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Realme Pad Mini

Realme Pad Mini With 8.7-Inch Hd+ Display, 6400mah Battery Now Available.

In the Philippines, Realme has released a new tablet. The Realme Pad mini has been announced as a low-cost tablet for the masses. Realme Pad, released in India and other markets last year, has been followed by the new Android tablet. The Realme tablet’s new mini version is expected to arrive in India soon.

The tablet’s debut in India has yet to be confirmed by Realme. We can expect the Pad mini to launch in India very soon, given how the company is expanding its product offerings across different price points. Let’s look at the Realme Pad Mini’s price, specs, and other information.

Specifications and Features

Realme’s new Android tablet has an 8.7-inch LCD panel with thick bezels all around it. The display has a 1340×800 pixel HD resolution. Despite the thick bezels, the tablet has an 84.59 percent screen-to-body ratio.

The tablet is equipped with a 6400 mAh battery. Out of the box, it supports 18W fast charging. Because it’s a budget tablet, it’s made of plastic, resulting in a total weight of 372 grammes. Moreover, it’s quite thin with a thickness of 7.6mm.

Internal storage for the top storage option is 64GB. A microSD card can be used to expand the memory up to 1TB for those who need it. A Unisoc T616 SoC provides power to the tablet. Its maximum clock speed is 2.0GHz.

The 8MP camera on the back panel can be used to scan documents. There isn’t a light-emitting diode (LED) flash module. The tablet has a 5MP front camera for video calls. Realme’s new tablet comes pre-installed with Android 11 out of the box. On top of Android, it has a layer of Realme UI 2.0. The tablet also has dual speakers and Bluetooth 5.0 support.

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Price and Availability

Realme has released two storage options for its new tablet. A 3GB RAM model with 64GB storage is available, as well as a 4GB RAM model with 64GB storage. The models cost P9,900 and P11,900, or approximately Rs 14,700 and Rs 17,600, respectively.

Starting April 5, the Realme Pad Mini will be available in the Philippines. Realme has also put up offers for early buyers on the Realme Pad Mini, so we can expect the same for Indian buyers. Realme’s new tablet is available in two colours: silver and blue. It is expected to be released in India soon.

About The Company

Realme is a Chinese company with a growing presence in the rest of the world, particularly in India and Europe, where its low-cost smartphones are causing a stir in the budget and mid-range markets. However, the company isn’t afraid of high-end handsets, and the GT line, which debuted in 2021, includes a few of them. Realme, in fact, has been one of the fastest-growing phone companies in recent years, so they’re definitely worth keeping an eye on.

Realme began as a sub-brand of another smartphone manufacturer, Oppo, in 2010, but became independent in 2018. Since then, the company has produced an impressive number of phones and has expanded its sales beyond India and China to include many other countries.

OnePlus 10 Pro

OnePlus 10 Pro Now Available In India, Bullets Wireless Z2 Debut Alongside: Check Price, Specifications

On Thursday, the company released the OnePlus 10 Pro, its latest flagship phone. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC in the OnePlus phone is rated to deliver four times faster artificial intelligence (AI) processing and 25% more efficient graphics performance than the previous-generation Snapdragon chip. In addition, the smartphone has a faster charging time. The OnePlus 10 Pro will fight against the Samsung Galaxy S22 and the iPhone 13 based on its specifications and cost. The OnePlus Buds Pro Radiant Silver colour option was also launched by the business.

Specifications and Features

The back of the OnePlus 10 Pro is made of glass. Corning Gorilla Glass 5 is what it’s called. Volcanic black and Emerald Forest are the two colour options for the phone. The black variant is frosted and matte, while the green version is sparkling and anti-glare. According to OnePlus, both are fingerprint-resistant. Ceramic is used to cover the “large” camera module. Metal is used for the outside frame. The OnePlus 10 Pro is 8.5mm thick and weighs 201 grammes.

