Cheap Apple iPhone Mini coming in 2014

To gain market share in cost-sensitive markets like India and China, Apple is planning this move, predicts Strategy Analytics.

To counter Samsung, Apple may soon launch a cheaper version of its famous iPhone, according to Strategy Analytics.
"We think Apple will have to launch an 'iPhone Mini' at some point over the next three years to address the hundreds of millions of prepaid users worldwide that cannot afford the current iPhone," Neil Mawston, executive director at Strategy Analytics, quoted as saying by Reuters.



"We expect the iPhone Mini to be more likely next year, in 2014 when... Apple will be forced to discover fresh growth streams," he added.

Top 5 online deals on quad core phones

A flood of quad core phones await us in the near future, and there are several available in the market already. Here are the best deals on those phones.

Quad core phones bring to us a level of performance that was the domain of high end PCs just a couple of years ago. And given the number of things you can do with these phones including connecting them with your TV, or any other large screen, using them for navigation, and also using them as your all in one PC (of course you will need compatible peripherals to do so,) you have all the reasons to pump money into one of these phones. However, it is always better to look for the best deals to save that little something even while buying the best. So here are the best deals on the best smartphones out there.
HTC One X (Rs 29,699)
Sulekha.com is offering this device at at least Rs 1,200 less than other websites. HTC One X was till recently the flagship phone for HTC (replaced by HTC One X+) and comes with a polycarbonate slim unibody with Gorilla Glass strength. Featuring a 4.7 inch HD Super LCD 2 display, the One X supports a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixel, and is therefore great for gaming and doing justice to HD visuals.
HTC has used a slightly contoured Corning Gorilla Glass to protect the display from usual wear and tear. The One X houses a quad core 1.5 GHz Nvidia Tegra 3 mobile processor with an integrated fifth battery saver core. For graphics it has a high performance 12 core Nvidia GeForce GPU that functions on fairly low power and offers the best possible performance for a mobile device.



This smartphone features HTC Sense 4.0 UI with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and you already get Android Jelly Bean 4.1 update for the phone, along with Sense 4+. The phone comes with additional Indian language support as well. Packing a 1 GB RAM, this smartphone offers 16 GB onboard storage, but does not feature a memory card slot, which is a letdown along with the non-removable battery design. HTC has also launched the One X+ smartphone, which comes with 25 per cent better performance and Android Jelly Bean, along with a whopping 64 GB of memory.

How to Install Whatsapp on WiFi only devices

Whatsapp does not allow users to install the app on WiFi only devices, but here's how you do it anyway!

Whatsapp is a great tool for communicating with friends and family, not to mention that it is cost effective as well. The snag is that Whatsapp does not allow users to install the app on WiFi only devices, which is what most of us have.



Here is a simple step-by-step instruction on how you can get Whatsapp up and running on WiFi only devices too.
Step 1



Access the Google Android marketplace application from within your device's application menu or from the home screen market icon. Now search for Whatsapp and see whether your device supports the app or not.

How to sync contacts from any smartphone to WP 8

Microsoft's seems to be heading just the right way with the WP 8 OS which seem to gaining popularity with each day.

Microsoft's seems to be heading just the right way with the Windows Phone 8 operating system which seem to gaining popularity with each day.



So if you are planning to move from your old smartphone to a brand new Windows Phone 8 based handset or the Windows RT Slate, here's how you can transfer your contact between devices, easily.

Step 1

Take back up of your contacts from your older smartphones. If using Nokia Symbian devices, use these steps to back up your contacts.


For Android, you can back up your contacts using Gmail and for older Windows based phones, you can export contacts from Microsoft outlook.

Nokia made Android phone coming this month?

The phone is to be launched by Vertu, which was just recently sold by Nokia to an investment firm.

Vertu, luxury phone maker, is planning to launch its first Android phone this month itself. Purportedly named as Vertu Ti, the phone could also be the first Nokia made Android phone as the Finnish company was the owner of Vertu just recently before selling it to an investment firm.

Reportedly, the Vertu Ti will come with an 800 x 480 resolution based display, 1.5 GHz Snapdragon MSM8260A SoC, Android 4.0.4 and a rather minuscule 1,250 mAh battery. The phone additionally has NFC, WiFi, and Bluetooth 4.0. While the phone gets very average spec sheet, Vertu phones have never been known for high-end specs and are rather known for being handcrafted and made in the tradition of fine Swiss watches.

Apple iPhone 5 vs BlackBerry Z10

Will the new BlackBerry Z10 manage to attract more consumers & compete with the Apple iPhone 5 with iOS 6?

BlackBerry (earlier, RIM) announced its mint new BlackBerry 10 OS based smartphones BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry Q10. Of these smartphones, all eyes are set on the Z10, a full touchscreen smartphone that packs most current features. Filled with several expectations, the new BlackBerry 10 OS is set to compete with the strong Apple iOS and Google Android.

