Monday 29 July 2013

iPhone Lite & iPhone 5C

New information and images on the internet has came from sources more or less doubtful. First, we have some boxes marked ostentatiously iPhone 5C, in a similar way to the iPhone 4S and 3GS boxes a few years ago. How was the recently set up a dial, is now among the letter C to benefit from similar treatment. Although I do not think C stands for Cheap (inexpensive), I'm curious what attribute could be portrayed as shorthand.
In recent weeks we have seen dozens if not hundreds of images with the iPhone budget, probably the worst kept secret in Apple iPhone 4 here. In this avalanche of information is hard to distinguish what is real and what is rendering or speculation. Frankly these boxes seem real and I see Apple offering its first budget phone in such a package.
Going over the images side by side at the same time could portray some chinese who have no connection with Apple products, one thing worth upheld. Several sources have confirmed that the September 6 following the announcement of his next iPhones. As a result, we have about two months until we find out who was right.

Sunday 28 July 2013

The last BlackBerry with OS 7 ????


The phone from above has chances to enter in history as the last phone launched with BlackBerry 7 operating system. Starting from the fact that the number of smartphones with BlackBerry 10 is already decent about half a year after the launch of Z10, many consider useless or worse, wanton launching such a device. Former CEO of RIM refund companies said that a new gadget that uses the old platform to justify due to the popularity of BlackBerry 7 in many less developed countries of the world. Personally, I see this as a desperate move by Thorsten Heins as a lack of confidence in the new BlackBerry 10. Given that there will be no or low-end models such as BlackBerry Q5, the entire price spectrum was already covered, which reconfirms this release as a big mistake.
Remember at the last Bold 9900, 9720 terminal comes with the same keyboard that we see and Q10, with a resolution of 480 x 360 and the tiny physical buttons for answering and closing calls. It is hard to approximate at this point if you also have a touch panel, but it is clear that navigation in the menu will be accomplished through optical trackpad popularized by models launched in previous years.

BlackBerry Blackout

Things do not look good for the Canadian company that once confirmed it is open to a merger now starting to give out employees. And this after a very modest quarter in terms of revenues.
250 employees who worked in product testing in Waterloo were fired. It seems that research and development section losing these employees, and this segment is usually part of the backbone of a company. Interestingly BlackBerry claims that these layoffs are made "to adapt to new opportunities."
Is not the first dismissal of the BlackBerry nor the most important, being left without work last year 5,000 Canadian employees. This was the price paid for transition to BB 10 OS and save $ 1 billion.
Meanwhile CEO Thorsten Heins requires patience from investors and shareholders .
In recent months we have seen many rumors about a possible acquisition of the company's BlackBerry, either by Microsoft or by Lenovo or Microsoft. Lenovo seems to be the firm favorite, although we have strong indications of this. More details can be found here.

Rumors about iPad 5

Martin Hajek is a talented industrial designer who has created concepts and renderings of mobile terminals before they are launched. Among them remember and Z10 BlackBerry or iPad Mini, which looks very realistic. Today the artist tries his hand with the iPad 5. Inspiration for this concept design have been reached on the web a few weeks ago. They claimed that the new device will have 3/4 of the thickness of the iPad 4 and will be even thinner than iPad Mini. It is rumored that the new tablet will measure 178.5 mm in width and 232 mm in length, and rounded corners are all borrowed from the Mini.
Fifth Generation of iPad with 9.7 inch screen will make a design change that requires the implementation of thin edges of the screen. The new terminal is thin and compact compared to its predecessors. Or notes format rather than that of ipad Mini a lower body both in length and in width to the ipad 4


Thursday 25 July 2013

Android 4.3 officially presented

It was announced at last a new version of Android, the third as the Jelly Bean. Android 4.3 was present in San Francisco last night, at a time when many market specialists wanted to get acquainted with Android version 5.0 Key Lime Pie. So, not to mention a giant leap, but light changes. One of the major pluses of the mobile operating system is multi-user support, which I first saw on Android 4.2. In Android 4.3, it receives several additions, among which the restriction profiles, depending on which parents can give children who share the same gadget only access to selected applications.

