Here are some spy pictures of the 2012 Bajaj Pulsar. I'm not exactly sure about the authenticity of these pictures, but if it is true, looks like an exciting one..!!
Nov 25, 2011
Nov 22, 2011
How To: Optimise Laptop Battery Life
Your laptop most likely runs on a Lithium Ion battery, which has an average of around 1000 discharge cycles. Today's laptops can give anything from 2 to 9 of battery life. With additional slice batteries they can be pushed upto 30 hours of untethered computing. Its efficiency tends to diminish over the months or years depending on usage. Here are a few general tips and strategies to maximize the lifecycle and efficiency of your laptop's battery.
Be conservative with system resources
Reduce display brightness, Turn off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, Eject CDs, DVDs, and disconnect external hard drives if you are not using them. Especially when not tethered to a power source. If you have a limited amount of RAM, try and use lightweight apps to have a limited memory footprint.
Stay Tethered while while running resource intensive tasks
Processor-intensive tasks like gaming puts stress on the CPU and GPU, hard drive and optical drive. This can kill the battery in less than a couple of hours. Ensure that you are not stressing the battery out by keeping the power supply plugged in while gaming.
Use all the power management features available.
The Power Options in Control Panel lets you specify when to dim and turn off display, activate sleep and hibernate functions. Advanced settings lets you drill down to a component level.
The Power Options in Control Panel lets you specify when to dim and turn off display, activate sleep and hibernate functions. Advanced settings lets you drill down to a component level.
Do not discharge your battery all the way to 0%
A full discharge to zero puts a greater stress on the battery, and is the equivalent of the battery being forced to run a marathon. If you are next to a power source, it's best to plug it in before your battery starts to bottom out.
A full discharge to zero puts a greater stress on the battery, and is the equivalent of the battery being forced to run a marathon. If you are next to a power source, it's best to plug it in before your battery starts to bottom out.
Long term storage
Laptop manufacturers advise keeping the battery charged at 50% in case you are not going to be using the laptop for a while. A fully charged or discharged Li-ion battery that is unused for a long period tends to diminish in its capacity. Disconnect the battery and have it powered via the AC adapter if you are using the laptop as a desktop replacement.
Laptop manufacturers advise keeping the battery charged at 50% in case you are not going to be using the laptop for a while. A fully charged or discharged Li-ion battery that is unused for a long period tends to diminish in its capacity. Disconnect the battery and have it powered via the AC adapter if you are using the laptop as a desktop replacement.
Following these simple procedures will give you the optimum battery performance from your laptop.
Motorola RAZR launched in India
As expected, Motorola has finally launched the much awaited Motorola RAZR in the Indian market. The Motorola RAZR is priced at 33,990 INR and is a smartphone which is just 7.1mm thick and comes with incredible battery life.
The device sports a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED qHD display protected by Gorilla Glass, it has Kevlar Fabric on the back and it is splash proof smartphone. It is based on Android 2.3 Gingerbread (upgradable to Android 4.0 ICS early-2012) and is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor from Texas Instruments. There is an 8 megapixel camera on the rear and a secondary front facing camera. Well, it sure has some sexy looks and good performance. However, as mentioned before, it has amazing battery life. The Motorola RAZR is rated to provide up to 12 hours of talktime using its 1780 mAh battery.
Micromax Launches A85 Gesture Control Phone
Micromax has added to its range of smartphones, the A85 Superfone, which will feature gesture control.
Powered by a 1 GHz dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, the company claims that it can offer console-quality gaming, in additional to good multitasking and web experience.
The Superfone A85 sports a 3.8" capacitive touch screen with pixel dimensions of 480x800, fitted with Gorilla glass for better durability and protection against scratches. The phone comes with a 5.0 MP rear camera with 7.2x zoom and a 0.3 MP front camera, both with autofocus. The rear camera is capable of 720p while the front can record in VGA mode. It can understand and respond to hand gestures, allowing users to answer \ reject, scroll contacts, open Gallery, Music player, Calendar, and E-mail. Additionally, it also claims to feature voice commands to do what can be done using gestures, though we are not sure if it is something similar to Siri.
Android 2.2 (Froyo) is the OS on the phone, while it can be upgraded to Gingerbread. Being an Android phone, it has access to the Android Market to upgrade its functionality via the multitude of apps. Micromax provides several pre-installed apps including Netqin Antivirus, Netqin Mobile Guard, and Polaris Office 3.0 to read and edit various document formats. With GPS navigation, Wi-Fi, HSDPA, and HSUPA functionality, this phone also has an inbuilt accelerometer and gravity sensor, which has good applications in gaming. The A85 comes with an internal memory of 8 GB, which can be expanded up to 32 GB via microSD card.
The Micromax A85 Superfone is available at Rs 19,900, which is a reasonable price for the features it offers.
Powered by a 1 GHz dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, the company claims that it can offer console-quality gaming, in additional to good multitasking and web experience.
