Ford launches Ford EcoSport starting at Rs. 5.59 lakhs.

 One of the leading car makers in the lucrative Indian car market is Ford India. This highly reputed automotive manufacturer is said to be presently on the 6th position in the car market. This acclaimed automobile manufacturer has its head office in the metropolis of Chennai, which is in southern state of the Tamil Nadu. This company is the Indian subsidiary of the multinational automobile maker, Ford Motor Company, which is located in America. The passenger cars made by the company are renowned across the globe in all the markets for being incorporated with performance packed fuel efficient engines, which are dependable and equipped with impressive aspects. Their esteemed fleet in the country's market is splendid and has several automobiles, which are doing splendid business for the company. Ford India is said to be adding newer additions in their splendid fleet of vehicles with new entrants, which are been expected to enter the Indian car market very soon. There are reports which state that the impressive and increasingly becoming popular Ford Ecosport , which is an SUV.

Joginder Singh, MD, Ford India said that the company expects the EcoSport to be a game changer for Ford India. He added that based on the One Ford global platform, the product is tuned to the needs of Indian consumers.

The EcoSport comes fitted with Sync, Ford’s voice-enabled in-car connectivity system, which enables to operate your Bluetooth-enabled phone and USB devices. EcoSport1.0-litre EcoBoost engine develops a maximum of 125PS of power; the 1.5-litre petrol develops 112PS and diesel units develop 91PS. The entry-level Ambiente variant offers a decent amount of standard equipment including power steering and air-conditioning.

The EcoSport EcoBoost technology 1.0-litre three-cylinder engine mated with 5 speed gear box which delivers power and performance of a traditional 1.6-litre engine claims a fuel economy at 18.9 km per litre.

The 1.5-litre diesel engine is mated to a five-speed manual transmission gearbox and claims a fuel economy of 22.7kmpl; the 1.5-litre petrol gets both five-speed manual and six-speed automatic gearbox options. It has 200mm of ground clearance.

Ford EcoSport Ambiente 1.5 Petrol: Rs 5.59 lakh

Ford EcoSport Trend 1.5 Petrol: Rs 6.49 lakh

Ford EcoSport Titanium 1.5 Petrol: - 7.5 lakh

Ford EcoSport Titanium 1.5 Petrol Automatic: Rs 8.44 lakh

Ford EcoSport Ambiente 1.5 Diesel: Rs 6.69 lakh

Ford EcoSport Trend 1.5 Diesel: Rs 7.6 lakh

Ford EcoSport Titanium 1.5 Diesel: Rs 8.62 lakh

Ford EcoSport Titanium 1.0 EcoBoost: Rs 7.89 lakh

Ford EcoSport Titanium (O) EcoBoost: Rs 8.82 lakh

Sony Xperia Tablet Z Is the World’s Thinnest Android Slate

Sony launched the Xperia Tablet Z, its latest Android slate, in Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress show on Monday. The device is the thinnest and lightest 10-inch tablet produced by any hardware maker thus far at 0.27 inches thick and a weight of 1.09 pounds. And it also is making its debut just six months after Sony’s last Android slate, the Xperia Tablet S.

We got to spend a bit of time using the tablet last week, ahead of its unveiling in Spain, and the sleek build of the device was mightily impressive. As was the Tablet Z’s 1920 x 1200 pixel display. And, like the Xperia Z smartphone Sony showed off at Las Vegas’ Consumer Electronics Show in January, the Tablet Z is water resistant — which might make it a great choice for use in the kitchen. Sony says the Tablet Z can survive being submerged in water as deep as 3 feet for as long as 30 minutes.

Powering the Tablet Z is Google’s Android Jelly Bean operating system (it’ll ship on 4.1 and later be upgraded to 4.2), Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4 Pro quad-core CPU, clocked at 1.5GHz and 2GB of RAM. Storage comes in at 16GB for $500, or 32GB for $600 — placing the pricing square against Apple’s iPad. Each model of the Tablet Z will sport a microSD card slot, which can handle up to an additional 64GB of storage, as well as an 8-megapixel rear camera, that can shoot up to 1080p video. And up front, it’ll have a 2.2-megapixel, 720p camera. NFC connectivity (which Sony will be marketing under the name One-Touch for some odd reason) will be built in as well.

Like the Tablet S, the Tablet Z features a built-in IR blaster and an app that will allow owners to use the device as a universal remote for TVs, Blu-ray and DVD players, and home theater receivers. No official release date has been announced as of yet.

SPECIFICATION:

GENERAL	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
		LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
	SIM	Micro-SIM
	Announced	2013, February
	Status	Coming soon. Exp. release 2013, Q1

BODY	Dimensions	266 x 172 x 6.9 mm (10.47 x 6.77 x 0.27 in)
	Weight	495 g (1.09 lb)
		- IP57 certified - dust proof and water resistant

DISPLAY	Type	LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	1200 x 1920 pixels, 10.1 inches (~224 ppi pixel density)
	Multitouch	Yes, up to 10 fingers
	Protection	Shatter proof and scratch-resistant glass
		- Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2

SOUND	Alert types	N\A
	Loudspeaker	Yes, with stereo speakers
	3.5mm jack	Yes
		- 3D surround sound enhancement

MEMORY	Card slot	microSD, up to 64 GB
	Internal	16 GB, 2 GB RAM

DATA	GPRS	Up to 107 kbps
	EDGE	Up to 296 kbps
	Speed	HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
	Bluetooth	Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
	NFC	Yes
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL)

CAMERA	Primary	8.1 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus
	Features	Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR
	Video	Yes, 1080p@30fps, HDR
	Secondary	Yes, 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps

FEATURES	OS	Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), planned upgrade to v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
	Chipset	Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8064
	CPU	Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait
	GPU	Adreno 320
	Sensors	Accelerometer, gyro, compass
	Messaging	SMS, MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
	Browser	HTML5
	Radio	Stereo FM radio with RDS
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
	Java	Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
	Colors	Black, White
		- SNS integration - TV-out (via MHL A/V link) - Xvid/DivX/MKV/WMV/MP4/H.264/H.263 player - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player - Organizer - Document viewer - Photo viewer/editor - Voice memo - Predictive text input

BATTERY		Non-removable Li-Po 6000 mAh battery
	Stand-by	Up to 1230 h (2G) / Up to 1270 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 10 h (multimedia)
	Music play	Up to 110 h