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Nokia’s cheaper Windows Phone, Lumia 710 announced

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Nokia’s cheaper Windows Phone, Lumia 710 announced

Nokia Lumia 710 is the entry level windows phone from Nokia. It has got exchangeable back covers and will come in black and white varieties, with the choice of black, white, cyan, fuchsia and yellow back covers.

Its 3.7-inch screen offers an 800 x 480-pixel with a ClearBlack TFT, which, Nokia says, is good for readability in sunlight. At the rear, there’s a five-megapixel auto-focus camera with an flash. The camera can also shoot video at 30 frames-per-second.

Social networking has been taken care with full integration of Facebook, Twitter and Linked-In, which also allows easy photo-sharing. Like all Windows Phone devices the default is the Internet Explorer 9.

Like the big brother Lumia 800 this one too gets Nokia drive for navigation and the latest version of Nokia Music featuring MixRadio which offers hundreds of locally-relevant music channels.

Also on board is the xbox Live Hub for gaming and Outlook Mobile for corporate email accounts.Similarities don’t just end there inside too is similar to Lumia 800 with the same 1.4GHz processor, hardware acceleration and graphics processor. Inside there’s 8GB of user storage memory and 512MB of RAM.

It has quadband radio reception, up to HSDPA, WiFi and Bluetooth. The phone measures 119 x 62.4 x 12.5mm and weighs 125.5g.

Available from the end of 2011, the Nokia Lumia 710 will first appear in Hong Kong, India, Russia, Singapore and Taiwan before becoming available in other markets in 2012. According to Nokia the phone will cost around Rs 22,000.

Window Phone based Nokia Lumia 800 announced

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Window Phone based Nokia Lumia 800 announced

Nokia announced its flagship Windows Phone based phone, called the Lumia 800. Design wise it’s a N9 clone but runs the Windows Phone operating system. The phone was code named Sea Ray but now it’s part of a wider Lumia series of Phones.

The polycarbonate body of Lumia 800 has the subtle curves topped with a bright Amoled ClearBlack display with toughened glass similar to the Meego based Nokia N9.

There is no physical button, but the Back, Start and Search buttons on the front of the screen are set in the glass. The phone comes in three colours: black, cyan and magenta.

On the back, there’s an eight-megapixel auto-focus camera with Carl Zeiss optics. The camera also shoots video at 30 frames per second.

Inside, there’s a 1.4GHz and graphics co-processor, 16GB of internal user memory, with cloud computing integrated to offer 25GB of free SkyDrive storage for music and pictures.

It is enabled phone and has a talktime up to 13 hours, and up to 335 hours. It measures 116.5 x 61.2 x 12.1mm and weighs 142g.

A Nokia enhancement, in this windows phone includes Nokia Drive, which offers free turn-by-turn navigation and a dedicated in-car interface. It also gets Nokia Music with new MixRadio service that will offer a free, global, mobile music-streaming service with hundreds of locally-relevant channels available.

Social networking has also been taken care of with every major network covered (Facebook Twitter and the likes), and social sharing or online storage can happen automatically or with two taps on the interface. And also offers integration through communications and contacts.

The Nokia Lumia 800 will be available from November in Europe at estimated retail price is €420 (Rs 33,140) before any local taxes or subsidies. India will get the phone before the end of the year.

Nokia N9 to be available in white colour

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Nokia has announced a new addition to the Nokia N9 family with the arrival of the white version of the device. It is already available in Pink, black, magenta and cyan colurs. It will be available during the fourth quarter of 2011, starting with the 64GB version.

Commenting on why N9 was available in white colour from the start Frank Zillikens, who heads up the product marketing for Nokia N9 said, “The manufacturing process for beautiful white products is quite complex and we wanted to make sure we deliver the best possible quality for our consumers.”

Nokia N9 user will also be able to download the new updates which include usability improvements, like music controls keys from the lock screen or closing apps by swiping them down by default and tag reading by December end.

Developed in partnership with Intel, Nokia N9 is the only phone to sport the Meego operating system currently. “The estimated retail price of the Nokia N9 16 and 64 GB is approximately EUR 480 (Rs 31,800) and EUR 560 (Rs 37,200) before applicable taxes or subsidies,” Nokia said in a statement.

