Friday, June 5, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Toshiba NB200 (PLL25A-00D002) netbook
Toshiba NB200 (PLL25A-00D002) netbook:
Its sleek chassis, excellent keyboard and bright, 10in screen, as well as features not seen on other netbooks (a Sleep-and-Charge USB 2.0 port and 3D hard drive protection), make Toshiba's NB200 (PLL25A-00D002) the nicest 10.1in netbook on the market. Of this we are sure.
The Toshiba NB200 (PLL25A-00D002) ships with an Intel Atom N280 CPU, which is Hyper-Threaded and runs at 1.66GHz. It only has 1GB of DDR SDRAM, but it was still quite quick in our benchmarks. It completed the iTunes MP3 encoding test (where we convert 53min worth of WAV files to 192Kbps MP3s) in 7min 35sec, which is 41sec faster than the MSI Wind U123T netbook and 26sec faster than the Dell Latitude 2100 ruggedised netbook.
During general usage, the Toshiba NB200 (PLL25A-00D002) feels a little sluggish, particularly when you boot it up the first time; it is loaded with Norton Internet Security and other System Tray-dwelling utilities that start up with Windows XP. Nevertheless, when you're only running one or two applications at a time and don't have to wait for background applications to finish their tasks the NB200 performs just fine.
It ships with a conventional spinning hard drive instead of a solid-state drive, which is a shame considering Toshiba is a huge player in the solid-state market, but it's the only way to provide a large storage capacity without attaching a high(er) price tag to the netbook. You get a roomy but not particularly swift 160GB, 5400rpm hard drive with the NB200. It recorded a transfer rate of 19.85 megabytes per second in our file transfer tests, whereas other netbooks tend to break the 20MBps barrier. The slight hit in performance could be due to Toshiba's HDD Protection utility, which works in conjunction with a built-in accelerometer to park the drive heads when it detects vibration and shock. At its default setting it is very sensitive and will park the heads even if you slightly move the netbook while using it in your lap; you can adjust its sensitivity using the utility.
This hard drive protection is one of the unique features of the NB200, and it's a worthwhile feature to have considering a netbook is perfect for use while travelling. Similarly, there are no other netbooks with a Sleep-and-Charge USB 2.0 port (apart from the Toshiba NB100); it's another feature that is very convenient for use while on the road.
The Sleep-and-Charge port lets you to charge portable devices while the Toshiba NB200 is switched off or in sleep mode. It is the most advanced version of Sleep-and-Charge in Toshiba's notebook range, as it supports the Apple iPhone. We tried with an iPhone as well as a Creative MP3 player, and it charged both of them without any problems. We didn't have to change Sleep-and-Charge mode in order for our devices to be charged, but there are four modes you can choose from if the default does not work for your device. You can also configure the NB200 to stop charging USB devices when its battery reaches a certain level.
For example, you can set it so that it stops charging devices once the battery level reaches 50 per cent. Only one of the NB200's USB 2.0 ports is Sleep-and-Charge capable, and it's denoted by the lightning bolt logo next to the USB 2.0 logo.
Toshiba provides a link to download Microsoft's SyncToy utility, which lets you keep files on the NB200 and your main computer synchronised. The shortcut is provided to help new users in particular manage their files between their computers, but it's not an intuitive utility for novices.
The Toshiba NB200's 10in screen has a resolution of 1024x600. It's a glossy screen so it is prone to reflections, especially if you use it outdoors; it's not hard to view once you get the angle just right. The LCD screen uses a traditional fluorescent tube for a backlight, rather than LED technology, but its colours and luminance are still very good.
The netbook is 24.4cm wide, 19cm deep and 3.2cm thick, and it weighs 1.1kg. It's very easy to cart around in a backpack.
Power management can be undertaken using the Toshiba Power Saver utility, which allows you to customise the CPU speed, screen brightness, and cooling method, or you can just use the default settings for each profile. We tested the NB200's battery life while using full power, maximum brightness and with the wireless radio enabled. Its 3-cell, 25 Watt hour battery lasted 2hr 18min in our video rundown test, which is almost exactly what we expected. Versions of the NB200 (PLL20A-00P001 and PLL20A-00Q001) are available with a 6-cell battery, but are more expensive ($949 for both models).
The biggest drawcard of the NB200 is probably its keyboard. We love it! It feels solid to the touch and is very comfortable to type on. The 18mm-wide keys have good travel and the keyboard doesn't bounce. The 7.9x4cm touchpad beneath the keyboard is spacious, responsive and supports vertical scrolling.
The only problem with the Toshiba NB200 is that it gets too hot. It's not as bad as HP's Mini-Note 2133, but it's enough to become uncomfortable if you use it on your lap for long periods of time. Toshiba even goes as far as placing a warning label on the base, saying that the 'PC base can be become hot' and to 'avoid prolonged contact to prevent heat injury to skin'. The label is located on the access panel for the single RAM slot. There is also an access panel for the hard drive, but this can't be opened with a regular Philips head screw driver; it requires a screwdriver with a star head.
The Toshiba NB200 netbook costs $899, so it's a little expensive, but it's well built, performed well in our tests, and has unique features such as hard drive protection and Sleep-and-Charge USB 2.0. It's also the nicest looking netbook on the market and it has a great keyboard. The only drawback is that it gets a little hot.
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Source: http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/review/notebooks/toshiba/nb200_pll25a-00d002/306272
Canon Legria HF S10 HD flash memory camcorder
Canon Legria HF S10:
The Canon Legria HF S10 is a flash memory–based Full HD camcorder equipped with 32GB of inbuilt storage. It replaces the Canon HF11 as the company’s flagship consumer-level camcorder — which arguably makes it the new benchmark for high-definition video. (After all, the HF11 was one of the best camcorders of its generation). The Canon Legria HF S10 gave a solid all-round performance and comes with some useful features on board, including a new Video Snapshot mode, a revamped user interface and a wealth of manual controls.
However, with an RRP of $2499, the Canon Legria HF S10 will sadly be out of reach for many consumers — especially in these economically uncertain times. Nevertheless it remains a suburb video camera for those that can afford it; be they die-hard videographers or cashed-up novices. If only it were a little bit cheaper...
Presumably in an attempt to boost brand-awareness and/or identity, Canon has christened its new camcorder range ‘Legria’, where letters and numbers once sufficed. (We’re guessing it’s Spanish for something cool, but a Google search turned up nothing). Rather cheekily, Canon has re-branded its previous camcorder range under the Legria banner too, but apart from a name swap they remain unchanged.
Rather than merely adding a ‘hair tracking’ gimmick or a fresh new paintjob, the Canon Legria HF S10 has been redesigned from the ground up. It consequently bears little resemblance to the HF11. By far the biggest improvement is the enlarged 1/2 .6in CMOS sensor, which replaces the HF11’s modest 1/4in offering. This helps give the Legria HF S10 a significant boost in resolution, with a gross pixel count of 8.5 million pixels (compared to the HF11’s 3.3 million). It also comes with a new DIGIC DV III processing chip that delivers a quicker imaging performance. It retains the HF11’s 24Mbps bit rate, which remains the fastest on the market.
Other improvements include advanced face detection (which can detect up to 35 faces), an 8-megapixel stills mode, a control dial for precise manual adjustments and the afore-mentioned Video Snapshot. This is a beginner-friendly mode that records video in quick, 4-second bursts. The clips can then be automatically merged into a montage via inbuilt editing software (you can even add your own music), resulting in a slick ‘highlights reel’ devoid of meandering shots. While it obviously won’t suit every occasion, Video Snapshot is a great way to get punchy results fast.
The Canon Legria HF S10 is a very good looking camcorder, with a sleek black body dominated by a disproportionately large lens. For menu navigation, it uses an LCD-mounted joystick configuration, which is functional yet dull. While there’s nothing wrong with the interface per se, it lacks the intuitiveness of Sony and Panasonic’s touch screens — especially if you’re a member of the iPod brigade. On the plus side, the menu is chock-a-block full with advanced modes and features, including a wealth of focusing options. This makes the HF S10 a good choice for budding filmmakers and documentary makers.
