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Olympus Launches PEN Mirrorless Compact Cameras

noreply@blogger.com (M. Anandhan Mudhaliyar) — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:12:00 +0000

Japanese opto-medical instruments maker, Olympus, launched a new generation of its PEN mirrorless compact cameras, with additions like the world's fastest auto focus and an improved image sensor.

A standard kit of PEN E-P3, the flagship model in the new series, is priced at Rs 39,999, while the dual lens kit which also includes a 40-150-mm lens will be available for Rs 44,999, the company said.

The new range of cameras, which was launched worldwide today, also includes PEN Lite E-PL3 and PEN Mini E-PM1 and will hit the Indian market starting mid-July, it added.

"The new range has world's fastest auto focus, the TruePic VI image processor , high sensitivity and high speed live MOS Sensor and Full HD video capabilities," Olympus Senior Manager ( Asia Sales Group )) Akira Fukui told reporters here after the launch.

The company also felicitated celebrated photojournalist Raghu Rai and the country's first woman photojournalist Homai Vyarawala at the launch event.

Rai said being compact, this range of cameras will help photographers like him to shoot candidly in crowded places and hence help in getting the best moods, without compromising on the image quality as they produce SLR-like images.

The PEN series, which derives its name from the compact size to fit in a pocket, was first introduced by Olympus in 1959 and the series launched today is the third generation of the PEN cameras.

Samsung To Unveil Galaxy Z

noreply@blogger.com (M. Anandhan Mudhaliyar) — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:10:00 +0000

It seems Samsung is all set to ring in more Galaxy frenzy. The Korean cellphone maker is all set to roll out a 'lighter' version of its popular iPhone rival Galaxy SII.

According to reports not confirmed by the company, the cellphone maker is expected to soon officially announce Galaxy Z aka I9103, which is already up for pre-orders at Three store in Sweden.

Sporting a 4.2-inch SC-LCD (Super Clear LCD) capacitive touchscreen, the smartphone is powered by 1 GHz dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 processor. In comparison, Galaxy SII features a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus touchscreen and has a 1.2 GHz dual-core Exynos.

Running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread, Galaxy Z will come with 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash and a second front facing camera. The 5 megapixel shooter is capable of 720p video recording. Galaxy SII features a 8 megapixel camera and 1080p HD video.

Galaxy Z's other key features include Stereo FM Radio with RDS, 3G, EDGE/GPRS, Wi-Fi, GPS with A-GPS support, Bluetooth 3.0 + HS and 3.5 mm audio jack.

It will come with 8GB internal storage, expandable up to 32GB.

RIM BlackBerry PlayBook Review

noreply@blogger.com (M. Anandhan Mudhaliyar) — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:08:00 +0000

After months and months of waiting by Research In Motion's debut film, the playbook BlackBerry, has finally arrived. The good news is that the new BlackBerry user interface of the Tablet OS is a beautiful, elegant, and simple works, which competes with the Apple iPhone 2 ($ 499) and the records of Xoom Motorola ($ 599 - $ 799) often cluttered screens. The bad news is just the beginning, there is a lot missing.
First, there is no native support for electronic mail. (Is RIM provides a period of mobile e-mail with a BlackBerry?) Playbook is also affected by low or very-convincing job apps. Then there is the lack of must-be-standard features, because it is the front facing camera, but not the application of video chat? Updates, RIM promises to bring a lot of what is missing is a script in the near future. Throw in some choice for the app, and the script can be worth a re-evaluation of the road, but right now, is incomplete.

Wi-Fi BlackBerry playbook is only available in three capacities of memory, 16GB ($ 499), 32GB ($ 599) and 64GB ($ 699). Play book is priced identically to the Wi-Fi for Apple iPhone only 2 from the same memory capacity. There is currently no version of cellular service, even if the BlackBerry smartphone users can use the hotspots free of charge for the tablet. RIM has announced it will be launched this summer playbook 4G, LTE and HSPA + as well as versions will be available later this year. Sprint has confirmed that the model will bring WiMAX 4G, and Verizon and AT & T is widely said to take the HSPA + and LTE models.

