Start accepting credit cards today- SQUARE

Jack Dorsey, the co-inventor of Twitter, is promoting his latest invention called the Square.
The square is a small plug-in attachment to your mobile phone that allows you to receive credit card payments.


The idea originated from Dorsey's friend Jim McKelvey who was unable to sell some glass work to a customer because he couldn't accept a particular card being used.


Accepting credit card payments for something you're selling isn't always easy, especially if you are mobile like a tradesman, delivery service or a vendor at a trade show.


This latest invention uses a small scanner that plugs into the audio input jack on a mobile device.


It reads information on a credit card when it is swiped. The information is not stored on the device but is encrypted and sent over secure channels to banks.

It basically makes any mobile phone a cash register for accepting card payments.


As a payer, you receive a receipt via email that can be instantly accessed securely online. You can also use a text message to authorize payment in real time.


Retailers can create a payer account for their customers which accelerates the payment process.


For example, a cardholder can assign a photo to their card so their photo will appear on the phone for visual identity confirmation. Mobile devices with touch screens will also allow you to sign for goods.


There are no contracts, monthly fees, or hidden costs to accept card payments using Square and it is expected the plug-in attachment will also be free of charge.


A penny from every transaction will also be given to a cause of your choice.


See Related Article On The Future Of Smart Phones
As with Twitter, it's anticipated that Dorsey will direct the company based upon feedback from users.
Square Inc. has offices in San Francisco, Saint Louis and New York and is currently beta testing the invention with retailers in the United States. 

Souce: squareup.com

Hero Impulse

Hero Impulse 150cc Sporty bike is now available in India at attractive Price of Rs. 66,800/- (ex-showroom). Hero Impulse is first bike Indian bike from Hero Motocorp, after split from Honda. Impulse is dual purpose bike for day to day normal city commuting and casual off-roading on weekends.

Hero Impulse Mileage: 40 ~ 55 KMPL

Hero Impulse Features & Specifications:

150cc, Air Cooled Single Cylinder Engine

Maximum Power: 13.8 bhp @ 8000 rpm

Max Torque: 13.6 Nm @ 6000 rpm

5-Speed Gearbox

Front Disc Brake and Rear Drum Brake

Sporty Design – Tall Stance, Slim weist and High Tail

Many Color options with stylish body graphics

Monoshock Rear Suspension

Long Range front suspension

LED Tail Lights

Fuel tank Capacity: 12 Litres

Wheelbase: 135mm

Ground clearance: 244 mm

Weight: 119.1 Kg

Hero Impulse Price in India: Rs. 66,800/- (ex-showroom Delhi Prices) will soon be available in metros and Tier-I cities.

U can also watch this video,the review provided by AutoCar India

Best Buy, Verizon, Dell launch Cyber Monday deals

Best Buy, Amazon, Verizon, and Dell launched Cyber Monday deals featuring discounted laptops, tablets, and smartphones.

Best Buy is calling its sale "Cyber Week" and puts Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard, and Toshiba laptops at the top of the list on its launch page. All three come with Windows 7 Home Premium.
Best Buy laptops listed on Cyber Week page: 
Lenovo, $299.99: Model: 1450ABU. 15.6-inch LED-backlit display, AMD dual-core E-450 accelerated processor, 4GB memory, 320GB hard disk drive, and optical drive. 
HP Pavilion, $349.99: Model: g4-1229dx. 14-inch LED-backlit display, Intel dual-core "Sandy Bridge" Pentium B950 processor, 4GB memory, 500GB hard drive, and optical drive. 
Toshiba - Satellite Laptop, $379.99: Model: C655-S5305. 15.6" LED-backlit display, Intel Sandy Bridge Core i3-2330M processor (2.2GHz), 4GB memory, 320GB hard drive, and optical drive.
Dell, for its part, is offering an Inspiron 14R laptop for $399, $100 off regular pricing. It includes a 14-inch HD (720p) LED display, Intel Core i3-2310M processor (2.1GHz), 4GB of memory, 500GB hard drive, optical drive, and Windows 7 Home Premium.
Among other deals, Amazon is offering a Sony VAIO EJ2 Series (VPCEJ28FX/B) 17.3-inch laptop for $691.83, about $108 off the regular price. That model includes a 17.3 1600x900 display, Intel Core i5 processor (2.4GHz), 4GB memory, 640GB hard drive, and Blu-ray player.
Amazon is also offering an Android Honeycomb-based Toshiba Thrive tablet (16GB) for $372, discounted from $399.99.
At Best Buy, don't expect to find many $199 BlackBerry PlayBook tablets, however. Most, if not all, of those have sold out over the last week or so at the national retailer.
Verizon is also chiming in with tablet and smartphone deals. With a two-year mobile broadband activation, an Android 3.2 4G LTE Motorola Xoom tablet is available for $199.99, $100 off the regular price.

How 3D ads will make their way on to your phone

When it comes to mobile devices, do people care about 3D content?

It's a topic I've been wrestling with since the emergence of the HTC Evo 3D, the first 3D-capable smartphone. I came to the conclusion that it was largely a gimmick, or something that piques your interest but quickly fades away. For some, it's just a bit of headache-inducing flash.
Still, that hasn't stopped more companies from moving into the area. The latest two are media startup Cooliris and mobile advertising company Smaato, which recently said they were partnering to deliver 3D advertisements on mobile devices.
Fortunately, the two aren't exactly talking about images that seemingly pop out of your iPhone. Rather, the service enables the delivery of 3D-rendered images, allowing you to rotate, disassemble, and reassemble that picture in a mobile ad. Since they don't pop off the screen, the images don't need any special displays or glasses. The two plan to show off the technology later this month at the AppNation conference in San Francisco, where the ads will show up on iPhones and iPads.
Cooliris's business unit Adjitsu has a demo up showing off the ability to manipulate a fully rendered BMW. As you can see, it's pretty nifty.
"Rich Media is an important part for the substantial growth of mobile advertising and we see this as a great opportunity for our developers and publishers to maximize their revenue," Smaato CEO Ragnar Kruse said in a statement earlier this month.
Cooliris's Adjitsu will use Smaato, which already delivers mobile ads to a network of advertisers and devices, to expand its presence in Asia and Europe.
"Together we will enable consumers to re-experience brands, products and services like never before," Cooliris CEO Soujanya Bhumkar said.
Still, while it's cool enough technology, I still question how effective it will be.


