Wearable click-free camera will capture a day in your life

A groundbreaking camera that decides itself when to take a shot will go on sale in Britain in November, in the first consumer application of technology developed by the British maker OMG Plc.
The device, called the Autographer, uses five in built sensors and software developed by Microsoft Corp to choose the best moment to capture an image without any intervention from the user.

The high-resolution pictures, which can number 2,000 in a day, can then be combined to create a visual record of an event like a party, a music festival or a typical day in the life of the owner.
The Autographer, which can be worn around the neck, clipped to clothing or placed in a particular vantage point, is the first consumer device from OMG, whose stop motion technology is used in fields ranging from computer game development to surveying roads.

Celkon to launch Android 4.0-based tablet for Rs. 7,499

Celkon Mobiles is all set to launch the 7-inch SIM-based tablet Celtab (CT2), priced at Rs. 7499, based on Android Ice Cream Sandwich Operating System, a month after it forayed into the segment with e-tab CT1.

"Celkon got huge appreciation for CT1 and currently have orders for 50,000 units from market for CT1 and CT2. The product will be available in two days," Celkon Mobiles Managing Director Y Guru told reporters.

Celtab comes with 1 GHz processor, 512 RAM and a provision for 3G dongle to access the Internet, he said.

Celkon Executive Director R Murali said the company plans to expand the business abroad and aiming to reach the Rs. 1000-crore mark turnover in FY13.
"The company's revenue was at Rs. 326 crore last year and as the market has been expanded to some states in north India this year sales are expected to jump threefold. As on date we have 11 active states in the country selling half a million mobile phones a year. We aim to sell one million sets next year," says Murali.

iPhone 5 becomes cheaper as grey market prices drop

Grey market prices for the iPhone 5 are constantly changing

After the recent revelation of the price of the iPhone 5 in the grey market, its prices have gone down, according to our sources. Apple’s latest offering was originally priced at Rs 1 lakh for the 64 GB model. The newer prices of the iPhone 5 are: Rs 62,000 for the 16 GB version, Rs 77,500 for the 32 GB version, and Rs 92,500 for the 64 GB version. Our sources state that these prices are variable and will change everyday.

Earlier this week, some stores in the grey market had announced their pricing for Apple’s latest smartphone, and the prices are as high as Apple’s other devices. The 16 GB version was available in the grey market for approximately Rs 76,000, the 32GB version for Rs 85,000, and the 64GB version of the iPhone 5 is available at Rs 1,00,000.

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Galaxy note 10.1 to take on apple ipad

Fierce competition to meet ever-increasing user demands has produced a fine selection of premium tablets and, to stay in the game, Samsung had to throw everything it's got at the Galaxy Note 10.1. Yes, it was sent back to the shop but we can think of a lot worse reasons than an engine upgrade.
So, a quad-core Exynos 4412 chipset coupled with 2GB of RAM is no joke but there's more to the Note than just raw power.

Key features
  * 10.1" 16M-color PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen of WXGA resolution (1280 x 800 pixels)
  * 1.4 GHz quad-core Cortex-A9 CPU, Mali-400MP GPU, Exynos 4 Quad chipset, 2GB of RAM
  * Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich with TouchWiz UX UI
  * S Pen input with well-designed gestures
  * One of a kind split-screen multitasking and pop-up mini apps
  * Quad-band GPRS/EDGE and quad-band 3G with HSPA connectivity (HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps)

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Google Nexus 7 to be launched in India in November

At Asus' press event in Bengaluru on Tuesday, it confirmed that the Google Nexus 7 tablet will reach Indian shores in November this year,  a confirmed price may be revealed at the end of this month.

 the Nexus 7 would arrive in India only after September. Anonymous sources from Asus, at the time had revealed that Google and Asus didn’t have any plans of releasing the Nexus 7 in the country before September.

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