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Sony VAIO S (VPCSB16FG) - Balances performance with portability

The Sony VAIO S 13-inch laptop retails for a price of Rs. 56,990 with a one year warranty. We think it’s a very good price for a thin, ultraportable laptop that packs quite a performance punch in its deceptively slim form factor. The laptop’s feature-packed, and one of the few notebooks that look equally good in a conference room and a coffee shop. Just don’t expect great battery life and you won’t be disappointed.

Pros

• Metal body, Lightweight
• Almost instant bootup
• Very good performance
• Fingerprint sensor
• Feature packed

Cons

• Screen vibrates while typing
• Battery life could be better

Sony recently rebooted its VAIO S laptop series with better hardware and new design. The new Sony VAIO S thin laptop series sits between the entry-level VAIO E and its top-of-the line VAIO Z ultraportable. The 13-inch Sony VAIO S (VPCSB16FG) laptop’s frame sports a full-metal exterior and weighs under 2-kg. With Intel’s lively Sandy Bridge Core i5 processor and dedicated AMD’s Radeon HD 6470M DirectX 11 graphics, the Sony VAIO S tries to fit the mould of a powerful thin and light laptop. Some call it a 13-inch MacBook Air competitor but is that really the case? We take a closer look.

Sony VAIO S (VPCSB16FG) - Balances performance with portability [Review]

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Sony recently rebooted its VAIO S laptop series with better hardware and new design. The new Sony VAIO S thin laptop series sits between the entry-level VAIO E and its top-of-the line VAIO Z ultraportable. The 13-inch Sony VAIO S (VPCSB16FG) laptop’s frame sports a full-metal exterior and weighs under 2-kg. With Intel’s lively Sandy Bridge Core i5 processor and dedicated AMD’s Radeon HD 6470M DirectX 11 graphics, the Sony VAIO S tries to fit the mould of a powerful thin and light laptop. Some call it a 13-inch MacBook Air competitor but is that really the case? We take a closer look.

Sony VAIO S: Design, Look & Feel
The first thing you notice about the Sony VAIO S thin and light laptop is its exterior. The laptop’s matte screen lid has a fine sandpaper-like finish, which is pretty unique, and the iconic VAIO logo sits emblazoned proudly at its center. Also the absence of gloss abates the nuisance of fingerprint smudges not only on the screen lid but even on the rest of VAIO S’ body -- a welcome change from the crop of mainstream laptops these days that overflow with gloss everywhere. The VAIO S laptop, when viewed from the front, has noticeable angular edges -- Sony calls it a hexacell design. The design highlights a new spine for the laptop on the exterior, one that’s sleek and elegant.
The portable Sony VAIO S laptop sports a reinforced magnesium chassis and its keyboard deck and palmrest are carved from a single slab of aluminum. While the color is a little dreary (mainly for its intended power business users), the VAIO S does feel elegant overall. In fact, it’s a throwback to the VAIO Z. However, despite the VAIO S’ feel-good metal exterior, its build quality isn’t up to the same level as a MacBook Air -- where the Air is rock solid and sturdy despite its thin form factor, the VAIO S’ keyboard deck dips a bit and screen vibrates while typing furiously -- it’s barely noticeable but yet it is. The laptop weighs a mere 1.72-kg with its six-cell battery pack, making the VAIO S a worthy companion to consider for on the go computing.
So the overall impression of the Sony VAIO S is that it looks and feels premium but the thin-and-light laptop isn’t really rugged or exceptionally built like the MacBook Air.
Sony VAIO S: Screen Quality
The Sony VAIO S comes with a 13.3-inch LED-backlit TFT LCD widescreen display, with a standard 16:9 aspect ratio and 1366x768 pixel resolution. The laptop’s screen is quite bright and well lit throughout the surface area, there are no uncharacteristic dark patches when we viewed the screen with a white canvas on display. Interestingly Sony decided to continue the existing non-glossy screen of the previous S series range VAIOs to the new VAIO S laptop. I personally think reading text on a matte screen is much better on the eye than glossy screens, and I felt the same with the VAIO S. Despite its non-glossy screen, the VAIO S did pretty well while watching movies and videos, with vivid colours and no blur. The 13-inch display’s viewing angles weren’t great, it was good compared to the average TN-panel screen offered on most mainstream laptop today.
On top of the finely polished screen bezel sat a 0.3MP webcam for video chats and conferences. I must say it worked decently on Skype, no complaints.

