samedi 26 avril 2014
The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is a powerhouse of mobile technology and is packed with amazing tricks and features. Some of these will be familiar to every Android user, while others are exclusive to the TouchWiz UI. Here are some tips to enrich your experience of using the Galaxy Note 3.
One-handed operation
It’s no mean feat to use a 5.7-inch screen with one hand. Samsung knows this and offers a one-handed operation mode. Just go Settings > Controls and enter the one-handed operation menu to change some elements of the phablet’s UI so that you can reach them easily.
Use the screen while wearing gloves
The Galaxy Note 3 comes with a capacitive touchscreen, which doesn’t rely on pressure to register taps. Unfortunately, this means that you can’t use the screen while wearing gloves. Luckily, Samsung has found a way around it. All you have to do to is increase the display’s sensitivity by going to Settings > Controls and checking the ‘Increase touch sensitivity’ box.
Mute your phone by waving your hand in front of it
Nothing’s more embarrassing than your phone ringing in a quiet environment and your fumbled attempts to mute it. Luckily, the Galaxy Note 3 gives you the option of silencing your phone just by hovering your hand on top of it. Go to Settings > Control > Palm motion to enable this option.
Go completely hands-free
Using your phone while driving is both dangerous and illegal. Instead, use the hands-free option included in your Galaxy Note 3 to easily use your phone while driving. The hands-free options include having your caller information and text read aloud and accepting a call by waving your hand over the display. You can enable this option by going to Settings > Controls > Hands-free
Control your television with your phone
Most Samsung devices have IR blasters, which serve to make your phone a substitute for your TV remote. Just open Samsung’s WatchON app and enter your region details along with your TV type to make your phone into a TV remote.
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Thinner and lighter, the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 has a Super AMOLED screen Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) 5.7 inches. The smartphone is powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor clocked at 2.3 GHz 800 comes with 3 GB of memory (RAM ), all running OS Android 4.3 Jelly Bean.
The Galaxy Note 3 shows the now well-known Galaxy S4 lines with rounded corners a little less than the Galaxy S3 and Note 2 , but with an overall look close enough. The novelty comes first from the rear which is not covered with the usual plastic , but a new coating called "Note Skin" by the manufacturer. The material effects of the Galaxy Note 3 , with its stitched seam finish gives it an elegant and refined design .
Media side , it is a 13 megapixel sensor capable of shooting 4K , an internal memory of 32GB, 4G connectivity 150 Mbps ( cat.4 ), WiFi n, WiFi Direct , Bluetooth 4.0, A- GPS , USB 2.0 Host Finally ... thanks to its 3,200 mAh battery, users can enjoy multimedia content without worrying too much about autonomy.
A new S Pen Experience
The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is used with a finger or with a stylus with the S Pen technology which can be used to make sketches or drawings , or instantly jot down ideas before they s' soar. The Galaxy Note 3 enables even more features with the S Pen. Thus , passing the S Pen over the screen appears a new range of features and controls can be activated at any time . Air Command provides direct access to five major features :
• Action Memo allows you to directly convert handwritten notes into a specific action such as creating a contact by selecting directly on the screen and save it in the directory, find an address on a map or appeal .
• With the new Scrapbook feature, the user can select and collect with the S Pen multiple content types that interest from multiple sources such as the web or YouTube, and organize them into an album .
• Capture allows you to capture screen and enrich handwritten notes . The annotated image can then be shared.
• S Finder allows full search ALL the contents of the smartphone ( handwritten notes , calendar, mail ... ) using keywords and filters.
• Window Pen allows you to use multiple applications simultaneously while accessing other features of Galaxy Note 3 . Just simply draw a window of the desired size , anywhere on the screen to bring up the application desired format popup . You can then resize and move .
The new version of S Note egalemet gives the possibility to synchronize the application with an Evernote account with a Samsung account.
The iPhone 6 could have a curved screen and rounded edges. In any case the information that relates the
Japanese site Macotakara. Generally well informed, the site states that however do not expect a sharp curve, as is the case for the LG G Flex and Samsung Galaxy Round. The article suggests rather a screen whose ends are slightly curved to fit in harmony with these supposed rounded edges.
Also according to this source, the glass elements placed at the back of the iPhone 5 and 5S could disappear in favor of an aluminum surface.
According to information from Taiwanese newspaper Economic Daily News reported by G4Games the Google Nexus 6 is equipped with a MediaTek chip 64-bit instead of a supposed Qualcomm chip or an Intel processor. It could be a quad-core processor MT6732 1.5GHz, or a powerful eight-core MT6752 with a frequency of 2 GHz.
