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5 Best Android Weather Apps

I’m not so sure whether love is predictable, but weather?? Why not?? Our forefathers had predicted weather with the movements of sun and by glancing through the clouds. Our fathers relied on the television and radio news. And we?? What do we do?

I could almost hear you whisper that we never care about the weather. But if we did care about it, our daily plans would flow seamlessly in. You needn’t take the pain of tuning into your TV or radio sets. Let’s shun them marking them for the older generations and let’s tap these free android apps to get ourselves educated about the weather.

Best Android Weather Apps are:

1. AccuWeather

Best Android Weather Apps

The name tells us that the app predicts the weather accurately and that’s what it does. The app has customizable features and gives minute-by-minute weather forecast. The attractive feature here is that, you not only learn about the global weather here but also will be able drill down to your localized street address and find the weather condition there. So the next time you want to avoid that annoying aunty coming to your come, you can check the app and tell her that the rains are going to flood your street and ask her stay at her home!!

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2. Local weather

Best Android Weather Apps

  This app lets you check the weather conditions throughout the world. Apart from learning the big details, this app furnishes us with minute details as well like the range of precipitation and even the direction of the wind. Next time when the wind doesn’t allow to play flying discs with your buddies, you can check its direction with the app and plan for a better game. That’s how you play, LIKE A BOSS!

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3. Yahoo Weather

Best Android Weather Apps

Even if you aren’t so keen about the weather updates, this app would make you so. It has a beautiful UI. The animated sunrise and sunsets, Flickr photos matching your areas of search and interactive maps are the features which make this app a top favorite. It gives away the most accurate hourly, 5-day and 10-day forecasts.

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4. The Weather Channel

Best Android Weather Apps

 The name says it all. Tap this channel to learn about hourly, 36-hour and 10-day forecast options. It also has fast, accurate and localized radar maps which offer severe weather alerts to the users. You can also provide your weather inputs with pictures through the social weather reports. If you are a travel freak, get this app and this will avoid all your disappointments and you are sure to have a merrier trip.

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5. 1Weather

Best Android Weather Apps

Now that’s a personal favorite. Simple yet beautiful! This app should be appreciated for the design and user interface. It also has a robust set of tools which work for the job the app is designed for. The app has “follow my location” feature, wherein the weather information gets automatically updated when you are in the move. The next time before you plan your beach volley ball the app would alert you for those heavy down pours!

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You will never know what the weather can do to you until it ruins your day. God forbid! Let those things remain unknown to you with the help of these apps.

So go ahead.. have joy.. have fun and have seasons in the sun!!

Acer Liquid Z410 Smartphone announced at CES 2015

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Acer mobiles have declared the launch of Smartphone Acer Liquid Z410 at the CES 2015 event. The Smartphone has a 64bit quad core processor and the phone is sailing on Android KitKat. The Smartphone has been priced at a quite affordable rate of EUR 130 that equals to approximately Rs.10000.

Acer Liquid Z410 Smartphone

Acer Liquid Z410 Smartphone

The Acer Liquid Z410 comprises a 64 bit quad core processor very likely with Mali-760 graphic chipset. The Android KitKat is run over a screen that is 4.5 inches in length with qHD resolution of 960x 540 pixels. A rear AF camera of 5MP is packed on the back and a wide range camera of 2MP is packed on the front. A DTS sound proof via front speaker is another major feature of the phone.

Other features are 2G, 3G, 4G, GPS, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. The RAM, internal storage and the battery is not yet mentioned but the press release does specify the battery backup of 5.5 hours on a full recharge a single time. The RAM and the internal storage can be estimated according to the price that is set up. The RAM could be approx 1GB and the internal storage could be 4GB or 8GB. Acer Liquid Z410 has been declared in the first week of the year 2015. Many more handsets with a low price and powered by 64 bit processors are about to be launched soon.

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The Acer Liquid Z410 comes at a price that is okay according to its features. The features aren’t anything special as compared to other Smartphones. If this phone meets your requirements you can go for it. It is priced at Rs. 10000 approximately. The RAM and internal storage are yet to be specified. Though, the battery works for 5.5 hours on a single charge. The rear camera is of 5MP  and the front camera is a 2MP one.

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Sony MDR-EX31BN noise cancelling stereo headphone launched for Rs.5, 490

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Technology giant, Sony India has today declared the launch of its newest digital noise cancelling Bluetooth MDR-EX31BN earphones. This gadget is made especially for audio lovers to make the most of wireless communication and music streaming.

Sony MDR-EX31BN noise cancelling stereo headphone

Sony MDR-EX31BN noise cancelling stereo headphone

The sound driver unit of MDR-EX31BN is 13.5mm and the sound that is delivered to you is of great quality and very powerful due to the integration of great quality digital noise cancellation ability for amazingly clear output. The earphones are connected to a wireless Bluetooth receiver that uses one-touch connectivity with NFC that helps the user to use it without having to use their hands. This makes the earphones to reduce the noise disturbances that are taking place around us such as the sound of traffic or an airplane by a great amount.

