Micromax Canvas A111 Dual Sim leaks online

Micromax, the Indian brand best known for its cheap, but powerful A116 Canvas HD smartphone, has just had its latest mid-range Canvas A111 handset leaked.
In a series of tweets, Twitter user MMXNewscaster has showcased the Canvas A111 from the front and back, while also sharing some of its key specifications.

 
Apparently, the A111 is built around a 5.3" display of qHD resolution (960 x 540 pixels). The leak suggests that the touchscreen is going to be usable even with gloves on, like many high-end Android smartphone out there.
At the back, there's an 8MP camera capable of shooting full HD video and is backed up by dual-LEDs; a 1.2MP camera is at the front. According to the leak, the Canvas A111 profile is just under 10mm (9.9mm to be precise) and packs a 2100mAh battery. Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is at the driver's seat as well.

As you can tell by the photo above, the Canvas A111 is a dual-SIM phone and has support for microSD cards to expand its internal memory, which for now remains unknown. Pricing and availability are still anyone's guess, but the smartphone is said to hit India in the coming weeks.

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HTC First, the first Facebook Home phone, coming April 12

At the launch of its mobile interface layer called Facebook Home, Facebook along with HTC announced the launch of the HTC First, the first smartphone built to feature Home out of the box.

The HTC First features a 4.3-inch touch screen display that has a resolution of 720x1280 pixels. The phone is powered by a 1.4GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 (MSM8930AA) processor and has 1GB of RAM. It's got a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 1.6-megapixel front camera. The rear camera is capable of recording 1080p video. The phone features 16GB of internal storage but does not have a memory card slot for expanding storage capacity. It has a 2,000mAh non-removable battery. The phone runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean with Facebook Home. The HTC First will be available in four colors: black, white, red and pale blue.

"HTC has a track record of providing beautiful hardware design, and of being first-to-market with smartphone innovations," said Peter Chou, CEO, HTC Corporation. "The HTC First continues that track record, providing AT&T customers with a unique home experience that puts a user's friends and family at the center of their mobile experience."

In further continuation of the Facebook theme, HTC First will be the first phone to come pre-installed with Facebook's Instagram, the popular image-sharing app/ social network.

"Home is a completely new experience for your phone," said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's Founder and CEO. "With Home available right out of the box, you're getting the best quality experience for connecting with your friends."

The HTC First is available for pre-order for $99.99 with a two-year contract with AT&T in the US and will be available starting April 12. AT&T's website lists the HTC First's regular price as $449.99 (without contract). The phone will be launched exclusively with Orange in France and EE in the UK. The exact dates of the Europe launch have not been announced. There are no details on the phone's availability in India.

HTC First Specifications:

• 4.3-inch display with a resolution of 720x1280 pixels
• 1.4GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 (MSM8930AA) processor
• 1GB of RAM
• 16GB of internal memory
• 5-megapixel rear camera
• 1.6-megapixel front camera
• WLAN 802.11 a / b / g / n and Bluetooth 4.0/ LTE
• Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)

Samsung Chat On

With Samsung Chat On it is possible to interact with friends and family regardless of whether your device is a smartphone, feature phone, tablet or notebook computer.

Samsung has introduced a new BlackBerry Messenger-like feature called Chat On. The service, part of Samsung's global mobile communication, will work across all major smartphone and feature phone platforms.

With Samsung Chat On users can interact with friends and family regardless of whether the device they're using is a smartphone, feature phone, tablet or notebook computer. Users can instantly share text, images, hand-written notes and video through it. They can chat in groups as well, while a web client will allow easy sharing of content and conversations between mobiles and PCs.
"With Chat On, Samsung has vastly simplified mobile communication by allowing users to connect to our upcoming feature phones and all major smartphones in the market," said Ho Soo Lee, head of the media solution center at Samsung Electronics. "Users around the world can now enjoy easier and richer interactivity with whoever they want, in the format they want—this is mobile communication reinvented and democratised."
Chat On is available in more than 120 countries and supports up to 62 languages. It allows feature phone users to share text, pictures, calendar events, contacts and emoticons through an easy-to-access client .smartphoneusers can see how often they communicate with their buddies using the Interaction Rank feature of Chat On, and can post comments on buddies' profile pages. Users can also create an Animation message, which allows them to create their own content by scribbling texts, adding audio and choosing background pictures.
Samsung Chat On has been officially announced and will gradually be rolled out across all Samsung smartphones, feature phones, tablet and notebook computers — new and old. This functionality will also be added to all upcoming devices including those showcased at the IFA in Berlin.

WhatsApp for Windows Phone Users

Popular instant messaging application - WhatsApp, played a disappearing act with the Windows Phone based devices. Several Windows Phone 7.5 users are finding it difficult to locate the WhatsApp app in the Windows Phone Store. However, on lot of scouting the WhatsApp does show up but actually is hidden.

The disappearing act of the app however led many to wonder if its developers have done so to introduce its paid version. However, a website - WPCentral claimed that the WhatsApp app is still available in the Windows Phone Store (Windows Phone Marketplace).

WhatsApp is undoubtedly the most popular instant messaging outside the world of BlackBerry Messenger. Windows Phone 7.5 has couple of limitations that stops the app from running in background and providing notifications seamlessly.
As of now, WhatsApp has not been made available on the Windows Phone 8 platform. We believe that the developers are still figuring out the Windows Phone 8 platform and working on delivering better experience with the new features.