Samsung Electronics has signed on famous film and fashion icon Humaima Malick as its brand ambassador for Samsung Galaxy series mobile devices. This announcement was made at a press conference held by Samsung at a Country Club in Lahore. In this role, Humaima will be working with Samsung to raise awareness about Samsung mobile devices and ultimately make Samsung Galaxy series the preferred smartphones in [...]

Ever wondered how much money the world’s biggest smartphone company spends on advertising? Here’s the answer: $11 billion. This 10-digit number is also bigger than any other company’s advertising expenditures. Even Apple didn’t spend nearly as much money on advertising. That also sums up to about 6.5% of the revenue that the Korean company earned during the year, 38% up from 2011. Perhaps a large [...]

For all of the Ubuntu fans reading this, good news for you. HP has just released the Pavilion 20 Linux AIO all-in-one PC which comes with Ubuntu installed. A Windows 8 version is available as well. The system running Ubuntu will retail for $530 while the Windows 8 versions will cost a notably less $450. Still, its one of the few PCs officially coming with [...]

Intel has announced a range of new products, ecosystem and enabling efforts that will further accelerate the company’s presence in mobile and help usher in a range of new devices and richer experiences with Intel Inside®. The announcements include a new dual-core Atom™ SoC ("Clover Trail+") platform for smartphones and Android tablets, and the company’s first global, multimode-multiband LTE solution. Other disclosures included “Bay Trail” [...]

Did you know that the world’s biggest smartphone company first made noodles (similar to Nokia which manufactured tyres)? And do you know what is the meaning of the word Samsung and how did the once small, unknown company became the Samsung which we’ve all come to know? Are you familiar with the gem-studded phone the company released in 2003? If no, then you need to [...]

Apple, the tech-giant, has been named the most admired company in the world for the 6th consecutive year by the American magazine Forbes. The company achieved an overall score of 8.24. It seems like the big drop in stock prices and the stubbornness of the company hasn’t hurt its reputation much, or at least as some people would’ve thought. The top 10 list was itself [...]

I’ve decided that I’ve seen enough and I am finally ready. Windows Phone camp is my next destination! You might be thinking why am I moving to an OS with low app count, dwindling market share and which lacks basic features as compared with Android 2.3.6. Its all agreeable but the good thing for me is that I don’t care. Downloading apps is not my [...]

Samsung Electronics is expanding its network of ‘Brand Shops’ in numerous cities across Pakistan. A special inauguration ceremony was held on 1st March, 2013, at a new Brand Shop, established recently at the Metro Cash & Carry Market in Thokar Niaz Baig area of Lahore. Managing Director of Samsung EC Pakistan Pvt. Ltd. – Mr. John Park inaugurated the shop and remarked; “The Samsung Brand [...]

Although previously committed to making tablets for only Windows and the unpopular WebOS, HP has finally decided to fall into the mainstream by announcing its first Android tablet, the Slate 7. Its a 7 inch tablet which costs just $170 and offers a dual-core CPU and Beats Audio. Here are the specifications of the tablet: Android 4.1 Jelly Bean 7 inch display with resolution of [...]

Its great to see the once small manufacturers suddenly coming to spotlight at big events such as MWC and ZTE is among those which stood out in particular. Other than showing several smartphones including the one running on the new Firefox OS, ZTE also showed its next flagship smartphone once again, the Grand S. The flagship puts ZTE in the same league as its competitors, [...]

Dell Pakistan once again brought to Karachi an exciting Road Show at Park Towers, where the company displayed its latest Ultrabook™ series – Dell XPS and Inspiron Ultrabooks, along with the new Dell Inspiron Oak series. People at Park Towers were treated to an Ultraworld experience across two consecutive days, where they were able to try out, on-the-spot, the notebooks and other interesting Dell products [...]

Xiaomi MI-2 is one of the best overall packages shown off at the CES. Its an Android Jelly Bean running smartphone with a 4.3 inch screen and still costs a very affordable $313. Here are the specs: Skinned Android 4.1 Jelly Bean 4.3 inch display with resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels 10.2mm thick Weight: 145g 1.5Ghz quad-core Snapdragon S4 processor 2 GB RAM with [...]

Sony Xperia Tablet Z was already announced some months ago but not outside Japan. Its only now at the MWC event that they’ve announced the worldwide availability for the tablet with more or less similar specs. The Xperia Tablet Z, according to Sony is the slimmest 10 inch tablet of the world at just 6.9mm thick. Just like the Xperia Z, it is also water [...]

Microsoft’s Windows 8 is also playing a vital role in the MWC event in Barcelona. Among the several Windows 8 running tablets and PCs, one that seemed to stand out quite a lot was LG’s tab-book Z160 which is a Windows 8 running PC with a slide out keyboard. It also has a beefy Intel iCore i5 processor which promises great performance. Here are the [...]

ZTE, one of the biggest Chinese phone makers in the world, has just shown off a Windows 8 running tablet. It packs a 10.1 inch display, runs Windows 8 Pro and has an Intel Atom processor to power itself. Here are the complete specs: 10.1 inch LCD display with resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels 8.9mm thick 1.7 Ghz dual-core Intel Atom Z2760 processor 2GB [...]