Samsung Galaxy S5 Features and Specifications

Samsung Galaxy S5

Here are some of the features: 

• Fast Auto Focus
• HDR(Rich tone) 
• Selective Focus
• S Health
• Heart Rate Sensor
• Dust & Water Resistant
• Finger Scanner
• Power Saving Mode (+Ultra Power Saving Mode)

Below are some of the specifications:

Network

3GB & 16GB

AP

LTE: 2.5GHz Quad core application processor

Display

5.1” FHD Super AMOLED (1920 x 1080), 432 ppi

Dimension

142.0 x 72.5 x 8.1mm, 145g

OS

Android 4.4.2 (Kitkat)

Memory

RAM : 2GB

16/32GB User Memory + microSD slot (up to 128GB)

Connectivity

WiFi : 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac HT80, MIMO(2x2)

Download Booster (LTE + WiFi simultaneous reception)

NFC, Bluetooth®: 4.0 BLE / ANT+

USB 3.0

IR Remote

Additional Features

IP67 certificated Dust & Water Resistant, Emergency Mode, Ultra Power Saving Mode, S Health, Quick Connect, Private Mode, Kids Mode

Camera

Main(Rear) : 16MP (1/2.6”, Phase Detection AF)

Sub (Front) : 2.0MP (1920 x 1080, Wide-angle lens )

Camera Features

HDR (Rich tone), Selective Focus, Virtual Tour Shot

Video

UHD@30fps, HDR, video stabilization

Video Codec : H.263, H.264(AVC), MPEG4, VC-1, Sorenson Spark, MP43, WMV7, WMV8, VP8

Video Format : MP4, M4V, 3GP, 3G2, WMV, ASF, AVI, FLV, MKV, WEBM

Audio

Audio Codec : MP3, AMR-NB/WB, AAC/ AAC+/ eAAC+, WMA, Vorbis, FLAC

Audio Format : MP3, M4A, 3GA, AAC, OGG, OGA, WAV, WMA, AMR, AWB, FLAC, MID, MIDI, XMF, MXMF, IMY, RTTTL, RTX, OTA

Sensor

Accelerometer, Gyro, Proximity, Compass, Barometer, Hall, RGB ambient light, Gesture, Fingerprint, Heart Rate Sensor

Battery

2800mAh

Standby time : 390 hrs (LTE) / Talk time: 21 hrs (WCDMA)

Google Mobile Services*

Chrome, Drive, Photos, Gmail, Google, Google+, Google Settings, Hangouts, Maps, Play Books, Play Games, Play Newsstand, Play Movie & TV, Play Music, Play Store, Voice Search, YouTube

* Android, Google, Chrome, Drive, Photos, Gmail, Google+, Google Settings, Hangouts, Maps, Play Books, Play Games, Play Newsstand, Play Movie & TV, Play Music, Play Store, Voice Search, YouTube are trademarks of Google Inc.

The official price for the Samsung Galaxy S5 is £579 in Europe but as usual you can get it cheaper than that.

The phone can be pre-ordered here in Nigeria using the following links:

http://www.jumia.com.ng/samsung-galaxy-s5/?gclid=CJ3U7M20070CFWTlwgodD40AHg 

http://www.konga.com/s5preorder?gclid=CKvD58y0070CFfMQtAodFjMA7A

Sources:

http://samsungnation.com.ng/galaxys5/index.php

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/mobile-phone/3495265/samsung-galaxy-s5-release-date-price-specs-uk/#ixzz2yOODYTKm

Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 Specs

Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 Specs

 Samsung announced the Galaxy Ace 3 today. It’s the newest sibling in the Galaxy Ace family. The design still looks like the old Galaxy Ace models but you’ll notice some S4 love

The Galaxy Ace 3 runs Android 4.2 Jellybean with a 4-inch TFT LCD display and a resolution of 800 x 600 pixels. It’s 9.8mm slim and weighs 115 grams.

The smartphone is powered on the inside by a 1GHz dual-core CPU, 1GB of RAM and internal storage at 4GB or 8GB. Unfortunately, only 1.77 GB of the 4GB is available to the user. External storage can be added via a microSD slot which can take cards up to 64GB.

There’s a 5MP with LED Flash at the back of the Galaxy Ace 3, capable of recording video at 720p HD 30fps. A secondary VGA front-facing camera is added for video chat and self obsession.



