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Author: Aniruddh

  • Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Dual sim Variant Launched In India

    Samsung has unveiled the dual sim variant of Galaxy Note 5 in India.  It accepts 2 nano sim cards. The price of the device is Rs.51,400 for the 32GB variant in India.

    Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Dual sim sports 5.7 inch Quad HD Super AMOLED display with a 2560 x 1440 pixel resolution and a pixel density of 518ppi. It runs on Android 5.1 based TouchWiz  UI.  The Note 5 Dual comes in 32GB and 64GB variant. As of now, only 32GB variant is launched in India. It does not supports microSD card.

    Samsung galaxy Note 5 Dual

    Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Dual is powered by Samsung’s 64-bit Exynos octa-core (2.1GHz quad-core + 1.5GHz quad-core) processor with LPDDR4 RAM. The connectivity features of the device are Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot, GPS, Bluetooth 4.2 and support for NFC.  It packs with  Li-Po 3000 mAh battery .

    Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Dual is equipped with 16-megapixel rear camera with f/1.9 aperture and optical image stabilisation, along with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. The dimensions of this phablet are 153.2×76.1×7.6mm, and weights 171 grams. It will be available in Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, and Silver Titanium colour variants.

    The 64GB of Galaxy Note 5 Dual is also due to launch in India soon and it is expected to be priced at Rs. 57,400. In addition, Samsung has announced price cut for the single sim variant of Galaxy Note 5. The 32GB variant of single sim Galaxy Note 5 is priced at 47,900 while the 64GB storage variant will be available for Rs 53,900.

    Samsung India, Mobile Business Director Manu Sharma said that “Samsung has always focused on driving innovation based on valuable customer insights. The evolution of the Note series since its launch in 2011 has been attuned to the changing consumer needs and is carried forward in the Galaxy Note5 Dual SIM, which delivers superior productivity packaged in a stylish design. The Dual SIM edition of the Galaxy Note5 complements today’s consumers’ lifestyles by seamlessly balancing their personal and professional lives.”.

    Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Dual Specification

    • 16 MP rear camera with f/1.9 aperture and optical image stabilisation.
    • 5-megapixel front-facing camera.
    • 4-bit Exynos octa-core (2.1GHz quad-core + 1.5GHz quad-core) processor with LPDDR4 RAM.
    • Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot, GPS, Bluetooth 4.2 and support for NFC.
    • Li-Po 3000 mAh battery.
    • 5.7 inch Quad HD Super AMOLED display
    • 32GB internal storage.
    • Android 5.1 Lollipop with Touchwiz UI.
    • Dual sim(Nano sim+Nano sim).

  • Bangalore Lalbagh Flowershow through my eyes

    Bangalore Lalbagh which is covered in area around 240 acre is considered to be one of the most diverse botanical garden in South Asia. It is located in the southern part of Bangalore city. It is one of the popular tourist spot of the city. Every year, on occasion of Independence day and Republic day celebration, flowershows are consucted. Every flowershow is different. With different themes, the glass house is decorated with flowers on each occasion. 26th January 2016 flower show will be the 203rd flowershow conducted in Lalbagh Botanical garden Bengaluru.

    The Lalbagh flower show started about 102 years ago by Mysore Horticulture Society. When started, this shows were called as “Summer Show” and “Winter Show”. However, from the year 1951, Lalbagh flowershow are being  synchronized with Republic Day and Independence Day. Currently  on each flowershow events are witnessed by more than lakh visitors.  Here are the some of the flowershow events  which are conducted in the last 2 years.

    Lalbagh Flowershow Themes List for Last two years

    Lalbagh Flower Show 26th January 2016

    This is the current flowershow happening in Lalbagh botanical garden. It got inaugarated on 16th January 2016 and will last on 26th January. This times flowershow will mark the 150 birth anniversary of Gustav Hermann Krumbiegel and the birth centenary of Dr. M.H. Marigowda, both renowned horticulturists. The timing will be from 9AM to 6PPM. Enty fee for the flowershow will be Rs.50 on weekdays and Rs.60 on weekends.

