Motorola Moto E: People's Phone

Just after super success of Moto G, Motorola is back with another super cheap yet super specification based phone Moto E. 

In India price 6999 rupee ($130), Motorola is shouting loudly to buyers that they will get lot more things by paying this amount of price. But still personally I am disappointed with Motorola's strategy by only putting it on just one online eCommerce site. They used same strategy with Moto G and Moto X by putting it only available on their partnered eCommerce site and succeeded in that but this time I am not very much impressed with their move. If you want to make Moto E a real 'people's phone' then you have to make it available offline with mobile phone retailers. 

Now let's find out that if Moto E live's up to our expectations or not?

Design and Looks:

Motorola used similar kind of strategy with Moto E which they used with it's elder brothers Moto G and Moto X.  By design point of view, it is a bit fatter than Moto G and a little heavier. But still considering it's compact size, it will fit in your hands very gently.

The backpanel is made of plastic but still considering its quality, it will feel like a premium quality. Another plus point is you can get total nine color of interchangeable back panels available. 

Colorful Back Covers

Features:

The phone have a heart of Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 dual core processor which is clocked at 1.2 GHz. Another impressive specification is you will get 1 GB RAM and Adreno 305 GPU, which will make smooth multi tasking and lag free use. In our use, we will be able of Most Wanted and Asphalt 8 kind of heavy games very fluently. This is kind of very good specification at this price range.

You will get 4 GB of internal storage which can be expanded up to 32 GB using micro SD card. Another big thumbs up with storage department is, you are able to transfer app data to memory card. So, it means that you can get upto 32 GB internal storage! 

The phone is available with dual SIM facility which supports 3G networks. 

Camera:

 This is the only feature which avoids this phone to becoming All-In-One package like phone in this segment. The phone features a 5 MP fixed focused camera which performs below average and according to me it's woeful camera. The camera does not even have LED flash.

Display:

Moto E have a 4.3 inch qHD display having resolution of 960x540 because on screen button consumes some amount of display. One plus point, you will get Gorilla Glass 3 protection for display and it is kind of rare for a phone in this price range. 

The display is really excellent in colors reproductions but it is average in sunlight visibility and harsh viewing angles. But still this is the best display in it's price range.

Plus Points: 

• Extremely cheap
• Works of latest Android Kitkat
• Excellent and sturdy body design

Minus Points:

• Bad camera
• Display is not at best
• Only availability on eCommerce site, no offline availabity

Problems with Windows Phone OS

Microsoft is said to be emperor in Desktop Operating Systems market. They are like synonym to PC and also for laptops. Almost all these computers are installed with Microsoft’s Windows OS. But today, the whole picture is changed. Mobile phone market has overshadowed computers market and everyone measures technology with mobile phone markets.  Currently, Apple’s much anticipated iOS and Google’s Android has conquered mobile phone OS market. And it was in October 2012 when Microsoft also entered in this market with their Windows Mobile OS and tried to make some good numbers in this market. After almost one and half year, still Microsoft is significantly lagging behind iOS and Android.

In this article I am going to discuss about what are the major problems and issues in Microsoft’s Windows Phone OS. I am writing this article by experiencing these by using Nokia Lumia phones, which are exclusively using Windows OS. First of all, let me clear that the hardware used by Nokia is great. According to me, they are still best hardware manufacturers. No problem with Nokia’s hardware. But the problem is inside of the phone, the much important part Operating System. Now let me come to the point and start to describe these issues.

1. No app transfer to micro SD card

Normally all Android phones comes with 4GB or 8GB of internal storage and even Windows phones also comes with these capacity. In Android phones, you can transfer your apps data to SD card and install more number of apps in your phone, in Windows phone it is a limiting factor. You cannot transfer apps into SD card.

Another issue is the apps designed for Windows phone consumes more space than Android games. For example, popular game Subway Surfer comes with a size of around 40MB on Android platform and same game comes with size of around 80MB on Windows platform. It clearly means that you will not be able to install more apps and games on your phone. 

