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Sanyo Xacti E1, World’s First Waterproof Camcorder

2009-08-12T11:25:00.001-07:00

Sanyo’s Xacti E1, the world’s first waterproof camcorder and digital still camera, is on display at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The Xacti E1, which has a six megapixel still camera, won the 2008 CES best innovation award for digital imaging.

Screen shots of Google Chrome OS – Leaked Photos

2009-08-12T11:23:00.000-07:00

Screen shots of Google Chrome OS – Leaked Photos

An anonymous person spread these images.He is claiming these are actual images of Chrome OS.

Twitter, Facebook attack targeted one user

2009-08-11T11:10:00.000-07:00

A Georgian blogger with accounts on Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal, and Google's Blogger and YouTube was targeted in a denial-of-service attack that led to the sitewide outage at Twitter and problems at the other sites on Thursday, according to a Facebook executive.

The blogger, who uses the account name "Cyxymu," (the name of a town in the Republic of Georgia) had accounts on all of the different sites that were attacked at the same time, Max Kelly, chief security officer at Facebook, told CNET News.

"It was a simultaneous attack across a number of properties targeting him to keep his voice from being heard," Kelly said. "We're actively investigating the source of the attacks, and we hope to be able to find out the individuals involved in the back end and to take action against them, if we can."

Cyxymu LiveJournal account on cached version of Google.

(Credit: LiveJournal)

Kelly declined to speculate on who was behind the attack, but he said: "You have to ask who would benefit the most from doing this and think about what those people are doing and the disregard for the rest of the users and the Internet."

Twitter was down for several hours beginning early Thursday morning, and it suffered periodic slowness and time-outs throughout the day.

Cyxymu's LiveJournal page wasn't accessible, but a cached version showed that it was updated on Thursday with a message about the denial-of-service, or DoS, attacks on his accounts on the United States-based sites. "Now it's obvious it's a special attack against me and Georgians," said the message, in Russian.

The site also apologized for a spam e-mail attack in which the sender was spoofed and made to look like the e-mails were sent by him. Screenshots are shown. It's unclear whether or how the spam attack is related to the DoS attacks.

In the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on the sites, computers that have been compromised by viruses or other malware are instructed by the attacker's computer to visit the specific Web sites all at the same time and repeatedly. The barrage of connection requests overwhelms the target sites, making it so that legitimate Web traffic can't get through.

Such coordinated attacks require the efforts of tens of thousands or more of hijacked computers, which together form a botnet. Spammers send e-mails with malicious attachments or URLs to millions of people to create botnets. Criminals also can lease existing botnets for specific campaigns for as little as 5 cents to 10 cents per bot.

A Facebook representative dismissed a theory that the attack was triggered by a spam campaign in which e-mails had links to the sites. It's unlikely that there would be enough recipients--all clicking on the URLs at the same time--to bring a site down, he said. There was a spam campaign that directed people to Cyxymu's accounts, but it wasn't the cause of the DoS, he said.

"The people who are coordinating this attack, the criminals, are definitely determined and using a lot of resources," Kelly said. "If they're asking our infrastructure to generate hundreds of pages a second, that's a lot of pages our users can't see."

Facebook and Google were able to minimize any impact to their sites, including Blogger, YouTube, and Google Sites, a free Web site service. Facebook even managed to keep the Cyxymu account accessible to Web surfers from that region, Kelly said, though it was inaccessible to people in other geographic areas, including San Francisco.

This was the first coordinated attack on the sites, and all the companies involved were working closely on the investigation, he said. "My team and the teams that are working together at all these companies are doing a really good job very quickly, and I'm proud and happy," he said.

Twitter and LiveJournal did not immediately return e-mails and calls seeking comment.

A Google representative offered this statement: "We are aware that a handful of non-Google sites were impacted by a DoS attack this morning and are in contact with some affected companies to help investigate this attack. Google systems prevented substantive impact to our services."

Political conflicts between Russia and its former republic spilled online last year with DoS attacks and Web site defacements going in both directions.

