Everything was going fine, moreover life was rotating its scheduled
task with technology but at the end of week most went flat, first it was just a
scratch to my head but as I went down through tech blogs it was WOW!!! Yeah kindle are back, back with a bang.
Reaching Mobile
Quick Specification
- Google Play access
- touch slider with QWERTY keyboard
- 3.5-inch HVGA LCD touchscreen
- 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon Processor
- 500 mAh Li-Ion Battery
- 3.2-megapixel camera with LED flash and video capture,
- 2GB SD card and microSD card slot with up to 32GB support
- Wi-Fi and Stereo Bluetooth connectivity
Virgin Mobile USA now offers the Ice Cream Sandwich-powered
Kyocera Rise for $99 without a contract
We know Microsoft is BIG and so is Window 8. With Nokia
switching from its Symbian OS to window 8 phone, Nokia has been trying its best
to recover the era of smartphones. We have rumors of a Zune like smartphone
named Zeal which is a middle priced device. Microsoft introduced the original
Zune in 2006 at a time when competitor Apple was already on its
fifth-generation iPod. Despite offering a handful of advantages over the iPod
at the time such as an FM radio and a much larger screen that detailed album
art. Microsoft was unable to put a sizable dent in Apple's already dominant
music player market share and quietly announced its retirement last October. Some
specs are
- 1.0GHz dual-core processor
- 512MB of RAM
- 8GB of storage
- microSD slot
With Motorola concentrating more on quality than quantity,
it has come up with Razr series. With feature such as Corning Gorilla Glass
displays, DuPont Kevlar fiber and a splash-guard coating on the outside, Android
Ice Cream Sandwich with soon upgrade to Jelly Beans and access to Google Play Razr
M, Razr HD and Droid Razr Maxx HD are surely for good.
Motorola Razr M
The Motorola Razr M packs a Super Amoled Advanced 4.3-inch
display with 40 percent more screen real estate and a 40 percent more powerful
battery than the Apple iPhone 4S. It further features a wider keyboard, YouTube
and Web with Chrome for Android, and it even spotlights an easy-to-use tutorial
for interactive help with customization. The handset comes in “sleek black” or
“stand out white,” and it will roll out soon to “several Asia Pacific
countries.” The United States can get the Razr M now on the Verizon Wireless 4G
LTE network for just $99.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year
customer agreement.
Motorola Razr HD
The Motorola Razr HD boasts a 4.7-inch HD display with the
same clarity as an HDTV and 85 percent better color saturation and 50 percent
more pixels per inch than the Apple iPhone 4S. It also features a 1,780-mAh
battery for up to 10 hours of movie- and TV-viewing or six hours of surfing the
Web. Folks also get six hours of voice-guided turn-by-turn GPS navigation on a
single charge. The handset comes in “sleek black” or “stand out white,” and it
will roll out soon to Asia Pacific, Europe, North America and Latin America.
The United States will get the Razr HD before the holidays on the Verizon
Wireless 4G LTE network. More information on pricing is not available at this
time.
Droid Razr Maxx HD
The Droid Razr Maxx HD has the same features as the RazrHD,
but it offers 32 hours of performance. The company brags that Maxx HD owners
will get up to 10 hours of YouTube HD content or they can Web surf up to 8
hours. The handset will be available to U.S. customers in black before the
holidays on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network. More details on availability
and pricing will arrive later in the year.
With ongoing demands comes diversity and with diversity comes
series. Similarly Sony has come up with Xperia Series.
Sony Xperia J
The Xperia J is the designated entry-level model out of the
three, but we still find a lot of things to like about the phone. The J should
be a good and affordable choice for budget-conscious folks who want to upgrade
to an ICS phone. As an extra, an upgrade to Jelly Bean is already promised by
Sony – and we know that they tend to keep their word.
Here are its main specs and features:
- 4-inch display (480 x 854 pixels)
- Single-core 1GHz processor
- 512MB RAM
- 4GB onboard storage, microSD card slot
- 5MP rear camera, VGA front-facing camera
- 1,750mAh battery
- Android 4.0 ICS
- Available in Black, Gold, Pink, and White
Sony Xperia V
It’s easy to classify the Xperia V as a mid-range phone, but
it actually offers mostly similar specs to the bigger brother. It all boils
down to your size preference. The Xperia V can pride itself on its dust and
water-resistant body, as well as the fact that it is LTE capable from the get
go. Just like the J and the T, we can expect to see Jelly Bean shortly after
its launch.
