Great Expectations: Apple's latest Creation event

The day has finally come guys. Apple is ready to present its latest creation. As a gadget geek, i dont want to see just another lame tablet. We want something special and at a special price.

What we don't want it to be:
what we don't want is a tablet with a huge screen and is difficult to carry around. Huge screen is fine but it does matter how portable it is. So we dont want just another tablet like the HP's or like the ones DELL makes.

Is it really the tablet today?:

Well, even though there hav been rumors all over that we will see a tablet today,you never know, Apple could pull out some last minute surprises. It could be a sizzling new iPhone. But i am not buying on that because an iPhone cannot be a new creation. What if apple pulls a dampener here by announcing an ordinary HD tv? nah, we dont wanna see anything like that right? All in all, I will bet for the tablet to be announced today.

What kind of a tablet?:

It should be something godly.Something like heaven has dropped a golden egg on the tech world. I expect the same oomph and wows which the iPhone extracted from us. Portability should be a major consideration since no one would like to carry a fragile piece of chunk in their hands. As far as the functionalities are concerned,it should be able to do something unique. Great features which would make you crave for it should be the biggest criteria for the device. If its not a piece of fragile chunk and is unique, the slate device is bound to create a wave among the masses. Else, Apple's plans of surprising the world and repeating an iPhone kinda show will go kaput.

What price?:

In the times of economic slowdown, no one wants to spend on a tablet. It must be priced well below 1000$ in order to click with the masses. Everybody is expecting a friendly price tag but as all of us know , Apple's products always cost a premium. So i won't be surprised if the tablet's priced even over 1000$.

One more thing:

Will apple show us the iPhone OS 4.0 today? maybe yes, maybe no. I also expect a new version of iTunes today. Let us wait and watch.

How to: Sharing paid iPhone apps with others

Consider you have multiple iphones or iPod touches or many including you own an iphone or touch, you all wouldn't consider buying the same app from the iTunes store. Its always good to share your things with family and friends. There is a method (a legal one to share your paid apps with others).

* Go to applications in iTunes .

* Drag and drop the desired application onto your desktop.

* copy the file to a pen drive and transfer it to your friend's pc.

* Now double click the app to add it to ur friend's app library.

* In iTunes, click authorize computer and enter your username and password.

* Sync their iPhone and they have now got the app!

Alternative:
* Ask your friend to login to itunes store using your id and password.

* iTunes remembers that  you have paid for the app before and lets your friend download the app for free this time around.

* hurray and they can now download the app and sync it to their phone.

Note: One iTunes  account can work with only 5 authorized computers at a time.

How to: Backing up iPhone apps

We love our ipod touch or iphone apps, don't we? But we dont like to download them over and again. You can find all your apps in the applications category of your iTunes. What if you want to uninstall itunes or u format your PC for any reason? You may lose all your apps and more than that you have to download them again. So, here's a brief "how to" on backing up your apps in case of any reasons mentoined above:

1.  Before you format or uninstall iTunes, go to MyDocuments on your PC.
2. Go to MyMusic>iTunes>Mobile Applications .
3. In the Mobile Applications folder you can find all the apps which you had downloaded.
4.  Select all those files and copy them onto your external hard drive or a pen drive.
5.  That's it you are done.
6.  After you have reinstalled iTunes and ready to go, place all the files you backed up in the same location  path mentioned in step 2.

Tech 2k10: What to expect in Tech for 2010

2010 is here. Technology is ever evolving and we will see more of that this year too.
2009 was a great year for tech geeks. We saw many smartphones evolving and many new mobile OSes showed up with significant updates. Android jumped to version 2.0, iPhone came up with a very major 3.0 update and also, we saw new OSes like the web OS and the bada OS being announced. 2009 also saw Nokia join the touchscreen bandwagon. Many tablets came up and many new environmentally green devices too became a trend. So, what would it be like in 2010? Will we see more mobile OSes? Will 2010 mark the birth of web 3.0? Also, there are many new products and technologies which have been in the pipeline for years and could see the light of the day this year. Here are my views on what lies in the future:

Apple's Tablet:(expected in jan):

This could be apple's entry into the netbook market. This is one of the most awaited devices this year. Rumored to be named as iSlate, many versions of specs have been circulating the web in the past one year. The announcement of such a device is itself a rumor, amusingly. Thats the best part of the rumors sorrounding apple's devices. It never exists till apple says it does.Rumored to be a 10-inch device in the form of a large iPod touch , this one may or not click with the masses. Wait till Jan 27 when Steve job comes up on stage at yerba buena center,San francisco.

Nexus One:(already announced):

Google has been stepping into every field of tech lately and mobile phone industry is no exception. There was a lot of hype and hoopla sorrounding the device and google drew everyone's attention. After the event, i felt that nexusone didn't deserve the pre launch stardom which it did. I mean come on, it doesn't have multitouch. Android 2.1 is awesome though. But you cant say that Nexus one made you feel awestruck. Actually, nexus one is not the first device which has the android+HTC+google combo.Then why the hype in this case? Well, Android 2.1 deserves a lot of appreciation and we will get to see a lot of devices supporting this OS.

Nokia's Catchup Games:

Nokia is one company which would like to forget 2009. Not all went well for them in 2k9.Nokia's share in the mobile market went down thanks to HTC, Samsung and iPhone 3GS. Nokia has promised its fans that they will upgrade symbian OS to a new level (finally) and try to bring quality smartphones into the market(5800 was the antonym of quality). They have been trying to sue Apple recently, but that won't really help them get back on track for sure.

iPhone OS 4.0:

Getting back to the cupertino giant again, its time that there is one more update to this revolutionary OS. Who knows, we could expect an announcement of the OS4.0 on jan 27 and a detailed preview in march just like it happens every year. The fourth coming of iPhone OS will also bring with itself the prospects of the fourth gen iPhone. No one knows what the fruit-named company has in mind but there are some things which we can predict. A 5.0 megapixel camera is quite common a guess. Multitasking is something i like to see happenning this time around.Apple should not cite battery life as a reason for not including the feature. Wireless syncing is something which is not on everybody's lips but its surely something significant considering the fact that how many people really hate wired syncing and on the top of that you need to bear the burden of iTunes. A 1 ghz processor would be great and would keep it in the league of nexus one and other players. Also, we can some great features from apple which we cant even think of.

Microsoft Office 2010:

The best office suite will be refreshed soon and I can't wait to get my hands on it.The beta is out for testing though. It is said to have many new features and carries ahead the trend set by office 07. I hope that they don't change the file extensions this time around(like they did in 07) and a price drop would also be great.

Bada OS:

Samsung surely made its mark in the tech industry last year and they have decided not to rest on their laurels and have developed their own mobile OS. They keep asking 'What's Next?' in their commercials and this time around they seem to have answered it themselves.Bada OS is a full fledged touch OS. They have left no stone unturned and have tried to gather developers for developing apps. The first screenshots of the OS projected the OS to be great and fresh. They have released their SDK and and developers are already working on apps. Samsung has said that there will be a device running on bada OS in the first quarter of 2010. Bada OS is not open source though unlike Android. Well lets expect a Bada device in Mobile World Congress.


I can go on with this forever but that's it for now. A lot is there to expect and the battle between tech giants will be only more intense this time. Hoping for perfect ten for Tech in 2010, i sign off. Happy new Year again!