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BlackBerry 10 Event: RIM Rebrand, BB10 Phones, New BBM, Apps, PlayBook Gets BB10

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Research In Motion has now been completely rebranded to BlackBerry, with the promise of "one brand". As expected, two phones were unveiled, the first phones on the BB10 ecosystem - the Z10 and the Q10. Existing PlayBooks will also get BB10. First up, CEO Thorsten Heins announced that Research In Motion will be rebranded completely to BlackBerry. "From this point onwards, RIM becomes BlackBerry. This is our promise of one brand," he said. "Our employees already work for BlackBerry, so from this day on we'll be known as BlackBerry." We believe it makes sense, considering the brand unification makes it stronger over a period of time.

Next were the main attractions of the event – the BB10 devices. As expected, there were two BB10 smartphones that were showcased. The first was the Z10, which is a full touch BB10 device. The second was the Q10. With this phone, BlackBerry stayed loyal to its majority demographic of users by offering the physical QWERTY keypad along with a touchscreen. The slim phone has a glass casing to protect against nicks and scratches.

Specifications of the Z10 : 

- 4.2-inch 1280 x 728 pixel display and is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus dual-core 1.5GHz processor. 
- The device has 2GB of RAM, and there is 16GB internal storage along with a microSD card slot up to 64GB. BlackBerry has packed in an 1800mAh battery. The phone will run on LTE in certain markets only. 
- The Q10, on the other hand, is the more traditional BlackBerry device we are used to. 
- It has a 3.1-inch 720 x 720 pixel touchscreen with a full physical QWERTY keypad. 
- The optical trackpad has been done away with. 
- The Q10 also has an 1800mAh battery.

The application ecosystem was one thing that BlackBerry needed to get into shape before the launch of BB10. And it seems to have full control over that. BlackBerry has announced Kindle support. The Reminder app gets Evernote integration. Twitter, LinkedIn, Skype, Foursquare, Whatsapp, Dropbox, TuneIn Radio are all there. The list of released apps is as follows: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Foursquare, Whatsapp, Amazon Kindle, New York Times, The Economist, ESPN Scorecenter, CBS Sports, PGA Tour, NHL Gamecenter, SportsTracker, ATP, UFC Cisco Webex, eMusic, Slacker, Songza, TuneIn Radio, Paper Camera, Box, DropBox, ooVoo ,Bloomberg, Evernote, SAP, Citrix, Soundhound, The Weather Channel, BBC Top Gear, United Airlines, Delta Airlines, Dictionary.com, Flixster, and Stubhub. The pessimists will surely look at this and remark, “where is Instagram”? We shall not nitpick on those lines!

Existing BlackBerry PlayBook owners would be delighted to know that they have not been forgotten. On stage, CEO Heins announced that all PlayBook tablets will get the BlackBerry 10 upgrade.
Thursday, 31 January 2013
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Google+ Becomes 2nd Largest Social Platform, Ahead of Twitter and YouTube

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The social networking segment has seen intense competition over the months with the social networking giants frequently rolling out updates and new features to keep user engagement up. The competition is by and large dominated by Facebook but other sites are catching up as well. And much to everyone's surprise, Google+ has moved to the second spot for social platforms while YouTube ranks third, ahead of Twitter, according to Trendstream’s Global Web Index for Q4 2012.

According to the report, Facebook's active user count was around 693 million by 2012-end whereas Google+ had some 343 million users. Facebook clearly leads the race with a huge margin while Google+ has quite a bit of catching up to do in the near future. However, Google's social networking site has become popular enough to move past Twitter and Twitter.

“Data collected in GWI.8 (Q4 2012) demonstrates the continued shift in usage from localised social platforms to global ones with huge growth for Twitter, Google+ and Facebook. The fastest growing network in 2013 in terms of 'Active Usage' (defined as 'Used or contributed to in the past month') was Twitter which grew 40 percent to 288m across our 31 markets (approximately 90 percent of global internet population). 21 percent of the global internet population now use Twitter actively on a monthly basis. This compares to 21% actively using YouTube, 25 percent actively using Google+ and a staggering 51percent using Facebook on a monthly basis,” says the report.
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
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Aircel Offers Free Roaming with 'One Nation, One Rate' Plan

Aircel has introduced a new tariff plan that makes roaming across voice, SMS and data services free. Called the 'One Nation, One Rate' plan, subscribers will pay 1 paisa per second for both STD and local calls in their home circles, as well as on roaming. For local and STD SMSes, the operator will charge Re 1. Incoming will be free. “This product will enable Aircel customers to enjoy one rate for voice, SMS and data services in their respective home circles and even while they are on roaming,” Aircel Chief Marketing Officer, Anupam Vasudev is quoted as saying.

Aircel's One Nation, One Rate plan is available for Rs. 39 in Delhi with validity of 30 days; pricing will vary in other circles. Take a look at the table below for the full list of rates for the plan:

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FaceWash Helps Clean Up Your Facebook Profile

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Researchers from Kent State University have developed an app for Facebook that will help you clean up the potentially embarrassing “stuff” off your Facebook Profile.

Aptly titled “FaceWash,” the app scans through one’s profile for any mention of questionable content such as photos, posts, status updates, ‘liked’ pages etc. The app was developed by Daniel Gur, Camden Fullmer and David Steinberg when they realized that people might need a way to clean up their extensive Facebook activity in order maintain good chances of future employment. 

In order to cleanse your dirty wall, all you have to do is browse over to facewa.sh followed by going to the app and giving it access to all your dirty laundry. Once all necessary permissions have been granted, just click on the Start icon and the app will start scanning for questionable content. You can also define custom search words to look for, which is pretty good for looking up posts that contain dirty slang. The app will conclude the search with clearly marked results and show links to each of the post to make their removal a breeze.

The FaceWash app, currently in Beta, is going to be saving many people a whole lot of embarrassment  given how effective it is. FaceWash is still in beta, but if you’re about to go for an interview and don’t want your future employer coming up on your drunken shenanigans, we recommend giving this app a spin.

Facebook For iOS Updated with Video Recording and Voice Messaging

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Before the update, iOS users had the ability to upload videos to Facebook directly from the camera roll, but now this functionality is built into the Facebook app. With the update, users can easily click pictures and videos and share it directly via the Facebook app. The Facebook for iOS version 5.4 update brings will now allow users to record and share video and voice messages (just like the Facebook Messenger app) straight from the app.

Earlier, those who use Facebook on their iPhone got the ability to make VoIP calls from the Facebook Messaging app. Facebook has been testing free calling over Wi-Fi and cellular data, and the service has been available to iPhone users in Canada and the US. It is available through the Facebook Messaging app.

Making a voice call to another Facebook user is quite simple. Users need to open a conversation with a friend, tap the "i" button in the top-right corner, and hit the Free Call button. The call recipient will then get a notification that a Facebook user is trying to call them. As of now, the service is restricted to the US and Canada and to iPhone users. There is no information on when the service will hit Android or Windows Phone devices in the US or when the service will be available globally.

Pinterest Tests New Look with Bigger Pins, More Image Details

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Pinterest has said it is testing a new design of its website among a small number of users. The new design is said to make things easier to find on the site.

Pinterest is also working to improve a few key elements including making navigation intuitive and faster. Pins will appear larger and feature more image details. The new design will also bring a new related pins side bar, which is supposed to make user stay longer on the site and click through other boards. There will be a new grey gradient background behind all the pins.

“We’ll preview the update with a small group of people over the coming weeks. Once we work out the kinks, we’ll share it more broadly. In the meantime, if you’re interested in being one of the first to see the new look, send us your information,” says Vy Phan, Software Engineer at Pinterest in a blog post.

Nokia and Airtel to Launch Nokia Xpress Browser in India

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Nokia and Bharti Airtel will launch an exclusive version of the Nokia Xpress browser in India, which will feature access to Airtel's premium services and popular content. Like other versions of the Nokia Browser, the Xpress version which we first saw on the recently released Nokia 114 dual-SIM phone, compresses data in the cloud to ensure a smoother browsing experience on low bandwidth connections.

The Nokia Xpress browser claims up to 85 percent increase in efficiency when compared to the traditional mobile browser. It also claims to make the browsing experience faster and cheaper, which means that your data charge will be less. Along with speed, the browser will optimize websites for use on the S40 and Asha devices. The browser will be made available to users in the coming weeks and Nokia-Airtel users will receive an automatic upgrade.
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Nokia Introduces Music+ Service For Lumia Devices

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Nokia takes on music streaming services such as Spotify and Last.fm as the company rolls out an extension to its Mix Radio app called, Nokia Music+. The new Nokia Music+ app is available as a premium upgrade for the Lumia users.

Nokia Music+ features unlimited downloads and unlimited music discovery. It also has unlimited skips, allowing users to skip from track to track. The app promises to deliver high quality streaming music. Even over a 2.5G connection, Nokia Music+ allows you to download music at 'eight times' the standard quality. Moreover, there's option to access lyrics as well as a web-app for desktop users.

“Nokia Music is great for discovering new music, and we’ve found that there’s a core of users that want even more of it. This is how Nokia Music+ came about. By introducing features like infinite skips and unlimited downloads, we’re opening the doors for unlimited music discovery at only €3.99 per month.”
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Lenovo Serious About Smartphones; Eyes Possible RIM Partnership

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Lenovo has registered a clear interest in a possible partnership. This comes at a time when Lenovo is looking to add a strong smartphone portfolio to go with its computing devices. Lenovo is currently on target to become the largest PC maker in the world. RIM, on its part, is fairly confident of a successful BlackBerry 10 launch, both for the hardware and on the critical operating system side.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Lenovo Chief Financial Officer Wong Wai Ming told Bloomberg, "We are looking at all opportunities - RIM and many others. We'll have no hesitation if the right opportunity comes along that could benefit us and shareholders." This news was the latest good news for RIM, as stocks went up 3% immediately. Incidentally, the same stocks had seen a 13 month high when the CEO announced they are open to an alliance.

However, any partnership or deal for RIM would not be very easy, whoever the other party may be. One of the reasons for that is that Canada considers RIM as a “crown jewel”. After Heins’ comments earlier this week, Canada's Industry Minister Christian Paradis told Reuters that Canada may even go to the extent of reviewing a sale of RIM's handset business if such a deal was proposed.

India Ranks 2nd Globally in Accessing Users' Details: Google Transparency Report

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According to Google's latest transparency report, India stood second with as many as 2,431 requests for data about 4,106 users. The U.S. topped the list with 8,438 requests for information about 14,868 users. France, Germany, Britain and Brazil filled out the top six.

“[The data] shows the steady increase in government requests for our users’ data continued in the second half of 2012, as usage of our services continued to grow,” says Google in a blog post. "User data requests of all kinds have increased by more than 70 per cent since 2009. In total, we received 21,389 requests for information about 33,634 users from July through December 2012."

According to official figures, the government had ordered 690 webpages/URLs for having anti-national, objectionable and hate content last year. Out of 690 webpages, 663 were blocked during the last year. The Indian government has already come under criticism for its alleged attempts to impose web censorship. Though the government has denied it intends to censor the Internet, it has stressed for having a web monitoring mechanism. Last year, various Internet companies were dragged to the court for having objectionable content.

Friday, 25 January 2013
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Google Updates Image Search with Inline Panel and More Image Information

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Google has rolled out another round of update to its Image Search that is supposed to make the search faster and require less clicks. The update bring in a range of changes, the images now being presented via an inline panel.

“Based on feedback from both users and webmasters, we redesigned Google Images to provide a better search experience. In the next few days, you’ll see image results displayed in an inline panel so it’s faster, more beautiful, and more reliable,” says Google in a blog post.When users search for images currently, they see large thumbnail images for whatever they are looking.

Google also explains what the tweak to its Image Search would mean for webmasters:
- We now display detailed information about the image (the metadata) right underneath the image in the search results, instead of redirecting users to a separate landing page.
- We’re featuring some key information much more prominently next to the image: the title of the page hosting the image, the domain name it comes from, and the image size.
- The domain name is now clickable, and we also added a new button to visit the page the image is hosted on. This means that there are now four clickable targets to the source page instead of just two. In our tests, we’ve seen a net increase in the average click-through rate to the hosting website.
- The source page will no longer load up in an iframe in the background of the image detail view.
- This speeds up the experience for users, reduces the load on the source website’s servers, and improves the accuracy of webmaster metrics such as pageviews. As usual, image search query data is available in Top Search Queries in Webmaster Tools.

Mozilla Enters Mobile Wars, Unveils Two Firefox OS Phones

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Mozilla, best known for its very popular Firefox browser, has unveiled two handsets running the newly developed Firefox mobile OS. Mozilla made the announcement on their blog and also revealed the look and specifications of the two handsets, named Keon and Peak. The two handsets are being developed by Spanish firm Geeksphone and will be made available for purchase in February.

The Peak wields the specs of a relatively mid-range smartphone and boasts of a 4.3-in qHD IPS display. It runs on a dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor clocked at 1.2GHz and 512MB of RAM. The Peak also has dual cameras, an 8MP primary one (complemented by a flash) and a 2MP front-facing one. The Peak also has additional features such as microSD card support, WiFi (N) and GPS, light and proximity sensors. The Peak is powered by an 1800mAh battery.

The Keon, on the other hand, is clearly supposed to be a budget device. It has a single-core Snapdragon S1 1GHz processor and 512MB of RAM. Imaging is taken care of by a solitary 3MP camera. The Keon sports a 3.5-in HVGA capacitive touchscreen and is powered by a 1580mAh battery. Additional features are the same as on the Peak.

Mozilla has branded these handsets as “developer phones” and they are specifically aimed at developers who can use the handsets to develop apps for the Firefox OS. Along with the handsets, Mozilla has also released a desktop simulator for the Firefox OS.

Share of Spam in E-mail Traffic Registers a Five-Year Low: Report

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According to Kaspersky Lab data, share of spam in e-mail traffic slumped to 72.1 percent in 2012 – lowest in last five years. The share saw year-on-year fall of 8.2 percent as compared to 2011.

Kaspersky Lab says the slump in spam volume is due to improved anti-spam protection in e-mail systems and implementation of DKIM signature policies that verifies the domain from which e-mails are sent. The slump is also due to availability of affordable advertising on legal platforms.

The proportion of e-mails with malicious attachments was very less though as such e-mails had 3.4 percent share. The data ranks China as the top source for spamming, as it accounts for 19.5 percent of all spam mails. India ranks third behind the U.S. with 9.7 percent. Overall, Asia accounted more than half of the world's spam.

The report says India is among top target for phishing sites as the country ranks sixth. The list is however dominated by developed countries.
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Samsung Announces 5-inch Galaxy Grand at Rs. 21,500

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Samsung has added another device to its Galaxy portfolio. The device falls under the phablet category. Called the Galaxy Grand Duos, the device boasts of some impressive specifications. To start with, it has a 5-inch WVGA TFT display with a 480x800 pixel resolution. This makes the resolution at par with a few budget phablets available in the market today, though some, like the Micromax A116 Canvas HD, sport 720p HD resolutions.

Samsung Galaxy Grand Specifications : 



- 1.2GHz dual-core processor and 1GB of RAM. 
- It runs on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean straight out of the box and has Samsung TouchWiz UI. 
- Quite slim at 9.6mm and weighs 162 grams. 
- It has 8GB built-in storage expandable up to 64GB via a microSD card. 
- 8MP (BSI sensor) rear snapper with the ability to record video in full HD and a 2MP front facing camera. 
- Bluetooth 4.0 and a 2100mAh battery.
- Looks just like S III.

On the software front, the Grand Duos brings with it a few features found on premium Samsung devices. To start with, the device brings with it multi-window functionality, i.e., you can run two apps simultaneously on the display. You can also watch a video in a small window and perform other work while the video plays – true multitasking. The Galaxy Grand Duos also boasts of dual-SIM functionality, hence the Duos moniker. No single-SIM version of the device has been announced. It also boasts of a Smart Voice and Data app. Put simply if one of your SIM cards isn’t catching network, the call will be forwarded to your other SIM. Please note that here data charges will apply.
Other Samsung apps such as S Voice, Smart Stay (the display won't go to sleep if it knows that you are reading), All share, Chat On and more are also present on the device.

With the Galaxy Grand, Samsung has introduced a service called My Service. My Service gives users access to My Movies (a library of more than 2000 movies), My Music (3 lakh songs in collaboration with Hungama), My Education (1200 text books, 60 video books and 150 assignment papers based on the CBSE board) and My Mobile TV (100 live TV channels).

With the Galaxy Grand, Samsung has an introductory offer. It has tied up with Vodafone to give users 2GB data for two months and My Service features worth Rs. 8,000. Users will also get access to 50GB cloud storage from Dropbox.

The Galaxy Grand Duos is priced at Rs. 21,500 and will be available from the first week of February.


BlackBerry App World Gets a Makeover; BB Music Boasts of 'MILLION' Songs

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Research In Motion is definitely hard at work, in an attempt to give its offerings a complete makeover before the BB10 launch at the end of January. The latest is the application store, known till now as the BlackBerry App World. It has now been renamed to BlackBerry World. And as expected, there will be a whole host of new content on the store, apart from apps – music, movies and TV shows included.

This change is pretty much an attempt to bring the BlackBerry application and media store platform at par with the offerings from Apple and Google. RIM seems to be riding a wave of confidence. Earlier this month, they had reported that developers submitted 15000 apps in less than 2 days at one Port-A-Thon event. Stock prices have also seen an upward trend, in the expectation of the success of the BB10 platform.

The web version of the BlackBerry World is already Live here, while the applications for smartphones and tablets will be rolled out “in the coming weeks”. Along with the store refresh comes the new BB Music service, which boasts of “millions” of songs. It will be available for an initial 30-day period free of charge, but will be charged at at US$4.99 per month in the U.S. There is still no word on the international pricing.


Sony to Launch PS4 After the Next Xbox

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Sony CEO, Kaz Hirai has said in an interview, 'Why go first, when your competitors can look at your specifications and come up with something better?' Keeping this strategy in mind, Sony plans to launch the next generation PlayStation, the PS4 after the competition Microsoft launches the next generation Xbox.

This strategy doesn’t seem to be perfect and it looks like Sony is the one that wants to see what the competition has to offer. As the next generation console launch is just around the corner, its doubtful that any major changes can be made to the hardware at the last minute.

GDC is happening in March and we think that is where Sony and Microsoft will give the world the first glimpse of their next generation home consoles. We think the pricing and launch details will be reserved for E3 2013, which will happen later this year. Sony had the first mover’s advantage with the launch of the original PlayStation over the N64 and that paid off extremely well. Even with the PS2, Sony nailed the launch when compared to the competition. The Xbox 360 however was launched a year before the PS3 and at a cheaper price tag giving it the first mover's advantage. 

We think this has more to do with the pricing of the consoles than anything else. Sony really messed up with the pricing of the PS3 when it launched.
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Micromax A116 Quad Core Canvas HD Display Jelly Bean Announced

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Micromax has added another device to its smartphone portfolio, the A116 Canvas HD. The device will be available from the first week of February and Micromax will start taking pre-orders for the device after Republic Day. Micromax didn’t announce a final price for the product but said that it will cost under Rs. 15,000.

In terms of specifications, the A116 Canvas HD is a powerhouse. To start with, it has a 5-inch IPS display with a 1280x720 pixel resolution. Under the hood, it has a 1.2GHz quad-core MediaTek MT 6589 processor along with 1GB of RAM. It also shows off a PowerVR SGX5 GPU. The A116 boasts of dual-SIM capabilities. It has 4GB built-in storage expandable up to 32GB via a microSD card. The rear of the device houses an 8MP camera where as the front has a 0.3MP shooter for video chatting. It also has a 2100mAh battery.

The Micromax A116 Canvas HD smartphone is the first smartphone from Micromax’s stable to run on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. After launch the device will be upgradable to Android 4.2 JB.

Government Developing a Cyber Security Architecture: NSA


In a bid to deal with the sabotage, espionage and other forms of cyber attacks, the government is developing a national cyber security architecture. The facility will be also responsible for safeguarding the country's information information infrastructure and networks as well as offering certification to service providers and vendors to ensure additional security measures. The revelation was made by National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon.

An Economic Times report quotes Menon as saying: "It will also involve capacity and authority for operations in cyber space. The goal is to prevent sabotage, espionage and other forms of cyber attacks that could hurt us.”

The National Security Council has okayed the architecture in principle even as the implementation details are being chalked out with the ministries and agencies, "which we hope to take to the Cabinet for approval soon", Menon said. A national cyber security coordinator in the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) will be responsible for bring this work together. 

The Indian government has been taking various measures to secure its network. Last year, the then Home Minister P Chidambaram revealed the government was planning to set up National Threat Intelligence Centre in view of rising cyber crimes such as identity theft, hacking, financial fraud, child pornography and corporate espionage. Despite various efforts, the government sites and networks have continued to be attacked by cyber criminals and hacking groups. According to recent CERT-In data, more than 14,000 websites were hacked till October last year, witnessing a steep hike of 57 percent from 2009. Minister of State for Communications and IT Milind Deora revealed in the Parliament about 294 websites of various government departments and ministries were attacked by hackers during the period between January-October 2012.
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Over 200 Billion Photos Uploaded, 1 Trillion Connections Created on Facebook

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Facebook users have so far uploaded a whopping 240 billion photos and created 1 trillion connections, revealed the social networking company's CEO Mark Zuckerberg at its press event in Menlo Park.

On an average, a normal Facebook user would have uploaded more than 200 pics and made a thousand connections. The staggering feat comes months after Facebook announced in October that the company had gone past the 1 billion active users mark. The social networking as a service is also now believed to the most popular online ever.

“Facebook’s mission is to make the world more open and connected. The main way we do this is by giving people the tools to map out their relationships with the people and things they care about. We call this map the graph. It's big and constantly expanding with new people, content and connections. There are already more than a billion people, more than 240 billion photos and more than a trillion connections,” says the company in a blog post.

The revelation comes in conjunction with Facebook's announcement for the Graph Search feature within the social networking website. The new feature is believed to put Facebook in direct competition with Google, which is the largest Internet search engine. The Graph Search is also believed to have a lot of potential to generate revenues for the social networking giant. Read more about Facebook's Graph Search feature here.
Saturday, 19 January 2013
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HTC Butterfly Expected To Launch in January-end In India, @ Rs. 44,000

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HTC is planning to bring its first phablet to India. The device is expected to hit store shelves towards the end of January, for Rs. 44,000. In the US the device is called the HTC Droid DNA but in the rest of the world, it is called the HTC Butterfly or HTC Deluxe. The device has been available globally since December 2012.

HTC Butterfly Specifications :

- 5-inch display with a full HD resolution (1920x1080 pixels) giving it a pixel density of 441ppi.
- Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro quad-core processor clocked at 1.5GHz, Adreno 320GPU
- 2GB of RAM power the device.
- 16GB built-in storage expandable via a microSD card up to 32GB.
- 8MP rear facing camera and a 2.1MP front facing camera.
- 2020mAh battery.
- It will run on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.
- Priced @ Rs. 44,000 will be the most expensive Android smartphone available. 

Currently we have the Samsung Galaxy S III priced at Rs. 31,900 and the Samsung Galaxy Note II priced at Rs. 37,400. We have the iPhone 5, which is the most expensive (non-luxury) smartphone available in India starting at Rs. 45,500.

The launch of the Butterfly comes at the heels of the largest global smartphone event, MWC 2013, which will take place in February in Barcelona, Spain. We expect to see quite a few flagship smartphones at the event such as the Samsung Galaxy S IV, Samsung Galaxy Note III, LG Optimus G2 and more.

Chinese Internet Users Spent 19 Million Years on Social Media in 2012: Report

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A study was conducted in China called ‘We Are Social’s Guide to Social, Digital and Mobile in China (2nd Edition, Jan 2013)’. One of the interesting facts pointed out in the study was that Chinese people logged into social media spent 167 billion hours across a variety of networks in 2012. The average estimate time per day was 46 minutes.

Phenomenal statistics include - China gained more than 50 million Internet users in 2012; the total number of Internet users has increased to 564 million; China has more than 1.1 billion wireless subscribers; there are 420 million people in China who log on to the Internet from their phone.

TheNextWeb spoke to Simon Kemp, the research firm’s managing director. He said, “Mobile! No secret there,” he said, adding that he thinks it’s becoming more and more personal. “It’s all converging on a ubiquitous data layer to people’s everyday lives. 25 million new users every month at the moment is massive growth, and brands are starting to get in on the action too. It’ll be tricky for [the brands] though, as they’ll need to have an even better think about how they can add value to the more intimate ‘instant messaging + microblog post’ environment,”

The 211 slides of the slideshow discuss figures about China’s population, Internet usage, social media and the mobile industry along with ecommerce, location-based services and online video sites. Those interested can take a look at the 211-slide presentation here.

Google Chrome 25 Beta Released, Lets You Chat Up Your Browser

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Google has implemented the Web Speech API in the beta version of Chrome 25. Google says it goes much further beyond what you would expect – just doing web searches. The browser is currently available for Windows users, and is in beta.

In its blog post, Google says, “Using your voice to search on your computer or phone is handy, but there’s so much more you can do with voice commands. Imagine if you could dictate documents, have a freestyle rap battle, or control game characters with your browser using only your voice. With today’s Chrome Beta release, this future is closer than you think.”

Google has also released a demo of the Web Speech feature at this link, but weirdly, it will only work after you have actually upgraded to the Chrome 25 beta. Upgrade first, see if you like it or not later? 
Apart from the voice control feature, Chrome 25 will bring in security and performance enhancements for all extensions, a new search and tab page and better HTML5 support.

As we had mentioned earlier, to take advantage of this futuristic feature, you will need to upgrade from the current stable version to the latest beta version. On Windows, the installation will by default disable extensions, which users can re-enable later. We, for once, will not be the first to download this, because a beta version as your primary web browser is never a good idea in terms of stability and bugs. But you can surely visualize a future where you will be composing mails by talking to your computer.
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Microsoft Next-Gen Xbox and Sony PlayStation To Be Priced Between $350-400: Analyst

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Analysts suggests that the next generation home console from Microsoft and Sony will launch by the end of the year. Both the consoles will be priced around the $350 to $400 price point. It is expected that the Sony’s PS4 will launch in October where as the next Xbox, the Xbox 720, will be available in November. Bot the consoles will be made available just in time for the year-end holiday season. Relevantly, another batch of rumours indicate that the two consoles will possibly be unveiled at GDC ahead of E3 this year, though we'll take that news with a pinch of salt. 

When Microsoft launched the Xbox 360 back in 2005, the top end version of the console cost $399 for the 20GB variant. The price of the 360 was significantly lower than its rival the PS3 that launched a year later at $499 and $599 for the two models. The analyst suggest that the new consoles will be unveiled at E3 2013 in June, but other speculations on the Internet suggest that Sony and Microsoft may hold their own events just before E3 to give gamers a “first glimpse” of the consoles. When Nintendo unveiled the Wii U it did so at E3, but it did hold its own events in subsequent months leading to the launch of the console which gave us more information about the launch and games lineup for the system.

Analysts also suggest that the next generation consoles will be built from off the shelf PC hardware. The Xbox 360 had backward compatibility with a limited library of games, but the backward compatibility was pretty good. The PS3 on the other hand, well the less spoken the better. The fear of backward compatibility is a lot more when it comes to the PS3 games working on the PS4 rather than the Xbox. This will not only enable them in cost control during production, but will also make the process of game development a lot easier. The Sony chose a unique Cell-based architecture for the PS3, which was not only more powerful than the Xbox 360, but was also more powerful then some high end PC’s at the time of the console's launch. The downside was that the PS3 was priced way too high for the average gamer and the process of developing games for the system was a nightmare. 

Initially, both the PS3 and the Xbox 360 were sold at a loss, but the 360 had the first mover’s advantage (launching a console before the competition), and also had an easier game development cycle. The war for online and exclusive games started a bit later.

Dropbox For Android Updated, Simplifies Photo Sharing Ability

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Dropbox has updated its Android app to make the process of photo sharing a lot easier. Users can choose their favourite photos and videos from their library and share it with a few simple taps. To view the shared photos, the viewers don’t need a Dropbox account. Dropbox has made it easier to switch between their personal and Dropbox for Teams accounts on the Dropbox website. The switch is as simple as clicking your name in the top right corner, selecting ‘Switch Accounts.’

Sharing the photos is really simple. From the Photos tab, users can tap the button on the top right, and select the pictures they want to share. Users can add them to a named album to save for later, or just grab the link to share via email, Facebook, or Twitter.
 
The feature is currently available only for Android and there is no word on when the feature will reach iOS. We hope it will happen soon. Android users need to be running Android 2.3 or higher to be able to avail this new feature. The cloud storage service has crossed 100 million users, according to the company’s founder, Drew Houston. Users can update the app on their Android device or download Dropbox from the Google Play store here.

Apple iPhone Users in US Get Free Voice Calling via Facebook Messenger

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Facebook has been testing free calling over Wi-Fi and cellular data, and the service has been available to iPhone users in Canada for some time. Now the service has reached iPhone users in the US as well. It is available through the Facebook messaging app. As of now, the service is restricted to the US and to iPhone users and there is no information on when the service will hit Android or Windows Phone devices in the US or when the service will be available globally.
 
Making a voice call to another Facebook user is quite simple. Users need to open a conversation with a friend, tap the "i" button in the top-right corner, and hit the Free Call button. The call recipient will then get a notification that a Facebook user is trying to call them.

The service is a very nice addition to the messaging app. This means that you can make free calls without making your cellular bill go up. If you have a great data plan, you can make calls via cellular data and save your phone bill. Facebook was testing VoIP calling and voce messaging via its messaging app in January. Facebook yesterday announced the new Graph Search engine on its social networking website, making search results more relevant to you on a social scale. Data accumulated from user profiles over the years make results closer to you and your friend's circle.
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Videocon to Launch 4G Services in India This Year

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Videocon Mobile Services is set to launch its 4G services in India in the second half this year. The company will be using 1800MHz spectrum it won in 2012 to roll out the fourth generation mobile wireless network in the country.

According to a report in The Telegraph India, the operator says it had purchased “liberalised” spectrum licences that means it could offer services on 2G, 3G, or 4G networks. The telco is likely to come up with services such as HD video streaming, video-on-demand and online games using the high end network, which is believed to be 10 times faster than the 3G.

An Economic Times report quotes Bali as saying the company had bagged liberalised spectrum in the telecom circles of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh (East and West), Bihar and Jharkhand. Currently, only Airtel offers 4G LTE data services in the country. The telecom giant is reportedly to expand its 4G services in the country as it seeks government approval to test voice services on the fourth generation networks. According to reports, Reliance Industries-owned Infotel Broadband has a pan-India 4G licence and is likely to soon receive the DoT nod for testing voice services on 4G.

Microsoft Windows 8 Fails to Boost PC Market, Drop Shipments

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According to research firm Gartner, the global PC shipments have declined by 4.9 percent in Q4 2012 as compared to the same quarter in 2011. The Q4 2012 saw shipments totalling 90.3 million units. The research firm also noted Microsoft’s latest Windows 8 OS failed to kick-start the PC market.

Gartner further says growing popularity of the tablets have slowed down PC demand across the world. “Tablets have dramatically changed the device landscape for PCs, not so much by ‘cannibalizing’ PC sales, but by causing PC users to shift consumption to tablets rather than replacing older PCs,” said Mikako Kitagawa, principal analyst at Gartner.


"The disenfranchised PCs are those with lighter configurations, which mean that we should see an increase in PC average selling prices (ASPs) as users replace machines used for richer applications, rather than for consumption.”

HP is rated as the top computer maker in the industry with 16.2 percent market share. Lenovo has the second spot with 15.5 percent of the market whereas Dell has at the third position with 10.2 percent. Rounding out the top five are Acer with 9.5 percent of the market and Asus with 7.2 percent. 

Gartner also noted that Microsoft’s latest Windows 8 didn't have much impact on PC shipments in the fourth quarter. According to analysts, “some PC vendors offered somewhat lackluster form factors in their Windows 8 offerings and missed the excitement of touch. New products are coming to market, and this could drive churn within the installed base.”

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People Remember Facebook Updates More Than Faces and Literature

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A recent study has shown that people remember posts that they have seen on Facebook a lot easier than they do names, faces, or even information they read in a book. Researchers from the University of Warwick and UC San Diego suggests that the gossipy nature of the conversations that happen on the social networking website make it easier to remember than something that is written in a more formal and informative manner.

These findings can be a great help for those interested in finding better tools for imparting education, communications, giving out information or just plain advertising. It can also be used as a tool to spread relative information about the current happenings as well as spread general knowledge. What remains to be seen is how some people find a relevant way to misuse this information.

The report goes on to say, “In the first two experiments, participants’ memory for Facebook posts was found to be strikingly stronger than their memory for human faces or sentences from books—a magnitude comparable to the difference in memory strength between amnesiacs and healthy controls. The second experiment suggested that this difference is not due to Facebook posts spontaneously generating social elaboration, because memory for posts is enhanced as much by adding social elaboration as is memory for book sentences.”

Gaana Music Streaming Service Now Available For Mobile Platforms

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Times Internet group has launched mobile apps for its Gaana music streaming service. The app is now available for Android, iOS, BlackBerry and J2ME devices. The service is free for users. The app features one-click abilities to favorite a song or share a playlist, via Facebook, Twitter, or email and curated playlists from radio channels.

Other features include:
- Access to over 1 million songs, including Bollywood, Hollywood, Tamil, Telegu, and regional music
- Social listening - see what your friends are listening to
- My zone: an ability to see your history, your favourite songs, playlists, albums and artists across your computer or mobile phone (automatically synced in real-time across all devices)
- Radio mode: make your own radio station automatically, based on any song you play, using our proprietary recommendation algorithm

The service competes with the likes of Saavn, Dhingana, MusicIndiaOnline and Raaga. According to Comscore (Nov 2012) figures quoted by Gaana.com, the music streaming service has nearly 3 million visitors per month, who spend nearly 2.5x more time per visit than visitors of other music sites in India.

