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Nokia N86 vs Sony Ericsson W995

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Introduction: After a long time of making fans wait for it, Nokia has finally launched its 8 Megapixel phone in the market - the Nokia N86 8 Megapixel. The phone has been a force to be reckoned with everyone hailing it as the best non-touchscreen smartphone that you can buy today. Sony Ericsson couldn't have come up with a better competitor. The W995 has combined the best of both Sony Eric sson mobile phone worlds, the Walkman and the Cyber-shot along with a bevy of features making it incredibly talented all-round feature phone. Both phones manage to match each other almost completely on the spec sheet with the only major difference being the presence of a full fledged smartphone OS, Symbian S60, on the N86. We often have people asking questions on which phone is better. They usually don't care for smartphone functionality which makes their choice even more difficult. So, to make their life easier, we set out on this mission to compare and find which one of these two multimedia...

New Phone with Opera Mini, 3.2 MP Camera

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Lava Mobiles has announced the launch of its latest mobile phone, the Lava A9, in the Indian market. The phone, a feature packed device, is expected to be priced very competitively and is aimed at consumers who want to more phone for less money. Let us delve into the features of the A9 now. It features a 2.4-inch TFT screen that is capable of displaying 262k colors. A 3.2 MP camera adorns the rear of the phone. The multimedia intention is clear with a fully featured music and video player too making their presence felt. The A9 has 256MB of onboard memory that can be expanded upto 8GB using microSD cards. Connectivity options include Bluetooth and GPRS/EDGE. It would be too much to expect Wi-Fi considering the price this phone will retail. The A9 comes pre-installed with Nimbuzz and Opera Mini - so all you need is a GPRS connection to get things rolling. The 920mAh battery should be sufficient for moderate usage. There's a standard FM Radio player thrown in as well. The phone w...

Motorola Backflip brings Android to AT&T

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After a long period of letting the iPhone hog AT&T's spotlight, the carrier has finally opened its arms to Android. Today, the carrier unveiled the Motorola Backflip, the first of three AT&T phones powered by Google's operating system. Backflip not only represents an end to the Apple/BlackBerry smart-phone hegemony at AT&T, but also incorporates several really interesting design features. The phone's name comes from its inside-out design. A keyboard swings out to complement its very iPhone-reminiscent touch screen. The curious part: when tucked underneath, the keyboard faces outward. Also, hidden behind the screen is a trackpad, which offers users another way to navigate through applications. The concept seems intuitive enough, but it's weird that users won't be able to see the trackpad while they use it. While based on Android, Backflip comes with Motorola's Motoblur, a user interface that highlights social-networking features such as Facebook and T...

Amazon Kindle DX (U.S. Wireless)

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As of January 19, 2010, Amazon has discontinued this version of the Kindle DX and replaced it with the international Kindle DX model . That new model runs on AT&T's network and can access content on cellular networks inside and outside of the U.S. It's otherwise essentially identical to the Sprint-powered Kindle DX reviewed below. Even before the Kindle 2 launched, there was talk of an even newer, larger digital reader from Amazon that would be geared more toward reading textbooks and periodicals. We all assumed it would be bigger, but it was unclear exactly what form it would take. Well, now that it's finally arrived, what is a little surprising is how much the Kindle DX--bigger face aside--is a dead ringer for its little sibling. In profile, the two devices appear equally svelte: the 0.38-inch-deep DX is just a tad thicker than the 0.36-inch Kindle 2. Obviously, the big difference here is the Kindle DX's 9.7-inch e-ink display (1,200x824-pixel resolution), which ...

Microsoft unveils Windows Phone Series 7

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Microsoft Corp. unveiled a new operating system for mobile phones Monday, marking its latest move to reclaim a leading position against rivals Apple, Research in Motion and Google. Just a few years ago, Microsoft ( MSFT , Fortune 500 ) was embedded in about a quarter of all smartphones sold. It's now in less than 10%, with competition coming from the iPhone and BlackBerry. Google ( GOOG , Fortune 500 )'s Android has only made a crowded space even tougher for Microsoft. Now, after months of speculation, Microsoft has confirmed that 7 will be a tiles based interface and include live access to Facebook, plus its own offerings X-Box Live for gaming and Zune for music and photos. Its search engine Bing is also included. Microsoft says it looks like nothing on the market and the advantage lies with consumers gaining instant access to all these offerings on their smartphones. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told CNN that this is a major push for the company to get back in the mobile space...

