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There are many options available in the market when it comes to netbooks and every product is better than the other in one respect or the other. Aspire One A110 is also an attractive offering from the Taiwanese manufacturer Acer that has all the features you may want in your netbook except that some could perhaps have been better.

As I already pointed out it is definitely very appealing to the eyes and has great looks. It boasts of Seashell White Design that makes it appear absolutely different from any usual netbook you will come across in the market.

The best part about this product is no doubt its TFT LCD screen that utilises Acer’s CrystalBriteTM technology. CrystalBriteTM being the very best and latest in anti-reflective LCD technology it gives the screen a very high-gloss finish and ensures complete image clarity and clear colours. There is considerable reduction in the reflection of light from the surroundings making working on screen very comfortable and easy.

The netbook has Intel’s Atom® N270 processor and a 512MB RAM. These may seem a bit low on specifications but are very effective in performance. Due to the shortage of space it only has 8GB NAND flash module storage which from netbook standards is not bad at all.

One thing I think any netbook must have is all the latest connectivity features and that’s where it scores highly. The Acer Aspire One A110-AW offers wireless LAN b/g facility something you’ll always require. Also, there are plenty of other options for interfaces including USB PortsPort, 5-in-1 card reader and SDTM car reader if you want to expand your netbook’s storage capacity.

It also has an integrated 0.3 MP Acer Crystal Eye web cam which despite low pixels is still very impressive and effective. It has 3 cell battery pack which can run for 3 hours when fully charged.

Considering its affordable price among other netbooks, I think if you are looking for a netbook, just go for it.

Apple’s latest versions of iTunes and Safari (8.1 and 4 Beta respectively) offer new features, but for some people it was longing the way things were. There were no fans for default settings or interface elements in the recent version.

The release of ‘Safari 4 Beta’ brought some changes in the interface to Apple’s browser and also included new tabs interface. But unfortunately, people weren’t the fans of new interface elements. ‘Safari 4 Beta’ provides quick access to fourteen hidden settings. There are some significant settings that you can change by yourself and they are:

• Tabs on Top – when it is unchecked it moves the tabs to Safari 3 position and then restores title bar.
• ‘Use new load progress style’ – if you have disabled ‘Toolbar Redesign setting’ to restore Safari 3 toolbar, the setting determines the progress indicator that you see.
• Toolbar Redesign – when it is unchecked it restores toolbar to layout of Safari 3 by removing Reload button, Bookmarks within spinning progress indicator and the address field.
• Cover flow in bookmarks – when it is unchecked it disables ‘Cover Flow’.
• Google suggestions – when it is unchecked it disables new drop – down list of search history and suggestions.
• Top site features – when it is unchecked it disables ‘Top Sites feature’.

Every time a new version of Apple iTunes gets introduced, people don’t like a couple of the tweaks such as the behaviour or the appearance.

Some of the other tweaks are showing library play – list, showing genre while browsing, showing arrow links, allowing half – stars in ratings, loading complete store preview before playing, playing songs while converting or importing and creating file names along with track number. Of course, if you have an iPod like the Apple iPod nano 8 GB, then you are practically forced to upgrade, which makes it difficult to reverse any changes later on. Nevertheless, most everything included in the new iTunes version is fairly positive.

Apple Safari 4 is the latest web browser whose free beta version has been launched by the company for use on both Mac machines and Windows PCs like the Acer Aspire M7720-8R73. The Safari 4 revises all the previous Safari versions and takes into account all the security loopholes and consumer’s feedback and incorporates such new and exiting features that promises to change the way surf the Internet. The Safari 4 has got 150 awesome features in all.

Apple aims at leading the web browser market with Safari 4 as the browser supports all the new functions and adheres to the new web standards and specifications. It is build for next-generation web browsing and makes optimum use of Web 2.0 technologies. This time the Safari supports HTML 5 and advanced specifications laid down by HTML 4 along with the CSS 3 (Cascading Style Sheets 3) standards. This means that the developers can now create rich and interactive web applications that will make the users delighted than ever before.

