Diwali Dhamaka:BlackBerry Torch at $99.99 Only !

Recently,Research In Motion (RIM), maker of the BlackBerry, has unveiled a BlackBerry Torch to take on the hot-selling iPhone.

But AT&T Inc, the second-largest US mobile-phone carrier, cut the price of the Research In Motion Ltd BlackBerry Torch in half less than three months after it began selling the smartphone.

The carrier dropped the price to $99.99 with a two-year contract from the $199.99 it charged when it began selling the Torch on Aug. 12. AT&T faces competition from websites such as Amazon.com Inc, where the device sells for as little as 1 cent, and Wirefly.com, which prices it at $29.99. The sites previously offered the Torch for $99.99.

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Lighting Control:Magnetic Vs. Electronic Low-Voltage Transformers

Transformers that reduce, or step-down, higher voltage to voltages less than 30 volts (V) are called low-voltage transformers. They are commonly used to reduce the standard home 120 volt to 12 volts or 24 volts. A wide variety of everyday appliances use these transformers including low voltage external path lighting, under-counter lighting, door bells and thermostats. Both magnetic and electronic low-voltage transformers are in common use, and each has its advantages.

Function of the Magnetic Low-Voltage Transformer

1. In a magnetic low-voltage transformer, two coils of wire, the primary and secondary coil, are used. The primary coil carries the input or high voltage and creates a magnetic flow, which induces a current in the secondary coil. Since there are more windings in the primary coil than in the secondary, the secondary coil has a lower voltage. The exact output voltage depends on the number of windings in the two coils.


Function of the Electronic Low-Voltage Transformer

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After iPad & Slate,Dell Launches Giant Smartphone STREAK !

Tablet war has begun! World's second-largest PC maker Dell’s tablet PC, called Streak, is all set to hit the retail stores. Streak is Dell's bold attempt to grab a share of tablet market which has been witnessing hyper activity from PC makers across the board ever since Apple launched its tablet device iPad.

With some analysts calling it mini tablet or giant smartphone, Dell Streak is half the size of iPad and can also make phone calls unlike Apple’s iPad. Here’s looking into Dell Streak -- Apple iPad’s first big competition. 

Sporting a 5-inch (12.5-centimeter) WVGA screen, Dell Streak features a multi-touch display. However, Streak is smaller than Apple iPad which has a 9.7-inch (24.6-centimeter) diagonal LED-backlit glossy widescreen multi-touch display.

Dell first unveiled its Streak in January, touting the device as a convergence between a typical cell phone and larger tablet computer.

Streak is powered by Google Inc's Android operating system. According to Dell, Streak will launch with Android 1.6. The Tablet is expected to get the latest Android 2.2 update.

The tablet will run on 1GHz Snapdragon ARM-based mobile processor from Qualcomm. 

Memory:-

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BlackBerry Makers Introducing ‘Metadata' In India !

The Canadian firm Research in Motion (RIM), makers of the BlackBerry, has made a fresh attempt to break the logjam over its services in India by offering “metadata” and relevant information to security agencies, which will enable them in lawful interception.

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How Gadgets Are Changing Education In India !

Not too long back, a classroom meant assignments , blackboards and chalks, heavy duty lectures, etc. Today, things are a lot different. Classrooms, be it in a school or college, are slowly inching towards infusion of modernity in the education system and it will take a while to ease out rote learning as the most conventional method.

To be specific, it implies memorizing minus understanding or 'learning by repetition' . While it is strongly avoided by most curriculums in the developed world since it doesn't encourage use of intelligence, India too has finally come of age having learnt from its past mistakes. The transition from rote learning to tech-based education is clearly evident. Swanky laptops, CDs, and e-learning are now part of everyday education.  

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Change a Light,Change the World !

Thousands of people, many wearing only underwear, rioted across northern India yesterday over power cuts that have left millions without electricity or water, highlighting the yawning gap between the country’s superpower aspirations and realities on the ground.

The violence underlined growing public frustration at the Government’s failure to improve the basic infrastructure, especially electricity and water supplies, despite an unprecedented economic boom.

The Government has pledged to provide “power for all” by 2012, but analysts say that it will struggle to keep up with demand as the middle class sates its appetite for electronic goods and larger homes.

We really can "Change the World" with just one light bulb. The key is that the more people that take this step, the more we can change the world.Are YOU and your family having an energy crisis? You may be if you're wasting energy. How many of these ways to save energy around the house do YOU know? So,here is just basic knowledge about Light Source so that we can save our country from Energy Crisis.

Incandescent:

The bulb that most lamps require is the incandescent bulb, they are the standard bulbs that most people are familiar with and typically the most inexpensive option. The pros in using incandescent bulbs:-

They produce a warm and steady light that complements skin tones, they can be used with a dimmer, and they come in a wide variety of colors, shapes and sizes. Some of the cons are:- They are not as energy efficient as some of the other options and although they can last for 700-1000 hours, other bulb options far outweigh this feat.

