Samsung is busy in trying their best to deliver what people need; the new Galaxy Grand Duos a high-end dual-SIM smartphone which is well designed looks clone of Note II and finish of SIII. It has a dual-core Coretex-A9 1.2 GHz CPU, 1GB RAM, 8 GB Internal Storage, 480 X 800 5-inch Standard TFT LCD display, 8 MP rear-facing camera accompanied by LED Flash, Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean along with TouchWiz. The phone is a Quad Band GSM with tri-band 3G support, you also get dual band Wi-Fi with hotspot capability and Wi-Fi Direct. It also has GPS with AGPS support and GLONASS, DLNA, Bluetooth 4.0 external storage up-to 64GB, Dual SIM card. Grand Duos is priced at Dh 1499 at all major mobile retailers in the UAE.
CANON IXUS 510 HS
The Canon IXUS 510 HS is one of the best looking compact cameras; this camera is smaller than a pack of cards or cigarette box. Image resolution is 10.1 megapixels with 12x optical zoom, which is approx. 28-336mm in a 35 camera at f/3.4 to f/5.6, and it has 3.2-inch screen, and speed ranging from1/4,00 to 15 seconds. Surprisingly the camera has in-built Wi-Fi and can also record videos 1920 x 1080 at 24 frames per second and 1280 x 720 at 30 frames per second. The IXUS 510 HS is great little camera, available for sale at Carrefour UAE with the price tag of Dh 999 which includes camera + 4Gb memory card and camera case.
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Linkedin reward employees with iPad Minis
Linkedin employees really felt the love when rewarded hours before Valentine’s Day with the iPad Mini. Chief Executive Jeff Weiner surprised the 3,458 full time employees at an all-hands meeting and revealed that they were all getting iPad Minis. Krista Canfield Senior Manager for Corporate Communications confirms the giveaway and said “We wanted to acknowledge the hard work and accomplishments of all of our employees in 2012”.
More than a watch
According to a report in The New York Times, Apple is developing a smart watch “iWatch” that would run on the same IOS operating system that powers iPhones, iPads and iPods. There are many rumours about the functionality of iWatch like chat-feature Facetime, turn by turn directions spoken by Siri, Apple’s “voice assistant”, Bluetooth connective with iPhone, iPad or iPod to access phone data and much more.
MY FAV APP
By Sherilal Mohanan
Camera+: Are you a passionate photographer who likes to take pictures using your mobile phone? Now you can shoot like a pro, with camera+ using your iPhone. The app is packed with many useful features that your standard camera app doesn’t have including touch exposure and focus, a range of shooting modes, a photo flashlight, grid view and digital zoom. The app is available for both iPhone & iPad and the price is just US $ 0.99.
By Shahid Saeed