The face of the OnePlus 9 Pro is virtually unaltered. The OnePlus 10 Pro boasts a 6.7-inch 1440p AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate, the same as its predecessor. According to OnePlus, the phone uses a second-generation LTPO panel, which should allow for faster switching — between 1Hz and 120Hz – depending on available content. The screen also has Corning Gorilla Glass Victus protection and dual colour calibration for ostensibly higher accuracy. An in-display fingerprint scanner handles biometrics.

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The OnePlus 10 Pro is powered by Qualcomm’s top-of-the-line Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor. This comes with up to 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 256GB of UFS3.1 storage. This can’t be expanded. The OnePlus 10 Pro will be released globally with OxygenOS 12.1 based on Android 12. (in China uses ColorOS 12.1).
The OnePlus 10 Pro retains the primary (48MP, Sony IMX789) and tertiary (8MP telephoto) cameras from the OnePlus 9 Pro. A 50MP sensor lies behind a larger 150-degree field-of-view lens in the secondary ultrawide-angle camera, which is getting an upgrade. Users will be able to shoot at a maximum angle of 150 degrees (with Fisheye) or up to 110 degrees (without Fisheye) (with distortion correction).

OnePlus has maintained its previous cooperation with Hasselblad (now in its second generation). There are also some new camera features, such as the ability to shoot in 10bit colour throughout the triple camera system and up to 12bit colour in Hasselblad Pro Mode. Raw Plus is also supported on the OnePlus 10 Pro, which means you’ll be able to save in RAW and a processed JPEG at the same time.

The OnePlus 10 Pro includes a 32MP camera on the front. A 5,000mAh battery with 80W SuperVOOC wired and 50W AirVOOC wireless charging completes the set.
The OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z2 will be released initially in India. These neckband-style wireless headphones are a natural follow-up to the original OnePlus Bullets.

They have 12.4 mm drivers and are sweat and water-resistant to IP55. They’re rated to play music for up to 20 hours on a single charge, and they just take 10 minutes to charge.

Price and Availability

The base 8GB + 128GB storage option of the OnePlus 10Pro costs Rs. 66,999 in India. The phone is also available in a 12GB + 256GB storage option, which costs Rs. 71,999. Emerald Forest and Volcanic Black are the two colour options available.

The 8GB + 128GB storage option of the OnePlus 10 Pro costs EUR 899 (approximately Rs. 75,500) globally.

This year, OnePlus launched the OnePlus 9 Pro at a price of Rs. 64,999 for the 8GB + 128GB storage option. The 12GB + 256GB storage model went up to Rs. 69,999.
The 8GB + 128GB edition of the OnePlus 10 Pro was released in China in January for CNY 4,699 (approximately Rs. 56,100). It was also available in 8GB + 256GB for CNY 4,999 (approximately Rs. 59,700) and 12GB + 256GB for CNY 5,299 (about Rs. 59,700). (roughly Rs. 63,200).

The OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z2 costs Rs. 1,999 in India, the same as the original OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z, which was released in 2020. Beam Blue and Magico Black are the two colours offered for the earbuds.
Radiant Silver OnePlus Buds Pro is priced at Rs. 9,990, the same as the standard OnePlus Buds Pro.

Starting April 5, the OnePlus 10 Pro will be available for buy in India. A silver version of the OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z2 and Buds Pro Radiant will be available on April 5.

Boat Wave Lite

Boat Wave Lite Smartwatch With SpO2 Tracking Now Available In India At Rs. 1,999.

Boat has been launching a lot lately. Earlier this month, the business released the Boat Airdopes 411 ANC TWS on Flipkart. Aside from that, in 2022, the company will release new audio accessories for the Indian market. Last year, it also released a slew of smartwatches, including the Boat Watch Mystiq. The Boat Wave Lite is the company’s newest smartwatch, aimed at budget-conscious buyers. Despite being aimed at budget customers, the new Boat smartwatch has a fair number of features.

In India, boAt has introduced the Wave Lite smartwatch, which is priced under Rs 2,000. Continuous heart rate monitoring, SpO2 tracking, and a variety of sports modes that let you track your everyday activities are just a few of the new wearable highlights. The company also claims that the boAt smartwatch will last a full week on a single charge. Read on to learn more.

