The all-in-one entertainment system - Xbox One

Just before the E3 event of 2013, Microsoft has unveiled the new Xbox console called Xbox One. This is Microsoft's first new console in more than seven years. With E3 just around the corner, and PlayStation 4 ready to be launched, this is going to be a great contest in Gaming market.
As far as the design is concerned, Xbox One is large , sleek black box and looks like a huge TV setup box. The Xbox controller's gotten a revamp with an integrated battery, improved ergonomics, a better D-pad, and improved response triggers. It looks similar but has gotten a bunch of gamer-oriented tweaks. It feels bulky and it seems strange with the contenders and new gen gaming consoles getting slimmer with every new release.



Tech Specs

Under the hood, details so far include an eight-core processor and graphics made by AMD, 8GB of RAM, Blu-ray, USB 3.0, HDMI in/out, and a 500GB hard drive. Besides all of this, Microsoft is promising a new operating system fusing Xbox and Windows. Xbox One architecture has "three operating systems in one": Xbox, a kernel of Windows (perhaps like Windows RT), and a multitasking interface. The idea seems to be that this console will be a multitasker at heart. With this, you can feel that the distance between Sony and Microsoft, in terms of hardware, will be shorter than ever.

TV on Xbox

"Xbox is going to be the next water cooler." That was said during the event to suggest the Xbox One's role as a social-TV platform. To that end, it sounds like Microsoft is developing TV shows and original programming for the Xbox One, making a greater leap into Netflix-like original programming. Steven Spielberg announced a new TV series based on Halo, and the NFL demonstrated some level of interaction with fantasy stats and Skyping with NFL broadcasts.

Availability

The Xbox One will be available "later this year," so that means 2013 after all. Price and a specific date will have to wait...after all, E3 is just weeks away.

LG Google Nexus 4 arrives in India

LG Google Nexus 4 which was announced in November 2012 has arrived in India. It was already put up on pre-order on many online stores since yesterday but the device has officially been announced today
Google collaborated with LG for the next Nexus to launch their Android Jelly Bean platform. The phone is based on Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2.

Tech Specs
Google LG Nexus 4 comes with a 4.7-inch True HD IPS Plus capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 768 x 1280 pixels. The phone runs Android Jelly Bean 4.1 out of the box but is upgradable to Jelly Bean version 4.2.2.

It houses a Qualcomm Snapdragon Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait processor under the hood with 8 GB and 16 GB internal memory options with 2 GB RAM.

8 MP rear end camera with LED flash and the front cam is 1.3 MP. The camera supports multiple functions like Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, photo sphere, etc.


It is to be noted that only 16 GB version is available in India and the phone is priced at Rs 25,990 in India which is considerably higher than its US variant. Most phone-makers price the product at a premium in India. The phone is an LG launch and not a Google announcement which might have reduced prices. Though seeing the premium tag of the recently announced Google Nexus 7 in India, we don’t think Google would have altered prices.

The phone comes with amazing high-end features and is strong competition for other flagships models. Considering other phones with similar features are priced in the much higher bracket LG Google Nexus 4 is priced reasonably well and will prove to be tough competition for most flagship models such as Samsung Galaxy S3, iPhone 4s, iPhone 5, BlackBerry Z10 and others.

A Cheaper BB 10 Smartphone “BlackBerry Q5” Unveiled

BlackBerry has launched third phone in BB 10 series, BlackBerry Q5. The new phone will come with a QWERTY keypad and is expected to be priced well below Q10 and Z10. "I know this is going be a big hit," said CEO Thorsten Heins, who showed off the device at the BlackBerry Live conference in Orlando on Tuesday.

The BB Q5 comes with BlackBerry-classic QWERTY keyboard and its 3.1-inch touchscreen and the design is similar to recently launched BB Q10. The BB Q5 will be available in black, white, red, orange and pink. It will go on sale starting in July in "selected markets" in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America. There is no official mention of the pricing of Q5 yet.



The Q5 differs only slightly from the Q10. Both have 2 gigabytes (GB) of working memory, though the Q5 has only 8GB of flash memory for storage compared with 16GB for the Q10. Both have 2 megapixel front-facing cameras, but the Q5's rear-facing camera is only 5 megapixels, compared with the Q10, which has 8 megapixels and also records high-definition video.

As compared to Q10, Q5 has a 3.1-inch LCD display, while the Q10 has an OLED screen of the same size, which provides for more vivid colors.

On recent new of BBM being available for iOS and android, Heins said iPhone and Android versions of the BlackBerry Messenger app will be available for free, subject to approval by Google Play and the Apple App Store.

"It's time to bring BBM to a greater audience," Heins said. "I cannot wait for the day when all of our BlackBerry fans can send BBM invites to all their friends on other platforms. They have asked us for this for years."

The BBM service, which works like text messaging but doesn't incur extra fees, was once a reason for BlackBerry users not to defect to other smartphones. Now, there are many rival messaging services such as watsapp, wechat etc but BBM is still, being used by more than 60 million users worldwide.

Well, the things are now moving well for BlackBerry with third device out on BB10 out of Six devices which were expected from BlackBerry in 2013 which they announced earlier.

Aluminum Lumia - Nokia Announces The Lumia 925

It is raining Lumias as Finnish phone maker today introduced its latest Lumia 925 flagship phone, and first time, the Lumia phone have a metal body. The phone runs the latest version of Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 software. The Lumia 925 is a lot like the Verizon Lumia 928 which was announced last week, it has a big 4.5-inch AMOLED with 1280x768-resolution touchscreen, a dual-core Snapdragon processor, 1GB of RAM and an 8.7-megapixel camera. But it is made entirely of metal as compared to polycarbonate shell of 928.

Nokia has used a metal frame to house the antenna. While it is made of firmer materials than the other Lumias at only 139 grams, it doesn't have wireless charging built in to the back cover like Lumia 920 and 928. Nokia will sell wireless colorful charging cases if you wish to get the wireless power capability.

Nokia also added new camera apps to the phone such as Oggl from Hipstamatic, Vyclone and more, but the Windows Phone 8 platform still missing Instagram.

Much like the 920, it has got an impressive camera. With the 925, Nokia is also introducing a new feature called Nokia Smart Camera, which captures 10 images at once, and then lets you edit the resulting photos with options such as Best Shot, Action Shot, and Motion focus for creating the ultimate finished image.
Smart camera will debut on the Lumia 925, but will eventually be released to all Lumia Windows Phone 8 smartphones.

The Nokia Lumia 925 is expected to be released in the UK, Germany, Spain, Italy and China in June. Expected price in India is around 35000.

Nokia confirms Lumia 928

Nokia has finally confirmed the much-awaited Lumia flagship device, the Nokia Lumia 928. The official link to the Nokia Lumia 928 is now live on the site. However, the link does nothing more than tell us about the now famous Nokia PureView Camera and Carl Zeiss optics. That the Nokia Lumia 928 will be a phone camera-focused phone has been clear and Nokia confirmed all speculations with their new link.



With the tagline ‘Capture the highlights, even in low light’, Nokia 928 comes with a 8.7 MP PureView Carl Zeiss camera. Infact, the new Nokia Lumia 928 page is pretty bare except for details on the camera and a video button. The video once again offers little more than a comparison of the Nokia 928 camera as against the Apple iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S3. The video sure makes the Nokia Lumia 928 camera stand out but we would love to see how the camera fares against the Samsung Galaxy S4, to be released iPhone 5S and the recently released HTC One with the Ultra Pixel camera. This phone is ready to stir the top end smart phone market and if the price is right, it could be a winner.