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HTC One (M8) is now receiving Android 5.0 Lollipop with Sense UI

HTC One (M8) users, rejoice! The long and nasty wait for the Lollipop version of HTC's Sense for your device is about to be over anytime now. It seems that the much-anticipated update is rolling out now for the international HTC's flagship, bringing the state of its firmware to the latest available version of Android alongside HTC's in-house Sense UI.

Weighing in at the hefty 780MB, the update will probably hit your device in the following hours, as you might not be among the first wave of users to get it. Among its more notable new features are the revamped notification drawer/quick toggle settings and the recent tasks switcher, which have been inspired by the Material Design guidelines. Of course, there are a number of improvements over the KitKat version of the software, but the majority of these are under-the-hood ones (like ART) - Sense UI has remained mostly unchanged visually, which is not a bad thing at all.

You can manually check if the update has arrived for your device by heading to Settings > Software updates. If you're lucky enough, you'll get to see a message similar to the one on the right. Stay tuned for our UI comparison between the KitKat version of Sense UI and its brand new Lollipop counterpart, it's coming soon!

Lenovo A6000 selling in bucketloads in India

Lenovo has proudly announced that its recent flash sale of the A6000 budget-minded smartphone was a success, selling out 10,000 pieces in just 2 seconds. The marketing stunt, pioneered by Xiaomi and later adopted by emerging brand Yureka, has proven to work miracles on the Indian market and is now being exploited even by the more established Chinese phone manufacturer Lenovo.

With over 255,000 registrations for the sale on the online store Flipkart, it's no wonder the stock was promptly cleared. The smartphone's attractive price tag of Rs. 6,999 ($113) could be the chief reason for the hype.

That amount of cash lands you a 5-inch screen of 1280x720px resolution in an understated, but reasonably good-looking package. The innards are nothing to write home about, but you still get the popular Snapdragon 410 chipset with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of onboard storage, expandable via microSD.

If you had your mind set on the Lenovo A6000 but were left out of the last flash sale, fret not, for a new batch is coming soon and registrations are already underway.

Samsung refreshes its Galaxy Tab 4 tablet line with 64-bit chips

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 and Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 both recently showed up on the GFXBench site revealing something new. Both slates were powered by a 64-bit Snapdragon 410 chipset. And to complete the hat trick, Sammy is apparently stuffing the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 7.0 with a 64-bit chip as well.

Instead of using the Snapdragon 410 employed in the other two slabs, Samsung plans on putting the Marvell Armada Mobile PXA1908 inside the Galaxy Tab 4 7.0. The quad-core Cortex A-53 chip will also be found inside the Samsung Xcover3. With the change in silicon, the Galaxy Tab 4 7.0 tablet gets a new model number (SM-T239) and a new name (Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Lite 7.0 LTE).

Using a Marvell chipset is not exactly foreign to this particular tablet. The Marvell PXA 1088, a predecessor to the PXA 1908, was used in the Wi-Fi version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 7.0. The PXA 1908 supports TD-LTE, FDD-LTE, 3G, TD-SCDMA and GSM.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Lite 7.0 LTE is expected to begin life with Android 4.4.4 pre-installed. We still need to hear from Samsung about all of these changes. At that time, we'd expect the manufacturer to toss us information related to pricing and availability.

Greet the official wooden covers for Xiaomi Mi4

Xiaomi has been promising some official wooden back covers for its blockbuster Mi4 flagship for a while now, and today is the day when it delivers. The popular handset can be dressed in six tree-hugging covers, including black apricot wood, bamboo Bangkok, walnut, white oak and rosewood. What's more, these will cost only 69 yuan, which is about $11 - a pretty small price to pay for bringing that natural look and feel to your plasticky handset.

Galaxy Note 4 Lollipop update

With the Lollipop craze in full steam and the Galaxy Note 3 already up for a soak test in Russia it is only natural to expect that Samsung will give an equal share of attention to the Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy Note Edge.

