Samsung Galaxy S2 Plus - I9105

Samsung S2 was a flagship model for Samsung which was largely popular among Samsung S series of Mobiles. S2 Plus is upgraded version of S2 , upgraded not in terms of  Memory , screen size or Size of RAM but Upgraded in terms of Shutter Speed of Camera , White color of AMOLED looks real white compared to yellowish in S2 .

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Another change is the use of Broadcom Chipset used in S2 Plus Phones . The Storage capacity is reduced to 8 GB in S2 Plus ( a little Drawback ) . This Smartphone was released in Feb 2013 . The Sound clarity is really good but not loud enough for Hard core Music lovers .

Super Amoled is really awesome when it comes to picture clarity and the HD display or HD Video recording is mind blowing aspect of S2 Plus . 3G is really fast and wifi works good on 1GB RAM of S2 Plus . Currently updated Android version on this device is 4.2.2 Jelly Bean . We are not sure whether this will the the last official release update on this Phone

Features at Glance :

Display	4.3 inch Super AMOLED touchscreen with 480 x 800 pixels
Colors	Dark Blue , White
Weight	121 g
Camera	8 MP AutoFocus, Face Detection with 2 MP Front Camera
Platform	Android Jelly Bean 4.1.1 ( Current Upgrade 4.2.2 )
Connectivity	GPRS , EDGE ,Bluetooth 3.0 , MicroUSB , Wifi , NFC ,
Battery	A standard Li-Ion 1650 mAh
Playback	Up to 11 h
Storage	8 GB Internal storage upgradable upto 64 GB , 1 GB RAM
Additional	SBeam , NFC , Face Detection , Stereo FM radio with RDS,Kies via WiFi
Price	21,000 INR - IND
Release Date	Feb 2013

Tasted Delicious Apps with Rajiv and Vikas at Nokia AppTasting Indiblogger meet at Bangalore

Blogger meet always start with Bang !!!  when its held in Bangalore . I could hear an internal voice saying " Good evening !!!! Bangalore " just like munna bhai movies's famous line  " good morning Mumbai"  .The colorful , energetic , fun loving bloggers made the Bangalore Indiblogger meet a huge success . Nokia AppTasting blogger meet witnessed a grand entry of chief guests in bollywood style . When Anoop announced the guests arrival we were all eager to see Rajiv and Vikas . At last Finally they arrived to blogger party and our wait to see them live was over .

Interesting concept at blogger meet was the tug of war between the Team Foodie led by none other than our own Vikas Khanna ( a celebrity Chef ) and the Team Techie led by one and only Rajiv Makhni ( Gadget Guru ) . The evening was full of fun with both the teams trying to hold an edge over other. I was supporting both the teams as i was a Techno-Foddie .

The event introduced a unique concept of Tasting food with tasting apps . Thats what the title says " Nokia AppTasting " nothing but taste the food meanwhile taste the apps . Blogger meet had lots of fun filled events with variety of contests like blog introduction , Quiz contest , quiz with audience , chop the onion finer ( as instructed by Vikas Khanna , Wah how nicely Vikas had chopped onion ) , Gangnam dance competition between foodies and techies .

Here s the Video of that competition . Enjoy !!!

 

 Indeed this was awesome style of dancing in one take . Thanks Rajiv and Vikas for Entertaining us with Gangnam moves OPA GANGNAM STYLE :)  . 

Bloggers had to Click Three pics based on On-spot theme using cell camera  1) Picture of Emergency out 2) Picture of the one which is free at home and priced outside 3) Pic of  Angry bird ( i could not recall  the theme ) . Winner of this event won the Nokia Lumia phone .

Here was my click from Samsung Wave M . 

This was my clicks for the contest . Clicked 2 exits , clicked two logo of kinley and one Angry Bird :( . Unfortunately before i reached with 3 Three Themes the winner was already declared . HA HA !!!

Nokia Apptasting meet gave us the in-dept coverage of various apps in Nokia World . They were 

1) Augmented Reality through Nokia City Lens . : One can Search for Near-by places just by moving over camera . Interesting piece of app .

2) Gangnam Tutor app : Teaches everyone Gangnam style of dance . Nice app guide for all beginners who love to learn Gangnam style of dance .

3) Old Style Movie Maker app :  Completely converts the current recorded videos to olden age video style along with various effects . 

4) Alchohol Test app : The app that measures the content of alchohol in human body . This requires various input like weight , food consumption and others

These were the major apps discussed with all the bloggers at Nokia Indiblogger meet .

Overall , That  was an Awesome Blogger meet with lots of surprises and give aways . Thanks to Indiblogger and Nokia team for this wonderful meet . Waiting forward for many more Blogger meets in Bangalore . Special Thanks to Rajiv Makhni and Vikas Khanna for making this blogger meet colurfull and happening .

Nokia Asha 305 - Affordable Touch Screen phone

Nokia Asha 305 is a affordable smart phone made with quite a good features for Indian market . It is said to be a Feature enable phone to be liked by all sort of mobile lovers . 305 comes with a dual sim support liked by most indian buyers .

