Google and Samsung are officially announced the new Chromebox and Chromebook . Both devices will be powered by Google's cloud storage system and also based Chrome OS.
The new Samsung Chromebook is Series 5550 will come with 12.1-inch screen, Intel Core processor, 4GB of RAM, HD camera, two USB 2.0 ports, and battery life of up to 6 hours. While Chromebox similar to Mac Mini from Apple, but has an additional 4 ports for USB 2.0, also comes with a built-in dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n and Gigbit ethernet. In contrast to the Chromebox, the Chromebook will come with 3G connectivity options.
Samsung's Series 5 550 Chromebook is powered by an Intel Dual Core processor with 4GB of RAM on board. It features a 12.1-inch screen at 1280 x 800 pixels, 6 hours of battery life, and comes in 3G or Wi-Fi only models.
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The Chromebox 3 resembles Apple's Mac Mini, measuring in at around 7.5 inches square. Hardware specs include a 16GB SSD and 4GB of RAM, as well as an Intel Celeron B840 Dual Core (1.9 GHz) processor.
For those interested, Series 5 Chromebook Wi-Fi models will retail at $449, while the Chromebox priced at $329. via: BGR
Here' the leake photos of iPhone 5. Parts of the iPhone 5 picture has been leaked online. The leaked images show that the next iPhone will retain the physical home button and will have a metal back with a smaller dock. The photos also suggest that the next-generation iPhone will have the same width, but has a taller screen.
From Tech blog 9to5Mac, "From a production standpoint, it appears that the metal antenna band is molded into the metal backplates. We assume this is Apple's way of creating a unibody enclosure for mobile devices. Apple introduced unibody notebooks in late 2008, and the purpose of the unibody is to allow Apple to produce thinner and lighter, yet stronger, devices. Now that most of the phone's external elements are one piece, Apple is likely able to squeeze more into the iPhone internally. Apple needs all the space they can get with their plans of producing LTE smartphones with proper battery life."
There are many differences compared to the iPhone 4S. Among them is the case in the rear-redesigned, camera modules that look bigger, speakers and microfon have different shapes, the new connector and 3.5 mm audio jack is moved to the bottom, like the iPod Touch. image by BGR
New information, reported by BGR on 05 23 2012; suggests that Microsoft will launch the full Microsoft Office Suite for the iPad in November. However, it also adds that Office will also be coming to Android tablets which wasn't mentioned in the original information.
Even though there are many applications which enable you to edit Office files the actual official application would be amazing. We expect it would have full compatibility and syncing with the desktop version of Office and would take working on your tablet to a new level.
One thing 3G is curious about is how Microsoft will price the application because if it is a full version that is identical in almost every way then surely it should be priced the same. That would put the price at around £50 if we take the Student edition as an example, which is far beyond your average application price.
The smart thing for Microsoft to do is to include the tablet version of Office inside selected premium versions of the desktop software, which would reduce the perceived price to consumers.
As soon as 3G gets any more news about Microsoft Office for tablets we'll let you know.
Here's the video that could help you to protect your iPhone 4, Blackberry, Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson Phones or the regular cellphones to the beach, swimming pool or even inside the shower without the fear that water will damage your gadget.
Protecting mobile phone is our first priority if we are in the water.
This video demonstrates how to save that expensive Motorola smart phone from water inside a bath tub.
All you need is a condom to protect your phone and once covered, you can even make and receive calls with the phone without leaving the tub. I also advice balloon.
Watch video here:
Disclaimer: Use these mobile phone condoms at your own risk.
Social networking service Facebook has an interest to the world's most popular mobile Web browser Opera Browser. If this happen this is the biggest Acquisition by Giant Social network.
According to report 25 05 2012 pocket-lint; says one of its "trusted sources" revealed that Facebook is trying to buy Opera Software, the company behind the Opera Web browser, a sign that the social-networking company might be looking to launch its own browser.
The move would put Facebook in competition with other tech companies in the browser game -- including Yahoo, which recently launched Axis, and Google, which has already released extensions to integrate its social-networking component, Google +, into its browser.
Pocket-lint speculates that a Facebook browser "would allow you keep up to date with your social life from in-built plug-ins and features on the menu bar."
Facebook knows it isn't monetizing its mobile users though advertising, so it has been using its IPO money to make several acquisitions in an attempt to address its weak mobile strategy.
