Thursday, 31 January 2013

ALCATEL 'One Touch Idol Ultra', World's Thinnest Smartphone

alcatel one touch idol ultra specifications
ALCATEL - well known brand in Europe - introduces their new android smartphone ALCATEL One Touch Idol Ultra at CES 2012 . Alcatel claims that it is the world’s thinnest smartphone in its category. The smartphone is just 6.45mm thick which is 15% thinner than APPLE iPhone 5.

The device is comes with outstanding features.One Touch Ultra features 4.7 inch HD AMOLED capacitive touch screen.Its resolution is 720 x 1280 with 316 ppi.The smartphone is powered by 1.2GHz dual core processor accompanied by 1GB of RAM and will runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system. 

alcatel one touch idol ultra reviews

It spots 8MP rear camera with LED flash and 1.3 MP front camera which has a ability of recording videos at 720p HD quality. Out of 16GB internal memory ,13.3GB is available to user. Memory can be expanded by 32GB via microSD card. 

Its battery is 1820 mAh which gives 8.5 hrs of talk time and 700 hrs of standby time. The smartphone is expected to launch in china first week of next month and will be priced about USD 444.

Features

  • Android 4.1 JellyBean
  • 1.2 GHz dual-core processor with 1GB RAM
  • 4.7 inch 720 x 1280 HD AMOLED display
  • 16 GB internal memory , expanded by 32 GB
  • Slimmest smartphone 6.45mm (34.4 x 68.5 x 6.45 mm)
  • 8 MP rear camera and 1.3 MP front camera with 720p HD recording
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Friday, 25 January 2013

Sony to launch Sony Xperia Z and Sony Xperia ZL

sony xperia z and sony xperia zl

Sony has announced two smartphones Sony Xperia Z and Sony Xperia ZL at the CES2013 (Consumer Electronic Show) in Las Vegas, USA. Both the smartphones will launch with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. These smartphones should be the best phones to comes out from the Sony. Both these smartphones have impressive look and fantastic hardware features.
Sony Xperia Z and Xperia ZL sports a 5 inch full HD 1920 x 1080p display. Its rectangular in shape with rounded corners.Xperia ZL have more compact screen because Xperia ZL is thicker and shorter than Xperia Z where Xperia z have a width about 7.9mm. Xperia z have smooth reflective surface on its all side and is covered with tempered glas and anti shadow film on its front and back. Xperia ZL have rubbish back surface.Both the screens have a pixel density of 443 pixel per inch and is powered by Mobile Bravia Engine 2. Xperia Z is waterproof and dust resistant and is IP57 certified. So you can carry it even in rain, shower or beach etc.

These devices runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system and and packs in a 1.5 GHZ Qualcomm S4 PRO quad-core processor. It has 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal memory. The memory can be expanded by 32GB via microSD card.
Both have same camera features - 13 MP rear camera and 2MP front camera with Exmor RS sensor and is fast capture featured. It has a capability of1080p HDR video recording. For Xperia ZL the front camera is placed bottom right corner.
For connectivity, the Xperia Z  and Xperia ZL supports LTE, 4G for superfast entertainment.The one touch connectivity functions allows the users to share photos, music and videos from smartphone to an array of NFC enabled SONY devices.

Its  Battery will have a talk time of 14-15 hrs and standby time of 500 hrs. The smartphone comes with a special application called Battery Stamina which we can be used to improve battery life by up to 4 times. We can blacklist applications which run continuously in background. This will increase the standby time up to 4 times.

Sony Xperia Z will be available in purple, black or white in color and Xperia ZL in black or white in color. Both these smartphones are expected to arrive on first quarter of this year.



sony xperia z black and sony xperia zl white


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sony xperia z black and sony xperia zl white back side


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Tuesday, 22 January 2013

Samsung SII Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update on February


It is good news for Samsung SII owners. Samsung has announced Jelly Bean update and we can expect it to receive on this February. According to the report from CNET, singapore owners will be the first one to get the Jelly Bean update. Jelly Bean update will be available only through KIES software. It should be a major firmware upgrade.