People like the Evo 3D, but is it because of the 3D feature, or because it's a decent phone?
(Credit: HTC)
When I tested the Evo 3D, I was eager to show off the phone's special camera and display to coworkers. They agreed it was cool, but their interest waned fast. I wonder if the same fleeting engagement would occur with Adjitsu's ads.
To be fair, Adjitsu's technology isn't the kind of gimmicky 3D that the Evo 3D, and later on the LG Thrill 4G, employs. The BMW example looks fairly practical if you're interested in buying a new car.
There's been a lot made out of mobile ads in general. Mobile adverting is why Google got into the mobile game with Android in the first place. It's also one of the primary business models driving the apps market.
But I sometimes wonder how effective these banner and display ads are. When playing games, browsing the mobile Web, or watching videos, I largely ignore the ads, or speed through them as quickly as possible.
Maybe 3D-rendered images may cause me to pause a bit. For now, I'm still not sold.

Bigbluesearch.com- blue google

I could not say about this blue google just in words so i have uploaed this pics so that you can have clear view. 
I'm sharing this pcitures just to show that how blue google is looking good than the normal google, but the thing is the difference is mainly is noticable only in firefox.

How many googles are there?

How many googles are there?


Although Google.com remains the No. 1 search engine in the world, some web developers have created different and humorous variations of the Google homepage.


Keep in mind that none of these are affiliated with Google, the company.


Here are some of the variations on a (Google) theme:


· bigbluesearch.com - blue Google
· bigyellowsearch.com - yellow Google
· blackle.com - black and stylish version of Google
· bluegoogle.com
· caliorange.com
· darkoogle.com
· dinoogle.com - dinosaur themed Google
· donttypelikethis.com - annoying Google types like ThIs
· elgoog.com (mirror Google)
· emogoogle.com - Google for emo fashion kids
· Epicgoogle.com - enlarging Google
· givoogle.com - a search that saves energy (at least that's how they say)
· gizoogle.com - animated Google
· Google loco
· Google rainbow
· Google.bearshare.com bear Google
· Google.com - normal Google
· Google.com/Linux - Linux Google
· Google.com/logos - Google logos
· Google.com/webhp?hl=xx-hacker - Google in web language(a.k.a. hacker language)
· Google.com/webhp?hl=xx-klingon - klingon Google
· Google.com/webhp?hl=xx-piglatin - piglatin Google
· googlegothic.com
· googleloco.com
· googoth.co.in - goth Google
· gothle.com
· helpuu.com - helping starving kids Google
· isearchpink.com
· mysterygoogle.com
· ninja.com - ninja Google
· oranjoogle.com
· packman Google
· pinkgoogle.com - pink Google
· purpoogle.com - background screen is a dark pinkish-purple
· rainbowgoogle.com - colorful Google
· scenegoogle.com - Google for scene fashion kids
· scenekidgoogle.com
· thatsloco.com - bouncing Google
· weeniegoogle.com - reducing Google
· yellowgoogle.com


http://www.mypurplesearch.com/ - Purple Google
http://www.thinkpinksearch.com/ - Pink Google
http://www.ninja.com/ - Ninja Google
http://www.scenekidsearch.com/ - Scene Google
http://www.mygothsearch.com/ - Goth Google
http://www.bigbluesearch.com/ - Blue Google
http://www.thinkgreensearch.com/ - Green Google
http://www.searchincolor.net/yellow/ - Yellow Google
http://www.oranjoogle.com/ - Orange Google
http://www.caliorange.com/ - California Orange Google
http://www.searchemo.com/ - Emo Google
http://www.elgoog.rb-hosting.de/ - Backwards Google
http://www.Google.es/ - Spanish Google
http://www.Google.com/intl/zh-CN/ - Chinese Google
http://www.gothengine.com/ - Gothic Google
http://www.googoth.co.in/ - Gothic Google
http://sketchup.Google.com/3dwarehouse/ - 3D Warehouse Google
http://www.blackle.com/ - Black Google
http://www.thatsloco.com/ - Loco Google
http://www.Google.com/Easter/feature_easter.HTML - Easter Google
http://www.purpoogle.com/ - Purple Google
http://www.earthle.com/ - Energy Saving Google
http://www.gizoogle.com/ - Gangster Google
http://www.mysterygoogle.com/ - Mystery Google
http://www.googlegooglegooglegoogle.com/* - 4 Googles
http://www.seetherainbow.com/ - Rainbow Google
http://www.toobigtouse.com/ - Epic Google
http://www.toolittletouse.com/ - Weenie Google
http://www.Google.com/intl/xx-hacker/ - 1337 Google
http://www.nochucknorris.com/ - Chuck Norris Google
http://www.donttypelikethis.com/ - Annoying Google
http://shinyplasticbag.com/projects/stalk stalker Google
http://www.bingandgoogle.com bing and Google combined. awesome
http://www.doheth.co.UK/funny/Google Google logos
http://www.jewgle.org Jewish Google
http://www.cathoogle.com cristian Google
http://www.funny-Google.com funny Google
http://www.doogle.org Google which translates English to Irish slang
http://www.moogle.com a bit weird..
http://www.google2084.com/ future Google
http://scholar.Google.com.au student Google
http://www.musgle.com Music Google
http://www.ichikoo.com/joogle Another Jewish Google
http://www.koogle.co.il/English Kosher Google
http://c6.org/toogle/ Awesome Image Maker!
http://www.foogle.net For Jobs


http://dinoogle.com Dinosaur Google
http://www.toosmalltouse.com Weenie Google
http://searchincoler.com/ so you can pick whatever coler you want!:)
can't remember URL-elmer fudd Google
can't remember URL either-gravity Google
and sexy google




* 4 googles has now been changed to http://www.alotofinternet.com
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Sony Xperia Neo V

Sony has been going strong with its Xperia lineup this year. With over 5-8 models released this year does  the company actually have what it takes to restructure the market with the right devices. Sony also Recently announced that it plans to buy-out the stake from Sony Ericsson (The Ericsson share) to call the company Sony mobile. The Neo V is an example of what Sony stands for, lets find out whether it delivers to the sony image or not.

