Friday, December 28, 2012

ZTE Grand S, new smartphone of 6.9 mm thick

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We have seen several devices that will be officially unveiled at CES 2013 in Las Vegas in just over a week, so let's take a look at another one: the Grand S ZTE, a new smartphone very thin.
Early rumors indicated that the Grand S would have a thickness of 7.6 mm, but it seems that in reality it is only 6.9 mm, which puts him among the mobile world's thinnest, but still lacks a couple of millimeters to be as thin as the Oppo Find 5. Speaking the Find 5 the Grand S saves other similarities with it, since it is also a smartphone with Full HD screen of 5 inches. These devices are becoming increasingly popular, do not you think?
The ZTE officials especficiaciones Grand S will be unveiled at CES, so for now we stick with the rumors, which suggest having a processor Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro quad-core at 1.5GHz, 2GB of RAM also owns and 13 megapixel camera. Besides this, runs Android 4.1 Bean Jelly.
The unlocked version will cost about $ 450.

This Christmas sales of smartphones and tablets were a record

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Unsurprisingly devices mobile as smartphones and tablets are chosen as Christmas gifts because they are usually perfect and useful for everyone. What did surprise us a bit is the amount of tablets and smartphones that were sold in this past Christmas. Sales broke all records and what expectations.
According to a report by the firm Flurry, the number of devices activated iOS and Android this Christmas were a total of 17.4 million. It is a big number for a single day. Between December 1 and December 20 were activated on average 4 million devices a day, so the last 25 numbers grew by approximately 332%. When compared to last year, the record was 6.8 million, we will see that also exceeds.
Besides this, 51% of devices were activated tables, while the remaining 49% were mobile.
Tell us: you gave or received a tablet or a smartphone this Christmas?

Samsung will reach 500 million smartphones in 2013

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The 2012 has been a very significant year for Samsung . He has had a very successful sales and Galaxy S3 has become one of the mobile world bestseller. It is estimated that the company has sold over 420 million units of smartphones around the globe.
According to a report in the Korea Times, Samsung has no intention of staying put. The idea is to grow the company and achieve it sold 510 million smartphones in the world by the end of 2013. This is a very important step for Samsung if it wants to by facing its biggest rival in the market, Apple .
We are confident that Samsung will continue to sell Galaxy smartphones with Android operating system during 2013, but is said to also focus on smartphones with Windows Phone 8.
There is no doubt that 2013 looks very promising for the mobile market and technology .

Apple's new device could be a clock

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For a long time there has been talk that Apple is planning to launch a new HDTV, but not too quick with that because the company seems to have other plans in mind. The idea is to create something Apple much smaller than a TV, something we can wear on our wrist: a clock.
This device, which is probably known as iWatch or something similar (just in case I should clarify that is a guess, his name is not known yet), will be the equivalent of a smartphone but watch version. This new device is designed by Intel and has Bluetooth connectivity.
Reportedly, the "iWatch" has a 1.5-inch OLED screen and is able to connect with our iPhone so we can answer calls through the clock. Not many more details, but it sure can run applications, perhaps using Siri and similar functions.
Expected to be launched by June 2013.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Firewall, a touch screen unusual

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Designers Mike Allison and Aaron Sherwood have given new meaning to the concept of interactive touch screens. Firewall may sound a typical firewall using our computer , but in this case it refers to something completely different. Firewall is an interactive touch screen that takes things to another level. When you touch or press it, the screen is able to create a fire effect that will follow the movements of your hand.
But that's not all, because there is music involved, and the more pressure the screen, most expressive music that you will hear. If you do not understand very well how it works, the video below will undoubtedly things a little clearer.
How about Firewall screen? What application would you?

Google plans to expand free calls through Gmail

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Good things come in 2o13, and one of them is an expansion for the service calls through Gmail, the popular email service from Google . This new expansion for now only be used freely by users who are in the United States and Canada. Besides that, only applies to local calls, meaning that the international will cost. This function call was originally launched in 2010 and has since been improved and Google has also improved prices.
To operate the service using Google Voice and users need to download a package of software if you want to have the service call.
As I said, calls made using this service in the U.S. and Canada are free, while calls to other countries outside North America and international calls generally have a reduced cost. Also suppose that 2 will be necessary to make use of Voice phone so that it can perform this type of call.

Swiss researchers are working on a robot child

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Scientists are working hard to create humanoid robots that are able to mimic our physical capabilities. A team of Swiss researchers and scientists have decided to take things to another level trying to create a boy robot, or a robot that looks like a child, as they prefer to call it.
Roboy is the name of the robot that is being created in the Artificial Intelligence Lab in Zurich, Switzerland. When complete will be the size of a 4 year old.
Roboy What makes it special is that is focused on replicating the functions of muscles, bones and human tendons. The robot is still far from being completed, but the team hopes to raise enough funds to do so.
If all goes well, is expected to be ready Roboy in March 2013, just in time for a world congress of robotics to be held in Zurich.

ZTE Nubia Z5, a new Android supersmartphone

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Smartphones are here to stay and we are happy to do so. The smartphone you see here today is one of modern technology created by ZTE and presented very recently in China, ZTE Z5 Nubia.
It is, if memory serves me correctly, the first supersmartphone from China and we are sure that he is destined to become very popular in that country. While the launch is planned for January, in that Asian country and can be pre-ordered. And as we said your OS will be Android.
Surely you wonder what the Z5 carries inside, so you better move on to that. Although details before we see the outside inside, because this smartphone has a 5-inch screen with full HD resolution, along with her ​​is a 2-megapixel front camera and the back side is a 13-megapixel camera.
Now, inside is a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro Quad Core 1.5GHz marching. Chaperone has 2GB of RAM and 32GB of internal memory, while its battery is 3000mAh. The department has WiFi connectivity, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC and supports HSPA + networks.
The price of ZTE Z5 Nubia in China is $ 555 U.S. dollars. We do not know if it will be released in the rest of the world, but I really hope so.