India - second-largest wireless market in the world [FM82632-68]

Mobile telephony has grown rapidly in India, especially during the last three years, with India becoming the second-largest wireless market in the world, says a World Bank study.

The number of wireless subscribers in the country has reached 250 million, making India the second-largest wireless market in the world, says the study, The Role of Mobile Phones in Sustainable Rural Poverty Reduction.

Authored by Asheeta Bhavnani, Rowena Won-Wai Chiu, Subramaniam Janakiram and Peter Silarszky, the study says India is now second only to China, with tele-density already surpassing the 25 percent mark.

Currently, China is adding about six to seven million new subscribers per month, India about eight to nine million and the U.S. about two to three million, it notes.

"The private sector is also active in India and there are a number of telecommunication companies providing mobile telephone services who have to compete for market share and meet consumer expectations," according to the study released recently.

It argues that mobile telephony has a positive impact on economic welfare by generating GDP; job generation (both in the mobile industry and the wider economy); productivity increases; and taxation revenue with mobile operators usually being a sizeable contributor.

What's your value as a cyber mafia.

Are you really a cyber crime specialist or cyber mafia? Then what is your cost there?
You may be worth of $0.25 for your official name, $2 for cell number, $150 to $500 for credit card number and $50 to $400 for bank customer ID and PIN.

You could be worth $1,000 on an average. But when you enter in corporate world and deal with corporate information, your value could run into thousands of dollars.

Gone are the days when fun and fame were the sole aim of cyber hijackers, making fast buck is the key motive of today’s cyber crackers.

These nerds can outsmart cracker king Kevin David Mitnick. The tech savvyness attached to the profession makes it proliferate in terms of value and volume, said a leading cyber expert.

A case of a Chandigarh bank executive Mr. Vasudeva can realize you the reality and power of cyber crime and their mafias.

He logged on to a social networking site, a couple of months ago. “Soon, I started receiving mails from unknown sources asking about my health and home loan details. I thought someone who knows us well was playing a prank, until a tech-savvy friend realised my computer was hijacked and turned into a BOT (a hijacked computer), a captive.

In this case, when Vasudeva logged on a virus called as malware/spyware download itself automatically in the system and started sending the files to the outsider even passwords too from where it came.

Over 10,000 computers are converted into BOTs a day and are linked into large networks of such computers, called BOTnets.

On an average, around 400 BOTs are created a day in India, says a recent study. The country has over 40 command-and-control servers having 38,465 distinct BOTs.

Among the cities, Mumbai reported a share of 33 per cent, followed by Delhi at 25 per cent, Chennai 17 per cent and Bangalore 13 per cent.

Cyber criminals sell stolen information be it credit cards, credit verification values, bank accounts on the underground economy servers. The buyer is then required to pay cash.

Unwilling to risk exposure, buyers use cashiers agents who convert the stolen information into true currency in the form of e-gold (wherein the process is instantaneous and the payments are final, ensuring no charge-backs) or through money transfers.

Looking for a job? Try Facebook Now

Internet jobs site CareerBuilder.com is teaming up with Facebook to help clients run job recruiting campaigns within the online social network, the two companies said.

If you are keen to work on Social Media site Facebook, then carry on with Facebook.
As job site CareerBuilder.com is tying up with Facebook to help clients run job recruiting campaigns within complete online social media network.

Beautifully created and designed ads will promote CareerBuilder and employers' sections within Facebook, with the goal of attracting potential hires who may be hard with general media like newspapers and other classified ads.

Facebook, a well known social media site was founded in Silicon Valley in 2004. However this site was for Harvard University students but spread quickly to other colleges as well as at work places too.

Targeted ads will appear on the side of Facebook and on its user’s pages among their network of friends. Clicking on these ads will take users to CareerBuilder.com

According to Richard Castellini who is Vice President of CarrerBuilder, CarrerBuilder is spending a lot of money to promote on the Facebook and its network, and then they’ll have the ability to resell certain units to continue that promotion for their clients.

