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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Apple introduces MacBook Air - the world's thinnest notebook




Apple introduced the MacBook Air, a computer that the company says , the world's thinnest notebook .

It's priced starting at $1,799 and will be available within two weeks.

Sporting a silvery finish, the MacBook Air features a 13.3-inch LED-backlit widescreen display that has a 1280 x 800 pixel resolution.It weighs about 3 pounds(less than 1.5 kg), and sports a thickness of 0.16-0.76 inches. It's 12.8 inches wide and 8.95 inches deep.

The MacBook Air also features a built-in iSight webcam and a full sized MacBook-style black keyboard. The MacBook Air features a 1.8-inch hard disk drive with 80GB of storage capacity standard. A 64GB solid-state disk (SSD) drive is an option. The hard drive is a Parallel ATA (PATA) model that operates at 4200 RPM.

The laptop is powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo chip running at 1.6GHz, with 1.8GHz available as an option. Jobs noted that Intel was willing to engineer a new version of the Core 2 Duo specifically to Apple's specifications -- it's 60 percent smaller than others. The chip operates with 4MB of on-chip shared L2 cache running at full processor speed, and uses an 800MHz frontside bus. 2GB of 667MH DDR2 SDRAM is also included.

The MacBook Air also includes 802.11n-based wireless networking support and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR.

Apple estimates that with wireless networking turned on, the MacBook Air can get about 5 hours of battery life.

See this Apple official ad to get more crunch of this Geeky gadget ...






Monday, December 24, 2007

Bluetooth stereo Headset



JayBird Bear - stereo Bluetooth solutions for portable audio devices.


This product makes a fine companion for any cell phones using A2DP Bluetooth, or for the small handful of MP3 players with that wireless capability (the Samsung T10 and Insignia Pilot, for example). However, for most other MP3 players--including the iPod--you'll need a little more help with cutting the headphone cord. Enter the JayBird Bluetooth Adapters.


The company offers two different $50 models: the JBA-100m offers a standard 3.5mm plug for connecting to any audio device, while the JBA100i comes with a 30-pin connector that allows it to be snapped onto the bottom of any docking iPod. The iPod version is about half the size of the standard MP3 version, so it's quite a bit more compact, but neither one will add a ridiculous amount of bulk.




thanks : crave

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Nintendo Wii sales hit 8 million worldwide

The sales of Nintendo's Wii console have now passed the 8 million mark worldwide. With Xbox360 sales just 2 million ahead on 10 million sold through and PS3 on 3.5 million. DS, meanwhile, is fast approaching the 45 million mark, with PSP sales around half that.

For more statistical details and chart like presentations click the link below

http://www.vgchartz.com/?w=8m

Monday, June 11, 2007

Apple iPhone Tech specs





Screen size -------------- 3.5 inches

Screen resolution---------320 by 480 pixels (160 ppi)

Input method------------Multi-touch

Operating system--------OS X

Storage------------------ 4GB or 8GB

GSM--------------------- Quad-band (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

Wireless data------------- Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) / EDGE / Bluetooth 2.0+EDR

Camera -------------------2.0 megapixels

Battery
Talk / Video / Browsing --Up to 5 hours
Audio playback----------- Up to 16 hours

Dimensions ---------------4.5 x 2.4 x 0.46 inches / 115 x 61 x 11.6mm

Weight------------------- 4.8 ounces / 135 grams

Friday, May 11, 2007

First pics of zune halo 3 special edition

There was a little surprise for everyone today at the Halo 3 preview in NYC: A special edition Halo 3 Zune. It's due out in mid-June. here are some pics ::

http://gizmodo.com/photogallery/zunehalo3/

Saturday, May 5, 2007

Add some sparks to Online Calendar App: Google Calendar

ust between you and me, except the online calendar sharing feature, Google Calendar is a very traditional calendar software. It’s just a prove to say Google can develop a calendar software in a web based platform.

