Nokia's 6300 and Motorola Rokr E6 are fine specimens of what consumers want from mobile phones -- great looks and more of that. 


Styled well

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The advertisement, Blackberry to keep dad out of office, is a clear indication that phones are suddenly not equipment to facilitate only conversation. There was a time when you could aviodfrom your

Life in the mobile lane

Nokia N95, a much-awaited smartphone with a unique handset design has started shipping in India. 


Multimedia phones

This is Sony's attempt to offer the iPod generation a spread of Walkman series MP3 players  the latest being the NW-S703F Walkman after the much-publicised launch of Sports Walkman.

Music on the go

Spent a week in stunning Udaipur (Liz and Arun were in Jaipur at the same time) armed as always with sufficient clothes, toiletries and of course my laptop and mobile phone. So, while I was away from

Do we need laptops?

The cricket fever is at its best but most of us cant watch 50 matches in one month. Theres a way out. You can watch them at your leisure with a media centre PC that can play movies, burn DVDs,

Screen play

Shivendra Singh, country head, Scottish Development International, believes in having an office out of office, dotes over his personal digital assistant (PDA), but secretly fears that his

Thinking small, yet grand

Launching W880i as an extension to the fast-swelling Walkman line up and the K550i Cybershot, Sony Ericsson has re-instated its belief in Walkman and Cybershot series. 


Walkman again

The Asus PW201 LCD monitor looks brilliant. But is it? For the two-odd weeks that we used the large, bright 20 inch (diagonal measurement) LCD screen, we were in awe of it. 


Screen test

The ultra mobile PC (UMPC) segment is all set to get a boost with Vaio UX series, a micro PC named UX17GP. Sony UX boasts of a bright but small 4.5-inch display with SVGA resolution. Thats less than

Small is beautiful

If you are a busy executive, generally on the move but needs to constantly refer to your office documents and reply to e-mails, then you positively need a notebook (or a laptop). 


The great laptop hunt

The T60 and X60/X60s are the latest revisions to the ThinkPad line that incorporate a fair number of improvements and a few changes too. The ThinkPad X60 is an update to the ThinkPad X40, and comes

Thinking Lenovo

At 2007 CES Las Vegas, iMate announced the availability of its new PDA-like mobile phone, the PDAL. Technically its no different than what we already have in market but for iMate, this is an

Ideal Mate?

Heres a laptop that resembles an Apple MacBook, weighing a little over 1 kg and cutely compact with an 11.1-inch display. However, the Sahara-brand NB55132-CK66 is no cheap MacBook substitute.


Carry in style

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If movie theatre tickets pinch your wallet, you may consider investing just Rs 17,990 in a home theatre system like the Sony Bravia DAV-DZ370.

A theatrical experience

Projectors seem to have come of age and there is no dearth of quality images, if you have the money . 


Projecting great images

The HTC Dual Touch and Palm Centro are mobiles whose designs can leave one awestruck and on functionality too, they pass muster.


Of style and convenience

Small form factor PCs seem to be scoring among home and professional users as their low prices act as an attraction. The Acer 3450 may not be the best small form factor (SFF) desktop in the market,

Small but powerful

Go left or is it right? If you are afraid to ask, you can depend on these GPS devices.


Leading the way

The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and MacWorld in San Francisco, both this January, promise to mark an exciting beginning for all those who can't get enough of gadgets. 


What you would like to buy in 2008

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