Build Quality and Hardware


The Neo V is exceptionally well built with great overall hardware design, and brilliant paint finish. the device feels like a luxury car parked right in the palm of your hand. A curvaceous back and a glossy paint finish make you feel special that you hold this device. There is no shake or rattle from this device and it delivers a robust experience while you fiddle around with the tactile buttons and great structure.



In terms of Hardware the Neo V has a great set check out the total specs:




Price                           20,000 /- MRP

Frequency                 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900; HSDPA 900 / 2100; HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100

Phone Style               Touchscreen

OS Android                 2.3.5

Thickness                   13 mm

Length                        116 mm 

Width                          57 mm

Weight                        126g

Built-in Memory        1GB ; RAM 512

Additional Memory    MicroSD up to 32GB

High-speed Data        GPRS, HSDPA

Connectivity                Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, A-GPS

Screen Size                  3.7-inches, 854 x 480 pixels

Screen Colours            

16 million

Camera                        Yes

Camera Resolution     5 megapixel with upto 16x zooming; Front VGA camera

Flash                             Yes

Ringtones                     Polyphonic, MP3, Truetone

Music Player               Yes

GPS                              Gps + aGPS

Radio                           Yes

Speaker                       Yes

Processor                     1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255

Internet                        Yes

Browser                       HTML

Games                          Yes

Battery                         Talk time: Up to 7 hrs on 3G
                                      and 6hours 55 minutes on 2G, 
                                      Standby time up to 430 hrs on 3G 
                                      and 400 hrs on 2G

 Multimedia, Display and Camera

The device has a brilliant display with a Mobile Bravia engine, which ensures super smooth video playback. The Device however has only a 1GHZ single core processor which is somewhat of a let down for the price bracket. Coming back to the screen which is a 3.7 inch 854 x 480 px display which offers superior ppi for the size of the display, that makes images and videos look good and text look crisp.

Video playback is well supported over almost all available formats and scrubbing through video does not pixellate or mismatch audio. Audio is loud and clear and the device performs well in all aspects of the Multimedia field.

The camera has a 5 MP XMOR R sensor, which makes images look good even in low light. We however found video to be jittery with 720p at 30fps underperforming the label. Images were also decent but poor compared to those from similar camera of competitors. Overall a decent camera with a bunch of effects and software camera shake reduction, which may or may not impress you depending on where you come from (previous device).

Phone Messaging and Internet

 The phone quality and network stability were solid, no dropped calls in 2 weeks of testing. 3G however was not as stable as we wanted and kept jumping from H to 3G to E. The sound and volume of it were clear and loud and  we were quite impressed with it. Internet can be bothersome on the go when you shift from tower to tower, the phone takes about a minute to reset the data connection. On wifi however there is no problem. 

The onboard keyboard is stock and therefore can be replaced easily with many from the marketplace. The typing experience is great thanks to the highly responsive screen.

The Device also supports the Wifi Hotspot feature which allows you to make the device into a portable router. Which is a convenient feature available in most Androids today, the difference here lies that the Neo V does not drain out of its battery like a dripping plastic bag. It sustains power management within the Wifi hotspot mode and offers extended usage.

Battery

The battery life on the Neo V was impressive swell with a longer talk time than mentioned in the spec sheet we were impressed

9 Hours on 2G

7.5 Hours on 3G

8 Hours Wifi Browsing

4 hours 3G browsing

4 Hours Wifi Hotspot (3 devices connected)

24 Hours of Music Playback

5 Hours of Video

Conclusion

The device is an expensive representation of devices like the Xperia Mini Pro, but offer a different form factor with slightly different specs. The battery life was immense and we were happy with it. The power management is great and handles most features brilliantly. The sealed Bravia display is a delight for those with love for mobile video and multimedia. The speakers and sound is crisp and loud from all areas and impressive overall. The device is a great phone and a nice looking one at that.

I rate it 4/5

Skoda Rapid Price – New Sedan car in 1.6L Diesel and 1.6L Petrol variants

Skoda has launched the new Skoda Rapid sedan car powered by a 1.6L Turbocharged Direct Injection with Common Rail (TDI CR) Diesel Engine or 1.6L Multi-Point Injection (MPI) Petrol Engine . It has inherited various specs and features ,like the same engine , from its parent company’s same segment sedan , the Volkswagen Vento . Skoda had a hatchback Fabia , a premium sedan Laura and Superb , and an SUV Yeti , but its car was missing the the most competitive sedan segment . But now with the new Skoda Rapid , it will give competition to the Maruti Suzuki SX4 , new Ford Fiesta , New Hyundai Verna , Toyota Etios , and its own cousin , the Volkswagen Vento .

There are three variants of the car , one 5-speed manual transmission petrol and diesel each and one petrol with 6-speed Tiptronic automatic transmission. . Each of these variants have three different models , Active , Ambition , and Elegance with respect to the inbuilt features .

