HTC One’s UltraPixel camera vs the competition

HTC’s latest flagship “One” aks M7 has 4MP ultrapixel camera. HTC aims to end the megapixel race by providing consumers with better image quality rather than just numbers. Looking at Android smartphone cameras, there has been very little improvement in image quality. Phones are getting anorexic and engineers are forced to pack more megapixels while sensor size continue to…

Ecosystems

Things happen. And when they’re less than favourable, you either work hard and fast to ensure you’re competitive, or you fall back, exhibiting your inability to prevent the fact that you’re the market leader has got to your head. Every leader is susceptible to the latter, but good leaders work hard and maintain their lead. It’s one thing to become a leader, another to retain your leadership.

Smartphones excite me….

PureView 2 Explained: How Good Is The Lumia 920 Camera

The word is finally out. Nokia announced the Lumia 920 with a different form of PureView camera. The camera specs don’t look extraordinary at first glance. It has no oversampling or lossless zoom. Neither can it produce highly…

Is A Slimmer PureView Possible? I Look Into Some Of Those Ways

We still don’t know what Nokia has in surprise for us when it launches its new Windows Phone 8 running Lumia smartphones in less than 24 hours from now.  Nokia is known for superb cameras in its smartphones. With 808 PureView Nokia made sure that no one questions their authority when it comes to camera performance. However the 808’s camera module…

Review: Monster HD Headphones – Music Is In The Air

As they say, Music is in the air all around, you only need a medium to experience the magic of the music and get mesmerised with its charisma. World has never been short of amazing Singers, Music Directors, Musicians, Lyrists and composers. We have been lucky to be bestowed with some great music over…

Apple’s Patents Cannot Be An Excuse For Samsung To Not Design Beautiful Devices

I’ve been reading a lot of opinions from people who have tried the Samsung Galaxy S3. 99% of them just hate it outright. Some people like it. I like the front of the device, for one. The back is fugly, though. Again, I’ve only seen the device in pictures, as of now. But I’ve also seen other devices, and they look better from every angle.

Lee Williams: “At Old Nokia, We Could Sell Anything, Even Crap”

Funny morning this. I woke up to a rather surprising interview of Nokia’s ex-SVP of Series 60 Software, Lee Williams (who was also the Executive Director of the Symbian Foundation, before Nokia took it back in 2010). He spoke a lot, trying to spread a lot of FUD around Nokia’s Lumia brand and its Windows…

If You Are A Smartphone User, You Also Are A Beta Tester

I love Twitter. It has been my favorite social media platform, even better than Facebook. Why? Because I have had some useful conversations here. And recently, I had another interesting conversation, but at the end of the day, the positions of the debatees remained the same – none of us could come to a conclusion, so I…

Smoked By Windows Phone: Good concept, failed execution

If you are active on Twitter or Facebook and follow some tech blogs, Microsoft or Nokia you must have seen the hashtag #SmokedByWindowsPhone. It is a campaign by Microsoft to promote their Windows phone lineup. Nokia is conducting a similar campaign in India. Nothing wrong in that.

The rules are simple. You are given a random challenge from a set of…

Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day

I had this interesting conversation about smartphones, on Twitter, earlier in the day. There’s a certain analyst who is on a self-declared mission to oust Stephen Elop, and he has been ranting since Nokia announced its Windows Phone strategy.

Now, before I start, I have nothing personal against him, but I’d just like to point out…

The Price Of Free Android Apps – Increased Battery Consumption By 75%, And Data Charges

We all love Android (err, well, okay. Many of us do). I like it. I also like the number of stuff I get for free. Having to spend bucks on an app I’d be trying for a bit is absolutely the kind of stuff I don’t like. Sometimes, if I find the app…

Angry Birds, iPad And A 5 Year-old Girl – How Apple Has Won The Mindshare

I was at an exhibition a couple of days back. Or rather, I was one of the exhibitors, among a bunch of 3 dozen. There were people of all ages who came to the event, got stuff, and all. It was a lot of fun, I got to experience something new altogether. And there was something I witnessed, too. I witnessed how Apple has won the mindshare in the…