Apple iPad 2

Apple iPad 2 is the current and 2nd generation of iPad, tablet PC designed, engineered and marketed by Apple. It serves mainly as platform for visual and audio media including books, web content, periodicals, presentations, movies, games and music and is offered in two shades: black and white. The iPad 2 was revealed 2nd March 2011 and started marketing it by website and retail stores on 11th March 2011. It is noticeably thinner and offers rear and front facing cameras, FaceTime video chat, faster processor and 3G options for both Verizon and AT&T. The iPad 2 refines an already excellent product with marathon battery life, vast application catalogue and intuitive interface.

The Apple iPad 2 was unveiled globally in 25 nations in 2011, which include Austria, Australia, Canada, Belgium, Denmark, Czech Republic, France, Finland, Greece, Germany, Italy, Iceland, Hungary, Ireland, Mexico, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Netherlands, Poland, Norway, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, United Kingdom and Sweden. The company announced that iPad 2 will be revealed in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Malaysia and other nations in April 2011. The redesigned tablet gets rear and front facing cameras that allow FaceTime video calls with iPhone 4, 4th generation iPod Touch and Macintosh computers. The 0.3 MP front camera shoots VGA-quality at 30 frames per second video and VGA-quality still photos. The 0.7 MP rear camera can shoot 720p high definition video and features 5x digital zoom. Both shoot photo in 4:3 full screen aspect ratio. The rear camera shoots video in 16:9 widescreen to match 720p standard.

Apple iPhone 4S

Apple iPhone 4S is a touchscreen slate smartphone developed and designed by Apple Inc. It is now in its 5th generation and combines 3.5 inch touchscreen iPod, internet communicator and mobile phone. It attains exterior design of previous model, iPhone 4, but offers plenty of enhanced software updates and hardware specifications compared to its predecessor. Incorporated hardware and software enhancements support the introduction of functions and new UI by Apple. Highlights include voice talking and recognizing assistant known as Siri, personal PC independence, enhanced camera system and cloud sourced data.

The Apple iPhone 4S was revealed at Let’s Talk iPhone event of Apple in the month of October 2011 in Cupertino, California and was marketed in United States, Japan, Canada, Germany, Australia, France and United Kingdom. It was also revealed in 22 more European, Asian and American nations such as Singapore, Ireland and Mexico. The iPhone 4S is mainly a combination of handheld PC, cellphone, digital/video camera, GPS and music player all in one package powered by rechargeable 1432mAh lithium-polymer battery. It is supported by online infrastructure where secondary and media applications can be acquired to run on device.

Apple MacBook Air

Apple MacBook Air is one of the fastest ultraportable laptops in the market with high speed Thunderbolt I/O port and backlit keyboard. It is available for the price of $999 and comes equipped with 1.6GHz Intel Core i5-2467M processor, 2GB 1333MHz DDR3 RAM, 64GB solid state drive, Intel HD 3000 graphics card and OS X 10.7 Lion operating system. It is designed and engineered for thinness and is also quite lighter as compared to other models, featuring glossy LED backlit display and large keyboard along with large trackpad, which responds to iPad-related Multi-Touch gestures like swiping, rotating and pinching. With the introduction of Mac OS X Snow Leopard, its multi-touch trackpad also supports handwriting recognition of Chinese characters.

Barnes & Noble Nook

Barnes & Noble Nook is a lightweight and small e-book reader with high contrast, responsive Pearl e-ink touchscreen display, which provides rapid page turns. It is also comes with built in Wi-Fi for direct access to online Barnes & Noble Store, expansion slot for additional memory and long battery life. It supports e-book lending and EPUB loans from libraries, providing enhanced social networking features. The all new Nook is the most important advancement over the previous model and provides quite a few real advantages over 2010 Kindle.

The Barnes & Noble Nook comes with touchscreen with Neonode responsive zForce infrared touch technology, six-inch Pearl e-ink screen, Wi-Fi wireless connectivity, 2GB of onboard storage, 800MHz Texas Instruments OMAP 3 processor, microSD card expansion slot, battery charge lasts up to two months, runs on modified version of Android 2.1, supports EPUB, PDF, Adobe DRM, reads JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP graphic files and Price: $139.

HTC Sensation 4G

HTC Sensation 4G is a smartphone produced and introduced by HTC Corporation, which runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS. Officially announced in the month of April 2011 by HTC, the Sensation was introduced in main European markets by Vodafone including United Kingdom and by T-Mobile in United States. It boasts a high quality, sleek design with gorgeous 4.3 inch qHD display, 1.2GHz dual core processor and eight-megapixel rear facing camera. Its excellent user experience and design combined with solid performance make the Sensation 4G one of the best Android smartphones yet.

As a quad-band world phone, the HTC Sensation 4G offers speakerphone, multimedia and text messaging, conference calling, video calling via Qik and voice dialing. Also onboard are Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS with Wi-Fi calling support. It comes preloaded with quite a few additional services and applications, which include Polaris Office, T-Mobile TV, Lookout, a security and backup application; Slacker, TeleNav GPS Navigator and Peep Twitter Client of HTC.

