Sony Vaio NS and CS Laptops available with Blu-Ray Drive in $1000 Price Range

Laptop maker Sony announced two stylish laptops with blue-ray disk drive and eye-catching price tag of around $1000. The laptops are primarily designed for fall season. However, the main attraction of the two laptops is their eye-catching design. Sony Nightfall Blue Vaio NS laptop is wrapped with a classy exterior. Another laptop, Sangria Sony Red Vaio CS, comes with polished finish.

Another important side of the laptop is its eye-catching price tag which seems to be very competitive compared to the price tags of same quality laptops from other brands. Nightfall Blue Vaio NS laptop seems to be shipping in the range of $1000. The laptop offers a large 15.4-inch screen which is available in three colors: Nightfall Blue, Silk White, and Granite Silver. Sony Nightfall Blue Vaio NS also features processor of Intel’s Centrino 2 technology and offers memory up to 4 gigabytes.

Red Vaio CS also comes with an affordable price tag with an option for a BD-ROM for $1,070. The laptop with blue-ray disk might offer high definition technology. Vaio CS is a media laptop that offers a 14-inch widescreen and weighs about 5.7-pounds. Run on Intel technology, Sony Red Vaio CS offers four colors: Sangria Red, Cosmopolitan Red, Dove White, and a standard black matte finish.

If you chose BD-ROM, then prices for Vaio NS and Vaio CS start from $650 and $920 respectively. So, the price tag seems to be attractive with as well as without blue-ray disk. Now, let us see if Sony could make good cash in with its two new laptops available in the market.

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Blackberry Released New Blackberry Pearl Flip Smart Phone (Flip version of Blackberry Pearl)

Recently, Research In Motion (RIM) has announced the release of its flip version of Blackberry Pearl as part its attempt to push in the retail consumer market. The classy black-colored device features a stylish, gorgeous look. The new Blackberry Pearl Flip includes a sleek design with a smooth, glowing outer cover.

President and Co-CEO, Research In Motion, Mike Lazaridis, said that the new Blackberry Pearl Flip is a full-featured smart phone with a unique design and it could help Blackberry platform to reach more people.

Mobiletor reported:

Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO, Research In Motion, commented, “The popularity of BlackBerry smartphones has grown tremendously around the world and the introduction of this exciting new flip phone will help extend the reach of the BlackBerry platform even further. The BlackBerry Pearl Flip is a full-featured smartphone with a unique and friendly design and it is a natural choice for flip phone users who want to start doing more with their phone than just talk.”

The new Blackberry Pearl Flip includes some eye-catching features including a 240 x 320 internal display, 128 x 160 external display, Quad-band EDGE , Wi-Fi, external microSDHC slot, 3.5mm headphone jack, a 2-megapixel camera with flash. The smart phone also features 4 hours of talk time and 14 days standby support. The flip version of Blackberry Pearl also comes with a web browser as well as an abridged keyboard for the users. The mobile phone also provides with easy control and hassle-free navigation in the phone.

Blackberry Pearl Flip will be available in U.S. market this autumn through T-Mobile. However, nothing about price tag has been revealed yet. No doubt, the new Blackberry Pearl Flip smart phone will attract the mobile phone users soon after it becomes widely available in the market.

Liverpool fans preparing for protest against owners ahead of Manchester United match

A group of Liverpool fans naming ‘The Spirit of Shankly group’ is expected to protest against the club’s unpopular owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett ahead of the high-profile clash with Manchester United. All Reds fans are furious and angry with the owners due to a number of reasons. First of all, the two owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett are keeping a clear distance with club manager Rafael Benitez, making a serious impact on the team management.

Since taking over the club, the two owners failed to keep their words regarding a new stadium of Liverpool. Recent reports suggest that the owners are struggling to collect enough funds to initiate a new stadium. Moreover, the club owners are reportedly not funding on player transfer as per the wish of Rafael Benitez. Recently, Liverpool manager Benitez accused the board of failing to secure Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry who was Benitez’s target all through the summer.

Even the relationship between the two owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett has not been as good as it is needed for the well being of the club. Gillett once said that his relationship with Hicks had reached in a position termed as ‘unworkable’. Though he later admitted that his relation with Hicks had improved substantially, the anger and worry of Liverpool fans now seems to have reached at its peak with the clubs looking no improvement in any aspect. Meanwhile, reports also have it that the Dubai International Capital, who had earlier been interested to become the owner of the club, before Gillett and Hicks took over, is still interested to buy the shares of Gillett and Hicks.

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Arsenal Winger Theo Walcott might sit out for Blackburn Encounter

Following a heroic performance in England’s emphatic 4-1 victory against Croatia, Theo Walcott might not start against Blackburn Rovers. The 19-year-old scored a superb hat trick at Zagreb against Croatia in their world cup 2010 qualifying campaign. Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger might be interested to give the youngster some rest as he traveled a lot this week. Moreover, Wenger will take a last minute decision on the fitness of midfielder Samir Nasri.

