Sanyo’s Latest Gadget : Xacti HD Camcorders with 14 MP and 2 TB storage capacity

Sanyo, a  Japanese company has made a release of  new range of Dual Xacti cameras.the features they are came out with is really great ! These models of Xacti camcorders is the best choose and buy for all of them,who are looking for options like high-definition video and photo capability in their cameras with maximum storage.

The real ease about these camcorders is, it is very much easy to use and handle. These new range of products are named as VPC-GH2, VPC-CG102, VPC-CG20. These cameras will shoot widescreen 1080i AVCHD (H.264) video. These models are capable of shooting 14.4MP stills and feature a “double-range zoom” that can extend to 5X zoom and can even switchover to 12X zoom.

The shipping of these products will be started from this month. The GH2 and CG102 will be sold for $229, while the CG20 will be available for $199.
 
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McGraw-Hill punished by Apple for leaking iPad info on CNBC

On Tuesday McGraw-Hill CEO Terry McGraw told about the new release of Apple Tablet. In the interview Terry was asked on the publishing exec about the new Apple Tablet. He breaks the suspense, he told the viewers that there is going to a ipod launch on Wednesday it will be using iphone OS and it will be transferable and cost around %500. He also adds “So what you are going to be able to do now is we have a consortium of e-books and we have 95% of all our materials that are in e-book format the tablet is going to be just really terrific”.

Steve will keep things quiet until the official announcement. So the Apple’s CEO punished McGraw-Hill by removing the logo of McGraw-Hill.

This is the slid that shows five companies name, but in this McGraw-Hill was also present until Terry McGraw told every thing in the interview about the new launch from Apple.

Nokia x6 16GB handset

Nokia announced its launch of the exciting 16GB handset with the feature of 5 mega pixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and dual LED flash capturing pictures is awesome with 5MP, but the real exiting feature is you can shoot videos and view that in your TV it allows you to edit the video too, 3.2 inch TFT wide touch screen, Ovi maps which gives the facility of  free walk and drive navigation , and some extras including Michelin and Lonely planet guide, this model comes in these Colors Blue on White, Red on Black, unfortunately the handset come without music download facility.

When comparing it with 32GB model it has all the features like A-GPS support with Ovi Maps 3.0, Stereo FM radio with RDS, Bluetooth with A2DP. x6 will give enormous pleasure to the game lovers in their leisure time as it has inbuilt games like Spore by EA, Asphalt4 and DJ Mix Tour by Gameloft.

The Nokia X6 16GB has the capacity of 18 days standby, 4.5 hours of video playback, you can talk up to 11.5 hours on GSM and 6 hours on 3G, 35 hours of music playback and this handset can sore songs up to 5,500 tracks.

The price is not yet confirmed. But experts says it will somewhat cheaper than 32GB model.

Virgin Mobile launches GSM services in South India !

Virgin mobile launched its new GSM service in the southern circle of India on Thursday in Bangalore. MA Madhusudan the CEO of Virgin Mobile India said these circles include Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Chennai, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Every month nearly 1.5 crore subscribers are being added in that 50 per cent are youth and this network is to share their wallet and ensuring them this is the brand for outgoing calls and to deliver service that helps one in enjoying everything in friends circle, he added.

There are three exciting offerings like vMingle, vGenie, vBelong.

vMingle is an international social networking service which allows the user to stay in touch with friends across all social networks at one time with single login.vGenie which allows you get alerts like birthday reminders, wake-up calls and you get updates on social networking.

vBelong this is really a wonderful offering from Virgin mobiles to the youngster that inn enables the user to design and create their own WAP sites.This service comes with voice local calls at 20Paise per minutes in this southern circle. Virgin number to other network will be charged at 40paise per minute for local and 50paise per minute for STD calls.


Virgin is present in both the GSM and CDMA, only in Indian market among all other part of the world.Virgin Mobile has signed up with Ranbir Kapoor and Genelia D'Souza as its brand ambassadors.

