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Author: Bharat Nagpal

  • Tag Heuer Launches US$ 6,700 Alligator Skinned Android 2.2 Mobile

    Tag Heuer Launches US$ 6,700 Alligator Skinned Android 2.2 Mobile

    Usually Super expensive phones have been nothing but, well, expensive. Tag Heuer has changed that by launching a super expensive alligator skinned Android powered smartphone which has pretty boring specs, 3.5-inch (800 x 480) display, 5 megapixel autofocus camera, 256MB internal memory, an 8GB memory card, 1400 mAh battery, and EDGE / HSUPA connectivity.

    The 3.5 Lac device will come in 3 options, steel, 18K rose gold, or titanium. Other options include alligator- and lizard-skin, rubber, and diamond accents. Tag Heuer goes into great detail discussing how it is water-tight, fully air-sealed, shock-resistant, and used some type of a hard material over the screen called Gorilla Glass.

     

     

    Read the Tag Heuer version

    Unlike anything else on the luxury market, the TAG Heuer LINK is a high-performance machine of unprecedented functionality. Extreme reliability and robustness are guaranteed through a battery of quality tests well exceeding industry standards.
    Stand out features include lightning-fast connectivity, 16-million color screen resolution, a large 3.5’’ display, a high-definition 5-mega-pixel auto-focus camera, 11 hours of music play time, and, through its avant-garde Android operating system, download access to over 250,000 applications.  It also comes fully loaded with a host of TAG Heuer add-ons: customized screen designs,widgets, animations, wallpapers, icons and ring tones.

    Swiss Watchmaking tradition allied with the latest in high-tech telephony

    The TAG Heuer LINK is instantly recognizable as a top-end TAG Heuer product, avant-gardeboth for its ergonomic design and its very contemporary elegance. Motion, purity, curve, precision, a shimmering dynamism in its form and silhouette — these are its signature values.

    The luxury handset is composed of classic watch components and cutting-edge technology. Fully shockproof, the body is engineered like the case of a TAG Heuer watch. As airtight and locked-down as a strong box, it provides full protection of the precious contents — your videos, photos, files and data — sealed in its interior.

    Other signature TAG Heuer references include the screws on the handset’s reinforced chassis, which echo those on the casebacks of TAG Heuer chronographs. The unique autolock system on the side, which gives quick access to the SIM card, the connection port and the memory card, sports the TAG Heuer’s shield in black lacquer and looks like a classic TAG Heuer timepiece crown.

     

    A luxury design object of ultimate prestige and performance

    Luxuriously crafted and detailed, the TAG Heuer LINK incorporates the most prestigious materials and advanced components in the watchmaking and automotive worlds, including black PVD, diamonds and rose gold. The mirror-polished and fine-brushed stainless steel is premium grade surgical 316L, corrosion-resistant and hypoallergenic. The big display front is made from visually stunning, lightweight, and highly damage-resistant Gorilla glass®. The exclusive, hand-worked coverings are in calfskin, alligator or lizard. Every material, precious stone and exotic skin or leather is sourced within the strictest industry standards.

    Exclusively launched in TAG Heuer retailers in July 2011, the TAG Heuer LINK is the essential work hard/play instrument, ideal for business and entertainment. Like thewatchmaking heritage that inspires it, it delivers avant-garde luxury with uncompromisingstrength, precision and reliability. A communications instrument of uncompromised calibreand capabilities, it shares the pinnacle of high-performance engineering and innovation with its partner, the MERIDIIST.

    The TAG Heuer LINK seriously upgrades the way the world connects.

    Main characteristics
    Size: 118mm (H) x 67mm (W) x 16.6mm (D)
    OS: Android 2.2
    Form factor: Bar type touch screen
    Weight: 200 grams (battery included)
    3G Talk time: 6 hours 30 minutes
    Stand by time: up to 330hrs (~14 days)
    Battery included: Li-lon 1400mAh

    Messaging
    SMS / MMS / Email (Predictive Text Input XT9)
    Image formats supported: JPEG / GIF / BMP
    Sound formats supported: MP3 / AAC / AAC+ / RA / WMA

    Connectivity
    Stereo Bluetooth
    AGPS, Wifi, WAPI
    Compatible with any SIM card

