BOOTDROID
Dual Boot Android OS and Apple IOS 4 on Android devices including Samsung Galaxy S 2
A project titled Bootdroid is under weigh ( Google Project Hosting ) which enables android users to dual boot both IOS and android on their devices . The project is now on development phase and not in a official stable state . An official version has not been released yet , but you can enjoy an unstable version of the project for open source and code improvement purposes . A big news for those who missed simple IOS on android devices . The developer of the project is the owner of such apps like Blackberry Connect , Desire Freedom and Wiblaze
The app description from the project home
What is BootDroid?
BootDroid is a project which enables android phones to dual-boot both Android OS & iOS 4. Please note that this project is still under development and is currently
not in an official stable state. It is suggested that you do not install BootDroid until an official version has been released. Until then, the download will be available for
the unstable version of the project for open source & code improvement purposes of beta testers & other developers.
Why is This Beneficial?
There are many reasons that this project is beneficial to some. Some users switch from Apple devices to Android devices and miss the old layout that the iOS
offers. While others may like the simplicity that the Android OS doesn't offer. Some other positive reasons are listed below..
Battery: The Android OS is known for killing battery with all of its background data being shared with many different applications, as well as high quality
animations running all the time. iOS doesn't have as much going in the background, and is known for keeping a very long lasting battery (note: when booting with
ios on android devices, a lot of battery is conserved because of the operating system's, simplicity.)
Apple-Unique Apps: Apple devices running iOS have very unique applications which help make Apple devices as popular as they are today. Apps such as
FaceTime, iMovie, AppStore, iTunes Store, ect. can now be enabled to work on Android devices with this project.
Easy iTunes Sync: The one thing that Android failed to to enable is easy synchronization with computers (especially Mac). When this project is enabled on your
Android device, you can easily sync with iTunes as if it were an Apple Device.
Dual Booting: Once booted on an operating system, it is very easy to boot to the other. All you have to do is power down the device, and boot it up again to
select which operating system to boot from.
Jailbreak Freedom: In order to get iOS working on Android devices, the firmware ported & installed onto the phone must be jailbroken. So yes, you are
booting a jailbroken iOS firmware. Cydia and all 3rd party applications will work perfectly fine (SSH is also working).
Extra Information
Screen Sizes Because most Android phones come in many different screen sizes, it would be amazingly difficult to resize the iPhone screen to make it larger or
smaller then it needs to be. So instead, the Android devices will be booting to an optimized iPad 2 firmware. The iPad 2 Firmware makes it easy to resize the screen
to the correct sizes. Since most Android devices have fairly good quality of images & colours, similar to retina-quality, quality should come out, if not better then
displayed on Apple devices. This means that the dual boot works on tablets, but no extra support toward tablets have been added yet.
What Devices Work Best with BootDroid?
BootDroid works with most Android devices, but some devices work better then others.
HTC Desire HD: With the latest, fastest processor and large screen with great graphics, iOS runs flawlessly on this phone.
Samsung Galaxy S & S2: Both have fast processors & fairly good screen sizes, runs just as well as the iOS would on an iPhone.
Motorola Droid: Fairly good processor & screen size, iOS works with this very well.
Nexus S: Again, works fairly well with iOS because of fast processor and good screen size.
Again, BootDroid works with most Android devices, but works best with these devices above.
Link : Project Home
Most Google websites dont do well in Opera Mini. What Opera Mini can do and cannot do
Its frustrating and nearly exhausting. I have tried for years the "Google Adwords Keyword Tool" with Opera mini with futile results. The heavy JavaScript site doesnt do a d*** thing with Opera mini and adamantly reluctant to at least show what the website is all about. The now defunct Bolt browser was an exception. It neatly obeyed its master and rendered the mighty JavaScript and few new advanced elements. Now the browser is gone and we have to however cope with the browser that has won million's hearts for nothing. Actually, I cannot over exaggerate the thing, Opera does nearly well with all the web standards we throw at it. But not delivering the Big G's stuff nowadays is not a good sign since they are used by the most millions all around the world on a daily basis. Here is the list of Google products that Opera Mini doesnt do well with
1. Google's Adwords Keyword Tool
2. Blogger's new interface
3. Google Groups new user interface
4. Google Mobile's Image tab
5. Adsense new interface: it works fine but you cannot generate a new ad code unit and copy it. Its totally stubborn. The Adsense code is unalterable. But Opera goes beyond what its supposed to be delivering
1. Google's Adwords Keyword Tool
2. Blogger's new interface
3. Google Groups new user interface
4. Google Mobile's Image tab
5. Adsense new interface: it works fine but you cannot generate a new ad code unit and copy it. Its totally stubborn. The Adsense code is unalterable. But Opera goes beyond what its supposed to be delivering
Off Niche!, Hostgator and X10hosting compared. How the backingup and and restoration is done
| How did this all start? I will narrate the story in indepth details. I had a vital issue to settle down with Hostgator and X10hosting regarding backups and restorations. So, Yesterday I directly emailed Hostgator and contacted X10 through their ticket system (is there any live chat facility? Oops I forgot that) My query to the Hostgator Date: May 22 what if a site get hacked? How is the restoration process is done? Do you restore the site with a back up on your own (by your technical staff for free) or you leave the user with a back up leaving him to do the restoration on his own? Do you charge to provide back ups? Hostgator's support systems reply Date: May 22 Hello, If you have a backup that you have created yourself, we will restore from that free of charge, however there is a $15 charge to restore from one of our backups. Our administrators will be more than happy to help you restore from one of your own backups free of charge or from one of ours for $15 if the need should ever arise. My second query May 22 Websites are constantly hacked. For how many times you provide the free restoration services through customers backups? Hostgator's response May 22 Hello, You might be surprised how in- frequently sites hosted here get hacked. When it happens, it is nearly always because of an outdated WordPress or Joomla installation or the like. In general, we always charge $15 to restore from our backup server, while restoring from a backup you create yourself would be free. This is not absolutely set in stone, however, and we do take extenuating circumstances into account when making a decision. My third query 6:48 am 1. If we provide a backup that we have created on our own, does your staff do the restoration for free? 2. For how many times a customer get this grace? Two times a week, thrice a moth, 10 times a year? 3. 15$ for both backup and the restoration, or only for the backup? 4. Each time you charge 15$ to provide a backup and for few occations you provide free restoration and then onwards charge for the restoration too? 5. Every time a website get hacked, the only thing the customer has to do is pay 15 bucks and the restoration is done? 6 Is this applicable to every package, including hatchling (5$ a month single domain * 12)? be specific. I dont need a romantic novel to read here Their swift response 7:01 am Hello, I'll try to answer all your questions. 1. Yes, if you provide the backup we will generally do the restore for free so long as it is a cPanel backup or zipped contents of your files with sql import. 2. Generally there is no limit but if abuse is suspect this may change. 3. We maintain a weekly backup so long as the account is under 10GB and under 100k inodes, backups are done automatically, you as the customer pay for the restoration. In extenuating circumstance we will waive the restore fee. 4. See #3 5. In most cases yes, but sometimes the backup we have may be too recent and include the bad changes. this is why we always suggest the customer keep their own backups. 6. We keep weekly backups on account packages ranging from the Hatchling to VPS's On the other hand, at the same intervals, I contacted X10hosting. Contrary to the X10hostings slow motions, Hostgators average response time was impressive Here how that story went 2012-05-22 08:41 what if a site get hacked? How is the restoration process is done? Do you restore the site with a back up on your own (by your technical staff for free) or you leave the user with a back up leaving him to do the restoration on his own? do you charge to provide back ups? 2012-05-22 04:06 Do I get a response to this ticket? 2012-05-23 05:25 hello somebody out there Eric B - ACO, x10Hosting Staff 2012-05-23 07:00 Repeatedly bumping the ticket actually causes this ticket to get sent to the back of the queue as it has the most recent activity; whenever possible, please avoid bumping tickets for this reason. On premium, we utilize the R1Soft backup system; you should be able either to restore the backups yourself, or if you'd prefer you could open a ticket under premium support and staff could restore it as well. Generally speaking, I still recommend making your own backups through the backup icon in cPanel (the icon isn't on Free hosting due to the resources it uses, but on premium where there's less users it isn't a problem), just so you would have a local copy as the R1Soft system doesn't actually make the backup and send it to you. Backups are free, as is restoring from them; the only drawback to potentially being hacked in this situation is waiting for the backup itself to finish restoring, as larger sites can take a bit to restore all their files (the bigger the site, the more files/larger files there are). |
Compare / Difference between Samsung Galaxy S3, HTC One X AT&T, HTC One X Global version and HTC One S
