HTC Desire 200, Yes, Products from HTC has entered the Taiwan market on Wednesday. Price of this smartphone very cheap, less than a third of HTC one. Desire 200 has been equipped with a 3.5-inch screen, Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 processor, a 5 megapixel camera, and the RAM capacity of 512 MB. Desire 200 is currently only sold in Taiwan. However, there was a possibility would be released in other countries.
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Surface RT
Due to declining sales of ARM-based tablets, Microsoft is finally looking for new strategies to boost sales, One is by offering special discounts to students.
As reported by ZDNet, Microsoft has just launched a new program for students in schools and universities. This program is giving discounts for their tablet device called Microsoft Surface at the beginning of two months in the summer.
The program will begin on the 17th of June until August 31 to come. The price offered was exactly cheap, starting at $ 199 for a tablet without a extra keyboard.
Microsoft’s new program will run in several countries such as Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Singapore , Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and of course the U.S..
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While Sony has recently unveiled its new mid-range smartphone, the Xperia M , and despite the fact that it will not be launched until the third quarter of 2013, I had the chance to test it before its release official. Thus I was able to present it to you in a previous article with various pictures, and now after a few days of intensive testing I am ready to give my verdict.Unlike other smartphones, at the time of this writing I have not found other tests on this smartphone so it’s a little exclusive for all those who want to acquire a quality smartphone at a price budget.
To put this in context, this Xperia M turns out to be a little brother to the flagship smartphone Sony Xperia Z , and by taking a few key design elements of the smartphone and adding his personal touch to do not present an insane price. Sold at around 299 euros in France, it should delight more than one person looking for a small smartphone, stylish and ultra functional. Does it happen to oust the intense competition in this market? The future will tell
Before starting to introduce the product, here the characteristics of the Xperia Tablet Z:
With the Sony Xperia M we do not of course the same characteristics as those included with the Xperia Z. So forget the 5-inch screen with full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, but a 4-inch screen with an unusual resolution of 854 x 480 pixels, an ideal size for an immersive entertainment, without being bulky.
With a white hull, available in yellow, black and purple, a power button aluminum associated with the glass screen offers him a pretty sexy look. In addition, we will find a curved rear shell and curved, as we have already remarked on phones such as the Xperia T, allowing for easy handling. This case curved top and bottom of the phone, it thickened slightly, reaching 9.3 mm. Next dimension, the device is in a relatively reasonable size, it measures 124 x 62 mm – 139 x 71 mm Xperia Z for comparison – and a very light weight – 124 grams against 146 of the Xperia Z.
At the back we will also find a 5 megapixel camera with Exmor RS sensor and a 4x digital zoom with autofocus, offering 720p video recording, and HDR capabilities to the rear and a front camera 0 , 3 megapixels, which only make video conferencing. For convenience, the smartphone comes with a dedicated camera button that allows you to take pictures even when the screen is locked, more a function of capture rapid passing of the day to capture less than a second .
To continue in the specifications of this device, we find in his heart a dual-core Snapdragon S4 Pro processor clocked at 1GHz, 1GB of RAM and 4GB of internal storage. They added a micro-SD slot available after removing the shell and battery 1700 mAh, next to the location of the SIM.
On top of the Xperia M you will find audio jack of 3.5 mm, so that you can make the most of the technologies offered by Clear audio sound + xLOUD and 3D Surround Sound (VPT) which are integrated into the smartphone. A micro-USB port for charging is oddly placed on the upper left edge of the device. What is new, and can not be that I am relatively a fan. It would have been much better below.
We can also notice an LED as a light line down the phone to alert you of notifications:
The side of connectivity, the Xperia M has 3G HSPA +, NFC technology and other features such as DLNA, GPS, FM radio, and Bluetooth 4.0 are also included. It is interesting to note that this smartphone has NFC (Near Field Communication) technology, which allows you to connect a device to another through casual contact. No wires or cables and no tinkering with the settings is necessary.Thus, you can share photos, music and more between two phones or between the phone and the NFC with a simple touch on the other device compatible laptop.
As regards the material itself, my feeling is rather mixed that I spend on a mid-range smartphone. Even if the Sony Xperia M has nothing to get excited about, it is somewhat normal for an Android smartphone mid-range, and do not take it as a bad thing! Overall, I applaud Sony offer a design that stands out from the competition.
