Top 10 gadgets to watch in 2011

A decade ago hardly anybody had any clue about the technological advancements we are obsessed with today. No one heard about Facebook, no one knew how to use a touch screen phone or even thought of a product like iPhone. But it took only a few years to change the whole scenario. As the decade went on we came across new technologies and gadgets we were clueless about. Even today, we don't have much idea about what technological surprises the next decade has in its store for us. Here is a sneak peek into the top 10 gadgets to watch in 2011.

Sony HDR-TD10
It is the company's first ever 3D camcorder. Although it's not the first 3D camcorder from a leading manufacturer, Sony HDR-TD10 is equipped with "Double Full HD" which means that the device has two lenses, two sensors and two image processors. Thus, the camcorder is able to capture two separate frames of Full HD video at a 1920 x 1080 resolution. Loaded with 64 GB of internal memory, Sony HDR-TD10 is expected to hit the stores in April 2011.

Apple iWatch
Are you looking for something that can provide the effectiveness and reliability of both the iPod touch and ipod nano at the same platform? Your search will end at the all new Apple iWatch, the upcoming Apple sensation which is likely to arrive in February 2011. For the masses of Apple geeks who want their iPods to get smaller and thinner, an iWatch will be a perfect choice.

BlackBerry PlayBook
Running a brand new Blackberry Tablet OS and powered by a 1GHz Cortex-A9 dual core processor and 1GB of RAM, BlackBerry PlayBook is all set to escort RIM in the tablet market in the first quarter of 2011. This 7-inch gadget supports Flash 10.1, HTML 5 and HDMI. It also has a 3MP front-facing camera and a 5MP rear-facing HD camera.

Xbox 720
For all those game-loving junkies, Microsoft is bringing something special. The company has announced that in the years 2011-2012, Xbox 720, the latest version of the Xbox series will arrive. The upcoming Xbox 720 will boast of cool features like internet connection, wireless USB, and a 4GB memory.

Apple iPhone 5
Continuing the iPhone saga, Apple is expected to launch its all new iPhone 5 in 2011, the newest member of the iPhone family. Speculations have been made that the iPhone 5 might employ NFC (Near Field Communication) short-range wireless technology to function as an electronic wallet of sorts. The new device is also likely to complete with debit/credit cards and identification/passkey applications.

PlayStation Phone
Code named "Zeus", the PlayStation Phone by Sony is likely to arrive in the first half of 2011. To be run on Andriod 3.0 Gingerbread operating system, Zeus will be loaded with 1GHz Qualcomm MSM8655 processor and will come with 8GB of memory. The device is expected to have 1GB ROM and 512 MB RAM.

Liquid Image Summit Series HD
With this all new snowboarding goggles snowboarders, snorkelers and bikers will be having great experience while recording their exploits in glorious high- definition video. Liquid Image's Summit Series HD 1080P snow goggles have a 136-degree wide-angle lens that can record action while skiing, boarding, sledding or snowmobiling. Images and videos are stored to a micro SD card slot and the goggles can also be connected to a computer via USB. The device is expected in October 2011.

ElectroHub
With an offer of compatibility for a huge amount of devices including the TV remote, toys and smartphones, ElectroHub is a new wireless charging station. What makes it unique is that it doesn't require the device to have a special case. It provides ElectroHub batteries, which come in both AA and AAA. The device is capable of charging six devices at one time and is expected in the first quarter of 2011.

