Category: smartphone

  • Xiaomi unveiled MIUI 6: Looks Inspired by Apple’s iOS 7 UI

    Xiaomi unveiled MIUI 6: Looks Inspired by Apple’s iOS 7 UI

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    MIUI 6 includes more colourful, minimalist interface with enhanced security features. Upcoming Xiaomi, Mi 4 and best selling Mi 3, will receive the MIUI 6 official update soon after another round of developer testing.Xiaomi, is taking its “Apple of china” title too literally. As its latest version of UI is looking very similar to Apple’s iOS 7.

    MIUI 6, which is Xiaomi’s upcoming UI for its latest phones and tablets, looks almost exactly like Apple’s iOS. It includes the same bright color palette and a flat design. It even does away with app drawer and puts all apps on your home screen. Xiaomi used big white spaces accented with bright colors within its core apps, very much similar to iOS 7.

    Despite the changes in the looks, there are few enhancements. The dialer app for example will show you caller ID for unknown numbers. three

    Other major changes include lockscreen display. You can see the number of pending notifications straight from the lock screen and get to the app showing it directly by pulling up on the number.The Notification Center has also been revamped to show floating pop-up notifications at the top of the screen without compromising with the whole display. The notifications are interactive, allowing you to do things like answer a phone call from the notice.

    It is not surprising that many people are calling MIUI 6 a straight iOS rip-off, but it also have features exclusive to MIUI such as customizable notification toggles, MIUI themes and the permissions manager.

    Also Read: iOS 8 features that are inspired by android

  • THL T11 – Intelligent 3G "Tomatoes on Sticks" Phablet

    THL T11 – Intelligent 3G "Tomatoes on Sticks" Phablet

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    THL T11 3G Phablet sported with advanced technology and manufacture, powerful functions and excellent performance, this Android 3G Smartphone is very functional and handy in your daily life for keeping communication, getting latest news, enjoying entertainment, etc. Dual SIM functionality enables you to use various types of the telephone numbers without taking so many cellphones at the same time. With 2GB RAM and 16GB ROM the phablet is enough to meet your needs of storing music, movies,photos,games and so on. Big 5.0 inch multi-touch capacitive screen comes with 1280 x 720 resolution, it brings you a relatively broad visual field to enjoy high definition and high-fidelity pictures and movies. It also have GPS technology to help you locate and find the right direction in the strange cities. Equipped with powerful MTK6592W Octa Core 1.7GHz CPU ensures stable and fast processing speed. You can definitely believe in it, and it will indeed bring much convenience to you.

    Specs:

    • 5 Inch multi touch display
    • Dual sim
    • RAM: 2GB
    • ROM: 16GB
    • Support Gravity/Light/Proximity Sensing System
    • FM/MP3/MP4/Bluetooth/GPS/OTG/NFC Function Supported
    • Back camera: with flash light and AF, 8.0MP
      Front camera: 5.0MP

    The phablet is available to buy at 47% off at $219.17.

    Main features of THL T11

    Advanced and innovative NFC feature, conveniently and easily achieve all you envision!

    Embedded with a 1.7GHz high-speed MTK6592W Octa Core processor and a large capacity memory, it can help you smoothly cope with different challenges. more advanced architecture will bring a stronger arithmetic capability. 201407221002192645

    It would give you the awesome experience, 2GB RAM + 16GB ROM mass storage, you can have a number of interesting and fun APPS, play lots of wonderful games, HD video play, enjoy every entertainment moment during the life.

    THL T11 adopts Mali-400 MP GPU, which create an innovative HD screen picture display for you. Giving you endless beautiful broad visual effect.

    5.0 inch HD IPS capacitive touch screen, gently touch to browse the web and flip the apps whatever you wanna, easy to operate and convenient to control.

    You can find more phablets on gearbeast at cheap prices.

  • Xiaomi unveils its new flagship smartphone Mi4

    Xiaomi unveils its new flagship smartphone Mi4

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    Xiaomi recently revealed its next flagship smartphone Mi4 featuring a metal framework. The on-paper specs of this killer smartphone will leave you amazed. The Mi 4 will be available approx. $322 for the 16GB model and 64GB version will cost $400.