Design: A beautiful and well built tablet, 14, 4 ounces, 5.1 by 7.6 by 0.4 inches BlackBerry playbook has a black frame and contour and is comfortable in the hand. Its 7-inch screen has a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels, which is less than 2 iPad is 9.7-inch LCD touch screen, but as a small screen seems sharper. One thing you will not find a start button, like on the iPad. To return to the main screen, simply sweep your finger up from the right corner of the screen. The rear panel includes the BlackBerry logo and houses a 5 megapixel camera resolution much higher than the rear facing the lens in the IPAD 2, but comparable to the rear camera Motorola Xoom. The front of the 3-megapixel camera sits above the screen and scans the lens of VGA and 2 in the IPAD is a slight improvement in the objective of Xoom 2 MP front.

The bottom panel houses the micro output HDMI, Micro USB port, and the magnetic loading similar to Apple's MacBook (which works with the optional dock accessory, but with the charge / sync cable is a USB microphone). Headphone jack is on the top panel with the volume knob and power button. Stereo speakers project sound through the thin slits on both sides of the screen, you can get strong enough for a modest size of the device. Does not include headphones, but the tablet is not expected the screen, cleaning cloth and a protective carrying case. The tablet supports 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR.

Power button is a bit 'script question. And 'small and recessed just enough that it is difficult to press. Our two units of review, we finally decided that the one where the button was stuck, it was really ugly. But the key is still difficult to use our non-defective playbook. It is not necessarily a reason not to buy the tablets, but there is a significant and surprising as the lack of an experienced manufacturer of the equipment.

Internally, the script is armed with a new Texas Instruments processor. OMAP4430 is a dual-core processors, 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 chips like Nvidia Tegra 2 can be found in Motorola Xoom. The graphics processor includes a TI is different from that of Nvidia, but it is the imagination, the PowerVR SGX540. Size chipset uses dual channel memory controller instead of a single control channel uses Nvidia.

Tablet BlackBerry OS: The user interface is pretty impressive playbook. Not only runs smoothly but the graphics are simple and visually interesting. Better yet, the design is very sensitive. Not so dead easy to navigate and organize as Apple IOS interface, but is easy to understand their applications and makes more sense than the home screen honeycomb busy. You can navigate into four categories: Favorites, media and games. A spring at the bottom of the screen expands to fill the screen with the touch of an arrow, which shows that more than six applications from the dock minimum sample.

It's a bit of a bear to set up, but we were able to get the wireless sharing feature, and running after some trial and error. The playbook can wirelessly share files and download files from computers on the same Wi-Fi network set up process of the tablet is simple and requires very little effort, just a few quick adjustments in the menu storage and sharing. It is becoming computers to work together, which can be frustrating. We managed to playbook to run with relative ease on a Windows 7-machine, but some attempts earlier to an iMac and a Windows XP system has not been successful. The recognition process between the Tablet PC and took a few minutes in our tests. Anyway, once it was set, we were able to move files from computers on the Wi-playbook is a step above the 2 IPAD wireless sharing capabilities, that enables streaming between devices and iTunes libraries on the same network, but no actual file transfer.

Multitasking is a playbook is a good theory, but the execution poor. View open applications is similar to the average Xoom, usually not seen "live" what they were doing the last of each app. However, RIM made a pretty crucial error in all the applications are actually running, apparently, even in the background. Not only suck the battery, but the basic capacity compressed limps. Xoom is, you can have a lot of apps "in progress", but actually go to sleep-but-fast-for-Wake Mode when not in use, which saves energy and not taxing the processor. Playbook to keep everything running until you get a notification in the form of a flashing red signal in the left corner of the screen: "Your system is low on memory, close some applications." We have never seen the film ask us to do, and goes against the very concept of multitasking.

The best example of how this is not a good thing: Let's say you play a video in a single application, and then you minimize it to go to another program, it did not stop playing. You will hear the noise in the background while you perform other tasks. For music, makes sense but no video. You must pause the video or close an application to solve this, but in general, is that not only more applications can not be opened simultaneously, but those who are open, is still in progress and using the processing tablets and power when they needn t have.

