Unwiredview : The Nokia Lumia 929 has been leaking for about three months now, which is a lot. Yet it’s still not official, and according to the latest rumor on the matter it won’t be for another few weeks. Furthermore, it might be the first Nokia Windows Phone to drop the numbers after the Lumia brand, and be offered as the Lumia Icon by Verizon. This designation has been leaked by both Windows Phone Central and @evleaks, so it might turn out to be true after all. We’ll have to wait and see though.
If you’re wondering just when you’ll finally be able to buy this device, it’s apparently going to be launched on January 16. The date is still obviously subject to change. If it pans out though, then we assume that the Lumia Icon will be unveiled during CES at the beginning of next month. The Nokia Lumia Icon (or Lumia 929) is said to come with a 5-inch 1080p Full HD AMOLED touchscreen, a 20 MP PureView camera with oversampling and dual-LED flash, a front camera too, a 2.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, 2 GB of RAM, 32 GB of non-expandable storage space, NFC, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, Qi wireless charging, an FM radio, GPS, and a 2,510 mAh battery. It will be out in matte white or matte black. |Unwiredview|
Acer has unveiled Liquid Z5 - the successor of the very affordable Liquid Z3. The new Z5 model comes with a bigger 5" FWVGA TFT display, though it is powered by the same MediaTek MT6572 platform. The MT6572 is based on a dual-core 1.3GHz Cortex-A7 processor, Mali-400 graphics and 512MB of RAM. It should be enough to power the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean ticking inside the Liquid Z5.
The rest of the specs include a 5MP rear camera with a LED flash, a VGA front facer, 4GB of expandable storage, and a 2,000mAh battery. The Liquid Z5 also offers dual-SIM support, 3G with HSPA+, Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi N, GPS and an FM radio. The Acer Liquid Z5 will launch in white and gray flavors and will cost as low as €169. The first markets to get the Z5 are Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Ukraine and the UK. |GSMArena|
GSMArena : A purported Nokia smartphone allegedly being developed for US carrier Verizon has been spotted donning an Incipio case on the makers own site. The device is identified as the Nokia Icon, which has been confirmed as the codename for the upcoming Lumia 929.
It's reported that the Lumia 929 was initially slated for a pre-holiday release, but has suffered a delay and got pushed back to January 16 instead.
Another important caveat surrounding the Icon moniker is that sources indicate that it could be released directly under its nickname, which would be a first for Nokia, that has always outed devices with a name and model number. |GSMArena|
New device has been entered into Canvas series. The new mid-range Canvas Magnus is officially available on Micromax website.
The phone is driven by new Android 4.2 Jellybean. The device has a 5" IPS 1280x720 HD display. The device is powered by 1.5Ghz Cortex QuadCore processor with 1GB ram. It also gives an option for two GSM sim cards.
As far as for the multimedia, device has a 12 MP rear camera with LED flash and a 2 MP front-facing camera. The power house of the device is a 2000mAh battery. It also features high speed wi-fi connectivity, GPS/AGPS, and also 3g facility. The price of the new baby is about INR 14,999. Available on Amazon India, Flipkart
The Nokia Android phone known as Normandy has been rendered on this site before and it all started with a leak. Now the original source, @evleaks has leaked yet another image of this strange project that may bring Google’s mobile OS to a Nokia device.
Apparently, Nokia is working on this in the background, till the exclusivity agreement with Microsoft expires. This doesn’t look too covert for me, so maybe it’s just a canned prototype. What’s certain is that we’re dealing with a lower end device, that’s lacking a camera flash and that for some reason only uses a capacitive Back button. There’s no Home button or Menu button and I noticed there’s no physical camera button either. The device seems to offer the polycarbonate shell typical for a lower end Lumia and the design reminds me a lot of the Nokia Lumia 625. I’m guessing there’s a dual core CPU in the mix, 1 GB of RAM or 512 MB and a 5 megapixel camera. Would this device feel appealing for anyone in 2014?! |via @evleaks| |Conceptphones|
After the success of Nokia's first Lumia range tablet Lumia 2520, Nokia is coming up with a tablet with 8.3 inch 1080p FHD display. Lumia 2520 with 10.1" struggles to be a winner of tablets, more compact tablet from Finnish giant will surely win the hearts of millions.
According to import documents from India, a device codenamed RX-115 has an 8.3″ FullHD IPS touchscreen, nanoSIM slot and is already undergoing testing.
