Samsung will unveil major Tizen changes at MWC, to combat Google’s Android lockdown

Say you’re Samsung. You own one of the world’s most popular mobile phone franchises. You’ve got a history of driving enormous revenues in the smartphone market — for many people, Samsung and Android are nearly synonymous terms when talking about the mobile phone industry. Headed into Mobile World Congress, easily one of the largest smartphone events of the year, you invite members of the press to attend… the debut of your next-generation operating system?

Apparently, yes. According to multiple reports, Samsung’s major unveil at MWC in February will focus on the operating system it’s been building for the past few years rather a smartphone launch. Presumably, Samsung will announce the Galaxy S5 at its own event, as it did last year with the S4. The fact that the Korean manufacturer wants to put such an emphasis on Tizen, however, is still surprising given that the OS has only shipped on a handful of camera SKUs to date.

Google’s Android lockdown

There are multiple alternative mobile phone operating systems in various stages of development, from Mozilla’s Firefox OS to Ubuntu Touch. Tizen is one of the only projectsbacked by a company as massive as Samsung — but having made so much money on Android, why is Samsung looking to leave it in the first place? It’s all about control — but the story there is more complicated than you might think.

Ars Technica wrote a major piece on how Google has used the Android ecosystem (ostensibly open-source) to tie its own services to the platform. Over the past six years, Google introduced open-source applications that provided basic functionality, then replaced them with its own closed-source apps in later versions. Once it’s created a closed-source version, the open-source flavor is effectively orphaned. Updates for the open, Android versions of the keyboard, calendar, photo app, or music player have been few and far between since the “Google” version of each application debuted.

Apple should consider building an Android phone, says co-founder Steve Wozniak

Speaking at the Apps Worldconference in San Francisco, Steve Wozniak has suggested that Apple might want to consider offering an Android-based phone, before it potentially suffers the same fate as BlackBerry. ”There’s nothing to keep Apple out of the Android market as a secondary phone market,” said Wozniak. Woz, who co-founded Apple, seemed to be making the remarks in response to the fact that Apple might not be able to produce the next killer product that everyone expects, and that unless it can continue to innovate, it could go the way of BlackBerry, which was knocked out of the running far faster than anyone would’ve expected. Personally, I think hell would freeze over before Apple released an Android phone.

Apple, according to Wozniak, has been rather fortunate in the last decade with the massive success of the iPhone and iPad. ”A whole new category of product doesn’t happen very often,” said Woz. If it can’t create another new category, then Apple will have to face some tough decisions — such as releasing an Android phone. Woz thinks that BlackBerry could’ve saved itself if it had switched to Android, rather than developing its own OS. ”BlackBerry’s very sad for me…  [but] I think it’s probably too late now [for an Android-based phone].”

Now, if we just loosen our grip on reality for a moment and actually consider what an Android iPhone would be like… well, I think we can all agree that it would be pretty awesome. Imagine a version of Android that has been tweaked to be as polished as iOS, running on iPhone-like hardware. I guess Apple would call it the aPhone — and, presumably, it would have the usual slew of first-party Google apps (Gmail, Chrome, Play) and access to the million-odd Android apps. I can’t see any reason Google (which retains control over who can make official Android devices) wouldn’t let Apple join the party. And yes, if such an aPhone ever came to market, I’d buy it in an instant – especially if it played nicely with the iOS ecosystem (Apple TV, AirPlay, AirDrop, etc.)

Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder, with an apple

The Woz also spoke a little about Tim Cook, saying he needs a little more time as CEO before any judgments should be made. Woz had harsh words for Microsoft’s lack ofinnovation (“Microsoft sat there for decades, saying, ‘We’re the company of innovation, innovation, innovation.’ And I never saw anything compared to what Apple was doing.”), and also for the NSA’s widescale wiretapping. Rounding out the talk, he also touched upon the silliness of patent warfare(“Why don’t we just agree we’ll cross-license?’), and his dubiousness of whether we’ll ever be able to produce a human-like machine intelligence (“We don’t understand the brain. How do we make a conscious computer?”)