Sony VAIO S: Keyboard and Touchpad
Like any other VAIO laptop before, the Sony VAIO S (VPCSB16FG) continues in the company’s tradition to outfit laptop keyboards with isolated, chiclet-styled keys. The VAIO S’ keyboard has well-defined keys that are arranged very well and overall great to type on. The keyboard’s deck flexes ever so slightly while typing furiously -- there’s just a hint, it’s barely noticeable, and there’s nothing in there to upset one’s typing rhythm. The alpha-numeric keys are nice and big, so are the Enter, Shift, Space, Control keys -- in fact, all the keyboard keys are right where you’d imagine them to be. The VAIO S’ keys are backlit for added convenience while typing in the dark. As far as typing goes, there’s no chink in this VAIO’s armour.
And the laptop has one of the widest touchpad we’ve seen on a 13-inch laptop. The smooth metal -- but matte -- surface of the VAIO S’ touchpad is nice and responsive, no problems with its haptic feedback. Clicking anywhere on the touchpad’s surface translates into instantaneous action on the screen, there’s no perceptible lag of any kind -- whether you double-click or drag a window. The touchpad’s two accompanying mouse buttons are well built, if only a little too hard in my opinion -- clicking down requires a little extra pressure than you’d think, but after a few minutes of learning curve you get used to it.
Between the two mouse buttons sits a fingerprint sensor on the Sony VAIO S. It behaves like any biometric input device we’ve seen on laptops till date -- allowing you to enter and store your fingerprint to logon without a password -- within your PC or on a website.
Sony VAIO S: Hardware Features
The new 13-inch Sony VAIO S is decked out with the latest generation of laptop hardware currently available in the market. It has a Sandy Bridge Intel Core i5-2410M 2.3-GHz processor, with Turbo Boost 2.0 support taking it all the way to 2.93-GHz under load. Accompanying the upper mid-range processor are 4GB of DDR3 RAM, 320GB spinning hard drive, and DirectX 11 enabled AMD Radeon HD 6470M graphics (512MB RAM) paired with Intel HD 3000. Undoubtedly, the Sony VAIO S has the firepower of an all-purpose 15-inch home laptop built into a sleek 13-inch frame -- an exciting combination of promised performance and portability.
All its connectivity ports are situated on the right, which relegates cable clutter only to one side of your desk -- we think it’s smart, it may or may not work for you. The Vaio S doesn't skimp on any obvious ports -- there’s HDMI and USB 3.0 -- and also includes a fingerprint sensor for biometric protection. There’s an SD card slot, Memory Stick slot, and 3.5mm jack for audio out. There’s no eSATA port, but a VGA port is included. There’s a Gigabit Ethernet port for wired LAN, but there’s a Wi-Fi 802.11n adapter and Bluetooth 2.1 for wireless connectivity. The 13-inch Sony VAIO S thin laptop comes with a 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium operating system.
