Sibun: April 2011

Top 10 Android Powered Tablets

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Posted by Sibun | Posted in | Posted on Saturday, April 30, 2011

Google’s Android has now created market sensation by the expeditious growth and demand among the young generation. Indeed the latest features and wide ranges of application availability in android market have made a huge impact in the market. Now it made to form a battle vs Apple’s new iOS. Apple has launched the new iPad 2 recently in this context, so wide range of options is also coming forward for android as well. Here are top 10 android powered tablets which may attract you in this competitive market.

1. Dell Streak

The miniature Dell Streak has a 5-inch 800x480 screen, front and rear cameras and built-in 3G connectivity, making it more of an oversized phone than a direct competitor to the iPad. Its Snapdragon processor runs a customized version of Android with Dell's custom UI enhancements, and the device can also access apps on the Android Market.

2. Acer 10-inch tablet

Acer's as yet unnamed iPad competitor will run Android 2.2 -- which means support for Adobe's Flash -- powered by and ARM chipset. The device will also have built-in 3G connectivity, like the iPad.

3. Samsung Galaxy Tab

As the name reflects, Samsung's Galaxy Tab tablet will be a larger version of its Galaxy S Android smartphone, featuring a 7-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen and 16GB of storage, expandable to 32GB using a memory card. The device will have 3G built in, and will be powered by an A8 processor.

4. Velocity Micro Cruz

Velocity Micro is best known for its top range gaming PCs, but the Cruz is a 7-inch Android tablet that looks like a mini iPad. It has a 800x480 pixel screen, 4GB storage expandable through an SD slot, and also includes an accelerometer and USB port.

5. Asus Eee Pad EP101TC

Asus has switched horses with this tablet device -- it was originally slated to run Microsoft's Window Embedded Compact 7 but will now be powered by Android 2.2, or possibly Android 3.0, when it is released.

6. Motorola Android tablet

As per the available information regarding this Android enabled, touchscreen tablet, that being developed for Verizon's network, and will have a large 10-inch screen. It's thought that it will offer Verizon's FiOS television service. Motorola already has a successful range of Android cell phones under its belt, including the Droid X, so launching a larger tablet device is a natural move for the company.

7. Toshiba Folio 100
Toshiba has also thrown the proverbial hat into the tablet PC ring with the debut of the Folio 100. The Folio’s 10.1-inch touch screen with 1024 x 600 resolutions, coupled with more-than-decent technical features under the hood (including NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor and 16GB memory) should make for a satisfying web browsing experience.

8. HP Zeen

Don’t look now but HP’s own Android tablet, Zeen, has been dappled in its most inherent form. While it’s crammed with the Android 2.1, the applications are leaning more towards Yahoo!, plus Facebook, Barnes & Noble Nook compatibility, and other online video apps. If you think these features aren’t drool-inducing, you might be even more rattled by the package the Zeen tablet comes with: HP’s C510 Photo Smart eStation printer.

9. Archos 101
Last but definitely not the least is the designated “iPad killer” of the 5 latest Archos tablets. This 10.1-incher is only 0.5-inch thick and 0.93-pound heavy, and comes with a 1024 x 600-resolution, capacitive touchscreen, 1 GHz processor, front-facing VGA cam, and USB and HDMI ports. It has a kickstand in the back that allows you to prop it up for viewing and typing angles most convenient for you.

1 LG Optimus Pad
Riding on the relative success of its Optimus smartphones, LG has decided to include its Android tablet under the same line. Unfortunately, mum’s still the word on the device’s hardware specs and we can only speculate on what the Pad brings to the table.

top 10 alternatives for iPhone

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Posted by Sibun | Posted in | Posted on Friday, April 29, 2011

There’s much to like about Apple’s newly unveiled iPhone 4, notably its front-facing camera for video calls, high-resolution Retina Display screen and thin form factor housed in glass and stainless steel. But not everyone wants an iPhone, either due to the lock-in to Apple’s software ecosystem, issues with AT&T’s network or some other reason. Spec for spec, no two phones are exactly alike; here are 10 best iPhone alternatives either currently or soon to be available. While they may fall short by comparison in some areas, they rival or exceed

HTC Incredible — This is the current flagship phone for Verizon, and with good reason. The 3.7-inch, 800×480 touchscreen is slightly bigger than that of the iPhone 4 and while it doesn’t offer a high-resolution Retina Display, it’s still stunning thanks to OLED technology. The Incredible comes with 8 GB of internal memory but can also use memory cards containing up to 32 GB. It also sports an FM radio — a feature that iPhone 4 lacks. HTC included a beefy 8-megapixel camera with auto-focus and dual flash, so stills or video are a snap, although it can’t yet do full 720p video like the iPhone 4. One negative: that OLED screen is difficult to see in direct sunlight.

