OnePlus One Will Be Bought By Lucky Invite-Laden People in India

OnePlus has made its official jump into the Indian market and from here; all the lucky (really lucky) invitee-winners can buy their own 'One' for Rs 21,999 for the 64 GB model. No sign of the 16 GB and that for all reasons, make complete sense.

As we've mentioned earlier, OnePlus has exclusively tied up with Amazon, online seller in India to sell the devices, albeit to anyone who manages to grab the elusive invite. OnePlus, via its commonly thronged forum, has declared that any OnePlus One smartphone bought by Indian consumers will get all kinds of after-sale services, including warranty. Buyers in India should be privy to the fact that the phone will be available via invite-only sales model and those will be confined to buying One Plus One in the country only.

OnePlus One sports a 5.5 inch full-HD display, running on CyanogenMod version software based on Android 4.4 KitKat. We're not sure, if OnePlus will be able to offer the CyanogenMod on the smartphone, after an unexpected turn of events. However, the company has already promised future version updates coming from the house of OnePlus which will now create its custom builds for its device, specifically for the Indian market.

It packs a quad-core Snapdragon 801 chipset paired with 3 GB RAM. On the imaging front, there are 13 MP rear and 5 MP front cameras. Storage wise, the phone comes in 16/64 GB options (around 7.5/54 GB usable) and non expandable. The big size device gets a big size 3100 mAh battery with fast charging feature.

The company is not planning to offer many units in the country; hence the rush to grab invite has become fairly evident with no sign of slowing down. After all the numerous queries and pleas, OnePlus is here in India and with its offering experience they want to change the way a phone looks. In addition to the product announcement, OnePlus has shared its intention to sell the phone via pre-order model in the country versy soon.

Posted by Unknown Tuesday, December 02, 2014

Amazon Launches MP3 Store For iPhone And iPod Touch

Amazon online. com has released the latest edition of its MP3 shop designed especially for iPhone and iPod contact. Amazon’s 22-Million music catalog will be available for obtain for iPhone and iPod contact clients for initially now.

Amazon has released this assistance not as a down-loadable app, but as an HTML5 one that has to be utilized through Opera on your iOS gadgets. While this will create the process of purchasing music from Amazon online. com a little less smooth as buying it from iTunes, clients will be able to availability functions like discount rates, customized suggestions, best-seller details and more.

Amazon said that the deals offered throughout its shop include collections for $5 (Rs. 275 approximately.), music for $0.69 (Rs. 37.95 approximately.) and free music from up-and-coming performers. 

Music purchased using Amazon’s assistance will immediately be stored to clients' Reasoning Gamer collections and can be downloadable or performed immediately from any iPhone, iPod contact, iPad, Amazon kindle Fire, Android operating system phone or product. The music will also be available on Roku, Sonos enjoyment system or any Web web browser from any location.

“Since the release of the Amazon online. com Reasoning Gamer app for iPhone and iPod contact, a top ask for from clients has been the ability to buy music from Amazon online. com right from their gadgets,” said Bob Growth, Vice Chief executive, Amazon online. com Music. “For initially ever, iOS clients have a way do that— now they can availability Amazon's huge catalog of music … and they can buy their music once and use it everywhere."

The reason why Amazon online. com seems to have decided for the HTML5 path is because apple company takes a cut of 30 % of all in-profit applications. While you might see an app for MP3 downloading from Amazon online. com, the company seems to be curved on circumventing Apple’s guidelines.

Amazon in the past, along with Barnes & Royal, stopped in-app buys of e-books form the Amazon kindle and Place applications respectively this year thanks to Apple’s 30 % cut policy. The companies persuaded clients to buy e-books via the Web, allowing the content synchronize with the iOS applications.

The release of the Amazon online. com shop may be a advantage for iOS clients in the US, but it might hardly create a hole or dimple here in Indian thanks to the iTunes Store having its own shop in the sub-continent. The iTunes Store was released in Indian in early Dec and presented films and music designed for Native indian viewers.

