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Portronics Sublime Bluetooth Speaker Review

Gadgets

September 26, 2014

Portronics Sublime Bluetooth Speaker Review

There is a decent amount of market share which do not like any headphone or ear phone as it might damage their ears after a prolong use with high volume. People like options. They like to have a speaker where in all can enjoy the music. The days are gone where we used to have a 5-in-1 cassette or disc player which needed an electrical connection.

Now a days we love portability. Right from the smartphones to laptops. We need everything portable. So Portronics have introduced a Portable Bluetooth speaker. We got a chance to use it for around 10 days and we have done a thorough review of the device. The customer target audience is from kids to the grand parents. So let us start with the features of this device.

Portronics Sublime Bluetooth Speaker Features

Design

First thing which we noticed is the weight of the device. It is a bit heavy. It weighs 651g. Actually to be speaking the more heavy the speaker the more stable it is. We were expecting a good performance from the speaker. So no complaints about the weight at all. I think that they have done a lot of things inside it which a user cannot see, but can be felt for sure.

Also read : Portronics Pure Sound Pro BT Speaker review

The dimensions of the speaker are 192x74x58.5mm. From these dimensions you can get to know that it is a rectangular cuboid. The Black color on to any speaker makes it look elegant. Sublime can be easily handed by one hand. On the front side of the speaker, you can see 4 digits digital display. It will denote the FM frequency.

At the right bottom side of the front face Portronics branding is done. You can see a layer of rubber coating rapped on the speaker on top, sides and bottom of the speaker. On the top side there are 6 buttons. These are Volume low, Mode, Volume high, Previous, Pause/Play/Power ON/OFF and the Next button.

All these buttons give a premium feeling as they seem to pop out of the surface. So the emboss effect given to buttons is good. At the back side of the speaker there is a slot for the 3.5mm AUX cable. Also there are slots for microSD card, microUSB and a 3.7V 2000mAh removable battery. This battery is of double the size of normal dry cells.

At the right side of the microUSB port there is an LED indicator which gets lid up when the microUSB cable is connected to it. With the box there are two cables provided with the speaker. The microUSB Cable and the AUX cable. The AUX cable is very short. So you will have to keep the device(MP3 player or smartphone) near to the device.

Performance

We checked all the modes for a prolong period time. We will talk about all the modes in the user experience. Here we will talk about the actual performance of the device. The speaker has bass at the bottom. The speaker has 20 volume levels. We checked each and every level. In average speakers they perform badly in higher volume levels. But this speaker played the music in high volumes without a hitch. The Bass is superb. You feel the room to be lively when the speaker is ON at full volume.

Even at this stage the speaker is stable it does not make any vibrations. You can only feel it when you touch it. The weight makes the speaker stable and makes it enjoyable. Clear sound and no disturbance at all, music lovers can enjoy the pure sound of their favourite artists.

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User Experience

You can charge the device with the microUSB cable. I tried using my Samsung`s mircoUSB cable. But it did`nt worked as the pin was small. It supports the microUSB cable given with the speaker only. There are various modes in the speaker. You can switch on the device by pressing long the Play/Pause/Power ON/OFF button.

It by default starts in Hdd mode. This means that if you have connected any microSD card to the speaker it will play the songs from it. Next is the very own FM mode. To switch channels you just have to hit the Forward or Reverse button. It automatically scans and finds Radio station frequency. Next is the Bluetooth mode.

You can connect your smartphone or any other Bluetooth device with the speaker. Make your smartphone discoverable. It automatically searches for your smartphone and pairs with it. The device which gets paired now has the command. From the MP3 player of your smartphone you can play your favourite songs with ease. So you can keep the speaker on the table sit a bit far on your sofa, relax and enjoy the music.

Another mode is the Line mode. Where you can connect the speaker to any media device having 3.5 mm jack. This connection can be done with the AUX cable. You can connect your MP3 player to the speaker using the AUX cable and play the songs. The last mode is the PC USB mode. So you can play the music from your laptop or PC connecting the speaker via the microUSB cable.

This is the best mode as you can charge the speaker as well as play songs directly from your computer. While switching the modes the speaker talks about which mode you have switched into also it is shown on the LED display.

Conclusion

This speaker is ideal for picnics. If you are on a tour with your family and friends you can enjoy the music with the speaker in your car or in remote locations. We liked the device but is it worth the price? It depends on the buyer. It is priced at Rs.3,599.

Microsoft lay offs 2100 employees out of the 18000 lay offs in round 2

Software

Pavithra Ranganathan

September 25, 2014

Yet another “Expect the unexpected” kind of story knocking your door! Yes, it’s about the computer giant MICRSOFT. Without a shadow of doubt, there would be very few techies who would not have taken services from Microsoft or used its products.

