The new 3.5 inch-wide touchscreen GPS from MapmyIndia is designed for those who want a GPS on a budget. Like their other models, the Road Pilot too provides you with voice-assisted, turn-by-turn directions. also included are preloaded maps of over 125 tourist cities in India, and turn-by-turn directions to more than 30,000 tourist destinations. This navigator runs on Windows CE, which is something I have never liked. However, if high price is what was keeping you from buying a GPS navigator, this is a good thing to buy. The Road Pilot ships with a car charger and a windscreen mount, just like most of the others in the market.
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27 March 2010
Spring Design’s Alex
If you want an ebook reader with a good browser and tight integration, this is a great choice.
web browser | MP3 player | 3.5 inch colour screen | Android OS
$399
After the Nook, and before the iPad becomes available in the market, the Alex is the only ebook reader that supports a full web browser, MP3 player and a colour screen. Yes, ebook readers make sense on a black and white E Ink screen, and while we are eagerly waiting to see what the iPad will do to help eye strain, Spring Design’s Alex is all ready to be shipped out from the first week of April. It features a large 3.5 inch colour screen in addition to the black and white E Ink screen, and it can read documents in .epub, .pdf, .html and .txt formats. Running on the Android operating system, Alex gives users a 3.5 inch colour touch screen that allows them to access the web, listen to music in the background, or cross reference text in the book. The screen can also be used to watch videos and make online video or audio references.
What is unique to Alex is its link notes technology, which lets the book publisher or document author insert hyperlinks in the book, which can be read on the colour screen at the bottom. Alex weighs 300 gm and measures 8.9 x 4.7 inches with a thickness of about half an inch. You can hook it up to a broadband connection via Wi-Fi or by linking it to the PC with a USB 2 connector. Its storage can be expanded up to 32 GB; 2 GB is standard and the rest can be had with additional microSD cards. Its E Ink screen is 6 inches in size, similar to the Kindle’s. The overall size of the reader is also like that of the Nook and Kindle, although it is a bit narrower. Since Alex runs on Android, in the future more and more applications will be available to use on this ebook reader. In case you did not want to go in for the iPad, but were missing a good browser and tight integration on the Kindle, Alex is a great choice.
Gadget Buzz
27 Mar 2010 - 2 Apr 2010
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Rs 5,900Whether you want this external hard disc to store digital assets or just backup data, this disk will really look great while doing that. Designed by Philipe Starck, these hard drives come with an embedded USB cable, a 2 mm aluminium casing that protects them if they are dropped, and an intuitive backup software. They are available in capacities of 320 and 500 GB, and come with a two-year warranty. The polished aluminium exterior is stylish and tough, yet light enough to transport. These hard drives, thus, they stand out on the desk as well. With these storage devices, you also get 10 GB online space on LaCie’s Wuala service.
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Rs 4,799The emergence of made-in-China handsets has made mobile phones affordable and they also offer features such as dual and triple Sim cards. Those who don’t want to carry two phones, but have mulitple phone numbers can now go for G-Fone’s G 588. It looks cool, very similar to Javellin from BlackBerry, and even has the 8520’s scroll pad. It also features a full qwerty keypad and dedicated call keys for each Sim card. The phone supports GPRS, but has no Wi-Fi. Its built-in 1.3 megapixel camera is not great and the screen resolution is average, but if you are trying to carry only one phone instead of two, this is a good option.
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