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BenQ Siemens Q-Fi EF71 Music Mobile Phone
The BenQ-Siemens has launched Q-fi EF71, one of the first mobile phones within BenQ-Siemens´ ‘Q-Fi’ range of music devices.
Equipped with a 10-band graphic equaliser hooked up to a pair of built-in 3D surround-sound speakers and fed by the company’s own music playback applications it lets you customize your music and allow users share their music with friends while on the go in fine quality.
BenQ Siemens Q-fi EF71 mobile phone feature easy-to-use music entertainment with easy access to music functions and a plug and play, all-in-one solution for mobile music lovers.
That makes Q-fi EF71 a fully-featured music phone with exceptionally stylish looks with its timelessly and high-quality aluminum surface. For easy access to music functions, dedicated music keys are integrated seamlessly into the surface while enhancing the appearance of the device.
HCL Introduce Laptop Custom Made For Indian Defense Forces
HCL Infosystems has unveiled a laptop custom designed to address the specific needs of Indian defence forces. The company says that these leaptops have rugged die-cast magnesium structural components, enabled with GPS hardware, ‘on-move’ chargeability and backlit keyboards to enable work in pitch-dark conditions.
Truly rugged, HCL leaptop can be just closed and dumped into trucks during base shifting and also works in case of a drop on the ground.
These leaptops can sustain 26 repeated drops onto plywood over concrete from a hight of over three feets.
Intel 865 Dual Core Series Motherboards Launched By Gigabyte
Gigabyte Technology (India) has launched three new 865 dual core motherboards; GA-8I865ME-775, GA-8I865GVMK-775 and GA-8I865GM-775, for the latest Intel Pentium 4
processor.
According to company, all three newly launched motherboards will offer unprecedented computing power and stability, for both home and corporate usage arounf Pentium 4 CPU.
Samsung Unveils India’s First Wide-Screen CDMA Mobile Phone
Samsung India has launched launched India’s first wide-screen CDMA mobile phone handset ‘Wideo’, packed with lots of multimedia features and options with a special Tata Indicom package made available exclusively for Tata Indicom customers
The new Samsung Wideo features include:
- 262K TFT horizontal swivel screen
- 1-mega pixel rotating camcorder with up to two hours of video recording
- Dual stereo speakers
- 3D gaming
- Advance MP3 player with Juke box
- Speaker phone
- Pen drive memory with 45MB storage space.
- Video Streaming
- 72 polyphonic / MP3 ring tones
- TV/DVD remote control
- Hindi SMS
- 11 MB memory for Games, phonebook etc.
- Free accessories : Standard 1000 mAh battery, Extended 1300 mAh battery, Cradle battery charger, Stereo Headset, Leather carry pouch & Travel Charger
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Domain Name Analyzer (V3.2) is a FREE Windows based software for finding the best domain names for your product or business. People refer to Domain Name Analyzer as the best software for searching domain names.
Highlights
Start checking for available domain names with a single click!- Domain Name Analyzer also allows you to Save Results for Future Use.
- Easy management of domain names through an easy interface and a ‘Domain Pad’ to keep track of very important or special domains.
- Generate domain names from a list of words and then have the software check them all.
- Domain Name Analyzer supports all generic top level domains (.com, .net, .org, etc.) and country code domains (.us, .de, .cc, .cd, .ws, .nu, .am etc.)
564 KB | Windows All | Download | Freeware
BenQ FP72V, a new 17-inch Stylish LCD Monitor
BenQ has launched a 17-inch FP72 V LCD monitor designed for the Indian home market. The new 17-inch LCD monitor is specifically designed for family use, which typically involves playing digital music, playing videos, e-learning, instant messaging and communicating with friends and relatives.
The new 17-inch LCD offers several features that address the needs of the family at home environment, including automatic brightness adjustment, detachable web camera for flexible placement, flexible height settings, and wide viewing angles for sharing content.
According to company press release, the new FP72V offers a “family friendly” feature set that was designed with four concepts in mind: Comfort, Share, Hands-on Fun and Novelty.
LG Lauches 8GB MFJM53 HDD MP3 Player
LG has launched a new 8GB MFJM53, a multifunction personal digital MP3 media player with FM radio.
The LG 8GB HDD MP3 player, meant to compete with the iPod, has several features that gives it the advantage.
The MFJM53 has an 8GB drive, a 1.77-inch 128×160 pixel (262,144-colour) touch-sensitive OLED screen, and measures a slight 10.1 x 4.8 x 1.4cm, weighing 88g.
In addition to playing MP3 files, the new LG MFJM53 can handle PlaysForSure WMA files, WAV, Ogg, MPEG-4 AVI, and JPEG files.
The tiny looking gadget also has an powerful FM radio, built-in microphone, and line-in port for audio recording, and company is boasting of up to about 30 hours of music playback or 4 hours of video on a built-in rechargable battry.
Microsoft Plans To Launch ‘Xbox 360′ Around Diwali 2006
Microsoft India today announced its plans to launch its next generation video gaming and entertainment system ‘Xbox 360′, in India later this year around Diwali and would set up a retail network for its distribution across 7 cities.
