Nokia Launches 41 MP Camera Smartphone 

Finnish handset maker Nokia on Thursday launched new smartphone Lumia 1020 with 41 megapixel camera, saying it will strengthen the company’s leadership in imaging. “The Lumia 1020 will bring new meaning to pictures and continues to strengthen Nokia’s leadership in imaging,” Nokia President nd CEO Stephen Elop said in New York. The Nokia Lumia 1020’s 41 megapixel camera comes with Xenon flash for still images, LED flash for video. It has ZEISS optics’ six physical lenses. Earlier, Nokia launched a Pureview 808 model which had similar sensor. Nokia Lumia 1020 has 1.2 MP front camera that can be used for making video calls. The phone is built on Microsoft Windows 8 platform and has 1.5 GHz dual-core processor from Qualcomm. It has 32 gigabyte internal memory, 2GB RAM, and 7GB of cloud storage that can be accessed by mobile Internet. 

 

Nokia will start selling Lumia 1020 in the U.S. exclusively with AT&T from around July 26, at a price of $299.99 (Rs. 17,890) on a twoyear contract. (The Hindu) 

 

10th ITAM Held 

The 10th International Conference on IT Applications and Management (ITAM) was held from July 14 to July15, 2013 for the first time in Nepal. The theme of the conference was Digitally Networked Global Society that reflects the extensively networked global socio-technical environment. The conference was jointly hosted by a consortium of OPEN, an organization of the entrepreneurs and educationists involved in Pokhara University and four universities of Nepal namely Tribhuwan University, Pokhara University, Kathmandu University and Purbanchal University. 

 

ITAM is a non-profit, voluntary-based academic conference which is renowned among internationally recognized ICT professors, researchers, industry experts, educationists and educational entrepreneurs from more than 11 countries from around the world. There were around 200 participants from eleven different countries including the USA, Korea, China, Japan, India, Iran, New Zealand, Indonesia, Turkey, Thailand and Nepal. This is the first ever conference held in Nepal in the field of IT application. 

 

Xbox One Scores High Number of Preorders 

Preorders for the Microsoft's premium game console, the Xbox One have surpassed those for the Xbox 360 during its prelaunch months, Microsoft announced Thursday. The upcoming console has sold out in preorder status at most of its major retailers in the US, the company added. 

 

Meanwhile, the Xbox 360 continues to heat up sales. For the 30th month in a row, the Xbox 360 was the top-selling home console in the United States last month with consumers snagging more than 140,000 units. Total spending on the Xbox 360 including hardware, software, and accessories hit $197 million in June, research firm NPD said, the highest number for any console in the US. 

 

Nintendo also played well in June, as its 3DS earned the top hardware sales spot across all gaming platforms for the second month in a row, beating even the Xbox 360, according to NPD. (Agency) 

 

Mobile Internet Usage Hits New Heights in China 

As Internet access spreads across China, its citizens are embracing the mobile Internet as never before. According to the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), a state-affiliated research organization, 464 million people have mobile access to the Internet. With total Internet penetration at 591 million, that means about four out of every five Internet users are accessing the Internet through their smartphones. 

 

Perhaps even more telling, the report says that seven out of 10 Chinese say they first experienced the Internet on their mobile devices -- not on a desktop computer. These changes have come only of late. Looking at the first six months of 2013, CNNIC credits the rise of mobile Internet penetration to the expansion of 3G-wireless communication, increases in public and private Wi-fi networks, and innovative apps. Still, the country seems far away from reaching full Internet penetration through any and all devices. (Agency)