Gyration Air Mouse

The Gyration Air Mouse Elite can be described simply as a mouse version of Nintendo's Wii Remote. The only difference is that the Wiimote tracks movement based on line-of-sight, while the Air Mouse Elite is based around Radio Frequency (2.4 GHz), transmitted to a USB dongle. The Air Mouse Elite is a perfect addition to your home theater PC setup or presentation portfolio. Its easy software setup and mouse interface makes the mouse accessible to anyone new to motion control devices, although there is a bit of a learning curve.

Gyration Air Mouse Cradle

Design
The Air Mouse Elite (1.5 by 2.25 by 4.5 inches, HWD) has a unique form factor, designed more for comfortably handling the motion-end of navigation. Its thin structure may feel awkward for those with larger hands when using the mouse to glide across your desktop, but I found it comfortable enough in limited day-to-day tasks. The top of the mouse is a glossy black plastic that is certain to attract smudges. In between the mouse buttons is a scroll wheel, which felt quite smooth.

Underneath the scroll wheel are 3 customizable media buttons and in the center of these buttons is a designated gesture button. On the underside of the mouse is a trigger-like button that you'll have to press to activate motion sensing.

Features
The Air Mouse is compatible with Mac and Windows OS. The included software CD, however is only for Windows XP and Vista, so you'll have to go onto Gyration's Website to download the Motion Tools Applications. The software is easy to install and comes with a beginner's tutorial to help you get acclimated to the MotionTools interface and the Air Mouse itself. Setting up the gestures and media buttons was easy, thanks to the intuitive interface. You can even set up several profiles with different settings for how you want to navigate. My boyfriend and I each set up our own profiles, each with our unique button and gesture settings.

Within the software you can also customize the mouse to perform certain settings when you are in different programs. For instance, when I was Web browsing, I had the Left Swipe Gesture to mean go back a page, but when I was in my designated media player I had the same Gesture mean mute. You can also set specific settings for your desktop and presentation programs (i.e. PowerPoint).

Performance 
For general use the Air Mouse fulfills its duties. At a 1000dpi, the cursor movement is small and slow, especially across high-resolution screens. For extended use I prefer a higher dpi (about 3,200) like the one found on the Logitech Marathon Mouse M705 .

The Air Mouse comes with a USB dongle for 2.4-GHz wireless connectivity that can transmit up to 100 feet away—perfect for lecture halls. However, if you're planning on carting this mouse to and from office presentations there's no storage spot inside the mouse or the USB charging dock for the dongle. The M705 offers this feature, where users can store the included USB dongle where the batteries are stored.

Gyration Air Mouse Full Set

As a motion-control device, however, the Gyration Air Mouse Elite performs great. The gesture controls feel natural and work well in the presentation and home theater environment. However, it falls short as an everyday mouse, with a low dpi and only okay everyday use. Though it's likely this won't be your primary mouse. Gyration must be applauded, though, for creating an intuitive interface and solid feature set.

  

Skiff Reader

The Skiff Reader has been the big head turner at the CES 2010, and rightly so. It’s flexible, great to look at and probably has the most intuative user handling we have ever seen. Just think interactive newspaper and you get the picture. Here is a review, mostly from engadget, which gives you an idea about just how beautiful it is

Once you hold it, you're struck by how thin and light it is. Just a hair over 0.25 inches thick, it's also super light and feels good in the hand—it's solid despite it's airy heft. The screen feels huge compared to the Kindle or Nook, because it is—its 11.5-inch touchscreen is huge, significantly bigger than even the Kindle DX (at 9.7 inches). The size is actually a little awkward for reading books (it's wider and taller than even a big hardcover book) but it's excellent for newspapers. The touchscreen works well, responding to both taps and swipes easily, and the refresh rate is pretty good (meaning, it's still e-ink, but it's not slower than existing readers). It can also handle 12fps animation, which is pretty primitive compared to LCD but just fine for little ads or whatever.

The layout is where it really shines—it feels more like a newspaper than any other reader I've tried. The layouts are designed by the periodicals themselves, so instead of looking like a bare PDF of text, it feels like there's thought put into the design. To navigate through a newspaper, you can navigate to a section with the "scrubber bar," a scroll bar on the bottom of the screen that displays each consecutive section's name as you swipe through it. It's great; you can go right to the arts section, sports section, whatever, and it feels totally natural. You can also swipe on each article to go to the next page, or swipe up and down to change font size. Highlighting and annotating both work well, and Skiff plans to automatically upload your highlights and notes to the cloud for access later.

Magazines don't fare as well as newspapers; it feels like nobody really knows how to digitize magazines. On the Skiff, magazine reading is pretty awkward—you flip through full page scans, then tap a page to zoom in, at which point you have to slowly and uncomfortably pan through the zoomed page, with the e-ink refreshing every time you move. It's not a good solution, but like I said, this isn't a final release and hopefully they'll have worked it out by then.

