Gadget World

Gaming laptops are those which are designed and manufactured for handling high graphics applications. Normally desktops were used for the gaming purpose because they had no over heating problems. But nowadays the trend has changed laptops have substituted those desktop systems that were used only for the gaming purpose. One such is the DELL’S XPS series. XPS stands for Xtra Performance Systems. They all come with a graphics card which can handle very high graphics applications like games and Photoshop’s. DELL XPS 1530 and DELL XPS 1330 are the two main systems of this category. The former comes with a 15.4 inch screen and the later one with a 13.1 inches screen. Other than this minor difference they don’t differ much. The heat sink of these two systems are made in such a way that users can run high graphic applications for hours together without over heating issues. The other special feature that is present in this series is the HD screen provided. HD stands for High Density that is it can provide very high resolutions and can support a very high frame rate so that the videos and pictures can be viewed in very high clarity and definition.

Competing against digital cameras from Nikon and Canon is Fuji Film’s latest, the FinePix F200EXR. With its 12MP sensor and 5x optical zoom, it scores over others in this segment. And the highlight is the super CCD sensor, with which one obtains better colors, enhanced dynamic range and low noise images. The double image stabilizer performs well too.

Adding strength to the imaging capabilities is the company’s own technology, developed specially for point-and-shoot cameras. The F200 is the first one to feature the EXR technology, and has four shooting modes. For amateur shooters the “EXR Auto” works the best as the camera automatically adjusts the settings for the scene to be captured. The “Dynamic Range Priority” produces the best details in highlight as well as the shadow areas but can be used only at 6 mega pixels and below. However the Resolution Priority for capturing images at the highest resolution and “High ISO, Low noise” mode for getting an image with less noise at a high ISO setting didn’t quite match up the company’s claims.

When a Nokia phone came preinstalled with a game in 1997, it was a historic moment. Since then, the mobile phone has taken up more tasks than just calling and is now a camera, music player and gaming device.  Now playing a mobile game is no longer just about pushing buttons. The incorporation of accelerometers in cell phones has given it the capability to use motion as control. The accelerometer essentially is employed to change screen orientation with movement. But it also allows you to hold and move the device to initiate gaming action. The new tech has added a sense of excitement to game play since it responds to real-life movements and not to artificial activity induced by buttons being pressed. There are some drawbacks, however. Unlike the keypad driven games, you can’t play these games in isolation. Since they involve a lot of motion and swinging and tilting arms, you are likely to be the cynosure of everyone. Mostly importantly the phones battery gets drained swiftly.

It was around the launch of the Apple iphone that motion-sensor gaming picked up in the market. Since then, many phones—whether touch screen or regular have motion sensor games embedded in them. Eventually with the growing demand, Sony Ericsson launched its F305, a dedicated gaming phone with motion sensor.