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.