NOKIA Do Good Hackathon event : Design and develop apps for people and planet

  

Ever felt like you had a really good idea for an app that could change people’s lives and make the world a better place? Then this is a golden opportunity knocking at your door.
Devworx in collabration with Nokia gives you a chance to create an app based on your idea and win prizes that you would cherish.
What will you get?

• For each Hackathon
• Winner gets access to App Campus program.
• For each hackathons and for each category
• Grand Prize: Nokia Lumia 920
• Second Prize: Nokia Lumia 820
• Third Prize: Nokia Lumia 720

What are you supposed to do?

• Register yourself for the Do Good Hackathon event!
• Share your app idea with us latest by:
  • Bangalore: May 31, 2013
  • Delhi: June 5, 2013
  • Pune: June 12, 2013
• Best ideas would be selected by a jury of experienced technology enthusiast and selected developers would be invited to participate in a 24 hr hackathon in any of the 3 given cities.
• Based on your idea, start developing app(functional/semi-functional at simulator) on your system before coming to the event
• Complete the app on the day of the Hackathon and present it infront of a grand jury.

No registration fees required. So don't sit back, send in your app ideas today.

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For more details on the program, quality criteria etc. please visit here

Nokia Lumia 928, The Facelifted Lumia 920 Goes On Sale In The US

Nokia has launched it’s new high-end smart phone, the Lumia 928 in the United States. The new smart phone is a bid by the company to regain it’s market share, which it has been losing to Apple and Samsung since a few years now. 
The Nokia Lumia 928 is a small upgrade over the Lumia 920, which was launched earlier this year. The Lumia 928 features almost the same set of hardware as the Lumia 920, but in a slimmer and lighter body. 
The Lumia 928 is 23 grams lighter than the Lumia 920, weighing at about 162 grams. The new smart phone is also 0.6mm thinner than the Lumia 920.
Coming to the specifications, there aren’t any major differences between the specs of both the smartphones. However, the Lumia 928 promises to enhance the low-light photography as compared to the Lumia 920, as it features a Xenon flash, as opposed to dual-LED flash on the Lumia 920. The camera itself on both the devices remains the same, which is an 8.7 megapixel Pure view camera at the back, and a 1.3 megapixel camera at the front. 
Second difference between both the devices comes in the form of their display, as the Nokia Lumia 928 features a 4.5-inch AMOLED PureMotion HD+ ClearBlack display, while the Lumia 920 has an  LCD IPS display, with all those bells and whistles. 

Powered by a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor, the Lumia 928 gets 1GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage, same as the Lumia 920. 
Both the smart phones get the same capacity battery as well, which is rated at 2,000 mAh, but while the Lumia 920 has a Li-Ion battery, the Lumia 928 gets a Li-Polymer battery.
The Nokia Lumia 928 promises a better audio quality as well, as it features louder and improved speaker, giving 140db audio, which surpasses even the HTC One’s 89db.
While the Nokia Lumia 920 is available in a wide range of colors, the Lumia 928 is available in only Black and White color options.
The Finnish smartphone-maker is trying really hard to win back it’s market share, be it with it’s the lower-end devices or the top-of-the line smart phones. A couple of days back, Nokia announced the new Asha 501 in New Delhi, and next week, the company is holding an event in London, where the long-rumored Nokia Catwalk is expected to make an appearance.

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Windows 8 Market Share Not Improving, XP Still Hanging On

Despite all the media attention, Windows 8 is still not growing at the rate Microsoft would have hoped. Windows XP on the other hand, has continued to enjoy the same amount of market share as it did in previous years.
As stated by Net Applications, an Internet analytics company, Windows 8 has seen little progress with their market share in April, literally amounting to half a percentage in usage shares. Compared actively to Microsoft’s last big dud in the field, aka Windows Vista, the figures place Windows 8 a few paces behind the slow reception received by Windows Vista in 2007.

