Smartbuy issue dated March 2, 2011

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New Honda Accord Dell Venue Pro

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F1 2011 Calendar

WHAT’S HOT this week

Team Smartbuy Editorial Anushya Mamtora anushya@thehindu.co.in

Beat it!

Sennheiser HD 598

Ketaki Bhojnagarwala ketaki@thehindu.co.in

Mahananda Bohidar mahananda@thehindu.co.in

S. Muralidhar muraliswami@thehindu.co.in

Design Bryan Gaughan aqua@thehindu.co.in

Balakrishnan designkbala@thehindu.co.in

Advertising Contact R. Diwakar ramdiwakar@thehindu.co.in

Web Advertising Contact N. Amarnath amarnath@thehindu.co.in

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The brand new HD 598 from Sennheiser is designed to deliver crystal clear acoustics with a special diaphragm geometry that minimises distortion during playback.

The proprietary E.A.R. (Eargonomic Acoustic Refinement) design channels the audio in the right direction. The beige-coloured, circumaural headphones come with high-gloss burl wood parts and matching ear pads for a sophisticated, premium finish.

Rs 12,990

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Pretty in pink Transcend MP330 Apart from supporting regular formats like MP3, .wma and .wav, the trendy Transcend MP330 supports FLAC files and WMA-DRM10 protected files too. The player features a high signal-to-noise ratio of over 90dB to deliver superior audio output.

It has seven advanced equaliser effects to choose from, including a user-customisable one. It is equipped with a unique removable sport clip and is designed for plug-and-play use.

Rs 2,500 (2GB), Rs 2,599 (4GB), Rs 3,415 (8GB)

Inter-connect!

WD My Book Live The My Book Live home network drive comes with a built-in media server that makes it a simple solution to view multimedia on systems connected to the home network. You can even stream digital media to your telly through a DLNA certified multimedia device.

You can access and share all the content stored in My Book Live from any Internetconnected PC or Mac using WD’s free remote access service.

Rs 7,699 (1 TB) Rs 10,699 (2 TB)

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Your first click!

Fujifilm FinePix J40 Targeted at beginners, the Fujifilm FinePix J40 is a 12-megapixel digicam with a 3x optical zoom lens and a 3-inch LCD screen. It offers shooting modes like Portrait, Backlit Portrait, Night Portrait, Landscape, Night and Micro along with Face Detection and Image Stabilisation.

Rs 6,499

Game’s in your hands Sony Xperia PLAY The Sony Xperia PLAY features a brilliant 4-inch multitouch screen, a 5-meg clicker and integrated social networking features. Slide out the keyboard to convert it to a gaming console. The slide-out game pad reveals a digital D-pad, two touch pads, two shoulder buttons and the four PlayStation icons: circle, cross, square and triangle. The gaming-smartphone runs on the Snapdragon processor with a 1Ghz CPU and embedded Adreno GPU graphics processor that helps deliver silky smooth 60fps play-back 3D mobile gaming and Web browsing with minimal power consumption.

To be announced

Experience hi-def Iomega ScreenPlay MX The Iomega ScreenPlay MX HD Media Player centralises all your digital entertainment content and allows you to enjoy them right from your large screen HDTV. With more media formats (including H.264, WMV, RMVB), brilliant 1080p HD quality for a magnificent picture and superior sound, you’ll enjoy your videos, movies, photos and music even more.

Iomega Protection Suite software is included to ensure all your digital content is safe and secure.

Rs 7,999 (1TB); Rs 9,999 (2TB) Note - The picture carried along with ‘Totem Wind’ in the issue dated Feb 16, 2011 did not depict the aforementioned product. The picture was that of ‘Totem Tribe Sub’.

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SMARTPHONE review

The big boy Ketaki Bhojnagarwala ell and Microsoft.

When the two giants of the computing world get together, a smartphone is the last thing you’d expect. Dell has failed to make a mark with handsets so far, unless you include the Androidpowered tablet, the Streak.

And Microsoft, well there isn’t really much to say about WinMo. So have the companies redeemed themselves with the Dell Venue Pro?

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Living large The Dell Venue Pro is definitely not a phone for dainty fingers. At first sight, it’s intimidating – heavy, large and exuding ‘machoness’ from every angle. But then you notice the detailing.