We already saw a leaked manual for Android 5 with the device model on it so the OTA is getting closer, but no official news is available as of yet. Faryaab Sheikh, Editor-in-Chief of SamMobile might have just shed some light on the issue with a recent Twitter post. According to him the Galaxy Note 4 ROM is still in the hands of Oculus VR who are "tweaking the kernel" to ensure compatibility with the Samsung Gear VR

For anyone unfamiliar with the device it is Samsung's current take on virtual reality headset based on the popular Oculus Rift. Gear VR however takes the experience one step beyond by using a wireless setup. This is achieved with the help of a mobile display, in particular the 5.7-inch QHD Super AMOLED panel of the Galaxy Note 4.

While compatibility issues might explain the delay the question still stands why this can't be achieved in a later update. This is supposedly what occurred on the Verizon version of the phone last month.

Delivering Gear VR compatibility is most definitely a huge deal in terms of marketing strategy, but the fact of the matter is that a very miniscule percentage of all Samsung Galaxy Note 4 devices will ever be put inside a VR headset. So why make everybody wait for what is essentially a niche feature?

Uncivilized or Careless

One of my relative was brought to hospital in emergency. As soon as I reached my room I hurried to reach to hospit. But on the way to hospital I saw this:

who will take care of such things if we don't pay attention. We are also citizens of this country. 

Samsung Galaxy E3, J3, J5 and J7 names already patented

Samsung is hard at work expanding its device lineup. During the last few months it became clear that the Korean tech giant is starting a brand new A-series lineup, an E-series, as well as a J-series. The A lineup already has two members- the Galaxy A3 and the Galaxy A5, both of which we have reviewed in depth here and here, respectively. Similarly, two mid-ranged E devices have been announced, but are still unavailable - Samsung Galaxy E5 and Galaxy E7. And as for the J line, we have only seen glimpses of an entry-level device, dubbed the Galaxy J1.

A few interesting trademark links came to our attention today, which seems to further prove that Samsung is keeping busy with the new smartphone lineups. And although a reserved name definitely does not equal a new handset the links are indicative of the manufacturer's intention to broaden the new families.

It appears that the Galaxy E5 will be getting a smaller brother, presumably under the name Galaxy E3, whine the J series will be expanded upwards with the Galaxy J3, J5, and J7.

Presumably all of the future devices will bear similar design ant technical specifications to their respective siblings and differ in size, but at this point in time Samsung has simply acquired the copyrights to a set of Galaxy names and really anything else is pure speculation. What is your take on the future of the manufacturer's expanding lineup and what do you think the new devices should bring to the table in order to compete in the increasingly overcrowded mobile scene.

Samsung Galaxy Note Edge pre-orders start in Canada

The Samsung Galaxy Note Edge, which launched in the US back in November, will be available in Canada soon. While there’s no word on the price and availability date, the device is up for pre-order on Best Buy, with the listing suggesting that both Roger and Bell will be offering it.

As most of you would probably know, the key selling point of the Galaxy Note Edge is the curved display present on its right edge, effectively doubling as a secondary screen that can be used for a variety of purposes such as displaying notifications and housing media-player controls.

The smartphone is powered by a Snapdragon 805 chipset with 2.7GHz Krait 450 quad-core processor and Adreno 420 GPU. It sports a 5.6-inch 1600 x 2560 Super AMOLED display, 16 MP rear camera, and 3.7 MP front snapper. The device comes with 3GB of RAM, 32/64GB of internal storage (which can be expanded up to 128GB via MicroSD card), and runs Android 4.4.4 KitKat.

Samsung will manufacture the Tizen-based Z1 in India

Samsung will manufacture the Tizen-based Z1 smartphone in India. The Korean giant launched the affordable device in the country earlier this month.

The device’s manufacturing process will take place in Samsung’s Noida facility in India. The company’s Vice President of Marketing for India confirmed the news.

Targeted a first-time smartphone buyers, the dual-SIM Samsung Z1 is priced at Rs 5,700 (about $93). According to industry sources, the Korean giant has sold about 50,000-55,000 units of the handset since its launch in mid-January. This is a stellar achievement for the Tizen device considering the highly competitive price segment it inhabits.

Samsung will soon launch the Z1 in Bangladesh. The device is not likely to make it to more mature global markets.