Specifications and Features

It has a 1.69-inch square screen with a peak brightness of 500 nits and a square shape. In addition, the watch will have a 160-degree viewing angle and a 70% RGB colour gamut. The watch is also quite lightweight, weighing only 44.8 grammes. It has a spinning crown button on the side that allows you to enter the menu and navigate the watch’s user interface. There are over 100 watch faces to pick from. Using the Boat wearable app, you can do so.

In terms of sensors, the Boat Wave Lite has a 24-hour heart rate sensor, a SpO2 sensor that can measure blood oxygen levels, sleep tracking, and more.
It also has a variety of monitoring modes for outdoor and indoor activities like running, walking, cycling, yoga, football, climbing, and swimming. Running, walking, cycling, yoga, football, badminton, basketball, skipping, climbing, and swimming will all be supported by the boAt Wave Lite watch. Additionally, the boAt Wave Lite will enable Google Fit and Apple Health integration, which is a useful feature for a budget device.

In addition, the watch’s battery life is rated to last up to 7 days on a single charge. Other features include phone notifications for calls, texts, and social networking apps, sedentary reminders, and an IP67 dust and water-resistant rating. Controlling the camera and soundtrack is also possible.
Additionally, the business recently added the boAt Blaze smartwatch to its lineup. In India, boAt is one of the most popular audio brands. It is well-known for offering high-quality products at reasonable prices.

Boat Wave Lite
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Price and Availability

On Amazon, the feature-rich Boat Wave Lite smartwatch will be available for INR 1,999 upon launch. The sale will begin at 12 p.m. IST today, March 31. (noon). Furthermore, you will have the option of selecting between Red, Blue, or Black colour schemes. However, once the promotion ends, the smartwatch will revert to its normal asking price of INR 4,779, which is worth noting. The smartwatch has a square dial and is only 44.8 grammes in weight.

About The Company

BoAt (official name “Imagine Marketing Services Pvt. Ltd.”) was established in India in November 2013. Earphones, headphones stereos, portable chargers, and premium tough cables are all sold by BoAt. Among the products that BoAt designs and manufactures are wireless earbuds, wired headphones, wireless speakers, home audio equipment, smartwatches, and a variety of mobile phone accessories.

BoAt’s Airdopes range, like other brands and models of wireless earbuds, includes Bluetooth connectivity for truly wireless use and carrying cases with built-in batteries to charge the wireless earbuds while not in use. As part of promotions or collaborative tie-ins with other businesses, BoAt offers limited editions of its numerous audio hardware items.

Shopee

Popular e-Commerce Platform Shopee Shuts Down Its Operations In India.

Shopee, a Singapore-based e-commerce site that only launched in India in December 2021, has opted to leave the nation. Shopee’s official rationale, which is controlled by NYSE-listed Sea Ltd, is causing worldwide sentiment to shift.

“In light of global market uncertainty, we have chosen to close risks of our early-stage Shopee India endeavour,” the company stated in a statement. Trade organisations led by Praveen Khandelwal, as well as domestic social commerce start-ups, have been vocal in their opposition to the e-commerce platform.

Source: www.business-standard.com


They claimed it was a back-door infiltration by Tencent, a Chinese corporation, in blatant contravention of FDI guidelines. Shopee recently received relief from the Competition Commission of India (CCI), which dismissed a complaint filed against the company for exploitative pricing.

To add to the troubles, Sea Ltd has been in the middle of a tempest because it also controls the popular gaming software ‘Free Fire,’ which was recently banned by the Centre, along with numerous other Chinese apps.

Shopee
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Shopee, on the other hand, scored a huge victory when the CCI dismissed a petition brought by Khandelwal citing “predatory pricing with the intent of destroying conventional and small-scale businesses in the country.”
Khandelwal, who is also the secretary-general of the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), said he intends to appeal the CCI verdict to the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT).

