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Check IMEI number originality of your phone

tarak — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:17:22 -0600

Selling Handsets with non-genuine IMEI completely illegal it may endanger the public by arming, aiding and abetting criminal elements.There is already a ban on the import of mobile phones with wrong IMEI.
Mobile Operators not to process and reject calls from mobile handsets IMEI numbers not available in the updated GSMSA database or without IMEI Numbers or all Zeros from 30.11.2009.
HOW TO CHECK THE IMEI NUMBER AND IMEI GENUINENESS (see…)

Researchers ditch DLP, develop OLED panel-based mini projector

avaksi — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:34:23 -0600

Looking for a way to differentiate among the ever-expanding niche of pocket projectors, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering (IOF) of Germany are working on an OLED panel-based mini projector, using static optical systems and not the usual reflective system à la DLP. Currently being shown at SID Display Week 2009, the decidedly green picture (seems to be the norm with OLED prototypes these days) forms via a 6-inch VGA screen from 30 to 50 centimeters away, and the machine itself takes up just about ten cubic centimeters of space.

Experts Say Verizon-Motorola Droid is No IPhone Slayer

kaalkaal — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:17:21 -0600

If there is a smartphone capable of trumping the overall experience of the Apple iPhone, from hardware to native software to the 100,000 applications created for it, the world hasn’t seen it yet. That’s the conclusion we can safely make after early reviews of the Google Android operating system-based Motorola Droid, which Verizon Wireless will begin shipping Nov. 6 for $199 with a two-year contract after a $100 rebate. Analysts from Gartner and Forrester Research on why the Droid is nice, but not iPhone slayer.

Dell to Launch Android Phone in 2010

gvk — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:34:19 -0600

Dell Inc., largest PC maker is now stepping into heavy competitive US cell phone arena which is mostly dominated by Apple and Research in Motion. The company is going to introduced itself into the market with the launch of its smart phone with Google’s Android mobile software on AT&T’s network.

Transcend MP330

ria — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:34:20 -0600

Light-weight (25gms) digital music player Transcend MP330 offers support for newer file formats such as FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) in addition to older formats such as MP3, WMA and WAV.

The music player also acts like a pen drive allowing users to transfer files other than music on the device. It includes an OLED screen that can be used to read lyrics while the song plays.

The device also supports Line in recording, voice recording and FM radio and provides seven advanced equaliser effects to choose from, including a special user-customisable option.

Sony Ericsson launches three smart phones

goutami — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:34:32 -0500

Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson Wednesday launched three new smartphones in the Indian market, priced between Rs.16,950 and Rs.35,950.

The phones, “Satio”, “Aino” and “Yari”, will set the trend for the new age smart phones, said Anil Sethi, president of Sony Ericsson Mobile India.

He said the company would focus on the smartphone category for the next two-three years to boost sales.

Samsung Unveils Giorgio Armani B7620 Smartphone

gvk — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:51:27 -0500

Samsung recently unveils a new mobile into the market named Samsung Armani B7620 as the mobile is designed in combination with Giorgio Armani. It comes in distinctive bronze color and its design is quite attractive.

3D Technology Televisions soon to hit markets

gvk — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:34:26 -0500

Now you can watch it! sit back and enjoy the 3D technology in your home, no need to go to the theaters for watching 3D movies. This is possible with the help of all the competitive, heavy producing TV manufacturers are now focused on who is going to first hit the consumer market with this new technology.

Genius G-Shot V1200 Camera in India

gvk — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:51:27 -0500

Genius have introduced its new digital camera G-shot V1200 into the Indian market. It is a high resolution digital camera with a stylish look.

Asus launches O!Play HD Media Player

gvk — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:51:26 -0500

The availability of the Asus O!Play HDP-R1 1080p media player has been announced after a long time of its previous announcement. The media player is capable of streaming videos with 1080p resolution.

Sony launches touchscreen PC/TV

ria — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:51:28 -0500

Japanese electronics giant Sony has introduced a touchscreen all-in-one desktop, Vaio L Touch HD PC/TV.

The system is built as an entertainment hub with PC, high-definition TV, and digital video recorder in one unit.

The PC/TV includes a 24-inch high-definition touchscreen and is available with a rewritable Blu-ray disc drive. Vaio L runs on Intel Core 2 quad-core processor, and an Nvidia GeForce series graphics processor.

Dell Introduces a new Vostro 430 Mini Tower Desktop

gvk — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:00:25 -0500

Dell unveiled a new desktop named Vostro 430 mini tower, an addition to its wide range of notebooks and desktops. The business-oriented desktop has been designed in such a way that it supports up to 16GB of DDR3 memory and 2TB of internal memory with the help of two hard drive bays.

Samsung Introduces New Guru Models in Indian Market

gvk — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:34:26 -0500

The Samsung Guru 2130 is a dual loud speaker with a striking sound. Its multimedia features include VGA camera, video recorder, a microSD card slot provided with memory up to 2GB to entertain you with songs, photos and videos and has four entertaining JAVA games. It even has FM radio with internal antenna, without handsfree. The mobile also has Mobile Tracker, Mobile prayer 2.0 functions and Bike Mode. The Samsung Guru 2130 comes at a price of Rs.3,600.

