The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S Midnight Blue run with 3.5G HSDPA + HSUPA + WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Touchscreen Candybar, 8.0 MP Camera, 320 MB Memory + microSD (max 32GB), Android OS 2.3 (Gingerbread).

The Xperia Arc S is revised version of the original Xperia Arc. Sony Ericsson has bumped up the processor to 1.4GHz and added 3D and 2D sweep panorama photography. Among other features would be similar with the original Xperia arc including 4.2-inch Reality display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine (480 x 854 resolution pixels), 8.1-megapixel camera with Exmor R image sensor, 320MB internal storage and supports microSD card up to 32GB.

Plus, Sony Ericsson has also introduced Music Unlimited and Video Unlimited services to Xperia smartphones soon. The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S comes in five colors, Pure White, Midnight Blue, Misty Silver, Gloss Black and Sakura Pink.

The Xperia Arc S offers a smaller chassis compared to the HD7S. It has a thickness of 8.7 mm, 22% smaller than the HD7S (11.2 mm).It is also lighter by 27% (117 grams vs 162 grams). The Xperia Arc S comes with a memory slot capable of supporting microSD up to 32GB whereas the HD7S does not have a memory slot. On the rear camera, the Xperia Arc S offers an 8-megapixel camera while the HD7S comes with a 5-megapixel camera. The Xperia Arc S processor is clocked at 1.4GHz while the HD7S only offers a 1.0GHz processor. Lastly, the Xperia Arc S also offers DLNA and Wi-Fi hotspot connectivity whereas the HD7S does not support either one.

Design

According to cnet.com "There's no shortage of shiny black Android phones, but Sony Ericsson has once again worked its magic to make its design look fresh, clean, and interesting, and very Sony Ericsson in style. Worked entirely in plastic, the Xperia Arc nevertheless manages to keep from looking like a cheap toy. Sharp corners (perhaps a tad too sharp for some) combine with the illusion of contouring on the phone's thin, slightly flared sides to good effect."

The good: The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc has a slim, the body gorgeous build, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and 720p HD video capture.
The bad: Several buttons on the Xperia Arc are too small, and the unlocked price would be a prohibitively expense for most.
The bottom line: The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc is a beautiful handset with some great features, but a high price tag and no network optimization leave few reasons to buy this unlocked Android phone.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc(midnight blue) price $364.00 to $379.99.

Watch the video here, Unboxing Xperia Arc ‘Midnight Blue.’

Google revealed the world's first seven-inch tablet "Google Nexus 7."

The tablet will be available in both 8GB and 16GB models. It will have a 7-inch HD 1280x800 display resolution (216 ppi) IPS display and a scratch-resistant Corning glass display. The tablet is powered by a quad-core Tegra 3 SoC processor and runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS. It also features a high capacity 4,325 mAH battery that will promise to give 8 hours of constant use. Other features include a 1.2 MP front-facing camera, GPS and NFC.

The 8GB model will have a price of $199 and $249 for the 16GB model. Buyers will get a credit of $25 in Google Play store with the purchase, for a limited time only.

The Nexus 7 is designed specifically for Google Play, an online store that sells movies, music, books, apps and other content. That mirrors Amazon's strategy with the Kindle Fire, although Amazon's strength in online retailing has seeded its store with a more extensive selection than Google Play. Amazon declined comment.

Watch video here:

Introducing Nexus 7

The 3D Max offers a new 3D conversion engine that allows it to convert 2D content from apps such as Google Earth or Maps into full 3D content. It also features a 3D video editor which allows videos to be edited in real-time.

The phone equip by 1.2 GHz Dual core processor which operates on powerful Android v2.3 Gingerbread operating system(OS. This smartphone features like 4.3 inch capacitive 3D touch screen LCD with resolution of 480×800 pixels, 8GB internal memory, 32 GB Expandable memory, 5 megapixel Primary camera, 0.3 Megapixel Secondary camera, full HD video recording, A-GPS support, provides 3D converter that converts the 2D content (videos, Images) to 3D having Dimensions of 126.8mm x 67.4mm x 9.6mm & FM Radio support at affordable price.


