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Apple’s U2 iPod

Features: Apple’s U2 iPod, based on the fifth generation 30 GB iPod, holds up to 7,500 songs, 25,000 photos, or over 75 hours of video, and features an all-black stainless steel enclosure, red click wheel, and custom-engraved signatures of the members of rock band U2.

It has Apple’s patent-pending Auto-Sync technology that automatically downloads digital music, podcasts, photos, audiobooks, home movies, music videos and television shows onto the iPod and keeps them up-to-date whenever the iPod is plugged into a Mac or Windows computer using USB 2.0. It also integrates with the iTunes Music Store and iTunes digital music jukebox. The U2 iPod has up to 14 hours of battery life for music playback.

Price: Rs 21,400
Contact: Sushant Vitthaldas
Telephone: 1800 425 4683
E-mail: sushant.vithaldas@asia.apple.com
Website: apple.com

Aladdin’s MonitorMagic Server

Features: This is a proactive monitoring and management solution for Windows 2003, 2000, and NT servers, workstations and SNMP-compatible devices. It has reporting capabilities, an integrated report template builder, and generator and distribution systems. Report templates use a free-form architecture where one can use custom SQL queries.

The company says that MonitorMagic helps assess and predict possible stability and performance issues, like when an Exchange server needs a hardware upgrade, or when in-house applications suffer from potential memory leaks. It provides daily/monthly performance trends for servers and network devices.

The server integrates with popular applications such as Microsoft Exchange and SQL Server, ISA Server, Veritas Backup Exec, Symantec and McAfee Anti-Virus, Dell OpenManage, Compaq Insight Manager, and IBM Directory.

Price: Rs 15,000-Rs 30,000
Contact: Rajiv Warrier
Telephone: 022 5693 6795/96
E-mail: rajiv@aladdinindia.com
Website: aladdinindia.com

Lenovo’s 3000 V 100 notebook

Features: The notebook features an Intel Core duo processor, DVD-RW drive, fingerprint reader, 1.3 megapixel camera, 512 MB RAM, 80 GB HDD, 802.11 a/b/g wireless LAN, 10/100 Ethernet, and Bluetooth on select models; it runs Windows XP Home.

Weighing 1.8 kg with a 12.1-inch widescreen display, it comes with a 5-in-1 multi-card reader for downloading digital pictures from multiple types of memory cards, three USB ports, and a 1394 & VGA port. It can be used for videoconferencing. Integrated microphones and forward-facing stereo speakers support audio recording and playback.

Price: Starts at Rs 78,500 (excluding taxes)
Contact: Manish Gupta
Telephone: 1800 425 3353, 080 2210 8412
E-mail: pc@in.lenovo.com
Website: in.lenovo.com

Gigabyte’s Notebook PC (W 511 UC)

Features: The notebook is powered by a Intel Pentium M 1.7 GHz, 533 MHz FSB Centrino processor with 2 MB cache, 512 MB DDR SDRAM (upgradeable to 2 GB), 15.4” WXGA TFT widescreen with 1280 x 800 resolution, 60 GB HDD and a DVD CDRW combo drive.

Other features include built-in 56 Kbps v.90 ready fax / modem, 3 USB (2.0 version), 2.6 kg weight without spindles (2.95 kg with HDD, drive and battery), with up to 4 hours back-up, Linux OS (choice of XP Home or XP Professional at extra cost), DVD software, CD writer (DVD combo) and utility driver CD.

Price: Rs 53,999
Contact: Rajan Sharma
Telephone: 022 2652 6696
E-mail: sales@gigabyte.in
Website: gigabyte.in