5 things you never knew about wireless charging

       

 Twenty years ago the mere thought of wireless telephones was enough to make us raise our eyebrows; now, we can even ditch the cables we use to charge them. And because the highest failure rate in mobile equipment tends to be the fraying and kinked power cord, this is very good news.

While it’s not yet mainstream, you probably already know that smartphones like the Nokia Lumia 820 and the Nokia Lumia 920 are the wireless charging trailblazers. However, there’s plenty more to learn about this futuristic tech.

One. Wireless charging works by using induction – the same basic principle that Michael Faraday discovered way back in 1831. An electrical current in one part of the charger creates a magnetic field, which in turn creates a voltage – and that voltage powers your phone, wire-free! You simply place your phone on top of the charging unit, just like, with an induction cooker, you place your pan on the hob. Simple!

Two. Like any other emergent tech, there are competing systems. Nokia has adopted the Qi standard, developed by the Wireless Power Consortium, a cooperation of worldwide companies that aims to create a proprietary standard for wireless charging technology that will eventually operate worldwide. ‘Qi’ comes from the Chinese concept of energy flow in traditional medicine – pretty appropriate, we think!

Three. You won’t always have to bring your charging pad with you. Nokia, for instance, has teamed up with Virgin Atlantic and Coffee Bean And Tea Leaf, which means that when you’re the London Heathrow Clubhouse lounge, or in a Coffee Bean café, you’ll be able to make use of their table-top charging stations while you relax. Now that’s twenty-first century customer service if ever we saw it.

Four. While many manufacturers are getting in on the act, Nokia aims to be the best of the bunch, which is why it increased the active charging area to over 80 per cent on the wireless charging plate. It also designed the Nokia Wireless Charging Pillow by Fatboy – for when your hard-working phone fancies a well-deserved lie-down – and the Nokia Wireless Charging Stand, which allows you to charge up whilst on video calls. We’re also very fond of the JBL PowerUp Wireless Charging Speaker for Nokia, which will charge your phone as you’re listening to your favourite tunes.

Five. Last but by no means least, wireless charging is better for the planet. Leaving your charger plugged in, after you’ve powered your mobile up, might not make a noticeable difference to your home’s total energy consumption, but when tens of millions of people do the same thing the amount of energy wasted can be huge. Wireless charging only works when your phone touches the charger. No touching. No power. It’s a greener way of energizing your phone and that’s got to be good news for everyone.

As you’ve probably guessed we’re massive fans of the wireless way, but what do you think? Does it herald the start of a brave new wire-free world or is it just an electric flash in the pan?

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Nokia Lumia 620 now in stock at China’s 360Buy and TMall for $320

Nokia Lumia 620 now in stock at China’s 360Buy and TMall for $320

NokiaPowerUser reports that the Nokia Lumia 620 has gone on sale in China at two major online stores.

The handset is priced at Yuan 1999 (320 USD) at both 360Buy and TMall and at TMall appears to be in stock and ready to ship.

The Windows Phone 8 smartphones are available in Black, Cyan and Yellow and at 360Buy comes with two free gifts - a BH-112 Bluetooth headset and a spare BL-4J battery.

The low-end Windows Phone 8 handset is expected to be a major seller in China, being one of the cheapest Windows Phone 8 handsets announced so far while still offering all of Nokia’s exclusive experiences.

See the handset at TMall link and 360Buy Link.

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11 reasons to buy a Nokia Lumia 620

11 reasons to buy a Nokia Lumia 620

1. Dual Shot colours

The lumia 620 comes in 7 different colours, which gives vibrant choices for the users. It has a back pannel which is coloured using what nokia calls dual shot colours. A base coat of colour and an translucent coating of another colour resulting in making a third colour back pannel. eg. Yellow base coat and and cyan giving u a green back pannel.

2. Exclusive lenses and camera applications

The wp8 os comes with the new camera apps and the lenses applications which adds to nokia exclusive camera lenses like cinemagraph, smart shoot, panorama, etc.

3.Microsoft office and Outlook

The microsoft office is the most basic need of any person who works or studies, the office 365 in wp has proved to be one of the best. we can read documents on our phone and also on our skydrive.

4. Loudspeaker

Some sources have  said Nokia Lumia 620 to be one of the loudest Nokia Smartphone. Which might also mean that it may be the loudest in lumia series of nokia.

5. Mix Radio

The Mix radio application enables us to download playlists and albums of your favorite artist exclusively. it also recommends us songs according to the songs we listen on our Lumia.

6. Dual core processor

It has a Snapdragon S4 dual core 1ghz processor  which makes it a powerpacked device.

7. Xbox gaming

The Xbox games app on the phone gives a totally new gaming experience which is exclusive to WP.

8. Peoples hub

The peoples hub enables us to manage all our contacts in one place and helps us to keep an update of everybody that are close to us.

9. Skydrive, Live tiles and Wallet

Skydrive is an online cloud storage which is also exclusive to wp devices. it gives us a 7gb free storage. It automatically syncs all the data between your phone and pc. Live tiles in wp8 are customisable in three different sizes which helps in organizing our screen in a totally different manner. Wallet helps us to manage our bank a/c from our home.

