next stop. Click the video icons to watch “Santa Cam” videos, and click the gift icons to learn more about each city.
  
  
• Watch Santa fly with the Google Earth Plug-in: From www.noradsanta.org, click on the link Track Santa in Google Earth. You'll see Santa steering his sleigh right on the webpage. If you don't have the Google Earth plug-in, you can get ready by downloading it ahead of time.
  
  
• Follow Santa on your phone: Track Santa from your mobile phone by opening Google Maps for mobile and searching for [santa]. Or, visit m.noradsanta.org on your phone’s browser.
  
  
• Subscribe to his YouTube channel: Santa’s home on YouTube is at http://www.youtube.com/noradtrackssanta. That’s where you can find videos from his journey throughout the night.
  
  
• Get real-time information about Santa’s location: Use Google’s Realtime Search to get updates from social networks, news and micro-blogs like Twitter at @noradsanta, and keep up with news about his journey on this Facebook page.

For any techie questions you might have, we’ve also put together some helpful tips and tricks about all the cool ways you can experience Santa’s journey. Now that you know how to follow Saint Nick on Christmas Eve, it’s our tradition to tell the story of how this all started...

NORAD (North American Aerospace Defence Command) first began to track Santa in 1955 when a misprinted advertisement in a Sears & Roebuck catalogue mistakenly led callers expecting a Santa-hotline to the NORAD commander-in-chief's telephone. Embracing the spirit of the season, NORAD used its satellite and radar capabilities to offer callers sleigh-location updates, and has tracked Santa's whereabouts on Christmas Eve ever since. Then in 2004, Google started tracking Santa on Google Earth as a 20% project, which in 2007 grew into a partnership with NORAD, adding the mapping technology of Google Maps and Google Earth to the NORAD experience. Over the years, other Google teams have also joined in the holiday fun (YouTube, Google Voice’s www.SendACallFromSanta.com and Google SketchUp).

As we approach this year’s Christmas Eve adventure, Santa was able to take a break from the preparations to visit the New York Stock Exchange this past Monday. His helpful elves kept everything at the North Pole on schedule while folks from Google and NORAD attended the Closing Bell ceremony, and stood alongside Santa from Macy’s going over last minute details about tomorrow’s big ride.

Santa with NORAD, Google and members of the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation (that’s me, the tall guy in the back row clapping)

So don’t forget to visit www.noradsanta.org tomorrow morning starting at 2:00am EST when Santa embarks on his flight. From all of us here at Google, happy holidays and here’s to a very happy New Year!


Posted by Brian McClendon, Original Google Engineering Elf

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Android In Spaaaace!

Here at Google, we’re all about exploration. It’s no surprise that some of our favorite products are built to let you explore the world in ways never before possible. Google Maps lets you find your way all around the world. Google Earth lets you explore the planet in detail, complete with trees and oceans. And Google Sky Map lets you explore the skies right from your Android device. Well, we wanted to do a little exploring of our own, so we decided to venture into near space, with the help of some Androids.

Recently, we travelled to Ione, CA and sent seven payloads up, up, and away into near space, each equipped with a Nexus S. We took some cues from others who have sent homemade weather balloon rigs far up, and we wanted an opportunity to collect some interesting data about the sensors in Nexus S – GPS, gyroscope, accelerometer, and magnetometer. We also couldn’t resist what looked like a great way to spend a weekend. Sending the balloons up also gave us an opportunity to capture some stunning imagery and videos of Earth. Take a look at unaltered footage of an Android at over 100,000 ft above the Earth’s surface:




The Rig
How did we get our little Android commanders that high up? Well, first the Android platform provides a robust development environment and Nexus S has a great set of embedded sensors, both of which made it easy for us to write the apps we needed for this project. Going forward with other similar projects we have an open environment that we can modify at any level necessary. We then worked with UCSC student Greg Klein to prepare each of the payloads, which were housed in foam coolers. We secured a nylon load line to the cooler and attached to it a radar reflector, a parachute, and finally, a weather balloon. Every payload had an APRS transmitter attached to a GPS that was known to work at high altitudes, as well as batteries for power. The remainder of each payload was different for each balloon: some had digital cameras taking pictures and some had video cameras mounted at various angles (up, down, and at the horizon).

