BlackBerry 8120

Written by Anish Gangar for ComputerActive magazine India
The Pearl now gets Wi-Fi-ed
Specs:
Screen Details: 240 x 260 pixels
Camera: 2-megapixel
Bluetooth/WiFi: Yes/Yes
Web Browser: Yes
Network: GSM
GPRS: Yes
External Memory: 64MB microSD (TransFlash)
Stand-by: Up to 360 hours
Talk time: Up to 4 hours

The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 from Research In Motion (RIM) fits all of the essential BlackBerry features into a device no [...]

Game Bonanza Game Pack

Written by me for ComputerActive magazine India
At the cost for which it unpacks, the entire package: Game Bonanza, offers a gaming enthusiast with much more than one can ask for. The box, comprising of seven game CDs covers an entire gamut of combat, racing, fantasy, real-time strategy, and board games.
This pack surely has the quantitative [...]

Genius 1801 Digital media player

Written by me for ComputerActive magazine India
Great looks, feature packed, but poor performance
Specifications:
Capacity: 1GB
Playback format: MP3/WMA/DRM9 WMA/WAV (Music), JPEG (Photo), AVI (Video)
FM Tuner: Yes
Voice recording: Yes
Display: 1.8in TFT LCD (65K)
Battery: Li-ion (8 hours for music playback and 2.5 hours for video playback)
Unpack the box and the credit card sized device certainly surprises you with [...]

Dell XPS M1330

Written by Anish Gangar for ComputerActive magazine India
A power packed performer
Specs:
Processor: 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7300
Motherboard chipset: Intel 965
Memory (RAM): 2GB, 667MHz DDR2
Storage: 160GB Hard disk drive
Display: 13.3in LCD (WXGA)
Graphics: 128MB Nvidia GeForce Go 8400
Optical storage: DVD Writer
Weight: 2 kg (weight will vary by configuration)
Comes with Windows Vista Premium Edition
The latest addition [...]

Zen The Master

Written by me for ComputerActive magazine India
It is a complete package with decent performance and costs peanuts
Specs:
Processor: Intel Pentium Dual CPU E2140 @ 1600 MHz
Motherboard chipset: Intel based
Memory (RAM): 256MB
Storage: 80GB Hard disk drive
Display: 15.4in LCD Monitor
Audio: Realtek @ Intel 82801 GB
Graphics: Intel GMA 950
Optical storage: DVD Writer
Comes with Windows XP Edition
Recent reports clearly elucidate [...]

Logitech QuickCam Ultra Vision

Written by me for ComputerActive magazine India
The QuickCam Ultra Vision is at the posh end of the market, with a price tag in ten thousands. It’s a large chunky affair that feels solid and very well made. It incorporates the RightLight 2 metering system, which promises “twice the image clarity of conventional webcams. The [...]

Map My India

Written by me for ComputerActive magazine India
GPS is relatively a novel concept in India as of now. Leave the metros and not many would in fact even understand the abbreviation GPS. In such time, when India is still grappling with satellite signals and GPS technology, to launch a GPS device and at the price tag [...]

Harishchandragad via Nali chi route

Having seen it number of times earlier, Harishchandragad was a big no for me, but for the challenge that Nalichi Vaat seemed to offer. It was quite evident that it cannot host a large group as the Nali chi route is a difficult one and might lead to a total fiasco if attempted with many [...]

High-ended living

Introduction:India’s real estate market, valued at $12 billion, is expanding at an annual rate of 30 percent. Analysts at Merrill Lynch predict that the market will grow to $90 billion in 10 years
The old adages often stands true in the future tenses with all its [...]

Rajmachi..welcome 2008!

Rajmachi…
Rajmachi, as the name translates itself, actually means ‘The King of Machis’; hold on hold on! Machis herein is not a matchbox dudes and dudesses, but in Marathi it actually means a flat plateau.

Located strategically and guarding the Bhor ghat, much important trade route in the erstwhile era, this fort commanded a domineering position. Connecting [...]