The Next Web's sources say that Opera is in a hiring freeze and talking to potential buyers.
Opera says it has about 200 million users across all of its platforms.
Facebook has declined to comment.
HTC recently released the HTC One X, and now rumored the other Android phone made by HTC has been leaked. The HTC Ville C, the phone is thought to be a cheap version of the HTC One S.
Quoted from cnet, Thursday (05/17/2012), leaking the phone's skinny looks, and these specs confirm the 4.3-inch AMOLED screen, 1GB of RAM and 8-megapixel camera.
The Ville C differs from the One S with a Snapdragon S3 processor instead of the more powerful 1.5GHz S4 chip. It's clocked at 1.2GHz according to the source of the leaked specs.
But the Ville C has an ace up its sleeve in the form of Sense 4.5, the next generation of HTC's interface for Android. Sense 4.0, as seen on the One phones, is one of the better front ends for Android, so we're keen to see what 4.5 has in store for us.
Sense 4.0 streamlined the interface with snazzy scrolling menu of thumbnails for your open apps, simplified notifications, launch bar and folders.
The Norton Internet Security has released the the latest version of Norton AntiVirus and Norton 360. This beta version is available as a free download from the Norton beta website, these products are designed for compatibility with the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, in addition to Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP.
In addition to delivering core protection via the cloud, the betas now include improved cloud-enabled features such as Norton Management, Norton Identity Safe and online backup, which allow consumers to conveniently manage their security and keep their personal information safe, anywhere, anytime.
The 2013 betas are designed to outperform the previous versions which already lead the industry in both protection and performance. These betas include key enhancements including:
Metro App Protection – New protection capabilities provide security for consumers using Windows 8 Metro apps.
Next Generation Firewall Protection
Norton’s award-winning Insight technology has been incorporated into the Norton firewall to improve the ability to detect and block malicious network activity including botnet activity which attempts to steal consumers’ personal information.
Bandwidth Monitoring – Increased intelligence and improved integration with the operating system will help consumers avoid costly data overage fees by limiting non-critical updates on bandwidth sensitive networks.
All three betas are available for free download now at the Norton Beta Center. Beta testers are encouraged to share feedback and discuss their product experiences in our online Norton Public Beta Forum.
The new Samsung Galaxy S3 was recently unveiled and now the manufacturers have announced that the handset will be the official phone for the forthcoming Olympic games which will be held in London. This means that their will be some limited edition versions of this handset produced especially for the events.
As reported by CNet, Wednesday (05/09/2012). The Samsung Galaxy S3 is the official phone of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Samsung and partner Visa have confirmed rumours that athletes heading to East London for this summer's Olympiad will be issued with an S3 with Visa PayWave built in. That means they can pay for their coffees, newspapers and jockstraps with just an airy wave of their phone, without such perturbations as exchange rates to distract them from jumping really, really high and twirling ribbons around.
The phone comes with NFC, which talks to specially-equipped NFC tills in shops. The phone and the NFC terminal don't even need to touch for you to make a payment: just tap the Visa icon on your phone and hold the phone to the till.
The new Samsung Galaxy S3 is a feature packed new model that is sure to become one of the leading handsets on the market. The London 2012 Olympic Games is the ideal platform to promote the phone as well as introduce consumers to some of the excellent new contactless payment options that are available.
Samsung launches mobile phone with Windows Phone operating system. The GT-I8350 Smartphone otherwise named as the Samsung Omnia M. The smartphone will be available in Europe and Korea.
As reported by PCWorld, Sunday (05/13/2012).
The Omnia M has 384MB of RAM, less than the 512MB found in most Windows Phones. The Lumia 610 has 256MB.
That's possible thanks to an update to Windows Phone 7.5, which can run in less memory than the previous version -- although developers may have to optimize their apps to run in just 256MB of RAM.
The Omnia M hardware specification also includes a 1GHz processor, a 5-megapixel camera and 4GB of storage. The Lumia 610 has 3.7-inch display, an 800MHz processor, a 5-megapixel camera and 8GB of storage.
The Omnia M is 10.5 millimeters thick and weighs 119 grams, compared to 12 millimeters and 131.5 grams for the Nokia device.
Since the specifications are so similar, the price of the two phones should be close, and the Lumia 610 is priced at €189 (US$244).
