Awesome Poem By- Kirti Bhasker, poet prize winner 2012

 



I think about you all day and night
You are always there in my mind
I'm here for you every hour of the day
And i'll never leave you in anyway
I talk with you every day
Coz you are my sunshine on a cloudy day.
You are like the air i breathe
and when i look around i know
that you are all I need
I re-read the texts you sent
And remember the times we spent
When in kindergarden our motive
Was to fight , fight and fight
Even on the darkest night.... 


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Tech gadgets for great outdoors

Whether you often go city trotting or love camping on the riverside, technology comes to the rescue especially during dire emergencies. So, while one may not need to take utmost care of devices when indoors, the scenario may not necessarily be the same when outdoors. Saving a device from seeping water, accidental knocks and bumps or even powering it would be a task. We’ve listed out some handy devices for the next time you decide to set out on a mini-trip. 

Mobile devices

Many users do not prefer to stay away from their phones, even when on a vacation. Arguably, some users wouldn’t want to tag along a mobile phone when away on a vacation to enjoy the serenity without any disturbances. However, a mobile phone can come quite handy, in case of emergencies. The Motorola Defy+ is an aptly designed outdoor phone with waterproof and dustproof capabilities and can take the usual knocks and bumps. It is powered by a 1GHz processor and runs on Android 2.3. While outdoors, you can take quick snapshots with its 5 megapixel camera and view it on the large 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen. It recently got a price cut and is available for Rs.15,990 at Flipkart, click here for the complete review. 

Rugged yet stylish

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Active, literally is quite like its name, plus it will successfully put away the notion that rugged phones are ugly. This one has a cute appearance, along with a rough and tough side. While it is dust resistant, one can call it a delight for water sports lovers, too, as it is resistant to water immersion, between 15cm and 1m for up to half an hour. This one will cost you around Rs.19,000 and click here to read the review.

Cameras

Be it a brunch, an adventurous trip or a beach vacation, one can't just wait to capture those cherished moments and flash them onto social sites, if we may say so.  While cameras have become a standard feature on smartphones, they aren't capable of completely replacing the need for digital cameras, at least not yet. And, yes, you wouldn’t want to damage your high-end camera with reckless handling during a vacation. Manufacturers have been catering to such needs for some time now. While Canon D10 still stays my favourite, there are some nifty recent products available in the market. The Nikon AW100 is one such option (AW stands for All Weather). The camera came out a winner at shock resistant test - it is ruggedly built to ensure that you don’t have to pay too much attention to the camera while vacationing. With a 16MP sensor and street price of Rs. 15,000, it is waterproof up to 10 metres, shockproof from a drop of 5 feet and freeze proof up to -10 degree Celsius. Here's the complete review.

Take it for a swim

Another active outdoor option is the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT3, however it attaches a higher price tag of Rs.25,488. With an extremely solid built, the camera embeds a 2.7-inch screen and 12.1 mega pixel CCD sensor. Its rugged spec sheet talks about being waterproof up to 40m, freezeproof up to minus 10 degree celcius, shockproof up to 6.6-feet and is also dustproof.  Besides, the rugged design and feature set, the camera also packs some good tech specs, read the complete review here.

GPS devices

A GPS device is the next in our list of favourite outdoor devices. Now, we know that high-end smartphones are equipped with GPS and maps, but a dedicated GPS device comes with more enhancements, especially for those who love exploring newer places. The nuvi 2565LM is a GPS and Driving Recorder (optional), all-in-one product with free lifetime map updates. The 5-inch large screen has a simple interface and the device is available for purchase at LetsBuy. 

A standalone GPS device

Those who love camping and trekking will find the Garmin Forerunner 405CX GPS watch a true outdoor device. It comes with a high-sensitivity GPS receiver and HotFix satellite prediction and locates your position simply, quickly and precisely. It maintains the GPS location even under heavy cover and near tall buildings and trees. Besides, this watch is also a great sports watch and can track your time, distance, pace and heart rate. It can send the data wirelessly to the PC for analysis.