Here are a few specs of the Galaxy Ace 3:

• Operating System: Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean)
• Processor: 1 GHz Dual-Core Processor or 1.2 GHz dual-core Processors
• Separate GPU
• 1GB RAM
• Display: 4.0-inch TFT 480 x 800 Pixels Display (233 ppi)
• Rear Camera: 5 MP Camera with 720p HD Video
• Rear Camera Features: LED Flash, face detection, smile detection, autofocus, geo-tagging
• Front Camera: VGA Camera
• Built-in Storage: 4GB / 8GB (4G LTE) built-in storage (depends on model)
• SIM Type: Mini SIM
• Dual-SIM, Dual Standby (Optional)
• Weight: 115 g or 119.5 g
• Dimensions: 121.2 x 62.7 x 9.8 mm
• Colour: Black, White, Dark Red
• NFC (4G LTE Models)
• up to 64GB microSD memory
• GSM Quad-band (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
• 3G/3.5G (UMTS/HSUPA/HSDPA) 850, 900, 1900, 2100MHz
• 4G LTE (in some regions model S7275)
• Accelerometer, digital compass, proximity
• 3.5mm audio jack
• Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct
• Wi-Fi Hotspot feature
• unlimited contacts phonebook
• Document viewer/editor
• Loudspeaker
• Facebook, Twitter
• image/video editor
• Navigation with Google Maps, GPS, A-GPS
• Google Search, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Talk, YouTube, Picasa
• email/push email/IM
• Music player (MP3, WAV, eAAC+, Fac)
• Video player (MP4, WMA, 3GPP)
• WAP 2.0/XHTML/HTML Browser
• Battery capacity: 1500 mAh or 1800mAh (4G LTE)
• Talktime: 8 hours (3G)
• Standby time: 370 hours (3G)

The phone is N15,600 as at the time of posting this blog.

Sources: http://www.technesstivity.com

http://www.naijatechguide.com

WhatsApp deal - Facebook snaps up messaging service in its largest acquisition

Massive purchase is Facebook’s largest ever and comes after Google reportedly made $1bn offer for the company last year

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg said: ‘I’m excited to partner with [WhatsApp] to make the world more open and connected.’ Photograph: Dave Thompson/PA

Facebook announced the purchase of the mobile messaging service WhatsApp on Wednesday, in a $19bn deal that represents the social media company’s biggest acquisition yet. Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, described five-year-old WhatsApp as an “incredibly valuable” service that was well on its way to connecting 1 billion people around the world. The deal is a big bet for Facebook, which has until recently struggled to convince investors of its strategy for mobile. WhatsApp has more than 400m users around the world and claims it is adding more than 1 million new registered users a day. It allows unlimited free text-messaging and picture sending between users and is among the world’s most downloaded mobile apps. Facebook’s successful bid comes after Google reportedly made a $1bn offer for the company last year. “WhatsApp is on a path to connect 1 billion people. The services that reach that milestone are all incredibly valuable,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO. “I’ve known Jan [Koum founder and CEO] for a long time and I’m excited to partner with him and his team to make the world more open and connected.” Koum said: 

“WhatsApp’s extremely high user engagement and rapid growth are driven by the simple, powerful and instantaneous messaging capabilities we provide. We’re excited and honoured to partner with Mark and Facebook as we continue to bring our product to more people around the world.” Facebook is making the purchase in a mix of cash and stock. WhatsApp will receive $12bn in Facebook shares $4bn in cash and an additional $3bn in restricted shares that will be paid out to executives at a later date. The company will operate as an autonomous unit. The company’s ownership structure has not been disclosed but one Silicon Valley source said he believed WhatsApp employed fewer than 100 people. “Probably five people are going to be rich beyond belief, the rest are going to be rich and there’s an admin assistant who right now is picking out the colour of her Lamborghini,” he said. The massive acquisition - Facebook’s largest ever - comes as tech firms are fighting to build their mobile businesses. WhatsApp is particularly big in Europe and Latin America where its market penetration is thought to top 80% in countries including Brazil, Germany, Portugal and Spain. 

Last year Facebook made an unsuccessful $3bn bid for SnapChat, a service that sends messages that erase themselves after a short period. The social media firm is making the move as WeChat, owned by China’s Tencent, is rapidly building its service in the west. “This is the new generation of messaging services,” said Marcos Sanchez, vice president of App Annie, an analyst specialising in mobile technology. “Facebook understands there is a generational shift in the way people connect.” Facebook faltered after its share sale in May 2012 as analysts worried the company was losing out as its users moved to mobile. It has since recovered and has concentrating on building up its mobile business. But the company has also warned that teenagers are cooling on its service. Sanchez said that the “social messaging” services like WhatsApp, WeChat and Snapchat were attracting a younger audience. In China the services have even been linked to bank accounts and can be used to make purchases at stores and restaurants including McDonalds. “Younger users seem to prefer something more ephemeral, something that changes moment by moment,” he said. “WhatsApp gives Facebook a major player in that space.” The WhatsApp purchase price marks a new height in an increasingly frenzied technology scene. On Tuesday King, maker of the phenomenally popular Candy Crush Saga mobile game, announced a stock market floatation that would value the firm at more than $5.5bn. Last month Google paid $3.2bn for Nest, maker of “smart” home appliances like thermostats and burglar alarms. Koum and his co-founder Brian Acton met while at Yahoo in 1997 and launched the service in 2009. By 2011 users were sending more than a billion essages a day on the service. 

