The cover story looks at how to put a camera - whether a compact or on a mobile phone or as a webcam on a PC – to innovative uses. Plus, the top cameras in the market today. A smartphone used to cost the sky till some time ago. Now, you can be the owner of a proud phone with smart functions for under Rs 10,000. The mobiles section lists the best of the lot. A printer is a very useful accessory for your home computer. But which one should you buy? Also, importantly, how to maintain a printing machine at home? A primer on this in the Computing section. Is this the right time to buy a tablet or a laptop? Find it also in the Computing section. Direct-to-home brings quality television programming right into your home via a satellite dish. How Things Works explains how the whole process takes place. Plus, all the updates, reviews and launches from the world of gadgets and gizmos.
From the Internet to the iPod, from cell phones to laptops, technology rules the lives of urban Indians. Gadgets and Gizmos, a monthly magazine, cuts through the techno-babble by simplifying complicated technology into easy to understand information bytes that readers can use in buying and planning their technology. It uses its state-of-the-art test lab to put the latest gadgets through the toughest drills and then pronounces its verdict for readers. Because technology should make life simpler, not more complex.