Nokia Lumai 920 Personal Review

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is a phone personally review by me now which my brother own.</span><br /><b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Elegant design and wonderful screen</span></b></h2><span style="color: #4c1130;"><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The beautifully soft-to-touch matte black polycarbonate on the 920 screams quality. Yes, I had to say that. Here is a phone (apart from the 8X, One X) that finally looked and felt the price he paid for it . What a phoneit was. No cheap things  here, just a classy, understated matte black polycarbonate shell and Corning Gorilla glass 2 for protection which looks premium when holding.<br />Just the phone is little bulkier.  But after using for a week or two, I hardly notice the weight now. But when i weighed it , its almost exactly as heavy as a Samsung Galaxy  Note 2. </span></i></span><br /><span style="color: #4c1130;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoZRoOnACqYAAw3KLeoejcL-zUkku5qW8E-kcGs5vk-cHt-9d5VRvZEayiWoRlo80ZDbwyXHWAmQdFT5I3lglruzJOv7_gAczaf3WJpYUo7vAXQN7r9kvmsOg4prh9UbiHNx7rDti8T6tl/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_20h59m46s_003_.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoZRoOnACqYAAw3KLeoejcL-zUkku5qW8E-kcGs5vk-cHt-9d5VRvZEayiWoRlo80ZDbwyXHWAmQdFT5I3lglruzJOv7_gAczaf3WJpYUo7vAXQN7r9kvmsOg4prh9UbiHNx7rDti8T6tl/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_20h59m46s_003_.png" /></a></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3QWG-SKXzy3Fu6XihB__jpLPvHSH98Rw7N81n_CXizwCwVGMLDdxRLeCS9bfm8_oF9OaKiiVFAShRbx2vsRqqw1DpeBag734-I8OFkVNgDAn7-lTqaH8DVpbaFnWDcCCdt5vk5sTJNviM/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_20h59m46s_003_.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3QWG-SKXzy3Fu6XihB__jpLPvHSH98Rw7N81n_CXizwCwVGMLDdxRLeCS9bfm8_oF9OaKiiVFAShRbx2vsRqqw1DpeBag734-I8OFkVNgDAn7-lTqaH8DVpbaFnWDcCCdt5vk5sTJNviM/s320/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_20h59m46s_003_.png" width="284" /></a></div><b><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>Its such a beautiful, premium looking phone that you end up spending a disproportionately large time just feeling the surface or ogling at the very-natural-no-eye-popping-colors screen. I personally found not much of a difference due to Nokia's much touted Puremotion+ screen between the 920's screen as compared to that of the 8X, but the Nokia did feel a wee bit smoother than it.  Daylight visibility is great. You dont get much control over the LCD brightness (just auto,low,medium and high modes) but to my pleasant surprise the auto mode works surprisingly well. So well, that even a very picky guy like me has been satisfied with the automatic mode. The curved edges to the screen also make it very pleasant to swipe form the edges of the screen. A little but often overlooked fact is that the screen-lock/power button is on the side of the phone and not on the top which makes a world of difference to one handed operation. The 3.5mm jack is at the centre of the top of the phone, while the dual speakers line the bottom on either side of the micro-USB/charging slot. And lastly it comes with built in wireless charging capability compatible with the open Qi standard, even if presently just for bragging rights.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Fluid WP8 UI is a refreshing change from static icons </span></b></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wont harp about the Windows phone 8's UI because any prospective buyer must have surely known about it by now. Its the one of the most soft and smoothy OS out there in the market right now according to me .Yes it much better than iOS. Its not exactly lightning quick, but Microsoft has made clever use of fluid animations to mask the delay in launching apps so that the user gets a sense of something always "happening" and its a very well implemented trick. Nokia drive takes about a couple of seconds to launch, but never feels like that  it lags or is slow. Testimony to the clever design of this OS. The tiles are a love or hate affair - I, for one, adore them. They make the homescreen look alive, there is something always moving about at some part of the screen making up for a very lively experience. Its a refreshing departure from the static icons reminiscent of the PC. I have seen isolated app-crashes but the phone always recovers gracefully from any such untoward event, not something that can be said about Android. <br /><br />The keyboard though lacking in haptic-feedback has a nice feature that almost every reviewer forgets to mention - next word prediction. In addition to the usual autocorrect, the keyboard predicts the next word depending upon your current word and if you type in proper English, its very accurate. Say you type I and press space, then you immediately notice that "am" "was", "think", "have", "dont" etc are already on the prediction line on top of the keyboard. It has to be seen to be fully appreciated and for people like me who text a lot its a god-send. has a special section to store recently used emoticons separately from the mass of other smileys, a nice touch. All these combined mean that I am having to actually punch in much lesser to type the same message on my 920 as compared to my Xperia ray. also find it much much easier to edit single mis-spelled characters thanks to the "floating" cursor (activated by a tap and hold on the text area). A very nice touch indeed. Notifications appearing on the top can be swiped away to the right. I dont miss the notification centre personally, though its heavily personal (I dont use any IM or FB,whatsapp on my phone).   </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhucM9cJ8E1smD7VQYyH2ml8pGfsOUWjEE9wpl8cVvkK3ZBPcCkrDUjubYaNmxp6JnK_5DNNXokPgI_sxFU5ODce30NG0oWqpNjsfvlP0Jd1LUDUAPL0E8JfL1ZnLScn8uZbLNiQ0HmJOBu/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_20h57m22s_002_.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhucM9cJ8E1smD7VQYyH2ml8pGfsOUWjEE9wpl8cVvkK3ZBPcCkrDUjubYaNmxp6JnK_5DNNXokPgI_sxFU5ODce30NG0oWqpNjsfvlP0Jd1LUDUAPL0E8JfL1ZnLScn8uZbLNiQ0HmJOBu/s320/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_20h57m22s_002_.png" width="206" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><h2><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A little bit of camera magic</span></b></h2>I have to divide this into two parts - day and night : In bright daylight the camera performs decently well but certainly not any better than the others. I for one found that the One X had slightly sharper pics but not by much. In any case the 920's photos are more than acceptable at this elevated price point as well. Then there is the night time photos (no I am not talking about the dedicated night mode) when the 920 really gets on. I'll make this short. In a random, handheld, full-auto-settings shot test of dimly lit streets the pics from the 920 matched the ones from my Canon EOS 600D with the stock 18-55 lens (with optical image stabilisation) for detail and actually beat it in terms of color reproduction and flash effectiveness and more importantly - usabilty. Yes, I know that sounds incredible and I do not make that statement lightly. All that optical-image-stabilisation mumbo jumbo conjures up every trick in its bag to give some incredible images with very less noise, and thats without even the flash being used.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But if you do get a chance, do use the camera at night and see for yourself. Video recording too, benefits immensely from the image stabilization producing really smooth videos. <br />Another less noted fact is that the microphone does not distort the sound when recording elevated volumes. To test this I recorded a video in a car with the windows rolled up and the speakers blasting at full volume. The 920 captured the sound well and with no distortion as claimed. Further it dd capture a good amount of bass which the other high end phones struggle to capture when recording voice/video</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiNEQcGYJ84tVz9YCyH6Ka2dzOvpVKKZFE-97c0_s67ypyQmvD0VhjdMGMbJbdWNDVZIMNPWYsl9mIpPruzI-wPIAbwdhXlTQs3z3SE5CAp2IHnK0oDa7ChNDLBrMxSLnO09gsbY2vohxo/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_21h25m24s_006_.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiNEQcGYJ84tVz9YCyH6Ka2dzOvpVKKZFE-97c0_s67ypyQmvD0VhjdMGMbJbdWNDVZIMNPWYsl9mIpPruzI-wPIAbwdhXlTQs3z3SE5CAp2IHnK0oDa7ChNDLBrMxSLnO09gsbY2vohxo/s320/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_21h25m24s_006_.png" width="246" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><h2><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Apps and ecosystem :</span></b></h2>Its smaller than both android and IOS but I am not a heavy app user, so I cant really comment on this. I found decent apps for everything I needed to look for. IE is a good browser, in fact among the fastest ones out there right now.