DCI Mobile Studios brings to you the IPL T20 app. The company has been on a deal signing spree in the past year, joining hands with global music giant Sony Music for its regional music content, Galatta Media for its Internet content and Galatta Cinema Magazine and Ojas Foundation for its spiritual audio content.

And now, it has become part of the IPL. DCI will broadcast 60 matches over 45 days live in the 2010 IPL season through dedicated mobile applications. Talking about this deal, DCI Chief Technology Officer Mr. R. Vijayakumar said this is probably the first major mobile application to be developed across the globe targeting cricket fans from the UK, Australia, South Africa, India, Pakistan, New Zealand, Canada, Sri Lanka, the United States, Singapore, the Middle East and all other countries where cricket is popular.

DCI plans to launch apps for Android phones and is in preliminary discussions with Nokia to explore an application for the OVI Store. Mr. C.R. Venkatesh, Chief Executive Office, DCI said that this is just the beginning of multiple deals.

Girish Ramdas, DCI’s President said that the company is thrilled to have IPL as their global partner. This would enable them to bring to the mobile community around the world and here in India an interactive, unique experience building greater awareness around the world for cricket. He also said that with more than 2 billion global viewers of the IPL in 2009, this is also an unique platform for advertisers to reach a global audience.

This Indian Premier League – IPL T20 official application is dedicated to cricket fans across the globe.

The IPL is the #1 premium cricket event in the world and this application, with its astounding user-friendly interface, fixtures, standings and unique push notification alerts, delivers the best cricket experience ever for iPhone and iPod touch even for the most demanding fans. Upcoming features that will be enabled during each match would include live score, live text and audio commentary and real time ball-by-ball videos.

Basic Features:

• • Live News Feeds

• • Match Schedules searchable by venue, team and date
• • Push Notifications to alert users of events before and during matches – these are customizable by the users
• • IPL team list with team members and their information
• • Individual Team Performance
• • Individual Team Member performance

Upcoming features that will be enabled during each match (some of them would be in-app purchases):

• • Live score
• • Live text commentary
• • Live audio commentary
• • Real time ball-by-ball videos

Post match features (some of them would be in-app purchases):

• • Match highlights for each match
• • Best 4s and 6s of each match
• • Best catches of each match

General Features

• • Time to start of IPL
• • About the IPL
• • Time to start of the next match
• • Superb user interface for best mobile cricket experience
• • Full fixtures with past results as the season progresses
• • Instant updates for team point standings

Cool contests

• • Win prizes when you enter the IPL contest – get to meet the teams, players and even an all expenses paid trip to view the finals of the IPL 3
• • Scratch and Win contests with guaranteed prizes (in app purchase)

Source: Tamil.galatta.com

Gadget gurus and people passionate about style statements waited with bated breath for the unveiling of the Apple Iphone 8gb. It went on sale in the on June 29th and phew over 700,000 phones were sold! People went sleepless, booked phones in advance and waited by their phones for the call saying “come get your Apple iPhone.” The whole world is a Buzz about the Apple iPhone.

Apple iPhone is an object of desire:

*It acts like your soul mate. You can check e-mail on the go and the mails are clearly displayed in a user friendly way.

*The Apple iPhone enables users to check weather anywhere, keep track of sports scores, which means you never will miss a single baseball game even when on a trip.

*The controls are minimal just a sleep/awake switch at the top and a volume switch on the side. All other functions are “touch screen” you don’t need a stylus or pen just your finger tips.

*The Apple iPhone can be connected to a computer with an iTunes library and the automatic sync function does the needful. It will transfer songs, videos, and movies on I Tunes along with photos, contact diary, and calendar.

*The Apple iPhone functions like a handheld computer and can copy and store your e-mail address book and import information from your PC.

The Apple iPhone is a dream come true gadget a user can sign up for a phone service through the iTunes store. At&T standard plans can be used costing USD60, USD 80, or USD month. All plans offer unlimited email and internet use. The Apple iphone takes care of every possibility unless you swipe an unlock the iPhone will remain dormant and not get active by mistake and call random numbers and run by a bill.

When conceptualizing the iPhone Apple has puts itself in the shoes of an end user. So the Apple iPhone uses cutting edge technology, has a slick design, and friendly software so that people can actually use advance features without tearing their hair out in frustration.The Apple iPhone is being purchased faster than Apple can reach phones to stores! It is Apple Iphone 16gb mania all the way.

