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October 2012<br />
PERFECT VIEW OF THE WORLD TECHNOLOGY<br />
100<br />
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PHOTOSHOOTING<br />
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ICELAND TOP 15 TESLA S<br />
THE EXTRAORDINARY<br />
COUNTRY<br />
ANDROID<br />
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4 Sony Xperia S<br />
Ultrastylish and eye-catchy phone<br />
6 Samsung Galaxy S III<br />
the newest best launch<br />
8 LG Optimus L7 (P700)<br />
Really smart midlevel phone<br />
9 HTC OneX<br />
A top notch android smartphone<br />
11 Meizu MX<br />
Attractive and compact iPhone clone<br />
13 LG Optimus Hub<br />
Handy and affordable smartphone<br />
14 Top 15 Android apps<br />
16 Top 15 iPad apps<br />
19 Top 5 Tablets<br />
24 ASUS Transformer Pad TF300TG<br />
the best alternative to iPad<br />
26 Apple Macbook Air 2<br />
the most anticipated product of the year<br />
28 Asus Zenbook UX31<br />
the total Zen of the laptops<br />
30 Apple iMac<br />
Best desktop solution for every application<br />
32 HP Folio 13<br />
the heart-winning ultrabook at a startling low cost<br />
34 Dell XPS One<br />
An all-in-one beauty!<br />
36 Asus Xonar U3<br />
the solid enhancement to the laptop sound<br />
37 Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS MEKA G-UNIT<br />
Macro heaven at gaming design<br />
38 Corsair Force GT<br />
A high-star rated drive;<br />
39 Mass Effect 3<br />
Absolutely amazing game<br />
40 Diablo III<br />
Great game went average<br />
41 XBOX 360<br />
Want to have a fun?<br />
43 Sony XBA-4ip<br />
the excellent piece for hearing music on the go<br />
45 Samsung Chromebox<br />
A little sweetheart computer.<br />
47 D-link Boxee Box<br />
Unbox the true potential of your tV experience<br />
48 Sonos Multiroom System<br />
A wireless music speaker!<br />
contents<br />
50 Onkyo TX-NR818<br />
Have your very own home cinema.<br />
52 Klipsch G-17 AirPlay speaker<br />
the wireless rocking speaker<br />
53 Panasonic SC-BTT775<br />
the having the panache Blu-Ray Player.<br />
54 Pioneer BDP-LX55<br />
the delightful Pioneer Blu-ray player.<br />
55 Panasonic DMP-BDT310<br />
the multi-talented home cinema beast<br />
56 Yamaha YSP-22<br />
effective surround sound in one piece<br />
57 LG 47LM960V<br />
top Range 3D LeD tV<br />
59 Sony KDL-46HX850<br />
Glam your little theatre<br />
61 Toshiba 55ZL2<br />
Packed with technology but also heavy price tag<br />
63 Samsung UE46ES8000<br />
World’s number one tV brand still in<br />
65 Sony Handycam NEX-VG20<br />
Just the cut on your radar!<br />
67 Fujifilm FinePix X10<br />
Well built and amazing camera<br />
71 Canon EOS 5D Mark III<br />
the real cannon between sLRs<br />
73 Sony NEX-7<br />
the Royal camera of the coming years.<br />
75 Sony NEX F3<br />
the camera-King-to-be!<br />
77 Sumo Gigantor<br />
oversized Bean Bags<br />
78 Ion Air Pro WiFi<br />
Your adrenaline recorder<br />
79 Lexus CT200h<br />
Luxury hybrid drive<br />
81 Vauxhall Ampera<br />
Are we changing our Prius?<br />
83 Tesla Model S<br />
speed-enthusiasts buckle your seatbelts!<br />
85 Tomtom Go live 1005<br />
navigation with social networking?<br />
87 Iceland<br />
the amazing country<br />
93 Underwater Accessories<br />
the exotic world beneath<br />
97 Ashley Bulgari interview<br />
tecH 4 Men october 2012
MOBILE PHONE<br />
SAMSUNG GALAXY S III<br />
THE NEWEST BEST LAUNCH.<br />
4 Price: $389 TECH4 Price: $539<br />
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MOBILE PHONE<br />
SAMSUNG GALAXY S III<br />
THE NEWEST BEST LAUNCH.<br />
Samsung Galaxy S III may not be the revolutionary, but surely<br />
it’s on the top of the evolutionary pile, proving to be the first<br />
phone to be lauded better than the iPhones in many regards.<br />
There are several many other top phones battling to be the<br />
number one in the market, yet Galaxy S III outshone all. Samsung<br />
S III has 1280 x 720 resolution screen, using the latest version of<br />
Android. With Bluetooth 4, 16GB and microSD card slot, Near<br />
Field Communication chip (compatible for banking services), 8<br />
megapixel camera and full HD video, all day long battery; it’s all<br />
so much in one!<br />
Our Samsung GalaxyS III, being classy and slim, is available in dark<br />
blue or white, with a silver band going round it. The back is just<br />
as flimsy as the previous Galaxy phones yet it’s very pliable and<br />
feels firm when attached to the rest of the phone, which also<br />
means reaching the battery easily, unlike some. It also offers good<br />
color and contrast screen.<br />
Samsung S III has three buttons below the screen, two touchsensitive<br />
