Monthly Archives: January 2013

Blackberry maker RIM renames itself as Blackberry ($BBRY)

Image Source: UberGizmo.com

Quiz Time!

Question: What is the name of the company that makes Blackberry Smartphones?

Answer: Canada based Research In Motion(RIM).

Nope! It’s wrong. It’s Blackberry! What? Yes! RIM has renamed itself as “Blackberry“.

Officially announcing the name change, RIM Blackberry CEO Thorsten Heins said, “We have reinvented the company, and we want to represent this in our brand.” The company Blackberry’s new Tagline “One brand One promise” clearly states RIM didn’t have any plan to launch any other product other than Blackberry and this change ensures that it wont happen in future too.

Image Source: UberGizmo.com

Image Source: UberGizmo.com

Soon Investors can see the company trading with the new code BBRY instead of the old one RIMM.

Explaining the reason for this corporate name change, Heins said,

“Our customers use BlackBerry. Our employees work for BlackBerry, and our shareholders are owners of BlackBerry. From today on, we are BlackBerry everywhere in the world.”

Having said this, Let’s hope Apple won’t come up with a lawsuit against RIM Blackberry for (re)naming the company after a fruit mimicking them :P Cheers!

Micromax A116 Canvas HD vs Samsung Galaxy S3 [Review]

Samsung Galaxy S3

Well It might look funny if we compare the World’s top selling Smartphone (Samsung Galaxy S3) and a local Indian Smartphone (Micromax A116 Canvas HD), But I’m sure this is a competitive comparison.

Micromax A116 Canvas HD vs Samsung Galaxy S3 Review:

Samsung Galaxy S3

 

Image Courtesy: GSMArena.com

Image Courtesy: GSMArena.com

Weight 168 g 180 g
Form Factor Touch Bar Touch Bar
Dimensions 144 X 74 X 10.7 mm 151.1 X 80.5 X 9.4 mm
Operating
Frequency		 GSM 900 / 1800 / WCDMA 2100 MHz | GSM 900 / 1800 MHz GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 / LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600 MHz
Keypad
Dual Sim Yes, Dual SIM (GSM+GSM), Dual Standby
3G Yes Yes, HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
Display
Display Colour 5.0 Inches, HD IPS Capacitive Touchscreen, 16.7M Colors 5.55 (14.09 Cms) Inches, HD Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, 16M Colors
Display Size 1280X720 pixels 1280X720 pixels
Touch Screen Yes, Capacitive Touchscreen Yes, Capacitive Touchscreen
Processor
CPU Yes, 1.2 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6589 Processor Yes, CPU : Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A9, Chipset : Exynos 4412 Quad, GPU : Mali-400MP
Internal Memory and RAM
Internal Memory Yes, Internal Memory : 4 GB Storage, 1 GB RAM Yes, Internal Memory : 16/32/64 GB Storage, 2 GB RAM
Messaging
SMS Yes Yes
MMS Yes Yes
Email Yes Yes
Pop Mail No Yes
Push Mail No No
Pocket Mail No No
Inbox Capacity Yes Yes, Threaded View
Camera
Image capture Yes, Rear : 8.0 MP Camera (3264×2448 Pixels) With LED Flash, Front : 0.3 MP, VGA Camera (640×480 Pixels) Yes, Rear : 8.0 MP Camera (3264×2448 Pixels) With Auto Focus, LED Flash And BSI Sensor, Front : 1.9 Mega Pixels, VT Camera (1600×1200 Pixels)
Image resolution 3264.0 X 2448.0 Pixels 3264.0 X 2448.0 Pixels
Image zoom Yes, Digital Zoom Yes, Digital Zoom
Video capture Yes Yes
Video resolution Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps
Video zoom
Modes
Music & Video  
Audio player Yes, Multi Format Music Player, 3.5mm Audio Jack Yes, Music Formats : MP3, OGG, WMA, AAC, ACC+, EAAC+, AMR(NB,WB), MIDI, WAV, AC-3, Flac With Loud Speaker, Active Noise Cancellation With Dedicated Mic, SoundAlive, 3.5mm Audio Jack
FM Yes, FM Radio Yes, Stereo FM Radio With RDS
Radio No No
Speaker Yes Yes
Tv output
Audio Jack Yes Yes
Video player Yes, Multi Format Video Player Yes, Video Formats : 3GP(MP4), WMV(ASF), AVI, FLV, MKV, WebM, Codecs : MPEG4, H.263, H.264, VC-1, DivX, WMV7, WMV8, WMV9, VP8, Supports Full HD 1080p
Data & Connectivity
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Mobile office
Wireless Protocol Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 B/g/n Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 A/b/g/n (2.4 & 5 GHz), Wi-Fi HT40, Dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Hotspot
Mobile sync
Bluetooth Yes Yes, V4.0 With A2DP, LE, EDR
Infrared No No
Port Yes, Micro USB Port Yes, Micro USB (MHL) V2.0, USB Host Support
PTT No No
Memory
Memory slot Yes, Micro SD Card Yes, Micro SD Card
Expandable Yes, Up To 32 GB Yes, Up To 32 GB
Phone Book Practically Unlimited Practically Unlimited
Call Information
Dialled Practically Unlimited Practically Unlimited
Missed call Practically Unlimited Practically Unlimited
Received Practically Unlimited Practically Unlimited
Call recording No No
Battery
Battery model liion2100mAh liion3100mAh
Talk time Up toUp To 5 Hours Hours Up toUp To 35 Hours (2G) / Up To 16 Hours (3G) Hours
Standby time Up toUp To 300 Hours Hours Up toUp To 980 Hours (2G) / Up To 890 Hours (3G) Hours Up To 980 Hours (2G) / Up To 890 Hours (3G)
Technology
Java N/A Yes, Via Java MIDP Emlulator
OS Android OS, V4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, V4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Games Yes Yes
Others
Ringtone Polyphonic, MP3 WAV, MP3, Polyphonic
FM Recording No No
Torch light No No
Call Blacklist No No
SMS Blacklist No No
One touch player
Pocket MSN No No
Browser Yes, WAP 2.0/HTML Yes, HTML5, RSS
Skype calling No No

[via 91Mobiles]

Micromax A116 Canvas HD Price vs Samsung Galaxy S3 Price:

Micromax A116 Canvas HD is priced around Rs. 14K in India and the counterpart Samsung Galaxy S3 for Rs. 32K, so Micromax A116 Canvas HD is almost half a price of Samsung Galaxy S3. This shows that Micromax 116 Canvas HD wins the race over Samsung Galaxy S3.

