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Sunday, November 9, 2014

LG outs the new Android powered Wine Smart flip phone in South Korea

LG Electronics have announced a new refreshment to their outdated Wine series of phones from 2007, official from their homeland of business yesterday, named as the brand new LG Wine Smart. The new handset is surprisingly a flip phone, yet being very interesting in its hardware, which found a lots of love between the mobile phone users in the previous decades (we are talking a time when Android was a dream for Andy Rubin), and it is also expected to find some interest between more mature users seeking in to the smartphone category, than the young consumers from the market. The device is pretty similar to Samsungs SW2014, unveiled last year.

It is widely believed that, the phone manufacturer is reportedly targeting a number of elderly customers, who are not very familiar using conventional LCD touchscreen from a smartphone, with their latest announcement, in confederation with Googles mobile operating system, Android. The unit also introduces the industrys first, "Kakao Talk", which is the dedicated physical buttons below the 3.5-inches LCD screen. Basically, to select an application from the new smartphone, all you need to do is press on the physical navigation buttons to move the cursor towards the desired app on the phone, or just tap the application from the screen like any other Android powered smartphone from the bazaar.

LG has also implemented their new user-friendly proprietary UX, specially designed for people with less visibility. Indeed, the phone will feature three large horizontal lines on the screen, for the list of applications and widgets, and vertical three lines with the ability to arrange them accordingly. The app icon as well as the fonts on screen will appear larger than usual, which is another impressive fact of the new user interface incorporated. The new Wine Smart will attribute a high power 1W speaker, which sounds loud beeps when a call is received, that is written even to be heard in those obstreperous and noisy surroundings. For more, theres the new "Safe Keeper" key feature, that will send the location information to a pre-set mobile number, if the phone is kept unused for a long time. You can also find an LED light for notifications on the bottom front left side.

In terms of the specifications, the new LG Wine Smart will come out of the box with a 1.2GHz speeding Quad-Core processor, aforementioned 3.5-inches screen of 480 x 320 resolution display, four gigabytes of internal memory storage (expandable via microSD card slot), one gigabyte of Random Access Memory, an eight megapixels main camera on the back along with a VGA secondary front facer, Bluetooth 4.0, USB 2.0 and 4G LTE network connectivity support, a 1,700mAh powered removable battery and runs Androids version 4.4 KitKat, topped with LGs own customized UX. The handset will be made available in South Korea starting from 26th of this month, September, launching in both Black and White color options, measured at 118.6 x 59.4 x 16.9 millimeters in dimensions and weighs about 140.8 grams on mass.

Source: LG

Sunday, September 21, 2014

SONY Smart Watch 2 is here WaterProof Supports NFC with 1 6″ Display

To re affirm the leadership position in terms of Smart Android watches, SONY has announced the launch of the Waterproof smartwatch which comes with NFC and other advanced features which we will be checking out in the due course of this article. The best part of this is that this one comes with the bigger Lcd and aluminium body along with the stainless steel wristband. With capabilities like NFC and IP57 certification. Dubbed as Smart Watch 2, this is the only smartwatch which comes with the sequel rolled out by SONY. Similar smart watches are expected to be rolled out by Samsung and Apple very soon.

Highlights of SONY SmartWatch 2:

Handle your calls by a simple touch of your wrist
Take a photo remotely from your SmartWatch, using a smart camera app
Control your presentations remotely using Presentation Pal
Taking a run or on the bike? Select a mapping app on SmartWatch to check your route with a quick glance at your wrist
Read previously downloaded e-mails when not connected to your phone
Use lifestyle apps like Runtastic to map and instantly track your fitness activities on the go

This watch comes with the Bluetooth 3.0 and can be connected with the Android 4.0 + ICS devices which have the NFC Capability. This watch also boasts the 1.6inched Full touch Lcd along with the resolution of 220 x 176 pixels and weighs 122.5 grams. In terms of battery, SONY claims that this device won’t run out of charge for at least 3 -4 days which is very good when compared to smart watches like Pebble etc. The best part is that this Smart Watch 2 will also supports apps which are there in the PLAY Store.