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GOD SPEAKS!
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me when he has shown the world that he isamong the planet’s bests when it comes to makingmusic. It is understandable that we were literally dyingto hear what double Oscar-winner A.R. Rahman’s takeon technology is...“Apple products are de
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nitely cooler than any others,”he says, while talking of friend and colleagueT. Selvakumar’s Apple and Steinberg training centre,Audio Media Inc. In our own conversa
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ons with ARR,we found out that he is a lover of technology. With thehelp of his close friends, he researches, tries out andbuys equipment, so
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ware and technology like no oneelse in the industry. (Which is probably why he has the
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nest recording studio in the country!) “I use a lot of technology, be it in my recordings or in processing mymusic. And why not?! This is the age when we imbibetradi
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onal elements like voices, instruments andmood into music that is ul
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mately, digitally mixed andmastered beauty lies in the ears of the listener!” True.Thus, A.R. Rahman’s studios house only Mac products,from wide screens to edi
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ng so
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ware to plugins. Wecan’t think of a be
er ambassador for Apple products!
Ok. We can give you a whole bunch of the usual pitch of how good this very cool phone is:It’s got amazing stereo speakers, so even a hands-free experience is superb. It has a built-in 2mpx camerawhich zooms to 2.5mpx and has some impressive imagery features like photo
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x and picture bloggingand more. The phone has Bluetooth 2ADC stereo and the music player plays MP3s as well as AACs andhas TrackID and PlayNow technology. Add to this, some cool everyday stu
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like complete web browsingtechnology, 10MB memory in the phone with a compa
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bility of up to 4GB on external memory disk.But the ho
est thing to do today is not a great u
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litarian phone, but a phone that is equipped for mo
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ongaming. Yes, move the phone around as if it were a Wii dock and you’re all set for some virtual thrillswith mobile gaming. The Sony Ericsson F305 comes with 11 pre-loaded games. On the gaming list areeverything from sport to adventure to thrills, like Bowling, Bass
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shing, Jockey, Johnny Crash™ StuntmanDoes Texas, Tropical Madness™, Racing Fever™ GT, The Sims™ 2, Jewel Quest™ 2, Lumines™, Asteroids™and Quadrapop™ Robo
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cs.Didn’t we say it was cracking technology right around the corner from your home? Well, it is. And that just adds to the xtreeeeeem coolness of this gadget.(The Sony Ericsson F305 is available at Univercell Mobile Showrooms across the region. Price on request.Univercell, you mobile expert.)
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