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Alienware announced their latest high performance notebook , the Alienware Area 51 m15x with Nvidia Quadro FX 3600M GPU inside it.It’s actually the first 15.4 Inch display notebook to feature the Quadro FX3600M GPU.The Quadro FX 3600M delivers support for Open GL 2.1, Shader Model 4.0, DirectX(R)10 and more. Combining this graphics processor with the award-winning performance of the Area-51 m15x allows designers and engineers to working complex, real-time, photo realistic environments throughout an array of CAD, DCC and scientific applications.

Area 51 m15x is already the one of the high performance notebook  in their sleeve.But with the Quadro 3600M GPU  instead of the Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT will make it an unbeatable in speed and capabilities. Alienware also offers an NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M on the Area-51 m9750 and will soon make available the Quadro FX 3600M on the Area-51 m17x. Price of the Alienware Area 51 m15x lappy with Quadro FX 3600M GPU will be around $2100 [90,000 Indian Rs ]where as its available at $1500 with 8600M GPU.

Popularity: 2% [?]

Casio G’zOne Boulder is macho phone with all the rough look  guys would ever want/wish to have.The Clamshell type phone is built upto military specifications to withstand shock, water and dust environments.Also It supports the Push To Talk [PTT] service in EVDO network.The Casio G’zOne Boulder is  available in 2colours – Black & Silver , Orange.It has got some features in too besides the rough look, like the GPS,1.3 MP Camera, Flashlight and best of all ,It’s priced at only 130$ [by Verizon in the 2 year contract ].

•  design : 810F standards for water, shock and dust resistance; immersion; vibration, salt fog; humidity; solar radiation; altitude; and low and high temperature storage
• Flashlight
• Electronic compass
• Field Force Manager-capable – a resource management tool that provides businesses with the ability to locate, monitor and communicate with their mobile field workers
• Camera : 1.3 megapixel camera
• Music player : Supports .MP3, .WMA, unprotected .AAC and unprotected .AAC+ formats
• Memory : microSD Card support upto 8GB.
• Supports the following Bluetooth® profiles – headset, hands-free (car kits), dial-up networking, advanced audio distribution profile (stereo), audio/visual remote control profile, object push profile for vCard, object exchange profiles for phonebook access profiles, generic audio/video distribution profile, audio/visual distribution protocol, and audio/visual control transport protocol
• Advanced speech recognition with dedicated voice dial key
• Alarm clock, calculator, calendar, stop watch, countdown, timer, world clock, electronic compass
• Phonebook with up to 500 entries with multiple contacts
• TTY compatible
• Display:
  • Main: 2.0” 240 x 320 TFT display with up to 65K colors
  • External: 1.2” 96 x 96 Mono STN display
• Dimensions: 3.9” x 2.0” x 0.9”
• Weight: 4.9 ounces
• Usage time: up to 214 minutes.
• Standby time: up to 63 hours.

Popularity: 8% [?]

This is a bit freaky, Giant Eye Balls as lights!.But they look cool as well.You can get the custom eyeball lights made in your own eye’s color by ordering them up at 5.5 Designers .Just Send them an image of your face and money ofcourse and they will make an Eye Ball Just for you.

Popularity: 3% [?]

Dell is getting ready to unveil the new energy efficient small form factor PC , The Dell Studio Hybrid.Dell reports that its an environmentally friendly PC made from recycled materials only and It’s also fully recyclable.

Dell Studio Hybrid is extremely small at 7.08”(height) x 8.26”(depth) x 2.75”(width) , [ as small as a External Drive ] but it has Intel Core 2 Duo with 4 GB of internal memory.Some of the notable features includes it’s high energy efficiency [ It uses less than 70 % of the power used by a typical small form factor PC ] & Is Energy Star 4.0 certified .It’s available in seven colours as of now.

Specifications :

• Memory : 4 GB
• Processor : Intel Core 2 Duo
• Storage : 320GB HDD
• Connectivity : Wi-Fi
• Price : $599 [ with Display ]  and $499 [ Without Display].

Price in India : expected at around 25,000 Rs .

Popularity: 4% [?]

Nokia is getting ready to unveil their latest addition to the Xpress Series with the XpressMedia Tube phone , Nokia 5800  by next month.Here are the specifications  if you cant wait for it.

• Display: 3.2 inch 16.7 million TFT 640×360 Touch screen
• OS: S60 5th edition with accelerometer
• Camera : 3.2 AF mega pixel camera with dual LED flash, Carl Zeiss optics and geo-tagging
• GPS
• Output :3.5 mm AV / TV output
• Network : GSM/GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA/HSDPA/WLAN connectivity
• Memory : 140MB internal RAM , microSD support
• BL-5J battery
• Dimensions : 115×52×14.5 mm
• Weight: 104g

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Popularity: 2% [?]

The Samsung i900 Omnia has left us with nothing but good impressions. Everything about the device speaks "high-tech" – from the innovative touch interface through the rich connectivity and multimedia capabilities to the exclusive hardware characteristics such as the optical touchpad or the 5 megapixel camera.

Omnia SGH-i900 supports 7.2Mbps HSDPA (3.5G), GSM, GPRS, WCDMA, EDGE and is based on the Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional platform. The handset features an auto-focus 5-megapixel camera, a 3.2-inch WQVGA TFT-LCD touchscreen, TouchWiz touch-control interface, GPS, Bluetooth 2.0 and Wi-Fi. Dimensions of the device are given as 112×56.9×12.5mm (H×W×D), according to the company.

