| Country | Supported Networks |
| CDMA MODELS | |
| United States | AT & T |
| Alaska Communications | |
| Alaska GCI | |
| BlueGrass Cellular | |
| C Spire | |
| Cellcom | |
| Pioneer Cellular | |
| Sprint | |
| Verizon | |
| Canada | Bell |
| MTS | |
| Rogers | |
| Sasktel | |
| Telus | |
| Japan | KDDI |
| Puerto Rico | Open Mobile |
| GSM MODELS | |
| Australia | Optus |
| Telstra | |
| Croatia | T-Mobile |
| VIPNet | |
| Denmark | 3 |
| Telenor | |
| Telia | |
| Finland | DNA |
| Elisa | |
| Sonera | |
| Germany | Deutsche Telekom |
| Greece | Cosmote |
| Hong Kong | CSL |
| Hutchison | |
| SmarTone | |
| Hungary | T-Mobile |
| Italy | 3 |
| TIM | |
| Vodafone | |
| Japan | SoftBank |
| Korea | KT |
| SK Telecom | |
| Kuwait | Zain |
| Luxembourg | Tango |
| Philippines | Globe |
| SMART | |
| Portugal | Optimus |
| TMN | |
| Vodafone | |
| Saudi Arabia | Mobility |
| STC | |
| Zain | |
| Singapore | M1 |
| SingTel | |
| StarHub | |
| South Africa | Vodacom |
| Switzerland | Swisscom |
| UAE | DU |
| Etisalat | |
| UK | EE |
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Supported Carriers For 4G LTE in Different Countries
Monday, February 25, 2013
Asus FonePad - 7-inch Jelly Bean Cellular tablet
The FonePad has a 7-inch display, which packs in 1,280x800 pixels, making this the same size and resolution as the Nexus 7. It lacks a rear camera, but finds space for a 1.2-megapixel front-facing snapper, which should come in handy for video calling.
Screen and design
The FonePad is made from metal, but thankfully isn't too heavy at 340g. It's slim, too, measuring 10.4mm on its shallowest side. Asus is confident you'll be able to grip this tablet comfortably with one hand, and indeed during hands-on time it was found that the FonePad was very light and portable, much like the Nexus 7.
In theory, built-in phone power means you could pay for just one SIM-card and scrap your smartphone completely, essentially nabbing yourself a smartphone and tablet in one, for a fraction of the amount it would cost to buy both. In practice I can't see many shoppers taking to the idea, but if you'd happily use a tablet as your main phone, let me know in the comments.
Humming away on the inside is one of Intel's Atom Z2420 processors, clocked at 1.2GHz and backed up by 1GB of RAM. The Nexus 7 offers excellent performance using Nvidia's quad-core Tegra 3 chip, so it'll be interesting to see whether the FonePad can outpace it. Graphics meanwhile come courtesy of a PowerVR GX540 GPU.
The FonePad's metal construction does feel classy, and my impressions after a brief period of use were that build quality seemed high. The plastic construction of the Nexus 7 is one of the few things I didn't like about Google's tablet, so this is a definite plus in my mind.
Apart from the metal casing, though, once you get your mitts on this tablet there's very little to distinguish it from the Google-branded Nexus 7, and the FonePad is very similar in size and design. The good news is that if you've used a Nexus 7, you'll be more than equipped to handle Asus' newest tablet. It does leave me wondering whether this device is different enough, however.
Intel inside
Look ridiculous on a call
The FonePad comes complete with all the necessary hardware to make phone calls, provided you don't mind holding a 7-inch tablet up to your face and attracting baffled looks from passersby. It's equipped with a noise-canceling microphone, too.
The FonePad is running on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, which isn't quite the latest version, but still gets you all the key features of Android like access to the Google Play store, and several home screens to pack full of widgets and apps.
Because it's not running "vanilla" Android like the Nexus 7, if you buy the FonePad you'll probably have to wait a lot longer for updates, because Asus will likely take its time making sure all its apps play nice with any new Android software. If you're a dedicated Android fan who thirsts for bleeding-edge software, the FonePad probably isn't for you.
