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Apple officially announced Budget iPhone 5C with 4-inch retina display [Specs, comparison]

Apple officially announced the much-anticipated gadget for the budget friendly seekers. The lower cost device designed to appeal to buyers who wants to experience the apple environment without spending much for the premium materials.

The hardware specs are identical to that of iPhone 5, so it is the great for those who were looking forward to this device. However, we felt that the iPhone 5C might not be that cheap as expected, whether you buy it on contract or without it.

The 5c was announced today at Apple’s launch event in Cupertino, California. The device will come with a polycarbonate shell and the option of a green, white, blue, pink, or yellow “soft-feel” silicon rubber surround.

The iPhone 5C will be shipped with 4-inch retina display along with A6 processor, same as iPhone 5.

Pre-orders start from September 13 and the handsets are due to go on sale from September 20 in the US, UK, Australia, China, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and Singapore. Off-contract pricing for the 16GB 5c is $549 while the 32GB option will set you back $649 (Not the cheapest one you thought, right?)

Model	iPhone 5	iPhone 5c
Price on contract	$199, $299, $399	$99, $199
Price off contract	$649, $749, $849	$549, $649
Storage	16GB, 32GB, 64GB	16GB, 32GB
Display	4-inch, 1136×640, 326 ppi	4-inch, 1136×640, 326 ppi
Processors	A6	A6
Rear Camera	8MP, ƒ/2.4 aperture	8MP, ƒ/2.4 aperture
Video Recording	1080p at 30fps	1080p at 30fps
Front Camera	1.2MP photos, 720p video	1.2MP photos, 720p video
FaceTime	Over Wi-Fi or cellular	Over Wi-Fi or cellular
Assistant	Siri	Siri
Navigation	GPS and GLONASS	GPS and GLONASS
Bluetooth	4.0	4.0
Talk Time on 3G	Up to 8 hours	Up to 10 hours
Browsing time on LTE	Up to 8 hours	Up to 10 hours
Browsing time on 3G	Up to 8 hours	Up to 8 hours
Browsing time on Wi-Fi	Up to 10 hours	Up to 10 hours
Standby time	Up to 225 hours	Up to 250 hours
Height	4.87 inches (123.8 mm)	4.90 inches (124.4 mm)
Width	2.31 inches (58.6 mm)	2.33 inches (59.2 mm)
Depth	0.30 inch (7.6 mm)	0.35 inch (8.97 mm)
Weight	3.95 ounces (112 grams)	4.65 ounces (132 grams)
SIM card	Nano-SIM	Nano-SIM
Connector	Lightning	Lightning
Colors	Black/Slate, White/Silver	White, Pink, Yellow, Blue, Green

September 11, 2013

Top 5 budget iPhone concept designs you shouldn’t miss

There is no official word if the leading gadget company is even looking out for the cheaper iPhone. We don’t even know if such phone exists on the paper and has been discussed between the Company executives to approve the production. However, there are tons of rumors and a report published by Chinese Labor watch that suggests we are heading in the right direction.

See Also: Cheaper version of iPhone confirmed by a Chinese iPhone manufacturer report

Internet never kills the buzz for anything that is important for the tech enthusiasts and curious technofreaks. To tinker your taste buds we have collected the top 5 concept designs of upcoming budget iPhone by Apple.

See Also: Cheaper version of iPhone will be called “iPhone 5C” ? [Leaked Images]

1. iPhone 5C packaging by Martin uit utrecht

2. iPhone concept by Martin Hajek

3. iPhone Lite by T3

4. Cheap iPhone concept via 9to5mac

5. iPhone Mini concept by ciccaresedesign

July 31, 2013
Top 5 funky digital Accessories you can buy with your extra money you saved this weekend

If you have some extra money to spare this weekend, you’ll sure like some of these supercool accesssories to choose from. In no way I am telling you that you should go out and spend all your money on these stuffs, make sure first that you have paid your bills and you got your savings with you, because these might be irresistable.