LG Optimus 3D Max Features And Specification

Display and Design
Dimension – 126.8mm x 67.4mm x 9.6mm
Weight – 148g
Screen – Comes up in 4.3 inches Capacitive Touchscreen LCD
Screen resolution – 480×800 pixels resolution

Operating system and Processor
Operating System:powered by powerful Android v2.3 Gingerbread OS
Processor – 1.2GHz Dual core processor

Camera
Primary Camera  –  having 5 Megapixel rear camera of 2592?1944 pixels resolution
Secondary Camera – 0.5 megapixel
Camera features  – Having LED flash, Full HD,Geo-tagging,Autofocus

Memory and Storage
Internal memory – 8 GB internal storage & 1GB RAM
External Memory – expandable up to 32 GB with micro SD card


Network Connectivity & Battery Back up
Network – 2G, 3G Networks supports
2G Bandwidth – GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
3G Bandwidth – HSDPA 900/2100 MHz
Connectivity – 3.5mm Audio Jack,WLAN,Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n,DLNA,
Bluetooth – v3.0 with A2DP,EDR support,USB 2.0
Wi-Fi – hotspot ,A-GPS support
Music Formats  – MP3,WAV,WMA,AAC+ supports
Video Formats – MPEG4, H263, H.264, WMV, DivX, XviD, HD Video
Battery –  Standard 1520 mAh Li ion Battery
Talk Time – up to 4 hours
Standby Time – up to 450 hours
Color  – Available in Black color

Sony announced the new Xperia handset and it would be named as the Xperia Miro (ST23i – ST23a). It would be a mid range smartphone with 3.5 inches touchscreen display but good thing is that it would come out with the latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich pre installed on this device. From now on all the Sony powered mobile which would be launched will be with minimum Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and this one is the first one to come out.

Stylishly colourful. The slim Xperia miro, powered by the latest version of the Android platform, Ice Cream Sandwich, comes in four stylish and eye-catching colours. Choose yours and start expressing yourself.

Full Facebook integration. Stay close to your mates. Share music, pics and laughs – Facebook features are integrated throughout the Xperia miro.

Unique illumination alerts. What’s going on? Xperia miro’s unique illuminations give you a heads-up. The light notifies you of incoming messages, Facebook updates and more. Choose light intervals and have it just the way you want it.

A social phone made for entertainment. A friendly face is never further away than your touchscreen Android phone. Video chat with your pals – regardless if they use a smartphone, tablet or PC. Xperia miro’s front-facing camera is great for quick self-portraits too.

For top quality photos, use the 5 megapixel camera. To truly catch the action, record video at 30 frames per second. Then sit back and enjoy the entertainment on the 3.5” display.

Easy to connect, easy to use. Want to enjoy your content on an even bigger screen? Easily connect your touchscreen Android phone to your TV via DLNA.
Sony Xperia miro Specifications

GENERAL and SOFTWARE
Countries – Global
Series – Xperia
Other names or variations – Sony Xperia miro ST23i (Global); Sony Xperia miro ST23a (Americas)
Operating System – Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
Physical Keyboard – On-screen 12-key keyboard and QWERTY
Browser & Internet WebKit browser – RSS Feeds, XHTML,, HTML5, CSS3, WAP 2.0) -- Booksmarks
Java – MIDP

CAMERA
Camera Resolution (max) 5 megapixels -- 2592 x 1944 pixels
Camera secundary – Yes, VGA
Camera Focus – Autofocus
Camera Flash – Flash LED
Camera Zoom (max) – Zoom digital 4x
Additional Camera Features – Geotagging – Self-timer -- Send to web -- Touch capture -- Video light

PROCCESSOR and MEMORY
Processor / SoC Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon CMOS, 45 nm, S1 MSM7225A – CPU: Scorpion ARM Cortex-A5, 600 – 800 MHz, ARMv7-A, Single-core – GPU: Adreno 200 (enhanced) – Q4 2011
Processor Clock Speed – 800 MHz
RAM – 512MB
Internal memory – 2.9 GB (up to 2.5 GB user-accessible memory)
Memory Card Type – microSDHC
Memory Card Size Supported – Up to 32 GB

POWER
Battery Type – 1500 mAh
Talk time – 2G up to 5 hours – 3G up to 6 hours
Stand-by time – 2G up to 470 hours – 3G up to 545 hours
Music – up to 36 hours, 8 mins – Video up to 8 hours