Books look fine, although clearly the Skiff is designed for newspapers; there's about an inch of blank space on all sides when you read a book, because 11.5 inches of text is a lot to stare at. Other than that slightly unfulfilled feeling when you see unused space, book-reading should be no problem.

Asus / Core i5: K53E Laptop

The 2.53GHz Core i5-2520M is shaping up to be a lovely option for those who’d prefer a budget choice with plenty of horsepower for churning through HD video. With Turbo Boost technology available for busts of performance on demand, this four-thread capable CPU should be a popular configuration in the midrange class of multimedia notebooks. The benchmarking gurus over at Hot Hardware recently grabbed hold of the new silicon, and they noticed an “unmatched performance-per-watt profile for mobile CPUs,” not to mention a robust graphics core, “ridiculously low idle power consumption,” a respectable price point and plenty of power for any software title not named Crysis 2. ASUS’ 15.6-inch K53E was the test machine, and with a starting tag of just $899. That’s a reasonable price for a machine with the build quality and styling.

This 15.6 inch machine runs on a 2.53GHz Core i5-2520M processor that keeps up with all but the most demanding software, clocking in at computing speeds that were at least 15 to 25 percent higher than the previous generation of machines. That’s in part thanks to the 4GB of onboard RAM.

It also comes equipped with an Intel HD 3000 graphics card that supports full HD video playback. As far as storage space goes the machine is a bit limited, saddled by a 640GB hard drive that will suffice for all but the most demanding users.

You get all of this in a package that weighs just less than 6 pounds. Not bad, however, the real story here is the power consumption.

A third party testing group found that the Asus K53E possesses an “unmatched” performance per watt ratio and idle power consumption that’s at the top of the pile. That means your 6 cell battery will last a whole lot longer than it would in a similar machine.

You wouldn’t expect to get all of this performance in a full-sized laptop for cheap but Asus has set the price for the K53E at just under $900.

Asus K53E Sandy Bridge Laptop at a glance

§                 15.6-inch LED backlight display with resolution of 1366×768 pixel

§                 Equipped with an Intel GMA HD integrated graphics

§                 Preloaded with Windows 7 Home Premium operating system

§                 Offers 802.11n Wi-Fi, & Gigabit Ethernet LAN connectivity

§                 Powered by 2.1GHz Intel Core i3-2310M processor (Asus K53E-A1)

§                 Boasts Intel Core i5-2410M CPU (Asus K53E-B1)

§                 6GB of DDR3 memory & 640GB hard drive

§                 0.3 megapixel web camera

§                 Altec Lansing speakers, & DVD burner

§                 Includes 6-cell battery

§                 Brings HDMI & VGA video outputs

§                 3 USB 2.0 ports, & 4-in-1 media card reader

Sony Ericson Xperia Arc

Xperia™ arc takes the stunning design language that Sony Ericsson has become known for to a new level. Super slim and light, Xperia™ arc is just 8.7mm at its thinnest part and has a extra wide 4.2” multi-touch screen. Created from premium materials and with a stunning arc body, this smartphone is sleek, strong and designed to fit perfectly in the user’s hand. The best of Sony technology is inside Xperia™ arc.  The Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine delivers exceptional visual brilliance and a crystal clear image which enhances the overall entertainment experience. Furthermore, Sony’s award-winning Exmor R™ for mobile sensor with the f/2.4 lens enables the capture of high quality, bright pictures and HD videos even in low light. All pictures and videos can be shared in HD on your living room TV via the built in HDMI-connector. 

Xperia™ arc will launch on the latest version of the Android™ platform providing access to Google Mobile Services and the myriad of applications available on the Android market. Xperia™ smartphones add best in class entertainment on top of smartphone fundamentals such as apps, maps, email and fast Internet to create the most entertaining smartphone experience.

The Xperia Arc runs on a 1GHz Qualcomm MSM8255 processor coupled with snappy Adreno 205 graphics components to make it a nimble little thing. Somehow Ericson managed cram 512MB of RAM in there too (which is about 400MD more than my first PC had). There’s also 8GB of handy storage via the MicroSD slot for all your favorite music and videos.
Functionally the phone sports a 8 mega pixel camera which works amazingly well for shooting detailed stills and even well-formed video. The 1500mAh “middle-of-the-road” battery isn’t exactly earth-shattering but it will keep you running for a few hours without having to carry a booster in your pocket (you hear me Thunderbolt?)
Unfortunately, the screen leaves a bit to be desired. It’s a 4.2 inch 854 X 480 affair that’s marginally acceptable in this day and age. That makes it the company’s largest but not brightest. The colors in this thing are pretty bland and the viewing angles are so narrow that it’s like you’re back in 2001.
As far as pricing, the off-contract price is right around $600. That’ll likely be cut in half with a contract though so don’t let it scare you away.

