XOLO A510s : Metal Multitasker @7499

XOLO has launched another mid-range smartphone in the 500-series. XOLO A510s with improved hardware is priced at just 7499/-. The device sports a metal back with a premium finish.
It has a 4 inch FWVGA IPS display, an upgrade from the WVGA screen.

Key features of A510s as published by XOLO in its official website are:

1GB RAM with 1.3 GHz Dual Core Processor
Multi-task seamlessly and smoothly with 1.3 GHz Dual-core Processor backed by 1GB RAM. Run several applications with ease, and without lag.

10.16 cm (4) FWVGA IPS Display
Get a brilliant viewing experience on the 245 PPI FWVGA IPS Display. Watch videos and play games on the wide view screen.

5 MP Rear Camera
Capture life's beautiful moments with the brilliant 5 MP Rear Camera that allows crisp photography anytime and everytime.

HD Recording and Playback
The A510s gives a great video recording experience, thanks to its inbuilt HD 720P recording feature.
 Specification

Network	Frequency Bands HSDPA/HSUPA	GSM 900/1800 WCDMA 2100 up to 21.1 Mbps (DL) up to 5.76 Mbps (UL)
Processor	Chipset CPU	MTK 6572 1.3 GHz Dual Core
Graphics core	Chipset	Mali-400 MP
Design	Dimensions Hard Keys  Slots	128 x 63 x 8.98 mm Power key Volume key SIM card slots (2) Micro USB micro SD Card slot 3.5 mm audio jack
Display	Display Size Resolution Colors Display Type	10.16 cm (4.0) FWVGA 480 x 854 245 Pixels Per Inch 16 M IPS
Operating System	Android™ v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
GPS	Assisted GPS
Camera	Rear camera Front camera Flash support	5 MP VGA Operator Video Calling Yes, single LED
Sensors	Accelerometer Ambient light sensor Proximity sensor
Audio	Audio codecs supported FM Radio Support	MP3, AAC , AAC+, 3GP, AMR-NB, AMR-WB,WAV, EAAC+, MIDI, WMA Yes
Video	Video Recording Rear Video Playback Video codecs supported Video Player	720p 720p MPEG4, H.264, H.263 Android Video Player
Connectivity	USB Bluetooth Wi-Fi	USB 2.0 v4.0 802.11 b/g/n
Memory	Internal Memory RAM Expandable Memory	4 GB 1 GB up to 32 GB
Battery	Battery capacity Talk time (2G) Talk time (3G) Browsing (3G) Music playback (earphones) Video playback (using wired headsets) Total standby time (2G, single SIM) Total standby time (3G, single SIM)	1400 mAh up to 13 hours up to 6.8 hours up to 2.9 hours up to 59.19 hours up to 5 hours up to 424 hours up to 416 hours

Swipe Halo Fone : A Smartphone-tablet with 6.5" display @6999

Mobile handset manufacturing firm,Swipe, introduced its latest product Swipe Halo Fone to market.
A smartphone-tablet hybrid can be a choice of gadget lovers. Device is launched in India at an attractive price of 6999/-.

The new Swipe tablet features voice-calling (dual-SIM GSM+GSM), Android 4.2.2. Jelly Bean and 1.3GHz Cortex A7 dual-core processor along with 512 MB of RAM. The Halo Fone is exclusively sold through most of the e-commerce sites online.

Specifications of Swipe Halo Fone Tablet

General
Brand	Swipe
Model ID	Halo Fone
Color	Black
SIM	Dual SIM, GSM + GSM, (Dual Standby)
Processor	1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 Dual Core
Graphics	Mali-400 2D / 3D
Voice Call	Yes
Supported Networks	2G: GSM 900, 1800; 3G: UMTS 2100

Platform
Operating System	Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Sensors	Proximity Sensor, Gravity Sensor, Accelerometer

Memory
RAM	512 MB DDR3

Storage
Internal Storage	4 GB (Available user memory of the device may be lower than the stated memory due to default pre-installed apps and device OS)
Expandable Storage Capacity	32 GB
Memory Card Slot type	microSD

Display
Display Type	6.5 inch TFT LCD Capacitive Touchscreen with 800 x 480 pixels ,256 K Colors
Other Display Features	Pinch-to-Zoom, OGS Technology