| Samsung Galaxy S3 | HTC One X AT&T | HTC One X Global version | HTC One S |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 4G - LTE Physical Measures - 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm Weight - 133 g Touch-sensitive controls Screen - Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen 16M colors Pixels - 720 x 1280 Screen Size - 4.8 inches Pixel Density - ~306 ppi Multitouch Corning Gorilla Glass 2 UI - TouchWiz UI v4.0 MEMORY Card slot -microSD, up to 64 GB Internal Storage - 16/32/64 GB storage options 1 GB RAM WLAN - Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n DLNA Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi hotspot Bluetooth - v4.0 with A2DP EDR NFC USB - microUSB v2.0 (MHL) USB On-the-go CAM - 8 MP Autofocus LED flash Simultaneous HD video and image recording Touch focus Image stabilization Video - 1080p@30fps Secondary Cam - 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps OS - Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Chipset - Exynos 4212 Quad CPU - Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9 GPU - Mali-400MP Accelerometer Gyro RGB sensor Proximity Sensor Compass Barometer Threaded view Adobe Flash Radio - Stereo FM radio with RDS GPS with A-GPS support GLONASS MicroSIM card support only S-Voice Smart Stay Cloud Storage -Dropbox (50 GB storage for two years) TV-out (via MHL A/V link) SNS integration MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) Predictive text input (Swype) BATTERY - Li-Ion 2100 mAh | 2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G: HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 4G: LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100 Physical size: 134.8 x 69.9 x 8.9 mm Weight: 129 g Touch-sensitive controls DISPLAY: Super IPS LCD2 capacitive touchscreen Colors: 16M Pixels: 720 x 1280 Screen size: 4.7 inches Pixel density: ~312 ppi Multitouch Corning Gorilla Glass HTC Sense UI No MEMORY Card slot 16 GB internal storage 1 GB RAM GPRS EDGE Speed HSDPA, 21 Mbps HSUPA, 5.76Mbps LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100Mbps WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi Direct DLNA Wi-Fi hotspot Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP NFC USB: microUSB (MHL) v2.0 CAM: 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Autofocus LED flash Simultaneous HD video and image recording Video: 1080p@30fps Stereo sound rec Video stabilization Secondary Cam: 1.3 MP, 720p OS: Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon CPU: Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait GPU: Adreno 225 Accelerometer Gyro Proximity sensor Compass Threaded view Adobe Flash Radio No GPS with A-GPS support Colors: Gray, White Beats Audio TV-out (via MHL A/V link) SNS integration Document viewer/editor Voice memo/dial/commands Predictive text input BATTERY: Li-Po 1800mAh | 2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 Physical size: 134.4 x 69.9 x 8.9 mm Weight: 130 g Touch-sensitive controls DISPLAY: Super IPS LCD2 capacitive touchscreen Colors: 16M Pixels: 720 x 1280 Screen size: 4.7 inches Pixel density: ~312 ppi Multitouch Corning Gorilla Glass HTC Sense UI No MEMORY Card slot 32 GB (26 GB user-available) internal storage 1 GB RAM WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct DLNA Wi-Fi hotspot Bluetooth: v4.0 with A2DP NFC USB: microUSB (MHL) v2.0 CAM: 8 MP Autofocus LED flash Simultaneous HD video and image recording Video: 1080p@30fps, Stereo sound rec Video stabilization Secondary Cam: 1.3 MP, 720p OS: Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Chipset Nvidia Tegra 3 CPU Quad-core 1.5 GHz GPU ULP GeForce Accelerometer Gyro Proximity sensor Compass Threaded view Adobe Flash Radio: Stereo FM radio with RDS GPS with A-GPS support Colors: Gray, White MicroSIM card support only Beats Audio TV-out (via MHL A/V link) SNS integration Document viewer/editor Predictive text input BATTERY: Li-Po 1800mah | 2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 Physical Size: 130.9 x 65 x 7.8 mm Weight: 119.5 g Touch-sensitive controls DISPLAY: Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Colors: 16M Pixels: 540 x 960 Screen Size: 4.3 inches Pixel density: ~256 ppi Multitouch Corning Gorilla Glass HTC Sense UI No MEMORY Card slot Internal Memory: 16 GB Ram: 1 GB GPRS EDGE HSDPA HSUPA WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n DLNA Wi-Fi hotspot Bluetooth: v4.0 with A2DP USB: microUSB (MHL) v2.0 CAM 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels Autofocus LED flash Simultaneous HD video and image recording Video: 1080p@30fps Stereo sound rec Video stabilization Secondary Cam: VGA OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8260A Snapdragon CPU Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait GPU Adreno 225 Accelerometer Gyro Proximity Sensor Compass Threaded view Adobe Flash Radio: Stereo FM radio with RDS GPS with A-GPS support Colors Black MicroSIM card support only Beats Audio TV-out (via MHL A/V link) SNS integration Document viewer Voice memo/dial Predictive text input BATTERY: Li-Po 1650mAh |
Pros and Cons of Samsung Galaxy S3 - The best Samsung Galaxy S3 resource page online
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GSM (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900)
3G (HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100)
4G LTE
Touch-sensitive controls
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
16M colors
720 x 1280 pixels
4.8 inches Mumbo Jumbo display
Multitouch
Corning Gorilla Glass 2
TouchWiz UI v4.0, fine tuned
1 GB RAM
WLAN, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n and DLNA
Wi-Fi Direct
Wi-Fi hotspot
NFC
microUSB v2.0 (MHL)
USB On-the-go
8 MP cam
Autofocus
LED flash
Simultaneous HD video and image recording
Touch focus
Image stabilization
1080p video recording @30fps
Secondary 1.9 MP cam which captures 720p videos @30fps
Android v4.0.4
Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9 CPU
Mali-400MP GPU
Accelerometer
Gyro
RGB sensor
Proximity Sensor
Compass
Barometer
Threaded view
Adobe Flash
Stereo FM radio with RDS
GPS with A-GPS support
MicroSIM card support only
TV-out (via MHL A/V link)
SNS integration
MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV
Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
Swype Predictive text input
Stand-by Up to 590 hours on 2G and up to 790 hours on 3G
Talk time Up to 21 hours and 40 minutes on 2G and Up to 11 hours and 40 minutes on 3G
The whole the concept is 'inspired by nature', Samsung claims. Wanna proof? touch the lock screen and you'll see a little water ripple and a little water drop sound can be heard too. Natural isnt it?
All plastic. Feels cheap
Lightweight
It has an HD screen. But there are few other options at the market at the moment too, like Nexus, Note and One X
309ppi pixel density
Good contrast ratio
Large display
Excellent colour reproduction
Colours balanced. The thing doesnt seem so saturated or harsh like previous Super AMOLEDs
Bulky for small hands. Not for your dirty reckless sister
A more interactive lock screen
Touchwiz re-touched
The dock at the bottom of the display now houses five favourite items including the app menu
S voice needs training to be sharp tuned
Notification light
The video player supports almost every codec
Pop Up Play. You can watch a video with it while doing some other tasks by pressing icons at the corner of the video. A video playing Multi tasker
The music player as it is in the predecessor, UI not enhanced
AllShare Cast
Available in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB internal memory versions. Upto 64GB supported through microSD card. 50GB out of Dropbox and SugarSync also present, a Memorysaur!
A larger than before display. Typing served well
Three photos manually per second
20 photos in a row (at six per second) in burst mode
HDR, panorama, Smile Shot, Beauty Mode and few others present
"PlayMovies" from Google present
Music Hub
Gamer Hub
S Beam allows you to send content between phones over NFC at 300Mbps
Only Samsung I9300 handsets are capable of handling S Beam
S Beam-enabled smartphones are sparse on the market
2100mAh battery
LTE, HSPA+, Wi-Fi, a GPS, GLONASS, Bluetooth 4.0, and NFC, all inclusive
Samsung's own quad-core Exynos processor, though each core clocked at 1.4GHz, isnt as power efficient as other chips, such as Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4
The polycarbonate smartphone chassis material, the standard nowadays, isnt what you get with this
Samsung Galaxy S3 is no exception!. None of the Android devices natively Sync with Outlook's PST file. The only two software bundles which have succeeded in doing so, and correctly, are Microsoft's ActiveSync and the Blackberry Desktop so far
Zero shutter lag
Backside illuminated sensor
Its TouchWiz, updates wont roll in so fast
Video-calls
Non-PenTile screen, heart broken?
The subpixel density is still on par with what you got from the S II
A whole new sensor for the camera
Build up from glossy plastic, Samsung Hyperglaze coating doesnt improve the feel and the handling of the device. Finger prints not curbed well
The design is far from perfect
The display settings menu offers four different modes to choose from. Namely, Livelier dynamic, Standard, Natural and Movie. What a flexibility!. Does your ******* offer that?
Sunlight legibility is a splendour. However HD Super AMOLED isn't the brightest display around. You get a meager reflectivity which is surprisingly manageable
Wide viewing angles (Colors are lost when one reaches the extreme angles though)
Icons and text are perfectly clear, when one reaches the extreme angles though colors get a bit distortion
Ambient light Sensor
No dedicated camera key again
microUSB port can be used for both, data connections and charging.
USB host
MHL, HD TV-out connectivity
Have to purchase an adapter to use HD TV-out connectivity
You can enable a news ticker at the bottom of the lockscreen
The homescreen and the app drawer host only four icons on a row
The app drawer houses upto five icon rows
Some widgets are resizable
Can pinch to zoom out and easily manage, add, delete or rearrange homescreen panes
Can't have more than seven homescreen panes. Isnt it enough?
The performance of the camera is improved
An F/2.6 aperture unlike what we saw in the S2, F/2.65 and a focal length of 3.7 mm against the 3.97 mm of the Galaxy S II. This means bit wider viewing angles and more from your photos
Noise is well controlled
Higher resolution inclines towards a more unearthly color saturation and the "Result?", images may seem unrealistic
Q: What did the big candle said to the small candle on its birthday?
A: Your too young to go out!
Phone's backlit displays usually go out according to the time you set it to be that way. With Smart Stay, light remains as long as your eyes are glued to the screen. Next time you do something the display wont dim or cut it out in the middle of the _______
When you're fiddling with contacts, reading or writing a message to a contact, and suddenly decide calling is the better option than mere texting, do a "Direct call". Just take the phone close to your ear at the very instance and your done
New cool gesture controls,
(A) Shake it! It will detect nearby Bluetooth devices, update emails, news or weather apps.
