The Winner of the War of Video Encoder: H.264

There are many kinds of video encoder in the market and a report from MeFeedia recently shows that H.264 shares 80% of the video encoder market. Why H.264 is so popular and what is H.264? Please read this article.
According to the report from MeFeedia, over 80% videos are using H.264 as their encoder. If the video is using HTML 5 video tag, it can be played on iPad directly without any help. Of course, this is not mean that you must do that or do that at present. This only means that if you do hope using the same version of video for iPad and other ways, you do not need to reencode you video with other encoder, you just need to use HTML 5 instead of Flash. This report also points that H.264 is now used widely and really popular. A research on Jan. 2010, at that time, only 10% video was using H.264. And the number rises to 80% after only two years.
Thanks to the iPad and other devices's popular, H.264 now dominates the world of video encoder. Most of the devices such as iPad, iPhone, etc support the H.264 hardware acceleration. At May, 2010, the report from MeFeeia showed that only 26% video use H.264 as video encoder.
It's clear that the file which supports HTML 5 is now influce the Giant more and more in video market. Such as Adobe announced that they will no longer provide Flash Player for mobile devices's web browser, all kinds of operation system and other devices. Although WebM from Google has been become open source, it develops really slow. A report from MeFeedia, only 2% video use Google's VP8 as their video encoder. That means that the Google's purchase of On2 Technologies benefits Google nothing at all.
With more and more devices support H.264, the share of it will be higher in the future. Only in case that there is a competitor with enough competitiveness and widely used in the devices which support hardware acceleration, H.264 will be the winner in the war of video encoder.
What is H.264?
H.264/MPEG-4 Part 10 or AVC (Advanced Video Coding) is a standard for video compression, and is currently one of the most commonly used formats for the recording, compression, and distribution of high definition video. The final drafting work on the first version of the standard was completed in May 2003.
H.264/MPEG-4 AVC is a block-oriented motion-compensation-based codec standard developed by the ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG) together with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)/International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG). It was the product of a partnership effort known as the Joint Video Team (JVT). The ITU-T H.264 standard and the ISO/IEC MPEG-4 AVC standard (formally, ISO/IEC 14496-10 – MPEG-4 Part 10, Advanced Video Coding) are jointly maintained so that they have identical technical content.
H.264 is perhaps best known as being one of the codec standards for Blu-ray Discs; all Blu-ray Disc players must be able to decode H.264. It is also widely used by streaming internet sources, such as videos from Vimeo, YouTube, and the iTunes Store, web software such as the Adobe Flash Player and Microsoft Silverlight, broadcast services for DVB and SBTVD, direct-broadcast satellite television services, cable television services, and real-time videoconferencing.
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Why Google Pays 10 Billion USD to Its Competitor Mozilla?

To Make Google as the default search engine, Google and Mozilla will renew the cooperation agreement at around 10 billion USD. In the case of haveing their own web browser "Chrome", Google's cooperation with Mozilla is understood as a kind of support to their competitor with their money. But Why?

On one hand, Firefox still has millions of users and this agreement means that millions of users will use Google as the default search engine when they are using Firefox. And using Google to search means Google can display ads and that means money to Google.

But 3 billion per year, that is 3 times more than the price in the agreement they signed in 2008. What's interesting is that Google released Chrome after they signed the agreement in 2008. From a common point of view, with the raise of the Chrome's share in web browser market, they should reach an agreement at a lower price. Although Firefox still takes up 1/3 of the web broswer market, their share is going down and the reason is Chrome.

Chrome is like a beast in the market of browser, it is swallowing the share of IE and also Firefox at the same time. Actually, according the the data from StatCounter, Firefox's share in browser market is lower than 2008. Think about it. Aug, 2008, 26.08% of people were using Firefox as their browser, 68.91% were using IE and at that time, Chrome was not released by Google. Last month, 25.23% of people were using Firefox as their default web browser and 40.63% of them were using IE. Chrome took 25.69% of the market. It's true that more people are choosing Chrome as their default web browser than choosing Firefox.

So Google will pay 3 times money, while Firefox's share in browser market is lower than 2008. Why they do that?

The first reason comes to my mind is the competition. Because of the bid. Microsoft wants Bing become the default search engine of Firefox. And it is really interesting that Yahoo also takes part in the bid and Yahoo's search engine is from Bing. So one reason is that Google spend money to let Microsoft and Yahoo out of the game. It's possible.

Microsoft spends billions of USD to try to compete with Google in search engine market. One of the result of this is that Google and Bing swallow Yahoo's share in search engine market together. Now Bing provides the result of Yahoo's search engine, so Bing hurts itself. Nowadays, Bing and Yahoo take the same percent of the search engine market share and Bing is paying this. Here I have to say that Bing and Firefox's cooperation is do useful to Bing. Let's say that Bing know that and when they talking about the cooperation, they are not cheapskate, but they are not that generous and will pay 3 billion a year. Because from the market share, 3 billion is a little crazy.

So why Google still pay this high price to Firefox? Analyst said that compare with the income from displaying ads through Firefox and competition with Bing, avoiding the problem of anti-monopoly after Chrome's share continue growing is the real problem Google cares.

It's not crazy, actually if now it is not the reason, it will be the reason in future. So far, it is relatively safe for Google's browser market in anti-monopoly. They are not like Microsoft and Apple, Google can not control the default browser in any kind of operation system. However, the problem will become more and more serious with the large download of Chrome from google.com and the success of Chrome OS. I think there will be a larger pressure from mobile devices. Now, web browser on Android devices looks like a normal browser, with more and more element from Chrome are added to it. It will become the real Chrome some day.

That means Google has a dominant operation system (Android) to promote their web browser. That will bring investigation from anti-monopoly just like Microsoft few years ago. But if Google pays money to support Mozilla and Firefox, it's another question. Let's wait and see.

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Experience Sharing: Ten Steps to Perfectly Jailbreak Your iOS 5.0.1

On July 26, 2010, the Library of Congress officially repaired several exemption clauses in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and it formally recognized the legitimacy of the IOS jailbreak.

Jay Freeman,the founder of Cydia, Jailbreak software community, said about 10% of the global iPhones had escaped.

Now the redsn0w 0.9.10b1, which can perfectly jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 has just released. Currently, it supports iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4 CDMA edition, iPad 1, iPod touch 3G, iPod touch 4G. However, the iPhone 4S, iPad 2, using A5 processor still can not escape.

Please check the device Settings - > General > On the Machine to inspect equipment running on the firmware version, if you are running older versions of the firmware, you will update it to the 5.0.1 then jailbreak.

Step 1, Download redsn0w_win_0.9.10b1, then Decompression attachment and open redsn0w.exe

Step 2, Click the “Jaibreak” button on the map

Step 3, Make sure your iOS device is switched off, and the data line is connected to a computer.

