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Design:

The dimension of the phone is pretty decent with effective handling abilities and can find a neat spot in pockets. The length of Sony Xperia UL is 1.5 meters, and the most admirable aspect and the consumer attracting feature is the ability to be submerged in water for as long as thirty minutes, which is pretty amazing and phone accidentally slipping into water environments is now not much of a concern. In the near future, most phones might become water resistant and could be used in swimming pools.

The power switch of the phone is decorated with aluminum, and is artistically designed which according to some can be compared to the classy metal used in branded watches. Those who analyze the phone in detail, will be thrilled with the bottom design with slender piece, this is LED designed light that illuminates in vibrant and stunning colors. The diverse color illumination can be compared to Xperia SP.

Hardware features:

Xperia UL is a fascinating piece with five inch display with impressive resolution 1080×1920 resolution capacities. The pixel capacity of 443 in which is inserted Bravia Engine 2 which displays videos and images of superior qualities. The core processors are pretty significant with APQ8064 quad core and 1.5 GHz QUALCOMM snapdragon S4. The memory capacity is 2GB RAM and operates on 4.1 jelly bean.

Storage and Battery features:

One of the features that would thrill customers is the 13.1 inch megapixel camera at the rear built with RS Exmor, and head VGA camera towards the front area. The interior storage capacity is remarkable at 16GB and through memory card the capacity expands to even 64GB which is micro SDXC compatible. The connectivity features are pretty decent with 4G LTE amenities, along with Bluetooth 4.1, 3G and NFC. 

The battery capacity is excellent at 2300mAh which makes this extremely reliable during long distance car travel where there are no plug point facilities. As mentioned the phone colors would excite people of all age groups with black, pink and white shades which would complement the chic attire of young demographic to the hilt. These colors are expected to hit showrooms in the Japanese segment on the 25th of May. For ardent Sony Xperia fans in India, we will have to patiently wait for the release date in international markets, since there is no information on launch.

For an interesting piece of information, the concept images of the phone were splashed on websites in China; there were rumors on the phone being developed in the month of March itself. The rumor is now visible in reality with images and features of the phone spread like wild fire. A few days ago, news on the display of Xperia A by reputed Japanese telecommunication firm DoCoMo was reveled through summer collection in 2013. The display capacity is 720p and functions with powerful processors such as Snapdragon S4 quad core and 1.5GHz QUALCOMM snapdragon.

Display & Camera

To summarize the overall features of Sony Xperia UL, the phone is built with 5 inch full length HD display with powerful 1080×1920 resolutions. The memory capacity is credible at 2GB of RAM. The storage abilities are excellent at16GB that can extend to even 64 GB through memory card. There is a 13 inch megapixel camera with RS Exmor autofocus that possesses LED capturing abilities. There is a VGA camera in front, with splendid connectivity options of Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi, 3G along with NFC, Infrared and LTE. For improved versatility the phone is built with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating systems.

Sony Xperia UL is an interesting new surprise package to the Xperia line up, the phone portrays a professional and sophisticated stance that would suit the corporate image of the owner to the hilt. The storage capacity is one feature to look into; the battery capacity is pretty admirable, which is highly required for top notch professionals. The 13.1 inch megapixel camera is amazing for those who are into photography and excellent tool to capture breathtaking sceneries and classy buildings with historical significance. The camera at the rear operates marvelously as well and can capture as many as fifteen images in one second.

For those who are passionate about phone collection and yean to maintain a neat image at all intervals, the Xperia UL is ideal with its dust resistance and water phobic properties. Even after owning the phone years from today, the image is likely to appear brand new and most people will be of the view that the phone was purchased just yesterday.

Features:

Some of the other interesting features of the phone are the dust and water ratings are IPX5 and IPX5/8. The phone falls into the mid range category with 4.5 inch high definition (HD) display in the Japanese segment. The engine systems are Bravia 2 which operates on 1.5 GHz quad core Qualcomm APQ 8064 processor with 4.1 Jelly Bean and Adreno 320 GPU systems.

Sony Xperia UL is a noteworthy purchase to enjoy life long battery, along with storage and image capturing abilities. The camera properties are excellent to capture life remembering events such as birthdays, weddings and so on and create a neat collage out of it. This is ideal for young college students as well who can make calls anytime without being concerned about the battery wearing out. The most eye opening feature is the dust and water resistant abilities, together with other exemplary features would make owning the Xperia UL a pleasurable experience.

Both are good but it should be purchased in such a manner that it should meet your specific needs. Let me explain some information which would help you to make the best choice at the time of buying. Let’s look at the benefits of laptop & desktop and comparison of both with various aspects.

A desktop resides on a table in your office or home.