The odds of Apple ever producing an Android-powered aPhone are slim to none, of course. But perhaps that’s what Woz was trying to get at — if there ever comes a time when Apple realizes it has to make an Android phone to stay alive, it might already be too late, just like BlackBerry. Once the world’s demand for high-end smartphones is finally sated, probably in the next few years, it will be interesting to see where Apple goes. Android, with competitive flagship devices and its dominance of the low- and mid-range market, shows no sign of slowing down. If Android’s market share gets to the point where developers no longer prioritise iOS, Apple might have to make some difficult decisions about the direction of its future mobile products.

Should Microsoft kill Windows Phone and switch to Android?

I’ve just had an interesting idea (which is pretty rare at the end of a long, hard week). What if Microsoft’s new CEO,Satya Nadella, drops Windows Phone in favor of Android? This might seem crazy, given the amount of time and money that Microsoft has put into Windows Phone — but desperate times call for desperate measures, right? Adding credence to this idea is the Nokia X (codenamed Normandy) — a Lumia-style phone that runs Android. This mid-range phone, despite Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia, still looks like it’s going to come to market this spring. Is it possible that Microsoft is waiting to see how the Nokia X does, before making a decision on the continuation of Windows Phone?

Now, there is obviously a lot of inertia against this idea. Microsoft has worked very, very hard to make Windows Phone a viable third option alongside iOS and Android. It’s not quite there, but it’s getting tantalizingly close. Presumably, Windows Phone 8.1, due out in the first half of the year, will finally push us over the “hey, this is actually really cool” threshold. Likewise, and perhaps more importantly, Microsoft has spent a lot of time and money cultivating an army of Windows Phone app developers — developers that, confronted with the runaway success of iOS and Android, probably took a lot of convincing.

Samsung Galaxy S5: Hardware specs, software, and release date rounded up

It is now all but confirmed that Samsung’s Galaxy S5 will be unveiled on February 24 at Mobile WorldCongress in Barcelona. Earlier this week, Samsung sent out invites to an “Unpacked 5″ event, and in the last few days various insiders have leaked information about the event itself. While the S4 was released at a glitzy soiree in New York City, insiders say that the S5 will have a more reserved, business-like introduction in Barcelona. Another inside says that Samsung won’t be putting quite so much emphasis on gimmicky features, such as the S4′s Air View, with the S5 — instead, we should expect gentler, more mature innovation.

The rumor mill currently indicates that the Galaxy S5 will have an ultra-high-resolution screen (possibly 2560×1440), an all-new aluminium chassis, and possibly some kind ofbiometric scanner (fingerprint or retina). If the Galaxy S5 is unveiled in Barcelona, it will probably be released some time in March.

Let’s dive into everything that we know about the Galaxy S5′s hardware, software, release date, and price.

Samsung Galaxy S5: Hardware specs, software, and release date rounded up

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It is now all but confirmed that Samsung’s Galaxy S5 will be unveiled on February 24 at Mobile WorldCongress in Barcelona. Earlier this week, Samsung sent out invites to an “Unpacked 5″ event, and in the last few days various insiders have leaked information about the event itself. While the S4 was released at a glitzy soiree in New York City, insiders say that the S5 will have a more reserved, business-like introduction in Barcelona. Another inside says that Samsung won’t be putting quite so much emphasis on gimmicky features, such as the S4′s Air View, with the S5 — instead, we should expect gentler, more mature innovation.

The rumor mill currently indicates that the Galaxy S5 will have an ultra-high-resolution screen (possibly 2560×1440), an all-new aluminium chassis, and possibly some kind ofbiometric scanner (fingerprint or retina). If the Galaxy S5 is unveiled in Barcelona, it will probably be released some time in March.

Let’s dive into everything that we know about the Galaxy S5′s hardware, software, release date, and price.

Galaxy S5 release date

First off, we should note that Unpacked 5 isn’t guaranteed to be the launch of the Galaxy S5. Previously, it was rumored that Samsung’s MWC event would focus on software and its Tizen phones, with the Galaxy S5 receiving its own separate event in the following weeks. Given the invitation’s prominent use of the number 5, though, it would be very sneaky if Samsung didn’t unveil the Galaxy S5 at MWC. Samsung tends to release its flagship Galaxy phones about a month after their unveil — so expect a Galaxy S5 release date around the end of March or beginning of April.

