Mazda5/4WD Premacy Introduced by Mazda

The Premacy minivan four-wheel drive version has officially been introduced by Mazda. This new model has been titled Premacy here and Mazda5 in Japan. This car appeared for the first time at the Geneva Motor Show in 2010 and will be available across the U.S. only in 2011 – during its second half.

Despite the fact that customers in North America will have to wait for the new Premacy more than a year, this stylish vehicle can already be purchased in Japan.

What concerns the car’s drive system it is in default four-wheel automatic mode. However, the drivers have a chance to choose between an all-wheel full-time drive program and an only front-wheel drive mode.
The 4WD Premacy is equipped with the following engine: MZR 2.0-liter DOHC. It is likely that this engine will be found in the Mazda5 that will be sold in the U.S. Moreover, the vehicle has a four-speed automatic transmission. Knowing that U.S. buyers prefer all-wheel drive cars, we anticipate that the Mazda5’s AWD version will definitely appear.

And now it is time to speak about the 4WD Premacy price. To tell the truth, it is quite reasonable and is over $23,000.

JX Name Given to Infiniti New Line

It is generally known that car automakers usually do their best in order to keep their future cars dark. When their new models are perfect only then they are ready to unveil them. However, it is a common situation when some information simply leaks. The car producing companies make their private plans public revealing them to government officials, or by accident or through regulation. Here are too good examples: copyright offices are one example, loose lips of Vice President Joe Biden are another.

In this case, it has been revealed that the name JX will be given to a new forthcoming line from Infiniti. As Car and Driver informs, Nissan has decided to trademark the names JX30, JX25, JX25h, and JX20 at the federal patent and trademark offices of the USA and Canada. And we can only speculate what these model names mean.

It has also become known that a 3.0-liter V6 (potentially a diesel) and a hybrid, a 2.5-liter V6, and a 2.0-liter four will be available, implying that the JX would be quite a small model. There are some speculations among the sources that the Nissan Juke’s premium variant will be possible.

The latest range of Touchscreen Smartphones to release through Cricket

Cricket, the leading provider of value-driven services in the prepaid wireless industry announces to extend its device range by introducing smartphones, touchscreens- the Blackberry Curve 8530, Kyocera Sanyo ZIO and the Samsung Messager Touch.

On Cricket’s Analyst Day, Doug Hutcheson, Leap’s president and CEO said, “We are determined to make Cricket the best provider of value-driven services in the prepaid wireless industry, and with our new device lineup, available on our true 3G network, we have taken a big step toward achieving that goal. Our Smartphones and touchscreen devices will be affordable to millions of consumers and these new, higher-end devices will also compliment new, all-inclusive service plans that will be priced to drive increased ARPU. As the shift toward the use of Smartphones, touchscreens and tablet devices continues, we believe we are improving our position to capitalize on the rapid growth in this area.”

He added, “Our customers, like all wireless users, have evolved from seeking low-cost devices to more feature-rich phones including Smartphones and touchscreens. Our understanding of the full breadth of this trend is reflected in a balanced phone lineup that features the latest technology with affordable pricing, along with new, value-rich service plans.”

The Kyocera Sanyo ZIO is Google’s Android powered sleek touchscreen Smartphone unlimited HTML web browsing, email, messaging and media sharing.

The Blackberry Curve 8530 QWERTY keypad is slated to launch on August 6.

The company also announces two low-end handsets namely, the Cricket CAPTR II and the Cricket MSGM8 II.

Cricket also plans to release two modems called Huawei 1705 modem and the Cricket A605 USB modem by the end of next week.

Thus the company plans an overall release of around 15 devices by the year end.

HTC Android powered Fiesta and Paradise leaked

From a long line up of HTC handsets to be launched this year, two of the android mobile phones are leaked. These latest devices are called the Fiesta and the Paradise.

The Paradise seems to be updated with existing HTC Aria and features a slide-out QWERTY keypad.

While the Android based Fiesta includes a 3.2 MP camera.

This is all known yet.

Logitech introduces its latest speaker system with better sound quality-the Z313 just for as Rs. 2,195

FOND OF LOUD MUSIC ????? Logitech has brought a latest speaker system for you that claim to offer thrilling music experience. The system called Z313 is not just classy but also quiet affordable with the price of Rs. 2,195.

The 2.1 system has 25 watts of power along with superb subwoofers as well. You can privately listen music via control pad enabling to turn on the speakers and adjust the volume after plugging in headsets.

