Obama Tours Kennedy Space Center

President Obama, along with First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia, take a tour of the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, FL. The family had planned to watch the launch of the Shuttle Endeavour, but the launch was delayed due to equipment issues.

iPad 2 coming to India on Friday, 29th April

The most awaited and the most popular tablet is finally going to reach the Indian Market on the 29th of April. Other countries like China, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, and Singapore will also get a taste of Apple’s newest showstopper. We have been reporting and speculating its launch since 2 weeks and after the delays and low stock issues, it seems that Apple is in high gear and will be providing its fans what they have been craving since its launch. 

The slimmer, smarter and faster iPad with its stunning 9.7-inch LED-backlit LCD screen and Apple’s new dual-core A5 processor makes it a looker as well as a great performer.

 

Check out the specs:

·         1GHz dual-core A5 CPU

·         512MB RAM

·         16GB, 32GB, 64GB storage options

·         Front & Rear Cameras, front is VGA, rear is 720p

·         9.7″ LED display with 1024×768 screen resolution at 132ppi

·         GPU said to be 9x faster

·         Video output supports up to 1080p

·         Runs iOS 4.3

·         10 hour battery life

·         White & Black colour options

·         1.3 lbs

·         Thinner build

The costs of the various versions are:

Wi-Fi version will be available for
Rs 29,500 (Inc Vat) for the 16GB model
Rs 34,500 (Inc VAT) for the 32GB model
Rs 39,500 (Inc VAT) for the 64GB model

Wi-Fi + 3G will be available for 
Rs 36,900 (Inc VAT) for the 16GB model
Rs 41,900 (Inc VAT) for the 32GB model
Rs 46,900 (Inc VAT) for the 64GB model

The Smart Cover will be available in a range of colours in vibrant polyurethane or rich leather for Rs 2,100 (Inc VAT) and Rs 3,800 (Inc VAT).

Source:mobigyaan.com

Samsung Nexus S officially launched in India

Samsung has announced the official release of the Nexus S in India. Powered by Google’s Android 2.3 Gingerbread, it is Samsung’s and Google’s Flagship device. It has been making news around the globe as the previous Nexus by HTC was a hit.

It packs a 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor with a PowerVR SGX540 GPU which will provide high-end graphics for multimedia content. The internal memory will be 16GB offering enough space for music, videos and pictures, a 4inch super clear Curved LCD screen offering a clear and crisp display, also a 5MP auto-focus camera with an LED-flash and a front facing VGA camera. Connectivity features include 3G HSDPA and HSUPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, microUSB, and the most awaited NFC (Near Field Communication). Applications include Social Networking content, Flash Player 10.1, image and video editor and a document viewer. The battery is good 1500mAH capacity offering up to 6.7 hours on 3G and 14 hours on 2G and a standby time up to 17.8 days on 3G and 29.7 days on 2G. The smart phone costs at about Rs. 29590/-

specifications:

OS: Android 2.3, Gingerbread

Display: 800x480, 4-inch Display, Capacitive Touch Screen

Color: Black / Silver

Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.1, GPS, microUSB v2.0,Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n

Camera: 5 mega-pixel Camera + VGA front Camera, HD(720p@30fps) video playing

Storage: 16GB Internal Memory

Social networking integration

Digital compass

Image/video editor

Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)

Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration

Flash Player v10.1

Near Field Communications

Source:mobigyaan.com

HTC Flyer coming to India in May?

Apparently, HTC is showing some huge interest in the Indian market. As most of you might be aware the Taiwanese manufacturer launched its new HTC Incredible S and the HTC Desire S in India sometime around their international launch. Now the manufacturer may do the same for its upcoming Android based tablet device known as the HTC Flyer.

The HTC Flyer which was first announced at the MWC 2011, includes a 7-inch screen along with a capacitive capable stylus. It runs Android Gingerbread, topped with a tablet optimized version of the famous HTC Sense UI and the device is powered by a 1.5 GHz Qualcomm processor. While it may not by powered by a dual-core processor and it may not have the latest tablet optimized version of Android (which is Honeycomb), this tablet is quite interesting and unique when compared to the offering from HTC’s competitors.

The pricing is not yet confirmed, neither is launch but it is expected to hit the stores sometime in the last week of May. The 32GB, 3G enabled model may be priced around Rs. 35,000. HTC’s new flagship smartphone, the HTC Sensation is also expected in India sometime in the next month.