<br /><br />Nokia maps and Drive are really good for what they do, though I miss the ability to rotate maps a la Google maps. As good as the maps are I still feel Google maps are slightly superior in a couple of areas - Detail/accuracy and eye-candy. Dont get me wrong, the Nokia maps is very detailed atleast for the part of India I live in, but I have noticed that it shows a road where no roads exist. Google maps doesnt have this mistake. Secondly the colors on Google maps are very optimised, so much that you tend to find everything a fraction of a second quicker on it - I'd mark it down to better use of colors, the details just stand out better. The other thing I miss is a scale. There is no scale on the Nokia maps and for someone like me who walks around a lot, a map is sometimes annoyingly useless without a scale. Also I'd much prefer to have the zoom buttons on the side than at the bottom-centre within Nokia maps.<br /><br />Also, when you <b><u>walk</u></b> towards an intersection, there is a non-zero chance that Nokia drive will think that you are taking a left/right when you are just following the straight path. It takes a few seconds (anywhere from 3-7 seconds) to get it back right about your direction. The change in direction as perceived by the app (wrongly, of course) is followed with a rotation of the "view" making this new direction the "upside". And a few seconds later it switches the view again as it finally realises its folly. This quick rotation of the maps is so acutely dis-orientating that its almost a deal breaker for me. If I had the choice of using Google maps here, I'd gladly do so. I wish to clarify that this happens only rarely and only when walking.<br /><br />On the brighter side, the Nokia navigation apps are simple to use without being any simpler than they should be. I have found the GPS locks to be very good and quick , though on a couple of isolated occasions (in the first week) I had seen false locks reporting I was about 10km away from where I actually was. Fortunately I haven't had this issue recurring. Another nice feature is that the GPS lock can be maintained even under the lockscreen if you dont manually quit the app by pressing the back-key. Bottom line is that though there is definitely room for improvement, I am satisfied with the mapping experience on the Lumia 920.<br /><br />The other Nokia apps like the lenses on the camera (Smart shoot, that enables you to select the best pic from a series and also remove any distracting moving people, Panorama, Cinemascope - I havent used this one) and the fun-useful apps like Photobeamer (has to be downloaded separately) surely add value to the experience. They are simple, sweet and do exactly what they are supposed to do with minimum fuss - just the way I like them. There is also a local version of Nokia transport - not very useful right now in Bangalore though.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPK7M7IAnDTeXeNZE2aG8vls-lj9Zik2fltUQggdaWonqFUBpMleaxz4s1U02_rNKLz2I0GGzu2OqM8CoxAiOjSGFq6XgFmbyv9QJBI4YUkVUUrZanp4pE3HFn-OlX80h3I97Jx_BvP56U/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_21h33m35s_008_.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPK7M7IAnDTeXeNZE2aG8vls-lj9Zik2fltUQggdaWonqFUBpMleaxz4s1U02_rNKLz2I0GGzu2OqM8CoxAiOjSGFq6XgFmbyv9QJBI4YUkVUUrZanp4pE3HFn-OlX80h3I97Jx_BvP56U/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_21h33m35s_008_.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /></div><h2><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Battery :Not Enough</span></h2>Lasts one day with decently heavy usage that involves approximately 70-80 SMSes and a couple of phone calls each about 4 min long, Wi-Fi on (set to disconnect on lock) and the screen turned on for a good amount of time (~1 hour in addition to the activities described above)doing nothing more than just exploring the phone with brightness set to auto and music through headphones for about 2 hours and about 30 minutes of GPS navigation (location services are turned on all the time though). Surprisingly the battery life seems to improve with a few use cycles and now comfortably lasts a day with good usage. No problems in the battery life department. <br /><br /><br /><h2><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pleasant music experience and free downloads</span></b></h2>I cant quite understand whats the big fuss about the music output of this phone is. I honestly prefer to tweak the equalizer myself than relying on some software to enhance bass. FYI, I fount that the much touted Beats in HTC phones makes the bass muddy, the 920 is much better in that regard. And yeah it comes with one year's worth of unlimited free music.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXJTsDZEb7UvEackJq-WzX_kP__zN751IsxPcF2lzUnpTN0n1SQBMX_S0NEmj1Pq_5iTh9ITINSlMgMqrUkMCZDIpCp30CEtLojdQOaRFIHf0Hw7yMDkNBlYvDi62goXunH7se1CXEnRo/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_21h06m51s_004_.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXJTsDZEb7UvEackJq-WzX_kP__zN751IsxPcF2lzUnpTN0n1SQBMX_S0NEmj1Pq_5iTh9ITINSlMgMqrUkMCZDIpCp30CEtLojdQOaRFIHf0Hw7yMDkNBlYvDi62goXunH7se1CXEnRo/s320/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_21h06m51s_004_.png" width="320" /></a></div><h2><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The things that make you go WTF ?!</span></b></h2>The delivery reports appear as messages and have to be "seen" to be removed from the list of unread messages. The camera is good in sunlight, but you expect more from a superb hardware like this. Bing search cant be replaced with google or be remapped to perform some other function. Dont like the new windows logo at the centre, the one on the Lumia 800 is cooler. Also the new logo lights up a tiny bit too bright for my liking (No-one else had any such opinion though). Yeah I am nit-picking now <img alt="" border="0" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif" title="Wink" /><br />I do miss the notificaction lights, although its rumored that a future update will fix that particular niggle.<br /><br /><br /><h2><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Closure</span></b></h2>Nokia finally has a phone that's worthy of being called a WP flagship - one that can stand in the crowd of multi-core giants from  Samsung and HTC and the svelte beauties from Apple and not feel overwhelmed. In fact the lumia 920 is the first phone from the Finnish manufacturer that can actually gives these others an inferiority complex in more areas than one. Truly the most exotic phone.....<br /><br />But its a fickle market out there and the questions that a potential buyer in this segment will have on his mind are primarily two - Is this the best smartphone out there? Does the Lumia 920 justify its price tag?<br /><br />The answer to the first one depends on the user. If you are the kind that wants to tweak every last setting on your phone, flash it with every beta-ROM, then you wont like WP8 or this phone. But if you are the kind of user who has money to spend and wants a phone that just works, doing everything you want it to do with style forgoing a bit of nitty-gritty control in the process, then you'll love this phone. And for the second question the answer is an unequivocal YES. Yes this phone more than justifies the price tag. Its arguably the best-looking, best built, one with the best camera and the most lag free phone that money can buy right now. If that is not enough to satisfy a person and you still cringe for quad core this and multi-core that, then maybe you are missing the point. A phone was supposed to make our life easier, make it convenient, make it more pleasant and I cant see how the quad-core monsters do it any better than the 920. On the other hand the 920 does a lot of things that no other phone on the market does. It has the ability to genuinely surprise you on more than one occasion. <br /><br />Maybe you should stop hating the underdog, maybe you should give the Lumia 920 a chance. Its just too special to be ignored. Despite going years without a proper flagship Nokia hasn't forgotten how to make desirable hardware. The Lumia 920 is not perfect. But its a flawed genius, and for quite a few people out there - the best phone money can buy , irrespective of price.YES YES YES .I HAVE BUYED IT AND I AM HAPPY >>>>ARE YOU?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div>

