Viber is Reportedly Blocked in Pakistan (Updated)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh02pBan7k3fSk2-YFmMqrIUhc7ilsKFLdBRUX-1GuJlIWPr_BVQTOCYW82U2ikyrqUyeX26bVvbGiW-mBNrqrxkVYuZq51JQ8QZkDLXw0b1eGkhMQbQmYCqF3WvijwFcWx5zbVp_Q-1Y0/s1600/Viber.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh02pBan7k3fSk2-YFmMqrIUhc7ilsKFLdBRUX-1GuJlIWPr_BVQTOCYW82U2ikyrqUyeX26bVvbGiW-mBNrqrxkVYuZq51JQ8QZkDLXw0b1eGkhMQbQmYCqF3WvijwFcWx5zbVp_Q-1Y0/s1600/Viber.jpg" /></a></div> Another day, another service banned in the country. This time its Viber.<br /> We are widely getting reports that Viber calls are not getting through, however, Viber text messages are working fine, we have checked.<br /> As per reports that we are getting, Viber calls are not connecting on various ISPs in almost all major cities, meaning that, this is not ISP specific ban, rather its a country wide ban.<br /> It is assumed that service has been blocked due to a recent proposal by Sindh government to ban Skype, Viber, WhatsApp and other IM services due to security situation in Karachi. <br /> However, we suspect that this Viber ban has to do something with the VoIP calling facility, which was hurting the revenues of telecom operators. Just to mention, VoIP calling services are not legal in Pakistan, unless you are call centre or if you have special authorization from PTA.<br /> It maybe recalled that Skype (PC to Phone) calling is already blocked on various ISPs in Pakistan.<br /> We have confirmation from PTA for not issuing any directive regarding the blockade of Viber.<br /> Through a tweet, Viber has hinted that the company suspects inaccessibility of its services in Pakistan<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi__f5xc3t2z_Sd5TcQDY22jPLIB0_xspoEHsHmfuEjYNxKyEbH6yVBAwmaqozAiOE99U7RuiQmdmUU5AXGUtuIhxmxNEKZEk_DYb_69mSfuPBNL7CJxCFeEAmFzSwVf71f7QHWA4K5x30/s1600/Untitled.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi__f5xc3t2z_Sd5TcQDY22jPLIB0_xspoEHsHmfuEjYNxKyEbH6yVBAwmaqozAiOE99U7RuiQmdmUU5AXGUtuIhxmxNEKZEk_DYb_69mSfuPBNL7CJxCFeEAmFzSwVf71f7QHWA4K5x30/s1600/Untitled.png" /></a></div> This is a developing story, where we are still uncertain about the source of directions for the banning of Viber in Pakistan.<br /> <br /> <b>Update</b><br /> It appears that all the fuss was due to a technical glitch on gateway level. Experts are predicting that this had to do something with the testing/configuration of new filteration system installed by PTCL. However, we still don’t have final words on this.<br /> In a related news, Facebook remained inaccessible for masses during past two days (while it still is inaccessable for many) due to similar reasons.<br /> It is likely that both the services will keep snipping in and out over the next few days.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> </div>

Viber is Reportedly Blocked in Pakistan (Updated)

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Petition Challenges Google’s Operations in Pakistan, Alleges Tax Evasion and Copyright Violation

