Sony Xperia C3: The Best Selfie Phablet

Of late all of Sony’s phones have been pushing for better camera quality. After the 4k on the flagship Xperia Z2, the new Sony Xperia C3 sports what the company calls the best selfie camera. But can a 5MP phone camera make a phone better equipped to shoot selfies? We took the C3 for a spin during the IFA in Berlin.

Our Verdict:

For selfie lovers, Sony has kept to its word and the Xperia C3 offers a great front facing camera. For an average smartphone user, this a good enough smartphone with large real-state on the display, smooth UI and decent performance. The design and build is impressive and even the hardware manages to work well.

Quick Tech Specs:

5.5-inch IPS LCD 720 x 1280p display | Quad Core 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor | 1GB RAM | 8GB internal memory, microSD slot for 32GB  | 8MP rear camera, 5MP front | dual micro-SIM (GSM) | 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4 | 2500 mAH battery | Android Kitkat

HTC Desire Eye: The Best Selfie Smartphone

HTC has finally unveiled HTC Desire Eye and HTC RECamera. HTC Desire Eye remained into the news due to numerous leaks suggesting a 13MP front camera. We do knew that HTC would be releasing a Selfie centric smartphone. However the leaks turned out to be true as the Full Specification of HTC Desire Eye do include a 13MP front shooter with wide angle lens and also a Dual-LED flash. So this is something which came as a surprise element even though there were rumours about it.

Highlights:

• 2.3 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 Quad Core Processor

• 2GB RAM

• 5.2 Inch 1080p Display

• Nano SIM

• 13MP Front And Rear Cameras With Dual LED Flash

• LTE

• Dual Front Facing BoomSound Speakers

• NFC

• Watter Resitant (IPX7)

• 2400 MAh Battery

Android 4.5 Lollipop Release Date And Its Features

During the Google I/O Conference last week, a lot of people expected the Android 4.5 Lollipop release date, or at least some details about the upcoming version.

Fortunately, Google did not disappoint and was able to introduce to us the new version which is now available for Google's partner developers to tinker with. However, it decided to tease the version name to just 'L'.

New Android L: New Features

Enhanced Notifications
Android L will make notifications even better. For starters you can get them on the lock screen – and they will be automatically ordered in priority. You will be able to swipe them away like normal or double tap to open the relevant app.

New Lockscreen
Part of the Android L redesign is a new lockscre en which will show you notifications (see above image). You’ll need to swipe up to unlock (if you don’t have a lock pattern or other unlock method) but you can also swipe right to launch the dialler or left to launch the camera.

New Multi-tasking
Forget a 2D list of open apps, the new recent apps section of Android L brings a Google Now card style layout. The open apps flow on a sort of carousel and can be swiped off to either side to close them as before.

New Notifcation Bar
The Android L notification bar looks quite different to before. It works in the same way as before so a swipe from the top of the screen grants access. There’s a new layout and colour scheme.

Security – Personal Unlocking
Google said that security is a key element for Android and its users. A new feature will enable users to unlock their smartphone when physically near enough a device like an Android Wear smartwatch. It’s a bit like cars with keyless entry.

Battery life – New Saver Mode
Better battery life is something we always want and Google promises that Android L will bring it via a new battery saving mode. Project Volta will allow developers to identify how their apps are using battery so they make improvements.

Performance
As we expected, Android L will support 64-bit processors and it will also support the ART software library which Google says will be twice as fast as Davik.

Freecharge Android App Review

Introduction
If you have a debit card and didn’t learn about Freecharge, chances are you were wasting your precious time at the recharge retails to obtain your phone up and calling again. After providing a smoothly functioning recharging portal for almost.

Freecharge has been made into a mobile app which was launched recently. The app allows you to do almost everything that you could do on the website, but in a mobile way, letting you make payments (and choose a free coupon of same value) and obtain the recharge done.

The app itself is very light and measures just 2.4 MB. Whichever placed you may be at, network could be much easily found than the usual recharge shop. You just need to switch on the Internet and the app after connecting to some server using a secure link, is needed you do the rest.

