iPod Accessories For Fitness Freaks
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Music is regarded as the great motivation tool for loosing fat, its impossible to not see an iPod when you go to a gym. An iPod is almost everywhere. But that’s just one job an iPod or a Mac, if it is played with the right applications vis-à-vis fitness, it can act as a personal trainer, dietitian and trail guide aswell. Let’s see whats more it has stored for you.Nike + iPodNike + iPod system is one accessory for you which works with compatible video iPods like the iPod nano and iPod touch. Nike + iPod have a software that runs on the iPod, a sensor compatible Nike shoe is slipped into shoes and connected with a receiver unit at the base of the iPod (built-in receiver is must like the latest iPod touch).
The software helps users keep an account of distance, speed, calories burned, and the time elapsed in workout, all of them can be synced via your Mac to nikeplus.com. Besides this, it allows users choose or set goals for workouts in terms of time, distance, or calories to burn. The “PowerSong” is a unique feature that allows users to program a kick in when they need instant stimulus for exercise.In the gym, even cardio machines are connected with Nike + iPod, delivering similar information tracking and motivation features as on the cardio machine’s consoles.Obviously all equipments donot requires Nike + iPod, although some newer machines connect and charge video iPods, allowing users listen and view content on larger, built-in console screens.Downloadable WorkoutsThere are downloadable programs available online for rock solid abs, stronger arms, glutes to run on an iPod both for Men’s and Women’s workouts. Some are free and some are chargeable starting at US$9.99. The workouts feature audio that directs you what to do and videos show the live demonstration of exercises.Organisation like Podfitness.com and iTrain, take the iPod workouts even beyond with features like fitness profiles, goals and customization that can be done online which creates custom or recommended fitness workout downloads.Apple’s App StoreApple’s App Store comes to as an icing on cake for iPod touch and iPhone owners. The Healthcare & Fitness section boasts 225 third-party applications that can be downloaded to iPod touch or iPhone. Some of the apps are specially customized for doctors or healthcare professionals focussing on healthy eating, exercise, Body Mass Index (BMI) calculators.The iPump is like a personal trainer on iPod which is reasonably cheap at $2.99. it is Total Body app that stores 80 male and female exercise videos demonstrating proper form including an audio coaching. It can be customised for multi-week progressive workout plans, and intensity features covering reps, sets, and rest intervals during each of the workouts.MyNetDiary is an Online Diet Log helping the health nuts keeping track total calories consumed and total calories burned. Recommends Exercises to achieve an ideal BMI based on height of the person.aSleep is a programmable timer that runs relaxing sounds like ocean waves, rain, instruments, scuba breathing and keyboard typing to sooth the listener for rest.A virtual jump rope application of iPhone or iPod touch accelerometer when switched on, the listener starts jumping as if the iPhone or iPod touch is skipping rope handle. The Jump Rope app counts the number of jumps during a session, as well as the time spent per skips.Tangible Accessories Talking about accessories there are dozens of ipod cases and belt clips already selling in market set to protect iPods and iPhones against shocks from spilling on ground or sweat. The versatile arm band style of case is targeted specifically at exercisers. The nekFIT is a sunglass shaped is yet another accessory that ties up with an iPod and mounts it on a person’s shoulders at the base of their neck. These ipod accessories are very terrific that helps in keeping out the iPod and ear bud cord off the way while exercising.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
a top three mobile handset manufacturer :Business Strategy /Financial Advisors
De-risking a product launch
The mobile handset market is fiercely competitive, nowhere more so
than in the business sector. Phenomenally successful in the consumer
marketplace, a top three mobile handset manufacturer is fighting hard to
displace a competitor as the enterprise market leader. The firm had
developed an innovative device capable of defeating its rival in a features
battle. But perception is everything, and the firm had relatively weak
awareness amongst its target business customers.
Influencer50 was commissioned to identify those individuals most
influencing the enterprise sector in Germany, in readiness for the
firm’s forthcoming new product line. Influencer50 worked together
with the firm’s global marketing agency, which was responsible for all
aspects of the company’s WOM go-to-market strategy.
