Sony VPL-HW10 has excellent picture quality; the color reproduction is relatively accurate and the black levels too are relatively deep. However, the primary colors could have been better, I noticed a few artifacts with the 1080i sources but this is not unforgivable considering the price of the projector. The performance is better than the less expensive Sanyo PLV-Z2000. While setting up, I used the Standard mode for my tests. I initially started with Low color temperature. The quality was similar to that of broadcast standard. The bottom end was off so I tried to correct through the Custom color temperatures using the grayscale controls. Normal color space setting was also used since it came pretty close to ATSC specifications for red, blue and green primary colors. I was disappointed to see that they cannot be corrected. Overall color on the Sony VPL-HW10 is better than what I expected, the primary colors were better than most of the projectors in this price range. I also liked  [...]

eLocity A7 Touchscreen 7-Inch Android 2.2 Tablet is powered by Nvidia Tegra 2 and comes with a capacitive touch screen. It has a 1080p screen and the tablet is targeted at gamers with its 3-Axis Accelerometer for 3D gaming. This is a really fast PC combining the mobility and functionality of a smartphone to give you a very powerful technology companion. It is faster than your iPad and also powerful than a typical smartphone. It is powered by Nvidia Tegra 2 which is the fastest mobile processor to date. The chip runs at 1 GHz clock speed with eight processors which can run together or independently for giving you a great performance. eLocity A7 Touchscreen 7-Inch Android 2.2 Tablet is based on Android 2.2 OS and this versatile gadget lets you access the Web through the built in Wi-Fi. You can also customize it in a number of way using the tons of online Android apps. This device impresses a lot in speed and power but the show stealer here is the seven inch display which is really gorgeous.  [...]

Sony PlayStation 3 Slim is nowhere similar to the predecessor in terms of looks. The manufacturer has cut down the fat and the price too has significantly reduced. This console was released in early September this year and is expected to do better than the original PS3 because of some new additions. The gadget now has a textured surface which gives it a casual look. It goes with the overall theme of a gaming product. The earlier model had a shiny piano black finish and Sony has to be thanked for getting rid of it because glossy surfaces attract a lot of finger prints and hence gives it a dirty look. On the top, you just have the logo branding and nothing else. Sony PlayStation 3 Slim now has physical and not the touch sensitive buttons found on the original mode. It now comes with a 120 GB hard drive, and the Blu-ray optical drive is still there for playing high definition games and movies. Apart from that, there are two USB jacks and a Wi-Fi on the front. The hard drive can be upgraded  [...]

Apart from the changes in design and size, the new Amazon Kindle also has Wi-Fi and 3G thrown in. This model comes with a couple of flavors. One has both Wi-Fi and 3G, where as the other one just has Wi-Fi. The latter version is cheaper by $50. There are two color options for this model – graphite and white. I got the graphite version in my labs for testing and it looked quite attractive. I won’t recommend the white model to hygiene freaks since white gadgets are known to accumulate dust quite easily and hence looks dirty after some time. The new Amazon Kindle also has a more memory. You have four GB of internal memory to store the e-books and other files. The predecessor had 2 GB of internal memory and now you its gets even more spacious. The battery life is doubled from two weeks to four weeks with the wireless turned off. So you can stay away from the power plug for a longer time. There is more to Amazon Kindle than just reading e-books but  [...]

Apple iPad is here and we think it is the sexiest computer ever made. It looks like an iPhone on steroids; the specs are pretty close to a Netbook and there is some extra eye candy put in for the apps. When you have such a great computer that can be easily carried in your cargo pocket, you’d want to get most out of it when you are outdoors. You also need to make sure that the battery juice is maximized so that the iPad remains alive when you need it. We have compiled a few to-dos in which will help you get the most of your iPad battery. Disable Wi-Fi: If you are not using Wi-Fi, turn it off or else it will keep looking for signals and the battery will be used in this process. Wi-Fi also puts extra strain on the internal hardware of the computer. So if you are not using it, then turn it off and the iPad resources will remain free. For switching it off, go to Settings and from there click on Wi-Fi option. By default, the Wi-Fi is switched on, on your iPad.

