whats all about Nokia and Microsoft Deal

Nokia confirmed its partnership with Microsoft which starts a news phase of mobile OS for Nokia. Now the question arises what happens to Symbian and its opensource project MeeGo.Wel Nokia has choseen Windows Phone 7 operating system on its mobile devices as its primary smartphone platform. With this deal, Microsoft Bing and other services are going to be featured on Nokia smartphones.Well what made Nokia to take this step???

Last couple of years , there is a huge competetion by Google and Apple. Specially Google Android is been a serious contendor for its competetors in the market and it has really captured the market to great extent. In the current scenarios Microsoft's windows phone 7 has done very good job in its sales, which may have attracted Nokia and not only market grip but also technical capabilities of window phone 7 os attracted Nokia, i believe.

Well Meego was much expected than what it is at present because Meego was a OS developed with the support of the chip maker giant "Intel". When Nokia says Meego would go down , Intel strongly contended saying it still has much scope and being an Opensource platform it can be much developed.Meego will still use QT where as Nokia developers are going to use Windows tools, Visual studio 2010 and XNA framework.

Now the big question is "what's the future of symbian". Well i see it doesnt have much future when looked on to this deal but still Nokia says it has a franchise model for symbian and it is still planning to release around 150 million symbian based phones in next year. Now i really wanted to look on what all the difference between symbian and Windows phone 7 OS and Android.

With all this happening around Nokia and Microsoft , lets see to what extent Nokia going to leverage the benefits of Microsoft OS and its gonna be a real game for Microsoft to show its capabilites, as it is paired up with one of the biggest mobilephone manufacturers and compete the opensource OS Android.

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Samsung India Rolls out Froyo for Galaxy S users

Samsung India has started to roll out the Google Andriod 2.2 Froyo Updates for galaxy s smartphone. Froyo is coming up with cool features which can really upgrade your smartphone to next level.

Now many users wanna download this and start experiencing the features of Froyo... now how many does really know what is Froyo????? Well in simple Froyo is an Mobile Platform.

Froyo users can expect a new homescreen widget and also bring in some minor changes and transitions and animations which seem a bit smoother.Froyo also lets you turn your phone into a hotspot—including for your Wi-Fi iPad.

Froyo also makes the performance faster when compared to the current speed. Andriod 2.2 is said to be more faster than earlier version and Froyo is up to 5x faster than Eclair, thanks to a just-in-time compiler. And that's just the OS; Google's also claiming that Froyo has the world's fastest mobile browser, period.

Now i think here comes the coolest feature of Froyo. When you download some application for your mobile on to your desktop, you need to connect your mobile to the pc rather the app gets installed on-air in your mobile phone..well this features looks ahead when looked onto iphone which need sync options.

Using Froyo you can access the camera from the browser itself.. and also includes voice recognistion for search. Hmmmmm when such a bunch of features are coming up with Froyo..what are you waiting for Galaxians :)

Froyo can be downloaded from Kites which is a samsung Desktop program.

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V.SHOW: India's First Projector Mobile Phone

V.Show is all set to take off the show.. yeah this is a cool gadget from indian mobile market which can change the thought of using the mobile in the way it is being used now. Vshow is the India's first projector mobile. This is India’s first projector phone to be launched by a domestic mobile handset company...

Well one might think to what extent it can project on to the screen. This mobile projects the content in the mobile on to the wall up to 154.9 cms (61 inches) of screen/wall with a high intensity projection of 10 lumens and QWVGA resolution.
And it is good to use this in the range of 12 feet distance from the screen..

If you think about the battery back up .. they say it can be used continuosly for more than 3 hours which can easily play one full movie, or a presentation etc..
and a film quality of 25 frames per second (FPS) – which is as good as the FPS used in movies.

The phone is a touch-screen dual SIM (GSM + GSM) variant and also has another feature - dual screen mode (phone screen mode and projector screen mode are simultaneously active). It comes with dual camera and a dual card memory slot of 8 GB each to expand the internal memory of 64 MB.

And the phone comes with the price tag of Rs 16,000 .. i guess it is nominal price for the features that are encorporated with this phone.