There are some options for controlling how programs behave while in the background is one of the few points in the general settings menu, but they do not seem to remedy the problem. For example, the mode, which breaks all applications in the background break should solve the problem, but then it seemed to make the warnings stopped the performance (especially in the browser) seemed well when apps were not pause to use .

And then there are bugs. Sometimes the computer will not recognize the playbook when connected via USB cable, a problem that you never meet the iPad. Sometimes it appears as a drive on your computer, just as it should. Sometimes the playbook not find a wireless network when it is in a room filled with them, although they were connected to a moment earlier. The bugginess is boring, but that's what the updates are for, so it is likely that most of these types of questions will ultimately be treated.

Performance and Speed: It 'a little' difficult to compare the tables in terms of speed and performance on different platforms. Running SunSpider JavaScript benchmark test score playbook 2473.2ms network was compared with the iPad 2 2224.0ms 2075.6ms Xoom and using the same Wi-Fi network. This test is a complex mix that determines how long the site takes the load and the overall performance of the browser, the lowest times are better, so the playbook is at the bottom of the curve. Testing of Flash are available for inspection CraftyMind.com, beaten in the Xoom playbook to win easily in test vectors and bit-map test, and crushed nearly three times the score test for the column of text.

Applications: App World, BlackBerry's answer to Apple App Store and Android Market has many, if not a plethora of programs created specifically for the launch playbook. It's better than Xoom debut. But not so fast. Many of these programs are developed using a developer kit that was based on a PC, not a touchscreen device. Frequently Asked articles affected not match where your finger taps, probably because they were designed with a mouse playbook and not fully tested before launch.

The selection and quality of applications is not overwhelming, but RIM officials say they have more positions than 3000 applications. Some companies launch applications playbook includes: Atari, The Huffington Post, Mattel, Sports Illustrated, Time and The Weather Channel. A selection of Android applications will be again this summer and play through a playbook Android App Player # 151, but it is not preinstalled on the device. In general, however, applications seem a bit simple for a tablet. There is a periodic table app that is nothing compared with the IPAD about the fantastic elements. The Xoom suffer from a similar selection dull and wow-factor in the Android Market. Apple developers had a year jump on the honeycomb Tablet OS Android and BlackBerry application developers, and the blatant holes in functionality, the selection and overall quality is clear.

Applications loaded on our test unit includes the browser, images, music, camera, App World, Videos, Music Store, podcasts, YouTube, Books Kobo, calculator, Bing Maps, Help, Weather, Clock, Need For Speed Undercover, Tetris, voice notes, Adobe Reader, Word to Go, Sheet To Go (portable Excel), Slideshow To Go (portable PowerPoint), Slacker Radio, the NFB (app Canadian film), with some shortcuts to non-application browser features including: Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, AOL Mail, Facebook. Some applications that we have downloaded and played with included: Perfect Ricochet, GeeReader, sketchbook, Scroodle, Johnny iRok2 Video, sound storm, flashes, and Page3.

Music Store is an affordable, has decent range, and you can sample the songs before you buy. I was impressed with the timeliness of the options was a lot of brand new releases, when I was browsing. And 'certainly one of the bright spots in the pre-loaded line-up. Less impressive is the Need For Speed Undercover, a first-person game driver, who does not really delete. It 's like all the other first-person car race, but the training wheels. I am a virtual pilot and always horrible crash, but the middle class made me look like Jeff Gordon without much effort. Scroodle applications such as touch-screen to show the strengths of your fingers, simulating a realistic blackboard chalk sticks in the background. Yet touch-point questions are also exposed to gypsum-and-finger movement, it is often difficult to choose a new color of the side panel.

Applications, in other words, promise, but RIM needs more choice and more popular titles or convincing than Netflix and angry birds.

A serious omission painful: a video-chat application. Why is a 3-megapixel front camera, if there is no way video conference with her? RIM officials referred to in the coming months when asked, but surely there is a trend: the playbook lacks some features compared to its competitors.