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha5eHZPfv0HCtyD5K4TXt3GRtY5rSHuwhGd1l8nw7epNIen33koxo7z1Le_jEFWMxFRioJ9NF974y8EswYTCeVcAcKdrLlOuFhd-zz-2n38p8kBEUEsHTQJ0KG6lRu___7vx55mbrk8-E/s1600/Google_Pakistan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha5eHZPfv0HCtyD5K4TXt3GRtY5rSHuwhGd1l8nw7epNIen33koxo7z1Le_jEFWMxFRioJ9NF974y8EswYTCeVcAcKdrLlOuFhd-zz-2n38p8kBEUEsHTQJ0KG6lRu___7vx55mbrk8-E/s1600/Google_Pakistan.jpg" /></a></div> A petition has been filed against Google for doing business in Pakistan without registering the firm and having an office in the country, reported <a href="http://e.dunya.com.pk/detail.php?date=2013-10-10&edition=KCH&id=650286_30695691" target="_blank">Dunya News</a>.<br /> The case was filed by Mr. Kamil Muzafar with Intellectual Property Organisation of Pakistan, challenging Google’s ability of doing business in the country without any physical office or registering the company in Pakistan.<br /> IPO, the body that will decide the fate of the case, is likely to call Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority and Google’s representative in Pakistan after Eid holidays.<br /> Petitioner contended that Google’s operations are illegal because company isn’t registered in Pakistan at all. Petition further said that Google is earning millions of dollars by just registered a domain name with PKNIC, while its earnings are not taxed.<br /> Petition alleged Google of violating intellectual copyrights and evading taxes for over ten years.<br /> It merits mentioning here that FBR had once hinted to tax Google, however, things didn’t go as FBR had urged because of various reasons including Google not being a registered firm in the country.<br /> It maybe recalled that Google was once asked to appear in Lahore High Court during a hearing for the petition filed against the ban of YouTube in Pakistan, however, company neither appeared in the court nor submitted any reply or its inability to join the proceedings.</div>

Petition Challenges Google’s Operations in Pakistan, Alleges Tax Evasion and Copyright Violation

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PSP Emulator for Android, iOS, Windows Phone and Others

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwxq0TMLDrEV7tiAs-RID4XgZzKtVNC543A4q_fwrY3MSylt65O2kDxSzeLrY1U-s-7WqxXuWeDxYSj-NTgjTD-zsadPJiePMAPmXmZwG6Vm8ju0SFhfZvGIpQnTP5THsjKHUyXrCInoE/s1600/PPSSPP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwxq0TMLDrEV7tiAs-RID4XgZzKtVNC543A4q_fwrY3MSylt65O2kDxSzeLrY1U-s-7WqxXuWeDxYSj-NTgjTD-zsadPJiePMAPmXmZwG6Vm8ju0SFhfZvGIpQnTP5THsjKHUyXrCInoE/s1600/PPSSPP.jpg" /></a></div> The gaming library for smartphones is still not huge and there are only a few games – available on Android, Windows Phone and iOS — that can actually please specific type of hard-core gamers.<br /> This is where emulators come into play that can get your PSP games running on smartphone devices. These emulators have this ability of bringing amazing PSP titles to smartphones.<br /> One of its kind emulator, known as <a href="http://www.ppsspp.org/index.html" target="_blank">PPSSPP</a>, is already here to bring you the joy of PSP games on smartphones.<br /> PPSSPP emulator has been developed by Henrik Rydgard. It works well on Android, iOS, blackberry, symbian and many other OS as well. PPSSPP emulator has made a lot of improvement over the time and now it is able to run many great titles of PSP at good amount of frame rates, but of course the performance depends upon the device you’re using.<br /> Probably the great thing about PPSSPP is that you don’t need high end android devices for games to play. Emulator will also run smoothly on a dual core and even on a single core device as well but performance would vary.<br /> The PPSSPP emulator runs about <a href="http://www.ppsspp.org/screenshots.html" target="_blank">26 games</a> by now. Few games are hurdled with some bugs but others seems to be working fine.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUDkpkwiBGVi4TPwAcakSXjKQwFaVIC228G6rEkoKZ8LhUp27-HRWH-sT00Ko3wQGLqdZJN7_bG5oVMCQ6_Km-JAVHDwTukl8Xx2BQP8BzG2GLZLqVrkJn9hY6Z7V8gk9ZnsbVyCvpscg/s1600/littlebigplanet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUDkpkwiBGVi4TPwAcakSXjKQwFaVIC228G6rEkoKZ8LhUp27-HRWH-sT00Ko3wQGLqdZJN7_bG5oVMCQ6_Km-JAVHDwTukl8Xx2BQP8BzG2GLZLqVrkJn9hY6Z7V8gk9ZnsbVyCvpscg/s640/littlebigplanet.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis4KTciO58IatfqyiXbMPNkzqQP0PYkMce6-xRW4x-ANU37i6dDcusq0to16yi6MC09-nxW3yx3j_UM4w4higR_rYkiafSdk0BC6D6naJ0LlqmLONcZBJKZ7ILpzWVY3__w3ONBx_OXWw/s1600/burnoutdominator.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis4KTciO58IatfqyiXbMPNkzqQP0PYkMce6-xRW4x-ANU37i6dDcusq0to16yi6MC09-nxW3yx3j_UM4w4higR_rYkiafSdk0BC6D6naJ0LlqmLONcZBJKZ7ILpzWVY3__w3ONBx_OXWw/s640/burnoutdominator.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> We’ve noticed that the graphics kind of scale down a bit but that doesn’t matter because it is due to the hardware weakness and the fact that these games aren’t optimized for mobile platforms. Plus there’s a large amount of options available that you can tweak with to enhance your gaming experience.<br /> On the official blog it states:<br /> <blockquote> “PPSSPP is a PSP emulator written in C++, and translates PSP CPU instructions directly into optimized x86, x64 and ARM machine code, using JIT recompilers (dynarecs)”</blockquote> You can download PPSSPP emulator by following <a href="http://www.ppsspp.org/downloads.html" target="_blank">this link</a>. Its free, however, there’s a paid version if you want to support emulator’s development.<br /> PPSSPP works with iOS on jailbroken iPhone and iPad with Cydia only.<br /> In order to run PSP games you would need to copy the .ISO or .CSO files on your devices. These games can be bought from market or you can download them online. After copying the files, run them through PPSSPP and you are done.<br /> Let us know how PPSSPP worked on your device and which game ran at a great amount of FPS on your device.</div>