    Radio
    Edge & HSUPA (3G)
    4 Band GSM/Tri Band WCDMA

    Music / Photo & Video
    Internal memory: 256 MB
    Memory card: 8GB
    Music play time: 11 hours

    Photo & Video
    LCM Screen: TFT 3.5”
    Screen resolution: 800*480 pixels – 16 millions of colors
    5 Mega Pixel Camera Auto Focus
    Video player and recorder

    Applications
    Android Market with up to 250 000 applications such as:
    Adobe Flash Reader
    Google Search, Google Maps
    GMail , You Tube , E-Blogger

    Phone Materials
    316L Stainless steel, Gold, Diamonds, Black PVD, Titanium, Rubber, Calfskin leather,
    Carbon leather, Alligator and Lizard

    Price
    An entry price of 4700€.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Google+ is the Behemoth new Social Networking Attempt from Google

    Google+ is the Behemoth new Social Networking Attempt from Google

    Google has always wanted to be a king of Social Networking, after Orkut and Buzz that failed to catch up and sustain themselves to the competition. Google has today launched the new Google + Social networking engine. In a simple attempt a black bar appears at the top of the google pages with a +you button.

    One of the most notable services in the Google+ networking is the Circles. What this basically lets you do, it that it allows you to select your group of friends and assign them into groups (or circles) then when yo post updates you can select who all you want to update.

    Hangouts is also an interesting aspect as it allows a multi-person video chat right in your browser. Sparks is a multi interest feed organizer, that lets you remember your likes and keeps you updated on that.

    Google has gone all out by launching the mobile app along with the service, which for one has an instant uploads folder which would upload all your images on the Google+ account in a private album and you can share those images with your status.

    Google+ is still in a limited trial mode and looks like all their invites are gone, we will have more on this soon !

    Check it out at plus.google.com

  • Microsoft will launch a new Xbox at E3 2012

    Microsoft will launch a new Xbox at E3 2012

    According to a source close to BGR, Microsoft intends to unveil its next-generation Xbox console at E3 2012 next summer. The rumored console has been in development since 2006 and has been carefully kept under wraps.  Earlier it was speculated that the next revision will be called XBOX 720, But that really seems unlikely.

    With Kinect already doing better than expected, It makes sense for the Gaming department at Redmond to improve the hardware in the XBOX to bring on the next generation of Consoles which will be ready to handle next-gen Gaming.

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  • EDIT : A Smartphone or a Tablet, What to Buy?

    EDIT : A Smartphone or a Tablet, What to Buy?

    The question haunts every smartphone buyer, “should i instead buy a tablet?”. In the past few weeks we have got over a hundred emails asking us this question.

    Tablet season is here and its going to stay. When tablets were launched globally starting with the 1st iPad in the United Stated, analysts speculated that the market in India would not adapt to a tablet lifestyle. Today more than 25% of India’s mobile internet traffic is from iPads alone, another 10% from other tablets. Analyst have been proven wrong yet again, but the question still remains a Tablet or a souped up Smartphone?

    We shall try and resolve this predicament for you.

    A smartphone today has come a long way from what it was when the term was invented. Smart phones started off as basic day to day mobile phones that did a little bit more. A color screen, an mp3 player and customizable ringtones, a WAP browser and VGA cameras with infrared photo sharing. People were happy with these features and were shelling out Rs. 25-35 thousand for devices that were just smart.

    Today you can’t be happy with what you pay for, A dual core phone, WiFi – N, Bluetooth 3.0, GBs of Ram, Multiple GBs of storage, touchscreens, slim designs, gorilla glass, unibody constructions and a whole host of Apps that do everything else. But its still not enough, we need higher spec’d displays LCD, SLCD, Amoled, Super Amoled, Super Amoled Plus and now Super Amoled Plus HD. Why is there a constant need for upgraded technology? Socially a man buying a phone always has the need to be on top of technology (This is directly proportional to the size of his, since this is a public page lets say “car”) The newer and more expensive the tech, the more a man feels like a man. Why shouldn’t we? we have a right to everything that makes us happy, and a right to get what we pay for and sometimes more than what we pay for.

    A Smartphone today is the ultimate tool for a man ( student through Business men) from lectures, to calculations , wind speeds, weather info, document editing, printing , presentations, video editing, photo editing, emails, messaging everything can be achieved on a smartphone. So why should we not get one.

