OLYMPUS µ 1040

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Olympus launches the Stylus / µ 1040, uniting powerful features in a completely redesigned super-slim metal body. Measuring a depth of just 16.5mm at its thin end, it combines a precision 3X zoom (38-114mm*) with features such as Advanced Face Detection Shadow Adjustment Technology. A 6.9cm / 2.7-inch LCD helps you frame and review your shots. In addition to its internal memory, photos can be stored on xD-Picture or - thanks to an xD adapter - on microSD cards.



Uniting powerful features in a completely redesigned super-slim metal body, the Olympus µ 1040 is an extremely elegant performer. Measuring in at a depth of just 16.5mm at its thin end, it combines a precision 3X zoom (38-114mm*) with such cutting -edge features as Advanced Face Detection and Shadow Adjustment Technology. Further more, the new Intelligent Auto mode can detect the five most commonly-used scenes and then automatically adjust camera settings including focus and exposure. A large (6.9cm/2.7") HyperCrystal LCD helps users frame and review their shots. In addition to the camera's internal memory, photos can be stored on xD-Picture Card or thanks to a bundled attachment - microSD-Card .

The Olympus µ 1040 represents a new generation of style. Its sleek, thin metal body really, makes a statement and comes in a dazzling array of colours. These include Starry Sliver, Midnight Black, Magma Red and Melon Yellow, with a sliding lens cover that enhances the µ 1040's sreamlined appearance. Rather than being cluttered wuth many buttons, a flat control panel serves to access most functions. This ensures easy navigations while simultaneously getting the hearts of minimal design enthusiasts racing.

The innovations incorporated in the Olympus µ 1040 make caputring picture-perfect images a breeze. New is the Intelligent Auto Mode. It identifies the most commonly- used scenes and then applies the settings to subsequent photos. Advanced Face Detection Technology lets upto 16 faces be recognised by the camera. Matched with Shadow Adjustment Technology, which cleverly optimises shadowy areas in picture, you can be sure that your human subjects are always caught in the right light.

With the Olympus µ 1040, you are in control. Perfect Shot Preview lets adjustments to the image be shown on the LCD in real time. This makes it easy to choose the right settings to achieve the best effects. In cases where further assistance might be required, the in-camera help guide puts solutions at your fingertips. Users also have a choice of upto 39 languages for the camera menu. In addition to internal memory, pictures can be stored to xD-Picture Card, or - thanks to a bundled attachment - to microSD Card. And to ensure easy handlings of photos on a computer, the multifacted Olympus Master Software is also included.

FEATURES:

• 10.0 Mega-pixels camera .



• 3X optical zoom (38-114mm*) in super slim metal body just 16.5mm.



• Intelligent Auto mode detects the five most commonly used scenes and adjusts settings, focus and exposure automatically.



• 2.7"/6.9cm HyperCrystal LCD Monitor.



• Digital Image Stabilisation for less blur even in low light.
  


• In camera help guide.



• Key backlight button.



• In camera Panorama.



• xD-Picture Card and microSD Card compatible.



• True Pic III image processor for faster image handling and higher image quality.

BLAUPUNKT TRAVELPILOT GPS DEVICE

Friday, April 3, 2009

Blaupunkt adds 3 new devices to its TravelPilot lineup, including TravelPilot 100, 200 and 300. The TravelPilot is an entry-level model which will be priced at 129Euro, while the TravelPilot 300is is the high-end model with a price tag of 299Euro. The TravelPilot 200 will be available for 179Euro. All of them will be available in March.

TRAVELPILOT 100 FEATURES:

• Centrality Atlas III GPS receiver



• Centrality Atlas III Dual Core Processor running at 400MHz



• Integrated 1 GB ROM Memory






• SD/MMC HC memory card reader(upto 16GB)



• USB 2.0



• 3 Hours Battery Life



• Windows CE 5.0



• Blaupunkt Navigation Software with speed limits and radars management



• Tele Atlas Map of FRANCE

TRAVELPILOT 200 FEATURES:

• Centrality Atlas III GPS receiver



• Centrality Atlas III Dual Core Processor Running at 400MHz



• Integrated 1GB ROM Memory



• Integrated RDS/TMC receiver






• SD/MMC HC Memory Card Reader (up to 16GB)



• USB 2.0



• 3 Hours Of Battery Life



• Windows CE 5.0



• Blaupunkt Navigation Software with speed limits and radars management



• Tele Atlas Maps of France, Belgium, Luxembourg, European arteries

TRAVELPILOT 300 FEATURES:

• Centrality Atlas III GPS receiver



• Centrality Atlas III Dual Core Processor running at 400MHz



• Integrated 4GB ROM Memory



• SD/MMC HC Memory Card Reader (up to 16GB)



