Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Motorola H720 – A Review

Motorola H720

Motorola H720 is a Bluetooth headset, which carries the flip boom design of H17, H15 and H710.It’s a black plastic body while the buttons and the boom mike are shiny silver in appearance. This headset is about 1.65 inches long and 1.06 inches wide with 0.79-inch thickness. There is an inset oval above the Motorola logo which performs as a multifunction button. One can find it easily and it’s very easy to handle as well. There is a tiny LED indicator on the button. The volume controls are available on either sides of the headset. On the top, the charger jack is available which is easy to open or close the boom mike. Therefore it is convenient to turn the headset on and off.

One can find a different earpiece by flipping the headset upside down. It is a flat plastic object with three speaker holes cut out from the protrusion. The earpiece can be inserted at the opening of the ear. There is a flexible ear hook with a rubber tip at the back of the headset that sits around the ear. It’s a glossy headset created with the latest technology. This headset helps in making phone calls a better experience and the external noise is well reduced. Another added advantage is echo cancellation, which is a big relief for people making distant calls.

Rapid Connect is another added feature with on and off flip which helps to answer and close calls quickly. This feature helps us to save battery. This headset is light weighted and so it’s easy to carry. There is an adjustable hook that rests against the ear and the talk time is up to eight hours.

One can speak from two different Bluetooth cell phones using the same headset. The LED colors will indicate the cell phone to which the person is connected with.

When the background volume gets higher, the headset volume will automatically get adjusted.

The call quality is good and the price is reasonable. The other usual features such as answering, ending and rejecting calls, redial and voice dial support are also provided. In addition to that one can transfer calls from the headset to the phone and vice versa.

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With all these features, there are some drawbacks too. The callers find some inconveniences with this headset. Some callers find the earpiece with the hook to be slightly loose and have an illusion that it might slip off. While pairing the Motorola H720 with the Apple iPhone 3G, the quality of the call seems to be loud and clear. But it doesn’t sound great. A caller could hear the background noise with a little amount of echo. For instance, when a person travels by car, there are chances of getting distracted by the engine noise or any other external noise. It would certainly create a problem during unfavorable weather conditions or crowded environments.

To conclude, the building of this headset is a great effort with its own specialties.

There are some drawbacks that could have been avoided. Yet, it is a great handset symbolizing the advantages of latest technology. more

Top 10 Smart Phones of 2010

Smart Phones

Smart phones are nothing but an ordinary mobile which makes our life smarter and also makes smoother. In this fast growing world we have to keep contact with our clients, colleagues, friend’s etc this can be provided by smart phones which give instant access to the internet and also it serves as multimedia devices. Let us see some of the best smart phones of the year 2010.

1. Apple iPhone 3GS

Apple is one of the most famous companies around the world. Apple has launched it’s iPhone series which is very popular through out the world. It has 3.5 inch touch screen which is bigger and smarter and its memory is quite high 32GB which is inbuilt memory. Camera provides 3.2 megapixel having autofocus option which is great and also its battery back up life is very good .So it is considered as best iPhone 3GS of the year 2010.Its 3G is very fast in accessing the internet.

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2. Motorola Droid

Motorola is also an American company known for its best mobiles. Let us see the most fascinating mobile that is droid phone. The display size of the mobile is 3.7 inch, having powerful digital camera which is 5 megapixels with autofocus .Default phone memory is 256mb and it can be extendable to 16GB.It has some of the best features of Google that is navigation application maps which is very useful for the users. Droid mobile uses android OS which is a new generation operating system having many features.

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3. HTC Nexus One

Nexus One is one of the best mobiles that come under Google android family having very good processor, stylish in look. Main features of this mobile are we can lock all the versions of this mobile. It has display screen which is of 3.7 inch in size and with AMOLED touch screen. It is provided with camera which is 5 megapixels with autofocus. Resolution of the display is 480*800 pixels also it has stereo Bluetooth with 10 hours of talk time.

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4. BlackBerry Storm 2

BlackBerry has a display size of 3.25 inch which is touch screen having 3.25 mp of camera with video recording. The color of the display is 480*360pixels with high resolution having 65000 colors. BlackBerry is quad band mobile provided with QWERTY key pad which is smarter and it is mainly used for internet purpose.

