Mobiles Review: Samsung Nexus 10

Samsung Nexus 10: Google and Samsung announced the Nexus 10 today.

Features:

Display: 10.1" display with a resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels with a pixel density of 300ppi

Processor: Samsung's Exynos 5 chipset with a two Cortex-A15 cores running at 1.7GHz, a quad-core Mali T-604 GPU and 2GB of RAM

Android: Android 4.2 Jelly Bean

Battery: Li-ion 9,000mAh, Capable of delivering 9 hours of continuous video playback

Memory: 16 gb and 32 gb

Camera: 5 MP back camera and 1.9 Megapixel front Camera

Dimensions: 263.8 x 177.8 x 8.9 mm, 603g

The Nexus 10 will be available on November 13 on the Google Play store in the US, UK, Australia, France, Germany, Spain, Canada and Japan. The 16GB version will retail for $399, while the 32GB edition will go for $499.

Mobiles Review: LG Nexus 4

LG Nexus 4: Google and LG have officially announced the Nexus 4, the latest Android smartphone.

Features:

Display: 4.7-inch 1280 x 768 True HD IPS+ display

Android: 4.2 Jelly Bean

Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset running at 1.5GHGz with 2GB of RAM

Camera: 8-megapixel main camera and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera

Battery: 2,100 mAh battery good for up to 15.3hrs talktime or 390hrs standby

Dimensions: 139g device measuring 133.9 x 68.7 x 9.1mm.

Google has included NFC, unsurprising given it wants to push adoption of Google Wallet, along with wireless charging.

The Nexus 4 will be available at $299 for the 8GB and $349 for the 16GB, unlocked and SIM-free from November 13.

Tablets Review: Apple iPad Mini

Tablets Review: Apple iPad Mini: Apple launched smaller version of iPad, iPad Mini.
iPad mini is 23 percent thinner, 53 percent lighter than iPad.
Features:

Size: 7.9 inches screen, just 7.2 millimeters thin

Display: 1024-by-768 resolution, LED-backlit display

Processor: iOS 6

Camera: 5-megapixel iSight camera, FaceTime HD camera, iSight camera with 1080p HD video recording

Battery: 10-hour battery life

You have over 275,000 apps to expand your iPad Mini. The price of WiFi only model with 16 gb starts from $329. You can pre order it starting from October 26.

Movies Review: Aiyyaa

Movies Review: Aiyyaa: The movie is an expression of surprise in Marathi. Unfortunately it turns out to be a shock in Hindi. The movie is boring and can put you to sleep.

Meenakshi (Rani Mukherji) is an average Marathi girl from Pune and her middle-class family is in search of a groom for her. Meenakshi starts liking Surya (Prithviraj) plainly because he smells good. Surya is an artist in his own world and is indifferent towards everything. After much dreams by Meenakshi, Aiyyaa ends up in a situation where the girl runs away from her mandap to be with the man of his dream and finally gets him.

There is no chemistry between the couple except the sensuously shot dreamy item songs. Every attempt by the director has been made to add humour, but it falls flat miserably.

Rani Mukherji adds extra energy in the movie with her acting skills, but you will certainly stop rooting for her character after a while. Prithviraj is emotionless with few dialogues in the movie. Subodh Bhave as Rani's future husband is decent in his role. Ameya Wagh as the younger brother acts good in his role.

Aiyyaa turns out to a shock with the story much over stretched. The songs are the only plus point in the movie. Bollywood Paradise gives Aiyyaa 1.5 stars out of 5!

Mobiles Preview: Samsung I8190 Galaxy S III Mini

Mobiles Preview: Samsung I8190 Galaxy S III Mini: Galaxy S3 Mini is like a return to the roots for its successful Galaxy S franchise. This smartphone seems quite similar to the original Galaxy S specs-wise.

