Apple became world's No. 1 smartphone vendor at end of 2011: report

Riding on the popularity of the iPhone 4S released in October, Apple became the world's No. 1 seller/maker of smartphones in 2011's final quarter, shipping 37 million iPhones and overtaking Samsung for the top spot, according to a recent report.

According to Strategy Analytics, smartphone shipments all over the world "grew 54 percent annually to reach a record 155 million units" in that fourth quarter, led by Apple, which saw a 128 percent increase.

With 24 percent of the global market share, Apple wrested the smartphone crown back from Samsung, which had taken it in the third quarter of 2011. While Apple is now ahead on a quarterly basis, Samsung is winning the war. The report says that in a first, Samsung is the "market leader in annual terms" with 20 percent of the global share in 2011.

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With these end-of-year figures, it's clear Samsung and Apple will continue to duke it out for supreme world reign over smartphones, especially with the incoming anticipation of a new iPhone this year and on the strength of the Samsung's Galaxy line, which includes the well-reviewed Nexus and the S II. We've even seen Samsung set up the rivalry with its commercials mocking the Apple fanboy culture.

Strategy Analytics' executive director of global wireless practice, Neil Mawston, told msnbc.com that "the iPhone 4S model drove Apple volumes in developed regions like the U.S., while the iPhone 4 drove sales in emerging markets such as China," (which overtook the U.S. in the fall as the world's largest smartphone market). He also informed us that, "For Samsung, the Galaxy family is by far its most popular range worldwide, especially the S II superphone."

The Boston-based research and consulting firm is also keeping an eye on Nokia for a possible comeback as its partnership with Microsoft blooms in 2012 with the big 4G LTE Windows Phone push in the U.S. and Canada. Some market researchers are so keen on the Lumia line, especially the 900, that they think Windows Phone may be able to overtake Apple for the No. 2 spot in mobile operating systems by 2015. But for now, Nokia has to dig out of hole in which its market share dropped to 16 percent in 2011, about half of what it was in 2010 (33 percent).

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Top 5 Android mobile phones under Rs 10,000

Almost a year ago, Android phones under the Rs 10,000 category were not great enough to attract consumer attention. With sluggish performance due to myriad hardware models and delayed updates, several users preferred to wait till good Android handsets showed up in that price range.
Now we have a range of relatively powerful mobile phones that can run the latest Android OS smoothly. It is indeed very important to know the version of Android the mobile phone uses to make the best of it.
Android phones under Rs 10,000 are expected to have a feature rich package. They need to have a reasonably large capacitive touchscreen, decent processor, at least 3.2 megapixel camera and, of course, a recent version of Android OS.
Here is a list of the best mobile phones one must consider while buying a new Android phone for Rs 10,000 or less.
LG Optimus Net P690 (Rs 9,999)

Successor to the popular Optimus One, the new Optimus Net P690 has instantly been accepted as a budget friendly smartphone, mostly because the phone is a feature rich package. Optimus Net P690 has a 3.2 inch touchscreen display with 320 x 480 pixel resolution and runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system.
Under the slim chassis, Optimus Net houses an 800 MHz mobile processor along with 512 MB of RAM, which is a good enough combination to run Android 2.3 Gingerbread smoothly. If third party developers get interested in this device then perhaps a custom ROM with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich might be supported on it.
Supporting 3G networks, Optimus Net offers wireless connectivity via WiFi and Bluetooth 3.0 as well. LG has used a 3.15 megapixel camera at its rear for decent quality photos to be uploaded and shared on social networks.
Finally, a mobile phone with a seemingly fast processor, decent camera and capacitive touchscreen should be your best bet if you plan to spend under five figures.

Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 (Rs 7,500)

Packing a 3 inch capacitive touchscreen, the new Galaxy Y is quite popular amongst users of all ages and occupations etc. It's one of those mobile phones that come with Android 2.3 Gingerbread pre-loaded and with a flavour of TouchWiz user interface layered on it. Galaxy Y GT-S5360 mobile phone houses an 832 MHz processor to run the mobile operating system smoothly with 290 MB of RAM.
The compact candy-bar form factor makes it quite enjoyable and easy to hold. The Galaxy Y also comes in a special package - Galaxy Y Color Plus, which packs four additional inter-changeable backpanel covers, just like the Samsung Corby series phones. The Galaxy Y is kind of disappointing with a mere 2 megapixel camera at the back without any secondary camera in front.
Galaxy Y also features WiFi and Bluetooth 3.0 support. Of course, it comes with FM radio that works with an RDS and location services chip with A-GPS. Not counting the camera, this handset offers the best budget friendly Gingerbread experience.

Sony Ericsson W8 (Rs 9,300)

Sony Ericsson's Walkman series mobile phones come with the special Walkman software and audio profiles loaded in them. The new Sony Ericsson W8 features a nice 3 inch capacitive touchscreen display and Walkman branding targeted at music lovers. By default the mobile phone bundles a 4 GB microSD card for music files.
Unfortunately, Sony Ericsson's Android phone buyers have to wait for weeks to get the latest update and enjoy a smooth OS experience. W8 comes with the age old Android 2.1 Éclair operating system that is powered with a 600 MHz mobile processor and a mere 168 MB of RAM. However, this mobile does not have enough hardware muscle to run even Android 2.3 Gingerbread smoothly, let along the upcoming Android Ice Cream Sandwich
Sony Ericsson has added custom Walkman styling with the TimeScape interface, bringing a W shortcut to the top right corner of the homescreen. This smartphone supports 3G networks and also offers WiFi support for wireless internet connectivity. It is a good phone which does appear slightly over priced. If you wish for a good music experience with your favourite pair of earphones and a fancy looking mobile, W8 should be the apt choice.

Motorola Fire XT311 (Rs 8,950)

Android is indeed cumbersome to use with a Qwerty smartphone in candybar form, but if there's a capacitive touchscreen involved, the task is a wee bit easier. Motorola Fire XT311 is a Qwerty candybar phone with 2.8 inch capacitive touchscreen display supporting 240 x 320 pixel resolution.
Fire is one of the good entry level Motorola devices with Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread operating system for those who wish for the fastest and best features. Under the hood, Fire XT311 houses a 600 MHz mobile processor that might appear a bit slow, but is decent enough to run the operating system with a 256 MB RAM and 512 MB ROM.
The Fire XT311 is one heck of a good looking Android smartphone. It is very different from the dual-SIM EX119 that has a minimalist design. This mobile phone promises talk time of 7 hours on 2G networks and 5 hours on 3G. Considering the healthy talk time and physical Qwerty keypad, Fire XT311 is indeed worth a try.

Micromax Superfone Lite A75 (Rs 8,900)

Micromax launched the iPhone 4-mocking Superfone with a bang and quietly slipped in the Superfone Lite, which is a stepped down version of the former model. Superfone Lite A75 comes with Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Micromax offers a 3.75 inch capacitive touchscreen display to enjoy Gingerbread goodness to the maximum without spending more.
Under the hood, it packs a 650 MHz mobile processor and offers dual GSM SIM support with dual-standby mode. 3G and WiFi enabled, this mobile phone is expected to eat up loads of battery life and that's why the company has packed a 1300 mAh battery, which is pretty decent for a budget phone. Then again, Superfone Lite comes with just 256 MB of RAM and there would be performance as well as battery issues on dual-SIM mode.
All the above mobile phones are available in Indian markets at different rates in different regions because of the variable taxes, octroi and other charges.

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A Guide To Getting Started With Dropbox File Backup & Sync

Backing up files and keeping data in sync is important, especially since now we don’t stick to a single device for our computing needs.

We have mentioned file backup and sync using Syncback, Windows backup and restore method, and apps like Back4sure for your data backup and sync needs. But today, we’ll talk about a tool which is “almost” the ultimate solution for file sync and backup. Known as Dropbox, it is an online backup solution which creates a “My Dropbox” folder on your PC and backs up and syncs whatever you put in it. All of the data is kept secured in the cloud and can be accessed from a browser anywhere (provided internet access is there).

