Top 5 Overpriced Tech Products

Tech products available in the market have become part and parcel of an individual’s life. The users are more dependent on these products for their daily routine which might be for personal or for business purposes. With this increasing necessity it surely makes the companies come out with overpriced products with best features, sometimes worst as well.

But which are those products that are actually not great with features, but still carries an overpriced tag. Here are Top 5 Overpriced Tech Products in the World.

Vertu Constellation Quest Smartphone

Vertu, a division of Nokia, has built a brand around super-luxury cell phones for the Hollywood Elites and Russian Businessmen of the world. The Vertu Constellation Quest is a beautiful phone, with hand-tooled black leather, polished stainless steel, sapphire keys and other luxury features.

Constellation Quest combines timeless style with groundbreaking practicality, demonstrating excellence in design, pioneering use of materials and first class lifestyle support. But Nokia’s dated Symbian operating system and with a tiny 2.5-inch display, it’s behind the times.

As it is a phone the users who pay 4,33,664expect more out of it, and there are iPhone or Android phone on the market most of which are under31,353.

Bang and Olufsen BeoVision 4 3D TV

Bang & Olufsen has always been a premium-priced brand, but they have outdone themselves with the creation of BeoVision 4 an 85-inch plasma TV. With its 44,41,165 price tag, the BeoVision 4 clocks in at mind-blowing 52,250 per inch.

In BeoVision 4, Bang & Olufsen's advanced picture engines are combined with the best Full HD 3D plasma screens in 85 or 103 inches, to achieve a phenomenal viewing experience. The external BeoSystem 3 module provides the intelligent technology behind the perfect picture and integrates all your high definition entertainment sources with complete digital surround sound and total BeoLink compatibility.

It has some cool features like a screen that automatically lowers when a user is not watching it, but there are other 3D TV’s in the market that provides the same performance for a lower cost. One among them are Sharp’s new Aquos 80” LED for a mere 2,35,067.

Leica M9 Titanium Digital Camera

The more pricey with the cost of 14,62,385 M9 Titanium version made from titanium, sapphire crystal and leather typically used on Audi cars is the costlier product. The Leica logo has been restyled and is elaborately hand-engraved in pure resin, inlaid with white enamel, sealed with clear varnish and then polished and positioned centrally directly above the lens.

Designed by automobile designer Walter De'Silva, it features an attached metal finger loop covered with leather for carrying and shooting purposes and a special lens hood with four slits to prevent obstruction of the viewfinder. The camera features an 18.5 megapixel CCD sensor with an active area of approximately 23.9 x 35.8 mm, LED illumination of the bright-line frames in the viewfinder and an entirely new carrying concept.

With other companies providing more features than this are existing in the market and with cheaper price that is affordable by users.

AudioQuest Diamond HDMI Cable

With no shortage of overpriced HDMI cables on the market, the AudioQuest takes the advantage again with its Diamond line, charging a high rate at 7,80,45 for a 6 foot cable. With this kind of high pay one can afford a solid silver connectors and proprietary insulation.

Built with pure silver conductors, heavily plated silver HDMI connectors and Audioquest's patented Dielectric Bias System, Diamond is the finest HDMI cable a user has never experienced of. Lightning fast, Diamond has explosive speed, truly unleashed dynamic range and a level of dynamic shading unlike anything else.

Digital signals are not prone to interference over short lengths, and there is lots of evidence that higher-quality cables make any difference. Instead, there are better options to get a 6-foot cable from other sellers of same products with better quality for example; Monoprice.com for 1,82,667which also sells these products for cheaper price.

Goldmund Eidos Reference Blue Blu-ray Player

Blu-ray player is a pricey product, with that money one can purchase a house for living. As the specialists have made absolutely no compromise between the quality and refinement of the finish, the exceptional mechanical construction and the cost too. It is priced heavily at the rate of 88,64,658.

Goldmund’s Eidos Reference Blue, a version providing the playback of BluRay discs, in addition to the DVD and CD playback of extreme quality is designed on a similar base as the Eidos Reference, this player is available as a limited series of 50 units, all hand-built.

Its mechanical grounding construction is enhanced by a sturdier table support. Heavily damped brass and aluminum mechanism enclosure (30kg) suspended on 4 spring-loaded suspension pods have been added to its structure to cancel negative effects of vibrations.

The users are more comfortable with other brands like the Samsung BD-D6500 under 10,428, which offers many useful features that are not available in the Eidos Reference Blue, such as 3D output, built-in Wi-Fi and hundreds of apps. With an uncompromising picture quality a user can save money.