Nokia Lumai 920 Personal Review

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Rhythmbox CoverArt Browser Plugin 0.8 Released

<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-browser">CoverArt Browser</a>, a Rhythmbox plugin that lets you browse and play music using an album art view, has been updated to version 0.8 recently, getting improvements such as option to export embedded cover art in the album tracks, new light and dark icon theme and more.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/rhythmbox-coverartbrowser-plugin.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Rhythmbox coverartbrowser plugin" border="0" height="235" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qnzj-Mm92iE/UXqNBoYi23I/AAAAAAAAPFI/SAzvc94jaT0/s320/rhythmbox-coverartbrowser-plugin.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For those not familiar with CoverArt Browser for Rhythmbox, this is a plugin that comes with features such as:</b></div><ul><li>configurable search (all fields, albums, artists, etc.);</li><li>sort albums by: name, artist, year, rating, genre or decades;</li><li>display all music or play queue, top rated, recently added or recently played;</li><li>can automatically fetch album covers for all your albums;</li><li>more.</li></ul><br /><b>The latest CoverArt Browser Rhythmbox plugin comes with the following additions:</b><br /><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>export albums and embed cover art in the album tracks - useful to display cover art on mobile devices;</li><li>the cover art search is now a separate plugin;</li><li>new light & dark theme buttons to complement light & dark desktop themes</li><li>optional flat-button toolbar style;</li><li>use album and album-artist sort order tags for sorting if these values are utilized;</li><li>play from Cover-view and Track view instead of queuing & playing;</li><li>allow user-defined genre names to be created mapped against default system genre icons;</li><li>allow user-defined genre icons to be displayed. These can override system genre icons if required;</li><li>support for other plugins via right-click menu options in a similar manner as the Library Browser.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Please note that CoverArt Browser doesn't support the latest Rhythmbox 2.99, like most of the Rhythmbox plugins (and that's why I didn't upload Rhythmbox 2.99 in the WebUpd8 Rhythmbox PPA) for now.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install CoverArt Browser for Rhythmbox in Ubuntu</h2><br /><b>Ubuntu users can use fossfreedom's PPA</b> (which has many <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/rhythmbox-third-party-plugins-ubuntu-ppa.html">other useful Rhythmbox plugins</a>) <b>to install the latest CoverArt Browser Rhythmbox plugin, by using the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fossfreedom/rhythmbox-plugins<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install rhythmbox-plugin-coverart-browser</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For <b>other Linux distributions,</b> see the installation instructions available on the CoverArt Browser <a href="https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-browser">GitHub</a> page.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Report any bugs you may encounter @ <a href="https://github.com/fossfreedom/coverart-browser/issues">GitHub</a>. </div>

Rhythmbox CoverArt Browser Plugin 0.8 Released

CoverArt Browser , a Rhythmbox plugin that lets you browse and play music using an album art view, has been updated to version 0.8 recently,...