• USB 2.0






• Integrated RDS/TMC Reeiver



• Hands Free Bluetooth Kit



• 5 Hours of Battery Life



• Windows CE 5.0



• Blaupunkt Navigation Software with speed limits and radars management



• Tele Atlas Maps of 21 Countries of Western Europe



• Audio file reader (MP3, OGG and WMA) which can be operated during navigation



• Video Player (WMV)



• Images viewer( JPEG and BMP)

OPTOMA PICO PROJECTOR

Saturday, March 21, 2009

It is a whole new product category. About the size of a cell phone weighing just 4.2 ounces. In the centre of the short end of this tiny black box, there's a very bright light-emitting-diode lamp. Inside, there's a miniaturised digital-light-processing (DLP) chip, similar to the ones that drive some HDTV sets. Together, they produce an astonishingly bright, clear, vivid video or still image. It can also run on battery power.

The minimum distance for this projector is eight inches from your "screen"; the maximum is 8.5 feet away, at which point you sit this little gizmo on your airplane tray table and project onto the seat back in front of you. Or you can lie in bed and point it straight up to see a movie playing on the ceiling. The 20,000-hour bulb is not replaceable. It also comes with a special composite cable.

But the Pico's true mission is connecting to fellow micro-gadgets: digital cameras, cell phones and iPhones. The necessary adapter for the iPhone comes with the projector.

PRICE APPROX. $430 (as on 15th December 2008 ).

WORLD'S THINNEST LAPTOP BY APPLE

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

The new MacBook Air was announced by Steve Jobs of Apple at MacWorld. The MacBook Air is now the world's thinnest notebook' and sure the be the hottest laptop of 2008.

The laptop features a very smooth design, hidden ports, backlit keyboard (sexy but useless) and it's small and light weighing in at 3 pounds. In fact, the size is bout 13 inches wide by 9 inched deep.
Eco lovers will be happy that the MacBook Air uses mercury and arsenic-free glass and less packaging.

SPECIFICATIONS

• .16 X .75-inch thickness on top
  


• 12.8 X 8.94 inches
  


• 3 pounds



• 5 hours of battery life with everything running



• Intel Core 2 Duo Processor at 1.6 or 1.8GHz, motherboard the length of a pencil.



• 800MHz frontside bus.



• 2GB RAM 667MHz DDR2 standard.



• 13.3-inch screen, LED backlit.



• 1,280 X 800 pixels



• Micro-DVI adapter (for DVI, VGA, composite and S-Video output)



• Intel GMA X3100 Graphics processor with 144MB RAM shared



• 1.8-inch 80GB HD or 64 GB Solid State Drive (no moving pieces, but for a stunning $1,300 price increase )



• Multitouch trackpad with gestures. Pans, zooms, rotates, etc.



• 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.1.



• Optional external HD for $99, USB-bus powered.



• Full backlit keyboard.



• One USB 2.0, one audio port, one Micro-DVI

MacBook Air is ultrathin, ultraportable, and ultra unlike anything else. But you don't lose inches and pounds overnight. It's the result of rethinking conventions. Of multiple wreless innovations. And of breakthrough design. With MacBook Air, mobile computing suddenly has a new standard.

PRICE APPROX. $1,799.

DUAL MUSIC PLAYER

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

You want to enjoy your audio CDs while traveling but you also have huge MP3 collection at home that yo want to take with you. The ideal solution? DMP, a portable music player that supports CD and MP3 files. Use the MP3 player as you normally would, hang it around your neck, clip it on your jeans or place it in your pocket. Otherwise open both sides and insert your favorite CD and you got yourself a CD player.

It is a nice concept, but the disk or the player may damage if stopped by hand by mistake while rotating. It will also dis comfortable to handle it when playing a disk while travelling.

NOKIA N97

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Introducing the Nokia N97, the next generation high-end mobile phone from Nokia.
Nokia announed its new product in N series the Nokia N97, the world's most advanced mobile computer, which will transform the way people connect to the Internet and to each other. Designed for the needs of Internet-sawy consumers, the Nokia N97 combines a large 3.5" touch display withh a full QWERTY keyboard, providing an 'always open' window to favorite social networking sites and Internet destinations.
Nokia's flagship Nseries device introduces leading technology - including multiple sensors, memory, processing power and connection speeds - for people to create a personal Internet and share their ' social location'.




"From the desktop to the laptop and now to your pocket, the Nokia N97 is the most powerful, multi-sensor mobile computer in exsistence. The Nokia N97 mobile computer adjusts to the world around us, helping stay connected to the people and things that matter most. With the Nokia N97, Nseries leads the charge in helping to transform the Internet into your Internet".

