NOKIA LUMIA 610

Nokia introduces lumia 610 with Microsoft OS Windows Mobile 7.5 (Mango). The phone comes with Xbox live access and also has Nokia maps. Currently this is the cheapest Windows mobile available in the market. It comes with a 3.7” TFT capacitive touch screen and has a 5 MP camera with LED flash.However it does not have a front camera. It has 8 GB internal memory but it cannot be expanded.Another problem with the lumia 610 is its RAM which is only 256 MB. So many apps are not compatible in this phone. The user interface is similar o all Windows phones but sometimes small lagging occurs which may be due to the low RAM. It has a great build quality and looks very stylish indeed. Another favoring factor is the 1300mAh battery which helps us to use the phone whole day with solid 3G connection or whatever. Social networking experience is awesome like all other Windows phones. The main disadvantage is the incompatibility of many great apps due to its low RAM. Anyway lumia 610 is a great Windows phone and a cheap one which attracts low budget customers.

SPECIFICATIONS:
*  Windows Mobile 7.5 (Mango) OS
*  800 MHz single core processor
*  256 MB RAM
*  3.7” display
*  480 x 800 screen resolution
*  8 GB internal memory (No micro SD slot)
*  1300 mAh battery
*  5 MP rear camera with LED flash, No front camera
*  Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, 3G, micro USB
*  Sensors: Accelerometer, compass
*  Colours: White, Cyan, Magenta, Black

         Lumia 610 is a great addition to the Windows Mobile series. It has good value for money we spend. The main attraction is its price tag which is great for a Windows Mobile. It also looks very nice and is solidly built. Battery is also capable of doing a great job. The social networking integration is awesome like all other Windows Mobiles. However Nokia has compromised many things to reduce this mobile’s price. 256 MB RAM is the main problem. Many great apps like Skype cannot run in lumia 610 and it can be sluggish sometimes too. The absence of SD card slot also hurts users as well. Once you download maps for navigation purposes you will realize the space eaten up by it and thus many apps cannot be maintained in the mobile. Overall this is good deal and no alternatives can be found for this phone at similar price. However it has made several sacrifices to reduce its price. So if you can stretch your budget to a small extent then you will get better. Anyway as a low budget phone this comes recommended.

MICROMAX FUNBOOK

        Micromax funtab is one of the cheapest tablets available in the market. It runs on android ics and has 1.2 GHz processor. It has very good specs considering its price. Like all low budget tablets its body is plastic built and its screen is a bit disappointing. It also has hardware buttons which was not actually needed since it runs on android 4.0. It has the capability to play 1080p videos and its pretty smooth. Anyway for a low budget tablet Micromax funbook looks pretty nice.

SPECIFICATIONS:

*  Android 4.0 icecream sandwich OS
*  1.2 GHz cortex A8 processor
*  512 MB RAM
*  Dual Mali -400 2D/3D GPU for Multimedia Processing
*  7” display
*  800 x 480 screen resolution
*  4 GB internal memory and expandable upto 32 GB
*  Camera: 0.3 MP front and no rear camera
*  2800 mAh battery
*  Mini USB, HDMI ports
*  Wi-Fi, 3G via USB dongle
*  Sensors: Gravity sensor, Accelerator sensor
*  Preloaded apps: Read/edit any docs on the go, zip files, text editor, Adobe PDF, Adobe Flash, Youtube…

PROS:
*  Low price
*  Can play 1080p videos
*  Has HDMI port
*  Very slim design
*  Has a good processor

CONS:
*  Touch screen performance is not good
*  Screen is susceptible to glare
*  Poor user experience

         Micromax funbook is a good buy considering its price tag. It has android 4.0, 1.2GHz processor and can also play 1080p videos which are pretty good in this range. But its screen is of sub standard and you will not have a good time using it. But for anyone who is looking for a new tablet at a very low budget this can be considered.