Android 4.3 looks like the previous version. Home screen will be familiar, as well as one in which you display applications. Android applications have received a classical update and Hangouts replaced officially Talk. It worked less and Google Drive, Chrome and Maps. Some changes are on notice: you can now see and their history. Also, third party applications have access to notifications, which could help smart applications that synchronizes clocks on multiple gadgets information.Android 4.3 supports OpenGL ES 3.0. The folks at Google have shown improvements in the 3D gaming due to this fact. Also for fans of games on Android, the Google's Play Games presented application that helps you see what your friends are playing and how good they are.
Android 4.3 update is available on the Galaxy Nexus and gadgets coming soon and the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC Google Play One edition. 
Personally, I am curious if the update for galaxy s3 will come or not. Do not announce anything about it .
 

Monday 22 July 2013

Nokia choose Windows for a simple reason : Samsung

Almost three years ago, Stephen Elop made ​​a decision that almost no one understood it. Nokia CEO came in front of a crowd of reporters along with Steve Ballmer and announced a partnership with Microsoft , among others, was reflected in the Lumia series terminals. In a time when it seemed the obvious choice Android and Windows Phone was just an experiment in which no one believed, one of the world's largest handset manufacturers showed signs not to be turned in the direction.
It's been a long time, and Windows Phone is starting to look increasingly better. In terms of global sales, has already surpassed BlackBerry , but in the subconscious of many of us remained the question of the current CEO of the Finnish decision. Why Nokia deal almost exclusively of terminals with Windows Phone?Because of the dominance that Samsung managed to impose its terminals Android universe, especially the series Galaxy S. Stephen Elop was very realistic when he described why he preferred to take the risk of relying on a new platform instead enter an endless race for supremacy in the crowded market with Android gadgets.
"I had a suspicion about who might be because of the resources they have available and vertical integration in the market. I respect the fact that I was late in making the decision. Many others already working in this space. " 
At the time, I never understood why Nokia assumes an unnecessary risk with Windows Phone. Now, however, the quality of products and engineering efforts invested in Lumia series terminals appear to be sufficient to increase the popularity of both Microsoft platform, and to increase company profits.

Gmail change the interface

Google has just changed the message composition window in Gmail.In  past few months, to compose a message in Gmail, giant has decided to offer what seems a new window operating within the same workspace. By clicking, editing window that appears in the upper right corner and if you wanted to access old email meantime, could minimize to return to it later.
From now on, the page that the creation of a message will not be limited in size to that corner of the screen. With one click the full screen button in the top right, you can significantly increase and bring in the middle of the gmail page. If you enchant this option menu accessible via the lower right corner you can set this as the default composition window - 'Default to Full Screen''.

Apple and Samsung reach an agreement ?

After fighting that lasted several years , Apple and Samsung are ready to make a deal related to patents on which they dispute. Apparently the two giants would hold talks started last summer, when Apple registered a significant victory in court. Wall Street Journal says that the two companies were close to a deal since February, but then inexplicably stopped discussions. In recent months we have seen a move away from Samsung to Apple when it comes to supplying components. Orders screens for LG Display and Sharp have increased and it was rumored that TSMC or Intel processors will deal with Apple in the future.
The solution is simple: both Apple and South Koreans must provide access to their patents by paying the requisite license or by trading with other licenses. A final agreement with the palm beaten would mark an important step along the career of Tim Cook to lead Apple. And that's mostly because his predecessor, Steve Jobs wanted to destroy Android and its partners

