Mr. Tom Mainelli, a Research Director at IDC said TechNewsWorld that the company’s playing all over the board and is certainly not shy about trying every screen size and form factor under the sun for figuring out what is going to be competitive with Apple. The Tab 2 will provide access to Samsung Hub services, including Readers Hub that provides access to 3,500 magazines, over 2,000 newspapers and over 2.3 million e-books in 51 languages; Video Hub that offers over 1,000 film titles for purchase or rent and Music Hub, a music store with over 17 million tracks. Releasing Galaxy Tab 2 is the iteration of one of company’s current strategies ¨C let’s make media tabs and see who’s going to buy them.

With its state-of-the art hardware, the MEIZU MX Quad-core smartphone is better in every way unlike the previous model. Its CPU is 60 percent faster and GPU 50 percent faster unlike the original MX. Whether it is browsing through menus, watching 1080p video or playing the latest games, the MX Quad core easily beats dual core smartphones. The MX Quad-core features a vivid 292PPI high definition ASV screen. With no visible pixels on the display, it offers the user with an ideal handset viewing experience. At the back, you will find an eight-megapixel BSI camera with f/2.2 lens and is capable to capturing great images in low light situations.

The MEIZU MX Quad-core will be offered in the company’s 400 retail stores during June at $3099/4099 HKD for capacities 64GB and 32GB in Hong Kong and Mainland China, respectively. With this smartphone, MEIZU also releases MX back covers in 5 shades besides the original white, enabling users to experience the MX on their own terms.

Unlike other QWERTY – equipped smartphones that have graced BlackBerry devices for years, the keyboard of 9220 has some large shoes to fill. Because of its petite size, the individual keys without frets and arranged in standalone formation are slightly cramped and felt a little too sleek for our taste. The next-gen BlackBerry operating system is packed with innovative pre-installed apps and powerful new features, delivering the fastest and smoothest BlackBerry experience to date. Plus, enjoy voice activated universal search with Bing Auto Suggest in BlackBerry Browser to find what you are looking for handsfree.

BlackBerry Messenger is built into your favorite apps like Twitter and Facebook, so you can share your Facebook status update or latest Tweet without ever leaving the app. Find and download more applications by visiting BlackBerry App World storefront. Whenever you download a new app, announce it to your BBM contacts through your BBM profile. Your contacts can even choose to download it themselves. For the price of Rs. 10,990, it is a pretty sweet deal for messaging lovers on a shoestring budget.

As a feature phone, the LG Rumor Reflex can do the basics well and its touchscreen display and QWERTY keyboard make it easy to use. The Rumor is back and this time it is known as Rumor Reflex. With a more expansive keyboard, slightly bumped camera, new touchscreen and sleeker design, it is a welcomed redesign. Albeit it does not come with other high tech features of a smartphone; it is a cellphone, which can do the basics with no fuss and reliably. The Reflex is available for the price of $29.99 on 3G network of Sprint with $50 mail-in rebate and two-year agreement.

The LG Rumor Reflex measures 0.6 inch thick, 4.2 inches high and 2.1 inches wide and weighs 4.7 ounces that’s light for a handset with physical keyboard. At the center and front, you will find a 3.0-inch QVGA touchscreen capacitive and responsive display that boasts 400 x 240 dots with 262,000 colors. Games and videos are pixelated and images re grainy. However, the text and simple menu icons are legible and the QWERTY keyboard behind the screen has 4 rows of keys including symbol key, which gives you access to 16 smiley faces and cute icons, directional keys, backspace key and shift and function key and lights up with soft blue glow.

The microUSB charging port and volume rocker are situated on the left hand side of LG Rumor Reflex, while the 3.5mm headphone jack and power/sleep button on top, which is completely flushed with the rest of the body. The shortcut button for camera is located on the right hand side of the smartphone. With its fishnet stocking texturing and gray plastic build, the rear of the handset feels cheap. On the top left corner, you will find a 2.0-megapixel camera. Above the screen, there is an in-ear stereo speaker and beneath, there are 3 buttons for call, back and home functions.

