SAMSUNG UNVEILS GALAXY S5 !!!

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Samsung on Tuesday announced the Galaxy S5, its new flagship Android smartphone. Among many other new features, the Galaxy S5 comes with a faster camera, a fingerprint scanner similar to the one found in iPhone 5 and a water and dust resistant body.

   The Galaxy S5, which was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, will be available in around 150 countries on April 11. The device sports a slightly larger 5.1-inch Super AMOLED (1080 X 1920p) display which looks similar to that of the Galaxy S4.

        Powered by a 2.5GHz quad-core processor and 2GB RAM, the Galaxy S5 will come in 16GB and 32GB internal storage variants which will be expandable up to 64GB through microSD card.
         
         Galaxy S5 offers more tools to help people stay fit and well. It provides a comprehensive personal fitness tracker to help users monitor and manage their behavior, along with additional tools including a pedometer, diet and exercise records, and a new, built-in heart rate monitor. Galaxy S5 users can further customize their experience with an enriched third party app ecosystem and the ability to pair with next generation Gear products for real-time fitness coaching," said a Samsung spokesperson.

          Another highlight of the phone is a new fingerprint sensor integrated with the phone's home button. The finger scanner will offer a biometric screen locking feature and mobile payment experience to consumers.
          
           The smartphone sports a 16MP rear camera and a 2.1MP front-facing camera. The rear camera is capable of capturing 4K video at 30 frames per second. Samsung claims that the Galaxy S5 offers the world's fastest autofocus speed up to 0.3 seconds.
        
         The phone is IP67 certified dust and water-resistant. The back panel of the phone sports a dimpled soft-touch cover similar to the Nexus 7(2012) tablet.
  
       In terms of connectivity options, the Galaxy S5 offers Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n and ac, Bluetooth 4.0, USB 3.0, NFC and InfraRed. The phone supports a large number of 4G LTE frequency bands with LTE Category 4 standard. It comes with accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, RGB ambient light, Gesture(IR), and heart rate sensors. The phone is backed by a 2800mAh battery with a claimed standby time of 390 hours and talk time of 21 hours.

        The Galaxy S5 will be available in four different colors: charcoal black, shimmery white, electric blue and copper gold.

GOOGLE TO TURN SMARTPHONES INTO 3D MAPPING DEVICES

          SAN FRANCISCO: Google has announced a new research project aimed at bringing 3D technology to smartphones, for potential applications such as indoor mapping, gaming and helping blind people navigate. its Project Tangowould provide prototypes of its new smartphone to outside developers to encourage the writing of new applications.  

     "What if you could capture the dimensions of your home simply by walking around with your phone before you went furniture shopping?" Google said on its Project Tango web page.

          "What if directions to a new location didn't stop at the street address? What if you never again found yourself lost in a new building? What if the visually impaired could navigate unassisted in unfamiliar indoor places? What if you could search for a product and see where the exact shelf is located in a super-store?" 

        The technology could also be used for "playing hide-and-seek in your house with your favourite game character, or transforming the hallways into a tree-lined path." 

Smartphones are equipped with sensors which make over 1.4 million measurements per second, updating the positon and rotation of the phone. 

MONITOR YOUR DATA USAGE

MONITOR YOUR DATA USAGE WITH NETLIVE..

To help you take control of your data usage, XDA Forum Member rcllcr developed NetLive, an app that displays your Internet transfer rate in your notification area, as well as on your home screen as a widget. Allowing you to measure either your WiFi or mobile broadband usage, you can also choose to have the total usage displayed in addition to your uploads and downloads. Additionally, NetLive can track and show the name of the app that’s currently using the most data, so you’ll know exactly which app has been stealing your bandwidth.

NetLive is an app that many folks can find helpful in getting data usage under control. It’s compatible with Android version 2.3 and above.

Facebook gives new gender options for users

    


The social media giant is adding a customizable option with about 50 different terms people can use to identify their gender as well as three preferred pronoun choices: him, her or them.

 giving people more choices in how they describe themselves, such as androgynous, bi-gender,intersex, gender fluid or transsexual.

