Xiaomi Mi3: All You Need To Know

Chinese handset maker 'Xiaomi' has been able to create more than required hype with its handset 'Xiaomi Mi3'. Just imagine, it went on sale on Flikart on July 22 and with the hype Flipkart created, it managed to receive around 1,00,000 registrations by July 21 itself. Only registered users were eligible to buy the handsets and due to overload of traffic, Flipkart website gave up within 40 mins after the sale started. After that Mi 3 went out of stock and as per the information on website, the next stock was supposed to arrive on July 29. Flipkart claims to sell the second batch in five seconds and the third batch of 20,000 handsets in just 2.4 seconds. Ain't these figures crazy?  

Xiaomi Mi3

Let’s find out what Xiaomi Mi3 is all about. It a mid-range phone which sports a 5.0-inch full HD display with a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels and 441 ppi of pixel density. It’s a uni-body phone, the frame made up of magnesium alloy with three layers of thermal graphite and the display is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3 in the front. The handset supports a single sim which fits inside the slots existing in the top of frame. It runs on highly customized Android 4.4.2 KitKat OS which is powered by a 2.3GHz snapdragon processor coupled with 2GB RAM. Fuelled by a 3050 mAh Li-ion battery, the company claims a backup of 500 hrs on standby and 25 hrs on talk time from Mi3. The front camera is 2 MP and the rear camera is 13 MP with dual flash and maximum resolution of 4128 x 3096. There is no extra memory card slot but the handset already comes in 16 GB and 64 GB storage variants.

Xiaomi Mi3

Though the specs look great and the handset is available in White, Gray, Black, Yellow, Pink, Blue, Gold and Green color options but only if you manage to buy it! The starting price of Mi3 is Rs 13,999 which is very competitive.  The strategy of selling the handsets in this fashion of creating hype has driven the manufacturers and the Flipkart the top position but this trend sometimes forces the buyers to switch to other brands. Let’s see for how long this trend continues.

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Bajaj Launches: The Discover 150F And Discover150S Variants

Bajaj Discover has always been a choice of millions of Indians as daily commuter's bike.  The strategy of offering more variety to consumers has worked for Bajaj so far and following the same, Bajaj has launched two new Discover 150 models for Indian roads this Monday on the top of already 5 existing Discover 100 cc and 125 cc models in the market.

Bajaj Discover 150 F

On one side, offering more variety is good but on the other side it may become more confusing for the customers to choose what is right for them. The new Discover 150F, 150S Drum and 150S Disc are three newly launched models starting at Rs.59,034 (ex-showroom), Rs. 52,030( Discover 150S Drum) and Rs 55,030 respectively.  The existing Discover models will still continue and the new models have already made to the Bajaj outlets. All of the new Discover 150 models will come fitted with telescopic front forks and a mono rear suspension with Gas-charged nitrox for extra comfort.

Bajaj Discover F-150

Weighing between 129 kg to 132 Kg, the Discover 150 models offer a very good ground clearance of 165mm. The 5 speed MT gearbox is coupled with a 4-valve DTS-i motor with upshift technology which generates a peak torque of 12.75Nm, 13.8 bhp power and gives a top speed of 110 Kmph. Bajaj claims a mileage of 72 Kmpl from Discover 150 and also offers electric start and tubeless tyres as standard features. 

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Oppo N1 Mini: About To Hit India's Smartphone Market This Week

Chinese Electronics Brand ' Oppo Electronics' is expected to launch its new Smartphone 'N1 Mini' in the Indian market within a week. Oppo's two months old debut Smartphone ‘Find 7’ has been able to do fairly well and Oppo expects much better response from ' N1 Mini'.

Oppo N1 Mini

Priced at Rs 26,990, N1 Mini sports a 5-inch IPS display offering a screen resolution of 1280x720 pixels. The handset comes with 16GB internal memory, powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 quad-core processor that runs at 1.6GHz clock-speed and is coupled with 2GB RAM. The hardware is supported by a 2,140mAh battery and managed by Android 4.3-customized ColorOS. A unique design and premium looks is a gift of brushed steel frame which sports a 13 megapixel rotating camera with Sony sensor and a 6-piece lens arrangement. This camera can be used as a front as well as a rear camera by simple flipping. The colors light blue, white, and lemon yellow are simply adorable and sexy!