SAMSUNG GALAXY S3

Samsung galaxy s3 with quad core 1.4GHz processor, super AMOLED 4.8” HD screen and android 4.0 icecream sandwich OS has been launched recently. It will certainly be one of the big sellers of the year. It claims nearly 10 million preorders even before its launch. This phone which is said to be inspired by nature comes in 2 colours, marble white and pebble blue. It feels very lightweight in our hands due its plastic built body. However it doesn’t feels like cheap phones. It is 3grams heavier than HTC One X. All buttons are placed in a very convenient manner. It has 64 GB internal memory and can be still upgraded to another 64 GB using micro SD! Those who are fond of HD movies and apps will surely love this. It also comes with Bluetooth 4.0 and NFC technology. Samsung galaxy s3 also boasts of S Voice which is similar to Siri in iphone. The home screen also comes with all new features of customization. It is really inspired by nature. Samsung has also come with a new eye tracking idea called Smart Stay. It tracks your eyes and dims the light of the screen when you are not looking in the screen. It’s definitely a good way to save battery. Overall Samsung has really made winner.

SPECIFICATIONS:

*  Android 4.0 icecream sandwich OS
*  Quad core 1.4 GHz Cortex A9 processor
*  1 GB RAM
*  4.8” display
*  720 x 1280 super AMOLED screen
*  Corning Gorilla glass 2, TouchWiz UI 4.0
*  64 GB internal memory, expandable upto 64 GB
*  2100 mAh battery
*  Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, micro USB 2.0, 3G, 4G LTE, GPS
*  Camera: 8 MP rear with LED flash and 1.9 MP front
*  Sensors: Accelerometer, gyro, RGB sensor, proximity, compass, barometer
*  S Voice, S Beam, Smart Stay technologies

          Samsung galaxy s3 is a very nice phone with a lot of features stuffed in. But the decision between iphone and s3 must be made by you itself according to your priorities. Each phone has its own advantages and disadvantages. S Voice in s3 is not so optimized. It has a superb screen and its quad core processor’s performance is awesome. All these together with the latest android 4.0 bring a feast to the user. If you are interested in a light weight phone with a big screen and superb performance (and also if you can afford it) then you can definitely go for Samsung galaxy S3.

India leads world in junk Emails

According to Internet security firm Sophos,India overtook United States to become the world's top global contributor of junk messages.The findings were revealed in Sophos' 'Dirty Dozen', spam-relaying countries' report for the first quarter of 2012,released on April 23,2012. India with 100 million Internet users, has the third highest Internet users after the United States and China.

Samsung overtakes Nokia as World's biggest mobile phone maker.

Samsung Electronics ended Finnish phone maker Nokia's 14-year leadership of global mobile phone market in the first quarter of the year, the result in which which were announced on April 27,2012, outselling the struggling handset maker for the first time ever.Samsung sold 88 million cell phones in January through March, surpassing the 83 million, which Nokia sold in the quarter.

THE NEW IPAD

       The new ipad comes with a crystal crisp retina display which no other device have in the entire earth and its A5X processor brings quad core graphics. With a good camera, 4G LTE connectivity this is now considered the best tablet in the market. Once you get a look at the retina display of the new ipad then you cannot get back to any others! But 4G LTE version is a little overpriced. The new ipad has also become thicker than ipad2 and has also gained extra go grams.

SPECIFICATIONS:

*  Apple iOS 5.1 OS

*  Apple A5X dual core 1 GHz processor
*  1 GB RAM
*  9.7” display with IPS technology
*  2048 x 1536 screen resolution (retina display)
*  16,32,64 GB internal memories
*  5 MP rear camera, VGA front camera, HD video recording
*  Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 (4G for higher end models)
*  42.5 Wh battery
*  Sensors: Gyroscope, Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor
*  Audio formats supported: HE-AAC (V1 and V2), AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4, Audible Enhanced Audio,AAX, and AAX+), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV

*  Video formats supported: H.264 video up to 1080p, 30 frames per second, High Profile level 4.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format

PROS:
*  Super retina display
*  High performance processor
*  Simple user interface
*  Oleophobic scratchproof glass
*  Has 4G LTE connectivity and Bluetooth 4.0
*  Has speech recognition
*  Good build quality and premium design

CONS:
*  Can overheat
*  No expandable memory
*  No USB port
*  Thicker than ipad2
*  Highly priced
*  No Adobe Flash support
*  No HDMI video output       
          The new ipad is an astonishing device with a variety of new features. Its retina display and A5X processor will attract everyone. But one must consider the downsides also. It has many disadvantages than the tablets in the same price range or below it. Also Apple has its own limited environment to work on unlike Google’s open platform. But anyway if you buy the new ipad you will never regret buying this. If you have 500$ then you can definitely go for the new ipad.

