Nothing Phone (2) gets a price cut in India

Carl Pei has announced a substantial reduction in the phone's prices, slashing them by Rs 5,000. With these revised prices, the Nothing Phone 2 now competes with devices like the OnePlus 11R and Samsung's Galaxy S21 FE. Notably, the base variant with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage is now priced at Rs 39,999. Moving up to the 12GB+256GB model, this variant is available at Rs 44,999, while the top-tier 12GB+512GB flagship is priced at Rs 49,999.

To sweeten the deal further, Nothing is offering a special bonus – purchase the Phone 2, and you can acquire the 65W CMF Power GaN charger for Rs 1,999, a significant reduction from its regular price of Rs 2,999. Given that the Phone 2 doesn't include a charger in the package, securing this triple-charging-port accessory becomes an attractive option. It's worth noting that this charger can efficiently charge both the Phone 2 and many other daily gadgets simultaneously.

As for the specifications, the Nothing Phone 2, operating on Nothing OS 2.0 based on Android 13 OS, features a 6.7-inch full-HD LTPO OLED display with an adaptive refresh rate from 1Hz to 120Hz. Powered by Qualcomm's 4nm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC, the phone comes with up to 12GB RAM and a dual rear camera setup with a 50-megapixel primary camera and a 50-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera. For selfies, it includes a 32-megapixel camera. The distinctive Glyph Interface, with LED strips beneath the transparent back panel, adds a unique touch to the device, marking a standout feature. With storage options up to 512GB, the phone is supported by a 4,700mAh battery, offering 45W wired charging and 5W Qi wireless charging.

How to use Secret Code for Chat Lock in WhatsApp

WhatsApp has implemented a new feature called the secret code functionality to address a vulnerability in the security of personal chats. Previously, users could use the same fingerprint password for both unlocking their phones and accessing private WhatsApp conversations. This meant that if someone registered their fingerprint on your device, they could potentially gain access to your WhatsApp chats.

With the latest update, WhatsApp has significantly improved security by introducing the secret code feature to all users. This feature allows you to create a unique password using words or emojis, ensuring that your conversations are protected with a passcode known only to you. Interestingly, the company's top executive revealed that you can easily access locked chats by entering the secret code in the search bar, with the option to customize settings accordingly. Meta's CEO announced the introduction of a confidential code for chat lock on WhatsApp, providing users with the ability to protect their conversations with an exclusive password. With this new feature, locked chats will only be visible upon entering the secret code in the search bar, ensuring that no one accidentally stumbles upon your highly personal discussions.

To enhance the privacy of your WhatsApp chats, you no longer need to navigate through individual chat settings. Instead, you can conveniently lock a chat by long-pressing it. To ensure the confidentiality of your chats, access the list of locked chats, tap on the three dots at the top, proceed to Chat Lock settings, activate the 'Hide locked chats' option, and establish a secret code that you can easily recall. By following these steps, your locked chats will no longer be visible in the main chat window, offering a higher level of privacy compared to the current WhatsApp design, which displays a shortcut for locked chats when swiping down on the chat screen. To access your locked chats, input the secret code into the search bar. It's important to note that this visibility is only temporary and will disappear once you exit the app, providing a secure and private chat environment.

Jailbreak iOS 6.1 untethered using evasi0n jailbreak tool

The evad3rs team have just released the much-waited iOS 6.x jailbreak tool. You can now jailbreak any iOS starting from iOS 6.0 to iOS 6.1

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Facebook Turns 9 Today

The super popular social networking site- Facebook (FB) which literally changed the meaning of internet for an entire generation has turned Nine today. Founded by Mark Zuckerberg in the year 2004 as a sophomore at Harvard University, it has now become a part of people’s life style amongst all age groups.

With each passing year Facebook gained profit as well as popularity which grew at rapid rate.In the year 2004 FB introduced the Wall, which allows people to write personal messages, post pictures and sharing other stuff on profile pages. In 2007 FB sold a 1.6% stake to Microsoft for $240 million and forges advertising partnership. In the year 2008 FB introduced chat feature on its platform, followed by a feature to “Like” posts, pictures and other things on profile walls in the year 2009.

Facebook introduced Timeline which is a new version of the profile page of the users in 2011. A year later FB filed for an initial public offering (IPO) of stock. Most recently, this year FB announced the launch of Graph Search enabling users to search anything which their Facebook friends have shared, including photos and posts.

Micromax Smarty 4.3 A65

Micromax, the Indian mobile manufacturer, has launched a number of devices in the ‘Smarty’ range, including the Smarty 5.4, the Smarty 3.5 and Smarty 2.0.

The dual SIM phone which runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread, has a 4.3-inch TFT capacitive display with a resolution of 480x800 pixels, and a 2 megapixel rear camera. It is powered by a 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A5 processor, and has 512MB RAM. The Smarty 4.3 A65 has an internal memory of 190MB, which is expandable up to 32GB via a microSD card slot. Micromax says that the 1,350mAh battery offers 5 hours of talktime, and 200 hours of standby time.

