Gadget Talk

[Naimul_Hd]

its a smartphone Moc bhai...but it has a touch of pad too...hybrid type

[Naimul_Hd]

[Roni_uk]

Samsung Galaxy S3 is coming out soon -

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/sams...aked-50005571/

[Neel Here]

Originally Posted by Zeeshan
y'all heard about the Akash Tablet...under 30 bucks (pound)... introduced in India yesterday. I'd rather spend 500 for the real deal than buy this crap...

of course you would, it's not meant for people like you who can blow 500 bucks on a gadget.

it's not quite crap either, it is meant for poor students to whom it will be provided at subsidized rates. textbooks will be converted to ebook formats and provided to the students free or at nominal prices. it's more than good enough for those purposes.
here's a review by venturebeat
http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/26/aa...=Google+Reader

Aakash Tablet from Venturebeat on Vimeo.

I think I will buy it as an ebook reader, I have a lot of ebooks that ahem aren't licensed.
this looks like just the thing. for Rs 3000, the cost of a cheap cellphone, it's a bargain.

[Kabir]

Originally Posted by AsifTheManRahman
Why don't you see for yourself?

I finally got a playbook, and also have my ipad. so here comes the review.

iPad: first tablet, so caught evryone offguard. i tend to feel that their features are well tested, but lack a breadth of features. i use my ipad for mostly browsing, playing some games, reading...and thats where it ends. the features hey have are solid for the most part (ie without much bugs). the browser crashes frequently when viewing graphics heavy sites. battery life is amazing, i only need to charge once a week wih a couple of hours of use a day. screen size is big for optimal viewing, reading, etc. it does support vpn and rsa but i havent set it up yet so cannot comment on it.

playbook: late entry into the tablet world, so the playfield has already been set. this did enable them to come up with a few amazing ideas that ipad lacks. for example, flash support, blackberrybridge functionality wih all the add ons supporting your email,calendar, tasks, etc is just mind blowing. if yourblackberry has a data connection, you can use the bridge to connect to the internet. whts more amazing is it also knherits your wifi profiles from the blackberry devise. their battery life isnt as good as ipad, but it lasts me a whole day of heavy use. i tend yo find the playbook browser a bit slower than the ipad browser, but apparently its much better when you disable flash. but the keyboard of the tablet isnt all that great as i get too many errors when typing on the playbook as compared to ipad. its too early to say whether the browser will crash or not...but so far it crashed only a couple of times. screen sizeis smaller and thatsometimes makes it difficult to work with. but then again, the small screen makes it more portable. it has an amazing support for hdmiso icanconnect it directly to my tv and watch things exactly as it appears on the playbook. if you have a bb with touchscreen, you can also use that as a remote. it supports cisco vpn connections but i dont know if rsa is supported and tts what i need for connecting to my work vpn.

im surprised at the amount of features they have that i didnt know about, not as much as i knew about the ipad. i feel that the playbooks target market is the enterprise world, although heir marketing folks have made a big mess out of their marketing campaign of the product...not doing much for he products success. i can see myself using he playbook more for my work when im remote. i have also typed this review with he playbook.

[Kabir]

One more difference. Im watching the india vs australia test live on hitcric on my playbook, but cant watch it on my ipad coz of no flash support.

So i dont need to watch live cric on my laptop. I can watch it onthe playbook or on tv by connecting the playbook to the tv using hdmi.

Loving the playbook...

[MohammedC]

Originally Posted by Kabir
One more difference. Im watching the india vs australia test live on hitcric on my playbook, but cant watch it on my ipad coz of no flash support.

So i dont need to watch live cric on my laptop. I can watch it onthe playbook or on tv by connecting the playbook to the tv using hdmi.

Loving the playbook...

My only reason why I am switching from iPhone to something else which supports flash player.

[zsayeed]

Originally Posted by Kabir
One more difference. Im watching the india vs australia test live on hitcric on my playbook, but cant watch it on my ipad coz of no flash support.

So i dont need to watch live cric on my laptop. I can watch it onthe playbook or on tv by connecting the playbook to the tv using hdmi.

Loving the playbook...

Kabir Bhai, Would you recommend the playbook. I find my ipad2 a little too big to carry around. Got the Samsung Slate which let's me do everything I can with Windows. But still not the right form factor. Got the kindle, but thinking of returning it.

So, I was looking at the playbook - I am intrigued. Is it responsive to the touch? I am just hesitant because of the RIM OS... hardly know anything about it - or the apps availability. For instance, can you install Microsoft Silverlight on it?

Thanks in advance.

[Kabir]

Originally Posted by zsayeed
Kabir Bhai, Would you recommend the playbook. I find my ipad2 a little too big to carry around. Got the Samsung Slate which let's me do everything I can with Windows. But still not the right form factor. Got the kindle, but thinking of returning it.

So, I was looking at the playbook - I am intrigued. Is it responsive to the touch? I am just hesitant because of the RIM OS... hardly know anything about it - or the apps availability. For instance, can you install Microsoft Silverlight on it?

Thanks in advance.

Their screen isn't as responsive to touch as ipad, but I think it's a matter of getting used to. I also agree about the screen size of ipad2 vs playbook. You'll realize that though you sometimes will want bigger screen real estate, the portability of playbook does trump over the screen size issue.

Not sure about MS Silverlight, but they are apparently working on a wrapper for Android platform, which will allow playbook users to use android apps.

If you're not sure, then wait until their 3G model arrives. Not sure about their plans for the qnx os. You can always buy it and try, and see if it suits you.

Btw, do you have a blackberry? If you do, your experience of using the playbook will be exponentially better because of the bridge feature.

[Kabir]

Originally Posted by MohammedC
My only reason why I am switching from iPhone to something else which supports flash player.

Big switch - but I doubt you'll look back. iPhone, to me, is just that - an iphone. It's cool, and fun...but when it comes to feature set, it's way behind...

[zsayeed]

Originally Posted by Kabir
Their screen isn't as responsive to touch as ipad, but I think it's a matter of getting used to. I also agree about the screen size of ipad2 vs playbook. You'll realize that though you sometimes will want bigger screen real estate, the portability of playbook does trump over the screen size issue.

Not sure about MS Silverlight, but they are apparently working on a wrapper for Android platform, which will allow playbook users to use android apps.

If you're not sure, then wait until their 3G model arrives. Not sure about their plans for the qnx os. You can always buy it and try, and see if it suits you.

Btw, do you have a blackberry? If you do, your experience of using the playbook will be exponentially better because of the bridge feature.

Thanks Kabir Bhai. That's the thing - I do not have a black berry and I am not familiar with the RIM apps or user experience. The stupid stores have their internet shut off so can't play with the playbook at the store either.

[Naimul_Hd]

Is your mobile tough as HTC One X ?

The HTC One X is one of the best-designed handsets we’ve seen recently - its unibody construction screams elite, but did you know it’s also tough as nails? Yes, literally.

Now, here is a crash test that really shows how tough is the HTC One X by... using it as a hammer. It’s plain funny and entertaining, and no - we definitely don’t recommend you trying this at home. Or at work. Anywhere actually, if you care about using your phone for a while despite the fact that it seems completely intact after all the bashing.

Plus, it doesn’t seem to be that good of a hammer. We guess, the HTC Two X could be that. Right? Watch the video below to better appreciate the engineering effort that went into crafting the One X and its awesome Gorilla Glass screen.

http://www.phonearena.com/news/So-yo...ove-it_id30755