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Sony Ericsson announces XPERIA X10 Android phone

November 5th, 2009

se-xperia-x10Sony Ericsson is the latest phonemaker to officially enter the Android arena. The manufacturer has unveiled the XPERIA X10 Android smartphone. Though it won’t come with Android 2.0, and just the version 1.6 Donut. It is powered by a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, the X10 boasts a 4″ WVGA capacitive touchscreen display, an 8.1 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, GPS with GSM/GPRS/EDGE in addition to either UMTS/HSPA. This will be dependent on where in the world you are and what networks will be releasing it.

The X10 will boast 1GB of onboard memory and Sony Ericsson will be kindly throwing in a 8GB microSD. Like the Motorola Cliq (or Dext) which launched with its own bit of customised Android facelift known as the MOTOBLUR, the X10 too has its own overlaying customised UI known as the Rachel. The Rachel UI will boast two Sony Ericsson apps known as Timescape and Mediascape, more info in the press release below and as you will have imagined, alot of Google pre-loaded apps. The XPERIA X10 will be available from Q1 2010 in Sensuous Black and Lustre White.

Camera

  • 8.1 megapixel camera
  • Up to 16x digital zoom
  • Auto focus
  • Intelligent face recognition features
  • Geo tagging
  • Image and video stabilizer
  • Photo and video light
  • Send to web (photo and video upload)
  • Smile detection
  • Touch focus
  • Video recording
  • Recent shot tray

Music

  • Album art
  • Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
  • Media player
  • Music tones (MP3/AAC)
  • PlayNow™
  • TrackID™

Web

  • Bookmarks
  • Google™ search (from standby)
  • Web feeds
  • WebKit web browser

Communication

  • Sony Ericsson Timescape™
  • Speakerphone
  • Vibrating alert

Messaging

  • Conversations
  • Email
  • Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync®
  • Picture messaging (MMS)
  • Predictive text input
  • Text messaging (SMS)

Design

  • Auto rotate
  • Gesture control
  • Picture wallpaper
  • Touchscreen

Entertainment

  • 3D games
  • Media browser
  • Infinite button
  • Video streaming
  • Video viewing
  • YouTube™

Organiser

  • Alarm clock
  • Calculator
  • Calendar
  • Flight mode
  • Infinite button
  • Office suite
  • Phone book with dialer
  • World clock…….and other function we can not define here.

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Access Your Google Docs and Calendar in Gmail

November 4th, 2009

After all the enjoyment and masti last evening, I guess all are back to work. Here’s news for all the extensive  gmail  users. This week Gmail Labs introduced 2 new features  i.e. Google Docs and Google Calendar to its Gmail window. These featuresenables Gmail user to access  google calender and Docs without opening the hosted application.

Like Mail Goggles, these two features are still under testing phase hence to access them you need to enable these features first. According to Google’s engineers with these features Gmail users can see recently accessed Google Docs and also gets event alerts within Gmail.

Google Calendar and Docs are two of the highly requested features. Though opening Google calendar or docs is easy but access within Gmail is a time-saving feature. Moreover you get Calendar notification, which automatically alerts user of its coming event or meeting.

Once enabled, you can see these features in the sidebar below the labels application. Along with these features Google Labs released another feature called as “Add any gadget by URL”. With the help of this feature you can add any gadget by pasting in the URL of its XML spec file.

Truly speaking I have already enabled these two latest features and I feel they are worth enabling. I personally liked the Google Docs feature as it makes my daily work quick and easy. What you have to say about these features, use the comment section and please feel free to share it with me.

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Optical meter with latest laser exploration launched

November 2nd, 2009

1255923574920_Optical Power Meter with Latest Laser Exploration and Processing Technology_tGAO COMM has launched its integrated optical power meter using the latest laser exploration and processing technology.It is aimed at servicing optical network maintenance, equipment research and development. This high performance optical power meter is widely used to test LANs, wide-area networks (WANs), metropolitan networks, CATV or long-distance fiber networks.
The portable optical power meter, model 800, tests optical power within the wavelength ranges of 800nm to1600nm in μW, dB and dBm. It is able to distinguish fiber type, accurately test fiber loss, check fiber continuity and evaluate the transmission quality of a fiber chain. This easy-to-use optical power meter supports both linearity and non-linearity tests, as well as fiber optic power.The tester has a high resolution LCD screen for direct, clear results display. FC, ST and SC adapters are available.

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how can we maximize the battery performance?

November 2nd, 2009

Daily Usage Threat

  • If you have a new battery (A new laptop) it comes in a discharged condition and must be charged before use. Upon initial use (or after prolonged storage period) the battery may require two to three charge/discharge cycles before achieving maximum capacity.
  • Do not leave your battery dormant for long periods of time. It’s recommend using the battery at least once every two to three weeks. If a battery has not been used for a long period of time, perform the new battery procedure described at above point.
  • If the battery is not going to be used for more than a month, it is recommended that it be removed from the device and stored in a cool, dry, clean place.It is normal for a battery to become warm during charging and discharging.A charged battery will eventually lose its charge if unused. It may therefore be necessary to recharge the battery after a storage period.
  • Keep Your Batteries Clean, it’s a good idea to clean dirty battery contacts with a cotton swab and alcohol. This helps maintain a good connection between the battery and your laptop.
  • Charging Threat

    If you, on a regular basis, fully charge your battery and then use only 50% of its capacity before the next recharge, eventually the battery will become unaware of it’s extra 50% capacity which has remained unused. Your battery will remain functional, but only at 50% of its original capacity.

The way to avoid the dreaded “memory effect” is to fully cycle your battery at least once every month. Batteries can be discharged by unplugging the device’s AC adapter and letting the device run on the battery until it ceases to function. This will ensure your battery remains healthy. Ni-Mh and Li-Ion batteries do not suffer the memory effect.

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Wi Fi Umbrella

November 1st, 2009

2277The high-tech brolly allows you to take pictures with a built-in camera. These can be uploaded to Flickr via a wireless internet connection and within two minutes you can watch downloaded photo-streams on your umbrella screen with a simple wrist-snapping movement.
Invented in Tokyo the Pileus umbrella also has GPS and a digital compass, which uses Google Earth to help you navigate yourself around the world. They are working on incorparating a video camera as well.

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