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4 Sony Xperia S 50 Onkyo TX-NR818

Ultrastylish and eye-catchy phone Have your very own home cinema.
6 Samsung Galaxy S III 52 Klipsch G-17 AirPlay speaker
The newest best launch The wireless rocking speaker
8 LG Optimus L7 (P700) 53 Panasonic SC-BTT775
Really smart midlevel phone The having the panache Blu-Ray Player.
9 HTC OneX 54 Pioneer BDP-LX55
A top notch android smartphone The delightful Pioneer Blu-ray player.
11 Meizu MX 55 Panasonic DMP-BDT310
Attractive and compact iPhone clone The multi-talented home cinema beast
13 LG Optimus Hub 56 Yamaha YSP-22
Handy and affordable smartphone Effective surround sound in one piece
14 Top 15 Android apps 57 LG 47LM960V
Top Range 3D LED TV
16 Top 15 iPad apps
59 Sony KDL-46HX850
19 Top 5 Tablets Glam your little theatre
24 ASUS Transformer Pad TF300TG 61 Toshiba 55ZL2
The best alternative to iPad Packed with technology but also heavy price tag
26 Apple Macbook Air 2 63 Samsung UE46ES8000
The most anticipated product of the year World’s number one TV brand still in
28 Asus Zenbook UX31 65 Sony Handycam NEX-VG20
The total ZEN of the laptops Just the cut on your radar!
30 Apple iMac 67 Fujifilm FinePix X10
Best desktop solution for every application Well built and amazing camera
32 HP Folio 13 71 Canon EOS 5D Mark III
The heart-winning ultrabook at a startling low cost The real cannon between SLRs
34 Dell XPS One 73 Sony NEX-7
An all-in-one beauty! The Royal camera of the coming years.
36 Asus Xonar U3 75 Sony NEX F3
The solid enhancement to the laptop sound The camera-King-to-be!
37 Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS MEKA G-UNIT 77 Sumo Gigantor
Macro heaven at gaming design Oversized Bean Bags
38 Corsair Force GT 78 Ion Air Pro WiFi
A high-star rated drive; Your adrenaline recorder
39 Mass Effect 3 79 Lexus CT200h
Absolutely amazing game Luxury hybrid drive
40 Diablo III 81 Vauxhall Ampera
Great game went average Are we changing our Prius?
41 XBOX 360 83 Tesla Model S
Want to have a fun? Speed-enthusiasts buckle your seatbelts!
43 Sony XBA-4ip 85 Tomtom Go live 1005
The excellent piece for hearing music on the go Navigation with social networking?
45 Samsung Chromebox 87 Iceland
A little sweetheart computer. The amazing country
47 D-link Boxee Box 93 Underwater Accessories
Unbox the true potential of your TV experience The exotic world beneath
48 Sonos Multiroom System 97 Ashley Bulgari interview
A wireless music speaker!

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 MOBILE PHONE

SAMSUNG GALAXY S III

THE NEWEST BEST LAUNCH.

64 Price: $539
$389 TECH4MEN  October 2012
 MOBILE PHONE

SAMSUNG GALAXY S III

THE NEWEST BEST LAUNCH.

Samsung Galaxy S III may not be the revolutionary, but surely It also offers its own availing tweaks, like the screen doesn’t
it’s on the top of the evolutionary pile, proving to be the first go dark while reading something for a longer period of time,
phone to be lauded better than the iPhones in many regards. without touching the screen at intervals to keep it alive. Plus,
the facility to automatically phone the contact on the screen
There are several many other top phones battling to be the by merely moving the phone to your ear is all more charming.
number one in the market, yet Galaxy S III outshone all. Samsung
S III has 1280 x 720 resolution screen, using the latest version of Samsung S III, no need to say, is an extremely fast and responsive
Android. With Bluetooth 4, 16GB and microSD card slot, Near phone without any delay, lags, hiccups or even burps whatsoever
Field Communication chip (compatible for banking services), 8 interfering with your work, such as while using any software ap-
megapixel camera and full HD video, all day long battery; it’s all plication.
so much in one!
Our Samsung S III can shoot full tilt more than 20 shots even while
Our Samsung GalaxyS III, being classy and slim, is available in dark shooting a video along. It offers High Dynamic Range photographs
blue or white, with a silver band going round it. The back is just and fast processing speed, making these features all much a more
as flimsy as the previous Galaxy phones yet it’s very pliable and joy. It has 8 megapixels on the back and 1.9 megapixels at front,
feels firm when attached to the rest of the phone, which also with video recorded in Full HD, fabulously sharp for a phone.
means reaching the battery easily, unlike some. It also offers good
color and contrast screen. Our Samsung GalaxyS III also offers S Voice which lets you talk
to the phone in a Siri like way, while other iPhones could hardly
Samsung S III has three buttons below the screen, two touch- make this work as easily as it does.
sensitive while a main ‘home’ push button. Those three buttons
might seem a trivial issue, but without the dedication menu, it’s Our Samsung S has outplayed the excellent HTC One X in many
very annoying to use the rest of the phone for you rely on them areas with kickers like better battery and navigation buttons, be-
more than anything else, so it’s a relief that only Samsung S III has ing the new all-rounder best phone in the present market.
got them right.