Friday 19 July 2013

VLC for iOS returns to the App Store

It was not long and VideoLan or VLC app was pulled by Apple AppStore because it was built using lines of code that were not in proportion 100% open source. Up to version 2.0, which you can download from the AppStore starting today, the solution was compiling a new version marketing purposes.
Until this time, VLC Player does not disappear, it simply moved in Cydia and force users willing to make jailbreak . For some time, the rules have changed and they help new developers to trust the creative process involved in bringing new applications. VideoLAN returns AppStore with native support for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
VLC for iOS app will still be free, will continue to require iOS 5.1 or later and will be limited to version 2.0 or newer. Because you have corrected all the surprise elements of licensing, this time the application has great chances to hold its current form for a long time. As advanced features worth mentioning support for AirPlay integration with Dropbox to play files in the cloud, can playback content with multiple audio tracks or subtitles.The program is very intuitive, the interface is very simple and tutorials are not necessary. It is enough to have VLC for iOS app installed and you will not have trouble playing your multimedia content of any kind.

Thursday 18 July 2013

Android 4.3 is coming ???

Android 4.3 appeared on the internet for some time through a leak of a software version for Galaxy S4 Google Edition. The published version is not much new but could the final version to make other changes. Maybe some of the goodies seen in the advertisement's Moto X.It seems that we will not see Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie to the next Google I / O while 4.3 is named Jelly Bean. In addition to this update of Android, we could see a new generation Nexus 7. There were various rumors Nexus 7 2 produced by Asus, with a 7-inch 1080p screen and Snapdragon SoC 600 (or S4 Pro) inside. Stay tuned for news next Wednesday, when the event will occur.

Tuesday 16 July 2013

Surface smart watch with Windows 8

If until now we talked about smart watch models from LG, Sony, Google or Apple, and Microsoft well now enters the scene, but not by a certain model, but with a clock Surface. The gadget can be worn on the wrist most interesting aspect of it will be the software because the terminal will run Windows 8.
It's obviously a modified version of Win 8, adapted to the small diagonal of the screen. The Smart Watch is created by the team behind the Xbox, according to The Verge sources. The same engineers have tried to integrate a heartbeat detector "Joule" on Xbox 360 in the past. The idea of ​​a gadget worn on the wrist Windows 8 sounds interesting and I'm curious to see how this product will fit into the ecosystem of devices Microsoft.I expect integration with Xbox consoles, tablets and laptops with Windows 8 and Windows Phone terminals. The leaks indicate the presence of a 1.5-inch touch screen on the smart watch, but also a series of belts, the yellow, blue, red, white, black and gray. It is speculated in place of a frame oxinitrid aluminum, which in addition to greater resistance than the transparent glass offers.

Motorola Moto X

Eric Schmidt uses Motorola smartphone. There are more information reached the web. Specifications are for a top smartphone but rather mid-range segment. Might give us a surprise and come up with a bid price. We'll see.
Rumors in terms of specifications:

- 4.3-inch display with HD resolution;

- Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro quad-core processor, 2 GB RAM, 16 GB of storage; 

- Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean;

- 10 Megapixel / 8 Megapixel and 2 Megapixel front camera;

They are unofficial and should be treated with a healthy dose of skepticism. Eric Schmidt CEO of Google recently came to an event with Motorola Moto X he used as a personal phone. Naturally there have been dozens of pictures that went around technology blogs.
We do not need a smartphone with FHD display and CPU at 2.3 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 or another octo-core CPU to have a smooth experience regarding running Android Jelly Bean or existing applications in Android Market. Snapdragon S4 Pro is found in LG / Google Nexus 4 and is doing great. It is said that the upcoming Google Nexus tablet will go on July 2 with the same Qualcomm hardware.
 

