Nokia Lumia 800 Full complete review | Nokia Lumia 800 features specifications and Nokia Lumia 800 price in india





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What happens when you add a little Microsoft to the once world's largest mobile manufacturer? You get the Nokia Lumia line of smartphones. And the Lumia 800 is the first of them to show itself to the world. The 800 has been in the market for quite some time. Released in the 4th quarter of 2011, it has been selling across the world (not exactly, not in all regions) for over six months.

The Lumia 800 is a marvelous piece of work. The build, borrowed from its Meego running cousin, the N9, is fantastic. The polycarbonate unibody is a beauty. In the world of rectangular, similar looking droids, this dude does differentiate itself. Hardware-wise at least.

On the software side, this baby runs on WP7 with Mango update, aka WP7.5. There is hardly anything that Nokia could do to give it a stand-out personality. Microsoft demands that no hardware manufacturer can make any changes to the software, so that fragmentation, a major problem with Android could be avoided, and a uniform User Interface exists across devices of all manufacturers.

There have been recent announcements that current Windows Phone (WP7) devices will not get updated to Windows Phone 8. Instead they will be given all the visual and functional changes with Windows Phone 7.8. This definitely will be a cause for slowing down of sales for the Lumia line, and thereby Nokia devices as a whole.

Design:

Design has always been one of Nokia's greatest strengths. It never has been afraid to experiment with various form factors and come up with beautiful designs. The body of the 800, actually borrowed from the N9, is one such design. It stands out in a crowd. It is unique, distinctive, appealing.

Calling it a cousin of the N9 would not be fair. It is a twin. Both the phones have the same dimensions, 116.5 mm tall, 61 mm wide and 12 mm thick. Even though not too hefty, the 800 weighs a good 142 grams.

The polycarbonate body looks strong and attractive. Though we have not tested it, the plastic itself is coloured, as opposed to painted. Scratching or dinting the body will not reveal a inner body of another colour, so no fear in letting your phone fall down once or twice.


The 3.7 inch screen covers a good portion of the front, as with any touch phone. The screen is protected by gorilla glass layer to prevent the LED screen from getting scratched. Below the screen are the trio of capacitative keys: back key, Windows key and search key.

At the rear is the 8 mpix snapper, which takes some quality snaps.

On the right side, as expected, lies the lock key. The volume rocker is placed a few centimeters above the lock key. Towards the bottom is the two stage camera key

Display:

The screen is a 3.7 inch, AMOLED display with WVGA resolution. ie., 480 by 800 pixels. The pixel density is 250 pixels per inch, which seems reasonable enough for an upper mid end smartphone.

As with many other mid end smartphones employing the LED technology, the display has pentile matrix arrangement of pixels. A pentile display has RGBG arrangement of pixels, contrasted to the traditional style RGBRGB. This reduces the total number of subpixels by a factor of one third. The screen is still impressive, great colours and viewing angles. The sunlight performance is excellent thanks to Nokia's Clear Back Display technology, which minimizes reflections using polarization layer. The display remains perfectly visible even in the brightest sunlight.

The WP UI:

The Windows Phone User Interface is virtually the same on all WP devices. Expect no change with the 800. It uses the WP standard Metro UI without any real changes.

Pressing the lock key brings up the lockscreen, which shows the time, date, events and notifications(msgs, missed calls). To unlock the device, you have to push the lockscreen up. It brings the Start Screen to the view.

The Start screen comprises of live tiles. The tiles are arranged in a vertical grid. Each live tile shows some info about something. All the important notifications and details/news/social updates are made available at the Start screen by these tiles. There can be unlimited number of tiles in the Start page and you can add as many tiles as you want. A tile can be allocated to a person, and some apps also provide tiles for quick access.

Pressing the windows key, or swiping from right to left on the tiles UI, brings up the application list. It is a vertical list of apps arranged in alphabetical order. He vertical list may be slightly inconvenient for an iPhone user or Android user accustomed to pagewise layout of apps. But getting used to it is not hard. An app can be 'pinned' to the start screen by press-holding it, and clicking 'pin to start menu'. There is an option to search for an app within the list, accessed by pressing the search key below the screen or the on-screen search icon. The keyboard pops up and inputting a few letters is enough to get the app.

