THE NOKIA 888

We People generally consider our smart phones as cool but those are not even half as cool as the NOKIA 888.
Though it is a concept phone designed by Tamer NAKISCI, it is thought to be targeted among large number of customers across the world.

The Design Concept(Inspiration)
"The Perfect Form" does not exist. The "Form follows you". In other words you can mould the phone into various forms according to your requirement.The Unique feature is that you can change the form of the body, not just the color. And you can do the same by sending an e-motion to your friend.

The Latest Technologies Used

It uses liquid battery, speech recognition, flexible touch screen, touch sensitive body cover which lets it understand and adjust to the environment. It has a simple programmable body mechanism so that it changes forms in different situations.

It is targeted to the young consumers who are likely to be active and take place in a lot of different activities.

To know more about this phone visit NOKIA 888

Creative Aurvana DJ Headphones

This is for all you guys who aspire to be a DJ one day.
Creative came out with these DJ headphones in the middle of last year, and they're called Creative Aurvana DJ. Aurvana is their latest line of headphones; their in-ear headphones were reviewed last week in the earphone shoot out.

Design and Features

These closed-back circumaural cans are nice and heavy; with quite a sturdy build. This is not usually the case with Creative products, so it is impressive. The aesthetics include a dual tone: the earpads and headband are black, while joints and driver enclosures have a brushed metal finish. The latter is more like gunmetal than your regular aluminum, and imparts a slight coppery tint. The material used isn’t metal though; it’s hard plastic.

The earcups are angled in towards the ears when viewed from front, and are rotatable 180 degrees vertically, so they can be inverted outward for one-ear use. This is a must for DJ headphones. The drivers are 40 mm with neodymium magnets, while the specs state copper-clad aluminum wire voice coils, oxygen-free cables, and gold-plated connector plugs. Speaking of plugs, a 3.5 mm EP-¼ inch TRS (small to big) converter is included for use with pro audio equipment.

The driver cases and adjustable headbands are padded well, with the regular leathery finish for the pads. The frequency response is 20Hz~20 kHz, sensitivity is 105 dB/mW (at 1Khz), and the impedance is 32 ohms.

Performance

The first thing noticable is the ergonomic factor of these headphones, as DJs will be using it for hours, that too standing up. As you put them on they do feel a bit heavy, but you get used to it after a while.
Here are some observedresults : bass was not audible all the way down to 20 Hz; at about 27 Hz the levels dropped off. The response was not linear above 2K, the highs and high mids were at least 3dB higher, simply speaking the headphones sounded bright. The bass was extremely tight though, and the beats sounded very good. This was probably the best part of the sound. Level-wise the headphones' perceived loudness was decent, though not the loudest.

Conclusion
At Rs 8000, these are expensive. Sound timing and bass response are very impressive though; so enthusiasts and DJs who have the cash might want to try these out but it would be convinient if the price would be cut off to something like Rs. 5000.

Dell Latitude XT Tablet PC

First I gave you information on the Electrovaya Scribbler Tablet PC and now I bring to you the recently launched Dell Latitude XT Tablet PC.
That is right, Dell Latitude XT Tablet Pc the is available now. Dell's first Tablet PC has been the talk of the Web for months. The XT looks like a solid tablet PC and it is believed to be a great competitor to other Tablet PCs.
The Latitude XT is being marketed toward business professionals, thus the reason it is so thin and light. The XT is packed full of features that are sure to please anyone, the only caveat is that Dell left out an optical drive to keep it thin -- there is an optional Media Base if you need that though. The Latitude XT sports either a 1.06GHz Core 2 Solo ULV processor or a 1.2GHz Core 2 Duo ULV processor. The XT also has a touchpad and a track stick, so navigating around on this tablet should be easy.

The Dell Latitude XT Tablet PC specifications:

• Core 2 Solo 1.06GHz ULV processor or Core 2 Duo 1.2GHz ULV processor
• ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 integrated graphics
• 1GB DDR2 SDRAM - 3GB DDR2 SDRAM
• Hard drives: 1.8" 4200 rpm 40GB or 80GB, 1.8" 5400 rpm 120GB or 32GB and 64GB SSD
• 12.1" WXGA (1280x800) display with option of LED-backlit (220 nits) or Outdoor viewing (400 nits)
• Touchscreen and digitizer pen input
• Mobile Broadband with EVDO Rev A service through Verizon Wireless or Sprint
• Dell Wireless 802.11a/g/n
• 10/100/1000 Ethernet
• Optional Bluetooth
• 54mm Express Card
• 3 x USB ports
• SD Card slot
• IEEE 1394
• VGA-15 pin
• RJ-45
• Optional media slice for docking
• OS: Microsoft Vista Ultimate, Business or XP Tablet PC Edition
• Batteries: primary battery is 4-cell or 6-cell and then there is the secondary 9-cell slice battery
• Weight: LED panel model with 4-cell battery: 3.57 lbs. Outdoor model with 6-cell battery: 4.1 lbs
• Dimensions: LED panel 1"H x 11.7"W x 8.6"D

Dell is trying to change the tablet scene around with the XT and its dual-mode digitizer technology that is supposed to offer improvement in tablet usability. The XT uses the N-trig digitizer technology, which supports both pen and touch input, while improving accuracy and using less power.

