iOS Hacker pod2g has released a video of an untethered jailbreak for all Apple iOS devices including the new iPad. The video shows a jailbroken iPad 3 that manages to stay that way even after a reboot. pod2g has yet to announce a public release of this crack, or even if he intends to. Check out the video, but don’t hold your breath for too long.
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Nokia City Lens now available for download on your Lumia Phones
Nokia’s Augmented Reality app from Symbian called “City Lens” has appeared on Lumia devices for trials. Almost LAYAR like interface, the app allows you to check in real time the points of interests around you, like eating joints etc.
The app is only available for Beta testers so you will need to register as one if you are itching to try it on for size.
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Facebook iPhone messenger to get Video Chat, plus new version for iPad
According to various sources, the new upcoming Facebook iPhone messenger will have inbuilt Skype/video chat integration, to allow you to video chat with online Facebook friends. What’s more interesting is the fact that the company is supposedly working on a dedicated app for the iPad, since they have got huge back-appeal for the sloppy in-built chat in the iPad app.
[9to5Mac]
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Ikea makes cameras fun with : Ikea cardboard digital camera
With the over popularity of Instagram plaguing the internet, IKEA has made cameras fun again by announcing the new IKEA cardboard camera. It runs on two AA batteries and features a swing-out USB plug, viewfinder cutout, shutter key and paperclip-friendly erase button.
This simple camera has no details included, except that it holds 40 pictures at a time.
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Samsung announces 1.4GHz Exynos 4 Quad as basis for Galaxy S3
Samsung has announced that it will launch the next Galaxy phone based on its new Exynos 4 Quad 1.4GHz Chipset. With its High-K Metal Gate (HKMG) low-power technology, it boasts twice the performance of its predecessor, and about 20-percent battery savings.
The application processor is a crucial element in providing our customers with a PC-like experience on mobile devices, Samsung’s next Galaxy device, which will be officially announced soon, offers uncompromised performance and ground breaking multitasking features, thanks to Exynos 4 Quad’s powerful performance and efficient energy management technology.”
Hankil Yoon, Senior VP of Product Strategy Team at Samsung
Samsung is also shipping the chipset to other manufacturers like Meizu for their new handset, and the Exynos 4 Quad is pin-to-pin compatible with the Exynos 4 Dual (used in S2 and Note). Allowing previous adaptors to update the specs without many hardware changes.
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Samsung’s New Quad-Core Application Processor Drives Advanced Feature Sets in Smartphones and Tablets
Designed on 32nm HKMG process, new energy-efficient chip exceeds 1.4GHz per core
SEOUL, Korea–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a world leader in advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced the industry’s first quad-core application processor built on the High-k Metal Gate (HKMG) low-power process technology. With unprecedented performance capabilities exceeding 1.4GHz based on the ARM® CORTEXTM A9 quad-core, the powerful, yet energy-efficient Exynos 4 Quad, allows system-level architects to integrate maximized power efficiencies into smartphones and tablets which enables double the processing power at a 20 percent lower power bill over its predecessor, the 45nm process-based Exynos 4 Dual.
“The quad-core processor offers phenomenal multitasking abilities surpassing any single or dual application processor. Since all the cores must share a single battery, the power management and efficiency in the limited battery capacity are indispensable for mobile computing devices,” said Taehoon Kim, vice president of System LSI marketing, Device Solutions, Samsung Electronics. “Given the diverse functionalities consumers are demanding from their mobile devices today, the Exynos 4 Quad meets those high-performance needs while keeping power consumption very low.”
Multi-core processing delivers enhanced performance, enabling users to accomplish more tasks in a shorter period of time. For example, a task such as streaming video can run on one core while the other cores update applications in the background, connecting to the web and scanning virus-check simultaneously.
Benefitting from a use case where the parallel processing and workload sharing among the four cores is necessary, the Exynos 4 Quad is particularly well-suited for heavy-load applications such as 3D games, video editing, and calculation-intensive simulation.
Due to its 32nm HKMG low-power process and power-saving design, the Exynos 4 Quad has two times the processing capability over the 45nm process based Exynos 4 Dual while consuming 20-percent less power. To improve power efficiency, Samsung adopted hot-plug functionality to support on-off switching for each core as well as the per-core dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS), which offers a dramatic reduction in power consumption by adapting different levels of voltage and frequency when changing workloads.
