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Headphones are usually among the first things you keep in your bag or purse when you leave the house especially if you have to commute by the subway or buses. However, regular headphones are hardly ideal for such situations since they do not cancel the external noise. For instance, if you are travelling by the subway, the constant sound of the engine or the air conditioning or even the people can interfere with your music. A pair of noise cancelling headphones is the perfect solution for all such problems. Read the rest of this entry »

In the good old days, you had to be careful enough to carry a point and shoot camera to a holiday or a party where you wanted to capture timeless memories in the form of photographs. As a result, you often missed out on some of the most beautiful moments because let’s face it, even if you have the best of memory, you are bound to forget such things once in a while. Read the rest of this entry »

Immediately after buying a new smartphone or a tablet, the first thing you must look for is a strong and efficient case. If you have emptied your pockets on a brand new smartphone or a tablet, it makes sense to spend a little extra money on their protection. A case is the easiest of ways to protect your smartphone or tablet from both superficial scratches and internal damage. Luckily for you, the cases come in a variety of innovative designs and colors, so much so that they will only add to the beauty of your phone. Read the rest of this entry »

Ultrabook is the latest buzzword in the world of laptops. Essentially, ultrabook is a marketing label created by Intel to refer to extremely thin and light notebooks with high quality performance. Therefore, an ultrabook is basically a laptop with diminished size and weight but no compromise is made on the performance front. The best of ultrabooks come with an Intel i3, i5 or i7 processor, 4-8 GB memory storage and 3.0 USB connectivity. Read the rest of this entry »

With the release of new products by three major companies, the past two weeks have been ablaze with activity in the world of gadgets. There wasn’t a single dull moment as Apple unveiled the new iPhone 5, Nokia announced the launch of Nokia Lumia 920 and Kindle came up with the Kindle Fire HD. Quite definitely, this has been the week of huge releases and with such releases comes speculation, expectations and previews. Read the rest of this entry »

Until a few years ago, it was common for people to use a laptop for working on the go. It wasn’t exactly the lightest of gadgets but there weren’t any options to choose from. Therefore, people were willing to bear the burden of heavy laptops on long journeys just to get some work done. Luckily for all of them, there are a number of alternatives available as of now and the best part is that they cut down on the weight while retaining the performance. Depending on your expectations and requirements, you can choose from a variety of gadgets like smartphones, tablets, ultrabooks or netbooks. Read the rest of this entry »

A few weeks ago, we spoke about some of the best gaming laptops available in the market. Undoubtedly, gaming laptops belong to a well developed niche, one where there is immense competition giving way to some high quality laptops. However, it will be some years before the same can be said of gaming smartphones. While there are a few smartphones designed especially for gaming purposes, there is ample room for improvement as of now. Nvidia, the leading chipmaker announced that smartphone graphics would definitely beat Xbox 360 by the year 2014. As a matter of fact, Nvidia also declared that the current quality of graphics on smartphones was quite comparable to gaming consoles like Play Station3. Read the rest of this entry »

When it comes to smartphones, the competiton between major operating systems is as intense as it can get. Countless comparisons have been made between Android and iOS, the apps they support and how smoothly they run. Recently, another big player entered the niche making it a three way competition. With the release of Windows Phone 7, Microsoft announced its entry into the smartphone niche. Even before it was launched, both people and critics had high hopes from the software giant. And Windows 7 did not dissapoint at all. Read the rest of this entry »