I love its design and responsiveness of the latter! Unfortunately, we may regret that Sony is not the end in the idea of offering a range of devices completely “solid”, the sealed making water – up to 1 meter for 30 minutes – and dust as we have seen with the Xperia Z and Z Tablet . However, Sony has designed this thing extremely well, giving it an appearance of solidity and robustness. Of course, it is far from the design of high-end devices.
Sony integrates its Android Smartphone 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, but I hope that an update to Android 4.2.2 is proposed by the release of the smartphone. If Sony has kept the overall interface of the Android OS, the Xperia M comes with an overlay feature of Sony, which compared to other manufacturers made it rather lightweight. Unfortunately, if for Tablet Z overcoat brought additional features it offers nothing substantial or beneficial, which could make us think that Android ROM “pure” was more interesting.
However, Sony does not seem to make improvements in his overcoat and things worth mentioning. You just have to enter their realm. You will find applications like Walkman, Sony Album, Sony Films and Sony Select. Each of them allow you to stay in the world of Sony, and it’s easy to find all your data and functionality offered by these applications, especially if you’re a fan of Sony products.
While I like the minimal user interface provided by the overlay, I still prefer to have an Android version “pure.” The Samsung TouchWiz overlay brings to it as new features such as multi-screen mode, AirView or support movements and more. HTC, the overlay provides a significant improvement in the dedicated application of the camera, and offers new BlinkFeed like never before you had. The overlay Sony has not yet these things. This is why I’m rather mixed on it, and why and how I look forward to the arrival of the Xperia Z Google Edition.
Of course, given that this is a first test I had to do some quick benchmarks, even though I knew what to expect with such a device. It is not a Galaxy S4, HTC One or Xperia Z, but he held up the candle to other less powerful devices. With a score by 9842 points AnTuTu, it ranks behind the Galaxy Note, but lags behind the others mentioned above.
All this is of course subjective. Every time you use the phone, I found it quite fast for everyday use. But some people just love to see the numbers. Google Chrome is the default browser, and it will prove to be rather fast, and navigating through all the photos taken from the Xperia M, I found ka navigation very fluid and smooth. Android 4.2 Jelly Bean should of help, but this phone is already gold-and very functional.
To speak of the camera, let me redirect you in a few examples below. While Sony is no stranger to the world of photography, the 5-megapixel sensor works very well, even indoors. Of course, here too it is far rendering behemoths of smartphones, but all the pictures taken are doing with a fairly good quality.
HDR technology for photos provides natural color regardless of lighting. With this technology, smartphone capture the same image with different exposure levels in several layers to optimize the picture.
For a 4-inch display is not necessary to have a battery of very high quality, and 1700 mAh embedded in the Xperia M sufficient to provide life quite satisfactory. With STAMINA mode enabled, the management and the power of the smartphone are completely controlled. However, if you constantly need your data plan I recommend you do not activate it under penalty of freak fairly quickly, since in this mode, whenever the screen is off, you will not receive Gmail alerts or updates Facebook status, but you continue to receive incoming calls and messages, and to hear the alarms.
As everyone has different needs, you can easily customize applications for which you want to receive push notifications, even in standby mode.
Overall, the life of the battery has been better than expected, since I easily held 10 hours with normal use. Leaving the automatic adjusting the brightness, it should allow you to save your battery.
Overall I enjoyed using the Sony Xperia M, with extras that make it happen for themselves on a mid-range market increasingly in vogue, and for which large, even Apple, do not hesitate to bet to acquire new customers.
In addition, with a truly budget price, € 300 for a product sold naked, this is clearly a great deal. If the device is quite powerful and extremely well built, it has more than the competition does not have.
The Sony Xperia M is scheduled to arrive later this year, and I hope that Sony will not hesitate to pass on Android 4.2 before its release. If you liked the previous products of the Xperia range, it will surely make you want to test it. It will not replace my Galaxy Nexus 4 S4 or my course, but I’m sure he has a future ahead of him!
Sony Xperia ZR
Through reports published by Softpedia, Sony Xperia ZR has a HD screen (4.55 inches with a resolution 1280×720 Pixel).