About five years ago, BlackBerry smartphones were looked upon purely as enterprise gadgets but the perception and products have changed since then. The new BlackBerry Z10 aims to address a larger audience and wishes to grab a larger smartphone market share. However, it is inevitable to compare and compete with the current and close rival iPhone 5.

Design and dimensions

Apple stepped into the 4 inch display bearing smartphone segment with the iPhone 5 and changed the packaging materials used in the iPhone 5. The Apple iPhone 5 has an anodized aluminium back plate with an Apple logo on it and there are strips of glass above and below this plate. The front side remains the same-with Retina Display. Meanwhile, the BlackBerry Z10 comes with similar styling but uses an IPS panel based LCD display in the front and has a textured back panel. 
The Apple iPhone 5 is 7.6 mm thick compared to the 9 mm thick BlackBerry Z10. Not only that, the iPhone 5 is about 58.6 mm wide whereas the BlackBerry Z10 is 66 mm wide. When it comes to weight, the iPhone 5 bags the price with 112 gram; compared to that the BlackBerry Z10 weighs 137.5 grams. In terms of design and dimensions, the BlackBerry Z10 looks a bit wider and is slightly heavier than the iPhone 5.

Facebook mobile ad revenue doubles in fourth quarter

 

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook Inc doubled its mobile advertising revenue in the fourth quarter, a sign that the No.1 social network is seeing early success in expanding onto handheld devices as more of its users migrate to smartphones and tablets.

Investors want to see evidence that CEO Mark Zuckerberg's 8-year-old company is delivering on promises to develop a full-fledged mobile advertising business, a challenge facing many of today's technology leaders including Google Inc .

But the growth trailed some of Wall Street's most aggressive estimates. Shares of Facebook were down roughly 3 percent at $30.21 in after-hours trading on Wednesday, regaining ground after falling more than 8 percent immediately after the numbers were released.

Mobile revenue estimates among some analysts and investors were unreasonably high, said Sterne, Agee & Leach analyst Arvind Bhatia.

"As a result the stock was set up for disappointment," he said. Overall, he said, Facebook's results were encouraging.

Women seek their place in sun at World Cup AFP

The women's World Cup opens in Mumbai on Thursday with the cricketers hoping to put aside memories of an unsettling build-up and gain recognition in a country where the men's game reigns supreme.

Barely a week before the start, the International Cricket Council was forced to revise the schedule because of security concerns surrounding Pakistan's participation in Mumbai where the entire tournament was to be played.

All group B matches, featuring Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, were shunted to the cricketing backwaters of Cuttack following threats from the right-wing nationalist Shiv Sena party to disrupt matches in Mumbai.
Pakistan will remain in Cuttack if they qualify for the second round, but will still have to travel to Mumbai if they make the final at the Braboure stadium on February 17.
Indian captain Mithali Raj said she was disappointed that the Pakistani team had attracted protests.
"I personally feel that politics should not be involved in sport," Raj told AFP.
"Sport is more about entertainment and a fun-loving atmosphere. So we should not be getting too many political issues into it."

YouTube preparing to offer paid subscriptions this year, report

SAN FRANCISCO - YouTube, the video website owned by Google Inc , plans to offer paid subscriptions to some of the content on its site later this year, according to a media report.

YouTube has reached out to several video producers, asking them to submit applications to create for-pay "channels," according to a report in AdAge on Tuesday that cited anonymous sources.

The first such channels could be available to consumers by the second quarter for between $1 a month and $5 a month, AdAge reported.

YouTube, the world's No. 1 video website, has been moving to add professional-grade video programs to the vast archive of amateur, home-shot videos that made the site popular. The current crop of such channels is available to consumers for free and supported by advertising that appears alongside the videos.

After early success, Yahoo Mayer faces rising bar

SAN FRANCISCO - Six months into her tenure, Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Marissa Mayer has arrested the decline of the Internet portal and has won favor on Wall Street with stock buybacks, but a longer-term turnaround remains uncertain.

Her promise on Tuesday of a modest revenue uptick in the coming year paled in comparison with the growth of its Internet peers. And Yahoo shares, which have gained roughly 30 percent since Mayer took the reins in July, fell nearly 3 percent to $19.77 on Tuesday.
"All in all it seems like they're off of life support," said Michael Binger, a senior portfolio manager at Gradient Investments. But "I still see it as kind of a second tier-search company, a good display company. I still struggle to see the new avenues of growth."
Mayer, 37, who was Google Inc's first female engineer, warned investors on Monday that fixing Yahoo was a long-term project. She outlined a plan to overhaul a dozen of Yahoo's top websites, with the goal of enticing users to spend more time on them and consequently boosting ad revenue through a "chain reaction" of growth.