Showing posts with label gadgets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gadgets. Show all posts

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Sony slides-in the "X-Series" silently...


Here is the new X-series Sony Vaio from Sony and it was unveiled in an event in New York City. They are going to cost you a cool $1300 but there are lot of justifications for that price. It is made up of carbon fibre and guess what it is the lightest weighing notebook ever made at a cool 1.6 pounds. Of course this is unbelievable but you have to believe me on this.


Not just that but this beauty is equipped with a 2 GHz atom processor and they are now running Windows 7 Operating system which is a WOW! It also sports a 2GB ram and 128 GB solid state drive along with a 11.1" widescreen display. You can also extend the regular battery to a 14 hour long working battery.

Via Gizmodo

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

HTC HD2(Leo) specs leak out from Spain...


Engadget Spanish has got its hands on the yet to be released HTC HD2 also known as the LEO and they have shared the specifications to the core. If you visit their website you will see how they got it reviewed on a video as well. Below are the specs for the phone.


Display - 4.3-inch WVGA capacitive display(800X480 pixels)

Processor - 1GHz MSM8250 Snapdragon processor

Operating System - Windows Mobile 6.5

FM - Integrated FM radio

Cam - 5-megapixel camera with autofocus

Bluetooth Support - Bluetooth 2.1

Audio Output - 3.5mm headphone jack

GPS - Yes (Garmin)


Via engadget

Monday, October 5, 2009

Evolution of Cell phone - By Benj Edwards...


Here's an interesting article written by Benj Edwards for PC World website about the evolution of cellphones and he has got some great stuff about how the cell phones and their technology have evolved over time. It is one of the fastest growing areas of technology and definitely, we need to keep an eye on what's happening, what has happened and what will be happening. Here is a glimpse of the article "Evolution of The Cell Phone" by Benj Edwards.

In his Words, "From enormous, 80-pound, car-mounted beasts to tiny terminals in our back pockets, mobile phones have come a long way. What once cost thousands, weighed 2 pounds, and packed 60 minutes of battery life now costs $99, weighs 4 ounces, and packs 5 to 10 hours of battery life and also includes a full-fledged computer, a video camera, audio/video playback, and high-speed Internet access." This is what he says about the evolution of cell phones.

This article interested me a lot and I thought it might be as interesting to you as well. Just thought to share with you. Follow the link below.

Pcworld

HTC mobiles debut on AT&T with WINdows Mobile 6.5 ...


At&t is tasting its first flavor of Windows Mobile 6.5 with two unique mobiles from HTC, namely HTC Pure and Htc Tilt 2. The HTC pure on the left sports a 3.2 inch WVGA full touchscreen display and also a 5 megapixel autofocus camera. The Tilt 2 is slightly bigger version with a 3.6 inch display(WVGA), also comes with a qwerty keyboard and is equipped with a 3.2 megapixel camera.

The HTC Pure is available as of now with a contract for a cool $149.99 and the Tilt will make its way in the coming weeks and will be priced around $299.99. Both these prices are coming your way only after a $50 rebate.

Via engadget

Friday, October 2, 2009

Samsung Giorgio Armani W8200 detailed...


It was five months back that Samsung has announced its new touchscreen phone Giorgio Armani W8200 and now the pics and specs of this phone are leaking out slowly but steadily as always from the Korean markets where the phone is rumored to be shipped first.

This new phone from Samsung is equipped with a 3.1 " AMOLED touchscreen and it also sports a slide-out hardware keyboard for your texting purposes. It also sports a DMB tv tuner, bluetooth, 5-megapixel camera and an external micro-sd slot for those memory hungry guys. No details emerged whether the device supports wi-fi and also about the internal storage allowed. Shipping dates and price of this device are still under the wrap.

Previously it was rumored that this device is gonna come with Windows Mobile OS but it is now confirmed that there is no Windows OS and this device ships with a native Samsung OS.

Via electronista

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Nokia N900 hardware and software reviewed...


