Saturday, 21 December 2013
Thursday, 19 December 2013
facebook dislike option
finally Facebook dislike option is available , users will able to like or dislike to comments ,photos and status
Tuesday, 17 December 2013
nokia lumia 525 - 1 GB RAM
Nokia lumia with awesome hardware update with 1 GB RAM has been launched in some countries like Singapore .
it is expected that it would be launched in india till Q1
it is expected that it would be launched in india till Q1
HP-CROME DEFECTED NOTEBOOKS
Around 1 lakh defected piece of HP-Chromebook had been reported
. customers noticed these problems as below -
1. over heating
2. melting of components
3. some burns (melted part of notebook )
if any of you are using HP -chrome notebook please see to these problems and get it replaced
. customers noticed these problems as below -
1. over heating
2. melting of components
3. some burns (melted part of notebook )
if any of you are using HP -chrome notebook please see to these problems and get it replaced
Electronic waste
Record sales of tablets, laptops and smart phones. Ever smaller computers, and thinner televisions, brighter screens and sharper cameras. What could possibly be wrong with the worldwide explosion in sales of electrical and digital equipment seen this Christmas? Consumers love the sleek designs and the new connectivity they offer, businesses can't make enough for a vast and hungry global market, and governments see technological innovation and turnover as the quick way out of recession. This is a new age of the machine and electronic equipment is indispensable in home and workplace.
But there is a downside to the revolution that governments and companies have so far ignored. In the drive to generate fast turnover and new sales, companies have deliberately made it impossible to repair their goods and have shortened the lifespan of equipment.
Hardware is designed not to keep up with software, a computer's life is now under two years and mobile phones are upgraded every few months. Many electronic devices now have parts that cannot be removed or replaced. From being cheaper to buy new devices than to repair them, it has now reached the point where it is impossible to repair them at all.
The result is that much electronic equipment is impossible to recycle. As devices are miniaturised, they become increasingly complex. A single laptop may contain hundreds of different substances, dozens of metals, plastics and components which are expensive to dispose of. As we saw last week from Ghana, vast quantities of this dangerous "e-waste" is being dumped on developing countries where it is left to some of the poorest people to try to extract what they can in dangerous conditions.
The scale of e-waste growth is shocking and has left governments and authorities behind. By 2017 it is expected that there will be more than 10 billion mobile-connected devices alone.
From under 10m tonnes of e-waste generated in 2000, it has now reached nearly 50m tonnes, with every sign that this will increase by 33% in the next five years. Britain will discard over 1.3m tonnes of electronics this year, much of which will be buried in landfill, incinerated or exported.
The old corporate model of "take, make and chuck" is not sustainable. Our obsession with gadgetry and technology is now driving industry to open new mines around the world, squandering energy, biodiversity and water at every stage of extraction. Enormous areas of toxic wasteland are created and left for future generations to deal with.
Designing goods so they can be easily recycled is now critical. Companies must be challenged to rethink the way they make and source their materials to ensure there is no waste from start to finish. Gadgets must be reusable and repairable, and built-in obsolescence discouraged. Companies, too, must become responsible for the entire lifecycle of their products, especially when they become obsolete.
But there is a downside to the revolution that governments and companies have so far ignored. In the drive to generate fast turnover and new sales, companies have deliberately made it impossible to repair their goods and have shortened the lifespan of equipment.
Hardware is designed not to keep up with software, a computer's life is now under two years and mobile phones are upgraded every few months. Many electronic devices now have parts that cannot be removed or replaced. From being cheaper to buy new devices than to repair them, it has now reached the point where it is impossible to repair them at all.
The result is that much electronic equipment is impossible to recycle. As devices are miniaturised, they become increasingly complex. A single laptop may contain hundreds of different substances, dozens of metals, plastics and components which are expensive to dispose of. As we saw last week from Ghana, vast quantities of this dangerous "e-waste" is being dumped on developing countries where it is left to some of the poorest people to try to extract what they can in dangerous conditions.