Nokia Lumia 1020

Nokia Lumia 1020 was presented a few days ago at an event in New York. The element that stands out when you go through the specifications of sensor hardware is able to take pictures up to 41 megapixels.
Some characteristics:
- 4.5-inch AMOLED display with 1280 x 768 pixels, protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Nokia ClearBlack PureMotion HD;
- Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual-core 1.5 GHz, Adreno 225 GPU, 2 GB RAM, 32 GB of storage and no microSD slot;
- Windows Phone 8;
- 4G / LTE download speeds of up to 100 Mbps, Wi-Fi a / b / g / n, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth 3.0, DLNA, microUSB, 3.5mm jack, A-GPS GLONASS, FM radio with RDS;
- 41 Megapixels, Zeiss lens, optical image stabilization, autofocus, Xenon and LED flash, optical zoom, 1080p video at 30 fps, 1.2 megapixel front camera that records HD with 30 fps;  
- Battery 2000 mAh, 158 gr. and 10.4 mm 
The whole official release you can see below:


The Finnish company has brought us some pictures on his blog. I've posted the original size to form an impression.





Apple's will begin production of iPhone 5S in the end of this month

Lately there have been many revelations of the iPhone components or facilities, it follows that the new terminal will be a minor update, bringing new technology plus processor, more RAM and a more powerful camera. The design will remain the same, Apple will having a change in this aspect just with the iPhone 6 in the next year.
It seems that recently appeared a report by analyst Peter Misek in which there are some pretty impressive numbers about Apple's sales and future production start data terminals.The new flagship of the company from Cupertino will enter mass production at the end of this month, while Peter Misek said he thinks the number of 50-55 million phones Apple commissioned by the end of this year. Of these, 5 million iPhones 4S will be 20 million iPhone Lite, Apple budget model is also rumored to be released this fall at a price of $ 300-400, and 25 million iPhones 5S . The numbers seem a little high and I'm not sure that Apple could sell as many iPhones.Apple must risk if she want to be on top and bring a new, even for the iPhone 6, not only minor changes in the vision of Steve Jobs. This year HTC has tried a completely different design for One and apparently had great success. Of course success is not guaranteed, but Apple, if it remains confined to the design now and will bring new innovations over innovations will collapse slowly.
Below you have the iphone history:

Thursday 11 July 2013

Blackberry is for sell?


In recent months we have seen many rumors about a possible acquisition of the company's BlackBerry, either by Microsoft or by Lenovo or Microsoft. Lenovo seems to be the firm favorite, although we have strong indications of this. Today CEO acknowledges that the company is open to collaborations.
 Thorsten Heins made ​​the statement while the last quarter has been positive for Canadians. CEO admitted that delivered what they wanted analysts and investors, but his goal and his team continue to improve company performance. Interestingly, Heins said BlackBerry maker's terminal open and alliances, not to mention any names. Frankly it is time for this company to be of a phone or two, half a year has passed since the last two flagship models. It is rumored that we will soon see a BlackBerry affordable and maybe a phablet, but nothing like a tablet now, while the PlayBook will not get even BB 10 OS.

Wednesday 10 July 2013

Slow-Motion Camera iPhone 5S



According to a piece of code in iOS 7 Beta 3, the new iPhone will have a new option ie slow-motion footage.Developed under the code name "Mogul", this option allows you to capture a video clip to 120fps. It is quite clear that the introduction of this option, Apple wants the new iPhone 5s to compete in as many plans for the current series of Android smartphones. official sources: 9to5mac
More iphone 5s rumors : 

Who will benefit from IOS 7


iPhone

- IPhone 5s
  ;
- IPhone 5;

- IPhone 4s
  without camera support airdrop and filters;
- IPhone 4 
without support Airdrop filters, photography, panoramic photos, Siri


iPad
- IPad Mini 2 ;
- IPad 5s ;
- IPad Mini;
- IPad 4;
- IPad 3 without support Airdrop filters, photography, panoramic photos;
- IPad 2 without support Airdrop filters, photography, panoramic photos, Siri.


- iPod Touch 5.

iOS 7 Beta 3


iOS 7 now offers developer preview, version 3. There are some minor changes that affect both the iPhone users as well as those of the iPad. If you have iOS7 in beta on the phone should already be said that you can get the beta version number 3.First of all you will notice that the fonts are slightly modified. In the first two versions of iOS beta 7 characters were used Helvetica Neue Light, and now in many places appears neue regular, which makes the text more readable. Other changes affect timing, Safari browser and music app.

