Unique Infoways has opened a new marketplace, House of Technology (HOT), at the Nehru Place Metro station, New Delhi. The USP of the marketplace is it's open 24X7 the year round and features close to 100 technology brands under one roof.

The HOT mall offers products ranging from laptops, desktops, peripherals, accessories, mobiles, tablets, smartphones, gaming equipment to cameras and much more. More than 100 brands include the likes of Apple, Dell, Lenovo, IBM, HCL, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Fujitsu, Samsung, LG, Blackberry, HTC, Nokia, Sony, Motorolla, Micromax, Canon, Fujifilms, Nikon, Panasonic, Viewsonic, Bose, Siennehiser, Jabra, iBall, Philips, Huwaei, Hitachi, Compaq, Casio.

While HOT’s East Wing has electronic gadgets from Air Conditioners and Audio Systems to cameras and smart phones, the West Wing of the store would cater specifically to the IT related products that include computers, lap tops, tablets, accessories besides security systems like CCTV cameras etc.

HOT expects about 12,000 footfalls daily and targets a sale of approximately 20 crores per month.

“We are pleased that we have been able to bring together all the premium IT brands under one umbrella called HOT, making this a truly one stop destination for all gadget needs.Iam proud to dedicate HOT - India’s largest, world class and interactive digital lifestyle centreto the people of Delhi,” says Mr. Vipul Jain, CEO & Promoter, UniqueInfoways.

 

Analysts suggests that the next generation home console from Microsoft and Sony will launch by the end of the year. Both the consoles will be priced around the $350 to $400 price point. It is expected that the Sony’s PS4 will launch in October where as the next Xbox, the Xbox 720, will be available in November. Bot the consoles will be made available just in time for the year-end holiday season. Relevantly, another batch of rumours indicate that the two consoles will possibly be unveiled at GDC ahead of E3 this year, though we'll take that news with a pinch of salt. 

When Microsoft launched the Xbox 360 back in 2005, the top end version of the console cost $399 for the 20GB variant. The price of the 360 was significantly lower than its rival the PS3 that launched a year later at $499 and $599 for the two models. The analyst suggest that the new consoles will be unveiled at E3 2013 in June, but other speculations on the Internet suggest that Sony and Microsoft may hold their own events just before E3 to give gamers a “first glimpse” of the consoles. When Nintendo unveiled the Wii U it did so at E3, but it did hold its own events in subsequent months leading to the launch of the console which gave us more information about the launch and games lineup for the system.

Analysts also suggest that the next generation consoles will be built from off the shelf PC hardware. The Xbox 360 had backward compatibility with a limited library of games, but the backward compatibility was pretty good. The PS3 on the other hand, well the less spoken the better. The fear of backward compatibility is a lot more when it comes to the PS3 games working on the PS4 rather than the Xbox. This will not only enable them in cost control during production, but will also make the process of game development a lot easier. The Sony chose a unique Cell-based architecture for the PS3, which was not only more powerful than the Xbox 360, but was also more powerful then some high end PC’s at the time of the console's launch. The downside was that the PS3 was priced way too high for the average gamer and the process of developing games for the system was a nightmare. 

Initially, both the PS3 and the Xbox 360 were sold at a loss, but the 360 had the first mover’s advantage (launching a console before the competition), and also had an easier game development cycle. The war for online and exclusive games started a bit later.

Well, it looks as though this wasn’t just a rumor. Best Buy Canada has the image you see above visible on its homepage along with confirmation of the December 7 release date. Unfortunately, clicking on the image does not lead to a page full of details about the Wii Mini.

If the image is correct, though, then the Wii Mini is indeed a smaller unit. Just look at its proportions next to the Wii Remote Plus in the image. I’d guess the new machine measures just 157 x 170mm, with a depth probably similar to the existing Wii. That 157mm width would match the current console, with the space saving coming from the depth (currently 215mm).