The scale of e-waste growth is shocking and has left governments and authorities behind. By 2017 it is expected that there will be more than 10 billion mobile-connected devices alone.
From under 10m tonnes of e-waste generated in 2000, it has now reached nearly 50m tonnes, with every sign that this will increase by 33% in the next five years. Britain will discard over 1.3m tonnes of electronics this year, much of which will be buried in landfill, incinerated or exported.
The old corporate model of "take, make and chuck" is not sustainable. Our obsession with gadgetry and technology is now driving industry to open new mines around the world, squandering energy, biodiversity and water at every stage of extraction. Enormous areas of toxic wasteland are created and left for future generations to deal with.
Designing goods so they can be easily recycled is now critical. Companies must be challenged to rethink the way they make and source their materials to ensure there is no waste from start to finish. Gadgets must be reusable and repairable, and built-in obsolescence discouraged. Companies, too, must become responsible for the entire lifecycle of their products, especially when they become obsolete.
Electronic waste
Record sales of tablets, laptops and smart phones. Ever smaller computers, and thinner televisions, brighter screens and sharper cameras. What could possibly be wrong with the worldwide explosion in sales of electrical and digital equipment seen this Christmas? Consumers love the sleek designs and the new connectivity they offer, businesses can't make enough for a vast and hungry global market, and governments see technological innovation and turnover as the quick way out of recession. This is a new age of the machine and electronic equipment is indispensable in home and workplace.
But there is a downside to the revolution that governments and companies have so far ignored. In the drive to generate fast turnover and new sales, companies have deliberately made it impossible to repair their goods and have shortened the lifespan of equipment.
Hardware is designed not to keep up with software, a computer's life is now under two years and mobile phones are upgraded every few months. Many electronic devices now have parts that cannot be removed or replaced. From being cheaper to buy new devices than to repair them, it has now reached the point where it is impossible to repair them at all.
The result is that much electronic equipment is impossible to recycle. As devices are miniaturised, they become increasingly complex. A single laptop may contain hundreds of different substances, dozens of metals, plastics and components which are expensive to dispose of. As we saw last week from Ghana, vast quantities of this dangerous "e-waste" is being dumped on developing countries where it is left to some of the poorest people to try to extract what they can in dangerous conditions.
The scale of e-waste growth is shocking and has left governments and authorities behind. By 2017 it is expected that there will be more than 10 billion mobile-connected devices alone.
From under 10m tonnes of e-waste generated in 2000, it has now reached nearly 50m tonnes, with every sign that this will increase by 33% in the next five years. Britain will discard over 1.3m tonnes of electronics this year, much of which will be buried in landfill, incinerated or exported.
The old corporate model of "take, make and chuck" is not sustainable. Our obsession with gadgetry and technology is now driving industry to open new mines around the world, squandering energy, biodiversity and water at every stage of extraction. Enormous areas of toxic wasteland are created and left for future generations to deal with.
Designing goods so they can be easily recycled is now critical. Companies must be challenged to rethink the way they make and source their materials to ensure there is no waste from start to finish. Gadgets must be reusable and repairable, and built-in obsolescence discouraged. Companies, too, must become responsible for the entire lifecycle of their products, especially when they become obsolete.
But there is a downside to the revolution that governments and companies have so far ignored. In the drive to generate fast turnover and new sales, companies have deliberately made it impossible to repair their goods and have shortened the lifespan of equipment.
Hardware is designed not to keep up with software, a computer's life is now under two years and mobile phones are upgraded every few months. Many electronic devices now have parts that cannot be removed or replaced. From being cheaper to buy new devices than to repair them, it has now reached the point where it is impossible to repair them at all.
The result is that much electronic equipment is impossible to recycle. As devices are miniaturised, they become increasingly complex. A single laptop may contain hundreds of different substances, dozens of metals, plastics and components which are expensive to dispose of. As we saw last week from Ghana, vast quantities of this dangerous "e-waste" is being dumped on developing countries where it is left to some of the poorest people to try to extract what they can in dangerous conditions.