Camera
Primary Camera	2 megapixels
Secondary Camera	0.3 megapixels
Zoom	Digital Zoom
Video Recording	Yes at 640 x 480
Other Camera Features	Flash Support

Business Features
Mail Features	Email
Document Support	Document Viewer, Document Editor

Battery
Battery Type	2800 mAh Lithium
Talk Time	6 hrs
Standby Time	150 hrs
Internet Browsing Time	4 hrs

Internet Connectivity
Wi-Fi	Yes, 802.11 b/g/n
3G	Yes
Other Internet Connectivity Options	Gprs, Edge
Pre-Installed Browser	Android, WAP

Multimedia
Video Playback	Yes , HD Playback
Video Formats Supported	MOV, MP4, FLV, 3GP, WMV, AVI
Audio Formats Supported	FLAC, AAC, MP2, OGG, WAV, MP3
Radio	Yes

Navigation
GPS	Yes, A-GPS
Map Support	Google Maps

Connectivity
USB	Yes
Audio Jack	3.5 mm Headphone Jack and 3.5 mm Microphone Jack
Bluetooth	v2, Supported Profiles(A2DP)

Dimensions
Dimensions	101 x 183 x 9 mm
Weight	235 g

Additional Features
Widgets, Multi-tasking, VOIP Apps, Games, Alarm, Calculator, Calendar

Warranty
Warranty Summary	1 Year manufacturer warranty for the Tablet, 6 months manufacturer warranty for other inbox accessories

specification source : flipkart

Installing MODx CMS on XAMPP

Steps to install MODx on XAMPP

1. Download MODx Revolutions Traditional package.
2. Unzip and extract contents into htdocs folder.
3. Make user all the required modules are enabled and settings configured in php.ini settings (refer MODx site for requirements)
4. Rename ht.access file to .htaccess in root, core and manager folder.
1. Problem with windows is, files can not exist without file name. So ht.access can not be renamed using windows GUI.  Switch to command line mode and do a rename using "rename ht.access .htaccess" command.
5. Now, browse MODx using your favorite browser.
1. It  is common to browse to root level index.php page. When browsed to index page, you may encounter "503 Error : Could not load MODx config file" error. eg: if you have extracted contents into "modxdemo" folder, your url would be "localhost/modxdemo".
2. Instead of navigating to "localhost/modxdemo", navigate to "setup" folder, i.e., "localhost/modxdemo/setup" and follow the setup instruction. 
1. MODx will show a welcome message, click next.
2. Leave the default selection of "new installation" and click next.
3. Provide you DB type and DB connection details, click on "Test database server connection and view collations." link.
4. If connection is successful, you will be prompted to select collation and character set for the tables.
5. After selection , click on "Create or test selection of your database".
6. Provide site admin details and click next.
7. MODx displays installation summary, and may ask you to correct somethings if it is not right. If every requirement is in green, click install button.
8. This will install MODx CMS, basically it creates all the necessary tables for content management.
9. After installation, click next in the summary page.
10. A final Thanking message is displayed with login button.
11. Clicking on login button will ensure the setup directory is deleted from the root folder.
12. Now login with admin credentials and start creating content, installing extensions and templates etc.
13. Try navigating to root page i.e., "localhost/modxdemo" now, you'll see a blank page. Don't panic here, nothing went wrong. Blank page is displayed because no content is added yet. 
14. Add some content to home page (Resource) from the admin panel and refresh the page.

       voila...! there you go, you see the content and your site is ready to publish contents using MODx CMS.

There are some workarounds over internet to fix "503 Error : Could not load MODx config file" error. This includes creating "config.inc.php" inside "core/config" folder. This is surely resolve 503 error but results in another error "XPODdriver_ not found", I have no idea of fixing this error by doing any workaround. Instead of getting into some cumbersome techniques and wasting time, follow the steps described above to install MODx and get it up and running smoothly.

Open Source PHP CMS

There are plenty of CMS out there, some are paid and some are open source. In spite of dozens of framework only few are success in becoming a development choice. Here is the small list of frameworks which are popular.

Wordpress
      Wordpress has a huge developer community with plenty of documentation and tutorials available.
Provide flexibility to create any kind of site with its collection of free and paid plugins. Major drawback with wordpress is, Security issues and no direct support except user forums and community.

Joomla
     Joomla is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications.Joomla! has a long development history and a very active developer community (with over 200,000 users and contributors), so finding information and tutorials is easy.