How to Make Cheap Night Vision Goggles

2009-08-10T09:57:00.000-07:00

Human beings are not blessed with the ability to see much in the dark but cheap night vision goggles can help individuals to see in the dark. Most probably "night vision goggles" are expensive but luckily there are some designs made for the average person to buy.

The first thing you think of when you see the words night vision is a spy or action movie you have seen, in which someone straps on a pair of night-vision goggles to find someone else in a dark building on a moonless night.

You may think that can we really see the things in the dark? The answer is positive. With the proper night-vision equipment, you can see a person standing over 200 yards (183 m) away on a moonless, cloudy night! Night vision can work in two very different ways, depending on the tec

hnology used. A night vision device is an optical instrument that allows images to be produced in levels of light approaching total darkness. They are most often used by the military and law enforcement agencies and are also avail

able to civilian users. You can see here the image of Night Vision Device.

You can read here how to make night vision goggles and then you can try to make night vision goggles for your own. The invention of night vision devices and goggles is possible due to invention of the image intensifier tube. The image intensifier is a tube that is able to convert photons in to electrons and is able to amplify even minute quantities of light making it possible to see in the darkness.

There is another type of night vision goggles, which uses thermal imaging to make night vision possible. This kind of night vision goggles use the heat of electro-magnetic radiation, which is emitted by most objects, be they living or non-living. Because of this, thermal imaging night vision goggles are able to use these heat signatures in order to display an image of the object. Read more information for making Night Vision Goggles.

Acer aspire 5738 laptop

2009-08-10T09:56:00.001-07:00

Acer aspire 5738 laptop | Acer aspire 5738 laptop Price review

Acer Company released its latest laptop with new features. The New Acer aspire 5738 is a 15.6 inch display laptop backup with 7-8 hours battery. Acer aspire 5738 laptop Priced Rs.40, 000 in India. But selling price is different in the area of India. Acer Aspire has been powered by Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 processor.

1366 x 768 pixel high resolution supports 15.6" LCD Cinecrystal wide screen display watching films. The Latest Acer aspire 5738 provide many facilities and Extra features. It's weight is only 2.8kg. We can get the sure ticket to high different cinematic fun and powerful mobile performance. The Aspire 5738 exciting action, realistic audio and rich visuals play like a true theater.

iPhone

2009-08-10T09:53:00.000-07:00

3G iphone

3G iPhone

Free BlackBerry Bold 9000 Theme Download

2009-08-10T09:52:00.001-07:00

New Free BlackBerry Bold 9000 Theme Download: I feel now as if the theme for the BlackBerry Bold are less, recently found a free BlackBerry Bold theme on EVeek website, it looks good, I do not know how to practice the kind of effect, if you are interested in, then you can use to download.

Download this BlackBerry Bold Theme Now!

New Google G2 GPS Cell Phone

2009-08-10T09:48:00.000-07:00

New Google G2 GPS Cell Phone: HTC Touch HD will be the second paragraph of the Google Android phone may be called G2. Before HTC designed G1 Although the use of large-size touch-screen design, but it can not be compared with the iPhone.

Insiders say, Google G2 will be a number of indicators and functions beyond the iPhone. Touch HD size 115 × 62.8 × 12 mm. Volume of 86 cubic centimeters, 3.8 inches screen. Resolution of up to 480 × 800. Built-in 5,000,000 pixels CMOS sensor, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and the use of the G1 network towers to locate the way into a GPS positioning. let us look forward to the arrival of the era of mobile google!

Google G2 Picture

New Samsung Reclaim Eco-Friendly Cell Phone

2009-08-09T10:29:00.001-07:00

New Samsung Reclaim Eco-Friendly Cell Phone: It is reported that Samsung and Sprint together launched a eco-friendly cell phone: Samsung Reclaim, the plastic part of this cell phone is produced from corn, and non-PVC component.
New Samsung Phones – Samsung Reclaim Eco-Friendly Phone Picture

Samsung Reclaim use of the slider QWERTY keyboard design, built-in 2 megapixels camera, support for Bluetooth 2.0, GPS and 32GB of memory card expansion. This cell phone has two color choices, Sprint plans to official sell this cell phone in August 16, after signed two years contract that the price of 50 U.S. dollars.