The Superfone A85 sports a 3.8" capacitive touch screen with pixel dimensions of 480x800, fitted with Gorilla glass for better durability and protection against scratches. The phone comes with a 5.0 MP rear camera with 7.2x zoom and a 0.3 MP front camera, both with autofocus. The rear camera is capable of 720p while the front can record in VGA mode. It can understand and respond to hand gestures, allowing users to answer \ reject, scroll contacts, open Gallery, Music player, Calendar, and E-mail. Additionally, it also claims to feature voice commands to do what can be done using gestures, though we are not sure if it is something similar to Siri.
Android 2.2 (Froyo) is the OS on the phone, while it can be upgraded to Gingerbread. Being an Android phone, it has access to the Android Market to upgrade its functionality via the multitude of apps. Micromax provides several pre-installed apps including Netqin Antivirus, Netqin Mobile Guard, and Polaris Office 3.0 to read and edit various document formats. With GPS navigation, Wi-Fi, HSDPA, and HSUPA functionality, this phone also has an inbuilt accelerometer and gravity sensor, which has good applications in gaming. The A85 comes with an internal memory of 8 GB, which can be expanded up to 32 GB via microSD card.
The Micromax A85 Superfone is available at Rs 19,900, which is a reasonable price for the features it offers.
Nov 20, 2011
Samsung Galaxy Y Review
Samsung keeps churning out smartphones as if there's no tomorrow, stuffing the channels with sometimes marginally different handsets six months after it introduced the previous crop.
The Samsung Galaxy Y is not an exception to this strategy – about half a year since the company launched something like the Samsung Galaxy Mini, for instance, it announced the Galaxy Y, which, according to the new naming scheme, should be an affordable handset for teens or emerging markets.
Design:
The outer appearance of the Samsung Galaxy Y is differentiated from the sea of black plastic rectangles or ovals with... a silvery back cover and chrome-like sides. Alright, one for the design team here, since it found a cheap way to break from the mould. Moreover, the battery cover is dotted like snake skin, which makes the phone easier to hold for our slippery, shaking hands
The basic 3” LCD display has the pretty appalling 240x320 pixels of resolution, but the colors are fairly bright. We know it's an entry level Android from Samsung, but a slightly larger screen would have made a big difference, or a slightly better resolution than the previous low-ends even.
Overall, the Samsung Galaxy Y chassis looks and feels like the manufacturer is skimping on many features, including telling design, in order to stay mass market and affordable, but the two-toned shell is somewhat of a compensation.
Interface and Functionality:
Android 2.3 Gingerbread on the Galaxy Y is the one we know and like, but the TouchWiz overlay on top of it is of the simplest variety – no bells, whistles, transparencies or transitional animations like on the more powerful brethren. Granted, we have a preview unit, so anything goes until the final release.
At this resolution both the interface elements and the apps themselves don't look pretty, but that's the price to pay for a small tag. While the UI might not look flashy, Android's functionality is still there, and that's all we can hope for in the marketing niche the Galaxy Y is targeting.
The Samsung Galaxy Y is well-connected with its support for 7.2Mpbs HSDPA, Bluetooth 3.0 HS, Wi-Fi, A-GPS and FM radio. Of note is the lack of DLNA support, but something had to give in order to achieve that sub-$200 price sans contract that the “Y” indicates.
Camera and multimedia:
The basic 2MP snapper sits lonely on the back of the Galaxy Y, unaccompanied by LED flash of any sort, and again it's an eyebrow-raiser why Sansung didn't bother slapping at least the 3MP shooter that is on the Galaxy Mini, the difference in cost probably measures in cents..
Video is shot in QVGA with 15fps, and anything below 640x480 is not even worth mentioning, so it will be watched only if you really care about the content, not because of the pretty imagery.
The gallery app for watching said pics and video is of the same Android flavor we are used to since Froyo, while the music player has been slightly TouchWiz-ed and offers the usual rich set of equalizer presets we've come to expect from Samsung's smartphones lately, even the most basic ones.
The Samsung Galaxy Y's 832MHz processor and accompanying silicon ran videos in MPEG-4 format pretty well, and above the screen's 320x240 resolution, but other formats like DivX/Xvid are a no-go with the default player.
Conclusion:
We'd be hard pressed to mention something that piqued our interest while handling the Samsung Galaxy Y. It is a decent low-end Android handset from a brand name manufacturer and that's about it.
Thus, if you are looking into a low-end Android right now, there is no point in waiting for this one to come out. You could easily go and pick the Samsung Galaxy Mini predecessor, if you find it somewhere cheap, and won't be missing out on much at all in comparison. Or you can grab a more sophisticated design with the Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, which also runs Android Gingerbread, and get a better camera too.
Price : Approx Rs 6800/-
For any queries call me @ 09742512158
Niranjan.
The Samsung Galaxy Y is not an exception to this strategy – about half a year since the company launched something like the Samsung Galaxy Mini, for instance, it announced the Galaxy Y, which, according to the new naming scheme, should be an affordable handset for teens or emerging markets.
