Archive for January, 2013
Thursday, January 31st, 2013
Battle of the large dual sim-phones
While Samsung is busy launching the Galaxy Grand and Micromax the A116 Canvas HD, Karbonn has launched the S1 Titanium. All of them are big screen phablets (phone+tablets) and here is what is common and whats not. Dual Sim 1GB RAM Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) Here is the difference, Lets see which one rocks. Samsung […]
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
Faceoff: Samsung Galaxy Grand and Micromax A115 Canvas HD
Samsung has launched the Galaxy Grand while Micromax has launched the A116 Canvas HD. Both are big screen phablets (phone+tablets) and here is what is common and whats not. 5″ Screens Dual Sim 1GB RAM 8 Megapixel camera Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) Here is the difference, Lets see which one rocks. Samsung Galaxy Grand Micromax […]
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Thursday, January 17th, 2013
Asus 7″ Tablet for US$149
Right after CES, Asus has announced a 7″ Tablet for US$ 150 called MemoPad. Here are the features. 1 GHz Single core processor: Wondermedia WM8950 (VIA) 1 GB RAM 7″ Screen with 1024×600 screen 16 GB memory with SD card slot MicroUSB WiFi Only [amazon_enhanced asin=”B007P4YAPK” container=”” container_class=”” price=”All” background_color=”FFFFFF” link_color=”000000″ text_color=”0000FF” /]
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
Rooting any phone from another phone
Root Transmission: the ONLY app that allows you to root other phones straight from your own device! Inspired by Kos’s p2p-adb hacking toolkit (http://hak5.org/episodes/hak5-1205), this app is a pleasant, easy way to root other phones while away from your computer! Just two buttons, Root and Unroot! Connect the cable and root away! It couldn’t be […]
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Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
Hackable Lego Robot Runs Linux
The Lego Mindstorms EV3 is the first major revamp of the Lego Group’s programmable robot kit since 2006, and the first to run embedded Linux. Unveiled at the CES Show in Las Vegas yesterday, with the first public demos starting today at the Kids Play Summit at the Venetian Hotel, the $350 robot is built […]
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Monday, January 14th, 2013
Netflix shows off how it does Hadoop in the cloud
Netflix is at it again, this time showing off its homemade architecture for running Hadoop workloads in the Amazon Web Services cloud. It’s all about the flexibility of being able to run, manage and access multiple clusters while eliminating as many barriers as possible. Read More [amazon_enhanced asin=”1449311520″ /].
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Saturday, January 12th, 2013
8 Core ARM processor may power the Samsung Galaxy S4
Samsung announced an 8 core! yes an 8 core ARM processor which may power the Samsung Galaxy S4 Rather than a single eight-core chip, it has two quad-cores inside – one being a quad-core ARM Cortex A15 and the other a quad-core Cortex A7. The Cortex A15 deals with the tough stuff but passes off […]
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Friday, January 11th, 2013
Chromebook opens a new category
Just when you thought, notebooks were dead and tablets where the future. Samsung has released the Chromebook, which may appeal to a new category of users. This product was the best sell on Amazon for Christmas. I have been looking at light mobile devices which I can carry instead of a full fledged laptop, and […]