 Skoda Rapid Price

Skoda Rapid Price in Delhi

Skoda Rapid Petrol Active : Rs.6.75 Lac

Skoda Rapid Petrol Ambition : Rs.7.09 Lac

Skoda Rapid Petrol Elegance : Rs.7.99 Lac

Skoda Rapid Petrol AT Ambition : Rs.8.09 Lac

Skoda Rapid Petrol AT Elegance : Rs.8.99 Lac

Skoda Rapid Diesel Active : Rs.7.95 Lac

Skoda Rapid Diesel Ambition : Rs.8.29 Lac

Skoda Rapid Diesel Elegance : Rs.9.19 Lac

Skoda Rapid Price in Mumbai

Skoda Rapid Petrol Active : Rs.6,92,170

Skoda Rapid Petrol Ambition : Rs.7,27,025

Skoda Rapid Petrol Elegance : Rs.8,19,288

Skoda Rapid Petrol AT Ambition : Rs.8,29,540

Skoda Rapid Petrol AT Elegance : Rs.9,21,803

Skoda Rapid Diesel Active : Rs.8,15,187

Skoda Rapid Diesel Ambition : Rs.8,50,042

Skoda Rapid Diesel Elegance : Rs.9,42,305

Skoda Rapid Price in Chennai

Skoda Rapid Petrol Active : Rs.6,87,000

Skoda Rapid Petrol Ambition : Rs.7,21,604

Skoda Rapid Petrol Elegance : Rs.8,13,204

Skoda Rapid Petrol AT Ambition : Rs.8,23,382

Skoda Rapid Petrol AT Elegance : Rs.9,14,982

Skoda Rapid Diesel Active : Rs.8,09,134

Skoda Rapid Diesel Ambition : Rs.8,43,738

Skoda Rapid Diesel Elegance : Rs.9,35,338

Skoda Rapid Price in Bangalore

Skoda Rapid Petrol Active : Rs.6,84,000

Skoda Rapid Petrol Ambition : Rs.7,18,453

Skoda Rapid Petrol Elegance : Rs.8,09,653

Skoda Rapid Petrol AT Ambition : Rs.8,19,787

Skoda Rapid Petrol AT Elegance : Rs.9,10,987

Skoda Rapid Diesel Active : Rs.8,05,600

Skoda Rapid Diesel Ambition : Rs.8,40,053

Skoda Rapid Diesel Elegance : Rs.9,31,253

Motorola RAZR Price in India – 4.3-inch touchscreen Slimmest Android Smartphone

The new Motorola RAZR is a revolutionary 4.3-inch qHD Super AMOLED display smartphone with merely 7.1mm thickness !! It is the slimmest Android Smartphone ever launched . It is powered by a powerful dual-core 1.2 GHz processor and comes with huge 1GB memory .Its KEVLAR® fibre body , Corning® Gorilla® Glass display and splash-guard coating make it rugged smartphone .It is loaded with the latest Android v2.3.5 Gingerbread OS .It comes pre-loaded with MotoCast, a free Motorola app that let’s you stream music, films and more from your PC .

Motorola RAZR mobile key features :




Thinnest Smartphone – 7.1 mm thin !
Latest Android OS
High speed data connectivity : 3G , WiFi
8MP camera with Full HD video recording, crisp and clear images
Front camera with HD video recording
Rugged usage : KEVLAR fibre , waterproof coating (inside/outside)
Powerful dual-core 1.2 GHz processor
Streams music, pics and more from your PC
Long battery backup
Motorola RAZR mobile specifications :


Network : Quad band GSM , 3G HSDPA
Operating system : Android v2.3.5 (Gingerbread)
Processor : 1.2 GHz dual-core
Dimensions : 130.7 x 68.9 x 7.1 mm
Weight : 127 g
Display : 4.3-inch Capacitive touchscreen, 540×960 pixels resolution ,Gorilla Glass display
Accelerometer sensor,Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
3.5mm audio jack
Memory : 1GB RAM
Storage: 16 GB In-built , expandable up to 32GB
3G HSDPA, HSUPA
Wireless LAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth v4.0 with LE+EDR
microUSB v2.0
Camera : 8 MP with autofocus, LED flash , face detection, image stabilization
Video resording : Full HD 1080p@30fps
Front camera : 2MP , HD video
Stereo FM radio with RDS
GPS A-GPS support , google Maps
Splash resistant
HDMI port
SNS integration
Digital compass
Google Apps pre-loaded : Google Search, Maps, Gmail,YouTube, Google Talk, Picasa integration
Music Player : MP3,AAC+,WAV,WMA player
Video Player : MP4,H.263,H.264,WMV player
Battery : Li-Ion 1780 mAh
Standby time : Up to 204 hours
Talk time : Up to 12.5 hours


Motorola RAZR Price in India : Rs.33,000 .
It is now available in India .

HTC Sensation XE Price in India – 4.3-inch Touchscreen Android Music Smartphone

The new HTC Sensation XE is a large 4.3-inch multi-touch display smartphone running the latest Android OS v2.3.4 . It is the upgraded version of the the HTC Sensation mobile and feature Beats Audio . The sales box includes custom made Beats headsets for enhanced music experience. It is powered by a powerful 1.5GHz processor and sports 8 mega-pixel camera .