(B) Double-tap on the top of the device, you will be taken to the top of a scrollable list.
(C) Turn the phone over! It mutes calls, kill media and radio playback
(D) A hand sweep across the screen will capture Screenshots
(E) Hold the palm against the screen, it will pause the media playback. Yikes!, it will plast a big ugly palm print on the screen though
(F) Hold finger against the display and rotate the phone to landscape mode. The camera is accessed from the lock screen
At times the responsiveness of the S voice is bit laggy
Can grab 720p videos using the front-facing cam
S Voice - the voice commando of the Galaxy S3 and the arch nemesis of the Siri. You can voice command it to accept or reject calls, take pictures, set alarms and search the big G etc
Pop up play is a thing to consider. It plays videos in separate windows, which is draggable around and resizable. While sinking the Titanic, it will text or surf too
An innovative eye-tracking method, "Smart Stay". It will track your eyes when looking at the display, and dim it when you're not
When you have missed calls and messages, the "Smart alert" will notify it, vibrating exactly when you pick it up without knowing what was going on while you were fishing away from the phone
The average bitrate of the 720p videos that you take with the front cam is 12Mpbs and even they are accompanied with stereo sound too
Images even taken in the burst mode, are of full 8 MP resolution
S Beam allows you to share all sorts of media via NFC. But it actually uses WiFi to transfer data swiftly
Take near full- resolution pictures (these are cropped to an aspect ratio of 16:9)
The S voice is reluctant of too much detailed or lengthy demands
The Pop up player is brisk enough to handle both videos in a seperate window and other tasks at the other hand
With S Beam you can even transfer webpages and contacts
S Beam provides only the stock "Android Beam" functionality
Truth speaking, S III's actual capturing capabilities are capped at a maximum of 20 consecutive shots. Its said to be capable of capturing full resolution shots at 3.3fps for much longer than what it delivers now
HD video recording delivered without any delay
During video recording you can also shoot full- res 16:9 snaps
The Buddy photo feature automatically recognises people from your contact profiles and enables the Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III to tag pictures accordingly
Easier to hold and less likely to slip even when your taking snaps
Heavier than the S2
The Smart Stay will drain your battery life
The S voice even works when music is playing
The S voice wont answer you back
Pop up player's seperate video window is very tiny
The Pop Up Player is the best bet for video conferencing while doing some essential tiny tasks
An optical zoom is absent
You wont notice even a slight lag when switching between home screens and launching apps
You can pre-configure photos to be automatically sorted out and placed in ideal groups based on such criteria as faces, contacts or location
All Share PLay, wireless transfer to all other connected devices
The camea app will deliberately choose the best shot from a bunch of photos taken with the Burst Mode, analysing smile detection, blink detection, contrast and blurring
Face Zoom, tap on a face when shooting a crowd shot and the camera will zoom in automaticlly.
The Social Tag instinctly figure out faces from any pics and automatically offer to text the image to the people featured in the image. But be careful, it wont fix Moods
'Buddy Photo Share', displays social media profiles directly on a photograph when those faces are recognised
No black version
Outdated design
Wireless charging
Allshare Cast which lets you put whatever is on your screen on a larger display like a TV
The Best Shot mode only takes eight photos to choose the best one from
The 4G doesn't work with the Exynos. In States they will be selling it with the 4G compatible snapdragon CPU. US snapdragon version is only a Dual Core
Wide-angle lens
Blink detection
Majestic audio quality
Really slim
Full Flash compatible web browser
File manager preinstalled
The best JavaScript performance by a phone browser, beats HTC One S, New Apple iPad and HTC One X
The Mali-400MP inside the Galaxy S III beats both the iPhone 4S and iPad 2's SGX 543MP2
The Galaxy S III shows the best 3D performance by an Android
Future-proof
S-Beam doesn't require any setup like Bluetooth
The device is already rooted. Custom ROMs will overflow
The HTC One X is sugar coated in polycarbonate unibody, screen is brighter, has a non-PenTile LCD and comes as a dual-core Krait processor version as well as a 4G LTE one for AT&T
Smart Stay, Direct call, S Beam, Burst shot and S Voice have already set trends
The HTC One S has a metalic unibody
Announced Optimus LTE2 will be equipped with 2GB RAM and a 4.7" 720p TrueHD screen
Huawei's Ascend D quad will bring a Dolby Mobile 3.0 Plus
The D Quad XL comes with a gigantic 2500mAh battery
Bluetooth transfer rate is 21Mbps
WiFi is compatible with both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands
Twin AllShare functions, AllShare Play (to transfer data and multimedia files to your notebook or PC) and AllShare Cast (to stream things to and from different type of gadgets with monitors like TV or computer over DLNA
Double tap, pinch zooming, two-finger tilt zoom, all still awaiting your fiddlings in the browser
Browser is empowered with Multiple tabs, text reflow, find on page and tabs view
The stock Galaxy S III browser plays 1080p Flash videos
With the Incognito mode, you can surf the web in rose. It doesnt log history or store cookies
Social hub centralizes email accounts, social networking backgrounds and IM accounts
SocialHub shows all incoming messages as one list
In the SocialHub, messages can be filtered by message source
US music dominance is over and King of Pop is officially declared dead. But still you can try dry Yankee Chanks on "Music Hub". You can have 30 seconds long previews of any song before buying any junks which are flavoured with dazzling dumb jackass visuals
Readers Hub is gone and here comes the Google's Play Books store
Game Hub lets you try-before-you-buy
The GameHub houses titles by Gameloft and EA (not available on the Google Play Store)
The almighty Polaris Office preinstalled
The Polaris comes with a PDF viewer, act as a file manager and also can be integrated with Google Docs or Box.net
Polaris editables include, text style, justification, paragraph formatting, bullets and for the first time creating tables
Excel file editor includes a formula wizard, option to resize rows/columns, border style, merge cells and few more
The advent of S Memo from the Galaxy Note;
The Memo app is fully equipped with a rich set of tools and let you do drawings
You can buy a specially designed display-friendly ball pen sold by Samsung exclusively for the delightful Memo app
S Diary lets attach pictures to the text
The built in YouTube app doesnt keep pace with the resolution the stock browser's flash player provide
With A-GPS turned off, GPS receiver takes few minutes to get a satellite lock
Voice-guided navigation
When you plan a route to stride on with the GPS app, Navigation caches the needed maps beforehand and keeps them in stock. So a data connection is only required when you initiate the planning of the path. The Reroute option enables you to detour off the pre determined course without connecting to the Net
Can send and fetch contacts to the SIM and from the SIM
The imported contacts from the SIM arent displayed along with the phone memory entries
Lag in boot
The phone book finds and joins duplicate contact entries
A kiss from Russia;
You can translate just composed message into a totally different language or translate a message you recieved that is natively in Greek to a language your more convenient at
During a call, you can take a note, use the keypad, mute, hold the call or add another call to the ongoing conversation if necessary
The built in email app handles multiple POP or IMAP inboxes and comes with a combined inbox, which centers all mail in a single directory
The native Gmail app supports multiple Gmail accounts, but lacks a single inbox
The QWERTY keyboard offers very handy keys that are big enough to strike with fury when your cheated
In landscape mode, the keyboard fills up a huge chunk of the display. Compromised!
The incoming calls can be assigned a specific vibration pattern from available onces or custom made onces
Chapter preview enables user of previewing chapters in videos with lively playing thumbnails
All eight video thumbnails in the video player will be playing at the moment your staring at them dumbfounded
When Buddy Share fails, you can manually highlight faces and guide it to do the job
SoundAlive audio- enhancing also resides in the video player
Video player supports .WMV, .AVI, DivX, XviD, .MP4 .MKV
Can record radio broadcasts
The Radio app lets you save 8 stations as favorites
In the Radio mode, you cannot turn on the loudspeaker without the headset hitched. It works as the antenna. You know what it means?, its Mono
Smart Dial Voice dialing is powered by S Voice
My files file manager reads the memory card and the internal storage but doesnt favour the system drive
Volume levels, when hooked to an external amplifier are not that good
The music player is accompanied by the sound-enhancing SoundAlive techo, which houses the 7.1 channel virtualization
High Resolution, FullHD files, how large or small they are, Galaxy S3 plays them all
HDR mode for high-contrast scenes
When the Social tag identify a face in a photo, their social status can be seen on screen. You can call or message the person in person too
Photos are bit greeny
Finds the right white balance even indoors under artificial light circumstances
The split view in the message department and the email app, allocates the left side of the screen to a list of emails and messages and the right side to the corresponding message. But still reading from a half of the screen is still a mess
Equalizer presets and a custom one
Both video player and music player feature DLNA. You can play tracks on your own player and tracks reside on nearby devices through WiFi
There is a limit to resizing of widgets. Most widgets are pre defined a minimum and a maximum resizable size
The bitrate of recorded HD videos is about 17-18Mbps. There will be no traces of compression
Swipes in the phonebook; right swipe for quick dialing or simply left swipe for messaging
Click the home key twice, the voice control will be in action
Volume rocker
Stereo crosstalk will be having business in when you plug in a pair of headphones. But a remarkable overall performance
Live Wallpapers; The News wall brings a slideshow of headlines, Stock wall does the stock quotes while Photo wall will fetch photos from the Gallery
A smart search option in messages area. It finds the saucy message that your ______ just sent you, if you do the search with the right or exact keywords that your wife may use. It wont get lost in the wild forest of other messages and get caught by wrong hands, audience or draw unhealthy attention
A big tap to compose box.