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Microsoft Windows phone 7 on October 21

Microsoft has annouced the much awaited news "Release of Windows phone 7". Microsoft is ready to launch a wide range of Windows phone 7 devices on October 21. Microsoft is gonna hold many launch events on oct 21 worldwide to launch windows phone 7.

Well they going to showcase their product on Oct 11 in Newyork city. Microsoft devices are going to hit the retails markets of France, Germany, Italy, UK and spain.

This time Microsoft is coming with a bang again i guess after their successful release of IE 9 and Windows 7. They have partnered with London based Radio station to promote this phone and also with twitter and youtube.

.. "This has been one of the most incredible product development efforts I’ve ever been a part of" said Myerson.

I have seen recenlty in a post where Microsoft employees celebrated funeral of iphone and blackberry. They strongly believe this will be one of their best products ever

So all those gadgets freeks and Microsoft lovers, lets wait and watch for the release of this coool Gadget from Microsoft.

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Andriod Tablet PC by Archos

Andriod is the buzz word in the market. Gadgets are going high using Andriod OS and most of the companies which target mobile sector are adapting to Andriod. Sonyerricson, samsung etc are some of the biggies which are going high with Andriod.
Now the new thing which is adapting to Andriods are tablet pc's.

The latest is from Archos, which has released five differently sized mobile devices at the 2010 IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin. All five devices run on Android 2.2 and varies from an MP3 player with a 7.1-cm (2.8-inch) display to a 25.7-cm (10.1-inch) Internet tablet. This tablet also uses the capacitive sense touch with 1 GHz processor, WiFi-N technology and a web cam.


The speciality of this tablet is , it provides full featured multimedia experience and even more is it can be connected to television for best multimedia and gaming experience as it has a built-in accelerometer and 3D open GL technology for providing a unique gaming experience. The 4.3 inch and 3.2 inch models come with an inbuilt camcorder.

And guys this is not being released in Indian market and if any one is interested in these tablets may you need to ping your friends in Oversees :)

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Pocket Video Camera Shoots for Hours

Tiny Cameras are the one which are really interesting and handy in recording. ucorder has launched a video camera which records for hours. you can carry this camera in your shirt pocket and start recording the surrounding for hours.

The uCorder comes in two flavors: 1GB and a 2GB, for $80 or $100, both of which shoot 640 x 480 VGA video. i guess spycameras are much cheaper than this, but this works double the webcam.As both come with an SD-card slot, through which can be added an extra 8GB, Fully loaded, you can get seven hours of footage from a small, light package that will clip into a front pocket, hang around your neck or mount onto a helmet.

movies are in AVI format, and you import them by plugging the camera into a USB port and dragging the files across. The camera also charges via USB. The most obvious use is sports, or at least non-contact sports.

If some body wants to check the things in your home for example like paranormal activities turn the camera on and leave it till morning :) i am just kidding but you use this for a better purpose than what i said.

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Philips unveils Freeview HD recorder and receiver

Philips has announced it’s the latest manufacturer to bring out a Freeview HD PVR.Designed by Pace but branded by Philips, the HDT8520 HD recorder boasts a 500GB hard drive.

This can hold 125 hours of HD content, 1080p HD up-scaling, and USB and Ethernet ports for enhanced connectivity.There is also the ability to live pause TV, with a three-hour buffer limit and DD5.1 audio output.

The recorder also comes with an eight-day EPG, parental locking and consumes less than 1W of power when in standby mode.

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Nokia C5 unveiled.

Nokia is geared up with the C-series Mobiles as i mentioned in the earlier post about nokia. C series model new C5 smartphone is unveiled by Nokia and it is hoping to benifit from a increasing demand in smarthphones which are expected at a cheaper price.

While Nokia still continues to lead the global smartphone market with an around 40 percent share ,but it not able to compete with iphone and blackberry.

"It is products like this that will grow Nokia marketshare in the smartphone segment and help them to increase their average sale prices," said John Strand, chief of telecoms consultancy Strand Consult.

Volumes on the smartphone market are seen surging in 2010, with some analysts forecasting up to 50 per cent growth, as handset vendors are pushing advanced features, once exclusive to pricey top-end models, into cheaper and cheaper phones.

