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Πέμπτη 5 Ιουλίου 2012
Τετάρτη 4 Ιουλίου 2012
iPad Mini
There is a rumour going on of a new mini iPad from Apple. They speak of a 7.85' screen, 8 GB that will arrive near October for 300$. To quote Pacific Crest: "Apple will sell 10 million mini iPads in the first quarter and 35.2 in the next one." That seems quite reasonable since the numbers we saw of the previous iPad at price of 500$..
Τρίτη 3 Ιουλίου 2012
The most popular browser
Net Applications and StatCounter give to publicity numbers regarding the use of different browsers.
According to Net Applications, Microsoft Internet Explorer is the most popular desktop browser with 54%, Firefox comes second with 20% and Chrome third with 19%. Safari and Opera are follow with 5% and 2%.
On the other hand StatCounter has Chrome first with 33%, IE second with 32% and Firefox with 25%.
As for mobile browsers, according to Net Applications, Safari is first with 66%, second Google Android with 19% and Opera Mini with 10%.
Galaxy S3 S Health measures your blood pressure
S Health is a new app for the Galaxy S3 that can measure the patient's blood pressure and blood sugar.
For every function of the S Health you can use one of the 5 devices that go with the app. They are connected via Bluetooth or USB.
Note: Samsung did not make this app for people with health issues like diabetes, but for people who just want to monitor their health. * IT DOES NOT REPLACE MEDICAL TREATMENT *
New Google Glass Project Video
Unfortunately, the Glasses won't be available until 2014 so Google till then has to keep reminding us the Project.
In this video we see Laetitia Gayno, wife of an engineer at Google, wearing the Glasses and taking pictures of the baby, while using Google+ Hangout with her parents from France.
Test your vehicle's performance using 'Torque' for your Android smartphone
The Android App Torque does not need any extra hardware to function. All you need is an Android smartphone and 'Torque'.
Torque collects data from GPS, compass, barometer and accelometer of the phone and computes your vehicle's acceleration and performance.
If you need more accurate data you can also connect your phone to OBD-II of the car to collect data from the brain.
Huawei Device @Mobile Asia Expo 2012
Huawei is one of the top providers ICT world wide. Recently at the Mobile Asia Expo 2012 Huawei presented high end products: Smartphones like Ascend D quad, Ascend D1 dual-core, quad core HD tablet MediaPad 10 FHD, dual core smartphone Ascend P1 and the devices Mobile WiFi E5331 and E5151.
The WiFi modem of Huawei works also as a WiFi hotspot, allowing up to 5 connections and has a USB port.
Crucket Keyboard @Smartphones
Microsoft seems to be trying new things for the future of Windows Phone devices and one of them is the crucket keyboard. To quote WMPowerUser, Microsoft is testing a crucket QWERTY keyboard, which will facilitate those who use only one hand to type at their smartphone while it will support XT9.
The website also states that the crucket keyboard will be part of Windows 8. We just have to wait and see.
iCade Mobile
The iCade Mobile iPhone/iPad controller, is already out in the market.
For example we know that Think Geek offers iCade for 70$ reminding us that it offers a D-Pad, 4 action buttons and you can use it in portrait and landscape.
Δευτέρα 2 Ιουλίου 2012
Two New HTC Smartphones
Two new HTC smartphones are expected this winter running Windows Phone. One is HTC Accord with a 4.8 inch screen with 720p, 8MP camera, 1 GB RAM, NFC, dual core processor and HSPA+ connection for download up to 42Mbps.
And the other HTC Rio with a 4 inch screen, 800x480 resolution, 5MP camera, 512MB RAM.
This is all we have for now.
Pocket TV
A new gadget with the name Pocket TV is going to turn your regular TV into a gigantic Android tablet.
This device is a microcomputer attached at your HDMI port. Pocket TV runs Android 4.0 and allows you to do with your TV whatever you do with your smartphone. For example you can play games, serf the web or start a video chat with your friends.
Pocket TV has also a USB port to connect a mouse or keyboard and an SD card port for more space.
It is manufactured from Infinitec that posted the project on kickstarter.com in order to find funds to mass produce it.
The production will start on July and its cost 160$.
Google Nexus 10
Recently Google presented the Nexus 7 tablet at the low price of 199$. Now there is a new rumour going on that its big brother Nexus 10 will be presented and sold at the price of 299$.
Nexus 10 was supposed to be presented during the Google I/O 2012 like the Nexus 7 but it didn't due to some technical difficulties.
According to DigiTimes, the touch panel is manufactured by Wintek, the company that already produced half a million touchpanels for Nexus 7.
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