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Nokia E7 – Latest smartphone

March 15, 2011 by

The much awaited Nokia E7 is finally out and we did a spec and feature search of this new smart phone which has been pitted against the likes of Samsung Galaxy,Htc touch,Sony’s Experia etc.
Nokia E7 Smartphone

It has got a 4″ AMOLED touchscreen display with clearback technology for outdoor viewing.Then there are Orientation sensor (Accelerometer), Compass (Magnetometer), Proximity sensor and Ambient light detector. The other striking feature is the slide out full QWERTY keyboard. Plus there is finger touch support for text input, UI control and handwriting recognition. You can create, edit and share office docs and view PDF files with Adobe Reader.

Its easy to set up your calendar and sync it with Microsoft Outlook. Plus you may get emails direct from Hotmail, Yahoo!, Gmail, Ovi Mail and others. On the social networking front there is support for live updates from Facebook and Twitter on the home screen itself. You can update your status across all your social networks at the same time, follow your conversations easily with threaded SMS chats.

Then there are Apps like Ovi Maps with free lifetime GPS navigation and voice guidance, F-Secure Anti-Theft for Mobile, Vlingo, the voice recognition app, World Traveler app and many apps at Ovi Store – business, messaging, entertainment and more.
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On the entertainment front besides the video and music players and FM there is HDMI out to view HD videos and images on your compatible TV. You can watch and upload videos straight to YouTube too. Then you can capture high-resolution photos and HD video using the 8 MP camera.There is Dual LED flash and face recognition software too. Plus there is a Secondary VGA camera for video calls.

Its powered by 680 MHz ARM 11 processor and 16 GB of internal memory . A drawback is the absence of memory card slot. The OS is Symbianˆ3 as opposed to the Android offered by the competitors. Nokia claims you can enjoy over 250 new features from the Symbianˆ3 operating system.

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Steve Jobs unveils Apple iPad 2

March 3, 2011 by

Watch this video to know what is in store for those who are eagerly waiting for the release of Apple iPad 2.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2004, though on medical leave since January 2011, presented the improved version of iPad and said, “We have been working on this product for a while and I just didn’t want to miss today.”

So, Jobs showed off the second generation of the iPad tablet computer on March 2, at an event in San Francisco. The new iPad which is scheduled for shipping on March 11 comes with two models in terms of color: the white iPad2, and the black iPad 2. Jobs said that Apple will be shipping out the white model on day one of starting shipping of the product.

Also, Jobs said the new version of iPad is 33% thinner than its predecessor, thinner than iPhone 4, and it weighs less than iPad 1. He said iPad 2 is also much faster as it is equipped with what he called the A5 processor, a new chip with a dual core processor. The machine is twice as faster on CPU performance and 9 times faster on graphics performance, Jobs said.

Also iPad 2 comes with two cameras to make video conferencing more convenient: a built-in rear camera and a front-facing camera. The other features included can be a video editing package iMovie and a music making program.

The all new design iPad 2 will be priced at the same old price of iPad 1, starting at $499 (£305). The gadget will have 10 hours battery life, and over one month standby, Steve Jobs said.

What Steve Jobs calls ‘the dramatically improved product’ will go on sale in the U.S. on 11 March, and later on 25 March it will be available in 26 other countries including the UK.

According to industry analysts, Apple iPads accounted for 95% of tablet computer sales until September 2010, but the sales declined to 75% by the end of 2010. The fall in sales is due to new tablet devices that are based on Android operating system, Google’s open-source product.

Microsoft Windows 7 and HP’s WebOS are the other platforms that are competing with Apple iPads. According to reports, a lot more products are expected to give tough competition to Apple’s tablet PC throughout 2011, as over 80 new devices have already appeared in the market.

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Columbia Supercomputer at NASA’s Ames Research Center

February 20, 2011 by
Photo of Columbia Supercomputer at NASA's Ames Research Center, California

Photo: Columbia Supercomputer at Advanced Supercomputing Facility of NASA at Ames Research Center, photo by Trower, NASA

This supercomputer is named Columbia Supercomputer in honor of the crew of the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia that disintegrated over Texas on February 1, 2003. The disaster resulted in the death of all the seven crew – Commander: Rick D. Husband, Pilot: William C. McCool, Payload Commander: Michael P. Anderson (also in charge of science mission), Payload Specialist: Ilan Ramon (an Israeli Air Force colonel, also the first Israeli astronaut), Mission Specialist: Kalpana Chawla (an India-born aerospace engineer on her second space mission), Mission Specialist: David M. Brown, and Mission Specialist: Laurel Clark.

The Columbia Supercomputer was specially built for NASA by Silicon Graphics. The main purpose for which it was built was to “esimulate the violent collision and merger of spiral galaxies that lead to the formation of elliptical galaxies”. The supercomputer is connected to the NASA Research and Engineering Network. In 2004 it was installed at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing facility at Ames Research Center (ARC) located at Moffett Field in California’s Silicon Valley.

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The latest Fad to hit the youth, Tablet PC

February 5, 2011 by

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Gone are the days when you were judged by the phone you carry . The latest gadget to flaunt is the Tablet PC . And the frontrunner in this segment of course is Apple iPad. But Apple is not the sole player and others like Dell, Blackberry, Samsung, Olive and many Chinese brands have come out with their offerings.

Not long time back the entry of net-books was considered a turning point in the Desktop and laptop market realm. And it did manage to garner a major share in the worldwide markets largely due to its size,weight and price advantage. Like the advent of LCD and LED screens proved to be the death knell for CRT Monitors, will these Tablets prove to be the end of road for laptops and net-books? It seems highly possible. For these tablets are light weight, portable, powerful, futuristic and can do almost anything that a PC or laptop can do. At present the tablets of Apple, Samsung, Dell, Blackberry, etc. costs as much as Mid range laptops but with the Chinese and Korean companies coming up with cheap models the Price is bound to crash and even out.

And what all can you do on a Tablet PC? Well almost anything. You can browse the net on the move. listen to music, view videos, do social networking, receive and send mail, read write documents, spreadsheets, presentations, print documents, play games, so on and on and on. Technologically also it has everything you can wish for in a futuristic device. They have latest touch screens, HDMI output, motion sensors, Long battery life, multiple connectivity.

So while the Companies battle it out for their share of the pie, we the consumers are going to be spoilt for options and low price.

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Sony’s Next Generation Portable

January 31, 2011 by

Watch this video on Sony NGP

It’s very hot from Japan, the latest version Sony’s Next Generation Portable (Sony NGP), with virtually all sorts of gaming input, and the kind of hardware that can beat any smartphone, well complemented by a 5 inch size OLED screen.

The credit goes to Sony for having introduced the first PSP that sold for about $300 in 2005, followed by the PSPgo. Sony NGP is armed with the next generation CPU, camera, OLED touch screen, and promises an advanced user interface. It is speculated the new Sony NGP will sell for a price tag between $349 and $399.

While the Sony handheld gaming console amazed the audience in Tokyo where it was unveiled, there were apprehensions that the gaming console can be quite a bit high. It is of a great concern not only for the consumers but other Smartphone makers, who create graphics more or less similar to full-scale game consoles.

The dimension of Sony NGP is 7.2×3.3×0.73 inches, slightly bigger than all other PSP. And it is reported, the Sony NGP is 3G capable. However, Sony did not declare the exact price range or the date of release, excepting that it could be by the end of 2011.

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