New Nokia RX-51 Tablet Picture

2009-08-09T10:28:00.001-07:00

New Nokia Phones – New Nokia RX-51 Tablet Picture

Nokia RX-51 tablet supports quad-band GSM / GPRS / EDGE and tri-band WCDMA (850/1700/2100) networks, support for Bluetooth + EDR, Wi-Fi and FM Transmitter.

Samsung i7500

2009-08-09T10:23:00.001-07:00

New Samsung Galaxy Has Passed FCC Testing: Samsung i7500 is a Android system smartphones, this cell phone is already listed in Germany, and recently there is news that this code-named “Galaxy” cell phone has already passed U.S. FCC testing.
New Samsung Phones - New Samsung Galaxy Cell Phone Pictures

Samsung Galaxy (i7500) using a straight design and body thickness of only 11.9mm, this cell phone is equipped with a 3.2 inches HVGA touch screen, built-in 5 megapixels AF camera, multimedia player and the Android 1.5 OS, support for quad-band GSM and UMTS / HSPA networks, support MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV video formats and MP3, AAC, AAC +, e-AAC +, WMA, RA audio formats.

Samsung Galaxy (i7500) is equipped with a Qualcomm 528MHz MSM7200A CPU, built-in 8GB memory, support for 32GB microSD expansion, support for 3.5mm stereo headphone jack, GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi as well as Google services.

The iPhone as Designed By Leonardo da Vinci

2009-08-09T10:16:00.001-07:00

This is one of the coolest iPhone t-shirts I've ever seen—apart from ours: The iPhone as designed by Leonardo da Vinci or some cuckoo Victorian scientist. They have a pretty-pretty hand screen-printed poster too:

Apple set to launch 'iTablet'

2009-08-09T10:09:00.000-07:00

Apple set to launch 'iTablet'

Reports suggest Apple has plans to release an internet-enabled portable computer capable of playing music and movies before Christmas.

According to the The Financial Times, the portable tablet, nicknamed the 'iTablet' by industry watchers, features a touch-sensitive screen that could measure up to 10 inches diagonally.

Like Apple's iPod Touch, the iTablet will be able to connect to the web and to the Apple store, where consumers will be able to purchase a range of media including music, movies and games.

Apple has remained characteristically tight-lipped about a possible launch, but last week Apple's chief operating officer Tim Cook said the company is working on something "very innovative".

Many industry insiders expect the iTablet to have the ability to read documents and books, giving Apple a product to rival Amazon's Kindle.

It was reported earlier this month that the
Amazon Kindle would be coming to the UK by Christmas.

Despite big backing in the past, portable tablets have failed to become a hit with consumers.

Microsoft's Windows tablet flopped when it launched in 2004.

However, Apple, which has been massively successful in marketing portable devices to the public, will be hoping to turn this around.

The entertainment industry is pinning its hopes on new technology, such as the Kindle and iTablet, to revitalise sales of music and books.

Sony Ericsson C905 Cybershot: the mobile with 8 megapixels

2009-01-06T02:25:00.001-08:00

Mobile phones are moving into digital cameras. Or vice versa. The Sony Ericsson is a splendid mobile phone. But as the name Cyber-shot suggest, it is also a splendid digital camera.

At one time some photographers went around saying four megapixels was enough. Perhaps that is true for someone who always frames the shot to within a small percent. But not true for most amateurs who shoot and then improve the shot in editing. For that you need all the resolution you can get and eight megapixels is very handy. If you crop a picture by half, what you have is the same resolution as a shot on a four megapixel camera.

The Sony Ericsson C905 has been around for a few months and although it is not inexpensive — something under, but not a lot under, $600 — you can look at it as a seriously good camera and a good mobile phone.

Yes, it is a little heavy at 136 grams but paste a mobile to a digital camera and you will probably come in something close to that.

