S&P downgrades Nokia

Standard and Poor's on Tuesday became the latest ratings agency to downgrade mobile phone giant Nokia's rating, blaming the Finnish company's dismal sales and difficult strategic transition.

S&P cut Nokia's long-term corporate credit rating to BBB from BBB+.

"The rating actions reflect the continued erosion of Nokia's smartphone market shares," S&P credit analyst Matthias Raab said in a statement, adding that a revised assessment of the company's operating margins also pushed the rating down.

Raab said S&P might lower Nokia's rating even further this year if there is no improvement in the mobile phone unit's operating margins in the next six to nine months.

In March, S&P's rating for Nokia stood at A but like other ratings agencies, it reevaluated Nokia's fortunes following a radical strategic shift announced at the beginning of the year.

In February, chief executive Stephen Elop said the company would abandon its Symbian platform, once touted as the future of smartphones, and instead adopt the Microsoft Windows Phone platform in a risky partnership.

With the first Microsoft-Nokia phones not expected to ship until 2012, Nokia's shares have plummeted.

Raab said he expected the lower ratings to remain at least until "Nokia has completed the adoption of Microsoft's Windows Phone as its new primary software platform for smartphones."

S&P's action comes almost two weeks after Nokia reported a dismal 368-million-euro ($520.5-million) net loss for the second quarter, with sales down 7.3 percent.

Nokia refused to give any third-quarter guidance but analysts expect the slide to continue.

"We expect the revenues of Nokia's Devices and Services segment to decline by about 20 percent in 2011 but to recover by 2013 to the level reported in fiscal 2010," S&P said.

Since February's shake-up, ratings agency Fitch has downgraded Nokia's short and long-term ratings with a negative outlook and Moody's docked its rating by two notches, also with a negative outlook.

Blackberry 8800

The 8800 is a gorgeous device. RIM has taken the business-style Blackberry, given it a swanky makeover and some multimedia hoops, opened up email access to the masses then put it out through standard retail channels. This makes it a great purchase for small businesses, and die-hard Crackberry addicts will find that this gives them an even more enticing and appealing dose of their drug of choice. The GPS and Maps software isn't quite there, but we can hope that a firmware and software update improves this in the future. For now, the 8800 is undoubtedly the email device of choice for anyone that wants push messaging - and the stunning good looks are just an added bonus.
Earlier this month, we took a look at one of the newest phones in Blackberry's line up - the Pearl. This was one for the consumers - a Blackberry that came in a sleek, candy bar form factor, had a two-letters-per-key SureType keyboard and featured easy setup for web-based email, such as Google Mail.
The compadre to the 8100 Pearl is the new 8800. It has the same design stylings as the Pearl - the glossy piano black, the metal accents - but resembles the Blackberries of old far closer. It's the latest device for businesses, and its got a few tricks up its sleeve. But can it dethrone the 8700 as king of the pocket email devices?
Let's compare the new 8800 to the previous generation 8700. What's different? Well, the form factor has altered. The screen is still the same resolution - 320 x 240, the same as most Windows Smartphones - but the physical dimensions are a little smaller, making for a slightly crisper image. The smaller screen is one of the things that goes into making the 8800 significantly thinner than the previous gen, with a notable difference in thickness between the two (the 8800 is 14mm thick, the 8700 is 19.5mm). However, partly to ensure that all the electronics gubbins get squeezed in, the 8800 is slightly longer (114mm v 110mm), making it look more extruded compared to the chunky-monkey 8700.

Blackberry Pearl Phones

BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105 maintains its dimensions by offering pocket friendly 93.6 grams weight and 108 x 50 x 13.3 mm measurement. Leading to the other side, it keeps the ability of appealing you by its TFT screen that displays 256K colors and 360 x 400 pixels resolution. Coming out of it, users can also use its Touch-sensitive optical trackpad feature as an aid while operating it.

