Tuesday 30 April 2013

Samsung Galaxy S4 shootout versus HTC One, iPhone5

Samsung Galaxy S4


Galaxy S4's 13-megapixel camera with settings and modes, but none of that matters if the phone's image quality can't stand up to the hype.
And so, here is a smartphone shootout between the Galaxy S4's top Android rival, the HTC One, and another beacon of smartphone photographic excellence, the iPhone 5.


One important thing to note is that all three phones have very different sensors. The Galaxy S4 hosts a 13-megapixel camera, and the iPhone 5 has an 8-megapixel shooter. For its part, the HTC One has what it calls an UltraPixel Camera, which is actually a 4-megapixel camera.
Although there aren't a lot of other specific details available, it's pretty clear that each smartphone camera has different focal lengths.
A note on my methodology: I took all photos at the same time and from the same vantage point. In most cases, I used the camera's automatic mode and kept flash in auto mode as well. I want to show how well the cameras handled the common scenarios I set up without any special adjustments. If you're more photographically inclined, you'll be able to tease out even better images using manual settings and other modes.
Most pictures are resized and cropped; I'll point out if they're crops from full-resolution images. When it came time to evaluate the photos, I called on CNET camera editor Josh Goldman to review them with me. Down the line, Josh plans to put the Galaxy S4 camera through his usual battery of camera tests in New York. For now, though, I hope you enjoy this San Francisco shootout.


Arrow up

A very cool, colorful, and tucked-away statue stacks up arrows (or are they pixelated people?) in a towering arrangement.



HTC One


iPhone 5




The verdict:
Josh and I thought that Samsung's Galaxy S4 colors look the most accurate, if a little cool. The image is also the most evenly exposed. HTC's One overexposes the shot, with blown-out yellow, and a lot of lost highlight detail in the background and in the reflection of the glass door on the left. However, you can see the seam on the black statue most clearly in the HTC One's shot. For its part, the iPhone underexposes the image a bit, but the rounded-out colors are a little more pleasing.

I shot these pictures of a fountain fixture in a nearby plaza.                                                                                              

Galaxy S4


                                                                                                                                                      
HTC One 


iPhone 5

The verdict:
The Galaxy S4 loses this round. Its camera didn't seem to know where to focus, so it chose the steadiest thing around: the block of rock within the fountain. HTC's One is the clear winner, likely leaning on fast shutter speed to successfully freeze the running water. Of all three pictures, this image is also the most focused across the entire plane, but as before, the One blew out the detail in the water's the splash. The iPhone 5, meanwhile, fits right in between the two.
We also noticed that the HTC One's color is off, tending toward blue. You see that replicated in many images throughout this test.


Fountain close-up

Here's the cropped, full-resolution portion at the focal point in the water's stream.

Galaxy S4


The verdict:
This is one of those photo setups that's pure stress test, though few would likely re-create this exact scene. Once again, Samsung's Galaxy S4 completely wiped out, which leaves the bout for the top low-light prize for this full-resolution crop between the iPhone 5 and HTC One. The One hits the technically better shot when you account for the highest amount of detail and least amount of color noise. The iPhone 5 image contains a tremendous helping of noise, but I think that if you were to take a photo of a menu like this in its entirety, the iPhone's picture would be the easiest to read.
Final assessment
Josh and I both agree that the HTC One's camera is the weakest of the three. Its color reproduction is cooler and adds a blue cast to shades. It also overexposes more shots and conveys the least amount of detail. However, the One's low-light performance was pretty good, and in many instances, we'd be happy using a picture from the One in casual photo-sharing situations.
When it comes to the out-and-out winner, the tussle between the iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S4 grows murkier. In well-lit photos, the choice for the "better" camera is a coin toss. The iPhone's slight underexposure captures the most detail across a scene, but the GS4 camera produced a lot of the photos we liked best.

