Nokia launches 41 megapixel smartphone‎

Nokia says the phone is only so slightly heavier than previous models and is still pocketable.

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has unveiled a new smartphone with an unprecedented 41-megapixel camera.

The 450 Euros device, 808 PureView, runs on software that Nokia is reportedly phasing out in favour of the Windows Phone.

The new smartphone, which was announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, is expected to launch in Europe in May, The Telegraph reports.

With 41 MP, the phone is able to shoot images that Nokia claims can be printed in "poster size".

Files, however, condense four or five pixels into one, and Nokia claims they are smaller than equivalent products from rivals.

A Carl Zeiss lens shoots in continuous focus HD video, at 1080p.

Mary McDowell, the firm s executive vice president for mobile phones, said the company s engineers had been working on the product "for years".

She said it was "natural" to assume that its technology would be used in other Nokia products in the future.

McDowell added that while the device was larger than its rivals, it was still sized to fit in pockets, rather than replace a full-size camera.

According to the report, the device uses a 1.3GHz processor, comes with 16GB of storage and runs a 4" screen at 360 x 640, which is below HD resolution.

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Samsung vs Apple iPhone

Few days back Apple made another move in the chess match, amending its complaint against Samsung to strengthen the language and to include a number of new Samsung models, including some of those set to be turned over to Apple today, as infringing products.

Many of the changes are designed to portray Samsung's alleged infringement as an incredibly outrageous act of copying. The original complaint already accused Samsung of "slavishly copying" Apple's designs. The amended one stresses that Samsung "has been even bolder" than other competitors emulating Apple's products and has created "products that blatantly imitate the appearance of Apple's products to capitalize on Apple's success."In addition to the original 15 Samsung models cited in Apple's lawsuit, the following models have been added: Droid Charge, Exhibit 4G, Galaxy Ace, Galaxy Prevail, Galaxy S (i9000), Gravity, Infuse 4G, Nexus S 4G, Replenish, Sidekick, Galaxy Tab 10.1, and Galaxy S II. Apple has also tweaked some of the patent claims included in the lawsuit, removing a few assertions and adding other patents to the mix. 

Apple's dispute with Samsung is being closely watched for a number of reasons, including Samsung's recent strong growth with the Android platform, Samsung's role as a prominent supplier for components of Apple's iOS devices, and the vociferousness of Apple's claims of outright copying by Samsung accompanied by numerous side-by-side comparisons in support of the claims.

Apple has amended and expanded its intellectual property right complaint against Samsung to include more products and more patents.

In April, Apple filed suit against the Korean giant, alleging that products like the Galaxy S series of smartphones and the original Galaxy Tab copied the look and feel of Apple products, violating the Cupertino company’s patents and intellectual property.

In the amended complaint, Apple has added a number of handsets — including Droid Charge 4G and the Galaxy S II.

We decided to take a look at some of the Samsung products Apple claims violate its intellectual property to see just how similar the design and UI aesthetic is to the big fruit.

Tips for Improvement of your Mobile Phone Battery life

We are all aware that mobile phone’s battery has not improved as much as the mobile phone and these latest gadgets have improved. Juice draining is a common problem that many of us are suffering from.

Now a days many people are buying more than one battery for their mobile phones and getting car chargers too, to keep their mobile phone powered on 24/7. Many even try to make sure that they carry their charger with them along wherever they go.

The iPhone is a great device for performing a wide variety of functions, like sending email, watching a movie, getting directions to a destination, playing games, surfing the internet, or of course, making a phone call. One thing that hampers the iPhone’s ability to be a worry-free productivity device is its the battery life. It can vary widely depending on how you use your iPhone. Apply all or some of these tips and your battery life should get better.

Keeping Battery Power Stay for Longer:

Scientists are working on air-fueled battery that would have the capacity to store up to ten times the energy storage. Oxygen drawn from the air reacts within the porous carbon to release the electrical charge in this lithium-air battery. But we can not wait for this technology to reach our hands, so about trying to save the battery from draining so quickly!

Use Genuine Charger:

Always use a genuine mobile charger, instead of going for the low-priced Chinese made non-genuine mobile phone chargers in order to get maximum out of your mobile battery.

