Say Hello to Nokia Lumia 930

Yesterday, at Build 2014 Nokia shows it's new windows phone 8.1 flagship "Lumia 930". Phone is very much like latest Lumia icon But with some improvements of course.

What lumia 930 packs ?

• 5" full Hd clear black OLED display with 1920x1080 resolution @441ppi 
• Qualcomm's Snapdragon 800 Quad core processor clocked at 2.2GHz 
• 32 GB of internal storage (no SD card) and 2 GB of RAM
• 20 MP PureView Camera with dual Led and Carl Zeiss Optics with OIS and 1.3 mpx secondry camera 
• 4 dedicated Microphones for Next level of HD audio recording and calling 
• LTE connectivity and Wireless charging 
• 2420 mAh battery with 15.5 hrs of 3G talk-time in just single charge 
• Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi a/b/g/n/ac and NFC 
• Windows Phone 8.1

and there are some cool vivid colors to choose from like orange,green,white or black.As far as availability is concerned it will be shipped in late June and comes under the price tag of $599*

*amount without taxes 

for more details check out Nokia's official website : http://www.nokia.com/global/products/phone/lumia930/#1872576

Meet Windows Phone 8.1

At Moscone Center in San Francisco Microsoft Launched it's new Awaited Update to Windows Phone as windows phone 8.1 . Windows Phone 8 was highly popular and yes should be because of the fluid performance and great feature it offered, in 8.1 update they just jumped to another level Windows Phone 8 Plus 1 , you can say it's just some addition to windows phone 8.

So What's new in windows phone 8.1 ? 

Google Now and Siri is highly popular when it comes to Android and iOS But in Windows Phone 8 we don't have that much functionality. But wait is over Meet "Cortana" , windows phone shout to Android and iOS. It is the new personal voice assistant which is also very rich when it comes to functionality. 

Cortana can do following things for you with just your voice : 

• Setting Alarm/Reminders 
• Sending Texts 
• Calling some one 
• Weather search 
• Launch Applications 
• Some common Questions for Web search (like Google Now)
• Navigate to a place

these are just few things there are lot of other things to check out.

Action Center 

Boom! it's finally here, a common notification center for windows phone. With just a single swipe from the top and you can access your quick toggle setting for things like WiFi ,Bluetooth ,Airplane mode, Rotation lock, and just below them you will see all of your notifications from all sources weather it's text or email or even a miss call all at single place with just  a single swipe from anywhere, so don't worry if you miss them in live tiles you can catch them up anytime :) 

Personal Live Tiles

Don't like tiles color ? Want your own wallpaper or your photo for that matter ? yes! now you can do it so, in Windows Phone 8.1 you have the option to use your custom image for "Start Background". Your image only appear in tiles like sliced photo but hey! it's a good add on at least we have that customization option if anyone want to use. 

Word Flow Keyboard

Sounds different but this is just Windows Phone's swipe like keyboard input method. It allows users to type with just one hand by moving there fingers from one letter to other, more or less like swipe on android. Not a great add on but a good one for those moments when you can not use your both hands. 

Internet Explorer 11 

The new Internet Explorer is an upgrade to IE 10 found on Windows Phone 8. It features HTML 5 video codecs for embedded YouTube videos so you can enjoy desktop like experience, you also have In Private browsing which is quite handy when you want to open a site and don't want it to left any cookies or open tabs, and there are some more improvements to its functionality and performance.

Skype Integration 

Now you can make Skype call from your on going voice call, suppose you are talking to someone who is available on Skype as well so, from that voice call you can jump to Skype call with just a single tab on Skype logo next to call options. 

Some More Add On 

• Camera App Now feature Burst mode for continuous shooting options 
• Windows common search, home and back keys now part of the interface
• Now it's easy to project content of your phone to PC and Xbox
• Data sense, WiFi sense , Storage sense and battery saver tools for a good control over each activity.
• New Calender which can sync across your PC and Xbox as well.
• 3rd Row for tiles as we seen on Phones like Lumia 1520, Now it's common for all Windows Phone 8.1

 # Microsoft says it will be available with flagships like Lumia 930 in late April or starting of the May and Nokia announces that all of it's windows phone 8 devices will be updated to this version in late summers.

Samsung's New Tab 4 series goes official !

Samsung just launched all new lighter and thinner Tab line, people were hoping to see them back in MWC but it's never too late they are finally here.
there are 3 models in all, to be specific :

• Tab 4 7.0 (7" display)
• Tab 4 8.0 (8" display), and 
• Tab 4 10.1 (10.1 display) models 

 All the tablets are more on pocket friendly side so there hardware too.. but design wise a big thumbs up for Samsung they are very thin and Bezels are minimized to it's max which makes the tab look more sophisticated.