Freecharge also maintains a blog through which it shares some interesting facts, program codes and much more geeky stuff at geekry.freecharge.in.

What all are you able to do with Freecharge app?

• Pay your postpaid mobile bills for the major operators (Vodafone, Airtel, Reliance, Tata Docomo, Idea, Aircel, BSNL etc)
• Recharge all the mobile phones (Vodafone, Airtel, Reliance, Tata Docomo, Idea, Aircel, BSNL etc)
• View the tariff plans and recharge accordingly
• Recharge your DTH for the major carriers (Tata Photon, Reliance Netconnect, MTS Mblaze, Vodafone, Airtel, etc)

Initially download the app in the Google Play and then the app will a Google account to register or you can sign in with your Facebook account also. Later on the top you can find the options like prepaid, postpaid, DTH and Data card and choose that is required. Then enter the mobile number and select the Operator the mobile number that you would like to recharge. Enter the quantity of the recharge or the bill amount that you would like to make and recharge or spend the money for bill accordingly.

You also have the choices of knowing all your recharges by tapping the settings within the top left of the app in which you will find all the options. Freecharge enables you to to add credits so that you can easily create a recharge when ever required. Proceeding further towards the payment, you need to select the payment mode and enter all details necessary. This is an easy way to recharge or pay your bill in your finger tip with the fast and secured service. When the transaction is not successful the amount will be credited in your credits you can use for later transactions.

The size of the download is 2.2 MB that requires Android 2.3 or even more to work on your mobile. The app got a rating of 4.3 on Google Play store and all sorts of transactions are 128 bit SSL secures using the trust seal of VeriSign and PCI-DSS. You also have the option of choosing coupons and pay less on their behalf so that you can save money.

Easter iPhone Apps For Kids And Adults

For kids, Easter is about going on an Easter egg hunt using the hopes of bringing home a basket chock full of chocolate goodies. Listed here are top iPhone apps for kids just in time for Easter fun. You'll find here educational games, easter cards and interactive books with spring themes etc.

Angry Bunny’s Easter Egg-splosion

This free Easter iPhone apps is a great twist on the classic Easter game; essentially, an angry bunny has had to the skies in a sleigh loaded with rotten eggs and it’s your work to help him drop these foul eggs for that naughty kids to find as well as dropping chocolate eggs for that well-behaved children to devour. A lot of fun for children and adults alike.

Easter Cookies

If you’re anything like me then you’ll relish the idea of spending the entire of your Easter Sunday making pretty cookies that you could devour at the end of the day. Actually, if you’re at all like me you’ll have eaten half of the cookie dough prior to it going in the oven and spend the remainder of the day in a sugar-induced coma. Anyway, this app shows you loads of different ways to decorate the Easter biscuits which are on screen, which you can then use for decoration on any real cookies that really make it into and out of the oven.

Pat the Bunny

It's designed especially for toddlers and preschoolers! Pat the Bunny provides 14 interactive scenes for kids to explore! Kids can play hide and seek games with Bunny, and transfer into paint way of a colorable activity. What's funnier is the fact that kids can "look in the mirror" with camera and watch their smiling face! Additionally, it allows to record kids' voice when they are playing on each scenes!

Easter Cards PHOTO2cards

If you’re one of these people that likes to celebrate special occasions by sending cards for your relatives and acquaintances (I really like being friends with those individuals but I’m too lazy to reciprocate!), then read this free iPhone app that allows you to send Easter themed e-cards to anyone inside your phone book, Twitter feed or Facebook friend group. You may also send cards that are related to other holidays such as Christmas and Valentine’s Day.

Easter Bunny Scanner

This is a quirky little iPhone app which will teach your children the value of being ‘good’ or ‘bad’ and also the treats they will or won’t get, based on their behaviour. You ‘scan’ your child with the iPhone and then (unbeknownst towards the little ’uns), you can determine whether they will be a ‘good’ or a ‘bad’ child, thus getting a tasty treat or a telling off.

Easter Match HD

Putting an Easter theme around the classic card-matching game, this iPad app gets kids to match Easter-related images such as chicks, eggs and bunny rabbits on the set of cards that they can flip over by touching the screen. Again, simple but effective.

