ALL ABOUT THE NOKIA 808 PUREVIEW WITH 41 MEGAPIXEL CAMERA

Yeah, you read that right. Nokia has really introduced a mobile phone(not a camera, mind you) with 41 freakin megapixels...!

The Nokia 808 Pureview was announced at the Mobile World Congress 2012. Nokia needed to do something extraordinary in order to stand out among the Monster Droids that were to be announced at the MWC and did they deliver.!

Here is what it offers specs wise-

SCREEN:- A 4-inch AMOLED touchscreen with nHD (360x640p) resolution. Its protected by Corning Gorilla Glass and can display 16 million colors.

CONNECTIVITY:- 3G, WIFI, Bluetooth 3.0 and NFC.

MEMORY:- 16 gb internal memory which is upgradable to 32 gb via microsd. 512 mb RAM

OPERATING SYSTEM AND PROCESSOR:- Symbian Belle which runs on a 1.3 Ghz Arm 11 processor.

CAMERA:- A whopping 41 megapixel camera with autofocus, Carl Zeiss optics, Xenon AND Led flash, 3x lossless zoom and face detection. It can also record videos in full HD at 1080p and 30 fps. The secondary video camera can record VGA videos at 30 fps.

Probably the only fault you can find with this phone is the Absolutely Obsolete Operating system. Why Symbian you ask ? It is because the Pureview project was started 5 years from now. A time when Nokia's current flagship OS Windows Phone Mango was not in existence.

But ofcourse there are rumors of a Pureview camera coming to a Lumia device too. The Nokia 808 won the MWC'S Best New Device Award but Nokia's shares fell 6% after the device's announcement. The camera samples from the device look promising but practically who needs a 41 mp camera ? The phone will be available 2 months from now and the pricing is unknown.

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SONY XPERIA SOLA WITH FLOATING TOUCH

After the suffering a Devastating Earthquake and a biting Divorce, Sony is now blasting on all Cylinders. Sony wants that that illusive throne of top Smartphone-maker.

An evidence of this determination is the new Xperia Sola. The device was previously known from its codename Pepper. Like other recent xperia phones it does not have the translucent strip near the bottom but the middle of the phone gives the impression that the upper part is floating. Very Unique and Innovative and we expect nothing less from Sony, do we ? Check some specs below:

SCREEN: The screen is a 3.7 inch capacitive unit with Sony Mobile BRAVIA engine. Its Sony's Reality Diplay with a resolution of 480x854 pixels. It features 16 million colours.

CONNECTIVITY: It features 3G(HSDPA,HSUPA), Wifi, NFC, Bluetooth 2.1 and USB 2.0.

MEMORY: The phone comes with 8 gb internal memory, 5 gb of which is available for use. A Microsd slot is provided if you 5 gb not sufficient for you. It has 512 mb ram.

OPERATING SYSTEM AND PROCESSOR: The phone runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread(with an update to 4.0 ICS just around the corner) and a 1 Ghz Dual Core Novathor(coming soon to a cinema near you) Processor.

CAMERA: The camera is a 5 mp unit with autofocus and single LED flash. For video it can record 720p HD video at 30 fps.

FLOATING TOUCH: This is a Unique feature of this phone. For the first time a phone features Floating touch. Now you can use your phone even with gloves.! You can use it just like you do with open fingers. For example, in winters you had to take your gloves off to use your touchscreen phone but with floating touch you can use it without freezing your hand off. Another important feature of this type of touch is that now you can use some sites on your phone by just hovering your finger over the screen. This will depict a mouse on the screen. This is the first time a phone will feature this kind of technology and you can bet that other smartphone makers cough nokia cough will copy this feature ASAP.

PRICE: The pricing of this device is unknown at the moment. The estimated price is $250(15000 inr).

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HOW TO WATCH MOVIES WITH SUBTITLES ON YOUR SYMBIAN PHONE

Here is how to watch movies on your symbian phones with subtitles:

1. Download the subtitles of the movie from www.subscene.com. If you have the movie in DVDRIP then download the DVDRIP subtitles only. The file you will download will be in .srt format.

2. Download Smartmovie. Smartmovie for symbian is the only player which can play movies with subtitles.

3. Goto www.konwerternapisow.pl/en/ and upload your .srt file there. Before uploading select .sub (MicroDVD) there.

4. After converting download the .sub file and put it in the same folder as the movie.

5. Now rename the .sub file so that the .sub file and the movie file have the same name. For example if the name of the movie is "The Dark Knight DVDrip.avi" then rename the subtitle file to "The Dark Knight DVDrip.sub". Everything should be the same except the file extension.

And youre done..!

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AFFORDABLE MICROMAX A75 SUPERFONE LITE

Micromax is on a roll with Android Smartphones these days. Their latest offering is the A75 Superfone lite.

