Korean Smartphone giant Samsung launch one more Galaxy handset in market, Korean handset maker Samsung Electronics on Monday announced the launch of its Galaxy Grand Quattro, priced at Rs. 17,290.
With a 4.7-inch display, the dual-SIM handset is powered by 1.2GHz quad-core processor, has Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) operating system and a 5 megapixel camera. It comes with an internal memory of 8GB.

“Following the success of the Galaxy Grand introduced in January this year, we are confident that the Galaxy Grand Quattro will meet the needs of consumers looking for the ‘Grand’ experience in a slightly smaller display,” Samsung Mobile Country Head Vineet Taneja said in a statement.

With the launch of this device, Samsung now has a portfolio of 14 Smartphones priced between Rs5,990 and Rs41,500, he added.
As a special introductory offer, the device will come with a digital wallet of Rs3,000 valid for 90 days applicable on games.

Its range of Galaxy devices includes Galaxy S, Galaxy SII, SIII and now SIV, Galaxy Note, Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy Y.

Key Specifications of Galaxy Grand Quattro:

Body: 133.3 x 70.7 x 9.7 mm (5.25 x 2.78 x 0.38 in)
Weight: 143.9 g (5.04 oz)
Display: TFT capacitive touchscreen, 480 x 800 pixels, 4.7 inches (~199 ppi pixel density)
Memory: Card slot: microSD, up to 32 GB
Internal: 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Camera: Primary 5 megapixel, 2592×1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, front VGA camera
OS: Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), Qualcomm MSM8625Q Snapdragon 200, Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5
Battery: Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery

  There is good news for all Hindi lover. Google has just released a new app called Google Hindi input app which allows users to type in Hindi on their Android smartphones.

Now Android user can update their profile, Compose emails in Hindi also. But before using this app it is necessary that your Smartphone support Hindi reading. For instance, if you can read  नमस्ते as is correctly on your phone, then go ahead and install the app Google Hindi. The app also allows Hindi transliteration.

step for typing  in hindi:
• Toggle the button “a->अ” on English keyboard to turn on/off transliteration mode.

• In the transliteration mode, you can type Hindi word in English characters and the app will convert them to Hindi.

• By turning off the transliteration mode on English keyboard, you can type in English.

Typing in Hindi keyboard

• Toggle the globe button to switch between English and Hindi keyboard.

• Consonants are alphabetically ordered into 2 pages. Press the paging button “1/2” “2/2” to navigate between pages. Long press the character key to select various forms in the popup.

In addition to providing a regular Hindi keyboard (below, right) which takes up multiple pages of letters, this app also offers a transliteration keyboard. For the layman, transliteration involves converting text from one character set to another, though not actually translating the words themselves. What this means is that bilingual speakers can type Hindi words using English characters and the words will appear in the Devanagari script. For example, type “namaste” and you’ll see “नमस्ते.”

Samsung smart phone create boom in market as we all know, but this success story of Samsung not complete without Google android OS. It is the combination of Samsung and android that make smartphone smarter. So this love of Samsung toward Android is continuing in their latest Digital cameras. So, after smartphone, tablets and TVs, now is the time for digital cameras to run Google’s Android operating system.

Samsung now come up with Android-based digital cameras. According to the report from Engadget, Samsung is mulling over an “open” camera operating system.

Samsung R&D team has been researching on how to bring Android to its digital cameras. But the interesting point here is that what exactly would an OS like Android mean for digital camera users? Will the in-camera ecosystem be opened to third-party developers? This in turn could make it possible to use Twitter and Facebook apps that let you not only upload your photos directly with a familiar interface, but also see photos shared by your friends.

Samsung is planning to develop a Open platform for camera phones.
Also, a capacitive touchscreen would let you type in comments directly as well. Moreoever, a USB port could accommodate a spate of accessories including a microphone or a modem, which could be used with various models, including those from other manufacturers.
There are many predictions that could be made, but it will be interesting to hear that when Samsung is going to come up with its Android-powered digital cameras. The research is afoot and this is something under consideration. They are merely speculations at this point of time and there is no such product announcement from Samsung yet.
Though Samsung is planning to foray into this space, but it would not be the first company to come up with an Android-based digital camera. Of late, Polaroid announced its SC1630 camera at CES. The company expects the product to hit the market later this year.

Order your Aakash tablet now, and pre-book your Ubislate7 (the upgraded version of Aakash) today! Aakash tablet can be ordered now (cash on delivery) and the delivery will be done in a week’s time.

After long waiting now it is good news for students who are keen to buy Aakash tablet.Students’ version of Aakash will be available for Rs.2,500 (around 35$ ).Tablet have been put on online for sale.

About 30,000 tablets have been put online for sale. Tablet has a three-hour battery and no 3G connectivity. The payment mode for the tablet is cash on delivery.

The government has till now procured only 10,000 tablets. DataWind, the Canadian company that is manufacturing Aakash, has started the online booking as well as pre booking of the low cost Android tablet.

Aakash’s next commercial version called the Ubislate 7, with a faster processor, is slated to be launched late in January.

Online booking for the Aakash’s tablet has started through the official website:http://www.aakashtablet.com/

Sorce ;Indiatoday:

Android is the leading smartphone operating system in the United States, while Apple is the leading smartphone manufacturer, Nielsen said Tuesday.

The research firm said 71 percent of U.S. smartphone consumers have either Android phones or iPhones, up from 67 percent in July, when Nielsen issued its previous report.
And while there are app stores from other phone makers, such as BlackBerry and Windows, 83 percent of those who have downloaded an app in the past 30 days had either an Android phone or an iPhone.
According to Nielsen’s latest data, for the third quarter, 44 percent of all U.S. mobile subscribers now have smartphones, and “among those who purchased a new mobile phone in the last three months, 56 percent chose smartphones.”
RIM, which makes BlackBerry, continued its decline in US share; Nielsen says RIM had 17.8 percent of the U.S. market, down from 20 percent in July.

source:msnbc