Technology Buzz of July

Facebook Messenger

Facebook forces users to download its only messenger app. Facebook has given users one week time to download its standalone messenger app. They are about to remove chat from their main app and shift everything to its messenger.

Apple MacBook Pro Retina 

According to rumors, Apple to release its updated Retina MacBook Pro today (07/29/14). According to an image leaked it features 16 GB RAM, 1 TB Hard Drive. Official pricing and release date are not clearly available.

ASUS ZenFone

ASUS releases its incredible ZenFone 4,5 and 6. Get to know about it here --> ASUS - ZenFone.

Karbonn A50s

Karbonn A50s, £26 phone can cause worry to Apple and Samsung. Officially it is only on sale in India but Britons can buy it online and get it shipped to the UK for a small charge, and because of its cheapness it attracts no duty charges. You get 512 MB RAM and SDcard support up to 32 GB.

Imoji app

A new app let you turn your selfies and other images into text-able emojis. An app called Imoji allow users to turn a pic into emoji. One can edit its background also. Users can also choose to make a sticker private or allow others to use it by making it public.


Sources : Google News

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ASUS Incredible Zenfone 4, 5 and 6

Asus introduce Zenfone 4,5 and 6, all of which are truely flagship phone and they have taken the market by storm. All the phones are simply built with some awesome camera features addition to the new ZenUI.

DESIGN

All the 3 phones are well built with mostly plastic body. All the phones share the same design philosophy. The design with simple but beautiful. The phones comprises fairly large bezels which is quiet not so attractive. Overall the phone is fairly good-looking. Zenfone 4, 5 and 6 weighs 115g, 145g and 196g respectively.

HARDWARE

Zenfone 4 comes with Intel Atom Z2520 Dual-Core 1.2 GHz Processor, Zenfone 5 with Intel Atom Multi-Core Z2560/Z2580 Dual Core 1.6/2.0 GHz Processor featuring Hyper-Threading Technology and Zenfone 6 with Intel Atom Z2580 Dual Core 2.0 GHz Processor. Zenfone comes with 1 GB RAM, whereas both Zenfone 5 and 6 comes with 2 GB RAM. Zenfone 4,5 and 6 comes with 1200/1600, 2110 and 3300 mAh battery respectively. Zenfone 4 comes with 8GB internal storage, Zenfone 5 comes in two variants of 8/16 GB internal storage and Zenfone 6 in three variants of 8/16/32 GB internal storage.All the phones have 64 GB MicroSD Card slot.

SOFTWARE

All the phones come with Android OS 4.3, Jelly Bean but are upgradable to KITKAT OS. The major flagship of the phone is its ZENUI. This new UI is innovative, simple, elegant and beautiful. It features some interesting things like DO IT LATER, What's Next, Zen Link and some more. The UI is awesome and I actually love it.

CAMERA

The flagship of the phone is its camera. The camera of all the phones are capable of taking breathe taking photos. Zenfone 4 comes with 5 MP camera, 5 with 8 MP camera and 6 with 13 MP camera. All camera comes the PixelMaster feature, which is awesomely built by ASUS. It is brilliantly developed by Asus which delivers incredible images. It possesses Low Light Picture Mode, Time Rewind Mode (which is an awesome feature), Image Stabilizer, Selfie Mode (for all those who are addicted to selfies), Panorama, Depth of Field, Clear Zoom, Always in Focus, All Smile, Smart Remove. It also have effects like Beautification, GIF Animation and much more. The camera of the Zenfone is undoubtedly Incredible. 

Verdict

The Zenfones are serious contenders.ASUS has done well with all the phones and has come out with real winners. They are also doing well with the phone promotions. The phones are simply build and are not to hard to handle. ZENUI is easy to operate. Camera is just awesomely incredible.

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The Nokia 3310 Classic to get a makeover..

The Nokia 3310, as you know one of the most successful phones is getting a modern makeover. Its very alluring that 3310 model is getting a 41 MP PureView camera with Zeiss Optics Xenon Flash and has a same design as the original one.
When it was originally released in the year 2000, over 125 million units were sold.
Well coming to its design, there are three 'soft touch' navigation keys, one of them features Windows phone Home button which will take you straight back to start screen. Nokia 3310 PureView will come in classic metallic blue color with red, yellow, green and blue.

Specifications 

Dimension - 113×48×22 mm
Weight - 133 g

Display Size, Resolution - 3 inch 'Clear Diamond', WXGA (1280×768)

Display Features - Nokia Glance screen, Sunlight readability enhancements, Corning Gorilla Glass 3, Pure Motion HD+, Sculpted Glass
Sensors - Ambient light sensor, Accelerometer, Proximity sensor, Barometer 

Battery - 1430 mAh, 3.7 V, removable battery 

Processor - 1.5 GHz Dual-core

RAM - 2 GB

Camera :

Primary Camera - 41 MP, PureView (Auto Focus)

Camera focal length, minimum focus range - 26mm, 15cm

Flash type - Xenon Flash

Primary Camera features - 6-lens optics, Backside-illuminated image sensor, High resolution zoom 3x, Optical image stabilization
Camera Video resolution - 1080p (30 fps)

A side-mounted MicroSD card slot offers additional storage expansion. This classic phone remake comes with four pre-installed applications - Snake II, Pairs II, Space Impact and Bantumi (a currency convertor) . 

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LG first smartwatch, LG G Watch

LG announced it LG G Watch on March 18, 2014 to have some marketshare of smartwatches. The watch was introduced to give some competition to Samsung Gear.

LG G WATCH SPECS

OS - Android

Screen Size - 1.65 inches

Screen Resolution - 280 x 280

CPU - 1.2 GHz

RAM - 512 MB

Bluetooth - 4.0

Storage - Internal Storage, 4GB

Screen Type - Capacitive 

Battery - 400 mAh

Weight - 63g

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