Samsung Galaxy Beam I8530 Specifications and Review

The first attempts at a projector phone didn't quite work out for Samsung. For many that would be enough to call it a day, but not the Koreans. You don't become the world's number 1 phone manufacturer by giving up easily, so Samsung chose to take a step back, learn from mistakes and give it another go.

The Samsung I8530 Galaxy Beam takes a completely different approach to making a projector phone and a smartphone work together. Last time around, with the original Beam, Samsung took a high-end device and slapped a rather advanced projector on its back, effectively ending up with something very thick and expensive, which was nearly impossible to sell. Thicker devices lack the high-end vibe one normally associates with smartphones in that price range, so it never really managed to get going.

Samsung I8350 Galaxy Beam official photos

The I8530 Galaxy Beam on the other hand aims far lower - it's based on a mid-range phone and throws in a projector that's good enough for casual use. Serious, corporate use is out of the question here, but that was never in the requirements, and you get a more compact and reasonably priced package instead. Now add the NovaThor chipset and its dual-core CPU and you get a deal that's definitely worth a second look.

Key features

• Quad-band GSM /GPRS/EDGE support
• 3G with 14.4 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA
• 4" 16M-color capacitive LED-backlit PLS TFT touchscreen of WVGA resolution (480 x 800 pixels), Scratch-resistant glass
• Built-in DLP nHD projector
• Android OS v2.3.7 Gingerbread, planned Android 4.0 ICS update
• Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9 CPU, 768MB RAM, Mali-400 GPU, NovaThor U8500 chipset
• 5 MP autofocus camera with LED flash and geotagging, Multi Angle shot
• 720p video recording @ 30fps
• VGA front-facing camera
• Wi-Fi b/g/n and DLNA
• Built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS
• 8GB built-in storage expandable through the microSD card slot
• microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v3.0
• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
• Stereo FM radio with RDS
• Rich retail package
• Voice dialing
• Adobe Flash 11 support
• Accelerometer and proximity sensor

Main disadvantages

• No Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich out of the box
• All plastic construction
• Feeble loudspeaker
• NovaThor U8500 is the least powerful of the dual-core offerings on the market
• Thicker and heavier than mid-range competition

So, the Samsung I8530 Galaxy Beam is basically a Galaxy S Advance with an extra DLP projector and a different screen. The lack of character in the overcrowded mid-range was the main thing wrong with the Samsung mid-range flagship, and it seems like the Beam made easy work of adding some.

However, for all its sensible, down-to-earth approach, the Samsung I8530 Galaxy Beam still ends up priced notably higher than smartphones using the same screens and based on the same chipsets. So it will have to try and convince us that it's really offering something extra.

Source : GSMARENA 

Hyderabad Haleem

After reading my blog ‘A Real Taste of Hyderabad’, I assume your mouth may be watering and you are tempted to try out those dishes. But to try out those authentic delicacies of Hyderabad, you need to visit the city of Nizam’s in this month of Ramadan, which starts from July 20th and will last for a month.

The true flavor of Hyderabad can be experienced in the evenings of this month, when the Muslims break their day long fast with Iftar, which becomes a reason for get together of relatives and friends and if you get an invite for any Iftar, do not miss it, as this is the place where you can savour different delicacies of Hyderabad free of cost. Otherwise do not feel bad, because you will get all these delicacies in different restaurants of Hyderabad and some are world renown for some particular variant.

There are various dishes in Hyderabad which can be relished by the foodies, but this being the holy month of Ramadan, let me give you some information about the dish which is synonymous with Ramadan and that is world famous Hyderabadi Haleem.

Haleem is usually consumed in this month during Iftar, as it is highly nutritious, tasty and above all instant energy giver. The dish is rich in protein and it contains anti-aging ingredients as it is made of meat, lentil, pounded wheat, ghee and different spices. This is usually cooked on a low flame of firewood for nearly 12 hours to make into a thick paste. It is served hot with fried onions, chopped coriander, cashew nuts discs of lemon and slices of boiled egg.

Hyderabadi Haleem was rewarded with Geographical Indication Status in 2010 and this is the first non-vegetarian dish of India to get this status. 