Download Gaana.com mobile app from here.
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Facebook Unveils a Smarter Search Engine


Now we know what Facebook is building: A better internal search system.

Speaking at a much-hyped event at Facebook HQ, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a raft of improvements to "graph search" — that is, the ability to search within your social graph for specifics.

The search improvements involve the ability to ask questions in regular English, such as "which of my friends live in New York?" The search is now intelligent enough to rank your friends based on how much interaction you've had — so that closer friends will appear higher up the results list.
It can also search based on stories or photos you've Liked. One example Zuckerberg offered: the site can now display which of his friends have Liked the HBO show Game of Thrones. You can search for people who Like multiple products or services, which seems likely to be a bonanza for marketers.
Photos can also be ranked by which have the most Likes, based on the people most important to you in your Friends list. And one of the most useful use cases appears to be searching for local businesses that have received a thumbs-up from friends (and their friends).

Graph search starts today in beta, and will appear as a large blue search bar at the top of your Facebook page. You can sign up for the beta — or rather, join the Waiting List for a beta invite — here. Zuckerberg was careful to emphasize that Graph Search is a new and limited product. For now, it will focus on four areas: people, photos, places and interests.
Wednesday, 16 January 2013
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Internet Emits 830 Million Tonnes of CO2 Annually


Internet is usually believed to be an environment-friendly alternative to the traditional usage of paper for communication. Businesses across the world are now looking to switch to the cloud-based technology from the physical hardware. However, a study conducted by the Centre for Energy-Efficient Telecommunications (CEET) and Bell Labs portrays things differently - Internet and other components of Information Communication and Technology (ICT) industry are responsible for emitting more than 830 million tonnes of CO2 annually and are likely to double emissions by 2020.
According to researchers, the ICT industry, which includes the web, video and voice and other cloud-based services, are responsible for emitting about 2 percent of global CO2 emissions, equivalent to what the aviation industry releases. The report further predicts the ICT's share for CO2 emission to double by 2020. The report has been published in journal Environmental Science & Technology.

The researchers have also come up with some new models of emissions and energy consumption that are supposed to slash the carbon emissions. The study suggests setting up of models that consider the data traffic, energy use and CO2 production in network and other related things of the industry.
Describing the existing assessment models as inaccurate, the study further endorses development and testing of two new models that will help more accurately assess the energy consumption and CO2 emissions. According to the researchers, more efficient use of energy-efficient equipment and renewable energy sources are likely to help minimise ICT emissions of the greenhouse gas.
Monday, 14 January 2013
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Oracle to Fix Java Security Flaw ‘Shortly’


Oracle Corp. said it is preparing an update to address a flaw in its widely used Java software after the US Department of Homeland Security urged computer users to disable the program in Web browsers because criminal hackers are exploiting a security bug to attack PCs.

“A fix will be available shortly,” the company said in a statement released late on Friday.
Company officials could not be reached on Saturday to say how quickly the update would be available for the hundreds of millions of PCs that have Java installed.
The Department of Homeland Security and computer security experts said on Thursday that hackers figured out how to exploit the bug in a version of Java used with Internet browsers to install malicious software on PCs. That has enabled them to commit crimes from identity theft to making an infected computer part of an ad-hoc computer network that can be used to attack websites.
The Department of Homeland Security said attackers could trick targets into visiting malicious websites that would infect their PCs with software capable of exploiting the bug in Java. It said an attacker could also infect a legitimate website by uploading malicious software that would infect machines of computer users who trust that site because they have previously visited it without experiencing any problems.
They said developers of several popular tools, known as exploit kits, used by criminal hackers to attack PCs, have added software that allows hackers to exploit the newly discovered bug in Java.
Security experts have been scrutinizing the safety of Java since a similar security scare in August, which prompted some of them to advise using the software only on an as-needed basis. At the time, they advised businesses to allow their workers to use Java browser plug-ins only when prompted for permission by trusted programs such as GoToMeeting, a Web-based collaboration tool from Citrix Systems Inc.
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Facebook Users Can Message Mark Zuckerberg For $100


According to a Mashable report, users can pay the social networking company to send a message to Zuckerberg that would appear in his Inbox - it would otherwise normally appear in the 'Other' folder.
“In our tests from multiple accounts, it appeared to be the case that users only get this message if they're not one of Zuck's 16 million followers. That, however, could still be coincidental,” noted the report.

The report further points out that the new feature could be an upgraded form of the $1 pay-to-message plan that the social networking company has been testing for quite some time. The company had previously hinted it would be experimenting with other 'paid' features.

The reports of Facebook's new service comes days after the social networking site rolled out new and improved controls for content management on the social networking website. The update includes a new icon on the toolbar, which gives users access privacy settings from whatever page they are on.

Google Updates Gmail, Allows Adding Label, Star from Compose Box



Google has been updating its Gmail web client for quite some time now. The recent update brought in ability to compose a new mail with a new pop-up method, improved search engine and deeper integration with Google+ social networking site. Google kicks off 2013 with yet another round of updates to its Gmail services.

The new update allows users to add Labels and Stars to the message from the new compose feature. Gmail users can do this by clicking on the More options menu in the bottom right and hovering over Label. Earlier, users needed to first send the message and then go to their Sent folder to access the message sent, open it and then could add a Label or a Star to the mail.

 “This makes it easy to reference any other emails without ever having to close your draft. You can even do a search or keep an eye on new mail as it comes in". Google had launched the new Compose feature in October last year. The feature is available as an option from users' inbox.
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Serious Security Flaw Spotted in Java



Security experts and researchers have discovered a new loophole in the popular Java software that could allow attackers to infect your computer with malware. The US-CERT group has released an alert saying that Java 7 Update 10 and the previous versions of the software come with the zero day vulnerability that allows attackers to remotely run arbitrary code. The attack can be induced if someone visits a website set up with the malicious code.

