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Indian Indigenous Operating System For High Cyber Security

by Ritij Khurana • December 31, 2012

Finally, the Indian Government has woken up from the slumber of relying on other operating systems and being exploited by them and has decided to build its own operating system which we believe is quite the news. Firstly, we were quite startled at this bit of information but later on when the official words came in, the shock turned into a believable fact and in turn it became a matter worthy of an applause.

The Indian Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) is developing an “Indian Operating System”, that is what we’ve heard and this is being done to strengthen the cyber-security aspect. The Direct General of DRDO , VK Saraswat has stated that India is too much dependent on foreign nation softwares such as the Windows platform which can be easily exploited. He disclosed this at the Navigation and Communication (NAVCOM) conference.

Simmtronics Xpad X720– 7 Inch Android Tablet Launched At Rs. 4600

by Ritij Khurana • December 31, 2012

Micromax, Karbonn and all other Indian mobile manufacturers have been launching a wide range of Android based products for quite some time and those have even developed a certain liking in the minds of the people. The Micromax tablets for instance, are the second highest sold tablets in India after Samsung and Micromax seems to be catching up to that number 1 spot quite fast. But there’s another lesser known Indian mobile manufacturer that is slowly, yet steadily catching up to the Indian giants.

Simmtronics, an India based electronics and tablet manufacturing has just launched their first tablet device in the country, the XPAD X-720. As is the industry norm these days, it ships with Android 4.0 ICS and has a 7.0 inch capacitive display and the price is something which makes the device worth considering. Its launched at a very low price point of just Rs.4,600 and at this price point, it does not really have a competitor but the commercial version of the Aakash tablet being the sole competition.

HP 10 Inch Windows 8 Tablet Coming In January 2013

by Ritij Khurana • December 31, 2012

Hewlett Packard seems to be quite aggressive off late when it comes to the Indian market where it continues to have a strong hold and faces cut throat competition from the likes of Dell and Lenovo. Now the Indians have started favoring ultrabooks and tablets over conventional laptops and in-sync with their recently launched ultrabook , a hybrid tablet and an AIO computer, HP looks to foray into the slowly heating up tablet market and has just announced about their next product.

Rajiv Srivastava, president of printing and personal systems, HP India, stated to a website , “HP will be launching a 10 inch Windows 8 based tablet in January next year.” Windows 8 is the next big thing in the computing world and there is not a single company which is not releasing products to capitalize on the huge opportunities the OS brings. The new tablet has been named ElitePad 900 and according to a commercial release by the company had been readied up in July this year.

HP launches Envy X2 Windows 8 hybrid, Envy Touchsmart Ultrabook 4, Envy 23 AIO

by Ritij Khurana • December 31, 2012

HP Launches Envy X2 Windows 8 Hybrid, Envy Touchsmart Ultrabook 4, Envy 23 AIO

HP has launched three new Windows 8 devices in the Indian market and these are going to be the first devices in their Windows 8 portfolio and shall be instrumental in giving them a momentum to gain a market share in the premium segment where Dell and Lenovo dominate. HP was one of the first computing giants to capitalize on the Indian market but has lost its market share considerably over the years. Here we have a quick run through of their three new products.

Karbonn A30 VS Xolo A800– Detailed Comparison

by Ritij Khurana • December 31, 2012

We recently brought you a comparison between two proper budget tablets- the Nexus 7 and Galaxy Tab 2. Today we have for you a quick comparison between the flagships of our two homegrown brands-Lava and Karbonn. One your one corner is the Lava Xolo A800 and on the other is the Karbonn A30.

BenQ 3D Gaming Monitor XL2420TX Launched

by Ritij Khurana • December 29, 2012

Gamers rejoice. It’s treat time and your eyes are going to be treated this time. BenQ has been known on the gaming frontier for the high quality monitors they’ve produced which have been quite the gaming friendly monitors. They have just launched XL2420TX, its flagship gaming monitors for professional and competitive first person shooting games. BenQ claims that their flagship monitors have been developed in a close association with the core product developers and masterminds of gaming gears. The XL series has quite a few tricks up its sleeve and we’ll just brief you on them.

NVIDIA 3D Glasses : These monitors come 3D glasses to make the gaming experience more life like and we believe it is quite a useful feature to have on your monitor given that more and more content is becoming 3D.

Inbuilt 3D emitter : The XL 2420TX comes with multiple 3D technology support which combines the design with the functionality aspect and is a feature which is expected to serve you for quite some time in near future.

iBall Andi 4.5H Android Phone Launched With 1GB RAM and Dual Core Processor

by Ritij Khurana • December 28, 2012

There are news of Octa cores, Tegra 4, Exynos 5 processors and what not on the global cellphone scenario. But there’s a storm brewing up elsewhere in India which is no less than the global mobile competition, albeit at a smaller scale.
iBall , the brand which has Kareena Kapoor and Hrithik Roshan selling its products has soft launched another mobile phone in India which requires neither of the above to sell well. Its got a spec sheet which speaks for itself. iBall has brought in the next flagship Andi device named the iBall Andi 4.5H with a very capable Dual core processor and the thickness being just 9.9 mm and runs Android 4.0.4 . It has been launched at a rock bottom adjacent price of Rs.12,490.