Nokia 808 PureView

                    Nokia 808 PureView review

The Nokia 808 PureView is the best cameraphone ever made. It is the true successor of Nokia N8. It is breaking new ground with its 41 Megapixel camera. It i is captivating because of one feature, and one feature alone: the on-board 41-megapixel camera.Most highest-end smartphones, including Apple’s iPhone 4s, Samsung’s Galaxy S3, and HTC’s One x, have 8-megapixel cameras. Compared to those cameras, a 41-megapixel camera sensor seems totally over-the-top and unnecessary. But what Nokia has developed with its homegrown PureView imaging technology is, by far, the best camera I’ve seen on a smartphone. It’s actually a pretty terrible phone with an outstanding camera. You should only consider buying the 808 PureView if you really love mobile phone photography. Another advantage is lossless zoom, because you are coming from a 41 MP sensor, there is no need of the useless digital zoom that ruins pictures without fail. The supersized 41-megapixel sensor, Carl Zeiss optics, a Xenon flash, and the phone’s loudspeaker 

Nokia’s PureView camera technology has been in the works for over 5 years, which is plain to see in the 808 handset’s design. Whereas a 13.9mm thick phone may have been considered slim in 2007, that profile is decidedly plump by modern standards, leading Nokia to taper off everything that doesn’t need it and resulting in the abnormally shaped device you see before you. There’s a 4-inch AMOLED display, sat behind a Gorilla Glass screen. It’s only a 640×360 pixel screen, so if you’re used to an iPhone’s Retina display, you’ll be sorely disappointed. It’s an unfortunate drawback considering the device is centered around digital imaging.The 4-inch AMOLED display on the 808 is of the non-Pentile variety and doesn’t suffer from the same blue tinging when viewed from the side as you’ll find on Samsung panels.

 The camera button and the volume rocker that sits above it are easy to find and operate.The 808 PureView is no shining example of industrial design. With its giant camera protruding awkwardly from the back of the shell. As with the rest of the 808 PureView hardware design, it works smoothly and cleanly. Micro sim, Micro SD, Micro USB,Micro HDMI packed. 

                                             

CAMERA

The Pureview offers 3, 5, 8 and 38 megapixel shooting options the highest resolution photo you can take is a 38-megapixel photo at 4:3 aspect ratio in full-resolution sensor mode. The way the PureView technology works is that it uses pixel oversampling, essentially packing up to seven pixels worth of data into one pixel area. The results? Sharp, clear images with little to no noise. Video comes in at 1080p and is as excellent as the peerless, noise-free pictures. There’s even an excellent microphone, which Nokia calls Rich Recording.

Now here is the super quality of 808 PureView Camera

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2) Original pic

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3) Original pic

    

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You would be surprised to see that it is a crop from the following shot, where you’ll be hard pressed to even find this gentleman.                                              

FOCUS

ISO 114 - 5.3 MP, 16:9

Nokia 808 PureView UI screenshots

Disadvantages

1)Low-res display

2) Symbian Belle is far behind from Android and iOS.

3) Relatively limited 3rd party software availability.

4) Bulky

Biggest advantage is that it is the best camera phone with best camera on the planet.

How safe are you while surfing on internet ?

Browsing Through Cyberspace

What you're giving out

Browser and operating system details,browsing patterns, IP address, websites visited, links clicked and more.

How to stay safe

We know it's a pain but try and read privacy policies of the sites you frequent.
Use the latest version of your browser to ensure maximum protection against online threats.


Avoid free WI-FI and make sure you're on a secure internet connection.

All browsers today have an 'incognito' or a 'private browsing' mode where none of your history, searches, cookies or temporary internet files are stored on your computer.

Disable scripts in your browser. Most sites run scripts without your knowledge to collect your browsing habits and other information.

Networking With Friends 

What you're giving out 

Everything from your date to birth to what you did a moment ago, location, articles you read, time spent playing social games, purchase made, e-mail addresses, phone number and more.

