HTC ONE SPECIFICATIONS

HTC's new announcement, HTC One is one of their finest devices. At first look, it looks like the most perfectly built device. Elegant design with rounded corners, finely blended buttons, earpiece and speaker phone.

DISPLAY
The display is as crisp as it can get with a stunning resolution of 1080x1920 pixels with a 4.7 inches size which results in a massive pixel density of ~469 ppi. It supports multitouch and is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 2.

SOUND
Instead of the usual backfacing speakers, the phone sports a two front facing speakers to provide supreme audio experience to the user. With beats audio processing, the audio is more enhanced.

CAMERA
The camera is a 4 MP autofocus with LED flash which may disappoint you in resolution department but HTC with their Ultrapixel technology claim better low light photography as compared to competitors. (NOKIA are you listening)

The front facing camera is a 2.1 MP which is quite satisfactory.

 

HARDWARE
Talking about the most important aspect of a smartphone,ie,its performance, the smartphone has a 1.7 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 600 processor with 2GB of RAM to deliver smooth and lag free performance.

SOFTWARE
The smartphone runs HTC 4.1.2 which is a version behind 4.2 but the HTC sense 5 UI offers smooth interface and eye candy for a good smartphone experience.

 

BATTERY LIFE
Battery is a 2,300 mAh which supports an entire day of moderate usage including some push mail, google+, twitter and facebook usage.

Overall the device is a masterpiece of HTC craftsmanship with supreme design, stunning display, satisfactory camera, good quality audio and some nice innovations like Ultrapixel and front facing speakers. Samsung Galaxy S4 has got some nice competition.

iPAD MINI LIKELY TO BE ANNOUNCED ON 23rd OCTOBER

According to tech blog AllThingsD, Apple will announce iPad Mini on 23rd October in a special event.

Apple aims to take the competition in cheaper tablet markets to the next level. The device will take on the cheaper tablets provided by Amazon.

The event is scheduled 3 days before the launch date of Microsoft's surface tablet as well as the new operating system. This will definitely shift the focus a little. But according to popular response, the device has not been able to create much hype and is expected to be just a iPad with a small screen and some cut down features with nothing new.

Specifications:

• Smaller Display : The device will sport a 7" display in contrast to 9" 7' display in the standard iPad

• No Retina Display : There is no Retina Display in the iPad Mini

• Lightning Port : The iPad Mini will have a lightning port instead of a standard microUSB port Only Apple made lightning cables will work with the port

GOOGLE HAS ANNOUNCED ANDROID 4.1.2

Google has announced Android Jelly Bean 4.1.2 update to the OS. The update is already rolling out to Google Nexus 7.

The update brings several performance updates and stability improvements. It also has some bugs fixed in the 4.1 version of Android. However, no new features have been added except landscape orientation in the homescreen. After installing this update, users wont require third party apps to rotate their homescreen or maybe a custom ROM.

That's a nice little change and will definitely improve the smartphone experience for android users.

SOME WINDOWS PHONE LIMITATIONS YOU WOULD HATE

 

They call it the way the OS is built. But i call them limitations, serious limitations that led to a heartbreak.

It was a few days ago when i was researching about the Windows Phone OS and loved it at first sight. It had the eye candy which Android lacked. But a deeper insight led to a resentment against the OS.

1. NO BLUETOOTH FILE TRANSFER

This brought a chilling sensation and scared me. I use the bluetooth file transfer almost daily as the primary way of transferring data. Windows Phone not having this feature or what i should call a necessity is quite amazing and frustrating.

2. NO FILE MANAGER

Well this one might not look so big a limitation but it really becomes frustrating when you want to manage your files or use your memory card as a storage device. 

3. NO FILE TRANSFER BETWEEN PHONE AND PC WITHOUT ZUNE

Yes. If that's what you hated with the iTunes thing with iPhone, here it is with the Windows Phone. Without the Zune software, it is not possible to transfer pictures, music or anything else between phone and PC.

4. NO ARBITRARY FILE FORMATS CAN BE ATTACHED IN EMAIL

Except pictures and videos as well as office document formats, files such as pdf, zip, txt cannot be attached. That's frustrating again if one has to edit a pdf on the move and then send it again.

5. NO BATTERY METER

That's pretty stupid with this OS not having a battery meter. Only when you actually run low on battery, you get an icon flashing showing low battery.

6. NO WAY TO KILL APPS RUNNING IN BACKGROUND

This is a weird thing in this OS. I hated this one even on the PC and it continues in Windows Phone. Although they say that the OS efficiently manages resources and kills the apps if it is required. But i think we as the real users should have true control over the device and not the OS.

7. NO DRAFTS IN SMS

A small limitation but could be quite a big one for some who really need them. I seldom use them.

These are the few i am mentioning that i would as an average user feel to be a limitations that would spoil a smartphone experience. There are more and you can google them.

One thing that i feel is that out of the above mentioned limitations, some of them are synonymous to iOS. Is Microsoft trying to copy Apple. Well you are to decide.

So friends, now is not the time to buy a Windows Phone if the above limitations hurt you. You would definitely go for its eye candy but the above things are really frustrating for me. Maybe some of them are removed in the future releases. But according to what read on a forum, they are obstinate about not removing one or two. Well i would wait for a future release rather than buying at this time. Would you??

 

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AMAZON KINDLE FIRE HD

Hey Guyz, This is the Amazon Kindle Fire HD claimed to be the most advanced tablet.

DIMENSIONS
7.6" x 5.4" x 0.4" (193 mm x 137 mm x 10.3 mm). It weighs about 13.9 ounces.

DISPLAY
The display is a 7" and 1200x800 display with polarizing filter and anti-glare technology. It supports video playback at 720p. That is the same resolution with which i am working on with my laptop's 15" 4' screen.(THAT'S HUMILIATION)

PROCESSOR AND RAM
The tablet sports a 1.2 Ghz dual core processor with Imagination PowerVR 3D graphics core for fast and fluid performance. It has a 1GB RAM - double that of 2011 model. It is available in 16GB and 32GB internal memory model.

AUDIO
It supports a 3.5mm audio jack and Dolby Digital Plus to give you crystal clear sound. It features dual-drive stereo speakers.

PORTS

• USB 2.0 to connect to PC and connect chargers.
• Micro HDMI port for high definition video output

SENSORS
Ambient light sensor, gyroscope ,accelerometer

WIFI
It's arguably the fastest WIFI with dual band, dual antenna WIFI with over 40% speeds. It is capable of automatically switching between 2.5 Ghz and 5 Ghz frequencies.

BATTERY LIFE
Over 11 hours of reading, surfing the web on WIFI, watching video or listening to music as claimed by Amazon.

CHARGE TIME
Under 4 hours with Kindle PowerFast charging accessory and slightly longer with micro USB power adapter.



The feature list seams pretty impressive and no doubts the tablet is quite advanced in its technology. The only thing i found not so impressive is that it only supports a 1.0 Megapixel front facing camera and no rear facing camera. But the overall feature list would definitely speak loud in favor of this tablet.