Samsung Unveiled Ultra High Speed New Memory Cards

SAMSUNG is one of the fastest-growing companies in the global market of high-tech electronics. By offering expanded products for all types of business, SAMSUNG becomes one of the leading manufacturing company. 

Recently Samsung releases ultra high speed new UHS-I Class SD and microSD external memory cards. Samsung unveiled a few 16GB UHS-I Class SD and microSD cards earlier this year but now they are showing higher 64GB capacity versions at IFA 2012. These high speed memory cards are capable of storing 64 gigabytes of data and also provides great speed of 70 Megabytes per second (MB/s) to read and write. 

This new external memory cards has been designed with Samsung’s proof technologies (advanced semiconductor technology and NAND flash) to provide users with ultimate levels of reliability, durability and three-time faster speed than the conventional micro SD cards available in the market these days.

These new external memory cards are designed for ultimate quality in accessing and storing advanced quality of large multimedia content such as full HD (1080p) videos and pictures. These new cards are also Water- proof, Magnetic-proof, X-ray-proof and Temperature-proof to maximize the users ‘experience with faster speeds, more reliability and higher capacity, making it the essential complementary item for smart phones and digital cameras. Samsung will make these new UHS-I Class SD and microSD cards available in Mid-October. 

(Source = samsungtomorrow.com)

Is LG Optimus 4X HD (Better than Galaxy 3 and HTC One X)

Over the last few years, mobile phones manufacturing that were once at the top are nowhere to be seen and others have risen to the helm. LG belongs firmly to the first category, as a company LG seems to have been trying a lot to come up with a successful high-end Android device The NEXT device launched by “LG Optimus Smartphone” is LG Optimus 4X HD.

At First Glance LG Optimus 4X HD has got angular, slab-like thin design is decent for a flagship model which looks good but it is still very plastic. LG Optimus 4X HD has a large 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS LCD display which delivers 470 nits of brightness which provides great colour reproduction and viewing angles and also use 70% less power than a regular LCD used in other Smartphone’s.

About camera “LG Optimus 4X HD” got 8-megapixel autofocus rear camera with an LED flash which is pretty good when it is concerned with quality of image and also have 1.3-megapixel front camera for video calling. But its software seems to loos when it comes to manual focus after every 2-3 seconds. So if you try to focus on an object, the phone will initially focus on that but switches to auto-focus which of course irritates you. But LG Optimus 4X camera supports Full-HD recording and also allows you to add funny background/ face effects during live recording.

Just like other Android android devices in the market its performance is up to the mark. LG Optimus 4X HD  comes with Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor clocked at 1.5GHz SoC powerhouse(which gives you pretty much good experience while doing multi tasking ), 1GB of RAM, 16GB built-in storage (12GB user available), which can be expandable up to 32GB via a microSD card. Over all it is the best performance we have seen so far of any LG Android device and amongst the best across Android devices from any manufacturer.

Other specifications are as follow:-

GENERAL

2G Network       GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network       HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100

BODY

Dimensions        132.4 x 68.1 x 8.9 mm

Weight              133 g

DISPLAY

Display               True HD-IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colours

Size                   720 x 1280 pixels, 4.7 inches (~312 ppi pixel density)

Multitouch           Yes

Protection           Corning Gorilla- Optimus UI v3.0

SOUND

Alert types          Vibration, MP3 ringtones

Loudspeaker        Yes

3.5mm jack          Yes

MEMORY          

  

Card slot              microSD, up to 32GB

Internal               16 GB storage (12 GB user available), 1 GB RAM

CAMERA             

Primary                 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality

Features               Geo-tagging, face and smile detection, touch focus, image stabilization

Video                   Yes, 1080p@30fps, check quality

Secondary             Yes, 1.3 MP

FEATURES          

OS                       Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

Chipset                Nvidia Tegra 3

CPU                     Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9

GPU                     ULP GeForce

Sensors                Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Messaging            SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM

Browser                HTML5, Adobe Flash

Radio                   Stereo FM radio with RDS

GPS                     Yes, with A-GPS support

Java                     Yes, via Java MIDP emulator

Colours                 Black, White

                           - SNS integration

                           - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

                           - TV-out (via MHL A/V link)

                           - DivX/Xvid/MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player

                           - MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player

                           - Document editor

                           - Organizer

                           - Google Search, Maps, Gmail

                           - YouTube, Google Talk

                           - Voice memo/dial/commands

                           - Predictive text input

BATTERY

Standard            Battery, Li-Ion 2150 mAh

Stand-by            Up to 730 h (2G) / Up to 686 h (3G)

Talk time           Up to 9 h 20 min (2G) / Up to 10 h 50 min (3G)

Zync Tablet Z-909 Review

Recently I came across news one such low-cost Android tablet, dubbed ZYNC Pad Z909 made its way to our review labs. Priced at Rs.3,900. Let’s find out if the price is justified or the tablet comes with umpteen compromises.

Affordable Zync Pad Z909 runes on Android 2.2 and comes up with earphones, USB cable, meager stylus charger, cleaning cloth, case and a ScratchGuard (Screen Protector). It has 4GB of built-in memory, and expanded up to 16GB using the memory card. Mediocre design of zync pad z909 is made up of glossy plastic which is not at all good.