How to stay safe 

Get off Facebook. No, seriously. 

If you're an insufferable addict, dig through your privacy setting (good luck figuring those out)and make sure you are not inadvertently revealing personal information like your birth date, email address and phone number on your profile.

Make sure you read understand permissions of the apps on Facebook you use. Most of them require everything from access to your profile to posting to your Wall on your behalf.

Stay away from strangers and accept friend requests just from people you know.

Going on internet Shopping Spree

What you're giving out

Stick to established sites.

Review user feedback. If a site seems shady, Google it and see what others are saying about it. You would be surprised at the insights you can get.

Read privacy policies to see if the site shares your personal data with any third party.

Many banks provide virtual credit cards that have limited validity. Use them for all online transactions. Keep the plastic for the real world.

Connecting On The Go

What you're giving out


Your precise location and pretty much all the content of your phone including contacts, SMS messages, call records, email and browser history depending on the apps you use 

How to stay safe

Review the apps you have installed and understand background information they collect. Most smartphone operating systems require apps to tell you this information when you install them.

Install only known apps from well known vendors. Angry birds is OK. Hot XXX Babe live! is probably not (though you never know).

Use an anti-theft app like lookout Mobile security to remotely purge your data if you lose your phone.

WORRIED? YOU SHOULD BE


You are sitting on your laptop propped on your knees, and browsing your favorite websites. Watching your every click are hundreds pf prying eyes on the internet. If that itself doesn't creep you out, here's what can happen to your private data when these snoopers get grubby little fingers on it:

Your personal - everything from your browsing habits to your date of birth and phone number can be collected and used buld a chillingly accurate profile of you bit by digital bit. This information can be sold off to tracking agents you have never heard of.

Even if you don't care too much about being served targeted advertisements on the internet, remember that all your data is sitting on servers around the world, often with questionable security. If a cyber criminal hacks into these servers, your personal information could be up for sale onthe digital black market.

Governments could potentially use online attributions for surveillance.

NOW WHAT CAN YOU DO TO TRACK THE TRACKERS

Want to know exactly who's tracking you online? Download COLLUSION, an add-on for your browser (it is available for google chrome and mozilla firefox). Sit back, start browsing and let your blood run cold. What happened to us in a typical 10-minute browsing session. I was tracked by multiple trackers from IMDB.COM to watch the trailer to the advertisers, amazon, doubleclick.net, scorecardreasearch.com(it tracks 2 million people).
And from many other from different sites.

" YOU ALREADY HAVE ZERO PRIVACY. GET OVER IT " - Scott G McNealy, CEO of Sun Microsystems Inc

Big Trouble - DNSChanger: How to find it and how to fix it

Next Monday hundreds of thousands of people could lose Internet access, if their computers are infected with malicious software from 2007.

The warnings about the Internet problem have been splashed across Facebook and Google. Internet service providers have sent notices, and the FBI set up a special website.

Hundreds of thousands may lose Internet in July

But people around the world may still lose their Internet service unless they do a quick check of their computers for malware that could have taken over their machines more than a year ago.

Users whose computers are still infected Monday will lose their ability to go online, and they will have to call their service providers for help deleting the malware and reconnecting to the Internet.

The problem began when international hackers ran an online advertising scam to take control of more than 570,000 infected computers around the world. When the FBI went in to take down the hackers late last year, agents realized that if they turned off the malicious servers being used to control the computers, all the victims would lose their Internet service.

In a highly unusual move, the FBI set up a safety net. They brought in a private company to install two clean Internet servers to take over for the malicious servers so that people would not suddenly lose their Internet.

But that temporary system will be shut down at 12:01 a.m. EDT Monday (0401 GMT), July 9.

