Have you gotten a Facebook Chat message that links to a site that purports to show you an age-progression of how you'll look in 20 years? It could be a scam.

judging from comments posted by Facebook users, it may be spreading via both Facebook Chat and wall posts. The message users are receiving is as follows:

"haha did you see this yet? it's pretty funny... see what you look like 20 years older, mine is HILARIOUS :) [link redacted] whoops sorry meant to send that to someone else :P"

When you click the link in the message, it'll apparently post the above message to your wall or send it to friends via Facebook Chat, thus spreading it to others. It's hard to say for sure if this possible scam is collecting personal information, but you should assume that your account has been compromised, especially if another site asks you for your Facebook login information.

 

Protect Yourself

First and foremost, you should not click any links that seem even remotely suspicious, even if they're from people you know and trust. If you did click on a malicious link, however, you should change your Facebook password immediately. If you use the same password you use for Facebook for other sites (say, your Ebay account), you should change that too to be safe (in general, you shouldn't use the same password for multiple sites).

We'll update this story with additional information if we learn any more about this latest scam. If you've encountered this scam or ones like it, let us know in the comments below.

Via: PCworld

You're at a café with your laptop in hand, getting ready to review new sales leads and the quarterly financial projections. First you hop on the free Wi-Fi that the shop's management provides. Then you connect your laptop to a projector so that the entire café can take a look, and finally you hand out some printed copies of your confidential product specifications to the other patrons so that they can follow along.

That may sound ridiculous, but if you're using public-access Wi-Fi without taking the proper precautions, you might as well be asking your coffee compatriots to partake in confidential company information.

Nothing Is Private on Open Wi-Fi

Today, most tech users know how (and why) to secure their home wireless routers. Windows 7 and Vista now pop up a dialog box to warn you when you're connecting to unencrypted wireless networks.
In a coffee shop, an airport lounge, or a library, however, people frequently connect without thinking twice--and though using an unencrypted connection to check a baseball score or a flight status might be acceptable, reading e-mail or performing any Web activity that requires a login is akin to using your speakerphone in the middle of a crowd.

So why don't all businesses encrypt their Wi-Fi networks? The answer lies in the difficult key distribution system in the IEEE 802.11 design specification: To encrypt traffic, the network owner or manager needs to select a password, also known as a "network key." The arrangement requires one password per network, shared among all users whether the owner has selected the less secure, outdated WEP or the more secure WPA or WPA2.

At home, all you have to do is set it up once, tell your family the password, and surf worry-free from a poolside lounge chair. In a coffee shop, the barista would have to tell each patron the password (or the 26-character hexadecimal WEP key) and perhaps even troubleshoot their connection--definitely not a chore that your typical java slinger would relish. In that situation, nothing beats a blank password for ease of use.
Even if the network is encrypted, however, you're still not completely safe. Once your computer knows the password, your communication is safe only from people who aren't on the network; all the other diners in the café can see your traffic because they are using the same password.

Once available to only high-end phones, Android OS is now available in budget phones too.These cheap Android phones are not random Chinese devices, but phones from known manufacturers. From Samsung to LG – Huawei to HTC, every company has some or the other Android device to offer in your budget.
Here is a list of best budget Android phones with their features and prices. Prices can be different depending upon your location and involved taxes.

LG Optimus One: Launched about six months back, Optimus One is pretty decent Android device. LG has already promised Gingerbread update for it, making it a good buy. It comes with Android 2.2, 3.2 inch display, 600 MHz processor, and 3MP camera. It is available in the retail stores below INR 9,999.

Huawei Ideos: Ideos features Android 2.2 FroYo, 2.8-inch capacitive touchscreen, 528MHz processor, 3.2MP camera, proximity and accelerometer sensors built in, MicroSD storage, Android UI, HSDPA, Bluetooth and Wi-FI connectivity. There is no word on the Gingerbread update, but Huawei did promise that it will update the phone at the time of release. It is being sold for around INR 7,000.