Step 4, During the Jailbreak process, you need first enter DFU mode. The concrete operation process has three steps. First, hold the key for several seconds. After the prompt field grey, go to the next step.

Step 5, After that, don't let go the open key, and also hold down the HOME key for 10 seconds.

Step 6, Release the open key, but continuing to hold down the home key for 15 seconds

Step 7, If you succeed, there will be a progress bar.

Step 8, If the following interface appears, select the" Install Cydia" to start installing the Cydia to iOS equipment.

Step 9, After a while, your iOS device appears English covering the screen, this demonstrates file uploading.

Step 10, Two or three minutes later, your mobile phone will reboot, and you can see the Cydia Icon

Finally, I say one more word: although the jailbreak can bring you some new functions, it may also lead to the instability of the system, power consumption increasing, etc. So think twice and then make the decision according to your needs.

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Aiseesoft has just upgraded its iPad Transfer Platinum with more functions.

On this Monday, Aiseesoft Studio upgraded its iPad Transfer Platinum Software. Now this iPad Transfer supports iPhone 4S, iPad 2 and iOS 5 and can backup your iPhone SMS and Contacts.
It also supports more export sources like TV Shows, Podcast, iTunes U, ePub, PDF, Audio Books and so on.



With this iPad Transfer, what you need to do is just connect your iPad to PC and click your mouse. All the transfer or conversion process can be finished in a short while.

Now, I’d like to show you how to make full use of this iPad Transfer Platinum.

First, Use it to Transfer video/audio/photo between iPad and PC
In this function, you can Export iPad files to computer, Add local files to iPad, Transfer files between iOS devices.

Second, Use it to Convert DVD and video files to iPad
In this function, you can convert DVD, video and audio to iPad compatible video and audio formats, and export the converted files to iPad directly, and also you can Create iPhone ringtones here.

Certainly, there are more features such as Repair your device, Edit ID3 info, Quick search, Quick transfer and so on.
So you’d better have a try by yourself.

Now hope my information can really be helpful for you.

How to Rip DVD, Convert video and Backup your video/audio files on ipod on Mac iPod to Mac Transfer

Until three months ago, I’ve been being a windows user, and I’m quite good at how to enjoy dvd/ various video on my windows. While, I received a birthday present—an Apple Macbook, from my parent, and at the beginning, it’s really suffering to get used. I don’t know how to enjoy DVD, Video, even can’t backup my ipod’s stuff.
Fortunately, few days ago, I found some useful tools to solve all my problems.
Here, I want to share these experience with more friends.

First, I want to tell this article including three parts:
Part One: How to rip DVD to various video formats on Mac?
Part Two: How to convert video to what you wanted on Mac?
Part Three: How to backup your ipod stuff on Mac?

Ok, let me explain one by one.

Part One: How to rip DVD to various video formats on Mac?
Now, I’m using Aiseesoft DVD Ripper for Macto do that.
It provides a best and easy to rip dvd to various video formats, so you can enjoy dvd on your portable devices, such as: iPod, iPhone, PSP, Zune. etc
It’s easy to use, just few click:
Step 0: Download and install the dvd ripper for mac, and you will see the interface as follows:



Step 1: Place the DVD into your DVD drive and click the “Load DVD” button to load DVD.
Step 2: Select video formats from "Profile" drop-download list
Step 3: Set the special settings such as "trim","effect",etc to cater to your need and click "Start" to start your conversion.

Part Two: How to convert video to what you wanted on Mac?
You just need AiseesoftVideo Converter for Macto help you.
And I don’t want to talk more, you just can have a try by yourself

Here is how to use it:
Step 0: Download and install this video converter for mac. And you can see the following interface

Step 1: Click the "Add File" button to load your video
Step 2: Select the output profile and output Video settions.
You can cut a clip of your video by using its "Trim" function
You can merge a few videos into one file by clicking "merge into one file"
You can crop the black edge of your video to adjust your video to your iPod screen to get the best view.

Then click the "Convert" button to sart the conversion.

Part Three: How to backup your ipod stuff on Mac?
Easy to solve this problem too.
Aiseesoftcan copy your selected video, audio and image files to your Mac immediately without any loss
Ok, just few clicks, you will finish the work.
Step 0: You need download Aiseeosft iPod to Computer Transfer

Step 1: Plug your iPod to your Mac, and pick up what you want to backup
Step 2: Click “iPod to Mac” and find where to put your iPod info on your Mac and click “Open”
Few seconds later, your iPod songs will be on your Mac.

Does Apple Release Useful and Practical iPad Converter Suite?

iPad becomes a hot topic nowadays and almost everyone wants to own one for it is great and exciting to watch movies or read books on iPad no matter where you go. However, it is known to all that the video and audio formats with which iPad is compatible are limited. Therefore, to view DVD or videos like AVI, FLV, TS, RM, RMVB, WMV, ASF, MKV, RM, RMVB, 3GP etc. on iPad, you have to convert them to iPad supporting format with a iPad converter; to keep your iPad files from losing or being damaged, you have to backup or copy them to computer. There is a shortcut for you: iPad Converter Suite is absolutely your best assistant to help you manage your iPad or iPad 2.

iPad Converter Suite composed of DVD to iPad Converter, iPad Video Converter and iPad Transfer, provides users with powerful editing functions so that they can customize the output files according to their preference. Both of the DVD to iPad Converter and iPad Video Converter enable users to get the most ideal and best effects by trimming and cropping videos, merging several videos or clips to a whole single one, adjusting visual effect through resetting video brightness, contrast and saturation, and adding watermark to the output videos and so forth. In addition, you will be amazed and attracted by the iPad Transfer which can search and automatically detect all the files and information quickly and directly when operating the transferring music/video/image between iPad and computer.

In a word, the iPad Converter Suite can and should be your best choice if you want to manage your iPad in the simplest and most efficient way. It can really lead you to a fantastic and magic software world; why not have a try?

Price and Availability

iPad Converter Suite is now priced at $ 35.00

System Requirements

OS Supported: Windows NT4/2000/2003/XP and Windows Vista, Windows 7

Hardware Requirements: 800MHz Intel or AMD CPU, or above; 512MB RAM or more

About Aiseesoft Studio

As a professional multimedia software provider, Aiseesoft Studio is dedicated to developing the best multimedia desktop applications to help the Windows and Mac users smoothly convert, edit and transfer various video/audio files. In order to meet users' various requirements, Aiseesoft Studio constantly brings in new ideas, technologies, etc.