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Xubuntu 13.04 Available For Download - Quick Overview [Screenshots, Video]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qAgvYHizRkI/UXZMQJ5Z2CI/AAAAAAAAPCY/a-LsTQEBQR8/s1600/xubuntu-13.04-raring-ringtail.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Xubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail)"><img border="0" height="226" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qAgvYHizRkI/UXZMQJ5Z2CI/AAAAAAAAPCY/a-LsTQEBQR8/s320/xubuntu-13.04-raring-ringtail.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Xubuntu 13.04 has been released yesterday, along with the other Ubuntu flavors. <a href="http://xubuntu.org/">Xubuntu</a> uses <a href="http://www.xfce.org/">Xfce</a> as the default desktop environment and is a great alternative for those who prefer a traditional desktop layout with a panel on top, panel applets and so on.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">According to the Xubuntu developers, Xubuntu 13.04 is mostly a maintenance release so there aren't many new features but there are some new default applications and some other interesting changes.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Xubuntu 13.04 video</h2><br />Below you can watch a quick Xubuntu 13.04 overview:<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-khddoDGX1g" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-khddoDGX1g">direct video link</a>; for more videos, subscribe to our <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/nilarimogard">YouTube channel</a>)</center><br /><br /><br /><h2>Xubuntu LiveCD no longer available, ISO now larger than 700MB</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Starting with 13.04, the Xubuntu images are larger than 700MB so they no longer fit on traditional CDs</b>. The decision has been voted 8-0 by the Xubuntu team members and thanks to the extra space, some applications that were removed from the default installation in Xubuntu 12.10 are now back by default (see below).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">One of the reasons for this change is the "amount of developer time currently spent keeping the ISO small enough to fit on a CD".</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Default applications</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Thanks to the larger ISO used by Xubuntu 13.04, <b>GIMP and Gnumeric, which were removed from the ISO for Xubuntu 12.10, are back by default</b>:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/xubuntu-13.04-gimp.png" rel="image_group" title="GIMP"><img alt="Xubuntu 13.04 screenshot GIMP" src="http://img.netupd8.com/xubuntu-13.04-gimp_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a rel="image_group" href="http://img.netupd8.com/xubuntu-13.04-gnumeric.png" title="Gnumeric"><img alt="Xubuntu 13.04 screenshot Gnumeric" src="http://img.netupd8.com/xubuntu-13.04-gnumeric_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br />Also, some of the default applications have received important changes:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Catfish</b> (search tool) has been rewritten with emphasis on speed, the interface has been revamped with styled sidebar and symbolic icons, the application now supports performing operations on multiple files at once and more. Here's the latest Catfish available in Xubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/xubuntu-13.04-catfish.png" rel="image_group" title="Catfish"><img alt="Xubuntu 13.04 screenshot Catfish" src="http://img.netupd8.com/xubuntu-13.04-catfish_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Parole Media Player</b> has received quite a few improvements too, since Xubuntu 12.10. The video player now features CD and DVD playlist support, DVD navigation support, a new "Recent Items" menu item has been added along with album artwork and details to notifications, a missing codec feature like in Totem should make codecs installation a lot easier, an embedded mode allows you to use Parole as a browser plugin, custom subtitle management and many bug fixes, including for fullscreen controls, screensaver inhibition, freezing subtitles and more:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/xubuntu-13.04-parole.png" rel="image_group" title="Parole Media Player"><img alt="Xubuntu 13.04 screenshots parole" src="http://img.netupd8.com/xubuntu-13.04-parole_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Another application that has received some very interesting changes is <b>Xfce4 Terminal</b>, which now has an<b> option to use it as a drop-down console</b>, like the popular Guake or Yakuake:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/xubuntu-13.04-terminal-dropdown.png" rel="image_group" title="Xfce4 Terminal"><img alt="Xubuntu 13.04 screenshots Xfce4 terminal" src="http://img.netupd8.com/xubuntu-13.04-terminal-dropdown_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Other Xfce4 Terminal changes include:</div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">added search dialog;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">terminal tab color changes when activity occurs in a tab since last viewed;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">support for color presets and some presets were added by default, including "Solarized Dark" (which by the way, is my favourite terminal / text editor color scheme).</li></ul><br />For how to use Xfce4 Terminal as a drop-down console, Quake-style, see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/how-to-use-xfce4-terminal-06x-as-drop.html">How To Use Xfce4 Terminal 0.6.x As A Drop-Down Console (Guake-style)</a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And finally, <b>Thunar</b>, the default Xfce / Xubuntu file manager has been updated with some much requested features like<b> tabs support</b>:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/xubuntu-13.04-thunar-file-manager.png" rel="image_group" title="Thunar file manager"><img alt="Xubuntu 13.04 raring ringtail screenshots thunar" src="http://img.netupd8.com/xubuntu-13.04-thunar-file-manager_thumb.png" /></a></div><br />Other changes included in the latest Thunar available in Xubuntu 13.04:<br /><ul><li>file properties for multiple file selections;</li><li>support for remote mounts and bookmarks;</li><li>new shortcuts sidepane;</li><li>improved transfer dialog;</li><li>more.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Default applications included in Xubuntu 13.04:</b> Firefox 20, Thunderbird 17.0.5, Pidgin 2.10.7, Transmission 2.77, XChat 2.8.8, GIMP 2.8.4, Thunar 1.6.2, Catfish 0.6.3, Gnumeric 1.12.1, Abiword 2.9.2+svn20120603, Xfce4 Terminal 0.6.1, Parole 0.5.0, Gmusicbrowser 1.1.9, gThumb 3.0.2, Simple Scan 3.6.1, Ristretto 0.6.3, Xfburn 0.4.3, Gigolo 0.4.1, Mousepad 0.3.0 and Ubuntu Software Center 5.6.0, all on top of Xfce 4.10.</div><br />For other changes which are shared with all the Ubuntu flavors, see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/ubuntu-1304-available-for-download.html">Ubuntu 13.04 Available For Download [Screenshot Tour, Video]</a><br /><br /><br />Here are some more Xubuntu 13.04 screenshots:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/xubuntu-13.04-installer.png" rel="image_group" title="Xubuntu 13.04 installer"><img alt="Xubuntu 13.04 screenshots installer" src="http://img.netupd8.com/xubuntu-13.04-installer_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/xubuntu-13.04-installer_2.png" rel="image_group" title="Xubuntu 13.04 installer"><img alt="Xubuntu 13.04 screenshot installer" src="http://img.netupd8.com/xubuntu-13.04-installer_2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/xubuntu-13.04-login-screen.png" rel="image_group" title="Xubuntu 13.04 login screen"><img alt="Xubuntu 13.04 screenshots login screen" src="http://img.netupd8.com/xubuntu-13.04-login-screen_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/xubuntu-13.04-gmusicbrowser.png" rel="image_group" title="Gmusicbrowser"><img alt="Xubuntu 13.04 screenshot Gmusicbrowser" src="http://img.netupd8.com/xubuntu-13.04-gmusicbrowser_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/xubuntu-13.04-software-center.png" rel="image_group" title="Software Center"><img alt="Xubuntu 13.04 screenshots software center" src="http://img.netupd8.com/xubuntu-13.04-software-center_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/xubuntu-13.04-settings.png" rel="image_group" title="Xubuntu 13.04 Settings Manager"><img alt="Xubuntu 13.04 screenshots settings" src="http://img.netupd8.com/xubuntu-13.04-settings_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download Xubuntu 13.04</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you've installed Xubuntu 13.04 beta and used the Update Manager to upgrade all the packages, you already have the final version so there's no need to reinstall.</div><br /><b>Download Xubuntu 13.04:</b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://xubuntu.org/getxubuntu/"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IB7p8tBF_34/UXp_lAJXQiI/AAAAAAAAPE4/ME5pn-Pjts8/s1600/get-xubuntu.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><i><b>Tip:</b> for improved multi-monitor support, use the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/11/how-to-use-multiple-monitors-in-xubuntu.html">Xfce 4.12 PPA</a>.</i>

