RIM Unveiled White Blackberry Bold 9900

RIM has unveiled its pure white Blackberry Bold 9900 Smartphone in India. RIM claims this phone is the thinnest Blackberry handset yet with a thickness of 10.5mm only. The new white Blackberry is crafted with finest equipment that includes brushed stainless steel frame which gives an excellent look.

Blackberry Bold 9900

Blackberry Bold 9900 is powered by Blackberry 7 OS introducing next generation Blackberry browser which is much faster and easier. The key features of Blackberry Bold 9900 are: it’s amazing 2.8 inch touch display, QWERTY keypad and Optical trackpad, which makes messaging much easier and faster, RAM memory is 768MB, high performance QC 8655 1.2GHz processor, camera is 5 Mega Pixels that comes with Auto Focus and LED Flash, the other camera features are Geo-tagging, Face detection and Image stabilization. It is equipped with 1230 mAh Li-Ion battery, integrated GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Also the Smartphone supports NFC or Near Field Communication which is a new technology that enables exciting features such as mobile payments and can pair with NFC- enables accessories and smart tag reading or writing; also supports high speed HSPA+ data. The internal phone memory is 8GB and can expandable upto 32GB.

Through Blackberry Bold 9900, users can download as many apps they wants to from the App World. However, the Smartphone has some pre-installed apps such as Blackberry Project, which deals with the phone’s security; Blackberry Technology, which would help the users to keep separate their work and personal life; also the users can access to Amazon’s huge music library; then professional apps like PowerPoint, Excel, and word documents; social feeds and the Blackberry Messenger. The available price of this device in Indian market is Rs. 34, 990.

According to the users review, the new Blackberry Bold 9900 Smartphone is good and have its own entity to be competitive. The users prefer Blackberry because of its email, messenger and security. However, Samsung’s Google Nexus S having NFC (Near Field Communication) technology and priced at Rs. 30, 400 will be the closest competitor of the new NFC enabled   Blackberry 9900.

Dell Introduces Gaming PC -Alienware Aurora R4

Dell’s subordinate Alienware introduced new gaming PC which is Alienware Aurora R4. According to Dell Aurora R4 is the most advanced gaming PC so far.

This high-end gaming PC has got ample specifications, such as: Intel’s 2^nd generation core i7 3000 series Six core processor; Intel X79 Express Chipset with Unlocked BIOS; advanced GPUs configured with 1GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon HD 6870, 2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon HD 6950, Nvidia GeForce GTX 560Ti and Nvidia GeForce GTX 580; Memory options of 8GB or 16GB Quad Channel 1600MHz DDR3; 2TB Hard Drive options; 256GB and 512GB SSD options and also includes single and dual Blu-ray Disc Reader and Burner. It also has liquid CPU cooling and powered by 875-Watt power supply.

Alienware Aurora R4

The gaming PC has good audio options that includes Waves MAXX audio software, Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio and Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium. It has automatic lighting motorized by a separate rechargeable battery that turns on even if it’s not connected with the main power and the external lighting has eight different “alien effect” zones around the framework

Alienware claims that the upholding and the advancement of Aurora R4 are easy to use and comfortable. The available price of Alienware Aurora R4 in Indian market is Rs. 1, 25,000 to Rs. 2, 00,000.

According to the users review, the specifications offered by Alienware Aurora R4 are amazing but too expensive to afford. However, ASUS which suits best for PC gaming also offers high-quality features like liquid cooling, Intel core processor and supports Nvidia, ATI and Microsoft’s DirectX11 at a better price range.

Is Lenovo Launching Quad-core Tablet PC?

Lenovo is planning to launch Le Pad Tablet PC by 2012, reports Digitimes. After the introduction of Lenovo Le Pad Tablet on 23^rd August, Lenovo is planning to come out with a Quad-core Le Pad or Le Pad Tablet PC.

