Monthly Archives: June 2010

New Sedan from Volkswagen named Vento

It is believed that Volkswaen will launch the Vento in India on the 6th of July. Vento is likely to start above Rs 7 lakh and will compete in the lucrative A3 segment in the Indian market. Notably, the car will be assembled in Volkswagen’s plant in Chakan, Pune.

Volkswagen Vento is a Sedan in C+ segment powered with 1598cc, 4 Cylinder, 8 Valve Petrol Engine. The engine is capable of delivering a Maximum Power of 105 Bhp and Maximum Torque 158 Nm.

Kawasaki Z750 Coming To India

Kawasaki India will introduce its new Kawasaki Z750 in Indian market soon. Kawasaki Z750 is expected to hit Indian roads by September 2010 with a price tag of around Rs. 7 Lakh. Kawasaki Z750 is powered by 748cc 4-stroke In-Line 4 Engine.

Kawasaki Z750 Features

  • Digital Fuel Guage
  • Self Start
  • Analogue Tacho Meter
  • Digital-2 Trip Meter
  • Digital Speedometer
  • Stand Alarm
  • Step-up Seat
  • Pass-light
  • Low Fuel Indicator
  • Low Oil Indicator
  • Low Battery Indicator

Corolla Altis Diesel Enters Indian market

Toyota is ready to launch its diesel variant of Corolla Altis to the Indian market. Corolla Altis is a Sedan in D Segment from Toyota. Toyota Corolla Altis id powered by a 2500 cc , CRDi engine.

Toyota Corolla Altis Diesel looks attractive with newly designed crystal head lamps, new designed grill with turn indicator on side mirrors. The car enters Indian market with a big bang. In addition to the above features it is complemented with remote fuel filler, body color bumpers, rear defogger and ORVM indicators.

Toyota Corolla Altis Diesel comes with automatic climate control system, centralized locking rear arm rest with cup holder and all doors power windows on its inside. The car is fitted with 1.4 liter turbocharged diesel engine which crackles about 90 to 100bhp. It also includes CDRI diesel engine, 6 speeds Manual Transmission and Fuel Efficiency of 21 KMPL .

The price allocated to the new Altis Diesel will come in three different slabs which is yet to be decided. It is expected that price will fall between Rs 11 lakh to 14.5 lakh.

Kia Cars coming to Indian Markets

Kia, part of the Hyundai’s small car ally plans to enter India. Kia is one of the largest car maker in the world selling 16 lakh vehicles per annum across the globe through its cars produced in 14 plants that too located in major markets like the Germany, Australia, China and US.

Kia feels that the auto market in India is promising these years than 4 years back when it attempted to enter but withdrew due to sluggish sales of cars. In order to understand the Indian auto market intensely, the South Korean maker has given this job to a global consultancy to conduct product clinics so as to test its cars on Indian roads.

Kia is more confident on Indian market because of Hyundai’s success in the country. Being the second largest car maker in India, Hyundai sold more than 42000 cars in May 2010. Hyundai has also achieved massive milestones in exporting its cars from its Chennai manufacturing plant.

Some Kia Cars

  • Kia Amanti
  • Kia Borrego
  • Kia Forte
  • Kia Forte Koup
  • Kia Optima
  • Kia Rio
  • Kia Rio5
  • Kia Rondo
  • Kia Sedona
  • Kia Sorento
  • Kia Soul
  • Kia Spectra
  • Kia Spectra5
  • Kia Sportage

Now, it will be very interesting to know about the marketing strategy and Kia’s portfolio in India, because Maruti Suzuki is the leading auto maker in India, but with the fourth largest car maker Hyundai-Kia group entering with a host of cars, will stir the Indian auto market for sure!

