Thursday, October 28, 2010

Portable Usb Chargers

These are essentially devices that you can carry with you to give any other devices you have that are able to be charged via a USB connection some extra power while you are on the go. The device itself is recharged via USB as well. This is excellent for long trips where you may not be able to get to a power supply easily. For instance, think of a long journey on an aircraft where your device only has around four hours worth of charge when using it full time. The journey itself may be a twelve hour flight. It is unlikely that you will be able to recharge that iPod while on the plane so having a device such as this can help ensure you don’t end up having to speak to the person next to you.
The chargers are quite small and do not weigh much so if you are required to stay under a weight limit then there is a good chance that the device will not impact on the limitations. They also work with a fairly wide variety of devices. If you can draw power and recharge the item you want to charge via your computer, then it will most likely work with the portable charger. The price charged for these devices is not exuberant either. If it can save you a few hours of boredom on a long trip it is well worth the price.
The technology to charge devices through the power drawn from a USB connection is something that is potentially game changing. No longer have we had to rely on purchasing batteries to supply our walkmans with power. MP3 players now offer us a massive range of music through high capacity storage that we never have to travel with a back pack full of CDs.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Download Winamp for Android

Winamp, one of the favorite music player of the masses has just became available for the Android platform, the application requires Android 2.1 or above and is currently in the beta phase, you can search for Winamp in the Android Market . Winamp for Android also supports USB and wireless desktop syncing  of your music library with its Winamp desktop application(only with version 5.59 beta).
Winamp for Android Screenshots
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

News:-160by2.com Launches iPhone App Enabling Free SMS Facility From 10 Countries to India

Hyderabad-based  160by2.com has developed and launched an application which enables free SMS from all iPhones. The application is developed in partnership with AhaApps.com, a US based company with a development  center  in  India  providing  mobile  applications  for  iPhone,  Blackberry  and  Android mobiles.
This recently launched applications has seen close to 3000 downloads and over 1000 registrations from iPhone  users.  Over  35000  SMSes  were  sent  from  iPhones  across  10  countries  since the launch of the application.
 
160by2.com  users  can  download  the  application  from  iTunes  store  and  the  application  enables any iPhone  located  in  US,  UK,  Canada,  Singapore,  Malaysia,  Philippines,  UAE,  Kuwait  and Saudi application to send SMS for free to any other mobile within India. iPhone users in India can also use this application to send SMS for free to any other mobile within India.
 
The application is available for free from the iTunes store and can be downloaded by clicking here

News:-Microsoft 8 Could Potentially Be Out in 2012 According to the Dutch Microsoft Website

Talk about subliminal messages. Microsoft, on their Netherlands website had a press release regarding the first birthday of Windows 7. In that press release, it was hinted (after Google's Translator worked its magic) that the next Windows product could be expected in 2 years.
Steve Ballmer has already called Microsoft 8 the company's riskiest product bet. Taking two years for their next big launch is certainly stitched in with some big hopes for Microsoft 8.

Review:-Acer T231H Multi-Touch

 

Summary

The Acer T231H Multi-Touch monitor is quite an exciting product, though not an unalloyed good thing. Besides touch itself, it also offers a large screen and a Full High-Definition screen resolution to go with it. The pricing is not yet in budget territory, but the wide availability of the T231H in India validates Touch screen UI input, in a way.

Pros:

  • Multi-touch, with no particular touch issues
  • 23-inch Full-HD monitor

Cons:

  • Uncomfortable OSD buttons
  • TN-panel screen
  • Premium priced
price 16000RS

Review:- Nokia E5

 

Summary

The Nokia E5 is the latest entrant to Nokia's venerated E-series family of business phones

Pros:

  • Excellent Productivity Features
  • GPS,Wi-Fi & 3G Support
  • High Value for Money Quotient
  • Powerful Battery
  • Excellent Call Quality & Hands-Free

Cons:

  • Average Screen
  • Average Camera
  • Difficult to Configure & Use E-mail over Wi-Fi

Monday, October 25, 2010

Samsung Galaxy Player YP-G50 Video Ad Surfaces

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Before it was officially unveiled, many folks were looking forward to the Galaxy Player YP-G50 and now Samsung has released a video commercial of its Android-powered portable media player (PMP). The device is rather similar to the popular Galaxy S smartphone, so it's easy to imagine how this PMP will be a hit. Specifications of the Galaxy Player include a 3.2-inch display, 2-megapixel camera, DLNA, Wi-Fi, 8/16GB storage, microSD memory card slot, GPS, SoundAlive, FM radio, DivX support and will be powered by Android 2.1. Check out the video after the jump. 