Kodak Playsport

Kodak Playsport is an excellent minicamcorder that offers good video for its class, very good sharing software and is waterproof to 10 feet. It is also called ZX3 and is able to record underwater down to 9.8 feet. Standard features on Playsport include storage media of SD/SDHC memory cards, 5.0-megapixel camera with CMOS sensor, 2.0 inch LCD display with 154,000 pixels, file format of H.264, 80 minutes per 4GB of recording time and digital image stabilization.

Like usual minicamcorders, the lens of Kodak Playsport at front are left fairly unprotected, so you will have to remember to keep it clean and safe. As compared to Zi8 model, it lacks macro option to focus on close objects; normal focus range starts at 3.3 feet and underwater at 4.4 feet. The power button is located on the right hand side of the device, while all other controls at the back under the LCD. The four-way LCD directional pad controls 4x digital zoom and changes recording modes.

Logitech Harmony 650

Logitech Harmony 650 is one of the excellent universal remote controls with great ergonomics, web programmable through Mac or Windows PCs, color LCD display surrounded by 5 contextual buttons, custom macros/sequences support and excellent overall design and button layout. The company’s line of Harmony universal remote controls include more models at reasonable price as compared to before. Except from different color schemes, the Harmony 650 has similar button layout and chassis like step down Harmony 600 and step up Harmony 700.

The Logitech Harmony 650 is roughly segmented in three different areas. The top section is conquered by before mentioned color LCD screen, which is square 1-inch-by-1-inch. You will find five buttons (one at the bottom and two on each side) to choose contextual items on screen. You can page through additional screens, multiplying offered choices. The middle section features 5-way directional pad, volume and channel controls along with quite a few standard DVR keys (Guide, Menu, Exit and Info). At the bottom third of the remote, there are standard video transport controls (pause, play and rewind) and 12-digit keypad.

Motorola Droid Razr

Motorola Droid Razr is an Android based, 4G LTE capable smartphone engineered and designed by Motorola, which introduced in Verizon Wireless in the year 2011. It is the thinnest smartphone in the world measuring 7.1mm thick at this sleekest point. It comes with Super AMOLED sophisticated PenTile display covered in Gorilla glass screen and Kevlar back plate. Powering the Droid Razr is a 1.2GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processor and is equipped with rear facing eight-megapixel camera that can record 1080p high definition videos.

The Motorola Droid Razr features an attractive, slim and lightweight design, which is scratch as well as water resistant and comes with plethora of multimedia features, government and corporate grade security, decent battery life and WebTop functionality. It supports all of Google’s services and applications such as Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk, Latitude, Google Search with Voice, Places, Google Maps with Navigation and Google Books. It is also equipped with typical PIM and phone tools like calendar, alarm clock, calculator, file manager, task list, voice command support, speakerphone and more.

Roku 2 XS

Roku 2 XS is an ultrasmall Wi-Fi streaming media box, which provides plethora of Internet audio and video services such as Netflix, MLB, Hulu Plus, NBA, Amazon Instant Video, NHL, Crackle and Pandora. It works with standard and high definition televisions and includes Wii-like motion controller for casual gaming. With its varied spectrum of content offerings like Netflix, Pandora, Amazon, Crackle and Hulu Plus, the Roku 2 XS is one of the best all-around streaming media boxes you can get for less than $100.

In addition to HDMI output, the Roku 2 XS comes with standard-def video output through included breakout composite AV cable, so unlike Apple TV, Logitech Revue, and Boxee Box, they will work with nearly any old TV, not just HDTVs. The included Roku gaming remote with Roku 2 XS is powered by two AA batteries, and can be confused for shortened version of Wii Remote, which is included with gaming console of Nintendo. Additionally, the four-way directional pad has 10 buttons including home, video transport controls, menu, A/B gaming controls and back.

Sonos Play 3

Sonos Play 3 is a single speaker streaming audio control system that can be controlled from iPod Touch, Android Smartphone, iPhone or iPad using free application. It is quite compact and lightweight and offers good sound, elegant design that cuts down on cord clutter and can stream internet based audio and radio services, plus your own digital music collection from Mac, NAS or PC drive.

Another big part of Sonos Play 3 is that it can stream your iTunes music collection and easily connect to streaming services like iHeartRadio, Aupeo, Mog, Last.fm, Pandora, Napster, Rhapsody, Radio, Spotify, SiriusXM Internet Radio, TuneIn, Wolfgang’s Vault and Stitcher SmartRadio. The Play 3 is available in white and black models and features nice, clean design with just three buttons on top for volume up/down and mute along with single power cord coming out the back.