    APPS ON THE DEVICES OF TODAY

     

    Tablets in the market today are essentially blown up versions of the devices we carry in our pockets, the iPad 1 matched the specs of the iPhone 4 , (infact the phone had more ram) and the iPad 2 will be dwarfed by the iPhone 5s specs. Similarly Android phones dwarf the tablets, Galaxy S2 and Sensation are far more powerful than any Android tablet in the market today.

    So is a larger screen a better option?

    No one can really answer that question for you, it all comes down to what you do with the device you buy. I personally hate carrying my tablet and only like to carry my phone. A tablet is useful while traveling its a multimedia powerhouse- gaming , movies, videos even basic editing work can be done easily on a tablet.  I also have met and often bump into folks who like carrying a tablet everywhere even to the GYM ( seriously what are they thinking?). Upon a little investigation you find out that they spent their budget on a tablet with phone call abilities and don’t own a phone anymore.

    PADFONE

    In an ideal world a product like the Asus Padfone would be perfect. A smartphone which converts into a tablet when you need it to be one, what else could one ask for? Devices like the Padfone are going to be the ultimate tool of a technology lover, but they still have time to arrive.

    Till then our recommendation is:

    If you really want to, then get a tablet and fulfill your dreams. But keep in mind that a tablet will never replace a phone and you should always have a phone handy, whether a Smartphone or a standard phone is what your budget will answer (even your day to day requirements). Carrying a tablet around as a phone will not only make you look, well how should we put it, like a “doofus”. Unless you are totally business oriented and your work calls for it. But then if you are a business man then you probably already own a smartphone, right?

    According to us, tablets today are not yet there, not ready to beat a good phone. Invest in a good phone, you will get more done. A tablet is only eye candy, a large touchscreen that has been a part of Sci-Fi movies for a long time and today when the opportunity is here, everyone wants to grab it. Get one only as a secondary device, something between your phone and your notebook, as a notebook replacement even, if you don’t have much work except document editing than a tablet will fulfill your notebook requirements and look good doing it. Plus there is always the benefit of Angry Birds on a large screen.

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  • Want a Free iPad? Join the Singapore Military!

    Want a Free iPad? Join the Singapore Military!

    According to several reports the Singapore Government is prepping up for  boosting the joining rate for its military services. The govt. plans to provide free iPads to army, air force, and navy recruits in November. The best thing about this story is that everyone in Singapore (men who are healthy) has to serve in the military for at least 2 years. This would mean that the coming generation of Singapore population would be all (almost) holding a tablet (namely iPads).

    [quote]By exploiting the use of popular and current information and communications technology, we are able to harness our advantage of today’s technologically savvy servicemen” Said Defence chief Neo Kian Hong[/quote]

    Troops can use the iPad’s built-in camera to take photos and video clips in the field which can be uploaded to the SAF’s online platform, LEARNet. Soldiers can use these photos and videos to carry out post-mission assessments.

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  • Samsung will not make the Apple A6 Processor

    Samsung will not make the Apple A6 Processor

    TSMC or Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp will be the next company to manufacture the Apple A6 Chips that will go in the upcoming iPhone 5 / iPad 3. According to rumors Apple is looking for a high performance chip with a much more smaller topography than Samsung can manufacture. Samsung already had difficulties in the A5’s 45nm process. While it is suggested that TSMC will manufacture the processor on low power 28nm ARM chips.

     

  • 75 Foot Asteroid Almost hit the Earth

    75 Foot Asteroid Almost hit the Earth

    A small asteroid, estimated between 16 and 65 feet in diameter, crossed the Earth this afternoon – missing by 12,231 Kilometer.

    US space agency NASA had earlier predicted no probability of the asteroid striking the Earth. NASA’s tweeted last week:

    [quote]There is no chance that 2011 MD will hit Earth but scientists will use the close pass as opportunity to study it w/ radar observations.”[/quote]

    Peter Lake blogged from Australia that he captured images of the asteroid streaking across on the sky on the evening of June 26. Lake’s photos were taken using a 20-inch telescope in New Mexico controlled with his iPhone.

    NASA said that an object the size of Asteroid 2011 MD is expected to come this close to Earth about every six years on average. Scientists say that when Asteroid 2011 MD makes another pass in 2022, an impact with Earth is possible. A larger, 1,300-foot asteroid, Asteroid 2005 YU55, is expected to flash past Earth on Nov. 8, 2011.