Source: Invest-Nbik.Ru

When an Engadget reader Martin Schrotz posted cool images supposedly representing a custom back cover modification for his iPhone 3GS, Gizmodo jumped on the opportunity to publicly bash Engadget for failing to realize it was a fake.

According to Engadget, Schrotz crafted his modification out of a single piece of wested titanium, highly durable and ultra-light material that Apple used in the past for the enclosure of its PowerBook G4 Titanium notebook. Schrotz originally wrote in a forum post at Modmyi that he himself designed the mod in a CAD software because the plasticky appearance of his iPhone 3GS itched him enough to engineer a much more sturdier and way more pleasing casing.

Engadget and Gizmodo are no strangers to rapid fire exchanges over scoops and exclusives. The two publications have been engaged in a never-ending (albeit good-natured) fight over both the tech readership and crown of the most credible tech publication on the web since 2002, when Nick Denton’s Gawker Media launched Gizmodo as an all-encompassing tech blog. Soon thereafter, Weblogs, Inc. hired Gizmodo’s original editor Peter Rojas, tasking him to launch a rival publication that would become Engadget.

Source: Geek.Com

iPhone and iPhone 3G users hit a roadblock last week trying to login to Exchange 2007 servers after upgrading to iPhone OS 3.1.

Because the problems began with the latest update, it may seem reasonable to assume that the update is to blame, but it’s not. In fact, everything is working exactly how it’s supposed to be, according to Apple.

“iPhone OS 3.1 is working properly with Exchange Server 2007,” Apple representative Natalie Harrison told CNET News. They added device encryption information to the data that can be managed by IT administrators using Exchange Server 2007. The policy of whether to support iPhone 3G, in addition to iPhone 3GS, which always has on-device encryption, on Exchange Server 2007 is set by the administrator and can be changed at any time.

What this means is that iPhone OS 3.1 now properly identifies itself to Exchange 2007 as having hardware encryption, and that’s what is causing the problems for iPhone and iPhone 3G users.

iPhone OS 3.0 did not identify itself properly to Exchange 2007 on any iPhone. This means that if you had a 3G and Exchange 2007 was configured to require hardware encryption, you could still login, even though the device does not have hardware encryption.

With iPhone OS 3.1, all iPhones identify themselves properly to the server, essentially fixing a glitch in the previous operating system. However, now iPhone and iPhone 3G users that upgraded to iPhone OS 3.1 cannot login to Exchange 2007 servers that require hardware encryption.

If you use the new iPhone 3GS, you won’t notice any change. Apple’s newest phone is equipped with hardware encryption, so it will meet the requirements of the Exchange server when identifying itself.

If you already upgraded to iPhone OS 3.1 on an iPhone or iPhone 3G and connect to an Exchange 2007 server, you can ask that the IT admin turn off the hardware encryption requirement for those devices.

Company IT administrators who require hardware encryption to access Exchange 2007 will need to decide whether they want older iPhones to access their servers. If so, they will need to configure Exchange to not require encryption from the iPhone and iPhone 3G.

Of course, if you haven’t upgraded your iPhone, it will continue to access Exchange 2007 as it always did.

Source: News.Cnet

Apple demonstrated its growing clout in the mobile space when it knocked Microsoft off for third place in global smartphone sales last year, according to Gartner’s latest report.

Apple’s market share grew by 6.2 percent from 2008, to sell 24 million iPhones for 14.4 percent of the market. Microsoft’s Windows Mobile devices had 8.7 percent market share, with 15 million devices sold.

Overall, worldwide mobile phone sales reached 1.21 billion units last year, a 0.9 percent decline from the year before.

However, smartphone sales grew strongly, up 23.81 percent over the year before to reach 172.4 million units, said Carolina Milanesi, research director at Gartner, in the report.

Milanesi highlighted Apple and Research in Motion’s (RIM) performance in capturing market share with their smartphone portfolios. RIM had 19.9 percent of this market.

Of the overall mobile market, Nokia was still the number one phone vendor with a 36.4 percent share, having shipped 441 million handsets. This, however, represented a 2.2 percent market share drop over 2008.