Source:gigjets.com

Sony S1 and S2 dual-screen Honeycomb tablets get official

Sony's hosting a press event in Tokyo today where it just made the first announcement: a pair of Android 3.0 tablets -- yes, the very two Honeycomb slabs we told you about exclusively back in February. The first is the Qriocity-focused 9.4-inch S1 media tablet with both front- and rear-facing cameras and a curved wrap design that resembles a folded magazine. The S1 features a Tegra 2 SoC and customized "Quick and Smooth" touch panel UI with "Swift" web browser. It can also be used as a remote control for Sony gear thanks to integrated infrared. 

The second tablet is the dual-screen S2 clamshell with its pair of 5.5-inch 1,024 x 480 pixel displays, Tegra 2 SoC, and camera. While it sounds bulky, Kunimasa Suzuki just pulled the hinged tablet from his jacket pocket on stage. Sony takes advantage of the two screens with a custom book-style UI layout for its e-reader app, split keyboard and messaging displays for email, and split display and game controllers for PS One gaming. Both the S1 and S2 are PlayStation Certified, support DLNA, and are WiFi and 3G/4G "compatible" according to Sony. See the Sony tablets codenamed "S1" and "S2" in action after the break on their way to a global release in the fall -- possibly sooner in the US.

P.S. While the company isn't ready to talk prices yet, our sources told us back in February that Sony was considering a $599 MSRP on the S1 while the S2 would likely come in at $699. Still no word on theWindows 7 slider but with the other two leaks official, it's now only a matter of time.

Chevrolet Volt is the 2011 'World Green Car'

Automobiles with alternate fuel capabilities are slowly nearing the brink of an urban reality, and while saving the environment began as being the focus of developing these ‘green machines’, their sophistication and growing sustainability have made them symbols of hope for a world that is still quite speculative about the future of green car technologies.

Hosted by Bridgestone Corporation and the New York International Auto Show, the World Green Car Award is one of many awards given out at the prestigious World Car Awards now in its seventh successful year of running. A panel of green car experts representing three different continents narrowed the list down to three finalists after short listing 12 of the most promising green cars from all over the world.

Not surprisingly, the multiple award winning Nissan Leaf was among the top three contenders for the green car award along with the BMW 320d EfficientDynamics and the 16-kWh, lithium-ion battery powered Chevrolet VOLT that has been in sale in the United Stated since November last year.

While the first-fully electric mass market car, the Leaf had everything going for it, the BMW 320d also showed a lot of potential, but at the end it was the innovate technology and range extension capability of the Chevrolet VOLT that ultimately proved to be its biggest trump card in securing the 2011 World Green Car award.

The three experts, Phil Berg (representing North America), Dean Slavnich (representing Europe) and Tadashi Tateuchi (representing Asia) who unanimously took the decision of picking the VOLT as the winner of this globally recognized ‘Green Car Award’ felt that GM developed the VOLT from a concept in a remarkably short period of time. This along with the fact that the hybrid series range extended electric vehicle was capable of running for miles and miles after its battery was depleted giving out emissions of just 52g/km made it a truly remarkable vehicle with the potential to transform transportation around the globe.

The Chevrolet VOLT will now join a special league of green cars, the likes of the Volkswagen BlueMotion the Honda FCX Clarity and the Mercedes-Benz E320 Bluetec, all of which are previous winners of the coveted title.

source:zigwheels.com 

  

Sony Ericsson W8 Android phone to launch soon

NEW DELHI: Sony Ericsson has expanded its Walkman series smartphone portfolio with the launch of Sony Ericsson W8. The smartphone runs on Google Android 2.1 Eclair. 

Similar to Xperia X8 in looks, Sony Ericsson W8 sports a 3-inch capacitive touchscreen HVGA display. It has a 600 MHz ARM 11 processor along with an Adreno 200 GPU, part of the Qualcomm MSM7227 chipset coupled with just 168MB of RAM. 

W8 has a music player ported to Android, TrackID music recognition and PlayNow technologies. The smartphone's camera is 3.2 megapixel with Geo-tagging capability. Built-in storage is 128MB, and it is expandable to up to 16GB with a microSD card. The W8 will come in three colours - Azure Blue, Metallic Red, and Iconic Orange. 

Supporting 3G, the new W8 phone offers 23 hours and 40 minutes of music listening time. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. W8 also offers Twitter and Facebook integration in the Timescape UI. 

Source:TOI

Pre-release Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread ROM on Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 leaked!

Pre-released Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread ROM on Samsung’s recently launched handset—the Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 has been leaked on the internet.

This affordable Android phone is already equipped with a Gingerbread update. Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 owners can install the latest ROM on their handsets at their own risk.

The company has requested its users to be patient and wait for them to officially update the platform to avoid bricked devices and unpleasant surprises.

The Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 offers a host of features and tech specifications such as 3.5” touchscreen display, 320 x 480 pixels resolution, TouchWiz 3.0 UI, 800MHz Processor, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/ and 5 megapixel camera with LED Flash, A-GPS and Stereo FM Radio with (RDS).

