Unveiled: Sony Xperia Z4v. Upgrades over Z3+ and is Exclusively Verizon.

Hello readers, sorry for a gap between my previous post and this one, all due to some boozy reasons I'll never prefer to share. ;)
Here comes another flagship model by Sony- Xperia Z4v. As of the news, it's exclusive for Verizon Cellulars(as the V comes in the nomenclature). It is said to be minorly upgraded version of the Z3+, or as of Japan, they call it Z4.

Sony Z4 Stock Image

Speaking about the specifications of the device, the display will be sporting a WQHD 5.2" display, as of Z3+, it was a 1080p model. Talking about the upgrade, charging options are flown up with added PMA Charging unit and Qi technology(for those who don't know click here to know).

Apart from the swapped postions of front camera and the rear cam as compared to Z3+, the battery pack has been increased to 3000mAh. Z4v uses the same powerhouse as the Z3+. Tranlating it, I mean by the same Snapdragon 810 SoC and 3GB RAm module and 32Gb onboard storage. For the photobugs, 20.7MP Rear and 5.1MP(for the duck face and pouted selfies, kiddin!) Front camera module will be there.

Verizon Xperia's are not new in the race, as the Z3v was one, Z4v is another. Yet, it has IP65 and IP68 ratings for water and dust proofing. No news about the pricing yet, as of now. We, frankly have no news about the OS version it will work on. If confirmed, it'll be edited.

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Take care, keep smiling.
Regards,
Me. :)

This new freak from LG has 'eyes' on you!

Smartphones these days getting extra smarter with the personal assistants .(Hello Siri, Google Now and Cortana!).
Now that LG doesn't remain 'practically' behind the race, it announced the LG A.K.A(meant to be pronunced as Aw-kuh). These phones are availabe in 4 colors with very catchy names. viz, Eggy(yellow one), Wooky(the white bully), Soul(black and the charm), and YoYo(pink). Names are given in such a way to make users realize that smartphones these days have a brain, than their no-brainers!

Eyes don't Lie

The phone is a new member of the G series by LG. Specs are mid-range.The device itself sports a 5" 720p screen and 4.4 Kitkat being horsed up by a 1.2GHz Quad-core processor with 1.5GB of RAM.
The back shooter is 8 MegaPixels and the selfie department has been taken care by a 2MP sensor.
Coming to the storage part, it has 16GB of onboard memory and SD expandibility.

As said, being a member of the G-series, these 4 tangy pieces sport a Laser Assisted focus just like the G3 had, plus the similar button-ey design on the back.

The eyes react while having any sort of notification and shake/get drizzy while one shakes the device.

There is a good news. The phone has a 4G LTE connectivity onboard and everything cooks up with the total powerhouse of 2610 mAh battery.

Source: GSMArena

Weekly Bash | Top 3 apps worth a shot

As I use an Android device, the apps shown below are basically for Android. Some of them maybe Android-only and some may be cross platform too. So I'll be showcasing on the Best free apps this week I used and loved so far. Applications I reviewed below, can be downloaded for free on Google Play Store, or particular App stores according to your mobile OS.

To start with, I would love to declare All the contents below are my part of personal opinion. None of the contents are advertised or monetize my webpage.

1. Shuttle Music Player.

To start with, I am a music guy. Even if I forget my bike keys, my earphones stills stay in my pockets.
Talking about Third Party apps, I use musiXmatch. But this app is not less than it. Yea, musiXmatch is a cherry when it comes to design, flawless-ness, ability to derive lyrics and floating lyrics.
Shuttle, is based on the Material design, the new reboot in Google's working area. It has a nice and effective Equalizer too.
Shuttle provides nice swiping and new layout like the recently updated Gmail and Play Music.

Download it here.

Nova with Shuffle widget

2. Nova Launcher Free/ Prime.
Another Google fan? Hate your customized ROM or UI? Love Stock theme like Nexus? Any other reasons?
Then yay! Nova is for you. Download the latest version to get the Lollipop Goodness inside it.
Prime has its own benefits.There are more of the Lollipop material 'circle' for example, sort of anymations and transition effects.