• If you have home workstation and you have to share your computer with family, then desktop is the good choice.

• If you require a large monitor for graphic design, animation etc, then proceed your choice with desktop.

• Are you a game lover and using non portable peripherals frequently, go ahead with desktop.

• Desktop computer suits for the beginners and students to learn and do experimenting the new stuffs.

• If huge amount of data needs to be stored, then desktop is the perfect choice as its storage capacity can be easily expandable.

Advantages of Desktop

1. It is possible to have multiple monitors, hard drives, CPUs and Graphics cards.

2. Choice of using big keyboard & mouse and better speakers & webcam.

3. More powerful, less expensive and easy to repair.

Laptop is an all in one portable device

• If you are a business professional dealing with client meetings and business prospectus, laptop is the finest choice for you.

• You are a person who used to travel a lot and spending little time at home, choose laptop to buy.

• If you want to keep the work place simple without messy wires, then laptop is your optimal choice.

Advantages of Laptop

1. It beats desktop for portability and privacy.

2. It occupies quieter working place and easy to clean.

3. As it is portable, it is possible to have fascinating data in your fingertip.

Desktop or Laptop

Let’s compare desktop and laptop with all features. Both are worthy, but understand which is the best in specific aspect.

1. Price – Desktop (cheaper than laptop)

2. Space and portability – Laptop (no cluttering of wires)

3. Maintainability – Desktop (easy to repair and upgrade)

4. Power consumption – Laptop (consumes only up to 50 watts)

5. Durability and safety – Desktop (as laptop is vulnerable to theft and damage)

6. Convenience – Laptop (extended battery and WiFi options)

7. Ergonomics – Desktop (good workspace arrangement)

8. Immediacy – Laptop (instantaneous access to data)

9. Performance – Desktop (having powerful processors)

10. Endurance – Laptop (better resolution and battery life)

Hope you’ve gained some information about desktop and laptop by the above comparison.

According to your needs and usage, decide yourself Desktop or Laptop, which is suitable for you and purchase it. Choice is yours but few things you need to be checked while buying a Desktop or Laptop. What are those? Just check here

Checklist to buy Desktop or Laptop

1. Type of processor and its speed.

2. Size of hard drive and RAM.

3. DVD burner, USB ports and video ports.

4. Type of screen and its size.

5. Graphics card and sound card.

6. Ethernet card and wireless capability.

7. Warranty and technical support.

Conclusion:

If you are mainly considering the portability and to perform your daily activities like checking email, surfing, make money online, streaming video etc, a laptop can be purchased. But if you are looking to execute programs which require more system resources, it would be good if you decided to purchase a high-end desktop to produce better output.

Whatever be your option, am suggesting you to have a look at the variety of top manufactures & models and the checklist which I mentioned above to purchase the Desktop or Laptop. The technology advancement in computer has been improved well and almost other fields like mechanical, education, medicine and so on are integrated with computer. We should feel proud about it and utilize the technology advancements effectively.

So, what do you think? Desktop or Laptop: which is best for you?

I am using laptop as I used to roam with different places. Do share your computer experience with me as I am always curious to hear the reader’s response and stay tuned here to grab the useful information related to desktop and laptop

Nokia Lumia 625’s features and specifications.

Processing Power

The Lumia 625 is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, and has 512MB of RAM. It scored a decent 1,133ms on the Sunspider JavaScript benchmark. This means that web browsing will be mostly glitch-free! Though this handset ships with only 8GB of memory, you can add a microSD card to increase it to 64GB.

Battery Life

Nokia Lumia 625 has a 2,000mAh battery with more than fifteen hours of battery life. Video playback might bring that down to about nine hours. Wireless charging is not an option on this device.

Design

The Lumia 625, like other models of the Lumia series, has been designed with a lot of care. It has a smooth curved back, and the screen’s glass front has a slight curvature to its edges. This is definitely a nice touch, and gives the phone an organic feel. This is something that most people wouldn’t expect on a budget phone.

The Lumia 625 is 9mm thick, and weighs 159gms. The handset is built from sturdy rubberized polycarbonate, which gives it a premiere look. The phone has a two-layered part-translucent finish, and comes with interchangeable multi-colored back covers to complement your mood or outfit. The Lumia 625 is available in yellow, orange, red, green, black and white.

Screen

The Lumia 625 has a 4.7″ IPS LCD, which is the largest amongst the Lumia series. It is sure to give tough competition to the HTC One and the Samsung Galaxy S4, in terms of display size. The screen is protected by Gorilla Glass 2, and has a WVGA resolution of 480×800 with a pixel density of 201 PPI. Unfortunately, this does result in some pixelation, and you might need to zoom in to read web pages. 