Facebook and CarrerBuilder refused to specify the value of this non-exclusive deal, which initially will focus on US market. CareerBuilder is owned by newspaper publishers McClatchy Co, Gannett Co Inc and Tribune Co.

Using the site (http://www.facebook.com/careerbuilder), advertisers will be better able to target their search for job candidates, Castellini said.
For example, an engineering firm may be able to target college seniors who are about to earn degrees in engineering or a hospital recruiter might find Facebook users who are nurses.

Facebook declined to comment on whether it was considering a similar deal with Monster.com also.

”The only relationship we have in place with only Career Builder,” said Mike Murphy,
Vice president of media sales of Facebook. User’s privacy will be on priority.
“We are not inserting anything in anyone’s profile. We are just having them run advertising using Facebook ads to prospective employee and have them choose to participate or not,” Murphy said.


Facebook is the web’s fifth most-trafficked site with 67 million active users worldwide. In USA, 85 percent of college student attending four year colleges, have been registered.
Microsoft Corp, an investor in Facebook provides advertising networks for Facebook.

Your Credit Card - Beware, before you swipe it.

What is the worst thing to do with your credit card? Use it to withdraw cash from the ATM, says a financial expert.

In your monthly credit card statement, there is a mention of cash limit. That is the extent to which one could withdraw cash using a credit card. But the googly is the interest rates. It’s actually a very expensive proposition to withdraw cash as the interest rates on such withdrawals fall in the range of 40 per cent on an annual basis.

Usually, the credit card company mentions the interest rate as a percentage per month which typically varies from 2.7-2.85 per cent per month. And since this interest is compounded monthly, the effective annual rate of interest tends to be anywhere from 38 to 40 per cent per annum.

Essentially, credit card companies charge the same interest rates for cash withdrawals made through credit cards and for rolling over credit card balances. But if one pays the entire amount on due date, one gets around 30-45 days of interest free credit.

But what is important to know is that the rule doesn’t apply in case of cash withdrawals; the credit card company levies the interest rate the moment you withdraw the cash.

Cash withdrawals can also attract an additional withdrawal fee. This charge falls in the range of 3-3.5 per cent of the withdrawn amount. That will be added along with the interest rate to your bill. Therefore, unless you have emergency needs, do not withdraw cash on your credit card. The better option though is to go for a personal loan.

RL Prasad, general manager and head of cards and personal loans at Standard Chartered Bank, says “You should look at this option as the last resort. If it’s a planned expenditure and you don’t have sufficient liquidity then a personal loan is be a viable option.

7 tips to safer online banking

Banking has never been easier. Type in one simple web address and you have access to your bank for almost anything, from viewing the latest balance to transferring money to your friend to paying for that online purchase.

However, this convenience has its set of risks too. The stepping of financial institutions into the virtual realm has lead to a new breed of financial criminals. Criminals, who largely thrive on the innocuousness of netizens and technology loopholes.

Here are some simple tips to prevent you from falling into the trap of these cyber criminals. Remember, a simple ignorance or oversight can make a huge dent in your hard-earned savings.

1.

Always check the URL of your bank's web site


Fraudsters can lure you to enter your user ID and password at a fake web site that resembles your bank. If you see anything other than the bank's genuine URL, it has to be fake.

Never enter your user ID or password or such sensitive information without ascertaining that you are on the right web site. Always type the Web address of your bank into the browser address space. Never click on the link in the email.


2.

Regularly check for security updates for your OS (operating system).

Most security updates are aimed at reducing risks to your computer, these may be data-related or otherwise. Make sure that your operating system and browser have the latest security patches installed. And, always install these only from trusted web sites.

Install a personal firewall to prevent hackers from gaining unauthorized access to your computer, especially if you connect to the Internet through a cable or a DSL modem.

3.

Change your online banking password at regular intervals.

Also, avoid easy-to-guess passwords, like first names, birthdays, kid's or spouse's name and telephone numbers. Try to have an alpha-numeric password, one that combines alphabets and numbers.

If you have several bank accounts, never use the same online banking password for all. Never select the option on browser that stores or retains user name and password. As it can easily be cracked by cyber criminals.