Superb Connectivity and Communication-

The magic of BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105 remains intact with its great connectivity features such as GPRS, EDGE, 3G HSDPA, HSUPA and Wi-Fi technology. Over and above, data could be circulated through Bluetooth with A2DP and USB tools. Following it, users can access browsing with the help of HTML browser. Apart from it, this astonishing gadget adds more applications in the form of Document editor, BlackBerry maps, Organizer and Voice memo/dial. In order to let you be in touch of your dear ones, it owns several messaging services like SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email and IM.

BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105 keeps your mood fresh with its astounding stock of music such as music playback soothes you with the various categories of songs in WMA, WAV, eAAC+ music formats. Next to it, users would be able to savor spice of video clips through its video player. Besides it, this widget presents incomparable sound with its 3.5 mm audio jack and dedicated music keys. In addition, games are also available to freshen up your mood.

Camera and Storage Space-

In order to sustain your memories, BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105 appears with 3.15 mega pixel camera holding 2048×1536 pixels image resolution. Except it, there are more features to support it like autofocus, LED flash and video recording facility. Moving towards its storage section, this gadget supports 256 MB internal, 2 GB included and storage space up to 32 GB that is stretchable through microSD card slot.

The BlackBerry Pearl 8130 is the CDMA version of the popular BlackBerry Pearl which is small but has more or equivalent features than regular BlackBerry PDAs. The Pearl 8130 phone features a half QWERTY keyboard with SureType technology that user to type as fast as on a full QWERTY keyboard. Its built-in features include a 2.0-megapixel digital camera, GPS navigation system, MP3 digital music player, and a microSD memory expansion slot. Not to mention that the BlackBerry Pearl 8130 also comes preloaded with the state-of-the-art RIM email solutions and device security protection, which allow you to access private and confidential information securely.
The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 is announced as the first phone from the Canadian brand valve. It has all the qualities of a BlackBerry and manages all types of communication (call, email, SMS …) to perfection.

Design, ergonomics
The Pearl Flip is first BlackBerry clamshell mobile. It includes a QWERTY keyboard with 2 letters per key and still the ball sailing into the previously unveiled the BlackBerry Pearl series.
It has 2 good quality LCD screens. The main screen is 2.6 inches wide with her. The outer screen is used to disseminate information on incoming calls or messages.

Blackberry Bold 9900

The new RIM BlackBerry smartphones BlackBerry Bold 9900 OS 7 Touch 1.2 GHz and touch screen in combination with a physical keyboard.Its release before this summer, offers the first conquest Bold 9900.

RIM introduced the Bold 9900′s keyboard. He describes as “the best keyboard ever created on a BlackBerry.” We are grateful for the fact that it looks slightly wider than the Bold, but not long enough on hand again to sing their prices.

The BlackBerry Bold glass surface seems to be very strong, but keep an eye on the inevitable “crash test” videos on YouTube, just in case.

In case you forget the name of your smartphone, RIM is cast in large letters on the back. You can also see a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash. It is beyond the fingers, so that the camera is as good as the latest BlackBerry terminals.

The BlackBerry Bold 9900 looks a lot like the iPhone also stainless steel… but do not forget that RIM was the first to use this with Blackberry Bold 9000.

9900 is the first BlackBerry to BlackBerry OS 7 As you can see some pictures. OS 7 offers some features, such as Universal Search, or voice recognition for the seizure of the SMS.

You will not win guessing that RIM has included a 3.5 mm jack port, took this picture because he loves stainless steel in the General Assembly.

Blackberry Bold 9780 Reviews

WATERLOO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct. 27, 2010) - Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM) today introduced the BlackBerry Bold 9780 smartphone - the newest addition to the BlackBerry Bold series of smartphones. Featuring a premium and iconic design with an incredibly easy-to-use keyboard and optical trackpad, the BlackBerry Bold 9780 is elegantly styled and packed with advanced communications and multimedia features. It is also the first BlackBerry Bold smartphone to come with the new BlackBerry 6 operating system.