Having identical form factor measurements (12mm X 12mm X 1.37 mm), the Exynos 4 Quad is pin-to-pin compatible with the 32nm process based Exynos 4 Dual, allowing mobile device designers to immediately adopt the new solution without additional cost, engineering or design efforts.
In addition, the new processor incorporates a full HD 30 frame per second video hardware codec engine for high resolution 1080p video recording and play-back, an embedded image signal processor interface for high-quality camera functionality and an HDMI 1.4 interface for sharp and crisp multimedia content transmission.
Samsung developed a power management IC (PMIC), the S5M8767, as a companion chip to power the Exynos 4 Quad processor. By integrating various circuitry such as nine highly efficient and programmable buck converters and 28 low-dropout regulators (LDOs) into the small package of 5.0 mm x 5.0mm x 0.4mm, the S5M8767 is designed to scale up or down the dynamic voltage depending on the clock speed in 6.25mV step for managing power delivery and maximizing battery life at the system level.
Already in production, the Exynos 4 Quad is scheduled to be adopted first into Samsung’s next Galaxy smartphone that will officially be announced in May. Samsung’s Exynos 4 Quad is also sampling to other major handset makers.
“The application processor is a crucial element in providing our customers with a PC-like experience on mobile devices. Samsung’s next Galaxy device, which will be officially announced soon, offers uncompromised performance and ground breaking multi-tasking features, thanks to Exynos 4 Quad’s powerful performance and efficient energy management technology,” said Hankil Yoon, Senior Vice President of Product Strategy Team, Samsung’s Mobile Communications Business.
Last year, Samsung introduced a new online hub dedicated to its Exynos processor. Designed to facilitate easy communication with industry partners and end users, the new micro-site takes you a step closer to the ultimate experience Exynos delivers; product information, user experience and information on promotion events. More information can be found at http://www.samsung.com/exynos.
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Google Launches Drive 5 GB Cloud on the Go
After many a rumors Google has now finally launched Google Drive cloud service. Still in Beta stage with limited access to users the cloud service offers up quite a unique mix to fend off the competition. Google Docs is built right into Google Drive, so you can work with others in real time on documents, spreadsheets and presentations. You can install Drive on your Mac or PC and can download the Drive app to your Android phone or tablet (iOS coming soon). Search by keyword and filter by file type, owner and more. Drive can even recognize text in scanned documents using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology.
When you sign up You can get started with 5GB of storage for free, an choose to upgrade to 25GB for $2.49/month, 100GB for $4.99/month or even 1TB for $49.99/month. When you upgrade to a paid account, your Gmail account storage will also expand to 25GB.You can attach photos from Drive to posts in Google+, and soon you’ll be able to attach stuff from Drive directly to emails in Gmail. Drive is also an open platform, and Google is working with many third-party developers so you can do things like send faxes, edit videos andcreate website mockups directly from Drive.
Google has also launched the Drive SDK to enable developers to work closely with Google on taking this forward.
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Samsung launches 3 new Mirror-less Micro 4/3 cameras with 20.3 MP sensors (PR)
Samsung has just added three new Micro Four Thirds cameras to its lineup, the NX20, NX210 and the NX1000. All three of these tiny Compact Sensor mirror less cameras sport a 20.3 MP APS-C CMOS sensor with an ISO range up to 12,800 and 1080/30p video capabilities.
The camera bodies also have inbuilt WiFi and 3 inch displays, the interface however for each camera is different.
The NX20
The Most expensive camera of the lot features a hotshoe and a price of $1,100 (Rupees 55,000/-) including an 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens.The camera has an interchangeable lens body with a popup flash and built-in SVGA EVF. There is also a tilt-and-swivel 614k-dot, 3-inch VGA PenTile AMOLED display.
The NX210
Slightly lower priced but shares the same sensor as big brother up there and also ships with an 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens. The camera body has built-in image stabilization, a focus mode switch and an iFunction button along with built-in WiFi.. The camera will be available for $900 (Rupees 45,000/-) in mid-May
The NX1000
The NX1000 is possibly the cheapest of the lot, but, there is no pricing available. The design is similar to many cameras already available in the market including Sony NEX and Nikon 1. The NX1000 has a 3-inch LCD and will come with a compact 20-50mm f/3.5-5.6 kit lens. The whole body_lens weighs in only at 360 grams and has the same 20.3 MP APS-C CMOS sensor.