C-series mobiles are more focused towards the usage of socialnetworking sites on mobile as there has a growing demand for mobiles featured with social networking. Nokia earlier smart phones come from E-series , Nseries, x-series.

Well when coming to specs of C5, The new Nokia C5 is an elegant design , Nokia C series mobile phone.Nokia C5 is a smartphone optimized for social networking and sharing data.It features high speed 3G HSDPA/HSUPA,GPS, and 3.2 megapixel camera with auto-focus and LED flash.Nokia C5 is an affordable price smartphone from Nokia.

The key features of the new Nokia C5 mobile phone are:

* Symbian OS v9.3, Series 60 rel. 3.2
* 2.2-inch display screen
* 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash
* Secondary VGA videocall camera
* 3G HSDPA/HSUPA
* GPS with A-GPS
* Ovi Maps 3.0
* Nokia Messaging
* Facebook applications
* Internal memory 50MB
* mircoSD support up to 16GB card,2GB card in the box
* Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
* USB v2.0 microUSB
* Stereo FM radio
* 3.5mm audio-jack
* Stereo IHF speaker
* 12mm thin
* Colors:White, Warm Grey
* MP4/H.264/H.263 player
* MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMV player
* Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
* Video/Photo editor
* Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace apps
* Standard battery, Li-Ion 860 mAh (BL-5CT)
* Stand-by: Up to 630 h (2G) / Up to 670 h (3G)
* Talk time: Up to 12 h (2G) / Up to 5 h (3G)


Nokia C5 Price in India : The new Nokia C5 price will be around Rs.8,400 in India.Nokia C5 will be launched in april-may 2010.

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ADAM, the Ipad Killer from India.

Apple's iPad may soon face the rival in the market but this time it faces the competetion from India , sounds strange but true. An Hyderabad based startup Notion ink. is launching its ADAM into the market and soon it gonna give the first flick at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. But first, it was sneaked a preview at Hyderabad’s BVRIT Innovation Centre, where they are based. The big thing it it going to launch directly into the US market initially and start competing the rival APPLE.

Well i was always dreaming about a product based company i mean a potential product which competes the world leaders in the market. I think this is gonna make huge impact on the market now and if does so, india may not be seen as only service providers but also considered as potential players in the IT harware.

Good thing is there are more and more entreprenuers tunring up day to day and specially from Hyderabad and Bangalore there are many startup companies which are looking for a break, and Notion inc succeeds in launching their product that may give lots of spirit to startup accross the nation. And Notion inc was started by young IItians and an MBA graduate.


We knew that Indian engineers and designers were doing most of the innovative work at Microsoft, Intel, and Apple. We just needed to take the first step,” says co-founder Rohan Shravan.

‘‘ Current PC technology is like a Hummer on a city road,’’ quips Rohit Rathi, the youngest of the group at 23, and, along with Shravan, one of four co-founders from IIT Kharagpur. Two are from IIT Delhi while Sachin Ralhan, the eldest at 25, is a childhood friend of Shravan and Rathi and an MBA from IIPM. Apart from Ralhan and Rathi, the other five are all aged 24. What’s so different about their tech? Three years in the making, the Adam tablet is the first device in the world to integrate two breakthrough power saving components — nVidias Tegra 2 chip and a PixelQi screen. Together, they help it achieve twice the battery life and performance of the iPad. The chip provides an edge over the iPad, with its ability to play full high definition videos and Flash on the web browser. ‘‘ It can offer the performance of a computer with the power consumption of a cellphone,’’ explains Shravan.

Adams integrates many innovations first used in the $100 OLPC (one laptop per child) project. Unlike traditional screens, PixelQI screen has a dual mode, and can be read in bright sunlight like an e-reader . With the backlight off, the company claims that it can increase battery life between charges by a factor of five.

NOTION ink didn't do this at an ease but they faced many obstacles specially getting the patent rights and the developers to work on the touch screen interface that runs on Google Andriod mobile operating system and if they need to get the resources who worked on Andriod they need to be higly paid around 1 lakh per month so they come up with a plan of training our engineers.