Sony Ericsson 12.1 Megapixel Phone

Sony Ericsson has launched a new camera phone. The phone is expected Idou, which contains the 12.1-megapixel camera with auto focus and a set of touching the camera advanced features such as true 16:9 widescreen and xenon flash. In one of a number of projects that will be launched this year under the umbrella of the entertainment is unlimited. Idou encapsulates the future of mobile entertainment in the palm of your hand to provide visual communication like never before. Building on what will become an institution of the Symbian operating system, and thousands of applications available on the Internet to allow applications to install new and exciting content from loading "PlayNowa to make Idou really for you.Specifications : Size of 112.0 x 55.0 x 13.0 mm (4.4 × 2.2 × 0.5 inches) Weight 126.0 g Screen 360x640 pixels 16,777,216 color TFT touchscreen Available in black, silver Bordeaux SanDisk microSD memory support

Samsung Star Nano 3G

Samsung India has launched it’s cheapest 3G touchscreen phone in India the Star Nano 3G. The Star Nano 3G is the latest addition to the Star series which had the SAMSUNG STAR and Star3G and WiFi.Samsung is calling this phone ‘My first 3G touch phone’ and is aimed at the youth

The S3370 is known in Russia as the Corby 3G and with too many Corby’s in the Indian market , Samsung decided to call it the Nano 3G. With this launch the company has over 21 touch screen devices in the country.

Speaking at the launch, Mr. Ranjit Yadav, Director- Mobile & IT, Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd. said, “The launch of Star Nano 3G is significant as it represents our most affordable 3G touch screen handset as well as strengthens our portfolio of 3G enabled handsets as the country gears up for the roll-out of 3G services very soon.”

Samsung Star Nano 3G Features

• 2.6 inch screen
• compact and curvilinear design
• 1.3 megapixel1.3 megapixel camera with video recording
• FM radio
• Music recognition
• Full Screen Video playback
• 35MB internal memory
• 2000 contacts phonebook memory
• 800 SMS memory
• microSD card slot expandable upto 16GB
• SNS 2.0 Social Networking
• Pop Up SNS
• Downloadable Apps from Samsung Apps
• English dictionary
• Vocablite, Sudoku, OC2ps, Shorthand, Rocketalk, MBA lite.
• Mobile tracker, fake call and mobile prayer
• The Touchwiz 2.0 Plus UI with home screen widgets, Gesture control and 4 page menu
• GTalk, AIM, Palringo chat
• Active Sync Google Push email service and sync calendar

Samsung Star Nano 3G Price and Availability

This touchscreen phone will cost you Rs.7320 and it comes with a 2GB memory card, stylus leather pouch free in the box

Latest Mobile in market-Alcatel ICE3

The Alcatel in association with ICE communication is bringing

up a new qwerty phone named “Alcatel Ice 3” in the Indian market.

The Ice 3 attracts women with its funky colors and cubic design.

The Ice 3 has good social networking features, a good 2.4” display,

music player with FM radio, Stereo Bluetooth, 2 MP camera, and

Opera Mini browser. Alcatel has plans to launch many handsets

in near future. The Alcatel Ice 3 is available at an affordable price of Rs.6600

Design

The Alcatel Ice 3 has unique “cube” design compared to all other phones.

The Ice 3 is refreshing and youthful. It comes in two bold colors namely

pink chrome and dark chrome. At one point, it some what look like a

tiny netbook with square display panel along square keyboard.

the body has metallic shiny appearance. Overall, we liked its design.

The Ice 3 has an external 1.1-inch OLED display, which resolution of 128×36 pixel.

The external display is oriented diagonally. It indicates the caller ID, time, date,

battery life and signal strength. You can just customize its backlight time and contrast.

When you flip open the phone, you will reveal a main display and a qwerty keyboard.

it sports a 2.4-inch TFT display, which has a resolution of 240×320 pixels (QVGA)

and supports 65,000 colors. the image quality is quite good, but not the greatest.

The keyboard is spacious. The keys are large and tactile those have proper

travel.

The typing is lot easy on this phone. The navigation array include a four

way toggle

with middle confirmation key, the two soft keys, the call/Send and End/Power key.

The toggle can be customized with user defined shortcuts.

Features

The Ice 3 has decent interface. The menu style, icon and folder types

look attractive.

The navigation in the phone is absolute breeze.

The connectivity features are more than adequate at its price range.

You can avail data transfer through Bluetooth with A2DP and USB v2.0.

can stream audioto Bluetooth headset wirelessly. The internet can

be accessed through GPRS and EDGE.