Design:
The outer appearance of the Samsung Galaxy Y is differentiated from the sea of black plastic rectangles or ovals with... a silvery back cover and chrome-like sides. Alright, one for the design team here, since it found a cheap way to break from the mould. Moreover, the battery cover is dotted like snake skin, which makes the phone easier to hold for our slippery, shaking hands
The basic 3” LCD display has the pretty appalling 240x320 pixels of resolution, but the colors are fairly bright. We know it's an entry level Android from Samsung, but a slightly larger screen would have made a big difference, or a slightly better resolution than the previous low-ends even.
Overall, the Samsung Galaxy Y chassis looks and feels like the manufacturer is skimping on many features, including telling design, in order to stay mass market and affordable, but the two-toned shell is somewhat of a compensation.
Interface and Functionality:
Android 2.3 Gingerbread on the Galaxy Y is the one we know and like, but the TouchWiz overlay on top of it is of the simplest variety – no bells, whistles, transparencies or transitional animations like on the more powerful brethren. Granted, we have a preview unit, so anything goes until the final release.
At this resolution both the interface elements and the apps themselves don't look pretty, but that's the price to pay for a small tag. While the UI might not look flashy, Android's functionality is still there, and that's all we can hope for in the marketing niche the Galaxy Y is targeting.
The Samsung Galaxy Y is well-connected with its support for 7.2Mpbs HSDPA, Bluetooth 3.0 HS, Wi-Fi, A-GPS and FM radio. Of note is the lack of DLNA support, but something had to give in order to achieve that sub-$200 price sans contract that the “Y” indicates.
Camera and multimedia:
The basic 2MP snapper sits lonely on the back of the Galaxy Y, unaccompanied by LED flash of any sort, and again it's an eyebrow-raiser why Sansung didn't bother slapping at least the 3MP shooter that is on the Galaxy Mini, the difference in cost probably measures in cents..
Video is shot in QVGA with 15fps, and anything below 640x480 is not even worth mentioning, so it will be watched only if you really care about the content, not because of the pretty imagery.
The gallery app for watching said pics and video is of the same Android flavor we are used to since Froyo, while the music player has been slightly TouchWiz-ed and offers the usual rich set of equalizer presets we've come to expect from Samsung's smartphones lately, even the most basic ones.
The Samsung Galaxy Y's 832MHz processor and accompanying silicon ran videos in MPEG-4 format pretty well, and above the screen's 320x240 resolution, but other formats like DivX/Xvid are a no-go with the default player.
Conclusion:
We'd be hard pressed to mention something that piqued our interest while handling the Samsung Galaxy Y. It is a decent low-end Android handset from a brand name manufacturer and that's about it.
Thus, if you are looking into a low-end Android right now, there is no point in waiting for this one to come out. You could easily go and pick the Samsung Galaxy Mini predecessor, if you find it somewhere cheap, and won't be missing out on much at all in comparison. Or you can grab a more sophisticated design with the Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, which also runs Android Gingerbread, and get a better camera too.
Price : Approx Rs 6800/-
For any queries call me @ 09742512158
Niranjan.
Best Computer Speakers
Here are some speaker systems which are sure to bowl you over with their outstanding sound quality.
1. Creative Gigaworks T20 Series ii
This one is for those who prefer neutral sound quality without the booming bass which most of the budget 2.1 channel speakers provide. The Gigaworks T20 delivers excellent and powerful sound quality with spot on frequency response, it sounds crisp, warm sound with ample bass, mids and highs. Great buy for audiophiles.
Specifications:
Total Power : 14Wx2 RMS
Frequency Response : 50Hz - 20kHz
Signal to Noise Ratio : >80dB
Price : Approx Rs. 6000/-
2. Sony SRS-D8
This is one speaker system that is hard to ignore, it is a great value for money package for its price.
These set of speakers from sony produce mind blowing sound, the satellites sound amazingly clear with both mids and highs produced in the right proportion, whereas the powerful sub woofer produces tight and punchy bass without overpowering the satellites. For the price the sound quality almost matches the THX certified Logitech Z623 though not as loud.
Specifications:
Total Power : 60W RMS (15W x 2 + 30W)
Price : Approx Rs. 4500/-
For any queries call me @ 09742512158
Niranjan.
1. Creative Gigaworks T20 Series ii
This one is for those who prefer neutral sound quality without the booming bass which most of the budget 2.1 channel speakers provide. The Gigaworks T20 delivers excellent and powerful sound quality with spot on frequency response, it sounds crisp, warm sound with ample bass, mids and highs. Great buy for audiophiles.
Specifications:
Total Power : 14Wx2 RMS
Frequency Response : 50Hz - 20kHz
Signal to Noise Ratio : >80dB
Price : Approx Rs. 6000/-
2. Sony SRS-D8
These set of speakers from sony produce mind blowing sound, the satellites sound amazingly clear with both mids and highs produced in the right proportion, whereas the powerful sub woofer produces tight and punchy bass without overpowering the satellites. For the price the sound quality almost matches the THX certified Logitech Z623 though not as loud.
Specifications:
Total Power : 60W RMS (15W x 2 + 30W)
Price : Approx Rs. 4500/-
For any queries call me @ 09742512158
Niranjan.
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