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Now blogger has a Mobile template

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Blogger mobile template released

Yes that’s  right , the much wanted feature of mobile enabled templates for blogger is now available in blogger.. Blogger has just upgraded their  features to enable  your blog to be  seen on most new smartphones , so that you dont have to do extra work on your blog for it to show on a mobile properly ( like Iphone 4 or Samsung galaxy s or any new smartphones)

Blogger releases Mobile template to make blogger blogs Smartphone enabled

All you need to do is login to blogger , got to settings  and enable the Blogger mobile template like in the figure below

Blogger mobile Smartphone template settings

You can check out  these 2 blogs on your mobile ( http://bankrepossession.blogspot.com/ & http://nakedseo.blogspot.com/ ) to check out the new blogger Mobile template  and have a idea of how the new “blogger mobile template” works

Here is a example of how  your blogger blog will look like on a “Smartphone”

Blogger Mobile website

blogger blog on your mobile mobile template for bloger

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Blogger tools – get the Digitech Photo magazine scanner

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Remember that time when you  saw that magazine in that  waiting room and wanted  so bad to somehow  get a copy of that page in that magazine  to take back home  or then  this old  family photo that you want to copy in a hurry  to send digital copies to everyone , well now you can do it  with this tool.

Handy Blogger tools – Portable scanner

The “Digitech  Portable scanner” can scan a magazine page with that nice recipe or hot photo, or then can scan that family photo or document ( just like in the james bond movies)  OR INTERESTING ART OF GRAFIITI .. whatever captures your eye.

digitech portable scanner blogger tools

The digitach scanner saves the image or scan to tthe Micro SD card or straight to your laptop / PC via the uSB cable. Get it here 

This can be a very handy told for bloggers to get  graphics and text  instantly transferred from magazines or  newspapers as well to  then reference or use ( with permission of author off course) for their blogs or website. Now days a smartphone is also well equipped to do these sorta tasks  , but unfortunately  they can scan  only to a certain  resolution  and transferring to pc can be a bit messy and time consuming , as with this  scanner you can just take the mem card out and insert in your pc  to transfer or then attache the scanner to your pc via usb.

Scanning on the go for your blog / website

 

digitech scanner portable blogger tool

The scanner has two scanning modes medium resolution at 3000 x300 dpi or then higher resolution at 600 x600 Dpi. The built in LCD displays your scanning status, selected resolution, remaining battery lifespan and memory status.  It also features an auto power-off after 3 minutes so you don’t drain your power for no reason.

It retails at AU $149.95. The gadget is available at latestbuy.com.au or you can browse Amazon for more listed options Here – > Portable scanners

The kindle just got cheaper at $139

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Amazon just took the wraps off two new Kindle models: the “Kindle Wi-Fi” and “Kindle Free 3G+Wi-Fi”. The big news is price, at least for the Wi-Fi  Kindle model: $139.

As much as i wanted a kindle bad ,I could not and would not pay that much for a dedicated e-book reader. In my mind, the magic price point was $100 to $110. I suspected it would come down or close  to this price, and I’m delighted to see we’re almost there.

Amazon on Wednesday officially unveiled a next-generation Kindle that is what many tech pundits thought it would be: smaller and lighter, with a better screen and some Wi-Fi thrown into the mix.

“This is the future of book reading. It will be everywhere.” Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball and Liar’s Poker.

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Kindle Wireless Reading Device, Wi-Fi, 6 Now $139

At $139, the Kindle Wi-Fi is Amazon’s most affordable e-book reader yet. But is it affordable enough?

I’m also glad Amazon finally realized that built-in 3G is overkill in a device like the Kindle. Between homes, offices, Maccas, and airports, Wi-Fi hot spots are just about everywhere. Downloading the occasional book doesn’t carry the same urgency as, say, checking e-mail or updating Twitter, so why pay extra for 3G? (You still can, of course: the “Free 3G+Wi-Fi” model sells for $189.

As i don’t own an iPad and iPhone ,I’d definitely grab the Kindle Wi-Fi for $139. It’s not $100 or $110 but it’s close enough.


 

Kindle Wireless Reading Device, Free 3G + Wi-Fi, 6 Now available for$189

Here is the new kindle advetisement  at Amazon Below

Amazon Kindle Free 3G + Wi-Fi for $189 and Amazon Kindle Wi-Fi for $139

Kindle Wireless Reading Device, Wi-Fi, 6 Now $139

Check out latest offers and deals on kindle at the  Amazon kindle store

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Kindle (Free 3G + Wi-Fi, 6″) is available for $189.

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Kindle DX (Free 3G, 9.7″, White, 2nd Generation) is available for $359.

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The indian $35 tablet leaves IPAD soul- less

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"One Laptop Per Child wants to join forces to help manufacture and distribute  the Indian government’s planned US$35 tablet. In a congratulatory note to the government, OLPC Chairman Nicholas Negroponte said the world needs the $35 tablet, and he offered the country full access to OLPC hardware and software technology."

The nonprofit organization “One Laptop Per Child” wants to join forces to help develop the Indian government’s planned US$35 tablet.

OLPC Chairman Nicholas Negroponte said the world needs the $35 tablet, and he offered the country full access to OLPC hardware and software technology.

"India is so big that you risk being satisfied with your internal market. Don’t. The world needs your device and leadership. Your tablet is not an "answer" or "competitor" to OLPC’s XO laptop," Negroponte wrote.

