One of the Highest Paid Players

One of the Highest Paid Players list includes...

Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo was the second highest earner, but some $25m shy of Mayweather; the Portuguese winger earned $80m in the last year. Around $28m of this, according to Forbes, comes from some of the serial record breaker's many endorsements which includes the likes of Nike and Samsung.

The current world player of the year has had a stellar 12 months after winning the Champions league with his club team and being crowned with the Ballon D'or.

Basketball supreme LeBron James takes third place after bringing in $72.3m, just ahead of Ronaldo's biggest rival and threat to his current Ballon D'or title - Lionel Messi.

The Argentine whizz mustered up a healthy $64.7m, which included a salary of $41.7m from his club side, Barcelona.

Kobe Bryant, the LA Lakers Basketball legend who is now in the twilight of his career, still brought in $61.5m, slightly ahead of Tiger Woods.

The Golfing giant, who is the only other athlete to have brought in more than $100m in one year, earned a more 'modest' $61.2m. Wood's form on the golf course hasn't been great: only a tenth of his annual takings comes from prize money, with the rest in the form of sponsorships and endorsements.

Ronaldo's team-mate Gareth Bale and F1 driver Lewis Hamilton are the only Brits that have managed to break into top 20 of a list dominated by Americans; earning $36.4m and $32m respectively.

Manchester United and England Captain Wayne Rooney makes number 43 in the compilation having earned $23.4m, while his international team mate and Liverpool stalwart Steven Gerrard sits in the lower end of the top 100, having earned $18.7m in 86th place.

American boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather has again come out on top of the list of the world's top-paid sports stars.

The undefeated 37-year-old star fought just twice in the last 12 months, but despite his lack of endorsements he raked in enough from the bouts against Canelo Alvarez and Marcos Maidana to collect an astonising $105 million - or £66m.

No wonder he's nicknamed himself 'Money', and constantly flouts his wealth with pictures on Instagram.

Perhaps most surprising of all, however, is how he makes so much: while the other top earners make a huge chunk of their money through endorsements (90 per cent of it, in the case of golfers and tennis players), the boxer's money all comes through earnings. His huge deal with Showtime TV guarantees him at least £25m per fight, but he also makes a huge amount working as a promoter for other fighters.

Mayweather's cash haul was enough to see him overtake Tiger Woods at the top of Forbes magazine's latest rankings of the world's best-paid athletes, £16m ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo on £50m.

Basketball superstar LeBron James was third on £45.2m, just ahead of Lionel Messi on £40.5m.

Another NBA legend, Kobe Bryant, rounded out the top five on £38.5m, with Woods right behind in sixth place.

Mayweather's giant pay makes him only the second man in history - behind Woods - to earn more than $100 million in a single year through sport.

Adjusting figures for inflation, however, Forbes reports that Michael Jordan, Michael Schumacher and Mike Tyson have all enjoyed nine-figure years in the past. [Note to self: if sporting career ever takes off, change name to variant of "Michael".]

Tiger Woods is sixth, his lowest position since 1997, the year in which he won his first Major title barely six months after turning professional, and in which he was also sixth on the list. The golfer topped the list 10 years running from 2002 onwards, with Mayweather top in 2012, and Woods regaining top spot (briefly) last year.

Further down the list, Roger Federer in seventh earns bragging rights in tennis earnings ahead of Rafa Nadal, with Novak Djokovic down in 17th despite having the best year on court of anyone.

Djokovic suffers the ignominy of being three places lower than Gareth Bale; the Welshman's £22.8m makes him football's fourth best-paid player behind Ronaldo, Messi and Zlatan Ibrahimovc (12th on £25.3).

Bale is also the top British star on the list: F1 ace Lewis Hamilton is 19th, barely scraping a top-20 spot with his £20m salary.

