Bahubali Story Part 2

బాహుబలి స్టోరీ పార్ట్ -2 (మహాబలి )

పార్ట్ -1 లో క్లైమాక్స్ లో కట్టప్ప అమరేంద్ర బాహుబలి ని వెన్ను పోటు పోడిచనని చెప్పటం తో అక్కడ తో పార్ట్ 1 పూర్తి అవుతుంది. దాని తర్వాత కట్టప్ప మిగిలిన స్టోరీ శివుడు ( ప్రభాస్ ) కి చెబుతాడు.

కలకెయ్య రాజ్యం మీద గెలిచి విజయ జెండా ఎగరవేసిన మహిస్మతి రాజ్యానికి రాజు గా అమరేంద్ర బాహుబలి అవుతాడు. మరో వైపు కన్నా కొడుకు (భల్లలా దేవా ) కి అన్యాయం జరిగింది అని బిజ్జల దేవ్ (నాజర్ ) కోపం తో రగిలి పోతారు.

అమరేంద్ర బాహుబలి పాలనా లో మహిస్మతి రాజ్యం అంత భాగ్యబోగాలతో సంతోషం గా వుంటారు.

మహిస్మతి రాజ్యానికి కి దగ్గర లో వున్నా కుంతలా రాజ్యం మీద చిన్న చిన్న రాజ్యాలు దండెత్తు వుంటాయి . కుంతలా రాజ్యాని ఎలాప్పుడు కాపాడుకొనే దేవసేన (అనుష్క ) ఆ రాజ్యం లో దేవసేన చెప్పిందే చట్టం...శత్రువు బలగాలు ని ఒంటి చేత్తో మట్టి కరిపించే ధైర్య శాలి.

ఒక అనుకోని సంఘటన లో దేవా సేన ని అమరేంద్ర బాహుబలి చూడటం తో అక్కడ నుండి వాళ్ళ మధ్య ప్రేమ మొదలు అవుతుంది. మరో వైపు ఆ విషయం తెలుసుకున్న భల్లలా దేవా కూడా అనుష్క ని ఇష్టపడతాడు.

ఆ విషయం బిజ్జల దేవ్ కి తెలుస్తుంది. బిజ్జలా దేవ్ (నాజర్ ) కుంతల రాజ్యానికి వర్తమానం పంపిస్తాడు.. ఆ విషయం తెలుసుకున్న దేవా సేన నిరాకరిస్తుంది. బిజ్జలా దేవా శివగామి తో నీ సోంత కొడుకు అయిన భల్లలా దేవా కి రాజు ని చేస్తావని ఆ రోజు అన్నావు.... కానీ మాట తప్పవు.. ఇప్పుడు మన కొడుకు కి ఇష్టమైన ఆ దేవా సేన ని కూడా నువ్వు పెంచిన అమరేంద్ర బాహుబలి ఇష్టపడుతున్నాడు అని తన లో వున్నా భాద ని శివగామి కి చెబుతాడు.

యే నిర్ణయం తీసుకోవాలో అర్థం కానీ పరిస్థితి లో శివగామి ఆలోచన లో పడుతుంది. మరో వైపు మహిస్మతి రాజ్యం చేతి లో ఓడిపోయినా కలకెయ్య తమ్ముడు నింజా (చరణ్ దీప్) పగతో రగిలిపోతుంటాడు.

కుంతలా రాజ్యం నుండి విదేయుడు (సుబ్బరాజు ) వర్తమానాని మహిస్మతి రాజ్యానికి తీసుకువస్తాడు. బిజ్జల దేవా పంపిన వర్త మానని కుంతల రాజ్యం దేవసేన తండ్రి తిరక్సరిస్తునట్టు విదేయుడు చెబుతాడు.

ఆ సభలో భల్లలా దేవా కోపం తో విదేయుడు మీద దాడి చెయ్యటానికి దిగుతాడు. ఆ సమయం లో అమరేంద్ర బాహుబలి విదేయుడి (సుబ్బరాజు) కి అడ్డ వచ్చి విదేయుడిని కాపాడుతాడు.

బిజ్జలా దేవా ఆ సభ లో మళ్ళి ఆ గొడవ ని రేపుతాడు. శివగామి అక్కడ జరుగుతుంది అంత చూస్తూ వుంటుంది.

ఈ విషయం నా తల్లి శివగామి కి వదిలేస్తున్నాను అని అమరేంద్ర బాహుబలి అంటాడు... సభ లో అంత శివగామి తీర్పు కోసం అందరు ఎదురు చూస్తూ వుంటారు.