The Motorola XPRT looks like the Droid Pro with same touchscreen and combo keyboard design with some subtle changes. It comes with chrome border at front with soft touch matte textured surface and is slightly flatter on top. It offers comfortable feel in the hand, while the full QWERTY keyboard is enjoyable to use with nice texture to dial and type. The XPRT’s design is identical to that of Droid Pro with 3.1 inch responsive and capacitive touchscreen display with HVGA resolution. It also offers 7 customizable home screens with scaled down version of Motoblur.

The Motorola XPRT’s volume rocker button and microUSB port are located on the left hand side, while the user customizable shortcut key on the right. Between display and keyboard, you will find four sensor Android keys, while camera lens with flash is at the back. The 3.5mm headphone jack and screen lock/power button are situated on top of the smartphone. The XPRT comes with plenty of exquisite features such as useful Android 2.2, support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, enhanced security like support for complex passwords and remote wipe and GSM and CDMA technology for world roaming abilities.

The Motorola XPRT gets a Sprint software suite that integrates NASCAR, Sprint Worldwide, a portal page providing access to Sprint services for those traveling abroad, Sprint Zone, Sprint Football Live, Sprint Movies and Television, Sprint Mobile Wallet, Sprint Radio and Sprint Music Plus. The 5.0-megpixel camera with autofocus and dual LED flash offers vibrant, bright images, while ultra-fast 1GHz processor is best suited for speedy web browsing and user interface. The XPRT is the Sprint’s first enterprise-ready Android smartphone to feature built in data encryption and the first Android worldphone that connects you to friends and colleagues, life ready, business ready.

Standard features on Motorola XPRT include 3G Network: CDMA2000 1xEV-DO and HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100; 2G Network: CDMA 800 / 1900 and GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900; QWERTY keyboard; 3.1 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen that boasts 16 million colors and 320 x 480 pixel resolution; multi touch input method; touch sensitive controls; proximity sensor for auto- turn-off; accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate; Rev. A speeds up to 3.1 Mbps, HSDPA speeds up to 10.2 Mbps, HSUPA speeds up to 1.8 Mbps; 2 GB storage and microSD, up to 32GB; 5-megapixel camera with autofocus, 2592?1944 pixels and LED flash and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and DLNA Wi-Fi hotspot.

The Motorola XPRT also features Android 2.2 Froyo operating system; Geo-tagging; SMS, Email, MMS, Push Email and IM; Cortex-A8 1 GHz ARM processor, TI OMAP3620-1000 chipset and PowerVR SGX530 GPU; Digital compass; GPS with A-GPS support; MP4/WMV/H.263/H.264 player; MP3/WAV/WMA/AAC+ player; Quickoffice document editor; Maps, Google Search, YouTube, Gmail, Google Talk; Voice memo/dial and predictive text input and Photo viewer/editor; Organizer.

The rated battery life of XPRT is 6.5 hours in talktime mode and 13 days in standby mode. So, those who are in the market seeking an Android based worldphone with globe trotting capabilities and enterprise level features, Motorola XPRT is a good choice.

With Nikon Coolpix S6200’s powerful 10x optical zoom NIKKOR Ed glass lens, touch a button and shoot frames after frames, then add special effects using in-camera features. The Coolpix 6200 goes anywhere to capture moments of your life. Despite its sleek profile, it offers potent lens with extremely versatile zoom range. Capture stunning close-up portraits and zoom in even further to make a HD 720p movie. With NIKKOR optics and precision VR Image Stabilization, the photos you capture while chasing after toddler will be invaluable. Its Smart Portrait System includes Smile Timer, which involuntarily recognizes when subject is smiling and releases shutter; on the other hand, the Face Priority focuses and finds on up to 12 faces.

Casual snapshooters seeking a 10x pocket friendly point and camera should check out the Nikon Coolpix S6200. It is perfectly an average camera that’s quite easy to use and provides abundance of shooting options for pleasing most snapshooters. The photo quality is good for its class and also its shooting performance. It is offered for $229.95 and comes standard with 2.7 inch LCD display with 230K dots, 16-megapixel ½.3 sensor, 4608 x 3456 pixels/1280 x 720 at 30 frames per second, 10x zoom lens, storage media of SD/SDHC/SDXC, bundled software for Coolpix (Mac/Windows) and digital and optical image stabilization.

With Nikon Coolpix S6200, colors are pleasing; however seem to pump up some reds and blues. Or else, subjects are bright and natural. Video quality is on par with standard HD point and shoot device, good enough for Web and nondiscriminating television viewing use. Its ISO sensitivity includes 3200, Auto, 1600, 80, 800, 100, 400 and 200. Some of the white balance modes are Flash, Auto, Cloudy, Custom, Fluorescent, Incandescent and Daylight. The Coolpix 6200 provides plethora of recording modes such as Subject tracking, Auto, Smart portrait, Scene auto selector, Special effects and Scene; alongside abundant Focus modes – subject tracking, Face priority, center and manual with 99 focus areas and 9-area auto. There are quite a lot of metering modes in Coolpix 6200, these include spot, center weighted and multipattern. Some of the color effects are selective color, standard, low key, vivid, high key, sepia, high contrast monochrome, black and white, nostalgic sepia and cyanotype.

