Another HTC device leaks, codenamed HTC Ville
- Category: HTC
- Wednesday, 09 November 2011
- Written by Kunal Khullar
We had just heard a rumour about a quad-core powered handset by HTC and now here’s more rumoured goodness. HTC Ville will be the latest offering by HTC that will be coming next year in April and will run on Android Ice Cream Sandwich.
The smartphone will sport a 4.3-inch qHD Super AMOLED display, a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon Series 4 processor, an 8-megapixel backside-illuminated camera with 1080p HD video capture, HSPA+ a 1,650 mAh battery and Beats audio processing. The smartphone is said to have a slim design and is rumoured to be slimmer than the iPhone at 8mm, although it still doesn’t beat the Motorola RAZR which is just 7.1mm thick.
Android 4.0 devices are now finally starting to show up, we hope that phone manufacturers start launching new handsets with the ICS update soon and upgrade older devices as well.
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PayMate and Nokia partner-up to bring in NFC based technology in India
- Category: Nokia
- Wednesday, 09 November 2011
- Written by Kunal Khullar
PayMate along with Nokia has developed a new NFC technology solution that will enable easy display, delivery, and purchase of goods and services using a simple tap. With Nokia launching NFC based handsets, PayMate has partnered with Nokia to showcase to the Indian market some of the capabilities of NFC and bringing NFC to the Indian mainstream.
NFC solution enables users to access Content and Services, simply and securely with a single tap of the phone against an NFC touch point. You can exchange text, images, URLs and other data simply by holding your phone up to various smart tags. It promotes quick and easy sharing of content between two mobile devices as well as with consumer electronics such as cameras, TVs and printers.
This experience can also be extended to a convenient and secure checkout and payment with the PayMate solution. Customer can purchase an item by simply tapping their NFC enabled device against an NFC enabled menu or a tag on an item they wish to purchase. All product information could be transmitted to the customer’s phone via the information triggered from the RFID tag and the customer can then choose to go ahead and select the item for purchase. Their NFC device could be linked via PayMate to a payment mechanism such as their bank account or a prepaid account and the customer could then authorise the payment directly on to their mobile phones. NFC thereby helps in contactless payments by transforming the mobile phone into a digital wallet, thus eliminating the need to carry cash and credit cards.
Likewise, coupons, promotions and advertisements for various products and services could also be transmitted to the consumer's phone, taking mobile marketing to a new level. For the end user, the entire experience is fast, precise, and convenient. For merchants and content providers, NFC is a cost effective, active, and engaging solution that also provides real-time usage and insight to customer interests and preferences.
Probable pictures of the Nokia 900 WP leaked [Update]
- Category: Nokia
- Wednesday, 09 November 2011
- Written by Amol Mathur
After the launch of Nokia’s Windows Phone running Lumia 710 and 800 last month, now pictures of a probable Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone have surfaced. The pictures seem to be genuine but nothing is true until an official announcement from Nokia themselves.
The rumouredd specs of the Nokia 900 are as follows:
- Windows Phone Mango OS
- ClearBlack Display 4.3 "AMOLED
- Snapdragon 1.4GHz single-core processor
- 8MP CarlZeiss Camera with Autofocus and dual LED Flash
- NFC, Bluetooth 4.0
- 1Gb of Ram and 512Mb of ROM
- 16GB or 32GB of internal memory
- Battery 1800mAh
Update:
It seems that this is not the real deal. According to one of our readers, the handset is just a concept design available at www.mindsailors.com under the Design Concepts tab. Thanks for the tip Sangeun Kim.
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Asus officially announces the Transformer Prime tablet, to be available in December
- Category: Asus
- Wednesday, 09 November 2011
- Written by Amol Mathur
Earlier today we saw that Asus may delay the launch of its next generation tablet, the Transformer Prime to get Android Ice cream Sandwich on board, but with the announcement of Tegra 3 by Nvidia, Asus has also officially launched Transformer Prime, a successor to its highly successful tablet Transformer which was launched last year.
It’ll be the first quad-core tablet to run on Nvidia’s Tegra 3 CPU and it has some really great specs. We first saw the Transformer Prime at the AsiaD conference where Asus’s’ CEO had showcased the 10 inch tablet and since then reports have been coming in about its benchmark results beating all the current next generation mobile devices.
Specs and features of Transformer Prime
- Will run on Nvidia’s Tegra 3 processor
- Android 3.2 Honeycomb onboard, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update
- once available
- 10-inch, 1280 x 800 IPS screen with 178-degree viewing angles and Gorilla
- Glass ruggedness
- 8MP rear camera with LED flash and auto-focus, 1.2MP front camera.
- Video recording at 1080p
- Just 0.33 inch thick
- microSD card slot
- 3.5mm audio jack, and micro HDMI slot
- 18 hours of battery backup
- Attachable keyboard that turns the tablet into a laptop.
Nvidia unveils Tegra 3 CPU, improves performance while improving battery life
- Category: General
- Wednesday, 09 November 2011
- Written by Amol Mathur
Nvidia has today unveiled the successor to its Tegra 2 CPU bringing in more performance and improved battery life for future mobile devices. Initially code-named as Kal-El, now known as the Tegra 3, Nvidia has bundled three times the graphics performance of Tegra 2, and up to 61 percent lower power consumption in the Tegra 3.
