Hardware
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LG G Flex Stays Ahead of the Curve to Lead Evolution of Smartphones with Breakthrough Innovations
Rumoured for a long time and now announced the new LG G Flex smartphone looks good, I’m confused with the terminology of ‘flex’ as it does not flex, it is purely a hardened curved screen but perhaps I’m being cynical and of course the LG G Hardened Curve doesn’t quite have the same ring to it, take a look below, it does look interesting… The LG G Flex is a smartphone curved to follow the contour of the face, the first device to offer such a design in the smartphone market. The latest device in LG’s premium G Series, the G Flex incorporates proprietary innovations from other LG companies in…
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Sony Xperia Z1 Overview – A Serious Challenger To Nokia Lumia 1020?
Kevin Carter our Head of Technical Hardware as well as the Lead Technical Editor for DxOMark and the British Journal of Photography among others, recently as tested the Sony Xperia Z1 smartphone. DPReview use Kevin’s scientific data in their reviews, as they say here, ‘our partners at DxOMark have put the Sony Xperia Z1 through their comprehensive image quality testing regime’. Take a look at the DxO link here for Kevin’s review and interesting findings regarding the video capabilities. To read the dpreview review, go here.
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iPhone 5s Overview – Kevin Carter Reviews For DxO Mark & DPReview
Kevin Carter our Head of Technical Hardware as well as the Lead Technical Editor for DxO Mark and the British Journal of Photography among others, recently as tested the Nokia Lumia 1020 smartphone, we mentioned that here. Kevin has also reviewed the Apple iPhone 5s too. Kevin says, ‘With a DxOMark Mobile score of 76 the Apple iPhone 5s ranks in second place to the inspirational Nokia 808 Pureview, and ahead of other notable camera-phones including the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the previous iPhone 5, which score 75 and 72 points in our smartphone rankings’. To read more of that review, go here. To read on dpreview including Kevin’s scientific…
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Nokia Lumia 1020 Overview – Kevin Carter Reviews For DxO Mark and DPReview
Kevin Carter our Head of Technical Hardware as well as the Lead Technical Editor for DxO Mark and the British Journal of Photography among others, recently as tested the Nokia Lumia 1020 smartphone. DPReview use Kevin’s scientific data in their reviews, as they say here, ‘We have added DxOMark’s Mobile Report to our camera review of the Nokia Lumia 1020. The report includes DxO Lab’s usual industry-standard scientific measurements and analyzes 14 aspects of mobile imaging including detailed image quality assessment, flash performance, autofocus reliability and more to calculate a final score’ Take a look at the DxO link here for Kevin’s review and interesting findings regarding the video capabilities.…
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Interesting Slow-Mo iPhone 5s Videos
We were pleased to discover this post on CNET (a site that our Head of Technical Hardware, Kevin Carter, also used to contribute to). With the new slo-mo feature in the iPhone 5s and over 9 million new handsets sold in the first weekend, we’re hoping to see a lot more of these. CNET have collected together 15 ‘must see’ videos. We have a dedicated Mobile Movies Flickr group and each week Donna Donato curates and presents a wonderful post with commentary on each video. We’d love for you to send your videos here, so we can include them too. To view the CNET picked videos, go here
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Interesting…Enfojer: An Analog Darkroom for Printing Your Digital Smartphone Photos
Many thanks to our Contributor Nettie Edwards for pointing us in the direction of this cool link and product this morning. Enfojer ‘is a new darkroom kit that mixes age-old analog photography processes with digital smartphone photography. It’s a simple and portable photographic enlarger that’s designed specifically to turn your smartphone photographs into physical prints created with chemicals’. It’s a fascinating product and project and is part of an Indiegogo start up funding project, takea look at the video below and if you’re interested in contributing and helping this product come to market, just go here. (via Petapixel.com)
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Nokia Lumia 1020 Joins Award Winning National Geographic Photographer Stephen Alvarez
Nokia today announced a unique storytelling assignment, with award-winning photographer Stephen Alvarez exploring and documenting breath-taking areas of South West America using the Nokia Lumia 1020 smartphone. Boasting advance imaging technologies like 41 megapixels, ZEISS optics and optimised image stabilization – these incredible images demonstrate the revolutionary power of the world’s best smartphone camera. Stephen Alvarez quote: “What the Nokia Lumia 1020 does astounds me. Getting these results from a smartphone, at magazine resolution, is stunning,” said Alvarez. “I’ve used a lot of smartphones, so when I set out on this assignment I had my doubts. My doubts are gone. There’s never been anything even remotely like it.” …
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Olloclip – First Look Review Of The New Kit!
We’re delighted to publish ths first look review of the new Olloclip kit, case, telephoto and polarizer filter by our Head of Technical Tutorials, David Hayes. David will be writing more on the subject but this review gives his first impressions and we think you’ll be very interested to read these, we certainly were. Over to you David…(foreword by Joanne Carter). I became acquainted with the Olloclip lens systems several years ago when I purchased a set of their macro/wide angle/fish eye lens for my iPhone 4. I had to put this aside when I got my iPhone 5. Recently TheAppWhisperer sent me not only me a set of…
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Nokia Lumia 625 now available in the UK
Nokia today announced the UK availability of the Nokia Lumia 625 smartphone offering affordable 4G connectivity through a large 4.7” screen for a leading entertainment experience. The key features of the Nokia Lumia 625 include: · Choice of 5 semi-transparent changeable shells – available in orange, bright green, yellow, white and black · A range of integrated camera applications – Nokia Smart Camera allows users to capture the perfect shot every time and Nokia Cinemagraph transforms pictures into living memories. · Lightning fast 4G connectivity – the Nokia Lumia 625 offers up to 10x faster video streaming and internet surfing. Content like games, apps, and free navigation with HERE…
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iPhone and iPod: Liquid Damage And The Apple Liquid Sensors
Our Head of Technical Hardware, Kevin Carter, who also happens to be the Lead Technical Editor for DxO Optics (see here – DPreview use this data for their camera/lens reviews), as well as a freelance Editor for the British Journal of Photography amongst many others, is currently taking a look at a select number of ‘waterproof’ smartphones. He forwarded to me an interesting article on Apple’s website regarding their liquid damage warranty. It’s very interesting and something that I wasn’t aware of, although I am sure, as you are all aware that Apple do not give a liquid damage warranty, what you may not be aware of is the way…