FinePix REAL 3D W1 – Fujifilm’s 3D Camera‎

gvk — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:34:24 -0500

Fujifilm recently launched the world’s first 3D camera named “FinePix REAL 3D W1”. The FinePix REAL 3D system used in the camera allows you to capture 3D images with a naked eye, without the use of special 3D glasses.

Sony 3D Video Recording Camera

gvk — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:51:28 -0500

Sony develops a new video recording camera, introducing a new 3D technology with which you can capture 3D image using a single lens at a rate of 240fps.

Amazon Pays $150K For Eating Teens Home Work

GopinathM — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:51:25 -0500

Remember the kid who lost his home work when Amazon’s Kindle ate it? It’s pretty ironic but when Amazon deleted an e-book from all the Kindles remotely due to copyrights confusion, a teenager lost his home work assignment recorded on this book.

Gadgets: Samsung S3653 Corby now in India

gvk — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:51:25 -0500

Samsung launched its new touch screen mobile, the S3653 Corby in to the Indian market. It is introduced aiming the users who need touch screen handset at lesser cost, and attracts the youngsters who look for a stylish looking handset. It measures 103mm x 56.5mm x 12.0mm and weighs around 93 grams.

Samsung India bets big on touch screen mobiles

goutami — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:51:24 -0500

The Indian subsidiary of South Korean consumer durable major Samsung is betting big on touch-screen mobile phones, targeting a 20 percent value share in the domestic handset market this year.

“We expect our touch-screen models to contribute around 20 percent of our total sales this year. The overall market for touch-screen handsets this year is expected to be around two million handsets, up from 800,000 units in 2008,” Asim Warsi, general manager (marketing), told reporters after launching the new touch-screen handset named Samsung Corby.

The Touch Musical Instrument of Nokia Xpress Music is now online

shayan4u123 — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:51:23 -0500

Now we can play the touch music instrument of Nokia Xpress Music live from our PC. Recently the software of The Touch Musical Instrument installed with Guitar, Drum and Piano on the Nokia Xpress Music Official Site.

The Nokia N900 will be on your hand

shayan4u123 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:51:24 -0500

The all new Nokia N900, the Ultimate series of Nokia N-Series. Very much common to Laptop with all its Features. These Pocket Laptop is a mobile which will work all the Function of mobile as well as of computers.

COBY's Portable CD Boombox for iPod

gvk — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:34:20 -0500

Here’s a new portable stereo box where you can play your iPod through full loud and deep, full-range stereo speakers with this unique Coby CSMP140 portable CD boom box from Coby Electronics Corp. All you need is to just insert any iPod into the CSMP140’s universal dock provided for high-quality playback of your favorite music.

Nokia 7705 Twist to Launch via Verzion

gvk — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:00:21 -0500

Nokia launches its new Nokia 7705 Twist messaging mobile which is a combined product of Nokia and Verizon. The mobile has a unique square shape with 2.4-inch and 240 × 320 pixel resolution QVGA screen, which swivels open to reveal a full QWERTY keypad.

The Nokia 7705 exactly square measures 2.7 × 2.7 × 0.59 inches (69 × 69 mm) when closed and weighs 98 grams (3.44 ounces). This mobile is a CDMA / EVDO 800 / 1900 Mhz device, rather than a GSM / UMTS one, so it does not work in Europe. Coming to the multimedia features the mobile has a 3MP camera on the back with auto focus and flash, music player. It supports BREW applications and has Bluetooth connectivity and an expandable microSD memory slot.

Intex,India Launches IN 4477 and IN 2020 Dual SIM Phones

gvk — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:51:22 -0500

Intex IN 4477:

The Intex IN 4477 is a dual SIM phone with 2.4-inch QVGA screen, music player, video player, VGA camera, FM radio. It has a expandable memory up to 8GB, good contact memory, USB cable for PC connectivity and has Bluetooth connectivity.

Canon's New EOS 7D Digital SLR Camera Details

gvk — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:51:20 -0500

Canon recently introduced EOS 7D digital SLR. It is an all in one camera for semi-pros, and has more features than canon EOS 5D.

Nokia Unveils N97 Mini and Two Handsets in X Series

gvk — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:34:19 -0500

Nokia unveils the Nokia N97 mini, newer version of Nokia N97. The Nokia N97 mini phone has more specifications than its previous version of Nokia 97.

The Nokia N97 mini is a 3.2-inch tilting touch screen mobile with a QWERTY keyboard having a resolution of 640 × 360 pixels and supports Ovi service called Life casting. It measures 113 × 52.5 × 14.2 mm and weighs 138g and uses a S60 5th Edition User Interface. It has 8GB of internal memory and is provided with micro SD slot which can be expandable up to 32GB.

Yahoo Meme-What's it all About?

gvk — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 08:00:20 -0500

Yahoo has finally put a step forward in order to improve its position in the highly competed tech market, by introducing Yahoo Meme, a micro blogging service which works like Tumblr and Twitter.

