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Top 5 Android Apps for March 2013

Sukhraj Singh

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Apr 6, 2013

As usual in this month lots of apps came in the Google Play. To ease your work in selecting best apps for your smartphones we have made a list of 5 best Android apps for the month of March 2013. You should also read our previous edition of Top 5 Apps Best 5 Android Apps for February 2013.

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Google Keep

After announcing it will shutter the Google Reader app this June and close Google Notebook in 2011, Google has released the Google Keep app for both the Web and Android devices. Google Keep is task reminder app which capture what’s on your mind and recall it easily wherever you are. Create a checklist, enter a voice note or snap a photo in the note. Google Keep is giving very tough competition to top apps in this area. But Google keep provides the quality services without any cost. It is available on Google Play for free.

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Message Me

MessageMe is the app for chating in most exciting way. On other chating clients like GroupMe or WhatsApp. You can send messages, of course, just as one would via SMS. The difference is that with MessageMe, you can also send other types of content too, including photos, songs, videos, audio recordings and even doodles. It is a way to sustain friendship.” with a huge and best collection of more than 10000 best messages categorized in more than 30 categories in more than 4 different languages. It is available for free at Google Play Store

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Layar

This is one of the world’s most popular AR apps with more than 25 million downloads over at Google Play. It is Pretty similar to the Google Goggles. Once you install this app on your device you use the camera to scan certain objects around you. You can scan magazine ads, newspapers, objects and the app will provide you with the related information of the scanned object. You will also be able to find important locations around you using this app such as ATMs and restaurants. It is available for free at Google Play Store

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Flipboard 2.0

Flipboard again comes in the top 5 list of the month. It is the news reading app which turns your feeds in a beautiful magazine style. Once you pick a few topics, your Flipboard is built and you can instantly start flipping through the pages of news you care about and stories and photos friends are sharing. This app is also connected to the various social networking sites for commenting, sharing and liking. Services include Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Google+, YouTube, Google Reader. It is available for free at Google Play Store

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Chameleon Launcher

Chameleon launcher offers the multiple home screens each with your own widgets and layout. Chameleon launcher for phones have unique interface with hoards of different widgets. The Chameleon app includes an innovative context based home screen system giving you the most relevant information you want – when you want it.”. It is available for $3.99 or Rs. 214 at Google Play Store

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Smartphones Buying Guide for 2013

Sukhraj Singh

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Mar 24, 2013

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Now a days people are running short of time and want to do their work on the go. To tackle this problem, once we used Laptops instead of desktop computers. But now smartphones are doing this job for us and they can perform all functions of the laptops or desktops for normal user.

Earlier we had Cell phones which can be used for calling purposes only. But Smartphones are not like the cellphones which can be used for the calling purposes only they can executes almost every task which is done on the desktop computers. We can even call smartphones as the palm computers. Everyone in the world want to own smartphone as they want to be in touch with their friends, families and there are many reasons. As the smartphones are becoming much popular among the people, similarly, mobile manufacturing companies are also gaining huge profits. To meet with the expectations of the people companies are focusing on the advancement in the technology.

As we all know there are many options for smartphones selection while buying but how to choose best smartphone for you? Which one is better for you? To answer these questions we are here for you. Below we have discussed some facts about the important things which you should keep in your mind while buying a Smartphone. Are you ready for Smartphone Buying Guide for 2013 ? Let’s start:

Manufacturers

There are many manufacturers present in the market offering smartphones. There’s very hard competition between these different manufacturers in the smartphones market. The major players in this field are Apple, Nokia, Samsung, HTC, Sony and LG.

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Operating System

Today the most important aspect of a Smartphone is its operating system. In operating systems there is also a very tough competition. The main competitors are Android, iOS, Blackberry and Windows Phone. In this field more players are also coming like Ubuntu which will launch its first Ubuntu based smartphone in 2014 or in October this year. While Firefox OS is also coming pretty soon. So its not only tough for companies or brands to survive but its also tough for customers or buyers to choose Operating System. So let’s see how much we can help ypu.

First we will discuss about the Windows Phone. It is the new operating system from the Microsoft which is quite promising but as it is new so there are many bugs and issues. Microsoft is working hard on it to make it bug free. Now It also obvious that if you want apps and performance from the operating system you should not go for Windows Phoneas of now.

