Apple CEO Tim Cook unveils the new iPad during an Apple product launch event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, California. AFP I have grown fond of my iPad 2 during the past nine months. So, I was curious if I would like my tablet computer any less once I saw Apple's new and improved iPad.The verdict: I won't be abandoning my iPad 2 for its sexier successor anytime soon.Although Apple Inc.'s latest related stories Apple's new iPad unveiled at $499, available on Mar 16Apple's iPad gets just enough of tune-up to pack a punchApple lets movies into iCloud, upgrades Apple TV temptress may turn some heads, the new iPad isn't radically different from last year's model, based on the 15 minutes I was able to spend noodling with the device at the company's product launch Wednesday.

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Nokia had recently launched the Luna brand of Bluetooth headsets (technically, earphones) to accompany their brand new Lumia smartphones. Not many people like Bluetooth headsets. More often than not, they are quite a pain in the ear. Personally, I prefer to stick the phone to my ear, or use the Sennheiser earplugs to listen to music. But then again, this isn’t always practical.

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As far as the looks go, the Sensation XL is a classic HTC design. This Sensation XL is a bit of an oddball, really. If you look at the specs there is nothing really that stands out, apart from that massive display of course, which is how it gets the XL moniker. But despite that the phone still costs a fortune in the Indian market, even more than some of its better related stories HTC EVO 4G LTE smartphone gets good reviewsHands-on: HTC One XReview: ZTE BladeUNVEILED: HTC One X smartphoneHTC Rhyme Review equipped stable mates. So is the big display really enough to justify the cost of owning this phone? We decided to find out.

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The Asus Zenbook UX31 was one of the first ultrabooks to hit the market in late 2011. The Asus Zenbook UX31 was one of the first ultrabooks to hit the market in late 2011. Four months later, there’s plenty of competition in the thin and light laptop space, but the UX31 is still one of the most impressive specimens of the ultrabook species. It’s thin, light and attractive. It boots related stories Review: Micromax FunbookASUS EeePC X101 ReviewASUS Eee Pad Transformer Review quickly and resumes from sleep almost instantaeneously. And the Asus Zenbook UX31 has something that’s difficult to find on other 13.3 inch notebooks: a high resolution, 1600 x 900 pixel display.

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Sennheiser HD 518 The Sennheiser HD 518 have been around for a while now but we chose to review them now because they fall at an important price point. Being Sennheiser’s entry-level pair of audiophile series headphones, the HD 518 are priced just right for those who may want to dip their toes in audiophile pool but related stories Review: Micromax FunbookReview: Sennheiser RS 220 don’t want to spend too much. But price should not be the only factor when deciding to purchase audio equipment, which is why we decided to take these for a spin and see if they are worth your money.

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an Android 4.0 tablet focused for 10-21 years olds with focus on education and entertainment, the two tenants that Micromax claims are primary for this age related stories Micromax launches A50 Ninja with Siri competitor, AISHAReview: ASUS Zenbook UX31Review: Sennheiser HD 518 group.

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A superphone with a giant HD display and ImageSense technology: The HTC One X is the first phone to run HTC’s camera-improving ImageSense technology enabling users to capture images in just 0.7 seconds, and to simultaneously shoot photos and videos. The HTC One X will be available from April. PHOTO CREDIT: AFP PHOTO/HTC We recently did a hands on with the One X where we briefly touched upon the various aspects of the phone. We are assuming you are hungry for more, so without further ado, here is the full review of the HTC One X.

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Motorola ATRIX 2 The first ATRIX was an important device for Motorola. It was the second dual-core Android smartphone to come out in the market (after the LG Optimus 2x) and the first to showcase Motorola’s Webtop feature. It allowed the phone to connect on the back of a special keyboard dock, which also came with related stories Review: Sony Xperia SReview: HTC One VReview: Nokia Lumia 610 its own display, and resembled a laptop. Simply by plugging it in, one could turn what were essentially a monitor and a keyboard into a makeshift notebook PC.

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Sony Xperia S The Xperia S is the first phone from the now single Sony ever since it acquired Ericsson stake in the company. You can tell from the spec sheet that Sony decided to start off with a bang and the Xperia S comes loaded with impressive items such as an HD display, 12 megapixel camera and a dual-core related stories Review: HTC One VReview: Lava XOLO X900Review: Sony Xperia UReview: Motorola ATRIX 2Review: HTC One X processor. But spec sheets don’t tell the whole story, which is why we are going to take a detailed look at how the phone is in real life.