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Android is Much More Secure than You Think: Google

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Google up till now, has never came forward to justify the claims against its Linux-based operating system Android, that it is the most precarious Smart Phone based Operating System, and have over 1Milion High-Risk apps in its Play Store.<br /> Ever since it was released publically in September 2008, dozens of proclamations and researches had been published professing that Android is not a secure platform for Smart Phones.<br /> Google has ultimately broken the Ice, and despite the fact that Play Store has over 1Million Malware apps, Google claimed that, Android is more secure than any other platform<a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>, including iOS.<br /> Google’s Android Security chief Adrian Ludwig; researcher Eric Davis and Jon Larimer at Berlin’s Virus Bulletin conference had laid out the engaging report with comprehensive demographic & analytical data, called “Android – realistic security from the ground up”.<br /> The report manifested the engrossing illustration of the security dynamic in the open Android ecosystem. It was exhibited to dispute the pretenses of pervasive Android malware threats.<br /> Here is an overview of one of the info-graphic shown by Google’s Security folks.<br /> This picture is showing the multiple layers defense level that a user has to go through before installing an App.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbgLzG_sQQnhQgM_c3O_9UQHQZStOfkC3pzRbjKB9bAs67vJR7mukB5uSTyKIcfl2_arQoQUikHH_UCAd5CpJYZ0TIXypxspocBmi1jUb-CsDxq6N1nIpeG5qpOqxAxntiqYF8YjlH-10/s1600/1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbgLzG_sQQnhQgM_c3O_9UQHQZStOfkC3pzRbjKB9bAs67vJR7mukB5uSTyKIcfl2_arQoQUikHH_UCAd5CpJYZ0TIXypxspocBmi1jUb-CsDxq6N1nIpeG5qpOqxAxntiqYF8YjlH-10/s1600/1.png" /></a></div> According to Ludwig, the number of malware that actively strive to dodge runtime security checks in order to wreck users is surprisingly just 0.001% of installed apps. And these are the numbers that tries. The numbers of apps that really able to provoke harm are even scantier than that. Fascinating! Isn’t it?<br /> Ludwig relates the Google’s strategy to control Malware as similar to the role, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) plays in public health.<br /> <blockquote> <i>“The CDC knows that it’s not realistic to try to eradicate all disease. Rather, it monitors disease with scientific rigor, providing preventative guidance and effective responses to harmful outbreaks”</i></blockquote> Google evidently gathered data from apps that were installed from outside the Play Store and where the probability of malware and worms is much eminent.<br /> Based on the data collected from 1.5 billion app installed from Outside, Google secured credible evidence that the proportion of “potentially harmful apps” installed is about 0.12%.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB-cLzxDGrrLPSzaZsY9knnus8fT6Z-SKW4zk1lW2OVSbw_WrdQiNynh_2-6L5xzCpDG8RTlSe_lENwnTxXmR7LV4vsvn_TkFnNX0gfTuKb7WdLkVEuZL4C1Qrs2iEOxNvepH5qOE6XBw/s1600/2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB-cLzxDGrrLPSzaZsY9knnus8fT6Z-SKW4zk1lW2OVSbw_WrdQiNynh_2-6L5xzCpDG8RTlSe_lENwnTxXmR7LV4vsvn_TkFnNX0gfTuKb7WdLkVEuZL4C1Qrs2iEOxNvepH5qOE6XBw/s1600/2.png" /></a></div> However, there is still one admonition to all these. Google’s statistics and data are determined from Android devices that have Google Play Store installed, with the feature of ‘Verify Apps’. No data had been collected from the Smart Phones and Tablets that have not been authorized to run Google Play services, especially those manufactured in China.</div>