Lets have a look at some cool stuffs I stumbled upon this weekend

1. Han Solo Frozen iPhone Case

Now you can pay homage to the best non-force wielding Star Wars character as well as add to your growing collection of Stars Wars memorabilia with the Han Solo frozen iPhone case. This fun themed case shows the great captain Solo when he’s trapped in carbonite. The case is specifically designed for the iPhone 4 and composed of rubber silicone for added protection and has a nice gloss finish that would satisfy any Star Wars fan whether their loyalties lie on the dark or light side of the force.

[ It is available on Amazon and This is why I’m Broke website for $15.99. ]

2. USB wall outlet

Do you own an iPhone and tired or connecting it through your laptop or charger? Well, there is an specially designed wall outlet which might come handy.

I see this, and I feel like I should immediately replace all of the outlets in my house. Homes should be build with this from now on. It’s so genius; I wish I thought of it.

[ The wall outlet is available on Think Geek or This is why I’m broke for $27.95. ]

3. Duracell PowerMat

Duracell tries wireless charging again with its PowerMat, and this time it’s a hit. Extensively updated from three years ago, this wireless charging system is stylish and easy to use. Here’s how it works: Put a shiny sleeve on your iPhone 4, iPhone 4S or iPod, and then you can place your device on a matching mat that wirelessly charges it up like magic.

[ Duracell Official website ]

4. Western Digital My Net N900

Well, If you still have those old buggy router, it is the time to replace it. Western Digital ventures out of the hard drive space and into wireless routers, and we tried out its new $180 My Net N900 router here at our Midwest Test Facility.
A router? Why should you care? Sure, routers are geeky as they can be, but if your router flakes out on you, it’s enough to ruin your day, or maybe even your week.

[ Western Digital Official Website ]

5. Mini Ballista Launcher

Yes. Yes. Yes. Wage war on the other people in your office with this little desk ballista. Comes with mini wood ammo that shoots up to 30 feet. Who will challenge your office might when you’re armed with this? Sure, it might get you fired, or even sued if you shoot someone’s eye out. But Rome wasn’t build in a day, you can’t handle the truth, and there is no ‘i’ in ‘t-e-a-m.’ And your coworkers might not have an eye if you have a good aim.

[ The Mini Ballista launcher is available on This is why I’m broke or Think Geek at $24.95 ]

July 7, 2012
Top 10 digital tech gifts you should consider on father’s day

Father’s day is here and we all are searching for something very unique. There are lots of gifts that can be wrapped up and handed over to your father, but some unique and tech gadgets can change the scenario.

Of course! most of the people across the world still finds traditional gifts as one of the best proven method to make your loved ones happy, but getting something unique and techy is something which can get you to the next level. Why not make this day more greener and tech friendly?

There are so many gadgets and technologies which can bring a new smile on someone’s face in a digital world. Picking a very few of the best gadgets available for the occasion is very difficult, but we succeeded to get it done.

Let’s have a look at the top 10 tech gadgets which can make this fathers day special.

1. Self Making Bed

With everyday passing by people need more comfort to their ageing body – why waste it on doing some work what you don’t like to do. You can gift a brand new “Self making bed” to your father and get a little burden off their sholder. Made by Spanish furniture maker OAGA, it can straighten up those sheets and pillows in a mere 50 seconds, using a mechanical arm with two rollers. You can even set it to automatic, where it starts making the bed if no one is in it for 3 seconds. That might be a bit dicey, in my estimation.

2. c1 Electrik Bike

Why not make this fathers day greener? You can get a brand new Green c1 Electric bike which can bring some comfort and greener world together. It’s a two-wheeler with a gyroscope holding it upright — reminiscent of the gyroscopically stabilized Segway. To me, the C-1 looks like the love child of a motorcycle and a pint-sized electric car.

3. iXoost iPhone dock

This has got to be one of the most outlandish iPhone/iPod docks I’ve ever seen. The iXoost Manifold Dock has a series of tubes with tweeters or woofers at the business end, and the whole thing is decked out in leather trim, carved out of a solid block of aluminum. Guess what? It’s all made up of spare car parts. Dad would love to have this.