The main attraction of the Ice 3 is social networking. The Ice 3 is nicely

integrated with all popular social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter,

and Youtube. The qwerty keyboard is well made for this social networking.

Fortunately, it comes with built-in faster Opera mini browser.

That enhances the browsing experience. It also features WAP 2.0 browser.

The Alcatel Ice 3 comes with a good music player which supports various

Audio file formats such as MP3, WAV, WMA, AAC, eAAC+ and eAAC.

The video player support MP4, H.263, 3GP video formats.

It also has FM radio with RDS feature. The interface is simple and

convenient. the player controls includes usual playlists, shuffle and

repeat. It comes with 80MB of internal memory and you can extend

the external memory up to 16GB in the form of the microSD card slot.

The Ice 3 is equipped with good 2 megapixel camera that captures

the images in the resolution of 1600 x 1200 Pixels. The camera features

digital zoom, and basic editing options like adjusting contrast, brightness.

You can record videos in this phone. It supports video calling feature.

You can share pictures and videos with the social networking sites l

ike Facebook and Youtube. The image quality is quite decent but the

video quality is mediocre.

The Ice 3 comes with sophisticated phonebook of 1000 entry with

provision for

caller groups. You can pair the contacts with ringtones, polyphonic

ringtones and a photo. You can customize the phone with the

several themes, wallpapers, graphics and sounds. The other

essential apps are converter, calculator, size converter, world clock,

To-do list, organizer, stopwatch, Alarm, calendar, speakerphone,

vibrate mode, text and multimedia messages. It supports almost all java games.

Performance

The call quality is pretty impressive. Even callers at another end also

don’t have any problem. The speakerphone quality is bit average.

The Alcatel Ice 3 is powered by 850 mAh Li-Ion battery. It offers

decent battery efficiency. It provides 9 hours of talktime, 490hours

on standby and 35 hours of continuous music play.

Alcatel ICE3 Features

• Full Keyboard
• Clamshell design
• 2.4 inch TFT 65k color display
• 2 mega pixel camera with Video Recorder and Image editor
• MP3 Player& FM Radio RDSFM Radio RDS
• Music playback time up to 35hours
• Internal memory 80MB and Micro SD card up to 8GB
• GPRS, EDGE
• WAP 2.0WAP 2.0, Bluetooth stereo 2.0 (A2DP)
• USB 2.0 high speed
• JAVA MIDP 2.0JAVA MIDP 2.0
• Battery - Lithium Ion 850 mAh
• Standby time: up to 450h
• Talk time: up to 9h

Alcatel ICE3 Price and Availability

The ICE3 is available in two color variants in pink chrome and dark

chrome. The handset is priced at Rs.6600 and will be distributed by

ICE Mobile network systems.

New Product- Mobile

NOKIA-C6

Second out of the blocks today comes the all new Nokia C6. With a 3.2-inch HD touchscreen display and a slide out four-row QWERTY keyboard, the new C6 brings the best of messaging together with instant access to your favourite contacts and communications. Not to mention a five-megapixel camera and a very respectable seven hours of talktime (in GSM mode). Read on after the jump to find out what else it has in store.

The Nokia C6 boasts a customisable homescreen which will also play host to your favourite contacts, your latest emails and your friends’ Facebook updates. With Nokia Messaging on board, you have support for up to 10 email accounts from your favourite email hosts including Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, Windows Live Hotmail and Ovi Mail.

Based on S60 5th edition, the Nokia C6 also comes with a five-megapixel camera, support for up to 16GB of storage on microSD and an FM stereo radio. Not one to leave you stranded, the C6 also comes toting OVI Maps with free walk and drive navigation.

The Nokia C6 is expected to be available in the second quarter of 2010 for an estimated price of €220 before taxes and subsidies.

Nokia C6 Technical Specification:
*Quad Band GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900MHz
*HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
*3 inch Resistive Touchscreen
*5MP Camera
*Micro SD Card Slot
*256MB RAM
*Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
*Bluetooth

Nokia C6 Price in India: not announced by Nokia