The Canon Legria HF S10's main rival is probably Panasonic's HDC-HS200-K — a similarly priced HD camcorder with wildly divergent features. Each model comes with its own unique pros and cons, which makes crowning a winner somewhat difficult. When it comes to bang-for-your buck, the Panasonic HDC-HS200-K trumps the Canon Legria HF S10 due to its 80GB hard drive.
However, the Canon Legria HF S10 wins out when it comes to manual controls and features (crucially, the HDC-HS200-K lacks a control dial and an external microphone jack). Both models produce excellent picture quality, with Canon’s superior optics providing a slight edge. Unless you specifically require lots of inbuilt storage, we’d subsequently plum for the Legria HF S10.
Source: http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/review/digital_video/canon/legria_hf_s10/305268
Nokia Ovi Store
Nokia Ovi Store:
Translating to "doorway" in Finish, Nokia's Ovi Store is set to compete directly with Apple's App Store, Google's Android Market and BlackBerry's App World (which hasn't been launched in Australia yet).
Nokia's Ovi Store is just the second mobile phone app store Australians can access to feature non-free apps. Although a refreshing interface certainly helps when finding apps, there are plenty of teething issues that need ironing out before this can be seen as a serious contender in the ever-growing app market.
We tested the Ovi Store on a Nokia 5800 XpressMusic running the Symbian S60T software. According to Nokia, the Ovi Store application works on more than 50 Nokia handsets running the S60T and S60 operating systems, as well as a range of S40 handsets. The store itself is a free application download from Nokia, available on compatible handsets by entering the download folder in the main menu and clicking "refresh content". The Ovi store will be preinstalled on the upcoming Nokia N97 smartphone, but can also be accessed using a phone's Web browser.
To use the store, users must first create a free Ovi profile. When purchasing a non-free app you can pay via your phone bill or credit card. Unfortunately, the former option is only available for Telstra, Vodafone, Optus and Crazy John's customers; users on 3 and Virgin Mobile will have no choice but to use a credit card.
Opening the Ovi Store takes a good 20 seconds. Users are presented with a flash screen displaying the Ovi logo, before a pop-up connecting message is shown. You then need to select a connection, before the store finally loads. Once loaded, browsing the store over a Wi-Fi connection isn't too slow, but it's no match for the fast and snappy App Store on the iPhone 3G, which even works well when using an over-the-air 3G connection.
Part of the issue with the Ovi Store is the wide range of devices Nokia has to support — the experience on our 5800 XpressMusic will be different to someone accessing the store using a N96, for example. It is certainly a challenge for Nokia to provide a streamlined experience across all devices.
The Ovi Store has a thin library of applications available compared to the App Store, though it is a little unfair to compare the two; Ovi has just launched whereas the App Store was launched in July 2008. Ovi does have one advantage over the App Store: apps include audio and video content, e-mail and SMS applications, ring tones and wallpapers, none of which are available from the App Store.
Unfortunately, the process of purchasing apps isn’t as quick and easy as it is with the App Store. It’s a process that involves pressing buy, re-entering your Ovi account password, choosing the payment method, and then finally purchasing. You will then receive a confirmation SMS with a transaction ID. One of Nokia's biggest issues with Ovi is the fact that there is no integrated desktop software like iTunes.
Thankfully the interface and layout of the Ovi Store are good. Apps are sorted into categories, such as recommended, games, audio and video and personalisation. The transitions between categories are smooth and quick, and the "My Stuff" menu provides your download history at a quick glance.
Source: http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/review/mobile_phones/nokia/ovi_store/305941#cb
1 GB IPOD STYLE Ultra Slim 7 In 1 Video/Mp3/Mp4/Fm Radio Player
1GB IPOD STYLE Ultra Slim 7 In 1 Video/Mp3/Mp4/Fm Radio Player:
Take everything you love about Portable Player and shrink it. Now shrink it again. With 1Gb the pencil-thin Jano packs the entire Music experience into an impossibly small design. So small, it will take your music places you never dreamed of.
Call it astonishing. Unbelievable. Impossible, even. Then pick it up and hold it in your hand. Take in the brilliant color display. Run your thumb around the Wheel buttons. Put on the ear buds and turn up your music. That's when everything becomes clear: It's an Jano....
It holds up to three days' worth of music. . It carries your photos, pod casts and audio books. It syncs seamlessly with music. It connects to a host of accessories.
Wheel shaped buuttonsputs music under your thumb. Click to fast-forward, rewind, play, pause or access menus. You can do it all without looking.
Main Features:
1.Mp3/Mp4 Player
2.Fm Radio
3.Movie Player
4.Jpeg Viewer
5.Ebook
6.Voice Recorder
7.Picture Browser
Song Stylings
Add accessories to your Portable player via the Usb connector and headphone jack and your music will always keep up with you - at home, on the go, even in your car. Of course.
Only 3.5 x 1.6 x 0.27 inches and 1.5 ounces
Bright 1.5-inch color LCD display
Charges and syncs via USB
Works Windows XP
Plays music, Jpeg File and Ebook.
Source:http://shopping.rediff.com/shop/productdisplay.jsp?1-GB-IPOD-STYLE-Ultra-Slim-7-In-1-Video/Mp3/Mp4/Fm-Radio-Player&prrfnbr=10246168&source=browse&frompg=Mp3%20Players
1GB MP4 MP3 PLAYER / SUPER SLIDER AND 3 INCH SCREEN with CAMERA / DV
About this Product
Portable video players (PVP)/ Digital Camera/ DV/ MP3 / MP4 player with gaming functions.
In fact, its goal of blurring the line between a dedicated video player and a gaming device has so far been well received by the market.
The player has lots of features. Besides a built-in camera on the PMP's back, it also supports the less commonly used audio codec, FLAC. Portable audiophiles would undoubtedly approve. There's also FM radio, picture viewing (JPEG, BMP, GIF), video playback support and gaming functions.
The main menu is simple enough to understand with no steep learning curves. And at the conclusion of our battery tests, theplayer surpassed its rated video playback time of 3 hours.
Product Type Portable Video Player
Picture quality: super, fine, normal
Digital camera, DV function
Snap Mode: Snap single, snap multi, snap self
Light effect: digital -0.3EV to 1.5EV
Weight 290 g
Dimensions 123 x 76 x 15 mm
Interface Type USB 2.0
Capacity 1 GB
Expansion options SD
Display Color
Display Resolution 480 x 272 pixels
Voice Recording Yes
Rated battery life (audio) 25 hours
Rated battery life (video) 6 hours
Picture formats JPEG, BMP, GIF
Supported audio formats FLAC, MP3, WMA
Sound output mode Stereo
Supported video formats AVI, MPEG-4
Package Includes:Software CD, AC adapter, earphones ,USB cable, Player etc.
Source: http://shopping.rediff.com/shop/productdisplay.jsp?1GB-MP4-MP3-PLAYER-/-SUPER-SLIDER-AND-3-INCH-SCREEN-with-CAMERA-/-DV-with-warranty&prrfnbr=10292612&source=browse&frompg=Mp3%20Players
Overclocking The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
NVIDIA launched the GeForce GTX 280 and GTX 260 graphics cards on June 17, 2008. Both are based on the NVIDIA GT200 GPU which uses NVIDIA's improved, second-generation unified architecture. The new GT200 GPU, features amongst other things :
240 stream processors
Twice the number of registers
Fast local 16k shared memory (per cluster of 8 stream processors)
New texture scheduler
Double precision accuracy
3X ROP blending performance
For more information on the NVIDIA GT200 GPU, please take a look at the NVIDIA GTX 280 & GTX 260 Technology Report.
As we saw it our review of the ASUS ENGTX280 TOP graphics card, the standard GeForce GTX 280 is roughly equivalent to the ATI Radeon HD 4870. That's why GeForce GTX 280 is now priced at the same level as the Radeon HD 4870. Only the factory-overclocking of the ASUS ENGTX280 TOP allowed it to deliver a significant performance advantage over the Radeon HD 4870.