Galaxy S5 hardware specs

Rather unusually for a smartphone, the Galaxy S5′s hardware spec is still quite nebulous. Most reports agree that the Galaxy S5 will receive a higher-res screen — possibly as high as 2560×1440 (560 ppi, if the screen size remains at five inches). Beyond that, it’s mostly guesswork. The S5 will almost certainly have a beefy SoC — but odds are, it probably won’t be a 64-bit chip (except for Apple’s A7, there simply aren’t any 64-bit ARM chips ready to go). RAM-wise, there are a few reports that the Galaxy S5 might be the first smartphone with 4GB of RAM.

There are also fairly solid rumors that the Galaxy S5 will have some kind of biometric sensor — either a fingerprint or retina scanner. Evleaks, a fairly renowned leaker with a good track record, says the S5 will have a fingerprint scanner.

2084 Androids are widespread in law enforcement

Fully autonomous, mobile robots with human-like features and expressions are deployed in many cities now.* These androids are highly intelligent, able to operate in almost any environment and dealing with various duties. As well as their powerful sensory and communication abilities, they have access to bank accounts, tax, travel, shopping and criminal records, allowing them to instantly identify people on the street.
The presence of these machines is freeing-up a tremendous amount of time for human officers. They are also being used in crowd control and riot situations. With inhuman strength and speed, a single android can be highly intimidating and easily take on dozens of people if needed. Special controls are embedded in their programming, however, to prevent the use of excessive force.

Microsoft slashes prices on Windows 8.1 tablets, achieves near-parity with Android devices

We’ve known since IDF that Intel intended to put pressure behind Bay Trail’s sales volume by aggressively positioning the tablets across both Windows 8.1 and Android, but it seems Microsoft doesn’t want to be left behind — or undercut. The company has made significant slashes to prices on multiple devices in the Microsoft Store — the 32GB Dell Venue Pro has dropped from $299 to $229, while the 32GB Lenovo Miix 2 and Toshiba Encore (also 32GB tablets) have fallen to $249, from $299.
Dropping the Venue Pro to $229 actually puts Microsoft in the unusual position of going head-to-head against the $229 Google Nexus 7 (2013), but offering twice the storage (32GB versus 16GB). While Windows 8 has been roundly chewed up for offering far less than maximum capacity once the OS and restore files are accounted for, the 32GB Dell Venue 8 will still have 4-6GB more practical storage available than the Nexus 7 device.
The tablets themselves are powered by the Intel Bay Trail Z3740D, the same chip inside the Asus TransformerBook T100. While more expensive, the T100 also sports a larger screen (10.1 inches), a removable dock, and up to 64GB storage). Having used it extensively, I can say that the performance of this solution is surprisingly good — it far outstrips Clover Trail, and the integrated GPU is capable of handling many tablet games.
No, the Venue Pro 8 doesn’t have the Nexus 7′s 1920×1080 screen, but the 8.1-inch display on the Venue Pro still hits a PPI of 186. That’s higher than a conventional desktop monitor, even if it isn’t quite “Retina” quality (though as always, that’s a relative term and depends on viewing distance).

Microsoft is clearly trying to boost the visibility of its own Store (it’s selling the Dell Venue 8 Pro for a lower price than Dell itself). Still, this move also aligns with some of Intel’s priorities. The chip manufacturer has stated that its goal is to dramatically drive new tablet adoptions in 2014 with strong offerings in both the Windows 8 and Android ecosystems. If prices like this stick around, we’ll see Windows selling at head-to-head parity with Android throughout the year, at least at the upper end.

Google sells Motorola to Lenovo for $3 billion, throws in the smartphone towel

It has been almost two years since Google completed the purchase of Motorola’s handset division, but its experiment in trying to be a competitive smartphone maker has finally come to an end. While there were always plenty of doubters — starting with me — about the wisdom of Google entering the handset business, Google never wavered publicly about its commitment to the challenge.
Eventually the reality of how hard it is to compete in the smartphone market without taking your eye off the ball in other areas sunk home to Google — likely with the disappointing sales of its much-anticipated and much-trumpeted Moto X phone. Larry Page admitted as much in his blog post announcing the sale: “… the smartphone market is super competitive, and to thrive it helps to be all-in when it comes to making mobile devices.” This point was no doubt driven home by the fact that the Motorola division lost Google almost $1 billion in 2013. Lenovo will pay $2.91 billion in cash to acquire Motorola Mobility’s handset division — some parts of the company, including most of the patents, will stay with Google.

