Reviews
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The iPad Pro – First Impressions with Carolyn Hall Young – The Artist’s Perspective
Yesterday, the brand new iPad Pro became available in over 40 countries worldwide, including in stores and online. Many mobile artists were among the first to purchase this epic 12.9 inch device, including of course, none other than Carolyn Hall Young. You may recall Hall Young’s recent TrueView Interview as well as our podcast, where she explained how much she loves iPad painting and has completed 1,450 serious digital portrait paintings on her older iPads and she confessed she has been drooling about the release of the iPad Pro, ever since it was announced. Well, usually bed-bound Hall Young collected her brand new iPad Pro in person, yesterday, at her…
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iPad Pro Can Be Ordered Right Now!
Apple is open for business… Today is the first day you can order your iPad Pro online and they’re already taking orders and currently stating availabity to ship in one business day. Click here to order from Apple.com or if you prefer to order from B&H, please click here.
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Epic 12.9-inch iPad Pro Available to Order Online Wednesday & Arrives in Stores Later This Week!!!
We are all getting incredibly excited because this week the long awaited iPad Pro Arrives in Over 40 Countries Including the US, UK, China & Japan! The iPad Pro will be available to order online on Wednesday, November 11 from Apple.com (here) and will arrive at Apple’s retail stores, select carriers and Apple Authorised Resellers starting later this week (if you prefer to shop at B&H who are an incredibly good reseller, please click here). Apple Pencil and Apple’s new Smart Keyboard, also available to order on Wednesday, bring breakthrough levels of precision and utility to iPad Pro. “The early response to iPad Pro from app developers and our customers…
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Apple iPhone 6s Review – Kevin Carter / DxOMark
Kevin Carter our Head of Technical Hardware as well as the Lead Technical Editor for DxOMark and the British Journal of Photography among others and someone quite close to me 😉 recently tested the Apple iPhone 6s. The DxOMark lab tests represent the gold standard for technical photographic tests and these are used by all the large review sites including dpreview, Popular Photography etc as the basis to all their reviews. Kevin concludes “Despite our hopes for the new sensor, the Apple iPhone 6s posts an identical overall score as its predecessor. With an overall DxOMobile score of 82 points, the Apple iPhone 6s is left behind by the two…
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LG Launches New Smartphone with Two Screens and Two Selfie Cameras
Today LG took the wraps off its newest smartphone featuring multimedia capabilities never before seen in a mobile device. The first of its V Series phones, the LG V10 was designed to provide a rich multimedia experience ― both consumption and creation ― for today’s social network savvy consumers. Distinctive new features such as a Second Screen, Dual Front Cameras and Manual Video Mode differentiate the LG V10 from the competition. All this comes wrapped in a design that utilizes high-grade stainless steel and a durable silicone skin to make the V10 one of the rare smartphones to pass drop tests for shock conducted by an independent third party. Always…
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LG, Huawei and Google Team Up – Introduce Two Nexus Phones and One Tablet
Google made Android to be an open platform that anyone can build on, and today there are 4,000+ Android devices in all shapes and sizes. Android’s diversity is why it’s become the most popular mobile platform in the world, and the latest version, Marshmallow, takes Android to a new level of performance. Today they are introducing the latest Nexus hardware, both running Marshmallow, sweetened by amazing apps and sandwiched by some cutting-edge hardware: Nexus 6P is the first all-metal-body Nexus phone. Built in collaboration with Huawei, this 5.7” phone is crafted from aeronautical-grade aluminum, with a USB Type-C port for fast charging, a powerful 64-bit processor, and a 12.3 MP…
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Sony unveils next-generation smartphone camera with Xperia Z5 and Xperia Z5 Compact, and the world’s first 4K Smartphone Xperia Z5 Premium
Sony Mobile Communications (“Sony Mobile”) today unveiled its next-generation Xperia Z5 and Xperia Z5 Compact, and the world’s first 4K smartphone Xperia Z5 Premium – each engineered to make everyday experiences better. “Smartphones are part of people’s lives” said Hiroki Totoki, President and CEO at Sony Mobile Communications. ”Since users already create, share and enjoy most of their content on the go – we’ve set out to bring Sony’s latest innovations in camera, design and display to ensure the Xperia Z5 series is the best possible lifestyle and entertainment platform.”
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Samsung Announces Mass Production of Industry’s First Mobile Image Sensor with 1.0μm Pixels
As mobile devices get thinner, the components inside them must scale down, too. Samsung’s latest chip, the 1.0μm-pixel-based 16 megapixel (MP) CMOS image sensor, did exactly that. It brings high resolution imaging to one of the slimmest smartphones in the market. Image sensors hold an array of pixels, or pockets that collect light particles called photons. Better the image sensor, the more light it accurately captures through its pixels, which it then converts into electrical signals. Therefore, more pixels that are larger in size allow for better picture quality. Slimmer devices have less space for interior components, so pixels get smaller as well, making the absorption of photons much more…
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Moto X Style Smartphone Review – Kevin Carter
Kevin Carter our Head of Technical Hardware as well as the Lead Technical Editor for DxOMark (the reference for image quality) and the British Journal of Photography among others, recently tested the hot new Moto X Style smartphone. Kevin explains “In our industry standard tests the Moto X Style attained high scores across many of the categories and is a well-balanced performer overall. Scores for Exposure and contrast and Color are on a par with the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge and iPhone 6 Plus and remained competitive for Autofocus, Texture (detail), and for control of Noise and Artifacts”. Take a look at the DxO link here for Kevin’s review and…
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Sony Xperia Z3 DxO Review – Kevin Carter
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 Sony’s Xperia Z3 smartphone. Kevin explains “With an over DxOMobile score of 82 points, the Xperia Z3+ shows some slight improvement in image quality over its predecessors the Z3 and Z2, which both achieved the same score of 79 points. However, while the improvement isn’t huge exactly, it is good enough to place the flagship Z3+ in the Top 3 — in joint third place next to the latest iteration of Apple’s smartphone, the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. Take a look at…