Like any other Sony VAIO laptop, the VAIO S notebook comes with VAIO Gate, Sony’s proprietary software -- it sits unobtrusively on the top of your desktop screen. Move your mouse there to launch the VAIO dock to access shortcuts to media, photo, and other software -- some of it is useful, other not so much. There are dedicated Web and Assist buttons on the VAIO for launching the browser and contacting support, respectively -- a nice touch.
Sony VAIO S: Performance
Needless to say, with a Core i5 processor and AMD 6000 series GPU, we expected the Sony VAIO S to do quite well -- and it didn’t disappoint. With a PCMark Vantage score of 6690 and 3D Mark 2006 score of 5160, the Sony VAIO S places itself in a similar category as mainstream 15-inch performance laptops, and obviously better than most 13-inch thin laptops we’ve tested for some time -- including the MacBook Air -- which is a great start for the VAIO S, in terms of performance.
We had absolutely no problem multitasking with a handful of software on the VAIO S, and tasks like video encoding and casual gaming also went pretty well -- we played games like Company of Heroes and Far Cry 2, at medium settings the frame rates were good and playable. But keep in mind that the VAIO S is no gaming laptop, so tread with caution. Watching movies -- HD 1080p and DVDs -- went very well, onboard audio was good enough for a small conference room. However, for best audio experience on the VAIO S, we recommend using earphones.
One Sony claim we were very eager to test was the VAIO S’ super-quick bootup time -- and we were left impressed. We consistently recorded cold boot times of under 30 seconds -- avg between 27 to 29 secs -- for the VAIO S, which is very good considering its slow-spinning 5400 rpm drive, there’s no SSD in there. The laptop’s battery life was quite good, not great though -- in high performance mode, with everything maxed out, the laptop lasted for 2 hours 20 minutes while looping a video file. This was on the discrete AMD Radeon HD 6470M graphics, of course -- on STAMINA or onboard Intel HD graphics, expect the battery to last longer on a conservative power plan. But we’re not quite sure whether it will last a solid 4 hours.
All through our testing, the VAIO S operated at acceptable thermal output levels -- nothing extraordinarily hot anywhere. The laptop wasn’t noisy either.
Our Take:
The Sony VAIO S 13-inch laptop retails for a price of Rs. 56,990 with a one year warranty. We think it’s a very good price for a thin, ultraportable laptop that packs quite a performance punch in its deceptively slim form factor. The laptop’s feature-packed, and one of the few notebooks that look equally good in a conference room and a coffee shop.
It’s not really a MacBook Air competitor -- the newly launched VAIO Z stakes that claim. But competing lightweight or 13-inch offerings from brands like Lenovo and Apple are either too costly or not good enough in terms of performance, so the Sony VAIO S helps plug an important hole for businessmen or style savvy users desiring the right balance between performance and portability at an attractive price. Just don’t expect great battery life and you won’t be disappointed.
Price: Rs. 56,990
Rating:
Features: 4/5
Performance: 4/5
Build Quality: 3.5/5
Value For Money: 7.5/10
Overall Rating: 4/5