How to convert Mod/Tod video to AVI/MPG/WMV/MPEG

question:
1: What is .Mod and .Tod video?
2: How to convert .Mod and .Tod video to AVI, MPG, WMV, MPEG?
Answer:
1: .Mod and .Tod videos are mainly produced by digital harddisk camcorder such as JVC camcorder and so on. It is not common video formats and can only be played on some special players.
2: Now there is one professional Mod Converter that can convert .Mod and .Tod video to AVI, MPG, WMV, MPEG now. Aiseesoft Mod Video Converter has super conversion speed and excellent image/sound quality.

The following is a step-by-step guide on how to handle the conversion.
Step 0: Install and run Aiseesoft Mod Video Converter.

Step 1: Add files
Click “Add File” to add your video files.
Step 2: Set output video format
Click “Profile” button from the drop-down list to select the output video format such as AVI, MPG, MPEG and WMV. You can click the “Settings” button to set parameters of your output video such as Frame Rate, Bitrate to get the best video quality as you want.
Step 3: Click the “Start” button to start the conversion.

Tips:
1: How to join your Mod/Tod videos
If you want to merge several Mod/Tod videos into one file you can choose them and click the “Merge into one file” to do it.
2: How to split your Mod/Tod video
The “Trim” function also servers as a video splitter. You can set the “Start Time” and “End Time” to set the time of the clip or you can directly drag the slide bar to the accurate position. After cutting your Mod/Tod videos into small clips you can upload them to YouTube, Myspace and so on to share your video with people of the world.
3: How to crop your Mod/Tod video size
By using the “Crop” function you can crop the black edge of your video and you can also drag the line around the video image to adjust your video to your mobile devices. With it you can enjoy and share your DV with other people anytime and anywhere.

4: How to save your favorite picture
If you like the current image of the video you can use the “Snapshot” option. Just click the “Snapshot” button the image will be saved and you can click the “Open” button next to “Snapshot” button to open your picture.

Aiseesoft Releases the New Mac iPhone 4S Transfer Platinum

For customers who just want to buy the new iPhone 4S during the Christmas season, Aiseesoft has prepared the optimal gift – Aiseesoft Mac iPhone 4S Transfer Platinum, which is an excellent iPhone 4S assistant software for Mac users. This all-in-one software has powerful functions such as transferring iPhone 4S files and converting DVD/video to iPhone 4S video.

Just like the original iPhone to Mac Transfer, Mac iPhone 4S Transfer Platinum can help customers export iPhone 4S music, movie, pictures, TV shows, Podcast, iTunes U, eBooks, Camera Roll, ringtone, SMS, Contacts, voice memos and camera shot files to a Mac, which means users can backup all iPhone 4S files on a Mac and share these files with others conveniently. Also this iPhone 4S transferring software is able to import Mac local files to the iPhone 4S.

Besides, this iPhone 4S Transfer for Mac can help users to convert all DVD and video files to output videos that are playable on the iPhone 4S. Then, iPhone 4S users can enjoy any interesting videos anywhere and anytime, regardless of source. Also, this software provides users with powerful video editing features. For instance, users can trim video length, crop video frames, watermark videos, and so on.

To bring more convenience to customers, Aiseesoft introduces the "My Cache" feature to this software. It allows users to store any converted iPhone 4S video in a "My Cache" directory first without connecting the device to a Mac while converting media files. Users can then transfer the files from My Cache to the iPhone 4S at any time.

This Mac iPhone 4S transferring software is highly compatible with the latest iOS 5 and iTunes software. Besides the iPhone 4S, this application also supports other Apple devices, such as iPod, iPod touch, iPhone (iPhone 4) and iPad (iPad 2). And it will help customers make the best of the wonderful iPhone 4S.

System Requirements

OS Supported: Mac OS X v10.4 – v10.7
Hardware Requirements: 512MB RAM, Super VGA (800×600) resolution, 16-bit graphics card or higher.

About Aiseesoft Studio

As a professional multimedia software provider, Aiseesoft Studio is dedicated to developing the best multimedia desktop applications to help the Windows and Mac users smoothly convert, edit and transfer various video/audio files. In order to meet users' various requirements, Aiseesoft Studio constantly brings in new ideas, technologies, etc.

Aiseesoft Brings Wonderful Christmas Gifts: 20% Off Coupon and "Buy One, Get One" Promotion

To celebrate the coming Christmas, Aiseesoft specially prepares wonderful Christmas gifts for all customers - the 20% off coupon code and the "Buy One, Get One" promotion. Customers can purchase the products listed on Aiseesoft Christmas promotion page with the coupon code (AISE-MKS), which allows users to save up to $102.8 before Dec. 26, 2011.

Among all these discount products on the promotion page, Aiseesoft DVD Converter Suite Platinum and iPad Converter Suite are highly recommended applications. The DVD Converter Suite Platinum is the a newly released software suite, which is packed with DVD Ripper, Total Video Converter, DVD Creator, and iPhone Transfer Platinum. With this all-in-one software, users can easily convert all popular DVD and video files, create DVD with any video file and customized DVD menu/audio track/subtitle. Also, users can export iPhone files to computer and import local files to PC, and even make their own iPhone ringtones with the help of this amazing DVD Converter Suite Platinum.

Aiseesoft iPad Converter Suite is one of the best iPad assistant tools designed for iPad users. It includes DVD to iPad Converter, iPad Video Converter, and iPad Transfer. It can assist users in converting DVD/video file to iPad compatible formats, and transfer files between iPad and computer. With this amazing iPad software, users can enjoy any favorite video on iPad anywhere and anytime.

In reference to the "Buy One, Get One" promotion, there are 5 products (iPhone Ringtone Maker, iPhone SMS Transfer, Audio Converter, PDF to Word Converter, and MP3 to DVD Burner), from which users can choose as the preferred free gift. Anyone who purchases software on our official website is entitled the chance of getting one application for free.

System Requirements for Windows Version

OS Supported:

Windows NT4/2000/2003/XP and Windows Vista, Windows 7

Hardware Requirements:

800MHz Intel or AMD CPU, or above; 512MB RAM or more

System Requirements for Mac Version

OS Supported:

Mac OS X v10.4 - v10.7

Hardware Requirements:


512MB RAM, Super VGA (800×600) resolution, 16-bit graphics card or higher

About Aiseesoft Studio

As a professional multimedia software provider, Aiseesoft Studio is dedicated to developing the best multimedia desktop applications to help the Windows and Mac users smoothly convert, edit and transfer various video/audio files. In order to meet users' various requirements, Aiseesoft Studio constantly brings in new ideas, technologies, etc.

Aiseesoft DVD Ripper for Mac Gets Major Update

Aiseesoft, a top-ranking Windows and Mac Blu-ray/DVD/video converting software provider, announced a major update to DVD Ripper for Mac last Friday. This new DVD Ripper for Mac brings users a large number of new wonderful features and improvements. In general, this DVD ripping software for Mac is re-developed with Qt development framework, and it supports 5.1 Dolby surround sound and the WebM output video format. Also many other special and neat changes were made.

