Technary

Raspberry Pi A+ board launched for Rs.1,513 by Element14

Gadgets

November 21, 2014

element14 has introduced the all new Raspberry Pi Model A+. This model is the successor of its previous model which was launched earlier this year. The Raspberry Pi A+ has been made more energy efficient and is cheaper than all its previous models.

Raspberry Pi A+ board

The model comes with 700MHz Broadcom BCM2835 CPU which supports 256MB RAM. The number of pins in GPIO header has been extended to 40 and has the same pinout for the initial 26 pins as its earlier model. Also, the new smoother version of SD card port has been introduced which will enable the user to insert and remove the card easily. Apart from this, the dimensions of the board have been reduced to 6.6cm * 5.6cm.

The linear regulators have been replaced with the switching ones which has lowered the power consumption and increased its efficiency. But the CSI camera port for the camera connection and DSI display port for the touch screen display are the main highlight of this model.

Also read : Element14 Raspberry Pi B+ Review

The Raspberry Pi A+ is available for only Rs. 1,513 on the element14 community. Do check out this model and let us know about your opinions in our comment section.

ASUS Gladius Gaming Mouse launched in India for Rs.4,500

Gadgets

Pavithra Ranganathan

November 20, 2014

ASUS Gladius Gaming Mouse launched in India for Rs.4,500

The ASUS Republic of gamers, lets out a dazzling news for its gaming addicts. The introduction of ROG Gladius optical wired gaming mouse is no lesser than a surprise. This is the world’s first mouse with 2000Hz USB polling rate support. It targets the right-handed gamers who seek precision, ergonomicttons comfort and a competitive advantage in first-person shooter (FPS) games. It has an exclusive socket design for easy switch upgrades which includes 2 additional Japanese-made Omron switches. The switches are click resistant and consist 6400 dots per inch (DPI) optical sensor that tracks up to 200 inches per second and 50g acceleration.

The gaming mouse- A brainchild of top gamers:

It was with the input of world’s top gamers this optical mouse was designed. Their ideas were taken during the initial design and that resulted in the amazing look and feel of the device. An exclusive easy-swap switch socket assures maximum comfort even when long battles are being fought by the gamers. A dimension of 126x67x45mm and weighing merely 116gm, rendering a perfect grip ranging from palm, claw or fingertips make this device a perfect choice for gamers. The tactile rubber side panels are embellished with intricate Mayan- inspired lines to ensure a secure grip while those heated gaming sessions. Moreover, it is made sweat resistant thus enabling long sweat free battles possible for the gamers. There are separate left and right buttons, with 2 specially-engineered programmable ‘slide-to-press’ buttons to ensure exceptional responsiveness.

Gaming – never been this exciting! :

The device has an enthralling 6400DPI optical sensor which would track up to 200 inches per second and up to 50g acceleration at lift-off distances of 1.5mm. While the device operates at 1600DPI for everyday gameplay , it can also adjust to low levels of 400DPI as per the needs of the gamer. The Omron mouse switches are definitely good for atleast 20 million clicks. Another feature worth capturing a gamer’s attention is that, that Gladius has built-in flash memory, which would enable the gamers to save their most wanted profiles. An unlimited number of profiles can be saved by means of the innovative armoury software. Great sensor accuracy is incorporated for pixel perfect responsiveness and better in-game responsiveness. A calibration tool is an added feature to this exhaustive device to analyze and learn surface characteristics.

Where is this device being used? Home? Café? Party? – Do it as you please!

ROG Gladius comes with a 2-meter braided USB cable for desktop use and a regular 1-meter USB travel cable for use at LAN parties and cafés as well. The cable although serves flexibly, it can be detached from Gladius by a simple click. The connector is held from dragging down by the micro USB port which is kept at an inclined angle. A mouse as attractive as this comes with a protective ROG carry pouch , two ROG logo stickers and four smooth-glide mouse feet.

Also read : ASUS DSL-AC68U Modem Router launched in India for Rs.18,740

When and How Much?

