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Intex 023GD Laptop PC
Intex Technologies, recently announced lauch of their Intex 023GD laptop PC powered by VIA C3, 1.2 GHz procesor which has a 14-inch TFT LCD screen.
A leading vendor of IT products, Intex Technologies India Ltd, is a Delhi based company catering to product categories such as PC speakers, cabinets, keyboards, mice, and headphones for range of desktop computers.
The Intex 023GD laptop is powered by VIA C3, 1.2 GHz processor and sports 256 MB DDR 266 SO-DIMM DDR RAM - expandable to 512MB, 40GB ATA 66 /100 hard disk, 14-inch TFT LCD XGA display with maximum 1024 x 768 resolution, and built-in DVD ROM + CD RW combo optical drive.
HCL VIA Notebook PC
HCL Infosystems introduced HCL VIA notebook powered by VIA C3 processor, early this year as part of their ‘HCL Leaptops’ brand of notebook PC for Indian market.
The HCL VIA notebook PC is powered by VIA C3 1.2 GHz Processor, VIA CLE266 chipset and features 256 MB DDR RAM (expandable upto 512 MB) with 40 GB hard disk drive and DVD-R + CD-RW combo optical drive.
Equipped with 14.1-inch XGA TFT with maximum resolution of 1024 X 768 pixel, the new HCL VIA notebook PC sports a lean dimensions of 315mm(W) x 255mm(D) x 39 (H)mm and wights only 2.5 kgs.
The new HCL VIA notebook PC come loaded with software specific to various segments like defense, corporate, retail, etc and the company will be providing customized solutions specific to each segment.
Nokia 2300 Mobile Phone For Entry-Level Indian Consumers
Targeted at the entry level Indian users, especially the youth, the Nokia 2300 mobile phone is available in two colors, viz. pink and grey. The Nokia 2300 offers some great audio features - like an FM radio, built-in polyphonic ringing tones, and a built-in handsfree speaker
The screen of Nokia 2300 itself is monochrome, but it can display several text lines, and the screen’s backlight color is light blue, steel (pastel blue). The Nokia 2300 mobile phone sports a number of different color covers available and two different keypads that can all be mixed and matched to create a number of different styles.
Nokia 2300 features keymat which has a 4-way scroll, enabling easy and fast access to messaging and gaming functions. New SMS features in Nokia 2300 can make text messaging more spam free by geting rid of unwanted messages with its SMS filter. Nokia 2300 also sports SMS counter and call timer to help keep cost in check.
Lenovo Z60m Thinkpad Widescreen Notebook PC
Lenovo Z60m Thinkpad, is the very thin and lightweight widescreen notebook PC which sports a 15.4-inches (40 cm) across WXGA TFT Wide screen and weighs about 3.5 kgs.
The Lenovo Z60m Thinkpad notebook is powered by Intel Centrino Mobile Technology, Intel Pentium M processor 740 (1.73 GHz, 2-MB L2 cache) and features 512-MB DDR2 (533 Mhz) SDRAM, 60-GB hard drive and a combo CD/DVD-RW combo drive. It also includes a Type II PC Card slot, one ExpressCard slot and a biometric fingerprint reader.
There is also a 3-in-1 built-in card reader, which supports the SD, Memory Stick and MultiMedia Card. The Lenovo Z60m notebook has two long and large stereo speakers strategically placed on either side of the keyboard.
LG RD 6330 CDMA Mobile Phone
LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd. has recently launched its new CDMA mobile phone, the LG RD 6330 moviefone, which features spontaneous video recording.
The new LG RD 6330 CDMA mobile phone comes with a VGA camera having 640X480 pixel resolution for still and video shooting with 4X digital zoom and built-in flash. The handset also features a 128×128-pixels colour display.
LG RD 6330 mobile phone sports many functions such as a voice-recorder, answering machine, voice dialling, 2,000 memory phonebook and scheduler.
The new LG’s CDMA mobile phone handset boasts of 2.5 hours of talk-time and 150 hours of standby time. The LG RD 6330 supports use of Hindi in SMS and also includes an appropriate dictionary. The phone allows high speed internet access via Reliance wireless network and is already available at all Reliance outlets.
Microsoft LifeCam VX-6000 and VX-3000
Microsoft has recently launched two new webcams, the LifeCam VX-6000 and LifeCam VX-3000 featuring a Live call button, which enable the users to connect with a buddy in his contact list with a single click.
