Low Cost Android One Smartphones List and Specifications

Google launched the first Android One smartphones in India bringing great android experience at an affordable price range. Karbonn, Micromax and Spice are the three smartphone vendors currently tied up with Google for providing the low cost android one smartphones.

The first Android One smartphones are Karbonn Sparkle V, Micromax Canvas A1 and Spice Dream Uno. All the devices are of almost same price range and it can be bought from their respective online sellers. The price of android one handsets starting from Rs6299, which clearly shows the competition coming in low-end android market.

The key specification of all smartphones are also identical, but there exists a bit difference in price. Here are the details of three phones- it comes with a 4.5inch display with 480x854 pixel resolution, dual sim, powered by 1.3 GHz quad core processor and 1GB RAM. The devices are running on Android KitKat and having built in storage capacity is 4 GB and it can be expanded to 32GB. Moreover 5 mega pixel front and 2 mega pixel rear camera are also equipped with it. And it uses standard Li-ion 1700 mAh battery.

Apart from these specs the most speciality of Android One devices is its android update. Along with Nexus devices, these devices will get the latest android version first when available.

Android One adds a new feature YouTube offline, through the new YouTube app the save button allows to download the videos and watch re-watch without downloading again. Read news and magazine through Google Play Newsstand, and you get  one year free subscription for its content.

Google tied up with Airtel to provide updates upto 100MB android os update  and 200MB app downloads per month for 6 months. 

Android One devices currently launched in India, but will be available to other countries like Philippines, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and SriLanka in this year and more in later. Google willing to extend their partership with Acer, Alcatel Onetouch, Asus, HTC, Intex, Lava, Lenovo, Panasonic, Qualcomm and Xolo, so expect more Android One devices in future. 

Buy Android One Smartphone

Karbonn Sparkle V     Price: 6.399       Buy Now

Micromax Canvas A1  Price: 6.499       Buy Now
Spice Dream Uno       Price: 6.299       Buy Now

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Posted by Vivek on 12:20 am in android, reviews, smartphones

Apple To Relaunch iPhone 4 8GB to India at Low Price

According to Economic times reports, Apple is planning to relaunch the 2010 model iPhone 4 8gb version to Indian Market with an extremely low price to attract more customers. After the launch of this model to Indian market you will get the iPhone brand with an affordable price range around Rs 22,000 ($358 ) through buyback or EMI schemes.

Apple iPhone 4 8GB is the basic iPhone which was launched three years ago, then the arrival of iPhone 5S and 5C, Apple discontinued the production of iPhone 4 globally. Earlier retail price of this model was 26,500 ($431) and now they bring the price down of the unsold ones to India to raise Indian Market share. The core reason why iPhone relaunching this one may be to compete with Samsung and other companies which produces smartphones with better configuration in this price range.

As per the reports, the iPhone 4 8GB could be relaunched within 2 weeks to India and buyers have a great chance to get the iPhone brand name for lower price range.

Apple iPhone 4 Specifications

Display-

• 3.5-inch LED back-lit IPS TFT LCD screen with retina display (960x640p) resolution
• Pixel density of 326 ppi

Operating System-

• iOS 4.0 (v7.0.4 is available now)

Processor-

• Apple A4 chipset (ARM Cortex A8)

GPU-  

• PowerVR SGX 535

RAM-

• 512MB DRAM

Storage Capacity-

• 8GB (no microSD card support)

Camera-

• Main: 5.0-megapixel camera with BSI sensor, LED flash, 5 x digital zoom

• Front: 0.3-megapixel (VGA) camera

Battery-

• 1,420 mAh

Dimensions-

• 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm 

Weight-

• 137 g

Posted by Vivek on 1:23 am in apple, smartphones

How To Capture Screenshot On Android Phones

Capturing screenshots is of course helpful in many situations whether it is on mobile or computer. You might occasionally use this screenshots for sharing the information with others or using it for future references. On Computers you are familiar with the key strokes which takes the screen of your computer, but what about your android phone, do you know how could it possible? Well, phones running with latest android OS allows to capture the screenshot without root and any third party apps. The steps for how to make this possible is described below.

Recommended to Check : How To Find Your Lost Android Phone 

How To Capture Screenshot on Android phones

Capturing process become very easy if you have phones running android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich or above. When you are with a screen ready to capture, press and hold the Home button and Volume Down key together for a second. This will take the screenshot of your current window and will be saved to your Gallery. Check the notification area after taking screenshots, then you will get a preview of it to indicate that screenshot has been taken.