Shopee had allegedly broken FDI restrictions since Tencent owned a significant stake in the Sea Group, according to the trade body. It further stated that the e-commerce platform entered the country through a complicated backdoor.
In its March 3 judgment, the CCI stated that it does not detect any prima facie evidence of Shopee’s violation of provisions 3 and 4 of the Competition Act. It was suggested that Shopee was a newcomer to a market that already had a plethora of e-commerce firms.

According to insiders, Shopee, which employs over 300 people, would provide them three months’ pay as a separation package and will also try to place them in other companies.

It would also provide assistance to sellers until the end of May to remedy any concerns, particularly with transactions.

They also mentioned that the company has shut down operations in France and would now concentrate solely on becoming profitable by 2025, rather than expanding into new areas.

Sea Group has made repeated attempts to reaffirm its status as a Singaporean firm. It has made it plain that Tencent does not have a claim to a board seat. Tencent now owns an 18% stock stake in Sea Ltd.

Sea Ltd founder Forrest Li would possess 57 percent of voting power, up from 52 percent previously, according to the company’s articles of association, which were approved during an annual general meeting (AGM) last month.
Despite having only an 8% stock stake, this is the case. As a result, he effectively has complete influence over the management and the Sea Board. Li was born in Singapore and is a Singaporean citizen.

Tencent’s stake in Sea Ltd has gradually dwindled since it originally invested in the company in 2010. According to Sea’s AGM meeting notice, it now has less than a 10% voting share.

The government’s crackdown on Chinese apps included the abrupt ban on Free Fire. Singapore’s ministry of trade and industry reacted quickly, saying this week that it hoped the restriction will be lifted “as soon as possible.”
According to media sources, the ministry had addressed the Centre a week before to inquire whether the ban was “deliberate” and why it had been imposed, considering that Sea is based in Singapore.
According to sources, the Singapore government is still in talks with the Indian government, but no solution to the disputed ban has been reached.

Intel Core i9-12900KS

Intel Core i9-12900KS Launched As The World’s Fastest Desktop Processor: Check Price and Features

The Intel Core i9-12900KS has arrived, and the manufacturer claims it is the world’s fastest desktop processor now available to consumers. While independent performance studies would be required to back up the claim, there’s no disputing that the Intel Core i9-12900KS is a performance beast, and as such, it’s carrying a lot of weight.

Specifications and Features

The Intel Core i9-12900KS processor has a 16-core arrangement, which includes eight performance cores, eight efficiency cores, and 24 threads. The processor claims that one of its main strengths is its performance-boosting capabilities, and it supports Intel Thermal Velocity Boost for improved performance even at high chip temperatures, as well as Adaptive Boost, which automatically selects higher turbo boosts on cores based on the task at hand.
A 30MB smart cache memory, 150W base power throughput, and support for both PCIe Gen 5 and Gen 4 connectors are among the processor’s other notable characteristics. The Intel Core i9-12900KS can reach 5.5GHz at its max turbo-enhanced performance level thanks to Thermal Velocity Boost.

The processor will also support DDR4-3200 and DDR5-4800 RAM, completing the complete feature set of the so-called “most powerful desktop processors.”
Most publications have claimed that there isn’t much of a difference between Intel’s K series and the ‘KS’ family of CPUs. The key difference on this note is the greater turbo boost, which allows the processor to attain its claimed peak performance of 5.5GHz. However, aside from the higher power throughput necessary for the higher turbo boost, the overall performance should be comparable to what the business now offers on its 12th gen processors.

Intel Core i9-12900KS
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Price and Availability

The Intel Core i9-12900KS 12th gen processor will be available globally on April 5, when it will be accessible at all Intel shops worldwide. However, given the ongoing worldwide chipset supply problem, as well as a new round of Covid-19-related lockdowns in China, it’s unclear how this limited-edition processor will be made available. The chip is expected to cost $739 (about Rs 56,000) internationally, according to Intel’s forecast.