Nokia is still basking in the glory of N97 but they haven't left their creative heads to sleep. They have worked out silently on this new model Nokia N900 and now the specifications of this new mobile from Nokia are out. This phone is equipped with a high performance OMAP3430 processor, hardware gfx and lots of memory.


It sports a 3.5" WVGA touch screen with a slide-off hardware keyboard for your texting purposes. It is a 3G device and still supports VOIP and has full support for GPS. It has high quality camera and video recording and has an in-built fast and reliable browser. Other specs include but not just the bluetooth, FM transmitter, voice navigation and syncronization, and above all it sports an FM radio.

Via my-symbian

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Why should we blog???

Why should anyone blog? Is blogging a fashion, is this a trend, is blogging done just to impress your girlfriend or to make others around you look stupid. None of the above is my answer. Why I started blogging? I clearly don't remember but I surely can say that it was my evergrowing curiosity to know what's new. This curiosity of mine has pushed me, rather dragged me into this trade.

Firstly, it was like a hobby for me to write some stupid things in my blog, then entered the new softwares that I used. I even blogged about politics, sports and stuff like that. But in the initial days, I did not take it seriously. But once my audience increased I started blogging on different issues and most of the time the words in the blog came from my heart rather than my mind. But I never thought this to be a fashion, trend or something like that. That's the main reason that I did not tell to anyone about my blog unless asked by them. A very few people know about my blog till date. But let me tell you, who ever knew my blog, they know one thing that there is no unrelevant hatred, questionable voilence, unreasonable use of filthy language.

But these days when I visit some blogs, they are either solely maintained for money or just as a fashion statement. I rarely find genuine blogs except for a few, where the blogger keeps his heart out when he writes something and you can very rarely find an objection in the blogs. But actually why should we blog?

Blogging brings out the inner self in you. You might want to show your anger on some issue, you might want to write what you like about a movie, or you might want to show your feelings on some issue but can't say that publicly. Here is a solution, the blogs help you vent out your anger, spread your love and show your feelings to the entire world. One final word, blog more not to hog the limelight but to flag off your inner feelings and race towards the eternal truth "Living Life King-Size"...

Apple Tablet - New Details emerge amidst rumors of non-existence....


There were so many rumors regarding the ipod Touch with a cam in it but it turned out that they all are just rumors. And now there are rumors that are going around about the Tablet from Apple. Previously mentioned that it will be coming out in the first quarter of 2010 and the rumors are now pretty confident that it is going to be at least announced in that time frame. These rumors come into light just days after details emerge about the Tablet PC "Courier" from Microsoft.

New details about the Tablet from Apple say that::

* Apple has created 3 different variants of the Tablet PC.
* It runs on Apple Iphone OS

* They have given out details that it looks exactly like Iphone 3G and it sure does have a curvy back, just like the Iphone 3G.
* It will come in two models, one with the 3G enabled and the other without the 3g technology in it, which means there will be a difference in price as well.
* Screen resolution will be something close to 5X or 6X compared to the screen resolution of the present iphones and ipod touchs'.
* It is a direct competition to netbooks.

* It will most probably be announced by Apple on or before January 19, 2010.


Hope you like these rumors. Stay cool, will update you with more rumors until Apple makes an official statement about this cute little thing.

Pic Giz

Monday, September 28, 2009

Tips to get the maximum out of your "Cell phone Camera"


I am one of those guys who is really lazy to buy a decent camera and still strive on the in-built camera of my cell-phone. And seriously I don't feel like I need a camera until it gets dark or when I am traveling. I use the 3 odd MegaPixel camera built into my LG incite cell phone most of the times for my photography.

The pictures of the mushrooms that I took are taken with the little camera at the back of my cell-phone. That means I rely a lot on my cell camera and definitely I am in a better position to advice about the do's and dont's when you are using a cell-phone camera for your photographic needs. Here are a few of them::

* Make sure that the object of interest is well-lit.
The light factor plays a big difference when you are photographing using a little lens like that of your camera phone. You need to make sure that the object that you want to capture is in a perfect position for you to capture the maximum amount of light. This is a must to avoid dull pics.

