This Bluetooth headset packs quite a punch :

Gone are the days when a flickering red, green or blue light indicated the battery status of a Bluetooth headset. The Jabra 4010 comes with an LCD screen in the centre, which lets users check the battery level, Bluetooth connection and whether or not they are a call.

The Jabra 4010 is compact, offers great features, is stylish and user friendly. The front panel has the power calling key along with the LCD display. The volume rocker is placed on the left panel. The charger slot is on the top. This Bluetooth device gives a good battery back up.

The Jabra 4010 supports auto-pairing, has Bluetooth 2.0 EDR and e SCO for improved audio quality. The audio quality and volume are good during calls and while listening to music. The Jabra 4010 can be worn comfortably with or without the ear-hook. Two different sized ear-hooks are included with the sale pack. The device also supports USB charging.

In order to strengthen its easy series Jabra has launched another Bluetooth headset. The Jabra BT2050 has a sliver touch on its upper part. It has a silver button to end and receive calls, to redial the last number, to put calls on hold and to reject them.

The power on/off switch is placed on the side panel. A white LED between the volume rocker shows the status and indicates the battery. The headset weights only 8 grams and is Bluetooth 2.0 enabled.

The Jabra BT2050 can be easily paired with Bluetooth enabled handsets. It has the option of putting your device on silent mode so that when the headset isn’t used for one minute the white light turns off. It supports two Bluetooth profiles: hands free and headset. A single charge lasts up to two hours of making and receiving calls and a hour of listening to music. The sound clarity of the device is up to the mark

The VSAT industry has recorded a growth of 36% and vertical like retails, banking, and rural services seem all set to drive it further. Its installed based on shared hub operations reached 92,063 VSAT’s by March 2008, up from 70,210 VSAT’s as on March 2009. The overall size of the market stands at Rs 700 crore, including the equipment and services segment.

It is also planning to launch a new products, HX, a high, end solution for branch connectivity. The services offered by the company includes a hybrid broadband VPN network, which is a mix of DSL and VSAT, which has emerged as the key offering of the company.

Apart from this, Hughes also bagged orders from ICICI Bank, Infotel Satcom, Reliance Retail, BPCL, Canara Bank, and UFO Moviez. The company is targeting a growth of over 50% in the current fiscal.

Small players like ITI and GNFC stood with an installed base of around 50 and 10 VSAT’s by the end of March 2010. Based on the installed VSATs.

One of the biggest achievements of the VSAT industry last year was the emergence of big orders of more than 600 VSATs each, unlike previous years of VSAT services.

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Some Worries:

The VSAT industry is currently facing pressure on margins. Though, the year gone by saw sharp decrease in the price of VSATs. The otherside of the coin is that this will also act as a major growth driver.

Going Forward:

The industry aims at crossing an installed base of more then 100,000 VSATs by the end of FY 2009-2010 and further ahead, plans to increase its installed base up to 10 lakhs VSATs in the next three years.

Considering all the above stated facts, the futre seems to be bright for the VSAT industry, as it expects to record a growth of 25 to 30% in the current fiscal. It is poised to play a critical role in bridging the digital divide by addressing remote rural segments.

Canon has added A2000 to its Powershot series. This latest 10.0 megapixel camera is not meant for professional photographers. It disappoints as the earlier A series cameras had control for checking exposure manually. The A200 is mainly built for those who want to shoot easily without setting the camera manually. The camera does not have a viewfinder and no controls for setting the exposure.

The eyepiece has been replaced with a 3-inch LCD screen to view images. The controls are displayed clearly too simply operations. The A2000 comes with 6.4-38.4 mm f/3.2-5.9 (35 mm film equivalent: 36-216 mm) lens.

The A2000 has a 6x optical zoom, face detection feature, red eye reduction and many others to enhance the quality of images. We can say that this camera is meant for point and shoot photography. In terms of looks the device is compact, which makes it easy to carry. The camera is powered by AA batteries.

New Player:

Keeping in mind the success of dual SIM phones in India, CoolPad has launched four such devices. These handsets mark the entry of the brand in India. The CoolPad 2938 is 17mm thick and weight 110grams. A steel finished strip runs around the sides of the phone separating the glossy front from the rubber coated lower panel.

Touch It:

Touch screen phone have a large market today. An order to get a share of this pie and to widen its appeal. CoolPad has launched the 2938. This phone has a touch interface, which is very responsive. The stylus is placed on the right corner of the bottom panel. It also supports handwriting recognition along with the traditional onscreen keyboard for typing meaasges.

Dual Benefit:

CoolPad 2938 supports both CDMA and GSM connections. The GSM SIM is tri-band, while for CDMA it supports 800MHz. Like most dual SIM phones this device has two nearly labeled SIM card slots.

NOKIA’S WIDE-FACED effort is equipped with decent email, a full QWERTY keyboard and WiFi to boot.

Email is even easier to set up than on the Blackberry. Entering details and setting up takes less than five minutes, and our emails were soon whizzing and crashing into our inbox

It’s not the style guru’s choice of these phones, but it’s what you can do with it that counts. The huge screen lets you see both sender and header easily, and scrolling is a cinchy with the sturdy stick.

Web-surfing is a joy thanks to Nokia’s cunning browse. Zoomed-out land-in views of the page appear simultaneously as you scroll, with a red square indication where you are on the former-that’s godsend on long pages. You can switch from WAP to WiFi for a hot spot-assisted speed boost. The screen, though a bit murky, is still better than the rest.

A scroll wheel would’ve been nice as another way to navigate menus, but overall, this wide Web walker is just the ticket for both emailing and surfing.

The buoyant Indian mobile handset market is attracting all sorts of players. Intex Technologies, an Indian hardware manufactures, has ventured into the handset arena with its offering, Infi.

• The first ever handset to have features like a 1.3-megapixel camera, video recorder and images.
• It boats of a lot of other features such as GPRS and WAP.
• The keypad has Hindi characters as well.
• Easy user interface.
• Large 128 MB memory – unusual for a phone in this category.
• The product has been launched only in North India and has only one service centre at present.
• The only drawback could be the absence of Bluetooth and infrared.
• The picture quality is decent considering the infi has a 1.3- mega pixel camera.
• An exclusive tie-up with Walt Disney for mobile content like sing tones, ring tones, screen savers and wallpapers.

The phone has been christened infi /does not sport a model number, much in line with the current trend of naming handsets. This phone’s candy bar from is slim but somehow not appealing.