Upcoming New Mobiles Phones

BENQ-SIEMENS BLACK BOX CONCEPT

NOKIA MORPH

BENQ-SIEMENS SNAKE CONCEPT 

GREEN PHONE

BENQ-SIEMENS' ANOTHER CONCEPT PHONE

SONY ERICSSON CONCEPT PHONE

NOKIA E97 ENVELOP

NOKIA 888

NOKIA AEON

NOKIA KINETIC

NOKIA SCREEN CHANGE CONCEPT

NEC TAG CONCEPT PHONE

PANTECH CONCEPT PHONES

AU CONCEPT PHONE

MAPLE WOOD PHONE

PLICA CONCEPT

IPHONE

GPHONE

WINDOWS CONCEPT

BUT THE BEST IS......

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Google's Innovative Hands-Free Car Technology

Google is driving head first into more controversy today after revealing it has been testing its innovative hands-free car technology on California's roads.

For it wasn't talking about keeping hands off the phone or the GPS - alarmingly, it was testing cars driven with hands off the steering wheel.
Road safety experts were raising questions about the robot-driven cars after Google revealed it has logged over 140,000 miles around the state - almost all of them on auto-pilot.

The specially adapted Toyota Prius automated cars drove from Google's HQ in Mountain View, Northern California, down the famously scenic Pacific Coast Highway to Santa Monica.

They also drove across the Golden Gate Bridge and down San Francisco's Lombard Street, one of the nation's steepest and curviest roads.
The computer giant boasts that seven cars, which have funnel-like cylinders on the roof that acts as the vehicle's 'eye', have driven 1,000 miles at a time without any hands-on human input.

Transport chiefs were said to be investigating the legalities of the robo-cars, but Google insists its lawyers are confident they are perfectly street legal.

Researchers claim the artificial intelligence technology could eventually halve the 1.2million lives lost every year on roads around the world.
The cars have a person in the driving seat ready to step in if there is a problem and a software engineer sits shotgun to take care of possible software hiccups.

They keep to the speed limit because the maximum for every road is included in it's database.

So far, says Google, the trips have been almost accident free. The only hitch came when another - human-driven - car rear-ended one of the pilotless Priuses.

'Our goal is to help prevent traffic accidents, free up people’s time and reduce carbon emissions by fundamentally changing car use,' said Sebastian Thrun, the researcher in charge of the project.

'Our automated cars use video cameras, radar sensors and a laser range finder to “see” other traffic, as well as detailed maps which we collect using manually driven vehicles to navigate the road ahead.

Mr Thrun, 43, insisted the cars we're not a danger to other motorists.
'Safety has been our first priority in this project. Our cars are never unmanned. We always have a trained safety driver behind the wheel who can take over as easily as one disengages cruise control.

'And we also have a trained software operator in the passenger seat to monitor the software.


'Any test begins by sending out a driver in a conventionally driven car to map the route and road conditions. By mapping features like lane markers and traffic signs, the software in the car becomes familiar with the environment and its characteristics in advance.

'And we’ve briefed local police on our work.'
'The U.S. Department of Transportation estimates that people spend on average 52 minutes each working day commuting.
'Imagine being able to spend that time more productively,' he added on Google's blog.

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HTC HD Mini Unveiled in India, Costs Rs. 23,490

HTC India has introduced a new touchscreen smartphone running Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system - HD Mini. This phone is like a kid brother of the previously announced Windows Mobile based phone HTC HD2. The new HTC HD Mini the same handset that was revealed at Mobile World Congress 2010 in February. This is yet another shrunken 'Mini' handset just like Sony Ericsson's X10 Mini and Nokia's N97 Mini.
New HD Mini has a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen HVGA display offering 320x480 pixel resolution. Running Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional, HD Mini has HTC Sense user interface layered on the top of the mobile OS. HTC Sense UI brings the seamless integration with goodness for social networking services. Equipped with 600MHz processor, HD Mini has 512MB ROM and 384MB RAM. This smartphone is capable of holding up to 32GB microSD 2.0 memory card.

Note that HD Mini is a quad-band GSM phone that would also support 3G networks. For Internet browsing, this phone comes pre-loaded with Opera Mobile and also offers Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g for mobile Internet connectivity. Standing four inches tall, HD Mini also has Bluetooth 2.1 and GPS chip along with HTC Footprints app for location based services as well as applications.

