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Facebook has spruced up its messenger app to stay in the race, especially with WhatsApp hogging all the limelight. It has been around for a while and the recently updated version looks quite promising. To begin with, now you no longer need to have a Facebook account to use the messenger; you can simply sign-up with your phone number. While this may seem insignificant, there are still a sizeable number of people who do not have a Facebook account and most importantly, it makes the app universal just like WhatsApp and others. Secondly, the app now also features the ability to send voice messages. We tested the app and here’s what we found.
The app is swift and you won't expereince lag
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Features and UI
The look and feel is in keeping with Facebook, so it’s not difficult to get used to. Also, its layout is quite simple without too many options and devoid of clutter. On the homescreen, you will find all the messages from your Facebook account. Pressing the small paper-pen icon on the right hand corner at the bottom will allow you to create a new message. A dotted bar is placed at the right-hand corner at the bottom, just below the paper-pen icon, to access the settings. From here, you can change the message settings like notification, location services or even switch account to log-in with a different account.
If you want to refresh the page, then you can do so by going to the settings or simply sliding the screen downwards and releasing it. On the other hand, clicking on the icon on the top right corner, or simply sliding the screen to the left, will reveal your friend list. You can see who is online and simply tap on their name to send them a message. Here you will find the edit option that allows you to pin friends you frequently chat with, so that they always get featured at the top in the list. Additionally, you can drag individual names to arrange them according to your liking.
You can send text, image as well as voice message
When composing a message, you can send it to a single individual or add as many people as you want. You will see an arrow icon next to 'send', which is for the location; tapping on it will activate the location info. This will make your location visible to the person you are sending the message to. Apart from plain text, you can send an image, or even a voice message – a feature that was recently introduced. When it comes to sending an image, you can either select one from the albums or click a photo. Additionally, you can search for an image online and simply tap on it to send. If you want to send a voice message, then click on the 'record voice' option, hold down the red button to begin recording and simply release it when done. Currently, it allows you to record up to a one-minute long message.
The app will show you who has seen the message. If you want to see more details, then in the message window, click on the ‘i’ symbol on the top right hand corner. By clicking on it, you can see all the people who are part of the conversation along with their location on the map underneath. From here, you can give a name to the conversation and even add a picture for it. This is working backwards, as you can only access this after the message has been sent and the conversation is underway. You can also add people to the conversation, manage the notification for current conversations and if you wish to leave the conversation, then you can do so from here as well.
You can set the notification settings from here
Performance
If you are quite active on Facebook and have all your close contacts on it, then having the messenger app is a good idea as you can easily connect with all your friends and save on some SMS money. Unlike the other apps, the advantage that messenger has is its familiar layout—not that this should come in the way, but it sure does lead to ease of adaptability. It provides a wide range of emoticons to jazz up your message. It is also very swift and loads quickly without any lag.
You can arrange your frineds and have those you chat with most pinned at the top
However, having said that, the app needs a few more features to make it robust – like the ability to add name and images at the beginning of the conversation rather than having to do so after the conversation is underway. Also, in case you send a message and lose network, then you will have to resend your message. Another thing that we noticed was that if you have both Facebook native app and the Messenger app installed on your phone, then you will receive the notification for new message in both the apps. This can be a bit annoying. Also, currently there is no option to send videos.
In a bid to increase the reach of the app and compete with other existing apps in the market, Facebook did away with the requirement to have a Facebook account to be able to use the Messenger app. We tried to see how that worked as well. If you are not on Facebook, then you can sign-up using your phone number. It will then search your contacts and show you those who are already using Facebook Messenger or the Facebook app on their smartphone. You can invite your other friends who aren’t using any of these services and they will be prompted to download the Facebook Messenger app via SMS. The other features remain the same.
Those who do not have a Facebook account can use the app
Verdict
Overall, it’s a good app, especially if all your close contacts are on Facebook. It also has all the features that you would need and hence, you won’t be disappointed. The biggest thing going for the app is the familiar layout. And as the app gets updated, the little niggles will hopefully get ironed out. A slew of features is already in the pipeline – like it recently released free calling feature for its iPhone app, which allows users to make free calls to other iPhone users who are using the Messenger app. Currently, this feature is limited only to iOS and is available only in Canada.