Safari 4 has got a lot under its hood. It delivers unprecedented multimedia experience. Videos, animations and sound are being handled in a much better way to improve the user interaction. Apart from this all the other functions have been transformed into user-centric tools. Right from the bookmarks to Java script handling, from RSS feeds to browser navigation and developer tools, all are optimized for better interaction and offers unprecedented fascination during web surfing.

Up until now we have seen Mozilla, Opera, Chrome and Internet Explorer competing with Apple Safari in the web browser market but now a new player named Bolt has also entered into the arena. Developed by Bitstream, the Bolt browser is aimed at offering fully fledged Internet browsing on low profile mobile phones. The beta version of Bolt is now available for download at boltbrowser.com.

Like Opera the Bistream has also got clusters of servers that are dedicated to fetch web pages and compress them into proprietary code so that they can be downloaded at the client side in no time, even if the phone’s processing speed is slow. According to Bitstream the compression used by them more intense as compared to the Opera’s compression and thus the Bolt’s operating speed is much better. The Bolt can be used on low-end mobile phones, not just high-end models like the HTC Touch HD, but does not sacrifices performance and functionality. It offers full Internet browsing experience and has got built-in streaming support for YouTube videos.

Bolt is based on Webkit, the same web engine that works behind Apple Safari but the Bolt introduces some unprecedented features like ‘split screen mode’. Apart from this the new browser has got all the standard functions such as favourites, history, RSS feeds, address bar, auto complete etc.

iBrowser is one of the third party web browsers for iPhone launched recently. As every third party iPhone browser features something special the iBrowser too claims to be a unique one. The special feature of this browser is that it allows the user to lock the screen orientation. This means that if you lock the screen in portrait mode then the orientation of the web page will not change even if you hold the Apple iPhone in landscape direction.

This is a very useful feature because most of the time it happens that even a slight change in the iPhone’s direction leads to change in the web site’s orientation. Normally this automatic screen directional change, found other smartphones like the T-Mobile G1 Google-phone or HTC models, is a major asset for users. However, web browsers that are sensitive to phone’s direction cause lots of trouble when the user is driving. The iBrowser can solve this issue and offer you irritation free web browsing. But like the other third party browsers the iBrowser too has its own limitations. It does not support multiple pages or tabbed browsing plus there is no support for bookmarks, history, emailing a link to a page, page zoom in and zoom out. Moreover you will not find any preferences for customising cookies and scripts.

If you can survive without these options then the iBrowser app is perhaps the best option. However, the Incognito and QuickSurf are still better than this because these two also support screen’s orientation locking technology and offer loads of extra features and capabilities.

Edge is one of the latest Apple approved web browsers for the iPod touch and iPhone. The company has started including third party web browsers in the App Store. All of them have something special in them. You can choose any of them considering your requirements and preferences.

Edge’s speciality lies in its full screen web browsing capabilities. It has been optimised to give the user a full view of the web page. Like other web browsers there will not be any interfering elements to obstruct your view. But to offer this the Edge has to sacrifice loads of functions that are generally used while surfing the web. Unfortunately, you will not be getting any address bar, forward or backward buttons, history, bookmarks support, refresh option, home button and many other tools. So clearly Edge still has a way to go before it rivals the browser used with Windows Mobile or Symbian phones, like the Nokia E71, yet alone challenge the Safari on iPhone browser. Every time you want to open up a new web site you have to specify its URL by navigating to iPhone’s settings page and then load the Edge. This naturally this irritates almost all the users and makes it impractical to use the Edge browser. But still if you have great tolerance level then this iPhone browser is best for you because no other can offer unobstructed browsing.

Another main feature of Edge is that it’s the only third party browser for iPhone that does not charge you anything. This browser is perfect for those who usually visit selected web pages and don’t switch form one hyperlink to other too much.

WebMate is the new third party web browser for Apple iPhone that is available for $0.99 at the App Store. The best part of this mobile browser is the ability to support tabs. This means that when you click on a hyperlink the WebMate does not reload the existing web page, instead it open opens the linked content in another window and the user can easily shift between different windows via a counter displayed at the bottom of the screen.