2. Not having own file manager

This is probably one of the biggest drawback of Windows phone, you cannot get a native file manager app for your phone. You would be able to install third party file manager apps but still it is having limiting factor like you have one Read Only permissions of your SD card using your file manager. It’s kind of frustrating thing that you are not able to use all storage capacity of your micro SD card effectively.

3. Absense of LED notification light

Normally all Android phones comes with physical LED notification light which will blink whenever you will be having any missed call, Whatsapp message or a Facebook notification. On my Sony Xperia phone, whenever I have Whatsapp message it blinks with violet color, for Facebook notification it turns into blue and for a missed call it blinks with green. So it helps me a lot in everyday life of use. For a Windows phone, you will not be able for get this facility in any single model. This feature is more important if you are a busy and heavy user of Whatsapp and Facebook. 

Sony Xperia phone with notification light 

4. Notification bar problem

Biggest advantage of Windows phone is its Metro UI called Tile interface. It’s actually very innovative and easy to use this look. But it does not give you all notification in single screen. Like you have to scroll up and down to see notifications in their respective tiles. In Android phone, even latest iOS7 also have it's native notification bar in top of the phone and you will be able to see each and every notification very easily. 

Different notifications in their respective tile in Windows Metro UI

5. Not having integration with Google apps

If you are a heavy user of Gmail, Google Maps, Youtube and other native Google services then you will not have a good experience with Windows phone because Google does not provide their own apps for Windows mobile platform. You will be restricted to use Google services on Windows phone.

6. Instant toggle to specific shortcuts 

For Android and iOS phones, if you want to switch on/off Bluetooth or Wi-Fi then you can do it just in one click. You can get same other features like mobile data traffic, NFC, profile, auto-rotate shortcuts in upper notification bar. Thus you can toggle to specific setting very quickly. But this is not possible in Windows phone. You have to make at least 2-3 steps for starting that service. You can create these type of shortcuts in Windows phone, but again they will still require 2-3 steps.

shortcuts in notification bar in normal Android phone

7. USB OTG not supported

Windows phone does not support UTG OTG and it is kind of limiting factor when you want to use your other devices with your Windows phone. It means that you cannot connect USB flash drive, music player, digital camera or keyboard to your phone. 

8. Not support to third party web browsers

This is one of the biggest problems because without good internet browser you cannot use your phone effectively. Windows phone comes with default browser Internet Explorer and it also supports UC browsers and some less known ones. But still it misses some biggies like Firefox, Chrome and Opera Mini browser. So it is a huge drawback with Windows phone.

So, these are some issues or problems which I noticed in Windows phone OS. If you are agree with me or even don’t agree with me then also mention your precious comment below. Thank you and enjoy my other articles. 

Most Watched Top 10 YouTube Videos of 2013

Popular video sharing site YouTube, which is owned by Google released its list of most watched videos in India. Indians watched everything like, movie trailers, parodies, cricket, short films, and so on. 
To download these videos and enjoy them pleasantly you can use Wondershare Free Youtube Downloader. It is amazing tool to use.

Now we are going to share the list of top 10 videos which are most viewed and trended in You Tube India.

Top 10 trending You Tube Videos in 2013

1        1.    Krrish 3: Official Exclusive Trailer
     2.      Dhoom 3: Official Exclusive Trailer
     3.      The Viva By Sabarish kandreluga( with English Subtitles)
     4.      Comedy Nights With Kapil: 1^st September Episode with Parineeti Chopra 

          5.      Crocodile attacked by Jaguar video
     6.      Top 10 Best catches in cricket v2
     7.      Russian Navy Hovercraft Lands on Busy Beach- Part 1
     8.      Roadies X- Chandigarh auditions- Part 1
     9.      Gangs Of Social Media- Valentine’s Day Q-tiyapa
    10.     Nursery Rhymes Volume #3- Collections Of Thirty Rhymes

Top 10 Music Videos in 2013

1.       Jeene Laga Hun- Ramaiya Vastavaiya

2.       We Can’t Stop- Miley Cyrus

3.       Sunn Raha He na Tu- Aashiqui 2

4.       Tum hi Ho- Aashiqui 2

5.       Balam Pichkari- Yeh Jawani He Deewani

6.       Applause- Lady Gaga

7.       Badtameez Dil- Yeh Jawani He Deewani

8.       Exotic- Priyanka feat Pitbull

9.       Nagada Sang Dhol- RaamLeela

10.   Blue Eyes- Yo Yo Honey Singh

Top 10 Hollywood Movie Trailers in 2013(By View)