HTC Sensation XE mobile phone specifications :



Network : Dual band HSPA/WCDMA , Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
Processor : Dual Core 1.5 GHz
Display : 4.3-inch touch screen with qHD (540 X 960) resolution
Operating System : Android v2.3.4 OS (Gingerbread)
User Interface : HTC Sense 3.0
Total storage: 4 GB
Available storage: up to 1 GB
Memory : 768 MB RAM
3.5 mm stereo audio jack
micro-USB/HDMI connection
Sensors
Gyro sensor
G-Sensor
Digital compass
Proximity sensor
Ambient light sensor
Multimedia
Stereo FM Radio
Beats Audio™
DLNA for wirelessly streaming media from the phone to your TV or computer
Audio Player : .aac, .amr, .ogg, .m4a, .mid, .mp3, .wav, .wma (Windows Media Audio 9)
Video Player : .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv (Windows Media Video 9), .avi (MP4 ASP and MP3), .xvid (MP4 ASP and MP3)
Video Recording : .3gp
Battery : 1730 mAh
Talk time:
3G : Up to 7.4 hours
GSM: Up to 9.2 hours
Standby time :
3G : Up to 22.5 days
GSM: Up to 13 days
Camera
Rear : 8 megapixel color camera , Auto focus and dual LED flash , HD video recording
Front camera: VGA fixed focus color camera
3G:
Up to 14.4 Mbps download speed
Up to 5.76 Mbps upload speed
GPRS: Up to 80 kbps downloading
EDGE: Up to 236.8 kbps downloading
Wi-Fi : IEEE 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
Social Networking : Facebook and Twitter™ for HTC Sense
GPS Navigation : With Locations, explore maps with zero wait, zero dead spots, and zero data roaming fees
Tethering : USB and Wi-Fi tethering
Dimensions : 126.1×65.4×11.3 mm
Weight : 151 grams

HTC Sensation XE Price in India : Rs.31,990 . 
It is available now .

Nokia Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 Windows Phones Announced: Specifications, Pricing & Availability

Nokia Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 Prices and Specifications Announced ! Nokia is the phone which millions of people are trusting when it comes to mobile marketing.So inorder to get more connected to its customers it keeps inventing new models through out  the year! Nokia now announced its two great Windows Phone based mobiles namely Nokia Lumia 800 AND Nokia Lumia 710. The Price details and the specifications of both mobiles are given below in brief.
Price Details And Specifications Of Nokia Lumia 800 and Nokia Lumia 710 :
Nokia Lumia 800 Best Features,Specs and Price Details ->

Both the mobiles run on the Operating system Windows Phone 7. Nokia is now helping Windows Phone 7 to get more popularised! If we have to look through Nokia Lumia 800 – It comes with the Snapdragon processor (1.4Ghz),3.7 inch” display,8-pixel high quality camera,512 Mb RAM,720p HD Quality Video Recorder and the internal storage is 16 GB + 25 GB from SkyDrive (cloud storage space).Colors available will be black,magenta and cyan. Bluetooth 2.1,GPS,Wi-Fi and 14.4 mb per sec HSDPA along with a battery of 1450mAh are its other cool specifications. Its price will be around $585 (Rs. 29,000 INR approx).
Nokia Lumia 710 Best Features,Specifications and Price Details ->

When it comes to specifications of Nokia Lumia 710 it is the same snapdragon processor as it is in Nokia Lumia 800,1300mAH battery that is small,the camera is 5 MP and comes with a storage space of 8 GB. Though it comes in black and white colors the back covers can be easily replaced with other fantastic colors like black,white,yellow,cyan &  fuchsia. The Price of Nokia Lumia 710 will be around $375(  Rs.18500 INR approx).


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NFC Enabled iPhone in 2012 ? : ( Apple iPhone 5 ? ) Rumors Latest !

Near Field Communication technology or NFC capabilities for Apple iPhone 4S or iPhone 5  in 2011 was a rumor before its release was officially announced. Now there are several speculations going on and there are several rumors spread regarding the launch of iPhone with NFC capabilities.

According to the sources Mac Rumors and Digitimes, As the NFC support is present on the mobiles of Nokia’s Bada, BlackBerry and Google’s Android – Both Apple and Microsoft are planning together to bring NFC support to Windows Phone and Apple iOS in the year 2012. According to the Taiwanese makers of smartphones there will be a gradual increase in the manufacturing of NFC enabled smartphones from current 10% to 50% in the coming 2-3 years.

NFC enabled smartphone models of 2011 include the manufacturers RIM, Nokia, HTC and Samsung Electronics who had given there best.The issues regarding the standardization of NFC is the reason for the slow growth of technology, but now a SIM-Based standard has been signed by Verizon and AT&T including other 45 wireless carriers to resolve those issues.For the moment it should be considered as a rumor but there are still expectations of NFC enabled iPhone from Apple as even Google launched the Samsung Galaxy Nexus which is an NFC enabled device.

HTC Shows Off First Tablet, Android Phone With Facebook Button and More

HTC on Tuesday became the latest cellphone maker to “friend” Facebook in an attempt to capitalize on the popularity of the social network.
At a press conference due to start any minute, the Taiwanese cellphone maker is set to show off a pair of Android phones–the Cha Cha and the Salsa–as well as its first tablet and several other Android devices.
HTC’s move follows that of INQ Mobile, which last week announced two Android models that feature heavy Facebook integration. Gemalto also announced Monday it plans to integrate Facebook into SIM cards, allowing users of low-end phones better access to the social network.
Like many others’ news here at the show, most of HTC’s had leaked out well ahead of the event.
One particularly nice touch–HTC planned ahead and ran Ethernet cables to each seat in the theater. (Unfortunately, Mobilized left the MacBook Air Ethernet adapter back in the apartment.)
Mobilized has live coverage of the event below.