Gentle sloping edges, chrome plated sides and the textured, engraved geometric pattern on the back panel.

The phone comes with a 4.1-inch AMOLED screen, that’s one grade below the Super AMOLED display that the Samsung Galaxy S blew us away with. The shiny black fascia has three touch sensitive buttons at the bottom – the standard WP7 ones for Back, Windows (Home) and Search. A quick slide upwards will display the full QWERTY keypad that’s hidden below. Because of the size of the phone, the Photos: S.S. Kumar

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keys are well spaced out and large. There’s a dedicated function, symbol and smiley key for heavy texters. We found typing a breeze on the pull-out keypad, and were also really impressed by the touch screen one that was spot-on even in portrait mode.

The bottom has stereo speakers embedded in the body and encased in a steel grille, along with a mini USB port. A 3.5mm headphone jack sits on top and the rear panel has a 5-megger camera with LED flash. There’s a dedicated camera button on the side.

User interface You can unlock the phone with a quick press of the power button, and a screensaver flashes on the screen, with date and time in a nice big font. A simple slide upwards reveals the WP7 home screen, which consists of colourful tiles.

There is no main menu button here that brings up your apps – you can choose instead to keep adding shortcuts in the form of tiles to the home screen. If you swipe to the left, you get a list of all the programs and applications installed on the phone, and you can choose to add any of these as a tile on the main home screen.

Like most smartphones, there’s social networking integrated into the handset. So that means you can log on to your Facebook account, as well as get to configure multiple email accounts like Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo. If you’re using any email service apart from these three you have an option to configure that too. Setting them up is as simple as punching in your username and password, and the phone takes care of the rest. On the review handset, we had Facebook, Hotmail and Gmail as the configured accounts. You don’t have one integrated mailbox for all your mails – instead they show up on different tiles on the home screen. Like with Android phones however, you do get an integrated contact list. The ‘People’ tile displays all your phonebook and SNS contacts in one unified list, along with thumbnails of their profile pictures – so it’s a nice colourful list.

Text messages are displayed as a thread, however, while you can choose to delete an entire thread of messages, there is no way of completely wiping your inbox clean unless you select each thread manually or do a factory reset.

Media The default browser on the Dell Venue Pro is Internet

s are back!

Explorer. Pages were quick to load even on a GPRS connection, and you can open multiple tabs. We had some issues with the Windows Marketplace – no matter how much we tried, we were unable to get it to load as it continually flashed ‘Windows Marketplace is currently unavailable in your area/region’. We faced this problem with the HTC Mozart which we reviewed last week too, so we feel that this is a problem with WP7 and not the handset. Considering that apps are a key indicator of OS, we think that Microsoft should rectify this problem soon.

This also posed a problem when we tried to stream YouTube videos, as it requires a Video app to be downloaded from the Marketplace. Xbox Live too needed an update from the Marketplace, so we were unable to log into our accounts.

Facebook and Windows Live come together as an integrated app under ‘Me’. You can post your status updates directly to both sites from here. Be warned though, notifications, requests and inbox messages aren’t displayed here so you’ll have to access the Facebook mobile site on IE for more. There’s no direct Twitter app either, which is a shame.

For shutterbugs, the camera is a decent 5-megger, and captured photos well even in low light. There were light noise levels in some photographs, but that’s to be expected in most mobile phone cameras. You can access all your photos from the Pictures app, where even your Facebook photo albums are also displayed, so you can see all your pics at a glance.

Data can’t be transferred through simple drag and drop – instead you’ll have to install Microsoft Zune on your computer and sync your phone from there.

The phone supports .mpeg4 and .wmv video files. We loaded Frost/Nixon on it and were really impressed – there was no stagger between frames, and the screen was large enough for two to three people to comfortably watch the film. The sound quality from the stereo speakers was outstanding, and we were able to follow the movie clearly even in a noisy room.

The ‘Home’ button on the phone with the Windows logo also functions as a voice command button with a long press. While it responded to simple commands like ‘Call Mom’, it tended to get confused with Indian names, and also failed to accurately launch applications most of the time.

The phone comes with TTY/TTD access for the hearing

or speech impaired, a thoughtful feature from Microsoft.

You also get access to a whole suite of Microsoft Office apps – so you can edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents.

