What’s up, guys? You might have all heard about the Ncell App camp launch the other day. Some you might have attended it, some of you would have wanted to attend it but couldn’t (just like me!). But whatever it is, here I present you with a quick insight of the fuss and facts of the Ncell App Camp. Here we go:
WHAT IS NCELL APP CAMP?
Ncell, the country’s leading mobile service provider, has unveiled Ncell App Camp, a mobile app development competition for young developers and mobile enthusiasts, aiming to unleash the country’s digital potential and inspire youth to build innovative businesses.
“To contribute to drive innovation and make Nepalese youngsters part of the worldwide mobile app industry”- Erim Taylanlar, CEO of Ncell.
Ncell App Camp would be a multi-stage event, which will provide a unique opportunity to mobile enthusiasts to first acquire priceless global and local knowledge of App business, learn the skills of developing an app and building a business around it, then compete among themselves to standout and win exciting prizes.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN NCELL APP CAMP?
Under the competition, entries have been opened for four categories:
Agriculture
Corporate solutions
Education
Tourism
DO I HAVE TO PAY?
Nope, Good news fellas. Taking part in the app development at Ncell App Camp won’t hit your pockets! Mobile developers and enthusiasts can take part as a team for free.
“Agriculture, corporates, education and tourism are major contributors of Nepalese economy, wherein creative youth can make a huge difference by coming up with tools to enhance efficiency and productivity. These are also the sectors around which young innovative businesses can thrive,” said Sanju Koirala, corporate communication director of Ncell.
SO, WHAT APPS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
Well, Practically any. According to Ncell, enthusiasts can create an app for any platform like Android, Apple iOS, Windows, SMS, and J2ME, among others.
HOW TO REGISTER?
Registration is free by registering their teams and ideas around the four thematic areas. Registration should be done online at www.ncell.com.np/appcamp.
SO, SELECTION PROCEDURE?
150 best workable ideas will be selected and the teams will be invited to take part in capacity building seminars. During the seminars, the teams will undergo coaching on various aspects of app making and business development.
Once the teams submit their refined ideas, 6 best ideas from each category – that is 24 teams in total – will be selected for the final competition, which will be held through December 9-11, 2014.
These finalists under the mentorship of national and international experts would come up with working prototypes, present them and pitch their ideas to an independent jury, comprising of experts from different sectors. After evaluating the usability and viability of the app prototypes, the jury will select four category winners and one overall winner.
WILL I WIN ANYTHING? OF COURSE!
The winners would win a cash prize of Rs. 250,000 each, and the overall winner will bag additional Rs. 500,000 in cash along with Ncell sponsorship to participate in a similar overseas app camp.
DEADLINE?
Any developer team with an initial idea, or an idea in the development stage, can register to participate in the competition. Registration closes at noon on October 28, 2014.
So, are you participating?
What’s your app idea? Let us know in the comments below!
CG digital, the authorised distributor of Intex mobiles in Nepal, has launched its new budget smartphone, the Aqua Curve Mini, at Rs. 14,680.00. You can buy this phone from CG’s online store. Link
The Android 4.4.2 KitKat-based Aqua Curve Mini is a dual-SIM (2G + 3G) phone and sports a 4.5-inch FWVGA (480×854 pixels) IPS display. It is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor(Mediatek’s MT6582 chipset) coupled with 1 GB of RAM. For storage, it comes with 4 GB of inbuilt memory, which is further expandable via microSD card (up to 32 GB). For taking pictures and videos, the Intex Aqua Curve Mini sports an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, while there is a secondary 2-megapixel front-facing camera.On the connectivity front, the Intex Aqua Curve Mini includes 3G, Wi-Fi, Micro-USB, and Bluetooth. The smartphone packs a 1500mAh battery.
Micromax Canvas 2 Colours was launched here in Nepal a couple of weeks ago for a price of Rs.17,825.However,you can buy at much cheaper price in retail shops.The Canvas 2 Colours is an excellent offering in the sub Rs. 20,000 segments.
The Canvas 2 Colors sports a 5-inch HD IPS display with 720×1280 pixels resolution. It has a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek processor coupled with 1GB of RAM. The smartphone has 4GB of internal storage expandable up to 32 GB via microSD card slot. It runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean out-of-the-box.
