7 Awesome Gifts from Apple

I’ve been a fan of Apple since seventh grade, when the only three computers we had in our school were old Macs. They were so cool, even way back then, and now, they’re the ultimate in coolness. It’s positively square to use a PC (which, by the way, I use), and as we all know, Apple also made MP3 players cool… what can’t they do? This holiday season, there’s probably at least one Apple product in everyone’s wish list — including mine. Here are 7 awesome gifts from Apple.

1. Apple iPad

Price: $499.00 to $829.00 at store.apple.com
If you need a little computing and a lot of cool, and happen to be a devoted Apple fan, then this is a must-have, totally worth being good for the entire year to make sure Santa puts it under the tree. Apps. Games. Reading. EVERYTHING, except a phone.

2. Apple MacBook

Price: $999.00 at store.apple.com
This and the Macbook Air are the ultimate in portable computing, and in coolness. Anyone with one of these has the right to a little swagger, and one of these would be a great gift for any student on your list.

3. Apple iPod Touch

Price: $229.00 to $399.00 at store.apple.com
This is the iPod that’s at the top of everyone’s list, especially the teenagers. It’s basically an iPhone only without the phone, or an iPad without the computing power. It’s amazing, and comes in three storage capabilities, hence the pricing difference.

4. Apple iPod Nano

Price: $149.00 to $179.00 at store.apple.com
The new Nano is just a little larger than the tiny Shuffle, only with more storage space, tools, and a video screen. It also comes in a range of colors, so you’re bound to find one your Apple lover will, well, love!

5. Apple iPod Shuffle

Price: $49.00 at store.apple.com
This is the iPod I have for using at the gym. It’s tiny, lightweight, and can hold every song you need to get through your workout, and then some, from warm up to cool down. It’s so convenient, too, because it clips right onto your waistband or the sleeve of your shirt. And it comes in so many colors!

6. Apple iPhone

Price: $99.00 to $299.00 at store.apple.com
In spite of what the Droid users say, the iPhone and its millions of apps is still pretty cool. Anything you can think of, from online banking to playing “Amazing Grace” on the pan flute, well, there’s an app for that.

7. Apple Mac Mini

Price: $699.00 to $999.00 at store.apple.com
Yes, Apple does still make traditional desktop computers, but of course, even in this, they have to up the coolness ante. This dinky little thing is a mega-powerful Mac. Seriously. It’s ideal for anyone who doesn’t need the portability of a laptop, and still wants to use a Mac.

Those are just a few of the completely awesome products I know will be on everyone’s holiday gift wish list this year, but I’m sure there are more. And they’re all cool. VERY cool. Just like the commercials. Which of these Apple products

do you want this year? Or is there one that I somehow missed? Please let me know!

AMD Radeon 6970 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 Battle At Rs. 24,000 Mark

 The star of the AMD Radeon 6000 series is the HD 6970, now available in India, and does battle with the GeForce GTX 570 and GeForce GTX 480 graphics cards from Nvidia's stable. Both sides now have graphics cards  officially available out in the market, available for the end-user. Asus, MSI and Zotac are some of the brands that already offer products from one or both sides (as AMD and Nvidia are rivals in discreet 3D graphics cards).

Performing approximately around the same levels, the AMD Radeon HD 6970, and the GeForce GTX 570 / GTX 480 are also priced pretty much around the same price point at retail - Rs. 24,000 excluding taxes. Whichever side manages to drop pricing due to competition among brands, will have a better shot at gaining market-share. Of course, the generous memory onboard the Radeon 6970 (2GB) versus that on the GeForce GTX 570 (1280 MB) also helps.

As happened with the previous generation, AMD is seemingly not targeting the absolute performance peak with a single-GPU graphics card. That duty would fall to the Radeon HD 6990, which presumably would be a dual-GPU graphics card with two Radeon 6950 GPUs cross-fired internally. In the Radeon 5000 series line-up, the peak was occupied by the dual-GPU Radeon 5970.

For now, Nvidia still owns the peak performance in consumer-level graphics cards, with its GeForce GTX 580. The Radeon HD 6850 turned out to perform a lot like a Radeon 5850 flying in "hold mode" and the Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 turned out to be a strong opposition contender. So those who want a high-end graphics card from AMD would need to look at the Radeon 6900 series. Stay tuned for a review of the AMD Radeon 6970, from us at PCW India

Buffalo LinkStation Pro Duo hits India in 2TB and 4TB capacities

hose across India on the lookout for a dual drive shared storage solution could probably consider the LinkStation Pro Duo network storage being extended by Buffalo. It’s taken a couple of months for this device to reach Indian shores since the company first unveiled it back in October 2010 with their V-series products.

