Google Glass: The Computerized Glass

Google Glass, another experiment from the 
Google’s X Lab is an amazing technology. The first one from the X Lab was the Google’s automatic car. The Google Glass is a computerized glass through which you can take pictures & record videos. The glass can be carried with you where ever you go. And it doesn’t give you the job to carry your camera. The voice control is it’s another feature. If you command it to take a picture or record a video it will do so. The glasses can be used as a phone also. You can read emails while walking is something great. The data comes through Wifi. If it is lost the glass is useless. The taken photos also

can be shared through Google Glass. The device can also be used for locating places and to view maps. You can also make calls through Google Glass. We can say it is so smart as it can translate languages. The class is strong and is best for everyday use. You can also know how fast are you driving. Don't worry if the connection is lost Google has solution for that also, if the connection is lost the Glass notifies you to walk certain distance to reach the destination where there is connection. There are many other features for the device which is not announced. The glass also supports videos and can be seen in the right corner of the glass. The device will be available only from the end of 2013. The price predicted about $1,500. Check out the below video to see how it feels.
    

Lenovo Ideapad Yoga 13: another Ultrabook Tablet

Lenovo the leading hardware maker in the computer field launched their new Ideapad Yoga 13on last week. The new Ultrabook has a lot of great features. It will be a great challenge to the Samsung 5 series Ultrabooks & Microsoft Surface tab. The device is user friendly & highly portable as it can be folded to make a tab. Take a look at its hardware and software specifications.

CPU

The device is powered by 3rd generation Intel Core i7-3537U or 3rd generation Intel Core i7-3517U or 3rd generation Intel Core i5-3317U or 3rd generation Intel Core i3-3217U. The processor can be selected by the user’s choice. The device has a high speed booting powered by Intel.

Operating System

The Lenovo Ideapad Yoga 13 is available with Windows 8 Pro or Windows 8 64.

Memory

The device has a DDR3 4GB or 8GB RAM which will give the Ultrabook more powerful and efficient.

                           

Graphics                        

The Intel integrated HD Graphics 4000 gives a superb graphics for games. As the device runs with Windows 8 you will be able to download and play Xbox games.

Dimensions                    

The Ultrabook has a dimension of 333.4 x 224.8 x 16.9 mm (13.1 x 8.9 x 0.67") which is highly portable when used as a tab.

Camera                          

Lenovo offers a 1.0MP 720p HD integrated webcam which gives a standard quality for video calling.
                                     

Display                          

The device has a capacitive multitouch display of 13.3" HD+IPS (16:9 widescreen).   

Weight                                     

The Ideapad Yoga 13 weights only 1.54 kg (3.4 lbs) as it can be used as a tab.

I/O Ports                        

The device has a USB 2.0 port, a USB 3.0 port, a Combo jack, an HDMI port & a 2-in-1 card reader (SD/MMC)

Storage                          

It offers a 128/256GB Storage. It is a high storage when compared to other models.                                           

Wireless Connectivity       

Lenovo gives a 802.11 b/g/n wireless Wifi connectivity & Bluetooth 4.0.

Keyboard                        

The device is featured with an AccuType keyboard which makes typing easier.

Battery Life                    

It has a 4-cell Li-Polymer battery which has offers an 8 hour use.

Security Features            

The device has offers OneKey Recovery system that offers an easy Disk Partitioning and easy file recovery.

 

Warranty                          

Lenovo gives 1 year (extension up to 3 years) warranty (except for physical damages).

Offered Softwares           

Lenovo offers various kinds of softwares for their new Ideapad Yoga 13, they are: Accuweather, Amazon Kindle, Birzzle, Cyberlink YouCam, eBay, Evernote, Fishing Joy, Intelligent Touchpad, Lenovo Cloud Storage by SugarSync, Lenovo Companion, Lenovo Energy Management, Lenovo Motion Control, Lenovo Support Center, Lenovo Transition, McAfee AntiVirus Plus, Microsoft Office 2010 Optimized (purchase of product key required for activation), OneKey Recovery, RaRa & Skype.

