Author: Aniruddh

Comparison between Samsung budget phones
Budget phones are the phone which are very low in price and serve the basic need of a phone with longer battery life. There are many budget phones are available. Here is the quick list and comparison of Samsung budget phones. Now the budget phones too provide basic music player, expandable memory and dual sim. In this post, comparison given for Samsung Hero Music E1232B,Samsung Guru E1081,Samsung Guru E1085T,Samsung Guru FM E1220,Samsung Hero E2230. Except last one all other phones mentioned here are Samsung non camera phones.

Samsung Budget phones

1.Samsung Hero Music E1232B: This is a basic dual sim phone with music player and expandable memory. Samsung Hero Music also provides good battery backup.
Features and Specs of Samsung Hero Music E1232B:
- Dual Standby SIM (GSM + GSM)
- 1.8-inch TFT LCD Screen
- Alphanumeric Anti-dust Keypad
- FM Radio, music player
- Expandable Storage Capacity of 4 GB
- Anti-Scratch and Anti-Fingerprint Pattern
- Li-Ion, 1000 mAh battery
- upto 11 hrs Talktime
- Upto 580 hrs Standby Time
Samsung Hero Music E1232B Price in India is ₹1599.
2.Samsung Guru E1081: It is basic phone with longer battery life and EDGE and USB support.
Features and Specs of Samsung Guru E1081:
- EDGE Network Support
- USB port
- 1.43 inch CSTN Display
- Alphanumeric Keypad
- Polyphonic Ringtone
- Predictive Text Input
- Li-Ion, 800 mAh battery
- Upto 12 hrs Talk time
- Upto 550 hrs Standby Time
Samsung Guru E1081 Price in India is ₹990.
3.Samsung Guru E1085T: It is one more basic phone with USB and EDGE connectivity.
Features and Specs of Samsung Guru E1085T:
- 1.43-inch Screen
- Alphanumeric Keypad
- FM Radio
- SMS Memory:300
- Phonebook Memory:500
- Li-Ion, 800 mAh battery
- 12 hrs Talktime
- 420 hrs Standby Time
Samsung Guru E1085T Price in India is ₹1,190.
4.Samsung Guru FM E1220: This is a budget phone with fm player and anti dust keypad.
Features and Specs of Samsung Guru FM E1220:
- 1.8-inch TFT LCD Screen
- Alphanumeric Keypad
- FM Radio
- Anti-dust Keypad
- 800 mAh battery
- upto 8 hrs of talk time
Samsung Guru FM E1220 Price in India is ₹1290.
5.Samsung Hero E2230: This is phone which has various connectivity options and expandable memory. This phone also features VGA rear camera.
Features and Specs of Samsung Hero E2230:
- 0.3 MP Primary Camera
- 1.77-inch TFT Screen
- Alphanumeric Keypad
- FM Radio with Recording
- GPRS Enabled
- Expandable Storage Capacity of 8 GB
- Li-Ion, 1000 mAh battery
- Upto 14 hrs of talktime
- Upto 660 hrs of Standby Time
Samsung Hero E2230 Price in India is ₹1950.
April 6, 2012
BlackBerry Curve 8520 Review Price Specification
Blackberry Curve 8520 is a entry level affordable RIM smartphone. It runs on Blackberry OS 5.0 and has several useful features such as Push mail, well spaced QWERTY keypad and excellent connectivity options. Curve 8520 is comes with 512MHz processor which is optimized for less power consumption. This Blackberry handset has 2.46 inch TFT display with 320*480 pixel resolution.This RIM smartphone sports 2 Mega pixel rear camera with 5X digital zoom and video recording. Curve 8520 is powered by 1150 mAh battery which provides talk time upto 4 hours and upto 408 hours of standby time. Blackberry Curve 8520 can be used as a data modem to PC.

