This will be the low-cost iPhone Apple

 

You just hit the web and new rumors about the iPhone details low-cost Apple is preparing. Now we have an idea of ​​how it will look the new smartphone.

In short, the iPhone will be as a combination of the iPhone 5, the latest iPod touch and iPod classic, as confirmed by a report from iLounge. This new version will have a 4-inch screen like the iPhone 5 and its shape somewhat remind both the iPod touch and the iPod classic, with a design more similar to the latter. It should be noted further that the device is 0.5 mm larger than the iPhone 5, 0.5 mm wide and 1mm thinner.

If we look at it from the front, will look almost like an iPhone 5 and its sensor, camera and buttons will be located even in the same places.

Much is also the material used. In this case, leave the aluminum side and opt for the plastic, which we had discussed earlier. Still, have a glass screen Gorilla Glass.

We have enough information about the design of the device, but what still missing are details on their technology and specifications. Will have to see how Apple will surprise us.

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Junior SH-05, a pretty powerful Android smartphone geared for children

 

NTT DoCoMo, one of Japan's largest mobile operators, has announced the release of a new smartphone called Junior SH-05E. This is a new terminal oriented to children of 9-10 years or so. The new mobile, which incidentally runs Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0), has an additional layer of security and certain controls to enable parents to limit the number of minutes you can talk for days, as well as access to Internet and e. Besides this, the phone is able to filter unsafe content, adult content and restrict access to certain applications. It also has an emergency mode which gives us access to different numbers.

If you wonder why your hardware, the SH-05 Junior is fairly well equipped. For starters has a great 12-megapixel camera, a dual-core processor at 1.5GHz, the screen has a resolution of 540 × 960 pixels, has 8GB of memory and also has GPS and Mobile Wallet.

Also worth mentioning that has a warning system of imminent natural disasters and is resistena dust and water.

The Junior SH-05 will be launched on 1 febreo in blue, pink and white.

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The DARPA equip planes with laser turrets

 

The first aircraft equipped with a system to launch lasers was a modified Boeing 747, but was not very successful to say and the project was shelved. Still, the idea still stands and the DARPA people still looking for a way to make this work. He is currently working on two projects: the High Energy Liquid Laser Area Defense System (HELLADS) and Aero-Adaptive/Aero-Optic Beam Control (ABC).

HELLADS, you can see up here is a 150kW system that can be used to attack both from the air and from the ground. The idea is that the laser gun that projects can fit in a 1 cubic meter, which means that even cars could have one.

The other system, the ABC, is used as a defensive weapon. This is a turret designed to shoot any missiles that are directed towards the plane, but it becomes a little difficult since in most combat missiles come from behind, but obviously you can also shoot in that direction.

Both projects are currently well advanced and HELLADS begin testing next year.

What do you think about using technology for war?

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Eye Stick is the stick of the future

 

What we're seeing in the picture, although it seems a lightsaber taken from a Star Wars movie, is not really meant to be used as a weapon of Jedi combat. Instead, what we see is the replacement for traditional rods, but something far more impressive and useful.

Eye Stick is a conceptual cane uses ultrasonic sensors (similar to what the bats) to measure the distance between you and potential obstacles such as a wall, stairs, etc.. The device is designed to replace the current staff as we have said. Its designer, Kim Tae-Jin, gives us a brief description:

"Eye Stick reinvents the traditional cane. The use of ultrasonic waves to measure the distance to other objects is not affected by rain, fog or other weather conditions. The light projects a stick that is used to avoid possible collisions and reports hazards such as changes in ground level. Eye Stick can also provide information on their products barcode scanning through a camera. The information is then converted to voice. "

Undoubtedly the Eye Stick looks like a stick handy. We hope that someday come true.

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Apple will soon introduce a 128GB iPad 4

 

There are rumors that Apple has prepared a miniactualización for fourth-generation iPad. This is an extension memory and other changes that are destined for the called iPad 4 was launched less than 3 months.

Reportedly, the iPad 4 will now have a little more variety as there will be both a black version as a white version will also be available with cellular connectivity or WiFi connectivity only, the choice of the buyer. Besides this, the main rumor talk about an extension of the memory device, which would bring to 128GB of internal memory, which if I remember any tablet to date has. Knowing Apple, it is likely that such amount of memory the device up the price a few hundred dollars more.

We should also mention that iOS 6.1 is now closer to being released, so the next version of the mobile operating system of Apple may come included in this new version of iPad 4.

We do not know anything about price or release date, but that data will soon arrive.

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Samsung sells more smartphones than Apple and Nokia together

 

Samsung continues to prove he is the king of the smartphone market, and even now has far outpaced large companies like Apple. In fact, sales of Samsung surpass even those achieved by Apple and Nokia together. While Nokia is not selling as many phones as a few years ago, still has a slight market share.

According to Strategy Analytics, Samsung managed to sell 63 million smartphones in the last three months of last year, this amounts to a 73% increase in the number of sales when compared to the same period of 2011. Impressive, right? What's more, since this puts the Samsung market share by 29%, exceeding both Apple has 23% as Nokia which has a 3%, or in other words, Samsung surpasses sales of both companies combined.

A year ago, the Samsung market share was 23.3%, surpassed by Apple which had 23.6% and as we always seem to stand still by the same percentage, while competition continues to progress through the improvements in the technology of its terminals.

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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.

Your operating system is the new Windows 8.

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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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