Pricing

The price announced for Ideapad Yoga 13 by Lenovo is $1,049.00.

Afterword

The device offers great features with a standard price. And it can be used as a tablet & a ultrabook. It is a good device and also remember  that the technology is developing day by day before taking the decision to buy.

PS4: a different Game Console

Sony Corporation unveiled their new game console PlayStation 4, commonly known as PS4 on 13^th Wednesday night. All the old models were very successful. The company hopes a grand success from this model too. The old ones were sold more than 300 million. The challenge in front of Sony is very big there are many other game consoles with low cost and duplicates too. The company didn’t give any clue about the price.

“The living room is no longer the centre of PlayStation universe, the gamer is.Every facet of PlayStation will continue to become more powerful…and remains at the heart of everything we create”said Sony’s President Andy House.

Specifications

The console will run with standard PC hardware. The device is featured with an x86 processor, supported by a graphics processor with GDDR5 memory. It will be having a Bluray/DVD drive, as well as a USB 3.0 port, Ethernet and Bluetooth. The device will be capable for recording 1280 x 800 video at 60fps, 640 x 400 at 120fps and 320 x 192 at 240fps.

The PS4 eye accessory includes two cameras and four microphones. Here is a specification summary of PS4.

Controller

The PlayStation 4 is controlled by DualShock 4 controller with a touchpad, share button, lightbar and witha headphone jack. The lightbar syncs with a camera and allows the device to track the depth.

Features

The console can update itself and also download games while playing. It also allows you to stream your game play and create quick video clips to send to friends and PS network. The ‘spectation’ feature allows sharing your game sessions and allowing friends to take over your control.

Games

Some of the PS4 inbuilt games announced includes: Knack, Witness, Killzone Shadowfall, Second Sun, DriveClub.

After word
The Sony PlayStation 4 is not just a game console it is much more as compared to the older versions and other game console. It has highly integrated features with latest technologies. It will give you a real gaming world feeling. At last we can say it is a smart game console. Let us watch the video of the launching ceremony.

Samsung Galaxy S IV to arrive on April or May

Samsung Galaxy S IV will be arriving to market on April. The news was leaked from a website. The sources say that the phone will be having a new type of display named ammo LED display. The most rumoured specifications include 4.99-inch full HD display, 2GB of RAM, a 2 GHz Exynos 5 Octa processor and a 3100mAh battery with wireless charging.

The OS is likely to be Android Jelly Bean. There are also rumours that the phone will be featured with a Qualcomm processor. The release date of the smart phone is getting closer. We can also expect a new kind of design from Samsung on its new smartphone. By launching this phone Samsung makes a revolutionary change in the touch screen display after Apple’s Gorilla glass. One another rumour is that the phone comes with an amazing Samsung S Pen stylus. The latest news from a Korean online trusted publication states that the company has decided in the last movement not to feature the S pen with the phone.

News from the same source also mentions that the phone will not be having home button, although it seems that Samsung has decided to keep the home button. The report says that the phone will arrive on March 2013, with a release date no more than April.

The only thing that is sure is, there will be 8 core smartphone from the Korean firm, which was announced at CES 2013. It has also been announced that the device will be complete with 4 big cores and 4 small cores as a part of ARM’s complex and powerful architecture.  

                                                                The only thing we can do is to just wait for the phone. Although the leaked sources given an average idea about the phone nothing is confirmed yet. The launch event is expected by almost 6, 00, 00 Samsung customers, who are eager to buy the new smartphone.

Facebook to be closed on May 2013! ; Hoax or truth?

Its spreading like wildfire, that facebook is going to be closed on 15^th May .Lets take a look at the news on a famous website.

Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg announced that facebook will be closed on May 15th 2013. He says that managing the site has become too stressful. The news will disappoint all facebook users and addicts were announced by Mark Zuckerberg at Palo Alto, California. He says that the site has become out of control and the stress of managing his company has ruined his life. He needs to put an end to all the madness.

