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Lenovo Ideapad Y430

2009-06-18T07:10:00.000-07:00

The Idea series in Lenova are mostly designed for the home users which comes with an unique design and loads and loads of entertainement features. And this Ideapad from Lenovo, Y430 to fulfills the criteria of all the features that is best suited for home users. With its stylish looks with red screen cover with dropped hinge scores a 10/10. It comes with a 14.1 inch screen display and with a screen resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels. It is bulded with the 1.3 MP webcam. Just like any other laptop’s keyboard from Lenovo, this too excels with pretty high quality keyboard. It also comes with twin mouse feature.

It comes with the Intel Core 2 Duo and 2 MHz memory as well as the Intel Chipset. The hard drive space is 320 GB and the RAM is 2 GB DDR3 RAM. It has the GeForce 256 MB graphics card. YOu also get the regulars like DVD writer, USB port, Wi-Fi, HDMI, Bluetooth, VGA port, etc. One disappointing feature that this Ideapad lacks is the lack of ethernet card. It also has an additional feature of face recognition technology. It comes bundled with one year warranty. Overall this is a quite decent laptop for any home user if he can spend a little bit more than the other brands that is available in the market now

Acer Aspire One

2009-06-15T21:09:00.000-07:00

The netbooks, which is the talk of town these days, and have indeed made a huge dent in the laptop market with its ultra cheap prices and ultra cool features and size. And Acer Aspire One is one among the market leaders when it comes to netbooks. They were the initial starters and have caught with the market pretty quickly and have become the leading netbook brand.

One thing which strikes with Acer Aspire One is its looks. It comes with stunning colors and features. It comes with Intel Atom 1.6 Ghz processor, 1 GB SDRAM, 120 GB hard disk, 8.9 inch screen size and 1024 x 600 pixel resolution. It has the 0.3 MP webcam as well as with a microphone built in. It comes with the Microsoft Windows XP Home edition. As well as comes with Linux edition too. It has 3 USB ports, wi-fi support, VGA, mic and headphone jacks, storage card slot, multicard reader, etc. It just weighs 1.05 kg and it is the most smallest and tiny netbook out there. As mentioned above it has a glossy and stunning looks which comes in different glossy colors as well as regular colors.

iPod Nano 4G

2009-06-12T21:08:00.000-07:00

The good old iPod Nano has made a come back with its new iPod Nano 4G. It comes with all the features loaded in just like its previous versions but added features like Accelerometer and shake feature where you can change the playlist just by shaking the player. On the looks front it scores a 10/10 with its super cool sleek look and with silver body. Its weight is less than 40 grams and 1/4 inch thick. You would hardly get the feeling that you are holding it, its so thin and light weight. And yes, indeed it is the slimmest of all the iPods. It comes with the 2 inch screen and is the best among the whole lot of iPods ever. But this new iPod is mostly dependent on the iTunes 8 and this is one of the downside of this player.

You can load its 8 GB of memory in no time and can transfer around 1 GB in less than 2 minutes. Even its navigation is super cool and with the addition of accelerometer it is even faster than the previous Nanos. One major flak in this super cool media player is its earphone which is not as good as the player itself.

Blackberry Storm 9500

2009-06-04T19:08:00.000-07:00

After the launch of the much hyped iphone, there have been a series of similar mobile phones being launched by top companies. But most of them did not even come closer to it in terms of features and usability. But this Blackberry Storm 9500 surely has indeed created a huge storm even before it was released across the world. After all the initial hypes, the Blackberry Storm 9500 was launched recently. The first look of it revealed that, it had a stunning looks and smaller than iphone. Since it is a touch phone, there are no keypads to operate just like the iphone. There are four keys at the bottom, to attend calls, to end calls, to go back and Blackberry key. The mute and lock buttons are located at the top.

It comes with a quick launch key on the left side that can be utilized for various actions. Volume button tucks on the right side of the phone along with the camera button. It comes with 1 GB memory and a slot meant for micro-SD cards for additional memory. It is factory fitted with the Blackberry OS. Just like any other Blackberrys, this Storm 9500 too comes with a QWERTY keypad on the touch screen.

