Posts by Karthekayan Iyer

Honor View20 to come with 48-megapixel primary camera, in-screen front camera

Huawei sub-brand Honor, and not Xiaomi, is the first smartphone maker to launch a mobile device with a 48-megapixel main camera. On December 26, it will also be the first to introduce a smartphone with in-screen camera solution. Since the launch of the Huawei P20 Pro early this year, smartphone makers have been engaged in

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Karthekayan Iyer

02:40 PM
Dec 10, 2018

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Meet Haaziq Kazi, the 12-year-old who wants to clean plastic waste from the ocean

At age 12, most kids would worry about completing their homework, not missing out on favorite game or TV show and most importantly play that new game on their parents smartphone. But Haaziq Kazi was set out to be different. His motor neurons indulged him into being a young innovator and he found his calling

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Karthekayan Iyer

08:58 AM
Dec 10, 2018

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Dell Inspiron 7572 Review

A laptop is not an impulse purchase like a smartphone. It is something you purchase once, and probably don t look back for at least next three to four years. The PC market maybe on a decline as more consumers use their phone as primary computing device. But there is no doubt that when it

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Karthekayan Iyer

12:56 PM
Dec 09, 2018

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Emotion could transform the way we experience artificial intelligence

Voice is doing to human-machine interface what touch did years ago. The primary driver behind voice winning over touch is digital assistants. These have become parts of our digital lives. Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Apple Siri help you access information via your phone, smart speakers, laptops and other devices. I spend a few minutes

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Karthekayan Iyer

11:00 AM
Dec 03, 2018

Review

Oppo A7 Review

Smartphones are no longer a commodity and they are essentially the fourth basic need after food, clothing and shelter. We have reached a stage in smartphones where you just cannot go wrong. Whether you buy a cheap smartphone or the most expensive one, there is something for everyone. In India, the fastest growing smartphone market,

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Karthekayan Iyer

12:00 PM
Nov 28, 2018

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Mission Mars: The quest to land humans on the Red Planet

Some day in the future, parents could nudge their kids and say, "Pack your bags. We are going to Mars. For humans, interplanetary exploration has always been a challenge and a dream pursuit. Dreams were realized when Neil Armstrong and his Apollo 11 crew landed on the Moon at 20:17 UTC on July 20, 1969.

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Karthekayan Iyer

01:37 PM
Nov 17, 2018

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BlackBerry Key2 LE Review

When I got my first job, I was introduced to the concept of the BlackBerry; my first experience was with a Curve 9300. The purpose of a mobile phone back then was quite straightforward: secure instant messaging (good old BBM), reliable email service and day-long battery life. There was no mention of apps in devices

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Karthekayan Iyer

01:15 PM
Nov 05, 2018

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Google's Night Sight is like night mode, but on steroids

The Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL were launched early this month in New York. Google started the event by showing videos of YouTubers trashing the leaked design and then went ahead to reveal that same design. Best part, it neither offered any justification for the design nor suggested that it regrets it. Google

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Karthekayan Iyer

08:28 AM
Oct 29, 2018

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The quest to fix the modern home audio and entertainment experience

If you recently bought a new television, you'd have observed something very peculiar with modern home entertainment. For one, the television has slimmed itself to less than your smartphone, if not thinner, and audio quality doesn't match up to those on old CRT TVs. While going portable was the industry's call in the '80s and

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Karthekayan Iyer

01:48 PM
Oct 20, 2018