Thursday, February 27, 2014

Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini and Zoom Launched In India Price And Specifications


Samsung has been known for its high end smartphones in India and whole world. Each of its release gets a huge popularity in smartphones market and it keeps on releasing new smartphones nearly every month.

Now it has released two smartphones under galaxy S4 label which are Samsung galaxy S4 mini and Samsung galaxy S4 zoom which are supposed to rock the market.

Samsung galaxy S4 zoom

These two phones will have tough competition with new Micromax Canvas 4 which was recently released under price tag of Rs.18,000



Next big thing will be its price,

Price of Samsung galaxy S4 mini is Rs.28,000 (nearly same as galaxy S3)
Price of Samsung galaxy S4 zoom is Rs.35,000 (nearly same as galaxy S4)

Key Specifications of galaxy S4 mini are
  • 4.3 inch touch screen 
  • Latest android version 4.2.2
  • Dual core 1.7 Ghz Processor
  • 8 GB storage
  • 1.5 GB ram
  • 8 MP rear and 2 MP front Camera
  • NFC, 3G, LTE, Wifi, Bluetooth
  • 1900 mah battery
  • 107 gm weight 
Specifications of galaxy S4 zoom is same as of galaxy S4 mini with camera of 16 megapixel.

Click here to secret codes of Samsung galaxy S4

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Can your PC run a game

Check weather your PC is able to run a game
Can I run Battlefield 3, or Modern Warfare 3? Does my computer meet the minimum or recommended requirements for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim? Difficult questions. But evaluating whether or not your computer meets or exceeds hardware requirements is our specialty. Remembering your exact PC hardware specs is tough, deciphering the meaning of a PC game’s minimum requirements is challenging and combining those tasks together is almost impossible for mere mortals. But Can YOU RUN IT does this millions of times every month. See for yourself, takes less than a minute.

just go to
                              http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/

enter the name of your game or select it from a drop down list
and click can you run it and results will be displayed

NOTE: It will ask you to install a java plugin so please install it and enjoy playing games
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Captain America The First Avenger 6 Captain America

Ive had this guy for months now but hadnt gotten round to opening him for some reason or other.  Along with 6" Movie Thor and 6" Nick Fury from The First Avenger movie line, the trio would form the base of what would form my 6-inch movie Avengers collection.

But it wasnt until I started seeing the Avengers 3.75" stuff in stores that I felt motivated to open this bad boy.
The Rangerlord deserves yet another special mention for snagging me Movie Cap from Malaysia for about half of what it would cost at retail here in Singapore.  And with this figure and the recent release of Waves 1 and 2 of Marvel Legends all I can say is this: when it comes to making 6" figures, Hasbro has got down to a T.

No, the "T" doesnt stand for Turkey any more than the A on Caps forehead stands for France! ;P
Like: Just look at the detail on this guy!  The texture of his costume is exactly as it looks like in the movie, all the straps of his harness, his belt, and even bottom of boots are sculpted really well!

Like: The paint apps are simply superb.

The afore-mentioned straps and their buckles, the grey wash on the white parts of his costume, the stars on his shoulders and the tampographed one on his chest, and the "A" on his forehead are all really sharp.  Special mention goes to the head and face, which are molded in brown plastic and painted in.  Just look at those eyes!

Like: His double-jointed elbows and knees!  The elbows bend all the way like a human elbow and you get about 120 degrees for his knees.  Nice!

Like: Swivel/hinge wrists.  These are essential for gripping his guns as realistically as possible.  Id say it helps with the shield as well except that the two straps for the thing are made of stiff plastic, so when you have his forearm through it, his wrist is sort of locked.

Dislike: His height.  Or lack thereof, rather.  I didnt even notice this until I was lining Cap up with a shot next to Nick Fury and Thor.  Actually, Cap is smack dab at 6-inches tall.  Fury stands at 6.7 inches and Thor is at a whopping 7".

