Do you know the shortcomings of iPad? Can it live up to the hype? Well, for something so fashionable and expensive, it does have some drawbacks.
Apple iPad doesn’t multi-task. It’s also heavier than you think, it is. Using it as an e-book reader can be difficult if you plan to hold it like a book for prolonged period of time. It is also not High Definition though it is High resolution.
Typing on the keyboard can be hard to get used to. You have to set down to place your hands on the keyboa...
Hewlett Packard (HP) unveiled a new line of notebook computers, including netbooks starting around Rs. 16,000 on Thursday. It also announced that it will offer 100 GB free space with the HP Mini for two months through cloud computing.
HP was the leader in the Indian PC market until it was dislodged by Dell to the No.2 spot in the notebook segment in the 4th quarter of calendar year 2009.
The new range includes Compaq Presario CQ42 and CQ62 priced at Rs. 25,990 onwards, HP Pavilion dm4 and ...
APPLE Inc. has launched a new refined operating system Mac OS X Snow Leopard. This new OS is more advanced, more nimble finder and makes your Mac faster, more reliable and easier to use. It has a completely now look, new features for Expose’ and Stacks. Expose’ is refined and more convenient. It’s now integrated in the Dock, so you can just click and hold an application icon in the Dock and all the windows for that application will unshuffle so you can quickly change to another one.
Other fe...
In the middle of an intense tariff war, Telenor announced the launch of its services in 7 out of 22 mobile zones in India on Thursday. The Norwegian telecom firm said it would charge 29p/min for local calls and 49p/min for national long distance calls.
Tata Teleservices, the No. 6 operator was the first to launch per-second billing earlier this year. The offer was a roaring success. Mobile services leaders Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications and Vodafone Essar have all followed suit to lau...
Goldstriker International, a Liverpool based British company has unveiled a gold iPhone encrusted with nearly 200 diamonds- the world’s most expensive mobile phone. The price is 1.92 million pounds or 14.7 crore. The phone is called iPhone 3G Supreme.
The mobile phone is designed by Stuart Hughes for Goldstriker International and made from 22 carat gold. It has 136 diamonds in the front bezel and an apple logo made out of not more than 53 diamonds. Its front navigation button comprise of a ra...
The Japanese government said it launched its fifth spy satellite on 28th November, in a bid to boost its ability to independently gather intelligence. The country has long relied on the U.S. for intelligence.
Japan launched its first pair of spy satellites in 2003, prompted by the concerns over North Korea’s missile program. North Korea shocked Tokyo, when it test-fired a missile over Japan, in 1998. Since then, the country has launched spy satellites primarily to watch development in North K...
A Japanese man fell in love with a fictional character from the Nintendo DS “love simulator” Love Plus and wedded her.
The man known only by his online name SAL9000 has tied knot with Nene Anegasaki, a fictional character in an official-looking ceremony but not legally binding reception in Tokyo on 22nd November. The reception included a priest, an MC, a DJ, speeches from friends and family, photo slideshows, wedding music and even a bouquet. The entire event was streamed live on a Japanese v...
Nokia 6600i is now available in India. Nokia 6600i is equipped with 2.2 inch colour TFT screen, a mega pixel camera along with double LED flash and autofocus with an 8X zoom. It is loaded with a standard Li-Ion 1000 Mah (BL-4U) battery, which offers standby time of 348 hours and talktime of 4 hours. It comes with an internal memory of 20 MB that can be expanded upto 16GB with the help of micro-SD card slot.
The newly launched slider phone, Nokia 6600i provides supports for 3G, EDGE and GPRS. ...
The Volkswagen Beetle will hit Indian roads on 4th December. It will be priced at Rs 20 lakh as high import duty is levied on completely built units in the country.
The company will also launch another premium car, Polo at Rs 4.5 lakh which will be launch during the upcoming Auto Expo 2010 in January.
Polo will be the cheapest while Beetle will be the costliest hatchback from the Volkswagen stable in India. It is expected that the fifth generation Volkswagen Polo will come up with 1.2 litr...
Robot greets customers in Departmental store Takashimaya in Ginza. The store had enrolled the services of speech-recognizing robot called Saya for a week. And for a week shoppers were treated to a very different kind of store assistant.
Saya was capable to guide the shoppers to relevant floors of the shopping store and also can respond to shoppers’ queries and complaints in more than 700 ways.
The female robot was developed by Hiroshi Kobayashi of the Tokyo University of Science in 2004. I...