Performance The Dell Venue Pro runs on a 1GHz processor, which is pretty standard for most high-end smartphones nowadays. While we were able to multi-task, the phone tended to freeze very often, especially during heavy usage. This can usually be rectified by simply locking and unlocking the phone – but it does lose points on our test rating because of that.

The battery life was decent – we got about a day and a half of charge with multiple accounts configured and heavy talktime and browsing. However, we didn’t use Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, so you might drain power if you have those turned on.

The phone we got also comes with only 16GB of internal storage, which is not expandable – an iPhone-esque feature we thought it could have done without. We’re hoping Dell at least comes up with a 32GB version so that people with higher media usage needs will be able to use it to its full potential.

Our verdict The Dell Venue Pro scores in terms of smartphone design – touch and full QWERTY – and is the way to go for a business phone. Its excellent screen and sound quality also make it media friendly. Our main concerns are the niggling issues with the WP7 OS, but we think that once Microsoft vamps it up with a few upgrades, this could be the phone to buy.

Love: Professional build, AMOLED screen Hate: Phone tends to freeze, no Bluetooth transfers Rs 34,990 ketaki@thehindu.co.in

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GAME preview

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hen it comes to sequels, developers tend to religiously adhere to the ‘bigger is better’ philosophy throwing in larger levels, more enemies, and bigger bosses. But as games like Resistance 2 have proven, shoving a 300-foot boss into a game is useless if you’re unable to weave engaging gameplay around it. That’s what Guerrilla Games has attempted to do with Killzone 3, particularly in the preview build that we recently had the opportunity to play.

This level finds you - Tomas Sevchenko aka Sev, and your Alpha team buddies in uncomfortably close proximity to the MAWLR, a 900-foot Helghast boss. It’s so big that it takes up the entire level. Naturally, the objective is to take it down and make it out alive, but as always, that’s easier said than done. Not only is the MAWLR continuously unleashing a barrage of rocket and machine gun fire your way, but you’ll also constantly find yourself up against a variety of Helghast soldiers for intermittent fire fights.

The scale is immense, and there’s always the feeling in the back of your mind that while you’re picking off Hig soldiers one by one, one stomp of the MAWLR’s football field-sized foot is all it will take to wipe out the entire ISA battalion. As in Killzone 2, you

won’t have much time to stop and take in the sights. You’re constantly on the move; sometimes trudging through narrow trenches in close combat situations reminiscent of the Call of Duty games, while at other times, the level opens up for larger gun battles with varied levels of elevation and avenues for flanking the enemy. Flanking and blind-siding an enemy allowed us to get close enough to try out Killzone 3’s new melee combat. From simply snapping an enemy’s neck for a quick and dirty kill to shoving a knife through a Helghast soldier’s glowing orange eye, and then twisting it around for good measure, Killzone 3’s melee kills are full of glorious gore and brutality.

If you’ve played Killzone 2, you can probably imagine that Alpha squad leader Rico Velasquez won’t be winning any popularity contests at the ISA any time soon. This is well conveyed in this level, with Captain Narville always unwilling to do things Rico’s way, regardless of whether he’s right or wrong, and the otherwise close friendship between Rico and Sev also feels somewhat frosty. This obviously leads to a lot of friction within the group, which will be very interesting to watch unfold over the course of the game. While most of the returning characters look nearly the same, Rico seems to have aged far more since

Killzone 2 and now sports an afro and gruffy beard, a far cry from the clean cut model soldier he once was.

Killzone 2 set the graphical benchmark for console shooters, and Killzone 3 is set to raise the bar even higher.

Despite the constant presence of a 900-foot boss, explosions going off everywhere, and several soldiers and enemies on-screen, the game handles itself brilliantly, without a pixel out of place. Though the environment here looks similar to what we saw in the last game, the developers have promised more variety in terms of environments, including snow and jungles. The preview level ended with the Alpha squad taking to the air to finish off the MAWLR, which had been softened up with rocket attacks for what seemed like a good 30-45 minutes. It’s a fitting and frantic end to the level, with your craft steering violently to avoid being taken out. After spending all this time in its deathly shadow, you finally get to hover over the metal monstrosity as you land the killer blow.

