The Apple Airport Extreme Base Station or AEBS in short, as we prefer to call it, was recently released by Apple along with new iMacs and other upgrades. This version is an upgrade to the older AEBS that was release a year and half back. The AEBS has been designed especially for Mac users and they get to enjoy more features than their Windows counterparts.

Apple Airport Extreme Base Station specifications :

• Dimensions : 6.5″ x 6.5″ x 1.3″
• Weight : 1.7 lbs
• Antenna : Internal
• Connectivity : IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b,
  IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n (draft)
• Transfer Protocol : L2TP, PPTP, IPSec, PPPoE
• Encryption :  TLS, WPA, LEAP, PEAP, TTLS, WPA2 ,
  40-bit WEP, 128-bit WEP
• Interface : Hi-Speed USB, Ethernet, RJ-45
• Power adapter : External
• Other features :  NAT support, DHCP support, IPv6 support,
  MIMO technology, VPN passthrough, Firewall protection, MAC address filtering
• Approx. price : $179

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Kingston is a renowned manufacturer of memory products which include RAM and USB drives. The new Kingston Data Traveler HyperX range of USB drives is very fast and offers good value for money. They are amongst the fastest flash memory solutions on the market while still being quite affordable. The Data Traveler HyperX series is available in capacities ranging from 8 GB to 32 GB. In this review, we check out the Data Traveler Hyper X and see if it is a better option.

Kingston Data Traveler HyperX Specs:

• Dimensions: 2.8 x 0.9 x 0.4 inches
• Weight: 12 gms
• Capacity: 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB
• Read / Write Speeds: 26 MBps / 16 MBps
• Price: $40 – 8 GB

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Sony Ericsson C903 is a camera phone targeted towards users that believe in convergence. It is inspired from the T-series range of digital cameras by Sony and has a fancy camera cover that points towards it. Boasting of both face and smile detection, the phone aims to take the camera capabilities of cell phones to a new level altogether even with its 5 MP sensor. The phone was first announced by Sony Ericsson at this year’s MWC.

Sony Ercisson C903 specifications :

• Dimensions : 97 x 49 x 16 mm
• Weight : 96 g
• Display : 2.4″ TFT with 240 x 320 resolution
• Connectivity : GPRS, EDGE, HSCSD, 3G
• Card Slot : Memory Stick Micro (M2)
• Bluetooth : v2.0 with A2DP
• Camera : 5 MP with autofocus and LED Flash
• GPS : Supported with A-GPS support
• FM Radio : Stereo FM Radio with RDS
• Other features : Accelerometer, secondary camera, geotagging

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Dell was quite late when it it arrived to the netbook scene and the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 and 12 didn’t over any new features and hence weren’t able to make much of a splash. The Dell Inspiron Mini 12 and 9 however did manage to turn a few heads with their sleek form factor and stylish looks. Dell has now come out with the new Dell Inspiron Mini 10 which is the 10 inch variant of the Dell Inspiron Mini series. It features some slight improvements over the Dell Inspiron Mini 12 but essentially is just the Inspiron ini 12 enclosed in a smaller casing with a 10.1 inch display. The design, look, build and all external features are almost the same as that of the Inspiron Mini 12. The hardware specs are also almost the same as the Mini 12, Dell should have added atleast some better hardware or atleast some substantial improvement.

Dell Inspiron Mini 10 Specs:

• Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.2 x 1.3 inches
• Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Processor: Intel Atom Z530 clocked at 1.6 GHz
• RAM: 1 GB DDR2 RAM
• Hard Drive: 160 GB HDD, 5400 RPM
• Display: 10.1 inch LCD Display, 1024 x 576 pixels
• Integrated Graphics: Intel GMA 500, 64 MB VRAM
• Wireless: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/g, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• Operating System: MS Windows XP Home
• Ports: 3 USB 2.0 ports, Ethernet, VGA out, Headphone, Microphone, 3 in 1 card reader
• Price: $450 (Approx)
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Cowon D2+ is the updated version of Cowon D2 that released a couple of years back and had got some great reviews. The audio quality has been improved along with slicker touch interface. The device has excellent price to performance ratio that will attract buyers the most. It has loads of features seem in all the new generation portable media players.

Cowon D2+ specifications :

• Dimensions : 3.07 X 2.18 X 0.65 inches
• Weight : 91 g
• Display : 2.5″ TFT with 320 x 240 resolution
• Memory : 4GB/8GB/16GB
• Interface : USB 2.0 High Speed
• Card slot : SD/SDHC/MMC cards
• Audio file formats : MP3, WMA, OGG, FLAC, WAV, APE
• Video file formats : AVI, WMV
• Image file formats : JPG, BMP
• Approx. price : $179 (16GB)

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The first query is by ami :

hi , which is better to purschsed in terms of features and looks apple i phone or lg kp 500

Although both of them are touch phones, both are miles apart from each other. The prime difference being the touch technology used in them. While the LG KP500 uses resistive touch that uses stylus, iPhone has capacitive touch using your fingers. iPhone touch is a pleasure to use and the UI is way beyond what the KP500 has to offer. But iPhone has its own limitations such as its locked to a single carrier and loads of missing features such as no video recording, no MMS, no bluetooth etc. But you can get all these if you decide to jailbreak but that voids warranty. So its really a barter system with the iPhone. With KP500 you get all the features in a single package but the application support is very little.