Also read : 10 Best Free Music & Audio Android Apps

Sony MDR-EX31BN headphone

The earphones are a part of Sony’s unmatched commitment to provide the users with great quality listening experience, the sound quality and the design of these earphones by Sony India is unbeatable and the price tag is not that hefty. The color choices available to you are red and black, also with MDR-EX31BN you get a micro USB cable that aids an uninterrupted usage of more than 10.5 hours once the gadget is recharged fully. MDR-EX31BN earphones can be bought at a price of Rs. 5,490 form all the Sony centres and main electronic stores all over India.

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Alcatel OneTouch Pixi 3 and OneTouch watch unveiled

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At CES 2015 event, a low cost OneTouch Smartphone and the OneTouch Pixi 3 SmartPhone series will be showcased by Alcatel. The products are already revealed but the full speculations will be disclosed only at the CES event. The unique feature of Alcatel OneTouch Pixi 3is that it can run on 3 different operating system thereby giving you the ability to choose your favorite operating system. This would also be the first handset t come up with such unique concept.

Alcatel OneTouch Pixi 3

Alcatel OneTouch Pixi 3

It’s up to the users to choose from Firefox, Windows Phone or Android on their OneTouch Pizi 3. Alcatel has also planned to announce various handsets in the Pixi 3 series, that are powered by different hardware, 3G/4G support and screen sizes. The company has also planned to launch a low budget Smartwatch.

They claim that the price of the Smartwatch is fraction of the cost compared with companies such as Moto 360.  It’s expected that Alcatel OneTouch Watch will also support a round dial loaded with many important sensors to monitor physical activities along with built-in-speaker.

Also read : FlatChat Android App Review

Alcatel OneTouch Pixi 3

Alactek OneTouch watch (low budget SmartWatch) is really an unique concept that we all would look forward to. As of now, everyone (including you, I guess) is looking forward to the launch of Alcatel OneTouch series and what all it probably can offer us!

FlatChat Android App Review

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Lets take a scenario, you got graduated and got a job in a MNC, but it is located in a different city. So you have to lookout for a place to live, naturally you have to adjust with flatmates. But how will you get a flat on rent in a new city for you? Traditional way will be to find for empty flats or roam in the city asking the societies whether they have any accommodation.

Another option can be for approaching a broker. Well the first approach is time consuming and the second approach is expensive. What if there is a solution for your problem and you can get a flat on rent with flatmates as per your convenience without any hassles, time consumption and with no consultation charges as such.

Well people who have already done it know the pain point of searching for a location as per their requirements is a problem. What if someone helps you to find out the desired flat as per your needs and be able to chat with the flatmates? This does sound interesting, isn’t it? There is an android app for the solution of this problem called as FlatChat. So let us start exploring this application.

FlatChat Android App

User Experience

Let us start installing this application. Go to Google Play Store and search for “FlatChat” or click here. The app is very lightweight and needs just 3.6MB of data to be downloaded. So download the app. After installing the application, you can see the icon of the app in your smartphone which has a home symbol.

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Flatchat App Review 09 Flatchat App Review 10Open the app. Now to open the application the user has to “Log in with Facebook”. Yes you will have to login with facebook for using this application. There is no escape from it. Well the app does not post anything on facebook. So without worrying further I clicked on “Edit the info you provide”. In that you can see what info you want to give to flatchat. So the Public Profile is by default checked, your friends list and your e-mail id are optional to share with the application.

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Do the app does ask you for two options. The first one is “Looking for a place” and another is “Looking for Flatmates”. If you are looking for a place then go for first option. If you have an accommodation in your flat for a flatmate then you can choose for “Looking for Flatmates”. Well you can change it any time from the profile.

If you are looking for a place then the app asks for your requirements. It goes from the number of people for which you are looking the space. The preferred localities, budget per person, duration and the date till which you want to shift by. After entering the details a Flyer is created and you can save the Flyer and also can share it your friends and on social networks. It is very helpful medium of telling people about your requirements in a very nice graphical manner.

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Flatchat App Review 27Well the important factor is that the Flatchat Assistant immediately asks for the confirmation of your requirements. You can talk regarding your requirements in detail with the assistant. AS per your requirements the assistant finds out the possible matches according to your requirement and lists down the options for you. You can ask for the contact details and directly call the flat owner and talk about the next process. The best part is that you can chat with the flatmates. If there is a mutual requirement from both the sides, Flatchat makes both the parties able to chat before getting the place. This helps in getting any doubts cleared by the tenant and you get to know the flatmates in advanced before getting accommodated.

Final Verdict

This is a very useful application for people looking for flat on rent and want to be a flatmate or want to have a flatmate. Socializing for a cause is very important and through Flatchat you can get your desired location with ease and hasslefree saving your valuable time.

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