Fire TV Stick: The new and powerful video streamer for HDTVs

The retail giant in internet marketing, Amazon has launched a streaming device, the Fire TV Stick for your HDTV. This media device is a small dongle that sticks to your HDTVs and streams videos and other media files.

You can simply connect the device and browse over 200,000 movies and TV episodes, hundreds of games and millions of songs. The instant streaming ASAP (Advanced Streaming and Prediction) facility of the Fire TV Stick doesn’t let you wait for the videos to buffer. The ASAP facility adapts to your viewing habits and instantly streams videos without wasting time on buffering.

The dual core processor along with a devoted VideoCore4 GPU makes the Fire TV Stick a powerful media streaming device. This Amazon product comes along with dedicated remote and applications for your easy use. To facilitate navigation and searches, the Fire TV Stick comes along with Amazon Fire TV Remote. This remote helps you to navigate, search and play games conveniently. This device is suitable for 1080p HD stunning videos and allows you to listen to crystal clear vibrant surround sound with Dolby Digital Plus.

The Fire TV Stick is an easy to use device which you just need to plug in to your HDTV and wall outlet and get it connected to Wi-Fi. Since the Fire TV Stick is connected to your Amazon account, you can easily access photos, personal videos and slide shows that you have saved in Amazon Cloud Drive.

The Fire TV Stick is compatible only with High-Definition television that has HDMI input. As reviewed by iYogi, this device is also compatible with Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Prime Instant Video, YouTube and many more. You can easily browse through these sites and enjoy unlimited music. The Fire TV Stick is equipped with 1GB internal memory and 8 GB Flash storage memory.

Now get unlimited access to your favorite videos with the all new and powerful video streamer, the Fire TV Stick.

iYogi Reviews: BlackBerry Passport – Small in Size, Different in shape, But Boasts Intelligent Features

Have you ever thought that you can also hold a square like phone in your hand? With BlackBerry Passport, you can actually dream of owning a square-shaped phone in your hand. The BlackBerry Passport can be considered as a pure productivity machine designed by the business oriented mindsets of the company. It comes packed with a very powerful hardware, a slew of clever features, and the BlackBerry OS 10.3. The latest OS from Blackberry can surely be a chase for iOS and Android.

To find out the details of latest production from BlackBerry in the form of a Passport, check out the review by iYogi:

Design and Specifications

The size of the BlackBerry Passport is very much similar to the shape and size of a US passport, which is 4.5 inch. The squat square shape of this latest invention by BlackBerry is surely going to be the attention seeker for many, especially when you’ll be holding it in your hands. Weighing at 6.9 ounces, the phone gives the feather like solid feel. It is 3.5 inches wide, which is surely wider than other phablets like – 5.7 inch Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and the 5.5 inch iPhone 6 Plus.

And, if you are fond of BlackBerry, or you are one of those who find it quite difficult to operate the phone without a physical keyboard, the BlackBerry Passport is the one for you. The QWERTY keyboard incorporated in the Blackberry Passport looks really sharp if we go by its contrast. It holds the capability to give you a premium feel with its sturdy stainless steel frame, which fits very easily into your pockets.

It comes with a gorgeous screen as it has a 1,440x1,440-pixel resolution, with a pixel density of 453 pixels per inch. In simpler words, the latest product line of BlackBerry in the shape of a Passport is highly responsive, texts are crisp and you can get almost everything on the screen without flipping over to a wider landscape. Isn’t that awesome?

Software

The BlackBerry Passport runs BlackBerry OS 10.3, which even lets you run quite a few Android apps too. To get apps on your phone, you will have to refer to the Amazon Appstore, which comes preinstalled. If you are interested in staying with BlackBerry’s ecosystem, you won’t regret it even later. You would never ever give that disappointed look as BlackBerry Email and messaging has always been the BlackBerry’s true asset.

Performance

BlackBerry Passport comes packed with highly powerful hardware – 2.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 CPU combined with 3GB of RAM. The Passport’s CPU is very much similar to the one incorporated in the powerful Samsung Galaxy S5. As good things come in small packages, similarly, the Passport from BlackBerry might look small, but it boasts highly advanced features including a good storage space of 32GB and supports up to 128GB MicroSD cards. So, you don’t have to think much before bringing all your phones on your pocket size phone.

Camera

The BlackBerry Passport’s camera is the most surprising element of the entire package. It was hard to believe that it came up with a good quality camera that includes smart autofocus feature that lets you chose until you find the best one. You can switch to Time Shift mode, which captures several shots of faces from which you can get the right one clicked.

