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August 21, 2015
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ZenFone 2 Deluxe: See the crystal miracle


ZenFone 2 Deluxe (ZE551ML) delivers powerful all-round performance and beauty in
abundance, with a gorgeous new multifaceted polygonal finish accentuating the signature ZenFone 2 Ergonomic Arc design. ZenFone 2 Deluxe features a 5.5-inch Full HD IPS display, 13MP/5MP PixelMaster cameras, 2.3GHz 64-bit Intel® Atom™ processor with 4GB RAM and 4G/LTE connectivity. ZenFone 2 Deluxe also features ASUS BoostMaster fast-charge technology for 60% capacity in just 39 minutes. As with all other ZenFone 2 models, ZenFone 2 Deluxe includes the latest ASUS ZenUI — the world’s first fully-customizable mobile interface — and Trend Micro™ security software for safe web browsing.

ZenFone 2 Laser: See at the speed of light

ZenFone 2 Laser models all benefit from a powerful 13MP PixelMaster camera with an f/2.0
wide-aperture lens to capture stunning, high-resolution photos with zero shutter lag — augmented by laser auto-focus technology that empowers users to capture perfect clarity in just 0.3 seconds. Available in 5-inch (ZE500KL), 5.5-inch (ZE550KL) and 6.0-inch (ZE601KL) versions with up to 1920 x 1080-pixel Full HD resolution, ZenFone 2 Laser also incorporates the latest and toughest Corning Gorilla Glass 4. It boasts an up to octa-core 64-bit Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ processor with up to 3GB of fast memory for unwavering performance.

ZenFone Selfie: See the perfect you

ZenFone Selfie (ZD551KL) is a trailblazing fusion of fashion, technology and craftsmanship that lets users see their perfect selves, with dual 13MP PixelMaster cameras, dual-color, dual-LED Real Tone flash both front and rear, plus laser auto-focus for ultra-fast shots with
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complete clarity.
ZenFone Selfie’s Ergonomic Arc design and intuitive rear key makes capturing selfies easier than ever, with live digital cosmetics to apply some magical glamor — all enjoyed instantly on the stunning 5.5-in Full HD display.
ZenFone Selfie’s exceptional front-facing PixelMaster camera has a huge 13MP resolution and an f/2.2-aperture, 88-degree wide-angle lens to capture more of every smile. The unique Selfie Panorama mode enables selfies with an outlook of up to 140 degrees, so everything and everyone becomes part of the shot.
ZenFone Selfie’s rear camera is just as advanced, with a large f/2.0 aperture lens for superior low-light shots. Both cameras are engineered with five-prism Largan lenses and top-quality Toshiba sensors, and include dual-LED Real Tone flash technology for perfect illumination in any lighting conditions. ZenFone Selfie also delivers superb macro photography that works on subjects as close as 6cm, plus rear laser auto-focus to compose shots in the blink of an eye.

ZenFone Max: See for longer

The highlight of the new ZenFone Max (ZC550KL) is its incredibly-long-lasting high-capacity 5000mAh lithium-polymer battery that gives users an unprecedented amount of mobile
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freedom.
ZenFone Max has a bright and clear 5.5-inch IPS display with wide viewing angles, protected by the latest Corning® Gorilla® Glass 4 for unrivalled scratch-resistance, strength and everyday durability. At the heart of ZenFone Max is a powerful yet power-efficient 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor with up to 2GB of RAM. ZenFone Max features a 13MP/5MP PixelMaster cameras with a wide f/2.0 aperture, and the rear camera also boasts laser auto-focus for sharp, near-instant shots.

ASUS ZenPad 7.0 (Z370) and 8.0 (Z380)

ZenPad is the world's first tablet to feature an innovative interchangeable cover design that lets users easily customize their tablet with functional back covers. These can provide extra features and additional color options, while perfectly matching ZenPad’s looks. Zen Clutch is a sophisticated carrying and protection solution for ZenPad; Zen Case lets users outfit ZenPad in their choice of five sleek or vivid colors and features a fine leather texture; and Audio Cover brings immersive 5.1-channel surround sound to a tablet for the first time. Power Case extends ZenPad’s battery life, giving users up to 16 hours of usage to easily get them through their day or even the longest international flights.
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ASUS ZenPad features the exclusive ASUS VisualMaster suite of visual enhancement technologies — including ASUS Tru2Life and ASUS TruVivid — that brings advanced image-processing found on high-end TVs to a tablet for the first time and provides comprehensive visual optimization. ASUS Tru2Life analyzes each pixel in an image before it is displayed and performs an intelligent contrast and sharpness adjustments to boost dynamic range, revealing even the smallest details to ensure an incredibly realistic viewing experience. ASUS TruVivid improves screen clarity, brightness, and touch responsiveness by transforming the conventional six-layer display design into a two-layer, fully-laminated design that eliminates the air gap, resulting in higher optical transparency for brilliant color and improved brightness.
ZenPad is the world's first tablet to integrate DTS-HD Premium Sound, delivering the ultimate sound experience. DTS-HD Premium Sound transforms stereo audio into virtual surround sound so users can enjoy incredible, theater-quality audio right on ZenPad.

