Top Gadgets of the Month: March 2011

Gadgets Of The Month

The temperature is indeed soaring high as the scorching heat has finally made its way. Manufacturers also plunged into this sizzling mood by unpacking an extensive range of exuberant devices keeping in mind that modern life is driven by exquisite and refined gadgets. The month of March embraced a magnificent bunch of technological innovations, ranging from stupendous notebooks to charming mobile phones to overwhelming digital cameras. Here’s our pick of a few gadgets which made it to our list of top gadgets for March.

For tech buffs inclined towards capturing picture perfect moments, Nikon unfurled its Coolpix spring collection 2011. The series included the P500, S9100, S6100, S4100, S3100, S2500, L120, L24 and L23 models. Drenched in gorgeous shades, the cameras are neatly crafted and promise to augment the user’s photography skills and style factor. These units incorporate megapixel sensors ranging from 12 to 16 for crisp images. Photo enthusiasts can capture sharp images as well as augment their fervor for photography.

Gamers always look forward to an unrivaled level of performance and uniqueness. Nintendo caught the attention of gaming admires with its 3DS console. Owners can enjoy a leveraged 3D experience without wearing those bulky glasses. Players can indulge in action-packed games such as Asphalt 3D, Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, NFL Football, Steel Driver, Pilotwings Resort, Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition and nintendogs + cats. Users can also supplement their style factor as it comes dressed in mind-boggling aqua blue and cosmo black shades.

Sony marked its presence in the high-end notebook market with its Vaio S Series VPCSB16FG model. The unit boasts of a 13.3” screen and a second-generation Intel Core i7 processor along with AMD HD 6630M GPU offering 1GB of RAM. This piece of innovation is outlined elegantly with a magnesium body, aluminum palm rest and touchpad with multi-gesture functions. Typing in dark and dim conditions has been made facile with the notebook’s backlit keyboard. The new Vaio S Series models capture a lot of attention as they are dipped in distinct attractive hues.

This month Nokia tossed in its business smartphone dubbed E7 running on the Symbian^3 OS. It boasts of a 4” 640 x 360p AMOLED capacitive touchscreen along with a slide-out full physical QWERTY keypad for easy text input. This handset is bound to spread cheer amongst working individuals by offering features such as Mail for Exchange, the Quickoffice application as well as trouble-free synchronization between work inbox, contacts or tasks. It integrates an 8MP dual LED flash-enabled camera capable of shooting 720p HD videos as well as a secondary VGA camera for video calls. The phone includes three fully customizable homescreens for quick access to Facebook and Twitter through Ovi by Nokia Social client.

Flaunting an elegant touchscreen design, Acer Liquid Metal made its way to the Indian mobile phone markets. This smartphone runs on Google’s Android 2.2 OS or Froyo and is powered by the 800MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon core processor. Its 3.6″ TFT capacitive touchscreen display is jacketed by a striking stainless steel body. The phone encompasses a 5MP LED flash-enabled and AF camera for photography lovers. It includes Dolby surround sound technology for enhancing the overall multimedia viewing experience. It will be spotted adorning display racks in enticing silver, brown and tiffany blue shades.

Much to most gadget fanatics’ excitement, Apple unveiled the highly-anticipated iPad 2 during the start of this month. Sporting a very slim form factor and equipped with dual cameras, the iPad 2 is available as Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi + 3G variants in varying capacities of 16GB, 32GB and 64GB. It shows off a gorgeous 9.7” LED-backlit smooth multi-touch widescreen display for enjoying unlimited multimedia content. This gizmo is powered by Apple’s custom-designed 1GHz dual-core A5 processor aimed at delivering remarkable performance and graphics quality. Its back camera is capable of recording 720p HD videos, while the front VGA camera enables video calling through FaceTime and Photo Booth. Unlike the earlier version, this latest slate will also be seen dipped in white dye.

This brings us to the end of our pick of the gadgets for this month. We promise to keep you updated about all the new devices entering the tech domain. Until then we bid goodbye to you with positive hopes of witnessing more spectacular gizmos in the upcoming months.