Monday 8 July 2013

Galaxy Note III will be released on September 4


The new gadget would have a screen resolution of 1080p. Inside will afal Snapdragon chip Exynos 5 800 or Octa. As for RAM, the phone would have 3GB. The main camera phone of the future would take 13 MP, rumors say.It will also be a bit thinner than the Note II, measuring 8 mm
Samsung Galaxy Note III will have a 5.7-inch Super AMOLED screen, not the 6 inch, as some rumors said. The phone would be presented on September 4

Apple Store celebrates five years on July 10th

After some reductions offered in the App Store last week with U.S. Independence Day, behold, we have a new round of specials. This time the theme is the 5th anniversary of the App Store, which is approaching.
Last week I caught at just 99 cents games from Warner Bros. during the 4th of July and I could download the Man of Steel, Lego Batman or Bastion for less than a dollar each. This week we have free access to Infinity Blade II, Traktor DJ and even hit Badland, which I bought at the price of 3.5 euros a while ago.
Other games are offered free Tiny Wings, Sworcery EP and the famous Where's My Water, a Disney puzzle involving a crocodile and water flow through pipes and sand. Anniversary of App Store is on July 10th and I expect and other discounts and special offers in the coming days.



Thursday 4 July 2013

iPhone vs Samsung Galaxy Shipments

  
     Samsung Galaxy s4 sales vs Apple iPhone 5
Samsung has delivered, at this time, over 20 million phones Galaxy S4 in just 68 days from the moment the smartphone has been available on the market.If the information proves true, it means your Android phone Galaxy S4 with the highest sales in history. However, compared to sales of iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S to 68 days after launch Android phone fails to impose.
In my opinion both the iPhone 5 and the four SGS models sales increased from previous years, just as they are below the estimated .... that is, the market is moving toward saturation, plus people do not change so fast phone. It is to note that who do not buy the new model in the first 5-6 months did not buy him until the advent of the new model ... You must also observe the price differences for Europe than the rest of the world. Both iPhone and Samsung prices are fully charged fees and mobile operators. The prices are relatively comparable in this point between the two top models ($ 649) in Europe he turns about 649 euro, in which Samsung comes in gain (gain a higher profit) because the cost of production is lower than the iPhone.

Samsung Smartwatch

                             Samsung Gear

 
If in the last day I saw the name iWatch Apple patented in several different countries, well and Samsung has grabbed the same way, SmartWatch or your gear will be named according to rumors.Samsung has confirmed that work on a SmartWatch a while and I have seen so far and a few renderings and concepts of this model. However, the design remains unknown in its final form, but at least we have a name for the product, namely Samsung Gear. Trademark on the product was discovered by people at Phandroid, and related documents mentioned a "watch" and a "bracelet", confirming the identity of this gadget. The same document is referred to the communication of data to PDAs, mobile phones, tablets and computers with specialized sites or communications networks. Gear is not yet clear whether it will be just a companion or a stand-alone terminal, which complements the work of other products.

Wednesday 3 July 2013

iPhone 5S with LTE-A

              iPhone 5S will have LTE-A

A chief executive from SKT Telecom , who preferred to remain anonymous, confirmed that the company had under negotiation talks with Apple company about a LTE-A future version of iPhone. The official statement reads: "The company SK Telecom discusses the integration of new technology LTE-A in future iPhone 5s.'m In the middle of negotiations."
LTE-Advanced technology will allows data transfer speeds double from current 4G technology. Download speeds are up to 150 Mbps, which means that a film of 800 MB can be downloaded in not less than 43 seconds. Currently the service is only available in South Korea, but probably will soon expand to other countries.SKT Telecom CEO also said that Apple could use Qualcomm technology on iPhone with LTE-A. We doubt that Apple will give up their chips in favor of Snapdragon 800, but we waited until we find these hardware specifications.
Samsung already has recently launched a LTE-A model of Galaxy S4 in South Korea. Many customers were dissatisfied that they have purchased the new Galaxy S4 without this technology, but Samsung decided that their top of the range has to face competition, which is why they did this upgrade very quickly after the release of Galaxy S4.

