Nokia launches the Asha 210

Remember that Tuesday we told you that Nokia would introduce a new phone  the next day?Well it did, and the company unveiled the new Nokia Asha 210 yesterday. It is a mobile QWERTY which has a dual-SIM version and a version for a single SIM card. Its functions are unfortunately not very advanced, but the phone is relatively cheap.

The Asha 210 combines a 2.4-inch LCD screen (with a resolution of 320 × 240 pixels) with a full QWERTY keypad and is aimed at young users who send many messages daily. The phone is the first on the market to feature a dedicated button for WhatsApp, which incidentally application comes pre-installed on the device.

A level only has WiFi connectivity and Bluetooth, no support for 3G or 4G networks. Asha The new camera is 2 megapixel and 64MB of internal memory can be expanded phone using a microSD card. Among its found a microUSB port and headphone jack.

The Nokia Asha 210 will be available in yellow, cyan, black, magenta and black. They will be priced between $ 70 and $ 100, as estimated. The launch was not announced yet.

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Firefox mobile OS for developers are available

Mozilla has had several months waiting for the launch of its own mobile operating system,Firefox OS . Of course, this platform is far from being ready, and it is estimated that it will be available just about year-end. Still, Mozilla has already made ​​several advances programming the operating system and already has a version of Firefox OS to developers , but there is more news .

Since yesterday are now available mobile Firefox OS geared for developers. While these were going to be released in February, there was a change of plans. The phones in question are known as Keon and Geeksphone Geeksphone Peak. Then I'll talk about each of them.

The Keon is the orange you see above. It is a smartphone low-end costs $ 118 U.S. dollars and has a 3.5-inch HVGA screen, your CPU is a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 and has 512MB of RAM. The Peak is white and is slightly better than the last. The cost is $ 195 and has a 4.3-inch HD display, Snapdragon S4 features a 1.2GHz processor, have 512MB of RAM and 4GB of internal memory, while its battery is 1800mAh.

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Samsung Galaxy S IV: time to test the strength of your screen

Most people have been delighted with the new  Samsung Galaxy S IV, without doubt one of the phones with the best technology in the world. In a few weeks the smartphone and will be hitting the market and is expected to destroy the rest of the competition with its sales, which could exceed even its predecessor, the Galaxy S III.

Recently, an analyst and critic of Romania had a chance to get their hands on the new beast from Samsung long before it is available in stores. The brilliant display with Gorilla Glass Glass 3 is tested against some sharp objects in the video below.

As you saw (if you watched the video before reading) mobile screen withstood the tests without problems and not noticed even the slightest scratch on it.

Well, at least we know one thing: the S IV is highly resistant to scratching from sharp objects such as knives and others. We now hope that someone makes a drop test to check for real display resistance.

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MSI Wind Top AG2712, the first all in one 27 inch geared for gamers

Ready to play your games list in one of the best all in one market? This is not the typical computer all in one with medium specifications and screen of 21 inches, the MSI Wind Top AG2712 is actually the first all in one 27 inch gamer sector oriented . Not only the design looks nice, but the inside is as beautiful as the outside, so let's see what is included in your hardware .

Beginning with the processor, the Wind Top AG2712 has a powerful Intel Core i7-3630QM quad-core 2.4GHz 6MB Cache (3.4GHz with TurboBoost), beside him find a graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 3GB 670MX and a unit 128GB SSD and a 1TB hard drive. The optical drive can be a Blu-ray reader or a DVD recorder, and the display, which incidentally is Full HD, can have touch interface.

A level we have four USB 3.0 ports, two USB 2.0 , headphone and microphone input, and HDMI and VGA ports, also has a card reader. A level have Ethernet connectivity and WiFi. Its speakers are two THX TruStudio Pro 5W and a HD webcam.

The price of the MSI Wind Top AG2712 was not yet released, but do not expect that costs less than $ 2000.

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IBM wants to collect suns radiation 2000 with his new project

People of IBM 's reinvented solar panels. A team of scientists from the company has received $ 2.4 million to begin work on the development of a new power generator , which must be able to receive 2000 suns radiation and convert at least 80% radiation into electrical energy .

Work with IBM Research and ETH Zurich Airlight Energy in the development and testing of the new system. There is already a prototype in a test lab for IBM in Zurich, but additional ones will be created in Switzerland. As scientists say, the new system, which by the way is called  HCPVT(High Concentration PhotoVoltaic Thermal), costs about $ 250 U.S. dollars per square meter occupied.

The system HCPVT uses a large parabolic dishes equipped with multiple mirrors to deflect sunlight charge to the receivers. It is estimated that about 8 hours after exposure to strong sunlight, solar cells capable of generating about 250 watts each.

While the prototypes will be tested in Switzerland, the team plans to be used in regions like southeastern Europe, in Arabia, in some areas of Africa, also in South America and Australia, in addition to the American Southwest.

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Advance the development of the first smartphone braille for the blind

The technology of smartphones is growing at an incredible rate. These great devices, equipped with all kinds of functions and applications, have become almost indispensable for some people and is a product widely used in day to day. Of course those who can not fully enjoy the benefits it can provide a smartphone are people with no vision. The options available for the blind are negligible and in most cases are not very useful, but this could soon change. An innovative India, young  Sumit Dagar, is developing the world's first smartphone that uses the Braille code, so that it is a device geared for people who dominate. Dagar has been working on this project with his small company for about 3 years or so.

Instead of the traditional glass screen, the screen of this smartphone is a touch that creates a Braille printing to handle the phone. The device is able to convert text messages as emails and braille code (regardless of language). The screen is able to recreate the braille code on its surface so that the person can read by passing his hand over it, which is achieved by means of a kind of grid full of small pins that are raised to be forming the words.

We hope that soon emerge more news about it.

What do you think about this project?

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Nokia announced a new device on Wednesday

Does anyone wonders what has been working Nokia in recent months? During the past weeks we have been talking a bit about some of the possible projects the company has in hand, such as the Nokia Lumia 928 to be announced on Thursday 25, the Lumia 950 , which would be its new flagship mobile, and the introduction of a solar charging system for smartphones .

We do not know what plans major Nokia at the moment, but what we do know is that tomorrow will be presented a new device , it was announced through an article in the blog of the company. Once this mysterious product is announced, will offer a question and answer session in which participate Neil Broadley, section phones from Nokia, plus a special guest was not released.

Now comes the big question: what is it that Nokia will present on Wednesday? Obviously the 99% of people betting on the same thing: a new mobile phone , and it is very possible that the same be a QWERTY, or at least that's what it seems to suggest the image above.

Could it be a new Lumia ready to compete with BlackBerry Q10? Or do you think it will be something different? Tomorrow we find out.

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The Glass not available to the public until 2014

The industry technology and all the market are closely following every move that makes Google regarding their glasses Glass , one of the most anticipated devices currently. While Glass Explorer Edition are now available, but they are for developers, not for the general public.The commercial version for the masses was expected later this year, but as said Eric Schmidt, the CEO of the company, there is a change of plans.

Recently, during an interview with British radio, Schmidt was asked about the release date of the glasses Glass, to which the employer responded that in the coming months thousands of glasses would be used by developers, and according to reports send these, Google make changes where necessary in the Glass, so shoot for the general public will be until next year , not the current 2013 as everyone expected. No exact date was given, but it is estimated that the arrival of the product to market could occur between March and May 2014 approximately.

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