Motorola Charm to be the fourth Android Moto phone launched in India?

Available since last month both in the US (via T–Mobile) and Canada (via Telus), the Motorola Charm may be launched in India, too. AndroidOS has it from “reliable sources” that the Charm will hit India soon, thus becoming the country’s fourth Android handset made by Motorola, after the Milestone, the Backflip and the Milestone XT720.

Unlike the three devices mentioned above, the Charm is a candybar with a full QWERTY keyboard on the front.

Other features include: Android 2.1, MotoBlur, 2.8 inch QVGA touchscreen display, 3G, GPS, Wi-Fi, BackTrack touch panel, stereo Bluetooth, FM radio, 3.5mm headset jack, 3.2MP camera, and MicroSD card support (a 2GB card should be included in the box).

The Motorola Charm should retail for about 15,000 INR ($335) in India, so it will be the cheapest Android Moto handset available there.

Via : unwiredview

Motorola reveal its most recent handset Motorola Milestone XT720

Motorola reveal its most modern handset Motorola Milestone XT720: Renowned mobile manufacturing company Motorola reveals its latest Android Smartphone the Motorola Milestone XT720 in India.

This handset is fully loaded with advanced features and specifications. These features comprise 8MP camera, geo-tagging, Face Detection, image stabilization, and auto focus for most excellent quality pictures.

The listing does not finish here. It is also fully loaded with additional features such as Xenon flash, all along with HDMI, and 720p video recording, 8GB microSD memory card, expandable 32 GB memory card and strong battery backup.

Since, with good battery backup the cell phone does not need recharging each day and they offer user friendly contracts. These eye-catching deals shall be afforded by citizens having all range of the income.

These contracts also present free gifts. These absolute free gifts comprises LCD, Laptop, Mobile accessories, TV, play station, gaming consoles, video games and lot more. Additional inducement, discounts and offers could also be available.

Via : topnews

Motorola Charm launching in India soon

We have heard from reliable sources that Motorola will soon be launching its fourth Android smartphone‘Motorola Charm’ in India market. Charm, which was first launched in July in United States on T-Mobile, comes with Android 2.1 and Motoblur interface. Currently there are three Motorola Android phones available in India market: Motorola Milestone, Milestone XT720 and Backflip.

Motorola Charm is candy bar style full QWERTY featuring smartphone. It is expected to retail somewhere in Rs. 15,000 range in India. On the specifications front, it comes with 2.8 inch display and 3MP camera. We expect to hear official announcement from Motorola very soon.

More Specifications:
* GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HSDPA/HSUPA 1700/2100
* Wi-Fi
* A-GPS, eCompass
* Google services (Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, Android Market)
* 3.5mm headset jack
* Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR
* FM radio
* CrystalTalk Plus
* 3MP photo camera with fixed focus and Kodak Perfect Touch technology
* 512MB internal memory, 2GB MicroSD card included
* 98.4 x 67 x 11.4 mm
* 110 grams

Via : androidos

Literati Color e-Book Reader Approved by FCC

We first mentioned the Literati Colour eBook reader back in August of this year. We now hear that the FCC has approved the device and that it can now go on sale in the US.

The Literati is a 7 inch eBook reader that has a colour LCD display. When purchasing the device, you get 25 eBooks pre-installed to start you off reading. Access to another 125 books is available at any time. Of course, 150 eBooks isn't the largest selection but good news is that these are the "free" copies. After that you get an option of purchasing from a library of over 2 million eBooks.

Included with the device is 3G connectivity and wireless. The 7 inch screen has a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels.

Price wise, the last we heard was that it would launching with a price tag of $159 over at Best Buy. We expect to hear more details soon about launch dates.