WP Mango supports rudimentary multitasking, apps in the background are suspended. They are frozen, to say. Switching between the apps is achieved by press holding the 'back' key. This brings up the task switcher, which is a horizontally swipe able list of screenshots of the frozen apps. There is absolutely no way of ending an app other than opening new apps which force the older apps to close. Apps that require to be active even in background, say a download or music streaming, are allowed to do so using 'live agents' hence no worry of your downloads getting stopped when you play a game..

The whole UI is smooth, fluid and quick. Pretty transitions and animations make navigating through the phone a very nice and pleasant experience.

Core Apps:

All basic functions of a phone are well covered. There is the People Hub shows all the contacts you have. Phone numbers, email contacts, social network friends. Contacts are arranged alphabetically, as it is expected. There is a facility to search a contact too.

Swiping across brings the next tab. What's new. It brings all the latest news from your social networks. Still another tab is 'Recent Contacts', which is a list of recently contacted people.

There is a Me card from which you can set your FB status and so on..



The dialer app is simple and easy to use, but lacks smart dialing. There are only call and save options in the dialer.

An incoming call shows a photo screen, sliding which reveals the answer key.

Messaging is handled by a hub of its own. It integrates text msgs, instant msgs, social msgs within the same hub. The whole setup is simple and quite easy to use. Needless to say, threaded conversation is the way to go, and it is implemented well. Swiping opens the 'online' tab showing your social contacts who are online.

Camera:

The 8 mpix camera on the phone shoots in two ways, 4:3 and 16:9. The camera has autofocus, f/2.2 camera lens, and most of all Carl Zeiss branding as with most above mid end Nokia cameraphones. The unit is the same as the one in N9.

Specs aside, the snapper does a good job in taking good pics. Pics are good enough for most purposes. Not upto the N8 or iPhone standards, but better than most of the phones out there.

WP does not support full HD (1080p) video recording. Naturally neither does this Lumia. It does shoot 720p vedios at 30 frames per second, and the quality is stunning. The audio quality is not the best around, but still appreciable.

Final Words:

The Nokia Lumia 800 is not the ultimate smartphone. Nokia still has work to do. A lot of work. Its bigger brother, the 900 betters it with a larger screen and non pentile display. But otherwise it is one and the same.

The 800 definitely is not getting updated WP8. Instead it will be given some of the cool features from it in the form of WP 7.8, like the updated homescreen with resizable tiles. This may be a consolation for current 800 owners.

Competing droids at this price range have better features like dual core processors. But the software is so fast and optimized on the single core that it feels faster and smoother than most dual core competitors out there, save the iPhone 4s.

If you ask me, is this phone worth buying, spending your money on, there can be no definite answer. It is a good phone, will cater to all your needs. The Windows Marketplace is growing fast and there are apps for anything you would want. But the fact that WP8 will be coming soon and your new 800 won't be getting it is quite saddening. As a phone, and as of now, the 800 is a very good smartphone. If you very urgently need a smartphone, and a good one with good software support, then 800 is the way to go.

ACi worlds cheapest Laptop for 4999 RS | price in india | Details and features and specification


Source : The Hindu

ACi, a laptop specialist brand from the U.K., on Wednesday, unveiled the lowest-priced and fully-functional laptop computer for the Indian market.

The ACi Icon 1100 is a fully-functional high resolution 10.2-inch screen laptop computer priced at Rs.4,999.

ACi is represented in India by Allied Computers International (Asia) Ltd., which will market the products here and is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange.

Speaking to The Hindu, Hirji Patel, Chairman, Allied Computers International (Asia), said, “The ACi ICON 1100 is the lowest-priced fully-functional laptop in India. It is Windows-compatible with an expandable memory up to 1 GB.”

The low-priced product is among a range of seven products that the company unveiled on Wednesday and the other products are mid-to-high-end laptops.

On the company’s ability to sell the product at such a low cost, Mr. Patel said, “as is the case with most of these products across the globe, component sourcing as well as manufacturing is done from the Far East, and our margins are very thin.”

Mr. Patel said the company expected to sell 2 lakh units of the ACi Icon in a year.