Features:
Display – The Omnia M features a 4in Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 480 x 800pixels and a pixel density of 233 pixels per inch.
Dimension – The handset measures 121.6 x 64.1 x 10.5mm in thickness and weighs 119g.
Operating System – The smartphone will run on Windows phone 7.5 Mango operating system.
Processor – The smartphone will be powered by 1GHz processor and houses 384MB of RAM.
Camera – The handset sports a primary camera of five megapixel with a resolution of 2592 x 1944pixels. The camera features auto-focus, LED flash, geo-tagging, image stabilisation and also can capture VGA quality video at 30 frames per second. The Omnia also packs a VGA quality front-facing camera.
Connectivity – The smartphone offers Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot and Bluetooth version 2.1 with A2DP.
Storage – The handset offers internal storage space of 4GB but it does not support microSD card.
Battery – The Omnia M is powered with a Li-ion battery with a capacity of 1500mAh.
HTC and Verizon Wireless on Monday unveiled their newest DROID-branded smartphone, the DROID Incredible 4G LTE. The phone is run by a 1.2 GHz dual-core Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ S4 processor.There’s also a 1700mAh removable battery and NFC support.
There’s an 8 megapixel rear-facing camera with autofocus, LED flash, BSI, f/2.2 and 28 mm lens, Front-facing camera for video chatting with friends and family. HTC Video Picture allows you to shoot HD video and capture photos at the same time.
The Incredible is powered the by latest version of Google’s Android, 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), along with HTC’s Sense UI 4.0. For a closer look at the latest version of Sense
Additionally, the phone features support for Beats Audio, which is enabled for all audio listened to over the phone, including music, games, and streaming video. According to HTC, Beats allows for enhanced bass, elevated midrange, and crisp highs.
Internal – 8 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Card slot – microSD, up to 32 GB
DATA
Speed – Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps; LTE Class 13; HSDPA; HSPA
WLAN – Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth – Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
NFC – Yes
USB – Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0
CAMERA
Primary – 8 MP, 3264×2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features – Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, face and smile detection
Video – Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec., video stabilization
Secondary – Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p
Here's the Specification of Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) the latest touchscreen tablet created and developed by the company Samsung. Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 comes with a 7.0 inch LCD (600 x 1024 pixels).
This tablet is intended as a substitute for the Galaxy Tab 7.0 P1000 tablet. Most of their devices have too much plastic and is either too shiny or glossy.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 is powered by a dual-core processor at 1 GHz with 1 GB of RAM. This tablet also includes a 3 megapixel camera on the back, while on his forehead comes with a VGA camera for video chat. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 supports HSPA + connectivity.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 Specification:
GENERAL
2G Network – GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network – HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
Announced – 2012, February
Status – Available
SIZE
Dimensions – 193.7 x 122.4 x 10.5 mm
Weight – 344 g
DISPLAY
Type – PLS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size – 600 x 1024 pixels, 7.0 inches
RINGTONES
Type – MP3, WAV ringtones
Vibration – Yes
MEMORY
Internal – 8/16/32 GB storage, 1GB RAM
Card slot – microSD, up to 64 GB
DATA
GPRS – Yes
Edge – Yes
3G – HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
WLAN – Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth – Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, HS
USB – microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support
FEATURES
OS – Android OS, v4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
CPU – TI OMAP 4430 Dual-core 1 GHz
Messaging – SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM, RSS
Browser – HTML5, Adobe Flash
Colors –
Camera – 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels
The new LG Optimus LTE2 Smartphone Offers 4.7-Inch Display, 2GB of RAM.
The second generation of LG's 4G-enabled Optimus phone is another Android 4.0-based smartphone but far from quietly shipping 2GB of RAM in order to support "high stability and multiple applications at the same time," LG seem to believe that RAM will draw in the punters.
This smartphone equips with 2GB of RAM,4G LTE, a 2150 mAh battery and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The first smartphone to offer 2GB of RAM, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 chip (or even a Tegra 3) with integrated LTE connectivity and a whooping 2,150 mAh battery, the phone will have a 40 percent longer life than any other smartphones, says LG.
A truly billiant blend of perfmance and price. Panasonic's televisions got nothing but praise from us in 2011, with its GT30 range walking away with the TV Product of the year award and four more best-in-class. Set expectations to high, then. This year Panasonic TX-P50GT50 use a brand new panel, alongside a new filter and a faster processor: three massively important aspects of any smart TVs make-up. Infinite Black-pro, High Contrast Filter Pro and the 2500Hz Focused Field Drive will are all new for this year and will aim to deliver deep, dark blacks, dynamic contrast and smooth motion respectively.
