Samsung Galaxy S5 Will Come in Two Models

The case listing on Amazon for the Samsung Galaxy S5 suggests that it will come in two models a premium version and a standard version. The premium version some say will be called Galaxy S5 Prime.

The unveiling of the new flagship smartphone by Samsung will take place at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Monday February 24, 2014.

If you check an Amazon listing here, it suggests two versions of the Samsung S5 the Samsung Galaxy S5 (2014) and Galaxy S5 Prime (2014).

There are rumors that the Samsung Galaxy S5 Prime will come with a higher resolution display, 2560x1440 pixels, compared to a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels in the standard model. The Prime will also have a metallic casing.

Sony A6000 Mirrorless Camera

 
Sony's A6000 is a mirrorless camera that is pretty interesting, it has a lot of new features from its previous mirrorless camera lineup. The good news is the resolution and processor has been increased and it has an updated Hybrid AF system. 

The size of the camera is 120 x 66.9 x 45.1mm which is close to pocket size. It weigh 285g. The camera is easy to use, even the menu and function are very user friendly.

Key Features:

• 24.3 megapixel
• APS-C CMOS sensor
• Bionz X image processor
• dual dial
• wheel control
• Hybrid AF system with 25 contrast-detect and 179 phase-detect points
• Built-in flash + Multi-Interface Shoe
• maximum burst speed of 11 fps continuous shooting with subject-tracking
• 3-inch tilting LCD with 921,600 dots
• OLED EVF (electronic viewfinder) with 1.44M dots resolution
• Diffraction correction, area-specific noise reduction, and detail reproduction technology
• Full HD video recording at 1080/60p and 24p; clean HDMI output
• Wi-Fi with NFC capability
• Downloadable apps

The camera has an amazing video quality specially with its SteadyShot. A built in flash with AF-beam will really help and give you good results even in low light. The auto focus speed is 0.06 which is really fast.

Cheapest Nokia Lumia in Development

 

It was leaked online (Zauba- importation site) that Finnish smartphone manufacturer Nokia has been developing a low end Lumia handset that will be the cheapest. Nokia RM-1013, appears to be a Windows Phone that is shown with a value of INR (Rs.) 6282, which is about $100. That is a very low introductory price for a smartphone gadget and it will be the cheapest Lumia so far.

Since the price is low expect a low end smartphone when it comes to specifications but could come in handy if you want a low cost smartphone.

Nothing was mentioned about the launch date yet.

Samsung Galaxy Note III Neo, A low cost phablet

Samsung have officially launched their low-cost phablet Samsung Galaxy Note III Neo confirming the rumors that have been buzzing for months. The phablet was unveiled last Friday in Poland. The phablet aims at consumers who love large screen and are budget conscious. 

The Samsung Galaxy Note III Neo has a 5.5-inch AMOLED (720 x 1080) display which is .2 inch smaller than their flagship Samsung Galaxy Note III phablet which has 5.7-inches display. The processor is very much decent, Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex A7 (3G ver) & dual-core 1.7 GHz Cortex A15 (for LTE capable), it has 2GB of RAM and an 8-megapixel rear camera that is equipped with a LED flash. The front camera is 2-megapixels. The device has 16GB of internal storage, and expandable using a MicroSD card.

It will be available in two version: Samsung GALAXY Note 3 Neo 3G SM-N750 which doesn't support 4G/LTE and Samsung GALAXY Note 3 Neo LTE+ SM-N7505.

The smartphone will run on Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean) and will support many of the S-Pen stylus inputs and gesture operation features like the smart scroll and smart pause that track the eyes of the user to scroll up or down or pause a playing video clip.

Samsung will be providing more information on this product particularly on pricing and where will it be available at the Mobile World Congress that will be held at Barcelona on February 24.

Yahoo Tweets about Gmail Outage

If you don't live on the internet in case you've miss it, there's a Gmail outage yesterday that has caused panic online. The outage took about an hour for Google to fix the bug. The outage wreak havoc not only on Gmail accounts but also on Google+, Google Drive, and Google Sites.

On their official blog, they posted that the shutdown is caused by "an internal system that generates configurations—essentially, information that tells other systems how to behave - -encounter[ing] a software bug and generat[ing] an incorrect configuration."

While Gmail is down, Yahoo quickly grab the oppurtunity to tell everyone about the outage through Twitter.

"Gmail is temporarily unavailable" "Temporary Error (500)"

Yup, it's funny. Later, Yahoo apologize for that Tweet, which I think is not necessary. Yahoo Tweeted after:


"The @Yahoo Twitter handle is used by our editorial team to inform about news and events."

"Earlier today, a tweet that reflected bad judgment was posted and has been deleted. We apologize to @Google and the @Gmail team,"

Google Smart Contact Lens for Diabetic

Google's smart contact lens prototype will monitor the glucose levels in tears. One of the biggest health problem today is Diabetes, and having a monitor that wouldn't require to prick your fingers to draw blood will be really helpful.

The prototype contact lens has sensor between two layers of lenses that measures the glucose levels in tears. There is a minute pinhole in the lens that let fluid to seep in and the glucose monitor will analyze the glucose levels in the tears.

It also have a small antenna, capacitor and controller, to transmit the data to a smartphone or any handheld monitor, where that data can be read and analyzed.

CES 2014: Wearable Technology

LAS VEGAS — Wearable gadget is the hottest trend at the 2014 CES (Consumer Electronics Show) conference at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Here are some of it:

Epson Moverio BT-200 - Moverio BT-200 is an upgraded version of EPSON Moverio BT-100, it will have dual projectors and will project images directly to both lenses.


Epson will be offering  the Moverio BT-200 directly on Amazon for $699 starting in March.

Garmin Vivofit - Garmin Ltd is a GPS company that offers GPS technology across diverse markets, including aviation, marine, fitness, outdoor recreation, tracking and mobile apps. Their latest offering is the Vivofit, it is their first fitness tracker. They will be joining Jawbone and Fitbit to act as your personal trainer.

The Vivofit will track the location where you run and how long you run. It will also set goals for you.

As for Fitbit, they hire fashion designer Tory Burch to update their products design to look less like a Livestrong bracelet and more like a high-end accessory.

CSR Bluetooth Jewelry - the high-tech Jewelry can be customized on your preferred color and brightness. It can be linked to Apple Notification Center Service on iOS 7, if you receive an email or text a notification will be sent to the necklace.

                                   
Pebble Steel - is a new smart watch with a classic design. It comes with a steel or leather straps instead of rubber or silicone. The company also said that they have a Pebble app store were you can customize your watches. There will be a dedicated downloadable section that will appear in the Pebble app for both Android and iOS.

Smart Earbuds from Intel - Intel CEO Brian Krzanich presented a pair of earbuds that offers a lot. It is powered by your phone's headphone jack, it can detect your heartbeat, so if you are not working hard enough it will give you an upbeat song to keep you pumped.