Thursday, May 28, 2009

N-Gage range

Some years back Nokia introduced their N-Gage range of mobile phones which is mostly targeted for the die hard gaming fans. It is a full featured gaming mobile phone. It came with a slightly different shape than that of the conventional mobile phones. But due to the lesser usage and buying trend, Nokia had to discontinue it soon. But some time later they converted this service of N-Gage into a full fledged gaming portal or service where all the other supported Nokia handset users can access and download any types of games available there. They have even opened showrooms dedicated for N-Gage across the world.

They even conducted various gaming events for the gaming enthusiasts and live gaming shows and events. They have even started the idea of trying a game before actually buying it. These N-Gage games from Nokia are cheaply priced and can be an ideal one to give it a try. Actually not all Nokia mobile handsets support N-gage. Only the latest N series mobiles, S series, Nokia 5320 Xpressmusic as well as the Nokia 6210 Navigator supports them. If you are a gaming fan and hold any of the above Nokia handsets, there is no doubt that you should give N-Gage a try for sure.

Monday, May 25, 2009

Nintendo Wii

In the world of Playstations and Xboxs, Nintendo Wii came in late as a gaming console. But with the brand name Nintendo they surely had an added advantage and they did not really disappoint us with their impact on serving us with one of the best gaming console ever. It is one of the favorite of mine. And it does not cost you a premium to own a gaming console of your own. It is said to be the seventh generation gaming console. Till now it has sold around 50 million consoles around the world.

It comes with an internal 512 MB flash memory, SD card, Nintendo GameCube Memory Card. Its graphics card is ATI Hollywood. It supports both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. And has a LAN adapter and 2 USB connectors. Despite launching late, they had fast caught up with the other two giants in gaming consoles namely Xbox and Playstation, who were fighting for the top spot themselves but they soon realized they have a new competitor and a tougher one to tackle with, that is Wii. There were some who opposed to the name of Wii (pronounced we) because it looked slightly kiddish. But Nintendo stuck with its name despite this opposition and have indeed succeeded with it.

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Apple Iphone

Ever since Apple introduced iPhone in the year 2008, it has been talk of the town around the world with its extraordinary features and options which were yet to take in terms of a mobile phone. It was aptly categorized under multimedia smartphone rather than just mobile phone because of the features it boasts. Later Apple introduce the iPhone 3G. Since it is a touch phone there is no separate keypad allotted to it and hence you will need to use all the features on the screen.

The features that iphones are bundled with are: SMS text, camera, browsing youtube online, stocks, weather, itunes, app store, maps, mail, and of course the ipod making it the only gadget you will ever need in terms of mobility, communication, and internet access. It is suitable for the GSM option. It comes with 2.0 Megapixel camera and 4 to 16 GB memory capacity. It has the inbuild wi-fi which can be used to browse the net anywhere that has the wi-fi hotspot. It was initially build only for using with AT&T but later lots and lots of iphones were unlocked and have been used widely across the world even before its release in many countries.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Why Netbooks?

If you are the sort of person who don’t require much of high tech features or don’t use much of graphics for your daily PC use, then netbooks is for you rather than going for laptops. One reason is due to the fact that they are cheaper than laptops and the other reason is that they are easier to carry around unlike slightly bulky laptops. If your requirement is only for using documents and viewing movies, etc, then netbooks are more than enough for you. There are even better features that you can find in any laptops in netbooks. There are better netbooks which have arrived in the market from the famed brands like Acer, Asus, Dell, Samsung, LG, etc. Where the Asus’ Eee PC was the most famous and market leader in terms of netbook share.

These netbooks are mostly powered by Intel Atom processor. They are not as powerful processors like the Dual Core or Core2Duo but a decent processor which would be ideal for daily rough use like documentation and watching movies, etc. And the price of these netbook range from $299 and above making it the cheapest option available in terms of buying a laptop or portable computer that is widely available in the market.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Digital photo frames

Digital photo frames are the latest and new technological gadget to hit the ever growing list of new gadgets in this century. This is nothing but just like your regular photo frames but with a twist of being able to change your photographs frequently and regularly just like you do with your screensavers in your PC. You can upload a photo directly to this digital photo frames from the PC, digital camera or any other gadget which has the option of transferring files.

They come in a variety of shapes and modesl to choose from. They have basic models to advanced versions. Almost all major brands which manufacture cameras and other electronic products have their own version of digital photo frames. For example, Kodak, Nikon, Philips, Samsung, Cibox, Fujifilm, etc. They are easy to use and easy to maintain. You can set the option of the timing and other factors in which your photos to appear like a slide show. You can either make it as a slide show or keep just one picture on.

NOw, there is another variety that was introduced recently which will even show the videos in it along with the regular images, but they are a bit costlier t han regular digital photo frames.