Sony Ericsson shows compact smartphones

SMARTPHONE ANNOUNCEMENTS show no sign of letting up at the Mobile World Congress today and Sony has joined the action by launching two high-end models. Sony claims that it's "challenging the norm" with its Xperia X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro smartphones by combining high-end features with a version of Sony Ericsson's powerful User Experience (UX) software specifically designed for smaller devices. The X10 Mini and Mini Pro are shrunken versions of Sony's high-end Xperia X10 smartphone that it launched at the tail end of last year. Both are expected to use Sony's Timescape that puts all social networking communications into one package and will have a 600MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 processor, 3G and quad-band EDGE, WiFi, Bluetooth, and a 2GB microSD card. The two Xperia Mini models will ship in a range of colours. The Mini will ship in black, pearl white, lime, pink, red and silver, while the Mini Pro features just black and red. There is a minuscule size difference bet...

OpenOffice.org launches improved 3.2 version

OpenOffice.org, the world's leading free personal productivity software, has managed to attain more than 300 million download so far and has been an instant success. Now, the company has now announced that it is updating its office suite to make it faster and more compatible with other office software programs, according to The Independent. OpenOffice.org is a free alternative to Microsoft's Office Suite and Apple's iWork suite. It has around 22 percent of the Office suite market share in countries like Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany according to a February 2010 report by Webmasterpro.de. OpenOffice.org version 3.2 provides users with faster start-up times, improved compatibility with open standard (ODF) and proprietary file formats, a Chart module that can be used throughout OpenOffice.org, and many new enhanced features across the board. "Some people are currently locked in to other personal productivity tools - maybe by corporate IT policy, or by tie-in to o...

MWC 2010: LG's Touchscreen GD880 Mini Announced

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Korean mobile phone manufacturer LG Electronics has announced its latest touchscreen device in the form of the GD880 Mini. The newest phone from LG boasts of a 3.2-inch full touch display, a 5 megapixel camera and packs in Bluetooth 2.1 and Wi-Fi. The GD880 Mini claims to be the smallest and the slimmest touchscreen handset out there today. Incidentally, this is also the case with the just launched Xperia X10 Mini by Sony Ericsson. In fact, we think the X10 might just win the battle here. A senior official from LG has clarified that the LG Mini has been designed in response to specific requests from their consumers who were unhappy with current full touchscreen phones that are too bulky, clunky and expensive. Coming back to the features on the device, it supports aGPS, and full HSDPA support. The GD880 Mini will also feature discrete 5.1 multichannel surround sound - thanks to technology from Dolby. This bit, however, is in its early stages only and is being demoed at the MWC for ...

Nokia 2730 Classic a lowest price and 3G enabled Nokia phone

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Nokia is driving us crazy with a dump of so many new models and we are talking about Nokia 2730 Classic. A new 3G phone from Nokia and is the cheapest 3G phone at price Rs. 4,700 from Nokia. The Nokia 2730 Classic phone is pretty cheap and economical and won’t make dent in your pocket. The phone has everything. The one would feel great to spend money on such a phone and is worth your cash. Nokia 2730 Classic features and specifications: The Nokia 2730 Classic has a Li-On battery (BL-5C) with a standby time of up to 396 hours and up to 408 hours in 2G and 3G respectively. It has a talk time of more than 7 hours and more than 3 hours in 2G and 3G respectively and 12 hours of music play. The Nokia 2730 Classic weighs 87.7 grams and 109.6 x 46.9 x 14.4 mm in terms of its dimensions. It has a TFT display with 256K colours and a 2 inches screen with a 5 way navigation key. Music will make you drool because the new Nokia 2730 Classic has a 3.5 mm audio jack and radio. This will surely keep y...

Microsoft Starts Over in Phone Software

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Microsoft , Intel and Nokia — all leaders in their respective markets — have struggled to capitalize on the rise of a new class of smartphones that can tap into a vast pool of software. So these companies have come to the world’s largest mobile technology conference here with a message of change. They’re willing to abandon tradition if it means getting another shot at the fast-growing mobile device market and blunting the advance of companies like Apple and Google . On Monday at the Mobile World Congress, Microsoft unveiled a new version of its flagship smartphone software, which was called Windows Mobile but has now been dubbed Windows Phone. Steve A. Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief executive, took the stage for a few minutes before a demonstration of the new software began. “We debated a lot about how much we should position and talk about from whence we have come and what we will show you,” Mr. Ballmer said. “At the end of the day, we said, ‘Let’s get on with the show.’” Windows Phone...