Xubuntu 13.04 Available For Download - Quick Overview [Screenshots, Video]

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Best Instant messenger (IM) App for iPhone

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Here thegeekwiz presents you the best 5 iPhone App. Today  IM apps are must for every phone .The options are many.But choosing the best ones is difficult.So I have choosen best 5 for you right from the App Store..<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvysX9BtZhTDckEjxJW3tX_AhyphenhyphenblSWo1B43wRkQXeBQdvFluHmBpPiRLA3pJYpK89VcAZicpK7FwcMzDfIVYMIdMkgdYczUL_Jh4iHLRIURCX5nly9gN1c9eZzm9gofgzNo_lpxJxiigp/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_16h39m21s_013_.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvysX9BtZhTDckEjxJW3tX_AhyphenhyphenblSWo1B43wRkQXeBQdvFluHmBpPiRLA3pJYpK89VcAZicpK7FwcMzDfIVYMIdMkgdYczUL_Jh4iHLRIURCX5nly9gN1c9eZzm9gofgzNo_lpxJxiigp/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_16h39m21s_013_.png" /></a></div><br />The list Begins Now,<br /><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: MyriadWebProRegular; font-size: 36px; line-height: 48px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Beejive IM</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrjASebzk0ygCIWvEQjKpAoNlSEQOOY3UO06LOaeTIc6tduVn2UvOoqagIovrZkzratSTBQ7qz3Fh9fMFCJWe0aIuo1PcLUtmGFSquxJe0dpdp7L-VXPc0q-Xb8gvZWFZGwkhR9hyphenhyphenSmoX1/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_16h42m10s_014_.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrjASebzk0ygCIWvEQjKpAoNlSEQOOY3UO06LOaeTIc6tduVn2UvOoqagIovrZkzratSTBQ7qz3Fh9fMFCJWe0aIuo1PcLUtmGFSquxJe0dpdp7L-VXPc0q-Xb8gvZWFZGwkhR9hyphenhyphenSmoX1/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_16h42m10s_014_.png" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 48px;">If you are an iPhone user you may have probably heard that app or even have it .Yes it is one of the most</span></span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 48px;">popular IM app in the Appstore.It has a great support of other messenger as well and is one of the best customizable IM app. The company has been making messanger apps from long time and it reflects if you have this app. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 48px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">It </span><span style="color: #660000;">also comes with feature like multiple acc. support,picture sharing and more.It is a very handy app according to me .For now this client support the following IM clients:</span></span></span><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Facebook IM</li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Google Talk</li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">AIM/MobileMe</li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Myspace IM</li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jabber</li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">MSN/Windows Live</li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Yahoo! Messenger</li></ol><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 48px;"><span style="color: #660000;"> The app retails only for 9.99$ and you can download it here </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"> </span><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/beejiveim-with-push/id291720439?mt=8" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #cb2c00; font-family: OpenSans, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">here</a><br /><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 48px;"><br /></span></span><h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: MyriadWebProRegular; font-size: 36px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 48px; margin: 48px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #4c1130;">Kik Messenger</span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUoBGUoROzcz9Wms2yM6qzPCdZbS7iWc_Ypu2SOKN5vPL55TDlWY1stfemCL2YDwnT9lgYeVlk80WseP916hNG_LHetmOG0MXO40ImDMwF9FJ8OdeL16Rr1ehiZhCIikrEfW4bG4sFm7wH/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_16h47m20s_016_.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUoBGUoROzcz9Wms2yM6qzPCdZbS7iWc_Ypu2SOKN5vPL55TDlWY1stfemCL2YDwnT9lgYeVlk80WseP916hNG_LHetmOG0MXO40ImDMwF9FJ8OdeL16Rr1ehiZhCIikrEfW4bG4sFm7wH/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_16h47m20s_016_.png" /></a></div><div><span style="color: #4c1130;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #4c1130;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 48px;">Kik messenger is known for its awesome UI . It is extremely easy and meaningful.But the down part of this messenger is its propiertary support .It only works if other users have also Kik installed on it .So this is the problem of this app.This app is good for those who just want to chat with their loved ones and a few people . Kik is also availaible for BB and Android . It is just like WhatsApp messenger which too has this thing .The app retails for free in the App Store and you can download it </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"> </span><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kik-messenger/id357218860?mt=8" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #cb2c00; font-family: OpenSans, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">here</a><br /><br /><br /><h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: MyriadWebProRegular; font-size: 36px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 48px; margin: 48px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #783f04;">Verbs</span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidU3AzmrIR0GQIkUN0OyZG-rggfpEvoFRZ2Z4nPkzzMfPIDznxFChCEmqhzodCsp_f2tdzTsuKeH-2xhYSNpRc3t_kKUUcJ1rTduX4AGV2p97Nq2VUe0igKt7ZPz63KmkG1YzyKZ3EMAJn/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_16h52m57s_017_.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidU3AzmrIR0GQIkUN0OyZG-rggfpEvoFRZ2Z4nPkzzMfPIDznxFChCEmqhzodCsp_f2tdzTsuKeH-2xhYSNpRc3t_kKUUcJ1rTduX4AGV2p97Nq2VUe0igKt7ZPz63KmkG1YzyKZ3EMAJn/s320/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_16h52m57s_017_.