Car charger for your favourite gadgets

Get, Slate, Go - I

This is a sort of second coming that ageing film-stars and out-of-work models would long for. The tablet was an all-but-dead product category, one that never really got off the ground sales-wise, despite the big push from Microsoft way back in 2002. But with the iPad, Apple's wiped the slate clean, opening up the flood gates for a slew of contenders that promise to revitalize an almost obsolete form factor, or to say, completely change the way we interact with our computers. Here's a small peek at what on the cards in 2010.

HP Slate :

Squint a little, and you could easily confuse the HP Slate with the Apple iPad. With a similar sleek profile and a large 8.9 inch capacitive display, it almost is. But it runs on the touch-enabled Windows 7 platform. Along with the netbook specs, it supports Flash and has got multi-tasking capabilities which the iPad lacks. It also packs in 2 built-in cameras (front and back) along with video recording. Looks like HP has all he iPad's bases covered, and then some more.

Notion Ink Adam :

Here's one from my country, India. Notion Ink, a small Indian start-up is talking big with the Adam. This Android based slate not only boasts of a sleek design, but also of the 1 GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 chip that acts both as a chip and a graphics card, allowing you to playback videos at 1080p on the 10 onch display. The real genius is he Pixel Qi screen which can switch from backlit LCD mode for web browsing to a low-power electrophoretic reflective mode for power saving (16 hours) and becomes easier on the eyes.

Fusion Garage JooJoo :
This is from the Singapore-based Fusion garage. Other than iPad, JooJoo is the only other slate that is commercially available at the moment. With a 12 inch screen this Intel Atom/Nvidia ion powered tablet promises full Flash HD and a decent interface over the custom Linux platform. But it misses out in many things - No Apps, no multi-tasking, no e-books and a 5 hour battery life.

More models to come in the next post.

Monday, March 29, 2010

Car charger for your favourite gadgets

Posted by Sourav 7:26 PM

With a number of companies (mostly the so-called "Chinese" models) hitting the market with car chargers, you will have a scratch your head a bit to make the right choice. Here's a few of them....

1) New Genesis multi-pack Charger : This one is a cellphone charger, and can charge any cellphone, be it Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung etc. It comes with a number of different nibs to match the different kind of chargers for different models. it also has a LED to indicate the charging status and protects the battery from being over-charged.

2) 4-in-1 Cigarette Lighter Splitter : This one splits the power from the cigarette lighter of the car into 4 , thus allowing to use 4 different things at the same time.

3) Belkin AC Anywhere (in picture) : This one uses the 12-volt DC cigarette lighter socket and converts it into 230V AC, i.e., the common household current. It can power any USB-charged device, be it a laptop, camera, phone etc. The AC Anywhere has got safety features like an alarm system whenever the car battery drops to danger level, and an automatic power off if over-loaded.

2 comments:

Travel Finance
Said

NIce info brother... but... I don't have a car :D

March 31, 2010 at 9:13 PM
Sourav
Said

LOL...then you may need these in the future.. :P

April 1, 2010 at 4:13 AM