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TOP 4 MOBILE INNOVATIONS OF 2013(1ST QUARTER)


                               
Mobile gadgets has taken over the globe as various mobile company are working so hard in the technology world to unveil a super-B mobile device that would culminate comfort.  As at the end of the 1st quarter of the year 2013, a few Gadgets that I believe were of a strong impact in certain fields were unveiled.

BLACKBERRY Z10 SMARTPHONE

Are you frustrated with windows phone, IOS and the Andriod device, the Blackberry Z10 device is worth trying . It was of a truth a great innovation by Research in Motion (RIM) that kept wide open the mouths of some mobile phone users including the blackberry users. He Z10 version of blackberry was packaged with an improved 8MP camera comprised of timeshift, which allows the taking of multiple pictures and enables the user to select the best of the faces without editing/modifying the existing picture, it posses a 1.5GHZ Dual-core snapdragon S4 CPU, 4.2 inch HD display, 2GB RAM size, 4G LTE connectivity and a 1800mAh battery.  With the Blackberry Z10 smartphone, your audio messages, pictures and videos you watch on the web can be shared with your Blackberry messenger contacts. You need a portable device to relay information while on the Go then, you might need the Blackberry Z10.




PANASONIC 4K

The Ultra HD, 20-inch tablet which was declared to hit the mobile market by summer according to Japan Times. The device which operates on the windows 8 platform weighs about 2-2kg with a pixel resolution of 3840 X 2560 entails an Intel core i5 1.Z processor with Nividia Geforce graphics, 16GB RAM size, 128GB SSD for storage. The mega-size touch screen gadget which is aimed for business personel was unveiled at the CES 2013 but yet to have an official name and price.

SAMSUNG SODA STREAM BUILT REFRIGERATOR

No more need for the carrying, buying and storage of plastic bottles and cans to enable having a fresh and cold drinks a home as the this old habit is about to be phased out with a healthier and a cleaner technology such as the built-in water carbonator. The watercarbonator which was said to be powered by same replaceable 60 litre bottles of Co2 used in normal sodastream machines fixed to the left door of the fridge. Hi-Tech refrigerators has been unveiled lately but a fridge that has sparkling water gushing out water and ice from same mechanism is worth a super Hi-Tech.  The 30.5 cubic foot RF31FMESBSR 4-door refrigerator is said to be available this month of April at a set price of $3,899.

GOOGLE CHROME PIXEL

The chromebook pixel with 4.3 million pixels (239 pixels/inch), a 12.85” screen and a 3:2 photographic format designed for the web and to deliver crisp text, vivid colors and extra wide viewing angles was released for power users in the cloud according to the Senior Vice President of Chrome, Sundar Pichai.
The core i5 processor powered device has a battery life of 5 hours with Quick office built into the browser, an SD card slot for automatic photo upload to Google+, an extra laser microphone below the keyboard in addition to the fixed mics close to the camera which aids in reducing noise when covering a video, a 3 years free cloud storage with a size of 1 terabyte.
The Aluminum-coated Google chromebook with fast booting, zero setup, garnished with an in-built virus protection is of two grades- the wi-fi only version and the 4G LTE model guaranteed with a fast connectivity delivered across the fastest and largest 4G LTE network in the U.S region, Verizon. It  is available at the Google play store.

APPLE INC APOLOGISES AND ASSURES AMENDMENT TO WARRANTY POLICIES IN CHINA


China has been a vital consumer market for Apple Inc. as it was confirmed of representing 15% of its total revenue with the sum of $23.8 billion made from china’s last sales.  China is known to be among the world’s largest smartphone market and Apple stands a chance of losing out to its close rival, Samsung Electronics.
 Criticisms were made at Apple from China Central Television (CCTV) and the people’s daily on accusing Apple of adopting a customer service rules that discriminates the Chinese customers  by refusing to offer new phones for defective phones unlike in other countries and also refusal to provide repaired phones with a one-year warranty, analysts are beginning to get anxious that the Chinese government may take some restrictive steps and strict policies against Apple’s actions.
Due to the criticisms made, the U.S based company on Monday laid its apologies to its Chinese consumers in the form of a letter signed by the CEO of Apple Inc.-Tim Cook
 The letter which was posted to the official’s Chinese website- www.apple.com.cn was  written in the Chinese language, Mr  Tim Cook sincerely apologized on its warranty policies and arrogant response  to complaints . The Company has promised to make amendments to its warrant policies for both the iphone 4 and 4s products by replacing them with new phones inclusive of a one-year warranty, make efficient its customer feedback,  it has assured training  of authorized re-sellers on its warranty policy and it has clearly stated its enforcement on displaying the policy on the company’s website.