  • After 50 days of Hacking ; LulzSec Retires

    After 50 days of Hacking ; LulzSec Retires

    On Saturday, the hacking group LulzSec, aka the Lulz Boat, said that it was ceasing operations. In what the group said was its final act, LulzSec also released a fresh set of stolen documents and files.

    [quote]For the past 50 days we’ve been disrupting and exposing corporations, governments, often the general population itself, and quite possibly everything in between, just because we could. We hope, wish, even beg, that the movement manifests itself into a revolution that can continue on without us. said the group in a statement[/quote]

    The group made its name after attacking a number of high visability targets recently, including Sony, the CIA’s website, and the U.S. Senate. It’s unclear if the group’s decision was made after its leader and chat logs were exposed, but the group makes a convincing argument that a 50-day hack-fest was planned the entire time.According to security experts, the group was disbanded due to  increasing pressure from the law. Authorities in Britain last week arrested 19-year-old Ryan Cleary, who had been linked to LulzSec.

    At least some of the group’s six members already appear to be continuing their work elsewhere.

     

  • Google’s Nexus Prime will be the first to run ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’

    Google’s Nexus Prime will be the first to run ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’

    Looks like Google’s dropout with HTC  will continue for the coming up proprietary Google Smartphone, Usually dubbed as a developer phone, these devices get the latest versions of Android OS first and also run Stock un modded-roms. This time around the device may be dubbed the ‘Nexus Prime’ and will be manufactured by Samsung, just Like the Nexus S.

    According to BGR, the new Nexus Prime will have a “Super AMOLED HD” resolution display which will have a 720p size. There are also reports of the OMAP4460 being used as the main processor in the device.

    There are also reports that this time around Google may have a multi device launch for the Ice Cream Sandwich (seriously!) that could include flagship devices from everyone including HTC, Samsung, Motorola and even LG.

     

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  • Sony Adds new HX9V and HX100V to their CyberShot lineup in India, Brings 3D to life

    Sony Adds new HX9V and HX100V to their CyberShot lineup in India, Brings 3D to life

    Sony has added 2 new Point and Shoot cameras to their CyberShot lineup.

    HX100v

     

    Semi-Pro Camera for Photography enthusiasts priced at Rs. 22,990/-

    Specs include

    • 3D Still Image and 3D Sweep Panorama
    • 30x Optical Zoom
    • 27mm wide angle Carl Zeiss® Vario-Sonar® T lens
    • AVCHD Full HD movie recording
    • Background Defocus and high speed auto focus
    • Built-in GPS and Compass
    • 121.6 x 86.6 x 93.1mm
    • 525g (Body), Approx. 577g (With Accessories)
    • 10.0 fps Burst Speed

     

    HX9V

    The camera costs Rs. 17,990/-

    Specs Include

    • 3D Still Image and 3D Sweep Panorama
    • 16x Optical Zoom
    • 24mm wide angle Sony G lens
    • AVCHD Full HD movie recording
    • Background Defocus and high speed auto focus
    • Built-in GPS and Compass
    • 104.8 x 59.0 x 33.9mm
    • 215g (Body), Approx. 245g (With Accessories)
    • 10.0 fps Burst Speed


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  • George Hotz (Geohot) joins Facebook as product developer

    George Hotz (Geohot) joins Facebook as product developer

    Internet’s more well-known celebrity iPhone and PlayStation hacker George “GeoHot” Hotz has gone to Facebook.  Rumors say that he’s involved with product development for the company’s alleged iPad app.  The news was confirmed by  a quick visit to Hotz’s Facebook page, his work status shows “Facebook software engineer starting in May 2011”

    Hotz himself is responsible for the outbreak of the Internet unlocking community due to his successful manipulations of both Apple iPhones and iPod Touches as well as Sony’s PlayStation 3. The latter caused a four-month legal battle between Sony and Hotz. The hacktivist group Anonymous launched a distributed denial of service attack against Sony in April to retaliate for the company going after Hotz.

