Since Steve Job’s animated presentation on the iPad there has been a lot of speculation in the media and elsewhere about Apple’s latest product iPad. Sure the iPad will put to shame most tablet devices and book readers present in the  market today including the Kindle. A friend recently visited me from California and told me he couldn’t buy the iPad since it wasn’t available for sale. He was all praise for it, before I told him about the device and some of its shortcomings. Read on to enlighten yourself on what the iPad isn’t or can’t do.

• No Flash.  Millions of websites today use Flash but Steve Jobs somehow missed this point! Ok so users might see those Lego blocks on their screens prompting them to add a plug-in which Alas won’t be there unless someone does something about it.
• No Multitasking? So you won’t be able to listen to your favorite music while surfing the Web? Who cares, and why did you ever buy that Music enabled Smartphone, iPhone, iPod or whatever? Just wear the headphones and surf the Web on your iPad.
• No Camera. Since there is no camera there’s little room for a video conference. I believe this is a marketing strategy, give the people a camera –less iPad, make a newer more expensive iPad, attach a camera and un-apologetically launch it with a bigger price tag. That’s it. How else can one miss out this important feature?

PocketGear has acquired Handango, the announcement was made just a few days back. This might come as a surprise but the benefits are truly amazing, at least for PocketGear, quite simply because this lone move now gives it access to some 140,000 apps of various categories. This includes paid as well as free titles. This might as well be termed as  the creation of so far the largest cross platform, open app store on planet Earth.

The two stores are known to have generated over $ 400 million in revenue resulting from sale of mobile apps. This they say is spread across 175 countries, and the variety of mobile devices supported is well over 2000 in number.

PocketGear’s developer base alone has expanded to some 32,000 strong giving it more variety and reach. This will help improve its stats further as the company has already worked in conjunction with Samsung, Microsoft, LG, Sony Ericsson, RIM, Verizon and AT&T. Simply put more developers and more companies mean more variety and hence more revenue. And remember this is for a variety of devices unlike Apple.

PocketGear supports supposedly all brands less the “i” category Some of the brands under its belt are Java, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Android, Palm, Blackberry and the ever present Symbian.    

PockerGear’s strength comes form its business model which supports developers more than other competitors. PocketGear’s developers get to keep up to 90% of the share as against 70% in case of other models. Besides this the company CEO Jud Bowman says it has perfected its systems in a big way and Handset manufacturers or carriers can now launch their own customized stores in weeks.

The Magic Mouse by Apple is a device which attracted wide attention of the PC/Mac enthusiasts. It was designed to work on Macs but now thanks to a Bluetooth Update the rodent can work in Windows XP and 7.

Finger controlled scrolling and basic magic mouse moves are working fine but advanced moves have a few glitches which need to be put right.We hope someone releases a third party patch for the overall benefit of all.

The Bluetooth Update can be downloaded from the Apple website and relevant drivers extracted by WinRar for 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows. Install the $ 70 contraption, load its drivers and enjoy using the Magic moves and features.

What’s in a mouse? A lot if it’s a new Magic Mouse from Apple, being dubbed as the world’s first multi-touch rodent. This gizmo comes bundled with every new iMac or can be bought for $69 only. The looks alone are killing, smooth outer surface, no protrusions or buttons and a smooth feeling on the hand. That is how it looks and feels and… works even better. The top surface of the mouse is multi-touch and  is actually the button! Run one finger over it for a scrolling action, the thing is sensitive to single and double clicks for  the single and double click actions respectively. They say it can even sense when you are not swiping or scrolling and just resting your hand on it, means it is intelligent. Since when did rodents become intelligent?

The tracking is not optical, its laser this time. Hence the mouse is more sensitive, and it doesn’t need any mouse pads even, just any flat surface will do irrespective of its chemistry! Novel indeed. And this device is wireless thanks to the Bluetooth connectivity built in to it. Works to a maximum distance of 33 feet, no wires or strings attached, and if you want to get the ultimate fun, use a wireless keyboard for a truly cable free experience.

The first multi-touch technologies of the iPhone and the iPod have been replicated in this rodent. If you swipe a page in Safari it will be like doing it in a paper magazine, the feeling is same. The gestures themselves tell the mouse how fast or slow to scroll, which implies that if you wish to scroll slowly make a slow gesture.

Other functions include a 360 degree scroll, screen zooming and a two finger swipe action. This has to be an award winning device like most Apple products of the day.

Apple has been notoriously rebuffing VOIP applications from its app store but no explanation was available. But now it seems it wasn’t Apple which was refusing VOIP applications instead AT&T did not allow VOIP traffic through its network. Finally AT&T is saying that it will allow VOIP traffic through its 3G network, means go ahead for Skype and Google voice and many more VoIP applications.

This is because FCC  has scrutinized how Apple and AT&T handle VoIP apps for the iPhone , specifically, Apple’s continued rejection of Google’s Google Voice app. In short FCC is pushing for "net neutrality," which prevents carriers from blocking Internet communications, even on wireless networks and AT&T had to yield to mounting pressure.