శివగామి రాజ్యం కావాలా ....! ప్రేమ కావాలో .....! తేల్చుకోమని ఆ నిర్ణయని అమరేంద్ర బాహుబలి కి వదిలేస్తుంది.

బాహుబలి చెప్పే సమాధానం కోసం అందరు ఎదురుచూస్తు వుంటారు.

అమరేంద్ర బాహుబలి ప్రేమ కావాలని కోరుకుంటాడు.......బాహుబలి తీసుకున్న నిర్ణయం మహిస్మతి ప్రజలలో ఆందోళన మొదలు అవుతుంది.

మహిస్మతి ప్రజలు అంత బాహుబలి రాజ్యం వదిలి వెళ్ళవద్దు అని వేడుకొంటారు.... మాకు బాహుబలి కావాలి అని. కానీ బాహుబలి మహిస్మతి ని వదిలి అరణ్య వాసం పడతాడు.

ఆ విషయం తెలుసుకున్న దేవసేన బాహుబలి కి తోడూ గా వెళ్తుంది. బాహుబలి బౌద్ధ మటం లో వుంటూ అక్కడ వున్నా వాతావరణం లో దేవసేన ని పెళ్లి చేసుకుని జీవనం కొనసాగిస్తూ వుంటాడు.

మహిస్మతి రాజ్యం అంత భల్లలా దేవా (రానా ) ఆధీనం లోకి వెళ్తుంది. ఆ విషయం తెలుసుకున్న కలకెయ్య రాజ్యానికి రాజు అయిన నింజా (చరణ్ దీప్) మహిస్మతి రాజ్యం మీద దాడి చెయ్యటానికి సువర్ణ అవకాశం దొరుకుతుంది.

మరో వైపు దేవా సేన తల్లి అయ్యింది అని కుంతల రాజ్యం అందరికి తెలుస్తుంది. మరో వైపు మహిస్మతి రాజ్యం తో యుద్దానికి సిద్దం అవుతారు కాలకెయ్య సైన్యం అంత.

ఆ యుద్ధం లో మహిస్మతి రాజ్యానికి ( భల్లలా దేవ్ ) రానా నాయకత్వం వహిస్తాడు.

ఆ యుద్ధ రణరంగ భూమి లో మొదటి రెండు దినాలు మహిస్మతి రాజ్యం లో సగం సైన్యం కాలకెయ్య చేతిలో నెలకూలతారు..... ఇంకో రెండు దినాల్లో మహిస్మతి రాజ్యం కుప్ప కూలిపోతుంది అని తెలుసుకున్న శివగామి బాహుబలి కి వర్తమానం పంపిస్తుంది.

ఆ విషయం తెలుసుకున్న బాహుబలి తిరిగి తన బార్య తో కలసి మహిస్మతి రాజ్యానికి వస్తాడు. కుంతలా రాజ్యం మహిస్మతి రాజ్యానికి సహాయం చేస్తుంది....

మరో వైపు బిజ్జల దేవా (నాజర్ ) బాహుబలి మళ్ళి తిరిగి వస్తే తన కొడుకు ని రాజ్యం నుండి తప్పిస్తారు అని తెలిసి భల్లలా దేవా , బిజ్జలా దేవా అనుకుంటారు..... ఒక వైపు కాలకెయ్య చేతిలో ఓడిపోతాం అన్న భయం లేకుండా , తన అన్న తిరిగి వచ్చాడు అన్న భయం ఎక్కువ కనిపిస్తుంది.

మహిస్మతి రాజ్యన్ని ఎలాప్పుడు నమ్మిన బంటు గా పనిచేసే కట్టప్ప (సత్య రాజ్ ) ని రాజు చెప్పిందే వేదం అనుకుని బాహుబలి ని వెన్నుపోటు పొడవమని భల్లలా దేవ్ , బిజ్జల దేవ్ చెబుతారు

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యుద్ధం జరుగుతున్న సమయం లో బాహుబలి ని కట్టప్ప వెన్నుపోటు పొడుస్తాడు. ఆ యుద్ధ భూమి లో బాహుబలి చనిపోతాడు....

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మహిస్మతి రాజ్యానికి , శివుడి కి మధ్య జరిగే పోరు లో మహిస్మతి రాజు అయిన భల్లలా దేవా శివుడు చేతిలో ఓడిపోతాడు ... మహిస్మతి రాజ్యం లో అందరు చూస్తుండగా భల్లలా దేవా (రానా ) ని చితి మీద పేర్చి సజీవ దహనం చేస్తుంది.....ఆ బాధ తట్టుకోలేక బిజ్జలా దేవా కోడుకు చితిని చూస్తూ కన్ను ముస్తాడు....