The list does not end here. It also includes other features such as 3.5 mm headset jack, MicroSd card slot, 150 MB internal memory, expandable memory of 32GB, Samsung Apps, Android Market, Social Hub, Multi-touch zoom and 1350mAh Li-on battery.

It would be coming with 11 hours talk time, auto focus, white balance, smile detection, Panorama, 3GP video recording format, MP3, FM Radio, GPRS, GPS, EDGE, HTML browsing, accelerometer sensor, Swype text input method, Games, Touch-sensitive control, speaker phone, and WAV ring tones.

The phone is light weight and is available in a single color of black.

ROLLS ROYCE PLANNING THIRD SHOWROOM IN INDIA

Rolls Royce India is on a roll at the moment with sales touching 70 units last year. This year the exclusive luxury marque expects to breach the 100 unit mark as more and more enquiries for the high-end luxury cars come in. The company has received a large number of enquiries from the northern cities of Chandigarh, Ludhiana and Jalandhar.

To cater to the demand from the north of the country, Rolls Royce is planning to open its third showroom in India. The British brand already has dealerships in Mumbai and Delhi. The new showroom could most probably be coming up in the city of Chandigarh.

Overall, the demand for luxury cars has seen a rise in the recent past. Among the top three players in the market, BMW sold the most number of premium sedans in the country followed by Mercedes Benz. Rolls Royce offers cars which are completely in a different league compared to the beemers, Mercs and Audis. The price of the ultra exclusive limousines ranges from Rs 2.5 Crore to Rs 8 Crore. But, the main selling point of these cars have always been exclusivity.

Via TOI

Easy on the environment

April 22 was Earth Day. However, just observing the day isn’t surely enough. It’s time to act. There are four mainstream options to choose from — CNG, LPG, Hybrid and Electric. Here is one car each to help you choose from. Corolla with CNG Toyota’s Corolla Altis CNG is powered by a 1.8-litre petrol e a maximum power output of 132 bhp. Its 12kg CNG cylinder sits in the boot. The Altis CNG is priced from R11.01 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi) onwards. This version is sold only in Mumbai and Delhi

Wagon R with LPG kit

Maruti’s hot-selling new Wagon R can now be had with an LPG kit. A space-saving LPG cylinder and smartly positioned spare wheel mean there is some space for luggage in the boot. With prices starting at R 3.97 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi), the Wagon R Duo makes a practical buy.

Hybrid sedan

Arguably the world’s most famous hybrid, the Prius’s electric motor works at crawling speeds and keeps emissions to a minimum. And 136 bhp from its petrol engine means it is not found wanting for power. An ideal green car. Pity it costs an exorbitant R27 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi).

India’s only electric car

The Mahindra REVA is the sole electric vehicle sold in India. Zero emissions make it the greenest car here. It comes with a lead-acid battery which the company claims gives it a range of 80km per charge. A wall socket is needed to juice up the battery, taking 2.5 hours for an 85% charge with a full charge taking eight hours. Pricing starts at R 2.85 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). It’s worth noting that the new Revas with more powerful batteries are being readied soon.

source:ht

Skyfire Announces Skyfire Web Browser 4.0 for Android

a couple of mobile web browsers launching last month like the Opera Mini andMozilla’s Firefox for Android. It looks like Skyfire wants to up the ante by launching the fourth iteration of their Skyfire Web Browser. And like every new version of a software or app, the Skyfire Web Browser has some features added.

Primarily, the browser seems to cater users who are constantly stuck to their Facebook or Twitter accounts. There are one touch access buttons for quick access to Twitter, plus there’s also a Facebook Like button added for users’ convenience to like a particular page. Skyfire’s toolbar, the Skybar has been made customizable and is also scrollable. 

Other added features include the Google Reader option that aggregates content from various websites that a user has selected. Three new buttons are the Sports, News and Finance buttons that is supposed to give one touch access to the latest events happening around the globe.

 



There’s not much mentioned about any improvement in the speeds of the browser, but the added features look pretty cool. The browser is free of cost and is available for download at the Android Market.

Source:tech2.in.com

Samsung Galaxy S Update: Samsung Mesmerize Gets Update Kies

While not all the Samsung Galaxy S phones in the U.S. have gotten an update to Android 2.2 Froyo, we're getting closer.  The Samsung Galaxy S Samsung Epic 4G received an update last week, and now U.S. Cellular's Samsung Mesmerize is getting all the desired features of Android 2.2 Froyo, which leaves the Samsung Fascinate andContinuum from Verizon out of the update fold.

