New Gadgets in the market

Dell is hitting the netbook segment hard with the launch of the new Inspiron M101z, Priced at an affordable 20,900 (plus 900 delivery charges), the M101z features a 11.6-inch widescreen LCD, AMD Athlon II Neo processor, 2GB RAM, 250GB hard drive, ATi Mobility Radeon HD 4225 graphics card, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0 and pre-loaded Windows 7 Starter Edition. Unlike most other netbooks, the M101z has HDMI out and is capable of HD video playback. You can also configure the M101z with Windows 7 Home Premium, 4GB RAM and up to 320GB hard drive.
20,900 onwards, 900 delivery charges


Complete details are unavailable at the time of writing, but the HTC Thunderbolt, pictured here, could be HTC’s first phone with a dual-core processor. Like the HTC Desire HD, the Thunderbolt will have a 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen, but the dual core processor and likely 1GB RAM will enable it to record, playback and output full HD 1080p video with ease. To live up to its flagship status, the Thunderbolt will also have 16GB on-board storage, an 8MP rear camera, 5MP front camera and a tiny kickstand.

On an Android phone, if you receive an SMS, you can get alerted with a sound and a notification. But a small (and free) application called SMS Popup integrates into messaging and gives you a quick pop up with the text of the message. Not only can you read the SMS, but you can also quickly reply to it without opening the messaging application, or simply press the ‘Speak’ button to call the sender immediately. A small, but efficient enhancement to the stock messaging features.

Quick Tip

Firefox, Opera and Internet Explorer users can easily save YouTube video (and streaming video from 200 other popular video sites like DailyMotion, Break, Metacafe, Blip.tv and Spike) onto their computer for later viewing.A free extension called Flash Video Downloader quickly gets it job done.All you have to do is install the extension for the browser, and click the blue arrow in the status bar that appears when you are viewing a video.Visit the website for details or simply search for the extension from the add-ons/extensions section of the browser.