Samsung SH100

If you are one of those people who hate waiting and want to upload a photo the instant you take it, and hate connecting the camera to the laptop or pc to transfer your data then this samsung sh100 is just for you. This camera has Wi-Fi to make your life more easy.

Samsung SH100 specifications

Sensor • 1/2.33" (Approx. 7.76cm) CCD
• 14.2 million pixels
Movie mode
• 1280x720 @ 30fps
Image stabilization No
Lens • f = 4.7 - 23.5mm.
• 26 - 130mm equiv.
• 5x Optical Zoom Lens
• Samsung lens
LCD monitor • 3.0 WQVGA Touch Display
• 230,000 dot
Additional features • Smart Auto 2.0
• Smart Filter 2.0
• Self Portrait
• Face Recognition
• Beauty Shot
• Out-focus Portrait
• Wireless connection (802.11b/g/n)
Weight (no batt) TBC
Dimensions 93mm x 54mm x 19mm

The Wi-Fi capability on the SH100 also allows you to use your smartphone as a remote control and viewing device for your camera. If you’re shooting over a crowd at a concert, you can enable the Remote Viewfinder function, meaning that you can hold your camera high over your head while you see a preview of the picture in real time on your phone screen. It’s also ideal for taking self shots as you can zoom in and out using the 5x optical zoom, and access basic menu functions including parameters and shooting modes. When you’re happy with the shot, you can operate the shutter remotely too, and the camera will record the GPS information for photo geo-tagging.

The SH100 uses built in Wi-Fi capability to deliver unique new experiences for all camera users. By selecting the PC Auto Back-up function, your camera will automatically find your PC and download the latest photos onto it, even if the PC is turned off. This feature is compatible with the Wake-on-LAN (WoL)

The SH100’s built in Wi-Fi can also automatically back up your shots to your PC by only pushing two buttons, or by using DLNA to wirelessly connect to your HDTV and see your photos and videos right away. Wi-Fi enables you to upload your pictures instantly to your social networking sites such as Facebook, Picasa or Photo Bucket, or email them to individual email addresses straight from the camera. The people you care about can now enjoy your experience from wherever they are. You can also record HD video and share your favorite moments over sites such as YouTube™. To make the upload process of large files easier and quicker, the SH100 includes an account with mobile hotspot provider Boingo™, giving you access to over 200,000 Wi-Fi hotspots worldwide.

The SH100 features Samsung AllShare, which uses DLNA technology to allow you to connect to your HDTV and stream content wirelessly. For instance, when you get home from a concert, you can now watch the videos of your favorite songs instantly on your TV.

As usual any questions just email me or post a comment.

Sharp's Galapagos a device to wait for.

when I say this is a gadget to wait for, I do mean it. If you are thinking of buying a ebook reader or a tablet this is the best of both worlds. The device os not yet known but it should have Android and if that's true this is going to be a great device.

Here's what Sharp would confirm about the upcoming Galapagos:

Whatever the final size, the screen will have a wide, 16:9 aspect ratio (as opposed to the more square-ish screens found on many e-book readers and tablets, including the 4:3 iPad).


The Galapagos "will offer consumers wide access to e-books, movies, games, and music" via a Sharp-specific app and content store. Magazines and newspapers will be available via an "Automated Scheduled Delivery Service" (similar to periodical delivery on the Kindle).

Storage is handled via a MicroSD card (presumably included).


In addition to ePUB, the Galapagos will use the XMDF (ever-eXtending Mobile Document Format) file format  for documents. Sharp says this format offers better reflow and reformatting options on various screen sizes. (No word on support for PDF.)

The Galapagos will support Web browsing and e-mail. Home control (using it as a giant remote) is also on the road map.

10.8-incher with 1366 x 800 resolution is what is expected.

The bigger giant is what will be the one to wait for ... the other two will also be  good devices.

as usual email me or leave a comment if you have any questions or suggestions

HTC Desire HD review

You all remember the desire from HTC. Well I thought that we should also take a look at its Bigger bro the Desire HD. If what you do on the phone is watch videos or movies then this is really great for you as the screen is really big and crisp.

