Why your Website Needs to be Mobile-Friendly

It really does not matter what kind of a website you have or wish to start – it can be a personal blog or an ecommerce website where you will sell your products. It can be just a showcase of your abilities or something completely different. There is one thing that you will need to keep in mind when designing or having someone design your website and that is the fact that it needs to be mobile-friendly.

Smartphones are the new prepaid solution for tight budgets

The Smart Phones these days no doubt are reputed for living up to their name. Apart from being the gaming den for game lovers and the absolute favourite of the socialites, it also renders various other options that may be of immense use to the public. Different applications may be downloaded over your smart phone that can make your life much easier than it as, prior to owning a smart phone. 

Will Mobile Gaming Kill The Console As We Know It?

Mobile gaming has, without a doubt, come a long way in a short space of time. Whether it can continue to develop at that pace is a different question! This fairly new industry will need to continue to improve to even come close to killing off consoles. Gaming consoles have improved drastically over the years and with the graphics making it feel ever more lifelike, the mobile industry has to really pick up the pace!

The gaming world is massive industry. People can play at home, on their mobiles or on their computer by visiting free gaming sites such as http://www.free-games.net/. The mobile gaming does not necessarily have to compete with consoles and internet sites as a gamer will more than likely have access to both and use both! Ultimately, the restrictions of smartphone hardware will, like with all human endeavors, push the creative boundaries of the human imagination.

Adverse Information: Smartphone’s, Teens, And Anxiety

As the world gets more interconnected through the use of portable phones, there has been a growing trend of increased stress and anxiety reported amongst teens in communities where the devices are common. This has led many to ask if Smartphone’s are the cause of the anxiety these teens in question. After all, these devices were never around beforehand, so where did the increase in stress come from if not from these devices? Well...not entirely. While it is easy to simply look to the advance of these small plastic devices, it is far too simple to call them the cause of this anxiety. Many of the studies done on “anxiety and teens” has shown there has not been a single cause of this anxiety, and several sources have come to question if teens with Smartphone’s as a whole are more anxious than other teens. Another theory on Smartphone’s has developed, saying that it is not the phone itself but what it represents that causes the apparent anxiety: the Smartphone is a portable singularity of social interconnection, internalized cost, and point of vulnerability that would make it the focal point of already existing anxiety.

First Firefox OS-based smartphone launched in Europe

Spain's Telefonica is offering the world's first smartphone with the Firefox operating system to compete with devices running Google Android and Apple iOS.

The ZTE Open smartphone goes on sale in Spain this week for 69 euros (about $90) and will soon be available in several Latin American countries.

Samsung Galaxy S4 mini launched in India for Rs. 27,990

Samsung has launched the Galaxy S4 mini smartphone in the India for Rs. 27,990.

Although the smartphone is positioned as the compact version of company's flagship phone, theSamsung Galaxy S4, it's essentially a premium mid-range phone just based on the same design language.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 mini features a 4.3-inch qHD (540x960 pixels) Super AMOLED display, with a pixel density of 256ppi. 

HTC Butterfly S with 5.0-inch full-HD display, UltraPixel camera launched

As expected, HTC Butterfly S has been unveiled at the company's event in Taiwan slated for June 19.

Engadget Chinese reports that the phone is powered by a quad-core 1.9GHz Snapdragon 600 alongside 2GB of RAM. It comes with quad-band HSPA/WCDMA radio and a 3,200 mAh battery. It has 16GB of internal storage that is expandable through a microSD card slot. Also, like its predecessor, HTC Butterfly S comes with a 5-inch screen with a resolution of 1080x1920 pixels. The smartphone would run on Android Jelly Bean.

Karbonn A7 Star with 1GHz dual-core processor, Android 4.0 available online for Rs. 6,190

Karbonn is all set to launch its A7 Star smartphone in India. Karbonn A7 Star is the successor to Karbonn A7+ that was launched in October 2012.

Karbonn A7 Star is already listed on snapdeal.com for Rs. 6,190. The smartphone sports a 4.5-inch touch screen display with a resolution of 480X854 pixels. It is powered by 1 GHz dual-core processor along with 512MB of RAM. The internal storage available on the smartphone is 164 MB, which can be expanded by up to 32GB via microSD card.

How to choose the Right Carrier for your Wholesale Smartphone

Many people choose to buy the smartphone for their personal uses including the entertainment. However, you can also buy the wholesale smartphone,for business reasons such as for the retail business or to be used within your business.  Before you choose to buy the smartphone, you have to consider the following. Always buy the smartphone after taking into account the wireless career that you will work with. You have to look for a carrier which is affordable but at the same time that gives access to clear data and have reliable signals.

Before you select a carrier, think about the following three Cs. You need to make sure that you have the right coverage where you work or where people may travel to. You can do this by checking the user local wireless coverage and the reports. You have also to check if the company has the best customer service. You can learn about this from the reviews and the ratings that the customers give to the company. The third C is the cost. However, you will find that many mobile phone providers have the same rates. Even if one company chooses to cut its cost, other companies also will follow.

