Hero Honda launches Splendor NXG

Hero Honda continues to expand their range of 100cc motorcycles in the Indian market by launching YET another variant of their hugely popular Splendor motorcycle.

The world’s largest two wheeler manufacturer has now launched ‘Splendor NXG’ in the deluxe segment as they aim to consolidate their lead in the Indian market.

Hero Honda is making available two variants of the Splendor NXG with spoke or cast wheels. These two are being offered at Rs 40,990 and Rs 41,990 (ex-showroom Delhi).

Anil Dua, Hero Honda Vice-President (Marketing and Sales) said in a statement that by launching more variants of their 100cc motorcycles they aim to maintain their lead over the other players in India

They already sell other products in this segment including the Hero Honda Passion and Hero Honda Glamour along with some other variants of Splendor.

Bajaj Auto is the closest rival to Hero Honda in the market and they offer Discover and Platina bikes in this segment.

Hero Honda aims to launch bikes in Rs 12,500-15,000 range

World’s largest two wheeler manufacturer Hero Honda is facing intense competition in the domestic market from rivals including Bajaj Auto.

The company has now announced their plans to build a motorcycle that will sell for Rs 12,500-15,000. The plan is to create a brand new segment in the Indian motorcycle market to generate more sales.

At the moment, the cheapest motorcycle product in India sells for around Rs. 30,000. Pawan Kant Munjal, the managing director of Hero Honda was quoted as saying to media personals: “We are evaluating the entire scenario and a possible $300-350 vehicle is on our radar. It is in the broad spectrum of our work. Although there is nothing on the drawing board yet, we are seriously looking at it.”

Hero Honda seems to be inspired by the Indian government’s Automotive Mission Plan which would provide the automakers some concessions.

The plan states: “Domestically, the focus should be on developing and selling appropriate products for the large population of the country. The products could include cost-effective small carriers, strong rugged vehicles for the rural market and $300-350 motorcycles.”

Hero Honda also launched their latest bike model named Splendor NXG.

Rumors: Quanta could be making iPhone for Apple

Rumors: Quanta could be making iPhone for Apple

Latest reports in the media states that Taiwan’s Quanta Computer has won a contract from Apple to manufacture 2G iPhone mobile phone.

This report helped Quanta at the stock market as its share price soared.

Chinese-language Commercial Times and Economic Daily News were the two news sources both of which reported this news item without revealing their sources.

Quanta is already the world’s largest contract notebook computer manufacturer and is also making the much in news USD 100 laptop for the OLPC project.

The report further claimed that Apple would be taking the delivery of the new handset starting in September.

The news item further claimed that the Quanta manufactured iPhone would be slightly different from the original iPhone as it would feature a different outer design to fit different markets.

Another market sources cited an unnamed Quanta source claiming that they have yet not signed the contract but are competing for such an order.

Apple is currently scheduled to launch their iPhone product sometime next month and has gone into an exclusive partnership with AT&T to sell it with a 2 year long contract.

Sony HD Radio XDR-S3HD and XT-100HD coming in July

Japanese consumer electronics maker Sony has said that they would be launching their HD Radio products this coming July.

With this, they would become the latest electronics company to try to make the next-generation digital radio technology a standard feature in audio products.

They would be initially launching two products. XDR-S3HD would be a $200 tabletop AM/FM/HD radio while the XT-100HD would be a $100 tuner module for Sony’s existing car stereo systems.

HD Radio technology enables the radio stations to deliver extra music content on up to four side channels. This technology has been adopted by as many as 1,200 radio stations.

However, the consumer requires a compatible radio receiver to hear HD Radio signals.

As per sources, there are already around 50 HD Radio products available in the market. A brand name like Sony would definitely help spread the popularity.

Andrew Sivori, a senior product marketing manager at Sony’s personal audio division spoke about their upcoming products: “Digital terrestrial radio is the last frontier in audio. And it’s coming to price points that are becoming more reasonable for consumers.”

BMW 5-Series coming to India next month

Peter Knorschnabl, president, BMW India said in a statement on the Indian market: “There has been terrific response to our products and the 5 Series is expected to propel it further. Our SUVs, which are currently undergoing homologation process at the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), Pune would be launched in next few months and help us to garner larger market share in the luxury car market.”

BMW is expected to price the upcoming 5-Series in the range of Rs 37 to 42 lakh. The company is also working hard on expanding their presence in the Indian market by expanding their sales network by appointing 12 dealers across the country.

ubuntu experience

Yesterday I installed ubuntu “breezy badger”…..installation worked fine as it was installed on the separate partition….as its compulsory to create a separate partition for installing any Linux flavour be it Red Hat or Suse.I used partition magic for partitioning my drive.
I was not sure whether my internet will work on it, as I am using usb connection for connecting to internet . With ethernet card …..the internet is gauranteed to work.

After installing I straight away went to Network Settings and just entered the open DNS address :
4.2.2.1
4.2.2.2

then i opened the built in Firefox and jackpot it worked…..wow.
The one more thing that I like about ubuntu is that it automatically installs all the drivers for every possible device eg. usb, bluetooth, nvidia etc.

It also shows my windows partition on the desktop and i can easily access the files…afterall ubutu is windows friendly.