Design
Because of the 4.3-inch screen, the footprint of the Desire HD is quite large at 123 x 68mm. HTC has kept it slim though, with a thickness of just 11.8mm. These dimensions are only slightly larger than the HD2's 120.5 x 67 x 11mm. We liked the aluminum material, which has a matte finish. This is used throughout the device except for the screen and plastic cutouts on the back, which hide the battery and SIM/memory expansion card slots.

The bigger size of the Desire HD means it's not for everyone. It will fit into most pockets, but those who are smaller in stature or like to wear tight jeans may not feel too comfortable with it, especially when trying to sit down.I found it really hard to keep it in my pocket and would carry it in my hand all the time.

Features
The phone uses Android 2.2 (Froyo) OS so you will be happy there. In this iteration of Sense, aside from being able to change your home screen wallpaper, themes can be downloaded that modify the look of the menu interface. HTC has also tweaked the pull-down notifications bar so it shows a list of your recently used applications aside from the usual crop of unread messages or missed call alerts.The phone has a good typing experience with accurate predictive text and spelling correction.

One other interesting feature found in the new Sense is called Fast Boot. Previously, when you pressed and held down the power button to turn off an HTC Android phone or in fact any Android phone, booting it up again could take quite long, over 30 seconds. With Fast Boot, this was cut down to less than 3 seconds when I tried it. This is possible because the phone doesn't really shut down fully but instead goes into hibernation mode similar to what Windows is capable of on a PC.But there is a problem when you really want to shutdown the phone totally. To restart the phone, perhaps to kill off an offending app, you'd need to either take out the battery or choose the new Restart icon which appears when you press and hold the power button. These actions will bypass the Fast Boot feature, giving you the power to fully shut down the phone.

 The phone comes with  about 1GB of free space for installing apps and is bundled with an 8GB microSD card. so its not the best cause now a days all hi end phones are coming with 16 gb internal storage but it offers a microSDHC card slot that supports up to a 32GB module.
The Desire HD sports an 8-megapixel camera capable of capturing 720p HD video. the camera is good but not excellent.
The Desire HD has a 1GHz Qualcomm MSM8255 processor which is good and has very good graphics capabilities.The battery life is not that good but its not bad. It has a 1,230mAh battery.

So if you want a android phone take a look at this phone and if you can live with the size then its a great phone. as usual if any questions or suggestions just email me or leave a comment.

Lenovo IdeaPad U260

When it comes to design in ultraportables, it's hard to top Apple's MacBook Air. That doesn't stop competitors from trying, though. The Lenovo IdeaPad U260 is a bold, high-design 12.5-inch laptop that's thin, light, and very easy on the eye.And also is affordable: at a starting price of $899, the IdeaPad U260 qualifies as high end for most consumers. It's undeniably well-designed, too.

A very light chassis, beautifully textured surfaces, a great keyboard, and other quality finishing touches come with some solid, though not overwhelming, specs: a Core i5 ULV processor, 320GB hard drive, and 4GB of RAM, along with a couple of USB ports and HDMI. If its unimpressive battery life were better, we would have considered the U260 to be one of the best ultraportables we've ever used; as it is, consider the IdeaPad U260 a fascinating, if flawed, experiment in high-end Lenovo design.
Price as reviewed / starting price $1,049 / $899
Processor 1.33GHz Intel Core i5 U470
Memory 4GB, 1,066MHz DDR3 RAM
Hard drive 320GB 5,400rpm
Chipset Intel HM55
Graphics Intel GMA HD
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
Dimensions (WD) 12.5 x 8.0 inches
Height 0.7 inch
Screen size (diagonal) 12.5 inches
System weight / Weight with AC adapter 3.0 / 3.5 pounds
Category Ultraportable



The IdeaPad U260 is one of the first laptops to feature a 12.5-inch screen, making this ultraportable feel like a very svelte 13-inch laptop in everyday use. The design of the U260 is its biggest win: from its compact jewel-box-like packaging down to the colors, clean lines, and textured surfaces throughout, the U260 looks and feels like a luxury laptop.

