Next Generation Pebble watches expected to have Bluetooth 4.0

The new Kickstarter project received an unparalleled reaction from the fans, so to maintain the fan following, it was upgraded with additional functionalities. Allerta, the company responsible for the creation of InPulse smartwatch, promoted the arrival of their new Pebble smartwatch. These new watches are said to still be able to communicate through Bluetooth 2.1 as their predecessors, but now the newest, low-power Bluetooth 4.0 is also included. This inclusion secures the future of the gadget, which is already looking bright with the prospect of attaching wireless heart monitors, soon. This new vision will be realized and integrated into these smartwatches before it goes public and afterwards the device will be enabled with software update. The company also guarantees that these plans are already under progress and has no effect on the release date.

About Kyocera’s Hydro; a Waterproof Smartphone

Kyocera smartphones have been quite popular but since the last two efforts of it including the Milano and Echo didn’t attract the expected amount of consumers in the US market, it’s been some time since we saw any phone from Kyocera. Recently, the company added two fresh Android handsets to its collection. The innovative handsets are branded as Hydro and Rise. As the name implies, Hydro is a waterproof set and even though it is not mil-spec, it has the ability to resist submersion with the deepness of up to one meter for half an hour. Hydro is also a CDMA handset.

Hydro will have Ice Cream Sandwich OS and the interface is treated highly well, conserving for Kyocera’s app to have longer battery life—if the carrier will impose future modifications remains to be witnessed. Other than the OS and the waterproof characteristic, however, it’s rather dull in the spec unit. These features include: a Qualcomm MSM865 SoC with a 1Ghz CPU, a three point five inch, 480 x 320 display, a 3.2 megapixel camera with a plus point of LED flash and a 1,500 mAh battery. The class is certainly above your run of the mill TFT-LCD mainstays due to the PLS LCD screen. It is hard to overlook the low-resolution image quality. The Hydro also contains 512MB of Ram, 2GB of built in storage and a 2GB mircroSD card. As far as connectivity is concerned, you’ll discover 802.11n (WiFi), Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and EV-DO Rev. A.

Even the Hydro doesn’t show any new qualities, it might be good for those who’re on a financial plan and want a phone that can survive accidents.

Half Life 2 Brought In Virtual Reality Headset by Fourth Dimension Displays

Fourth Dimension Displays, Kopin’s subsidiary accountable for new micro displays, is found in all your camcorders and military gears (as said by many), and is not something you can easily ignore.

Customers will definitely be more excited about outfit’s new idea, rather than it’s above mentioned use. Company’s new department is made to see the potential scenarios where OEMs can make use of these micro displays, like E3 demo of last year.

The designed setup includes a well protected helmet covering two of SXGA micro displays of the company, having dimensions 1280 x 1024. These displays are further connected to drivers that are then linked to a gaming PC.

Where last year, head tracking was done using the helmet, this time, something different is being done. This year, an air mouse attached to a plastic gun does the job of controlling movements on the display. The mouse and the gun are glued together, but certainly do not look a perfect combination. With all its flaws, however, the grouping provided an excellent scenario in Half Life 2, where it amazingly helped trap the soldiers in the trenches.

However, to further confirm the news, watch the video about it for yourself or visit any relevant gallery.

Canon PowerShot D20 ruggedized point-and-shoot Camera

To be released in May, PowerShot D20 is the latest underwater camera by Canon. It is claimed, and expected, that D20 will cover all shortcomings found in its precursor, power shot D10, which was the first underwater cam by Canon.

Although, D10 delivered fine picture quality it was not feasible to be used for surface based shoots owing to its bulky design. Canon D20, on the other hand, is a huge improvement as far as design is concerned but nothing can be said about its picture quality unless it is tested and used. Nevertheless, since the prototype delivered quality photos it is most probable that D20 will be better in this regard as well.

Canon Power Shot D20 Specifications:

D20 includes;

  • A resolution of  12.1-megapixel HS (high-sensitivity) CMOS sensor
  • A bright 3-inch LCD and a 5x 28mm optically stabilized zoom lens
  • It has a waterproof  depth of 33 feet
  • The cam is reasonably durable and remains unharmed even if dropped from a height of 5 feet
  • Its temperature tolerance ranges from 14 degrees to 104 degrees Fahrenheit
  • There’s also a top sensitivity of ISO 3200, and a built-in GPS.

The D20 holds fairly straightforward functions and will be available at a price of $349. We are expecting a lot better results from this model; it is found worth considering seriously.

Nintendo Issues Its Periodical Earning Report, Revealing 61% Decrease in Profits

As Nintendo issued the periodical report of its profits, the atmosphere turned grim. According to reports, the company earned around ¥40.9 billion $631.6 million during the October-December months, revealing an overall 61% decrease in the profits. It came like a thunderbolt since the months were expected to be pretty profitable, for the gaming giant; it was hoped the company will make around $12.9 million during that period.