The scale of e-waste growth is shocking and has left governments and authorities behind. By 2017 it is expected that there will be more than 10 billion mobile-connected devices alone.
From under 10m tonnes of e-waste generated in 2000, it has now reached nearly 50m tonnes, with every sign that this will increase by 33% in the next five years. Britain will discard over 1.3m tonnes of electronics this year, much of which will be buried in landfill, incinerated or exported.
The old corporate model of "take, make and chuck" is not sustainable. Our obsession with gadgetry and technology is now driving industry to open new mines around the world, squandering energy, biodiversity and water at every stage of extraction. Enormous areas of toxic wasteland are created and left for future generations to deal with.
Designing goods so they can be easily recycled is now critical. Companies must be challenged to rethink the way they make and source their materials to ensure there is no waste from start to finish. Gadgets must be reusable and repairable, and built-in obsolescence discouraged. Companies, too, must become responsible for the entire lifecycle of their products, especially when they become obsolete.
Emerging nations overtake West in dumping electronic trash
china and other emerging economies have overtaken Western nations in dumping old electronic goods, from TVs to cellphones, and will lead a projected 33% surge in the amount of waste from 2012 to 2017, a UN-backed alliance said on Sunday.
The report, the first to map electronic waste by country to promote recycling and safer disposal of often toxic parts, shows how the economic rise of developing nations is transforming the world economy even in terms of pollution.
"The e-waste problem requires attention globally," Ruediger Kuehr of the UN University and executive secretary of the Solving the E-Waste Problem (StEP) initiative, told Reuters. StEP is run by UN agencies, governments, NGOs and scientists.
The weight of electronic goods discarded every year worldwide would rise to 65.4 million tonnes from 2012 to 2017 from 48.9 million in 2012, with most of the growth in developing nations, StEP said.
By 2017, it would make the annual piles of old washing machines, computers, fridges, electronic toys and other goods with an electric cord or battery the weight equivalent of 200 Empire State Buildings or 11 Great Pyramids of Giza, it said.
Some waste from rich countries ends up in developing nations, where many people work in hazardous conditions for low wages dismantling it.
Waste from emerging countries, as well as Russia and other former Soviet bloc nations, overtook totals from Western nations such as the United States, the European Union, Japan and Australia around 2012, StEP data showed.
In that year, the West produced 23.5 million tonnes of waste and all others 25.4 million, a shift from the previous estimates for 2007 when the West accounted for most, StEP said.
The report, the first to map electronic waste by country to promote recycling and safer disposal of often toxic parts, shows how the economic rise of developing nations is transforming the world economy even in terms of pollution.
"The e-waste problem requires attention globally," Ruediger Kuehr of the UN University and executive secretary of the Solving the E-Waste Problem (StEP) initiative, told Reuters. StEP is run by UN agencies, governments, NGOs and scientists.
The weight of electronic goods discarded every year worldwide would rise to 65.4 million tonnes from 2012 to 2017 from 48.9 million in 2012, with most of the growth in developing nations, StEP said.
By 2017, it would make the annual piles of old washing machines, computers, fridges, electronic toys and other goods with an electric cord or battery the weight equivalent of 200 Empire State Buildings or 11 Great Pyramids of Giza, it said.
Some waste from rich countries ends up in developing nations, where many people work in hazardous conditions for low wages dismantling it.
Waste from emerging countries, as well as Russia and other former Soviet bloc nations, overtook totals from Western nations such as the United States, the European Union, Japan and Australia around 2012, StEP data showed.
In that year, the West produced 23.5 million tonnes of waste and all others 25.4 million, a shift from the previous estimates for 2007 when the West accounted for most, StEP said.
asha 502
new nokia asha 502 after the success of nokia asha 501 .. soon would be available in market ..
expected available date Q1 2014
specifications of asha 502 are below
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>.
