LiteON E200 SATA III Solid State Drive

Through LiteON is not the brand we often see on consumer SSD products, it has a range of OEM products that are being released with Plextor branding, including M3S, M2S. The firm has now brought its new series of consumer product, the E200 series solid state drive. Using SATA III 6Gbps high-speed interface, the SSD also includes True Speed technology for sustained performance.

The E200 comes in 80GB and 160GB capacities and offers up to 50MB/s read and 240MB/s write speeds. The 2.5-inch SSD comes with a 3.5-inch bracket so you can also upgrade your desktop hard drive easily. It supports Windows 7 TRIM commands.

NEC MultiSync EA223WM LED-backlit Display for Enterprise

NEC added to ots business-oriented MultiSync EAseries the new EA223WM for high-performance enterprise users. The 22-inch LED-backlit monitor uses 16:10 TN panel and features 1680×1050 native resolution, 1000:1 typical contrast ratio, 25,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, 5ms response time and 178/178-degree viewing angle. It comes with a fully adjustable stand with 130mm height-adjust, tilt, swivel and pivot.

The slim and light MultiSync EA223WM supports ControlSync, which enables synchronized adjustment of multi-screen setup of up to six MultiSync EA Series displays. It provides DisplayPort, DVI-D and VGA inputs and has integrated 4-port USB hub, and built-in 1Wx2 stereo speakers. The business monitor offers touch-sensitive OSD controls and integrated cable management.

NEC MultiSync EA223WM will be released in April for $259.

Zotac ZBOX nano XS AD11 Plus Small Form Factor PC

Zotac introduces its latest mini PC, the ZBOX nano XS Plus which is the world’s smallest PC capable of HD computing that “redefined mini PC form factor.” The new small form factor PC is powered by AMD’s E450 dual-core 1.65GHz Accelerated Processor and a Radeon HD6320 graphics processor, featuring Steady Video, Perfect Picture HD and AMD Vision technology. It comes with 2GB of RAM and a 64GB mSATA SSD for faster boot time and system responsiveness.

The ZBOX nano XS AD11 Plus measures sports a 6-in-1 card reader and provides HDMI output.. The little box has two USB 3.0 ports, two USB 2.0 ports and a combo eSATA/USB port. It has integrated IR receiver and comes with a MCE-compatiable remote control. Gigabit Ethernet LAN port is including and a USB 802.11B WiFi adapter is bundled for wireless connectivity.

The Zotac ZBOX nano XS AD11 Plus mini PC also comes with a VESA 75/100 mount for you to attach it to a monitor.

Intel SSD 330 Series SATA III Solid State Drive

Intel announced its new SSD 330 Series of solid state drive using SATA 6Gbps interface, which is designed to provide budget-conscious consumers with a more affordable entry into the accelerated storage performance of SSDs. based on Intel’s 25nm MLC NAND flash memory and using SATA III 6 6Gbps, the SSD 330 utilizing SandForce;s SF-2281 controllers, instead of Intel’s own chip.

The SSD 330 series offers up to 550MB/s sequential read speeds and up to 450MB/s sequential write speeds for faster data transfer, and a random read performance of up to 22,500IOPS and 33,000 write IOPS, boosting overall application and system responsiveness, significantly outperforming a typical consumer hard disk drive. The series comes in 2.5-inch/9.5mm form factor and is available in 60GB, 120GB and 180GB capacities.

Aimed at entry-level, mainstream client users, the SSD 330series is priced at $89 for 60GB, $149 for 120GB and $234 for 180GB.

ADATA XGP SX900 Solid State Drive

ADATA adds the SX900 solid state drive to its XGP (Ctream Performance Grar) lineup. The hig-performance SSD utilizes SandForce 2281 SSD controller and SATA 6Gbps interface, offering up to 550MB/s read and 530MB/s write speeds, with maximum randon 4k write speed as high as 85,000 IOPS.

Thr XPG SX900 uses MLC uses NAND flash and comes in 64GB, 128GB, 256GB and 512GB capacities. The 2.5-inch SSD supports Windows TRIM optimization command that can directrly delete storaed data in the Flash memory and release unused space (Free Blocks) to be used for system writes immediately, for accelerated performance.

Intel Launches its Ivy Bridge Processor

Intel has announced to launch its Ivy Bridge family processors.

Originality, Intel was supposed to launch the new CPU family on April 29, but after the numerous delays, doing it a bit early won’t anyone.

