Plan to Avoid the misuse of cellphone SIMs:

 KARACHI, 26th April 2011: Federal Interior Minister OF Pakistan Rahman Malik along with Chief Minister Of Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah discussed law and order in the province at a meeting held at the Chief Minister’s House on Tuesday in the backdrop of twin terrorist attacks on Pakistan Navy buses in Karachi earlier in the day.

 It was also stated that the government had decided to revisit the Anti-Terrorism Act to provide protection to witnesses and to include use of electronic devices for acts of terrorism under its purview.

 The government also took decisions on framing stringent rules for the issuance of SIMs (Subscriber Identity Modules) in order to break the network of terrorists.

Referring to the ongoing spate of targeted killings in Karachi, Mr Malik said that one of the suspects arrested in this regard had confessed to have killed 40 people. Another one possessed 500 SIMs and yet another one had more than 100 SIMs in his possession.

The meeting appreciated the government’s move towards curbing misuse of SIMs and cellphones.

Mr Malik was of the view that the major Sindh coalition partners — Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Awami National Party (ANP) — all were on the same page in dealing with terrorist elements but there were certain elements who were out to destabilise Pakistan through various methods.

Syed Qaim Ali Shah, with reference to the fresh attacks on PN buses, told the meeting that the police, Rangers and other law-enforcement agencies were put on high alert on the basis of available information but terrorists chose the target that did not figure in the plan.

He said that as a result of dialogue between political forces, there had been considerable decline in targeted killings in Karachi while kidnapping for ransom had also dropped by 38 per cent.

The meeting was informed that during January-April this year, a total of 557 murders were carried out in the city with an average of 4.9 per day. He said 153 people lost their lives in targeted killings, the average coming to 1.4 per day.

The meeting decided that pre-paid phone SIMs should be re-verified with ID cards within 30 days and IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) numbers of mobile phones should also be re-verified during the same period of time.

No new SIM would be issued to a purchaser rather it would be instantly posted through registered post as per the ID card address whether permanent or temporary.

HTC introduces the DROID Incredible 2

 The HTC DROID Incredible 2 is now officially announced  and  just confirmed by HTC and the manufacturer says that the device will launch on April 28th at Verizon. The price is $199.99 with a  contract of two-years.

Google Nexus S 4G

 

Google Nexus S 4G is officially set be release on  May 8th & contract price $200

 It is Hard to believe, but it is true that Google Nexus S 4G is still one of the very few devices that’s expected to be running Android 2.3 Gingerbread from the onset, but thankfully, we’re now presented with an official date for its release.

 At the end , Sprint came out to officially announce May 8th as the day when the handset will begin to go on sale through all Sprint channels. Even though some people might have been able to gobble up pre-orders of the device for some time now, there’s still going to be just a little bit of wait before they’re able to start playing around with this Google inspired smartphone. Obviously, you’ll need to shell out the usual $200 with your signature on a 2-year contract, but we’d imagine that some would easily pay the premium without much complaint considering the nature of the device.

 With the Google Nexus S 4G arriving just before we’re poised to find ourselves in the simmering heat wave of summer.

SIM-free HTC Wildfire S starting tomorrow In UK

 Generally attached with a low key approach, especially when it’s trying to find its place amongst HTC’s stable, the HTC Wildfire S will begin to go on sale in the UK starting

   Generally attached with a low key approach, especially when it’s trying to find its place amongst HTC’s stable, the HTC Wildfire S will begin to go on sale in the UK starting tomorrow; April 27th.

 Sure it might not exhibit the aura surrounding some of HTC’s other top shelf devices, but it’ll nonetheless find itself suitable in the entry-level market. Clove UK will in fact begin selling the SIM-free black model of the HTC Wildfire S for £238.80 , and will offer the silver version at a later time sometime next week. Just as a refresher, the Wildfire S features a 3.2” HVGA (320 x 480) Super LCD display, 600MHz processor, 5-megapixel camera with flash, 512MB of RAM & ROM, and will be powered by Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

Of course, you’ll probably want to wake up early tomorrow to place your order, especially when other retailers like Amazon UK are expected to sell the device at a later date.

HP Touch meets the FCC OR webOS tablet .

 In Washington D.C.The red carpet was rolled out  for the HP TouchPad as the webOS flavored tablet . The TouchPad has been flying under the radar, so the specs are not as well-known as those on some of the other tablets that have been launched or will be rolled out soon. So to further educate you on this device, the TouchPad features a 9.7 inch screen with resolution of  768 x 1024. Under the hood is a 1.2GHz Snapdragon processor and up front is a 1.3MP camera. There is no rear camera on the device. There will be a 16GB and 32GB model available and audio is handled by the Beats by Dre system.