Nimbuzz is a free app that lets you call (VoIP), chat, message, and send photos, music and video on your iPhone, which was recently made available on the
Apple App Store. Using a centralized contact list you can connect with all your buddies on Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ, GoogleTalk, AIM, Gadu-Gadu, StudiVZ, Hyves, Jabber and Twitter, plus popular social networks including Facebook and MySpace. It features presence (who's online and where), group calling, chatrooms, and more.
If your buddies are offline, let them know you're trying to get in touch by sending them a "Buzz". It will start Nimbuzz Mobile on their mobile phone. Nice feature.
Nimbuzz is pretty similar to fring, which I've used extensively. One thing Nimbuzz has up on fring is that it supports regional social network support including German StudiVZ, Dutch Hyves and Polish Gadu-Gadu.
Go
download your copy on the Apple App Store today!
Looking for a faster, bigger hard drive this Christmas? (Two days till Black Friday sales by the way) Well, I came across this funny Youtube video of the day - filmed at famous Mac Store Tekserve in Manhattan, New York and paid for by drive manufacturer Seagate. It's a tad long, but it features a hip-hop office drama and the desire for "
A new disk drive. 1.5 Terabytes...." (don't let that little jingle get stuck in your head) Just in time for the Christmas holiday season.
Via
9to5mac.com
Crazy Eddie take note!
The Friday immediately following Thanksgiving has long been known as
"Black Friday" because it represents the unofficial beginning of the holiday shopping season, or the day when retailers hold massive sales in hopes of steering their
(red) losses into (black) profits.
And from what I've been reading about holiday shopping this year, gadgets may be one of the few
bright spots ...
Among the most heavily discounted electronics items poised to dominate this year's sales are
low cost notebooks, according to sources, who note that
Dell plans to offer $299 linux model via its website, while
Wal-Mart markets a $299
Compaq and
Best Buy a $299
eMachines portable.
And do yo think
Apple will be sitting quietly ...
... Didn't think so; so check out
AppleInsider.
And thanks to
blogs.phillynews.com for the image.
Hopefully, these prices are insane!!!!!
One of my favorite analysts,
Ben Reitzes of
Barclays Capital, has raised an interesting poi
nt about a pretty obvious gap in the
Apple product line-up.
Reitzes has asserted that it "makes complete sense" for the company to introduce an
ultra-portable device to fill the
price gap between the $399 high-end
iPod Touch and the $999
MacBook.
"This $600 gap needs to be filled and we think it can be with a premium ultra-portable device using multi-touch technology," he writes. "We believe an ultra-portable can be done right by
Apple and do not believe the company wants to follow the netbook model, trying to pack full PC functionality into a something small and cheap. Apple, in our view, would only introduce a premium product that doesn't dilute its brand."
More on this at
Barron's Tech Trader Daily.
Now you can turn your
iPod into your own mini, hand-sized
recording studio with
Belkin's GoStudio.
It can record stereo audo directly to an iPod Classic, Nano or Video with its two built-in microphones, a mono speaker and four external microphone inputs.
The iPod slips into a holster-like setup and a recording menu appears. Neat features include built-in gain and recording level controls as well as monitor controls so you can listen to your recording while you are doing it.
Recordings can be uploaded immediately to iTunes when your iPod is connected to your computer. You can then add that audio to your blog, web site, Facebook or MySpace pages.
Pretty cool! Can some pro audio recording studios be jealous of your work
MSRP: $119.99
Availability: Now.
In an auspicious time for the music business, we may have the first big hint that the
Beatles may finally be on the way to
Apple's iTunes.
That's a big leap of faith but hear me out: The Beatles' label
Apple Corps will join
MTV to unveil plans to bring the Beatles' catalog to the wildly popular
Rock Band video game. These two groups have been trying to hammer out details for months, and it appears they've finally come together (yes, pun intended.)
The reason this is so much bigger than merely MTV scoring the world's most valuable music catalogue is that it signals a monumental shift by Apple Corps to begin to embrace digital distribution. And that could mean a new opening for more discussions with Apple and its iTunes music service -- where the Beatles are still so conspicuously absent.
(And its is the world's most popular music store.)
Maybe
AC/DC and
Aersomith taught them something???
More at
CNBC.com.
Now you no longer have to worry about the tragic and unthinkable happening --
losing power to your
iPhone or
iPod!
Brando's iPhone/iPod Emergency Charger puts the emphasis on simplicity, portability and usefulness. (
So nice!)
This compact, lightweight Emergency Charger with retractable cable can use "AA" batteries to power the
Apple iPhone and iPod anytime, anywhere and at the time that you need it most.
It features
anytime, anywhere instant charging, and it's retractable cable makes it very easy to carry.
But remember, this is just for emergency use only and doesn't replace your A/C power charger to make your iPhone or iPod 100% charged.
Cost: $10.00
mobile.brando.com.hk
In the on again, off again department ...
AT&T knows
Wi-Fi is hot, and
free Wi-Fi is even hotter. Which is why free AT&T Wi-Fi access is
now available for
Apple iPhone at thousands of hotspots nationwide, including
Starbucks.
Now you can can relax and access music, email and web browsing services with your favorite brew in hand from the comfort of your nearest location. (That's if AT&T has a good signal in your area.)
AT&T provided a number of early hints that the service would be coming and sent a message to iPhone users announcing the plan. (And who paid for those bits of data?)
You can locate these free Wi-Fi hot spots through AT&T's little online tool at www.att.com/attwifi or can locate a Starbucks instead.
For more, check out the always delightul
MacRumors.com.
Sears is offering
VenJuvo's Trade4Credit program to
Sears.com shoppers that will allow you to earn Sears store credit in exchange for trading in pre-owned gadgets that have been determined to still hold value.
The program, which offers free recycling and shipping, will accept a variety of gadgets, including
iPhones, digital cameras and camcorders, MP3 players, GPS systems and
gaming systems.
To use the service, simply have to log onto
www.sears.trade4credit.com, select your gadget and then enter the specifics about it so the system can calculate an estimated trade-in value. Once the value is established, the user can print out the prepaid mailing label and send the device to VenJuvo.
After the device is received, VenJuvo will validate the value and within three days you will be able to collect a Sears gift card for that value.
A quick look at the site tells me the product categories are narrow and the prices low. Now, wouldn't
eBay be a better choice in some cases?
More at
TWICE.
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He can be anally retentive sometimes when it comes to "controlling" Apple products.
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