Shutterbugs can make the best of 5 megapixel autofocus camera that offers widescreen photo capture. Music buffs can hook in their favorite pair of headphones in the 3.5mm audio jack. The 1200mAh battery offers up to 7.25 hours of talk time, music playback for up to 12 hours and video play back for up to 8 hours.

HTC HD Mini would be available in India for Rs. 23,490 (excluding taxes).

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Microsoft Office 2010 Launched:A Much Deeper User Experience

Microsoft officially launched Office 2010, a remarkably attractive upgrade to Office 2007 that will please power users with its dazzling array of new features that refines Office 2007's somewhat confusing interface, adds cloud computing elements for road warriors, and offers a much deeper user-experience.

Microsoft Office 2010's price starts at $99 (Office Professional Academic) and tops off at $499 (Office Professional), so investing in the suite should be done with some consideration. Although Office 2010 offers many enhancements to usability (such as a 64-bit version that supports massive Excel spreadsheets, and multi-threading for faster open and closing), this might not be enough of an improvement for those who are already happy with Office 2007. In fact, Google has suggested that users forgo upgrading to Office 2010 and take a look at Google Docs instead. We analyzed the features of both Google Apps for Business and Microsoft Office 2010 to help you decide which is best for your business.

REVIEWS:

Microsoft has put the final touches on Office 2010, and corporate customers can either buy it via resellers or download a 60-day free trial (via TechNet) as of May 12 (the boxed, retail versions hit shelves in June). As with many revisions of popular applications, one vital question must be asked: Do you need the new version? If you're a home or small-business user of Office 2007 ($399.95 direct, ), the answer is: probably not. Our Office 2010 review shows that the latest version packs in enough new conveniences and performance tweaks that you'll probably at least want Office 2010—something that hasn't been true of every Office upgrade.

Three categories of users should regard Office 2010 as an essential upgrade: anyone who creates graphically rich documents and presentations; anyone who buys software for a whole corporation (especially if that business relies on collaboration and sharing tools); and anyone in need of the new 64-bit compatibility which enables users to create worksheets even more humongous than 32-bit Excel's 2GB limit.

PRICING:

For the first time, Microsoft doesn't offer upgrade pricing on any Office edition; you'll need to buy either a full copy or a "Product Key Card" which gives an activation key (no DVD or packaging) used to unlock a trial version of Office 2010. Product Key Cards have street prices typically about two-thirds the price of the boxed versions. That's not to say there are no free upgrades; if you bought Office 2007 on or after March 5, 2010, you qualify for a free upgrade to Office 2010.

Of course, you don't have to pay at all for Office-like functionality. Open-source darling OpenOffice.org works pretty much like Office 2010, and it's free. Sadly, however, it's got a clunky interface and generally lacks the polish of the last couple revisions of Microsoft Office. If you're not a power user who does tons of formatting of word docs and don't tend to put a serious strain on Excel, you might consider Google Docs, which is free for personal use and still pretty cheap for business. Of course, free is a relative term; some businesses might find that the process of making the switch can be costly in terms of disruptions of workflow during the transfer. And then there's the issue of keeping your documents in the cloud, which isn't for everyone.

Enhanced Interface:
Unlike Office 2007, which introduced a brand-new Ribbon interface that proved controversial among consumers, 2010 lacks a steep learning curve. By now, users who took the 2007 plunge feel at home with the Ribbon. Office 2010 improves on the Ribbon by adding an option to create custom tabs that contain only the tools you use most often. It's still not perfect, because Microsoft only lets you choose from a small set of built-in icons for commands that you add to the ribbon—ancient pre-Ribbon versions of Office let you choose your own icons when you added commands to a toolbar. 

In Office 2007, few users discovered they could hide the ribbon by clicking in it, or pressing Ctrl-F1. The Office 2010 ribbon sports an arrow icon that reminds you to click on it to turn the ribbon on or off. As in the 2007 version, if you tap the Alt key in 2010, the Ribbon displays little boxed letters you can type to perform tasks entirely from the keyboard.Some features, however, such as paragraph styles, still require too much mousing.

