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White iPhone 4 will be out on Spring 2011

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We all knew that the mystical white iPhone 4 was eventually going to show up, it’s just been a matter of when. Now we have a semi-official time frame for this release. 9to5mac has spotted an AT&T print that clearly states that the iPhone 4 will be available in Spring 2011 (or Autumn 2011 for those of us under the equatorial line). Exciting for some, we’re sure – it’ll certainly match the rest of Apple’s white products.

But this isn’t where the news stops. Neowin has further information that suggests that the white iPhone 4 will be accompanied by a revision of the black iPhone 4 – both featuring an improved antenna, hopefully eliminating that little problem that Apple tried so hard to ignore, and then correct with free bumpers.

Apple has yet to comment on the delays, nor give an official release date for the white iPhone 4. For those of you that have forgotten what the white iPhone 4 even looks like, here’s a reminder:

white iphone 4

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Mozilla Shares its Vision for Firefox 4

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Firefox is one of the most heartening of success stories of open source, up there with MySQL and Apache. It has managed to break Internet Explorer’s synonymy of Internet with Internet Explorer. So when Mozilla shares details of any new version, it is bound to be something exciting.

Of late, Firefox has fallen behind in speed with Google Chrome 6, Safari 4 and Opera 10.6 taking the lead. Being far ahead of IE8 is no consolation, and with IE9 posting slightly better scores in JavaScripts tests than Firefox 3.6, Mozilla has reason to worry. The good thing is that Mozilla is already working its way to the top.

firefox 4

Firefox 4

While one may argue that increasing the speed of the browser beyond a point doesn’t help, it is clearly what the future lies. Mozilla knows this and is already working on a new JavaScript Engine, JagerMonkey which takes the best features of Firefox’s TraceMonkey and WebKit’s Nitro Engine to create an uberfast JavaScript Engine.

Firefox 4 will also place an emphasis on reducing the chrome of the browser (The UI Elements) slimming down the browser to a more Google Chrome like look. Firefox 4 will have a completely new visual look, one which makes ample use of Windows Vista and 7′s Aero effects.

Firefox 4 will also have some amazing new features such as Application Tabs (which will work like Chrome pinned tabs), a new addon manager, integrated developer tools and better HTML5 support.

Those waiting for Firefox 3.7, there are both good news and bad. While Firefox 3.7 will be dropped in favor of Firefox 4 (Currently in Beta 1 stage), out-of-process plugins, one of the most awaited features of Firefox 3.7 will come with 3.6.8 due shortly. Out of Process plugins stabilize the browser, ensuring that it doesn’t crash even if a plugin crashes.

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Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Features and Hands On Video

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Being announced on MWC in early this year, Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is yet to released on market. The hype is enormous and people started comparing Sony’s latest mobile phone handset with Apple iPhone 4G.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10

Xperia X10 beats its nearest competitor by a mile with cutting edge technology which has been used to develop this beauty. Sony surely going to rule the highend mobile market with this and the mini version of the same.

Xperia X10 has lots of features but none of them are new, just the modified version of the same old features that we can see on Sony’s previous models or even in Symbian OS running Phone. Let’s have a look at the basic hardware configuration.

Hardware:

  • Processor : 600MHz Qualcomm
  • RAM : 256MB
  • OS : Android OS v1.6
  • Camera : 8.1 Megapixel
  • Screen : 854 x 480 4″ Widescreen VGA Touchcreen

Connectivity:

  • Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP
  • Micro USB Port
  • 3.5mm Audio Jack
  • Wi-Fi 802.11g WLAN
  • 3G/EDGE/GPRS

Below is a Hands On video where you can see unboxing, power up, size comparison with Nexus One, HTC HD and of course the features of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10.

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