Built around the 22nm manufacturing process, the Ivy Bridge CPUs features Intel’s 3D tri-gate transistors technology, which boosts power efficiency.

Initially, 13quad-core processors of the Core 15 and Core i7 variety are hitting the shelves, most of them aimed at desktop computers. Unfortunately for the ultrabook lovers, dual-core and ultra low voltage Ivy Bridge chips will be delayed yet again until some time later in summer.

The future looks bright for the company, as Intel plans to launch chips with 14nm transistors in 2013, and by 2015 it should even hit 10nm mark. Moor’e law looks to be hard at work at Intel’s labs.

Silicon Power Velox V60 Solid State Drive

Silicon Poser introduces its new series of SATA III solid state drive – Velox V60. Featuring an aluminum metal body with metallic gray finish, the V60 uses SATA III interface and utilizes SandForce controller, and delivers up to 550MB/s read and 500MB/s write speeds. The new series is available in 60GB, 120GB, 240GB and 480GB capacities.

The Volex V40 includes DureWrite and wearleveling for extended endurance as well as support for TRIM command, Garbage Collection technology, ECC (Error Checking and Correcting) and S.M.A.R.T. The 2.5-inch SSD comes with 3.5-inch adapter bracket for use on desktop computers.

Netgear R6300 WiFi Router with Broadcom WiFi IEEE 802.11ac chips

Netgear introduces the R6300, the first WiFi router powered by Broadcom’s WiFi IEEE 802.11ac chips, enable 5th generation WiFi (5G WiFi) at gigabit speeds that is up to 3x faster than 802.11n.

The router delivers a high transfer speed, ofering up to 1300Mbps on 5GHz and 450 Mbps on 2.4GHz, with support for simultanious dual-band WiFi technology. Of course, the router is also commpatiable with WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n for optimum interportability. It has a elegant new design that is stylish and space-saving.

The Netgear R6300 is equipped with high-powered radio amplifiers for boosted performance, and 128MB flash of RAM. It supports Advanced Quality of Service (QoS), IPv6 Support, WPA/WPA2-PSK and Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) for Push-N-Connect. The 802.11ac router also support ReadySHARE USB Access and ReadySHARE Printer for sharing USB storage devices and prnters easily. It is also DLNA and AirPrint ready.

It is coming in May, the Netgear R6300 WiFi 802.11ac. router will be priced at $199.99.

Sony BDP-S790 Blu-ray Player with WiFi

Sony is shipping its sleek BDP-S790 Blu-ray Disc Player with WiFi connectivity. The new model supports playback of Blu-ray Discs, DVD and CD, and sports a dual-core processor for faster responce and enhanced performance. Thanks to WiFi, the player can access Sony Entertainment Network for online media streaming including Ultraviolet streaming services provided by VUDU, Netflix, Pandora etc.

The Sony BDP-S790 supports 4K upscaling for enhance playback quality of HD and SD sources. It also includes IP Content Noise Reduction. The S790 supports DLNA for wireless media streaming from compatible devices, and there is font USB port for direct media playback. Other features include compatibility with HomeShare Network Speaker, and Media Remote iOS/Android app.The Sony BDP-S790 is priced at $249.

PNY Key Attach USB Flash Drive

PNY introduces a new USB flash drive, the Key Attache that is joining your keychain. The drive is available in 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and 32GB capacities, and offers up to 10MB/s write and 32MB/read speeds. Silver and Blue options are available.

The Key Attache has a cap less and tiny design, measuring 6.1mm xx 17.0mm x 32.7mm and weight 2.3g.

Belkin Mini Surge Protector with USB Charger

There are always not enough power outlets in hotel room for travelers to charge their gadgets. Belkin brings us the Mini Surge protector (model BZ103050-TVL) with USB Charger designed to ass three AC outlets as well as two USB charging ports. The compact, lightweight adapter features a 360-degree rotating plug with 4 locking positions.

While the three AC outlets is ideal charging for notebook, tablets, cameras, the two USB ports are perfect for smartphones, MP3 players, PMPs. The Mini Surge Protector with USB Charger is priced at $24.99 (or just $16.99 from Amazon.com).

Instagram for Android is Available for Download

Instagram is photography and social app, its a fast, beautiful and fun way to share your phones with friends and family. Snap a picture, choose a filter to transform its look and feel and post to Instagram. Then share it to Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr, It’s compatible with phones running Android 2.2 or above (wit support for OpenGL ES 2), not compatiable on Android tablets yet.

