Nokia could introduce solar charging for mobile phones

 

Did you finally Nokia has decided to put the batteries and return to their times of innovation as happened many years ago? The solar charging for mobile phones is not new, Nokia has been playing with it for a while, but it seems that this time things will get a little more serious. Last month rumors resurfaced on introducing this technology , and this month, as you would expect, occur again. While we did not see any of this in the MWC 2013 in Barcelona, ​​the company may not be ready to show it at the time or simply have decided to save it for another time.

Recently, on the Facebook page of Nokia was hung above the image you see next to the "Sun, sun, sun, here we go".

It goes without saying that this was more than enough to spark rumors they were asleep. Nokia Probably the message has little to do with the yellow color of the image smartphone, and people are reviewing the company eventually will release the highly anticipated mobile recharge technology using solar energy .

For now we are only speculating, but we are a little insurance patients in the coming weeks Nokia and give us more clues about this.

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Nokia Catwalk, the successor of Lumia 920

 

Nokia introduced several mobile phones a few days ago at the MWC 2013, but what really caught everyone's attention is that none of these phones was improving the Lumia 920, which still remains the smartphone Nokia logo. This is somewhat understandable if we remember that the Lumia 920 was launched only four months ago, but still, the matter may change in a few months.
It has recently been revealed by a Russian blogger Nokia did present a device capable of being the successor to the 920 in the MWC 2013, but only a few people could see it, and blogger Eldar Murtazin was one of them. According to him, this new smartphone is none other than the Nokia Catwalk, on which we learn for the first time in January at CES 2013. What features will this phone? He will be very thin, have an aluminum body, will incorporate a better version of the camera PureView Phase 2 ... and that's it.
As said, these would be the "news" of the future flagship smartphone Nokia. Maybe we somehow still find some interesting, but for now the Catwalk is nothing surprising or unusual.
If the technology of the Lumia 920 does not convince you and expect something slightly better, then start saving to buy this phone.

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Details of the new powerful Sony C670X

More rumors, but this time have nothing to do with Apple or with Samsung or Google , but rather with Sony, who as such is preparing a new smartphone very powerful would be released in the coming months. Sony did not say anything about this smartphone at MWC 2013 held in Barcelona for several days ago, but fortunately have leaked some very important data on the technology of the terminal, including of course several of its specifications. Luckily we also have a code name: C670X, so do not be an anonymous phone.
That being said, the Sony C670X is intended to make war on the Galaxy S IV and the new HTC One. The leak indicates that the smartphone will have a great Full HD screen of 4.8 inches, borne by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 600 1.8GHz quad-core, will also have a GPU Adreno 320 and your camera will be a 13-megapixel Exmor RS. Other features include 2GB of RAM, 32GB of internal memory and Android 4.2 operating system Jelly Bean.
Judging from the picture, the phone would have a design similar to the Sony Xperia Z, but the screen would be smaller.
What do you think about the C670X? Do you think it will be a good smartphone?

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LG has already sold 10 million LTE smartphones

10 million is not a small number, but on the contrary, is very large, and sell 10 million units of anything means that our business is on the right path. This past weekend, a few days after finishing the MWC 2013, LG announced that it has sold over 10 million units of smartphones that have LTE. The statistic is somewhat surprising since this technology has been around for a few years, so LG has found the formula for success to meet high customer demand.
Last year, LG made the release of LTE terminals in various markets of countries in Europe, Asia and America. In recent weeks, the new LG Optimus G has been launched in over 50 countries and the company expects sales to double this year, and now also perform more pitches in emerging markets.
Of course, LG is not the only company interested in new markets. For now, all we know is that is giving hard LTE connectivity to 3G and will continue while the demand from consumers remains the same.