About The Company

Intel’s technology has been at the centre of computing innovations since its founding in 1968. Intel is a market leader, developing game-changing technology that promotes global progress and improves people’s lives. They are at the crossroads of numerous technological inflexions, including artificial intelligence (AI), the 5G network revolution, and the advent of the intelligent edge, all of which will impact the technological future. These inflexions are driven by silicon and software, and Intel is at the centre of it all.
They’ve matured with data at Intel. They’ve evolved from a PC-centric corporation to one with a stronger data focus, allowing them to meet the demands of a new data-centric environment.

Intel chips are among the most complicated devices ever created, necessitating the use of modern production technologies. Moore’s Law dictates that our manufacturing techniques improve with each generation, offering even more functionality and performance, increased energy efficiency, and reduced cost per transistor.

Intel’s production facilities leverage tremendous flexibility on a global, virtual network, with six wafer fabrication sites and four assembly test manufacturing locations across the world.

Google Search

Google Search to Help You Find and Book Doctor Appointments.

Google Search will soon be able to help users find doctor appointment availability so they can schedule their health checkups without having to rely on a third-party service. On Thursday, the update was unveiled at Google’s second annual healthcare-focused event, The Check-Up. Aside from the Google Search update, the Mountain View, California-based company announced plans to integrate support for detecting atrial fibrillation (AFib) into Fitbit fitness-tracking devices to help people receive alerts for signs of an irregular heart rhythm at its virtual event. Google also unveiled a series of Health AI updates aimed at transforming smartphones into stethoscopes or ultrasound machines for early diagnosis in even the most remote locations.

Google Search is rolling out the ability to find appointment availability for doctors and local care providers by partnering with healthcare providers and a number of scheduling solution providers. The search results will show users the available appointment dates and times for doctors in the area.

When you use Google Search to look for a specific practitioner or facility, the appointment availability will appear. Once you’ve found a suitable appointment date, click the Book button next to the available slot. You will be directed to a third-party booking site.

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In the United States, Google is collaborating with a few healthcare providers and scheduling solution providers, including MinuteClinic at CVS. In the coming days, the feature will be rolled out to users searching in English in the United States. However, it is hoped that it will eventually be available in other markets.

Fitbit also announced that, in addition to Google appointment booking, it is developing an AFib algorithm that will work with the existing optical Photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor on its wearables to detect and alert users about irregular heart rhythm. The algorithm is currently being reviewed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Fitbit is expected to release an update for consumer fitness-tracking bands and smartwatches in the near future.
According to Google, its in-house algorithm correctly identified undiagnosed AFib 98 percent of the time, citing internal research.

Apple, for example, has built-in support for detecting and alerting users about AFib. Fitbit’s move, on the other hand, could bring AFib detection to a wide range of price points.

Google also announced that health information panels on YouTube will be expanded to markets such as Brazil, India, and Japan. Previously, it was only available in the United States.

Separately, at The Check Up event, Google announced its early-stage developments under the Health AI division. One of these advancements is the use of a smartphone’s built-in microphones as a stethoscope.
When placed over the chest, Google’s inbuilt microphones are used to record a participant’s heart sounds, according to research.

The latest study looks into whether a smartphone can detect heartbeats and murmurs, according to the company. However, because it requires specific hardware inputs, the detection will be limited to specific smartphone models.
In a blog post, Greg Corrado, Google’s Head of Health AI, said, “We’re currently in the early stages of clinical study testing, but we hope that our work can empower people to use the smartphone as an additional tool for accessible health evaluation.”

Google is also investigating photos from smartphone cameras to help detect diabetes and non-diabetes diseases with partners such as EyePACS and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital.

Apart from using smartphone cameras to detect heartbeats, murmurs, and diabetes signs, Google has announced that it is working on using artificial intelligence (AI) and smartphones to provide maternal ultrasound screening. Northwestern Medicine has partnered with the company to develop and test its models for expanding research.

The overall research into combining AI and smartphones to improve healthcare is still in its early stages, and it may take some time and additional effort to bring to the general public.