Annapurna- India\’s seventh fastest supercomputer
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Annapurna- India\'s seventh fastest supercomputer was unveiled at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) in Chennai.
Atomic Energy Commission chairman Srikumar Banerjee unveiled the country\'s seventh fastest high-performance computation cluster having 1.5 Tera Byte (TB) memory and 30 TB storage space cluster capacity.
Banerjee lauded the technical team behind the effort for creating the super computer Annapurna in a completely non-commercial domain.
Complex issues ranging from biological applications and others can be approached by using this supercomputer. This device will be used in simulations and numerical calculations in the areas of statistical mechanics and condensed matter physics.
The Annapurna cluster is the third fastest, which ranks below the IISc Bangalore and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.
Read More Motorola to launch Milestone XT720 phone in India
Mobile maker Motorola to launch its Milestone XT720 phone in India. Motorola already has a Milestone on sale in India which is known as the Motorola Droid.
Read More - Now another Milestone is here - the XT720 Phone. This phone does have similar hardware to the existing Milestone including a 3.7-inch screen, 8 mega pixel camera, 720p HD video recording.
- The XT720 Phone however, comes with the slide-out QWERTY keyboard.
- The XT720 comes with Xenon flash - probably the first Android handset to sport one.
- The XT720 also comes with an HDMI port supports HSDPA, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
- It currently comes loaded with Android 2.1.
- Those who were waiting for the Nexus One and were disappointed that it never came to India now have another chance at getting a stock Android phone.
LenovoS10-3s netbook Features
Lenovo has announced the new LenovoS10-3s netbooks. Lenovo has loaded the computer with DirectShare, an application that syncs the content of the Netbook with another computer.
Features of LenovoS10-3s netbooks:
Read More - It comes with 10.1-inch netbooks
- It has Intel Atom N475 CPU
- It has memory DDR3 RAM
- A full size keyboard, Dolby support and webcam with Veriface recognition all packed in about an inch of thickness.
Lava B5 and the Lava B2 Mobiles features and innovation
Lava Mobiles, an Indian mobile phone maker also had a few handsets in this category and it has just added two more to the list with the launch of the Lava B5 and the Lava B2.
These mobiles comes with the QWERTY keypads which are actually ABCDEF ones. These might be one of the rare phones out there to come with an Alpha keypad. Alpha keypad is, it\'s just the normal keypad with the alphabets arranged alphabetically (A-Z).
While adopting this new standard for people who have never used a PC and would find it easier to type using an alpha keyboard.
The Lava B5 comes with a 2.2-inch QVGA display, dual SIM capabilities, email, Opera mini, Nimbuzz, MSN, Skype, FM radio, Bluetooth, Media player, 3.5mm headset jack, and memory card support.
Read More Pros of Nokia C5 phone
The new phone Nokia C5 comes with Nokia messaging and undemanding renovation of Facebook. Along with the Nokia Messaging attributes, users can approach mails from Yahoo, Gmail and Hotmail etc. on the new mobile. Also users can get the access of mail version from Ovi mail for entree\' mails on this new handset.
The Nokia C5 mobile has been rolled out in India, aimed for the social networking and mailing attributes.
Nokia C5 Features:
Read More * It has 3.5 MP camera with LED Flash, video recording VGA at the rate of 15 fps.
* It has 320 x 240 pixels resolution, hooked with 16.7 million colors.
* Storage support of up to 16 GB, FM Radio, and comes pre-loaded with a 2 GB memory card.
* It provides a front-facing VGA camera, Class 32 GPRS and EDGE, connectivity to both 2G and 3G networks.
* It has Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, a microUSB 2.0 port, accompanied by the Symbian operating system 9.3, Series 60 rel. 3.2.
* It has MP3 player and FM radio with RDS. Also the phone pre loaded with up to 64 voice polyphony MIDI Ringtones.
Pros of 4G wireless technology Vs WiMAX
The 4G wireless technology gearing up for a widespread rollout by Verizon. As of March, there were more than 41 network operators launching trials or commercial launches of HSPA+ networks.
