Technology & Gadgets

Archive for March, 2010

The mobile phone revolution is one which has taken over the whole world easily in the recent years, with the incorporation of the high technologies now and then. The Palm Pre Phone is one such high tech gadget which is a part of this genre making the 3G smart phones more worthwhile all over the world. The phone’s high tech functionalities and smart features contribute to the amazing popularity of the handset across all sections of the society.

Palm Pre is the revolutionized Smartphone which is not only about making phone calls or simply sending messages, but it works more than the basic functions with its full-fledged QWERTY keyboard which it boasts of. The phone has an in-built 3 megapixel camera for capturing some high quality images and an outstanding music player that plays MP3, MPEG4, AAC, AAC+, WAV, etc music formats, and the internet browsing is simply very efficient with Palm Pre as it has got webOS which is based on Linux. The applications of Palm Pre are amazing as the phone is famous for multitasking because it treats every application as a ‘card’ so the flipping through various applications is easily done and the applications can be viewed all at a time, and are live even if they are minimized.

This high tech gadget collects information, pictures and even the current online status data from the various social networking sites like Face book, Google, etc and efficiently integrates that data into one’s contact list. This makes the messaging and the chatting options very convenient for the user with only a simple click.

The Pre has an amazing storage capacity of 8GB which makes the data storage easy. The connectivity is done through Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, Wi-Fi, UMTS HSDPA where the data is transferred using a microUSB connector. The Palm Pre is not only about the functionalities but it is also about style and comfort which it truly reflects.

Another addition to the Microsoft innovating technologies is the Microsoft’s compact HD webcam called the LifeCam Cinema which provides a simple solution for capturing some amazing images. It can be put on any laptop screen or the PC monitor or can also be placed on a desk, based on one’s convenience. It basically has a built-in microphone and shoots the clippings with 720p HD at 30fps, and has a good design and structure which aim at keeping the elements intact.

The basic structure of the webcam consists of an attractive and a robust body which is made of aluminum barrel which makes the webcam rugged and also portable so that the cam can be easily carried on travel. But a kind of protection cover for the glass should have also been there to protect the lens from getting damaged in the long run but this simple shortcoming of the cam can be ignored because a notable feature of the cam which is the movable stand made of rubber provides a good grip and works efficiently with any display. The top of the LifeCam holds a button for the purpose of taking pictures and also the digital microphone. The image quality is reasonably good as smaller images of 640×360 pixel resolution can also be taken very effectively, and the high resolution images which the Microsoft calls as 5x HD images are also taken with ease.

The LifeCam software can be easily installed on Windows 7 without requiring one to insert the CD. The biggest advantage with Microsoft LifeCam’s software is that it comes free of cost and simply plays amazingly with Windows Live Movie Maker. But to get the high definition video recording, the efficient power is required but as mentioned earlier the smaller images taken by LifeCam with pixel resolution 640×360 can be still recorded here, along with the high resolution still images.