Detailed information of the updated DVD Ripper for Mac:

• More user-friendly graphical interface
• Enhance the ability of parsing DVD
• Improve the "Merge" feature
• Support outputting video without audio track
• Support adjusting output file volume
• Renew the output profile
• Support setting output video aspect ratio

Aiseesoft DVD Ripper for Mac is professional DVD ripping software designed for Mac users. It can help users rip any DVD to popular video files, like AVI, MP4, MOV, MKV, WMV, FLV, DivX, XviD, MPEG-1/2, 3GP, VOB, HD TS, HD MTS, HD M2TS, etc. on Mac. So this wonderful software enables customers to enjoy DVD movies on any portable devices, such as iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, smartphone, PSP, Android devices, BlackBerry, etc.

Also this Mac DVD Ripper has powerful video editing features. For instance, it can help customers cut off any DVD segment and convert it to video file, crop video frame, add any text/image watermark to their video, join DVD clips together, and even adjust video brightness/saturation/contrast/hue/volume.

System Requirements

OS Supported: Mac OS X v10.4 - v10.7

Hardware Requirements: 512MB RAM, Super VGA (800×600) resolution, 16-bit graphics card or higher.

About Aiseesoft Studio

As a professional multimedia software provider, Aiseesoft Studio is dedicated to developing the best multimedia desktop applications to help the Windows and Mac users smoothly convert, edit and transfer various video/audio files. In order to meet users' various requirements, Aiseesoft Studio constantly brings in new ideas, technologies, etc.

For Reasons for Apple to Launch The 7.85 inch iPad

On this Friday, there was a rumor from Apple supply chain that Apple will launch the 7.85 inch Tablet PC in late 2012. The technology blog GigaOm make a analysis why Apple should promote the small dimension Tablet PC.


Imaginary 7 inch iPad
Athough Apple is leading the Consumer Tablet PC market, and sales of iPad are far above Android Tablet PC, there are still four reasons why Aplle should launch the smaller screen Tablet PC.

First, Smaller Tablet PC is more portable

The smaller size tablet PC with higher frequency of ultilization, can be used in more situations. For example, the Samsung 7 inch Galaxy Tab tablet PC can be carried with you, but iPad is inconvenient in carrying. When the users sit in the yard, or go to Starbucks, iPad can well meet your needs. But in the process of moving, 7 inch flat panel computer is more convenient. The tablet can be packed in your pants or jacket pocket, but iPad can't. Smaller size also makes weight lighter.

Second, Outstanding 7 inch Tablet PC has already been available

Although 7 inch Galaxy Tab brings much convenience, there are still some disadvantages compared with iPad. However, some better 7 inch Tablet PCs have been available such as bookstore Nook tablet PC and Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet PC. The two products are very popular in this Christmas season. Portability is one of advantages, but more important is the lower price. These 7 inch flat panel computers sell for $199 to $249. Although these tablets can only provide 80% functions of iPad, the price occupies only 40% of it. Maybe Aplle will not throw away the market to Bookstore and Amazon manufactures.

Third, iPod Touch has been less attractive than ever

Some people think that since iPod Tough exists, there is no necessary for Apple to launch the smaller iPad, but this is just one of the reasons that Apple should launch the smaller iPad. As Apple communicates with more and more Operators, consumers are purchasing iPhone more, leading the iPod Touch sales gradually slide down. Some Android mobile phone users may purchase iPod Touch as a supplement, but iPhone users will not do so. Recently, the investment put into iPod Touch is less and less, among the product line update items only increases the white version. This suggests that, as one product line, iPod Touch is gradually towards the end.

Fourth, Price of the smaller iPad can be reduced to the level of iPod Touch

If Apple eventually gave up iPod Touch, it will be lack of products whose price is from 199 to 399 dollars. Apple can launch the small size iPad, whose price is $199, to compete with Kindle Fire. Similar to iPod Touch and the current iPad, the $199 iPad can be the product of WiFi version unrelated to operators, and with 3G module version, the price will be improved. To those consumers, who wish to obtain iPad experience and think price of $499 is too high, 199 to $399 products will meet their needs. Industry insiders guess that, the price of smaller size iPad may be associated with iPod Touch, while the larger storage capacity will have the higher price. Although the launch of small size iPad is appropriate, it does not mean that the current 10 inch iPad is not good. However, the small size iPad has a living space. The best opportunity for Apple to launch the small size iPad will be in September, 2012, the traditional iPod conference. This will help Apple develop better the next Christmas market.
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Microsoft's New OneNote and Lync Apps for iPad, iPhone

On December 12, Microsoft released the new OneNote app for iPad and an updated app for other iOS devices like iPhone, iPod touch, etc. Meanwhile, Microsoft made available its Lync 2010 client app for Windows Phone, and the new Lync clients for iPhone, iPad, Android and Nokia Symbian have been submitted to their respective mobile app marketplaces and will be available as soon as they have been approved.

"Since the launch of OneNote for iPhone nearly a year ago, a recurring request from our customers has been for a version that can be used more easily on the iPad's larger screen," Microsoft said in a blog post. "We're happy to announce that today's new release of OneNote for iOS devices includes a version that's tailored for the iPad." Microsoft updated the app with better navigation, table viewing and performance. More significantly, Microsoft released a whole new version that fills up the greater real estate on an iPad screen. Previously, iPad users would have to use a blown-up version of the iPhone OneNote app, which didn't look very appealing and wasn't optimized for a larger device.

OneNote notebooks are stored via Microsoft SkyDrive. "Your own cloud-based SkyDrive account lets you easily sync all of your notebooks across all of your devices, so they're always up-to-date and accessible from virtually anywhere on your iPhone, your iPad, your Web browser, or your computer," Microsoft said. Today's 1.3 update provides support for the iPad and iPad 2. Other new features, which also apply to the iPhone, include: localization into several new languages and markets; tabbed user interface; quick note creation in the Unfiled Notes section; table rendering; improved Windows Live sign-in experience; the option to sync notebooks only over a Wi-Fi connection; and integrated upgrade option.

Lync, the Microsoft's successor to Office Communications Server, is the Microsoft's unified communications platform that the company launched a year ago. Lync provides enterprise instant-messaging, VOIP and conferencing. There is also a Microsoft-hosted version of Lync that is available as a standalone service and part of Office 365 that is known as Lync Online. According to the Microsoft, the new Lync mobile client allows instant messaging, call-related features and audio conferencing using a Lync ID, which is dependent on an organization having Lync 2010 Server installed. The mobile client must be provisioned by the Lync server administrator first, and that will enable users to download and begin using the various Lync 2010 mobile apps, a Microsoft unified communications team blog explained.