Features of Blackberry Curve 8520
- BlackBerry OS 5.0
- 2.46 inch TFT LCD Screen
- 2 MP Primary Camera
- 512 MHz Processor
- Well spaced QWERTY Keypad
- GPRS,EDGE and Wi-Fi Enabled
- Expandable Storage Capacity of 32 GB
- 1150 mAh battery with 4 hours of Talk time and 408 hours of standby time
Advantages and Disadvantages of Blackberry Curve 8520

Pros of Curve 8520
- Responsive optical track pad
- dedicated media controls
- Decent connectivity options
- Good call quality
Cons of Curve 8520
- Lacks 3G connectivity and GPS
- No options to save apps to microSD card
Blackberry Curve 8520 Sales box content:Handset, Battery, Charger, Headset, 2 GB microSD Card, Data Cable, User Manual, CD

Blackberry Curve 8520 Specifications
- Operating Freq:GSM – 850, 900, 1800, 1900
- OS:BlackBerry OS 5.0
- Java:Yes
- Processor:512 MHz
- Size:60 x 109 x 13.9 mm
- Weight:105 g
- Display:2.46 inch TFT LCD
- Screen Resolution:QVGA,320*240 pixel
- Primary Camera:Yes, 2 Megapixel
- Secondary Camera:No
- Video Recording:Yes
- Zoom:Digital Zoom – 5x
- Camera Features:Fixed Focus
- Battey Type:Li-Ion, 1150 mAh
- Talktime:4 hrs
- Standby Time:408 hrs
- Internal memory:256 MB
- Included Memory Card:2 GB
- Expandable Memory Slot:microSD, upto 32 GB
- GPRS:Yes, Class 10, 48 kbps
- Edge:Yes, Class 10, 236.8 kbps
- 3G:No
- Wifi:Yes, 802.11 b/g
- USB connectivity:Yes, micro USB
- Tethering:USB
- GPS Support:No with BlackBerry Maps
- Bluetooth:Yes, v2, Supported Profiles (HSP, HFP, SSP, A2DP, PBAP, SPP, AVRCP, DUN)
- Audio Jack:3.5 mm
- Music Player:Yes, Supports MP3, eAAC+
- Video Player:Yes, Supports MPEG-4, H.263, H.264, WMV9
- Ringtone:MP3, MIDI, 32 Polyphonic
Cost of Blackberry Curve 8520: Blackberry Curve 8520 Price in India is ₹8370 and Price in US is $156.99.
March 29, 2012
Nokia Asha 303 Review Price Specification
Nokia Asha 303 is a touch screen phone with physical full QWERTY keypad. This new Nokia phone runs on Series 40 OS. This Nokia Asha series phone has 2.6 inch capacitive touch screen with a screen resolution of QVGA, 320 x 240 Pixels. Nokia Asha 303 comes with 1GHz single core processor and 128 MB of RAM, 256MB of ROM. Internal memory of the phone is 100MB and memory can be added upto 32GB through microSD card slot.

Nokia Asha 303 sports 3.2 MP rear camera with fixed focus. Asha 303 is powered by Li-Ion 1300 mAh battery which provides a talk time upto 8 hours on 2G and upto 7 hours on 2G. This Nokia phone is email and PUSH mail enabled.

The connectivity option of Nokia Asha 303 are GPRS,EDGE, 3G and WiFi, Bluetooth and micro USB ports. As Asha 303 is compatible with Nokia PC suite, you can update your phone software whenever available.

Nokia Asha 303 Features

Series 40 OS
- 3.2 MP Primary Camera
- 2.6-inch Capacitive Touchscreen
- 1 GHz Processor with 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
- QWERTY Keypad
- FM Radio
- GPRS, EDGE,3G, micro USB, Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity options
- Expandable Storage Capacity upto 32 GB
- Li-Ion 1300 mAh battery with talk time upto 7 hours and upto 840 hours standby time
Nokia Asha 303 Sales box Content: Handset, Battery, Charger, User Guide.