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Capture, connect and share with a Samsung SMART CAMERA
Share life in perfect detail with the NX1000, NX20 and NX210 – the world’s first SMART compact system cameras with built-in Wi-Fi connectivity
BEIJING, China – April 19, 2012 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies is breaking new ground with its award-winning NX series with three new compact system cameras (CSC) that pioneer built-in Wi-Fi connectivity: the NX1000, NX210 and NX20. Now professional quality images can be easily captured, shared and stored straight from your camera – wherever you are in the world.
Introducing the NX1000, NX210 and NX20
The innovative additions to Samsung’s NX range represent the future in CSC technology: SMART cameras with in-built Wi-Fi technology that allow users to connect to wireless networks without any additional cards or devices. Full Wi-Fi connectivity is complemented by an impressive range of features, continuing the heritage of innovation that the NX series has been consistently recognized for since the launch of the NX10 in 2010.
As standard, all three NX models feature a 20.3 Megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor, developed in-house by Samsung to give high quality images in rich color and detail. They are also fully compatible with the NX series’ unique i-Function system, enabling users to control parameters using the lens itself, adjusting the image without ever having to move off target. With Samsung’s range of nine lenses and professional standard accessories, the NX eco-system ensures that all imaging ambitions can be realised, whatever the user’s photographic speciality or interest.
Enhancing Samsung’s 2012 SMART CAMERA ecosystem, these latest additions to the NX range have been designed to satisfy the ambitions of users of all abilities, whether an experienced professional or someone just looking to trade-up from their point-and-shoot.
The NX1000 is highly portable and its eye-catching compact design makes it as useable as it is attractive. Available in stunning White, classic Black or eye-catching Pink it houses a feature-rich range of specs, with technology such as Smart Auto 2.0 and the Smart Link Hot Key, making it simpler than ever to shoot and share great images instantly.
The NX210 follows the NX’s design heritage, with a premium metallic finish. Like its predecessor the NX200, the NX210 also offers a 3.0″ AMOLED display for viewing images and Full HD movies in brilliant resolution. With easy access to Wi-Fi functions, the NX210 allows quick sharing with friends and family, whilst with Samsung Mobile Link users can show off their best images on phones and tablets, or on the big screen with TV Link connecting the NX210 wirelessly to internet-enabled TVs.
The NX20 is the perfect match for enthusiast amateur or professional photographers looking for a highly portable camera that gives the professional look and feel of a DSLR but at a fraction of the size and weight, with the addition of an ergonomic grip to fit comfortably into the hand. Delivering impressive speed with its 1/8000s Fast Shutter, breath-taking images are shown on its clear 3.0″ clear AMOLED swivel display, increasing visibility by approximately 20%. The NX20 also incorporates a range of functions and manual controls in order to deliver pro-standard pictures every time, including SVGA EVF so users can frame images like a professional.
In-Built Wi-Fi for simple sharing and saving
With Samsung’s latest SMART features, users can share pictures at the touch of a button, uploading to social networks including Facebook and Picasa, or emailing them to friends and family – all straight from their new NX camera. The cameras also offer further options for capturing and displaying images via other devices, including the ability to link to a Samsung smartphone and use as a remote viewfinder, and – with the Samsung Mobile Link function – to display images on devices such as tablets or internet-enabled TV.
Creative control at the touch of a button
Pictures shared on the spur of the moment are no longer restricted to simply shooting and sending – with the creative features of the new NX cameras, Facebook pictures can be artistic without ever going near a computer. The ten Smart Filters and added Selective Color function, for example, mean that users can adjust the look and feel of shots as they take them. In addition, all three cameras also feature Panorama and 3D Panorama, allowing the whole story to be told in one complete picture. With the Smart Panel featured on all the new models, settings and features can be easily accessed and applied, making creative photography easier than ever.
