Month: June 2010

Nokia C2 Dual-SIM Phone Specifications

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Nokia C2 gold

Nokia has today announced two affordable dual-SIM phones targeting the users in the developing countries like India. Nokia C1 and Nokia C2 are the new entrants in the Nokia C series after Nokia C3 and Nokia C6.

Nokia C2 supports dual-SIM mode, the two SIM cards can be used simultaneously. It features a 1.8-inch color screen display with a Symbian Series 40 (S40) UI, VGA camera, Music player and FM radio, microSD card slot support up to 32GB, Nokia OVI life Tools and Nokia Ovi Mail, Bluetooth and above all, an unique “hot-swappable” SIM card feature.

Nokia C2 Pictures:

Nokia C2 blueNokia C2 Red

Nokia C2-00 Full Specifications:

Dimensions 108 x 45 x 14.7 mm
Weight 74 g
Display – 1.8” TFT 65K colors
– 128 x 160 pixels
Camera – VGA camera
– 640 x 480 pixels
Memory Up to 32GB microSD
Network – 900 / 1800 (SIM-1)
– 900 / 1800 (SIM-2)
Connectivity – Bluetooth 2.0
– microUSB
– GPRS class 12
– 3.5 mm audio jack
Audio formats MP3 / WAV / AAC+
Features – Dual SIM
– Hot-swappable external SIM*
– Stereo FM radio with FM recording feature
Battery Standard Li-Ion battery BL-5CB
Talk time Up to 10 hrs 40 mins
Stand-by time Up to 504 hrs
Colors Dynamic Gray, Jet Black, Magenta, Dark Blue, Snow White
Availability Expected released Q4 of 2010.

[*] The 1st SIM card slot is placed beneath the batter, while the second SIM card is ‘”hot-swappable”, which means that the second SIM card can be removed and inserted keeping the phone is switched on.

Price And Availability:

The price of the Nokia C2 dual-SIM phone in Europe is estimated at EUR €45 sans the VAT charges. The price of Nokia C2 in India can be expected around Rs. 2700 to Rs. 3000 INR. The phone will be available only in the fourth quarter of 2010 (Q4).

Sanyo Xacti DMX-CA 100 World’s First Waterproof HD Camcorder

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Sanyo DMX CA100 waterproof

Sanyo has released the world’s first waterproof full HD camcorder Sanyo Xacti DMX-CA100. The camcorder can be used underwater up to a depth of 3 meters for filming a full HD video (1920 x 1080 pixels) up to 60 mins length for capturing still photos with its 14 Megapixels camera.

The camera is coming with High-Speed Sequential Shooting (HSS) feature

Features:

– Captures high resolution 14 mega-pixel photos

– The “High-Speed Sequential Shooting (HSS)” feature can enable capturing up to 22 photos at 7 frames per second.

– Sanyo’s exclusive “Double Range Zoom” to capture distant objects easily using 12x Telephoto

– Digital Image STabilizer and Face Chaser Function

– Mini HDMI terminal

– Eye-Fi card compatibility

Sanyo DMX-CA100 Pictures:

Sanyo DMX CA100

Sanyo DMX-CA100 Specifications:

Dimensions 92 x 40.8 x 123 mm
Weight 242 g
Effective Pixel – 14.30 Megapixels (Photo)
– 11.90 Megapixels (in Full HD or HD mode)
– 14.30 Megapixels (in SD mode)
Image Sensor 1/2.33 inch CMOS sensor, Approx. 14.40 MP
Video format MPEG-4 AVC/H.264
Digital Zoom Approx 10x while shooting
Memory – Internal: 50 MB
– SDHC memory card up to 32GB*
– SDXC memory card up to 64GB
LCD display 2.7” TFT color widescreen LCD display
Interface Video: Mini HDMI/Composite video (NTSC/PAL)
USB 2.0
Battery Standard Li-Ion battery, 700 mAh
Battery Life – 60 mins (continuous Full-HD mode)
– 210 mins (continuous playback)
– 210 shots in case of photos
Colors Yellow, Pink & Black

[*] With a 32GB SD memory card, you can record a Full HD video up to 4 hrs, and can take still photographs of 8,800 at 10M or 45,200 at 2M resolution.

Price And Availability:

The price of Sanyo Xacti DMX-CA100 hasn’t been announced officially. The camera is expected to hit the markets at the end of June 2010.

Motorola FLIPOUT Full Specifications

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Motorola logo

Motorola has announced new Motorola FLIPOUT with MOTOBLUR, a new social networking Android phone with design similar to the Kin One from Microsoft.

The phone features a QWERTY keyboard (hidden behind the screen), 2.8-inch TFT touchscreen, 3 MP camera with digital zoom, 512 MB internal memory with a bundled 2GB microSD card, 3G connectivity, A-GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi etc. with an added feature called MOTOBLUR.

