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  • What do I need to know about using my mobile phone abroad?

  • Kelly Armstrong

  • It’s good to be able to phone home when abroad by using a mobile phone, but it is essential to be aware of the high costs. Of course, the simplest resolution is not to take your phone with you. However if you mention this to most tech-savvy individuals, they’d rather cut their right arm off.
    Investing in a smartphone with WiFi connections is a good idea if you wish to use free Wifi as opposed to your network provider. You may wish to sell blackberry torch 9860 and other handsets in order to make way for a new handset.

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  • Facebook HomeScreen For Android Platform May Out-weight Apple’s iOS Simplicity

  • Mark

  • The majority has had petite reason to be concerned that Android as compare to iOS gives more freedom-for-customization to developers But if Facebook’s enchanted Android homescreen is a hit, the obstinacy of Apple’s mobile platform i.e. the closed one could be perceived as negative aspect of its unified design and ease which it has turned into its assets after the years.
    Option of selecting among carrier/handset & providing low-cost  devices  are two big factors compelling people to opt Android phones. There is its leading integration of app suite of Google & the “insurgent without an iPhone” stance as well. But  Android platform is quite flexible for app developers and that is it’s most strong selling point for early adopters and geeks.

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  • Samsung, The Largest Mobile Company In World Holds The Record of Receiving The Most Mobile Patents In 2012

  • Glenn

  • Last year Samsung was lost out big to Apple in the race of mobile patent in US, but now it’s slowly structuring up its armory of patents, keeping it to fall in the similar state again. Currently Samsung is the world’s prime & largest mobile company, also has received most number of mobile patents year 2012 and now it holds the record of having the most mobile patents (of any company) all across the globe, as per the newest report on patents by Chetan Sharma- a mobile analyst, which putdowns a bunch of companies rushing up to seal their intellectual possessions in today’s speedy world of wireless communication
    For this particular study on patents, Sharma analyzed over 7 million patents awarded in the two biggest patents markets of the world i.e. Europe & US. Chetan came to know that US has filched a walk over its older world equivalent ever since 1996 as it accounts for 72% of the total mobile patents across all two regions.

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  • Nokia take its name from the navigation and mapping services and rebranded as HERE to push the more cross platform business

  • Glenn

  • Nokia has taken another step in making its device and mapping service as standalone business. They have announced in the Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona that they are rebranding their navigation and mapping services to HERE.
    On Lumia 520, HERE suite comes in the pre-installed version included with HERE Drive, HERE Maps and HERE Transit which is the public transport guide. Chief deign officer at Nokia, Mr. Marko Ahtisaari said that users can pin their home location as well on their device and can use it as a base of all data. The personal experiences are intended to facilitate the users in spending more time in engaging with the world rather than just navigating with the smartphone.

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  • New Nokia Lumia 720 for self conscious and fashion orientated people

  • Glenn

  • Nokia Lumia 720 is a Windows Phone 8 which is having 3G network and is lying behind in portfolio of two 4G flagships, including 820 and 920. The purpose of launching Lumia 720 is to push some fancy features available in mid ranged price points. Nokia in this phone has focused on polishing two areas, first is design and other is camera.
    Lumia 720 is being gifted with sleek look. It is having 9mm body which makes it the thinnest one in the portfolio of Lumia. It is also having curved and rounded style screen of 820, which is much pleasant to hold as it is thinner and lighter. Bright Lumia colors also come with matte finishing, with high gloss white option.

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  • Nokia coming up with its new entry level- Windows Phone 8, The Lumia 520

  • Glenn

  • Nokia is coming up with Lumia 520, a new entry level Windows Phone 8 device which will cost around $180 without taxes. The new level phone is far away from the flagship of Lumia 820 and 920 and is specially designated to grab US market. The new Lumia 520  is for sure for the US market as it is ranging in Q2 and affiliated with T-mobile.
    In Lumia 520, Nokia has added few perks for the budget buyers. It has added navigation software, HERE mapping, Mix radio with free streaming music, Cinemagraph animated GIF creator and digital lenses camera filters.

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  • Forrester- tablet ownership roused to 4X in just five years

  • Glenn

  • Analysts of Forrester is forecasting that tablet ownership with become quadruple by the year 2017. The percentage of adults who have purchased slates is increased by 14% and it is projected that it will become 55% in 2017. In 2011, this figure was just 7% and now it is understood that consumers are adopting the slates. In 2012, the growth was double digit and it is expected to be further double digit growth in the upcoming year, which will not fad, shared by Forrester.

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  • New Apple patent for volume based solution for shaky smartphone camera syndrome

  • Glenn

  • New patent filed by Apple has shown that company is striving hard on ways to upgrade smartphone camera experiences for delivering best possible results. This new invention will let your iPhone, iPod touch and iPad’s camera to grab full resolution pics and store them in memory buffer. This will enable you to avail wealth of images to choose from when you will shut down your shutter.

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  • Apple devices are multipurpose and thus they are dominating games

  • Mark

  • After two of which should come later this year – although everyone next generation video game Sony, Nintendo, Apple and Microsoft have focused on the consoles is going to dominate them all. And it will not be difficult.
    Now, this is not a completely crazy idea. Anyone who for the past few years know that the smartphone of Apple iOS devices, like video game dominance in the way of support. Apple has sold more than 500 million of them. This device yielded more than 40 billion apps downloaded over 800,000. A large portion of these apps are games.

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  • Apple took over 72% profit on the smartphone, Samsung is lagging behind

  • Mark

  • According to the study of Canaccord Genuity, Apple has taken over 72% share of the handset market, while Samsung is lagging behind the race with 29%. This is really bit disappointing for the Samsung as they were not thinking this would had happened. Other troubling aspect for HTC, Nokia and Blackberry is that they are losing money in manufacturing or ending up at break even.

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  • Smartphone Vs Storm

  • Glenn

  • Storm predictions with the help of new smartphone app are now possible. Owners of smartphone and tablet devices now can measure the pressure and send it to the scientist for predicting the storms like sandy and hurricane.

    The new smartphones have ability to measure atmospheric pressure for tracking the actual location of the storm. The data which is gathered by the normal man can be easily shared with the expert meteorologist to let them analysis the actual location of storm and forecast storm before it hits the area. This type of help is quite beneficial in forecasting the short term storms.

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