5 Google Paid Search Products

Google search provides one of the largest advertising networks in the world and makes it available for businesses to target their business campaigns.

The Google network is the World's largest advertising network reaching most of internet users worldwide. The benefit of Google AdWords campaigns is that you can be certain that your ads will reach your target audience.

Google paid search product has been found as the most fitted advertising techniques for every advertiser. These Ad products help the digital marketers. These advertising campaigns through Google paid search products are quite necessary to beat your opponents in this highly competitive era.

1. Google Image Search

Google is constantly enhancing their paid search offerings, and this time, they are turning to images. Google’s feature is called Promote Your Image (PYI), and will be used to test run an image with a text ad in its Global image search section results.

Instead of advertising exclusively on Google’s web results page, this product allows brands to place their listings next to Google Images. The concept is simple. Google image search product gives the thumbnail of each image matching the search criteria. By clicking the thumbnail, the image is displayed in a box over the website that it came from. Typically, this approach is best suited especially for those who have noted a distinct benefit to present consumers with a product image up front. While the campaign is set up through AdWords, except that instead of uploading only ad copy, the advertiser also submits an image that will precede the image search results on the page.

2. Google Media Ads

The Google Media Ads was previously known as Google Video plus Box. It is one of Google’s paid search products which enable publishers to display interactive media content such as videos, games, and audio streams.

Google Media ads is based on the approach that it would display a web-only video such as an instructional product clip, and the advertisers would pay the equivalent of their cost-per-click text ad bid when the video hit the 10-second mark.

3. Google Product Ads/Extension

Google product Ads/Extension is a way for you to enrich your existing ads with more relevant and specific information about your retail merchandise. Product extensions allow you to use your existing Google Merchant Center account to highlight your products directly in your search ads.

When your ad appears and your Google Merchant Center account contains products that are relevant to the user's query, product extensions will show the images, titles, description and prices of your products in a plusbox under your ad. In fact brands can promote their entire product inventory through paid search and in theory, generate more qualified clicks because Google providing the user with more product information up front.

4. Google Redemption Ads/Offer Extensions

Google Redemption Ads/Offer Extensions is an ad extension that enables brands to deliver a coupon directly to search engine users from their paid search ads showcasing, it relevant offers or high-value coupons on top sponsored ads for certain Google campaigns.

It is compatible with regular search and offers several user options such as having the coupon emailed to a desktop or texted to a mobile phone, redemption options etc. It should be noted that redemption options or to redeem the coupon offer depends upon the retailer and type of offer. Coupons can be redeemed in-store locations, over the phone, online, or in some circumstances through mail-in rebates.

5. Google Call Extensions/Metrics

Google call extension is a type of ad extension that allows advertisers to include their business phone number in a text Ad. It also enables advertisers to include a unique toll-free number provided by Google. It makes easy for customers to call you directly from your ad and for you to better understand the value of your campaigns by measuring the phone calls that your ads generate.

Advertisers can also track the phone calls of the customers from where it is coming from along with the duration of the calls and the caller’s area code, through their existing Google account. It should be noted that Google Call extensions/metrics have different features depending on the devices that your campaign is targeting such as mobile phones or computers and tablets. It also depends upon the fact that whether you choose to display a Google forwarding number with your ad text.

Is Facebook Building Its Own Phone

Rumors of a Facebook phone are back in the news again. Facebook is working with cell phone maker HTC to build a smartphone with the Facebook social networking technology built into the core of the device.

It also considered Samsung to make the device, but went with HTC instead. HTC has made at least two phones already with dedicated Facebook buttons. The Salsa and ChaCha, which have Facebook buttons, were introduced earlier this year.

There are other phone manufacturers that have put Facebook buttons on their phones, including INQ Mobile and Motorola. The new phone by Facebook is code named Buffy and it will be based on a modified version of Android, which has been tweaked by Facebook so that its services are deeply integrated.

Buffy is different from these devices by providing instant access to Facebook and it will have the social networking technology developed by the company integrated into the device like Windows phone OS has Facebook and twitter integrated within.

Facebook mobile is not an important element for its social networking strategy, but it's yet to know why the company plans to build the device. If it chooses to build its own Facebook phone to face competition in the smartphone market.