Drupal
Drupal has a very active community, with a number of IRC channels, forums, and even face-to-face Drupal events. Drupal is used by many high-profile companies.There are more than 6,000 add-ons (“modules”) available for Drupal, making it easy to extend Drupal’s functionality to do just about anything you want. 

SilverStripe
SilverStripe is good for developers and designers who are comfortable with code. It is a flexible open source Content Management System that gives everyone involved in a web project the tools they need to do their jobs. Users can get official support from SilverStrip LTD.

Cushy CMS
It is free for unlimited users, unlimited changes, unlimited pages and unlimited sites but doesn’t let you use your own logo or your own domain name for the admin panel, or customize the admin experience. Because of the nature of CushyCMS, there are no plugins or pre-defined themes.

Concrete5
Concrete 5 comes with the tag "A CMS made for Marketing, but strong enough for Geeks!". It is  very user-friendly for non-technical users, who may be the ones managing the site’s content. According to the 2010 Open Source CMS Market Share Report, concrete5′s developer community is the fastest growing among any open source CMS.

Frog CMS
It simplifies content management by offering an elegant user interface, flexible templating per page, simple user management and permissions, as well as the tools necessary for file management. Frog CMS is a PHP version of Radiant CMS, a well known Ruby on Rails application.

MODx
MODX Revolution is the web content management system that gives you complete control over your site and content, with the flexibility and scalability to grow with your business.

List of more CMS

PHP Nuke Free
Post Nuke Free
Open Effect Free
Uber PHP CMS Free (German)
Fire Site Free
EZ Publish Free (You can pay to recieve it on a cd with documentation etc) 
Site Box Free
Bee Hive Free version and Paid version (didn't have a price)
Mambo Server Free and Paid versions
Typo3 Free (thanks mjames)
Harpia Free
PHP Portal Project Free/Pay (thanks galt) 

Some more CMS

APC ActionApps - http://www.apc.org/actionapps/
Ariadne - http://www.muze.nl/ariadne/
Back-End - http://www.back-end.org
Bitflux - http://www.bitflux.ch/developer/
Bricolage - http://www.bricolage.cc/
C-Arbre - http://realink.org/c-arbre/doc/
CAMPSITE - http://www.campware.org/campsite/
Cocoon - http://xml.apache.org
Cofax - http://www.cofax.org
Coranto - http://coranto.gweilo.org/
DaCode - http://www.dacode.org
DCP-Portal - http://www.dcp-portal.com
Easy Publisher - http://www.easypublisher.com
Edit-X - http://www.edit-x.com/
Geeklog - http://www.geeklog.org
Krysalis - http://www.interakt.ro/products/Krysalis/index.php
Mambo - http://sourceforge.net/projects/mambo/
Mason - http://www.masonhq.com/
mCubes - http://www.mCubes.com/
Metadot - http://www.metadot.net
Midgard - http://www.midgard-project.org/
MMBase - http://www.mmbase.org
MySource - http://mysource.squiz.net/
N/X - http://nxwcms.sourceforge.net/
OpenACS - http://openacs.org/
OpenCMS - http://www.opencms.org
Pagetool - http://www.pagetool.org
phpCMS - http://phpcms.de/homepage/phpcms/index.htm
PHPNuke - http://www.phpnuke.org
PHProjekt - http://www.phprojekt.com/
phpSlash - http://www.phpslash.org
phpWebSite - http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu/
Redhat CCM - http://www.redhat.com/software/ccm/
Scoop - http://scoop.kur5hin.org
Slash - http://www.slashcode.com
Squishdot - http://www.squishdot.org
SSR - http://www.ssrtech.com/
TeaServlet - http://opensource.go.com/
thatware - http://www.atthat.com/
ttCMS - http://www.ttcms.com
Webgenerator-X - http://webgenerator-x.com
WebGUI - http://plainblack.com/webgui
WebMake - http://webmake.taint.org/
WebTop - http://webtop.newfangled.com
Wyona - http://www.wyona.org/
Xinity - http://www.xinity.org/
Xoops - http://xoops.sourceforge.net/
Zope - http://www.zope.org
EZ Contents - http://www.visualshapers.com
SiteWorksPro - http://www.siteworkspro.com/
VirtuaNews - http://www.virtuanews.co.uk/

Let me know if i have missed out some of your favorite CMS in this list.