Music and films on the Native indian iTunes Store are available in Native indian rupees, which is what will give the Apple shop an edge over Amazon online. com here. Users of gadgets such as the iPhone, iPad and iPod contact can buy local and worldwide music from the iTunes shop. Single music are priced anywhere between Rs 7 to Rs 15 and entire collections start from Rs 70. Compared to the estimated Rs. 38 Native indian clients will have to spend on Amazon’s shop, most will prefer to buy music from the iTunes Store for less expensive with the deal in Native indian currency. The iTunes Store also functions Bollywood and Tamil movie paths in addition to worldwide music.

Apple had also released the iTunes Match in Indian, a assistance that permitted clients to shop all the music they have bought from resources other than iTunes to the cloud for easy availability.

Posted by Unknown Friday, January 18, 2013

Android Tablets Beat Out Apple iPad Mini's Graphics

Summary: Well-known graphics expert finds that both the Amazon Kindle Fire HD and Google Nexus 7 have better displays than Apple's newly launched iPad mini.

Most individuals may have purchased Apple's new iPad Mini, but that doesn't mean that they purchased the best 7" product. When it comes to the show, design professional Raymond M. Soneira, chief executive of DisplayMate, discovered that the two most popular 7" Android operating system Tablets, the Amazon Amazon kindle Flame HD and Google Nexus 7, had better shows.

After operating a extensive sequence of DisplayMate's Mobile Display Technological innovation Shoot-Out assessments, Soneira discovered that while the "iPad Mini is certainly a very able Mini Tablet, but it does not follow in Apple’s custom of offering the best show, or at least an excellent show – it has just a very able show. What exactly is more, the shows on current Mini Tablets from Amazon and Google outshine the iPad Mini in most of our Lab assessments."

Why didn't the iPad Mini evaluate up? According to Soneira's research, "Some of this results from restrictions within the iPad products, and some to genuine restrictions on show technology and expenses, but much of it is due to a number of inadequate options and jeopardises."

Specifically, "Many individuals were anticipating a Retina Display like the new iPad 3, but that would have required a 326 P Per Inches show with more than 4 times the display area of the iPhone 5. That is currently out of the question for both cost and production amount and generate since it would need to be Low Heat range Polysilicon. Given that The apple company has been keeping either 1024x768 or 2048x1536 iPad shows for interface reasons, that intended the iPad Mini had to be 1024x768 with 163 P Per Inches. But that is now regarded to be rather on the low side, especially given that the $199 Amazon Amazon kindle Flame HD and Google Nexus 7 both have significantly clearer shows with 216 P Per Inches. So The apple company, the founder of Retina Display marketing, now has a considerable aggressive shortcoming on this very problem." Whoops!

Since the iPad Mini, at $329. expenses considerablly more than either of the Android operating system Tablets, customers should properly consider if the Mini is really worth the extra-money. To me, the Nexus 7 is now, more than ever, the better option.

In addition, "Apple could have improved the iPad Mini Screen Excellent in the same way as it did for the iPhone 5 – basically having mature Applications operating Letterboxed inside a greater resolution show, which would have been an excellent way to provide a greater P Per Inches show." For some reason, and Soneira doesn't know why, The apple company didn't do this. Had they done so, this would have improved the iPad mini's written text graphic sharpness.

The iPad Mini also dropped brief of the level when it comes to displaying movie. "On the iPad Mini 16:9 material is regarded Letterboxed with only 1024x576 Excellent, which is getting pretty close to Conventional Meaning movie rather than real Excellent Meaning 1280x720 movie on most other Mini Tablets like the Amazon Amazon kindle Flame HD and Google Nexus 7. A much better display resolution option for the iPad Mini would have been 1280x960, because it could then provide real HD movie material, sufficient Letterboxing for mature 1024x768 Applications."