10. Removable battery and Expandable memory

It has an removable battery which will help us to carry another back up battery if needed although the battery results are not yet out. It has an inbuilt storage of 8gb and expandable microsd slot of 64gb.

11. Affordable

It is only priced at 250$ without tax which is very Affordable, and is also the cheapest windows phone 8 device.

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How durable Nokia lumia 920 is?????

The Nokia Lumia 920 is a pretty durable phone. Its polycarbonate body and the two piece i.e the screen and the body joint is very strong. But to really show u the durability of the phone there were a multiple tests conducted by the phonebuff.com.

1. The Drop test

 

2. The Knife and Hammer test

3. Destruction

 

As we can see the phone is seriously and I mean Seriously durable and it takes a hell lot to destroy it unlike S3 and Iphone.

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Nokia Lumia 920

  

Nokia is in one of its worst runs and to fight out of it has launched its new flagship device, The Nokia Lumia 920. The 920 is the new Nokia flagship and promises better images and better video than competitors. It has an 8mp camera, unlike the 808, but the PureView tech enables better image stabilization and better low-light performance.
The screen on the Lumia 920 is an LCD with 768x1280 resolution. Its pixels update "up to 2.5x faster" than other LCD screens and is also the brightest screen on a smartphone. It is "super sensitive" too; Nokia demonstrated that it works even through thick winder gloves. The ClearBlack technology has been improved and is now PureMotion HD+ - it automatically adjusts the screen tone and brightness according to the ambient light.
It also has wireless charging and the wireless charging plate is not available with the phone so we have to buy it separately. It has the Nokia’s very own augmented reality apps like the Nokia city lens. It supports NFC and is said to be one of the heaviest phones weighing at almost 185g. The device is bulky and a part of the Award winning lumia design. The phones Polycarbonate finish makes it even better, glossier and stronger and even resistant under knifes. It has an gorilla glass display and a curved display glass which makes it look even better. It is just two pieces joint together to form a phone and does not support a removable battery. But the battery life is sufficient and works one whole day. It has a micro sim tray just like the one on the apple phones.

The horizontal camera placed near the center of the back is a nod towards the Lumia 800 too. The Lumia 920 camera is flush with the back, even though Nokia added the impressively souding optical image stabilization - a first for smartphones.  It has the image stabilization and the super bright F/2.0 aperture plus Carl Zeiss lens, and according to Nokia those allow for unrivalled image quality in low-light conditions. The phone also comes with three Lens apps be preloaded - SmartShoot, Cinemagraph and Panorama. Its lens is not fixed and suspended with the help of the spring so when your phone moves it image is not shaken that much. Nokia has widened the aperture this time which allows it to capture lights and give amazing results in even in very low light conditions. Due to the lack of crisp images during day time Nokia is going to release an update near soon which will improve the image quality in day light. But undoubtedly it has one of the best smartphone cameras.

As for wireless charging, the 920 supports Qi technology, so it will work with any Qi-compatible charger. There were three chargers that Nokia showcased - a somewhat boring looking plastic charger, a soft Fatboy pillow charger and the JBL PowerUp Bluetooth wireless speaker.

It contains wp8 which is lightning fast and loaded with features like the Xbox games, Peoples Hub, Lenses Applications, Live tile etc.

The Lumia 920 is a very effective comeback from the finnish company and has already been sold out in usa.

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Nokia Lumia 620

Nokia Lumia 620 is a low priced wp8 device that is promised to be launched by the end of January by Nokia. Nokia Lumia 620 is a powerpacked device which comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor which is a Dual Core 1 ghz processor. With a 5mp Camera and a front facing VGA camera. The Camera results are not yet out but still the camera is said to perform well according to the early pictures Released by Some sources, it has a le flash too. It can shoot 720p and lags the optical image stabilisation in the pureview camera. It cannot play 1080p video which is a big disadvantage. Although it supports the lenses applications, we also find the exclusive nokia lenses which include Cinemagraph and Smart shoot. It has a medium sized 512mb ram and an inbuilt memory of 8gb. It also has a microsd card slot and a removable battery unlike Lumia 920. The wp8 is lightning fast and the phones hardware is more than enough to handle it. The phone is also light weight, it is only 127gms. It supports Nokia Music which has the feature of Mix radio which automatically recommends albums and playlist to u according to the songs you listen to and u can also download these songs for free. It lacks an inbuilt Radio. The Speaker is said to be the best of all the other lumia devices on this phone. It also Comes with a offline maps which helps u navigate with the help of gps and glonass without making use of internet. The microsoft tellme is a bit weak but will be soon improved as googles voice controll app and the apples siri are ruling the market. It has a 1300mAh Battery which gives a talk time of 14h 40 min on 2g and 9h 50m on 3g and the stand by time of upto 13 days. The back pannel is a double layered polycarbonate back pannel which has a shot of 2 colours which means a base coat and then a translucent coating of another colour forming a desired Colour. It comes in 7 different colours, lime green, orange, magneta, yellow, cyan, black and white.

Overall it is a phone to watch out for and can fit in everybody's pockets. Th expected price is around 250$ and around 190Euros.

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