Conclusion

The BlackBerry Passport is undoubtedly a good phone, which boasts unlimited quality features. It has come up with brilliant features, sturdy finish and ultimate keyboard that do help in making the process of texting a very light thing. 

The BlackBerry Passport priced at $599.0 is currently available on Amazon.com.

Tap and Scroll Bug Issue in Lumia 1520

Nokia Lumia 1520 had been suffering from tap and scroll issue, which was a minor bug that haunted this device few days ago. This phone was announced last year and was given a Lumia Cyan update featuring brand-new Windows8.1. But after that, this high-end device was apparently affected with the scroll and tap issue. The bug randomly occurred when scrolling the display using a swipe, whereas the device registered it as ‘Tap’ (hardware misreading).However, this bug affects only those users who put pressure on the display while operating the device.

It has been recently discovered that it’s a consequence of a hardware design flaw, related to the size of the display. This problem arises when the digitizer behind the display becomes misaligned because of screen flex. This usually happens when the phone is kept with the display down. As a result, the device flexes downwards bringing about the centre contact to miss the connection.

We can now just hope that Nokia will soon accept this fault and bring around a fix for it.

Users complain: Android 4.2 Jelly Bean update - The most problematic release of the year

Android 4.2 Jelly Bean update, Google’s latest Android update, is in the news for reasons that are not so good. Users have been complaining that the 4.2 version of Google’s latest operating system has been shipped in with startling flaws that are tormenting their Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 10, Nexus 7, and Nexus 4 phones with a number of bugs.

Let’s take a look at the top 5 problems that users are complaining about since Google started rolling out the update:

1. Flaky Bluetooth connectivity: Many Nexus 7 users are complaining that after updating their phones with the latest update, they have been experiencing issues with Bluetooth connectivity. Due to the connectivity problems, the users are unable to stream music to their device. Users have also reported connection shutters during music playback.

2. Random rebooting: Many users of Nexus 10, Nexus 4, and Galaxy Nexus have also complaint that their devices are randomly rebooting, causing lots of interruptions and building up unnecessary frustration. Though in some cases, the reboots happen once or twice a day, in other cases, reboots occur more often.

3. Unstable auto-brightness feature: Nexus 7 users have been complaining of experiencing a bug with auto-brightness. Due to which, the brightness of the device is automatically adjusting itself without any reason. Complain forums are flooding with complains from users that their device is automatically diming the display lights and then bringing them back to the normal levels.

4. Abnormal battery drain: After updating to Android 4.2, some users are apparently complaining that their phone’s stand-by battery life has become terribly less to a point that it demands immediate attention from the user.

5. Apps crashing: Users have also complaint that after they have updated their devices, many of the popular applications, which were previously working perfectly, have stopped responding. BBC iPlayer is one such app that is facing compatibility issues with the Jelly Bean update.

Hopefully Google will quickly address to all these issues and release a patch to fix all these bugs.

Have you withheld updating your device to Android 4.2? Do let us know your experience with the latest Android update.

Olympus Tough TG-1 iHS – A perfect companion for every occasion

It has been the craziest week of my life. Thanks to my new tech toy that kept me on my toes the entire week, as I was busy exploring its potentials. After waiting for almost two years, last week I finally bought my first waterproof camera - the Olympus Tough TG-1 iHS. And, it has become a perfect companion for a snap shooter like me. Since I’m a water baby, I’ve tested my new achievement both inside the pool water as well as in the ocean water. Regular cameras don’t hold up well when they are dunked, but my new camera allowed me to capture some amazing pictures even in the submerged conditions. Not only does it hold strong in water, but it captures perfect shots in all unforgettable environments also. It can survive well when dropped from heights up to 6.6 feet, withstand 220 pounds of pressure, and function even in harsh climatic conditions, which range from hot and humid to when temperature drops to 14°F. Not just this, this waterproof, shockproof snapper is also kid proof. My son spilled his dinner on it, but it’s still working perfectly.

Let me tell you some amazing facts about my new snapper. This is the world’s first high-speed, ultra-bright camera that will help me capture high-quality images at shutter fast speed, even in the dim-light conditions. The 12-megapixel TG-1 iHS can shoot full-resolution images at 5 frames/second, and also offers built-in GPS, an electronic compass, and a manometer. Apart from being an extremely rugged camera with a perfect metal body and shock-absorbing features, it also has 12 magic filters that allow you to easily choose from a wide range of easy-to-apply looks and feels. All in all, my new TG-1 iHS is an impressive speedy camera that has made everything else in my life take a back seat.