While Im fine with Thor being a big un, hes actually not 7 feet tall in the movie.  Its even forgivable because he comes from his own movie toy line.

Nick Fury on the other hand, is from the movie Cap line and yet is way too tall!  Having said that though, Cap still needs to be a bit taller.  Funny thing is that the Cap 3.75" line also suffers from being too short next to the Thor line and Marvel Universe figures.


Like: Super flexible ball/hinge head! This was the first thing that caught my eye right after the great detail of his sculpt.  His chin can touch his chest and the back of his helmet tilts back to near the top of his rear harness buckle.

Even without this awesome hinge joint, his head can already tilt side to side and look up and down pretty well on its ball joint.  And he can do all this without looking like hes got a broken or weird looking neck

Dislike: The slightly warped shield out of packaging.  The shield is made of a softer plastic with two stiffer straps.  And I have no issue with the firmness of the material theyve used except that its susceptible to becoming misshapen.  The bright side is that a little hot water will get it back into shape. :)

Dislike: That hes given an old school machine gun.  Well, I guess hes not quite modern Cap yet.  But he cant hold onto the gun properly anyway because the stock is in the way. But give him an assault rifle with a shorter stock and it looks magnificent!

Like: The usable holster for his sidearm.  Its glued on to the side of his leg with matching sculpted straps.  But the best part is that it doesnt get in the way of his leg articulation. :)

RATINGS

Aesthetics: 9/10 - Hed easily be a 10 but for being too short.  The lack of height is really just too stark to ignore.  Everything else about him is close to perfect, with a superb sculpt and all of the necessary detail picked out with little to no paint spills.  Heck, he even looks a lot like Chris Evans.  Its just a real pity he falls a little well, short.  Heres hoping the Avengers movie version of him doesnt suffer from the same problem.

Poseability: 9.5/10 - His overall poseability is simply astounding.  Other special mentions that didnt make the "like" list but are also outstanding: chest pivot, swivel/hinge ball legs with thigh cuts, and the swivel/hinge ankles.

The chest ball joint is especially pleasing because it tilts an pivots seamlessly while giving maximum movement, so that he doesnt miss not having a waist swivel.

Fun: 10/10 - With the poses he can achieve and how good he looks even just standing there, its hard not to have fun with this guy in your hand (thats what she said!).  And thats without his accessories!

Really, its hard to beat an action figure of a character who uses a shield, especially when said character is known to use it for all sorts of things from deflecting bullets to throwing it to using it to bounce off walls and such.

While this figure of Cap cant literally do those things, it certainly feels like he can with the way he can move!

Value: 8.5/10 - Hed be rated lower if I didnt manage to get him via the Rangerlord at just under S$30 (US$23 in the current climate).  Thats a whole S$20 less than what hes retailing for right now.  I dont recall the major department stores putting the Cap movie line figures under clearance, but they definitely wont be doing that till after The Avengers hits theatres in less than a month.

With the new Marvel Legends figures going for S$39.90 in this neck of the woods, S49.90 is a lot to pay for a figure thats about a year old.

But if you can get a discount on him then hes more than worth it.  When he goes on clearance a month or two after the movie hits the screens hell be even more value for money.

Overall: 9.5/10 - Id take your arm and leg (non-plastic) for this figure! - Because its simply that good!

Its seldom I find a figure this close to perfect except for his one major flaw--his height.

Cap was so good that I didnt even notice how short he was till the end of shooting his photos.  And I still couldnt believe it when I lined him up next to Fury and Thor.  I was so taken by surprise that I had to go look for measuring tape--and Ive never been bothered by measuring tape.

Usually, I prefer how I feel figures look next to each other rather than just their "stats." But in this case, I just had to find out whether my near perfect Cap was in the wrong or whether Thor and Fury were simply being dumb by being too tall.  Hah!

All in all, the only way Ill want another version of a big-screen Cap is if the Avengers one turns out better.  And that means having all the good stuff this figure packs and having decent height as well.  Now that would be the perfect movie Captain America.