Actually Yahoo Meme was not that new as it was first introduced in Portuguese then in Spanish a few months ago and now in English. So, looking at all this Yahoo Meme is expected to become global very soon.

Gigabyte launched 785G Series Motherboards

goutami — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:51:18 -0500

GIGABYTE Technology CO. LTD. has launched new series of motherboards based on AMD 785G chipset. AMD 785G chipset has onboard ATI Radeon 4200 graphics core that brings DirectX 10.1 and Unified Video Decoder 2.0 support. Of the eight new Gigabyte 785G series motherboards, four support DDR2 memory modules and the rest support DDR3 memory modules.

Samsung WEP870 and WEP470 to be launched

sd28 — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:00:18 -0500

Electronic giant, Samsung Mobiles has announced its decision to launch Bluetooth headsets – WEP870, WEP850 and WEP470 – in line with its strategy to attain a status of repute in the technology segment by launching customer friendly gadgets.

Transcend launches USB JetFlash V70 Rugged Drive

goutami — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:34:18 -0500

Transcend Information, Inc a global leader in storage and multimedia products. Transcend recently released a brand new Anti-Shock USB Flash Drive, JetFlash V70. The drive is made out of a durable eco-friendly rubber that makes it highly resistant to survive shock, splashes and dust.

HP launches Photosmart C4588 Wireless printers

goutami — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:17:18 -0500

HP launch HP Photosmart C4588 All-in-One Series Wireless printers. Consumers can wirelessly print, scan and copy from one compact solution. This all-in-one series easily connects to any home network using the solution’s built-in wireless capability to print and upload photos wirelessly.

Asus unveiled Formula Series Graphics Cards

goutami — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:34:17 -0500

Asus has revealed its Formula Series graphics cards which draw inspiration from Formula One racing cars in India. The series is intended for users who believe that cooling is as important as graphical performance.

Transcend announced DDR3 Memory Card Modules

sd28 — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:17:19 -0500

Transcend has releases the new Server grade DDR3 ECC DIMM and Registered DIMM premium memory modules equipped with thermal sensors intended for use in dedicated Servers as well as Workstations.
Company says, for high-end systems that constantly process huge amounts of data under non-stop operating conditions, CPU speed regulation and various other techniques to prevent overheating have become increasingly important in hardware design.

Sony Ericsson launches Walkman W205 and W395 phones

goutami — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:34:17 -0500

Sony Ericsson released new Walkman Music handsets – W205 and W395 for the Indian audience. Phones deliver a great music experience with the Walkman player, FM radio with recording and TrackID music recognition, which helps one find details of a song, even if one’s not sure of the name. The phones also come with a 1GB Memory Stick Micro card for storage purposes.

Sony Ericsson unveiled Jalou handset

goutami — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:00:17 -0500

Sony Ericsson official launch the newest handset Jalou. The new device comes in a flip form factor and, according to the company, represents its latest style statement. Being only 73mm long, it proves to be one of the tiniest handsets, while combining cutting-edge technology with some of the hottest fashion trends expected to emerge next year.

LG Launches Viewty Smart 8 MP Camera Phone

goutami — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:17:17 -0500

LG Electronics has unraveled its new camera phone called the Viewty Smart for the Indian market. Also known by the model number – GC900, it flaunts an 8 MP camera along with several exuberant features. Users can store and cherish beautiful moments with crisp and clear pictures captured from its extraordinary camera.

Inspiration to create a personal helicopter

shayan4u123 — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:00:19 -0500

This guy is trying to make a helicopter with his innovative ideas…. If he become success then helicopter will be available in the market and with very less price. A step for the next century!

Cyclists lifter was set up in Trondheim, the first city to introduce this technology

shayan4u123 — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:00:18 -0500

Earlier it was a hard time for the Cyclists of the city Trondheim (Norway) to travel as it is a hilly area… But the Government of that city help the Cyclists to travel the hilly area with the world’s first lift for cyclists.

This lift was given the name “Trampe“ which allows the riders to travel easily anywhere in the city without any much effort on top of a very steep hill.

It was open in 1993 and the Trampe has pushed around 220.000+ cyclists on the top of the hill. Take a look, how does it works…

Samsung launches S9110 Watchphone

goutami — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:51:16 -0500

amsung has announced the launch of the S9110 watchphone. This watchphone resembles a wrist watch and includes all the functionalities of a mobile phone.

The design of this device is quite similar to the LG GD910 watchphone. The S9110 features 1.8-inch touchscreen and measures 12mm in thickness. The dual-band GSM technology enables it to send and receive emails.

Samsung SCH-M500 mobile phone with NVIDIA’s GoForce 2100 allows HD

soujee — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:34:17 -0500

Samsung and NVIDIA have collaborated together to create a great HD capable mobile phone SCH-M500 . The mobile handset will be fitted with NVIDIA’s GoForce 2100 media processor chip which will allow for HD viewing on your mobile set

Fujifilm unveils World's first 3D Digital Camera

goutami — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:51:17 -0500

Fujifilm announced yesterday World’s first 3D digital camera, it has developed the world’s first digital camera capable of producing three-dimensional photos. The camera can also be used to make conventional photos.