Sennheiser has always been known for sound quality. It can pump out sound as loud as 108 dB, with a total harmonic distortion less than 0.7 per cent, and still weighs a light 165 gm. Though they don’t have noise cancelling, and the cord length is limited to 3 metres, their high-quality leatherette ear pads, rugged construction, good attenuation of ambient noise, light weight and comfort make up for anything that the specifications might be lacking. The only issue is that it comes with a 6.3 mm jack connector, so you will need an adapter (included) if you want to use it with a 3.5 mm jack. The jack connector, however, is gold plated.
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1 May 2010
HTC Legend
Though not radically different from the HTC Hero, this one is designed to impress everyone.
optical track pad | 320 x 480 pixel resolution | 490 min talktime
Rs 25,990
This unibody cellphone from HTC features a large 3.2 inch Amoled display that supports HVGA at a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels. With a brushed metal finish body, the Legend, as they say, is out to impress everyone. It is similar to the HTC Hero, but the changes are obvious enough. The scroll ball has been replaced with an optical track pad, the bent chin is still there, but all the buttons have been moved to the left so you can no longer pick calls with them. The battery cover is now seamless and is integrated with the antenna. HTC has also made a lot of neat changes to the user interface and the way the phone works. You can access multiple home screens like in Xperia X1, and you can pinch and zoom into the specific home screen you want to work with.
There is 384 MB Ram on board, and you can expand it using micro SD cards of up to 32 GB. It claims a talk time of up to 490 minutes, and standby time of 440 hours. But with all those live panels and interactions, I suggest you always keep a charger handy. Also, this phone is 3G ready, a facility you should be able to use sometime this year in India (hopefully).
For those of you who have not used an HTC phone with a G Sensor, a nice feature is that when you put the phone upside down, it can go into silent mode. So if you are busy in the office, all you need to do is turn it about and the phone is automatically on silent mode. Turn the phone around and you are back to ringer mode.
What I don’t like about this phone is that though it runs on Android, HTC bundles only a Windows version of the phone sync software. You need to get third-party sync tools in case you are on Linux or Apple.
Gadget Buzz
01 May 2010 - 07 May 2010
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$149.99Wireless cameras are great, but keeping them charged was always a big problem. And reaching that Ethernet cable across the room was not easy either. However, Rovio the Wi-Fi Bot is a robot mounted on three omni-directional wheels, with a wireless antenna and a neck-mounted webcam that can tilt from 0º to 40º in three steps. When Rovio runs out of battery, it uses a homing device to locate the charger and sits on it to get charged. You can also connect to Rovio remotely—using game consoles, PCs, mobile phones or whatever else you use to go online. All you need is an open browser and an internet connection.
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Rs 2,500The Arc keyboard is beautifully curved and has clean lines, is light weight and portable. It has large, spaced out keys, like on a Sony Vaio or a Mac keyboard. Arc has the extra space because it has only functional keys. The dongle for this wireless keyboard is small enough to be unobtrusive, and magnetically attaches to the back of the keyboard so that you won’t lose it. It also has a D pad, which makes navigating easy. You can also turn it off to save battery. The keyboard ships with a three-year warranty, and you can use it on any platform: Windows, Linux… as long as you have a free USB port.
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