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Apple is "less arrogant" with Tim Cook in charge

Stephane Richard, the CEO of Telecom-Orange, has made ​​some statements that probably will not like much to some people who are part of Apple . Richard said that the apple has become "a little less arrogant" since Tim Cook took the reins of the company. This was stated during one of the nights of the MWC 2013 held in Barcelona a couple of days ago.
Comparing the era of Steve Jobs and the current was led by Apple Cook, Richard says that now the apple employees are under less pressure, which is good. He also says he has noticed that Apple has become a more flexible and more notes to the rest of the competition.
Recall that during the time that Cook has been as CEO, the company has been very successful in some areas and with the launch of the iPhone 5 and iPad Mini, of course it has also failed as they released their app maps and have finally been harshly criticized for the working conditions of the factories of Foxconn (the main supplier) in China, history actually comes from several years ago.
In short, the company has gone through good times and some very bad. What opinion do you have about it? How would you evaluate the period leads Tim Cook as CEO of Apple?

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Fujitsu presents a prototype tablet on which we can write without using a keyboard

Over the years we have seen various devices that are able to project a keyboard on a surface by a laser light, so that we can use it like a real keyboard. Until recently, this was the greatest achievement when it comes to write using a keyboard nonexistent, but now, Fujitsu has decided to take things to another level. This week at the MWC 2013, the company introduced a prototype tablet that allows us to write using a keyboard that does not exist and without the need to project one. We are talking about something like what you see in the picture above, where the person wrote in tablet simply using imaginary keyboard would be located right under your fingers.
This new system works by using a software and the device's front camera. Fujitsu has created a simple system in which users can type easily using a smooth surface, which will be recognized by the tablet as a keyboard in which you 're writing.
Obviously that lighting plays an important role in this, as well as ambient light, which requires an optimal amount for everything to work properly.
Personally, I think this system would be a little difficult to use, at least initially, that surely would fail a lot at the time of writing.
What do you think about this technology ? Do you think the idea of ​​Fujitsu is good?

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The largest smartphones MWC 2013

After 3 days and media activity, the MWC 2013 has ended. Something rather special that everyone noticed this year was the size of many of the devices presented. The majority of them seamlessly exceeded 4.5 inches. While last year also saw a couple of smartphones agrandaditos, this time has been a kind of fashion. The word "great" is the one that best fits the general description of most phones . Let's see what were the greatest:
 
- Huawei Ascend P2: incorporates a 4.7-inch screen, and frankly feel intimidated by the other phones in the list, but it deserves a place in it. If it had been released two years earlier, would have been the world's largest smartphone.

 

 

- ZTE Grand S LTE: this smartphone is slightly larger than P2 as is 5 inches. It incorporates a full HD resolution, which until several years ago was only available for monitors over 20 inches.

- LG Optimus Pro G: we increased the size and arrived at 5.5 inches. A smartphone with large screen, light weight and very thin.

 

 

- HTC One: this little ties with P2 to have a 4.7-inch screen. Will the new standard size screens "regular"?

- Asus Fonepad: the Fonepad is marketed as a tablet, but you can still make calls, giving it features mobile phone . And by the way, is 7 inches.

- Asus Padfone Infinity: the second device introduced by Asus. It measures 5 inches and has full HD resolution.

- Grand ZTE Memo: This small and enters the territory of the phablets thanks to its 5.7-inch screen.

- NEC Sox W: this device is very unique in that a screen is folded over the other. Folding, is about 3.5 inches, but if you deploy the 6.5 inch round about.

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Twitter Announces Firefox app for OS

Firefox OS, as everyone knows by now, is the new mobile platform developed by Mozilla, the same company that created the popular Internet browser called Firefox. The operating system was officially introduced at MWC 2013 and announced partnerships with several manufacturers of mobile operators and even mobile . Yesterday, Twitter announced that it will join the party as it will have its own app for the operating system.
Manuel Deschamps, a Twitter engineer, said the application will be available when the first Firefox OS devices begin to be released near the end of the year. The application is similar to the apps already exist for iOS and Android and function similarly. The application will include support for Web Activities, one of the unique features of Firefox OS. Thanks to this, you can tweet a photo from any app that also supports Web Activities.
Since Firefox OS is an operating system based primarily at web standards such as HTML5 for example, launch applications for this platform is not difficult for any developer that already has considerable experience in the mobile web, as is the case Twitter guys.