E-Mail: Saving Grace is here that current BlackBerry users would be able to synchronize their phones to play by the book, bridge, and thus receive e-mails, calendar and contacts synchronized via Bluetooth directly to the playbook. We could see this feature in a very limited beta that will not be the final consumers and representatives of RIM was not sure that the feature would be the final bridge loan. When he can e-mail, contacts, calendar, chat and be pushed to the BBM playbook from a phone BlackBerry couple. Since we do not actually test the real thing, we need to rethink note playbook when available. We managed to pair the BlackBerry Bold with a playbook and read e-mails and messages are synchronized to the phone on the shelf, but again, the functionality of the beta limited. As for non-Pont BlackBerry e-mail integration: Ouch.

By far the biggest lack of playbook is the e-mail options. Preloaded on the device, there are the icons on the main screen that looks promising: Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail. There are only tailored links to the browser, however, nothing more. There is no Microsoft Exchange, there is no way to synchronize your accounts. Of course, the shortcut icons appear on the browser, such as specialized versions of any service you use, such as Gmail. IPad will be presented with Gmail, for example, but is actually just a link to your browser, so no push notifications. In fact, the script is currently able to sync any email account without the help of the BlackBerry Bridge, which is not yet complete. RIM reps require an update comes out, sometimes in summer, which gives the script the whole e-mail and synchronize contacts, but now there is no such thing, and nothing appears on the screen tell you when you receive new messages.

You need to open the shortcut to the browser and check your e-mails manually. In a tablet or 500-plus, this omission is hard to swallow.

As attachments, there is no way to send from Gmail, Yahoo Mail or Hotmail using the shortcuts, making applications to other greats like Word to go much less useful. And that means you can not send an e-mail the photos you take with the camera.

So now there's really no way to access the company e-mails, contacts, calendar information, or professional, nor is there a way to receive notifications via email or accessory use. Using the playbook in his current state of play would be an exaggeration.

Immobilization of the works, however. If you own a BlackBerry, you can use its signal as a focal point for the playbook through Bluetooth. There is no charge for this, so for owners of BlackBerry, the playbook Wi-Fi is just a better deal than it is for someone else. Finally, the bridge will have BlackBerry email and syncing contacts and at the same time, you get the signal free to browse the Web. You can anchor other mobile devices to the tablet, but the cost will almost certainly apply. Web browsing

The browser software on the playbook is a bright spot. Not only is it intuitive and simple, like all tablets should be browsers, but it is the first device provides an operating system specific as a tablet to offer full support for Flash. Video playback occurs within the browser, not on full display as Xoom, which still awaits full Flash support. While the book game supports Flash 10.1, not 10.2, which supports Xoom is in beta mode, but the experience is smoother and closer to that navigation on a laptop is not as- need to see everything on full display as the current 10.2 beta requires.

Bookmarks, create new tabs, and general navigation is all in an instant if one complaint is that the screen does not seem to resize as well as it does on an iPhone or Xoom, when you double-click, press time content looks too big for the screen, even after resizing. It is not always easy to choose the story you want, as long as the contact points are quite small for the size of most pages "standard, so your best bet is to zoom up that you try to select a new link. But you get the full version of the browser playbook more sites. Sometimes with Xoom is standard for a sleek mobile site.

Minor objections aside, the browser beats experience Xoom Flash now awkward, and since Safari does not support flash, with the playbook, however, offers a great advantage in the realm of web browsing, Xoom for at least the fate of the beta flash mode.

Camera: The Playbook has the back facing the camera is not a viable alternative for your camera point-and-shoot classic, but his shot from 5 megapixels is better than the two low IPAD under-1-megapixel offer. What is not as good are the built-in options for the camera, there are ways of making much less there to Xoom, and as noted above, there are no photos or videos via e-mail attachments from approx. The video is captured in full HD 1080p, so you can use the HDMI output to connect the tablet and watch clips on your HDTV. In video mode, there is a considerable gap between what you see on the screen while you're shooting and what actually happens in real time. RIM is aware and has plans to fix it in an update.

The real problem here is the 3-megapixel front of the goal. Even the Dell Streak 7 ($ 199.99, 2.5 stars) offers video chat, if based on some pretty awful Android applications to do so. The playbook can have a front camera better the iPhone 2 or Xoom, but is useless without video chat, unless you're really self-portraits. FaceTime on the iPad Both 2 and Xoom Google Talk proven reliable videoconferencing options. If the cat video is a priority for you, it is likely that the time to review these criticisms, we do not know when this functionality comes at the playbook and how it will work.

