The Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 is a beautifully designed Netbook that comes in a variety of exciting colors.  Equipped with the Intel Atom N280 processor, the netbook boast of a 1 gig RAM with a 250 gig Hard Drive, 10.1″ environment friendly LED display, 4-in-1 card reader and comes with the latest Windows 7 Starter edition.

In terms of looks, it’s the most innovative that we’ve seen so far. It’s available at autsun.com in 4 variants:

- Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 – 29572UQ Red Netbook
- Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 – 29572TQ White(Sailing) Netbook
- Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 – 29572WQ White(Nature) Netbook
- Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 – 29572VQ White(Happy Bird) Netbook

Autsun is offering free all India shipping on all these models from the Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 range. Get the coupon code here, or see Autsun’s twitter page.

Thomas Friedman, well known, Pulitzer-prize winning author of the book Hot, Flat and Crowded… is in India and wrote an interesting piece in the NY Times on 17-Feb which appeared in The Times of India today. It’s interesting how negatives are often highlighted by the political classes and it is left to social thinkers and authors to raise voices of sanity amidst chaos.

Mark Twain said: “Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.”

Well, in 21st Century, there are many more attractive ways to transport yourself. Facebook, MySpace, SecondLife — lots of places to hang out on the Internet.

The Harry Potter revolution created many young readers (the series has so far sold more than 400 million copies worldwide), however readership trends show a worldwide decline. The movie franchise contributed to many people getting so excited by the movies that they picked up the books afterwards (or in the words of J. W. Eagan: “Never judge a book by its movie”).

It’s not as if people have stopped acquiring knowledge. Browsing the internet has become the easiest way to access all types of information in a fast-food sort of way. Other innovative companies are trying to find a middle-path between technology and tradition — Kindle from Amazon is a good example.

Experts will tell you that “reading is good for you” and throw a lot of mumbo-jumbo at you — try and get a grip on this paragraph from Wikipedia: “Reading is a multi-dimensional cognitive process of decoding symbols for the purpose of deriving meaning (reading comprehension) and/or constructing meaning. Written information is received by the retina, processed by the primary visual cortex, and interpreted in Wernicke’s area.”

See? Precise information extracted from the uber-library in a matter of seconds.

Online shopping is finally taking off in India. However, some customers are a little unsure of making purchases for a variety of concerns — e.g. concerns about getting the genuine article, concerns about timely delivery, and concerns about online fraud.

At autsun.com, all these concerns have been painstakingly addressed to take customer satisfaction to a new level altogether.

1 Buy from a genuine seller,  not from an unkown face in the marketplace

Unlike most other websites, autsun.com is not a marketplace. autsun.com is a genuine retailer, authorized dealer/distributor that has strong back end tie-ups with more than 100 brands (and growing). Products are directly shipped to the customer by autsun.com — no intermediaries involved!

2 Get original, authentic, warranty loaded branded products ONLY!

All products listed on autsun.com are covered by brand/manufacturer warranties. This service does **not** sell grey market products or products without bill or warranty.

3 Get deliveries anywhere in India, in as little as 24 hours!

Sounds unbelievable, but its true. Read what some of the shoppers have to say about service and delivery. autsun.com does charge you for shipping on certain items, but the shipping costs are nominal — and don’t you think a couple of extra bucks to get delivery in a timely fashion is worth the while? autsun.com provides you with tracking number and a shipment tracking URL from one of the world’s best courier companies, that allows you a fairly close view on even the minor movements of your package. So no worries, no hassles on account of tracking your shipment.

4 Security of your financial instruments

autsun.com does not collect any financial information from you. autsun accepts VISA/Mastercard, Amex, Netbanking, SMS payment and even cheques! The customer punches in the financial info like credit card number etc directly on the bank’s site, so you can feel absolutely safe about your sensitive financial data. What’s more, autsun.com has a truly advanced (human intervention based) fraud-screening system to protect the interest of a credit card holder.

5 Personalized, truly!

Ever called some customer support and waited in long queues to talk to a rep? At autsun.com it’s different. You get truly personalized, caring, customer support that doesn’t end at just your call. Proper follow-up is ensured for every single call or email so that any open issue is resolved to your complete satisfaction.

With these concerns put to rest, it would definitely be worth the while to use the convenience of ordering online @autsun.com.

This phone is cheaper than BlackBerry Bold. It is also leaner, meaner.

A 320×240 screen. Large, ultra-clear display.

Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE phone with 850MHz/1900MHz UMTS/HSDPA support, Wi-Fi 802.11 a,b,g, Bluetooth 2.0, and GPS.

Email. Qwerty keyboard. microSD card slot. Exceptional battery life in spite of extensive email, web usage.

One of the best looking phones from the Nokia stable.

Comes with a free headset too?

So ask again – Why is Nokia E71 such an exciting phone?

The new MacBook is now available @autsun.com. The new MacBooks are a remarkable design achievement, and are definitely one of the best value-for-money deals available in notebooks. Apple has continuously spruced up this range of notebooks to look and perform better.

The new MacBook is machined from a single block of aluminium – Apple chose this material because it provides the thinnest, lightest raw material they were looking for in order to create an ultra light weight notebook. The chunk of aluminium is sliced to produce what is called a ‘UniBody’.

The notebook display uses the new LED lighting that is high on energy savings and also provides a brighter display. Apple has recently moved to LED displays.

One of the major improvements in the new MacBook is the GPU, which according to Apple engineers is 5 times faster than the previous MacBooks.

Another interesting feature is the new bigger trackpad without any click buttons — instead, the entire new glass trackpad can now act as a button and also allows for a wider range of gesture-controlled functions. Pretty nifty!

autsun.com is selling the entire range of new MacBook and MacBookPro products in India, one of the very few sites to be selling genuine Apple products at attractive prices. The service is offering delivery within 2 days anywhere in India.

Imagining India: Ideas for the New Century is now available @autsun.com

Book Summary:
Since the early 1990s, India has witnessed great social, political and cultural change. As the world’s largest democracy, its most diverse nation and one of its fastest growing economies, India is now, sixty years after Independence, universally regarded as an emerging superpower. In this sweeping and comprehensive book, one of the country’s finest and most dynamic minds examines the central ideas that have shaped modern India, and offers an original perspective on our past, present and future.

Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, who has been a key player in India’s growth story, points out that the country’s future rests on more than simply economic growth; it also depends on reform and innovation in all sectors of public life. Looking closely at India’s recent history, he examines the ideas and attitudes that evolved with the times and contributed to the country’s progress, as well as those that kept it shackled to old, unproductive and fundamentally undemocratic ways. He discusses how India’s early socialist policies, despite good intentions and astonishing idealism, stifled growth and weakened democracy; how, contrary to received wisdom, the country’s large and overwhelmingly young population has now become its greatest strength; how information technology is revolutionizing not just business but also governance in the everyday life of a vast majority of Indians; and how rapid urbanization is transforming both society and politics.

Nilekani also gets to the heart of charged debates about caste politics, labour reform, infrastructure, higher education, the English language in India and the role of the state in a globalized world where the wealth of big corporations exceeds that of some nations. And as he does this, he asks the key questions of the future: how will India as a global power avoid the mistakes of earlier development models? Will further access to the open market continue to stimulate such extraordinary growth? And how will this growth affect-and be shaped by-the country’s young people?

India is in the middle of a huge transformational process, Nilekani argues, and only a safety net of ideas-from genuinely inclusive democracy to social security, from public health to sustainable energy-can transcend political agendas and safeguard the country’s future.

Buy @autsun.com

Get a 10% discount and receive next day delivery in the Indian sub-continent.