Hardware
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SAMSUNG ANNOUNCES NEW GALAXY TAB 3 SERIES
Samsung Electronics today announced the introduction of the Galaxy Tab 3 8-inch and 10.1-inch. Offering an expanded range of options along with the previously announced 7-inch version, the Galaxy Tab 3 Series provides customers with various ways to view, listen, and share content. Whether surfing the web at home or reading during the commute, the Galaxy Tab is packed with enhanced content and an intuitive design, perfect for viewing or sharing content with friends and family. Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8-inch Exceptional Reading and Entertainment Experience: Designed to be held in one hand, the new Galaxy Tab 3 8-inch is the optimal device for viewing videos, playing enhanced…
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SAMSUNG INTRODUCES THE GALAXY S4 MINI
Samsung Electronics have announced the Galaxy S4 Mini, a powerful, compact version of its bestselling smartphone, the Galaxy S4. The Galaxy S4 Mini delivers the superior performance, intuitive ease-of-use and sleek design of the Galaxy S4 in a portable chic and compact design. Simon Stanford, Vice President of IT & Mobile Division, Samsung Electronics UK & Ireland said: “Demand for the Galaxy S4 has been phenomenal since it launched in April and we hope to build on this success with the Galaxy S4 Mini. This new handset is the ideal smartphone companion for anyone who wants a compact device packed with innovation.” With a 4.3” qHD Super AMOLED display, the…
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Apple Releases New Budget iPod Touch Without Rear Camera
Apple have very quietly dropped a brand new iPod Touch into the Apple Store. It’s a 16GB model and 4-inch Retina display and retails for $229/£199. This budget model does not have a rear camera that’s the biggest sacrifice at least to us. It does sport a dual-core Apple A5 processor and the same screen as the four-inch iPhone and iPod Touch. You can use it for FaceTime communication thanks to its front facing camera. It’s only available in silver currently and you can read more about it here. If you can afford a little more you can pick up the iSights iPod Touch with a 32GB hard drive and…
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Kevin Carter Lead Technical Editor For DxO Mark Scores Samsung Galaxy S4 Highly
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 Samsung S4 smartphone, as dpreview have quoted, ‘DxO analyzed 14 aspects of mobile imaging including detailed image quality assessment, flash performance, autofocus reliability and more to calculate a final score’. Kevin scored the smartphone with a DxOMark Mobile score of 75 which ranks it as number two in the DxO smartphone rankings, between Nokia’s 808 and the Apple iPhone 5. Kevin reports that the Samsung Galaxy S4 captures images with “impressive detail preservation in bright light conditions,” “good auto-exposure even with…
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Evolution Of The iPhone Camera – Tested …
The developers behind Camera+, one of the most popular iPhone photography apps available have tested every model of iPhone camera and have taken a set of comparision shots, to detail how improved the camera is now. They tested three scenarios, macro, skyline and low light macro. The differences are striking but perhaps the greatest difference can be seen between the 3G and 3GS and not a lot of difference between the iPhone 4S and 5, but there are definite signs of improvement. To read the test in full, head over to the Camera+ blog here. Macro Comparison Skyline – iPhone 5 Skyline – iPhone 3G Join…
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A Happy Accident? You Decide – iPad Cover
The colors that Apple provide for their magnetic smart iPad covers are quite decent to most of us, red, blue, green, black etc but Simeon an iOS app developer fancied a tanned leather look that he hoped as it aged would look better. So, he picked up the leather version but he discovered that actually, the more he used it, the less it aged in the way he wanted. So he took matters into his own hands and tanned his with his coffee. Not only that he has also written a tutorial about it. Take a look at this link.
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New Juice Pack Plus From Mophie For iPhone 5
Mophie’s Juice packs are hugely popular for keeping your iPhone going at that crucial moment and if you’ve got an iPhone 5, this new pack is going to appeal, a lot! It’s the bigger brother to the existing Juice Pack Helium and Juice Pack Air which were released in March. This new Juice Pack Plus packs a 2100mAH battery to more than double the life of your iPhone 5 battery. It ships from May 22, 2013 and retails for $119.95. There’s a choice of colors, red, black and white. Personally, I love the red, not just for the sheer seductiveness of it but for every sale of the red pack…
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Nokia introduces Nokia Lumia 925
If you’ve covering our live coverage this morning, see here – you would have already seen our Lumia 925 announcement in real time. We now have the official press release and have added that below. Nokia today introduced the Nokia Lumia 925, a new interpretation of its award-winning flagship, the Nokia Lumia 920. The Nokia Lumia 925 introduces a metal design and showcases the latest PureView camera innovation, new features and third party applications coming to the Nokia Lumia range. The Nokia Lumia 925 includes the most advanced lens technology and next generation imaging software to capture clearer, sharper pictures and video, including the best low light images. The…
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Nokia Lumia 928 – Live Press Conference – Starting Soon…
Go here We’re gearing up to the live Press Conference of the hot new smartphone from Nokia, the Lumia 928 which will officially be launched at an exclusive London venue in approximately 20 minutes. We’ll keep you informed of details from conference throughout the morning and will link directly to the webcast in full on completion. To be honest, the spec and details of this handset are now well known but just in case you’re not aware, I can tell you that it’s very similar to the Lumia 920 but is slightly lighter in weight. It features an 8.7 MP camera with wide angle Carl Zeiss lens as well…
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New Olloclip Quick-Flip Case!
The olloclip Quick-Flip™ Case is specially designed to reveal the corner of your iPhone allowing you to quickly connect an olloclip lens. The Quick-Flip Case is available for iPhone 4/4S, as well as iPhone 5 (which has an adapter for the iPod touch 5th generation). The case colors are White and Translucent Black. The case also comes with a detachable Pro-Photo adapter for mounting your iPhone to a tripod in portrait or landscape. The adapter also has a cold shoe bracket for attaching microphones, lights and other accessories. Finally, the rotating corner becomes a dedicated shutter button for quickly snapping photos. The develoeprs have created a special introductory discount code…