Also, never paste your password, always type it in. This little amount of `finger exercise' will go a long way in safety.

4.

Banking website address should be SSL protected.

Some banks have enhanced security features in Internet banking. For example, if the money that you want to transfer online to another account exceeds a particular sum, you may have to enter a specific password. Several banks require password to validate high-value transactions.

Make sure that the banking website address starts with https (SSL protected) which ensures encryption protected communications.


5.

Always log out when you exit the online banking portal.

Most banks have a 'last logged in' panel on their web sites. If your bank has it, check the panel whenever you log in. If you notice irregularities (like you are logging in after two days, but the panel says you logged in that morning!), report the matter immediately to your bank and change your password right away.

Always log out when you exit the online banking portal. Close the browser to ensure that your secure session is terminated. Never exit simply by closing the browser.


6.

Avoid accessing your bank online at cyber cafes.

Don't leave the PC unattended after keying in information while transacting on the web site. Avoid accessing your bank online at cyber cafes or on a share or public computer.

Also, avoid locations that offer online connections through wireless networks (Wi-Fi), where privacy and security are minimal.


7.

Avoid filling out forms in email messages that seem spam.

Avoid filling out forms in email messages that ask for personal financial information, like account or credit card numbers. Never, in response to any email, provide your online banking user ID, passwords, credit and debit card numbers.

No bank's representative will ever ask for your user ID/ credit or debit card number/ password in any form. If they do, change the bank!

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Automated wild malware troubles Yahoo and Microsoft IM

Messenger applications of Yahoo and Microsoft are facing new attack from malware which can infect the PC and user will not be able to know about this.

This malware download itself and infect user's PC and generally it infects contacts list made in both messenger application of Yahoo and MSN

If a user does not open any file, this malware can infect the PC in that condition also. However other malwares are delivered normally through attachments and infect the PC but this one is different from others.

As a reader of ZDNet Asia sister site ZDNet.com.au has said that his PC was affected by this malware afternoon and this malware installed itself in windows registry.

Whenever a user visit any website, ads that are going to be displayed will be replaced by other party and those ads will be shown instead of of original ads.

Also, when the user tried to boot up his PC after removing this malware, the machine shuts down. And there was a blue screen after this.

According to user this malware is not detected by McAfee and also bypasses spybot search and destroy.

However no representative of Yahoo or Microsoft was not available for comment at the time of publication.

Nokia N77 WCDMA 2100

The world's largest mobile-phone maker is showcasing the second generation of its successful E-series business phones. Going by the Mobile TV buzz, the company is gung ho on N77 -- its first mid-priced mobile-TV phone (and second overall). The phone will be able to receive TV signals broadcast in DVB-H (Nokia’s own TV technology platform). While Nokia and other European phone makers favour the homegrown DVB-H technology for watching broadcasts on cellphones, rival formats such as MediaFlo from Qualcomm and DMB are getting there too.

The N77 features a wide 2.4-inch screen, high-quality stereo sound and alerts when programmes are about to start. However, the Nokia N77 is much more than just live TV. Designed to work on 3G (WCDMA 2100 MHz), EDGE and GSM (900/1800/1900 MHz) networks, Nokia N77 is based on Series 60 3rd Edition software of Symbian OS.

The N77 WCDMA 2100, is cost of $480, roughly half the price of the N92, in Europe.

LG LX 570, A better Music Phone

LG 570 is designed even better for music. It has touch-sensitive audio controls on the outside, a microSD slot, and an integrated FM transmitter that transmits songs directly to a car stereo or other FM receivers. Users can set the phone to music-only for uninterrupted playback. LG 570 features dual-band CDMA, EvDO, a speakerphone, 2.25-inch, 220-by-170-pixel internal LCD, and a 1.3-megapixel camera with video recording.

LG also offers the MSB-100 Bluetooth stereo speaker. It supports A2DP, AVRCP, hands-free, and headset Bluetooth profiles. You can also use it as a speakerphone for answering calls. LG estimates up to eight hours of music playback time on the MSB-100, up to 20 hours of talk time, and three hours to charge it.