While the processor is a 1.5 GHz Qualcomm APQ 8064 quad-core with Adreno 320 GPU. This smartphone provides 2GB of RAM and 8GB of internal memory, and still got a microSD slot that can support up to 32GB optimized.
For the camera feature, “Xperia ZR” powered by a rear camera with 13MP sensor with LED flash, Exmor RS for HDR photos and videos. While in front of the camera, this smartphone just pinned VGA sensor to make video calls.
Connectivity, “Xperia ZR” backed with 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, DLNA, GPS, and NFS connectivity. For the operating system, use the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.
In addition, the advantages of this phone is also dustproof and waterproof. So, you can use the Sony Xperia ZR to take pictures while in the water.
Yes, recently appeared a video that shows the concept of the iPhone 5S. As quoted from phone arena, the concept of the iPhone 5S has a larger screen size, and a shorter body than the iPhone 5. In the video duration 2 minutes 32 seconds, the iPhone 5 is shown with a design that 5 percent thinner than the fifth series.
In addition, there is a new home button on this new device. Also shown in the video there are 3 color variants for the iPhone 5S. Known, the concept of Iphone S5 was designed by Arthur Reis, whereas, this video was made by Ran Avni. Okay, If you want to know more, please watch the video below:
Nokia is expected to release a cheap smartphone Lumia 920 Lumia as well as two phablets this fall. Phablet is a term used to devices That have conventional displays larger than smartphones but smaller than a 7 inch tablet, they’re sort of a smartphone and tablet hybrid. A lot of manufacturers have Their phablets out in the market, With Samsung leading the way with its Galaxy Note range . Nokia’s Lumia-branded Reportedly phablets will have 5.5 and 6 inch displays. The camera Reportedly On These devices is going to be similar to Lumia 925.
The low cost Lumia 920 is thought to be a competitor for Apple’s much rumored low cost iPhone . It is expected to be released in Either September or October and is said to have a 4.7 inch CBD AMOLED WXGA display. Design is similar to Lumia 720 Reportedly, while being lighter and slimmer. 8 megapixel Carl-Zeiss optics rear camera is expected along With The same CPU and GPU combo as the conventional Lumia 920 . Reportedly This smartphone will be aggressively priced and will replace Nokia’s Lumia 82X range. Keep in Mind That All of These is pure speculation, so it’s best to take all of this with a grain of salt
Loon Project is Google at its best side, a bold initiative to bring Internet access to remote communities using various balloons similar to those used in atmospheric probes. The idea is part of what Google calls “moonshots” crazy projects without any guarantee of becoming a service with a commercial future, as the famous car that drives autonomously.
Loon rises about 20 miles up several dozen balloons connected together and capable of covering a large portion of land. These balloons do not remain static, but travel driven by the jet streams near the stratosphere, but can maneuver in a limited way to get different currents, grouped or out.
The balloons remain in communication with each other all the time and at the same time, with several base stations that ensure the connection. On land the speed you get is quite similar to a 3G and only need to use a special antenna. One of the first areas to test this system access will be New Zealand but Google is also considering several areas of southern Africa. Solar battery feed of these routers and that tells Google GPS position. The balloons, says the company, they have installed cameras.
For the networking giant, Loon is a way to ensure a dominant position in Internet access over the next 1,000 million people on the planet. It becomes a de facto Internet access operator but somewhat free from many of the regulations to which operators must undergo “land”. Loon “issues” at frequencies of 2.4 and 5, 8 GHz, open access in most countries and reserved for industrial, medical or scientific purposes.
If he goes ahead and does not remain only in a pilot will be interesting to see the reaction of the various governments and the users themselves. The system opens the door, for example, to carry open and free Internet connection to countries with high confidence in their communications but also gives the company access to a huge network traffic and opens the door to new regulations on the use of airspace.
Before entering the field, a couple of considerations. As you will see (or have seen already) not me who wears glasses Google. The leads Julian Beltran, one of the few (at first were 80 and are now about 300 worldwide) chosen by Google to experiment in their own eyes the potential of ‘Project Glass’. Although the choice of Julian was not random, as this young entrepreneur is the creator of Murcia Droiders , a pioneer in the development of applications for Google Glass, specializing in the areas of tourism, medicine, engineering and social networks, with offices in Spain and California.
