INQ Cloud Touch & INQ Cloud Q - Facebook Phones

Finally, Facebook took INQ in making up Facebook special handset project. INQ announce two smartphones which is designed to maximize the functionality of Facebook, namely of INQ Cloud Touch and INQ Cloud Q.

INQ Cloud Touch uses a touch screen, while the INQ Cloud Q using the touch screen and QWERTY keyboard. INQ Cloud Touch using 3.5-inch touch screen with 320 x 480 pixels with 4 MB of internal memory. While INQ Cloud Q using 2.6-inch screen.

Both the smartphones using the Android operating system 2.2 or Froyo. But it has been customized with INQ Visual Media Feed, making it more like Facebook. Both the smartphone is the first phone that use Social Graph API-based user interface.

All the functions of Facebook already available in these smartphone. There are quick keys to access Facebook Chat, Friends, Messages, Wall, and Notification. There is also a Facebook Places. Facebook Events that integrated into Google Calendar.

Both use Qualcomm MSM7227 600 MHz processor with network support HSPA and Quad-band GSM / EDGE, WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS. Both are also equipped with an accelerometer, such as sensors, compass, and 5 MP camera.

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Sony Ericsson Aspen - The Most "Green" Smartphone

Greenpeace has been several years routinely conduct audits of electronic products and perform rating based on the measurable environmental aspects.

Most green smartphone of Greenpeace version in 2010 fall into the Sony Ericsson Aspen, beat five other nominated smartphone, the Nokia N800, Samsung GT-S8500 (Wave), HP Palm Pixi Plus, the BlackBerry Pearl 3G, and Dell Aero.

Sony Ericsson Aspen using the Windows operating system version 6.5, this smartphone is available in QWERTY and Touchscreen. It is also equipped with WiFi, 100 MB of storage and also social media features like Facebook and Twitter.

This was announced at the International Consumer Electronics Show 2011 in Las Vegas beginning in January 2011 some time ago. This smartphone meets defined 4 categories of Greenpeace, which is free of hazardous materials, low power consumption, product life cycles, as well as innovation and marketing strategy.

Greenpeace Research conducted has shown that Sony Ericsson Aspen free of toxic materials like PVC and BFRs. Sony Ericsson Aspen Smartphone, introduced in February 2010 was also declared free from Phtalate and Beryllium.

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Western Digital - WD TV Live Hub

The latest products from Western Digital that classified into media player category is WD TV Live Hub. This device is a Full-HD 1080p media player which has integrated 1 terabyte hard drive capacities.

This large capacity of hard drive giving users flexibility to play all their personal media on any screen at home. Able to play many popular video and audio formats like mkv, mp4, mov, and others. Users can play video from the drive that's connected to home network with DLNA / UPnP server.

Uniquely, this device allows users to integrate with Facebook, uploading photos and videos, post their status, displaying their wall, and get the latest updates from their friends. This device also use Netflix to stream videos from YouTube, Flickr for photos sharing, and listen to Internet radio from Pandora.

Additional content is local and international weather forecasts from AccuWeather.com, and daily video podcasts MediaFly from CNN, NBC, MTV, and ESPN. WD TV Live Hub, a media player that has a full-featured.

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Zynga Buy Flock Social Web Browser

CALIFORNIA - developer of popular games, Zynga, has purchased the site of social browser, Flock. In the meantime, detailed information regarding the acquisition have not been announced officially. Similarly, as quoted from the IT ProPortal, Saturday (01/08/2011).

Flock Web browsers allow users to browse websites while still connected with social networking platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Digg and YouTube.

Social browser was first launched in 2005, and managed to collect money funding of US$10 million. Number of Flock users is approximately 10 million people. In addition, Flock also ranked second in the top 10 list of desktop applications on Facebook.

"With more than a quarter billion users, Zynga has strong followers all over the world. An understanding of social games and they will be what users want, was much admired," wrote Shawn Hardin, CEO of Flock, in his blog. "Our team will help Zynga achieve their goal to build a fun social game and is available to anyone, anytime, and on any platform," added Hardin.

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Twitter Spreads to Afghanistan Through SMS

KABUL - Afghanistan's telecom operators began to open up access to Twitter. Although still rely on SMS, access is guaranteed to be excellent.

Roshan, a telecommunications operator in Afghanistan, which could introduce a mobile Twitter posting tweets via SMS through mobile phones. This service is for customers in Roshan, especially young children.