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Best Android Apps for College Students

Android smartphones are now a days taking over Symbian in addition to Windows Phones. A number of useful and inventive android apps are available these days and that’s the main reason for the immense popularity of android smartphones.

Evernote

Evernote is a free and easy to make use of android application that let you make important notes on your android device. Later on you will be able to view, edit or update those notes from all of your devices. You can also capture photos, create daily to-do lists, set voice reminders with this application. Ever note automatically sync all of your saved notes across all the devices you use, So that you can access them anytime everywhere. It also allows you to share notes with your friends on Facebook and Twitter.

Wikipedia

Wikipedia is really a free encyclopedia that contains more than 20 Million articles and it’s the biggest souce used by students for making assignments. You can get complete information about anything on Wikipedia. With the help of Wikipedia app for android you can directly search articles, save with later on in offline mode and may also share with your friends.

Alarm Clock Extreme

Alarm Clock Extreme by Angle Labs, you are able to set your alarm so the volume increases and wake you in the right way. With Snooze Settings, users can solve math problems or hit the big snooze button so they don’t turn off the alarm. The snooze duration will decrease after every snooze. Additional features include a music alarm, random song alarm, gentle alarm volume ramp-up, math to snooze, shake to snooze, and much more.

Smart Voice Recorder

If you get bored during long lectures and face difficulty in paying attention during class lectures then you need to have Smart Voice Recorder set up in your smartphone. So that you can record the entire lectures and listen to them afterwards anytime. So, when you may have word by word recording of lectures it will be easy for you to clear concepts in addition to it will help you a lot during exam preparation.

Scientific Calculator

Android as well as other smartphones already come up with calculators as default application. When you are a student you should also have an advanced scientific calculator application set up in your android mobile. Out of hundreds of calculators for android, I'll recommend you install RealCalc Scientific calculator app. It's something more than just a scientific calculator and also the application is available free at Google Play Store. You are capable of doing binary operations, conversions, arithmetic operations, unit conversions etc. in your mobile with the help of this application.

5 Amazing Android Apps For Designers

Android apps are one of the most prominent factor for thus much desirability of Android devices by the general public. Unlimited Android applications are actually developed to extend the usage of its supporting devices.

We recall the days when we had books as thick as the car filled with swatches and sample colors galore. These were great times for those that loved the tactile approach; nonetheless they also had their downsides.

The arrival of mobile devices, let alone computers is different the way we see and use color forever. Apple and Android’s apps and app stores provide a variety of amazingly useful apps for color aficionados and we’ve compiled a listing of some of the most amazing in our opinion.

Color Lovers

For individuals in our area, keeping up to date using the changing world of color is essential and you need to keep in touch with what’s happening. This app is great since it explores articles about the area of color along with the most recent happenings in the field. There's two versions - a basic one in addition to a far more complex one called COPASO - both of them are brilliant.

Sketcher Lite

This basic sketching app features 11 brushes, colour picker and eraser, and enables you to share your doodles via email and MMS. It's liberated to download, or you can splash out $1.99/£1.31 for Sketcher Pro and revel in additional features such as adjustable canvas size and also the ability to pan/zoom.

Daltonizer

Want to see how people impacted by colour-blindness will perceive your designs? This clever little app teaches you just that. Several colour modes are included, including Protanopia, Deuteranopia, and Tritanopia, and you are able to compare a colour blind view with normal vision in split-screen.

Serious Paint

This free painting app concentrating on natural brush effects and smooth, pleasant workflow, Serious Paint boasts natural media brushes that simulate proper bristles and blending. One of its niftiest features is Colour Sweep, a configurable swatch of colour that you could set up and then access having a simple gesture while drawing.

Pattrn
Trying to find the perfect pattern wallpaper for the GNex, Nexus 7 or other Android device? Well look no further. Pattrn is an extremely nice app which gives you use of a huge collection of patterns developed by the COLOURlovers community. You can set wallpaper for various days of the week, keep track of your favourites and much more.