Features:

• 100% free custom designed filters and borders
• Lux works its magic by making your phones more vibrant and brings out details in your photos you could’t see before
• Instant sharing to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Foursquare (Flicker coming very soon)
• Interact with friends through giving & receiving likes and comments
• Works with Android 2.2 and above that support OpenGL ES 2
• Full front and back camera support

Download it free from Google Play Store

PlayBook OS New Update is Available Now

There is no longer that much anticipation going on around the BlackBerry Playbook now that the OS 2.0 is out and things have been quiet overall. RIM however has now released an update to the tablet that brings the PlayBook OS up to version 2.0.1.358. The update is said to bring about improvements in the web browser, Android app support and optimizations to some of the BlackBerry OS core apps.

Below you will find the detailed list of the updates:

• Browser enhancements to address performance with some websites
• Improvements to support Android apps
• Optimization to Video Chat, PIM and BlackBerry Bridge applications

The RIM team is also suggesting there’s much more to the update, but they are not getting into specifics, so I would presume it’s about general bug fixes.

The PlayBook OS 2.0.1.358 update is now available OTA, if it doesn’t pop up on its own, just check manually for updates in the settings drop-down.

Price vs. Features Compatibility: Android vs. iOS

No doubt that the popularity of mobile apps is soaring ad the demand for them is going to be even higher in the years to come. At the moment, iOS apps and Android apps seems to dominate the apps marketplace. The question is, which is better one is better of the two?

The iOS App Store is home to over 425,000 applications whereas the Android App Market only offers a little over 2000,000. However, as per a couple of websites, the look and feels of iOS applications are better and more appealing as compared to similar applications on Android platform.

Given the variety of apps available, the selection process is relatively similar for both platforms. Though similar apps are widely available for both platforms, there seems to be a lot of iOS overlap in terms of gaming apps. An app that starts out as iOS exclusive will eventually gain popularity and a me-too Android version will be released shortly. Perfect examples of this include Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja.

On the costing front, popular apps on the Android Market are more than 2.5 times expensive on average those of their counterparts on the iOS App Store. Analyst firm Canalys’ App Interrogator study found that the top 100 paid applications on the Android service cost $3.74 on average, compared to an average cost of just $1.47 for the most popular paid iOS apps. The point to note here is the a paid app of Android is not always fully-functional unlike iOS apps. Made to fix example here is an iOS Skype app that enable users to enjoy both video and audio calls while the Android Skype app only allows texting!

Android Market is now Google Play Store

Google has changed their Android Market to Google Play. Google has re branded and include all their digital services, like e-books, music, apps into google Play.

 These changes were made on March 6th, 2012 by Google and now to open Android Market just go for Play Store in your phone and access the re branded app store.

Archos Child Pad Kid-Friendly Tablet Running ICS

Archos announced its new Child Pad, a 7 inches kid-friendly tablet running the latest Android Ice Cream Sandwich. Designed for children, the Child Pad features a kid-friendly user interface with colored icons, home screen folders with direct access to games, entertainment, learning and puzzles; comes with 28 pre-loaded kid apps including Angry Birds, Pig Rush and Flight Frenz. Instead of ordinary Android market, the tablet access to the Kids App store powered by AppLib which is filtered down to 14 friendly categories and 10,000 apps including games, entertainment, communication, multimedia books, comics, sports etc.

The Child Pad powered by 1GHz processor and 1GB of RAM. It sports a 7 inches 1024×600 touchscreen. To ensure a safe tablet environment for kids and peace of mind for parents, the tablet  complies with both CIPA and COPPA regulations. Parental control and safe web browsing functions are of course included.

The Archos Child Pad will be relesed in late March for $129.

Samsung Unveils Flexible Android Smartphone

Think a flexible smartphone is just science fuction? You might have to think again, thanks to Samsung. The Korean company recently unveiled Galaxy Skin, an Android smartphone that can take on different shapes and take on even hammer blows, set begin production in 2012 Q 2 with murmurings of a release sometime thereafter.

So aside from its flexible form, what specs can Galaxy boastof? For startes, it will have a flexible 4″ AMOLED display (800×480) made of plastic polyimide substrate. Samsung already confirmed that they have started production of such screens. This form of AOLED technology consumes less energy but still delivers good screen brightness compared to the normal Samsung AMOLED.

 Other known specs of Galaxy Skin include 1 GB RAM, 1.2 GHz processor, 8 MP rear camera an VGA front camera with auto focus, self-portrait, stop motion, action shot, and Panorama shots, and 1500 mAh battery. Connectivity-wise, it has Bluetooth 3.0, USB 2.0, and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n features. It will reportedly run on Android Jellybean (the next Google OS version after Ice Cream Sandwich), but there are speculations that Google will make a special version for it, namely Android Flexy.