Talking about the system at the launch, Subrotah Biswas, Country Manager- India & South West Asia, Logitech said, “In today’s digitally connected world, the LogitechR Speaker System Z313 not only offers the users a powerful, rich audio experience, but also convenient access to all their music on the iPod and computer.”

The Z313 speaker system is compatible with computers with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac OS X 10.3.9, or later operating systems.

MTL G-81 phone with push email released in India

MVL Telecom has entered the Indian market with its first handset, the G-81, which comes with many new features and also with support for push email. The dual SIM phone is affordable to the Indian consumers, considering the new features of the handset.

A distinct feature of the G-81 is that it has a 2.4-inch TFT display with a resolution of 320×240. With a QWERTY keypad, this phone is mainly useful for messaging purpose. The phone has 78MB of internal memory that can be enhanced by microSD cards. A decent 3.2 megapixel camera gives you quality pictures and supports video recording as well. The phone gives you 180 minutes of talk-time.

G-81 supports popular email providers such as Gmail, Yahoo! Mail and Hotmail and has support for Microsoft Outlook. MVL offers the push email service for free for two years. But the GPRS charges are extra that you will pay your service provider.

But a drawback may be that the phone does not support Wi-Fi and 3G as it is a GPRS/EDGE only phone. This is a dual SIM phone and supports miniUSB connectivity and Bluetooth. Opera Mini browser, Nimbus and Snaptu applications preloaded are other features of the phone.

The MVL G-81 can be bought at Rs. 5,500 which is affordable as it comes with push e-mail support.

Volvo Sold to Chinese Zhejiang Geely Holding Group

It has been announced by Ford today that Zhejiang Geely Holding Group completed the purchase of its Volvo Cars for $1.8 billion.

This deal finalizes the strategy of Ford CEO Alan Mulally aimed at focusing on the primary Ford brand. The U.S. carmaker started to implement its strategy in 2007 when it sold Aston Martin to India’s corporation Tata Motors Ltd. In 2008 the same company acquired Ford’s Jaguar and Land Rover.

It is known that $6.5 billion was paid by Ford for Volvo 11 years ago.

Mulally says in a statement that Volvo has a strong product line and, according to him, it is a really excellent brand. After this automaker was successfully restructured, it started to bring profits again. Mulally adds that they have absolutely no doubts that a solid future is waiting for Volvo under Geely’s ownership.

He continues that this deal will enable them to concentrate all their efforts on the initial Ford brand further implementing their One Ford plan. In such a way their customers will be provided with the best trucks and cars in the world.

Ford believes that agreements between Geely and Ford will give a chance to both Ford and Volvo to use each other’s intellectual property in a more efficient way.

Dell expands its Desktop range by introducing its latest Dell Studio XPS 9100 with Core i7 processor

The ace computer manufacturer Dell launched Dell Studio XPS 9100 for better 1080p video and 3D graphics quality. The desktop features an Intel Core i7-980x processor clocked at 3.33Ghz, up to 24GB of DDR3 RAM, a Radeon HD 5970 graphics card with 2GB of RAM.

The new Studio XPS 9100 incorporates a 525W power supply with Radeon HD 5970 2GB graphics card (optional at the price of $580) and slots for up to 24GB of DDR3 memory.

The base model will be available with the price tag of $950 while the much advanced configurations will cost over $2,000.

Twitter introduces its latest feature- ‘Who to Follow’

These days the social networking sites have made easier to connect to people and now the micro-blogging site Twitter introduces its latest feature called ‘Who To Follow’, that would help you in finding people similar to your interests.

Using this service, the user would be able to see Follow Suggestions on Twitter web page which is much similar to Facebook’s ‘People You May Know’ feature.

The Who To Follow feature shows up two users just below the user statistics on the Twitter web page. The two suggestions would surely match with your interests. For instance, you love food and you’re following loads of users who like food and tweet about food then similar folks will show up in the Suggestions list.

You can also hide any user from showing up in the suggestions list just by clicking on the Hide option below the Follow button.

Currently, this feature is limited to Twitter web only but soon, the API update will enable it on desktop and mobile clients as well.

Maruti Wagon R Duo makes a comeback in the market

Maruti has resumed its sale of the Wagon R old version with LPG option at the price of Rs 3.68 lakh.

Shashank Srivastava, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) Chief General Manager (Marketing) informs that Maruti will sell ‘Duo’ till the LPG variant of the new Wagon R gets ready.

This month, Maruti is also all set to introduce five models namely Wagon R, Alto, Eeco, Estilo and Sx4 where all the cars would be fitted with CNG kit. Moreover, a 1000 cc variant of Alto would also be launched on August 4th.