At the moment this might sound a good news, but the load of new VOIP traffic might strain even less stable AT&T network which is causing many dropped calls and less stable VOIP calls, but our fingers are crossed and we are hopeful that now Google Voice and Skype will prevail on iPhone and users will be able to expand their communication horizons.

While Apple is giving thoughts over revamping its Mighty mouse by incorporating multi touch features and other aesthetics and wireless options, Microsoft is also unleashing latest technology in the pointing device arena. Microsoft Research and the Applied Sciences Group have developed five input device prototypes that harvest multitouch sensing features. Now that’s interesting coincidence or planned tactic that the timing of both companies touching the pointing device and unleashing the news in tech world.

Although details about mighty mouse multi touch features are still unknown at the moment, in contrary Microsoft prototype devices explores a different touch sensing strategy via a different form factor.  I really like the ORB multi touch mouse since it can be used in games and different actions can bring gaming to next level with multi touch features. These prototypes are really cool and can be of great interest to gamers, graphic artists, computer researchers and casual windows users as, but one thing is for sure Microsoft is definitely extending the idea of pointing device beyond simple mouse and it will be interesting to see how Apple can reply with its mighty mouse for new generation of snow leopard OS.

There is a cool video available below and is a must watch:

Previously we covered that PwnageTool 3.1 is available by Dev Team but it lacked jail breaking of iPhone 3GS and iPod touch, Well the wait is over and now you can jail break your iPhone 3GS or second genderation iPOD touch. In a posting on DEV Team blog, they announced the updated release of PwnageTool 3.1.3 for OSX which “pwns” or jail breaks iPhone 3GS and 2G iPod as long as the device was “pwned” prior to OS 3.1.

However,  Third generation iPod touch is not supported at the moment and if you have already installed 3.1 upgrade on your device you still have to wait more.

See more details on DEV-Team Blog

The breaking news of today is that the most awaited MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) on iPhone finally goes live on AT&T. MMS allows users to send graphics, audio clips, locations, contacts, and video clips via an SMS-like messaging system on their iPhones.It has been found out that MMS is not very popular on other phone devices but iPhone users tend to make more use of multimedia features as compare to others.

 How to get it?

To prepare for the iPhone MMS update, download iTunes 9.0.1 and make sure your iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS is using iPhone 3.1 firmware. If you have iPhone 2G or 1G, it will not be able to get the MMS update. For more details see below

Stepwise procedure:

(1) Download iTunes 9.0.1 if you don’t already have it on your computer.

(2) Connect your iPhone to your computer then open iTunes

(3) When the MMS update is available, you will see a message asking you if you want to install and update to your carrier settings- click Update Settings

(4) iTunes will then inform you that your settings have been updated. CLick OK in the message

(5) Reboot your iPhone by powering it off and then on again. MMS is now enabled.

When is it actually going live?

AT&T has started the service across U.S today in which text messages will be send, beginning at 10 am Eastern. Let’s see how people respond to this new service. Will the heavy traffic of iPhone owners crash the service? For all this and more, we would have to wait and see..Stay tuned to Biggtech!

This small nifty stand allows your MacBook to be placed vertically on your table for a smooth Desktop look and operation. Off course this means attaching a mouse, keyboard and your favourite LCD monitor to it. The ultimate benefit, well lots of space saving on your computer table and the great feeling that you are actually using a Desktop and a laptop both at the same time. The 3 x 4.5 x 10 inches stand weighs a mere 1.2 lbs, has similar color schemes of a MacBook and is available for around $50. (That is quite affordable!) Since the MacBook, MacBook Pro, PowerBook G4 and the MabBook Air all can be operated with the lid closed so owners of these machines can take advantage of the stand. Also included in the box are three Silicone pads for inserting the MacBook into the stand flawlessly. The OEM claims that with this stand machine will work faster since 100% of video memory will be dedicated to the external display instead of sharing it with the internal one. We wonder when one will be available for non-Apple laptops?

iPhone Dev team has done it again, and this time have released an updated version of PwnageTool 3.1 for MacOS X. The latest iPhone PwnageTool 3.1 lets users jailbreak iPhone OS 3.1, by creating an custom IPSW file without updating the baseband and hence retaining the Ultrasn0w unlock and jailbreak.

PwnageTool 3.1 is only available for Mac OS X and can only Jail break iPhone 2G ( 1st Generation ), iPod Touch 1G and  iPhone 3G. The Dev Team is promising to deliver updated version for Mac OS x and windows soon

Download the  Pwnage Tool 3.1 for Mac OSX from the links below.

PwnageTool_3.1.dmg.5089960.TPB.torrent ( Official link )

PwnageTool_3.1.dmg ( freak-yourself.de)

PwnageTool_3.1.dmg ( touch-mania.com )

PwnageTool_3.1.dmg ( Rapidshare )

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