MOTOBLUR synchronises all your friends, emails, messages, Facebook / MySpace / Twitter feeds with continuous updates via message widgets.

Motorola Flipout Pictures:

Motorola FLIPOUT with front open

Motorola Flipout with L part open

Motorola FLIPOUT Full Specifications:

Dimensions 67 x 67 x 17 mm
Weight 120 g
Display – 2.8” QVGA TFT touchscreen
– 320 x 240 pixels
– Rotator QWERTY keyboard
Camera – 3.15 Megapixels, 256K colors
– 2048 x 1536 pixels
– Digital zoom
Memory – Internal: 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
– External: Up to 32GB microSD card
Operating System Android 2.1 (Eclair)
Processor 700 MHz TI OMAP3410 processor
Network – 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 (2G)
– HSDPA 900 / 2100 (3G)
Connectivity – 3G (HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, HSUPA 2 Mbps)
– Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
– Bluetooth 2.1
– microUSB 2.0
– A-GPS
– 3.5 mm audio jack
Audio & Video formats – AAC,  AAC+,  AAC+ Enhanced,  AMR NB,  MP3,  WMA v9
– Capture/Playback/Streaming, H.264,  MPEG4,  WMV v9
Extras – Facebook, MySpace, Twitter apps
– Accelerometer sensor
– MOTOBLUR UI v1.5
Battery Standard Li-Ion 1170 mAh battery
Talk and Standby Time – Up to 4 hrs 35 mins (3G)  / Up to 6 hrs (2G)
– Up to 377 hrs (3G) / Up to 365 hrs (2G)
Colors White, Fairway Green, Poppy Red, Raspberry Crush, Brilliant Blue, Licorice, Saffron
Availability Expected release in June 2010

Price And Availability:

Motorola FLIPOUT will be rolled out into the mobile markets in this month itself. Motorola hasn’t yet announced the price of the phone. Price details will be updated after the official word on pricing.

ATI Catalyst 10.5 WHQL Display Driver [Downloads]

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AMD has recently released monthly release of ATI catalyst for the month of May 2010. ATI Catalyst provides drivers and other essential system software for ATI products such as ATI Radeon graphics processors, AMD chipsets, and other multimedia products.

The new version (Windows® Hardware Quality Labs, WHQL-signed) 10.5 hosts many feature enhancements, along with routine important bug fixes.

New In ATI Catalyst 10.5 Versions:

1. Added support for 120 Hz displays for the ATI Radeon HD 4000 Series and ATI Radeon HD 3000 Series.

2. Enhancement to ATI Overdrive: Overdrive now offers full support for over-clocking functionality on ATI Radeon HD graphics accelerators connected to multiple display configurations.

Resolved Issues for Windows OS:

1. “Battlefield 2: Bad Company” maps will no longer take longer times to load
2. Fixed text and on-screen menu corruption if hardware shaders is enabled while loading missions in “IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946” game.
3.Fixed the warning message “Catalyst Control Center is not supported…” that arises when you try to re-login to a system after a Remote Desktop connection.
4. HDTV resolutions are now being reported properly by the tooltip.

Official Download Page Link:

Download ATI Catalyst 10.5 WHQL Radeon display drivers for Windows 7 , Windows Vista & Windows XP (32-bit & 64-bit) from the following link.

ATI Catalyst 10.5 WHQL Display Driver

Realtek High Definition Audio Driver R2.48

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Realtek audio driver logo

Realtek has released update to the High Definition Audio Driver, the new version of driver package is R2.48.

Realtek HD audio codec contains ALC882 series 7.1+2 Channel HD audio codec with UAA and DACs for ensuring high performance.

Additional Features In  Driver R2.48:

1. HDMI device WHQL Support: ATI HDMI devices

2. Operating Systems supported: Microsoft Windows XP / 2000 / Windows Server 2003 / Vista / Windows Server 2008 / Windows 7 (x86 & x64)

3. Package coming with Microsoft High Definition Audio UAAV1.0a(5013)

Download

File Size:

Windows 7/ Vista (32 or 64 bits) ZIP file – 60.33 MB

Windows 2000/ XP/ 2003 (32 or 64 bits) ZIP file – 30.08 MB

Download Realtek HD Audio Driver R2.48

Microsoft Download Manager [Downloads]

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Microsoft logo

There are enough number of download managers available already. But I have a reason to checkout this one, it is that this one is coming from Microsoft. Microsoft Download Manager does what it’s supposed to do: download files, managing multiple downloads etc.

This download manager has been specifically built to manage file downloads from Microsoft websites in a more reliable way.