Palm Pre Plus — At $50, you’re paying a lot less than you would for an iPhone 4, but you get a solid smartphone experience. Pre Plus offers a touchscreen with the same resolution as prior iPhones but also includes a slide-out keyboard for text entry. The device runs on the webOS platform, an interface that rivals or exceeds that of Apple. One downside to this phone is a vastly smaller number of software titles available — a few thousand as compared to the 250,000 in Apple’s iTunes App Store.

HTC HD2— One of the first phones to use a peppy 1 GHz Qualcomm processor, the HD2 is thin and all screen — the 800×480 touchscreen is a whopping 4.3 inches. HTC developed a touch-friendly interface called HTC Sense for the HD2, which runs atop Microsoft’s Windows Mobile operating system. That opens up the device to a large number of third-party applications and great integration with other Microsoft products such as Office, but Windows Mobile is in need of an overhaul. Still, when paired with HTC Sense on a big screen and a fast processor under the hood, this is a contender, as shown in our hands-on video overview. And it’s one of the first Windows Mobile devices to use a capacitive display, not a resistive one, like the iPhone

myTouch 3G Slide— The latest Android 2.1 handset to arrive on T-Mo looks like last year’s model with a keyboard and optical track pad added, but it’s much more. Three software features take it beyond the iPhone in some ways: extensive voice control, social network updates from favourite contacts and multiple phone themes that automatically switch based on time or location. The phone has access to more than 50,000 applications in the Android Market and T-Mobile offers its own App Pack for the device. Although the Slide has a full 3.4-inch touchscreen, the 4-row QWERTY keyboard is highly usable for those that prefer a hardware keyboard. Like the HD2, this phone has the Sense user interface, which hides some of Android’s blandness.

HTC EVO 4G— The EVO offers something that no iPhone has, or will likely have for at least a full year: access to a fast, next-generation network. This 4G phone connects to Sprint’s WiMAX network, offering real-world speeds that are roughly three times greater than today’s 3G phones. Like the HD2, the EVO has a generous 4.3-inch display and like the iPhone, can record 720p video thanks to the 8-megapixel camera and speedy processor.

HTC TouchPro 2 — This handset is a bit long in the tooth, but it’s one of the better Windows Mobile touchscreen devices on the market, plus it offers a stellar, 5-row slide-out keyboard and the best speakerphone I’ve ever used. It comes with Microsoft Office Mobile for productivity, but can still play your favourite audio and video clips when it’s time for fun. Even though it’s an older model, it does have a high-resolution, 3.6-inch display and 3.2-megapixel camera. The biggest downside is that this phone is unlikely to see any future upgrades from Microsoft and given that, it’s priced high compared to newer, more powerful handsets.

Dell Streak- The Streak is big, with a 5-inch touchscreen display, but that size brings a better experience for reading, browsing or watching media. Like many other manufacturers today, Dell opts to use Google’s Android platform for the phone, but also created an in-house, finger-friendly shell for it. The Streak also offers two cameras: 5 megapixels in the back and a lower-quality sensor for the front, to be used for video chatting. Unfortunately, Dell is planning to ship the Streak with Android 1.6, which is already out-dated.

Blackberry Torch 9800- RIM really hasn't made a good start to the touchscreen market with the Storm and Storm 2. Both had an awful clicky screen that was nowhere near as responsive as a capacitive screen and typing was a chore, although this did improve with the Storm 2.
Now comes the 9800 Torch, which is a bulky device, but the best so far from the Canadian manufacturer.
The 3.2-inch screen looks larger than its competitors because it's square rather than long and thin. At 360 x 480 pixels, it may not be the highest resolution, but this hardly means much - after all, it's what the display looks like rather than numbers, isn't it?With 16 million colours, it's vibrant and bright. The best thing about that screen though is that it's hugely responsive, reacting to every slight touch.