enthusiasts can never get enough of gadgets and we love it when manufacturers give us gadgets for reviewing. We get variety of devices in our labs, so we thought about giving you a short and sweet compilation of the cool gadgets that have seen come up in the market till for latest gadgets 2010. Alienware M11X ust when you thought Alienware laptops were desktop replacement notebooks, here they are with an ultra portable Netbook. This laptop will crush the idea that 11 inch screen Netbooks are not capable of playing games. I have reviewed this Netbook in my labs and my jaw dropped when I saw what it had to offer. It is definitely not as fast as the step up 17 and 15 inch notebooks by Alienware but it is currently the best for gaming in 11 inch Netbooks. Speaking of latest gadgets 2010, this has to be somewhere in top ten

You may remember the Sony Mylo – a small Wi-Fi messaging device. Now, Sony has released its successor - $299 priced the Mylo Communicator 2. It has a new look and more features such as direct downloads/uploads, widgets, camera, AIM, and YouTube app. It has a better design than its predecessor the Mylo. Will it be enough to attract you, especially youngsters? No as the cellular technology is not present there. However, Sony is not trying to provide a cell phone in form of the Mylo 2. You can buy the Apple iPhone, Helio Ocean, and T-Mobile Sidekick LX at the same price with calling and other more features. Then why should be buy the Sony Mylo Communicator 2? The Mylo 2 has various upgrades over its predecessor. If you are not interested in buying a smartphone, then you can buy the Mylo 2 with an entry-level cell phone. The 3.5 inches touch-screen of the Sony Mylo 2 has 800×480 pixels resolution. It is one of the greatest assets for the Mylo 2 as it exhibits impressive sharp pictures.  [...]

Layar is one famous manufacturer to create Augmented Reality browser. It was previously available only through Application Store of high-end smartphones like Apple iPhone and Google Android. Now, Layar has announced the possibility to sell their experiences for publishers and producers of Augmented Reality. It has also announced the agreement with top three cell phone manufacturers for global distribution partnership. As per the company, this partnership will bring Layar equipped phone to the world market. As a result, Augmented Reality content will be available to masses on their cell phones in 2010. Layar platform allows publishers, producers, game developers and other brands so that the customers will be engaged in real world experiences. The company has already published 375 layers and more 1200 layers are in production. More than 2000 organizations in 70 countries are taking benefits from Layar platform to develop extraordinary contents. Layar  [...]

Headphone belong to that category of peripherals that both at dirt cheap and sky high prices. Klipsch Image S4 is a cheap set of headphones which comes at an $80 price tag and still perform like those headphones which cost more than $100. They have noise cancellation feature which make sure outside noise stays out. If you are looking for replacement for your current mp3 player headphones, we would certainly recommend you to go for this. The oval ear tips on the headphones feel really comfortable and soft on the ears. Klipsch gives you three ear tips, one of them is for really large ears. But even these three sizes may not fit every ear. We were lucky because the tips sat comfortably in our ears and didn’t come out easily. Other accessories with the Klipsch Image S4 include an tool to clean ear wax and a metallic box to keep the ear buds. We think that the box was given to protect the delicate cables. The box looks a bit old fashioned, though. Klipsch  [...]

Lady Gaga perhaps made sure that this pair of headphones really looks good before she gave permission for her name to be used on the set. Some might feel that the manufacturers have tried to be too fashionable but looking at Lady Gaga’s lifestyle, we completely understand. The price of these super sexy headphones is $120 but you can get it around for $100 if purchased online. The stylish headphones are made for women and we doubt if men would buy it even if it didn’t have the name of the pop star on the set. The build of the headphone is too feminine for men, especially with the attached triangular earpieces. While the triangular blocks on the headphones look good they are not ergonomically comfortable in the ear because the edges of the triangle blocks press against the skin of the ear and hence cause discomfort. It also makes the buds come out of the ear occasionally. The manufacturer bundles three sizes of the silicone made ear  [...]