Tuesday 2 July 2013

Battery Secrets

                        
                                     Improve Battery Life


  Gizmodo published three "golden rules" for the battery smartphone or tablet to keep longer. One of them you ambient temperature.
Myths about battery life were dismantled in an article published on the website Gizmodo, moreover, were given us "golden rules" to extend its life. The journalist says Eric crosslinked battery life smartphone begins to decline after 300, more than 500 charges. A myth is dismantled one who "say" that the first load of a battery last for 72 hours for it to have a long life. Also not recommended recharge the battery 100% to improve the "memory" of it. No battery memory, say experts, but only those based on nickel.
Eric says lithium-ion crosslinked to different treatment, one referring to treatments that should be allowed to be depleted beyond 50%. Charging after complete exhaustion recommended once a month.

Other tips:

- Update your operating system.

- Adjust the brightness.

- Turn off location services.

- Lock your phone.

- Enable "Airplane Mode" in areas with no signal or weak signal.


- Use your regular phone

S4 Galaxy disappointing

              
                S4 Galaxy sales disappointing

Samsung Electronics has lost 25.3 billion dollars in capital market just last month, losses exceeding the market value of the company Sony (21 billion dollars). Sales of Galaxy S4 may seem high for the common man, but for investors they were below expectations. The handset was on sale on April 26 and reached 10 million units in just one month, but it seems that was not enough.
From April 26 until now, Samsung has made a dive company's value by 10.8%, and JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley have low profit estimates for the Asian company. 15 analysts have already cut and predictions on Q2 net income.
Personal this news can only make me happy. Can understand and Samsung that must return to the days when innovation, when we took good phones at decent prices.
Now they saw the wave saying since improved to pick your S3 hardware, some software that we do not really go, stuffing an astronomical price and not rounded tzeapa income clients.
I hope to have a bigger drop, to plunge properly to release the S5.

iPhones from Plastic


                 iPhones Colored from Plastic

iPhone plastic becomes more plausible, especially judging by the pictures on the web arrived a few hours after this news. Initially seen a photo of a green plastic case for iPhone. Now see even more color options.We note a housing yellow & red Apple logo printed on the back in black and the presence of a microphone in the camera and flash. Given the adoption of these colors, I expect the new terminal to be one for the young people under 20 years and those who want to stand out .
Many see approach to this market segment as a sacrilege, a shift from premium products to products for the "common man"
 The picture was posted on Weibo, the Chinese social networking service that would usually be about a fake or clone of a manufacturer and terminal rushed. Interestingly, this omission fits with the information we already have and apparently it comes from microbloggers 7mob well connected to sources from the factories in China.It's about "a friend of a friend at Foxconn" in the design, note the presence of a hole for the camera, to which there is one for each LED flash and one microphone. Apple logo is printed in black on the rear casing and frankly impression toy phone. It is rumored that green would be just one of the 6 colors they would have this new device.

Monday 1 July 2013

Apple iWatch

       
                  Apple wants to patent  "iWatch"


Apple is finally moving towards launching a SmartWatch, since already patented the name "iWatch" in Japan. Apparently, on June 3, Apple would have applied for rights to the name "iWatch".
It is rumored that the Cupertino company would have 100 engineers that are involved in the design of a SmartWatch and that this gadget will have the same functions and features as the iPhone and iPad. The terminal will allow reading and sending text messages, calls will list, display maps and directions navigation and will come with support for multitouch.
This is not the first SmartWatch development at a large company, since Samsung, LG, Google and Microsoft have similar projects, judging by all the rumors lately. Sony and Motorola have been more active on this market, but their gadgets had no success. There has been speculation lately that Apple was testing a 1.5 inch OLED display, which would be built on iWatch. Would you buy such a product?