Price and release date
The FonePad will be landing in the U.K. between April and June, likely toward the end of June and costing £179, or 219 euros in the rest of the continent. That's a tad more expensive than the Nexus 7, so it'll need to impress in terms of performance and battery life.
It'll reach Asia-Pacific around the same time for $249. Unfortunately there's no word on a release in the U.S., but Asus does have a habit of bringing its devices stateside. Fingers crossed, folks.
Stay tuned for the full review, and let me know in the comments whether you'd buy this tablet
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
The Most Anticipated games of 2013
1. TOM CLANCY’S SPLINTER CELL® BLACKLIST™
GAME OVERVIEW:
The United States has a military presence in two thirds of the countries around the world. A group of 12 have had enough and initiate a terror ultimatum called the Blacklist – a deadly countdown of escalating terrorist attacks on US interests. Sam Fisher is the leader of the newly formed Fourth Echelon unit: a clandestine unit that answers solely to the President of the United States. Sam and his team must hunt down these terrorists by any means necessary, and stop the Blacklist countdown before it reaches zero.
KEY FEATURES:
Operate without Restrictions -
Sam is back in his tactical suit and goggles, and he’s more deadly than ever. He is the only secret operative with the power to act above the law, and uses ruthless methods to interrogate enemies in order to extract crucial information that will prevent the next Blacklist attack. Pursuing the terrorists to the far reaches of the world, Sam flies from exotic locales to US cities as he races against the clock to find out who’s behind the Blacklist. Thrilling gameplay is enhanced by full motion performance capture, creating a highly cinematic experience.
Kill in Motion -
Always one step ahead, Killing in Motion lets Sam strike with lethal precision by marking and executing multiple enemies in one fluid motion. Active Sprint allows him to traverse the environment easily and fluidly, climb walls and leap over barriers in order to reach his next target while on the move.
Unleash the power of Fourth Echelon Prototypes -
Infiltrate terrorist cells by using new gadgets such as the upgraded snake cam and micro tri-rotor drone which allows Sam to scout ahead, mark targets remotely, distract enemies, or explode with frag grenade force. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell® Blacklist™ is also bringing back fan-favorites like the sticky shocker, and for close quarters combat, players can wield the curved and brutal Karambit knife.
Build a New Echelon -
With a mandate directly from the president, Sam is building a whole new Echelon unit; his team, his way. Anna “Grim” Grimsdottir is his technical operations manager, CIA operative Isaac Briggs brings additional firepower, and resident hacker Charlie Cole rounds out his support crew. Fourth Echelon is a fully mobile ops unit with unlimited resources and cutting-edge technology aboard the repurposed stealth airliner, the Paladin.
Enjoy a Fully Integrated Experience
Sam and his team are aware of terrorist attacks in real time thanks to the Strategic Mission Interface (SMI). The SMI allows the team to receive data about mission objectives while on the move. Players can earn money for completing missions and objectives and buy upgraded weapons and items from the SMI hub aboard the Paladin.
Release Date : 20 August 2013
Platforms : XBOX 360
2. GRAND THEFT AUTO (GTA) V
Come spring of 2013 it'll have been five years since Grand Theft Auto IV came out, making another entry in the esteemed series long overdue. Enter Grand Theft Auto V. Taking place in Los Santos (the series stand-in for Los Angeles), GTA V promises big changes for the series.
First, the Southern California setting is reportedly the largest in franchise history, bigger than all the real estate in Red Dead Redemption, GTA IV, and GTA: San Andreas combined. And filling out that vast world are three different main characters that you jump between throughout the game. Based on the first trailer, the tone seems a little more comedic than GTA IV, but we bet we’ll still see the tragic downfall of at least one of the three high-stakes criminals that star in the game.
