Micromax Funbook to hit the shelves next week

Micromax's budget tablet Funbook will hit the shelves across India next week. The Micromax Funbook tablet is presently available online via Snapdeal and in select retail stores of Delhi. The company is also in talks with multibrand outlets to provide its tablet in India.

Micromax's Funbook tablet is one of the few Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich-based slates in India. Priced at Rs. 6,499, the Funbook takes on other budget tablets in India such as Zync Z-990, WishTel Ira and HCL Me Tab U1.

Google+ gets redesigned

 

Google has updated Google+, giving it a makeover, and adding plenty of new features, from new Explore and Profile pages, to redesigned navigation and Hangout interface. The new version of Google+ will roll out globally over the next few days, and was announced to the world in an official blog post by Vic Gundotra.

To update Google+’s navigation interface, Google has split everything into static icons, and a dynamic ribbon, which can be used to bookmark and manage applications, perform quick-actions, and more. The ribbon has been designed to allow for more new features

Google Art Project launches in India

Art lovers rejoice. Google has launched its Art Project in India (watch video below). Google's Art Project gives users an online platform to check out the high-resolution images of artworks housed in the initiative's partner museums. Delhi-based National Gallery of Modern Art and National Museum have partnered with Google in its Art Project campaign.

Nokia's 41MP PureView 808 to launch in India in 2012

 
Nokia's super cameraphone, PureView 808, is likely to hit the Indian shores in the second quarter of this year. The Nokia PureView 808, introduced at the Mobile World Congress event held earlier this year, features a mammoth 41MP camera sensor. The Nokia PureView 808 has recently gone on sale in Europe.

Running on Symbian Belle platform, the PureView 808 is believed to be the Nokia N8’s successor.

Windows 8 tablets

There are still a lot of unanswered questions when it comes to Windows 8 tablets, but the information is starting to come out, and there's no doubt Microsoft is prepared to make a real go of this tablet malarkey.
Windows 8 will use a Metro interface that's much like Windows Phone 7

Asus Padfone

The Asus Padfone raised quite a few eyebrows when it was announced at Computex, as much for the odd presentation as the unusual device itself. A phone that you can slot in a tablet shell to give yourself a larger device seems to come firmly under 'just crazy enough to be crazy', but as time goes on, it's started to make more sense.

Sony PlayStation 3D Display

3D is still somewhat stumbling towards mainstream relevance, with more and more new TVs integrating it, but the PS3 can do 3D games and 3D Blu-ray playback, so Sony's making it simple to watch 3D without having to replace your entire home cinema setup.

Ultrabooks that get it right

With Intel's push to make Ultrabooks - MacBook Air-like ultrathin laptops with speedy SSDs - the next big thing, we're seeing many of the big companies come out with their attempts. Some of them have been very