Source:https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/floyd-mayweather-pips-cristiano-ronaldo-lionel-messi-crowned-135323282--finance.html

Apple and Android fans on reddit join forces to boycott CurrentC

In a shocking turn of events, Apple and Android fans on reddit have joined forces to collectively boycott the unethical blocking of NFC payment system by certain retailers, which affects both Apple Pay and Google Wallet users.

If you're not aware, some of the retailers in the US have started disabling their NFC systems in their stores to prevent people from using Apple Pay or any other NFC based payment system. The reason for this is that these retailers are part of an organization called Merchant Customer Exchange, or MCX, which has its own payment system Called CurrentC.

Instead of a secure, wireless system, CurrentC requires users to download an app and fill in their debit card information in that. Then every time you have to purchase something you have to scan a QR code with the app, and then pay for it. The app is also used to shove promotional content and coupons to users, which they may or may not want.

Other than being inconvenient and annoying, CurrentC is nowhere as secure as either Apple Pay or Google Wallet. But having an alternate payment system is one thing. Blocking out competitive services entirely so that users have to either pay cash, card, or use CurrentC is another, entirely unethical and anti-competitive business strategy.

While the law would eventually come into the picture, people are now starting to boycott this practice. /r/Apple and /r/Android are fairly popular subreddits and if the two can actually come together and manage to get this done it will for the good of everyone.
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Source:http://www.gsmarena.com/apple_and_android_fans_on_reddit_join_forces_to_boycott_currentc-news-10052.php

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French Open: Novak Djokovic Still Hopes for Win at Roland Garros

Paris:  Novak Djokovic on Sunday vowed to battle on in his quest to win the French Open and complete his collection of all four Grand Slam titles.

Only seven men in history have swept the boards at Wimbledon, and the US, French and Australian Opens, and the achievement is held in the highest esteem in the tennis world. (Djokovic Always Pushes me to the limit: Nadal)

But apart from a superb first set in Sunday's final at Roland Garros against Rafael Nadal, Djokovic never really looked like adding his name to that list as he went down 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4. (French Open Victory is Payback for Australian Open Misery, Says Nadal)

It was a hammer blow for the 27-year-old Serb, a six-time Grand Slam winner, but who has lost his last three finals in majors following his losses last year to Andy Murray at Wimbledon and Nadal at the US Open. 

Despite losing to Nadal at Roland Garros in the last three years -- in the final of 2012 and the semifinals last year -- Djokovic said he still had hope, all the more so for the long standing ovation he received at the start of the prize ceremony. 

"It was fantastic. I am so grateful for the opportunity to play here," he said. 

"Of course it's right after you go off the court and you want this title so much and you don't win it for several years now, and it's disappointing.

"But it's not the first time that I have this particular experience. At the end of the day, you have to put things in perspective and see where I come from and what kind of life I have. It's a blessing. 

"So to be able to also be appreciated by the fans the way I was in the end of the match just gives me more, I'd say strength and motivation to come back here and try till the end of my career hopefully to get at least a title." 

If Djokovic needs any encouragement when he ponders his Paris defeats, he need look no further than his other big rival Roger Federer. 

The Swiss great swept all before him, but repeatedly came up short at the French Open, usually at the hands of Nadal. 

It looked at one stage, after 10 failed campaigns on the Paris clay courts that he would never bag the elusive win that would consecrate his career, when out of the blue Robin Soderling defeated Nadal in a huge upset in the 2009 fourth round. 

Federer duly entered the history books a week later when he beat Soderling in straight sets in the final.

Djokovic has now also come up short in 10 French Opens, so if Federer is anything to go by, next year could see him finally hold aloft the Coupe des Mousquetaires.

Source:http://sports.ndtv.com/french-open-2014/news/225360-french-open-novak-djokovic-still-hopes-for-win-at-roland-garros?pfrom=home-rightnow

Missing Malaysia Flight 

BEIJING (AP) — The search for a missing jetliner with Chinese travelers aboard has revealed the limits of Beijing's influence in its own backyard and left communist leaders facing outrage from their public.

