Sunday, 22 December 2013
Samsung Galaxy Ace 3
Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 Specification
Galaxy Ace 3 is the Android Jelly Bean Smartphone which is powered by the Dual-core 1 GHz Processor. The phone has 4 inch display with resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. It is Dual SIM Smartphone. You can get 5 MP Primary camera with LED Flash and Auto Focus support.
Samsung Ativ S Neo
Samsung Ativ S Neo Specification
Amazon workers to continue strikes in 2014
Amazon workers to continue strikes in 2014 as pay dispute continues
Workers at Amazon.com Inc's German operations plan to continue industrial action next year, the Verdi labour union said on Friday, in a pay dispute that has been dragging on for several months."We will continue to strike, also next year," Verdi representative Joerg Lauenroth-Mago said. "But I won't say when and where exactly that will happen."
Hundreds of workers at Amazon's logistic centres in Bad Hersfeld and Leipzig have been on strike since Monday, in actions due to end on Saturday, December 21, threatening to disrupt shipments in the Christmas shopping season. Some staff at the company's Graben site have also stopped work.
Amazon said that, on average, only 900 staff joined the strike and that pre-Christmas deliveries had not been affected. The company employs a total of 9,000 warehouse staff in Germany plus 14,000 seasonal workers at nine distribution centres.
"The overwhelming majority of our workers are fully committed, so all packages are making it in time for the holiday," Amazon's Steven Harman, who is responsible for the German logistics centres, said in a statement.
Union Verdi has organised short strikes this year to try to force Amazon to accept collective bargaining agreements, which are used elsewhere in the mail order and retail industry, as benchmarks for pay at Amazon's German distribution centres.
However, Amazon has maintained that it regards staff at its centres in the cities of Bad Hersfeld and Leipzig as logistics workers and that they receive above-average pay by the standards of that industry.
Verdi members called their latest stoppages this week in the busy days before Christmas, when it would hurt the online retailer the most.
Amazon said orders in Germany peaked on December 15, with 4.6 million products ordered in one day - 53 per second. It said that was 15 percent above order levels a year earlier.
Samsung Galaxy S5 with eye-scanning sensor
Samsung Galaxy S5 to come with 2K display, eye-scanning sensor
Samsung at its Analyst Day event in Korea had revealed plans for
launching devices with a screen resolution
of 1440x2560 pixels (2K) next year.Earlier this month, a GFXBench listing had revealed a device codenamed Samsung SM-G900S sporting a screen resolution of 1440x2560 pixels (2K). The device was believed to be the Samsung Galaxy S5, which is expected to come with a 5.0- or 5.2-inch display, making the pixel density an incredible 560ppi at the said resolution.
In addition, the report also reveals that the South Korean giant is working on its next line of smartphones that will equip iris recognition or eye-scanning technology for unlocking the phone, authentication etc. Samsung's expected next flagship smartphone (the Galaxy S5) will probably be the first device to pack such a feature. Unfortunately, the report does not reveal many details of the alleged eye-scanning unlock feature.
The eye-scanning/iris-recognition feature has not been introduced on any smartphone (from a major manufacturer) as an unlocking method, and if the rumour is true, Samsung would become the first handset maker to debut the feature on a smartphone. However, there is no official word from Samsung on the alleged eye-scanning feature.
Previously, Apple and HTC have introduced the fingerprint scanner features to the iPhone 5s and One Max respectively. The fingerprint scanner feature lets users log-in (and authorise payments, etc., on the iPhone 5s) with a swipe of the fingertip.
Some reports have indicated that Samsung may announce the Galaxy S5 as early as January, in a bid to overcome 'disappointing' Galaxy S4 sales.
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 specification
Remember when people used personal computers - desktops and laptops - to
check email, view video and keep tabs on Facebook? Back in that
far-away era, I'd have several windows open for Web browsers, a word
processor, a photo editor and sometimes a reader for PDF documents.I miss that capability on mobile devices, particularly on full-size tablets with a decent amount of display space. With iPads and Android tablets, I'm typically limited to one window displayed at a time; other apps run in the background, out of sight. With Windows 8 tablets, I can run two windows side by side, but I'm constrained in what I can do with them. It gets better with the Windows 8.1 update due out next week, but it's still not the free-for-all I had with PCs.
So I marveled at a pair of multitasking features that come with Samsung's new tablet, formally called Galaxy Note 10.1 - 2014 Edition. Sporting a 10.1-inch display, measured diagonally, the Note tablet goes on sale in the U.S. on Thursday at a starting price of $550.
The first of the multitasking features, called Multi-Window, has been available in Samsung devices for about a year, but it works with many more apps now. You can run two apps side by side, such as Facebook on one side and YouTube video on the other.
Like Windows 8 tablets, you're limited to just two apps. You can change how much of the screen each one takes, a capability coming with Windows 8.1, but you can't choose to have a window take up just the top left corner, the way you can on PCs. In addition, Multi-Window isn't a universal feature. Apps for Netflix and Hulu won't work, for instance. You currently have about 18 apps to choose from, including Facebook and a variety of Google and Samsung apps.
With that limitation, it's nice that Samsung Electronics Co. is supplementing Multi-Window with a feature called Pen Window.With it, simply draw a box on the screen with the included stylus, and choose one of seven apps to open in a new window. Do it again and again until you open all seven apps, if you wish. That's nine in all, counting the two with Multi-Window. Each Pen Window app appears in a window that floats over your main app (or two apps if you use Multi-Window). You can move that window around on your screen and resize it, just as you can on PCs. Need a break from it? Just minimize it into a small dot and move it out of the way.