HTC Wildfire: While, its successor has already been released by HTC in UK, this device is still a real nice choice for anyone looking for HTC Sense UI in an Android device running on FroYo. It comes with 3.2 inch display, and 5MP camera. It is available for a price of INR 11,500.

Samsung Galaxy Pop: Part of recently released Galaxy series in India Market, Galaxy Pop features Android 2.2, comes with 600 MHz processor, 3.14 inch display and 3 MP camera. It can be bought in retail stores for a price below INR 8,901.

Samsung Galaxy Fit: Another Galaxy series phone from Samsung, It comes with Android 2.2, 3.31-inch QVGA TFT display, 5-megapixel autofocus camera, Social Hub, TouchWiz interface, Swype, document viewer, Quad-band GSM, HSDPA, A-GPS, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi.  You can buy it for INR 10,200.

Olive Fluid: Recent entrant in India Android smartphone market. Olive Fluid features Olive Fluid is an entry-level Android smartphone, which comes with 3.5 inch capacitive display, Android 2.1, 1300 mAh battery, 3MP camera and 468 MHz processor. It is available for INR 7,500.

Other choices – Micromax Andro A60, Acer beTouch E110 , Dell XCD28, Samsung Galaxy 551, Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini, Spice Mi310, and Samsung Galaxy 5. You can check the pricing for these and more Android phones here.

Wildfire S, which was announced at Mobile World Congress in February, recently went on sale in UK. It features 3.2 inch HVGA display, a 5-megapixel camera with auto focus, 600MHz Qualcomm single-core, 512MB of RAM and ROM, WiFi b/g/n and Bluetooth 3.0. HTC Wildfire S is also company’s smallest phones ever – measuring just 10.13cm long and 5.94cm wide.

It will be the first affordable Gingerbread device in India market, considering all the other Android 2.3 device launches have been in the high-end segment.
The Main competition in it's category would be the samsung galaxy Ace sporting froyo.

D-Link recently introduced 2 new affordable routers - the D-Link DSL-2750U and the D-Link DSL-2730U at Rs. 2700 & Rs.2200 respectively, both feature built-in Ethernet ports, firewall protection, and QoS for stutter free video and voice calls.

If you would have notice most of the web service like Facebook and Twitter allow only one user login from a given browser at any given time. For the people who need to monitor two of such account at the same time have to use two browsers to do their work.
Now here is the trick to open more than one account in the same service using Firefox and Chrome.

For Firefox Users

1. Download and Install the Multifox Plugin. Allow any application request in the installation. Multifoxis an extension that allows Firefox to connect to websites using different user names. Simultaneously.
2. Once the Plugin in installed successfully restart your Firefox.
3. Now right click any where on the Tab bar and select “Open in a New Identity Profile”.
4. Selecting this option will open a new window using which you can login to same service with another username.

If you don’t want to switch windows you can drag and drop the tab in the existing windows.

For Chrome Users

Google thinks so much for their users. Unlike Firefox fans you guys don’t need to install any plugin for the trick. Just initiate incognito tabs using Ctrl+Shift+N and open same service with two different account

This time last year, HTC had two Android smartphones for the mainstream: the 3.7-inch Desire, outfitted with the latest and greatest, and the 3.2-inch Legend, which was humbler in specs but offered the novelty of an aluminum unibody construction. After seeing that strategy pay off handsomely, the company's come back in 2011 with a similar proposition. The 4-inch Incredible S is now the higher-end device, while the 3.7-inch Desire S is the smaller, aluminum-shelled handset. What's curious this time, however, is that the Desire S has exactly the same 1GHz Snapdragon inside it, the same graphics, same WVGA resolution, and the same 768MB of RAM as the Incredible S. Throw in the fact it comes with Gingerbread preloaded and a few new tweaks to the Sense UI and you've got to wonder if this might not be the more, um, desirable of HTC's new Android duo. Only one way to find out, right? Full review after the break.

