Xiaomi Mi Mix: Welcome to the future of smartphone.

Big smartphone players like Apple, Google etc are being criticized for not cutting on bezels of the phone and making phones with low screen-to-body ratio, Xiaomi, a big player in Chinese smartphone market unveiled a nearly border-less display phone which they like to call as concept phone, but will actually go on sale.

 

The main attraction of the phone is pretty insane 6.4-inch, 2040x1080 pixel, 17:9 aspect ratio display developed by sharp. Xiaomi claims the device to have 91.3% screen to body ration which is more than any smartphone out there in the market. This is truly a Xiaomi original phone. It looks stunning and has a ceramic back for the premium feel.

The phone specs are amazing too. It is powered by the new Snapdragon 821 chip and has 2 RAM variants: One with 128 gb storage and 4 gb ram and other with 256 gb storage and 6 gb ram. The 256 gb also gets some design upgrades with 18k-gold trims at rear for camera and fingerprint sensor.

The phone has 16 megapixels main-shooter with PDAF and 4k-video recording and the secondary shooter is 5 megapixels which is at the bottom of the phone on the thin and only bezel of the phone. It supports dual-sim and has a 4000 mah battery with Qualcomm Quick-Charge 3.0 technology for fast charging.

The Mi MIX starts at RMB 3,499 ($515) for the 4GB/128GB model and RMB 3,999 ($590) for the 6GB/256GB model. Having ceramic back the phone becomes a bit slippery so Xiaomi has taken a very good step to include premium leather case in the box of both models.

Xiaomi is making the competition stiff for big players which such innovations, Lets see what the future holds for the smartphone industry.

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Install iOS 10 Developer Beta without Apple Developer Account

Apple released their most advanced mobile OS till date, iOS 10 at the WWDC 2016 this year and announced about the developer preview available from the very same day.
People with developer accounts can head to the Apple developer website and download the beta using Xcode 8 on their MACs and use it in their phone. Public beta was announced to release some time in July.
But the developer profile which needs to be loaded on phone is already available on the web and can be installed on any iOS device compatible with iOS 10 and the update can be downloaded OTA directly on the phone.
Though you get all the new features and can enjoy using it, the OS update is very buggy and simple apps like Facebook crash on this preview.
People have also reported automatic restarts of phone and phone lagging so in simpler words uf you can compromise on your device performance for new features you can go ahead and follow these steps and install iOS 10. Make sure you are viewing this on your iDevice as you have to install the developer profile directly on your device.

1. Delete any previous profiles you have installed by going in Settings > General > Profile.
2.  Download iOS 10 developer beta profile from the link by opening it on your iDevice and when prompted install it. After you install it successfully you will be prompted to re-start your device.
3. Go ahead and re-start your iDevice and check for updates by going in Settings > General > Software Updates. The update is 1.53 gigabytes in size.
4. You will see iOS 10 Developer Beta 1/2 available. When you see that you can click on download and install on the end and wait for the update to get downloaded.

That is it. After these steps you will successfully be able to use iOS 10 developer beta. It is very buggy and crashes a lot so be very sure before doing it.
Going back to iOS 9.3.3 is fairly easy and many tutorials are available on the web for it so if in future you want to go back there is way.
This is it for now folks. Hit back in comments and share your experiences with the new update and major bugs that you face.

Apple releases iOS 10 beta 2 fro developers to squash major bugs in beta 1.

Apple has released Beta 2 for their by far biggest mobile OS release the iOS 10.

The beta 1 for iOS 10 was very buggy as it was targeted only for developers for testing on their development devices.
Many bloggers predicted that Apple might release their Beta 2 on 4th July 2016, based on previous update patterns. Probably due to that being a holiday in US, they finally released the update today.
Here is the complete release notes for the update.
For more information about the update you can redirect to the source I used to read about the update.
For steps on how to install iOS 10 Developer Beta without developer account follow this link.
That is it for now. Hit up in the comments section for your experiences with the OS and other thoughts.

Hola !!!! Next generation Nokia Devices...

Truly the Nokia World 2013 reinvented innovation today in the morning.

What we saw today ??

3 new Asha Devices
2 new Lumias
Nokia's First Tab.

The newly launched Nokia Asha 501 got its siblings today which extended the Asha touch family to 4 devices. The newly launched Asha devices are 500, 502 and 503 (3G capable).
The Asha series also got some great news today with Whatsapp being announced for them and a lot of new features which are to be given to 501 by a firmware update later this year(November i guess).

The new features include :

1. Swipe for camera and Tap to share.
2. Whatsapp for the Asha series.
3. 3G comes to Asha 503.
4. New Camera App.
5. Personalization of fast lane now possible.

We also saw 2 new Lumias today, beautiful 6- inchers. Nokia Lumia 1520 and Nokia Lumia 1320.

Lumia 1520 is a high end phablet which will give tough time to players already present in the market while 1320 being a budget friendly phablet. Nokia also announced Refocus app for PureView series of lumias and added RAW file support. The next firmware update by Nokia named Lumia Black coming kater this year for the previous devices which will include the Microsoft Update 3 like the Amber update had GDR2 pre-baked in it.

Quick specs of Lumia 1520 are :

1. 1080p FHD screen with Gorilla Glass 2 for protection.
2. Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 clocked at 2.2 ghz quad core Krait 400.
3. 32 gb internal storage expandable upto 64 gb.
4. A 20 mpx Pureview shooter on the back and 1.2 mp cam on the front for self portraits.