These phones were running a variety of apps: Google Maps for Mobile 5.0 (with offline map data) which allowed us to see what was directly below the balloon, Google Sky Map to see if we could identify the real stars in the backdrop, Latitude to report location when the phones had a data connection, and our own custom sensor logging app that sampled all the available sensors on the device. We even manned our payloads with some special astronauts: small Android robots, and boy did they fly. Check out an in-depth look at how we prepared and launched the payloads:




What We Found
The payloads collected a lot of data, and many reached high altitudes, with the highest topping out at 107,375 ft., over 20 miles high, or over three times the height of an average commercial jet. We also clocked one of the payloads at 139 mph at its fastest.

In tracking the sensors on each of the phones, we observed that the GPS in Nexus S could function up to altitudes of about 60,000 ft. and would actually start working again on the balloon’s descent. We also saw that Nexus S could withstand some pretty harsh temperatures (as low as -50˚C). Some interesting data we collected:
Maximum Speed: 139 mph
Maximum Altitude: 107,375 ft (over 20 miles, over 30 km)
Maximum Ascent Rate: 5.44 m/s
Average Flight Duration: 2 hours, 40 minutes
Average Descent Time: 34 minutes

By analyzing all the collected data, we were able to find some interesting trends. For instance, we determined the speed and altitude of the jet stream: about 130mph at 35,000 ft.

In the end, the team recovered all of the payloads sent up, we even recovered the payload we sent as a test a week prior to the actual launch. We had a blast taking Android all the way up to near space. If you're interested in launching a balloon of your own, click here for more info. We have more exciting things coming your way as we use the openness of the Android platform to experiment here at mission Android headquarters.

*Special thanks to Arshan Poursohi, Greg Klein, and Tommy Nourse for all their help.

Posted by Zi Wang, Captain, Mission Android Headquarters

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LG Optimus 2X new Android phone with dual core processor

After some silent period, LG released a high end android phone,LG Optimus 2X. it runs with Android v2.2 Froyo OS but it can be easily upgrade to 2.3. this phone has a 4 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen and the screen resolution is 480 x 800 pixels. LG Optimus 2X has a gyro sensor so it will support lots of cool applications in the future.
the internal memory of this phone is 1GB but it supports up to 32GB memory cards.
LG P990 Star has 7.2 HSDPA modem and wi-fi. the main camera of this phone is 8Mp and it supports 720p and 1080p HD video recording. unlike other phones, the front camera of LG Optimus 2X is not VGA. it's a 1.3MP camera which gives high quality output.
LG Optimus 2X runs with a ARM Cortex A9 1GHz dual-core processor and it's a one of the first mobile devices which has a dual core processor. the RAM is 512MB and because of it's hardware, the speed of the phone is unbelievable.
in navigation side, LG Optimus 2X has a GPS receiver with A-GPS support. and it comes with a digital compass. unlike many other phones, LG Optimus 2X has a HDMI port which outputs 720p video. it has very good media player and comes with lots of android applications.

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Huawei IDEOS X6 another latest Android

i think most of you know about the Huawei company. they manufacturing wide range of products, specially wireless devices. they have also manufactured several mobile phones but most of them are not popular. there is some strange thing happening in the mobile phone industry, that is lots of new companies has entered to the game. the best examples are Asus and Dell. they already released several mobile phone models. the reason is, there is a highly customizable, open source mobile OS, the Google android. as you know Android becoming very popular, and any company can manufacture a hardware for it.
Huawei named their latest mobile phone IDEOS X6, which runs with Android V2.2 OS. this phone has a 4.1 inch huge TFT display. like many other Android phones,Huawei IDEOS X6 has touch sensitive controls at the bottom. this phone provides Dolby digital sound output, you can even enjoy a movie with it. Huawei IDEOS X6 has 2GB internal memory and supports up to 32GB memory cards.
the main camera of this phone is 5Mp and it supports HD video recording. it comes with a LED flash and supports geo-tagging.
Huawei IDEOS X6 powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8255 1 GHz processor and it has 512MB of RAM. it has all regular features in an android phone like GPS,FM radio,digital compass and a youtube player.