The report also hints that the tablet will also support pen feature that lacks in Lumia 2520. It will surely be an attack to Samsung Galaxy Tab series. |GSMArena|
The upcoming Oppo Find 7 will have a 5.5-inch with the first ever 2K resolution display on a mobile phone. The resolution of 2560 x 1440px on a screen with a 5.5-inch diagonal adds for the whopping 538 pixels per inch. The image from the Twitter account of +@evleaks states the idea of Oppo Find 7.
From @evleaks
From @evleaks
The Oppo Find 7 is a successor to the Oppo Find 5 but unlike what the name might suggest, it doesn't have a 7-inch screen. Oppo announced that the phone will be launching in early 2014. |GSMArena|
US retailer Walmart has been selling Apple's iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c for a while now, but starting this Friday the two smartphones will be available on its own contract-free carriers Straight Talk Wireless and Net10 Wireless. The prices match those of SIM-free iPhones from the Apple Store. You can get an iPhone 5s 16GB from Walmart (available in store only) for $650 and an iPhone 5c 16GB (available online) for $550. Walmart also offers iPhone 4S 8GB (in store and online) for $450.
Source : GSMArena
After you get an iPhone, you can sign up for a 30-day plan with Straight Talk for $45/month or Net10 for $50/month (additional lines in Net10's Friends and Family service cost $40). If you want unlimited international calls, add $15 a month to either Straight Talk or Net10. These plans last only one month and can be renewed at the end of the period, but you don't have to (unlike traditional contracts, there's no early termination fees). Also, if you have a Walmart credit card, you can get financing for the iPhones with no interest if you pay the money back in 18 months, 24 months if you bought an iPhone 5s. Financing is done in-store only. Note that the plans are listed as unlimited for voice, texts and data with an asterisk. If you use more than 2.5GB of data for the month, you'll be dropped to lower speeds. Also, for the unlimited international calls, you are limited to calling 15 unique phone numbers during the month. Both the data usage and list of international numbers are reset when a new plan is activated. |GSMArena|
According to a report in The Verge, the previously leaked, mysterious Nokia Normandy is an Android handset. Known internally under several different codenames, the device is said to be developed as an equivalent to the low-cost Nokia Asha range.
The Nokia Normandy allegedly runs heavily modified Android version – much like in the case of the Amazon Kindle Fire range. The OS will allow the handset to run popular Android apps, thus addressing a major shortcoming of the current Nokia Asha lineup. The Nokia Normandy development is described as going at “full steam ahead”. The handset is reportedly planned for a release in 2014. However, with Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia's devices & services units all but completed, we are yet to find out what the Redmond giant’s plans for the Normandy are. |GSMArena|
Students from IIT Kharagpur are developing a device that will enable gesture control on devices including PCs, Laptop and even a Television. Called as WaveMac sensor, this small device connects via USB to a laptop or a PC which enables it to be gesture controlled by wearing a small ring cap at the end of the finger. The device allows upto 15 feet of distance for accurate gesture controls. At present, there not too many details available on their website, but from the video demo released by them, the device looks quite promising.
We got in touch with Harshit Shrivastava, one of students behind WaveMac and he was not too forthcoming about the product as yet. However, he did mention that they are planning to launch the device by the end of the year, and currently have only developed a prototype. Using WaveMac gesture control, users can perform various tasks on their computers including playing games, opening applications, consuming multimedia content, browsing the web and many more. Here, check out the video demonstration on WaveMac
Currently, WaveMac supports only PCs and Laptops, but they also plan to extend it for televisions to make them gesture controlled. Harshit Shrivastava also told us that they are developing the product independently and not as a project at IIT Kharagpur. It is quite interesting that WaveMac already has put up pre-order pricing on their website, even though they are currently only at prototype state. WaveMac basic is priced at USD 24.99, while the premium version is priced at USD 59.99. They have not mentioned any details about the difference between Basic and premium versions. WaveMac is not the first device that has been conceived for gesture control – San Francisco based Leap Motion has a similar device priced at USD 79.99. Another company called Thalmic Labs has a device called MYO, which allows controlling the device through hand gesture. There are few more products across the world that are currently being developed offer similar functionality! However, it is great to see Indian students, who are not even yet out of college, coming up with devices based on this cutting edge technology! |Trak|