    The phone was unveiled in Beijing by Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun. The phone will only be available in the Asian Pacific region (mainly China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines & India), the design of Mi4 shows that the company is targeting the ‘premium’ market which is currently dominated by Apple and Samsung.
    The device runs on custom MIUI android operating system which is a skinned version of Android that allows great customization and favors apps on home screen rather than on App Drawer.

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    Coming to the inside specs of this phone, the Mi4 features a 5-inch full-HD display, a Quad-core 2.5GHz processor, 2GB RAM, a 13 MP rear-facing camera and 16/64GB of internal space.

    Lei said that the Mi4 is the fastest smartphone over the globe. He also mentioned the changes in design of the Mi4 with such battery power. The phone also makes use of speedy charging, which helps the phone to charge up to 60 percent in just an hour.

    During the Mi4 presentation, the company had a “One more thing…” showcase, something Apple was famous for when they had a surprise announcement.

    Xiaomi Mi4 Specs at a glance

    • 5-inch 1080p display,
    • 2.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core processor
    • 3GB RAM
    • 13 MP rear camera and 8 MP front-facing camera
    • 16/64 GB internal memory
    • 3080 mAh battery
    • 3G/4G support

    Lei previously expected and stated that the company will ship 40 million smartphones this year, but the figure could reach to 60 million.

    Also Read: Xiaomi Mi 3 launched at just Rs. 14,999 in India

  • Xiaomi Mi 3 launched at just Rs. 14,999 in India

    Xiaomi Mi 3 launched at just Rs. 14,999 in India

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    Chinese phone company Xiaomi (pronounced as Shiao-Me) announced the launch of its first smartphone in India, Xiaomi Mi 3. The phone will be available on 15th july. It uses a customized version of Google’s Android OS, is priced at Rs14,999.

    The phone operates on a customized interface of dubbed MIUI which is a very different take on Android. Although the User Interface might not be appealing to all, but it adds a lot of functionality to the handset.

    The company is also planning to launch its Power Bank (portable battery pack to charge devices) in two variants, 5,200mAh and 10,400mAh, in India.

    Xiaomi was established in 2010 by serial entrepreneur Lei Jun, who is often known as “the Chinese Steve Jobs.”

    Xiaomi already outsells Apple in China, and two of its handsets RedMI and Mi3 were among the world’s top 10 bestselling smartphones in April.

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    With its 5 inch Full HD IPS display, Xiaomi has also put in some effort to the pressure sensitivity which allows users to operate the phone even when the hands are wet or the user is wearing gloves.

    Xiaomi Mi 3 Specifications at a glance

    • 5-inch Full HD(1920×1080 px) IPS display with 441 PPI resolution and Corning Gorilla glass protection
    • 2.3 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 (MSM 8974AB) Processor
    • MIUI V5 on top of Android v4.2.1 (Jelly Bean)
    • 13MP rear camera with LED Flash, and full HD video recording
    • 2MP front camera and full HD video recording
    • 2 GB RAM
    • 16 GB internal storage
    • 3050mAh battery

    Benchmarks

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    As per the specs, the Xiaomi Mi 3 can be the best value for money smartphone not only under Rs 15k, but also under Rs 20k and Rs 25k. The main issue could be that it is an unknown Chinese brand to Indian consumers and they have to gain the trust in the market.

  • Have a Nexus 5 or 7 ? – Install ‘Android L’ Right Now

    Have a Nexus 5 or 7 ? – Install ‘Android L’ Right Now

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    Google just released its first ever developer preview of the upcoming version of Android. But If you can’t wait for official release, then there is a chance to install Android L on your Nexus 5 or Nexus 7 (2013). You can download the relevant OS file from Google servers and install them on your device. These versions are meant for developers.

    Requirements

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    An Unlocked Nexus 5 or Nexus 7 (2013-Wifi)

    Android L OS file (Download)

    ADB and Fastboot installed on computer (Install Now)

    Must Read: Google IO 2014: Everything Google Announced

    How to turn on USB Debugging ON

    Open developer options on your Nexus device. These options are hidden by default. You have to go to Settings > About Phone and then tap on the build number 7 times. After doing that you can access the developers options. Now make sure to enable USB Debugging.

    NOTE: Installing Android L will erase all your data on the phone, so first have a backup of photos, music, files or any other data before proceeding.

