Digit 1 4G Qualcomm Processor Smart Feature Phone Introduced by Jazz with 6 Months of 4G Internet

Digit 1 4G Qualcomm Processor Smart Feature Phone Update:

Jazz has launched the first 4G enabled smart feature phone in Pakistan. The launch of Digit 1 4G Qualcomm Processor Smart Feature Phone is in line with Jazz’s commitment of introducing affordable products and services in a bid to bridge the prevalent digital divide.

Jazz Digit 1 is a feature phone that offers 6 months of free 4G Internet and free data SIM for its buyers.

Other than this the popular smartphone apps like Facebook and WhatsApp are supported by this phone. The Digit 1 4G Qualcomm Processor Smart Feature Phone is a touchscreen with Wi-Fi hotspot. The phone has 4GB storage and 512 MB ROM powered by Qualcomm processor.

This chipset of Digit 1 4G Qualcomm Processor Smart Feature Phone offers the 4G connectivity within the function telephone and access-stage smartphone gadgets.

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It has baseband functionalities with the development in hardware parts that incorporates RF entrance finish, Wi-Fi, audio audio system, and amplifier. This chipset is specifically designed to present simple get admission to to 4G era. It additionally helps twin-core CPU at 1.1.GHz, VGA show at 480 pixels, HD video streaming, fortify for twin SIM and fortify for 4G, 3G and 2G community.

The release of 4G enabled function telephone is a smart initiative for the cost-delicate marketplace of Pakistan. Digit 1 4G Qualcomm Processor Smart Feature Phone will assist numerous individuals who can’t have the funds for smartphones however do have the urge for food for cell broadband.
Muhammad Ali Khan, Head of Devices at Jazz, said:

“The launch of Jazz Digit 1 enables our customers to use our fastest 4G network to reach out to their loved ones over social media in a cost effective manner.”

Digit1 is being billed as a 4G ‘smart’ feature phone that will be a game changer for the local feature phone market.

As many people in Pakistan still 2G phones, this new feature phone will provide options to those users to buy an affordable phone with the 4G option.

This chipset offers the 4G connectivity within the function telephone and access-stage smartphone gadgets. It has baseband functionalities with the development in hardware parts that incorporates RF entrance finish, Wi-Fi, audio audio system, and amplifier. This chipset is specifically designed to present simple get admission to to 4G era. It additionally helps twin-core CPU at 1.1.GHz, VGA show at 480 pixels, HD video streaming, fortify for twin SIM and fortify for 4G, 3G and 2G community.

The price of the phone is PKR 5,300. The phone is available at Jazz Experience centers and franchises all over Pakistan. Those who purchase the phone will be given one year warranty.
The devices offered by Jazz in 4G are Jazz 4G Wi-Fi device and Jazz 4G Wingle device. Jazz 4G Wi-Fi device can support 12 Wi-Fi devices along with 1 USB tethering. The battery capacity is 2300mAh.As for Jazz 4G Wingle device can also support 12 Wi-Fi devices along with 1 USB tethering. The price of the device is Rs 3,500.

Source: Mehran Post

Nokia Introduced 105 130 Feature Phones in Pakistan with Affordable Price

Nokia Introduced 105 130 Feature Phones Update: HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, announced the dual release of both the Nokia 105 and Nokia 130.

Featuring refreshed, ergonomic designs, Nokia Introduced 105 130 Feature Phones come packed with fantastic features, effortlessly combining reliability and excellent value and durability. Nokia Introduced 105 130 Feature Phones feature 1.8-inch colour screens, handy LED torch lights and sleek, contoured designs, with each phone being available in a range of three colours.

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With more than 1.3 billion feature phone users around the world, many from markets in Asia and Africa, the reliability and excellent value that both the Nokia 105 and Nokia 130 offer is set to ensure yet more people around the world can get connected.

Nokia 105

This award winning handset now features an all new sculpted ergonomic design, outstanding battery life (800 mAh battery), and improved usability, with a larger screen size and new tactile island key-mat. Inspired by the Nokia phone design heritage, the new contoured style of the Nokia 105 makes it a superb fit for your hand thanks to its beautiful, natural shape. With inherent colour throughout its polycarbonate casing minimising the visual impact of knocks and bumps, the Nokia 105 is built to take on everyday life. It offers you the quality, reliability, and robust design you would expect from a Nokia phone.

The new key-mat features separated keys for improved usability, while the larger 1.8-inch screen delivers a better viewing experience when playing your favourite games, like Snake Xenzia, which comes preloaded. Taking full advantage of the larger screen, the Nokia 105 also comes preloaded with two try and buy games – Doodle Jump and Crossy Road.

Plus, with up to 15 hours talk time and a month long standby, the Nokia 105 lets you talk from sunrise to sunset on just one charge. And with enough storage space for up to 500 text messages and up to 2,000 contacts, you’ll always be able to stay connected.

Available in Dual and Single SIM variants, the Nokia 105 also features an inbuilt FM Radio and charges using a standard Micro USB cable (USB 2.0).

Nokia 130

No matter where you are or what you’re doing, music makes life a lot more fun. With up to 44 hours of FM radio playback time and room for thousands of songs when you add up to 32GB of MicroSD card storage, the Nokia 130 ensures you’ll always have the right track for the moment.

If video is your thing, the clear 1.8-inch colour screen offers a great viewing experience when enjoying video via a MicroSD card. And with 11.5 hours of video playback on a single charge, you can turn free time into entertainment time. The Nokia 130 features Bluetooth support for a headset or speakers – perfect for wireless listening to your favourite playlist on the go.

