A.R.Rahman Bags 2 Grammy

"This is insane, God is great again"

This is what A.R.Rahman said after getting his second grammy award at Los Angeles.

"Slumdog Millionaire" composer A.R. Rahman struck gold twice at the 52th Grammy Awards.

Rahman won the first Grammy in the best compilation soundtrack for a motion picture category and second for his chartbuster 'Jai Ho' from 'Slumdog Millionaire' in the best Motion Picture song category.


Rahman's rivals in the soundtrack category included Steve Jordan for 'Cadillac Records', Quentin Tarantino for 'Inglourious Basterds', and the producers of 'Twilight' and 'True Blood'.

Before Rahman only three Indians, Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, Tabla wizard Zakir Hussain, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt who has the distinction of creating the Mohan Veena, were able win Grammy awards and that too only when they collaborated with other western musicians.

Altough Rehman is the first one to get a grammy in India for individual performance for the movie 'Slumdog Millionaire' but I think we have seen his much better work in movies like Dil Se, Roza, Rang de Basanti etc, but these movies were not even nominated.

Apple Tablet iPad

Finally Apple unveiled its tablet computer, the iPad.

“This is our most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device at an unbelievable price.”
That was how Steve Jobs described the iPad when he unveiled it on 27th Jan, Wednesday at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco.

So what is the iPad?

iPad is a device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, reading e-books and much more. So at one go its a larger iPod touch with ereader like capabilities as well. So it pretty much takes Amazon’s Kindle head on as well.

The size and layout of IPad,

Weight: 1.5 pounds (0.68 kg) Wi-Fi model;

1.6 pounds (0.73 kg) Wi-Fi + 3G model

iPad Pricing Details:

iPad 16 GB with WiFi: $499, with 3G: $629
iPad 32 GB with WiFi: $599, with 3G: $729
iPad 64 GB with WiFi: $699, with 3G: $829

The specifications of the device are -

• 9.7″ LED multi-touch display
• 1024 x 768 resolution
• 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB memory options
• 1GHz Apple A4 processor
• Accelerometer sensor
• Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n)
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR technology
• UMTS/HSDPA (for the 3G model)
• Up to 10 hours battery backup and a month of standby
• 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack

iPad will be available in late March 2010 in US. But there is not word on International launch. So folks here in India will have to wait.

Dont forget to checkout the Video of Apple iPad Hands on: