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Which Smart Phone is Best?

Best SmartPhone:


                  Are you buying a new mobile phone? For about five years now, the question for smartphone buyers is still bit confusing.  Answering that question is more difficult than ever.
 There are many choices around there and it all depends on the features you want. Either way, today's mobile phone's become smarter and it almost replaces your compute

                 The choices are Android, Windows Phone 7, iPhone / iOS / BlackBerry and Symbian OS platforms.

So, Below is a small comparision table for Selecting a Best Smartphone
Smartphone
Operating System
User Interface
(On Scale of 10)
Application Availability
(On Scale of 5)
Total
(On Scale of 15)
iPhone OS94.513.5
Android9413
Windows Phone 79211
Symbian 372.59.5
BlackBerry OS 672.59.5
Windows Mobile 6.5639
Symbian S6062.58.5
BlackBerry OS 562.58.5
The iPhone OS and Android emerge out as the clear winners. Its tough to decide between them, but you can’t go wrong with either of those two. They are both intuitive and well designed. Windows Phone 7 is the new kid on the block to watch out for. It presents a completely fresh, new interface that is great at getting things done quickly, and should appeal to a large segment of users looking for no-nonsense phones.
BlackBerry and Symbian are solid operating systems in their own right, and have large (and loyal) user bases. But in an objective analysis they tend to fall behind a little when compared to the best-in-class. They will need to ramp up their game a bit (which they do seem to be doing with their latest versions), to stay among the top contenders in the long term.


Power Saving Device


Power Saver Simple Circuit:


          To design a Simple Power Saver You just need a capacitor of 5-10µF of 220V or 440V according to your area grid voltage is 110V or 220V. For this, I’d recommend buying the oil based capacitors that are used in ceiling fans. They are just 2.5µF, so you need to parallel 2 to 4 capacitors. After that, just connect them into plug and see it works.
                                  Click Here To Know How Power Saver Works



Increasing Mobile / Laptop Battery life

Increasing Mobile/Laptop Battery Life:





       Unlike NiCad batteries, lithium-ion batteries do not have a charge memory. That means deep-discharge cycles are not required. In fact, it’s better for the battery to use partial-discharge cycles.
There is one exception. Battery experts suggest that after 30 charges, you should allow lithium-ion batteries to almost completely discharge. Continuous partial discharges create a condition called digital memory, decreasing the accuracy of the device’s power gauge. So let the battery discharge to the cut-off point and then recharge. The power gauge will be recalibrated.

Battery Do's & Dont's:

Do's:



  • Properly "condition" (fully charge/discharge for first 3 cycles) the battery when it is new. Keep the battery and the contact terminals clean.
  • Avoid exposing the battery to extreme heat and cold.Use the battery. 
  • If possible, avoid letting your battery sit dormant for long periods of time.
  • Use only the phone options and accessories that you really need.
  • Charge and re-condition a battery after an extended idle period.


Don'ts:



  • Toss, drop, or otherwise abuse the battery. 
  • Short-circuit the battery.
  • Open and expose the cell contents.
  • Modify the battery casing and/or housing.
  • Allow the battery to be exposed to rain or excessive moisture.Incinerate a battery. 
  • Properly dispose of a used battery.
Below is the table for different type of batteries and the best way to increase its life:
     
Battery care
Lead acid: Flooded, sealed, AGM
Nickel-based:NiCd, NiMH
Lithium-ion: Cobalt, manganese, phosphate
Best way
to charge
Apply a saturated charge to prevent sulfation; can stay on charge with correct float charge.
Avoid getting battery too hot on charge. Do not leave battery in charger for more than a few days (memory!).
Partial and random charge is fine; does not need full charge; lower voltage limit preferred; keep battery cool.
Charge methods

Constant voltage to 2.40–2.45/cell, float
at 2.25–2.30V/cell; battery stays cool; no fast charge possible.
Charge  = 14h
Constant current, trickle charge at 0.05C, fast charge preferred.
Slow charge  = 14h
Rapid charge = 3h
Fast charge   = 1h
Constant voltage to 4.20V/cell; no trickle charge; battery can
stay in charger
Rapid charge = 3h
Fast charge = 1h
Discharge

