Samsung NP550P5C-A01UB, new 15.6-inch laptop at a good price

 

The new Samsung NP550P5C-A01UB, whose price is around $ 600, has much more to offer than the traditional 15.6-inch portable in design, speed and sound quality. The chassis-A01UB NP550P5C is made of plastic and it found a chiclet keyboard that unfortunately lacks backlighting. The laptop has a thin bezel that gives a very striking look and measures just 1.2 inches thick. In addition, instead of having frequent procesadore Core i7 or Core i3 has a Core i5-3210m high level.

The 15-inch laptops usually have 4GB of RAM and a 500GB disk, but this little offer more, since it has 6GB of RAM and a 750GB disk. When it comes to internal components and hardware is well equipped as we see, but where it falls short is in the graphics department, as it has an integrated Intel HD 4000. If you wonder why the screen resolution gives us, it is 1366 × 768 pixels.

Besides all this, the Samsung-A01UB NP550P5C also has a sound system with speakers 2.1 and features a subwoofer. A level has two USB 2.0 ports, three USB 3.0, one HDMI, one VGA and LAN. It also has a card reader and Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity included.

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YASHICA HS-420W, a new portable scanner

 

The scanners are great because they allow us to scan photos and documents and also do it in great quality. The problem for many scanners until several years ago is that some machines were large and not easy to move. Later began to emerge including printers and copiers and scanners plus the most recent scanners are great portable scanners.

Speaking of portable scanners, here is a new model known as HS-420W YASHICA, which will be released in a few days.

The HS-420W YASHICA is powered by two AA (Double A) and includes a microSD card reader 32GB to store the generated file after performing the scan. Includes three different grades: 300dpi, 600dpi and higher 300dpi (dots per inch). Apart from this, it has a USB 2.0 interface and has WiFi connectivity.

The HS-420W YASHICA, which incidentally measures 258mm x 32mm x 31mm and weighs 200 grams will be released in early February for $ 108.

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NEC MultiSync LCD-V652, a new 65-inch monitor

 

How many inches is the monitor of your computer or your laptop? ¿15 inches maybe? 24 inches?? Well in any case, there certainly is small compared with the new monitor from NEC, the NEC MultiSync LCD great-V652, a little monster of 65 inches, which makes it ideal for making the most of your favorite video games in HD.

The new NEC LCD monitor supports full HD resolution (1920 x 1080 pixels) and provides us with a contrast ratio of 4000:1. Besides this, it has a brightness of 450nits and its response time is 8ms. While in some ways is a bit lower than other smaller monitors, some, however, is better.

Also noteworthy are the NEC MultiSync LCD-V652 has two great speakers of 10W each and its ports include DisplayPort, DVI-D, mini D-Sub, HDMI, BNC and LAN.

It will be released on February 15, but the price was not announced yet.

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Google's Android iOS dominate

 

The 2012 was a great year for Google-level iOS, the Apple mobile operating system. As you know, last year the company launched YouTube applications and Google Maps, which were downloaded hundreds of thousands of times by users of iOS grateful. Would you believe me if I tell you that 5 Google apps are among the 10 most used iOS in 2012? As I'm sure you would.

While Apple tried to get rid of different Google products on iOS, Apple customers have made it clear that they love the search engine company and its apps. ComScore has recently released a list of the 10 most used applications iOS and Google has taken 5 seats thanks to Google Maps, Google Play, Google Search, Gmail and YouTube, which is located between the second and sixth, while first place went to Facebook. The four remaining places belong to Pandora Radio, iTunes, Cooliris and Yahoo! Messenger.

No doubt this list clearly shows how popular Google iOS. Apple wants to get off to Google, but after the failure of Apple Maps is clear that search products are needed.

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RIM confirms BlackBerry 10 tablets

 

Since RIM announced the official launch of BlackBerry 10 would be on January 30 (in only two days) have run all kinds of rumors about the new platform in the network. BlackBerry devices like the BlackBerry 10X and 10Z have been named multiple times, but we have not heard or read much about tablets is undoubtedly BlackBerry 10. RIM has its own tablet, the PlayBook, so we should wait for something like a BlackBerry version 10 of the same, right?

A couple of days ago, the guys at RIM have announced that promotions and special announcements for SuperBowl game that is played on 3 February. At that time its different devices and will be known, and among them are some tablets, which have already been confirmed to be present at the event to be held in New York on Wednesday.

The PlayBook did not break any sales records or anything like that, but was well received by the BlackBerry community, so it is likely that history will repeat again.

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Huawei: the third largest producer of smartphones in the world?

 

The mobile phone market is very hot and constantly in motion. With technology improving constantly out new models and this helps the rebound. A new report from IDC ranks Samsung as the number one manufacturer of mobile phones in the world, and obviously Apple is second. Nothing surprising so far, but may be surprised to learn that Huawei is recognized as the third largest producer of smartphones in the world.

It is the first time that Huawei occupies this position in its history, as it was previously some posts below. The company has managed to get in the top three thanks to its sales strategy cheap mass produced smartphones and other high-end line as Ascend. The report also referred to some notable products as the Ascend P1 (measuring 6.68 mm thick), the upcoming 6.1-inch model known as Ascend Mate and two types of software called Magic Touch and Floating Windows. Besides this, the company is testing a new high-speed network with Vodafone.

