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Make your iPad rugged-Waterproof, dustproof and somewhat shockproof

Muzzammil Waheed — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:27:59 +0000

Making your beautiful iPad waterproof, dustproof and shockproof is no problem anymore, thanks to Trendy Digital’s Waterguard plus Waterproof Case. Your iPad sits in the case nicely with fittings and paddings for bit of shock proofing. The borders are semi transparent to make the case more clear. WaterGuard Plus Waterproof Case guards against any wet environment that the iPad might be exposed to in addition to dust protection. Take out your iPad to beach, swimming pool, dusty environments with no problems.

Google Chrome OS expected in a week

nauman — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:18:34 +0000

Initially announced in July 2009, Google’s Operating System “Chrome” which will primarily be for Netbooks is expected to be launched in a week’s time! The OS they say is light weight, efficient, and free off course. As has been the case all Google products have so far attracted the people’s attention and this product shouldn’t [...]

xpPhone, is it for real?

nauman — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:08:06 +0000

It’s a mobile phone, a GPS and a NetBook all three bundled in to one neat device running Windows XP and weighing about 400 gm. The screen size is 4.8”, it is a touch screen off course. Let us first of all have a look at its specs: AMD Super Mobile Processor 1 GB RAM [...]

Acer’s Note Book with a NetBook price

nauman — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:18:16 +0000

NetBooks are available in plenty nowadays, the only problem with these tiny devices is that they all come with Intel Atom processors which are meant for just the menial tasks like word processing, surfing the web or watching movies. All the other compliments are there minus the much needed processing power, well guess that is [...]

Rugged Laptops, PDAs and accessories for rugged folks

nauman — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:05:14 +0000

Laptops are nowadays all rage. They come in all sizes, big, small, slim and fat, they are cute, ugly and irresistible. The newer ones are fast, then there are notebooks which promise to make a hole so large in your pocket that you will have a hard time recovering form this dilemma. Oh and then [...]

Archos 5/7 , an Internet Tablet, Gaming device, music player or a NetBook?

nauman — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:45:57 +0000

What exactly is the ultimate gadget that one can dream of? Personally I would like to carry one slim not too fat, energy efficient gadget that would allow me to make phone calls, surf the Internet at will (without straining my eyes), play games (well once in a while), listen to music, watch movies, take [...]

Acer Aspire 1810T “Timeline” – A notebook with 8 hours battery life

Muzzammil Waheed — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:41:11 +0000

As a laptop user we are often confronted with situations where our laptop’s battery are running out of juice at the most critical moment and there are no power sources around. This situation is quite frequent whenever people are on travel or outside homes and with laptops which have average battery lifetime of 2-3 hours. Laptop battery time has always been a sticky point and to get a decent battery life of more than 3-4 hours, usually one has to buy top of the line, expensive and underpowered laptop, but NOT anymore.

Finally Acer has announced Aspire Timeline 1810T ( This model will be known as the Acer Aspire 1410 in US/Canadian markets) which boasts 8 hours battery life, a cool breeze isn't it. Acer The timing of this release couldn't be any better, with upcoming release of Windows 7 which is more sophisticated OS than Windows XP and provides better and highly optimized power management thus resulting in longer battery timings.

Cheaper Windows 7 for netbooks is nearing in sight.

Muzzammil Waheed — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:45:10 +0000

If you already own a netbook from DELL, ASUS, HP or any other brand then chances are that it will have Windows XP loaded on it, and XP on netbooks still sounds slow and sluggish as compared to light weight ubuntu, as netbooks lacks the super horse power packed in normal notebooks. Every PC enthusiast [...]

Nokia’s mini Laptop: Nokia Booklet 3G Mini

nauman — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:25:54 +0000

When an established an well known Mobile phone manufacturer unveils plans to bring out a laptop one is a little surprised and bound to take note. After all jumping in to the PC/Laptop category is no joke. And so it happens when Nokia announces to introduce a mini laptop or Netbook to the already saturated [...]

Should you consider a buying a Netbook, the latest breed of computing devices?

nauman — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:58:08 +0000

The newest fad I guess is Netbooks, and that goes not only for buyers but top brand PC manufacturers also. ASUS started this trend by making a low cost, ultra small and cute machine, one that could perform most if not all the tasks for an average PC user. The trend caught on in big [...]