The mobile — which we should get out of the way early for this is about digital cameras — is good for texting as it has a slide-out keyboard. It is a question of taste. There are those who are very comfortable with the iPhone on-screen keyboard. And there are those who prefer a keyboard, no matter how minute, with real keys.

Note that this Sony Ericsson also has GPS built in so it is possible, with the right geo-tag software, to have a place as well as a date and technical details stamp on any picture you take. Finally, on the phone side this is available not just in the United States but also in Australia and the UK — probably other places as well — and the price seems to be settled as something just under $600.

Now to the camera part.

This dual machine takes better pictures than any other mobile phone/digital camera combination currently on the market. Being number one in a sector is never easy and it is London to a brick that many others will be trying to knock the Sony Ericsson out of that spot. No sign of anyone doing so up until now.

The Sony-Ericsson has a built-in flash which is probably a must-have feature for some users. More importantly it has built-in features which will improve the shot even thought this requires some adjustment in thinking on the part of the user.

Take the feature that is called BestPic. It give you seven chances to capture the magic moment. It takes three images as you press the button, plus the image you think your are getting and there another three afterwards. Keep the pictures you want, bin the rest.

It has auto focus which homes in on the subject in the center of the screen which may not be approved by purists but works very well for most shots.

Instead of waiting until you are working with the picture in, say, PhotoShop on your computer you can use a built-in program called Photofix to improve pictures by adjusting brightness, light and contrast.

There is anti-blur software built in and Sony Ericsson claims you can leave your tripod at home. In fact, this is not the sort of device you would be using with a tripod so that addition will probably prove very useful.

It comes equipped with a 2GB memory stick which might, to advantage, be considerably larger capacity. Which is not a great problem.

There are probably other features which could not be accessed in the time it was available. But this is a very complete digital camera and will handle most situations.

In a sense this device shows us one of the ways of the future. Whereas the iPhone concentrates on the phone part and bungs in a fairly low resolution camera to round it out. The Sony Ericsson C905 Cybershot concentrates on both.

It is truly a superior mobile phone in that it has a keyboard and handles every kind of connectivity. And it is a most wonderful digital camera working at a resolution that currently leaves its competition for dead.

Airtel launches new BlackBerry

2009-01-06T02:23:00.000-08:00

Airtel and Research In Motion (RIM) today announced the launch of the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone in India. Priced at Rs.21990 the smartphone is now available at Airtel authorized channels nationally.

In addition to the power Blackberry platform offers, the new phone packs a wide range of features including spacious keyboard into a sleek flip design, a company press release said.

“The BlackBerry Pearl Flip is a powerful, compact smartphone equipped to deliver a wide range of applications,” said Sanjay Gupta, Chief Marketing Officer, Mobile Services, Airtel. "This continues to reinforce our commitment to enhance and deliver the best communication experience to our users with the latest BlackBerry smartphones from Airtel.”

AMD to Intro 45nm Desktop CPUs in Q3

2009-01-06T02:21:00.000-08:00

AMD to Intro 45nm Desktop CPUs in Q3

Techtree News Staff, Jan 06, 2009 1259 hrs IST

The six new additions to AMD's business and consumer class lineup comprises dual-core, triple-core and quad-core processors

AMD will add six 45nm process desktop processors in Q3 this year, Digitimes reported, citing sources at motherboard manufacturers. These processors will join AMD's business and consumer class lineup.

The new 45nm business class processors will include dual-core, triple-core and quad-core processors. The dual-core processors have Athlon X2 B23 running at 2.9GHz clock-speed with 2MB cache and X2 B21 running at 2.7GHz with 2MB cache.

The triple-core processors will add Phenom II X3 B71 running at 2.6GHz clock-speed with 7.5MB cache and Phenom II X3 B73 running at 2.8GHz clock-speed with 7.5MB cache.

While the quad-core series will add Phenom II X4 B91 running at 2.6GHz clock-speed with 8MB cache and Phenom II X4 B93 running at 2.8GHz clock-speed with 8MB cache.