LG VX 8700

LG VX 8700

Pre-show activities started with LG announcing its 3.8-ounce VX8700, which sports a brushed metal finish, a slim, 0.5-inch profile, and an external status display with a shiny, mirror-like background.

The VX8700 supports dual-band CDMA for calls and EvDO for data. Users also get a speakerphone, a 2-megapixel camera for photos and video, and a microSD media card slot for additional storage. The phone doubles as an MP3 player and supports stereo Bluetooth headsets.

Motorola MC35 - E-mail over High-Speed Edge Wireless Data Networks

Motorola MC35



Searching for a phenomenal hit to follow up the popular Razr slim phone, Motorola introduced a series of hard-to-distinguish new consumer phones plus the MC35, a durable voice/data communications device. Called an Enterprise Digital Assistant by the company, the MC35 includes built-in GPS capability, WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, mobile e-mail over high-speed Edge wireless data networks, and a camera. The phone even throws in a barcode reader to the growing suite of mobile applications.

The new smartphone is the result of Motorola's acquisition last year of Symbol, long known as a maker of "rugged" devices for enterprises.

The company also unveiled ROKR Z6m, a sleeker, metallic variant on the RIZR slider that emphasizes music: a 3.5mm headphone jack lets any standard headphone set plug in without an adapter, and stereo Bluetooth supports wireless headphones or speakers. EVDO and a 2-megapixelcamera are also a part of the design. ROKR Z6m is due to arrive by second quarter of 2007.

HTC Shift - High Tech Mobile

HTC Shift
Taiwan-based High Tech Computer, which has in the last two years moved beyond being a manufacturer of equipment for other companies to releasing devices under its own brand, debuted `Shift’, an “ultra-mobile PC”. About the size of a pair of CD jewel cases, the Shift has a tilt-up screen and a full laptop-style keyboard, plus multiple connectivity options, including GSM, Edge, UMTS, HSDPA, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi.

Rather than a conventional mobile operating system such as Windows Mobile or Symbian, the Shift runs the full Windows Vista Business.

It dons a 7-inch, 800x480 touchscreen, 1GB of RAM and 30 GB hard drive. There is a fingerprint reader and a small 1.2-megapixel webcam.

Sony Ericsson Z750 - Post Video Blogs to Blogger

Sony Ericsson Z750
Z750 is Sony Ericsson’s first-ever phone with both high-speed download packet access, or HSDPA, and Quad-band EDGE. It features a 2 megapixel camera and 2.2 inch screen, a media player that supports a range of music formats, and a built-in FM radio with RDS and 3D gaming capabilities.

It offers broadband speed for Web access, e-mail and picture blogging. The phone has a display with a hidden mirror effect when the clamshell is closed. It is also one of the first of Sony Ericsson’s phones that can post video blogs to Blogger.

The phone will hit the selected markets in the third quarter."

Sony Ericsson W580 - Powerful Walkman Phone

Sony Ericsson W580


Sony Ericsson announced a new addition to its powerful Walkman phone lineup. Available in white or gray with orange accents, the W580 features a slider form factor. At 0.6 inches, it marks a further move by the company to compete in the thin-phone category.

Packed inside is Bluetooth, memory stick Micro slot, a 2 megapixel camera, Song ID capability for identifying unfamiliar music tracks, quad-band world phone support and FM radio.

The W580 is 1.4cm thick and weighs 93g. Sony Ericsson claims that the W580 comes with up to 30 hours of music play time.

Helio Ocean - First “Dual-Slider” Phone

Helio, a joint venture between Earthlink and Korea's SK Telecom, unveiled Ocean, which is being billed as the first “dual-slider” phone that slides vertically to reveal a numeric keypad and slides horizontally for a full QWERTY keypad.

Ocean merges text and picture messaging, and emailing from all major portals with corporate email synchronization that allows users to get email from Microsoft Exchange server. While the full keyboard makes for easier text input, the Ocean also features an automatic search function triggered whenever you start typing.

