iPhone Saingi BlackBerry Messenger dengan Ping!

TEMPO Interaktif, California - Setelah empat bulan menunggu, akhirnya, Apple mengeluarkan Ping! Ping! ini adalah software chatting antar iPhone atau iPod seperti BlackBerry Messenger. Ping! ini bisa diunduh di di toko aplikasi Apple, iTunes.com.

Software Ping! ini gratis untuk jangka waktu tertentu dengan mengguanakan ID. Jadi, pengguna iPhone atau iPod bisa bercakap-cakap secara gratis--tentu saja di luar biaya GPRS dari operator seluler.

Ping! ini menawarkan kelebihan dibanding software chatting lainnya seperti Yahoo! antara lain: orang tak perlu login atau logout. Tak perlu membikin daftar teman, tapi seperti BlackBerry Messenger cukup dengan ID Ping!. Beberapa software chatting tak menyimpan pesan-pesan lama. Ping! bisa menyimpan pesan lama dan bisa dibaca saat tidak online.

Kelebihan lainnya, yang berbeda dengan BlackBerry adalah Ping! ini tak ada biaya bulanan. Selain itu pengiriman pesannya juga kencang.

Sumber:www.tempointeraktif.com

HTC readies radical Touch HD revamp

IFA HTC has drawn up plans for a significant upgrade to its Touch HD smartphone, Register Hardware has learned.

The original Touch HD – launched late last year – runs Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. But the phone firm told us that the updated version – to be called, unsurprisingly, the Touch HD 2 – will use Google’s Android OS instead.

HTC’s decision to swap to Android isn’t a great surprise, as the firm’s already shown great favour towards the OS, with releases like the T-Mobile G1, Vodafone Magic and the Hero.

However, it is odd that HTC chose not to embrace Microsoft’s inbound Windows Mobile update – version 6.5 – on the Touch HD 2.

A source familiar with HTC's plans also told Register Hardware that the Touch HD 2 will be significantly faster than the original – and faster than the vast majority of HTC handsets to date.

Most high-end HTC models currently sport run on a 528MHz Qualcomm processor, the mole said, but the Touch HD 2 will use a 628MHz Qualcomm chip. The chip isn’t clocked as high as the 800MHz processor inside Samsung’s Jet phone, but it’s a step in the right direction for HTC.

The Touch HD 2 will also feature a 3.8in touchscreen, the source said - presumably the same 480 x 800 display used in the original Touch.

A formal launch date and price for the updated HTC handset haven’t been announced

Source :www.reghardware.co.uk