However Smartphones with Android 2.3 or below does not have such a built in feature. This require some third party apps like 'No Root Screenshot It' to capture. Install it on your mobile phone and computer as well. After every restarts of your android phone you need to connect it to computer in order to avail the screenshot feature in your phone.

Note that some Samsung phones including Galaxy S3 and S4 has the inbuilt short-key feature like in the new Android versions for catching screens. The procedure is very similar to the previous which is just discussed before, only difference is we have to press Power Button instead of Volume Down Key. Keep in mind that you should press both button (Home and Power)  at the same time to get it worked. 

Also See : Popular Anti-theft Software for Your Smartphone  

Posted by Vivek on 12:38 am in android, smartphones

How To Find Your Lost or Stolen Phone Using Android Device Manager

Android Device Manager is the Google's official 'find my phone' feature that helps to trace your location of your lost or stolen Android smartphone. It is a free online service to keep track of your lost Android smartphone and allows you to find if lost or stolen. Previously we have written a post " Is Your Smartphone Ready to Recover If Lost or Stolen??", that revealing the methods you can use before your smartphone gets lost. If you missed it I recommend you to check it before reading this.

Android Device Manages makes it easy to locate your lost Android smartphone accurately. Its compatible with Android 2.2 or above. If you misplaced your phone somewhere and forgot the location where you kept, the Android device manager will find your phone without difficulty. Finding the location of your lost or stolen Android smartphone is very easy. Go to Android Device Manager. Then you will be asked to login. Provide the login detail that associated with your lost or stolen Android Device, and then you will be redirected to an interface that almost looks like Google Map.

In the Map, you will see a blip on the map which shows the current location of your Android device. If the device is located near to you, the Ring function you see on that page can help you to ring the phone with maximum volume possible even in silent mode, thereafter finding the the phone will be simple. Ringing extends for 5 minutes, unless you tap on the phone. It is possible to try this several times till the battery dries completely.


The Wipe Out feature allow you to delete all the data stored in your Android device including your apps, photos, files and settings. You please notice that this deletes the settings as well, so Android device manager or other anti-theft apps installed on your device will not work after you perform a factory reset. If you want to try this feature, make sure that you lost the device permanently. You need to activate this feature in your device in order to use the remote wipe out feature. Follow the below steps to activate it.

Activate Wipe Out Feature on Your Android Phone

• Go to Google setting
• Select Android Device Manager
• Tick the check box "Allow Remote Factory Reset". (You might also see Remotely Locate This Device turn it on to find approximate location)
• Activating this enable you to carry the three following operation
  1. Erase all the data
  2. Change the screen unlock-password
  3. Lock the screen
• Tap the activate button to complete the activation procedure.

We have used third party apps like Where's My Droid, Plan B, Android Lost Free, AntiDroidTheft for finding the lost phone. Though Android Device Manager is the Google's official service to find the stolen phone. However former specified apps has more features than Android device manager, you can check Anti-theft applications and features for more detail.

Get more help about Android Device Manager from Google Support

Posted by Vivek on 12:27 pm in android, security, smartphones

Is Your Smartphone Ready To Recover If Lost or Stolen?

Did you ever thought of how could you recover your Smartphone if it is lost or stolen? Do you know any methods to retrieve the stolen phone? No, Doesn't matter. We have the best solutions to recover your lost phone. You should prepare your phone from being stolen and also make up the phone for easy retrieval if lost by installing necessary apps. Here this post shows some tips for how your phone should be in order to retrieve it. Then, why do you go for a new phone, if you can get back the lost one! 


The method used to locate your lost phone is installing an anti-theft application. According to the mobile operating system many tracking software's are available now and it is strictly recommended to install it on your smartphone (Android users can remotely install apps that can trace your phone even after you lost it). Your phone should always be connected to internet to access these apps. The App can take control over your mobile device using its internet connection and hence can trace the mobile for location almost accurately.

Inorder to recover your mobile device after lost or stolen it should have a network connection, it should powered on, and mobile data is turned on and connected to internet. The device should have enough battery power to try the different recovering methods.

How Recovering Works
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If you discover your device is missing, you may need to login to the app(or its website), which you are using to recover your device with the Email address associated with that device. As long as your device is powered on and has a good internet connection, you will see an indication locating your phone in the app. It can be an image including the location of the map or as a link directing to a map, anyhow you will see the current location of your mobile device. Getting the location obviously be easy to recognize if the device is moving, which helps to know the place it found missing. 

Some apps allows to interact with your device by sending special keywords as SMS from another mobile device, which lets you to trace the location information when phone is able to send, as Email whenever you want.