Dropbox has versions for Windows, Mac, Linux and popular cell phones.

Let’s see how to set it up.

How To Set Up Dropbox

All you need to do is, go to Dropbox website, download a small Dropbox desktop application and run it on your computer. Setup screen will appear. Click on “Install” button.

In a few seconds, installation will be finished. A dialog box appears prompting you to make a new Dropbox account. If you already have an account then go for the second option, “I already have a Dropbox account”. Otherwise click on first option.

Now signup for a new account. Fill up the form, check the box next to “I agree the Terms of Service”. After filling up the form click on “Next” button.

Now select the account you want to start with. If you are a new user then go with the free account. You’ll get 2 GB free space to start with, and later upgrade anytime you want.

After you are done with the signup process, “My Dropbox” folder will appear on your computer. Its location should be at C:\Users\Computer Name\Documents\My Dropbox.

During the setup, you could change the default location of that folder too. Check the second box next to “I want to choose where to put my Dropbox folder”. Change the location of Dropbox folder and click on “Finish” button. ( You could also later cut paste the folder to a different location, so no big deal here)

Now go to the “My Dropbox” folder through the shortcut on the desktop. You can also visit it by clicking on the Dropbox icon given on the system tray and selecting “Open Dropbox folder”.

Here’s the screenshot of Dropbox folders. By default there are two folders: Photos and Public. There is a “Getting started” PDF document too which consists of instructions on how to use this tool.

You can drop any file inside this folder. One thing you have to take care of is that when you drag and drop something in this folder then it is moved permanently from that location. Hence, if you intend to copy the data then you should apply “Ctrl+C” and “Ctrl+V” keyboard shortcuts to do it.

Also, you can always make a new folder according to your choice. Suppose you want to add videos to your Dropbox account then make a new folder inside it and give it the name “Video”. Similarly you can create other such folders.

What Is File Sync Function Of Dropbox

Let’s say you are using this tool on multiple computers and a mobile phone. It means all the devices should have a My Dropbox folder inside it. And whenever you’ll move or copy any file inside the My Dropbox folder of that device, it will automatically appear in the same corresponding location on all the other devices instantly. This is what Dropbox can do. Instant file backup and sync across multiple devices.

Also, whenever you drop a file in the given folder, it automatically gets backed up on the Dropbox server. So if you lose your device, you don’t have to worry about the Dropbox data.

Open Dropbox official website. On the top right, fill your login credentials and click on Login button. You’ll see all the files you put on your computer’s My Dropbox folder present on the web interface.

You can take actions like sharing, downloading, renaming folders and much more, by clicking on the dropdown next to each folder.

File Sharing Feature

There is a Public folder inside the My Dropbox folder. Whenever you move a file to this folder, it will automatically be available to everyone. You can right click on the file and select Dropbox –>Copy Public Link.

Now share this link via IM, email or any other medium.

How Much Space Is Available

Basic version having 2 GB space is available free of cost. If you want more space then you can purchase 50 GB space for $99.00 / year and 100 GB space for $199.00 / year.

Summary

Overall, Dropbox is probably the best tool for file backup and synchronization. It comes with plenty of features. File sync, file sharing, online backup, web access, security and privacy, mobile device access are some of its well known cool features. In future, we will elaborate its other advanced features in more detail.

Download Dropbox for file backup and sync across multiple devices.

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Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum v.11.0 Production Suite

Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum v.11.0 Production Suite 
The Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum Production Suite has everything you need to produce professional level HD movies. Users can edit video in nearly any format including HDV and AVCHD, as well as create breathtaking 3D video with our innovative stereoscopic 3D tools. Included in the Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum Production Suite are powerful features for video compositing, color correction, and soundtrack creation for feature film results. Choose from hundreds of professional 2D and 3D video effects, titles, and filters. The exclusive Jump Start Tutorials help you get acquainted with the program fast. Features

Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 
Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 software enables you to produce spectacular movies in nearly any format. Powerful tools for stereoscopic 3D, video compositing, color correction, and surround sound mixing help you get feature film results in your home studio. You can also personalize your movies with text animations, title rolls, and scrolling credits.