Chargers

Those who are worried about battery drain during an overnight camp or while on a road trip, can look forward to battery packs that can be charged at your home using a PC or wall mount. These chargers are portable, and you can pick them from renowned companies like CoolerMaster andEnergizer, to name a few. They come with varying connectors depending upon the phone you're using. There is also an eco-friendly version of these battery packs, for instance – this CoolerMaster solar battery pack sits pretty on the backside of the iPhone 4 and can charge the device on-the-go as you trek in the scorching sun. Besides, solar backpacks also seem a great option to charge mobile devices. The backside of the bag integrates solar panel that absorbs power to then juice up your devices. The V-dimension Helius Solar Powered Backpack can be grabbed from Junglee.com.

Eco-friendly

Cases

If you don’t have a rugged device and have already spent a hefty amount buying a high-end and not-so-rugged device, then robust cases would surely come to the rescue. For instance, Griffin Survivor Extreme duty case available at fommy.co.in comes with a sturdy built and enhanced capabilities to protect your high-end iPhone 4. These cases aren’t just for high-end products like the iPhone 4, there are cases available for almost all devices. Here is a list of cases that may aptly suit your device at Fommy. Similarly, you can also opt for a casing for your camera and iPod. These cases let you take the camera for a swim without the need for buying a waterproof camera. Those with Canon cameras can find some good underwater cases for them at Naaptol.

These handy devices could ensure that your products are safe and powered, while you enjoy your vacation. If you have some more rugged options, do let us know in the comments section below.

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REVIEWS / SMARTPHONES / LG ELECTRONICS INDIA PVT. LTD LG Optimus Hub Review

One of the mid-budget phones in the Optimus series, the Optimus Hub fits in comfortably between the Optimus Net and the Optimus Sol, in terms of pricing. And guess what, it’s grabbing a lot of attention, too. You ask why? For starters, it’s got the perfect price tag, suiting most of us looking for a phone, which is neither too cheap, nor too expensive; and next, its other siblings haven’t really made too much of an impact. Does the Optimus Hub (E510) do enough to modify our top smartphones under 15K list? Read on to find out. 

Design and Build Quality

The Optimus Hub comes in a glossy black outfit with a grey strip running along the sides. This candybar phone has a nice look and feel to it, despite all the plastics that have been used for its construction. The Optimus Hub has a nice 3.5-inch scratch resistant screen with a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels and three capacitive buttons at the bottom. Above the screen, we’ve got a proximity sensor, but an ambient light sensor has been omitted. There’s quite a bit of bezel under the screen, but thankfully, it wasn’t as much as we saw on the Sol. 

Front and back

The lock button and the 3.5mm headphone jack is located at the top, while the charging port is located at the bottom. Moving on, the volume rocker is located at the sides, while the 5 megapixel shooter is located at the back along with an LED flash. Sadly, LG found it best to leave out the flash. The memory card is located under the back cover, so it’s hot swappable.

The Hub doesn’t disappoint in the looks department, but a slightly better build would have been more than welcome. 

Features and Performance

Interface

The Optimus Hub runs on an 800 MHz ARM v6 processor with LG’s Optimus 2.0 user interface running atop Gingerbread 2.3.4. There’s 150 MB of internal memory and 512 MB of RAM on board as well. We’re not too sure about its plans for ICS, but considering LG's recent history about upgrades, we’re not pinning too much hopes on the Hub. Not much has changed in Optimus 2.0, in terms of looks, but it definitely looks quicker and more fluid. However, we had a problem with theOptimus Net UI – it didn’t look too polished, with poor colour schemes and we’ll have to sadly say that for the Optimus Hub as well. Multitasking has been handled pretty well, but there’s always this erratic time when your phone just slows down and you’ll have to be patient with it to be up and running. We’ve seen that on a lot of Androids now, so there’s nothing new, out there. 

The interface

The phone gets an AnTuTu score of 1,435 points, which is a full 400 points, lower than the score the Mi-350n got. In our Linpack test, the E510 got a single thread score of 9.343 points and a multi thread score of 8.074 points, which again is in the same range as the Spice Mi-350n. The benchmarks clearly expose the processor’s frailties. 

Media

The interface is pretty plain with no major shift from what a stock Android looks like. There are no added equalizer presets, either, so what-you-hear-is-what-you-get. The E510 comes with in-ear headphones and the music quality is fairly nice. It’s not as good as the Walkman experience, though. Audio format support is limited to MP3, WAV, AAC and WMA, but you’ve got a ton of third party apps to sort that out. 

