Category archives for: Sci-Tech

Sony brings its Vaio brand to revive the dying 11-inch laptop category, the new Vaio E available at $480 – Part 2

Sony had its own take at bringing life to the 11-inch category with the new Vaio E. Equipped with a number of new gadgetry, the new laptop is not a tad short on performance in such a humble price. The inclusion of an AMD E2-1800 processor (an Intel Core i3 version from AMD) is definitely […]

Sony brings its Vaio brand to revive the dying 11-inch laptop category, the new Vaio E available at $480 – Part 1

Sony has taken a vital step in reviving the 11-inch laptop segment with its new Vaio E. The new 11-inch laptop has also been made available to the users on an affordable $480 price tag. This might help in the cause of keeping the small laptop category alive. A few years back the 10-inch netbook […]

New BMW 640i Gran Coupe: First look at the German sedan 2012 model

The new BMW 640i Gran Coupe is a sedan with  a great specification sheet and beautiful design. The driver system offers great fuel efficiency and inside stereo system is one of the best in luxury cars. The connected car system with all the social networking applications called ConnectedDrive is only available for the iPhones. The […]

Tablets vs. Ultrabooks: Which one is the future of our computing world? – Part 2

Moreover, tablets have one thing that takes them leap ahead of the ultrabook and that is the touch screen interaction. Not only laptops but desktops and all-in-ones are starting to follow the suit in this regard to allow touch screen interaction to the users. However, when it comes to performance, only laptops with more rigorous […]

Smartphones and wannabees not to buy despite low price – Part 2

Sony Xperia Ion (July 2012) Announced at the Mobile World Congress and Consumer Electronic Show this year, before Sony and Ericsson parted ways, the phone attracted a lot of media attention for two main reasons, a camera with megapixels in double figures and a price that is under $100. However, with the time, in six […]

Smartphones and wannabees not to buy despite low price – Part 1

There are smartphones and there are old java-based phones, and then there are smartphone-wannabees that neither can stand their side nor can they live in the smartphone world. A smartphone takes a lot of effort to design and then the software and if it is not a smartphone then the manufacturer has to bring in […]

Instagram outs photos on the map

Instagram has now come with their new instalment called, Photo Maps. Users, who use iPhone or Android can both install the updates of this exciting feature. Version 3.0 does not include new filters, and sharing in social networks beyond their own service contacts, Facebook and Twitter and Foursquare. Nor is it compatible with Blackberry or Windows […]

Apple and Samsung negotiating over the war of patents

The judge in the dispute between the companies Apple and Samsung in the U.S. for its various patents has asked the two companies seeking to reach a settlement before the jury begins its deliberations on Monday. Lawyers for both sides tried for months to agree before the trial, but negotiations remained unsuccessful. For 15 months, the American company Apple […]

Acer Timeline U M5-481TG (2012): Full Review – Part 1

Ultrabooks are losing their oomph of being the thin laptops with no nonsense and safer electronic gadgetry. And the main reason is the ever growing market and its capitalization. More and more laptops are bringing SATA hard drives and optical drives to bring down the prices and et cetera, skirting on the fringe of being […]

Acer Timeline U M5-481TG (2012): Full Review – Part 2

The Acer Timeline U M5-481TG, while being thinner than previous Acer Timeline laptops, is not exactly thin or light compared with its ultrabook brethren: at 4.2 pounds and 0.8 inch thick, it’ll feel heavier and thicker than most competitors. However, compared with your regular everyday laptop, the Timeline U will feel, with apologies to Mr. […]

Acer Timeline U M5-481TG (2012): Full Review – Part 3

Amazingly, the Timeline U M5 manages to fit a tray-loading DVD drive into the left side, a feat that makers of similarly thick ultrabooks like the Sony Vaio T seemingly found impossible or undesirable. Most regular folks would probably prefer to have a DVD drive if price and size weren’t an issue. They’re not, in […]

Acer Timeline U M5-481TG (2012): Full Review – Part 4

Stereo speakers, seated below the front edge of the laptop, are shockingly loud. Cranked all the way up, they’ll turn heads at an office. On the other hand, they’re crass and lack quality sound definition. They will, however, blast audio quite nicely in a busy room. A brief note on preinstalled bloatware: Acer’s one of […]

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