Besides Scene Auto Selector, the Nikon Coolpix S6200 provides sixteen other scene modes, including Landscape and Portrait alongside Pet Portrait mode. The separate special effects mode provides more creative options such as high contrast monochrome and selective color, which turns everything black and white except color you choose. Overall, its shows slightly better than average resolution performance and is quite good for the class.

The Nikon Coolpix S6200 comes with standard features; these include CCD Image Sensor; 16 million Effective Pixels; 8 elements in 8 groups; 10× optical zoom, NIKKOR ED glass lens; Lens-shift VR; Up to 4x digital zoom; Autofocus Focus-area selection: Center, Auto (9-area automatic selection), Manual with 99 focus areas, Subject tracking and Face priority; Contrast detect TTL AF; 2.7 inch TFT-LCD with Anti reflection coating; Maximum Autofocus Areas/Points: 99; Storage File System: EXIF 2.3, DPOF compliant and DCF and storage media: SDHC memory card. SDXC memory card and SD memory card.

Also standard on Nikon Coolpix S6200 are 3200 Highest ISO Sensitivity; 256-segment matrix, center-weighted; Scene Modes: Beach, Back Light, Close Up, Black and White Copy, Fireworks Show, Dusk/Dawn, Landscape, Food, Night Landscape, Museum, Panorama Assist, Night Portrait, Pet Portrait, Party/Indoor, Scene Auto Selector, Portrait, Sports, Sunset and Snow; Exposure Control: Exposure compensation (-2.0 to +2.0 EV in steps of 1/3 EV), motion detection and Programmed auto exposure; White Balance: Cloudy, Auto, Flash, Daylight, Incandescent, Manual and Fluorescent and In-Camera Image Editing: D-Lighting, Crop, Quick retouch, Filter Effects, Small Pic and Skin softening.

The Nikon Coolpix S6200 adds Continuous Shooting Options: Continuous, Best Shot Selector, Single and Multi-shot 16; mechanical and charge coupled electronic shutter; Interface Data transfer protocol: MTP and PTP; Electronically controlled ND filter (-3.3 AV) selection; Supported Languages: Czech, Arabic, Danish, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), English, Dutch, French, Finnish, Greek, German, Hungarian, Hindi, Italian, Indonesian, Korean, Japanese, Polish, Norwegian, Romanian, Portugese (European and Brazilian), Spanish, Russian, Thai, Swedish, Ukranian, Vietnamese and Turkish; HDMI Output: 480p, Auto, 1080i and 720p; Supplied Accessories: UC-E6 USB Cable, AN-CP19 Strap, EN-EL12 Rechargeable Li-ion Battery, EG-CP16 Audio/Video Cable, NikonView NX 2 CD-ROM, Reference Manual CD and EH-69P AC Adapter/Charger. On the whole, the Coolpix 6200 is a solid if slightly unexciting travel zoom camera that offers abundance of features and image quality to satisfy point and shoot user without breaking the bank.

The Dell 1355CNW prints 12 pages per minute in color and 15 pages per minute in mono and operates with low maintenance to help you work more productively. Make a large impression with brilliant printouts from this small, hard working device and experience rich, true to life tones with Color by Dell. With 1355cnw, you can experience amazing color, superb image quality and top notch finishing for your printed documents. Your business can get a full new level of picture quality with its total print quality solutions fusing image improvement technologies, highly developed print engine design and greater toner.

With Dell 1355CNW, you can now get reliable printing and excellent print quality with low maintenance, all in one small package made possible by Dell Clear View LED technology. Equipped with small intelligent, self scanning print head and imaging controller, this state of the art imaging technology allows for smaller printer, which offers high quality prints. Its simple controls and wireless connectivity lend themselves well to busy micro office environment as long as you don’t mind waiting for multipage documents. Suitable for Windows and Mac OS, the 1355cnw is a reliable, capable color laser printer, which can output up to 30,000 pages per month and acts as high resolution, copier and scanner. The 150 sheet input tray makes it one of the most suitable devices for small or home offices with moderate printing requirements.

With similar laser print engine inside, the large upgrades on Dell 1355CNW include bigger monochrome four-line LCD screen with more buttons on panel, which control its copying and scanning features. It measures 16.1 inches wide, 13.3 inches high and 15 inches deep and weighs 34 pounds. It gets two notched grips on both side of the device, which offers more leverage while moving. Like all laser printers, the 1355cnw comes with tray at the bottom and takes 150 sheets of plain paper, but doesn’t allow double sided automatic printing. Its control panel gets four-line LCD display, which shows monochromatic characters along with plenty of buttons, four directional controls situated around Enter key, one for cancelling job in progress and two buttons for accessing virtual menu.