You need to add the URL of the file to start the download:

Add a download in Microsoft Download ManagerMicrosoft Download manager completed download

Sometimes you may get errors like these while downloading files from non-Microsoft websites:

Microsoft Download Manager error

Overall, you may just use it if you are one of those who download a lot from Microsoft websites.Also note that download man

Download Microsoft Download Manager (MSDownloadManager.msi, 1.1 MB, direct link)

LG Town GT350 Full Specifications

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LG Town GT350 is the first among new Town series phones from LG. This is a mid range messaging phone targeted mainly at youth with QWERTY keyboard and social networking integration. Live updates from social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter & Orkut will appear in real time on the home screen.

Other features of the phone include a sliding-out full QWERTY keyboard, 3-inch WQVA touchscreen display, 2 MP camera, Bluetooth and a microSD support up to 8GB.However, the phone is still lacking 3G connectivity.

LG Town GT350 Pictures:

LG Town GT350

LG Town GT350 Full Specifications:

Dimensions 107.5 x 52.5 x 15.9 mm
Weight 125 g
Display – 3” WQVA touchscreen, 256K colors
– 240 x 400 pixels
– QWERTY keyboard
Camera – 2 Megapixels
– Res: 1600 x 1200 pixels
– Video rec: QVGA, 12fps
Memory – Internal: 56 MB
– External: Up to 8 GB microSD
Network 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 (2G)
Connectivity – Bluetooth 2.0
– microUSB 2.0
Audio & Video formats – MP3/AAC+ player
– MP4/H.263 player
Extra features – Stereo FM radio & FM transmitter
– Social networking integration
Battery Standard Li-Ion battery, 950mAh
Talk time Up to 440 hours
Stand-by time Up to 5 hours 30 mins
Colors Aqua blue, Purple, Light Silver, Black
Availability Expected in July 2010

Price And Availability:

LG Town GT350 price hasn’t been announced yet. The price of the phone will be updated here when the phone makes its official debut in European markets in July 2010.

Via [LG Press Release]

Open Command Prompt From Any Folder In Windows 7

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Open command window here option in Windows 7 using shift plus right-click

Last month we have written about how to copy the path of a file or folder to clipboard in Windows 7. And now, here is another handy tip for Windows 7 users to open command prompt in any folder. This requires no extra software to be installed. It’s actually s built-in feature that many of us don’t really know.

Use Shift + Right-Click on any folder and you will find an option “Open command window here”.

Click on the option to open command prompt window in that particular folder

Command prompt opened in folder

This is an especially useful time saver when you use command prompt a lot to execute commands or for performing some tweaks in Windows.This trick also works in Windows Vista.

If you know more tips like this, you can let us know through your comments.

Acer Liquid E Ferrari Smartphone Special Edition Unleased: Full Specs

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Acer is releasing special edition of Liquid e smartphone as a mark to the 800th Formula One race. The Acer Liquid e Ferrari Special Edition will have all the normal features. Some extra features and accessories will also be included. These include

  • A special set of ringtones of the Ferrari engine
  • 5-page home page for Formula 1 Ferrari Car
  • Ferrari images and videos

Acer_Liquid_E_Ferrari

A full listing of the technical specifications of Acer Liquid e Ferrari Special Edition is given below:

Features Details
Network 2G Network    GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network    HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
OS Android OS, v2.1
CPU Qualcomm Snapdragon 8250 768 MHz processor
RAM 256MB
Dimensions 115 x 62.5 x 12.5 mm
Weight 135 grams
Display TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors
Size 480 x 800 pixels, 3.5 inches
Music MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player, 3.5 mm audio jack
Memory Internal 512MB
External microSD Card expandable up to 32GB
Connectivity GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2.0 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
USB microUSB
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Video VGA@20fps, MP4/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
Colors Available Red
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1350 mAh
Talk Time Stand-by    Up to 400 hours
Talk time    Up to 5 hours
Extras Acer UI 3.0
Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
Proximity sensor for auto turn-off

Watch the Official Promo on YouTube

We are still clueless about the price.

[Downloads] CD-DVD-BlueRay Recovery 1.0

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CD-DVD-BlueRay-Recovery

Till date CDs and DVDs are the most widely used media to store data (although USB flash drives are fast replacing them). If you want to keep some important data for a longer duration, we prefer them more than any other media types.

Although these optical disks are reliable, sometimes may get scratches and other types of damages, if not maintained and stored properly. This may lead to loss of the whole data stored on the particular disk.

If in some essential case, if you need to deal with a damaged optical media disk and need to recover the data stored on that particular CD or DVD or Blu-Ray in office, you can think of the free tool CD-DVD-BlueRay Recovery.

This software is designed specifically for Windows Operating System for recovering corrupted files on the CD/DVD/BlueRay. This is particularly useful for retrieving digital media files, documents and text files.

Download CD/DVD/BlueRay Recovery 1.0 (566 KB)

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