Nokia returns with an Android Tablet

The biggest news in the mobile world recently belonged to Nokia. After the sale of its devices and services section to Microsoft, Nokia was left with three major departments Mapping, Networking, and R&D. Nokia and team made the reveal of an Android powered tablet at Slush Conference.

This is the first of many brand licensing deals put in place by Nokia. The majority of the work for the N1 will be done by Foxconn including the warrant repairs, software support, distribution and manufacturing. The Nokia name, design, and software have been licensed from the Finnish company.

The N1 have impressive specifications

It has the same 7.9-inch display size and ‘Retina’ ready 2048 x 1536 pixel display as the iPad mini 2 and 3.

It got an aluminium unibody with power and volume buttons.

It comes with a 64-bit Intel Atom Z3580 2.3GHz processor and 2GB of RAM.

It offers 32GB internal storage but sadly with no micoSD card support. Connectivity options include wifi, micro USB 2.0 and Bluetooth 4.0.

The Nokia Z launcher:

The Finnish company has skinned its tablet with the Nokia Z Launcher. Released as a beta, it is a predictive launcher which allows you to trace the first letter of an app or service on the screen to help launch it.

The Nokia Z launcher is available for free on Google Play Store.

The Nokia Z Launcher learns how you use your phone and promoting your favourite apps so you can access them faster. The more you use it, the better it gets.

So, what are your thoughts on Nokia’s return to consumer market with an Android tablet and its own Z launcher? Do comment below :)

Smartphones with Windows 10 : What you want?

Microsoft recently announced via their twitter account that all current Lumia smartphones running Windows Phone 8 OS will be updated to Windows 10 in 2015. I am sure this is the happiest news for WP 8/8.1 owners. 

We know it’s pretty early, but still lets figure out what features we can expect from Windows 10 smartphones and I will not be the only one to guess those features. You people too contribute in the comments below, what you expect or want.

May be Microsoft will hear us and you never know we get those features in the next major OS update.

So first let’s see the features I want for sure shot in Windows 10 for phones:

1.  The live tile should work really like a live tile, with frequent updates as they arrive and a brief description of the new notification.

2.  The music tile should have control buttons on the tile itself (the forward, backward, pause buttons) and should also show the album we are currently playing.

3.  More features in the action centre. It should move the more important notifications on the top. Should have more options like the Data Connection tab, improved brightness level control and more tabs to add frequently used settings.

4.  We should be able to sort app list with options like recently used, alphabetically, installed and so on.

5.  Add widgets to the lock screen should be introduced and a swipe from left to right on the home screen should also be utilised.

6.  Multitasking should be much smoother, multi window support by just dragging a window in the multitasking mode on the other.

These are some of the features which I definitely want in Windows 10 for smartphones. What are your expectations? What stuffs you want?

  

Microsoft's new Lumia 535 : the "5x5x5" smartphone

The all new Lumia 535 is the first Lumia to feature the Microsoft’s branding. 

Lumia 535 is the entry level smartphone which is all set to launch this month starting from China, Hong kong and then to other parts of the world.

The Lumia 535 is an affordable smartphone with the following specifications:

·         1.2 GHz quad-core processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 200

·         5-inch IPS LCD display

·         1 GB RAM and 8 GB of internal storage which is expandable to up to 128 GB

·         5 MP rear camera and a 5 MP front facing camera too

·         1905 mAh battery

Microsoft have included a good 5 MP front camera in Lumia 535 which will be a welcome spec for the selfie lovers who all want to click good selfies that too with a budget phone. The front facing camera on Lumia 535 is the same wide-angle camera on the so called made for selfie phone, the Lumia 735 and Lumia 730.

Microsoft announced the new device via the Lumia Conversations blog , said, “ Today sees the launch of the new Microsoft Lumia 535, our “5x5x5” smartphone package bringing a 5-inch screen, 5-megapixel front and rear camera and free integrated Microsoft experiences to more people at an affordable price.” 

The Lumia 535 is set to launch in two variants :  3G single SIM and 3G dual SIM.

The price range of Lumia 535 is expected to be around $140.

Watch the Microsoft Lumia 535 - Big on experience video :

Source : Wcentral