The Micromax Canvas 2 Colors has an 8 MP rear camera with LED flash and a 2 MP front-facing camera for video calling and selfies. Connectivity-wise, the smartphone offers dual-SIM (2G + 3G) with dual standby, HSDPA 2100 in 3G, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS support. It packs a 2,000mAh battery which, according to the Micromax, offers 225 hours of standby time and 7.5 hours of talk time.
The Canvas 2 Colors A120 smartphone comes with changeable back panels in Red and Blue colors with a Dark Grey variant, and Yellow and Green back panels with a White variant. Upon purchase, you will get 2 free back panels of your choice.
Pros
Vibrant, Sharp Display
Free Colorful Back Panels
Price
Cons
Battery-life is mediocre
Custom UI looks pathetic
Micromax canvas 2 colors price in Nepal- Rs.17825/-
Colors K22 was launched by Colors Mobile as their latest flagship last month here in Nepal. The Price for this Flagship phone Cost Rs.29,500. Lets check on our review if this phone is punching above its weight.
OVERVIEW
Colors K22 Octa offers a 5 ″(720 x 1280 pixels ~294 ppi pixel density) IPS LCD display and runs on a 1.7GHz Octa-Core MediaTek processor with 2 GB of RAM. On-board you get 16GB of storage but you can expand it further with microSD card expandable up to 32 GB.For taking pictures it comes with a 13 MP Sony camera with RWGB lens and an assisted LED flash at the back and a front facing 5 MP camera for selfies. Juicing up the device is a rather scrimy 2,200 mAh battery. It currently runs on Android 4.4.2 Kitkat.
PROS
HD Screen
2 GB of RAM
Runs on Kitkat
CONS
Overheating issues
Battery Life is mediocre
Full Review of Colors K22 Octa
DESIGN AND BUILD QUALITY
This device looks sleek and attractive. With protective Gorilla Glass shields on the front, this phone displays a striking design with black and white colour combination. Standing only 8 mm thick and weighing just below 120 gms, it is easy to carry in your hands.However, you will get upset with its cheap plastic body.They don’t seem durable and could be vulnerable when it slips from your hand. Unlike previous Colors phone-K1 and K2,which had a class unibody design, the Colors K22 back is removable and you have an access to the user replaceable battery alongside SIM slots and memory card slots.
SCREEN
The Colors K22 has a 5 inch Ture HD IPS screen with a resolution of 1,280 pixels by 7,20 pixels, making it a 720p HD screen. Display sharpness can be measured in pixels per inch (PPI), and at 294 pixels-per-inch of screen, it’s sharp,vivid and bright. However, it only supports 5 multi-touch and the touch gets irresponsive. The front is also prone to attract fingerprints easily. But perhaps most importantly, it heats up quickly and can get uncomfortable when calling.
USER INTERFACE
The real star of the show is the operating system – Android 4.4, codenamed ‘Kit Kat’. It’s simpler, brighter and altogether more attractive.There is no 3rd party apps like we usually find in Samsung or HTC phones. The system runs like a dream.
PERFORMANCE
As compared to similar Smartphones in the market, Colors K22 lags a bit on the performance front. This device has a MediaTek MT6592 octa-core processor running at 1.7 GHz. There is no lag while doing simple task but this device can let you face heating issues during heavy gaming.
With 2 GB of RAM, you wont have any memory issues while multitasking. It has 16GB of internal storage with microSD support. You can move apps and games to the internal storage.
BENCHMARK SCORES
The device scores around 14000 in Quadrant Standard, 26800 in Antutu and 58.5FPS in NenaMark2.
CAMERA
Colors K22 sports a 13MP rear camera which in my opinion produces great photos during day light.However, the low light imaging is mediocre. You can can capture photos in different modes like HDR and panorama. You can also record videos at 1080P at 30 frames per second.Overall the performance of the rear camera is good but nothing spectacular. With it’s 5 MP front camera, it produces good quality of photo and things will look clear and has decent amount of details when you take photos or broadcast video from front camera.
BATTERY
Battery is the most disappointing aspect of this phone. With a 2250 mAh battery it has to juice up a true Octa Core phone and a 5 inch HD screen ,so with heavier usage the battery performance drops fast and the phone needed a charge within 7-8 hours.Though, you will be able to get 10-12 hours of usage on a single charge when using the phone for web browsing, calls and using apps like Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp.
AUDIO & CALL QUALITY
Colors K22 performs quite good in terms of sound quality and loudness. It has a single speaker on the bottom edge(Wolfson speaker) but the placement of this speaker is on the back so sound get blocked when you place device on table while watching a video.
