10 Reasons You Should Buy an iPhone

 

1) Because they have rounded edges, so you won't poke yourself.
2) Because the other kids in your high school class have one already.
3) Because you enjoy donating to CISPA every time you pay your bill.
4) Because Steve Jobs said to buy one and he knew everything.
5) Because you love to spend money on a minor upgrade each year.
6) Because you like to laugh at Siri trying to understand your accent.
7) Because you love Instagram and want the authentic experience.
8) Because the 3.5" screen fits your dainty little fingers so well.
9) Because you want to do your part to bring back slave labor.
10) Because you just don't know any better.

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iPhone 5

Apple unveiled iOS 5, the cloud-friendly operating system that will soon reside inside current and future iPhones, there was speculation that the iPhone 5 would look almost exactly like the iPhone 4. The innards would be different, but most people could simply swath iPhone 5’s in the same cases as their previously adored iPhone 4s.

But soon enough, some eagle-eyed folks spotted new iPhone cases that would in no way house current iPhones or the doppelganger iPhone 5. Answer? The iPhone 5 will be radical design departure. Some believe it will be thinner, or perhaps tapered. Others insist it will be wider.

The current design. I know, antenna attenuation nearly ruined the initial iPhone 4 launch, but my Verizon model moved the antenna bar breaks around and I rarely, if ever, lose signal. Plus, I don’t want a wider phone (read “bigger”) phone.

A Faster Phone

Duh! Even if we didn’t know about the A5 chip, Apple’s custom dual-core CPU, why would Apple do a major product launch without raising the performance bar? We rely on our smartphones to do more every day; they simply have to get more powerful — as any good computer should, under Moore’s Law. Apple will also likely increase the amount and quality of RAM—which always has a big impact on performance. These changes will be necessary if Apple does some of the other things we’ve been speculating about.

Better Screen and Cameras

Apple’s Android competitors outshine the iPhone in the camera resolution and screen size department. On the latter, Apple’s retina display is smaller than many slab Android phones but often approaches or beats them in resolution. If Apple goes with a larger screen, 8-megapixel camera and full 1080p video recording, it’ll need more horsepower to support all of them. The bigger screen, in particular, will also demand more battery power. Apple’s been very careful about battery life (it’s why it fought so long and hard against multi-tasking) and it may have to increase battery size and capacity to support a larger retina screen.

Voice Recognition

I’ve used Google’s voice-enabled search app on the iPhone and it is quite good. Some pundits believe the iPhone 5 will come with native voice recognition, which means other iPhone apps can tap into this capability for a variety of nifty interactions. Apple did acquire voice-based personal assistant service Siri last year and hasn’t done much with it yet, at least not publicly. Talking into your phone is natural, so what’s not to like about native voice recognition?
4G or Not 4G?

I guess I’m alone in this, but I don’t give a rat’s behind about 4G on my phone. My Verizon iPhone does just fine with its 3G data connection. However, I don’t think Apple can ignore the consumer clarion call forever. These people want 4G (look at all the 4G Android phones they’re snapping up). I can’t say their battery life is worth much, but at least they have a good time surfing YouTube videos while the charge lasts. Apple could do LTE 4G, the premier option, but only if it’s convinced there’s enough quality 4G out there. I’d say there is and the phone will ably dumb down to 3G anyway.

If Apple does go 4G, however, it’s a good bet the iPhone 5 will be larger than the eminently pocketable iPhone 4. 4G needs an ample battery for a full day’s use. Big batteries make for bigger phones.

No Shopping

Back when Google introduced Google Wallet, a technology for turning one NFC-enabled phone (the Nexus S 4G) into a wallet/credit card, there was a speculation that companies that weren’t included in the deal — such as Visa — might hook up with Apple. All Apple had to do was put an NFC (Near Field Communication) chip inside the iPhone 5 and the rest would be easy. Now, however, Google has managed to sign up Visa for Google Wallet as well. I’m not certain Apple will see any value in the added cost of an NFC chip when there are no clear partners, and even less certainty that consumers are ready to start paying with their phones.

More Carriers

Apple now has both CDMA and GSM phones. Ubiquity is how to play the competition game. I expect Apple to welcome at least one new carrier partner to the table. My money is on Sprint (which, like Verizon, uses CDMA). T-Mobile is out. AT&T is trying to buy them and it’s clear Apple wants any part of that mess. For Canada, Rogers, Bell, Telus have not yet confirmed if they will be carrying the new iPhone 5.