Mr. Myoung Sup Han, Senior Vice President and Head of the Digital Imaging Business, Samsung Electronics, commented: “The three new additions to the NX range mark an evolution in Samsung’s SMART CAMERA offering, demonstrating our understanding that digital imaging is about sharing the best moments with family and friends, and not only about taking great pictures. Samsung is paving the way, introducing the world’s first SMART Compact-System-Cameras for professional standard images that are worth sharing.”
“With the inclusion of in-built Wi-Fi connectivity, our customers can now share pictures and videos straight from their NX camera. More importantly, however, the NX camera’s wireless connectivity does not mean sacrificing fantastic image quality – you can now have the best of both at your fingertips. This dedication to innovation will make Samsung a leader in the SMART CAMERA market.”
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HTC One X Unboxing and Hands On
The One X is possibly one of the most sought after Android devices in the market today. After playing much with it at the launch of the device, we finally got the box of the device and were itching to get it unboxed.
A wonderful polycarbonate shell and an amazing display, mixed with an amazing camera and beats audio is what is being projected, but thats not all that makes the device. A slim and wonderful device with a great look and feel. Check out our images below and stay tuned for a video.
Price of the Device is Rs. 37000/-
Specifications
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Lenovo’s 8.9mm-thick unibody IdeaTab S2109 shown off on Youtube (video)
Lenovo has launched a YouTube video for its 9.7-inch (1,024 x 768 IPS LCD) IdeaTab S2109’s. The device packs in Android 4.0 and a 8.9mm-thick, gunmetal-finish unibody build along with a 1.3-megapixel front camera.
The Tablet also has a microSD slot, micro-HDMI, micro-USB and a 10 hour capacity battery pack. There are no real details of the hardware internals, except the fact that its based on a TIOMAP chipset. Also, appears from the video that the UI is stock Android.
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Google gets in on April Fools Day : Google Maps 8 Bit for NES with Video
Google Wants to give you the full Maps experience on the most popular computer system ever made, the Gameboy. Google has deployed thousands of servers to over come the limitations offered by the NES systems. A dial up cartridge allows you to get real time results from said servers. -
Angry Birds Space Makes a hit on all platforms, especially on Samsung Galaxy Phones
Ever thought gaming would get you so far? The new game called Angry Birds Space, by popular mobile gaming company “Rovio”, makers of the original “Angry Birds” , has taken the gaming industry by storm.
The Game since its release on the 22nd of March has been downloaded millions of times on iOS, Android and even the Mac app store. This is also the first ever game to be officially announced by NASA astronauts check the video below.
Samsung has also introduced a new bird called “Lazer Bird” which resembles the character of Galaxy Note. The Lazer Bird is equipped with some totally new special powers that allow it to divert its angle of trajectory to take aim at hidden pigs, video below.
The “Danger Zone,” which is a pack of 30 levels exclusive to Samsung Galaxy phones is an additional feature for the proud owners of Galaxy devices.
You can download the Game by clicking the button :
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Expect a full video review of the game really soon.
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The new iPad breaks easier than the iPad 2 (Video)
Squaretrade is a US based product insurance company which demonstrates what happens to your devices if you drop them and don’t have insurance. Take a look at the new iPad being dropped from various heights and then compared to the iPad 2 going through the same torture. A minimum of 4 iPads were damaged in the process, oh the humanity!
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Hp Launches new Ivy Bridge based g4, dv4, dv6 and dv7 Pavilion Laptops(video)
HP has announced four new Pavilion laptops for the new Ivy Bridge platform the dv4-5000, dv6-7000, dv7-6000 and g4-2000 (the G4 is still on Sandy Bridge).
The dv4 and dv6 have a 2.3GHz i7-3610QM processor with GeForce GT630M graphics impressive Beats Audio and 14-inch or 15.6-inch (1366 x 768) displays respectively.
The dv7 model up the ante with a 2.6GHZ i7-3720QM chip, GeForce GT 650M graphics and 17.3-inches of 1920 x 1080 screen. The g4 will stick to options of i3-2350M and i5-2450M Sandy Bridge, along with a 14inch screen.
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Samsung Galaxy Y Pro Duos B5512 – Unboxing Video
Another morning treat, its always fun when Bharat gives us these surprises in the morning. The new Galaxy Y Pro Duos B5512 gets handled and unboxed. The First dual sim Android device with touch and type from Samsung. Check out how this device looks and feels in the video.
