Hardware

Detailed article on computer hardware parts like RAM, Motherboard, Processor, Graphics card. Hardware also covers topics on hardware of Server, Single Board Computers like Raspberry Pi to Libre Hardware Projects.

Samsung A50s : Hidden & Less Known Features

Previously we published a review on Samsung A50s. A50s Has a Good Number of Hidden Features Among the Available Smartphones. I am using a Samsung S10 and this A50s (as an upgrade to J7 Max) among the latest sets. S10 costs so higher for official support of VR, DEX, the display, wireless charging, more features of USB-C, 8GB RAM and so on. Many difference exists between S10 and A50s. But I can say … [Read more...]

Latest Smartwatch Technologies : Part II

In the first part of the series on the latest smartwatch technologies, we divided the smartphones in to three categories - (i) cheap (ii) mainstream (companion of a smartphone) and (iii) luxurious watches. That part mostly discussed the hardware features touching the presently available high-end chipsets. In this second part of the series, we will focus on the luxurious smartwatches. For obvious … [Read more...]

Latest Smartwatch Technologies : Part I

Smartwatches are a type of wearable tightly related to Internet of Things. The present form of the smartwatch is hardly 6 years old with some of the smartphone-like abilities and some special ability. The most important part of a smartphone is its display. Most of the future buyers of smartphones have some common questions. Mechanical watches and the hybrid luxurious watches have the resell value … [Read more...]

How to Connect Two Android Phones With USB Cable

Through our some recent articles we published a review of Samsung A50s and discussed about USB Type C. Samsung A50s is kind of starting range of Samsung premium devices - you'll get more options after connecting two Note 10 (both devices support pen and touch with palm rejection). Commonly, most of the entry grade to mid-range smartphones have micro USB, not USB Type C connector. USB OTG works in … [Read more...]

Drawing Tablet & Pen For Android Smartphones

Samsung Note and Apple iPads are not affordable to many of the users. Affording Samsung Note is not like buying a computer. Smartphones are not upgradable unlike desktop or even the laptops. 5G smartphones are going to be norm within the next 2 years. In this scenario, we need something which works with the common drawing applications of Android, like Adobe Photoshop. Luckily, few drawing tablets … [Read more...]

Smartphones Which Support 5G (Oct 2019)

In our earlier articles we have discussed about 5G. There is a practical need to know whether 5G network going to be available in the next year. According to the official news, 5G shall be available to users at affordable prices starting from 2021. So, we can comfortably say that most of the users do not need a 5G set in the next year. It does mean - we should avoid purchasing present top-model 4G … [Read more...]

Connect Android CLI (Termux) to IBM Watson IoT Like Raspberry Pi

Android smartphones can be made to partially work like Raspberry Pi like single board computers. That is probably useful for different reasons. To follow the steps of this guide, you need to read our previous guide for the basic setup with Termux. Although in that guide, we mainly focused on how to use Node-RED, there are is the installation of termux-api and some useful links. Any Android device … [Read more...]

Difference Between a USB Type-C and a Micro-USB Connector

USB-C Connector (USB Type-C is the official name) Increasingly Being Used in Modern Smartphones and Other Computing Devices. USB-C is not like the classic USB connectors (including the microUSB and MiniUSB connectors). USB came as a replacement for the large connectors to replace the serial ports, parallel ports, the port for PC mouse and keyboards. USB Type B was designed for the larger, … [Read more...]

How to Use Android Smartphone as IoT Device (Termux, Node-RED)

We can use any modern Android Smartphone something like a Raspberry Pi with a camera, all the sensors & send the collection to any IoT platform. Although it will sound like a complex work it is easy because of a lot of development by many hundreds of developers. There are ready to use Android applications which does the similar job from GUI and connect with IoT platform like IBM Watson IoT … [Read more...]

Review of Samsung A50s Smartphone With Optimization Tips

After J7 Max, it is a good set from Samsung thinking their rule of hefty pricing. It records 4K/UHD video, has an on-screen ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, the screen is beautiful, it has Dolby Atmos. Samsung Galaxy A50s is not powered by a Snapdragon processor. What it offers is a good-enough performance with modern sensor and display for everyday use. Smartphones for regular may get lost or … [Read more...]

Raspberry Pi Zero For Low Cost IoT Projects

There is nothing to disagree with the advantages and low cost of microcontrollers such as ESP32. But, by design ESP32 can not perform complex computing works. Adafruit's CircuitPython and MicroPython are good way to work with Python on microcontroller. But, there are many use-cases where using MicroPython/CircuitPython pushes to the limit. Cost of boards from Adafruit and Arduino are not cheap … [Read more...]