Image: Nokia 110 

Image: Nokia 112 

Both devices are perfect for communicating across Facebook, Twitter and social media networks. The internet experience is also smooth thanks to the Nokia Browser. This innovative technology allows users to consume less data by up to 90%, by compressing websites in the cloud. Both devices offer direct access to Facebook and Twitter from their home screens. The Nokia 112 also features preloaded eBuddy instant messaging service right out of the box, so users can use popular chat services to keep conversations going 24/7.

In common with other Nokia mobile phones, consumers can choose from thousands of apps to download on the Nokia Store. With the upgraded camera, they can now customize their contacts with pictures and share them with friends via social networks and Bluetooth.

“Today’s mobile phone users want a quick internet experience that allows them to discover great content and share it with their friends – but without being held back by high data costs.” said Mary T. McDowell, Nokia’s Executive Vice President, Mobile Phones, Nokia “The new Nokia 110 and Nokia 112 devices combine browsing, social media, apps, world-class entertainment and long battery life to create a great package for young, urban consumers who want to do it all.” Commenting of the consumer habits in Pakistan, Imran Mahmood, Vice President, Near East, Nokia said, “Our vision is to give the youth of Pakistan their first internet experience on a Nokia mobile device. And we are very pleased to have made great progress in this direction with our rich, affordable and power packed portfolio”

Above Nokia 110 (front view), below Nokia 112

Perfect for all-day and all-night entertainment

The devices all feature a generous 1.8” display optimized for a great gaming experience. In the coming months, the Nokia 110 and Nokia 112 will bring free* 40 key EA Games, valued at EUR 75 (PKR 8850) if bought separately, including well known titles like Tetris, Bejeweled, Need for Speed The Run, Monopoly Here & Now, and SimCity Deluxe. Consumers will be able to easily access the content by clicking on the Games Gift EA icon on their home screen which will take them to the Nokia Store to download the games. Once they have accessed the offering, they will have 60 days to download the games of their choice, keeping the games forever.

Both new phones offer an improved VGA camera for sharp and clear pictures with support for up to 32GB of external memory, enough for more than 6000+ songs or 90,000 pictures. Consumers can tune into their favorite radio stations and share their favorite songs with friends over Bluetooth. The phones have been optimized to provide a long-lasting battery life, with over 10 hours of talk time and nearly a month’s standby, meaning that consumers can stay in-touch and entertained all day long.

Dual SIM capability

The Nokia 110 and Nokia 112 are both Dual SIM phones, featuring the benefits of Nokia’s unique and industry leading Easy Swap technology. This enables users to switch between SIMs quickly without having to remove their battery or turn off their phone. The Easy Swap technology can personalize and remember up to five different SIM cards, giving consumers full control over their costs.

The Nokia 110 will also be available as single SIM versions – Nokia 111 and Nokia 113, with this last one available in Europe and Eurasia only.

Price & Availability

Nokia 110 is expected to start shipping in second quarter od 2012, while Nokia 112 is expected from third quarter of 2012. The price for Nokia 110 & Nokia 112 (excluding taxes and subsidies) are as follows:

Nokia 110 – Rs.3800/- (approx)

Nokia 112 – Rs.4300/- (approx)

The Skype iOS app also comes with auto restart feature if it experiences unexpectedly shutdown in previous session. So if you haven’t updates your skype app goto iTunes and download and install the new skype app. Check out the features at quick glance:

• Ability to move own video preview
• App auto restarts itself if unexpectedly shutdown
• Improved accessibility
• Improved stability
• New sign-in screen
• Other minor UI improvements
• Bug fixes
• Updated design for contacts and messages (iPad version only)

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In the past five years, that change has accelerated even faster. Embedded technology is transforming the home security system from a simple way to identify and prevent intruders into a whole-home management system. Right there at the center of all of this is the smartphone.

You can use a smartphone to manage any number of home security functions. Some apps are web-based, while some are designed for specific operating systems like iOS, Android, or Blackberry. Usually, you’re going to have to pay a monthly fee to your home security system in order to get mobile access, but in many cases it proves to be more than worth it.

