I get to listen to music as often as possible and got accustomed to earbuds from few years (started with the earphones provided with SonyEricsson mobiles). I find it very hard to get back to conventional ear-phones from the ear-buds I currently use (Noise-Cancellation is the major factor for preferring earbuds over earphones). With hands on experience with many of the brands & models available in the Global market, I’ve decided to test 3 of the affordable EARBUDS and select the BEST EARBUDS for my frequent use. Get on with the detailed review if you are planning to buy a high-performing and low priced earbuds:
EARBUDS: V-MODA Bass Freq, J-BUDS J2 Premium, SKULLCANDY Ink’d earbuds…!
MUSIC: Give Me Some Sunshine (3 Idiots), My Love Is Gone (Aarya’2), With Or Without You (U2)
GADGETS: Lenovo ThinkPad, Nokia XpressMusic Mobile, Ipod Touch (3rd Gen)
LOCATIONS: Bedroom, Balcony, Train, Bus, Cab and Open Streets
VOLUME: Mid to High volumes…
ANALYSIS: Each of these noise cancellation earbuds are here to stay and we will easily fall in love with them after their 1st usage. The way they cut down the external noise, reproduce the deep treble/bass, give us realistic vocals is truly amazing. Though they are priced from 20$ to $70 (actual price), we can buy them cheap on Amazon or any other online stores. They are comfortable and very easy to carry. All the 3 models come with 2 extra pairs of Foam Tips (totally 3 sizes of S/M/L) by default. And, the fun thing is that each of them come in different color shades (with each model having over 10 color combination).
FINAL VERDICT: V-MODA BASS FREQ EARBUDS are the best earbuds under $25 with an awesome balance between high frequencies (treble), lows (bass) and the middles (vocals). The Noise Cancellation can easily be compared with the costlier versions. The foam tips are of highest quality (among the 3 models tested) and the comfort of wearing the buds is also mentionable. I’ve been using the same model from past 2 years (just got a new one) and surprised to see that it still rules the affordable earbuds’ category. The reproduction of bass for all the 3 tracks tested is just admirable and it comes without any compromise on vocals or treble.
*** V-MODA BASS FREQ EARBUDS *** HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ***
Skullcandy‘s Ink’d earbuds are also a good pair to own/use. The major difference being the bass reproduction and foam quality. JBuds‘ J2 earbuds can improve a lot…!
Note: You can always fall back to the famous and ever reliable SENNHEISER‘s CX-300 earbuds if you are not impressed with the above reviewed 3 models (lesser known brands)…!
This is a detailed cost comparison of the just launched GOOGLE PHONE: NEXUS ONE with Apple’s iPhone over a period of 24 months (2 years)…! At the end of 2 years, an average iPhone customer might end up in paying 50% more than a NexusOne customer… hmmm, pretty interesting data…!
Google phone: NEXUS ONE is being launched in USA today (5th Jan). It will be sold exclusively on Google Website and we will have a detailed review of NEXUS ONE soon! As per the latest updates, it will take some more (in months) time for the Google Mobile to get launched in India for the technology enthusiasts… For now, HTC’s G1 (1st Google Phone) is the only alternative in India… Few pictures of the released NEXUS ONE (source: Engadget.com)
SPECIFICATIONS:
DISPLAY: 3.7-inch AMOLED TouchScreen, 800 x 480 Screen & 100,000:1 Contrast Ratio
CAMERA: 5 megapixels, LED Flash, 2X Digital Zoom, 720×480 pixels’ Video Recorder
VIDEO PLAYBACK: H.263, MPEG-4 SP & H.264 AVC codecs/formats/types are supported
AUDIO PLAYBACK: MP3, AAC, AMR, MIDI, WAV & Ogg Vorbis formats
DIMENSIONS: 119mm Height, 59.8mm Width, 11.5mm Depth & 130 grams of Weight!
WIRELESS/CELLULAR: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, GSM/EDGE/3GS, A2DP Stereo Bluetooth
OS/CPU: Android 2.1 (Eclair) OS & Qualcomm’s QSD 8250 1 GHz Processor
MEMORY: 512MB RAM, 512MB Flash Memory & 4GB Micro SD Card (Expandable to 32 GB)
BATTERY TIME: 7 to 10 hours of Talk-Time & 250 to 290 hours of Standby-Time
BATTERY for MEDIA: 5 to 6.5 hours of Internet, 20 hours of Audio & 7 hours of Video
SOFT KEYS on FRONT: Back, Home, Menu & Search
Convert from FAT32 to NTFS
I’m one of the External Hard Disk owners and I used to face a big problem whenever I want to transfer a movie or data file/folder to the hard disk. If the file is larger than 4 GB, the copying returns an error saying “The file is too large for the destination file system” and I’ve to withdraw copying by seeing that. It also used say that I “don’t have enough free space” to copy the file on to the hard disk. Lately, I’ve found that changing the Hard Disk’s file system from “FAT32″ to “NTFS” will solve the issue. The process would be as follows:
* Go to “Run” -> type “cmd” for getting command prompt window.
* Type “convert e: /fs:ntfs /nosecurity” command (“e” will be your HDD’s drive)
*Enter the HDD’s label when asked. Sometimes, an error might come up when the verification is in process. You just need to use the “Check Disk” tool to solve it…! Yay, now you can easily copy all your large AVI/MKV files to your external hard disk with no issues. All those rips of HD Movies (720p) or Full HD Movies (1080p) or DVD dumps (480p) can be easily transferred to the Hard Disks.
“This site may harm your computer” is the message that many of the Google Search Users are getting from the last 10 to 15 hours. As per the reports of Google, a small glitch in the security program written for Google Search results has caused users to get redirected to “This site may harm your computer” page instead of the website from the results page.
As of now, the issue seems to have resolved and Google’s working perfectly fine. After seeing so many users searching for the issue, I’m writing this upon some research! This whole issue is related to the “Stop Badware/Malware” initiation from Google. Google does this to protect it’s users against visiting sites that could harm their computers.
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