Android 5.0 may have to wait as Android 4.3 Jelly Bean spotted in the wild

Guess the wait for the Android Key Lime Pie gets longer. The latest news reports are suggesting that Google will be rolling out Android 4.3 at Google I/O this year, instead of Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie as it was widely expected.

How the latest gadgets help you save money

Gadgets are becoming an indispensable part of the human life nowadays. It helps to save money, time and makes the performance of the task much easier. They are used in home, offices, car, garden and garages. Gadgets are used in home to perform household work, and give you free time to relax. Every day new varieties of gadgets are being introduced in the market. Costs saving gadgets are very popular.

Samsung GT-I9502 images leaked, looks like a Galaxy S IV variant

Certain images of the a Samsung device with the model number GT-I9502 have appeared on a Chinese forum that seem to reveal a Chinese variant of the Samsung Galaxy S IV.

The images are a first for the device and offer quite a bit in terms of the deign and hardware. The person who uploaded the images to 52 Samsung claims that the device is dual-SIM and will make its way to China Unicom. It would be wise not to jump the  gun just about yet considering it could be just one of the company's prototype designs.

BlackBerry 10 OS Complete Review

The word BlackBerry has always been synonymous with emails but somewhere along the line (read with the introduction of the iPhone), the company lost its way and found itself sidelined in the smartphone race, currently being fought by iOS and Android.

Nokia Lumia 620 with Windows Phone 8 available for pre-orders at Rs. 15,199

Nokia Lumia 620, Nokia's mid-range Windows Phone 8 device is now available online through Flipkart. The phone is available for pre-order and has been listed at Rs. 15,199 on the website, with second week of March, mentioned as the estimated time frame for the release of the phone. The online retailer is also offering a 16GB memory card with the phone. 

It's worth noting that Nokia had announced the Lumia 620 when it launched the Lumia 920 and 820 in India, in January. It had said that the Lumia 620 would ship in February but had not disclosed pricing information for the phone. So Nokia is late by more than a month in making the phone available in the Indian market.

HTC unveils 4-inch Desire U with Android 4.0, 1GHz processor

HTC has announced a new 4-inch device in its home country dubbed as the Desire U. The device is expected to retail for 7990 New Taiwan Dollar (about $274) or at NT$ 291 per month on contract from Chunghwa Telecom. Launch details for other regions remain unknown at the moment.

Review: Samsung launches dual-SIM Galaxy Grand with 5-inch display, Android 4.1

Samsung has added a brand new member in its Galaxy line-up with Samsung Galaxy Grand. This smartphone comes with 5-inch screen with WVGA TFT display. It is a dual-SIM smartphone that is powered by Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) operating system and runs on a 1.2GHz dual-core processor with 1GB of RAM.

The smartphone packs in 8GB of internal storage (4GB available to the user). The memory can be expanded by up to 64GB via microSD card. Samsung is also offering 50GB of cloud space through Dropbox with the purchase of this smartphone.

Byond launches B51 and B54 dual-SIM Android 2.3 smartphones

Indian device manufacturer Byond, has launched two new dual-SIM budget Android smartphones, the B51 and B54 priced at Rs. 4,999 and Rs. 5,799 respectively.

Both phones feature more or less, the same specs except for the difference in screen sizes. The B51 sports a 3.5-inch HVGA screen while the B54 comes with a 4-inch WVGA capacitive touch display. Both come with Android Gingerbread (v2.3.6).

5-inch LG Optimus G Pro specs leak with 1080p display, 1.7 GHz quad-core processor

First details of the successor to LG's Optimus G have leaked online suggesting the new device will feature a 5-inch full-HD display, reports Engadget via Blog of Mobile.

justify;"> A leaked slide of the the LG Optimus G Pro reportedly mentions that the smartphone will run on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, come with a 13-megapixel rear and 2.4-megapixel front cameras and sport a 5-inch 1920x1080 pixel display.

Underneath, the Optimus G Pro will be powered by a 1.7GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 processor with 2GB RAM, come with 32GB of internal storage, a 3,000mAh battery and LTE support as well.

5 Smartphone Trends to Watch For in 2013

The fast-moving world of smartphone technology is certainly showing no signs of slowing as we move towards 2013. While we have already seen a great number of innovations in recent years, the trends for 2013 promise to be more pioneering and exciting than ever. As the number of smartphone users continues to rise at breakneck speed, so do developers’ ideas. Here are just five of the most promising smartphone trends to watch for in 2013.

Sony introduces Xperia™ E – An affordable smartphone with HD Voice, data usage monitoring and battery power management

Sony Mobile Communications (“Sony Mobile”) today announced a new affordable addition to its Xperia smartphone range, Xperia E. Sony’s latest Android smartphone will be available in both single and dual SIM versions from Q1 2013.

Xperia E is a compact and competitively priced smartphone that is engineered for simplicity. Available in black, white and pink, Xperia E boasts outstanding HD Voice quality that makes phone calls clearer than ever before. It also features noise cancellation that filters out background noise so consumers can hold crystal clear conversations in any environment.