The Nokia N9 is a button less device and comes with a unibody design without a removable battery. There are three home views of the user interface which are designed to give fast access to the most important things people do with a phone: using apps, staying up to date with notifications and social networks, and switching between activities.

The phone comes with a 3.9 inch Amoled screen, which is made from scratch-resistant curved glass. The polycarbonate body, according to the company, enables superior performance. This means better reception, better voice quality and fewer dropped calls.

The phone comes with an 8 Carl Zeiss sensor, wide-angle lens, HD-quality video capture and large lens enable great camera performance even in lowlighting conditions.

The Nokia N9 features free turn-by-turn drive and walk navigation with voice guidance in Maps. With the new dedicated Drive app, you can get in your car and start navigating to your destination right away.

Nokia N9 is also the world’s first smartphone with Dolby Digital Plus decoding and Dolby post-processing technology, you get a surround sound experience with any set of headphones.

Sony Ericsson to become Sony

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Sony and Ericsson have announced that Sony will buy Ericsson’s 50 per cent stake in the Sony Ericsson, a joint venture that manufactures mobile phones.

Sony says that it will rapidly integrate smartphones into its broad array of network-connected consumer electronics devices – including tablets, televisions and personal computers.

As part of the transaction, Ericsson will receive a cash consideration of EUR 1.05 billion.

Both the companies will also set up a wireless connectivity initiative, through which both the companies work to develop connectivity across multiple platforms.

Howard Stringer, Sony’s chairman, chief executive officer and president said, “This acquisition makes sense for Sony and Ericsson, and it will make the difference for Consumers, who want to connect with content wherever they are, whenever they want. Our four -screen strategy is in place. We can more rapidly and more widely offer consumers smartphones, laptops, tablets and televisions that seamlessly connect with one another and open up new worlds of online entertainment. This includes Sony’s own acclaimed network services, like the PlayStation Network and Sony Entertainment Network.”

Stringer added “We can help people enjoy all our content – from movies to music and games – through our many devices, in a way no one else can.”

While Sony has been using its technology and content in the Sony Ericsson mobile phones earlier as well, through the phones like Walkman series of Music phone, camera technology through cybershot series and more recently it’s gaming prowess though the Xperia Play and other Playstation certified phone. Its Bravia display technology in Xperia series of phones.

However after this acquisition these technologies are expected to be much better integrated. Also the marketing and distribution of phones will also get a boost thanks to Sony’s own distribution strength.

Sony Ericsson held a market share of 11 per cent (by value) in the phone market, representing 80 percent of the company’s third quarter sales.

Lava Mobiles launches Android phone

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Lava Mobiles, Indian handset brands in the market, has launched S12 its first smartphone. It has a 3.2-inch display with a 480 x 320 and runs on Android Froyo (2.2) Operating System.

S12 is 13mm thin and has a matte leather finish. The transforms the home screen into a virtual 3D space and offers 16 customisable home screens, which can be modified by the user as per his requirements and interests.

The phone has a capacitive touchscreen and is powered by a 600 Qualcomm processor. The S12 features a 5MP fixed focus rear camera and 1300 battery.

The S12 is priced at an MRP of Rs 9,999 and will come with a free 2GB card in the box. It will be available at all leading stores and e-commerce portals.

How to enable/disable haptic feedback on Android phone

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How to enable/disable haptic feedback on Android phone

Since the invention of touchscreens there have been many things invented on the sidelines just to make the touchscreen experience even better. Haptic feedback, a small little vibration based feedback that the smartphone gives to the user when he/she touches the touchscreen, is one of those a inventions that have been done to make the touchscreen usage more realistic.

While it was done to make things more realistic as far as the touch and feedback goes but ultimately there are people who did not like the feature as much it was expected. Hence, manufacturers have now coming out with devices in which users can shut the haptic feedback system off.

Step 1

From the home screen, press the applications menu key on the display that will bring up the applications menu.

Step 2

Locate and select the settings tab. This is the regular way to reach to the main device settings. If you want you can access it through the device’s short menu as well by choosing settings under the ‘options’ key on the device..

Step 3

The settings menu will open up the device’s settings page. From here select the ‘Sounds and Display’ tab and select that to open the related menu. This settings menu takes care of the performance related settings of the device so be careful while changing other settings as well.

