Rodrigo Silva-Ramos, CEO of Geeksphone, together with Telefónica company and Mozilla have developed two "smartphones" with Firefox OS, has said that the bets with this operating system "is total." The young company based in Madrid earlier launched two Android devices.
- Why have you opted for a still unknown?
- We love the idea of an operating system that puts the focus on the web. The thing to understand is that these terminals are a super browser. Each page of the phone is a website, and that's great because it means that the browser is inside the phone. And that's great because it breaks the mold of the app stores. We say that, until now, there was a large city with two stores. And now there will be a city with two department stores and lots of tiny shops. It's great for both developers and users who are "developer friendly". This idea of freedom that anyone can make their application and sell it when and how he wishes, without relying on AppStore, is fantastic not only for developers but to the idea of mobile telephony.
- What price will start selling these devices?
- We are talking about prices breakers. Is below two hundred euros.
- You said you had the intention to lose 400 euros ...
- Yes We always say that a "smartphone" high-end cost as a personal computer is crazy. It makes no sense, and we think that can be done quality handsets at very affordable prices. And it's no miracle is simply planteártelo. We have now an industrial development that allows us.
- Have you abandoned Android then?
- The stakes are clear for Firefox OS. Our users like to get their hands on the equipment. A developer will buy the phone and it will, and do what you want with it. Somehow this system are very supportive because we like the idea of an operating system dump anywhere.
- Develop a system itself is sensed impossible ...
- No, it's true that every shoemaker ... but we are talking about the Mozilla Foundation is a reference.
- The One and Zero were well received too.
- Yes, we sold many phones, we can not give figures, but we sold several thousand phone and Zero doubled the previous sales.
- Do you think the mobile technology revolution has corseted?
- Frankly, yes. Increasingly closed roads seem to be that large companies have a concept of customer property, the user. If you develop one's operating systems as they are owned by the operating system. And that's not a value of freedom. Somehow the big brands who control operating systems have very harsh rules, create very strong positions, margins that make them feel like ... So we like the freedom of the phone is a browser and that anyone can make an app that does not rely on an application store. You make an application and works on these phones because it is a browser, but that same application until you work just on Android. We have considered that maybe corporations will block access to websites that do not feel like that all the movement go around. For example, Facebook. Have an iPhone, you download the application ... but you can get from the browser. Except that with these phones (with HTML5) walk through the browser better than from applications.
- Is it expensive to develop phone?
- It is difficult to talk about figures. We think that a terminal is a puzzle of many pieces. This puzzle is a research process that takes many months of work by engineers ... Importantly, more than money, is time. Such a project is a year of work. The alliance with Telefónica has been strengthening over time. We have six months with the deal secured and working hard. And the operator has had a great elegance and not ask any exclusivity. We have not demanded anything. We can sell from our website. Welcome to freedom.
- Why do you insist that there are both a mark "low cost"?
- Not at all. In the electronic world, the concept of "low cost" is the brainchild of low quality. We want to have competitive prices, but we have the same quality compared with high-end products. And this phone [Teaches Geeksphone Peak] if you compare it to an iPhone 5 has nothing to envy in quality. I think electronics can not give low quality because some low quality is something that will not work well, it will not last long ... then we do not like that idea. We have quality products comparable with any high-end equivalent product and try to have competitive prices. And we're doing and that's possible, so imagine the margins which will sell phones to 600 euros we know all that from the factory worth 120 euros. We are in the middle of it. We are a small structure, a "startup" working hard with a team of 15-20 people. And we have discovered one thing that can greatly streamline supply chain.
Samsung Electronics will increase its lead over Apple in global smartphone sales this year, with a growth of 35 percent, according to market research said Strategy Analytics told Reuters on Friday. To counter the supremacy of Samsung, Apple could launch a device smaller and cheaper, an "iPhone mini" next year to gain market share pointing to the demand of users 'smartphones' low end, Strategy Analytics said.
"We hope that Samsung extends its lead over Apple slightly this year because of its broader portfolio of products at various levels," said executive director at Strategy Analytics, Neil Mawston, an email interview with Reuters.
The global smartphone shipments rise 27 percent to 875 million this year, which is lower than last year, which stood at 41 percent. This is because growth is slowing in many key markets such as North America, China, the developed economies of Asia, and Western Europe, said Mawston.
Samsung Electronics plans to sell 290 million "smartphones" this year, compared to a projected 215 million in 2012, said research firm. Sales of Apple's smartphones will reach 180 million this year, an increase of 33 percent over the previous year, but slightly behind Samsung, you will experience an increase of 35 percent.
This will give Samsung a market share of 33 percent of the market for "smartphones" in 2013, which last year was estimated at 31 percent, while Apple will take 21 percent, versus 20 percent last year.
Mini Iphone
Apple, the company's most valuable technology world, and Samsung Electronics, Asia's most valuable, have fought fiercely in the mobile device market in the world, although Samsung is also a supplier of Apple.
Samsung may launch the Galaxy S IV in April, a new version of its "smartphone" badge. It could also launch the Galaxy Note Hybrid III and a number of other new smartphones along this year, as reported by the press and analysts recently.
"Samsung plays in most segments, which should enable it to capture a larger volume than Apple (assuming that Apple will not release a 'iPhone Mini' this year)," said Mawston.
The Topeka Capital Markets researcher, Brian J. White, on Wednesday raised the possibility that Apple could release an iPhone smaller and lower-priced Mini-iPhone to further penetrate markets like China and India. White also said in a report that he believed that Apple will launch the next iPhone, the iPhone 5S, in May or June, and thus offer more options with various screen sizes.
This eventually would open the possibility of an iPhone Mini said. But Mawston said the Mini iPhone is not expected to hit the market until later this year.