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Samsung Google Nexus S has been announced, the latest Android phone

as you know, Google playing a major role in mobile phone industry with their Android OS. previously they released a mobile phone under Google brand, the Google nexus one. it's an amazing, revolutionary phone and even now, nexus one is in the top 10 mobile phone list. Google recently announced the second version of this phone, Google nexus S. this time the hardware manufacturer of this phone is Samsung.
according to their press release, Google going to release this phone at the end of this year. and it's Android version is, v2.3 Gingerbread which released few days ago. the phone powered by a 1Ghz ARM Cortex A8 processor and it has a 512Mb RAM like previous phone.
Google has released couple of pictures of this phone and according to them, it has very nice design. it has rounded corners like iphone and Google Nexus S seems a very thin phone. it has a 4 inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen and the screen resolution is 480 x 800 pixels. there is some special thing with this screen. the glass is called Oleophobic surface which is scratch resistant. also it's not flat, it's a curved glass. the google nexus S also has touch sensitive controls at the bottom of the screen but there is no trackball like in previous version.
Google nexus S has 16GB internal memory and supports up to 32GB memory cards. the main camera of this phone is 5Mp and it supports 720p video recording. there are lots of amazing features of this phone and i will write another blogpost when it released.

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Nokia X7 latest phone comes with ClearBlack display technology

Nokia X7 is an upcoming phone of nokia which is not officially announced yet. it comes with lots of features and most of features has leaked. Nokia X7 has a 4 inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen and the screen resolution is 360 x 640 pixels. this display has a special technology called Nokia ClearBlack. because of that, Nokia X7 is very brighter even in outdoors.
this phone has a 450Mb internal memory and supports up to 32GB memory cards. also Nokia X7 powered by a ARM 11 680 MHz processor. it has a 256MB RAM and runs Symbian^3 OS. this phone also has a dedicated hardware for graphics. so it has very good graphics quality.
Nokia X7 has a 8Mp camera. the camera has dual LED flash and supports Geo-tagging and face detection features. it also supports HD video recording. this phone has very good navigation features. it has a GPS receiver and a digital compass. the maps application is Ovi Maps 3.0.
as additional features, Nokia X7 has Active noise cancellation,Predictive text input and flash player.

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Samsung I9010 Galaxy S Giorgio Armani the latest Android phone

if you are a fan of Android phones, you may have heard about Samsung i9000. it's a one of the latest Android phone which looks very similar to iphone. samsung has even made iphone type icons for it's menu. any way this phone was very popular, even now it's a one of a most famous Android smart phone. under this situation Samsung announced the second version of this phone, Samsung I9010 Galaxy S Giorgio Armani. yes it has a bit long name but it has lots of fantastic features as well.
Samsung I9010 Galaxy has a 4 inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen and the screen resolution is 480 x 800 pixels. there is a new thing with this display. the display glass is called Gorilla Glass display. it made by a special material and it's scratch resistant. like Samsung i9000, this phone comes with Samsung's TouchWiz 3.0 UI.
Samsung I9010 Galaxy has 1GB internal memory and supports up to 32GB memory cards. it has a 5Mp camera with HD video recording support. even this is an Android phone, you can run java applications via a third party application. as other features, Samsung I9010 has a GPS receiver and a digital compass as well. it comes with all nice Android applications like YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk etc. Samsung I9010 may comes with the latest Android 2.2 version. it has very powerful hardware, a ARM Cortex A8 1GHz processor and a 512MB RAM.