Let’s take a look at some of the major functions today’s home alarm systems can do with smartphone apps:

Activate or deactivate your alarm system. There are a number of scenarios in which this could be especially useful. For example, if you forget to arm your alarm in the morning after you leave for work, you can simply log in from your smartphone once you get to the office and turn it on.

Control locks. Some apps will even let you interface with your door locks. Obviously these require special equipment, but the concept is tremendously useful. Forget your keys? No problem. Pull out your smartphone and unlock the door. Have a cousin visiting from out of town and she arrives while you’re at work? Unlock the door remotely so she can get in long before you’re done at work.

View active alarms. One of the most obvious functions of a smartphone app for your home security system is to tell you if any alarms have been tripped. Many of the functions of your security app require a data connection, but this one will usually run via SMS.

View home security cameras. Not all security camera systems have this capability. In some cases, you might decide to install standalone IP cameras that then communicate with a server on your computer. There are many apps for this kind of scenario, including Active WebCam, Zone Minder, and Ugolog. Best of all, these apps aren’t proprietary; they work with just about any IP-based camera.

In some ways, that’s the sticking point for certain apps. The app you use for your home alarm system is proprietary. It’s designed to work with a specific system. Most of the major vendors have their own app, with several vendors using a re-branded Alarm.com app as resellers for their security systems.

Jeremy Kushner is a home alarm systems enthusiast who blogs on topics related to crime and security. You can find more of his posts at HomeAlarmSystems.com.

The first undoubted plus of the One X is the power that eminates from the processing.  With the first quad-core processor to be included in a smartphone, the One X operates with a true smoothness that really can’t be matched by anything outside of the tablet market.  Whether you’re viewing the latest YouTube videos or reading up on your e-books, there is a fluidity in operation here that really can’t be matched.

Image: Laptopmag

Secondly, the new integration of Beats technology is almost illegally exciting.  With doctor Dre’s headphones to be found on every third head in the UK and the US, the inclusion of a pair with every One X is a seriously big deal.  What’s even cooler is the integration of the technology, meaning that with the press of a button, the sound going through the headphones is instantly improved tenfold.  It’s a superb feature, and one that will make the One X an instant favorite amongst audiophiles.

The screen is also excellent: quite possibly the finest one we’ve seen on a mobile device thus far in terms of clarity and life-like display.  At 4.7 inches, it’s a whopper in terms of mobile screens, using a 720p display in order to make it’s presence felt.  Whilst it doesn’t quite have the same beautiful color display of the AMOLED screens that are favored by Samsung, its clarity is well worth the slight sacrifice.

Are there flaws?  Well, yes, there are.  Firstly, the lack of removable storage (what I like to call ‘the Apple sin’) is a real bugbear.  Essentially, this leaves you completely stuck with what you’ve got, and rules out the smaller HD models for anyone who likes to keep movies and music on their phones.  Bad show indeed.

Overall, though, it seems hard to argue with the HTC One X.  As long as you’re able to get around it’s fairly substantial bulk (that screen size comes at a cost), it’s a superb, sleek and easy-to-use piece of technology.  Good work. 

Charlotte Daniels is a freelance writer and tech fanatic working in association with FactoryFast Online Shopping.

Well a basic difference between N9 & Lumia 800 is N9 comes on MeeGo operating system where as Lumia is on Windows 7.5 a.k.a Mango. Here is a quick review to a brilliant device which i have got hand’s on experience.

Nokia N9 Specifications:

The official nokia n9 press release from Nokia Pakistan confirms the features as listed below:

A MeeGo Operating System,
A 3.9" AMOLED touchscreen,
8 Megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics
16/64 GB built-in memory
Dolby Digital Plus decoding
Dolby Headphone
Availabe Colors: Black, Cyan & Magenta
Free GPS application included (Drive app)

Nokia N9 : Design

Nokia N9 is a beautiful awesome looking phone with sleek and stylish design, however its much like its predecessor the Nokia N8 (check iTechGiz Nokia N8 previous post here). However the design was some how very much like the previous model but you cannot say it is complete from the previous design as N8 comes with a home screen button and QWERTY keyboard underneath the screen, whereas N9 is a complete button-less phone on main screen.