The company trained and then recruited over 50 engineers at BVRIT in Bachupally, Hyderabad. ‘‘ We got the infrastructure at their Innovation Center, and the students as well. We knew the technology in and out and started training them. Within two months it started paying off, and we started developing the professional applications for the product we wanted to design.’’

‘‘ The company is working on an application store platform of its own, where users can find a wide variety of content. It will offer everything from apps, books, video, audio, to magazines, newspapers and comics,’’ says cofounder Rajat Sahni. ‘‘ We see more and more users reading newspapers on e-readers and tablets in the near future , and has designed a lightweight product that adapts well to this purpose. They showed us a version of how a digital magazine would look on the Adam. We’ve taken design inspiration from a 400-year tradition — the user interface of magazines!’’ chuckles Shravan.

I wish this should be an successful product in the international market which showcase the indian market potential in the IT harware industry and as i said this can build the spirit among the start-ups accross India.

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Nokia c Series

Nokia is all set to launch the new C series mobiles into the market. As many know that Nokia is not participating in the Mobile World Congress at Barcelona.Well Nokia is about to launch c3 and c6 mobiles and for information, the current c6 has nothing to do with earlier c6 on 90's market.


The New Nokia c6 is a touch screen handset and at an affordable price. And entire C-Series is aimed at the budget market and will feature phones that will have as many features as other higher-end models - but at a cheaper price tag.

Nokia's existing lineup has the 5230 that holds the title of being the cheapest touchscreen phone from Nokia as of now, which costs around 7900 Rs and they say c6 is even cheaper that 5230. 5230 and 5322 has comparitively got a bigger display than c series mobile but still looking at the price status,Will C6 replace 5230's reign?

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Dell Unveils Super-Thin Adamo XPS Laptop

Dell has introduced the advanced version of ADAMO which is too thin compared to the earlier one. Design was a key concern when Dell created the Adamo XPS, which is being called "stunning" and "elegant." Dell packed the Adamo XPS with high-speed Wi-Fi. With the Adamo XPS, Dell's goal is to carve out a niche in a struggling consumer market.

It seems that Dell is aiming to appeal the constumers who are trend consious and gives importance to the look and feel of the gadgets they want to buy. This new Adamo XPS is Measuring 13.4 x 10.7 inches and tipping the scales at just over three pounds, the new machine is just four-tenths of an inch in thickness, yet packs a host of high-tech goodies.


"I think when you see Adamo for the first time, it's just a stunning, elegant, minimalist form," said Dell Senior Vice President Alex Gruzen. "We think the Adamo XPS will inspire an emotional connection with anyone who sees it."

when coming to performance it is stunning same as the visual appeal which it has. It comes with .4GHz Intel Core Duo processor, 13.4-inch high-definition display and 4GB of DDR3 memory. What's more, the machine's 128GB solid-state drive runs cooler than traditional hard drives and also boots up faster.

Coming to Wi-fi it offers both high-speed Wi-Fi (802.11n) and Bluetooth, together with the requisite location-awareness technology for delivering local maps that show users where they actually are in real time. The interesting part of this is Once opened, the body of the Adamo XPS automatically elevates so that the keyboard becomes angled to enhance cooling .

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iPod Nano with video camera

Apple is pushing hard its gadgets into the market with its added features. ipod Nano is being release with a camera added to it which makes apple gadgets more unique in the market. The new iPod Nano has an improved screen, and will be available in 8GB and 16GB. Its latest component, the video camera, we think will bring Apple much closer to the likes of portable video camcorders like Flip.

It doesn't come with any HD but it will capture VGA videos, 640 by 480 pixels, up to 30 frames per second with AAC audio. The new iPod Nano will also feature FM radio with iTunes tagging and live pausing.