The predictions have taken a turn now as manufacturers now forecast a $580 million worth operating deficit for the entire year. Nintendo blames the downturn on drooping 3DS sales, which made the company, cut down on costs. Moreover, the President, Satoru Iwata, revealed to reporters recently that the company intends to introduce their latest Wii U console throughout US, Europe, Australia and Japan somewhere at the end of 2012.

Numark Releases Latest 4Trak DJ controller

According to reports, Numark takes on the world of NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) by coming out with yet another gadget namely the Traktor specific 4 Trak DJ controller before the show could do so. This latest device is somewhat similar to the N6 and N7 Serato based gadgets by Numark, which previously ruled the market. It’s little wonder why they decided to create new mixing software; the need to dominate the market is strong in this company.

Features include a four channel mixer, four deck controller, high resolution platters, touch strip track search and a genuine flight deck with awesome hardware on board. It supports a build-in “FX Kommand Console”, which is something to look forward to. This does seem pretty much worth the excitement it has generated among music fanatics. You can check out more details online, in case you intend to invest in this device. The expected retail price for the DJ controller is around $1099; however, that comprises a custom Traktor version.

P2P Network Technology, Fishlinq announced by Qualcomm

Are you willing to receive some music tracks form the music CD which has not yet been published or released and you will be done through the Wireless network technology at the most unprecedented concert! When the number of people and users will go to thousands and hundreds at the concert, it will be pretty difficult for all of them to connect to the server or client at the same time. But, this has become possible with the Qualcomm promising the worldwide users for its new P2P network technology which will be better known as Fishlinq which will work effectively to receive data and share content in the most localized manner.

Though the WiFi Detect was also made for the same purpose but the company ensures further from this facility which is boasting of connecting and sharing with even the cellular networks at the same time. The company is currently working with SK Telecom, Korea to develop the networking module and it will take some trial tests at the end of this year. If the experiment carries through, Qualcomm will definitely ask its partners to build such awesome tool.

Hackers can steal your passwords through iPhone security hole

This news will just get you into the hurdle of accessing your all the personal pass codes of Amazon, emails and Wi-Fi on the iPhone. The news came from the Fraunhofer University, Germany which has discovered a method which can retrieve your entire password without ant personal authorization from the user or the owner.

The benefit for you here is that the attack is not possible through remote means. But, just think what will happen if you have lost your mobile phone? The attackers will run the software of encryption and he will get all the passwords of social networking websites, your emails and other accounts of Wi-Fi which will just frustrate you. Once it is done, he can ask for the password change. Physical access to the phone is a must for accomplishing this task of hacking all the personal pass codes.

All the iOS devices are at the stake of hacking which is running the latest firmware update to their device. It is suggested that you should get glued to the device until your iPhone Guru does not teach you the step by step process of removing your passwords for the emails, social networks and Wi-Fi. This will undoubtedly show you the reliability and the security status of your iPhone.

[Source: http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2011/02/10/iphone-security-breach-gives-hackers-access-to-your-private-data/]

Sudden announcement of LG Optimus 3D

Just be in the market for the new announcements which comprised of many innovative and latest Smartphone, tablets and iPhones. Here, the report confirms that LG has suddenly announced its LG OPtimus 3D at the Mobile World Congress which was seen as the surprise gift to many folks. A few weeks ago the rumor was on the lips that the company is preparing to design this ultimate product and thereafter, the leaked reports of its launch were in the market. But this is the time that the company has announced its official launch at the MWC.

All we know are the certain specs such as the first mobile with 4.3 inch glass free and 3 D display, incorporating 1 GHz dual core processor. The users will be having dual channel memory and Texas Instruments OMAP 4 chipset. Also, the set will have DLNA content sharing feature with an option of HDMI output.

So, the LG has shared this much idea about its specs! Just go and enjoy the news for the recent launch which is offering you 3D without glass.

Android users visiting more websites and the Symbian scored for the Facebook, survey reported

On the daily usage of mobile phones and internet browsing on the mobile phones, tablets and Smartphone, the report comes from the desk of GfK Network Intelligence that Android users are at the top in browsing the websites daily with vesting 9.1 sites. The followers are the iPhones with 8 websites per day, RIM’s Blackeberry with some lower 5.7 websites per day. But, who is at the last? Just guess it and you will be doomed to think such. Yes. It is none other than the Symbian users who just use 5.2 websites visiting daily with no improvement. It all goes that the owners of the Symbian mobiles are not using the device as Smartphone rather they are just having it as the dumb phones.

The report further confirmed that people also relied on the size of the screen rather visiting 2.8 websites on the daily basis with 2 inch screen. O the other hand, they just visited 10.4 websites with 4 inch or more screen sizes.

The data was also for the visit of social networking platforms of Facebook which was topped by Symbian users with 24 %, 17% for iPhone, 16% for Blackberry and here, Android scored the last position with 13% of stats. Here, it should also be noted that the Facebook application in Android, Blackberry and iPhone is more robust and speedy as compared to the Symbian which feels very clunky.

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