Last month we got AMD's 45nm desktop CPU compilation, which is expected to be launched at CES 2009.

No official word is available since AMD refuses to comment on unannounced products.

It pays to steal a phone in India

2008-12-25T07:49:00.000-08:00

The ban on mobile phones that have no identification number, also called International Mobile Equipment Identity or IMEI number, is too little, too late. Even now, anyone in India can steal a phone, or buy and use a stolen mobile.

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The Department of Telecommunications (DoT), in a directive, has blocked phones that do not have an IMEI number. The 15-digit IMEI number is unique to every mobile handset, and even some satellite phones. You can usually see it by typing *#06# on most branded phones.

This would mean that 25 million users of cheap Chinese knock-offs - that don't have IMEI numbers - might get disconnected on January 6, or March 31 if that gets extended. (If this directive had come two years ago, we wouldn't have to worry about millions of affected users.)

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First, about 26/11. Maybe the terrorists did use Chinese phones. It makes little difference. The bigger issue was that they used legitimate SIM cards, bought with fake identity papers.

Second, some irony. While 25 million users of cheap Chinese handsets, most having bought them in good faith and without knowledge of IMEI numbers, will get disconnected, millions of cellphone thieves and their customers will continue with phones without fear of persecution by police or service provider.

The industry has developed software that can be uploaded to a phone, giving it a unique IMEI number, if it doesn't already have one. The software is being tested.

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But at some point, perhaps March 31, the IMEI-less users would have to be blocked. Still, they would have got advance warning, and time to act. Telcos can SMS them reminders: it's easy to pick out the ones without IMEI numbers from caller data records.

A second idea: Let the government use this opportunity to come up with a citizen ID. Use Rs 300 crore from the money collected for the Universal Service Obligation fund from all telcos for this.

The problem is the very few organisations that can drive such citizen projects, like the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), do not have the time. So government agencies like the Election Commission, the ITO and food and civil supplies will continue with a dozen different citizen identities, wasting billions.

But the IMEI-less phone is not the only or even the main issue. As long as regular branded phones (with IMEI numbers) get stolen and re-used without trouble, terrorists can buy them much cheaper than the IMEI-free clone phones.

Because service providers are so reluctant to go after a thief, or a customer who bought a stolen phone, it's really quite safe to steal a phone in India.

Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI) members' track record in tracking IMEI is poor.

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A Wikipedia entry says this of the IMEI number: "It's used by the GSM network to identify valid devices and therefore can be used to stop a stolen phone from accessing the network. The owner whose phone is stolen can call his network provider and instruct it to block the phone using its IMEI number."

That is, if you lose your phone, you could call your network provider and it could block that IMEI number so it cannot be used with any other SIM card, or flag it as "hot".

'Could' is the operative word. Actually, the provider won't. Its stance is: "We do not want to harass a customer who has bought a second-hand phone in good faith". Even if that phone is stolen.

Can you imagine that applying to cars? You buy a stolen car, and the authorities say, oh, poor fellow, let him keep it, he bought it in good faith?

Now, telcos might say the phone could be used on any other network, but in this day of roaming interconnect and settlement, tackling that is no big deal. A credit card company does not tell you that a lost card will be blocked only if the thief uses it on 'their network'.

Oh, and an Airtel or a Vodafone will not block a stolen phone even on their own network, unless they're pressured by the police.

If you thought things would be easier with CDMA (code division multiple access) providers, where there are no SIM cards to change, it's actually worse. Tata Indicom refused to block a very poor painter's phone, which was stolen; he finally had to change the number he had got printed on his card. He went through a police report, but no luck. I tried to help him, but couldn't budge Tata Indicom.

This, then, is the bigger danger, but the one that is easier to tackle.

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The good news is that the police have begun to act on FIRs (first information reports) filed on stolen handsets. I know of a case in Delhi where a handset was recovered in a few days through the IMEI number. The bad news is that less than one in 10 phone thefts gets even reported, let alone an FIR registered.