    Lalbagh Flowershow 15th August 2015

    This floral extravaganza at Lalbagh happened in between 7th August 2015 to 16th August 2015. Theme for this flowershow was replica of Bangalore Palace which created using 200,000 Dutch roses, apart from the 5 Maharajas of Mysuru made using flowers.

    Lalbagh Flowershow 26th January 2015

    Highlight of this 2015 republic day flower show was 50 feet long, 28 ft high and 40 ft wide replica of Red Fort.  This was made using more than three lakh roses of different colours for decoration. A flower replica of the Statue of Liberty was also made at the Glass House of Lalbagh. This flower show started on 17th January 2015 and continued till 27th of Jan.

    Lalbagh Flowershow 15th August 2014

    This was the 200th flowershow on Lalbagh Bangalore.

    Lalbagh Flowershow January 2014

    Lalbagh Flowershow 2013

  • Coolpad Note 3 Lite With 3GB RAM Launched at Rs.6,999

    It is raining season for launch of budget Android smartphones. This week we have witnessed launch of Lenovo Lemon 3, Xiaomi Redmi 3 and Xiaomi Redme Note 3 . There is new competetor for these smartphones. That is Coolpad Note 3 Lite. Fingerprint scanner, 3GB RAM, 5inch HD IPS display are the key attraction of this new smartphone. Coolpad Note 3 Lite price in India is Rs.6,999 and available exclusively on Amazon India through flash sale method. The registration for the sale starts from today and first flash sale will happen on 28th January at 2PM IST.

    Coolpad Note 3 Lite

    Coolpad Note 3 Lite is dual sim smartphone with both SIM capable of 4G LTE connectivity. It runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop with Cool UI 6.0 skin on top. The device is powered by 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6735 SoC with 3GB of LPDDR3 RAM. Another key feature of this budget Android smartphone is fingerprint scanner which placed just below the camera in the backside of the device. This is the similar placement which we have seen on Nexux 5X.

    Coolpad Note 3 Lite has 16GB of inbuilt storage and microSD card support upto 64GB. The connectivity options available on this device incloudes 4G (with support for Indian LTE bands), Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi, and Micro-USB (with OTG). It packs 2500mAh non-removable battery which is rated provide upto 10 hours of talk-time and up to 200 hours of standby time. The sensors in the device are accelerometer, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, and digital compass.

    Coolpad Note 3 Lite houses 13-megapixel rear camera with f/2.0 aperture and LED flash along with 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Both primary and secondary camera has CMOS image sensor for better image quality.  The device will be available in Champagne white and black colour option.

    Coolpad has said that VoLTE (voice over LTE) functionality will be added to the device in the coming days. However, company has not provided any timeline for the same. This applies to Android Marshmallow update as well.  After sales support for Coolpad Note 3 will be taken by HCL.

    Specificationwise Coolpad Note 3 Lite for the price looks very impressive. However, we will be able to come to conclusion on this only after performing indepth review of Coolpad Note 3 Lite. With options like Lenovo Lemon 3, Redmi Note 3, Redmi 3, how well this device justifies its place will be interesting to see.

    Coolpad Note 3 Lite Specification

    • Dual sim and Android Lollipop with Cool UI 6.0.
    • 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6735 SoC with 3GB of LPDDR3 RAM.
    • 16GB of internal storage and support for microSD card.
    •  13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and 5MP front facing camera.
    • 4G (with support for Indian LTE bands), Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi, and Micro-USB (with OTG).
    • Fingerprint scanner and 2500mAh non-removable battery.

     

     

     

     

  • Able2Extract PDF converter Review

    Able2Extract PDF Converter 10 is the latest pdf converter from Investintech. It offers lot of features and functionality.  Able2Extract PDF converter provides option to convert pdf to various formats such as word, excel, csv, ppt, autocad etc. When I was looking for a good pdf converting tool, I got an opportunity to review this Desktop PDF converter tool.