Step 4

The ‘Sounds and Display’ tab will open up the associated menu. Scroll and locate ‘Haptic feedback’ form the menu.

Step 5

Some devices by default come with haptic feedback enabled while some come with this functionality disabled. The Motorola Milestone smartphone, which we used for this, comes with this service enabled by default.

Step 6

Select the desired effect for the haptic feedback. So if you want to enable the feedback then check the checkbox or uncheck it if you do not want it. This provides settings for both those who want this feedback and for those who do not want this as well.

Once done exit the menu and now you will notice your device working according to your preference.

Top 5 F1 apps for iOS devices

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Top 5 F1 apps for iOS devices

With the first ever Formula 1 race set to be held in India on October 30, there has been a tremendous rise in interest in the event in the country.
Seeing the F1 mania, several developers have created number of commendable applications that will keep you updated and abreast with the happenings as well as details about the Formula One racing.

Here is quick list of free and paid apps that will keep you abreast with all you wish to know about the Formula 1:

F1 News – Free

This free Formula 1 pulls in the news updates from several places and presents it in form of a feed on the iPhone. It is like an RSS feed reader for F1 enthusiasts who just wish to stay updated on what’s happening in the Formula 1 racing world.
Pretty straight forward application that will fetch you latest news and updates related to the Formula 1 racing world that includes the formula one drivers as well.

F1 2011 Timing App CP – Paid

Last year the same app won award for the Best Sports App 2010 and now the same application comes with new bunch of features. This app offers the official Formula One Live Timing and Track Positioning features for the fans to get better insight with better visual presentation. Developers have added fully interactive 3D map that let the users see position of the every F1 driver on the track with interactive gestures like pinch, zoom and spin.

Besides, this paid offers loads of live data in various forms such as leaderboards, timing data, text commentary and one can also download race packs. Also you can get detailed information about a team, driver and history of all.

The free version of the app won’t work unless you have bought the in-app purchase which is the Championship Pass.

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FerrariArchive – Paid:

It is simply for the Ferrari lovers who wish to see all the machines till date (sorted by decades). Detailed information along with images is offered on every Ferrari model. There are about 200 Ferrari models mentioned in this app and over 600 photographs of the same have been offered.

It is a must have app for those who love Ferrari and wish to know everything possible for the each model introduced ever since 1940. For that $1.99 is a very small price to pay.

F1 Calendar 2011 – Paid:

Need to stay updated with the practice, qualifiers and race schedules? Better have the F1 2011 Calendar app that keeps you updated with race calender along with practice and qualifying results. Besides, the app also brings you latest F1 news that gets downloaded and available for offline viewing.

This app also offers detailed profiles of the drivers and the teams along with the individual driver standings and team standings statistics. For those who are new to the world of F1 racing this app explains what each flag stands for in the F1 race.

Formula1.com 2011 – Free:

This is a simple and easy to use app that gives all information one needs to know about Formula 1 racing. This app like other mentioned above streams live timing data that includes driver’s details (number, name and position), lap timings, sector timings, straight line speeds, track status indicator, lap chart, circuit data, etc.

The developers have also added new alerts about results, news and sessions via push notifications. User gets notified when the session starts and pushes notifications about the standings. Loads of statistical data and timing sheets are offered. This app requires one to register with the Formula1.com which is easy-peasy.

RaceSetup – Paid:

Just when you get bored while reading about the Formula 1 cars, teams, drivers and other circuits, take your mind off with the RaceSetup game. Any Formula one fan will appreciate the detailing offered in the game to tweak and tinker around cars to win the races.
This gaming app includes the interesting Car Performance Measure system that shows the possible results while altering any component of the car. One can go for entire setup for selection or choose each component for fine tuning. Special Engineering Solutions for the enthusiasts are there as well to take care and solve the machine’s handling problems.

These apps will certainly put any Formula One’s device to good use by pulling all necessary information under one window.

Handset Review : Fly MV 248

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As far as the low end phones go, dual based handsets are and will be the next big thing and soon will outnumber the single SIM based devices. Today, many big and small device manufacturers have devices in this segment. Fly – owned by Meridian Mobiles India, is one such brand and has been in the Indian market for a really long time now.

