By now, you should have known that the iPhone 6 is one of the best-selling smartphones
in history, if not the the highest. Among suppliers who make money each
time an Apple product is sold is Sony. The Japanese OEM is responsible
for the 8-megapixel camera on the Apple iPhone 6.
A report by Wall Street Journal revealed that the
electronics company charges Apple as much as $20 for each camera module
on the iPhone 6. But hey, before you go bonkers over the massive amount
of money made ($20 times, say 30 million iPhone 6 is equals to $600
million), you should put the actual cost of producing these components
in mind. Also note that OEMS don’t put large profit margins on their
products when supplying stuff like this.
So, assuming Sony makes 20 % profit on each camera module sold, 30
million iPhones will give them $120 million which is pretty much still a
massive earning to arrive at. This could be more…in fact it’s way more.
The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus received over 20 million pre-orders within one week and analysts suggest Apple might have sold over 60 million iPhones between January and March 2015 so use your wildest imagination: Whether Apple or Sony, these guys are killing it.
Saturday, 16 May 2015
Whatsapp vs BBM.. which is the best?
In a world where the average person checks his social network
notifications for at least once per 24 hours, it won’t be too much to
say that social networks means do much in our lives.
In this article, I’ll be reviewing, comparing and contrasting two instant messaging social platforms: BlackBerry Messenger and WhatsApp.
BlackBerry Messenger, also known as BBM, is owned by BlackBerry. The social network was ported to Android and iOS late last year as a result of dwindling number of BlackBerry smartphone users whom the app was exclusively designed for.
Whatsapp on the other hand, until it’s February 2014 $19 billion acquisition by FaceBook, was owned by Jan Koum and Brian Acton. The app is available on most mobile phone eco systems including Android, BlackBerry, iOS, Windows Phone, and even Nokia’s S40 OS.
UPDATES AND INTERACTIVITY
BBM is more interactive than WhatsApp, as users get updates about their friends’ personal message and media activity. Friends can even comment on a given activity, personal message, or display picture, leading to more conversations. You can also see a user’s current country and time, if they have turned the feature on. On WhatsApp, you don’t get alerts on updates about your friends’ personal message unless you actually visit their profile. And you cannot comment on their display picture.
DELIVERY REPORTS
Both BBM and WhatsApp have delivery report system, but BBM is more developed in that regard. While BBM informs you that your message has been sent, delivered and read/viewed, WhatsApp only informs you that your message has been sent and delivered.
MULTI-PERSON CHAT
BBM allows you to chat with 2 or more persons at a time under the same chat window. When a participant sends a message, all the other participants are alerted and shown the message. This feature is not available on WhatsApp.
VOICE CALL OVER CHAT
While BBM allows you to make calls using your data to other BBM users with compatible devices, WhatsApp has no such feature.
ANIMATION
You can use animated, moving images that provide more information on BBM, but images on WhatsApp are static.
CELL BROADCAST
Both BBM and WhatsApp support cell broadcast. For one-time cell broadcast, BBM is superior to WhatsApp as it allows for mass ticking of contacts for cell broadcast to be sent. On WhatsApp, you have to tick contacts one at a time, which could be time-consuming.
FILE TYPES
BBM supports the sharing of more file types than WhatsApp. For example, you can share .apk, .pdf, .exe, .doc, etc. files on BBM, but not on WhatsApp.
CHANNELS
Channels is somewhat similar to the concept of Facebook fan page. It allows a user to create a channel that people can join and get their updates, and comment on, or reply to. BBM has the channel functionality unlike WhatsApp.
GROUP
Just like channel, Group is similar to the idea of Facebook group. A user can create a group and let others become members. The group has a forum for chat, pictures, events, lists and a group picture. Both BBM and WhatsApp support the group functionality, but that of WhatsApp is not as advanced as that of BBM, and supports only the group chat and picture features.
PROFILE PICTURE VIEWING
It is easier to view a user’s profile picture on BBM than on WhatsApp. When a BBM user uploads a picture, it appears on the “Updates,” and when you click on it it appears fully even without Internet connection. You can also easily convert a friend’s display picture to reflect on your own profile with just few clicks. On WhatsApp, you need Internet connection, for the first time, to download a friend’s picture before you can clearly and fully view it. And you cannot convert a friend’s profile picture to appear on your own profile unless you first download it, and then upload it the regular way.
DESCRIPTIVE PHOTO SENDING
When sending an image on BBM, you can input some descriptive text against the image before sending it. This feature is not available on WhatsApp.
PING!