Available in either brown or orange (we chose orange for our review sample), the wider-than-normal U260 caught the attention of many casual eyes around the CNET offices. Flush lines and an integrated battery give the U260 a pleasing wafer-thin look. The colored wrap-around magnesium lid covers the top and bottom of the U260, sandwiching the black interior inside.

As good as the U260 looks, it feels even better to the touch: a rubberized outer surface offers great grip and hides fingerprints, and a leather-like textured palm rest area is one of the comfiest we've ever felt against our wrists. Inset in the middle is a full raised keyboard similar to the design we've seen in the ThinkPad Edge series. Slightly concave keys cradle fingertips perfectly, and the keys are well spaced. A column of page up/down keys on the right side mar the experience slightly, forcing the Enter/Shift keys into the middle of the keyboard, and the keyboard exhibited a bit more flex than the standard ThinkPad, but it's better than any other ultra portable.

A single power button above the keyboard lies between small stereo speaker grilles, and a few status indicator icons light up stylishly in small grids of white LED lights. Framed by the glossy black-bezeled screen above, the U260 has a pleasingly restrained, composed look. Volume and brightness controls are relegated to function-combination buttons on the d-arrow pad. Unfortunately, there are no function-reversed control keys.

The glass multitouch touch pad is a bit small and has dedicated buttons beneath instead of a clickpad-style interface, but it's otherwise responsive and offers better level of traction to Apple's clickpads. One drawback: with frequent use, the black touch pad is a fingerprint magnet.

The glossy, 16:9 LED-backlit 12.5-inch display on the IdeaPad U260 has a native resolution of 1,366x768 pixels, which is standard for most midsize laptops. The screen's unique size sounds jarring at first, but in use it feels nearly the same as a 13-inch. Icons and text were easy to read, and videos and pictures played back with vivid color and brightness.

The stereo speakers embedded in grilles above the keyboard had decent enough sound for the U260's size, but weren't notably excellent. The 0.3-megapixel Webcam has a maximum image resolution of 640x480 pixels, and comes packed with Cyberlink YouCam software.
Lenovo IdeaPad U260 Average for category [Ultraportable]
Video VGA-out, HDMI VGA plus HDMI or DisplayPort
Audio Stereo speakers, headphone/microphone combo jack Stereo speakers, headphone/microphone jacks
Data 2 USB 2.0 3 USB 2.0, SD card reader
Expansion None None
Networking Ethernet, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Ethernet, 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, optional mobile broadband
Optical drive None None

The IdeaPad U260 has Bluetooth, but only two USB 2.0 ports along its edges. The sparse collection of ports is a bit of a letdown: there is room for more, especially since the U260 lacks an optical drive. We were surprised that the U260 lacks an SD card slot, too; even 10-inch Lenovo Netbooks come with SD card compatibility.

All being said this still is a great laptop and if you want one which has power but is very portable this is the one for you. So as usual if  you have any questions just email me or post a comment.

HTC Evo Shift 4G Review

The new HTC Evo Shift promises to carry on the excellence begun by the HTC Evo 4G. Is the Evo Shift a worthy relative to the highly regarded Evo 4G? It turns out that the Evo Shift has solid hardware and first-class performance… and includes a nicely designed physical keyboard. HTC EVO Shift 4G looks like a smaller version of the HTC EVO 4G with its 3.6 inch display and four rounded soft-keys, but when opened a QWERTY keyboard is revealed. It also packs an 5MP camera with flash, WiMAX connectivity and runs Android 2.2.

The package contains:

HTC EVO Shift 4G
microUSB cable
Wall Charger
2GB microSD card
Get Started Guide
Basics Guide

On the left edge of the handset, we find its microUSB port and a thin looking volume rocker which surprisingly offers one solid tactile response when pressed. However, we're not too thrilled with its dedicated power button on the top side of the phone seeing that it's recessed, placed at an angle, and very difficult to make out with the finger. In addition, we find a 3.5mm headset jack placed next to it as well.