Like Multi-Window, you're restricted in what apps you can use with Pen Window, though I expect more to get added over time. For now, Pen Window on the tablet works with YouTube, the calculator, the alarm clock, your contacts list, the Web browser and two chat apps - Samsung's ChatOn and Google's Hangouts. I like the fact that you can open all of them and keep them out of the way in a minimized state. That way, it's just one click when you need the calculator and one click when you're done.
The iPad doesn't do that. Amazon's Kindle Fire doesn't do that. Other Android tablets don't do that. Windows 8.1 won't do that - at least not in the tablet-style viewing mode that Microsoft prefers you stick with. You'll have to go to the classic, desktop mode to resize windows, which defeats the purpose of having Windows 8 or 8.1. Windows 8.1 will go further than Multi-Window in letting you run up to four apps side by side, but that works only on larger screens, not portable tablets.
Beyond multitasking, the new Note tablet offers a My Magazine mode giving you personalized highlights, such as news topics of interest, content from your social media feeds and suggestions on things to do and see, based on your current location. It's a good concept, though Facebook isn't available through it yet.
The new tablet also gives you quick
access to the tools you can accomplish with its stylus. Pen Window is
one. Another feature lets you add notes to a screenshot of what you see.
Another lets you clip a section of a Web page and store it with a Web
link.Unfortunately, not everything worked. Text recognition was poor. I'm supposed to be able to jot down an email address or a phone number with the stylus and have that handwriting converted into a contacts entry. But the device constantly confuses the letters "o" and "l" with the numerals "0" and "1."
Pen Window also is more difficult than necessary to set up. You need to take out the stylus for an Air Command tool to appear on the screen. You choose Pen Window, then draw a box on your screen with your stylus. Then you choose the app you want to open. Do all of that again to get additional apps, after figuring out how to get Air Command again with your stylus already out. It would have been simpler to have a button on the home screen that you can tap with your finger or stylus.
In addition, Samsung could have done more with the apps in minimized state. Google's chat app is reduced to a circular icon. It could have flashed or changed colors to notify me of a new chat message, rather than make me open and close it regularly to check.
The tablet's back is still made of plastic,
but it feels like leather - an improvement over previous Samsung
devices. The tablet does feel heavy, at 1.2 pounds, but that's still
lighter than the 1.4 pounds for the full-size iPad. If you want light,
wait until early November for the large-size version of Amazon's Kindle
Fire HDX. It weighs just 0.83 pound.Samsung's tablet is also pricey - the $550 starting price tops the iPad's $499 and the Fire's $379. Of course, neither the iPad nor the Fire includes a stylus.
One more complaint: Although the tablet uses the latest version of Android, 4.3, it doesn't offer that system's feature of letting multiple people share a device with separate profiles.
With the Note, it's clear some of the functionality we've long associated with PCs is coming to devices we're just getting to know. There's more to be done, including support for multiple users, but I'm glad Samsung is leading us in that direction.
Nokia launched Asha 500, Asha 502 and Asha 503 in India
Nokia has expanded its Asha range of phones in India, and launched the Asha 500, Asha 502 and Asha 503 for the Indian market.The Nokia Asha 500 has been priced at Rs. 4,499 and will be available by the end of this month. The Asha 500 will come with free access to WhatsApp for Reliance subscribers for three months, after which the subscribers will be charged Rs. 17 per month for next nine months.
On the other hand, the Nokia Asha 502 is now available in India at Rs. 5,969 and it comes with 500MB of free 2G data usage for Idea subscribers for three months. The Nokia Asha 502 was listed earlier this week on the company's online store.
The Nokia Asha 503 has been priced at Rs. 6,799 and will be available in January 2014. The Nokia Asha 500, Asha 502 and Asha 503 phones are based on Nokia Asha Platform 1.1 and feature the updated Fastlane app, which was introduced in Asha 501, one-swipe access to camera app and one-touch sharing feature on WhatsApp.
The Finnish handset maker unveiled the Asha 500, Asha 502 and Asha 503 in October at Nokia World.
The Nokia Asha 500 comes with 2.8-inch QVGA display. The Asha 500 comes in dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) variant with Nokia's Easy Swap technology and also supports dual standby. It sports a 2-megapixel rear camera. The Asha 500 comes with 64MB RAM and supports expandable storage up to 32GB via microSD card. It packs a 1200mAh battery which can deliver up to 14 hours of talktime and up to 528 hours of standby time. It will be available in Bright Red, Black, White and Yellow colour variants.
The Nokia Asha 502 features a 3-inch LCD display with a resolution of 240x320 (QVGA) pixels. The Asha 502 also comes in dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) variant with Nokia's Easy Swap technology and also supports dual standby. Notably, the Asha 502 supports micro-SIM card instead of regular SIM size.
It comes with 1010mAh battery which can deliver up to 480 hours of standby time and up to 14 hours of talktime. It measures 99.6x 59.5x11.1mm and weighs 100 grams. The Nokia Asha 502 sports a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash. It comes with expandable storage support up to 32GB with the help of microSD card.
The Nokia Asha 503 features a 3-inch display and boasts of a Corning Gorilla Glass 2 protection. It sports a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash. Much like Asha 500 and Asha 502, the Asha 503 is also dual-SIM device (in India at least) with dual standby support. It comes with 64MB RAM and supports expandable storage up to 32GB via microSD card. The Asha 503 packs an 1110mAh battery which can deliver up to 12 hours of talktime and up to 480 hours of standby time.
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