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…

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…

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…

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…

Overview: This article explains about the Wireless Charging Technology which most of the cell phone manufacturers are using to build there smartphones more smartly than ever. Considering the rumors Samsung Galaxy S3 will be coming up with this feature, HTC Rezound already has this feature. Actually any gadget can have this feature, the only condition is that there should be a power transfer unit which must be connected to the…

Introduction: 2G, 3G, 4G are the wireless networks available till today. 4G is the successor of 2G and 3G wireless networks. In simple words one can say it is an improvement in the wireless technology. Telephone Calls, Emails, Internet access, GPS Signals all of these mobile technologies use one of these wireless networks to function, to communicate with each other and to the internet. In 2011 most of the service…

AMOLED – Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode are the next generation displays. Overview: Couple of years ago there were so many LCD mobile phones produced by cellphone manufacturers like Nokia 5300, N73, N76, Sony Ericsson‘s W580, Apple iPhone 4 etc. But now most of the cell phone manufacturers are using AMOLED in their devices because of some advantages over the LCD/TFT display types. Description: Light Emitting Diode (LED) creates…

For information on previous generations (0G, 1G, 2G) Please refer this 3G (IMT-2000): You may be wondering what are these Mobile Generations and who creates them right? The answer is International Telecommunication Union (ITU). It is a body formed by the United Nations which takes care of maintaining the Telecommunication Standards worldwide. Overview – Japan’s NTT Docomo launched world’s first 3G network in the year 2001. With the success of…

For information on previous generations (0G & 1G) Please refer this 2G: 1990 was the era of GSM mobile phones (Global System for Mobile Communications), the Second Generation (2G). Technology includes the TDMA – Time Division Multiple Access along with the 1G’s FDMA. In 1991 the first GSM network opened in Finland. Each user gets a SIM card from the Operator which stores the subscriber identity and also provides the…

  Evolution is inevitable, be it in the Nature or in the Man Made stuff. How the Humans have evolved in the similar way there is an Evolution even in the Mobile Phone Technology. You might have heard the word Generation referred as ‘G’ indicates the evolution in the Cell Phone Technology with respect to the time. In the other way we can say the Transformation of the Cell Phone…