1.       X-Men: Days Of Future Past(2014)

2.       21 And Over Trailer(2013)

3.       How To Train Your Dragon 2- Official Teaser Trailer

4.       Iron Man 3- Official Trailer UK marvel | HD

5.       Captain America: The Winter Soldier Trailer UK- Official Marvel |HD

6.       The Hangover Part III Official trailer #1(2013)- Bradley Cooper Movie HD

7.       The Wolverine- International trailer

8.       The Fast And Furious 6 Official Super Bowl Trailer HD

9.       Thor: The Dark World Official trailer

10.   Man Of Steel: “Fate Of Your Planet” official trailer

Top 10 Short Films in 2013(By View)

1.       The Viva By Sabarish kandreluga( with English Subtitles)

2.       The Girl And The Autorickshaw

3.       That Day After Every day- Short Film

4.       Social Awareness Film- 2^nd Saturday, Say No to Child Exploitation

5.       Social Awareness Film- Child Sexual Abuse In Family

6.       International Award Winning Short Film- “Tara”

7.       Sawaal- The Unanswered Question

8.       Romantic Short Film- Gulcharrey

9.       Short Film Of Prostitution- A Life Less Fortunate: A Jyotish Menon Film

10.   Draw My Life- Sonal Sagaraya

Top 10 Original Comedy in 2013(By View)

1.       Made for Web- Top Original Comedy

2.       Gangs Of Social Media- Valentine’s Day Q-tiyapa

3.       Emotional Atya-Charge: Recharge Q-tiyapa

4.       AIB:It’s Your Fault

5.       Rowdies 9: Sab Q-tiyapa He

6.       Caller Naina: Mobile Q-tiyapa

7.       Rowdies XXX: Extra X, Extra Q-tiyapa( feat Aayushmaan Khurana & Kunal Roy Kapoor)

8.       Bhagwaan Zameen Par: A tribute to Sachin

9.       IAS Durga: Independence Day Special

10.   Gana Wala Song: The Q-tiyatic Version

Top 10 Kids Channels by Subscribers in 2013

1.       Hooplakidz

2.       Appuseries

3.       CybervillageSolution

4.       KidsCamp

5.       eDewCate

6.       HooplaKidzTV

7.       RajshriKids

8.       TheChuChuTV

9.       Kidszone

10.   Childrenrhymes

Top 10 Gaming Videos in 2013

1.       Subway Surfers trailer Google Play

2.       Temple Run 2- Official trailer

3.       Angry Birds Rio trailer

4.       Grand Theft Auto V- Official gameplay video

5.       CSR racing official trailer

6.       Cars 2 HD gameplay compilation

7.       Angry Birds In-game trailer

8.       Krrish 3- The Game

9.       Candy Crush Saga Android

10.   Subway Surfers Launch trailer

Top 10 “How to...”(General) videos in 2013

1.       Women self-defense technique

2.       How to turn water into eyes in seconds

3.       How to dance Gangnam style

4.       How to make a hit YouTube video

5.       How to Solve a Rubik’ cube- Part 1

6.       How to palm a coin- Coin tricks

7.       How to tie a tie for beginners- Double Windsor how to tie a tie

8.       How to Break an apple in half with you finger…and fist

9.       Tell me about your self- job interview question. Good/bad answer.

10.   Dating tips- kissing types

Top 10 “How to…” videos in beauty category in 2013(By views)

1.       4 Cute Back to School Hair Styles(Promise Phan)

2.       12 Quick and simple hair styles

3.       How to Lighten Dark lips naturally

4.       Dark underarms – natural ayuredic home remedies

5.       Feather waterfall & Ladder Braid combo | Cute 2-in-1 hairstyle

6.       Volumized Poytail Hair Tutorial

7.       Get Rid Of Dark Circles Fast | Home Remedies for removing under-eye dark circles

8.       Heena Mehndi design by Elegant Heena #1

9.       How to create quick hairstyles for girls

10.   Natural Home remedies for shiny shite teethes

Top 10 “How to…” videos in cooking category in 2013(By views)

