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Today I saw this video in Google Blogoscoped which was really amazing. It was a concept video made by Apple 22 years ago for knowledge navigator

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Past few weeks I was hunting for a good car stereo / receiver which has good compatibility with iPhone / iPod. I checked out the model Kenwood KDC BT7539U at Carrefour Deira Dubai and I was really happy to see the features mentioned in the box. I read couple of reviews online and I was so happy to see everything was working 100% perfectly with iPhone.

The above video is not exactly for the my model but it has the same features for iPod connectivity. So I bought this unit and I am 100% happy customer. iPod connectivity / control and iPhone blue tooth connectivity – 100%. Some features listed below

General Features

• TDF(Preset Key-less & Large Display & Attractive Illumination Design)
• 3 Line Mono Full dot FL Display
• Security Code function
• Rotary Encoder & Multi Control Wheel for Easy Operation
• Key Illumination (Blue)
• Manual Dimmer Function (Sub Illumination ,3step)
• Demo Mode
• Digital Clock (24H)
• Display Off mode function
• Supplied with Remote Control Unit (RC-547)
• 2-way Telephone/Navigation Mute
• Spectrum Analyzer
• Emotional Illumination Effect
• Auto Dimmer Function (Display, on/off)

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Audio Features

• Maximum Output Power : 50W x 4 (MOSFET Power IC)
• 2.5V 3 Preouts
• AUX Input (Rear)
• Subwoofer Level & Low Pass Filter Adjustable
• Built In Amp Mute Function
• System E’s(HPF & LPF)
• System Q:Sound Control with Pre-programmed Tone Curves
• Separate Bass/Mid range/Treble Control & Source Tone Memory
• AUX Input with Optional Unit (CA-C1AX or KCA-S220A)
• Fader & Loudness Control
• Attenuator (-20dB) with Smooth Volume Return
• Dual Zone Source & Volume Control

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Single CD Features

• AAC (Advanced Audio Codec) Files Playback created by ex. Apple iTunesTM for Windows
• WMA (Windows Media Audio) & MP3 Files Playback with ID-3 Tag Display
• Multi-session Disc Playback
• Folder Name Manual Search Function without Stopping Audio-play
• 24bit D/A Converter
• 0-bit Mute
• CD Text Ready
• CD-R/CD-RW Compatible
• Supreme
• Random/Repeat/Scan Play

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USB Features

• USB (Universal Serial Bus) Interface Ready
• iPod 1 wire Direct Connection with Optional cable External Media Control Features
• Dual External Media Control Capability (with Optional KCA-S220A)
• DNPS (Disc Name Presets) with Compatible CD Changers
• CD Text Ready with Compatible CD Changers
• Direct Access with Remote
• Random/Repeat/Scan Play (Disc/Track)
• Optional Apple iPod Interface Ready (KCA-iP500)
• Bluetooth Built-in (Hands-Free Profile /Audio Profile)
• OEM Remote Interface

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FM/AM Tuner Features

• FM/AM 24 Station Presets (18FM, 6AM)
• AME (Automatic Memory Entry)
• Up/Down Seek Tuning
• SNPS (Station Name Presets)
• Selectable Channel Spacing

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Google has released its new browser “Chrome” today. It is released as beta (I really don’t understand what is the meaning of beta in Google. Can you believe Gmail) for windows alone. This browser is based on webkit rendering engine. which gives web developers a big relief in rendering issues and web standards. The good feature in chrome I really loved about is each tab runs in its own sand boxed environment. When an tab crashes it only the tab and not the whole browser.

Next step was to download the browser and test it. It was amazingly fast. And really felt the browser was really light. I loved the simple and efficent GUI. Creating application out web was really smart move. There is no option for extending the browser with extension and themes. May be it is on it way.

Will Google target it like Adobe Air?
Will Google create more API inside chrome to support their web application ?
Have thousands of question rising up my mind and only time will tell those answers. But these guys are planning big time to reach more market share in web. They have already started to advertise about the new browser on Google homepage.

Will chrome dominate the browser wars by end of this decade ?????

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Yesterday morning I got the news from Engadget. I was bit scared to upgrade and I could not wait any more. Please read this blog which can guide you completely on jail break your iPhone.

Jailbreak iPhone 3G now

You can download the Pwange 2.0 which is used to prepare the 2.0 update firmware and you can use the update to restore your iPhone to new 2.0 firmware.

These are the things I did before I started the operation 2.0

1. Download the firmware using iTunes
2. Make a directory under your user mkdir ~/Library/iTunes/”Device Support” ;
3. Download Pwnage tool
4. Download the boot loaders 3.9 and 4.6
5. Prepare the firmware update file using Pwnage tool. After preparing the firmware it places the file on your desktop named something like  “iPhone1,1_2.0_5A347_Custom_Restore.ipsw”. The file name may differ and I am not very sure about it.
6. Now you can close your Pwnage tool and iTunes if it was opened.
7. You have to bring iPhone to DFU mode. To do that keep pressing power and home button as long as possible. It will kind of blackout and again it will boot and you have keep pressing. After like 15 secs you can see a image like below
   
8. Now open iTunes and it will go into iPhone recovery mode. Please click on restore button with option key pressed. Now it will show you a file dialog to choose the restore file. Please select the firmware generated by Pwnage tool.
9. Sit back and relax while the iTunes restores the new 2.0 firmware, activated, jail broken, and ready to use.
10. Everything works for me. I even bought MotoRacer game and it is awesome

All the best with your upgrade and thanks to iPhone dev team and hats off to their work

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Will Mozilla Firefox 3 set a new download world record ? In less than 45 minutes the download day is starting for Firefox 3 to start the count for breaking a new world record in most download software in 24 hours.

I wish them luck and I will download my copy as soon as it is released

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After watching Apple WWDC 2008 Steve Job’s keynote it is very evident that we will not get iPhone in this region any time sooner. In around 70 countries iPhone will be available during this year. One such country which does not get is United Arab Emirates. What is stopping Apple to expand their products to Middle. Every other company in the world is make U.A.E as their product’s distribution hub.

Seeing the performance of the application on an iPhone I am really thrilled to jump into Cocoa programming language. I am sure it is going to be a little hard to being with. That is there with all programming language. Why not give it a try..!!!

After hearing the new 3G iPhone there are so many number of people at my office who have an iPhone is ready to sell and to get a new 3G iPhone. It is mainly because of the new features like 3G, GPS, and enterprise solution it is offereing. I am praying so much that iPhone dev team comes up with jailbreak for the new firmware version

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