Well, you thought that iTunes 10 will be available immediately following Apple September 1 Special Event. Not quite yet, it is almost available.
Well, you can try it again soon.
ActiveSync Set-Up for Hotmail Access on Mobile Phones.
Microsoft has just added ActiveSync supports for more mobile phones including the iPhone.
Supported device as of August 30th, 2010:
- Windows Mobile 6.x
- Windows Phone 7
- iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad (iOS 3 and iOS 4)
- Nokia E-series, S-series, N-series running Mail for Exchange application
If you have @hotmail.com and/or @live.com email, you can now access them on your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch Mail App.
Google Voice in Gmail, Receiving calls.
I spend most of my time out of my office, working on various projects. It would be nice to have the ability to receive calls on my computer using Google Voice. Google now makes it possible.
To enable receiving Google Voice calls in Gmail, check the box next to Google Chat in the list of forwarding phones.
Now I can be somewhere else to receive calls without having it to ring the office phone. I could forward it to my mobile phone, but sometimes the signals are non-existent. Care to guess which mobile network I’m with?
Google Voice in Gmail, Oh Yeah!
Google has just made Google Voice even sweeter on Wednesday August 25th, 2010. Now Google Voice users can receive and make calls from Gmail. Providing the microphone and speakers are available. Notebook users should have little problems with the requirements.
You need to install “Video and voice plug-in” to enable this feature with your browser. Video and voice plug-in requires Windows XP+ or Mac OS X 10.4+ or Linux.
Google is slowly rolling out this feature to Google Voice users in the United States. So be patient.
Head to Google Voice.
Apple Announces September 1, 2010 Music Event.
Just in case you’ve been waiting to get a new iPod, waiting for another week would be a good idea. Apple has sent out invitations to select few that don’t rhyme with bizmodo to a September 1, 2010 Music Event. The event will be held at Yerba Buena Center for The Arts Theater in San Francisco. The event starts at 10:00 AM Cupertino Time.
As usual some sites will be bringing live coverage from the event.
What do we know so far?
- iOS 4.1 availability will be announced for iPhone and iPod touch; not the iPad.
- New iPod line-up.
- More FaceTime devices.
Other speculations:
- The next TV (that’s Apple TV if you can’t see the Apple Logo).
- The next iLife suite.
- New iTunes software and services.
Crazy Speculations:
- Rounded corner of something.
- White iPhone 4.
Anyway, as usual check back for list of live coverage links here.
Hey, there’s a Flash Update for Android.
It is a feature that is nice to have but rarely used on my Nexus One phone. Adobe just updated Flash for Android.
Yet another Text-Spam: 1-305-877-4908
Text-Spam is really annoying because it actually uses the SMS quota, unless you have the ulimited plan.
I received another Text Spam message on August 15th, 2010. Don’t bother calling 1-305-877-4908 back, because it doesn’t take any phone calls and the voice mail-box is not set-up. All you need to do is to file complaints to FCC because such unsolicited text messages violate CAN-SPAM Act.
You should file form 1088G to report this violation. File a complaint on FCC site http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm
You can also call 1-888-CALL-FCC (1-888-2255-322) voice; 1-888-TELL-FCC (1-888-8355-322) TTY.
The text reads:
Do you owe $10,000+ to the IRS? Our gov’t approved program can REDUCE BACK TAXES by over 70%. Reply “YES” to see if you qualify! (optout,reply:out)
Text-Spam does violate the Communication Act of 1934.