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New iGoogle Gadget Dashboard

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Daily Literary Quote Gadget

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The popular Daily Literary Quote Gadget from ModeRoom Press. Presents a different quote each day from a great author in literary history. Photos of writers included. Enhance your knowledge of literature, books and poetry with these inspiring literary quotes for your Google homepage.

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Set the day when you want to start, and the gadget will show you what to do each day."

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Acer Liquid Metal new phone with Dolby Mobile sounds

As you know, Acer is a computer manufacturer, not a famous mobile phone manufacturer. but they have launched couple of mobile phone models. some are popular, some are not. they recently announced a newest mobile, Acer Liquid Metal. it's an Android smart phone which has a 3.6 inches capacitive touchscreen. the screen resolution is 480 x 800 pixels. Acer has developed a very nice UI called Acer UI 4.0 Breeze for this phone.
Acer Liquid Metal has Dolby Mobile sound enhancement feature which gives excellent sound output. it also has a 3.5mm audio jack so you can use any standard headphone. the internal memory of this phone is 512MB and it supports up to 32GB memory cards. this phone powered by a Qualcomm MSM 7230 800 MHz processor and a 512MB RAM. Acer Liquid Metal has a 5Mp camera with a LED flash. the camera application supports Geo-tagging, face and smile detection and image stabilization features.
in communication , this phone has a 14.4MBP/s HSDPA modem, a HSUPA modem and wi-fi and bluetooth. Acer Liquid Metal has a GPS receiver with A-GPS support. it has 2 mics to cancel the noise. this phone also comes with lots of applications for social networking and view documents.

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PDF Search Box Gadget

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Amazing Book Blogs Gadget

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Nokia C5-03 newest touch screen phone going to be cheap

Nokia recently announced a latest mobile phone model, Nokia C5-03. it's a candy bar type full touch phone which has a 3.2 inch resistive touch screen. according to the features, this phone going to be cheap. it will be available at the end of this year.
Nokia C5-03 has a 40MB internal memory and supports up to 16GB memory cards. it comes with 2GB memory card included. this phone has Handwriting recognition feature and Accelerometer sensor as well.
Nokia C5-03 has a 5MP camera which supports geo-tagging. it can record 15fps VGA quality videos. this phone has 10.2MBP/s HSDPA modem and wi-fi as well. Nokia C5-03 runs with Symbian OS v9.4 version OS. it has powerful hardware, a 600MHz processor and 128MB RAM. this phone has a GPS receiver with A-GPS support. it uses Nokia Maps as the maps application. also Nokia C5-03 has a FM radio and TV our feature.

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Palm Pre 2 Newest phone has been released

As you know Palm Pre was a big competitor for Apple iphone and many Android phones. the special thing of this phone is, it runs their own Palm OS. Palm recently announced the latest version of this phone, Palm Pre 2. the appearance of this phone is almost similar to the previous version. but the OS comes with lots of improvements. this new OS called HP webOS 2.0.
Palm Pre 2 has a 3.1 inch capacitive touch screen and has 320 x 480 pixels resolution. the internal memory of this phone is 16GB and there is no memory card slot available. Palm Pre 2 powered by a 1GHz processor and a 512MB RAM. the main camera of this phone is 5MP and has a LED flash. Palm Pre 2 has a GPS receiver with A-GPS support. it has a very advanced organizer application and predictive text input feature.