"We believe that Apple will launch a 'mini iPhone' at some point over the next three years to deal with the hundreds of millions of prepaid users worldwide who can not afford the current iPhone," he said.
"The iPhone 5 is growing rapidly and profitably at this time, so there is little incentive for Apple to release a 'iPhone Mini' this year. We expect the iPhone mini comes in 2014, when Apple will be forced to find new trends for growth, "he said.
Samsung Electronics has quickly surpassed Apple as the largest smartphone manufacturer in the world. Its strong sales of smartphones helped lift the company's stock, which hit a record high of 1,584.000 billion won (1,137 million euros) on Thursday. Its revenues have experienced record profits expected for a fifth consecutive quarter in the fourth quarter from October to December. It is expected to announce the results next week.
Motorola is currently working on a "smartphone" supported by Google, according to sources close to leaked plans the newspaper "The Wall Street Journal." This would be the first bet of Google for making real hardware, which is cited with the code name "X phone".
The launch of a "smartphone" consisting could be the first step in the company to position itself as a viable competitor in the mobile handset market. Right now with its Android operating system dominates the scene at the software level, but there is an important part of the revenue is derived from hardware and Google in this area is just remarkable.
The acquisition is aimed precisely Motorla build this niche hardware for Google. No wonder that the same sources that leaked the plans to build a "smartphone" later also indicate that work on a "tablet".
Before Google has already launched under its brand line of "smartphones" Nexus, the first built by HTC, Samsung and other two with a last with LG. In the field of tablets and marketed under the same umbrella devices made by Asus and Samsung. Motorola has launched this year, last September, its terminals Razr, the first since it was acquired. However, these devices have been questioned for not being at the highest level.
Research in Motion (RIM), maker of BlackBerry, recorded in the first nine months of fiscal losses amounting to 744 million dollars (572 million euros), compared with net profit of 1,289 million (991 million) from the same period last year, the company said.
The turnover of the Canadian multinational stood at 8.396 million dollars (6,458 million euros), 41% below the corresponding figure for the first nine months of its fiscal year preceding. In its fiscal third quarter, RIM reported net income of $ 9 million (7 million euros), 96.6% less than the same period last fiscal year, while its sales decreased by 47.2%, to 2.727 million dollars (2,097 million euros).
Looking ahead, the Canadian company expected to continue the pressure on its operating results in anticipation of the launch of the platform 'BlackBerry 10' in its fiscal fourth quarter. In this regard, believes RIM shares continue using the handset prices 'BlackBerry 7' and their rates in some services. "The launch of 'BlackBerry 10' on January 30, 2013 may cause some customers to postpone their purchases and wait for the 'BlackBerry 10', which will affect the volume of sales, subscribers, margins and commissions," said the company.
RIM shares fall 10% by a decrease in the number of subscribers Research In Motion said yesterday it plans to change the way it charges for its BlackBerry services, after posting that its subscriber base has fallen for the first time in its history. As a result of both news, shares in the U.S. fell 10 percent after the close of the session.
Previously, the shares were up 8 percent to $ 15.25 (11.52 euros) in after-hours trading, after the smartphone maker adjusted publish a quarterly loss smaller than expected. It also said it had increased its cash cushion before the release next month of the expected BB10. But sentiment turned negative during a conference call with analysts.
The CEO Thorsten Heins said the company would offer more flexible pricing for their services, once valued for its safety features, but faced increasing competition from rivals. Analysts on the conference call expressed concern that the change could reduce the revenue stream of profitable services RIM, and the company's shares traded in the U.S. fell nearly 10 percent to $ 12.74 (9.62 euros) at 18.20 New York time.
One reason stocks rose initially because RIM managed to increase its cash cushion to 2,900 million dollars (2,191 million euros) in the quarter, from $ 2,300 million (1,737 million) in the previous period. That's important, because RIM will need the funds to manufacture and effectively promote the BlackBerry 10 in a saturated market. The company depends on the new line to regain lost market share in recent years to rivals like Apple's iPhone and a number of models that run on Google's Android operating system.
Moreover, the mobile phone maker Nokia has reached an agreement with Canada's Research In Motion (RIM) to withdraw all pending lawsuits and to terminate the litigation between the two parties in the U.S., Canada and UK
Samsung Electronics has unveiled on its official blog that will be your next device, the Galaxy Grand. A "smartphone" with a 5-inch screen, almost the same size as the Galaxy Note II which has 5.5 inches. Thus, the company confirms its commitment to a form of "smartphone" with above-average screen.
The most outstanding of this finish is its large display so the Galaxy Grand would become part of the family of hybrid between tablet and smartphone powered by Samsung with its Galaxy Note.
The new device will feature Android 4.1.2-Jelly Bean, the latest operating system from Google. Despite its large screen that aims to provide an experience of expansive vision and clear, the phone is slim, ergonomic and easy to hold, as Samsung has commented.
In addition, the user can enjoy the option of multitasking, running multiple applications simultaneously without switching screens thanks to the multi-window, and other terminals available in the company.
As for features, the device has a 1.2 GHz processor dual core, which according to Samsung permitted without problems, the option multitasking, faster web browsing, faster screen transitions and better graphics for games and apps .
The Grand Galaxy chamber includes a backlit sensor that seeks to ensure greater clarity in the photographs in low light and video recording in Full HD. Newest Samsung brings also intuitive features that aim to make the Galaxy Grand in a user-friendly device.
Some of these options are: direct call, which allows users to make a call just by placing the phone to your ear, alert and intelligent, showing missed calls and new messages just picking up the phone.
These features intuitive video is also emerging that allows users to play videos on the screen through a window "pop-up".