The benefits of shared storage and backing up of files from multiple PCs, Macs or notebooks can be leveraged with this device. A 1.6GHz processor housed within the chassis delivers users data transfer rates of around 72MB/s, while TurboPC with Turbo Copy fires up the PC performance and file transfer speed by almost 35%.

The LinkStation Pro Duo is compatible with Time Machine backup and includes NovaBackup Professional, a backup utility that can be used with up to five Windows-run PCs. There’s a power savings facility shuts down the drive at preset timings in order to regulate it’s energy consumption.

While talking about the LinkStation Pro Duo, Susumu Kobayashi, Country Head of Buffalo India, remarked, “Just plug it into any network Ethernet port or into the back of your wireless router and instantly access it on any networked computer in your house.”

USB hard drives or cameras may be offloaded to the device by simply plugging them in and FTP as also print servers are part of the firmware. Buffalo’s free WebAccess service permits users to remotely access their respective files over the internet or any regular web browser. With the WebAccess i app from iTunes, content stored on iPhone, iPad or iPod touch devices can be accessed and shared easily.

This DLNA-certified storage solution is a BitTorrent client and allows connectivity to an Active Directory Domain for Windows user authentication and folder level permissions. It has a USB 2.0 port for hooking up a UPS for AC power failure management or attaching a printer to the network or adding an extra USB hard drive.

The 2TB LS-WV2.0TL and 4TB LS-WV4.0TL are tagged at Rs. 15,000 and Rs. 22,000, correspondingly. Each of the devices come backed by three-year warranties. The LinkStation Pro Duo is also available in an enclosure-type model without the hard drive for Rs. 8,500.

Beware! The 9 top cyber threats for 2011

Cyber security continues to be a grey area and one could say that the threat perception has always been on upward swing.

The year 2010 saw the deadly Stuxnet worm among others shaking up the security system.

The year 2011 is not expected to be any different as cyber criminals will look to target major platforms such as Adroid, Apple software and those which have not yet been exposed to a security risk.

In addition to this 2011 will also see politically motivated attacks as groups are expected to repeat the WiKiLeaks paradigm.

McAfee has outlined the top threats for the year 2011 and the list comprises Google's Android, Apple's iPhone, foursquare, Google TV and the Mac OS X platform, which are all expected to become major targets for cybercriminals.

X10 Mini Successor Runs Gingebread on 1GHz CPU

The official word is that Sony Ericsson will unveil the new Xperia series smartphones on February 13. Chinese Sony Ericsson Fans Forum IT368 member leaked images of a compact Xperia smartphone running Android 2.3 Gingerbread. This phone is said to be an Xperia X10 Mini & Mini Pro successor with 3-inch display and the hardware buttons in reverse order.

The leaked unnamed Sony Ericsson Xperia phone has about 3-inch 320x480 screen. This device was running Google's recently announced Android 2.3 Gingerbread update. Under the hood this phone is said to have 1GHz Scorpion Core based Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8255 chipset along with an Adreno 205 GPU. The Quadrant score (1533) of this device showed that it outperformed even the Nexus One running Android 2.2 Froyo update and left Galaxy S far behind.

This might be the third Xperia series phone along with X12 ANZU and the recently spotted mysterious Xperia device to be unveiled at MWC 2011.

Sony Ericsson's Xperia X10 Mini and Mini Pro are good Android devices, but they are found lacking when it comes to the latest update. Both phones come with stock Android 1.6 update, while the Android 2.1 Eclair update for them was released just last month. 

Review: Micromax Andro A60

 Micromax new Android-based handset, Andro A60 is the latest entry in the Indian smartphone market. The phone weighs 105 gram and the dimensions are 106.8mm x 59.2mm x 14.0mm. The phone runs on Google Android V2.1 also known as Éclair operating system and has a 600 MHz processor.

The phone features a 2.8 inch resistive touch screen which might hinder in the smooth scrolling and swiping. The phone has a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels displaying a total of 56,000 colours. Typing on this screen might be a problem because of the small screen size and non availability of stylus. But inclusion of the swipe input method comes to the rescue.

This smartphone is a 3G enabled device and promises up to 7.2 Mbps speed via HSUPA and up to 5.76 via HSDPA, hence allowing users to go for video calling, video streaming, downloading etc. Andro also has activated GPRS.

As of the connectivity, the phone is Wi-Fi 802.11b/g and Bluetooth enabled and USB v2 port for external connectivity. The phone has memory of 150 MB which is expandable up to 32 GB. The phone also features video recording and a standard 3.5mm standard audio jack. You can also download games and other apps from Android app store.

The phone also has a 3.2 mega-pixel auto focusing camera without a flash. The power source is a 1280mAh battery which promises 4 hours of talk-time and 240 hours of standby.

The phone is priced at Rs 6,999.

 

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