Difference between Pulsar 220 DTS Fi vs Pulsar 220 DTSi (2009)

Bajaj introduced its newer and technologically inferior Pulsar 220 DTSi recently. And many would be wondering what are the differences between its previous model Pulsar 220 DTSFi and 2009 model. Here they are

1. Pulsar loses ‘F’ – fuel injection this was touted to be an advanced ignition system, but its actual benefits in Pulsar was limited but it increased the price of the older DTSFi Model. So this is a welcome step as it cotributes to a huge reduction in price.

2. The new pulsar loses the Oil Cooled Engine and gets a Air cooled Engine, if you are travelling long distances oil cooled engines definitely help as they coolant takes care of heat thus avoiding engine damage, but with air cooled models and at high speeds you will need to chill for some time between long drives. So this is not a great move.

3. Engine has been tweaked a little for high speed ie More Raw Horse Power.

3. But the best part is the price of the Bajaj flagship model has been reduced to Rs 74,000 in the same range as Hero Hond Karizma, a whopping 15,000 Rs reduction in price ie 16% reduction in cost.

On the other hand the new pulsar still keeps the Front and Rear Disc Brakes, Tubeless tyres for safe driving which keeps the Pulsar 220 way ahead of the competition at current price. Lets wait and see if Hero Honda does something special to counter the new “Fastest indian”

Samsung Marine aka Samsung Xplorer B2100 – Full Specification and Review

Samsung Marine B2100 Xplorer - Rough and Tough outdoor phone
Samsung Marine B2100 Xplorer - Rough and Tough outdoor phone

Samsung India unveiled its new phone ‘Samsung Marine’  a phone built for standing the abuse just like US marine corps. It is touted to pass the standards set by US Dept of Defence and Military.

Samsung showcased this phone in the recently concluded Mobile world, where  onlookers were allowed to through the phone from a height of few feet into water. The phone also boasts shock proof, dust proof and water proof packing. It is first of its kind in the mobile market especially for India. This phone could find use in many walks of life and also for those who carelessly drop their phone.

Samsung Marine B2100 Xplorer - Rough and Tough outdoor phone
Samsung Marine B2100 Xplorer - Rough and Tough outdoor phone

The phone also has USB support, Music Player , 1.3 Mega Pixel camera and expandable Memory support upto 8GB and the phone will be available for a retail price of around Rs 7000  ( 140$).

Download User manual of Samsung Marine aka Samsung B2100 Xplorer aka Samsung Outdoor phone here.

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GENERAL 2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Announced 2009, March
Dimensions in L x W x H – 113 x 48.9 x 17.4 mm
Weight 102.8 g
DISPLAY Type TFT, 256K colors
Size 120 x 160 pixels, 1.77 inches

Ring Tone/Music – Vibration; Polyphonic(64), MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
Phonebook 1000 entries
Inbuilt Memory 7 MB
Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 8 GB
DATA GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
No 3G and WLAN.
Bluetooth – v2.1 with A2DP(music)
No Infrared
USB v2.0
Camera -1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels, flash
Video – 15fps
SMS and MMS support.
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + downloadable
Colors Red, Black
GPS No
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
– Shock, water and dust resistant (IP57, MIL-STD-810F)
– Water proof up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
– Anti-shock materials (urethane)
– Noise cancellation with dedicated microphone
– Flashlight with dedicated key
– MP3/e-AAC+/WMA/WAV player
– MPEG4/3GP/M4V player
– Voice memo
– Stopwatch
– T9
BATTERY Standard battery, Li-Ion 1000 mAh
Stand-by Up to 600 h
Talk time Up to 9 h

Death of The Pirate Bay

After all the struggle The Pirate Bay team went through over the years trying to run the world’s most popular Torrent Tracker (Most notorius among Media studios), the surrender seemed very meak and unexpected.

There were dozen times I expected the eventual death, once their servers were raided a few years back and recently after the verdict, but the TPB team still vowed to fight back. But to dismay of millions of users, Swedish media brought out the news of sales of the TPB to swedish Gaming company ‘Global Gaming Factory’.

Though the blog entry in Pirate Bay said this is a way to make the company legal, everyone knows the TPB users arent there for legal content. It would be interesting to see if  Hollywood studios are really behind the acquisition or if the Global Gaming Factory is really independant.

The end of the TPB doesn’t put an end to piracy as this will bring other sites like mininova, ISOHunt ,demonoid and  local torrent sites in different parts of the world into fore.

To know more about the history of  ‘ The Pirate Bay’  please visit wikipedia page on Pirate Bay http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pirate_Bay .