MIG33 Hadir, Komunikasi Makin Tajir

Software satu ini belakangan kian populer aja. Meskipun yang dirilis saat ini masih versi Beta, tapi yang download udah jutaan orang. Bahkan varian-varian baru Mig33 yang dikembangkan developer lain dari aplikasi ini kian banyak muncul di pasaran. Termasuk pilihan themes yang kian hari kian manis aja.

Tapi ngomong-ngomong (tepatnya, nulis-nulis), udah pada tahu Mig33 belum sih? Waduh, hari gini nggak tahu ada aplikasi yang namanya Mig33 sih kayaknya ketinggalan banget, deh.Tapi mending ngaku nggak tau daripada ngira Mig satu ini sejenis pesawat tempur bikinan Rusia. Atau ada yang ngira jenis rambut palsu (itu mah wig).

Mig33 merupakan salah satu software mobile community. Sorry, edisi ini kayaknya kita lagi seneng nulis aplikasi mobile community. Menjelang lebaran ini kan mesti banyak silaturahim, makanya nggak salah dong sekali-sekali nulis lagi soal community, mumpung momennya lagi tepat.

Oke, balik lagi ke Mig33, aplikasi ini sebetulnya untuk mengakomodasi ngobrol sama temen-temen di seluruh dunia, baik lewat chatting, kirim-kirim pesat singkat lewat SMS, sampai nelpon murah ke nomor seantero jagat raya. Jadi fitur yang ada di Mig33 ini lebih komplet. Untuk chat-nya bisa support segala macam platform, dari yang punya Mig33 sendiri, MSN sampai Yahoo!Messenger. Mobilers juga bisa ngirim foto-foto ke anggota komunitas lainnya dengan gampang lewat software ini.

Yang lebih heboh sebetulnya fungsi mobile VoIP, di mana mobilers bisa manggil kawan yang di luar ngeri dengan biaya ngoceh yang relatif murah. Bahkan, kalo pertama kali register akan dikasih poin atau kredit gratis, yang bisa nelpon 3 menit. Terus kalo kita referensi temen buat download dan install aplikasi ini, kita juga dapet tambahan poin atau bonus. Kalo kehabisan poin, bisa beli di situsnya Mig33 (software-nya sih gretong, tapi poin-nya kagak, hiks).

Mau nyobain aplikasi ini caranya gampang. Download aja aplikasinya di www.mig33.com. Filenya nggak gede, cuma sekitar 90-an kb. Terus install di hape kita. Tinggal jalanin dan ntar aplikasi ini minta kita registrasi. Ketik username, password, sama nomor hape kita. Oya, nomornya jangan abal-abal, soalnya kita nanti server Mig33 akan ngirim kode otentifikasinya lewat SMS. Nah, setelah kodenya dimasukkan, kita udah bisa make aplikasi ini. Tapi sebelumnya jangan lupa setting internet atau GPRS di hape kita udah bener.

Coba deh pertama kali nelpon ke kawan kita. Kudu pakai format internasional (+6281xxx), nanti akan ada konfirmasi bahwa poin kita tinggal berapa menit. Aplikasi VoIP di Mig33 ini menggunakan teknologi call back, di mana setelah kita mendapatkan konfirmasi bahwa panggilan kita tadi sukses, hape kita ditutup aja dulu. Beberapa detik kemudian, hape kita akan ”nerima” panggilan dari nomor yang tadi kita panggil (sayangnya nomornya nggak kelihatan di hape), seolah-olah yang nelpon kawan kita tadi.

Kualitas suara yang muncul lumayan jernih. Kelemahannya cuma delaynya berasa banget, karena sistem call back yang dipakai tadi. Meskipun yang kita ajak ngobrol itu temen di samping, delay akan tetap terasa. Lagian kalo temen di samping, ngapain sih pakai telepon segala. Emang sih, aplikasi Mig33 ini cocok buat ngobrol dengan kawan atau sodara yang lagi nyari kerja di Arab atau lagi sekolah di Inggris. Kalo nggak, tetep aja ongkosnya lebih mahal. (Supriyadi)

Nokia N810 Internet Tablet WiMAX Edition to get TV Place-Shifting Support

Monsoon Multimedia's HAVA Player enables remote TV and video content viewing over WiMAX.