Anne Zelenka at Web Worker Daily proves otherwise. She suggests 18 ways to make it rock:

* Add holidays, moon phases, sporting events, and other public calendars.
* Customize your view.
* See where you are right now on your calendar.
* Turbocharge your quick add.
* Add events without even being on the GCal page.
* Receive event reminders and other notifications.
* Have a daily agenda emailed or text-messaged to you.
* Access your calendar while you’re on the road.
* Or access your calendar from your IM client.
* Learn the keyboard shortcuts.
* Add To Do lists to your calendar.
* Get a bigger view of your calendar.
* Share your free/busy information on your blog.
* Synchronize with your desktop calendar(s).
* Add events from GMail.
* Display an agenda in GMail.
* Add a popup agenda with notifier to your Firefox status bar.
* View the weather forecast for your location.

Thursday, May 3, 2007

RIM BlackBerry Curve (aka BlackBerry 8300)

REVIEW

The good: The RIM BlackBerry Curve boasts a sexy and slim design with an improved full QWERTY keyboard. The smart phone also has a 2-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, and a media player. There's a new spell-checker for e-mail and memos, and audio technology that automatically adjusts call volume in noisy environments.

The bad: Unfortunately, the BlackBerry Curve doesn't have integrated Wi-Fi or 3G support. The device's camera still doesn't have video-recording capabilities, and call quality sounded a bit hollow.

The bottom line: Though it doesn't bring Wi-Fi or 3G support, the BlackBerry Curve offers a best-of-breed design and a well-rounded set of features to make it an attractive device for consumers and mobile professionals alike.

What u ll love about Windows Vista

HERE R THE THINGS THAT U LL LOVE IN WINDOWS VISTA IF U USE IT .....


1. Search or create virtual files
Forget directories, forget directory trees. Microsoft has integrated search throughout its new operating system, and you'll quickly come to wonder how you lived without it. You can search for all documents authored by John Doe, then save the search as a virtual file folder for later reference without having to physically relocate or make copies of all those files.

2. Widgets--er, Gadgets
In Windows Vista, Microsoft allows you to drag and drop Gadgets (think Widgets on the Apple OS X desktop) to tell time, calculate currency, or tackle any trivial task you perform regularly that would be handier if it were always on top of your current screen. Presently, you can acquire Gadgets, or Widgets, for your Windows XP machine from online sites such as Windows Live. In the near future, Microsoft says you'll be able to write your own Windows Vista Gadgets, allowing you to really personalize your desktop.


3. Built-in diagnostics
Programs won't run, the operating system crashes--Microsoft says these will be in the past with Vista. So far, we've seen more dialogs, from explaining why an application won't run to warning us that there are driver conflicts that prevent our laptop system from going to sleep. For example, Vista will listen to your hard drive and report pending problems, giving you ample warning to back up your data. There's also a Problems Report and Solutions monitor where you can see what problems Vista has encountered, and then go online to find possible solutions. And, have you ever noticed how Windows computers get slower with age? That's because files get separated from each other on your hard drive and require occasional defragmentation. Most of us never do it, in part because it uses too many system resources. In Vista, the process is automatic and runs in the background, so you won't even notice it.


4. Need more oomph? Vista will find it for you
Need more RAM? How about borrowing some from that 256MB or greater USB drive? In Windows Vista, the new Windows ReadyBoost feature can swap flash memory with any large USB device. If your laptop has a new hybrid hard drive, the Windows ReadyDrive can improve your system's overall performance, battery life, and reliability by taking advantage of the drive's built-in flash capabilities. New Windows SuperFetch can cache on your hard drive frequently used apps based on the frequency of use so that, for example, every Monday morning when you arrive at your desk for work, you can count on Outlook and your Internet browser to launch quickly. Also, finally, there's a new feature called Low-priority Input/Output that should keep you productive: in Windows Vista, user applications will get higher priority with system resources than antivirus or defragmentation processes.


5. Enhanced help
Help used to be limited to a few pithy sentences about the task you want to perform. Windows Vista changes all that. There are more options available within Help inside Vista. For example, you can initiate a remote-assistance session so that someone you trust can take over your PC remotely and diagnose a problem or perform a task for you. You can also go online and search Microsoft's knowledge base or contact Microsoft's technical support. One really cool feature, however, is labeled Do It Automatically. Here, a task such as checking the version of a driver will be automated, with your desktop going dark as a pointer arrow floats over the screen indicating what to click and where. From time to time, the pointer will stop and a dialog box will require your input before it continues to perform the task. While there are only 15 of these automated help sessions within the current Windows Vista beta 2 release, we hope Microsoft adds more.