The FBI released this statement in March to clarify why the servers were going down:

"To assist victims affected by the DNSChanger malicious software, the FBI obtained a court order authorizing the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) to deploy and maintain temporary clean DNS servers. This solution is temporary, providing additional time for victims to clean affected computers and restore their normal DNS settings. The clean DNS servers will be turned off on July 9, 2012, and computers still impacted by DNSChanger may lose Internet connectivity at that time."

Most victims don't even know their computers have been infected, although the malicious software probably has slowed their Web surfing and disabled their antivirus software, making their machines more vulnerable to other problems.

What can you do now?

To finding out whether you’re infected is a simple matter of visiting a checking site. Go to dns-ok.us in your browser, and if the background is green then your computer’s DNS settings are good. If it’s red, however, then you will need to go through some clean-up steps.

There’s a list of tools here, each of which should get your computer up and running properly again. Microsoft has one such tool, as do the main anti-virus vendors such as McAfee and Norton. It’s a good idea to do a backup of files and personal data beforehand, just in case, but the process should – now that the workings of DNSChanger are broadly understood – be simple.

New Microsoft tablet - Surface

Surface

Yes the software giant's first tablet - Microsoft surface.

The upcoming booming tablet from Microsoft surface going to hit market in coming months.this tablet is designed and marketed by Microsoft.Taking on the ipad! many have tried, almost all have failed. But now there's a new sheriff in town and it seems this one wants to take no prisoners. on the 'surface', it seems that this is an all-new Microsoft that is ready to break free  from old conventions and blaze an all new path. It's announced the Microsoft surface tablet (in fact two versions,but more on that later) and rather than rely on hardware partners, Microsoft wants to do it all with its own branded device. This isn't the Microsoft we know -the safe player ,the Microsoft -only giant, the OEM Dominatrix and the make money from each licence expert. This is the Microsoft that is willing to break from history and forge a new path. And seems to have just one thing as its target: to unseat the very dominant Apple ipad.

Difference from other competitors

This is a pretty sweet device that seems to incorporate all the critical a well as most dream features  . First, the really amazing stuff. A very thin, very nice looking, brightly colored smart cover with a built in 3-mm pressure sensitive keyboard that is actually usable. Then There's the incredibly well thought kick stand that merges right back into the body of the device. Another is the digital ink stylus - it's magnetic and kicks to the side, eliminating the chance to losing it. Add  to this a very thin and light form factor, a fast processor, MicroSD, USB 2.0, MicroHD  video connecters, front and rear HD cameras, up to 128 GB storage, 10.6 inch HD screen and the fact that there will be two versions.The Surface will be available in two versions, "Surface" and "Surface Pro". "Surface" will run the Windows RT Operating System and use an ARM CPU. "Surface Pro" will run the Windows 8 Pro operating system and use an Intel CPU.

Microsoft is back now. With it's surface technology they are gonna write a new chapter.

Upcoming HTC Windows phones

Three new upcoming Windows phone 8 phones from the Taiwan giant HTC

Rio, Accord and Zenith yes these are the three upcoming phones of HTC running the more advanced live Windows phone 8 os.

HTC Rio

"Rio" it will be the entry level smartphone. Featuring  4 - inch WVGA display, 14.4Mbps HSPA, and a 5-megapixel camera with 720p video capture. It’ll run on Qualcomm’s MSM8227 processor and have only 512MB of storage.

HTC Accord and Zenith

These two phones will be featuring high end technology. The "Accord" will sport a 4.3-inch 720p Super LCD 2 screen, the highest screen resolution Windows Phone 8 will support. It will also have an 8-megapixel camera, 42Mbps HSPA+, NFC support, 1GB of RAM, and a better dual-core processor than the “Rio.”

Far better from the above phones this phone will be the most high end upcoming windows phone 8 phones The “Zenith” touts even more impressive specs. It will have the largest screen, a 4.7-inch 720p Super LCD 2 display. The phone will also feature an 8-megapixel camera and 42Mbps HSPA+. But most importantly, it’ll run on a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon chip — a feature that currently shows up in only three Android devices (one of them being the HTC One X).