Guerrillas have nailed the David versus Goliath experience; a handful of men had taken down a boss the size of a small town. This, though, was just one level; a tantalising sliver of what Killzone 3 will bring to the table later this month.

Developer- Guerrilla Games Publisher- Sony Computer Entertainment Platform - PlayStation 3 CHIP (Sameer Desai)

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ACCESSORY review

Team Smartbuy y now most cell phone users are either being forced to use a hands-free due to legislation or because they are sensible enough to avoid skirmishes with the law or worse, meet with an accident.

However, despite a rash of new hands-free and Bluetooth headsets being launched there seems to be a never ending quest for greater versatility amongst users. They don’t fit right, there are ones with connectivity issues, some can’t do anything else and many just don’t last.

Plantronics’ latest K100 could be the answer to all those who hate those fragile hands-frees that feature uncomfortable silicone cups and have also lost quite a few along the way.

Coming from one of the largest independent hands-free manufacturers, the new K100 packs in quite a bit more than just wireless, Bluetooth connectivity for mobile phones.

Most cars users still have to fumble with their in-ear hands-free headsets, because only a small clique of car makers offers the feature in their vehicles. Even when they do, often the feature is only available on the high-end variants.

The Plantronics K100 is a clip-on handsfree meant for use in cars. It adopts a minimalist design approach and actually looks like a cool modern day take on a traditional pocket radio. The device is designed to be clipped on to the visor.

Two microphones located on the top of the unit are directed towards you as you drive and they save you the trouble of speaking at the top of your voice.

You activate the Bluetooth pairing mode on the Plantronics K100 with a long-press of the multifunction button till the indicator light starts blinking red/blue. Then you look for the device like you would do for any Bluetooth-enabled system and pair it with your smartphone.

One of the most interesting features of the K100 is its ability to stream audio via the car speakers. This can be done by setting the FM transmitter’s frequency of the car’s A/V system and the K100 at the same wavelength.

Once mounted, we pressed the FM button on the K100 for it to announce the FM transit channel. We then matched the specific FM frequency in the FM tuner in the car to that emitted by the K100. Now, we were all ready to transmit calls and stream audio; for example, GPS directions from our handset to the car stereo. Do keep in mind that this feature will only work with devices that are A2DP-enabled.

The sound quality over the K100 was decent and comfortably loud enough to be heard while you are in a car with a bunch of people.

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Frees your hand and mind

Connectivity jargon 3G You can’t have missed the huge 3G billboards and 3G service providers advertising this super-fast internet connectivity option every two minutes on your telly.

3G is exactly what they claim it is!

Smartphones that are 3G-enabled will be able to support high-speed data transmissions. In simpler words, it’ll take you lesser time to post an FB update or check out your friend’s party pictures as it will to have a quick video chat with

your folks back home or stream YouTube videos quicker than you ever have.

Needless to say, this will be taking a toll on the battery which is why most smartphones come with a ‘one working day’ battery life these days.

WiMax An abbreviation of Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, WiMax is a wireless internet connectivity that operates within a limited area much like Wi-Fi.

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It uses towers that transmit signals within a certain area and if you have a handset or laptop that supports WiMax connectivity then you can access the internet on your portable device from any place within the range of that specific network.

Apart from speeds that might soon put 3G to shame, WiMax also means you have uninterrupted connectivity and easy access to the hub, considering it takes comparatively less capital to set it up.

*Subject to circuit approval

To be announced

AUTO focus

Honda signs a new Accord S. Muralidhar little over two years after it launched the 8th generation Accord in India, Honda has decided to refresh its flagship offering with some subtle additions.

Whether it is the competition that is the reason for the change or Honda’s felt need to keep the car ahead of the

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game, the all-new Accord should be good news for the buyer. But, be forewarned that the changes to the Accord are not very many and not too dramatic either. The two engine options too remain the same and there hasn’t been any attempt at tweaking them, since they were both pretty much amongst the best options available in the luxury segment.

Design touches The changes that have been made to the Accord, both to the exterior and the interior, are more for improving the car’s luxury quotient and to offer more value. The biggest change to the exterior that will be immediately visible is the sunroof, which has now become part of standard fitment across the Accord range.