PAC Launched First Commercial Tablet

Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) Kamra has launched first Pakistani Tablet with the collaboration of Chinese  company Innavtek. In fect three electronic products have been launched which are Computing Tablet, Notebook, eBook reader. The manufacturing  responsibility lies with PAC, where as Innavtek will be looking after marketing and promotion.

It is a good news for Pakistani people that Pakistan has now started such technology products. PAC is planning to produce such more products and also trained the people to manufacture these. When there will be a huge number of production then there will be a tablet in every Pakistani’s hand rather than a mobile phone.

The Pakistani Tablet have these characteristics:

• Vibrant crisp color display
• Professional grade performance
• Full computing power in a tablet format
• Understanding web browsing and downloading
• Multi-touch  screen
• 7 inch LCD display with full HD resolution

Acer Iconic Tab A200 with Ice Cream Sandwich

Acer Iconic Tab A200 is getting the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OTA update. Tje 10.1 inches ablet is powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 1GHz dual-core processor with 1GB of RAM. It comes with 8GB or 16GB internal memory for you to store apps, music and videos and there is microSD/SDHC card slot for expansion.

 The Acer A200 tablet has a 10.1 inches 1280×800 WXGA touchscreen, a front facing camera, dual speaker, Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity. The Iconic Tab A200 is available in titanium gray and metallic red colors. You can get a 8GB from Amazon for $329.99.

Samsung Galaxy Y Duos

General:
2G Network: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 -SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network: HSDPA 900/2100
Announced: 2011. December
Status: Available. released 2012, February
Body:
Dimensions: 109.8 x 60 x 12 mm
Weight: 109 g
Display:
Type: TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors
Size: 240 x 320 pixels, 3.14 inches (~127 ppi pixel density)
- Samsung TouchWiz
Sound:
Alert types: Viberation, MP3 ringtones
Loudspeaker: Yes
3.5mm jack: Yes
Memory:
Card slot: microSD, up to 32 GB included
Internal: 512 MB ROM, 348 MB RAM
Data:
GPRS: Yes
EDGE: Yes
Speed: HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth: Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
USB: Yes, microUSB v2.0
Camera:
Primary: 3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels
Features: Geo-tagging
Video: Yes, QVGA@24fps
Secondary: No
Features:
OS: Android OS, v 2.3 (Gingerbread)
Sensors: Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Messaging: SMS (thread view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
Browser: HTML, Adobe Flash
Radio: Stero FM radio with RDS
GPS: Yes, ith A-GPS support
Java: Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Color: Black
- Dual SIM (dual stand-by)
- SNS integration
- MP4/WMV/H.264 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC + player
- Organizer
- Image/video editor
- Document viewer
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calender, Google Talk,
Picasa integration
- Voice memo/dial
- Predictive text/input
Battery:
Standard battery, Li-Ion 1300 mAh

US Judge Orders Google & Motorola to give Apple their Android Secrets

A breaking news that US Court Judge Richard Posner has ordered Google and Motorola to hand over development details of Android OS to Apple

Not only that, but Motorola Mobility must also provide Apple information regarding its pending acquisition by Google.

The judge said, “Google’s employees and documents are not within ‘possession, custody, or control’ of Motorola, and Motorola cannot force Google to produce documents or witnesses over Google’s objection.

It is rather strange that a judge should ask for Motorola and Google to hand over critical Android development information to Apple, which is their direct competitor not only in the smartphone market, but in the tablet one as well.

This is going to be an interesting one.

Price vs. Features Compatibility: Android vs. iOS

No doubt that the popularity of mobile apps is soaring ad the demand for them is going to be even higher in the years to come. At the moment, iOS apps and Android apps seems to dominate the apps marketplace. The question is, which is better one is better of the two?

The iOS App Store is home to over 425,000 applications whereas the Android App Market only offers a little over 2000,000. However, as per a couple of websites, the look and feels of iOS applications are better and more appealing as compared to similar applications on Android platform.

Given the variety of apps available, the selection process is relatively similar for both platforms. Though similar apps are widely available for both platforms, there seems to be a lot of iOS overlap in terms of gaming apps. An app that starts out as iOS exclusive will eventually gain popularity and a me-too Android version will be released shortly. Perfect examples of this include Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja.

