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Indian Government going to launch $35 / Rs 1500 laptop

Today Kapil Sibal, human resource minister of India unveiled the prototype of a $35 laptop which is going to be launched next year. Actually it's a tablet innovated by Indian techies with the help of government authorities. This tablet is specifically designed for students who can't spend money in buying laptops and notebooks currently available. But having a laptop or PC might improve their studies.

The device was designed like iPad loaded by open source OS and applications. According to media sources, Government actually planned to furnish the cost to $10 at the time of its early design stage but hardware cost lead to $35. As of now this device is only for the students to help their education. Indian government started this activity to decrease the literacy percentage of the country. It can be operated via 2 Watt power supply and solar power too which will be very useful in energy starved areas of the country.

Until now this is the cheapest tablet in the world. It was powered by 2GB RAM, WiFi, USB port, Web browser and basic applications. It doesn't have a hard disk but you can store the data in the flash memory card as like mobile phones. Ministry spokesperson Mamta Varma said that the cost can be reduced further with the involvement of major players, she declined to reveal the current organization behind this product. Emerging companies can improve their custom business card by involving them self  in this innovative projects. We appreciate the guys who involved in this project, they also helped poor children and made computer available to all people. This product is going to be launched in 2011 at the estimated cost of $35 (Rs 1500 in local INR currency). Hope this will be great success and it will be nice if same type of product reaches rest of the world also. 

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Apple sues other competitors via Antennagate



Already Antennagate raised lot of confusions in the smart phone market, Now it's time for Nokia. Through a video Apple complained the signal issue in Nokia N97 mini as same as iPhone 4 suffers. But this is not a right decision for the iPhone 4 problem. Apple should first correct itself before complaining other phones. Still there is no official reply from Nokia regarding this and customers have not complained the issue as like iPhone 4.

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iPhone 4G - yellow spots in display and lost signal problem

The much anticipated iPhone 4G suffers from serious issue on its opening today. Users all over the world who got their devices defective, filing their complaints against Apple in forums and other social network websites like Twitter, Facebook, etc. Some of the devices found defective which has some yellow or white spots on its display. But those spots get disappeared after a day of use.

Another serious thing is signal reception problem, this was faced by almost all the users. Apple says that it was issue with holding your device. If you are holding the device in your left hand this problem occurs. Signal reception antennas are placed in the left bottom corner of the device. So, when you gripping your device by covering bottom left corner as shown in the picture leads to lost signal problem.

Apple iPhone 4 never be a good device at all, it can't fulfil the basic mobile phone functionality itself. You have to do a Fishing Boat Hire process to find the best in this device.  People get frustrated because of their dream device failure. Apple should fix these issues to retain their name in the smart phone market.

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Download Naan Varuven - Raavanan climax song

Naan varuven song from Raavanan movie was liked by all the people. The song is especially singed by Oscar winner A.R.Rahman. This song was not in the film album, it was composed only after its music cds are got ready for the release. But it gives more power to the climax scene of the film. You can download the song Naan Varuven from the movie Raavanan over here.

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Gadget war - HTC Desire vs iPhone 4G


It's time to find the best one among the available smart phones. iPhone4 (referred as iPhone 4G) started shipping all over the world, the real battle begins with its competitors. We have HTC HD mini, HTC Legend, Samsung wave but HTC Desire is been considered as best contender to compete with iPhone4. Lets start the battle to unveil who is best.

Build and Display:
Considering style and look both have stylish look, reliable build quality but iPhone4 has almost same design as like its predecessors. However considering the display glasses iPhone4 has scratch resistant display which is more reliable than Desire one. Based on touch sensitive response again iPhone4 wins even though  Desire's AMOLED looks crispier than iPhone4 display.