An independent malware researcher, Kafeine, spotted the exploit "in the wild" that is being extensively used in attacks -- on his blog on Thursday. The researcher also shared samples of the exploit with security companies. "This could be mayhem," he said. "I think it's better to make some noise about it." 

The exploit has already been added to the popular Blackhole exploit toolkit used by cybercriminals, as well as to Cool Exploit Kit, a more exclusive spin-off of Blackhole, Botezatu said
Bogdan Botezatu, a senior e-threat analyst at antivirus vendor Bitdefender, also confirmed the exploit. "We reproduced the exploitation mechanism on Java 1.7 Update 9 and Update 10. Other versions may be vulnerable as well, we're currently analyzing whether other older updates are vulnerable,” Botezatu is quoted by ComputerWorld as saying.

Researchers at Alien Vault Labs were able to reproduce the exploit in a fully patched new installation of Java. “The Java file is highly obfuscated but based on the quick analysis we did the exploit is probably bypassing certain security checks tricking the permissions of certain Java classes as we saw in CVE-2012-4681,” note the researchers.
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Samsung Reveals Galaxy S II Plus with Jelly Bean and Dual-Core Processor


Samsung has announced the Galaxy S II Plus. The smartphone runs on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean straight out of the box. The Galaxy S II plus will be available in two variants – one with NFC and one without. No details of the pricing or availability of the device are available yet.

In terms of other specifications, the Galaxy S II Plus shows off a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus WVGA display with 800x400 pixel resolution. A 1.2GHz dual-core processor and 1GB of RAM power the device. It boasts of 8GB built-in storage expandable up to 64GB via a microSD card. Under the hood, a 1,650mAh battery powers it. The rear of the camera houses an 8MP camera and the front has a 2MP camera for video chatting.

Samsung launched the Note II in 2012, which improved upon the specifications and the performance of the first generation Note. It sports a 5.5-inch display, quad-core processor, runs on Jelly Bean and improved upon the functionality of the S-Pen.

DataWind and UN Launch App Development Contest for Women's Empowerment


DataWind and the United Nations Office for Partnerships in coordination with the other international bodies  - Agnite Education, American Digital University, Applications for Good and Equal Access International - have announced a ‘Global Apps to Empower’ competition.

Under the competition, the app developers have to create apps that encourage women's empowerment in various sectors including jobs and entrepreneurship, education and conflict resolution. Winning apps will be receive cash prizes and the opportunity to have their apps listed in DataWind’s Ubislate educational tablet, the commercial version of the Aakash tablet. 

The competition will be held from now through April 30, 2013 while the winners will be announced in July 2013. Visit www.AppsToEmpower.org for more and detailed information on contest rules, a complete list of judges, deadline and submission guideline.
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Nokia Launches Lumia 920 and 820 in India, Announces Lumia 620




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The wait is finally over. Nokia has announced the availability of its first Windows Phone 8 powered devices in India. The Lumia 920 and the Lumia 820 will be available from tomorrow in select cities – Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Calcutta. They will be made available in the rest of the country in the due course of time.

Features of Nokia Lumia 920 :

The Lumia 920 has an MRP of Rs. 38,999. 

- Designed with a polycarbonate shell, and come with PureView technology, however, without the massive sensor of the original 41MP Nokia 808 PureView (despite the 920 being 10.7mm thick). 
- 8.7MP camera with an LED 'pulse burst flash', which is capable of 1080p HD video recording at 30 fps. 
- Features floating lens technology, which supposedly rivals the optical image stabilization (OIS) of DLSRs, and enables the sensor to capture more than 5-10 times the light of regular smartphone cameras.
- 4.5-inch curved glass IPS LCD display, which with Nokia’s PureMotion HD+ technology, delivers a “better than HD resolution” of 1,280x768 pixels (WXGA). 
- Touchscreen will also be navigable with gloves on. 
- Nokia Lumia 920 supports wireless charging with Qi interoperability standards.
- 1.3MP front facing camera with 720p HD video recording
- Weight of 185 grams
- 2,000 mAh battery rated to deliver up to 17 hours of talktime, and 400 hours of standby time. 
- It will surprisingly not come with a microSD card slot.


NOKIA LUMIA 820
 
The 9.9mm-thick Nokia Lumia 820 has an MRP of Rs. 27,559 and is almost identical on the specs sheet, except for a smaller 4.3-inch 800x480 pixel AMOLED display, and the lack of a PureView camera - 8MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics and dual-LED flash instead (also capable of 1080p HD video recording), coupled with front-facing VGA camera.

Features of Nokia Lumia 820 : 

- Nokia Lumia 820 also supports wireless charging, when coupled with a removable shell case, which will ship with the device. 
- Smaller 1,650 mAh battery that’s rated to deliver up to 14 hours of talktime, and 330 hours of standby time. 
-  Unlike the Lumia 920, it supports a microSD card slot, up to 32GB.


NOKIA LUMIA 620
 
It was also showcased at the event. Pricing and availability of the Lumia 620 will be announced in February, but Nokia has said that its pricing will be between the current price of the Lumia 610 and the Lumia 710. Your guess of the price is as good as ours.
 
Features of Nokia Lumia 620 :

- 3.8-inch handset with a ClearBlack WVGA display 
- Powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor 
- 512 MB of RAM 
- 5MP camera. 
- MicroSD card slot that supports up to 64GB of storage.
- Lumia 620 come in a selection of shades, each of which have switchable backs thanks to a single base layer on top of which the coloured shell sits. 
- The Lumia 620 comes with a 1,300mAh battery with a stand-by time of 330 hours and 14.6 hours of GSM talk time. 
- Included is a VGA front camera for video conferencing along with a Wi-Fi radio that can handle a/b/g/n type connections.

Thursday, 10 January 2013
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