The new LifeCam VX-6000 and the LifeCam VX-3000, according to Microsoft, are the next-generation Webcams are especially optimized for use with Windows Live Messenger. The new LifeCam VX-6000 and the LifeCam VX-3000 include a number of unique features, which include:
- Windows Live Call Button which is located at the top of each webcam brings up a list of buddies who are currently online and allows you to quickly place a video call.
- Buddy Picker is a tool that allows users to see and select from current online buddies
- LifeCam Dashboard which has been built right into the new Windows Live Messenger software provides easy access to controls such as pan, tilt and zoom
- One-touch blogging feature allows users to post LifeCam pictures directly into their Windows Live Space blogs.
Sony Ericsson K610im i-mode Phone
Sony Ericsson has announced its newest GSM/UMTS mobile phone, the K610im,� company’s first handset to offer full support for i-mode. Weighing just about 89 grams, the new K610im is equipped with a 176×220 pixel large display, 2.0 megapixel hi-resolution camera and 16-MB memory.
The i-mode is a wireless internet service developed by Japanese provider NTT DoCoMo which operates at 9.6 kbps and uses C-HTML, a subset of HTML.
The i-mode service delivers a whole new set of exciting and much faster mobile applications such as iMail, Video calling and iMMS and faster download speeds when browsing.
The i-mode capable Sony Ericsson K610im not only lets one access applications like Mail, Web browsing, Video calling and iMMS, it also lets one view websites especially designed for i-mode which gets delivered much faster than other mobile internet protocols. speeds.
The K610im mobile phone allows sending pictures captured by the onboard 2.0 megapicel camera via the i-mode by simply attaching it into emails and iMMS messages.
Nokia Launches 1110i Entry Level GSM Phone
Nokia has launched today their new entry level GSM mobile phone handset, Nokia 1110i targeted at the first-time-users looking for simple, intutive and cheap mobile phone without heavy features.
New Nokia 1110i design and functionality has been kept very simple and easy which includes ease-of-use, reliability, affordability and the intuitive user interface allowing easy adaptation by first-time-users. Its black and white user interface makes full use of graphical icons and large font sizes.
The Nokia 1110i also has few new cost management features, which includes a support for the ‘Nokia Prepaid Tracker’ to help user monitor their mobile phone usage, and other technological features which reduce the total cost of mobile ownership to the mobile phone users.
Weighing just about 80 grams, the new entry level Nokia 1110i mobile phone has a sturdy battery enabling talk time of up to over 5 hours and a standby time of up to 15 days in normal conditions.
Nokia 1110i will hit Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia markets the third quarter of 2006 and would sell for Rs. 2,600/- (plus taxes).
Samsung YH-J70 Portable Media Player
Samsung’s YH-J70 portable media player comes with 1.8-inch hard drives and its function includes a line-in live recording, a built in FM tuner, video and photo playback as well as 18 equilizer preset modes.
Equipped with a 20-GB, 1.8-inch hard drive, the YH-J70 has little 1.8-inch TFT colour display with 262K colours. The digital player support MP3, Windows Media Audio, Ogg Vorbis, WAV and Audio ASF. The Samsung YH-J70 also has the ability to playback Mpeg4 movies and display jpeg pcitures.
Weighing just about 136 grams the Samsung YH-J70 measures 62 x 99.8 x 16.4 mm. The navigation menu can be accessed through the two-way joystick.
With a dedicated line-in port, the MP3 player allows recording off any standard audio device, such as a CD player or Hi-Fi audio system.
Nokia 6151 Mobile Phone Launched
Nokia has today launched globally its new Nokia 6151 mobile phones which company claims is its most affordable 3G mobile phone handset till date.
Incorporating both multimedia and traditional mobile features and designed as an introductory model for 3G services, the new Nokia 6151 facilitates can handle functions like streaming multimedia audio and video content, as well as downloading of music and video.
The new Nokia 6151 features 3G connectivity, integrated 1.3-megapixel hi-resolution camera, 30-MB internal memory with microSD memory card slot for memory expansion, integrated digital music player, stereo FM radio tuner and Visual Radio and Bluetooth 2.0 and infrared (IR) wireless technology.
Nokia Unveiled 6275i CDMA Camera Phone
Nokia has unveiled its new Nokia 6275i CDMA mobile phones featuring integrated 2.0 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom and Bluetooth 2.0 and Infrared (IR) wireless connection technology.