HP Pavillion dv7-4060us 17.3 Inch Laptop Specifications


This new 17.3 inch laptop is about more than just entertainment. Running on a triple core AMD Phenom II mobile processor, the dv7-4060us boasts a large 17.3″ crisp clear widescreen LED Display, named as HP BrightView HD+ LED Display (1600 x 900). Look-wise, the laptop has an excellent appeal, having a brushed aluminium body, with an elegant back-lit keyboard. You can easily manage your passwords using the integrated fingerprint reader and exclusive HP SimplePass software that comes with the bundle. Below are the specifications of this entertainment laptop:

Specifications

  • Operating System: Genuine Windows 7 64-bit
  • Processor: VISION Technology from AMD – Ultimate with AMD Phenomý II Triple-Core Mobile Processor N830 (2.10 GHz)
  • Memory: 4GB DDR3 System Memory (2 DIMM); Max supported = 8GB
  • Display: 17.3″ High Definition+ HP BrightView LED Display (1600 x 900)
  • Video Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 graphics with 1024MB DDR3 with up to 2714MB total graphics memory
  • Hard Drive: 500GB (7200RPM) Hard Drive (SATA) with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
  • Connectivity: 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector); Wireless LAN 802.11b/g/n WLAN
  • Other specs: 4 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0, 4th port shared with eSATA; 1 HDMI; 1 eSATA + USB 2.0; 1 VGA (15-pin) ; 1 RJ -45 (LAN); 1 Headphone-out; 1 Microphone-in

HP’s new 10.1-inch Mini 100e FIFA Edition [Photos]

HP’s finally sharing the details on the education-aimed laptop Mini 100e. HP’s new 10.1-inch Mini 100e is powered by an Intel Atom N455 processor, 1GB of RAM, and a choice of decently sized hard drives. HP will also have Windows 7 Starter, XP, and SuSE Linux operating system options. The 3.2-pound netbook will start at under $299.

Samsung Galaxy S Cell Phone [Photos]

The Samsung Galaxy S cell phone has a powerful configuration, which has a 4-inch 800 × 480 pixel Super AMOLED touch-screen display, a 1GHz ARM Cortex – A8 processor, and a 5 megapixels camera with 720P HD video recording. The Samsung Galaxy S also supports WiFi, MicroSD, GPS, Bluetooth, HSDPA as well as built-in PowerVR SGX540 GPU chip and 512MB RAM, this cell phone has been listed in Hong Kong and its price of 5588 HKD.

Gigabyte T1000P Multi-Touch Tablet PC Specifications

The Gigabyte T1000P Tablet PC features include a 1.83GHz Intel Atom N470 processor, Intel GMA 3150 graphics, 1GB of RAM, 250GB hard drive, a 10.1-inch multi-touch display (resolution of 1366 x 768 pixel), and support for Wi- Fi 802.11b/g/n, 3.5G HSDPA network, 1.3MP webcam, 4-in-1 card reader, 2 USB ports, eSATA port, D-Sub port, 6-cell lithium ion battery and pre-install the Windows 7 Starter OS.

Gigabyte T1000P Tablet PC Specifications

  • CPU: Intel Atom N470 Processor (1.83 GHz, 512K Cache)
  • Chipset: Intel NM10 Express Chipset
  • Memory: 1GB DDRII SO-DIMM*1 (Max 2 GB)
  • Graphic: Intel GMA3150
  • Display: 10.1-inch Multi Touch TFT-LCD WXGA, 1366×768 with LED backlit
  • Hard Disk: 250GB 2.5″ SATA HDD 5400rpm
  • Webcamera: 1.3M pixels
  • Optical Disc Drive: No
  • Wireles: WiFi 802.11b/g/n, 3.5G HSDPA + antenna
  • Input/Output Port: 2 x USB 2.0, 1 x eSATA/USB Combo, 1 x D-Sub, 1 x RJ45, 1 x Mic-in, 1x Earphone-out
  • Expansion Slots: 4-in-1 card reader(SD/MMC/MS/MS Pro)
  • Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Starter
  • Battery: 6-cell Li-ion 7650mAh

Photos and Videos Taken using Apple iPhone 4

In this photo gallery you can see some pictures taken with the new 5 megapixel camera iPhone 4, while clicking on the thumbnails below you can see the photos at original resolution of 2592 x 1936 pixels.

Here is a short video made with the iPhone 4. In this case the advice is to select the playback to 720p in order to appreciate the full movie in high definition.