Here are the main highlights…

--> Storage capacity: 8GB for $149USD, 16GB for $179USD.
--> 2.2-inch color display. 240-by-376-pixel resolution at 204 pixels per inch.
--> Battery: 24 hour playback for audio, 5 hours for video
--> Video camera. H.264 VGA video, 640 by 480 pixels, up to 30 frames per second with AAC audio. Real-time special effects include: Sepia, Black and White, X-Ray, Film Grain, Thermal, Security Cam, Cyborg, Bulge, Kaleido, Motion Blur, Mirror, Light Tunnel, Dent, Stretch, and Twirl
--> FM radio featuring iTunes tagging and live pausing
--> Pedometer and accelormeter
--> Built-in mic and speaker with voice memos
--> Genius features
--> Voice Over kit featuring a multiple number of languages
--> Variety of colors, but two of those colors — yellow and red — are in-store only.
--> Environmental features: Arsenic-free glass, BFR-free, Mercury-free, PVC-free

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Windows Mobile 7 To Feature Richer App Integration

We know that Windows Mobile 7 will be a big step forward from the past, and here's a hint as to what may be in store beyond a new UI and multitouch interface. Ironic what a "simple" job ad can reveal - especially about the potential for Zune intregation. Will all this come to pass? Hard to say for sure, but it's fun to speculate. Read on for more!

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Samsung Propel Pro

The New Windows Mobile 6.1 slider from samsung is on the show. Its very good in looks and has astylish exterior.It's a quad abdn world phone with wi-fi. Initial look at this gadget and the only word comes to your mind is "Awesome". The device has an ultra-sleek exterior that looks like polished hematite. It is 2.4 inches wide with sharp corners.microSD slot is handy and accessible on the side of the device, instead of being stuck under the SIM card slot in the battery compartment, which is inconvenient at best.

The display is a 2.55-inch, 65,000 color TFT LCD that runs at 320 by 320 pixels. It is set just under the exterior covering of the phone, so the front of the device is completely smooth except for the buttons at the bottom of the device.

The Propel Pro comes with a small, light AC adapter, a USB sync cable, a getting started CD and a printed Getting Started guide.

The Propel Pro is a very snappy device indeed, with a 528 MHz processor, 128 MB of RAM, and 256 MB of ROM. I never once saw the dreaded Windows Mobile "pinwheel" because launching and switching applications was practically instantaneous.The Propel Pro can keep you connected in a variety of ways, including GPRS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth.

Coming to the battery life The technical specs say that you should get 6.5 hours of usage and up to 12 days of standby time with this phone

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Google’s ‘Star Droid’

Google is preparing to launch a mobile phone application called Star Droid that can help amateur astronomers identify stars and planets.

According to a report in the Telegraph, the search engine software will use GPS technology to compare the position of the phone user with existing maps of space, attaching name tags to the stars and planets that can be seen through the phone’s viewfinder.

The California-based Internet company already offers a Google Sky facility that gives online browsers a map of space similar to its Google Earth and Google Street View services.

The application could reignite interest in planets and constellations that has been dampened by light pollution from street lamps that make the night sky hard to observe.

Google, which charges advertisers in its UK sites through a subsidiary based in Ireland saving it 100 million pounds a year in corporation tax, has not confirmed a launch date for ‘Star Droid’.

“There are lots of great applications being produced all the time so you will just have to watch this space,” a spokeswoman said.

According to Carolin Crawford, of Cambridge University’s institute of astronomy, “This innovation sounds like it could be really useful to help people learn what they are looking at. It will be interesting to see how much the camera on the phones will be able to pick up.”

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Worlds Fastest Camera reveiled

This is demonstrated by researchers about their camera. This is the world fastest camera with unimaginable speed. Their camera's "shutter speed" is just a half a billionth of a second, and it can capture over six million images in a second continuously.

Its "flashbulb" is a fast laser pulse dispersed in space and then stretched in time and detected electronically.

The approach will be instrumental in imaging fast-moving or random events, such as communication between neurons.

What is more, the camera works with just one detector, rather than the millions in a typical digital camera.

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Adamo by Dell

Adamo the new laptop by Dell now is available worldwide for getting an order. As said by google it was launched on same time march 17. Well Adamo is cool gadget available in in teo different colors white(pearl) and black(onyx).There are some additions to the features or specs when compared to Desire and Admire.