* Take multiple shots.
If you don't need to care about your phone memory that supports your photos, then my advice is to take as many photos as you can. Later on you can chose between the best and the better ones of the lot. That way you can save the best ones and boast of them later on.

* Clean your lens often.
This is one tip that most users find hard to follow just out of laziness but this is really good tip. Just make sure that you clean the lens once in a while, may not be daily. This will help you get some good photos without that blurry layers on top.

* Use the highest resolution available.
Before I knew about this tip I used to mostly rely on the resoultion of 640X480 or 1600X1200 for my photos, but when I came to know about the effect of resolution, I started experimenting and found out that taking the photos in the maximum available resolution helps you capture more detail and helps you later when you want to edit them out.

* Never use Digital Zoom
If you want to have your photos of good quality, my advice is never use the in-built digital zoom. Optical zoom is preferable if available but digital zoom does a lot of bad to your photos by decreasing the quality of photos.

* Try to stay still.
Right now and according to my knowledge, there are very less number of phones that support Image Stabilized cameras, which means you need to stay as still as possible to get the best pictures, otherwise you will end up with some blurry pics.

* Stay near the subject.
If possible try and stay near the subject of interest and try to take your pictures in more like a profile model than in panaromic way.


- These are a few of the tips that I came to know while I have been capturing pictures on my mobile phone. Thought to share with you. Will be back with more interesting articles. Till then stay cool and stay free...

pic ehow

Deal of the day - Fantom 1 TB hard drive for $74.99...


Fantom Drives G-Force hard drives are giving out some great deals these days and this one is a catch here. Deals2Buy is offering this Fantom 1 tB hard drive for $74.99 which includes a mail-in-rebate of $20. If that is cool with you, then this is definitely a huge catch. Previously I discussed here about IOMEGA 1 TB for similar price and it is now the turn of Fantom drives to offer you a deal. Get it before the deal expires.

Also there is a free shipping on this product from deals2buy which means, you just have to pay your local sales tax and that's it the hard drive is your for life. If you are in a hurry, you can get the product through a second day express shipping for as low as $5.49, now the ball is in your court.

Deals2Buy

Did you hear of a camera phone - Samsung SCH-W880 ???



We have been witnessing so many camera phones coming out these days and virtually there are more camera phones out in the market than the actual cameras. Now you are going to hear something different. Its a phone camera from Samsung and it is called Samsung SCH-W880. You heard it right, it is a phone camera.


You have heard of cameras being implanted into cell-phones, iphones, blackberrys, ipods and even tablet pcs but this is new from samsung, where a phone is implanted into a camera which has a 12MP resolution and 3X optical zoom. How cool is this?

Samsung has done it the other way and stuffed a 3G phone into a 12MP camera. And just not that the camera isn't just any other camera but it has shutter and zoom that extends out and the screen is a monstrous 3.3 - inch WVGA AMOLED display. It also comes with GPS, WiFi, bluetooth, microSD slot, HSDPA data and HD video. But there is one sad news, this phone camera is made just for Korea and it may not be launched around the world.

Via engadget

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Walmart offering Palm Pre as low as $79.99...


If you are planning to buy a Palm Pre even after all that backlash and all that no, nos from current users, then I have a deal for you. Here it is:: You can now buy a palm Pre for as low as $79.99 and this you can avail only if you are taking a new connection and that too if you are buying at Walmart wireless store.

With a full 3.1 inch touchscreen display and a sliding QWERTY keyboard, Palm Pre has got all the features to make it a good competition for Apple's Iphone but there is something missing in this phone. If you still want to buy this you can follow the link below.

Walmart

Now an android phone tablet from Archos....


Archos has been one of the bigger players in the touch screen gadgets arena from long but never did they play their game big enough to beat the arch rivals. Now they are up against the android market as well with a new android phone tablet that is recently demoed on video by Archos team. I was a lot fascinated by their PMPs but now this comes along.