Voice S is another option as part of the Galaxy Grand and that control the phone via voice. It also includes AllShare content sharing with other devices. In addition, the phone comes pre-loaded with the latest versions of Samsung Hubs. The Grand Galaxy come in two versions. Dual SIM version, which will launch first, and SIM Single version. The Dual SIM is a feature that provides "total flexibility" in communication. This feature allows users to manage two phone numbers in one single.
BlackBerry mobile sales plummet. The strength of the iPhone and the strength of Android has swept the market of "smartphone". RIM, maker of BlackBerry, is in danger of being a company irrelevant. His last trick is the creation of the BlackBerry OS 10.
Delays and competition
The expected launch of the BlackBerry 10 operating system has been delayed more than a year. RIM has been criticized for improvisation. The official date of January 30, 2013 and is final. The delay forced to compete with systems now renewed this year: Apple iOS 6, Google Android 4.2 and Microsoft Windows 8. Android and Apple monopolize and 90% of the operating systems market.
Sales Fall
In the third quarter of this year, BlackBerry copaba 4.3% of the smartphone market, while last year occupied 9.5%, according to IDC rate. In 2010 was 14.5%, and 19.5% in 2009. In exchange, RIM began the year at $18 per share, but in September came to rub the six dollars, down 65%. Now has an upward trend by renewed expectations and has already passed the ten dollars. Poor results led to the change in the direction of the company in January, and the announcement of the dismissal of 5,000 workers, 30% of the workforce. The company hit bottom with a story of "The New York Times" last October with the thesis that BlackBerry users were ashamed of their phones.
Features
Although we have to wait to January 30 to meet definitive features of the new OS Blackberry 10, already unveiled some of its peculiarities. The main novelty is the possibility of having a single mailbox for all email messages and social networks without having to jump from application to application. You do not need a button to the home page, unlike iPhone and Android, and will have a multitasking space to develop different functions simultaneously.
Focused on businesses
The hallmark of BlackBerry has traditionally been its implementation in the business. RIM wants to regain lost ground. BlackBerry 10 will offer the possibility to completely separate the data and applications of the personal office. Another ambition of the operating system is that the mobile device is also the center of the desktop through its connection to keyboards, displays and other devices, as recorded by "The New York Times". RIM also intends to maintain its good reputation in the field of security.
New mobiles
The launch of BlackBerry 10 will also feature the presentation of two new devices to make the event more attractive: a touch screen and a keyboard "qwerty", one of the hallmarks of the company's phones. The analysts believe that the move to survival, but can not cut large distance. Competition has invested heavily this year as RIM and again delayed its release. Samsung sold and 31.3% of the phones, and Apple 15%. The iPhone 5 and the Samsung Galaxy SIII are now the height of technology "smartphones".
Applications
RIM has made a great effort to convince developers that want to be part of the application market, a land that had hitherto despised. As shown by the sales figures, recognized courier and security on your devices is not enough. The problem is to get the developers are willing to build applications fit for a "smartphone" that, so far, less than 5% monopolize the market, rather than seeking only the return of create for Android and iPhone.
Tablets
BlackBerry 10 platform unifies phones and tablets. Devices with previous operating systems can not be updated because the environment is completely new, nor the current and last. The company justifies that there is a previous update but a completely new platform. The PlayBook tablet in principle itself may be updated. One of the premises of the new operating system is valid both for mobile and tablet.
Internet of Things
The CEO of RIM, Thorsten Heins, admits as much realism aspiring to third in the market for "smartphones", below Apple and Samsung. His big bet in the medium term is the internet of things: phones and tablets that give orders to allow cars, appliances, office.
It is a mobile, or nearly so, within a chamber. Or better, a camera attached to a mobile. Anyway, the new "toy" Samsung has all the features except voice calls, a Galaxy S3 and a high-performance compact camera. It is just the opposite of what we are accustomed. Everyone has a camera inside a mobile. Now we have a motive, or nearly so, within a chamber.
To call not (although they can do so via the Internet), but for everything else. This means that we can, first, edit, share or publish any photo immediately to do. And that between shots can check email, read the newspaper, play Angry Birds or run without problem any of the hundreds of thousands of applications from Android Play Store. To do this, the new camera can be connected directly to the internet via wifi or 3G via SIM card data.
But look. According Celestino Garcia, vice president of Samsung in Spain, Nielsen surveys or Gartner, among others, show that in 2014 50% of the cameras sold can connect to internet. Sharing pictures is, in fact, a social trend unstoppable and consumers demand to do so immediately, without waiting to connect at home and in good quality, which the majority of camera phones do not have.
Until now, consumers have had to choose between carrying a camera "good" (quality and performance) but "disconnected" or one that does allow the interaction (mobile) but often falls short.
That is precisely the gap that comes to fill the new Samsung device. On one hand, a more than decent performance (x21 optical zoom, 16 megapixel sensor ...) and on the other a huge 4.8-inch display (the Samsung Galaxy S3), direct Internet connection and Android OS 4.1 (Jelly Bean). The device, presented at the last edition of IFA in Berlin, was one of the products most interest this year in the technology fair. And no wonder.
The Galaxy Camera is powered by a quad-core processor at 1.4GHz and has a battery of 1,650 milliamps. Its internal memory of 8 GB, expandable via micro SD cards and comes as standard with a suite of applications that allow you to edit, share or store in the cloud any photo or video you do. For example, all new users of the camera will have 50GB of free storage on Dropbox.
When you open the camera menu opens automatically target and display screen becomes huge and with all the necessary commands on the touch screen. You can select scene, make panoramic photos bursts to make the camera select the best ... And, of course, incorporates a "expert" mode where you can change at will all the parameters we want to make the picture.
