This article contains a brief information on Samsung TecTile NFC Tags and how are they programmed and used. Before going further just have a glance on the NFC technology. What is NFC Technology? NFC (Near Field Communication) is a wireless communication protocol which uses radio signals for communication similar to the RFID technology. Using NFC technology communication can be established between two Active devices (active devices means powered devices like…

As posted earlier, Mozilla FireFox developer company is preparing a new Mobile Operating System called as Boot to Gecko or simply B2G for the smartphone market. B2G is purely based on the HTML5, Java script and CSS web programming language. According to Mozilla expectations, the first smartphone featuring B2G Os will be launched by this year end or early 2013. Below video shows the demo from one of the Mozilla…

What is MasterCard PayPass? MasterCard PayPass is a contactless payment feature that lets the user to make Tap&Go™ payments from their NFC enabled smartphones. It simply means, tap your cell phone to a Electronic sophisticated readers installed in the shops to make the payment without opening your wallet. So no more physical cash payments. It works just like your traditional MasterCard payment card but no more swiping, inserting or giving…

Apple has sold 3million new ipads in just 3 days. After calculation it roughly gives a figure of 10ipads every second. This popular the iPad or in general a tablet has become in 2012. The next half of this year will see some more beautiful tablets from companies like Google, Nokia, Intel apart from Apple, BlackBerry, Asus, ZTE, HTC, Toshiba, Samsung, Lenovo etc. These tablets will have the latest technologies…

What is a Sensor? Sensors are devices which measure the physical energy (like temperature) and converts it into a signal (typically analog). Later this signal can be read or observed from an instrument or an electronic device (like a microcontroller) connected to the sensor. There are more than hundreds of types of sensors available in market today. Most Android powered phones, Windows Phones, iPhone, Blackberry Os and other Os based…

In this short article i will be explaining briefly about the working of Voip and the free calling softwares. Technology is evolving drastically in the mobile industry. Due to the advancement in the carriers from 2G standards to 3G or in the Wifi technology most of the smartphone users are utilizing this service for making free calls. Basically the free calls happen based on the VOIP technology (Voice Over Internet…

Overview: Mozilla the Firefox developer has geared up to launch its first smartphone this Christmas. This smartphone will be running on a new operating system called as Boot to Gecko (B2G) which is developed by Mozilla itself. B2G is based on the latest web standard known as HTML5, Java script and CSS language. It means the Os will be typically running on a browser. Every app running on this Os…

Samsung has officially confirmed that its next Galaxy smartphone i.e, Galaxy SIII will feature its 1.4GHz Exynos 4 Quad processor (quadcore). Exynos 4212 processor (another name for exynos 4 quad) is based on the ARM Cortex A9 and it is said that this chipset will also be used by other smartphone manufacturers. According to the market reports the Korean giant manufacturer has already overtaken Nokia in supplying of the mobile…

Samsung has released a video teaser of the next galaxy – Samsung Galaxy SIII ahead of its launch on 3rd May 2012 in London. Features: – Samsung-made ARM based 1.4GHz quad-core processor – GPU – Android4.0 ICS Os – 4.6″ Super AMOLED HD display – 16GB Internal storage – microSIM support – Battery capacity: 2050mAH – 12MP camera – NFC Final specs will be revealed by 3rd May. Vodafone and…

Before getting into the Multi-Core – What is a Core? Core or the Central Processing Unit (CPU) is the microprocessor fabricated in a single silicon chip forms the computation engine. Fundamental operation of the core is to read and execute the program instructions before providing us the expected output. Core is made up of numerous transistors and a clock is fed to it for its operation. This Clock freq plays…

Sony Mobile Communications has continued to innovate and bring new features to its devices. Some of its patented unique features are Mobile Bravia Engine, WhiteMagic Technology, NFC based XperiaTM SmartTags and now the Floating touch™ Navigation Technology. Sony XperiaTM sola‘s highlighted feature is the new touch sensor based Floating Touch Navigation Technology. There are some advantages with this new and unusual technology. What is Floating touch™ Technology? Floating touch technology…

Like a PC now most of the Smartphones specification includes a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) along with the CPU (Central Processing Unit). Companies like Intel, ARM and AMD produce the CPU and companies like Nvidia, AMD’s ATI produce the GPU. CPU and GPU are two very vast and complex topics which cant be explained in one article, my attempt is to give you an overview of the GPU and how…

What is a NFC Technology? NFC (Near Field Communication) is a wireless communication protocol which uses radio signals for communication similar to the RFID technology. Using NFC technology communication can be established between two Active devices (active devices means powered devices like a phone) or between an active and a passive device (passive devices means non-powered deives like a NFC Tag). Communication takes place at a very near distance (short…

Overview: With the upgrade of Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) or simply Android ICS for Samsung Galaxy S2 and many other smartphones many users can take the advantages of some new features. Compared to the previous version (Ginger Bread and HoneyComb) Android ICS has some new features like Face unlock, 360 degree panoramic picture view, Android Beam etc. Most of these smartphones are having built in NFC chipset (Near Field…

Below is the consolidated list of smartphones from most of the smartphone manufacturing companies which can be upgraded to ICS. 1. List of HTC Android Smartphones getting Android 4.0 Upgrade in Q2 2012: Update – 22/05/2012: HTC has updated the smartphone list upgrading to ICS with the time schedule. Refer this for more. DROID Incredible 2 by HTC HTC Amaze 4G HTC Desire S HTC Desire HD HTC EVO 3D…