LG Optimus G Pro smartphone between grand and great

No one can argue that LG has no long breath. The strategy to go after Samsung and conquer the smartphone market failed in 2010 and the big push in 2011 brought no improvement. During most of 2012, it was not hard, but gradually seems to be changing.

The smartphone sales LG finally rises sharply and that is attributable to several models: on the one hand there is the Optimus G series devices with higher prices and more features and on the other hand, the lower priced L series phones, which the manufacturer finally pots seem to break. The sign was obviously the Nexus 4, which showed that Google LG took seriously, though its release late last year a failure by major shortages of equipment.

Last autumn it was nota bene a competitor analyst firm predicted that Samsung LG sometimes a boom could go create new, attractive products in 2013. The first is only now entered the market in the Netherlands: the Optimus G Pro, LG's first phone with full-HD screen.

The G Pro has sold a lot in some other countries, so reason enough to feel this great device to the tooth

Xperia Z1 Compact: finally a small high-end Android phone

When Steve Jobs introduced the first iPhone, was especially large for that time on screen. Apple held hose to the 3.5 "format, but the competition was clearly convinced that bigger is better in this case. On the market for Android phones screen sizes still take namely increasing. After 3.5" came 4 ", then 4.3", last year we saw the introduction of many 4.7 "phones and this year was 5" the most popular size among high-end models.

While large screens certainly have their advantages, there are also plenty of people who prefer a smaller, handy phone. For them the latest iPhones a good option, but if you prefer a device with Android, it will be difficult. Indeed, there are no real high-end Android smartphones with small screen. Companies like HTC and Samsung have called "mini-versions of their flagships released, but that step back in screen size was accompanied by a step back into the hardware, and thus the performance and screen quality.

Sony is the first major manufacturer that comes with a full high-end smartphone in a small package. The Xperia Z1 Compact is, as the name says, a compact version of Xperia Z1, with a 4.3 "screen instead of a 5 'copy. Aside from the battery, which logically has a lower capacity because he is physically smaller, the inside of the Z1 Compact identical to that of the Z1.

On paper, the Z1 Compact seems therefore the perfect candidate to fill that large manufacturers have so far spent. Serious consideration a gap in the market Or the unit is good enough to actually do that, we could just see at CES in Las Vegas, where Sony announced the phone for the European and American market.

BlackBerry Bold 9780 Black

For about a week I have a smartphone, which is completely new to me.
then you will think a tweaker without smartphone? But I always just Android intergrated on my laptop. And turn also whatsapp there than from, not to mention the number of a random dumbphone. Random application Anyway, so I have got an old Blackberry Bold 9780 from a friend and only have like a sim-only phone plan with closed when spiritualized reasonable offer, and wast New Holland. I am very happy with the keyboard, can cause embarrassing enough totally handle touchscreen. The type quite easily without too much typing errors, and is conveniently divided when looking for a symbol. rim (or just BlackberryOS) we'll's a big disadvantage. It is efficient we'll switch to smooth and nice, but the support is a joke. I may have had, we'll never own a smartphone, but we'll always help others, I had problems with their phone. General Tweaker activity so. ontopic: my phone plan supported miraculously we'll whatsapp, but something as simple as browsing or youtube? Nope. And no, it is not an error in the settings, they also say it yourself on the site. Anyway, there will be a fixed we'll detour and I'm still looking for what is also very annoying, he seems to have to remember where he actually is doing no good buffer for when he still under full load is, they are a random stuff with the relevant notification, or he closes tabs that I have open. Voorde Rest a pretty quick thing, certainly better than expectations. Battery can Ondet full load for a few days, so that's nice. Did Blackberry messenger not gotten to talking, because that simply refers to tilt and rotate but remains cog. And having waited nearly a day after I found it we'll have enough. Altogether we'll a beautiful device, and well thought out, just by the downright poor support and service, I probably would get another (I was thinking about a Huawai, because the color is nice we'll ) -will write to him later on, but now is no time hev Moreover, the degree of fragility in the concrete block is not very high, and i like others enough times to see their black currant fall. Accessibility is good, considering I Jobrapido one of the few that I can what we'll juices, given the lack of a mast nearby. Well what else is there to say? Design is crude, but effective. And it does in my opinion not really matter how it looks, as long as it's just doing his job. Price was not much to criticize on since it is a gift. I saw a number of Q & A stand for a price that I thought they we'll be very happy to put away. But then I'm not complaining Altogether a good entry level smartphone for a good price. But do not expect too much. Therefore, the assessment is sufficient.