9:58 am: Still waiting for the press conference–which was due to start a half hour ago–to get under way. We do have comfy seats and soothing music, but would have prefereed an extra half hour of sleep.
9:59 am: Apparently all I had to do was complain. Now it’s getting started with CEO Peter Chou taking the stage.
“2011 is going to be an amazing year,” Chou promises.
Some analysts predict smartphones will outsell feature phones, Chou says.
“Features that were once fancy, extra, are now becoming standard,” he says. “‘Nice to have’ is turning into ‘must have.’”
Hardware is important, but so are software and services like Sense and HTCSense.com. Company plans new versions of HTC Sense for phones with keyboards, larger screens, etc.
10:04 am: Some stats from Chou:
25 million smartphones sold last year, more than double the prior year, with revenue up 93 percent.
The company’s global brand awareness reached 50 percent, up from 13 percent a year and a half ago. (Of course, that means half of consumers still don’t know HTC, but a big improvement nonetheless.)
10:05 am: On to 2011: 4G networks will change everything again. HTC Thunderbolt, its first LTE smartphone, shipping this week with Verizon.
10:07 am: Company is announcing five phones today, the most it has ever announced at one time. Chou says.
“I hope you agree it has been worth the wait,” Chou says, bringing out John Wang, HTC’s chief marketing officer.
10:07 am: Talking about HTC Sense. Location-data for 83 countries. HTC spent a year and a half building the maps product. You can preload, so travel won’t cost a fortune in roaming charges.
Weather is another good example, Wang says, where the company aimed not just to provide information, but also offer an emotional experience.
“When it is sunny you almost feel the warmth on your body. When it rains, you almost want to wipe your phone dry.”
10:10 am: First demo fails as video he wants to show won’t play.
“Well, maybe later on,” Wang says, moving on to the new phones.
And another fails as whatever was supposed to happen isn’t happening.
Okay, here we go. HTC Desire S. And, we’ve got some more demo fail going on.
10:12 am: “We apologize for this,” Wang says, annoucing a few-minutes pause.
10:15 am: And we are back, with HTC Desire S, Incredible S and Wildfire S.
Desire S doesn’t have front and back. Machined out of a single block of aluminum. “It feels solid in your hand,” Wang says. Also has full HD video recording.
Wildfire S, smaller and in three colors. “It can almost disappear into your pocket. (Mobilized hates it when that happens. We’ve put two iPod Nanos through the wash.
10:20 am: HTC Incredible S. As you rotate the large Android phone, the icons on the buttons also rotate. 8-megapixel camera, integrated video chat with front-facing camera. “Incredible S combines premium design with premium experience,” Wang says.
So, essentially these are updates to the existing product line.
Next up, the Facebook phones.
10:22 am: There are 500 million Facebook users worldwide, but 200 million check it on their phones. Those users are twice as engaged. Many young people check Facebook right when they wake up with a significant number doing so from their phones before they even wake up, Wang says.
Now showing a video of HTC’s work with Facebook to build the new phones.
10:24 am: Video of Facebook CEO Marc Zuckerberg touting the device.
“A lot has been made about a Facebook phone,” Zuckerberg says, but adds that there will be more than a dozen phones this year with deep social integration. “HTC is doing that here.”
Mobilized is apologizing in advance, but I may not make it through the whole press conference.
10:26 am: The new phones–the Cha Cha (with keyboard) and Salsa (touch-only) both have a dedicated blue Facebook button at the bottom.
10:27 am: Can use button to post updates, but also if taking a picture can use that button to share social network. “When you press this button, the photo is instantly uploaded to Facebook,” Wang says. Button blinks also when reading an article on the Web. Press the Facebook button and it will share that on Facebook. Similar, when you are listening to a song, pressing the button will share that information.
If you hold button down, you check in on Facebook Places.
Both phones also support Facebook messaging and chat.
“We did not just add social networking to the phone,” Wang says.
10:30 am: Bringing up Facebook VP Chamath Palihapitiya to talk about the partnership.
“I’m just frankly very thrilled we are taking this very important step, which I think will be the first of many,” he says, saying he expects Facebook and HTC to do more things together.
10:32 am: Chou back up, saying he could just stop with five great phones and ensure another great year. But he’s not. There’s a tablet coming.
10:34 am: Chou says the company could have rushed out another “me too” experience, but says that wasn’t what the company wanted to do.
Showing video of how the company came up with its tablet, the HTC Flyer.
10:37 am: Chou holds up the Flyer, then hands things back to Wang. Flyer also has unibody design, which he says makes the tablet feel solid but keeps it lightweight.
HTC wanted it to be comfortable to hold in hand. At 415 grams it is about the same weight as a paperback book.
Here are a few features: 1.5GHz chip, 6-hour battery life, dual cameras, Flash 10 and HTML 5 support, along with new 3-D-based HTC Sense experience.
10:40 am: Also has a stylus–unique among Android tablets–HTC Scribe technology.
Allows you to share things more easily, Wang says. Just scribble “let’s go” on a restaurant Web page and press a button and it is sent.
You can also use it to do audio note taking–a la Livescribe, where notes are synchronized to the audio.
Mobilized has to jam to our next meeting, but I think we have hit the high points.

The Facebook Phone: It’s Finally Real and Its Name Is Buffy

After years of considering how to best get into the phone business, Facebook has tapped Taiwanese cellphone maker HTC to build a smartphone that has the social network integrated at the core of its being.
Code-named “Buffy,” after the television vampire slayer, the phone is planned to run on a modified version of Android that Facebook has tweaked heavily to deeply integrate its services, as well as to support HTML5 as a platform for applications, according to sources familiar with the project.
Facebook only recently chose HTC, after also considering at least one other potential hardware partner — Korea’s Samsung. That means the products themselves are still a ways from hitting the market, potentially as long as 12 to 18 months.
Although it has changed scope and leadership, Buffy has been an ongoing area of concern at the social networking giant for the past two years. These days, the project is led by Facebook CTO Bret Taylor, several sources said.
A spokesman for Facebook declined to comment on Buffy directly, but told AllThingsD:
“Our mobile strategy is simple: We think every mobile device is better if it is deeply social. We’re working across the entire mobile industry; with operators, hardware manufacturers, OS providers, and application developers to bring powerful social experiences to more people around the world.”
HTC also declined to comment.
Mobile is critical to Facebook’s future. And moving directly into the phone business, while fraught with challenges, may well be essential for the company.
Facebook says it has 350 million active mobile users, and relationships with 475 global mobile operators. Although it is one of the most popular applications on nearly every phone for which it is available, the social network generally plays only a supporting role.
In many cases, Facebook is just an app where people can view their friends’ feeds and upload their own photos and status updates. In other cases, Facebook has worked to take things a step further, allowing users to upload photos directly from the picture-taking app, or to integrate Facebook contacts with the phone’s address book.
But the fight for mobile control is only getting more fierce. Google and Apple run the two major smartphone operating systems, giving Facebook little say over its mobile destiny.