Download it here.











3.SwiftKey Keyboard.
I am using this keyboard since my Asus Zenfone 5 upgraded to Kitkat and removed the Google Keyboard. There are plenty of themes to choose from. Some flawless perks and nice UI. The integrated user dictionary works well.

Download it here.

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Another Lumia sans Nokia | The Microsoft Lumia 940 gets teased.

After the grand 11/11/14 #MoreLumia day by Microsoft's stunning release of the Lumia 535, here's another great news for the Lumia fans (me too!).

Was checking out something on Twitter for some news on new Lumia's (#MoreLumia) and got this right now.

Here is some news about the Lumia 940!

Specs say-
- 24MP Pureview Camera with 4K Slow-mo recording.
- 5MP Front Camera.
- Snapdragon 805 SoC.
- 3GB RAM (I am a monster!)
- Storage options- 32gigs, 64gigs and 128gigs
- 5 inch FHD display with Gorilla Glass 4.
- Confusion about OS: Windows Phone 10 or will be running on 8.1 build
   (but hey, every device is gonna updated.)

Lets see if more devices from Lumia coming in our pockets soon.

Take care readers.

Lumia 535 is the first non-Nokia Lumia. Bang on Microsoft

News was flooded with 'non-Nokia Lumia to arrive'. And here's the first Microsoft branded Lumia, the Lumia 535.
Spec-wise, this looks a pretty decent device, being a sub-$140 device(approx Rs. 8500).
- 5" qHD IPS LCD display
- Quad core 1.2Ghz Snapdragon 200 SoC
- 5MP Camera with Flash
- 1 GB RAM, that's what one sees! High Five Lumia!
- Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia denim.
Get the full specs here

Microsoft Branding

The device looks pretty awesome as the the price bracket. Let's wait for the finaal pricing and when it comes to e-Stores or an Exclusive Launch.

Asus Zenfone 5 gets another stability update (4.4.2+)

Asus launched its seamless series of Zenfone series months back and I have been using the pretty version of Asus Zenfone 5. I have been a fan of it's regular updates, even being a non-nexus device. Asus released its Kitkat as promised and 5.0 Lollipop is also on the way.*fingers crossed*

You can also download my Official Gizborg Feeds: Anurag n Gadgets App here.

So, here are the release notes from Asus: -

Asus has a very good backgroud in terms of providing the updates. And as far as I have used to, this device tends to be a n outperformer. Link for the official release notes, click here

To update your device-

1- Hover into the menu, and open Settings.

2- Scroll down and click System Update(or About> System Update).

3- Let your system check the update, and click Install Update.
 

P.S Check your WiFi or Data connection before

Nexus II 7 a.k.a Refresh surfaces

US based retailer BestBuy announced its pre-order for the 16gigs and 32gigs variants.
[Press shot courtesy: BestBuy]

Google launched the second variant of Asus Nexus 7, a hit of its time,  the Nexus refresh, some even are calling it Nexus II 7" (not sure which one is correct).  So far, the oral specs go like 

this: Snapdragon S4 Quad-core processor running at a clock speed of 1.5GHz and a 2GB of RAM on the top of it. 

Display size hasn't been changed, i.e 7" with a poppy 'n' creamy resolution of 1920*1200 pixels leaving a pixel density of  ~320 ppi. (the resolution on the benchmarks is 1824*1200 because of the onscreen buttons cover the remaining area) 

The tab is going to run on the upgraded 4.3 JellyBean version of Android, which promises to have exclusive improvements, including Bluetooth 4 LE allowing the battery to drain slower, as it lefts almost zero footprints of Bluetooth being turned on. Also, the overall RAM usage will be less(30 percent lesser than before), they say.