GENERAL 2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
SIM Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
Announced 2013, October
Status Available. Released 2013, November
BODY Dimensions 99.6 x 59.5 x 11.1 mm, 62.5 cc (3.92 x 2.34 x 0.44 in)
Weight 100 g (3.53 oz)
DISPLAY Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 3.0 inches (~133 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes, up to 2 fingers
SOUND Alert types Vibration, MP3 ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included
Internal 64 MB RAM
DATA GPRS Up to 85.6 kbps
EDGE Up to 236.8 kbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0
CAMERA Primary 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels, LED flash
Video Yes, QVGA@15fps
Secondary No
FEATURES OS Nokia Asha software platform 1.1
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, IM
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio
GPS No
Java Yes, MIDP 2.1
Colors Bright Red, Bright Green, Cyan, Yellow, White and Black
- SNS apps
- MP4/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/AAC player
- Photo editor
- Organizer
- Voice memo
- Predictive text input
BATTERY Li-Ion 1010 mAh battery (BL-5A)
Stand-by Up to 576 h
Talk time Up to 13 h 42 min
Music play Up to 42 h
expected available date Q1 2014
specifications of asha 502 are below
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>.
GENERAL 2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
SIM Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
Announced 2013, October
Status Available. Released 2013, November
BODY Dimensions 99.6 x 59.5 x 11.1 mm, 62.5 cc (3.92 x 2.34 x 0.44 in)
Weight 100 g (3.53 oz)
DISPLAY Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 3.0 inches (~133 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes, up to 2 fingers
SOUND Alert types Vibration, MP3 ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB, 4 GB card included
Internal 64 MB RAM
DATA GPRS Up to 85.6 kbps
EDGE Up to 236.8 kbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0
CAMERA Primary 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels, LED flash
Video Yes, QVGA@15fps
Secondary No
FEATURES OS Nokia Asha software platform 1.1
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, IM
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio
GPS No
Java Yes, MIDP 2.1
Colors Bright Red, Bright Green, Cyan, Yellow, White and Black
- SNS apps
- MP4/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/AAC player
- Photo editor
- Organizer
- Voice memo
- Predictive text input
BATTERY Li-Ion 1010 mAh battery (BL-5A)
Stand-by Up to 576 h
Talk time Up to 13 h 42 min
Music play Up to 42 h
Monday, 16 December 2013
semiconductor news
Low-power tunnelling transistor for high-performance devices at low voltage
A new type of transistor that could make possible fast and low-power computing devices for energy-constrained applications such as smart sensor networks, implantable medical electronics and ultra-mobile computing is feasible, according to Penn State researchers. Called a near broken-gap tunnel field effect transistor (TFET), the new device uses the quantum mechanical tunneling of electrons through an ultrathin energy barrier to provide high current at low voltage
A new type of transistor that could make possible fast and low-power computing devices for energy-constrained applications such as smart sensor networks, implantable medical electronics and ultra-mobile computing is feasible, according to Penn State researchers. Called a near broken-gap tunnel field effect transistor (TFET), the new device uses the quantum mechanical tunneling of electrons through an ultrathin energy barrier to provide high current at low voltage
nokia -android
there are reports from R&D NOKIA china ,that nokia may be launching adroid phone 2013
Q1 , phone will based on Google open source android that means it will allow to install 3 rd party android apps but google maps ,google apps store would be not availble ....
1520 lumia
good news nokia lumia 6 inch cellphone is now in indai @46,000 rs (indian currency ).......
Saturday, 7 December 2013
KIT KAT OS
recently andriod launched new andriod update i.e kit kat but according to nexus users ,this not so much impressive as compared to previous os vesions .
whats new in kit kat
> some debugs has been solved
> moreover notification centre has been changed
whats new in kit kat
> some debugs has been solved
> moreover notification centre has been changed
1020 41 MP most interesting video check this link
41 MP camera what a pureview ,you will fall love with this phone
> just check this link of youtube , you will all get know about about nokia camera .http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vyyF9elgzE
about nokia
according to sailfish 0S\ ,the employees said they had plan for shifting to meego os ,but nokia ceo ditched the plans for meego os rather ,it opted for windows os .if nokia had opted for sailfish os (meego derives os ) ,
the postion of nokia rather would had been better
the postion of nokia rather would had been better
Friday, 6 December 2013
Microsoft deal
Nokia share holders give green signal to Microsoft to overtake business of Nokia .
deal will complete till JAN -14 -2014 approx .
deal will complete till JAN -14 -2014 approx .
Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Friday, 11 October 2013
lumia 525
it is expected that in dubai event nokia lumia 525 would be launched after the sucess of nokia lumia 520
price of nokia lumia 1020
price of nokia lumia 1020 in india is at 49,000 rupees
preorder available at nokia.com/in
preorder available at nokia.com/in
Thursday, 10 October 2013
Nokia Asha 503 leaks in an official photo
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The dual-SIM Nokia Asha 501 has been on the market for quite some time, while its single-SIM sibling - the Asha 500 - is still in Rumorland. Recently we even got to see the dual-SIM Asha 502 with a LED flash on its back and slightly different shell compared to the Asha 500/501 duet.
Now evleaks has given us the single-SIM version of the Asha 502 - the Nokia Asha 503. It looks exactly like the 502 model, is Wi-Fi enabled and has a LED flash next to its camera at the bac
Sunday, 6 October 2013
Rogers will not be offering BlackBerry Z30 in Canada
The largest Canadian wireless carrier Rogers will not offer the BlackBerry Z30, thus bringing another setback to the troubled manufacturer in its home market. The carrier explains the decision with limited shelf space which allows for only “the biggest winners.”
Experts Devise a Way to Cut Radiation Exposure in Children Needing Repeat Brain Scans
A team of pediatric neurosurgeons and
neuroradiologists at the Johns Hopkins Children's
Center has developed a way to minimize dangerous radiation exposure in children with a condition that
requires repeat CT scans of the brain. The experts say they reduced exposure without sacrificing the diagnostic accuracy of the images or compromising treatment decisions.
neuroradiologists at the Johns Hopkins Children's
Center has developed a way to minimize dangerous radiation exposure in children with a condition that
requires repeat CT scans of the brain. The experts say they reduced exposure without sacrificing the diagnostic accuracy of the images or compromising treatment decisions.
New Paradigm for Nanoscale Resolution MRI Experimentally Achieved
A team from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University has devised a novel nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique that delivers a roughly 10nanometer spatial resolution. This represents a significant advance in MRI sensitivity -- modern MRI techniques commonly used in medical imaging yield spatial resolutions on the millimeter length scale, with the highest-resolution experimental instruments giving spatial resolution of a few micrometers.
Moto Maker rumored to hit Verizon Wireless on November 11Moto Maker rumored to hit Verizon Wireless on November 11
As expected the AT&T exclusivity of the Moto Maker customization tool for the Moto X is nearing an end.
Verizon Wireless will begin offering the service to its customers next month, on November 11.
Currently, Verizon customers interested in the Moto X can pick only between two color schemes – Woven White and Woven Black. It is needless to say that having the Moto Maker available will greatly increase the smartphone’s appeal.
Currently, Verizon customers interested in the Moto X can pick only between two color schemes – Woven White and Woven Black. It is needless to say that having the Moto Maker available will greatly increase the smartphone’s appeal.
$179 BLU Studio 5.5 now official with two SIM slots, quad-core CPU
Saturday, 5 October 2013
SOCIAL MEDIA FUELS DANGEROUS WEIGHT -LOSS GOAL
experts in eating disorders are concerned about an internet -fueled trend in which teenage girls and young women pursue an elusive and possibly dangerous weight loss goal ..
MORE PROBLEMS BY SMARTPHONES
HEALTH DOCTORS SAYS DUE TO GROWING NUMBERS OF SMARTPHONES USERS ,MORE AND MORE BACK PAIN ISSUES ARE REPORTED ......
Wednesday, 2 October 2013
Pantech sends invites to phablet-focused event on October 10
Pantech is reportedly issuing invites to its October 10 event, which according to the image stamped will be focused on a new Vega device.