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EG Touch New competitor Android Tablet

EG Memory, a leading brand IT products from Hong Kong, launched for the Indonesian market, its first tablet PC, the EG Touch.

Confessing is different from most other tablet PCs that have been launched first in Indonesia, EG Touch offers a tablet that are reliable, but still easily be enabled by users.

EG TouchEG Touch using Android OS 2.1 (Eclair), which can be upgraded, supported by Rockchip 2818 1GHz processor with 256MB of RAM that allows the user to control the files, directories, device nodes and symbolic links within a file system practically. Users also can use the mouse on the tablet EG Touch.

Different than Handroid Pad CSL MI700 taking 512 MB of memory capacity, storage capacity of EG Touch greater the amount of 8 GB and Micro SD support up to 32 GB enables users to enter a lot of files without fear of running out of memory storage. 7 inch wide screen on the tablet using capacitive TFT Touch EG, which ensures the device is extremely responsive.

Dimension of EG Touch is 19 x 115 x 14.5mm with weighs 0.43 kg it also features a built-in WIFI and WIFE 80.11 for browsing the Internet. In addition, EG Touch has APKInstaller a useful application for ease installing applications on the Android (with APK files). EG Touch tablet package also includes 3G connectivity and HSDPA cellular data modem.

EG Touch also has various means of entertainment, which is a row of games and applications Features Mobile TV, video / audio quality player.
Users can also record sound and play it back through the Voice Recording feature that comes built-in MIC Recorder.

The price offered from EG Touch is almost equal to the price of Handroid Pad CSL MI700 is sold at Rp 3.2 million.
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200th Post Contest Extravaganza!

Well, its taken me 2 whole years and a bit to get to this mark!  To be honest, I never expected Id last this long or review this many toys.  But here I am!

In order to celebrate this momentous occasion, Chase Variant is having its first ever contest!  Yes, its not a trick nor a hoax. Yes, the can-never-hold-a-contest-to-save-my-life SirDragonBane is finally giving away free stuff.  What a stingy bastard Ive been, eh? :P

Lets just lay down a little ground rules before we start:

1) If you win the contest and youre overseas (i.e: anywhere else in the world but in Singapore), youll still receive the figure for free!  Ill cover the shipping cost, including shipping materials.  I may opt to open the toy (something Im very good at) and remove the bubble, especially if shipping gets too steep.  But Ill ship everything else from the card to the inserts if you like. ;)

2) If you live in Singapore, theres no definitely shipping charge--well arrange for a meet up so I can shake your hand, hand you the prize, and let the media (aka me) take a few snap shots. (Just kidding, no photos necessary.  Lol.)

Ok, so lets begin!


Contest Rules

Theres a couple of things you have to do in order to enter.

 Come on! Its a gimme!
Firstly, identify the toy in the pic on the right!  Yes, it is your prize. ;)  Heres a clue: I reviewed many of this movie superheros brethren on Articulated Discussion but never got around to reviewing him there or on their new site!  There are posts linked to all the figures I reviewed there right here on this site.  But I never reviewed him on Chase Variant either!  So thats another clue. ;)

Secondly, once youve identified the prize in question, reply to this post and tell me what the toy is!  Each correct answer will receive one chance to win.  But thats not all--you can double your chances if you recommend someone else to Chase Variant and get them to follow it.  (Youll have to let me know who you recommended in your post and Ill double your entry once theyve followed!  Its that easy.  For you, that is!  For me it might turn out to be a mathematical nightmare. ;P)

Well all thats left now is a closing date!  Lets call it a week and a bit from the time of this post, thats 6am Singapore time on Thursday the 9th of June.  (Thats GMT +8.)

Before I end Id like to sincerely thank all of you whove been reading reviews on Chase Variant.  Its been a pleasure and an honor that you keep coming back for more!

So without further ado, let the games begin!
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