DIMENSIONS
Weight – 110 grams
Dimensions – 113 x 59.4 x 9.9 mm
Color – Black – Black pink -- White -- White gold

The Xyboard 8.2 is a tablet computer that was released around the end of last year by the company that paved the way to those tablet devices that sported the then new Android Honeycomb OS. The Xyboard 8.2 is the successor of the first Honeycomb tablet, the Motorola Xoom. In fact, it seems that elsewhere other than the U.S., the Xyboard is called the Xoom 2. In addition to some revamped specs, the Xyboard is, not surprisingly, both thinner and lighter than the 10.1-inch Xoom. It's also lighter than the 9.7-inch iPad 2, but Apple's tablet is still a hair skinnier.


Motorola Xyboard 8.2 With Wi-Fi Tablets Specification

General

OS-Android 3.2 (Honeycomb) Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) upgradeable

CAMERA

Camera – 5 MP rear / HD front webcam
Megapixel – 5 MP
Digital Zoom- Yes
Flash- Led
Focus – Automatic
Web Cam – 1.3 MP P2P

MUSIC & VIDEO

Music Enabled – Yes
Music Player – Google™ Music Player
Speaker Type – 2.1 Virtual Surround Sound with three speakers
Video Capable – 1080p video playback
Playable Formats – AAC, H.263, H.264, MP3, eAAC+, OGG, MIDI, MP4 , AMR NB, AAC+
Video Capture Rate – HD video capture; 720p on front camera and 1080p on rear camera
Video Editing Software– Download application from Android Marke

POWER

Battery Type – 3960 mAh Li Ion
Browsing on Wi-Fi – up to approx. 6 hrs.
Mp3 – up to approx. 3.3 days
Standby – more than 19 days
Video Playback – up to approx. 6 hrs.

MESSAGING

Email3 – Corporate Directory lookup (GAL), corporate email sync, gmail, POP3 and IMAP4
Instant Messaging (IM)3 – Google Plus Messenger™, Google Talk™

CONNECTIVITY

Synchronazation – Corporate Sync, OTA
WI-FI – 802.11 a,b,g,n
Bluetooth® Technology4 – Stereo Bluetooth® technology 2.1+EDR
Connector Type – Micro USB; HDMI® out
Data Transmission Rates – USB 2.0 (High Speed)
GPS AND LOCATION SERVICES1 – aGPS with Google Maps, Google Latitude, Google Maps Street View, Google Navigation
HEADSET JACK – 3.5 mm

INTERFACE

OS – Android 3.2 (Honeycomb) Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) upgrade-able
Memory – 16GB and 32GB storage options
Processor – Dual Core 1.2 GHz
Custom Navigation – 5 fully customizable home screens
Microphone – Built-in microphone
Pinch to Zoom – Yes
Touch Screen – Yes

DIMENSIONS

Display Type – TFT / IPS-enhanced
Actual size (H X W X D) – 216 x 139.8 x 8.99 mm
Display Size – 8.2 inch widescreen; 1280 x800, HD 1080p
Weight – 386 grams
Antenna Type – Internal
Form Factor – Tablet
Materials – Anodized aluminum

Motorola Xyboard 8.2 With Wi-Fi Price

Motorola Xyboard 8.2 With Wi-Fi Tablets Price in USA
$399.99 for the 16 GB version and $499.99 for 32 GB

Motorola Xyboard 8.2 With Wi-Fi Review

The good: The Motorola Droid Xyboard 8.2 is thin and light, with one of the brightest screens we've seen on a tablet. It also includes Micro-HDMI, a 5-megapixel camera that performs well, powerful speakers, and fast 4G LTE speeds, and it can act as a universal remote.
The bad: The tablet doesn't offer a compelling-enough experience to warrant signing a two-year contract or buying it outright for its $600 off-contract price. Also, navigation was plagued by frequent hangs, the placement of the power button and volume rocker is annoying, and the aluminum plate on the back looks shoddily implemented.
The bottom line: Although thin and light, with fast 4G LTE speeds, the Motorola Droid Xyboard 8.2 is impossible for us to recommend at its current price.