Key features of Tegra 3 CPU are
- It is world's first quad-core ARM Cortex A9 CPU
- Uses a new vSMP (Variable Symmetric Multiprocessing) technology, including a fifth CPU core that runs at a lower frequency and operates at exceptionally low power
- New video engines with support for 1080p high profile video at 40 Mbps
- 12-core GeForce GPU, with 3x the graphics performance of the Tegra 2 processor, including support for stereoscopic 3D
- Up to 3x higher memory bandwidth and Up to 2x faster Image Signal Processor
According to Nvidia, performance improvements over with Tegra 3 will come in many ways. There will be smoother webpage scrolling, to two times faster flash performance with higher frame rates and smoother animation; up to three times faster HTML 5 and Web GL performance; smoother steaming video performance and smoother frame rates and more particle and shadier effects in games.
The Tegra 3 is combined by 12-core Nvidia GeForce GPU which will be a treat for gamers as it provides high performance, control and excellent video performance on touch screen panels. By the end of 2011 about 40 games will be available taking advantage of Tegra 3’s advanced performance. And about 15 games are currently under development and head to Tegra Zone, which is Nvidia's Android Market app that showcases the best games optimized for the Tegra processor.
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Nokia N9 gets PR1.1, many new features included
- Category: Nokia
- Wednesday, 09 November 2011
- Written by Amol Mathur
Nokia has finally announced the release of PR1.1 for its MeeGo running N9, bringing its software update number to 20.2011.40-4. Nokia N9 is as of now the best selling and most awaiting device in a few regions. New features with the update include the following but are not limited to:• NFC tag reading to instantly interact with NFC tags
• Music controls on lock screen
• Photo and video shooting with colour filters: black & white, sepia, vivid, negative, solarize
• More powerful multitasking with improved memory handling
• Swype for fast typing
• Faster MfE synch, synchronizing only active folders
• Noise cancellation reduces background noise so that your friends hear you better
• Close apps easily with swiping down, this now on by default
• New indicators for standby screen like charging and calendar
• Much more other features
It is good to see that Nokia is all committed towards MeeGo even though the N9 is and will be the only device running on the Linux based OS. This PR1.1 update will gradually roll out to users in all regions. If you have not yet received it, look out for the notification to pop up and update your device to enjoy these cool features.
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Nokia N8 to get a successor [Rumour]
- Category: Nokia
- Wednesday, 09 November 2011
- Written by Amol Mathur
Just when you thought that the last device on Nokia's camera flagship would be the Nokia N8; rumours have start popping up and do the rounds that the company is working on a successor to the N8, with little better specs. And the twist in the tale is that it will be running on Symbian OS.
Yes, Nokia plans to reveal the device at the Mobile World Congress in February. This can act as a distraction to the future Windows Phone running devices that will also be displayed at the conference as Nokia is spending a lot of its resources on the marketing of its newly launched WP devices.
Probable specs of the N8 Successor:
- Camera with Optical Zoom (Camera resolution not confirmed)
- 3.5-inch WVGA Clear Black display
- Gorilla Glass
- 1GHz CPU and 512MB of RAM
- Scheduled for Q2 2012
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Sony Ericsson Xperia Active water ‘stress’ test [Video]
- Category: Sony Ericsson
- Wednesday, 09 November 2011
- Written by Kunal Khullar
So we have been playing around with the Xperia Active for a while now and boy do we love it. The little smartphone is a great performer even under the sun, when you are jogging, in the shower or even if you accidently drop it a puddle of water. Yes, the Xperia Active can not only survive sweat or water splashes, but it can also easily withstand if you put it under a tap. [We don't advise you to do that though.]
Well, we actually did it. We took the Xperia Active and took under a shower, under a running tap, and even submerged the tough smartphone in a bucket of water. So how did it fare? It worked perfectly fine and is still running like new. Check out our water stress test video below and tell us what you think.
BSNL revises freebies on purchase of new 3G data card
- Category: BSNL
- Wednesday, 09 November 2011
- Written by MobiGyaan Team
Users from Chennai, who are planning to buy a new data card from BSNL, can now enjoy some extra freebies. On purchase of every 3G Data card from BSNL and opting for a prepaid plan, BSNL will be providing you with a free 3G SIM card which will be bundled with FRC 51. Users will only have to pay Rs. 51 towards the FRC and not for the SIM. With this they will also enjoy 1GB of free 3G data usage against the previous 200MB. The data usage will carry a validity of 30 days.Free SIM, free 1GB 3G data usage, sounds like a great deal.
MTNL regularises FnF plan for all users in Delhi
- Category: MTNL
- Wednesday, 09 November 2011
- Written by Amol Mathur
MTNL, in an effort to provide better service at minimal rates, has announced the regularisation of Family and Friends Plan for its users in Delhi. Now MTNL users can avail this plan by paying a monthly subscription charge of Rs. 50 and choose 5 MTNL basic number, Garuda or mobile number and make calls to their loved ones at just 10p/min for one month. Numbers under FnF may be added or modified and Rs. 10/- will be charged for per addition or modification beyond 5 in a month. The Friends and Family plan will be applicable to customers of all plans.
This Family and Friends plan can be availed by all users from 11.11.2011.
