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Solar powered Rechargeable Netbook (Samsung NC 215S)
0Samsung has unveiled world’s first solar powered netbook in Kenya. The netbook can be seen as a perfect fit for huge areas in Africa where no power is available as Samsung proudly boast that the netbook has 14.5 hours of stand-by capability as compared to 3-4 hours on other netbooks. 
Front Solar Panel, Absorbs Solar Light from the Sun
NC 215S’ most eye-catching and intelligent feature is the large front solar panel located on the cover of the netbook. This panel captures energy from the sun and allows the user to recharge the battery automatically and without cost. Using about 2 hours of bright-mid-day sun, the user can charge the battery life by one hour. A fully charged battery allows up to 14 hours of usage, and the battery can be charged up to 1000 times over 3 years 
Easy and Fast to Use
Fast Start technology allows you to avioid time-consuming start up and shutdown. With the application of Fast Start technology, as soon as you close the cover, Sleep Mode kicks in and the device only requires 3 seconds to save your current status. It also only takes 3 seconds to start back up again, so it’s ultra-convenient for the busy businessperson or student. Even when the product is turned off or in Sleep Mode, devices such as your smartphone or MP3 player can be recharged with the Sleep & Charge USB technology, which utilizes the strength of solar light recharging. Finally, to enhance your accuracy and ease of typing, the Pebble keyboard(also known as the flat-key keyboard),wasapplied to the NC215S. This keyboard, familiar to users of other high-end technology brands, widens the spaces between the keysthus reducing errors. 
“The solar powered rechargeable netbook is the product that shows what Samsung Electronics’ continuous innovation is about. NC215S’s eco-friendliness, excellent mobility and convenient serviceability will satisfy our customers.”
– Senior Vice President Kyu Uhm, Sales and marketing, IT Solutions
NC215 Specifications
Price
$339 & in Pakistan it is available around 35K Rupees.
Via Samsung Tomorrow
I Think this is a revolutionary Product in countries like Pakistan.. Where Load shedding is a big issue! Just buy this product & make your life easy. 
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PTCL 3G EVO Tab – Hand on Review
159 months ago
in Smartphones, Tablet PC
PTCL (Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited) Introducing Pakistan’s First 3G Enabled Smartphone Android Tablet – 3G EVO Tab. Powered by Google Android Froyo2.2 OS, EVO Tab is a 7’’ capacitive multi gestures touch screen tablet packed with features of both a tablet and a GSM phone that lets you surf, talk, tweet & do a lot more simultaneously on-the-go in more than 100 cities nationwide. For full Specifications see our previous Post about PTCL 3G EVO TAB.
1st Here is the advertisement video of PTCL 3G EVO TAB.
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Hey I know what you are thinking right now.. What a Pathetic Advertisement 
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Now here comes the Hand on Review Video of PTCL 3G EVO TAB.
Ignore the immature work by the Camera Man. That’s the best we can find right now!
For more details check this post “PTCL 3G EVO TAB“
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PTCL Introducing Pakistan’s First 3G Enabled Smartphone Android Tablet – 3G EVO Tab.
49 months ago
in Smartphones, Tablet PC
PTCL (Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited) Introducing Pakistan’s First 3G Enabled Smartphone Android Tablet—3G EVO Tab. Powered by Google Android Froyo2.2 OS, EVO Tab is a 7’’ capacitive multi gestures touch screen tablet packed with features of both a tablet and a GSM phone that lets you surf, talk, tweet & do a lot more simultaneously on-the-go in more than 100 cities nationwide.
Specifications
Size & Weight: 199mm x 114mm x 12mm
7.8″ x 4.5″ x 0.47″
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Weight: 429 grams
Processor: Qualcomm MSM7627T (Turbo) 800Mhz multicore processor for seamless multitasking and superfast browsing.
Quad-core Turbo Processor
800 Mhz Application Processor
400 Mhz Communication/Modem Processor
320 Mhz DSP for Multimedia
Adreno 200 GPU (with support for Open GL 1.0/ES 2.0)
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Display:
7” screen WVGA LCD 800 X 480 resolution Capacitive touch screen Multi-Touch
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Memory:
Internal Storage: 512 MB
RAM: 512 MB
Expansion Slot: microSD™ memory card (up to 32 GB)
Actual available internal storage may differ depending on software configuration of your tablet..