Interface:

Most people will literally judge a handset purely on raw hard numbers, but despite being powered by an 800MHz Qualcomm MSM7630 processor, which is obviously clocked in lower than the 1GHz Snapdragon CPU on the HTC EVO 4G, it nevertheless matches the performance in every aspect. From opening applications to scrolling between its homescreens, everything moves at a smooth and buttery rate to make you not question its processing prowess. And taking into consideration that it's running Android 2.2 Froyo, it translates to a rich navigating performance that barely stops in its tracks to think for a second on what to do next.

When so many Android smartphones attempt to mask the platform with their unique customizations, HTC's Sense UI is one of our favorites due to its resounding added value and functionality. With the HTC EVO Shift 4G, it doesn't necessarily offer anything new that we haven't seen prior, but there is still plenty of personalization to be had with it. Specifically, there are a ton of useful widgets, both your standard ones and others from HTC, that tastefully captures that visual appeal from afar. Moreover, we find HTC's “Scenes” which are essentially pre-made themes for your homescreen that you can switch on the fly to match your current style. Finally, you can view all 7 homescreens at once by executing a pinch gesture to place it in helicopter view. Useful? Of course!

The Sense UI perfectly adheres to the needs of social networking happy individuals with its Friend Stream app, and its accompanying widget, that aggregates content from Facebook and Twitter. In addition to reading the latest messages from friends, you can even post your own tweet or Facebook status message simultaneously without the need of running two separate dedicated apps. Moreover, it even allows you to shoot a photo and upload it directly to your social networking accounts.

You will find  Google Talk on board which is your primary instant messaging client on the handset. Although it lacks other services, you can always download specific apps from the Android Market to get your preferred instant messaging client.

Camera:

Regretfully, there's isn't anything pretty to see with the photos captured by the handset's 5-megapixel auto-focus camera. Although we're happy with the amount of options and manual controls its has to offer, it fails to ultimately take decent looking shots. Outdoors, images look extremely under-exposed and details are almost non-existent. However, it doesn't get any better indoors since it appears to offer slow shutter speeds which has a tendency to blur some of our shots if you don't hold the handset still for a period of time. Additionally, there is some evidence of noise with shots taken in low lighting. So in the end, you'll probably want to pass up on the HTC EVO Shift 4G if taking photos is a high priority on your list.Horrifically, the performance of the handset's 720p video recording doesn't particularly improve much since it lacks any fine details

Multimedia:

For content such as photos and videos, they're broken down by folders in the Gallery app, plus you also have the ability to browse content from your Facebook and Flickr accounts.Clearly one of the better music players found on any Android smartphone, the presentation is very polished with its cover-flow like elements when browsing between songs. Once you happen to find a track you like, it'll display the normal set of items as it's playing – like the song title, artist, and on-screen controls. Sadly, it lacks any equalizer settings or alternate visualizations, but thankfully, its speaker emits some neutral tones that are perfectly balanced; neither boisterous, nor tepid.

With its high resolution and snappy processor in tow, there is no arguing the effortless approach that the HTC EVO Shift 4G takes when playing high definition videos.

So as you can see overall this is a great phone with 4g capabilities but if you need a phone which has a great camera then skip this one for all the other things its still a good phone if you can live with a little glitches. So as usual if  you have any questions just email me or post a comment.

2011 Tech predictions

Well since everyone was being a expert and creating their own tech predictions I was thinking I should put out my own. So I will tell you what do I expect from this year?

Tablets laptops netbooks and desktops-

Every one is saying that this year will be the year of the Tablets and that tablets will takeover the market and it will destroy the netbook sales and also the laptop sales. Well I am not with this claim. yes tablets will be growing and there will be a ot of tablets releasing this year with capabilities that we have not sen this far and there will also be tablet os or portable devices Os like Meego coming out but according to me it will be a different part of the market. So netbook sales will decline but it wont stop cause there will be still some people who will need a small second laptop that they can carry around. Lets face it - I know that typing on touch screens can be novel at first but you still cant beat the keyboard no matter how small it is. (that's my opinion and i know yours might be different.) So what will happen is there will be some people jumping in to tablets cause it will meet their requirements, then there will be some people who will be jumping into netbooks , and there will be some highend users who will require a lot of power who will still go for laptops.