Negroponte advised the Indian government to make the tablet as desirable as Apple’s iPad, but not to design it as a media consumption tool. The device should be an education tool.

So what is OLPC ?

 

One Laptop per Child is not about a machine, it’s about a movement; and we’d love you to be a part of it. The first and most important way you can join in is to donate one or more laptops at amazon.com/xo. But there’s lots of other ways to participate; you can host your own fundraising drive, help at a nearby pilot, or simply tell your friends about the project and help spread the word.

http://laptop.org/en/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child

Mission Statement:

To create educational opportunities for the world’s poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning. When children have access to this type of tool they get engaged in their own education. They learn, share, create, and collaborate. They become connected to each other, to the world and to a brighter future.

Dr .Ringtone – "Hana Sukkiri Melody” Ringtones good for Your health

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Ringtones  has since their inception gotten more weird and weird  and  quite frankly now some can be quite a pain , Luckily Now one Japanese company  has actually made one ringtone that which literally take away the pain.

Index Corporation announced that its cellphone ringtone site Sokuho Music Search (Sokuho = breaking news) provides a new version of ringtone collections “Hana Sukkiri Melody” (Hana Sukkiri = cleared up nostril).

“The ringtone will make a nose has resonant frequency with pollens adherent inside your nasal cavity, so eventually pollens fall down. ”

Index Corporation of Japan introducing a new range of ringtone collections known as "Hana Sukkiri Melody”, or "Cleared up nostril" melody after translation. Apparently, this ringtone is able to make a nose resonate at the same frequency with pollens adherent inside your nasal cavity, letting them fall down eventually thanks to the use of 27 variations of frequency from420Hz to 1070Hz.

A company called Japan Ringing Tone Laboratory has created the "Hana Sukkiri Melody" ringtone, which claims to be able to clear out your sinuses whenever anybody calls you.

The company claims that "the ringtone will make a nose has resonant frequency with pollens adherent inside your nasal cavity, so eventually pollens fall down." The application is developed by Japan Ringing Tone Laboratory (JRTL), who “develops scientific approach on ringtones”, led by Dr. Matsumi Suzuki [J] who is a professor of Adam Smith University (diploma…)

Luckily, JRTL has some much more sensible-sounding ringtones in the pipeline, including "sleep-promoting ringtone," "ringtone makes your date," "crow scarer ringtone," "ringtone makes your skin beautiful," and more.

ipad or die pad – The optus , vodafone , telstra Ipad plans for australia

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Ipad launch in Australia – May28th

The date is Friday May 28th , when the iPad will also launch in Australia along with Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. Pre-orders can be placed at Apple.com.au from Monday, 10 May, with the device available from Apple’s online store and retail stores plus selected Apple resellers.

In Australia pricing starts at $629 for the 16GB Wi-Fi model, with the 32GB version at $759 and the 64GB model at $879. The entry-level 3G iPad (which also includes GPS and 16GB of storage) will land at $799; the 32GB model comes in at $929, with the flagship 64GB 3G iPad at $1,049.

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Ipad Internet and Data plans

The competition between telecommunication carrier’s for a piece of Apple’s iPad action has begun, with Optus putting flat month-by-month 3G plans as well as prepaid plans on its iPad menu.

Optus plans for I-pad

Optus has confirmed to APC that it will offer a ‘made for iPad’ microSIM bundle with three month-by-month plans: $20 for 2GB, $30 for 3GB and $60 for 8GB. "Optus will also have prepaid as well as month-to-month data plans suitable for use with the iPad 3G" Optus spokeswoman Liz Greene told APC, with the promise that "we will provide further details of our iPad plans soon."

Telstra Plans for Ipad

Earlier today Telstra revealed its prepaid iPad Next G plans which cost $20 for 1GB, $30 for 3GB and $60 for 6GB on top of the initial $30 ‘Pre-Paid SIM for Apple iPad’ start kit which comes with 1GB (and a bonus 2GB if activated before June 30th). Telstra has not yet revealed if it will also offer month-by-month plans

The entry-level $20 pack comes with 1GB; $30 gets you a 3GB top-up; the mid-range $60 recharge comes with 6GB; $80 lands you 9GB, while the $100 top-up comes with 12GB (although we’re open to suggestions as how any iPad user could gobble up 12GB, or even 6GB, in just 30 days).

The pre-paid iPad microSIM starter pack will be sold at Telstra Stores and "selected partners". Recharges are available via Bpay or through purchasing vouchers at outlets including Telstra stores and dealers, Australia Post, Target, Big W, Dick Smith, Woolworths, Safeway, Coles Fone Zone, K Mart, Retravision and Newslink newsagencies.

 

Vodafone plans for apple Ipad

VHA partner networks Vodafone and 3 have revealed they will offer a range of mobile broadband plans for the 3G iPad.

The new Month by Month plans offer the value of a contract with complete flexibility of not being locked into a long term commitment.

Available on both Vodafone and 3, mobile broadband can be purchased for as little as $15 per month. This low monthly cost allows the download of 1GB of data. The Month by Month plans are also available at $29 (3GB), $39 (6GB) and $49 (8GB). Customers also have the option to either ‘BYO’ their own broadband modem or purchase a stylish USB modem internet stick for the low one-off cost of $79.