A highlight is the function of "shared Shot". Is to create a wireless network that can connect to other devices. Then, take the photo, also appear directly in the shared device. The new Samsung Galaxy Camera will be available in Spain since 29 November, both in shops and through various phone operators. The price is 499 euros.
Samsung has overtaken Apple. The competition for control of the mobile phone market has a new milestone: for the first time since 2007 a phone outside the range iPhone is the best selling device. The Samsung Galaxy SIII has 18 million units sold to 16.2 iPhone 4s in the second quarter. So the technology has managed to reach South Korean company on the block:
The actual data
The statistics give the Galaxy S III as the best selling phone in the second quarter of the year have a number of shades. The first is that the figures dropped by Strategy Analytics Samsung phone refer to sales to distributors, while the figure of Apple's sales to the final consumer. That is, many of the Samsung phones numbered have not yet left the store. Also, do not forget that a large number of potential customers Apple phone waiting on those dates the launch of iPhone 5 in September.
Production and dependence
Samsung controls the production of their phones even more than Apple. The production control is the adjustment of the appliance components, and manufacturing demand. Although the apple company designs its components it manufactured, in some cases direct competitors.
Less loyalty
The customer loyalty of Apple is one of the strengths of the company, boosted by its desire to separate their products making them incompatible with the rest. However, loyalty begins to waver, but not alarmist. According to Strategy Analytics, the number of Apple customers who would buy a phone from the same company has fallen from 93% to 88% in the last year in the United States. In Europe have fallen even more, from 88% to 75%.
Temptation of cheap iPhone
The rumors about the possibility of a low-cost iPhone are recurrent. Now more since its hegemony is concerned. Samsung, unlike Apple, has a variety of phones for different prices without neglecting its flagship product. His strategy is effective to grab an increasing market share to have replaced this year with Nokia, after 14 years, as the largest producer of mobile. Apple, however, has only a single device in different versions. The cheaper iPhone is still unlikely, although the appearance of iPad mini is a first indication of the possibility of the company down to the sandy beaches and variety of prices.
Patent war
Apple won the great battle of the patent war with Samsung fined sentence with payment of 800 million euros in late August. The fight did not end there. The last case of Cupertino is for the alleged plagiarism of the tablet Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1. However, away from Steve Jobs' desire to "destroy" the competition, the current CEO, Tim Cook, is more pragmatic. The recent agreement with HTC for patent is not the best example of efforts to divert litigation.
Apple Fall Bag
The most significant sign of Apple's capsizing moment is the current lack of investor. The largest technology company market value has fallen nearly 25% since hitting a record high in September, when it traded at $ 702 per share. Last week came to drop to $ 537, and since then, remains in these figures. The company continues to sell at a good pace, but the markets do not take for granted its supremacy over the medium term market.
The best market
It is not obvious that the latest Apple device is the best on the market. Samsung Apple finally has a competitor of their technological level. The iPhone 5 was criticized by conformist and not very innovative, but get in sales overcome Galaxy S III in the next quarter, according to "The Wall Street Journal," until a new model Samsung kick. A zigzag movement in the sales graphics. Before Apple did not suffer this.
The Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, said that Microsoft has surpassed the Cupertino company in the field of creativity in a new show of criticism of the new releases since Tim Cook took over the company.
"Woz" commented in an interview with "TechCrunch" that Redmond have overcome difficulties faced in recent years have focused on trying to develop advanced products. For this reason, expressed his "concern" about that Microsoft has become one of Apple's most innovative company that is developing and "clever ideas" in their laboratories.
The developer has said that you think a mistake that Apple has been keen to improve iPhone device giving out other services. Even has admitted that Windows interfaces seem "so beautiful" that gives you the feeling that the Redmond company has been reincarnated as Steve Jobs. It has not hesitated to return to be critical of the voice recognition system Siri ensuring that requires a thorough makeover.
Meanwhile, Wozniak has become the latest star of the game's promotional film Danny Trejo: "Vengeance. Woz With the Coz" unites the two protagonists in a bloody vengeance against a series of evil villains. The game will be presented on November 22.
"Woz With the Coz" is the result of the promotion of the latest film from Danny Trejo Californian actor, according to "Deadline Hollywood". In it, the actor will play a cop unjustly imprisoned and uses his release from prison to seek vengeance on his former colleagues.
The ongoing tug of war between the two companies will continue. Neither by hook or by crook, Samsung wants to negotiate "at all" with Apple as the Cupertino came with the Taiwanese HTC with a patent license agreement. And it intends to negotiate "at all."
This was considered the head of Samsung's mobile division, Shin Jong-kyun, who has said that, at present, South Korea is considering the possibility of reaching some agreement with Apple, as she has done the Taiwanese HTC this week in the heat of battle in the courts over patent infringement over the world.
As recorded by Korean news agency "Yonhap News," Jong-kyun has come out against the negocación showing with its competitor. "It may be true that HTC has agreed to pay $ 276 million to Apple, but we do not intend to negotiate at all," he says.
This war has been open since April 2011 and, if at any time someone could think that the conflict could be settled through discussions between the two, Samsung is responsible for removing this theory. Apple sued HTC in 2010, accusing the Taiwanese mobile phone company of violating patented technology for the iPhone maker. It was the first major Apple legal battle against a manufacturer that used the Google Android operating system
"Please, please keep your phones, computers, and other electronic devices off during takeoff and landing." It's a phrase that everyone who has been on an airplane heard almost as much as when maneuvering flight attendants to show what to do in a plane crash. Now, with the inclusion of new technologies like the iPad, the message may be lengthened.