Ocean includes 3G (EV-DO), GPS, 200MB internal storage, microSD card slot, MPEG-4 video recording, 2 megapixel camera and stereo Bluetooth capability. It is due later this spring for $295.

It comes with 2.4-inch, 260K colour high-resolution QVGA display, external stereo speakers, over two hours of continuous video recording, Bluetooth for wireless voice and stereo Bluetooth. Ocean supports an array of audio and video formats including MP3, AAC and WMA audio, and MPEG4 and H.264 video.

Mobile content and services going to be boom

According to research firm Informa, SMS, multimedia messaging and instant messaging on mobile phones will generate revenues worth $93 billion globally by 2011

LONDON: The market for content and services on mobile phones is expected to grow to $150 billion by 2011, as access to the web while on the move becomes easier and faster, research from Informa Telecoms & Media showed.

The research firm said that applications such as messaging led by traditional SMS messaging would still account for a lion's share of this market, generating over half of this revenue in 2011.

Informa predicted messaging services comprising SMS, multimedia messaging and instant messaging on mobile phones will generate revenues worth $93 billion globally by 2011 from $60 billion last year and an expected $67.4 billion in 2007.

Entertainment services comprising games, music, TV, adult content and gambling would grow to $38 billion by 2011 from around $18.8 billion in 2006, it said.

"Mobile music will be a major contributor to the revenues achieved in the mobile entertainment market in the next five years, although its overall share of the market will fall from 40 per cent in 2006 to 36 per cent in 2011 as new forms of entertainment such as mobile TV and video services begin to gain consumer interest," Informa said in its report.

Not all of the explosion in new services, although helped by the availability of broadband speeds on mobiles, would go to mobile operators.

"The introduction of a whole host of new players into the value chain presents new opportunities for growth in the mobile content and services market, whilst simultaneously posing a threat to mobile operators who face losing control of the billing relationship with their customers," Informa said.

It also forecast areas such as user-generated content, the rage of the Internet world in 2006, to come into the mobile space in the years ahead. Informa forecast user-generated content and communities to be worth $13.2 billion by 2011.

Samsung SGH-F700

SGH-F700 is an upcoming member of the Korean electronic company's Ultra Smart series. F700 is a landscape-orientated QWERTY thumb-keyboard, touch-screen phone, measuring 4.09 x 1.9 x 0.6 inches. The display measures 2.78 inches and it supports 262,744 colours and 440 x 240 pixel resolution.

The multimedia phone supports a wide range of audio and video file formats. It is a tri-band GSM handset with 2.5G EDGE and 3.5G HSDPA data networking support. F700 sports a 5-megapixel camera with auto focus and supports Bluetooth for wireless access to handsfree car kits, headsets, etc.

Samsung UpStage

Samsung UpStage is a thin wireless phone-cum-MP3 player from Samsung and Sprint. The device actually has a two-sided candy bar shape that looks like a phone on one side and an MP3 music player on the other. A “flip” button on the phone’s edge is pressed to switch between the two sides.

The phone side has a number pad and small screen for dialing calls and typing text messages, while the reverse features a large screen and touch-sensitive controls to navigate through song lists and view digital photos, video and Web pages.

Features of UpStage include over-the-air music downloads through the Sprint Music Store, stereo Bluetooth 2.0 with Bluetooth caller ID (greets callers with a spoken voice while music is playing), a 64 MB MicroSD memory card, and USB cable with Smith Micro software for transferring music to the device.

The phone will also come with an extended battery wallet that adds up to 6.3 hours of talk time, or up to 16 hours of music listening time. When connected to the battery wallet, the device has a dual battery gauge that shows remaining time of both batteries. UpStage weighs just 74g and is less than 1cm thick.

Google and Avaya are together for apps -

Avaya Inc., a renowned name in providing business communications applications, systems and services has tied up with Google Enterprise Professional program for developing new capabilities for small businesses around Google's enterprise products. This venture will provide new productivity-enhancing solutions for small businesses

As agreement say, market will be developed by Avaya and it will support offers which integrate its high technology rich communications for small businesses with the Google Application Premier Edition, instant messaging, email subscription services solution and web publishing services.