HCL ME U1

This is one of the low budget tablets launched by HCL. It works on the latest version of android and gives good value for money. HCL ME U1 provides almost all facilities for low price. It has a 1 GHz processor and 512 MB RAM. Since it is running on android 4.0 there are no hardware buttons also. But non availability of google play is a downside.

SPECIFICATIONS:

*   Android 4.0 icecream sandwich OS
*   Processor : Cortex A8 1GHz
*   512 MB DDR3 RAM
*   4 GB internal memory, expandable upto 32GB
*   Camera: Front 0.3 MP and no rear camera
*   7” display*    480 x 800 screen resolution
*   USB port and mini USB port
*   3600 mAh battery
*   Wi-Fi and 3G(via USB dongle)
*   Sensors: Inbuilt 3-axis Orientation, Motion Detection Sensor
*   Full HD playback
*   Document Support: Document Viewer , Document Editor

PROS:
*  Good build quality

*   Runs on android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwitch
*   Low cost
*   No hardware buttons

CONS:*   No google play (but can be installed by rooting the tablet)
*   No rear camera 

*  Overall sluggish performance
*   Below average sound output       HCL ME U1 is a good looking tablet and its 7” capacitive touch screen is very sensitive to use. It has many features considering it price range. Although it has a 512 MB RAM its performance shows lag and fatigue. The pure white colour and the absence of hardware buttons distinguish it from the other low budget tablets. But many users who bought this tab are complaining about its performance. Overall it is a nice tablet at this price.

ASUS TRANSFORMER PAD TF300

   It is the younger brother of the awesome transformer prime. It runs on android 4.0 and packs a quad core Tegra 3 chip. It is slimmer than galaxy tab 2 10.1 and acer iconia tab but is thicker when compared to new ipad. The main difference between TF300 and prime are the battery life and quality of display. But this is considered the best 10” tablet below $400.

SPECIFICATIONS:
*  Nvidia Tegra 3, 1.2 GHz

*  1 GB RAM DDR 3
*  16 GB internal memory
*  Android 4.0 ice cream sandwich OS
*  Display 10.1”
*  1280 x 800 screen resolution
*  Wi-Fi, 3G, 4g LTE
*  Bluetooth 3.0
*  Battery 22Wh Li polymer
*  Camera : 8 MP rear and 1.3 MP front
*  GPS receiver, HDMI
*  Sensors: Ambient light sensor, Gyro sensor, Digital compass
*  Preloaded software: File Manager, ASUS Sync, ASUS Web Storage (8GB), ASUS @Vibe Music, NVIDIA Tegra Zone, SuperNote App, Backup,App Locker, Polaris Office 3.0,MyCloud,MyNet,MyLibrary,ASUS Launcher, MyBackup
*  Keypad dock optional ($150)

PROS:

*  Great performance
*  IPS display provides great viewing angle
*  Polished understated design
*  Good rear camera
*  Supports HSDPA, LTE and UL
*  Considered best tablet in this segment

CONS:

*  Battery life is not great as transformer prime
*  Keyboard dock must be purchased with extra 100$
*  Not thin as transformer prime or new ipad
*  Plastic construction
*  No LED flash

          This is an extremely good tablet considering its price. There is no other tablet currently in the market which can be compared to transformer pad TF300. In the case of performance it is similar to its older brother transformer prime and Wi-Fi is slightly faster! So anyone who can spend $380 you can surely go for this tablet.

SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB 2

As the name suggests this is second generation of Samsung’s galaxy tab series with new and advanced features. This runs on the new android 4.0 OS. Galaxy tab 2 also comes with a variety of new and cool apps which will keep users addicted to it. It comes with a dual core processor which will be very useful and fast for multitasking. Touchwiz provided by Samsung makes it so user friendly.

SPECIFICATIONS:

*  Android 4.0 icecream sandwich OS
*  1 GHz dual processor
*  1 GB RAM
*  16 GB internal storage and expandable upto 32 GB
*  Display 10.1”
*  1280 x 800 screen resolution
*  Camera: 3 MP rear and VGA front
*  7000 mAh battery
*  Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi, USB
*  A-GPS and google maps included
*  Headphones - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
*  Video: MKV,WMV,ASF,H.263,MPEG-4,FLV,AVI,3GP,H.264,DivX,VP8,VC-1
*  Audio: WMA,AAC,AC3,WAV,OGG,FLAC,AMR,MP3,MIDI
*  Preloaded software: YouTube,Gmail,Google Play,Google Search,Google Calendar,Google Plus,Music Hub,Polaris Office,Samsung Apps
*  Sensors: Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Digital compass

PROS:

*  Thin and light
*  Powerful battery
*  Universal remote app
*  IR blaster
*  Runs android 4.0
*  Adobe Flash 11 support
*  720p HD video recording

CONS:
*  High price
*  Performance not upto competition
*  No HDMI
*  Not so god resolution
*  No LED flash
*  Camera not upto expectation.

             Samsung galaxy tab 2 10.1 is overall a good tablet. But considering its price there good tablets for the same range. Its performance is sluggish sometimes and is priced high also. It has a very stylish design when compared to transformer TF300 in the same price range but in the case of performance transformer take the lead. The quad-core Asus transformer pad TF300 is $20 less for the same storage and $400 gets you that tablet with 32GB of storage. The TF300 also includes Micro-HDMI and a higher-quality rear camera. But if you want a premium looking stylish tablet which is solidly built then you can go for galaxy tab 2 10.1.

Aakash tablet

      There has been a revolution in the field of tablet PC with the arrival of Aakash tablets. It is one of the cheapest tablet available in the market. Commercial version of Aakash comes with a number of other features including support to GPRS, Wi-Fi, 3G and SIM facility. It allows faster data access and use of the tablet as a smart phone to make and receive calls. This would definitely go down as a big advantage of Aakash tablet.

SPECIFICATION:
 *  ARM 11 - 366 GHz processor
*  256 MB RAM
*  Display 7”
*  2 GB internal storage and expandable upto 32 GB
*  Android 2.2 Froyo OS
*  2100 mAh (batter life 3 hrs approx)
*  800 x 480 screen resolution
*  No camera
*  Video: Supports MPEG2 / MPEG4 / AVI
*  Audio: MP3 / WMA / AAC / AC3 / WAV / WMA
*  Image: Supports : JPEG / PNG / GIF / BMP
*  Documents: Supports : PDF /ODP / PPT / XLS / DOCX / DOC / XLSX
*  Weight 350g
*  2 USB port
*  Wi-Fi capability

PROS:*  It comes with the Andoid 2.2 Froyo with over 15k pre-installed apps.
*  It supports a number of file formats for images, audio and video.
*  Cheapest tablet available.

CONS:
*  It can't access Android marketplace to download new apps and games.

*  Resisitve touchscreen*  It heats up quickly.
*  2100 mAh battery of the tablet isn't powerful enough to provide good power.
*  Non-availability of inbuilt camera however external webcam can be connected to USB.
*  It face problems in running heavier apps, multitasking is also a problem.
*  Non-availability of customer care centers.       This tablet has a lot of demerits than merits. But one should consider the price tag also. This is really a good tablet considering its price. No other tablet offers you this much features in this price. Value for money is quite high. But if you can wait then I recommend you to wait for the all new version of Aakash tablet. It will be having more advanced specs, good battery backup and new features too and the interesting fact is that it will be having the same price!