  • HTC Launches the Flyer Tablet in India (PR)

    HTC Launches the Flyer Tablet in India (PR)

    Its Raining Tablets this year and HTC is adding to the downpour with the HTC FLYER

    The Tablet has the following Specs

    CPU Speed

    1.5 GHz

    Platform

    AndroidTM with HTC SenseTM

    Memory

    Internal storage: 32 GB

    RAM: 1 GB

    (The actual available internal storage may differ depending on the software configuration of your device.)

    Dimensions

    195.4 mm (L) x 122 mm (W) x 13.2 mm (T)

    Weight

    420 gms with battery

    Display

    7 inch touch-sensitive screen with 1024 x 600 resolution

    Network

    HSPA/WCDMA:

    • 900/AWS/2100 MHz

    Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE:

    • 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

    (Band frequency, HSPA availability, and data speed are operator dependent.)

    GPS

    Internal GPS antenna

    Sensors

    • G-Sensor

    • Digital Compass

    • Ambient Light Sensor

    Connectivity

    • Bluetooth® 3.0 with A2DP for wireless

    • Stereo Headsets

    • Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11b/g/n

    • 3.5 mm stereo audio jack

    • Micro-USB (12-pin micro-USB 2.0)

    Camera

    • 5 megapixel colour camera with auto focus

    • 1.3 megapixel front camera

    Audio Supported Formats

    • Playback: .aac, .amr, .ogg, .m4a, .mid, .mp3, .wav, .wma (Windows Media

    Audio 9)

    • Recording: .amr, .aac

    Video Supported Formats

    • Playback: .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv (Windows Media Video 9), .avi (MP4 ASP and MP3), .xvid (MP4 ASP and MP3)

      • Recording: .3gp

    Battery

    Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery, Capacity: 4000 mAh

    Standby time:

    • Up to 820 – 1470 hours

    Video playback time:

    • Up to 4 hours

    (The above are subject to network)

    Expansion Slot

    microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)

    AC adapter

    Voltage range/frequency: 100 ~ 240 V

    AC, 50/60 Hz

    DC output: 9 V and 1.67 A

     

    Although the MOP of the Device is almost Rs. 40,000/- it is available in the market for much less.

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    HTC Unveils The HTC Flyer In India, The First Tablet With HTC Sense

    ·         Marks HTC’s foray in the tablet market in India

    ·         Aluminum unibody design with touch and pen interaction make HTC Flyer unique

    ·         First tablet with HTC WatchÄ video service, HTC ScribeÄ Technology and OnLive cloud gaming

    New Delhi, India – June 27, 2011 – HTC, a global leader in mobile innovation and design, today announced its first tablet in India, the HTC FlyerTM. HTC Flyer blends HTC’s trademark design language with an all-new HTC Sense user experience that has been reimagined for the tablets. Using an intuitive and innovative approach to tablets, HTC Flyer combines natural touch and pen interaction. HTC also announced HTC Watch, a new connected video service that will debut on HTC Flyer tablet, and will collaborate with OnLive, Inc. to launch the first cloud-based mobile gaming service on a tablet.

     

    “HTC believes that many people are progressing beyond a single wireless device paradigm into an era where some will own multiple wireless devices that serve their different needs,” said Faisal Siddiqui, Country Manager, HTC India.  “We saw an opportunity to create a tablet experience that is different, more personal and productive, and are extremely excited to introduce the HTC Flyer in the Indian market.”

     

    Encased in a sleek aluminum unibody, the HTC Flyer tablet exudes the iconic style and build quality HTC is known for.  It is also ultra-light, weighing as little as a paperback book, and compact enough to fit in a jacket pocket only.  With a seven-inch display, lightning fast 1.5Ghz processor and high-speed HSPA+ wireless capabilities, the HTC Flyer tablet is perfect for those who have been waiting for a tablet that is both compact and powerful.

     

    HTC Sense for Tablet

    HTC Sense revolutionized smartphones by placing the person at the center of the experience. HTC Flyer’s tablet-focused HTC Sense experience focuses on surprising and delighting people with its gorgeous 3D home screen. A unique carousel of widgets puts a user’s most important content and information at the visual center of the experience.  The HTC Flyer tablet also offers uncompromised Web browsing with Flash 10 and HTML 5.

     

     

     

    HTC Scribe Technology

    Touch interaction lights up the HTC Flyer tablet experience, but it also offers a groundbreaking pen experience. With the new HTC Scribe Technology on the HTC Flyer tablet, people can rediscover the natural act of writing. HTC Scribe Technology introduces a wave of integrated digital ink innovations that make it easy and natural to take notes, sign contracts, draw pictures, or even write on a web page or photo.