This could be a way of calling your friends’ attention. When you send your friend a PING!, their phone makes an alert and vibrates. BBM incorporates this feature, but not WhatsApp.
CONTACTS’ VIEW
BBM contacts can appear in either grid or list format; that of WhatsApp can appear only in list format.
CONVERSATION: MASS COPYING
You can copy to clipboard the entire length of conversation you had with a user on BBM with just a few clicks. On WhatsApp, you have to individually select each item, as many as they are, before you can copy them to clipboard.
VIDEO SHARING
The maximum video size shareable on BBM is 16MB. If a video file; is higher than 16MB, it cannot be shared on BBM. Come to WhatsApp, video of any length or size can be shared someway. If the length and size of the video is too high, WhatsApp allows you to break the video into reasonable-size parts and send them in succession. You can determine even the segment of a video to be shared, leaving the other parts unsent!
MEDIA RECEIPT HANDLING
If someone sends you a video or image on BBM, and while downloading it, it happens that it fails, you cannot re-download the file; the sender must re-send the file to you. On WhatsApp, if the file download fails, you can re-download the file without requesting that the sender re-send the file.
CONCLUSION
The battleline is drawn, Whatsapp is good, so is BBM. Both apps can be basically used at the same time anyway, so the decision is yours. BBM or Whatsapp; Or, BBM and WhatsApp; Or even none at all.
In this article, I’ll be reviewing, comparing and contrasting two instant messaging social platforms: BlackBerry Messenger and WhatsApp.
BlackBerry Messenger, also known as BBM, is owned by BlackBerry. The social network was ported to Android and iOS late last year as a result of dwindling number of BlackBerry smartphone users whom the app was exclusively designed for.
Whatsapp on the other hand, until it’s February 2014 $19 billion acquisition by FaceBook, was owned by Jan Koum and Brian Acton. The app is available on most mobile phone eco systems including Android, BlackBerry, iOS, Windows Phone, and even Nokia’s S40 OS.
UPDATES AND INTERACTIVITY
BBM is more interactive than WhatsApp, as users get updates about their friends’ personal message and media activity. Friends can even comment on a given activity, personal message, or display picture, leading to more conversations. You can also see a user’s current country and time, if they have turned the feature on. On WhatsApp, you don’t get alerts on updates about your friends’ personal message unless you actually visit their profile. And you cannot comment on their display picture.
DELIVERY REPORTS
Both BBM and WhatsApp have delivery report system, but BBM is more developed in that regard. While BBM informs you that your message has been sent, delivered and read/viewed, WhatsApp only informs you that your message has been sent and delivered.
MULTI-PERSON CHAT
BBM allows you to chat with 2 or more persons at a time under the same chat window. When a participant sends a message, all the other participants are alerted and shown the message. This feature is not available on WhatsApp.
VOICE CALL OVER CHAT
While BBM allows you to make calls using your data to other BBM users with compatible devices, WhatsApp has no such feature.
ANIMATION
You can use animated, moving images that provide more information on BBM, but images on WhatsApp are static.
CELL BROADCAST
Both BBM and WhatsApp support cell broadcast. For one-time cell broadcast, BBM is superior to WhatsApp as it allows for mass ticking of contacts for cell broadcast to be sent. On WhatsApp, you have to tick contacts one at a time, which could be time-consuming.
FILE TYPES
BBM supports the sharing of more file types than WhatsApp. For example, you can share .apk, .pdf, .exe, .doc, etc. files on BBM, but not on WhatsApp.
CHANNELS
Channels is somewhat similar to the concept of Facebook fan page. It allows a user to create a channel that people can join and get their updates, and comment on, or reply to. BBM has the channel functionality unlike WhatsApp.
GROUP
Just like channel, Group is similar to the idea of Facebook group. A user can create a group and let others become members. The group has a forum for chat, pictures, events, lists and a group picture. Both BBM and WhatsApp support the group functionality, but that of WhatsApp is not as advanced as that of BBM, and supports only the group chat and picture features.
PROFILE PICTURE VIEWING
It is easier to view a user’s profile picture on BBM than on WhatsApp. When a BBM user uploads a picture, it appears on the “Updates,” and when you click on it it appears fully even without Internet connection. You can also easily convert a friend’s display picture to reflect on your own profile with just few clicks. On WhatsApp, you need Internet connection, for the first time, to download a friend’s picture before you can clearly and fully view it. And you cannot convert a friend’s profile picture to appear on your own profile unless you first download it, and then upload it the regular way.
DESCRIPTIVE PHOTO SENDING
When sending an image on BBM, you can input some descriptive text against the image before sending it. This feature is not available on WhatsApp.