However, Apple devices must be running iOS 4.3 or higher to access OneNote 1.3, and users must sign up for a free Windows Live account. The app is free to download and users get up to 500 free notes. After that, it's $4.99 for unlimited use on the iPhone and $14.99 for unlimited use on the iPad. Meanwhile, if you were hoping for more official word today on some kind of Microsoft Office suite on the iPad, don't hold your breath. Microsoft still are not commenting on rumors that Office for the iPad will be out in some form in 2012.

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Microsoft releases SkyDrive App for Windows phone and iPhone

Microsoft's love affair with iOS isn't over yet. It was OneNote and a “real soon now” commitment on its Lync unified-communications client for the iPad this Monday. Microsoft also announced this week that its Kinectimals game is available for the iPad and iPhone. On December 13, Microsoft made yet another Apple-focused announcement: An iOS version of SkyDrive for iPhone.

Users of Microsoft's SkyDrive cloud storage service now have another way to access and share their files – the newly released SkyDrive App for both Windows phone and iOS devices, which are intended to complement SkyDrive.com's existing mobile interface. "As devices proliferate, having a great experience on the Web is only one piece of a pretty complex puzzle," Microsoft's Mike Torres wrote. "People are choosing where to put their files based on how portable and accessible they are across the various devices they use, therefore, it's critical that we continue to extend the SkyDrive experience to the devices you use every day."

Microsoft's Mike Torres said: "Many still want the full SkyDrive experience from Windows phone, including tasks like browsing their entire SkyDrive, sharing links to folders or files, deleting files, and creating folders." The SkyDrive App allows you to view all of the files and folders in your SkyDrive and those that have been shared with you by others. You can view documents and pictures, create and delete folders, delete files, email links to files and folders (giving recipients either read-only or read-and-write permissions to the file), and download and upload pictures. Moving and renaming files and folders don’t appear to be possible on either platform, however. As a result, phones running Windows Phone 7.5 can now download the SkyDrive App from the Windows phone Marketplace and do just that. For those on iOS, the same app was also released in the App Store.

SkyDrive is a potential competitor in the mobile consumer space with Apple's iCloud, which is available for free with iOS 5. Microsoft's SkyDrive efforts appear to be part of its general market push into a world of connected devices that will increasingly be mobile. It also squares with the "three-screens and a cloud" vision laid out when Ray Ozzie was Microsoft's chief software architect. The idea is to synchronized data across devices. SkyDrive is already facilitating that, in part, by enabling single sign-on capabilities across devices.

Microsoft explained late last month that it has made sharing via SkyDrive more "app-centric." It already enables document collaborations via some of its Office Web Apps, although its "coauthoring" feature used with the Word Web App doesn't exactly work in real time. Other improvements made earlier this year to SkyDrive include simplifications to accessing folder directories and a speeded-up photo browsing experience, as well as the use of AJAX and HTML 5 technologies to improve the user experience. Microsoft has explained that some of the SkyDrive features it built earlier were just too complex, but it is listening to customer feedback and making improvements.

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Back-glances of iOS Development, iOS 1、2、3、4、5

On January 10, 2007, Steve Jobs demonstrated a new intelligent mobile phone---iPhone, as well as the iOS system, which has changed history.
At that time Windows Mobile、Palm OS、Symbian and BlackBerry OS were all active on the mobile stage.
The first generation of iPhone did not support 3G, didn't support the third-app, didn't support copy and paste text, didn't support multiple tasks, didn't support email attachments, didn't support MMS, Exchange, Office Editor and so on.
Now let us together make a five-year-review of iOS from the 2007 when iOS 1 and iPhone were born...

iOS 1

June, 2007---iOS 1.0---First generation of iPhone

Although it was not perfect, it brought much profound impact later

- The core of iOS user interface
- Mobile Safari browser
- A new form of " widescreen" iPod
- Google Map
- Visual voice mail
- ITunes synchronization
- Virtual keyboard

September, 2007 -- iOS 1.1 -- iPhone 1 / iPod touch 1

- iTunes Wi-Fi music store

- iPod touch compatible

January, 2008 -- iOS 1.1.3

- better positioning

- Set webpage shortcut icon on main screen

- Re-layout icon

- Multi point touch keyboard

iOS 2


iOS 2, from July, 2008, created a new era, i'm not wrong, just App Store.
At the beginning it took use of iTunes music users, and now becomes most popular program store, App Store created value for Apple and developers, and brought a full range of intelligent mobile phone experience.


July, 2008 -- iOS 2 -- iPhone 1, 3G; iPod touch 1

- local third party programs

- App Store

- Support Microsoft Exchange

- MobileMe

- Search contacts

September, 2008 -- iOS 2.1 -- iPhone 1, 3G iPod touch1, 2;

- Improve battery life and speed

- iTunes Genius playlist

- line repair

2008 November -- iOS 2.2 -- iPhone 1, 3G iPod touch1, 2;

- Google Street View

- Podcast Download

iOS 3

IOS 3.0 is an era when functions outbroke, iPhone began to support the 3G network, its lack of functions got a full complement, and added many local features, leting iPhone play more intelligently in life.

June, 2009 -- iOS 3 -- iPhone1, 3G, 3GS; iPod touch 1, 2

- cut, paste, copy

- Voice control

- MMS information

- Spotlight search

- push notification

- USB and Bluetooth connection

Lateral keyboard

- Find My iPhone

September, 2009 -- iOS 3.1 -- iPhone1, 3G, 3GS; iPod touch, 1, 2, 3

- Genius function

- ringtones download

- Remote locking

- Control through blue tooth speech

iOS 4


In June, 2010, the arrival of the iOS 4 brought more functions, Apple will always add the needs point by point to surprise us, for example the multi task switching, if lack this function now, will you hold on?

June, 2010 -- iOS 4 -- iPhone 3G, 3GS, 4; iPod touch 2, 3

- Multi task

- Folder

- FaceTime Contact

- Unified mail inbox

- Multi - thread message

- Retina HD display technology

- Support iAd advertising

iOS 5


Now iOS 5 is in front of your eyes, iPhone 4S Siri voice assistant, iMessage, notify the center and other new features that we are beginning to experience and the time is not so long, and iCloud cloud storage.
Do you feel the release conference is visible?

October, 2011 -- iOS 5 -- iPhone 3GS, 4, 4S iPad 1, 2; 3, 4; iPod touch

- Siri voice

- Notification Center

- free PC

- iTunes Wi-Fi synchronization

- iMessage

- iCloud

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Four Major Attractions of The Newly-Launched Aiseesoft DVD Creator.

Through continuous innovation and the day and night's hard work of Aiseesoft Studio's engineers, Aiseesoft Studio has released DVD Creator to welcome the coming Christmas.

