Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Top 3 budget smartphones on sale in India below Rs 10 000 for August 2013
Nokia Lumia 520:
The world’s highest selling Windows Phone 8 smartphone puts in a strong case in its favour in the sub Rs 10,000 category. It is on sale for around Rs 9,000 in the country from a slew of online and offline stores.
Nokia Lumia 520 comes with the following features:
· 4 inch screen with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels.
· 1 GHz dual core Krait processor
· Adreno 305 GPU
· 512 MB RAM, 8GB of internal storage with memory expansion capacity of 64GB
· 5MP rear camera without flash, no front camera
· 3G, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth for connectivity
· 1,430 mAh battery which is capable enough to last you a day on moderate usage.
· Nokia’s exclusive Lumia applications.
Micromax A110Q Canvas 2 Plus:
The successor to the uber successful Micromax Canvas 2 is one of the cheapest quad core phones with a 5 inch screen in the country.
It can be bought for around Rs 9,500-10,000. Here’s a list of its specifications:
· 5 inch screen with a 854 x 480 pixels resolution.
· Android 4.2 Jelly Bean
· 1.2 GHz quad-core processor which is a Mediatek unit.
· 1 GB RAM, 4GB of internal storage with a memory card slot being made available as well to expand the memory by another 32GB.
· 8MP rear camera with flash, 2MP secondary camera.
· 3G, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth take charge of the connectivity department.
· 2,000 mAh battery that will last you a little under a day.
BlackBerry Curve 9220:
Blackberry devices may not be the most popular ones out there on sale but they account for the best QWERTY keypad smartphones on sale. The good old fashioned keypad device is on sale for around Rs 8,500 in the country.
Here’s a list of its specifications:
· 2.44-inch screen with a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels
· A well-spaced QWERTY keypad
· BlackBerry OS 7.1
· 512 MB RAM, 512 MB internal storage capacity with memory expansion capacity of 32GB.
· 800 MHz processor
· 2MP fixed focus camera, no front facing camera.
· Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 2G connectivity are present. It misses out on 3G connectivity.
· 1,450 mAh battery which provided a battery life of around a day and a half.
Friday, February 14, 2014
Panasonic Lumix GX7 Go on sale Release Date
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Sunday, February 2, 2014
Volkswagen’s Won Aaward For Dual Clutch Gearbox Volkswagen’s Sale 3 5 Million DSG Gearbox WorldWide
In an awe inspiring reflection of how popular Volkswagen’s award winning dual clutch gearbox has been, Volkswagen has just sold it’s three and a half millionth DSG Gearbox worldwide. DSG, is an acronym for Direct Shift Gearbox, with Volkswagen being the very first manufacturer to introduce the dual clutch system in a car gearbox which made gear shift times quicker, to suit today’s high performance car just fine.
The Direct-Shift Gearbox commonly abbreviated to DSG is an electronically controlled dual clutch multiple-shaft manual gearbox, in a transaxle design - without a conventional clutch pedal,and with full automatic, or semi-manual control. The first actual Dual Clutch transmissions derived from Porsche in-house development for 962 racing cars in the 80s.
In simple terms, it is two separate manual gearboxes (and clutches), contained within one housing, and working as one unit. It was designed by BorgWarner,and was initially licensed to the German automotive industry concern Volkswagen Group (which includes the Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Audi, SEAT, Škoda, Lamborghini, Bentley, Bugatti, Porsche, and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles automotive marques), with support by IAV GmbH.By using two independent clutches,a DSG can achieve faster shift times,and eliminates the torque converter of a conventional epicyclic automatic transmission.
Now, what exactly do the two clutches in the DSG gearbox do? The two clutches let two gears to be selected at a single shot so that when the transmission shifts, it needs only open one clutch and the other clutch can remain closed, thus saving time. Quicker shifts means more rapid acceleration and also a less jerky movement during gear shifting.
Also, since Dual Clutch gearboxes are lighter than conventional automatic gearboxes, they are inherently more efficient, thus delivering fuel savings. In India, models such as the Skoda Laura, Skoda Superb, the Audi A4, the 2011 Volkswagen Passat are a few models where Volkswagen’s DSG gearbox is being used currently. In due course of time, smaller Volkswagen group cars in India like the Volkswagen Polo and the Skoda Fabia may also get the DSG gearbox.