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Camera
5 Megapixel rear camera with Auto Focus
VGA Secondary front Camera for Video Conferencing
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Operating System: Android Froyo OS 2.2
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Internet:
Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g
Evo 3G Wireless Broadband with speeds up to 3.1 MBPS
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Bluetooth :
Bluetooth EDR 2.1 technology for secure simple pairing
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Location:
A-GPS for faster location tracking
Digital Compass
Wi-Fi
Cellular
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Cellular & Wireless:
CDMA/ EVDO: Supports EVDO/CDMA 1X 1900Mhz,
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/ EDGE/UMTS: 850/900/1800/1900/ UMTS 2100Mhz
Dual Mode: EVDO or UMTS
Sensors:
G-Sensor – for auto rotation & gaming Light Sensor – adjusts auto brightness
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Input/output:
3.5 mm stereo audio jack
Standard mico-USB
TF card slot
2 SIM card Slots
Mini DC Jack
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Stereo Speakers
For a richer movie watching and music listening experience
Microphone
built-in microphone for voice commands, voice calls & audio chat
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Power & Battery
Battery Type: Rechargeable Li-Ion
Battery Capacity: High Capacity 3500mAh Battery
Standby Time: Up to 140 hours
Video Playback: Up to 7hours
Internet browsing: Up to 4 hours
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Design & Buttons
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Box Includes 
- 3G Evo Tab
- Stereo Earphones with Mic
- Micro USB Cable
- USB Power Adapter
- Free Sleeve Pouch
- Documentation
- Warranty Card
Warranty
1 Year after sales & service warranty. Please refer to limited warranty statement on Warranty Card placed inside the box for complete terms & conditions.
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Colors
It is available in two colors, Grey Stone & Ivory White
Packages
Launch offer:
Post Launch offer Tarrifs:
| Package | Price | Volume |
| Evo Tab Unlimited | Rs.2000 | Unlimited data volume |
| Evo Tab 5 GB | Rs.1500 | 5GB Data Volume |
| Evo Tab 2 GB | Rs.1000 | 2 GB Data Volume |
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PTCL eVo TAB is available at PTCL Service Centers. for more information about PTCL eVo 3G Tab checkout PTCL Website.
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Everything about MeeGo
111 months ago
MeeGo is an open source, Linux project which brings together the Moblin project, headed up by Intel, and Maemo, by Nokia, into a single open source activity. MeeGo integrates the experience and skills of two significant development ecosystems, versed in communications and computing technologies. The MeeGo project believes these two pillars form the technical foundations for next generation platforms and usages in the mobile and device platforms space.
MeeGo includes:
- Performance optimizations and features which enable rich computational and graphically oriented applications and connected services development
- No-compromise internet standards support delivering the best web experiences
- Easy to use, flexible and powerful UI/app development environment based on Qt
- Open source project organization managed by the Linux Foundation
- State of the Art Linux stack optimized for the size and capabilities of small footprint platforms and mobile devices, but delivering broad linux software application compatibility
MeeGo currently targets platforms such as netbooks/entry-level desktops, handheld computing and communications devices, in-vehicle infotainment devices, connected TVs, and media phones. All of these platforms have common user requirements in communications, application, and internet services in a portable or small form factor. The MeeGo project will continue to expand platform support as new features are incorporated and new form factors emerge in the market.
More About MeeGo :
It was first announced at Mobile World Congress in February 2010 by Intel and Nokia in a joint press conference. The stated aim is to merge the efforts of Intel’s Moblin and Nokia’s Maemo former projects into one new common project. According to Intel, MeeGo was developed because Microsoft did not offer comprehensive Windows 7 support for the Atom processor. Amino and Novell also play a large part in the MeeGo effort, working with the Linux Foundation on their build infrastructure and official MeeGo products. Amino was responsible for extending MeeGo to TV devices, while Novell is increasingly introducing technology that was originally developed for openSUSE, (including openSUSE Build Service, ZYpp for package management, and other system management tools). In November 2010, AMD also joined the alliance of companies that are actively developing MeeGo.
Harmattan, originally slated to become Maemo 6, is now considered to be a MeeGo instance (though not a MeeGo product), and Nokia is giving up the Maemo branding for Harmattan and beyond (Maemo 5, aka Fremantle, and previous versions will still be referred to as Maemo)
There are some NetBooks available in Market which feature MeeGo OS Acer & Fujitsu (The Fujitsu Stylistic Q550 Business Slate), but the most famous product of MeeGo is Newly announced Nokia’s N9 which runs MeeGo
[ for more details visit meego.com ]
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ASUS PadFone – Collobration of Mobile & Tablet
011 months ago
Here’s a fresh new idea for you. ASUS has just launched a new sort of device combination in the same neighborhood as Motorola’s Laptop Dock that we told you about earlier. The PadFone is essentially a Smartphone that can fit into a latch behind a tablet presumably powering the tablet with its processor. Instead of a laptop dock like with Motorola, you now have a tablet dock.
