Apple Cinema Displays are brilliantly designed HD Display LCD monitors. The Cinema Display is priced exhorbitantly but its sleek design and its beauty will force you to shell out the mega bucks to own it! It does not have too many features to blow you over, but it has its own charm that each and every product of Apple has.

Apple Cinema Display 23-inch specifications :

• Dimensions: 21.1″ x 7.4″ x 17.7″
• Screen size : 23″ Widescreen
• Resolution : 1920 x 1200
• Response time : 14ms
• Input : DVI-I
• Approx. price : $850

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Firmware is an integral part of any phone and is responsible interaction between you and the hardware. Keeping your mobile firmware updated is very important as new firmware upgrades bring in new features to your cell phone and also iron out bugs that existed in the previous versions. Also they improve speed and performance of your phone.

Nokia, the leading cell phone manufacturer company, a couple of years back introduced the Nokia Software Updater software that lets you update your mobile firmware from your PC itself. Earlier you had to take your phone to the service station to get the job done.

So lets begin by looking at the various steps involved in updating the firmware of your mobile phone :

Step 1 : Download and install Nokia PC Suite and Nokia Software Updater

You first need to download the latest versions of Nokia PC Suite and Nokia Software Updater from Nokia’s official website. After downloading them, install both the softwares on your PC. Nokia PC Suite will be used to backing up and restoring the data of your phone and Nokia Software Updater will flash the firmware if your phone.

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Ever thought that you could use your mobile camera also as your computer webcam? It is easier than setting up a standalone webcam on your PC. All it requires is installing a software on your mobile and on your PC! But this works only for Symbian mobile phone , Windows Mobile phones and RIM Blackberry.

There are quite a few softwares that do the job but I will talk about only one here that does the job quite efficiently.

The software I am talking about is Mobiola Webcam, which is not a freeware but can be purchased for $20. So is it worth spending the extra bucks on it? According to me yes and no. If you already own a webcam then there is little reason for you to purchase this. But if you don’t own one then it a great way to add webcam functionality to your PC. Also it ensures that you can use enable any PC with webcam functionality by just installing the software on the PC.

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Ever wanted to own a Lamborghini? Asus has fulfilled your wish by introducing it for just $3000 odd dollars! Jokes apart, Lamborghini is the latest invention the Asus’ labs. The laptop has been designed specially to look similar to the famous sports car. The laptop comes in both yellow and black colors.

Asus Lamborghini VX3-A1 specifications :

• Dimensions : 12″ x 8.7″ x 1.2″
• Processor : 2.5 GHz Intel Core2 Duo
• Display : 12.1″ TFT with 1280 x 800 resolution
• RAM : 4GB DDR II SDRAM 667 MHz
• Hard Disk : 320GB SATA-150 5400 rpm
• Optical Storage : DVD Writer
• Graphics : Nvidia GeForce 9300M G 256MB
• Webcam : 0.3 Megapixel
• Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate
• Approx : $3100

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Slim is in! That has been the motto nokia has been following for its XpressMusic series. The cell phones released under this series are extremely thin and at the same time deliver great performance at a low price. Nokia 5310 is on the low priced models in this series and is complete value for money.

Nokia 5310 XpressMusic specifications :

• Dimensions : 103.8 x 44.7 x 9.9 mm
• Weight : 71g
• Display : 31.5 x 41.5 mm TFT with 240 x 320 resolution
• GPRS,EDGE,HSCSD
• Bluetooth, microUSB
• 2 MP Camera with
• Stereo FM with RDS
• 3.5 mm AV jack
• Approx. price : $270

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We have two more questions on the Ask-Us page.

The first query is by Jalal Singh :

Sir,
My USB Front panel port produce more power so thats affect to damage my pendrive. How I can solve this…… Please tel me…….. Thank U….

First of all, make sure that you are actually receiving more power as this is a very rare case. After you have made sure that this is the problem then you need to check the cause for it. As you have mentioned that the front USB ports are causing this problem then most probably you do not have certified USB ports.