Now let’s see what’s better in Apple’s iOS . It is great product aka OS from Apple Inc.and its believed that iOS is much more secure than Android and Windows Operating system. Apple iOS App Store have apps more than 700,000. The only negative point for this operating system is that if you want to use it than you need to buy the Apple product aka iPhone, iPad or iPod which are priced quite highly.

Now Android at present it is the leading operating system in smartphones. It is the product by Google and an open source. It can be used by any manufacturer means any company can use Android Operating System. It has almost every app for every task in its Play Store. Additionally, it have more than 800,000 apps in its Play Store. Its the best choice to opt if you have any type of budget as it provide every function or feature which every other OS provides. Its device range starts from $30 – $1000.

Also checkout : Why Still Android gaining over Apple?

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Hardware

These days smartphones get good sales if they have better hardware at cheap rates. Most of the users buy smartphones by looking at its hardware. While buying a smartphone you should check its hardware mainly the Processor, RAM, Battery, Display Size (ppi and resolution), Connectivity options and most important its price.

Conclusion

We know choosing is very difficult thing as there are lots of options available. If you want the get highly secured machine without the worry of Price than you should go for the smartphones offered by blackberry and Apple iPhone. If you want to choose the smartphone on the apps we suggests you to go for Android as it is also quite secure and is available in almost every price range. When the turn came to say a word on Windows Phone we must suggest that just wait for another 6 months because this operating system is supposed to improve in near future.

What Is Samsung Smart Pause And Smart Scroll?

Simranpal Singh

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Mar 22, 2013

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What Is Samsung Smart Pause And Smart Scroll?

As we all know that Samsung has launched its new flagship device – Samsung Galaxy S4 last week at the Times Square in the New York. Before announcement several rumors were passed on stating everything about devices from its Specs to design. But no one got or mentioned Samsung new smart technologies that they have embedded in the Galaxy S4.

Additionally, Samsung Galaxy S4 is the fastest smartphone as according to benchmark scores. There are several features in the Galaxy S4 which makes it much smart than other smartphones and today we gonna talk about it. One of the best smart feature I liked on Galaxy S4 is Smart Pause and Eye Scroll which help users to browse or watch content without touching. So let’s start with:

Samsung Smart Pause

Samsung has launched this feature with Galaxy S4 to improve device interaction with humans. Smart Pause feature pauses the playback of videos if the it detects that the user has been looking away from the display. In other words Smart Pause technology detects your eye movements to intelligently stop video when your gaze turns away from the screen.

How Smart Pause Works?

This technology uses eye tracking sensors to detect when you’re looking away from a video, pausing it accordingly.

Is it Useful?

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Samsung Smart Scroll

Samsung Smart Scroll technology is also present in the Galaxy S4 which recently announced last week. Eye Scroll lets you page up or down by tilting the Galaxy S4 in the corresponding direction.

How Smart Scroll Works?

AS mentioned above it will allow users to scroll down the phone even without touching the phone. It will come into work when user will be watching phone data or reading internet pages. While reading when user will come to bottom of the display and when the phone is moved through slight angle, it will automatically scroll down. Similar working is obeyed while scrolling up.

Is it useful or not?

It seems to be much useful than Smart Pause.

Along with these features, Samsung has also bolted Galaxy S4 with many other features also but these are highly sensitive ones. Both above mentioned features has been added to take the video watching and reading experience to a new level.

Additionally, Samsung Galaxy S4 is powered by Exynos 5 Octa processor with 2 GB of RAM. It is running on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and is bolted with a 13 megapixels resolution camera on the rear side and is having 2 megapixels resolution camera on the front side.

It will hit the stores for sale next month in over 155 countries.

Why Apple iOS Devices Doesn’t Support Flash?

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Mar 21, 2013

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[dropcap]I[/dropcap]ts a big question that why Apple iOS Devices doesn’t support Flash? But there are many reasons for that and today w’ll discuss it. Since Apple iPhone or iOS launched, Apple always remained on opposite side for usage of Flash on their devices. The use of Flash is also prohibited in the Apple’s Terms and Conditions and says, “An Application may not itself install or launch other executable code by any means, including without limitation through the use of a plug-in architecture, calling other frameworks, other APIs or otherwise, No interpreted code may be downloaded and used in an Application except for code that is interpreted and run by Apple’s Published APIs and built-in interpreter(s).”