Another major weak point with all Mini Tablets is how they indicate mild oft their displays. Soneira described, "Screens on almost all Tablets and Mobile phones are showcases excellent enough to use for personal self care. .... So low Reflectance is very important in identifying real image, especially on Mini sized and more convenient Tablets."
Unfortunately for The apple company lovers, the Amazon kindle Flame HD and Nexus 7 both do much better than The apple company does with this problem "even at their low prices, but the iPad Mini comes with an uncommonly high Reflectance – it shows 53 % more normal mild than the Nexus 7 and 41 % more than the Amazon kindle Flame HD. This is another inadequate option and another considerable aggressive shortcoming."
The main point here is that the iPad mini's show is basically not just lesser than the Amazon kindle Flame HD and Nexus 7, it's a lot lesser than either Android operating system product. This is unpleasant for The apple company to are unsuccessful on a "fit and polish" problem. Usually, The apple company clears up the ground with its competitors with their item's looks, but not this time.

As for the Amazon kindle FIre HD and the Nexus 7, in an previously study, Soneira was stunned at both Tablets. "This second creation of 7 inch Tablets has led to amazing upgrades in image, now rivaling the top doing and most expensive large structure Tablets, such as the new iPad." But at daily end, the "Kindle Flame was the major champion of these two major 7 inch Tablets. It is much better than the iPad 2 and almost as excellent as the new iPad in overall image and shade precision."
 

Posted by Unknown Tuesday, November 06, 2012

Amazon Kindle Fire HD Strategy Could Be Apple Margin Headache

Summary: Amazon's move to mock the iPad mini price on its home page illustrates how the company plans to use its hardware as consumption vehicle model to its advantage.

Amazon is pitching its Kindle Fire HD directly against Apple's iPad mini on its home page in a move that also illustrates dueling business models.

Consider the nuances behind Amazon's home page campaign vs. the iPad mini:

• Apple is primarily a hardware company and sells premium devices. 
• Amazon is also selling tablets and aiming for high quality at value prices. 
• Amazon's hardware pricing is cheaper because it'll sell the Kindle Fire HD at roughly cost and make money as consumers use the device.

For now, both designs co-exist well---and most likely will continue that way. However, Amazon is forcing its sponsored components design and if an whole market goes that route it will put stress on the iPad small.

When The apple company released its iPad small it took immediate aim at the Search engines Nexus 7. The discussion was that the iPad small was worth the $329 cost tag, which was a bit great to a few experts. Amazon is working the understanding that the iPad small cost is too great.

All Amazon has to do is be in the same community as the The apple company components features. Less expensive costs along with a powerful environment may take care of the rest.

Posted by Unknown Monday, October 29, 2012

Amazon Achieves Record Kindle Fire HD Sales After IPad mini launch

Amazon marketed a record number of Amazon kindle Flame HD pills just one day after the iPad small was declared, the store has verified.

Wednesday was the greatest day of revenue yet for the second version of the budget Android operating system product, Amazon told AllThingsD.

In an e-mailed declaration, Amazon said: "Wednesday was the $199 Amazon kindle Flame HD's greatest day of revenue since release and up 3x weeks time over weeks time."

The amazing statistic seems to go a long way to responding to the question as to whether pills like the Amazon kindle Flame and Search engines Nexus 7 can hold up against the assault of the iPad small.

Pull the Amazon kindle trigger :

It would seem sensible to believe that Wednesday's increase in revenue may have been brought on by customers waiting to see how The apple company would cost the smaller product at Tuesday's release event.

Potential buyers may have been put off by the £269 (£329) price-tag and decided to take the induce on buying a Amazon kindle Flame HD, which is £110 ($130) cheaper than Apple's most affordable 7.9-inch offering.

Since stating its cut down product, the general feelings of experts is that The apple company may have priced itself out of a direct battle with Amazon and Search engines and will only be competitive with its own 9.7-inch iPad.

This is the first sign that those doubts may be on the money. However, AllThingsD also properly points out that iPad small pre-orders marketed out almost instantly on Friday morning.

Go figure.

Via AllThingsD

Posted by Unknown Sunday, October 28, 2012