The Dell 1355CNW takes three color cartridges for yellow, cyan and magenta and one black cartridge. Each cartridge yields 7000 pages that factors out to 7.8 cents per page of color and 7.1 cents per black page. Its output quality is slightly better as compared to other color laser multifunction printers did particularly well on graphics, with level of quality, which is easily good enough for all businesses In fact; many people would judge graphics as being good enough for marketing materials such as tri-fold brochures or one page mailers.

Standard features on Dell 1355CNW include Color-capable network LED Multifunction printer with wireless connectivity; Speed – Up to 15 ppm mono and up to 12 ppm color; Up to 30,000 pages per month; 150-sheet drawer + 10-sheet Bypass Tray; 34 Buttons, 5 LEDs; 4 Lines 20 Character Mono Bitmap LCD; 295 MHz processor; 128 MB RAM; 8 MB ROM; Scan Optical Resolution: 1200 x 1200 dpi, up to 4800 x 4800 dpi (software enhanced); Media Types Supported: Plain paper (Normal, Thick); Cover (106-163g/m2 ); Coated paper (106-163g/m2 ); Label; Envelope; Recycled Paper; Hagaki (190gsm); USB 2.0 High speed supported; 10/100 BASE-T Ethernet, Wi-Fi.

The Dell 1355CNW adds Windows – Microsoft Windows 7 32bit/64bit, Windows Vista 32bit/64bit (Home Basic, Home Premium, Ultimate, Business), Windows Server 2008 32bit/64bit, Windows XP 32bit/64bit (Home & Pro), Windows 2003 Server 32bit/64bit, Windows Server 2008 R2; Mac – Mac OS® : 10.4.11 or later (Power PC 32 bit/ Intel 32 bit), 10.5 with latest update (Power PC 32/64 bit/ Intel 32/64 bit), 10.6 with the latest update (Intel 32/64 bit); Printer Management Software: Dell Printer Configuration Web Tool and Dell Toner Management SystemTM; Dell OpenManage Printer Manager; Dell Private Management Information Base and Standard Printer Management Information Base; Other certifications and compliances: EU RoHS8, Printer MIB, Citrix Metaframe Presentation Server 4.5/5.0 and Energy Star compliant.

The Dell 1355CNW comes packaged with Dell 1355cnw Color Printer, Installation Software CD (Printer Driver & Dell Supplies Management Software), Dell 1355cnw Ship-With Black Cartridge (700 page yield5), Dell 1355cnw Ship-With Color Cartridges (700 page yield5), Power Cord, Placemat, USB cable, Product Information Guide, Quick Reference Guide and Hardware Recycle Program label and instructions. Whether you are looking for a shared MFP in a small, home or micro office or personal MFP in any size office, Dell 1355cnw Multifunction Color Printer is a good choice.

Though it is stuck on Gingerbread, the great camera, cheap price tag and snappy performance of LG Lucid make it a solid choice for a budget 4G Android handset. With a 1.2GHz dual core processor and running on 4G LTE network of Verizon Wireless, it brings more than a bit of power. Albeit call quality isn’t impressive and not everyone will like the purple glitter aesthetic, the handset is available for just $79.99 if you purchase it online and sign a 2-year agreement. With that price, you get a lot, so those who are looking for a first rate midlevel phone to start with, the Lucid is a clear rival.

The LG Lucid measures 4.69 inches tall, 0.45 inch thick, 2.45 inches wide and weighs 5 ounces. The volume rocker button and microUSB port are situated on the left hand side of the smartphone, while the 3.5mm headphone jack on top to the left. You will find the power/sleep key on the right hand side of the device. Its 4.0-inch Gorilla Glass LCD touchscreen display boasts 480 x 800 pixel resolution, making it one of the crispest and brightest displays in its segment. Menu icons, default wallpapers and text are smooth and clean, while YouTube recordings, videos and games are slightly pixilated; however colors are vibrant.

Above the LG Lucid’s display you will find a front facing camera for vanity shots and conference calling and underneath there are 4 standard navigational keys, which dimly light up in white whenever they are in use. Powering the Lucid are Android Gingerbread OS and a dual core 1.2GHz processor with 1GB RAM. You will also find Bluetooth support and the smartphone comes equipped with typical slew of Google applications such as Gmail, Play, Plus, Search, Messenger, YouTube, Maps with Navigation, Music, Places, Books and Talk.

Various task management features on LG Lucid include an e-mail server, a contacts book, a voice dialer, text messaging with Swype, a Web browser, a news and weather application, a calculator, a notepad, a voice recorder and a calendar,. What’s more, Verizon Wireless has loaded the device with its own cluster of applications such as games like Let’s Golf 3 and Plants vs. Zombies, Amazon Kindle, its own brand of maps and app store, a ringtone manager called V Cast Tones, a My Verizon Mobile app to check your account and balance, an app to manage its mobile hot-spot feature and a data backup assistant service. If that wasn’t enough, there are more preloaded apps including ShareGenie, SmartShare that allows you to share media and share files respectively between devices and Netflix; Adobe Flash; the Polaris Office mobile suite and a basic video-editing app called Video Producer.