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Nokia Asha 305 comes with 2 MP camera , fixed focus 4x zoom . It uses Nokia OS based on S40 platform . There was much emphasis given on apps development pertaining to Series 40 platform at recent Nokia developer meet held at Bangalore on 7 Aug 2012 . Asha 305 is one such phone which uses S40 target apps .

305 is a Touch screen phone with  Resistive type TFT screen comes with 10 MB internal memory with 32 MB RAM . The phone is upgradable upto 32 GB with 2GB card included along with phone . The interesting feature of this phone is that it comes with EA games apps that includes 40 EA games , which is a good tie up with famous game makers.

Features at Glance :

Display	3.0 inch Resistive TFT touchscreen with 240 x 400 pixels
Colors	Silver White, Red, Mid Blue, Dark Grey
Weight	97 g
Camera	2 MP Fixedfocus, 4x zoom
Platform	Nokia OS S40 Series
Connectivity	GPRS , EDGE ,Bluetooth 2.1 , MicroUSB
Battery	A standard Li-Ion 1110 mAh
Playback	Up to 14 h
Storage	10MB Internal storage upgradable upto 32 GB ,64 MB ROM, 32 MB RAM
Additional	S40 apps enabled comes with 40 preloaded EA games , Dual Sim enabled,Predictive Text Input , Low cost touch screen phone
Price	4,300 INR - IND
Release Date	July 2012

Nokia 808 Pureview - Nokia Belle OS

Nokia 808 Pureview , The smartphone has its own class with amazing 4 inch AMOLED Display . The Most important feature is its 42 MP Camera . Oh God , we had competition in terms of 5 MP , 8 MP or Say 12 MP . But this has too much to offer . The name PureView itself tells it.

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41 MP camera uses Carl Zeiss Optics with Xenon Flash , autofocus camera .The Zoom clarity is noticeable feature of this smart phone( 3x lossless digital zoom ). The Image quality is high class with clear pixel definition.The new feature here is they have used LED light for video recording .

Nokia 808 uses new Nokia Belle OS with processing speed of 1.3 GHz . It comes with 16 GB internal Storage ,1 GB ROM, 512 MB RAM . 808 supports HDMI port also with HD Recording

Features at Glance :

Display	4 inch  ClearBlack AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with 360 x 640 pixels
Colors	Black, White, Red
Weight	169 g
Camera	42 MP Autofocus with Xenon Flash
Platform	Nokia Belle OS  ,  1.3 GHz  processor
Connectivity	GPRS , EDGE , WiFi , 3G ,Bluetooth 3.0 , MicroUSB 2.0 with USB On-the-go support
Battery	A standard Li-Ion 1400 mAh
Playback	Up to 11 h ( 2G ) , 6 h 50 min (3G )
Storage	16GB storage,512 MB RAM,1 GB ROM
Additional	HDMI port , HD Video Recording with LED Light ,Voice dial and Voice memo including voice commands , XENON Flash , Nokia ClearBlack display , Touch sensitive controls,Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic ,3x lossless digital zoom
Price	33,000 INR Approx - IND  600$ - US
Release Date	June 2012

Nokia Lumia 800 - Windows Phone with Mango 7.5 OS

Nokia Lumia 800 is the sleek Windows smart phone with clear crystal display as its using curved 3.7 inch AMOLED ClearBlack glass touchscreen which is multitouch capacitive screen which is integrated into a single body phone.

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Nokia Lumia 800 uses carl ziess optics with 8 MP Auto Focus 2 x LED Flash giving the user the provision for also recording HD video . The screen clarity is amazing with bright display of images and the design is very slim .The video clarity is good .

Nokia Lumia 800 is Microsoft Windows Phone using 7.5 Mango Operating system . It is powered by 1.4 GHz Processor with decent speed .The Additional features include MicroSIM card support , Document editor for Office suite ,Voice dial and Voice memo including voice commands , dual LED Flash , Nokia ClearBlack display , Touch sensitive controls

Features at Glance :

Display	3.7 inch ClearBlack  AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with 480 x 800 pixels
Colors	Black, Cyan, Magenta
Weight	142 g
Camera	8 MP Autofocus with Dual LED flash
Platform	Microsoft Windows 7.5 Mango OS  ,  1.4 Ghz   processor
Connectivity	GPRS , EDGE , WiFi , 3G ,Bluetooth 2.1 , MicroUSB
Battery	A standard Li-Ion 1450 mAh
Playback	Up to 13 h ( 2G ) , 9 h 30 min (3G )
Storage	16GB storage,512 MB RAM
Additional	MicroSIM card support , Document editor for Office suite ,Voice dial and Voice memo including voice commands , dual LED Flash , Nokia ClearBlack display , Touch sensitive controls
Price	27,500 INR - IND  595$ - US
Release Date	November 2011

Samsung Galaxy Note - GT-N7000

Samsung Galaxy Note is a large screen smart phone with bright display , thanks to HD Super AMOLED Display which makes images crystal clear and bright contrast.Its the world first HD AMOLED Phone.The design of this smart phone is eye-catching.