Apple accounts for half of US phone activations in Q4

The September launch of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus has provided Apple with solid ground to maintain its ruling position on the US market. A newly published survey by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners reports that a dominating 50% of phone activations during 2014 Q4 have been iPhones.

Nokia and Meizu to collaborate on a new MX4 phone

Meizu's MX4 and MX4 Pro are very well made, powerful, and relatively affordable smartphones, which are, unfortunately, not that readily available to western markets. Apparently, Meizu does have the desire to sell its phones outside of Asia, however, it fears the handsets might lack a certain appeal to westerners' tastes – if this latest rumor from China is to be believed, that is.

A number of tech blogs have reported that Meizu will be partnering up with Nokia on a MX4 Supreme (alleged code name) – a smartphone, which will retain the shape and razor-sharp bezels, signature for Meizu's recent flagships, but will have its coloring, hardware, and software decided upon by Nokia. The phone will still bear the Meizu moniker, since the Finnish company is still not allowed to commercialize phones under its name, due to the Microsoft deal.

Bloomberg: Samsung won't use S810 in the Galaxy S6

Would you like some Exynos with this Galaxy S6? Now here is an interesting turn of events - Bloomberg is confirming this morning that Samsung has ditched Qualcomm whatsoever, and its next flagship, with all of its Edge, US carrier, and whatnot versions, will only be powered by the homegrown Exynos chipset, at least in the first batches. This will likely be the 7 Octa edition that is in the Note 4, but paired with Samsung's new LTE Cat. 9 radio. In short, the S6 will be as powerful and capable of 450 Mbps downlink speeds, as the Note 4 S-LTE that Samsung is about to unveil this week in Korea, to take advantage of SK Telecom's record fast new network there.

Bloomberg reports that Samsung has gotten weary of the random overheating problems that the TSMC foundry is facing with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 810 production, and, since it has superior production capabilities, decided to go with the latest Exynos for the S6. Who can blame it, considering that the company is having a brand new $15 billion factory built outside Seoul, which can churn Exynos chipsets in the tens of millions no sweat, which will be the likely sales numbers of a flagship Samsung phone, instead of relying on older production methods that on top of that TSMC hasn't apparently ironed out just yet. It's not the first time we are hearing that Samsung has given up on the unreliable supply of Snapdragon 810s, too.

Now, when it comes to what the differences are between Snapdragon 810 and Exynos 7 Octa, we'd have to wait and see exactly what modification Samsung has eventually used for the S6, but one thing is for certain - it will be built on the superior 14nm process, whereas Qualcomm uses 20nm for the 810, and only this year will move down to 14nm. In general this means less power consumption and smaller processor footprint and/or superior performance at comparable clock speeds, but Qualcomm has other aces up its Snapdragon chipset sleeve. 

One of the advantages used to be its excellent multiband LTE modems that it paired with the Snapdragon SoCs, but now that Samsung created an LTE Cat. 9 radio of its own, that point becomes somewhat moot - more so it will be built on 20nm, whereas Qualcomm's LTE radio is still at 28nm. As for the Snapdragon 810 optimization for 4K encoding, decoding and streaming - it remains to be seen how Exynos will fare with those, though we wouldn't worry too much about it, as Samsung's chips have proven capable enough so far.

Six new features to expect from the Samsung Galaxy S6

Samsung's upcoming S6 flagship is shaping up to be the biggest design and interface overhaul in the Galaxy line history, all rumors indicate, not to mention that it will likely come stuffed to the gills with the latest in screen and camera tech, as well as processing power. 

Let's start with getting the specs out of the way first. The handset is expected to have the newest chipsets, presumably Snapdragon 810 or Exynos 7 Octa, depending on the region, a Quad HD display, and a 16 MP or a high-res 20 MP camera, depending on what leaks you chose to believe in. The high-res camera might be reserved for either only the regular, or only the dual-edged version of the S6, though. Said Galaxy S6 Edge model is purportedly going to be produced in a limited batch, like Samsung did with the Note Edge, gauging the popularity of such a device.

We will apparently also get a "half-metal" chassis, whatever that means, which will allegedly be combined with glass elements. Long story short, a lot will change with the Galaxy line heritage when the flagship arrives, so take a peek at the most intriguing new features that the S6 is alleged to bring.

