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Thursday, August 28, 2014

Nokia Introduces Asha 205 the First Mobile Phone From Nokia with Facebook Button

Nokia Introduces Asha 205, the First Mobile Phone From Nokia with Facebook Button - Nokia has just introduced the new Asha phone series, this time officially introduced the Nokia Asha 205.

Nokia Asha 205 features a full QWERTY keypad that gives us speed and accuracy in typing, and this phone is also equipped with a special button Facebook, and be the first Nokia phone with a Facebook button.

Nokia Asha 205 comes with features like 2.4 inch display, VGA camera, GPRS / EDGE, 64MB internal memory plus microSD slot up to 32GB, MP3/MP4 player, and battery capacity of 1020mAh.

Nokia Asha 205 will be available in the fourth quarter of 2012 with a price tag of U.S. $ 62

Ubuntu 13 10 for Galaxy Nexus first look

"Ini merupakan perkembangan snapshot eksperimental yang dapat berpotensi bata perangkat Anda. Ini tidak memberikan semua fitur dan layanan telepon ritel dan tidak dapat menggantikan handset Anda saat ini. Pratinjau ini adalah rilis pertama dari versi yang sangat baru dan belum selesai Ubuntu dan itu akan berkembang dengan cepat. "

Until now I have a little problem like the touch screen does not respond, the system hangs from time to time or slow down, so you basically can not do anything other than reboot. However, in many cases it is very sharp. Navigate through the system completely different from the Android. There are no back or home keys, you need to swipe left / right / bottom / top and swiping different effects if you swipe from the center or from the edge of the screen.

I have a feeling that the whole UI is a kind of "too big". Large icons that take up a lot of space and work with this interface is far from intuitive. I think that this OS will be much better suited for tablets instead, where the average screen size is 10 ".

In current stage this OS is surely not suitable for daily use, but the developers are working very hard to fix all submitted issues and to preview all commits. Here are the screenshots:

Home Screen with 3 additional desktops: Music, Applications and Videos

Lock-screen (swipe left to unlock)

System Settings, About the phone and Battery

Phone, Messages and Contacts

Calendar and Album

Sort of "Quick Settings" available from the notification menu

Installed applications screen and a "must have" app ;)

Weather, Gmail and Notes

Navigation panel (available on every screen, even lock-screen), File Manager and Camera

That would be all for now. I think the first preview of the Ubuntu OS for phones looks very promising, however its officially available only for 3 devices for now and it cant be used as a daily driver just yet.

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

HTC First Facebook dedicated smartphone

Few weeks of rumors and speculations and here we have - new HTC device, called HTC First and created together with (and for!) Facebook. Its surely not a flagship model, but also not a low-end device.

Actually it has quite nice specifications:

Platform: Android 4.1
Processor: Qualcomm® MSM8930AA 1.4Ghz, dual-core
Memory: 16 GB, 1 GB RAM
GSM 850/900/1800/1900/2100, HSDPA 21/5.76, LTE 4/17
Display: 4.3-inch, HD 720p
Battery: 2000mAh (non-removable)
Main camera: 5 MP camera with auto focus, LED flash, BSI sensor, f/2.0 aperture, 28mm lens, 1080p video recording
Front camera: 1.6 MP camera
Dimensions: 4.96 x 2.56 x 0.35 (in) (LxWxT)
Weight: 4.37 oz

What is special about this device, is very deep Facebook integration. It has its own Facebook launcher instead of HTC Sense launcher. What else?

Cover feed: A constant, fresh stream of photos and updates from your newsfeed, cover feed is always present when you wake up your phone. It lets you stay up-to-date on your friends’ latest activities in real-time, all the time. You can swipe through to see more photos and updates, double tap to “like” a post and comment right from cover feed. To learn more about cover feed, check out this video.
Notifications: Notifications from apps and friends appear right on your home screen. It’s easier to see when you have a missed call, calendar reminder or new message. Open a notification with a double tap or clear them away to see your Cover Feed. To learn more about notifications, check out this video.
Chat Heads: The mobile messenger lets you jump in and out of conversations while you do other things, like watch a video and browse the web. Reply right from chat heads, or move them around if youre not ready to respond. Plus you can send and receive texts and Facebook messages from the same spot. To learn more about chat heads, check out this video.
App Launcher: See your favorite apps and post right to Facebook from the same spot. You choose what’s on your app launcher—press and hold an app then drag it anywhere.
Instagram: HTC First is the only phone that comes with Instagram pre-loaded.

Personally, Im very curious how this device will work with its custom launcher and what will be customers judgement. I think it has a huge potential. The idea of new custom launcher is more then interesting. Lets take a quick pick how it looks like:

To me, it seems to be very simplified version of Android launcher. It might be a great choice for users who are not expecting their phone to be multimedia all-in-one device, but they want to easily stay in touch with their friends using the most popular social channel. There is also Instagram pre-installed, so sharing your great moments captured with 5 MP back camera will be easy as well. Additionally, it is very likely that the overall system performance in HTC First will be very good. Qualcomm 1.4 GHz dual-core CPU in pair with 1GB of RAM memory will probably bring you smooth user interface experience, considering the fact that device doesnt have pretty heavy HTC Sense on board. So, do you think it is a device for you?