Micromax is the 12^th largest handset manufacturer in the world and the 3^rd largest in India. In 2012 Micromax led the Indian tablet market with a share of 18.4%, ahead of Samsung and Apple. Micromax Mobile’s rapid growth is associated with its strategy of aggressive low pricing of its products and a wide distribution setup. Most people would not be aware that Micromax made its debut in 1991 but only got noticed in 2008 and within six months, it had a market share of 0.59%. With stars like Akshay Kumar as its ambassador, Micromax hit the market with a bang and was instantly popular with its competitively priced products and well marketed designs. Micromax was out of the picture for a while after the cricket world cup due to the attractive launches of brands like HTC and SONY but now with its new devices like Smarty 4.3 and the Canvas HD priced very affordably, and designed for the Indian market, the company is clearly destined to regain its place in the market.

Acer Liquid C1

Seen at the recently happened Consumer Electronics show (CES), Acer Liquid C1 has been recently launched at a price of Rs. 19,000.

This one from Acer is backed by Intel made Z2420 chipset. It the latest chipset from the house of Intel, also launched at CES this year.

The smartphone comes with a 1.2 GHz single core processor. Acer Liquid C1 sports a 4.3 inch IPS display with a resolution of 960×540 pixels. It runs on Android`s popular operating system Ice Cream sandwich but a Jelly bean update can be expected soon. It has an 8 MP rear camera which offers 1080p video quality, 30 frames/second. Acer is also offering its own cloud storage service dubbed as ‘Acer Cloud’.

Acer Liquid C1 is expected to be out at retail outlets by this moth in the markets of Thailand followed by its release in other parts of the world.

Nokia Xpress Browser

As a part of its strategy to connect the next billion consumers to information and the internet, Nokia India today launched with Bharti Airtel a customized version of the Nokia Xpress Browser for Airtel consumers on compatible Nokia mobile phones. Nokia Xpress Browser enables up to 85% more efficient mobile browsing compared to conventional browsers, making it faster and cheaper for consumers to access the internet and use popular services like search, rich web apps and social networking. The Nokia Xpress Browser optimizes web sites, enabling them to load faster on Nokia Series 40 devices, including Nokia Asha Smartphones. It will be rolled out over the coming week and Nokia-Airtel consumers will be automatically upgraded to the new version.

In 2012, the number of Nokia Xpress Browser users on Airtel’s network quadrupled and average data consumption per user tripled during the same period. “More and more people are experiencing the Internet for the first time and we believe this initiative will further accelerate that. This is a first of its kind partnership for Nokia in India and we are sure that the customized Nokia Xpress Browser for Airtel consumers will provide them with a richer and more immersive mobile browsing experience,” said Viral Oza, Director Marketing, Nokia India. “We are witnessing tremendous growth in mobile internet usage in India and are glad to be partnering with Nokia to offer our users a customized and enhanced browsing experience including one-click access to our premium content and services. We believe the superior browsing experience offered by Nokia Xpress Browser will accelerate mobile internet adoption and engagement,” said N Rajaram, Chief Marketing Officer, Bharti Airtel.

About Nokia Xpress Browser:

The cloud-accelerated Nokia Xpress Browser delivers a smarter internet experience on Nokia mobile devices, making it easier, faster, and more affordable for consumers to access the internet and use popular services like search, web apps and social networking.  The Nokia Xpress platform, including the Nokia Xpress Web App Builder, is a foundation for future innovation and new internet experiences. 

Consumers are able to easily discover top Indian content via the browser's inviting and intuitive start page. Downloading, saving and sharing content is fast and simple. It also makes it easy to find, install and use relevant global and local web apps that offer an even richer experience. Nokia Xpress Browser is the first of its kind to support web apps, and now boasts a catalogue of more than 10,000 web apps.

The Nokia Xpress Browser works with Nokia Series 40 devices and supports all form factors: full-touch, including the Nokia Asha smartphone family; QWERTY; and non-touch, such as the popular Nokia C3-00, Nokia C2-03 and Nokia X3-02. The Nokia Xpress Browser is and will be pre-loaded on all current and future Nokia Series 40 devices, while users of existing compatible devices can download it from the Nokia Store. The browser is available in 87 languages in over 200 countries and territories.

Micromax Ninja A89

Adding a new feather in their hat, Micromax has silently unveiled a new smartphone under its Ninja series dubbed as Ninja A89 on its official website. Micromax Ninja A89 is the first in the Ninja family to possess a Dual Core processor. Like others from Micromax this one too comes with Dual-SIM capability.

It sports a 1GHz dual core Mediatek MT6577 processor and has 512MB RAM. The phone comes with a 4 inch WVGA display and has a 3MP rear camera without Flash. With 2GB of internal memory, it also allows the user to expand its memory up to 32GB via microSD card. This smartphone runs on 4.0 ICS version of Android and is powered by 1450 mAh battery.

Other features of this phone include preloaded apps like Hook up, M! live, M! store, M! Zone+ etc. There are connectivity features such as 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth and USB support also present on this smartphone. Pricing and availability of Micromax Ninja A89 has not been disclosed by the company yet but it is expected to be priced under Rs.8, 000.