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Samsung Galaxy Note is a 4G smart phone with 5.3 inch huge huge capacitive touch screen with HD Super AMOLED display . The HD AMOLED is latest in the market with resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels ( OMG ).

The Processor is 1.4GHz Dual Core Processor,operating system used in here is Android 2.3 v GingerBread .Samsung Galaxy Note has 8 MP Autofocus LED flash rear camera with 2 MP front camera. Its a Multitouch phone with a Advanced smart pen which can be used either ways .

Features at Glance :

Display	5.3 inch HD Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen with 800 x 1280 pixels
Colors	Smoke black
Weight	178 g
Camera	8 MP Autofocus with LED flash and 2 MP front camera
Platform	Android 2.3 v ( GingerBread) OS  , Dual core 1.2 Ghz   processor
Connectivity	GPRS , EDGE , WiFi ,Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, 3G ,4G,Bluetooth 3.0 , MicroUSB
Battery	A standard Li-Ion 2500 mAh
Playback	Up to 26 h ( 2G ) , 13 h 30 min (3G )
Storage	16GB/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM expandable upto 32 GB ( MicroSD )
Additional	Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot , Smile detection for camera , NFC readable , Apps store , DNSe (Digital Natural Sound Engine) , Samsung ChatON , voice Memo , Voice to text feature , TV out , Adobe Flash 10.1,image stabilization,  S Pen stylus , Barometer Sensor
Price	34,900 INR - IND
Release Date	October 2011

Samsung Galaxy S2 - Super AMOLED Plus - I900

Samsung Galaxy S2 is the awesome smartphone from samsung , can be said to the most classic smartphone and best selling phone across the world with couple of awards like " phone of the year " and so on. S2 is a huge smart phone with powerful features that will keep all dreaming .

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Samsung Galaxy S2 has a super AMOLED plus capacitive touch screen with 4.3 inch display . Amoled screen s are known for its brighter display and contrast.The smartphone is very slim and also the design is sleek .Galaxy S2 is powered by Dual Core 1.2 Ghz processor ( WOW ! ) what else you require in a smart phone .

It has 8 MP Autofocus camera with LED flash .The OS used in S2 is Android 2.3 Ginger bread OS as usual with the powerful android market . The Additional features include touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization, NFC support ,TV out , Adobe Flash 10.1 support , WiFi direct , Samsung Kies 2.0 & Kies air , Voice commands  - Voice to text , Voice Dial and Voice Memo and many more

Features at Glance :

Display	4.3 inch Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen with  480 x 800 pixels
Colors	Black , White
Weight	116 g
Camera	8 MP Autofocus with LED flash and 2 MP front camera
Platform	Android 2.3 v ( GingerBread) OS  , Dual core 1.2 Ghz   processor
Connectivity	GPRS , EDGE , WiFi ,Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, 3G ,Bluetooth 3.0 , MicroUSB
Battery	A standard Li-Ion 1650 mAh
Playback	Up to 18 h 20 Min , 8 h 40 Min (3G )
Storage	16GB/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Additional	Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot , Smile detection for camera , NFC readable , Apps store , DNSe (Digital Natural Sound Engine) , Samsung ChatON , voice Memo , Voice to text feature , TV out , Adobe Flash 10.1,image stabilization
Price	27,700 INR - IND
Release Date	Apr 2011

Samsung Wave M - S7250

Samsung wave M also known as S7250 , a super smart trend setter phone was unveiled at bada developer day in Bangalore where we got a close chance to interact with this phone along with Samsung Wave Y and Samsung Wave 3 . These three smart phones were classic phones which caught our eyes. The interface of these 3 phones were amazing as we are very eager to explore all the features of these phones

Samsung Wave M is based on Bada 2.0 OS which has lots of new features compared to their bada 1.2 OS . The Wave has mixture of android and ios features . The importance is given on Multitasking where in one can play songs and browse internet .

It is powered by 832 MHz processor which is quite good speed , comes with 5 MP autofocus , LED flash camera at back with VGA camera at front for video calling . The screen size is quite big for better view experience

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Additional features include Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot , Smile detection for camera , NFC tag readable , Apps store , DNSe (Digital Natural Sound Engine) , Samsung ChatON , voice Memo , Voice to text feature , Social Hub 2.0 and TouchWiz UI .

Features at Glance :

Display	3.6 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen with 320 x 480 pixels
Colors	Black mettalic
Weight	121 g
Camera	5 MP Autofocus with LED flash and VGA front camera
Platform	Bada 2.0 OS  , 832 Mhz   processor,
Connectivity	GPRS , EDGE , WiFi ,Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, 3G ,Bluetooth 3.0 , MicroUSB
Battery	A standard Li-Ion 1350 mAh
Playback	Up to 6 h  30 Min
Storage	150 MB + 2 GB inbox expandable upto 32 GB ( MicroSD )
Additional	Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot , Smile detection for camera , NFC readable , Apps store , DNSe (Digital Natural Sound Engine) , Samsung ChatON , voice Memo , Voice to text feature , Social Hub 2.0 and TouchWiz UI
Price	18,000 INR - IND approx
Release Date	Dec 2011 - Jan 2012