Monsoon Multimedia announced support for the upcoming Nokia N810 Internet Tablet WiMAX Edition with its HAVA player, allowing customers to view and control their home TV from anywhere in the world over WiMAX or Wi-Fi.

Users can watch their TV programs live on the tablet over a Wi-Fi or WiMAX connection. The TV source (whether cable or satellite, receiver or DVR, standard or high definition) is connected to the HAVA device installed in your home. Familiar set-top box controls -- Pause, Play, Rewind, Skip, Record, Guide, Menu, Navigation - are available from the on-screen remote. Touch-screen (stylus) inputs and key press inputs are supported depending on user preference.

The Nokia Internet Tablet version of the HAVA Player is a tablet-optimized version of the player software that Monsoon also provides for PCs and other mobile devices. Users can even view their home TV simultaneously on multiple PCs within the home network and on a Nokia Internet Tablet at home or anywhere in the world.

An upcoming version of the HAVA PC Player application will also enable the Nokia Internet Tablet to function as a "PVR-on-the-go", allowing users to record their favorite TV shows and later watch them (called time-shifting like a TiVo box) on their tablets from local memory.

Nokia announced the WiMAX-enabled version of the N810 tablet at CTIA Wireless 2008 last week. The tablet is expected to debut on the Sprint XOHM network later this year. The HAVA Player for the Nokia Internet Tablet will be available by June as a free direct download.(http://www.wimax.com)

Fenomena Iphone dan HP China

iPHONE Bikin Gerah, Hape Cina Mewabah

Secara global, fenomena yang paling bikin heboh di dunia hape adalah ketika iPhone pertama kali dirilis. Sukses iPod yang juga fenomenal itu memang memancing Apple untuk membikin hape. Rumor iPhone yang sudah berhembus lama pun akhirnya jadi kenyataan. iPhone didemonstrasikan dan diumumkan pertama kali di awal tahun 2007 ini. Pada bulan Juni 2007, hape ini lalu dirilis secara resmi di Amerika Serikat. Sambutannya luar biasa heboh. Gila banget deh, sampai ada yang mesti nongkrong dan bikin tenda di depan toko yang jual iPhone segala!

Kehebohan iPhone memang terasa gegap gempita. Padahal hape ini hanya diluncurkan di Amerika Serikat saja. Isi media-media teknologi didominasi oleh berita iPhone. iPhone pun jadi tonggak baru di dunia hape. Strategi Apple memang berhasil. Brand image yang begitu kuat diusung oleh Apple dengan sukses digabung dengan teknologi personal bernama hape.

Kemunculan Apple juga memancing vendor lain yang sudah lebih dulu main di pasar hape memutar otak. Masalahnya, belum ada setahun muncul di Amerika Serikat saja mereka sudah merebut 1,8 % kue pasar. Itu saja hanya mengandalkan satu merk dengan dua jenis produk (iPhone 4GB dan iPhone 8GB). iPhone terjual sebanyak 270 ribu unit hanya dalam 30 jam! Gimana vendor lain nggak bisa tidur tuh mendengar berita seperti itu. Apalagi Apple melakukan tindakan kontroversif, memotong harga iPhone 8 GB dari $599 menjadi $299. Pusing deh gimana hadang iPhone kalau sudah sampai mengglobal.

Keberadaan iPhone ini tentu berimbas ke vendor lain. Selain strategi pemasaran, juga strategi pemanfaatan teknologi. Teknologi yang dipakai iPhone juga kudu diaplikasikan biar teknologi yang ada di iPhone nggak terasa ekslusif lagi. Salah satu fitur yang jadi kekhasan iPhone adalah layar sentuh tanpa stylus mereka. Beberapa vendor sudah mencoba membuat navigasi model ini, salah satunya adalah HTC dengan HTC Touch mereka. Nokia juga semakin gencar mempromosikan Nokia Music Store. Niatnya biar menyaingi iTunes yang jadi andalan iPhone tersebut.