The XT is the perfect travel companion considering it is lightweight and the 45W power adapter is very light as well. The battery life is claimed to last an entire work day or around 9.5 hours with the battery slice. Even the media base is portable for those of you who have to have an optical drive. The pen even comes with multiple tip options so users can customize their own writing experience. Road warriors and college students are rejoicing.

The Latitude XT is available now with prices starting at $2,499.For more info click here.

The W960i by SONY ERISSON is here

The phone has been on the market since about a month, but Sony Ericsson has now officially launched its W960i Walkman phone that flaunts a touch-screen display, 8GB memory, and Walkman media player among others.

Weighing around 119 grams, the W960i sports a slender 16mm frame, and allows you experience music with either the touch of a finger or a stylus. With 8GB of built-in flash memory, the phone is claimed to store up to 700 albums or 8,000 songs.

The touch-sensitive 2.6-inches 262K color TFT (240 x 320 pixels) display serves as a super screen for watching videos or browsing the Web using 3G network or Wi-Fi connectivity. It doubles as viewfinder for the built-in 3.2 mega pixels camera with auto-focus. The W960i allows picture messaging and email/picture blogging, and supports TV-quality video playback at 30 frames per second (fps).

Significantly, the phone sports 160MB phone memory with 8GB built-in flash memory, and promises up to 25 hours of music listening time. Tracks can be managed using Media Manager while you can build your music collection in three simple steps with PlayNow. In keeping with the tradition of Sony Ericsson Walkman phones, the W960i packs a Walkman Media Player with support for MP3, AAC, and eAAC+ music file formats.

While the W960i incorporates Sony Ericsson's TrackID feature just like other Walkman phones, in this iteration of phone, the TrackID feature has been taken to the next level, where it is possible to get detailed information about a particular song identified. Also, newer ways to search have been added.

The UMTS 2100-GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 Sony Ericsson W960i is available in Vinyl Black color for Rs 28,995 across India. The phone package comes with an included stereo portable hands-free.
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HP's Photosmart A626

Here's another photo printer.....but this has a cool design and some cool features too.

Snapshot printers are gaining a good amount of popularity, which makes perfect sense considering how amazing their print quality is and how user-friendly they generally are. The HP Photosmart A626 is definitely one of the smaller snapshot printers we've seen lately. With its toaster-inspired design and compact size of 11.7 x 13.2 x 25.2 cm, it's easy to pack this one into anything and carry it on your little vacations. It even comes with a nifty handle for toting around!

The glossy piano finish exterior, which seems to be the material of choice for most manufacturers these days, will look smashing at first, but you had better have someone around polish it with a lot of love and devotion to keep it that way.

Though the main USB connectivity of the A626 is at the back, the front part can be flipped down for PC-free connectivity options. There are four memory card slots to cover most of the commonly used card standards. Then there's the Pict-Bridge port and the slot for loading the single cartridge this uses. You can also buy upgrades that allow you to connect to the printer via Bluetooth or WLAN.The main highlight of the printer is its large, adjustable, touchscreen LCD display that comes with a convenient stylus. The display is as user-friendly as it gets, and the touchscreen options help reduce the button clutter on the printer body.

While doing performance tests pictures of various types were printed(taken from D-SLRs, consumer cameras, phone cameras, artwork etc), at the maximum resolution (1200 dpi) until the prints started to show signs of ink depletion. Only a couple of prints were taken in normal print mode, for quality determination. All the tests were done on 4x6 inch glossy photo paper.

The printing speed at maximum dpi was pretty slow at around 2:2 minutes, rather lower than what we've seen in other snapshot printers. Sure, you could always print in normal mode to speed things up, but that isn't too fast either at around 52 seconds a print. Most home users wouldn't be too bothered if all they do is print a couple of pictures at a time, but when you want your entire vacation album printed, I'd suggest you spool the prints and head for lunch.

Color quality is bright and lively, just as one can expect from Vivera inks. The black levels seemed great, which worked really well for B&W prints. It was only in a few cases where some shades of red looked a bit brighter than they should, but otherwise the colors are a-okay!

The print sharpness looked great at maximum resolution, but there's little the A626 does to hide image compression marks. Besides that, on closer inspection the sharpness levels seemed just a little lower than what we're used to from such printers. On magnification the lines seemed a bit more jagged than usual, but not to the extent where you'd spot it with the naked eye.

The best thing about the A626 is its print output: we got a whopping 40 prints at the highest quality settings before the ink showed signs of running out. That's a lot higher than all other snapshot printers we've reviewed so far, and is quite commendable.

Rs 7,999 (MRP) is actually a pretty affordable price for a printer of this caliber; and considering the print output you can get out of it, Rs 840 (plus taxes) for its cartridge isn't too bad either. The quality levels may not be at par with some of the other snapshot printers we've come across, but the print quality is good enough for frame-worthy photos. If you're in the market for snapshot printers, do give this one a thought.