Hyderabad Teens Build Android 2.3 Powered Tablet

"It was not a flowery path for us to come up with this device!", said Chiman Prakash Reddy, who is in news for developing an Android 2.3 powered tablet. Chiman and Nikhil, the teens studying in their first year from AVR & SVR College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, have developed a multi- purpose gadget named "AVE". The high-end Ave tablet was recently launched by Ponnala Lakshmajah, Minister, Information Technology and Communications, Andhra Pradesh.

"We were planning to release hardware for quite some time now and it's been a year we were working on this tablet. So launching the tablet was pretty good move for us to enter the market", said Chiman. The high-end tablet powered by Android 2.3 features a 7-inch display, with up to 8GB expandable memory. It also supports the1080p full HD playback, DivX including multi codec and Micro SD card of up to 32 GB. The device is said to have a good battery backup of 6 hours which is quite decent compared to other tablets available in the market. The device also sports GSM, which many tablets do not possess these days. The 3G connectivity and WiFi internet access that will keep people connected. It also sports 1.3 mega pixel front camera that enables to capture images and video chats. The tablet is being manufactured by a U.K. - based company, Sareddy Technologies, a company owned by Prakash's father and is priced at 12999. "The device is lot faster than any other tablet in the market today and it will give companies like Samsung a tough run for their money," Chiman claimed.

Being a student myself, I know the difficulties faced by students, therefore we got the price down to 12,999, so that students like me can easily avail this tablet," said Chiman. He claims that his device offers all the features as any other device in the market today that costs up to 30,000. The device is not only for students, "it will fulfill the needs of all the groups, from professionals to businessman.

5 Dust and Water Resistant Android Phones

Smart phones have become an accessory for most of us. The amount of usage would be in different climatic conditions and we get very cautious of where to use our phones. But mobile makers are becoming more sensitive to consumers concerns and are addressing issues like using phones in dusty places and making phones water resistant.

Most of the cell phones are built in with developed technology software's and the materials used for better functioning makes it a light weight gadget to carry around. But, mobile phones are not made strongly immune to unexpected guests like dust and water.

Here are 5 Dust and Water Resistant Android Phones specially built by mobile companies. These phones are certified water-resistant, dust-proof, heat resistant, and built to last long.

Motorola Defy+

Motorola Defy+ is a recently released device in the Indian market. However the Defy+ runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread and is powered by a 1GHz processor. It is an IP67 certified dust and water proof Smartphone. Being an IP 67-certified device, the Motorola DEFY+ is fully protected against dust and other particles, but it can also survive a submersion under water up to 1 meter for up to 30 minutes.

It is equipped with a slightly better processor - the TI OMAP 3620, clocked at 1GHz, and an updated OS, the Gingerbread. The device is made of plastic and has a soft-touch finish to the back side. The DEFY+ is a tough phone and its styling is rugged from the tight covers of the 3.5mm jack and microUSB port, to the special lock of the back cover. It is available at the price of 17, 990.

The 3.7 inch display of the Motorola Defy+ comes with a resolution of 480x854 pixels and delivers good image quality. It is packed with a 5MP camera with LED flash.

Samsung Galaxy Xcover

This device sports a 3.65inch Gorilla Glass display, and has a 3.2 megapixel camera, with 150MB of built-in storage and runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread. The Galaxy Xcover is also powered by an 800 MHz processor and it is an IP67 certified dust and water proof device. It can stay submerged in water for up to 90 seconds. It is available at the price of 20, 000.

It is packed with HVGA display and a 3.2megapixel camera with flash graces its back. Besides that, you get GPS, Wi-Fi, and a 7.2Mbps 3G radio. It has a 1500mAh battery and there are rubber trims, which are there to prevent moisture and dust from destroying the phone's circuitry.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Active

The device has a 3 inch scratch resistant display and a 5 megapixel camera. It runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread and is powered by a 1 GHz processor. The device allows the sweaty fingers to work on it. It is a dust and water resistant device with ANT+ technology. It is available at the price of 19, 750.

Xperia Active is a compact Smartphone targeting consumers with an active lifestyle. With a 3 inch screen and running the latest Android platform for Smartphone's (Gingerbread 2.3), the phone packs Reality Display with Mobile Bravia Engine, a 5mp camera with HD video functionality, and a powerful 1 GHz processor.

Xperia active is dust proof and water resistant and uniquely incorporates wet finger tracking, to ensure the phone works perfectly when either the screen or a user's fingers are wet. The phone comes pre-loaded with sports apps that enable consumers to easily track their fitness levels.

