Monday 29 April 2013

Samsung Galaxy S4 Full Review


Samsung has launched its  the Galaxy S4, in the Indian market
The phone is available in two colours - Black Mist and White Frost. The first thing that you notice when you pick up the phone is that it doesn't feel bulky. For a device that has a 5-inch screen, the Galaxy S4 feels more like a phone and less like a phablet since its dimensions similar are to the Galaxy S III. It's pretty lightweight.

General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
 4G Network LTE (market dependent)
SIM Micro-SIM
Announced 2013, March
Status Available. Released 2013, April
Body      Dimensions         136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm (5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
    Weight       130 g (4.59 oz)
Display Type     Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size     1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.0 inches (~441 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch     Yes
Protection     Corning Gorilla Glass 3
-   TouchWiz UI
Sound Alert types    Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker    Yes
3.5mm jack    Yes
Memory Card slot      microSD, up to 64 GB
Internal      16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
Data GPRS       Yes
EDGE       Yes
Speed        HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
WLAN       Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth       Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
NAFC       Yes
Infrared port       Yes
USB       Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host
Camera Primary     13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, 
Features     Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch   focus,       face and smile detection, image stabilization, HDR
Video     Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec.
Secondary     Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call
Features OS Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Chipset Exynos 5 Octa 5410
CPU Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7
GPU PowerVR SGX 544MP3
Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, temperature, humidity, gesture
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash
Radio No
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Colors White Frost, Black Mist
- Wireless charging (market dependent)
- S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
- Smart stay, Smart pause, Smart scroll
- Air gestures
- Dropbox (50 GB storage)
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- TV-out (via MHL 2 A/V link)
- SNS integration
- MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
- Organizer
- Image/video editor
- Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input (Swype)
Battery Li-Ion 2600 mAh battery
Stand-by (2G) / Up to 370 h (3G)
Talk time (2G) / Up to 17 h (3G)
Music play Up to 62 h
Misc SAR US 0.85 W/kg (head)     1.55 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.42 W/kg (head)     0.54 W/kg (body)    
Price group
Tests Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal) / 3.352:1 (sunlight)
Loudspeaker Voice 70dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 77dB
Audio quality Noise -95.9dB / Crosstalk -96.4dB
PRICE 41,500 Rs



Saturday 13 April 2013

Facebook Home : A new service for Facebook User






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New service called “Facebook Home” is going to be launched by Facebook on April 12 for Android Users. In the beginning, only a handful of existing Android phones will be supported. The tablet version, would come within several months said a Facebook official.
Facebook Home is similar to Android launcher apps as it changes the home-screen of the devices. It shows the Facebook updates from your friends on the home screen. It also allows users to update their Facebook status directly from the home screen.
“Today’s phones are designed around apps, not people,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said at an event in California, the US. He said that Facebook Home puts people first instead of apps and makes an Android phone a social device.

Yahoo bought Summly for $30 million

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London-based newsreader developer Summly has been acquired by Yahoo. The deal, said to be worth $30 million, will see the Summly app close, and Yahoo issued a statement that said the company plans to “acquire the technology and you’ll see it come to life throughout Yahoo’s mobile experiences soon.”
Adam Cahan, the senior vice president of mobile and emerging products at Yahoo said in a blog post that the app “started with an insight — that we live in a world of constant information and need new ways to simplify how we find the stories that are important to us, at a glance. Mobile devices are shifting our daily routines, and users have changed not only what, but how much information they consume. Yet most articles and web pages were formatted for browsing with mouse clicks. The ability to skim them on a phone or a tablet can be a real challenge — we want easier ways to identify what’s important to us.”
Summly founder Nick D’Aloisio claims that over 90 million summaries over 500,000 app downloads have been read in just a few months. D’Aloisio wrote on the Summly homepage that the app, on Apple’s list of Best Apps of 2012, will be removed from the App Store today.