Powering the LG Rumor Reflex is a 480MHz single core processor with 512MB of internal storage. For basic duties such as navigating around the phone, viewing images and texting, the processor holds up. It can hold up to 600 contacts and gets simple Web browser, a media hub to store and purchase music, games, ringtones show and movies and Sprint Navigation. You can purchase extra items such as wallpaper and other apps via its shopping portal. Basic features include a clock, a document reader that allows you to read files stored on memory card, Bluetooth 3.0, a notepad, a calendar, a calculator and voice memo and voice command. The 2.0-megapixel rear facing camera offers settings for a brightness meter, a zoom, six white balance options (tungsten, auto, sunny, fluorescent, cloudy and manual); 4 color modes (black and white, normal, sepia and negative); 3 timer options (five, off and 10 seconds) and 8 graphics or fun frames you can superimpose on your image, an option for taking pictures at night. You can also set the resolution of photo (high, 2MP, low and med); its shutter sound and its quality (normal, fine and economy).

Once you switch to camcorder mode, you are prompted to select between shooting video mail or a long video, the latter providing you a maximum recording time of 30 seconds. Recording options include the same timer and color options and the same brightness, white balance and zoom meters. You will also find additional settings such as selecting between quality options (normal, fine and economy); 3 cue sounds and 3 resolutions (medium, low and WQVGA).

Specifications

• 2G Network: CDMA 800 / 1900
• 3G Network: CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
• Keyboard: QWERTY
• Display Type: TFT touchscreen, 256K colors
• Size: 240 x 400 pixels, 3.0 inches (~155 ppi pixel density)
• Alert types: Vibration, Polyphonic(64), MP3 ringtones
• Card slot: microSD, up to 32 GB
• Speed: Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps
• USB: microUSB v2.0
• Primary: 2 MP, 1600×1200 pixels
• Features: Geotagging
• Colors: Titan Grey
• SNS applications
• MP4/H.264 player
• MP3/WMA/eAAC+ player
• Document viewer
• Organizer
• Voice memo/dial
• Predictive text input
• Organizer: Alarm, Calendar, Calculator, Document viewer, Unit converter, Tip calculator, Stopwatch, World clock, Notepad
• Messaging: SMS, MMS, Predictive text input (T9)
• Email: IMAP, POP3, SMTP
• Bluetooth 3.0 Profiles: Audio/Video Distribution Transport Protocol (AVDTP), Audio/Visual Remote Control Profile (AVRCP), Advanced Audio Distribution (A2DP), Dial-up networking (DUN), Basic Printing (BPP), Generic Audio/Video Distribution (GAVDP), File Transfer (FTP), Handsfree (HFP), Generic Object Exchange (GOEP), OBEX, Headset (HSP), Service Discovery Application (SDAP), Object Push (OPP), Service Discovery Protocol (SDP)
• Notifications: Polyphonic ringtones, Music ringtones (MP3), Silent mode, Vibration, Speakerphone
• Hearing aid compatibility: T1, T4, Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording, TTY/TDD
• Accessories: Travel Adapter and USB Cable, Standard Battery, Bluetooth Headset with Vehicle Power Charger (HBM-585), Bluetooth Headset (HBM-235, HBM-905), LG TONE Bluetooth Stereo Headset (HBS-700), Bluetooth Headset with Speakerphone and Solar Charging Cradle (HBM-810) and Vehicle Power Charger

Overall, the LG Rumor Reflex has restored my faith in feature smartphones. Albeit it isn’t great for browsing, it has simple yet solid design, good call quality and a responsive touch screen.

The Canon PowerShot S100 is a highly developed, consumer-focused point and shoot camera, which has the power, advanced users and enthusiasts require for creating exceptional images. Like other PowerShot models in the company’s lineup, it incorporates all the latest technologies Canon that make video as easy as capturing superb images and pressing a button. The fast f/2.0 lens take overwhelming portraits and help you embark upon adverse lightning with good looking, shallow depth of field. Its 12-megapixel sensor ensures crisp, richly detailed images, whereas the 5x optical zoom provides excellent all-around range to shoot far or near.

The CMOS sensor of Canon PowerShot S100 combined with all-new DIGIC 5 processor produces Canon HS System for enhanced low light performance and enhanced photo quality up to ISO 6400. It allows you to capture stunning 1080p full HD video in stereo sound with dedicated zoom and movie button, while playback and shooting on a HD television via HDMI output. The Intelligent IS automatically chooses from 6 different modes to optimize image stabilization for shooting situation. Besides Canon HS System, the combination of highly developed CMOS sensor and new DIGIC 5 processor in S100 enables you to shoot crisp, clear HD video. Besides being able to shoot full HD video at 24 frames per second, the PowerShot S100 can also shoot 720p HD video at 30fps.