This new android phone is one of its kind with 4.3" touch screen measuring 854X480 pixels, equipped with a 1GHx cortex processor in 10 mm thin titanium casing. It is branded as the 3.5 g phone which definitely is gonna beat the apple Iphone 3Gs. Look out for this.

Via Giz

Friday, September 25, 2009

Iphone 3g refurb for $49 from AT&T... Deal of the Day...


At&t has announced that they are going to give away Apple Iphone 3g refurbished models for as low as $49 for the 8GB version and $99 for the 16GB version. The 8GB version is available only in black but the 16GB version is available both in black and white. This is definitely a catch and I guess there are lot of flocks out there who wants to get their hands on an Iphone but staying back because of the price tag.

AT&T has announced this on their facebook page and below is the link for your confirmation and above is the pic of the same. Check it out...

AT&T

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Iphone users get ready... AT&T rolls out MMS...


After umpteen requests from the guys at Apple and millions of wishes from the Iphone users, AT&T has agreed to give MMS service for iphone but still they kept it under wraps for a long time. Iphone 3Gs was released a few months ago, yes its already end of september and there was no sign of MMS service from AT&T.

But the wait is over now and all the Iphone users can rejoice now as AT&T is rolling out MMS support for all the users today, Friday, Sep 25th, 2009. They are going to roll it out in full strength sometime around the noon Pacific time and this can happen even earlier as well. You will definitely need to apply new carrier settings to get it up and running. These new settings can be accessed through your itunes as you usually do.

Pic larryfire

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Microsoft Tablet PC - "Courier" comes up stealthily...


Courier is the new tablet PC that is cooking in Microsoft compound. It was hidden under wraps until yesterday but not anymore. Till now there are rumors about the Apple tablet and now Microsoft's Courier takes over from here on.


Courier is a dual screen tablet PC from Microsoft with multi-touch interface. I am very much thrilled watching the video of this tablet in action. But definitely it has got a tough user interface which will take some time to get into our minds. The dual 7-inch screens are designed for writing, flicking and doing what not. It also sports a camera for those lens hungry guys.

Via Giz

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

LG BL40 has started shipping and available in UK...


The slim and long LG BL40 is shipping out right now in UK. This phone is equipped with a 4 inch display and has a 21:9 wide-screen ratio and it supports a resolution of 800X345 pixels. Though it is not being released as of now in all parts of the world but it will definitely be released in US in near future. The carrier is unknown, I guess.

Pic cnet

Monday, September 21, 2009

First headphones that really sense you... Sony Ericsson MH907...


Sony Ericsson was teasing us with something really innovative to be released on September 21st and they have done it today by releasing a new pair of earphones named the Sony Ericsson MH907. This is what they claim is the device that will change forever the way you listen to music. The MH907 is the world's first "Motion Activated" earphones and they are coming out from the Sony Ericsson group.



When you wear these earphones in your ear together, like together, they automatically start music and when you remove one of them, they stop playing music, which means you don't need any kind of buttons to operate them. They are going to cost you as low as 39 Euros and will be available worldwide pretty soon.

Via engadget

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Barnes n Noble enters the e-book reader arena...


After the Amazon e-book reader was released, it just simply swept the world with its hot cake e-book reader and the collection of e-books. There is no real competition for this big guy. But that is just one side of the story. Come Spring, 2010, Barnes & Noble the book seller, is entering into this e-book industry with their own e-book reader.

Barnes & Noble, the largest book seller in the United States is now up in arms with Amazon reader and it is going to storm the market somewhere between march and April of 2010. Hope they don't delete books from their reader with a kill switch like Amazon does.

Via Engadget

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Haier Jian i7 ultra-slim laptop...


All this while I thought Haier just produces air conditioners. Today I saw something different from the Haier guys and it is something really ground-breaking. This is a new laptop from Haier and it weighs an impressive 3 pounds and it is equipped with a 13.4 inch display.

The new Haier Jian i7 laptop comes out with a Core 2 Duo processor which is a darling of most laptop users and is available for a mere 6,000 Yuan aka $879. I don't exactly know when this will be available for users in USA but it will definitely be pretty soon.

Via Engadget

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