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><span style="color: #783f04;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #783f04;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #783f04;">Verbs is an IM application that looks like it is  written by Apple themselves. The downpart of it is that it doesn't support many clients. If the Developer of this app add support of any other IM clients it would be great app.It is one of the best looking app.Currently verb has support of local notification only means if you close it then you won't recieve any notification. This app is also one of the cheapest from other IM application .</span></div><div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: OpenSans, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #783f04;">Verbs currently supports the following IM clients :</span></div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Google Talk</li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Aim/MObile Me</li></ol><div><span style="color: #783f04;">The app retails for $2.99 and you can download it<span style="background-color: white; font-family: OpenSans, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"> </span><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/verbs/id392501688?mt=8" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: OpenSans, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">here</a></span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: MyriadWebProRegular; font-size: 36px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 48px; margin: 48px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">eBuddy Pro</h2></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY7cD1sk8Sjl0IRJLU2dT6GApVlUcQylNeGOBsefk3UiD43G-kD6Idv9xUndR0n5BRlGi2LQ4EgmmrJbUKp5T1socrcac1Hz2qVXB_6rH6E4Th88ENU6sC_HlzPg4eWusaSa5NuD3Awr8h/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_16h56m27s_018_.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY7cD1sk8Sjl0IRJLU2dT6GApVlUcQylNeGOBsefk3UiD43G-kD6Idv9xUndR0n5BRlGi2LQ4EgmmrJbUKp5T1socrcac1Hz2qVXB_6rH6E4Th88ENU6sC_HlzPg4eWusaSa5NuD3Awr8h/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_16h56m27s_018_.png" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #20124d;">eBuddy is one of the most famous client ever on any platform .It has a vast user base and is know for its vast IM client support.The best part  of this app is also customization . You can customize themes , backgroung color , picture share and much more . This app also has free version that has ads and has less features regarding the pro version . </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: OpenSans, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"><span style="color: #20124d;">eBuddy has support for the following IM clients :</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ol style="text-align: left;"><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Myspace IM</span></li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Yahoo! Messenger</span></li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #20124d;">ICQ</span></li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #20124d;">MSN/WIndows Live</span></li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #20124d;">AIM</span></li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Google Talk</span></li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Hyve</span></li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Facebook Chat</span></li></ol><span style="color: #20124d;">The pro version of the app retails for $4.99 and you can download it <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ebuddy-pro-messenger/id336346413?mt=8" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: OpenSans, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">here</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h2 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: MyriadWebProRegular; font-size: 36px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 48px; margin: 48px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #274e13;">IM+</span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx0l0VQtaV2zUfo0ph0MT-txM69IIYaQMIbnoTP9X65vhyMHEHUFUSq_LAl-g59yLL8CnjBQbo7vJkFO6AGjSnkN0C9QtsIjqwtIafIdNoi9ppKdadB_qIz3BqTtVfr7mQazooO-FWNXkq/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_16h58m41s_019_.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx0l0VQtaV2zUfo0ph0MT-txM69IIYaQMIbnoTP9X65vhyMHEHUFUSq_LAl-g59yLL8CnjBQbo7vJkFO6AGjSnkN0C9QtsIjqwtIafIdNoi9ppKdadB_qIz3BqTtVfr7mQazooO-FWNXkq/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_16h58m41s_019_.png" /></a></div><div><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #274e13;">Like Beejive and eBuddy ,there is a large user base in this application also .Compatibility with other client is the best part of this client . It also comes with Skype support.</span></div><div><span style="color: #274e13;">You can also view Twitter tweets via this app. There is also a free version that allow you to try the app before you purchase . </span></div><div><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: OpenSans, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #274e13;">IM+ supports the following IM clients -</span></div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Myspace IM</span></li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #274e13;">MSN/Windows Live</span></li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Twitter</span></li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Facebook Chat</span></li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Skype</span></li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #274e13;">ICQ</span></li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Google Talk</span></li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Jabber</span></li><li style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #274e13;">AIM</span></li></ol><div><span style="color: #274e13;">This app retails for $9.99 and you can download it </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: OpenSans, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"> </span><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ebuddy-pro-messenger/id336346413?mt=8" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #cb2c00; font-family: OpenSans, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">here</a></div><div><br /></div></div><div>So this was it ,  I have not added WhatsApp because they are proprietary apps .So out of these 5 the best 3 I would recommend are:</div><div>1]Beejive </div><div>2]eBuddy</div><div>3]IM +</div><div>Give your precious reply about them</div></div></div>