Companies will be able to increase productivity and better customer services also by using the intelligent communications with Web services as Avaya says. Google includes software vendors, all developers and consultants in its Enterprise Professional program.

Using their own domain name, organizations can utilize simple, powerful and collaboration tools of Google. Users can utilize Google’s facilities like its Gmail, Google Calendar, chat facility like Google Talk and Google Docs and Spreadsheets on their own domain to be connected and work mutually with the help of Google apps services. There will be no need of any hardware or software to avail this service.

The open standards-based abilities on which this solution will focus that includes following

Sharing contact information easily by enabling subscribers.
Presence information and alerts also.
One inbox for voice mail.
Email
Fax
Web calling through Google Talk.


Avaya IP Office will be focused in companies combined efforts.

Since Avaya is ready to provide a broad set of Internet Protocol (IP) and communications capabilities via telephone, Mr. Kevin Smith, head of Enterprise Partnerships at Google is excited to have Avaya as a business partner with Google Enterprise Professional program.

Geoffrey Baird who is the Vice President and General Manager of Appliances, Mobility and Small Systems Division in Avaya says that Avaya Inc is working with Google to accelerate the convergence of enterprise communications with Web services. APIs offered by Google Apps Premier Edition is very effective for enabling us to create new solutions that will help small businesses. It will make remarkable improvements in employee productivity and small businesses will get more return of communications investment making both Web and communications content available over a PC, phone or mobile device."

Top 10 phones at CTIA - Indiatimes Infotech

Top 10 phones at CTIA - Indiatimes Infotech:


"The three days of Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) Wireless 2007 have so far seen a number of attention-grabbing announcements. World's all top cell phone companies have joined one of the biggest mobile phone gatherings in the world with their new devices, including a dual-sided music phone from Samsung, new phones that will operate in the new 1.7GHz and 2.1GHz cellular bands, and more 3G WCDMA phones incorporating high-speed High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) cellular data technology.

The new handsets also include Helio’s Ocean, dubbed as the first dual slider with two separate keypads. Here's a peep into the Top 10 phones at the show."

Nokia E90 - Indiatimes Infotech

Nokia E90 - Indiatimes Infotech


The world's largest mobile-phone maker launched the second generation of its successful E-series business phones at the 3GSM trade show in Barcelona. Leading the trio is the E90 Communicator, a mini computer with support for Wi-Fi and HSDPA-enhanced 3G with integrated GPS and route mapping.

A worthy successor to the previous Communicator 9500 which was launched over two years ago, E90 Communicator comes with a 4-inch wide screen that allows full-width Web browsing for the first time. It also features integrated GPS to allow turn-by-turn navigation.

The phone that could work as a phone, entertainment device and videoconferencing tool, will also offer an FM radio, a music player, a video player and two cameras -- a 3.2 megapixel one with flash and a second camera for video conferencing.

First deliveries of phone are expected during the second quarter of 2007, with global availability during the third quarter of this year.

Apple iPhone - Indiatimes Infotech

Apple iPhone - Indiatimes Infotech


The iPhone, which has no conventional buttons, instead uses a large touch-screen. The firm has patented keyboard technology on the 11.6 mm thick phone calling it "multi-touch". The 3.5 inch touch-screen-controlled device plays music, surfs the Internet and delivers voice mail and email differently.

The iPhone comes with a built-in, 2 MP digital camera as well as a slot for headphones and a SIM card. It runs Apple's OS X operating system, and has the Safari browser for Web access. The handset dispenses with buttons altogether, in favour of a powerful screen that responds to touch. It has a proximity sensor that automatically deactivates the screen and turns off the touch sensor when the device is raised to a user's face.

Music is automatically muted when a phone call comes in. The phone will play videos in widescreen format and automatically senses whether the screen is being held vertically or horizontally.

Has built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and includes free BlackBerry-style 'push' email service from Yahoo. Apple is partnering with Yahoo Inc. on Web-based email and Google Inc on maps. To make a call, users can tap out the number on an on-screen keypad or scroll through their contacts and dial with a single touch. To zoom in on a photo or Web site, tap twice. To zoom out, tap once with two fingers.