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LG acquires WebOS for use in Smart TVs

 

More news from the MWC 2013. Now that HP has shown an interest in the Android platform, LG has been interested in the platform initially developed by Palm long ago, WebOS. According to a report, LG has acquired WebOS for use in future Smart TVs.

WebOS may remember that at the time was an innovative mobile operating system that Palm developed based on HTML and JavaScript, but the company was acquired by HP in 2010. That was almost the end of WebOS, because in little more than a year left HP hardware used to develop the operating system and so became an open source project.

Now, everything about WebOS, ie the code, documentation, websites, etc.., Has been sold to LG, who also obtained a license to use WebOS in its own products.

LG's new strategy is, as we said, WebOS implement in future models of Smart TVs.

We do not know what will happen with the project open source WebOS, but we assume that still exist in the phase that is currently.

We hope to have more news in the coming days.

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Nokia Lumia 520 and 720, two new midrange smartphones

Nokia also marks presence at MWC 2013 with the presentation of its new mid-range phones, called Lumia 520 and Lumia 720. These two smartphones that have a good price without question.

The Nokia Lumia 520 is the Mobile Windows Phone 8 cheaper company so far, and probably the cheapest in the market, as it is priced at € 140, or about $ 185. Of this amount, we can get to a terminal that has a 4-inch screen with resolution of 800 × 480 pixels, runs a dual-core processor at 1GHz, has 512MB of RAM, 8GB of memory that can expand using a microSD and also has a 5 megapixel camera. The initial lanzamieto in Asia in March, while the rest come from the continents between April and June.

The Nokia Lumia 720 as its price rises a little as it will cost about 250 €, that is about $ 330. It features a slightly larger screen of 4.3 inches, also has a 1GHz processor, has 512MB of RAM, has 8GB of internal memory, microSD reader features and camera is 6.7 megapixels. Obviously also runs Windows Phone 8 and will be released while his younger brother.

If you had to buy one of them, by what would opt? Would you prefer the 520 for its lowest price or 720 per your specifications slightly better?

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HP Introduces the Slate 7, its first Android tablet

As rumors suggested, HP re-enter the tablet market with Slate 7, a new Android tablet that the company introduced at MWC 2013 in Barcelona. In the past, HP has already released Windows 7 tablets with WebOS, which had little success.

The presentation of the tablet did not occur precisely at MWC, but the night before the start of the event, but it is practically the same. The Slate 7 is a 7-inch tablet that runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and weighs about 370 grams. With this new gadget, HP is focusing on a market sector that looks very promising: the mid-sized mobile devices. Obviously here the firm find much competition from Nexus 7, iPad and Kindle Fire HD Mini, among others.

Regarding specifications Slate 7, the tablet has a dual-core 1.6GHz Cortex A9 architecture, has a screen resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels, has Beats Audio speakers, features a microUSB port, a front camera VGA quality and a 3MP rear. The internal memory is 8GB, but we can expand using a microSD card.

The price of the tablet for is only U.S. $ 180, making it very likely to be able to cope with the rest of the competition in its sector.

What are your first impressions of the HP Slate 7?

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Lenovo Introduces New Android tablets

The MWC 2013 has begun in the past few hours. Event # 1 of the mobile device industry is the best time of year to learn many details about new smartphones and tablets that are announced and those still to come.

For starters, what we see here is a new line of tablets by Lenovo. We all know that the company is a good manufacturer of computers and laptops, and in the past has even released as hybrid notebooks Lenovo Yoga, but what we have before us are three new tablets that run the Android operating system.

The first is the Lenovo S6000. It has a quad-core processor at 1.2GHz, has a 10.1 inch screen with 1280 × 800 pixels, a built microHDMI port also has a microphone and WiFi connectivity and optional HSPA +. It measures 8.6 mm thick and weighs 560 grams.

The Lenovo A3000 is 7 inches, also runs a quad-core processor at 1.2GHz and also has a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. It weighs 340 grams and measures about 11mm thick. It has a microSD slot and optional 3G connectivity features.