If there's one thing that tips in the iPhone's all-around favor, it's low-light performance -- and in this, the Galaxy phone's automatic mode miserably failed. The iPhone has always had a terrific track record with consistently good shots that don't require you to dig through settings first, and it's proven that again here against the GS4.
Still, Samsung deserved kudos for a job well done with the Galaxy S4's camera, including tools like automatic burst mode and settings like panorama and HDR, among more fanciful creations.






Mark Zuckerberg



Regular users of Facebook must be well aware of the fact that the social networking site has been the center of several  controversies since long.
From online privacy , child safety , and the inability to terminate accounts without first manually deleting the content , Facebook has faced all kind of criticism. But  the CEO and President of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg too  is not away from the controversies.

Zuckerberg  has not reached the top without controversies, the most significant being doubts over the originality of the idea . " Connect U " controversy is the one we would mention here .

Former Harvard classmates Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss claim that Zuckerberg stole their idea  for social networking site whilst he was employed by them to assist with the sites development , the site in question being " Connect U " .com  They filed a lawsuit as early as 2004 but the case was  dismissed in march 2007, although it was quickly refiled in Boston , eventually Facebook settled the case for $65 m .

A bit more into it Divya Narendra , Cameron winklevoss, and Tyler Winklevoss, founders of the social networking website Connect U , filed a law suit against facebook in September 2004.

The law suit  alleged that Zuckerberg had broken an oral contract to build the social networking site, copied the idea and used the source code that they provided to Zuckerberg to create competing site Facebook .

They filed a law suit in 2004 but it was dismissed  on technicality on March 28,2007 .
 It was refiled soon there after in federal court in Boston.

Facebook counter sued in regards to Social Butterfly, a project put out by the  Winklevoss chang Group, an alleged partnership between Connect U and i2hub. On June 25 2008 , the case settled and Facebook agreed to transfer over 1.2 million common shares and pay $20 million in cash .


Apple iPhone 5: Top 6 defects and disadvantages

Apple unveiled the iPhone 5 on Friday , September 21,2012

The hype around the launch has barely died down that early customers have
begun voicing their displeasure with what they claim are manufacturing defects
that the device comes Pre-loaded with .

 if user rants are to be believed, it hides more than just few bugs and then some
under it posh exterior- and some in the exterior itself.

World wide sales Apple"s iPhone 5 topped 5 million in the first three days
, and a not -so-insignificant number of early adapters are already complaining about glaring glitches in their
new smart phone.

The sales numbers, of course, are a record, as one would have expected of the world’s most hotly anticipated smartphone. But they’re still below what the market hoped for – it’s tough to meet an Apple fan or analyst’s expectations, eh?

A good number of fence-sitters, it is emerging, may be waiting for a definitive mass verdict on the iOS upgrade – if it can be called an upgrade – and whether or not its additional features are racy enough to warrant them ditching their older, more loyal smartphones for this latest 'model'.

The reviews of the tallest, slimmest, lightest and fastest iPhone yet have been mostly positive, but of the 5 million and counting iPhone 5 customers, some have already begun spotting problems that they claim are more than what they bargained for.

From the phone getting too hot to the device freezing, here are the top six user complaints that have surfaced in the first five days:

1. It gets too hot to handle: That seems to be the numero uno gripe of users right now. A rather vocal section of iPhone 5 users are complaining that after just a few minutes of browsing or simply fooling around with the phone, its back (presumably where the battery is) gets too hot to be held in a human hand. A first-day customer, Todd Ogaswara, editor of MobileAppsToday, even measured the temperature of the phone, and claimed that it was a hot 111°F, or about 44°C. Here in the UAE, we all know how hot it feels when it’s 44°C outside – now imagine holding the same amount of heat in the palm of your hand… you get the idea. Here’s an ongoing discussion on Apple’s Discussion Boards about this issue.

