[Remote] Run Windows 8 on your shiny iPad

For the first time splashtop allows you to run Windows 8 comsumer preview on your iPad. idial solution for Metro app developers to test their Metro UI without buying new hardware. If you watch the demonstration, you will notice that Windows 8 metro UI runs smoothly on a tablet.

Win8 Metro Testbed application can be downloaded and install on your iPad for only $24.99 (Special price) and Splashtop streamer on your Windows 8 PC for free. Connect both the devices to the network and you can experience Windows 8 Metro UI on your iPad. 

 

 For more information about Win8 Metro Testbed visit Spashtop.

How to Control your Computer from Bed using your mobile.

Week end is the ideal time to spend some extra hours on the bed for most of us. If you keep your computer in front of the bed and like to watch a movie or Youtube videos without you have to jumping out of the bed, this post will help you.

You can simply turn your Smart phone (Android phone, Apple iPhone or iPad) in to a wireless mouse and keyboard using this simple Application. You will require a Smartphone (which most of us have) and WI-FI internet connection where you can connect your mobile and the computer.

1. First Download the Desktop Remote Free on your Android device.
2. Then you need to install the desktop software which you can find from here.
3. Start the Desktop Remote Free Application and it will auto detect your computer as the server.
4. Now you can control the desktop from your mouse.

Make sure you connect both mobile and the desktop to the same WI-FI connection. Also, free version would not show the desktop in your mobile.

For your iPhone and iPad you can use JumiMouse Desktop/Mouse/Remote for PC or JumiOne Desktop/Keyboard/Mouse, Remote Webcam and media remote for PC.

Enjoy the simple week end hack with Android and iPhone app hack.

Why Apple ask Samsung expose Galaxy prototypes?

Apple's legal battle against Samsung is gone to the next step. Apple is trying to sue Samsung over copying Apple products in Galaxy range. As a result of that federal court is forcing Samsung to hand over sample of new phones and tablets to them.

Samsung Galaxy S2, Galaxy Tab 8.9, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Infuse 4G and Droid charge are the devices that will be questioned. However, Samsung Galaxy S2 and Infuse 4G of the these devices are already out in the market and Galaxy Tab 10.1 is already given out to Google I/O attendees. It seems like Apple is trying to put pressure on Korean company as it is one of biggest competition in the current market.

Patent Involve in this legal battle are D677 Patent, D790 Patent, D016 Patent and couple of more related to the Apple trade mark phone icon and Apple's iPad.

Why you should Not Buy iPad 3G version (Money Saving Tip)

This is the simplest iPad hack that will allow you to save money over buying a iPad and enjoy all the top range benefits. You do not have to spend extra to buy iPad 3G option anymore.

Advantage of buying a iPad 3G -

You can use a micro SIM card with a data plan to connect to Internet while you are on the road. When you do not get access to WIFI. Don’t try to hack into secure WIFI hot spots using your iPad. That is illegal and unethical, but less chance you would get into trouble. There is a better hack to get a portable WIFI with you.

Comparisons between the iPad 2 WIFI and the iPad 2 3G

Before we move ahead lets compare the iPad 2 WIFI and iPAd 3G versions. Apple website itself has given out a better comparison of the two versions of iPad. Therefore, I will only note down what iPad 2 WIFI version missing.


Whats iPad 2 WIFI missing

iPad2 WIFI lost 0.01pound comparing to iPad 3G. All of you you consider your health and figure would love to reduce your weight. People who are looking for portability in tech gadgets will love light weight devices. However, this is not much difference.

Under wireless and cellular you are missing the UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz); GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz). What? That means the 3G Data connection.

You will be badly missing the Micro-SIM card tray. May be you hate the Micro-SIM card.

Is that all? Yes, technical specification point of view those are the only features you will miss from iPad 2 WIFI only model. If you are note sure check it out at Apple iPad comparison page.

Lets move to the iPad price conparison.

iPad 2 with Wi-Fi + 3G 16GB $629.00
iPad 2 WIFI only 16GB $499.00


iPad 2 with Wi-Fi + 3G 16GB $729.00
iPad 2 WIFI only 16GB $599.00


iPad 2 with Wi-Fi + 3G 16GB $829.00
iPad 2 WIFI only 16GB $699.00


If you can go for the Wifi only model can sacrifice the 3G option you can save $129 dollars in any model. Good news is that you do not have to feel bad that you are missing Internet connection while you are on the road just because of $129.00. We will show you how to hack Wi-fi using your iPad.

Wireless 3G modem

You will only required a wireless 3G modem. It is getting popular these days as you can connect your smart phone, tablets, iPads to a portable wireless 3G modem. So, you can enjoy the Internet without 3G connection.