Take Care of your Mobile’s Battery:

Keep your mobile battery terminals clean – you can do this by cleaning it once in a month time with alcohol. keeping it away from moisture, water and high temperature.

Lower your Mobile’s Display Brightness:

Set the brightness of your mobile phone on a low level – this will also be good for your eyes. Also, shorten the display duration too, this will help you in great deal!

Use Dark Colored Themes:

Use themes with dark colors, as whitish themes eat more battery than any other activity on phone.

Don’t download from iTunes or App Store Wirelessly: Downloading apps and media is hard on the battery. Just wait until you get home and use your computer.
Turn Off Vibrate in Games: A lot of games have very frequent vibrations, which drain battery life. If you can, turn them off in the game’s settings. Don’t play too much games.
Turn off 3G: If you’re really low on battery, and are willing to do whatever it takes to keep the phone alive for emergency situations, then go and turn off 3G. Hey, EDGE sucks, but it still works.
Turn off keyboard clicks: If you frequently use your iPhone’s keyboard, navigate to the Sounds pane of Settings  and turn the option for Keyboard clicks off.

Keep the Talk short:

This might sound odd and totally absurd, but try talking short – especially when you know that your battery might run out. Particularly, when you are on motor-way and may not reach a recharging point for next few hours.

You can leave some of the unnecessary gossips (aur sunao stuff). Keep the conversation brief and relevant and of course avoid taking unnecessary calls.

Turn Off Vibration:

Vibration feature in the mobile phone consumes quite a lot of battery power, therefore, we should try keeping the vibration off unless the mobile phone is on ‘silent’. Vibrating mobile phones also create disturbance during an important meeting. So keep it off unless it is very necessary.

Switch it Off:

Don’t assume that I am asking you to switch off your phone off all the day or all the time, but you can keep it switched off when you are out-station and there is no coverage.

Let it Discharge completely before you charge again:

If you want to get the maximum out of your mobile phone’s battery then always let the mobile battery get fully discharge and then turn off the mobile before you charge it. Full charging gives the battery long life time.

Can You Really do Without Your Blackberry Device?

Okay, I will be the first to admit, ever since I got a Blackberry, I have been raving about it to everyone.

At first, I never thought I would get used to it, and it seemed like a huge big calculator to me (I am more used to sleek phones). But once I got it, it really grew on me.

But now I have begun to wonder if there really is any big deal about a Blackberry and more important, can you do without it?

Well, first of, let me begin with telling you the truth. I got my Blackberry cellphone from my company and they pay for the service charges as well. So basically for me, it’s free. Otherwise, I would have been forced to shell out a minimum of Rs. 15,000 for a basic device (a pearl) and at least Rs. 1,000 per month just for the services.

So would I opt for it if I had to pay the charges for myself? Well, after thinking about it for sometime, I would have to say a Big No.

Although the Blackberry really does help with my work, it intrudes on my personal time as well. Whenever I hear its buzz, I get this urge to check the inbox.

The premium charge for Blackberry service is a lot. Almost all cellular operators are offering GPRS packages (2GB limit for Rs. 500) whereas the minimum charges for Blackberry service are from Rs. 750 – Rs. 1,000 (depending on operator), which means that with Blackberry I am spending about Rs. 250 – 500 extra. Now what do these extra charges translate into?

Very little actually!

Officially Blackberry browsers are not working so I am confided to do the browsing with a 3^rd party application like the Bolt. The Facebook app will not work as well. I do get an option to configure 10 e-mail addresses but I can do the same on any new smartphone as well.

In fact, many e-mail services like Gmail have their own apps which work a lot better on non-blackberry smartphones. Unfortunately you will be unable to use Yahoo on blackberry unless you have a paid account so that is another expense.

The other two options that I get is a Blackberry e-mail address, which goes something likename@serviceprovider.blackberry.com but do I really need another e-mail address after Gmail? Again, I would say: NO!

Here, I would like to mention a really nice feature, the Blackberry messenger. But again, most of my contacts are on MSN, so incase I really want to trade encrypted (yes indeed, BB messenger is encrypted) messages with my work colleagues regarding my boss, then it really is a great utility.