Sunday, October 24, 2010

How to Install Android OS on your PC / Netbook / Laptop?

This tutorial will show you how to install Android 2.0 Eclair on your Asus EEE PC. It also works with most other netbooks.
Download the Android X86 port from http://www.android-x86.org/
-> Android-X86 Download Link

AndroidDesktop
How to Install Android OS on your EEE PC?
After downloading the bootable android-x86 ISO, burn it to your USB drive using Win32DiskImager –  or UNetBootIn.
Insert the USB drive in your netbook, set it to boot from USB drive from the BIOS options and then restart your netbook.
The installation process should start soon. You can use it as a Live USB to run Android without installing it or install Android to your harddisk.
If you choose to install it, select a partition to install it to and then format it using the EXT3 format. Choose to install the GRUB boot loader.
After the installation is complete, you can reboot your EEE PC to run the installed Android OS.
The OS is very responsive and works perfectly well, atleast with the EEE PC. Everything just works out of the box – Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Display, Mouse, Keyboard etc.
It can be used as a backup OS or just to show off a bit. It also has a makeshift version of the Android Market with a few apps compatible with the X86 platform.

E-learning powered via W3School.com

Are you a tech freak and want an easy and fast way to learn new programming languages. Then w3School.com is the place for you. The site is made exclusively to provide free tutorials and lessons on many different programming languages. The whole website has been constructed to ease the whole tech learning process.

The site is widely used by tech enthusiasts and geeks to add new computer languages to their domain. The website also hosts various quizzes to check your skills and also provides certification against a fee of $95.

The site's content is divided into different categories namely-

HTML & CSS TUTORIALS

* HTML Tutorial* HTML5 Tutorial
* XHTML Tutorial
* CSS Tutorial
* TCP/IP Tutorial


XML Languages TUTORIALS

* XML Tutorial* DTD Tutorial
* XML DOM Tutorial
* XSL Tutorial
* XSLT Tutorial
* XSL-FO Tutorial
* XPath Tutorial
* XQuery Tutorial
* XLink Tutorial
* XPointer Tutorial
* Schema Tutorial
* XForms Tutorial


Web Services TUTORIALS

* Web Services Tutorial
* WSDL Tutorial
* SOAP Tutorial
* RSS Tutorial
* RDF Tutorial


Browser Scripting TUTORIALS

* JavaScript Tutorial
* HTML DOM Tutorial
* DHTML Tutorial
* VBScript Tutorial
* AJAX Tutorial
* jQuery Tutorial
* E4X Tutorial

Server Scripting TUTORIALS

* SQL Tutorial
* ASP Tutorial
* ADO Tutorial
* PHP Tutorial
* ASP.NET Tutorial
* .NET Mobile Tutorial


Multimedia TUTORIALS

* Media Tutorial
* SMIL Tutorial
* SVG Tutorial
* Flash Tutorial
* WAP Tutorial
* WMLScript Tutorial



Source- http://www.w3schools.com/

Resisitive Vs Capacitive Touchscreen

Are you confused with all this fuss on resistive and capacitive touch screens coming with the smart phones these days? Let me try to help you out in choosing which may work best for you.

First of all, let me try to explain what a Capacitive touch screen and a Resistive touch screen is, in scientific terms.

Capacitive touch screen: The capacitive touch screen is made up of a glass panel that is coated with a material.
The property of this material is that it can store electrical charge. So the capacitive touchscreens basically stores electrical charge.
But for good, Human body can also store charge. So, when you touch this screen with your finger, some of these charges on the screen gets transferred to your finger. The oscillator circuits located at the corner of your system will then sense this decrease in the charge on screen and the spot the exact location where touch occurred, and then transfers this specified information to the touchscreen driver software.

Resistive touch screen: Resistive touch screen, on the other hand is again made up of normal glass panel. However, this glass panel in this case is coated with three layers.


Two of these layers being conductive and resistive are kept apart using spacers while the third scratch-resistant layer covers the whole setup

When the resistive touch screen system is running, current flows through these layers. On a finger touch, the two layers get connected and change in electrical field occurs. The system calculates the coordinates of point of contact and passes them to touch screen driver software.
Now that you understand how Capacitive touch screen and Resistive touch screens work, lets figure out Pros and Cons of each of these touch screens.