Oppo N1 Mini

Just two months old in the overcrowded and highly competitive Indian market, Oppo electronics have been able to do far better than expected but let's see, for how long they are able to maintain the record and do some wonders!

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Asus India: After Chromebox Asus Launches 2014 Fonepad 7 Tablet

Just within a week of launching 'ASUS Chromebox', Asus India has launched its 2014 Version Asus Fonepad 7 tablet ( model number FE170CG). And once again India's pioneer online seller- Flipkart cracked the deal of becoming an exclusive seller!

2014 ASUS FONEPAD 7

Priced at Rs 8,999, Fonepad 7 is one of the few tablets in India with Voice calling feature. The Asus Fonepad 7 runs on the older version of Android i.e. 4.3 Jelly Bean with customized layer of its attractive Zen UI, and so far the company has not revealed anything about the OS upgrade to KitKat. From hardware standpoint, the tablet sports 7-inch LED display with 1024 x 600 pixel WSVGA of screen resolution. It also gets a 2-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Powered by company's hyper-threading technology based 1.2 GHz Intel Atom multi-core processor coupled with 1GB RAM, the tablet comes with 4GB/8GB internal storage options which is expandable up to 64GB via microSD card. Just like Google drive, Asus is also providing 5GB life time web-storage space with every purchase. The connectivity options on the Tab include Bluetooth 4.0, GPS/ A-GPS, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and 3G HSPA+. The tablet weighs 290 grams, measuures 192×110.8×10.7mm and available in black, white, red, and blue color. Despite of a bigger screen, the company clims the tab to give atleast 8-10 hrs of battery backup. 

Looking the specifications, the tablet is not equipped with the latest OS and harware but looking at the price, the company is giving a lot in such a competitive price. The tablet will definitely give a tough competition to Samsung Galaxy tab and others within the range of Rs. 10,000.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 4: Rumored To Launch On September 3

The Samsung Galaxy " Note" series has always been mind blowing in it own way. With modification and introduction of new features in every handset, Samsung always tries its best to present something exclusive. With recent launch of Tab S LTE, Samsung has entered into 4G network supported handsets. And once again with high expectations, Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is about to be a part of country's Phablet market on Sept. 3. Note 4 will be company's premium flagship and is expected to blow away it's rivals easily. 

Samsung Galaxy Note 4

The Note 4 Phablet features 5.7 inch display with Quad HD resolution of 1440x2560. Powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor ( 64-bit), Note 4 is expected to have better graphics and battery life as compared to the models with Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor. If rumors are believed, the Note 4 will come with a fingerprint sensor with multiple user login option and along with that, for premium looks, its body frame is expected to have more of metal rather than polycarbonate plastic or faux leather. This frame will have an IP67 - dust and water resistance certification. Like Galaxy S5, Note 4 will be launched in 4 colors options ( blue, white, black and gold) and from health perspective, a new UV sensor supported by S Health application which will provide UV level details. Though, not sure but the Phablet may have a micro SD card slot for expansion of its inbuilt 32 GB storage and from OS point of view it is expected to come with Android 4.4.3 KitKat which will be  upgradable to Android 4.4.4 KitKat and on a later stage Android L. 

For best of multi-tasking ad gaming experience, S Pen stylus could be a great help. Swipe to Launch Motion Launcher, Multi-Network for Booster for faster download speeds and the Aqua Mode for clicking pictures underwater could be some exclusive TouchWiz features of the Phablet.

Samsung Galaxy Note 4

Considering all of its rumored features, the handset will definitely be a masterpiece but I am sure Apple iPhone 6 will be the biggest huddle which Samsung must be worried about. Lets see who wins the race and what strategy does Samsung follow to maintain its number one position in the smartphone market.

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Facebook Messenger: Soon No Longer An Option But Necessity

Facebook is one of the biggest contributor to digital addiction around the world. Starting from a simple idea of staying connected with friends, Facebook brought a revolution in the social media industry. The timely updates on Facebook App and Website has helped Facebook to generate huge business and IPO in the stock market, generating millions of dollars regularly.

Facebook Messenger App

Facebook's acquisition of its toughest competitor WhatsApp App, added a jewel to its Crown. Though Facebook website already had a messenger but the with the idea of a having a separate Facebook messenger in 2011, Facebook has managed to have more than 2 million of Facebook messenger users. Looking at Facebook messenger as a big opportunity, Facebook decided to focus and improve it to a bigger extent. Though millions of users will be unhappy with this decision but Facebook claims that this help them providing a faster and more stable App to everyone.