Sony Xperia S Ultra-fast giant short of breath

Great phones are hip. The trend that was once used by Samsung with the Galaxy Note is now being followed by other phone manufacturers. Besides the mainstream segment, with screens around 5 ", has formed a new category, a category in which Samsung is in screen size even surpassed. The first note was its 5.3" screen then a huge phone, but the Note 3, with its screen diagonal of 5.7 "is now in its class on the small side.

Make anybody more great phones? For example, LG with 5.5 "Optimus G Pro, and Huawei has 6.1" Ascend Mate. In addition, there are HTC, recently announced that manufacturers are 5.9 "HTC One of Max, and this fall a new Nokia Lumia expected with a 6" screen. However, it is Sony that takes the cake with its 6.4 "Xperia Z Ultra.

Great phone call almost all the same question: you can still use it fine? He still fits in your pocket? Is not it just a tablet? We walked the last time around with Sony's battleship to find. Answers to those questions

Oppo Find 5: priced debut

Introduction: the start of something new

How great is the demand for relatively unknown, inexpensive Chinese smartphones in the Netherlands? This appears as a distributor such smartphone officially releases for the first time in the Netherlands soon. It is the Oppo Find 5, a phone with a full-HD screen. He should come out in June for a price "thick under 500 euros.

Chinese smartphones from unknown brands have been popular, but the target is limited to tweakers. On GoT are various models available with experience, both the device and the ordering of them abroad. Comprehensive topics Examples are the Jiayu G3 and Xiaomi MiTwo, we surveyed earlier this year  loupe  names, but also about the Oppo Find 5 is already a topic with information about ordering abroad. This success can be explained by the value for money. Take the Oppo Find 5. If that is located in Netherlands for somewhere around 450 euros in the shop, he must confront the Xperia S and HTC One of 550 euros and 600 euros Galaxy S4 thick.

The story of the Dutch release of the Find 5 is striking. It is not one of the known providers or retailers that the phone brings to the Netherlands, but the father and son Ron and Tom de Groot from Amsterdam who do. Tom the Great heard of the plans for the Oppo Find 5 also introduce in Europe and decided to contact the Chinese company contact. "He has just sent you an email," said Father Ron de Groot, which mainly manages the business side. "It took a while, but after sixty-mails back and forth was the last round."

Find 5 To sell have father and son founded the company Mobi Focus. "We're not out of the telecom, but my son was so excited about the phone that he wanted to do this." The margin on the devices will be small and the company is aiming to sell in the first year. 10,000 phones After the Find 5 they hope to sell more. Oppo phones "We are the sole distributor for Oppo in the Netherlands and we only focus on Oppo, not other brands like Xiaomi."

About the price of the phone do father and son still a little vague, but must come at least under 500 euros. "Thick below 500 euros." For that money you get a phone with full-HD display, Qualcomm S4 Pro-soc, a memory the size of 2GB and 32GB of storage. Unlike competitors 4g missing the Find 5. Tweakers went to work with the Find 5. It turned out a phone with some surprises, in several respects.

Zopo ZP998 Black

Intro
If you know anything about android mobile phones and hardware tweaker should know if it's that hardware is so complex that specs are simply saying nothing. So if zopo first octa core (not the 'fake' ARM big.LITTLE design with four extra 'mini' cores) delivers phone with mtk6592 says nothing about how well he will be negligible in comparison to the Snapdragon 800. Still, it's fascinating how incredibly cutthroat spec and arms race in China, so it's fun to give it to throw a glance the first "true" octocore phone which ended up in the consumer view. And for people who zopo uberhaupt not know, it's one of the larger Chinese smartphone manufacturers and zopo zp998 is a 5.5 "IPS Full HD phablet of zopo. As always with cell phones from china have practically no warranty and risks that could be anything wrong with it before you got in return comparatively cheaper devices. For example, the ZP998 costs 220 euros excluding VAT and import and around 300 euros after tax and import charges *. * Please note, give in to purchase from Chinese manufacturers that they correctly specify the valuation at customs, otherwise you're possibly responsible ( ultimate responsibility may well lie with the importer currently have an open question and will assist rijksoverheid.nl feedback once I get an answer). And the specs for the curious:

Huawei Ascend Mate 2: everything for battery life

When we Huawei Ascend Mate's giant smartphone a year ago for the first time had hands , we could find little to excited about. The device was very large with its 6.1 "screen, but was nowhere else really excel when we order from the unit. reviews were on the editorial we discovered an aspect where the Ascend Mate have excelled: the amazing battery life.