    PDF converting tool

    Able2Extract PDF converter 10 Features

    The latest version of Able2extract pdf converter, provides lot of options to play with pdf files. Below are the some of the key new features with the new version.

    Export Directly To CSV: Now you directly convert a pdf file with text and statistical data
    into .CSV(Comma Separated Values) and .TSV (Tab Separated Values) . This is useful if you want to use the data with business intelligence software tools.

    PDF Merging And Splitting: Able2Extract 10 provides an option to Merge and split PDFs, using inserting and extracting PDF pages. You can Insert PDF pages from other files into an opened PDF document or extract PDF pages into a brand new file.

    PDF Text Editing:  This feature of this Desktop pdf converter tool, allows you to edit PDF texts . You can choose Select from standard font styles, text colours and different font sizes.

    PDF toWORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT AND AutoCAD conversion:  Able2Extract 10 provides option to convert pdf to many formats such as MS Word, MS Excel, Power point, open office format etc. It even provides option to convert to AutoCAD format.

    Convert scanned PDF documents: Able2Extract 10 with updated OCR engine, can work with high quality scanned PDF content.

    Advantages and Disadvantages of Able2Extract PDF Converter 10

    Pros of Able2Extract PDF Converter

    • Multiple output format support.
    • Batch conversion.
    • Decent Quality and accuracy of the output.

    Cons of Able2Extract PDF Converter

    • Microsoft Office dependency.
    • No auto detection of fonts in PDF editing
    • LaTeX-style formatting output is not great

    Verdict:  Able2Extract PDF converter  is a good pdf converter with lot of features. It worth having a look into this tool next time you are looking for a good pdf converter. You can try the tool with 7 day free trial. You can download and try the Able2Extract PDF converter from here.

  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro with Snapdragon 650 Announced

    Soon after launching the Redme 3 smartphone, Xiaomi has unveiled the new variant of Redmi Note 3. The new variant is also called as Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro.  This new variant has Snapdragon 650 Soc instead of MTK Helio X10 MT6795 octa-core Soc. Xiaomi Redme Note 3 Pro is priced at CNY 999 (approximately Rs. 10,000) and sale will start in China from 17th January.  It will be available in Dark grey, Champagne gold and silver color variants.

    Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro will feature all-metal body and sports 5.5 inch Full HD(1080×1920 pixel resolution) IPS display.  The device is powered by hexa-core Snapdragon 650 processor (four cores clocked at 1.2GHz and two cores clocked at 1.8GHz). The new Redme Note 3 will come with 2 variants of RAM and storage capacity. One with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. The other one with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of inbuilt storage.  The price of 3GB RAM variant is not yet revealed.

    Xiaomi Redme Note 3

    Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro runs on MIUI 7 which based on Android Lollipop. The device supports dual sim and both sim capable of 4G connectivity. The other connectivity features includes 3G, Bluetooth, GPRS/EDGE, GPS, Glonass, WiFi and microUSB.  It packs 4000mAh battery.

    Xiaomi Redme Note 3 Pro houses 16-megapixel rear camera with phase detection autofocus (PDAF) and two-tone flash. There is also a 5Mp front facing camera. The device measures 150x76x8.65mm and weighs 164 grams.

    Today Xiaomi officially announced the launch of Redme Note 3 in India through its official facebook page. Just 3 days back it has launched Redme 3 in China. Even Lenovo launched Lemon 3 smartphone in China at the same price.

    Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro Specification

    • 5.5-inch Full-HD IPS display.
    • Fingerprint scanner.
    • Hexa-core Snapdragon 650 processor.
    • 2GB RAM with 16GB internal storage or 3GB RAM with 32GB of internal storage.
    • 16MP primary camer and 5MP front facing camera.
    • 4000mAh battery.
    • Dual sim with 4G connectivity.
    • 3G, Bluetooth, GPRS/EDGE, GPS, Glonass, WiFi and microUSB.
    • MIUI 7 skin based on Android Lollipop.