A myth which somewhat generated about Blackberry services is that browsing is really fast. I haven’t really noticed the speed although the OS is really great, I don’t really like their browser. So any 3^rd party browser is bound to affect speed.

Yes, you do get push based e-mail so your phone won’t be engaged when you get e-mails so that really is a plus point.

But at the end of the day, I will prefer a phone with nice multimedia features, a nice camera, 1 year warranty (yes, incase you did not know, most operators are offering Blackberry’s in Pakistan with a limited warranty) and the ability to use the Facebook app without having to pay extra. And lets not forget, I will still be able to configure multiple e-mail addresses.

Nokia C7

Nokia C7 is highly conventional, polished stainless steel and glass handset with an integrated slim and sleek touch screen. It is basically an impressive Smartphone that has a full touch glass display and integrated social networks that add to the handset’s multiple benefits.

Backed by thousands of applications through Ovi Store and customizable home screens, the users are bound to give in to this tempting sensation by Nokia Mobiles. With an integrated 8 megapixels camera and a High Definition (HD) video, this Smartphone is expected to make a profound impact on the market with its launch.

Following is the first image of C7, which ever went live.

Display and Design:

The new Nokia C7 is integrated with a new Symbian^3 operating technology and is packed with high end system and features that make the handset all the more tempting. The display of the handset is a 3.5 inches high resolution touch screen. This smartphone measures only 10.5mm thickness and with a form factor of sleek and slim design, the overall design with multiple options along with social networking sites makes the handset highly beneficial and all the more alluring for its consumers.

Memory and memory cards:

Nokia C7 has an internal storage area of 8GB, 256 RAM, 1GD ROM and a MicroSD memory card slot as well that supports up to 32GB storage data and a maximum of 40GB, but for the memory fan lovers, you should check out Nokia X6 Review, that phone contains 32 GB of internal memory, however, when compared to C7, it has an older version of operating system.

The handset supports practically unlimited phonebook entries and fields and provides with Photocall featured service as well. Nokia C7 entails call records with complete information over max 30 days duration.

Battery:

This Nokia C7 mobile is supported with an external hardware battery of BL-5K 1200 mAH Li-ion battery that provides with a maximum talk time duration of 576 minutes on GSM and up to 318 minutes on WCDMA. On the other hand, it supports with a maximum stand-by time duration of up to 555hours on GSM and up to 656hours on WCDMA. Further, Nokia C7 supports with video playback duration of 6.5hours, video recording time of up to 3.8hours, and music playback duration of 54 hours on offline mode.

USB, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi:

With complete support network of Class 32 on both GPRS and EDGE, Nokia C7 provides with various connectivity options. On a 3G handset, the user can benefit with HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps, and HSUPA, 2 Mbps along with WLAN support of Wi-Fi 802.11 b,g,n. The handset provides with Bluetooth support as well with v3.0 with A2DP while the USB support is based on a scale of microUSB v2.0 and USB on-the-go support.

Camera:

Nokia C7 is integrated with an impressive feature of 8 megapixel camera that seems to be highly beneficial for any user who wouldn’t even need a digital camera with this Smartphone, this is huge step up from nokia previous c series phone nokia c6 which had only 5 megapixel camera. The camera in this handset provides with full screen support and 16:9 viewfinder assistance along with touch screen controls. Also, it has an in-built Dual LED flash of the 3^rd generation and provides with full focus feature as well. The camera in Nokia C7 has full recognition software and a focal length of 4.3mm. It can zoom up to 2x for any captured still images and 3x for video. There is a secondary camera as well that is a VGA and has a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels. It is primarily used for video calls.

Software:

Nokia C7 is integrated with advanced software applications and features that are inclusive of detailed contact information, to-do list, notes, calculator, notes, recorder, clock, online browsing with touch control and full web browsing of online web pages.

Nokia C7 Video Review:

Not every one wants to go through the chunks fo text and find the relevant information, but worry not, you can still have the indepth detail on the phone by going through this in detailed video review for c7.

