The warmly anticipated smartphone by Samsung, the Galaxy S4 is now viewed as the one of most desirable mobile phones on the planet, and certainly the most powerful device Samsung has created yet. For you techies, here’s the lowdown: the phone is equipped with Xynos Quad Core 1.9 GHz processor, 2GB RAM, Full HD Super AMOLED 5-iches Display, 2 mega-pixels front facing & 13 mega-pixels rear camera. It also offers full HD (1920X1080p) video recording, making it a great phone to shoot both photos and videos with. The battery it comes with offers 8 hours talk time on 3G. The phone retails in major retail shops across UAE at around Dh 2749.
Blackberry Q10
Playing catchup in the mobile category, Canada based Research in Motion has made an impressive comeback with the launch of its Q10 Blackberry. The phone offers Blackberrites the pleasure and convenience of the larger QWERTY keyboard, even though the screen size may be a tad smaller for those QWERTY loving email addicts. For performance buffs the phone comes with the Blackberry 10.1 operating system, and is equipped with a dual core 1.5GHz processor, 2GB RAM, 3.1” Super AMOLED 720 X 720 pixels Screen, 2 mega-pixels front facing and 8 mega-pixels rear camera which can record 1080p HD video. The Q10 offers 13 hours talk time on 3G and is available for sale at retailers across UAE at Dh 2699.
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APPLE’S APP STORE HITS 50 BILLION DOWNLOADS
Apple’s App store experienced its 50th billionth app download. Apple announced it would give the lucky downloader a $10,000 iTunes gift card. The next 50 people to download an app after that each received a $500 gift card. Although Apple did not say who won there was a countdown ticker on their iTunes website.
BLACKBERRY EXPANDS BBM CHAT APP TO ANDROID AND IOS
According to news reports BlackBerry said it would expand its BBM chat to other mobile systems. It said that it would initially offer texts, photo messages and group sharing functions on devices running Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS operating system, starting from “the summer”. It added that it planned to roll out screen sharing, voice and video calls – all without charges – later this year. This move could prove disruptive to Skype, Whatsapp and other rivals.
MY FAV APP
Flightradar24: Flightradar24 Pro turns your phone into a virtual air traffic radar showing route, speed, altitude, photos and more for flying aircraft. You can track aircraft moving in augmented reality view by simply pointing your camera to the sky. You will receive push notifications, filtered by airline, altitude, speed and flight. The app is available on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android devices and Windows Phone as well as desktop versions for MAC and windows.
(Femke Nees)
By Shahid Saeed