At the front, the Accord gets a new chrome-accentuated three-line bonnet grille design. The front bumper too has gone under the knife and gets a new sharper, sportier design compared to the previous version. The lines on the bumper are now sharper and merge into the bonnet ridge line and airdam precisely. Another addition is the turn indicators that have now been integrated into the outside rear view mirrors.

The Accord V6 model also gets a new set of alloy wheels with a five, twin-spoke design. At the rear, chrome garnish strips run below the tail-lamps to boost the ‘premiumness’ of the car.

Plusher interiors For the interiors, Honda has chosen to add dashes of luxury and functionality. I step into the new Accord we were testing and there is the inviting warmth of lacquered wood all around the car.

On the dashboard and in the inserts for the door trim, there is now are a lot of wooden panels that enhance the interior of the Accord. The dashboard layout and overall quality remain the same and the interiors look just a shade brighter and well-lit (also thanks to the sunroof).

The changes to the Accord’s interior also includes the addition of a cruise control system and steering mounted controls for the same, featuring one-touch operation. The key to the car also gets a novelty feature with a jackknife

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Photos: S. Muralidhar

style opening and folding design.

The audio system in the Accord also sports some changes to improve quality of reproduction; it also features the active noise control system (in the V6 grade), which eliminates booming during the operation of the variable cylinder management (VCM). The system emits an identical, but out-of-phase sound from the audio speakers to counter the engine noise, and operates even if the audio system is switched off.

A safe drive To give the Accord’s safety record a leg up, Honda engineers have also added Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA). The feature enables the driver to stay in control during tight cornering, heavy acceleration and sudden manoeuvres by

automatically activating braking to the wheels on either side of the car depending on the need. The system can also modify engine torque output characteristics to keep the car stable and safe.

The other safety features include ABS with EBD, six intelligent airbags, the innovative occupant position detection system, the active head restraint system and the passenger and pedestrian crash safety features, which have all been carried forward from the previous version.

We test drove the new, refreshed Accord from Delhi to Agra and were reminded of the familiar engine characteristics and ride quality that the 8th generation Accord is known for. The 2.4-litre i-VTEC engine generates a peak power of 180 PS and is paired with either a five-speed manual transmission or a five-speed automatic transmis-

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sion, with steering-mounted paddle shifters for optional manual inputs. The other, more advanced and powerful engine option is the 3.5-litre V6 engine that generates a strong 275 PS of peak power when all six cylinders are operating – a fact that needs mention because this engine is endowed with VCM. The system switches between six, four and three cylinder combustion depending on the driving conditions and driver demands. VCM ensures smooth transitions and power delivery, while simultaneously making sure that fuel economy is optimised.

The new Honda Accord has been priced at Rs 19.6 lakh for the 2.4L manual transmission, Rs 20.36 lakh for the 2.4L automatic and Rs 26.41 lakh for the 3.5L V6. muraliswami@thehindu.co.in

BATHING bliss

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Your bathroom should be a place to relax, forget about the stresses of the day and, if you’re a proper tech-head, take in some telly on a wall-mounted, waterproof TV screen. The Complete Bathroom Collection featured here is designed by Philippe Starck, produced by Hansgrohe and Duravit and offers minimalist, modern comfort.

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Duravit Starck 1 WC and bidet

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The design of this toilet and bidet is inspired by an oldfashioned bucket and pail.

A free-standing bath tap and shower fitting. When off, it automatically reverts from a shower to a bath to avoid accidental soakings.

WC: Rs 78,000 Bidet: Rs 29,000 onwards 2

Waview waterproof LCD TV

Rs 1.04 lakh onwards

This 22-inch 1680x1050-pixel TV can be wall-mounted and is impervious to splashes.

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Pantone soap pump and Solo soap dish

Duravit Starck 1 bath

Rs 1.8 lakh onwards

Classic Pantone colours to match your bathroom’s decor.

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Panasonic ES-RF41

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Four-blade shaver with a flexible head that adjusts to the contours of your face.

Rs 1,500 onwards

Simplehuman X-Frame laundry hamper

Rs 12,000

Simple fabric basket with space for a weeks’ dirty laundry.

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Duravit Starck 1 vanity unit Wash basin and cabinet with a familiar, bucket-inspired design.

Rs 6,000

Basin: Rs 22,000 onwards Vanity unit: Rs 1.3 lakh onwards 9 *All prices are approximate

Salter MiBody analyser scale Measures your body fat, muscle mass and BMI.