Hardware

 check out the hardware review by pocketnow

HTC is rightly proud of its aluminum unibody construction method. It goes beyond what other manufacturers do -- such as Nokia with the aluminum-clad N8 -- by using just one piece of the lightweight metal, which is wrapped around the phone's internal components and acts as both its case and frame. On the Desire S, there are a couple of plastic-covered rear compartments, one to accommodate the 5 megapixel camera, LED flash, and loudspeaker, and the other to permit access to the 1450mAh battery and SIM and MicroSD card slots. The latter chunk of soft-touch plastic also acts as the Desire S' antenna. You might expect the move to a metallic construction to incur some penalties in terms of weight and bulk, but the Desire S is five grams lighter than the original Desire at 130g (4.59oz), 4mm shorter at a height of 115mm (4.7 inches), and just slightly thinner and narrower than its predecessor. Another appreciable upgrade over the original Desire is that the display now sits closer to the glass at the front of the phone, eliminating what was a noticeable distance between the two on the older device.

In day-to-day use, we found the Desire S stupendously easy to operate, thanks to its well curved back and subtly protruding bottom end. It's the old chin design that the Hero and Legend sported so proudly, but done much more delicately. The 3.7-inch screen size makes it easy for most thumbs to reach both the top left corner and the Search capacitive button on the lower right without resorting to the use of a second hand. That's a marked improvement in ergonomics over the original Desire and even betters the Incredible S. The verdict on the Desire S' physical characteristics, therefore, is an uncomplicated two thumbs up, however there's one small software foible that we must relate. The capacitive Android keys -- sorry, Desire fans, no hard buttons or optical trackpad here -- don't always light up when they should. That becomes a pretty major problem when using the phone in the dark, as without a visual or tactile indicator of what you're about to press, the only information you can get from those keys is the haptic feedback after you've pressed one. In our experience, the determinant for whether the backlight would come on seemed to be sheer randomness, and we've heard of others having the same issue so can't put it down to just having a defective unit. Still, that strikes us as an eminently correctable flaw, even if it's a frustrating one while it persists.

Internals
Delving inside the blue-hued aluminum body, you'll find Qualcomm's extremely popular MSM8255 system-on-chip, which you may also know as the second-generation Snapdragon. In our Incredible S review, we took a look at its performance relative to the older 1GHz part and found it to be approximately 15 percent faster. In general use, the chip proves itself perfectly capable of handling Android's demands, making HTC's Sense UI look light and airy. 768MB is a generous chunk of RAM to include as well, as it's 256MB more than competitors like Sony Ericsson are bundling with this particular Snapdragon part.

The loudspeaker doesn't actually go up all that high, but it has a pleasing, almost surprising, clarity to its output. Bass, however, is as absent on the Desire S as on any other smartphone's speaker. Carrying out the now auxiliary function of making phone calls is also no problem for the Desire S -- it neither sets itself apart in terms of call quality / reception, nor trails the pack.
Perhaps the biggest fault one could find with the original Desire was its short battery life. It gave you a great screen to look at and a ton of capabilities to exploit, but nowhere near enough endurance. Thankfully, the newer Snapdragon hardware is much more efficient with its energy use and makes the 1450mAh cell inside the Desire S look like a standout. It had no trouble matching the similarly specced Incredible S for runtime and you can rest assured that you'll get a busy day's worth of battery from it. With lighter use, there's no reason why you won't be able to go a couple of days between recharges.

Display

Camera
Aside from their divergent dimensions and construction materials, the biggest difference between the Desire S and Incredible S is in their camera sensors. It's not always true that more megapixels equal better image quality, but in this case, the 8 megapixel imager on the Incredible S is markedly ahead of the Desire S' 5 megapixel unit. You won't notice this advantage while perusing images on the phone itself or even when sharing them over the web at resolutions of 1 megapixel or below (e.g. 1280 x 720), but if you care about quality at the full 2592 x 1552 size, you'll be left a little disappointed. HTC very actively compensates for camera noise by blurring areas of similar color while simultaneously sharpening edges where it finds them. For the most part, this software solution to an underwhelming sensor works very well, but photography purists will be cringing, and so will anyone else who might be interested in taking broader shots and cropping them down to the areas of interest. Chromatic noise also makes an unwelcome appearance but does so relatively rarely and is hardly noticeable in lower-res pictures. The Desire S' camera can be considered great at 1 megapixel resolutions and merely okay at the full 5.
Software