“Doctors in India are using WhatsApp to instantly send electrocardiogram pictures of patients who’ve suffered heart attacks, saving valuable time and potentially lives,” Koum wrote on the company blog last year. “In the mountains of Madrid, rescuers used WhatsApp to locate and save lost hikers. And today, as I follow the unfolding political crisis in Ukraine, the place where I was born and lived until the age of sixteen, I can’t help but hope that the next great WhatsApp story will be about people using the service to speak their mind and stand up for their basic rights.” 

10 key numbers:

$19bn - Price being paid by Facebook 

55 - number of WhatsApp founders and employees 

450m - number of people using the service each month 

70% - proportion of those users active on a given day 

1m - new registered users per day 

1bn - WhatsApp’s target for number of users 

19bn - messages sent via WhatsApp each day 

34bn - messages received via WhatsApp each day 

$1.82 - the amount by which Facebook shares fell after the deal 

$2bn - the ‘break fee’ Facebook will pay to WhatsApp if the deal fails to go through 

2009 - year WhatsApp was founded 

$1bn - value of Facebook’s previous biggest deal, Instagram

Author: 

• Dominic Rushe in New York
• theguardian.com, Thursday 20 February 2014 07.40 GMT

 Source: http://www.theguardian.com

BBM Available for Android on September 21 and iPhone on September 22

That’s right BBM fans — the iconic mobile social network will begin rolling out for Android and iPhone customers around the world from September 21. Soon, you’ll be able to easily connect with friends on different platforms. As you may know BBM was previously exclusive to BlackBerry smartphones, and it will be available as a free download in Google Play and the App Store.

While some of you are no strangers to BBM, many will be new and might be asking: What is BBM? Below, you’ll find all the highlights for BBM for Android and iPhone.

BBM for Android and iPhone features:

    BBM Chat – Enjoy real, immediate conversations with friends on Android, iPhone and BlackBerry smartphones. Not only does BBM let you know that your message has been delivered and read, it also shows you that your friend is responding to the message.

    More than chat – With BBM you can share files on your phone such as photos and voice notes, all in an instant.

    Keep your group in the loop – Multi-person chats are a great way to invite contacts to chat together. BBM Groups lets you invite up to 30 friends to chat together, and go a step further than multi-chat by sharing photos and schedules. And, with Broadcast Message, you can send a message out to all your BBM contacts at once.

    Post Updates and stay in the know – BBM lets you post a personal message, profile picture and your current status, and lets your contacts know instantly in Updates.

    Your unique PIN – Every BBM user has a unique PIN that maintains your privacy, so you don’t have to give out your phone number or email address to a new or casual contact.

BBM gives you a private social network for active, real conversations and it has more than 60 million customers on BlackBerry alone. The overwhelming majority use BBM an average of 90 minutes per day. BBM customers collectively send and receive more than 10 billion messages each day, nearly twice as many messages per user per day as compared to other mobile messaging apps. Messages on BBM are typically read within seconds, reflecting how truly engaged BBM customers are.

    It’s immediate. BBM is always on so you are always connected. And because messages on BBM are typically delivered and read within seconds, it’s the closest thing to a live conversation.

    You trust it. BBM always tells you that messages are delivered and read. BBM conversations come alive on a private network you can count on.

    You control it. BBM allows you to choose your contacts and how you share your information. BBM uses a PIN so you don’t have to give anyone your phone number or email address.

In a recent press release, Andrew Bocking, Executive Vice President for BBM at BlackBerry said:

    “BBM is a very engaging messaging service that is simple to use, easy to personalize and has an immediacy that is necessary for mobile communications. With more than a billion Android, iOS, and BlackBerry smartphones in the market, and no dominant mobile instant messaging platform, this is absolutely the right time to bring BBM to Android and iPhone customers.”

Availability

BBM will be available as a free download for Android smartphones running Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean (Android 4.x) beginning at 7AM EDT on September 21. BBM for iPhones running iOS 6 and iOS 7 will become available for each market on the App Store schedule of 12:01 AM local time on September 22. For more information, or to download BBM for Android or iPhone, visit www.BBM.com.

BBM will continue to evolve quickly. Later this year, BBM Channels will provide a forum for active, real conversations between you and the people, brands, celebrities, artists, service providers, communities and more, that matter to you. By creating a Channel, individuals and brands can engage their friends and communities in conversations sparked by their thoughts, ideas and passions. Subscribing to a Channel will let you join conversations with people who share your interests. In addition, BBM Video calling and BBM Voice calling are planned for availability for Android and iPhone in a future version.

Excited about getting BBM on your Android or iPhone? Let us know in the comments and spread the word to your friends