Apple has fought to maintain strict control over payments within its mobile apps, even if those apps run off of Facebook’s platform, and it also made Twitter its social partner. Google is increasingly a direct competitor, as it is working to promote and integrate its own social network, Google+, across all its products.
The Buffy project represents a significant shift for Facebook, which has focused much of its mobile work on light collaborations with hardware makers looking to create more socially-oriented phones. The partnership with HTC is the latest incarnation of the long-running project, whose twists and turns we’ll detail in an upcoming story in this series.
HTC is one of several companies that have built phones with a dedicated Facebook button, having introduced the Salsa and ChaCha earlier this year. AT&T has sold a version of the ChaCha, dubbed the Status. Others, including Inq Mobile and Motorola, have also developed phones with dedicated Facebook buttons.
And France Telecom’s Orange unit last week announced a series of Facebook-centric phones aimed at emerging markets in Europe and Africa.
With Buffy, though, the integration will go much deeper, bringing friends and social activities deep into the mobile interface.
“Mobile devices are inherently social,” Taylor himself said at an industry conference earlier this year.
That pronouncement has to be awfully tempting for him to turn into reality.
Please see the disclosure about Facebook in Liz’s ethics statement.

HTC Flyer sees massive price cut in India, down to INR 24K

HTC has given a big price reduction to its only tablet in the Indian market ‘Flyer’. It has been retailing for around INR 36,000 since the day it was launched in the country, but the current price cut takes it down to INR 23,990. It is one massive price downfall of 12K.


We can only guess the reasons for taking this step by HTC India, but it is likely that due to the high price of INR 36K, there weren’t many sales. Flyer was also marred because of the presence of Gingerbread, when other tablets were being released with Honeycomb on-board.


We are most likely to see ICS ROMs popping up for Flyer pretty soon. HTC was also said to be working on the official Honeycomb update for the tablet. It is certainly not a bad deal at this price and you will get a 1.5GHz single core processor, 32GB internal memory with microSD card slot, Android 2.3 with HTC Sense for tablets, HTC Scribe pen input technology, 5MP rear camera, front camera, and 7 inch display.


It also comes with 3G support, 1GB RAM, 4000 mAh battery and the usual Bluetooth, GPS, and 3.5 mm jack.


Grab the HTC Flyer at INR 23,900 from Flipkart..

Apple TV With Siri Feature To be Launched By The Year 2013 – Report Says

We are already informed about the Steve Job’s Biography written by the famous writer Walter Isaacson. There was an interview video by CBS on Walter Isaacson talking about Steve Jobs.

 It interestingly unveils Steve Jobs intentions and a strong desire to launch an Apple TV in future.




Now the interesting part is , according to the new report from NY Times it is believed that Apple TV will be launched by the year 2013 and it might come with the Siri feature integrated in it !As we all know that Siri is a voice-recognition assistant and considered to be one of the 10 best features of iPhone 4S.So as the reports states us, there must be a launch of Siri Powered Apple TV by the year 2013.I think it would really helpful operating your Apple TV without even needing a remote control that always hangs in your hand. This will really modify alot of your preferences for viewing Apple TV.

It’s more than a personal TV watching experience because there will be an erosion of the limits between the Internet and Television programming almost integrating each other by powering a television with Siri.According to Nick Bilton from NYTimes, he says that he had heard Apple’s plans to launch the new Apple TV about a year back. He also expects it to be launched by the end of 2012 or in the beginning of 2013 with a fully-fledged,revolutionized technology and ofcourse prices can touch the sky.

The Audi TT RS packs a big punch

Twice as much horsepower as the original TT.
Twice as much torque.
And an engine that is 'soul stirring' - not our words!
Ladies and gentlemen, the 2012 Automobile Magazine All-Star: the TT RS.

Audi A7 wins Motor Press Guild's inaugural Car Of The Year award

The Motor Press Guild has named the 2012 Audi A7 as the its first-ever Car Of The Year. MPG calls itself the largest automotive media association in the United States, and says that the the A7 was chosen as the first recipient of the organization's Car Of The Year award because of its styling, handling and slew of advanced technologies.


MPG says that the A7 faced some stiff competition from four other finalists chosen by a panel of members. The entire MPG membership then evaluated and ranked those vehicles at the organization's track day in October.


Motor Press Guild President Laura Burstein will present Audi of America President Johan de Nysschen with the Car Of The Year award at the upcoming Los Angeles Auto Show.


Of course, the MPG wasn't the only organization to honor the A7. Automobile Magazine recently named the high-end hatchback its Car of the Year as well. Hit the jump for the MPG press release.

Plastic Roads- A boon to the Environment

NEW DELHI, INDIA — In the 1990s, Ahmed Khan’s company in Bangalore, India, churned out hundreds of thousands of plastic bags and other packaging material each month that eventually ended up as garbage. Now, he is in the business of scouring the city’s landfills and trash cans to reclaim some of that waste and pave the way to a more environmentally friendly enterprise.


Mr. Khan, 60, is trying to solve two of the biggest problems in India: battered roads and overflowing landfills. His solution: streets made with recycled plastic.


Mr. Khan’s company, K.K. Plastic Waste Management, which he founded with his brother, Rasool Khan, has built more than 1,200 kilometers, or 745 miles, of roads using 3,500 tons of plastic waste, primarily in Bangalore, India’s technology and outsourcing hub.