Types of Incandescent bulbs:

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Facebook Add New Tools:Mark Zuckerberg

"The Web is at a really important turning point now," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said at a conference for Web and software developers in San Francisco. "Most things aren't social and they don't use your real identity. This is really starting to change."

Facebook is spreading its wings to the broader Web with new tools that will allow users to see personalized versions of Websites they Visit Elsewhere.It is a social utility that connects people with friends.

The move could change the way people experience the online world, though it could come with deeper privacy implications. By accessing Facebook's tools, websites will be able to customize the experience based on the list of friends, favorite bands and other things users have shared on their Facebook profiles.

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Can You See 3D Movies Without Glasses ?

The huge success of 3D movies like “Avatar”, “Clash of the Titans” and “Alice in Wonderland” has led scientists to explore possibilities of developing 3D technology that does not require glasses. Japanese companies supplying 3D technology and services to Hollywood production houses have said they hope to see their goods having an impact on people’s day-to-day lives within the next few years, and that further development in the technology will lower prices and makes the experience affordable for commoners, Xinhua reported.

However, before that happens, there are still a few problems that need to be solved. A ‘glasses-free’ 3D technology produced by a Japanese company has induced headaches, even if they were impressive.

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Maruti's New Alto:Only At 2 Lakh !

India's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki is all set to bring on the road a revamped and cheaper Alto. 

Maruti feels that now is the best time to launch a stripped down version of its largest selling car. It sells close to 20,000 Altos every month making it India's best selling car model.

 

Maruti hopes the leaner Alto will not only help it counter competition from new cars in the markets but also replace the iconic Maruti 800 which is being phased out. Sources told ET Now that the new Alto will have a 1 litre K-Series Engine and will be priced up to Rs 2 lakh. 

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Cheapest 3G smartphone :Nuron 5230

Nokia Corp, the world's largest cell phone maker, has expanded its smartphone lineup with the launch of Nuron 5230. Claimed to be one of the company's cheapest 3G smartphone, Nuron 5230 is price at approximately Rs 3,150.

Here’s looking into what all does Nokia’s budget 3G smartphone offers in terms of features.

Looks:-

Resembling Nokia 5800 Express Music phone in looks, Nuron has a white-and-silver chassis. The phone measures 4.37 inches tall by 2.03 inches wide by 0.61 inch thick. The touchscreen phone weighs 3.98 ounces.

Screen:-

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Next-Gen Smartphone Apple iPhone ?

Computing giant Apple is back to safeguard its turf in the smartphone market with the launch of next-generation iPhone OS. The new operating system, called iPhone OS 4.0, adds as many as 100 new features, including the much-wished multi-tasking feature and an all new look. ( from TOI)

Apple iPhone which created a revolution in the mobile industry, has been facing onslaught from smartphones based on Google's open source OS Android and some other big smartphone manufacturers who have just launched a slew of iPhone rivals.

Here's looking into all that's new in Apple iPhone OS 4.0.

Multitasking:-

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Tech-Revolution:HP Slate vs Apple iPad

Friends,Another Revolution From HP and Apple.This Surely will create new ways of Technology at your fingersteps.With "Slate" by HP which is quite popular in Indian schools There is new war between HP & Apple.So, Here it's Summary of difference:-

Tablet PC War:-
If last year was the year of Netbooks, 2010 seems to be the year of Tablets. Since the day, very first rumours of Apple Tablet iPad started floating in, IT hardware manufacturers of all hues have jumped on to the Tablet bandwagon. Joining the Tablet market is IT major HP, which unveiled its Tablet, called Slate, at the Consumer Electronics Show at Las Vegas in January. The company recently released a video promoting its upcoming touchscreen Tablet which will run on Windows 7 operating system. Here's looking into how HP Tablet stands vis-a-vis Apple iPad in specs like memory, display, connectivity, pricing and more.
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Android:New Entrant In Moblie Industry

Hi Friends,Yesterday Me And My Friend Muzzamil Hasan Went to the Market for the Search of a Mobile Phone and There We see lot of Variants from Samsung in Touch Screen Segments In Low Cost.Namely STAR Superb,SPICA,Galaxy And Many Others.Important thing is that these Mobile Sets Came With New Technology Called Android which is Somehow Fascinating.So,Here I came with Some Tech-Gyan.........

Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications. The Android SDK provides the tools and APIs necessary to begin developing applications on the Android platform using the Java programming language.

Features:

• Application framework enabling reuse and replacement of components
• Dalvik virtual machine optimized for mobile devices
• Integrated browser based on the open source WebKit engine
• Optimized graphics powered by a custom 2D graphics library; 3D graphics based on the OpenGL ES 1.0 specification (hardware acceleration optional)
• SQLite for structured data storage
• Media support for common audio, video, and still image formats (MPEG4, H.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPG, PNG, GIF)
• GSM Telephony (hardware dependent)
• Bluetooth, EDGE, 3G, and WiFi (hardware dependent)
• Camera, GPS, compass, and accelerometer (hardware dependent)
• Rich development environment including a device emulator, tools for debugging, memory and performance profiling, and a plugin for the Eclipse IDE

Android Architecture:

The following diagram shows the major components of the Android operating system. Each section is described in more detail below.