I am not sure if it would be a good decision to sit Walcott out for the match because Arsenal lost their only away fixture at Fulham so far this season. So, ahead of the away match at Ewood Park, Arsenal might need to be more careful, though it is true that Arsenal is clearly favorite in the match. However, it is also true that Arsene Wenger knows very well about his squad and he would not take any risk for the match.

Blackburn Rovers will have their new signing Robbie Fowler available for the Arsenal encounter as Blackburn manager Paul Ince has kept him in the squad for Arsenal match.

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Manchester City to Welcome Chelsea with Record Signing Robinho Eyeing on Debut

Chelsea will travel to Eastlands tomorrow to face host side Manchester City in their fourth match of English Premier League this season. Chelsea is leading the league table with 7 points from three matches. Manchester City stands third with a point less than Chelsea. So, victory would see Chelsea open up a three points lead, while Manchester City has an excellent chance to reach the top of the table with a victory (depending on the result of Blackburn vs Arsenal).

The match will take place on 13 September 2008. Chelsea will look to win the match, while Manchester City, advantaged with home support, will also gearing up to pick up three points against Chelsea. However, even a draw would be a satisfactory result for Manchester City. However, the main focus is now on Robinho who is yet to play his first match for Manchester City. The former Real Madrid star joined City during summer transfer window for a British record fee of £32.5. He was a big target of Chelsea and he himself was keen to move to Stamford Bridge, but after a series of turn and twists, he put pen on paper for Manchester City on the last day of the deadline. Shaun Wright-Phillip is also expected to be handed his first match since his return to City tomorrow against Chelsea.

However, City boss Mark Hughes needs to contend with injury that ruled Martin Petrov out of the match. Michael Johnson is also doubtful for the match as he is struggling with groin injury. The good news is that defender Micah Richards might return to action with the match after shaking off his shoulder injury.

Chelsea boos Luiz Felipe Scolari might give Didier Drogba his first match of the season as he has recovered from knee injury. Joe Cole will travel with the team to Eastlands, even though he picked up a head wound that needed stitches during England’s 4-1 victory over Croatia. Michael Essien will be out with his ligament injury suffered during international duty, but John Obi Mikel is expected to come back after recovering from leg injury and he would fill in the gap of Essien.

Chelsea seems to be better side, but Manchester City will have home advantage. The City players will come out full of confidence as star footballers like Robinho is going to make his debut in the match. I think, the match will be a draw.

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Yahoo Looking to Outpace Google in Mobile Phone Market

Yahoo and Google have rivalry in online search engine service. Google is way ahead of Yahoo in terms of market share of online search. Looking for compensate, Yahoo is now focusing on growing in mobile phone market. Mobile phone market is still in its infancy when it comes to using internet through mobile phone. Millions of people are yet to use internet through mobile phone across the world. So, it is a potential market to invest and Yahoo has done the right thing by attempting to focus on mobile phone market.

Yahoo now eyes on expansion in mobile phone market. The company looks to build a social communications service for the iPhone and different development platform for the developers. The company will also expand a developing language through which developers will build applications for mobile phone users. Yahoo already created a language called Blueprint and Yahoo needed five years to develop it. Now, using Blueprint, developers are capable of creating applications and Web sites.

Yahoo is being used as the default search engine in AT&T’s Media Net portal and its one search service allows users to access to news, weather updates, Flickr photos and online information from Media Net portal.

Sfgate reported:

Yahoo's moves are intended to keep pace with and exceed archrival Google. Google is developing its own mobile operating system called Android, which make its first appearance later this year with T-Mobile.

The online search leader also is reportedly close to securing a deal with Verizon Wireless to be its primary Web search provider. And it continues to offer mobile applications for a wide variety of mobile phone platforms, including a search tool made for BlackBerry phones, which was announced Wednesday.

Yahoo has taken a smart decision by deciding to focus on mobile search market, which is flourishing day by day and will continue for a number of years. Now, let us see if Yahoo can outpace Google in mobile phone search market.

Another LG Lotus Mobile Phone Designed for Ladies Unveiled

Mobile phone manager LG Electronics has introduced a stylish new Lotus phone. Besides its stunning, gorgeous look, LG Lotus also includes some every-life necessary features like web access, email, Sprint Navigation, Sprint TV, Sprint Music Store (SM) etc. All these features are just one click away to navigate through- meaning easy to access navigation. The flip phone also offers a full QWERTY key board and the phone comes in square design. The mobile is particularly designed for ladies.

The highly fashionable LG Lotus phone is designed by fashion designer Christian Siriano. The purple color design featured in the cover of the LG Lotus phone offers a stunning look in combination with the black portion of the cover. LG Lotus also comes with a 2 megapixel camera, camcorder stereo Bluetooth and a micro SD memory slot. Users will be able to handle the music player externally. The phone is also available in two colors: purple and black. LG Lotus mobile phone will be available in the US market exclusively from next month.

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