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Decline in PC Sales Proves to be Slower than Estimated

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVNVI2HZlPGGZKrE743YVVRWb6WDqmvLJ4kIw7h3I3WtWaqw4OY6b4heVB67lhx4btYXhFeA1B1aGqrHmf2_uwKmvKJ4Ujd58y3rUKjXRNE9QGQ7kliUo8Tew7l7blUExuqbepfSEcmp0/s1600/PC-Store.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVNVI2HZlPGGZKrE743YVVRWb6WDqmvLJ4kIw7h3I3WtWaqw4OY6b4heVB67lhx4btYXhFeA1B1aGqrHmf2_uwKmvKJ4Ujd58y3rUKjXRNE9QGQ7kliUo8Tew7l7blUExuqbepfSEcmp0/s1600/PC-Store.jpg" /></a></div> According to a <a href="http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2604616" target="_blank">new report</a> the decline in the PC market — which was being observed since quite sometime — might not have been as bad as initially expected.<br /> Report on the PC Market is prepared by research firm Gartner.<br /> While the industry’s sales did drop by 8 percent, year-over-year, it’s better than what it was before. In fact, this is lowest level of the growth Since Second Quarter of 2009.<br /> The change which was observed has probably got to do with the arrival of cheaper Windows 8-running systems by ASUS, Dell, HP and others, the embedding of Intel’s new 4th-generation Haswell chip and of course, Windows 8.1 which brings back Start (if only slightly).<br /> As was the case in last quarter, Lenovo emerged as the biggest winner, followed by HP and Dell. These companies experienced growth by as much as 2.8 percent. Others still fared quite badly. Acer and ASUS saw sales dropping by 22.6 and 22.5 percent respectively.<br /> Overall, the market saw shipments of 80.2 million systems which is down from 87.8 million a year ago, but considering that a lot of new and exciting laptops (both from flagship and low-end categories) are about to get released by the end of the year, the situation might get even better in the future.<br /> No one is expecting to see a 180 degree turnaround in the market thus yet but who knows, things might change when those cheap laptops with touchscreens start arriving.<br /> <b>Table</b><b> 1<br /> Preliminary Worldwide PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 3Q13 (Units)</b><br /> <div> <table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="166">Company</td> <td valign="top" width="118"><div align="right"> <b>3Q13 Shipments</b></div> </td> <td valign="top" width="112"><div align="right"> <b>3Q13 Market Share (%)</b></div> </td> <td valign="top" width="103"><div align="right"> <b>3Q12 Shipments</b></div> </td> <td valign="top" width="101"><div align="right"> <b>3Q12 Market Share (%)</b></div> </td> <td valign="top" width="91"><div align="right"> <b>3Q12-3Q13 Growth (%)</b></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom" width="166">Lenovo</td> <td valign="bottom" width="118"><div align="right"> 14,154,355</div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="112"><div align="right"> 17.6</div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="103"><div align="right"> 13,774,828</div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="101"><div align="right"> 15.7</div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="91"><div align="right"> 2.8</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom" width="166">HP</td> <td valign="bottom" width="118"><div align="right"> 13,732,398</div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="112"><div align="right"> 17.1</div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="103"><div align="right"> 13,532,449</div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="101"><div align="right"> 15.4</div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="91"><div align="right"> 1.5</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom" width="166">Dell</td> <td valign="bottom" width="118"><div align="right"> 9,306,202</div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="112"><div align="right"> 11.6</div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="103"><div align="right"> 9,218,063</div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="101"><div align="right"> 10.5</div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="91"><div align="right"> 1.0</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom" width="166">Acer Group</td> <td valign="bottom" width="118"><div align="right"> 6,666,789</div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="112"><div align="right"> 8.3</div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="103"><div align="right"> 8,615,940</div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="101"><div align="right"> 9.8</div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="91"><div align="right"> -22.6</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom" width="166">Asus</td> <td valign="bottom" width="118"><div align="right"> 4,923,397</div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="112"><div align="right"> 6.1</div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="103"><div align="right"> 6,354,096</div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="101"><div align="right"> 7.2</div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="91"><div align="right"> -22.5</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="166">Others</td> <td valign="bottom" width="118"><div align="right"> 31,496,126</div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="112"><div align="right"> 39.2</div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="103"><div align="right"> 36,314,030</div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="101"><div align="right"> 41.4</div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="91"><div align="right"> -13.3</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="166"><b>Total</b></td> <td valign="bottom" width="118"><div align="right"> <b>80,279,267</b></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="112"><div align="right"> <b>100.0</b></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="103"><div align="right"> <b>87,809,406</b></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="101"><div align="right"> <b>100.0</b></div> </td> <td valign="bottom" width="91"><div align="right"> <b>-8.6</b></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> Note: Data includes desk-based PCs and mobile PCs, including mini-notebooks but not media tablets such as the iPad.</div>