IBM unveils Hot-Water Cooled Supercomputer, Named Europe's Fastest.

International Business Machines (IBM) has given birth to a new supercomputer in the wake of Watson’s success, unveiling at the Leibniz Supercomputer Centre in Munich on Monday the world’s first commercially available system that is cooled with hot water rather than air.

From IBM:

Pioneering Hot-Water Cooled Technology
Up to 50 percent of an average air-cooled data center's energy consumption and carbon footprint today is not caused by computing, but by powering the necessary cooling systems. IBM scientists and developers chose to address this challenge with an innovative concept of hot-water cooling, which eliminates the need for conventional data center air cooling systems. IBM's hot-water cooling technology directly cools active components in the system such as processors and memory modules with coolant temperatures that can reach as high as 113 degrees Fahrenheit, or 45 degrees Celsius.
"As we continue to deliver on our long-term vision of a zero emission data center we may eventually achieve a million fold reduction in the size of SuperMUC, so that it can be reduced to the size of a desktop computer with a much higher efficiency than today," said Dr. Bruno Michel, manager, Advanced Thermal Packaging, IBM Research.
SuperMUC combines its hot-water cooling capability, which removes heat 4,000 times more efficiently than air, with 18,000 energy-efficient Intel Xeon processors. In addition to helping with scientific discovery, the integration of hot-water cooling and IBM application-oriented, dynamic systems management software, allows energy to be captured and reused to heat the buildings during the Winter on the sprawling Leibniz Supercomputing Centre Campus, for savings of one million Euros ($1.25 million USD) per year.

Europe's Most Powerful Supercomputer
The SuperMUC system is Europe's fastest computer, according to the TOP500 list of the world's fastest supercomputers announced today. This performance will be used to drive a wide spectrum of research -- from simulating the blood flow behind an artificial heart valve, to devise quieter airplanes to unearthing new insights in geophysics, including the understanding of earthquakes. The SuperMUC system is also connected to powerful visualization systems, including a large 4K stereoscopic power wall and a five-sided immersive artificial virtual-reality environment or CAVE for visualizing 3D data sets from fields, including Earth science, astronomy and medicine.
The LRZ is the computer center for Munich's universities and for the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. It takes care of the scientific data network in Munich, offers a variety of data services, and provides high-end computing facilities for the scientific community across Europe.
The center's new SuperMUC system is the largest in Europe and one of the most powerful systems in the world. It is part of the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE) high-performance computing infrastructure for researchers and industrial institutions throughout Europe. The supercomputer is jointly funded by the German federal government and the state of Bavaria. It will be officially inaugurated in July 2012 at Leibniz Supercomputing Centre in Garching, Germany.

Dell to release a pair of successors ultrabooka XPS 13 , based on processors Ivy Bridge laptops, the XPS 14 and XPS 15.

The basic version of the XPS 14 has (and how) 14-inch display with a resolution of 1600 x 900, Intel Core i5 with HD 4000 graphics, 4GB RAM and 500GB hard-coupler. The stronger the configuration inside the enclosure you will find an Intel Core i7, 8GB RAM, graphics card NVIDIA GT 630M and 512GB solid state drive-coupler. In each version of the XPS 14 is installed two USB 3.0 ports, HDMI and SD card slot. The whole weighs about 2 kilograms, and its average thickness not exceeding 2.1 centimeters area.


XPS 15 and it weighs 2.6 pound monster with a 15.6-inch screen (resolution 1920 × 1080) and 2.3-centimeter frame. The standard configuration features a Core i5 processor, the NVIDIA GT 630M, 6GB s RAM, 500GB at that disc and a DVD drive. The most expensive version of the Dell XPS 15 has on board a quad-core Core i7, NVIDIA graphics - GT 640M, 16GB RAM, 1TB-coupler drive (128 GB Mata) and Blu-ray.

In summary - it is very good. But, as you know, you have to pay for quality (and sometimes, perhaps often intimidating a lot). The base model of laptop Dell XPS 14 costs up to (approximately) 4700zł, and its slightly larger cousin - XPS 15 - a PLN 5200 s.

Apple Inc. announced that its Apple iTunes store is now open in the Singapore and in 11 other Asian countries, which include Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia Laos, Brunei, and Sri Lanka.