Huawei Wireless 3G Modem -

Operating frequency(3G): HSUPA/HSDPA/UMTS 2100MHz
Operating frequency(2G): GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900MHz
Speed: HSUPA 5.76Mbps; HSDPA 7.2Mbps
Interface: USB 2.0 high speed
Dimensions: 95 mm × 48 mm × 13 mm
Weight: 90g
Receive Diversity: HSUPA/HSDPA/UMTS 2100MHz
Micro SD card slot: Yes (Up to 32GB)
OLED: Yes
Equalizer: Yes
WiFi: 802.11.b/g
Encryption: WEP, WPA, WPA2
OS: Windows 2000 SP4 / XP SP2 / Vista; Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 with latest upgrades

There are other wireless modem devices as well. Most of the Internet service providers having this solution as well. Even, you do not have to stick to a contract, simply you can use a pre paid data plan.

II would like to hear what you think and whats your experience with this tech hack.

Top 5 iPad apps

iPad is one of the successful development products of Apple. iPad is one great platform for all the different kinds of entertainments like movies, games, music, videos, books and many more. It is really incredible to believe that a product weighing just 700 grams can become a platform for different multi tasking applications. Since the official announcements of iPad were in rumors, people in advance booked their iPad phones. iPad is one of the best running and selling instruments till date. Both businessmen and college students are in love with the various iPad applications.

Top 5 iPad applications:

1: Kindle
Before reading about the Kindle application for iPad, it is important to forget the rumors that say kindle as an iPad killer, etc. Actually kindle application for iPad has done a great entertainment for the kindle users who have recently purchased iPad with kindle app. With the help of visual page swipes in iPad, kindle application becomes a great reading experience. All bookworms should consider this application while buying a new iPad.

2: Wkipanion for iPad
Wkipanion is best for searching or referring any keyword or phrase. Downloading this application in your iPad helps you to refer any unknown key phrase within seconds. Also it helps to bookmark favorite entries for further reference or use.

3: Google Mob Application
Google is the best search engine on internet till date. There is no other application or search box that can help to perform your search referrals. Downloading Google mobile application helps to get familiar with any unknown site or keyword. The best thing about this application is its location search that helps you to find out all local hospitals, restaurants, hotels or landmarks around you.

4: Wordpress
Blogging has become one of the great things today and people really enjoy out their blogging activities using their iPad. IPad helps to download wordpress app for continuing their blogging from their iPad device. This application helps to post or edit any new or old blog from your iPad device using internet connection.

5: AOL messenger
The introduction of messenger is generally for keeping touch with your social friends. AOL’s instant messenger helps you to stay connection with your friends and relatives. In short, it gives you a continuation in your social life by being in touch with your fast friends. I guess this application can help you to save pennies that are usually spent on national and international text messages.
Thus, all these five applications are must for your iPad device. Some other great applications for your iPad are Evernote, Zinio Magazine, Asphalt, Twitterrific, Desktop connect, Fight control, etc.

[ShareMe] 40 iPad Apps That Librarians Love

I know some of you love your iPad and if it is iProduct then we cannot forget it is great collection of applications. Thanks Carrie for sharing the 40 great iPad applications helpful for librarians.
Librarians wear many hats at one time. Besides managing their space, they also organize events, reach out to the community and enhance the feel of the library, making it a timeless treasure that is making a major comeback. Libraries now stock DVDs new and old, the latest bestsellers and magazine and newspapers that we can’t always find at our local stands.

iBooks This e-reader allows you to sample a page of many books before you decide to put in an order.

Kindle Like iBooks, this is an e-reader app that’s powered by Amazon. It’s different because it offers a far wider variety of books than iBooks.

Stanza This app is a standout because it works across the board with your iPhone or Touch, allowing you to catch up with your reading or selections no matter what toy you’re working with.

Howcast Learn how to do anything and everything from this clever video app that brings how-tos right to your screen.

Tweeterena 2 If you’re only tweeting on the iPad, this is one of the best apps since it’s scaled to fit the larger screen.

You can find the rest of 35 cool iPad application collection that librarians love at onlinecolleges.org.

install Adobe Flash on iPhone 4 / iPad / iTouch (Alfa)

Jail breaking iPhone, iPad break its limitations and allow you to use as you wish. That is the main purpose of applying hacks and tricks to unleash the hardware capabilities controlled by software. Mean time it puts you in risk of loosing the supplier warranty and security issues. So you have to jailbreak your iPhone 4, iPad, iTouch and install the flash player at your own risk.
According to www.iphoneworld.ca following is the 5 steps you required to follow after jail breaking your Apple device.

#1 – Make sure you jailbreak your device using Limera1n of Greenpois0n.
#2 – Install Cydia.
#3 – Open Cydia and add the repo: http://repo.benm.at
#4 – Now search for “Frash” and install it.
#5 – Reboot your device.

Is you website touch screen friendly? Put it in to the test

We are slowly moving into Tablet PCs (iPads). So, you need to make your websites touch screen friendly. If you use Windowx XP from a Tablet PC or iPad ( Remote Desktop) you will see how hard it is to operate it from touch screen. How you can make your website ready for tablet PCs. Best place to look for some guide lines are the excising touch screen friendly operations systems: Android, Apple OS for iphone, ipad and Windows 7. Using similar effects to the web will automatically makes your website touch screen friendly.