So if directed by the police to track a stolen handset, the telecom companies can do it.

On March 31, 2009, they should block not only the IMEI-free handsets but also stolen handsets, after reporting theft (when a handset reported stolen turns up with another SIM card number, they can report that, before blocking it.)

And the COAI should create a database for stolen handsets that would get blocked, at least in India.

Self-regulation? I must be dreaming. So I hope the DoT issues the diktat to block stolen handsets along with IMEI-free handsets. This will put the squeeze on the grey market, on thieves, and, in a small way, on terror.

Apple launches new iPod series for festive season in India

2008-12-24T07:55:00.000-08:00

Apple has announced that it has introduced a new range of iPods in India to coincide with the festive season. The new range varies from the 1GB iPod Shuffle starting at Rs2,300 to a 32GB iPod Touch at Rs21,100.

THe iPod Nano is now available in eight colours such as silver, purple, blue, green, orange, yellow, pink, and black, it also sports a curved aluminum enclosure.

It comes wit the option of an 8GB or 16GB flash drive and holds up to 2,000 or 4,000 songs in 128-Kbps AAC format.

When fully charged, music playback time is up to 24 hours and video playback time up to 4 hours.

The second generation iPod Touch is smaller and lighter and features a thin contoured metal design, a 3.5-inch widescreen glass display, 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi wireless networking, integrated volume control buttons, built-in speaker and accelerometer and other advanced sensors.

It has options of 8GB, 16GB, or 32GB flash drive and can hold up to 1,750, 3,500, or 7,000 songs respectively in 128-Kbps AAC format and hold up to 10 hours, 20 hours, or 40 hours of video and when fully charged.

The Touch has a music playback time up to 36 hours and video playback up to 6 hours.

The 120GB iPod Classic, with up to 36 hours of audio playback time and a 2.5-inch color displaycan store up to 30,000 songs, 150 hours of video, 25000 photos, or any in combination.

It has a music playback time up to 36 hours when fully charged and video playback time of up to 6 hours.

ISRO all set for Chandrayan II in 2012, Mars mission in 2013

2008-12-24T07:54:00.000-08:00

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set for its second moon mission `Chandrayaan II' and space scientists plan to send a robot to moon in 2012, followed by a spacecraft to Mars in 2013.

ISRO will also sent a man to space astride a Russian spaceship the same year, its chairman G Madhavan Nair said.

Besides, ISRO has lined up a slew of missions, which also include landing a spacecraft on an asteroid and sending a probe to fly past a comet, the ISRO chief told reporters at a function organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to felicitate the members of the Chandrayaan I team.

''Chandrayaan II, the design is complete, we hope by 2012, we will be ready for the launch,'' Madhavan Nair said.

The launch of Chandrayaan-II, approved by the government will include a rover that will land on the moon. It will map a three-dimensional atlas of the moon, and analyse the chemical and mineral composition of the lunar surface.

India hopes to send an astronaut into space by 2013 and a manned mission to the moon by 2020.

India, which started its space programme in 1963, now account for around 16 satellites currently in earth orbit

India also has the world's largest constellation of seven earth-observation satellites, which is being used for telecommunications, TV broadcasting, earth observation, weather forecasting, remote education and healthcare.

Nair, however, said the mission to Mars is still at a conceptual stage and ISRO expects to finalise plans by next year, with take-off in 2013.b He said the same Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) will be used to launch the probe to Mars.

BPL Mobile launches campaign to curb ‘drinking & driving’

2008-12-24T07:52:00.000-08:00

BPL Mobile announced the launch of its ‘Reach Home safely’ message campaign which curbs the menace of people drinking and than driving. The Mumbai-based operator’s campaign also puts across the point that it is better to be driven than to risk drinking and driving. Upon calling 9773865256 mobile subscribers, irrespective of their operator, can opt to be driven by a chauffer from Party Hard Drivers.

The operator is running the campaign for third year in a row and says it is in line with the campaign launched earlier in association with IMIMobile and Mumbai Police to curb the practice and identify repeat offenders through use of SMS channel.