The Samsung Omnia is a well-designed phone that might be a major success in the market. The HTC Touch Diamond and the iPhone 3G – seem to offer more in some respects but severely fall behind in others when compared with the Omnia.

Features:

• Quad-band GSM support
• 3G with HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
• Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional OS
• 624MHz Marvell PXA312 CPU and 128 MB RAM
• 3.2" 65K-color touchscreen with resolution of 240 x 400 pixels
• 5 megapixel autofocus camera with wide dynamic range mode, face tracking, smile detection, geotagging
• 8 to 16 GB of storage memory, microSD expansion
• Built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS
• Wi-Fi
• Stereo Bluetooth and USB connectivity
• FM radio with RDS
• Optical joystick with virtual mouse functionality
• Built-in accelerometer for auto screen rotation and call muting
• TV-out
• Solid build and great finish
• Slick design and slim body
• Nice battery life
  Fast response and performance
• Excellent thumb-optimized software package
• Thumbable virtual QWERTY keyboard with optional landscape mode
• TouchWiz UI
• DivX video support
• Above average audio quality
• Headset comes with a 3.5mm audio jack

Samsung i900 Omnia will be priced at around 500 Euros [ ie, 32,000 Indian Rs ]

Popularity: 2% [?]

Sony has started shipping their brand new Intel Centrino 2 Based Laptop , Sony VAIO FW ,Basically it’s a widescreen notebook with a 16.4 " screen at 1600 x 900 Resolution.Sony VAIO FW is having a beautiful design with the smooth hinges and palm rest making your work time better.

Here are the specifications of Sony VAIO FW:

• Screen: glossy 16.4" 1600 x 900 display
• Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9400 (2.53GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 6MB Cache)
• Memory: 4GB RAM
• Storage: 320GB HDD (5400rpm)
• Optical Drive: DVD+/-RW / BD-R
• Wireless: 802.11a/b/g/n
• Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon 3470 with dedicated 256MB
• Built-in web camera
• Ports

• 10/100/1000 LAN
• Modem
• VGA
• HDMI
• FireWire
• Expresscard/34
• MagicGate
• SD-Card Reader
• Headphone/Mic
• 3 USB Ports

Popularity: 2% [?]

Samsung keeps them coming with the higher MP camera phones.The new model named Innov8 ,also called i8510 , 8 stands for the 8Megapixel Camera of course.

Its more of a camera than a phone considering its features like Auto Panorama mode , Flash , Smile n Blink Detection along with the Face Detection.Its capable of recording video at 30 fps also.

Innov8 runs on  Symbian S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 smartphone and will be supporting quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz), and dual-band UMTS/HSDPA (900/2100MHz).

Here are the specifications of Innov8 :

• Network

• HSDPA 7.2 Mbps (900/2100), EDGE / GPRS (850/900/1800/1900)

• Symbian OS V9.3. S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2

• 2.8" QVGA 16M TFT LCD

• 8 Megapixel CMOS with AF and Dual Power LED
• Features: Smart Reader, Image Stabilizer. Auto-Panorama Shot, Smile Shot. Blink Shot. Wide Dynamic Range (WDR). Face Detection

• Video Player (Divx/ H.263 / H.264 / WMV / MP4)
• QVGA 120 fps Video recording. VGA 30 fps recording and Video Editing

• FM Radio with RDS
• DNSe 2.0
• Music Player (MP3/AAC/AAC+ / eAAC+ / WMA /AMR/ RealAudio
• Bluetooth Stereo Headset (A2DP)
• 3.5mm output

• Optical Mouse. Accelerometer
• Embedded 3D Games : FIFA 2008, Asphalt
• Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA)

• Bluetooth 2.0 / USB 2.0 / Wi-Fi

• 16GB Flash + External Memory slot microSDHC™ (up lo 16GB)

• 106.5×53.9x 17.2 mm

• 1200 mAh Talk time: up to 300/510 min (3G/2.5G) Stand-by time: up to 330 / 310 hrs (3G/2.5G)

Samsung Innov8 is scheduled to be launched in Europe in August and Other locations by September.

Popularity: 3% [?]

Ford wants to improve the environment , They unveiled their latest work on the Ford Fiesta with improved engine [ 1.6 Litre Turbo Diesel ] at the British International Auto Show .This  fuel efficient version is named as Fiesta Econetic .Its having couple of added features like Optimum Shift Indicator , Low Suspensions ,Rear air deflectors and low resistance tires.

The Emissions from the Ford fiesta econetic is also very low at 98 gm/ kilometer.Ford is also working on the Econetic versions of Focus and Mondeo.

Popularity: 5% [?]

Buffalo unvieled the fastest Blu-Ray recorder [as of now ] with write capability of 8x on Single Layer BDR.But the burning speed for the dual layer BDR is 2x only.

The Recorder is available as BR-816U2 [external ] and BR-816FBS [internal ].The External version can be connected to the PC using eSATA or USB while the Internal one uses SATA.These can also record DVD±R at 16x and CD-R at 48x.

The Price is still high 275€ [ 23,000 Indian Rs ] for the external  and 240€ [20,000 Rs ] for the internal drive.

Popularity: 3% [?]