 

ZTE Sony and round out the top five, while LG has been left out of it.

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iPad 5 could be launched in October

 

Just another new iPad so soon? Is it my impression or Apple is launching a new tablet too often lately? The company has a history of launching a device type in a period of about a year, but since Tim Cooks took over things have changed. Recall also that Apple is expected to announced several new iPhones this year, plus an iPad Mini 2 course that would have a Retina display. A rumor indicates that this device will not be known as Mini iPad 2, but as the new iPad.

According to a report by iLounge, the fifth-generation iPad will be different from his brothers and take a form similar to the iPad Mini. It seems that the iPad 5 will present no bezel, is much thinner than previous models and are expected to be a big improvement over the fourth generation model.

Rumors also say that we will not see this new iPad soon, but we'll have to wait until it is released in October. The Mini model has become quite popular since it was released, but probably the title of iPad May not look good to one of these little tablets.

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Analysis Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini

 

After months of rumors came the official presentation of the new mobile phone Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini, a shortened version but similar in design to the Galaxy S3 and designed for the mid-range smartphone users.
It features a 4-inch screen, the camera cuts to a 5-megapixel sensor, a dual-core processor at 1 GHz and two different versions according to the storage memory in 8GB and 16GB.
One of his main points is that it is the first mid-range phone to come with the operating system Android 4.1 Jelly Bean natively. The launch price is 399 euros and seems a bit high due to the restrictions, but being a family smartphone Samsung Galaxy fans will be willing to buy it before other phones with most competitive prices. A thorough analysis to discover what are the advantages and features of this interesting device.

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The new design of the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini is quite similar to the size of the iPhone 5, the largest mobile phone company Apple competitor. Weighs less than 111.5 and has a Super AMOLED screen four inches with resolution of 800 x 480 pixels.

In terms of connectivity the phone is up to the mobile phones of the moment, it has support for 3G and WiFi networks, works as an external modem, has Bluetooth 4.0, GPS and microUSB input to synchronize with your computer and charge the battery.
Another important point is its extensive support for multimedia files, with extensive support for music and video formats. Now you can watch your favorite series and videos on mobile and also listen to your songs, and also to use the operating system Android 4.1 Jelly Bean has access to a wide variety of applications and widgets that further extend the offer multimedia.
The camera has 5 megapixel sensor a little late for the industry's momentum of smartphones. You can record video at 720p and VGA front camera can make video calls.
As for memory, the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini Storage has two versions, an 8 and a 16 GB. It also supports up to 32 GB microSD cards to carry our documents, videos and songs everywhere. The RAM is 1 GB, half of what the Samsung Galaxy S3 offers original.
The Android 4.1 operating system first arrives at a mid-range phone and Samsung takes this advantage to offer users a phone midrange very attractive and cheaply.

Specifications

• HSPA 14.4 / 5.76 900/1900/2100
• EDGE / GPRS 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• Dimensions, 121.55 x 63 x 9.85 mm
• Weight, 111.5 grams
• Memory storage, versions 8 and 16 GB
• Expandable with microSD cards up to 32 GB
• 1 GB of RAM
• Display 4.0-inch Super AMOLED
• Resolution WVGA 480 x 800 pixels
• Main Camera with 5-megapixel sensor, 2592 x 1944 resolution píxele
• Geotiquetado, autofocus, face detection, LED Flash
• 720p HD video recording,
• Secondary camera VGA
• Playing music, video and photo formats supported: H.264, MPEG-4, H.263, VC-1, SorensonSpark, WMV7, WMV8, MP3, AMR-NB, AAC / AAC + / eAAC +, WMA, OGG (Vorbis ) FLAC
• Hub of Music, Games, Video, Readers
• FM Radio (RDS), JAVA Support
• Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Support
• Android OS 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
• NovaThor Processor U8420 dual core 1.5 GHz
• 3G (HSDPA 14.4 Mbps / HSUPA 5.76 Mbps)
• Wifi, DLNA, WiFi Direct, WiFi Hotspot, Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP and EDR
• NFC aGPS support GLONASS
• MicroUSB 2.0
• Output 3.5 mm headphone jack
• MicroSD card slot
• Document viewer
• Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, Google Latitude, Google Play Store, Google Play Store, Google Play Books, Movies Play Google, Google Plus, YouTube, Google Talk, Google Places, Google Navigation, Google Downloads
• 1,500 milliamps Battery

Positives

 

It is the first midrange smartphone to carry the latest Android 4.1 Jelly Bean natively, making better use of special features and services operating system.

Your point of connections is excellent, enabling always connected to the Internet either through WiFi or 3G.
Its value for money is quite attractive for mobile segment with few exponents in the current market.

Negatives

On the downside, we should mention that the camera of the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini only has a 5 megapixel sensor. Today it is common to find mobile upper middle range with 8 megapixel sensors, perhaps that point would have scored points for the popularity of the mobile.

Conclusion

The Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini exterior design leverages the high-end mobile but offers a smaller version in size and performance that manages to position itself as an important reference in the field of mid-range phones.

In free format can be obtained by 399 euros, a price that appeals to a large mobile connectivity and good visual quality. Fail your camera has a 5 megapixel sensor only. For its services, the name Mini comes in handy this device that cuts the Galaxy S3 features and offers quality, value and a comfortable size to carry in any pocket.

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