Popular Anti-Theft Apps and Features
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Different tracking app provides different features. 'Android device manager' and 'Where's My Droid' allows to ring the phone for certain time if it is even on the silence mode. That's a great Feature ! Both of them also has a 'Wipe Out' feature which deletes the entire data stored in your device from misuse. If you know you won't get the device back and need to delete all the data,  wipe it out. Android Device Manager is the official 'Find my phone' app unveiled recently. See How to Find Your Lost Phone Using Android Device Manager. 

Lookout's Plan B App can trace the location of your device even after stolen, it will use the cell tower and GPS(switched on automatically) for tracing and sends Email to the GMail account. 'Android Lost Free' is free app that permit to Wipe out the SD card, get the last call detail and also to take pictures from front and read cameras. The app also informs us when the SIM card is changed. Its can install remotely even after you lost your smart phone.

All the apps specified above is for Android. Now lets have a look on Finding the lost iPhone. 'Find My iPhone' is a good app to find the lost iPhone. It uses in-built location services or GPS to track location, it also provides the facility to lock the phone remotely and delete the data from the device. An iCloud account is needed for this app( same as iTunes account) and you should setup Find My iPhone on your device before it stolen.

Unless you installed a mobile tracking app on your BlackBerry device before lost, you can't recover it. Installing a tracking app remotely is not possible in BlackBerry device. BlackBerry Protect is a free software, that offer the users to find the location of the phone on map, make the phone ring loudly, show a "kindly return me" message on screen, or wipe out the data completely. Your mobile operator can do nothing for finding the location of lost BlackBerry device and no use for calling them for help.

Windows Phone users can use the Find My Phone service provided by Microsoft to get the lost device back. The service can trace, lock and ring the phone from any remote location using an internet connection. The lock feature enables to lock the phone with a password and if you know you lost it forever, then use the erase option it will set the phone to factory state and all the files and apps you installed will loss permanently. 

Note: All the software specified above are free to use.
 
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Posted by Vivek on 12:55 am in android, blackberry, iPhone, security, smartphones, windows

20 Megapixel Sony Xperia Honami i1 Leaked Specs

It is rumored that Sony is unveiling a new smartphone in Xperia family code named as 'Honami i1', that would feature a 20 megapixel rear camera with xenon flash and interchangeable lenses.

Rumored Specifications of Sony Xperia Honami i1 is that it come with a 5 inch display with 1024x1920 pixel resolution.It may also have a 20mega pixel camera with xenon flash  supporting full HD recording and 2.2megapixel front camera. The new Sony Honami i1 is powered by a 2.3GHz Quadcore Snapdragon processor with 2GB RAM. 

The images below showing is the alleged images of Sony Xperia Honami i1.

Sony Honami (in middle)

Sony Honami supposed to be run on Android 4.2 Jelly bean operating system. The Honami will allegedly have 32GB storage capacity with a MicroSD card, and includes NFC, Wi-Fi, Blue-tooth 4.0 connectivity. Honami is expected to use a 3000mAh battery.

There is no official news is available about the release date of Sony Xperia Honami i1. Hopefully we can predict that it would be released before the end of 2013. 

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Posted by Vivek on 4:21 pm in smartphones, sony

Samsung Galaxy S3 Exciting Features

Measuring 4.8inch touch screen Samsung Galaxy S3 is a giant in smartphones. The excellent design and user interface and beautiful screen, higher performances are the main reason why most of us love Samsung Galaxy S3. The Korean smartphone giants Galaxy S3 turned into one of the best-selling phone in the year 2012.

With its wide range of features the Samsung Galaxy S3 is a rival to every other smartphones including Apples iPhone5 and HTC One X Plus. Its quad core processor gives you fast response and smoother performance without any lag. Samsung also unveiled 4inch, 1GHz Galaxy mini costs two third of Galaxy S3, which is good choice for middle range smartphones. The 4G version Galaxy S3 LTE (I9305) comes with 2GB RAM which operates on UKs 4G networks.

Design

The successor of Samsung Galaxy S2 looks very attractive and very well designed. It has a power button at the left hand side and volume control at the right. It comes with a home button at foot of the phone and back and main soft keys besides on it. It consists a headphone port at top and a Micro USB and Microphone occupy the underside of the device.

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Interface/OS
Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300 runs on Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich upgradable to 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, and feature a 1.4GHz Exynos 4412 Quad core CPU and mail-400 MP GPU.

Display

Samsung Galaxy S3 comes with huge 4.8inch super AMOLED capacitive display with a resolution of 1280x720pixel and 306ppi pixel density, and it supports 16M colors. It has multi touch functionality and used Corning’s Gorilla glass 2 which is light in weight and highly damage-resistant.