Both Android and the Sense UI adorning it will be familiar to you already, but there are a couple of fresh additions that merit discussion. Firstly, the aforementioned absence of an optical trackpad isn't a bother for the Desire S, which now lets you place your cursor precisely within text using a magnifying glass overlay and offers a couple of draggable pointers for defining text selections. It's the exact same set of functions as you'll find on the Incredible S, but relative to the Desire, it marks a significant upgrade in usability. Unless you were totally in love with that trackpad, of course.

Where the Desire S differs from the Incredible S is, firstly, in the underlying Android OS, which tastes of Gingerbread (2.3.3), Google's latest mobile flavor. There aren't actually a lot of noticeable differences between the two devices on that account, but HTC has also taken the opportunity to tweak Sense on the Desire S as well, with a set of changes you'll notice more readily. One of them is that the jumbo clock / weather widget now has an alternative clock / social feed option, whereby you get the latest update from your Facebook or Twitter friends as a little blurb under the time. More valuable, however, is HTC's integration of a Quick Settings menu alongside the usual Notifications in the drop-down Android menu. This gives you close to instant access to options you'll likely want to use quite often, such as toggling the WiFi, GPS, or mobile hotspot functions on and off. We'd be even happier to see this menu take over the position of the Personalize item next to the phone dialer at the bottom of the home screen, but having it at all is a move forward.

HTC also preloads the Kobo ebook reader on the Desire S, which it outfits with a neat selection of classic books to get you going. We've never been massive fans of reading on our smartphones, but as e-reader software goes, this one's perfectly dandy. Rotating between landscape and portrait mode is accompanied by a red underline of some of the text so that you don't lose your place while the content reformats itself. Overall, it left us with the impression that's it a well thought-out, useful little slice of software.

Sense also gets an overdue upgrade to the way it manages applications -- with the icon grid now scrolling up and down in a paginated fashion and being accompanied by subcategories for your downloaded and most frequently used apps -- but our overwhelming feeling remains that we've seen this all before. In spite of its small iterative steps forward, Sense is now a user interface that's beginning to show its age, with oversized widgets that fail to make the best of the space available to them and that egregious omnipresent menu bar at the bottom that takes up far more space than a couple of links to your apps and phone ought to. Most other Android skins have now taken to using that as an app launcher dock, but HTC insists on giving you instant access to things like personalization options (which, in themselves, are hardly all that varied) instead of giving you the only option you truly want -- to clear that junk away from the screen. The onscreen keyboard HTC uses is also not the best in its class. We found ourselves reverting to landscape mode to type comfortably, which is a little galling on a 3.7-inch device when the 3.5-inch iPhone has shown that portrait touchscreen keyboards need not be a chore to use. All in all, we're left wanting to see some more of that fancy new 3D-ified Sense UI that HTC showed off on the recently announced EVO 3D. It's a shame the Desire S couldn't partake in that new goodness.

Wrap-up

The best way we can think of to summarize the Desire S is by comparing it to its nearest and dearest. Set alongside the original Desire, it's head, shoulders and elbows above its elder, thanks to a massive improvement in battery life, a far more rugged construction, better ergonomics and the natural evolution of better specs and software. Up against the Incredible S, things are a little less clear-cut, as the bigger brother packs a significantly better camera sensor and a larger screen. Still, the Desire S is priced a few floors below the Incredible S' penthouse ambitions, which makes it our choice of the two. Ultimately, the Desire S is a very well executed refinement on a formula HTC knows well, which deprives it both of any glaring faults and of any standout features. It's not novel, it's not surprising, it's just very, very good.