Either S Voice or Google's native voice recognition app can be used for texting instead of typing
Music square; the new mood fixer
The camera uses the same field of view either you're recording 1080p or 720p videos
The video subtitle files are well catered. Each time you play a subtitled video you dont have to name the relevant subtitle file so that it bear the same name as the video file. It shows a list of subtitle files that available and let you pick the right one
With the Menu key, you can conduct a Google search. But it needs a long press
Hold the Home key down for a while, the task switcher will pop up
The app drawer features a tab that lets you drop widgets to the homescreen with an ease
The zoomed-out view in the app drawer enables the user rearrange pages easily
A "Remove all" button in the Task Manager
A second clock on the lockscreen, will show off while roaming
You can hide apps
S Voice is capable of understanding English, French, Spanish, Korean, Italian and German dishes. But better dont go too far. Its still premature
When adding recipients to messages, as soon as you type names or numbers, a list of matching contacts names or numbers are displayed
Tap on a contact, all the available details are displayed
The second tab in the Phonebook shows the accumulated social data of contacts including updates etc
S Voice does the work of a calculator too
The S voice can be activated by voice. Just try "Hi Galaxy" or "Hi Buddy" (it supports custom made onces too, but put your stinky custom tailored trousers away from it)
The S voice can solely depend on voice commands from the very activating. But it severely drains the battery
You can S voice and drive but dont drink meanwhile
S Voice does search the net, make calls, send texts, do notification area toggles, control the music player, look up weather and traffic , set timers and alarms, snooze them, launch apps, take pictures (just say "Cheese!" when your in the cam app), update social status and look up facts
While dictating S voice to write things down, dont overload it with all the fancy command stuff in your head. It will crash on your palm
The speech to text transcription doesnt come close to Siri
The fact machine; the Wolfram Alpha which empowers Siri's answers, is in charge of handling S voice's factology. In case your curious, it only pulls out the relevant databits out of Alpha and will show you more details only if you have the necessity to have a look at more. It totally differs from Siri which pulls all the information once
With the built in Gmail app you can archive, label and delete emails in batch. In inbox, swiping left or right makes it easy to move between messages
Can do voice commands right on the lockscreen
The video player has three crop modes. Tune in until one fits your taste and the screen most
Full fledged PowerPoint presentations are served (and editable too)
Task switcher provides a screen shot for each running app
No dedicated search button
To kill an app in the Task Switcher, all you have to do is swipe the app left or right
Can view newly downloaded apps seperate in App Drawer
From now on, your editing on a 4.8-inches large HD Super AMOLED display. It will be easier than with any other tiny display to do that
Vector maps are lighter. Wont eat much data
Kies Air; it connects to Wi-Fi or will create a Wi-Fi hotspot if necessary and hand over you an URL generously. Type it in the address bar of your PC web browser and then onwards, you can manage contacts, messages, compose messages, view images, videos, brows files from your very desktop browser
In the app drawer, you can rearrange icons or list them alphabetically
No one click access to the task switcher, have to press and hold the home button
The Google Play Store is easy to navigate than ever before with easy to scrollable tabs and categories like featured, top paid, top free, top grossing, top new paid, top new free and trending etc
Some of the Apps in the Google Play Store has demo videos too
You can also figure out how dominant or capable of apps are by checking out comments, ratings and the number of downloads in the Store
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All Samsung Dual SIM phones with their prices
| Galaxy Y Duos GT-S6102 - Rs. 9,260/- Duos 63 GT-S5222 - Rs. 5,790/- Galaxy Y Pro Duos GT-B5512 - Rs. 9,790/- Champ Deluxe GT-C3312 - Rs. 4,010/- Guru Dual CDMA SCH-W139 - Rs. 3,529/- Star II Duos C6712/ GT-C6712 - Rs. 6,480/- Metro Duos C3322 GT-C3322 - Rs.3,080/- Chat 222 GT-E2222 - Rs. 3,080/- Hero E2232 - GT-E2232 - Rs. 2,220/- Champ Duos E2652 GT-E2652 - Rs. 4,631/- Duos 169 SCH-W169 - Rs. 4,700/- Duos 259 SCH-W259 - Rs. 6,140/- Star Duos B7722 GT-B7722 - Rs. 10,710/- E1252 (Dual Sim Standby) GT-E1252 - Rs. 1,724/- Chat 322 GT-C3222 - Rs. 3,700/- E2152M GT-E2152 - Rs. 2,650/- C5212 (Dual Sim Active) GT-C5212 - Rs. 4,396/- |
World's most searched for, most popular mobile phones online now
Who rules the world of mobiles as a brand? Samsung? Nokia? Apple or Blackberry ?
Was Nokia's Lumia series a success?
Can Samsung surpass Nokia's market lead this year?
Will Blackberry derail again or will their glory be back in track again this year?
Can Sony do without its subordinate clause?
Will Google save the sinking ship that is about to produce flagship phones, Motorala?
Here is a more convincing answer for them all. I compiled a list of most sought after, most searched for mobile phones online at the moment with the steady data from gsmarena.com's daily interest rate. Gsmarena.com is a highly ranked and highly participated mobile phone niche site in the world. So the data which this table is based on is apparantly stable and flawless. Though its unclear how they measure the daily interest rate, its interesting how most phones that have been the talk of the tawn or office have done well in the list
Was Nokia's Lumia series a success?
Can Samsung surpass Nokia's market lead this year?
Will Blackberry derail again or will their glory be back in track again this year?
Can Sony do without its subordinate clause?
Will Google save the sinking ship that is about to produce flagship phones, Motorala?
Here is a more convincing answer for them all. I compiled a list of most sought after, most searched for mobile phones online at the moment with the steady data from gsmarena.com's daily interest rate. Gsmarena.com is a highly ranked and highly participated mobile phone niche site in the world. So the data which this table is based on is apparantly stable and flawless. Though its unclear how they measure the daily interest rate, its interesting how most phones that have been the talk of the tawn or office have done well in the list
| Mobile | Daily Interest @ gsmarena.com |
|---|---|
| Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III | 96% |
| Nokia 808 PureView | 43% |
Nokia N8 | 43% |
| HTC One X | 41% |
Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 | 39% |
Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II | 29% |
Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 | 28% |
Sony Xperia S | 26% |
| Samsung Galaxy Note N7000 | 21% |
| Nokia N9 | 20% |
| Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S | 20% |
| Samsung Galaxy Y Duos | 18% |
| HTC One V | 18% |
| Apple iPhone 4S | 18% |
Nokia Lumia 800 | 16% |
Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman | 15% |
Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V | 14% |
HTC One S | 14% |
Sony Ericsson Xperia ray | 13% |
S6102 Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500 | 13% |
Sony Xperia U | 13% |
Sony Xperia sola | 12% |
Samsung I9000 Galaxy S | 12% |
Samsung Galaxy Pocket S5300 | 12% |
Nokia Asha 302 | 12% |
Samsung Galaxy Nexus | 11% |
Samsung I9070 Galaxy S Advance | 11% |
Samsung Galaxy W I8150 | 11% |
HTC Explorer | 11% |
| Samsung Galaxy Mini S5570 | 10% |
Samsung Omnia M S7530 | 10% |
| Nokia Lumia 710 | 10% |
| Nokia 500 | 10% |
Nokia Asha 303 | 9.9% |
| Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 | 9.9% |
| BlackBerry Curve 9320 | 9.7% |
| Samsung I9500 Fraser | 9.6% |
| Apple iPhone 4 | 9.4% |
| LG Optimus 4X HD P880 | 6.3% |
| Motorola RAZR MAXX | 4.3% |
Difference between Nokia Lumia 800, Nokia Lumia 710 and Nokia Lumia 900
| Nokia Lumia 800 | Nokia Lumia 710 | Nokia Lumia 900 |
|---|---|---|
| 2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - RM-819 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 (For Canada HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 - RM-801 CV) Physical Size: 116.5 x 61.2 x 12.1 mm, 76.1 cc Weight: 142 g Touch-sensitive controls Screen Type: AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Colors: 16M Pixels: 480 x 800 Screen Size: 3.7 inches Pixel Density: ~252 ppi Multitouch Corning Gorilla Glass Nokia ClearBlack display No MEMORY Card slot Internal Storage: 16 GB RAM: 512 MB WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Bluetooth: v2.1 with A2DP EDR USB: microUSB v2.0 CAM: 8 MP Carl Zeiss optics Autofocus Dual-LED Flash Video recording: HD 720p@30fps No Secondary cam OS: Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon CPU: 1.4 GHz Scorpion GPU: Adreno 205 Accelerometer Proximity Sensor Compass Threaded view HTML5 Radio: Stereo FM radio with RDS GPS with A-GPS Java apps not supported Colors: Black, Cyan, Magenta and White MicroSIM card support only SNS integration Document viewer/editor Predictive text input BATTERY: Li-Ion 1450 mAh (BV-5JW) Music play: Up to 55 hours | 2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G: HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 - RM-803 (HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 For Canada) Physical Size: 119 x 62.4 x 12.5 mm, 81.1 cc Weight: 125.5 g Screen Type: TFT capacitive touchscreen Colors: 16M Pixels: 480 x 800 Screen Size: 3.7 inches Pixel Density: ~252 ppi Multitouch Corning Gorilla Glass Nokia ClearBlack display No MEMORY Card slot Internal Storage: 8 GB RAM: 512 MB WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Bluetooth: v2.1 with A2DP EDR USB: microUSB v2.0 CAM: 5 MP Autofocus LED flash Video: 720p@30fps No Secondary Cam OS: Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon CPU: 1.4 GHz Scorpion GPU: Adreno 205 Accelerometer Proximity Sensor Compass Threaded view HTML5 Radio: Stereo FM radio with RDS GPS with A-GPS support Java apps not supported Colors: Black, White (front)/ black, white, cyan, fuchsia, yellow (back) MicroSIM card support only SNS integration Document viewer/editor Predictive text input BATTERY: Li-Ion 1300 mAh (BP-3L) Music play: Up to 38 hours | 2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 Physical Size: 127.8 x 68.5 x 11.5 mm, 90 cc Weight: 160 g Screen Type: AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Colors: 16M Pixels: 480 x 800 Screen Size: 4.3 inches Pixel Density: ~217 ppi Multitouch Corning Gorilla Glass Nokia ClearBlack display No MEMORY Card slot Internal Storage: 16GB RAM: 512 MB RAM WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Bluetooth: v2.1 with A2DP EDR USB: microUSB v2.0 CAM: 8 MP Carl Zeiss optics Autofocus Dual-LED Flash Video: 720p@30fps video stabilization Secondary Cam: 1 MP, VGA@15fps OS: Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Chipset: Qualcomm APQ8055 Snapdragon CPU: 1.4 GHz Scorpion GPU: Adreno 205 Accelerometer Gyro Proximity Sensor Compass Threaded view HTML5 Radio: Stereo FM radio with RDS GPS with A-GPS GLONASS Java apps not supported Colors: Black, cyan, white and magenta MicroSIM card support only SNS integration Document viewer/editor Predictive text input BATTERY Li-Ion 1830 mAh (BP-6EW) Music play Up: to 60 h |
