Airtel announced its own version of DTH (Direct to Home) for Indian customers just before Diwali. With its launch, customers are very much spoiled for choices. Airtel named its DTH service as digitalTV (yes, that’s with a small ‘d’). Like the Reliance BIG TV service, Airtel will also make use of the latest MPEG4 technology which promises better picture quality than the outdated MPEG2. Back in August 2008, I had posted a short article on Reliance ADAG’s BIG TV. You can read that article here.

Last Tuesday, Apple announced a number of new gadgets and upgrades to its existing software. The iPod nano got an entirely new look with a range of attractive colors to choose from. The new iPod nano is the thinnest iPod ever made. It sports an oval, tapered shape with a black wheel. The 160GB iPod classic has been discontinued. The iPod classic line up will now have a single 120GB model available for US $249.

Big TV has finally been launched commercially. In case you are unaware, Big TV is a DTH (Direct to Home) service brought to you by Reliance ADAG (Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group). It arrives after much anticipation and wait of almost two years since they obtained the DTH license. Reliance obviously wanted to make it Big and much more exciting than any of the current DTH services presently available in India.

I’ve recently bought a new Wide-Screen LCD monitor for myself. After consultation with my friends and reading a few reviews online, I finally settled for the Dell E198WFP monitor. It being a TN panel, I never had any high expectations from it but switching from an old 15″ Samsung Samtron CRT monitor to a 19″ WS LCD monitor is an achievement in itself. It cost me Rs. 13500.oo including shipping/handling and a cool 5-year warranty. Needless to say, I was pretty impressed with it from the very first day itself and I’m still loving every bit of it after 5 months. Given below are the excerpts from the review that I’ve posted long back at TechEnclave. You’ll still need to visit the TechEnclave Forums to read the complete review.

On 5th September 2007, Apple came up with yet another gem to extend its already impressive iPod range. The cute looking gadget, resembling the recently launched Apple iPhone, will be known as the iPod touch. It features built-in Wi-Fi networking and a revolutionary multi-touch user interface (similar to iPhone) that makes it easy to find all of your music, video, and other digital content and enjoy it on the gorgeous wide-screen display on iPod touch.

A few months ago Microsoft revealed to the world, a new revolutionary interface technology called “Surface Computing“. Apparently, surface computing takes user involvement with digital media to the next level. According to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer – “With Surface, we are creating more intuitive ways for people to interact with technology”. He said, “We see this as a multi billion dollar category, and we envision a time when surface computing technologies will be pervasive, from tabletops and counters to the hallway mirror. Surface is the first step in realizing that vision.”

Finally, the wait is over and Apple took the covers off their new gadget aptly named as the iPhone. As with any other Apple technology, the iPhone has class written all over it. The iPhone combines three products — a revolutionary mobile phone, a wide screen iPod and a breakthrough internet communication device. Its a small and lightweight hand held device which allows email, web browsing and searching. The iPhone houses an entirely new user interface based on a large touch screen display and software which lets you control everything with your fingers. The device will be powered by Apple’s own OS X.