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Samsung Galaxy S4 reviewed

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><h1>Samsung Galaxy S 4 review by thegeekwiz </h1><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAiOcbNSs2tWlC8unc-SaQNgFusGIxF9FIybXughFaSHL4iOU_g-MvIa2gVQwL_vubB6ti2kI-Uq5MW-mkXL3wA32gdexaxlwKdwtUZVetRodpnZ3SqsTdjHY-NwOUo0r0AB6lMyIrpM7N/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_11h53m44s_006_.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAiOcbNSs2tWlC8unc-SaQNgFusGIxF9FIybXughFaSHL4iOU_g-MvIa2gVQwL_vubB6ti2kI-Uq5MW-mkXL3wA32gdexaxlwKdwtUZVetRodpnZ3SqsTdjHY-NwOUo0r0AB6lMyIrpM7N/s320/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_11h53m44s_006_.png" width="309" /></a></div><span style="color: #4c1130;"><br /></span><span style="color: #4c1130;">Hello , guyz yesterday Samsung allowed bloggers and other to publish their views on the upcoming beast the Samsung Galaxy S4 .Well the Specs of it is simply awesome with the awesome 8 core processor.</span><br /><span style="color: #4c1130;">This phone also supports LTE network (4G) . The phone is light at weighing just 130 grams!</span><br /><br />     <span style="color: #444444;"> The Screen is Super Amoled Capacitive touchscreen with 16 million color support. The screen size is 5.0 inches with ppi of 441 and the screen is guarded by Gorilla Glass 3 . The phone comes with Samsung's own Touch Wiz UI . The  speaker of the S flagship phone is located at the bottom of the phone with a 3.5mm headphone jack at the top .</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhydKjK_N9Kn_RvT4-cRVxhm8Pef8-9GZO6glQiS2RaNvGuT_vGB0tSm1XQoZa5XdMY8TYv9_vgIlDAZY0hgCdeULQJXSf8JA6enJEMfkDIVXcz6hRCbbGIOpWPIY7UgrFTI_9VjtCIW4NR/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_12h47m34s_009_.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhydKjK_N9Kn_RvT4-cRVxhm8Pef8-9GZO6glQiS2RaNvGuT_vGB0tSm1XQoZa5XdMY8TYv9_vgIlDAZY0hgCdeULQJXSf8JA6enJEMfkDIVXcz6hRCbbGIOpWPIY7UgrFTI_9VjtCIW4NR/s320/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_12h47m34s_009_.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #660000;">Well the Phone comes in 16/32/64 GB variants while one can still expand the memory to another 64GB memory via a micro-sd slot .It comes with a 2GB Ram which ensures that the phone won't be slaggy  and run smoothly.The Chipset on this device is the <span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Exynos 5 Octa 5410  and there is two quad-core processor that means the first Samsung phone with a  8-core processor. The first </span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Quad-core is running at 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 and  quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7   and </span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">PowerVR SGX 544MP3 GPU which ensure to play HD games without lag.The ohone comes with Android 4.2.2  (Jelly Bean) and Samsung ensure this S 4 update to new version of Android in Future</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: #660000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">   </span><br /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">       <span style="color: magenta;">While One can still access 2G via Gprs or Edge the HSDPA speed is up to </span></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; color: magenta; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">42.2 Mbps and HSUPA upto 5.76 Mbps.</span><br /><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">While there is Bluetooth </span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE present and the phone also comes with NFC and a Infrared port.There is a micro-usb 2.0 port with USB on the Go Support with USB host feature . The phone is best looking in terms of Connectivity.</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">The Best part of this is its 13 Megapixel Camera which is great but the pictures are not so good when taken at low light .The Cammera is equiped with Led Flash and Autofocus feature. The Camera also has </span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Dual Shot support, Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization, HDR. The Video are heaven taken with this phone at </span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">1080p@30fps and it also has  dual-video rec feature.</span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOhMYz0t4_IR1JmZaLNUK58_21WNy6VD3SwmSBteS1KYX87BdsTQi2TIzE7qcVpwOkdWOVKwrOQ-uQqTdWEIyvbwL2K60Jajd6hxY8W034WRurjKyjBAq8fTEbysvM_n58DH3Uf0TBYbc6/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_12h47m05s_008_.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOhMYz0t4_IR1JmZaLNUK58_21WNy6VD3SwmSBteS1KYX87BdsTQi2TIzE7qcVpwOkdWOVKwrOQ-uQqTdWEIyvbwL2K60Jajd6hxY8W034WRurjKyjBAq8fTEbysvM_n58DH3Uf0TBYbc6/s320/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_12h47m05s_008_.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">There is also support of wireless charging . With Air-Gestures this is a great phone to own and extremely Smart . It also  has features like </span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Smart stay, Smart pause, Smart scroll . The Battery of the phone is quite impressive at 2600 mAH which last long when charged fully . </span></span><br /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLgDc6Gsqv6k-qmThZyTvQbIasspKL_eydWrYw4GTqp3Zca1hvB8JlcViW-30g5zflJQgETLPvXl8eqavpqpXz4SZdB0xqlQzkDa3zVR1ILszdvmUGXN6icJ94YXb1ocpLNq6ovf98-WeR/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_12h44m09s_007_.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLgDc6Gsqv6k-qmThZyTvQbIasspKL_eydWrYw4GTqp3Zca1hvB8JlcViW-30g5zflJQgETLPvXl8eqavpqpXz4SZdB0xqlQzkDa3zVR1ILszdvmUGXN6icJ94YXb1ocpLNq6ovf98-WeR/s320/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_12h44m09s_007_.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><b>The phone is great just not budget friendly with a decent camera and a good battery enclosed within a good case that looks premium .The processor of this phone is simply awesome and the phone doesn't slows or lag even with multitasking . Well the phone is extremely powerful and you should buy it if you want to do heavy multitasking and install huge games like NOVA 3 and huge apps . But you should wait some time for the prices to drop . It is expected that samsung S4will get update of Android 5.0 lime pie soon. While there are also rumors about the launch of rugged version of the S4 and a mini version same as the Samsung Galaxy S3 mini.</b></span><br /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08n5BKOOHa7YY0mTCditnFpyE_o73CCDSr_jvkhQGTsdeVAU7_lzXSCQTJZm_eDp4DY05ILkO2ELXkqQBX1CH_q6-R7QA33RC2agzfsp61mkDre3wS5q4MfP0tCVzTHkD0FZ8E7lrORRs/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_12h47m49s_010_.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08n5BKOOHa7YY0mTCditnFpyE_o73CCDSr_jvkhQGTsdeVAU7_lzXSCQTJZm_eDp4DY05ILkO2ELXkqQBX1CH_q6-R7QA33RC2agzfsp61mkDre3wS5q4MfP0tCVzTHkD0FZ8E7lrORRs/s320/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.26_12h47m49s_010_.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Awaiting For Your precious reply</div><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span><br /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></div>

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Download Ubuntu Tweak 0.8.4, Now Compatible With Ubuntu 13.04

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://ubuntu-tweak.com/">Ubuntu Tweak</a>, the popular tool that besides tweaking lets you easily install various applications that aren't available in the Ubuntu repositories, clean the apps / system cache and more, has been <a href="http://blog.ubuntu-tweak.com/2013/04/25/ubuntu-tweak-0-8-4-released.html">updated</a> today, bringing support for the latest Ubuntu 13.04 along with some bug fixes</b>. </div><br /><a name='more'></a>Besides support for Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu Tweak 0.8.4 fixes the following issues:<br /><ul><li>When trying to install apps using the previous Ubuntu Tweak version, if there was a network error or failed download, the application would hang after trying to click the "Close" button - this has been fixed now;</li><li>Creating of a hard link to a directory crashes Ubuntu Tweak;</li><li>Janitor only shows "System";</li><li>Ubuntu Tweak crashes on updating software list.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In my quick test under Ubuntu 13.04, I've noticed that changing the window theme doesn't work (changing the GTK theme does work though) - bug reported <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-tweak/+bug/1172760">here</a>. You might encounter bugs too and if you do, report them @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-tweak">Launchpad</a>.</div><br />Here are a few Ubuntu Tweak screenshots:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oZof-1IZlmc/UXlN7RlUsDI/AAAAAAAAPEY/XC3su0PHgoc/s1600/ubuntu-tweak_1.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ubuntu Tweak" border="0" height="187" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oZof-1IZlmc/UXlN7RlUsDI/AAAAAAAAPEY/XC3su0PHgoc/s320/ubuntu-tweak_1.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-tweak_2.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu Tweak" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-tweak_2_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-tweak_3.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu Tweak" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-tweak_3_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-tweak_4.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu Tweak" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-tweak_4_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-tweak_5.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu Tweak" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-tweak_5_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-tweak_6.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu Tweak" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-tweak_6_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-tweak_7.png" rel="image_group"><img alt="Ubuntu Tweak" src="http://img.netupd8.com/ubuntu-tweak_7_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Download Ubuntu Tweak</h2><br />Download Ubuntu Tweak:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-tweak/0.8.x/0.8.4/+download/ubuntu-tweak_0.8.4-1_all.deb"><img alt="Download for Ubuntu" src="http://developer.ubuntu.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/downloadonubuntubutton.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Or, if you prefer to add the PPA so you can stay up to date with future releases, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak</code></pre>