PING!
This could be a way of calling your friends’ attention. When you send your friend a PING!, their phone makes an alert and vibrates. BBM incorporates this feature, but not WhatsApp.
CONTACTS’ VIEW
BBM contacts can appear in either grid or list format; that of WhatsApp can appear only in list format.
CONVERSATION: MASS COPYING
You can copy to clipboard the entire length of conversation you had with a user on BBM with just a few clicks. On WhatsApp, you have to individually select each item, as many as they are, before you can copy them to clipboard.
VIDEO SHARING
The maximum video size shareable on BBM is 16MB. If a video file; is higher than 16MB, it cannot be shared on BBM. Come to WhatsApp, video of any length or size can be shared someway. If the length and size of the video is too high, WhatsApp allows you to break the video into reasonable-size parts and send them in succession. You can determine even the segment of a video to be shared, leaving the other parts unsent!
MEDIA RECEIPT HANDLING
If someone sends you a video or image on BBM, and while downloading it, it happens that it fails, you cannot re-download the file; the sender must re-send the file to you. On WhatsApp, if the file download fails, you can re-download the file without requesting that the sender re-send the file.
CONCLUSION
The battleline is drawn, Whatsapp is good, so is BBM. Both apps can be basically used at the same time anyway, so the decision is yours. BBM or Whatsapp; Or, BBM and WhatsApp; Or even none at all.
HTC J Butterfly
Taiwanese device maker HTC has outed an oddly beautiful smartphone in Japan (odd things are found in Japan anyway).
With the HTC One M9, One E9+ and One M9+ already in the mix, the new
HTC J Butterfly could throw more confusion into the drama as the company
already has way too many flagships, and even more expected to arrive
later this year.
In terms of design, the HTC J Butterfly sports a plastic body which measures 151×73×10.1 mm, and tips the scale at 162 grams. The casing features IP57 water and dust resistance to keep the phone doctor away.
Coming to specs, there’s a 5.2″ Quad HD touchscreen display. A 20.2MP duo-sensor camera and dual LED adorns the back of the phone while the 13MP front shooter comes along with another LED flash.
Under the hood, you’ll find a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chipset and 3GB of RAM, alongside a 32GB built-in storage which can further be expanded using a microSD card slot. The phone is supplied current by a user-removable battery with 2,700mAh of battery juice and runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop
In terms of design, the HTC J Butterfly sports a plastic body which measures 151×73×10.1 mm, and tips the scale at 162 grams. The casing features IP57 water and dust resistance to keep the phone doctor away.
Coming to specs, there’s a 5.2″ Quad HD touchscreen display. A 20.2MP duo-sensor camera and dual LED adorns the back of the phone while the 13MP front shooter comes along with another LED flash.
Under the hood, you’ll find a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chipset and 3GB of RAM, alongside a 32GB built-in storage which can further be expanded using a microSD card slot. The phone is supplied current by a user-removable battery with 2,700mAh of battery juice and runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop
Reasons why you need your own tablet
Technology is like a moving water sometimes and we don’t seems to know where the water is moving to, we only know its moving however, unlike the case of a moving water where we can’t follow it so we don’t get lost, we can always follow technology in order to better our livelihood and be a better person who is an elite and also knows what works.
I remember the 1st time I used a Nokia phone which happens to be heavy and also as a network translator at the head, so funny we do carry it then as if we are carrying Radio now.
However, we don’t suffer such mediocre lifestyle anymore as technology is making everything better than it use to be.
You will agree with me that Tablet are indeed a great Gadgets and are really in vogue nowadays, anyway I am not here to tell you why you should get what is in vogue as am not a gadget freak! Am rather here to tell you how to better your life with the power of latest technology and easy gadget that can help you make the best use of your resources, collate your data and manage your time much more better than you use to do before.
Listed below are the essential Reasons why you should get your own Tablet now;
Entertainment on the go:
Do you love Music like I do? Do you listen to good music on the go? Then Tablet are probably the best resources you really need to get as it makes it pretty arrange and gather your music, videos and photos without having to be a geek, you can listen to music all day while you run other functions on your Tablet without the fear of having a battery run down.
If you love to download your latest Music and Movies, am telling you Tablet is the very best tool to get this entire done in one click. The Downloading experience and comfort is absolutely unbelievable.