This is a massive improvement over the Storm 2 with its clicky SurePress technology. Thankfully, this has been scrapped and we're now very impressed.

Google Nexus One

There are some argue that Google should stick to search-engines, here is a smart-phone that tells us something entirely different.The Nexus One is Google’s flagship smartphone that became available this January. It uses the Android open source mobile operating system.

It has a couple of great features, like the ability to transcribe voice to text, noise canceling and dual microphones. If you drive a lot, the Nexus would be perfect for you seeing as it has a fantastic GPS system.

The Nexus One has a 3.7 inch AMOLED screen and the raster resolution is 480×800 pixels.

The phone has a 5.0 megapixel auto-focus camera with LED flash and digital zoom, Bluetooth 2.1, MP3, AAC+, WAV and MIDI playing capabilities.

Samsung i9000 Galaxy S

Samsung announced its i9000 Galaxy S model in March 2010, and it is now confirmed to be an Android 2.2 smartphone. What’s so special about this model is its 1GHz processor along with 8-16 GB internal memory, a 4 inch 480×800 Super AMOLED widescreen, a touchscreen display, a 5 megapixel camera and also a VGA front-facing camera. Another useful thing about the Galaxy is its PowerVR graphics processor that yields 90 million triangles per second. All of this makes this Samsung the best darn Android-phone on the market.

Another great thing that would push buyers to seriously consider buying the Galaxy is its Bluetooth 3.0. It is also worth mentioning that, with its 9.9mm, it’s the thinnest Android phone available.

What a Blog Should Contain

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Posted by Sibun | Posted in | Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2011

A blog is necessarily what you have to, what you want to say. Along with this it must have got something so that people turn their ears towards what you want to say. I would say that a blog must have contents that people would love to read. The content should be such that it can develop interest in people’s minds, compel them to think as well as offer something new by which people will keep returning to your blog. It should be such that people are able to identify everything mentioned in it in the light of the topic.

The most important aspect of the blog content is that it must be original and should have its own way of expression. The content in no way should seem like a cheap copy of any other post. The best way to reach out to the maximum number of people is to be the one you are. So your blog post must be real, original and unique in its own way.

Do not try to lengthen your post too much by inserting irrelevant things.Concentrate upon the topic and then generate contents. Try to write small and sharp posts. Be definitive with your content. Touch the most important areas revolving around the topic and make sure that the points you are writing upon are really strong points. Always remember that good things come in small packets.

Make your blog a pleasure to read, do not strangle the readers by the overdose of your own ideas, make your content such that people feel you are sharing your views and not imposing them.

Apart from the regular topics and issues , when you are writing on abstract topics, do explore yourself with new possibilities and thoughts. Abstract ones the only ones where you can actually move out of the closet fully and come up with something very good without referring to anything.

Avoid writing stuff that appeals to only a small number of obsessed people. Your content must strike a chord with the maximum number of people.

One more thing you must keep in mind that people like it when you are continuous in your writing. Try to be as coherent as possible such that things you say have links within them.Do not interrupt your writing by displaying links on every line. Keep the number of links minimal.

Make your content one that is interesting to all, irrespective of age and region. You can begin with writing on gadgets. People are more interested in comparisons these days. So keep yourself updated and blog about the new arrivals, pit them against each other. And yes you must support it with lists. Avoid writing stuff as essays rather draw comparisons on the basis of features going one on one.

Another thing that attracts maximum eyeballs is blogging itself. You really do not need to be prolific, you just need to tell people what inspired you and how you came this far. Be simple and be true.Visuals always express more than words. So treat the readers with definitive pictures where the topic requires.Never restrict yourself from giving credits; it is a good practice to inspire your readers to read better posts. So do mention references.