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.

iPhone 5 Concept is it here?

Note:Following post/article is based on ideas and expectations.

Three plus four is five.

Here is what the bill are at least in the case of the iPhone 5, the next generation of smartphones from Cupertino.

As the story goes, Apple has the reviews of the current model taken seriously and working on the successor model to be in full swing.The reception problems are known and will certainly get to a skillful isolation of the antenna in control.

Many iPhone fans hope that the iPhone will connect five of the benefits of his two immediate predecessors: the excellent performance of the iPhone 3G and the unusual design of the iPhone 4. If you do not want to be on the rumors that are currently circulating in large numbers in the network, can be approached only with a little imagination even to the point: The Apple iPhone will be five noticeably flatter than its predecessor. 

The thin metal frame offers no room for physical controls.Their functions takes the touch-sensitive framework itself . This is the fifth most significant renovation of theiPhone

For example, the entire left side of a line will touch the volume control. To increase thevolume you move your finger from bottom to top, to reduce the volume from top to bottom. The sensitivity that is needed to control the route can be changed by software.

Even more technical details of the imaginary iPhone 5 will provide surprises.

Browsing Speed

Once again,The speed of mobile browsing is provided coverage, now reaching unknown values.

wi-fi

The iPhone 5 supports the wireless standard of the fourth generation.With the 4G you can reach up to 100 Mbit / s in download and mobile phone masts in the vicinity of even up to 1000 Mb / s.

Processing

In order for these data transfer rates can be implemented, Apple would have to strongly turn on the processor performance.

Resolution

Apple should also turn on the resolution of the new retinal Plus displays.This last criticism silenced, the backlight of the display should be adjustable.

Reading Text

This text can be read on electronic paper as the best and without signs of fatigue in both sunlight and in darkness. With this improvement of the display of the increased resolution of 10.2 megapixels camera is taken into account.The photographs and videos should be represented as in all beauty.

Battery

The iPhone 5 must therefore also follow the internal memory, which would fill up too fast. As before, it will probably be two models of the iPhone 5, maybe 32 GB or 64 GB of memory. The battery power is something to be demanded. If the operation times for 5iPhone will increase again, the phone also needs a battery of the new generation.

Samsung Omnia

Samsung OMNIA (i900) that is powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and comes with Microsoft Office has been launched in Pakistan through Mobile Zone. Omnia Means “Everything” in Latin, and I feel that Samsung has tried to compile this handset to do everything…! We are not sure about the pricing yet, as the gadget is going to hit stores in a week’s time.

A look at Samsung Omnia’s videos revealed that the device is a 100% touch screen, but still Samsung included an optical mouse for ease of navigation – the optical mouse is similar to what you’d find on laptops.

Samsung Omnia brings together high performance business content, high-end design mixed with a full bag of dynamic multimedia rich experience.

5 MegaPixel Camera, WLAN, 3G, Music Player, Media Player and much more is there that this Samsung made mobile phone offers.

Let’s peek at Samsung Omnia’s Specifications:

Size	112 x 56.9 x 12.5 mm
Weight	122 g
Display	TFT touchscreen, 256K colors (65K effective) + Handwriting recognition + Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
Memory	8 GB/16 GB internal memory + microSD (TransFlash), up to 8GB + 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
Processor	624MHz Marvell PXA312 processor
Connectivity	GPRS + 3G + WLAN + Bluetooth + USB
OS	Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Camera	5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, image stabiliser, video, flash; secondary videocall camera
Additional Features	Built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS support + Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, PDF viewer) + MP3/AAC/AAC+/WMA/OGG/AMR player + DivX/XviD/WMV/MP4 player + TV Out + Voice memo
Battery	Standby: Up to 500 h +  Up to 5 h 50 min  Talk Time

HTC Desire, Features and Availability

HTC is very well known for quality handsets or rather in some cases I would call them premium quality handsets. Over here in Pakistan owning a smartphone for some might be a no brainer in many cases but for all those tech geeks out there, the HTC Desire is a smartphone worth giving a shot to.

