Samsung Galaxy S5 Review

Samsung revealed its latest member in Galaxy family the Samsung Galaxy S5 at MWC 2014 at Barcelona. The Korean manufacturer is in talks with various mobile carriers worldwide, before it launches its new device internationally. It is also believed that the price of Samsung Galaxy S5 will be lower than that of S4's price at launch in India i.e Rs 41,500. S5, the most awaited device of 2014 will be available by mid April at stores. Here are some interesting features of Samsung Galaxy S5:

• Fingerprint scanner on the home button
• Air gestures
• Heart rate sensor
• Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
• Dust and water resistant 
• Wireless charging

Specifications: 

GENERAL	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
	4G Network	LTE (market dependent)
	SIM	Yes
	Announced	2014, February

	Dimensions	142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm (5.59 x 2.85 x 0.32 in)
	Weight	145 g (5.11 oz)
		- Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified) - IP67 certified - dust and water resistant - Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes

DISPLAY	Type	Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Resolution	1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.1 inches (~432 ppi pixel density)
	Multi-touch	Yes
		-Corning Gorilla Glass 3
		- TouchWiz UI

MEMORY	Card slot	microSD, up to 128 GB
	Internal	16/32 GB storage, 2 GB RAM

CAMERA	Primary	16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
	Video	Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, video stabilization, dual-video rec.
	Secondary	Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call
DATA	GPRS	Yes
	EDGE	Yes
	Speed	HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
	Bluetooth	Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
	NFC	Yes
	Infrared port	Yes
	USB	Yes, microUSB v3.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host
BATTERY		Li-Ion 2800 mAh battery
	Stand-by	Up to 390 h
	Talk time	Up to 21 h

FEATURES	OS	Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
	Chipset	Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801
	CPU	Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400
	GPU	Adreno 330
	Sensors	Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, temperature, humidity, gesture, heart rate
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
	Java	Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
	Colors	Black, White, Blue, Gold
		- Wireless charging (market dependent) - ANT+ support - S-Voice natural language commands and dictation - Smart stay, Smart pause, Smart scroll - Air gestures - Image/video editor - Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) - Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa - Voice memo/dial/commands - Predictive text input (Swype) - Dropbox (50 GB cloud storage) - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - TV-out (via MHL 2 A/V link) - SNS integration - MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player - Organizer

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Dhoni Out Of Asia Cup, Kohli To Lead

Dhoni has been ruled out of Asia Cup which is going to be played in Bangladesh in February-March 2014. Dhoni suffered a grade one strain in his left side. This happened during the test series against New Zealand, during the second test at Wellington. Dhoni will undergo rehabilitation for about ten days. The team India lead by MS Dhoni returned to Mumbai from New Zealand today after loosing both the One-Day Internationals and Test Series.

In the absence of Dhoni the team India will be lead by Virat Kohli, and Dinesh Karthik will be seen in wicket keeper's gloves. Kohli, previously lead team India in eight One-Day Internationals when Dhoni was injured during triseries in West Indies followed by tour of Zimbabwe in July and August of 2013, out of which India won 7 matches.

India's first game is against Bangladesh in Asia Cup on 26th of February. The tournament ends on March 8th which will be followed by the ICC World Twenty 20 Championship from 21st March, again in Bangladesh. 

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo is the successor of the Galaxy Note 3. The new Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo is one of the latest mobile phone of Samsung in the market.