After this update, the internal memory will reduced from 12GB to 11GB. The reduced 1GB of memory will be used for system partition.

Features of 4.2 Jelly Bean Upgrade

  • New software upgrade from Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
  • Preloaded applications :- Google+, +talk, play book, play movie, Help
  • Improved camera functions like pause while recording
  • Pop-up play which allows users to continue video while texting, emailing , browsing etc.
  • Improved functions and application usability
  • Improved home screen.
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Monday, 21 January 2013

Micromax Launches A116 Canvas HD With Quad CPU


After  launching Micromax A110 , Micromax is going to launch its successor Micromax A116 Canvas HD with quad-core processor. This smartphone will be a budget smartphone and available for about RS 15K ($280). We can expect this smartphone about in first week of February.


It comes with a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and 5” 720p IPS screen and is powered by Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system. It has significant improvement over its previous version - Micromax A110 . The new model has quad-core cpu at 1.2GHz, 1GB RAM , Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system and its 720p display. The micromax A110 has only dual core processor at 1GHz, 512MB RAM, Android 4.0.1 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system and WVGA resolution displays.




Its has 8MP rear camera with LED flash and 4X zoom and 0.3MP front camera. They are included 4GB internal storage and can be expanded by 32GB via micro SD card. This dual sim smartphone is powered by 2100mAh battery. This should be a high end smartphone with an affordable budget.

Key Features

  • 1.2 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT 6589 processor
  • Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Operating System
  • 1GB RAM
  • 5 inch 720p HD display
  • 4GB internal memory , expanded by 32 GB
  • 8MP rear camera with LED Flash, 0.3MP Front camera
  • 2100mAh battery

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Samsung sold 100 M Galaxy S Smartphones



Samsung has announced that it has sold more than 100 million Galaxy S devices. They announced their first Galaxy S series smartphone - Samsung Galaxy S - on May 2010. Out of all Galaxy S smartphone . Galaxy SIII is selling at much faster rate of 30 million in 5 months and 40 million in 7 months, and after becoming a million seller in only 50 days after its release last May. Currently it is selling at an average rate of 190,000 units per day. The Galaxy SII , which is 20 months old, hits the sales of over 40 million. The sold about 25 million Galaxy S smartphone.



Galaxy S was launched on june 2010 and achieved 10 million within first 7 months. After the success of Galaxy S, Galaxy SII launched the industry on April 2011. It takes only 5 months to reach its sales 10 million. These two phones were comes with dual core processors. On May 2012, samsung unveiled their first smartphone - SamSung Galaxy SII - with Quad Core processor . It revolutionized the user experience. Within 100 days it achieved 200 million sales.


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Thursday, 17 January 2013

Pocket Budget - Simple Budget App




This app simply manages our budgets. It is one of the top budget app. It can manage different budgets simultaneously.User can add new budgets and can categories expenses and incomes.

If we make any mistakes on creating a budget or category or adding expense or income , we can easily rectify it. It allows user to edit their budgets. ie categories and budgets and fully customizable. Its UI are very clean and neat and color themes are also applicable.

It allows filtering options such as date filter, category filter. One another feature is user can add recurring transactions. User can set a time period for a particular transaction and it automatically enter the transaction for that period of time.

All transactions are displayed as both graphs and lists. The graphs  like display shows you what percentage of your budget you have spent so that you can easily analyse our budget.

We can back up , export and restore transactions.

Its premium version provide
  • Disabled advertisements(Ads)
  • Password protection
  • Option to choose currency
It is available for both android and iOS devices.

Click here to download for android
Click here to download for iOS

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Wednesday, 16 January 2013

HTC Butterfly Specification And Reviews


HTC unveiled another latest smartphone known as HTC BUTTERFLY. It comes with 5 inch capacitive Super LCD 3 touch screen. It is the first smartphone by HTC with 1080 HD display. The highlight of HTC Butterfly is its  1920 x 1080 display with corning gorilla glass2 and pixel density of 441 per inch which delivers superior sharpness, white balance, and color accuracy for everything you see.