Asia is an increasingly important market to Apple - operating revenue doubled in the past quarter year on year, surpassing Europe.

Apple noted that there are more than 20 million songs available for purchase, in which a dedicated section called “Original Pinoy Music” was created especially for the Filipinos, with customers also to be able to enjoy their favorite movies from the iTunes Store.

“All music on the iTunes Store comes in iTunes Plus, Apple‘s DRM-free format with high-quality 256 kbps AAC encoding for audio virtually indistinguishable from the original recordings.” A statement reads at Apple.com that day, noting that purchases to be made require a valid credit card with a billing address in country.

“Customers can also rent or purchase movies from the iTunes Store, with many available in stunning HD, from major studios including 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, The Walt Disney Studios, and Warner Bros. Pictures.” Apple added, with China not included in the list.

“Music not purchased from the iTunes Store can gain the same benefits by using iTunes Match, a new service that stores your entire music library in iCloud for access at any time, from any iOS device. iTunes Match is available for purchase in the new countries added today,” Apple explained further.

According to Australian website Gizmondo, The Google Nexus 7's touch-screen is thought to be an IPS display which will run at a resolution of 1280*800 pixels. The tablet will be powered by a 1.3 Ghz quad-core processor, which will work in combination with 1GB of RAM.

Android Jelly Bean is set to launch in October , which is around the time we expect the Nexus 7 to launch. Therefore, we're expecting the tablet to be one of the first devices to run the new version of Google's operating system.

You'll be able to choose between 8GB or 16GB of on-board memory with the prices expected to come in around £100 and £160. Other features of the Nexus 7 include support for NFC as well as a 1.2 mega-pixel camera for video calling.

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Some image of what is supposedly BlackBerry Messenger for BB10 have leaked, putting the battery-saving power of a black background to good use.

The images, acquired by N4BB, show a darker theme which supposedly improve battery time.

Among other things, N4BB notes that the new BBM will feature a darker theme and colors that will save battery life on BlackBerry 10 devices by an estimated 25%, while “optimization to take advantage of the OLED screen… could decrease upwards of 75% battery consumption.”

The software maker's tablets will be available only with Wi-Fi at launch, according to Bloomberg published on Friday, June 22, 2012 said.

According to the report, two people familiar with the matter who declined to be identified because the full specifications of Surface are not yet made public said that the device will be equiped with a Wifi short-range connection only. Connections to mobile phone networks will not be available, initially.

Ben Bajarin, an analyst at technology consulting firm Creative Strategies reportedly told Bloomberg that Microsoft‘s decision to use Wifi-only models may enable it to keep the costs of the device down. However, Bajarin also said that it “could curtail” Microsoft‘s efforts to promote the device as something that can be used anywhere and in any way.

Meanwhile, Carolina Milanesi, an analyst at researcher Gartner Inc. told Bloomberg that Wifi-only is not a limitation for Surface. Milanesi reportedly said that most tablet customers are still using the devices mainly at home where they have Wifi because of concerns about the cost of monthly data plans on mobile phone connections.

The report also said that Microsoft has already contracted with Pegatron Corp, a Taiwanese company that assembles Apple‘s iPhones, to manufacture the Surface.

Sony hits big to pick a smart fight with Apple's iPhone. Sporting a hig-definition screen, 12.1 Megapixel camera, and offering excellent music and video playback, this is a great phone that will only get better with the next Android upgrade.

This is a smartphone for those who want a usuable adaptable and competitive device.

It's relatively chunky (128 x 64 x 11mm) and square-edged, vaguely tactile thanks to its textured shroud and with a pleasing (to our eyes) flourish in the illuminated Perspex slice running through it.

Picture Quality
The most prominent control on the handset is the ringer/media volume control high up on a side-panel. The side-panel also incorporate and HDMI output for connection to a TV or AV amp and USB input for charging. There's also a camera button the Sony's camera is ready to shoot with a second of these is bieng pressed, regardless of what the phone was doing beforehand.