Figures, which shows that Adobe Flash was one of the most useful element on the web. Stats below are gathered in 2011:

98% of enterprises rely on Flash Player.
85% of the most used sites use Flash.
75% of web video is viewed using Flash Player.
70% of web games are made in Flash.

So guys let’s start to know

Why Apple iOS Devices Doesn’t Support Flash?

Apple Uses Open Source Products for their products – Example Apple has adopted HTML5, CSS and JavaScript – all open standards rather than using Flash which is property of Adobe.
Misuse of Flash on iOS Platform – Apple developers will develop apps to get their software onto the iPhone, iPad or on iPod. In long term impact, developers would distribute music and videos impacting company’s iTunes Store.
It will Snatch iOS Devices reliability and performance – using flash on Smartphone lags its performance and even deteriorate its reliability. So in order to make iPhone, iPad and iPod better from all aspects, Apple decided not to use Adobe Flash on iOS devices.
Security Issues – this is the best reason for Apple to remain on side from using Apple. Even now, Flash have the worst security records.
Battery Drain – As we all know that most of the videos running on flash require decoding to get it played on mobile devices. So in order to decode any video to required format it uses or drains lot of battery power.

What Steve Jobs Thinks About Flash?

On April 30, 2011 Apple CEO Steve Jobs also quoted why they doesn’t use flash on iOS devices. He stated that Adobe was developed during PC era and it has no place in the world of Smartphones. Read his official statement below:

Flash was created during the PC era â€“ for PCs and mice. Flash is a successful business for Adobe, and we can understand why they want to push it beyond PCs. But the mobile era is about low power devices, touch interfaces and open web standards â€“ all areas where Flash falls short.

The avalanche of media outlets offering their content for Apple’s mobile devices demonstrates that Flash is no longer necessary to watch video or consume any kind of web content. And the 200,000 apps on Apple’s App Store proves that Flash isn’t necessary for tens of thousands of developers to create graphically rich applications, including games.

New open standards created in the mobile era, such as HTML5, will win on mobile devices (and PCs too). Perhaps Adobe should focus more on creating great HTML5 tools for the future, and less on criticizing Apple for leaving the past behind.

Earlier many a times Adobe and Apple interchanged heated arguments regarding their proprietary products. But after all talkings, finally, Adobe pulled down Adobe Flash For Mobiles in 2011. So Adobe was forced, pulled to start developing tools using HTML5, the technology Jobs championed.

Review Sony Xperia Z

Sukhraj Singh

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Mar 19, 2013

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Sony came into the market with its new smartphone Xperia Z in January at CES 2013. In India phone was launched on 12th March 2013. With the newly launched device, finally, Sony has also entered into the battle field of quadcore processor smartphones. Sony Xperia Z has 1.5GHz quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, a 13.1-megapixel camera, 4G cellular connectivity and 16 GB of built-in storage, which can be expanded by using microSD cards. Now lets Review all its features in detail.

Design

Sony Xperia Z looks like rectangular chip, it has the dimensions 139 x 71 x 7.9 mm /5.47 x 2.79 x 0.31 inches. The Xperia Z weighs around 146g it’s by no means that its the lightest handset out there, but its much thin. On the top, the phone is bolted with 3.5 mm jack, on right there is sim slot and volume rocker and on the left side there are the microSD and charging ports. Coming up on the front side their is a 5 inch Display screen and above that their is Sony logo and front-facing camera

On the backside their is the 13MP Primary camera with LED flash. Overall when we talk about the design of the phone we feel its a satisfactory work done by Sony.

Hardware

The Sony Xperia Z has a 1.5 GHz Quad Core processor, which is far more than the average for all Smartphones but it is little less than the HTC One. This smartphone offers 16GB of internal storage, which is quite more than the average for all Smartphones. Additionally this particular smartphone is also equipped with 2GB of RAM, It also packed with the camera of 13 MP with LED flash. Xperia Z also have the powerful battery of 2,330 mAh.

After reviewing the hardware of Xperia Z we can say it has quite good hardware in this price range. Along with there is one special, extraordinary and much talked feature which we didn’t talked above and that is Water Resistivity. Its the first smartphone which is waterproof.