However, Net Applications did a comparative study between Windows Vista and Windows 8. Unfortunately, the figures are rather more in favor of Windows Vista which shows that by the end of six months, Windows Vista held a usage share of almost 5.8% among Window’s operated PC’s while Windows 8 is seen to be almost 1.6 points behind when compared over the same duration of time since its initial release in the market.
Nonetheless, the figures of April mark a difference between Windows 8 and Vista as coming to several tenths larger in points as compared to the month before. So far, this is considered to be the biggest difference seen in Computerworld’s tracking done year-long.
On the other hand, Microsoft is having trouble pushing Windows XP towards retirement which still stubbornly holds around 41% in usage shares among Windows PC systems on a worldwide basis in the month of April. However, in March, the usage shares amounted to almost 42%, so the drop in users only amounts to 1 point so far as reported by Net Applications.
Overall, Windows XP remains solidly resistant to Microsoft’s retirement efforts although the support for the 12 year old OS will be approaching its proposed retirement by April 8, 2014. Moreover, despite the fact that Microsoft’s support for Windows XP will be pulled, it is still predicted that the rate at which Windows XP is declining will mean that there will still be a substantial amount of XP users remaining.
Based on the figures that indicate the average rate of loss on a monthly basis, it is safely predicted that when the awaited date arrives, Windows XP users will still be among the Windows PC users and will amount to a total of 30.5% in percentage points.
Similarly, Net Applications has also reported upon the figures of the launch of other versions of Windows which reveal that Windows 8 has shown no effect upon the sales of Windows XP and the latter has remained dominatingly firm in the market with its percentage score of 48.7% in percentage points. The figures clearly show that Windows XP can hold its own among other versions of Windows and the launch of  Windows 8 has not affected this old OS at all.

New Budget Smartphone -Nokia Lumia 520

Nokia has gone real crazy, just released a dual-core Windows Phone 8 smartphone Lumia 520 with 4” WVGA IPS resolution display at only 10,500 Rs, which is the most value for money device at this price. This phone also sports a 5 mp auto-focus camera with HD recording, 1430 mAh battery & a wide range of color options – White, Black, Yellow, Red & Cyan. The best Android phone at this price is the new Sony Xperia E which has a poor quality 3.5” HVGA display with pretty basic CPU & GPU- 1 GHz single core Cortex-A5 process & mediocre Adreno 200 GPU. This Nokia Lumia 520 is the best device to buy at around 10K INR at this moment if you are not a die-hard Android fan.

Key Features

• Dual-core 1 GHz Krait processor with Qualcomm MSM8227 chipset, Adreno 305 GPU, 512 MB of RAM, 8 GB of internal storage
• 4” IPS display with 480 x 800 px resolution @ 233 ppi
• Windows Phone 8 OS
• HSDPA up to 21.1 Mbps, HSUPA up to 5.76 Mbps
• 5 mp AF camera with HD recording, no front camera
• 1430 mAh Li-ion battery
• Wide range of colors: White, Black, Yellow, Red, Cyan

