Sony has introduced the Cyber-shot DSC-T2 which has 4GB of internal onboard memory. The new Cyber-shot DSC-T2 from Sony has a nice eight-megapixel point-and-shoot camera. With 4GB of onboard internal Flash Memory users will be able to click thousands of images. Its alubm function automatically sorts pictures for fast searches by title, date or favourites. It will have a battery life up to 280 shots.
The front of the new camera has a 3x optical zoom lens and is made by Carl Zeiss. The lens also has many nice features including optical image stabilization. It has 2.7-inch touchscreen LCD for navigating menus. It also has smile-detection which is supposed to recognize when people are smiling and automatically take snapshots.
The camera will be available in pink, white, black, blue, and possibly other colours. It will be one of the more ideal holiday gifts for those looking for a new digital camera. The new camera, the DSC-T2 will ship in December and retail for around $350 (appox Rs. 14,000/-).
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Apple is imposing numerous restrictions on iPhone sales to slow down the unauthorised unlocking of iphones. Starting from Thursday, Apple no longer will accept cash for iPhones and will sell only two devices per person. Apple will be asking for a credit or debit card for payment to discourage unauthorized resellers.
Customer response to the iPhone has been off the charts, and limiting iPhone sales to two per customer will help ensure that there are enough iPhones for people who are shopping for themselves or buying a gift. According to Apple, about 2.5 lakh iphones out of 14 lakhs were purchased recently to unlock and resell them.
Currently Apple iPhone devices are available only in the U.S. and can work only with AT&T carrier, however, unlocked iPhones are relatively popular not only in the U.S., but also in Europe and even in Russia. Recently France has prohibited Apple to sell locked phones in France. As a result, as soon as the company starts to sell its iPhone in France via Orange, customers will still be able to use iPhones in any networks.
Some experts, however, are of the opinion that the ‘restrictions on iPhone sales’ have little to do with censoring the unlocking business, and more with Apple’s holiday marketing and sales strategy. Read the rest of this entry »
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Psion Teklogix, Ontario (Canada) based company and a global provider of solutions for mobile computing, wireless data collection, imaging and RFID, announced the launch of the rugged PDA - iKonTM. iKonTM is a sleek, compact and powerful design with robust built-in functionality with a 3.7 inch display. iKon is an ideal mobile computing device, delivering increased productivity and efficiency by enabling advanced mobile applications across the enterprise.
iKon is the most advanced handheld computer the company has ever brought to market. It is a very synergistic addition to its portfolio as it enables to truly address the needs of mobile workers, helping them do their jobs with the best possible mobile computing support.
iKon packs incredible functionality into a compact form factor with class-leading aesthetics, and ease of use. Whether reading barcodes with the integrated imager or scanner, or using the camera to take a colour picture, iKon is a category-leading data capture device ideal for mobile workers in dynamic applications. Read the rest of this entry »
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Kodak India, in a grand event organised to inaugurate the launch of its new and sleek range of digital cameras, launched EasyShare M-Series line of digital cameras. The newly launched cameras are the M753, M853, M873 and the M883, all of which are extremely sleek, stylish and are capable of capturing exceptional pictures. These new cameras are aimed at the style-conscious customers in the market. M-Series Range digital zoom cameras are not only packed with rich and easy to use features, it also adds that instant style quotient to your personality. Actress Katrina Kaif, who has been a promoter with Kodak for around two years now, were present at the luanch event.
The M873 and M883 offer 8 megapixel resolution and high ISO settings along with 3 inch LCD displays. They are also capable enough to capture TV quality videos at the speed of 30 fps (640 × 480) with audio capture, playback, and on-camera editing. Moreover, they have additional features such as on-camera cropping, blurry picture alert, red eye reduction, face detection technology and HD still capture. The 22scene modes including panorama stitching is an another important feature to be mentioned. These cameras are compatible with Printer Dock G600.
The Kodak EasyShare M873 sports a 6.35cm display and has memory of 32MB, while the EasyShare M883 model incorporates a larger 7.62cm display and offers more storage space with its 64MB memory. M873 and M883 come in Midnight Black all-metal bodies.Both the Kodak EasyShare M873 and the EasyShare M883 digital cameras sport a very urban and trendy look, upping just about anyone’s style factor. Moreover, so sleek are these cameras that users can easily carry them in a pocket very much like mobile phones. The newly introduced Kodak EasyShare M873 digital camera carries a price tag of Rs.12,999, while the EasyShare M883 costs Rs.13,999 in India.
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Come Diwali season, companies start wooing consumers offering different kind of goodies. The next in the line is HCL Infosystems, which in association with Intel Corp, has announced a special consumer campaign titled, ‘HCL Festival Carnival’. Under the Festival carnival, people buying Intel-powered HCL Leaptops, Ezeebee and the Beanstalk range of notebooks and desktops will be entitled for one assured on-the-spot gift. The range of gifts includes Pearl sets, 30-piece dinner sets, Bean bags, Mixer grinders, travel bags, wall clocks, and wrist watches. Not only this, Those customers who happen to buy Intel Core 2 Duo-powered HCL PCs will even be eligible to participate in a jackpot via SMS, with an array of prizes to be won, including air conditioners, color TVs, and a Mahindra Renault Logan car as bumper prize.The campaign, featuring never before offers on HCL’s range of desktops and notebook PCs, will be on from October 15 till November 15, 2007.
The joint promotion by HCL and Intel, the two giants of IT industry will run at more than 2000 authorized HCL dealers in more than 500 towns across India, except in the state of Tamil Nadu.