Beijing has demanded Malaysia do more to find the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner. But despite sending nine ships to help in the search, China appears to have little leverage over its far smaller Southeast Asian neighbor.

The situation is especially uncomfortable for Chinese leaders because part of the ruling Communist Party's claim to a monopoly on power is that it is best qualified to look after the public's interests. The rise of social media and the increased willingness of China's public to assert its rights adds to the pressure to find the 154 Chinese among the 227 missing passengers.

There is "very likely a lot more pressure from the domestic community in China on Beijing to make sure that Chinese nationals are being protected," said Marc Lanteigne, research director at the New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre at Victoria University of Wellington.

Anxious relatives have thronged a temporary Malaysia Airlines office set up in a Beijing hotel and accuse Malaysian officials and the carrier of withholding information.

"Some of the information released by the Malaysian government and airline turns out to be true, some turns out to be false," said Nan Jinyan, a woman from Shanghai whose brother-in-law was aboard the flight. "I believe they are still deciding which information to release and which isn't convenient to release right now."

China has the world's second-largest military budget, at $114 billion last year, and has spent heavily on expanding the ability of its navy to project power farther from its shores. But the search that began in the Gulf of Thailand on the edge of the South China Sea, which China claims as its territorial waters, has relied heavily on expertise from the United States and Britain on the other side of the globe.

China is the biggest trading partner for most of its Asian neighbors, buying tens of billions of dollars' worth of raw materials and components from them annually. Yet despite such incentives for cooperation, countries from Vietnam to Australia are uneasy about China's ambitions, which has hampered its efforts to acquire influence.

Beijing has resorted to taking the unusual step of publicly haranguing Malaysia's government, a sign that whatever pressure it is applying in private is failing to produce results.

After Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said Saturday that the Boeing 777 might have flown beyond the current search area, Beijing reacted with fury, a sign that the announcement took it by surprise.

A deputy Chinese foreign minister demanded "more thorough and accurate information" about the new search area.

A stinging commentary by China's official Xinhua News Agency accused Malaysia and the United States of dragging their feet.

"Given today's technology, the delay smacks of either dereliction of duty or reluctance to share information in a full and timely manner," Xinhua said. It said Malaysia "bears inescapable responsibility."

Xinhua said the plane's manufacturer, Boeing Co., and the maker of its engines, Britain's Rolls Royce plc, as well as "intelligence superpower the United States," with access to valuable information, "should also have done a better job."

China's unusually vehement public reaction has "gone beyond the diplomatic," said Carlyle Thayer, professor at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra.

"To put it in public isn't helping," he said.

The rise of social media in China and the growing willingness of prosperous urban residents to assert their rights have added to pressure on Beijing to find the missing travelers.

Beijing is pressing for information "to show it is being a responsible government to the relatives of the passengers (and) to the Chinese public," said Liu Shanying, a political scientist at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Source:http://in.news.yahoo.com/malaysias-handling-lost-plane-irritates-china-102650959.html

Missing Malaysian airlines

Kuala Lumpur: The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines passenger jet on Friday expanded to the Indian Ocean, US news reports said, amid new information gathered by US investigators that the aircraft may have flown for hours after it dropped off the radar.

Broadcaster CNN reported that the USS Kidd was steaming from the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean to conduct a search for the aircraft carrying 239 people.

The Beijing-bound flight MH370 left Kuala Lumpur International Airport early Saturday and disappeared from the radar about an hour later.

Late Thursday, White House spokesman Jay Carney said that based on "new information" investigators had received, Washington would discuss the deployment of assets with its partners.

Search for missing jet spreads across South East Asia

KUALA LUMPUR/PHU QUOC, Vietnam: The search for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner expanded on Wednesday to cover a swathe of Southeast Asia, from the South China Sea to India's territorial waters, with authorities no closer to explaining what happened to the plane or the 239 people on board.