The AnTuTu benchmark I am showing is the same which Android Police revealed with their hands-on with this charm. [I haven't tested this product yet]. Nexus II 7 scores 18,000, which according to me will be great for a general tablet user.

Hasta-la-Vista,

have techie and geeky day ahead readers.
Regards,
Anurag Ganguly

Nokia Lumia 625 goes official, will include LTE this September

Hello everyone, back on my blog after many days.
So, talking about Lumia, days back Nokia launched the Lumia 1020. okay! won't be talking about it here.

Lumia 625, expected to be released in the month of September' 13 is said to be coming out with LTE (4G) with Cat3 and speeds upto 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL (correct me if I am wrong). It will sport a 4.7" IPD LCD capacitive display on the front panel with a resolution of 480*800p (~199ppi) and a Corning Gorilla Glass II protection.

For the storage thing, it has been given an 8 GB inbuilt storing capacity and expandable (microSD) external capacity upto 64 GB. On the back side, a 5MP Autofocus camera with LED flash on the top of it, and video recording capabilities such as 1080p HD recording at 30 fps. The secondary camera will be likely to be VGA.

Talking about the platform i.e the OS, Lumia 625 will be running on the Windows Phone 8, sporting a Qualcomm MSM8930 Snapdragon chipset with a Krait 1.2 GHz Dual Core processor and Adreno 305 graphic unit with 512 MB RAM over it, hopefully will run everything smoothly. Battery will be likely to be Li-ion 2000 mAh (BP-4GWA) and yeah, if you are going to buy this, you will need to short out your SIM into Micro-SIM.

Other Specifications you can check here.

Regards,
Anurag Ganguly

Micromax A90 and A100 are the ICS charm from Micromax

Well, this may be really weird to say that there are some ICS based Android phones in a range of 10k to 15k, but yeah! Micromax again did it. Micromax has recently launched 3 new Android smartphones, the A84, A90 & A100; out of which the A84 elite still runs on Gingerbread and the former two are running on Ice Cream Sandwich, and also some news is there promising and 4.1 Jelly Bean official upgrade. Well that would be the berry on the desert! The A90 comes with 1 GHz processor, ICS OS, 8MP camera and WVGA touchscreen and the A100 powered by 1 GHz processor and has 5MP camera with LED flash, 0.3 MP front-facing Camera.

The A90 is priced at Rs. 12,990 and A100 at Rs. 9999 only. Well the A90 is somewhat expensive because of the AMOLED display with which it is topped despite the A100 having the TFT LCD. Not to worry, you get what you pay for!

Here are some specification of the phones:

A100 Canvas

Micromax A100 Superfone Canvas

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• 5-inch (480 x 854 pixels) TFT capacitive touch screen display.
• Dual SIM (GSM + GSM) with Dual Standby
• Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS
• 1 GHz dual-core processor
• 5MP camera with flash, 0.3 MP front-facing Camera
• 3G, Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS
• 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
• 512MB RAM, 4GB internal memory, 32GB expandable memory with MicroSD
• 2000 mAh battery with up to 5 hours Talk time and up to 180 hours Standby

A90 Pixel

Micromax A90 Superfone Pixel

• 4.3-inch (800 x 480 pixels) Super AMOLED 262k true color display
• Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS
• 1GHz dual-core processor
• Dual SIM (GSM + GSM) with Dual Standby
• 8MP camera with flash, 0.3MP front-facing camera
• 512MB RAM, 32GB expandable memory with micro SD
• 3G, Bluetooth 2.1, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS, Micro USB
• 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
• 1600 mAh battery with up to 5 hours Talk time and up to 174 hours Standby

 You can but the A100 here and A90 here

Do comment.

