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Motorola Milestone Review and Specs

Motorola milestone popularly known as Droid in USA was launched on 22nd of March in India. This gadget will definitely be a milestone with the features of 5.0 megapixel camera with dual LED flash and auto focus, it also includes 3.7″ WVGA touchscreen display and really a comfortable keypad. Motorola Milestone will be available at a price of Rs.34,000(approx). This is rightly named as “smart phone”.

Milestone bags the pride to be one of the world’s thinnest QWERTY sliders(13.7mm/1.37cm). It has a high resolution 480*854, TFT display which enables pinch and zoom gestures. The highlight is it is offered with a number of google applications which includes Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail and You tube. These are the additional features excluding the apps, tonnes and widgets from Android market.

Specifications of Motorola Milestone

Physical features, power and memory
Display Type – TFT
Weight – 6 oz.; 165 g
Size – 2.4 x 4.6 x .5 in.; 60.00 x 115.80 x 13.70 mm
Display Size – 3.7″; WVGA (480 x 854 pixels); 16:9 wide screen; PPI 267
Antenna Type – Internal
Form Factor – Slider
Battery
GSM: up to 390 mins
3G: up to 290 mins TALK TIME (CONTINUOUS)
1400 mAh Li lon
Standby Time – GSM: up 350 hrs; 3G: up to 380 hrs
Removable Memory – 8 GB microSD included; supports up to 32 GB microSD expandable

Camera
Camera with image stabilization
Megapixels – 5 MP
Digital Zoom – 4x
Flash – Dual LED
Focus – Automatic
Image Editing Tools

Connectivity
Web Browser – Location enabled, multi window HTML5 webkit browser
Bluetooth – Stereo Bluetooth® Technology v2.1 + EDR. Profiles HFP, HSP, A2DP,AVRCP, OPP, PBAP
Motorola Software Updates
WIFI – 802.11 b/g
GPS and Location Services – aGPS
Connector Type – Micro USB
Data Access
Data Transmission Rate – USB 2.0 High Speed
Motorola Media Link – Included
Headset Jack – 3.5 mm
Moto Phone Portal – Included

Internet And Games
Web Access – Intelligent plug-ins makes the apps smarter
Playable Formats – eAAC+, MP3, AMR WB, MPEG-4, H.264, WAV, AAC, AAC+, H.263,MIDI, AMR NB, OGG

Calling
Caller id – Ringer ID, Picture ID, On main display
Speaker Phone
Conference Calling – Three-way call
Emergency Dial
Noise Reduction – Crystal Talk
On Hold Call
Phone Book – Unified contact list
Speed Dial – Direct Dial and Direct Message shortcuts
Vibra Call
Wait and Pause Dialing

Google Mobile Services
Google Mail
Google Search
Google Talk

Interface
Operating System – Android 2.0
Backlight – Yes
Dedicated Keys – Back, Home, Volume control, Camera, Search, Power/Lock, Menu
Double Tap
Haptic Feedback
Keypad Lock
Light-Responsive Display
Pinch and Zoom
QWERTY Keyboard
Touch Screen – Gesture recognition

Motonav Features
3D Landmarks – 3D Landmarks
Easy Search – Trial Version
Lane Guidance – Trial version
MAPS – Trial version
Points of interest – Trial version

Music and Video
Music Enabled
Music Player – Yes
Video – D1 video playback (720×480 @ 30 fps – NTSC) or (720×576 @ 25 fps – PAL)
Video Capture
Streaming Media – Video
Video Capture Rate – DVD quality up to 24fps ; D1 (720×480) resolution

Personalisation
Ringtone Formats – eAAC, eAAC+, AAC+, AAC, MP3, OGG
Ringtones – Preloaded and downloadable
Wallpapers – Preloaded and downloadable

Technology
Accelerometer – Yes
Networks – WCDMA/900/2100, GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HSPA, GPRS Class 12, WiFi
Processor Speed – 550 MHz
Sensors – Proximity ambient light sensor

Features:
World Wider Web – Zip through the internet with 3G speed, a Flash 10 ready HTML browser and a super fast processor.
E Mails – Work and personal emails stream into one easy-to-navigate inbox. Respond quickly with the QWERTY or virtual keypads.
Search for anything from anywhere – The newest Google features let you use your voice or your fingertips to search for what you want.
Pocket paparazzi – Take stills and videos with the 5MP camera with built-in flash, zoom and auto-focus,
and DVD-quality video recorder.
Amazing Feature – The MOTOROLA MILESTONE Phone Holder transforms your phone into a hands-free, personal navigation device with satellite location and cell tower technology.
Intelligent apps – Discover thousands of apps and hundreds of widgets in Android Market. Create
personalized finger gestures that open your links.

