Backup is one of those things that we rarely think about until it is far too late. It’s usually a task that’s somewhere buried on your to-do list. It may even be a high priority task on your list, but somehow weeks and months pass and still, no backup. Could it be because too much pain is associated with the process? Or maybe it’s just being a bit lazy? Or more likely, we are all too busy and just don’t make the time.

Here, we take a look at some of the painful aspects of backing up our PCs and laptops and how we can easily overcome that pain to make sure we don’t end up losing our valuable data.

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Popularity: 50% [?]

This is NOT a phone. Seriously! It’s more like a micro-handheld computer fitted with security features that will put the CIA to shame and also put an end to TVs, laptops and what not! This small device has so much in it that I’m still striving to figure out what all gizmos it will soon replace! Its navigation system is as accurate as they come. It’s connected to satellites, which will in a year or so, let you click photos of places in NEW YORK even as you sit at the nukkad sipping chal! You can already watch all national TV channels on it; All this with a pretty decent battery backup of 1.5 days. And did I mention the amazing 5 meg camera, which shoots DVD quality videos? Phew!

SPEC CHECK

• 16 GB inbuilt memory, expandable to 24 GB
• Weight: 125 g
• 2.8 display
• 5 MP camera, Carl Zeiss lens, twin flash graphics card

For more details, Visit www.nseries.com

Popularity: 60% [?]

If God had know that we’d like to snap fish underwater he would have fitted us with shutter, we might as well capture fishy tales from down under with this awesome Digital Camera Mask. This high-quality 5-meg digital camera also doubles up as a cool underwater mask. Splosh!

Popularity: 59% [?]

These HOT, HOT SBA1500 speakers from Phillips are unlike any other sound blasters around. Though just the size of a cricket ball, one single speaker has the meat to blast off the jazz in style! The speakers come with their own power pack to amplify the music, which clips together pretty neatly with the speakers for true compact portability. And best bit: These portable balls of power are made to actually live off the power from your music device. So just plug them in and set the ball rolling!

Popularity: 64% [?]

If touch is the big thing right now in gadgets, this touchscreen is the next big thing! Unlike in iPhone, Google’s G 1 or any other touchscreen phone, the BlackBerry Storm has Click Through, which has a suspension system beneath the display, so that when you go to select an application, you actually push the screen down like you would with any key. It sounds pretty realistic… But what keeps it in our virtual wishlist segment is that no one except Texas-based Research In Motion knows of its scheduled launch date (in India arid globally) or its pricing! Well, we guess we just have to wish and watch…!

SPEC CHECK!

• 3.25 display
• Auto switch between CDMA and GSM networks
• 3.2 meg camera 1GB onboard memory

For more details, visit www.blackberry.com

Popularity: 63% [?]

Seems Nokia has become rather adapt at making that one thing in your pocket thatis actually many things! This snazzy sliderthat wouldn’t want to part palms with is its latest offering. Slide it open and get mesmerised by its features, from the Navigator with preloaded maps of 8 Indian cities to visual radio to SMS reader to WWW access at the push of a button to Active Notes to organise your life. The battery life is decent at 1.5 days, unless you get hooked to the Net or Navigator and lose track of time! Available in black and this smart red, it is one of those gizmos that you take about an hour to get completely comfy with.

Hot Verdict

The navigator feature is for diehard geeks, till our city GIS comes on par with it. But as phone the 6210 is a sureshot winner, with all the latest add-ons.

SPEC CHECK

• 120 MB internal memory
• Weight 117gm
• 2.4 display
• 3.2 meg camera, 4X integrated Zoom

For more details, visit http://europe.nokia.com

Popularity: 68% [?]

There is entertainment and then there is larger-than-life entertainment. Which is when watching a blockbuster through a projector comes into play. And for that, we have ViewSonic’s PJD6210, this portable DLP projector with the advanced BrilliantColor Technology that delivers incredible all-digital clarity in life-like colour, sharp graphics and outstanding video.

SPEC CHECK:

• Weight 2.4 kg
• Output 2,200 lumens
• Contrast ratio: 2700:1

For more details, Click Here

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This image is of a USB flash drive. Look at its size. 4 gig? 8? Max 15, huh? That’s what we imagined too. But this tiny gizmo-the Transcend JetFlash V20 can house a whopping 64 gigs of data! Pull your jaw back up now! Yes, that’s the capacity. And unlike other plain looking flash drives, it comes housed in a pretty neat casing too!

Popularity: 81% [?]

Is Samsung’s Innov8 now the big daddy of cellphones? Jampacked with entertainment with features and office apps, this is India’s first-ever 8-meg cameraphone with imaging apps, this is India’s first-ever 8-meg cameraphone with imaging apps like smile shot, blink shot and face recognition, all usually found in high-end camera. The phone has dual speakers, 3d surround and comes preloaded with two Aamir Khan movies and two of the world’s hottest games-Asphalt and FIFA 08-in its 32 GB memory-boggling maze of features, there’s GPS too!

Specification

New SAMSUNG’s OMNIA, with 3.2” LCD screen (with intuitive tap, sweep, drag&drop), and 5 meg camera (with auto-focus and auto-focus and auto-panorama shot)

For more details, Visit http://samsunginnov8.net/

Popularity: 71% [?]

You just filmed your kid’s first birthday bash. Now what? Need to send the 800 MB file to your cousins in LA. Forget the courier guys; download Pando, a peer-to-peer file shareware that lets you transfer files as well as folders up to 1 GB in size within seconds. Forget e-mail-go now!

Download from www.pando.com

Popularity: 68% [?]