  
Krystle Herrick one of my readers asked me: "If this year the desktop will finally die as there are laptops which are as powerful as desktops available?

A: Thanks for your wonderful question and Thanks for reading my blog. To answer your question.- According to me the Desktops will still remain and be     used. Their sales will still be affected and more and more normal users will be buying a laptop this year but there will still be some people who     will need a lot of power from their computers like graphic designers or editors or hi-end gamers who will still need it. Also one more reason for     these people not to change is that its easier to get a hi end desktop as it will be a lot cheaper compared to a extremely hi end laptop. One more     reason for this is that if any components go bad in a hi end machine, if its a desktop it is easier to change the parts  but if its a laptop then     its difficult. So there will be very less low end desktop sales as those users will be switching to laptops but the hiend desktop sales and i do     mean very extreme pcs will still remain.  

Smartphones-

This is another aspect of the market and first to answer the question in your minds. Yes it will be effected by the tables but only a little. Ok another thing is which mobile Os will win. The answer  is none. they will all be at their respective places. But there will be some out selling the other. Don't ask me which one as i am not sure, but according to the trend the android may pick up the market.

The major players in the mobile os are Android, Win phone 7, Symbian , Ios4 and Blackberry os. and the one to watch out for is Meego. That is going to a game changer when it comes out.

As for phones there will be alot of phones that will be out this year and it will be  a great time for phone lovers cause there will be phones coming out which will do a lot more than we can imagine and in form factors that we have not yet seen. Projected displays and fold able displays are also expected to come into the picture.

Pc os-

There is chrome os that is supposed to come out but I don't expect it to be a game changer. But I am expecting other companies like microsoft and others to make better os that will be suitable across a lot of platforms.

So in short this will be a great year for gadget freaks like me and you. So hang on tight 

 and as usual if  you have any questions just email me or post a comment.

BlackBerry Playbook

This is a gadget that we all have been hearing and waiting for a long time. I dint post a review of this before because I first wanted to play with the device myself and make sure that everything i hear about it is true.
Things I like about it is
1 The display is really bright and sharp.
2 It is supposed to support even 4g speeds.
3 The web experience on this device is excellent.
4 The multitasking capability on the device is great.
5 Its very portable and handy. (those are not my hands.lol)

The PlayBook also distinguishes itself from other tablets with its size, featuring a 7-inch screen (1,024x600) that falls right between the iPad's 9.7-inch screen and the 5-inch screen of the Dell Streak. In all, the PlayBook's dimensions measure 5.1 inches tall, 7.6 inches wide, and 0.4 inch thick, weighing just under a pound.

On the software end, the PlayBook runs an OS designed from the ground up by BlackBerry, which is compatible with a number of BlackBerry services and apps. The BlackBerry tablet OS also supports Adobe Flash 10.1, WebKit, Java, Open GL, and Adobe Air. Supported video formats include H.264, MPEG4, and WMV, up to 1080p HD resolution (scaled down to the screen's lower native resolution).

Though it seemingly isn't required for users to have a BlackBerry smartphone to use the PlayBook, it certainly doesn't hurt. Existing BlackBerry users can pair with the PlayBook over Bluetooth to provide them with a secure gateway to connect with their BlackBerry e-mail, contacts, calendar, and tasks. In theory, pairing with a BlackBerry phone also allows the PlayBook to take advantage of the phone's cellular data connection for surfing the Web or streaming media, though carriers have yet to weigh in on how far users can take this tethering capability. On its own, the PlayBook features an integrated 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi connection.

Battery life is going to be an obvious concern, especially considering the powerful dual-core processor and support for Adobe Flash, which Apple famously maligned as a big drain on battery life. Other features, such as multitasking, HD video playback, HDMI output, and HD video recording, are also well known battery-life killers. Currently, But it should be good compared to other devices which have similar capabilities.

well it all comes down to the price of the playbook and according to my sources it should be very good pricing. So in short we may have a Ipad killer at hand.

If you have any questions Just email me or post a comment