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Friday, January 28, 2011
New upcoming car launch 2011 in India
This, allied to an All Wheel Drive option would just be what the doctor ordered in terms of a car that has enough go to match it?s show. Talking of which, the Kizashi comes loaded to the gills with safety and comfort features that rivals the best amongst the D segmenters.
Now, Maruti could pull off a coup by bringing in a 2 Liter, 150 Bhp petrol engine and assembling the Kizashi through CKD kits.If this does happen, expect the Kizashi to take on the likes of the Civics ad the Corolla Altis? of the world with a killer price of under INR 15 Lakhs to boot. The other end of the spectrum, which involves the Kizashi being brought in as a CBU at a price upwards of INR 18 Lakhs is one which is pretty grim though
2011 Toyota Etios Liva Hatchback
12,000 bookings in just a few weeks of the Toyota Etios Sedan?s launch is a stark reminder of the immense trust that Indian car buyers have in Brand Toyota. With the commencement of the Etios Sedan?s production, it is time now for Toyota to focus on the next big thing for the Indian market, the Toyota Etios Liva Hatchback. Indians love their small cars and the Indian government does too. How then, can car manufacturers be left behind?
Toyota, though a late entrant to the premium hatchback market, is all set to make major inroads through it?s very first small car for India, the Toyota Etios Liva Hatchback. The light weight Etios Liva Hatchback will offer plenty of space and along with that some frugal performance through the 1.2 Liter, 70 Bhp Petrol engine.
While the quality levels of the Liva hatchback simply cannot match the extremely high standards Toyota traditionally has been delivering in it?s other cars, this is perhaps a sign of just-enough-engineering as opposed to the over engineering Toyota is famous for. While plenty of cost cutting is evident on the Liva Hatchback too, one can?t really complain as all this cost cutting has resulted in a brilliant price of INR 4.3 Lakhs. Meanwhile, a diesel engined variant might join sometime in late 2011 or 2012
The Maruti Suzuki SX4 has been in-the-coming for years now and finally production of the SX4 Diesel is set to commence as soon as the Maruti factory resumes production after it?s annual maintenance break. Powering the Maruti Suzuki SX4 Diesel will be the highly acclaimed, refined, powerful and frugal Fiat Multijet Diesel Engine in VGT guise. So, expect about 90 Bhp of power and 200 Nm of Torque to haul the SX4?s bulk around.
While the power and torque figures might not sound earth shattering, the 1248cc Multijet engine will ensure that the going will be rapid enough to keep all but the hard core performance hungry folks grinning. The other biggest bonus of this reliable engine is the brilliant fuel efficiency it delivers. We?re hoping that Maruti Suzuki rings in the new year with the facelift of the SX4, just like the one the Chinese Domestic Model of the SX4 has gotten itself very recently.
The facelift apart, the SX4 will remain a butch, big sedan with plenty of ground clearance that ensures that it can be driven hard on bad roads too. Meanwhile, the Maruti Suzuki SX4 Diesel is expected to come for about INR 7-7.5 Lakhs Ex Showroom and going by Maruti standards, expect some yawn inducing waiting periods given the fact that Maruti Diesel cars have always had very stiff demand.
2011 Maruti Suzuki Swift
Five years ago, the Maruti Suzuki Swift opened to almost no competition in it?s segment and it being an example of a punchy little car that could go around corners as well as it could go in the straight line, quickly earned itself a loyal fan base. The Fiat Multijet diesel version followed after a year and a half, and since then the Swift has consistently been the best seller in the Great Indian Hatchback Market.
This despite, a plethora of challengers, both home grown and foreign, that challenged the Swift for market supremacy, only to be beaten hollow. Only the Hyundai i10 could come close and while Hyundai had to launch constant refreshes to hold on, the Swift soldiered on gamely to sell half a million units in India alone. After half a decade, Maruti comes up with the Swift?s successor and lo and behold, we have another Swift.
The 2011 Swift that will debut in the second quarter of 2011, will be bigger than the older model and will perhaps have a few more features than the outgoing model. Other than this, the Swift remains like the Swift it has always been, fun to drive and fuel efficient. Add to this, bomb proof reliability and Maruti?s after sales service that is simply the best in the business, you?re simply looking at one more best seller.
2011 Renault Koleos Crossover
While the Renault Fluence Sedan will be launched in the first half of 2011, the Koleos Crossover will follow in the second half. The Crossover, that has been jointly developed by Nissan and Renault has been doing duty in the Korean market as the Renault Samsung QM5. While this Crossover hasn?t really set sales charts on fire in other global markets, for the Indian market though, Renault hopes to buck the trend with Koleos Crossover.