Release Date : 17 September 2013
Platforms : XBOX 360, PS3
3. THE LAST OF US
The Last of Us uses third-person view. The player will take control of Joel, while Ellie will be controlled by the AI. The game will involve gun fighting and melee combat as well as a cover system. The player will fight off the Infected — former humans — and the Survivors — humans that are not infected, but are hostile towards Joel and Ellie. A new gameplay mechanic is a feature the developers call "dynamic stealth", meaning that there are many different types of strategies and techniques that the player can use at any given time as they approach a new situation, to which enemies will react differently. Though situations can have a different outcome, it all mainly depends on the player's preference of play. Naughty Dog have developed an AI system called "Balance of Power". This new system allows enemies to react realistically to any combat situation they are placed in by taking cover if they see the player, calling for help if they need it and even taking advantage of the players weaknesses, such as when Joel runs out of ammunition or when he is being attacked by other enemies.
Release Date : 14 June 2013
Platforms : PS3
4. WATCH DOGS
The main gameplay mechanic of Watch Dogs is the use of hacking and surveillance.The game's antihero Aiden Pearce (voiced by Noam Jenkins) can use any device tied to the city's central operating system (ctOS) as a weapon against it.During the gameplay demonstration, Aiden is seen jamming cellphones to serve as a distraction as he enters a vanity art exhibit, tapping a phone call to retrieve information about his target, manipulating traffic lights to cause a large pileup designed to trap the target and his bodyguards, and escaping the police by driving a car across a river bridge, that he had started to raise in a similar fashion. The player can also access information from the ctOS on the NPCs they encounter, including information on demographics, health, and their probability of violence. Combat utilizes a combination of stealth components and parkour, along with the mechanics of a cover-based third-person shooter. The E3 demo also demonstrated co-op play, as focus shifted to a second character above Pearce, on higher buildings, referred to as ”Bixxel_44" (controlled by another player) following Aiden's successful killing of his target, who was given orders to protect Aiden by intercepting the police trying to catch him, and then fled the place using fluid parkour-like moves.
Release Date : Not Confirmed
Platforms : PS3, XBOX 360, NextGen, PC
GAME OVERVIEW:
The United States has a military presence in two thirds of the countries around the world. A group of 12 have had enough and initiate a terror ultimatum called the Blacklist – a deadly countdown of escalating terrorist attacks on US interests. Sam Fisher is the leader of the newly formed Fourth Echelon unit: a clandestine unit that answers solely to the President of the United States. Sam and his team must hunt down these terrorists by any means necessary, and stop the Blacklist countdown before it reaches zero.
KEY FEATURES:
Operate without Restrictions -
Sam is back in his tactical suit and goggles, and he’s more deadly than ever. He is the only secret operative with the power to act above the law, and uses ruthless methods to interrogate enemies in order to extract crucial information that will prevent the next Blacklist attack. Pursuing the terrorists to the far reaches of the world, Sam flies from exotic locales to US cities as he races against the clock to find out who’s behind the Blacklist. Thrilling gameplay is enhanced by full motion performance capture, creating a highly cinematic experience.
Kill in Motion -
Always one step ahead, Killing in Motion lets Sam strike with lethal precision by marking and executing multiple enemies in one fluid motion. Active Sprint allows him to traverse the environment easily and fluidly, climb walls and leap over barriers in order to reach his next target while on the move.
Unleash the power of Fourth Echelon Prototypes -
Infiltrate terrorist cells by using new gadgets such as the upgraded snake cam and micro tri-rotor drone which allows Sam to scout ahead, mark targets remotely, distract enemies, or explode with frag grenade force. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell® Blacklist™ is also bringing back fan-favorites like the sticky shocker, and for close quarters combat, players can wield the curved and brutal Karambit knife.
Build a New Echelon -
With a mandate directly from the president, Sam is building a whole new Echelon unit; his team, his way. Anna “Grim” Grimsdottir is his technical operations manager, CIA operative Isaac Briggs brings additional firepower, and resident hacker Charlie Cole rounds out his support crew. Fourth Echelon is a fully mobile ops unit with unlimited resources and cutting-edge technology aboard the repurposed stealth airliner, the Paladin.