Radar & TV questions

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Posted by Sibun | Posted in | Posted on Tuesday, April 19, 2011

2nd internal qns for radar & tv
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1.define
a.delay line canceller
b.sub clutter visibility
c.staggered PRFs
d.beat freq
e.range resolution
2.describe how MTI radar is used to detect moving targets
3.explain the principle of monopulse tracking radar
4.short notes on
a.conical scan & sequential lobing
b.blind speed

3rd internal qns for radar & tv
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1.define
a.aspect ratio
b.blanking signal
c.chrominance signal
d.vsb modulation of tv signal
e.horizontal & vertical scanning
2.explain basic principle of tv transmisssion.explain how vidicon camera tube is used in transmission of tv signal
3.explain operation of tv receiver.draw block diag of digital color tv receiver
4.short notes on
a.horizontal sync & blanking standards
b.picture tube

Anna Hazare

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Posted by Sibun | Posted in | Posted on Sunday, April 10, 2011

1. Who is Anna Hazare?
An ex-army man. Fought 1965 Indo-Pak War

2. What's so special about him?

He built a village Ralegaon Siddhi in Ahamad Nagar district, Maharashtra

3. So what?
This village is a self-sustained model village. Energy is produced in the village itself from solar power, biofuel and wind mills.

In 1975, it used to be a poverty clad village. Now it is one of the richest village in India. It has become a model for self-sustained, eco-friendly & harmonic village.

4. Ok,...?

This guy, Anna Hazare was awarded Padma Bhushan and is a known figure for his social activities.

5. Really, what is he fighting for?

He is supporting a cause, the amendment of a law to curb corruption in India.

6. How that can be possible?

He is advocating for a Bil, The Lok Pal Bill (The Citizen Ombudsman Bill), that will form an autonomous authority who will make politicians (ministers), beurocrats (IAS/IPS) accountable for their deeds.

8. It's an entirely new thing right..?

In 1972, the bill was proposed by then Law minister Mr. Shanti Bhushan. Since then it has been neglected by the politicians and some are trying to change the bill to suit thier theft (corruption).

7. Oh.. He is going on a hunger strike for that whole thing of passing a Bill ! How can that be possible in such a short span of time?

The first thing he is asking for is: the government should come forward and announce that the bill is going to be passed.

Next, they make a joint committee to DRAFT the LOK PAL BILL. 50% goverment participation and 50% public participation. Because you cant trust the government entirely for making such a bill which does not suit them.

8. Fine, What will happen when this bill is passed?

A LokPal will be appointed at the centre. He will have an autonomous charge, say like the Election Commission of India. In each and every state, Lokayukta will be appointed. The job is to bring all alleged party to trial in case of corruptions within 1 year. Within 2 years, the guilty will be punished. Not like, Bofors scam or Bhopal Gas Tragedy case, that has been going for last 25 years without any result.

9. Is he alone? Whoelse is there in the fight with Anna Hazare?

Baba Ramdev, Ex. IPS Kiran Bedi, Social Activist Swami Agnivesh, RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal and many more.

Prominent personalities like Aamir Khan is supporting his cause.

10. Ok, got it. What can I do?

At least we can spread the message. How?

Putting status message, links, video, changing profile pics.

At least we can support Anna Hazare and the cause for uprooting corruption from India.

At least we can hope that his Hunger Strike does not go in vain.

At least we can pray for his good health.

Movie Review : FALTU

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Posted by Sibun | Posted in | Posted on Friday, April 01, 2011

In the season of Cricket fiesta, Director Remo D'Souza came up with a real BANG. Making his debut to the movie industry as a director, Remo has really made a distinctive, innovative and noteworthy initiative.The choreographer director Remo has really revolutionized the Indian Cinema by this notable cause with a superb and enthralling music. Producer Vashu Bhagnani and cinematographer Vijay Arora and his crew have indeed pioneered the month of April .

The movie starts with the scene of an examination hall. A final paper of an examination was going on and students were busy carving the answer papers with the mugged up knowledge. As expected, the so called back benchers were waiting for the help or cheating. After an hour or so, Jackky Bhagnani(Ritesh) came up and entered the hall. He was busy packing his bag as he was to move to Goa for party after the exams. His friends Pooja Gupta(Pooja),Angad Bedi(Nanj) are also having no idea what to write on the paper. Nanj preferred to write the questions on the answer sheet.Chandan Roy Sanyal(Vishnu) is a very intelligent guy and he was writing like anything.Then after the exams are over, the party started. The superb lyrics of the song "Char baj gaye, lekin party abhi baki hai" is really awesome. Then after this masti season, the results for the exams were out. The three Pooja, nanj and ritesh have just scored pass marks while vishnu scored 94 %, but was unhappy as he was short by 1% from his father's expectation. Then vishnu got into stephens college for his further studies. Others, having scored these mere scanty marks, were unable to get into a college.Ritesh's father was a scrap dealer and he even insisted him to leave his studies as his performances were really poor and helped in his works.Nanj's father was very angry on him. Pooja's father was almost on his final remarks for her marriage. In this shoddy situation, they had been to a party at vishnu's home.Vishnu's father had allegedly laughed at the abasement of the trio.