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 MEDIA PLAYER

Boxee Box
Unbox the true potential of your TV experience

Boxee Box seeks to revolutionize the viewing of internet tele- able to watch the videos whenever one wants to, in the comfort
vision on the television and make it incredibly uncomplicated and of one’s own living room. Plus the Netflix 3.0 makes everything a
hassle free. Internet is such a great source of videos,TV shows and whole lot easier and interactive. It tracks and takes care of one’s
movies but the problem lies in the inability of this internet enter- preferences and provides suggestions which come really handy.
tainment to be captured on a big screen or a television where
the viewing experience would be better than on a desktop or a Boxee Box makes viewing HD videos easier, better and cheaper.
laptop. Also the other good thing about using the internet is that, Using the preinstalled applications on the Boxee Box provides
one has to pay only for the stuff that they want to view. So it one with easy access to a large collection of HD videos. And that
gives us the liberty and freedom to choose and pay only for what too at a very cheap rental price. Plus the HD viewing is greatly
we use. Boxee Box facilitates all that. It brings internet videos to improved with the Dolby Digital sound enhancement and being
the television with the click of a button on the remote. And to able to connect to a 5.1 sound system in all comfort. So, viewing
add it all, it does it in the simplest way possible. Plus with Boxee HD is effortless and inexpensive.
Box providing the user access to one of the largest collections of
HD videos, there is no reason why the user would ever want to Boxee Box also brings the excitement of the Live TV, broadcast-
watch anything that is not in HD. ing sports, news from different channels live. And it does it all via
an HD antenna. Hence the excitement of the Live TV is provided
For using Boxee Box the only requirements that are needed of in better quality and convenience.
the TV are that it has to have a HDMI input and an internet con-
nection. The Boxee Box has a mammoth number of connectivity The Boxee Box is very easy to use. Its remote regulates all its
options for connecting to other devices. Card slots for expand- functionalities. The remote is even armed with a full QWERTY
ing memory and USB ports are just some of them. This is what keypad for typing in video searches on the internet.
makes Boxee Box so effortless while transmitting internet videos
through a television. Users also have the option to use their Android devices or the
i-Phone to operate the Boxee Box.
Boxee Box streams internet videos absolutely with ease. Netflix Boxee Box is thus a deeply fulfilling product; it promises to lift
provides the user with a huge collection of videos and movies. the convenience of the user quite high and succeeds in doing just
And that is with a month of free trial. Browsing through thousands that. It even manages to enhance the viewing experience. And all
of videos is absolutely effortless. And the advantage lies in being that without any kind of fuss.

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 AV RECEIVER

OnkyoTX-NR818
Have your very own home cinema.

Onkyo TX Amplifier, the name sounds a little difficult to Now let’s talk about what this darling is capable of!
remember but not to worry! Nickname it cute, ONKYO, your It excels in the most demanding three areas, ultra-high video
very own home cinema. The theatre is available in two colors, performance, unmatched audio efficiency, and setup flexibility.
classic black or glossy silver, whatever suits your cinema room. A good ‘Wow’.

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 AV RECEIVER

OnkyoTX-NR818
Have your very own home cinema.

Our Onkyo network receiver has video per- access to internet radio channels with the widest range possible.
formance that is truly beyond any compari- It comes with the best connectivity in its class. This streaming
son. There is an ISF (Imaging Science Founda- flexibility makes TXNR818 something more than just an A/V re-
tion) system that adjusts the video from all ceiver. Yes, it makes it a complete advanced music server.
inputs to cinematic effect as well as proces- What else is to come? Our Onkyo TXNR818 have three of
sors which upscale the minutest content to the best video processing and enhancement systems, included
full HD, now imagine the spectacular picture to guarantee smooth and sharp images on your HDTV.
on the screen. Moreover, we find the audio
performance incomparable. The associated Stocked and decorated with many more astonishing features,
certification is specified for rooms with including PLL (Phase Locked Loop) for jitter-cleaning, distributed
the viewing distance of minimum three to audio playback in as many rooms as your home consists, advanced
four meters. To achieve THX Select2 Plus music enhancer with many sound modes, and the list yet goes on.
certificate, Onkyo TX-NR818 had had to
meet the world’s most demanding stan- Its connecting features include 8 High Definition Multichip Inter-
dards for home-cinema audio quality performance, connections Input (1 front/7 rear) and 2 outputs while there are
which it indeed did. 2 USB ports (1 front/1 rear).

We can also play sound formats including MP3,AAC,Apple Lossless This receiver is alone built to deliver superb sound quality. The
and etc. stored in our PC, iPhones, iPods and our Androids by con- sound received is decisively pure and rich, even under heavy loads.
necting them directly to front panel USB port. The Onkyo home Get prepared to bring the super luxurious Onkyo TR-NR818-AV
cinema system is no doubt easy to handle.You can also enjoy easy Amplifier and make your abode lavish.