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Samsung I8700 Omnia 7 the latest Windows Phone 7 phone

like computer operating systems, there is a big competition between the mobile phone OS's. as you know the most famous mobile phone OS's are Android, iphone OS and Windows Mobile. but int the past time, windows mobile has loosen their game, because Android and iOS were far away from it. mobile phone manufacturers loved Android and apple continued the journey with iOS. the recent version of windows mobile didn't supported multi-touch well, and had many issues.
but Microsoft announced the latest version of Windows mobile as phone 7, for a year ago. the release date was delayed due to many reasons. but now the latest Windows phone 7 OS has been released and you can enjoy it's features. Samsung I8700 Omnia is a one of the first device which comes with this OS. i will tell you more details about this OS in another post. for now i can say it has a revolutionary, new and exciting design.
lets talk about this new phone. it has a 4 inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen. the screen resolution is 480 x 800 pixels and this new OS perfectly works with munti-touch.
there are 2 versions of this phone,8GB and 16GB. but there is no memory cards slot available. in connectivity side, it has a 7.2MBP/s HSDPA modem, both bluetooth and wi-fi as well. the main camera of this phone is 5MP and it comes with a LED flash. the camera supports HD video recording, Geo-tagging and image stabilization features.
to run the windows phone 7 properly, Samsung I8700 Omnia 7 powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 1 GHz processor with 512MB RAM.
Samsung I8700 Omnia 7 has a GPS receiver and a Digital Compass as well. the new phone 7 os comes with lots of pre- installed applications like the Microsoft office document viewer.

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HTC Desire Z latest Android phone with S-LCD display

HTC Desire is a very recent and a popular phone of HTC. they recently announced a sub model of this phone, HTC Desire Z. the only difference is HTC Desire Z has a slider QWERTY keypad and a new LCD. the LCD of this phone called S-LCD which is brighter than a regular LCD. it has a 3.7 inch capacitive touchscreen and the resolution is 480 x 800 pixels. there is a square shape optical track pad at the bottom. HTC Desire Z also has touch sensitive controls.
the HTC Desire Z runs with Android 2.2 latest version. it powered by a 800MHz Qualcomm MSM 7230 processor and a 512MB RAM. the internal memory of this phone is 1.5GB and it supports up to 32GB memory cards.
the body of this phone made in Aluminum. HTC Desire Z has a 14.4 MBP/s HSDPA modem and has wi-fi and bluetooth. the main camera of this phone is 5MP and it comes with a LED flash. it's camera application has Geo-tagging and face detection features. also HTC Desire Z support 720p 30fps video recording.
HTC Desire Z is a good navigator. it has GPS with A-GPS support and a Digital compass to find the direction. it comes with lots of pre installed applications with Android OS.

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Vodafone 945 latest Android phone

After some time, Vodafone introduced a high end phone, Vodafone 945. it's the vodafone's second Android phone. this is an Android phone which has Android 2.1. it has a 3.2 inch capacitive touch screen and the resolution is 240 x 400 pixels. the internal memory of this phone is 300MB but it supports up to 32GB memory cards.
Vodafone 945 has 3.6MBP/s HSDPA modem, bluetooth and wi-fi. the main camera of this phone is 5MP and it supports 30fps video recording. it has a GPS receiver with A-GPS support. rumors says that this phone will come with a good package.

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BlackBerry Tablet - Playbook

RIM has finally unveiled its tablet PC- BlackBerry Playbook. Just with only 10 mm, thickness, 7-inch WSVGA capacitive multi-touch screen support, the Playbook runs the BlackBerry Tablet OS that support for symmetric multiprocessing. We can see that RIM is really plan to challenge it competitor Apple Ipad. I think RIM is aims to take over the enterprise segment with their new gadget- Playbook.

RIM President and co-CEO Mike Lazardis presenting the new gadget Playbook at the BlackBerry Developer's Conference

In hardware specification, Playbook definitely seems to be a powerful device. Armed with a 1 GHz dual-core processor and 1 GB RAM, and one more thing I’m really appreciated is the web browser support Adobe Flash Player. Beside Playbook, none of any handheld device that support Flash player yet.

