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BlackBerry Introduces New BlackBerry Classic Especially for Business Users

December 21, 2014 By Rebecca McGhee Leave a Comment

BlackBerry officially launched a new phone in order to gain the attraction of its traditional customers.

The new phone incorporates all the conventional features of Blackberry. The device comes with a traditional keyboard and a long battery life. These two things are considered extremely essential for the corporate users. The new product runs on the QNX-based BBOS10.

The release of a new keyboard phone in the market full of android smartphones is certainly astonishing. However, the main purpose of the Canadian mobile phone firm is to offer a user friendly phone to its business users. There are still a large number of customers who prefer keyboard phones over the touch android smartphones.

Thus far, two big U.S carriers announced that they would sell the new BlackBerry phone soon. However, both the carriers and the company have not disclosed any particular release date for the new product of BlackBerry.

John Chen, the CEO of BlackBerry informs that the new Classic phone is specially designed for the loyal consumers of the company. Additionally, he advised young generation to try out the new phone once.

Earlier, BlackBerry used to lead the smartphone phone market all around the world. Unfortunately, the huge success of mobile phones of Apple and Samsung defeated the company badly.

Currently, BlackBerry holds merely a small number of the U.S smartphone market. Therefore, the Canada based firm wish to again dominate the market with the renew BlackBerry Classic phone.

Facebook Rolled Out a New Update For Slingshot

December 5, 2014 By Jason Leathers Leave a Comment

Slingshot, a Facebook’s app which is pretty similar to Snapchat has received a new update. The app was the second creation of “Facebook Creative Lab Division”. The social networking media rolled out the new app in the month of June.

The firm tried really hard to offer a safe environment to the users but in vain. The company added a new security feature in which all the picture and short video disappears once the user views it.

Moreover, facebook included a unique “send to receive” feature which became the biggest flop. In this feature users have to delete a message in order to send a new one. It was definitely an innovative feature but for every day use it was pretty annoying. At last, Facebook removed that feature.

Recently, Facebook announced that it is all set to entirely change the app. The company intends to give a complete new look to the application.

The new features will let users share photos and short videos in a feed instead of personal message. The camera will also display old pictures and videos in the section of most recent. However, the app will clean all the pictures after a short time period of 24 hours.

Additionally, the new version of Slingshot will allow users to follow others like Twitter. Users can turn on the special notification in which he will be informed whenever they sling a shot

Dual Display YotaPhone Available in UK

December 5, 2014 By Rebecca McGhee Leave a Comment

YotaPhone is one of the most innovative thing ever happened in the field of smartphones. It is a phone which comes with dual display screens. The phone incorporates an e-ink back display as well.

The Yota Smartphone manufacturers first release its series of YotaPhones in 2013. The company worked for a long time period of four years on the first model of the dual screen smartphone. Recently, the company released second generation YotaPhone.

The new Yotaphone is powered by Android 4.4 Kitkat. The device includes a Snapdragon 800 processor, a 4.7 inch e-ink back screen, 2 GB of Ram along with 32 GB of internal memory. The smartphone is available with an 8 megapixel rear camera that captures amazing pictures. The front camera is of 2.1 MP that promises solid selfie.

Moreover, YotaPhone offers a 2,500mAh battery that can perform the basic functions of the smartphone for continuous two days. The phone will switch to YotaEnergy mode in order to save the battery.

The firm is all set to launch the phone in 20 different European countries till the beginning of 2015. However, there are chances that the smartphone company will ship the device in Asia in spring of 2015.

The smartphone comes at a price of £555 which is equal to US $870. However, the Russian buyers can get hold of the device at 32,990 rubles ($606). In comparison, the European potential buyers can pick up the phone at €699 ($869). The smartphone firm has posted the price for every country on the official website.

Google Nexus 6 Review- The most expensive smartphone

November 13, 2014 By Germaine Hicks 4 Comments

Google begin to accept the pre-orders of its most expensive and best Nexus phone. The company is all set to release the new Nexus 6 on Thursday.

This time Motorola has incorporated a massive display screen in the new Nexus smartphone. The device comes with a high resolution 5.96 inch, 2560×1440 pixel and 493ppi AMOLED screen. The giant screen compels the smartphone to stand in the row of phablet. The firm tries to beats all the new phones such as iPhone 6 and Samsung Galaxy Note 4 with its huge screen. However, it is not an easy task to handle the new Nexus 6 with one hand.

The new Nexus 6 will run on the latest version of Android 5.0 that offers several exciting and alluring new features. The users will get over-the-air update directly from Google for this device.

Moreover, the firm has powered the device with the fastest Qualcomm Snapdragon 805. Motorola has included 3200 mAh battery which is the biggest when compared to the other Nexus devices. The unremovable battery promises to run the device for more than one day.