Here are its main specs and features:
- 4.3-inch display (720 x 1,280 pixels)
- Dual-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 processor
- 1GB RAM
- 8GB onboard storage, microSD card slot
- 13MP rear camera, VGA front-facing camera
- 1,750mAh battery
- IP57 certified (dust and water resistant)
- Android 4.0 ICS
- 4G LTE
- Available in Black, Pink, and White
Sony Xperia T
The main star of the Xperia show is Sony’s Xperia T with its
wholesome 4.6-inch HD display. Apparently, the Snapdragon S4 that is powering
the Xperia T is an improved version of the processor, so we should be seeing
some impressive performance. The Xperia
T is already being offered now in the UK, while American folks can expect to
see the phone land on AT&T.
Here are its main specs and features:
- 4.6-inch display (720 x 1,280 pixels)
- Dual-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 processor
- 1GB RAM
- 16GB onboard storage, microSD card slot
- 13MP rear camera, 1.3MP front-facing camera
- 1,850mAh battery
- Android 4.0 ICS
- Available in Black, Silver, and White
With much hype and leakage here comes Nokia’s most
anticipated phone to hold Window 8 Phone flag, Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820.
Nokia 920
The Nokia Lumia 920 is obviously the new flagship device of
the company, a handset labeled “the most innovative Lumia” by the Finnish
handset maker. The device will offer users a few interesting features such as
PureView camera and wireless charging, among other things.
Here are its main specs and features:
- Size: 130.3 x 70.8 x 10.7 mm
- Weight: 185g
- 4.5-inch PureMotion HD+ display with 1280 x 768 resolution, 332 PPI, 15:9 aspect ratio and Corning Gorilla Glass
- 1.5GHz Dual core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor
- 1GB of RAM
- 32GB of built-in memory plus 7GB storage in SkyDrive
- 8.7-megapixel PureView camera with dual LED flash, Carl Zeiss Tessar lens, auto focus and full HD (1920 x 1080) video recording at 30fps
- 1280 x 960 front-facing camera with 720p HD (1280 x 720) video recording
- HSPA+ and LTE support
- A-GPS and Glonass support with Nokia Maps, Nokia Drive, Nokia City Lens, Nokia Transport, Offline maps, turn-by-turn voice navigation
- Bluetooth 3.1
- Wi-Fi and Mobile Hotspot support for up to 5 devices
- NFC
- Micro USB 2.0
- 2,000mAh battery
- Windows Phone 8 with Microsoft Office application and SkyDrive pre-installed
- Enterprise security features
- Nokia Music store
Nokia 820
The Nokia Lumia 820 is a bit smaller than the Lumia 920,
sporting only a 4.3-inch display. But inside you’ll find plenty of similar
specs and features, which make the device also a flagship device, rather than a
mid-ranged WP8 creation – albeit the PureView camera and wireless charging
features are not available on this device.
Here are the most important features of the Nokia Lumia 820:
- Size: 123.8 x 68.5 x 9.9 mm
- Weight: 160g
- 4.3-inch AMOLED ClearBlack display with 800 x 480 resolution and 15:9 aspect ratio
- 1.5GHz Dual core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor
- 1GB of RAM
- 8GB of built-in memory plus 7GB storage in SkyDrive
- up to 32GB memory upgrade
- 8.0-megapixel camera with dual LED flash, Carl Zeiss Tessar lens, auto focus and full HD (1920 x 1080) video recording at 30fps
- 640 x 480 front-facing camera with VGA (640 x 480) video recording
- HSPA+ and LTE support
- A-GPS and Glonass support with Nokia Maps, Nokia Drive, Nokia City Lens, Nokia Transport, Offline maps, turn-by-turn voice navigation
- Bluetooth 3.1
- Wi-Fi and Mobile Hotspot support for up to 5 devices
- NFC
- Micro USB 2.0
- 1,650mAh battery
- Windows Phone 8 with Microsoft Office application and SkyDrive pre-installed
- Nokia Music store
The Nokia Lumia 920 is the flagship Windows Phone 8
smartphone, including the latest advances in Nokia PureView imaging innovation.
