Get to know what is Microsoft Surface in Brief

The below article contains the information of the latest devices in the Tablet Market the Microsoft Surface RT and the Microsoft Surface Pro Tablet Computers.

On June 18th 2012 in Los Angeles, Microsoft unveiled its two new hardware devices named as SurfaceTM RT and SurfaceTM Pro running on the latest and beautiful metro tiles packed Windows 8 Operating System. The device has a dual identity, its a tablet as well as a computer.
SurfaceTM is a series name given to the Microsoft branded tablets. All the future MS tablets will be named under the Surface series. Microsoft designed and branded these tablets but the actual manufacturing is done by some other company.

As published earlier the Microsoft’s Windows 8 Os comes in three editions – Windows RT (or Windows Runtime) which is based on ARM architecture, Windows 8 Pro which is based on x86 Intel i5 chipset and Windows 8 Enterprise similar to Windows 8 Pro but with more reliability and targeted only for the serious business purpose.
Surface and Surface Pro tablets come with a Convertible Form Factor meaning the tablets can be used with or without physical Keyboard. The devices have an in built kick-stand for better viewing experience.
Between the two the Intel based Surface Pro is stronger as it is packed with some extra features like more memory, Full HD display, more battery power and more apps available in the market.

Both the devices have a 10.6inch HD display with multitouch support (5-point digitizer). Infact the Surface Pro has a full HD display with 1080pixels where as the RT version comes with the 720pixel HD display. RT edition is lighter (676grams) and thinner (9.33mm), the Pro edition is little heavier (903grams) and thicker (13.5mm). Both the tablets have two cameras (front and rear) and come with a configurable memory models. Surface Pro comes with 64GB/128GB internal memory and Surface RT comes with 32GB/64GB of memory. Memory can be expanded using the microSD card slot on both the devices. It is said that the tablets doesn’t support LTE (4G Network) but this is yet to be confirmed.
Currently there is no details regarding the price or the availability. But looking at their features (and internet sources) the Surface RT and Surface Pro tablet can be priced anywhere between $450 – $600 and $600 – $700 respectively and will be released in three months from now.

Specifications of Surface RT:
– Chipset: ARM based NVIDIA Tegra CPU
– Os: Windows 8 RT edition
– Memory: 32GB and 64GB model
– Display: 10.6” ClearType HD display with 720 pixels
– Connectivity: Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n), microSD, USB2.0, Micro HDMI port, 2×2 MIMO antennae
– Software: Office 15 apps, Touch Cover, Type Cover
– Weight: 676grams
– Thin: 9.3mm
– Power: 31.5 Watt Hour
– Accessories: VaporMg Case & Stand

Specifications of Surface Pro:
– Chipset: Intel x86 i5 based Dual-Core processor
– Os: Windows 8 Pro edition
– Memory: 64GB and 128GB model
– Weight: 903g
– Thin: 13.5mm
– Display: 10.6” ClearType Full HD display with 1080 pixels
– Connectivity: Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n), microSDXC, USB3.0, Micro Display port, 2×2 MIMO antennae
– Power: 42 Watt Hour
– Software: Office 15 apps, Touch Cover, Type Cover
– Accessories: VaporMg Case & Stand

Official Promotional Video

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HTC One S Officially launched in India for Rs 33,590

HTC launches the HTC One S officially in India for Rs 33590. Some of the Indian online retail storeshad already started to sell the smartphone last week for a price of Rs 33k.
Currently, HTC offers One X for about Rs. 37k and One V for Rs. 17k approximately.

Quick glance on the features of HTC One S android smartphone:
– Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 1.7GHz Dual-Core
– Os: Google™ Android™ v4.0 (IceCream Sandwich) with HTC Sense 4.0 UI
– GPU: Adreno 225
– RAM: 1GB, Internal Memory Storage: 16GB
– No microSD card slot
– MicroSIM only
– 4.3″ Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with multitouch
– Screen Size: 540 x 960 pixels with 16M colors
– Protection: Corning® Gorilla® Glass
– 8 MP rear camera with LED flash and autofocus
– HTC ImageSense allows Simultaneous HD video recording and image capturing
– Front Camera: Yes, VGA
– Connectivity: 3.5mm, MicroUSB, Bluetooth v4.0, Wifi: IEEE 802.11 b/g/n, GPS, HDMI
– DLNA certified
– Supports 2G and 3G Networks
– Sensors: G-Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Light Sensor, Accelerometer
– Lithium Polymer battery of capacity 1650mAh
– Weight: 119g

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New Price of BSNL Penta Tablet TPAD IS701R is Rs 3999

BSNL and Pantel Technologies have revised the price of one of their low cost tablet TPAD IS701R from Rs 3499 to Rs 3999 with BSNL connection and Rs 3250 to Rs 3749 without BSNL data plan.