1.       Hyderabadi chicken biryani

2.       Pav Bhaji by master chef Sanjeev Kapoor

3.       Vegetable hakka noodles by master chef Sanjeev Kapoor

4.       Butter Chicken – Sanjeev Kapoor’s kitchen

5.       Paneer Butter masala

6.       Mumbai Mast tomato pulav

7.       Punjabi Samosa

8.       Eggless cake in pressure cooker

9.       Quick rava idlis by Tarla Dalal

10.    Golgappa recipe – Pani Puri recipe

Top 10 “How to…” videos in fitness category in 2013(By views)

1.       4 yoga poses to reduce belly fat

2.       How to get a fat stomach with Simple easy yoga

3.       Get 6 pack abs in 12 minutes, this workout works

4.       Obesity- natural ayurvedic home remedies

5.       How to lose stomach fat in a week!

6.       Exercises to lose belly fat- Best two exercises to lose belly your fat

7.       7 Yoga poses for Glowing skin

8.       Biceps workout- 3 Bicep exercise for mass

9.       Home bicep & triceps workout

10.   The real way to lose belly fat

Android vs iOS vs Windows Phone OS

Before 5 years, we were only aware about Windows XP and other flavors of OS, which are used in computer. But at present, the scenario is changed. Most of the electronics and technology companies are concentrating on mobile phone industry. This industry is facing extreme hard competition. And the key part in these all mobile is it's OS, operating system. 

This trend started  when Apple entered in mobile phone industry with iPhone and introduced their proprietary OS called as iOS. It was revolutionary. Then Google came into the game with Android OS. In quick span of time, Android become hit and conquered worldwide OS market by featuring in Samsung, Sony, HTC like mobile phones. So now at present scenario where each OS stands in competition? We will compare them. 

Right now, the latest versions are Android is 4.4 Kitkat, iOS and Windows Mobile 8. Let's compare them.

iOS7, Android Kitkat & Windows Phone screens

User Interface:

Apple introduced iOS7 recently and in this version they totally changed their overall look of the interface. It is now more 2 dimensional and clean. Apple says that they used concept of simplicity in new iOS7. Overall it is very user friendly and clean interface. 

We all know user interface of Android and the current version 4.4 Kitkat is also very similar to its predecessors. It has multiple home screen, inclusion of Google Now, feature rich built in apps, everything this Android 4.4 have. People call Android interface old but I must say that it is the easiest interface currently any mobile phone having. 

Now be ready for a surprise, because Windows Mobile 8 OS interface is best interface according to me. The inclusion of "LiveTiles" gets maximum point for this. It provides you maximum information in quick time. 

Overall all of the three OS have very good interface. In iOS & Windows OS, you only get limited customization. But for Android you can apply maximum tweaks.  

Apps:

iOS top this list with more then 6,50,000 applications. They also offer apps for iPads. 

Android Play Store have 6,00,000 apps and those apps can also be used on android tablets. 

Windows phone currently offers significantly low apps around 1,00,000 apps on their Windows Store. And still, they don't offer any app for tablets.

Camera:

iOS7 came with significant changes in camera app with more photo effects, live picture filter., etc. It is a sophisticated camera app provided in iOS7.

Android camera app has maximum flavors. Because Samsung has their different camera app, HTC offers their own customized app and same for others like Sony,Huawei, LG. They all gave a different look to camera app and included many innovative features. Like 360 Panorama, smile shutter, Burst mode.,etc.

Windows OS is relatively new and so their camera app is cleaner and easy with minimum on screen setting. But you can take more natural photographs and  even use a separate camera app by putting in default mode. 

Android Kitkat & iOS7 notification bar

Control Panel:

This is very key part of any OS. Because control panel or if you call it notification bar is feature which will get your most of attention when you are using it. 

