Samsung Unveils Water-Resistant Galaxy S5, Leaked Mobiles And Prices

Samsung Unveils Water-Resistant Galaxy S5, Leaked Mobiles And Prices

Samsung on Tuesday announced the Galaxy S5, its new flagship Android smartphone with an Apple iPhone 5S-like biometric sensor button. The phone is dust and water-resistant, sports a faster camera and offers fitness-related features.The Galaxy S5, which was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, will be available in 150 countries, including India, on April 11. However, the company did not announce the price of the new smartphone.


Galaxy S5, Samsung is going back to basics to focus on delivering the capabilities that matter most to our consumers," said JK Shin, president and head of IT & mobile communications division at Samsung. "Galaxy S5 represents an iconic design with essential and useful features to focus on delivering the ultimate smartphone in the market today through people inspired innovation." Samsung launches flagship Galaxy phone every year after World Mobile Congress (MWC). But, this year, the company announced Galaxy S5 at the MWC because it wants to replace Galaxy S4 as soon as possible."Galaxy S5 users can further customize their experience with an enriched third party app ecosystem and the ability to pair with next-generation Gear products for real-time fitness coaching,"

Another highlight of the phone is a new iPhone-like fingerprint sensor integrated with the phone's home button. The finger scanner will offer a biometric screen-locking feature and mobile payment experience to consumers.The Galaxy S5 sports a 16MP rear camera and a 2.1MP front-facing camera. The rear camera is capable of capturing 4K video at 30 frames per second. Samsung claimed the Galaxy S5 offers the world's fastest auto-focus speed up to 0.3 seconds.The smartphone runs on Android 4.4.2 KitKat, the latest version of Google's mobile operating system. It is IP67 certified dust and water-resistant. The back panel of the phone sports a dimpled soft-touch cover, similar to the Nexus 7(2012) tablet.

SPECIFICATIONS:

It sports a slightly larger 5.1-inch Super AMOLED (1080 X 1920p) display which looks similar to that of the Galaxy S4.Powered by a 2.5GHz quad-core processor and 2GB RAM, the Galaxy S5 will come in 16GB and 32GB internal storage variants, which will be expandable up to 64GB through microSD card.

Sony Latest Leaked Mobiles And Its Features For Users

Sony Latest Leaked Mobiles And Its Features For Users

Sony today announced a slim, light and waterproof Android-based Xperia Z2 tablet and two new Xperia smartphones at the launch of Mobile World Congress here.
Sony today announced a slim, light and waterproof Android-based Xperia Z2 tablet and two new Xperia smartphones at the launch of Mobile World Congress here.
The 10.1-in. high-definition display tablet and the high-end Xperia Z2 smartphone, with a 5.2-in. display, will be available globally in March, while the Xperia M2 with a 4.8-in. display, will ship in April. Pricing was not announced, although Sony said the M2 will sell at a "mid-range" price to reach new buyers, such as those moving from feature phones to smartphones for the first time. The tablet and the Z2 run KitKat (Android 4.4), while the M2 runs Jelly Bean (Android 4.3).Sony's latest forays into mobile products are seen as an attempt at a rebirth for the 60-year-old Japanese electronics giant. Wearable devices are where Sony could do best, since the market is young. Sony ranks seventh in smartphones shipments globally with a 3.8% market share, according to research firm IDC. In tablets, Sony hasn't broken into the top 15 and holds less than 1% of the market, IDC said.

The Z2 tablet has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core processor that's designed to lessen drain on the large 6000 mAh battery. Sony promises up to 10 hours of multimedia use on a charge. There is also an 8.1-megapixel rear camera and a 2.2 megapixel front camera. Sony said it has the world's first digital noise-canceling technology built into the tablet, which can reduce ambient noise by 98% when paired with a separate noise canceling headset.
Sony's new Z2 smartphone, which is also waterproof, has similarities to the Xperia Z1, which sells for $600 unlocked. The Z2's 5.2-in. display and a 20.7-megapixel rear camera are slightly bigger than the Z1's 5-in. display and 20-megapixel camera. (Sony also sells a 6.4-in. display, Z Ultra, among its line of devices.

lower-cost Xperia M2 smartphone will run a Snapdragon 400 quad-core processor clocked at 1.2 GHz and will support 4G LTE. Its battery is rated at 2300 mAh. The rear camera is rated at 8 megapixels. Other specs weren't immediately available.