According to an article in the BBC news page, this warning is because electromagnetic waves of such devices can interfere with the controls of aircraft and cause a crash. However, the path between the myth and reality of this statement is unclear. Therefore, the Aviation Authority of the United States (FAA, by the acronym) aims to review the arguments supporting the measure. If not strong enough, could be changed or even deleted.
As reported a few years ago a famous blogger scientific, Brian Dunning, the real reason has nothing to do with the FAA, but rather comes from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC stands for). According to Dunning, when you're seven or eight miles alturaen air, mobile or other electronic device need not cause any problems. "As we know after 11-S, mobile phones are working properly from the air, yet the FCC has passed a law outlawing use a phone in a commercial aircraft is not touching earth", stipulates in article.
Dunning goes further and asks a question: "If these devices were to have the potential of endangering an aircraft and take it down, then it should be equally allowed to carry on board, such as dynamite." So, give advice to readers: "When you hear something that sounds crazy, be skeptical."
The journalist Nick Bilton of "The New York Times' complaint that there is strong evidence that these technologies could impair the safety. In fact, not yet been no plane crash caused by power on an unsuspecting passenger. As reported in the BBC, Bilton has come to reveal that". Colleagues who have traveled with the president of the United States in the presidential plane Air Force One, he commented that the Secret Service would never ask anyone to turn off their devices before takeoff.
Thus, the debate has again put on the table after the company announced that American Airlines would allow cabin crew to use tablets throughout the flight.
According to a scientific expert in communication systems, the iPad emits waves that can be picked up by the airplane equipment, which are very sensitive. The BBC article states that when the scientist activated airplane mode, the tablet stopped issuing these frequencies, so according to this, the probability that a device in airplane mode causes an accident is almost nil. However, the expert is not completely disassociated from current legislation and although he does not believe that there is danger, says that when a plane takes off and lands, are the most critical in terms of safety, so "people should listen instead of ignoring warnings".
Finally the new title that combines the charismatic birds within the universe of Star Wars is already among us. If you believe that Angry Birds Space have seen it all, wait to try this new release. Meanwhile, enjoy the new trailer for Star Wars Angry Birds.
Angry Birds Star Wars is located in the original Star Wars trilogy (Episodes IV, V and VI) where the beloved birds are part of the Rebellion in an attempt to end the evil plans of the Empire, made up of evil pigs. Prepare to laugh when seeing classic characters like Luke Skywalker or Chewbacca played by these birds in a true but very fun above all. Below, the trailer for Star Wars Angry Birds showing us the new details on the gameplay:
As you have seen, the characters of Star Wars Angry Birds have new skills, many of them related to the Star Wars universe itself. From the classic and inevitable Jedi lightsaber that allow us to attack in the middle of a jump and dodge enemy fire make up the very use of force or allow us to attract more strongly impact our goals. Even the scenes are portrayed with a very true to the original series, from the hot desert Tatooine to the depths of the Death Star in the middle of the space.
Graphically the game maintains the same quality that we could enjoy Angry Birds in Space. In fact, except for the new additions in terms of gameplay and scenarios, much difference between a title and another there, yet it is still an excellent game in the Angry Birds franchise. Again, the developers of Star Wars Angry Birds is Rovio Entertainment team. The game is now available for iOS systems, Android and Microsoft Windows. And you, what are you hoping to play?
The last application for Android OS camera 4.2 allows not only to pan as the company, but also upload them to Google Maps. Thus, users of Google can help in mapping platform with 360 degree views, the style of which offers Google Street View.
Google Photo Sphere is an application that created with great precision at 360 degree panoramic images by automatically overlapping the edges of each frame. Photosynth is similar to the popular Microsoft application.
Taking Photo includes a plurality of views, comprising the sides, up and down and around, to create an authentic experience in 360 degrees. The result is similar to that obtainable with other panoramic apps designed to create, as the equivalent of Microsoft, Photosynth.
But this app is included in the latest version of Android, JellyBean, includes the ability to upload the image to Google Maps. The images appear on the platform of virtual maps of the world most important as blue circles.
When you click on them, open the user's photo, with the shooting date and signature. Can also access a virtual gallery displaying the catalog of all the images shared by internet users.
The difference to the images that users upload from Panoramio, is that Photo Sphere integrates a 360 degrees, similar to that provided in Google Street View. With this tool, photo enthusiasts can share more realistic images of various parts of the world with others.
But, in addition, may compete directly with some of the 360-degree panoramic offered by Google Street View. To do this, you must be a user account on the social network in Mountain View, Google+, through which the image will be loaded in Google Maps.
The application is available in the latest version of the Google OS, Android 2.2. The Californian company at an event yesterday presented their latest gadgets, tablet Nexus 10, along with a 32GB version of the Nexus 7, 4 and the Nexus smartphone latest JellyBean, and other applications.
The Galaxy SIII Mini is a compact version of Galaxy SIII, the flagship of the brand, and meets some (but only some) of the qualities of his older brother, as the appearance, easy and intuitive, the design or colors . But the similarities end there. The new Mini has just been introduced worldwide for the Korean company, although prices are not known.
For starters, its features, except for the fact that it incorporates Jelly Bean (Android version 4.1), closely resemble those of other terminal of the midrange Samsung, such as the S Advance. But the advantages of Jelly Bean could be reduced because of the processor, a dual core to a GHz, far from embodying the Galaxy SIII (four cores at 1.5 GHz).
The screen is four inches (it's funny how it has changed the concept of "mini" in the mobile phone), and although it is Super AMOLED with a resolution of 800x480 pixels, the density of which has fallen from the providing the S III (Mini gives 233 pixels per inch, while the S III has 305.96).