Whatever processor model chosen, it would be a powerhouse for a smartphone category Nexus 6. The arrival of a 64-bit chip on the Nexus 6 is not unlikely, since Android should evolve to support the 64-bit in the coming months. (EP)
And there we have it. Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone, which hasn’t even been out a month, is now officially the tech giant’s fastest selling phone ever, with the company announcing late Wednesday that sales had crossed the 10 million mark.
“Launched globally on April 27, the phone is estimated to be selling at a rate of four units per second,” Samsung said in a statement announcing the news.
The Android-powered Galaxy S4, with its 5-inch 441-PPI display, 13-megapixel camera and slew of snazzy features, is evidently proving a big hit with consumers in the 110 countries where its currently sold. Ten million sales in less than a month makes sales of the previous iterations of the handset appear positively sluggish, though they were, of course, considered impressive at the time.
The Galaxy S3 crossed the 10-million mark 50 days after its launch in May last year, while the S2 took five months to reach the same milestone. As for the Galaxy S, the first handset in the range, that took all of seven months to sell 10 million units after launching in 2010.
“On behalf of Samsung, I would like to thank the millions of customers around the world who have chosen the Samsung Galaxy S4,” Samsung co-CEO JK Shin said in the statement. “At Samsung we’ll continue to pursue innovation inspired by and for people.”
The Galaxy’s S4’s impressive sales figures also indicate a narrowing of the gap previously comfortably enjoyed by Apple with its iPhone – for the first three months of this year, Apple sold an average of 12.5 million handsets per month. Could we see the S4 outselling the iPhone before the end of 2013, or will sales tail off once the initial enthusiasm for the handset fades?
Late last year it was reported that Samsung is aiming to sell more than 500 million smartphones and feature phones in 2013, improving on sales in 2012 by around 20 percent. Based on Wednesday’s news, phones in the company’s Galaxy S range are likely to make up a sizable proportion of those sales.
iPhone 6 is the presumptive name for Apple's next-generation iPhone. Yes, it will be the 8th generation phone in Apple's product lineup, internally referred to as iPhone7,1, but don't let those numbers distract you. Apple can call any phone it releases by any marketing name it wants and the next number of 5/5s is 6. So, iPhone 6.
iPhone 6 screen size speculation
For a long time now rumors have swirled about Apple going to a larger display size for the iPhone 6. The original iPhone had a 3.5-inch 480x320 standard density display. The iPhone 4 took things to 960x640 double-density "Retina" and the iPhone 5 to 4-inches and 1136x640 double-density. That's a pattern of steady improvements every two years on the two years, and if Apple sticks to it, we're due another.
So how big is bigger? Competing phones range from around 4.3- to 4.7- to 5-inches, with the latter size increasingly the norm. Also, how would Apple scale their interface? Would they just stretch the 4-inch iPhone up to 5-inches the way they stretched the iPad's down into the iPad mini? Would they add more pixels like they did for the iPhone 5? And could they increase the screen size without increasing the device size, by going edge-to-edge with the display and modifying the chin and the forehead to once again make something big seem small?
If Apple stays conservative they could scale up the interface this year, add more pixels come iPhone 7 in 2016. If they still have their foot down on the gas, however, maybe we'll see something closer to 1080p HD
mercredi 2 avril 2014
Product categories come and go, grow and wither, revolutionize the world and then slowly fade into a state of cold, quiet, everlasting obsolescence. It happens all the time, sometimes over the course of just a year or two (see: netbooks) and, while companies have made billions by establishing truly new categories, rarely has anybody rocked the world by splitting the difference between two very closely aligned ones.
That's exactly what Apple is trying to do here. The company's MacBook Pro line is one of the most respected in the industry for those who need an ostensibly professional laptop. Meanwhile, the MacBook Air is among the best (if not conclusively the best) thin-and-light laptops on the market. Now, a new player enters the fray: the MacBook Pro with Retina display. It cleanly slides in between these two top-shelf products, while trying to be simultaneously serious and fast, yet slim and light. Is this, then, a laptop that's all things to all people, the "best Mac ever" as it was called repeatedly in the keynote? Or, is it more of acompromised, misguided attempt at demanding too much from one product? Let's find out.
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Apple' has unveiled the newest version of the Macbook Pro with Retina Display at WWDC yesterday. It has an impressive list of improvements namely the retina display and the upgrade to SSD. The Macbook Pro with Retina Display removed the optical drive to achieve a size nearly comparable to the Macbook Air.
Prices start at $2,199 (around 95,000 pesos) for the base model.
