iPhone 5 Technical Review

As on schedule, Apple launched iPhone 5 in india with featuring a faster processor, bigger display and many of other upgrades. Apple products always been a little pricier in indian market compared to top competitor, Pricing starts from 45,500 for 16GB model, 52,500 for 32GB model and 59,500 for 64GB model.

The new iPhone comes with bigger 4 inch display which is biggest of compared to earlier versions of iPhone, iPhone 5 has a dual core A6 processor which is one of the fastest compared to others.

Take a look of iPhone 5 technical specification

Network type:

2G Network - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - GSM A1428 CDMA 800 / 1900 / 2100 - CDMA A1429

3G Network - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - GSM A1428 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - CDMA A1429

4G Network - LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100 - GSM A1428 or LTE 850 / 1800 / 2100 - GSM A1429 LTE 700 / 850 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 - CDMA A1429

Size:

123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm

Weight - 112 g

Battery:

Lithium-ion battery

Talk time: Up to 8 hours on 3G

Standby time: Up to 225 h

Video playback: Up to 10 h

Audio playback: Up to 40 h

Memory:

16GB, 32GB, 64GB

Display:

Retina display

4-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display

1136-by-640-pixel resolution at 326 ppi

Sound:

Audio formats supported: AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), HE-AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV

Camera:

8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash

Video - 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization

Front  - 1.2MP photos and HD video (720p) up to 30 fps

Connectivity:

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot

Bluetooth 4.0

USB v2.0

Is Your System ready for Windows 8 ?

Finally Windows released their most awaited operating system Windows 8 last week. I'm sure many of Windows users confused on a question to upgrade their previous version of Windows or not and how they can prepare their system for this newest edition of Window.

Is Your System Windows 8 ready ?

While upgrading the new operating system primary worry is about hardware that will be compatible with the new operating system or not ? and the answer is pretty simple, If your system has been running well on Windows 7 then it is compatible with Windows 8 too. that means Windows 8 required no major hardware change for those using.

Windows 8 run on the same hardware that works fine with Windows 7

Processor : 1 GHz or Faster

RAM : 1 Gigabyte (32-bit) or 2 Gigabyte (64-bit)

Hard disk space : 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)

Graphic Card : Microsoft DirectX9 graphic device with WDDM driver

Connected Devices and Programs

To solve certain issues, Windows provide Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant. before upgrading your oprating system download and run it. The program will automatically scan your hardware, installed programs and connected devices to make sure they will work with Windows 8 or not,

• It will ask you which apps are compatible and which apps you need to review.
• Windows 8 comes with lot of new features like secure boot, snap, fast start-up etc. upgrade assistant notify you if any of those items are not supported by your system.
• In Windows 8 Microsoft Security Essentials is being replaced by Windows Defender, So you need to remove it before upgrading.
• To play DVDs in Windows 8 you might need to install Windows Media Center or install a third party app. because Windows 8 does not include in-built feature to play DVDs.

After finished the above steps click on "Next", Now upgrade assistant asked what you would like to keep upgrade or not ?

Windows 8 comes with lot of major facilities. The look and feel is new something that we aren't accustomed to see on PC's, So enjoy this newest OS by Windows.