Top 10 Smartphones of 2012

Top 10 Smartphones of 2012:

As the sun of 2012 will set for the very last time in a few days from now, the year was a remarkable success for the tech-frenzy world out there.  There were various smartphones that emerged with surprising splashes through out the year and some which impressed us to a great extent after a long and tiring hours of testing.

Today lets have a look at the the top 10 smartphones that the year brought for the global tech industry.

10) Sony Xperia S

Sony Xperia S was released back in the early days of the year, in February. It proved to be the most susccessful smartphone of the brand, succeeding the Xperia T. Probably among the best android handsets that one can get right now.8)

9) Orange San Diego

The phone is also popularly known as X900 in India and Megafon Mint in Russia. This smartphone was released back in June 2012 and released with an instant attraction as it was one of the first ones to hit the market having Intel Atom processor.

8) Huawei Ascend G300

This phone was launched to the Vodafone company. The Huawei Ascend G300 managed to cram in a wealth of decent tech for a price that belied its power.  It has a smart and robust design, good battery life, a great screen and punches above its weight in the budget phone performance stake.

7) Samsung Galaxy Note ll

Soona fter its release in September this year, Sansung Galaxy Note ll became an instant success with more then three million sales inside a no time. This proved to be a hugely successful mobile Android device. People love the big screen and this gives you a 5.5-inch HD Super AMOLED display.

6) Google Nexus 4

Google Nexus 4 promises to provide you with great specs packed in a beautiful design and with a price that the competitors cant match. It was launch in November and has been lead to diversified sales.

5) HTC Windows Phone 8X

Launched in November, HTC Windows Phone 8X was one of the first handsets to release with Windows Phone 8.  The 8X has an 8MP camera that shoots well in good light and wider camera than most on the front for better self-shots. It’s a gorgeous, colourful handset – and runs the latest greatest Windows operating system.

4) Nokia Lumia 920

This version of Nokia Phone was released in November and was the first Nokia smartphone to come with the windows phone 8 software. Soon after its release, it became an instant competitor to the HTC 8X.

3) Apple iphone 5

iPhone 5 was probably the most anticipated smartphones of September. It packs a dual-core 1.6GHz Apple A6 processor. it's one of the most beautiful, usable smartphones ever.

2) Samsung Galaxy S lll

Samsung Galaxy S lll was released back in May. The phone was most anticipated as it became the most pre-ordered gadget in history. The Samsung Galaxy S3 is a prince among Android phones, no question, and it's packed with pace-setting tech, including its gorgeous HD AMOLED screen and quality 8-megapixel camera.

1) HTC One X

The HTC One X is a touchscreen-based, slate-sized smartphone designed and manufactured by HTC. It runs the Android 4.0.4 mobile operating system with the HTC sense 4.0 graphical user. By date, it was the first HTC phone to be equipped with a quad core processor and made it the fastest HTC phone to date. The Phone was released early in the year, in February.

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Quad-core Galaxy S III 4G arriving on Optus and Telstra with Android 4.1

Quad-core Galaxy S III 4G arriving on Optus and Telstra with Android 4.1:


Samsung’s LTE-capable flagship, the Galaxy S III 4G, is on its way to Australia with some shiny new Android 4.1 software. The 4.8-inch quad-core device will be coming to Optus’s newly-launched LTE network this month and Telstra’s later in October, with faster connectivity sure to inspire regret among those who sprung for the non-LTE version. Since the phone offers both four cores and LTE, it’s likely that it will have the quad-core Exynos and separate LTE antenna configuration found on Samsung’s Korean variant. At launch there will be two colorways on each carrier — grey and black on Telstra, and white and blue on Optus, but you won’t be able to start comparison shopping just yet. Optus already has its pricing up, but Telstra says its won’t be revealed until the phone launches next month.

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13 Best Alternatives To eBay That Would In 2013!!

13 Best Alternatives To eBay That Would In 2013!!:

We all live in a much modern world, where we are updated with every single bit that happens around the world. And in this modernization, the most important and basic thing that should be, and is taken under consideration is the massive amount of facilities available to us in almost every aspect and every sector of the things related to us.