Finally we find the Lenovo A1000, which uses a dual-core processor at 1.2GHz, has Android 4.1, 16GB internal memory and microSD reader.

Prices were not disclosed, but the 3 tablets will be launched in April and May about.

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Huawei Ascend P2 officially announced

The MWC 2013 has begun with all energies. Huawei has always been known as a manufacturer selling their devices at a low price, but it seems that the company could leave this production model in 2013 and have released a pretty good smartphone called Huawei Ascend P2. The P2 has been appearing on the Internet in recent weeks, appearing occasionally on a photo filtered and similar cases, but so far not much was known about him.

The Huawei Ascend P2 is a high-end terminal and good technology that incorporates a 4.7-inch HD display with Gorilla Glass Glass 2, which is a bit weird, and I do not mean for incorporating Gorilla Glass, but it rare is not holding full HD as much of the competition. Maybe it's a strategy to reduce costs? Who knows, for now let's move on.

Under the cover of P2 found a quad-core processor at 1.5GHz, 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal memory. On the outside will reveal two cameras: the rear of 13 megapixels and a 1.2-megapixel front. Regarding the OS, runs Android 4.1.2 and uses an interface called Emotion that was created by Huawei.

Other specifications include mobile NFC 2420mAh battery and its thickness is 8.4 mm. The Ascend P2 will be released between April and June for about $ 530 U.S. dollars.

Anyone planning to buy?

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 is here

 

After rumors circulated for a month, yesterday, under the MWC 2013, was released the new tablet Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0. Thanks to various leaks we know how it would look, but now what we have is a lot of detail to recreate a little official view. The Note 8.0 has been designed to get all the juice possible the stylus that brings apparently.

First of all we will give you a better look at the specifications in order to calm the anxieties possible:

-Processor: a quad-core. Model unknown for now, but we bet for Exynos.
-RAM: 2GB, what everyone expected.
-Screen: 8 inches and has a resolution of 1280 × 800 pixels, slightly better than a standard HD. Its density is 189 pixels per inch.
-OS: Android 4.1.2. There was not much choice, because if it was this would be the 4.2.
-Battery: 4600mAh, which is fine.
-Connectivity: WiFi or WiFi +3 G, the choice of the buyer. Obviously some companies sell only with WiFi. It also includes GPS.
-Stylus: S-Pen 1024 level of sensitivity similar to Note 10.1.

Note While 8.0 is a cousin of Note 2, the increase in the size of the display must be used very differently. Not only will not enter into our pocket, but thanks to its 8 inches can give more and more comfortable to use multi-window function. Write also becomes easier on a larger screen. Some applications included are the new cool Awesome Note and Smart Remote to turn the tablet into a universal remote control.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 to compete with other popular models in the market such as the Apple iPad Mini, the Amazon Kindle Fire HD and Google Nexus 7.

What do you think about the new Note 8.0? Do you think a good tablet or think you would be missing something?

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Qualcomm announces details of its new technologies

Qualcomm has unveiled its brand new technologies Snapdragon few days before the start of the MWC 2013. These are two things: a new function of voice and an improvement for Quick Charge. The new voice feature allows the phone out of standby after say some pre-set phrase, such as "Hey Snapdragon" or whatever comes to mind. Note that is exclusive to the new Snapdragon processors 800. This function uses the least amount of energy possible, just enough to "hear" our voice.

Regarding the new Quick Charge System 2.0 is said to improve loading times pretty compared to its predecessor. The Original Quick Charge time reduced by 40%, and it is expected that the new Quick Charge 2.0 do a great 75%, which is more than good. Qualcomm says that a tablet could be fully charged in just 3 hours, when normally takes 7 hours to charge the model, and for those who were wondering, the tablet in question was not mentioned.

It is expected that the first devices that integrate 800 Snapdragon processors will be launched during the second half of the year.