ZenPad is available with LTE/3G connectivity and phone functionality or as a Wi-Fi-only model.
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August 13, 2015
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If you like your Nexus 5 but it’s starting to feel old, rejoice! It looks like Google is teaming up with not one but two Android OEMs to manufacture the next Nexus phones. Huawei is working on a Nexus 6 phablet replacement, while LG is taking care of a smaller Nexus 5-style device.
The leaks come from the Nowhereelse‘s @OnLeaks Twitter account. Nowhereelse has been very accurate in the past when it comes to smartphone leaks.
Here’s what we know so far. After skipping a year, LG is back at work for a new Nexus smartphone. This new phone features a 5.2-inch display (slightly bigger than the 4.95-inch Nexus 5 display), two front-facing speakers, a fingerprint sensor weirdly located on the rear of the device and a new USB type-C connector.
The dimensions of the device are a bit weird as well. With a height of 146.9mm, the device is much longer compared to the Nexus 5 released two years ago — this is probably due to the front-facing speakers. The device should be a bit slimmer but it will have a protruding rear camera like on the iPhone 6.
For the seconde device, Huawei is making a Nexus phone for the first time. This 5.7-inch phone should be a natural successor to last year’s Nexus 6. In many ways, the Nexus 6 wastoo big with its 6-inch display.
Huawei’s Nexus phone should be a bit narrower (78.3mm vs. 83mm), making it feel more like an iPhone 6 Plus. The phone should sport a metal body as well, pushing the iPhone 6 Plus comparison one step further. Evan Blass thinks it will ship with a Snapdragon 820 chip and a 2,560 x 1,440 display.
Like on the other phone, this new Nexus phablet comes with a fingerprint sensor on the back, front-facing speakers and a USB type-C port.

As always, these devices should run with the latest version of Android without any bloatware. When these devices are going to be released and their prices remains unclear.
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August 07, 2015
India’s top telecom service provider Bharti Airtel on Thursday commercially launched its fourth generation (4G) communication services, which are expected to make surfing the web on mobile phones much faster than 3G, in almost 300 towns across the country. Airtel became the first telecom company to roll out its 4G services in India.
With an aim to migrate more and more of its Internet subscribers to 4G, Airtel said users upgrading to 4G services can do so while continuing to pay as per their existing 3G data plans.
“With the help of the feedback received from the beta launches, we have now built India’s first commercial 4G network that will make high speed mobile broadband a reality.
“The national roll-out today is another small step in our journey,” Bharti Airtel (India & South Asia) MD & CEO Gopal Vittal told reporters here.
Airtel’s move comes ahead of launch of 4G services by Reliance Jio – the telecom arm of Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries, towards the end of the year.
Various firm, including Airtel and Reliance Jio, had won spectrum needed to run 4G services in 2010, however, roll out of services has been slow due to technology problems and lack of devices.
While Airtel has 4G spectrum in 14 circles, Reliance Jio is the only player to have these airwaves in all the 22 circles.
Around three weeks ago, Mr. Vittal had also written to Airtel customers across the country to provide suggestions regarding tower sites, to which Mr. Vittal said the company received 20,000 responses, out of which 500 provided leads on potential sites.
Mr. Vittal said the company has increased the number of 4G mobile sites three times in the last 60 days to provide better services to customers
Mr. Vittal said Airtel is talking to various handset makers for the past one year on shaping the device ecosystem for 4G. He, however, refused to comment if the company will come with Airtel branded handsets.
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July 17, 2015

With multiple Wi-Fi access points saved on your Android device, it is quite normal to forget the security key to a certain network. This article presents a small, handy work-around for the rare instance where you need to view a forgotten password.