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Bye Bye Maruti 800-The Pioneer Car of Modern India

It has been 27 long years since the rollout of Maruti 800 which changed the way the life style of several middle class people of India travel.
Maruti 800 sales would be stopped from yesterday in all major cities like Mumbai,Chennai,New Delhi,Bangalore,Kolkata,Pune,Kanpur,Hyderabad,Ahmedabad,Surat where the Bharat Stage IV norms come into effect from April 1 2010.BS IV norms suggest the supply of only Bharat IV petrol  in these cities which have lower sulphur content.There is reduction to0.015% of sulphur from 0.05%,which is expected to lead to less pollutants in the air in these cities.The Bharat IV petrol is charged 50 paise more than the ordinary petrol and hope that this increase brings with it a more cleaner and pollution free environ in these cities.
The sunset for Maruti 800 cars is fastened by these norms as it requires upgrading the engines of the car and which is not found economically viable by the manufacturers.The Car which grew in stature in the Modern Indian economy of the 90s as well as in the first decade of this millenium would soon find its way out all Indian cities provided the manufacturers alter their plan of upgrading the engines.In addition other major cars like Ford Ikon,Fiat Palio,Skoda Octavia and Fabia and Chevrolet Tavera would also be stopped from sales in these cities

It has been 27 long years since the rollout of Maruti 800 which changed the way the life style of several middle class people of India travel. Maruti 800 sales would be stopped from yesterday in all major cities like Mumbai,Chennai,New Delhi,Bangalore,Kolkata,Pune,Kanpur,Hyderabad,Ahmedabad,Surat where the Bharat Stage IV norms come into effect from April 1 2010.BS IV norms suggest the supply of only Bharat IV petrol  in these cities which have lower sulphur content.There is reduction to0.015% of sulphur from 0.05%,which is expected to lead to less pollutants in the air in these cities.The Bharat IV petrol is charged 50 paise more than the ordinary petrol and hope that this increase brings with it a more cleaner and pollution free environ in these cities. The sunset for Maruti 800 cars is fastened by these norms as it requires upgrading the engines of the car and which is not found economically viable by the manufacturers.The Car which grew in stature in the Modern Indian economy of the 90s as well as in the first decade of this millenium would soon find its way out all Indian cities provided the manufacturers alter their plan of upgrading the engines.In addition other major cars like Ford Ikon,Fiat Palio,Skoda Octavia and Fabia and Chevrolet Tavera would also be stopped from sales in these cities

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Cisco announces Series of Wireless Routers

Cisco has unveiled a series of wireless routers basically for home setup and also it has wireless devices for both small and medium office setup.Main advantage of these routers are the installation procedure.Installation procedure looks very easy and it can be done in minutes.Computers, wireless printers, smart phones, and other Wi-Fi devices can be connected very easily and setup the devices at home totally wireless.
There are two kind of wireless routers in Cisco.One is termed as Valet devices aimed for Home users and other is termed as LinkSys aimed for both home and small/medium office setup

Valet Routers

Valet wireless hotspot (M10)

Valet routers allows you to set up your home completely wireless and with this wireless internet connection happens very easily with a easy set up key.Cisco connect software is preloaded within the device and this helps you to manage the wireless setup at ease.

Price  – $99

Valet Plus wireless hotspot (M20)


Valet Plus,the name itself tells you that it has features of Valet plus some additional enhanced features.One such feature,easy to have a wireless environment set up in home with large amount of space and also make transfer of video,images and big files at a good speed.

price – $149

Valet Connector (AM10)


Small Router device eliminates the problem of having so many messed up wires around the computer at home.With this one small device it is now easy to have almost all the devices around the computer connected wireless.All you need to do is just plug in the device like USB port follow some simple instructions of the Valet connector software ant that’s it.You are now connected.

Price – $79

LinkSys Routers

Wireless-N Router (E1000)
LinkSys wireless routers provide you with fast wireless network and also has many features like surfing the Web, sending email, and file sharing when compared with valet routers.It can also connect to other Wi-Fi devices upto 300Mbps apart from connecting other devices like printer,smartphones etc.
Price  – $79
Advanced Wireless-N Router (E2000)
selectable dual-band wireless-N technology and allows you to connect to other computers available at home and hence some series of two to three computers can be connnected to form a network
Price  – $119
Advanced Wireless-N Router (E2100L)
The Linksys E2100L is a Linux-customizable router that provides powerful wireless-N technology to your home
Price  – $119
High Performance Wireless-N Router (E3000)
The Linksys E3000 is a powerful dual-band Wireless-N router optimized for wireless entertainment.It has the power to provide fast HD video streaming and wireless gaming performance
Price  – $179
High Performance Wireless-N Adapter (AE1000)
This has the option of connecting laptop or desktop computer wireless with other devices at ease and with fast performance speed.

Price  – $69