Intex V.SHOW: India's First Projector

Dell Inspiron Duo – Its a Tablet, no Netbook, no Both its a Hybrid PC

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Year 2010 is marked as an year of Tablet PCs with release of iPad, Samsung Tab and even Dell had their Streak Android tablet. Now, Dell has come up with a Hybrid Tablet PC which is a combination of Notebook and Tablet. Sources says that this 10 inch Hybrid machine runs on Windows 7.

The “Touch Input War” from the Mobile Phone battle field has spread to the Personal Computers. Again spearheaded by Apple with its iPad and then followed by other like the Samsung Galaxy Tab, Archos 9 PC Tablet, Blackberry Playbook and more. Dell has tablet PCs like the Latitude XT2 and Tablets like Dell Streak in the market now. But I think this device is aimed at the fine line that exists between Tablets and Tablet PCs. Dell InspironDuo, a hybrid device that can switch from tablet to netbook just by a flip of the lid as shown in the Picture and the video below.

Dell Inspiron Duo Tech Specs

• 10-inch Inspiron Duo
• LED-Backlit LCD
• Screen surface: Glossy
• Run on Windows 7
• Intel Dual-Core Atom N550
• Processing speed 1.5 GHz
• WiFi 802.11 n
• Input Methods: Keyboard, Trackpad, Touch Screen
• Available colors: Black, Blue, Red

Dell Inspiron Duo Price and Availability

Dell Inspiron Duo was Announced at Intel Developing Forum, September 14 in San Francisco, California and expected to be officially released possibly on 23 November. There is no news about Indian release. Price will play a vital role to become Customer choice and I guess it will be more than Apple iPad because it’s not just tablet!

Have a look at introductory official video of Dell Inspiron Duo:

Grapes launches QWERTY key pad phone with two dual-SIM options

Grapes CG 888

Grapes launches QWERTY key pad phone with two dual-SIM options

Unitron Exim Pvt. Ltd., the brand owners of Grapes range of attractive and feature-rich mobile phones available at affordable prices today announced the launch and availability of Grapes CG 888, India’s first QWERTY key pad phone that comes with two dual SIM options – CDMA + GSM or GSM + GSM. This essentially means that besides a GSM SIM (900/1800 MHz) in one of the two available SIM slots, users have the option of inserting either a GSM SIM (900/1800 MHz) or CDMA SIM (800 MHz) in the second SIM slot. Mobile users in the country never had this flexibility coupled with a sleek form factor QWERTY key pad phone and therefore, theGrapes CG 888 comes across as an attractive proposition. Despite the multimode option – a very distinct and clear advantage that this phone has over the competition, it is priced at Rs 4999 only (MRP) and comes with a year’s warranty as well.

According to Mr. Bikash Agrawal, Director, Unitron Exim Pvt. Ltd., “The mobile phone market in the country is getting competitive by the day and as a brand you have to have certain distinct features and advantages over the competition to survive and succeed. Grapes, as a brand, is all about fresh look and feel, and flaunt-it features. The brand is targeted at the urban, tech-savvy college and office going youth between 16 and 35 years of age besides all those who are young at heart. It is sure to become a cynosure of all eyes amidst them. It will be launched in the metros and mini-metro cities initially along with all SEC A and B class towns. Owing to our incessant consumer research we read the market pulse well ahead and pressed it into action. Our global design and development facilities came up with Grapes CG 888, a phone that has it all but still does not burn a hole in your pocket.”

It is a Facebook ready phone and also connects to Yahoo and MSN for social networking and instant messaging.

Some other features that make it an excellent buy include 2” QCIF screen with brilliant 65K colours, 1.3 MP camera, web camera, 1500 mAH battery for considerably longer talk time and standby time, memory expandable up to 2GB, media player for MP3/MP4 and 3GP formats of audio and video content, video and sound recording, FM radio, built-in speaker, universal audio jack (2.5 mm) for stereo earphones, motion sensor, WAP support, Bluetooth 1.2, Java, USB charging, large SMS storage, MMS capability, support for multiple languages besides games and utilities like calendar, calculator, alarm, world clock, stop watch,currency converter etc.

“The phones are affordable however there is no compromise on features and functionality. And that shall be our trump card in this competitive market.

Intex V.SHOW: India's First Projector

Intex Technologies has come up with the Intex V.SHOW mobile phone, which features an in-built projector to combine projection with mobility. The phone allows users to project movies, pictures, music videos (saved in the phone and from Internet) and other Internet content up to 154.9 cms (61 inches) of screen/wall with a high intensity projection of 10 lumens and QWVGA resolution. Projection can be enjoyed up to a distance of 12 ft (between the screen/wall and the phone).

Its long-life battery ensures that you can watch a film for as long as three hours and a film quality of 25 frames per second (FPS) – which is as good as the FPS used in movies. Other features include insertion of ‘Bolt’ in the software – a fast mobile Internet browser and a Tripod stand as one of the accessories in the box (for an easy, hands-free visual experience). The phone is a touch-screen dual SIM (GSM + GSM) variant and also has another feature - dual screen mode (phone screen mode and projector screen mode are simultaneously active). It comes with dual camera and a dual card memory slot of 8 GB each to expand the internal memory of 64 MB.

Taking the visual experience to a new high are the clarity adjustor (present just below the projector lens) to modify the distance and quality of images as per the user’s comfort and freedom to capture stills from the movies (to be used as wallpapers). One can also convert the screen output from portrait to landscape and vice versa. It is FM radio (wireless and wired) enabled, with GPRS connectivity and has a 8.1 cms (3.2 inches) dust resistant touch screen.

Speaking at the event, Ramesh A. Vaswani, executive vice chairman, Intex Technologies, said, “I am confident that Intex V.SHOW will change the way people watch movies, videos, picture galleries and even read e-books on their mobile phones. If positioned judiciously, it could emerge as a powerful infotainment tool too. We are in touch with leading chip development companies of the world for future enhancements in this model.”

Elaborating on the technicalities, Debu K Dasgupta, head-centre for design and development, Intex Technologies, added, “It can receive multimedia content remotely through GPRS connectivity which makes it a valuable tool for streaming of content anywhere- commuting in public transport, spending leisure time outdoors/ cafés, remote locations, etc. Along with provision of front and back cameras and customised Java applications, the phone’s sound output through built-in speaker can be further be enhanced through external amplifiers/ headphone speakers.”

Intex V.SHOW price at Rs 16,000 (MRP).