Here are the details of Playbook (Subject to change by RIM)
• 7-inch LCD, 1024 x 600, WSVGA, capacitive touch screen with full multi-touch and gesture support
• BlackBerry Tablet OS with support for symmetric multiprocessing
• 1 GHz dual-core processor
• 1 GB RAM
• Video playback: 1080p HD Video, H.264, MPEG, DivX, WMV
• Audio playback: MP3, AAC, WMA
• HDMI video output
• Wi-Fi - 802.11 a/b/g/n
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• Connectors: microHDMI, microUSB, charging contacts
• Open, flexible application platform with support for WebKit/HTML-5, Adobe Flash Player 10.1, Adobe Mobile AIR, Adobe Reader, POSIX, OpenGL, Java
• Ultra thin and portable: Measures 130mm x 193mm x 10mm
• Weighs less than a pound (approximately 400g)

Playbook official website:

http://www.blackberry.com/playbook

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Nokia E7 newest 8Mp super phone with HDMI out

Nokia has very few capacitive touchscreen phones. i don't know the exact reason, but even most of the latest high end phones like N97 and N900 came with a resistive touchscreen. they recently announced a super phone, Nokia E7. i can say it's as a super phone because of it's super features. this phone has a very sensitive capacitive touchscreen. unlike many new nokia phones, Nokia E7 comes with a huge 4 inch AMOLED display with 360 x 640 resolution. this display has a new technology called 'Nokia ClearBlack'. it also has Touch sensitive controls like in new Android phones.
another special feature of Nokia E7 is it has a 8MP camera. the camera comes with a dual LED flash and supports 720p video recording. the internal memory of this phone is 16GB but there is no memory card slot.
Nokia E7 powered by a ARM 11 680 MHz processor. it has a 3D Graphics accelerator as well. this phone runs with a Symbian^3 OS. Nokia E7 has couple of features that came for a nokia phone , first time. it has Active noise cancellation feature with dedicated mic and a digital compass. also Nokia E7 has a HDMI port. it can be used as a TV out for 720p videos. this phone also support Dolby digital sounds. Nokia E7 is a good navigator. it has GPS and A-GPS as well. the maps application is Ovi Maps 3.0.

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Big avatar in BBM

Just share you a trick to enlarge avatar in BBM. All you need to do is copy the following code then paste into your BBM contact profile.

My advice is using your BlackBerry browser to visit this page and then copy the code " ∙∙̣̇∙̣̣̥̣̣̣̣̣̇̇̈∙̣̇∙ ".







Really cool..... have fun!!!

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How to remove uninstalled App in Blackberry App World

When you uninstall an app from BlackBerry AppWorld, the particular app will fall into Uninstalled/Archive category in My world. Although it provides the fastest way to get it back if needed. The problem is, the uninstalled apps still show up in My World. And also the uninstalled apps will be getting more from time to time if you keep on installing and uninstalling new apps.

There is a simple fix to remove those uninstall app in My World. Just open BlackBerry AppWorld, hold down the "ALT" key while typing the letters “RST”. If you successful, BlackBerry AppWorld will exit automatically. You need to re-open back BlackBerry AppWorld and those uninstalled app will disappear now.

Please take note above method is not apply to BlackBerry AppWorld 2.0 or above. In BlackBerry AppWorld 2.0, the app list will forever contain all apps that you have ever installed, whether free or paid. It will grouped by installed or uninstalled apps. Furthermore, each group can be collapsed, so you don't actually have to see your uninstalled apps at all.





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Download OTA link to Desktop

When you found a great app or theme but its only available at OTA, then "BlackBerry OTA Downloader" is come into place to assist you download the OTA files to your desktop.

Instead of enter the full URL of the download on your BlackBerry smartphone, you can just enter the OTA link into BlackBerry OTA Downloader and click download, the program will now download all the required files to your desktop.


Here are the benefits using BlackBerry OTA Downloader

• Backup OTA downloads on disk.
• No BlackBerry Internet Services required.
• Install blackberry OTA themes using your desktop software.

How to use BlackBerry OTA Downloader

• Download the program and unzip it
• Run the program by double click the exe file
• Go to whatever website that's consist of OTA link
• Right click on the link where you can download the .JAD file, and click "Copy Shortcut”
• Paste the address in the OTA Downloader and click "Download".
• At this point, OTA Downloader should download all the necessary files and save into a folder.
  