Reports are out that 132 networks have reported trials or plans to launch LTE commercially this year. Verizon has also hinted at LTE handsets by mid-2011. HTC interested in launch of the Evo 4G Android phone for Sprint. There are actually more trials of WiMAX networks 188 underway today. And that number is only expected to grow in 2011.
If this technology proves successful then we could see several WiMAX operators migrate to the LTE standard. It is also mentioned that with the 4G battle plays out, 3G networks should not be ignored.
Read More Features and price of Samsung i899 Galaxy
In Indian market, Samsung has announced the launch of its new Android based smart phone named, Samsung i899 Galaxy. Samsung has already launched the device in US, Europe and China. Samsung i899 Galaxy has stylish looks and is expected to appeal the Indian customers. The Samsung has tied up with Reliance Communication to offer the device on its CDMA network in the country.
Feature of Samsung i899 Galaxy:
Read More - It has a 3.2 inches resistive touch screen with a resolution of 480x480.
- It also features a 3.2MP camera with LED flash.
- It comes with an internal memory of 230MB which can be expanded up to 32GB with a microSD card slot.
- It offers WI-FI and Bluetooth connectivity and for navigation it offers GPRS support.
- It weighs only 128 grams and is available in black color.
Pros and prices of Apple desktop MAC Mini In India
The PC Maker Apple has revealed the entry to India with desktop MAC Mini. The price of Mac mini, the standard edition will cost Rs. 44,900 and the server edition will cost Rs. 64,900. The desktop comes with many features and a beautiful design.
By this Apple introduces World\'s most energy efficient desktop computer that comes with aluminum enclosure, HDMI port and faster graphics. The Apple Mac Mini comes with Snow Leopard sever that is easy to set and run. It also offers more storage and more memory options and is better energy efficient than any other desktop.
Pros of Apple desktop MAC Mini:
Read More - The desktop is environment friendly that uses less than 10 watts of power when idle, something that no other desktop does.
- Mac mini gives high performance to everything from videos, photos and games thanks to its graphics that is two time faster than ever before.
- It is designed to communicate, share information and collaborates and is perfect for small business, classrooms, design studios and law and medical offices.
- Apple Mac mini delivers you next generation Nvidia GeForce 320 M graphics, the fastest graphic processor in the market with a speedy DDR3 memory.
- It comes with a Bluetooth wireless technology and the latest 802.11n wireless technology for you to surf the web, print the content and streaming music wirelessly.
- It has up to 8 GB of memory Mac mini supports twice the memory of the previous generation.
- It is powered by 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2Duo processor; user can run more apps at the same time.
INQ new social networking based touch screen phones
INQ has been for long known for making low cost and highly social networking based phones. The newest addition to the INQ phone is not a keypad based one. This one is touch screen and will be running the Android 2.1 OS. There is a good chance that the phone will be released by the end of this quarter at rates which will be within reach of the customers because that is what the company has been known for.
On recent interview the company has announced that they will be releasing its first Android-based touch screen handset by the end of this year. This INQ phone can be considered as an attempt by INQ to get into the smart phone market.
The company has entered the Indian market and has tied up with Aircel and so it is quite a probability that this phone will be released in India as well. This will be the first real smart phone by INQ in the market. .
Read More Pros and cons of Samsung\’s B7722 dual SIM touchscreen phone
Samsung\'s leading mobile maker has launched the latest B7722 dual SIM touchscreen phone in Sweden.
Latest B7722 dual SIM touchscreen phone has following Features:
Read More - The new Samsung phone boasts of a 3.2-inch WQVGA touchscreen.
- The full touch Duos has 256K colors and 240 x 400 pixels with a 3.2 inch touchscreen.
- Although, only one SIM can be connected with 3G service. This new handset runs on TouchWiz User Interface.
- This new variant of Samsung supports ample of multimedia formats, including MP3, WMA, eAAC+, WAV, MP4, H.263 and H.264.
- It has Google Maps and mobile tracker in it.
- It has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3G with HSDPA support, FM radio and microSD card slot, MicroSD cards up to 8 GB are supported.
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, instant messaging and Push Email are also available.
- Along with LED slash, it has a capable 5 mega-pixel camera, which captures pictures at a resolution of 2,592 and also records videos at 30fps.