HTC Desire is an Android powered smartphone with specs which you would typically expect from a phone from HTC, high end of course. Let’s go through the features/specs in detail first:

Weight

• 4.76 ounces (135 grams) with battery

Display

• Type: Touch-sensitive screen with pinch-to-zoom capability
• Size: 3.7 inches
• Resolution: 480 X 800 WVGA

CPU Processing Speed

1 GHz Snapdragon Processor

Storage

ROM: 512 MB
RAM: 576 MB

Expansion slot

• microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
• Supports up to 32 GB

Connectors

• 3.5 mm stereo audio jack
• Standard micro-USB (5-pin micro-USB 2.0)

Sensors

• G-Sensor
• Digital compass
• Proximity sensor
• Ambient light sensor

HTC Widgets

• Bookmarks, Calendar, Clock, Footprints, Friend Stream, Mail, Messages, Music, News, People, Photo Album, Photo Frame, Search, Settings, Stocks, Twitter™, Weather
• Downloadable widgets

Multimedia

• Photos application for viewing photos and videos
• Music
• FM Radio

Battery type

• Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery

Capacity

• 1400 mAh

Talk time

• WCDMA: Up to 390 mins
• GSM: Up to 400 mins

Standby time

• WCDMA: Up to 360 hours
• GSM: Up to 340 hours

Network

Europe

• HSPA/WCDMA: 900/2100 MHz
• GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

Asia Pacific

• HSPA/WCDMA: 900/2100 MHz
• GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

Platform

Android™ 2.1 (Éclair) with HTC Sense™

Camera

• 5 megapixel color camera
• Face detection capability
• Auto focus and flash
• Widescreen photo capture
• Geotagging

Internet

3G

• Up to 7.2 Mbps download speed
• Up to 2 Mbps upload speed

GPRS

• Up to 114 kbps downloading

EDGE

• Up to 560 kbps downloading

Wi-Fi

• IEEE 802.11 b/g

Bluetooth

• Bluetooth® 2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate
• A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
• FTP and OPP (object push) for file transfer
• Other supported profiles: AVRCP, GAP, GOEP, HFP, HSP, PBAP, SPP, Service Discovery Application Profile

Social Networking

• Facebook integration
• Friend Stream
• Photo sharing on Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter
• Video sharing on YouTube™
• HTC Peep for twittering

Special Features

• Automatically lowers the ringer volume as soon as the phone is picked up
• Mutes the ringer when the phone is flipped face down
• Backs up certain data and settings to the microSD card automatically, such as SMS/MMS messages, bookmarks, Wi-Fi™ passwords, and more

Location

• Internal GPS antenna
• Google Maps
• HTC Footprints

Tethering

• Internet sharing through USB

Video Demos and Features

Please don’t consider the 3G aspects of the phone since all networks here in Pakistan are based on 2.5G/EDGE. However, networks here may shift to 3G anytime soon, but it should be considered a far off unconfirmed rumor for now.

From the specs of the HTC Desire you can safely say that this is in deed a tech savvy person’s heaven! From a high resolution AMOLED Display to Google’s very own Andorid OS to fully customizable homescreens and widgets with complete social network integration, it’s a match made in heaven.

But the downside of this phone is that if you want to use it to it’s full potential, you should have a good internet plan for the month, the HTC Desire is data hungry if you’re using all it’s features like Facebook integration, Twitter or syncing your E-mail inboxes regularly.

Our best bet is that you stick with Zong, they have really convenient and very economical internet packages for everyone, prepaid and postpaid both.

Or you can stick to Telenor’s Persona Postpaid package, their nationwide EDGE/GPRS connectivity is phenomenal.

HTC handsets are hard to come by if you’re just looking for them in regular shops, and none of them offer warranty for HTC phones even if they carry it by any chance, but here’s the best way to get an HTC Desire with warranty; head over to Brightex’s website by clicking this link,  who are the official HTC handset distributors in Pakistan, they have the HTC Desire for a fair price of RS. 49,000.

Why did I say fair price? Because it comes with a complete one year warranty! If something does go wrong with the phone, at least you’ll have someone to go to.

Or the second option is that you head over to HomeShopping.pk and buy the HTC Desire for a price of RS. 44,990. You’ll save some money but at the same time you will only get software warranty, it’s totally up to you to decide where do you wanna head over to for your brand new HTC Desire.

There is so much to choose from that you end up buying something which might not completely suit your needs, but the HTC Desire is a complete powerhouse and represents what a smartphone should be, staying connected with your social networks and your friends and family members doesn’t get easier than what the HTC Desire has to offer.

Its a highly recommend device if you’re a person who wants each and every bit of his digital life in his pocket. For more information on the HTC Desire, go to HTC’s website by clicking this link.