Showing posts with label iOS 5. Show all posts
Showing posts with label iOS 5. Show all posts

Monday, June 20, 2011

Nokia going Apple's way

Nokia had experienced the big fall-down from last two years due to Android and iOS. But India was there strong source of customers at least 80% source of there company sharer is from India but new OS and new Phones have let them down even in India also. They try to get customers back by giving updates.

The Symbian Anna update has been dubbed as the one to get Symbian on par, to an extent, with other platforms. Features such as improved web browsing, a portrait QWERTY keyboard (though Nokia's standard touchscreen alphanumeric keyboard hasn't been that bad), and many others are supposed to be on board with the update. As was expected, talks of its successor have already begun. Apparently, Nokia will be launching the next iteration of Symbian known as Symbian Belle. Information regarding the Belle update is very limited, but a Nokia employee claims that this update is good enough to impress all Android lovers. Furthermore, the highly expected Windows Phone 7 Nokia smartphones are on the horizon, so this could turn out to be a good year for Nokia after all.Alleged Nokia WP7 Handsets


Speaking of WP7, Nokia has just revealed its plans for the marketing of the highly anticipated device. A Nokia employee blogged that "The iron shutters are down around development - it's 'Apple-style' secrecy right now", suggesting that their marketing strategy could be one with a lot of hype and mystery like Apple does with its iDevices. Nokia has a lot of expectations from its upcoming WP7 line of devices, and the company does not want to take any chances. All this talk about WP7 devices has rather shadowed the fact that there are still some Symbian handsets waiting to be launched. The Nokia E6, which will be the first device to come out with Symbian Anna, was announced recently and was up for pre-order on Nokia India's website. Also, the Nokia X7 with a 4" display and Symbian Anna was demonstrated a month ago.

Sometimes, we get an impression that people are expecting a lot with the Symbian Anna update, but since we haven't seen it in action yet, it would be wrong to jump to conclusions so early. Nokia is hosting the Nokia Connection 2011 event in Singapore tomorrow, where a few important announcements are to be made.

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Appple iOS 5 : What's new and What's left alone

Apple recently announced the new iOS 5 for iPhone 4 and iPad's. As they pronounced this update "We're taking iOS to a whole new level"

But the real thing was not that much true they mix-up Windows Mobile 7 , Android , Bada OS features and make iOS 5.

Anyway it is good update for Apple users. Here's the list of new improvements and what is still taking apple down.

The Good -



  • Notifications - real time on-screen notifications, lockscreen notifications and pull-down Notification Center
  • iMessage service in the Messaging app enabling instant messages to other iOS users
  • Reminders - including location-aware options
  • Customizable notification sounds - email, voicemail and calendar alerts
  • Twitter integration
  • iCloud service integration
  • Enhanced Camera app - viewfinder grid, hardware shutter key
  • Integrated photo editing - crop, auto enhance, rotate and red-eye fix
  • Updated Safari - tabbed browsing (on iPad), private browsing mode, integrated Reader, Reading list and optimized performance
  • Dictionary lookup throughout the interface
  • Computer free operation - independent activation, OTA updates, iCloud backup and restore
  • Wi-Fi synchronization with iTunes with automatic operation
  • New features in the Mail app - Bold, Italic, Underline and Quote options, extended Search, mass Mark as Read/Unread and Flag setting, Add/Delete mailbox folders
  • Updated Calendar and Game Center apps
  • Newsstand app combining all of your magazine subscriptions
  • iPod player now called Music, has new icon
  • Separate Video app for iPhone
  • AppStore purchase history (already available for iOS 4 too)
  • New Storage management options (list and info of all installed apps)
  • Multi-tasking gestures for iPad
  • AirPlay mirroring for iPad
  • New accessibility options involving the LED flash and custom vibrations
The Bad -
  • No Flash support in the web browser
  • No quick toggles for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 3G
  • No Facebook integration
  • No proper widgets for the lockscreen
  • App folders still are limited to 12 apps tops
  • No DivX/XviD video support out of the box (though there're lots of players in the App Store)
  • No USB Mass storage mode for uploading content to the device
  • No haptics for the touchscreen
  • No Bluetooth file transfers to other phones
  • Contacts lack a swipe-to-delete or mass delete feature