"We are very excited to introduce the BlackBerry Bold 9780 featuring the new BlackBerry 6 operating system," said Carlo Chiarello, Vice President, Product Management at Research In Motion. "This new model builds on the highly refined mobile experience that BlackBerry Bold users already know and love and delivers a wide range of enhancements including a rich new user interface, a fast and powerful WebKit-based browser, broadly improved communications and multimedia capabilities, an incredibly useful Universal Search feature and a high quality 5MP camera."

The BlackBerry Bold 9780 is a compact and stylish smartphone that offers a compelling blend of features, performance and design. It supports 3G networks around the world, includes Wi-Fi with support for carrier supported Wi-Fi calling (UMA where available) and GPS for location-based applications and geo-tagging. It comes with a 5 MP camera with a full complement of high-end features including continuous auto focus, scene modes, image stabilization, flash and video recording. The BlackBerry Bold 9780 also includes 512 MB Flash memory and an expandable memory card slot that supports up to 32 GB of additional storage.

BlackBerry 6 is a new operating system that retains the familiar and trusted features that distinguish the BlackBerry brand while delivering a fresh, approachable and engaging experience that's powerful and easy to use. It integrates a new and rich WebKit-based browser that renders HTML web pages quickly and beautifully for a great browsing experience. The browser offers fluid navigation using the handset's optical trackpad, includes tabs for accessing multiple sites simultaneously and provides a zoom feature that can intelligently auto-wrap text in a column while maintaining the placement of a page's key elements for easier viewing.

Additional features of BlackBerry 6 include expanded messaging capabilities with intuitive features to simplify the management of social networking and RSS feeds (Social Feeds), and integrated access to BBM (BlackBerry Messenger), Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and various instant messaging applications on the BlackBerry Bold 9780 smartphone. Its enhanced multimedia experience rivals the best in the industry and includes a dedicated YouTube app. It also features redesigned Music and Pictures applications and a new universal search feature that allows users to more effectively search for content on the smartphone as well as extend their search to the Internet or to discover applications on BlackBerry App World.

The Bold series has been a favorite with core Blackberry users and many of those users have been wishing and waiting for an upgrade. The arrival of the Blackberry Torch 9800 was received with mixed reviews so Bold users continued to wait. While there is no word of a revamp for the Bold series, for those with beat up Bold 9700s, an upgrade is coming. This coming November 17th T-Mobile will release an upgrade to the Bold 9700 with the Blackberry Bold 9780. No drastic design changes but welcomed changes include the Blackberry 6 operating system, 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, 624MHz processor and 512MB of internal memory. For for those who need options, the Blackberry Bold will come in black or white editions.
Bold BlackBerry 9780 also includes 512 MB Flash memory and a memory card slot expandable up to 32 GB of additional storage memory.

Excess BlackBerry operating system 6 is to unite a Web-based browser-Kit is new and spacious, capable of opening HTML page becomes faster wen.

Additional features of the BlackBerry 6 is able to simplify the management of social networking and RSS feeds (Social Feeds), an integrated link to access the BBM (BlackBerry Messenger), Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and various instant messaging applications on the BlackBerry 9780 smartphone.

BlackBerry Bold 9780 smartphone will be available through various operators around the world in early November.
BlackBerry Bold 9780 - Research In Motion (RIM) introduced the BlackBerry Bold 9780, Thursday, October 28, 2010 - the latest variant on the BlackBerry Bold smartphone series.

This smart phone combines the features keyboard and optical trackpad, and run under the new operating system BlackBerry 6.

This variant has been supports 3G networks worldwide, including Wi-Fi with support for mobile phone operators to make phone calls with free Wi Fi (UMA depending on availability) and GPS features to the application pointer location and geo-tagging.

Bold 9780 5MP camera equipped with additional functions in the form of auto focus, scene modes, image stabilization, flash and video recording.

What is Pottermore ??

If you thought that the assassination of no-nosed villain "Lord Voldemort" by the hands of boy wizard "Harry Potter" would be an end to this Harry Potter phenomenon,comprising of seven fantasy novels, eight big-budget movies and a theme park, then think again. As one more extension is added to this franchise and that's called "POTTERMORE".