How to make online recharge for your mobile and DTH services

It’s often itching that you won’t have enough balance to make a call. Such situations are really frustrating when you really want to say something serious matter or want to make compromise with your gf. In such situations if you can’t go to retail shop to make recharge you can go for this online recharging. To get this ultimate benefit you just logon to www.justrechargeit.com .

By logging into this site you can recharge your mobile phone or DTH services by simple means. This site provides you the convenience of recharging your prepaid mobile and DTH services from anywhere in the world and at anytime, without visiting any retail shop or making any calls. JustRechargeIt offers simple and instant recharge for Aircel, Airtel, Loop Mobile (BPL Mobile), Vodafone, Tata Indicom Mobile, Reliance Mobile, Tata Docomo, BSNL, Idea, MTNL, MTS, Uninor, Tata Walky, Videocon Mobile and Virgin Mobile and DTH services for Tata Sky, Dish TV, Reliance Digital TV, Sun Direct and Videocon d2h.

To make a online recharge the steps are simple. First log on to www.justrechargeit.com .Then a window appears as shown

At first you have to register your account then only you can have your transaction. You can have transaction through net banking or debit\credit card or cash card. Basically the registration process consists of verification of your mobile number. In the next step you have to select the service and service provider, fill in the base required information and complete the registration process. The main highlight of this site is that the registration process is simple, easy and quick.

In the next step select the desired recharge amount and recharge your mobile or DTH service by making payment with your credit card, debit card or your net banking account. Don’t be afraid all the banking account details that you provide is secure and confidential as your payment details are entered directly on the secure site of the payment gateway you choose. Once your payment is confirmed, the recharge is delivered as an e-topup. The recharge amount gets instantly updated to your account

View any blog as you like

Till now the blog authors decide in which way you all people should see his blog. Now the time had changed and you can decide in which way you should view your favorite blog.

At present blogger offers5 dynamic views for the public blogs. However these views are available only if it is allowed by blogger. The five dynamic views allowed by blogger are flipcard,mosaic,sidebar,snapshot  and timeline.

· Flipcard: available at [blogURL]/view/flipcard

· Mosaic: available at [blogURL]/view/mosaic

· Sidebar: available at [blogURL]/view/sidebar

· Snapshot: available at [blogURL]/view/snapshot

· Timeslide: available at [blogURL]/view/timeslide

If you wan to view your favorite blog in style you choose just type your blog URL/view/type of view.

For example; to view allinthiz in sidebar style type http://allinthiz.blogspot.com/view/sidebar

These dynamic views require new browsers such as Internet Explorer 8+, Morzilla Firefox 3.5+, Chrome or Safari. Many elements of these views will not work should you have an older browser.
In all views, search is available in the upper right hand corner. Clicking on the ">" arrow in the very top left of the header bar will slide the header bar across and allow you to choose different views for the current blog as well as type in a new blog URL. You can switch your view at any time you prefer.
Flipcard

• Hover mouse over any of the cards displayed to see the post title and comment count. When you scroll down, additional posts will continue to load.
• To see a post in full view click on the card. You can navigate through the posts using J(older post) and K (newer post) or the arrow keys. Press escape or click back to all posts to return to the Flipcard view.
• In the upper left, click to sort by Date, Author and Category.

Mosaic

·        In this type of view you can see a number of tiles displayed.

·        Clicking on an individual tile will expand that post to the full width of the view, and clicking again will collapse the post back into its original position.

·        The exact position of the tiles is randomly determined each time the blog loads, but they will appear chronologically from top left to bottom right.

·        Once a tile is expanded, you can page down by using the "up" and "down" arrow keys as well as J and K.

·        This view is optimized for the tablet viewing, and supports screen rotation.

Sidebar

This has got quick and easy searching formulae

• This is aimed for quick reading and browsing.
• Ther is a sidebar on the left side of the blog where the individual post headers are displayed in a chronological order with comment counts and thumbnails for individual posts.
• J and K arrow keys will navigate through the posts and comments can be displayed on the same page by clicking the Show link.

Snapshot

• Here all pages won’t be displayed.
• Only the posts which have images will be displayed.
• Clicking at any image will display the full post page, with navigation links at the bottom for Newer and Older posts
• Hover mouse over any photo to display a post snippet

Timeline

This view differentiate blog content into 3

Left column: It has enlarged image with a post snippet, title, and these snippets are displayed in chronological order

Middle column: Displays just the post title and snippet

Right column: Displays just the individual post titles

When searching for posts in this view, the results will be highlighted.