“That is a conservative estimate, and we may sell that many this calendar year itself. We are planning to launch the ‘model B’ of the base model ACi Icon here in the next two or three months,” Mr. Patel said.

The company has an existing dealership of 200 . “In the next two months, we want to add around 500 more dealerships across India,” he said.

Point out that some state governments were offering cheap, functional laptops for students, Mr. Patel said his company was already in talks with “a couple of state governments.” A U.K.-based non-resident Indian, Mr. Patel established the ACi brand there in 1992 and ACi introduced its first custom-designed ACi NotePro in India in 1993. He has since introduced several laptops in India, usually at a steep discount to competing products.


Specifications

  • CPU: VIA CPU
  • Display: 10.2” LED (1024 x 768 resolution)
  • Memory: 512MB expandable to 1.0GB RAM
  • Storage: 4GB expandable to 32GB
  • Sound System: High Definition Audio
  • I/O Port: 3 USB 2.0
  • Communication: 10/100 Ethernet Adaptor, Wireless Adaptor, 3G Ready (Optional)
  • Card Reader: 1 Push Card Reader, MMC / SD
  • Imaging Device: Web Cam
  • Dimension: 11.0(W) x 7.25 (D) 1.0 (H)
  • Weight: 0.7Kg with Battery

Google debuts Nexus 7 Android 4.1 tablet,Release date and specifications



Google has announced their brand new tablet nexus 7 , Which was built by asus based on Nvidia’s Kai platform.Nexus 7 is a 7-inch device powered by a quad-core Tegra 3 processor clocked at 1.3GHz. The device sports an IPS LCD display with a 1280 x 800 resolution, 1GB of RAM, 8GB or 16GB of internal storage, and a front facing 1.2MP camera.

Nexus 7 will run Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The Nexus 7 tablet will cost $199 for the 8GB version and $249 for the 16GB version. It will be initially available from the Play Store in the US, Canada, UK, and Australia.



Google Nexus 7 Specification


System Informations

  • Operating System : Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
  • Display : 7-inch LED-backlit IPS capacitive touchscreen,
  • Chipset and Processor : Nvidia Tegra 3 with Quad-core 1.3 GHz processor
  • GPU : 12 core ultra-low voltage nVidia GeForce GPU
  • Dimensions : 198.5x120x10.5 mm
  • Memory : 1GB RAM

Connectivity

  • Wireless LAN Wi-Fi
  • Bluetooth v4.0
  • microUSB v2.0

Other Features

  • Camera : 1.2 MP (front) , HD video calling
  • Sensors : Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
  • GPS Navigation
  • Video Player : MP4,DivX,Xvid,H.264,H.263,WMV
  • Music Player : MP3,WAV,eAAC+,WMA
  • Battery : Li-Ion 4325 mAh with almost 8 hours of talk time

Google Nexus 7 price in india :: 15000 Rs ( Not yet available in india)

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Microsoft Surface Windows RT Full review specification and price in india



Review : Microsoft has launched brand new tablets working on windows platform, Microsoft surface runs on windows RT OS. This comes with 32 and 64 Gb versions where as other vrsion comes with windows 8 pro OS and has memory of 64 and 128 GB, Thus by comparing the price and features we recommend both the tablets , as they are good and doesn't differ much in price


Microsoft Surface Windows RT specification and features

  • Operating Ststem : Windows RT
  • Dimension and weight : 9.3 mm Thick and 676 g weight
  • Power consumption : 31.5 W-h (approx)
  • Connectivity : microSD, USB 2.0, Micro HD Video, 2×2 MIMO antennae
  • Apps : Office ’15′ Apps, Touch Cover, Type Cover
  • Internal Storage : 32/64 GB Versions
Price in india : 30000 Rs


Microsoft Surface Tablet with Windows Pro


  • Operating Ststem : Windows 8 Pro
  • Dimension and weight : 13.5 mm Thick and 903 g weight
  • Power consumption : 42 W-h (approx)
  • Connectivity : microSD, USB 2.0, Micro HD Video, 2×2 MIMO antennae
  • Apps : Office ’15′ Apps, Touch Cover, Type Cover
  • Internal Storage : 64/128 GB Versions


Price in india : 35000 Rs

Please do leave your comment , If any queries do contact us or use forum which has been resently been opened

LAVA Xolo X900 full review and specification with price in india

The first phone to run Intel's new Medfield platform, the Xolo X900 has quite a task at hand. To show the world that Intel's x86 processors can compare to ARM processors in both power efficiency and performance,,, power efficiency being x86 platform's main weakness.
Intel's processors have always been leading the way in performance. So we do expect the xolo to be extremely fast in all phone activities. And our first impressions with the phone agree.. The phone interface is fast, swift, and fluid.