Difference between HTC Sensation, HTC Sensation XL and HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio
| HTC Sensation | HTC Sensation XL | HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio |
|---|---|---|
2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G: Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA: 900 / 1700 / 2100 Physical Size: 126.1 x 65.4 x 11.3 mm Weight: 148 g Screen: S-LCD capacitive touchscreen Colors: 16M Pixels: 540 x 960 pixels Screen Size: 4.3 inches Pixel Density: ~256 ppi Multitouch Corning Gorilla Glass UI: HTC Sense 3.0 MEMORY Card: microSD, up to 32GB 8 GB card included in the box Internal Memory: 1 GB RAM: 768 MB WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n DLNA Wi-Fi hotspot Bluetooth: v3.0 with A2DP USB: microUSB (MHL) v2.0 CAM: 8 MP Autofocus Dual-LED Touch-focus Image stabilization Instant capture Video: 1080p@30fps Stereo sound recording Secondary Cam: VGA OS: Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.x Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon CPU: Dual-core 1.2 GHz Scorpion GPU: Adreno 220 Accelerometer Gyro Proximity sensor Compass Threaded view Adobe Flash Radio: Stereo FM radio with RDS GPS with A-GPS Colors: Black, Ice White TV-out via MHL A/V link SNS integration XviD Document viewer Predictive text input (T9 Trace) BATTERY: Li-Ion 1520mAh | 2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 Physical Size: 132.5 x 70.7 x 9.9 mm Weight: 162.5 g Touch-sensitive controls Screen: S-LCD capacitive touchscreen Color: 16M Pixels: 480 x 800 Display size: 4.7 inches Pixel Density: ~199 ppi Multitouch UI: HTC Sense UI 3.5 No MEMORY Card slot Internal Memory: 16 GB RAM: 768 MB WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n DLNA Wi-Fi hotspot Bluetooth: v3.0 with A2DP USB: microUSB v2.0 CAM: 8 MP Autofocus Dual-LED flash Touch focus HDR Auto-upload Video: 720p Slo-mo video recording (2x @ WVGA) Secondary Cam: 1.3 MP OS: Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.x Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8255 CPU: 1.5 GHz Scorpion GPU: Adreno 205 Accelerometer Gyro Proximity compass Threaded view Adobe Flash Radio: Stereo FM radio with RDS GPS with A-GPS support Colors: White Beats Audio Beats headset Facebook and Twitter integration Document viewer/editor Predictive text input BATTERY: Li-Ion 1600 mAh | 2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G: HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 1700 / Physical Size: 126.1 x 65.4 x 11.3 mm Weight: 151 g Touch-sensitive controls Screen: S-LCD capacitive touchscreen Colors: 16M colors Pixels: 540 x 960 Screen Size: 4.3 inches Pixel Density: ~256 ppi Multitouch UI: HTC Sense UI MEMORY Card slot: microSD, up to 32GB Internal Memory: 4 GB (1 GB user available) RAM: 768 MB RAM WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n DLNA Wi-Fi hotspot Bluetooth: v3.0 with A2DP USB: microUSB (MHL) v2.0 CAM: 8 MP Autofocus Dual-LED flash Touch-focus Image stabilization Instant capture Video: 1080p@30fps Stereo sound recording Secondary Cam: VGA OS: Android v2.3.4 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.x Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon CPU: Dual-core 1.5 GHz Scorpion GPU: Adreno 220 Accelerometer Gyro Proximity Compass Threaded view Adobe Flash Radio: Stereo FM radio with RDS GPS with A-GPS Beats Audio Beats headset TV-out via MHL A/V link SNS integration XviD Document viewer/editor Predictive text input BATTERY: Li-Ion 1730mAh |
Is Android the widely used Operating System after Windows?
I keep a constant eye on my blog stats everyday. If the endless pies and charts that are provided as stats by Google are precise, the stats tend to prove that, Android as a Operating System, has gained a significant popularity during the past years. A considerable number of hits to the blog is from the Andy among the other mobile operating systems. People from all around the world flock into my poor blog every day (though small in number) as a result of conducting searches mostly for rudimentary mobile phone keywords. They concise the likes of States, UK and India. So I have also included the demographics in case. Here are the dazzling charts and pies |
 The Android pie Pageviews by Operating Systems (all time) Windows 12,900 (73%) Android 1,761 (10%) iPhone 693 (3%) Macintosh 622 (3%) Linux 565 (3%) iPad 322 (1%) iPod 257 (1%) Nokia 216 (1%) BlackBerry 169 (<1%) Symbian/3 38 (<1%) |  A weekly Droid pie Pageviews by Operating Systems (this week) Windows 894 (59%) Android 255 (17%) iPhone 144 (9%) Macintosh 71 (4%) iPad 29 (1%) Nokia 28 (1%) Linux 27 (1%) iPod 22 (1%) BlackBerry 12 (<1%) SymbianOS/9.4 9 (<1%) |
 The monthly pie Pageviews by Operating Systems (last month) Windows 2,795 (60%) Android 701 (15%) Linux 377 (8%) iPhone 291 (6%) Macintosh 196 (4%) iPad 82 (1%) Nokia 71 (1%) iPod 70 (1%) BlackBerry 57 (1%) Symbian/3 13 (<1%) |  Blog audience Pageviews by Countries (all time) India 3,696 United States 3,147 United Kingdom 1,394 Malaysia 1,261 Philippines 949 Australia 628 Singapore 559 Canada 389 Russia 201 Egypt 166 |
 | World's browser share? Pageviews by Browsers (all time) Chrome 5,193 (27%) Firefox 4,765 (24%) Internet Explorer 3,409 (17%) Opera 2,147 (11%) Mobile Safari 1,827 (9%) Safari 1,697 (8%) NokiaBrowser 57 (<1%) Mobile 43 (<1%) RockMelt 14 (<1%) Version 14 (<1%) |
Bolt browser wont wake up!, Bolt is not brave enough to go forward
 Bolt, the downloadable third party mobile browser that empowerd the millions of owners of entry level Java phones with a PC like web page rendering and a video streaming capabilities, officially demised few months ago. But most believed that the browser will wake up from the ashes. Now months have passed and its crystal clear that it wont arise and make bolt moves again Bolt debuted as a private beta on January 15 2009 and released to the mass on february 16 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It was one of the earliest mobile browsers to adapt a server side web page rendering service and was based on Webkit rendering engine to give the user a PC like surfing experience. The browser was highly acclaimed for its full webpage displaying. The browser was best known for its SMART Javascript rendering and patented Splitview mechanism at its peak. The browser in the following years boltly moved on to display full screen mode where some other browsers like UCWeb still struggle to deliver. Even its Javascript performance was remarkably in order which even Opera denyies to output. Through the years followed the browser saw a stable string of developments. From the earliest version number 0.86 the software rapidly jumped to the stable version of 2.52 withing a short period of time and gained many competitive features like streaming video capabilities, support for Javascript and AJAX, direct edit on text boxes, download manager, lengthy video streaming, cloud server infrastructure back up, syndication of favourites through Bolt Space and unprecedented web widgets. Time to say good bye to a bolt venture Photo credit: official website |
Few of the best Java games and apps I have ever played
Here is a list of few of the finest java games and apps I have ever played. Java isnt dead, at least it haunts in the big heads of Google these days. I have listed only the the best though its small in number. It may avert you from downloading a bunch of games and crappy apps or Krabby Patties. Most of the games and apps are multi screen
1. Opera mini - yes I know, you already knew it. No argue, Opera takes the first place. m.opera.com, the official website says my old sony ericsson w200 doesnt meet the repuirements to run opera 6.5 which pisses me off and changed my mind from installing Opera Next to my old rugged hoarse, Sony ericsson w200i
2. UC WEB - another mobile browser. Mobile screen rendering is great. In some instances, where Opera becomes non corpoporative, UCweb delivers
3. Bolt by Bitstream - a mobile browser with a PC like website look and one of my favourite mobile browsers. Here, die hard Opera fans should get one thing clear of their chests, Opera doesnt support Javascript which Bolt was partially compatible with. It's untimely demise was a shock to me
4. Java mobile back up app- you may lost your phone but not your contacts if you have installed this app and uploaded your contacts to app's server. To download go to mobilebackup.com
5. GMAIL app by GOOGLE - a simple but usefull app. Only flaw is hyperlinks you get in emails are opened in default browser of the phone
6. GOOGLE MOBILE MAP APP - the most exciting java app of all, now with 3D street view. This is the app I recommend to use when your bored (except when your lost). Use street view and go to Newyork, London, Tokyo sitting at home. It will be a sweet memory
7. Mobichess - playing chess online on your phone? Yes, with mobichess its possible. Trust me, I get defeated everyday. There are so many mobile chess games that promise that (no, not beating me to the pants, online gaming), but reality is far beyond. Only mobichess can handle it (but the service is dead now I guess)
8. Chessbuddy - mobichess is for playing online. To play single player offline, the best of the best is CHESSBUDDY. TRY TO BEAT IT, if you can. It must be the most advanced java game one can play on a mobile
9. Snaptu - inbuild Picasa photo browser, holywood box office, Facebook, Twitter, sudoku, RSS feeds, news channels, crick info, what else? Snaptu has (had) them all. Snaptu, as a browser doesnt come close to even UCweb's low memory version. But its elegant homepage and UI make it a downloadworthy one. Now the app is swallowed by the big bad wolf, Facebook and rendered nearly useless