Now coming to there specs.

All The hardware are same for every tablet except there display sizes.. 

so they are packing with a 1.2GHz Quad core processor along with 1.5 GB of ram and 1200x800 resolution display (which is not so good for 10.1 version) we have 8/16GB inbuilt memory choices and we do have option to expend it via microSD card so smile :). When it comes to camera there is nothing to wow! about it's just 3Mpxl rear camera and 1.3 for the front to enjoy video calls.

They are running the latest 4.4 Kitkat with touch viz custom UI by samsung 

all the tabs are available in wifi/cellular version and hoping to lie down under $300 mark.

 

News Beat App For Android

Most of the people love reading news and stay update about what's happening around the world in their respective section of interest. There are ton of apps in the play store already.

News beat just arrived on play store with some different approach, it is essentially a customize-able news app which has the ability to read the news for you , yes! you don't need to read the news any more just listen to it, app will do it all for you.

How it works ? 
okay it's simple just tell the News Beat what you like most in news and it will only show the content from that section, after fetching news from different sources about that section it will start reading for you .. we have male and female voices. Though, voices are not human like but not as well as on robotic side it is okay for most of the words .. but sometimes it sounds robotic while speaking some kind of name or place. But hey its okay for that moment when you are not really in mood to read anything just plug your earphones or put the phone on a dock and just listen to some important thing happening near you.

The version i am using on my phone needs continuous internet connection while app reading an article so i believe net connection is must for this app.. there are no offline saving options yet and sources are very limited. Yes, we can add RSS of our choice but yet sources about some topics are few.. hope they bring up some more functionality in future updates but for the moment its worth listening.

Its Free On play store you can check out by clicking on the following link TRY UP!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tribune.tdv.newsplay

Link bubble App

Don't have any floating browser ? no issues link bubble is the solution. This newly popular app is very handy and it can save your ton of time...

HOW iT WORKS ?
Links from any application basically take you to your default Web Browser and you kind of leave that app for a moment but with Link Bubble its no more wating..

You can choose which application's link you want to open in Link Bubble. In the free version the choice of apps are limited but one should check free version before moving for the pro.
I have tried free version with my twitter app , whenever I clicked on any link it bring up a floating bubble and keep me in the twitter as well. So my link is also loading up in the background and I am reading some more tweets simultaneously as well so it saved up my hell lot time.

GIVE IT A TRY
here is the play store link :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.linkbubble.playstore&referrer=utm_source%3Dgoogle%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_term%3Dlink+bubble+app

HTC One (M8) is here !

Recently HTC revealed its new flagship smartphone HTC One (M8), which was one of the highly rumored and anticipated phone of 2014.
It is a successor to last year's HTC One (M7) with some good amount of improvements in every needed area.

LET's Find up whats new ..

Design : HTC is always known for some good construction designs for their phones.They didn't skip up here too. The New HTC One is a gorgeous looking handset with some premium choice materials and solid constructions. Rounded back also added a star to it's design which gives a more natural feel while holding the handset. It is a bit on heavy side (160g) but hey we cannot complained as its a solid phone.

Display : It has a larger 5" full HD super LCD 3 display with the resolution of 1920x1080 which gives a 440ppi.

Hardware : This guy is packing some power hub inside. Qualcomm's Snapdragon 801 Quad core CPU clocked at 2.3GHz coupled with adreno 330 GPU And 2 GB of Ram.

Storage : We have two variants 16 GB and 32 GB, and yes we now have Micro Sd support upto 128 GB. So data storage is not an issue on this phone.

Camera : "Ultra pixel technology taken up to next level" this is what HTC said .. now this phone have 2 camera's one for usual shooting and another captures the depth and details to give some nice looking photos and videos. on the front it's packing with 5 MP wide angle self clicker . Both front and back camera have F/2.0 lenses and are capable of recording in FHD and slow motions as well.

Boom Sound : The highly popular sounding system from HTC is present on this phone as well. This phone is coupled with two front firing speakers with nice depth tones and clarity.

Battery : 2600mAH non user replaceable battery is present on HTC one (M8) and company said it is good enough for 20 hrs of continuous talk time on 3G. Plus this phone have some extreme battery saver mode in which users can choose what their phone will run at a certain level of battery.

