Creative has introduced a new pair of in-ear headphones for avid music listeners - Aurvana In-Ear2 earphones. This latest edition of the Aurvana premium series is claimed to be meticulously tested and made from carefully selected materials. A revised version of Aurvana In-Ear earphones, this new pair of earphones is two grams lighter and has bit lower frequency response. Creative will offer Aurvana In-Ear2 earphones at a premium price of Rs. 5,999.
The new Aurvana In-Ear2 earphones have precise Balanced Armature Drivers with acoustic grille design for smoother and detailed audio response. Suitable for myriad music genre, these Balanced Armature drivers carrying earphones deliver punchy bass. Creative has used AuraSeal noise-cancellation technology that promises up to 95 percent of noise isolation.
The Oxygen-free copper cable keeps you free from entangling woes and distortion free crystal clear sound. Creative also bundles an airplane adapter and two sets of small, medium and large size interchangeable eartips to suit your ears.
- Drivers: Balanced Armature
- Frequency Response: 15Hz ~ 16kHz
- Impedance: 42 ohms
- Sensitivity (1kHz): 110dB/mW
- Connectivity: 3.5mm gold-plated plug
- Cable length: 1.2m Oxygen-Free Copper
- Product weight: 11g
- In-Box Accessories: 2 sets of S, M, L size eartips, airplane adapter, travel case with cable management, cleaning tool.
We have been coming across leaked images of the upcoming Motorola Droid 2, also known as the Droid Xtreme with so much regularity that now, it hasn't remained a novelty at all. We have seen the phone from every conceivable angle and it's only the correct specs that have eluded us so far. That too, however, was until now.
Folks over at Droid-Life have managed to pull together some specs of the upcoming Droid 2 and we hear that the phone will sport a 3.7-inch screen, will run Android 2.1 with MotoBlur (whether you like it or not). The processor would be an OMAP 750Mhz one. The phone gets 8GB of internal storage with memory expansion support. A 5 megapixel camera rests at its rear. The phone will also feature HD video recording as we had reported earlier.
A video of the phone too has been leaked and from what we concur, this new Droid isn't THAT different from the existing one. Bet Motorola users expected more when they heard that an update to the Droid is on the anvil. Sigh.
Just a few days after the launch of the Xperia X10 Mini here in India, Sony Ericsson has launched the Vivaz Pro in the country. The phone, visually similar to the existing Vivaz, features a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and a 5 megapixel camera. The Vivaz, on the other hand, comes sans the QWERTY keyboard but packs in a better 8 megapixel camera.
Like the Vivaz, the Pro has a 3.2-inch resistive touchscreen capable of 640 x 360 resolution. The phone runs Symbian S60 Version 5. It also features a 3.5 mm audio jack and comes with 75MB of internal memory. Of course, you can add microSD cards and increase the storage capacity. The phone is Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g compatible with DLNA support as well.
While the camera has been downgraded to 5 megapixel, the HD video recording capability of the Vivaz is retained on the Vivaz Pro as well. The phone features a 1200Mah battery and will be available in two color options in India, white and black. The phone is priced at Rs. 24,500 and is now on sale across the country.
It was just yesterday that an image of a document showing Nokia's upcoming line-up of handsets was leaked. The document, apart from revealing the name of an entire new S-Series of handsets, also revealed the names of a few unreleased handsets from Nokia's existing series of phones.
Just a day later, we have images of what is said to be Nokia's next C-Series phone, the C7. Thought to be the C7-00, this phone is quite unlike the normal Nokia phones and features more of a Samsung-ish design with rounded edges and the design of the buttons. While the authenticity of the leaked image is yet to be confirmed, let us reveal to you the specs of this leaked device.
The phone you see in the image has a 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen, runs Symbian^3 and boasts of an 8 megapixel camera with dual LED flash and support for face detection. It is also rumoured to support multi touch gestures.
From what is seems, there is quite a bit of time left for this one to be announced officially. In all probability, the C7 would only land in stores after the N8 does later this year.
Motorola seems to be on a mission to introduce spruced up versions of its older handsets these days. If it was the Droid a few days ago, it's now turn of another handset that is set to receive the update treatment.
We are talking about the Motorola's Milestone which now gets an upgraded camera and an updated Android OS version. Apart from these updates, the phone will also feature a Xenon flash - making the XT720 the first Android device to sport one.
There have been some design changes with the slide-out QWERTY keypad on the handset slimmed down to just 10.9mm. The phone will feature a 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen with multi-touch capabilities and a 480 x 854 pixel resolution, 3G, Wi-Fi with DLNA, GPS with A-GPS , Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP,8MP camera with Xenon flash, face/smile detection, Geo-tagging and 720p video recording. The phone will also have FM radio, a 3.5mm audio jack and an HDMI port.
The phone is expected to be released in Europe soon. Pricing details are yet to be revealed - however, it is expected to hover at around the 450 pounds mark, making it quite an expensive phone.
With 3G services set to start in India in the next few months, the demand for affordable 3G enabled handsets is set to rise.
Samsung seems to understand that and for the same reason, has launched its latest 3G enabled phone in India under its Star brand. The latest model, called the S5603, comes with a 2.8 inch QVGA LCD touchscreen supporting 262K colors. It also features a 3.2 megapixel camera and boasts of a power LED flash as well at the rear. It also has a front camera for video calling purposes. With 80MB of internal memory that can be expanded using microSD cards, you would never fall short of memory.
The phone also features FM Radio, mobile blogging and has a music player Li-Ion 1000 mAh battery which supports up to 3 hours of talk time. It has been priced at Rs.10,000 and is now available across the country. Looking for a decently spec-ed mid-range, 3G enabled handset? Well you might just have met your match!