Media options

The screen, though not as bright as the ultra AMOLED on the Sol, is pretty comfortable and bright enough for watching videos. You’ll have to look to other apps in the Android market, if you want playback support for files besides MP4 and H.264, though. HD videos didn’t playback via the stock player and stuttered greatly via third party apps, so it’s best you stick to standard definition. A so-so performance in the media section for the Hub. 

Connectivity

The Optimus Hub is a quad-band GSM phone with 3.6 HSDPA 3G support, Wi-Fi with DLNA and Wi-Fi Direct and Bluetooth 3.0. There’s GPS as well, with A-GPS and Google Maps; and the standard Android web-kit browser, completing your connectivity options. The in-call quality on the E510 is loud and clear. The speaker is pretty ‘loud’ as well. As far as browsing is concerned, the stock browser doesn’t have support for flash videos. 

Connectivity apps

The Wi-Fi signal receptor was somehow stronger than a lot of other phones, which we’ve seen in the recent past. The phone would lock onto our signal pretty well at places, other phones and tablets would find it extremely difficult to secure a connection. Plus, it’s a welcome relief from the Wi-Fi problems that we have been having with the Sony Tablet P, which we’re in the process of reviewing. One problem we noticed quite a number of times was with data connectivity. The phone wouldn’t switch from Wi-Fi to mobile data and would require a restart before mobile data would start working. 

A few bundled apps

Misc. Features

LG have bundled a couple of apps on the phone, including eBuddy XMS (with an LG rebranding), Polaris Viewer and Remote Call. The last app helps you troubleshoot your phone remotely, in case something goes wrong. Besides that, you’ve got the ever-present Android market to download your other stuff. 

Stock Android interface

Camera

The phone is strapped with a 5 megapixel autofocus shooter but as mentioned earlier there’s no LED flash. In outdoor shots, the snaps appear quite nice, but there’s no touch focus, so it’s difficult to get the camera to focus on something in particular. Also, low light flash are an absolute no go. It’s an average camera and offers nothing different from the Spice Mi-350n, we saw in the sub-10k category.

Average performer.

Video shooting is limited to 480p, and we’ll have to mention that with the similar priced Live with Walkman does 720p, so that’s another important consideration

Apple addresses heating issues of the new iPad

Acouple of days ago, after the initial excitement of the latest iPad cooled down, right on cue an issue surrounding the newly launched product replaced it. Apple, in the past has a tendency to attract some negative response from new owners of their products as is the case with the antenna issue on iPhone 4 and below par battery life on the iPhone 4S when iOS 5 was out. The latest concern for new consumers of Apple’s latest tablet is that a few users have stated that the iPad’s heat problems occur towards the lower left corner of the tablet. In a related report regarding the heating issues, a website reported that the iPad overheats and shuts down and in the process displaying the message, ‘this iPad needs to cool down.’ Apple through The Loop has issued a statement regarding this problem that is faced by a handful of iPad owners.

Operates well within thermal specifications

The statement by the Cupertino brand reads, “The new iPad delivers a stunning Retina display, A5X chip, support for 4G LTE plus 10 hours of battery life, all while operating well within our thermal specifications. “If customers have any concerns they should contact AppleCare.” 

The reply by Apple is straightforward and simple and in this case they do not dodge the bullet by stating how it should be held. The new iPad comes with a resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels and runs on four cores of GPU. After a significant amount of usage, like any device, there would tend to be some amount of heat but not so much that should cause any sort of concern to the owner or a potential owner. The report goes on to state, “I have been using the new iPad for almost two weeks — a week before it was released to the public and I’ve seen no heat issues. I use my iPad everyday over LTE and Wi-Fi, holding it my hand and on my lap and the device doesn’t get hot.I have also used all types of applications in my testing of the iPad including GarageBand, iMovie, iPhoto and other music apps. These apps take advantage of the faster processor, graphics and Retina display, all without issue.” 

Any of you who own the new iPad let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

New Linux 3.3 Kernel integrates Android code, updates various features

The Linux 3.3 kernel was announced on Sunday and founder, Linus Torvalds mentioned about the updates and improvements it has brought to the table. For starters, they have managed to bring a few fixes and updates, including merging Android with the main Linux source tree. As reported by PCWorld, with this merger, developers can utilize and work on Android compatible Linux devices. As a result of this new update, the two kernels have finally been merged together, which is definitely great news. 