Enjoy a Fully Integrated Experience
Sam and his team are aware of terrorist attacks in real time thanks to the Strategic Mission Interface (SMI). The SMI allows the team to receive data about mission objectives while on the move. Players can earn money for completing missions and objectives and buy upgraded weapons and items from the SMI hub aboard the Paladin.
Release Date : 20 August 2013
Platforms : XBOX 360
2. GRAND THEFT AUTO (GTA) V
Come spring of 2013 it'll have been five years since Grand Theft Auto IV came out, making another entry in the esteemed series long overdue. Enter Grand Theft Auto V. Taking place in Los Santos (the series stand-in for Los Angeles), GTA V promises big changes for the series.
First, the Southern California setting is reportedly the largest in franchise history, bigger than all the real estate in Red Dead Redemption, GTA IV, and GTA: San Andreas combined. And filling out that vast world are three different main characters that you jump between throughout the game. Based on the first trailer, the tone seems a little more comedic than GTA IV, but we bet we’ll still see the tragic downfall of at least one of the three high-stakes criminals that star in the game.
Release Date : 17 September 2013
Platforms : XBOX 360, PS3
3. THE LAST OF US
The Last of Us uses third-person view. The player will take control of Joel, while Ellie will be controlled by the AI. The game will involve gun fighting and melee combat as well as a cover system. The player will fight off the Infected — former humans — and the Survivors — humans that are not infected, but are hostile towards Joel and Ellie. A new gameplay mechanic is a feature the developers call "dynamic stealth", meaning that there are many different types of strategies and techniques that the player can use at any given time as they approach a new situation, to which enemies will react differently. Though situations can have a different outcome, it all mainly depends on the player's preference of play. Naughty Dog have developed an AI system called "Balance of Power". This new system allows enemies to react realistically to any combat situation they are placed in by taking cover if they see the player, calling for help if they need it and even taking advantage of the players weaknesses, such as when Joel runs out of ammunition or when he is being attacked by other enemies.
Release Date : 14 June 2013
Platforms : PS3
4. WATCH DOGS
The main gameplay mechanic of Watch Dogs is the use of hacking and surveillance.The game's antihero Aiden Pearce (voiced by Noam Jenkins) can use any device tied to the city's central operating system (ctOS) as a weapon against it.During the gameplay demonstration, Aiden is seen jamming cellphones to serve as a distraction as he enters a vanity art exhibit, tapping a phone call to retrieve information about his target, manipulating traffic lights to cause a large pileup designed to trap the target and his bodyguards, and escaping the police by driving a car across a river bridge, that he had started to raise in a similar fashion. The player can also access information from the ctOS on the NPCs they encounter, including information on demographics, health, and their probability of violence. Combat utilizes a combination of stealth components and parkour, along with the mechanics of a cover-based third-person shooter. The E3 demo also demonstrated co-op play, as focus shifted to a second character above Pearce, on higher buildings, referred to as ”Bixxel_44" (controlled by another player) following Aiden's successful killing of his target, who was given orders to protect Aiden by intercepting the police trying to catch him, and then fled the place using fluid parkour-like moves.