How to install the downloaded OTA file into BlackBerry smartphone

• Connect BlackBerry smartphone to PC with USB cable
• Copy those downloaded files into the "documents" folder on your BlackBerry Memory Card.
• Disconnect USB cable
• At your BlackBerry smartphone, using file explorer to browse into that “documents” folder.
• Open the .JAD file.
• Click "download" and it will install the app into your BlackBerry smartphone.

BlackBerry OTA Downloader link:
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http://www.blackberrysoftwarelist.net/ota_files/ota.zip
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Motorola DEFY the newest Android smartphone of Motorola

this week Motorola introduced a new mobile phone, Motorola DEFY. it's a special phone which comes with lots of new features. it runs with Android 2.1 OS. there are couple of special qualities of this phone. it has a 3.7 inch Gorilla Glass display, which is new to mobile phones. according to the company, this display is very sharp and scratch resistant. the resolution of the display is 480 x 854 pixels.

there are four touch sensitive controls at the bottom, those are better than physical keys. Motorola has a very nice UI called MOTOBLUR UI and this phone comes with the latest version of this UI. Motorola DEFY has 2GB internal memory and supports up to 32GB memory cards. this phone powered by a TI OMAP3610 800MHz processor and 512MB RAM. it has bluetooth,wi-fi and a 7.2MBP/s HSDPA modem.

Motorola DEFY has a 5MP main camera with a LED flash. the camera supports Geo-tagging and image stabilization features. Motorola DEFY is dust and water submersible device up to 1M under water. it has a GPS,FM radio and a Digital compass. also like other Android phones, it comes with number of pre-installed applications.

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Mosaic Tile Blend Tool Gadget

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Drudge Report Gadget

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DannyzGames Addicting Game Gadget

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Alexa Hot URLs Gadget

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Know your BlackBerry PIN

Every BlackBerry smartphone has an unique “PIN number”. This PIN number is hardcoded in BlackBerry smartphone. Thus, it can’t be changed even if you switch the SIM card. My advice when you bought a new BlackBerry smartphone, the very first thing you should do is find out the PIN number.

How to find out BlackBerry PIN
At home screen, press menu button -> Options -> Status

BlackBerry PIN is playing important role when everytime signal in or out, browsing the internet, sending and receiving emails, instant message and etc. Knowing your friend's PINs, you can actually compose a PIN message to them directly. Compare to email, that email signal must travel thru their dedicated mail server, but PIN Message is travel straight from your BlackBerry to your friend’s BlackBerry instantly. As I can say this is the fastest method of BlackBerry-to-BlackBerry communication.

How to send PIN Message
Open new compose email, insert your friend’s PIN number into To field instead of their email address.

There is another BlackBerry-to-BlackBerry communication with native IM – BlackBerry Messenger (BBM). Adding your friend’s PIN into BBM will link up both BlackBerry smartphones together. With BBM, both of you can have instant message chatting or file sharing without paying single cent to carrier. (Provided you must have BIS services enabled, and depend on which BIS package you have taken from carrier. Carrier will only charge on BIS package accordingly) Just to share that latest BBM 5.0.1.38 currently officially available at BlackBerry App World for download.

Key features include:

■New chat UI
■Updated picture posting feature
■Easier main contact menu
■Updated menu options for ease of use
■Add any text messaging contact and have them show up with other BBM contacts
■Overall movement between chats and group chat has been greatly improved

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BlackBerry Facebook 1.8

After the lot of issues reported in previous BlackBerry Facebook, finally RIM has release the latest version 1.8.0.49 to rectify the current issue.

Here's what you need to know about the new version:
Improved News Feed, loading and scrolling
Better performing Friend List
Enhanced Photo Viewing, loading and navigation
Improved Photo uploading

The new Facebook 1.8.0.49 are now available for download. You may visit BlackBerry home page or download via BlackBerry App World.