Lenovo knows way more about phones than you think

When I toured Lenovo’s private suite at CES this year, one thing I didn’t expect to see was a selection of pretty amazing smartphones. Since Lenovo doesn’t sell phones here in the US or Western Europe — yet — it doesn’t get much attention as a smartphone maker from the tech press. But in a few years it has become the fastest-growing maker of smartphones, with 45 million units shipped in 2013. At CES, Lenovo executives were coy about their plans to enter the US market, saying it would happen in time, but that they wanted to move carefully. Clearly the Motorola Mobility purchase — assuming it gains approval from regulators and closes successfully — jumpstarts that process in a big way.

What about future products?

While in some ways this deal echoes Lenovo’s purchase of IBM’s ThinkPad brand, there is one major difference — Lenovo already has a fairly broad, excellent, line of smartphone products, and a team that designs them. Without question some of the unique features of the Moto X, like always-on listening and custom covers, are worth keeping around, but it is hard to see Lenovo continuing both its own smartphone product lines and Motorola’s indefinitely. There will need to be some consolidation. Both companies have been silent about whether there will be a continued commitment to building some of the Motorola products in the USA. It is possible that regulators — already sensitive about Chinese companies purchasing flagship American technology names — may impose some conditions on the deal that affect this.
Current Lenovo phones are more traditional in approach than Motorola’s, with excellent hardware, great displays, and straightforward implementations of Android. They are also showing faster sales growth than almost any other line of phones. Motorola’s X and G have broken new ground in many areas, but they have hardly taken the US market by storm. Lenovo has said it will keep the Motorola brand separate, but it hasn’t said what that means for how it will merge the product lines. For those worried about the fate of the Ara modular phone research project, it is staying with Google and being moved to the Android group.

Will Lenovo play The Stig for Google?

Fans of hit series Top Gear are familiar with its “tame race car driver,” aka The Stig. The show gets to assign him all sorts of tasks, which he performs seemingly without complaint. Similarly, Google was likely looking for a more pliable business partner for Android than the hard-to-predict Samsung. With Samsung pushing its own app store and media hub, as well as Tizen — its Android alternative — Google probably wants to make sure it’s putting its mobile hardware jewels in more reliable hands.
At the same time, Google clearly can not afford to upset Samsung, on which it relies for the largest piece of Android sales. So it may not be a coincidence that the Lenovo deal was announced at just about the same time that Google and Samsung entered into a worldwide patent cross-licensing deal.
Personally, I’m excited by this deal — and not just because I said nearly two years ago that Google should sell Motorola. I’ve long been a fan of what Lenovo has done with the ThinkPad and IdeaPad product lines. With HTC in trouble, there hasn’t been a good competitor to Samsung in the US market for high-end Android phones. If Lenovo can combine some of the Moto X’s unique features, along with the excellent handset designs it is shipping around the world, consumers everywhere will benefit.

Samsung will unveil major Tizen changes at MWC, to combat Google’s Android lockdown

Say you’re Samsung. You own one of the world’s most popular mobile phone franchises. You’ve got a history of driving enormous revenues in the smartphone market — for many people, Samsung and Android are nearly synonymous terms when talking about the mobile phone industry. Headed into Mobile World Congress, easily one of the largest smartphone events of the year, you invite members of the press to attend… the debut of your next-generation operating system?
Apparently, yes. According to multiple reports, Samsung’s major unveil at MWC in February will focus on the operating system it’s been building for the past few years rather a smartphone launch. Presumably, Samsung will announce the Galaxy S5 at its own event, as it did last year with the S4. The fact that the Korean manufacturer wants to put such an emphasis on Tizen, however, is still surprising given that the OS has only shipped on a handful of camera SKUs to date.