2. Forget better – battery life isn’t even as good as iPhone 4S:Somehow, the heat and the battery life issues seem linked. For, users who have complained of the phone getting hot have, more often than not, also complained about shorter battery life. Perhaps there is a defect in some of the batteries, which is leading them to overheat and lose charge simultaneously? We don’t know for sure. But for the sake of millions of iPhone 5’s users, we hope the hot-shots at Apple Inc. and the engineers at its factories soon figure that one out. It’s been discussed right now on Apple’s Discussion Boards here and here and here.

3. Scratch and lose: The new anodized aluminium case, we were told, was more scratch resistant than the standard aluminium used in lesser phones. Why, then, are more than a bunch of users complaining that they discovered a graffiti of scratches on their iPhones the first time they took it out of the box? From the number of complaints aired by its users, it also seems that the problem is more prevalent in the black phones than the white ones. Is it a problem? Apple is actually aware of the issue but doesn’t see it as an issue at all. This is what its Phil Schiller, Senior VP of Marketing (the same guy who unveiled the iPhone 5 along with CEO Tim Cook a few days ago) had to say about the scratches to one of its customers who wrote an email to him highlighting the scuffs: “Any aluminum product may scratch or chip with use, exposing its natural silver color. That is normal.” Normal? It’s been just five days, Phil, and users have got the phones with scratches in the box… Are you saying your factory workers in China used the phones before packing them in boxes? Just listen to yourself. Read this, Phil, and don’t dig your head in sand.

4. Siri is officially a bimbo now: This may not be such a problem for us in the UAE – here, Siri was always dumb. Still, there were countries – most notably, the US – where Siri was indeed the ‘intelligent’ personal assistant that Apple touted her to be. In its latest avatar, that is up for debate, with Siri now making a mess out of simple things like weather reports. According to MacRumors, asking about the weather in New York City will return results for New York, Texas, even though Siri says the results are for New York, New York. Siri is also confusing Richmond, Virginia for New Richmond, Ohio; Carrollton, Texas for Carrollton, Indiana; and St. Louis, Missouri for St. Louis, Georgia. Good luck with that.

5. LTE signal/reception issue: Let’s hear it straight from the horse’s mouth. Here’s what a user has to say: “I picked up my Verizon iPhone 5 today. When it’s on 3G I’ll have full signal (5 bars) and the Internet works great. When I go into settings & change to LTE, my signal will drop down to 2 bars. And this consistently happens in different cities. Why is this? Does anyone else notice this on their iPhone 5? I tried resetting and turning the phone off and on and still same problem. It even goes as bad as 1 bar of reception on LTE.” It’s on the Apple Discussion Boardhere with more than a handful of customers joining in to say they are experiencing the same issue.

6. Rat-tat-tat-tat: And pop goes the weasel… Sorry about that, but I’ve started enjoying reading the Apple Discussion Boards now that I resisted the temptation – unlike during the launch of the iPad 3 – and haven’t yet bought the iPhone 5. The next complaint iPhone 5 users have is that it has a lose screw somewhere in it, which makes rattling noise and annoys them no end. Here’s what they’re saying.

These are the top issues users have raised with their new iPhone 5s but these are by no means the only issues to have bugged users. There are other complaints, from touchscreen problems to slow WiFi, and fromspeakers not working properly to yellow screen tints and more.
It seems Tim Cook didn’t unveil the iPhone 5 last Friday – he opened the Pandora’s Box. Is Apple missing Steve Jobs’ obsession with quality? Are customer's expectations of the iPhone 5 unrealistic, or has the world's most hotly anticipated device failed to meet the hype created by Apple? Have you made up your mind on the iPhone 5 yet? What do you think? Let us know...

Monday 29 April 2013

IPhone 5 May Burn Through Excessive Cell Data on Verizon

Owners of Apple"s new iPhone 5 may notice that the phone is guzzling more bytes over the cellular network than it should, which could to hefty bill.
it turns out there"s a bug , according to Version Wireless.