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MiniTool Partition Wizard Professional Edition 6.0

MiniTool Partition Wizard Professional Edition 6.0 | 8.63 MB 
MiniTool Partition Wizard Professional Edition is a magic partition software optimized for business environment with advanced features such as Merge Partition, Convert Dynamic disk to Basic disk and Change cluster size. Business users and system administrators can use our magic partition software to Resize and Move partitions, Merge Partition, Change Cluster Size, Copy Partition, Copy Disk, Create, Delete and Format partitions, Convert and Explore partitions, Hide and Unhide partitions, Convert Dynamic Disk to Basic Disk and much more. Our partition magic software supports Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7. And MiniTool Partition Wizard Professional Edition could be used in business environment.Features 

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Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.5 11.5 European

Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.5 11.5 European | 420.97MB 
Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 software enables you to develop with PHP-based content management systems such as *****, Joomla, or Drupal design with powerful CSS inspection tools and test your web pages across browsers with Adobe BrowserLab, a new Adobe CS Live online service. CS Live services are complimentary for a limited time.

Support CSS3/HTML5 
Design using the panel CSS, which now supports the new rules CSS3. Presentation of Design now supports mediazaprosy and apply different styles if you resize the screen. Generate code for modern websites using technologies HTML5, with handy tips on the code and visualization presentation “Design”.

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Adobe Photoshop CS5.1 Extended v.12.1.0 Updated (DVD/ENG/RUS/by m0nkrus) Release from 12.08.2011

Adobe Photoshop CS5.1 Extended v.12.1.0 Updated (DVD/ENG/RUS/by m0nkrus) Release from 12.08.2011
Windows Sofware | Adobe Photoshop | Language: English, Russian | DVD ISO | 1.59 GB (+3% recovery)

Adobe Photoshop CS5.1 Extended is a complete solution for professional digital imaging, which contains all the tools Photoshop CS5.1, as well as tools for creating and editing three-dimensional and motion graphics. Graphic editor Photoshop CS5.1 used to create photorealistic images, work with color scanned images, retouching, color correction, transformation of graphs, color separation, etc. Photoshop CS5.1 has all the methods of working with bitmaps, in this case is to work with layers and uses contours. Plus, this program can be used in conjunction with the powerful creative applications for mobile devices. Photoshop CS5.1 is the undisputed leader among the professional graphic editors due to its widest possibilities, high efficiency and speed.

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Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise PreSP3 DreamEdition 2011.8

Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise PreSP3 DreamEdition 2011.8
Windows Sofware | Microsoft Co. | Language: English, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish | 1.91 GB (+3% recovery)
Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 is a comprehensive set of business applications and database management programs to help you save time and effectively organize work. Wide range of contact management allows you to concentrate all information management functions of clients and potential clients in one place and provide better quality service. You can choose to create professional-looking marketing materials for print, e-mail or posting on the network, as well as to develop effective marketing campaigns.

Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise PreSP3 DreamEdition these are three versions of the same

Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 includes:
- Microsoft Office Access 2007 
- Microsoft Office Excel 2007 
- Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 
- Microsoft Office OneNote 2007 
- Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 
- Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 
- Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 
- Microsoft Office Word 2007 

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AirRadar 2.1.6

AirRadar 2.1.6 | Mac Os X | 12 MB

Scanning for wireless networks is now easier and more personalized! AirRadar allows you to scan for open networks and tag them as favourites or filter them out. View detailed network information, graph network signal strength, and automatically join the best open network in range. Whether you are driving around looking for wireless networks, stuck in traffic, sitting on the beach, or if you are curious how strong your wireless signal is at home, AirRadar provides a more linear approach to network hunting. Setup a scan frequency, and have new open or closed networks have their name spoken, play alerts, or display notifications. Various other options allow you to customize your network list further, including assigning colors to best open networks and sound cues. Download it today, and take the hardship out of getting an internet connection at a critical time.