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HTC One V When HTC announced the One series phones back at the Mobile World Congress, the swankier One X and the One S got all the attention whereas the One V was mostly ignored due to its run of the mill specs. While it’s true that the One X and the One S are the more interesting of the trio, in the end related stories Review: Lava XOLO X900Review: Sony Xperia UReview: HTC One SReview: Nokia Lumia 610Review: Sony Xperia S the One V will probably end up outselling both of them due to its price. It’s also when you consider the price is when you realize that its specs are perfectly in line with what other phones in that price have to offer. The One V even has a couple of things that the others don’t, such as Android 4.0 pre-installed and an aluminum unibody. Let us take a closer look at this phone.

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Lava XOLO X900 The Lava XOLO X900 is Intel’s first foray into the world of smartphones. Although the Chipzilla has been working on a mobile chipset for quite a while now, it never quite made it to the production stage, until now. With Lava as its partner, Intel has released the first smartphone based related stories Review: Sony Xperia UReview: Sony Xperia SReview: HTC One V on its Medfield platform in India, which also happens to be the first market in the world to get a phone with Intel Inside. With this phone Intel is also bringing its x86 architecture to the world of smartphones for the first time, which has been further optimized for power efficiency by Intel.

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LG has been in the Indian markets for several years now, selling everything from washing machines, to air conditioners, televisions, microwaves, refrigerators to even vacuum cleaners. And Indians have been buying them too,...

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The Sennheiser HD 800 are an absolutely fantastic pair of headphones. Having had the opportunity to listen to them a couple of years ago, I was floored with the level of detail and clarity that was pouring out of the two...

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The best thing about Nokia Lumia 610 is that while the hardware requirements are definitely lower, it does not compromise on the smoothness of the UI that Windows Phone is known for.

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The Xperia ion is a modest upgrade over the Xperia S but improves upon key factors such as display and build quality. What makes things worse for the ion, though, is its pricing, which puts it right in the One X and Galaxy S...

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It only takes a few minutes playing with the iPad Mini to realize the scaled-down tablet computer will be a sure-fire hit with longtime Apple disciples and potential converts who've been looking for a more affordable entree...

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Sony RX100 is a prosumer point and shoot camera aimed at those who like excellent image quality in a compact body. This is the first point and shoot camera to pack in a 1-inch sensor, which promises some great low light image...

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Sennheiser The Sennheiser RS 220 is the company’s flagship wireless headphones. These headphones offer uncompressed audio transmission, which solves the biggest issue most people have with wireless headphones and that is the lossy nature of the audio transmission process. So how do they sound? Let’s find related stories Review: Sennheiser HD 518Review: Nokia Luna headset out.

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The Samsung Galaxy S III. Photo: AFP The Samsung Galaxy brand is one of the most popular in the world of smartphones. This is Samsung’s brand name for its Android based devices and was first brought to limelight by the highly popular Galaxy S smartphone back in 2010. A year later, Samsung announced a successor in the form of the related stories Samsung says Galaxy S III sales hit 20 millionSamsung pokes fun at Apple iPhone5 with new Galaxy SIII adTEASER: Samsung Galaxy Note II Samsung Galaxy S III launched in India at Rs. 43,180Samsung faces supply crunch for popular Galaxy S III Galaxy S II, which raised the bar further and even a year later remains one of the best smartphones available on the market.

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Recent apps, home screen, and Face Unlock with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
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The apps launcher looks essentially the same as Gingerbread's, though it has a slightly different layout and a fancy graphical transition as you swipe horizontally through your apps. I really like that the Market app is persistently accessible on the top of the screen, and that the app launcher has expanded to include widgets. However, the "tiled look" for widgets that Google proudly showed off at the Ice Cream Sandwich launch event looks cluttered and confusing.
Screenshots
If you like this screenshot tour of Ice Cream Sandwich, you can thank, well, Ice Cream Sandwich, and its new native screenshot capability in particular. Late to the game compared with Apple's iOS (and even some Android phones, like the Samsung Galaxy S II), the feature is nevertheless a boon for app developers, for us journalist types, and for anyone who wants to diagnose an error or save a snap of a game for bragging rights.
The trick is pressing the hardware combination of the volume-down button and power button in the right way to trigger the native screenshot tool. Unfortunately, it took time to get a feel for it on the Galaxy Nexus. The action was awkward, and not always successful, especially at first. The ease of snapping screenshots will vary by a handset's individual proportions.
Cameras and video
The panorama feature in the Ice Cream Sandwich camera was one of the first secrets to leak. Several Android-bearing phones have seen the feature before, but only as an addition to a Samsung or HTC camera, never as a blood-and-bones part of Android. Now, Google has made it front and center, one of your three camera "mode" choices, in addition to the standard camera and video.

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