With its inbuilt camera, the Nokia 130 lets you take pictures and record video clips, which you can then play back using a MicroSD card. And with the Nokia 130, sharing your content is simple. Share videos, contacts and more simply by enabling Bluetooth and bringing your Nokia 130 close to another Bluetooth-enabled phone for quick and easy transfer. The Nokia 130 also supports a MicroSD card, expandable up to 32 GB.

Arto Nummela, CEO, HMD Global commented:

“With more than 4 billion people remaining offline and unable to benefit from the social and economic development opportunities of the internet, simply getting connected by voice and text is still such an important step for many people around the world. More than 400 million feature phones were sold globally in 2016. We cannot underestimate the need and benefit of being connected and we are dedicated to delivering devices that can enable many people around the world to expand their horizon.”

Both the Nokia 105 and the Nokia 130 feature the ever-popular LED torchlight – simply press the up key twice to quickly turn the torch on and off.

Globally, both Nokia Introduced 105 130 Feature Phones are available in Dual and Single SIM variants. However, both the devices will be available in Pakistan in dual SIM variant only.

Pricing and Availability

In Pakistan, Nokia 105 dual SIM will be priced at PKR 2080/- and will be available in blue, white and black – each colour with a matte finish.

Available in red, grey and black, the Nokia 130 dual SIM will retail for PKR 3310/-.

Both phones will be available at retail stores in Pakistan from August 2017.

Via: Mehran Post

First Battery Free Backscatter Technique Cell Phone Invented by University of Washington Scientists

First Battery Free Backscatter Technique Cell Phone Update: University of Washington (UW) researchers have invented a cellphone that requires no batteries — a major leap forward in moving beyond chargers, cords and dying phones. Instead, the phone harvests the few micro-watts of power it requires from either ambient radio signals or light.

The team also made Skype calls using its battery-free phone, demonstrating that the prototype made of commercial, off-the-shelf components can receive and transmit speech and communicate with a base station.

The new technology is detailed in a paper published July 1 in the Proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies.

The team of UW computer scientists and electrical engineers eliminated a power-hungry step in most modern cellular transmissions — converting analog signals that convey sound into digital data that a phone can understand. This process consumes so much energy that it’s been impossible to design a phone that can rely on ambient power sources.

Instead, the First Battery Free Backscatter Technique Cell Phone takes advantage of tiny vibrations in a phone’s microphone or speaker that occur when a person is talking into a phone or listening to a call.

An antenna connected to those components converts that motion into changes in standard analog radio signal emitted by a cellular base station. This process essentially encodes speech patterns in reflected radio signals in a way that uses almost no power.

The first thing the team tackled in First Battery Free Backscatter Technique Cell Phone was communication. Scientists developed a technique called backscatter that allows a device to communicate by reflecting incoming radio waves, a bit like an injured hiker sending an SOS using the sun and a mirror.

To transmit speech, the First Battery Free Backscatter Technique Cell Phone uses vibrations from the device’s microphone to encode speech patterns in the reflected signals. To receive speech, it converts encoded radio signals into sound vibrations that that are picked up by the phone’s speaker. In the prototype device, the user presses a button to switch between these two “transmitting” and “listening” modes.

Using off-the-shelf components on a printed circuit board, the team demonstrated that the prototype can perform basic phone functions — transmitting speech and data and receiving user input via buttons. Using Skype, researchers were able to receive incoming calls, dial out and place callers on hold with the First Battery Free Backscatter Technique Cell Phone phone.

The team designed a custom base station to transmit and receive the radio signals. But that technology conceivably could be integrated into standard cellular network infrastructure or Wi-Fi routers now commonly used to make calls.

Co-author Vamsi Talla, a former UW electrical engineering doctoral student and Allen School research associate said:

“You could imagine in the future that all cell towers or Wi-Fi routers could come with our base station technology embedded in it.”

Vamsi Talla added:

“And if every house has a Wi-Fi router in it, you could get battery-free cellphone coverage everywhere.”

The battery-free phone does still require a small amount of energy to perform some operations. The prototype has a power budget of 3.5 micro-watts.

The UW researchers demonstrated how to harvest this small amount of energy from two different sources. The battery-free phone prototype can operate on power gathered from ambient radio signals transmitted by a base station up to 31 feet away.

Using power harvested from ambient light with a tiny solar cell — roughly the size of a grain of rice — the device was able to communicate with a base station that was 50 feet away.

Many other battery-free technologies that rely on ambient energy sources, such as temperature sensors or an accelerometer, conserve power with intermittent operations.

They take a reading and then “sleep” for a minute or two while they harvest enough energy to perform the next task. By contrast, a phone call requires the device to operate continuously for as long as the conversation lasts.

Co-author Bryce Kellogg, a UW electrical engineering doctoral student said:

“You can’t say hello and wait for a minute for the phone to go to sleep and harvest enough power to keep transmitting.”

Bryce Kellogg added:

“That’s been the biggest challenge — the amount of power you can actually gather from ambient radio or light is on the order of 1 or 10 micro-watts. So real-time phone operations have been really hard to achieve without developing an entirely new approach to transmitting and receiving speech.”

Next, the research team plans to focus on improving the battery-free phone’s operating range and encrypting conversations to make them secure. The team is also working to stream video over a battery-free cellphone and add a visual display feature to the phone using low-power E-ink screens.

A few years ago no one would have believed that we’d ever get a device without battery but now with the first ever Wireless Charging Notebook and now this battery less phone, seems like the future is wireless.

The research was funded by the National Science Foundation and Google Faculty Research Awards.

Via: Mehran Post