The 5.0-megapixel autofocus camera of LG Lucid at the back features LED flash; face tracking; zooming and exposure meters; six scene modes (portrait, normal, sports, landscape, night and sunset); seven image options which range from 2560 x 1920 to 640 x 480; 5 white balance options (incandescent, auto, fluorescent, sunny and cloudy); 4 ISO options (auto, 400, 200, and 100); a timer; four color effects (none, mono, sepia, and negative); GPS tagging and continuous and panorama shooting.

Specifications

• 2G Network: CDMA 800 / 1900
• 3G Network: CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
• 4G Network: LTE 700 MHz Class 13
• Display Type: 4.0 inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with Touch sensitive controls, 16M colors, 480 x 800 pixels, ~233 ppi pixel density, Corning Gorilla Glass
• Alert types: Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
• Card slot: microSD, up to 32 GB
• Internal: 8 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
• WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
• 5.0-megapixel camera with 2592 ? 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, Geotagging, face and smile detection
• OS: Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
• CPU: Dual-core 1.2 GHz
• Sensors: Accelerometer, proximity, compass
• Messaging: SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
• Browser: HTML, Adobe Flash
• GPS: with A-GPS support
• Java: via Java MIDP emulator
• SNS integration
• Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk
• MP4/DivX/Xvid/H.264/H.263/WMV player
• MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player
• Document editor
• Video editor
• Voice memo/dial/commands
• Phonebook: Caller groups, Unlimited entries, Search by both first and last name, Multiple numbers per contact, Ring ID and Picture ID
• Organizer: Calendar, Alarm, Calculator
• Bluetooth 3.0 Profiles: Audio/Video Control Transport Protocol (AVCTP), Advanced Audio Distribution (A2DP), Audio/Visual Remote Control Profile (AVRCP), Audio/Video Distribution Transport Protocol (AVDTP), Generic Access (GAP), File Transfer (FTP), Handsfree (HFP), Generic Audio/Video Distribution (GAVDP), Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol, Headset (HSP), Object Push (OPP), Message Access Profile (MAP), Serial Port (SPP), Phone Book Access (PBAP), Service Discovery Protocol (SDP) and Service Discovery Application (SDAP)
• Notifications: Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone

LG believes that technical innovation is a key to success in marketplace. Established in the year 1958, they have led the way in providing applied technologies and sophisticated digital products to their customers. With their commitment to assertive international business policies and innovation, they aim to become a worldwide leader in highly developed digital technology. The letters “L” and “G” in a circle represent the future, world, humanity, technology and youth. Their philosophy is based on Humanity. Also, it symbolizes the company’s efforts to keep close relationships with their customers across the world.

Back at 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, Sprint revealed its first two 4G LTE handsets, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and LG Viper. Touted as eco-friendly midrange smartphone, the Viper is certified platinum by Underwriters Laboratories to fulfill the highest level of sustainability and environmental needs. Additionally, LG says that it avoided using most common yet environmentally sensitive materials such as nickel, brominated flame retardants and polyvinyl chloride in creating this handset. Being green is not the only attraction of Viper; it features Google Wallet and an NFC chip, which means you, can buy items wirelessly, share tags with other NFC enabled devices and transmit data.

The LG Viper 4G was made available on Earth Day that’s 22nd April for the price of $99.99 with two-year agreement and $50 main-in rebate. The Viper measures 0.46 inch thick, 4.59 inches high and 2.44 inches wide and weighs 5 ounces. At front, there is a 4.0-inch WVGA touchscreen display that boasts 16.7 million and colors. Above the display on the right hand corner, you will find a front facing VGA camera for conference calling and vanity shots. Underneath the screen are 4 standard navigational keys, which light up while using: search, home, back and menu. The casing of Viper is made out of 50% recycled plastics and definitely doesn’t feel cheap.

The LG Viper 4G has a sturdy feel with plastic backing looks and tapered edges. At the top center of back, you will find a rear facing camera with LED flash. Underneath there is an output speaker. Using a small indent at the bottom, you can remove back casing and access the 1700mAh battery along with 4GB microSD memory card slot. In spite of 1.2GHz dual core processor, it is that snappy and swift as expected. Powering the Viper is an Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system that can be upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich. Some of the Google applications include Google Books, Play Store, Gmail, YouTube, Plus, Talk, Search, Music, Latitude, Shopper, Maps with Navigation and Messenger.