10. VRADIO - virtual radio lets listen to online radio stations. Data charges apply.
11. DEEP by FISHLABS - one of the best games I have ever played in my life. May be the best. You will be amazed at how much can be done with J2ME
12. V-RALLY 3D by IFONE.COM - I have played thousands of 3D car racing games with phones. But Vrally was diffent. Its the worlds only java car racing game that has the best, most realistic and most smooth drive. 3D graphics are relatively good
13. ASPALT3 3D STREET RULES - for the most comprehensive 3D racing game experiance you need aspalt3 3D STREET RULES. 3D graphics are relatively at its best
14. 20Q MIND READER by DIGITAL CHOCALATE inc - think about anything, it can guess what it is. Asking 20 questions and few more if necesarry, it will read your mind. 20Q was the most addictive game I ever played apart from the pleasure I had with it
15. THE WITCHER CRIMSON TRAIL by BREAK POINT - You run, you jump, you run and again jump. You hit a thug inbetween - a barrier actually. So go the things with most adventure java games. THE WITCHER isn't different from the above criteria. But its the best java fantacy game you can play on a mobile
16. TIME CRISIS - a nicely moving action, shooting and a battling game. The PC like 3D rendering prompts you not to put the phone back
So end of the journey. There are few more that deserve mentions in the list, but I am bit lazy to add them. Enjoy your gaming!
1. Opera mini - yes I know, you already knew it. No argue, Opera takes the first place. m.opera.com, the official website says my old sony ericsson w200 doesnt meet the repuirements to run opera 6.5 which pisses me off and changed my mind from installing Opera Next to my old rugged hoarse, Sony ericsson w200i
2. UC WEB - another mobile browser. Mobile screen rendering is great. In some instances, where Opera becomes non corpoporative, UCweb delivers
3. Bolt by Bitstream - a mobile browser with a PC like website look and one of my favourite mobile browsers. Here, die hard Opera fans should get one thing clear of their chests, Opera doesnt support Javascript which Bolt was partially compatible with. It's untimely demise was a shock to me
4. Java mobile back up app- you may lost your phone but not your contacts if you have installed this app and uploaded your contacts to app's server. To download go to mobilebackup.com
5. GMAIL app by GOOGLE - a simple but usefull app. Only flaw is hyperlinks you get in emails are opened in default browser of the phone
6. GOOGLE MOBILE MAP APP - the most exciting java app of all, now with 3D street view. This is the app I recommend to use when your bored (except when your lost). Use street view and go to Newyork, London, Tokyo sitting at home. It will be a sweet memory
7. Mobichess - playing chess online on your phone? Yes, with mobichess its possible. Trust me, I get defeated everyday. There are so many mobile chess games that promise that (no, not beating me to the pants, online gaming), but reality is far beyond. Only mobichess can handle it (but the service is dead now I guess)
8. Chessbuddy - mobichess is for playing online. To play single player offline, the best of the best is CHESSBUDDY. TRY TO BEAT IT, if you can. It must be the most advanced java game one can play on a mobile
9. Snaptu - inbuild Picasa photo browser, holywood box office, Facebook, Twitter, sudoku, RSS feeds, news channels, crick info, what else? Snaptu has (had) them all. Snaptu, as a browser doesnt come close to even UCweb's low memory version. But its elegant homepage and UI make it a downloadworthy one. Now the app is swallowed by the big bad wolf, Facebook and rendered nearly useless
10. VRADIO - virtual radio lets listen to online radio stations. Data charges apply.
11. DEEP by FISHLABS - one of the best games I have ever played in my life. May be the best. You will be amazed at how much can be done with J2ME
12. V-RALLY 3D by IFONE.COM - I have played thousands of 3D car racing games with phones. But Vrally was diffent. Its the worlds only java car racing game that has the best, most realistic and most smooth drive. 3D graphics are relatively good
13. ASPALT3 3D STREET RULES - for the most comprehensive 3D racing game experiance you need aspalt3 3D STREET RULES. 3D graphics are relatively at its best
14. 20Q MIND READER by DIGITAL CHOCALATE inc - think about anything, it can guess what it is. Asking 20 questions and few more if necesarry, it will read your mind. 20Q was the most addictive game I ever played apart from the pleasure I had with it
15. THE WITCHER CRIMSON TRAIL by BREAK POINT - You run, you jump, you run and again jump. You hit a thug inbetween - a barrier actually. So go the things with most adventure java games. THE WITCHER isn't different from the above criteria. But its the best java fantacy game you can play on a mobile
16. TIME CRISIS - a nicely moving action, shooting and a battling game. The PC like 3D rendering prompts you not to put the phone back
So end of the journey. There are few more that deserve mentions in the list, but I am bit lazy to add them. Enjoy your gaming!
