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Toshiba G900 Smartphone

Toshiba has started marketing its latest Smartphone : The all new WM6 Pro smartphone with QWERTY type key layout, WiFi, 2MP camera, tri-band HSDPA(High-Speed Downlink Packet Access ) and 800x400 touchscreen looks to be one of the best of its type with sleek features and a decent performance. International price is around $700, which is not too high considering all its features! Some of its key features include :

* Fingerprint sensor feature for extra security and easy menu navigation

* Full keyboard making it easy to write messages and emails on the move

* 3-inch wide, colour W-VGA display for enhanced viewing quality

* Full connectivity with Triband, HSDPA, 3G, EDGE, Bluetooth™, WiFi® and USB

* High speed internet access with worldwide HSDPA, 3G or WiFi

* Direct Push Email

* 2 mega pixel camera

* Secondary camera for video telephony

* Support for VoIP

* 64MB of internal memory and support for miniSD card

* Music playback

Roundtable Video Conference

Bill Gates recently announced about an upcoming gadget a Roundtable video conference kit, which is essentially a 360-Degree conferencing camera that's made up of four individual webcams to capture everyone that sits around a table. Hence, Roundtable. The concept is also known as a ringcam. Release date is still not confirmed but estimated price is around $3000.

Compiled by Mahdin Mahboob

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