Give enough space - If it is a mouse pointer it can click, select small buttons, links. You need more space and area for a touch. It is obviously good to have a larger buttons and have little bit more space around them ( Padding ). Even with the links you can do a similar trick but you might have already noticed that it is bit hard to click on the text links than buttons. So, give simple and nice buttons to navigate through your website.

Option to increase the Font size would be another effective way to make it touch screen friendly. However, most of the touch screen OS gives zoom in and zoom out functionality with fancy multi touch.

Touch Screen ready Web Forms - Web forms is another area that required some alternations. Again you have to use bigger web form elements (Text boxes, drop down-lists and etc ) in order to make it easy to touch and select each field. Get rid of the boring default web forms and pimp it to be filled and submit easily on touch pads.

Make sue you do not allow users to fill all the unnecessary information. Make your form short and simple. (Not only effective in touch screen). People hate typing in touch screen and yes they are too lazy and worried to fill out lot of personal information. 

Loading time and the size of the web page one of the primary issue with the mobile devices. Most of the devices come with expensive data plans and have a very limited download limit. However, this is not something new. It is been a good webmaster practice to some up with simple website that loads fast. Of course Google loves it as well and primary point when it comes to Search Engine Optimisation.

Browser Compatibility ( New Challenges ) webmasters nightmare. Each web browser has different characteristics and creating a website to work perfectly on each browser need lots of skills and patience. I think Tablet PC and iPad add more challenges. For example iPad dose not have a flash player and Android cannot run Java Vitual Machine very well. Now these limitations need to be considered before design or redesign your website.

Width and height of the page - Most of the modern tablet PCs have high resolutions screens. However it will be easy to have simple pages that dose not have to scroll sideways.

Is it necessary to built a separate tablet version? .mobi was started to have a mobile version of your website and it is not really active at the movement. No one bother to use the .mobi domain names, instead they use mydomain.com/mobile, mydomainname.com/m or m.mydomainname.com. I don’t think even with the tablet PCs .mobi will not be live. If you really have a website that is targeted big computer screen or flash base website you may require to have a new area for tablet PC users. It is not necessary as tablet PC s support most of the websites options pretty well. If you really needed and decide to go for separate version for tablet PCs I would recommend to go for application.


Test you site on Tablet PC and check how easy to navigate and how well your website respond to the touch. Something that webmaster need to consider building a website. Feel free to share your thoughts ideas and comments are welcome. 

Tablet PC vs Pads [Future of Mobile Computers]

Tablet PC is not a brand new concept and it was a popular concept brought forward by Microsoft in 2001 with a pen enabled computer. It is a laptop comes with a stylus or touch enabled screen where you have the flexibility to install any operating system. Things have changed since Apple introduce the iPad in 2010 April. Did it took tablet PCs to a new level? Or is it totally different concept that will not go under smart phone or tablet PC categories? One thing is for sure all the big boys in the computer market is planning to release their own version on iPads.

Apple iPad - Most people find it cool and believe that iPads can change their lives style. It is a great tool that if you are too lazy to Carry a laptop but need a bigger screen for presentations, emails, take notes and etc. However it is missing some basic features like camera, phone, USB port (hardware limitations) and Flash player (Software limitation). I am sure Apple will address these area in the future versions of iPads as the competition is going to start soon.

Samsung Galaxy Tab going to be smart device that will address most of the missing feature in Apple iPad. Their marketing campaign is targeting on what iPad is missing. It is powered by Android 2.2 with a 7inch screen, Flash player, HD Movie player and Navigation. I have seen some comments Samsung Galaxy Tab equal to iPhone and iPad. I will leave you to decide.


Dell Streak is 5inch screen big phone again with Android 1.6 and people find it interesting. Even 9 inch and 7 inch then this would be a good solution. I found this interesting video about Dell Streak from a guy who use iphone, iphone 3G, iphone 3Gs, iphone 4G and iPad.



RIM Tablet - There are some news out that RIM is planning to release a Tablet with new OS to challenge Apple and Google. It will have a 7inch screen with a new operating system build with QNX Software Systems. Waiting for more information to follow.

Cisco Cius business tablet will revolutionised how we communicate. After watching the video you will notice that how technology can change your life. Again Cius is powered by Android with front and rare camera, USB, blue tooth connection and many other possibility. Check out how it can change the today’s schools.


You know how to find part 2 of the Demo of Cisco Cius. Don't you?

Lenovo lePad (Lenovo IdeaPad) is going to have a bigger screen, that is 10.1inch. It designed to use as a laptop as well as a tablet PC. It is a good concept that you don't have to buy two devices. Panning to release this on first quarter of 2011.

ASUS eee Pad EP101TC 10” inch table running Windows Compact 7 edition. It is interesting see that this is the only modern tablet that is using Windows operation system.

It seems like there will be a very big market as well as a competition for table or Pads in the future. End of the it all depends how these gadgets are really useful in your day today life and how much you can spend on them.