Vietnam briefly scaled down search operations in waters off its southern coast, saying it was receiving scanty and confusing information from Malaysia over where the aircraft may have headed after it lost contact with air traffic control.

Hanoi later said the search - now in its fifth day - was back on in full force and was even extending on to land. China also said its air force would sweep areas in the sea, clarifying however that no searches over land were planned.

The seas off India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands are also being combed for traces of the lost jet.

"We are expanding to the east of the expected route of the flight and on land," Lieutenant General Vo Van Tuan, Vietnam's deputy army chief of staff and spokesman for its search and rescue committee, told reporters.

The confusion over where to look is adding to one of the most baffling mysteries in modern aviation history, and prolonging the agonising wait for hundreds of relatives of the missing.

Flight MH370 dropped out of sight an hour after taking off from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing early on Saturday, under clear night skies and with no suspicion of any mechanical problems.

Dozens of planes and ships have already searched tens of thousands of square miles of Malaysia and off both its coasts without finding a trace of the Boeing 777.

Adding to the frustration and uncertainty, Malaysia's military has said the plane could have turned around from its planned flight path, but there were conflicting statements and reports about how far and in which direction it could have flown after communication was lost.

OFF COURSE? Malaysia's air force chief, Rodzali Daud, denied saying military radar had tracked MH370 flying over the Strait of Malacca off the country's west coast, about 500 km (310 miles) from the point ,roughly midway between the east coast town of Kota Bharu and Vietnam, where it was last seen by air traffic control.

Malaysia's Berita Harian newspaper on Tuesday quoted Rodzali as saying the plane was last detected at the northern end of the Strait of Malacca at 2.40 a.m. on Saturday, more than an hour after it lost contact.

"It would not be appropriate for the Royal Malaysian Air Force to issue any official conclusions as to the aircraft's flight path until a high amount of certainty and verification is achieved," Rodzali said in a statement on Wednesday.

"However all ongoing search operations are at the moment being conducted to cover all possible areas where the aircraft could have gone down in order to ensure no possibility is overlooked." Indonesia and Thailand, which lie on either side of the northern part of the Malacca Strait, have said their militaries detected no sign of any unusual aircraft in their airspace.

The massive search operation involving ships and aircraft from 10 countries is spread out over the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea, which lie between Malaysia and Vietnam, and in the Strait of Malacca extending into the Andaman Sea.

An Indian foreign ministry official said Malaysia has sought its help in the search. India has a large military command in its Andaman and Nicobar islands and its navy patrols in the Malacca Strait.

Malaysia Airlines says no reason to think crew caused jet's disappearance

Beijing: A senior Malaysia Airlines' executive said on Wednesday that the airline has "no reason to believe" that any actions by the crew caused the disappearance of a jetliner over the weekend.

The search for the jetliner, which vanished on a flight between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing, expanded further into the Andaman and South China Seas on Wednesday, with authorities no closer to explaining what happened to the plane or the 239 people on board. With no concrete evidence to explain the plane's disappearance, authorities have not ruled out anything.

Police have said they were investigating whether any passengers or crew on the plane had personal or psychological problems that might shed light on the mystery, along with the possibility of a hijacking, sabotage or mechanical failure.

Hugh Dunleavy, the commercial director of Malaysia Airlines, said the captain in charge of the flight was a very seasoned pilot with an excellent record.

"There have been absolutely no implications that we are aware of that there was anything untoward in either his behaviour or attitude," Dunleavy told Reuters in an interview.

"We have no reason to believe that there was anything, any actions, internally by the crew that caused the disappearance of this aircraft." Dunleavy said he was sceptical of a report by a South African woman who said the co-pilot of the missing plane, Farid Ab Hamid, had invited her and a female travelling companion to sit in the cockpit during a flight two years ago, in an apparent breach of security.