The Brand Harry Potter is well over $13 billion dollars (movies alone generated 7 billion dollars at the box-office) and the latest to join this billion dollar empire is an interactive website called "Pottermore". J.K Rowling whose personal wealth has already touched billion dollars and who is one of the richest British, introduced this website via Youtube video (embedded below).

This website which got millions of hits even before its proper launch is expected to contribute another big pay to this franchise. On the other hand this is a blessing in disguise for all the harry potter fans, who were quite disappointed after the series end and wanted more Harry stuffs.

What is POTTERMORE  ??


The site, which Rowling launched via YouTube, will sell her seven Potter novels as e-books and audiobooks in several different languages. It will also reveal background details on characters and settings Rowling says she's been “hoarding for years.”

Fans will have 18,000 words of new Harry Potter content to devour in a matter of hours. Meanwhile, Rowling has deftly cornered the market on proceeds from the sale of her books online, without having to pay Apple or Amazon one galleon.


The site launched on July 31 (Mr. Potter's birthday), where one million fans can compete in an online challenge to gain early access. Pottermore opens its gates to the masses for free on October 1, 2011.

But what is the site like? Those hoping for a sophisticated first-person odyssey may be disappointed. Pottermore isn't a game: it's a series of illustrated environments, themed around “moments” from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (material from the other novels will be added with time). The primary attraction for Potterphiles is access to arcana Rowling's been squirreling away in her attic. Want to know why Harry's uncle is called Vernon Dursley? Or learn about Prof. Minerva McGonagal's early heartbreak?  You can find it on the site, although you may have to click around a bit to uncover the hidden treasures.

Users start out at Privet Drive, where they can explore Harry's cupboard under the stairs (replete with scampering spiders) before moving on to Platform 9 ¾, the Hogwarts Express, Diagon Alley and Gringotts. Each new witch or wizard gets a personalized trunk (where they can store their chocolate frog cards), 175 galleons and a Hogwarts shopping list (don't forget your crystal phials!) Then they're directed to Ollivander's, where they are asked a series of questions (eye color? Favorite artifact?) in order that their wand can choose them.

With personalized wand in hand, users continue on to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry itself, where, wearing the sorting hat, they are sorted into a House via a unique series of character testing questions written by Rowling herself. Some test the super-ego: would you snitch on a fellow wizard pupil who used a cheating quill? Others probe the id: which do you choose, forests or rivers? (Those who are not placed in Gryffindor get access to special material from The Sorcerer's Stone as compensation.) Once ensconsed in a house common room, users can read the secret lore of Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff, meet housemates, and earn housepoints through wizard duels and mixing potions to compete for the House Cup.

While the environments do have some animated features (Scabbers lurking behind the cabin curtains in the Hogwarts Express, owls and ravens flying about), Pottermore is no World of Warcraft. Rowling wanted to keep the emphasis firmly on reading and the "literary experience," which is why Pottermore's environments are more like digitized pop-up books than a graphic adventure game. (While the environments share some similarities to the films, they are not based on them. And there are no avatars.)

Rowling is also encouraging user contributions to Pottermore. Users can jabber on the site about the benefits of dragon heartstring vs. Thestral tail hair wand cores to their heart's delight. Fans can even submit art.

Given the boxes of material gathering dust in her house, Rowling hasn't ruled out the possibility of creating a Harry Potter encyclopedia. She says she has “no plans” for another Harry Potter book. From now on, Harry Potter will live in the digital age. Talk about magic.

Internet in 2015

What started with a small network called "ARPANET",made exclusive for the defense purpose for the U.S government has been transformed into the giant cluster of millions of electronic devices,all over the world, connected to each other through a strong network called "internet".

Have you ever wondered what would be the status of internet in the next five years ??
What does the internet traffic look like then ??
What would be the size and memory utilization of internet in the 2015 ??

If not then here is the pictorial description of all the questions mentioned above. Cisco Visual Networking Index explains the status of internet in the year 2015.