The Froyo update to Android 2.2 offers the ability to save apps to microSD card, update Google mobile services (Quick Search Box, Latitude, Maps, Navigator & Places), improved browsing with faster download speeds, Samsung Media Hub support to rent/buy movies, mobile hotspots (requires a tethering plan), Adobe Flash 10.1 support, and fully integrated support for Microsoft Exchange.

In order to complete the update for theSamsung Mesmerize,.you have to download Kies Mini.  Make sure that your battery is fully charged before you start the update as you can lose some data setting, such as shortcuts, music setting, AllShare, Buddies Now links, encrypted DRM ringtones and Google Talk settings.  Be sure to back up your data before starting the update.

Warning, you will not be able to make emergency calls during the update process.

More information is available on how to accomplish the upgrade from US. Cellular.

The Samsung Galaxy S Samsung Epic 4G started getting an update on March 24.  The Samsung Captivate received an update to the Android 2.2 Froyo via the Kies Mini app.  The Samsung Vibrantwas the first Samsung Galaxy S smartphone in the United States to be updated to Android 2.2 Froyo.

New Samsung Galaxy S phones include the Samsung Galaxy S 4G from T-Mobile, the Nexus S andSamsung Nexus S 4G.  Many of these phones appear in our list of top best Android smartphones now and later.

Motorola DEFY receives Froyo update

Yesterday we had the Samsung Fascinate, completing the lineup of American Galaxy S phones with Froyo. Today we have another phone joining the ranks of Android 2.2 – this time it’s the Motorola DEFY on T-Mobile. The Motorola DEFY is one of the sturdiest and most rugged Android phones around but it has been crippled mainly due to its operating system, Android 2.1. Today it gets a new breath of life. T-Mobile has officially announced that they are pushing out an over the air (OTA) update for the Motorola DEFY that upgrades the phone to Android 2.2.

The update brings the much needed optimizations and speed improvements to the phone, as well as the long awaited Adobe Flash support, and the ability to store apps on the SD card. Some additional features have been added with this update as well – added profiles, dialer search, a task manager, LinkedIn integration, increased security, and an updated Gallery.

The update is pretty big, at 112MB so make sure you’re on WiFi before you start the download or you’ll be eating up a huge chunk of your phone’s data quota. If you haven’t received the notification to download the update, head to Menu > Settings > About Phone > System Updates > and check for updates there. Let us know how it goes for you.

source:By George Wong

Soon, download high-quality movie in 1 min

The company said it planned to trial speeds of up to 1.5 gigabytes per second - more than 10 times faster than its current fastest service of 100 megabytes per second and 240 times quicker than the UK average.

It would mean that customers could download a high-quality movie or video game in 55 seconds, rather than the three hours and 40 minutes it would take with the current UK average speed of 6.2mb.

Trials of the super-fast Internet connections will begin this month at four companies near Old Street, in London, dubbed the "Silicon Roundabout", but the service will eventually be used in homes as well as offices.

The company said one of the greatest advantages of the 1.5gb service is not the speed, but the increased number of users who will be able to use the network simultaneously without interruption.

"Demand for greater bandwidth is growing rapidly as more devices are able to connect to the Internet and as more people go online simultaneously," the Daily Mail quoted Jon James, executive director of broadband at Virgin Media, as saying. (ANI)

Report: Apple to begin producing iPhone 5 in July

Apple's next-generation smartphone will have a faster processor but otherwise have a similar appearance to the iPhone 4, according to the report from Hong Kong, which cited three unidentified people familiar with the matter.

The revelation appears to contradict a major supplier in Southeast Asia that said earlier this month it would not begin production on components for the iPhone 5 until sometime in September--apparently upsetting Apple's traditional summer iPhone release schedule. Apple has also reportedly been taking its time finding components suppliers for the iPhone 5.

Signals that Apple might not release a new iPhone during its usual summer time frame cropped up last month, with a Japanese report claiming Apple was mulling materials for the back of the device, possibly replacing the hardened glass with a metal backing. Additionally, Digitimes reported earlier this month that production was still under way for iPhone 4 panels since the phone continues to sell, perhaps signaling that Apple was in no hurry to move production toward a new product.

In addition to the back of the phone, the device's screen has been of particular interest with reports that Apple was planning to expand its size from the longstanding 3.5 inches to a larger 4-inch "edge-to-edge" screen. Apple's new iPhone has also been rumored to include Apple's A5 processor and a much-improved 8-megapixel rear camera.

Apple sold a record number of iPhone 4s in the previous quarter with 16.2 million units. An analyst report from RBC Capital Markets released last week estimated Apple besting that by nearly a million in its most recent quarter.

source:http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20055544-37.html