Fly has sometime back came out with a dual SIM handset – the MV 248, which aims to offer more value for money while not sacrificing on the features.

First looks

The MV 248 surely impresses by its bold looks and bright colour combinations – it comes in a carbon graphite coloured body with a choice of highlight in orange and red. Both the colour combinations look great and give it a very youth centric appeal.
While the body has a matte finish, the orange/red highlighted portion comes with a glossy finish, which gives it a stylish look.

Design

The phone’s face has been divided in a 60 – 40 ratio with 60 per cent area being allocated for the display while the rest of the area goes for the keypad. All the keys are placed on the face only making it easier to handle as side keys tend to get accidentally pressed while keeping and taking out the phone from pocket.
Although the phone is slightly bigger than the normal size and a lot thicker but this has been done to accommodate the keypad and the battery which are really big in comparison to most handsets. The edges are curved that add to the overall comfort factor. Also, the corners of the screen have been tapered off to make it easy for the ears for longer communication times without pains.

Display and keypad

The display is a big 2.4 inch TFT- display (non touch) with a of 320 x 240 pixels. The display reproduces bright and quite colourful images. It has a protective scratch resistant plastic protector as well which is integrated in the outer body of the MV 248 and aims to protect the display from scratches and damages during accidental falls.

The keypad of the MV 248 is great which offers maximum comfort to the users with its spaced out keys and perfect key pitch combination. One thing disliked about the keypad is that the call connect and disconnect keys are kept too close to the numeric keys and may cause problems for speedy typers.
The keypad has a big ‘d pad’ in the center for navigation which is more like a silver/ ring with a coloured ring in the center of the key which is very easy to use.

Build Quality

Although it’s complete plastic, the device has a good build quality and is sturdy enough to handle quite a few drops and falls. We dropped it on a variety of surfaces from waist’s height and it hardy received any damage.
Also the device seems to be dust resistant as there are not many open cavities or loose spaces between plastic parts on this device but the port has no dust cap so it might actually make up for the whole body’s dust accumulation through the cavity.

Call Performance

Being a dual SIM phone, Fly MV 248 can be connected to two cellular networks or two different numbers at any given time. However, it does not feature two-SIM standby feature that allows the other SIM to be active while the first SIM receives a call.
The signal quality of this phone is normal and it works flawlessly in most places. The call sound quality both for the speaker and the receiver are good without any distortion or voice quality loss. The microphone positioning of the phone is towards the bottom of the phone that allows the MV 248 to catch minimal ambience noise as well therby providing a basic level of noise isolation.

Multimedia

The Fly MV 248 has an inbuilt audio video player that supports most popular audio and video formats like MP3, WMA, MP4 and 3GP as well. Plus, the MV 248 comes with a standard mini USB port for transferring files or charging this device from the computer as well.

The MV 248 does not come with a standard 3.5 mm audio connector which is a really big let down from multimedia perspective. It uses the same USB connector for audio connectivity. In terms of music playback, the headset is a big disappointment and even at lower levels the quality goes for a toss. You can try another set of ear plugs but the device has some issues at high volume levels as well.

Just opposite to headsets, the MV 248 has got a big speaker with great sound quality, better than most dual SIM handsets out there in the market.

The MV 248 also features a nice 2 camera with flash. The quality of the camera is good in bright light to medium light conditions. In low light, the camera automatically adjusts the shutter speed to compensate the brightness loss. Ultimately it works as a great camera and when connected to the PC this can also be used as a webcam with inbuilt drivers to work with most Windows based operating systems..

Battery life

One of the biggest advantages of the Fly MV 248 is its big battery that has impressed us to the maximum. The MV 248 has the biggest mobile phone battery ever made in the from of a 2000 mAh, 7.4 Wh rating battery pack. The battery pack powers the device for good 12-14 hours of along with additional time being spent on music listening too. Overall the MV 248 gives a week long device usage time with moderate usage with between charges.

Finally

The Fly MV 248 is a great bundle of joy for those who want a decent set of features without spending a fortune. For the price it offer multimedia, great battery backup, good looks, and a great build quality.
Though it misses out on a 3.5 mm jack but overall it’s a great deal. Music lovers can easily pair this with a based headset to enjoy wireless music without worrying about its audio connectivity.

