Samsung Galaxy Round with flexible display to be announced soon

Samsung will soon launch mobiles with flexible display new technology a.k.a. Galaxy Round, it is officially confirmed that they will showcase a 5.7 inch flexible screen with few days. Samsung also confirmed that they will soon launch a phone with flexi display.

The flexible OLED display is made of plastic and can be bend (curved) to a certain extent. The Galaxy Round technology will give designers new areas to work with. There are still a lot of limitations especially when it comes to anything other than the flexible OLED display; in simple words the other components are not flexible.

The display area could now be extended to the edges, curved along the sides. This flexible screen technology could also revive the flip type design that seems outdated today. Rumors suggest the Samsung Galaxy round could come up with same features as found on Samsung Galaxy Note 3 but without stylus (S-Pen) support. It will be android powered, probably with smaller curved (flexible) display less than 5 inches with lower (HD) resolution.

Well that’s it for now, we will have to wait and see what comes up, next.

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SONY LAUNCHES XPERIA TABLET Z KITCHEN EDITION

Sony recently unveiled a special version of its tablet Xperia Tablet Z, for use in the kitchen. A device that has not yet been announced in Europe.


The tablet Xperia Tablet Z original proposed by Sony already has the distinction of being waterproof upto 1 meter for 30 minutes: a feature that is found in the Kitchen Edition that was unveiled a few days ago by the Japanese manufacturer. As its name suggests, this version of the tablet is primarily intended to be used in the kitchen.


The Xperia Tablet Z Kitchen Edition is also waterproof up to 1 meter and up to 30 minutes of immersion, and resistant to dust, which allows use of flour and other ingredients of the same type smoothly. It has an LCD touch screen of 10.1-inch displays and a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, includes a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor Pro APQ8064 1.5GHz, 2GB RAM, 32 GB of space storage, a microSD slot and NFC. The tablet is powered by Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

The model is similar to that already proposed in the trade: what really distinguishes this Kitchen Edition of the basic model is the presence of preloaded applications dedicated to the kitchen - BigOven, Evernote Food, etc - but also a support for the tablet, and a thermometer iGrill. It connects to the tablet in Bluetooth and measures the cooking, while also functioning as an independent timer.


The Xperia Tablet Z Kitchen Edition is announced at a cost of $650, higher than the standard version, for its proposed $600 fee. However, the iGrill thermometer alone is worth $80, which allows a small economy by buying the tablet equipped with all cooking applications and accessories.

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Pre-order Sony Xperia C for Rs. 20490

Sony Xperia C with MediaTek quad core processor can now be pre-booked for Rs. 20,490. The handset is already listed on some online stores and expected release date is by 2nd week of October.

The Sony Xperia C comes with 1.2GHz MT6589 quad core processor with SGX 544 GPU, the same stuff that powers the hot selling Micromax A116 and the Lava Iris 504q, in fact these handsets are cheaper and priced under Rs. 15,000.

Xperia C sports a 5 inch TFT screen that is scratch resistant and supports qHD – 960×540 pixels resolution. Screen is 4 point multi touch. It is a dual SIM handset with dual standby mode. Android 4.2 Jelly bean runs on 1GB RAM and 4GB internal storage. The micro SD card slot supports 32GB external card.

Rear camera is of 8 megapixel resolution with auto focus, 4x digital zoom, HDR (to name a few) with Pulsed LED. Full HD video recording and playback is supported. Other features included are 3G, 2G, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth and DLNA. Apart from the normal sensors like proximity, light and accelerometer this handset also includes the magnetic sensor.



A 2330 mAh battery gives a talk time of up to 10 hours and standby time of up to 580 hours. The Sony Xperia C is available (pre-booking) for Rs. 20,490.

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Nokia Lumia 525 Glee to be announced soon

Rumor:
Nokia Mobiles could probably unveil the Nokia Lumia 525 codenamed Glee and upgraded version of Lumia 520, this October at the Nokia World event in Abu Dhabi. This info is still a rumor and was leaked by @evleaks.

If @evleaks are to be believed the new model will be called Glee a.k.a Nokia Lumia 525, a successor to the most popular Windows phone the Nokia Lumia 520. Incidentally the Lumia 520 was very popular in India, specially for its price tag. 520 not only helped Nokia regain its brand image but also made Windows OS as the second most popular OS in India.