Apple iPhone memang belum masuk Indonesia, tapi gegap gempitanya tetap terasa. Di Roxy atau di beberapa forum online bahkan berani menjual produk ini. Hape ini di-unlock supaya bisa dipakai dengan operator lokal. Apple iPhone unlock memang jadi perhatian pihak Apple sendiri. Disebutkan kalau dari hape iPhone yang terjual 10 % adalah iPhone yang sudah di-unlock. Tahun 2007 juga diwarnai dengan membanjirnya hape-hape dengan merk tidak jelas. Sebagian besar adalah hape dari produksi Cina. Kebanyakan dari hape bermerk ajaib itu menyasar pasar CDMA atau hape dengan dua jaringan.

Hape-hape Cina ini bukan tanpa masalah. Di pasar global, vendor besar rada gerah karena beberapa produk memakai nama yang dimirip-miripin dengan merk yang sudah lama ada. Jadi, nggak perlu kaget kalau sewaktu-waktu kita melihat ada N73 dengan harga hanya satu setengan juta rupiah. Kalau diperhatikan lagi, hape itu soalnya merknya bukan Nokia tapi Nokla. Juga jangan kaget kalau nanti ada hape dengan nama Sang Ericsson atau Nokir.

Di Indonesia kehadiran hape Cina juga sempat menarik perhatian publik. Sempat kok pemasok hape suatu merk tertentu ditahan karena ternyata hape-hape tersebut tidak memiliki ijin. Terlepas dari masalah itu, hape-hape Cina memang membuat pilihan hape jadi beragam. Harganya murah-murah dan fiturnya kadang suka ngaco-ngacoan. Kebanyakan sih hape ini dibikin serba bisa. Bisa buat nelpon, bisa buat dengerin lagu, bisa buat nonton televisi, dan juga bisa buat nimpuk.

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Tips merawat baterai HP

Hape multimedia emang banyak gunanya. Banyaknya teknologi dan fitur yang dikasih vendor di hape jenis ini tujuannya sih biar mobilers makin senang, walaupun kadang-kadang masih ada juga yang punya hape multimedia tapi cuma dipake buat nelpon sama SMS aja karena nggak ngerti cara pakai fitur lainnya (kasiaaan deh looo...makanya baca Majalah HP!).

Akan tetapi, banyaknya fitur yang ditawarin (dan dipake) bikin daya tahan hape jadi berkurang. Kalau dulu sekali charge kita bisa pakai hape sampai seminggu, sekarang tiga hari aja udah mpot-mpotan minta dicolok charger.

Nah, makanya tips kita kali ini pengen ngebahas cara bikin hape bertahan lebih lama (tapi nggak pakai obat kuat lho...wakakak!). Buat yang punya Nokia 6600, waktu pakainya kan rata-rata cuma bisa tiga hari dengan pemakaian normal, kita mau bikin supaya bisa bertahan lebih lama. Sekarang tinggal pilih aja, mau puasa main game, dengerin MP3 atau ngoprek fitur yang lain atau mau ganti sama batere yang lebih kuat. Kalau kita sih mending ganti batere aja, daripada puasa nggak main game sama denger lagu Naif...idiih, nggak janji la yaau! Karena dalam paket penjualannya Nokia 6600 dilengkapi sama batere BL-5C yang kapasitasnya 850 mAh, kita harus cari alternatif lain yang kira-kira sejenis. Setelah cari-cari, yang paling pas adalah betere BL-6C yang dipaketin sama penjualan N-Gage QD, tapi ada juga yang dijual terpisah. Kenapa BL-6C? Karena bentuk dan ukurannya yang hampir sama (beratnya juga cuma nambah 4 gram, nyaris nggak terasa). Udah gitu kapasitasnya juga 1070 mAh (26% lebih gede dari BL-5C) dan voltase kedua batere ini juga kompatibel.