Applications:

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Tech Revolution:Radically Transformed

It is ironical that the dot-com bubble burst on 10 March 2000 and almost exactly 10 years later Forbes magazine has reported that Bill Gates relinquished his position at the top of the global wealth pile. A lot will be made about Gates’ displacement by Mexican telecom owner Carlos Slim, but the very fact that the man behind the success of Microsoft continues to be very close to the top tells us a lot about the technology business in these 10 years.

Gates struggled to come to terms with the rise of the Internet in the 1990s. He first underestimated its power to transform lives and then uprooted competitors such as Netscape with the clinical precision of a late believer. The point is that the pioneers of the online world, who were for a brief point of time seen as threats to the established order, are no longer in sight while Gates has continued to prosper.

A closer look at the Forbes billionaire list shows that three types of technology entrepreneurs have prospered in what many rightly believe is the age of technology. The first is the likes of Gates, Larry Ellison of enterprise software company Oracle and Michael Dell of the eponymous computer maker. These are computer firms founded before the dot-com age. The second group consists of entrepreneurs who built new companies in social networking after the dot-com bust—Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google, Yoshikazu Tanaka of Japanese networking site Gree. And the third group has software service providers such as Azim Premji of Wipro, who have benefited from the fall in telecom and networking costs since the dot-com boom. Pierre Omidyar of eBay is a rare case of a dot-com entrepreneur who went through the dot-com bust and lived to tell the tale.

Yet, we cannot but note that.........

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Move Fast On LED's.

A proposal of the Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Energy Trust to set up a solid-state light emitting diode (LED) project deserves all encouragement.

LEDs can slash the quantum of power used for lighting to a tenth of the current consumption — an LED produces 10 times as much light per watt of electricity as a conventional incandescent lamp, and is at least twice as energy efficient as a compact fluorescent lamp (CFL). And LEDs last for ages.

But the high cost of LEDs is a major deterrent for their adoption — they cost 8-10 times as much as CFLs. However, large-scale adoption of LEDs would encourage manufacturers to set up massive capacity, and use economies of scale to drive down prices of these lighting products.

Adoption of highly energy efficient and durable lighting devices would require government intervention that is not limited to lower tax rates. Demonstration projects across 23 states for providing LEDs in villages or such projects for street lighting across 32 states/UTs by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency are baby-steps to popularise LEDs.

What is really required to precipitate cost-reducing scale in capacity creation is a massive programme by the Centre and the states to replace all existing luminaires in all government buildings across the country, and all street lighting in the 100 biggest towns, say, with appropriate LED arrays. The orders thrown up by such a programme would encourage leading LED manufacturers of the world to invest in the country directly or in participation with local pioneers like the ONGC Trust. Only a sharp fall in prices would make LEDs affordable for...........

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Bundelkhand:M-Governance ?

Bundelkhand, the mute and impoverished piece of land splayed across Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, is now the site for an interesting experiment in governance. The National Informatics Centre in Jhansi, along with the district administration, has devised a nifty way to track public services — citizens can simply call or text their complaints to the administration. They receive SMS updates about the progress of the grievance, and the person in charge of fixing it. This model (which might now be taken up nationally to strengthen NREGS) has radical possibilities, in terms of talkback from the government — it eliminates layers of officialdom, and makes administrators individually responsible.

Plus, it’s all via cell phones. It does not take development practitioners and IT enthusiasts to sell the idea any more — the transformative power of mobile technology is all around us in India, and intuitively understood. In corners of the country that are let down by other kinds of infrastructure — bad roads, excruciatingly slow postal services, spotty landline services — mobile phones have made all the difference to the way people live and work. An extra 10 phones per 100 people in a typical developing country boosts GDP growth by......

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Government Strategy: First 3G Then WiMax ?

An internal note authored by two wings of the department of telecommunications lists an amazing array of inconsistencies in the government’s approach to third generation mobile licences, which are unlikely to be granted anytime soon. If the administrative department can identify so many problems, as brought out in a report in this paper on Monday, it should be able to find the solutions to the problems as well.

If the problems still persist, it can only mean that the ministry chooses to stymie the progress of the telecom sector, vaunted success story of liberalised Indian infrastructure. This hurts the economy, forgoing enormous, lifechanging growth potential in rural India, as these columns have pointed out time and again. Now, it hurts the telecom industry as well.

The reality is that competition among the major service providers has intensified to an extent where voice calls cease to yield much profit. Telecom company growth now will depend on value added services. Granted, operators are yet to creatively exhaust the potential for voice-based value-added services. However, the array of value-added services that can be delivered through 3G networks would be much larger than of possible voice-based services. The ongoing delay and zigzagging dither over awarding 3G networks hurt the industry.

The time has come for the government to delink auction of licences for wireless broadband services using WiMax from auction of 3G licences. The government should move ahead with WiMax spectrum auctions, without waiting to complete........

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