The screen is astonishingly good. It's a 4.3in HD affair - its resolution of 1280 x 720 would have been commendable on a full-size TV not long ago - and it's bright, detailed and colorful. Video content looks lustrous. The Xperia S with high-definition footage of J. Period and Black thought performing at the Toronto Manifesto Festival, along with a clip from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - in a landscape format it's plenty enough, and the picture is loaded with detail, handle motion well and musters strong clean contrast. The sony's ability to stream video wirelessly to your DLNA-enable TV at single button-push is equaly pleasing. Then, of course the camera. At 12.1 megapixel it's of greater resolution than any number of point'n'shoot cameras on the market, and sure enough it take still pictures and video of impeccable quality. Detail levels are sky-high, and image remain stable even when you're making full use of the Xperia S's 16x digital zoom. Full HD Video capture is availble, and the Sony is very efficient at minimizing wobble.

As a music device the Xperia S is at the mercy of your headphones. Any serious user should ditch the bundled ear-buds (not and Apple-style catastrophe, but still pretty indifferent) in favor of something worthwhile - consider SoundMagic's E10s a minimun - and then the Sony is revealed as a perky, engaging listen.

Its,s detailed and spacious enough to make the use of big files advisable (1411kps file or Burial's Archagle is punchy and atmospheric) while not turning its nose up at 256kbps online purchases, and in any event remains composed and articulate.
The newly secure Music Unlimited app (which replaces the not-secure-at-all Qriocity) offers a bit of on-demand streaming from a pretty impressive library in case you swamp the Xperia S's 1GB of internal memory with full-fat music files.

Somehow, the Sony is never less than competitive. You can feel Android working hard at times (the incoming upgrad should help), but otherwise it's a brisk performer. And as a telephone, Xperia S is entirely sensible - it holds on to the sort of marginal signal-strength we at Teddington Lock can sometimes be afflicted with, and call quality is generally crisp and low noise. This is a great phone that will only get better. Yes, its rivals should worry. And yes that includes the iPhone.

Instant Control
The provision of four coloured dog-tags for use as near-field communication prompts is a thoughful touch; waving your Xperia S near to a specific smart tag to active specific profiles and access specific apps is authentically gratifying.
It's like to having universal remote control. It's great to have different profile for your phone when you get into car, example - connecting the phone automatically to the in-car Bluetooth system. Or perhaps you're going out for run - hang one by the door, let the phone see it and you can set it to switch to your exercise app to start spinning your running playlist.

Need to know about Sony Xperia S
Consider if your emphasis is on audio, video and still pictures. The sony's got sky-high screen and camera resolution numbers, and the quality is every bit a good as the numbers promise. Plus it's no slouch as a portable music player.

Make sure keep the charger handy. Like every Smarthphone we've used so far, the Sony's once-a-day charging proposition and battery life can dip below ten hours if your give the most power-hungry functions a proper tanning.

Avoid Judging the operating System to harshly. The Xperia S is running Adroid 2.3 "Gingerbread" at the moment its not the smoothest but Sony is promising an upgrade to 4.0 Ice Cream Sanwich by the middle of this year.

The Sony is a great music player, but the headphones it's supplied with are nothing like as accomplished.

The Xperia S is the first Sony phone without “Ericsson” named attached, and it's without doubt the most competitive handset the company's ever delivered.

Creative has brought out a modular update to its ZiiSound D5 Bluetooth wireless iPod dock system. The new D5x carries on with the same high quality aptX codec streaming, but it now also has the facility to allow the wireless linking of additional speaker modules, sush as the D5 speakers and the DSx subwoofer up to a 3.1 configuration for multi -channel and multi-room modes.

There are cheaper rivals that have a more expensive soundstage and better detail but if it's wireless dock you're after, the D5x is great option that sounds good while being flexible and easy to live with.

For wireless, allows iPod to be used as remote control, easy to setup, enjoyable item

Verdict A good wireless system; enjoyable, musical and good to use with and iPod remotely.

The BT-D5 transmitter is a key highlight; insert it into your iPhone or iPod to give them Bluetooth aptX capabilities. It also means that you can walk away from the dock with your iPod in hand, so you can retain the intuitive functionality of using your iPod to control music. Of course, it slot in the dock and charges your iPod while playing.