Fortunately, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 is pretty overclockable. The ASUS ENGTX280 TOP came factory-overclocked by 11.3% (core) and 9.8% (memory) but there was still some room left for further overclocking. Best of all, NVIDIA provided all the necessary tools for easy overclocking, with complete access to core and memory clocks as well as fan speed. So, we just had to try overclocking it to see how far it can go!
Like in our previous overclocking guides, we did not want this to be an example of extreme overclocking, where you would need to resort to third-party coolers. With that method, you can achieve an incredible degree of overclocking but it would come at a significant cost. We wanted this attempt to come at "no cost" to the user. That meant overclocking the GeForce GTX 280 using its standard cooler.
Source: http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=617
Monday, June 1, 2009
Preity Zinta
Biography:
Preity Zinta was born on January 31, 1975 in Shimla. She is a middle child with one younger brother and one older. Her parents were in a tragic car accident which killed her father. Her mother was left with severe injuries but she made it.
Growing up Zinta went to the Jesus and Mary boarding school in Shimla. After that she attended St. Bede’s college where she studied English. Then she earned a degree in Criminal Psychology.
Preity Zinta broke into show business after being featured in the Cadbury Perk’s commercial. She went on to become the Liril girl and starred in various other ads.
She broke into the film industry in 1997. She had a role in the film ‘Tara Rum Pum Pum.’ The film was actually cancelled and never released but it still jumpstarted Zinta’a film career.
In 1998, her acting breakthrough came in the film ‘Dil Se.’ That same year she starred in ‘Soldier’ where she won the Filmfare Best Debut Award. Following this Preity Zinta starred in a slew of films, such as ‘Kya Kehna’ and ‘Mission Kashmir.’ Her latest film set to release this year is ‘Har Pall’ and stars Shiney Ahuja.
Preity Zinta may be a great actress but that is not all she is known for. Zinta wrote about women’s issues for the BBC News Online. She is also heavily involved in multiple causes and charities, such as AIDS awareness, clean up drives in Mumbai, and human trafficking.
As part of NDTV’s Jai Jawan, she was one of the celebrities to visit the army men based in Hisar, Haryana.
She is also the owner of cricket team. In 2008, she became the first female to own a franchise of the Mohali based Twenty20 cricket team of the Indian Premier League. She made headlines for her support extended to the players during the matches.
She is currently dating businessman Ness Wadia. The two have been dating since February 2005.
Source: www.desihits.com/celebs/view/preity+zinta
Salman Khan
Biography:
Salman Khan, whose birth name is Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan, was born on December 27th, 1965. Khan was brought up around people in the industry. His father, Salim, is a renowned scriptwriter and his stepmother, Helen, is a Hindi actress.
Salman Khan jump started his career in the hit movie, ‘Maine Pyar Kiya.’ But after his first initial box office success, a second hit film did not come so easily. Khan starred in films such as, Pathar Ke Phool, Jagruti, and Dil Tera Ashique, which all turned out to be flops.
The film ‘Saajan’came along next and proved that Khan was able to take on more serious roles and be successful. After finally getting the second hit he needed Khan followed it up with ‘Andaz Apna Apna’, ‘Hum Aapke Hain Koun!’, ‘Karun Ajun’,’ Khamoshi: The Musical’, and ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ which were films where he performed roles that were sensitive, funny, aggressive, charming and even vulnerable.
In 1998 on the set of the film ‘Hum-Saath-Saath-Hain’ he was arrested for killing protected wild animals and having illegal possession of firearms. He spent a week in jail. He is facing three cases for killing black bucks and chinkaras.
Salman Khan also hit the headlines once again due to him crashing his Land Cruiser near the American Express bakery in Bandra, where one man was killed and others were injured.
He tried to balance his trouble life with his career leading him to play and emotional role in 2003’s ‘Tere Naam’. The reviews for the film were good and playing this role revived his career and producers began to have more confidence in his abilities.
Salman was once romantically involved with Aishwarya Rai, however their relationship ended in 2002. Since 2003, Khan has been dating Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif.
Source: http://www.desihits.com/celebs/view/salman+khan
Aamir Khan
Biography:
Aamir Khan was born on March 14, 1965 in Mumbai to the parents Tahir and Zeenat Hussain. He has three siblings Faisal, Farhat, and Nikhat. Aamir Khan grew up around people from the film industry. His father, Uncle Nasir Hussain and cousin Mansoor Khan were all a part of the business. Aamir Khan is keeping this tradition alive by being a mentor to his young nephew Imran Khan.
He even gave the young star a leading role in ‘Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na’ – a film which he produced. Aamir Khan secretly married Reena Dutta on April 18, 1986. The couple had two children together, Junaid and Ira, but got divorced in 2002. Aamir Khan tied the knot a second time in 2005. He married Kiran Rao, who he met on the set of Lagaan; she was an assistant director.
Aamir Khan made his acting debut in 1984 in the film ‘Holi’ directed by Ketan Mehta. But it wasn’t until 1988 that Aamir Khan was thrust into the limelight with the film ‘Qayamat Se Qyatamat Tak.’ The movie was a huge hit with film-goers and Aamir Khan nabbed the Filmfare Best Debut Actor Award for his role as Raj. Following this, Aamir released hit after hit, such as ‘Dil,’ ‘It Happened One Night,’ and ‘Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander.’ During this span, he collected several nominations for the Filmfare Best Actor Award. He finally won it in 1996 for the critically acclaimed ‘Raja Hindustani.’
In 2001 Aamir Khan produced and starred in the mega-hit ‘Lagaan.’ Aamir bagged his second Filmfare Best Actor Award for his role as Bhuvan in the film. The movie was also nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film category, but unfortunately lost to ‘No Man’s Land.’ After starring in the hit ‘Dil Chahta Hai’ the same year, Aamir took nearly four years off from making films. He made his return in 2006 with the release of ‘Mangal Panday: The Rising.’
Aamir Khan made his directorial debut with ‘Taare Zameen Par’ in 2007. In late 2008 Aamir released the much anticipated ‘Ghajini.’ The film was a smash hit at the box office and with critics. In 2009, Aamir is set to release ‘Three Idiots,’ co-starring Kareena Kapoor, Madhavan, and Sharman Joshi.
Source: http://www.desihits.com/celebs/view/aamir+khan
Ghajini
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Release: 24, December 2008
Director: A.R. Murugadoss
Language: Hindi
Plot Summary:
Ghajini opens with Sunita, who is investigating case of Sanjay Singhania, who is a notable city businessman, reported to be suffering from amnesia in spite of being denied by her professor. Sanjay is introduced as he's murdering another man and takes the picture of the corpse. The amnesia he has wipes his memory out every 15 minutes. Sanjay uses a system of photographs, notes, and tattoos on his body to recover his memory after each cycle.
Every morning, Sanjay is reminded by a tattoo on his body that "Kalpana was killed", and it is revealed that Sanjay is ultimately out to avenge Kalpana, and that he is systematically killing the people who were responsible for Kalpana's death. His main target, evidenced by several notes and tattoos, is "Ghajini". It is eventually revealed that Ghajini is a notable social personality in the city. Mumbai Police Inpsector Fawaz is on the case of the serial murders. He tracks Sanjay down to his flat and attacks and disables him.
Through a 2005 diary found in the room, Fawaz learns Sanjay Singhania is the scion of a reputed business house that owns the Air Voice mobile telephone company. In the course of his business, Sanjay sends his men to meet Kalpana, a struggling actor/model, about putting up an Air Voice billboard above her apartment. The owner of Kalpana's modeling/advertising firm misinterprets this as a romantic advance, and encourages Kalpana to accept the advance.
Kalpana plays as Sanjay's girlfriend. He eventually meets Kalpana, but pretends to be Sachin, a simple fellow from a small town. Kalpana lands him some modeling gigs. They fall in love, and on the New Year's eve, Sanjay proposes. She requests some time to. Sanjay decides that if she accepts, he will tell her who he really is, but if she declines, he'll quietly back off with no harm done. He finally tracks down Ghajini to a college function where Ghajini is the guest of honor. Sanjay takes some pictures of Ghajini and decides to kill him.