Users can set their ideal training route using the built-in GPS, Barometer and Compass. On-screen heart rate and pulse can be monitored in realtime (enabled by ANT+ wireless networking technology), while the iMapMyFitness app can monitor day to day performance. Additionally, Facebook inside Xperia allows consumers to share their progress and experiences with friends.

Casio G'zOne Commando

Casio's rugged Android Smartphone which has a 3.6 inch display runs Android 2.2 FroYo and is powered by an 800 MHz processor. With its ruggedness this Smartphone is the best amongst the others as it is dust, water and shock proof resistant. It is available at the price of 10, 282.

Additionally it also resists Salt Fog, Solar Radiation and can withstand high altitudes and extreme temperatures. The Casio G'zOne brand is well known for its rugged phones and this handset is built tough in accordance with stringent military specifications.

As it can withstand a variety of environmental hazards that include immersion, rain, and humidity, the Casio G'zOne Commando is the first rugged Android phone from Casio. It's padded from head to toe in durable material with the classic G'zOne look and feel.

Indeed, it also comes equipped with G'zGear, Casio's suite of outdoor friendly apps. The G'zOne Commando has notable features include high security encryption for corporate e-mail, Wi-Fi hot-spot capability for up to five devices, and a 5-megapixel rear camera plus LED.

Motorola Defy

This device has a 3.7-inch display with Gorilla Glass protection, powered by an 800 MHz processor, it runs Android 2.2 FroYo, and has a 5 megapixel camera and 2 GB of built in storage. It is a dust proof and water resistant device and an eye catching device.

Defy, has a large 1540mAh battery, microUSB cable, 2GB microSDHC card, headphones and USB wall charger. It is available at the price of 14, 800. It is equipped with all the latest wireless connections and entertainment gadgets, Motoblur interface, Backtrack navigation pad and Crystal Talk Plus technology.

The user can upload images and videos to YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and other social networks through wireless connections. It also combines instant messaging support for Google Talk AOL, Yahoo Messenger, IM, and MSN.

Apple to Launch 4-inch iPhone 5 and Thicker iPad 3in 2012

The technology giant, Apple would roll out its much-awaited iPhone 5 with a four-inch screen and would introduce a slightly thicker iPad with a higher resolution screen next year. Apple's new iPhone would feature a significant redesign of its smartphone to prop up the 4G Long Term Evolution services, which would necessitate an extra battery life, iLounge technology blog report claims.

The new designed iPhone 5 is said to accommodate its larger screen in a metal case of around 8 mm longer than the current model with a teardrop design, thicker at the top and pointed to the bottom. The metal case probably will be aluminum.

"The iPhone 5 is on track to be introduced in summer of 2012, and is still in the engineering phase, not early production," said iLounge. "We suspect that poor battery life doomed the prior prototype version, and that this one is being built with LTE-ready battery drain in mind."

Along with iPhone5 release in 2012, iPad 3 also hot listed to hit the market in 2012. iPad 3 will be thicker than its preceding model and it will embrace with a twin light bar system. The new display resolution in iPad 3 demands a better back-lighting than its previous model. Its previous model has a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels and the new iPad 3 will reportedly come up with a 2048 x 1536 pixel resolution screen. MacBook Pro is also on the way to its refreshed launch of a slim-lined profile with the axe of the optical drive, reveals the blog.

10 Smartphones Which are Most Vulnerable

Smartphones are the most opted ones by user's which are loaded with high features. But there are excessive chances of malware and hacking problems due to outdated versions of Android in the newly released android Smartphone. This doesn?t have the capacity to provide data security by avoiding hackers and other malwares.

The phone you buy could be letting in malware and spyware, so it is necessary to have sophisticated measure. Hence updates of Android regularly bring security improvements and data security. Here are 10 Smartphones which are most vulnerable that are exposed to these malwares and hackings.

Samsung Galaxy Mini

The Mini marks its presence when compared to other budget Android devices, the phone is slightly smaller.Despite the presence of Android 2.2 Froyo, the Galaxy Mini's browser doesn't support Adobe Flash. Like the LG Optimus One, the Mini runs on an ARMv6 CPU, and an ARMv7 chip is required for Flash support. It's a drawback that Samsung didn't launch the handset with Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

Due to this Samsung Mini lacks updating of new Android operating system with which it is opened towards malware and has threats of hackers, lack of data security.

HTC Desire

The HTC Desire is one of the high end phone by HTC bringing a huge 3.7" inch high quality AMOLED screen for crystal clear viewing, powered by a 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and runs on Android.There are other specifications a user could expect including wifi b/g, bluetooth and GPS, digital compass and accelerometer, all of which Android can take advantage of.