Via : gadgetvenue

OCZ IBIS HSDL Solid State Drive Preview

As we've noted more than once here before, as NAND Flash technologies evolve, SATA will go the way of the dino. It's not going to happen over night but like its old, spinning hard drive counterpart, the writing is on the wall. The market needs new higher speed interfaces with lower overhead and more direct attachment to native system interfaces. OCZ has been trying its hand at developing PCI Express-based SSDs in an effort to address this requirement. They've been rolling out all new products like their Revo Drive that we looked at recently and the new device we'll be looking at here today.

The new OCZ IBIS SSD utilizes a proprietary serial interface that the company has coined "HSDL" for High Speed Data Link and it offers up to 20Gb/sec peak bandwidth over an industry standard SAS connector, which is over three times that of next gen 6Gbps SATA technology. Journey on for all the details and a performance profile of a prototype we've been testing here in the lab.

Via : hothardware

Best Applications for T-Mobile G2

G2 is here and it comes with several necessary Android Apps pre-installed like Google Voice, Photobucket, Voice Actions, Wolfram Alpha, and all the Google apps. But, still there are so many other applications, which you would want to install on your new G2. So, we have compiled a list of must have Android applications for every G2 user. If you want to suggest an application, which needs to be added in the list, please feel free to drop a comment about it.

1. Car Locator: Ever forgot where you parked your car? This will not happen again using the Car Locator App! Simply save your position when you leave your car. The App then shows you your location and the one of your car whenever you want.

2. WeatherBug: WeatherBug is a free, ad-supported weather app providing users access to the largest network of professional weather stations. Get current conditions, forecasts, maps, severe weather alerts and much more!

3. Facebook for Androidg2 apps

4. Twitter for Android/Twidryod

5. Pandora Radio: Pandora Android app lets you listen to personalized radio stations based on your favorite artists or songs. Thanks to Android’s multitasking capabilities, you’ll be able to rock out while running other apps.

6. doubleTwist Player: The doubleTwist Player is a fully featured music and video app that seamlessly integrates with the free doubleTwist desktop client on Mac/PC. Import your iTunes playlists, ratings and playcounts; sync and play your audio and video podcasts and more!

7. Dropbox: Sync files between your computer and mobile phone, with sharing options, search, and even document-viewing optimization.

8. Documents To Go 2.0: View Microsoft Word & Excel files & attachments (doc, docx, xls, xlsx)

9. ASTRO File Manager: File Manager, Backup, Image and text viewers, Networking, SMB, Bluetooth, SFTP, Zip Tar, downloader, thumbnails, search files, application manager, task manager, attachments, all rolled into one.

10. Layar Reality Browser: Layar Reality Browser, a beautiful, fun augmented reality app that shows you the things you can?t see. It augments digital objects on top of reality, as can be seen through the mobile phone?s camera. When opening the app, you?ll be immediately presented with a list of spots nearby.

11. Wikidroid for Wikipedia: View all of Wikipedia’s articles formatted perfectly for your device.

12. 13. Kindle for Android/ NOOK for Android

13. Shopper: Shopper recognizes books and media by cover art, plus barcode scanning and voice search. Find local and online prices, reviews, specs, and more. Star your favorites and share with friends.

14. Google Goggles: Google Goggles is a visual search app. Instead of using words, take a picture of an object with your camera phone: we attempt to recognize the object, and return relevant search results. Goggles can also recognize English, French, Italian, German and Spanish words and allow you to translate to other languages.

15. Adobe Reader: The free app lets you view, zoom and perform other basic interactions with PDF and other documents, directly on your phone.
16. LauncherPro: it transforms your Android home screen into something more customized to your needs. The popular app released a series of updates these past few weeks.

17. Google Finance: The free app gives you mobile access to your Google Finance portfolios, letting you keep up with the companies you are watching and those in which you have invested. With concern around Google’s limited app regulation for third parties, using a Google-run app may ease your mind.

18. Photoshop Mobile: Photoshop in the mobile version does not have as many features, but those that are useful to do a little tweaks with mobile images. It costs nothing and you can upload your photos on Photoshop.com if you want. The app allows you to crop the photo, change the exposure, contrast, color
and add different filters.