Software

Sony Xperia Z runs on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean alongside Sony’s Xperia User interface. Although the User interface of Sony is very much like the Android design guidelines. There are upto seven home screen in a very traditional Android launcher experience. Where applications are concerned the excitement comes in the form of Sony’s own app suite which contains Walkman app for music, gallery app, Facebook, Picasa and PlayMemories integration are pretty good ones.

Display

The Sony Xperia Z has a 5 inch display screen with 1080 x 1920 pixels having 440.6ppi. Yes, Size of the screen is quite large and is more than the average for all Smartphones. WHile looking at it it seems much more like phablet than smartphone. In addition the Sony Xperia Z’s is equipped with following display features like Additional Display Support, Ambient Light Sensor, Multi Touch, Proximity Sensor and Scratch Resistant Glass.

Camera

The Sony Xperia Z is equipped with a 13 megapixel primary camera with 4128×3096 pixels, autofocus, LED flash. It is drastically better than the average for all Smartphones. It also has the 2.2 MP secondary camera. The Xperia Z is the first handset to ship with Sony’s Exmor RS stacked image sensor technology which provide the more light to its sensor. Xperia Z has some other features like Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, image stabilization, HDR, sweep panorama.

Verdict

Xperia Z is the biggest device of 2013 from the Sony. Its Competitors are the HTC One , Samsung Galaxy S4 and Apple iPhone 5. Xperia Z will gives the tough competition to these smartphones. We here at The Gadget Square think that with above listed features the Sony is quite good choice for around Rs. 37,000 ($US 650).

Again i’m saying its the good choice but not the best.

Basic Misconceptions About Chromebook

Sukhraj Singh

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Mar 10, 2013

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[dropcap]C[/dropcap]hromebook is the Laptop PC from Google with the Google Chrome OS in it. Google has made this Operating system in completely different way from the traditional ones like Microsoft Windows and Apple’s Mac OS X. Basically Chromebook device runs on Chrome OS and it is designed to be used while connected to the internet and it supports the applications which reside on the internet. It works on the methodology of cloud computing. This makes your daily working fast in comparison to other laptops and PCs. The Chromebook has many features which can makes your day to day work very easy without spending much money. But people have many misconceptions regarding the Chromebook. Lets discuss them briefly

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No Optical Drive: This is the Deal breaker as it runs on the cloud. So Google using this method thoroughly that’s their is no way to install the software’s from the the CD and DVDs people thinks that this is the main disadvantage of the chromebook. But when we installs the software’s to our systems sometimes these software’s are infected with the viruses which may infect you your important data. One more thing is that while installing the software’s on our systems we need space on our harddisk and we have to spend the more money to the software venders, But in case of chromebook the software’s are available online with less license fee and you don’t need to worry about the space as it is based on the cloud computing. We have also written article What is Cloud Computing? read this for more details. [divider]

Time Consuming: As it has no optical drive to store anything so people thinks that it might take very long time to boot. But this is not true Chromebook is ready With a 10 second boot and running in quick order, ready to work or play. While updating the traditional operating system we need hours but in Chromebook all the updates are done to the over the air and you rarely even aware of the updates.[divider]
Offline usability: One of the first things you will hear about the Chrome OS or Chromebook in general that it is nothing without the internet connection. But it is not true, the Chrome OS has many offline apps in it through which you do your work while you are offline from the internet. The offline apps on Chrome OS are Gmail, Google Drive, etc.

Conclusion

We here at The Gadget Square thinks that this is the very good product with different methodology through which you can save your money as well as time. We think it is a very good product to have in our gadgets. Now Google takes this project in high priority and had joins hands with the Samsung , Hp, Acer,etc. to make the notebook with Chrome OS. Latest version of Chromebook is Google Chromebook Pixel.

Google Registers Patent For Back Panel Touch Controls

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Simranpal Singh

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Mar 10, 2013

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Google has been finding new ways to simplify mobile usage from past some years, since Android activeness in the market. This time Google has applied for patent which allows to give command via back touch panel controls on Smartphones. In exact words, the touch panel technology that provides touch controls on the back panel of the device along with on the front display. Some kind of similar patent was also registered by Apple in 2006 to use it in their tablets. Currently you can also find it on the back of a PlayStation Vita.

We explaining further by giving example – Like if you want to scroll pages of an ebook, want to flip your photos or want to go on next page without touching your screen – Google’s newly filed “backside device touch control” patent’s functioning will help you attaining above mentioning functioning.