Later that evening, Sanjay attacks and kills one of Ghajini's goons in the parking lot. The dying goon informs Ghajini that Sanjay is out to kill Ghajini. Ghajini is baffled about the identity of the person and decides to eliminate all his enemies. In the meantime, Sunita who he met at the party visits Sanjay's flat and finds detective Fawaz, beaten and bound. She also finds that Ghajini is Sanjay's target. Fawaz informs her that Sanjay is a known serial murderer. Sunita finds the two diaries and frees Fawaz. Sanjay arrives suddenly and in the ensuing chase, Fawaz is fatally hit by a bus, and Sunita barely escapes the crazed Sanjay.
Believing Ghajini is in danger, she informs him that it is Sanjay who is after him. With this named target, Ghajini arrives at Sanjay's flat and destroys all the photographs and notes, and tattooes over Sanjay's existing tattoos. Satisfied that he has neutralized Sanjay by wiping out any trace that connects back to him, Ghajini leaves.
Meanwhile, back in her dorm, Sunita reads the 2006 diary ,which revealed that Kalpana had accepted Sanjay's proposal and ends abruptly. Sunita investigates further, and discovers that at some point in 2006, Kalpana had rescued 25 girls from a prostitution racket. The girls named Ghajini as the ringleader of the racket. In retaliation, he murdered two of these girls, and went in search of Kalpana. Ghajini and his goons managed to break into Kalpana's apartment and waited for her return.
Coincidentally, Sanjay also arrived there to meet Kalpana. Her last word to him was "Ghajini." Ghajini kills Kalpana and hits Sanjay in the head leading to his memory loss. Sunita, now aware of the truth, finds Sanjay and tells him the truth. Arriving at Ghajini's lair in downtown Mumbai, Sanjay systematically and brutally kills all of Ghajini's henchmen and chases down Ghajini. He is about to kill Ghajini when his memory loss cycle kicks in. Ghajini takes this opportunity to stab Sanjay. He begins to taunt Sanjay with the grisly tale of how he murdered Kalpana. Sanjay, angered by this devastating memory takes out the sharp pole in his stomach and throws it at Ghajini,which knocks him to the floor. Sanjay overpowers Ghajini after a short fight and kills him in the same way Kalpana was killed. The film ends with Sanjay, still suffering from the amnesia, volunteering at an orphange. Sunita gives him a small gift, a memorabilia containing both of their footprints literally to remind him of his fond association with Kalpana
Ghajini opens with Sunita, who is investigating case of Sanjay Singhania, who is a notable city businessman, reported to be suffering from amnesia in spite of being denied by her professor. Sanjay is introduced as he's murdering another man and takes the picture of the corpse. The amnesia he has wipes his memory out every 15 minutes. Sanjay uses a system of photographs, notes, and tattoos on his body to recover his memory after each cycle. Every morning, Sanjay is reminded by a tattoo on his body that "Kalpana was killed", and it is revealed that Sanjay is ultimately out to avenge Kalpana, and that he is systematically killing the people who were responsible for Kalpana's death. His main target, evidenced by several notes and tattoos, is "Ghajini". It is eventually revealed that Ghajini is a notable social personality in the city. Mumbai Police Inspector Fawaz is on the case of the serial murders. He tracks Sanjay down to his flat and attacks and disables him. Through a 2005 diary found in the room, Fawaz learns Sanjay Singhania is the scion of a reputed business house that owns the Air Voice mobile telephone company. In the course of his business, Sanjay sends his men to meet Kalpana, a struggling actor/model, about putting up an Air Voice billboard above her apartment. The owner of Kalpana's modeling/advertising firm misinterprets this as a romantic advance, and encourages Kalpana to accept the advance. Kalpana plays as Sanjay's girlfriend. He eventually meets Kalpana, but pretends to be Sachin, a simple fellow from a small town. Kalpana lands him some modeling gigs. They fall in love, and on the New Year's Eve, Sanjay proposes. She requests some time to. Sanjay decides that if she accepts, he will tell her who he really is, but if she declines, he'll quietly back off with no harm done. He finally tracks down Ghajini to a college function where Ghajini is the guest of honor.
Sanjay takes some pictures of Ghajini and decides to kill him. Later that evening, Sanjay attacks and kills one of Ghajini's goons in the parking lot. The dying goon informs Ghajini that Sanjay is out to kill Ghajini. Ghajini is baffled about the identity of the person and decides to eliminate all his enemies. In the meantime, Sunita who he met at the party visits Sanjay's flat and finds detective Fawaz, beaten and bound. She also finds that Ghajini is Sanjay's target. Fawaz informs her that Sanjay is a known serial murderer. Sunita finds the two diaries and frees Fawaz. Sanjay arrives suddenly and in the ensuing chase, Fawaz is fatally hit by a bus, and Sunita barely escapes the crazed Sanjay.
Believing Ghajini is in danger, she informs him that it is Sanjay who is after him. With this named target, Ghajini arrives at Sanjay's flat and destroys all the photographs and notes, and tattooes over Sanjay's existing tattoos. Satisfied that he has neutralized Sanjay by wiping out any trace that connects back to him, Ghajini leaves. Meanwhile, back in her dorm, Sunita reads the 2006 diary ,which revealed that Kalpana had accepted Sanjay's proposal and ends abruptly. Sunita investigates further, and discovers that at some point in 2006, Kalpana had rescued 25 girls from a prostitution racket. The girls named Ghajini as the ringleader of the racket. In retaliation, he murdered two of these girls, and went in search of Kalpana. Ghajini and his goons managed to break into Kalpana's apartment and waited for her return.
Coincidentally, Sanjay also arrived there to meet Kalpana. Her last word to him was "Ghajini." Ghajini kills Kalpana and hits Sanjay in the head leading to his memory loss. Sunita, now aware of the truth, finds Sanjay and tells him the truth. Arriving at Ghajini's lair in downtown Mumbai, Sanjay systematically and brutally kills all of Ghajini's henchmen and chases down Ghajini. He is about to kill Ghajini when his memory loss cycle kicks in. Ghajini takes this opportunity to stab Sanjay. He begins to taunt Sanjay with the grisly tale of how he murdered Kalpana. Sanjay, angered by this devastating memory takes out the sharp pole in his stomach and throws it at Ghajini,which knocks him to the floor. Sanjay overpowers Ghajini after a short fight and kills him in the same way Kalpana was killed. The film ends with Sanjay, still suffering from the amnesia, volunteering at an orphange. Sunita gives him a small gift,a memorabilia containing both of their footprints literally to remind him of his fond association with Kalpana.
Katrina Kaif
Biography:
Katrina Kaif was born on July 16th 1984. She is one of eight siblings who are all girls. Her mother is of Caucasian-British decent and her father who is originally from Kashmir, India is now also a Britain Native.
Katrina Kaif was raised mostly in Hawaii and started modeling at the age of 14 in a jewelry campaign, which turned into a career and her spending most of her time in London modeling for various companies.
She was discovered by film maker Kaizad Gustad while she was modeling and she landed a role in the Bollywood film ‘Boom’, getting her first big break in the film industry.
After arriving in India she was flooded with modeling contracts due to her innocent looking face, hour glass figure and gorgeous look. The offers came from companies like LG, Cola, Favicol and Lakme which is the commercial that got her noticed. Most of her early work was with photographer Atul Kasbekar.
She wasn’t affected by moving from country to country and stated that no matter where you are from the bottom line is that everyone wants to be loved respected and cared for.
Unlike other fellow outsiders of India Katrina Kaif had no problems getting a visa to stay there. After public criticized by boyfriend Salman Khan, she is currently perfecting her Hindi and despite being linguistically challenged at first with the native tongue, she was still offered roles in Bollywood films. Katrina Kaif also takes dance lessons furthering her assimilation into the Bollywood culture.
Critics were not crazy about her first film ‘Boom’ and audiences felt the same way. She went on to make two other Telegu films ‘Malliswari’ and ‘Pidugu’ which finally got her noticed. She made Rs.70 Lakhs from ‘Malliswari’ making her one of the highest paid actresses during a south Indian film debut.