This is Micromax's first phone running Android 2.3 Gingerbread. The Micromax A70 was a Froyo running phone which was promised a Gingerbread update about six months ago is still making us wait. The A75 is basically the update to the A70. The phone is billed as being in the Superfone series but it lacks the dual core processor that the A85 possesses.

The basis specs are a 650 mhz processor, a 3.7 inch Capacitive touchscreen with 320x480 pixels resolution, 3g, WIFI, Bluetooth 3.0, a 3 MegaPixel camera with LED flash. For juice it relies on a 1300 MAH battery.

PRICE: This one will cost you Rs. 8990.

MY TAKE on this phone is that despite some positives like Android 2.3 Gingerbread and the huge 3.7 inch screen, it has noticeable cons like the slow 650 mhz processor and insufficient 1300 MAH battery.

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SUPER CHEAP AAKASH TABLET PC NOW AVAILABLE

Finally after the launch of the tablet on october 5th, the super cheap Aakash is now available for purchase. The one available right now is the student version of Aakash. The other commercial version dubbed Aakash 2 or Ubislate will be available in late january.

You can prebook the aakash 2 tablet on their site www.aakashtablet.com. If you want the current version you can order on the site they will deliver it to you within a week's time. They have also stated that consumers will have to pay Cash On Delivery.

These are the main differences between the Aakash 1 and Aakash 2:-

SCREEN: Aakash 1- 7 inch resistive screen, aakash 2- capacitive screen.

PROCESSOR: Aakash 1- 366 Mhz. Aakash 2- 700 Mhz A8 processor.

OPERATING SYSTEM: Aakash 1- Android 2.2 Froyo. Aakash 2- Android 2.3 Gingerbread

CONNECTIVITY: Aakash 1- WIFI. Aakash 2- Wifi, Gprs and SIM card phone functionality.

BATTERY: Aakash 1- 2100 Mah. Aakash 2- 3200 Mah

PRICE: Aakash 1- Rs. 2500. Aakash 2- Rs.2999

If you want this dirty cheap tablet, I would suggest waiting till Late January but if you cant wait, Aakash 1 can be at your doorstep in a week.

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NOKIA'S FIRST WINDOWS PHONE: NOKIA LUMIA 800 PRICE IN INDIA AND SPECS

Nokia has ruled the smartphone world for a long time with their Symbian OS. Its almost hard to imagine a Nokia phone with a different OS.

Symbian may be the most buggy and lagging OS ever but their monopoly on the smartphone market and affordable prices allowed them to rule for so long. Now with other operating systems coming up and iOS and Android dominating the market a change was due. Enter Nokia Lumia 800.

This is Nokia's first foray into the Windows phone market. The Lumia 800 features a 3.7 inch AMOLED capacitive display with 480x800 pixels resolution.

In the Memory department it has 16 gb internal memory, 512 mb RAM and no card slot for memory expansion.

It has an 8 mp autofocus camera with Carl Zeiss optics and LED flash. The camera can record 720p videos at 30 frames per second. It does not have a front camera.

It features a 1.4 Ghz Scorpion processor with Adreno 205 GPU. It runs the Windows Phone Mango 7.5.

It runs on a 1450 Mah battery. It has GPS with AGPS but does not support java. Connectivity-wise it has Wi-fi, bluetooth, 3g with 14 mbps speed and USB. It only supports a micro Sim.

PRICE: The approximate price of the Nokia Lumia 800 is Rs. 28,000. It launches in india on 12th December.

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HOW TO SOLVE CERTIFICATE ERROR IN NOKIA SYMBIAN PHONES

After downloading software or games from sites other than the messy OVI store, its a common problem for a certificate error to show up.

These errors actually show up when you try to install the software and may read 'Constrained by Certificate, contact Supplier' or 'Certificate error'. However these errors can be solved by an easy but long process. Here is a quick guide on how to solve the certificate error:

STEP 1: Goto www.s60certkey.com and register. Its free. They will ask for your email and IMEI number. Dial *#06# to know your IMEI number.

STEP 2: After registration they will send you an email within 12 hours. Dont forget to check your inbox AND your spam folder.

STEP 3: After you recieve the email from them goto their site again and login. You will see that there will be two files waiting for you, CER and KEY. They will be about 5 kb in size. Download both of them.

STEP 4: Download this software called the Free signer. You can download it easily based on your symbian version.

STEP 5: Install Free Signer and in settings give the path of the certificate and Key that you have download.

STEP 6: Now select "Add task" from Free Signer and select the software which shows certificate error. After that select "Sign Sis" from the options.

After the process a new file with "signed" written in the end of it will be created, you are now free to install that file.!

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