Nokia's Cheapest 3G Phone Launched for Rs. 4,499

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Nokia has launched its most affordable 3G handset in the country earlier today with the launch of the Nokia 2730 Classic. The phone , priced at just Rs. 4499, comes loaded with a host of features rarely seen on a device in is price range. The 2730 Classic packs in Ovi Mail, Nokia Messaging, Nokia Life Tools, and full HTML browsing as well. It also comes with Opera Mini preloaded. The 2730 Classic has a 2-inch QVGA display that can display 262k colours. At just 88grams, the phone is quite light-weight. As expected, it runs Nokia's S40 interface. The 30 MB of internal memory can be augmented using a microSD card and the phone comes with a 1GB card - preloaded. It offers a maximum of 7.4 hours talk time and 16.5 days standby time. Music lovers on a budget can rejoice - thanks to the 3.5mm slot this one comes with. If that wasn't all, there is Bluetooth and microUSB support as well. There is a decent 2 megapixel camera at the rear that should be good enough for casual imaging. A...

Nokia 2730 classic now in India

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The Nokia 2730 classic has everything what one should expect from a basic telephone in the year 2010. Nokia 2730 classic represents a classic “bar phone – available in the colors dark magenta or black. The keyboard is almost as if Nokia’s common practice, a keyboard mat that provides sufficiently large buttons with a reasonably pleasant pressure point. Visually oriented, the more like its big brother Nokia 6700, but is used here in the small counterpart, plastic and chrome, in order to keep up appearances. The processing of the Nokia, however, has become better in the meantime, thanks to the back, which is just completely take off as a battery cover, the phone feels quite solid. The plastic is fairly valued and so it makes a good impression. The battery comes with good network coverage even times over four or five days, with more voice but it can be empty even after two days, especially in the UMTS network. There’s still life tools and Nokia Ovi mail that Apps from Nokia, particularly ...

Top 5 Olympic Sites for Following the Games

Don't let a little thing like being at work get in the way of following your favorite sporting events and athletes at the Winter Olympics. From streaming video to event explanations to ski slope imagery courtesy of Google, these five handy sites will help you follow all the action. NBC Olympics   Useful for: Video highlights/live streaming coverage of the Games. If you're in the United States, this is the only place you'll (legally) get it. What it is: NBC has exclusive U.S. broadcast rights to the Olympics, but here's the rub: For live coverage, you must be a subscriber to a cable, satellite, or IPTV provider. Otherwise you'll only be able to access event recaps and highlights, athlete biographies, interviews, news, and other short clips. NBC is still partnered with MSN and Microsoft's Silverlight , so you'll need to have Silverlight 3 (along with the latest version of Adobe Flash Player) installed in order to view any video content on the NBC site. Don...

Nokia 5233 price in India with specifications

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Nokia 5233 price in India with specifications :-In early 2010 another new listing of a Nokia model 5233, targeted at low-end market, this stylish wide-screen touch phone in appearance and performance quite similar to 5230. 3G, music, pictures, intelligent, handwriting, GPS and other specifications of Nokia 5233 are very comprehensive. Nokia 5233 has a compact body shape and smooth curves, straight classic big-screen design is very eye-catching style. Screen configuration using 3.2 inches 16 million color touch screen, and also supports 640 × 360 pixel resolution and touch handwriting features. Fuselage built-in 2 million pixel camera specifications and there is no matter how eye-catching, but it would certainly meet the needs of everyday shooting. As a smart phone, the Nokia 5233 is not only equipped with the fifth edition of the S60 operating system, also equipped with a 434MHz processor, the AMR11 can make a more smooth operation of the speed. Has 70MB of memory in the case of the fu...

AT&T Will Let Revised Sling Player Use 3G on iPhone

The trend toward TV anywhere took another step forward Thursday as AT&T announced that it will support Sling Media's mobile application on its 3G network. Sling, whose player app is already in use on the carrier's Wi-Fi network, released a player for the iPhone late last year. The announcement reverses a decision by AT&T last spring not to allow the Sling iPhone app because it would increase congestion on its 3G network. In Thursday's announcement, AT&T noted that Sling has developed its wireless app to "make efficient use of 3G network bandwidth" and to "conserve the finite wireless spectrum available to the wireless industry." Overwhelmed AT&T  AT&T and Sling are saying that the new app has been optimized for its network, the result of a cooperative effort between both companies. AT&T mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega has indicated that his company will be working with developers to make data-intensive apps more "bandwidth-sens...