Other thighs aside, this DVD Creator can burn videos to nearly all DVD+-R/RW, DVD-RAM, DVD-5(4.5G) and DVD-9(8.5GB) discs. And the created DVD-format disc could be played perfect on most portable and home DVD player.
This is a victory.

There are four major attractions in this program and after you have a try by yourself, maybe you will be astonished.

First Attraction, With it, you can easily preserve your favorite videos like AVI, MPEG, DivX, DV, VOB, WMV, MP4, M2TS, MTS, etc. to DVD-format disc, and also it allows users to burn video to DVD folder and ISO files, which can be stored in local disk.

Second Attraction, Compared with other DVD Movie Creators or DVD Burners, Aiseesoft DVD Creator is more personalized. With it, you can first edit the video effect, such as brightness, saturation, contrast, hue and volume and also you can cut off any video segment and crop the video frame, etc. Thus, you can make your DVD as you wish not like the DVDs in the market that you can only watch them.

Third Attraction, In addition to Edit the video sources effect, you can Customize the DVD menu. There are many beautiful menu templates for users to choose, and certainly, you can prefer that there is no menu in your DVD, if you like the simple template.
After you have chosen the menu template, you can also select the menu frame and button style. Also you can edit the menu text content and define its font, size and color.
Moreover, this software enables you to attach your own background picture/music and opening film to the DVD menu.

Fourth Attraction, This DVD Creator allows users to choose the audio track for the DVD. Besides of the exciting audio track, you can also add your own audio track or background music to the DVD.

You can choose a language to sign the audio track you preferred, adjust the volume, and choose audio encoder/bitrate/channels. If the audio track and the video scenes do not match, you can adjust the audio latency to make the audio track sync with the image of video.

Certainly there are many other creative functions waiting for your discovery.
Please have a try by yourself: http://www.aiseesoft.com/dvd-creator/

How to convert video to iPad 2

With Aiseesoft iPad 2 Video Converter, users can enjoy any video files on iPad 2 through converting it to iPad 2 compatible video and audio formats. This iPad 2 Video Converter is able to convert most popular video formats to iPad 2. Also this software owns powerful video editing functions to help users customize video effect.

Step 1: Download iPad 2 Video Converter and install it

You could download the latest version of this iPad 2 Video Converter by clicking here. You can double-click the installation package to install it. After running this software, you can see the interface like this:

Step 2: Input source video file

This iPad 2 Video Converter supports most popular video formats. You can input any video file by clicking the "Add File" button.

Step 3: Customize video effect

Aiseesoft iPad 2 Video Converter provides users with powerful video editing functions. With it, users can conveniently trim video length, crop video frame, modify video effect, etc. All these settings can be finished in the "Edit" interface.

Step 4: Choose audio track and subtitle

This iPad 2 Video Converter will list all audio tracks and subtitles available on the source video file. You can choose your preferred one for the output iPad 2 file.

Step 5: Choose profile

Aiseesoft iPad 2 Video Converter can convert video to iPad 2 MPEG-4 video, iPad 2 H.264 video and iPad 2 H.264 720p video for TV. You can choose any one according to your need. And you can do some further settings by clicking the "Settings" button.

Then you can press the "Convert" button to start converting video to iPad 2.

Microsoft updates Xbox 360, adding more contents to enrich your life

Microsoft releases a new Xbox 360 dashboard update to all Xbox users in this week, and Xbox uses can enjoy much more contents apart from games. The Xbox console's various channels now headline the top of the screen, listing the familiar "games," "music" and "video" sections between the new Bing search feature and the console's settings page. A few of the channels have been renamed -- "My Xbox" is now "home" and a very Zune-esque "social" replaces "friends." Core content hasn't changed much, but the way you access it has, with yesterday's single-file tiles retired in favor of single page Metro layouts, packing more than twice as much information on screen as the previous Dashboard.

The contemporary update keeps the Metro, heavy on typography and flat squares and live tiles and swiping, the Metro lives in Xbox, Windows Phone 7 and the upcoming Windows 8, it's a fresh yet familiar take on UI. Metro looks so good and easy-to-use whether you already know how to use it or you've never used it before. With Metro on Xbox, Microsoft can elegantly pack more contents onto one screen. A horizontal menu details the various categories on your Xbox (Games, Video, Music, Apps, etc.) with each category getting its own hub organized neatly with independent tiles of content.

In addition, the Xbox companion application is powered by Microsoft’s Bing search engine. The search functionality allows you to search the entire Xbox Live catalog of TV shows, movies, music, games and apps on your Windows Phone device. Once you’ve searched a title, you can find out more information about it, and launch it on your Xbox from your handset, controlling it with the usual play, pause, rewind and fast forward functions we’re all used to. By bundling all digital subscriptions and content through the Xbox 360, Microsoft wants to make sure your gaming console is at the heart of your entertainment center. Xbox Live subscribers and subscribers of these digital services won't have access to much in the way of new content, but it will all be centralized in one location. Microsoft has also baked in deeper voice control of the console for consumers using its Kinect sensor. The Kinect is better known as motion-controller that gives gamers the ability to use gestures to play games. But Kinect also has a microphone array in it. When Kinect debuted last year, gamers could use their voice for some limited voice-controlled navigation.

In a word, the move is part of a growing effort by media companies to bring some 21st-century pizzazz to the experience of navigating and watching television, a medium that is largely watched using traditional remote controls and set-top boxes that have changed little in the past 10 years. Xboxes are already 57 million households worldwide, so the decision to update such a gigantic installed base is a shrewd move on Microsoft’s part. Nonetheless, it remains to be seen whether the Xbox can juice the Windows Phone platform, which could use a serious boost in adoption.

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Microsoft will open Windows store for Metro-style Windows 8 App in February

Microsoft on Tuesday brought its Windows 8 road show to San Francisco, where the company previewed its upcoming Windows Store for app developers and media. They will open the online marketplace for Metro-style Windows 8 application in late February 2012. The key ingredients of the Windows Store are easy app discovery from within and without the online marketplace, built-in app trials with quick upgrade paths, support for both x86 and ARM-based hardware, and a flexible business model, Microsoft's Antoine Leblond said.

With Apple's Mac App Store and iTunes Store already operational and selling both computer and tablet applications, Microsoft is keen to highlight the differences and promises to make an application store that was more flexible, more transparent, and ultimately more lucrative for developers than Apple's. The Windows Store will make it easy for Windows customers to find, try and buy useful, high-quality apps from practically anywhere in the world. With code-named "Windows 8" and the Windows Store, developers can enjoy a built-in distribution and update mechanism for their apps. Built using HTML5 and JavaScript, the Windows Store is a fast, fluid, full-screen Metro-style app taking advantage of the Metro-style design principles inspired in Windows 8. Easy to build for, submit to and sell through, the Windows Store is designed with app discoverability and visibility in mind. The Windows Store will open its virtual doors to consumers and begin allowing for submission of free apps for Windows 8 Beta in late February next year.