We all agree to this fact that discovery of Internet is a revolution in history of mankind. That has benefited us a lot. We all get benefited from it to the fullest in our respective areas and fields of interest. It has made some very tedious jobs much easy, in particular selling and purchasing of products.





eBay, as you all pretty much aware of the name, is regarded as the king of on line marketing. Where buyers and sellers get the best possible opportunities and a supportive platform to interact with one another and get jobs done. No doubt it is "The King". But some of our friends out there are unhappy from eBay and have complaints regarding it. This for sure creates a gap, that has to fulfilled with a suitable alternative. Making this job easy, my today's post provides a list of best possible alternatives that can be used instead of eBay!

eBay Alternatives!

So folks listed below, in no particular order are some of the best alternatives that can serve the purpose well and which can be used instead of eBay to buy and sell products you wish and desire.

1) ioffer.Com!

This is the type of website that supports auction format to buy and sell products. Buyers as well as sellers both get supportive opportunities. Not only this it also allows sellers to sell their products at fixed price. The best thing about this on line market is the swaps and trades platform, where sellers can maintain a free of cost account to maintain a list of products to sell or in which interested to buy. And the only fee to be paid here is the one at the time of selling.

2) ArtFire.Com!

This on line market place provides services for a selective category that includes craft supplies, vintage goods and fine arts material. There is no fee of anything on this website unless you open a pro account there, for which you have to pay a monthly subscription. Apart from all these, it provides you the best customer services and some pretty useful information on different topics like SEO tools Google analytics etc.

3) Etsy.Com!

This is yet again the type of website that provides a supportive on line market place to sell products for those who either create craft items from their own hands or supply them. It has the most unique and cultural following of buyers. There is no such fee and fee is only charged for listing items. Some restrictions are present which include that the items should be handmade by someone 20+ in age or should be on a commercial scale.

4) eBid.Net!

This is relatively smaller version of the famous eBay having all the same features like auctions, fixed price transactions and storefronts. The unique and notable feature it has is the "Ninja listing tool" that allows users bulk uploading. The rest it has a pretty reasonable fee structure.

5) TIAS.Com!

This is the oldest on line market place that deals in antiques, jewelery, crafts items and much more. With this it has within it bunch of formats categorizing items. It also provides a pretty neat customer service. As far as fee details are concerned, they do have a minimum fee requirement, but if a seller’s TIAS commissions are higher than the minimum fee, then only the commission is paid. apart from all these the other services they provide includes the submission of auctions automatically to eBay and the sending of listings to over 2000 classified ad networks. Pretty impressive folks.

6) Ruby Lane.com!

The most elegant and unique on line market place having the most decent following. It deals in collectibles, vintage items and high end antiques. A pretty impressive number of users find it a much profitable venue but with them some consider it a pretty expensive one too with high fee tariffs. Well it certainly depends on the type of sales performed folks.

7) Amazon.Com!

This is yet the best non-auction plat from that encourages good deals. Amazingly, their selling prices are even less than that of eBay, thus attracting a great deal of people. Here you can easily form accounts. Fee per sales is taken from the individual accounts while monthly subscriptions from those who form a professional account. The benefit professional account holders get is that they are able to add their products while this cant be done through individual accounts.

8) Bonanza.Com!

This is general on line merchandise type and not an auction type market place where you can buy sell fashion items, collectibles etc. The best part of this market place is that it has the lowest fee, which attracts most of the users who wish to reduce the over head costs.

9) Delcampe.Net!

Yet again an on line auction market place where you can buy collectibles of every sort and antiques. It has the most reasonable tariff structures and with them the most appropriate modes of payments.

10) bidStart.Com!

This is yet again the same type of on line auction market place which specializes in collectibles of every sort. As far as its tariff details are concerned, they are pretty interesting reduced to half of those at eBay. So if we just consider this fact, it is worth giving a try.

11) eCRATER.Com!

As far as this on line market place is concerned, millions are products are listed here as it is both a free web store builder and an on line market place. The best and unique thing about this market place is the option to import stuff directly from eBay.

12) Storenvy.Com!

This is yet again a pretty distinctive on line market place or rather a store that hosts a number of small businesses and entrepreneurs with a huge large collection of products. The best part about this place is the free of cost services provided to both, buyers and sellers.

• 13) Ealtbay.Com!

This is yet again a pretty neat on line market place to auction your belongings or to buy your desired product. This was basically formed for those products who, being legal, got banned at eBay. It has the most reasonable tariffs with the most easy modes of payments like PayPal etc.