Macbook Pro with Retina display Specs
- Display: 15.4” LED backlit IPS Retina Display (2880 x 1800 resolution)
- CPU: 2.3Ghz or 2.6GHz quad-core i7 processors
- RAM: 8GB of DDR3 memory
- Storage: 256GB or 512GB SSD
- GPU: Intel Graphics 4000 or Nvidia GeForce GT 650 with 1GB of GDDR5
- Ports: HDMI, 2 Thunderbolt ports, 2x USB 3.0 ports, SDXC card slot
- Battery life: 7 hours
The Nexus 4 has 4.7” 320ppi display with wireless charging and also has the latest Jellybean Android 4.2 (with features such as PhotoSphere). It’s being sold for a measly $299 for 8GB and $349 for 16GB unlocked but take note it is using micro sim and has non-replaceable battery.
Nexus 4 Tech Specs
- Display: 4.7” Gorilla Glass 2 1280x768 at 320ppi IPS display
- CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro
- RAM: 2GB
- Camera: 8MP (rear) 1.3 (front)
- Storage: 16GB storage space
- Wireless Charging
- NFC and the typical sensors; Accelerometer, Compass, Ambient light, Gyroscope, Barometer, GPS
The Nexus 10 tablet has a 2560 x 1500 300ppi display. 1.7GHz Samsung Exynos 5250, 2GB of RAM, NFC, 5 Megapixel camera.
Nexus 10 Tech Specs
- Display: 10.055” Gorilla Glass 2 2560x1600 at 300ppi WQXGA display
- CPU: Dual-core A15
- GPU: Mali T604
- RAM: 2GB
- Camera: 5MP (rear) 1.9 (front)
- Storage: 16GB storage space
- NFC and the typical sensors; Accelerometer, Compass, Ambient light, Gyroscope, Barometer, GPS
Pricing and Availability
- Nexus 4: 8GB for $299; 16GB for $349; available unlocked and without a contract on 11/13 on the Google Play store in U.S., U.K., Australia, France, Germany, Spain and Canada. The 16GB version will also be available through T-Mobile for $199, with a 2-year contract (check here for more details).
- Nexus 7: 16GB for $199 and 32GB for $249; available in U.S., U.K., Australia, France, Germany, Spain, Canada and Japan, and also through our retail partners Gamestop, Office Depot, Office Max, Staples, Walmart.
- Nexus 7 with 32GB and mobile data: $299 and unlocked, on sale 11/13 in the Google Play store in U.S., U.K., Australia, France, Germany, Spain and Canada.
When I reviewed the X1 Ca rbon, Lenovo's flagship ThinkPad laptop, I found few faults. It's an eye-catching computer that combines everything good about ThinkPads – great keyboard, sturdy design, solid performance — with a fit and finish I didn't expect from the company's "black box" line of laptops. Its price was a little high and its bloatware portion was heaping, but it was (and still is) one of my favorite Windows 7 ultrabooks
Now that Windows 8 is here, in all its touch-friendly, colorful glory, Lenovo's released a new X1 Carbon with a touchscreen. The X1 Carbon Touch is otherwise virtually identical to its untouchable sibling: same processor, same operating system, same beautiful matte black carbon fiber body (though a half-pound heavier). It comes at a $150 premium, sort of – the cheapest Carbon model is $1,249 and the cheapest Touch is $1,499, but the Touch's specs match the $1,349 model. I spent some time with the Carbon Touch trying to decide if it's worth the extra weight and the extra price, plus whether or not touchscreens are the future of laptops
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Tech Specs
| DESCRIPTION | THINKPAD LAPTOP X1 CARBON |
|---|---|
| Operating System |
Technical Specifications
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| Processor |
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| Video Graphics |
3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i5-3427U (1.80 GHz, 3MB L3 Cache, 1333MHz FSB)
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| Battery |
Intel® HD (integrated)
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| Display |
45Wh, Integrated, RapidCharge up to 80% battery life in 35 minutes
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| Memory |
14.0" HD+ Anti-Glare (1600 x 900) (300 NITS) Wide Viewing
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| Battery Life |
Up to 8 GB DDR3L 1333MHZ
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| Webcam |
Up to 8.2 hours
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| Weight |
720p HD Webcam
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| I/O (Input/Output) Ports |
1.36 kgs (2.99 lbs)
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| Storage |
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| Communication |
SSD: 128GB, 256GB SATA3
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| Audio |
|
| Dimensions (W x D x H) |
Dolby® Home Theater® v4
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| Navigation |
331.0mm x 226.0mm x 18.9mm (13.03" x 8.9" x 0.74")
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| Fingerprint Reader |
UltraNav® TrackPoint® and new larger glass touchpad
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| Keyboard |
Yes
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| WWAN (Optional) |
Island-style six-row precision backlit keyboard
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| Bluetooth® (Optional) |
Ericsson H5321gw Mobile Broadband Module
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