Buy Micromax Canvas HD A116 for Rs. 13,990 Online in SnapDeal

 

Apple iPad 128GB – It’s $100 more than 64GB

iPad Retina

Apple doesn’t want to disappoint their tablet lovers with lack of storage space. Apple, the maker of world’s top selling Tablet, iPad, decided to launch a new model (nope! the same model) with more storage capacity. This might be the next big thing here, Yes iPad 128GB!

The fourth generation iPad 128GB is almost double the size of its predecessor 64GB but its not double the price, its $100 more than the 64GB 4th Generation iPad. The Price of the only wifi version of the 4th Generation iPad 128GB is $799 while the Cellular version (LTE + Wifi) is $929.

iPad Retina

According to Apple’s Press Release,

Apple® today announced a 128GB* version of the fourth generation iPad® with Retina® display. The 128GB iPad with Wi-Fi and iPad with Wi-Fi + Cellular models provide twice the storage capacity of the 64GB models to hold even more valuable content including photos, documents, projects, presentations, books, movies, TV shows, music and apps.

Apple explaining the range of customers who might need the new 128GB iPad with Retina Display states,

“Our AutoCAD WS app for iOS was designed to give customers seamless access to their designs anywhere, anytime,” said Amy Bunszel, vice president of AutoCAD products for Autodesk. “These files are often large and highly detailed so having the thin and light iPad with its Multitouch display, integrated camera and all-day battery life, is a real advantage for iPad users to view, edit and share their AutoCAD data.”

The new 128GB version of the fourth generation iPad will be available for purchase from February 5 (Tuesday) through Apple Online/Retail stores and as usual there is a White version, and yes! it does come in black ;)

Are you ready to spend 100 bucks more to enjoy a double-size storage?

HTC Butterfly the 5-inch full-HD Phablet launched in India for Rs 45,990

HTC Butterfly in India

Indian market which is growing with new 5-inch Smartphones a.k.a Phablets is not spared by HTC too. HTC has landed in Indian Phablet market with HTC Butterfly with a costly price tag.

HTC Butterfly in India

HTC Butterfly, the world’s first Full-HD (1080p) Smartphone features a  5-inch Super LCD 3 full-HD capacitive touchscreen with Corning Gorilla Glass 2 protected display (1080 x 1920 pixels resolution). The 441 ppi pixel density of HTC Butterfly is really amazing while Apple’s iPhone 5 has only 326 ppi pixel density its rival Samsung’s Galaxy SIII and Galaxy Note II got 306 ppi and 267 ppi respectively.

The 5-inch giant runs on latest Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS ( optimized with HTC Sense 4+) powered by 1.5 Ghz Quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Pro processor. While the 2GB RAM is good enough to support seamless multi-tasking, it has an internal memory storage of 16GB and surprisingly extendable upto 32GB with SD Card and as usual 25GB free Dropbox cloud storage from HTC.

Thanks to the 8MP (f2.0) autofocus camera with LED Flash and BSI Sensor support for recording full HD (1080p) videos at 30 fps and a whooping 2.1 MP front camera ensures Full HD video calling and excellent self portrait images.

Measuring 143mm x 70.5mm x 9.08 mm, HTC Butterfly weighs 140 gm and supports Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi (with Wi-Fi Direct), 3G. With NFC Technology, HTC Butterfly comes with  2,020 mAh battery (Yes, Its non-removable).

While the price of HTC Butterfly in India, Rs 45,990 looks slightly higher, the device is really a good return on Investment.

[via HTC India]

Posibl.com – For Dreamers and Dream-Makers!

Possibl

Have you ever found sometime to think about the unfulfilled dreams that millions of people in this world might have ?? Atleast, the list of  unfulfilled dreams you have ? Here is one such kind of person, who thought about others dreams and wanted to be a bridge between dreamers and dream-makers[who makes the dream a reality].

Possibl

His name is Argentine Martin Parlato and he has created a website Posibl.com.  All you have to do is create an account and start posting your dreams.

Does your dream need money ? You can tell them.

Does your dream need some gifts? You can ask them.

Does your dream need some contacts? You can search them.

It has all help one need to make her dream, a reality. Check out the below dream,yours can be as simple as this. Or it can even ask for helping 1000 kids for education or health care. There are people who can help you.

dream

We have been talking a lot about dreamers. What about the ones who make them true?? There is a place, where you can register yourself as a dream-maker. A dream-maker can be an NGO, a trust or a single person. Its just the help given to make some of the dreams come true,that counts.

Dream-makers

Parlato says this has been founded in honor of his father, who died when he was young and his father had helped him to realize how to find and help the needy.We can see the power of this idea when we hear that a kid from Argentine City of Cordoba needing 60,000$ for mother cells transplant, has been helped by a company and the transplant was done for that kid in China.

So,There is someone to hear about your dream and help you. There is someone waiting to get your help. Haven’t you registered yet ?