Gaming and Fun:
You will agree with me that all work without play makes Jack a very dull boy, I don’t let go my leisure and fun time as they are an essential part of my time, if you love to play games like Zuma and the like, then you need a Tablet to have a full experience of the fun at the comfort of your room, office or even in the bar. Tablet makes it really easy for you to have fun on a free day when you choose to stay in door or you are e bored you can always download the latest game and get them available on your tablet to keep body and soul alive! Indeed, life can be so boring at times and everything seems so down on you but you can always get rid of boredomness when you have your tablet around, (My tablet is almost turning out to be my best friend).
Portable, Mobile Friendly Experience:
Wow! Do you know what it feels to have everything you want at the very time you want them?
Now do you also know what it feels to be desperately in need of a file document at your working place only for you to discover its on your desktop system at home? It can really be a disgusting experience and can result to losing your Job.
If you have experience this before you will understand what am saying here, anyway Tablet makes life easier as you can now have all your documents saved on your Tablet and you prepare for a new day ahead. If you are the time that loves to put a lot of notifications on reminder just to meet up with class, work, church, contract and more then you really need a Tablet of your own as the mobility and portability of this gadget as really helped to simplify all your assignments.
Tablets are Affordable:
Tablet are not as costly as most of this Blackberry phones, it’s a pity most people tend to follow the latest trend and not what really works for them, Tablet helps you to save a lot of money and time you would have spent on a gadget of lesser standard and functionality.
If you really want to save a buck and get a gadget that is worth it then I really advice you to buy a tablet now that the price is still within reach.
STRONG POWER CELL “BATTERY” :
One of the major challenges we face with most of our gadgets be it, smart or ugly phones, Pc, computer, amongst others is the durability of their power cell.
Most of them have battery problem even in their early month of purchase and we can’t help it. But most of technology companies under this issues are always committed to bringing a durable solution that will makes our gadget last longer and give us a worthwhile experience and that is exactly what we are talking about with Tablet.
My Tablet can stay up to 20hours of usage both listening to song and surfing the net (am a web addict so I can’t help it) however, if you wish to have a freely experience like mine, then it’s a better you get your own Tablet now when all this facility and friendly experience is still active.
LG G4
G G4
General Information |
|
2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
3G Network | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 |
4G Network | LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 |
SIM | Nano SIM |
Status | Unannounced – Expected 2015 |
Body |
|
Dimensions | 148.9 x 76.1 x 9.8 mm, 155 grams (5.86 x 3.00 x 0.39 inches, 5.47 ounce) |
Keyboard | Touchscreen |
Colors | White, Black, Gold, Gray |
Cover | Plastic |
Display |
|
Type | IPS LCD, Gorilla Glass 4, capacitive, multi-touch, LCD touchscreen with 16,000,000 colors |
Size | 5.5 inches, 1440 x 2560 pixels, 534 pixels per inch |
Memory And OS |
|
Card slot | MicroSD, up to 128GB |
Internal | 32GB |
OS | Android 5.1 Lollipop; UX 4.0 UI |
Processors | 1.8GHz dual-core Cortex-A57 & 1.44GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 CPU, Qualcomm MSM8992 Snapdragon 808 chipset, Adreno 418 GPU |
RAM | 3GB |
Audio |
|
Alert types | Vibration, MP3 ringtones |
Loudspeaker | Stereo speakers |
Audio port | 3.5mm jack |
Connectivity |
|
2G | GPRS – up to 85.6 kbps; EDGE – up to 236.8 kbps |
3G | Up to 42 mbps downlink; Up to 5.76 mbps uplink |
4G | Up to 150 mbps downlink; Up to 5.0 mbps uplink |
WIFI | 802.11 a/ac/b/g/n, WIFI hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA |
Bluetooth | Version 4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X |
GPS | A-GPS, GLONASS |
NFC | Yes |
USB | MicroUSB v2.0 |
Camera |
|
Primary | 16MP, up to 5312 x 2988-pixel pictures, laser autofocus, geo-tagging, optical image stabilization, face and smile detection, video stabilization, HDR, panorama, touch focus camera with LED flash |
Video | 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps |
Secondary | 8MP, up to 3264 x 2448-pixel pictures |
Battery |
|
Capacity | 3000mAh Li-Ion battery |
Stand-by | Up to 375 hours (3G) |
Talk time | Up to 10 hours (3G) |
Music play | |
Other Features |
|
Sensors | Accelerometer, Proximity, Compass, Gyroscope |
Messaging | SMS, MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM |
Browser | HTML5 |
Java | Yes |
- Stereo FM radio – Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic – TV-out (via MHL A/V link) – MP4/MPEG4/H.263/H.264 player MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player – Document viewer – Image viewer/editor – Voice memo/dial/command – Predictive text input – Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk |
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)