The new terminal weighs 111.5 grams and measures 12.1 inches high by 6.35 cm. wide, with a thickness of only 99 mm. Neither the camera, which drops to 5 megapixels, is the same as the S III (which is 8 megapixels). And the front, a VGA camera, is also far from the S III Original, 1.9 megapixels.
It is, in short, a new mid-range terminal of the Korean company adorned with the appearance of Galaxy S III but with far fewer benefits. That said, the new Mini perfectly fulfills the requirements of this category. It also has the Voice of Samsung S system, the voice assistant that allows you to unlock the handset with a simple command, or take action with the voice as play songs, raise or lower the volume, or start organizing calendar automatically the camera to start taking photos.
The new Mini also features other interesting features of the original S III, as Smart Stay, by which phone's camera tracks the user's eyes and keeps the screen on while looking. Or Call Direct, which allows calls automatically with just holding the phone to your ear from a text message or contacts.
A year has passed since the death of Steve Jobs, the founder and leader of Apple. In these 12 months, the company Apple has continued to advance at full throttle as a company, breaking sales records and rising as the company most valued and most valuable in the world. But, with its spectacular financial performance, some believe that the iconic image of Apple is losing steam and that without Jobs, Apple is becoming a technology company either.
In 2012 Apple has achieved brilliant results. Under the auspices of Tim Cook, who took the witness to Jobs in January 2011, Apple has grown in the last quarter by 23 percent. Also, in that time period, the Cupertino company has sold 26 million iPhones, 17 million iPads and 4 million computers.
These extraordinary numbers Apple managed to give the necessary impetus to finish with a sprint it climbs to the top of the markets. And it has been in the first year of no Jobs that Apple has become the company's most valuable private property history, surpassing the record first set by Microsoft in 1999. It was on 20 August when Apple's stock gained 2.6 percent, reaching $665.15 per share, which made the value of the company to rise to the 623,520 million.
Wall Street, which made Jobs' death spread concern for the future of the company, I could not imagine that Cook and his team with such forcefulness rebatirían fears. So much so, that Cook was even allowed to do something that ended in March of dazzle investors: dividends, something that the leadership of the company-specific Jobs had refused to do since 1995.
Although every one of the achievements that Apple has recently won the apple company has also found several bumps in the road since I was orphaned. The working conditions for factory workers iPads in China or the recent "mapgate" were some of them. Still, the most controversial mishap with which Apple has had to deal was the millionaire litigation against Samsung.
The American company sued the South Korean technology for violating various patents. Although Apple won and Samsung was ordered to pay more than 1,000 million dollars in compensation for damages, the Cupertino brand also took a blow. Basically the judge recognize that Apple and Samsung products were essentially indistinguishable led many to wonder why they paid more than triple by phone or tablet from Apple when Samsung were virtually identical.
Less rosy forecasts predicted that without Jobs, the flagship of a unique corporate culture in the world, Apple would lose its essence and direction. And though their values remain and his group of loyal fans continues to support the company unconditionally, some people are reluctant to look to Apple with the same eyes.
In recent weeks, Forbes said that Apple without Steve Jobs has "the same interest as Dell" or without the Apple visionary entrepreneur "is becoming a technology company normal."
The owners of an iPad may have what you want before you even ask. That's the goal of "Mindmeld" new "app" for Apple iPad promises to anticipate the wishes of its users, analyzing to get real-time conversations.
"This is the first application of voice call and video to iPad which understands what the user says and locate appropriate information," explains Tim Tittle, one of the creators of the project. "It sounds like science fiction, but it can work very well."
Specifically, the app calls analyze our conversations catching phrases to find information about it on the Internet. For example, if you talk about a new restaurant, "Mindmeld" will provide, once crashing, location, menu, or the valuation of other users. The reality now than fiction ...
Given the avalanche of criticism of the iOS Maps application 6, the CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, has complained in an open letter to the frustration of many users. In this sense, although the company is working to improve it, Cook recommends other mapping applications available on the App Store, as well as the websites of Google Maps or Nokia Maps.
The Maps application for Apple, but a new option mapping has become an ordeal for users. When the company announced that the application would be available with the new mobile operating system iOS 6, also specified that not all functions would be available for all models of iPhone.
So there were no surprises when it launched. However, when users downloaded iOS 6 on September 19, proved not only that they could not use some of the features of maps but was rather vague in their locations, placing cities many miles of their actual location or being unable to find directions.
100 million users downloaded the iOS 6
The team was aware of Apple, asked for patience and announced that steps were being taken to improve maps. But such was the discontent that even the Tim Cook has apologized. In a letter published on the website of Apple, the company's CEO regrets the maps has caused frustration for users and ensures the company's team is working to make the app better.
Cook continues his letter assuring that Apple have introduced the best features for maps from the first version of iOS 6 and held that 100 million users have chosen to download the new version of iOS on your Apple devices.
But while Apple improved maps, Cook encourages users to try "alternative" from the App Store. Thus, the application recommends Bing Get Me There by Microsoft, MapQuest or Waze, even "use Google Maps or accessed from their websites and create a shortcut on the screen."
"Everything we do is aimed at Apple to make our products the best in the world. We know that you expect the same from us and we will continue working nonstop until maps will match, "concluded Cook.
Again, the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco has become the global epicenter of technology. Thousands of journalists from around the world attended (or were connected) to the nth Apple event, this time to witness the live presentation of the iPhone 5, the sixth generation of the most popular mobile phone of all time.
It was not, this time, of a notice either. The thrust of Android-based phones, the arrival of new Nokia with Windows 8 and the launch of a range of handsets with two and four processor cores and large screens more than ever needed was a reaction to the brand that was able to revolutionize, with only one model, the global business of mobile telephony. And is that the iPhone, in many ways, was already being overtaken by terminals such as Samsung Galaxy S3, the new HTC ONE X, the Motorola Maxx Racer, the Nokia Lumia 820 and 920 or the last members of the Xperia family of Sony.