The LG Viper 4G is also equipped with Google Wallet and NFC chip for wireless communication with other NFC enabled devices. Equipped with Sprint ID, this smartphone has a customization feature, which allows you to customize your home screens with preselected applications, ringtones, widgets and other items depending on which ID profile you install. Essentials include Swype typing, a Web browser, a calendar, a calculator, Flash Player, a clock, the mobile office suite called Polaris Office, a news and weather app, TeleNav GPS Navigation, a voice dialer and Smart Share (where you can distribute and upload media to other DLNA-enabled devices). The 5.0-megapixel rear facing camera with LED flash has various features, including a timer, autofocus, an exposure meter, digital zoom, GPS tagging, four shutter sounds and face tracking. It also features a number of photo options such as 6 scene modes (portrait, normal, sports, landscape, night and sunset); 8 image sizes (ranging from QVGA to 2560 x 1920 pixels); 5 white balance settings (incandescent, auto, fluorescent, cloudy and sunny); 5 ISO choices (auto, and then a range from 800 to 100); 3 shooting modes (continuous, panorama and normal) and 4 color effects (mono, none, negative and sepia).

Switching the camera to front eliminates some preferences, including the size (it can only take images in 640 x 480), various scene modes (you can only switch between night and normal) and the flash. When you switch to camcorder mode, you have a choice of 6 different video recording sizes (ranging from full high definition video to 176 x 144 that’s convenient to send video elsewhere). The same exposure meter, white balance, color-effect options and zoom are retained, and you have a choice to mute audio when recording.

Specifications

• 2G Network: CDMA 800 / 1900
• 3G Network: CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
• 4G Network: LTE 700
• Touch sensitive controls
• Display Type: Capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
• Size: 480 x 800 pixels, 4.0 inches (~233 ppi pixel density)
• Multitouch: Yes
• Sound Alert types: Vibration, MP3 ringtones
• Card slot: microSD, up to 32 GB
• Internal: 4 GB ROM, 1 GB RAM
• Speed: Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps; LTE
• WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
• 5.0-megapixel camera with 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus and Geotagging
• OS: Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
• CPU: Dual-core 1.2 GHz
• GPS with A-GPS support
• SNS integration
• Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk
• MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
• MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player
• Document viewer
• Voice memo/dial
• Phonebook: Unlimited entries, Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact, Search by both first and last name, Picture ID, Ring ID
• Organizer: Calendar, Alarm, Document viewer (Office 2007, Office 2003, PDF), Calculator
• Messaging: SMS, MMS, Threaded view, Predictive text input
• Email: IMAP, POP3, SMTP, Microsoft Exchange
• Instant Messaging: Google Talk
• Bluetooth 3.0 Profiles: Advanced Audio Distribution (A2DP), Audio/Video Control Transport Protocol (AVCTP), Audio/Video Distribution Transport Protocol (AVDTP), Audio/Visual Remote Control Profile (AVRCP), Basic Printing (BPP), Dial-up networking (DUN), File Transfer (FTP), Generic Access (GAP), Generic Audio/Video Distribution (GAVDP), Handsfree (HFP), Headset (HSP), Human Interface Device (HID), Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol, Message Access Profile (MAP), Object Push (OPP), Phone Book Access (PBAP), Serial Port (SPP), Service Discovery Application (SDAP), Service Discovery Protocol (SDP)
• Notifications: Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
• Sensors: Accelerometer, proximity and compass
• Hearing aid compatibility: M4, T4, Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

The LG Viper is ahead of its time – not necessarily and literally in a good way. Most of its most attractive features such as Ice Cream Sandwich OS and 4G LTE cannot be used at the time of purchase.

The compact footprint, cloud printing versatility and intuitive control panel of Epson WorkForce 645 reinforce the workplace utility of this all-in-one printer. Albeit, the WorkForce takes its time printing graphics heavy documents and snapshot photos, this office capable device earns my approval with cloud printing features and affordable inks. It proves itself a capable performer for small offices who want a do-it-all printer, which can fax, print, scan and copy without a clumsy touchscreen control panel. It also outguns the competition in print speed, leading the pack in all of our document tests with the exception of snapshot images.

The Epson WorkForce 645 serves up plethora of features which maximize office workflow, including the Epson Connect portfolio of mobile printing features which work with Apple’s cloud printing and Google. This device also has the capability to email print jobs to 845 directly from any device connected to the Web. With all these convenient features in a device which costs less than $150, you shouldn’t hesitate to pick up the WorkForce 645 for all your office printing needs. It fits in tight spaces with its compact design which measures 14 inches deep, 9 inches tall and 18 inches wide in storage mode with auto document feeder (ADF), paper trays and moving control panel all folded flush into the rectangular unit. The standard colorway for the company’s WorkForce MFP line is matte black with a dot pattern on scanner lid and minimal use of shiny plastic for combating dust.

Just above the control panel, there are 2 hinged bays which reveal four-ink repository for separate cyan, black, yellow and magenta cartridges and the 2,400 x 2,400 dpi scanner glass. Its scanning functions allow you to save a photo in 3 ways: as a PDF document in a folder, as an attachment in an outgoing email message or to a specific file folder. The Epson WorkForce 645 benefits from a 30-sheet automatic document feeder on its top which automatically picks up individual sheets from a stack in the tray.