Despite having single core processor, the xolo x900 beats most dual core competitor in many benchmarks tests.. This is attributed to intel's hyperthreading technology, which allows more than one task to be handled by the core at one time. Web benchmarks are also in favour of the x900.

Built according to Intel's reference , the xolo has a beautiful, (but rare 1024 by 600 pixels) 4 inch LCD display.. The aspect ratio is non standard in today's world, but can't deny the possibility of it becoming a standard.. Afterall, the phone is designed as per Intel's guidelines.
The display looks good enough, bright, good sunlight visibility.. But viewing angles are not very wide.
Gorilla glass protection provides guarentee against scratches and marks. Not having it would have only been a surprise, for gorrilla glass covering is becoming an industry standard for anything above the lower mid end.
The 8 megapixel snapper at the back, despite the high resolution, takes not-upto the mark photos. Not expecting N8 class photos from this baby, but it refuses to take any pretty shots..

The most important thing to observe while checking out a 'different' phone is app compitability. Most android apps are okay with the xolo. Since they run on java dalvik virtual machune
However some of the games that use ARM specific libraries, do not on the phone. The abnormal resolution does not help either.
It can be hoped that developers will care to port their apps to the new system..

Battery life is the most crucial factor in the smartphone race. x86 processors have always been kept away from the embedded device markets for their heavy electricity consumption. Intel claims that the new medfield platform is battery friendly. The x900 claims to deliver 14 days standby on a single full charge. Tests show that ultra heavy usage can give 5 hours approx lifetime on a single charge. It is definitely not the best, but okay enough for a higher mid end phone with 1450 mAh battery.


Full Features and specification

  • Operating System : Android v2.3 OS , upgrade-able to v4.0 (ICS)
  • Processor : 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor , Intel Hyper threading technology
  • Graphics : 400MHz Graphics Clock with dual channel memory , 3D Gaming experience
  • Memory : 1GB RAM
  • 4-inch capacitive touchscreen display , 1024×600 pixels resolution , Corning Gorilla Glass
  • Sensors : Accelerometer , Gyroscope , Magnetometer , Ambient light sensor , Proximity sensor
  • Camera :
  • Rear : 8MP with flash , Full HD video recording ,Optimized for low light conditions , fast shooting Burst Mode – 10 photos in a second , LED flash ,Auto focus
  • Front 1.3MP , Video calling
  • HDMI output 1.3a - connect to HDTV
  • Dual speakers for enhanced audio experience
  • NFC support : 13.56 MHz
  • High speed 3G HSPA+ , up to 21 Mbps
  • Internal storage : 16GB
  • Video Player : Full HD 1080p@30fps , MPEG4, 3GPP, WMC, H.264, VP8
  • Audio Player : MP3, MIDI, WAV, WMA, 3GPP
  • Dual Speakers (0.3 W each) , Dual mic. , Noise Cancellation
  • Bluetooth v2.1
  • Wireless LAN WiFi
  • 3G : Download speed up to 21 Mbps and upload speed up to 5.7 Mbps
  • Android Market access
  • GPS Navigation , Google maps
  • microUSB
  • Dimensions : 123x63x10.99
  • Battery : 1460 mAh Li-Ion
  • Talk time : up to 15.5 hours (2G) , up to 7.8 hours (3G)
  • Music playback time : up to 43.9 hours
  • Video playback time : up to 6 hours
  • Standby time : up to 14 days

Lava XOLO X900 Price in US Dollars is approximately $200 and in India it is Rs.22,000

Karbonn A9 Full review and specification | price in india


Review : Karbonn A9 is a newly launched smartphone from karbonn,it has a good 3.8 inch capacitive touch screen,along with 1Ghz processor and comes with 512 Mb of RAm, and 1GB internal storage, The device is good enough, for its price range , It has 3G support and Gps, Its a dual sim phone,This might have competition from micromax a52 which comes almost around same configuration but 6000 Rs in the market