That’s more than enough for a start.

Upcoming Galaxy GeForce GTX 460 card to support WHDI streaming courtesy of Amimon

Most of what we're seeing on the WHDI front has to do with getting basic HD video playback off of the laptop or out of the den and onto the TV, but video games are people too -- don't they deserve the same treatment? Galaxy seems to think so, and it's building Amimon's WHDI tech into its upcoming Galaxy GeForce GTX 460 WHDI Edition video card.

A receiver adapter for plugging into your TV is of course included, and perhaps the mixed incentive of Blu-ray and DRM'd content streaming (WHDI is HDCP 2.0 compatible) and 1080p 60fps big screen shoot-em-ups will be exactly what PC gaming needs to sneak into the living room. We doubt it, but we appreciate the effort all the same. The card ships in October for an undisclosed, totally radical price.

Via : engadget

Deal of the Day – HP Pavilion dv6 Select Edition Core i5 2.4GHz Laptop with Free 6Gb RAM, 640GB Hard Drive and Backlit Keyboard

The LogicBUY Deal for Saturday is the HP Pavilion dv6t Select Edition laptop loaded with free upgrades. These laptops are only 1.21” thick and weigh 5.5 pounds. The dv6t has a brushed aluminum body in stream argento finish. You can choose a Core i3, i5, or a Core i7 Quad model with free upgrades to 6GB memory ($100 savings), 640GB 7200rpm hard drive, Office Starter 2010, $20 off a 15-month subscription to Norton Internet Security, a 50% discount on an HP All-in-One printer, and free shipping.

Base features include an 8X DVD+/-RW, 15.6” LED BrightView screen with Intel HD graphics, Wireless-N, and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit operating system. Configure a system over $1000 and use a $50 stackable coupon; configure over $1399 and use a $300 stackable coupon. Click through to see the specifics on three great laptops. But you should hurry, because these deals expire October 2, 2010 or sooner.

The lowest price available on the customized Core i5-450M Dual Core, 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 graphics, backlit keyboard with fingerprint reader, and the free upgrades: $1024.99 – $150 off instant discount – $50 off Coupon Code = $824.00 with free shipping.

To get the lowest price on a Core i5-540M with TouchScreen with HP TouchSmart’s multi-touch applications, HP TrueVision webcam, and Blu-ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD+/-R/RW with double layer: $1399.99 – $150 instant discount – $300 off coupon code = $949.99 plus free shipping.

Upgrade to a dv6 with i7-720QM Quad Core Select Edition laptop with 750GB 5200rpm hard drive, 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 graphics, Intel Wireless-n with Bluetooth, and backlit keyboard, and get the current lowest price: $1399.99 – $150 off – $300 off web-exclusive stackable coupon = $949.99 with free shipping.

Via : the-gadgeteer.com

EON17 Gaming Laptop Features and Price

The Origin has launched its latest gaming laptop, which is named as E0N17 gaming laptop. The EON17 gaming laptop is having 17.3 inch display screen and 1920X1080 LED display screen resolution.

This Origin E0N17 gaming laptop is having features such as 3.0 mega pixel camera, up to dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX460 or dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M graphics card.

The EON17 Gaming Laptop is powered by Intel core i7 980x processor, 24GB of triple channel DDR3 RAM, 1 TB or 512 GB SSD, two USB 3.0 ports and three USB 2.0 ports. EON17 gaming laptop is having other features such as dual layer Blu-ray burner combo, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 9-in-one media card reader and HDMI port.

The EON17 Gaming Laptop is pre-installed with Windows 7 home premium or 64 bit operating system. The EON17 Gaming Laptop is available for $2,499.

Via : techsurf

Toshiba Satellite A665 3D Laptop Announced: Upconverts 2D to 3D

Toshiba announced an update to the Satellite A665 3D notebook this week with new 3D playback options thanks to NVIDIA 3D Vision technology that allows the A665 to deliver 2D content in 3D including games, movies and pictures as well as carrying that experience over to 3D capable HDTVs.

