HP Laptop with 24hours battery life

HP has announced that its new EliteBook 6930p configured with an optional ultra-capacity battery can deliver up to 24 hours of battery runtime.

"All-day computing has been the holy grail of notebook computing," said Ted Clark, senior vice president and general manager, Notebook Global Business Unit, HP. "With the HP EliteBook 6930p, customers no longer have to worry about their notebook battery running out before their work day is over."

HP batteries benefit from a combination of HP engineering and energy-efficient notebook components such as Intel solid-state hard drives (SSD) and mercury-free LED displays. The HP Illumi-Lite LED display boosts battery run time by up to 4 hours compared to traditional LCD displays, while the Intel SSD provides up to a 7 percent increase in battery life compared to traditional hard drives.

The initial Energy Star-qualified HP EliteBook 6930p configuration weighs in at 4.7 pounds (2.1 kilograms). It features a 14.1-inch diagonal widescreen display and is available with an optional, mercury-free Illumi-Lite LED display.

Built for the corporate road warrior, it features a shock-resistant hard drive, enhanced display panel and spill-resistant keyboard to help defend data against bumps, drops and spills. It was designed to meet the tough MIL-STD 810F military-standard tests that measure levels of environmental reliability and operation at extreme temperatures, while withstanding vibration and high humidity.

The inner magnesium shell of the notebook’s HP DuraCase is equipped with a honeycomb pattern that is thermally bonded to anodized aluminum for a solid construction.

Customers will be able to purchase an HP EliteBook with the new Intel high-performance SSDs in October.

HP hopes to remove all mercury – a material commonly found in notebook screens – from its entire notebook line by the end of 2010.

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Asus Launches P552w

Asus has launched a new WinMob handset called the P552w PDA phone. The P552w, running on Window's Mobile 6.1 Professional, is Asus' competition to the likes of the HTC Touch Diamond and other touch screen mobiles that feature snazzy touch screen technology in a 3D form on the display. This handset features Glide (Gester technology) which uses the handset’s touch-responsive user interface to make navigating and performing tasks on the mobile more intuitive and interactive, by scrolling and flipping pages etc. with the touch of your finger. This all seems so familiar.

Some of the widget-like applications are called - Multi-Home, Anytime Launcher, EziPhoto, and EziMusic. The 3.5G (HSDPA) enabled P552w comes equipped with a 624MHz processor and sports GPS and Google integration and a 624MHz CPU. It offers TV streaming, Bluetooth, WLAN, USB and other connectivity standards. Google Maps is also an included feature.

The P552w's navigation also includes a feature known as Asus SMS Location Link. With this exclusive feature, users at two different locations can locate each other easily by sending each other SMS messages. Clicking on the URLs, which are automatically embedded in the sent messages will link the phones up to Google Maps, which will then provide the users with directions on how to get to each other’s positions. The ASUS P552w also features a Google Search Bar on the Today screen that makes it easier to perform online queries.

EziPhoto enables users to flip through their photo collection with their fingertips, akin to how they would with a real album which is nothing we haven’t already seen in various other forms. It also has a Calendar option which organizes and displays the thumbnails of photos users have taken according to the dates in which they were snapped.

EziMusic offers an interactive interface for users to play and manage their music. The P552w also houses applications that enable easy access to web content like RSS newsfeeds, YouTube movies and photos on Flickr.

The HTC Touch may have some serious competition here considering the P552w has a similar styled 3D-ish interface and a host of media features including a 2MP camera. Maybe the pricing (undisclosed) will be a deciding factor; or you can wait for a Tech2 review to allow us to make a calculated decision for you.

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Virgin Mobile Products now Online

Virgin Mobile, India's youth-focused mobile services brand, will now allow customers to purchase products and services online from www.virginmobile.in.

Apart from the convenience of buying from home Virgin Mobile, customers will be rewarded with additional talk time, extra messages and other freebies. For example, the 'Bak Bak' offer will provide online customers Rs. 100 worth of free talktime, 500 free SMSs, lifetime validity and a free prepaid connection on purchase of every handset.

After buying the desired phone online and making the payment via debit or credit card, the handsets will be delivered to the customer within 24 - 48 hours and the requisite documents for proof of identity will be collected in person. The connection will get activated post verification.

M. A. Madhusudan, Chief Executive Officer, Virgin Mobile India said, "With 44% of the total internet population in India within the age group of 19-24 years, this medium has become an integral part of youth's lifestyle. It is therefore logical for us to extend our presence to the online space and offer our customers the convenience and comfort of buying Virgin Mobile connection at the click of a button."

The company has tied up with Blue Dart for delivery of handsets and with Billdesk for payment authorization. In the near future, the company also plans to bolster its online portfolio by making available product bundled offers, facility of gifting a phone and an option of recharging and topping-up the Virgin Mobile phone online.

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India Begins Process to Auction 3G Airwaves

The Indian government is set to begin on Monday the process to e-auction radio frequencies for telecom operators to start third-generation (3G) mobile services across the country and fetch the exchequer over Rs. 400 billion ($10 billion).

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will hold a pre-bid conference in New Delhi with all the potential consultants - one of whom would oversee the process to e-auction spectrum for next generation mobile applications, officials said.

"The process for selecting the agency to manage the e-auction process will be taken up in the pre-bid conference," a senior DoT official told IANS.

The 3G mobile services allow not only much faster communications but also a wide range of applications such as high-speed Internet access, video calls, fast music and video downloads, interactive gaming and global positioning over the Web.

As per schedule, potential service providers will have to submit their technical and financial bids by Sep 22. Those who qualify will need to make a presentation before the DoT Sep 24 - the date when the technical bids will also open, officials said.

The financial bids of qualified bidders will open Sep 26, and the government hopes to finalise the successful players by Sep 30, the officials added.

The state-run Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL), which offers its services in Delhi and Mumbai, and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) that operates in the rest of the country, have already been allotted frequency spectrum for 3G telephony.

The two companies, however, will have to pay the government amounts equal to the highest qualified bidder among the private players.

In accordance with the recent decision, an auction will also be held for 3G mobile phone providers who use the CDMA technology platform. The earlier plan was to allocate the scarce frequency spectrum on the basis of higher subscriber base.

"The same auctioneer will oversee the e-auction of 3G spectrum for both the CDMA and GSM players," the DoT official said.

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TATA Maharashtra, Goa Get Festive Offer

Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited, has launched RCV 475, a recharge voucher for new and existing prepaid customers across the Maharashtra and Goa circle.

The value voucher priced at Rs. 475 offers 1000 minutes of local calling (from Tata to any other operator) across Maharashtra and Goa, along with an additional benefit of first 500 Local and STD SMS absolutely free with a validity of 1 month.

Shashank Pore, GM, Marketing, Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited said, "Its the festive season and our way of spreading good cheer is by delighting our valued customers with a range of unbeatable products and tariffs. The Tata Indicom recharge voucher of Rs. 475/- has been specially created to add to the festive fervor and we promise an unmatched mobile experience to customers on our congestion free network (certified by TRAI)."

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