Using advanced floating lens technology, the camera in the Nokia Lumia 920 is
able to take in five times more light than competing smartphones without using
flash, making it possible to capture clear, bright pictures and video indoors
and at night. It also compensates for hand movement while the photo is being
taken. What's more, the screen also boasts what Nokia calls "Super
Sensitive Touch," which promises to let you use it even when wearing
gloves or mitts.
Reaching Tablets
Nexus 7 has been quite a hit with its hardware as well as
software in low-middle ranged section and it was really hard to have a second thought
of buying a tablet on this price range until came kindle fire, yes it had
rocked tablet when it was launched and with its relaunch too it’s creating
waves. With its 7 inch and 8.9 inch Kindle Fire HD and its reasonable pricing tablet
industry is on fire right now. Kindle Fire HD tablets costs $199 (7-inch) and
$299 (8.9-inch).
Here’s what you can expect from the Kindle Fire HD in terms
of specs and features
- 8.9-inch IPS touchscreen display with 1920 x 1200 resolution and 254 ppi (for the 8.9-inch version)
- 7-inch IPS touchscreen display (for the 7-inch version)
- laminated touch sensor that helps decrease glare by 25%
- TI OMAP 4470 processor said to outperform the current Tegra 3 SoC
- 16GB memory
- Stereo speakers
- Wi-Fi 2.4GHz/5GHz and MIMO support (the first tablet to incorporate it)
- Bluetooth
- HDMI out
- HD front-facing camera with custom Skype app
- Android OS – as expected, a forked Android version that’s incompatible with Google’s Android version and future updates
- Whisperync for Voice – syncs audiobooks with reading to offer an advanced “Immersion Reading”
- Whispersync for Games – save game progress and continue progress from the last saved session, even when switching to a different device
- X-Ray for movies – find out details about movie characters/actors while playing a movie
- X-Ray for ebooks – offers book-related details taken from the web
- All New Email: Exchange support, improved reliability and sync. Support for Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo.
- Facebook integration – custom Facebook app
- Kindle for kids functionality: Kindle FreeTime supporting multiple customizable profiles (one for each kid)
Now with google’s Nexus 7 tablet around there are lots of
comparison stuffs going on, considering hardware there are promises by kindle,
it has its usual processor i.e. dual-core 1.2GHz TI OMAP 4430 but it runs 40%
faster than it used to. About dimension New Kindle Fire is 190 x 120 x 11.4mm –
400 grams and Nexus 7 is 198.5 x 120 x 10.55mm – 340 grams. In terms of
software surely Nexus 7 has buttered Jelly Beans as compared to ICS on kindle.
Overall Kindle is good choice considering memory size it provides with same
price range and those differences in specs are also not too heavy on kindle to
be neglected so Kindle is also good on choice.
Quick Specs and features
- 1.5GHz dual-core TI OMAP 4470 processor
- 1GB of RAM
- The 7-inch IPS display (1280 x 800 pixels resolution)
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n,
- micro USB
- a couple of stereo speakers
- 8 or 16 GB of internal storage
- 720p 1.3MP front-facing camera
- $199.99 for the 8 GB version, and $249.99 for the 16 GB model
With Nexus 7 tablet and now Kindle in the market it’s really
hard for kobo with such price range.
Google Doodle has recently been around our life these days
especially for googlers. We have enjoyed those animation and those Olympic stuff
right. Now today what was doodled is 142nd Montessori’s Birthday. Serious
thing, Montessori education is characterized by an emphasis on independence,
freedom within limits, and respect for a child’s natural psychological
development, as well as technological advancements in society. Since both the unconventional
google founders Larry & Sergey were Montessori kids we too celebrate what
Montessori education gave us.
Education is part of life and life and education, so simple,
keep educating.
We have been using a WiFi and we have been using it slow, frustratingly
slow. But hey things are not unnoticed, researchers from the A*STAR Institute
of Microelectronics (IME) has find out ways to boost WiFi speed upto 200 times.