Contact Details
Website: www.sony.co.in
Phone: 1800-103-7799 (Toll Free)

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc

Price: Rs. 27,499 (flipkart.com)
Announced back at CES 2011, the Xperia Arc is Sony Ericsson’s current flagship phone, and is one of the thinnest phones in the world, measuring just 8.7mm at its thinnest with a beautiful contoured form factor. Bearing a 4.2-inch LED-backlit Reality Display powered by a Mobile Bravia Engine, a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 512MB of RAM, and an 8.1MP camera powered by an Exmor R sensor capable of 720p HD recording. It runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread out of the box, with Sony Ericsson’s Timescape UI, and an Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread update has been released for it as well.
Read Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc Review
Key Specifications and Features
Android 2.3 (2.3.3 update available)
4.2-inch Reality Display (854x480 pixels)
Super-slim and elegant, contoured design
1GHz Scorpion processor with Adreno 205 GPU
512MB RAM
8MP Camera with Autofocus and LED flash
720p HD video@30fps

Sony adopts Intel's Light Peak technology in new laptop

Sony has followed Apple's example and included proprietary data transfer technology based on Intel's Light Peak interconnect in its latest Vaio Z Series laptop, which was announced earlier this week.
The Vaio Z-Series VPCZ21V9E laptop, which includes a 13.1-inch screen, will come with an optional expansion dock that links to the laptop using an optical cable based on Sony's proprietary interface. The dock will include a graphics card to bring high-definition multimedia capabilities to the laptop, and also additional external device connectivity options.
Sony is the second laptop maker to publicly announce the adoption of Intel's Light Peak technology, which has faced resistance from some top PC makers such as Hewlett-Packard. Apple was the first laptop maker to adopt a cable connector based on Intel's Light Peak technology with its new MacBook Pro laptops introduced in February. Apple's version of the interconnect is called Thunderbolt, but Sony has retained the name Light Peak.
The interconnect can transfer data at speeds of up to 10Gbps, and initial builds of the technology in Apple's laptops are based on copper wires, but Intel said the Light Peak technology based on optical technology would be released later this year. Intel has said that optical cables -- which use light -- can enable faster data transfers over longer distances. Sony did not return requests for comment on the exact implementation of Light Peak and data transfer speeds.
The laptop weighs 1.18 kilograms (2.6 pounds) and provides seven hours of battery life. It includes an Intel Core i7-2620M with a clock speed of 2.70GHz, up to 256GB of solid-state drive storage and 8GB of RAM. The laptop also has HDMI (high-definition multimedia interface) and ports to connect USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 devices.
Sony's optional Power Media Dock includes an external Radeon HD 6650M graphics card from Advanced Micro Devices, an optical drive, and HDMI and VGA ports to connect multiple monitors to the laptop. The dock also comes with USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 cards to attach external devices to the laptop.
The VAIO Z Series of ultra-portable performance notebook PCs is available from the end of July 2011. It is available for on Sony UK's website starting at £2,699.00 ($4,307). Sony's European public relations team did not return an immediate request for comment about worldwide availability.

6 free Android apps that challenge iPhones market

Android operating system’s strong integration with existing Google products and the wide offering of devices and carriers, makes it a strong challenger for Apple’s iPhone and iPad.

With Blackberry’s market share dropping, Android has stacked up head to head with Apple’s iOS in terms of its offering of a handful of free apps.

Android is an open source, so you can allow the apps to change the appearance and functionality of the OS. Google’s OpenHome is one of the best leading customization app available on the market. It functions as a replacement for the default home screen, into which you can load customs skins, icon packs, and fonts, most of which are available in the Market for free.

You can set up Google Voice and use the Android app to get missed call alerts to a Google generated number that you can check in the web, in your email or via the app. The app also lets you stream audio messages from the web, without wasting any mobile minutes. Google Voice’s deep integration with Gmail offers a great advantage compared to the voicemail alternative foriPhone.

Unlike the iPhone maps app, the free, voice-guided GPS in Android phone does not need you to read out the directions from the handset while driving. Android's built-in method allows users to jump directly into navigation from address links in other apps, whereas with the iPhone, you must manually copy and paste the address into your app of choice.

The Android app syncs directly with Google Finance, which enables streaming of live financial data right into your hands by way of quote updates, charts, and financial news.

NEsoid, Nintendo ROM emulator for Android is a software which interprets ROM files — the format of choice for hacked console games. The lite version of NESoid is free, but prevents you from loading a “saved-state” of a game. The full version will cost you $3.49.

Winamp, the media player for android, can be wirelessly connected with your desktop computer and you can move iTunes library to Android, Playlist support and also SHOUT cast radio.

Teen Sells Kidney to buy ipad2

Electronic Gadgets such as smartphones,laptops,pc made people to do any thing for that.
A Chinese teen sold his kidney to buy ipad2. Seventeen year old  Xiao Zheng form china's Anhui province has sold his right kidney to buy an iPad 2.


Xia Zheng found an agent ready to buy his Kidney.He travelled to Human province in central china where he underwent surgery.He was paid 22,000 yen.With that money he bought ipad2 and new iphone.
His mother found surprise with the new iphone and ipad2.when his mother asked ,where he got money to buy this gadgets,at first he didn't tell anything about.Later he revealed the truth.


only after his mother went to that hospital,she discovered that the palce was not hospital,it was  rented  for commerical use for a business man from Fujian province. Several attempts to reach the agents failed, as their phones were switched off.She registered case against criminals with the hope of finding them.

Nokia 2690 Vs Samsung Champ Duos

Samsung has released new Dual sim mobile Samsung Duos.The style and design is super.But it has some drawbacks.