 Google+ offers male, female and "other" as choices, but transgender advocates said Facebook's many specific options puts the platform well ahead of any other online community. About 1 percent of Google+ users identify as other.
  At this point, Facebook targets advertising according to male or female genders. For those who change to something neutral, ads will be targeted based on the pronoun they select for themselves

Google working on 10 gbps internet connectiions

The Web giant is working on technology to deliver data transfer speeds over the Internet at 10 gigabits per second, 10 times faster than the connections offered by Google Fiber in Kansas City, a Google executive revealed Wednesday, according to a USA Today report. That's roughly 1,000 times faster than the average US connection speed of 7.2 megabits per second.

Of course, Google isn't alone in its quest for faster Internet connections. A team of UK researchers announced last year that they had achieved wireless data transmission speeds of 10Gbs via visible light. Their "Li-fi" system used a micro-LED light bulb to transmit 3.5Gbps across each of the three primary colors of visible light: red, blue, and green.

LG unveils the LG G PRO 2 !!!

After the successful lg g pro the company has made the next version and it's g pro 2.

Key Specifications:

Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (2.26 GHz Quad-Core)

GPU: Qualcomm Technologies Adreno 330

Display: 5.9-inch Full HD IPS (1920 x 1080), Slim Bezel

Memory: 3GB DDR3 RAM / 16GB/32GB eMMC ROM / microSD slot

Camera: Rear 13.0MP OIS+ / Front 2.1MP

Battery: 3,200mAh (removable)

Operating System: Android 4.4 KitKat

Size: 157.9 x 81.9 x 8.3mm

Weight: 172g

Network: LTE / HSPA+

Connectivity: Bluetooth Smart Ready (BT 4.0) / USB / WiFi (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) / NFC / SlimPort

Colours: Titan, White, Red

Other: Knock Code, 1W Hi-Fi Sound, Content Lock

The LG G Pro 2 can record slow motion HD video at 120FPS and also can record in 4K.

LG claims the sound on the G Pro 2 is 30 per cent louder than the G Pro and its 1-watt speaker system is a first for smartphones and will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor.

The G Pro 2 will be on the market in Korea in late February.

HOW TO UNLOCK SCREEN WITHOUT POWER BUTTON IN ANDROID

well there are android apps available in the market which can help you out....these apps also has widgets that lets u lock ur screen while tapping on icon... here is my list...

note- some users complains about not working these methods..but i suggest you while clearing your ram always keep eye that your unlocking screen app doesn't get stopped.

also some apps uses sensors ..so to get these apps to work  u should have that sensor

-i don't have detailed knowledge about sensors ;)

1. fix broken power

    

this app doesn't  requires root and u can unlock screen with your volume buttons...

2. tap tap app

Lock and unlock the screen with a double tap the proximity sensor.

And widget, locks your phone with one click.
Reduces use of the power button

but personally i suggest u to practice with the proximity sensor...some users have problem with that...

3. SPoB

this apps locks and unlocks ur screen while simply moving ur finger over the proximity sensor...

note that this app will require light sensor to work !!

4. shake

 app works when u shake ur phone as it's name suggests..

this app is better than others which are working on the same basic principle of shaking because it provides various actions when the phone is shaken.

5. anyunlock

this app uses any key to unlock screen in place of power button.

it has simple lock screen after .. so it can prevent the mistap. u have to press back button to get to your home screen. i don't know this app provides facility to prevent the lock screen appearing after pressing any button.

because some users finds it annoying !!

fix power button has that option to prevent the lock screen appearing.

6. flip unlock

this app let you unlock screen by flipping your phone.(flipping - holding it face down and then face up)

it provides icon to lock screen.

7. wave to unlock.

 Unlock the screen by waving hand over proximity Sensor
- Lock the screen by cover hand over proximity Sensor for few seconds
- You can use smart cover to automatic turn on / off screen