Purple Sony Xperia Z3 confirmed

To keep the Xperia Z3 in the news while working on the next generation, Sony is about to release a Purple version of the current flagship. Live images have surfaced of the lighter of two purple shades,leaked a week ago.

The color has been a customary option of the Z-series, until Sony decided to drop it with the Xperia Z3. The more formal Black and White versions were instead complemented by Copper and Silver green. Traditions, apparently, still are what they used to be and Purple has seen a comeback, perhaps in hopes of triggering Valentine's day purchases for the significant others.

We are, however, more focused on the upcoming Xperia Z4, which is expected to be announced at the MWC in the beginning of March. The launch is eagerly anticipated as previous generations have mostly brought incremental upgrades to the flagship, and this one is set to be more significant.

Samsung's new tablet come with 4:3 screen aspect ratio

Just like the Apple iPad line and the Google Nexus 9, the upcoming new tablets from Samsung might feature a 4:3 aspect ratio. We heard last week that the company is about to reveal a set of new Android slates, the SM-T35x/SM-T55x and the SM-P35x/SM-P55x, with 8" and 9.7" displays, respectively.

The fondleslabs are rumored to launch with 64-bit quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 chipsets, meaning that they will likely be midrange endeavors that won't break the bank for you. Deriving from that fact we can also conclude with reasonable certainty that the screen resolutions won't be anything like Quad HD, too, but their aspect ration might be 4:3 now, tipped insider sources. 

Overall, the SM-T35x and the SM-T55x could be the 2015 editions of the Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 and Galaxy Tab 4 10.1, and the SM-P35x/SM-P55x duo could signal brand new midrangers in Samsung's tablet portfolio. entrants in the Galaxy Note tablet lineup.

What Do u get From Nepal Banda?

I don't know what we get from Nepal Banda. I went to office by walking. Its ok that I live near my office. But what about the people whose house if far from office. That's my problem and my office staffs problems. Now what about whole country?

Advantages

In my opinion when everything is closed. Pollution is decreased. People walk or they use bicycle. Environment gets clean. Tress or plant which were planted for the SAARC SUMMIT they get a little bit relief from dust and smoke. Those people who sell their products from mobile cart(GADA) their business increases.


Disadvantages
Economic Loss
There are many economic activities that have to be finished within same day but when such strikes occurs. Then A nation has to really bear a huge loss.

Student Carrier
Because of banda students who are travelling gets affected.

Tourist
Instead of giving positiveness for tourist we are showing our negative parts to them.

At last This political leaders have been saying they are fighting for Nepali Janta but for All janta are affected. 

BlackBerry Classic gets real gold

BlackBerry's latest Classic, the aptly named basic pure
 BlackBerry, released last December, is getting the gold
 treatment. Vietnamese luxury brand Karalux is offering 
a 24K gold-plated edition of the phone for business
 professionals with a penchant for sparkle.

The outer stainless steel frame gets a precious metal 
coating, as well as the keyboard row separators. 
The back remains in formal black, but a company 
branded gold plate below the keyboard makes sure your 
fellow coworkers know where to enhance their bland stock
 Classic. The plate is actually customizable though,
 so buyers can have a text or logo of their choosing
 engraved on it.
The gold-plating process takes up 4 man-hours of work, and will set you back 7,000,000 Vietnamese
 Dong ($350). Add the price of the smartphone itself for a total of $650.

Android 5.0.1 Lollipop with TouchWiz leaks for the Samsung Galaxy S4

Well, well, well, what do we have here? It looks like an official TouchWiz take on Android 5.0 Lollipop for 2013's battle-worn Samsung Galaxy S4, one of the best-selling Samsung smarpthones of all time, has just leaked and has been quickly picked up by the eager members of the XDA community. The build in question is based on Android 5.0.1, the latest available representative of Google's OS. 

Numerous users report that despite being a Chinese locale, the firmware appears to be authentic. At the time of writing there have been no major bugs found - Wi-Fi, 3G/4G data, NFC, Bluetooth, all sensors, and everything else you might think of seem to be working fine. Still, as we mentioned above, certain system messages will probably appear in Chinese, but that's a price that the eager early adopters of said leaked distribution will have to tolerate.