Online Video Explodes

The online video market continued to grow in December, as nearly 178 million U.S. Internet users watched 33.2 billion videos in the month a lone, said comScore last week. When broken down, the numbers mean that 86.5 percent of total U.S. Internet users watched online videos and averaged 187 videos per user. The average length video watched was 4.1 minutes, up from 3.5 minutes in a report from last March . Google sites account for 13.2 billion videos, or almost 40 percent of the total. More than 134 million people watched more than 13 billion YouTube videos, averaging 97.1 videos per user. Hulu had a record-breaking month. "Hulu ranked second with more than 1 billion videos viewed, an all-time high for the property, and representing 3.0 percent market share," said Andrew Lipsman, in the report. The site saw 44.1 million unique visitors in December; each spent an average of 2.2 hours watching 22.9 videos. Although Hulu came in second for total videos viewed, the site came in s...

iPad Study: The More You Know, The Less You Want One

The more people know about the iPad, the less they want to buy one, according to a study released Friday. But, are we expecting too much? The study seems to confirm the iPad as Apple's least exciting announcement in years. And the company is feeling the backlash that comes from not delivering on the hype. Retrevo , an online marketplace for consumer electronics, surveyed 1,000 of its customers and found that the iPad's Jan. 27 announcement did more to snuff out customer interest than to spark it. That's not surprising when all Apple introduced was just a supersized (and superexpensive at the high end) iPod touch. My friend and fellow pundit Larry Magid described as the iPad as "underwhelming." I agree, the iPad is underwhelming, especially as a business device. And the more people heard about the iPad, the less they wanted one, according to Retrevo. "The word definitely got out as the number of respondents saying they had heard about the tablet rose from 37%...

BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone now available with Airtel

Research In Motion (RIM) and Bharti Airtel announce the availability of BlackBerry Bold 9700 smart phone for Airtel customers in India. Already Reliance, Tata Teleservices and Vodafone announced the BlackBerry availability of Bold 9700 on their networks. Raghunath Mandava CMO Airtel said at the launch, “Airtel has been a pioneer in providing business solutions to customers and was the first to partner with RIM to launch the BlackBerry solution in 2004. With Airtel’s comprehensive nation-wide coverage, customers can stay connected 24X7. Today, BlackBerry smartphones and services have evolved to attract both business users and consumers and we are proud to introduce the newBlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone to our customers in India. The cutting edge design and enhanced features set will give users of this ultra-stylish smartphone the benefits of staying connected while on the go.” “We are pleased to launch the BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone with Airtel. The new BlackBerry Bold 9700 build...

Bushnell Onix 350

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Bushnell Onix 350 is new handheld GPS from Woot, a company with reputation for such devices. So Woot has given you another opportunity to lay your hands on a Bushnell Onix 350 color handheld GPS with Geo-reference maps. New Bushnell Onix 350 has 3.5 inch color LCD screen with a resolution 240 x 320 not mentioning the TruView navigation. The battery lasts for 30 hours. The navigation device is equipped with self-calibrating tri-axis digital compass. For your convenience it has a 512 MB microSD card. The new baby has temperature sensors, barometric pressure detector, again to mention SiRF Star III with twenty channels. Bushnell Onix 350 is waterproof. It sports up to 1000 waypoints, 50 routes, alarms, WASS and it has USB connection for all your convenience. Bushnell Onix 350 is not too heavy neither too large to handle. It measures 6.9 x 3.1 x 1.7 inches and its weight is just 9 ounces on the weigh scale. Did I leave anything that could take you out to search for your Bushnell Onix 350 o...

Srinivasa Ramanujan

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Mathematical achievements In mathematics, there is a distinction between having an insight and having a proof. Ramanujan's talent suggested a plethora of formulae that could then be investigated in depth later. It is said that Ramanujan's discoveries are unusually rich and that there is often more in it than what initially meets the eye. As a by-product, new directions of research were opened up. Examples of the most interesting of these formulae include the intriguing infinite series for π , one of which is given below This result is based on the negative fundamental discriminant d = −4×58 with class number h ( d ) = 2 (note that 5×7×13×58 = 26390) and is related to the fact that Compare to Heegner numbers , which have class number 1 and yield similar formulae. Ramanujan's series for π converges extraordinarily rapidly (exponentially) and forms the basis of some of the fastest algorithms currently used to calculate π. Truncating the sum to the first term also gives the ...