Music, Pictures and Video: Screen video shows a great script and an HDMI output supports mirroring of full-HD. This is particularly useful for PowerPoint presentations, but just as good viewing of HD video. If the video chat will never become a reality, a higher resolution direction lens provides high-quality video suitable for television as iPad 2, FaceTime has TV experience.

The soft picture is not as interactive as the photo browser on iPad 2, but it does the job and the photos look bright, strong and beautiful on the glossy screen. Unfortunately, due to the lack of integration e-mail, you can not send photos to friends currently at approx. The images are more or less settled the playbook until you synchronize with your computer tablet.

Soft music is organized very sensible nothing as beautiful as Apple's CoverFlow, but even that does not IPAD, if I hit RIM to keep things simple. Playbook offers solid audio playback via the built-in stereo speakers, but there are not many settings for the audio, as a user EQ, you can play with.

Media in the playbook is strong, but not surprising for the audio, which is only compatible with MP3, AAC, WMA and PCM. For video, H.264, MPEG4, Xvid, and VC1 files are accepted, and no support for JPG, BMP, GIF and PNG for photos. The camera registers the H.264 video and AAC audio in MP4 format.

RIM Life unofficial rate of the battery for 8-10 hours to Playbook, our testing has 8 hours and 15 minutes of streaming video with Wi-Fi, so estimates are accurate enough RIM.

Conclusions: The multitasking capabilities of extra features such as chat rooms quality video applications, RIM BlackBerry playbook beat both the iPad 2 and Xoom. If the script is successful, the power button stuck on one side the question, is the overall design. RIM tablet is more portable, and probably also a good size, as most of the race, with the exception of a 7-inch Galaxy Tab ($ 399.99, 3.5 stars), and the user interface much more friendly Google OS to a honeycomb. Browser, despite its shortcomings, offers the best support for Flash so far is a tablet. Software updates can fix bugs, and developers can do to attract more interesting and better to work applications, so there's really no room for growth here. But the big question is how to RIM, the company synonymous with wireless e-business for the last ten years, could launch its first tablet without a real solution to the native e-mail.

What is the test preparation, there is not much available in the App World, but the script seems generally fast, even if that problem too can open applications at once, says that the operating system probably would have been better designed to manage activities current and the other on the shelf in the background, the iPad 2 and Xoom do so effectively.

Specifications:

Operating System RIM BlackBerry Tablet OS
Screen Resolution 1024 x 600 pixels
Screen Size 7 inches
Audio Battery Life 8 hours 15 min
Battery Type Supported Rechargeable
Storage Capacity (as Tested) 16 GB
Dimensions 5.1 x 7.6 x 0.4 inches
Weight 14.4 lb
Networking Options 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n
Email Access In browser only
Web Browser Yes
Flash support Yes
Camera(s) 1 front-facing and 1 rear-facing
Video Chat No
Music Playback Formats AAC, MP3, WMA
Photo Formats BMP, JPEG, PNG, GIF
Video Formats AVI, H.264, XVid, VC1
Price : $ 499.99

Creative ZiiO 7" Entertainment Tablet - Reviews

noreply@blogger.com (M. Anandhan Mudhaliyar) — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 07:56:00 +0000

Creative is not the music player giant that was a few years ago (my first MP3 player was a Creative Nomad Jukebox), eclipsed all competitors were on Apple iPod devices. Shelves market in full development, however, presents a new opportunity to be creative, well, creative.

The Creative ZiiO 7 "($ 249.99) is a tablet designed for music fans in mind, and has a number of improvements over other tablets Android. The price is right, but many questions the ZiiO make it difficult to recommend a tablet or as a music device.

Show ZiiO Tablet is available in two models, a 7-inch screen (white) or 10-inch monitor (black), each of which is to select 8 or 16 GB of space on board. My test unit had a 7-inch, the 8GB model, and to 8.16 from 5.24 by 0.54 inches (HWD) and 14.4 ounces, it is much bigger than some of the other 7-inch tablet, such as Galaxy Tab ($ 399.99) or Dell Streak 7 ($ 199.99) Lots of extra dimensions is due to a large enough ZiiO frame around the screen, which really makes the display appear smaller than other devices of the size of the screen.