Shahrukh Khan
Biography:
On November 2nd 1965, Shahrukh Khan was born in New Delhi to parents, Fatima and Mir Taj Mohammed. Khan showed a knack for entertaining at a very young age.
When he was younger, he and his family would gather around their radiogram and listen to Vividh Bharti. Once the news segment was over, Khan would get up and break into dance. However, acting was not always Khan’s first career choice.
While attending Hans Raj College, Delhi University, Khan majored in Economics and was quite the jock. He played both football, hockey, and cricket while in college. While Khan would have liked to have pursued sports further, a back injury and an arthritis-ruptured right knee prevented him from doing so.
Khan went on to pursue his Masters from the mass communication research center, Jamia Milia Islamia. Shahrukh Khan was excelling during his first year in the course, which emphasized on filmmaking and journalism, but would not be allowed to finish. His vice principal informed him that he would not be permitted to take the final exams because his attendance was not up to par.
Shahrukh Khan had been dabbling in theater, television and production work for short films outside of the college in his free time; it was while he was in college that he starred in his first TV series’ ‘Fauji’ and ‘Dil Dariya.’
‘Circus’ was his first project when he left college, which sent him traveling all over Maharashtra. Shahrukh Khan has gone on to star in twenty-plus films since leaving college.
SRK’s other passion includes advertising. He has endorsed numerous products, including Pepsi, Mayur Suitings, Hyundai Santro, Snoodles, Cinthol soap, Bagpiper club soda, and Clinic All Clear. Khan describes advertising as ‘the soul of filmmaking.’
Shahrukh Khan started the production company, Dreamz Unlimited, alongside Juhi Chawla and Aziz Mirza in 1999 with one goal in mind: to make their own kinds of films and not have to be dependent on producers.
While the company’s first film, ‘Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani,’ was not the success Khan would have hoped, Dreamz Unlimited is now a successful production company in the industry.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
ASUS G50V-A1 Gaming Notebook
The ASUS G50V-A1 is a new 15.4″ gaming notebook to hit the market this holiday season. The G50V-A1 is one of the best machines produced by ASUS performance-wise, but it has other issues that should be considered if your intention is to use the “gaming notebook” heavily for its intended purpose.
The notebook offers excellent performance powered with an Intel Core 2 Duo T9400, high-quality WSXGA+ screen, and numerous features that make the system stand out. It is even bundled with useful accessories that do not normally come with a laptop, including a backpack and gaming mouse. The G50V is covered with a two-year warranty, and the first year includes accident damage coverage as well. The ASUS G50V-A1 also comes with a recovery disk that can be useful in the case of emergency.
If the system was marketed as a business machine, we could stop there with an exceptional review. However, while the laptop offers great stock performance, the G50V-A1’s over clocking and power management abilities didn’t fare so well. Even though the machine was nearly flawless during regular usage, it’s always a plus for it to perform during rigorous benchmark tests (WorldBench, Mobilemark, etc.). Another serious issue is that it lacks driver support for widescreen resolution (1440×900), which would come in handy. It runs perfectly in its normal resolution of 1680×1050, but having to step down to 1280×768 for a decent widescreen resolution is not a good look.
The G50V-A1 comes with Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit, with 4GB of DDR2-800 RAM. The notebook includes an 8X DVD-RW Super Multi drive, 8-in-1 memory card reader, built-in 1.3-megapixel webcam, and Intel Wireless WiFi Link 5100AGN with built-in Bluetooth support. Overall, the G50V is a quality gaming platform. The design and numerous features are great. The graphics card it uses (the NVIDIA GeForce 9700 GT) is a bit of an undershot for ASUS since it’s quite underpowered for a gaming laptop.
The A1 can be purchased for a little under $1600, but it may be overpriced since the ASUS G50Vt-X1 can be purchased for $1,250. It’s a cheaper machine, but it has a Core 2 Duo processor, a 15.6″ 1366×758 display, and a NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS, which is simply a better graphics card for a gaming platform.
Source: http://www.hitechgadget.net/2009/04/20/asus-g50v-a1-gaming-notebook/
UMID UMPC (Mini-Netbook)
In size its rival would be the Nintendo DS, but in function it can rival some decent laptops. With 1GB of RAM, a 1.3 mega-pixel webcam, a mini-USB port, wireless connectivity (WIMAX, WiBro, HSDPA), and a card reader, the UMID is a formidable netbook. It probably would not be considered a netbook, though. Like the IMOVIO iKIT handtop computer, it’s more of a mini-netbook. You could almost call it a pocket-sized laptop. It’s screen is 4.8″, touch screen enabled, and runs at 1024×600 resolution. The device is powered by Intel’s Atom processor @ 1.33 GHz. It packs quite a punch for such a small device. Some sources on the Internet claim the mini-netbook can support Linux, Windows XP, and even Windows Vista.
The casing looks great, even though there hasn’t been any word on the exact dimensions. It almost looks like the new PDAs or stylish cell phones, but a little bigger. It’s not available outside of Korea yet, but we’re just excited as everyone else. Pricing information should be available soon.
Source: http://www.hitechgadget.net/2009/04/20/umid-umpc-mini-netbook/
Saturday, May 30, 2009
TDA2030 8w Amplifier
An 8 watt amplifier made with the TDA2030 IC. Built two such units for a stereo amplifier.
Description:
Notes:
Although the TDA2030 is capable of delivering 20 watts of audio power, I deliberately reduced the output to about 8 watts to drive 10 watt speakers. This is more than adequate for a smaller room. Input sensitivity is 200mV. Higher input levels naturally will give greater output, but no distortion should be heard. The gain is set by the 47k and 1.5k resistors. The TDA2030 IC is affordable and makes a good replacement amplifier for low to medium audio power systems. Incidentally, it is speaker efficiency that determines how "loud" the sound is. Speaker efficiency or sound pressure level (SPL) is usually quoted in dB/meter. A speaker with an SPL of 97dB/m will sound louder than a speaker with an SPL of 95dB/m.
http://www.zen22142.zen.co.uk/Circuits/Audio/tda8.htm
Description:
Notes:
Although the TDA2030 is capable of delivering 20 watts of audio power, I deliberately reduced the output to about 8 watts to drive 10 watt speakers. This is more than adequate for a smaller room. Input sensitivity is 200mV. Higher input levels naturally will give greater output, but no distortion should be heard. The gain is set by the 47k and 1.5k resistors. The TDA2030 IC is affordable and makes a good replacement amplifier for low to medium audio power systems. Incidentally, it is speaker efficiency that determines how "loud" the sound is. Speaker efficiency or sound pressure level (SPL) is usually quoted in dB/meter. A speaker with an SPL of 97dB/m will sound louder than a speaker with an SPL of 95dB/m.
http://www.zen22142.zen.co.uk/Circuits/Audio/tda8.htm
Friday, May 29, 2009
Review of the Skagen 697XLMLMB
Our second Skagen review today is of the 697XLMLMB. It's a quartz men's dress watch with a style a bit more daring than most of their line.
Specifications:
35g in weight with strap.
42.5mm across with crown, 40.2mm without, 49mm lug to lug.
8.5mm thick.
Black ion plated stainless steel case with polished snap-on caseback.
Integral black calfskin leather strap with thorn buckle bearing Skagen logo.
'Super hardened' mineral crystal.
Miyota quartz movement with 'big date' complication.
Decorative dual-layer dial, with center metal section with etched indices and screws.
Matching ion plated crown, non-screw-down type, with Skagen logo.
30m (100ft) water resistant.
Lumed hands and indices.
As with the Skagen 233XXLSLB, the 697 is clearly a Skagen in style, but look closely and the differences are pronounced.
Source: http://www.watchreport.com/watch_reviews/index.html
Suunto HelO2 dive computer
Suunto has just announced the release of a new hardcore dive computer, the HelO2. Designed for very serious divers indeed, this computer-interfaced wrist computer has the following features:
Full mixed-gas capability. Up to eight gases as primary or secondaries.