Nokia Asha 303 Specification
- Operating Freq:GSM – 850, 900, 1800, 1900; UMTS – 2100
- OS: (Series 40)
- Java:Yes
- Processor:1 GHz
- Size:55.7 x 116.5 x 13.9 mm
- Weight:99 g
- Display: 2.6 inch capacitive touch screen
- Screen Resolution: QVGA, 320 x 240 Pixels
- Primary Camera:Yes, 3.2 Megapixel
- Secondary Camera:No
- Video Recording:Yes, 640 x 480, 15 fps
- Zoom:Digital Zoom – 4x
- Battery type:Li-Ion, 1300 mAh
- Talktime:8 hrs (2G), 7 hrs (3G)
- Standby Time:720 hrs (2G), 840 hrs (3G)
- Internal memory:100 MB
- Expandable Memory Slot:microSD, upto 32 GB
- Memory:128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
- GPRS:Yes
- Edge:Yes
- 3G:Yes, 10.2 Mbps HSDPA; 2 Mbps HSUPA
- WiFi:Yes, 803.11 b/g/n
- WAP:Yes, v2
- USB connectivity:Yes, micro USB, v2
- GPS Support:No
- Bluetooth:Yes, v2.1, Supported Profiles (A2DP, AVRCP 1.0, DUN, FTP, GAP, GAVDP, GOEP, HFP, HSP, OPP, PAN, PBAP 1.0, SAP, SDAP, SPP 1.0, EDR)
- Audio Jack:3.5 mm
- FM:Yes
- Ringtone:MP3, WAV, 64 Polyphonic.
- Music Player:Yes, Supports MP3, WAV, eAAC+, MIDI
- Video Player:Yes, Supports 3GPP, MPEG-4, H.263, WMV
Cost of Nokia Asha 303: Nokia Asha 303 price in India is ₹7765.
March 25, 2012
Changing Ruler’s unit of measurement in Word 2010
We will be come across a situation where we need to change the ruler measurement from cm to inches in word 2010 or some other metrics. MS Words offers many units of measurements such as Inches, Centimeters, Millimeters, Points, Picas. Here is the simple steps to change the measurements in Word 2010.
Steps to change the measurements in MS Word 2010:
2. Click on File to open the Backstage.
3. Click on Options.
4. Once the Word Options window opens, click on Advanced on the left pane.
5. Scroll down the list until you find the Display heading.
6. Click on the drop-down and select the unit of measurement you wish to use.
7. Once the unit of measurement is selected, click OK to save the changes.
March 25, 2012
Hiding Partitions on Windows OS
Windows offers a simple way to hide and un-hide disk drive partitions. The below tip works with all the versions of Windows which supports NTFS. There is another option in windows which allows you to hide the partition from My computer and using the entire drive space by mounting the drive on another drive.

Below mentioned way of hiding partetion doesnot require any third party softwares. It is done using the default feature of Windows. I have tested this on Windows 7.

Steps to Hide Drive partition in Windows
- Right-Click on My Computer [Computer in Windows Vista and Windows 7]
- Click on Manage
- From the list of options Click on Disk Management that will be located in the left-bottom section
- All your hard disk and its partitions will be show in the right hand side
- Right-Click on the partition that you want to hide and select “Change Drive Letters and Path”
- Click on “Remove” and click “Yes”
- Your drive will now be hidden in my computer
Steps to unhide the disk partition in Windows
- Go to Disk Management Right-Click on the hidden partition [there will not be a drive letter on the hidden drive] again select “Change Drive Letters and Path”
- Click on add and select an appropriate drive letter.
- Click Ok
- Now the drive is unhided.
Steps to Hide Drive partition from “My computer” and mounting on other drive
- Go to Disk Management
- Remove the drive letter
- Again right-click on the drive and click : Change Drive Letter and Path
- Now click add and select the option which says: Mount in the following empty NTFS folder.
- Now browse to the desired location and select an empty folder or add a new folder.
- Click Ok twice and close disk management.
- You can check the folder which you used to mount the partition to.
If you have any other solutions or having issues following the steps given here, then please share your thoughts in the comment section below.
March 25, 2012