Performance Price and Conclusion:

Nokia C7 is an ultimate extravagance for all Smartphone lovers with enhanced features and serves with high end technology in all its applications. Certainly an impressive Smartphone and a must-try since it is expected to inaugurate new dimensions to the existing Smartphone realm. As far as rate is concerned, the earlier speculations have come true, Nokia C7 Price as of now is in range of 31,000 to 38,000 pkr. Price varies from retailer to retailer, a lot depends upon what region you are from.

HTC HD2 – Windows Mobile Phone

I was pleasantly surprised when I first time saw HTC HD2. Upon initial inspection its cinematic display actually surpassed everything. A closer scrutiny however revealed that the device featured the best one, so far available in market.

From how it looks and feels to how the phone does everything you want it to do in a simple and natural way. HTC HD 2 pushes the limit of what we have come to except from our phones. A 400×800, 4.3 inch touch capacitive screen mobile device with 65k LCD colors offers technology like Sense UI,

The beautiful aspect is that the technology centers on communication and people rather than application; resultantly e-mail, SMS, Facebook and even call logs are juxtaposed at one place.

Some design features of HTC HD2 are far better experienced than can be explained in mere words. Like “Pick to mute” feature. The ringer volume level immediately scales down when the phone detects that you have picked it up, or the display that automatically adjusts to the light level in your surroundings and turns off to prevent false screen touches during a call.

HTC HD2 is built for pure finger touch control. Zoom in and out of documents, web pages, pictures or emails with just a simple pinch. It Types up responses faster and more accurately on the large onscreen keyboard. The capacitive touch experience combined with an interface optimized for the spacious display lets you easily adjust the settings, set up calendar appointments, browse through photos, and navigate through menus with only the touch of a finger.

Hardware, Connectivity and Handy Features:

It is equipped with 1GHZ Qualcomm processor with 448 mb ram offering optimum processing.  With microSD slot it offers maximum of 32GB memory with micro USB for USB interface connection. Like many of pocket pc’s it features WI-FI, WI-FI router, Bluetooth 2.1 and GPRS/EDGE class 12 connectivity options.

It features hardware buttons on the bottom of mobile phone and these are as follow:

• Home Button
• Call Answer Button
• Call End Button
• Back Button
• Windows Button

Camera and Location Based Capability:

Ever imagined anything better than 5 Megapixel cameras for optimum photo and video capturing? Well the device offers 5 Megapixel in quality with DUAL LED Flash light. It also support features like Geo-Tagging with video capturing at VGA 30 fps. Location capabilities are available in the form of Digital compass and AGPS support for using location based services.

Applications and Operating System:

It supports maximum applications ranging from social networking to online video streaming and other location based applications like Navi Panel and Google Maps. Built-in applications like HTC Peep is useful for tweeting and HTC foot prints for using location based features.

It is running windows mobile 6.5 with high sense UI on high positive touch capacitive touch screen. It has bundle of built in applications like HTC Music, HTC photos, Windows Market Place, HTC weather (live update), office mobile 2010, Msn messenger and threaded messaging.

It is has HTC home application M2D finger friendly application launcher ranging from Home screen to setting pages on the same window of mobile phone. It includes contacts, messages, photos, social networking applications, direct app launcher and list goes on.  It also supports animated backgrounds like live wallpapers.

Multimedia Support:

Its multimedia supports range like audio format support from .aac, .amr, .m4a, .mid, .mp3, .mp4, .qcp, .wav, .wma and Video supported formats: .wmv, .asf, .mp4, .3gp, .3g2, .m4v, .avi. Still new formats can also be useful by using third party applications. Stereo FM radio with RDS (Radio Data System) enriches the multimedia capability and

When you buy make sure the box contains the following:

• Mobile Phone
• Wired hands free Headset
• Ear buds
• USB Charger with Plug
• USB to Micro USB port cable
• Battery
• Manuals

*Please be informed, this depends on the seller offer or also check OEM website.

Comparison of HTC HD2 with Google Nexus One

HTC HD2	HTC Google Nexus One
Dimensions 120.5 x 67 x 11 mm	119 x 59.8 x 11.5 mm
157 gm	130 gm
TFT capacitive touch screen , 65k colors	AMOLED capacitive touch screen,
Pick to Mute feature	Trackball Navigation
448 MB RAM	512 MB RAM
512MB ROM	512MB ROM
1GHZ Processor	1GHZ Processor
Dual LED Flash light	LED flash light
5 Mpx Camera	5 Mpx Camera

Samsung Delivers the Wave – a New Smartphone

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., today announced the launch of the Samsung Wave (Model: S8500). This is the first mobile handset to be released on Samsung’s new, open mobile platform, Samsung bada, and the cornerstone of the company’s commitment to provide a Smartphone for every lifestyle.