Difference between HTC One X, HTC One X AT&T, HTC One V and HTC One S
| HTC One X AT&T | HTC One X Global version | HTC One V | HTC One S |
|---|---|---|---|
2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G: HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 4G: LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100 Physical size: 134.8 x 69.9 x 8.9 mm Weight: 129 g Touch-sensitive controls DISPLAY: Super IPS LCD2 capacitive touchscreen Colors: 16M Pixels: 720 x 1280 Screen size: 4.7 inches Pixel density: ~312 ppi Multitouch Corning Gorilla Glass HTC Sense UI No MEMORY Card slot 16 GB internal storage 1 GB RAM GPRS EDGE Speed HSDPA, 21 Mbps HSUPA, 5.76Mbps LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100Mbps WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi Direct DLNA Wi-Fi hotspot Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP NFC USB: microUSB (MHL) v2.0 CAM: 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Autofocus LED flash Simultaneous HD video and image recording Video: 1080p@30fps Stereo sound rec Video stabilization Secondary Cam: 1.3 MP, 720p OS: Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon CPU: Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait GPU: Adreno 225 Accelerometer Gyro Proximity sensor Compass Threaded view Adobe Flash Radio No GPS with A-GPS support Colors: Gray, White Beats Audio TV-out (via MHL A/V link) SNS integration Document viewer/editor Voice memo/dial/commands Predictive text input BATTERY: Li-Po 1800mAh | 2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 Physical size: 134.4 x 69.9 x 8.9 mm Weight: 130 g Touch-sensitive controls DISPLAY: Super IPS LCD2 capacitive touchscreen Colors: 16M Pixels: 720 x 1280 Screen size: 4.7 inches Pixel density: ~312 ppi Multitouch Corning Gorilla Glass HTC Sense UI No MEMORY Card slot 32 GB (26 GB user-available) internal storage 1 GB RAM WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct DLNA Wi-Fi hotspot Bluetooth: v4.0 with A2DP NFC USB: microUSB (MHL) v2.0 CAM: 8 MP Autofocus LED flash Simultaneous HD video and image recording Video: 1080p@30fps, Stereo sound rec Video stabilization Secondary Cam: 1.3 MP, 720p OS: Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Chipset Nvidia Tegra 3 CPU Quad-core 1.5 GHz GPU ULP GeForce Accelerometer Gyro Proximity sensor Compass Threaded view Adobe Flash Radio: Stereo FM radio with RDS GPS with A-GPS support Colors: Gray, White MicroSIM card support only Beats Audio TV-out (via MHL A/V link) SNS integration Document viewer/editor Voice memo/dial/commands Predictive text input BATTERY: Li-Po 1800mAh | 2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G: HSDPA 850 / 900 / Physical Size: 120.3 x 59.7 x 9.2 mm Weight: 115 g Touch-sensitive controls DISPLAY: Capacitive touchscreen Colors: 16M Pixels: 480 x 800 Screen size: 3.7 inches Pixel density: ~252 ppi Multitouch HTC Sense UI v4.0 MEMORY Card: microSD, up to 32GB Internal Memory: 4 GB Ram: 512 MB GPRS EDGE HSDPA HSUPA WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi hotspot Bluetooth: v4.0 with A2DP USB: microUSB v2.0 CAM: 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels Autofocus LED flash Simultaneous HD video and image recording Video 720p No Secondary Cam OS: Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon CPU: 1 GHz GPU Adreno 205 Accelerometer Proximity Sensor Threaded view Adobe Flash Radio: Stereo FM radio with RDS GPS with A-GPS support Colors: Black, Brown Beats Audio SNS integration Document viewer Voice memo/dial Predictive text input BATTERY: Li-Ion 1500mAh | 2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 Physical Size: 130.9 x 65 x 7.8 mm Weight: 119.5 g Touch-sensitive controls DISPLAY: Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Colors: 16M Pixels: 540 x 960 Screen Size: 4.3 inches Pixel density: ~256 ppi Multitouch Corning Gorilla Glass HTC Sense UI No MEMORY Card slot Internal Memory: 16 GB Ram: 1 GB GPRS EDGE HSDPA HSUPA WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n DLNA Wi-Fi hotspot Bluetooth: v4.0 with A2DP USB: microUSB (MHL) v2.0 CAM 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels Autofocus LED flash Simultaneous HD video and image recording Video: 1080p@30fps Stereo sound rec Video stabilization Secondary Cam: VGA OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8260A Snapdragon CPU Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait GPU Adreno 225 Accelerometer Gyro Proximity Sensor Compass Threaded view Adobe Flash Radio: Stereo FM radio with RDS GPS with A-GPS support Colors Black MicroSIM card support only Beats Audio TV-out (via MHL A/V link) SNS integration Document viewer Voice memo/dial Predictive text input BATTERY: Li-Po 1650mAh |
Difference between HTC One X and HTC One X AT&T
| HTC One X AT&T | HTC One X Global version |
|---|---|
2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G: HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 4G: LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100 Physical size: 134.8 x 69.9 x 8.9 mm Weight: 129 g Touch-sensitive controls DISPLAY: Super IPS LCD2 capacitive touchscreen Colors: 16M Pixels: 720 x 1280 Screen size: 4.7 inches Pixel density: ~312 ppi Multitouch Corning Gorilla Glass HTC Sense UI No MEMORY Card slot 16 GB internal storage 1 GB RAM GPRS EDGE Speed HSDPA, 21 Mbps HSUPA, 5.76Mbps LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100Mbps WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi Direct DLNA Wi-Fi hotspot Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP NFC USB: microUSB (MHL) v2.0 CAM: 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Autofocus LED flash Simultaneous HD video and image recording Video: 1080p@30fps Stereo sound rec Video stabilization Secondary Cam: 1.3 MP, 720p OS: Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon CPU: Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait GPU: Adreno 225 Accelerometer Gyro Proximity sensor Compass Threaded view Adobe Flash Radio No GPS with A-GPS support Colors: Gray, White Beats Audio TV-out (via MHL A/V link) SNS integration Document viewer/editor Voice memo/dial/commands Predictive text input BATTERY: Li-Po 1800mAh | 2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 Physical size: 134.4 x 69.9 x 8.9 mm Weight: 130 g Touch-sensitive controls DISPLAY: Super IPS LCD2 capacitive touchscreen Colors: 16M Pixels: 720 x 1280 Screen size: 4.7 inches Pixel density: ~312 ppi Multitouch Corning Gorilla Glass HTC Sense UI No MEMORY Card slot 32 GB (26 GB user-available) internal storage 1 GB RAM WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct DLNA Wi-Fi hotspot Bluetooth: v4.0 with A2DP NFC USB: microUSB (MHL) v2.0 CAM: 8 MP Autofocus LED flash Simultaneous HD video and image recording Video: 1080p@30fps, Stereo sound rec Video stabilization Secondary Cam: 1.3 MP, 720p OS: Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Chipset Nvidia Tegra 3 CPU Quad-core 1.5 GHz GPU ULP GeForce Accelerometer Gyro Proximity sensor Compass Threaded view Adobe Flash Radio: Stereo FM radio with RDS GPS with A-GPS support Colors: Gray, White MicroSIM card support only Beats Audio TV-out (via MHL A/V link) SNS integration Document viewer/editor Voice memo/dial/commands Predictive text input BATTERY: Li-Po 1800mAh |
Apple Iphone 4S vs Nokia Lumia 900 AT&T - Difference, Pros and Cons
| Nokia Lumia 900 AT&T | Iphone 4S |
|---|---|
| 4G Network LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100 AMOLED capacitive touchscreen 16M colors 480 x 800 pixels 4.3 inches ~217 ppi pixel density Multitouch Corning Gorilla Glass Nokia ClearBlack display No Card slot Internal 16GB storage, is it enough 512 MB RAM, not 1Gb NFC 8 MP cam, 3264x2448 pixels Carl Zeiss optics Autofocus Dual-LED flash 720p@30fps video capturing Video stabilization Secondary cam, 1.3 MP, VGA@30fps Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Qualcomm APQ8055 Snapdragon CPU 1.4 GHz Scorpion GPU Adreno 205 Accelerometer Gyro Proximity sensor Threaded view HTML5 Stereo FM radio with RDS GPS with A-GPS No Java support MicroSIM card support only SNS integration Active noise cancellation Document viewer/editor Predictive text input "Those who will purchase one between now and April 21st – will receive a$100 credit to their AT&T bill from Nokia", Nokia guarantees "We identified a software issue. In short, a memory management issue was discovered that could, in some cases, lead to loss of data connectivity. This issue is purely in the phone software, and is not related to either phone hardware or the network itself.". official website says. However the issue is being identified as an issue prevailant in first batch and now been addressed. Anyone who bought one can grab new one in exchange with the faulty one or update the software Polycarbonate unibody 1830 mAh battery 8-megapixel camera has a wide aperture (F2.2) and wide-angle focal length (28mm). Low-light photos will look great Nokia USA partnered with Monster and yielded the Nokia Purity HD On Ear Stereo Headset – which now also available for sale from April 8 Nokia Drive offers free voice guided turn-by-turn navigation. The exclusive ESPN sports hub come pre-loaded on the Lumia 900 AT&T Mobile U-Verse Mobile allows AT&T U-Verse TV subscribers to schedule and manage their DVR and even watch TV shows while on the go. There are more than 100 TV series and 700 TV shows available for consumption Biggest yet thinnest Windows Phone to date by Nokia First phone to support high-speed LTE data transfers The Nokia Lumia 900 has picked up CNET’s best of CES smartphone award Was built exclusively for AT&T Data downloads up to 50Mbps on AT&T’s 4G LTE network SkyDrive cloud storage If you switch to flight mode and use it just as an MP3 music player, it’ll keep going for more than two-and-a-half days. Xbox Skydrive is not your dropbox on Lumia 900 AMOLED display, one of the best ever Nokia Drive offline/online GPS nav Voice search & voice launch apps Power button placement is uncomfortable Can't change volume when screen is off Only 85,000-100,000 apps at launch Needs a notifications section Some older games lack fast resume Summary The Polycarbonate housing is very solid, smooth and of high quality The cyan color really stands out as a special phone "Everything else just looks plain and boring next to this phone. The ClearBlack AMOLED display is absolutely gorgeous and blows away any washed out LCD like the iPhone's. Colors are much more vibrant and images appear to float on the top of the screen like an actual photograph", a mesmarised user utters Blacks are so dark and inky that you can't even tell where the screen meets the bezel The signal strength is amazing Calls clarity is outstanding Visual voicemail is included with this phone for free 4G LTE speeds are blazing and Yankees are overwhelmed. You can get downloads in the range of 20Mbps on this phone if your in NYC Internet connection sharing with up to 5 other devices is available on some data plans The external speaker on the phone has great volume and since it is on the bottom instead of the back. It doesn't get muffled when you put the phone down on a surface or hold it in your hand. The camera can be brought up even when the phone is locked just by holding down the dedicated camera button. You can snap photos in widescreen or fullscreen mode and upload directly to Facebook Twitter or Skydrive without having to open another app. 25GB of free cloud storage with SkyDrive. "Battery life is incredible by smartphone standards. After using my phone all day yesterday to look at apps, browse the web, take photos, listen to music, etc. I had almost 50% battery left by the end of the day." a user recalls This phone can last you a day and a half easily on a single charge. AT&T includes some nice apps like 1. U-verse video streaming 2. MyWireless to check your data usage, change your plan or pay your bills. There are also exclusive CNN, ESPN, Univision, and college sports applications on Nokia's Lumia You can earn Xbox Live achievements on the go. You can even see your friends avatars and edit your Xbox Live avatar on this phone! Few of the usefull apps on Windows Phone 1. YouTube Pro lets you download and upload videos to Youtube right from a tile on your start screen. It can play videos in HD as well and you can pin any Youtube channel you subscribe to on the start screen. The pinned live tile will update with the image of any new video that is uploaded to that Youtube channel. 