In addition, this screen: This is an LCD screen 800 x 480, and is resistive and capacitive. The display makes images and video are weak, and is more prone to glare than any pill I've used. In fact, it makes use of ZiiO difficult at times. No chance of a pinch zoom and multi-touch, and often had to press a button two or three times to get it to register. The screen is the most important feature of any tablet, and while displaying the ZiiO was probably sacrificed to keep costs low, not worth the commitment.

Only a hotkey ZiiO there is a power switch, volume keys, so close the box to the upper right corner of the device. Moreover, on top of the headphone jack, microphone, mini-USB port on your computer and ZiiO mini-HDMI port (more on that a little '). Not a microSD card slot on the left side of the tablet, which can take cards up to 32GB. The bottom two speakers and a gateway to the power source. ZiiO front is all screen and frame-frame tilted slightly upward toward the center, so the screen is a bit 'over the limit, if not in VGA resolution, front-facing camera. The camera is fine, but it is a very low resolution, and video chat is not great. It also calls for the application Fring that most of the Android devices to use the video chat, which rarely seems to work well. Apple iPhone 2 ($ 499) is not a particularly good camera, but you are aboard App FaceTime functional and fun to use. The only tablets we've seen the Android, which does not have a video chat Motorola Xoom ($ 799), and Android applications

The ZiiO Fun Tablet Android 2.2 (after the last update), a version of Android is not optimized for the tablet version 3.0, honeycomb, is already available and works well on Motorola Xoom, 2.2 feels old and stale. But it's not a terrible operating system for a tablet. But, unfortunately, is ZiiO not have access to the most convincing of the Android platform: Android Market, and thousands of programs. Creative replaces it with its own App Store ZiiO within a browser-based collection of programs you can download and Amazon Marketplace, an organized collection of applications created for Android seems tablets without market access. There are many applications out there, Facebook bird angry, but the number of applications and the method to find them can not compare with the Android Market. All the applications I downloaded worked well, and thanks to the display 800 by 480, the applications in full screen and then ok.

In fact, the tablet ZiiO is creative only in the sense that the color Nook ($ 249.99) is a tablet. Of course, both of which run Android and the Web browser, but they are both designed for other purposes in mind. Nook because color is a reading ebooks, and ZiiO media consumption. Refurbished Creative Music and video applications, allowing both easier and easier to use than Android applications store. ZiiMusic App is particularly well designed, using a variety of opinions, so you can scroll through the music. Insert a microSD card, and the application will automatically sort the contents and add music to the App-This is a fast process seamless. Creative also built ZiiExplorer File Manager application, image management ZiiPhoto, and several other applications to optimize what is probably the most important functions ZiiO. You can download third party applications, but does not seem to make sense of this tablet.

Performance
Terms of a pure tablet, Tablet ZiiO show is not so. Resistive screen makes even the simplest tasks, like opening the application or the keyboard, hard. Four buttons on most devices, Android, Home, Search, Menu and Back do not light, it is difficult to find in the dark, and even if the pressure is very indifferent. Creative ZMS-08 ZiiLabs HD multimedia applications processor that powers the tablet works better, in my tests, most of the applications and Web pages loaded quickly. The screen is really what keeps ZiiO return to work as it should.

As I said, watching and listening to both creative ZiiO want to take the tablet. As such, the file support is a strong point: the ZiiO supports MP3, AAC, WMA9, FLAC, OGG, MIDI, WAV and Audible audio files, H.264, MPEG4, WMV9, MOV, MKV to AVI video, and JPG, BMP and PNG for photos.

Creative uses the apt-X codec, with its X-Fi, to improve the sound of music, videos and even games. X-Fi effects are impressive, in fact, and improved both the stereo effect and the overall clarity of almost everything I tried to listen. The effect is visible through the internal speakers, but even more so if you plug a pair of decent headphones. The speakers are fully functional, but does not sound as sharp or as clear that even the internal speaker IPAD, which itself is nothing special.