Read why I was not wearing glasses? Well it was not wanted, no. The problem is that the owners of this team must commit to respect certain rules. Man, of course I put them, there are photos, but little else.
Second consideration: what Julian showed us a model for developers, not the final product to be released to stores. When? As rumors machine is still working. That if for Christmas this year, that if at the end of 14 … It seems that a good time could be before the summer of next year, say May. Mind you, nobody has confirmed this date. Just as no one says how much it will cost. The betting open a range from 400 to 1,200 euros, but I reckon that will be closer to the price of a high end mobile.
Entering task, the glasses are lightweight (36 grams), more than what they seem and, surprise, they fit well even on the glasses, but this prototype is not designed to be used simultaneously with other lenses. Apparently, they are bare bones: in the back of the battery leads right pin (six hours of use on the prototype, per last “one day” in the finals. “One day” is usually equal to about eight hours) and side circuitry. Furthermore, the outer part is a touch pad that enables a moving carousel visited applications. On the right eye, but without hindering the vision, the image is projected on a small screen. It is equipped with a camera capable of capturing up to five megs photos and 720p resolution video. Another hidden camera on the inside is responsible for checking the position of the eye and perhaps in the future will control the computer using own eye movements.
One aspect that caught my attention is that using an unconventional way to transmit and capture the audio. Perhaps some of you remember a video we made with headset Jawbone , it uses similar technology: sound is transmitted through the bone rather than by air. What is achieved in this way is to remove background noise and keep only your voice.
And the voice is important, because it is the way we will control the Google Glass. To start, you say, “Ok, Glass” and after that, the order you want, for now in English, although it is assumed that when they reach the Spanish market will also be in our language. So, to take a picture, the sequence will be: “Ok, Glass”, “Take a picture” and glasses do, as they are able to lead to an address. However, to do the latter need outside help. The Glass Google can connect to WiFi networks (protocol N) and Bluetooth phones, but they are, at least for now, a mobile, so to speak by phone, read and reply to mail or SMS or use the GPS must match them with a mobile. For now, there will be an Android, although it is expected that when it goes on sale compatible with other operating systems.
Some of you will have noticed that Julian head up and down to activate the GG.You can do so (the truth is that the movement is not unnatural) or touching the right leg of the glasses.
I do not know if it’s because I have read so much about them or have some on hand, but now I seem less futuristic a few weeks ago. However, I think they still need to refine enough, both when to implement them by nodding as the menu itself and, of course, will have to check that works well in every language. So we will wait for the retail version, rumored to be autonomous, ie telephone not depend on mobile to make calls, receive and send emails or SMS, GPS
Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom is a better version of the previous version. Comes with a 16MP camera, If Seen from the design, this phone actually looks pretty unique. Because there is a lens in back of the phone which makes this phone look very thick. When combined with the lens, the total thickness reaches 25mm. Galaxy S4 ZOOM using glossy plastic that is strong enough. In addition, it is also much simpler than the Samsung Galaxy Camera.
For performance / features presented on the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom arguably the very maximum. On the processor side, Samsung provides a dual core processor with a speed of 1.6GHz which is also supported by 1GB of RAM. For the operating system, this phone is equipped with the latest version of Android Jelly Bean, thus providing maximum performance.
Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom equipped with an internal memory of 8GB which is where users can use about 5GB. Also has a microSD slot for expanded up to 64GB for storing your shots.
Although this phone is launched to feature a better camera, but this phone did not rule you can use for your daily activities like playing games, do office work, online, or the other.
Issue price of galaxy S4
Price of this phone is not yet known, because Samsung itself has not bring it to market. But is expected in July to come, galaxy S4 Zoom will be available in the market.
More recently, British Prime Minister, David Cameron, asking Google and other search engines to do more to liberate the Internet from pornography, and warned that the availability of pornographic material in cyberspace will be a negative impact on the activity of children’s lives.
David Cameron confirmed that the Google search engine operates by capturing and classifying each page in the search results. Therefore, it has asked them to provide a more advanced technology that will allow it to eradicate the negative search results, such as the disgusting pictures / porn.
Not only that, British Culture Minister, Maria Miller who has sent the internet security protection, appealed to the representatives of a number of cyber giants including Google and Facebook to discuss this issue on 17 June 2013, and heard what they were doing to manage contents of their pages.