Via: engadget

Smart TVs are right around the corner. Every single manufacturer wants to make one and it’s only a matter of time before these models hit the market. When they do arrive, they’re bound to be priced at some exotic amounts. There are a few of these already in the markets. What if you wanted a similar Smart TV experience on your existing TV. Then, you look at something like the WD TV Live Hub.

WD TV Live Hub - Even more connected

Now, the WD TV family of media players has been around a long time now. Initially, they were among the first media players to hit the Indian arena but we soon saw variants of it including the WD TV Live which included network and internet support. The new WD TV Live Hub looks to enhance this experience further.

Features
WD TV’s success was somewhat short lived as a ton of alternatives were manufactured. The newer products added better format support, could allow you to fit a drive in the player and do a whole load of other things.

A full-sized remote control

WD seems to have worked on some of the lacking features for sure. To start with, and to answer a query that many users had, yes, the WD TV Live Hub has a hard drive in it and a one terabyte one. You no longer have to go out and buy a separate drive to store your media. There’s wired network support as well so you can store and access your media on the other computers and network storage devices on your network. Wireless network support is present but you’ll need to use a compatible USB Wi-Fi adapter for it to work.

The core purpose of a player is its ability to handle all sorts of formats, codecs and file resolutions. The WD TV Live Hub supports all of the popular formats such as AVI, MP4, MOV, MKV and many others including Flash (FLV) and also WMV9. Audio format compatibility is never really an issue but the FLAC support should please the audiophiles amongst us. Support for playlist formats such as PLS and M3U is also present.

Connectivity options

There are two USB ports, one at the front and one at the rear which should take care of storage needs.There are no eSATA ports though. An HDMI port, component and composite connections for displays are present as well. The USB ports on the player can also be used to connect a keyboard. Using some of the web features on a keyboard is much simpler than using an onscreen keyboard.

Online media content streaming is possible on a number of services some of which include Flickr, Facebook and Youtube. Some of the content can also be uploaded to these services. Many of these features are fun to use but the novelty sort of washes away after a while. Some of the other services such as Pandora for example are available only to US residents.

Interface and Design
In terms of design, the WD TV has transformed into a flatter device as compared to the previous models. The body is predominantly plastic and since there’s a hard drive in it, it takes up more space than usual.

A flatter, cleaner, minimalistic design

The interface on the WD TV Live Hub is a lot better than previous version. It’s as attractive as many of the interfaces found on some HTPC software.

The bundled remote control is a lot larger, a lot chunkier than usual and has many more buttons to play around with. Some of the buttons including the numerical button set can be customised to operate certain functions of the player.

Performance
The video playback performance itself is flawless. As expected, every format we threw at it played back without any glitches. The interface itself unfortunately isn’t nearly as good. While it looks pretty, the menus take ages to switch especially while accessing shares and attached drives. This is bound to get really annoying over time. There is a small drop in video quality but it’s negligible. It’s a little more obvious in photographs, especially when you zoom into a really large image.

Verdict
Priced at Rs. 11,990, it does come across a pretty expensive media player to own. The Xtreamer range of devices are priced at roughly this price range but they have a few more features in place. An inbuilt 1 TB drive is a nice thing to have. The web content features are fun to play around with, but we'd like them to be advanced. A full-flegded web browser would be nice to have. But, it has to be said, this is one of the more complete HD media players we've seen in recent times.

Via: Tech2.com review

Entry-level mobile phone and smartphone manufacturers wish to join the tablet bandwagon, the latest of which is G’Five - a well known Shenzhen based manufacturer of mobiles. They have been doing pretty good in the Indian market are planning to launch a tablet sometime in the next month.


There are no solid details to support the specifications of this tablet device, but according to a report on The Mobile Indian it is expected to come pre-loaded with Android 2.1, it may have a 7-inch capacitive touchscreen display and may be powered by a 600/800 MHz processor. Vice President, G’Five said – “We are ready with the product; we are just waiting for the right time to introduce the device. The pricing will be competitive with what is available in the market.”

