How is the Nokia Lumia 900 for you If you have bought it

Q. How do you rate Windows as an operating system? and how are you getting on with the phones design?

A. I have had mine going on a month now, and I am still loving it. It runs fast, it does what I need it to do, and who can complain about a 4G LTE phone that can go 27 hours without needing a charge. Of course 7 hours of that I was sleeping, but the other 20 I was using the phone like normal. (Playing on facebook, sending and reading messages/emails, listening to music, and talking on the phone)

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The Nokia Lumia 900 or The iPhone 4S?

Q. Please give me detailed information to why the phone that you have chosen is better than the other.


Thanks in advance. ^^

A. * Extra Feature :-
iPhone 4S have Siri Application Pre-installed, It allows you to ask anything and it will show you or give you its feedback. Nokia Lumia 900 is a flagship smartphone for Windows Phone OS manufacturer Microsoft and Nokia.

* Extra Feature 2 :-
iPhone can be easily identified if the device is stolen or Lost! You just go to the site and enter the serial no.to track the iPhone 4S. Nokia Lumia doesnt have that Smart thing...

*Display :-
iPhone have only 3.7 Retina Display, but Lumia have a bit Large 4.3 AMOLED Clear Black Display.

* Picture & Video :-
iPhone have Wonderful Camera features for 5MP Camera as well as 720p HD Video Recording. Lumia 900 have 8MP Carl Zeiss Tessar Lens Optics Camera, it also have too much good features than iPhone for Photography. If you take a group photo, if someone blinked their eyes, you can rewind the shot to the previous time they were once smiling... About the Video recording, Lumia 900 have 720p HD.

* Design :-
iPhone 4S have Glassy looking back design with metallic finishing at the corners which looks Premium and Worthy. Nokia Lumia 900 have One piece Poly carbonate Unibody, Stylish looking, along with curved egdes and Corning Gorilla Glass Display technology, Everyone starts to Love Nokia Design because of this aspect.

*Memory :-
The iPhone 4S is expandable upto 32GB, the Lumia 900 is 16GB and Not Expandable nor External Slot for Micro SD.

*Performance, Hardware & Speed :-
When it comes to Speed, Nokia Lumia 900 Wins just with its 512 MB of RAM and 1.5GHz Single Core Snap Dragon Processor. iPhone 4S have 1GB RAM and 1GHz iCore Processor.

*Gaming & App :-
iPhone have a Lot of Games and Apps... While for Lumia 900 Windows Phone will have Games and Apps as much as iPhone in the near future. Both have the same experience when it comes to gaming and apps.

*Professional Use :-
Nokia Lumia 900 Wins because it is a Windows Phone and it has Office 365 to use it where ever you go... and it also supports all other Formats for Business use. iPhone doesnt have any Project App but it still supports some formats.

*Battery :-
Everyone knows that iPhone lacks Battery Performance, but Lumia holds 1350 Capable MAh Battery that Holds the Battery for a Day of full use.

*Internet :-
When it comes to browsing and Internet, iPhone have a bit powerful Internet browser, it supports various elements in Mobile Web browsing, It has HTML5. Nokia Lumia uses IE 10, which is secure and fast as equal to iPhone. But it doesnt have so many features for browsing like iPhone.

*Call Quality :-
The Nokia Lumia 900 have a better Quality than any other Smartphone produced.

*Video Call :-
There is a front camera in iPhone and Lumia 900. Both have a good experience. Both supports 1280X720 Resolution front Camera.

*Navigation & Map :-
Navigation and GPS system works well with Nokia Lumia 900. It has Nokia developed Apps such as Nokia Drive, Nokia Public Transport, Nokia City Lens, etc. About the iPhone, it has Magnitude Detector, etc.

*Audio & Music :-
iPhone and Nokia Lumia 900 have same Audio Performance. iPhone have iTunes Music, but Nokia Wins when it comes to Music, it has Microsoft Zune Music and Nokia Music. It also features Mix Radio for better use of Internet Radio.

*Environment :-
Nokia is Environment Friendly as it is produced by 100% Recyclable materials.

Id prefer Nokia Lumia 900, if I was You... Choose Wisely!
Cheers and Have a Great Experience :)

Original Question

Nokia N9 vs Nokia Lumia 900 vs Iphone 4s?

Q. I want to buy a new phone and these were my choices.I know the Lumia 900 is not released yet but I just want to know which phone is better.