On the costing front, popular apps on the Android Market are more than 2.5 times expensive on average those of their counterparts on the iOS App Store. Analyst firm Canalys’ App Interrogator study found that the top 100 paid applications on the Android service cost $3.74 on average, compared to an average cost of just $1.47 for the most popular paid iOS apps. The point to note here is the a paid app of Android is not always fully-functional unlike iOS apps. Made to fix example here is an iOS Skype app that enable users to enjoy both video and audio calls while the Android Skype app only allows texting!

iPhone is more Popular than Android for WiFi

It is said in a survey that iPhone users use more WiFi network than Android users as Android users prefer their own mobile network whenever they feel to need to browse the internet.

The study however is not a general way to represent a global specimen, but based on user of smartphones in America only. In terms of percentage, 9% of iPhone users use mobile networks, while 68% of the ANdroid users are on ot. Comparatively, 71% of the iPhone users use WiFi and only 32% of the Android users are into it. This only shows where the trend for the advertisers must head to.

However in UK, WiFi is big with Android users, but at the same time, it is huge with iPhone users too, who also use mobile network equally. It then goes down to habit of browsing the internet basically or it could be about the strength of the WiFi connection and mobile networks services in these two regions while creates the difference.

Here below is the result of iPhoen and Android users WiFi usage survey in US and UK:

Instagram for Android is Available for Download

The wait is finally over for Android users, Instagrap is available for download from Google Play store.

Instagram is photography and social app, its a fast, beautiful and fun way to share your phones with friends and family. Snap a picture, choose a filter to transform its look and feel and post to Instagram. Then share it to Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr, It’s compatible with phones running Android 2.2 or above (wit support for OpenGL ES 2), not compatiable on Android tablets yet.

Features:

• 100% free custom designed filters and borders
• Lux works its magic by making your phones more vibrant and brings out details in your photos you could’t see before
• Instant sharing to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Foursquare (Flicker coming very soon)
• Interact with friends through giving & receiving likes and comments
• Works with Android 2.2 and above that support OpenGL ES 2
• Full front and back camera support

Download it free from Google Play Store

Android Stealing iOS Story dismissed by Larry Page

Steve Jobs was known for his fanaticism for his own ompany Apple, which is why he was such a technoly innovator and a genius. His authorized biography written by Walter Isaacson, shows that Jobs was angry with how Google supposedly stole certain aspects of the iOS mobile platform for Android OS. According to Jobs biography, he told the writer:

“I will spend my lasy dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple’s $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong.”

Jobs expressed his extreme side saying:

“I’m going to destroy Android… I’m willing to go thermonuclear war on this.”

The reason as to why Jobs would do this according to Larry is:

“For a lot of companies, it’s useful for them to feel like they have an obvious competitor and to rally around that.”

It is strange that technology innovators would need negative sentiments too motivate their own team rather than asking them to make the world better on their with technology regardless of who else is copying them. Google’s Larry wants to stand clean on this and said that t was his privilege to have met Jobs during his last year in life.

Amazon Appstore now supports in-app purchases for Android devices

A feature that has been in Google Play’s Store for a while now is making its way to the Amazon Appstore, as developers now have the ability to integrate in-app purchases into their apps.

In-app payments can be in the form of additional features or subscriptions, as well as bonuses and upgrades for games.

Why is this important when it’s already available for Google Play apps you may ask? For one, it offers developers the ability to target users with custom Android devices able to use only Amazon Appstore as their app market, such as the Kindle Fire. It also offers the same for Android devices not approved by Google to access the Play Store.

Android App Design Guidelines Update

The Googlers over Android Design have just put up some new sections into their guide for Android developers.

Highlights include a brand new section on how to create a design layout for application settings, as well as how to link other Android applications and how to navigate to your app using widgets.

In case you haven’t checked it out. Android Design is great place to start if you’re looking to create your own app, or just want to fiddle around with their design templates. you can get started here, or jump yo whats been updated here, here and here.

3G Licence Auction to Welcome Global Telecom Giants in Pakistan

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As you know 3G Auction is being held on March 29th of this year. All the telecom giants in the world has been invited for bidding process by 3g?4G/LTE advisory comittee.

A reported by Dawn News, these giants included:

• AT&T of USA
• Japan’s DoComo
• British Vodafone
• Qtel of Qatar
• Roshan Telecom from Afghanistan

The report more said that Warid’s un-fit financial position for the bid, also Warid can possibly make a joint bid with some telecom firm from Malaysia. Qubee is also reported to be talks with current market players for a joint bid.