HTC have pre-installed a Twitter client as well as Facebook to take care of Social networking needs. Other applications are available both free and paid on the Android market. But as it runs on Android operating system that has older versions of software?s there are more chances of malwares because of it.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10

The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is the first Android device of the manufacturer and the operating system itself has been causing quite a stir in the cell phone world in. The handset comes with downright monstrous hardware features and runs on 1GHz Snapdragon processor and 8.1-megapixel camera.

The lack of multitouch is a hardware issue and this means that you won't be able to get multitouch support by installing additional software. Android Smartphones have become neat target for hackers because of new productions taking place without new versions. Later if it is done they are slow to upgrade. Outdated versions of Android often lack security protections included in later versions.

Sanyo Zio

It is a sluggish device with an ancient version of Android. With Android 2.2 "Froyo," the Zio, still flawed, is a much more vulnerable Smartphone. The Zio measures 4.6 by 2.3 by 0.5 inches and weighs104 grams. It's made entirely of plastic, but the tapered edges and soft touch battery cover make it comfortable to hold.

The 3.5inch touch screen sports 480x800 pixel resolution. That's ultra-sharp for a budget Android phone. With the old version of Android it suffers the same problem which other Android phones are struggling to recover.

HTC Wildfire

The HTC Wildfire is a touchscreen handset that runs Android 2.1 with the user-friendly HTC Sense UI. With a 3.2-inch of capacitive touchscreen, HTC has gone all-out on the social networking features for the Wildfire, integrating Facebook into everything from the calendar to caller ID.

Sharing Android apps has also been made simple with a system for sending links to friends from the handset. Though it has all features that an Android Smartphone should have, it lags behind in information security as it runs in the older version that does not have capacity to avoid hacking or malwares.

Samsung Epic 4G

Android Market has 250,000 apps and raising that are useful apps for every aspect of a user, from popular games to travel guides to financial tools. The Wi-Fi enabled Epic 4G gives you Gmail, YouTube, Google Maps, Google Search and other great Google Mobile apps.

The Samsung Epic has a spacious 4-inch Super AMOLED display. The anti-reflective and anti-scratch screen delivers vivid, colorful and crystal-clear resolution for the best HD-like viewing experience. The Super AMOLED screen also uses less power for improved battery life.

As it runs on an Android operating system it will be a threat because of older versions as they are unfit to avoid damages made by hackers or malwares.

LG Optimus S

In this ever-increasing Android-centric smartphone landscape it is getting harder and harder to differentiate. Some manufacturers are going the software route and adding custom skins to their devices. Others are concentrating on hardware method by throwing fast processors and lots of memory into their devices.

The Optimus S features the latest Android innovation and the ability to customize your experience. Move from item to item and message faster with the 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen with 320x480 resolution and a virtual QWERTY. It is a most welcomed victim for malwares as these Android phones will not be updated with new version that kills data security.

Samsung Galaxy S

It is a high-end feature packed phone and the Samsung Galaxy S has always been known for its 1GHz Hummingbird processor. The GPU on this thing alone made it more than capable of handling almost any 3D game. Other specifications include a 5MP camera capable of recording some of the highest quality 720p HD video and a 1.3MP front facing camera.

Samsung also pre-installed the phone with Swype - an incredibly fast typing method, & an office viewer for viewing and editing all important documents, spreadsheets. With the sleek design, eye-catching specs and international distribution, the Samsung Galaxy S was a global hit. But the main reason to be in the vulnerable list is that it lacks updated version of Android that safeguards information security by keeping away all forms of hacking or malware.

Motorola Droid X

The Droid X was running Android 2.1 with a revised version of Motoblur software. There is a new navigation bar along the bottom that lets you easily jump to different Android panes. The Droid X has a 4.3-inch, FWVGA 854 x 480-resolution screen.

Like all Android phones Motorola Droid X has its own specifications in order to reach its users. But like all other Android phones this lacks new updated version without which it brings in problems like malwares that has to be faced by users.

LG Optimus One

LG Optimus One is a standard 3.2-inch Android 2.2 Smartphone for the users. This is yet another Android phone where there's no optical or digital trackpad option to be found. Being an Android phone this has also not escaped from the hands of hackers which destroy information security.

It should not be too late to update the Smartphone?s with new versions of Android that keeps malware activities controlled. With this a user will be safe about the data security in future with its help.