Gesture Control : HTC added some nice and useful gesture control to this phone. like double tap to wake/sleep, Right swipe on sleep display will directly take you to blink-feed home screen , Left will take you to widget screen, top to bottom will launch voice search and so on .

Accessories  : HTC also shown up a doted case with which user can check up time, weather , incoming call details and can even answer it as it supports touch, all this in a old fashioned LED style which is fantastic for saving battery and also looks different from the rush.

How to watch YouTube videos on Android without buffering

YouTube When we hear this name .. buffering is the first thing which popup in our minds.. well yes !

It's very frustrating at times when you actually want to see the video and it keep on buffering time after the time.... the biggest reason is of course SLOW INTERNET CONNECTION 

Now days, people use there smartphones more than computers of course.. Android and iOS are the leader in smartphone operating system... Both platforms have YouTube application and they offers some good preloading options ... 

What is Preloading in Mobile YouTube application and how it works ?

Preloading helps user to load the video when they are connected to wifi network so that they can watch that video later when there is no wifi connection or they move to slow net connection and even if they don't want to pay much to there carrier for 3G or LTE data..

Preloading save the videos in device memory so make sure you have some free memory in your device. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrVZvYtjTpM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Click on this youtube link to watch it 

World's first 64-bit octa-core mobile chipset

Qualcomm recently announced the very first 64-bit octa-core mobile chipset in the world. They named it as Qualcomm Snapdragon 615.

The main benefits of the 64-bit chip are ultimate power and higher memory support. Qualcomm also added the universal single chip which will support all the HSPA & LTE Bands across the world.
The snapdragon 615 will be powered by a Adreno 405 GPU which is the most powerful GPU till date.

So you have a Power Hub going here 8 Core with 64-bit support and fastest Graphic processor.. time will tell which phone bring all in one power piece.

BBM and Facebook Messenger Soon on Windows Phone!

Windows Phone to bring Happiness Soon!

Well Windows phone is very popular mobile operating system. It is fast, It is fluid but the application store is not as strong as compare to Apple App store or Google's Play store. Most popular apps like BBM , Facebook messenger are still not present on the windows phone marketplace.

Yes! it is growing day by day .. a month ago very popular Photo sharing app Instagram make it's way to windows phone and we will see some more in coming days

BBM and Facebook Messenger are coming very soon to windows phone Starting with Facebook Messenger, Joe Belfiore The VP of Microsoft made an announcement That Facebook messenger for all windows phone users will be available with in few weeks. Date is not announced so we only hope they launch it soon so that we can enjoy chatting with our Facebook pals.

Coming Next to BBM,  At  MWC 2014 Barcelona, Spain  BBM announced officially That BBM will make its way to Windows phone this summer. They said BBM will be available for free to all users and all the features which you could find on Android or iOS version of BBM ,you will get the same with the Windows phone version of course.
Oh well! not to forget BBM for Windows Phone will come with voice calls as well .

Samsung Galaxy Gear 2

Samsung just announced its next generation's Gear 2 Smart watch, to be honest it is a huge upgrade from what we seen in the past on Original Galaxy Gear. Lets see what's new and what is upgraded

Starting from the design it is more or less looks like it's previous version the original Gear but now it is little bit on thinner side,

Unlike it's previous version Gear 2 has 1.6" inch super AMOLED Display. 

When it comes to power.. The New Galaxy Gear 2 is powered by a 1GHz Dual core processor with 512MB of RAM and 4GB inbuilt storage which is a big and needed upgrade. Gear 2 is now capable of recording Videos in 1080p with it's built in camera on wrist strip but it is the same 2 MP like previous Gear. 

Smile, 

Gear 2 is IP-67 certified 

means it is Water Proof. You can now use it even in rain or while taking bath.

Now it also packs in It's own music player so when you working out you can listen tracks direct from your gear no need of phone for that. 

It is a Fitness Pal 

Galaxy Gear 2 have heart rate sensor and pedometer sensor to monitor all your workout and exercise throughout the day.

Infrared Blaster

It is equipped with IR blaster so you can now control TVs with your wrist. and even some more devices like Blue ray players and Set-top box etc. with some coming applications. 

Tizen OS 

It is Not android anymore.. Samsung chosen Tizen OS for it's Gear 2 watch. It is basically a Linux based open source operating system. and recently Samsung merge down It's Bada OS with Tizen. so it is more or less is owned by Intel and Samsung both.

Samsung Galaxy S5 is here..!

The most awaited and anticipated phone Samsung Galaxy S5 just got shown by Samsung at MWC 2014 just few minutes ago.. here are the information for the same.