The Nokia N97 introduces the concept of 'social location'. With integrated A-GPS sensor and an eletronic compass, the Nokia N97 mobile computer intuitively understands where it is. The Nokia N97 makes it easy to update social networks automatically with real-time information, giving approved friends the ability to update their ' status ' and share their ' social location ' as well as related pictures or videos.

The home screen of the Nokia N97 mobile computer features the people, content and media that matter the most. Friends, social networks and news are available by simply touching the home screen. The 16:9 widescreen display can be fully personalized with frequently updated widgets of favorite web services and social networking sites. The Nokia N97 is also perfectly suited for browsing the web, streaming Flash videos or playing games. Both the physical QWERTY and virtual touch input ensure efficiency in blogging, chatting, posting, sending textsor emailing.



The Nokia N97 supports up to 48GB of storage, including 32GB of on-board memory, expandable with a 16GB microSD card for music, media and more. This is complemented by excellent music capabilities, full support for the Nokia Music Store and continuous playback time of up to 1.5 days. The Nokia N97 also has a 5-megapixel camera with high-quality Carl Zeiss optics, 16:9 and DVD quality video capture, and support for services like Share on Ovi for immediate sharing over HSDPA and WLAN.

The Nokia N97 is expected to begin shipping in the first half of 2009 at an estimated retail price of EURO 550 before taxes or subsidies.

SPECIFICATION

GENERAL

2G Network GSM 850/900/1800/1900

3G Network HSDPA 900/1900/2100

Announced November 2008

SIZE

Dimensions 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9-18.3 mm
Weight 150g

DISPLAY

Type TFT touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 360 x 640 pixels, 3.5 inches
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Full QWERTY keyboard
- Handwriting recognition

RINGTONES

Type Polyphonic (64 channels), MP3
Customization Download
Vibration Yes
- Stereo speakers

MEMORY

Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall

Call records Detailed, maximum 30days
Card slot microSD (TransFlash), upto 16GB
-32GB internal memory

DATA

GPRS Class32
HSCSD Yes
EDGE Class32
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB

FEATURES

OS Syambian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5

Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM

Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds

Games Yes + Downloadable

Colors White, Brown

Camera 5MP, 2584 X 1938 pixels, Carel Zeiss optics,

autofoucs, video(VGA@30fps), flash; secondary

videocall camera

• Built-in GPS receiver
• A-GPS support
• Nokia Maps 2.0 Touch
• Digital Compass
• Java MIDP 2.0
• MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+player
• MPEG4/WMV/3gp video player
• Stereo FM radio with RDS
• FM Transmitter
• TV Out
• 3.5mm audio output jack
• Voice Command/Dial
• Document Viewer
• T9
• Flash Lite 3
• Built-in Handsfree

BATTERY

Standard Battery, Li-lon 1500 mAH (BL-4L)

STAND-BY UP-TO 430 Hours
TALK-TIME UP-TO 6 Hours 40 Mins

BLACKBERRY PEARL FLIP 8220

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

It might seem slightly perverse for RIM to produce a clamshell Blackberry when almost every other phone maker's attitude seems to be 'been there, done that' while they focus on sliders and candybars. But there is method in the madness.

RIM's intention with the Pearl range has been to broaden the appeal of the Blackberry beyond its corporate beginnings and to make it just as much about all the other things that people buy phones for - style, fun, camera, music player, web access, and email, still the Blackberry's USP.

Adding a clamshell variation into a market that's not exactly awash with them at the moment could well prove a window of opportunity for the brand, especially when it's as stylish and technically sophisticated as this one.

Look-wise, the 8220 has a more sober appearence than its brightly coloured predecessors in the Pearl range -which are "aimed at girls and hairdressers", as one WAG had it. It looks serious with its glossy black front, but not necessarily in a boring business way. Put it this way, James Bond wouldn't blow his cool by ostentatiously displaying one of these in his next movie.

The outer screen measures 27 X 34 mm with a 128 X 160 resolution- the main, interior one is 240 X 320 - and is barely noticeable with the phone in repose. When you receive a call, however, it flicks into life, revealing an analogue clock with date as well as caller, battery, message and signal info. You can also activate it by pressing one of the two programmable 'convenience keys' on each side.

Elsewhere on the 8220's sides are a mini USB charging port, 3.5mm socket for headphones, a Micro SD memory card slot - it will take upto 16GB though no card comes supplied as standard - volume keys and a call mute key.

Back to the front, and above the outer screen there's a 2-megapixel camera with LED flash and a red status light. There's a slight curve to the body near the top, which may help when flipping it open with one hand. But there's a small surprise when you do the screen comes to rest behind the body of the phone. This feels a bit odd both in the hand and next to your face when you're holding it to your ear. It's no big deal - it's just a bit odd.

