Sony Xperia Z – The ultimate super phone

The Sony Xperia Z touched down in style at CES 2013 in Las Vegas with a fabulous 5-inch full HD display, powerful quad-core processor and stand out 13MP camera.
With so much on offer we've rounded up the best features of the Sony Xperia Z for you to digest as your leisure.

The ultimate viewing experience

The Xperia Z pulls in expertise from Sony's TV, camera and computing divisions to deliver a phone with a beautiful, full HD 5-inch display.Sony's heritage in the TV industry comes into play with the Mobile Bravia Engine 2 which is created by specialist engineers to really make you feel like you're part of the action.

With a wealth of power under the hood, highly functional Android Jelly Bean operating system and dazzling CyberShot camera with an EXMOR RS sensor, the Sony Xperia Z is well equipped to bring you the best mobile viewing experience.

A wealth of content

Whatever your vice may be, from movies to music, downloads and steaming the Xperia Z has you covered from head to toe.With a vivid 5-inch full HD display, powerful 1.5GHz quad-core processor, slick Android Jelly Bean operating system and optimised 2,400mAh battery the Xperia Z is ready, are you?

Super connectivity

n top of offering the ultimate viewing experience, fantastic performance and stunning design the Sony Xperia Z also features a wealth of great connectivity options.The Xperia Z provides you with one-touch connectivity, giving you the easiest and fastest way to wirelessly share music, photos and videos from your phone.With the NFC technology built into the Sony Xperia Z, you can easily pair the handset to other compatible devices such as your NFC-enabled BRAVIA TV or wireless headphones.

The Sony Xperia Z manages to marry a dust- and waterproof design with a stunning 5-inch full HD display and powerful 1.5GHz quad-core processor for a truly super-phone experience.Carrying IP55 and IP57 certificates, you can take the Xperia Z for a dip in fresh water up to 1 metre for 30 minutes, meaning a trip into the bath or a slip into the toilet shouldn't end your phone's existence.You can also rest easy when you next head to dustier climates as these are no problem for the tough Sony Xperia Z, which laughs in the face of such danger.

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Budget iPhone to go back to plastic Apple

There's a growing voice saying Apple is working on an entry-level iPhone and the latest report suggests it will ditch the fancy glass finish for a more economical plastic chassis.
Apple is no stranger to the use of plastic on its phones as it used the material on its handsets up to the iPhone 3GS, with the well known glass-metal combo only coming into effect with the iPhone 4.
Now Digitimes has spoken to one of its infamous "upstream supply chain sources" which has "confirmed" that the budget iPhone will sport the plastic chassis of old in an attempt to keep costs down.


No brainer
This hardly comes as much of a surprise, as using cheaper materials for the handset's body is one of the key ways for Apple to keep the price of the final unit low.
A plastic chassis could be music to the ears of clumsy iPhone owners who have seen their shiny smartphones shatter as they hit the deck – just ask our very own Kate Solomon and Gareth Beavis, who both managed to smash iPhone 4s back in the day.
We're not counting our chickens just yet though as Digitimes doesn't have a particularly glistening track reckord with these sort of leaks and there's been no official word from the Cupertino-based firm that it's even considering a cut-price iPhone.
According to the same source the first entry-level iPhone will hit stores in the second half of 2013 – we'll just have to wait and see.

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WINDOWS 8 – The Window to NexGen!

Microsoft has finally released its game-changing operating system, Windows 8 this year. This is believed to be the biggest change to the Windows OS since the launch of Windows 95. It was launched on 26th October this year. Microsoft has made sure that the new operating system works on all forms – Desktop and Notebooks. It’s also available on tablets,starting with Microsoft’s own Surface tablets to the various Windows 8 smart phones. It is designed in a way that it will make people using different platforms to come together to use a common OS.

Some of the major changes incorporated in this version to make the OS compatible with touch screens as well as mouse and keyboard are as follows:

Windows 8 Lock screen:

In Windows 8, your computer boots straight to the lock screen, the same screen you’ll see on a Windows 8 tablet. You swipe upwards, or click or press a key on your keyboard, to remove it and see the user accounts, as you’d see in previous versions of Windows. The Lock screen shows the time, date and can also show more detailed information from an app of your choosing, such as Weather or Mail. Many other apps, such as Twitter clients can also show information on the Lock screen.

User Interface:

Now, this is one of the most distinct changes that make you think more than once that you are actually working on aWindows Operating System. In 28 years of windows, Microsoft has introduced a new tile based user interface, also referred as the modern UI. The tiles show up the apps and even the Control Panel is handled through this new interface.

No START Button!

Are you the one who looks for the START button as soon as you see the desktop? Sorry but the start button will now RIP. Yes, there is no start button in Windows 8. Although you can always have it back through third party utilities.

Multiple Windows, Modern UI style:

When you tap or click on an app it opens in full-screen mode. Most apps are designed to work this way, but you can drag down from the top, and then drag either left or right to resize the app to occupy a small column at either side. It feels like a revelation on a Windows 8 tablet as it’s the first time you can see two apps at once.

Refresh & Restore:

Hanging computer? Need to format? Not anymore. The new Windows 8 comes with REFRESH option that gives you default settings without losing any data. Also, the RESTORE button wipes the hard disk and re-installs the Operating System without the hassles of a formatting CD.

Combining the interface, performance, security and new features, Windows 8 is impressing. For just Rs.2000, it’s a no-brainer upgrade from Windows XP or Vista, and even for Windows 7 users, it’s a worthwhile purchase.

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