Specifications:

General
Dimensions (mm)	148.40 x 77.40 x 8.60
Weight (g)	162.50
Battery capacity (mAh)	3100
Removable battery	No
Colours	Black, Green, White
Processor	1.7GHz  quad-core
RAM	2GB
Internal storage	16GB
Expandable storage	Yes
Expandable storage type	microSD
Expandable storage up to (GB)	64
Display
Screen size (inches)	5.50
Touchscreen	Yes
Touchscreen type	Capacitive
Resolution	720x1280 pixels
Colours	16M
Operating System	Android 4.3
Connectivity
Wi-Fi	Yes
Wi-Fi standards supported	802.11 a/ b/ g/ n
GPS	Yes
Bluetooth	Yes, v 4.00
NFC	Yes
Infrared	Yes
Headphones	3.5mm
FM	Yes
USB	Micro-USB
Charging via Micro-USB	Yes
SIM Type	Micro-SIM
GSM/ CDMA	GSM
2G frequencies supported	GSM 850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900
3G	Yes
3G frequencies supported	850, 900, 1900, 2100
Sensors
Compass/ Magnetometer	Yes
Proximity sensor	Yes
Accelerometer	Yes
Ambient light sensor	Yes
Gyroscope	Yes

  

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Decoded: How did Yuvraj Singh fetch Rs 14 crore?

One has to admit that this was out of the blue, for sure, he was going to be the most sought after name in the IPL auction, but no one thought that he would make record by becoming the highest grossing player ever in IPL. When Royal Challengers Bangalore successfully bid for Yuvraj  Singh, Rs 14 crore, many eyes popped as he became the most expensive player in the history of IPL. There are some reasons that can explain why this happened.

RCB needed a big name in their middle order, who have some T20 experience as well. Though they have Mayank Agarwal and Saurabh Tiwary in their middle order, but they were clearly not that effective, which made RCB desperate to get Yuvraj in their squad.

 There were many instances where their opening batsmen didnt fire and they had to loose the game due to problem in chasing big totals. Here comes the role of Yuvraj, he fits the requirement perfectly. The time has shown that bowling of  Yuvraj Singh has proven to be a useful asset for his team, which added for him to be selected by RCB. His all round package of skills justified his selection and the heavy bid amount. Yuvraj Singh played for Pune Warriors in the last 3 seasons of IPL and has a pretty decent track record, but he hasnt been in the best of his forms in last year and was also not included in the national team. Now its on to Yuvraj to prove his point and to justify the jaw dropping price tag.

You may also like: Top 10 expensive players of IPL 2014.

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United Bank Of India will raise Rs 1000 crore Equity Capital

United Bank of India (UBI) will be raising the capital of up to Rs 1000 crore through the issue of equity capital or bonds to the government. The UBI informed today that it will raise up to Rs 100 crore through a combination of Basel III bonds and  shares to the government and through the organizational investors. Due to the poor performance the bank's Basel III norms adequacy declined.The capital raising would help the bank comply with global norms or Basel III norms of banking sector.

The bank has suffered a net loss of Rs 1238.08 crore in the last quarter due to rising of higher provisioning on bad assets. The bank is going through transformational changes and still there is a hope for growth in future. The capital infusion will be in addition to the Rs 700 crore already allocated by the government.Government holds a 87.99 percent of stake in headquarter of the bank. UBI has to use multiple routes of raising funds  due to the caps on investments and limitations.

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Airtel Launches 4G on Mobile in India

The country's largest telecom service provider Bharti Airtel along with Apple launches India's first 4G service on mobile. The company said now the Airtel customers in Bangalore on Apple iPhone 5S and 5C will avail 4G service on their mobile devices at their current 3G plans. Bangalore will become the first city in nation to experience 4G services on mobile.
Existing 3G plans will apply to the users who will be switched to 4G for no extra cost, just they have to do is to change their existing SIM card to a 4G enabled SIM card on their mobile to enjoy blistering fast 4G services on their mobile. However, the voice networks will continue to run on 2G and 3G networks.

4G service users will be able to download one standard movie within 3 minutes, company claimed. 4G, promises to enable its users to watch HD videos without buffering. And 4G services are going to be launched on mobile all across the country in phases, company said. However, the service will only work on the Apple iPhone 5S and 5C, as they are the only mobile devices available in Indian market which supports 2300 MHz  frequency band on which the 4G is being served by the company.

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