Mixing plastic with asphalt, Mr. Khan forms a compound called polymerized bitumen. When used in roads, it withstands monsoons and everyday wear and tear better than traditional pavement.


“Typically, our roads have a life of three to four years under ideal conditions, but the plastic has increased that by at least another year or two,” said Sunil Bose, head of the Flexible Pavement Division at the Indian Central Road Research Institute, a government agency.


Building a road with a mix of plastic costs about 3 percent more than constructing a conventional road, but Mr. Khan said that in the long run such roads cost less because repair and repaving expenses are much lower.


Mr. Bose said more pilot projects would be undertaken to meet standards in states around the country over the next six months under the supervision of his institute, which approved the technology in 2004 after years of testing.


Polymerized bitumen is not a new compound and has been used for paving in places other than India. But typically the bitumen is mixed with new plastic, making it an expensive venture that has no environmental benefits. Mr. Khan’s innovation uses waste plastic, including bottles and food packaging.


India was not a big user of plastic until the mid-1980s, when the government sanctioned increases in the national production of plastic to help industries become globally competitive. The use of plastic was also stimulated by the movement of more people to cities and importing of more foreign goods.


India, which traditionally recycled a lot of its garbage, was not prepared to handle the increase in plastic waste, including discarded bags, which some experts say can take as long as 1,000 years to decompose.


In 2005, after monsoon rains flooded Mumbai, plastic bags were blamed for clogging the underground drainage system and intensifying the effect of the floods. In areas frequented by tourists, like Goa, heavy consumption of bottled water has resulted in trash on beaches, creating eyesores and endangering marine life.


Even India’s cows, considered sacred, have not been spared. After 3,000 cows died in Lucknow in 2000, the city investigated and found plastic bags in their stomachs. Apparently the bags had been ingested as the animals grazed at dump sites.


Several state governments have banned plastic bags in recent years, although Bangalore has not.


Mr. Khan said he had never set out to be an environmental entrepreneur, but after an anti-plastics movement gained strength in the mid-1990s, he decided that environmentalists had a valid argument and started to worry about his business. From 1998 to 2000, he and his brother developed their technology, testing it on more than 600 potholes in Jayanagar, an upscale neighborhood in Bangalore.


Convinced that they had made a breakthrough, they approached Bangalore University and later the road institute for research and support. Several years and many more road tests later, they were given their first contract by the Bangalore municipal government to pave 40 kilometers of roads.


The Khans’ business spread to other cities and states, and although they patented the plasticized pavement in India, other companies are copying the technology. The Khans said they had decided not to object.


With a ban on plastic bags being enforced in the Indian capital and the Indian High Court asking the government to explore new ways of using plastics, the New Delhi municipal government is showing interest as well. The road institute is working with the Public Works Department in New Delhi to start a project in the city using the technology.


The plastic in Mr. Khan’s roads is collected by garbage collectors, who form the backbone of the Indian recycling industry. These workers collect trash from homes and offices and sort through it for material that can be sold to specialized middlemen, who sell it to recycling companies. Typically, an average garbage collector is paid less than a dollar a day, making as much as 8 rupees, or 17 cents, a kilogram, or 2.2 pounds, depending on the quality of the plastic. But Mr. Khan offers them 8 to 10 rupees a kilogram, ensuring a steady supply. With the help of the Bangalore government, he is also setting up collection points in residential areas.


Of the 35 tons of plastic waste generated by Bangalore each day, Mr. Khan said he was already using three to five tons daily on the roads.


The plastic waste is churned into flakes, then combined at a ratio of eight tons of plastic to every 100 tons of bitumen. For every kilometer of single-lane road, about two tons of plastic is needed.


Five years after the laying of Mr. Khan’s first plastic-mix pavement, the roads seem to be surviving. Mr. Khan attributes this to the plastic’s tendency to act as a binding agent, thereby increasing the ability of bitumen to hold together at higher temperatures. And since plastic is water-resistant, the roads do not get waterlogged, have fewer potholes and need repairs less frequently than conventional roads.


Not everyone is enthusiastic. Despite interest from Sheila Dikshit, chief minister of Delhi, only two kilometers of such pavement have been laid in the Indian capital, and that was five years ago. Local news reports suggest that senior officials have not allowed proposals to go further because contracts for regular maintenance of roads are a big business in India, worth 350 billion rupees a year. Not only would some businesses lose money, but government officials who take kickbacks could also lose, the reports have said.


The information officer for the chief minister’s office, who goes by a single name, Satpal, said, “We’re always going to say there’s no corruption.”


Ms. Dikshit’s office did not respond to other written questions and follow-up phone calls.


Mr. Bose, however, said the slow pace of growth was the result of officials’ desire to be cautious about adopting any new technology too rapidly, lest unforeseen problems arise.


“We have to be careful that adulteration does not begin,” he said, referring to the practice of mixing other substances with plastic.


Some environmentalists are also skeptical. “The focus really has to be on reduction of plastics rather than finding ways to get rid of it,” said Bharati Chaturvedi, director of Chintan, a nongovernment environmental research and action group based in New Delhi. “Technology is no solution to policy and public action.”


Mr. Khan said he was frustrated by the sluggish pace of adoption.


“The government has to take initiative and make it mandatory, if it is to have any effect,” said Mr. Khan, who spent about $325,000 to finance the initial research and testing.


His goal has always been to make a profit, he said. He declined to discuss the financial state of his company but said the cost of the technology and the limited acceptance had made it difficult. Unless local public works departments and the National Highway Authority incorporate bitumen modified with waste plastic into their requirements for road specifications, he said, the technology would remain a novelty.


As for the idea that the focus must be solely on reducing plastic consumption, Mr. Khan said it was impractical to imagine a world without plastic. He said he preferred to think about eco-friendly ways of disposal.


“We have to start looking at plastic as raw material rather than waste,” he said.