Mitch Koch, Microsoft Entertainment and Devices division, told reporters that Microsoft’s next generation gaming console ‘Xbox 360′ will be available for pre-order starting in June 2006, though actual delivery would commence by Nov or Dec 2006.
The company would set up 1,200 retail centres across 7 cities, including four metros, in the country, he said.
Download - ImTOO 3GP Video Converter v3.1
The ImTOO 3GP video converter, is a powerful 3GP converter for mobile phone handsets, can convert all sorts of video formats like AVI to 3GP, MPEG to 3GP.
ImTOO 3GP Converter can also convert H.264, RM, MP4, MOV, WMV, MPEG, AVI to 3GP file or convert 3GP video clip to AVI and MPEG. You can use it to convert MPEG or AVI to 3GP video clip and play them in Motorola, Nokia mobile phone or other software 3GP player.
Key features
- Convert AVI to 3GP, 3G2, MPEG-4 format file - 3GPP video converter and encoder
- Convert MPEG to 3GP, 3G2, MPEG-4 format file
- Convert AVI to MPEG format file
- Convert MPEG to AVI file
- Extract audio from 3GP, AVI, MPEG file and encode to MP3 or WAV
13.6MB | Windows (All) | Download | Shareware
Toshiba Unveils Qosmio G30 Notebook Powered by Intel Core Duo Processor
Toshiba Corporation, launched Qosmio G30 Notebook Powered by Intel Core Duo Processor which is perhaps world’s first notebook PC with HD DVD-ROM drive.
Speaking on the occasion, company’s Computer Systems Division Manager (South Asia) Ivan Kam said that the new version Qosmio G30 is the latest model of Toshiba’s flagship ‘Four-in-one’ audio-video entertainment notebook with state-of-the-art product.
Powered by an Intel Core Duo Processor the Qosmio comes Microsoft Windows XP Media Center preinstalled. It features a built in HD Digital TV tuner as well as an analog TV tuner. You can view and record independently from either of the two tuners.
HP Launches Pavilion dv8216TX Centrino DUO Notebook
Hewlett-Packard India unveiled new notebook, HP Pavilion dv8216TX which is based on Intel Core Due processor and comes with with a ultra BrightView widescreen, dual hard drives (2 x 80GB) and 17″ Ultra BrightView Widescreen with High Color Gamut technology
The new HP Pavilion dv8216TX notebook also features nVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 Discrete video processing frees the PC to run multiple applications simultaneously, 1GB of memory. It comes equipped with features such as HP QuickPlay Direct, a Next Generation ExpressCard Remote Control and LightScribe, which allows users to laser etch silk-screen labels on their CDs in one go.
ATI Releases Radeon Xpress 1100 Series Chipsets For Notebooks
Graphics card vendor ATI Tech has announced the introduction of the new Radeon Xpress 1100 series of chipsets aimed at providing longer battery life and better performance for today’s notebook computers.
The latest Radeon Xpress 1100 chipsets for notebooks from ATI promises support for AMD Turion 64 X2 technology, better battery life, a 33 percent faster graphics core, and support for Microsoft Windows Vista.
The ATI Radeon Xpress chipset deals with Mobile AMD Sempron, Mobile AMD Athlon 64, AMD Turion 64, AMD Turion 64 X2 processors, complying with Advanced Power Management settings.
Download - AMCap 9.08 build 68.2
AMCap is a small yet fully functional video capture and preview application compatible with Microsoft DirectShow (formerly ActiveMovie, hence the name). It is based on the sample AMCap source code from the Microsoft DirectX 9 SDK.
The VMR9 option enables support for the multi-monitor, zooming, aspect ratio and deinterlacing features (Microsoft DirectX 9.0 required.)
Download - Norton Ghost 10
‘Norton Ghost’ provides options for automatically backup and recover everything on your computer.
Save the stuff you care about with the new Norton Ghost. From photos and music to tax documents, Norton Ghost 10.0 automatically backs up and recovers everything on your computer. Reliable, efficient, and versatile, Norton Ghost optimizes backup space, works with a wide range of media devices, and brings back your entire system in a few short steps.
One can protect every bit of data and files including photos, music, videos, historical documentsetc by making a automatic backup of computer’s entire hard disk. Not only backups can be scheduled, at any time you can easily restore individual files, folders, or your entire computer.
Highlighted Features and Benefits
- Save everything you care about
- Automatic backup and recovery
- Restore from system failures
- Data encryption
- Better tools for managing backed-up data
44.9 MB | Windows all | Download | Shareware
ASUS India Announces W3J Notebook
Asus India today unveiled its new W3J notebook powered by Intel’s dual-core Duo processor. The 14″ W3J notebook is its second product in the wide-screen category in the Indian market.
Company claims that the new W3J notebook is an ideal answer to the needs of gamers who want to experience gaming along with portability. In addition, the new notebook allows business users to view larger spreadsheets and presentations on its wide screen.
Powered with the latest dual core technology from Intel, the W3J enables users to simultaneously run demanding applications, such as running virus scan while talking on Skype and surfing the Web.