However, the Nokia Lumia 625 comes with many advanced features like the color enhancement, sunlight readability enhancement, and high brightness mode. The panel also has super sensitive touch, which allows users to tap with their fingernails and with gloves on. The LCD screen has good viewing angles, and the colors are quite dynamic. Despite a big viewing panel, the phone is still compact enough to be used with only one hand.

Connectivity

The Lumia 625 is 4G/LTE-ready and is also equipped with Wi-Fi b/g/n, LE, Bluetooth 4.0, and GPS as well as GLONASS for positioning.

On the down side, this phone doesn’t come with NFC. Though this probably won’t bother most people, this missing feature won’t let the Nokia Lumia 625 connect with wireless speakers and headphones. You also won’t be able to tap your phone in order to share information with others.

Software

The Lumia 625 is powered by Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 OS, and is loaded with Amber, the latest OS update. Your phone’s home screen will be lit with colorful tiles that direct you to your apps. Customers can also access the Windows Marketplace app store, and be a part of Windows Phone 8′s social network integration.

Camera

The Lumia 625 has a 5MP camera, which is accompanied by a LED flash and a HD microphone. The front-facing camera has VGA resolution, and shoots 1080p HD video at 30fps. The camera has different modes like normal, panorama, cinemagraph, and one which allows you to take 7 photographs in quick succession. The phone comes with a dedicated camera button.

Apps

Lumia 625 comes with pre-installed Nokia apps like HERE Transit, HERE Maps, and HERE Drive Beta which offers free offline GPS navigation. You can also listen to music, thanks to a free subscription to Nokia Music. The Smart Camera app, seen on higher models of the Lumia, allows you to take a series of shots, each one having a different exposure. You can then choose the photo you like best to freely edit and animate it.

Value For Money

The aim of the designers has been to craft a phone that makes the benefits of 4G affordable to the masses. With a large screen, 7GB of free SkyDrive cloud storage, and a 4G chip, Nokia has certainly been able to do that.

Verdict

The Nokia Lumia 625 falls in the budget category, but has been made without too many compromises. It works well, and looks and feels good, which will probably make it a real option in the mid-range market. Nokia has made this device with a specific aim in mind, which is to sell a 4G smartphone with half the cost of an Android device. Customers who buy a Lumia 625 will be ready to jump onto the flourishing 4G network without burning a hole in their pocket!

It didn't used to be this way. Even as recently as ten years ago the only way technology really kept us awake in the bedroom was a late-night gaming or film-watching session. The only thing our phones could do to stop us sleeping was the occasional text or phone call at unsocial hours.

But now everything has changed. Smartphones, tablets and smaller laptop devices like Netbooks and Chromebooks have meant that we have never had more distractions. And because everything is connected to the web, it’s even harder to switch off, and power down not only your device but your brain.

This lack of sleep is definitely bad for us. Here are the top ways tech is keeping us awake, and how we can switch off.

Social media

Online networking has transformed our bed-going behavior. Facebooking and tweeting can be a great way to stay in touch with friends and engaged in modern culture, but the problem is that there’s always a conversation happening somewhere that you want to get involved in. There’s always someone sharing something amazing that you want to read.

The strange thing about social media is that when you away from it for an extended period of time, you don’t miss it. But when you know interaction and reward (in the form of Liking and commenting) is just a button-press away, it’s hard to draw a line and call it a night.

Games

PlayStations and Xboxes have been around for ages, of course, but smartphone and tablet games have introduced a whole new paradigm of in-bed game playing. We know that a world of stimulating and compelling games – many of them free – are just a few clicks away on.

Developers have grown increasingly shrewd about the utilisation of game dynamics to hook us and make their games un-put-downable – Zynga even has a mechanics ‘playbook’. The ‘worst’ games are probably the ones without clear levels. Games like Minecraft and Football Manager are designed so you could play them all night. And many people do.

An added dimension in the world of the connected web is playing against someone else. Playing any kind of board, drawing or card game over the internet with someone means you can become a little obsessed by thinking about their next move.

e-books

Reading a paperback can keep you up. Just one more chapter, right? But devices like the Kindle and Kobo can store thousands of books, meaning that as soon as you finish one you can crack straight on with the next one.

There’s the added issue that if you lose interest in one novel, you can delve right into another one. Which is dangerous, as there’s never the thing of closing the finished book and having nothing else to read.

News stories

In the same way that social media never sleeps, the 24-hour news cycle is a constant source of distraction. There’s always a story happening, somewhere. And you can follow it all in bed.

And if something dramatic is breaking, bang goes your early night. It’s never been easier to follow breaking news, and with constant updates and the slow release of facts it can be tricky to put down your devices and catch up with the story the next day.

