Dual screen YotaPhone debuts at €499

Dual screen YotaPhone debuts at €499

The YotaPhone pricing €499 in Europe and 19,980 rubles in Russia is a great gadget to invest in which blends the qualities of an e-reader and a smartphone. The two prototypes of this device that has been used for the purpose of attaining observations have justified the ideas promised. Any flaw observed has been removed in the retail edition of this gadget.

This dual purpose gadget works on Android operating system. This YotaPhone has a 4.3-inch 720p LCD front display. Its fast processing is rendered by a dual-core 1.7GHz Snapdragon processor and 2GB RAM. The 32GB of storage provides the users with a wider space to store their data. The rear e-paper display too is of 4.3 inches but doesn’t match the LCD display. Its resolution is 640×360 pixels which is lower than that of the front display. During the display of a static image, the e-reader does not consume the battery power.

Hence, the YotaPhone facilitates e-books, notification and other information reading at a power friendly rate. This feature of the gadget is helpful in displaying any image for a longer time at the e-paper display that has been captured from the front camera. This makes easy for the users to navigate maps and shopping lists that are displayed for a longer time without compromising with the battery consumption.

Apart from a power button and volume rocker, there are no physical buttons on this device. Rather two touch-sensitive strips are rendered which works as home, back and multitasking buttons. YotaPhone works best with 3G and LTE modems providing fast internet surfing to the users.

Full Specifications

OS- Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2

CPU – Dual Core 1.7 GHz Krait

FORM FACTOR – Monoblock touch with front and back screens

DIMENSIONS – 133.6 x 67 x 9.99mm

WEIGHT -146g

COLOURS – Black and white

MAIN SCREEN – 4.3” 720×1280 LCD, 16.7M colours; capacitive multi touch

BACK SCREEN- 4.3” 360×640 EPD, 16 grayscale; capacitive touch zone below the EPD for gesture controls

NETWORK -LTE 800/1800/2600 MHz, UMTS 900/1800/2100 MHz, GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz

CAMERA -Main camera 13 MP AF, LED flash, front camera 1MP

MEMORY- 2GB RAM, 32GB eMMC

CONNECTIVITY- WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, BT v4.0, GPS w/A-GPS + Glonass

VIDEO -1080p 30fps; H.263, H.264 AVC, MPEG-4, WebM

AUDIO – MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, AMR, MIDI, WAV

BATTERY- 1800mAh

OTHER – Accelerometer, compass, gyroscope, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, FM radio, micro-SIM, special YotaPhone gestures and Put2Back applications for the back screen

Dual screen YotaPhone debuts at €499

Android 4.4 KitKat Review

Android 4.4 KitKat Review by PING Nigeria

 

October 2013 has to be the best month for the gadget folks. From Google to HTC to Nintendo there are lots of new electronic devices that are released this month. It has been rumored that Google is planning to release its Android version 4.4 – KitKat this October as well. iOS is undoubtedly one of the most popular and used operating system in the mobile market. However, ever since Android was released to the general public by Google, it forever changed the mobile market and gave Apple a healthy competition. It is still not clear why the name Kit-Kat was dubbed for Android 4.4.

However, as the saying goes what’s in a name. Here are the current expected features from Android 4.4 KitKat. The predecessors for Android 4.4 requires a significant amount of hardware power to perform at its best. So, it was rumored that Google spent an extensive amount of its time optimizing and updating the Android operating system. It is said that the new Android 4.4 KitKat will run efficiently on as little as 512 MB of RAM.

In February 2013 Android Central informed that Google is working actively on the Linux 3.8 kernel. Unlike other operating system Linux is well known for its efficient usage of memory. Making it part of the Android device will give Android a huge boost in its overall performance. Other than that it is expected that Android 4.4 KitKat will be released on the 14th of this month and will feature gallery tweaks, updated API for animation, and notification updates.

Android 4.4 KitKat Review

Music Playlist coming to Spotify Android and IOS

Music Playlist coming to Spotify Android and IOS

Spotify has announced that they are releasing a browsing page to stream music playlist. The new browse page offers playlist for every moment of your day that is handpicked by their experts. The new easy-to-view interface features are:

• Music for every moment such as the right tunes for your morning commute, the party tonight, and the hangover tomorrow.


• Music for every mood like when you want romance your partner or express your anger with face melting guitarists.


• Browse for what’s hot and what’s new: Find all the latest album and single releases from your favourite (or soon-to-be favourite) artists, and a collection of our top lists.

The Browsing page will be available on mobile soon and gradually roll out to Android and iOS users. It will also be available on all other platforms soon. In addition to recommendations from friends, the Discover news feed will also feature new releases from artists followed by the user, tour dates and recommendations based on the track currently playing

This is not the first new way Spotify has thought of to help people discover great music. Other ways they have done so is by launching social features that made it easy to follow your friend’s favourite artist and send suggestions of your favourite artist to them in return.

Spotify then launched Discover which offers personal suggestions based on a combination your unique preference and years of experience data. Now with the new playlist feature added it creates a new dimension to how you will enjoy and discover new music

Info & Picture Credits: Engadget

Music Playlist coming to Spotify Android and IOS