The build reportedly only works with several versions of the Galaxy S4 - GT-I9500, GT-I9502, GT-I9508, and the GT-I9508v ones, with the notable omission being the Snapdragon 600 variation, the GT-I9505 variation of the former Samsung flagship.

Provided that you're using a Galaxy S4 and can't wait any longer, follow the source link and give this Lollipop build a try. As usual, make sure that you have a handy NANDroid backup in store, you know, just in case something goes wrong.

Meanwhile, the Galaxy S5 already took a lick from the TouchWiz-esque Lollipop that Samsung released and we quickly compared it with the older KitKat firmware. The Galaxy S4 will, most probably, receive its own Android update pretty soon.

HTC One (M8) receiving Lollipop update in Malaysia

Nearly a week ago, we reported that the unlocked version of the HTC One (M8) is in the process of getting Android 5.0, and now the update has started rolling out in Malaysia.

The 650MB update brings along new multitasking and lock screens, as well as changes to notifications interface. The HTC Sense UI, however, remains largely unchanged, as it’s still based on Sense 6.0.

The Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer had earlier promised that the One (M8) will receive Android L “within 90 days of receiving final software from Google.” While the Google Play Edition of the device started receiving the update last month, the Developer Edition got updated last week.

The OTA update should automatically reach your smartphone, but if you haven’t received the notification yet, you can check manually by heading to Settings -> About -> Software.

Lava launches Iris Alfa 4.4 KitKat smartphone

Lava's new droid costs only INR 6550 (around €90/$105) and brings the usual combination of midrange hardware and Android software. The Iris Alfa runs Android KitKat 4.4, 5" 854 x 480px IPS display, has a quad-core 1.2GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of on-board storage, a microSD card with support for up to 32GB of expansion.

On the front the Lava Iris Alfa has a VGA camera while the back-mounted snapper is a backside-illuminated 5MP unit with LED flash.

A battery of 2,200mAh capacity is charged with running all that hardware daily. The phone has dual-SIM capabilities as well.

Measuring 141mm x 71mm x 9.2mm and weighing 156g it's reasonable for a 5-incher.

The Lava Iris Alfa will be available in India starting today.

Pakistan Unrest

            ULTAN, Pakistan, Jan 7 : (AFP) -- Pakistan on Wednesday hanged two men sentenced to death by an anti-terrorism court, taking the number of executions to nine since the country lifted a moratorium on capital punishment after last month's Taliban school massacre.

            The convicts, Ghulam Shabbir and Ahmed Ali (alias Sheesh Naag), were reportedly members of banned sectarian militant outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.

            The two were sentenced to death in 2002 by an anti-terrorism court -- Shabbir for killing a senior police official and his driver, and Ali for killing three people.They were hanged in the southern city of Multan early Wednesday.    "Two men convicted for murders, Ghulam Shabbir and Ahmed Ali, were hanged till death today," Saeedullah Gondal, superintendent of the jail where the executions took place, told AFP.

"Their bodies were handed over to their families."Pakistan last month lifted a six-year moratorium on the death penalty in terror cases in the wake of the Taliban's horrific massacre at an army-run school in the city of Peshawar.The attack on December 16 left 150 people dead, the vast majority of them children.

            Pakistani officials have said they plan to hang 500 convicts in the coming weeks, drawing protest from international human rights campaigners.Pakistan's parliament on Tuesday approved the setting up of military courts to hear terrorism-related cases in a bid to speed up hearings.

            The country's notoriously slow civil court procedures often delays justice for years.On Tuesday, authorities halted the death sentence of Shafqat Hussain, who was convicted of murdering a seven-year-old boy in 2004 when he was just 15, following an outcry from rights groups.

            Despite the moratorium, which began in 2008, courts continued to issue death sentences and Amnesty International estimates there are around 8,000 people on death row in Pakistan.

            The United Nations, European Union, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have called on Pakistan to re-impose its moratorium on the death penalty.Rights campaigners say Pakistan overuses its anti-terror laws and courts to prosecute ordinary crimes.