Apple Launches iPad 2 to India starting at Rs 29,500

Apple has revealed that they are going to launch iPad 2 in India and seven other countries at a price range starting at just Rs 29,500 only.
The newer version does not include the retina display but it is slimmer and faster as compared to original.
Here are the specs:
Check the specs out:

* 9.7-inch LED backlit IPS Panel display running at 1024x768
* Dual-core 1GHz A5 processor
* WiFi a/b/g/n and 3G (optional)
* Available in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB variants
* 720p Video Recording at 30fps
* Front-facing VGA camera from FaceTime video calling

It has a 9.7 inch Usual screen with 1024x768 display, with dual-core !ghz A5 processor. Certainly faster than the original one.
It comes in various of optional features such as wifi and 3G. The price for the lowest model starts at just Rs 29,500 ranging upto 46,900.
Check out the complete prices list as follows:
Rs. 29,500-16GB Internal memory with WIFI
Rs. 34,500 - 32GB Internal memory with WIFI
Rs. 39,500- 64GB Internal memory with WIFI
Rs. 36,900 - 16GB Internal memory with WIFI + 3G
Rs. 41,900 - 32GB Internal memory with WIFI + 3G
Rs. 46,900 - 64GB Internal memory with WIFI + 3G

The Announcement was a bit of a surprise especially when the original iPad has justt released in India three months ago. But it may be a business strategy from the Giant.

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Apple Iphone 4

Apple's iPhone market was already at boom but the launch of a new model, Iphone 4 will make their market grow even more.Iphone 4 is slimmer, sexier as compared to the previous model. The first thing that I noticed when I first saw it was the display. With clear display, capacitive touch with 16M colors, it really looks awesome
As far as its weight and dimension is concerned, it is lighter and slimmer than iPhone3. The iPhone 4 now has a stainless steel band around the sides. In networking, you can connect it to a wifi network, bluetooth, GPRS, WLAN, Infrared and USB 2.0. It has a 5MP auto focus camera with LED flash and a VGA front camera as well. With 16/32 GB storage, 512 MB RAM it is faster and you can store lots of data in the iPhone. As far as the processor is concerned, it is certainly better than the previous version. It has 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor, PowerVR SGX535GPU, Apple A4 chip set.
Lets have a look at complete Specifications of Apple's iPhone 4:

General
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Announced 2010, June
Status Available. Released 2010, June

Size
Dimensions 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
Weight 137 g

Display
Type LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 640 x 960 pixels, 3.5 inches
- Scratch-resistant oleophobic surface
- Multi-touch input method
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Three-axis gyro sensor
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off

Sound
Alert types Vibration, MP3 ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes

Memory
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records 100 received, dialed and missed calls
Internal 16/32 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Card slot No

Data
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0

Camera
Primary 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality
Features Touch focus, geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p@30fps, LED video light, geo-tagging, check quality
Secondary Yes, videocalling over Wi-Fi only

Features
OS iOS 4
CPU 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor, PowerVR SGX535GPU, Apple A4 chipset
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
Browser HTML (Safari)
Radio No
Games Downloadable, incl. motion-based
Colors Black, White
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java No
- MicroSIM card support only
- Scratch-resistant glass back panel
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Digital compass
- Google Maps
- Audio/video player and editor
- Voice command/dial
- TV-out

Battery
Standard battery, Li-Po 1420mAh
Stand-by Up to 300 h (2G) / Up to 300 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 14 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G)
Music play Up to 40 h


This is surely a phone which people would love to buy with all the features and ofcourse the class and standards set by IPhone. At the end of the day, I would surely recommend this phone as a fun to buy with all the applications and features proided by Apple.

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HTC Wildfire Desire MINI

With HTC desire being a huge hit in the android market, HTC have launched a Middle-Lower end version of Wildfire Desire and called it Desire MINI. Although Desire HD catches the eye, this is a much downgraded version of the Actual Desire HD , but to reach the lower end market, they launched it.

It is a great phone who love to get in touch. It is a phone which you can compare with HTC Desire for its connectivity and networking features with Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support. But when it comes to display, it seems that they have degraded it too much as compared to the Original HTC Desire.
Lets have a look at its complete specifications:

Key features

• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
• 3G with 7.2 Mbps HSDPA
• Android OS v2.1 (Éclair) with Sense UI
• 3.2" capacitive touchscreen of QVGA resolution
• Multi-touch support
• Qualcomm MSM 7225 528 MHz CPU, 384 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
• 5 megapixel auto-focus camera with LED flash and touch focus
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g and GPS receiver
• Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
• Turn-to-mute, lift-to-tone-down
• Proximity sensor
• Smart dialing
• Standard miniUSB port for charging and data
• Bluetooth with A2DP, file transfers
• microSD card slot, a 2GB card in the box
• Standard 3.5mm audio jack
• Social network integration: Facebook, Twitter and Flickr through Friend Stream
• Flash-enabled browser
• Direct access to the official Android repository
• Stereo FM radio with RDS

Main disadvantages

• Poor screen image quality, QVGA doesn’t do Android OS and the display size justice
• No video-call camera or videocalling whatsoever
• CIF@15fps video recording (352 x 288 pixels) is below par
• No voice dialing
• No DivX or XviD video support out of the box
• No TV-out port

It is a phone with so many advantages especially for the connectivity side. its display and CPU are the only downgrades from the Desire. With 5 MP auto-focus camera with LED flash and touch focus, you can enjoy the recording feature for some of your precious moments. It is based on Android 2.3 which is the latest version of android and can access full Application store.
The price range for this phone in India is approx 15000 Rs/- which would be quite a reasonable but for such a quality phone.

