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technology WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2014 Microsoft Lumia 535 Dual SIM now available in Kuwait Features five free integrated Microsoft experiences, 5-inch display, 5 MP front camera By Islam Al-Sharaa For all those wanting to catch-up on their favourite shows, BOX TV will offer a Operating system Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Denim KUWAIT: Microsoft Devices announced free subscription to Lumia 535 users for Free global HERE Maps and HERE Drive+ HERE location services the local availability of the Microsoft two months. Users will have to sign up Free HERE Transit available in the Store Lumia 535 Dual SIM in Kuwait for only with their Microsoft account and click on 5” qHD 960x540 screen Display KWD 39.4. Offering five great integrated the offer banner in the BOX TV app. A simi- Sunlight Readability Microsoft experiences, a wide-angle 5 lar offer will be available on Icflix for all megapixel front facing and rear camera, Microsoft Lumia 535 users where they will Battery 1905 mAh battery and a spacious 5 inch qHD display - all for get an unlimited access to movies and TV an affordable price - Lumia 535 helps peo- series for two months. All the above value Processor 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor ple do more of what they want, for less. offer services can be easily accessed by “Many people, especially the younger user-friendly apps on the Lumia device as Main camera 5 MP AF, Lumia Camera, LED flash tech-involved audiences and expatriates part of the growing Windows Phone Store in the region, aspire to own the latest flag- which currently has over 300,000 apps Front facing camera 5 MP wide-angle Fix focus FWVGA 864*480 for video recording & video playing ship smartphone, but often don’t have the today. means to get it. More and more of our cus- The dual SIM Microsoft Lumia 535 is Memory 8GB + 15GB free OneDrive, micro SD up to 128GB tomers are demanding a large screen now available in Kuwait at all leading elec- experience at an affordable price. With a tronic retail outlets and is priced at KWD spacious 5” screen, the latest Windows 39.4. The device will be available in a • Save and sync photos, videos and Office Phone 8.1 update and access to a range of range of colours including green, orange, documents securely with 15GB of free Microsoft services, Microsoft Lumia 535 white, dark grey and black. Customers in OneDrive cloud storage. Dual SIM is an ideal solution to offer them,” the Kuwait will also get a Lumia 535 pro- • Connect with work and personal e-mail said Jon French, Vice President Middle tective case and a premium selfie stick. while on the go, with Microsoft Outlook East, Microsoft Mobile Devices. Microsoft Lumia 535 packs all the inno- built-in. vative experiences that people want in a • Showcase photos and videos or get Bundled value offers smartphone, at a price they can afford. even more productive with Office on the In keeping with Microsoft’s commit- Lumia users can now: large, 5 inch qHD display. ment of providing quality experiences at • Fit more memorable backgrounds or affordable rates, Microsoft Lumia 535 in • Make memorable Skype video calls and add more friends into Skype video calls Kuwait comes bundled with several value- seamlessly switch between voice and and selfies with the 5 MP wide angle for-money offers. All Lumia 535 users will video with built-in Skype integration. front facing camera. be entitled to a discount of up to KWD 100 • Access, edit and share Word, Excel and • Never miss a call or text, and be reach- on Souq.com on their first purchase PowerPoint documents and OneNote able on both SIM cards at any time through the Souq.com app available on notebooks wherever you are, with the with Smart Dual SIM for maximum (From left) Haseeb Ihtisham, Head of Marketing ME, and Vithesh Reddy, General Manager, Lumia. pre-installed Office suite. flexibility. Lower Gulf, display the new Lumia 535. Apple trial continues, without a plaintiff for now OAKLAND: In an unusual legal twist, a federal judge decided Monday that a billion-dollar, class-action lawsuit over Apple’s iPods should continue, even though she also disqualified the last remaining plaintiff named in a case that has been on trial since last week. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers scold- ed Marianna Rosen and her attorneys on Monday for not providing more complete information about the iPods Rosen had purchased. That came after Apple lawyers successfully argued that the devices purchased by Rosen were not among those affected by the lawsuit. But the judge also rejected Apple’s argument that the case should be dismissed because it’s too WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama does a “fist bump” with a Adrianna Mitchell dur- late to name a new plaintiff. She ordered the attor- ing an “Hour of Code” event in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White neys suing Apple to identify a new person, by House complex in Washington, Monday, December 8, 2014, attended by middle-school Tuesday, who can serve as a lead plaintiff. students from Newark, NJ. — AP Both sides estimate about 8 million people bought iPods that are potentially affected by the PALO ALTO: In this October 19, 2007 file photo, customers try out the Apple iPod Nano at an Apple White House focuses on lawsuit, which focuses on Apple’s use of restrictive store in Palo Alto, California. — AP software that prevented iPods from playing music computer science in schools purchased from competitors of Apple’s iTunes store. so Apple can have a chance to review whether they to win this case on the merits.” Outside court, he told The plaintiffs say that amounted to unfair competi- are eligible. reporters the issue may eventually be decided by a WASHINGTON: Smartphones and laptops In an effort to highlight the importance of tion and that Apple was able to sell iPods at inflated Apple lawyers insisted Monday they weren’t hap- court of appeal. have become essential tools for today’s high-tech education, Obama and Vice prices because the software froze makers of com- py about discovering the glitch. Although he argued When asked whether Apple plans to investigate teenagers. But finding out how to make com- President Joe Biden also met with about 20 peting devices out of the market. in court briefs that the suit would have to be dis- the qualifications of any new plaintiff, Isaacson puters work has taken a backseat to other pri- middle school students from Newark, NJ, for While the plaintiffs argue the overcharges missed, Isaacson told the judge Monday, “We want answered with one word: “Completely.” — AP orities in US schools. an “hour of code” computing event organized amounted to $350 million, Apple could be ordered The White House wants to help change by Code.org. to pay triple that amount if the jury finds it violated that direction. It announced Monday that the One girl showed the president how to federal antitrust rules. seven largest school districts in the US are make shapes using JavaScript, with a design While the plaintiffs’ lawyers represent the entire Pioneer of video games, joining more than 50 others to start offering program using characters from the movie class of 8 million, class-action rules say the suit must introductory computer science to all their stu- “Frozen.” “This is the future right here,” Obama identify at least one person as a “named plaintiff” dents. said. who suffered the losses or injuries alleged in the Simon dies at 92 A big focus? Getting girls and minority The president said students, especially girls case. Rosen had previously said she purchased sev- boys into these classes. Computer-related jobs and minorities, need to learn sooner “not just eral iPods that qualified, but Apple attorneys pro- MANCHESTER: Ralph Baer, a video game pio- he often was asked by co-workers how the are projected to expand for years to come, but how to use a smartphone but to create the duced evidence that those devices either had the neer who created both the precursor to group would make any money from the proj- only a small percentage of college graduates apps for a smartphone.” wrong software or were purchased outside the time “Pong” and the electronic memory game ect. “People thought I was wasting my time obtain a degree in the field. About one in five students in 2009 gradu- frame of the lawsuit. A series of pretrial rulings had Simon and led the team that developed the and the company’s money for that matter,” he The school districts encompassing New ated high school with a computer science narrowed the case to covering just 19 months first home video game console, has died. He said in 2010. “There’s no way anybody could York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Las Vegas, credit, according to a National Assessment of between September 2006 and March 2009. was 92. have predicted how fast this industry would Houston and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, are Educational Progress study. Late last week, Rosen and her attorneys said she Baer, a longtime resident of Manchester, take off.” committing to offer the course in high school A 2013 report by the Computer Science had purchased two other iPods in 2008. But Apple died at his home Saturday, the Goodwin A version of The Brown Box is now at the or middle school. While some large districts Teachers Association says that because com- lawyers produced records that showed they were Funeral Home in Manchester confirmed American History Museum at the Smithsonian already have computer electives at limited puter science isn’t deemed a core academic purchased with a credit card issued to the law firm Monday.

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