Apple, more than ever, needed to take a firm step and let him continue to maintain an advantage over their competitors. Hence, much of the buzz. No release of a mobile phone than an iPhone has managed, so far, hoarding covers of newspapers and radio news headers and TV from all over the planet. And this time, with the rule of embattled apple everywhere would expect.
As before, the rumors had been circulating on the net weeks. Even a commercial video course with Apple's new flagship leaked just a couple of days. New connector, possible new nano SIM card, even smaller than the current Micro SIM, screen at least 4 inches, NFC, fingerprint reader, improved camera, LTE connectivity ... As before, some of the rumors have turned out to be true while others do not. For example, no fingerprint reader, or NFC, or smaller SIM card, but a larger screen, LTE connectivity and improved screen and camera.
A large white block on a rainbow background completely occupied the front of the Yerba Buena Center. A union of the styles past and present of the brand. The app stores worldwide closed, as usual on these occasions, to reopen immediately after the presentation, with new products added.
iPhone 5
At seven one (Spanish time), Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, took the stage and the first words were, this time to Spain. Cook, in fact, showed footage of the opening of the new Apple Store in Barcelona. Apple now has 380 stores in 13 countries, has sold 17 million iPads in the last quarter alone (89 million in total, 68% of the market) and the new operating system for the Mac, the Mountain Lion, has now seven million discharge ... In terms of applications, Cook emphasizes that the App Store now has a catalog of 700,000 applications, 250,000 of which are specifically designed for the iPad.
Following the introduction, Phil Schiller, one of the heavyweights Apple took the stage and started talking about the iPhone, the central theme of the presentation. And so, without further ado, took out the new terminal of the brand of apple. An iPhone 5, of course, that at first glance looked much like the leaked images of the Internet in recent weeks. The housing, in one piece, is aluminum. And the terminal is only 7.6 mm thick and weighs only 112 grams. In fact, it is 18% thinner and 20% lighter than the iPhone 4S.
The external appearance of the phone, except for the height unchanged. At least in the front. Behind, however, presents itself to subtle differences from previous models.
The screen as rumored, is four inches. And of course integrates technology Retina Display with a resolution of 1136 x 640 pixels (326 dpi). The new screen has 44% more than the previous saturation. And the novelty of incorporating features touch sensors on the same, which has eliminated a layer and make the iPhone thinner than its predecessor. The width of the terminal remains the same as the iPhone 4S. Only grown tall. Which will continue running smoothly existing applications and adds the advantage of having a fifth row of icons always visible on the desktop (on the iPhone 4S only fit 4).
And rumors continue to confirm. The new iPhone has connectivity LTE (Long Term Evolution), popularly known as 4G, which is designed to replace the current 3G technology that allows data transfer speeds of up to 100 megabytes per second, nearly ten times the current. Unfortunately, the novelty will not, for now, to Spain, where operators have not yet begun to deploy new LTE networks. Apple has also decided to use the 1800 MHz band which, in practice, means that in many countries can not be used, since the deployment of 4G is being performed in another frequency band.
Another novelty is the chip. The iPhone 5 riding a A6 processor, according to Cook, is two times faster than the iPhone 4S A5 (and 22% smaller). Something you will notice greatly when running games. For all purposes, the new iPhone has all capabilities and a game console. And with a battery greatly improved since it becomes ten hours of operation.
New camera, more features
And we went to the camera. In principle, offers the same features as the iPhone 4S (8 megapixel), which is only up to 25% less with new features like Panorama shooting and react up to 40% faster than the previous model. Another interesting feature that was already present in several terminals of competition, is the ability to take pictures while recording a movie in HD. This time Apple itself will use Facetime, video conferencing application, via the data connection (Wifi and not only).
The new iPhone also debuts connector, it will be only 8 pins (current is 32). It's called "Lightning" and Apple announced that there will be an adapter available that will allow, among other things, make chargers that users already have at home. That's it for now, the ability to charge the iPhone and iPad (shift, of course) with the same charger.
The sound has also been improved. The iPhone 5 features three microphones (instead of two) and increased the power of the speakers. The result will be an increase in the quality of voice calls and also when playing videos or music.
iOS 6
Of course, the terminal incorporates the new version (iOS 6) Apple operating system, which allows for greater integration with iCloud applications and provides numerous improvements in the management and use of maps and the browser. The new Maps app, for example, includes more than one hundred million points of interest around the world and is capable of displaying 3D buildings. Thanks to an agreement with the popular Tom Tom, Apple can now offer their own service and guided tours and offer real-time traffic information or possible incidents on the road.
ITunes also changes completely in the new OS. From now integrate the "likes" of Facebook, will show a new look and can also activate a small player widget type.
In Spain, the new iPhone will be available in white or black, as of Sept. 28.
The new iPod
Apple took the opportunity to present also new iPod family members. A family certainly has not shared in recent years the spectacular growth of the iPhone and iPad. Quite the contrary. On one hand, the new iPod Nano 7G. More elongated, with 2.5-inch multi-touch screen. Incorporates (finally) Bluetooth. It will cost $ 149.
And on the other the new iPod Touch, with 6.1 mm thick, 88 grams, the same screen as the iPhone 5 (ie, Retina Display) and the same processor as the iPhone 4S (the A5). Listen to music for 40 hours straight, watching video for 8 hours and includes Siri, the voice recognition system from Apple.
The new Touch also incorporates a small retractable hook called "The Loop" for incorporating a belt and wear the device comfortably hanging from the wrist or neck. Its price will be, as the ability to choose (32 GB or 64 GB) of 299 or $ 399.