Incorporates the new 'Suunto RGBM' decompression algorithm.
Oxygen contents from 8-100%, helium from 0-92%.
Of course, it's waterproof to 120m (390ft).
It's paired with graphical Windows-based diver planner software that allows a complete dive profile to be pre-programmed, or to plan based on data from previous dives.
From the software, you can export mix data to give to the air vendor.
This goes way beyond nitrox or trimix, and is probably the instrument of choice for commercial divers and mixed-gas divers. I can see it being nice to have for recreation divers who want better planned or longer dives, and also those who use trimix for the additional safety margin that it provides.
Full mixed-gas capability. Up to eight gases as primary or secondaries.
Incorporates the new 'Suunto RGBM' decompression algorithm.
Oxygen contents from 8-100%, helium from 0-92%.
Of course, it's waterproof to 120m (390ft).
It's paired with graphical Windows-based diver planner software that allows a complete dive profile to be pre-programmed, or to plan based on data from previous dives.
From the software, you can export mix data to give to the air vendor.
This goes way beyond nitrox or trimix, and is probably the instrument of choice for commercial divers and mixed-gas divers. I can see it being nice to have for recreation divers who want better planned or longer dives, and also those who use trimix for the additional safety margin that it provides.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Fly Mobiles Launches SX230 and E310 in India
Fly has added two new mid-range devices to its portfolio of phones with the launch of the SX230 "Sexy" and the E310 "Attitude" phones.
SX 230- Slim Slider:
Fly SX 230 is a Slim Slider and is a new addition in the Sexy Series displaying simplicity at its best exhibits a lively combination of entertaining features at extremely reasonable prices. This light weight phone offers the most hunted features at price of Rs 5,000.
Fly SX 230 comes with the following features:
Slim Slider
High Intensity Color Display
*262K TFT, 176x220 pixels
1.3 Mega pixel camera CMOS Camera,
Bluetooth with A2DP
MP3 Playback & Ring tones
87 gm
97x47x14mm
GPRS
Micro SD card
USB Support
*Mass Storage Mode
*USB Charging
Hands-free Speakerphone
FLY E 310 ATTITUDE
This is next generation entertainment device after the huge success of E-300. This phone comes with a 3.2 mega auto focus camera and has a touch screen. The phone is a power house which supports T-Flash card up to 8 GB and has a link to you tube and face book it is priced at Rs 10,999/-
Fly E310 comes with the following features:
■ GSM Dual Band
■ Slim Slider Metallic ID – 12.4mm
■ 3 MPx AF Camera
■ 2.4” TFT Touch Lens Display
■ Touch Flo technology
■ BT with A2DP
■ T-Flash Support
■ TV Out
■ MP3 Playback & Ringtones
■ USB Support
■ EDGE Enabled
■ GPRS,MMS & WAP 2.0
■ Hands-free Speakerphone
Source: http://www.mobilenewshome.com/search/label/Fly%20Mobile
SX 230- Slim Slider:
Fly SX 230 is a Slim Slider and is a new addition in the Sexy Series displaying simplicity at its best exhibits a lively combination of entertaining features at extremely reasonable prices. This light weight phone offers the most hunted features at price of Rs 5,000.
Fly SX 230 comes with the following features:
Slim Slider
High Intensity Color Display
*262K TFT, 176x220 pixels
1.3 Mega pixel camera CMOS Camera,
Bluetooth with A2DP
MP3 Playback & Ring tones
87 gm
97x47x14mm
GPRS
Micro SD card
USB Support
*Mass Storage Mode
*USB Charging
Hands-free Speakerphone
FLY E 310 ATTITUDE
This is next generation entertainment device after the huge success of E-300. This phone comes with a 3.2 mega auto focus camera and has a touch screen. The phone is a power house which supports T-Flash card up to 8 GB and has a link to you tube and face book it is priced at Rs 10,999/-
Fly E310 comes with the following features:
■ GSM Dual Band
■ Slim Slider Metallic ID – 12.4mm
■ 3 MPx AF Camera
■ 2.4” TFT Touch Lens Display
■ Touch Flo technology
■ BT with A2DP
■ T-Flash Support
■ TV Out
■ MP3 Playback & Ringtones
■ USB Support
■ EDGE Enabled
■ GPRS,MMS & WAP 2.0
■ Hands-free Speakerphone
Source: http://www.mobilenewshome.com/search/label/Fly%20Mobile
Nokia Launches XpressMusic 5730 5730 and 5030
Nokia announced the new Nokia 5730 XpressMusic, Nokia 5330 XpressMusic and Nokia 5030 music phones that will go nicely with the NokiaMusic Store where you can take advantage of Nokia's Comes With Music service which is offering unlimited music downloads for a year or 18 months. Apparently, during that period you can choose from millions of tracks to download and keep them forever. That's reason enough to take a closer look at these new Nokia mobile music phones.
The Nokia 5730 XpressMusic is Nokia's first music-optimized device to offer a full QWERTY keyboard - ideal for quick messaging. The heart of this music device is the Homescreen for XpressMusic, providing access and dynamic information on music, people, games, email and calendar.The Homescreen features an improved contacts bar with up to 20 friends and family members and provides direct access to music, N-Gage and other applications, like Facebook, Photos, Ovi Contacts, Maps, messaging and more. With Ovi Contacts, people see which friends are online, chat and even view what music they are listening to.
With the dedicated gaming keys the Nokia 5730 XpressMusic is a true N-Gage gadget. Direct access to the N-Gage Arena community and the preloaded N-Gage games invite to connect and compete and check high scores with online friends.
Then there’s the mid-range slider Nokia 5330 XpressMusic. Specs wise, there are dedicated music keys, standard 3.5mm headset jack, and a battery that sustains more than 26 hours of playback time. As for the pre-installed software, this babywill be rocking social networking apps allowing users to access Nokia’s Ovi services, Facebook and Myspace. The 5330 XpressMusic is expected to be available in Q3 2009 for an estimated retail price of 160 EUR.
With its edgy, top-sliced design and illumination effects, Nokia 5330 XpressMusic is ideal for music and keeping in touch with your social network. XpressMusic touch keys on the side of the display provide instant access to music. The standard 3.5mm jack offers crystal clear sound for any headphones, and the extended battery life gives more than 26 hours of playback time. Of course, the Nokia 5330 XpressMusic provides access to sites that specialize in online sharing, including Ovi, Facebook, and MySpace.
The Nokia 5330 XpressMusic is expected to be available in the third quarter of 2009 for an estimated retail price of 160 EUR.
Nokia 5030 is the company's first phone with an internal FM radio antenna, which eliminates the need for a headset or external speakers. The one touch FM radio and channel selection keys on the side of the device ensure the product lives up to its XpressRadio name. Placed sideways on the table, the Nokia 5030 doubles as a portable FM radio and is ideal for emerging markets, where people rely on a radio as their main source of entertainment and news. The Nokia 5030 has up to a day of listening time and 10 hours of talk time, which comes to life with the powerful loudspeaker, and is available in two colors - graphite and red.
One of Nokia's most affordable devices to offer an FM radio, the Nokia 5030 is expected to begin shipping in the second quarter of 2009 with an estimated retail price of less than 40 EUR, before taxes or subsidies.
Source: http://www.mobilenewshome.com/search/label/Nokia%20Mobile
The Nokia 5730 XpressMusic is Nokia's first music-optimized device to offer a full QWERTY keyboard - ideal for quick messaging. The heart of this music device is the Homescreen for XpressMusic, providing access and dynamic information on music, people, games, email and calendar.The Homescreen features an improved contacts bar with up to 20 friends and family members and provides direct access to music, N-Gage and other applications, like Facebook, Photos, Ovi Contacts, Maps, messaging and more. With Ovi Contacts, people see which friends are online, chat and even view what music they are listening to.
With the dedicated gaming keys the Nokia 5730 XpressMusic is a true N-Gage gadget. Direct access to the N-Gage Arena community and the preloaded N-Gage games invite to connect and compete and check high scores with online friends.