The neat one-piece chassis is encased in a matte black mesh, and weighs a dainty 2.4kg. To adjust the volume, you just glide your finger along a touch panel, which is rather slick and cool to use. All stereo Bluetooth compatible iPhones and iPods can be played wirelessly, while you can also use the 3.5m cable to connect non Apple players to the auxiliary input. To stream music from your computer, you'll have to buy a BT-D1 Blueetoot USB transmitter.

So how does it sound? Well bearing in mind that it's wireless, the D5x delivers decent amounts of detail and pleasantly rhythmic. Stream Sbtrk's Wildfire, and you'll get rich bass with a solid mid-range. The treble is slightly clipped, which takes away te finer nuances of vocals, but the overall even tone makes it enjoyable to listen to.

The Apple iPod Touch Greate interface, easy and intuitive to use, lots of storage and sounds great – the iPods partners the D5x perfectly.

Biggest updates from apple, Apple launches the iOS-6 at Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) today, June 11.

This is the next iteration of Apple’s operating system with main features that include the ability to launch apps with Siri, Facebook integration, and a new Maps app. Apple says there are actually more than 200 new features on the iOS 6.

CEO Tim Cook, who took over from late co-founder Steve Jobs last August, spearheaded the unveiling of new services - such as in-house mapping and beefed-up Siri software - to help keep at bay Google and its fast-growing Android mobile platform.

Apple tweaked several features in its mobile operating system to try to enhance its ability to entice users to stay within its ecosystem. The upgrades marked a bolstering of Apple’s arsenal as it tries to keep its top-down applications and hardware environment ahead of competition from Android device makers such as Samsung Electronics and Motorola Mobility.

But the highlight was the debut of Apple’s in-house mapping service after years of development, a direct challenge to the same Google service that is one of the most popular functions on both Android smartphones and the iPhone.

Apple’s new mobile software — the iOS6 — will be available in the fall. It comes with a mapping system “built from the ground up,” said software chief Scott Forstall.


It will be replacing Google Maps, until now a pre-loaded app on the iPhone and iPad, with its own in-house map service, delivering a big blow to Google, which gets about half its mobile map traffic from Apple mobile devices.

The move signals how the friendship between the two tech giants — former Google CEO Eric Schmidt once sat on Apple’s board — has become a bitter rivalry shaping the evolution of the mobile industry. Late co-founder Jobs was famously quoted as saying he was willing to go “thermonuclear” on the search leader, after it decided to position Android against the iPhone.

Now Apple will do its utmost to reduce its reliance on Google, said Colin Gillis, analyst with BGC Partners.

“What happens if one day Google decides to not provide Apple with maps,” said Gillis. “You can’t have that kind of dependency on a competitor.”

Apple’s map service comes with three-dimensional images of cities called “Flyover” along with real-time traffic updates and also turn-by-turn navigation, the last a feature that Google has in Android devices but had not made available in Apple devices.

And Siri, the innovative voice-activated iPhone search-feature users have criticized as faulty and inadequate, will now also be available on iPads and recites a larger database of answers, especially sports, restaurants and movies.

Siri is also integrated into the new mapping service so users can ask for step-by-step directions.

While Apple is late to the game with turn-by-turn directions, Forrester analyst Charles Golvin said that Apple’s new service featured various nice touches, demonstrating Apple’s ability to take an experience offered by rivals and “go even further.”

He also cited a new app for iPhone and iPads called Passbook that organizes a user’s electronic airline tickets, movie tickets and restaurant loyalty cards. The app is a “harbinger of them doing much, much more,” said Golvin, pointing to the electronic payment and mobile commerce market.

Finally, executives said Apple has integrated No. 1 social network Facebook deeper into the operating system, allowing Siri-users to post photos with voice commands.

Shares in Apple ended Monday down 1.6 percent at $571.17 after climbing in early trade, repeating a typical pattern where investors buy up the stock in anticipation of news, then cash out.

Apple has unveiled a new MacBook Pro, complete with Retina display, at its WWDC event in San Francisco. Watch below the Hands on Review video from cnet.

The new generation laptop, known simply as the MacBook Pro (or new MacBook Pro) as previously, houses the world’s highest resolution notebook display with a 2880 x 1800 pixel resolution and a pixel density of 220ppi. The size of the display is 15.4-inches and currently there are no other "Retina" models. Apple says "we can expect glare to be reduced by 75 per cent - handy for these sunny days - and it uses IPS as previous Apple displays have".