Huawei recently announced at CES in Las Vegas, the successor to the Ascend Mate and this unit they build on the concept of the First Mate. The screen is the same size and the battery capacity is not changed, but inside Huawei has made several changes to ensure that the battery life of the Ascend Mate 2 is even better than its predecessor.

After the press conference we could just get started with the Mate 2. Extensive battery of tests we obviously can not run, but in this article we will be discussing the changes that Huawei has made and we will see if that paper can achieve what Huawei claims. Indeed We see what else has changed since the first mate.

Samsung Galaxy Note II smartphone format

It is Samsung in the smartphone market for a few years before the wind, so the manufacturer dared to do a little experiment. Last year, therefore, appeared to the surprise of everyone, the Galaxy Note , a phone with an unprecedented high-resolution screen, and support for input with a stylus, which Samsung is called the S Pen.

We concluded last year that the Note was an excellent device, but that anyone who wanted to buy him was sure it would fit in the hand and in the pocket first. However, some reviewers who certainly knew in advance that this phone was too big with the Note to your ear you'd look ridiculous.

Over there appeared to be divided opinions: Samsung sold more than ten million copies of his great phone. The exact numbers are unknown, but the Note was clearly a sales success.

By now we come to the second version. The Note II has a bigger screen and yet again what the manufacturer has paid much attention to improved software for the S Pen. In addition, it is the most powerful smartphone that Samsung has released so far. The SOC is the same as in the Galaxy S III, but both the processor cores and the GPU is clocked higher.

Tweakers.net went to work with the Note II to find out what the powerful hardware performance means and how well the new 5.55 "model still fits in your pocket.

The great pact of Google and Samsung

Samsung and Google were in recent years, each time an old couple that squabbles all the time. Where Google decided to remove the menu button from Android Samsung showed him standing stiff on his aircraft. Where Google to develop his own play services for books, music and videos, and Hangouts introduced, Samsung came up with its own services in order to compete with them. They worked with the same platform - Android - but not with the same vision and with a totally different effect.

Google and Samsung can not and need each other. Android without Samsung would be much less market share, and that a 'Galaxy' get stuck as a replacement for a Nokia mobile "in the minds of many people, the only smartphone besides the iPhone that they know by name and possibly buy. Of all Android smartphones sold worldwide Samsung between 40 and 50 percent, almost half. However, Google's Android without Samsung also not an option, because then the bulky Play Store fog and other services like Google Maps with navigation would also fail. They had each other desperately needed without ever being great friends.

The turning point, as the story goes now, came in early January in Las Vegas. Electronics at CES Samsung showed there tablets you with an interface that further deviated from Google's vision for Android. In addition, Google was already in talks with Lenovo on the sale of Motorola and it was with dismay how hundreds of millions Androids annually over the counter go to the Chinese market without Google services. An old giant is also just wait: Microsoft rumored to want us to get a foot in the door with their own services on an Android phone from Nokia.

So ditches Samsung and Google reportedly made a pact to strengthen. Swapped positions Tweakers delves into the details that are known about this partnership, the edge of what is permissible and can look up to the telecom market in the coming years. Those big influence

Samsung Galaxy Note 3: expensive, fast and impressive

Introduction: what is big?

It was only two years ago that the Samsung Galaxy Note IFA his first announced. That phone had a giant screen for that time: 5.3 "It was a novelty and proved a sales success, Samsung put more than ten million copies of the big phone off..

Even more than that Samsung showed a trend setter. LG was the first to be followed by Optimus Vu and now is the very large phone in the smartphone market, a category that fills up with new models. Of cheaper Chinese models for under 300 euro for sale to the Sony Xperia S Ultra with a suggested retail price of more than 700 euros: they come in all price ranges and all sorts of features.

Samsung itself, the market is also populated with various models. Note In addition to the series, there is also the Mega series, the Mega 6.3 was released in the Netherlands and the Mega 5.8 only in some other countries. It is a market where manufacturers are seeing a lot of potential.

Samsung now presents its third Note, a phone with 5.7 "screen, which the Note Series no longer includes crazy enough smartphones with the largest screens. Tweakers held the third discs fixed to figure out if this phone as innovative well as the previous Notes

LG G Flex: the first smartphone with curved screen

In 2013 we saw the first products appear with curved screens on the market. Both Samsung and LG released TVs with a screen that is slightly curved and two Korean manufacturers also announced phones with a curved screen. The curved televisions proved what kind of far to have away from each other, but the approach to the phones was completely different. Samsung chose to curves, while LG went to a curvature of the vertical axis, as in a banana. The horizontal axis of the phone

Recently, we were at LG come to work with such a curved smartphone for the first time: the G-Flex. According to the manufacturer, has a curved display all benefits. So it should look at movies on the G Flex extra impressive and the curved shape must also make the device suitable for calling. In addition, the G Flex a back that according to LG 'self-healing' is; small scratches would disappear. The phone is also not only curved, but is also flexible.