Since its mention in the IDG report which the Chinese manufacturer was announced as the second largest mobile phone supplier in India, the company has caught some attention. The manufacturer also plans to launch around 500 new Mobispot branded stores in the next few months.

Coming back to this upcoming Android tablet, the manufacturer would be releasing it as an entry-level device and may be priced somewhere between Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 12,000. One of the prime competitors to this tablet would be HCL’s Android based HCL ME AE7 which is priced at Rs. 14,990 and has very similar specifications.

Via: mobileindian,technoholik

Of late, I have really come to like this Indian mobile phone manufacturer - yes I am talking Micromax! The reason is that they have worked quite hard to improve the quality of their devices, while carrying a 'cheap' price tag. Recently, we saw the Android 2.2 based Micromax Bling 2, and after that leak comes the Micromax A70, specced quite handsomely, running Android 2.2 FroYo.




The leaked render suggests that device looks very similar to the Google Nexus One and you can also see the Micromax branding. According to GSMArena, it is rumored to come with a 3.2-inch TFT capacitive display, 5 megapixel camera, a front facing camera and a 1450 mAh battery. We expect this device to be priced under Rs. 10,000, which is a winning price tag for one reason - we haven't seen a single entry-level Android phone with a secondary camera for video calls - this, along with vanilla Android 2.2 firmware may give this smartphone an upper hand over its competitors.

Via: technoholik,gsmarena

We have seen lots of product launches in this period and we expect our new list will be a lot different in high end and mid-range segment, while entry level Android choices might still be the same.

Disclaimer: The prices mentioned below are MRPs, online and street prices would be lower.

High-end Android smartphones in India:

LG Optimus 2X: This is the only dual core Android smartphone available in Indian market right now, although Samsung has announced that Galaxy S2 will reach sometime in May, but till then Optimus 2X is your best bet. With company’s confirmation regarding the Gingerbread update for the device, this dual core beauty is a must have if you are looking for a performance giant.
Optimus 2X features a 4 inch display, 1 GHz dual core nVIDIA Tegra 2 processor,  Android 2.2, 8 MP camera, 512 MB RAM, 8GB internal storage & Expandable external storage of upto 32GB.
MRP: INR 30,000

HTC Desire S: HTC recently started selling Desire S in Indian Market, powered by Gingerbread it is one of the few devices with Android’s latest smartphone OS version in the country. Although it does not possess the rocking specs as Optimus 2X, it does come with some pretty decent internals at its price.
HTC Desire S features HTC Sense, 1GHz Snapdragon MSM8255 processor, dual front and back cameras, and 3.7-inch WVGA display.
MRP: INR 25,490

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc: It is an absolute beauty, by far the best Android smartphone in term of the looks. Don’t worry, it’s not just the looks, it does come with solid internals to give you nice performance.
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc features 4.2 inch multi-touch screen, 8.1 MP camera with HD video recording, Android 2.3, 1500mAh battery, and 1 Ghz Qualcomm processor.
MRP: INR 30,000

Nexus S: Manufactured by Samsung in partnership with Google, Nexus S is a great device for anyone who wants to experience true Android. Its software aspects are all as per Google’s instructions, so it will always be the first device to receive Android update until the next Nexus phone launches in the market.
Nexus S features Android 2.3, NFC hardware, 1 GHz processor, 5MP rear camera with front VGA cam, 512 MB RAM, 16GB internal memory
MRP: INR 30,400
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Other choices in the segment: HTC Incredible S, Samsung Galaxy S, Dell Venue, LG Optimus Black, Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, HTC Desire HD, HTC Desire Z

Mid-Range Android smartphones in India:

Motorola Defy: This rugged Android smartphone from Motorola is one of best mid-range Android smartphone available in India. There is one small catch here in the form of Android version, Motorola ship it with Android 2.1 with FroYo update scheduled for sometime this quarter. But considering the Motorola’s record with Android updates, I would not suggest this to anyone who wants latest Android version.
Defy features Android 2.1, 3.7-inch touchscreen, 5-megapixel camera with autofocus, flash and OMAP 3610 chip running at 800MHz.
MRP: INR 18,000