Update for my Galaxy Y, its Awesome :)

Hello readers, this is me blogging from my home PC. As I was suffering from a severe tonsil infection in my throat, so I tried updating my trusty Galaxy Y to the latest firmware, i.e.
PDA:LE1/PHONE:LE1/CSC:LD1
(as seen in my Kies app) but in my phone menu, the Kernel version is showing up as S5360DDLE1. I didn't used Kies for updating it, just did a FOTA update.
So here are some pics:

Before Updating: -

After Updating :- 

There are many changes like the lock screen and some bug fixes.
So, Samsung has added some new transition like the new Galaxy range for ex. Galaxy Mini 2.
The lockscreen has a nice lock/ unlock effect. Also some scrolling effects and the navigation bar effect have been changed.
All in all, a nice bug fix and look update.

Regards,
Anurag Ganguly | Anurag n Gadgets :)

Also check out my new tech n photography blog HERE

Backup your market apps on Android

Whenever you download any app from the market place, you want it to be in .apk format. So that you can anytime install it on your  phone  again when you format it or uninstall the particular app. 

For that thing, there's an app called  App  Backup & Restore, which is available for free over the marketplace.

Download Link: Click here


This app is a great tool, which is easy to install and fun to archive the apps.





Some great features of the app:
- Backup apps to SD card
- Batch backup
- Backup market link for protected apps
- Restore apps from SD card
- Batch restore
- Quick uninstalling
- Sort apps by name, install date, size
- Auto backup on install
- Show storage usage
- Multi version backup
- Search app from Google market
- Send apk file by email
- Share market link
- Support App2SD

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Anurag Ganguly

[Tutorial] How to speed up your Droid

Hey guys, I recently got my droid, the Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 Android smartphone. I am using this phone since 1 week and I just got addicted to it coz I just love it, I mean its so nice and for me, its the best smartphone in the world.
One thing every android phone should be treated with, is downloading and installing App 2 SD pro. Its a nice and free app that you get from the marketplace and you can now save and install all your apps directly in your SD card. But, then also there are some apps which get stuck to the phone memory and therefore result and slowing down the device a bit. If you have downloaded App 2 SD onto you device, then have a look at this tutorial.

Step I

Open the menu and find App 2 SD icon.     
      

Step II

Open the 'Phone only' tab.
Select any app, and hold it for some time till a new window opens up and select Uninstall/ Details.

Step III

A new window will open, then select Clear data option from it.

Step IV

Now you are done, but be sure to do this procedure with every app. And if possible then restart your phone too. Comment and share my post if this was helpful.

[NOTE: PLEASE don't do this for any game if you have reached maximum level and don't want to play it again from the beginning.]

Samsung Galaxy Y and Y Pro Duos surfaces on Web

Hello readers, I am back again with an cheesy news again.

In India, after the launch of dual sim Android phones such as the Micromax Supefone lite A75 and Spice Mi350n, how can Samsung sit quiet? No, no, no don't even think so. While surfing the web I saw something interesting and wanted to share it with you. Some press releases say that, Samsung is going to launch Dual sim variants of its Galaxy Y and Y Pro budget smartphones and are gonna named as Galaxy Y Duos and Galaxy Y Pro Duos respectively. There is even a probability of these phones to release within next two months

(Jan/Feb'12). 

Specs are given below the image.

Samsung Galaxy Y Duos: -

• Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
• Same 832 Mhz Processor but with 384mb of RAM this time.
• 3.14" TFT capacitive multitouch display with same 320*240 QVGA sucking display(why samsung?)
• Dual Sim (GSM+GSM).
• 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS , as every android has.
• A 3.2MP camera at rear(last one had only 2MP). But seriously, no front facing cam.

Samsung Galaxy Y Pro Duos: -

• Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
• 2.6" TFT touch screen
• 832 Mhz processor.
• All standard Android stuffs I am bored writing it...
• and yes a  3.2MP camera.
• PLUS!!! a front facing camera.

Expected launch: -

Near about in Quarter 1 '2012

My Views: -

The Samsung galaxy Y S5360 was targetted mainly for the youth gen ('Y' ). And these two phones with some higher specs like dual sim and a good camera, I think are for those business folks who love a cheesy CLASS sort of phones, mainly the Galaxy Y pro duos, the qwerty version of Galaxy Y duos. Well according to me, a phone is a phone at last, and I dont think about a business or a multimedia tag under a phone. Because, if the phone has simple design it is named after BUSINESS phone. Well, its our(consumers) choice to buy which one........