Google’s Android lock down

There are multiple alternative mobile phone operating systems in various stages of development, from Mozilla’s Firefox OS to Ubuntu Touch. Tizen is one of the only projects backed by a company as massive as Samsung — but having made so much money on Android, why is Samsung looking to leave it in the first place? It’s all about control — but the story there is more complicated than you might think.
Ars Technica wrote a major piece on how Google has used the Android ecosystem (ostensibly open-source) to tie its own services to the platform. Over the past six years, Google introduced open-source applications that provided basic functionality, then replaced them with its own closed-source apps in later versions. Once it’s created a closed-source version, the open-source flavor is effectively orphaned. Updates for the open, Android versions of the keyboard, calendar, photo app, or music player have been few and far between since the “Google” version of each application debuted.

Here’s the kicker: If device makers reject one closed-source version of an application, they don’t get any of them. Google can’t stop a manufacturer like Amazon from using Android, but it controls all of the licensing terms for Google apps. Those licensing terms are reportedly much simpler if you’re a member of the Open Handset Alliance — and the contractual terms of the OHA license prohibit device manufacturers from forking Android.

Samsung’s work on Ti zen illustrates that the company doesn’t much like the way Android has been turned into a Google-only show. The terms and agreements surrounding the Google applications that govern the Android experience (and that users want) are as much a prison as the ecosystem that Android was ostensibly supposed to combat. Faced with the difficulty of building its own competing applications at the heart of Android or targeting a new OS that isn’t encumbered by the same license terms, Samsung has decided to pour effort into both camps. Samsung’s own version of Google apps and its TouchWiz UI skin aren’t just annoyances (though they’re certainly annoying) — they’re the manufacturer’s attempt to insure it has acceptable alternatives if its arrangement with Google breaks down. The Google Play ecosystem only exacerbates the trend — apps that use Google APIs can’t run properly on devices like the Kindle Fire.

Nokia’s Android smartphone looks a lot like Windows Phone, should be released in 2014

New photos of Nokia’s upcoming Android handset, code named Normandy, have leaked — and rather oddly, it appears the standard Android UI has been stripped out and replaced with something that looks a bit like Windows Phone. In a separate leak, it would appear that the Normandy hardware design, which looks almost identical to a Nokia Lumia handset, is near-final. It would seem that, despite the imminent finalization of Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia, this rather odd device is still on schedule to be released this year.For the last few years, and despite the Microsoft acquisition, there has been a persistent rumor that Nokia is working on an Android phone. We always assumed that this was an internal test — a prototypical “what if?” and nothing more. It is not unusual for hardware companies to try out different architectures internally — it simply isn’t sensible to have all of your eggs in one (Windows Phone) basket, after all. In short, we always thought that Normandy was a backup in case Symbian, Asha, or Windows Phone didn’t work out. Now that we have photos of near-final hardware, though, it’s pretty clear that Normandy isn’t just an internal prototype.

We won’t say much about Normandy’s hardware design, because it’s basically the same as Nokia’s Lumia line of phones but with a single Back button at the bottom. Instead, we’re going to talk about the software. As you can see in the image below, Normandy is running a version of Android that has been tailored to look a lot like Windows Phone — or, perhaps, a more colorful and grid-like variant of Symbian. Not only do some of the icons look very similar to their Windows 8/Windows Phone counterparts, but there’s also the interesting inclusion of Skype and Here Maps (which are presumably installed by default). The right side of the image seems to show a notification tray — but it might also be an app launcher, or some mix of the two.

Google’s smart contact lenses for diabetics: Another step towards the Google-powered cyborg

Google X, the secretive research lab famed for its work on Glass and Google’s self-driving cars, has unveiled its next product: Smart contact lenses. The first smart contact lens, aimed at diabetics, takes a glucose level reading every second from the tears that wash over your eye when you blink, and transmits that data wirelessly to a nearby device. Google doesn’t say what device, but presumably a smartphone or Google Glass. Yes, if Google X has its way, we will soon all look like cyborgs, our bodies becoming interconnected networks of implants and augmentations.

Currently, if you have diabetes, you generally have to perform finger-stick blood tests throughout the day. At best this is inconvenient, at worst it’s disruptive and painful — but either way, if you want to safely manage your blood sugar levels, it must be done. Due to the inconvenience factor, though, many diabetics don’t test themselves as often as they should — which then leads to all sorts of nasty situations, such as passing out. There are other ways of reliably testing blood sugar levels, such as your tears — but, as you can imagine, collecting tears is no easier than pricking your finger. Unless you have a smart contact lens…

I'm Watch -android smart watch

i’m Watch

the Smartwatch

i’m Watch is much more than a watch. It’s a latest generation device that makes the most of your smartphone. With i’m Watch you can leave the phone in your pocket, in your purse or on your desk.