Samsung Galaxy SL: A variant of popular Galaxy S, Galaxy SL leaves out Super AMOLED to sport Super Clear LCD. While the specs are pretty much in line with original Galaxy S, SL comes at a much lower price and is a solid device for anyone looking for best Android smartphone below 20K.
Galaxy SL features TI-OMAP 1GHz processor, 4GB internal memory, 4 inch display, Android 2.2 and 5MP camera.
MRP: INR 19000

Acer Liquid Metal: This Android beauty from Acer is a good value for money and a great option for anyone looking to combine style and performance.
It  features 800MHz Qualcomm MSM7230 processor, which is also in HTC Desire Z, 5-megapixel autofocus camera with flash, 720p HD video recording,  3.6-inch display, Dolby Surround sound support, Android  2.2 and DLNA/UPnP media streaming.
MRP: INR 20,000

Samsung Galaxy Ace: Part of recent additions to Samsung’s Galaxy series, Galaxy Ace is a decent mid-range Android smartphone. It features Android 2.2 Froyo, 3.5-inch HVGA TFT display, 800MHz processor, 5-megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash, and 1350 mAh battery.
MRP: INR 15,000

Other devices in the category include HTC Wildfire, HTC Legend, Motorola Milestone, Motorola Flipout, Motorola Backflip, and Acer Liquid.

Entry-level Android smartphones in India:

Samsung Galaxy Pop: Decent performance in affordable price, comes in both GSM as well as CDMA variants. Galaxy Pop features 600 Mhz processor, Android 2.2, 3.14 inch display and 3MP camera
MRP: INR 9000

Samsung Galaxy Fit: Another budget Android smartphone from Samsung, it comes with Android 2.2, 600 MHz processor, 5MP camera and 1350 mAh battery.
MRP: 10,100

Dell XCD35: This ZTE made Android smartphone, which was launched by Dell in India has seen a huge price-drop from INR 18K to 11K today. With a great dev community, this smartphone will give you more than what you would expect.
It features 3.5 inch touchscreen, 3.2 MP camera, Android 2.1, MapmyIndia Maps pre-installed, FM Radio, HSDPA, Wifi, and Bluetooth 2.1 EDR.
MRP: INR 11,500

Huawei Ideos: Featuring a stock Android 2.2 build, this smartphone was developed with clear instructions from Google to take Android to masses. It features 2.8 inch capacitive display, 3.2 MP camera, 528 processor, and Android 2.2.
MRP: INR 8,000

LG Optimus One is another smartphone which deserves a mention here. Priced around INR 10,000, it comes with Froyo pre-installed and will get Gingerbread update soon.

This is all from us now, but do tell us about your future/present Android device in comments.

Via: AndroidOS

Legions of Cry-fans and hardcore PC gamers have been holding their collective breaths while shoving extra RAM into their uber rigs. The second coming not only lives up to the hype, but also comes out with a truly terrific, addictive action game that takes FPS gaming to the next level, both graphically and gameplay wise.


Crysis was the pinnacle of technical awesomeness, but it needed an insane machine to run at its full glory, and even today, three years after its launch, it  brings all but the most expensive of graphic cards money can buy to its knees. The CryEngine bought the island the battleground in Crysis to life, with lush foliage, great lighting effects,stunning details and visuals never seen before in an FPS. Not to mention, the exhilaration and excitement of kicking ass in a state-of-the-art nanoSuit that gives you super strength, speed and cloaking abilities.

Crysis 2 now takes place in a New York, ravaged by both warring government factions and the Ceph, the alien invaders. You play a marine named Alcatraz, who after a series of events finds himself in a NanoSuit that once belonged to a man named Prophet. On top of that, he is being targeted by the greedy corporations that would love to get their hands on the NanoSuit, and on the other hand there's that alien invasion to take care of.