If you are one of those avid gamers, waiting to own your own ROG Gladius mouse, you can get it from December onwards, for a good price of Rs.4500/- And don’t you forget that this device comes with a two year warranty. The further you go into technology, the further you go into gaming. With a device like this, gaming is sure to enter into more exciting levels.

Kingston HyperX Impact SO-DIMM Review

Gadgets

Nikhil Narkhede

November 19, 2014

As we know that Kingston has already launched their HyperX series and the Impact RAMs are the buzzword for some of our audience. We managed to get the HyperX Impact RAM for review. The Kingston devices are very reliable, but is this device going to be useful for you? Let us find that out?

Kingston HyperX Impact Features

Design

The device has dimensions of 30mm x67.6 mm. Also the device has stylish and thermal label on the device. The device has a stylish slim design.

Performance

The SO-DIMM frequency of the devices is 2666MHz. At this frequency it is said to be the world`s fastest memory as per the company. This memory will be helpful for the all the new and slightly old laptops with ease. There is no problem of compatibility at all. The main help of this memory device will be for gaming devices.

The frequency of upto 2666 MHz gives extreme performance and this will support all the notebooks hang small form factors. It does not get heated easily. There is a reduced heat generation technology in this device.

Conclusion

This kit of 2 is always beneficial for upgradation of your device. This major upgrade will surely feel the difference than your regular use. Must buy RAMs according to your usability.

Kingston M2 SATA SSD 120GB Review

Gadgets

Nikhil Narkhede

November 18, 2014

We have another SSD from Kingston. Well as you know that SSD help in getting good file copying speeds of upto 550Mb/ps. The kingston devices have a quality and we want to check all the aspects of this SSD. We had educated our audience about the SSD in our previous review. You can check the definition which we mentioned for SSD.

The M2 is also known as NGFF(Next Generation Form Factor). All these devices uses the PCIE mini card layout. The induction of the form is also available in the intel 1150 platform in the Z97 Chipset.

Kingston M2 SATA SSD Features

Design

The size of the device is 22mm in width and 80mm in length. The thickness of the device is 3.5mm. The weight of M2 is very light weight and it is just 7.36gm. The top side of the M2 is a sticker from Kingston which includes all the information of the SSD like the model, serial number, voltage,etc. You can also see the Phison PS3108-S8 SATA-to Flash micro-controller.

Performance

The Kingston M2 SATA SSD expected performance of read speeds is 550MB/s and Write speed is 520MB/s. The main factors are that the IOMETER maximum random 4k read is upto 66,000 or upto 65,000 IOPS. The PCMARK Vantage HDD Suite Score recorded is 56,000.

The PCMARK 8 storage bandwidth is 215 MB/s. This SSD is made ideally for ultrabooks. The slim nature of the SSD makes it easily fit into the slim laptops. The vibration while operating is 2.17G at peak and while non operating is 20G Peak. The life expectancy of this SSd is for sure 1 million hours of MTBF. We got a chance to review the 120GB M2 SSD from Kingston.

Warranty

The company is offering a warranty of 3 years on the SSD.

Conclusion

A must buy device for getting good transfer speeds. The price is one of the major part which the buyers will love as the amount of gigabytes offered in this price is superb.

6 Best Free Andoid Live Wallpaper Apps

Software

Srikanth Kulkarni

November 17, 2014

A wallpaper also known as background display. It is a digital image (drawing or photo) used as a decorative background of a GUI(graphical user interface) on the screen of mobile or tablets or other electronic devices. Wallpapers are usually comes as a default in the mobile which we can change it .This wallpapers generally appear on the home screen or idle screen.

Best Free Andoid Live Wallpaper Apps

Live wallpapers are very unique and specifically used in android mobiles. The concept of live wallpapers was first introduced in the v2.1 (froyo) version of android.All the mobiles which have android version 2.1 and 2.1+ support the live wallpapers.There are filters in the Android Market for the suitable live wallpaper to the suitable android mobile phones. Live wallpaper sdk contains sample code that displays an animated dodecahedron and it also allows the programmer to create an android service which is capable of supporting animation, interactivity and scrolling.

Below are some of the best live wallpapers which we can get it from android play store market. Each of the live paper has a unique characteristic which we can incorporate it into our android mobile phone.

