Samsung launches Ativ Tab 3 and dual boot Ativ Q Tablet

Samsung launched a number of new Android and Windows 8-powered devices at a special event. The list includes Android-based Galaxy NX camera, the Ativ Q Tablet and the world’s thinnest Windows 8 tablet, Ativ Tab 3.

Ativ Tab 3 is a Windows 8 tablet which Samsung claims is the world’s thinnest at only 8.2 mm thick.

The 10.1 inch screen with 1366×768 pixels is bundled with SPen and is powered by an Intel ATOM Z2760 processor, 2GB RAM and 64GB Hard Disk Space. The device also has one micro USB 2.0 port, micro HDMI and a slot for a micro SD card.

Ativ Q is another Windows 8 tablet that comes with dual-boot ability, which means that it also runs Android 4.2.2 side by side. Not only will the users could access Android apps via Google Play but also be able to transfer files from Windows 8 to Android.

According to Samsung Ativ Q has the world’s highest resolution. It has a QHD+ HD screen at 3200×1800 pixels at 275 ppi for the 13.1-inch screen size. It is powered with an Intel Core i5 processor, Intel HD Graphics 4400, has 4GB RAM and 128GB SSD and provides up to 9 hours of battery life.

Both Ativ tablets have SideSync which allows users to switch from PC mode to an Android-based Samsung smartphone.

How to compress pictures using Microsoft Word?

Pictures can be compressed by a number of photo editing software but there are times when you do not have access to those software and want to compress the picture as soon as possible. Here is a neat trick of using MS Word for picture compression.

1. Open Microsoft Word and create a new Word document.
2. Click on the “Insert” tab on the top left side of the screen.
3. Choose the picture you want to compress
4. Select the picture file you want to compress by double-clicking on it. The picture will be added to your document.
5. Click on the picture and then go up to the “Format” tab and choose “Compress Pictures” from the menu.
6. A pop-up screen will ask, “Apply Compression Settings Now?” Either click on the “OK” button to accept the pre-determined settings or choose the “Options” button. Here you can choose the quality of the photo compression by ticking the boxes beside the options you want and then press the “OK” button.
7. Save your document and the photo will become compressed.

If you just want the photo to appear in the document without a lot of white space around it, then you will need to change the size of your document to the size of your photo or as close to the same size as you can get. Here’s how:

1. Choose the “Page Layout” tab that is found at the top of the Microsoft Word screen.
2. Click on the “Size” icon.
3. Select your custom paper size.
4. Save your document.

If you want to use the picture anywhere else outside of Microsoft Word follow these steps:

1. Right click on the picture
2. Choose the option “Save as Picture”
3. Choose the format JPEG (it is normally chosen by default)
4. Select the location where you want to save it and click on Save.

Karbonn A7 – Affordable smartphone

Google’ Android operating system has been a blessing for so many home grown smartphone brands in India to secure a large share in the present smartphone market. Free to use Android OS has helped smaller brands like Micromax,Karbonn and Zync to come up with best affordable smartphone devices for the budget friendly buyers. Karbonn A7 is one of the affordable Android smartphones targeted for the entry level smartphone buyers in the Indian market. Read on to know more about what Karbonn A7 smartphone is offering with its budget friendly price tag.

Karbonn A7

Impressive build quality –

One of the best things the Karbonn A7 has to offer is its attractive looking sophisticated body design and great build quality. Most of the front area on the Karbonn A7 is captured by its 3.5inch display along with a center button as a shortcut to many services. It is designed with a matte finish back panel that prevents any ugly finger prints to occur on the back side. Karbonn A7 is having a decent looking body design comparing to the other budget range Android devices available in India. So, if you are looking for stylish looking impressive body design in your next smartphone in the budget range then Karbonn A7 can be a good choice.