It has pretty average call quality, lacking top-end clarity of the best phones. Top volume could also be a little higher. However, calls are still perfectly functional and the phone does have a secondary microphone on its top edge to provide active noise cancellation for calls.
CONNECTIVITY
The Colors K22 is a Dual SIM phone. SIM-1 is 3G+ which means it supports down-link speeds of up to 42 Mbit/s. SIM-2 is 2G. For connectivity, there is Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth 4.0. Moreover, there is a USB on the go (OTG).
There is no NFC but there is a Hot Knot feature added on this phone .Know more about Hotknot HERE
Unboxing of the Colors K22 Octa
Handset
Ear piece
Wall Charger
Data Cable
OTG cable
Flip cover
Screen Guard
Warranty card
Quick Guide
VERDICT
Colors K22 Octa is a good phone but we are not fully convinced with its performance despite having an Octa Core processor and a 2 GB of RAM. It heats of a lot whle playing and could be really annoying if you are a gamer. Moreover, the battery isn’t that great.
You could go for the Grand 2 or Xperia M2 for the same price bracket or you can save some money and buy Huawei Honor 3c which has got a better screen, as much RAM and a long lasting battery life.
CG digital,the authorized dealer of Xolo phones in Nepal, will be launching Xolo’s latest smartphone-Play 8X-1000 here in Nepal. Xolo Play 8X-1000 sports a 5 inch 720P screen with Gorilla Glass III protection. It is powered by a 1.4 GHz true octa core MT6592 chipset backed by 2 GB RAM and 16 GB internal storage which can be further expanded by another 32 GB using MicroSD card slot. There is an 8 MP rear camera with LED flash and a 2MP front camera. The phone gets a removable 1920 mAh battery which according to Xolo gives you backup for almost a day of heavy usage. The previous version of Xolo had a stock Android but the this phone has completely different UI-The Hive UI which is a custom ROM built on Android 4.4 Kitkat and is loaded with features.
The price hasn’t been finalized yet for Nepal but it will be priced sensibly at around 24ooo. Xolo Play 8X-1000 will give tough competition to Huawei Honor 3c and Colors K22.
Key Specs:
Display: 5 Inch IPS LCD 720P screen with Gorilla Glass 3 protection
Micromax,largest mobile phone supplier in India in Q2 2014, launched their latest midrange phone- Canvas HD plus here in Nepa too l. The Micromax Canvas HD plus is the first smartphone in the company’s portfolio to have a hexa core processor i.e 6 cores in a processor. Micromax has priced the Canvas HD plus A190 at Rs 19,700. However, the device is available on various resellers for as less as Rs 19,000.
MICROMAX CANVAS HD PLUS A190 SPECIFICATIOM
DISPLAY – The device sports a 5-inch IPS HD display with a resolution of 1280×720 pixels.(~294 ppi pixel density)
PROCESSOR – The device is powered by a MediaTek MT6591 hexa-core processor clocked at 1.5 GHz and paired with 1GB of RAM.
STORAGE – There is 4GB of internal storage in hand, which can be further expanded up to 32GB using a microSD card.
BATTERY – Micromax has offered a 2,000mAh battery (seven hours of talktime and over 250 hours on standby mode)
CAMERAS – At the rear side there is an 8-megapixel camera with Auto Focus and LED flash, which is capable of recording videos at 1080p.The rear camera is supplemented with a 2-megapixel front-facing camera with Fixed Focus.
MICROMAX CANVAS 2 COLORS A120 SOFTWARE– The device runs on Android 4.4.2 Kitkat.
Google Nexus 5 was announced in October last year and we expect the same this year too. Nexus 5 was one of the best flagship phone and that too at a very reasonable price of $350! Nexus 5 was manufactured by LG but we expect some changes this time around.It is being rumoured that Nexus 6 will be manufactured by Motorola. According to leaked information, Motorola is working on a handset with a 5.9in display so could this be the Nexus 6? I personally don’t want the screen to be that big. Moreover, there has been plenty of talk about QHD displays and upwards of 3GB of RAM. On the hardware segment, there is a rumor that the processor will be two MediaTek 64-bit chips-the MT6732 quad-core 1.5GHz and the MT6752 octa-core 2GHz. That’s interesting! We don’t know how good this mediatek chipset performs but we know how the latest Mediatek processor performs. It would be better if they go for Snapdragon 805 SOC.
