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Last year , <a href="https://www.leapmotion.com/" target="_blank">Leap Motion</a> takes the world with storm , changing the way of Human/Computer Interaction. and now HP comes with a leap motion integrated notebook PC. And Finally its here in India with a huge price tag of Rs. 1,14,000. <div>
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GT Rating : 4/5</div>
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SPECIFICATIONS : </div>
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<li>Display :17.3-inch full HD touch screen</li>
<li>Processor :Intel Core i7(4th Gen) </li>
<li>RAM : 8GB RAM,</li>
<li>HDD :1TB HDD </li>
<li>Graphics : Nvidia GeForce GT750M</li>
<li>Sensor : built-in Leap Motion Sensor </li>
<li>Ports : 4 x USB 3.0  , HDMI </li>
<li>OS : Windows 8.1 </li>
<li>Weight :3.4 Kg</li>
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HP is first to come up with integrated Leap Motion Technology in HP ENVY 17 Notebook PC . </div>
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<b>What is Leap Motion ?</b></div>
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It is a 3D motion dection sensor that sense how you naturally move your hands and lets you use your computer in whole new way .Point ,wave,reach,grab.Pick something up and move it. Here in Notebook it uses 3 LEDs for detection of hand movements.</div>
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 Keeping in view at HP Envy Series, design with metal chassis looks good ,It has full backlit keyboard ,which is great for typing and also large multi touch-pad is very responsive but buttons are slightly hard to press. But although track pad is integrated with Leap Motion sensor and can be activated/de-activated with keyboard shortcut. </div>
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                         For Users HP has preloaded notebook with sensor responsive apps and games. And you also get pre-activated ,dedicated App Store. As gaming Point of view HP ENVY offers great feedback . The 17inch full HD touchscreen is fantastic. But on the other node it comes with reflective display which is heartbreaking. Sound is loud and clear in gaming as well as other music. </div>
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 BUT the most disappointing is battery life that only last for 3-4 hours. And overall HP has come up with great concept that is great , you may know HP is the one who came up with cheapest gaming laptop.</div>
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P.S.- Please HP hire more people in your R&D to work on battery and power backup.</div>
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HP ENVY 17 Leap Motion QE Notebook PC

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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Tussle of Messengers - BBM & WhatsApp</span></b></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">At Date , WhatsApp claim
430m active users and now processess  50 billion messsages a day.
 And BBM  finally making the messenger available on Apple’s iOS and
Android  devices, many might be wondering How it will affect WhatApp
Empire  . After all, more than 10 million downloads within 24 hours of BBM
being launched for non-BlackBerry handsets cannot be ignored.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Initial Set-up:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">                    WhatsApp creates
an account on the basis of your phone number, while BBM uses  pins.
 Initial Set up is easy , as you don’t have to remember passwords while
shifting to a new device. It just sends a verification SMS to your number and
the app verifies  it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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      For contacts  in your address book, this works out
very well — WhatsApp automatically tells them you are on WhatsApp . This means
you have to give your phone number to add a new friend .  But there will
be headache for those who  are using a secondary phone or temporary SIM.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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  BBM’s set-up doesn’t require you to input your  phone number.
Unlike WhatsApp, you have to start making  up your BBM contact list from
scratch. But while switching devices, you can back up your contact list to the
cloud and then remotely restore it on a new device.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Contact management:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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 It’s important to remember that adding a WhatsApp contact doesn’t just
mean you need someone’s phone number; you also need them in your device’s
address book. Therefore more privacy concern  users  stay away from
this service.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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 However, WhatsApp and BBM has a full contact-blocking mechanism in place.
Of course, since the contact you decide to block has your phone number. But
WhatsApp does have a way to mark contacts as favourites for easy access — a
feature missing from BBM.  For adding contacts , BBM’s cryptic pins could
be a hassle, but there is more option avaliable like  barcode scanning and
straight email invites that are quite easy.        
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  Neither service has a  marking options to differentiate
 contacts into, say, work and personal groups, though both offer group
chats.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chat Message:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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       The base is text messaging. Both provide typing and
delivery report, but little difference. In WhatsApp, a tick mark next to your
message means it has been delivered to the server while a second one means the
sender has received it — that doesn’t necessarily mean the receiver has read
it. BBM, on the other hand, ticks off when your message is sent to the server,
a ‘D’ mark when it is delivered to the receiver and an ‘R’ when the receiver has
seen it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Though WhatsApp lets you
know at the top when the user was last active, but only BBM has read receipts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">BBM also has a few extras
built in . Conversations can be copied and  pasted elsewhere, emailed.
Depending on the kind of conversations you have, these could be features you
might prefer to skip.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sharing:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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    WhatsApp only shares pictures and video files, while BBM allows
users to share any file type. Both platforms can send contacts and location.
BBM also allows groups of people to share images, but no other file type. And
group pictures on BBM have robust caption, comment, and up voting mechanisms.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Group chat:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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      Both BBM and WhatsApp support group chats, but BBM has an
edge . Both allow sharing of images to a group, In BBM groups doesn’t permit
 video, location, or contact sharing. On the other hand, WhatsApp
maintains file-sharing  with one-on-one chat. But BBM makes up with shared
to-do lists and events, plus a much more sharp  user interface for
accessing all that content. Groups on BBM can also host multiple separate
conversations which is good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Emoticons:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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        BBM comes with 90 core emoticons. WhatsApp
with 189. BBM also enjoys a few other points of personalization that you won’t
find on WhatsApp. For one, there’s the classic PING action — to give your
friends a little nudge when they’re being slow to reply. WhatsApp, however,
lets you swap in custom wallpapers for your chat windows which is a nice touch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Status:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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      Both BBM and WhatsApp have profile management  that
support custom status messages and profile pictures. BBM profiles can also be
linked to apps, providing practical functions like updating your status with
your latest check-in. WhatsApp has an impressive selection of preset status
messages, but that’s about it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bottom line:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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        Both messengers have their own set of 
features and  flaws . Assuming the iOS and Android versions keep feature
parity, it might be safe to say BBM could edge past WhatsApp.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">WhatsApp has had the time
to polish its user interface, can learn from WeChat<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">P.S. - Readers do not worry
will also review n00b  Wechat , Viber etc <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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BBM or WhatsApp ?

Tussle of Messengers - BBM & WhatsApp At Date , WhatsApp claim 430m active users and now processess 50 billion messsages a...