     

    HTC Scribe Technology on the HTC Flyer tablet transforms traditional note-taking into smart note-taking by integrating natural onscreen writing with thoughtful and integrated innovations. A feature called Timemark enables you to capture the audio of a meeting in line with your written notes, so tapping on a word in your notes instantly takes you to that exact place in time in the audio recording of the meeting. Notes are also integrated with the calendar so when there is an appointment reminder you are automatically prompted with an opportunity to begin a new note or in the case of recurring meetings, to continue where the last meeting left off.  In an industry first, the HTC Flyer tablet also features built-in synchronization with EvernoteÄ, the world-leading notes application and service.

     

    Streaming Mobile Movies with HTC Watch

    The HTC Flyer tablet premieres HTC Watch, HTC’s new video download service.  The HTC Watch service enables low-cost on-demand progressive downloading of hundreds of High-Definition movies from major studios. The intuitive, natural design of the HTC Watch service makes it easy to find the latest movie and video content, while advanced technology on the back-end enables instant playback over the HTC Flyer tablet’s high-speed wireless connection.

     

    Mobile Cloud Gaming with OnLive

    HTC takes mobile gaming to an entirely new level by being the first mobile device in the world to integrate OnLive Inc.’s revolutionary cloud-based gaming service. OnLive is leading in the home gaming market by letting people play top video games on their televisions and computers without the need to buy expensive gaming hardware or software.  When integrated fully, the OnLive service will enable customers to pipe the OnLive service through the HTC Flyer tablet’s broadband wireless to their television sets, or let them play directly on the tablet. When integrated on the HTC Flyer tablet, people can play a variety of games, including hits like Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood™, NBA 2K11 and Lego Harry Potter™.

     

    Pricing & Availability

    The HTC Flyer will be available at a Market Operating Price of Rs. 39,890* at all authorized HTC resellers across the country.

    * Prices may vary according to the local applicable taxes

     

    About HTC

    HTC Corporation (HTC) is one of the fastest growing companies in the mobile industry. By putting people at the center of everything it does, HTC creates innovative smartphones and tablets that better serve the lives and needs of individuals. The company is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under ticker 2498. For more information about HTC, please visit www.htc.com.

     

    Follow HTC India on:

    Twitter: http://twitter.com/HTC_in

    Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/HTCIndia

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  • Edit : Should You Buy The iPhone 3Gs?

    Edit : Should You Buy The iPhone 3Gs?

    The iPhone 3Gs was a hardware revision device for the iPhone 3G, bringing more CPU power and Ram to the equation. The iPhone 3GS also brought about a better 3.2mp camera with tap to focus.

     

    We got information of the impending re-launch of the iPhone 3Gs on 24th June. Without fail the 3Gs reappeared at the new price point of 20k. Now the question remains does the iPhone 3Gs qualify as a good option? Does is present a value for money deal?

    Here is what we think.

    The iPhone 3GS was originally launched in 2009 in the US and 2010 in India. The Device  features a 600 MHz ARM Cortex A8 processor, PowerVR SGX535 GPU, 256 MB RAM, and upto 32GB of storage. The device also currently features iOS 4 and works brilliantly with iOS 5 (we’ve tested it and can verify, that till beta 2 iOS 5 works great on 3GS).

    Reading a whole bunch of articles written by Tech – Bloggers , I was shocked at how blatantly the iPhone 3GS was being shot down. Though in a personal opinion the 3GS is an old hardware based device and has specs which would disgruntle almost anyone looking for souped up smartphone. The iPhone 3Gs bring a lot more, than any device at the price point can.

    Lets look at it point by point.

    1. OS

    iOS by far is the simplest of operating systems, designed to be used by a finger. The UI is fluid and begs you to interact with it.  Currently multitasking between apps is great on iOS where most Android handsets in that price range don’t support true multitasking, the iPhone 3GS has it and it works great. Using the right setup you can do a lot of things on your device. Wireless sharing of emails, pictures and music, streaming internet radio and movies, home automation, wifi printing and even controlling a quadro-copter  the hundreds of thousands of apps from the App Store let you make your imagination run wild, and then, there is an app for that. The Apps are designed to run perfects in harmony with the iOS infrastructure.