Creative, oddly enough, seems to be very aware of the flaws in the ZiiO and take steps to alleviate some of the worst of them. For example, wireless audio is an important focus for ZiiO. The tablet has a Wi-Fi and Bluetooth integrated with Creative own "wireless pure entertainment" system. Connect speakers or a wireless headset ZiiO is easy, thanks to a device built called Pure Creative Audio Android. It allows one-touch management of wireless devices (and classifies all nearby devices that are not audio, a nice touch), and do to speed up the connection with wireless speakers than any other unit I tested.

Creative also offers two options to solve the problem of low quality screen. There is a stylus included in the box, press the buttons for more precise and keys. Mini-HDMI port on the top of the unit is a better solution, so you can display video and photos to your HDTV with the push of a button. It's very simple to use and works reliably, but it only supports video up to 720p.

There's nothing broken to show the creative ZiiO Tablet, but does nothing particularly well with the audio quality is good but not better than other tablets, the screen is one of the worst I've tried, and the user experience leaves much to be desired. If you want music center, with a large display, supports wireless voice and it's cheap, it will definitely work as advertised. But it is difficult to recommend ZiiO: iPod Touch ($ 229, 5 stars) is much better music (and is almost self-compressed). Creative July 1 inch tablet is not yet ready for prime time, so it is better to save or spend elsewhere.

Specifications:

Operating System Google Android 2.3 or earlier
Screen Resolution 800 x 400 pixels
Screen Size 7 inches
Storage Capacity (as Tested) 8 GB
Dimensions 8.16 x 5.24 x 0.54 inches
Weight 14.4 oz
Email Access Dedicated email app
Web Browser Yes
Flash support Yes
GPS No
Camera(s) 1 front-facing
Video Chat Yes
Music Playback Formats AAC, Audible, FLAC, MP3, OGG, WAV, WMA
Photo Formats BMP, JPEG, PNG
Video Formats AVI, H.264
Price: $219.99 - $249.99

Sony Vaio E and C series Laptops Announced

noreply@blogger.com (M. Anandhan Mudhaliyar) — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 06:49:00 +0000

Sony has taken the wraps off its latest laptop range, announcing updates to its Vaio E and Vaio C range.

Although not in the same league style wise as the Sony Z series, both the E and C range add some texture and colour respectively to the laptop market.

The Sony E Series consists of two screen sizes: 15.5-inch and 17.3-inch. The laptops have been given a textured finish - while we presumed this was so that you can find your laptop in a darkened room, Sony believes that the new texture makes the laptop easier to hold while on the go.

The Vaio E series has a number of features, including Blu-ray playback, a Quick Web button, HDMI output, Bluetooth 3.0 and a keyboard which has a separate numerical keyboard, so all you number crunchers out there can breathe a sigh of relief.

If you prefer colour over texture, then the Vaio C range is the one for you. The C series offers up laptops in 14-inch and 15.5-inch screen sizes and also gives you a choice of fashion colours.

Essentially this means colours so garish, that you need to fashion sunglasses to shield your eyes. If you want to be really trendy, like Shoreditch circa 1998, then you can also choose to have your laptops emblazoned with LEDs which will give your computer a 'glow' apparently.

Be warned, this glow may light up your life but it is no substitute for a real-life person.

If you opt for the larger size, then you can have a Blu-ray drive, there's also USB 3.0 on board and Bluetooth 3.0.

The laptops are also 3D capable – well, the HDMI port is, so you can play 3D Blu-rays through the laptop.

The new Vaio range UK release date is July, with the C series pricing from £599 and the E series from £469.

Samsung Is going To Launch Series 5 Chromebook

noreply@blogger.com (M. Anandhan Mudhaliyar) — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 05:12:00 +0000

Samsung is finally decided for the Samsung Series 5 Chromebook. With its stark white chassis and sleek, petite build, Google’s Chrome OS notebook embodies its minimalist intentions.

It is Stripped free of software and your typical laptop storage system, the new Series 5 is a mere 3.3-pounds of Web-optimized goodness that relies entirely on 3G and Wi-Fi connections. Its full-size QWERTY keyboard and 12.1-inch LED display bring some familiarity to the thus-far foreign device.