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AMAZING : Chinese Concept - The train that never stops at a station

A brilliant new Chinese train innovation - get on & off the bullet train without the train stopping.  VERY COOL CONCEPT !
 No time is wasted. The bullet train is moving all the time. If there are 30 stations between Beijing and Guangzhou, just stopping and accelerating again at each station will waste both energy and time. 
A mere 5 min stop per station (elderly passengers cannot be hurried) will result in a  total loss of 5 min x 30 stations or 2.5 hours of train journey time!
How it works (view the attached movie - in mandarin though!): 
1. For those who are boarding the train : 
The passengers at a station embarks onto to a connector cabin way before the train even arrives at the station. When the train arrives, it will not stop at all. It just slows down to pick up the connector cabin which will move with the train on the roof  of the train.
While the train is still moving away from the station, those passengers will board the train from the connector cabin mounted on the train's roof. After fully unloading all its passengers, the cabin connector cabin will be moved to the back of the train so that the next batch of outgoing passengers who want to alight at the next station will board the connector cabin at the rear of the train roof.
2. For those who are getting off: 
As stated after fully unloading all its passengers, the cabin connector cabin will be moved to the back of the train so that the next batch of outgoing passengers who want to alight at the next station will board the connector cabin at the rear of the train roof. When the train arrives at the next station, it will simply drop the whole connector cabin at the station itself and leave it behind at the station. The outgoing passengers can take their own time to disembark at the station while the train had already left. At the same time, the train will pick up the incoming embarking passengers on another connector cabin in the front part of the train's roof. So the train will always drop one connector cabin at the rear of its roof and pick up a new connector cabin in the front part of the train's roof at each station.

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Must Read About Your Mobile Phone

If u loses your mobile in India, you can get it back

Got an interesting fact to share... Nowadays each one of us carries Hi–Fi Mobile devices and always fears that it may be stolen.
Each mobile carries a unique IMEI i.e. International Mobile Identity No which can be used to track your mobile anywhere in the world.
This is how it works!!!!!!

1-    Dial *#06# from your mobile.
2-    Your mobile shows a unique 15 digit.
3-    Note down this no anywhere but except your mobile as this is the no which will help trace your mobile in case of a theft.
4-    Once stolen you just have to mail this 15 digit IMEI no. to cop@vsnl.net
5-    No need to go to police.
6-    Your Mobile will be traced within next 24 hrs via a complex system of GPRS and internet.
7-    You will find where your hand set is being operated even in case your no is being changed.
PASS ON THIS VERY IMP MESSAGE TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES.
If you lose your mobile, send an e-mail to cop@vsnl.net

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Motorola Milestone:Full Phone Specifications And Review

GENERAL	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 900 / 2100
		UMTS 850 / 1900 - American version
	Announced	2009, November
	Status	Available. Released 2009, November

SIZE	Dimensions	115.8 x 60 x 13.7 mm
	Weight	165 g

DISPLAY	Type	TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	480 x 854 pixels, 3.7 inches
		- Multi-touch input method - Accelerometer sensor - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off - Full QWERTY keyboard with 5-way navigation key

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Speakerphone	Yes, with stereo speakers
		- 3.5 mm audio jack

MEMORY	Phonebook	Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photo call
	Call records	Practically unlimited
	Internal	133 MB storage, 256 MB RAM
	Card slot	microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB included

DATA	GPRS	Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
	EDGE	Class 12
	3G	HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
	Bluetooth	Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
	Infrared port	No
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0

CAMERA	Primary	5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED flash
	Features	Geo-tagging
	Video	Yes, D1 (720x480 pixels)@24fps
	Secondary	No

FEATURES	OS	Android OS, v2 (Eclair)
	CPU	ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX530 graphics
	Messaging	SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email
	Browser	HTML
	Radio	No
	Games	Downloadable
	Colors	Black
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support, Motonav software
	Java
		- Digital compass - MP3/eAAC+/WAV/WMA9 player - MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV9 player - Google Search, Maps, Gmail, - YouTube, Google Talk - Adobe Flash Player v10.1 - Document viewer - Photo viewer/editor - Organizer - Voice memo/dial - T9

BATTERY		Standard battery, Li-Ion 1400 mAh (BP6X)
	Stand-by	Up to 350 h
	Talk time	Up to 6 h 30 min

MISC	SAR US	1.49 W/kg (head)     1.50 W/kg (body)
	SAR EU	0.64 W/kg (head)

MOTOROLA MILESTONE REVIEW

The good: Responsive; latest Android 2.1 OS; good voice quality with Crystal Talk; 3.5mm audio connector.

           The bad: Poor battery life; 5-megapixel camera performs poorly indoors; QWERTY keypad is too flat; too heavy for some users. 
      The bottom line: Motorola's flagship Android device ticks all the boxes for a powerful Android device, though its keyboard and battery life could be better. 

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