Blackberry Leaked Mobiles And Its Specifications

Blackberry Leaked Mobiles And Its Specifications

Blackberry company made the announcement on Tuesday, confirming that the Z3 is first set to go on sale in Indonesia in April this year and is set to cost less than $200. The 3G version of the device will then be offered more widely, with an LTE model planned for release at a later date BlackBerry’s recently appointed CEO John Chen has revealed that the company plans to launch two new smartphones this year in the form of the BlackBerry Z3 – codenamed ‘Jakarta’ – and the BlackBerry Q20

The second device announced today is the Qwerty-equipped BlackBerry Q20, a follow up to its Q10 device released previously. Chen said the aim of the Q20 was to “return productivity to the professional”. He also said the device will go on sale before the end of the calendar year.In pursuit of this, the company is integrating the ‘Menu’, ‘Back’, ‘Send’, ‘End’ buttons and trackpad to be “an integral part of the device and user interface, enabling fast, precise navigation and a natural workflow within and between apps”.In addition to announcing the two mid-range models, Chen did confirm that the company was working on new high-end devices too, but couldn’t share any details at this stage.

When quizzed over the possibility of the company introducing wearable devices,

Microsoft Is Kill The Nokia x Smart Phones?

Microsoft Is Kill The Nokia x Smart Phones?

 Microsoft kill the new Android-powered "Windows Phone" once its acquisition of Nokia is complete. So far, it seems Nokia's new phone has been granted a stay of execution. stating that while Microsoft loves the Microsoft services Nokia installed on the phone, "our primary smartphone strategy remains Windows Phone."Nokia, in fact, announced three phones at an event at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona: the Nokia X, X+, and XL. None of these actually use the Windows Phone OS, instead layering a Windows Phone-like UI over a tweaked version of the Android Open Source Project. The phones will be launched in "growth markets" next year, indicative of the success of the Asha lineup and the success that Nokia has had overseas selling Windows Phone. They're mostly like a Microsoft-powered Windows Phone based on a hands-on from Greenbot's Florence Ion.The key, however, is that what was apparently code-named the "Normandy" phone appears to use a mix of Microsoft cloud services, providing an on-ramp into Microsoft's ecosystem. Probably the most telling indication of Microsoft's support was its commitment to providing a year's worth of Skype’s Unlimited World Subscription to Nokia X phones sold into select markets: Brazil, Indonesia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey and Ukraine.Nokia and Microsoft remain separate companies, and both sides must operate under the worst-case assumption that an acquisition could blow up at the last minute, forcing the two companies to remain separate. But that doesn't mean the two companies haven't been in close contact. Stephen Elop, the former chief executive of Nokia, will run an expanded devices and services business when the Microsoft deal closes.

Nokia's new X phones will be directed at emerging markets, far from the critical eye of Wall Street and American tech journalists. That sort of freedom will buy them room to grow

Google Is Gone

Google Is Gone

Twenty years ago, they lacked the tools to expand outside of their niche markets. Today, the Internet opens a flourishing global market of consumers ready and willing to engage with businesses of any size. As Patrick Collison, co-founder of Stripe, once told me, the company’s largest customers may not even exist today. Anyone can turn a living room idea into the next Fortune 500 company.

Yet for all of the Internet’s opportunity, small business owners have never felt more overwhelmed. The demands placed on them are mammoth, from effective search engine marketing to online payments, logistics, customer support, and operations. Even today, much of their daily work is done with paper and pencil, even while the world transitions to mobile-first.  It’s little wonder that our nation’s small businesses face such tough odds.

That’s why I’m excited about the development of next-generation business platforms that provide small business owners with simple and beautiful tools to compete. We’re finally moving beyond byzantine processes and complicated workflows to mobile-enabled software centered on clarity and accessibility. As a consequence, we are slowlywitnessing the genesis of a “new economies of unscale,” in which small businesses aided by these platforms can suddenly defeat even the largest of corporations – and become household names.

We’ve seen this dynamic already in payments with Stripe and Square as well as in the back office with Xero and Expensify. I believe payroll is next for disruption, which is why I invested in ZenPayroll this past week. All of these startups are taking advantage of this new world, offering us a case study on how to leverage economies of unscale to give small businesses a decided marketplace advantage.

For those looking into the small to medium business space, there are three key lessons to focus on. The most prominent is that businesses are rapidly shifting to mobile. Small business owners are used to running their personal lives on Gmail and iCloud, yet when they arrive at work, they are forced to regress 20 years back to clunky desktop software (or worse). They expect the next wave of platforms to scale with their usage of mobile devices, and they are ready to adapt to new workflows.

Square has vigorously taken advantage of this shift, offering a product that not only replaces the legacy of cash registers, but also offers whole new options for small businesses. As anyone walking by the Ferry Building in San Francisco can attest, artists and photographers can now accept credit cards right at their tables. This not only increases convenience for customers, but it also allows these artists to track their sales and easily analyze their profits. In this mobile world, we suddenly have access to a point of sale anywhere, at anytime. And with Expensify mobile, web workers, freelancers and road warriors can now easily create expense reports by snapping pictures of receipts and submitting them on the go.

However, next-generation business platforms shouldn’t just clone ancient systems onto mobile devices. Instead, they must consider seizing the opportunity to expand the dialogue between technology and owners. For instance, we’ve learned a lot over the past few decades about what makes great companies work. The best startup founders understand that owners don’t have the time to consume all of that research, but instead bake those insights directly into the design of their products.