This beauty only costs $889; it’s just

the cut out for the ones who take
home cinema facility as much
more than a mere past time.
Below are the pictures that
least matches the real bloom;
what it does look like can only be
found out by buying the real thing, and get
blown away by its charms.

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 TELEVISION

Samsung UE46ES8000
World’s number one TV brand still in.

Samsung, being the number one TV best brand around

the globe, has once again retained its position with the new
flagship product UE46ES8000F (as known in the US), cov-
ering all the TV angles with the overwhelming bedazzling
looks of its ultra thin silver bezel. It also offers a better view-
ing experience than the previous’ and is just the cut out for
anybody looking for latest technology at an unbeatable
price.

It is a sleek glossy finish that also offers us to change

its picture setting in an instant, quite convenient for
the users since many of us face problems with the
brightness and richness of the picture quality that
is quite irritating to deal with. It displays much fresh
and deeper black colors with minimum shadow
detail crushing, and so we enjoy a more subtle and
emphatic color range.

Moreover, this new Samsung exquisiteness, im-

pressively connected, is having the best of all fas-
cinating features that most of us could hardly

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 TELEVISION

Samsung UE46ES8000
World’s number one TV brand still in.

need in all our eternity. Its picture quality exaggerates the dead- ly up-to mark and displays rich and vivid bright colors. It leaves us
excellent color accuracy. Toppling it over, it has smart TV capabili- free to enjoy all the detail and brilliance that defines the Full HD
ties, with the 3D playback being an active rather than passive 3D active shutter technology. Easily set up, it lets us enjoy the blissful
system. It is also all too well-stocked with picture adjustments, experience without any further bothers.
and is a multimedia canny, playing back most of the key life for-
mats via either USB cards or networked desktops. Bringing loads of features along, like; digital audio out, three USB
ports, Ethernet and Wi-Fi, HDMI, LED/LCD display type, Digital
This luxury also comes with another feature, Motion Plus system, tuner, ‘800’ Refresh rates and many more, Samsung UE46ES8000
designed to reduce the jitters and quacks, with various ‘strength’ costs only EUR1520 to EUR1897 to make your TV time as charm-
settings. It mightily impresses us with high-speed and ing as a dream.
powerful processing, made possible by the du-
al-core engine to do an exquisite job. Our Samsung knockout’s boldly highlighted charm is its three-
some of the alternative control solutions; propped on gestures,
The 3D picture voice recognition, touchpad remote, IR blaster, and four pairs of
is high- 3D glasses. With many other models coming up the way, we shall
see Samsung UE46ES8000 live up to more years seated as the
on-paper appeal.

64 Price: $1,469 TECH4MEN  October 2012

 CAR

Lexus CT 200h
Luxury hybrid drive

Launched in the month of September 2010 in Europe, the CT features the company’s exquisite Pre-Crash Safety system that
200h is the first compact car from Lexus. But apart from being has helped it in achieving the Euro NCAP’s highest standard for
the first compact car from the company, CT 200h is also the first safety. The ultimate and amazing audio experience is guaranteed
full hybrid luxury car in compact form in world. The car has been by car audio system from Mark Levinson that provides the feel
manufactured in the Eco Factory of the company located in Ky- of home-theatre on the Premier interior of SE-L which also fea-
ushu, Japan. It is powered by the latest generation of Lexus Hy- tures beautifully crafted eye-pleasing bio-sourced materials.
brid Drive Technology that combines the 1.8 litre petrol engine
with an electric motor, compact battery and an innovative energy The five door Lexus CT200h that has been unveiled during the
management system. The car through all its technicalities ensures motor show at Geneva, utilises the CVT gearbox and 1.8L petrol
an amazing driving experience and an amazingly balanced and electric hybrid powertrain from Toyota Prius, even though the
agile drive. car is created on a complete different front drive platform that
promises to offer more sporty drive than its counterpart Prius.
Even though it’s the most efficient car aerodynamically in its class, With buttons for various drive modes like Sport, Eco and EV, the
the CT 200h still boasts of accommodating five people and two car indeed offers different environment for varied driving styles.
large suitcases. As an option on SE-L Premier grade, the car also The best part of the car can be considered as its handling and

79 Price: $21,199 TECH4MEN  October 2012

 MODEL of OCTOBER

ASHLEY
EXCLUSIVE COVER GIRL

BULGARI exclusive photo produced by RAYPHOTO STUDIO

www.rayphoto.dphoto.com , Jozef Studeny

age : 25
starsign : scorpion
height : 172 cm
weight : 57 kg
drink : B52, white wine Martini
food : chinese cuisine, sushi
movie : Forest Gump
sport : F1
favorite : Apple
hate : liars
hobbies : relaxing, shopping,
travelling, my job,
fitness, my family

Born September 28, 1986 in the Czech Republic. Now living in Germany. Before modeling
she worked as a croupier. She said : “Be yourself and have the courage to do it all”.
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