The device runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean  and is powered on 1.5GHz Qualcomm S4 quad-core processor. Its operating system Android v4.1 Jelly Bean can be later upgraded to Android v4.2 Jelly Bean. With the power of fast, latest generation 1.5GHz Qualcomm S4 quad-core processor along with  2GB RAM , should deliver you a enchant experience. Along with 16GB internal storage (expandable by 32 GB) , it gives you 25GB of Dropbox space free for two years.

It has 8MP 1080p autofocus back camera and 2.1MP front camera.With the 88 degree ultra wide front angle lens, the photos should be stylish .HTC process images so fast and you don't have to wait between shots.Its flash light have five levels of flash which automatically set by distance to subject.

It supports only micro sim card.Its battery is embedded rechargeable li-polymer battery with capacity of 2020 mAh.

Key Features

  • Android 4.1
  • 5 inch Super LCD 3 1920 x 1080 display
  • 8 Megapixel Camera with Autofocus
  • 1.5GHz Qualcomm S4 quad-core processor
  • Beats Audio

Specifications

General
  • 2G Network : GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
  • 3G Network : HSDPA 850 / 2100
  • 4G Network : LTE (market dependent)
  • Sim : Micro Sim

Features
  • OS : Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
  • CPU : Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait
  • GPU : Adreno 320
  • Sensors : Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
  • Java MIDP emulator
  • TV-out (via MHL A/V link)

Display
  • Type  : Super LCD 3 capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
  • Size   : 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.0 inches (~441 ppi pixel density)
  • Corning Gorilla Glass 2 protection
  • HTC Sense UI 4+

Body
  • Dimensions : 143 x 70.5 x 9.1 mm (5.63 x 2.78 x 0.36 in)
  • Weight : 140g (4.94 oz)

Camera
  • Primary : 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
  • Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, face and smile detection
  • Video : 1080p@30fps, stereo sound, video stabilization.
  • Secondary :  2.1 MP, 1080p@30fps

Sound
  • Alert types : Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
  • Loudspeaker
  • 3.5mm jack
  • Beats Audio sound enhancement

Memory
  • Card slot : microSD, up to 32GB
  • Internal : 16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
  • RAM : 2GB

Connectivity
  • GPRS
  • EDGE
  • Speed : HSPA+; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
  • WLAN : Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
  • Bluetooth : v4.0 with A2DP
  • NFC
  • USB : microUSB v2.0 (MHL)

Battery
  • Non-removable Li-Po 2020 mAh battery
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Deep Sleep Battery Saver App Review


Deep sleep is the latest battery power saver app for android.It allows you to manage and optimize the battery usage of your android devices. Deepsleep battery saver constantly puts the device to deep sleep mode while screen off and so increase your uptime. It brings you most out of your battery.


It comes with five predefined profiles-Gentle, Balance, Strong, Aggressive, Slumberer. For advanced users it provides a custom profile mode which allows users to customize profile according their use. Custom profiles gives the following features

  • Separate between weekday vs weekend settings
  • Frequency: device is turned on DS mode at a selected frequency
  • Duration: device is woke up after for a selected duration after a each frequency cycle
  • Wireless & network: control radio setting during DS on
  • Sync: Control sync strategy and sync account, auto-sync
  • Apps: Select apps that will be stopped during DS on
  • CPU: Process twist - root only
  • Night period: During this period, device is always in DS mode








We can use this app in about 15 different languages which we can change at run time. Deep sleep battery saver is fully automatic, Once configured, it runs and saves your battery by itself. It does so by smartly managing Wifi, Mobile data, Bluetooth and Screen Brightness: Turning them off when you don't need them, but ensure minimum disturbance: Automatic turned ON when needed by you or by other apps. In notification area , it displays a battery life indicator.