                                                                   

After 15^th the site will be completely closed and the users will not be able to access their accounts “If you ever want to see your pictures again, I recommend you take them off the internet. You won’t be able to get them back after Facebook goes out of business.” Facebook’s Vice President of Technical Affairs said.

Zuckerberg said the decision to shut down Facebook was difficult, but that he does not think people will be upset.

“I personally don’t think it’s a big deal,” he said in a private phone interview to a source close to a friend. “And to be honest, I think it’s for the better. Without Facebook, people will have to go outside and make real friends. That’s always a good thing.”

This story has come on a website and is spreading everywhere. On the other hand some are saying that it will not end on May 15th. We want to wait more to know if it is a hoax or a truth. 

Samsung Galaxy Camera a Closer Look

This time when smartphones rules the market with their high features that satisfies the user’s photography needs Samsung comes with their smart camera named Samsung galaxy camera. Smartphones are great because they enable you to capture, edit and upload your photos to social networking sites. Most of the smartphones have cameras 8mp or 16mp. But that doesn't count the most smartphones (excluding high cost) has very poor lens that make the images grainy and worst.

Here Samsung shows their skill by making a smartphone in camera rather than a camera in smartphone. The company which makes both smartphones and dedicated cameras has given rise to a new gadget, which is a combination of smartphone and a camera.

The device works with android, the smartphone OS. It has a compact camera-sized sensor and lens large enough to let a decent amount of light in. The camera has a smart control layout and a good design. The device allows you to download apps and use it as in a phone.

The Samsung Galaxy Camera is currently priced at £399 in the UK, AU$599 in Australia and US$499.99 in the US.

Samsung galaxy camera has a 16 megapixel ½.3-inch CMOS sensors, which the other compact cameras have, including the Panasonic TZ30.

This means that the device is capable for video recording with well controlled noise. Full HD (1920 x 1080) video can also be recorded at 30fps.

The sensor comes with a 4.1-86.1mm f/2.8-5.9 lens. That has a 21x optical zoom with the focal length equivalent of a 23-483mm lens in 35mm terms.

This means that the Samsung Galaxy camera is just better that Panasonic TZ30, which has a 2x zoom.

There is also an optical stabilisation which is built to reduce the impact shaking.

Cameras with wide zoom ranges are mostly found with travellers, because they encounter a huge range of subject.

You can share and upload your photos directly to social networks as the camera has Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity. The camera also gives the option to browse internet and receive emails.

In the UK a micro SIM package for the 3 network, along with 30 days of data usage and 50GB of Dropbox storage is available. In the US,   the Samsung Galaxy Camera is tied to AT&T, and in Australia it's available through Optus.

You can use Android apps that are downloaded via Wi-Fi or 3G connection as the device runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

Samsung has introduced a new breed of camera with the Samsung Galaxy Camera, and it clearly doesn't want to limit its appeal.

There are many more option in the Samsung Galaxy Camera such as Macro, Panorama, Smart Night and Best Photo mode. The camera enables you to select the best images of each person from five consecutively captured photos.

The camera helps less experienced photographers with its automatic mode or one of the 15 scene modes the camera's settings for shooting in particular situations.

The one and only problem of the device is it saves images only in JPEG format.

By launching the Samsung Galaxy camera the company had introduced a new breed of camera and it clearly doesn’t want to limit its appeal. Many cameras with more specifications and features will be launched by many companies to overcome their rivals. We can watch a hard competition between companies to conquer market with their smart cameras.

Micromax Canvas 2 Review

Micromax Canvas 2, new launch from Micromax is rocking in the market. The phone was launched on last Thursday on February 14. The company says that on the first day itself 9,000 models were sold. The feature that attracts people to this phone is its low cost and great features. We can call this phone as a phablet due to its 5inch screen. Let’s take a look at its specifications.