The second lesson then is that these new platforms are focused on the person, and surfacing the human relationships which underlie how we work. ZenPayroll was designed to place employees and employers as equals in the compensation discussion, inculcating a culture of trust within a company. Furthermore, it enables employees to dedicate part of their paycheck to a nonprofit organization. That not only makes contributing to charity easy, but it also encourages a culture of giving, which can have positive ramifications for company performance.

The final lesson is that new business platforms have to be open in order to be most effective.  Small and medium businesses hate walled-off data stores and complicated workflows. Given the diversity of small businesses, no service can possibly hope to serve everyone with their own product. Instead, developing platforms for others to build upon is crucial. Take the small business accounting service Xero, which offers dozens of “add-ons” on its platform in categories as diverse as inventory management, time tracking, point of sale, and eCommerce. Xero gets to leverage the efforts of these other developers, while simultaneously building up its core value to business owners.

Any one of the 28 million firms in America today could become a leading company using the economies of unscale created by these next-generation business platforms. Our work, though, is only partly finished. We need better platforms to handle worker training, recruiting, sales management, product development, intellectual property, customer service, and the list goes on. With more open platforms to grow upon, new companies can better grow quickly and sustainably, and that’s not just good for entrepreneurs, but for our nation.

Car Takers Likes Must And Should

Car Takers Likes Must And Should

 car is one of the most expensive things that people buy for themselves. It’s massive. It’s got a power supply that lasts for days… and yet, it’s one of the least “smart” devices in our lives. A three-year old tablet headed for the recycling bin puts the stock interface in most cars to shame.The operating systems are slow, and often bug-riddled. If there’s a touchscreen, it’s almost certainly a crappy, low-res screen using yesteryear’s touch technology.Over the last few years, touchscreens have become fairly standard in many new, mid-range lines. Which is great! The problem? Manufacturers didn’t really go about it right. Rather than seizing the opportunity to design something entirely new around touch, they just took all of the physical, oh-so-pressable buttons they once splayed across the dash and crammed them onto a touchscreen. Haptics? Sensible, spatial design? Whatever, we’ve got a touchscreen! Shiny.

Actions that once required but a pinch of muscle memory (like, say, changing the station) now require you to take your eyes off the road entirely, lest you blindly jam your finger into the wrong button in that flat sea of glass.

Voice control is a strong contender here — perhaps more so than in any other space, really. But that’s yet another place where cars are lagging. As Google’s voice recognition approaches an almost terrifyingly accurate level, I’m still finding myself angrily shouting at my 2014 model car while it fails to figure out which of six possible commands I’m saying.

Thankfully, both Apple and Google have realized the massive space to be won here, and are actively working to take the manufacturers and their terrible design work out of the mix. It won’t happen overnight — but in just a few years, interacting with our cars should be a whole lot less awful.

But we need more of this. We need more smart people thinking about how we interact with our cars, especially as touchscreens become more and more common. When we’re steering what is essentially a 2-ton metal missile down the street, skipping to the next song shouldn’t be a dangerous decision.
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Samsung’s 8-Inch Galaxy Note Tablet Releasing

Samsung’s 8-Inch Galaxy Note Tablet Releasing

Sony has just announced its attractive new Tablet Z, and it seems that Samsung really does have another Note tab up its sleeves Samsung Mobile chief JK Shin has confirmed that the company’s rumored8-inch Galaxy Note tablet will indeed be making an appearance at Mobile WorldAt this point there’s still no official word on what kind of internals we can expect from the 8-inch version, but that hasn’t kept the rumor mill from churning as it always does. Should you believe the reports floating around out there, the new Note tablet could ship with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, 2GB of RAM, a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 1.3 megapixel front-facer. Curiously, there’s been very little chatter about what sort of processor will drive this package, but it shouldn’t be long before all those details are made available for us to chew on more thoughtfully.

That report also goes on to say that people shouldn’t expect to see Samsung’s oft-rumored Galaxy S IV on display in Barcelona, which isn’t exactly a shocker considering Samsung’s recent track record. The Korean consumer electronics giant showed off the10.1-inch Galaxy Note tablet last year in lieu of any flagship smartphones at MWC last year (though the team ultimately went back to the drawing board for a few months before actually releasing the thing), and saved its Galaxy S III for a lavish spectacle in London later in the year. I wouldn’t expect Samsung to buck that trend any time soon, but that’s just fine by me — if some persistent murmurs are any indication, the GSIV will make for a hell of show once the time is right.

 Note concept (and its string of recent software updates haven’t hurt either). That said, scaling down that S-Pen-friendly display to a more portable 8 inches is a smart (if not unexpected) move, and could help Samsung fight back not only against Apple’s iPad mini, but popular devices like the Nexus 7 as well.