There's nothing odd about the keypad, though, which is all business sleekness and efficieny. The keys are large and well spaced, making the entry of text messages and email as a pleasurable as it can be without a full QWERTY keyboard.

NOKIA 3600 SLIDE

Friday, January 16, 2009

The Nokia 3600 Slide is a stylish new offering by Nokia. It features a sleek slider design whichs aero-dynamically styled with smooth and rounded edges. It is powered the tried and tested S40 user interface which has been Nokia's favorite for id range phones. The 3600 Slide has a varied mix of features and doesn't lack in any department. It has most of the features anyone would want in a phone and excels in the multimedia department. It is almost surely going to be a bestseller and is intended to replace the better S40 based phones. It does lack out on some features like 3G and Wi-Fi, GPS, etc but the features seem to be fairly justified in this price range.







The Nokia 3600 Slide is a sleek phone which sports a very stylish slider design. At dimensions of just 97.8 x 47.2 x 14.5 mm it is very compact. It weighs only about 97 gms which makes it easy to carry as well. On top of the slider, you get the 2" TFT display and the earpiece. It also has a 5 way Navigation key , two select keys and the standard Call and End keys. Below the slider you get the alpha-numeric keypad.




All of the keys have a very good feel about them. The keypad backlighting is nice and subtle. No complaints with the keypad. On the top of the phone, you find the charger socket, the Power key and the 2.5 mm audio-jack. The left side sports the covered micro USB slot while the right side sports the volume rocker and camera key.






All the buttons and ports blend in superbly with the design and impart a great balanced feel to the phone. The back of the phone sports the 3.15 MP camera and the Dual LED Flash. The phone is mostly made of plastic. The build quality is superb and feels sturdy as with most Nokia Phones. It can easily withstand light bumps and falls. The slider action is smooth and fluid, the whole body has a refined feel. It has one of the best combinations durability in this range.


The 3600 Slide sports a nice little 2" 16 M colour display with a resolution of 240 x 320 px. It offers superb brightness and contrast. Sunlight leibility is awesome, way better than most phones in this range. A bigger display would have most welcome as this is primarily a multimedia phone. It captures images at a max of resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels. It features the standard connectivity features like GPRS, HSCSD, EDGE.









The 3600 Slide offers great signal reception and superb call quality, better than most other Nokia devices which is quite an achivement. There is also some background nosie cancellation which works cool. The loudspeaker volume and vibration strength is also improved.

The Nokia 3600 Slide comes bundled with a standard charger, USB data cable and a set of stereo haedphones. You also get a user manual and a quick start guide in the box. It also ships with a 512 MB micro SD Card.
It is powered by a Li-Ion 860 mAh battery - BL- 4S. it has a rated talktime of about 6 hours and can power the phone for about a day half with moderate usage.




SPECIFICATIONS:

• Weight : 97.3 gms



• Dimensions : 97.8 x 47.2 x 14.5 mm



• Display : 2.0" TFT, 16M Colors, QVGA 240 x 320 px.



• Memory : 30 MB Internal memory (expandable upto 8 GB Micro SD)



• Bluetooth : Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP



• Camera : 3.15 MP Camera (2048 x 1536 pixels) with LED Flash, Auto-Focus, Video VGA at 15 FPS



• Connectivity : GPRS Class 32, HSCSD, EDGE Class 32, USB 2.0



• OS : S40 User Interface



• Battery : Li-Ion 860 mAh (BL-4S)



• 5 Way Navigation Key, Stereo FM Radio with RDS, Java MIDP 2.0, TV out.

SONY XPERIA X1

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

With its three-inch VGA touchscreen, curved slider design, and speedy network access, the Xperia X1 is one of the hottest Windows Mobile smartphone around. Xperia represents Sony Ericsson's first crack at a Windows mobile phone (until now, all of Sony Ericsson's smartphones have been powered by the Symbian OS).



The basic specs: it's a quad-band GSM phone (good for making calls on worldwide GSM networks), and it supports 3.5G for speedy web surfing, video streaming and file uploading. Wi-Fi is on board, as well as a 3.2-Megapixel camera and a GPS (or GPS assisted by cell-tower triangulation). The centerpiece of the X1 is its three-inch WVGA screen that's 800 X 480 pixels, compared to 480 X 320 pixel for the iPhone's 3.5-inch screen.

The touch-sensitive screen features a series of Xpreria "panels" that will give you quick access to web sites, music, events and the like; running underneath will be Windows Mobile 6. Also cool is the "arcslider" design of the X1 which slides open to reveal a full-QWERTY keypad. Mean while, beneath the three-inch screen is a four-way navigational keypad, "Talk" and "End" buttons, a pair of soft keys, and a Wndows button for calling up the Start menu. There's no stylus. The Xperia X1 is slated for release in the second half of the year.