Facebook Messenger App

In order to do it, in the month of April this year, Facebook had announced that users would soon need to download their standalone messaging app in order to send private messages from their smartphones. Acting on this announcements, Facebook has already started applying it in Europe and U.S. by sending a notification either in the email or Facebook website itself, asking users to download the Facebook Messenger App. on their handsets within seven days, after which they will not be able to read their private messages with normal Facebook App.

Facebook Messenger App was just an option so far; however, taking the advantage of Facebook addiction and for increasing the number of downloads, making it a necessity on smartphones may or may not be a good decision. This transition is expected to happen within this month, so if you are addicted to Facebook on your Smartphone then it's better to start acting beforehand.  

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Xolo India: Launches XOLO 8X-1000 With Hive OS ( Modified Android KitKat)

Almost a month after the launch of  ' Xolo Q1011' handset, the two years old Indian Smartphone brand XOLO has launched its new Smartphone 'XOLO 8X-1000' in India. Priced at Rs 13,999, the handset will be made available across XOLO-authorized outlets in India from next week onward.

XOLO 8X-1000

The XOLO 8X-1000 sports 5 Inch- 720p display of 294ppi and is powered by 1.4 GHz true octa-core processor coupled with 2GB of RAM on Mediatek MT6592M chipset.  The internal 16 GB of storage drive is expandable via microSD slot which supports upto 32 GB memory card. The handset comes with a 1,920mAh battery and also sports 8MP rear Sony Exmor camera with R sensor along with 2MP front camera. Unlike other brands in the market, XOLO 8X-1000 gets its classy looks from ASAHI Dragontrail glass on the front panel and Corning's Gorilla Glass on the rear side.

XOLO 8X-1000

Modifying the Android OS like Nokia and Samsung, XOLO has unveiled its HIVE OS which is modified Android 4.4 KitKat. The company claims that HIVE is specially designed according to the usage of the Indian customers so the crowd will definitely like its unique aspects. For further modification in the OS, the XOLO developer's team will be taking the ideas from the users, will be pushing the best voted ideas through the updates.

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Asus Chromebox- Ready To Take On Its Rival LG Chromebase AiO

Asus Chromebox

Today, Asus India launched it Google Chrome OS based computer ' Chromebox'. The lauch was expected to happen next month but with the launch of Chromebox, Asus has become the second company to launch a computer with Chrome OS after 'LG Chromebase AiO' which was launched last week. Though Chrome OS is absolutely new in market which is completely dominated by Mac and Windows OS; however, the company claims it to be a game changer. Learning from the problems like Virus, Slowness with the time, slow start-up, irregular updates and bug fixes, which start occurring in Windows PC after sometime, Chrome OS boasts about faster booting time (< 9 seconds), no slowness and impressive faster performance even after few years. It does not need manual downloads of anti-virus or any other protection software as it comes with inbuilt security application with multiple layers of security which updates automatically.

Asus Chromebox

From the hardware standpoint, Asus Chromebox will be available in three variants, all with Intel Haswell internals. The base model CN60 Celeron, starts from Rs 21,000 onwards and is powered by Intel Celeron 2955U processor coupled with with 2 GB RAM. Like two other models the base level system does not support 4K display. The second model, CN60 Core i3 model starts from Rs.36,500 and is powered by i3 Processor coupled with 4 GB RAM, and the top model, CN60 Core i7 model starts from Rs.58,000, powered by Intel i7 Processor coupled with 4 GB RAM. All the models come with standard 16GB SSD based storage drive which ideally is more stable and faster than normal SATA HDD. In order to compensate for the storage space, Google is offering 100GB of Google Drive space free subscription for two years with every Chromebox.

The Asus Chromebox comes with standard HDMI port, Display Port, SD Card reader, four USB 3.0 ports, 802.11 Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and Gigabit Ethernet port. Like  ' LG Chromebase AiO', Asus is also offering a keyboard and mouse combination with the Chrombox machines. The Android OS did not take much time to dominate the mobile phone OS market, so lets see how long Google's Chrome takes to be the pioneer in computer OS and at the end how Asus benefits from that.