Then there’s the mid-range slider Nokia 5330 XpressMusic. Specs wise, there are dedicated music keys, standard 3.5mm headset jack, and a battery that sustains more than 26 hours of playback time. As for the pre-installed software, this babywill be rocking social networking apps allowing users to access Nokia’s Ovi services, Facebook and Myspace. The 5330 XpressMusic is expected to be available in Q3 2009 for an estimated retail price of 160 EUR.
With its edgy, top-sliced design and illumination effects, Nokia 5330 XpressMusic is ideal for music and keeping in touch with your social network. XpressMusic touch keys on the side of the display provide instant access to music. The standard 3.5mm jack offers crystal clear sound for any headphones, and the extended battery life gives more than 26 hours of playback time. Of course, the Nokia 5330 XpressMusic provides access to sites that specialize in online sharing, including Ovi, Facebook, and MySpace.
The Nokia 5330 XpressMusic is expected to be available in the third quarter of 2009 for an estimated retail price of 160 EUR.
Nokia 5030 is the company's first phone with an internal FM radio antenna, which eliminates the need for a headset or external speakers. The one touch FM radio and channel selection keys on the side of the device ensure the product lives up to its XpressRadio name. Placed sideways on the table, the Nokia 5030 doubles as a portable FM radio and is ideal for emerging markets, where people rely on a radio as their main source of entertainment and news. The Nokia 5030 has up to a day of listening time and 10 hours of talk time, which comes to life with the powerful loudspeaker, and is available in two colors - graphite and red.
One of Nokia's most affordable devices to offer an FM radio, the Nokia 5030 is expected to begin shipping in the second quarter of 2009 with an estimated retail price of less than 40 EUR, before taxes or subsidies.
Source: http://www.mobilenewshome.com/search/label/Nokia%20Mobile
Samsung S5600 and S5230 Touchscreen Mobiles
Samsung announced the impending availability of both the S5600 and S5230 in the U.K, France, and Germany and other countries across Europe.
Just 12.8mm thick the S5600 has a 2.8 inch QVGA touchscreen, 3 Megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.1, FM radio and 7.2 Mbps HSDPA. The S5230 on the other hand is 11.3mm thick has a 3 inch QVGA touchscreen, 3 Megapixel camera with 15 fps video recording and DNSe technology to deliver optimum sound. Release date and pricing is not known yet.
Samsung S5600 Specifications include:
Quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900), GPRS/EDGE, UMTS 900/2100. HSDPA 7.2 mbps connectivity
2.8” 16M color 240×320 QVGA TFT touchscreen display
3 megapixel camera with 15 fps QVGA video recording
FM Radio with RDS
Bluetooth 2.1, USB2.0
80MB of built-in memory
microSD memory card slot (up to 8GB)
Dimensions: 102.6×55x12.9mm
Battery: 1000 mAh
Source: http://www.mobilenewshome.com/search/label/Samsung%20Mobile
Just 12.8mm thick the S5600 has a 2.8 inch QVGA touchscreen, 3 Megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.1, FM radio and 7.2 Mbps HSDPA. The S5230 on the other hand is 11.3mm thick has a 3 inch QVGA touchscreen, 3 Megapixel camera with 15 fps video recording and DNSe technology to deliver optimum sound. Release date and pricing is not known yet.
Samsung S5600 Specifications include:
Quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900), GPRS/EDGE, UMTS 900/2100. HSDPA 7.2 mbps connectivity
2.8” 16M color 240×320 QVGA TFT touchscreen display
3 megapixel camera with 15 fps QVGA video recording
FM Radio with RDS
Bluetooth 2.1, USB2.0
80MB of built-in memory
microSD memory card slot (up to 8GB)
Dimensions: 102.6×55x12.9mm
Battery: 1000 mAh
Source: http://www.mobilenewshome.com/search/label/Samsung%20Mobile
Nokia N97 with QWERTY Slideout Keyboard
Introducing the Nokia N97, the next generation high-end mobile phone from Nokia. Described by Nokia folks as a “handheld computer” this device is a pretty comfortable high-end phone. It has a tilting (resistive) touch-screen display, and is the first N-series phone with a QWERTY keyboard. It has 32 gigabytes of memory, expandable to 42 GB via 16 GB memory card. It has a digital compass, a 1500 milliamp battery, and DVD quality video capture. It’s extremely comfortable to hold, easy to use, and represents a solid solid evolution of the Nokia smarthphone line.
Key Features of the new Nokia N97
Touch display (3.5″ of it) which slides and tilts to reveal a full QWERTY kepboard plus d-pad for easy navigation.
5 Megapixel Camera
Carl Zeiss integrated optics coupled with a dual LED flash
A massive 32GB of internal memory with MicrSD support for further memory expansion
Integrated Assisted GPS
WiFi and HSDPA
DVD quality video capture and 16:9 display
a 3.5mm headphone jack.
Symbian S60 5th Edition
up to 16GB additional memory via microSD
full QWERTY slideout keyboard
Device Description:
The Nokia N97 is a S60 5th Edition mobile computer with a large 3,5“, bright nHD (640 x 360 pixels and 16:9 aspect ratio) TFT color display with resistive touch screen and tactile feedback. The device provides excellent user experience for internet and entertainment by combining qwerty keyboard with touch UI. Use the N97 to connect to mobile broadband using WLAN or HSDPA (3.5G). Find directions and locations with the integrated A-GPS and included maps. Additional features include game titles with N-Gage, a 5 mega pixel camera with dual LED flash and automatic geotagging of images and videos. More information will be added to this page later.
Key features of the phone:
Software:
Runs S60 5th Edition. However, the N97 will have the Nseries version of S60, which means there will be a number of extra applications including Internet Radio, FM transmitter, Home media (UPnP) and Photos.
The home screen can be personalised with Internet-aware widgets (based on WRT technology). Examples included in the press photos include weather forecasts, social networking (Facebook, Friendster, My Space) status summaries, and media collections. There are also indicators for time, profiles, email, application shortcuts and so on.
Text input is via on screen keyboard (full screen QWERTY, pop-up QWERTY and alphanumeric), as is standard on S60 5th Edition, or handwriting recognition or via the QWERTY keyboard.
Fully compatible with Ovi services including Maps, Music, Share and Games. Nokia Music store can be accessed from the device (touch optimised version) or from Nokia Music for the PC (an iTunes -Windows application). Nokia Maps now supports high resolution satellite imagery, 3D buildings (selected buildings) and richer map meta data. Pedestrian route finding and turn by turn, voice guided car navigation, are available as premium services.
Internet focus with WebKit based browser, comprehensive RSS feed support and runtime technologies including Flash, WRT (widget).
Introduces the social location (So-Lo) concept; the N97 has software that allows you to automatically update and share your location with friends and popular social networks.
'N-Gage compatible' device, which indicates that the N-Gage platform will be touch enabled by the release date of the N97.
The devices being demoed at Nokia World are running an early version of the software. In the six months leading up to the release date it is likely to evolve considerably.
Source: http://www.mobilenewshome.com/search/label/Nokia%20Mobile
Nokia 5630 XpressMusic Announced
Nokia has just revealed the Nokia 5630 XpressMusic handset. In the same vein as it’s 5800 XpressMusic sibling the new Nokia 5630 is far from a conventional music phone - a fully fledged member of the S60 family, this slender smartphone has a host of unlikely talents, such as being the slimmest N-Gage device yet at just 12mm thin.
Nokia introduced the Nokia 5630 XpressMusic mobile phone, a new ultra-slim S60 handset that offers a complete entertainment experience, letting individuals quickly and easily play music, videos and games, as well as share content. Building on the XpressMusic range tradition of delivering superior entertainment experiences, the Nokia 5630 XpressMusic features a world class music player for excellent audio quality, music and videos on-the-go through dedicated keys. The Nokia XpressMusic 5630 phone includes a 4GB memory card for storing up to 3000 music tracks, with option to upgrade up to 16GB microSD flash memory card, support for all main digital music formats and a 3.5 mm AV jack.
Major features at a glance:
Dedicated music keys
microSD support for up to 16GB (4GB card included?)