The Windows Store will support both free and paid applications, with paid applications ranging from $1.49 to $999. As with Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace, developers can offer free trials, with integrated support for converting trials to full versions. Microsoft will provide its own advertising and in-app purchase infrastructure, but these will be strictly optional, if a developer wants to use a different ad network, or its own subscription and billing system, that's not a problem. With a standard validation process that developers can use even before they make their submission and an online tracker that tells them which phase their application is in and how long they can expect the process to take. But money is, for many developers, the most important feature of any online store. The Windows Store will take a 30 percent cut of application sales, just like Apple's store.

The Windows Store follows the path of Apple's Mac App Store, a software marketplace that's built into Mac OS X. That's provided a way for customers to quickly download both free and paid applications for their computers. Microsoft will offer the app marketplace around the world. Leblond said it will support more than 100 languages in 231 different markets. With the dominant operating system software as a lure, the Windows Store could evolve into a meaningful revenue generator for the company, which rang up just shy of $70 billion in the last fiscal year.

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Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said: “Android has been leading Apple iPhone”.

Google Cairman Eric Schmidt said today, in intelligent mobile phone market, Android has already been ahead of the Apple iPhone.

Google Cairman Eric Schmidt

Today Schmidt at the LeWeb meeting in Paris said: "Android is now ahead of the iPhone." After Schmidt published the speech, that room is filled with the iPhone, iPad and Mac. Having heard Schmidt's remark, the audience suddenly fell into silent for a moment. Maybe they doubt on Schmidt's speech.
Schmidt then gives his own criteria:" huge volume, high performance Android 4.0, lower price, as well as many mobile phone manufacturers’ support."

Industry insiders said, in the intelligent mobile phone market, Android is developing rapidly. But compared with Apple iOS, the obvious disadvantage is Android has not become the preferred platform for developers. Notebook application developer Evernote today only released a new application Hello for iPhone.

Social News reader Flipboard has already launched iPhone application. Flipboard CEO Mike McCue said:" We have been concerned about the iPhone. As with the Android version, we are still waiting."

Schmidt believed that, with the Android 4.0 and huge volume, Android will win. Schmidt said: "in the end, application developers will be affected by the volume, and Google's open strategy will promote the shipment growth. So many manufacturers promote Android mobile phones to the world, whether they like it or not, people will support this platform, even considering it as the preferred platform."

This Article is reproduced from iPhone Transfer Club

How to convert video to iPad 2

With Aiseesoft iPad 2 Video Converter, users can enjoy any video files on iPad 2 through converting it to iPad 2 compatible video and audio formats. This iPad 2 Video Converter is able to convert most popular video formats to iPad 2. Also this software owns powerful video editing functions to help users customize video effect.

Step 1: Download iPad 2 Video Converter and install it

You could download the latest version of this iPad 2 Video Converter by clicking here. You can double-click the installation package to install it. After running this software, you can see the interface like this:



Step 2: Input source video file

This iPad 2 Video Converter supports most popular video formats. You can input any video file by clicking the "Add File" button.

Step 3: Customize video effect

Aiseesoft iPad 2 Video Converter provides users with powerful video editing functions. With it, users can conveniently trim video length, crop video frame, modify video effect, etc. All these settings can be finished in the "Edit" interface.

Step 4: Choose audio track and subtitle

This iPad 2 Video Converter will list all audio tracks and subtitles available on the source video file. You can choose your preferred one for the output iPad 2 file.

Step 5: Choose profile

Aiseesoft iPad 2 Video Converter can convert video to iPad 2 MPEG-4 video, iPad 2 H.264 video and iPad 2 H.264 720p video for TV. You can choose any one according to your need. And you can do some further settings by clicking the "Settings" button.

Then you can press the "Convert" button to start converting video to iPad 2.

Google Maps 6.0 for Android move into Malls and Airports

Google upgrades Maps version to 6.0 for Android, which lets Smartphone and Tablet users in the United States and Japan know where they are and what places they might want to check out while they are indoors.

Google Maps, the online location application, can help people navigate streets, landmarks, parks, and other outside locations all over the world, but Google's new updated maps application for Android will help you get around inside, too. "When you're inside an airport, shopping mall, or retail store, a common way to figure out where you are is to look for a freestanding map directory or ask an employee for help," Brian McClendon, Google's president of Engineering for Google Earth and Maps, wrote in a blog post. "Starting today, with the release of Google Maps 6.0 for Android, that directory is brought to the palm of your hands, helping you determine where you are, what floor you're on, and where to go indoors."

Google Maps 6.0 for Android will display detailed location when a user is looking at a map on the application and zooms on a building. Users’ approximate locations will be indicated with a blue dot icon within several meters. The newly added indoor maps don't quite offer the turn-by-turn navigation you've come to know and depend upon (that's outside-only for now), but the provided layouts should help usher you along to the nearest bathroom, clothing shop or elevator. There's no fancy equipment at use, either. All of your positioning information is culled from the same set of data (including GPS) used for "My Location," although here it's been optimized to detect movement along the z-axis. That’s to say, try a nifty feature called "Automatic Floor Detection" that'll keep track of your progress as you move about from escalator to escalator.

Indoor Maps was added to version 6.0 of the Google Maps application for Android, works with Android 2.2 or higher, and will presumably be added to additional mobile platforms in the future. Will Google Indoor Maps work on desktop Web browsers? Answer is that the new indoor maps feature of Google Maps is only available on Android mobile devices at this time. Microsoft, by the way, already has indoor mapping of major malls for Windows Phone and indoor mapping of airports and malls for the desktop.

Google has endeavoring to extend its indoor reach, opening up its mapping inventory with a self-service tool (currently in beta) that'll allow business owners to upload floor plans directly to Maps. Airports in Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco, and Tokyo are among the first to receive the indoor mapping treatment, joined by the Mall of America in Minnesota, certain locations of IKEA, Home Depot, Macy's, Bloomingdale's, and others. While Google worked with these businesses to ensure a certain level of precision, the search company also set up a do-it-yourself site for other business owners to upload floor plans, blueprints, and directories and line them up with satellite images.

How to Rip DVD and Convert Video for Your New iPhone 4

With the release of iPhone 4, Aiseesoft Studio also releases corresponding converting software for iPhone fans. The main products are Aiseesoft DVD to iPhone 4 Converter and Aiseesoft iPhone 4 Movie Converter. Aiseesoft DVD to iPhone 4 Converter can convert DVD to iPhone 4 easily and fast. Aiseesoft iPhone 4 Movie Converter can convert MPG, MPEG, MPEG 2, VOB, DAT, MP4, M4V, TS, RM, RMVB, WMV, ASF, MKV, 3GP, 3G2, FLV, SWF, MPV, MOD, TOD, QT, MOV, DV, DIF, MJPG, MJPEG, HD video, AVI to iPhone 4. So why do you always buy movies and songs from iTunes with extra money? It can help you make use of your resources.

