MapmyIndia, an Indian navigable map data provider, has launched GPS-based in-car navigation devices. The two models of MapmyIndia Navigator -Delphi Nav 200 and AMAX 06GP5A - use satellites to determine the location. While entering any destination across India, the MapmyIndia Navigator will guide you to your destination with visual map instructions supported by voice prompts.
The Navigator offers complete coverage of streets, localities, sub-localities, and points of interest in 18 major cities as well as access to 55,000 towns and villages connected by national and state highways, important landmarks within 150 cities and 200,000 tourist and business points of interest across the country.
The Navigator also auto re-route the destination in case you miss a turn. Other features of the MapmyIndia Navigator include: blocked roads or if you choose to follow an alternate road; detours to avoid specific roads; Read the rest of this entry »
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Plustek Inc., announced the availability of its new scanner Plustek OpticPro A320 that makes large format scanning and management an easy affair. Plustek OpticPro A320 has been specially designed for professionals and institutional users who place a lot of emphasis on high quality results coupled with efficiency.
It is USB 2.0 scanning device that can scan an A3 size document with high quality – resolution as high as 1600 dpi and scanning area as large as 12” x 17” (304.8 mm x 431.8 mm) – in just 11.2 seconds. What’s more, it comes bundled with highly effective image processing and document management software for enhanced versatility. It provides for fast and secure PDF conversion, highly accurate optical character recognition (OCR) and easy sharing of files over a network.
Large format scanning is a typical requirement of specialized organizations and professionals and is generally considered to be very complex. Plustek OpticPro A320 makes is very easy for the end-user with its seven one-touch function buttons, faster scanning speed and bundled image processing & document management software Read the rest of this entry »
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New York based, DG2L Technologies has launched entry-level set-top box, the N100 in India. It is priced at $35 (Rs. 1500/-) and has superior features than many other products in its category. DG2L’s STBs can be customized and used for cable, satellite, IPTV as well as terrestrial networks.
The N100 is a low-cost, high quality set top box and is a perfect starting point for introducing consumers to digital television. Ideal for entry-level applications such as free-to-air and pay television, it supports all DVB/MPEG-2 compliant transmissions. It delivers a good performance thanks to its 32-bit MIPS CPU. The N100 STB gives the consumers an easy route to production-ready, entry-level STB’s with complete hardware and software turnkey solutions for global digital satellite, cable and terrestrial operations. Read the rest of this entry »
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Nokia has announed its newest headset, their lightweight BH-101 Bluetooth. The new headset is an ideal companion for people on the move who want a simple, discreet and affordable solution for their hands free communications. It is also compatible with a wide range of devices with efficient power management means, compact in size with an easily adjustable ear loop to make any long conversation comfortable.
You can get up to 8 hours of talk time and 180 of standby on the Bluetooth headset. The ear piece can function with EDR 2.0, Handsfree v1.5, and Headset 1.1.
The Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-101 is estimated to cost US$ 43.00 (Rs. 1750/-) when it hits stores globally for the Christmas.
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Xenitis Infotech Pvt Ltd, the flagship company of Xenitis Group launched the lowest-ever laptop computer priced at Rs 19,900 in India.
The newly launched Xuva T14WN laptop is a product extension of the existing brand Xuva, which was launched in 2005. The new launched laptop targets the low end consumers like students and entry professionals. The laptop is configured with Intel Celeron M 1.4Ghz (360), 256 MB RAM, 80 GB HD, Combo 3-in 1 Card Reader, Intel 945GM Chip Set & 14.1″ WXGA LCD.
The sub 20 K laptop is likely to result in mobility, flexible working hours for working populace and thus will lead to increased productivity for companies as well. Read the rest of this entry »
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UK based New Medium Enterprises (NME) 
has launched in India its High Definition Versatile MultiLayer Disc (HD VMD) Player, which aims to be a competiter to Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD. It is the next generation disc and player format designed to provide the best quality images on your High Definition television at a very affordable price. The company also started selling an HD VMD Bundle box, featuring the player and five HD VMD titles in Hindi, Tamil, English.
Bollywood film distributor Eros is among content partners committed to supplying titles in HD VMD in India. It also expects film content distributors AP International, Ultra and Eagle to be partners for South Indian and Hollywood content. Read the rest of this entry »
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T-Mobile USA Inc., in order to boost wireless e-mail and Web access, introduced a mobile phone, named HTC Shadow which is designed to ease consumers into using online features. The phone was earlier known as HTC Juno.
The T-Mobile Shadow, a pocket-sized phone that slides open to reveal a keyboard for typing e-mails, uses Windows Mobile software. The handset can also connect to Wi-Fi wireless Internet networks.
This is actually the first in a line of “Shadows” from HTC and T-Mobile so the next model may have 3G support. It also has 2.6 inch QVGA screen, high-quality 2.0-megapixel digital camera with video capture, a multimedia player to listen to and share favorite music and video. Shadow features enhanced myFaves functionality for user to call, send an e-mail, text or instant message, and share a picture, video or voice note, all with a push of the button right from the myFaves home screen. It seems, this phone is designed for people who have lives beyond work.
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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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Here’s some good news for people looking for cheap laptops. Allied Computers International (Asia) Ltd, buoyed by the tremendous success of the Asus and OLPC, is launching a compact laptop costing around Rs.15,000 by mid-2008.
It is the same company which shook India’s laptop market last year with a notebook computer for Rs.19,999. The secret behind marketing laptops at shoe-string prices is that ACi manages to cut costs through innovations like providing an aluminium body rather than fibre or plastic.
The company will open its own showrooms all over India and enter into tie-ups with supermarkets or malls and retail showroom franchisees.
ACi first entered the Indian computer market in 2004 when it launched desktop PC at Rs. 29,999. And within just three quarters of the fiscal the company captured around 40 percent of the laptop market in the country. Two years later, the company launched laptops at a competitive price of Rs. 19,999 – for the first time in India. This virtually sent the prices of computers crashing in the country. Now, customers are choosing a laptop over a PC since the price barrier between them has been erased.
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South Korean handset manufacturer Pantech has introduced
a new cell phone, A1407PT that transmits sound to the inner ear using vibration. When the Pantech A1407PT cell phone is placed against the jaw, the mechanical vibration from the phone is transmitted to the inner ear. As a result, you hear the other person on the phone perfectly. The system uses bone conduction technology to transmit sound and it represents a solution for using phones in noisy environments.
It is also a boon for the elderly or those suffering hearing loss for whom the use of conventional speaker phones is problematic.
It seems engineers are only one step away from developing a truly futuristic phone, which can be attached directly to the skull behind the ear, under the skin – as suggested by science fiction writer Robert Heinlein in his 1951 novel, ‘The Puppet Masters’. Read the rest of this entry »
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