Photo by StrebKR

5. Palm Pre

A palm pre mobile is having wide touch screen which runs in palm pre OS platform. It has 3.2 inch display which has the resolution of 320*480. Camera is provided with 3 megapixels which is not enough to take a good snap. Palm web OS is one of the unique operating system of palm mobiles. Talk time is 5 hours.

Photo by Drew MacKenzie .com

6. T-mobile myTouch 3G

T mobile is a sleek ,smart phone having 3G which has the display size of 3.2 inch touch screen. It is provided with 3.2 mega pixel camera with video recording also display resolution of the mobile is 480*320 pixel. It has three different colors like glossy white, metallic black etc.

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7. BlackBerry Bold Series

This BlackBerry Bold is very thin, sleek and also it has QWERTY key pad having a fast processor which runs under black berry OS .It has optical track pad which is very useful for the users, 3.5mm head jack to hear the music clearly. Size of the display is 2.44 inch having a of resolution 480*360pixel provided with 3.2 mega pixel camera which is used to take snaps also this mobile is capable of providing the 3G facility.

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8. HTC Hero

This mobile is having3.2 inch TFT LCD touch screen which gives super clarity having 320*480 HVGA resolutions. This smart mobile is provided with 5 mega pixel camera with auto focus which runs under android operating system. HTC mobile improved a lot in this version comparing other version of the mobile. HERO series mobiles are known for its 3G and WIFI features providing fastest internet access to the users.

Photo by louisvolant

9. Nokia N97 Mini

Nokia N97 is the most famous smart phone in the world. But its hardware is outdated having slow processor i.e. 434ARM 11 .Its display size is 360*640 pixels having 3.2 inch screen display. It has a good camera having 5 mega pixels with auto focus feature. Symbian OS 9.4 operating system is used in the mobile. Expandable memory is there with 8 GB which is quite large for the inbuilt memory. Nokia supports both 2G AND 3G network.GPS is provided to find the place where we are located.

Photo by stylo.digital

10. T Mobile

  • This mobile provides 3 megapixel camera with auto focus
  • Internal memory of this mobile is 256 MB
  • Google maps is installed
  • Talk time of the mobile is 315 minutes over 3G and 4oo min over 2G.

T mobile is having good scope among the people but it lacks some features like lack of Android OS and also it is not having clear sound, lack of base reflection head phone, internal memory of this mobile is very low these are the things that should be taken in our mind while buying T mobiles. While purchasing smart mobile some basic features should be taken in account.

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Most of the smart phones in the market allows browsing and also helps to load WebPages quickly. In addition to this it provides quicker access to the browsing with the help of 2G and 3G.while selecting high profile smart phones we have to consider camera clarity, display clarity, talk time of the battery have to be taken in account because that is very important while considering the status of smart phones.

Smart phones should have windows operating system or else android operating system that’s very important. Multimedia features should be good that is very important here while purchasing smart phones without that it cannot be consider as a smart phone also we have to take its display clarity it should have resolution of 16 million colors or else more that is very important. more

Samsung releases the advanced touchscreen with the Samsung Caliber (SCH-r860)

Samsung Caliber

Samsung takes the cake with the advanced touchscreen which it has developed using the TouchWiz interface which is unique to Samsung. The touchscreen has several advanced features which includes certain Widgets which are specially designed so as to let users personalize them and adapt them according to their phone.

All the social networking websites like Facebook are accessible due to the phone’ s browser which is a full HTML enabled browser. There is mobile IM along with email facilities. The camera is a 3 mega pixel one and comes with a camcorder.