The software is very easy in use. You just need download, install and run the trial version.

The product is multifunctional. It can trim, crop, edit video effect, merge, add text and image watermark, select audio track and subtitle, adjust video settings and snapshot.
Moreover, there are other products relevant to iPhone 4 such as Aiseesoft Blu-ray to iPhone 4 Ripper, Aiseesoft iPhone 4 Ringtone Maker and Aiseesoft iPhone 4 Transfer. If you are interested, you can have a try.

If you are a Mac user, you can also enjoy them.

Aiseesoft's Newly Updated iPad Converter Suite

Aiseesoft, a top-ranking Windows and Mac DVD/video converting software provider, brings a new update to the professional iPad transferring and converting software product - Aiseesoft iPad Converter Suite. This amazing iPad assistant application is the best selling product of its kind and has received high recognition.

Now the updated iPad Converter Suite owns a redesigned interface, which could bring users a much better user experience. Also the converting and transferring functions have been enhanced. This software supports more input and output video formats.

Aiseesoft iPad Converter Suite is packed with iPad Video Converter, DVD to iPad Converter and iPad Transfer. The powerful converting features enable iPad users to convert all DVD and video files to iPad compatible formats (MP4, H.264, M4V, MOV, etc.). Then users can conveniently enjoy the perfect output video files on iPad anywhere and anytime. Moreover, this iPad Converter provides users with powerful video editing features. With it, users can trim video, crop video frame, add watermark, adjust iPad video effect, and so on.

The embedded iPad Transfer is the professional file transfer software for iPad. This application is able to import local movies, songs and images to iPad for enjoyment, and export iPad video/photo/music files to computer for backup. Then iPad users could conveniently handle with iPad files. For instance, customers can enjoy latest films on iPad, share iPad files with friends, and backup important iPad files.

To sum up, Aiseesoft iPad Converter Suite is one of the best iPad assistant software on the market. It can help iPad users convert DVD/video to iPad and transfer files between iPad and computer.

System Requirements
OS Supported: Windows NT4/2000/2003/XP and Windows Vista, Windows 7
Hardware Requirements: 800MHz Intel or AMD CPU, or above; 512MB RAM or more

About Aiseesoft Studio

As a professional multimedia software provider, Aiseesoft Studio is dedicated to developing the best multimedia desktop applications to help the Windows and Mac users smoothly convert, edit and transfer various video/audio files. In order to meet users' various requirements, Aiseesoft Studio constantly brings in new ideas, technologies, etc.

The Competition of Indoor Navigation

I believe most of you have the same experience that I have. When you fist step in a new building, airport or school, you will feel loss and do not know what to do first and where to go. For example, you are in a hospital. It is difficult for you to find the place you want to go. Many hospital use a not that effective way to solve this problem, of course, it does not work at most of the time. They just set different kinds of sign post or just use different colors to guide people. However, now we have a really nice way to solve this problem, using intelligent map system in mobile phone. It makes it's easy to find some places in a building and other indoor places.

In the latest Android map, it includes US IKEA and Macy's and other 18 airport's detailed layout. Almost at the same time, Nokia announced they will release indoor map suing Bluetooth 4.0. Although use two totally different technology, we can smell that the war of indoor map is already begin.

For a long time, Bluetooth has a poor reputation. It maybe because that the headphone looks not like a human or something else. It makes people feel weird. However, Bluetooth is actually a really nice technology: powerful, simple, cheap. And it will be much more smart after the release of Bluetooth 4.0. Nokia's Location Extension Protocol uses the connection of locator transmitter on the ceiling and Bluetooth 4.0. And triangulation method that is similar to GPS. Through this way, your mobile phone can find the place you want to go accurately. It is said that the degree of precision is less than 8 inches.

Nokia has spent over one billion euros and hope this breakthrough technology will bring superority in the competiton of indoor map. They have also discovered the different application of this tech, from game to indoor navigation. Nokia is now trying their best to persuade Bluetooth SIG to make one uniform standard and hope this kind of mobile phone can come out into market in 2013.

Just like that if there is no specific map, GPS can not work, the indoor navigation system can not work without a detailed architectural and structural drawings. Now Google allows uses to upload or add architectural and structural drawings to Google Maps as they do the same to SketchUp. This is a simple process, users just need upload the picture of the floor's layout and then connect with satellite images of Google Maps. Through this way, Google not only gets many users' support, uploading indoor maps data day and night, they also uses the data for other users, such as services based on location and ads based on location.

What I have said above is not considering the crime, privacy and other safe question. People are now really sensitive to Google Street View. I believe this kind of indoor map data will bring bigger controversy. In conclusion, we need indoor navigation when we are in a strange building to find places fast. However, we need to use it carefully. Hope Google and Nokia will solve these problems and provide us indoor navigation one day.

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How to Rip DVD to iPad 2?

Enjoying DVD movie on iPad 2 would be a tough task as the iPad 2 cannot play DVD. However, with Aiseesoft DVD to iPad 2 Converter, users can conveniently enjoy any DVD movie on your iPad 2. This DVD to iPad 2 Converter is professional DVD to iPad 2 Ripper to rip any DVD to iPad 2 video and audio formats with perfect output quality and amazing converting speed.

First, you need to download the installation package of DVD to iPad 2 Converter and install it. Then you can see the interface as below.



Step 1: Load DVD

You can input any DVD disc, DVD folder, or DVD IFO file to this DVD to iPad 2 Converter.

Step 2: Edit video effect

If you are not satisfied with the original DVD movie effect, you can customize it with the built-in video editing features. It enables users to trim video length, crop video playing area, adjust video aspect ratio, modify video brightness, saturation and contrast, etc. You can click the relevant button to do all these editing.

Step 3: Choose audio track and subtitle

Usually, the DVD movie has more than one audio track and subtitle. You can choose your preferred one with this DVD to iPad 2 Converter.

Step 4: Adjust output settings

With this DVD to iPad 2 Ripper, you can adjust Video Encoder, Frame Rate, Video Bitrate, Resolution, Audio Encoder, Sample Rate, Channels, and Audio Bitrate. Also you can input your own solution.

Step 5: Choose output profile

Aiseesoft DVD to iPad 2 Converter can rip DVD to abundant of output formats. You need to choose one from the profile drop-down list according to your need. Then you can press the "Convert" button to start ripping DVD to iPad 2.