The Facebook Messenger app is available for Android and iOS.
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There may be another victim in the smartphone-strewn battlefield of the mobile OS wars.
Intel’s Meego OS could be dropped from the ranks due to a lack of enthusiasm from smartphone and tablet manufacturers. Industry sources say Intel will instead focus on hardware and turn to Android or Windows Phone 7 as a platform for mobile devices that debut in 2012.
We asked Intel about the report, from Taiwanese publication Digitimes, and got this response:
Intel does not comment on industry speculation or rumor. We remain committed to MeeGo and open source, and will continue to work with the community to help develop and meet the needs of customers and end users.
Nokia officially abandoned Meego, and its own Symbian operating system, in favor of Windows Phone 7 in February. The N9 smartphone is one of its few Meego devices, but the platform never garnered much confidence, either among handset makers or consumers.
Recently, another fledgling OS, HP’s webOS, was put to rest, but recent reports show it might be revived in the TouchPad tablet a bit longer.
Can smaller mobile operating systems stand a chance against big guys like Android and iOS? Even the former BlackBerry empire appears to be bowing to increasingly popular Android and Apple devices. Recent stats put Android at 39 percent of the mobile market, with iOS at 28 percent and RIM not too far behind at 20.
But big innovation often springs out of the little guys. For instance, with the Meego-running Nokia N9, there’s no home button. Returning to the home screen is done with a sideways swipe from any side of the screen. Fusion Garage employed a similar technique with their Grid OS tablet and smartphone and revamped what we think of as the home screen interface.
History has shown that as tech companies become bloated empires (cough Microsoft cough HP), their level of innovation doesn’t always match that of their smaller counterparts. You can blame it on bureaucracy, or perhaps employees’ lowered drive as they settle into a cushy, secure job.
Relentless patent-trolling and lawsuit-filing also prohibits creativity, in the software space in particular, as corporations and patent firms try to block one another’s progress in an effort to get ahead (or at least reap some cash).
Regardless, in the mobile space, apps — lots of apps — are a boon to the success of your OS. It’s a lesson both iOS and Android have taken to heart, one that makes a successful entry into the market exceedingly difficult, as webOS’s demise unfortunately shows.
But at least Intel has a strong hardware business to fall back on. It could use a little more TLC if it’s going to maintain its dominance and stand out in the mobile arena.
And why’s that? Apple reportedly has been considering switching to ARM processors on more of its devices, a move that would help unify the iOS/OS X computing experience, but at the expense of Intel’s business. Apple has pushed Intel to develop more efficient chips and threatened to take its business elsewhere if Intel doesn’t meet its power consumption demands. Some reports posit that Apple already has a deal to spread the ARM architecture to its laptops by 2013.
If that’s true, we could see Intel go the way of HP in the next few years...N
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HTC has unveiled two new phones based on Microsoft's new Windows Mango mobile operating system. The HTC TITAN and HTC Radar were shown off at consumer meets in London, Paris, Madrid, and Berlin.
The TITAN is a high-end phone with a huge 4.7" Super LCD screen and an ultra-slim 9 mm contoured unibody design with a large virtual keyboard. Powered by a 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, it has 512 MB RAM and up to 16 GB of internal storage. It boasts of superior web browsing, MS Office, and Microsoft OneNote with cloud storage. The phone sports an 8 MP camera capable of 720p recording with an advanced F2.2 lens and BSI sensor, and a front-facing 1.3 MP camera for video calls. It also comes with Microsoft's People Hub for seamless social networking. Xbox Live is also built into the phone, along with HTC Watch and Zune, for advanced entertainment.
The Radar is a mid-range phone with a 3.8" touch screen, crafted out of a single piece of polished metal, also in a way similar to Apple's unibody concept. This phone is powered by a 1 GHz processor and comes with a 5 MP rear camera with an internal storage capacity of 8 GB. There is also a front-facing camera for video calling.