Nokia N9 : Software

Also called the successor to Nokia N900, N9 runs on MeeGo 1.2 Harmattaan and it the very first phone of its kind manufactured by Nokia carrying MeeGo OS. It was no doubt a promising open-source OS available (as N900 carries MeeGo 5) but the growing technology and OS competition will radically put it aside or it would have to be so powerful to climb up the competition.

Nokia N9 is undeniably comes with excellent software that consumes its hardware efficiently. The 1GHz Cortex A8, TI OMAP 3630 chipset processor runs like a fluid even on multiple applications running. This is a single core processor which truly supports multi-tasking capabilities.

Nokia N9 : Design

Nokia Lumia 800 borrowed the design of Nokia N9 with slight changes that too minimal to accept. The most inspiring this was the concept of no button on screen surprised me when i hold the phone and was just wondering how could we go back to home screen. Here is the introduction of new feature called Nokia Swipe, It just like swiping your finger end to end on screen and your would be directed towards home screen. Nokia N9 comes with only 3 hardware button i.e. Volume up, volume down and power button all placed on right hand side of the phone.

Nokia N9 : Features

The absence of physical button on Nokia N9 did ‘not cost any problem to me all it require a SWIPE on the phone to navigate between home screen, apps and task manager. In-order to exit an app you need to swipe your finger edge to edge and it will bring you to the home screen. In order to wake up your device from lock mode is to double tap on display screen, well you need to remember some tricks when using the device.

Other than swipe, Nokia N9 also comes with NFC (Near Field Communication) technology, which is indeed a future technology for pairing devices. With just "bump" or "touch" of two devices, certain action could be performed such as sharing of photo’s, songs broadcasting songs to NFC-enable speakers or even transacting payments, playing multi-player games and many many more. I assume N9 is proud to endowed with this amazing feature.

Nokia N9 : Camera

The camera is quite impressive as it take beautiful pictures showing good color reproduction, fast focus and simple shooting mechanism works well. However i noticed that under low light condition the camera does not perform that well as expected, but this issue came out when i compared the result with my normal camera else it is unnoticeable. Off course the camera is not a DSLR rather its the top echelon of smartphone cameras.

Nokia N9 : Battery

Nokia N9 battery life is decent as most smartphones unless you use to its extremes, however if you use your phone as internet hotspot functionality the battery would be drained out within a day, otherwise it managed a couple of days with prompting a low battery notification.

Nokia N9 : Pricing

Nokia N9 is available in Pakistan market with a price tag of Rs.49,900.

Conclusion:

My complete experience with Nokia N9 on MeeGo 1.2 operating system was most continent and fascinating. If your wants are just limited and you’re after and excellent looking phone, N9 would be a fair deal, although Nokia’s going to have a head to head battle with most convincing mass market to buy N9 rather than consumer friendly iPhone 4S. In short, the best phone with a very limited future.

Nokia 808 Pureview

I repeat FOURTY ONE Mega pixel built-in camera phone from Nokia just went surprised when i just heard. The 41 MP camera drives pixel over-sampling technology combining the its power with Carl Zeiss Optics is able to capture images with best results as we can tell you this from sample pictures we have seen until now.

On the other hand you can use it as as "Creative Shooting Mode" to capture images up to 38 mega-pixel of resolution later on re-frame, crop and to zoom in to grab the best picture with in a picture. The camera converts your image to suitable sizes for sharing and storing purposes.

Nokia 808 : Video Recording

The Purview technology also extends to video’s user can record videos at 1080p at 30fps with 4X lossless zooming, all the credit goes to the giant sensor and powerful image processing which is capable of handling over 1 billion pixels per second. However if you lower down the video quality to 720p you can increase zoom up to 6X or 12X lossless in HD i.e. (640 x 360).