Lenovo

As per the report, the forthcoming tablet PC is going to hit the market on early 2012. The former Le Pad Tablet has Nvidia Tegra 2 dual core processor but this time Lenovo included Quad-core processor. Earlier Lenovo has introduced Android 3.1 Honeycomb, active digitizer stylus, IPS screen, storage up to 64GB in its ThinkPad Tablet which is also very eye catchy.  So it’s assumed that the upcoming Tablet PC will also bring success in the market. However, the Le Pad Tablet PC features and price are not yet mentioned.

Quad-core means four-Core Processors for example AMD Phenom II X4, Nvidia Tegra 3 and Intel Core i7. Dual-core processor will soon take a back seat because of Quad-core processor’s high performance. There are many upcoming devices equipped with Quad-core processor. Some of those devices are: HTC Edge, Samsung Galaxy SIII, and then Apple also testing with Quad-core processor in iPhone5. ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime Tablet will be out in the market by the end of 2011 which claims to be the first Quad-core processor so far. It can assume that if these all devices make their moves by 2012 then they would become the competitor of Lenovo Le Pad Tablet PC which has included Quad-core processor.

According to the report, sales of Lenovo’s Tablet are about 8.4 percent which just standing after Apple’s iPad in China and with the upcoming launch of Quad-core processor Tablet PC Lenovo plans to acquire more market in his home land.

Software Bug in Nokia Lumia 800: Affects Battery Performance

The entry of Nokia into the Smartphone market faced its first jolt when it got comments from customers from different social media stating that some Lumia 800 devices is showing lower battery capacity than expected.  After doing and immediate research on the matter the company accepts that there is a software problem in certain variants of Lumia 800 which is preventing the phones ability to access full battery capacity. They state that there are no issues with the battery or the hardware.  Nokia says the problem persists only in the Lumia 800 and not in the cheaper Lumia 710.

Nokia Lumia 800

 

Nokia confirms this to be a software bug which can be fixed easily and they plan to release the updated software by early 2012 which will also include many new enhanced applications for the device. Company also underlines the fact that they are ready to give replacement for those who do not want to wait for the software update.

Indian customers will be least affected by this bug as Nokia Lumia 800 reached Indian market a few days back and the shipment is just commenced. Nokia spoke person says “The units we are selling in India are from fresh stock and don't have any battery bug”.

Nokia’s effort to keep up its pride in the mobile handset market is struck with another blow now. But as for now the problems are identified, accepted and solutions are on the way, so the hope remains that the issues will be dissolved in 2012.

Ultrabook: The Next Generation Laptops

Ultraportable laptops having a sleek, compact and light weight design combined with a superior computing speed is estimated to be the next generation of tablet computers.  Intel claims that the new form of computer notebook will replacing the laptops and will change the face of computing by 2013. Intel South Asia's Director of Marketing Sandeep Aurora says "Our focus for next few years is going to be on energy efficiency, security and connectivity. Ultrabook as category was launched this year. This will change face of computing in next two to three years,"

Ultrabook

 The Intel patented Ultrabook came into existence to compete with the Apple MacBook Air over everything from price to processing power. Ultrabooks are made out of aluminum and fiber glasses; they are less than half an inch in thick and weigh around one kilogram. Ultrabooks are available with Core i3, Core i5 and i7 along with Windows OS and within a price range of Rs. 44000 to Rs. 90000.

Asus Zenbook UX 31, HP Folio 13, Asus UX 21, Lenovo IdeaPad U300S, Acer Aspire S3 and Toshiba Portage Z830 are the leading Ultrabooks in the market. All of them have Core i5 or i7 except Toshiba Portage Z830 which makes it lag a bit the consumer market. Asus Zenbook UX 31 and Lenovo U300S top the preference chart due to its sketched specifications and battery life.

Ultrabooks are meant for long standby life, quick boot, instant on wake up time, good performance, good battery life and can be carried like an envelope. The initial crop of Ultrabook has satisfied all the above criteria which include every aspect of a desirable portable device and have gained an expected level of satisfaction and therefore the Ultrabooks futures looks promising.