Release Date : Not Confirmed
Platforms : PS3, XBOX 360, NextGen, PC
Sunday, February 17, 2013
HTC Butterfly V/S Samsung Galaxy Note 2
HTC
Butterfly
|
Galaxy
Note 2 N7100
|
|
2G
Network
|
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
|
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
|
3G
Network
|
HSDPA 850 / 2100
|
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
|
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 21003
|
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - N7105
|
|
4G
Network
|
LTE (market dependent)
|
LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600 - N7105
|
SIM
|
Micro-SIM
|
Micro-SIM
|
Announced
|
2012, December
|
2012, August
|
Status
|
Available. Released 2013, January
|
Available. Released 2012, September
|
Dimensions
|
143 x 70.5 x 9.1 mm (5.63 x 2.78 x
0.36 in)
|
151.1 x 80.5 x 9.4 mm (5.95 x 3.17 x
0.37 in)
|
Weight
|
140 g (4.94 oz)
|
183 g (6.46 oz)
|
Type
|
Super LCD3 capacitive touchscreen,
16M colors
|
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen,
16M colors
|
Size
|
1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.0 inches (~441
ppi pixel density)
|
720 x 1280 pixels, 5.5 inches (~267
ppi pixel density)
|
Multitouch
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Protection
|
Corning Gorilla Glass 2
|
Corning Gorilla Glass 2
|
- HTC Sense UI 4+
|
- TouchWiz UI
|
|
Alert
types
|
Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
|
Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
|
Loudspeaker
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
3.5mm
jack
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
- Beats Audio sound enhancement
|
||
Card
slot
|
microSD, up to 32 GB
|
microSD, up to 64 GB
|
Internal
|
16 GB (11 GB user available), 2 GB
RAM
|
16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
|
GPRS
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
EDGE
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Speed
|
HSPA+; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100
Mbps DL
|
HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps;
LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
|
WLAN
|
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct,
DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
|
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band,
DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
|
Bluetooth
|
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
|
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR
|
NFC
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
USB
|
Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL)
|
Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB Host
|
Primary
|
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus,
LED flash
|
8
MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality
|
Features
|
Simultaneous HD video and image
recording, geo-tagging, face and smile detection
|
Simultaneous HD video and image
recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image
stabilization
|
Video
|
Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec.,
video stabilization
|
Yes,
1080p@30fps, check quality
|
Secondary
|
Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p@30fps
|
Yes, 1.9 MP
|
OS
|
Android OS, v4.1.1 (Jelly Bean),
planned upgrade to v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
|
Android OS, v4.1.1 (Jelly Bean),
upgradeable to 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)
|
Chipset
|
Qualcomm APQ8064 Snapdragon
|
Exynos 4412 Quad
|
CPU
|
Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait
|
Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A9
|
GPU
|
Adreno 320
|
Mali-400MP
|
Sensors
|
Accelerometer, gyro, proximity,
compass
|
Accelerometer, gyro, proximity,
compass, barometer
|
Messaging
|
SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push
Email
|
SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push
Mail, IM, RSS
|
Browser
|
HTML5
|
HTML5
|
Radio
|
Stereo FM radio with RDS
|
Stereo FM radio with RDS (N7100 only)
|
GPS
|
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
|
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
|
Java
|
Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
|
Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
|
Colors
|
Black
|
Titanium Gray, Marble White, Amber
Brown, Ruby Wine, Pink
|
- SNS integration
|
- S-Voice natural language commands
and dictation
|
|
- Dropbox (25 GB storage)
|
- Smart Stay and Smart Rotate eye
tracking
|
|
- Active noise cancellation with
dedicated mic
|
- SNS integration
|
|
- TV-out (via MHL A/V link)
|
- Active noise cancellation with
dedicated mic
|
|
- DivX/XviD/MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV
player
|
- Dropbox (50 GB storage)
|
|
- MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
|
- TV-out (via MHL A/V link)
|
|
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
|
- MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263
player
|
|
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
|
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
|
|
- Organizer
|
- Organizer
|
|
- Document viewer/editor
|
- Image/video editor
|
|
- Photo viewer/editor
|
- Document editor (Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, PDF)
|
|
- Voice memo/dial/commands
|
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
|
|
- Predictive text input
|
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk,
Picasa
|
|
- Voice memo/dial/commands
|
||
- Predictive text input (Swype)
|
||
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
|
||
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk,
Picasa
|
||
- Voice memo/dial/commands
|
||
- Predictive text input (Swype)
|
||
Battery
|
Non Removable 2020 mAH
|
Li-Ion 3100 mAh battery
|
Up to 980 h (2G) / Up to 890 h (3G)
|
||
Up to 35 h (2G) / Up to 16 h (3G)
|
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