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Watch the new Ubuntu for tablets

Ubuntu announced in early February that its Linux-based operating system is coming to mobile phones near year end. Now, it seems that the popular distro says also present in other types of device: tablets. A countdown placed on the website of the company indicated that the operating system would be made ​​a few days ago, which was finally well.

Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu new draft, presented the new OS for tablets and also announced that it will be available in both developer release for the Galaxy Nexus to the Nexus 4. This is from today, February 21. The new operating system will also be installed on other devices developers, but we have to go to MWC 2013 to do so. Remember that the event takes place between 25 and 28 February in the city of Barcelona.

In the video below you can see how it will be the version of Ubuntu for tablets, and the fact is that it seems quite promising.

What do you think?

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8 may have been leaked by accident

As we know, Samsung is working on an 8-inch tablet is called the Galaxy Note 8. This is the new Galaxy tablet family and also a new member of the "subfamily" Note. It is believed that the device will have 3 different models available with different connectivity and will be unveiled at MWC 2013 but can already leaked, and all for a little carelessness.

A couple of days ago it was announced a 10.1 Galaxy Note LTE available in red for Valentine's Day. According to some very attentive internet users, the tablet that the image is marked with an arrow is nothing more and nothing less than the Galaxy Note 8.

Based on the size of the S Pen of the image, we can say that we see no white tablet grows to 10 inches, and actually measures a little less, probably about 8 inches, as the new Note. If this tablet is not the Note 8, then Samsung would be using a fictitious model to Note 10.1 to promote red, which I doubt very much the case.

There are high chances that the tablet is the Galaxy Note said 8, but probably will not know until the start of the MWC 2013.

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LG Optimus Pro G, official details

It ended the wait. It has been officially unveiled the new LG Optimus Pro G and as you would expect is a monstrous smartphone. It seems that the guys from LG could not contain themselves and decided to show the G Pro before the MWC 2013, although obviously around here already knew thanks to leaks.

The announcement came with the phone a few details on it. In the words of the company, the new phablet has a brilliant 5.5-inch display with Full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. Besides this, it is a screen that uses a slightly curved glass, which gives us an effect that is not 2D but not 3D, something like "2.5D". Regarding your processor is a quad-core.

Those were the official data provided LG, but rumors of course go beyond that. Recall that incorporate phablet 2GB of RAM, 32GB of memory, a 13-meapíxeles camera, 4G LTE connectivity will, have a microSD reader and your battery will 3.140mAh.

As expected, the LG Optimus Pro G may be available in some markets later this month after his presentation at MWC.

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The LG Optimus Pro G will have a 5-inch screen

We already have several official details on the new phablet from LG, the LG Optimus Pro G, which will be hitting the markets very soon. The large 5.5-inch screen with full HD resolution and other specifications make this mobile phablet a new high-end technology.

Looking your processor, you will see that it is a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro, which seems to be very fashionable nowadays. It also has 2GB of RAM and 32GB of memory, but it will have more space and that unfortunately does not have any card reader. Just as there is still good news: will have a 3140mAh battery, which is a good ability for a mobile like this.

The G Optimus Pro has managed to improve enough where the original was criticized Optimus G, ie at the level of screen and battery. The 5.5 inch screen is well received by those who prefer large screens.

Moreover, LG has announced new low-end phones to be known as LG L5II, L3II and L7II. These should be released at MWC 2013 in a couple of weeks.

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Samsung Galaxy S IV could be presented in Russia

With the MWC 2013 in a couple of weeks away and soon fulfilled one year of the presentation of the Galaxy S III is quite normal that are running all kinds of rumors about the future Samsung Galaxy S IV, which has become the mobile most anticipated of the year.

Surely you remember the S III was first introduced in London last year at a special event, it is possible that this year Samsung has chosen Russia and more specifically the cold Moscow as the place to announce his new supersmartphone. Many suggest that the smartphone will be presented at Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014 because Samsung is one of the main sponsors, but the truth is that a period of two years is too much for a release of this type, so we placed our bets in 2013.

According to the recent trend of rumors, the S IV will be released on March 15 and as we have said it may be possible to do in Moscow, where low temperatures were expected for those days.

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