All sounds impressive, so we went short with the G Flex to work to see if the device really is a revolution as the manufacturer claims, or whether it is a conglomeration of marketing gimmicks.

BlackBerry Z30: high bet on a workhorse

Introduction: a long way

What are Samsung, LG, Cisco, Intel, Fairfax, Qualcomm and Google have in common? They were all mentioned in connection with a possible acquisition of BlackBerry this fall, but in the end it was none of these parties. Only Fairfax made an offer, but did not get the money together.

BlackBerry may try to lenders again. It received nearly 750 million to invest and also has a new director: John Chen, Sybase previously saved from bankruptcy. Chen faces a greater challenge than in the late nineties with Sybase in the time of economic prosperity and the 'dotcom bubble' money was easier than now. Moreover BlackBerry largely moves in the consumer market for smartphones, which manufacturers quickly fall from grace and then rarely scramble up again.

Is this the beginning of the resurrection of BlackBerry?

The hand of the new director will later be seen, but in this constellation was the Z30 off. The largest and fastest BlackBerry smartphone ever, complete with the still relatively new BlackBerry 10, which came on the market under the previous president, Thorsten Heins.

With Chen is the future of BlackBerry for a while secured in any case, he gets a half years time. Tweakers went to work with the Z30. Is this the beginning of the resurrection of blackberry and should you buy this smartphone from the Canadian maker now?

Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini Black

The Galaxy S4 Mini to me is a great phone for the average user that a 'normal' S4 too big or too expensive to find. You will probably think that the S4 S4 is a Mini, but smaller and maybe slightly lesser hardware . However, this is not so. The S4 Mini is a big step lower than the S4. Terms of hardware and performance The features that make the S4 striking, miss the Mini. Thus, the Mini example, no function with hand movements to operate the phone. In my opinion, this is actually not bad, because as good works that special S4 functions not ending, and they are probably not as widely used. The built-in memory is relatively small, some not so useful if you install many apps. It is best to have a Micro SD card in it. Moreover, all apps in principle they work fine and fast, but sometimes the phone is ever fixed. Sometimes he'll suddenly while in my pocket, he is suddenly very hot. That is when I nothing to do and there are no updates in progress, I find that quite strange .. But they probably do not have all that. Intensive use the phone become quite hot. Regarding the camera, I am very satisfied . Since I purchased the S4 Mini I still use my regular camera but barely. There is almost no delay, so if you want to make a picture that is easily made. The quality I am very satisfied. High resolution (8MP) and in low light, he makes great photos. Filming in Full HD delivers excellent results. The screen has a high brightness and good color rendering, so I'm very happy with it. Conclusion: The S4 Mini is more of a mid-range smartphone, and not really as high end as the regular s4, but it is a good fast phone with a great camera and very good picture. Definitely recommended.

Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2: old fashioned sturdy phone

Introduction: a different galaxy

It is a term that can be interpreted in several ways: design language , the idea that different products from the same manufacturer are designed with the same idea. Nokia does that, for example, with its Lumia's, and LG has largely the same design for its L-phones and expensive Optimus G models. The manufacturer, however, this has made ​​the furthest is Samsung.

After the Galaxy S III was unveiled, with its gleaming 'hyperglaze'-back, round shapes, metal rim on the side and elliptical home button below the screen, Samsung announced many models that look the same in different formats: the Galaxy Note II, Galaxy Grand, Galaxy Prime Galaxy S III Mini and the new Galaxy Note 8.0, Galaxy Express, Galaxy and Galaxy Fame Young. The confusion extends to employees at the Samsung booth at the Mobile World Congress. A state employee who easily talked about technical details such as the difference in microarchitecture processors, told enthusiastic about the 4G phone Galaxy Express, after which he was only at the model number on the settings screen found out that he gave the demonstration with a Galaxy S III. Only a slight difference in size, and the position of the front camera and sensors above the screen are an indication that the S III is not Express.

However, we found at the booth of Samsung Galaxy a phone that looks totally different: the Galaxy Xcover 2. That is a separate model, it is shockproof and dustproof, and can be kept one meter under water for half an hour. After Xcover Samsung comes with a year ago, so again with 'builders smartphone, but it is but a solid phone also an attractive handset?