"Because just getting into that area requires you to go through the secure doors that we have in the cabin all the time," he said. "And not only would that have been unusual, but it also would have meant you'd have to walk by our cabin crew as well, and have the code to get through. So I'm dubious, but I'm going to let the authorities investigate and tell us what happened."

The airline earlier said it was taking seriously the report by the woman, Jonti Roos, who said in an interview with Australia's Channel Nine TV that she and her friend were invited to fly in the cockpit by Fariq and the pilot of a flight between Phuket, Thailand, and Kuala Lumpur in December 2011. The TV channel showed pictures of the four apparently in a plane's cockpit.

The airline will give $5,000 per passenger to cover hotel expenses of relatives awaiting news, Dunleavy added. The relatives, who have been staying at hotels near a Beijing airport since the plane went missing on Saturday, have angrily accused the airline of keeping them in the dark.

Malaysia Airlines said at least 152 of the 227 passengers on flight MH370 were Chinese.

Source:http://gulfnews.com/news/world/other-world/search-for-missing-malaysian-airliner-expands-to-indian-ocean-1.1300822

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 hijacked

                           
Investigators have concluded that one or more people with significant flying experience hijacked the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, switched off communication devices and steered it off-course, a Malaysian government official involved in the investigation said Saturday.

No motive has been established and no demands have been made known, and it is not yet clear where the plane was taken, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media. The official said that hijacking was no longer a theory.

"It is conclusive," he said.

He said evidence that led to the conclusion were signs that the plane's communications were switched off deliberately, data about the flight path and indications the plane was steered in a way to avoid detection by radar.

The Boeing 777's communication with the ground was severed just under one hour into a flight March 8 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Malaysian officials have said radar data suggest it may have turned back toward and crossed over the Malaysian peninsula after setting out on a northeastern path toward the Chinese capital.

Earlier, an American official told The Associated Press that investigators are examining the possibility of "human intervention" in the plane's disappearance, adding it may have been "an act of piracy."

While other theories are still being examined, the U.S. official said key evidence suggesting human intervention is that contact with the Boeing 777's transponder stopped about a dozen minutes before a messaging system on the jet quit. Such a gap would be unlikely in the case of an in-flight catastrophe.

The Malaysian official said only a skilled aviator could navigate the plane the way it was flown after its last confirmed location over the South China Sea, and that it appeared to have been steered to avoid radar detection. The official said it had been established with a "more than 50 per cent" degree of certainty that military radar had picked up the missing plane after it dropped off civilian radar.

Why anyone would want to do this is unclear. Malaysian authorities and others will be urgently investigating the backgrounds of the two pilots and 10 crew members, as well the 227 passengers on board.

Some experts have said that pilot suicide may be the most likely explanation for the disappearance, as was suspected in a SilkAir crash during a flight from Singapore to Jakarta in 1997 and an EgyptAir flight in 1999.

A massive international search effort began initially in the South China Sea where the plane's transponders stopped transmitting. It has since been expanded onto the other side of the Malay peninsula up into the Andaman Sea and into the Indian Ocean.

The plane had enough fuel to fly for at least five hours after its last know location, meaning a vast swath of South and Southeast Asia would be within its reach. Investigators are analyzing radar and satellite data from around the region to try and pinpoint its final location, something that will be vital to hopes of finding the plane, and answering the mystery of what happened to it.

Source:http://in.news.yahoo.com/malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-hijacked--official-says-052949104.html?vp=1