Do not cycle starter batteries; avoid full discharges; always charge after use.
Do not over-discharge under heavy load; cell reversal causes short. Avoid full discharges.
Prevent full cycles, apply some charge after a full discharge to keep the protection circuit alive.
How to prolong battery
Limit deep cycling, apply topping charge every 6 months while in storage to prevent sulfation, keep cells at or above 2.10V
Do not keep battery in charger for more than a few days, discharge to 1V/cell every 1–3 months to prevent memory (NiCd)
Keep cool, battery lasts longest when operating in mid state-of-charge of 20–80%. Prevent ultra-fast charging and high loads.
Storage

Do not store below 2.10V/cell; keep fully charged if possible
Store in cool place; NiCd stores for 5 years; prime before use
Store at 40% charge in cool place (40% SoC reads 3.75–3.80V/cell)
Disposal
Do not dispose. Lead is a toxic metal
NiCd: Do not dispose.
NiMH: Can be disposed in low volume
Can be disposed of in low volume































How to Reduce Electricity

Reducing Electricity Bill:

                    A 100 watt device with Low POWER FACTOR consumes more power then a device with high power factor. Many of us will think that if 2 devices with same rated power will consume the same power. But the power consumption depends up on the power factor.

POWER FACTOR:

                         Power factor of an AC power system is defined as the ratio of real power flowing to the load to the apparent power.
          Real Power is the power required for the device to do the job
          Apparent Power is the power consumed by the device to do the job.

Example:            If an electric motor need 500 wats to do the job. But actually It consumes 700 to perform
                    its job.
                   The remaining 200 watts will be wasted in the form of heat and is of no use.

            So, to save electricity and to reduce electricity bill, we have to reduce the wastage of unwanted power consumption.

           Now a days most of the manufacturers are using appropriate CAPACITORS used for the device, this is one of the way why energy star rated devices get such good mileage.

CONCLUSION:

  • Power Savers merges the cosine spikes in electrical waveform resulting in less spike height, so they can save bills a bit. They are simply plugged into wall plug and they do that by help of a capacitor. There are some indicator lights in the device which does nothing but just shows power ok. It can save power around 10% actually.
  • Only inductive loads produce cosine waves and it can be useful in cases of electric heaters, air conditioners, electrical motors, induction cookers, etc.
                              Click Here for Steps to make a Power Saver

Identify Your RAM Type

Different Ways To Identify Your RAM Type:

                RAM type can be identified by different ways.
                        1) By using Softwares lilke           CPU-Z
                                                                            SIW     (System information)
                                                                            SPEED FAN
                                                                            EVERTZ HOME EDITION

                                    Example:  
                                          Download and Install CPU-Z
                                          Run and Go to memory tab.
                                          Below is the Sreen shot
                   
                                     
                   2)   In case you cannot boot your os you can open the cpu and you can identify you RAM.
                            By the below picture you can easily identify the difference between the DDR RAM types.
                                     
                                                       SDRAM

         
                   3)  You can also know the RAM type through bios      
     
         Go to BIOS by pressing any one of this depending on the manufacturer at the startup.

  • F1
  • F2
  • DEL
  • ESC
  • F10        
             Then go to performance 
                    then select DRAM Configuration and press enter.
 There u will find which type of RAM  your are using. The above options will Slightly differ for different manufacturers, but the overall idea is the same.

Calculating UPS/INVERTER Backup

Calculating UPS/INVERTER Battery Backup:

              Before calculating the Battery Backup, let us know a few factors that vary battery backup.
For and UPS with 875Va we can us a maximum load of 640 watts
                             677Va we can us a maximum load of 540 watts
     The main thing we have understand is that what ever may be the UPS wattage the battery backup will not vary. The battery backup will only vary depending on the battery Ah and the Usage Load.

              To calculate UPS backup, We have a simple formula.

                      UPS Backup = Battery Ah * (Volts/Load) * (1/Powerfactor)

Example:        Let us calculate the backup for a system UPS

                  Load is the usage power, suppose we are running a PC then the load is around 300 watts
       
                  Power Factor varies for device to device, the average power factor is 1.4

                  Voltage is the voltage of the battery.
                                 For a single battery the voltate is 12v.
                                 If the batteries are connected in a series   Voltage = 12 * no. of batteries.

                  Battery Ah is the battery ampere used for the ups,
                                      System UPS battery AH is 7

                     Then   Battery Backup =  7 * (12/300) * (1/1.4)
                                                        =  7 * (0.04) * (0.7)
                                                        =   0.19 hours
                                                        =    19 Minutes

Note:    You can use the same formula for calculating the battery backup for home UPS or an INVERTER.