It saves considerable amount of battery power and on different profile modes it can save about 10 to 25 percentage of power. It is available in both free and paid version.Paid version comes with advanced control for better performance and it is available for Rs 107.31. This app is rated 4.4 about 642 ratings. You can download this app from here
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Thursday, 10 January 2013

Tips For Extending android battery life



When we buy smart phones, we give special attention to its battery life. It is impossible that we can charge our phone by charger anytime. Also we don’t like our phone get switched off in the middle of an important call or an important task and its too pain for us. But for sometimes, even though the manufacturer advertise great battery life, we don’t get the optimum use of battery. If we skips some unnecessary usages and unwanted settings, we can achieve great results. Before going to power saving tips navigate to settings ->About Phone -> Battery Use. Now You can see what are the tasks and apps which are consuming your phone’s battery. It lists applications and features in a descending order of battery use.Here I am going tell you some useful power-saving tips and tricks which will extends your battery life.




1. Reduce display brightness

Battery is drawn mostly by the display. So turning the brightness down is the best way to minimize the battery usage. By lowering the screen timeouts (Settings -> Display), also minimize battery usage. This let your phone sleeps automatically. If we set auto brightness function is a one step solution to balancing battery life. Try to avoid animated backgrounds on your phone.

2. Kill unwanted background apps and tasks

There may be so many apps run in the background and so they need processing power. Navigate to Settings ->Applications->Running Services , you can see the background running apps. Some of these apps are need to be run all the time and some are not. If apps like gmail don't run in background, we don’t get notified of incoming mails.Apps for gaming and playing videos are not needed for background run.

Some application like ‘ Advanced Task Killer ’ can be used to kill these unwanted background running apps manually. It lists all the running apps and we can kill the apps which are not needed for background run. So we can keep our phone running smoothly and free of unwanted background processes.


3. Use Advanced services only when you need it

Services like 3G, Wifi, hotspot , bluetooth, gps also need processing power. Once GPS is activated , it constantly searches for satellites. So turn off GPS unless you need to track location or something.So turn on this features only you need it. This can improves your battery life upto a great extend. I you turn on wifi all the time, then it searches for wifi every time. If you have to transfer large files , use wifi.So you can transfer it quickly.The faster and better the connection, battery usage will be less.The same thing is applies also for hotspot and bluetooth.

4. UnInstall unwanted apps

If you no longer need an app, uninstall it. Because it will check for updates every time which is battery consuming.


5. Turn Auto Sync off

For some application we don’t need to sync all the time. For example , If we switched on auto sync for facebook contacts, it always searches for auto sync. We can sync manually it within a period of one week or more. So our contacts get updated.


6. Keep battery battery cool when charging


If your battery is become too hot , it will reduce battery life. On charging, battery may get hot.So keep it cool - charge in a cool atmosphere -  otherwise battery get died.


7. Transfer data through USB

f you have to transfer files to your pc , use USB instead of bluetooth or wifi. This results faster file transfer and so less usage of battery power.

8. Use headset

Using headset while calling , listening to music and watching videos, results less usage of battery.


Some power managing apps like Deep Sleep Battery Saver can improve battery life by controlling systems which consuming power , such as screen , gps, unwanted background running apps, radio, etc.

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Monday, 7 January 2013

Fight back - The first app for women safety

FightBack, the women's safety smartphone application, sends SOS alerts from your phone to friends or family when you feel at risk.

This app is developed by Tech Mahindra. Tech Mahindra had long back developed this application which was being used only by the staff members of Mahindra Group.After the Abuse of a woman in New Delhi;they have now thrown open this smart phone application for public use, beyond Mahindra employees.

The FightBack app allows the user to press on a panic button whenever he/she feels unsafe.FightBack uses GPS, SMS, location maps, GPRS ,email and your Facebook account to inform your loved ones in case you are in danger.
Currently, the application is available to any smart phones with Android, Symbian and Blackberry Operating Systems. We can expect its availability for non smartphone users also.i.e. you can expect an equal application for ordinary phones also from it.

Steps - How to download the application

  • Register yourself or login through Facebook with Post click.
  • After the successful Login in the portal, Click to Download.
  • Enter the mobile number on which you want to deploy for the Fight Back application.
  • Select your handset on which you would like to download the application from the device list.
  • Click on Download button, n you will receive the link to download via SMS.
  • By clicking on the downloadable link within the received SMS your application will start
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