Any all-in-one or multifunction printer for business should include an ADF (auto-document feeder), however keep in mind that they always add bulk to the printer. While you aren’t faxing or copying stacks of paper, consider keeping the auto document feeder folded up and store additional sheets of paper in the ample input tray that can hold up to a considerable 250 sheets of 10 envelopes or plain 20 pound white paper.

The Epson WorkForce 645 comes with a built-in 802.11 b/g wireless print server which will take just five minutes for you to start printing and connect. As compared to other printers in the market, which require you to set up a proxy network, the 645 prompts you to establish a direct wireless connection right out of the box without the extra, confusing step of first connecting through a Ethernet or USB cable.

Epson WorkForce 645 Specifications

• Printing Technology: 4-color (CMYK) drop-on-demand MicroPiezo inkjet technology
• Printer Language: Epson ESC/P-R
• Maximum Print Resolution: 5760 x 1440 optimized dpi
• ISO Print Speed: Black 15 ISO ppm, Color 7.2 ISO ppm
• Two-Sided ISO Print Speed: Black 7.5 ISO ppm, Color 4.5 ISO ppm
• Minimum Ink Droplet Size: 3 droplet sizes as small as 2 picoliters
• Scanner Type: Color flatbed/Automatic 2-sided ADF
• Photoelectric Device Color: CIS line sensor
• Optical Resolution: 2400 dpi
• Hardware Resolution: 2400 x 2400 dpi
• Maximum Resolution: 9600 x 9600 dpi interpolated
• Scanner Bit Depth: 48-bit color / 24-bit output
• Scan Features: Scan-to-PC, scan-to-PDF, scan-to-email, scan-to-memory card
• Connectivity: Hi-Speed USB Wireless (802.11 b/g/n), Wired Ethernet (10/100 Mbps), Network Card Included and Epson Connect Email Print, AirPrint
• Memory Card Compatibility: Compact Flash (Memory card only), MicroDrive, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Duo (With Adapter), MagicGate Memory Stick, MagicGate Memory Stick Duo With Adapter, Memory Stick PRO, Memory Stick PRO Duo With Adapter, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo With Adapter, Memory Stick Micro M2 With Adapter, SD, SDHC, MiniSD With Adapter, MiniSDHC With Adapter, MicroSD With Adapter, MicroSDHC With Adapter, Multi Media Card, MMCplus, MMCmobile RS-MMC With Adapter, MMCmicro With Adapter, xD-Picture cardTM, xD-Picture card Type-M, xD-Picture card Type-M+, xD-Picture card Type-H
• Operating Systems: Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit); Windows XP (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows XP x64; Mac OS X, 10.4.11, 10.5.8, 10.6.x and 10.7.x
• Paper Types: Plain paper, Epson Bright White, Brochure & Flyer Paper Matte Double-sided, Ultra Premium Presentation Paper Matte, Premium Presentation Paper Matte, Premium Presentation Paper Matte Double-Sided, Presentation Paper Matte, Ultra Premium Photo Paper Glossy, Premium Photo Paper Semi-gloss, Premium Photo Paper Glossy, Photo Paper Gloss, Photo Quality Adhesive Sheets, Iron-on Cool Peel Transfer paper and Matte Scrapbook Photo Paper (letter)
• What’s In The Box: WorkForce 645 all-in-one, Instruction manual, CD-ROM with drivers and bonus software, Free sample paper pack, Power cord, Telephone cord, DURABrite Ultra Ink cartridges Four 126-series
• High capacity ink cartridges: Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
• Software Included: Epson printer driver, Epson Scan, ABBYY FineReader

Overall, the Epson WorkForce 645 caters to the office crowd with the ability to automatically print on both sides of a sheet of paper and cloud printing features.

The company also claimed that these plastic screens are less expensive to make unlike glass counterparts. As electronic paper display gets lighter, more durable and thinner, with the launch of plastic EPD, E-Books will be able to provide certain distinctive advantages unlike smart tablets and devices, including more efficient electricity consumption and reduced eye fatigue besides lower prices. LG attempted various drop tests from almost 5-feet off the ground, and found that the displays were more resistant to damage unlike glass. It hopes to market these displays to manufacturing companies by May, so they can be revealed to European consumers at the beginning of May.

That would be a first for Apple desktop, as Mac manufacturer has thus far only provided anti-reflective solutions as built-to-order options on MacBook family of laptops. The last major redesign of Apple’s iMac arrived in 2009 in the form of aluminum-clad 27 and 21.5-inch models with edge-to-edge glass design. Since then, Apple has been working on a pair stunningly lighter and slimmer models which will more closely resemble the footprint of current most famous LED TVs. Independently, the company has been working for cutting the fat from devices, which ship with its industry leading all-in-one desktop with recent company filings unveiling techniques for slim-form keyboard.