A. iPhone 4s. Search it on Google, dumbass.

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Something old something new Technology meets tradition for the Royal Wedding

[Cross-posted from the Europe Developer Blog]

As you may have heard, the UK is gearing up for a very special wedding on April 29, when Prince William and Catherine Middleton will be married in Westminster Abbey in London.

Unlike many previous Royal Weddings, this event will have its own website – and were honoured that St. James’s Palace has chosen to use Google’s computing infrastructure to power the site.

The site, which just went live at www.officialroyalwedding2011.org, is hosted on Google App Engine, which allows developers easily to build and host their web applications on Googles own computing infrastructure. Its a great way to run apps quickly, more securely, and at scale, which makes it ideal for such an important national occasion. The site will be regularly updated by St. James’s Palace in the run up to the wedding day.

This was a great team effort between Accenture, who built the site, the web design agency Reading Room who led on the design and creative work, and the App Engine team.

We hope it proves to be the perfect marriage of tradition and modernity as we approach the big day.

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Dive into the ocean with Google Earth for Android

(Cross-posted from Google LatLong)

Especially during the summer months, staring out into the ocean leads to daydreams of sailing the open water, freedom and exploration. Now you can take three-quarters of this vast planet - the ocean - with you on your mobile device by downloading the new Google Earth 1.1 for Android.

With the release of this feature, escape the hustle and bustle of life on land and discover the marine world using Google Earth on your mobile device. Now, you can check out the landscape and terrain in Monterery Bay Canyon, which is larger than the Grand Canyon, by zooming in on Google Earth below the ocean surface just off the coast. Once underwater, we can use the “look around” button to tilt the view and see the extent of this great undersea canyon.

The latest version of Google Earth for Android also introduces the “Explore the Ocean” layer, which features hundreds of photos and videos from more than 100 contributors who are excited to share their stories of sea. Plan your next vacation during your daily commute by clicking on any of the little blue icons. The gold highlighted icons represent content from the Mission Blue Hope Spot initiative.

For those of you running Android 2.2, there are some more treats in store. Google Earth now supports Flash in balloons, so if you have the Flash player installed on your mobile device, you can watch videos right in the balloon. We’ve also made the program easier to navigate; for most devices, you can now use two fingers to “look around” and change your viewpoint, as an alternate to using the on-screen button. This makes it even easier to tilt your view to see mountainous landscapes or underwater canyons. Rotating your view with a simple twist of your fingers is now available on more devices as well.

Google Earth for Android 1.1 is available in Android Market today for most Android devices running version 2.1 or later. Explore the ocean anywhere.

Posted by Jenifer Austin Foulkes, Product Manager

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Translate the real world with Google Goggles

Traveling to another country can be an amazing experience. The opportunity to immerse yourself in a different culture can give you a new perspective. However, it can be hard to fully enjoy the experience if you do not understand the local language. For example, ordering food from a menu you can not read can be an adventure. Today we are introducing a new feature of Google Goggles that will prove useful to travelers and monoglots everywhere: Goggles translation.

Here’s how it works:

• Point your phone at a word or phrase. Use the region of interest button to draw a box around specific words
• Press the shutter button
• If Goggles recognizes the text, it will give you the option to translate
• Press the translate button to select the source and destination languages.

Google Goggles in action (click images to see large version)

The first Goggles translation prototype was unveiled earlier this year at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and could only recognize German text. Today Goggles can read English, French, Italian, German and Spanish and can translate to many more languages. We are hard at work extending our recognition capabilities to other Latin-based languages. Our goal is to eventually read non-Latin languages (such as Chinese, Hindi and Arabic) as well.

Every new release of Google Goggles contains at least one new feature and a large number of improvements to our existing functionality. In addition to translation, Goggles v1.1 features improved barcode recognition, a larger corpus of artwork, recognition of many more products and logos, an improved user interface, and the ability to initiate visual searches using images in your phone’s photo gallery.

Computer vision is a hard problem. While we are excited about Goggles v1.1, we know that there are many images that we cannot yet recognize. The Google Goggles team is working on solving the technical challenges required to make computers see. We hope you are as excited as we are about the possibilities of visual search.

Google Goggles v1.1 is available on devices running Android 1.6 and higher. To download, please scan the QR code below or go to the Android Market app on your phone and search for “Google Goggles”. See our help center for more information.