1) Don't know how to use in call functions.
2) Music folders are not automatically updated in Music library.
3)If you open any games,and if you want to exit the games,if you touch the go back button ,the screen navigates to the main menu.If you want to open another game or application,once again u have to navigate to the games or application folder.
4)low touch screen response..

The good thing is video quality and dual sim .
Camera with 1.3 megapixel is good.

Nokia 2690 is better than this.The difference between  Nokia 2690 and Samsung Champ duos is
1)Nokia 2690 has keypad and Samsung Champ duos is touchscreen.
2)Nokia 2690 has no above mentioned drawbacks.
3)Nokia 2690 has Vga Camera whereas Samsung Champ has 1.3 megapixel camera.

If you want dual sim,good video quality,you can buy samsung champ duos.

If you want phone for music and to do all regular stuff things,you can go for Nokia 2690.

The price of  Nokia 2690 is approximately  Rs  2700/-


The price of Samsung Champ Duos is  approximately Rs 4500/-

World 's First dual-core Smartphone

Nowadays Smartphones become smarter than Desktop PC,Laptop,Tablets.Today you can do all the works which does by  PC in a small  hand held smartphones.The main problem of smarterphones is it's processing speed.Since smartphones have low memory and  RAM Capacity compared to Personal Computer,It's Processing Speed is low.You can't browse in smartphones with the reponse time like in PC.You can't play 3D video games.

The good news is LG introduces new LG Optimus 2X .The speciality of this smartphone is it is the world's first dual-core smartphone.This smartphone overcomes the above mentioned difficulties.This is powered by NVIDIA Tegra 2 chip.This chip contains two 1GHZ Cortex A9 GPU cores,and  8  GeoForce GPU cores.


What makes this smartphone different from others?

• The two Cortex ensure faster web browsing,better response time and better performance.
• As GeoForce mainly deals with 3D Gaming ,you can enjoy better 3D gaming than others.
• you can hookup the phone to your HDTV and stream hi-def content straight off it.

Phone Specifications:

GENERAL	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
		HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
	Announced	2010, December
	Status	Available. Released 2011, February

SIZE	Dimensions	123.9 x 63.2 x 10.9 mm
	Weight	139 g

DISPLAY	Type	IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	480 x 800 pixels, 4.0 inches
		- Gorilla Glass display - Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off - Gyro sensor - Touch-sensitive controls - Multi-touch input method

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration, MP3 ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes, check quality

MEMORY	Phonebook	Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
	Call records	Practically unlimited
	Internal	8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
	Card slot	microSD, up to 32GB, buy memory

DATA	GPRS	Yes
	EDGE	Yes
	3G	HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
	Bluetooth	Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
	Infrared port	No
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0

CAMERA	Primary	8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality
	Features	Geo-tagging, face and smile detection, touch focus, image stabilization
	Video	Yes, 1080p@24fps, 720p@30fps, check quality
	Secondary	Yes, 1.3 MP

FEATURES	OS	Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo), upgradable to v2.3
	CPU	Dual-core 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 proccessor, ULP GeForce GPU, Tegra 2 chipset
	Messaging	SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
	Browser	HTML
	Radio	Stereo FM radio with RDS
	Games	Yes + downloadable
	Colors	Black
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support
	Java	Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
		- Social networking integration - HDMI port - Google Search, Maps, Gmail - Digital compass - YouTube, Google Talk - DivX/Xvid/MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player - MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player - Document editor - Organizer - Adobe Flash 10.1 support - Voice memo/dial/commands - Predictive text input

BATTERY		Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh
	Stand-by	Up to 400 h
	Talk time	Up to 7 h 50 min

  
Likable Features :


HD playback,good battery life,fast browsing,Gaming ,Android Applications,Lg widgets.


Non-likable features:

• No physical Camera button,
• Android keyboard is replaced by LG Keyboard.
• Word predication is not working well.it's too difficult to switch mode between number and text.

The price of the phone is Rs 30,000