2. Radio Controlled is a Pandora music app that plays all of your Pandora playlists 3. Gmaps Pro gives you Google Maps on your phone including Google Latitude to track your friends and family 4. "Hey DJ" lets you use your voice to load songs, artists and playlists. Voice to launch any app just by holding down the Windows button and saying "Start Netflix" or "Open Netflix." You can also search for weather by saying "weather" or find movie show times nearby just by saying "movies." (is this Siri?) Voice to launch app is very swift The 1.3-megapixel front-facing cam video cast is terrible Shutter lags, takes some time to focus before capturing a photo The cam doesnt give smarter closeups when focusing on subjects located at distance Cam shots bit yellowish iPhone 4S photos are sharper, more vibrant, have more contrast Apps are more expensive Though it support 4G, most countries lack such kind of towers. So outside US the 4G capabilities wont be a deal maker Angry Birds Space, the latest avian attack instalment, is not available yet in the market Few usefull apps available at the market Kindle/ Audible USA Today Fox News Skype Tango Kik iHeartRadio TuneIn Netflix Vevo ESPN MLB at Bat GasBuddy Yelp eBay Amazon Shazam SoundHound WeatherChannel Accuweather Spotify Rdio Slacker Last.FM Flixster Fandango Bible Glympse IMDB By the end of May the Windows Phone platform will have over 100,000 apps in total If you have a lot of videos or a ton of songs you are going to need to compress them to fit on the 16GB of storage Zune PC software compresses files on the device itsefl With Zune you can impose the exact bitrate you want it to make of all your songs Not all games have been updated yet to support fast app switching (hold down the back arrow to bring up the task switcher), this is changing over time though as each developer updates their games. All new games seem to support the fast app switching as well low price Quality of the hardware Even when it's so hard for Android devs to make money, its doubtfull that companies going to invest and allocate resources in Windows Free to new AT&T customers $49 for current customers who renew contracts at Walmart and $100 if you don't qualify otherwise You won't notice any scratches Dual LED flash Screen is big and bright, but only comes with 800 x 480 resolution The images seem a bit washed out The Nokia Lumia 900 is exclusive to AT&T for now. Cannot change the font size for texts Most cant believe they are selling something like this for only 100 When you go to the app market you will notice that few of top apps missing Works great in direct sunlight Premium look and feel Life time turn by turn navigation People Hub Local Scout Social network deep integration Camera doesnt do well The housing is not coated. Some may find their fingers glued to it. A fingerprint magnet. No FM transmitter No bluetooth file transfer No plug and play to pc (requires zune) Smooth navigation Simple interface Lack of customization options Cannot customise ringing settings No way to set sound profiles such as 'Normal', 'Silent', 'Office', 'Meeting', etc Artistic interface Cannot individually control the ringer volume and the text-to-speech volume Synchronization of contacts between Facebook, Windows Live!, and Google is straight-forward Facebook app will be obsolete thanks to the 'People' tile The screen itself is great and on par with the Galaxy S II's AMOLED+ in terms of color, brightness, and viewing angles Speaker is loud and clear Call quality is good The phone features voice recognition for speech-to-text and a few phone commands such as "text this person" or "listen to music etc Syncing with Zune is easy, but you may have some problems with DRM on old CD's which you have ripped years ago. Cannot choose which options you'd like to sort your lists by with Zune; instead its only "Albums", "Artists", "Title", etc The phone is great for business and work-related items especially having a condensed version of MS Office which includes Word and Excel as well as a PowerPoint viewer Buy a rubberized case for it and a screen cover. Fingerprints show up easily and the case is a little slippery if you don't have a full-handed grip on it The power button is too easy to hit by accident You may end up locking the phone screen when hit the volume rocker One-thumb scrolling Reported LTE speeds -20Mbps down 7Mbps up Unique and elegant design 25GB cloud storage Elegant & speedy OS Nokia Drive offline/online GPS nav Voice search & voice launch apps Most users claim a staggering 2-day battery life Can't change volume when screen is off Only 85,000-100,000 apps Needs a notifications section Some older games lack fast resume The best smart phone deal on American soil these days Blacks are so dark and inky that you can't even tell where the screen meets the bezel The signal strength is outstanding Visual voicemail is for free | iOS 5 integrated with iCloud Quad-band 3G support Dual-band CDMA CDMA2000 1xEV-DO support Relatively small display 3.5" LED-backlit IPS TFT capacitive touchscreen A massive 640 x 960 px resolution Scratch-resistant front and rear glasses Fingerprint-resistant coating on both sides, back and front 1GHz dual-core ARM Cortex A9 CPU PowerVR SGX543MP2 GPU Apple A5 SoC 512MB ( plenty ) of RAM Voice recognition Siri virtual assistant 8 MP autofocus camera LED flash Touch focus 1080p video recording at 30fps Wi-Fi hotspot GPS with A-GPS Digital compass 16/32/64GB storage models Accelerometer Proximity sensor Three-axis gyro sensor Active noise cancellation with a dedicated secondary microphone Stereo Bluetooth v4.0 Secondary front-facing VGA camera Picture and Video editors A new antenna design Much improved signal reception in poor signal areas MicroSIM card support only No Flash support in the web browser No real multitasking FaceTime video calls facilitate only over Wi-Fi No file transfer over Bluetooth or USB Mass Storage mode (itune dependent) No FM radio No stereo speakers No microSD card slot Non-user-replaceable battery Siri is a joke Location services not enabled outside US iTunes monopolize the area of loading content MicroUSB adapter is absent in the box LED-backlit IPS Retina screen is behind Super AMOLED HDs Display hasn't seen much improvement when compared with the predecessor, Iphone 4 Exceptional visibility in sunlight Substantial viewing angles in the screen The glass back is prone to breaks in case it slides through owners hand as it doesnt give a good grip iPhone 4 accessories won't go nearly as well with iphone 4s The home button launches the Siri virtual assistant briskly The volume up key compromises a camera shuttering as well MicroSIM card slot opening can be well endured only with the enclosed SIM eject tool, carry it No stereo speakers Its 1430mAh this time, has seen bit improvement The bumper cases are still needed for protection, regarding the antenna Sports two antennas to tackle the "death grip" issue Both antennas support both standards, GSM and CDMA Don't fear, death grip won't interfere. Hold it anywise, the antennas can switch between any mode when required. When one antenna is blocked, the other volunteers The hit! SAR values are all time high Text input can be feeded through voice and is recognised throughout the system No layers or advanced menus Apple ensures the user with more than 200 new features, but most doubt the number The notifications area is improved and notifications can be received on both the lockscreen and homescreen Each notification is configurable ie view in Notification Center, view on Lock Screen, number of shown items etc When you attend to one lockscreen notification, other notifications disappear from the lockscreen Notification Center only supports two widgets at the moment, Weather and Stock Dictionary is executable throughout all the native iOS app interfaces A dedicated Camera shortcut is present on the lockscreen. The Newsstand app which resides on homescreen bundles all the purchased digital editions into one folder Notification Center accessibility is system wide No smart dialing System wide Spotlight search Faster than its predecessor when CPU performance is compared and as Apple put it into words seven times faster when it comes to 3D performance Only iPhone contacts can be labeled well, leaves google synced contacts in cold allocating only three labels at most Mail, voicemail, calendar and reminder sound alerts can be customized When carrier fails to support FaceTime activation by phone number, email can be used as ID ( automatically done ) Good reception CDMA available only on CDMA network activated handsets. To get it straight, if you buy an iPhone with a GSM SIM card, it won't catch CDMA coverage Better loudspeaker performance FaceTime video calling over Wi-Fi is only compatible with devices that come from the same hood such as iPhone 4, Macs and new iPod Touches No SMS delivery reports iMessage lets exchange instant text and multimedia messages between iOS 5-running things via Wi-Fi or 3G iMessage automatically picks receivers iMessage receivability The mail app supports multiple email accounts and a universal inbox is amounted Mail app lacks a "Select All" option The gallery syncs with Mac OS X's iPhoto The movie editor iMovie, is a paid app DivX and XviD videos are not supported As Apple officially claims, the iPhone 4S camera takes the first photo in just 1.1 seconds and takes just half a second in betweens Fastest camera phone on market, tested and proven Framerate of the video capturing drops to somewhere near 26fps when the lighting provided is dim In all tests carried out on camera and camcorder at major phone review labs, the iPhone 4S has beaten even the Galaxy S II to the dust Videos are having only mono sound output(64Kbps@ 44.1kHz). A consistent framerate and a continuous autofocus No option to toggle between 1080p and 720p in camcorder AE/AF lock is present Real-time video stabilization Cam focus reluctant to change when light conditions get more lighter or darker Videos of around 20 minutes eat up a whopping 3.2GB of iPhone’s non-expandable memory USB tethering and Bluetooth tethering is available No LTE support If the phone is activated with a GSM operator, you can't roam in CDMA networks Only phones activated with CDMA carriers are eligible to roam in CDMA networks JavaScript and HTML performance way ahead Android ( proven and tested with benchmark results) With Private Browsing option you can brows without a trace Web pages can be read in the simplest form with the Reader option of the browser Web pages cannot be saved in the Reader Social network integration is limited to Twitter Inbuild YouTube app compensate the lack of flash Firmware can be updated over-the-air iTunes sync now doesn't lock your device, you can use it during the process Notification LED Outside the US, Siri wont search for nearby points of interests and businesses Siri supports a limited number of languages at present Siri wont pick your silly accents The UK, English and French users are deprived of the Siri's delicate female voice Siri will read out messages, schedule appointments, reminders, take down notes, launch apps, carry out searches, call or send messages and even take down dictations in any app that involve text entry Free iCloud usable data space is 5GB only |
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