Drive More Traffic To Your Blog

How To Drive More Traffic To Your Blog

1. Incorporate social influencers into your blog posts (where relevant). Writing about, say, social media? If you cite a prominent example like Gary Vaynerchuk, it’s a win-win: your post has more credibility because you’ve cited a specific example, and the thought leader in question may be inclined to promote the blog among his or her communities, since it mentions them favorably. Same goes for any niche community, whether you’re citing socially-savvy surfers or sushi chefs.
2. Add a link to your latest article in your Twitter bio and ask for retweets. Use your Twitter “real estate” by linking to your latest article in your Twitter bio. You can also drive social sharing by specifically asking others to retweet it. (If you create huge amounts of content, you can’t do this all the time, but it’s powerful when used sparingly.) Indeed, a study by Social Bakers of thousands of brands on Twitter found that users who asked their followers to “RT” their tweet received 73.48 average retweets per tweet. Compare that with just 2.09 retweets for those without a call-to-action.
3. Send your blog post to relevant people/organizations/blogs that would be interested in reading it and sharing it with their networks. You can simply send a message such as, “I recently published an article on the top apps for entrepreneurs and thought your readers might find it interesting.” Offer to reciprocate by sharing or linking to a relevant post of theirs. Daniel’s writer friend Brian Honigman occasionally emails him with a specific ask: will Daniel share an article Brian has written on social media? If Brian were to merely tweet out his article, many people (including Daniel) might miss it, but an email request cuts through the clutter.
4. Send your blog post out to any person or entity mentioned. It’s not just social influencers – if you mention a local bakery or car dealership or a software company in your post, send them a link and alert them. It’s likely they’ll be interested in reading and promoting it, as well.
5. Share your article on other social networks. Pinterest, Vine, Storify, Digg, Quora, Reddit, StumbleUpon, and Care2 are just some of the many options for sharing your work.
6. Leverage Google Authorship. As SEO expert Jayson DeMers has discussed, signing up for Google Authorship allows your author profile to appear by your posts and connects it with your Google+ profile.
7. Utilize LinkedIn groups. Post the blog via relevant LinkedIn groups. You can join up to 50 groups and many have thousands upon thousands of members—dramatically increasing your potential reach. For instance, if you’re a woman in social media who lives in New York, you might consider joining the “Social Media Marketing” group, with over half a million members.
8. Include visual content and videos. Study after study has found people engage more with images, infographics, videos, and the like. It’s a powerful way to get readers connected.
9. Make your blog SEO friendly. Include a headline that users might search for in Google, such as a “how to.” Repeat keywords from your headline in your post (but not too frequently, or you’ll look like a spammer). And make sure to link to credible outside sources and think about how you can truly add value to the reader. What Google and other search engines seek to prioritize is quality information.

If you do so you will see it actually works

Source:http://www.forbes.com/sites/dorieclark/2013/11/01/how-to-drive-more-traffic-to-your-blog/

IPhone 6 concept

Iphone 6 

A neat iPhone 6 concept by Los Angeles-based product and graphic designer Johnny Plaid. “With the release of iPhone 5, Apple made it clear that user comfort was far more important to them than screen size. Whether you agree with their philosophy or not, I set out to increase not only the height of the display, but the width as well while still following Apple’s design and usability requirements. The iPhone 6 concept maintains the exact physical dimensions of the iPhone 5 but the display has been increased from 640 x 1136 to 754 x 1296″. 

Really looking cool But not Sure. But what ever it going to be like. It  will hit the Market..

Nokia X vs Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2

Here is a Quick comparison

Nokia X vs S Duos 2

Nokia X, the cheapest among the three Nokia Android smartphones, has finally been launched in India. The other two phones, Nokia X+ and Nokia XL, will be launched in the country in next two months.

The Nokia X has been priced at Rs 8,599 for the Indian market. At this price, you can also buy the Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2. Here thus we have compared the two handsets on the basis of their features which will give you some idea about their worth.

Design and Display
During its launch, the Nokia India guys prominently talked about the ruggedness of Nokia X. They even showed how it can withstand falls on tough surfaces. There is nothing like that when it comes to Galaxy S Duos 2.

Also see: Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 gallery

The Nokia X measures 115.5 mm x 63 mm x 10.4 mm (height, width, thickness) and it weighs 128.7 grams. On the other hand, the Samsung phone measures 121.5x 63.1x10.57 mm and weighs 118 grams. Not only dimension, both the phones also come with 4 inch display that too with the same 480x800 pixels resolution.