Android have large experience in terms of notification panel. You can access it by swapping down the upper screen of OS. It gives customizations for WiFi, Bluetooth, Profile,. etc.  Even all new notifications and events displays on this bar very well. 

iOS started their affair with the notification bar in this new iOS7. It also offers same functionalities like Android panel. 

Windows Phone do not support any notification center or control panel like Android or iOS. Because their LiveTiles always blinks new notifications separately. But still you may miss this key feature in Windows phone. 

Multi Tasking:

In this feature also iOS was not there before introduction of iOS7. But now you can easily switch between apps to achieve multi tasking. This feature is borrowed from Android by iOS because it is very similar to Android. 

Android provides this feature from Android 4.0 ICS. You can access this by long pressing Home screen button. You will get a quick window of running apps and can switch among them. 

Windows Phone also offers the same kind of multi tasking by long pressing Back button.

Conclusion:

Overall, if you look at previous given key points then clearly understand that all of the OS have their own charm and key features. Like on iOS, you can get user friendly environment and cleaner look. Android offers maximum offers and customizations. Wheres, Windows Phone gives a clean and refreshing look by LiveTiles. And each of them has their own drawbacks. 

Android have the highest number of users, but most of them are using old versions like 2.2 & 2.3. Windows is relatively new and having very less users. iOS7 looks one step ahead if you look at overall scenario. Because it offers everything which you want and more importantly, they have maximum users who are running on their latest iOS7. So, its on you and your personal choice that which OS based phone you have to buy. And please give your precious suggestions to me in the comment box below. I am always trying to improve my article for your suggestions. 

Google Nexus 5 with Android KitKat 4.4

After so much wait, finally Google & LG has announced another Nexus series phone. New Nexus 5 is more powerful,lighter & better looking phone. Except these, Nexus 5 comes with latest Android 4.4 named Kitkat. Which is the biggest advantage of this phone. I will compare this phone with its predecessor Nexus 4 in different aspects to easily understand its specifications. 

Hardware:

Nexus 5 comes with the latest Qualcomm 2.3 GHz Snapdragon 800 processor, which is the fastest processor available in the market. This phone have Adreno 330 GPU. So here it has the same processor like Sony Xperia Z1, LG G2, Samsung Galaxy Note 3.While the older Nexus 4 had 1.5 GHz Quad core Krait processor with Adreno 320. Both Nexus 5 & Nexus 4 have 2 GB of RAM.

Battery:

This phone have 2300 mAh battery which is improved from Nexus 4, which had 2100 mAh battery. Company claims that the phone lasts 17 hours on 3G with this battery. 

Display:

Nexus 5 have a 4.9 inch full-HD IPS plus LCD display with 445ppi.  Phone also features Corning Gorrila Glass 3 for screen protection. Previous Nexus 4 had a 4.7 inch display with same technology having 320 ppi. 

Camera:

This phone also have same 8 Mega pixel sensor which was their in Nexus 4. But newer phone have an OIS sensor which means Optical Image Stabilization. OIS helps in taking pictures with lesser blur. In OIS technology, a small gyroscope and a motor reduces the difference caused from shaking hands when taking pictures. So we can get much better and stable picture. Other camera features are Panorama 360 and HDR+. 

It has 1.3 MP front facing camera for video calling facility.

Operating System:

This is the department in which Nexus 5 overshadows its all other competitors. It has exclusively unveiled Android KitKat 4.4 . We will write an in-depth review on this Kitkat OS. But still Google said that, they had made many improvements and changes in new OS. If you are Nexus 4 user then you will get new Kitkat update very soon. Other phone users have to wait more. This phone have a unique feature called as 'OK Google' for waking up the phone by saying these words. They adopted this from Moto X phone. 

Final conclusion with price:

If you are looking for a great value for money device and a big fan of Google Android then you must upgrade to this new Nexus 5. If you are not, than also you have many reasons to buy because it have same hardware specifications of other companies top of the line phones. Because this phone comes with around 50% price comparing with others. Only one drawback of this phone is, not having micro-SD card slot for expanding memory.

The 16GB version comes at $349 & 32GB version will be cost $399. For Indian customers, it is priced at INR 28,999 for 16GB & INR 32,999 for 32GB. 