Alessandro Bissacco and Avi Flamholz, Software Engineers

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BlackBerrys ripe for the picking as Apple falls far from the tree

Week in Tech And next-gen transport gets Hyperlooped

  

If we had to sum up this week in sounds, wed choose two. One would be a sad clown playing an out of tune piano being thrown down a stairwell, and the other would be a high-pitched whooshing sound.
The sad clown noise comes from Blackberry, the once-proud smartphone giant thats just put itself up for sale.
The official phrase is that a special committee will "explore strategic alternatives to enhance value and increase scale", but realistically Blackberry is standing on the high street offering three pairs of socks for a pound.
How did it come to this? Gareth Beavis knows: "If you dont move with the times, youll be overtaken and consumed by technological vultures feasting on the juciest bits of your once-cutting-edge carcass." We know, we know, thats pretty dark. You should have seen the stories he wrote in primary school.
Its easy to blame the iPhone for Blackberrys demise, but the problems go back further: the 2002 Quark combined calling and email, and while it was "the future" it was "also the companys downfall".
"The mantra if it aint broke, dont fix it must have been emblazoned on the walls," says Beavis: RIM (as it was then known) "eschewed 3G, took ages to add cameras or Wi-Fi to its devices and even managed to mess up the touchscreen when it finally tried to rival the iPhone with the Blackberry Storm."
Blackberry is a company packed with talent, but all too often its timing sucks.

Going steady or falling apart?

Its not that Apple is in trouble, its that the world is impatient

Guess who else is supposedly in trouble? Thats right: Apple, because nothing says "disaster" like being the most valuable technology company in the world. But there is trouble in paradise.
The board is getting jittery and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison reckons history will repeat - "we saw Apple with Steve Jobs, we saw Apple without Steve Jobs," he says. But billionaire investor Carl Icahn says Apple is "extremely undervalued."
Who to believe? Kate Solomon agrees that "Jobs is a tough act to follow," but Tim Cook should ignore calls to do something fast. "No," Solomon counsels. "Do something great." Its not that Apple is in trouble, its that the world is impatient.
"Like you, I want magic," Solomon says. "At any tech launch, Im hoping for something that will cause my eyes to widen and an involuntary "Oh wow!" to slip out. I want it to do something useful, I want it to work perfectly, I want it to look gorgeous and I want it to be awesome. And hey, thats going to take a bit of time."
Something else thats taken a bit of time is Windows 8.1, but its nearly done now and youll be able to get it in October. The cunningly named Windows 8.1 will hit Windows Update in October, and Microsoft hopes itll boost interest in Windows 8 systems.
We hope so too: Windows 8 hasnt been the stimulus the PC industry hoped for, and news stories about Windows RT increasingly sound like broadcasts from the deck of the Titanic.

Down the tubes

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Final Fantasy VI Comes To The Play Store Another Epic Journey Lies Ahead

Square Enix is known for some of the most epic game sagas ever introduced into video games. The most well known of those franchises is undoubtedly Final Fantasy. Square Enix has been on a roll over the last year and a half or so, with releasing each title in the major Final Fantasy saga, leading up to Final Fantasy VI which has just launched in the Play Store as of this morning. The next epic story in one of the most compelling series of games is finally available for download, but just like the rest of the games in the series before it, it comes at a hefty price. $15.99 will allow you to obtain this masterpiece, which many fans hail as their favorite in the series, even when compared to Final Fantasy VII. Is the price worth it? To some, yes. To me even, absolutely. To most though, it might be a bit steep. Square Enix is definitely targeting core fans of the series and hardcore RPG fans here, as they have been with just about every AAA title drop they have ever released for Android.

Final Fantasy VI offers up one of if not the best storylines of all the games, where after a thousand years since the disappearance of magic, the world has been reborn and remade by humankind, into a vast Steampunk era filled with machines and gunpowder. In this sprawling technological world, only one person possesses the lost power of magic, a young girl named Terra. Terra is the main character which you control, and you must escape from the clutches of the Evil Empire who has kept you locked up for years in an attempt to harness your magical power and use it for themselves.

In Final Fantasy VI, you’ll encounter many heroes, many enemies, and touch countless lives who all play a tiny role in the inevitable outcome of this harrowing tale of magic, crystals, and light VS. dark. Experience enhanced and improved graphics of the original that have been painstakingly recreated, with all graphics design being supervised by Kazuko Shibuya, who has been involved and worked on the graphics design of the Final Fantasy games since the beginning, and personally worked on the main characters in this recreation for mobile. If you’re ready to dive deep into the epic fantasy of the sixth installment in this wonderful game series, head over to the Play Store to pick up the game.

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