10 Amazing Chargers for Mobile Devices

Lots of mobile devices all around and very few charging points. Sometimes you need all your devices at a time and you are in a real jeopardy to decide which one should be charged first. Have a look at some awesome chargers which can juice up many of your mobile devices in one shot.

Product Ventures Flipit Plugless USB Charger:

Product Ventures Flipit Plugless USB Charger

Flipit Plugless USB Charger turns your one wall socket into two. It has a small plastic power tab that sits between the wall outlet and the plug and slips over another device's plug. This charger captures up to 1 amp of power from the outlet and cost $16.

 

Innergie Magic Cable Trio:

Innergie Magic Cable Trio

Innergie Magic Cable Trio sports an interlocking triple connection that includes micro USB, mini USB, and a 30-pin Apple connector along with a standard USB connector. Magic Cable Trio costs $20 and an extra $25 should be invested for the Innergie plug.

Newer Technology Power2U AC/USB Wall Outlet:

Power2U AC/USB Wall Outlet

This charger features two standard electrical wall sockets and two dual USB 2.0/3.0 ports. The outlet can be fixed in any standard 15A electrical circuit and will deliver the requires power to charge many of your devices like iPad, an MP3 player, a GPS, a digital camera, or anything else that charges through USB. This charger costs $40.

Emerge Technologies ReTrak Retractable iPad Charger:

ReTrak Retractable iPad Charger

ReTrak dual USB charger has a flip-out wall plug and a car charger along with a retractable USB cord with a 30-pin connector for Apple devices. There are two USB 2.0 ports on the charger: One for devices that needs up to 1 amp of power and the other to deliver up to 2.1 amps and comes with a price tag of $18.

Macally LP-PTCII:

Macally LP-PTCII

Macally LP-PTCII comes in a single unit and features three retractable plugs for North America, Europe, and the U.K and one 5V/1A USB port. This device can charge your iPad, iPhone and iPod, but the charging time is bit high as it delivers only 1 amp. The cost of this charger is $30.

 

Twelve South PlugBug 10W USB Charger:

South PlugBug 10W USB Charger

PlugBug turns the MacBook adapter into a dual laptop-USB device charger. It has a regular plug for your wall outlet on one side and a 5V/2.1A USB port in the back for your iPhone or iPad. This device will cost you $35.

  

Innergie mCube Mini 90:

Innergie mCube Mini 90

This world's smallest 90W car and airplane power adapter is compactable with lots of laptops and has has two USB ports, including a 5V/2A port for charging the iPad and other devices requiring more power. It comes with a $60 price tag.

 

 Monster Outlets To Go 300:

Monster Outlets To Go 300

Monster Outlets includes three AC outlets and two iPad-friendly 2 amp USB ports in one compact unit. Even though its looks don’t look that appealing its delivers sufficient amount to power to charge your devices and will cost you $19.34.

RCA PCHCLIPR:

RCA PCHCLIPR

This is a wall plate charger converts any 110V AC home outlet into a USB charging station. It has a rotating clip that can hold your device while it charges along with two USB ports, one with 2.1 amps for iPad.  On top of this RCA PCHCLIPR is capable of charging two smaller USB devices or can charge one tablet at a time. RCA PCHCLIPR costs $19.26.

Belkin Conserve Valet:

Belkin Conserve Valet

This is an eco friendly device as it draws zero power when it's not charging a USB device. It sports four USB ports. There is a start button to start charging and after unplugging the mobile devices the charger automatically stops drawing power again. This green tech charger costs $23.

Lenovo K800: First Intel Inside Smartphone

Lenovo launched its new Smartphone - K800, the first of its kind to run on Intel's 1.6GHz Medfield processor at CES 2012 in Las Vegas. With this new venture Intel is all set to make its entry into the Smartphone chip market.

Lenovo K800

Lenovo K800 smartphone come with a 4.5-inch a TFT display with 720p, Intel's 32-nanometer mobile chip dubbed Medfield, which is part of Intel's Atom line and runs on Android 4.0 OS.  The phone also has an 8 megapixel shooter with dual-LED flash and a front-facing camera for video calling, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, GPS connectivity and Wi-Di (Wireless Display), near-field communication (NFC) for mobile payments and a HDMI port. K800 is also able to stream video to TV sets equipped with Intel's Wireless Display technology.  This phone will be available in the market by the second quarter of this year; its price is not disclosed yet.

Motorola has also made deals with Intel to come up with smartphones and other devices having Intel processors. Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc CEO Sanjay Jha at the CES said that the company will have Intel-powered phones in testing this summer and ready for consumer hands a few months later.