The globally unrivalled features and experiences of the Samsung Wave include a Full-Touch Super AMOLED 3.3” display, a unified Social Hub solution enabling stronger social networks, A Touch Wiz 3.0 intuitive and hugely customisable User-Interface with next level usability. Moreover, a high-speed CPU ensures swift applications and multi-tasking. This always-on multimedia companion enables a high-level customized communication and will be available globally from April 2010.

Mr. Zeshan Qureshi, Head of the Mobile Phones Division, Samsung Pakistan and Afghanistan said, “The Samsung Wave truly demonstrates our commitment to deliver rich, connected and innovative Smartphone experiences. The freedom provided by bada has enabled the developers to create applications across multiple platforms for comprehensive and interactive communications”.

With the world’s first Super AMOLED display; it delivers an unrivalled screen experience, offering much clearer and less reflective On Cell display. It has a high resolution WVGA (800×480 pixels) screen with mDNIe (mobile Digital Natural Image engine). This highly responsive display technology is used in Samsung’s LCD & LED TVs. The Social Hub feature seamlessly integrates all major portal’s email, IM and SNS services. Its Touch Wiz 3.0 provides easy-flow of messaging, managing contacts, calendar events and SNS updates in real-time.

It allows instant access to social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, etc. For the music lovers, it acts as an intuitive media player. Motion UI, Smart Unlock and customizable widget screen are other iconic features. A superb 1 GHz processor offers the best memory intensive 3D graphics. This device is seamless and streamlined, with a strong tempered glass display, while the “Anti-smudge” eliminates greasy thumbprints.

The Multimedia features include; Multi-codec – DivX Xvid, MP4, WMV, virtual 5.1 surround sound, HD video (720p). For the first time in the world, Samsung Wave is incorporated Bluetooth® 3.0 and WiFi 802.11n standard. Samsung’s bada platform allows unlimited expandability, easy downloading of applications from Samsung Apps, an integrated store of games, navigation, social-networking, and other lifestyle applications. This application ecosystem is rapidly expanding into more and more countries.

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Samsung Applications

Samsung has announced that utility and Samsung has announced that utility and entertainment apps available through the “Samsung Apps”, are dominating the popularity list, released recently.

“Magic Torch” application has topped the list as it is the Most-Downloaded” application in the list, from 1st of June till mid of July 2010. The “Magic Torch”, transforms Samsung Wave (S8500) into a flashlight with four different screens — standard light bulb, Ecological light bulb, Neon light bulb, and white screen.

Another utility app; “MyMirror” – turns the phone into a mirror using the camera device, this was featured at No. 7 on the list, while entertainment programs filled out the rest of the field. The top 10 apps for the Wave were: Need for SpeedTM Shift (games), Illusions (entertainment), SouthAfrica2010 (entertainment), Real Football 2010 (games), BatteryLife (productivity), Basketball (entertainment), Shot Gun (entertainment) and Exciting Free kick (games).

The third-most downloaded program, “Illusions” offers visually stimulating puzzles and screenshots. The application named “SouthAfrica2010” gained rapid popularity during the recent football tournament and came at No. 4. The “Free-throw practice” app Basketball was ranked No. 8, while the arcade-style shooting program “Shot-Gun” stood at No. 9. The Auto-racing program “Need for SpeedTMShift” led in the games category, coming at No. 2 on the list. The football game “Exciting Freekick” was at No. 10. Productivity app Battery Life, was ranked No. 6, which calculates remaining battery power, based on factors such as Wi-Fi use, call time, music playing and use of 2G or 3G Internet connections.

