Sep
22
2010
Mobile, Technology By Gary Singer | Comments turned off

Its Official: Nokia N8 first deliveries in late September

A video has been released from Nokia “to sell” their mobile N8. N8 Nokia smartphone is indeed waited for “the end of the third quarter”.The new Nokia Symbian N8 3 will be available well after the end of September. However, the first deliveries from the pre-orders are expected in early October.

If Nokia is facing a major change of its management team, the Finnish manufacturer wants to stay the course by launching its offensive on the market for smartphones. Persistent rumors earlier this week announced that Nokia had planned several weeks of delay the next launch of the N8, its new flagship smartphone under Symbian OS 3.

To end this speculation, the manufacturer has issued a Nordic ticket on his blog, saying the release of N8 is still scheduled “for the end of the third quarter.”However, a small delay the first deliveries of the terminal is expected …

Nokia said that pre-orders for this smartphone was a true success. “We have a record number of pre-orders of N8. We had planned to launch the first deliveries of the terminal in late September. [...] But finally, in complete transparency, we notified our customers that will ultimately be delivered N8 early October. ”

Nokia justifies the delay of a few days, explaining that it is due to external factors that the manufacturer does not control. Doug Dawson, a spokesperson for Nokia said that this delay is rather to be sought in the transport and customs procedures.

With a touch screen multi-touch OLED 3.5 inches, the N8 integrates 3G connectivity and Wi-Fi It also embeds a 12-megapixel camera and a kit for high-definition video (playback and recording) is provided with an HDMI port.This smartphone also has a capacity of storing 16 GB, expandable to 48GB with a microSD card.

The Finnish manufacturer counting on the new Symbian smartphone to try to revive the sector smartphones, opposite the offensive marked Google Android, ofApple and its iPhone, the Samsung and RIM.

Nokia in the second quarter, was still the largest seller of smartphones worldwide according to IDC, but market share declined 2.2 points to 38.1%.

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Sep
21
2010
Technology By Ernesto Custodioe | Comments turned off

LG E 2360V flat screen computer with LED Technology announced

LG has unveiled a new flat-screen computer. LG Electronics announced its new LCD monitor, LG’s E 2360V, a flat screen model, 23-inch format 16 / 9 using LED technology. The model boasts a futuristic design and is available in three colors white, black and purple.

A maximum resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels with a response time of about 5 milliseconds, a contrast ratio 1000: 1, a brightness level of 250 candelas per square meter, an angle vision of 160 degrees vertically and a viewing angle of 170 degrees horizontally.

The model has both VGA and DVI video outputs (HDMI possible with an adapter), and a headphone output.

The flat screen LG E2360V will be sold at around 300 euros.

Sep
21
2010
Technology By Ernesto Custodioe | Comments turned off

Google Docs arrives on iPad

Google has announced the release of its application Docs on the iPad. The new editing capabilities for Android-based and iPad-based Google Docs were showcased on Monday at the Google Atmosphere cloud computing event in Paris.

While many users consider the iPad as a laptop, Google has decided to impose on the market and propose its application Google Docs for the iPad. The application is already very popular with users, both individuals and businesses because of its availability and particularly its free.

Although Google has a lot of competition in the business of cloud computing, companies like Salesforce or SharePoint dominate the market.

The application of Google should strongly compete with Apple, trying to make a real laptop iPad. The firm already offers an apple office application through its iWork suite, which includes a word processing tool, Pages, a spreadsheet, Numbers, and a presentation tool, Keynote. But unlike Google, Apple sells each of these applications at a price of $ 10.

Determined to be more present on the market of mobility, Google plans to release its Docs on different platforms, starting with Android.

Sep
20
2010
Google By Gary Singer | Comments turned off

Google new announcements for Earth and Docs

Despite Android, Google does not forget the usrs iOS  and come up with two announcements today. The first concerns the updating of the application Google Earth, which can now explore the oceans!  The Version 3.1.0  is ideal for  those who loves to explore sea and those  who are having deep phobia. The application is universal and free.

Download Google Earth – on the iTunes Store

The second ad is for Google Docs, whose files will soon be published, at least on the iPad – currently, these files are only available. The search engine indicates that the edition will be possible to simultaneously on a single paper for all its users. Not a word about the contrast media publishing for iPhone and iPod touch, but it is likely that it will also present.

Sep
20
2010
Technology By Gary Singer | Comments turned off

iPad 2 for the first quarter of 2011?

Apple could bring to market a second generation of its shelf sooner than expected. This would have the same size as the first but would be more efficient.

The second generation of the Apple tablet could come out in the first quarter 2011, according to information from Taiwanese newspaper DigiTimes,  which always take the lead on this type of information because of its relationship with subcontractors Asian consumer electronics . The iPad 2 would have the same size as the first but would be more efficient and could pick up a webcam.

Meanwhile, the iPad continued its career in new countries. It is available in China since last week, where it is sold between 590 and 930 dollars, depending on its storage capacity, in its Wi-Fi only. No release date is scheduled for the 3G version.

The Chinese fans have been queuing for  first to buy the tablet. The new shops open on Saturday brings to four the number of Apple Stores in China. The brand plans to have 25 in the country by the end of 2011. The iPad already available in the country from distributors storefront, but there are articles which are manufactured for other markets and require adjustments before they can be used in China.

“Many other countries” will in turn have access to the iPad this year,  promised the California group.

Sep
20
2010
Technology By Gary Singer | Comments turned off

“Unlock” Intel processor for just $ 50

Intel has unveiled  in the United States a new commercial program which could make more of a leap. Entitled “Intel Upgrade Service”, as it proposes to reactivate, with purchase of an unlock code, certain features deliberately crippled in a processor.The program is currently being tested around the G6951 Pentium processor, dedicated to OEMs who jumped ship in theory 4MB of L3 cache and offers support for Hyper Threading (HT). In practice, it is different, however, that, within the Gateway computer SX2841-09e, the G6951 now has only 3 MB of L3 cache and is deprived of Hyper Threading.