Download Ubuntu Tweak 0.8.4, Now Compatible With Ubuntu 13.04

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Should I buy An Android

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6TAY2LyqvTVc5H4zwHbf5qmnMscCFUsGSRZbizdXxjmY_ztxvAOvSr3WxkDDeaNal0Z2u0hp88uYeP-JhVz0cleNi6PpE0ZlJTEobglmCRDdNil_b18CIvvTUPfWJvkF86meS0FdA5rnN/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.25_20h07m59s_005_.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6TAY2LyqvTVc5H4zwHbf5qmnMscCFUsGSRZbizdXxjmY_ztxvAOvSr3WxkDDeaNal0Z2u0hp88uYeP-JhVz0cleNi6PpE0ZlJTEobglmCRDdNil_b18CIvvTUPfWJvkF86meS0FdA5rnN/s320/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.25_20h07m59s_005_.png" width="134" /></a></div><br /></div><h1><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Should I buy An Android</span></h1><div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So the era of extremely powerful smartphone has began and every one want to purchase a smartphone. But the most good phone in the smart phone market are the Android one's and the iOS one's .While Android is more customisable once rooted.Android has now more than 50% domination in the world smartphone market.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><h2><span style="color: #7f6000;">What should i expect while buying an android</span></h2></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAGRPOWBAZKUjT2q-_9Ys0VK4KYinhzinHm6aKXDTNkRz05gMfxs1dJ3bNjGH06OUvtZT9tV3oaJQlKy7kJi_WC64qXN2TZr5iEa-0JV_FfkEYbODUo_GqfWbsKLyMv7snUwSpXp6YzTQ6/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.25_20h27m26s_008_.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAGRPOWBAZKUjT2q-_9Ys0VK4KYinhzinHm6aKXDTNkRz05gMfxs1dJ3bNjGH06OUvtZT9tV3oaJQlKy7kJi_WC64qXN2TZr5iEa-0JV_FfkEYbODUo_GqfWbsKLyMv7snUwSpXp6YzTQ6/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.25_20h27m26s_008_.png" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The answer lies within you.If you want to play games like temple run,angry birds and want access to apps like instagram ,Whatsapp and more ,Android is the best one.With its Play Store over 1 lakh apps and most of the apps are free . Android are great if you want to customize your phone a lot . Once rooted ,you are the real administrator of your android. But you must ensure that it has good facility like a good camera , good memory that is RAM(basically 512MB ), good rom and (availability of custom ROMs if you want to customize a lot ), a good processor (for now it is good at single core 1ghz processor), Wi-Fi so that you can tether ,Bluetooth (at least 2.0) and GPS.These are the basic feature you must ensure in an android phone if you are buying a budget friendly.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhI1sBomOCyRiuSzRaQBEzF_i0V0ZsV2PaysPSETCe3B095Q_vq7i6WJzKLwNKsuqT1VPEzLzDXHmGKUDuteMFT2MOqfk-HmQzLiyRscETjy5sKYcxbqAbZQI6FPDxOu7mC_hWlg1q9bTt/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.25_20h18m34s_006_.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhI1sBomOCyRiuSzRaQBEzF_i0V0ZsV2PaysPSETCe3B095Q_vq7i6WJzKLwNKsuqT1VPEzLzDXHmGKUDuteMFT2MOqfk-HmQzLiyRscETjy5sKYcxbqAbZQI6FPDxOu7mC_hWlg1q9bTt/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.25_20h18m34s_006_.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Which Android To Buy</span></h2><div><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well it also depends on your need, if you want a phone to make calls and game ,then what you will need is just  a good configuration like a dual core 1 Ghz Processor and a 1 Gb Ram .If you want to take photographs than you can  consider a phone with good camera .I recommend the Sony One's as they have best camera phone .It all depends on your need and your budget .Now days you can get an Android as cheap as $100 (Rs 5000) . </span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8rue1N9lMAQp9l7o4oacYJM-clvRB0AAf-QIF6MJpKHh2hDTn-oaQD7a3wElpClX4SlDQd9bJajZIKMD5mAzBPedi5UKgdcC72k6WWFn3wtbTsw35rgRxEjRPdR3_aZxQsPusl1_T0nxb/s1600/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.25_20h27m26s_008_.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8rue1N9lMAQp9l7o4oacYJM-clvRB0AAf-QIF6MJpKHh2hDTn-oaQD7a3wElpClX4SlDQd9bJajZIKMD5mAzBPedi5UKgdcC72k6WWFn3wtbTsw35rgRxEjRPdR3_aZxQsPusl1_T0nxb/s320/Ashampoo_Snap_2013.04.25_20h27m26s_008_.png" width="315" /></a></div><br /><h2><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The best of All</span></h2></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well in todays market the top 3 andro's are from the beast company like the HTC ,Samsung and Sony .Yes ,but in no way they are budget friendly phones.The top 3 phones in the android arena are the HTC One , Samsung Galaxy S4 and the Sony Xperia Z .Just the downpart of this phones are that there prices are very high as of now especially that of the Samsung Galaxy S4.Well the best in these phones i would Say is the HTC One.For mid -range budget phone one can look at the Samsung Galaxy S Advance , Sony Xperia S,Sony Xperia SL,HTC One X and for low -budget phones there are a option availaible at the HTC Explorer,Samsung Galaxy Ace,HTC Wildfire S,Sony Xperia Tipo and Samsung Galaxy Y pro .</span></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">CONCLUSION</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Does Conclusion is necessary for this topic.No .Just rush to your store and buy an Android and you will surely love .</span></div><div><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">MY Personal Experience</span></div><div><span style="color: orange; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have a Sony Xperia phone .The Fact about Android phone is there is always something new . You can't get bore with your Android until and unless you don't have Internet. Unlike any other OS ,this OS are built with customization kept in mind . There are a disadvantage too. The battery of some Android phones drains fast . If you Dont have Enough Powerful processor then the phone lags too.</span></div><div><span style="color: orange; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: orange; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div></div><br /><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div></div></div>

Should I buy An Android

Should I buy An Android So the era of extremely powerful smartphone has began and every one want to purchase a smartphone. But the most good...

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