while a main ‘home’ push button. Those three buttons<br />
might seem a trivial issue, but without the dedication menu, it’s<br />
very annoying to use the rest of the phone for you rely on them<br />
more than anything else, so it’s a relief that only Samsung S III has<br />
got them right.<br />
It also offers its own availing tweaks, like the screen doesn’t<br />
go dark while reading something for a longer period of time,<br />
without touching the screen at intervals to keep it alive. Plus,<br />
the facility to automatically phone the contact on the screen<br />
by merely moving the phone to your ear is all more charming.<br />
Samsung S III, no need to say, is an extremely fast and responsive<br />
phone without any delay, lags, hiccups or even burps whatsoever<br />
interfering with your work, such as while using any software application.<br />
Our Samsung S III can shoot full tilt more than 20 shots even while<br />
shooting a video along. It offers High Dynamic Range photographs<br />
and fast processing speed, making these features all much a more<br />
joy. It has 8 megapixels on the back and 1.9 megapixels at front,<br />
with video recorded in Full HD, fabulously sharp for a phone.<br />
Our Samsung GalaxyS III also offers S Voice which lets you talk<br />
to the phone in a Siri like way, while other iPhones could hardly<br />
make this work as easily as it does.<br />
Our Samsung S has outplayed the excellent HTC One X in many<br />
areas with kickers like better battery and navigation buttons, being<br />
the new all-rounder best phone in the present market.<br />
Price: $539 TECH 4 MEN October 2012
Boxee Box<br />
Boxee Box seeks to revolutionize the viewing of internet television<br />
on the television and make it incredibly uncomplicated and<br />
hassle free. Internet is such a great source of videos, TV shows and<br />
movies but the problem lies in the inability of this internet entertainment<br />
to be captured on a big screen or a television where<br />
the viewing experience would be better than on a desktop or a<br />
laptop. Also the other good thing about using the internet is that,<br />
one has to pay only for the stuff that they want to view. So it<br />
gives us the liberty and freedom to choose and pay only for what<br />
we use. Boxee Box facilitates all that. It brings internet videos to<br />
the television with the click of a button on the remote. And to<br />
add it all, it does it in the simplest way possible. Plus with Boxee<br />
Box providing the user access to one of the largest collections of<br />
HD videos, there is no reason why the user would ever want to<br />
watch anything that is not in HD.<br />
For using Boxee Box the only requirements that are needed of<br />
the TV are that it has to have a HDMI input and an internet connection.<br />
The Boxee Box has a mammoth number of connectivity<br />
options for connecting to other devices. Card slots for expanding<br />
memory and USB ports are just some of them. This is what<br />
makes Boxee Box so effortless while transmitting internet videos<br />
through a television.<br />
Boxee Box streams internet videos absolutely with ease. Netflix<br />
provides the user with a huge collection of videos and movies.<br />
And that is with a month of free trial. Browsing through thousands<br />
of videos is absolutely effortless. And the advantage lies in being<br />
MEDIA PLAYER<br />
Unbox the true potential of your TV experience<br />
able to watch the videos whenever one wants to, in the comfort<br />
of one’s own living room. Plus the Netflix 3.0 makes everything a<br />
whole lot easier and interactive. It tracks and takes care of one’s<br />
preferences and provides suggestions which come really handy.<br />
Boxee Box makes viewing HD videos easier, better and cheaper.<br />
Using the preinstalled applications on the Boxee Box provides<br />
one with easy access to a large collection of HD videos. And that<br />
too at a very cheap rental price. Plus the HD viewing is greatly<br />
improved with the Dolby Digital sound enhancement and being<br />
able to connect to a 5.1 sound system in all comfort. So, viewing<br />
HD is effortless and inexpensive.<br />
Boxee Box also brings the excitement of the Live TV, broadcasting<br />
sports, news from different channels live. And it does it all via<br />
an HD antenna. Hence the excitement of the Live TV is provided<br />
in better quality and convenience.<br />
The Boxee Box is very easy to use. Its remote regulates all its<br />
functionalities. The remote is even armed with a full QWERTY<br />
keypad for typing in video searches on the internet.<br />
Users also have the option to use their Android devices or the<br />
i-Phone to operate the Boxee Box.<br />
