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Zen X-Fi2 – Review, Price and Specifications

Zen X-Fi2 is one of the best audio players from Creative yet – this is a touchscreen player and does not have fussy buttons involved. It simply lets your fingers work magic across the 3″ TFT LCD screen and gain access to all player features instantly.
The ZEN X-Fi2 allows you to experience stellar X-Fi technology even with your stored movies and FM radio1, restoring audio to even higher levels of clarity than before.


Besides a bigger screen size than its predecessor, the ZEN X-Fi2 supports multiple audio formats including the much desired Free Loss less Audio Codec (FLAC), which delivers audio without compromising on its original quality. The player also supports iTunes® Plus (unprotected AAC format) which compresses audio data much more efficiently than older formats.

Physical Specifications

Capacity – 8GB / 16GB / 32GB
Size – 102mm x 57mm x 11.6mm
Weight – 75g
LCD
– 3.0″ TFT Touch Screen LCD, 262k colors
– 400 x 240 pixels resolution
Songs
8GB
– Up to 4,000 WMAs/ 266hrs (Approx. 4mins per song at 64kbps WMA)
– Up to 2,000 MP3/ 133hrs (Approx. 4mins per song at 128kbps MP3)
– Up to 2,000 AAC/ 133hrs (Approx. 4mins per song at 128kbps AAC)

16GB
– Up to 8,000 WMAs/ 532hrs (Approx. 4mins per song at 64kbps WMA)
– Up to 4,000 MP3/ 266hrs (Approx. 4mins per song at 128kbps MP3)
– Up to 4,000 AAC/ 266hrs (Approx. 4mins per song at 128kbps AAC)

32GB
– Up to 8,000 WMAs/ 532hrs (Approx. 4mins per song at 128kbps WMA)
– Up to 8,000 MP3/ 532hrs (Approx. 4mins per song at 128kbps MP3)
– Up to 8,000 AAC/ 532hrs (Approx. 4mins per song at 128kbps AAC)



Battery Life
– Up to 25hrs2 of audio playback
– Up to 5hrs2 of video playback

X-Fi Audio Enhancement – Adjustable Crystalizer / Expand effects
Video / Audio Out – PAL / NTSC (via A/V cable sold separately)
Expansion Slot – microSD memory card support
RSS – Displays RSS content feeds offline (Sync via PC/Laptop connected to the internet)
Power Charging – Via PC-USB or ZEN USB Power Adapter (sold separately)

Video Playback Formats
– WMV9, MPEG4-SP3, DivX3 4/5 and XviD3
– Up to 640 x 480 video size

Audio Playback Formats – MP3, WMA (DRM9), WAV (IMA-ADPCM) Audible4, AAC4, FLAC4.
Photo Formats Supported – JPEG, BMP (TIFF, GIF, PNG to be converted with bundled software)5
Battery – Built-in Li-ion Battery
FM Radio – Built-in FM Radio with 32 preset stations
Organizer – Clock, Alarm, Calendar, Task, Contacts
Built-in speaker – Yes
Album Art – Only for MP3 and WMA files
Voice Recording format – IMA-ADPCM (*.wav) (Built in MIC)
Connectivity – USB 2.0 recommended

Price

This MP3 Player is available for Rs. 13,599/-

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Olivezipbook X107H – Review, Price and Specifications

India’s first netbook which has an inbuilt 3G modem. To stay connected to the internet you need not require TATA Photon Plus USB stick separately which saves money, also more importantly there is no risk of breaking the modem even if you are careless as it is inbuilt. This modem has a capacity of upto 10% faster than any other external USB modem.

Ultra Slim and Thin – This zipbook is Ultraslim! Its just 1.1Kg, and hence Olivezipbook can be rightly described as a passport of portability. Olivezipbook can fit your handbag, suitcase and briefcase, which eliminates the outdated diary that you carry.

Cool Colors – Olive zipbook is available in 4 cool colors
Lamborghini Yellow
Wine red
Apple White
Jet Black

Preloaded Windows XP – The new cool zipbook is offered with preloaded Windows XP whereas other manufacturers provide only Linux OS. This again saves money.

Webcam – This zipbook is not only offered with inbuilt modem but also with a inbuilt webcam. So now you can get in touch with your loved ones at anywhere and anytime. Our new netbook is completely reliable as it a genuine Intel Atom  processor.

Storage – The storage of this netbook is amazing. With a 160GB hard drive our netbook offers tons of storage for all your videos, photos, music and more…

General Specifications

Processor – Intel Atom N270 1.6 GHz (Intel)
Chipset – Intel 945GSE+82801GBM(ICH7) (Intel)
Screen – 10.2″
Video Card – Integrated Gen3.5 GFX Core (Intel)
Memory – 1GB DDRII (optional 2 GB)
Storage – 160 GB 2,5″ HDD
Operating System – OEM Win XP Home Edition SP3 (Microsoft)
Keyboard Type – QWERTY 82 Keys
Input Device Type – Touch Pad
Screen Resolution – 1024 X 600
Color Depth – 32 Bit
Optical Drive – Optional (external/not included)
Card Reader – 3 in 1 (SD/MS/MMC)
Lan – WLAN abg 802.11 b/g
Fax / Modem – Azallia Interface 56K Fax / Modem (optional)
Webcam – 1.3 MP
Battery Type – Rechargeable Lithium-ion 3 cell Battery, 2000mAh ((Optional) 6 Cell, 4400mAh)
Dimensions – 265mm x 185mm x 25mm
Weight – 1.2 KG

Wireless Connectivity

  • WiFi – Supported B/G
  • BlueTooth – Yes (Optional)
  • IrDa – No
  • 3G Modem – Integrated (EVDO/ HSPA)

Multimedia

  • Speaker – Yes, 2 Speakers
  • Mic – Yes
  • Headset / S-Out – Yes
  • S-Video Out – No

Interface

  • USB – 3 Ports
  • Firewire / IEEE – N/A
  • VGA Port – Yes
  • Slot – N/A

Price

This zipbook with all these stunning features costs only Rs. 17,999/-

Savings – You save nearly Rs.7500/- as you need not purchase a USB stick separately for internet access  (Rs.3500) and you need not install Windows XP as its is offered with the net book (Rs.4000).

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Microsoft Silverlight Slowly sets strong path against flash after all rumours

Silverlight is the recent and trendy product from Microsoft as it includes lot of features like videostraming,3D features ,animation as you have in flash.Its very difficult to release a second product and get a chance as the market is already crowded with Adobe’s flash and video player.But Microsoft is now successful in video streaming with some real user experience.There is a real evidence that CBSSports.com streamed more than 11 million hours of live audio and video during the tournament.NBCOlympics also used Silverlight to stream the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Earlier it was blamed that most of the silverlight sample animations was achieved by Adobe flash and not by Silverlight.Many were under the impression that high end animations can only be developed with Flash and not at all possible with Silverlight.

But Microsoft today proves that all kind animations with 3D effect can be developed with Silverlight.Microsoft has released 4 versions of Silverlight in two years time frame.Each version has its own improvements and they also provide many kind of controls to build applications and also many new animation and 3D features.

Recently Apple has not provided the support for Adobe Flash in iPad and hence Microsoft is planning have talks with Apple to build some Silverlight features in iPad.