Calls, SMS,

E-mails and Apps, always available.

i’m Watch communicates with your smartphone, showing you, thanks to its clear and bright display, all the messages you receive. If you receive a call, you can see who’s calling, wherever you left your smartphone.

i'music, all the music you want, directly to your wrist.

i'music is the i'm Watch application that allows you to find, download and listen to your favorite music, choosing from over 6 million songs. Limitless!

Android 4.1

Android 4.1, Jelly Bean, is the fastest and smoothest version of Android yet. Jelly Bean improves on the simplicity and beauty of Android 4.0, and introduces a new Google search experience on Android.

• Everything in Jelly Bean feels fast, fluid, and smooth. Moving between home screens and switching between apps is effortless, like turning pages in a book.
• Jelly Bean features improved performance throughout the system, including faster orientation changes, faster responses when switching between recent apps, and smoother and more consistent rendering across the system through vsync and triple buffering.
• Jelly Bean has more reactive and uniform touch responses, and makes your device even more responsive by boosting your device's CPU instantly when you touch the screen, and turns it down when you don't need it to improve battery life.
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Smart Fabric

Now the fabrics have become smart too.

Now there are sleeping bags and shorts which charge your smartphone while you are on the move

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Vodafone announced its line of sleeping bags and clothing which can charge  smartphone,tablets,etc.

These apparels are made of the "SMART FABRIC" which draws the kinetic energy when the person is moving and the thermal energy which is the body heat from the user and sends it to the POWER POCKET where you put the devices that are to be charged.

This technology is developed by the students of University of southampton,UK

According to developers one day's walk in Power Shorts can charge to  4 hours of battery-life 

and one night's sleep in the Recharge sleeping bag can charge to 11 hours of battery life.

Vodafone will be releasing it in the UK market by the late june and sure it will take hell of a time to come to indian market.

POWER SHORTS

FLEXIBLE DISPLAY

As the name suggests it is flexible,
An OLED  rather made of plastic than traditional glass which is why it is also said that it is unbreakable. There have been a lot of prototype designs by major electronic companies across the past few years containing "the" flexible display.Let's have look at some. 

PHILIPS FLUID

PHILIPS came up with the design of a
smartphone containing flexible OLED display.It named the phone "FLUID".This mobile phone can be wrapped up around the wrist  just like a bracelet.Well this trendy smartphone didn't yet come up in the market and is not of company's plans in near future

                            NOKIA KINETIC 

A flexible smartphone prototype that allows for navigation by physically deforming the device .this device has a fully bendable screen.By twisting the handset laterally you can scroll through the lists of media. Bending the edges toward you or away from you zooms in and out, and then more twisting pans around the zoomed image.This too is nowhere near the commercial production.







SAMSUNG YOUM
At CES 2013, samsung unveiled its flexible screen "YOUM"
which it is planning to soon release into the market through smartphones and tablets.the prototype consists of a screen which is bendable and only attached to base making it  paper-like.





Curved OLED TVs

Leading electronic giants SAMSUNG and LG have displayed their respective curved OLED TVs of 55" screens at the CES 2013.well,the companies say that curved screens increase the depth of viewing which is actually quite true for the panoramic scenes.These TVs are set to appear in market by 2014 with high price tags.

Are you ready For it

The Samsung Galaxy S5 is quickly becoming one of the most anticipated devices of 2014.

iPhone 5S & iPhone 5 Outsell Samsung Galaxy S 4!

The battle between Apple and Samsung is a never-ending one. But for the month of October we have a winner, and it seems Apple has won this battle. A recent reported released by market researcher Counterpoint shows that Apple’s iPhone 5S and iPhone 5, both outsoldSamsung Galaxy S 4! A huge win for Apple.

Counterpoint research released a report titled “top 10 handset models sold globally in October 2013″. According to the figures, Apple’s iPhone 5S was the number one smartphone in the world in October 2013, beating Samsung’s flagship model.