Karena ukuran BL-6C lebih tebal sedikit dari BL-5C, kita harus akalin casing Nokia 6600 biar batere ini bisa pas masuk kedalam. Di tutup batere 6600 ada busa buat ngeganjel batere biar nggak goyang, kita tinggal buang aja busa ini biar lebih banyak ruang tersisa. Nah, begitu busa udah dibuang dan dikerok sisa lemnya dengan bantuan cutter.

Sayangnya, tutup batere nggak bisa ditutup dengan sempurna. Masalahnya, bagian atas batere yang lebih tebal dari bagian tengah. Sebenarnya bisa aja dipaksain, tapi bagian atas tutup batere jadi agak melendung. Buat ngakalinnya, bagian atas batere BL-5C kita tipisin dengan kikir.

Kikir bagian pinggir atas batere yang terbuat dari karet campur plastik (warnanya hitam mengkilat) sampai kira-kira batere bisa tertutup sempurna didalam hape. Sebaiknya hati-hati waktu nipisin batere karena batere bisa korslet atau bahkan meledak. Pokoknya jangan keasyikan aja ngikir ujung baterenya!

Nah, setelah batere ditipisin, cobain deh masukin lagi ketempatnya dan pasang tutup batere. Kalau udah pas, tinggal nyalain aja. Jangan lupa charge batere dua kali lebih lama dari waktu normalnya kalau baterenya baru dipake. Kalau udah, coba hitung masa pakai hape…lumayan kan, bisa tahan lebih lama.

http://www.handphone.co.id

Hello Ipod How are u today ..!???

iPod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple Inc. and launched on October 23, 2001. As of 2008, the current product line-up includes the hard drive-based iPod classic, the touchscreen iPod touch, the video-capable iPod nano and the screenless iPod shuffle. Former products include the compact iPod mini and the spin-off iPod photo (since re-integrated into the main iPod classic line). iPod classic models store media on an internal hard drive, while all other models use flash memory to enable their smaller size (the discontinued mini used a Microdrive miniature hard drive). As with many other digital music players, iPods, excluding the iPod touch, can also serve as external data storage devices. Storage capacity varies by model.

Apple's iTunes software is used to transfer music to the devices. As a jukebox application, iTunes stores a music library on the user's computer and can play, burn and rip music from a CD. It can also transfer photos, videos, games, and calendars to iPod models supporting those features. Apple focused its development on the iPod's unique user interface and its ease of use, rather than on technical capability. As of January 2008, the iPod had sold over 141 million units worldwide making it the best-selling digital audio player series in history.[1]

History of Ipod

Pod came from Apple's digital sub category when the company began creating software for the growing market of personal digital devices. Digital cameras, camcorders and organizers had well-established mainstream markets, but the company found existing digital music players "big and clunky or small and useless" with user interfaces that were "unbelievably awful," so Apple decided to develop its own. As ordered by CEO Steve Jobs, Apple's hardware engineering chief Jon Rubinstein assembled a team of engineers to design the iPod, including hardware engineers Tony Fadell and Michael Dhuey, and design engineer Jonathan Ive. The product was developed in less than one year and unveiled on October 23, 2001. Jobs announced it as a Mac-compatible product with a 5 GB hard drive that put "1,000 songs in your pocket." Uncharacteristically, Apple did not develop iPod's software entirely in-house, instead using PortalPlayer's reference platform based on 2 ARM cores. The platform had rudimentary software running on a commercial microkernel embedded operating system. PortalPlayer had previously been working on an IBM-branded MP3 player with Bluetooth headphones.[2] Apple contracted another company, Pixo, to help design and implement the user interface under the direct supervision of Steve Jobs. As development progressed, Apple continued to refine the software's look and feel. Starting with the iPod mini, the Chicago font was replaced with Espy Sans. Later iPods switched fonts again to Podium Sans — a font similar to Apple's corporate font, Myriad. iPods with color displays then adopted some Mac OS X themes like Aqua progress bars, and brushed metal in the lock interface. In 2007, Apple modified the iPod interface again with the introduction of the sixth-generation iPod classic and third-generation iPod nano by changing the font to Helvetica and, in most cases, splitting the screen in half by displaying the menus on the left and album artwork, photos, or videos on the right (whichever was appropriate for the selected item).
The name iPod was proposed by Vinnie Chieco, a freelance copywriter, who (with others) was called by Apple to figure out how to introduce the new player to the public. After Chieco saw a prototype, he thought of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey and the phrase "Open the pod bay door, Hal!", which refers to the white EVA Pods of the Discovery One spaceship. Apple researched the trademark and found that it was already in use. Joseph N. Grasso of New Jersey had originally listed an "iPod" trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in July 2000 for Internet kiosks. The first iPod kiosks had been demonstrated to the public in New Jersey in March 1998, and commercial use began in January 2000. The trademark was registered by the USPTO in November 2003, and Grasso assigned it to Apple Computer, Inc. in 2005.- from wordpress.com -