To reactivate these missing features, it will go through the acquisition of a card, charged $ 50. The code on the latter can then access via the Intel Web site, a utility that will restore the optimal configuration of the processor.Now the question arises what is the purpose of such a program? Intel is not keeping it as a mystery. ” By offering a system based on the system update from Intel Pentium G6951, you and your guests will enjoy a new source of potential revenue , “explains the manufacturer. The “customer” referred to here is obviously not the consumer who buys the machine for his own use, but the dealer or distributor who will market it.

At the end customer, we do not sell well obviously this upgrade as the reactivation of some missing features, but rather as an opportunity to boost slightly the machine without having to replace or modify components.

Processors intentionally slanted, it is not exactly new, but the removal of part of the cache or disabling one or more execution cores was previously generally motivated by a desire to find a way recycle chips whose production had not been optimal. So rather than throw quad-core chips imperfect, for example, AMD processors is three hearts, the Phenom X3. Here the approach is radically different, since it is a matter of clamping voluntary assumed to open new business opportunities. In its way, it is not unlike that of DLC (Downloadable Content) in the video game world … not say that fans of hardware like, even if they are not really covered here.

Sep
20
2010
Technology By Gary Singer | Comments turned off

Official launch of the iPhone 4 will also be Provided by China Unicom

Apple is increasing its presence in China :The sale of Apple iPad has barely begun and now the iPhone4 comes in the wake .Apple is introducing the iPhone 4 in China Saturday, Sept. 25, while pursuing the opening of new stores (four Apple Stores set up Beijing and Shanghai with 25 expected by the end of the year).

A strategic geographic market under its population of over one billion people, 420 million Internet users, 800 million mobile phone users .According to preliminary prices provided by AFP prices iPhone 4 are higher than the United States, the equivalent of 569 euros for the model smartphone with a capacity of storage to 16 gigabytes and 683 euros for 32GB version.T

he official launch of the iPhone 4 will also be provided by China Unicom, the third operator in the country and official partner of Apple. Knowing that the Apple brand will have to deal with informal channels of distribution (illegal imports from Hong Kong or abroad).

The iPhone 4 should also take account of local competition as the ophone manufacturer Lenovo.The latest smartphone from Apple came just after the introduction of theiPad in China (see Gizmodo article on this).

Again, Lenovo has provided a response on the market shelves with LePad Android, expected to arrive by the end of the year.

An iPad second generation will knock in the year 2011

According to DigiTimes, Apple iPad prepare a second generation for the first quarter of 2011. Hard to get more details on the new version of the multimedia touch pad in the current state but the competition wakes up to glean market share as Samsung (Galaxy Tab) or Dell (Streak).

Sep
20
2010
Technology By Gary Singer | Comments turned off

Internet Passwords and its Secrets: A study by BitDefender

250 000 e-mail addresses, user names and passwords can be easily found on the Internet.
A study by BitDefender revealed that more than 250,000 email addresses, user names and passwords can be easily found on the Internet through comments, blogs, collaborative platforms “torrents” or other channels. The study also revealed that 87% of those email addresses, user names and passwords are still valid, so that anyone interested can access them.

In addition, a detailed analysis of email accounts found that 75% of users use the same password to access emails to social network. This means that three of every four cases, the information available on the Internet are not just to access mail for users, but their accounts in networks such as Facebook.

BitDefender wants to warn users about security risks that these results imply, ranging from the theft of personal data to using the mail account or the user’s social network to send spam or malware.

Other recommendations of the experts are to change the password every two or three months. In fact, most free email services have an option that makes the key expire, forcing users to change.

Unsafe keys are also one of the serious problems that threaten the security of data on the web. According to the report, the most widely used password remains ’123456 ‘.

Source: BitDefender

Sep
20
2010
Technology By Gary Singer | Comments turned off

Nokia prepares alternative to the Street View

The Nokia is preparing to submit an alternative to Google Street View, creating its own service, views of street maps, with the peculiarity that this model will have panoramic three-dimensional integrals of the streets, rather than what proposed by Google, said a employee at the company’s research center in Tampere, Finland.

“What we are doing is a complete 3D rendering of locations and environments,” says Ville-Veikko Mattila was quoted by the magazine New Scientist, stressing that the proposal set a “huge difference” compared to the product of Google, which only makes a the 3D experience.

The news is conveyed by various international media, In the month of November as the date for early collection of images, in London, hoping that the new service becomes available next year.

The project, which promises images “clearer and more realistic,” is borne by the maps division of Nokia, Navteq. The data collection vehicles will be equipped with a system that includes high-resolution cameras, GPS and a laser radar, allowing capture images and make the measurements necessary for the construction of 3D images.

The system should provide a 3D representation of the original better than the Street View, warrant-Ville Veikko Mattilda, but perhaps the most notable difference lies in the possibility for users to move within urban environments as if they were in a racing game ” Photorealistic “he explains.

Sep
20
2010
Technology By Gary Singer | Comments turned off

Facebook denies developing a mobile

The social network Facebook denies that they are developing a mobile phone, as said TechCrunch.com technology portal. Facebook, which has more than 500 million users, denied this version: “We are not developing phone. The current projects are aimed to deepen alliances with developers,” said Jaime Schopflin, a spokesman for the company.

facebook phone

TechCrunch.com portal pointed out Sunday that it knows that Facebook is developing in secret, a mobile and is working to develop the hardware. In May, the social network has launched its mobile version.

The supposed interest of Facebook has since Google developed the Nexus One, who was manufactured by the company HTC Corp.

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