Battery was the only disadvantage of the Nexus 5 with its 2300 mAh battery failed to perform under heavy usage. However, Nexus 6 is rumoured to have a whopping 3000 mAh battery, but that depends on the screen size because if it’s 5.9 inch screen, then the 3000mah battery is mediocre.On the camera section, Necus 5 had a 8 MP OIS camera which had a software issue during it’s launch but was immediately debugged with the software. The best thing about Google’s Nexus range is its Android software, and both the current Nexus 5 and the future Nexus 6 will be getting the same Android L software. Android L,rumoured to be known as Android Lolipop has a host of new features including Material Design, Project Volta,& Android Runtime (ART).
So the question is how many of you are waiting for nexus 6?
Grand 2 was launched here in Nepal for a hefty price of Rs.36,900 here in Nepal, but now IMS (International Marketing Services), the authorized dealer of Nepal, has slashed back their initial price of Rs. 36,900 to Rs.30,900 (Rs. 6000 off) with opportunities to win cash back.
Grand 2 is one of the best phones under this price segment. It offers a 5.2 inch 720P screen, Snapdragon 400 chipset and 1.5GB of RAM. It has an 8MP rear camera and a 2MP front camera. Powering is a huge 2600mAh battery. It currently runs on the latest version of Android Kitkat 4.4.
Colors K22 smartphone was launched a few weeks ago and it arrived at our office last week. We had some brief hands-on time with K22 Octa and now I am going to tell you my initial thoughts.The K22
The K22 octal looks gorgeous but when you feel in your hands you will get disappointed with its cheap plastic build quality. Despite that, it has a slim figure with 8mm thick. It is not heavy as well. It should weigh around 130gms.
The 5-inch screen is decent. It has a good color saturation and is bright and vivid. I actually thought K22 had a full HD screen, when I started watching FHD videos on youtube I found some pixels and hence realized it’s only an HD screen, nevertheless the screen is good compared to the competition.
The back of the K22 is removable and you can have access to the 2200 mAh battery. There are two SIM slots (2G+3G). There is a microSD slot for memory expansion. Powering this device is a true Octa core MediaTek processor running at 1.7 GHz. The processor is a Cortex A7 build which is not so powerful. A 2GB of RAM assists the multitasking department. Quoted with a price of
For a price of Rs.29,500, that’s some specs but we are unaware of how it really performs in the real world. There is a 13MP camera which did well, to be honest. But more about the camera performance will be known as soon as I start taking pictures at a different scenario. Overall it looks like a great phone for this price point. The 5MP camera also looks promising for selfie enthusiasts. But nothing can be said as now. We will tell you more about this phone in our full review.
Overall it looks like a great phone for this price point. But nothing can be said as now.We will tell you more about this phone in our review.
Karbonn Titanium S1 plus was officially announced in Nepal,but now it’s available for purchase at a price of maximum retail price of Rs. 10778 with Free 8GB Memory card. Titanium S1 plus shows Karbonn‘s ambitions to make a decent smartphone in a low price segment. It offers Quad core snapdragon processor,1 GB RAM,5MP camera with flash and a 4 inch screen.
Connectivity: BT 4.0 with A2DP, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Hotspot
Sensor: Accelerometer, Proximity
Battery :1500mAh
Pros:
Great phone under this price category
Quad-core processor at low price
Cons:
Average Camera performance
Build quality
VERDICT
Because of Snapdragon 200 processor and Adreno 302 GPU,the performance will be smooth.We have a 4 inch display which might not be bigger for some users though. It packs a 1500 mAh battery which should do more than enough.We also have a 5MP shooter with LED flash.The camera performance is good considering its price tag. Overall, in this price bracket it’s a great phone and we recommend you to go for it!
Price of Titanium S1 Plus in Nepal->Rs. 10778 with Free 8GB Memory card
us version of Xolo had a stock Android but the this phone has completely different UI-The Hive UI which is a custom ROM built on Android 4.4 Kitkat and is loaded with features.
tware issue during it’s launch but was immediately debugged with the software. The best thing about Google’s Nexus range is its Android software, and both the current Nexus 5 and the future Nexus 6 will be getting the same Android L software. Android L,rumoured to be known as Android Lolipop has a host of new features including Material Design, Project Volta,& Android Runtime (ART).