There are many cheap front USB panels available in the market which come fitted in low end cabinets, which do not care about quality. This could be the problem in your case too. So change the USB front panel with a certified one and check again for the problem.

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Everyone loves to go wireless! But it is frustrating to find that not every nook and corner of your house/workplace gets the signal. Here are a few tips that will help you solve this problem.

Tip 1 : Base station placement is crucial.

This is perhaps one of the most basic areas where most of us go wrong. We tend to place the base station at any convenient place without looking at parameters that affect its performance. Here a few points to keep in mind before placing the base station :

• When the signal has to cover multiple floors, then the best place to place the router is at the top most floor as signal travels faster downwards rather than other way round.
• Do not place near thick walls or any metal surfaces. This reduces signal penetration, which causes low signals. Place the base station in an open space so as to cause least interference.
• Keep away from other devices which operate at same frequency . Most Wi-Fi routers operate at 2.4 GHz frequency which is also the frequency of cordless phones and microwave ovens. Another workaround for this could be to select a router which has a different operating frequency than these.

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High performance is something that you don’t expect from notebook PCs. So it all boils down to choosing a good enough desktop to meet all your high requirements. Although custom built PCs are preferred my most but service is something that they miss out on. Branded PCs have come a long way and now offer desktop PCs at price matching their custom built PC counterparts along with service. HP introduced the slimline series of desktops some time ago and they have become a rage. The HP Pavilion Slimline S3330f offers great performance at an affordable price.

HP Pavilion Slimline S3330f specifications :

• Dimensions : 4.2″ x 13.9″ x 10.9″
• Platform Technology : AMD Live!
• Processor : AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ / 2.8 GHz
• Chipset : nVidia nForce 430
• Memory : 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
• Hard Disk : 500GB SATA II 7200 rpm
• Blu-ray/HD DVD player, DVD burner
• Wireless Keyboard,mouse
• 802.11b/g wireless connectivity
• TV tuner
• Remote Control
• Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
• Approx. price : $1000

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One of the problems with small compact cameras is that you generally lose either picture quality or performance when you make them smaller. Luckily most of the large camera makers have realized that consumers aren’t going to take these performance and quality hits, but are still going to demand small cameras. Nikon is leading the pack with the small, stylish and quick compact camera.

The Nikon CoolPix S700 is both stylish and quick. As a top-of-the-line compact model in Nikon’s Style series, the S700 certainly has the specs to compete against all challengers: 12.1 megapixels, Nikon’s VR image stabilization, sensitivity to ISO 3200, a 2.7-inch screen, and a brushed metal body. In spite of its feature-rich approach, the S700 has an air of simplicity – both stylistically and functionally – about it that has undeniable appeal.

Here are a few of the technical specifications for the Cyber-shot DSC-T300:

• Street price: $269.99 approx.
• A 3x Nikkor zoom lens with a 35mm equivalent range of 37 to 111mm
• A 1/1.72-inch CCD, producing images at up to 4000×3000 pixels
• Sensitivity up to ISO 3200
• A shutter speed range from 1/2000 to 4 seconds
• AF options including automatic and manually selected 9-point, center, and face priority

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Portable music players with huge storage space are always on one’s hit list. But finding the right one has never been an easy task as the market has seen a big revolution and iPod Touch. It has now set new benchmarks for future generation PMPs through it excellent interface and by integrating various other features although it still needs improvement on the sound quality. Cowon players are though known for their sound quality and Cowon A3 is no exception.

Cowon A3 specifications :

• Dimensions : 5.2″ x 0.9″ x 3.1″
• Display : 4″ TFT screen
• Hard Disk capacity : 60GB
• PDF Viewer, Text Viewer
• Image formats supported : BMP,GIF,PNG,RAW,JPEG,TIFF
• Audio formats supported : AAC,MP3,WAV,WMA,FLAC etc.
• Video formats supported : AVI,VOB,MPEG,XviD,DivX etc.
• Rechargeable Lithium battery
• Approx. Price : $360

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