Samsung Launches MPower Series of CDMA Handsets

2008-12-24T07:50:00.000-08:00

Samsung has introduced its MPower series of CDMA phones - MPower 569 and MPower 309.

The MPower series has the capability to interoperate on Reliance Mobile, Tata Indicom and Virgin Mobile. The MPower phones adapt to the network settings of the respective service provider on change of the SIM card, says the company.

Both the new phones support high-speed wireless data of up to 153kbps. The phones also perform the function of data cards on connection to laptops through Bluetooth or data cable, thereby eliminating the need for purchase of separate data cards by the consumers.

The M569 is a multimedia-enabled phone with 2 megapixel camera, FM Recording on Micro SD Card, has expandable memory up to 4GB, Bluetooth with stereo headset function, equalizer and surround sound, video recording and MMS support, 2.1-inch color LCD screen and document viewer.

The M309 comes with 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth enabled with stereo headset function, supports MicroSD card up to 4GB, offers video recording and MMS support and 1.9-inch TFT screen.

Both M569 and M309 phones have the Mobile tracker feature to ensure that the phones can be traced in case of theft.

M569 is priced at Rs 9,900, while M309 is priced at Rs. 6,300.

Nokia Maps under fire for showing Kashmir as part of Pakistan

2008-12-24T07:47:00.000-08:00

New Delhi, Dec 24, 2008: Nokia Maps came under fire for showing Kashmir as part of Pakistan. The largest mobile handset manufacturer in the world that controls around half mobile handset market in the country was attacked for showing the disputed Kashmir region as Pakistani territory.

Nationalist Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) activists torched a large Nokia showroom in central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

In Jabalpur a large number of BJP activists gathered in the city and burnt down the mobile handset shop.

Apple To Be The Real Winner This Holiday Season!

2008-12-23T11:32:00.000-08:00

Apple gadgets are in great demand this Christmas, as US consumers shop for slighter, affordable and versatile electronics.

Whereas the Consumer Electronics Association forecasts flat fourth-quarter sales as compared with last year’s sales, market analysts report Apple stores have been the busiest among electronics retailers.

iPods, previously responsible for 40-50% of Apple’s 4th quarter earnings, are selling in large numbers.

Google reported that after Nintendo’s Wii games console and Wii Fit game, iPod touch is its most- searched-for product in its list.

On the other hand, the Lycos search engine has ‘iPod’ as its top search.

The bestseller list of Amazon electronics includes six iPods in its top 20, comprising all 3 editions of the touch. The most popular is the lowest-priced 8Gb edition, which still costs $230.

However, vice-president of Mobile Strategy at Jupitermedia Michael Gartenberg, says that this is not disheartening cash-strapped consumers.

“In a down economy, people can be willing to spend more on a premium product because they don’t want to make the mistake of buying something that doesn't meet their expectations or provide long-term value,” he says.

Apple has been promoting the touch’s capabilities afar music and video, with advertisements showing its features as a games console and a mini-computer.

It has derived a benefit from the 10,000 applications made for the iPhone and touch, with downloads from the company’s Apple Store now surpassing 300m.

Mr. Gartenberg says, “The iPod touch is being positioned as a product that can do multiple things. That gives it that strong value proposition of having lots of capabilities at one price point.”

The most recent edition of the touch can make calls using wi-fi, giving it potentialities closer to the iPhone.

Andy Hargreaves, analyst at Pacific Crest Securities, says it is expanding the market beyond the iPhone.

“It takes the market to kids - all of a sudden your 12-year-old wants one, and you can do it without paying the $70- a-month fee.”

Moreover, Apple may sell a cheaper iPhone at Wal-Mart stores by next year.

Analysts also report strong sales of the iPod nano and a new line of Macbooks, including a $999 version.

The new product declarations are usually made at the Macworld show during January but Apple cut expectations last week by saying Steve Jobs, chief executive, would not make his usual keynote speech and this would be the last time Apple exhibited at the show.

