Acer Unveils Their Midrange Liquid Series Phone

Acer Unveils Liquid E1

                                If you are person who is not willing to spend a buck load of money for a smartphone and you want good performance from your phone here is an option for you. Acer introduced their latest phone of their "Liquid" line-up Liquid E1 which is a decent mid range phone. The specifications are not overwhelming. But they are enough to satisfy almost every need that you expect from a smartphone. 

                                It comes with a 4.5" display with a qHD resolution(540x960 pixels) and has a 1 Ghz dual-core processor and a 1 GB ram. The camera is a 5MP one and there is a front facing 0.3MP camera for video calls. The dimensions of this phone are at 132x68.5x9.9 mm. The battery is a 1780 mAh one which Acer promises would keep the phone in standby mode for 400 hours. The phone weighs 130g. The actual price and availability is not yet confirmed.

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Sony Unveils Xperia Z and Xperia ZL

Sony Unveils Xperia Z and Xperia ZL

                                         Sony makes some of the most attractive smartphones in the world. But when it came to hardware specifications they were always behind of Samsung, HTC and some other leading manufacturers. But this time they have given an answer to that by introducing their latest flagships that packs the latest technology up-to-date. These two flagships caused lot of hype because of the leaked specification sheets and photos that flew around the internet. But today Sony officially unveiled there two new flagships at the CES 2013. 

Xperia Z

                                       The two unveiled models Sony Xperia Z, previously rumored as Xperia Yuga, and Xperia ZL have almost the same hardware specifications ,though there is a difference in the design, and the revealed specifications show us a lot of promise. The difference between these two phones is that Xperia Z is made with IP57 certification which makes it dust-proof and water-proof. On the other hand Xperia ZL doesn't have the IP57 certification. Both the phones pack the latest Snapdragon S4 pro chipset and 1.5Ghz Quad-Core Krait processors,(First time Sony uses quad-core processors.) and the latest Adreno 320 GPU. Both the devices have 2GB rams and all the connectivity technologies possible.

Xperia ZL

                                         The other interesting part is the display. Both of these devices carry 1080p 5 inch LED-backlit displays that have a pixel density of 441ppi. The displays are also powered by the latest BRAVIA Engine2. Also these phones carry a 13MP camera (capable of 1080p video recording) that has the EXYNOS RS censor  which would make these one of the best camera-phones available. Both of these devices come with Android 4.1 JellyBean out of the box and are expected to be released on March. Pricing for these two devices are not revealed yet. But as per the specifications we can say that it is not going to be a cheap device at all. As we think this time Sony has done it right and if these devices get released at the right time they would do great in the smartphone world.

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Ubuntu To Enter the Game

Ubuntu for Phones gets Announced

                          First of all we would like to wish all our viewers a very happy new year. The first news that we have in the very beginning of this new year is a very good one for all the FOSS lovers. Ubuntu has always been an good alternative for Windows OS because of its user friendliness and the fast responsiveness and best of all for being free. Now Canonical, Ubuntu's maker, is also planning to enter the smartphone world by introducing their OS to the mobile devices. It would use the same kernel and drivers as the Android OS as both are based on Linux kernel. 

                          The new Ubuntu for phones would emphasize more on the use of Hand-Gestures to navigate around. A long swipe from the left would go to all your apps while a short swipe would show you the favorite apps. It would also use HTML 5 heavily. The apps that are for Android won't work on this new OS as it doesn't use the Dalvik Virtual Machine that Android uses. But if Ubuntu for phones gain popularity the applications for this OS would also grow as it did with Android OS. We have to wait and see till the next year to see if this would give a competition to the smartphone superiority of Android. We should also not forget that there is also the hopeful Jolla Sailfish OS that would also be a tough competition by the time. The devices that carry Ubuntu for phones would likely be shipped early next year.

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