The General-Manager, Samsung Pakistan, Mr. Steve Han said, “The response to Samsung Apps has been tremendous in our target markets, mainly due to the popularity of utility and entertainment apps. The days of using a phone just for talking are long gone — functionality is the key now. With Samsung Apps, we aim to fill the need for functionality for all Samsung customers. New customers are also attracted through fresh and unique applications. We’re excited with what the future holds for Samsung Apps.”

The Samsung Apps was created in September 2009 to deliver a dedicated online application destination, for Samsung smart phone users. Today the size of this Applications Store has more than tripled, in most European and Asian markets — It now offers a multitude of new applications, including games, social networking, e-books and health-related tools. Samsung Apps was created and managed by Samsung’s Media Solutions Center (MSC), which is also responsible for bada platform development, Social Hub and various other contents.

Samsung Apps can be accessed here: http://www.samsungapps.com/

Samsung Monte S5620

Design:

In a world full of affordable touch phones, it becomes increasingly difficult to choose from a vast available variety. But one look at Samsung S5620 and a cursory glance on its features make choice easy.

Its digital experience is worth remembering since it is a combination of glossy touch screen and an intelligent operating system. Samsung S5620 has attractive curve body with sleek surface for comfortable grip. Its 3-inch TFT touch-capacitive screen and having resolution of 240×400(3 inches) resolution with the support of 256k colors.

The Samsung Monte runs Touch Wiz UI 2.0 Plus for efficient and effective touch screen functions. It is also ready with features like accelerometer sensor for UI (User Interface) rotate.

Hardware Features (Processor, Internal & External Memory):

It’s handing out is much better and applications are quite reachable. It is ready with 200 MB domestic memory which is moderately sufficient for some basic memory processing. It is also ready with maximum of 16GB memory by using micro SD card and it can store 1000 entries for phonebook and able of storing call records virtually.

Battery:

It is factory loaded with Standard battery, Li-Ion 960 mAh. As per manufacturer details; The device offers a standby time of up to 769 hours on 2G  and 9 hours and 42 minutes talk time for 2G.The device perfectly suits the local market since it offers cellular 2.5 G networks.

Connectivity Features:

Samsung Monte is 3.5G network capable WIFI phone. It features Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps GPRS/EDGE with capability of 3.5G transmission of HSDPA, 3.2 Mbps. It supports Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP stereo sound capability headset and Micro USB port for PC and micro USB charger connectivity.

Camera and Location Based Capability:

Samsung Monte S5620 is equipped with 3.2 MP (2048 x 1536 pixels) cameras featuring geo-tagging for sharing the travelling experiences with friends and family and different shooting modes like smile detection, panoramas, single, continuous, frame and mosaic.

Samsung Monte S5620 video camera is ready of capturing video with, QVGA@15fps and it is also ready with secondary CIF camera for video calling. It is set with A-GPS as location based value added tool and it supports different location based applications like Google Maps /Google Latitude and Navi expert. Its camera does not offer features like Flashlight.

Applications and Operating System:

Samsung Monte compelling feature of Touch Wiz UI 2.0 Plus provides handy usability of applications. With its latest UI it features home screen swapping, home widgets and live feed widgets. It offers social networking integrations applications like MySpace, Twitter, Bebo and lot of other known social networking applications in the form of widgets and in separate consoles. It is also loaded with Multi Instant messaging capability and provides user chat in real time.

Browser:

The glad news for internet lovers is this that the device is capable of full internet browsing with a Samsung Monte internet browser and all the basic functions are integrated for internet mobility.

Home Screen:

Home screen is capable of finger swapping and widget placement offering multiple alternative home screen windows. It is also ready with task manager for accessing applications by displaying in multiple open applications at different animated style.

Common Applications (Built-in):

Its common applications are:

• Google Maps.
• Google Latitude
• Google Mail client.
• Social Networking applications.
• Widgets like Google Search bar on home screen

Multimedia Support / Formats:

It comes with integrated FM Radio with RDS (radio data system) which facilitate the handset for improve multimedia experience. Its multimedia supports range like audio format support from – MP3/WMA/WAV/RA/AAC/M4A and Video supported formats are: WMV/RV/MP4/3GP video player.

Before you buy, make sure the Box contains the following

• The Samsung Monte 5620
• Charger
• MicroUSB cable
• User Manuals and Software CD
• Headset
• Battery

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