Jolla with Sailfish OS: Nokia's heir impresses

Few will know how far Nokia really was his plan to replace Linux distros developed. Symbian The Nokia N9 with the Finnish version of MeeGo was too far advanced to blow off the release and gave a good indication of the direction in which Nokia thought.

Lang was working on a version of Nokia MeeGo for cheap phones called Meltemi or Maemo 6.5. That project was almost finished and the devices were already almost ready to be released in mid-2012 but decided former Nokia president Stephen Elop stop Meltemi and dismiss that worked, especially in Finland and Germany. Everyone A few months later were the last people who tinkered with MeeGo and the N9 of updates to saw their bags.

Strangely enough, Nokia has helped to establish themselves Jolla

Ironically worked as Nokia already strong rumors of a new kind of Meltemi, a fork of Android devices for cheap. Whether that will ever appear on phones is uncertain; Nokia is taken within a few months by Microsoft, with its Windows Phone wants to conquer the smartphone market.

Strangely enough, Nokia has helped to establish Jolla themselves. Former employees were using the Bridge program get money to start their own businesses, and that would have been Jolla. One of the first financing Jolla set itself the goal to be releasing smartphones based on Mer, a fully open source made version of MeeGo.

The first device, which is also called Jolla, for the first time in late November for sale. Tweakers went to work with the new operating system Jolla and Sailfish OS that can run unmodified Android apps.

Nokia PureView 808 Black

Nokia, a brand that for many years the brand in the mobile telephony. But time has changed, and Nokia is not. Whether it? With the 808 PureView Nokia pulls out all the stops in terms of camera ...

Where other manufacturers now regularly a new attractive, high release, it seems to go where it often went wrong in the past. Mass Nokia
A device was announced, but appeared only not on the market. It was often delayed, and further delayed making when it appeared, had already been overtaken by the competition. With the latest PureView there seems to have come to an end. Nokia seems to go with this, but the Samsung Galaxy Zoom. Battle with a competitor Would this Nokia the ultimate camera phone? Appearance must be said, after the Galaxy Zoom had previously held to have, is that Nokia does well in hand. It is relatively small and the screen remains therefore with one hand to operate. However, there is a large excess in the upper part of the device, the large lens back of the unit. This threatens to tilt if you have it in your hand. Bit backwards the unit In addition, the camera on the back is not protected by a cover or something. This is the chance of scratches on the lens glass a lot bigger. Additionally fall as the buttons on the Nokia. No Android or Windows key. No back button. No, only the already old green-, red-, and menu button. This is a Nokia. And not one that we are used to in recent times, no this is an oldschool Nokia with Symbian operating system. Controls And this phone runs on Symbian brings some benefits, but certainly some disadvantages. The advantage is that you have virtually no problem that device will run true memory full. The control system is very complex, and 16GB of internal memory is more than enough for all the apps that you can download from the Nokia Store. For your music, photos and videos, you can put a memory card into the device so that you have up to 64GB of additional memory. Even fewer processes running in the background, so the battery lasts longer noticeable. Not for nothing, is known for Nokia devices with a long standby time. , we can say with certainty because of failure to obtain a very large range of apps in the Nokia Store, which is the app that's 16GB internal memory will be enough store. And hence also we come to the main drawback: If you go for a smart phone, and want to use that also use Android or iOS users, all apps then you get a rude awakening. On the Nokia 808 PureView are standard for some popular apps like Angry Birds and Shazam, you could specify that this device everything is possible. impressed However you look further, you will see that a lot of useful apps just are not available. For software makers is simply not interesting, the Symbian operating system, because only a small proportion of smartphone users use this. The money is going to sit still make an app for the developers than they deserve vane back. then the camera, the feature where it really all about with this unit. The camera takes great pictures. But do not be tempted by the 41MP sensor. The camera does not take pictures of 41 MegaPixel but makes a number. and adds the best elements of all the photos in one high-quality pictures. During testing we found out on the screen, besides you also zoom buttons on the unit can be used as zoom buttons. Or with real buttons are finer or not we are not decided yet, we tend to not because zooming with real buttons often slightly inaccurate and what goes stotterig, Next to the lens, is the software behind the lens might just as important. If we look, we see that the 808 PureView perhaps long since been overtaken by include Apple, now techniques from the real world camera used in its handsets. Screen Then the touchscreen. This remains a difficult subject. With the Nokia Lumia series of this is very much improved, but with this unit, it is still some compromise. It does not operate smoothly, sometimes we even had the idea to have a print-screen instead of a touch screen. Admittedly, the display can display pictures and movies with very beautiful colors. Yet as we see, for example, a Samsung phone with AMOLED display, but the display is clear and the colors vibrant. Price Nokia has at the time of writing a starting price of 399 euros. The device is thus certainly not cheap and is located in the top of the middle segment of smartphones. He is like an iPhone 4S, HTC One Mini or Samsung Galaxy S4 zoom. Terms of price And let's flush with the door in the house fall, they are for daily use all better than the Nokia 808 PureView. Therefore, the price of this unit is actually determined only by the excellent camera feature that is in it. Conclusion It is clear that this Nokia should not be seen as the best. choice Symbian as operating system, you do not buy the all-rounder. Actually, he is only interesting for people who have a camera and a smartphone look, but actually use the camera function the most. The camera is indeed perfectly fine, and it is doubtful whether any other phone can compete here. Against the lens in any case. terms of software, and especially editing photos, phone downright disappointing. Other smartphones with similar price herein are much more visible, since this is often a wide range of apps available is.De Nokia 808 PureView do we advance the unit expected that he would do, make beautiful pictures. That's where it's at.