The research uncovered the huge influence and buying power
exerted by Germany’s government-housed Ministry for Economy
and Technology and the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft research facility.
Corporates were shown to follow the buying advice of such groups
to a far higher degree than in the UK or US.With the growing trend for
large organisations to outsource their IT infrastructure, the systems
integrators were seen to be increasingly influencing the bulk purchasing
of smartphones and personal digital assistants (PDAs). And not just the
major SIs, but many niche or ‘boutique’ firms. In contrast, infrastructure
giants such as IBM and HP, trade magazines and industry analysts
exerted less than expected influence.
Using this insight, the firm targeted the top 100 influencers on
business-orientated handsets in Germany. It sent each influencer a
pre-launch handset and supporting material. It also created an online
forum to gather influencers’ views on the product’s feature-set, pricepoints,
launch strategy and choice of resellers. Using the forum, influencers
could contribute their own experiences and suggestions, and see
the opinions and comments from other influencers.
The feedback was used to make last stage modifications to the device,
to the user documentation and to the launch strategy. Importantly, high
visibility of the handset was established within the influencer community.
Influencers had trialled the product, fed back on its capabilities and each
had read the inputs of the wider influencer group.
The firm was able to launch the new handset into a market whose
influencers were already aware of it and its features. These influencers
started influencing the market, and the handset sold quickly and in
volume.
As the firm’s spokesperson commented, ‘The addition of influencer
identification and marketing into our WOM rollout campaign for the
new handset has been invaluable. We could already target our expected
consumer-base through our ongoing marketing, but identifying and
working with the top-tier of market influencers was beyond our reach –
and we knew it’.
Importantly, identifying and targeting influencers had substantially
lowered the risk in launching the handset. Mobile devices are expensive
to develop and market launch is a critical point in the commercial
success, or otherwise, of each product. Pre-influencing a market prior
to launch minimised the risk to the firm and underpinned a successful
product release.
The mobile handset market is fiercely competitive, nowhere more so
than in the business sector. Phenomenally successful in the consumer
marketplace, a top three mobile handset manufacturer is fighting hard to
displace a competitor as the enterprise market leader. The firm had
developed an innovative device capable of defeating its rival in a features
battle. But perception is everything, and the firm had relatively weak
awareness amongst its target business customers.
Influencer50 was commissioned to identify those individuals most
influencing the enterprise sector in Germany, in readiness for the
firm’s forthcoming new product line. Influencer50 worked together
with the firm’s global marketing agency, which was responsible for all
aspects of the company’s WOM go-to-market strategy.
The research uncovered the huge influence and buying power
exerted by Germany’s government-housed Ministry for Economy
and Technology and the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft research facility.
Corporates were shown to follow the buying advice of such groups
to a far higher degree than in the UK or US.With the growing trend for
large organisations to outsource their IT infrastructure, the systems
integrators were seen to be increasingly influencing the bulk purchasing
of smartphones and personal digital assistants (PDAs). And not just the
major SIs, but many niche or ‘boutique’ firms. In contrast, infrastructure
giants such as IBM and HP, trade magazines and industry analysts
exerted less than expected influence.
Using this insight, the firm targeted the top 100 influencers on
business-orientated handsets in Germany. It sent each influencer a
pre-launch handset and supporting material. It also created an online
forum to gather influencers’ views on the product’s feature-set, pricepoints,
launch strategy and choice of resellers. Using the forum, influencers
could contribute their own experiences and suggestions, and see
the opinions and comments from other influencers.
The feedback was used to make last stage modifications to the device,
to the user documentation and to the launch strategy. Importantly, high
visibility of the handset was established within the influencer community.
Influencers had trialled the product, fed back on its capabilities and each
had read the inputs of the wider influencer group.
The firm was able to launch the new handset into a market whose
influencers were already aware of it and its features. These influencers
started influencing the market, and the handset sold quickly and in
volume.
As the firm’s spokesperson commented, ‘The addition of influencer
identification and marketing into our WOM rollout campaign for the
new handset has been invaluable. We could already target our expected
consumer-base through our ongoing marketing, but identifying and
working with the top-tier of market influencers was beyond our reach –
and we knew it’.