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Spice Mobiles Limited, a part of M Corp Global, 
India’s leading trans-national group, has launched two new mobile phones which seem to be upgrades of existing models – the Spice S808n with a metallic finish, and the S600n with a dedicated music player key.
The S808n, a face-lift of the earlier S808, is equipped with a one-touch music and FM key, and has an inbuilt memory of 128MB and built-in MP3 player. This good thing is that it also works as a USB pen drive! Just connect your S-808n to your laptop with the data cable and transfer data files, music, pictures etc.
It’s a lightweight phone, at just 66g. The TFT display resolution of the screen is 128 x 128 pixels with 65k colors. It has a 1.3 megapixel camera with video, and video caller ID is supported. The phone is GPRS and WAP enabled but has no provision for Bluetooth or external memory. GPRS enabled S-808n, makes mobile and PC web browsing possible to keep you connected even on the move!
The other plus point of this model is that you can choose from any of the pre-loaded singtones and use the clip as your ringtone. What’s more, you can also record your very own music and set it as your ringtone. It’s eye-catching frame style is sure to turn heads. You can enjoy upto 2 hours of all your favorite music at the touch of a button.
The S600n is the upgrade of S600, a model that was dubbed the ‘Mobile Disco’. It now comes with 256MB of internal memory but has no provision for external memory. The S-600n comes with MP3 for your pleasure and fun. With the design of Mini-USB port and Mass Storage Feature, it becomes a flash memory. The 65k color TFT display has a resolution of 128 x 128 pixels. An in-built speakerphone and applications such as Melody Composer, health care apps such as BMI (Body Mass Index), and auto power on/off round off the package. its unique USB Data Cable allows the phone to get charged even as you transfer data from your computer to it. You can enjoy un-interrupted music up to 4 hours. Read the rest of this entry »
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Canon’s recently launched Pixma MP145 photo all-in-one
printer is a compact high-performance all-in-one that features true-to-originals copy technology and long-lasting photo prints. It comes with Canon’s latest Double Color Gamut Processing Technology that gives sharp and vibrant reproductions of original images and documents either on plain or photo paper. The printer is available at an affordable price of Rs. 5995/-.
It uses Full-photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering (FINE) print head technology can print a borderless 4×6 inch photo print in approximately 60 seconds. Utilizing 1,472 nozzles, the photographs can be printed at up to 4800×1200 dpi in color. The photographs printed by it are long-life photos with Chromlife 100. Read the rest of this entry »
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Flash memory maker SanDisk Corp. introduced
a new PC-to-TV video player which will simplify the transfers of movies and television shows from computer to a television. The new device has been named “Sansa TakeTV”, and this new player will work like a USB drive, allowing users to download their favourite content from the internet with TakeTV device and then to play the downloaded content on a television set through standard audio/video sockets.
Sansa TakeTV is the most easy-to-use, solution for watching downloaded personal video content and other shows in the comfort of the living room. It is available in two versions, 4GB and 8GB. The TakeTV player supports video formats DivX, XVID, and MPEG-4, as well as the Vista, XP, Mac, and Linux operating systems.
The sleek player also shows a simple, on-screen guide to the user, enabling them to rapidly select the content with the help of remote control. The DivX Certified for Home Theater profile, the Sansa player is compatible with video formats such as DivX, XVID and MPEG-4. You can also connect the TakeTV player to the computer through a USB connector.
The 4-gigabyte version can hold up to 5 hours of video and costs $99.99, and the 8-gigabyte model is priced at $149.99, and can hold 10 hours of programming. Read the rest of this entry »
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HTC Corp has launched P3300, “an innovative Global Positioning System (GPS) phone in India.” Apart, from the GPS navigational capabilities, the P3300 is a feature-packed PDA phone offering high-speed wireless LAN access. A GPS device and PDA phone in one, the HTC P3300 is the perfect device to take on your trips.
The HTC P3300 comes preinstalled with the TomTom® NAVIGATOR 6 software which makes road navigation smart and easy. Microsoft® Windows Mobile® 5.0 Direct Push technology keeps you always up to date with e-mails, calendar appointments, and contacts. The innovative HTC RollR™ that combines the use of the Trackball and Track Wheel on the device makes map browsing and web surfing a breeze. The HTC P3300 also keeps you entertained for hours with music and video on the go. The other features of P3300 include:
- Full range of connectivity through GSM/GPRS/EDGE, Bluetooth® 2.0 and Wi-Fi®.
- FM Radio for the latest news and entertainment on the go
- HTC RollR™ (Trackball and Track Wheel) for easy navigation and browsing
- Large 2.8″ TFT touch-screen LCD display
- Sharp 2 megapixel camera for taking pictures and video clips
- Seamless synchronization of music and video with your PC’s Windows Media® Player for easy playback and media management.
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Holding a supercomputer in the palm of your hand will one day
be possible - and we are going to make sure all the wires are in the right place. - This is not just a statement. Its going to be the reality in the future. The first step in this direction has already been taken.
Experts at a Scottish university claimed that they have paved the way for the creation of tiny supercomputers which could fit in the palm of the hand. To create a powerful computer the size of a mobile phone, much smaller microchips with thinner wires are needed.
This is where the team’s manipulation of tiny wires comes into play. Through its study of how nano-scale wires react and respond in comparison to larger, more conventional wire technology. The experts have created a computer programme which allows engineers to predict when these problems might arise with the wires - and how to avoid them. Read the rest of this entry »
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