Why we need PDA ..

Some basic reasoning behind purchasing a PDA

Hey, is that one of those PDA things? That thing got Pacman?" Boy, I hear that a lot! Let me make it very clear that a PDA is more than a glorified Gameboy. You can take notes, look up a phone number, write and send and email and so much more. Alright, I do have Pacman (and about 30 other games!), but you're missing the point.

Let's start by explaining what a PDA is. PDA stands for Personal Digital Assistant and, basically, it's a handheld computer. My first PDA was more powerful then my first desktop computer 10 years ago. You can see an extremely good timetable of the PDA in Elsewhere on the Web. The 2 main Operating Systems for the PDA are the Palm and Pocket PC (see related resources), but no matter the brand, the PDA has some basic features:

* Datebook--This is most important part of the organizer.
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You can input meetings, appointments, etc., all in basically the same format as a large, bulky Day Planner.
* Memo Pad--A place to jot notes, write a book, whatever.
* Calculator--Math.
* To-Do List--Helps you accomplish those nagging tasks.
* Address Book--Keeps track of all your important contacts.
* OnScreen Keyboard--Lets you type with the touch screen and your stylus.
* Grafitti(Palm)/Character Recognizer(Pocket PC)--Lets you handwrite instead of type.
* Email--Lets you compose email and send on HotSync or wireless.
* Backlight (most PDAs)--Priceless in dim lighting.

If you've ever looked at a calendar, jotted a note on a napkin, carried a planner , then a PDA is for you. There is also a lot of entertainment value in the PDA. You can find thousands of games to please any taste. There's software to carry your pictures, listen to music, watch a movie, you name it!

PDAs have a tendency to intimidate non-computer types, but for most people the learning curve is easier than using a home or office computer.

Be sure to really explore this site, read the articles, chat, read the forums....I'll help to educate you and excite you about purchasing that first PDA or upgrading to the latest and greatest thing. Once you own a PDA let's do a little programming, a little tinkering, and just have some fun!

Enjoy !

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Proxy (chapter1)

Caching proxy server

A proxy server can service requests without contacting the specified server, by retrieving content saved from a previous request, made by the same client or even other clients. This is called caching. Caching proxies keep local copies of frequently requested resources, allowing large organizations to significantly reduce their upstream bandwidth usage and cost, while significantly increasing performance. There are well-defined rules for caching. Some poorly-implemented caching proxies have had downsides (e.g., an inability to use user authentication). Some problems are described in (Known HTTP Proxy/Caching Problems)

Web proxy

A proxy that focuses on World Wide Web(WWW) traffic is called a "web proxy". The most common use of a web proxy is to serve as a web cache. Most proxy programs (e.g. Squid, NetCache) provide a means to deny access to certain URLs in a blacklist, thus providing content filtering. This is usually used in a corporate environment, though with the increasing use of Linux in small businesses and homes, this function is no longer confined to large corporations. Some web proxies reformat web pages for a specific purpose or audience (e.g., cell phones and PDAs).

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