“Till now, we have received more than 250,000 bookings. We have already started with the delivery process and lined up customers can expect the tablet to be delivered within two months. As far as the price is concerned, it is revised to Rs 3,999 with BSNL data plan and Rs 3,749 without BSNL connection respectively,” said Nishant Mishra, marketing head, Pantel Technologies.
The company also mentioned that the new price will be applicable only for the new customers. Customers who had booked the TPAD 701R earlier has to pay the old quoted price itself.

TPAD IS701R also popularly known as the ‘Rs 3200 BSNL tablet’ has a 7inch high quality resistive touchscreen of resolution 800 x 600 pixels. 701R is powered by 1GHz processor running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread version with the support of 256MB DDR2 RAM and 2GB of internal memory. The tablet has a microSD card slot expandable upto 32GB and a VGA camera. The battery of capacity 3000mAh can last upto 8hours.

BSNL launched its two Pantel made low cost tablets TPAD IS703C and TPAD IS 701C on 15th June in Indore.

Quick glance on the Features & Specifications of BSNL T-Pad IS701R Android Tablet:
– CPU: 1GHz processor
– Platform/Operating System: Android 2.3 Gingerbread
– RAM: 256MB DDR2
– Internal Memory: 2GB
– microSD Card slot: available, expandable upto 32GB
– Wifi: 802.11b/g/n
– Display Size: 7” Inch resistive touchscreen
– Display Resolution: 800 x 600 pixels
– Sensors: G-Sensor
– Camera: 0.3MP
– Supports Micro USB
– Battery: Li-ion 3000mAh
– Email: Send/receive email online
– Audio Formats: Supports MP3/WMA/APE/FLAC/AAC/OGG/AC3/WAV
– Video Formats: Supports AVI RM/RMVB FLV WMV9 MP4
– Flash Support: Adode Flash 10.1
– Price of BSNL Penta Tablet TPAD IS701R is Rs 3999 with BSNL Connection and Rs 3749 without BSNL Connection in Indian Market.
– TPAD IS701R is released and available in India.

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How to use Mp3 Cutter on Android Smartphone?

Do you just love a part in the whole song? Want to use the best part in the music as your ringtone? Or want to cut the unwanted part from the song? Then here is a wonderful android software application called as Mp3 Cutter which fulfills your needs and that too for free.

Mp3 Cutter from beka is one of the top free android apps which cuts any part in the song based on your wish and stores it into the phone’s memory. It works on the Smartphones, Tablets running on android version 2.0.1 and up. The app is quite stable and easy to use. This app supports .mp3 files only.

To download Mp3 Cutter, open the Google PlayStore and type “Mp3 Cutter beka”. Select the app and install it, the size of the app is just 745KB. Before using this app I recommended you to install the File Manager app. Because the Mp3 Cutter stores the edited part of the song in the “/media/audio/” location of the phone memory which can be accessed easily using the file manager software.

Steps to cut the song using Mp3 Cutter:
– Open the Mp3 Cutter App, click on the green button placed on top.
– Browse and select the song from your phone. The song gets loaded in the app.
– Now the app just looks like a player app with some extra buttons. Extra buttons includes a red button and two sets of ‘<>‘ buttons. The first set is used to trim the start point and the second set is used for trimming the end point of the edited song. More explanation on this in next step. The red button is the trigger/halt to cut the song.
– Click the play button to play the song. And when your best part starts playing just click the red button which starts to cut the song. Clicking the red button again will stop the cutting of the song.
– Clicking the Reset Cut button aborts the cut part and starts again for fresh edit, Play Cut plays the edited part of the song and Start cut saves the edited song.
– If you find that the edited song misses some part of your favorite music then this is where the two sets of ‘<>‘ arrow buttons are used to trim the edited part.
– Open the desired location (“/media/audio/”) in the file manager to find the song which can be copied/moved to another location in the memory and can be used as a ringtone, can be shared or deleted etc.

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Nokia 808 PureView launched in India for a MRP of Rs 33899

Nokia’s 5years of hard work has finally seen some light. The PureView 808 smartphones gets released in Indian market from today for Rs 33899.
Pureview 808 comes in two colors black and white and will be available across all the Nokia retail outlets in India starting from Thursday, 14th June.

Nokia Pureview 808 packs an incredible 41MP Pureview technology with Carl Zeiss optics based camera. Nokia has joined hands with Dolby Laboratories which has helped it introduce a rich cinematic sound output in 808 Pureview. This smartphone features both Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Headphones technology and in addition, Nokia is bundling a Dolby Headphone with Pureview 808. Watch the below video with eyes closed for the amazing rich sound experience (thanks to mynokiablog & pureviewclub for the video)

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