HP iPAQ 500 - Indiatimes Infotech

HP iPAQ 500
HP iPAQ 500


A big launch at 3GSM World Congree 2007 was the Hewlett-Packard iPaq 500 smartphone. Hewlett Packard unveiled its first smart phone, a slimmed-down iPaq that will be among the first Windows Mobile 6 handsets when it launches by second quarter this year.

The 500 series will be the first iPaqs that look like cellphones, with phone keypads instead of QWERTY keyboards or touch screens and styli. iPaq 500 comes with VOIP compatibility, push e-mail, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Outlook Mobile. The phone features 1.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, 64MB of memory and 128MB of storage with a micro SD card slot to expand memory.

The iPaq 500 connects to the Internet via GSM/GPRS/Edge networks, as well as via Wi-Fi. The handset also allows users to play music and videos, store photos and play games on the device.

The Hottest Technology of 2007

The Hottest Technology of 2007

What gizmos are going to buy this year?

If display at CES & Mac world was a signal. Then customers very soon will be provided networked televisions, cell phones with video & touch screens & a host of other products that take advantage of breakthroughs in multicore, HDTV, computing, ubiquitous broadband and third-generation cellular networks.

In one sentence it can be said this is going to be a revolution year. It’s going to be busier market than last year while last year it was a very busy market with huge amount of product circulation. Almost 24 million screens in droves were sold last year. Customers who bought it now desired for content, which would truly utilize the capabilities of their new sets. They can get these products in 2007.

A potential hit:

Media Smart wireless networking HDTVs from Hewlett-Packard & the Bravia Internet Video Link system from Sony which will make tight in the Internet to grip content over the Internet from AOL, Grouper, & Yahoo! Sony Pictures Entertainment deliver it right to the TV, without the need for a computer.

Apple launched its Apple TV box, which allows users to wirelessly stream movies and music from iTunes on their computer, while Netgear's upcoming Digital Entertainer HD can stream pretty much every other type of video and audio file from your PC and can also show videos from YouTube and songs from BitTorrent.

Further, Companies such as LG, Sharp and Samsung all have articulated their concentration towards networking their upcoming TVs. It means the television is becoming just another knot on the network. And it makes sense, seeing how today’s digital televisions are basically the evolution of the computer monitor, and the more processing power we stuff into the television, the more computer-like it becomes--a powerful tool that can pull its weight on a home network, taking back the title of the entertainment hub of the household.

Just as customers have invested money for new televisions, cellular providers have spent billions on their 3G networks. Sprint and Verizon now recommend EV-DO, while Cingular has just rolled out its UMTS/HSDPA service (Its nothing to know what the letter jumbles used for), both providing near broadband speeds for wireless devices. Business customers have gotten used to the speedy access to e-mail on the go using their smartphones, and now a new generation of these devices is slimmer, smarter and multifunctional. Even non-business types are also following this.

The market of CES was flooded in new smartphones (Treo 750) and music phones (Samsung SGH-F300 Ultra Music Phone), as well as television phones (LG VX9400). And Apple teased it and going to launch a phone with all the mentioned functions. (IPhone or whatever it’s going to be called once the Cisco lawsuit is over).

In this new era when cellular phones and televisions are getting joint its need a remanagement of technology. In the living room, remote controls are swiftly approaching an unmanageable array of buttons for various devices and on-screen menus so broad that it may spoilt more than an hour to get from channel 1 to channel 1001.So, as smartphones have become both smaller and more button heavy, there was a need for the design experts at Apple to move in and second thoughts the vital edge.

Watch for multitouch screens, led by Apple’s iPhone, to change the way we act together with our devices by eliminating hard buttons in favour of on-screen dynamic direction of icons. Voice control interfaces will also go from laughable novelties to amazingly exact input devices. Colbration of Microsoft with Ford motors shows, it has been smoothly trying his hand

They may introduce the Sync system in over a dozen of the automaker’s vehicles. As its name implies, Sync promises to link the entire driver’s various electronic devices under one voice-command system.

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