Hardware

The phone is similar to Samsung Galaxy S III and note II in front view. The only
difference is the absence of physical home button. The chrome speaker grill, front camera and sensors are positioned on the top. Micromax branding is not there in front. Three capacitive touch buttons are on the front-bottom of the phone. The Micro-USB port and the 3.5mm audio ports are placed on the top of the phone. In the back there is Micromax branding, camera and a speaker.

The device is powered by 1GHz dual-core processor with 512MB RAM, and has a 4GB internal storage that can be expanded to 32GB using microSD card. The phone supports dual SIM but you want to take out the battery to replace both SIM’s.

Display

The phone comes with a 5inch 262k color capacitive touch screen with an IPS panel that has a resolution of 480x854 pixels. The graphics of the phone doest seems much sharper but the viewing angles looks good.

Camera

The 8-megapixel autofocus shoots good images in daylight. Pictures taken in low-light conditions without using LED flash seem a bit grainy. The dual-led flash works well in indoors and low-light conditions. Videos capturing through back camera is average.

There o.3 megapixel front camera takes average picture and can be used for video conferencing.

OS

The phone runs with Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich version. Micromax has included some elements of the user interface, such as the app icons and the notification tray. It includes shortcut to settings such as Wi-Fi, Brightness, Rotation, Bluetooth, GPS, Data and profiles, this can be edited and can be filled with app shortcuts.

Micromax has also added its own apps and content store like Wi-Fi, Brightness, Rotation, Bluetooth, GPS, Data and profiles.

The handset also offers FM radio. The phone has three capacitive buttons – a menu key, Home button and a Back key. The phone offers an above average experience in game play and other graphical uses. There is a doubt between the users that the phone would get updated to Jelly Bean, which offers a smoother user experience compared to ICS.

Performance

The phone is powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor that is a MediaTek chip, and has 512MB of RAM on board. Multitask is comfortable in the phone. One of the main problems of phone is that it will not support 1020p HD video clips, and 720p clips. The phone comes with the native Android browser and renders all webpages well. The phone doesn't come with Adobe Flash. The speaker on the phone delivers good quality sound but volume levels are low. Also, since the speaker is located at the back, the volume levels further decrease when the phone lies on its back. The phone surprisingly doesn't include an ambient light-sensor, so there's no setting for automatic brightness, and the user would need to manually set brightness levels for the screen.

Verdict

The Micromax A110- Canvas 2 is a decent upgrade to the A100. A 5-inch screen phone at a price point of Rs 9,990 is a great offer. If the Micromax could have offered a better screen, and shipped this phone with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean it can make a huge change in market. Micromax has already announced the successor to the Canvas 2, the A116 or Canvas HD, which is expected to be available in February.

Nokia Lumia 920: Nokia's all hope

Lumia 920 Nokia's new smart phone is on its entry to the market. Nokia’s old windows phones didn’t make any change in the market. We are able to say that this is Nokia’s best windows phone by looking at its features. As the first step to catch the market Nokia firstly reduced price of windows phones. One of that was from Rs 28,000 to 13,000. This phone offers wireless charging and more options that old windows phones. Nokia wasn’t a success in the smart phone market. The company is facing intelligence investigation in India, this also
fed up them. The Samsung’s leadership in the smart phone market continuous as it was old. Nokia’s rivals Samsung, HTC, Micromax are on their way with their new phones, where Nokia is having only Lumia 920 to fight back.
If this smart phone also didn’t gain success the company will have to face great trouble as ever in its history. Lumia 920 is having great features when compared to old windows phones. Take a look at its specifications.