HTC One Mini: only a little less

Mini-versions of larger smartphones seem something new, but it's obviously not. Sony Ericsson has made ​​perhaps the most famous, the Xperia X10 Mini series, with 2.6 "screen. But HTC has done himself once already., The HD Mini had in 2010 a smaller version of the illustrious HD2 from in 2009.

The idea is always the same: for some people it is the most expensive model is too large, so there should be a smaller version coming. Thereby push the limits or severely that the small HTC One Mini is about as large as the 'big' HD2 time.

That people are waiting on small, powerful phones, they can have a say in China: the manufacturer Xiaomi, which chipmaker Qualcomm invested, now sells millions of phones per quarter with a 4.3 "screen provided Mi-Two series and if current growth by put crosses the Chinese manufacturer to sell competitors like HTC within one or two years past, and thus jump-known manufacturers in this question. besides HTC Samsung already made ​​a smaller version of its Galaxy S4 and Sony would be busy with a smaller version of its big Honami smartphone.

HTC presented the Mini One Thursday afternoon in Amsterdam. Tweakers was there for the first time to gain experience with the Mini One experiences. He is much smaller, it can be the same, and he is as fast as the original One?

HTC One with Sense 5.5: a little better

It's a steady rhythm that HTC now holds a number of years. In the spring comes a new 'major' version of HTC's Sense skin with many exterior changes, while in the autumn a 'minor' comes with several improvements and the same interface. This year is no exception: this spring came from five Sense, Sense 5.5 now follows.

A new interface not bring it but it does have a lot of small improvements. The largest are in Blink Feed. If the homescreen alternative you like, you can add new feeds and also own RSS feeds. Do not like it you can disable it. Both were features that many users have asked for.

Sense 5.5 based on Android 4.3 for the HTC One was officially released Thursday. Tweakers watched what the update has in store for its users. For this we made use of the other version customrom-makers were not previously available in the final version that HTC released Thursday.

Samsung Galaxy S4, the same and yet different

Introduction: What started small

When Samsung three years ago on a relatively small American telecom exhibition the first Galaxy S announced , shook the world is not given to its foundations. It seemed like Samsung, HTC alongside his Desire and Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, simply would be an Android phone with a, as was seen when large screen features. Third manufacturer

It was not Samsung's first Android phone, that was the i7500 Galaxy , then followed still include the Galaxy Spica and first Galaxy Beam, the latter of which was never released in the Netherlands. But the Galaxy S was the first successful Android device from Samsung, both in the Netherlands and worldwide.

We are now a few years have passed and Galaxy almost become a brand in itself. There are numerous devices and the Galaxy S phones alone there are over 100 million sold. Samsung is because that line has become one of the most successful tech companies in the world and so does much to also make a success. Successor

The Galaxy S4 is indeed just by its name is a unique device. Apart from Apple - the iPhone 4 - use phone manufacturers rarely if ever a fourth type in numbers, because the number in some Asian countries has a negative association. Samsung have model numbers 1000 -, 2000 -, 3000 -, 5000 -, 7000 -, 8000 - and 9000-series, but not between 4000 and 4999. Nokia is the same: there are smart phones from 920 to 520 and feature phones as 101, 210 and 312, but nothing with a 4. When Nokia Symbian gave an update that verse prong of S60v3 S60v5 to escape to. Those accursed 4

But the consistency in global naming win it anyway Asian superstition and so the new Samsung phone is just called Galaxy S4. Tweakers flew to New York to try it off.