Android being open source, developers can do what they want with the code to create something they like. An important example is how Amazon’s Kindle Fire is actually so brilliant despite still working on Android 2.2. With this merger, it will make work for developers and newbies much easier whether it's fixing basic stuff or adding additional enhancements and improvements. As a result of this merger, the Android mobile operating system is supported by the Linux community, which means developers will be able to boot onto an Android phone without changing the base Linux 3.3 kernel. 

Going strong

While this doesn’t mean a lot at the user's end, this is definitely some great news for developers, because this means quicker migration for kernels for phones and customized ROMs as well. This also means that creation of mobile operating systems based on Android won’t be restricted just to companies like Amazon and we could see a more widespread acceptability. 

Linux 3.3 also brings in an important feature called teaming that allows developers to merge multiple Ethernet devices, instead of the round robin style mode that currently exists. The next addition includes the option to restripe Btrfs, which is the Linux filesystem that has been designed for large enterprise storage systems. With this addition, developers can create a logical volume on top of multiple drives. Other updates include network priority traffic, EFI boot support, memory management, cryptography and security. Support for new hardware architecture has been made available as well. With this update, Linux definitely brings in a lot of new additions to the table. 

How to - Extend Wi-Fi coverage and eliminate dead zones

Most users having a wireless router at home or office usually complain of dead zones and low wireless connectivity in certain areas. This usually happens when you have a large room or multiple rooms, where a single wireless router cannot serve the entire area effectively. Upgrading to Wi-Fi ‘n’ routers or installing high-gain antennas could solve the problem, but the chances are remote when it comes to accessing the signals in a larger area or if you have many walls in between you and your router, especially. Adding Wi-fi signal repeaters can help, but this increases the overall cost of the hardware. 

A simpler and slightly cheaper solution would be installing additional wireless routers in other rooms, which will solve the problem. In this workshop, we show you how to configure multiple routers on the same network. Using this trick, you can have one single SSID throughout the entire network and stay in the same subnet too. Before you proceed, make sure you have an extra router handy with you. Any basic router would do since the goal is to spread the Wi-Fi network to a specific part of the house and not the whole house. You can invest in a few cheap Wi-Fi ‘g’ or ‘n’ routers, depending on how big your house is.

Choosing the right channel is very important

Let’s begin with an example to make you understand the network a bit better. You have a large home, which spreads across two or more rooms or floors. You have one wireless router, which is connected to the Internet gateway (either a DSL modem or a direct connection through your cable guy) and is placed in your living room. You can access this wireless network in your living room with ease, but your bedroom, kitchen, terrace or garden area has a very weak signal or you are unable to even get the network there. All you need is an additional router or more routers, which will pick up the primary network from another room and extend it further into its area. We shall take an example of a scenario where three routers are required to cover the area in the living room, the bedroom and the garden. Let’s call the primary wireless router in the living room as LR1, BR1 for the wireless router in the bedroom and GR1 for the one in the garden. Now we assume that LR1 is configured by default with SSID ‘RAHUL’ and a secure WPA2 password.

Let’s assume IP address is 192.168.0.1 and the DHCP server is enabled.  All clients now connecting to this router will be given IP addresses by this DHCP server on LR1 from 192.168.0.2, 192.168.0.3, and so on. Log in to your router using that IP in a browser and open the settings page.  Here, set the wireless network channel to ‘Channel 1’. Now, dig around a bit till you find the option to increase the antenna gain, and set it to the highest possible strength. Save and restart the router. LR1 is now configured.

Configuring LR1

Now let’s configure the second router BR1, which is placed in the bedroom. Once again, connect the router to a PC via the Ethernet or Wi-Fi network for configuration. Open the setup page of the router and start the setup wizard. Configure the WAN IP (Internet gateway) settings as ‘Dynamic’. This will receive an IP address from the primary router automatically. Next move on to configure the wireless network details, such as SSID and security password. Now enter the SSID the same as the primary router LR1 (in this case ‘RAHUL’). Enter the security type (in this case WPA2) and password, which is again identical to LR1. Next, set the channel number as channel 6, so that there is no overlapping of the channels between LR1 and BR1. Increase the antennal signal strength to maximum. Next, move on to the LAN settings and disable the DHCP server. Save the settings and the router will restart. Now BR1 is also configured.