Display Features –

Karbonn has designed the Karbonn A7 with a 3.5inch capacitive touch screen display, but it doesn’t really impress on the resolution side. It is offering only 320*480pixels resolution, so the media viewing experience on the phone is pretty normal. However, its big display allows you to view more content on large web pages while surfing the internet. Moreover, its display size and resolution is a bit better comparing to the other budget range devices like Micromax A50 Ninja in India.

Karbonn A7 Smartphone

Performance & Memory –

Karbonn A7 is powered by a single core 800MHz processor along with Qualcomm Adreno 200 GPU for additional performance. Its processor is supported by a 512MB of RAM memory and it comes with only 177MB of the internal storage. So, as you can see the internal memory is pretty low and it is really necessary to buy a MicroSd card along with the device for additional storage. Its processor performs well enough to enjoy the light applications but high end apps will give you a bit of lag while operating it.

Software Interface –

Karbonn A7 is running Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system and its processing power is good enough to give you smooth operations while operating the interface. Karbonn has done a bit tweaking with the notification panel and power options of the software interface but still it looks very similar to the stock OS. Overall, the software interface is decent and works smoothly with the processor and the RAM it is powered by.

Karbonn A7 

Camera –

Karbonn A7 is powered by a 5MP camera with Dual flash, but it doesn’t perform well enough comparing to the mega pixels it contains. Quality of the photos captured by the camera of the phone is pretty similar to the photos captured by a 3MP camera device. It also comes with a front VGA camera and it gives you normal video calling quality. Overall, the camera present in the Karbonn A7 is normal and the higher mega pixels count is just a show off here.

Battery & connectivity –

Karbonn A7 is powered by a decent 1420mAh battery that gives you a lot of usage time. It can last around 1-2 days on moderate usage and around single day on heavy use. It comes with Dual SIM connectivity support and you can put a 3G SIM in one of the slots present on the phone. Other connectivity features of the phone include WiFi, Bluetooth and USB tethering.

Last Words –

It is specially targeted for the new smartphone buyers who are looking for a decent performer in the budget range. It’s stylish looking body design & good hardware performance along with long lasting battery makes it a perfect choice for the affordable buyers in the Indian market. Karbonn A7 is officially priced for Rs. 7,000 in India but you can get it for fewer prices on many online stores.  However, to make a smart choice you should also compare it with other phones in the same price range from companies like Micromax and iBall etc.

Author-

The Guest Author of this post is Julia. She wrote several tech posts for 91mobiles.com. Her passion for upgrading her knowledge puts her to research on topics relevant to her industry. Besides, she also likes to share her findings by writing about them in her free time.

Telenor will invest Over $1 billion in Pakistan 3G

Telenor Pakistan has disclosed it want to invest Usd 1 billion in Pakistan, incorporating the permit expense, in the wake of gaining 3G service in Pakistan.

Telenor will put an additional Usd 700 million in the nation to extend its 3g system over the nation, said Jon Fredrik Baksaas, President and Ceo of Telenor Group throughout a gathering with a media designation from Pakistan going by Telenor’s headquarter.

Mr. Baksaas said that third era telecom administrations (3g or 4g) are to a great degree vital for a nation such as Pakistan as it won’t just stipulate the industry patterns yet will come about into higher web entrance and expanded Gdp of the nation. He said that 3g or 4g administrations are liable to effect rustic life more than in the urban ranges.

The point when wanted exhortation from Mr. Baksaas observing the upcoming 3g permit closeout, Mr. Baksaas said that Pakistani government might as well support an offset between upfront closeout expense and the capability and readiness of the industry to manufacture quality 3G Network in Pakistan. Giving the illustration of India, Mr Baksaas reminded that Indian drivers continued battling for 3g rollouts in light of the fact that they had put excessively in the range expenses and were left with small choices for the system layout.

Mr. Baksaas said that Pakistan saw much higher development in accomplishing infiltration for versatile telephony as contrasted and different markets, India for instance. Be that as it may, he concurred that true entrance level might be lower in view of clients having numerous Sims indicating that there is still a considerable measure of potential in the Pakistani business. He said a comparative pattern is normal after the sale of 3g permit. Citing the illustration of Thailand, Mr. Baksaas said that postponed closeout in 3g has made colossal potential and it is likely that development rate for 3g memberships are to remain higher in Pakistan than other provincial markets.