Details of the specs are still sparse for now. Engadget seems to believe that the tablet might have a 3D enabled touchscreen. A dual core-processor is also expected. Leading electronics manufacturer from Taiwan is only saying PadFone will run the latest Android OS when it was launched, which of course leads to Android OS 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
Update : It is now confirmed that this device has a 4.3-inch smarpthone and a 10.1-inch tablet dock and that ASUS plans to ship this device with the Ice Cream Sandwich
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Intel Thunderbolt aka Light Peak – Complete overview
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Though, we are already addicted to transfer our data using USB 2.0, or for some up-to-date users via USB 3.0 plus for some professionals FireWire/ 1394 port is out there, but a technology that transfers data at lightning fast speeds then, it’s simply welcomed. This Thunderbolt is like a dream come true for our computer world as it delivers marvelous transfer speeds, up to 20 GB per second! that makes each and every single of you curious to know what is it, and how does it do that? So, here we go!
What is Thunderbolt I/O technology and its little history?
Alright, as some you may already know, Thunderbolt was previously named or more to be exact, codenamed as Light Peak and developed by Intel while, Apple collaborated to bring it to the market. It was first introduced in 2009 at Intel Developer Forum and promised that light peak equipped products will start appearing in the Market from 2010. Further Intel keeps on improving & enhancing its efficiency and shrinks the technology to fit inside devices.
Recently, Apple refreshes its MacBook Pro line-up that are the first available Product using this technology and named officially as Thunderbolt technology.
Thunderbolt is designed to enable the use of optical or electrical connections while, current Apple Thunderbolt powered product uses electrical connections that allows port to carry power and due to cost cutting. It appears that optical, will be used in cable longer than 3 meters.
This peripheral connection technology supports two protocols, PCI Express and DisplayPort. It uses a single cable, and primarily uses PCI Expressx4 for transferring data & DisplayPort for Video transfers from your computer at very high speeds that’s up to 10Gbps, bi-directional – means transfers data in both computers at a same time. At present Apple version uses a miniature version of DisplayPort connectors .
How it is better than USB and it’s advantages?
- First of all its speed 10Gbps, which is around twice as fast as USB 3.0 and 20x faster than traditional USB 2.0.
- It provides up to 10 watt of power to connected peripherals on the other side, USB 3.0 does, 5watt.
- In theory, a single Thunderbolt port thus has four times the throughput of a USB 3.0 port
- It can drive greater than 1080p resolution displays and up to eight channels of audio simultaneously.
- You can hook up to 7 daisy-chained devices for multiple connections without affecting performance and in case of USB 2.0, when you connect a non-high speed device, it affects the performance of entire bus.
How does Thunderbolt works?
Intel Thunderbolt controllers interconnect a PC and other devices, transmitting and receiving packetized traffic for both PCIe and DisplayPort protocols. The thunderbolt controller is developed and supplied by Intel and requires a small connector, which will be bundled in the platforms supporting this tech hence, PCI Express is built-in that makes, external connected devices as fast as internal ones. The above added graphs and images of connector and controller are enough to make you understand how does it itself work and how is its cable.
What you can do with it
- You can transfer a your full HD movie (15 to 20GB approx.) within just 30 seconds.
- Backup 1 year of continuous MP3 playback in just over 10 minutes.
This thunderbolt technology has wide applicable areas, such as faster storage drives, faster transfers of huge files between PCs, Cameras, DisplayPort as a link to displays and many even unimagined.
Thunderbolt devices
Apple MacBook Pros are the only available products with Thunderbolt enabled for now but, several makers around the world including LaCie and Western Digital has announced to launch their Thunderbolt supported products in the market soon.
Well! this is just the demo of Thunderbolt, as over next decade it is proposed to achieve speed of up to 100 GB per second. No! USB won’t be killed by this technology as Intel will continue to support USB and will integrate the USB 3.0 tech in its future chipsets, possibly with the Panther Point chipsets that will support Intel’s Ivy Bridge processors.
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