If you may recall the Nokia 520 was priced under Rs. 10,000. The new version i.e. 525 will take over from where 520 left and probably we could find some new features and hopefully with an affordable budget. Stay tuned for more.

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HTC Desire 500 up for pre-order on Snapdeal online store

HTC Desire 500 with a quad core processor running Android 4.1 over 4.3 inch screen now shows up for pre-order on the Snapdeal website. The initial pre-booking price is Rs. 999 however the final price is not yet disclosed. Looking at the specs it should be well under Rs. 15,000.

The HTC Desire 500 dual SIM handset will be officially made available by 1st week of October. As for the specifications the Desire 500 houses a 1.2GHz quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor (MSM8225Q) with Adreno 203 GPU.

The 4.3 inch screen is TFT with capacitive touch playing on a resolution of 800×480 pixels with 16M colors. Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean runs the show with HTC Sense 5.0 UI over 1GB RAM and 4GB storage. There is micro SD card slot that supports 64GB external card.

Rear camera is of a good 8 megapixel resolution with LED flash and can record videos in 720p resolution at 30fps. The front camera is 1.6MP resolution. There is accelerometer, proximity and magnetic sensors, probably light sensors too.

Other features are 3G ((7.2Mbps), 2G, Wi-Fi (b/g/n), DLNA, Bluetooth 4.0, 3.5mm audio jack, GPS with A-GPS and micro USB port. Users also get access to 25GB DropBox cloud storage. The battery is 1800 mAh giving a good talktime of up to 12 hours.

Pre-book the HTC Desire 500 for Rs. 999 from Snapdeal.

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Is Micromax Rolling out Jelly Bean 4.3 upgrade for Canvas series?

There was news about Micromax testing Jelly Bean 4.3 on Canvas handset and now another tweet by MMXNewscaster says its finally out. We are not sure how far the news is true but if this be the case it will get the Micromax users smiling.

Gone are the days when you would find only big brands rolling out regular updates, but now Micromax and other brands have realized the after sales value specially the updates and upgrades that will not only keep the customers happy but also built up brand loyalty.

As per the MMXNewscaster Tweet, Micromax Jelly bean version 4.3 will be rolled out on Micromax Canvas 4, Micromax Canvas HD also called Micromax A116 and the Micromax canvas doodle 2 (MMX A240). Probably some more devices will also be included later on.

It is highly unlikely that the Android Jelly Bean 4.3 upgrade will be rolled out on low end models and might not get included on some initial canvas versions. So those who are not using a canvas series phone or using an initial versions they probably might not get the 4.3 upgrade.

Android 4.3 is the latest OS that comes loaded on Samsung Galaxy Note 3. This OS may not be compatible with older hardware’s. Let’s wait and watch if any of you have got the update done, feel free to comment below.

Thank you for the tip Sivakumar Mayuranathiah.

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Nokia Lumia 1020 launched pre-order starts early in October

Nokia has launched the Lumia 1020 the much talked about windows phone that comes with a 41 megapixel camera with Xenon flash and image stabilization (optical). The handset is already listed on some online store (Flipkart, Snapdeal, Homeshop18) as forthcoming items.

Users will not be able to pre-book yet, probably the pre-bookings will start from first week of October. None of the stores have mentioned the price. The Nokia Lumia 1020 windows 8 powered phone houses 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual core processor with 4.5 inch AMOLED screen supporting 1280×768 pixels resolution.

RAM is 2GB and internal storage is 32GB. There is no external SD card support. The Lumia 1020 is 10.4mm thick and weight is 158 grams. This is a single SIM handset. The key highlight however is the 41 megapixel camera with Xenon flash support. There is a front camera too of 1.2 megapixel resolution.

The rear camera can record videos in full HD (1080p) resolution at 30 fps. The camera comes with carl zeiss tessar lens with 26mm focal length, minimum focus range is 15 cm. Its auto focus with optical image stabilization and high resolution zoom.

Other features are 3G (42Mbps), Wi-Fi, GPS with GLONASS + A-GPS, Bluetooth 3, DLNA, FM radio and NFC. Nokia 1020 comes with accelerometer, proximity, light, gyro, barometer and magnetic sensors. Battery is of 2000 mAh capacity with up to 13 hours talk-time on 3G and 19 hours on 2G networks.

This WP8 handset will hit the stores soon, in this October.

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