Market status: Released: April, 2013

Specifications

DISPLAY	Size	4 inches (10.16 cm)	On a 10.5K Rs. phone, it’s the best display you can get. Though it’s not a Nokia Clear Black display, it’s overall colourful & crisp; I loved it considering the price. The brightness is obviously a little bit low compared to the Clear Black Display on the pricer Lumia 620.
	Technology	IPS LCD, 16M colors
	Resolution	WVGA ie. 480 x 800 pixels @ 233 ppi
	Type	Capacitive, Multitouch
	Protection	Scratch resistant glass
EXTERIOR	Dimensions	119.9 x 64 x 9.9 mm (4.72 x 2.52 x 0.39 inch)	Very stylish rectangular design with great build quality. This phone is also the best looking device in its class. There is no front camera & secondary microphone for noise cancellation as this is a budget friendly phone. The back cover feels good in hand & one hand handling is excellent.
	Weight	124 gm (4.37 oz)
	Ports & Keys	Home, search & back keys, ear piece [front], volume rocker, power key, camera key [left], headset jack, secondary mic [top], microUSB port, mic [bottom], camera, loud speaker [back]
	Sensors	Proximity & Ambient Light Sensors
	Colors	White, Black, Yellow, Red, Cyan
PROCESSINGPOWER	Processor	Dual-core 1 GHz Krait	Though it’s an entry level phone regarding the price, the specs elevate this phone to the mid-range phones segment. This Lumia 520 handles HQ HD games without any issue & the user interface is buttery smooth as well.
	Chipset	Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8227
	GPU	Adreno 305
MEMORY	System Memory	512 MB of RAM	Enough RAM for HQ games & apps though you will not be able to play extremely high end games. Internal storage is obviously excellent for a budget phone.
	Internal Storage	8 GB
	Expansion	microSD, up to 64 GB
SOFTWARE	OS	Windows Phone 8	Latest OS on a budget phone unlike Android.
CONNECTIVITY	SIM	Micro-SIM, Single Slot	Good connectivity options though there is no NFC on this device.
	Operatingfrequencies	GSM – 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz; UMTS -850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz
	GPRS	Yes
	EDGE	Yes, up to 236.8 kbps
	3G	21 Mbps HSDPA, 5.76 Mbps HSUPA
	4G	No
	Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS
	Bluetooth	v3.0 with A2DP
	USB	microUSB v2.0
	NFC	No
CAMERA	Primary	5 meapixels	Very good camera quality on a 10.5K phone. Unfortunately there is no flash & front camera. You can download & apply a lot of cool lenses from the store
	Secondary	No
	Video	Up to 720p @ 30 fps
	Flash	No
	Features	Auto focus, 1/4” Sensor Size, panorama, smart shoot
BATTERY	Capacity	1430 mAh Li-lon	Impressive battery backup. 1.5-2 days with normal uses, 1 full day with heavy uses.
	Talk Time	Up to 14 h 40 min (2G), Up to 9 h 40 min (3G)
	Standby Time	Up to 360 h
OTHERFEATURES	Sensors : Accelerometer, gyro 7GB free SkyDrive storage Internet Explorer 10		There is no compass on this phone, so HERE city lens won’t work.
SAR INFO	(US) 0.77 W/kg (head), ( EU) 1.09 W/kg (head)		Under limit.
PRICE	10,500 INR ~ 190 USD		Very good pricing, value for money rating 4.5/5

Strong points: Very good looking phone with sturdy build & excellent specifications for the price, good camera & loud loud-speaker, great social networking integration, free Nokia services like Nokia Music and obviously stylish & refreshing Windows Phone 8 OS.
Weak points: To cut down the price, Nokia has excluded some important features like the front camera, secondary microphone, LED flash & as there is no compass, Nokia City Lens doesn’t work. Not all the features of the OS are available on this phone like Lumia 620, which is just 3600 pricer. Above all, Windows Phone OS is not as user friendly & as customisable as Android and Windows Phone store falls short of Android Google Play Store.
Suitable for those people who are tight on budget but still want to taste the Smartphone experience. The OS is very beautiful with in-depth social networking integration, so if you spend a lot of time on Facebook, Twitter etc., then this Windows Phone 8 is the best OS on earth for you. For the same price, you will get Sony Xperia E if you want to go for Android, but as you must know this Xperia E is just a cheap quality basic Android phone compared to this Lumia 520 & Android phones are good only if you spend 20K Rs or more. Lumia 520 has the same UI as the premium Lumia 920 unlike Android phones. So, get this device, you will love it!

• you can buy lumia 520 from flipkart.com    RS:9999/- only

Install Windows 8 Themed Custom ROM on Samsung Galaxy y

As you can see, this surely appeals to be one of the most classy ROMs for the little droid which many of the users may be looking for! So, before the urge spills the beans out, let us get started and see whether you can get through with the installation process of the ROM by following this step by step tutorial

Prerequisites

• Back up all apps using ASTRO File Manager. You can get the APK files using ASTRO and later restore it. Rooted users can use Titanium Backup which also backs up data along with the apps.
• Back up all contacts to SD card.
• Backup SMS on Android.
• Backup call log on Android.
• Have minimum 60% charge on your phone else you might get stuck while the update process is running on your device.
• Remove any security or Anti-virus app if you have them installed.
• Enable USB Debugging. This can be don by Settings>Applications>Development and making sure that USB Debugging is checked.