The user interface is good and easy to operate. If you want to close any window then simply use the little trash icon at the bottom of the screen. If you usually click on loads of links while browsing or a hardcore fan of Mozilla Firefox then this one is for you. One of the greatest strengths of the iPhone, as compared to other internet surfing capable phones, like the HTC Touch HD, is the selection of web browsers that the user is offered. Instead of being relegated to one single browser, the iPhone gives users the ability to choose their favourite, just like with a regular computer.

Of course, using WebMate, instead of the default Safari on iPhone, does have its flaws. One of these is that it does not saves the content of the opened tab. This means that whenever you switch from one window to other the whole web page will be reloaded again. This ultimately slows down web browsing and sometime frustrates the user if he is in hurry. Another issue with WebMate is that it do not offer core features like bookmarks, auto complete, and history.

Incognito is the latest web browser that is now officially open for use on the Apple iPhone and iPod touch. The main attraction of this third-party application is that it offers completely anonymous Internet surfing. It’s perfect for those who don’t want to let others trace their web activities.

Incognito keeps everything in memory as far as a particular web session is maintained but forgets every thing the moment the session is ended. It never saves history, passwords, credit card information, information filled in forms and keywords used in search engines. Apart from this all your online multimedia activities are also erased. Nobody can find out the videos you watched, the songs you heard, the flash games you played or any other file accessed by you. Incognito provides full support to keep the linked media files anonymous. It also sports an orientation lock mode.

Incognito is easy to install and use. Its UI is great and there is a customisable home page that can be shaped as per your preferences. Not only security wise but the Incognito is known for its speedy performance too on both the Apple iPod touch and iPhone. It can load any web page (including the ones containing heavy flash work) at a blazing speed. You can find it at the App Store.

Are you passionate about your browser? Do you think your browser is the best? Then, this is what you have to read. Having a fascination for your favourite sports team, actor, actress and arguing about their greatness is an age old phenomenon, but today’s world of late have been arguing about their browsers with their friends and colleagues. From the famous Internet Explorer to the new Opera browsers there seems to be people arguing which is the best.

This argument arises because of the difference in their feature, security, etc. so let us discuss in detail about them. Internet explorer is the widely used explorer in this world comprising nearly 80-85% of the browsing market. Mozilla Firefox stands in the second place with 8-12% of the browsing market. The third, forth and fifth places are occupied by safari, opera and AOL respectively. Nevertheless, all signs point to Internet Explorer losing ground, which is even more worrying for Microsoft considering that more people are getting online than ever before. With more and more people getting online due to the availability of netbooks, cheap laptops like the Asus Eee PC 701 4G designed for going online, in addition to accessing the internet with smartphones, it is not a good time for Microsoft to be losing market share. When it comes to the question of quality there’s a tough competition among all the browsers. Once upon of time, internet explorer was criticized for its poor safety measure but the new version has equaled its competitors in every sense and so does their counterparts.

Experts were put in a very great confusion when they were asked to judge who is the best and in the end gave a conclusion that each one is best in different aspects. Though a few argued that Internet Explorer is the best since it is the widely used browser, many disagreed. Like this there had been a lot of argument over this title. Only time can say which is the best browser because a poor browser will have no place in the market.

Apple is entertaining the third party Internet browsers nowadays and some of them have already been provided a space in the App Store. As of now there are only three third party browsers that can be downloaded from App Store for the iPhone, and compete with Apple’s Safari browser.

The first one is Edge Browser. The speciality of EDGE is that it allows full screen web browsing. However, to offer this the browser sacrifices on screen controls and navigation menus. So unless you are using analytics or working on a site about which you know each and everything the EDGE is useless. But EDGE is the only third party browser that is available for free. The second web browser that is Incognito that is very useful if you fear of leaking your website activities to another user. This browser leaves no traces of any session established between the phone and the web server. In other words you can browse the Internet without any worries as nobody can find out that which web sites you visited. The only downside of this browser is that it comes with a price tag of $1.99.

Another third party browser exclusively developed for Apple iPhone is the WebMate browser. You can get it by paying just 99 cents. If you are addicted to tabbed browsing then this one is for you. But this one also has its own limitations, and Safari naturally remains the best browser for your Apple iPhone. It cannot save information of active tabs. That means if you switch from one tab to other the latter one will get reloaded from scratch. So the overall browsing experience will be slow.