Fredrik Baksaas said that Telenor assembly is satisfied with the new strategies received by the controller for confirmation of Sims. He said that each nation has its particular approach to how they set up their administrative schema for the industry for realizing different targets and objectives. Mr. Baksaas said that check of Sims is a regular practice and is followed in just about each business sector much the same as Pakistan.

Notwithstanding, Mr. Baksaas said, the Telenor Group and shareholders are worried about the thought of closing down the administrations because of security explanations. Mr. Baksaas said that legislature authorities may as well investigate better and more profitable choices of decreasing security dangers than closing down the administrations.

According to an inquiry regarding high assesses on telecom benefits in Pakistan, Mr. Baksaas said that different markets – incorporating Thailand, Sweden, Norway and others – have a tendency to expense the telecom business due to its higher income streams, be that as it may, if these duties, tolls and obligations go past a certain level then it diminishes the capacity of industry to put go into new advances. He said that legislatures ought to be exceptionally watchful in indicating duty rates with the intention that both the assessment targets and industry muscles aren’t affected.

Telenor said that it has put over Usd 2.3 billion in Pakistani advertise in this way.

Mr. Baksaas, when asked that for what valid reason Telenor never selected a Pakistani as Ceo of Telenor Pakistan, said that aggregation has two Non-Scandevnians as Ceos of their separate nations implying that there are risks of a Pakistani to turn into a Ceo besides.

Leadership Crisis Witnessed at National ICT R&D Fund

Apathy of the government along with mismanagement of the Board of Directors is continued at National ICT R&D Fund for the last one year as the operations of this organization has been seriously impacted and its projects and programs are standstill.

Some of key reasons informed sources to Telecom Recorder on condition of anonymity are non-availability of a regular full-time CEO since June 2012 when Dr. Aun Abbas resigned due to undue pressures from the then Secretary IT (Farooq Awan).

The GM Coordination (Muhammad Ahmed) was then nominated by Farooq Awan to be the interim CEO knowing well enough that he has a poor track record. Apparently this was done to get things done the way according to the whims of Farooq Awan from this Company. It is to be noted that Muhemmed Ahmed does not fulfill the required educational criteria and experience of being a GM, let alone a CEO for such an important organization.

Other issues include the presence of individuals in key positions who have been placed there without having the requisite clearances from their parent departments of possessing minimum educational qualifications or experience for their respective positions.

They include CFO (Sardar Azmat Shafi), Internal Auditor (Omar Safdar Sandhu), and Acting Company Secretary (Nelofar Arshad). The hiring process of all these individuals and their educational credentials and background are at best dubious.

This group of individuals along with silent support from some Board members seems to have hijacked the Company and blocked the hiring of a full-time CEO (Dr. Ashraf Masood) and Company Secretary. They have changed around the work procedures of the Company for their own and possibly certain others’ benefit, created unwanted bureaucracy along with delays. They have already started violating the laid down policies and procedures. Such malpractices are sure to bring a bad name to the Company if such practices are not stopped.

With so many top slots filled in this company by ill-intention cronies of previous government, it is high time that finally the newly elected democratic government looks into this matter, gets rid of these politically appointed individuals, cleans up the overall state of affairs in this Company and appoints highly qualified and well-reputed professionals on merit for key positions so this important asset of the country may play its role for advancement of ICT sector in the country.

The new government should also take a look into other organizations, associated with Ministry of IT & Telecom, as well where stories of politically motivated appointments in direct violation of any merit and procedures and abuse of power abound. The recent public announcements, by the newly elected government, related to hiring for key position in important organizations on merit only can only be considered to be a serious commitment to the citizens of this country once backed-up by specific, concrete, prompt, and just actions!