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We are creating a new release of Bloqer Internet Filter for GSM Smartphones.
We are basing our releases on feedback from users. There seems to be some confusion on what is being blocked. People have been expecting Bloqer to search content, and block the keywords from content. I realize our instructions state it blocks by keywords in the web title or URL, but we also realize that apps need to be more self explanatory, as we are all pressed for time. We do have a lot of instructional tutorials on this website, if you are interested, however.
So, for the new release we are including the following feature:
The areas that are blocked can be selected. For example, you can select to block web titles, web URLS, content, or all. That way, it is clearly demonstrated exactly how the blocking works.
We are intending Bloqer to be a platform for bigger things. So the more feedback we get, the more ideas we have so this application can better serve. So, please, if you have ideas, we would like to hear them.
We need to address the Android Market comments.
Bloqer is a free Android App. Please help us make it better! Let’s work constructively together. If you can supply us with what you want, we can add it if it’s technically possible. Or we can make that feature more clear, or easier to use. Instead of running to add “one star” or “negative comments”, please send us an email, and we will answer it. And you may even see your idea incorporated into the software.
Look, we know that a blocking application isn’t a “warm and fuzzy” like Angry Bird, or a fun game for entertainment that is easy to rate because it makes you happy. We also know that a blocking application may be technical, and not just plug and play. There is a little bit of configuration. We tried to avoid it, and we will work to eliminate the configuration, but for now, with the way Android is constructed, there is still a little bit to do.
For this, we have about 15 short videos. We will make more, with some better audio to explain things.
And, by all means, if Bloqer is already working well for you, please leave some good feedback! We like positive feedback!
Today we added a new update of Bloqer on the Android Market
Some of the improvements:
Improved Speed
Improved User Interface
We do appreciate any comments, good or bad, as the comments help us adjust the product.
Bloqer is available everywhere but the USA on the Android Market. If you are in the USA, and you have a GSM phone (usually T-Mobile)
you can download Bloqer from this website.
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P.S. as far as comments on the Android Market, we appreciate the comments, but there is no need to give Bloqer a 1 Star because it does not work on CDMA yet. We are aware of this and have marked the labeling accordingly. Since the majority of the global phones are GSM now, we do feel we serve the bigger slice of the pie. We are working to get Bloqer going on CDMA, but it has a different set of challenges. Just one of them is that Sprint obfuscates the settings, and doesn’t like letting you in. In fact Sprint, Verizon are the major CDMA players, and they are both in the USA. T-Mobile is the main provider of GSM in the States.
Bloqer Internet Filtering for Samsung Galaxy Android Tablet
Bloqer is ideal for filtering on your Samsung Galaxy Tablet. As long as your Android device is 2.2 or higher, and users GSM technology, Bloqer will block websites. We have been testing Bloqer on a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Tab, with successful results. We are working off of feedback from Bloqer users, and adjusting the program accordingly.
In response to comments on the Android Market, we have changed the initial screen to clarify the need to create a UserId (email) and Password. We think the added labeling will make the process much more intuitive and easy to understand.
1. When you first install Bloqer, you need to create a UserID (which is your email address) and a Password. This will be used for subsequent logins.
2. The create password and userid screen will not appear after the first time, Bloqer will go directly to the login screen.
Thank you for your comments, and we hope this new screen makes it easier.
In response to comments received during our time up on the Android marketplace, we are creating some small changes to Bloqer.
Bloqer can be downloaded here at our website:
Download Bloqer Android Internet Filter For GSM Phones
- Splash screen to explain user needs to create Email and Password upon initial install
- Customer awareness that Bloqer is a GSM Android filter, and CDMA is temporarily not supported.
- Availability only in GSM markets
We are grateful to customer feedback and will continue to respond to increase the usability of the product.
China – December 2010 saw the net addition of 8.78 mln new GSM mobile subscribers
China Telcos Announce December 2010 Subscriber Totals
Marbridge Consulting, 1/20/11
China’s three main telecom operators have announced their subscriber totals for December 2010.
December saw the net addition of 8.78 mln new mobile subscribers. China Mobile (NYSE: CHL; 0941.HK) added 4.38 mln new mobile subscribers, pushing the operator’s total mobile user base to 584.02 mln, of which a total of 20.7 mln subscribers used China Mobile’s TD-SCDMA terminals during the month.
China Unicom (NYSE: CHU; 0762.HK; 600050.SH) added 0.62 mln new GSM subscribers, bringing its total GSM user base to 153.37 mln, and added 1.28 mln subscribers to its WCDMA 3G network, for a total of 14.06 mln WCDMA users.
China Telecom (NYSE: CHA; 0728.HK) added 2.5 mln CDMA subs, taking its total to 90.52 mln, of which 12.29 mln were CDMA2000 EV-DO subscribers. While China Telecom did not break out what percentage of its 2.5 mln new subscribers in December were 3G subscribers, it added an average of 1.05 mln new 3G subscribers per month in Q4 2010 (according to China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), China Telecom added 850,000 3G subscribers in October, meaning an average of over 1.14 mln new 3G subs per month in each November and December).
Of the three operators’ cumulative 47.05 mln 3G subs (which represents only 80% of the 60 mln figure the MIIT had previously set as the 2010 year-end target), China Mobile holds 44%, China Unicom 30%, and China Telecom 26%. Of total new mobile subs added in December, China Mobile took 49.87%, dropping its share of China’s total mobile user base to 69.36%. China Unicom, in contrast, increased its share of China’s total mobile user base for the first time since October 2008, to 19.89%. China Telecom’s share of the total installed mobile user base increased for the 24th straight month, hitting 10.75%.