This method requires your device to have root access. If it doesn’t, type “root < device name>” in the search bar a Android root guides to see if your device is listed there or not, and if it is, how to gain root access on it.
Also, you’ll need a file explorer that gives you read access to root-level documents. Root Explorer ,File Manager HD or ES File Explorer includes said feature.
  • Navigate to the root directory /data/misc/wifi. If your file explorer opens the SD card (/mnt/sdcard) directory by default, press back twice to open the root directory, then navigate to the mentioned path.
  • Open the document wpa_supplicant.conf. If you’re using Root Explorer, simply tap the file to open it in a text viewer or hold it (long tap) to open its context menu and select View as text to do the same.
  • From within said file, you can view all your saved Wi-Fi access points along with their passwords. Look under the SSID (Access Point Name) of the Wi-Fi network whose password you need to view. The password is written within quotes in the line that says psk=”password”



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August 31, 2014
According to news reports,Mozilla, the non-profit created by Netscape Communications (purveyor of the world’s first Internet Browser—barring Mosiac its progenitor) in early 1998 is now setting its sights on phone dominance in India through the introduction of a phone so cheaply priced that it belies imagination.
In an almost earth-shattering revelation, Mozilla announced several months ago  that it would be introducing phones based on its HTML5 web-based mobile operating system for a rock-bottom US$25, and now, just a few days ago, revealed that the plan would be kickstarted in India via an arrangement with Indian companies Index and Spice who would make the phones.


So far, Mozilla has launched several low-cost smartphones with Firefox OS onboard, including the US$100 ZTE Open C and the company will release the Alcatel One Touch Fire E and the ZTE Open II this summer. These phones haven't exactly set the world on fire in Europe and the United States according to reports and maybe that’s because the specs of these phones, while nothing to sneer at in emerging economies with frugal consumers, are not cutting edge enough for the majority of the developing world's population: the ZTE Open C version with the Firefox OS sported a 4-inch screen with a 480 x 800 pixel resolution, a 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon 200 chip, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal memory, a 3-megapixel camera (no front-facing camera) and a 1400mAh battery.
India however, is a different consumer market and a US$25 phone could radically transform it. Reason is, anywhere from 80 percent to 90 percent of the market is still feature-phone heavy, and most of them cost just about what the Firefox phone does. And with the smartphone market growing at over 200 percent, the concept of owning a smartphone at the price of a feature phone, in rural and small town India (which comprises 80 percent of the country), will have an undeniable allure, indicated by the fact that there was an 18 percent decline in feature phone shipments in Q1 2014 YoY, according to research outfit IDC.
Consequently, Mozilla is apparently expecting 10 million units of the phone to ship over the next 12 months. If this happens, Nokia, which still makes its bread and butter selling feature phones in India will be looking at a potential Armageddon and Samsung, another big feature phone seller will probably also take a substantial hit. Even Indian brands such as Micromax, Karbonn and Lava stand to get affected.
So, what kind of a phone does one get at US$25? A US$80 version of the Firefox phone (The Open)according to this review is useable with a great battery, Bluetooth and an FM radio, but not that hot for the following reasons: a smudge-prone 3.5 inch 480 x 320 screen, a 1GHz Snapdragon processor that couldn't play H. 264 encoded 720p videos (web browsing is ok but Apps take time toload), a terrible 2 MP camera with noise and color inaccuracies, crappy video recording at 352 x 188.


The big question is what will the 80 percent of the population want in the next year or so, what kind of phone Mozilla be able to offer them for US$25 (shitty parts or good value?) and will the others who are continually redefining the budget smartphone space—such as Nokia X (US$103) and the MotoE (US$125)—be able to bring out a product that vows the masses with a price that is a market-beater even if it isn’t as low as the Firefox phone?
The answers to these will determine what kind of impact the US$25 Firefox phone will really have in India. With smartphones like the Micromax Bolt and the popular Asha 502 available, many with screen sizes between 4 and 5 inches, front facing camera and dual core processors, the discerning Indian consumer may just prefer a little more bang for his or her buck, even if it costs another month or two's salary or savings. And cameras that don't shoot crisp images and web surfing that is less than adequate will ultimately impact rural sales just as much as it will the urban, perhaps more.
Something that Firefox would do well to keep in mind.

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A new front in India's entry-level smartphone market has opened up with local handset makers launching Firefox-powered devices. Intex Technologies and Spice, the Indian partners of US-headquartered Mozilla Corp, have launched smartphones based on the Firefox operating system at a time when local rivals Micromax and Karbonn are preparing to roll out affordable smartphones under the Google's Android One project.


Spice brought out its Fire One handset priced Rs 2,229, four days after Intex introduced Intex Cloud FX, priced Rs 1,999. Both players plan to roll out improved devices based on this web technology-based platform.


