Tizen-powered Samsung Z1 sells 50,000 units

amsung premiered its first Tizen-based smartphone - the Samsung Z1 in India 10 days ago and has in that time span managed to sell 50 thousand unit of it.

That's an impressive number for the maker, especially for a first-time device. This could easily be scratched off to the very low price of 5,700 INR (around $92/€82).

Samsung is also manufacturing the Z1 in India and offers some bonus content if you go for the device like 70 live channels, 230,000 songs for on the go enjoyment. The Samsung Z1 offers dual-SIM connectivity as well.

source :-http://www.gsmarena.com/

Xiaomi Redmi 2 officially updated with 2GB RAM, 16GB storage

he Xiaomi Redmi 2 was one of the first phones to launch this year, a successor to the popular and highly affordable Redmi 1S. The upgrades weren’t huge, the new chipset was easily the most noticeable change. That left the phone with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage, which is considered low these days (not necessarily for a CNY 700 / $110 phone, but still).
Yesterday, TENAA certified an updated version of the Redmi 2 and Xiaomi's CEO confirmed on Weibo that it's the real deal – a new version of the phone with double the RAM and storage, 2GB and 16GB respectively.

nokia lumia 835

Nokia Lumia 835 popped up today on the Microsoft's official Lumia webpage. It's AT&T exclusive, has similar specs to Lumia 830 and of you click on the link - it takes you to AT&T's Lumia 830 store page.

The Lumia 835 looks a lot like a typo - if it was a new upcoming Lumia it wouldn't be Nokia branded, it looks like the Lumia 830, comes with similar hardware and even the link suggests for Lumia 830. Oh, and there is another typo in the description text - O1S instead of OIS.

HTC Desire 826 will go on sale on 29-01-2015

At CES early this year HTC unveiled a successor to the Desire 820. The new phone – HTC Desire 826 – will go on sale in China this Thursday (January 29) at CNY 2,300 ($370/€325) for the 16GB version and CNY 2,500 ($400/€350) for the 32GB one.

The phone will launch simultaneously on HTC's web store, JD.com, Suning Tesco and Lynx. Note that some stores will carry only one of the two versions. Note that the older Desire 820 is CNY 2,000.

Samsung Z1 gets two software updates

amsung has undoubtedly been investing a lot of effort in its own Tizen platform. The Samsung Z1 entry-level smartphone is truly vital in this respect as it is currently the sole ambassador of the new OS in the mobile world and as such needs to make a good first impression.

Naturally all the time and attention add up and the Samsung Z1 has received not one, but two OTAs in the past week. Neither of them had a proper change log so it is still pretty much a mystery whether they are performance updates and minor bug fixes or the Korean tech giant had some serious problems lurking somewhere in the Tizen code.

source :-gsmarena 

Facebook, Instagram and Tinder outage

Facebook has admitted its own tinkering caused an hour-long outage today, breaking the social network and related services including Instagram and Tinder.

The social network, which has 1.3 billion members worldwide, was unavailable for about an hour between 6.10 a.m. and 7.10 a.m. GMT. The problem then rippled around other websites and apps that use your Facebook credentials to log you in. Mobile-focused photo-sharing site Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, was affected, as were chat app AIM and swipe-based dating app Tinder.Facebook says the outage "occurred after we introduced a change that affected our configuration systems."

Facebook categorically states that "This was not the result of a third party attack", in response to speculation that the service had been hacked. Notorious hacker group Lizard Squad, which has claimed to be involved in the Sony Pictures hack and attacks on PlayStation and Xbox services, earlier tweeted about today's outage.

Samsung new portable hardisk

he Samsung Portable SSD T1 is a one-of-kind portable drive. It's a bit larger than a thumbdrive, as easy to use, yet has up to 1TB of storage space and, most importantly, delivers unmatched performance.

What's more, unlike other compact storage devices, the T1 supports data encryption. It also works with both Windows and Mac computers, after a brief setup process.

All that makes it an excellent portable storage device that has enough to justify its current hefty cost of $179 (£120, AU$220), $299 (£200, AU$365), and $599 (£395, AU$735) for 250GB, 500GB and 1TB, respectively. (Those UK and Australian prices are rough conversions; Samsung says the T1 starts at £155 in the UK, with Australian prices yet to be announced.) If you can stomach the price, I recommend it without any reservation.

For other options, including some that are more affordable, check out this list of top portable drives on the market.