Waterfall Live Wallpaper

The above mentioned Live wallpaper is the best wallpaper for the android mobile who loves waterfalls and nature. We human beings feel delighted when we visit these kind of scenic beauties, so imagine the feeling when we can bring this astonishing scenic beauty into our hands i.e as a Live wallpaper to our mobile. These HD wallpapers has been specially handpicked and created. These wallpapers include Niagara fall, Angel falls or Victoria falls. We never feel bored when we see a attractive waterfall . Its very easy to use and is compatible for 99 % of the mobiles. It has optimized battery usage and also supports sleep mode. It is completely free wallpaper which we get it from play store.

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My Photo Aquarium Live Wallpaper

This wallpaper has an option where we can set the customized photos as our wallpaper. We have liberty to choose our favorite photos to fill into the photo frame.These photos are set into photo frame and these photos are in between the fishes as a set in the aquarium. These fishes can animate with our touch and we can control fishes speed,size,quantity, directions and we can also control water bubbles present in the frame.This wallpaper has a realistic experience such as the fishes changes the direction with one touch.

There are different varieties and colorful fishes available.This application is completely free and consumes low battery.The process to apply this wallpaper is select the wallpaper option in the home screen and select live wallpaper and My Photo Aquarium Wallpaper. This wallpaper application has been tested on so many mobiles which has android as its operating system.

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Rain Live Wallpaper

Best Free Andoid Live Wallpaper Apps

This wallpaper makes you feel a glimpse of the rain droplets falling on the over your screen. During the rain we might have experienced the steamy window where we draw all sorts of signs or names etc, this app makes you do the same thing on the screen of your mobile.This app consists of a set of 20HD wallpaper which has animated rain drops on window and lots of other setting s available. This app also supports the horizontal orientation. This app looks astonishing on both mobile phone as well as the tablets.This live wallpaper is so resourceful as it enters sleep mode whenever the mobile phone is inactive which will save the useless battery drain.It has real smooth 3d animations which is based on OpenGL Es 2.0 and this live wallpaper app is compatible with 99% mobile phone devices. This app has been tested on various mobile phones and has got a great results.

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My Photo Live Wallpaper

With this Live Wallpaper app we can use our photos as mobile background and set the normal photo to a photo with amazing rain effects.This app brings colors to the mobile phone device and makes the device more attractive.We can either choose rain falling effect or water falling effect as background for our photo .

The biggest advantage in this app is that we can choose the number of falling drops on the screen and also the type of falling drops. This app has a option where we can Enable/Disable the rain sound and also On/Off rain,falling drops,static drops. This app was also tested on various mobile phones like Samsung Galaxy S/S3/S5, Sony Xperia Z1/Z2, Motorola Moto E/G and LG G3. This free wallpaper will be the best rain wallpaper and My photo live wallpaper 2014.

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Aquarium live wallpaper

This live wallpaper has an aquarium as a background for our customized photos. This wallpaper has animated fishes including air bubbles. The quality of the wallpaper animation is very high and is very attractive.This apps has a unique feature where it creates a very realistic fishes floating on a background of sea coral. The test result of this app has also been satisfactory.

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Premium Wallpapers HD

This wallpaper app is the collection of all time best full HD wallpapers and backgrounds for the smart phone or the tablets.This app consists of special handpicked wallpapers and these are the best collection of wallpapers for the android mobile devices. These are selected so we can personalize our smartphone. Using this app is not that difficult as the user interface for the wallpaper app is simple and modern which helps us to easily navigate the app between the desired categories. We can also pick one of the wallpaper as our favorite so that it can reach top of the favorite wallpapers listing.

This wallpaper app consists of about 10,000 HD wallpapers sorted into 25+ categories.This app has a unique feature where everyday a new wallpaper and images are added.This app consists of only HD quality wallpapers and we can also save these wallpapers to our sd card.This has a stylish interface and ability to automatically change the wallpaper.

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There are many such kinds of apps in android playstore market for Live wallpapers. We can choose from them and the process of installing setting the application as a background wallpaper is easy and is also given. This Live wallpapers helps in the improvement of the look of the mobile phones .

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