Targeted at the Honda CR-V and the Skoda Yeti crowd, this soft roader will arrive with a 2 Liter DCi engine(K9R) pumping out about 150 Bhp. Throw in a six speed manual or a CVT and an all wheel drive option into the equation, you have a nice soft roader that can tackle India?s moonscape like roads with aplomb.
We?re hoping that Renault gets the pricing right on this one and guns for the Yeti?s price rather than the CR-V?s. If that indeed happens, we could see plenty of Koleos? on Indian roads. The deal breaker, at least for me, is the absolutely Fugly looks of the Koleos. But sometimes, Fugly sells in India and if the Koleos if priced at about INR 16 Lakhs, it could be the next big fugly best seller.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
ProForm Trailrunner 4.0 treadmill tricks you into exercising with 10-inch Android tablet
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ProForm Trailrunner 4.0 treadmill tricks you into exercising with 10-inch Android tablet originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Both sites now display a no-nonsense "discontinued" message that lets you know you can still email support@drop.io with your inquiries. As for what Facebook plans on doing with Drop.io's assets -- we're just going to have to wait patiently. Perhaps we'll see some sort of Present.io-based video chat feature?
Drop.io and Present.io officially shut down originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Just got an iPhone? The best apps, accessories, and tips
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Just got an iPhone? The best apps, accessories, and tips originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Dec 2010 11:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Adventures in Unconventional Collaboration
The conference is the tip of the PopTech iceberg, and what lies under the surface is a series of "unconventional collaborations" in which the organization staff find creative ways to bring dissimilar and disparate actors together in order to see how their different perspectives and resources can amplify and augment one another. They've announced two more of their collaborations during the event, demonstrating some of the best experimental impulses of the network.
PeaceTXT: Violence is rampant in urban areas like Chicago. A few years ago, epidemiologist Gary Slutkin began to wonder if the spread of violence looked like (and could be stopped in similar ways to) the spread of infectious diseases. The result was an organization called CeaseFire, which uses a network of community members as "violence�interrupters." These community members are usually people with a sorted past who have seen the long-term results of violence, and can speak from experience that it just isn't worth it. The organization has produced amazing results, reducing homicides in some places by more than 75%.
The challenge for CeaseFire is to figure out how to meet the incredible demand for their services, successfully scale up, and even think about how to apply their model in new settings, such as combatting international terrorism. To explore whether there is a technology opportunity to help them, PopTech connected CeaseFire with the folks behind FrontlineSMS and Ushahidi. The teams have spent the last few months getting to know one another and brainstorming ways that technology can improve CeaseFire's work. If they figure something out, it would truly be a radical collaboration -- CeaseFire could hardly be more focused on real, local relationships and credibility.
Own Your Future: Again coming out of the PopTech Accelerator program and anchored by organizations from the Social Innovation Fellows program, Own Your Future is a collaboration between PopTech and the Brooklyn Community Arts and Media (BCAM) high school. BCAM is a highly innovative school that uses creativity and digital multimedia to engage students in a more significant way.
Own Your Future is a program that will help students make money from the creative works they produce. While the exact mechanisms haven't been figured out yet, the core of the program will be a one year experience that includes entrepreneurship training and financial literacy. Money that students make from their works will be put in savings accounts that they gain access to upon graduation.
These sort of collaborations are the hallmark of the PopTech network. I think both of them have huge potential not just for the actors involved, but as demonstrations of broader opportunities.
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iPod nano hack nixes an app, can't add your own yet
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iPod nano hack nixes an app, can't add your own yet originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Dec 2010 23:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Opera 11 final brings add-on support, tab stacks, and big-time performance gains
Perhaps the single biggest addition to Opera 11 is extension support. With Download Squad favorites like LastPass now starting to appear, and with the process to port extensions from Chrome and Safari a trivial task, Opera 11 users will have plenty of additional customizations to choose from. Opera also announced a holiday extension contest to get the ball rolling. The closing date is December 31st, so if you've got an idea for a slick add-on get it in fast an you could a nice little prize pack and $200 to spend at the online shop of your choice.
So what else is new in Opera 11? It's faster than ever, with updates to Presto (the layout engine), Carakan (the JavaScript engine), and Vega (its graphics library), resulting in a big performance bump over Opera 10.6x. Opera 11 also features a number of privacy and security enhancements, improved gesture support, and a better integrated email app. For control freaks, Opera 11 adds on-demand loading for plug-ins like Flash and Silverlight, and more flexible rules for accepting and rejecting cookies.
Support for the latest Web code is built-in, too -- including HTML5 features like geolocation, Websockets, and push notifications. It's also easier than ever to run Opera from your USB flash drive, thanks to the new portable install option. All in all, Opera 11 is an alternative browser which is well worth your consideration.
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Opera 11 final brings add-on support, tab stacks, and big-time performance gains originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 16 Dec 2010 07:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.