The new Nokia 808 PureView has set a new standards in a life of smartphones and brilliant camera. The Nokia 808 is said to be the first ever video recording phone to allow recording without distortion at audio levels beyond the capability of human hearing, which means you can capture CD-like audio quality no matter in what harshest environment you are in.

Nokia 808 PureView Smartphone Full Specification

• 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• 3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
• Screen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors, 360 x 640 pixels,
• 4.0 inches (~184 ppi pixel density), Multitouch, Corning Gorilla Glass,
• Nokia ClearBlack display   
• Memory microSD, up to 32 GB, 16 GB storage, 1 GB ROM, 512 MB RAM
• GPRS Class 33
• EDGE Class 33
• Speed HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
• WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, UPnP technology
• Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
• NFC Yes
• USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support
• Camera 41 MP (38 MP effective, 7152 x 5368 pixels), Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, Xenon flash, 1/1.2” sensor size, ND filter, geo-tagging, face detection, 1080p@30fps, 3x digital zoom (effective 24-74mm f/2.4 @1080p), Secondary Yes, VGA; VGA@30fps video recording
• OS Nokia Belle OS
• CPU 1.3 GHz ARM 11
• Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass
• Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
• Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash Lite
• Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS; FM transmitter
• GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
• Java Yes, MIDP 2.1
• Colors Black, White, Red
• SNS integration
• Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic
• HDMI port
• MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player
• MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
• Voice command/dial
• Document viewer
• Video/photo editor
• Predictive text input
• Body Dimensions 123.9 x 60.2 x 13.9 mm, 95.5 cc
• Body Weight 169 g

Nokia 808 PureView Price

Nokia 808 price are still to unveil, stay tuned to iTechGiz or follow us on Facebook page to get updated. Watch out the video after the jump

Dropbox mobile app automatically uploads your photos videos to Dropbox using your wifi data plan (check your data rate before using this service). The uploads are neither compressed or re-seized they gets uploaded in original format as taken from your camera. The saved images are private and resides under your Camera Uploads. Rumors says the feature to soon arrive for iOS device as well.

At stat Dropbox is offering you with 500MB of free space for automatic uploads. If you wish to continue more uploading your photo’s and video’s you will get and upgraded 3GB of more space on your account, isn’t it cool?

via Dropbox Blog

With a vision to cater to students with a knack for mobile app development at a university level, Nokia Pakistan and djuice conducted a Developer Workshop at NED University which focused on imparting training to students on S40 devices. It was for the first time that Nokia Pakistan conducted a developer workshop solely for students at a university. The venue for the workshop was Computer and Information Systems Engineering Department where the trainer Syed Faraz Ahmed from Lakson Business Solutions shared details of the development tools available to develop mobile apps for S40 devices and gave hands-on training to participants.

Expressing her views, Rabia Azfar Nizami, Business Development Manager EDX, Near East, NOKIA said,

“I appreciate the interest level of NED University’s students to learn and excel in their chosen field. Nokia has been organizing these kinds of workshops for developers in Pakistan for the past 1 year and it is for the first time that it was being solely organized for students. Nokia partnered with djuice and P@SHA to offer training for S40 platform and the workshop was geared towards channelizing the strengths of these students and providing them a rich bundle of resources to develop more locally relevant mobile apps for S40 devices which are most popular among the masses in our country.”

At the workshop’s conclusion, certificates were distributed among all the participating students. Ms. Nida Siddiqui was awarded a Nokia Asha 200 for her excellent performance in the workshop while Mr. YasirTahir and Mr. Shayan Rais, both were awarded a djuice connection & internet bundle by Ammar Waheed, Assistant Manager Content, Product Development, djuice. Events of this nature are pertinent to take the local IT/Telecom industry to the next level and enable better mobility experience for end consumers especially in countries like Pakistan where majority of people use S40 mobile phones.