Regarding this patent Patent Bolt also quotes that the back-panel controls would obviously perform simple tasks since it would be difficult to type words if you can see a keypad. Further they added that it could allows us to “turn a page of an ebook, article on the web or flip to ‘next’ or ‘previous’ views of photos,” among other things. The technology

Google says that this will allows mobile devices to give visual, audible, and/or tactile feedback, indicating that a tap on the device’s rear has been recognized. Google has also said that patent could not only support mobile devices this could apply to other future devices such as a tablet, ebook, Chromebook or other devices also.

Now question arises will this patent will get approved? We think its difficult as stated above Apple already owns similar type of patents but who knows it may appears unique to UPSTO officials.

Additionally, Google has been acquiring lot of patents these days to secure its Android platform legally. Earlier Google has acquired Motorola Mobility to acquire about 17,000 patents. They have also filed various other patents like mlti led’s for phones and many more.

So guys did you liked the back panel touch controls patent features ad want to use this type of functioning in real life? What you think about Google’s new patent?

Source: Patent Bolt

What is Cloud Computing?

Sukhraj Singh

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Mar 9, 2013

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Cloud Computing is a general term used to describe a new class of network based computing that takes place over the Internet, basically the Cloud computing is the online storage for the users. When we think of computer resources in the cloud, we usually think of public clouds, such as the ones offered by Google Drive, Dropbox , SkyDrive, Box, etc. But the cloud computing is not just these public clouds it has also private cloud computing and the Hybrid cloud computing .

Public Clouds:

This type of cloud computing is the traditional model that everyone thinks of when they envision cloud computing. In this model, vendors dynamically allocate resources on a per-user basis through web applications. Drop Box ,SkyDrive and Google drive are most popular venders.

Private Clouds:

With infrastructure or applications shared by millions of clients worldwide, through the Internet. Cloud computing has proven to be a good alternative for companies, because it reduces costs and generates flexibility. But security and availability issues still need to be resolved. That is why more and more companies are choosing Private Clouds. it provides more secure platform to the employees and costumers of an organization. For example Banks, In banks all the employees and costumers can access the bank data which is assigned to them particularly.

Hybrid Cloud:

Hybrid cloud is the combination of the of the Public cloud and private cloud. In this type of cloud services the internal resources, stays under the control of the customer, and external resources delivered by a cloud service provider. A hybrid cloud lets an organization keep its sensitive data secured on the organization’s own network. And like the public cloud, a hybrid model lets an organization take advantage of a cloud’s almost unlimited scalability. It’s a way to solve some of the trust issues of the public cloud while getting the public cloud’s benefits.

Basic Structure of the Cloud computing

SAAS( Software as a service) – It provides the end software and applications to the users to store their data on the cloud.
PAAS (Platform as a service) – In this part the service provider provides the platform to you on which you can you can download the files of the required software or service by paying the fees to the service provider.
IAAS (infrastructure as a service) – This part is basically belong to the admin part or we can say the service provider. In this part the service provider provides the user with the basic infrastructure. Like platform and the end applications which become the interface between users and the cloud.

Conclusion

The cloud computing is very good method of computing it saves lots of money which we spends to buy the extra hardisks and softwares. It also make the backup of your data. The main advantage of the cloud computing is that it saves lot of time which we are spending to install the new softwares on our system. These makes this system great to use. But, as this system has many advantages at the same time there are some disadvantages also that are the security of the data in the public clouds and we don’t know any thing about the system when the system fails to reinstatement we have to report the service provider than the service provider will take the required action. We think that the advantages of this computing methods are more than its problems and even the researchers and developers are working the problems of this computing method.

We have written an Article on How to Backup your Laptop read it to know more about the cloud based storage.

Difference Between CMOS And CCD Image Sensors

Simranpal Singh

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Mar 7, 2013

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CMOS And CCD Sensors? Well, these are image sensors which are used in Digital Cameras to convert light signal into electrical signal. Due to introduction of these new sensors imaging have become simpler and inexpensive. Today you can buy Digital Cameras from the starting range of $60 only.

Well, Today we’re talking on difference between CMOS and CCD image sensors. There are many differences between them, from operational functions to image Producing .We’ll talk about them today.

Before starting you need to know that the CCD stands for Charge Couple Devices and CMOS for Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor. These are the only sensors currently used in the Digital cameras.

Let’s start!