The other features of brand new Nexus 6 are a 13 megapixel rear camera along with optical image stabilization, 2 megapixel front camera, dual front-facing speakers, and storage up to 64 GB.

Furthermore, Motorola offers Motorola Turbo Charge with Nexus that gives the phone 6 hours of battery in a short time period of 15 minutes.

The phone comes with two different price tags according to the storage size. The 32 GB model is available at a cost of $869, whereas a 64 GB model comes at $929. However, the shipping charges are already included in this high price of the device. The product is certainly the most expensive smartphone.

Unfortunately, Google introduces the device in merely two colors that are midnight blue and cloud white.

Microsoft; All Set to Unveil First “Microsoft Lumia” Smartphone

November 10, 2014 By Brian Galloway 1 Comment

Microsoft is all geared up to launch the first windows Phone of Nokia Lumia. The notable things here is that the new handset will carry the brand name of Microsoft Lumia instead of Nokia.

The biggest tech giant has not yet unveiled other details of the upcoming device. It merely stated that the new Lumia phone will offer the power of everyday mobile technology to everyone. This particular statement indicates that it intends to release the new smartphone at a really reasonable price.

Tuula Rytila, senior vice President of the company announced that the new phone will not make the previous model of Nokia Lumia an out dated one.

Thus Far, the entire range of Lumia products gained the attention of customers with its colorful design and high resolution camera.

It appears like this is a new strategy of Microsoft to take a grip on the smartphone markets. Unfortunately, the Windows Mobile products are relatively less popular among buyers as compared to the other mobile operating systems. Therefore, Microsoft tries really hard to make a well-defined place in the line of other smartphones.

Recently, the firm has launched a teaser of the new device on its previous blog which is known as Nokia Conversation blog. It seems like the firm has forgotten to rename this blog.

Moreover, a few rumors suggest that the new hand set will come with a massive five inch display. The company will power the device with a 1.2Hz Snapdragon 200 chip set processor. However, the new Microsoft Lumia will offer 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage. The storage size of the device is pretty similar to the Lumia 635.

Google Nexus 6 Official Price Revealed in India

November 7, 2014 By Brian Galloway Leave a Comment

Google unveiled the cost of its new Motorola Nexus 6 variants in Indian mobile phone market. The biggest search giant has listed the Smartphone on the Google Play Store.

The new Motorola Nexus 6 price begins with Rs 44,000 in India. The new Smartphone comes with two different storage sizes, therefore the cost is different. The Motorola Nexus 6 that comes with 32 GB variant is available at a price of Rs 44,000, whereas the 64 GB model costs Rs 49,000.

The company will present the new Motorola Nexus 6 in two colors; Cloud White and Midnight Blue.

Motorola Nexus 6 comes with a massive screen of 5.96 inch QHD along with the display of 493 PPI. The device will run on 2.7 GHz quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor with 3GB of RAM. Moreover, Nexus 6 will be equipped with 2 mega pixels of front camera and a rear camera of 13 mega pixels.

Shortly after the revelation of this price the company put an end to the sale of Nexus 5. However, the company has not officially announced the pre-order date of the device. According to a few rumors, the device will release till the first week of December.

Furthermore, Motorola intends to organize a launch event for the release of Google Nexus 6. The event is planned for the 18^th of November.

“UP3” – Jawbone’s New Advance Fitness Tracker

November 5, 2014 By Brian Galloway Leave a Comment

Jawbone unveiled two brand new fitness trackers which includes next generation UP3 wristband wearable as well.

The new UP3 wristband will inform you when you are stressed, dehydrated and tired.

It is one of the company’s most expensive fitness trackers.

The new witness tracker is relatively smaller than the previous version of Jawbone’s flagship. The device is shiny and smooth in terms of design. The company has not incorporated any kind of screen in new UP3. It makes the wearable more like a delicate piece of jewellery instead a mini computer on hand.

However, the firm added a new and unique tap feature in it instead of screen. This novel feature will indicate how many of daily tasks of the user are still remaining.

A spokesman of Jawbone stated that there are several people who do not wish to wear a screen fitness tracker. The device is particularly deigned for the convenience of all those people who are fed up of smartwatch.

The new UP3 has an extremely flexible band which is specially designed to fit in hands of every size. This fit for all design is certainly better than the three different size options.

The rubber version of the device is water resistant. Therefore, you can easily wear it while swimming or shower. The device comes with a pretty solid battery life of 4-7 days with just a single charge.

Moreover, the new product can effortlessly distinguish between activities like swimming, exercise, running and sports. It will help the device to measure calories in more appropriate way.