Contributions of S. Ramanujan

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The great Indian mathematician, S. Ramanujan has left the sign of his brilliance in various fields of mathematics like Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Calculus, Number theory etc. throughout his entire life. He has also made some extraordinary contributions to the fields like Hypergeometric series, Elliptic functions, Prime numbers, Bernoulli`s numbers, Divergent series, Continued fractions, Elliptic Modular equations, Highly Composite numbers, Riemann Zeta functions, Partition of numbers, Mock-Theta functions etc. Actually, apart from a few elementary ones, most of the contributions of S. Ramanujan belong to a higher realm of mathematics that is often referred to as "Higher Mathematics". In fact, one can find it quite difficult to understand S. Ramanujan`s mathematics if he does not have the basic foundation in various mathematical subjects. According to an eminent mathematician, all the numbers were actually the intimate friends of S. Ramanujan. Ramanujan was so close to t...

Volvo S80 sedan comes now in India

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Volvo S80 comes now in India: Volvo has announced to roll out its Volvo S80 sedan on the Indian roads. This car would be sold to higher class. It would be available at a price tag of Rs 39 lakh in India, through a network of 12 dealers across the country. It’s said to be luxurious and youthful. One striking feature about Volvo S80 is its steering wheel, which is dependent on speed. It is very smooth in slow speed and more stable in high speed. According to the press reports, car is the world’s first executive car which would emit less than less than 120g of carbon dioxide. The interior of the car is quite distinct and have clean surfaces, exciting contrasts, smooth function as well as comfortable seats.

How to maximize the discharge time of your Dell Inspiron 1526 battery?

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The discharge time will vary by user. It depends on the features you are using in your laptop during the time you are using the Dell Inspiron 1526 battery. There are some tips for maximizing discharge time: Store the battery in a cool dry location.  Set the Power Management settings to “Max Dell Inspiron 1526 battery".  Do Remove the battery from the notebook PC when it is not being used or charged for a long period!  Buy another Hi-Quality & High Capacity battery to extend the overall operating time on battery.  Lower the brightness on the display.

Gigabyte will have an Android handset, but it’s not the one you saw

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  I saw a few of these pictures floating around a little while ago, when Gigabyte was announcing it was putting out an Android handset. “Good for them,” I thought, “but they couldn’t come up with something a little more original?” As it turns out — they might have. Because it turns out those pictures were fakeity-fake . I mean, the pictures themselves were real pictures, but they did not depict an actual Gigabyte handset. Seems weird that there would be this amount of intrigue associated with something as un-exciting as a phone launch by a relatively minor player, but hey. I don’t make the news, I just report it. The GSmart PR person added that the phone they’re working on is totally different, and likely won’t be seen until late 2010. You’d think they would hurry — by late 2010 we’re going to be swimming in Android devices.

Microsoft: Buys Office 2003…Asked you

These two day of Microsoft\’s news are many very, looked like Microsoft to speed up the numerous products and the LH engagement footsteps. In Microsoft speeds up the speed to in the second half of this year later period time emits the new edition Office, but Microsoft can not but face a such question: Had the majority customer still not to promote to Office 2003…. Although 2003 are the newest editions. According to the Register Britain reported that only then 15% customers have installed office 2003, before update Office comes out Microsoft needs to have 50% customers at least to promote to 2003. Therefore Microsoft prepares to hit a blitzkrieg, the persuasion these third party development personnel as far as possible develop 2003 auxiliary softwares to promote 2003 volume of users enhancements. The major problem, that is natural. Because has the majority user to think that does not need to promote. More than ten million users have used the product which he has 3 to 5 year long time, m...

Acer Launches first Liquid Phone with Qualcomm Snapdragon Processor

Acer has brought a new liquid phone in India. It’s really liquid due to its unique feature which differentiates it from the other phones. This phone has the world’s first Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and is based on the first Android 1.6 high definition smart phone. It delivers real time communication as well as content which are location aware. This smart device brings forth a unique combination of high quality performance as well as bold style. This high defining smart phone combines the cutting edge technologies; software innovation as well as ultra-fluid user interfaces so that users can get a completely new experience with this phone. Unique set of features developed by Acer and its partners would include a new user interface as well as improved power management systems. This enhanced power management system would help the user to achieve longer battery autonomy. Acer Smart Handheld Business Group (SHBG)’s India Country Head Richard Tan said: The name “liquid exemplifies speed i...