Olympus Aims To Bring Professional Image Quality In A Compact Body With The STYLUS 1 For Rs 44,990

Olympus has launched its flagship compact camera - STYLUS 1 today. The company is touting this to be a gamechanger that will bring professional image quality in a compact body. This camera also marks the company's entry into the premium imaging category in India. The camera sports a f2.8 constant aperture 28-300 mm i.Zuiko digital lens with 10.7x optical zoom. A high-res Electronic Viewfinder is present along with built-in Wi-Fi and OM-D style shooting but in an ultra-slim body.

TRENDnet Launches TN-200 NAS Media Server For Rs 8990

TRENDnet has launched the TN-200 NAS Media Server that can support 2 hard drives with a total of up to 8 TB storage. Of course, the hard drives need to be bought separately. It features two 3.5" bays to accommodate two SATA I/II hard drives in RAID 0, RAID 2, or JBOD configuration. It supports USB share functionality with its USB port so that any USB storage device can be connected to it and its content be shared with everyone on the network. A Gigabit Ethernet port is present for connectivity.

VU Shows Off World's First Customisable Luxury TVs In India

VU held India's first Television Trunk Show in Mumbai today to show off the world's first customisable luxury televisions. The event was held at the Four Season's hotels at Worli and I was invited. The company showcased its 50", 55", 65", and 84" LED-backlit LCD TVs, of which the 84" is the recently launched 3D model sporting Ultra HD or 4K panel with 3840x2160 pixels. Of course, there were also smaller screen models with touch screen just to take a look. The purpose of the event was to allow consumers and reviewers to not only get up, close, and personal with the various VU TV models, but also avail the one-day-only discounted price offers such as a 50" LED TV free on purchase of the 84" model.

Nokia Announces First Windows RT 8.1 Tablet Lumia 2520 With 10.1" Screen

Well, it is confirmed that the rumours are actually true. Hours before Apple's scheduled announcement of the new iPad, Nokia has announced its first Windows RT 8.1 tablet named as the Lumia 2520. The Finnish company whose mobile manufacturing assets are in the process of acquisition by Microsoft, showed off the tablet that comes in multiple colours of Red, Cyan, Black, and White, at the Nokia World 2013 event being held at Abu Dhabi. The polycarbonate body sports the signature looks of the Lumia series and looks refreshingly better than the regular boring tablets from other manufacturers that are usually limited to white or shades of grey.

Acer Launches C720 Chromebook In India For Rs 23,000

After quite a bit of deliberations, the Chromebook finally make an appearance in India as Acer has launched the C720 today. The laptop running Google’s cloud-based OS claims to be lightweight, with very fast performance, and boots in less than 7 seconds. Its 11.6” screen has a matte anti-glare finish, thus making it easier to view even outdoors. The Intel Haswell-powered Chromebook with 2 GB of RAM and a 16 GB SSD, claims to have a long battery backup of 8.5 hours even with a mere 3-cell battery.

How To Get Early GDR3 Update For Your Windows Phone

As you already know, Microsoft has announced the rollout of GDR3 update with enhanced features for Windows Phone 8 devices. That being said, it will actually take up to a few months for most of us to get the update on our handsets because the rollout is done in a phased manner. However, there is still a way to download the GDR3 update to your WP handset, or at least the preview, as long as you have developer credentials.

Microsoft Announces Windows Phone GDR3 Update With Lots Of Enhancements

Microsoft has announced the availability of the GDR3 update for all Windows Phone 8 handsets. As you may already know, the GDR3 or General Distribution Release 3, (also known unofficially as Lumia bittersweet shimmer for Nokia Lumia smartphones), is an update for WP8 that is analogous to a Service Pack for the desktop Windows OS. GDR2 has brought in several nifty updates. As you may be aware, GDR2 brought in a few new features including major improvements to the camera app and enabling of the dormant FM Radio in supporting handsets. GDR3 update brings in a few more sought-after improvements that were missed in GDR2 including support for more tiles on WP handsets with larger 1080p displays. There will be custom ringtones, better storage management, app switcher, better Bluetooth, and phone setup for Wi-Fi.