So in a line, the MV 248 offers great set of features and usability by being a good dual SIM based feature phone for a price tag of Rs 2,250 (MRP).

App Review: Drag Racing

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Out of all gaming genres, Indians love arcade style racing on their mobile phones. Whether it is sophisticated F1 race or a street race, every such game gets equal love.

The new Drag Racing Free is an amazing and addictive racing game that offers more than 50 real cars. However, it’s not just about different realistic looking cars but it is also about upgrades and several opponents that challenge your skills in every race. Every millisecond is crucial in the race and this game will make you realise that.

Drag Racing Free offers four self-explanatory menu options – Race, Garage , Settings and Stats. The Race starts off with Level 1 and offers three basic modes – Race offline, Race Online and Pro League. Out of these three basic game modes, if player chooses Race Offline then the opponent can be chosen to be a Beginner, Amateur, Pro or Boss (super expert). For every race won, there is a fixed amount of cash awarded. On beating the Boss in the offline race mode, one gets 10 Respect points as well.

The basic object of offline racing is to get familiar with the gameplay and also practice the timing to be as accurate as possible. Gameplay involves getting a good start and timing the gear shifts perfectly. During the race, even an indicator shows up in the middle of the screen to hint the gear shift required. Also the indicator offers colours to give appropriate boost like the Green gives massive speed boost while blue gives a mediocre bump and red just slows you down.

By default, the game offers over 50 different popular car models to choose from and it also includes the Hennessey Venom GT (1200 bhp). Player can also take a test drive (in game, of course) of the car before hitting the purchase button. The game has been designed in such a way that that the better upgrade you get for your car, tougher the competitor becomes. That keeps things competitive.

At this moment, the game suffers from Tuning bug. So if you are going through Garage, then set the filter to My Cars by tapping all the other boxes to appear silver. Then if you tap on upgrade and choose any other option to tune your car, the will keep showing you same error. So just skip that at this moment.

Unlocking achievements gets extra cash to purchase the in-game cards and also earning extra reputation points. So the game is simple – win races to earn cash and reputation points. Upgrade your car to win more races against competitive opponents.

Though the game looks like simple racing one, it does have gripping element of constant competition and rewarding the efforts applied.

Over an hour’s time, this game becomes really addictive and challenging at the same time.

Drag Racing Free is available for free for the 3.0 or higher running iOS devices from Apple App Store.

Game Review: Rock The Vegas

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In the recent past we have seen quite a few building based strategy games on platform. These games take advantage of the bigger screen sized devices and provide a detailed game play to the users where they have to control almost everything and that’s what makes these games interesting as well.

Rock the Vegas is yet another game that has been launched by its developer – Game Insight, in the building and strategy gaming genre. The game just like its previous version My Country that focuses on making a city right from the scratch and as you earn money and then in turn use the same money to make the city better.

Rock the Vegas game brings back the same game play but with an interesting twist – the control to build the Vegas City right the way you want it to be. Users are given the required and the bare minimum basic training for playing the game in the initial few stages of the game but if you have played the My country game in the past you will know what to do and how. For new players, the game has got a long list in terms of options and menus to toggle and control the game. Users get the power to control each and every element of the game play be it population, buildings, light which of course look great in the newly added night play mode where the neons over the casinos just look simply superb.

Since there is no minimum hardware requirement for devices to play this game, it can be easily installed and played on most basic Android devices. Obviously, the quality of graphics will differ from device to device and definitely on smaller devices this game will run relatively slower which might lead to a bad game experience.

There are no in game advertisements or funky stuff like application suggestions. The game gives the option to users to buy the special currency which can be used to get the tasks done faster and buy limited edition and much efficient buildings as well. This is a great way of making games and applications free where the players are not unnecessarily pressed or forced to see advertisements or complete tasks to play the game.

Overall, Rock the Vegas promises hours of fun game play but beware you might get addicted to it and please make sure that you carry your charger with you all the time.

The game Rock the Vegas is compatible with all devices running Android version 2.1 and above. It can be downloaded directly from the Android Market or users can alternatively follow the link to download the application.

Link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.seventeenbullets.android.vegas&hl=en

Please note that the game has a big download size of about 26 MB, so it is advised that users connect to a high speed data network such as or WiFi to download this game.

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