The Thinnest, Lightest Tablet unvieled by Sony

Xperia Z2

Sony has unvieled Z2 the Xperia series of Tablets. The tablet which is claimed by Sony as the thinnest and
lightest. IT measures 6.4mm in thickness and weighs just 426gm, it is thinner and lighter than the iPad Air.

It has been announced at the MWC(Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the 10.1-inch Android tablet runs on a 2.3 Ghz quad-core processor with 3 GB RAM and 16 Gb internal storage, which can be increased upto 64Gb via microSD card.

The latest tablet by Sony sports a 1,200 x 1,920 Full HD screen with Sony's Triluminos and new Live Colour LED technology. Android 4.4 Kitkat is the OS and an 8-MP rear cam and 6,000 mAH battery.

It can withstand 1.5m of water upto 30 minutes and stay waterproof as claimed by the company. Globally launching from March.

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Android users of Whatsapp can Hide now

The $19 billion aquisition of Whatsapp by Facebook has brought in some changes and one of that coming up after a lot of Android users requests from around the world. It is now confirmed that WhatsApp will now let them hide their timestamps.

The was till now only a coveted feature of WhatsApp's iOS users, lets people keep to themselves when they were last seen online. This new feature will extend to the purview of visibility of status messages and profile photos same as the way Facebook lets users customize what they want to show publicly. 

Now this feature is available only to Android users meanwhile WhatsApp's iOS users will have to wait for it.

This is not yet available on Google Play. For users who want to experience it soon have to download the apk file from the official website of WhatApp. You have to change security settings on Android devices need to be changed before the new update can be installed.

Once installed onto an android device, the APK file will present users with two options - to use either 'package Installer' or 'Verify and Install'. WhatsApp asks users to choose the Package Installer option, which will seek permission to make changes to the app. When allowed, the installer will not affect the user's existing Whatsapp data.

From the settings menu on the app privacy option provides users with three choices, namely, 'Everyone', 'My contacts' and 'Nobody'. This comes with a catch; Once a user hides their online presence,they will simultaneously forego the ability to see other people's timestamps, whether or not they have changed their privacy settings.

One option that Android users will have an interesting edge over their iOS counterparts: They can switch between being 'seen' and 'unseen' more than once in a day - there is no upper limit on the number of times they can switch. iPhone users need to wait an entire 24 hours before they can change their visibility.

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The next Android-Android 5.0 release dates, news and rumours

After the appearance of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich(ICS) in late 2011, followed by Android 4.1 Jelly Bean in July 2012. Then two more flavours or updates r Jelly Bean were to follow in the form of  Android 4.2 in Nov 2012 and then Android 4.3 during July 2013. Then on 31 October 2013,  Google officially revealed its minor update, Android 4.4 Kitkat, which has cleared the road for Android 5.0

The time period that it will be out is considered to be Mid of 2014
The dessert themed code name of Android version in the line next is the Alphabet L is everyone's guess at this stage but what will be the name is a little bit mind boggling, it can be Lemon Cheesecake or Lemon Meringue Pie.

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