Karbonn A9 Features and specifications

  • 3.8-inch (9.7 cms) capacitive touchscreen display
  • Display also supports Pinch to Zoom
  • Screen resolution of karbonn a9 is 480 x 800 (WVGA) pixels
  • Runs on Android v2.3 (Gingerbread) OS
  • Powered by 1 GHz processor
  • 1 GB of internal storage and 512 MB RAM
  • Supports microSD of up to 32 GB
  • Accelerometer, Proximity Sensor, Light Sensor, 3D G-Sensor are included
  • 5 megapixels main HD camera
  • Camera resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels
  • Front facing camera for video callings
  • Auto focus, flash light, panoramic shots
  • 3.5 mm Audio Jack
  • Multi format music and video player
  • Video formats: MP4, H.263, H.264, 3GP, AVI
  • Music formats: MP3, MIDI, WAV, AMR, AAC, AAC+
  • Image formats: JPEG, JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG
  • FM radio
  • Dual SIM (GSM + GSM) support
  • GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz GSM 900, 1800 operating frequency
  • GPRS and Edge support
  • 3G support with HSDPA up to 7.2 Mbps
  • WiFi 802.11 b/g/n connectivity, Wi-fi Hotspot
  • Uses USB 2.0 interface
  • GPS with A-GPS & Google Maps
  • Bluetooth technology
  • Email and WAP 2.0 browser
  • MMS enabled, voice input
  • Handwriting recognition
  • Voice Assisted GPS
  • Live Motion Wallpapers
  • Gmail, YouTube, Google Search, Google Play, Google Talk
  • Skype, Facebook, Picasa, Twitter, Flickr, MSN, Yahoo, Yahoo Messenger, WhatsApp
  • Bright Torch Light
  • 1600 mAh battery


Karbonn A9 Price in India: Rs. 9,000/- (approximately)

IDEA Cellular Launches ID 918 price in india Review and specifiction


Idea has announced the launch of new android powered Dual SIM (GSM + GSM) 3G smartphone Idea ID 918 for Rs.5994.The 3G data i included with the phone.

IDEA ID 918 smart phone is manufactured by Alcatel, and runs on Android 2.3 – Gingerbread OS.
The internal memory is 150 MB,expandable up to 32Gb via a microSD card. It has RAM of 512MB.Display is 3.2 inch WVGA resolution (800×480 pixels) capacitive touchscreen (multi touch)and 3.2 Mega Pixel Camera.

As all the other android smart phone IDEA ID 918 supports Geo-tagging, GPS Navigator software, FM radio and MP3 Player, WiFi, Bluetooth, Social Media Apps such as Facebook, Twitter, Orkut, and pre-loaded Google and Youtube.The handset devices can operate as mobile phone, mini-computer, and also acts as a Wi-Fi router.These features are available in almost all smartphones



Idea id 918 Dual SIM 3G Smartphone Specification and features

General

2G Network : GSM 850/900/1800/1900 3G Network :HSDPA 2100/850, DL 7.2Mbps/UL 5.76Mbps

Memory

Phonebook : Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photo callCall Records : Practically unlimitedInternal : 150 MB storage, 512 MB RAM, 512 MB ROMCard Slot :Expandable upto 32GB; 2GB memory card included

Display

Type :TFT, 262k colorsSize : 480 x 800 pixels, 3.2 inchesFeatures : Capacitive, G sensor, Proximity sensor

Data/Connectivity

GPRS / EDGE -Class 12 WLAN,USB v2.0 micro USBBluetooth3G : HSDPA DL 7.2 Mbps; UL 384kbps

Sound

Alert Type :Vibration; MP3, MP4, midi ringtones Loudspeaker and 3.5mm jack

Camera

Primary : 3.2 MP, 2048X1536 pixelsVideo: VGA

Secondary : Not Available

Battery

Standard battery, Li-Ion 1300 mAhStand by time : Up to 200 hours , Talk Time :Up to 4 hours



Price in india : 6000 Rs

This price is almost same as micromax a52 which has 1ghz processor