Nexus 5 vs iPhone 5s

Phone Comparison

A not-so-tech-savvy cousin of mine recently asked me which phone to go for - Nexus 5 or iPhone 5s. I asked him what does he look for in a phone and few other general things, I prepared a 'quick' comparison chart. It may help anyone else who is stuck on same question.

I have kept it to minimum and excluded any general features like messaging, bluetooth or multimedia, as we expect these to be in a smartphone by default. I have added HDMI out and WiFi Direct specifically as these features are something that is used more often these days.

Nexus 5 vs iPhone 5s

Based on this comparison, Nexus 5 beats iPhone 5s hands down.

And the price is the knock-out punch!
Nexus 5 starts at $349 for 16GB (Rs. 28,999 in India) and iPhone 5s starts at $649 for 16GB. In India, prices are a little higher, Rs. 28,999 for Nexus 5 and around Rs. 53,499 for iPhone 5s.
Release date - Both phones are now officially available in India.

Apps Organizer - A better and simple way to organize your Android apps

App Recommendation

Got too many apps installed on your Droid and finding it difficult to locate the app you need? Scrolling screens over and over is not the best way.

Creating folders and dragging icons is another painful way.

Another option is by using App Organizer, which is a free app in Google Play. It provides you with a list of all your apps and 'labels' or categories under which you wish to see the app. Tap the app, then tap the label ~ multimedia, games, etc. You can cover all your apps in five mins flat. And each label acts like a folder that you can setup as a widget on homescreen.
And you can create your own labels he you want.
There is an option to auto-label all your apps at one go, however, I won't recommend that as it is not so accurate.

Nexus 4? Nexus 5? Go buy!

Breaking the MYTH

Recently, a colleague of mine decided to order a Nexus 4. Then he noticed the 'LG' tag on the rear of the phone and changed his mind to order a Samsung Galaxy S3 instead. Do you have similar apprehensions for Nexus phones, mainly LG phones?
LG may not be as big a name as Samsung, but it's Nexus phones are of supreme quality and can even beat Galaxy phones in terms of performance. I am not getting paid to write this, but just want to to break the myth that LG produces inferior phones.

You may be aware, Google prefers to select a different hardware manufacturer each time for its new phone or tablet. However, it consecutively signed LG for Nexus 5 after Nexus 4. It's just because Nexus 4 was really impressive. So don't think a lot, go and pick up your Nexus phone.
My personal experience, I bought LG Optimus One at the time of launch (2011 end) and its still working great, touchwood.

Start Menu for Windows 8

Random Fix

Are you irritated by Windows 8? And mainly by its Start Screen?
If you want to switch back to good old Start Menu, all you have to do download and install this nifty app from the website www.StartIsBack.com.
Just like you, I was terribly annoyed by the Start Screen and was unable to locate anything on my new PC. This start menu, which is from a third party, is exactly identical to the original Windows Start Menu. Try it! By the way, this is my first tweak with Windows 8 and I am loving it. I will surely need many more to get convenient with Windows 8, will keep sharing.

Download it here