The All new Samsung Galaxy S5 is more or less identical to s3 and s4 lineup ,but S5 got some nice doted texturing on its back. It comes in four colors The BLACK, WHITE , BLUE & GOLDEN.

Lets talk a bit about its Specifications and Features

DISPLAY
The Galaxy S5 have a 5.1"inch super amoled 1080p Display with some intelligent tone adjusters and super dim tones for night view.

UNDER the HOOD
The S5 is powered by a snapdragon 801 2.5GHz quad core processor with adreno 330 GPU and 2 GB of RAM.

CAMERA
The S5 spots a 16mpx shooter with world's fastest auto focusing (in smartphones) that is just 0.3 sec isn't it blazingly fast... Camera have some new HDR mode that can go on videos as well and selective focus mode which gives a DSLR like photos and even videos.
The camera is capable of recoding 4k slow motion videos.
The front camera is 2mpx with 1080p recording.

Water resistant
The phone is water resistant so if your phone accidentally falls in water it is safe don't worry you can take it out wipe with cloth and you are ready to go .

ULTRA POWER SAVING MODE
Well S5 comes with a nice large battery but what if you are running out of it .. the Ultra power saving mode is the solution for the same issue .. if you turn it on, your phone will become black and white and all data and wifi will turn off but you can still receive calls and texts.
Samaung says 10% of battery can last upto 24hrs if ultra power saving mode turned on.

Fingerprint Scanner
The most rumored fingerprint scanner is actually here on the physical home button of the phone. You can use it for payments. And also safe your personal stuff like photos videos and even apps. With out your finger no one can access your personal stuff.

Kids mode
Have kids ? What if they purchase something or might post something on your social site using your phone. Well the solution is here in kids mode you decide which apps you want your kid to access and other will remain blocked until you unlock them for kids.

Running android 4.4.2

HTC Desire 816 shown up at MWC 2014

At MWC 2014 , HTC unveiled its higher mid range smartphone Desire 816 , The phone have mid range specs and offers some impressive design and build.

The desire 816 have a
5.5" inch 720p display
1.6 GHz quad core snapdragon 400 processor
1.5 GB of Ram
13mpx (main) and 5 mpx (front) camera
8GB internal storage
2600 mAh battery
Boom Sound dual speakers
Blink feed on top of HTC sense 5.5

will be available soon in some cool vivid colors like white red and black.

The SONY Z2 is here

At MWC 2014 today in Barcelona , Sony unveiled its flagship android phone of 2014. The Name is Sony xperia Z2 a upgrade to very popular xperia Z1 .

Now when I said upgrade it is an upgrade in every area let's talk about it.

Starting from the display it is now a IPS panel which means no faded colors and better viewing angles, to be specific its 5.2" 1080p Display, compare to z1's 5" 1080p LCD Display it is a nice upgrade

When it comes to power, z2 is packed with snapdragon 801 processor with adreno 330 GPU and 3 GB of RAM more than enough for a android device...
unlike xperia z1 which has snapdragon 800 (still pretty powerful) with same  adreno 330 GPU and 2GB of ram.

Camera is same on z2 as well as z1, the 20.7mpx G lens camera., but the biggest difference is Xperia z2 can record videos in upto 4K resolution whereas, z1 ended up at 1080p. 

Z2 and z1 both are water and rust proof which is very great.

Nokia X Android Phone goes official

Today at MWC 2014 Barcelona , Nokia announced there first ever Android OS based phones... these phones are pretty affordable and very stylish when comes to its design and comes in different vivid colors.

Nokia call it the X series with 3 brand new phones :
* Nokia X
* Nokia X+
* Nokia XL

All the devices running on the custom UI made by Nokia on top of Android eco system.. so you have most of the popular android apps with you and you can download them straight to your phone from Nokia store.. Unfortunately Google Play Store is not available but you have all popular apps you  used to find on play store ..

Let us talk about the specs of the phones

Starting from the Nokia X it has a 4" IPS display with 800x480 resolution, a dual core 1 GHz snapdragon processor , 512 MB of Ram , 3 MP shooter , 4GB internal  and 1500 mAH battery .

Nokia X+ is identical to  Nokia X . The only upgrade is microsd card support and higher 768 MB of ram .

Nokia XL spots a larger 5" display with same 800x480 resolution., A 5Mpx main camera with flash and 2Mp front selffy camera, both can record in 720p, rest specs are same as X+ have.

PRICE

Nokia X is for 89 euros.
Nokia X+ is for 99 euros.
And
Nokia XL is for 109 euros.

*all prices mentioned above are before taxes