Camera

Samsung Galaxy S3 comes with a 3264x248 pixels 8mega pixel camera, with auto focus and LED flash. The camera has zero shutter lag, which means it captures the photo instantly when you click.  It offers full HD video supporting (1080p@30fps). It also has a 1.9mega pixel (720p@30fps) front facing camera. The camera has all smart features like geo tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization and simultaneous HD video and image recording.

Battery

Samsung used standard Li-Ion 2100mAh battery for increased back up. The standby time in 2G is up to 590hour and in 3G it is 790hour. The talk time is roughly about 21h 40min in 2G and 11h 40 min in 3G. Put you phone into power saver mode by disabling GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi from the notifications menu, it will increase the battery back up significantly.

Memory

Samsung Galaxy S3 gives you in-built 16/32/64 GB storage with 1GB RAM. It allows you to extent storage up to 64GB through Micro SD extension slot.

Features

The Samsung Galaxy S3 has Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth v4.0, NFC, Micro USB 2.0, Gyroscope, GPS, Google market access. The sensors included in Galaxy S3 are Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass and barometer. Galaxy s3 available in various colors marble white, pebble blue, amber brown, garnet red, sapphire black and titanium grey. Some of the extra features of Galaxy S3 are specified below.

S Voice  : The built-in S Voice application allows users to perform actions such as unlocking the phone, playing favorite tracks and taking photo with your simple voice command.

Direct Call : A very useful feature of S3. When you select a contact, or got a message from someone and want to call them back, you just bring your S3 to your ear; the sensors will realize it and calls to that number automatically.

Smart Stay : The face recognition is one of the best features in Galaxy S3. It tracks your eye and keeps the display lit while you are looking on it and dims when your eyes move away, waits till you are asleep.

S Beam  : This feature allows you to share files between two galaxy S3’s without pairing which uses NFC (Near Field Communication) and Wi-Fi Direct to send files. You need to place 2 S3’s back-to-back to transfer. Sharing content with S Beam is fast, easy and can expect transfer speed up to 300MBps.

Turn Over to Mute/Pause : If you are in an office and forgot to make your silent what do you do of your phone rings? Well, if you enabled it you can turn your device over to mute the ring. You can also use this feature to pause the music in Samsung in-built media apps as well. 

Price   :  Lowest price in India is Rs 32999
Rating  : 3.5/5

Posted by Vivek on 12:11 pm in android, reviews, samsung, smartphones

Sony Xperia Tipo Dual Specifications And Review

Sony Xperia Tipo Dual is the lowest priced android smartphone. The device is much better than other in the same price range. On first impressions, the device is very well built, it little lighter than other smartphones. It has  800MHz Qualcomm Single core processor, 512MB RAM, 3.2 mega pixel camera and 2.5GB in built memory which can be expandable up to 32GB. 

On the face, the Sony Xperia Tipo has a 3.2inch scratch resistant touch screen display with a resolution of 320x480. The phone is handy with a different and attractive look. 

Sony Xperia Tipo comes with 3.2 mega pixel camera, but it lacks LED flash light, and it does not have a front facing camera for video calls. Video quality is also good, it delivers 720p video recording. It also comes with a standard Li-Ion battery, with a good battery back up. Tipo is having all connectivity features like 3G, Wi-Fi, bluetooth etc...

Sony Xperia Tipo Dual Key Specifications

• 800MHz Qualcomm Single core Processor  
• RAM - 512 MB
• 3.2 mega pixel front camera
• Quad-band GSM (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz), Dual-band 3G (900, 2100 MHz)
• Dual-SIM (GSM + GSM)
• Runs on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
• 3.2 inch TFT touch screen
• 320x480 pixels, 180 pixel density
• 320x480 pixels, 180 pixel density
• In-built 2.5GB memory, expandable to 32GB Micro SD
• Dimension 4.06"x2.24"x0.51"
• Weight 99g
• Stand by time- 370h on 2G, 300h on 3G
• Supported Audio: MP3, MP4, SMF, WAV, 3GP, OGG, OTA. 
• Li-Ion 1500mAh battery
• Max. Price  Rs 10,500

 
Sony Xperia Tipo Dual SIM is built with all smartphone features and you can purchase latest android apps to your phone. Gtalk video chat, Google maps with street view, Google calender and Social apps like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and many more are built in on it. It has high speed USB2.0 for connectivity. Wi-fi and Hotspot connectivity enables you to easily connect with Internet.

The Sony Xperia Tipo is truly a compact smart phone in Xperia series. It has better features and performance in this price range. Overall, Xperia Tipo is the modest smartphone with affordable price.

Posted by Vivek on 7:30 pm in android, reviews, smartphones