General
2G Network      GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - RM-821, RM-820

3G Network     HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - RM-821, RM-820
4G Network     LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - RM-821
                      LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100 - RM-820 (AT&T)
SIM                     Micro-SIM
Announced             2012, September
Status             Available. Released 2012, November
BODY  
Dimensions             130.3 x 70.8 x 10.7 mm, 99 cc (5.13 x 2.79 x 0.42 in)
Weight             185 g (6.53 oz)
DISPLAY             Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size                      768 x 1280 pixels, 4.5 inches (~332 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch              Yes
Protection              Corning Gorilla Glass 2
                       PureMotion HD+ ClearBlack display
SOUND              Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker      Yes
3.5mm jack      Yes
                       Dolby Headphone sound enhancement
Card slot                 No
MEMORY             Internal 32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
DATA                    
GPRS                     Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE                     Up to 236.8 kbps
Speed             HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps 
                            DL                            
WLAN             Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth             Yes, v3.1 with A2DP, EDR
NFC                     Yes
USB                     Yes, microUSB v2.0
CAMERA             
                            Primary 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, optical image             
                            stabilization,autofocus dual-LED flash, check quality
Features             PureView technology, geo-tagging, touch focus
Video             Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization, check quality
Secondary             Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps
FEATURES
OS                           Microsoft Windows Phone 8


Chipset             Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon
CPU                     Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait
GPU                     Adreno 225
Sensors             Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Messaging             SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser             HTML5
Radio             No
GPS                     Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Java                     No
Colors             Black, Gray, Red, Yellow, White
                      SNS integration
                          - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
                          - 7GB free SkyDrive storage
                          - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player
                          - MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
                          - Document viewer/editor
                          - Video/photo editor
                          - Voice memo/command/dial
                          - Predictive text input
BATTERY   Non-removable Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery (BP-4GW)
Stand-by           Up to 400 h (2G) / Up to 400 h (3G)
Talk time           Up to 17 h (2G) / Up to 10 h (3G)
Music play           Up to 67 h
MISC
SAR US           1.08 W/kg (head)     0.91 W/kg (body)    



SAR EU           0.70 W/kg (head)    
TESTS            
Display            Contrast ratio: 1065:1 (nominal) / 2.107:1 (sunlight)
Loudspeaker    Voice 61dB / Noise 64dB / Ring 65dB
Audio quality    Noise -78.9dB / Crosstalk -75.0dB
Camera            Photo / Video
Battery life    Endurance rating 44h

Surface Pro;Microsoft's attempt to rewrite history

Surface Pro, tablet-cum-notebook Microsoft is trying to hit markets. Microsoft is not having a bright history in hardware making. They are not ready to say anything about the new surface pro. Microsoft is announcing to us to change our laptops into surface pro. Will they be able to change it? Microsoft has to compete with Acer, Samsung and other mobile companies with surface pro. Here is a specification review of Surface pro given out by Microsoft.

OS

Windows 8, with apps from windows store. Boot in 3-5sec (if shutdown was done properly).

Exterior  

10.81 x 6.81 x 0.53 inch.                                                                                                                 2lbs                                                                                                                                                                      VaporMg Casing                                                                                                                 Colour: Dark Titanium 
                                                                   

Storage

64 GB, 128GB (including the space for software and apps)   
                                          

Display

10.6” HD Display                                                                                                                     1920X1080 pixels                                                                                                                                         16:9 widescreen                                                                                                                10-point multi-touch  

Pen Input

Pen input and pen included with purchase.

Processor              

3^rd Gen Intel Core i5 Processor with Intel HD Graphics 4000

Memory

4GB Ram - Dual Channel Memory.

Wireless

Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n)                                                                                                            Bluetooth 4.0

Battery

42 W-h

Cameras and A/V

Two 720p HD Lifecams                                                                                                                                                       Front-and-rear-facing microphone                                                                                            Stereo speakers

Ports

Full-size USB 3.0                                                                                                                                                          microSDXC card slot                                                                                                                                                      Headset jack                                                                                                                         Mini Display Port                                                                                                                                                            Cover port 

Sensors

Ambiet light sensors                                                                                                                                                  Accelorometer                                                                                                                                                                          Gyroscope                                                                                                                                                                       Compass

Power Supply                  

48W power supply (including 5W USB for accessory charging)

Warranty

1-year limited hardware warranty (excluding Physical damage)

Apps (included)

Windows Mail and Messaging, SkyDrive, Internet Explorer 10, Bing, Xbox Music, Video, and Games.