The year 2009 touches the end line and embarks the New Year with heaps of anticipation from tech-province. True we got to witness endless bags of inventions, creative ideas popping out of companies’ caps and a rocket-shoot of tech-level. With this year-end, let us take you on short like a wink journey, giving you a quick glimpse over what managed to seize hearts so what made the hoi-polloi empty their pockets. So, take a quick ride on the sleigh of this year’s top gadgets.
Well, the very beginning of the year welcomed Nokia’s new offering in the mien of enticing 5800 XpressMusic touch-screen phone in India. Beguiling in appearance, the catchy piece lets you capture your favorite-moments with its integrated 3.2-megapixel camera alongside autofocus camera. And if you are an audiophile, then stereo speakers with 3D surround sound effect should come to rescue your music nerve. The month January also saw footprints of Buffalo’s new and snappy MiniStation Lite hard drive touching shores of India. Tall in height of portability, the device lets you store, back up and transport digital images, music and other files as easily as falling off a log.
The very next month February heard few thwacks from tech-building as well. Well, AAXA Technologies removed the wrap off its P1 micro projector. Weighing as light as feather at 6 ounces, the pocket-sized unit projects a usable 12 lumens at a resolution of 640 x 480 and brings you a planet of supreme brightness and image quality. While Western Digital helps you centralize and backup all your important data with its My Book World Edition network drive.
Yes, the month March for sure banged with a bundle of new innovations executed by smart brains of companies. Sandisk uncapped all-new USB flash drives in the Indian market, comprising the Backup USB flash drive to backup all of your precious and critical files with the touch of a button. Giving a tough competition, Asus slid with the latest Eee PC 1000HE for India with a 10-inch LED backlit WSVGA LCD screen. Huh, photography buffs please don’t arch shoulders, something meaningful touched Indian soil for you as well. To brush on memory, Samsung revealed the country’s first 8-megapixel touch-screen camera phone entitled the 8MP Samsung Pixon. Also on lips as M8800, the satiny handset topples light on its Advanced Shake Reduction, Blink detection, Smile detection, Face detection, Panoramic shot.
Yeah, we aren’t denying the inevitable need of hell-for-leather transfer speed in any way. Putting a cap of generosity, Bluetooth 3.0 broke the walls of rumors and set the reality stage for offering drained souls a completely new dimension to strike the wireless technology in the month of April. The month witnessed the much-awaited release of the Bluetooth Core Specification Version 3.0 High Speed or Bluetooth 3.0 to put in a simpler term. Aligning with it, Transcend offered the latest SSD18M solid state drive. Designed to be light-weight, the offering lends support to both eSATA and USB connection interfaces. The last yet impressive news to abuzz is Nikon’s Coolpix Style Series cameras. Boasting of Nikkor lenses and Nikon Expeed digital image processing concept, the S630, S620, S230 and S220 are draped in extremely sleek metal bodies.
Whistling once again, Nikon came up with D5000 digital video shooter in the month of May. Outfitted with a 450-degree rotating LCD screen, the capturer of your life embodies a 12.3-megapixel of resolution and flaunts off a unique 6.8cms Vari-angle LCD monitor. Wondering about Samsung’s presence? That’s almost next to impossible that Samsung skids under the mist when we are talking about tech-innovations. The company unleashed new LED HDTVs tagged Series 6, 7 and 8, in India. With a full-bag of promises, it offers crystal-clear image quality and unprecedented sound clarity.
Moving on, Nvidia unfurled its GeForce 3D vision glasses in India, in June, to offer you an entirely stereoscopic 3D experience. On the other hand, Wacom Intuos4 pen tablet murmured outside doors with a bevy of unique features and hi-fi performance. Joining the same month, Apple iPhone 3G S was declared to be official, offering you enhanced speed and performance. Acer made its appearance as well with its Aspire Timeline Series of laptops. Endured by Intel’s Ultra-Low Voltage platforms, the laptops emerge as light, thin and energy-efficient devices. There were some bolts by Western Digital once again where it released the 4TB My Book Studio Edition II dual drive storage systems.
Further, July gave special space to the much-hyped Nokia N97 phone in the Indian market. You’ll sure as seasons get an eminently personalized mobile and Internet experience, accredited to such handset. Again, the month saw Nokia putting forth its N86 8MP camera phone in India. Other news that whispered was the Alienware M17x laptop, particularly designed for hardcore gamers and high-definition content creators. Fujifilm also took the cover off its new FinePix Real 3D System, allowing users to enjoy 3D images without the special 3D glasses. Besides, Acer Aspire Revo with Nvidia Ion platform was unmasked in India for offering users advanced graphics alongside unrivaled multimedia contents in high-definition.
Glimpsing over the month August, Sony brought forth Vaio W series mini notebook. Sporting a 10.1-inch LED-backlit display, the notebook enables swift access to email, instant messaging, Facebook, YouTube and more while on the move. At the same time, Toshiba proclaimed the 43nm MLC NAND SSDs in 64GB, 128GB, 256GB and 512GB capacities. Also, the Nokia N900 PC-styled phone received an official announcement so Samsung’s full touchscreen handset dubbed Corby jumped with 2.8-inch QVGA TFT LCD touchscreen.
On the contrary, September welcomed Canon’s EOS 7D Digital SLR camera with fast 8 fps continuous shooting and 18-megapixel sensor. Bringing a smile for iPod admirers, Apple iPod Nano made its way with a 2.2-inch color display, mic and speaker. So, Freecom out USB 3.0 external hard drive that offers the SuperSpeed USB technology. The last noticeable news for this month was Philips’ Cinema 21:9 and Blu-ray players in India. The new Philips Soundbar integrated with Ambisound ascertains the ultimate cinematic viewing experience at homes.
October appeared to realize the significance of cherishing good-times memories and thus spaced Motorola to bring new and swanky range of digital photo frames. This month witnessed Amazon making its Kindle available to more than 100 countries including India. Western Digital knocked again with My Passport Elite hard drive embedded with an illuminated capacity gauge and drive lock indicator. Hey, we can’t forget HCL’s exquisite Me Series of notebooks and netbooks which is specifically targeted to suit your trendy style statement.
Well, our past month November witnessed the Camangi WebStation, a 7-inch Internet tablet that intelligently runs on Google Android. For complete trig, LG unleashed its GD900 Crystal Transparent phone with a rich arty appeal and drop-down touchpad. Not to forget, Transcend released the slim and elegant portable CD/DVD drive as well.
And, this December had NEC taking veil off its X461UN multisync LCD monitor for needs of broadcasts, corporate displays, and control and monitor applications. In the bailiwick of phones, HTC HD2 with HTC Sense stepped in with a high resolution 4.3-inch ‘capacitive touch’ display for sharper and brighter content. This month, we even welcomed Bose’s new QuietComfort 15 Acoustic Noise Canceling headphone to avoid those screeching noises all around. Yes, for that game bug in you, SCEE offered a new slimmer PlayStation 3 system in India with 120GB of storage capacity.
Well, that’s how the year ‘2009’ kept on welcoming different yet influential innovations knocking every month. So let’s drop this year with hearty thanks for bringing a myriad of great offerings. Here we wish you all a Happy New Year.