Capacitive touch screen:

Pros:
  • Multi touch support available
  • Visibility good even in sunlight
  • Highly sensitive to finger touch leading to ease of use
  • Not prone to dust particles
  • Glossy look and feel
Cons:
  • Need to have atleast 5% humidity to achieve capacitive effect
  • More expensive than Resistive touch screen
  • Doesn't work with inanimate objects/fingernails/gloved fingers
  • Latest technology, may need to evolve a bit more!

Resistive touch screen:

Pros:
  • Relatively cheaper
  • Can operate with any pointing devices like stylus, pen, nail etc
  • Can operate at any level of humidity
  • Ease of use, as it could be used even with your winter gloves on!
  • Very useful for people using handwriting recongition system, due to ease of use with a stylus!
  • More accurate than capacitive touch screen!
  • Old technology and hence more reliable!
Cons:
  • Multi touch support not available. Though technology did evolve after some modifications with the existing resistive touch screen circuitry, its still not 100% developed yet!
  • Highly sensitive. As it can operate with almost any sort of pointing devices, can be more vulnerable with dust particles!
  • Poor visibility in sunlight, mostly due to multiple layers reflecting light!
  • Screen, being sensitive at the upper layer, can be more vulnerable to scratches!

So, now that you know the difference between Capacitive touch screen and a resistive touch screen, along with some of its associated pros and cons of each of them, you should now be in a better position to judge which touch screen might be suitable for you!

Set,Change background Image on Google

Google has just rolled out a new feature currently available to US users, they have added a new link on the google search home page. This link is shown on the bottom left and it allows to set background image on the google search main page.
So, most the users browsing google from US or using a US based server proxy can see the new link to change the background image on the home page.

How To Add a Background Image On Google Homepage
  1. Sign in to your Google Account in the top right corner of the Google homepage.
  2. Click Change background image in the bottom left corner of the Google homepage.
  3. Choose where to select your background image:
    • From my computer: Select an image saved on your computer.
    • My Picasa Web photos: Select an image from your Picasa Web Albums.
    • Public gallery: Select from public photos featured in Picasa Web Albums.
    • Editor’s picks: Select from a set of Google recommended images.
  4. Once you’ve chosen your image, click Select at the bottom of the window. It may take a moment before your new Google homepage background appears.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

How To Share Direct Link To Download Files, Photos Uploaded On Sky Drive

There are times when you need to share a direct links to some file or photo album uploaded on sky drive,  Windows Live SkyDrive you can share links to your files and photos with specific people or groups of people. Or you can choose permission settings so that anyone who has the web address to your files can access them.
Follow the procedure to know how to share a link to file or picture album with anyone online.
You might need to sign in with your Windows Live ID.
2. Navigate to the file you’d like to get a link to.
3. Click Share, and then click Get a link as shown in the image below.
4. Under Share with everyone, copy the link as shown in the image below
5. Post the link to your social networking website, or email it to the people you’d like to share your SkyDrive content with, that’s it done.


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News:-Google Music India: How does it work?

What a tribute to india!! I will really appreciate this initiative made by Google. Till now when only one country already has this feature enabled for them, then India is the second country which has its own Music search. India has always been known because of its music because of its great culture in music and the high interest of people for it made Google to think about establishing the search engine for Bollywood music. I don’t think that live music search websites are present these days, due to the threat from piracy and other to be violated rules these sites have never been successful, but now when Google has laid its hands on it then it will surely be a success and I am sure that people will be mad about this site from now onwards.
The screenshot of the site has been shown above where all the latest songs from different movies have been enlisted in thumbnail and then if you want to search any song then just enter the name, the name of the artist of that song or the movie name in which it was present. It will all the possible result and then show you like a normal search results. Then you can easily listen to those songs by clicking on their name, a new window will be opened in which that song will be played.
Google Music India only has Hindi songs for now and is a Google Labs project. Google said there is no guarantee the experimental Google Music India service will make it to Google.com. Check out Google Music India service at http://www.google.co.in/music

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News:-Post Updates From Facebook To Orkut

Facebook has recently rolled out another feature update as per which you  can post updates on your orkut using your facebook account connected to that, this means from facebook you can post updates, videos, messages and photos with out even login to orkut. For this the only thing you need to do is to connect your facebook account to your orkut account from facebook.com


Friday, October 22, 2010

Review:-Dell Studio One 19




Summary

For Rs. 49,990, the Dell Studio One 19 is somewhere in between the entry-level Atom-based all-in-ones and high-end all-in-ones like the Lenovo IdeaCentre A600 and Apple iMac 20-inch.

