The Chinese are at it again. No, they didn’t takeover a new part of the South China Sea or any part of the Indian territory. We are talking about the new Smartisan T1. This is an innovative product that promises a fresh Android experience.
Any Chinese phone whose heart is made of a Snapdragon 801 processor is worth a notice and believe us when we say this, there is a lot to notice about the Smartisan T1. The T1 has Gorilla glass 3 on both sides, giving it a rather iPhone-ish appeal. The phone follows the same obsession with symmetrical design that iPhone has retained for quite a while.
Folks who appreciate the feel of pressing a real button are in for a treat since this phone has lot many physical buttons. It has three elegantly placed physical buttons under the screen which are a departure from the monotonous capacitive touch panels. It has two sets of rockers on both sides, one for brightness and the other one for volume.
Not just that, it also lets you change the functions of the physical buttons. For the first time in a phone, you can select the functionality according to your hand inclination (right or left handedness). The USP of this device is its high customizable features.
Even with all its unique customizable features, the main screen looks rather clean and crisp. The T1 allows you to click a photo from the standby screen by pressing rockers on both sides together. This is great for people who like to take a lot of pictures and want quick access to the camera to not miss any moment worth capturing.
Though there is a giant downer, the phone will only be available in China and might release in States after a year. Hopefully, some other low-end Chinese OEM will copy the design and sell it to one of the Indian companies.
Major phone manufacturers must take notice of this innovative new product. Instead of adding bloatwares, they should focus on making the mobile experience easy for everybody.
William Mulholland was a self taught architect whose career came to a crashing halt on March 12, 1928, when his St. Francis Dam failed just hours after being inspected by Mulholland himself. The dam sent 12.5 billion gallons (47,000,000 m³) of water flooding into the Santa Clarita Valley, north of Los Angeles. It laid the town of Santa Paula under 6 meters of mud and debris. Some parts of Ventura County were covered up to 21 m high pile of muck. The final death count has been estimated at 450, including 42 school children.
During the peak of the cold war, America launched its first space station called the Skylab. Weighing 75 Metric tons, Skylab was launched on 14 May 1973 by a Saturn rocket into a 435 km orbit. The launch is sometimes referred to as Skylab 1. There was severe damage to the vehicle during launch. The station lost its micrometeoroid shield, sun shade and one of its main solar panels. Even the debris from the lost micrometeoroid shield prevented the deployment of all solar panels and left the station with a huge power deficit. The first american space station failed miserably and cost the tax payers about $3.6 Billion dollars. There were of course a lot of lessons learned from this disaster which were later corrected on the ISS.
This is without a doubt one of the most prominent engineering failures, probably the most photographed blunder too. This bell tower’s tilt began during its construction itself. It was caused by an inadequate foundation on a ground that was too soft on one side to properly support the tower’s weight. The tilt increased gradually in the following decades till the structure was stabilized (and the tilt partially corrected) by efforts in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
The second major add-on available is the accompanying stylus. It is built to look and feel like a proper pen with a comfortable heft, bringing its own realm of functionality. For example, a single click of the top button turns on the pen and turns on the tablet for immediate use.