     

    How to install Android L Developer Preview on Nexus 5 or Nexus 7

    Step 1: Download the Android L OS file for your device from the above link.

    Step 2: Unzip/Extract the downloaded file.

    Step 3: Connect your device to your computer via USB cable and turn on USB debugging ON (see above).

    Step 4: On your computer, Open up a command line/terminal for ADB.

    Step 5: Type the following command to access your device’s bootloader.

    adb reboot bootloader

    Step 6: Go to the folder containing the Android L OS file.

    Step 7: Now, Enter following command to run the installation script.

    flash-all

    Step 8: Now just wait for the process to complete. If you have done everything right, Android L Developer Preview will be installed on your phone. It may take upto 10-15 minutes. Have a snack !

    Warning: Installation of this may void your warranty.Also, if something goes wrong during the installation process, we are not responsible. This process is tested and worked fine.

    Instructions from google (https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#instructions).

  • The ‘Something Different’ Amazon Fire Phone

    The ‘Something Different’ Amazon Fire Phone

    bezosphoneAmazon CEO Jeff Bezos believes there is room in the market for something different. Even with the dominant leads that Apple and Samsung hold, Bezos told The Associated Press in an interview, “it’s still early” in the wireless device business.

    The phone’s most significant feature, called “Firefly,” employs audio and object recognition technology to identify products and present the user with ways to purchase the items through Amazon. Users can simply snap a photo of a book, for instance, and Firefly will offer up its title and author, give more information about it and provide ways to buy it through Amazon with a single click.

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    “We wanted to make a device that’s great for one person,” Bezos said. “It’s like a certain person likes chocolate and another person likes vanilla. The customer can choose.”

    Another feature, called “dynamic perspective,” uses four infrared, front-facing cameras that tell the phone where the user’s face and eyes are located. The feature adjusts the user interface so that tilting the screen relative to the viewer’s face can toggle through screens, scroll through websites, make online video game characters fly up or down, and render buildings and other custom-made art in 3-D.

    The feature that lets the new Amazon Fire Phone send a movie or TV show wirelessly to a compatible television while the the phone serves as a “second screen” to display information about actors, locations, and scenes is shown.amazon3

    Amazon is using Gorilla Glass 3 here with a rubber frame. The buttons are indeed aluminum though. It’s also featuring a 4.7-inch IPS LCD display, which does 590 nits of brightness, so it gets pretty bright which is good. As far as the processor goes it’s running the Snapdragon 800 with an Adreno 330 GPU and has 2GB of RAM. On the back we’ve got a 13MP camera with f/2.0 aperture. The best part of the camera is that the Fire Phone includes unlimited photo storage in Amazon’s cloud storage. There’s also dual-stereo speakers on the bottom of the Fire Phone, which should give us a good sound experience.

    The entry-level Fire phone, introduced Wednesday, costs $199 with a two-year AT&T contract, which places it at the high end of smartphone pricing. But the phone comes with 32 gigabytes of memory, double the standard 16 GB. It also comes with 12 months of Amazon Prime, the company’s free shipping, video, music and book subscription plan, which normally costs $99 a year.

  • Philips re-enters Indian handset market with three new smartphones

    Philips re-enters Indian handset market with three new smartphones

    Philips-phone-launchPhilips has re-entered the Indian mobile phone market with three Android smartphones and a feature phone aiming to be in top 6 among Indian mobile markets.

    Philips launched three Android phones, named Xenium W6610, W3500 and S308 priced at Rs 20,650,  Rs 16,195 and Rs 8,290 respecitvely.. All three smartphones run on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) operating system and support dual-sim functionality. Philips also launched a feature phone, the E130, for Rs 1,960.

    Sang Fei said, “We are glad to enter the Indian market with the latest models of Philips mobiles that are designed to suit the requirements of Indian consumers. With the launch of Philips mobile in India, we aim to offer best-in-class mobile experience at an affordable price.”