Furthermore, the new device comes with a new bioimpedance sensor especially for sleep and heart tracking.

iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Swiped HTC Features- Hugo Barra Claims

October 29, 2014 By Brian Galloway Leave a Comment

Hugo Barra, Xiaomi’s Vice President accused Apple for swiping some features of HTC. He clearly stated that iPhone 6 stole some of the very prominent features of HTC smartphones.

He gave this statement in the Wall Street Journal’s recent conference held at California.

Hugo Barra is a former Googler and current Vice President of Xiaomi. It seems like the man is now fed up of all the defensive statements related to Xiaomi’s products. Earlier, people criticized a lot this China based company that it imitates the features and specs of Apple. Even a large number of people have named the company as “Apple of China”.

The reason behind this statements and accusations are that some of the Xiaomi’s products such as MiPad and Mi4 are quite similar to Apple’s iPhones and iPads. The devices do not even require any kind of special test to prove the similarity. It is pretty evident even with naked eyes.

This time Barra publicly claims that Apple’s latest device iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus contains a design language similar to HTC. He even compared a few of the Android apps and features that appear like iOS’s settings.

Surprisingly, he did not discourage this entire imitating and copying thing of the mobile industry. He stated that the battle of who launches which specs first will never end in the mobile arena. Therefore, if a firm attempts to introduce a better thing with the help of the previous versions of other companies then it is not a big deal.

The outspoken VP expressed that it shows the power and uniqueness of one’s products if the other company copies it.

Moreover, Barra admitted the fact that his engineers and designers are closely examine some of the products of rivals.

Sunset Overdrive Review – A lively, bright Game

October 28, 2014 By Rebecca McGhee Leave a Comment

Sunset Overdrive is a third person shooter game developed by the Insomniac Games. The game is extremely High Octane which comes with lots of action and pleasure.

Today, the American video game developer officially released Sunset Overdrive.

Earlier, the company has launched several games based on the first person shooter. Last year, Insomniac Video game released “Muddled Fuse” which turned out as a great disappointment for the people. Therefore, it seems like this time the company tried really hard to produce a game in order to regain its popularity.

Undoubtedly, Sunset Overdrive is a really amazing game. People have already started comparing it with other games such as Crackdown, Ratchet and Clank and Tony’s Hawk Pro Skater.

It appears like the game developer has integrated all the best features of above mentioned game into a single one. It utilized loads of hilarious weapons to provide full entertainment to the gamers.

FizzCo, the lead player of the game is a litter collector of a multinational drink corporation. He serves the latest product of the company to the local citizen. The drink which has the ability to change anyone into a wart-ravage monster is known as OverCharge Delirium.

The lead character travels as if he is some kind of middle class superhero. He effortlessly jumps through the bonnets of cars, cables and other road items.

The gamer will get special prize if he breaks any CCTV camera situated at the corner of the markets. The company has integrated quite heavy sound track that is punk rock. The chief aim of this track is to deliver an extremely unprofessional theme.

Insomniac has produced this game in a really lively, bright and funny manner instead of the usual dark game. It contains mixed kind of elements.

OS X Yosemite Attempt to Snatch Microsoft Windows Market: Loads of exciting features

October 19, 2014 By Germaine Hicks Leave a Comment

Apple has begun the methodology of bringing together the its desktop and versatile figuring devices with the arrival of OS X Yosemite.

Obviously you will most likely be unable to run your iPhone applications on your Mac until further notice however this will soon turn into a reality. There are a lot of different things which users can impart in the middle of iOS and OS X.

Apple has taken a totally distinctive methodology of amalgamating the desktop and versatile stages and it is very not quite the same as what Microsoft is doing with Windows 8 and 10.

OS X Yosemite, the Apple’s most up to date OS X update doesn’t look much not the same as alternate OS –X corrections previously. However diving deeper one can obviously perceive how Apple is making its stages with an eye to what’s to come.

Yosemite’s Spotlight quest is an option for Google seek. It quests records and applications and can likewise pull data from the Wikipedia or motion picture posting from Fandango.

It is a piece of the amalgamation transform in the middle of Yosemite and iOS 8. Safari, Apple Mail, and Apple Calendar bails users to consistently do assignments between the iOS devices and Mac. The peculiarity is named Handoff and is accessible to these applications yet will be accessible for all with more developer backing.

Users taking a shot at their Macs won’t need to stress over calls going ahead their iPhone. The Yosemite OS permits your Mac to be utilized as a speakerphone. A dialog pops up to demonstrate the approaching call and users can decide to answer or overlook the call from their Mac. An exceptionally helpful peculiarity since regularly one doesn’t keep his phone close-by.

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