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Micromax launched the Superfone lite A75

Micromax, an Indian mobile making company who has always tried to win the hearts of mediocre people by making powerful phones in a very nice price bracket, so that everyone can afford it. Yesterday, as per the news I read, I came to know that this company again launched a new android phone viz., Micromax Superfone lite A75, the l'll bro of the recently launched A85 with dual core nVidia processor. A75 is launched in a price bracket <10k, as I said so that everyone can afford it. And for the delight, it has got a very fabulous spec sheet too.cheers! and see below....

The specs include:-

• A nice 3.75" screen with res of 320X480p.
• 650MHz of processor
• 3MP rear shooter with LED flash, and 0.3MP front facing cam
• and yes Dual sim too(GSM+GSM), again Cheers!

Readers, this phone has just awesome specs. And I am just waiting for a good review to come on Youtube..
Till then,
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N.B: The images are just for indication and do not belong to me. They are taken from Micromax's own website, and not my property.

Life with my Nokia 5233

Well, its been a long time I wanted to share my experience in my 'gizmo' life with Nokia 5233. My Nokia is about 10 months old now. My dad bought it for me near about in the last December, and I was so happy when I got it, I can't even express that feeling, b'coz it was my first touch' phone which I got in my life. Actually I am a proud owner of the 'limited edition' chrome bordered version of Nokia 5233. It is my first touch phone and still it looks like a new one, b'coz I can keep my gadget's and gizmo's alive for a time longer that anyone else :)

Some of the things which I love in this phone include a nice and responsive touch screen, being resistive; extremely crisp resolution of the screen, which is very clear and wide enough to watch movies on it, so and so...This phone does not have 3G or WiFi on it, but its internet speed on edge/GPRS are fast enough to get the stitch on time which saves my nine, just joking but yea, its speedy enough.

It also has a nice Symbian S60 OS, which is, in my opinion, an okay-okay platform to start your journey with a smartphone or a touch phone instead of going with the Java phones. B'coz the os gives 'some' choices to the apps which can cut the boring time, but not as great as Android. Actually my dad first gave me choices between Samsung Corby and Nokia 5233, and as you know I opted for Nokia. I even like Corby, but it does not have as many features as Nokia and 8/10 people on the street had that thingy on their palm.

This is my one, still looks squeaky new.

Wait for my next posts,

Till then,
Bye...

iPhone 4s to be released in November'11.

Hello everyone, as we all know, the most awaited iPhone 5 is still in the list of 'To be Released' due to the death of Steve Jobs. But there are chances if iPhone 4s with Siri, a dual core A5 processor and a full HD 8mp camera to release in India next month. But there is still no news from the carrier companies in India. 

The first to do is just like every time -wait, wait and wait!. Jokes apart, if got a chance to get an iPhone, then I will still wait for the iPhone 5, or get an iPhone 4 instead.

Hope you like and follow my blog,

Anurag Ganguly.

Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 out with Galaxy Nexus!

Hello everyone, the most awaited version of Android, the Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 is out with Samsung Galaxy Nexus on which it is running. Nexus phones are believed to released with most of the newest Android platforms.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus

And one thing more, according to the web most of the phones running official Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) will get this update.

I personally thought that this version of Android would be also tablet optimized, but for the delight its for mobile phones.

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Samsung Galaxy Y, a new youngster in the Android race..

Hello everyone, and thanks for all the comments I received from you in most of my last posts. 

Samsung recently launched 3 new smartphones, viz., Galaxy Y, Omnia W, and Wave 3.
But I wanted to tell you about the Galaxy Y, because it is balanced more on specs and less on price.
The Y here stands for generation youth on which it is targeted.