The main specs for the Admire version (Pricing: £1,649 / $1,999) will be:

1.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor with Centrino technology

Genuine Windows Vista® Home

Premium 64 bit 2GB 800MHz DDR3 dual-channel memory
128GB solid state drive

While for the Desire (Pricing: £2,249 / $2,699):

1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor with Centrino technology

Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium 64 bit
4GB 800MHz DDR dual-channel memory
128GB solid state drive
Mobile Broadband

While both the Admire and Desire will have the following shared features:

Super-thin 13.4-inch 16:9 (High Definition; 720p) WLED display
Full-size keyboard with back-lighting and scalloped, metallic key cap design
Integrated 1.3 megapixel camera and integrated digital microphone
IO: Display Port, USBx3 (1 eSATA combination), Audio Out and integrated RJ-45 port
Communications: Gigabit LOM, Bluetooth 2.1, 802.11n (3×3)
5+ hr battery life using Li-Polymer cells; 40 Whr
Compact power adapter
Dimensions: (w x d x h) 331 x 242 x 16.39 mm
Weight: 1.81 kg

Softwares that will come as standard for both will be the following:

Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9, Adobe® Flash Player, Dell Dock, McAfee SecurityCenter 30-day Trial, Dell Webcam Application, Dell Video Chat, Microsoft® Windows LiveTM , Dell Connect Point, Dell Quickset, Dell Touchpad

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Sony's new Cyber-shot DSC-G3

Sony's new Cyber-shot DSC-G3 is the first camera with its own Web browser, Wi-Fi connectivity, and 4GB of on-board storage. This camera is of 10 megapixel and costs around $500. The exciting feature of this camera is that it is having an Web browser. And also has some cool features like "one touch" wifi uploads.

Using wifi features of this gadget we can uplaod the pictures to picasam photobucket and other sites from the camera and also we can upload the videos to you tube.Damn this is too interesting for the people who likes to upload their pics in picasa or videos in youtube. This gonna reduce lot of effort for the uploading the pictures into internet from the camera.

Accoring review in pcworld Web browsing feature limited in several ways, not the least being a clumsy interface. You must delete and enter URLs character by character (no "select all" here), and with a small, somewhat slow touch-screen interface, that can become pretty frustrating. You can also upload only one file at a time--a batch-upload feature would have been great. The chief attraction to the wireless aspect of the DSC-G3 is clearly its simple photo-uploading ability; don't expect to be visiting all your favorite Web sites on this camera's browser.

The Cyber-shot DSC-G3 provides most of the features of its T700 cousin, including a smile-triggered shutter, face detection, and scene selections such as snow, fireworks, beach, a night mode, and a portraiture mode that supposedly softens the background while keeping the subject in focus

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MS500 speaker gives you music on the go

Sony Ericsson has released its first outdoor Bluetooth speaker, the MS500.
The cool feature of this is you can use your mobile for operating this music player for changing tracks, this happens by music player getting synchronized with the mobile device using bluetooth. It means i think it works only around 100 meters radius.

It's powered by two AA batteries and works within a 10 metre range of the device, working for up to five hours on one battery charge.

Hanging from the wrist

Sony Ericsson says: "The MS500 speaker is designed for the outdoor environment with a durable splash-proof shell and handy strap, which makes it perfect for attaching to a bag, or hanging from the wrist."
We beg the world to never hang this speaker anywhere while it is playing music, unless you have the written consent of everyone within a 100m radius. And even then perhaps think about not doing it.

But still we need to wait and watch for this device as it sounds funky and will be in different colors . It can be another unique gadget in their collection for the people who are fond of gadgets.

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Apple Ipod shuffle can Talk

Apple has introduced an new Ipod shuffle which is half the size of the previous model. They say the best thing is their new ipod shuffle gonna talk . I mean it can say the song title, play list etc.
“Imagine your music player talking to you, telling you your song titles, artists and playlist names,” said Greg Joswiak, vice president, product marketing, iPod and iPhone, Apple. “The amazingly small new iPod Shuffle takes a revolutionary approach to how you listen to your music by talking to you, also making it the first iPod Shuffle with playlists.”

iPod Shuffle can speak 14 languages including English, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish. It features up to 10 hours of battery life.

In this just by a press of a button you can operate everything on the ipod like song selection to hear the name of the song. May be this innovation take another mile stone towards the technology achievements. By i personally feel spending the extra money from your pocket just to listen the name of the song or playlist is not worthfull. Looking from an technology perspective definitely it is new big step from Apple.

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