There are innumerable joints in Hyderabad where you can savour this dish in the month Ramadan, but some possess very good ranking among foodies like Pista House, Survy, Hotel Shah Ghouse, Madina Hotel etc.

Haleem Joint

Pista House is an ISO 9002 company, which has various outlets in different parts of the city. It has the facility of home delivery to different parts of India as well as to some places of Europe and USA.

Mouth watering! Feeling hungry! So why don't you join me to relish Hyderabadi Haleem here in Hyderabad ? 

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7 Stupid Health Mistakes

Do you always go to bed at 1 a.m. and wake up feeling groggy, or insist on fake tanning during the winter?

If so, you could be one of many smart people still making stupid health mistakes.

Find out exactly what you’re risking and how to make smarter decisions starting today.

Plus, are you ready to quit smoking? Take our quiz...You’re educated, well-read and are the go-to person for solving your family’s and friend’s problems.

You consider yourself pretty knowledgeable on many topics but somehow you still manage to make stupid health mistakes.

Your health should be one of your top priorities. 

Skimping on much-needed sleep or avoiding the doc aren't going to help you be the best you can be.

If the one area you’re lacking in expertise is how to maintain proper health - or if you're just ignoring what you know to be true - it’s time to wise up.

Here are 7 stupid health mistakes even the smartest of people are making:

1. Skipping Breakfast.

Breakfast is too easy and beneficial a meal to pass up in the mornings.

As you sleep, your body’s metabolism slows down, so when you wake up, your body needs food to get your metabolism going again.

After fasting for about eight hours, your body is starving. So when you skip breakfast, your energy levels suffer.

Although you may skip breakfast in an attempt to cut some calories, you actually will eat more throughout the day to compensate for your hunger. Weight gain here you come.

In fact, of the 4,000 participants in the National Weight Control Registry who maintained at least a 30-pound weight loss for about 5.5 years, almost all said they ate breakfast daily.

Studies have also shown that eating breakfast increases your ability to perform better mentally.

2. Sabotaging Your Skin for a Little Color.

We all know that too much sun damages our skin, so why do we continue frying ourselves in the pursuit of a golden tan?

Sun tanning and skipping the sunscreen both increase your exposure to the sun’s harmful rays, which can cause premature aging and, even worse, skin cancer.

Tanning is simply not worth it, especially when so many good self-tanners are available. 

3. Smoking.

If you don’t know by now that smoking is bad, I mean deadly, you’re either in denial or have been living under a rock for the past 30 years.

Consequences of smoking include lung and throat cancer, premature wrinkles, an increase in men’s risk of impotence, and complication of pregnancies for women. And these are just some of smoking's effects.

The repetitive puckering of lips around a cigarette causes wrinkles. Plus, the habit deprives your skin of necessary nutrients - smoking dehydrates and kills elasticity.

While smoking is addictive and quitting can be challenging, it’s one of the best things you can do for your health today.

4. Skipping the Weights.

Contrary to popular myth, lifting weights won't necessarily make you bulk up, an effect that many people, especially women, want to avoid.

In fact, women actually lack the testosterone and often the time it takes in the gym to really get beefy.

It’s true that when you start lifting weights or using a resistance training program, you generally gain a bit of weight before you start to lose it, but that’s simply because muscle weighs more than fat.

If you want to get in shape, “pumping iron” will make you look trimmer and more toned, and will help you burn more calories even after your workout is over.

Studies have shown that weight training in the morning boosts your metabolism for the rest of the day.

5. Avoiding the Dreaded Doc.

Nobody likes going to the doctor. In fact, the whole experience can be time-consuming, require tons of paperwork and be somewhat embarrassing, depending on why you’re there.

Even so, having a checkup can mean detecting a problem and treating it early enough to avoid further complications.

Women should visit the gynecologist yearly for a pap smear and breast exam, as well as a yearly mammogram once over the age of 40.

Men should have their testicles examined for irregularities and should also be checked for colon cancer.
You should also be seeing your dentist and general practitioner yearly.

These doctor visits may be uncomfortable, but they can potentially save your life.

6. Not Getting Enough Sleep.

Doctors have been telling us for years that most people need at least 8 hours of sleep a night to function at their fullest the next day, so why are you going to bed so late?