Audi announces special pricing, offers for India

2008-12-23T11:31:00.000-08:00

Audi, the German luxury car manufacturer, today announced a special offer for its customers – a zero percent financing rate and an extended four years warranty for the Audi A6 range in India. The Audi A6 range includes four variants - 2.8 FSI, 3.2 FSI quattro, 2.7 TDI and 3.0 TDI quattro.

The Audi A6 package includes providing finance on a rate of 0% for Audi customers and an extended warranty of two years in addition to the normal two years warranty. This means a 4 year warranty for the customers of the Audi A6 model range. The extended warranty will include all items which are covered in the initial two-year manufacturer warranty.

Commenting on the special package Mr. Benoit Tiers, Managing Director
Audi India said: “We like to provide our customers with maximum benefits and ensure that they get the best value and service from us. The Audi A6 is one of Audi's most successful exclusive models in India and this initiative will enhance the customer value of the car.”

Audi India also announced recently a price reduction for its homologated models available in India fully passing the revision of excise duty and central value added tax (Cenvat) to the customers. The price of the Audi A6 saw a reduction of INR 1,51,000.

The entire Audi model range in India consisting of the Audi A8, Audi Q7, Audi A6, the new Audi A4, Audi TT and the recently launched super sports car Audi R8 is available at twelve dealerships across the country: in Ahmedabad, Delhi, Gurgaon, Chandigarh, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ludhiana, Chennai, Kochi and Kolkata.

AUDI AG develops and produces cars for the luxury car segment worldwide. The company achieved its twelfth consecutive record year in 2007, with 964,151 cars sold and a revenue of 33,617 million Euros and profit before tax of 2,915 million Euros, the company attained its best figures ever. Audi produces vehicles in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm (Germany), Gyor (Hungary), Changchun (China) and Brussels (Belgium). At the end of 2007, production of Audi A6 started in Aurangabad, India. The company is active in more that 100 markets worldwide. AUDI AG’s wholly owned subsidiaries include Lamborghini S.p.A in Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy, and quattro GmbH in Neckarsulm. Audi employs more than 54,000 people worldwide, including 45,000 in Germany. The brand with the four rings invests more than €2 billion each year in order to sustain the company’s technological lead embodied in its “Vorsprung durch Technik” slogan.

Authorized Dealer Showrooms:

Audi Ahmedabad - Rudra-Path, S.G. Road, Ahmedabad
Audi Bangalore - Survey No. 6/1, Beratana Agrahara, 15th KM, Hosur Main Road
Audi Chandigarh - Plot No. 171, Industrial Area, Phase I
Audi Delhi - F 85, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase I
Audi Gurgaon - Orchid Centre, Sector – 54, Golf Course Road
Audi Hyderabad - 8-2-684/A, Road No.12, Banjara Hills
Audi Pune - Pro1 Business Centre, Plot No. 395 + 396, Senapati Bapat Road, Shivajinagar
Audi Mumbai - 81, Dr. Annie Besant Road

Authorized Dealer Sales Office:
Audi Chennai, Audi Kochi, Audi Kolkata, Audi Ludhiana

Intex IN 3030, the Rugged Music Phone

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The Intex IN 3030 is all set to strike a chord with mobile users who expect to have a music mobile phone which can endure tough use. This phone which is resistant to water, sweat & dust, offers features such as a FM radio, audio player, voice and audio recording. The phone is aimed at consumers whose lifestyle involves lot of traveling, rugged and sporting activities and also for farmers, fishermen, factory and construction workers, etc.- who normally use the phone with sweaty and dusty hands.

The Intex IN 3030 conforms to the Japanese JIS (IPX grade 5) standard for water resistance. The electronic circuitry is protected by a special film and all the joints are sealed by rubber gaskets. As a result, the phone can withstand dust, moisture and water splashes. The phone is also designed to perform at extreme temperatures and high humidity.

Other features included in the phones are mobile tracker, expandable memory up to 1 GB, etc. The handset has been launched at a special introductory price of Rs. 3500.