India to overtake US in smart phone sales

US is constantly being challenged in lots of fields by the likes of Brazil, china, India and Russia. China is currently has the maximum number of smartphone users in the World followed by the USA. According to a report in Guardian, this is going to change. India will overtake US to become the second largest Smart phone market in the world

Overall, it is expected that users in India and China will together buy more than 500m smartphones in 2014, comprising half of the total that will be sold in 47 key countries, according to a new forecast. India will be the country where the largest proportion of smartphones sold will go to new users, according to the report. After India, the countries where the largest proportions of smartphones will go to first-time users are Indonesia (86%), Vietnam (82%), Brazil (82%), Romania (80%), Turkey (77%), Ukraine (76%), China (76%), Nigeria (75%) and Japan (75%).

The ten largest countries for sales will be China (283m), India (225m), the US (89m), Brazil (47m), Indonesia (46m), Russia (31m), Japan (30m), Mexico (23m), Germany (22m) and France (18.7m), just ahead of the UK with 17.7m.

Source:
The Guardian

Clean your Smart Phone

At some time or another, we all drop our smartphones. We also put them in pockets or purses crammed with keys, coins. We often forget to charge them, and leave them in hot or wet locations. We take our phone with us in showers and what not. So our poor phone has to endure lots of toughness from our side. So its time, we must do something to take care of our phone.

Tools Required

The main tool needed is  a microfiber cloth. You can get a very small one, perhaps even for free, at your optometrist's office, which should be just fine for a phone. i use my Spect's Cloth which is quite soft and good enough for my phone. You can buy larger ones for a few dollars at camera stores, electronics stores, hardware stores, or from ebay.

Steps

1. As a safety measure, remove your phone's battery. Now if you having one of the phones from which battery cannot be removed, simply switch off your phone.

2. Wipe the screen gently with the dry cloth. Remember don't brush really hard, just be gentle. if some dirt becomes too stubborn and refuses removal, leave it and try wet cleaning

3. If a dry cloth doesn't do the job, you'll need to use a wet one--and that can be tricky. Distilled water is the safest and cheapest liquid for a screen. I also use the liquid provided to clean my spects and it is also good.

4. Put whatever liquid you are using into a spray bottle, and spray it onto the microfiber cloth.

5. Wipe the display as described above, and then wait until the screen is completely dry before turning the device back on.

6. It is a good advice to invest in a decent cover.