China Telecom lost 1.22 mln fixed-line subs, reducing its total to 175.05 mln, while China Unicom dropped 1.91 mln fixed-line subs, reducing its total to 96.64 mln.
China Telecom added 0.79 mln new broadband subscribers to reach 63.48 mln, and China Unicom added 0.29 mln new broadband subs to reach 47.22 mln.
China Unicom end-Aug GSM mobile users 91.33 mln vs 90.47 mln end-July
China Unicom end-Aug GSM mobile users 91.33 mln vs 90.47 mln end-July
Updated:2005/9/21 10:10
Tags:china unicom|gsm|GSM|CDMA|China Mobile|ARM
BEIJING (AFX) – China Unicom Ltd (HK 0762; NYSE CHU) said its GSM mobile subscribers totaled 91.33 mln at the end of August, up from 90.47 mln at the end of July.
The number of CDMA users reached 31.66 mln at the end of last month, compared with 31.32 mln a month earlier, China Unicom said in a statement.
Unicom said total GSM users included 45.16 mln prepaid subscribers and 46.17 mln billed users.
The total number of CDMA subscribers at the end of last month included 2.51 mln prepaid users and 29.15 mln billed users.
Unicom added 7.06 mln new GSM subscribers during the first eight months of this year, compared with 6.20 mln for the first seven months, and 3.84 mln new CDMA users in the January-August period, compared with 3.51 mln between January and July.
The number of Internet users reached 8.33 mln at the end of last month, compared with 8.29 mln a month earlier.
China Unicom Corp, the country”s second largest wireless carrier after China Mobile, also has a listed arm in Shanghai, China United Telecommunications Corp Ltd (China Unicom) (SHA 600050).
How to Block Porn on a GSM Phone with Android
This video tutorial gives an overview on how to add keywords to block pornography on Android GSM phones.
Just to clarify, Bloqer currently works on GSM phones. Android works to proxy APN settings, which are exposed on GSM type phones. At Bloqer, we are working to add support for CDMA type phones, which are the bulk of the market in the USA. Sprint and Verizon, for example are CDMA carriers. T-Mobile in the USA is a GSM phone carrier, and Bloqer will work on T-Mobile Android phones that are GSM.
We will post all new developments on getting Bloqer working on CDMA type phones.
GSM continues to be a standard used in the rest of the world outside the USA, for example, there are 556 Million GSM users in India.
Video demonstration showing the setup of Bloqer after you install it on Android.
The first screen is Create UserID and password
- this is accomplished by entering an email address and a password, anything that you make up
- this will be your login information
Video:
There seemed to be at least one person confused about the UserID/Password when you install Bloqer.
When you open Bloqer for the first time, you are presented with a screen that says “Bloqer Sign Up”
Here, you create the Email and Password you want for Bloqer.
Next, you are presented with a screen “Login”
There, you enter your Email and Password that you created, and you will Login.
LG officially unveils 3D Android smartphone destined for SA
LG provided details of the Optimus 3D Android smartphone that is due to launch in SA during June 2011
LG Electronics officially unveiled the LG Optimus 3D smartphone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. They also announced a partnership with YouTube to for a dedicated 3D YouTube channel.
The LG Optimus 3D Android smartphone device is scheduled for launch in South Africa during June 2011.
“South African consumers can expect to be 3D mobile from June this year and we think they’ll be pleased with what this smartphone is able to offer in terms of a full 3D experience,” said Dr. Michelle Potgieter, Marketing Director of LG Electronics South Africa.
“Tri-Dual” Configuration
According to LG, the Optimus 3D showcases LG’s unique “tri-dual’’ configuration – dual-core, dual-channel and dual-memory.
The phone manufacturer said the Optimus 3D offers the world’s first full 3D experience and introduces the world’s first dual-core, dual-channel and dual-memory architecture as well as the first 3D platform allowing for recording, viewing and sharing of 3D content with friends directly onto YouTube.
LG also said that unlike other single-channel, single-memory dual-core smartphones, the LG Optimus 3D offers performance benefits as a result of the simultaneous and fast transfer of data between the dual-core and dual-memory.
“Users can browse web pages, multitask between programs, play games at a higher frame rate and enjoy movies more smoothly and for longer than ever before,” LG said in a press statement sent out this afternoon.
3D Recording-Viewing-Sharing on YouTube
The LG Optimus 3D’s 5MP dual lens camera allows users to capture and record images and videos in 3D. Users can also view their 3D content on their phone’s 4.3-inch WVGA display without the use of glasses.
The display allows users to view 2D (up to 1080p) and 3D (up to 720p) multimedia content, while LG also promises a selectable 3D interface.
The interface is accessible by pressing the 3D Hot Key which presents five dedicated 3D UIs: Gallery, Camera, Game & Apps, YouTube 3D and 3D Guide.
Captured 3D content can be output via an HDMI 1.4 connection to 3D TVs and monitors and is also compatible with DLNA Certified products. Users can also upload and stream 3D content on YouTube’s dedicated 3D channel.
“With the new LG Optimus 3D anyone anywhere in the globe can film 3D videos, upload them to YouTube and share them with all their friends. We’re excited to see the artistic videos our community captures and shares with this new stylish and innovative mobile technology,’’ added Dr. Michelle Potgieter, Marketing Director of LG Electronics South Africa.
The Optimus 3D Smartphone will initially be released with Android 2.2 (Froyo) and will be upgradeable to Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). LG said that the upgrade schedule will be announced in local markets in due course.
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