Rumor has it it will be a 5.9" 1080p phablet with digital pen support, perhaps a quad-core Snapdragon 800 CPU (at around 2.3 GHz), LTE-A tech (for speeds up to 150 Mbps), 2 GB of RAM and Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. The name will reportedly be Pantech Vega Note and it should be a direct competitor to the Samsung Galaxy Note 3.
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
Windows Phone exceeds 9% market share in Europe
According to the latest smartphones sales data from analyst company Kantar Worldpanel, Windows Phone has reached a new high in market share across the five major European markets (UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain).
In France, Microsoft's mobile OS has scored 12% market share, while in the UK it's powering 10.8% of the smartphones sold in the three months ending in August. This is the first time ever Windows Phone has scored double digits in such major markets.
Jolla unveils more specs of its upcoming smartphone
Finns are taking the loss of Nokia's phone division hard but they still haveJolla to look forward to. The breakaway company posted some more specs on its upcoming phone.
The dual-core 1.4GHz processor and 1GB RAM in the phone are on a Snapdragon chipset and while Jolla didn’t give its exact model number, it's probably a SoC similar to the one in the HTC One mini.
The 4.5" qHD (960 x 540 pixels) screen will be of the IPS LCD variety and will feature 6-point multi-touch and Gorilla Glass 2 protection. There will be an RGB indicator too. The 8MP back camera and 2MP front-facing camera have two mics for sound recording and noise reduction.
On the connectivity side, there's Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 + HS, A-GPS with GLONASS, NFC and I2C for connectivity with extensions, which sounds pretty interesting. The only extension that Jolla has shown so far is the exchangeable back cover, but with I2C there are plenty of options to expand (e.g. a keyboard wouldn’t need to connect over Bluetooth).
The 2,100mAh battery is rated at 7.7/5.5 hours of 2G/3G talk time respectively and 500 hours of standby. Finally, the dimensions of the Jolla phone are 131 x 68 x 9.9mm and the weight is 141g.
The global pre-order for the Jolla is over, but Finns can still book one for €100. The total price of the handset is €400 (including VAT, the phone is unlocked).
Thanks to everyone who sent this in!
Sunday, 29 September 2013
Leaked LG G Pro Lite Dual may bring dual-SIM to Optimus G Pro
The LG Optimus G Pro may be getting a dual-SIM version called LG G Pro Lite Dual (now that's quite a mouthful). The rumor suggests the new device will keep the 5.5" True HD IPS+ display of 1080p resolution, but will demote the camera to 8MP resolution (still with BSI sensor).
It's not entirely clear why this model bears the "Lite" moniker, as the camera downgrade probably isn't enough to justify it alone. Unfortunately, there's no info on the chipset, but the software will offer many of the features we saw on the LG G2, including KnockOn (wake device by double-tapping), Guest mode and QSlide (floating mini-apps with optional transparency).
The rumor also adds that the battery will be unchanged at 3,140mAh and there will be a "Dual Speaker" that has improved sound reproduction for both high and low frequencies (but it doesn’t sound like we're talking about stereo speakers).
According to Hi-Tech.Mail.Ru who published the rumor, the LG G Pro Lite Dual will hit Russia in mid-October at RUR13,000 ($400) or about half the current price of the LG Optimus G Pro in the country.
The HTC One Max will probably have a dual-SIM version too, we might have a dual-SIM phablet battle on our hands.
HTC One Max to go official on October 17
HTC One Max is a familiar name in Rumorland, the phablet making quite a few appearances in various forms before its official announcements. We know most of its specs and have a pretty good idea about its design, so the biggest mystery remaining was when will we be able to get it.
If the latest report from the Chinese website ePrice, quoted by Slashgear, is to be believed, HTC has already set the date for the unveiling of its latest flagship. The 5.9" One Max is said to debut on October 17, which is just over 2 weeks away now.
We also got another confirmation about the pricing of the device. The HTC One Max will reportedly cost NTD 23,900, which translates to just over $800 SIM-free. That will make the phablet one of the most expensive devices on the market and not only in the Android world at that.
Of course, there's no way to confirm the validity of these rumors at this point so take it all with a pinch of salt.