The 15.6″ Toshiba Satellite A665 3D is powered by the latest Intel Core i processors including either a Core i5-460M or Core i7-740QM with TurboBoost, up to 6GB DDR3 RAM, a 640GB hard drive, Blu-Ray Drive and a NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M with 1GB DDR3 discrete graphics memory that supports the NVIDIA 3D Vision kit with active shutter 3D glasses. The Toshiba A665 3D also has a backlit keyboard.

For 3D the A665 contains the emitter so there’s no need for an external attachment and it comes with everything you need to enjoy 3D content and to upconvert your 2D content into 3D.

The Toshiba Satellite A665 also has the following multimedia features built-in:

* Built-in harman/kardon® speakers deliver impressive sound while Dolby Advanced Audio™ further optimizes audio quality so games, movies and music sound more vivid and true to life.
* Toshiba’s unique Sleep-and-Music technology is also included, enabling users to play music from their MP3 players through the laptop’s speakers – even while the laptop is powered down.
* Toshiba’s Resolution+™ DVD upconversion technology improves the quality of standard definition DVD content by boosting contrast, sharpness and saturation to near high-definition quality.

The Toshiba Satellite A6653D will be available starting in October at Best Buy, select retailers and direct from Toshiba for a starting price of $1,299.

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Nvidia chip settlement lists Dell, HP, Apple laptops

Dozens of potentially defective laptop models from Apple, Dell, and HP appear in an Nvidia legal settlement, the first time that defendant Nvidia has publicly recognized a comprehensive list of models potentially affected by a bad graphics chip.

As CNET has reported, the case dates back to 2007, but the recent settlement of a class action suit against Nvidia documents a lengthy list of laptop models from Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and Apple. To date, these lists have been issued separately by vendors.

Laptop product lines potentially affected, as listed beginning on page 4 of the settlement (PDF), include the Dell Insprion, Dell Vostro, Dell Latitude, Dell Precision, HP Pavilion, Compaq Presario, 15-inch MacBook Pro, and 17-inch MacBook Pro. The list contains more than 50 models from Dell, HP, and Apple combined. The settlement also states that affected laptops will be repaired "free of charge."

To recap, Nvidia has already taken charges--starting in July 2008--totaling over $450 million to cover the costs associated with the warranty, repair, return, and replacement of laptops affected by a "weak die/packaging material set" in certain graphics processing unit (GPU) products. Weak die and packaging refers to the chip itself and the chip's packaging, respectively.


To recap, Nvidia has already taken charges--starting in July 2008--totaling over $450 million to cover the costs associated with the warranty, repair, return, and replacement of laptops affected by a "weak die/packaging material set" in certain graphics processing unit (GPU) products. Weak die and packaging refers to the chip itself and the chip's packaging, respectively.

In July 2008, Dell described the problem as "multiple images, random characters on the screen, lines on the screen, no video," among other symptoms.

In response to the settlement dated August 12, 2010, Nvidia issued this statement today. "We can confirm that Nvidia has settled litigation concerning a weak die/packaging material set in certain versions of our previous generation MCP (media and communication processor) and GPU products used in notebook configurations. Notice of this settlement has been sent to potentially affected eligible customers. Claims are being processed through a third party administrator who is working directly with our customers. Consumers who believe they are affected and wish to file a claim should read the notice and follow the instructions that it sets out. As previously announced, our second-quarter financial results reflected costs associated with this settlement."

However, starting on page 24 of the settlement, Nvidia also stated that it "has denied, and continues to deny, all allegations of wrongdoing or liability" related to the claims. And it goes on to say that it is settling "solely because it will eliminate the burden, expense, management distraction and uncertainties of further litigation and the concomitant distraction of resources and efforts from their business."

Via : news.cnet.com