HTC has confirmed that both the phones will go on sale in Europe and Asia in October this year...N
The TITAN is a high-end phone with a huge 4.7" Super LCD screen and an ultra-slim 9 mm contoured unibody design with a large virtual keyboard. Powered by a 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, it has 512 MB RAM and up to 16 GB of internal storage. It boasts of superior web browsing, MS Office, and Microsoft OneNote with cloud storage. The phone sports an 8 MP camera capable of 720p recording with an advanced F2.2 lens and BSI sensor, and a front-facing 1.3 MP camera for video calls. It also comes with Microsoft's People Hub for seamless social networking. Xbox Live is also built into the phone, along with HTC Watch and Zune, for advanced entertainment.
The Radar is a mid-range phone with a 3.8" touch screen, crafted out of a single piece of polished metal, also in a way similar to Apple's unibody concept. This phone is powered by a 1 GHz processor and comes with a 5 MP rear camera with an internal storage capacity of 8 GB. There is also a front-facing camera for video calling.
HTC has confirmed that both the phones will go on sale in Europe and Asia in October this year...N
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Recently LG announced worlds first 3D Smartphone that includes dual 5 Mega Pixel camera and large 4.3 inches display. The dual camera of this mobile phone is just simply awesome users can capture full HD 1080p@24fps (2D), 720p@30fps (3D) videos and also high class clarity images, 5 Mega Pixel camera has features like autofocus, LED flash, Stereoscopic photos & videos; geo-tagging and also included video calling camera at front side.
Users can view icons, images, videos quite comfortably in 3D with large 4.3 inches 3D LCD capacitive touchscreen which has 16m colors and 480 x 800 pixels resolution. It display comes LG 3D UI, Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate, Proximity sensor for auto turn-off, Gyro sensor, Touch-sensitive controls features. The design of this device is very eye catchy, it has dimension of 128.8 x 68 x 11.9 mm and 168 gm weight.
Lg Optimus 3D P920 has multiple connectivity options such are 3G (HSUPA 5.76Mbps), GPRS, EDGE, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, microUSB v2.0, HTML Web Browser, with this service share your images, videos, songs and data with others. Cell phone is also inbuilt with lots of social apps such as Facebook, Twitter, Orkut, Google Search, Gtalk, pecasa, youtube with this apps users can get connected with there family and friends anytime throuch cell phone and also can share there Photos, Videos, Sounds and other data on web.
Operating System of Optimus 3D P920 is Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo), upgradable to v2.3 and included Dual-core 1GHz ARM Cortex-A9 proccessor, PowerVR SGX540 GPU, TI OMAP4430 chipset (CPU) this the advance technology which is used in cell phone now-a-days and it runs device fast when user launch any apps. Device has 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM internal space and it can increase up to 32GB microSD memory card.
Lg Optimus 3D P920 comes with many advanced and impressive features such are HDMI port, Digital compass, MP4/DivX/XviD/H.264/H.263/WMV player, 1080p@24fps (2D), 720@30fps (3D) playback, MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player, Stereo FM radio with RDS, 3.5mm Jack, Loudspeaker, Document viewer/editor, Organizer, 3D Games, Full Flash 10.1 support, Supports Java applications and software etc.
It has Li-Ion 1500 MAH battery which is capable to give talk time of 4 hours and 100 hours standby time.
Price in India Rs 37,000..N
Price in India Rs 37,000..N
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Now don't raise your hopes too high that we will be seeing such a phone in the near future, but the designer Heyon You has drawn a pretty great concept of what Samsung might do with its flexible AMOLED displays one day.
The concept is called Samsung Galaxy Skin, since it flexes, bends and adjusts to the task at hand. There are two fairly rigid sides, and a flexible screen in the middle, so that a number of shapes and poses variations are possible, depending whether you are listening to music, using the GPS in your car, or projecting images from the phone.
The Samsung Galaxy Skin is also meant to be super thin and to use a special version of Google's mobile OS, called Android Flexy, which adjusts the interface according to the phone's current position and the app it is running, as in the renders below:
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