The CryEngine 3 is capable of creating some of the best visuals to date in a game. Crysis 2 ran at a flawless framerate on the Very High setting on a very moderately specced machine. Crysis would grind to the dust at the same settings. The war torn New York is incredibly detailed, with its towering and crumbling skyscrapers. Littered streets, with walls of photos and letters of loved ones lost. Flyovers and roads torn apart, everything in a beautiful mess of twisted concrete and metal. Crysis 2 is a cinematic journey, where as you walk, huge skyscrapers explode and fall, massive buildings just topple over, gargantuan alien spacecraft careen by as you jump across rooftops.

A note on the console versions. CryEngine 3 runs flawlessly on both the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. While all the three versions look and play the same. The PC version undoubtedly sports the best graphics with a lot of added effects for those with the extra GPU power. Yet the console versions are no slouches. CryTek has done a great job of creating an even experience on all three platforms, and yet keeping it real and special for the PC gaming Cry-fan, who wants to see his card churn out some serious eye candy.


The NanoSuit 2 this time around is not as heavily powered as before, CryTek has streamlined its usage through the game. Earlier you had to engage speed, strength and cloak manually, this time, Speed automatically kicks in as you sprint, Strength engages as you melee enemies or rip miniguns off tanks or power jump. You must manually engage between Maximum Armour mode and Maximum Stealth mode, depending on the situation. All of these consume power, so you need to keep watching your energy gauge. This adds a layer of strategy to the proceedings, forcing you to plan out your attacks.

Each level is massive and broken up into various sandbox encounters, much like Batman: Arkham Asylum. You can choose various ways to tackle each encounter, either snipe your way out, or sneak your way without harming a fly, or just switch to Maximum Armour, grab a minigun and get the party started. There’s something addictive about using the NanoSuit’s powers, mixing and matching fighting styles to just see what happens. It’s like being the Predator, only better. Sneaking up on unsuspecting Ceph and human alike, slitting their throats and then cloaking just before their buddies catch gives a gleeful high. Crysis 2 levels range from power-packed to creepy and atmospheric, as you get out of the open area into the close confines of a sewer line or an abandoned building. The level of detail packed into each scene is astounding.


The character models look great, especially the facial features. There isn't a huge range of character models, sometimes you see the same infected man in a suit, or street hobo. The CELL soldiers all look the same, and there’s a bunch of marines that look a bit different. However, the NPC characters loom large, and those who play major roles are infused with personality. The aliens are well designed, especially the enormous ones. A lot of the boss battles in Crysis 2 are memorable, and involve a lot of forward thinking and planning. Your environment is your greatest ally, use it to your advantage.

Crysis 2 takes you through a storm of emotions, a cinematic experience through a story filled with twists and turns, with Spielberg-like moments of awe. A lot of the story is told through the eyes of Prophet, who displays an astounding level of humanity, and resilience against overwhelming odds. As the story unfolds, many moments that feel a lot like Cloverfield. The game draws you in, never letting go until the very end. Along the way, you are treated to some of the most memorable gaming moments.

While the game might have some astounding visuals as well as some tight gameplay, there are a few things holding it back. One are the minor technical flaws, the other is the truly terrible enemy AI, which can be aptly described as bungling. Sometimes the enemies show brilliant sparks of intelligence by actually hunting you down, or searching you out, but sometimes they just meander about, right into your sights.

The sound design is exceptional, with truly atmospheric music. In quiet sequences, the soundscapes are alive, with distant gunfire echoing through the metropolis in ruins. The babbling of the soldiers around you, the wind... The music score cascades from electronic to sweeping operas to sync with the highs and lows of the story.

The multiplayer aspects we covered a while back, when we talked about the demo. Not much has changed, except for a lot more maps, as well as a RPG-like levelling up system. Multiplayer in a NanoSuit 2 is extremely addictive.

Crysis 2 has got everything, the long dramatic campaign, the stellar multiplayer experience, with graphics to give your eyes a million orgasms. An aural, visual treat you would keep on your machine, replay again and again to show off to your friends. Definitely one of the strongest contenders for Game of the Year.

Via: Technoholik