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Demand exceeds inventory in case of Nexus 7

Android Jelly Bean powered Nexus 7 tablet from Google is getting good response from the end users. This can easily be proved from the fact that it is presently out of stock at most of the major online and offline retailers in USA.

Online retailer GameStop removes the product from their website and is now waiting for more inventory so as to keep it up with the sales and to complete the pre orders.

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Cheap Enterprise Desktop PC from Lenovo: Are they really worth the price tag ?

Lenovo has recently launched two M series models of Enterprise Desktop PC in India. The name of the models are M72e and M92p. Their pricing starts from Rs. 23,500 which according to Lenovo will help their company to capture more PC market in India.

Lenovo also claims that these new models are the worlds smallest Desktop PC ever launched by any PC manufacturer. Because of their small size and low cost, it will definitely be a hit among the small to midsize businesses.

Presently these two models are not listed on Lenovo’s official website so we cannot comment on the hardware components of these new Desktop PC but at this price one can accurately guess that the CPU will be either low cost APU from AMD or G620 Sandy Bridge from Intel.

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Apple to launch a smaller and cheaper version of iPad

  • There is no doubt in accepting the fact that Apple is facing stiff competition from Android in the tablet market.
  • Now after the announcement of new 199 $ Nexus tablet from Google last week is the latest threat to supremacy of Apple iPad.
  • Apple iPad is the most popular tablet till date. In spite of its high price and the availability of large variety of low priced Android tablets cannot decrease the popularity of iPad.
  • But after the announcement of low priced Nexus tablet that too from a respected company like Google will definitely be a danger for the popularity of iPad.
  • Now after the announcement of Nexus tablet , Apple indicates to launch a low priced version of their iPad to compete with low end Android tablet.
  • The new low cost version from Apple  is expected to be called iPad mini.
  • The new iPad mini is expected to feature a 7.85 inch screen which is smaller as compared to 9.7 inch iPad. Also this new iPad will not feature a HD display.
  • Expected cost of this new tablet is 299 $. According to many analysts, at this price Apple can hurt the sales of low end Android tablet market.
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Nokia launched Lumia 610 and Lumia 900 in India

  • Nokia’s last hope is now depend on their Windows based Lumia phones.
  • Nokia had already launched Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 in India at an attractive price tag of Rs. 23,000 and Rs. 15,200 respectively.
  • Nokia is now all set to launch their two new Lumia series phones that is Lumia 610 and Lumia 900.
  • Lumia 610 and Lumia 900 are already available in foreign markets but they are still yet to be launched in India.
  • Nokia today announced the availability of their low end Lumia smartphone Lumia 610 at an attractive price tag of Rs. 12,999. This is the lowest price of any Windows Phone available in India today.
  • Nokia is yet to launch their high end Lumia 900 smartphone.
  • Nokia has also announced the launch of the limited Dark Knight Rises edition Lumia 800 smartphone at Rs. 25,999. There will be only 200 units of this edition which will be up for sale.

Specification of Lumia 610

  • Lumia 610 comes pre loaded with Windows 7.5 OS which is presently the latest version of Windows Phone OS.
  • It will be powered by a 800 MHz processor which is based on ARM architecture.
  • Display size will be 3.7 inch diagonally.
  • It will have 8 GB of internal storage.
  • It will have a 5 MP primary camera.

There is also one point to be reminded here that all present generation Lumia based phones which includes Lumia 610, 710, 800 and 900 will not receive the next major  version of Windows Phone OS that is Windows Phone 8.

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Google to close Google Video, iGoogle and their other services.

  • Search engine giant Google will soon permanently shut down some of their services and applications.
  • The services and products list which will soon be axed includes iGoogle, Google Video, Goole search app for Symbian, Google Talk Chatback and Google mini.
  • Among all these services and products, iGoogle and Google video are the most prominent one.
  • iGoogle is basically a service for the registered users of Google giving them the ability to customize Google’s Home page with different backgrounds and widgets. It will be closed in November month of 2013
  • Google Video is the old video hosting service from Google. They have stopped accepting uploads to Google Video in May 2009. All the present content of Google Video will be shifted to YouTube.com. Users can download or migrate their videos up till August 20, 2012.
  • The main reason for the closure of these services is that they are out dated and with evolution of modern social platforms like Google + and Facebook they seem to be irrelevant as per Google.