    The Xenium W6610 is the topmost handset launched by Philips. It sports a huge 5300mAh battery. Alongwith, a 1.3 Ghz quad core processor, Android 4.2 Jelly Bean OS, a 5-inch qHD IPS display with a resolution 540×960 pixels, and 1GB RAM.Philips-Xenium-W6610

    Xenium W6610 specifications

    • 1.3 GHz Quad Core Processor
    • 5 inch qHD IPS display (540×960 pixals)
    • 1 GB RAM
    • 8-megapixel autofocus rear camera with LED flash and CMOS sensor
    • 2-megapixel front camera
    • 4 GB internal storage with expandable size upto 32 GB
    • Dual Sim Support

    The mid range W3500 also have 5 inch FWVGA touchscren but 480×854 pixels resolution lower than W6610. It runs on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean but has a 1.3 Ghz quad core processor and 1 GB RAM. With a bigger 2200 mAh battery. The Philips W3500 comes with 5–MP rear camera along with a LED flash and 2MP camera in the front , dual SIM support, WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS.philips-W3500

    Philips S308 is the most affordable among the three smartphones. S308 phone has a 4-inch WVGA display, 512MB of RAM and 4GB of internal memory with a microSD card slot. The phone has also equipped with a 5MP camera at the back and 0.3MP camera in the front. It runs on 1GHz dual-core MediaTek 6572M processor and has a 1,400mAh battery.philips-S308

    The feature phone of Philips that is E130, also features dual-SIM support and a digital camera. It supports features like FM radio, MP3 player, and an expandable memory card slot for a micro SD card of up to 32GB. It is priced at Rs 1,960.

  • Motorola aiming high with latest MOTO X

    Motorola aiming high with latest MOTO X

    After tasting a huge bite of success in the form of Moto G, Motorola has launched its second smartphone in the Indian marketplace. The launch of new smartphone naming as Moto X, is a very brilliant step by the manufacturers to conquer the mid-budget smartphone segment which is currently ruled by Samsung Galaxy Series. The Moto X is smartly priced at Rs. 23, 999 for the 16GB variant, which makes it a tough rival to various popular and best selling smartphones including the Samsung Galaxy S3, Samsung Galaxy Mega and recently launched Samsung Galaxy Grand 2.Moto-X

    Moto X boasts a very fresh and unique look. The look & feel of this smartphone is well enough to make you stand different in the crowd. This smartphone targets the young Indian buyers, who want to look stylish and want to own stylish & vibrant gadgets. With the launch of Moto X, Motorola seems aiming very high in the Indian market. A huge success in the Indian marketplace will directly help the manufacturers in expanding their reach on the global level.

    Moto X sports a brilliant 4.7-inch AMOLED Capacitive Touch Screen display, which is capable of producing a HD resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels at a rate of 312 ppi. It is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass and also boasts Active Display feature. This smartphone is powered by a Dual Core Krait Processor, clocked at 1.7GHz, and is coupled with Adreno 320 GPU and 2GB of RAM. Moto X runs on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean operating system, which can be updated to latest Android 4.4 KitKat OS.

    Moto X houses a 10 Megapixels rear camera featuring LED flash, HDR, face detection, touch focus, Panorama, Geo-tagging and more. It also packs a 2 Megapixels front camera for video calls. You can record 1080p Full HD videos with the rear camera. Moto X is available in two variants boasting 16GB & 32GB of internal memory, but both of them lack an external MicroSD card slot.

    The connectivity features on Moto X includes 3G, GPRS with EDGE, Wi-Fi, WI-Fi Hotspot, DLNA, Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE, GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS and more. This smartphone is fuelled by a 2200mAH Li-ion battery, which promises up to 576 hours of stand-by and 13 hours of talk time.

    Also Read: Moto G : The Budget Smartphone review

    Moto X is a very brilliant package for those buyers, who are looking for a well finished, stylish and vibrant smartphone which is powerful in terms of hardware specifications as well. The combination of processor & RAM on Moto X is well enough to run huge applications and HD games very easily. If you love clicking pictures on the go, the rear camera of 10 Megapixels on Moto X will help you in capturing your moments in a better way.

    The only issue with Moto X we found is the absence of external MicroSD card slot. However, if it doesn’t really matters for you, go ahead and making Moto X your next buy.

    Author Bio – The Author have great interest in writing about technology and handset reviews. Currently he is working with 91mobiles.

  • Mobile App Development with Its New Level

    Mobile App Development with Its New Level

    Due to the wide usage of the Internet and related Electronic devices, the platform for Applications are taking into a next level of thinking where mobile Apps are no longer remaining as Mobile Apps with us. Gone are the days when we only have a phone with the purpose of making calls and Texts, then came a time of Multimedia and other related things, the current one is considered to be most sophisticated device in the field of communication called Smartphones.