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Samsung Wave II

After a market success by Samsung Wave, Samsung has now launched a newer version of their SmartPhone- Wave II. Samsung Certainly wanted a strong start for their own OS - BADA and they certainly have it. Wave is one smartphone which has been sold in millions and was a huge success and following its success now comes Wave II.
It is certainly better,bigger and faster as compared to Wave so as to reach the high end customers. But there is no Super AMOLED Screen this time.
Here’s a quick recap of its specs:

Samsung Wave 2 S8530 key features / Specs :

• 3.7-inch SUPER Clear LCD Touchscreen Display
• Slim and solid metal body
• Samsung Bada OS v1.2 with Samsung Apps
• TouchWIZ v3 User Interface – Multiple home screens , hybrid widgets
• ARM Cortex A8 based 1GHz CPU
• Quad-band GSM support with dual-band HSPA
• Wireless LAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n connectivity with WPS support, Wi-Fi tethering
• Built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS support, digital compass, Samsung LBS powered by ROUTE 66
• 5 Mega-pixel autofocus camera with LED flash
• HD video recording at 30fps
• 2GB internal storage, Expandable memory
• Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP
• 3.5mm headphone jack
• TV out
• Stereo FM radio with RDS and FM recording
• Social Hub – Integrated information from Emails,IM,SNS
• Quicktype – fast typing using T9 trace on virtual keypad
• Social network Service (SNS) Widgets to stay connected with friends
• Quick panel for frequently used settings
• 1GHz processor with smooth 3D gaming experience
• HD video player – multi-format
• Mosaic search – quickly finds the desired part of a video

• Design
  • Form Factor : Full Touch Bar
• Platform
  • GSM&EDGE Band Quad Band (850/900/1800/1900MHz)
  • 3G Band 8500 / 2100
  • GPRS
  • EDGE
  • 3G HSDPA 3.6 Mbps
  • Operation System Samsung bada OS
  • Browser Dolfin Browser 2.0
  • Java MIDP2.1
• Size
  • Dimensions : 123.9 x 59.8 x 11.8 mm
  • Weight 135g
• Display
  • Internal Technology SUPER Clear TFT
  • Internal Resolution WVGA 480×800
  • Internal Size 3.7 inches
• Battery
  • Capacity : 1500mAh
  • Talk time : Up to 13.5 hours
  • Standby : Up to 600 hours
• Camera
  • Camera Resolution : 5 Megapixel
  • Digital / Optical Zoom Digital x4
  • Flash LED
  • Auto Focus
  • Shot Mode
  • Photo Effects
  • ISO
• Video
  • Video player HD video 1280×720
  • Video recording HD video 1280×720@30fps
  • Video messaging
  • Video streaming
  • Video telephony
• Music & Sound
  • Music Player MP3 / AAC / AAC+ / eAAC+ / WMA / AMR / MIDI / SP-MIDI / i-melody / WAV / MMF
  • Poly Ringtones
  • MP3 Ringtones
  • DRM OMA DRM v.2.0 / WMDRM / DivX DRM
  • 3D sound technology SoundAlive
  • Music Library
• Fun & Entertainment
  • Embedded JAVA™ games
  • Embedded Wallpaper
  • FM Radio
  • FM Radio Recoding
  • FM Radio RDS
• Business & Office
  • Document Viewer
  • Mobile Printing
  • Offline Mode
  • Voice Memo & Voice Mail
• Messaging
  • SMS
  • MMS
  • Predictive Text Input T9
  • Email
  • Cell Broadcast
  • vCard / vCalendar
  • Instant Messaging
• Connectivity
  • Bluetooth 3.0
  • USB 2.0
  • WAP 2.0
  • USB mass storage
  • Internet HTML Browser
  • SyncML(DS) 1.2
  • SyncML(DM) 1.2
  • WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
  • AGPS
  • TV-output
  • PC Sync Application
• Memory
  • User Memory 2GB
  • SMS Memory 1000
  • External Memory microSD (Up to 32GB)
• Personal Information Management
  • Calendar
  • Scheduler
  • Clock
  • vWorldtime
  • Alarm
  • Calculator
  • Stopwatch
  • Countdown Timer
• Call Functions
  • Speakerphone
  • Caller ID
  • Call Cost
  • Call Time
  • Call forwarding / barring / waiting / holding
  • Multiparty
• Further Informations
  • Mobile Tracker
  • Touch Screen

Main disadvantages

• Limited number of available applications
• Super Clear LCD can’t match SuperAMOLED
• Card slot under the battery
• No lens protection
• SatNav software only a 30-day trial
• No ambient light sensor to adjust screen brightness automatically
• Poor loudspeaker performance

Wave II over original Wave

• Latest Bada OS 1.2
• Swype-like T9 Trace text input
• Over-the-Air software updates
• Larger 3.7" touchscreen

Although the advantages of Wave II over wave seems to be quite less and will even vanish once Wave is upgraded to Bada OS -1.2 but one thing that is missing in Wave II has been The SuperAMOLED screen. Super AMOLED screen was one of the major driving factor for Samsung Wave, which is missing in Wave II but samsung promises that this 3.7 inch screen is not an ordinary LCD Screen


Samsung Wave 2 Price in India

Samsung Wave 2 Price in India : The new Samsung Wave 2 Price in India is Rs.16,399 . It is available now in the market.

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