CCD Sensors

These sensors are first discovered and used on Digital cameras and it stands for Charge Couple Devices. These sensors produce high quality images.

Working

CCD sensor working is simple it consists a range of capacitors that accumulates a charge that is proportional to the quantity of light that is hitting it. After that Quantity of charge in each capacitor is then turned into a numerical or mathematical value by the cameras inner system to produce a picture.

Advantages/ Features of CCD Sensors

Conversion takes place in the chip without distortion
CCDs have very high uniformity – Technique for HD quality images (not videos)
These sensors are more sensitive – Produce Better Images in Low Light
CCD sensors produce cleaner and less grainy Images – low-noise images
CCD sensors is produced for longer period of time

Disadvantages of CMOS Sensors

CCD sensors Consume much more power
CCDs are interlaced
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CMOS Sensors

CMOS Sensors Stand for Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor and these sensors don’t require any special manufacturing cost. Most of the digital cameras these days come on CMOS Sensor as it reduces manufacturing cost.

Working

In CMOS Sensors, first phase of image building is different while second one resembles to CCDs. CMOS picture sensor catches mild intensity via a range of photo detectors which are then coupled with an amplifier in order to attain a high enough to charge to quantify. In Addition, there are several transistors at each pixel that amplify and move the charge using more traditional wires. Then charge is turned into a numerical or mathematical value which correspond to the image.

Advantages/ Features Of CMOS Sensor

CMOS consumes less power
CMOS sensors are cheaper
These Sensors produce better HD videos
CMOS cameras are used on Phones, Tablets, etc
CMOS imager clearly has better performance

Disadvantages Of CMOS Sensor

CMOS sensors are also more susceptible – sometimes images are grainy
CMOS sensors need more light for better image

Despite some disadvantages CMOS sensor is widely used in Mobile Phones, Tablets, PDAs and on most of the digital cameras. Also we never need to forget that CCDs are better for performance they are also used on Digital and DSLR Cameras.

While both the cameras most of the time produce similar kind of images. While CCD cameras produce better images but CMOS sensors are catching up fast with its low power consumption. We hope that Soon CMOS will match CCD like images quality.

Also checkout What is PureView Camera Technology?

Best 5 Android Apps for February 2013

Sukhraj Singh

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Mar 5, 2013

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Every day hundred and thousands of apps are being developed for various functions. Some time it is tough to select some of these because we have so many options present for a single purpose. To ease your selection we have listed some best android apps for February 2013

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Snapseed

Its the another app for photo editing and it is high-quality photo experience right at your fingertips. You can Easily adjust your photos with a single tap using Auto Correct and it also has many options in it which could be applied on the photo like filters , borders ,etc. With this app you can also share your photos on Facebook and Google+.

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Hike

Hike is developed by the bharti softbank. It is the messaging app like Whatsapp but different in some features. Through Hike you can Chat with any of your friends for free . Using this app you can send messages to the users who are not using Hike. It has some interesting features also like reward points. Interestingly now it is the No. 1 free app in India in the Apple iTunes Store and No. 2 free app globally in Google Play. Even though WhatsApp is popular among younger generation, the Hike app offers several unique features such as option to send SMS to non-Hike users and the app is completely free.

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OfficeSuite Viewer 7 + PDF&HD

It is a universal document viewer for Android enabling you to open, view, print and share native DOC, DOCX, DOCM, RTF, TXT, LOG, XLS, XLSX, XLSM, CSV, PPT, PPTX, PPS, PPSX, PPTM, PPSM, EML, PDF and ZIP files and attachments anywhere anytime. In this new version of OfficeSuite Viewer Mobile systems introduces the new interface. This versions is free on Google play

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Real Racing 3

A racing game with powerful graphics and successor of Real Racing 2. Its a next level racing simulation game with real cars, accurate physics, photorealistic tracks, and online multiplayer, this thing appears to have it all. It is basically the high end game for high end smartphones . You can also race with friends.

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Photoshop Touch for Phone

Finally Adobe launched its Photoshop touch for phone. As you know Photoshop is the best software for photo editing this version of mobile app is also very good for editing. It has the advanced selections tools, adjustments and filters. In detail, You can also add drop shadows, fades, strokes, graphical text….the list goes on. You can download it from Google play for just $5 .

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We have also listed the Top five apps of iOS for users of iPhone, iPad.

Best iPhone Apps Of February 2013