Hardware, UI and Apps:
In common both has 1Ghz CPU but Snapdragon wins over the Apple A4 processor in graphics and performance. When it comes to user interface definitely everyone raise their hand for HTC Desire for its updated Sense UI. App market is very large comparing to Android but we hope it will be reverse in future. Both have 5MP camera with LED flash but iPhone4 wins with additional secondary camera for video call, when comes to clarity Desire wins with less margin.

Price and Verdict:
Both are nice devices has its own advantages and disadvantages. iPhone4 really does a lot with multi tasking capabilities, improved UI, connectivity but fails in file management, no expandable memory and most of the handsets are defective because of yellow spots appearing in its display. Desire, its weapon to target iPhone are optical track pad, expandable memory, AMOLED display, Sense UI, Multi touch capability but fails in no secondary camera, sunlight legibility, slight low response comparing to iPhone4.

Buying the best is depends on you but if you ask us we would prefer Desire only because iPhone4 its not the every one gadget. So, why you need to spend more bucks when you have same type of device available in half of its price. iPhone4 is really overpriced, Apple should reconsider to release devices for common people also. At the end both got the first place.

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Video theme of Tamil semmozhi meet by A.R. Rahman

Dual Academy award winner A.R. Rahman composed theme for Tamil Semmozhi meet going to be held in India. Lot of artists and singers are involved in the composition to make it perfect. Video of this theme is situated below for you to enjoy the maestros music.


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Interactive Fifa world cup 2010 schedule

Need to know the schedule of the Fifa world cup 2010. Click here to view the interactive schedule of worlds most watched game.

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Samsung I9000 Galaxy S is out now

Samsung finally released the much awaited I9000 Galaxy S model to its Europe and Asia customers. This model is popularly known as Samsung S. As like iPhone, N97, Omnia models this phone ships with 8/16GB internal storage. Other major highlight is its display, it made with Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen display with 16M colors and this is the second smartphone which has Super AMOLED display after Bada.

Samsung S has the camera in which you can record videos in 720p at 30fps. It also supports Divx and Xvid video playback. The phone is available in two colors black and grey respectively. It sports a decent 5MP camera with a resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels. It is a powerful gadget powered by 1Ghz ARM cortex Hummingbird CPU, Android2.1 Eclair version OS and Standard 1500mah Lith-ion battery. On connectivity side the phone has 3G, WiFi, HSDPA, Bluetooth, USB2.0 and GPS.

The phone holds 3.5mm jack and FM radio with RDS for hands free entertainment. This small beauty is priced at 510 Euro for UK customers. The phone is overpriced, makes you to take a personal loans for it. To save more from your pockets you can go for some recent Android releases from HTC like Desire, Wildfire, Legend, etc.

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Battlefiled Bad Company 2 black screen issue

If You are experiencing black screen issue in Electronic Arts Battlefield Bad Company 2 game,  then here is the solution for it. Just download the file containing the update Battlefield_bad_company_update.zip. Extract the file pregameover.res and sp_01, sp_09 folders to the path win32/movies folder located inside the installation directory of the game. This issue occurred due to some files missing, this update will fix this.

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Acer announced Liquid e Ferrari Edition


Acer announced the Ferrari edition of its Liquid e mobile phone. This is a special edition phone dedicated to Ferrari for Formula1 racing 2010. Earlier Acer also released Ferrari edition laptops, continuing that now it came through its smart phone devices. This phone is a limited edition as like 5th wheels, can be in the stores shelf  only a day when shipping starts. The phone has same black color in front  and sides are in red with a Ferrari logo in the back cover.

As like normal Liquid e this phone is powered by Android2.1 (Eclair) OS, Qualcomm 768Mhz processor, 256MB RAM 512MB ROM, 3.5 Capacitive touch screen display, HSDPA, WiFi, Bluetooth, MicroSD upto 32GB, 5MP camera and standard 1350mah Lith-ion battery. Additionally for Ferrari edition phones you can have special Ferrari edition Bluetooth headset, shock and dust proof carry case. Until now price is not revealed officially. Be ready to hold the speed in your hands.

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