key Tips things u should know before buying a tablet

It's the euphoria of tablets everywhere and every one of us wants to grab upon some kind of tablet. Today we have huge number of vendors flooding into the market with different types and shapes of tablets. The crux of the deal is to opt for the right tablets and this needs a complete research on the present layout of tablets in the market.

So before you lay your hands on anyone of them, make sure you are aware of the key things about a tablet. Here is a list of six things that you should know before buying a tablet.

1. Operating system:

Today the market offers you tablets with different types of operating system. While Android OS seems to be doing the buzz, Apple's iOS has been ruling the tablet industry for quite some time now. Android upgraded version Honeycomb 3.1 is the best suited for tablets, in case if you want to go for a tablet which supports android OS and if you are looking for enough customization then it is the ultimate hub.
2. Size & Weight:

Tablets come in different size and weight, so if you are looking for something ultra portable then 7 inch is the best to go for. But when it comes to browsing and gaming 10 inch tablet is the ultimate galore.
3. Connectivity:

Make sure you are aware of the connectivity facilities offered by different types of tablets and especially if you are an internet savvy person. Tablets come in either 3G orWi-Fi. Wireless connections work awesome in tablets whereas 3G are a profitable investment for people who are constantly travelling places.

Gmail’s Priority Inbox

Google just announced another creative solution to one of their online service, Gmail. This time, the feature is called “Priority Inbox”. It’s basically a smart algorithm that tries to predict which emails in your inbox are more important than the others and group them accordingly. As you continue using Gmail, you can “teach” Priority Inbox to be smarter and smarter.

The groupings consist of:

• Important and unread
• Starred
• Everything else.

It analyses how you use Gmail such as emails that you reply or ignore to determine whether an email from someone is important to you or not (and many others). Of course, it will be a hit and miss sometimes but as I said, it learns as you use Gmail more often.

Another thumbs up from the creative team at Google! This will be rolled out to everyone in a week. Since mine hasn’t got the update just yet, I can’t tell my experience or provide screenshots on my inbox with the Priority Inbox turned on.

Tools To Know PC Temperatures And Power Consumption

I like to know trivial information like the temperature of my CPU and GPU or the power consumption of my PCs. For long have been searching for tools that would work on Windows Vista or Windows 7. Today, the search is complete.

I had asked on Twitter once for a tool that could tell me my GPU’s temperature and the awesome friends that I have replied back with GPU-Z. My early searches led me to Real Temp, it gives you CPU temperature readings. Microsoft has released a tool called JoulesMeter that does what the name suggests, tell you how much power does your PC consume.

Let’s have a look at all three:

PC Power Consumption

JoulesMeter:

This is a tool from Microsoft Research that gives you details about the amount of power that your monitor, CPU and Disks consume. Screenshot:

It doesn’t show the GPU power consumption in this release, I hope it is added later on.

JoulesMeter doesn’t work straight after downloading and requires you to ‘calibrate’ which is a time consuming process and if you’re on a laptop you’ll have to put it on battery or remove the battery. Once calibrated, you need to restart the JoulesMeter service. That can be done from:

Start –> Search: Services.msc –> JoulesMeter –> Right Click –> Restart

GPU Temperature

GPU-Z:

Like CPU-Z that provides some really cool technical information about your CPU, GPU-Z does that for your GPU. Once you run the app, the second tab is titled ‘Sensors’, that’s where you’ll find the GPU temperatures. Screenshot:

Absolute technical details about your GPU can be found by GPU-Z. Information like device BIOS, Shaders etc. etc. there’s a whole lot of interesting stuff about your GPU.

CPU Temperature

Real Temp:

Real Temp is a simple tool that tells you nothing more than temperature information about your CPU. Screenshot:

~Enjoy