According to Roshan, as quoted by Cellular News, Friday (1/7/2011), demographic conditions in Afghanistan will make this service becomes popular. Even noted, young people in Afghanistan are active users of social networking, with the number reaching 60 percent of the total population in the country.

"With this new service, Roshan is not only able to become hub for family and close friends but also pave the way for Afghans to join the social networking community in the world," said COO Roshan, Altaf Ladak.

According to Ladak, communications and information ministry of Afghanistan realize that most active internet users in the country visiting social networking sites. With this service they will be easier to socialize in cyberspace.

Twitter mobile itself is not the first social networking service provided to its Roshan customers. The company is the pioneer service operator that offers access to Facebook, Hi5, as well as the Blackberry service.

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Internet Start to Shift Television Functions

CALIFORNIA - The extent of Internet functions slowly began to be able to shift the function of television in spreading information. The proof is in the research conducted by the Pew Research Center shows, the Internet was chosen as a source of information than television.

Survey of correspondents aged 18 to 29 years to prove that 65 percent, chose the Internet as a source of information. This figure rises to a 2-fold compared to the year 2007.

Mashable Quoted, Thursday (06/01/2011), while 40 percent of those aged 30 to 59 years agreed to use the Internet to get information. Compared to 2007, the number of television news audience for that age by 32 percent.

Meanwhile, the correspondent who aged 51 to 64 years, television remains a primary source for news.

"Users do not get out of the internet service the young people who kecanduang on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. In addition, there was a cultural shift in television viewers who prefer a show streaming on the web than watching television," wrote the Pew Research Center.

In addition, on television technology that can be directly connected to the internet to make broadcast television slowly being abandoned.

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K-Touch H888 QWERTY

okezone.com - H888 is the latest mobile phone K-Touch production. Qwerty cell phone has its own uniqueness, all 888.

In addition to carrying the serial number 888, this phone also sold IDR. 888.000 equipped with qwerty keypad and features that provide direct access to social networking, whether Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and Friendster.

"The emergence of this new qwerty series does not mean K-Touch left behind by others. However, it is a commitment to K-Touch is not like home and haphazard in launching a product in order to give satisfaction to consumers," said Marketing Manager K-Touch Indonesia Andy Tanujaya.

Not only complement the shortcut to Facebook only, but the H888 also has direct access to Twitter, Friendster, MySpace, Bebo, and Google. Chatting on the phone that current trends are also accommodated by H888 using shMessenger applications, where consumers can choose to chat through Yahoo, MSN or Gtalk. In addition, in order to get on the internet browsing experience with more content, H888 also comes Bolt lite application so that we can surf in the virtual world with a full view / HTML, just like the display on a computer screen.

In addition to Internet capabilities such as above, the H888 also comes with dual GSM capability On (Single Line), 2.2-inch QCIF screen 65,000 colors TFT display, VGA camera, video, audio player with equalizer that can be edited himself, FM radio without earphones plugged / Handsfree, A2DP Bluetooth, MicroSD slot s / d 8 GB (Free 2 GB microSD card), Java MIDP 2.0, Blacklist for calls & SMS, contacts 1000, and 2000 SMS.

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Mito Slim LuxBerry QWERTY

KOMPAS.com - After launching Mito 2000 LuxBerry Edition some time ago, now Mito issued Mito Slim Mobile LuxBerry. If the BlackBerry Javelin inspired predecessor, this time adapting Mito Slim Nokia E71 handset.

Just as Mito 2000, this QWERTY phone also offers easy access to Facebook. Users stay FB button is already available and they will be connected with Facebook.

The phone has 2.4 inch size LCD has completed Java application that allows users in accessing Facebook, Yahoo Messenger and Ebuddy. "There's also a mini opera application that allows customers browsing. Features World Clock, E-book, unit / currency converter and a stopwatch are also present in this phone," said Director Mito Mobile, Hansen Lie on Ex Plaza, Jakarta.

Mito Mobile who took Indosat as his partner is relying on GPRS applications to 12 Internet connections.

For multimedia services, available MP3 combined with mpeg4/3gp, voice recording, FM radio can store up to 9 lists the radio channels and a flight mode feature allows users still can enjoy multimedia applications on the way by plane.

With the price of IDR 999,000, customers can get a Mito Slim LuxBerry VGA camera (640 x 480) and is equipped with flash, microSD 2 GB capacity, SIM Card IM3, IM3 internet 700 bonus minutes, and the sale bonus 60 minutes of chatting only IDR 1000.

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