Sleep deprivation not only makes you feel less than your usual perky self, but has been linked to weight gain, depression, anxiety, heart disease, and insulin resistance, not to mention accidents from limited mental alertness.

Many people find that there just aren’t enough hours in the day to get things accomplished, so sleep is sacrificed.

Yet you should be giving up less important tasks and setting a regular bedtime to get a full 8 hours instead. 

7. Drinking your Calories.

Starbucks lattes and Jamba Juice smoothies might be a fixture in your day, but you could be consuming nearly all of your calories for the day in just one cup.

Coffee drinks, smoothies, sodas, juices, and alcohol are all notorious calorie-bombs.

If you’re drinking these regularly and not cutting back on your calories from food, you could be consuming up to an extra 1,000 calories a day, which leads to weight gain.

Try limiting yourself to one liquid treat once a week and drink plenty of water.

You're now armed with practical tips, so no more excuses when it comes to making stupid health mistakes!

Jilling Uttarakhand

Jilling is a hill station in the Kumaon district of Uttarakhand, India. It is situated amidst oak and rhododendron forests. It is located at an altitude of 7000 feet.

Jilling Mountain Range

Sunset at jilling

Jilling is a popular holiday destination among tourists. Tourists from far and nearby places come here to spend time in peace, away from the hustle and bustle of big cities. One can have a wonderful view of the Nanda Devi peak. The city offers a lot to Nature lovers and wildlife enthusiasts. One can spot mountain deer, wild boar, jungle cats and a variety of Himalayan birds. Jilling also offers tourists with a number of adventures such as trekking, fishing, bird watching and wild life viewing. When in Jilling, one can also plan for the trips to temples, historical places and other tourist regions near to it. 

The nearest big town to Jilling is Nainital at a distance of 30 Km.

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How to make USB or Pendrive Bootable

Now a days, some PC's and Laptop's are not coming with DVD or CD writers, so they have the recover software's which were inbuilt with them, if not recovered, had a chance to install from USB or pen drive, many software's available in market to make them bootable.

As, we can make any usb bootable without using any software like bootable software's, we can create it on our own by following some methods :-

and need to have a power ISO software and a windows 7 image file, install power ISO and then mount the windows 7 and then follow the below :-

Open command Prompt and execute the below commands

"Diskpart"

"List disk"

"Select disk 1" (1 is the pen drive disk letter)

"Clean" press enter

"Clean" press enter

"Create partition primary" press enter

"Select partition 1" press enter

"Active" press enter

"Format fs=ntfs" or "format fs=ntfs quick" (here quick means formats the drive in a few second's) press enter

"Assign" press enter

"Exit" press enter.

The disk part window will be closed now.

Open command Prompt and execute the below commands

"F:" press enter (f is the cd drive letter)

"Cd boot" press enter

"Bootsect.exe /nt60 L:" press enter  (L is the pendrive drive letter)

and result should be like this :

and then the copy all the files from the windows 7 image, which you have mounted in drive using power iso,  that's it completed, now your usb drive is bootable.

Other process are like, using third party software's like wintofalsh.....etc, so many are there, it is the easy software which any one can easily understand.

Wintoflash (trial) can be downloaded from here

click on the wintoflash.exe, windows will open.

click on widows setup transfer wizard

in windows file path click browse, point the mounted image of windows OS here

and then usb drive click on browse point out the usb drive and then click ok

click next, the process will take about 15mins (depending on your system speed)

after completing you will get a message, that's it is bootable now.

What to carry while traveling during Monsoons?

1. A large sized umbrella of good quality.

2. Dark color clothes should be worn so that mud spots cannot be seen which get splashed while walking.

3. Put on short trousers, to avoid the trouser getting wet from the bottom.

4. Now-a- days you get shoes which are suitable for all types of weather, you can put on those shoes or you can go for rubber sandals or shoes which are made only for rainy season. Gumboots or Wellington boots are the best for this season but they may not be handy while travelling.

5. A small first aid box to be carried with antiseptic solution or cream, a ball of cotton, band aids or plasters, bandages etc.

