Apple updates Siri with new features and iPad compatibility

This year’s WWDC event is currently on going in San Francisco and as expected, Apple has announced the next version of its mobileoperating system, iOS 6, and with it the company has announced an update to Siri with some new features and iPad compatibility.

The new version of Siri according to iMore will heavily focus on sports, movies, and restaurants. Users will be able to ask for tailored information about sports scores and information on players, and restaurants will now provide detailed information about opening hours, Yelp reviews, and the option of booking a table via OpenTable.

India blessed with HTC One S June 15

During the last few months HTC has been busy launching its new range of One smartphones to various markets around the world, and today we have news that India is to be blessed with the HTC One S on June 15.

The smartphone manufacturer has revealed that it is going to launch the One S in the country on June 15th, but as IBN Live are reporting the device was originally thought to be coming to the country last week, but for some reason its availability slipped a little. Some online retailerssuch as Infibeam have begun to take pre-orders for the upcoming smartphone with prices starting as low as Rs 1,000, but the device is expected to be priced around Rs 33,000.

Apple launches all new 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display at a starting price of Rs.1,52,900

Along with the new Macbook Airs and Macbook Pros , Apple also announced the next generation Macbook Pro with a Retina Display and slimmer design. The display uses IPS  technology and the resolution on this laptop is a mind boggling 2880×1800 pixels. Apple has removed the DVD drive and hence the laptop is thinner at just 0.7 inches and it weighs barely 2 kilos which is very light for a 15 inch quad core laptop but is still heaver compared to the Macbook Air

The internals of this laptop are fully loaded with 2.3GHz or 2.5 GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor , 8GB of 1600MHz RAM configurable up to 16GB, 256GB of hi-speed storage configurable up to 768 GB. On the graphics front ,  it packs Intel HD 4000 and a NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 1GB of GDDR5 memory.

In terms of ports USB 3.0 finally comes to the current line of Macs and this MacBook Pro gets it too and be happy , they have put a USB 3.0 port on each side of the device and not sticking next to each other. For the first time , we have a full size HDMI port on a Mac and there are 2 Thunderbolt ports on this Mac.

Despite all these specs, Apple still promises around 7 hours of battery life for this MacBook Pro and a 30 day standby time.

Here is the shocker , the price for these new stunning Macbook Pros will set you back by at least one and a half lac rupees.The 15-inch MacBook Pro is available with a 2.3 GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 CPU , 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD will retail for Rs.152,900 inc VAT and the Retina Macbook Pro with a 2.6 GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 CPU, 8GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD will retail for Rs.192,900 inc VAT

Video : Nokia Asha New Touch UI

Here is a quick demo of the new Nokia Asha Touch UI on S40 phones such as the Nokia Asha 311. As you can see there is the notification bar which lets you access data , WiFi , bluetooth and silent controls. You can place a call or compose a message or play music right from the notification area. You can swipe across screens too.Watch the video for more.

MuscleNerd achieves iPhone 3GS downgrade from BB 06.15.00 to 05.13.04

Good news for iPhone 3gs owners, as you are aware yesterday Musclenerd tweeted that he is very near to downgrade iPhone 3gs from 06.15.00, and now few hours ago he tweeted that he has downgraded the first ever iPhone 3gs from baseband 06.15.00 to 05.13.04.

If you are not much aware of the benefits of baseband downgrade, this means that if your iphone 3gs is officially unlocked and upgraded to 6.15.00 for the unlock, now you can downgrade back to the baseband 5.13.04, which means that you will be able to unlock via ultrasn0w and the GPS will work even after unlock and iphone 3gs jailbreak.

thanks again for the extended loan of your 06.15 3GS…it ended up being the first ever 3GS to get downgraded to 05.13.04