Samsung Galaxy Round: World's First Curved Display Phone

Just after releasing their much anticipated Galaxy Note 3, Samsung is again generating heat in the mobile phone market. This time Samsung is launching a benchmark phone, which is said to be world's first curved display smart phone. Yes, we were having rumors regarding to this phone before many months that Samsung and LG are in competition to launch this type of smart phone. Now it is a reality with the launch of Samsung Galaxy Round! The concept of having curved display puts Samsung  a step closer to making wearable gadgets.

This phone claims to have a massive 5.7 inch AMOLED display similar to recently launched Galaxy Note 3. If you feel that Note 3 does not fit in your hand then Round is your solution. It is 7.9mm thick and 154g weighted, Which is lesser than Note 3. The concave shape having slight horizontal curve makes this phone operation very much easier. 

If you look into specifications department then it is almost same as Galaxy Note 3. But as per Samsung's perspective, this phone is just innovation and they are not going to produce it for worldwide users! The phone will be available for only in South Korea, which is their home territory. Even production of curved display is not cheap like regular ones at present stage, so the price of this phone is also very high. It can be counted around $1000 if you buy it in South Korea. So maybe you have reasons to get disappointed, but Samsung promised that their technicians are working hard on reduce the production cost of these flexible displays. So,they can sell these type of phones worldwide. This phone have just curved display. Even though batter of this phone is also a regular one,which is not curved shaped. So not much features for discussion right now.

Samsung Galaxy Round Specifications:

Processor: 2.3 GHz Quad Core

Display: 5.7 inch Super-EMOLED

RAM: 3GB

Memory: 32 or 64 GB variants

Camera: 13 MP front shooter and 2 MP front facing camera

Battery: 2800 mAh

OS Software: Android 4.3 Jelly Bean

You can compare this phone with some other high-end smartphones like Sony Xperia Z1 & Apple iPhone 5S

  

LCD vs TFT vs AMOLED : Display Comparision

These days screen size of any mobile phone is benchmark to compare them. The more it will be big, more you will be impressed. But technology behind that screen in not much known for most of us. Even if the persons who know about LCD, TFT, IPS, AMOLED, SUPER AMOLED will be also confused that which one is better. 

These displays are generally having two main types. First one is LCD & second one is AMOLED. We know name LCD because it is used in the wide range of electronic products. But most of us are not aware about AMOLED. So let's discuss about it. 

LCD:

LCD, liquid crystal display is made of wondrous liquid crystals. In which these crystals are combined between two couple of glasses with the use of the light source. They produce most realistic colors, but they does not represent much wider contrast ratio if we compare them with AMOLED.

TFT & IPS are also based on same LCD technology. TFT which is Thin Film Transistor & IPS is In Plane Switching. 

TFT makes LCD much efficient by making it's wiring reduced and also reduces electrodes per pixel. TFT improves image quality of LCD display.

IPS is improved from TFT by offering much better color reproduction and more accurate viewing angles. 

LCD is used in most of Sony, HTC, iPhone., etc. 

AMOLED:

AMOLED stands for Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode. 

It is old technology but gained popularity in recent days. In this technology, a thin layer is made from thin layers which is zapped by an electric current. One major advantage of this technology is, it can create much thin layers and also do not require back light. This means it can create much better black colors and reduces battery usage because the back light is not used. 

Here three major colors Red, Blue and Green are divided in sub category like RGBG color. This is called as a 'pentile display'. But this have a disadvantage also, they can represent lower resolution because of much larger and visible sub pixels. 

Now a days, Samsung is known for their Super AMOLED, HD Super EMOLED displays. But this is nothing but simple AMOLED which is used with just prefix 'super'. They are traditional EMOLED. So do not fooled by these type of names. 

These are the devices which uses AMOLED technology: HTC ONE S, Galaxy series by Samsung.

Conclusion:

Now let's come to the answer that which one is better? So my answer is both LCD and EMOLED have their own strength and weakness. So it is totally dependent on you which one is like by you personally. If you try and phone and you get good resolution, better color reproduction and good viewing angles, then definitely that display is good for you.