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The Android 2.0 platform introduces many new and exciting features for users and developers. This document provides a glimpse at some of the new features and technologies in Android 2.0. http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/10/announcing-android-20-support-in-sdk.html New User Features Quick Contact for Android Multiple Accounts Messaging Search Email Combined Inbox Camera Modes Contacts and accounts Multiple accounts can be added to a device for email and contact synchronization, including Exchange accounts. (Handset manufacturers can choose whether to include Exchange support in their devices.) Developers can create sync adapters that provide synchronization with additional data sources. Quick Contact for Android provides instant access to a contact's information and communication modes. For example, a user can tap a contact photo and select to call, SMS, or email the person. Other applications such as Email, Messaging, and Calend...

On more than one occasion, " natural monopoly " arguments have been used to obtain, and/or hold onto, a government granted monopoly, This is definitely true of access networks where the physical right-of-way to any specific real estate parcel is a limited resource, but the economics of what you put in it have changed over time. At one time it made sense to consider telephone service a natural monopoly. And for most of the twentieth century, telephone service was operated that way (think Bell System in the US and government run PTTs in most of the rest of the world). In the latter 20th century, cable TV became a second such monopoly. Today, it's increasingly clear that telephony and television are higher layer services, not inherently tied to the access network. Yet our laws and regulation have barely evolved ― each access network is still regulated as a different vertically integrated monopoly. And, managers in each business focus on preserving their historic mono...

It's pretty interesting issue about so called "fine nines" concept.  What is the hard fast requirement for Carrier-Grade?  Is “five-nines” or 99.999% up  or 0.99999 available a hard, fast requirement of telecommunications or is it the  telecommunications equivalent of an Urban Myth? .. www.pipelinepub.com/0407/pdf/Article%204_Carrier%20Grade_LTC.pdf

Effective February 1, 2009, Cisco will introduce a new type of question format to CCIE Routing and Switching lab exams. In addition to the live configuration scenarios, candidates will be asked a series of four or five open-ended questions, on the computer screen, drawn from a pool of questions based on the material covered on the lab blueprint. No new topics are being added. ---  To increase the security & integrity of the CCIE R&S Lab exam, there will be a series of open-ended, short answer questions added to the lab exam and delivered online in all global lab locations. The addition of these questions does not change the lab exam blue-print, nor does it require time be added to the total exam time. At this point the questions are being added to the Routing and Switching lab; lab exams in other tracks will be announced in advance.

The biggest problem with G1 is the battery so lets try with different one. I just ordered it. This Innocell extended battery provides more than double the capacity of the standard battery. Even with heavy phone and data usage, this battery will keep your G1 charged and ready to go.   - 2600mAh - Up to 125% more capacity than the original - Includes a replacement door with our soft-touch "rubberized" texture to improve grip - High quality Japanese cells - Extends the depth of your device by only 5mm - Pair it  with our  Horizontal Innocase Leather  for extra protections on the go ** *All battery claims are dependent upon usage patterns, network configuration and many other factors; actual results will vary. ** This 2600mAh Extended Battery is not compatible with Seidio Spring Clip holster. http://www.seidioonline.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=BACY26TMG1-BK

I bought a gift to my sister, a cell phone Nokia 5800 XpressMusic (don't get me wrong this is not the first Nokia phone I've playied with). I used to be a big fen of Nokia but last year or so they are going down really fast compared with their competitors (HTC,etc) As we know there is few very big players on the Mobile Operation System business at the moment - Microsoft with Windows for mobiles/Google with Android/Apple Iphone and maybe BlackBerry (hopefully Palm very soon) So when you start playing with Nokia 5800 the first impression is like the last impression it's crap.. you have to pay for every application which is in the "software download applications" compared with Apple (for example) they just announced that they have 20.000 applications I am not sure how many are they in Android. I personally don't recommend this phone to anyone.. this idea of double touch the icon to activated it it's really anoying.. the phone customization is really bad - it ...