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LG Announces the Mid-Range G Pro Lite Dual with 5.5 Inch Display and Stylus

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYmGHP9Ch1wNbrbrh0jInds1FbLWInbgI3P26W_CC30y7clXT6pQlxGszmQnOr4o3WTfd7RV7Fjy9mMzbjSFKNPIQY93cTq4lJIZ5Pa71XpMGhLdXPWdxtUrKYFW68kwKl8ppc3hZB3Y0/s1600/gprolite.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYmGHP9Ch1wNbrbrh0jInds1FbLWInbgI3P26W_CC30y7clXT6pQlxGszmQnOr4o3WTfd7RV7Fjy9mMzbjSFKNPIQY93cTq4lJIZ5Pa71XpMGhLdXPWdxtUrKYFW68kwKl8ppc3hZB3Y0/s1600/gprolite.jpg" /></a></div> Styli seem to be making an entry again into our lives. The tech which was nearly abandoned after the iPhone came has seen a revival and LG had decided to not stay behind either.<br /> The new G Pro Lite is an Android phone with a 5.5 inch display and a stylus, which sits in its own slot behind.<br /> The phone isn’t exactly on the cutting edge. Sure, it comes with a 5.5 inch large LCD display but it has qHD resolution of 960 x 540 pixels. Under the hood, you get a 1GHz MediaTek MT6577 dual-core processor with 1 GB RAM and 8 GB expandable storage.<br /> The phone will also have a dual-sim version.<br /> For connectivity, it uses Bluetooth 3.0, microUSB 2.0, Wi-Fi and GPS. 3140 mAh battery powers up the device. An 8 mp camera at the back with Full HD video and 1.3mp camera at the front complete the package.<br /> Here are the specs of the G Pro Lite:<br /> <ul> <li>Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean</li> <li>5.5 inch LCD display with qHD resolution</li> <li>161g heavy</li> <li>9.4mm thick</li> <li>1GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6577 processor</li> <li>1 GB RAM and 8 GB expandable storage</li> <li>8 megapixel rear-camera with 1080p Full HD video recording</li> <li>1.3 megapixel front-camera</li> <li>Bluetooth 3.0, microUSB 2.0, Wi-Fi, GPS</li> <li>3140 mAh battery</li> </ul> The phone will be available later this month. Pricing is still unknown but since this phone is looking to be placed in the mid-range sector, it shouldn’t be mind-bogglingly high.</div>

LG Announces the Mid-Range G Pro Lite Dual with 5.5 Inch Display and Stylus

Styli seem to be making an entry again into our lives. The tech which was nearly abandoned after the iPhone came has seen a revival and ...

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