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Teen Girl Invents Device to Recharge Phone Battery in 20 Seconds

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Winner of Young Scientist Award, 18-year-old Eesha Khare is an Indian-American who has invented a device that can recharge your mobile phone in all of 20 seconds. According to this young scientist, the device she has invented can last for 10,000 charging cycles of the cell phone as compared to regular chargers that last only for about 1,000 charging cycles. The efficiency of this device lies in its ability to store a high amount of energy within a minute. That’s how it can provide swift cell phone charging service. She stood winner among the 16,000 participants from over 70 nations. The California-based teenager earned $50k in awards for her amazing work. Her rectangular-shaped super capacitor device can be installed inside the smartphone for complete recharge of battery within 20 seconds. Her frequently dying cell phone battery inspired her to carry out this discovery. She is going to utilize the award [+more]

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Is Apple Moving to Plastic Chassis with iPhone 5S and iPhone 6?

By   |  Hot Off the Mill, Tech Oh! Mania  |  
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Each time Apple talks about the launch of a new product, there is much speculation and rumour regarding its specifications and design. Although no official date has been announced for the release of iPhone 5S and iPhone 6, rumours have already kicked in. Designer Ran Avni, an Apple enthusiast has taken out a video to show us what the anticipated iPhone 6 might look like. Considered a low-budget phone, iPhone 5S will be seen sporting a plastic casing and will be targeted for lower-income groups. However, the concept video by Avni shows that Apple iPhone 6 will also be seen in a similar plastic casing. As shown in the video, the iPhone 6 will come in both black and white colour just like all Apple smartphones. With a design similar to the iPhone 5, the only visible difference seems to be the plastic chassis. Apparently, the iPhone 6 is shown [+more]

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Nearing 50 Billion App Downloads: Apple Offers $10,000 Reward

By   |  Apps on My Platter, Tech Oh! Mania  |  
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Apple fans now stand a chance to be rewarded for their loyalty. Apple is keeping a tab on the number of app downloads from its App Store and is offering $10,000 for the user who downloads the 50 billionth app. There’s a counter on the lower right hand corner of Apple’s site for you to keep a tab. Now we doubt if the counter’s actually getting updated in real-time, but a quick look does show just how close Apple is towards reaching the 50 billion downloads’ mark. It was only in January 2013 that the company touched 40 billion app downloads, making it quite a fast progress till here. But the festivities don’t just end there – Apple’s also offering $500 gift cards to the first 50 app downloads after the 50 billionth download. It’s a great marketing tactic and comes just in time as the company battles a fall [+more]

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Gaming Consoles Losing to Mobile Devices?

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A little while ago, we wrote about how the current wave of high end smartphones and tablets hitting the market could possibly signal the end of the gaming console. Looks like Juniper Research analysts agree with our theory – a report predicts that, by 2017, mobile devices will become our preferred gaming accessory instead of our Xbox’s and PS’s. According to this report, 64.1 billion downloads of games would happen in 2017, which is three times higher than the figure for 2012. However, only 7 percent of this figure would be paid for – advertizing would end up making game developers richer. This transition towards mobile devices could also encourage the development of more complex games with multi-platform compatibility, all thanks to the cloud. In addition, the increasing storage capacity in mobile devices would also encourage users to download more games. However, Juniper says that this wouldn’t necessarily banish the [+more]

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HTC One Set To Enchant Smartphone Lovers—Will Samsung Galaxy S4 Escape Its Magical Web Or Get Spellbound?

By   |  My Tech My Life, Tech Oh! Mania  |  
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The smartphone party is getting hotter. With HTC looking to snap at any counterpart coming close to its territory, the scenario seems justified. Now here is more news that escalated the HTC flagship avatar—HTC One – to a height most brands crave to reach. Ever heard of popularity even before real-time availability? The HTC One breathes life into such a tag. A number of friends have already received notification from Rogers about the One set to be shipped in five days. The pre-order book has only stacked on more pages till date. Adding fuel to such fiery heat of the rumors that US stores have received stocks of the HTC One and customers would just have to wait until the official release date. Reminds me of the excitement I had while waiting in queue for the Apple iPhone and iPad way back. The Super LCD 3 capacitive touch screen is [+more]

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Why HTC One Is Being Considered The Super Hero Against Samsung Galaxy S4 And Sony Xperia Z