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Xbox One: Ready For Launch in India On 23rd September 2014, Pre-Order Now At Amazon.in

Announced back in June this year, Microsoft has finally taken off curtain from its much awaited next gen console ' Xbox One' which is ready for arrival in India on 23rd September 2014. It's not only a good news for gaming fans but also for Amazon India, which will the exclusive seller of this gaming console in the country. Amazon India has already started accepting pre-orders for Xbox One gaming console and has also announced the offers for the first 1,000 buyers before August 12. This offer is of Rs 10,000 worth, which includes Rs 3,000 off on buying an additional Xbox One controller, Rs 2,000 off on selected set of speakers, Rs 1,000 off on Wildcraft or High Sierra backpacks, Amazon giftcard worth Rs 1,500 and two free Blu-Ray movies absolutely free on the purchase of the console.

2014 XBOX ONE Bundle

 Amazon will be selling the console in two variants. The Xbox One with FIFA 15, Forza 5 is priced at Rs 39,990 without Kinect, and with FIFA 15 Xbox Version and Dance Central Spotlight DLC variant along with Kinect is priced at Rs 45,990. Each box of Xbox One console will come with Xbox One wireless controller, Xbox One chat headset, HDMI cable and 14 Day Xbox Live Gold Trial Card.

2014 XBOX ONE

 Additional accessories which can be purchased separately are Xbox One Wireless Controller (Rs. 3999), additional Microsoft Xbox One Chat Headset (Rs. 2,668), Xbox One Media Remote (Rs. 1899) and to avoid charging the wireless controller in every four hours a Play and Charge Kit can be purchased for Rs. 1899 .

Both, Sony Playsation and Microsoft Xbox are the most popular gaming consoles round the world. The level of popularity is so high that just on the day of launch the companies manage to sell more than a million consoles. So, lets see what goodness will the new Xbox One bring for Microsoft this time!

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Petalite Flux: A 2000 mAh Petalite Flux Battery Gets Fully Recharged In Just 15 minutes

Short battery backup is the most common issue among the smartphone users, sometimes its ignorable but at times a quicker battery drain leaves us helpless and we know that keeping a charger all the times is not a solution to it. Earlier, when the purpose of a mobile phone was just to make a call, the traditional mobile phone's battery used to last for more than 4-5 days but now these multipurpose smartphones battery does not even last longer than 1.5-2 days. Despite of new updates on Android, more powerful batteries, new technology hardware and power saving mode and all other remedies nothing has been able to take care of this issue. 

Petalite Flux Battery Charger

Companies claim to be working on this issue for couple of years now but at the same time, taking the advantage of this flaw, the battery manufacturers came up with power bank/ portable chargers.  Along with the Chinese, domestic manufactures and also big brands like Sony and Nokia are already selling quite a number of these power banks in the market. Power banks have been able to solve this issue just partially because charging a power bank is equally time consuming as a mobile phone. So lets check out what is the best that engineers have done about it?

Petalite Ultrapak Go And Flux

The Engineers at Petalite gave a serious thought to longer battery backup technology and came up with their new technology battery pack (power bank) called ' Flux Battery'. The Petalite Flux battery is a brain child of a Aston University graduate, Leigh Purnell. The advanced lithium-ion energy storage cells combined with the proprietary battery management system (BMS) are the main force behind this Ultra-X charging technology that recharges the battery up to 8x faster than conventional batteries. Using this technology, a 2000 mAh Petalite Flux battery takes just 15 minutes to charge itself from 0% to full. Not only this, the Ultrapak series comprising the Ultrapak Go, which is a 3000mAh battery capacity takes just 30 Minutes and the Ultrapak Tour, which is 10000 mAh battery capacity requires around 100 minutes to charge completely.

Available at company's online store, Ultrapak Go is priced at $59.99 (approximately Rs 3,600) and the Ultrapak Tour is priced at $99.99 (approximately Rs 6,000). The Flux battery has brought a revolutionary technology in the field of rechargeable batteries and in near future this technology may become a part of mobile phone batteries for super a quick charge. Like the developers of ' Frebble' , 'Coolest Cooler' and 'Earin Earbuds' took help of kickstarter fundraising organization, Petalite is also planning to launch Flux batteries on the IndieGoGo crowd-funding website for raising the funds to further development their products.

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