The Canon PowerShot S100 is surely a great little camera for advanced users who don’t mind slowing down a bit from dSLR. It’s a popular, very good device with some commonly complained about flaws including relatively expensive price tag, poor flash design, slow performance, lack of grip, short battery life and narrow maximum aperture at telephoto end of zoom range. It provides plenty of desirable features, which include built in GPS, wider angle 24mm start to zoom range, manual controls and zooming during video. Despite slight bump up in resolution, it offers excellent image quality that contributes to the attractiveness of S95 model.

Tonal range, metering and exposure and color accuracy on Canon PowerShot S100 are good, while the lens is relatively sharp. The S100 boasts a similar LCD display like the one found on S95 and saturated and pretty usable and bright in direct sunlight. Its design improves on some flaws of S95, and now gets small grip at front with rubberized thumb rest at the rear, which makes it easier to hold and shoot. The PowerShot S100 comes with control ring around lens that differentiates it from other models, except ZX-1. The ring can be set to control its function when in Custom mode, shutter speed, aspect ratio, ISO sensitivity, i-Contrast, exposure compensation, stepped zoom, white balance and manual focus. The stepped zoom can be astonishingly useful for some, which jumps to famous popular focal lengths, including 120mm, 24mm, 85mm, 50mm and 28mm.

The Canon PowerShot S100 allows you to rapidly access ring control assignments via dedicated button at the back. On the top, there is a shutter button with mode dial, which has usual scene, PASM, movie and auto modes alongside custom settings slot and special effects mode. The custom settings that save include zoom position, manual focus position and My Menu items; in addition tout the relevant shooting settings. At the rear, there are usual set of controls including focus mode, flash and exposure compensation alongside quick function access and dedicated movie record button. It is offered for $429.99 and comes with ISO sensitivity range from 80 to 6400, 12-megapixel CMOS sensor, 2.3 frames per second of continuous shooting, 24-120mm f2-5.9 5x lens, optical image stabilization, optical zoom while recording and three-inch display with 461,000 pixels.

The Canon PowerShot S100 comes standard with 12.1 Megapixels, 1/1.7-inch CMOS sensor; Type: small digital camera with 4x Digital/5x Optical 20x Combined Zoom with built-in flash and Optical Image Stabilizer System; TTL Autofocus, Manual; Auto & Manual Focus: 1.2 in (3 cm) – infinity (W), 12 in (30 cm) – infinity (T); ISO Sensitivity: 80, Auto, 125, 100, 200, 160, 320, 250, 500, 400, 800, 640, 1250, 1000, 2000, 1600, 3200, 2500, 5000, 6400 and 4000; 3.0-inch TFT Color with 461,000 dots and wide viewing angle; Exposure Control Method: i-Contrast, Program AE, AE Lock, Manual; Light Metering Method: Center weighted average, Spot and Evaluative and Safety Shift, Program Shift and Auto ISO Shift.

Also standard on Canon PowerShot S100 are Built-in Flash: Auto, Auto with Red-eye Reduction, Flash On, Flash On with Red-eye Reduction, Flash Off and FE lock; White Balance Control: Auto, Day Light, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent H, Flash, Custom and Underwater; Slow Synchro and Safety FE; Shooting Modes: Movie Digest, Portrait, Landscape, Kids & Pets, Smart Shutter, High-Speed Burst HQ, Handheld Night Scene, Beach, Underwater, Foliage, Snow, Fireworks, Nostalgic, Stitch Assist, Miniature Effect, High Dynamic Range, Monochrome, Fish-eye Effect, Poster Effect, Toy Camera Effect, Color Swap, Super Vivid, iFrame Movie, Color Accent, Smile, Standard, Face Self-timer, Wink Self-timer and Super Slow Motion Movie.

The Canon PowerShot S100 adds Storage Media: Eye-Fi and SD/SDHC/SDXC Memory Cards; Photo Effects: My Colors Off, Vivid, Vivid Blue, Vivid Green, Vivid Red, Neutral, Sepia, Black & White, Positive Film, Lighter Skin Tone, Darker Skin Tone and Custom; Number of Recording Pixels 3:2: Large: 4000 x 2664, Medium 1: 2816 x 1880, Medium 2: 1600 x 1064 and Small: 640 x 424; 4:3: Large: 4000 x 3000, Medium 1: 2816 x 2112, Medium 2: 1600 x 1200, Small: 640 x 480 and RAW: 4000 x 3000 and 16:9: Large: 4000 x 2248, Medium 1: 2816 x 1584, Medium 2: 1920 x 1080 and Small: 640 x 360.