Microsoft lay offs 2100 employees

Most often, Microsoft would be on news announcing its new releases. But this time, it’s not! As Microsoft announced earlier, about downsizing of about 18,000 of its employees, in its round two of planned dismissal the company fired 2,100 of them worldwide on Thursday. About 747 of them were from the Seattle-Redmond area, in the state of Washington, where the company is headquartered while the remaining layoffs were from locations worldwide.

The layoffs were not from any specific team but across a variety of them. There is ideally no concrete information on which teams were hardly hit by the lay off. The firing began as early as last July, when 13,000 of its employees, predominantly from Nokia, were handed their pink-slips.

The lay-off included resources from the Operating systems department and every other department. Sources mention that, the acquiring of Nokia’s employees and entering the phone business was a challenge to Microsoft’s earnings and hence the layoff.

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The Microsoft officials had already given a heads-up saying that they would be revising their worldwide workforce by cutting 18,000 jobs with 12,500 of those cuts coming from the employees, as reported by CNet. Not stopping with this, Microsoft is not leaving its contingent employees untouched. It’s planning to minimize its dependency on them by 20 percent, as a part of the re-alignment plan.

This action of Microsoft will attract the company about 1.1 billion dollars to 1.6 billion dollars as pre-tax charges, for severance and related benefit costs over the next four quarters. But this is not the end of the story, with two rounds of layoff, the giant company is still planning to chop of another 2,900 of them by July 2015.

The only justification from the CEO, Satya Nadella for the layoff is that it’s a part of their turnaround strategy which will shift the company from being a mere “devices and services” company to a more productive one which would help its customers. He had also remarked that eliminating roles in certain areas would imply that they are adding more important ones in key strategic areas.

Well, for a Herculean concern like the Microsoft, despite the downsizing being historical, it would get back to its seat with ease. But let’s hope the process is transparent and thoughtful enough, with deepest regards and concern for the affected individuals. All that we can do right now is to wait and watch the big picture till July 2015!

BullionIndia App will help Gold and Silver Traders

Software

Guest Author

September 25, 2014

BullionIndia App will help Gold and Silver Traders

One can certainly call this present era as an era of online trade. Buyers as well sellers could point out thousands of valid reasons as why they prefer online shopping as well as selling. But have you ever thought that there would be a day when you can buy gold and silver online?

BullionIndia App helping Gold & Silver Traders

Well, grace this opportunity, as BullionIndia.in, has come out with this unique idea where it not just allows you to buy, sell or mortgage gold and silver but also provides you, updates about the present day market rate of gold as well as silver. BullionIndia.in has also introduced Smartphone apps that connect you with such minute details about gold and silver that are available in Android platform, which will soon be available in IOs markets too.

This method is far easier, cheaper, swift and hassle-free, that you’d soon start to make it a habit to buy these precious metals only online. Thus, allowing you to buy and sell these metals whenever you want them to. They are stowed and kept in a safe international security agency locker and are delivered to your doorsteps whenever you feel to have them back to you. Even expert opinions are provided on as the when is the best time to sell or buy.
Mr. Ketan Kothari, Director, BullionIndia.in, is quoted saying about this innovative idea and app,

“The app underlines our commitment to bring the best services to our customers. First we revolutionized the manner in which bullion was bought and sold in India . We then made it cheap, safe and convenient – a rare feat. Now, with the app, we empower our users to have complete control and information about the market and their portfolio, right at their fingertips. We are sure this is going to be loved by all our users.”

Soon, gone would be the days when you had lost your money on these precious metals due to lack of understanding and information about them and their ranging rates. The prices offered by BullionIndia.in is unmatchable because it’s run by an organization that is licensed to import directly, which passes on their price advantage to customers.

All you would now need to do is to have an internet connection to download and access their app that will provide information on live transactions rate, expeditions and so on direct to your phone screens. Thus, now finally you can learn, understand and work upon your knowledge on gold that has marred only by a group of sectors for centuries altogether.
BullionIndia app can be downloaded from android an App store that is free of charge to download and use. All users have to do is to create a Member ID and password and once that is done they can access, transact and buy gold on go, from anywhere, anytime and always.
If you have been impressed by the description above and want to give this app a try, you can download it. Please do share your opinions, experience and suggestions with us. You can share your opinions and ideas with us by commenting in the comment box, below.

This article is written by : Anuradha Sivaraman

Zebronics ZEB EM-600 earphone with mic launched

Gadgets

Rahul Hirani

September 25, 2014

Zebronics ZEB EM-600 earphone with mic launched

Fancy eardbuds are the fashion rage nowadays. After unveiling the ZEB-500 last month, Zebronics has released its new earphone, ZEB-EM600.The earphone have inbuilt microphone and mute button. It also has a new Zebronics branding on the back of the earphone.