The ZYNC Pad Z909 is fuelled by an 800 MHz processor with 256 MB RAM. But there is only 144 MB RAM free for other application to run. This is surely not enough memory for running 90% of application in the android market. This low end tablet comes with annoyed restiveness touch which surely doesn't give you a great experience during browsing internet and photographs.

It consists of front facing camera which is placed in left side. But it is of no use, you cannot use this camera for video call neither with skype or nor other with other software’s. Which make this camera of no use? Thus we found the overall score is very low…..

Pros :-

• Cost is very low. 
• Sufficient to run internet and watching movies. 

Cons :- 

• It get hanged when we plug any USB dongle to run internet. 
• You cannot use front camera for video calling. 
• They do not have service centre in many cities. So if it get hanged you cannot think of getting it reset or repaired even though you have a warranty. 
• The touch response is very poor. 
• Restiveness touch gives you poor user interference. 
• It is installed on Ubuntu or Linux so even you do not have option of either upgrading Android nor Skype for video call. 

Sony Xperia ion Launched in India

Sony Xperia ion 

Post a separation from Ericsson, Sony seems to be eyeing the Smartphone market with a new vigour and enthusiasm. Sony has recently launched a new Android device in the Indian market at an approximately price of 36999 Rs.

The Sony Xperia ion is technically a High-range offering but unlike most phones in its price range, the phone runs on a 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Dual Core processor. But does it actually offer better performance? Let’s find out

Sony Xperia ion followed after Xperia U and Xperia S and it is a pretty much high end device but it has a same design characteristics that is hard lines curved rear, weighty, very stream line over all a nice hand set but not quite attractive compare to HTC ONE X or Nokia lumia 900.

What you are going to like its 4.6 inches 720p HD reality display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine with really good pixel (323 ppi) density for sharp details. Sony Xperia ion comes with a 12 MP camera (gives you 16x digital zoom) with auto focus, LED flash and with Exmor R CMOS sensor. With which you can shoots 1080p videos. 720p videos can also be shoot by its 1.3 megapixel Front-facing camera.

The HDMI connection also opens the Xperia ion's TV launcher, a customizable home screen carousel of application shortcuts by which a user can navigate the TV launcher. There are also dedicated buttons for Power, volume control and for camera.

When it come to type message in Xperia ion, its comes up with Scratch-resistant, shatter proof sheet on mineral glass Capacitive touch screen with on-screen QWERTY keyboard. You can also choose between 2 option of Xperia keyboard and Android keyboard with great response.

However Sony is known for its video and audio quality, but with this Xperia ion they gives a completely different and great user experience by its very different music player where you can brose between different music album with its album cover simultaneously with all controls on screen. It supports wider range of audio, video formats. Over all it’s a complete package of smart phone but currently it is coming with 2.3 Gingerbird OS. But let’s we can hope to see it soon coming upgraded version with 4.0 android.

Quick specs

Weight: - 5.1 ounces 144 grams

Display: - 4.55" touch screen TFT 16 million colors, 1280 x 720 pixels

Battery: - Talk time (up to) 10 hours [1]

              Standby time (up to) 400 hours [1]

Music listening time: 12 hours [1]

Processor: - 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Dual Core

Memory: -

• RAM: 1GB 
• Flash memory: 16GB eMMC 
• Expansion slot: microSD, up to 32GB 

Networks: -

• GSM EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900 
• UMTS HSPA+ 850, 1900, 2100 
• LTE Band IV and Band XVII 

Camera and video: -

• 12 megapixel camera with LED flash and Auto focus 
• Sony’s Exmor™ R for mobile CMOS sensor 
• 16x digital zoom 
• HD video recording (1080p) 
• 3D Sweep Panorama 
• Image playback, supported formats: BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, WBMP 
• Image capture, supported format: JPEG 
• Video playback and recording, supported formats: 3GPP, MP4 
• Accelerated Adobe Flash Video 
• Front-facing camera (1.3 megapixel, 720p) 
• Face detection 

Entertainment: -

• xLOUD Experience – audio filter technology from Sony 
• FM Radio with RDS 
• 3.5 mm audio jack for headphones 
• Audio playback, supported formats: MP3, 3GPP, MP4, SMF, WAV, OTA, Ogg vorbis 
• Audio recording, supported formats: 3GPP, MP4, AMR 
• 3D and motion gaming 
• Timescape with Twitter integrated 
• Xperia™ 2.0 with Facebook 
• TV launcher 

Connectivity and communication: -

• USB High speed 2.0 and Micro USB support 
• WiFi and WiFi Hotspot functionality 
• HDMI Support 
• DLNA Certified 
• Synchronisation via Exchange ActiveSync, Google Sync and Facebook 
• aGPS 
• WebKit web browser with Pan & zoom 
• Bluetooth technology 
• Native USB tethering 
• NFC 
• ANT+ technology 

Pre-loaded applications: -

• Google Voice Search 
• Google Talk with video chat 
• Google Mail 
• Google Calendar 
• Google Maps with Street View and Latitude