Along with performance, this tech will also reduce size of antennas.
The technology involves a compact high-performance
silicon-based cavity-backed slot (CBS) antenna, which offers signal
transmission strength of 30 times a conventional CBS antenna. “By filling the
antenna cavity with polymer instead of air, we can achieve a flat surface for
subsequent processing by standard technology that is amenable to mass
production,” said Hu Sanming, a key researcher for the project.
In most part of the world when we are searching we are
googling, but in China they don’t, their search is mostly dominated by local Baidu.
In addition like Google Biadu has its own OS and apps. Now its widening reach
through browser, The new Baidu Explorer browser arrives with a pretty bold
claim: it’s supposedly 20% faster than any of its competitors, at least when it
comes to JavaScript and HTML5. With its T5 engine, Baidu Explorer rated a score
of 482 out of 500 for HTML5 compatibility. The next highest scoring browser, in
terms of HTML5, was Chrome at 371.
Lately we have covering more about Snapdragon. Mostly when it comes to processor we usually check its clock speed like 1GHz, 1.5GHz etc further we go for cores like dual-core, quad-core thing but for Snapdragon its more. With different users experiences comes different devices and to enhance those experiences wide Snapdragon has 4 range of chips.
Prime – Snapdragon S4 Prime processors will power the next wave of enhanced smart TV experiences – including leading audio/video capabilities, pure web browsing and more robust applications – delivering on Qualcomm’s commitment of keeping consumers continuously connected to their favorite devices, content and apps. Processors in the S4 Prime tier include the Snapdragon S4 Prime MPQ8064 processor, featuring a 1.5GHz quad-core CPU – based on Qualcomm’s Krait micro-architecture – Adreno 320 graphics and advanced audio/video capabilities, delivering mobile users the highest performing mobile experience while consuming less power.
Pro – Snapdragon S4 Pro processors feature the Adreno 320 GPU and support for higher resolution displays, as well as hardware and software compatibility with the S4 class. The Adreno 320 is a high performance programmable GPU, providing a superior user experience for Web browsing, games, user interfaces and other graphics applications. The Adreno 320 also infuses the S4 Pro version with new multimedia capabilities, including computational camera -the ability to tap directly into the computational capability of the Adreno 320 GPU through new APIs like OpenCL, to enable next-generation use cases such as light-field cameras for mobile devices. In support of next-generation 3D graphics APIs, Adreno 320 will enable more realistic 3D graphic effects through hardware acceleration of advanced rendering features like instancing, occlusion queries and multiple render targets. Adreno 320 also includes dedicated hardware to accelerate Windows and fully supports the top game engines in the industry from Unity, Epic and others. Processors in the S4 Pro tier include APQ8064 and MSM8960T (the Pro version of MSM8960).
Plus – Snapdragon S4 Plus processors bring outstanding application processing and leading-edge 3G and 4G internet connection speeds, allowing OEMs to introduce S4-based devices with next-generation mobile architecture throughout their respective device roadmaps – from basic smartphones to high-end smartphones and tablets. The enhanced S4 processors also are optimized for use with a suite of software solutions available from Qualcomm that help enable OEMs to deliver industry-leading feature sets for multimedia, connectivity, camera, display, security, power management, browsing and natural user interface design. Processors in the S4 Plus tier include MSM8960, APQ8060A, MSM8660A, MSM8260A, APQ8030, MSM8930, MSM8630, MSM8230, MSM8627 and MSM8227.
Play – Snapdragon S4 Play Processors are designed specifically for high-volume smartphones. Processors in the S4 Play tier include MSM8625 and MSM8225. Both chipsets provide dual-core CPUs operating up to 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm’s Adreno 203 GPU and an integrated 3G modem. The MSM8625 and MSM8225 chipsets are designed to be hardware and software compatible with the MSM7x27A and MSM7x25A family of chipsets, giving device manufacturers the ability to seamlessly migrate their existing Snapdragon S1-based designs to S4 dual core-based designs. This capability is particularly useful for device manufacturers to efficiently expand their smartphone product lines with more advanced and more capable 3G smartphone products.
At the end we are happy to invest our hard earned money than just let it go.
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