GUILTY PLEA SURES
The True Technoisseur A self-confessed gadget aficionado, presents his A-list for a true state-of-the-art tech enthusiast. By Rajiv Makhni
The Confederate B210 Wraith The ultimate motorcycle of all time – the Confederate B210 Wraith is all about thunder and power of the kind that can make cars, trucks and even buildings shake when you roar past them.
The standout features are a 2000 cc powerplant ( which delivers a whopping 125 horsepower), a carbon-fibre monocoque aircraft grade CNC body, forged magnesium Marchesini wheels and an aircraft-grade fuel cell with extreme technology in every part. It’s big, it’s bad and it’s a serious fuel and bank balance burner.
Samsung Galaxy S III features:
NOV — DEC 2012
Meridian
810
Projector
This is a formidable contraption with seamless design and some of the most incredible specifications to ever come out in the projector category. The Meridian 810 weighs 80 kilos, throws a whopping 96 percent more resolution than your normal DVD, and delivers up to 4000 lumens which are enough to light up even a 300-foot screen. It offers an unprecedented resolution of 4096 x 2400 pixels – which is more than four times a conventional full HD image. The projector also has a native contrast ratio of 10,000:1 and comes with a series of high performance interchangeable lenses. For all those amazing tasks it’s not connected with just one but four HDMI cables to generate the remaining eight to nine million pixels needed. This is the benchmark, the reference level for all projectors to follow. The only problem with this fantastic machine is that it costs upwards of a crore. If you need a big, beautiful picture – you need to pay some big, beautiful money.
Direct Call – While messaging someone, lift the S3 to your ear and it will automatically dial that person.
Smart Alert – Vibrates to notify you of missed calls and messages that need your urgent attention.
Samsung Galaxy S III The third generation of the incredibly successful Galaxy series has taken mobile technology to new extremes. While it is still plastic on the outside – the form factor and ergonomics are excellent. A big 4.8 inch super-AMOLED screen with 720 x 1280 pixel resolution. A powerful 1.4 GHz quad-core processor, the latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS layered on top with the latest ToucWiz UI. It also has wireless charging (add on), great optics and records video at 1080 pixels. But far more than the specs and the hardware – it’s the intelligence inside that takes this phone to a whole new level.
S-Voice – A Siri killer that has natural language recognition to look up the stocks, search information, give weather reports, set an alarm.
Buddy Photo Share – Take a picture of a few friends and the phone will use face detection to identify them and instantly email or MMS the picture to all the people in that image. Smart Stay – The S3’s front camera tracks you to keep the screen on while you’re looking at it. Look away and it dims the screen S-Beam – Tap your S3 with another phone that has S-Beam and you can transfer files at blazing speeds.