NEW GADGETS FOR THIS MONTH

BELOW ARE THE NEW GADGETS RELEASED THIS IN THIS AND PAST MONTH:-

CorbyPRO B5310
The Samsung Corby Pro screams out youth, vibrancy and chic style. The phone comes with a whole bunch of widgets and apps for connecting to social networksand web services such as Flickr and Facebook. It has a 2.8-inch display that performs decently for a resistive touchscreen. However be prepared to encounter several mistaps and unintended application launches in normal usage. The highlight of the phone is the slide out QWERTY keypad. We found it to be quite good, with adequately bevelled keys that provide just the right amount of tactile feedback. The 3.15 megapixel camera produces sharp pictures in normal Lighting conditions and that’s it. As for build quality, despite being almost entirely plastic, thephone gives the impression of being sturdy — even the slide out keypad. There are several enhancements in this phone over predecessors in the Corby series, namely Wi-Fi, 3.5G connectivity, and in built GPS. All things considered it’s a ‘cute’ bundle of features and until QWERTY Android devices breach this price point, we’d say go for it if Touch is a mustand QWERTY is what you were always looking for.

Specifications
Display: 2.8-inch touchscreenTFT, 240 x 320pixels, 16M coloursNetwork: GSM/ EDGE / GPRS850/900/1800/1900 MHzMemory: 100MB,microSD up to 16 GBWeight: 135 gmsConnectivity: Wi-Fi,Micro USB, Bluetoothv2.1, 3.5 mm audio

MRP:Rs. 13,900
VOTED 7 OUT OF 10 STARS

Dell Inspiron Mini 10

The Mini 10 is a solid little thing, with a very good glossy black finish. Build quality is top class. The hinge mechanism is really sturdy. The keypad is one of the best we’ve come across on a netbook. Where most keypads are cramped for room, Dell wastes no space with a keypad bezel and provides really large keys, with great feedback. Bevelling is barely noticeable, but the keys are large enough to negate this effect. Typing is, as a result, much easier thereby addressing our number one grouse with netbooks. The display is decent enough, although color and contrast take the proverbial toss. The trackpad is responsive enough although we don’t agree with integrating the mouse keys into it. The Mini 10 performs at par with other netbooks based on similar configurations. It come pre-loaded with Windows XP, so the memory is sufficient for most tasks. We got a 6-cell battery, and this stretches battery life to over four hours in our test — not bad. It’s 3G ready, with a SIM slot. Priced at Rs. 17,400 the Mini 10 makes a very good buy for anyone looking for a solid netbook.
Specifications
CPU: Intel Atom N270,
RAM: 1 GB DDR2 667
MHz, HDD: 2.5”, 160 GB,
5400 rpm, Display: 10.1-
Inches, 1024 x 600 pixels
MRP: RS. 17,400
VOTED 8 OUT OF 10 STARS

Sony Ericsson Satio
Satio is one of the rarefull screen touch phones from SE. This is a bulky handset, but a good looker. The phone runs on an ARM Cortex-A8 600 MHz and the Symbian S60 OS. It has a resistive touchscreen, which is not very responsive. The user interface is a bit altered fromtypical Symbian style — there are fi ve home screens on the Satio. It supports WiFi and comes with an in-built menu called Locations which has all the GPS functionality. The on-screen QWERTY keypad is quite good thanks to the haptic feedback and large keys which reduces typos. The speaker quality of the phone is very ordinary. The built in earphones give a decent output. The sluggish response kills the internet experience.The USP of the phone is its camera. Dual flash technology gives good results in low light conditions. Video shooting at 30 fps allowslive zooming option. The accelerometer of the phone changes the orientation of images accordingly. At Rs. 36,950, this phone is overpriced, considering it uses a resistive touch (not good for internet usage), but it does sport a very good camera.
Specifications
GSM 850/900/1800/1900,
UMTS 850/1900/2100, Data
Link: CSD, HSCSD, GPRS,
EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA,
HSUPA, OS: Symbian S60
5th edition, Processor: ARM
Cortex A8
MRP:RS. 36,950
VOTED 6.5 OUT OF 10 STARS

NZXT Sentry 2

This is a temperature gauge and fan controller rolled into one.It has a nice colorful LCD displaythat is touch controlled. The unit draws power from a 4-pin molex connector. TheSentry 2 has 3-pin connects for up to five fans and it also includes thermal diodes fortemperature monitoring. The sensor is really thin, allowing it to be placed between CPUsand heatsinks, (for example), without upsetting the contact. Once connected you canmonitor the fan speed of any fi ve fans and the temperature of any five zones. There aretwo modes of controlling fans — auto (based on set thresholds) and manual. Alarms canbe set to go off if a monitored fan is faulty, or if the thermal threshold has been exceeded ina particular zone and the Sentry 2s backlight can be turned off at night, to prevent annoyingglare. The touch interface is not the best around, but it gets the job done. Priced at Rs. 2,000, the Sentry 2 is a nice addition to a powerful gaming rig. It’s fl ashy and functional — not fornon-showoffs though.
Specifications
LCD touchscreen, 5x thermal
diodes, 5x fan control, display
backlight controllable
MRP:RS.2,000

VOTED 7 OUT OF 10 STARS