Tuesday 25 February 2014

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 .




Monday 24 February 2014

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