~~ Gadgets - Performance, Looks, Apps, Hottest Models ~~

[villan007]

Bought Motorola Fire XT 2-3 days back.. Android

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

villain, enjoy!

go to android market and download talking tom cat. Then Everybody will like ur mobile

Use Google goggle app to solve sudoku instantly, and fool ur friends that u r an sudoku expert!

[VENKIRAJA]

I am zero in gaming, that too, the gaming consoles connected to tv et all... almost 1 year ago i saw microsoft demo ing a conept where there is no joystick kinda hand terminal and u play the game via moving ur hands and the camera recognizes ur movement and takes as an input. is that tech, now available or still in labs?

Nintendo was the pioneer. They introduced a Wii, for Wireless gaming (weird name, I know) which works like the Billi-Sooniya wand. We wave a joystick which functions as a Tennis racquet or a Cricket bat or whatever you wish to.
MS called it Kinect and announced it as an accesory to its Xbox360. Sony called it PS Move and sold it along with its PS3 consoles. Priced around 4500 for one controller, the web-cam (fancily, the eye) and some game discs its a steal. Works cool for Party and can be handy for exercising and all, too.
Most of them are sports - Golf, Beach Volleyball , Tennis, etc.
Its available widely since last Christmas, I believe.

[ajaybaskar]

Sumaal help..

How to temporarily deactivate an FB account. Say for 40 days?

[VENKIRAJA]

Sumaal help..

How to temporarily deactivate an FB account. Say for 40 days?

The small triangle near Home button>> Account Settings>>Security(Menu on the left)>>Deactivate.
However http://fb.com and you sign in, your account will be active again. (With a confirmation, of course) None of your account info will be visible till that time.

[rsubras]

rsubras, u r aking about Acer and HP's tablet? becos HP not into android smartphones. Acer has some phones which didn't pick up at all.

As for as tablet, Acer Iconia 10 inch tablet is a decent buy. HP has washed its hand out of tablet business, due to zero sales. Recently it did a clearance by reducing the Touchpad price to just 100 dollars, few hubbers got it too!

Airtel's Magiq was initially announced with a 1 gg CPU but silently they pulled out that model and now selling a 800 Meg CPU. I dont know why! As of now, nothing in the link u gave is promising for me. May be this iBall tablet may be good, as it sports a real 1 Gig CPU( Texas Instruments Cortex A8) All these are 7 inch tabs. For 10 inches, (iPad is 9.7 inch) Motorola xoom and Asus Transformer is good, In India these tablets are costing 32K range. Same can be brought for half the price in US, especially during the upcoming holiday season.

1 month before, Staples US gave a $100 discount on all tablets and my friends brought a Motorola xoom(17K) and Dell Streak 7(10K).

If you have friends in US, and want to buy a good 7 inch tab, i strongly suggest Dell Streak 7. As for 10 inch tab, i strongly suggest Archos 101 G9 tablet which is 1.5 Gig dual core. Adn the price is much cheaper(18K) even without discount. Reviews are also good. This tab is available only in US

Thanks Sakala..

Acer vs DELL I asked for android mobile.......

[sakaLAKALAKAlaa Vallavar]

rsubras, Acer Android mobiles, as I already said, didn't take off at all. Its mostly a non starter. Cost is also high. THe biggest advantage these days, wrt smartphones is, you can look at complete specs, nook and corner and come to a decision. So based on that, you can nail down the best of the best specs with lowest available cost in market. The phones I am filtering and recommending are like that. At the same time I am also aware of the limitations. You cannot get everything. Even a 30K Samsung Galaxy S2 has some shortcomings and there are very less phones even if you pay above that price point. Of course, they too will have some shortcomings.

Coming to dell, I already suggested Dell XCD35 many times. Now that it has reduced to 8.7K its a steal! THere just is No phone in that price range which is as best as that, inspite of the shortcomings(camera, speaker, hd video etc) Other dell phones are not that cheap and there are superb alternatives at that price ranges. So, in short, expect XCD35, there is no phone to celebrate, from dell's range. The only other Android product i can suggest is Dell Streak 7 Tablet which is a nice one to buy at US, not here!

So, we can come to better conclusion if you decide your price range. Then Let me list the phones in that range, also the phones in slightly above and below ranges

[KV]

I recently learnt about a song detection app that apparently can fetch details of a song (from what I understood, say there's a song playing somewhere and one wants to know which one it is. Turn on this app and it'll pick up the sound, search and fetch details). If this really is the capability of the app, I must admit that I'm fully stumped and stunned. (I don't use a smart phone, so I have pretty much no idea of these apps anyway).
Can someone throw some light on this? How does the app really work? What is the logic that such an app can possibly use?

[Balaji.r]

Satisfied with the Vibrant picture it offers. Much better than its LCD equivalent. And, I personally like it better than LED movie watching too. Agree its power-saving green-stuff and all that.. but Tamil bluray rips look a lot better in a LCD (proper distance) or even more dazzling in a Plasma. (This I found out only after buying it)

I am using LED for more than a year and I watch tamil bluray rips or any other language rips in my LED. The clarity and viewing experience is much better than plasma. On the look of it, you wont find diff betw LCD and LED. But the sharpness and picture quality is too good in LED.

[VENKIRAJA]

Android Price-wise List-up:

Thought it would be nice to put up something (IMO, ofcourse) related to the Android line of phones. Was looking for one for my brother, ended up with getting the HTC Wildfire. Basically it sums up to two things - One the processor speed, upon which the fluidic UI and applications function. The cost, depends on the segments and of course the brands.

Lowest range (500-650 Mhz processors)
Only Generic brands available. Karbonn, Micromax and Spice are the contenders. About 6000 INR. No 3G.

Low-end: (INR 7-10k)
Will sport about the same processor speed. Only that they are reputed brands.
Galaxy Y is the new and retails at 7.5k!
HTC Wildfire is a best-seller. HTC Sense UI is a delight to use. Has 3G. Not much difference from LG Optimus One. 600 Mhz. Can be overclocked to 800 I think.

Mid-end (INR 10-15k)
Motorola Defy is my pick. Sturdy. Waterproof (!) 800 Mhz. Can be overclocked to 1 Ghz.
Galaxy Ace, for Samsung enthusiasts and HTC Wildfire S for those who prefer HTC's UI. About 13k.

High-End (15-20k)
Samsung Galaxy S I-9000 or SE Experia X10. Both are great. Around 17.5k.
Dell Venue is a neat option which would cost about 22k.

Top-End
No brainer. SGS II vs. HTC Sensation. 30k.

(P.S: Flipkart is a very safe option. Highly reccomended. Cheaper than Chennai's retail chains. If you want it cheapest, Letsbuy is an option. But, not as quick or reliable as Flipkart. No Hassles on both services, for me. They were the same. Just that Flipkart's packing was too good)