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Lightning accessories for iPhone 5

A flurry of Lightning connector accessories for the iPhone 5, iPad mini and iPad are hitting the market from JBL, Belkin, Scosche and iLuv, among others, giving users more choices beyond what Apple offers.

Lightning is an 8-pin connector, which is smaller than the 30-pin ports that have been on iPhones, iPads, and iPods for years. The switch had users grumbling as the new connector rendered older cables and accessories like speaker docks and chargers obsolete. Apple’s strict certification had delayed the release of third-party Lightning accessories by months, but companies such as Bose have pledged to ship products soon.

JBL’s speaker docks

JBL OnBeat Micro with Lightning for iPhone 5

Harman International has introduced two JBL speaker docks—the OnBeat Micro and Venue LT—that connect to iPad mini, iPhone 5 and the newest iPad via a Lightning cable. The $99 OnBeat Micro is a portable speaker dock that can charge and play music from the iPhone 5. The speaker has a 20-watt amplifier and can bring “noise from ceiling to floor for up to five hours when it’s using batteries,” according to the company. The speaker dock uses four AAA batteries and also has a USB port to charge other mobile devices.

While the OnBeat Micro is highly portable, the $199 Venue LT is a tabletop speaker dock offering more powerful sound. The Venue LT offers Lightning and Bluetooth connectivity, so users can connect wirelessly even from older iPhone and iPad models. The speaker docks will be available mid-to-late December or early next year, a Harman International spokesman said.

Scosche’s chargers

Scosche StrikeLine retractable charger with Lightning and USB 2.0

Scosche Industries has announced Lightning-compatible charger accessories that carry 12 watts of power to recharge devices faster. TheStrikeDrive car chargers, priced from $25 to $50, and StrikeBase home chargers, priced from $35 to $50, are available in 5-watt to 12-watt models. The 5-watt model charges an iPad mini in four and three-quarter hours, and a 12-watt model can charge the same device in three hours, according to the company. The 12-watt chargers also include Micro-USB ports to charge other popular Android smartphones and tablets. For $29.99, Scosche is taking orders for the two-in-one Strikeline retractable Lightning and Micro-USB cable. Some of the chargers could be available worldwide by mid-to-late December, but it “could be early February before the entire line is available,” a company spokesman, Mark Olson, said in an e-mail.

Belkin’s accessories

Belkin’s Car Charger with Lightning connector for iPhone 5

Belkin’s 1.2-meter Car Charger with Lightning connector for iPhone 5 is shipping for $29.99. For the same price, Belkin is also offering the Charge + Sync Dock with Audio Port for iPhone 5, which is sized to fit the smartphone. The dock has a headphone jack and a stereo system can be connected through an AUX cable. An existing Lightning cable can be used with the dock to sync the iPhone 5.

iLuv chargers

iLuv EnergySeal Micro-Size Car Charger with Lightning

iLuv this week announced the $44.99EnergySeal Micro-Size Car Charger, a 1.8-meter long Lightning-to-car charger connector. Also announced was the $29.99 Premium Coiled Charge/Sync Cable, a Lightning-to-USB 2.0 cable that is also 1.8-meters long and compatible with most USB chargers. The cables will become available in January, a company spokeswoman said.

Apple’s cable offerings

Apple’s $29 adapter or $39 cablemeasuring 20 cm connect the iPhone 5 to 30-pin accessories. Apple is also selling a Lightning-to-USB cable for $19, and a Lightning-to-Micro-USB cable for the same price.

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The Week in iOS Accessories

At long last, third-party Lightning-connector accessories, for the latest generations of iPhone, iPad, and iPod, are starting to hit the market, and those add-ons form the bulk of this week’s accessory roundup.

Fender's Squier USB Stratocaster guitar.

Fender: There are many, many accessories out there that let you connect your guitar to your iPad and make sweet, sweet music. Now Fender has launched the $200 Squier USB Stratocaster Guitar, which skips the middlemen—er, middleaccessories?—altogether by letting you plug the guitar directly into your Apple devicce. A built-in analog output also lets you use the Squier USB as a traditional guitar. Rock on!

iHome's iW3

iHome: The $300 iW3 is an AirPlay-enabled wireless speaker system that streams music from your iOS device or Mac, though you can also dock and charge your iPhone, iPad, or iPod with the speaker system. The iW3 is portable, thanks to a rechargeable battery, and is available in black, silver, or red.

iLuv: This week marks a pair of new Lightning cables from this company: The $45iAD 1530 EnergySeal is a car charger for your Lightning-connector-equipped iPhone, iPad, or iPod; and the $30 iCB261 Premium Coiled Charge/Sync Cable with Lightning Connector is a six-foot, coiled USB-to-Lightning cable for—as you’ve probably guessed—charging and syncing. Neither was available for shipping as of this writing; iLuv didn’t say when the products would be available.