4. NuForce Cube 3

You will be surprised to see how much such a tiny 2-inch (2.3″ x 2.3″ x 2.36″, to be exact) box could accomplish when it comes to the sound. Once I plugged in my iPhone, I was astonished at the sheer amount of sound emanating from this minuscule device. It is great tool for your Laptops and other portable devices.

5. LiquiGlide Super-Slippery Coating

Tired of waiting for that ketchup to finally come out of the bottle, or digging around for the last mini-dollop of mayonnaise? Thanks to the brain trust at MIT, now there’s LiquiGlide, a magic new coating that makes the inside of containers super-slippery. Made of proven-safe substances that are already used in foods, it’s completely non-toxic and can be applied to glass, metal, ceramics or plastic. This can definitely help out your dad while he’s eating.

6. Medisana VitaDock Scale
It would seem sinful to call this gorgeous electronic device a bathroom scale, but that’s just what it is. Step on this $200 TargetScale Body Analysis Scale with Target Function, and it precisely measures your weight, body mass index (BMI), body fat and a lot of other things you might not want to know. It transmits all that data via Bluetooth to a VitaDock app on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.

7. Nikon D800

We could write volumes about this magnificent Nikon D800 digital SLR camera — we’ve been testing it all week — but what you really want to know is, why is this better than a smartphone camera? The answer: spectacular low-light performance. It has an enormous image sensor (it’s full-frame, about the size of 35mm film) compared to that of smartphone cameras (slightly smaller than your pinky fingernail), giving it the ability to almost see in the dark.

8. Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Ultrabook

We’re keeping an eye on the pack of Ultrabooks currently in mid-explosion, and now Lenovo surprises us with its claim of the lightest Ultrabook ever: It’s the impressively named ThinkPad X1 Carbon Ultrabook, a 14-inch laptop touted as “amazingly thin and extremely powerful.” Packed with one of those prodigious new Intel Ivy Bridge processors, this one presses all the right buttons, with a backlit keyboard, high-definition display, a RapidCharge battery that reaches a “near-full” battery charge in a half an hour and an under-3-pound weight.

9. Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for iPad

If your dad owns an iPad, here’s a lovely ultrathin keyboard from Logitech that perfectly matches your iPad 2 or new iPad. It magnetically attaches to the iPad just like Apple’s super-cool iPad covers, and when you’re ready to type, you just place the iPad in a slot and you have what looks like a tiny laptop.

10. Super-Convenient USB Reader for Android
One advantage Android phones have over their competitors is their ability to connect to USB devices, and this USB reader uses that advantage to give those already versatile phones even more capabilities. On board this $40 Sanwa USB reader is a plethora of slots, accommodating microSD, SD and miniSD cards, and it can even accommodate a mouse or a game pad. It works with a variety of Samsung, Sony and Toshiba Android devices.

June 17, 2012
How to improve Wi-Fi speed on iPhone/iPad/Ipod using Faster DNS

You have a super high-speed connection and you are using it for all your browsing and content transfers. Are you frustrated of slow wi-fi connection on your iPhone/iPad/iPod? No matter what you do nothing gets you the full speed over the wireless network. But there are the ways, using which you can improve your wireless connection.

Here we will use Faster DNS to improve our wireless network efficiency a bit. For those who don’t know what DNS is : DNS stands for Domain Name System. The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical distributed naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network. It associates various information with domain names assigned to each of the participating entities. Most importantly, it translates domain names meaningful to humans into the numerical identifiers associated with networking equipment for the purpose of locating and addressing these devices worldwide.

Steps:

1. open Settings and Click on WiFi.

2. Select the network for which you want to set Custom DNS.

3. Tap the Numbers in DNS and write the custom DNS server.

You can add different DNS Address, you can use NameBench on your Windows, Mac or Linux Computer to find out the best suitable DNS address according to geographical position. However, two DNS servers are very much reliable and faster.

you can use them alternatively:

Cloudflare DNS Servers: 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1
Google DNS servers: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
OpenDNS servers: 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220

#Tip:

This is particularly useful for the users who have older devices such as iPhone 2G , 3G but it may be help for iPhone 4/4S/iPad 2 and above.

January 9, 2012
Top 10 solid rugged cases for your iphone

Everyone loves their iPhone, no wonder how careful you are chances are that you gonna make your iPhone weep unknowingly. If you are adventurous person, you might risk your iPhone to be dumped, splashed, shattered, kicked, bumped, dropped or dinged. No wonder people use a highly rugged cases for such situation. They somewhat look ugly and your friends or other people who get to see your iPhone cover will hate it (and most probably you do). but they does their work, what is they are good at.

Here is the list of 10, highly rugged military style iPhone cases you might opt for:

1. Incipio Bombproof

We like the chunky “grenade” look of the Boomproof, but that’s not all it has going for it.

As well as raised, covered buttons where the iPhone’s controls are, it comes complete with a clear screen protector.

This high-density silicone case is also available in red, orange, blue, black, pink and grey.

Cost starts: $4.00

2. iSkin Revo 4

iSkin’s rugged solution has a unique selling point — a detachable, tinted screen “ViSOR” that has a touch-friendly “zone” at the bottom of the screen.

This lets users answer calls without exposing their handset to risk. When not in use the ViSOR clips to the back of the case.

Cost: From $25.99

3. Speck MightyVault

Boasting triple-layer protection, the MightyVault system has extra silicone at its corners and a hard polycarbonate shell that can be removed.

For times when you want extra protection, the connector and headphone jack can be sealed off with rubbery covers.

Cost: $28.99

4. Case-Mate Tank

Case-Mate’s “Tank” comprises of a hard polycarbonate impact resistant exterior and a shock-absorbing silicone interior.

Its tough credentials are enhanced by the retractable screen protector — an easy-slide, polypropylene retractable screen that shields the front of the phone.

Cost: $38.99

5. Griffin Technology Survivor

Griffin’s “Survivor” case is made up of a shatter-resistant polycarbonate frame surrounded by shock-absorbing silicone.The Survivor incorporates a built-in screen protector, a detachable clip and hinged plugs to protect the connector and headphone jack.Offering protection from rain, blown dust and grit, vibration, shock, temperature and humidity, the case is certified to U.S. Department of Defense Standard 810 degrees F.

Cost: $34.99

6. LifeProof iPhone Case

LifeProof’s offering is waterproof, dirtproof, snowproof and shockproof for drops of up to six and a half feet.

With a sleek design, slimline dimensions and weighing in at under an ounce, it’s a great option for anyone looking for protection without the tough guy looks.

Cost: $79.99

7. Cygnett WorkMate Pro

The WorkMate Pro combines polycarbonate and silicone to offer protection against drops and everyday bumps and scrapes.

It comes complete with a screen protector, a two year manufacturer’s warranty, and looks that will help you spot your iPhone a mile off.

Cost: $19.99

8. Seidio CONVERT

The Siedio CONVERT system boasts two cases in one. There’s a slimline case designed for everyday protection and a heavy-duty case which Siedio claims meets “the demands of the outdoors and rugged professions.”

Additionally, the locking CONVERT holster will secure your iPhone to a utility belt for times when you need to go hands-free.

Cost: From $33.99

9. IvySkin Quattro4 Wrangler

The Quattro4 Wrangler gets a real glass, anti-glare “Touch-Thru” screen, while the case is made from “ultra-high strength” polycarbonate, aluminum and TPU.

Other features of note include a special six-point lining that IvySkin claims will act as airbags for the iPhone in case of a drop and pressure-sensing power and home buttons.

Cost: From $49.99

10. Kraken A.M.S. iPhone 4S

With dust filters and a built-in screen protector, the Kraken will shield your phone from harm.

Another two-in-one solution, the tough outer casing can be removed leaving a silicone cover for more lightweight protection.

The Kracken’s big selling point is the interchangeable kickstand which can be removed to fit various accessories such as a car or tripod mount or universal clip.

Cost: $44.95

January 9, 2012