The Finnish outfit also dominated in the Asia-Pacific mobile space, with a 40.8 percent share comprising 197,000 phones sold, over second place holder Samsung with 15 percent and 72 million shipped. Asia Pacific, in contrast to the flat global market, saw a total of 483.5 million devices sold last year, up 6.7 percent from 453.1 million in 2008.

Milanesi said: “Nokia’s declining smartphone average selling prices showed that it continues to face challenges from other smartphone vendors.”

Nokia sold 80 million Symbian devices last year, holding on to a 46.9 percent market share. It had 52.4 percent in 2008.

Roberta Cozza, principal research analyst at Gartner, said: “Symbian has become uncompetitive in recent years but its market share, particularly on Nokia devices, is still strong. If Symbian can use this momentum, it could return to positive growth.”

The Symbian Foundation is expecting the first fully open source Symbian^3 devices by the end of the first quarter of 2010, with Symbian^4 slated for year-end, said Cozza.

Another strong performer in the smartphone market last year was Android, pointed out Cozza. With more manufacturers releasing Android-based devices, the Google-backed OS grew its market share by 3.5 percent to reach 3.9 percent of the market, at 6.8 million devices.

In January this year, Google released its Nexus One device, placing itself in competition with other partners which have released Android devices under their own brands.

Said Cozza: “Android’s success experienced in the fourth quarter of 2009 should continue into 2010, as more manufacturers launch Android products, but some service providers and manufacturers have expressed growing concern about Google’s intentions in the mobile market.

“If such concerns cause manufacturers to change their product strategies or service providers to switch which devices they stock, this might hinder Android’s growth in 2010,” he added.

The rise of Apple and Android devices is likely tied to an increase in the number of touchscreen smartphones in the market. According to a recent Canalys report, touchscreens formed the majority of global smartphone shipments in the fourth quarter of 2009, having doubled 2008’s figure to hit 55 percent. This translates to 75 million touchscreen smartphones shipped last year.

Source : Zdnetasia.com

Reallusion announces the leap from PC to the iPhone with two apps currently in the iTunes AppStore top 10 & top 50 worldwide: Photo Makeover is a face reshaping and beautification app, while 10x Camera Tools Pro provides a complete camera, album, photo geotagging and interactive photo action centre.

Photo Makeover is a runway model’s secret weapon when shooting shots with the iPhone. Snap a shot and then edit it with cosmetic magic to change facial features and adjust facial expressions with just a few swipes. Photo Makeover is perfect for touching-up group photos, glamorizing portraits or for runway models, on the run.

Reallusion 10X Camera Tools completes your iPhone camera with the essential 10 must-have tools to shoot better shots and locate photos faster with albums, tags and notes. Save photos with every detail, including Geo-Tag and Photo Notes up to 500 words. Share photos in full-resolution via Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, and eMail. Available in Standard and Pro versions.

Source : Ephotozine.com

Moto Chaser is meant for those who have fallen for the accelerator. It is the ultimate iPhone racing game that kids would die to play for hours, and you will have little chance to blame them. This is because; even you will find excuses in between your busy office hours to play it! Moto Chaser is a 3D game where the player needs to get passes the plot of a bunch of rogues who have kidnapped away your adorable kitten. Remember that it is a two wheeler chase. So you will have to avoid banking against the speeding cars in front of you. Punch out those rogues bugging you.

This game has some similarity to the road rash series. You can choose characters and different bike styles and keep playing. You need to tilt left and right to work on the steer, hold down on the virtual ‘GAS’ on the left hand corner of the screen to accelerate. In addition to the normal timed checkpoint type racing you will occasionally be accosted by bad guys on motorcycles. Their only real job is that they are trying to slow you down by forcing you off the road. When they get close, an extra button will appear on the screen that allows you to punch them. Time it right and they will go flying.

As you progress you will travel through multiple race courses all rendered very nicely in 3D. Some of the courses include jumps — something missing in most other iPhone racing games. Complete the course before time runs out to unlock the next one. The courses get tougher and tougher to complete on time. You also have the option of riding as one of 3 different racers.

Nice feature that this game saves your progress — so you can hop right back in at a later time. Also, once you unlock a track (by completing the previous course) you can play that one at any time.

Overall, this is a really nice racing game. A game that can fix your boredom is available on your iphone so start off now!