Boxee Box is thus a deeply fulfilling product; it promises to lift<br />
the convenience of the user quite high and succeeds in doing just<br />
that. It even manages to enhance the viewing experience. And all<br />
that without any kind of fuss.<br />
37 TECH4 47 Price:$176<br />
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Onkyo TX-NR818<br />
Have your very own home cinema.<br />
Onkyo TX Amplifier, the name sounds a little difficult to<br />
remember but not to worry! Nickname it cute, ONKYO, your<br />
very own home cinema. The theatre is available in two colors,<br />
classic black or glossy silver, whatever suits your cinema room.<br />
Price: $889<br />
AV RECEIVER<br />
Now let’s talk about what this darling is capable of!<br />
It excels in the most demanding three areas, ultra-high video<br />
performance, unmatched audio efficiency, and setup flexibility.<br />
A good ‘Wow’.<br />
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Onkyo TX-NR818<br />
Have your very own home cinema.<br />
Our Onkyo network receiver has video performance<br />
that is truly beyond any comparison.<br />
There is an ISF (Imaging Science Foundation)<br />
system that adjusts the video from all<br />
inputs to cinematic effect as well as processors<br />
which upscale the minutest content to<br />
full HD, now imagine the spectacular picture<br />
on the screen. Moreover, we find the audio<br />
performance incomparable. The associated<br />
certification is specified for rooms with<br />
the viewing distance of minimum three to<br />
four meters. To achieve THX Select2 Plus<br />
certificate, Onkyo TX-NR818 had had to<br />
meet the world’s most demanding standards<br />
for home-cinema audio quality performance,<br />
which it indeed did.<br />
We can also play sound formats including MP3, AAC, Apple Lossless<br />
and etc. stored in our PC, iPhones, iPods and our Androids by connecting<br />
them directly to front panel USB port. The Onkyo home<br />
cinema system is no doubt easy to handle. You can also enjoy easy<br />
AV RECEIVER<br />
access to internet radio channels with the widest range possible.<br />
It comes with the best connectivity in its class. This streaming<br />
flexibility makes TXNR818 something more than just an A/V receiver.<br />
Yes, it makes it a complete advanced music server.<br />
What else is to come? Our Onkyo TXNR818 have three of<br />
the best video processing and enhancement systems, included<br />
to guarantee smooth and sharp images on your HDTV.<br />
Stocked and decorated with many more astonishing features,<br />
including PLL (Phase Locked Loop) for jitter-cleaning, distributed<br />
audio playback in as many rooms as your home consists, advanced<br />
music enhancer with many sound modes, and the list yet goes on.<br />
Its connecting features include 8 High Definition Multichip Interconnections<br />
Input (1 front/7 rear) and 2 outputs while there are<br />
2 USB ports (1 front/1 rear).<br />
This receiver is alone built to deliver superb sound quality. The<br />
sound received is decisively pure and rich, even under heavy loads.<br />
Get prepared to bring the super luxurious Onkyo TR-NR818-AV<br />
Amplifier and make your abode lavish.<br />
This beauty only costs $889; it’s just<br />
the cut out for the ones who take<br />
home cinema facility as much<br />
more than a mere past time.<br />
Below are the pictures that<br />
least matches the real bloom;<br />
what it does look like can only be<br />
found out by buying the real thing, and get<br />
blown away by its charms.<br />
51 Price: $889<br />
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TELEVISION<br />
Samsung UE46ES8000<br />
World’s number one TV brand still in.<br />
Samsung, being the number one TV best brand around<br />
the globe, has once again retained its position with the new<br />
flagship product UE46ES8000F (as known in the US), covering<br />
all the TV angles with the overwhelming bedazzling<br />
looks of its ultra thin silver bezel. It also offers a better viewing<br />
experience than the previous’ and is just the cut out for<br />
anybody looking for latest technology at an unbeatable<br />
price.<br />
It is a sleek glossy finish that also offers us to change<br />
its picture setting in an instant, quite convenient for<br />
the users since many of us face problems with the<br />
brightness and richness of the picture quality that<br />
is quite irritating to deal with. It displays much fresh<br />
and deeper black colors with minimum shadow<br />
detail crushing, and so we enjoy a more subtle and<br />
emphatic color range.<br />
Moreover, this new Samsung exquisiteness, impressively<br />
connected, is having the best of all fascinating<br />