The Canon PowerShot S100 gains 4:5: Large: 2400 x 3000, Medium 1: 1696 x 2112, Medium 2: 960 x 1200 and Small: 384 x 480; 1:1: Large: 2992 x 2992, Medium 1: 2112 x 2112, Medium 2: 1200 x 1200 and Small: 480 x 480; Playback Modes File: Still Image: Single, Magnification, Jump, Auto Rotate, Rotate, Resume, My Category, Transition Effects, Histogram, Index, Over Exposure Warning, Slide Show, Red-eye Correction, Trimming, Resize, i-Contrast and Image Inspection Tool; Movie: Normal Playback, Special Playback, Editing, Resume and Auto Rotate and 27 display languages: English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Simplified/Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Portuguese, Korean, Greek, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish, Thai, Arabic, Romanian, Ukrainian, Farsi and Hindi. On the whole, it is a still camera, which provides excellent image quality with plethora of manual capabilities including wide aperture lens.

Henry Nho, An engineer as well as Mobile Platform Architect at LG sees 3D potential which is tied to juiced-up processing power. While you record pictures and video, Nho stated that the cellphone camera will have the power to take 3D and 2D movies and images at the same time, so you can later select which version you want to view. With Optimus 3D Max introduced at Mobile World Congress last month, the company is putting some of its 3D research and development to the test. Developed and designed for making thinner, faster and lighter unlike 2011’s Thrill 4G; it comes preloaded with goodies including a games converter, which can render numerous games into 3D. While the Korean manufacturer is actively selling 3D handsets, the advances his team will be able to achieve in next 2 to 3 years is what really excites Nho.

The all-new Metro IE10 blurs the boundaries between apps and web via Windows 8 features such as charms, site pinning and snap. Windows 8 charms, including Share, Search, Settings and Devices can be easily accessed through IE10 browser by pressing Windows key+C, moving your mouse to bottom or top right corners of screen or swiping in from the right edge of display. Snap enables you to browse Internet Explorer 10 while accessing another application side-by-side. With site pinning, you can customize your Windows Start screen with sites you visit the most. Few more notable security features include Application Reputation, SmartScreen XSS filtering, Tracking Protection, hang detection and recovery and InPrivate browsing.

The Series 3’s battery is designed for long haul, while the Samsung Powerplus technology provides you more hours and more years. This technology retains 80 percent of original battery capacity for up to 1,000 charges. After three years of use you still have a battery which still works for you day in and day out. A striking, subdued design which balances the play and work role of every notebook. The Samsung Series 3 has a brushed metal look exterior with brushed chrome trim along with 2nd generation Intel Core i7 mobile processors for laptops providing top-of-the-line responsiveness and adaptable speed making it your ideal choice for visibly smart performance.

Samsung undoubtedly has an engineering prowess to pull this off and has been hammering AMOLED screens with plastic substrates. Its investment Corning came out with Lotus Glass technology for AMOLED screens, so we have all prerequisites for frameless screen existence. Lotus Glass isn’t exclusive to AMOLED or OLED screens, however is reformulated for enabling for greater and higher resolution DPI in displays while maintaining flexibility and strength.

The increasing number of devices, which use USB for charging, pairing and activating wireless connection can produce a traffic jam of dongles, which forces you to select between peripherals. The HP X7000 Wi-Fi eliminates the need for USB receiver by pairing with Windows 7 PC via companionable wireless networking adapters. It sounds great, but its everyday usability is married by oversensitive touch wheel, which creates issues than it solves. As compared to ambidextrous, travel friendly linemate, HP Wi-Fi Mobile Mouse, the X7000 features a molded, ergonomic design, which doesn’t work for left handed users; however offers comfortable mousing experience for right handed users. The thumb rest and slanted angle doesn’t double as additional button like the found on MX. At last, the company claims that it can list for 9 months with 2 AA batteries.

Like other mouse, the HP X7000 Wi-Fi comes with rectangular strip, which rests between two buttons, where you usually get tactile scroll dial. The HP Mouse Control Center, which installs with driver software allows you to change pointer speed, specific functions for 5 buttons (two side buttons, left click, middle press and right click) and scroll resolution. Albeit pairing via Wi-Fi is a valuable ability, given its combination of performance failures and hardware limitations we wouldn’t recommend HP X7000 Wi-Fi Touch Mouse.