Holophone’s PortaMic 5.1 and PortaMic Pro - camera-mountable surround capture microphones

Holophone’s new microphone product, PortaMic 5.1 reduces your effort and helps in capturing 5.1 surround sound. Which makes your video more lively by capturing sound live on the set. It’s no more a difficult task to sit and work on the your post-production facility to create a 5.1 surround sound mix.

Holophone, a surround microphones manufacturer, is now shipping its PortaMic 5.1 and PortaMic Pro. These PortaMic 5.1 and PortaMic Pro microphones are camera-mountable surround microphones.The coolest thing about Holophone’s PortaMic 5.1 is an easy-to-use and cost-effective means of recording surround sound directly to a camera or any stereo recording device. PortaMic Pro microphone is based on the design of the PortaMic 5.1, but offers a wide variety of feature set designed for professional applications.

Michael Godfrey, president and founder of Holophone says “We are excited to announce that the much anticipated, award-winning Holophone PortaMic 5.1 and PortaMic Pro surround microphones are now shipping and are receiving a very positive response from the industry”.

Holophone’s PortaMic 5.1, is designed on a way which can be used on a video camera or HD DSLR camera. Its compact size and low learning curve make it a perfect addition to any audio or video application. Also including in-studio, field recording, documentary and ENG and the mic retails for $599  The PortaMic’s 6cm (2.5 inch) x 3.5 cm (1.5 inch) mic head is powered through six separate mic elements arranged to correspond with the typical 5.1 speaker setup in a studio or home theater. Stading on a single point souce , the user can capture a discrete surround recording, with no additional mixing required. The PortaMic 5.1 is powered by a single 9V battery which is really good for about 3 hours usage.

Motorola and palm smart phones are likely to get Flash 10.1 support

The World famous smart phone development companies are competing among themselves to give out the best facilities to their customers, by coming up with newly added features in their devices. One of those, which are the Motorola and palm companies plan to add Flash support to their smartphones shortly. The news garbed from the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. They wants their customers to access a broader range of Web content from their phones.

Motorola promised to put Flash 10.1 on an Android handset in early 2010. Adobe announced Flash 10.1 last year, saying handsets from 19 vendors would ship with the software starting in mid-2010.  

Sanjay Jha, the CEO of Motorola's handset business, who has unveiled the company's Back flip Android handset at the CES, announced the company new software update that will include Flash 10.1 support. But no idea yet to be shared about the launch date of this software update.

Palm is also ready to bring Flash support to its smart phone lineup.

Palm's WebOS operating system is also ready to race along with Motorola and they said they will be delivering this flash update in an upcoming plug-in that users will be able to download and install on their phones. Which is unveiled by Paul Cousineau, the director of product marketing at Palm, during a press conference.

The most updated news about this Adobe flash 10.1 is the working of Adobe with Google to bring out the Flash10.1 in the Google’s new Nexus one Android phone earlier this week.

Mimo Mini USB monitor – A Mini Magic

This is a mini monitor, an additional one to expand your actual monitor.
 It looks great right ? Its even really an ease to handle. This is a USB type monitor . can be carried over any where. Just need a USB pin to fix it up and get going into your work. No external AC adaptor or video card is needed. This miniature display even runs in both landscape or portrait mode and another good news is it comes in a touchscreen version.


Let us see about the complete features of this mini monitor :


• No extra video card. The Mimo has a built in video card that runs over any USB 2.0 connection.
• Rotating Portrait or Landscape view. Go vertical for notes and spreadsheets, horizontal to watch a movie.
• The Mimo monitor is powered by USB. No extra power needed.
• Touch screen.
• Great for laptop use.
• Display size - 7"
• Display resolution - 800 x 480
• Brightness - 350 cd/m2
• Contrast ratio - 400:1
• Connections - USB 2.0
• Mac users visit Mac OS X Touchscreen Driver for Mimo Monitors.

This mini monitor will be very useful for those, Who uses computer extensively. you can keep some referring documents open in this mini monitor and concentrate on your work and avoid unnecessary tabbing to other applications and feel some distractions.

Would be great to use this mini magic in a meeting or in case of presentation. As it has touch screen capability can really be a gift for those users, for making things easier.

Ok Guys ! catch you all with my next post………