Intel has also announced its plans with Google to make a worldwide architecture for Smartphone chips for Google’s Android based systems. Presently this market is ruled by ARM Holdings, producing chips with amazing performance. Intel’s entry into this field and its success will become quite visible in this year.

Asus Launches Affordable Tablet

Asus has launched a new tablet, Memo 370T in Consumer Electronic Show 2010 at Las Vegas. Memo 370T is powered by the new quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor, 1 GB of RAM, sports a 7 inch display and runs on latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS.

Asus Tablet

With all such specifications it is surly a Kindle killer tablet. Amazon’s Kindle turned the tablet market with its 7 inch Kindle Fire tablet at an affordable price in 2011.But now with the launch Asus Memo 370T there will be a tough competition for Kindle in the market.

The 7 inch display features 1,280x800 pixels of resolution and IPS (In-Plane Switching) technology which delivers smooth scrolling menus. This tablet looks bit similar to Acer Iconic Tab A100 but a bit thicker and weighs only 400 grams.

Other specification includes 16 GB of storage, 8 MP powerful camera, microSD slot, micro USB port and micro HDMI port, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 7 hours of battery backup. This tablet will be available in the second quarter of 2012 and is supposed to cost Rs. 13000.

5 Famous Desi Rock Bands in India

Incorporating Indian music elements and mainstream rock, Indian rock music has got its name in India’s popular music genre. Competing with India’s other popular northern and southern classical music; Indian Rock music has produced a number of rock bands and artists. Among the creative industries, music has a key role in both cultural and economic terms. Historically, 1980s had witnessed the rise of Indian Rock bands. Rock bands of India had come up with a paradigm of cultural shift in terms of economic values. Rock Machine, Easy Meat, Holocaust, Morgue, Dorian Platonic, Grassroots Revival, Phoenix and Dark Crusader are some of the earlier Indian Rock bands. 1990s witnessed the influence of Britpop, punk, thrash in the Indian Rock music styles. The Indian sub-genre of fusion also comes with a blend of rock music with ancient Indian music and it is known as the odd Indian style of rock.

Rock Bands

Today, there are a number of Indian rock bands in India which gives an ample opportunity for composers, performers, publishers, record companies and many other players in the creative industry.

1. Parikrama:

Parikrama

The Delhi-based Rock and Roll band was formed in the 1990s. Parikarama includes Nitin Malik (vocals), Sonam Sherpa (Guitar), Saurabh Chaudhary (Guitars), Chintan Kalra (Bass), Subir Malik (Keyboards), and Srijan Mahajan (Drums) in the group. The experimentation of sound with every possible music instruments has brought out a soul-manifesting outburst of sound in their performance. The band got fame for its astounding lyrics and the fusion of traditional and western-instruments in the music. Many of its songs such as ‘But it rained’ and ‘One’ address strong social issues.

2. Avial:

Avial

Named after the south Indian dish ‘Avial’, the band is originated from Kerala. Formed in 2003, the Avial band has its main foot on alternative rock music. The band shot to fame for merging the native Kerala folk music and alternative rock. Consists of Tony John (vocals), Rex Vijayan (guitars), Mithun Puthanveetil (drums), and Binny Isaac (bass), the uniqueness of the band is they focus on native language rock performances.

3. Thermal And A Quarter (TAAQ):

TAAQ

Formed as a college band in 1996 at Bangalore, TAAQ is famous for its original music. It was one of the first Asian music groups which made their music presented under Creative Commons (based in U.S.) which legally devoted to expand various varieties of creative works accessible for public. Currently it consists of three members- Bruce Lee Mani (Guitars / Vocals), Rajeev Rajagopal (Drums), and Prakash KN (Bass). Challenging various music classifications, TAAQ has encompassed different music styles from Carnatic to Jazz-funk.  It is renowned for being politically active and having a high social conscience.

4. Tripwire:

Tripwire

This Mumbai based Punk Rock band was formed in 2002. Their debut album ‘StandBy’ was released in 2009. Just like TAAQ, through their college musical fests, Tripwire established itself in the music world. The three men army of Amey (Vocals / Guitars), Jack (Drums / Electronics), and Shaggy (Bass / Vocals) already featured a number of series like, We are the Scene 1 & 2, Enter Exist Exit, and Stupid Ditties 2.

 

5. LBG (Little Babooshka’s Grind):

LBG

Though, in 1996, the Chennai based Little Babooshka’s Grind had came up, the band stopped performing other’s songs from 1999 and today they are well-known among Indian rock music world for merging different musicals and performing originals. Also their sound tracks are known for creating the bouncy and exciting music. Arjun Janakiram (Vocals / Guitars), Avneet Janakiram (Guitars), Aum Janakiram (Vocals / Bass), Hari Boskey (Keys), and Marky Spitnik (Drums) are the LBG members.