Hardware
BlackBerry Z10 – Smartphone Review
Our Head of Technical Hardware here at theappwhisperer HQ is Kevin Carter. As well as covering that for us, he is also the Technical Editor for a number of magazines and websites, including the British Journal of Photography, Digital Photography magazine, DxO Labs and many more. Recently, Kevin reviewed the BlackBerry Z10 for the DxO lab tests. You can read that report in full here. Dpreview Connect use the DxO lab tests within their reports and they have picked up this review, here. Image created above by Lars Rehm at dpreview Connect.
Eye Recognition To Bring New Level Of Entertainment Convenience To LG Smartphone
Smart Video, a new multimedia UX feature from LG Electronics (LG), will be unveiled for the first time in the Optimus G Pro. Smart Video takes viewing videos on mobile devices to a whole new level of convenience with eye recognition that eliminates the need to manually control playback during the viewing experience. Through the implementation of advanced eye recognition technology, Smart Video recognizes the position of the viewer’s eyes and automatically plays or stops the video without any manual input from the user. When the viewer’s eyes are no longer focused on the smartphone display, the front camera recognizes this and immediately pauses the video automatically. Once the…
Nokia Lumia 920 – Smartphone – Review
Our Head of Technical Hardware here at theappwhisperer HQ is Kevin Carter. As well as covering that for us, he is also the Technical Editor for a number of magazines and websites, including the British Journal of Photography, Digital Photography magazine, DxO and many more. Recently Kevin reviewed the Nokia Lumia 920 for DxO and I thought you might be interested in the results and conclusion. To read that, go here. Kevin is currently working on the brand spanking new BlackBerry Z10 smartphone review for DxO too, as soon as that’s published I will add the link to that too.
Polaroid Manufacturing Android Based Camera
Popphoto.com a magazine that I have written for in the past, picked up on a rumor that Polaroid are manufacturing a new ILC running Android. In fact, they have gone so far as to confirm it with Polaroid, this is very unusual, this kind of thing is usually shrouded in Non Disclosure Agreements (NDA’s) but perhaps due the fact they intend to announce it at CES next month, things are a little more ‘relaxed’. Known at the moment at least as the Polaroid IM1836, is an Android 4 powered camera with interchangeable lenses, 18 MP, 3.5 inch touchscreen, pop up flash, wi-fi, HDMI, panoramic and blink detection features and possibly…
Hipstamatic Launch The Print Lab – Home Style And Travel Accessories
Hipstamatic announces Print Lab, a new print service featuring two entirely new print collections for home and travel. The Home Collection includes prints on wood panels, metal, canvas scrolls, and stretched canvas, and the Travel Collection includes prints on totes, briefcases, weekender bags and iPad covers made from reclaimed, vintage U.S. military materials. The Home and Travel Collections join Hipstamatic’s standard print offerings, in 4, 7, 10 and 30 inch sizes, as well as the company’s analog product line of iPhone cases and graphic t-shirts. “We are obsessed with bringing beautiful images beyond the screen and into our lives. Taking old ideas and putting a modern twist on them was our goal…
Mixed Reactions To The New Will.i.am i.am ‘Genius iPhone 14 Megapixel Camera’
On November 24, 2012 we mentioned that Will.i.am perhaps best known as one of the founding members of The Black Eyed Peas was about to release an accessory to enable an iPhone 4/5 to shoot 14 megapixel images. Well, this product has now launched in London and the range starts at $315/£199 and will initially only be available at London’s Selfridges from December 6, 2012. It comes with an integrated keyboard and the cost of the development was according to Will.i.am himself ‘the cost of two DJ gigs’. The product literally ‘fits over your iPhone unit so you only need to carry one device’, he went on to say. There…
Will.i.am To Create ‘Genius ‘i’Phone’ With 14 megapixel camera
Will.i.am perhaps best known as one of the founding members of The Black Eyed Peas and seven Grammy Award winner has announced that he is to release an accessory that will enable an iPhone 4 or iPhone 5 to shoot 14 megapixel images. Will.i.am was interviewed by Georgia Dehn of the British newspaper The Telegraph where he explained that next week will see the global launch of his iPhone hardware that ‘will turn your smartphone into a genius-phone’ The first product that will be released is ‘an accessory that clips onto an iPhone and transforms the 8 megapixel smartphone camera into a 14 megapixel camera, which it is claimed dramatically…
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Samsung GALAXY Camera – First UK Stock
It’s arrived folks! If you’ve been eager to get your hands on the The Samsung Galaxy camera and you’re based in the UK, you can now head over either online or physically to any Jessops store today and pick one up. This is a great product and Kevin our Technical Reviewer tried one out at Photokina back in October last month and was very impressed. Our review sample will be landing in our labs any day now so we’ll be able to run through it with you. Jessops are currently selling this camera in white or cobalt, for £399.99 including VAT with free delivery. Click here to take a look…
iPad Mini – Now Available To Purchase – Should You Or Shouldn’t You?
The Apple iPad Mini Wi-Fi version is now available to purchase directly from an Apple Store near you but should you or shouldn’t you? Are you still undecided where this magical device fits into your photography workflow? If so, we recommend you read the following three posts. We asked three key mobile photography app developers last week how they thought the iPad Mini would be of benefit to mobile photographers. This is what they said: Mike Hardaker – 645 PRO Tai Shimizu – Filterstorm Jens Daemgen – ProCamera Having read those Opinions, if you’re feeling more like taking the plunge now, check out what’s available below: What’s Available? At…