The Bluetooth comes with a stereo facility along with a speakerphone. The Caliber has the MetroPCS applications too. Other than these features the phone has a video and music player which is built in to the phone. The memory is expandable up to 16 GB using an external microSD. more

Monday, March 22, 2010

Microsoft Vista Keyboard Shortcuts


Explorer Shortcuts
ALT+D Select the Address bar
CTRL+E Select the Instant Search box
F5 Refresh the active window
ALT+UP ARROW View the folder one level up in Windows Explorer
ALT+LEFT Go backward to previous location in history
Backspace Navigate to parent folder if there are no previous navigations. Navigate to previous location in history if one exists.
ALT+RIGHT Go forward to next location in history
ESC Cancel the current task or search
F10 or ALT Activate the menu bar in the active program
F6 Cycle focus to next UI element in Explorer
ALT+F4 or CTRL+W Close the active item, or exit the active program
F4 Display the Address bar list in Windows Explorer
F3 or CTRL+F Search for a file or folder
CTRL+N Opens current location in a new window
F11 Turn Full Screen Mode on or off
ALT+SPACEBAR Open the shortcut menu for the active window
ALT+TAB Cycle through open windows
CTRL+ALT+TAB Cycle through open windows without closing the menu
CTRL+ESC Display Start Menu
CTRL+SHIFT+ESC Task Manager
Listview Shortcuts
CTRL+A Select all items in a document or window
END Select last item in the active window
HOME Select first item in the active window
CTRL+END Move focus to last item in the selected window without selecting
CTRL+HOME Move focus to first item in the selected window without selecting
CTRL+Arrow keys+Spacebar Allows discontinuous multiple selection of items
SHIFT with any arrow key Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text within a document
SHIFT+F10 Display the shortcut menu for the selected item
F2 Rename the selected item
ALT+ENTER Display properties for the selected item
DELETE or CTRL+D Delete the selected item and move it to the Recycle Bin
SHIFT+DELETE Delete the selected item without moving it to the Recycle Bin first
CTRL+PLUS key on Number Pad Delete the selected item without moving it to the Recycle Bin first
Instant Search Box Shortcuts
ALT+ENTER Searches for entered term and opens Search Pane (does not work in Start Menu)
SHIFT+ENTER Searches for entered term using Internet browser (does not work in Start Menu)
CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER Will launch a selected Application elevated if used from the Start Menu
Folder Tree Shortcuts
NUM LOCK+ASTERISK (*) on numeric keypad Display all subfolders under the selected folder
NUM LOCK+PLUS SIGN (+) on numeric keypad Display the contents of the selected folder
NUM LOCK+MINUS SIGN (-) on numeric keypad Collapse the selected folder
LEFT ARROW Collapse the current selection (if it is expanded), or select the parent folder
RIGHT ARROW Display the current selection (if it is collapsed), or select the first subfolder
ALT+LEFT ARROW View the previous folder
ALT+RIGHT ARROW View the next folder
Windows Key Shortcuts
Windows logo key Open or close the Start menu
Windows logo key + # Launches shortcut in Quick Launch with the position corresponding to the # entered. (eg. Winkey + 1 to launch first item in quick launch menu)
Windows logo key +BREAK Display the System Properties dialog box
Windows logo key +D Display the desktop
Windows logo key +M Minimize all windows
Windows logo key +SHIFT+M Restore minimized windows to the desktop
Windows logo key +E Open Windows Explorer navigated to Computer
Windows logo key +F Search for a file or folder
CTRL+Windows logo key +F Search for computers
Windows logo key +L Lock your computer
Windows logo key +R Open the Run dialog box
Windows logo key +T Cycle through programs on the taskbar
Windows logo key +TAB Cycle through programs on the taskbar by using Windows Flip 3-D
CTRL+Windows logo key +TAB Use the arrow keys to cycle through programs on the taskbar by using Windows Flip 3-D
Windows logo key +SPACEBAR Bring all gadgets to the front and select Windows Sidebar
Windows logo key +G Cycle through Sidebar gadgets
Windows logo key +U Open Ease of Access Center
Windows logo key +X Open Windows Mobility Center
Login Screen Shortcuts
ALT+S Power Menu
ALT+W Switch user
Arrow keys Navigate between user tiles
Security Screen Shortcuts
ALT+K Lock machine
ALT+W Switch user
ALT+L Log off
ALT+C Change Password
ALT+T Task Manager
General Shortcuts
CTRL+C or CTRL+INS Copy
CTRL+X or SHIFT+DEL Cut
CTRL+V or SHIFT+INS Paste
CTRL+Z Undo
CTRL+Y Redo
F1 Help
CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item Create shortcut to selected item.
CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys Highlight a block of text.
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word.
CTRL+LEFT ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word.