The worst sites are probably ones like BuzzFeed and reddit that offer a consistent flow of entertaining, shareable and disposable content. There’s always another gif, meme or list-based article to check out.

Music

Streaming services like Spotify and Last.fm have opened a gateway to a world where anyone can credibly pass themselves off as a muso. People used to spend serious amounts of time assembling an old band’s back catalogue; nowadays you can browse their songs in one session without going anywhere.

And this is great, but it means that while you would previously need to accept music rationing in a discovery phase due to the logistic and monetary constraints, now you can binge on multi-album sessions all night for a fraction of the cost.

People have become curators, too. iTunes and Spotify allows you to compile your own playlists, and apps have come out that encourage you to create your own top ten collections for any genre or artist.

The never-ending journey

Perhaps the common theme in all of this is the sense of the never-ending journey that the web offers. Very few things are experienced in isolation, and it’s those constant links to more stuff that makes it so tough to stop. Spotify is probably a good example. Within the app there’s a lifetime of content to be discovered, ways to interact in the form of playlists and following friends and musicians, then you can share everything socially.

Social media, games, news… there’s always a link to take you somewhere interesting. The journey never stops. Unless you’re strong and make it stop.

Notifications

And as if this all wasn't enough, every app you ever download wants to notify you every time anything happens that might be relevant to you!

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So what’s the answer to all this? How can you get more sleep? Well, the first thing to do is to switch off the devices. You could create a time cut-off or home zone where electronic devices aren't allowed. If you find yourself binging on late-night tech because you can’t sleep, take a look at your stress levels and even the type of mattress you sleep on – this really can affect you.

Whether you've got insomnia, are obsessed by a new game or are just uncomfortable, staying up late using tech isn't going to help you in the long run. Tech is awesome, but it’s a powerful thing. And with great power comes great responsibility.

So look after yourself. Get more sleep. Apps like Sleep Cycle can help you track and manage your sleeping patterns, so it’s worth looking into these.

FileApp is a file management app for iOS devices. It simply allows you to unzip, read and edit files and folders on your iOS devices without you needing to jailbreak your device.

Unzip, Read And Edit Files With FileApp

FileApp is available for download here.

Unzip ZIP File

When you have downloaded a ZIP file on Safari or Mail, choose to open the downloaded file with FileApp. Just tap on the ZIP files to unzip it. A new folder which contains all the files from the ZIP file earlier will be created.

Read & Edit Files

With FileApp you don’t have to use another app to read the files as FileApp supports:

•  Images – JPG, JPEG, GIF, PNG, ICO, TIFF, TIF, BMP, BMPF, CUR, XBMPDF – PD
• Office –DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, PPS
• iWork – Pages, Numbers, Keys
• Open Document – ODT, ODF, ODP
• Plain Text and RTF – TXT, RTF, LOG, TEXT, M, C, CPP, MM, H
• Audio – MP3, AAC, M4A, AIF, AIFFF, WAV
• Video – MOV, MPEG, M4V, MP4
• Web archives – WEBARCHIVE
• Comic Book Archives – CBZ HTML – HTML, HTM 

FileApp can be used to edit files such as PDF, Text and HTML too.

For image editing, you need to upgrade to FileApp Pro to be able to use, edit then save the edited images. The image editor comes with features such as cropping, adjusting brightness and contrast, filters and much more.

You can’t edit Office documents on FileApp, but it allows you to open the document in another app which can edit Office documents e.g. DocsToGo.

FileApp can read image files up to 20MB in size, and has no size limitations for audio and video. As for documents, it depends on your iOS device’s current free memory.

Extra Features

FileApp can also be used to compress folders into ZIP files as well as upload files directly to cloud storages such as Dropbox, Google Drive and SkyDrive.

Connect FileApp To Desktop

For better file management, you can connect FileApp to a computer in two ways:

1. By using DiskAid

Download the tool and install it to manage the files that are available in FileApp. With this desktop tool, you can drag and drop files from desktop into your iOS device.

2. Via Wi-Fi

This will only work on private local networks. By connecting your iOS device and computer on the same network you can access and manage files on FileApp like how you use DiskAid. For more info on how to connect, find it here.

Conclusion

FileApp is a great free file management tool for non-jailbreak iOS devices. It allows you to create text documents, create ZIP files, read, edit manage files. As mentioned earlier, for the photo editing feature you need to upgrade FileApp to FileApp Pro which costs $6.99.

By upgrading to the paid version you will get plenty more desirable features such as:

• Enchanced security with iOS Data Protection
• PDF to MSOffice, OpenOffice, iWork, HTML and Text converter
• RTF to PDF converter
• Photo editing feature
• Built-in custom sound recorder