So, the friends have made a plan to make their parents fool by a false confirmation letter from a college and they even created fake website and posted a full page advertisement regarding that institution.The name they proposed was : Fakirchand and Lakeerchand Trust University(F.A.L.T.U). They thought there problem will be over by this plan. But, it got worsen as their parents wished to see the college. Then they seek the help of Arshad Warsi(Google Chand) for this problem. He is basically a property businessman. He has got an institution like building from a big businessman years ago at a far away place in panchgani. So he wished his positiveness towards this fake project. The friends have made all arrangements for making this institution a real one. For the principal post, Ritesh Deshmukh was choosen as he was a friend of Google and is from educational background.

On the deciding day, the parents visited the college. It was very well designed and developed. They showed their faith in their students and thanked the principal for the admission into the college. But, in chaos , the students are not fake ! Inspired by the advertisement, the students who didn't get any confirmation letter of admission, came here for studying as they all have registered in the fake website of the college.A real problem came up in front of them. Finally, they have decided to make it their all party place(institution). They will maintain the college which is actually not a college.

One day, Ritesh's father asked his son to come and meet him. He came up a real lively experience when his father realised him the value of faltu(waste), as he was a scrap dealer(kabadiwala) and his job is to make something useful out of these wastes. It made his point of direction turned to a great extent .Finally after a lot of happenings, the students were made to choose the subject of their interest. Apart from the co-curriculum, the students choosed their area of interested and were taught accordingly. As there were no teachers there, it created a new problem. They planned to visit the recognized persons who knew about the said field much better and got the teaching in terms of video files.The teaching medium will be converted into movies and copies are to be replaced by computers. The exploration of this ideas were implemented and were uploaded to website for reference purpose.The fields like body building, jimmimg, acting, management, DJing, choreography, cooking and many more were selected by the students. Students have also shown great positive response towards this.But one day, Vishnu's father came in and closed this college as its a fake one. Google stopped it with a stay order of the high court. In this context, the students made a superb and really creative performance at the stephens college annual function. The awesome lines of Ritesh have stunned everyone including mr Chakraborthy(Mithun) who was the chairman, UGC. If the education system has got a pass mark of 35% but the selection for admission is of 70% , then what s the need for making this pass %age so low ? Let it be 70% so that who will pass will get into the college. In this way, the students who fall in the corridor range wouldn't be affected like hell. It is true that their studying experience was not encouraging but the great deal of experience they obtained from FALTU by the directions was like BOON to them.The words really made me feel form the deep corner of the heart. It was like getting into the character of Krrish and feeling the sensation ! It was really great concept of cinematography. Finally the university got registered by the UGC.

As seen on the NET, that there are guest appearances of stars like akshay kumar, amitabh bachchan etc. was not there in the movie. The acting of the full crew was really superb. The comedy framed social topic based movie with a great concept or theme - all is packed in the movie FALTU. The songs are eeally rocking and the beats,remixes are really good. Atif Aslam, Hard Kaur, Neeraj Shridhar, Mika Singh etc. have given the younger generation the much awaited tracks and really mesmerized with the enthralling composition. I really liked the concluding dance performance the most. It was truly a worth watching performance. Remo and his team has made this superb choreography and made it possible . In this season of cricketing manifestations, the wildest availability of such a real GEM will surely attract the public and believe me the movie is DAMN GOOD. I would rate it 9 / 10. A movie for the young generation, a movie for the upcoming saviors. It was indeed a mind blowing creation from the Puja Entertainment (India) Ltd. (Earlier Known as Puja Films). The movie will definitely attract the viewers and will be a blockbuster.

Sibun