Quick specs of Lumia 1320 are :

1. 6 inch beautiful display with Gorilla Glass 3.
2. Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 dual core processor with 1 gb ram.
3. Internal storage 8 gb, expandable via microSD card upto 64 gb.
4. 5 mpx back shooter and VGA front cam for video calls.

Also today we saw a lot of new apps coming to Windows Phone 8. A few super cool Noklia Apps are also making their way out which include Nokia Video Director, Nokia StoryTeller and the brilliant Nokia Camera which includes Pro Cam and Smart Cam in one single app.

List of apps to come on Windows Phone 8.0 soon :

1. Temple Run 2. (Great news for all you temple run fans out there).
2. CamScanner
3. Goal Live Scores.
4. Phriz.be.
5. Rail Rush.
6. SophieLensHD
7. Instagram ( Yes finally official Instagram Client comes to windows phone).
8. Vine official client.
9. Flipboard.

Last but for me the best device of the day Lumia 2520, a 10.1 inch Windows 8.1 RT beautiful tablet. Definitely this tab is gonna make competitors run for their money. The tab features 180 degree viewing angle( yes you read it correct) with a brilliant FHD 10.1 inch IPS LCD.

Take a look at specs of the tab : 

1. Windows RT 8.1
2. 10.1” full 1080p HD AH-IPS, High Brightness with Low Reflectance, Gorilla Glass 2
3. 6.7MP Auto Focus ZEISS optics, Secondary: 2MP HD wide-angle
4. Video 1080p@60fps
5. 4G LTE
6. Nokia Music for unlimited streaming of ad-free music
7. Free global HERE Maps
8. Microsoft Office built-in
9. Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (2.2GHz Quad Core)
10. 8000 mAh (integrated).

Walkthrough to Windows Phone App Studio Beta

Today I will take you through the amazing Windows Phone App Studio recently launched by Microsoft to increase the app count and get more and more people to develop apps for the fluidic Modern UI windows phone 8 OS.
Today let us create RSS Reader for GSMArena website. Before the app studio creating a rss reader app it took very very heavy coding and loads of work but now as we have it lets make the app in 30-40 minutes.
Now let us start.
There is only 1 prerequisite that you should have a Microsoft account which you can create for no cost on the official site and you should have registered on the Windows Phone App Studio.
(For invitation code just drop a mail to studio@microsoft.com requesting it.)
Now we are ready to go.

When you sign in the Studio you will see something like this.

 Now you have a brilliant idea and design different from the templates available go on and select the create empty app option. And people who don't know designing at all like me the select any template of your choice and satisfaction and we will customize it our way.
 Now i found background of My Hobby template suitable for me so decided to go with that.

After the clicking create app you will find a screen which asks for the details of the app and its name and a logo for it. The logo is your tile icon and the image icon. Edit it accordingly and press the arrow on the right hand corner of the website.
If you used the same template which i did you will notice such kind of screen. Delete everything present there as it is not required for our app. You can keep whatever you need and delete rest.

Now its time to add our News section for the GSMArena news feeds.

Hey guys its almost done. Just path of the feeds is left to be given.

You can click on the edit button on the news tab and edit the UI of your app. Also you can add more sections to your app. I have uploaded this app on the store with the blog section and published it on the store(GSMArena News & Blog).

You can also change the tile template and lock screen background for app from the studio itself.

After finishing all the editing you can even take your app to next level by downloading the generated source code or XAP to upload to the store. Also non developers who don't have Dev Center account but have a windows phone can sideload upto 2 apps in their phone by installing the company certificate and scanning the barcode on the Congratulations page.

So guys its done and your app is ready to be deployed on phone, in emulator and on store.
Just get on the site and develop some beautiful and amazing ideas into apps without coding.

Happy Building....!!!!

Download the Step by Step guide to the tutorial

Latest data shows Windows Phone leading the IPv6 race on mobile

Latest data, published by content delivery network (CDN) Akamai shows that Microsoft is in front with Windows Phone. This could well be down to the increased enterprise usage I am reporting on. So why are we upgrading to version 6 of the protocol? Simply put: the world has ran out of IP addresses.

Why is it important to note how well Windows Phone is doing? IPv6 is the future and since the platform is embracing change better than the competition. Here's a chart showing the percentage breakdown between platforms:

Considering how small the Windows Phone share of the market is, it's quite the achievement should the data be accurate.

Hey !! Good news for all the aspiring phone devs... Don't know Coding don't Worry..!!!

Microsoft launches the Windows Phone App Studio for people out there who have great ideas but have no knowledge of coding and designing.
With ready made templates present in the website just drag and drop the items and your app is ready for deployment


Microsoft explains on their official developer blog:

Windows Phone App Studio is a free, web-based app creation tool designed to help anyone quickly bring an idea to life by applying text, web content, imagery, and design concepts to any one of a rich set of customizable templates. Getting started is easy - just create a Microsoft account, choose your template, and begin adding your content. Windows Phone App Studio does the rest. When you're app is ready to go, you can download the app to your own phone, or share it with others by publishing it to the Windows Phone Store.

While developers may not get much out of this latest release, individuals now have a way to create personalized apps regardless of their skill set. Not a bad option for Windows Phone users who wish they had an app that doesn't yet exist on their platform.

Making it easier to get started with Windows Phone App Studio beta 

Tutorial for Developing App in App Studio