How to backup SMS in Qmobile NOIR?

Many a times you need to change your mobile phone or have an urge to upgrade it, the most problematic thing comes when you want to back up your SMS which you don’t want to lose.

There are a number of freely available apps on Google Play that will help you backup your SMS and restore them as you like. We will be covering two different apps with two different ways of saving SMS.

Backup SMS via Gmail

The easiest way to save SMS is via Gmail using the software SMS Backup+ by Jan Berkel. You will require an internet connection for backing up your SMS. Even though you can use your mobile internet for backup too but if you have a lot of SMS, it will take a lot of time and may use up a lot of your balance in the process.

This app saves all your SMS on your Gmail account which you can also view in the folder named SMS.

1.   Download and install the application

2.   Touch on the back up button

3.   Enter Gmail account info

4.   After Gmail account addition, touch the backup button again
5.   Wait and relax while your SMS are being uploaded

Restore

Similarly to restore SMS, just click on Restore button

Backup SMS via xml file

If you don’t want to use the internet or your Gmail account for saving your SMS, there is another procedure. The App named Backup and Restore by Ritesh Sahu saves all your SMS in an xml file on to your mobile memory which you can later use.

1.   Download and install the application

2.   Touch “Backup” and select the location of file

3.   Write down name of the file

4.   Wait and relax while you SMS are being saved in the xml file

5.   Connect mobile to computer and copy the xml file for backup

Restore

1.   Touch the button Restore

2.   Select the backup file to restore messages

3.   Restore all messages or those from any date

4.   Wait and relax

8.0 and 10.1 inch version of Galaxy Tab 3 launched by Samsung

After the launch of its 7 inch version of the Galaxy Tab 3, Samsung has now announced bigger versions of the Tab 3 in the sizes of 8.0 inch and 10.1 inches.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 offers a wide 8.0 inch display with 1280 x 800 pixel resolution and is powered by a 1.5 GHz dual core processor supported by 1.5 GB of RAM. It comes with a 5 megapixel camera on the back and 1.3 megapixel on the front. It comes with two variants of internal memory of 16 and 32 GB both of which can be expanded via microSD card. In terms of connectivity the Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 has LTE, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth and has a 4,450mAh battery. OS being used is the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 is quite similar in specifications with 1280 x 800 pixels spread over a wider area of 10.1 inches (this would mean a lower pixel intensity). The big brother does have some aces up its sleeve as it is powered with a 1.6 GHz dual core processor and 6,800 mAh battery. Though surprisingly it is coupled with a lower resolution back camera of 3 megapixel and 1 GB RAM. Moreover the on-screen buttons have completely been left out in favor of the physical buttons below.

Facebook users unable to send messages for 90 minutes

The most popular social media networking site, Facebook faced a 90 minute downtime in its messaging services in some areas. It was reported that users were unable to send or receive messages on Facebook for about one and a half hours in areas of California, Texas, and New York. Facebook chat came back to its original form at 7:30 PST.

When some mobile users tried to open their Messages from the icon on top, inbox of messages which is normally filled with all your conversation histories of the past, appeared empty. Users received the message “Down For Maintenance: Sorry, messages are temporarily unavailable. Please try again later” when they tried to send messages.

Though Facebook claims that only a fraction of the users was effected by this incident, it paints a serious question mark on the sites reliability. With the social media giant trying to counter Google in many aspects of web services, it would really have to step up its game if it wants to retain existing and gain more uses especially after Google launched its Hangouts unified chat system.

Altimo lays down arms as offer for Orascom Telecom fails

Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman’s Altimo declared that he had no further plans for giving out a new offer to buy minority shares in Orascom Telecom as Egypt’s regulator had once rejected the company’s attempt to reopen tender.

51.9 percent of shares of Orascom are owned by VimpelCom, which, in turn is 47.85 percent owned by Altimo. Orascom has mobile businesses in Canada, Pakistan, Algeria and Bangladesh.

Altimo had offered to buy out minority shareholders of Orascom in a deal estimated to be $1.8 billion but the minority shareholders did not accept the deal within the deadline. Only 15.9 percent of the minority shareholders had accepted to sell whereas 26.6 percent are required to close the deal.

Following the refusal of most of the minority shareholder, Altimo asked the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (EFSA) to put aside the 26.6 percent requirement but EFSA rejected their request.

Apple sold 100 Million iPod Touch within 6 years

Almost six years after the iPod touch first launched in 2007, Apple is celebrating a milestone: It’s sold 100 million of the pocket-sized media players.

Since Apple first introduced the first-generation iPod in 2001, transforming both the portable music player and music industry, the company has sold an estimated 350 million devices.

On Thursday, the company unveiled the latest update to the iPod touch line, and it’s actually a bit of a downgrade: It’s the fifth-generation iPod touch without a rear-facing camera (it still has the 1.2 megapixel front-facing camera) and only two color choices (silver or black). It also has just 16 GB of storage.

Those trade-offs, however, also result in the lowest priced fifth-gen device: $229. The original fifth-generation iPod touch includes two cameras and starts at $299 for the 32 GB model (a 16 GB iPad mini costs just $30 more). Beyond those differences, though, the new iPod touch is identical in features and size (still 6 mm thick) to the full-featured fifth-generation model.

Apple argue that the new iPod touch replaces the fourth-generation iPod touch and noted that more than half of all iPods the company currently sells are iPod touches. Apple had nothing to share regarding sales or changes to the tinier iPod nano.

While Apple doesn’t break out exact holiday sales figures, Apple told us that the iPod touch sold well last holiday season. A recent Nielsen report said 36% of surveyed children wanted an iPod touch for the holidays.

On the other hand, the iPod touch’s broad appeal is clearly shrinking. Last quarter Apple reported that it sold 5.6 million iPods, a 26% drop year-over-year.