Opening up the Series 5 and seeing what should be a desktop peppered with file folders and program icons replaced by the Chrome browser is an unsettling experience – but one you might just be able to get used to.
Samsung has Given its extreme portability, speedy processing, and undeniable good looks, we’re at least willing to give the foremost in cloud-computing a try. We won’t judge a book by its cover, but we’re sure happy to take it for a spin.

Source: http://vritesh.com

Dell Streak Specifications in India

noreply@blogger.com (M. Anandhan Mudhaliyar) — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:18:00 +0000

Model No : Dell Streak

GENERAL2G Network -GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network -HSDPA 900 / 2100
-HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100

SIZE
Dimensions -152.9 x 79.1 x 10 mm
Weight -220 g

DISPLAY
Type -TFT capacitive touchscreen
Size -480 x 800 pixels, 5.0 inches
- Gorilla Glass display
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Multi-touch input method
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off

SOUND
Alert types -N/A
Loudspeaker -Yes
3.5mm jack -Yes, check quality

MEMORY
Phonebook -Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records -Practically unlimited
Internal -16 GB storage, 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM
Card slot -microSD, up to 32GB, buy memory

DATA
GPRS -Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE -Class 12
3G -HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
WLAN -Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-Fi hotspot (charges may apply)
Bluetooth -Yes v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port -No
USB -Yes, v2.0

CAMERA
Primary -5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED flash, check quality
Features -Geo-tagging
Video -Yes, VGA20fps; 720p after Eclair/Froyo update
Secondary - Yes

FEATURES
OS -Android OS v1.6 (Donut), upgradable to v2.2
CPU -1 GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon chipset
Messaging -SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, IM
Browser -HTML
Radio -No
Games -No, downloadable
Colors -Black, Red, white
GPS -Yes, with A-GPS support
Java -Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
- Digital compass
- Social networking integration
- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
- YouTube, Google Talk
- QuickOffice document viewer
- Photo viewer/editor
- Organizer
- Voice memo/dial

BATTERY
Standard battery, Li-Ion 1530 mAh
Stand-by - Up to 400 h
Talk time - Up to 9 h 48 min

Warranty : One Year.

Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro - New Released

noreply@blogger.com (M. Anandhan Mudhaliyar) — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:07:00 +0000

Model : Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro

General
2G Network : GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network : HSDPA 900 / 2100

Size Dimensions : 109 x 52 x 15 mm
Weight : 117 g

Display
Type : TFT resistive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size : 360 x 640 pixels, 3.2 inches
- QWERTY keyboard
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
- Scratch-resistant surface
- Turn-to-mute and snoozing alarms
- Handwriting recognition

Sound
Alert types : Vibration, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone : Yes
- 3.5 mm audio jack

Memory
Phonebook : Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records : Practically unlimited
Internal : 75 MB storage
Card slot : microSD, up to 16GB, 8GB included

Data GPRS : Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE : Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G : HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
WLAN : Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA
Bluetooth : Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port : No
USB : Yes, microUSB v2.0

Camera
Primary : 5 MP, 2560х1920 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features : Touch focus, geo-tagging, face and smile detection, image stabilizer, video-calling
Video : Yes,continuous autofocus, video light
Secondary : No

Features OS : Symbian Series 60, 5th edition
CPU : 720 MHz, PowerVR SGX graphics
Messaging : SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email
Browser : WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (NetFront)
Radio : Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games : Yes
Colors : Black, White
GPS : Yes, with A-GPS support; Wisepilot navigation
Java : Yes, MIDP 2.1
- Google maps
- Facebook and Twitter apps
- YouTube and Picasa integration
- WMV/RV/MP4/3GP video player
- MP3/WMA/WAV/RA/AAC/M4A music player
- TrackID music recognition
- TV out (VGA resolution)
- Organizer
- QuickOffice document reader
- Gesture control
- Voice memo
- T9

Battery Standard battery, Li-Po 1200 mAh
Stand-by : Up to 430 h (2G) / Up to 440 h (3G)
Talk time : Up to 12 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 10 min (3G)

Warranty : One Year.

MRP: 24585.00

Gadget Guru Price - 20811.00

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