N-Gage range

2009-05-28T21:07:00.000-07:00

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.

Nintendo Wii

2009-05-25T21:07:00.000-07:00

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.

Apple Iphone

2009-05-17T21:06:00.000-07:00

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.

Why Netbooks?

2009-05-13T23:05:00.000-07:00

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.

Digital photo frames

2009-05-05T21:04:00.000-07:00

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.

Kaspersky Antivirus

2009-04-28T19:04:00.000-07:00

Kaspersky Antivirus 7.0 is the latest and most powerful yet light antivirus program that is currently available across. It can be termed as the most light antivirus program ever and will not consume much system resources unlike any other antivirus programs. And its antivirus properties too are far better than any other antivirus programs currently available in the market. The updates can be set as automatic or manual depending upon your preference and are the best among the best.

It comes with the option of file antivirus, web antivirus and proactive defense options where you can protect your computers, internet usage and application activities respectively using these options. You have the option of creating rescue disk to keep backup of your disk/disks so that in case of any severe virus attack you can get back to the point of where you have rescued your disk and hence avoid being attacked by that virus. Even with scanning you have the options of scanning only the critical areas, startup objects, my computer as well as rootkit scan. It will display the scan protection status of your PC everytime your PC gets scanned by it either automatically or manually. This Kasperksy Antivirus is no doubt the best among the whole lot.

Twitter

2009-04-25T17:03:00.000-07:00

Every Tom, Dick and Harry is talking about Twitter, so you must be wondering what exactly is Twitter. Twitter is nothing but very similar to that of blogging but in a short form. It can also be termed as just another form of social networking but with a twist to it. This is just like telling the world what you are doing in your day today life and just like blogging it evolved into being writing about anything in short form that is below 160 letters, just similar to typing a text message in your mobile phone. You will need to express your thoughts in just 160 words and that is the specialty of Twitter.

Due to the viral nature attached to it, Twitter got very popular and most of the regular bloggers used it to promote their existing blog and thus getting additional popularity through that means. It is otherwise being commonly referred to as microblogging. Twitter got very popular during this year’s American election with Barack Obama using it in his election campaign. The future of Twitter really looks brighter with its popularity growing in manifolds and soon might even overtake the phenomenon called blogging or would just compliment along with it.

Google Chrome

2009-04-15T16:02:00.000-07:00

Although Google Chrome was the latest browser to hit the already existing huge list of browsers, they have indeed caught all the attention due to the Google tag attached to it. As soon as it was released, it was the most downloaded tool or software during that time period. It is the open source project from Google. It was first released on September 2, 2008.

Although there were initial bugs and crashes, the Google Chrome has got up well and is doing its bit to fight against the giants like Internet Explorer and the Firefox as well as the other browsers like Opera and Safari. There were some really cool new features which was introduced by Google Chrome like incognito browsing, which is nothing but a private browsing without leaving trace of any history while browsing the web pages through this option.

There was also another feature where you had the option of searching only the history (i.e., the pages you visited only) which was never found in any other browsers at all. Its clutter less feature although was a welcome move but it had its own disadvantages for most of us who were very much used to working on them.

Youtube

2009-04-07T19:01:00.000-07:00

We all know how Youtube has changed our lives when it comes to watching videos online, it definitely has. You can find anything and everything on both Google and Youtube these days. You get solutions from any of the issues you face in your day to day life in Youtube. You can find various life tips and hacks for your life. YOu can find all the tech related issues solved at Youtube rather easily. Since being visual you will find it easier to grasp and implement it to make it more successful rather than reading a text and implementing it.

The whole success of Youtube rests on the fact that it is easier to use and view videos, no clutter and also the fact that you can view videos without any hindrances if you have a decent broadband connection unlike any other online mode of video viewing. The videos are easy to upload and share too. You don’t need to be a geek to do it. Almost everyone who has been using the Internet might have at least watched a video on Youtube for sure. THe fact that they have been acquired by Google made Youtube even more indispensable.