Fire One allows users to access apps directly without having to download them from an app store, like in Android phones. It also supports features like 'Adaptive App Search' or the 'Single-window Search', allowing users to find relevant information and apps immediately .


Prashant Bindal, chief executive officer of Spice Mobility, said the company expects huge traction towards Firefox devices and has decided to make available 20,000 Firefox devices next month itself.


Intex's business head for mobile phones, Sanjay Kumar Kalirona, said the company expects demand for its Firefox devices to touch 100,000 within the next 21 days, and about 500,000 in the next three months.


James Ho, senior director of mobile devices at Mozilla, told ET that the company is keen to partner more Indian brands. "We are making big changes to the OS, including 3G support, which will come to handsets over this year," Ho said.


Jane Hsu, director of product marketing at Mozilla, had said earlier that the company expects to tie up with a larger Indian brand by mid-September.


At the entry-level segment, handset vendors are wooing the millions of feature phone users in the country who want to switch to smartphones. "With the introduction of Mozilla and Android One, the sub $200 segment is anticipated to become even more appealing," said Kiran Kumar, research manager, client devices, at market research firm IDC India.

According to IDC, the Indian smartphone market could top 160 million units by 2018, driven mainly by consumers switching from feature phones to smartphones.
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August 30, 2014
Google's plans for its Nexus brand are always the topic of speculation and rumour, not least because of Mountain View's lack of a pattern that makes things hard to predict.
Case in point: sources say Google may actually release not one, but two new Nexus smartphones this year alongside the rumoured Nexus 9 tablet.
That's according to Phone Arena, which also revealed the potential Google one-two product punch hinges on how well Motorola's Moto X+1 performs, oddly enough.
Apparently the Moto X+1's performance will determine which version of the rumoured Moto S Motorola releases, and that in turn will influence Google's Nexus plans, the site's sources said.

Triple threat

You see, Motorola is reportedly testing both a 5.2- and a 5.9-inch version of the Moto S, and which one it releases may be based on Moto X+1 sales.
The Moto X+1 is rumoured to be a 5.2-inch smartphone, but if that proves too small for today's phablet-gorged phone users then Motorola will opt for the larger, 5.9-inch Moto S as its next device.
Then, and here's the point, Google may scoop up the 5.2-inch design and brand it as a Nexus device, to go along with the rumoured 5.9-inch Nexus X, which is already said to be almost identical to the Moto S of the same size.
Obviously there are a lot of ifs here and a chart may be helpful to follow along, but at the same time this seems totally plausible.

Google already confirmed there's at least one new Nexus device coming this year, but we won't be surprised if there are actually more.

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August 29, 2014
What’s worse than a dead phone? One that takes too long to charge! This has certainly happened to most of us before: you’re rushing out of the door and you happen to see there’s just 5% left of battery! Here are some tips on how you can get your Android phone to charge faster!

The right plug and charger
First off, you want to ensure that you plug your phone into the wall socket, and in the best case scenario, using the charger that came with your phone, though nowadays, Android device chargers are universal. If you are in a hurry, avoid plugging your phone into your computer or laptop, because this will definitely slow down the charging speed, as will Qi wireless charging.

Get into airplane mode

Now enable airplane mode on your device to speed up charging. Depending on your device, there could be various ways to get to this. For example, on my Nexus 5, I simply long press on the power button, and select airplane mode when it appears. You can also go into the Quick Settings, by swiping down with two fingers. Every device is different, but you most likely know how to turn it on. Airplane mode blocks any wireless radios on your device, which means you won’t receive any calls, messages, internet access etc, but it’s all worth it when you think you’ll have a device that will still be on for the next few hours.

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Turn that bad boy off

If you don’t actually need your phone at the moment, go ahead and turn it off completely. Obviously, any alarms or notifications won’t come through when it is off, but this is something you might just need to live without if you are racing the clock.


Switch off unnecessary features
Check to see if you have any unnecessary features on, like Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi, NFC etc. Close out of all your apps and stop your phone from doing any automatic backups or updating apps from the Google Play Store. These are just small, but golden tips when you are in a rush. Plus, everything can be easily switched back to normal when you’re out of the door and sitting in the train or bus. That being said, we highly discourage doing this if you are driving.
Don't touch!
If you need to have your phone on though, and even want to leave it off airplane mode, because you have an important call, message or something of the sort, try to suppress the urge to check your phone every thirty seconds. Why? Because the screen is the biggest battery drainer of them all.
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