features that most of us could hardly<br />
Price: $1,469<br />
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need in all our eternity. Its picture quality exaggerates the deadexcellent<br />
color accuracy. Toppling it over, it has smart TV capabilities,<br />
with the 3D playback being an active rather than passive 3D<br />
system. It is also all too well-stocked with picture adjustments,<br />
and is a multimedia canny, playing back most of the key life formats<br />
via either USB cards or networked desktops.<br />
This luxury also comes with another feature, Motion Plus system,<br />
designed to reduce the jitters and quacks, with various ‘strength’<br />
settings. It mightily impresses us with high-speed and<br />
powerful processing, made possible by the dual-core<br />
engine to do an exquisite job.<br />
The 3D picture<br />
is high-<br />
TELEVISION<br />
Samsung UE46ES8000<br />
World’s number one TV brand still in.<br />
ly up-to mark and displays rich and vivid bright colors. It leaves us<br />
free to enjoy all the detail and brilliance that defines the Full HD<br />
active shutter technology. Easily set up, it lets us enjoy the blissful<br />
experience without any further bothers.<br />
Bringing loads of features along, like; digital audio out, three USB<br />
ports, Ethernet and Wi-Fi, HDMI, LED/LCD display type, Digital<br />
tuner, ‘800’ Refresh rates and many more, Samsung UE46ES8000<br />
costs only EUR1520 to EUR1897 to make your TV time as charming<br />
as a dream.<br />
Our Samsung knockout’s boldly highlighted charm is its threesome<br />
of the alternative control solutions; propped on gestures,<br />
voice recognition, touchpad remote, IR blaster, and four pairs of<br />
3D glasses. With many other models coming up the way, we shall<br />
see Samsung UE46ES8000 live up to more years seated as the<br />
on-paper appeal.<br />
64 TECH4 Price: $1,469<br />
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Lexus CT 200h<br />
Luxury hybrid drive<br />
Launched in the month of September 2010 in Europe, the CT<br />
200h is the first compact car from Lexus. But apart from being<br />
the first compact car from the company, CT 200h is also the first<br />
full hybrid luxury car in compact form in world. The car has been<br />
manufactured in the Eco Factory of the company located in Kyushu,<br />
Japan. It is powered by the latest generation of Lexus Hybrid<br />
Drive Technology that combines the 1.8 litre petrol engine<br />
with an electric motor, compact battery and an innovative energy<br />
management system. The car through all its technicalities ensures<br />
an amazing driving experience and an amazingly balanced and<br />
agile drive.<br />
Even though it’s the most efficient car aerodynamically in its class,<br />
the CT 200h still boasts of accommodating five people and two<br />
large suitcases. As an option on SE-L Premier grade, the car also<br />
Price: $21,199<br />
CAR<br />
features the company’s exquisite Pre-Crash Safety system that<br />
has helped it in achieving the Euro NCAP’s highest standard for<br />
safety. The ultimate and amazing audio experience is guaranteed<br />
by car audio system from Mark Levinson that provides the feel<br />
of home-theatre on the Premier interior of SE-L which also features<br />
beautifully crafted eye-pleasing bio-sourced materials.<br />
The five door Lexus CT200h that has been unveiled during the<br />
motor show at Geneva, utilises the CVT gearbox and 1.8L petrol<br />
electric hybrid powertrain from Toyota Prius, even though the<br />
car is created on a complete different front drive platform that<br />
promises to offer more sporty drive than its counterpart Prius.<br />
With buttons for various drive modes like Sport, Eco and EV, the<br />
car indeed offers different environment for varied driving styles.<br />
The best part of the car can be considered as its handling and<br />
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mODeL Of OcTOBeR<br />
Born September 28, 1986 in the Czech Republic. Now living in Germany. Before modeling<br />
she worked as a croupier. She said : “Be yourself and have the courage to do it all”.<br />
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exclusive photo produced by RAYPhOTO STUDIO<br />
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EXCLUSIVE COVER GIRL<br />
age : 25<br />
starsign : scorpion<br />
height : 172 cm<br />
weight : 57 kg<br />
drink : B52, white wine martini<br />
food : chinese cuisine, sushi<br />
movie : forest Gump<br />
sport : f1<br />
favorite : Apple<br />
hate : liars<br />
hobbies : relaxing, shopping,<br />
travelling, my job,<br />
fitness, my family<br />
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