Features:

Dimensions: 121.55 x 63 x 9.85 mm, 111.5 g

Display: 4 inch 16M-color WVGA (480 x 800 pixels) Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen

Processor: 1GHz dual-core processor, Mali-400MP GPU, 1GB RAM

Android OS version: Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)

Memory: 16 GB of inbuilt storage, microSD card slot (up to 32 GB)

Camera: 5 megapixel auto-focus, face and smile detection; 720p (1280 x 720) video recording at 30fps

Connectivity: Wi-Fi b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, stereo Bluetooth 3.0, standard microUSB port, GPS receiver with A-GPS and GLONASS, 3.5mm audio jack, stereo FM radio with RDS, NFC

The company has not issued any date of launching S3 Mini in India. However, the company announced that it will soon launch this smartphone in Europe.

Movies Review: Barfi!

Movies Review: Barfi: Barfi is Anurag Basu's most imaginative movie ever. This movie has proved that the hit movie doesn't always require top Khans, but the story and actors' performances can do the work.

Barfi! proves that Ranbir is surely going to climb the ladder of success in a short time. His performance is inspired from many top-rated personalities like Charlie Chaplin, Monsieur Hulot, Raj Kapoor and Kishore Kumar.

The film is shot mostly in Darjeeling. The movie ends in a love triangle, which is much different from regular Bollywood types. This triangle is sweet, sublime and differently told. There is little bit of mystery factor involved in this story too.

In Darjeeling lives the deaf and mute Barfi (Ranbir), who never runs out of goofy ideas. He meets Shruti (Ileana D’Cruz), daughter of a rich Kolkata household, and both fell in love with each other. However, Shruti is already engaged and soon going to be married and also not able decide who to choose.

Barfi's father falls ill forcing him to resort to crime, making the entry of Priyanka Chopra as the autistic Jhilmil as she belongs to a rich family.

Priyanka's and Ranbir's performances are surely their best ever performances till now. Ileana also leaves a great impression on the audience in her debut role.

Barfi! is a pleasant and different art film, which may not appeal universal audience. The movie can be definitely rated 5 out 5 acting wise. However, its story is bit stretched and gets confusing sometimes also. On the whole, TRP gives Barfi! 3.7+ stars out of 5.

Mobiles Review: Apple iPhone 5

Mobiles Review: Apple iPhone 5: Apple launched iPhone 5, which is the thinnest and lightest iPhone ever. It is completely redesigned and comes with the all new Maps app with Apple-designed cartography. iPhone 5 features dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi support for a wireless experience up to 150 Mbps.iPhone 5 comes in either white & silver or black & slate.

Features:

Display: A stunning new 4-inch Retina display

Size: All-new 7.6 mm anodized aluminum body that is 18% thinner and 20% lighter than iPhone 4S.

Processor: An Apple-designed A6 chip for blazing fast performance; and ultrafast wireless technology. iPhone 5 comes with iOS 6, the world’s most advanced mobile operating system with over 200 new features.

Camera: An 8 megapixel iSight® camera, which is the most popular camera in the world and a new FaceTime® HD front facing camera. The new back camera is 25% smaller than the camera in iPhone 4S and can record 720p HD video. The new iSight camera in iPhone 5 features a sapphire crystal lens cover that is thinner and more durable than standard glass with the ability to provide crystal clear images.The new panorama feature lets you capture jaw-dropping panorama images of up to 28 megapixels by simply moving the camera across a scene in one smooth motion.

Price: iPhone 5 will be available in the US for a suggested retail price of $199 (US) for the 16GB model and $299 (US) for the 32GB model and $399 (US) for the 64GB model.

Availability: iPhone 5 will be available in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the UK on Friday, September 21, and customers can pre-order their iPhone 5 beginning Friday, September 14. iPhone 5 will roll out worldwide to 22 more countries on September 28, including Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

Other Features:

iPhone 5 features the new Lightning™ connector. The Lightning-to-30-pin Adapter is also available to connect iPhone 5 to legacy 30-pin accessories. iPhone 5 features the new Lightning™ connector that is smaller, smarter and more durable than the previous connector.

iPhone 5 comes with an all new Maps app with Apple-designed cartography, turn-by-turn navigation and an amazing new Flyover™ view; Facebook integration for Contacts and Calendar, with the ability to post directly from Notification Center; Passbook, the simplest way to get all your passes in one place.