Attendees expected the classic and famous "one more thing ..." (One more thing ...) the phrase that led, at the time, prior to the announcement of the iPhone versions. It was expected that Apple also announced its iPad Mini, a version of the iPad at 7 inches, but Cook made no mention about it, any of the new (and apparently imminent) Apple TV, designed for many to revolutionize the world of TVs in the same way that it did with the music, telephones and personal computing.
Presented in a big way and in one of the most impactful keynotes of Apple, the iPhone 5 was released and left for half the rumors about the specifics. Thinner, lighter, more powerful and with the intention to enhance the reputation of its connectivity, the iPhone 5 is expected release date for September 21 in the U.S., Japan and other countries, where the cost will be $ 199 in 16GB version. For more information, read on.
Even with the scars and the open wound of disappointment resulting iPhone4S [teve], Apple users and all the world's media flocked to the entrance to Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, California. The iPhone gala started early and timely rumors began to break, but the scent of expectant tension pervaded the room and the thousands of attendees. The possibility of a presentation of the iPhone 5 filled up the excitement and the search for information about any little detail in advance was the scavenger hunt for reporters and fans. Nothing. Nothing more happened that 12 giant hanging on a giant screen, until minutes later this was transformed in front of the curtain which the iPhone 5 appear in the hands of Tim Cook, Apple's CEO.
Specifications of iPhone 5
First we note its structural composition, for now the iPhone 5 is 7.6mm thinner than the last. It is made of glass and aluminum, so it is not only the thinnest but also the lightest of the Apple (smartphones lighter and thinner in the world are the Huawei Ascend P1). As for weight, the new smartphone will have a net weight of 112 grams, 38 less than the iPhone 4S. The issue always remains much resistance and durability is, but we know that's not what most Apple unveils.
Processor
One of the big reasons the size and more efficient performance of the iPhone 5, is the transition between the chip A5 iPhone 4S and iPad 2, an A6 chip. According Apple, this will provide a CPU processor twice faster than the graphics A5 and two times better. As the size of this processor has been reduced by 22%, thinness could be the iPhone 5. Ah! And RAM was 1GB.
Connectivity
All this is a matter of wonder if Apple did not have to pay off outstanding debts into what makes your Smartphone connectivity with communications companies with which it does business. Thus, now the phone will be available for use in LTE, implying a connection advanced 4G give as much satisfaction was raised this phone compatible with it. The wireless connection has also been an improvement in speed, incorporating a device 802.11a/b/g/n, 2.4GHz dual 5GHz in cannel. As cherries for dessert, who buy an iPhone 5 now can choose from more companies providing telecommunications service.
Camera
What would the iPhone without their particular digital camera? Apple knows this well and although it has not changed much from the original component (8 MP sensor yf/2.4 opening) added the photo package itself a mode of dynamic lights to enhance night catches. Smart Filters also incorporated, as it serves to reduce the "noise" of the images taken. On the social and creative side, now you can take panoramic photos and send them to the network using Share Photo Streams, a kind of social network comments private family photographs. Best, to the last: for those who like conferences via FaceTime, the front camera can now face up to 720p video.
Screen, Battery and Shell
The display deserves special treatment because it is larger than the previous 4 inches. With Retina Display 326ppi promising them the 4S, jumped resolution to 1136 x 640. The battery has been fully maintained, achieving a life time of 8 hours talk time on 3G or 10 hours on LTE and Wifi (1 more than the previous model). The three microphones of iPhone 5 are also a first, as will serve to give more functionality to Siri, that with the release of iOS 6 will be radically less useless. The operating system will be clear that iOS 6 with compatibilities exalted and new aesthetic to iCloud and AppStore, among other things.
And cost models
As in previous editions of the best-selling Apple product in history, three models will be iPhone 5. The first will be 16GB, 32GB and the other 64GB more. Dollars respectively to amounts described storage, the iPhone 5 will cost $ 199, $ 299 and $ 399. A price that still remained stabilized in relation to its predecessors.
Released
As was mentioned at the conference, the glorious day for the Apple fanboy will be on September 21 in the United States, Germany, France, Australia, Canada, UK, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore. In the rest of Europe and Spain, the iPhone 5 will come just a week later, on September 28. For Latin America, when no-no specific numbers were given and possibly a third wave arriving by mid-October. The presales will be available beginning Thursday September 13th.
In addition to the iPhone 5, Apple also talked about iOS 6, the miniature version of the iPad and more we will be covering in this hour. But for now, tell us what you think of the new Apple smartphone and what you think will reception.
Can a small electronic device to make a difference in economic matters? The answer, according to a report by JP Morgan Chase, is yes: the iPhone 5 is not only the object of desire of users of new technologies, not only the smartphone that everyone will want to beat and will not be exclusively subject to all technology journalists will devote over time and space. Also be a boost for the U.S. economy.
Sales of the device could "potentially" add a quarter to half a percentage point to GDP growth in the U.S. in the last quarter of the year, according to estimates by JP Morgan Chase economist Michael Feroli and, as stated in BusinessWeek.
Any exaggeration to think that a phone can have such an impact on the economy of a country? Feroli has been based on the sales figures of the previous models Apple terminal and has established a pattern. It is expected to be sold over 8 million units in the last quarter end of 2012 (taking into account the data of the iPhone 4S, which was released in October and it was not a long-awaited device as the new model).
Feroli puts the average selling price at $ 600 (no matter that the subsidies operators: for public accounts worth $ 600 terminal), of which 200 are in import costs and 400 remain as device value in the U.S. . So in total, taking into account the number of terminals and value figures, move the device in the U.S. in the last three months of 3200 million.
