SONY ERICSSON LIVE WITH WALKMAN

The Walkman brand is one of the most well known brands associated with Sony. We have all owned Walkmans before the ipod happened to us. When Sony decided to put the walkman label on their phones it made them the number one music handset selling brand.

Earlier this year Sony said they will be putting an end to the Walkman products. Being a satisfied walkman phone user myself, I bid an emotional goodbye. But in the android age SE has again introduced an awesome little phone which is live with walkman.

They earlier launched the SE W8 walkman android but it had a very old android OS (2.1 Eclair). That made it a bad buy.

Anyway, SE has recently launched a new Walkman android LIVE WITH WALKMAN which will certaily make a splash here is what it has to offer

SPECIFICATIONS:

Screen: 3.2 inch capacitive multi-touch screen with a resolution of 320 by 480 pixels. Its also scratch resistant.

Connectivity: 3g (HSDPA) , Wifi, Edge, Bluetooth, Usb

Operating System: Android 2.3 Gingerbread (Upgradable to 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich)

Processor: 1 Ghz Snapdragon Processor with Adreno 205 GPU

Loudspeaker: Stereo Speakers with Sony's xLOUD technology for louder music.

Radio: FM Radio with RDS

GPS: yes, with Assisted GPS

Weight: 115 grams

Camera: 5 mp with 2592 by 1944 pixels. It has Geo tagging, image stabilization, Auto focus, LED flash. It can record 720p video and also has a front VGA camera for video talking.

In my opinion this is a great phone which should satisfy the needs of any audiophile and give a decent android experience. Its price in India is approximately Rs. 13,990.

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ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT AAKASH, INDIA'S RS. 1400 TABLET

The minister of HRD, Communication and IT Mr. Kapil Sibal has been saying for years that he will launch a cheap laptop for students.
Then he announced that this laptop has suddenly become a cheap tablet.

On October 5th, Mr. Kapil Sibal finally unveiled "Aakash" the world's cheapest tablet.
The tablet was formerly known as "Sakshat" but it was changed probably because Aakash is easier to pronounce.
Anyway, here is what Aakash has to offer :

1. Android 2.2 Froyo which is somewhat outdated.

2. A 367 Mhz processor. So its gonna be slow. But it comes with a dedicated Graphics Processing Unit so you can watch HD videos.

3. A 7 inch Resistive LCD touchscreen with a resolution of 480 by 800 pixels. So you will actually have to press the screen instead of just touching it.

4. 256 mb of RAM with 2 gb of internal memory which is okay. You can expand it to 32 gb.

5. WIFI and GPRS mode of connection.

6. 2 USB 2.0 ports which can come in handy.

7. A Nice document Viewer that supports all office docs like PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS etc.

8. A 2100 MAH battery

The tablet weighs just 350 grams and comes with a One year replacement Guarantee.
Despite of the "Made in India" tag it is actually manufactured In London by DataWind.
This tablet will cost approximately Rs. 1400 for students and Rs. 3000 for other customers on retail.
There is talk of a 3g enabled version of this tablet that will be announced soon but till then you will have to do with Aakash which will hopefully be available for purchase at the end of this month.

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MY THOUGHTS ON THE NEW IPHONE 4S

Well, it has finally happened, the iphone 4S has been revealed putting all the rumors to rest.
Some people(including me) were disappointed with the announcement of only one phone which is evident by the fact that Apple's stocks have fallen 5%.
But lets not be negative here. The iphone 4S is certainly a nice upgrade to the iphone 4.
The screen size and dimensions remain the same but the processing power under the hood has increased considerably.
It comes with a dual core cortex A9 CPU and PowerVR SGX543MP2 GPU.
What that means in layman terms is that it will a hell of a lot faster and will have high-end graphics for games, videos and the likes.
It will give a maximum of 14.4 mbps speed. It is not at the level of most of the high-end 4g phones nowadays but for most people its blazing fast.
It supports both GSM and CDMA networks so it can be used anywhere in the world.

In the camera department the 5 mp snapper in the iphone 4 has been replaced by an 8 mp unit in the iphone 4s. Video can now be recorded in 1080p HD.

One very cool feature that the iphone 4S brings is Siri, you own personal Voice assistant.
It can do the following things:
1. It will search the internet based on any word(s) you say
2. It will write sms,notes, email etc. If you say them aloud.
3. It can read aloud all your emails, sms etc.
4. You can voice command it to do anything.
5. It supports English, French and German. Apple promises it will support more languages later.

PRICING: In America The iphone 4S will cost you 199 dollars for the 16 GB version, $299 for 32GB and $399 for 64GB all with a 2 year contract. Yeah, I wish I could afford it too.!

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iphone 4S confirmed

The Vodafone Germany website has made a blunder and has revealed that there will definitely be an iphone 4S.
This phone was rumoured to be a cheaper version of the iphone 4. It was said it had a version with 8GB memory but the versions available here are 16/32/64.
Considering these rumors this does not look like a cheap phone.
The model number of this phone is N90A. The model number of the iphone 4 is N90.
The question still remains if we will see one iphone 4S announced or will we see the 4S and the iphone 5..?
One thing is for certain, the announcement of these phones will result in a decrease in the price of older phones like the iphone 3gs.
These rumors tempt geeks and casual users alike as the world eagerly awaits the announcement from Apple Inc. tomorrow. Less than 24 hours remain..!! as revealed that there will definitely be an iphone 4S.
This phone was rumoured to be a cheaper version of the iphone 4. It was said it had a version with 8GB memory but the versions available here are 16/32/64.
Considering these rumors this does not look like a cheap phone.
The model number of this phone is N90A. The model number of the iphone 4 is N90.
The question still remains if we will see one iphone 4S announced or will we see the 4S and the iphone 5..?
One thing is for certain, the announcement of these phones will result in a decrease in the price of older phones like the iphone 3gs.
These rumors tempt geeks and casual users alike as the world eagerly awaits the announcement from Apple Inc. tomorrow. Less than 24 hours remain..!!

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