Over the weekend, some iPhone 5 users complained to Glenn Fleishman , a Writer for TidBITS , an Apple news and troubleshooting site,about their Phones ' mysteriously using Internet data over the Cellular Network for no clear reason.
 version of wireless has acknowledged the problem , and says it has to do with phones use of cellular data even when it is connected to Wi-Fi .A
solution is being issued to version  customers, and they will not be charged for the erroneous data use, the company said.

iPhone 5S rumored to feature 2MP front camera, dual-shot support

The much anticipated next gen Apple iPhone (be it 5 s or 6 )   continues make the rounds in the rumor mill. According to the latest gossip it will feature an improved 2 megapixel font-facing camera.


The report comes from I O S Doc and says the next iPhone will come out with i o s 7 on board the
smart phone will have the ability to record full HD videos ( shocker, right?) . Furthermore , the latest version
The dual- camera mode on the LG optimus G pro and Samsung Galaxy S4 .

The dual-shot feature allows you to capture images and videos with both front facing camera as well as the rear camera at the same time. the feature is still in its beta testing phase and is expected to be integrated into the final IOS 7 version as soon as the testing is completed.

Unfortunately , the dual -shot feature will be made exclusive  for iPhone 5S and will not be available on any older iPhones. 

Facebook Vs Google

The Collision goes on...



Facebook has garnered more than 500 million users in six-plus quick years.
Google , which is twice as old as Facebook, has over 1 billion Searchers but these folks come to its search engine for a quick information fix.
Facebook , with all of its content sharing and communication tools , is sticky . In August 2010, Facebook Surpassed Google In total Minutes users spent on the Website . Com Score said that the U.S Web users in August spent 41.1 million minutes on Facebook compared to 39.8 million minutes on all of Google's Websites including YouTube, G mail  and other properties, the low barrier to entry and stickiness make Facebook  a tantalizing proposition for social media advertisers.
Facebook  will soon partner with Skype for V O I P integration , which would boost its communications quotient .
Worth  a reported $33 billion on paper, Facebook's I P O will be the nest hottest meal ticket when it finally comes in the few next years.

The notion that Facebook would surpass its search portal  giants in minutes spent online has seemed like a foregone conclusion for months given the social network's meteoric rise in users and other content on the website. Facebook 's 500 million  

Thursday 18 April 2013

1st smart phone into the world

Smart phone is mobile operating system was build on mobile operating system with more connectivity than feature phone .


Early years in the first celluar phone to incorparte PDA features was IBM prototype in 1192 and demonstrated that year at the comdex computer industry trade show.
the distinction between smartphones and phones can be vague and there is no  official definition for what constitues the among them !

One of the Significance differences is Advance programming appilication interference .

android

PROS:
- Huge VARIETY of devices
- Different manufacturers and software
- The newer phones have BIGGER and BETTER screen displays than iPhones
- The newer phones are much MORE POWERFUL
- Android's are known to be very laggy, but with the new Jelly Bean 4.1 version of Android, they adjusted the frame rate similar to iPhones. Now it's even smoother than the iPhone.
- MUCH MORE CUSTOMIZATION! Widgets, Live Wallpapers, Launchers (Home screen replacements) etc.
- Newer phones have awesome cameras
- Better way to get free music, etc.
- Again, powerful and very customizable.
- Open source OS
- Google Play Store.... apps, games, books, magazines, movies, tv shows
- Your phone is what you make it

CONS: 
- If you don't get a Nexus phone (like the Galaxy Nexus by Samsung) it will take a long time to get system updates
- some lag (will be fixed with the new 4.1 jelly bean software)
- Battery life on SOME phones
- Bad build quality on some deives..(e.g. plastic)

iPhone:

PROS:
- Good build quality
- Simple interface
- user friendly
- better apps
-retina display

CONS: 
- way too small
- not customizable at all
- no flashable roms like android
- some features copy Android, and vice versa
- overrated
- costs too much
- has the apple logo, which supposedly makes it better?
- only customizability is the wallpaper, and folders...lol....