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Nokia 5250 the newest full touch phone will be cheap

Last month nokia announced couple of new phone models, most of them are candy bar type full touch phones. Nokia 5250 is a newest phone which announced in last week. the phone has a 2.8 inch resistive touchscreen which has 360 x 640 pixels resolution. the internal memory of this phone is 51MB and supports up to 16GB memory cards. according to it's features, this phone might be cheap.
it's not a 3G phone and wi-fi is not available. the main camera of this phone is 2MP and supports VGA format video recording. as other features Nokia 5250 has a FM radio and a good quality media player.

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Blackberry Tips – Share BlackBerry contact via Windows Live Messenger

How you share your BlackBerry contact to others? Of course there are many way to share BlackBerry contact to other, but I found one of the easiest way via instant messaging.

Send Blackberry contact via Windows Live Messenger:

1. In Windows Live Messenger, click on your friend to open up the chat windows
2. Press menu button, select “send file”
3. Popup windows will display in middle of screen, click “Contact” button
4. Select you desire contact which will send to your friend
5. Finish
   

Above steps is just an idea sharing. You may apply the same idea in BlackBerry Messenger or other IM application in Blackberry. Please try!

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Universal Music Group On YouTube, Gadgetized.

Universal Music Group is the world's leading music company.


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National Geographic Gadget

Daily news and photos of places, animals, nature, underwater, travel etc.


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Celebs by Access Hollywood Gadget

The Celebs gadget will revolutionize the way you get your celebrity gossip fix!

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More info:
Now you can personalize your entertainment news to get the latest updates on the stars and topics that matter to you from Britney Spears to Barack Obama from Twilight to twitter. Comment on, rate, and share your favorite news, photos, and videos with your friends and family, and check out what celeb news your friends are following. And the best part? You get all these great features within this one star-studded gadget!

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CollegeHumor On YouTube, Gadgetized.

CollegeHumor's exclusive original videos.



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More Info:
We're based in New York City, and we write, shoot and sometimes act in the comedy sketches you see here. Hope you like them!

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PartyMixPeople On YouTube, Gadgetized.

PARTYMIXPEOPLE OF AMERICA!



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Cheeky Quotes Gadget

Offers witty remarks, wry observations, and more from a variety of famous and not so famous personalities.
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SciTech.mobi - Breaking Science and Technical News Gadget

Breaking news and articles from the top science and technical sites.

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More Info:
Topics include astronomy and space, biology, medical and health sciences, nanotechnology, anthropology, chemistry, climate change, engineering, math, physics, computers and mobile technology.

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BlackBerry Shortcut Key while typing message

For BlackBerry newbie, the following BlackBerry shortcut key should be very useful for you.

To insert a period
Press Space key twice

To capitalize a letter
Hold letter key until capitalized letter appears

To type an alternate character on a keypad
Hold Alt key and press character key

To type a number
Hold Alt key and press a number key

To turn on NUM lock
Press Alt key + Left Shift key

To turn on CAP lock
Press Alt key + Right Shift key

To turn off NUM lock or CAP lock
Press Shift key

To switch typing input languages
Press Alt key + Enter key

To type a symbol
Press Symbol key and type the letter that appears below the symbol

To highlight a line or character
Press Shift key and roll Trackball

To cancel a text selection
Press the Escape key

To cut highlighted text when typing
Press Shift key + Backspace/Delete key

To copy highlighted text when typing
Press Alt key + click Trackball

To paste highlighted text when typing
Press Shift key + click Trackball

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Turtle USB Hub

Another cool gadget today folks! This turtle-looking like device is actually an USB Hub, he has one for each of his legs (yes that would be 4). But wait, there's more. Flip his shell and you'll find a little storage space, looks like an ashtray, but you can put a lot of tiny stuff there, the kind of stuff that usually gets lost: coins, keys, a chopstick and so on.
He looks so squishy, it's impossible not to like :)
And of course, the famous:

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