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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Leaked screenshots of Samsung Galaxy Altius

As we said before, Apple is not the only company working on a SmartWatch, since Samsung is also doing. Fortunately we can learn a bit more about the watch South Korean company, and some leaked screenshots of the device. As indicated by the screenshots, the clock will be called Samsung Galaxy definitely Altius.

It is unclear what operating system you use this SmartWatch, but most likely it's a modified version of Android, because after all is not as difficult to handle as we have seen in the past. Of course, Samsung also may have chosen to develop a proprietary operating system and completely new to watch.

The internal memory of the device appears to be of only 235MB, so it probably will connect to your smartphone to stream music or make calls. Besides this, the screen resolution is expected to be 500 × 500 pixels.

For now, this is all we know, but we expect more leaks reach the Internet over the months, so we must be vigilant.

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iPad Mini has no shortage problems

If something has prevented Apple sell all units of iPad Mini would have liked, were the shortages that their suppliers have had in recent months, even though the device was released a little over 4 months ago . Many have had to wait several weeks to get the tablet after ordering it, but this story is over.

According to several Apple stores, the iPad Mini has no shortage problems, and this goes for all models, including the black and white colors, and those with only WiFi or WiFi + cell.

Yet in Europe still have to wait three days for purchases work again normally.

Apple completely exhausted their stock of iPad Mini after the device is sold totally three days after launch, and since then the problems started with the shortage. Fortunately, the situation has come to a close and tablet sales are normalizing these days.

Does anyone around here have an iPad Mini? If so, was there a delay after purchasing the device?

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This is the interface of the Google Glass

For those who tend to rapidly acquire any technology or device that goes on sale one of the biggest questions there is how will the glasses Glass interface of Google. Well, thanks to a new product demonstration that the company has published, we can finally see what they will wear these glasses.

Rumors and small videos of Glass Internet have reached in recent months, but did not really know how they worked finder glasses. As you can see in the video below, the Glass operate primarily using voice commands.

From what we can see, the glasses have a small menu slightly transparent in the upper right side and allow us to use voice commands to search, take photos, record videos, start hangouts and get directions. Apparently, all functions require the user to say "okay, Glass" for the device to start accepting commands.

Google already offers non-developers the opportunity to acquire the Glass for about $ 1500, but remember that the device is still in beta, so it may not be convenient to drive us further.

Tell us: what do you think the glasses Glass? Do you like or think their functions are still missing something?

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Sony reveals official details of the PS4

Sony already has two decades of experience in the game industry, and particularly of the consoles. Yesterday, in the city of New York, the company released official details of its new and future console, the PlayStation 4. In recent years, the consoles have evolved from simple gaming system as they were in the 90s, and are now able to give us a more realistic experience and better both graphics and sound. Let's see what features the new PS4.

The new PlayStation Jaguar has an AMD processor and eight-core x86-64, AMD Radeon GPU uses a 1.84 TFLOPS, includes 8GB of GDDR5 RAM (the PS3 only had 256MB of RAM) and also has a Blu-ray and a hard disk. It also has a secondary chip that handles background processes and other specifications are completed by a pair of USB 3.0 ports, auxiliary ports, HDMI, an Ethernet port and connectivity include Bluetooth 2.1 and WiFi.

Regarding control we saw a few days ago, is totally authentic, and even allows you to broadcast a message of what we're playing by Ustream just press the "Share". Another positive point is that the PS4 is "smart" and the more you play the more you can recognize your tastes and recommend titles.

Sony reveals official details of the PS4

What is really bad is that the console can not run PS3 games from a disc. This is due to its hardware architecture, which is totally new. Still, you can enjoy games PS1, PS2 and PS3 by streaming Gaikai, as we saw a few days ago.

Sony did not show how the design of the new PS4 or even talked about price or release date, but expect to do so within a few months at E3 2013.

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Dark premiered his new trailer

 

Dark is a new video game stealth action RPG being developed by RealmForge Studios, while publication of the same will be provided by Kalypso Media. The launch of Dark is expected for the second quarter of the year, ie between April and June about.

Dark was officially announced on May 4, 2012 and has almost completed its development stage. A playable version of the game was presented at the Role Play Convention 2012 and also at E3 2012. Its first trailer was released on 24 May last year.

In Dark take control of a vampire named Eric Bane. The game's story takes place in today's world, wherein said character wakes up transformed into a vampire, surrounded by others of its kind, but has no idea how he came to become what it is. The exciting story of Dark plunges us into a world of blood and darkness in which the hunter can become any prey.

In terms of gameplay, Bane have skills of vampires and be able to move very quietly to make use of their skills and get rid of their enemies. The scenarios include skyscrapers, streets, nightclubs, museums and castles. As we move forward in history we can increase our skills and create a character that suits own playing style of each player.

Here is the latest trailer released for Dark, released a few days ago:

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Samsung Series 3-S01UB NP365E5C, a new 15-inch laptop at very low price

 

Mobile phones are not the only thing that produces Samsung, it is more than clear. The company is engaged in the production of all kinds of electronic devices, including laptops obviously, but does not stand out much in this sector. What we have here is probably the 15-inch laptop cheapest we've seen, this is the Samsung Series 3-S01UB NP365E5C, available for only $ 370 at BestBuy.

For that amount, though not enough, we can get a decent team. The NP365E5C-S01UB has a 15.6 inch display with LED backlight and a resolution of 1366 × 768 pixels, better than the standard HD resolution. Its processor is an AMD A6-4400m 2.7GHz dual-core, while the graphics card is an AMD Radeon HD 7520G. Apart from this also has 4GB of DDR3 RAM and a 500GB hard drive.

Equipment specifications are completed by an HD webcam, a DVD burner, a card reader, WiFi connectivity and Bluetooth 4.0, 6-cell battery and Windows 8 operating system.

For the amount they ask for it, has good specifications without question.

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