JBL's OnBeat Micro

JBL: Lightning-connector speaker docks for the iPhone 5 are finally hitting the market, and JBL is offering two: The $100 OnBeat Microand the $200 OnBeat Venue, the latter of which also accommodates the new iPad and iPad mini. Both devices charge your iPhone while playing music from it; the OnBeat venue can also play music wirelessly via Bluetooth. The OnBeat Micro is designed for mobile use; fill it up with AAA batteries and you can take it outdoors to get the most out of your music.

Kubxlab's mOna stand.

Kubxlab: Without the iPad, the $30 mOna iPad Stand looks like a pair of modernist salad tongs from Ikea. With a tablet in place, the device looks more like what it really is: a sleek, elegant stand that lets you view your tablet in landscape or portrait orientation, providing a variety of viewing angles for the most comfortable view of the screen.

Qmadix's Signature Stylus

Qmadix: The $20 Signature Stylus is a combination of a stylus and a pen—with a foam, capacitative tip on one end and an ink pen on the other—which means you can be ready to make your mark on the touchscreen or paper. The stylus comes with an extra foam tip.

Sajid Creative: The $49 Touchtype case (see the top of this article for a photo) lets you combine Apple’s Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard with any full-size iPad inside one stylish case for your mobile typing and computing needs. The case comes in smooth, gray polyurethane or, if you want to spend an extra $50, black leather.

Scosche: This accessory maker has unveiled an entire line of cables and chargers to plug into your iOS device’s Lightning-connector, including the $30 StrikeDrive car charger and the $35 StrikeBase wall charger. There’s also a $30 StrikeLineretractable charging and syncing cable. Scosche hasn’t announced when the products will be available; you can sign up at the company’s website for notification.

USBFeber's combo pack of iPhone camera accessories includes a mini tripod.

USBFever: A photographer often needs an array of tools to capture just the right shot. If you’re an iPhone photographer, chances are good that USBFever’s $99, descriptively namedFisheye + Wide Angle (+ Macro) + 2X + 9X + 12X Telephoto Lens Combo for iPhone 5 has the right tool for you. The package includes a fisheye lens, a wide-angle lens, and three different telephoto lenses to choose from. It also includes a back cover for your iPhone 5 that serves double-duty as an attachment mount for the lenses, as well as a small tripod for stablizing your photos. It includes just about everything you need for iPhone picture taking.

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Gree to shutter OpenFeint in December as developers consider alternatives

It doesn’t seem all that long ago that we were talking about all the major games being released with OpenFeint integration. As one of the bigger and better options for Android developers, users enjoyed its features such as leaderboards, achievements, friend lists, and cross-platform compatibility. Think XBOX Live for mobile games and you’re on the right track. Well, all that wonderful stuff comes to an end end next month as Gree will be closing down OpenFeint on December 14.

To be clear, Gree is actually hoping to migrate developers and titles over to its own network. In a normal world that doesn’t seem all that bad and game-changing (oooh a pun!). The problem, however, is that developers don’t have very much time to make necessary changes to their titles.

“Our game GoNinja has had over 1.5 million downloads on Android and iOS,” developer George Deglin told GamesBeat. “Even if we push an update in time, thousands of our users won’t know to download it and will get a failed game. It’s very frustrating.”–VentureBeat

With less than a month to swing into action, developers have to consider their options. It’s not an insurmountable task and there are a few choices that immediately spring to mind. Amazon’sGameCircle is perhaps one of the biggest names out there, but we think of Scoreloop andPapayamobile. Another option that could be worth checking out is Swarm, which is an up and coming service that has already garnered millions of users. If you’ve played Beach Buggy Blitz these last few months then you’re already familiar with how it works.

However each developer ends up dealing with the situation, one thing is certain. Some of your favorite games could be in for a real shake up as it pertains to scores, achievements, and other social stuff.

Via AndroidGuys

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