    With the increasing usage of Apps and numerous technology aspects of Smartphones shown up a way to take it to the next level of Communication called wearable devices. Along with the advancement of Technologies and Apps, the mindset of people is getting improvised and broaden to the level of perceiving things which were unimagined once!

    Now, using the Smartphones are not as flexible as it was once. Tech geeks and majority of the Smartphone users are very much anticipation for the next level of communications and its ways.

    Mobile Apps were developed based on the platform and the nature of the devices and Companies manufacturing it. Because, the Apps developed for Android may not be supported in the devices manufactured by companies doesn’t provide devices for the same.

    App developers should explore the ideas of taking the Apps work to the next level by giving more important to voice-command feature. Developing Apps which is a voice – command oriented will be greatly welcomed as the Smartphones are going into the next level of wrist phones and Glasses in the place of phones. Devices with such nature of technologies will expect the Apps with more about Voice-command features in almost all the Apps. It should be developed in a way where more of Voice command should be used rather than Touch or Texting by using the device. This way, the usage of Smartphones will be reduced enormously in real time scenario and the Convenience of using the devices will take its transformation into the next level of easiness. On top of that, people with blindness will be benefited by it to an incredible level.

    One Effective way to develop the Apps to fulfill the expectations of users is to do an in-depth research over what the User really wanted in real time from the users’ perspective. An Image below would give an idea as a user simply needs on his phone in terms of Apps.

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    Imagine a feature of Technology, where all you must do is, asking the phone to open up the Apps and send the messages to right contacts or asking App to download the songs and store it in your favorite folder. It is more of “do it on your own” voice command to phones.

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    Siri was one of the initiatives of such in the industry. Developers can see that an example to develop more Apps of that nature.

    If the more sophisticated Apps are not developed in the near future as per the expectation and needs of the users, perhaps, it will create an option to adapt to other devices like Glasses and Wrist watches of Giant companies which will become the killer of Smartphones eventually.

    The Bottom line is, Nature of Mobile Apps should explore its ways to something we have never experienced, but at the same time, the Human mind has perceived in the subconscious mind. Developers must be keen on developing Apps which will have features and usages beyond the level of user expectations to keep a stand for the longest time in the industry.

    The Author Bio:

    Basheer Ahmed is a passionate technical writer, fervently obsessed with technologies. He is working for MSys Technologies as a senior technical content writer. MSys Technology is an innovator in the field of Test Automation and many other emerging technologies such as Storage, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Applications, Embedded Systems and Communications.

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  • MWC 2014: YotaPhone with dual screen launched

    MWC 2014: YotaPhone with dual screen launched

    nexusae0_YotaPhone_Photo_5_thumbRussian handset maker Yota Devices has revealed details of its second gen e-ink display equipped YotaPhone  at MWC 2014 in Barcelona.

    The new YotaPhone solves what was arguably the biggest problem with the original’s innovative concept – interacting with the e-Ink display. Previously, this was done by a series of gestures on a touchpad along the bottom of the e-Ink panel. But on the new YotaPhone, the panel is fully touch-enabled.The rear panel is 4.7″ large, and have greater pixel density than the previous model.It is also integrated with a light for the rear panel for using it in the dark.

    “A full touch second display opens a tremendous number of unique user cases for YotaPhone users. You can look and not just get information from the second display, but can interect. You can respond to email or SMS messages, you can do a lot of things,” Vlad Martynov, CEO of Yota Devices

    The idea behind having this always-on e-ink display was that it shows up notifications and updates without draining the battery.But with new YotaPhone, it’s now possible to respond to notifications and carry out actions (like making calls, messages etc.) without switching across to the main display at all.YotaPhone_ver

    Also, there’s a power saving mode that allows you to switch off the front display and just enable the back display.

    Yota says the new YotaPhone will go on sale in Russia and EMEA markets in Q4 2014, with US and Asian availability following in the next quarter or two.

    YotaPhone Specs:

    5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) HD OLED 442 PPI display

    Quad-core 2.3 GHz Qualcomm processor

    8-megapixel camera on the back

    2-megapixel front-facing camera

    2550 mAh battery