Pros

  • Dual-touch optimized screen
  • Stylish design
  • Very good overall performance
  • Wireless keyboard and mouse

Cons

  • No Wi-Fi


For Rs. 49,990, the Dell Studio One 19 is somewhere in between the entry-level Atom-based all-in-ones and high-end all-in-ones like the Lenovo IdeaCentre A600 and Apple iMac 20 Inch. It's a balanced product, offering good value for money, and it comes with a better-than-average touchscreen experience. Buy it if you are unconvinced about the compromises of some Atom-based all-in-ones and don't want to shell out a fortune for a good-looking all-in-one.

List:-Price List of Nokia Phones


Nokia

Phone Model
Price (Rs.)
PCW Info Link

Nokia C3-00
6,459

Nokia C6-00
13,249

Nokia E5
11,389

Nokia 6303i (Gold)
6,049

Nokia 5233
6,499

Nokia X3
6,499

Nokia C5
7,679

Nokia 5235
8,599

Nokia E63
8,959

Nokia 5530
9,599

Nokia E52
11,959

Nokia E71
12,859

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
13,399

Nokia X6 (8GB)
13,869

Nokia X6 (16GB)
15,569

Nokia E72
16,509

Nokia N97 Mini
18,119

Nokia N900
24,599

Review:-Micromax Modu T Lightest Touchscreen Handset

Micromax Modu T is the latest mobile phone launched in India by Micromax in collaboration with an Israeli based company called Modu Ltd. Modu T mobile phone has been awarded as the lightest touchscreen handset available in the world by Guinness Book of World Records.
The features and the looks of this latest handset can be customized by inserting the phone in the ecosystem of the other devices called jackets. Micromax Modu T will come along with two jackets called camerafy and sportify.

Micromax Modu T comes with 2.2 inches of touchscreen and runs on BREW operating system of Qualcomm. The handset supports memory expansion up to 32GB with the help of microSD card. FM radio, 5MP camera, GPS, Google search widgets, access to various social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Snaptu and others make this handset as a perfect multimedia device.
Micromax Modu T will be available in India with a price tag of Rs. 12,500.

Product:-XBlockr Pro

Here’s a utility app for smart phone users. Now users can block and unblock unwanted calls and SMS numbers on their smart phones rather than being dependent on their service pro vider. The XBlockr Pro allows users to set Duck, Duck and SMS, Drop and Divert actions for one or group of numbers from both contacts and non-contacts, on the go. XBlockr Pro also handles mobile responses based on calendar events and enables users to remotely manage mobile responses from a calendar system. It also allows users to set actions so that different callers may receive different SMS and different callers are diverted to differ ent numbers at the time of an appointment. 

Product: XBLOCKR Pro
Cost: N/A
Availability: Now
Source: www.aquilonis.com
Company: Aquilonis Technologies 

Small Server For Small Businesses

Technology company Hewlett-Packard has launched ProLi ant MicroServer, a small server for micro and small businesses. The server, designed for companies with less than 10 employ ees, enables users to share and secure critical business informa tion. The MicroServer is compact and sleek and consumes up to 150 watts lesser than other entry-level servers. The server prom ises faster access to shared files, applications and increased sys tem performance with expandable, pluggable drives, and flexible backup options.

Review:-HTC EVO 4G

Pros

Superb 8-megapixel camera
Gorgeous, responsive display

Cons

4G coverage isn't everywhere

Bottom Line

The speedy HTC EVO 4G packs in some powerful specs and a variety of multimedia features into a stylish, minimalist design, but not everybody will get to enjoy one of its best features--4G connectivity.

Top 3 Inkjet Printers

Pros

Ink cartridges sell at rock-bottom prices
Great photo prints on special paper
Extremely speedy

Cons

Very expensive purchase price

2. HP Officejet Pro 8000 Wireless Printer

Pros

Excellent text quality for an inkjet
Wireless connectivity allows convenient placement
Very inexpensive ink

Cons

Photos exit slowly
Images can be murky, with orangey flesh tones


3. HP Officejet 6000 Wireless

Pros

Low purchase price
Inexpensive high-yield inks
Wireless and automatic duplexing are standard

Cons

Yellowish or greenish tinge to photographs