Priced at just Rs. 7130, this baby has a powerful 832MHz processor and 256mb of RAM. It also has a 3.0" capacitive touch screen with a QVGA resolution, which is not bad according to its price. And the main thing, it runs on the latest version of Android, i.e. 2.3.5 Gingerbread.

On the sad note, it has nothing to say. But only 2 megapixel camera may disappoint someone, but it can be easily digested if one looks on the advantages of this phone.

The screen, on the phone is extremely responsive (of course, its Samsung buddy) according to the reviews over the web. It supports all the multi touch inputs and gestures. And for the rejoice, Samsung has put its highly customizable TouchWiz 3.0 UI. But for me, LauncherPro or ADW launcher are first choice as they are much more customizable and smooth.

Please read, comment and share my post.
Regards,
Anurag Ganguly

Nokia C2-02 and C2-06, will they stay for long??

      Hiii readers, hope you follow me this time or at least comment? Hmmm, today I got something interesting over the web. Something new, which should be done by Nokia before. I think you got an exact image of what I am going to convey...No? Okay read below ..

    Nokia is busy releasing 2 new touch-n-type phones(I said 'touch' not 'smart'). The keyboard will have slider mechanism, but it will be Alphanumeric(its ''ancient'' now Nokia) they should use QWERTY keypad at least okay company should be knowing whats better......

Nokia C2-06

Nokia C2-02

                               

    

"No Difference in both of them at all (lack of designers at Nokia)"

         Full specs of the phones: Nokia C2-02 and Nokia C2-06,

         and Pre-order site: Nokia C2-02 and Nokia C2-06

     For the price, I think that the phones would not bad though, but resistive touch screen on 2.6" QVGA display still matters....Okay, if your fingers are too small then this is best for you at this price. I don't understand why Nokia does not give its phone some "Pet name", everytime its gives name which don't come on tongue, why Nokia? Why? Both of these are Dual sim and Dual stand-by mode enabled I thought this would also be running on its ''Familier'' Symbian 60 v5 (s60v5). But wait, this one is Java based phone or it may be running on s40 for Java(actually both are same, but s40 is customized by Nokia) or I don't know, because it is not shown up on GSMarena.com too.... so, should wait till any reviews come up or let it be..depends on you readers...

Please comment and share your views too :)

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Samsung Wave 525, for the one's on a TIGHT budget.....

         Today, my cousin told me about his friend's Samsung Wave 2, which is a class 'High' end Bada phone, priced at Rs.14000. But its not made for the people who are on a tight pocket budget. So, Samsung has made a cheaper option in the new Wave series known as Bada Family by Samsung......

Here's how the Stunning Wave 525 looks like :-

In terms of looks, this phone resembles the Samsung Star.

But, in terms of functionality the Wave 525 is extremely opposite to the Star....

The main difference in these two is that, Wave has capacitive multitouch screen so Pinch-2-Zoom is joy...

So, let me tell you the differences between Wave 2 and Wave 525.

Screen size- The Wave 2 has 3.5" Super LCD screen with resolution of 480x800 pixels,

And the Wave 525 has 3.0" TFT LCD screen with resoution of 240x400 pixels, which is not bad at all

Processor- Wave 2 has 1 GHz Cortex A8 processor

and the Wave 525 has no information about it over the net, and I also don't know b'coz I don't have it..haha..

Camera- Wave 2 has 5 MP autofocus camera with LED flash

and the Wave 525 has 3.15 camera with fixed focus and no flash..(but not bad for this price range)

Both the phones have WiFi (b/g/n) but surprisingly 525 has no 3g.

Though, the one who is on TIGHT pocket cannot afford the HIGH data cost of  3G in India yet......lol

And yes, both have GPS with A-Gps support, so no hassle in traffic..lol

My Verdict- In the price range between 6k to 8k, one who is looking for a good and affordable smartphone with capacitive touch screen and a nice interface like Android and TouchWiz 3.0, then the Wave 525 is a Gr8 deal.....

But at last, its your choice think and take decision...

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