    The best part (according to me) of iOS for someone who does not understand or have the time to understand the intricate details of technology, is that the system is safe and bug free. Because third party apps go through a strict verification process, seldom do you find an App which would slow your device down. So no matter what you install or how many you install, Apps will not slow down the OS. That makes perfect sense for someone who is not a techie.

    On the other hand Android brings the ability to customize the OS, and play around with it, the more you edit and tweak the OS, the more your chances  of a system restore appear. Now there is no need to throw a banter, you can be extremely safe with Android, you just have to know what you are installing and what all does it access. But in Android, third party apps can have a built in snooper sending all your information back to the designer of the app.

     

    2. BUILD

    While it isn’t an iPhone 4, the 3Gs is pretty solid when it comes to construction. One of the most beautiful phones available today the 3Gs is available in black and white and millions of customization options are available, from skins, decals to plain covers, flip covers, leather covers, plastic covers, branded covers and hard cases. The most number of accessories ever made for a phone? the iPhone stands at number one in that record.

     

    3. Conclusion

    When we first heard rumors of the iPhone 3Gs being relaunched, we heard a price point of about 16,500/-. But, when the actual price came to be 20,000/- we lost confidence that Apple would do well selling its last year legend. Sure there are those who would love to buy the 3GS for its “Brand” and its simplicity, there are also those who will buy it for the sheer number of apps and usability features that these apps will give.

    There are better options in terms of hardware specs, the rugged motorola defy is much cheaper and its water proof, the Galaxy S, the Nexus S, The Galaxy Sl, Wave 2, Blackberry Bold 3, Nokia  N8. Sure these devices have better hardware, But we can promise one thing No operating system in our opinion comes close to the smooth and lag free experience of the iOS running on the iPhone 3GS (Of-course we mean at that price point)

     

    So if you don’t have time to mess with your device / Smartphone get the iPhone 3GS because it doesn’t get any better than this. But if you are more of a tech friendly person get an Android device you will be much happier with the open-ness of Android infrastructure.

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  • App of the Day : Postale for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

    App of the Day : Postale for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

    Once in a while an app comes along that reminds of the good old times, Postale is that app. Possibly the easiest to use Postcard making and sharing app available in the App Store.

    The app is simple to use and has a minimalist menu with just the right amount of selections. You select the layout and theme of your Postale card, place your photo just right, then type in your message. When you’re ready to share it, select one of the twelve retro-styled postage stamps to place on your postcard.

    FEATURES

    • 3 card layouts and 3 card themes
    • Choose a photo from your Photo Library or snap a picture with your device’s camera from right inside the app
    • Position, rotate, and scale your photo right onto the card
    • Optionally change the color of your photo to Black & White or Sepia-Tone
    • Type in your own custom title and message
    • 5 fonts to choose from
    • 12 retro-styled stamps
    • Send right from the app via email, Facebook, or Twitter

     

    It literally takes a few seconds to create a beautiful postcard and share it with your friends or favorite social networking sites.

    iG Rating  : 4/5

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    Postale - 7twenty7 LLC

    Postale – 7twenty7 LLC

  • Spice Mi 410 – Unboxing, Hands on, Pictures and Video

    Spice Mi 410 – Unboxing, Hands on, Pictures and Video

    So we finally got the new Spice Mi 410 here in our studios. So here it is the Unboxing and quick review video for your pleasure. As always stay tuned for the complete Review.

     

    VIDEO UNBOXING

     

    IMAGES

     

    SPECS

    OS ANDROID 2.2
    Processor 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255
    Flash ROM 2GB eMMC
    Ram 512MB
    Dimensions 122X 66X 9.9 mm
    Weight 143 gm
    Display 4.1-inch Capacitive Touch Screen , 800 X 480 WVGA
    Camera 5 MP rear with HD Video, 0.3MP front
    Battery 1400 mAH
    Talk Time Upto 380 Mins GSM , Upto 300 Mins (3G)
    Standby Time Upto 300 Hours
    Network Quad band GSM , Tri-band 3G, HSDPA/HSUPA , up to 14.2 Mbps
    Connect Bluetooth v2.1 EDR
    Other Supports Flash 10.1
    Price Rs. 14,000/-
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