Apple iPad in Europe and Japan – Review and Price

Apple iPad is ready for preorder as well as sales in 9 European countries.They are U.K., France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Germany, which will be followed in July in Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.Earlier the date was getting postponed but now there are many APPle shops selling iPad.Many plans for iPad are introduced in UK.Following are the plans in UK
pay £7.50 a month for 1GB of data a month on Hutchison Whampoa’s 3 network
pay £25 for 10GB a month on Orange
Pay-as-you-go and daily price plans will also be available.

Price of iPad seems to be very similar to that was in US but only difference is in US it is dollars and in UK it is in Euro but the numbers are same
The tariffs are similar around Europe.
£429 for the 16GB
Wi-Fi-only model £599 for 64GB,
between £529 for the 16GB Wi-Fi/3G rising to £699.

Much awaited device in Japan is iPad and there also it got released and there were many people standing in front of Apple store in Queue.There were around 1200 peoplr standing in front of the store.Japanese people have craze over iPad mainly to read magazines and to play games.

Apple Japan is selling both the Wi-Fi only and 3G versions, starting at 48,800 yen and 61,800 yen, respectively.

Laptops for Children education – One laptop per child

Gone are the days when kids used to carry slates(not the HP slate !),slates got replaced with notebooks and pen and now kids may carry a tablet computer with them to their education center.Marvell Technologies is struggling hard to fullfill the vision of Children using laptops and they are even trying to sell therir products at a cheap rate which could be around $75 to $100.Marvell is in partnership with OLPC foundation to create hardwares for the laptop.

Apart from the low cost feature, Marvell and OLPC are aspiring for many great features which will not even be available in the recent laptops.Following are their tentatively proposed features

low power rating of 1 watt per hour
multilingual, multitouch-screen keyboard with haptic feedback
Wi-Fi
high-quality video (1080p full-HD encode and decode)
integrated video and still cameras
high-performance 3D graphics
Flash 10 Internet
two-way teleconferencing
Andriod OS
ARM Processor
Thickness around 10.8 millimeters which is similar to iPad

So now when is this tablet getting released?
Its been scheduled for next year that is during January 2011

But this laptop will be available only in the developed countries and based on the priority company would look on to other decisions.

Wynncom Launches Seven Dual SIM Phones Ranging Rs.1500 to 5000

Wynn Telecom, part of SAR group has announced its launch of 7 new dual SIM handsets in India ranging from Rs.1500 to Rs.5000 that will be marketed under Wynncom. The handsets are mix of Utility, Multimedia and Qwerty phones. These devices look cool and decent.

Again the mobiles have been categorized as low end, mid range mobiles. So the Specifications and Review of the mobiles are listed below. These handsets are offered at a nominal price and also boasts the necessary features that a phone should have.

Y10
This handset is the most basic handset that has the features of

  • Dual SIM(GSM+GSM)
  • Audio Player
  • FM with Recording
  • Video Player
  • Memory upto 4 GB
  • Torchlight
  • 500 contacts(phonebook memory)
  • Mobile tracker
  • Blacklist
  • Call reject SMS service
  • Sound recording


Y11

This phone is slightly a upgraded version of Y10. The features of this handset is

  • Dual SIM (GSM+GSM)
  • 1800mAh long lasting battery
  • 4.6cm (1.8)
  • 262k TFT color screen
  • Torchlight
  • MP3 player
  • Video player (128×160 pixels)
  • FM with schedule recording
  • Expandable memory upto 4GB
  • English/Hindi-language support
  • Mobile tracker
  • GPRS enabled
  • Application protection
  • Blacklist software

Y21

This handset is little bit higher in cost compared to Y11 also it boasts camera.  This handset  features a telescopic antenna for FM radio with schedule recording. The features of this handset is

  • Dual SIM
  • MP3 player
  • 4.6cm (1.8) 262k TFT color screen
  • Digital camera (VGA)
  • Video player
  • 1200mAh battery
  • Torchlight
  • English/Hindi-language support
  • Expandable memory upto 4GB

Now lets take a look at a mid range mobiles

Y20

Y20 is a mid range handset that boasts VGA Camera with Dual SIM. The phone is offered with Voice recording and Play back support. 800mAh Battery seems sufficient to power the handset for a decent amount of time. The other features  of this handset includes

  • 4.6cm (1.8) 262k TFT color screen
  • MP3 player
  • FM with recording
  • 3.5mm music jack
  • English/Hindi-language support
  • Expandable memory upto 4GB
  • Bluetooth enabled
  • 1000 contact phonebook
  • Dual LED torch
  • Mobile tracker and file protection

Y22
This handset is a upgrade over Y20. This is a candy bar mobile that boasts few other features when compared to Y20. It has a Dual SIM (GSM+GSM) with Telescopic antenna-FM radio, MP3 player and
Motion sensor. It has a 5.1cm (2) 262k TFT color screen, VGA camera with video recording & playback.

  • Bluetooth
  • GPRS/WAP/MMS
  • 1150mAh battery
  • Torchlight with currency checker
  • English/Hindi/Bengali/Tamil-language support
  • Export/Import phonebook to memory card
  • Expandable memory upto 4GB
  • Remote messaging service
  • VIP number
  • Mobile tracker
  • Blacklist software

Y30
This a Handset that is offered with a 2 MP Camera, Video recording and playback, Webcam and 5.6cm (2.2) 262k TFT color screen. Other features of this handset are listed below,

  • MP3 player
  • FM radio with schedule recording
  • Expandable memory up to 8GB
  • 1000mAh battery
  • Bluetooth with A2DP Profile
  • Hindi language support
  • Dual speaker
  • Dual LED torch
  • PC synchronization
  • Mobile tracker
  • Blacklist
  • Magic Voice with changeable sound
  • GPRS/MMS/WAP
  • Shared phonebook

Y50
This is a handset that would attract the youngsters.  This mobile has a wide screen with QWERTY keypad and a BlackBerry-sque track ball for navigation. It has a 2 MP Camera with flash that supports video recording and playback. The other features of this mobile phone are

  • Dual SIM (GSM+GSM)
  • 6.1cm (2.4) 262k TFT color screen
  • MP3 player with audio equalizer
  • FM radio with schedule recording
  • 3.5mm music jack
  • Motion sensor
  • 1000mAh battery
  • Bluetooth with A2DP Profile
  • EDGE
  • JAVA enabled
  • Nimbuzz Messenger and Snaptu (Social Networking applications)
  • Expandable memory up to 8GB
  • Mobile tracker software
  • PC Sync