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Chipping away at chipsets Everything you need to know about chipsets P 20
Apple iOS 7 Is this something really revolutionary? P 36
Tested
Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8, Sony Xperia Tablet Z, Lenovo K900, Micromax Canvas 3D, Lava Iris 504Q and more... P 41
BlackBerry Q5 The new BlackBerry boy in town P 18
Quad-Core Battle
Four quad-core powerhouses against each other P32
Mobile Shopping Just how safe is it to shop on your handset? P 38 device of the Month
Amazon Kindle Fire
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content
just in
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The waterproof Sony Xperia ZR accompanied by the Nokia Asha flagship the Nokia Asha 501
Lead Story
sneak peek
Chipset– the hidden hero within a handset. We discuss its importance and its future.
chief speak TM Ramakrishnan, CEO, Devices, S Mobility discusses his company’s growth and issues affecting the mobile industry today
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BlackBerry’s more affordable QWERTY, the Q5, and Android’s gaming console, the NVIDIA Shield.
Face To Face Rohit Chaudhary, Founder and CEO, eTechies.in discusses about the challenges they face and their future plans.
Paramjot Singh, Global MD, Sunstrike International, talks about the changing consumer behavior.
Ashish Garg, Director, Zync Global discusses the Indian tablet market and how the company is performing.
Sumesh Menon, Co-founder and CEO U2opia talks about the maturing VAS market.
Letters
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News
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Consumer Forum
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Gear Guide
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Mobile Doctor
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Sumit Goswami, Keypoint Technologies reasons out different growth strategies, company performance and future surprises for its consumer.
Philip Beniac, Regional Vice President, APAC, QlikTech explains how Business Intelligence software is simplifying lives
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content etc my guide 73
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Garmin Nuvi, Transcend MP 350, Creative MA200 headphones, Corsair M95 mouse, F&D speakers, Sony Home theatre system BDB 3100, BenQ L37-7010 LED TV
spotlight
We put four quad-core devices through their paces to find out just how powerful they really are. iOS 7- Is it just a fresh coat of paint, or really revolutionary?
apptastic So what if Google Reader has shut down, these great apps will keep you up to speed with news from around the world.
Trivia
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BBM- the original mobile messenger
BURN TESTS micromax canvas 3d
rumour mill the buzz around cell town
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idea aurus iii
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zen ultraphone 701hd
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umi xii
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simmtronics qpad xq1
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lenovo k900
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lava iris 504Q
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sony xperia tablet z
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kindle fire hd 8.9
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samsung galaxy mega 5.8
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Total number of pages= 100 (96 + 4 cover)
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persona 10 interesting facts about Bill Gates
Cell Clues
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Shopping on your handset? Take these handy precautions.
smart apps
The new Facebook app for Windows Phone, and a cricket app for all those who like to predict what will happen next.
Boredom Busters Take on super heroes and the undead in our two action packed titles this month.
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Chipping Away Merrily If the CPU is the brain of a mobile phone, then the motherboard is its nervous system. It not only connects all parts of the phone together but makes sure they work efficiently and do their job well. We take a look at what the future has in store for this important component Sulabh Puri & Abhijit Ahaskar 20 MYMOBILE august 2013
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t may not make as many headlines as the display, camera or processor, but one of the most important components of a phone is its motherboard, also known as its mainboard and in some cases the chipset. Companies have put in thousands of hours in the lab to develop the current generation of chipsets that so many of us take for granted in our devices - and yet these chipsets are responsible for the day to day calling, data and entertainment features that the users get from their smartphones and tablets. The evolution in smartphone mainboards has been a rapid process, if we compare it to that in computers. In fact, the current generation of smartphones can solve complex algorithms as fast as a netbook or a PC. With quadcore CPUs becoming a rage, one can play graphichungry games, run heavy applications, and even edit videos and pictures on the go on one’s handset. It would not be incorrect, in fact, to say that the new generation of chipsets has transformed phones into mini computers. They not only keep the rest of the machinery in sync with each other but make sure the users get optimum performance. And this is just the beginning - chipset innovation seems set to continue for a while.
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