It shouldn’t have been a big surprise, but considering that iPhone 5S and iPhone 5 both beat the Galaxy S 4 in October, just shows how popular the iPhone is around the world.

iPhone 5S was the number one smartphone followed by iPhone 5, Galaxy S 4 and the iPhone 5C.

Check out the tablet below on the top 10 most handsets sold globally in October 2013.

The thing that is going to surprise many of you folks is that iPhone 5 outsold the Samsung Galaxy S 4. To clarify, Apple has stopped selling the iPhone 5, but it still outsells the Galaxy S 4 – remarkable!

It is rather interesting to see that feature phones are still in the top 10 handsets sold globally in the world. Both of which are owned by Nokia; Nokia 105, and Asha 501.

Via: Maypalo

How To Switch From iPhone To Android

Which is better iPhone or Android smartphones? Well it is a never-ending debate. Each side has its advantages and disadvantages but you simply can’t say one is better than the other. But those of you who have decided to change their sides; you might have a little help from the ex-CEO of Google – Eric Schmidt. Today he posted a complete how-to guide on switching from iPhone to Android.

iPhone To Android

Switching to a completely different operating system can be a bit of hassle for many people around the world, especially once they have gotten used to a specific one. Well there are lots of guides on helping you switch from iPhone to Android or vice versa. But when you get one directly from the ex-CEO of Google, it sure raises some major questions.

Eric Schmidt helped propel Google to what it is today, making it one of the most innovative tech companies in the world. Well, today he is helping Google in another way.

In a Google+ post, Eric Schmidt wrote an extensive guide on how to take the leap of faith. Those of you who are deciding to switch from iPhone to Android, can view the entireguide.

Here is an excerpt from it:

1. Set up the Android phone
a) Power on, connect to WiFi, login with your personal Gmail account, and  download in the Google Play Store all the applications you normally use (for example, Instagram).

b) Make sure the software on the Android phone is updated to the latest version (i.e. 4.3 or 4.4). You should get a notification if there are software updates.
c) If you are using AT&T, download the Visual Voicemail app from the Play Store.
d) You can add additional Gmail accounts now or later.

So those of you who want to switch from iPhone to Android can read the entire post. Well, will you be making the switch?

Download mSpy To Secretly Track iPhone, Android & Blackberry Smartphones!

Once in a while, an app comes that just makes you think twice about what you are doing. mSpy is one of those apps, and by far one of the best at what it does. So what does it do exactly? Well it’s an app that secretly tracks everything you do on a smartphone! And, it is available for iPhone, Android and Blackberry! Check out the details below.

mSpy Tracking App

mSpy is surprisingly a legal application for your smartphone, the reason this being legal is, it has some benefits but on the downside it has some serious privacy implications. mSpy can track almost everything on your smartphone; it’s extremely terrifying!

Once you download and install mSpy app for your iPhone, Android and Blackberry smartphone, it starts doing its work. It identifies a person as a “target” and starts tracking everything; ranging from keystrokes to SMS to videos. You name it – it tracks it.

I asked the developer behind the mSpy app and this is what he had to say about how the app works:

Our application works the way that you install it directly on the phone that you want to monitor (physically accessing the device) and after that all of the available information from the target device is delivered to your personal mSpy online control panel, which you can access from any other device with internet connection – your pc, laptop, phone or tablet.

The less worrying thing is that, to install mSpy on your smartphone or tablet, you need to have direct access to it. So it can not be done simply by sending out a file to another person’s smartphone.

Here is a list of things that mSpy app can track:

• SMS.

• Call History

• GPS Locations.

• Contact list.

• Photos.

• Videos.

• Recording Surroundings.

• Emails.

• Memos.

• Events.

• Browser History/Bookmarks.

• Installed App.

• Restrict Incoming Calls 

• Block URL’s

• Block Phone

• Block/Unblock App

• Select Preferred Internet Provider

• Whatsapp and Skype MSG/Call logs

• MMS + iMessage 

The Android version of mSpy can not only do the above but it can also read your messages on Facebook, Twitter, Viber, Skype and Gmail. But for these, your Android phone should be rooted.

For iPhone and iPad, your iOS devices should be jailbroken. No doubt about that.

mSpy app can be downloaded by heading over to mSpy.com. But do note that this service to track everything starts at $40 per month.

Via: Maypalo.com

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