The Dual Core Pro4 Processor, meanwhile should help deliver as speedy smart TV experience complete with Flash support via a free browser, while also allowing you to "multitask" between apps. The connectivity on offer is more predictable but no less impressive. Four HDMI inputs and three USB inputs form an orderly line on one side of the TV with an SD card input nearby.
Connections for the Free-sat and Free-view HD tuners, plus Ethernet, digital optical, component and composite video connections are just a cable stretch away. The Pnasonic chooses to cluster all the inputs and outputs together, eschewing the trend for putting and HDMI input on each side, which is helpful should your devices approach from all angles. As well the ethernet port, the P50GT50 has an integrated wireless receiver. There's Bluetooth, too, designed for connecting as Bluetooth keyboard and mouse for use within apps such as Facebook, Twitter and the browser. DLNA certification lets you connect to and stream from as NAS box or DLNA certified product.
Panasonic has kept the faith with its familiar menus, which have simply been given as subtle lick of paint every so often. Thankfully, while they might not be desperately exciting, they're intuitive-so it's easy to get started. This is ah THX certified TV, so you have choice of the THX modes wihtin the viewing mode. You can still make adjustments to the rest of the picture setting once you've done this.
Deeply Impressive Picture Quality
This is a brilliantly detailed, vivid picture, with every aspects handled expertly. The option of Freesat and Freeview HD tuners ensures that the set will appeal to everyone, though we'd imagine not many people will be choosing between the two. Luckily, both are excellent. Watching standar-definition content the picture is detailed and gives an impressive sense of depth. Images are clean and reasonably free of blocking or noise, with the Freesat tuner arguably just a little sharper, though there's very little difference. Switch to the HD channels and edges are more cleanly drawn, colurs are punchier and black levels are impressive. Switch to Blu-ray and the pictures just get better.
DVDs don't have quite the same wow factor, but the TX-P50GT50 must get the best out of them, with the strength of this set deep black levels, bright colors and smooth motion - ensuring the key aspects are dealt with confidently. The 3D experience is better than ever, with few fast-motion issues and a deep, involving picture.
Super-Fast Internet Connection
The viera connect hub is easy enough to navigate, although it has a few foibles we'd like to be able to move between pages of apps without having to go to the much smaller "more/back" icons for example the content.
The content is better than last year, with the latest version of BBC i Player, a full Skype app, the addition of Netflix, and the likes of Acetrax, BBC News, Eurosposts, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. iPlayer looks great too, especially the HD channel, which gives traditional SD content a run for is money (if your network is up to speed). Press the Vieara tools button, meanwhile to access content on an SD card, USSB hard disk or NAS device on your network. We do just that and connect to our NAS to play some FLAC files.
Tech specs 1. SD Card slots - What's that? You say you like SD cards? So does Panasonic meaning you can load music, moviews of pictures to view on the TV via Viera Tools via the slot provided.
2. USB Inputs - Three USB inputs should be ample. The first can host a USB hard drive which lets you do basic recording or playback, PVR-style on the Panasonic.
3. Wire or Wi-Fi - You have the choice of wireless or wired internet connection . You can also access wireless and DLNA certified devices. Its super-fast, too.
4. Bluetooth Technology - Bluetooth is on board for syncing the 3D glasses and connecting a wireless keyboard for better browsing, but it won't sniff out portable devices.
Screen size: 127 cm/50 inches Type: G15 Progressive Full-HD NeoPlasma Tuners: Freesat, Freeview HD, analogue Inputs: 4xHDMI, componet, RGB Scart, 3 x USB, ethernet, SD Card, compostie, stereo Ouputs: Optical Dimension: Dimensions (W x H x D) (w/o stand) Weight (w/o stand): 23.0 kg Weight (with stand): 27.0 kg Rated Power Consumption: 400 W Annual Energy Consumption: 270 kWh
Ratings: ★★★★★
For 3D Glasses and pictures are better; excellent tuners; excellent blacks, colours and detail Verdict: The best just better - The Panasonic TX-P50GT50 is the TV to beat in 2012 Price: prices from £1500.00