For me, the deciding factor between the two phones would be the budget. If you have loads of cash to burn, then there is no reason on why you should not buy the iPhone. LG KP500 on the other hand is targeted towards medium-budget category. Look up your wallet and decide, which one it is going to be!

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Sandisk is a renowned memory manufacturer and is known for its range of flash memory products including USB drives and memory cards. Sandisk recently came up with its new range of USB drives – the Sandisk Extreme Cruzer Contour range. It is available in capacities of 4 GB, 8 GB and 16 GB. It features a slick design, great build quality and is very durable. It has a unique sliding design so that you don’t have to worry about the caps anymore. It is priced quite right at just $52 for the 8 GB version. In this review, we check it out and see if it is a viable option to the scores of USB drives available currently.

Sandisk Extreme Cruzer Contour Specs:

• Dimensions: 2.8 x 0.9 x 0.3 inches
• Weight: 29 gms
• Capacity: 4 GB / 8 GB / 16 GB
• Read / Write Speeds: 25 MB/sec, 18 MB/sec

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Sony Ericsson W995 is the top of the line offering to be unleashed from Sony Ericsson’s labs. It has the biggest display to be found on a Sony Ericsson phone along with plethora of features that will put other phones to shame. Sporting a 8 megapixel camera along with latest Walkman 4.0 music player, this surely has all the makings of being the next big thing from Sony Ericsson. Read on to find out how it actually fares.

Sony Ericsson W995 specifications :

• Dimensions : 97 x 49 x 15 mm
• Weight : 113 g
• Display : 2.6″ TFT with 240 x 320 resolution
• Camera : 8.1 MP with autofocus and LED Flash
• Card slot : Memory Stick Micro M2
• Connectivity: GPRS, EDGE, 3G, HSPDA, HSCSD
• Bluetooth : v2.0 with A2DP
• WLAN : WiFi 802.11 b/g
• Other features : Accelerometer, Stereo speakers, FM Radio with RDS,
  3.5 mm audio jack, Video call camera

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The Samsung NC20 is the successor to the hugely popular Samsung NC10 ultraportable netbook released last year. While Samsung was quite late with its netbook launch, as there was too much competition by the time the Samsung NC10 was launched, it did manage to garner great reviews and also a decent amount of market share. It offered good performance, a superb keyboard and the best battery life at the time of its launch. Now, Samsung is out with the new NC20 which is the bigger sibling of the NC10 with some of its hardware changed – it is powered by the VIA Nano U2250 instead of the standard Intel Atom N270 / N280 and a bigger 12.1 inch display. In this review, we check out the new Samsung NC20 and see if it can measure up to the high expectations set by the Samsung NC10.

Samsung NC20 Specifications:

• Dimensions: 11.5 x 8.5 x 1.2 inches
• Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Processor: 1.3 GHz VIA Nano U2250
• RAM: 1 GB DDR2 RAM
• Hard Drive: 160 GB SATA HDD, 5400 RPM
• Display: 12.1 LCD Display, 1280 x 800 pixels
• Graphics Card: VIA Chrome9 HC3 with 128 MB VRAM
• Wireless: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
• Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Home
• Ports: 3 USB v2.0 ports, Ethernet, Headphone, Microphone, VGA out, 3 in 1 card reader

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NEC is a recognized name when it comes to office related computer products and it has created a very reliable impression for itself in the last few years. It is well known in the projector segment where there are relatively few big players. The new NEC NP200 is the latest release from the NEC stable. The NP200 is an upgrade over the NEC NP100 released some time back. It is aimed at the budget projector segment which can’t afford heavyweights like the NEC NP41 or the NEC NP61. It is priced quite decently at just about $550. In this review we check out the new NEC NP200 and its features.

NEC NP200 Specs:

• Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.1 x 3.3 inches
• Weight: 5.8 pounds
• Native Resolution: 1024 x 768 (XGA)
• Contrast Ratio: 1300:1
• Brightness: 2100 ANSI lumens
• Imaging Engine: 0.55-inch DLP chip
• Lamp: 180 W
• Input: Component Video, Composite Video, S-Video, VGA
• Supported Formats: 1080i, 480i, 480p, 576i, 576p, 720p, PAL, NTSC, SECAM, SVGA, SXGA, VGA, XGA.
• Price: $550 (Approx)

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