Say & Play feature to play a song by just saying its name
Nokia Music Store compatibility
N-Gage compatibility
Full-focus 3.2 megapixel camera with flash with the ability upload videos/images directly to Ovi, Flickr, and Facebook
3.5-mm audio jack
Symbian Series 60 Operating System
Nokia 5630 XpressMusic price & availability
The Nokia 5630 XpressMusic mobile music phone will be available in select markets beginning in the second quarter of 2009 with an estimated retail price of 199 Euro exclusive of subsidies and taxes.
Included Software and Services
Accenting the hardware features is support for all of Nokia's Ovi services (Contacts/IM, Files, Maps, Share, and Mail) and N-Gage gaming platform.
The 5630 XpressMusic's Active Standby screen will feature a widget-driven interface with a new Contacts Bar. This Contacts Bar will feature the ability to scroll through 20 contacts and SMS/call/email them right from that screen. Additional widgets will include a new application shortcut bar at the bottom of the screen and Music Player widget.
Source: http://www.mobilenewshome.com/search/label/Nokia%20Mobile
Nokia introduced the Nokia 5630 XpressMusic mobile phone, a new ultra-slim S60 handset that offers a complete entertainment experience, letting individuals quickly and easily play music, videos and games, as well as share content. Building on the XpressMusic range tradition of delivering superior entertainment experiences, the Nokia 5630 XpressMusic features a world class music player for excellent audio quality, music and videos on-the-go through dedicated keys. The Nokia XpressMusic 5630 phone includes a 4GB memory card for storing up to 3000 music tracks, with option to upgrade up to 16GB microSD flash memory card, support for all main digital music formats and a 3.5 mm AV jack.
Major features at a glance:
Dedicated music keys
microSD support for up to 16GB (4GB card included?)
Say & Play feature to play a song by just saying its name
Nokia Music Store compatibility
N-Gage compatibility
Full-focus 3.2 megapixel camera with flash with the ability upload videos/images directly to Ovi, Flickr, and Facebook
3.5-mm audio jack
Symbian Series 60 Operating System
Nokia 5630 XpressMusic price & availability
The Nokia 5630 XpressMusic mobile music phone will be available in select markets beginning in the second quarter of 2009 with an estimated retail price of 199 Euro exclusive of subsidies and taxes.
Included Software and Services
Accenting the hardware features is support for all of Nokia's Ovi services (Contacts/IM, Files, Maps, Share, and Mail) and N-Gage gaming platform.
The 5630 XpressMusic's Active Standby screen will feature a widget-driven interface with a new Contacts Bar. This Contacts Bar will feature the ability to scroll through 20 contacts and SMS/call/email them right from that screen. Additional widgets will include a new application shortcut bar at the bottom of the screen and Music Player widget.
Source: http://www.mobilenewshome.com/search/label/Nokia%20Mobile
New Motorola A1200R Ming Mobile Launched
The Motorola A1200 MING became quite a popular mobile phone after its launch back in 2006, and now the handset maker decided it was high time to release into the wild a successor of the device, in the form of Motorola A1200R, a handset that has great chances to prove as successful as the original model.
The new Motorola A1200R has been announced for release onto the mobile phone market in Argentina, and it seems that the company also intends to launch it on other markets from the Latin American continent. The handset comes towards users with basically the same design as its predecessor, though there are a few differences that can be noticed.
Design-wise, the differences between the A1200 and the A1200R are hardly visible. However, the A1200R comes with features that are not included in the old phone – although it still runs on a Linux platform.
The Features are:
Widgets (providing access to weather, news and so on)
Microsoft Office document editing
Business card scanner – using OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology
FM radio (I thought the old MING already had this)
1GB memory card included in the box
The other advance A1200R is the ability to display and edit Word and Excel files from Microsoft Office. You can also browse the Internet and synchronize personal and corporate emails. Unlike its previous version, the mobile also has FM radio.
Source: http://www.mobilenewshome.com/search/label/Motorola%20Mobile
Nokia 2730 Classic Features and Specifications
The Nokia 2730 classic and Nokia 2720 fold Internet-ready, and work with Nokia's range of emerging market services such as Nokia Life Tools and Ovi Mail. The Nokia 2730 classic is Nokia's most affordable 3G phone offering faster access to the Internet at Rs. 5155 (EUR 80).
The Nokia 2730 classic is the new entry level 3G phone sporting some killer looks and great features. With a 2-inch QVGA display, 2-megapixel camera, Bluetooth and Stereo FM radio, the device will be well equipped to handle anything thrown at it, and with 3G connectivity on board, it’ll make for a handy door to the Internet, too.
Specifications Nokia 2730 Classic:
Network: GSM / GPRS / EDGE 900/1800/1900 MHz, WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100
OS: Series 40
Display: 2-inch, with a resolution 240h320 points, displays 262 thousand colors
Camera: 2 MP
Memory: 30 MB, slot for memory cards format microSD (up to 2 GB)
Music player
FM-radio with RDS
3.5-mm connector
Communications: Bluetooth v2.0 + EDR (with support profile A2DP), SyncML 1.2
Opening hours: during a call up to 3.5 hours (GSM), up to 3.30 hours (WCDMA), in standby mode up to 340 hours (GSM), up to 430 hours (WCDMA)
Battery: Li-Ion 1020 mAh
Dimensions: 109,6 h46, 9h14, 4 mm
Weight: 87.7 g
Source: http://www.mobilenewshome.com/
The Nokia 2730 classic is the new entry level 3G phone sporting some killer looks and great features. With a 2-inch QVGA display, 2-megapixel camera, Bluetooth and Stereo FM radio, the device will be well equipped to handle anything thrown at it, and with 3G connectivity on board, it’ll make for a handy door to the Internet, too.
Specifications Nokia 2730 Classic:
Network: GSM / GPRS / EDGE 900/1800/1900 MHz, WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100
OS: Series 40
Display: 2-inch, with a resolution 240h320 points, displays 262 thousand colors
Camera: 2 MP
Memory: 30 MB, slot for memory cards format microSD (up to 2 GB)
Music player
FM-radio with RDS
3.5-mm connector
Communications: Bluetooth v2.0 + EDR (with support profile A2DP), SyncML 1.2
Opening hours: during a call up to 3.5 hours (GSM), up to 3.30 hours (WCDMA), in standby mode up to 340 hours (GSM), up to 430 hours (WCDMA)
Battery: Li-Ion 1020 mAh
Dimensions: 109,6 h46, 9h14, 4 mm
Weight: 87.7 g
Source: http://www.mobilenewshome.com/
Samsung Gloss SCH U440 by US Cellular
Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile), a leading mobile phone distributor in the U.S. and U.S. Cellular announce the availability of the Samsung Gloss™ (SCH-u440). The compact flip design of the Samsung Gloss makes it fashionable and functional, while the QWERTY keyboard is ideal for people who want to quickly send a text message to a friend.
The Samsung Gloss is available in pink and charcoal colors and has a 2.2” QCIF 262K TFT Landscape display. The phone has dimensions of around 2.55”x 2.94” x .82”. It has stereo Bluetooth which allows effortless handsfree communication. It also sports a 1.3 megapixel in-built camera and a music player. In addition to this, users can store loads of music, pictures or videos with the 16GB external memory capacity offered by the phone.
The Samsung Gloss also includes easyedgeSM, U.S. Cellular’s suite of enhanced wireless data application services. easyedgeSM allows customers access to Your Navigator with voice turn by turn directions, news and weather applications, games and hundreds of other useful applications. The phone also comes preloaded with Tone Room, a ringtone shop that is updated daily with music from every genre and City ID, an enhanced Caller ID feature that displays the city and state of incoming calls.
Key features of the Samsung Gloss include:
* Full QWERTY Keyboard
* Stereo Bluetooth® Enabled
* 1.3 Megapixel Camera
* Music Player
* easyedgeSM Service
* Dimensions: 2.55”x 2.94” x .82”
* 2.2” QCIF 262K TFT (Landscape)
Source: http://www.mobilenewshome.com/
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