SAMSUNG TO UNVEIL A SMART WATCH IN ORDER TO COMPETE WITH APPLE

FACEBOOK PHONE TO DISPLAY ITS SOCIAL NETWORK


With the popularity facebook has gained, been known as the world’s largest social network and it’s frequent photo uploads, status updates, comments on status updates and likes that comes more often from mobile devices.  The interest of unveiling a smart phone that would have it’s social network activities on the core parts of a mobile device and thereby making it easier to carry out facebook services.
Facebook is set to reveal it’s own smart phone which will display it’s social network and rumors say the smart phone is to make use of the Google’s Android platform and be manufactured by HTC.
In the year 2011, INQ Social mobile unveiled a phone that had most facebook’s services integrated into the home screen- INQ CLOUD TOUCH, and after bagging awards for “The best value phone”; “Best Social Networking Handset” and “Best Android Phone” for the year 2011 at the mobile choice consumer awards but made limited progress and got frustrated off the market by the present world’s largest smart phone manufacturer, Samsung mobile.
The California based social network company has between the year 2011 and present added some amazing features such as the facebook messenger, that allows free text messaging and free voice calls; camera apps that also aids in tagging and uploading photos directly to facebook and also the poke app- a private messaging service. The social networking company has been advised by Mr Meehan to work hard on introducing better apps that could increase it’s social network activities and well embedded into the Android and IOS platforms instead of revealing an HTC android phone with its social services integrated on it.
 A great idea by Mark Zuckerberg but some factors should be considered such as the success of the product in the midst of Samsung and apple products and the choice of the consumers. Telecommunication analyst, Jan Dawson said at ovum that the concept was a solution to a non-existing problem. 
The Big Question is do we want a Facebook phone said gigaom.com? Why a facebook phone when we are satisfied with the facebook apps?

U.S ANTITRUST AUTHORITIES APPROVES THE TRANSACTION BETWEEN FACEBOOK AND MICROSOFT

The
 adverts business transactions between Facebook Inc. and Microsoft Corp. has gained approval from the U.S Antitrust authorities as Googcle In. is set to stand strong competition from Facebook.
Facebook, on the 28th of Feb., proclaimed it's interest in acquiring Microsoft's atlas advertising platform in order to create it's advertising network that would incur an in-depth competition with Google in the online adverts displaying.


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Microsoft acquired atlas in the year 2007 as part of it's purchase of aQuantitative for the sum of $6billion and after talks with facebook are ready to run a partnership deal with the California based company, so as to create a strong rivalry for Google Inc. According to Dave o' Hara, microsoft still remains an Atlas user.
 The director of monetization products marketing- Brian Boland said in an interview, that with this deal, facebook  would be able to maintain the performance of their ads-services on both it's own services  and other third-party websites to aid advertisers in creating better campaigns inclusive of it's own service as Mark Zuckerberg yearns towards  increasing the company's revenue. 

AIRTEL MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION NOW AVAILABLE FOR WHATSAPP

Airtel in collaboration with whatsapp has made it possible for airtel users to send sms, share multimedia and stay in touch with friends.
Whatsapp is a mobile application that runs on various platforms such as Android, Ios, Blackberry, Nokia symbian, Nokia S40 and Nokia windows and aids in keeping in touch with friends by sending of sms but makes use of data plans. The application has helped slash down the rate of phone calls.
 The Exclusive collaboration between Airtel Nigeria and whatsapp which happens to be one of it's kind in Nigeria has made it possible for whatsapp users to share files and stay in touch with friends and family for a length time of 30 days(1 month) at a flat rate of N100.


INSTALL WHATSAPP ON ALL NOKIA S40 (JAVA) PHONES AND KEEP IN TOUCH WITH FRIENDS.



To subscribe to this package, dial *948# and get unlimited access to whatsapp for 1 full month. Customers who possess a data plan of 200 and above can also have access to same unlimited acces and also enjoy their data plan with no interference.

Which is better- !month subscription at the rate of N100 or the normal consumption of data plan?


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