Apple is promising up to seven hours of battery life and 30 days' standby. And, best of all, it is shipping from today with prices starting at £1,799 for the 15-inch new MacBook Pro.


The new Macbook pro runs with 16GB of RAM, NVIDIA Kepler GT 650M graphics, up to a quad-core 2.7GHz Core i7 processor, a maximum 768GB of SSD storage, and seven hours of battery life with 30 days standby.  Apple removed the optical drive, so you will need an external drive if you want to play those DVDs.  Apple likewise removed the Ethernet and FireWire 800 ports.  Apple decided to replace these with two USB 3.0 ports and two Thunderbolt inputs.  There’s also one HDMI port.  The MagSafe connector has also been changed and is now thinner.

There are plenty of options available for configuration, at various price points, with the 2.6GHz Core i7, 8GB RAM and 512GB SSD version costing a cool £2,299.

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Samsung will fight Apple's attempt to ban the Samsung Galaxy S3 mobile phone from being sold in the US.

The iPhone-maker claims that the S3 breaches two of its patents and says the handset is "not more than colorably different from the Galaxy Nexus", But why? Because of infringements pertaining to Apple’s infamous voice command sassy butler Siri.

According to redmondpie site, Apple isn’t too satisfied about some of the fairly blatant similarities between Samsung’s own proprietary S Voice interface and Siri, and this could cause some serious inconvenience for the people behind the roughly nine million or so rumored pre-orders of the Galaxy S III.

Meanwhile, Samsung release a statement:

"If Apple wishes to seek an injunction against the Galaxy S III, the Court should require Apple to file a new motion and allow the parties to develop a full factual record on all four factors. Accordingly, the Court should reject Apple’s motion to amend its current notice of motion for a preliminary injunction."


If ever, If the nine million pre-order rumor holds true, that would mean that quite a fair bit of people would be disappointed if Apple succeeds, allegations will have no impact on the already pre-ordered devices..

The Korean firm, now the world’s biggest manufacturer of smartphones, has retaliated by claiming Apple has infringed its 3G technology.

Lenovo recently unveils its latest laptops, the IdeaPad U310 and U410 Ultrabooks. The new Ultrabooks are powered by Intel’s new Ivy Bridge platform. Lenovo also offers users the new Ultrabooks in two avatars - Sapphire Blue and Graphite Grey. As for the new A720 all-in-one PC, it has a 27-inch display with a thickness of 25.4mm, which is pretty sleek. There’s also support for 10-point multi-touch, which means much more flexibility. Like the Ultrabooks, the IdeaCentre A720 is also powered by Intel’s Ivy Bridge.

These ultrabooks also feature ultra-fast boot up and quick resume from sleep. They also feature Lenovo’s Smart Update software allows the U310 and U410 to automatically update email, IM chats and social media messages even when in sleep mode.

Tech Specs (Lenovo IdeaPad U310)
Processor: Intel Core i5 3317U (1.7 GHz, 3MB L3 Cache)
Operating system: Windows 7 Home Basic (64 bit)
RAM: 4GB DDR3 1600 MHz
Storage: 500GB HDD + 32GB SSD
Screen: 13.3 HD-LED
Battery: 3-cell

Price:

The 13.3-inch U310 base model going for $749 and the 14-inch U410 starting at $799.

Tech Specs (Lenovo IdeaPad U410)
Processor: Intel Core i5 3317U (1.7 GHz, 3MB L3 Cache)
Operating system: Windows 7 Home Basic (64 bit)
RAM: 4GB DDR3 1600 MHz
Storage: 500GB HDD + 32Gb SSD
Screen: 14.0 HD LED Screen
Battery: 4-cell

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Here's the video of brand new Samsung Galaxy S3 and iPhone 4S Drop Comparison.

Everybody loves seeing Myth-busters blow stuff up! These videos aren't there to prove one device can take falls better than another, it's just about feeding the trolls and getting hits.

The “pretty inaccurate test” of the Dropping two phones is certainly a experiment, which has no real purpose seen that the result is highly predictable.

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