This material is translated or reproduced from T3 magazine and is the copyright of or licensed to Future Publishing Limited, a Future plc group company, UK 2011. Used under license. All rights reserved

Rs 5,000

EXTRAS

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You can add remote-controlled coloured lights and a whirlpool system to this deluxe acrylic tub.

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Axor Starck single lever bath and shower mixer

SING IN THE SHOWER

UP THE MOOD

PURE ONE MINI

SPA LIGHTS

Pure’s One DAB range has been officially certified as safe for bathroom use with Intertek Test Lap accreditation. It includes textSCAN for pausing scrolling song titles and a 3.5mm jack for an MP3 player.

Add a ChargePAK battery for 20 hours of mains-free bath time listening.

Mimic the ambience of a relaxing spa with these colour-changing LED lights.

Powered by two AAA batteries, you can attach these fully waterproof lights to the side of the bath tub using suction pads or let them float on the surface. Choose from pink, blue and white versions.

Rs 3,000

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BRUSH OR DENTIST?

MAKE YOUR OWN JACUZZI

ORAL-B TRIUMPH PC 5000

BUBBLE SPA BATH MAT

This rechargeable electric toothbrush provides real-time updates wirelessly to a digital display, letting you know if you’re brushing too hard, not brushing evenly enough or simply not brushing for long enough. It’s much like having a dental hygienist locked in your bathroom cabinet.

If you can’t quite afford a proper Jacuzzi, the Bubble Spa Bath Mat is the next best thing. Place the inflated cushion on the bottom of your tub and its 300 aeration vents will fill your bath with bubbles. Control the duration of your bubbly bathing with the wireless remote control.

Rs 12,000

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MELANGE luxury redefined

Butter delights The Nature’s Co. has a fascinating range of ten body butters to pamper your skin. Choose from bitter almond, chocolate-mint, orange, mango, lavender, rose, peach and others at its stores across India.

Rs 1,095 to 1,125 (200ml)

A fun duet Crocs’ latest is its innovative Duet collection that features clogs with softer uppers and a tougher outsole and flip-flops with dualdensity construction and a soft footstrap.

Available in a wide range of colours and personalised charms at Crocs stores.

Rs 1,795 (Duet Flip) and Rs 2,195 (Duet Clog)

Golden glances Part of Porsche Design’s 2011 collection, this pair of sunglasses with frames crafted in 18k gold, provides UV protection, features unbreakable polycarbonate lenses and boasts a classic design. Available at its store in Emporio Mall, New Delhi.

Price on request

Jewelled clutches Adding a bling accessory to your wardrobe is luxury jewellery brand gordonMax with its new Crysthelo evening bags. From simple pastels to trendy patterns, these bags are embellished with Swarovski crystals and are available at its boutiques in New Delhi and Noida.

Price on request

Puma bowls over Puma joins the World Cup fervour with some interesting merchandise.

From special shoes, to bats, gloves and pads, stock up on your favourite cricket products by heading to Puma outlets.

Rs 5,999 (shoe in pic)

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PREMIUM interiors

Classy kitchens Bringing in chic and savvy kitchens to Indian homes is the newly launched global brand Bulthaup with splendid designs and artistic décor. Check out its showroom in New Delhi for some exclusive designs for living spaces.

Regal seating

Midas touch

Eclectic patterns, elegant touches and exotic fabrics make The Great Eastern Home’s new Art & Easy Chair collection of single seaters a treat to sit on.

Available at its store in Mumbai.

Exquisite golden accent furniture comes your way with House of Raro’s latest Regal Gold Leaf collection. Side tables, mirrors and settees, these little pieces of furniture make a lovely luxurious addition to your home. Available at its stores in New Delhi and Mumbai.

Nature’s own Viya Home’s latest is the Bagh collection that takes inspiration from the sacred fig tree, marigold flower and sand dune ripples, to craft coffee tables, cocktail tables, screens and panels in metal. Available at its showrooms in New Delhi and Mumbai.

Elegant crafting American brand Henredon’s Upholstery and Leather collection has some gorgeous sofas, love seats, chairs and sectionals in a neat array of designs, textures, fabrics and colours. Available at International Furniture Brands, New Delhi. *Price on request for all products

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