Importantly, identifying and targeting influencers had substantially
lowered the risk in launching the handset. Mobile devices are expensive
to develop and market launch is a critical point in the commercial
success, or otherwise, of each product. Pre-influencing a market prior
to launch minimised the risk to the firm and underpinned a successful
product release.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Taking a Peak at Toll-Free Service Basics
You know that toll-free numbers put the financial burden on the receiving end of a phone call, rather than on the calling end. Often referred to as reverse billing, toll-free numbers are convenient for customers and also enable businesses to build name (and number recognition). The following sections give you some general info about how toll-free numbers function.
Understanding the physical properties of a toll-free number
A toll-free number is not like your home or office phone number. The line for that number doesn’t physically exist anywhere. If your business has a toll-free number and you dial out from a line that receives those calls, the person receiving your call sees your business’s local phone number, not the toll-free number, in his or her Caller ID window. This happens because toll-free numbers are an inbound service riding over your existing phone line, and must have a local phone number or dedicated circuit to be routed over to allow them to work.
Technical Stuff Toll-free numbers sometimes do appear in the Caller ID window, however. This doesn’t mean that everything I just said is a lie, just that when a toll-free number appears in your Caller ID window you’re experiencing a little telecom sleight of hand. Telemarketing companies are required by law to display a legitimate Caller ID phone number. To accomplish this for all of their customers across the U.S., telemarketers use their dialing software to insert a simulated Caller ID number. What you see could be a local phone number of the order or customer service department, or it could be the toll-free number used for accepting orders. The number you see in your Caller ID isn’t legitimate, because it doesn’t physically exist on a phone line, but that’s just a technicality. The main thing is that you can use the number to call the telemarketer and buy products or to tell the business to stop calling you. The industry term for this simulated phone number is pseudo ANI (the ANI part stands for Automatic Number Identification — telecom-speak for a phone number). If your dedicated circuit uses the ISDN protocol, your hardware may be able to input the pseudo ANI on the calls for you. All other protocols require your carrier to assign the pseudo ANI to your circuit through their normal order process.
Understanding the ring-to factor
Toll-free numbers are linked to ring-to numbers. Although toll-free numbers aren’t physically associated with particular phones connected with a phone jack into the wall, you do receive the toll-free calls with a traditional telephone. Incoming calls get sent to your office or your home when your carrier directs the calls to either a ring-to number or a dedicated circuit.
A ring-to number is the regular phone line that is tied to a phone jack on your wall. Your carrier has a database that tells it how to route calls so that they end up in your office. If you have a ring-to number configuration, you need
to know the phone number your toll free rings to in case you have to troubleshoot it, or order more toll-free numbers.
Because toll-free numbers aren’t tied to copper wires in someone’s home or business, you probably wonder where they do live. All the toll-free numbers in the U.S. live as data in a series of computers that make up a huge national network called the Service Management System (SMS) database. This national archive lists every toll-free number in the U.S. and directs every call made to a toll-free number to the correct network to complete the call. In addition to the basic routing information, the database contains very specific information about individual toll-free numbers.
Understanding the Porting Process
Cellphone and wireless providers have been porting phone numbers for years. In most cases, the process has become an efficient transaction that may take as little as a few hours. However, it is by no means a seamless process, and not without its limitations. If you want to port your phone number from one local carrier to another, you need to bear these facts in mind and adjust your expectations accordingly. Porting a phone number is not always seamless, and you may have days, or weeks, during which your phone number is completely inoperable. There are systems in place to reduce the downtime, but downtime is always a possibility.
Porting your phone number is a lot like ordering new long-distance phone service. You fill out an order form, agree to the terms and conditions, and then sign a Letter of Authoriztion (LOA) to enable the new local carrier to begin the porting process on your phone line. From that point forward, nothing is standard. Some of the issues you may face are:
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Your phone number is not actually portable. If the local carrier to which you request to port your number has not been authorized to be a CLEC in your state, it can’t port the number onto its network. Or, if the local carrier to which you request the number be ported doesn’t have a porting relationship with your existing local carrier, it can’t port the number. Most carriers ask you to validate that your number is portable before you begin the process so that you don’t find out this information a week into the process.