A security breach at AT&T's official website has lead to the exposure of about 114,067 email IDs of iPad 3G users. Goatse Security sent the information about the exposed email addresses to Gawker Media. U.S.'s Federal Bureau of Investigation has already started an investigation into this, reported The Wall Street Journal.
Small group of individuals claiming to be a part of Goatse Security exploited the security flaw with a PHP script that pulled email IDs of iPad 3G users. These folks used script to get email addresses associated with Apple iPad's ICC IDs that are used to identify SIM cards that associate mobile device with a specific subscriber. AT&T confirmed the breach and sent out the below statement:
"AT&T was informed by a business customer on Monday of the potential exposure of their iPad ICC IDS. The only information that can be derived from the ICC IDS is the e-mail address attached to that device.
This issue was escalated to the highest levels of the company and was corrected by Tuesday; and we have essentially turned off the feature that provided the e-mail addresses.
The person or group who discovered this gap did not contact AT&T.
We are continuing to investigate and will inform all customers whose e-mail addresses and ICC IDS may have been obtained.
We take customer privacy very seriously and while we have fixed this problem, we apologize to our customers who were impacted."
AT&T did close the security hole on next day but the damage was done. Over 110,000 user email IDs including those of high ranking officers, government officials and several customers were already pulled from the site. However, iPad owners with Wi-Fi only versions are safe.
This incident puts both Apple and AT&T to shame. "The FBI is aware of these possible computer intrusions and has opened an investigation," said FBI spokeswoman Katherine Schweit.
While FBI proceeds with the initial investigations, AT&T and Apple would really have to do some damage control. The ICC IDS and email IDs exposed can lead to repetitive nuisance to iPad 3G owners. Meanwhile, AT&T is already pulling up its socks to offer enough bandwidth and top quality services to its iPhone as well as iPad customers.
Popular micro-blogging style social network Twitter has launched a special website for FIFA World Cup fans -http://twitter.com/worldcup. This special World Cup page shows the schedule of matches, flag icons of countries playing in FIFA World Cup and live tweets about the football World Cup.
Biz Stone, Twitter co-founder, noted at the official Twitter blog that the (footballs) fans have a unique opportunity to connect with players, teams, and brands using Twitter to join the matches in a new way. Twitter's new FIFA World Cup page is made from live widgets, Top Tweets, and real-time search put together on one page. The Top Tweets algorithm selects and retweets the most interesting tweets about the FIFA World Cup. Click on the View Match link to see the live stream of updates about the match between two countries.
Twitter's World Cup fever doesn't end here. When Twitter users tweet anything about FIFA World Cup and use #WorldCup hashtag anywhere in the text, then a Football icon appears next to it. This, however, is visible on Twitter Web interface only. Also, when you tweet using the first three initials of countries like - #BRA for Brazil, #ESP for Spain, #ENG for England, flags of the respective countries appear in the tweets.
The official hashtag of FIFA World cup is #worldcup. You can also follow @FIFAcomLIVE for real-time match updates.
Electronic Arts and Crytek's mega blockbuster game Crysis 2 was expected to arrive holiday season i.e. at the end of this year. However, as per MCV UK's reports, a new trade ad by EA states that Crysis 2 is set to arrive in Autumn 2010. Yes, you read it correct. You got to wait less for this amazing sci-fi shooter game.
Crytek has used new CRYEngine 3 for developing the Crysis 2 which comes for the first time for consoles - Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 besides PC. Award winning sci-fi novel writer Richard Morgan is writing the story of Crysis 2 that takes place in urban settings of New York.
Just to be clear, Crysis 2 is the sci-fi action shooter sequel to the first game and would be available for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Let's hope to see more Crysis 2 videos at the E3 Expo 2010 that starts in five days.
Evolution Studios has officially announced the next automobile racing game - MotorStorm Apocalypse on the official Sony PlayStation blog. This new MotorStorm Apocalypse will arrive exclusively for PlayStation 3 console next year. This time, the race takes place in apocalyptic environments.
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift was set in The Island resembling Hawaii and Pacific Islands. New MotorStorm Apocalypse is set in the City inspired by Californian Bay Area of American West Coast. The City has been abandoned and suffers from tremors. Every race will be unique and once a building falls, it stays down.
Check out some neat details of the upcoming racing game:
- Sixteen player online multiplayer.
- Four player split-screen.
- Combinations of the two. Play with three friends in the living room against 12 more online.
- Massive vehicle customisation. Change vinyls, vehicle parts, vehicle shapes and more. Upload them to the community site and share them with others. They automatically work on all vehicle types, and include your PSN ID.
- Vehicle perks. Modify your handling, boosting and offensive abilities as you unlock new perks.
- A wealth of rankings to progess through online with associated rewards and recognition.
- Stacks of online rewards to earn and persistent progress giving the most determined and successful racers the status and recognition they deserve.
- Persistent matchmaking. Keep your party together throughout your gaming session.
- A Game Mode Creator. From a completely blank canvas you can design your own game rules and victory conditions, play them online, and incorporate them into tournaments.
Will this game support Stereoscopic 3D? Will it be compatible with PlayStation Move controller? More details, videos and screenshots would be revealed at the E3 2010 expo.
Creative has introduced a new pair of in-ear headphones for avid music listeners - Aurvana In-Ear2 earphones. This latest edition of the Aurvana premium series is claimed to be meticulously tested and made from carefully selected materials. A revised version of Aurvana In-Ear earphones, this new pair of earphones is two grams lighter and has bit lower frequency response. Creative will offer Aurvana In-Ear2 earphones at a premium price of Rs. 5,999.