However, the similarties vis-a-vis looks ends in figures only. The Nokia X comes in bright Green, Yellow, White, Black, Orange, and Cyan colours. And like Android Lumia range, the Nokia X has also been hailed by many for its gorgeous looks. On the other hand, Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 comes in "boring" black and white options.

Memory
The Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 has 4 GB ROM, 64 GB micro SD card slot, and 768 MB RAM. The Nokia X too comes with 4 GB ROM but it has only 512 MB RAM and 32 GB memory card slot.

Camera
There is a 3 megapixel fixed focus camera in the back of Nokia X. This camera has 4X digital zoom facility, f/2.8 aperture, and a 1/5 inch sensor. This camera has minimum focus range of 50 cm and being a fixed focus unit, it will always be difficult to capture a shake-free image. There is no LED flash or a front camera in Nokia X either.

On the other hand, the Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 has a 5 megapixel rear camera with auto focus capability. To assist this camera in low light, there is an LED flash in the back of the phone too. Also, there is a 0.3 megapixel camera in the front of the phone.

OS and Processor
Nokia X come with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean based Nokia X platform. It does not provides access to the Google Play store. In Nokia X, you can only download apps from Nokia app store or few third party app stores. The phone itself comes pre-loaded with several popular applications like Viber, Facebook, Twitter, and few EA as well as Gameloft games (but at this point of time I cannot vouch for their quality). But all these cannot replace the vastness of Google Play store.

Source:http://in.news.yahoo.com/nokia-x-vs-samsung-galaxy-s-duos-2-054104687.html

Here is  an another Android from Nokia with some more Key Features

Nokia XL

Nokia announced the Nokia XL along with Nokia X and Nokia X+ during a launch event at MWC in Barcelona. TheNokia X series of phones are based on Android OS, Nokia XL is the company’s first Android Phablet featuring a 5-inch display. Check out the full review of the device below.

Nokia announced the Nokia XL along with Nokia X and Nokia X+ during a launch event at MWC in Barcelona. TheNokia X series of phones are based on Android OS, Nokia XL is the company’s first Android Phablet featuring a 5-inch display. Check out the full review of the device below.

OS & Processor

The Nokia XL is based on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS, the codes are heavily modified and customized to match up with Nokia’s windows line of phones. Nokia calls the modified OS as Nokia X OS. The OS looks very much likeWindows OS and feels like a hybrid between windows phone and Android phone. Like other Nokia X devices this one also has a Dual-Core Snapdragon S4 processor paired with 768MB of RAM. The processor on the device is accompanied by an Adreno 203 GPU.

Hardware

The Nokia XL smartphone flaunts a 5-inch multi touch capacitive display with a resolution of 480x800 pixels with a pixel density of 187PPI. It is based on IPS LCD technology resulting in better outdoor and indoor visibility. Further there are the Accelerometer and Proximity sensors along with a 2,000mAH battery.

Camera & Memory

Nokia XL is a mid-range smartphone with mid range specs, it houses a 5MP rear snapper with autofocus and LEDflash and a 2MP front facing camera for video calling needs. The device is pretty low on board storage as it houses a mere 4GB ROM leaving about 2GB user available memory. There is a micro SD slot that allows memory expansion by up to 64GB.

Media & Connectivity

The Nokia XL gives users the feel of Windows Phone with apps from Android, it will surely be appreciated by a lot of users. This device has Nokia’s App Store on board and already has more than 75% android apps compatible with it. This device also allows users to download third party apps from third party app stores as well. There are dedicated music and movie players with support for very limited formats.

The Nokia XL comes with 3G on board and has support for Edge and GPRS bands on 2G network for Data connectivity. There is WiFi and Bluetooth for WLAN and wireless data transfer along with Micro USB port for physical PC connectivity.

source: http://mobiles.sulekha.com/nokia_xl_mobile.htm