Disclaimer: Tech-Infinit is not responsible for any damage that your device may face during this process. The developer is also not responsible for the same. There are little chances that your device may face any issue. However, try this at your own risk. This process voids the warranty of your device.
 

Steps to Install Windows 8 Themed Custom ROM on Galaxy Y

1. Download the zip file from the original thread.
2. Connect your phone to the computer via USB cable and copy the downloaded zip files to your SD card, preferable not within any folder deep inside.
3. Disconnect your phone from the PC and turn it off.
4. Reboot into recovery mode by pressing Home button + Volume up button and Power button for 20 seconds.
5. When you are in the recovery mode, head over to the backup option and perform a nandroid backup. This would be useful if you wish to revert back  to your current ROM.
6. Now, before proceeding, check whether you have installed deodexed version of the stock ROM which will act as a base for the process.
7. Go back and select “Install zip from SD card”>”Choose zip from SD card” and select the zip file(downloaded in Step#1). Flash it in the next screen.
8. Go back and select “reboot system now”.
If your phone rebooted successfully, the Windows 8 themed bootup screen might have sparkled up your face which means you’re through!

Install Windows Phone 8.0 Rom on Samsung Galaxy Ace [How To]

we will teach you all the Main and Basic steps required to Install Windows Phone 8.0 ROM ( Which is a Custom Rom aka Copy of Windows Phone 8.0 likes of Nokia Lumia 920, HTC 8x, etc.) on Samsung Galaxy Ace.
Basically all the installation of Custom Roms ( Like CyanogenMod 7, GINGERCRUZT-2.2, iOS 5[CUSTOM ROM], XperiaTized, Beats With Smooth Sense 6 ROM, S3-Evolution ROM, Windows Phone 8.0 ROM). Required the same steps that today you going to learn.
The Steps are Quite simple if you do the exact same way the way this tutorial is going to teach you.
NOTE: - This practical was performed on Samsung Galaxy Ace. To get a perfect result we suggest  you to use Samsung Galaxy Ace. (READ EVERY STEP BEFORE PERFORMING ROOTING).
NOTE: - Your Android Device Should be Rooted and Clockwork Recovery Mod - 5.0.2.6 should be Installed In Your Device.
Steps Of Installation Of Windows Phone 8.0 ROM On Samsung Galaxy Ace : -
1. After Rooting and Installing Clockwork Recovery Mod - 5.0.2.6 on your Galaxy Ace. Now Power off the device.
2. Now download Windows Phone 8.0 ROM from HERE.
3. Copy the Downloaded File to your external memory (SD card).
4. Now, Switch ON your Galaxy Ace in Recovery Mode by pressing Power Button and Home Button Together.
5. Now you will Notice A Black Screen with Blue Highlighted Words.
6. Now Your Touch Screen Will Not Work. Therefore, Use Volume Key to Switch between Menu (Rocker Keys ), Press Power Key to go back to Previous Menu and Home Key to Select.
7. Now Select Wipe Data/Factory Reset.
8. Select Yes.
9. Now Select Wipe Cache Partition.
10. Select Yes.
11. And Now select Choose ZIP from SD Card.
12. Select WindowsPhone8.0v2.Zip ( File Name Of Downloaded File )
13. Select Yes.
14. Your Screen will be prompted Showing Some Codes.
15. And Now your Android Device will be Rebooted Automatically.
16. In First boot up your device will take some time but will Boot In Your New Custom Rom.
i.e. Windows Phone 8.0 ROM.
NOTE: - If  your mobile takes more than 10-15 Minutes to boot after Installing Your Windows Phone 8.0 ROM . Then Re-Do Steps Number : - 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. This will Solve Your Problem.
NOTE: - This is only educational purpose. We Don't Take Any Responsibility if any bad thing happens to your Android Device.

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