Gadgets
Huawei Ascend Y300: Review, Unboxing and Hands-on
By Muhammad Zohair Chohan | April 4, 2013 138 CommentsHuawei, this year at CES, introduced various new Android devices as well as a Windows Phone smartphone. We are excited to tell you that most of them will be launching here in Pakistan, including the gigantic Ascend Mate. The first device made available in Pakistan is a low end android smartphone Ascend Y300 (Single SIM version) and here we are with brief review of this [...]
Read More40 Years Have Passed Since the First Ever Cell Phone Call
By Azeem Ullah Hassan | April 4, 2013 2 Comments40 years have passed since the first public phone call was held between two people. The caller, Martin Cooper who was a former Motorola employee, used a bulky Motorola DynaTAC 8000x phone which some people will remember as the phone they saw in GTA Vice City. Martin called a reporter saying “I’m ringing you just to see if my call sounds good at your end” [...]
Read MoreSamsung Announces New Budget Phones: Galaxy Star and Pocket Neo
By Azeem Ullah Hassan | April 4, 2013 3 CommentsA new week, a new Samsung phone. The Korean company which is obsessed with releasing new phones as quickly as possible has announced yet another combo of Android smartphones, this time the Galaxy Star and Pocket Neo. Both Galaxy Star and Galaxy Neo Pocket look identical in design and most of the specs. Its strange that how two phone (from same vendor) can be so [...]
Read MoreEmatic Announces the $80 Android Tablet
By Azeem Ullah Hassan | April 4, 2013 6 CommentsNow here’s another company you most probably haven’t heard of. Ematic, just another manufacturer which specialises in making “disposable” tablets has released its new tablet. Called the Genesis Prime, the tablet will probably be one of the cheapest Google-certified product you’ll ever see, costing only $80. Of course killer specs can’t be expected at this price and needless to say, the tablet offers just that. [...]
Read MoreNokia Lumia 920: Preview, Unboxing and Hands-on
By Muhammad Zohair Chohan | March 29, 2013 20 CommentsLast month Nokia officially launched 3 new Lumia smartphones 920,820 & 620 in Pakistan. We have got our hands on Lumia 920, the flagship smartphone from the Finnish firm, here is a brief review of this device. Hardware specifications: 1.5GHz dual-core Krait CPU Adreno 225 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8960 chipset 1GB of RAM and 32GB of inbuilt storage 4.5″ PureMotionHD+ IPS display, resolution of 1280 x [...]
Read MoreBlackBerry Reports Profits and Loads of Optimism
By Azeem Ullah Hassan | March 29, 2013 One CommentBlackBerry has finally announced its quarterly earnings after its name change. The new report comes with good news and hope of the arrival of better times. To start off, BlackBerry said it earned profits of $94 million on $2.7 billion revenue, which may sound tiny compared to the 10 or even 11-digit figures of the industry leaders but is none-the-less a good start. The no. [...]
Read MoreThe New ThinkCentre Edge 62z is a Budget AIO PC from Lenovo
By Azeem Ullah Hassan | March 29, 2013 3 CommentsBudget All-in-one PCs. How often do you spot machines with both of those traits on the market? The answer’s obvious: not often. But Lenovo is here to break the ice once this time, offering the ThinkCentre Edge 62z. The new AIO PC will be available at a (relatively) low cost of $549 or around Rs. 60,000. Instead of hardcore gamers, this system is targeted mainly [...]
Read MoreHuawei Launches Ascend Y300 in Pakistan
By Muhammad Zohair Chohan | March 26, 2013 22 CommentsHuawei Ascend Y300, which was first shown at a tech fair in Rio de Janeiro last year, is launched in Pakistan today. This lower mid range smartphone runs on Android Jelly Bean 4.1.1 and has 4″ Screen with a WVGA resolution and 240 DPI pixel density. The phone is powered by a Dual-Core 1 GHz processor, 512 MB of RAM and 1730 mAh battery. Huawei [...]
Read MoreLG to Introduce Eye Recognition Feature in Optimus G Pro Smartphone
By KayCee | March 26, 2013 One CommentSmart Video, a new multimedia UX feature from LG will be unveiled for the first time in the Optimus G Pro. Smart Video takes viewing videos on mobile devices to a whole new level of convenience with eye recognition that eliminates the need to manually control playback during the viewing experience. Through the implementation of advanced eye recognition technology, Smart Video recognizes the position of [...]
Read MoreAscend W1: First Windows Phone 8 Phone from Huawei [Review]
By Muhammad Zohair Chohan | March 25, 2013 3 CommentsHuawei’s introduced its first Windows Phone 8 smartphone the Huawei Ascend W1 at CES this year. We have heard that this phone is going to hit Pakistani stores soon, but we aren’t sure of the price yet. Design: To be honest this phone looks a like a member of Lumia family. It has the same block shape and same bright colored body with colors like [...]
Read MoreBlackBerry 10 Apps Touch the 100,000 Mark
By Azeem Ullah Hassan | March 22, 2013 2 CommentsA great news for the fans of the BlackBerry 10 platform is that the number of apps in the BlackBerry store has just reached 100,000. Of course, numbers don’t tell the whole tale but still its quite an achievement for a store which came into existence just 7 weeks prior to reaching the milestone. The news also came just a day before the Z10 smartphone [...]
Read MoreJBL PlayUp Wireless Speaker for Nokia : Review
By Muhammad Zohair Chohan | March 20, 2013 One CommentLast month Nokia officially launched 3 new Lumia smartphones 920,820 & 620 in Pakistan. During the launch, Nokia had also introduced some great accessories for the Lumia lineup and today we are going to present a brief review of JBL PlayUp, a portable NFC enabled wireless speaker. What’s inside the Box? JBL Play-Up MD-51W Nokia BL-5J battery USB Cable and Charger Audio cable Pouch & [...]
Read MoreLenovo Issues an Update to the ThinkPad Lineup in the T431s
By Azeem Ullah Hassan | March 19, 2013 No CommentsLenovo has announced yet another laptop in the popular ThinkPad lineup. The new T431s is the successor to the T430s and comes with either Windows 7 or 8. From the outside, it looks like any other ThinkPad laptop thanks to the boxy & rugged design and the popular TrackPoint. This one, by the way includes a hinge which makes the laptop movable by up to [...]
Read MoreXperia SP is Another Android 4.1 Smartphone from Sony
By Azeem Ullah Hassan | March 19, 2013 No CommentsOther than announcing the Xperia L, Sony also took time to announce the Xperia SP. The handset is a high-end Android 4.1 smartphone and is probably the successor to the Xperia SL. Here are the full specs: Android 4.1 Jelly Bean 4.6 inch display with resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels Scratch-resistant capacitive touchscreen LTE supported 10mm thick Weight: 155g 1.7Ghz dual-core Krait processor 8 [...]
Read MoreSony Outs the Mid-Range Android Running Xperia L
By Azeem Ullah Hassan | March 19, 2013 4 CommentsSony has just shown off another mid-range smartphone the new Xperia L. The phone will sit in the notch above the Xperia P and brings considerable improvements to the already good package. It also features Sony’s NXT design language. Here’s the specifications list: Android 4.1 Jelly Bean 4.3 inch display with resolution of 854 x 480 pixels Scratch-resistant capacitive touchscreen 9.7mm thick Weight: 137g 1Ghz [...]
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