By   |  Tech Alert, Tech Oh! Mania  |  
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When HTC finally unveiled its flagship smartphone this year, we knew the company had finally done something right and things would definitely look up for it in 2013. But if you are still unconvinced about why you could consider the HTC One as your next smartphone, here are 5 reasons that can help you make up your mind. Good looks: The first thing that caught our eye about the phone was its sleek all-aluminum body. And its curves make sure that it doesn’t just look good in your hands, it also fits in there like it belongs! Amazing screen: With the highest resolution in a smartphone screen yet, the HTC One’s 4.7-inch screen with its ppi count of 468 is the best display you can fit in the palm of your hands. The all new and improved HTC Sense 5.0 overlay: It’s not just the Android Jelly Bean experience that [+more]

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Samsung Galaxy S3 Vs Motorola Droid Razr Vs Amazon Kindle: The Cream Of Android

By   |  Hot Off the Mill, Tech Oh! Mania  |  
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Given the plethora of devices that draws sustenance from Android it is time we do a quick take on the devices that rank high our list in terms of popularity. Samsung Galaxy S3- With the world feeding out of Samsung Galaxy S3’s hands, Android perhaps received the highest boost from the S3. No wonder it accounts for 14 per cent of the Android market in USA.  failed to give us an amazing phone but lapped up fans enough to escalate Android to the top tier of the popularity charts. The Droid atleast gained spot on some list atleast, sigh! Locking horns with smartphones is a tablet that has catapulted the popularity of Android to the top of charts. Amazon Kindle Fire helped Android grab slightly more than 3 percent of the share in the Android niche. A flood of other devices pumped with Android account for the popularity of the [+more]

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Microsoft Matches Apple iPad Mini and Google Nexus Footprints– Is A Surface Tot In Making?

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Microsoft almost  caved in with Samsung’s reign on phablet ground. Across geographies, geeks and smartphone enthusiasts await Microsoft to offer novice ranges again but the last time it answered prayers was in October 2012. Now here is buzz that whets our appetite once again– the giants have supposedly geared up to unleash a 7-incher on the block this year. After the Surface wooed us fairly well, we expect that the 7-inch hunky might make us go on knees! Now before we move on to imagining the next avatars of Surface, here’s some  more food for thought—Is Microsoft trekking along Apple and Google’s route with this 7-inch road map in mind? Google Nexus 7 and Apple iPad Mini did wonderfully well in compact tablet kingdom last year and this is well on the path to pick up further this year. Looking back at the earlier era when all I had in [+more]

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Rings A Melody—Gongs A Rhythm That Harks Back to Samsung Grand

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Samsung is binding books too tight and pages too close. With its smartphones selling like hot cakes, users are still lost in the Galaxy cocktails. With Samsung Galaxy S lineup, Note series and more, Samsung is brewing soup that is slated to get spicy and hotter! We have first hand insight into what Samsung Galaxy Note 3 could look like. Catch it if you can. The youngest sibling from the Note line of kids from Samsung family shall be 5.9 inch wide. Reminds me of Samsung Galaxy Grand but might be way better– with a fiery 800 quad core 2.3 GHz processor. Spunk this up with 128 GB ROM and 3GB RAM, the Lime Pie fed Galaxy Note 2 spits fire that caresses users with its addictive heat. Oh, before we forget, this rendition of the Note shall come loaded with a never-expected pixel tag on its shutter. The real [+more]

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Nokia Lumia 920 Shuts Samsung Galaxy S4 Up- The Shutter Stabilization Story Leaves Samsung High But Dry

By   |  Tech Oh! Mania, Tech Wars  |  
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I have been waiting to announce my grand buy this year. No, I do not mean the Samsung Grand. I have the Samsung Galaxy S4 in mind. Before I go gaga over its sexy physique, too-die-for features, its beamer of a display—I am a tad let down with its shutter lacking stability. While admitting that I love the shutter’s 13-MP tag that brings my clicks to life, shaky hands at times do mar my mod. But why could the Galaxy S4 not have an optical image stabilizer? In a lance war with the Nokia Lumia 920, my buy bows down just because of its shutter story. A video doing the rounds on the web, shows both smarties tugged on to a remote controlled gaming car, the snaps from both Nokia and Samsung prodigies left me in no doubt as to who wears the crown. While shelling a decently lump bill [+more]

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