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ProgDVB Professional Edition v 6.70.3 Final

ProgDVB Professional Edition v 6.70.3 Final | 27 MB
ProgDVB - the universal and very power software for watching digital TV and listening to radio channels! ProgDVB allows you to watch SAT-Television and listen to Radio channels directly from satellite by using DVB-PCI cards with hardware decoders on the board, SAT-dish, and personal computers with Microsoft Windows installed. It has options for working with network broadcasting and Audio/Video recording of the stream to different digital-media formats.


Support for various types of data sources: Internet TV and Radio. About 4000 channels in the list; DVB-S (satellite), DVB-S2, DVB-C (cable), DVB-T, ATSC, ISDB-T, IPTV. Analog TV or playback from a file. Requires Microsoft .NET Framework installed.

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Set of .NET Framework for Windows 7 x86 & x64 (Update 11.08.2011)

Set of .NET Framework for Windows 7 x86 & x64 (Update 11.08.2011)
Windows Sofware | Microsoft Co. | Language: Multi | 137.19 MB + 96.59 MB (+3% recovery)
.NET Framework is a comprehensive and consistent programming model of Microsoft to build applications with excellent user interface, transparent and secure means of communication, as well as the ability to create a variety of business processes. The. NET Framework 4 works together with their previous versions. Applications based on the previous versions. NET Framework, will continue to run on the platform for which they were intended to default.

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Xilisoft Video Splitter 2

Xilisoft Video Splitter is perfect video splitting software to split video files into several segments
 easily and fast. Xilisoft Video Splitter allows you to split videos in diverse video formats including 
AVI, MPEG, MP4, DivX, MOV, and WMV. Free video splitting mode lets you enjoy pleasure from
 video splitting.

 

     

Size: 20.4MB

Price: $19.95

Furthermore, the clean and intuition interface enables you to master the video splitter fast. Also, abundant settings such as splitting video in different modes and previewing video bring you more convenience and better enjoyment.

• AVI splitter/MPEG splitter and H.264 splitter to split video file
• Split one video file into several segments
• Video splitter to split a video file into several files

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Xilisoft DVD Ripper

Problems with watching DVD movies on your iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, Zune, mobile phone and other digital devices because of compatibility issues? Xilisoft DVD Ripper not only helps you rip DVD movies but also converts them to various formats for you to enjoy at your fingertips! Fast and easy-to-use, this powerful DVD ripping software can convert DVDs to AVI, MPEG, WMV, DivX, MP4, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, RM, MOV, XviD, and 3GP video formats, as well as rip DVD audio to MP3, WMA, WAV, RA, M4A, AAC, AC3, and OGG audio formats.

Xilisoft DVD Ripper features a range of versatile editing tools giving you the ability to clip a video to extract your favorite segments, split a video into segments, and merge several of them into one. You may also crop the video frame, adjust image effects, add watermarks/subtitles/soundtracks to videos, and do much more. Xilisoft DVD Ripper's support for NVIDIA CUDA and AMD APP technology delivers a 5X faster performance in processing and leverages the power of the GPU to the maximum and produces faster result.

Start ripping DVDs with Xilisoft DVD Ripper now and enjoy your entire DVD collection anytime, anywhere!

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adobe flash player

There is no notification by Google when Honeycomb will be available for cellular handset but yesterday Adobe make a announcement that Flash 10.2 will be coming to both tablets and smartphones "in the next few weeks,In which you will see, Adobe Flash 10.2 uses fewer CPU cycles to play back web video, likely providing better battery life in Android.

One thing which adobe also clear that if will not support previous version of honeycomb so make it compatible with new version of flash 10.2 Google team have to make some quick changes to Honeycomb.

Some of the feature which you found in flash 10.2 are discuss below:

1.It will help to reduce processor,memory usage.

2.It will help to get high frame rate and good video quality.

3.Using this version you will get 80+% CPU saving for 1080 video on window and mac 0S.

4.Supported with release of Android 3.0 Honeycomb and Blackberry Tablet OS.

5.Its Existing H.246 video content will benefit without changing file

So after reading all above feature it i confirmed that flash 10.2 will be advance ,so wait for the final release for this flash version

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