Zebronics ZEB EM-600 earphone Features

Now before we discuss the audio performance itself, let’s talk about its brand new feature,noise cancellation. Zebronics ZEB series has always been at the top of this category, constantly appearing to be one step ahead of the competition. Well, the EM600 feels like it’s about five steps ahead.

There are silicone ear tips on the earphones. These help in noise cancelling. As a result a clean, crisp audio response with no distortion is produced even at top volumes. Its built-in sound processor, does make the experience enjoyable. Dedicated microphone and volume controls are conveniently easy at hand even when using a tablets. So the performance of the earphones will be appreciated by music lovers for sure.

Also read : Zebronics Bliss Portable Tower Speaker Launched for Rs.1,549

With the input connectivity of 3.5mm stereo and a sensitivity of 50mv the earphones come with a tangle-free cable and a “low-profile angled plug” to help ensure they make less of a dent in your pocket. It also has the Extra Wide Band (XWB) driver. It is of a diameter of just 7 mm. It is one of the smallest wide-band sound transducer which is available in dynamic headphones.

There is a good noise cancellation feature as promised by the company. You can only enjoy the music and not bother about anything. The 1.2 meter long cable has an attached multifunction remote control and with a frequency response range of 20 HZ–20000 HZ it has been designed to provide excellent audio quality while listening to music and making calls.

ZEB-EM600 is priced at Rs 350 and it also comes with a six month warranty. Along with the earphones the buyers will also get a leather carrying case and a cleaning tool.

Acer Aspire E Series 6 Laptops launched in India

Gadgets

Guest Author

September 22, 2014

Acer Aspire E Series 6 Laptops launched in India

The models of the Aspire E series which were announced a short while ago have been launched in the country, with 6 brand new laptops. These laptops were announced during IFA Berlin which took place earlier this month.

The brand new Aspire E notebooks, which are named as Acer Aspire ES1-511, E3-111, E5-511, E5-471, E5-571 and E5-571G are all accessible and available to the buyers in India. The Acer Aspire E5-471, E5-511, E5-571 and E5-571G notebook laptops can back several operating systems which include Windows 8.1 and Linux.

The laptops aside from backing up to 12GB of RAM, also back up to 1TB of hard disk storage capacity. The Aspire E5 can be set up with up to 4th Generation Intel Core i7 processors, the only purposeful GPU options are from the Nvidia GeForce 800M series.

Also, the Aspire E5-471, E5-511, E5-571 and E5-571G models consist of a Precision Touchpad (PTP), which supports six core Windows 8.1 Touchpad signals. In addition to this, the Skype accredited notebooks have an in-built microphone and speakers for an improved VoIP experience.

These laptops also have a built in optical drive. The Acer Aspire E5-571 model appears in two variants- dedicated graphics, or integrated graphics-and is accessible in Titanium Silver, Midnight Black, Tiger’s Eye Brown, Sapphire Blue and Garnet Red color variants.

The two models Aspire E5-571 and the E5-511 laptops have 15.6 inch display screens. The Aspire E5-471 has a 14-inch display and is accessible in Pearl White color variant. The Aspire E5 Series are aided by a 5000mAh battery and according to the company’s in-house tests can work for nearly 7 hours.

The Acer Aspire E3-511 notebook in contrast to the not long ago launched Aspire E5 Series laptops have only Windows 8.1 as an OS option. The company’s website has listed that the laptop has a 11.6-inch LED screen and is equipped by an Intel Celeron N2830 (2 cores, 2 threads, 2.16GHz base clock, up to 2.41GHz burst, 1 MB cache) processor with Intel HD graphics (313MHz base frequency, 750MHz burst frequency) and 2GB of DDR3L RAM.

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With a 500GB HDD, the Aspire E3-511 has 1.29kg weight and is accessible in Silver colour variant. The Acer Aspire ES1-511 appears with a choice between Windows 8.1 and Linux operating systems, and has a 15.6-inch LED HD screen. All the other stipulations are as identical to Aspire E3-511. The ES1-511 weighs more than the E3-511 at 2.4kg.

These laptops are a hot buys with a minimum0f 4-5 hours of battery life and E3-511 boasting of up to 7 hours of battery life. The laptops are available in stylish and soothing colours.E3-511 can be used on a daily basis and will come quite handy while traveling. The prices are quite okay.

The laptops are priced between Rs. 20,999 up to Rs. 59,999.All the laptops are accessible in India. Please leave your views and opinions regarding the launch of the products in the comment box below.

This article is written by : Arshi Bansal

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