Measuring just 4.3 inches long, 1.7 inches wide and .7 inches thick (109 x 42.8 x 17.2 mm), the new Nokia 6275i CDMA mobile phone weighs just about 105 g and has 21MB memory with optional removable microSD card for extra storage.
Wide Screen
A very sleek looking Nokia 6275i CDMA mobile phone features a high-resolution 262k color 240 x 320 pixel QVGA screen, Bluetooth wireless technology and a 2.0 megapixel camera with integrated flash and 4x digital zoom in landscape mode for Still imaging and video recording.
Toshiba Satellite L100-C430 Notebook PC
Toshiba has recently introduced their new notebook PC, Satellite L100-C430, powered by Intel Celeron M Processor 380, 1.6 GHz processor with a large 15-inch SuperView XGA Clear TFT screen.
The Intel Celeron M 1.6 GHz processor powered Satellite L100-C430 features 1-MB L2 cache, 400 MHz FSB, 256 MB DDR2 SDRAM, 60-GB serial ATA SATA hard drive, CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo and has Windows XP home edition preloaded along with Windows Office OneNote 2003 software and Toshiba ConfigFree tools.
Satellite L100-C430 is equipped with 15-inch XGA Clear Superview TFT display with ATI Radeon Xpress200M 128-MB VRAM which delivers maximum resolution of 1,024 x 768 with maximum 16.7 million colors.
The L100-C430 Satellite notebook PC has Lithium-ion battery which provides maximum of 1:50 hours of power.
Sony Unveils Alpha DSLR-A100
Sony has announced the launch of its first digital single lens reflex (DSLR) camera in India, Sony Alpha DSLR-A100, which features a 10.2 megapixel super HAD CCD image sensor and a unique autofocus viewfinder.
The Alpha DSLR-A100 digital camera is powered by 19 high-quality lenses and is compatible with a majority of the existing Konica-Minolta Maxxum mount lenses.
Sony DSLR-A100 digital camera’s 10.2 megapixel sensor is a Super HAD (Hole Accumulated Diode) CCD with Super SteadyShot OIS, anti-dust filters and vibration, and Bionz Image Processor hardware.
A Indium tin oxide coating on the DSLR-A100 camera’s CCD image sensor strongly repels static dust build-up, while each time the camera is turned-off an anti-dust feature gets activated that shakes off dust particles.
HP Pavilion dv1624TN Notebook PC With DVD Writer
Hewlett-Packard India recently intrduced new notebook PC in India, HP Pavilion dv1624TN which is powered by Intel Core Solo Processor and features a 14-inch WideScreen (WXGA) display with BrightView Technology and sports a slick black, silver and backlit blue exterior.
Intel Core Solo Processor T1300 (1.66 GHz) with Intel Centrino Mobile Technology powered HP Pavilion dv1624TN comes with 80GB Ultra DMA (ATA 100) hard drive, 512-MB RAM, an integrated 8X Double Layer (8.5 GB) DVD +RW/ +R Writer, inbuilt webcam, one touch HP QuickPlay for easy movie viewing, high-gloss BriteView 14 inch screen, and Aletc Lansing speakers.
The new HP Pavilion dv1624TN notebook PC also has 2 SODIMM slots which can be used to expand RAM to upto 2-GB. It comes with Windows XP - home edition preinstalled. For wireless connectivity, dv1624 notebook has integrated Bluetooth HP Module, IEEE 802.15 Standard and an integrated 802.11 a/b/g, Intel PRO Wireless 3945ABG Network interface.
Lenovo 3000 Q Desktop PC
Lenovo has announced launch of its new branded desktop PC in India, the Leveno 3000 Q, powered by Pentium 4 Processor with HT Technology and comes with Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 preinstalled.
The new Lenovo 3000 Q desktop PCs has a unique new features, the Jog Dial and Digital Media Platform, which allow a user to switch between music, movies, games or TV at the turn of the dial.
Lenovo 3000 Q also includes more unique features, such as a ‘One Touch Recovery’ option which allows the user to recover a PC to its last backed-up state, ‘Record Now software’ hotkey which allows burning data, music and video files easily into CD, VCD, and data CDs, the ‘Silent Operation’ function which puts the machine into Quiet Mode and reducing the noise heard from the machine.