Saturday, 28 September 2013
Nokia tipped to unveil a total of six new devices on October 22
Nokia is holding an event dubbed Innovation Reinvented in Abu Dhabi on October 22 and according to sources close to the company's plans, the Finns are preparing to unveil a total of six devices.
T-Mobile will no longer offer BlackBerry 10 devices in store
- T-Mobile US confirmed that it will no longer stock BlackBerry smartphones in its retail stores. Going forward, customers who wish to purchase a handset from the Canadian company will have it shipped to them instead. T-Mobile has taken the...
Android 4.3 update for HTC One now rolling out international
If there's one thing you can give credit to HTC
for, it's being quick with the Android update on
the HTC One. After years of lagging behind
Google with respect to the latest updates, the
company has been consistently quick in
delivering updates for... .
nokia lumia review
PureView is on its way down in history and while we loved the Nokia 808, it will be the Lumia 1020 that makes the name more than a footnote. With a modern OS and improved design of both the camera and the phone itself, the 1020 is Nokia's - make that Microsoft's - best bet at having the best mobile camera ever made.
This is probably what Microsoft was actually buying. Windows Phone handsets are getting lost in the high-end and it's the Lumia 1020 that can raise the platform above the rabble of Androids and successive iPhones. The basic design has been around since the Lumia 800 (the Nokia N9 even), but nothing in the world can make a more decisive difference than the PureView camera.
The Nokia Lumia 1020 might as well be Nokia's loudest bang on its way out (along with the to be announced Lumia 1520 phablet). And we'll probably see the history repeat itself much like with the Nokia N9, where the last product of a lineup is always the greatest.
With 41MP resolution, the 1020 camera has twice as many pixels as its nearest competitors. Three times as many if you want optical image stabilization. And the sensor is four times as big as most smartphone sensors and more than twice as big as the second-biggest sensor. The 808 PureView had a bigger sensor, but it has since retired and it didn't have the stabilization and bright aperture to begin with.
But we shouldn't let our focus on the camera detract from the smartphone experience. The Nokia Lumia 1020 equals the best of the (admittedly not very populous) Windows Phone world and the opposing BlackBerry world. And with Microsoft's tight control on the hardware allowing for optimizations not possible on Android, the 1020 shines throughout, not just in terms of camera.
Thursday, 26 September 2013
Some iOS 7 users complain of motion sickness
The users say the operating system's new parallax and zoom features are causing unexpected and unpleasant effects.
NEW YORK/HELSINKI: Nokia is discussing internally whether to approach French rival Alcatel-Lucent about a tie-up, part of the Finnish company's review of how it can grow after the planned sale of its handset business to Microsoft Corp, several people close to the matter said.
No formal talks are underway with Alcatel-Lucent, the sources said. One of the people close to the matter said Nokia held "on again, off again" discussions about buying Alcatel's wireless business as recently as late 2012 and that the two companies could still come back to the table.
Speculation over a combination between Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent goes back several years, as both have struggled to compete with market leader Ericsson and low-cost Asian network equipment rivals Huawei and ZTE.
Microsoft announced on Sept 3 that it will buy Nokia's phone business and license its patents for 5.44bil euros (RM23.66bil). Nokia has said it will evaluate strategy for its remaining operations before the deal closes. Those businesses include a mapping software unit called HERE and a portfolio of patents.
The Finnish phone maker once dominated the global market but has had its mobile business ravaged by nimbler rivals Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics.
Nokia, under the leadership of interim CEO Risto Siilasmaa, has already begun internal discussions on future strategy, the sources said, adding that a decision could be months away.
All the sources asked not to be identified because they were not authorised to speak with the media.
Representatives for Nokia, its network equipment unit, Nokia Solutions and Networks, and Alcatel-Lucent declined to comment.
Nokia is in a "period of reflection trying to figure out what they want to do," one of the sources said. They said there were possibilities for Nokia such as having "the option to buy the entire Alcatel-Lucent, or just the wireless business ... Nothing is imminent."
Wednesday, 25 September 2013
Saturday, 21 September 2013
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