6. A full size raincoat or two pieces rain coat will be the best choice if you are walking on the road or travelling on a bike.

7. A water proof back pack to carry different stuffs required for travelling like a change of clothes, a hand towel, hair dryer, first aid box, and some other emergency items.

8. Stagnant water is the breeding ground of mosquitoes and during monsoon water gets stored in many pockets, which result in increase in number of mosquitoes in the surroundings. So mosquito repellent must be carried.

9. If you are staying in some budget hotels, then carrying mosquito net is the best idea.

10. Avoid eating roadside food during monsoon specially, as the carrier of germs flies also increase in number.

11. If you want to attend some special programme, (especially ladies) you must put on water proof make up.

11. A special care should be taken in case of drinking water.

12. Light woolen garments can be carried, as the atmosphere sometimes may become cold.

Difference between Quad core and Dual core

Lot of difference is there between quad core and dual core, in the name itself it's telling the difference.

a core has two threads, for processing the data, as itself dual core has 4 threads, and quad core has 8 threads, the difference between these a lot.

the dual core, where it performs or process only two at a time, but compared to quad core it's processor has the capacity to handle 4 process at a time, if need to know the difference in front, make the video editing in these processor based systems, will let you know the difference.

as if you are confused with these while buying a PC, my opinion is go for quad core processor only.

Hyderabad Bonalu

The festival history has started in 1813 in hyderabad and secuderabad. plegu disease broke out in Hyderabad around that time claiming thousands of lives. People believed that the disease was the result of the anger of Mother Goddess.So peaple offered bonalu(Bojanalu) to Mother Goddess Mahankali.

The festival’s history can be traced to as recent as the 18th century, unlike most other festivals whose ancestry can be traced back to the hoary past. The story has it that in 1813, Suriti Appaiah, a ‘doli’ bearer in a military battalion, was transferred to Ujjain. Cholera broke out in Hyderabad around that time claiming thousands of lives.

Appaiah and his associates went to the Mahankaal temple in Ujjain and prayed that if people were saved from the epidemic, they would install the idol of Mahankali in Secunderabad. On their return, they installed a wooden idol of the goddess in Secunderabad in July 1815. This was replaced with a stone statue in 1964.

Following brahminical traditions, all hoary Hindu festivals are marked by astrological precision: their timings marked in terms of the sun/moon entering certain constellations in certain months. But Bonalu is a festival of the farming and lower classes and is certainly not brahminical. So the timing of the celebrations is not so rigorous

Where and When in hyderabad

Bonalu is celebrated in various parts of the city on different days, all Sundays. On the 1st Sunday of “Ashaada”, celebrations are held at the temple at Golconda fort. On the 2nd Sunday, at Ujjain Mahankali in Secunderabad, and the 3rd Sunday, at the Matheswari temple of Lal Darwaza in Old City.

Bonalu

Bonalu involves the worship of Kali and her various forms. She destroys disease and keeps pestilence at arms length. Three deities Maisamma, Pochamma and Elamma, are worshipped. The performances are marked by an element of aggression. Potharaju, a masculine power, is believed to weed out all evils. During Bonalu, colourful brass pots, smeared with haldi and kumkum, and decorated with neem leaves are offered to the goddess. The pots usually contain a mixture of raw rice, jiggery, and milk. Sometimes, curd is also used. 

The Ritual

Earlier they used to sacrifice a male-buffalo. Now goats and chickens are sacrificed to ward off the ‘evil spirit’ Women carrying Bonalu are believed to possess the spirit of Mother Goddess, and when they go towards the temple, people pour water on their feet to pacify the spirit.

On the first day of Bonalu, phalaram bandlu, a buffalo cart, laden with fruits is taken around (phalaru means fruits and bandlu, carts)

Rangam

Rangam, or Forecasting of the Future, Women under spell foretell the year ahead when devotees ask about the future. On the second day of the festival, a ritual known as ‘rangam’ is held. Here, a woman stands on a wet clay pot and makes predictions. This is held mostly between8.30 am and 9.30. An hour later, a procession is taken out on an elephant up to Mettuguda. Earlier, Mettuguda was the border of the city. To this day, the tradition continues.

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