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The time frame for completing the port varies. If the local carrier you are moving to has forged a strong relationship with your old carrier, you may have your number moved over in two weeks, with negligible down-time. If your current local carrier is obstinate and doesn’t play well with others, the process may take six weeks, and you may not have phone access for three days of that time.
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You may experience an unfortunate name mismatch. If you submit a request to port a number, and you list the name on the account as Bob Smith, but your local carrier has the number listed under your wife’s name Mary Mahoney, the porting request is rejected. You may need to resubmit the port request under the name Mary Mahoney, or, if the name on your local carrier invoice is Bob Smith, send in a copy of the bill to dispute the rejection.
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The port request may be rejected because of a pending order on your phone lines. If you ordered voicemail from your local carrier months ago, and the order was never completed for one reason or another, any port request is automatically rejected. Voicemail isn’t the only source for this glitch; any open orders on your local service to add, change, or disconnect a service, prevent your lines from porting. If the service is unnecessary, or simply got lodged in the order system with your local carrier, a quick call to cancel or accept the new feature is all it generally takes to cross this hurdle.
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The port request is rejected because you have a Centrex/Centranet system. If you have any packaged business features from your local carrier, there may be limitations on what can be ported. Centrex and Centranet products generally have a requirement that three lines must remain active on your account for you to be offered the packaged business services. You may be required to port all the lines in the Centrex or Centranet group, or you may be able to port some of them — as long as you leave three lines active on your old local carrier. You need to discuss the possibilities with your current and future local carrier.
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The port request may be rejected because you have nonportable services on your line. DSL is the main culprit in this group. If you port a phone line that has DSL, either the port is rejected, or the port completes but you lose your DSL service. You will have to call your local carrier to separate your phone line from your DSL. Local carriers commonly allocate a small section of their bandwidth available on the cable that supplies DSL to be used for regular phone lines. Because your phone line and DSL cable are connected on the same piece of copper wire, removing one of them potentially cancels the other service. Splitting the services onto individual copper wires prevents the loss of Internet service when your voice line ports away. If you have a distinctive ring, or some other feature that may not be available with your new carrier, you will have to decide to either lose the service or abandon the move.
iVoice - Record Incoming & Outgoing Calls on iPhone
iVoice - Record Incoming & Outgoing Calls on iPhone
Posted: 16 Jul 2009 09:20 PM PDT
Its not released yet but when it is it will be available in the iXtension section of Cydia via the iSpazio source.iFile - Mobile Finder number 3.0
iFile - Mobile Finder number 3.0
Posted: 17 Jul 2009 04:05 AM PDT
IIS 6: "Path specified cannot be used at this time"
Posted: 17 Jul 2009 02:38 AM PDT
"Path specified cannot be used at this time"
One of my web servers running IIS 6.0 said this to me when I tried to open the Internet Information Services MMC console. It just wouldn't let me connect to the server via the MMC console. The web sites hosted on the server were available merrily though.
All i had to do to bring the IIS console back to its working state was to restart the IIS Admin service and re-open the IIS MMC console. I guess IIS just needed a little kick to get back to work again.
iMobileCinema Update /Play Video
I was just looking in Cydia when a found the new iMobileCinema 2.2.2673 update. This a Safari plugin which allows you to play flash videos on your iPhone or iPod Touch. You may know a few applications which have this (TyTube, iPodMovie & iPhoneus), usually they are MegaVideo links. This update is a big change to the older versions of iMC. It now is able to open as a player, but there is no application still. So it is much like the YouTube app when you get a link from YouTube Mobile on Safari. Sadly you know longer see “Format Not Supported” you might think that is a good thing but the video will not play at all. The best thing about this update is you can finally pause and skip video just like direct links and the YouTube app.
Hopefully we will see more updates for this, we’ll keep you updated on the project.
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