Rabu, 03 Agustus 2011

Nexus S

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The Nexus S is a smartphone co-developed by Google and Samsung and manufactured by Samsung Electronics. It is the first smartphone to use the Android 2.3 "Gingerbread" operating system, and the first Android device to support NFC in both hardware and software. This is the second time that Google has worked with a manufacturer to produce a phone, the first being the HTC Nexus One. The base version of the phone is the GT-I9020 and it is based on the Samsung Galaxy S hardware, the principal hardware differences being the absence of support for a SD card and the addition of a near field chip

The Nexus S was demonstrated by Google CEO Eric Schmidt on November 15, 2010 at the Web 2.0 Summit. Google officially announced the phone on their blog on December 6, 2010. The phone became available for purchase on December 16th in the US and on December 22nd in the UK.

In May 2011 Sprint introduced its Nexus S in the US. Unlike the T-Mobile version, the Sprint Nexus runs on its WiMax 4G network.

Also in March 2011 Vodafone released a white version of the phone on its web store in the UK.

In the United Kingdom, unlike the Nexus One, which was sold through Vodafone UK only, the Nexus S is sold through the Carphone Warehouse and is available on the Vodafone UK, O2 UK, T-Mobile UK and Orange UK networks.

In India, Samsung has officially announced sale of the unlocked version with Super LCD screen, which will support all GSM-based carriers throughout the country,

In Canada the Nexus S became available at most carriers in April 2011 in two versions, one for Telus/Koodo, Bell/Solo, Rogers/Fido/Chat-r with 3G frequencies 850/1900/2100MHz, and the other for Wind/Mobilicity/Vidéotron, using 3G frequences 900/1700/2100. 

Senin, 27 Juni 2011

Pentax Q

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The Pentax Q is the smallest interchangeable lens camera on the market. And, just like the company's famously diminutive Auto 110 SLR from the late 70's, it achieves this by embracing a smaller format than its peers. Being built around a 1/2.3" sensor, the Q is a fraction of the size of even the smallest existing mirrorless cameras and is the first really pocketable model (though the protruding lens still means that'll have to be the pocket of your jacket, rather than your shirt or trousers).
To make clear what the rather opaque 1/2.3" figure actually means, it equates to a surface area of around 28mm2. This is around 1/8th the size of the sensor used in Micro Four Thirds cameras and 1/13th the size of the the APS-C format sensor in Sony's NEX. The advantage of this is that the lenses for the Q mount can be made a lot smaller than those for other systems, but the downside is that the image quality is more likely to resemble that of a compact camera than a DSLR.
You can glean a lot about Pentax's approach to the Q from the lenses it has announced: a 47mm equivalent F1.9 prime lens for the enthusiasts but accompanied with a healthy dose of fun in the form of two fixed focal length 'toy' lenses (a wide-angle and a telephoto version, both sub-$100). On the fun side of things there will also be a fisheye lens or, at the more serious end, a 28-83mm equivalent standard zoom with a built-in shutter, allowing flash sync at any shutter speed.
Coupled with the 47mm equiv. prime or the standard zoom the Q, with its sturdy magnesium-alloy build, appears to be offering an alternative take on the photographers' compacts such as the Canon G12, Olympus XZ-1 and even the Ricoh GRD. However, the fact that it can take different lenses means that in a matter of seconds it can be converted into a fun little camera that should still offer a more satisfying shooting experience than a mobile phone and image processing app.
And the Q is no toy camera, despite its modest sensor size it boasts a magnesium alloy body with rubber front coating, a 460,000 dot LCD on the rear and raw output in the DNG format. Interestingly, Pentax bucks the recent trend of trying to attract point-and-shoot users by removing those intimidating buttons with all those mysterious symbols on them, and includes plenty of external controls.

Lytro Camera

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A company by the name of Lytro is certainly garnering quite a bit of attention. They claim to have put the finishing touches on a technology with the potential to completely revolutionize the photography industry. The Lytro camera — not yet on the market — will be the first camera to ever capture the entire light field of a photo.
The cameras on the market today require focusing on a specific point before taking a shot. Then, they capture the all the lighting for that focused area and count it as one source of light. Lytro defines the light field as “all of the light traveling in every direction in every dimension”. The Lytro camera can gather up all this light information, take the shot, and enable the user and even viewers of the photo to actually adjust the focus of the picture afterwards. There is nothing like this to date.
Light field technology is not only for adjusting the focus of a photo. It dramatically helps in other areas of photography, too. When the camera is able to gather the entire light field of a photo, this information helps take a great picture in low light areas without the need for a flash. For many years now, camera manufacturers have been slowly improving low light sensitivity of photos by using larger sensors to decrease noise. With the light field technology in play, lighting is no longer an issue.  

Nokia N9

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Nokia N9 is the latest product from Nokia that carries the first MeeGo OS, where OS is claimed to make all functions become much simpler. In Nokia N9, the Finnish mobile phone manufacturers are focused to the needs of their users: application functionality, notification, and transfer between applications. Nokia N9 in Indonesia itself has not in the know, but if we see from the specifications and features are on offer my predictions the price will be more even than the previous price of the Nokia N8.
Nokia N9's development team add a new element in terms of phone design, software development, as well as UI development. N9 would now have a very simple gesture. Where the user simply sliding the screen with your finger when you want to switch applications.
Unibody design:
Nokia N9 has a unibody designs like N8. With a size of 3.9-inch AMOLED screen, icon on display on the screen looks quite clear and bright. Body Nokia N9 carved from polycarbonate material. HP comes in three colors: the black, cyan, and magenta with a capacity of 16GB and 64GB MMC. HP is also well equipped with 8-megapixel Carl Zeiss camera.
Not using the button:
Nokia N9 is not equipped with physical buttons around the screen. The user is fully uses the touch of a finger gestures, like sliding and double tap.
Three Homescreen:
Homescreen Nokia N9 Includes 3 parts namely: the application menu, feeds and social networking notifications including calendars, schedules, sms and so on, and view running applications to facilitate the transfer application.
Browser Speed:
For business Browsing Nokia N9 claimed is faster than previous Nokia phones. With WebKit technology 2, the web pages feel more responsive. Besides browsing capabilities also been supported N9 HTML5 technology.
Be Digital Wallet:
In addition to functioning as a smart phone, Nokia N9 has also been equipped with digital dompat technology called Near Field Communication (NFC). With this the user will simply get closer to the machine N9 NFC to make payments.

Rabu, 25 Mei 2011

doodle 4 google

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Welcome to Doodle 4 Google, a competition where we invite K-12 students to use their artistic talents to think big and redesign Google’s homepage logo for millions to see. At Google, we believe that dreaming about future possibilities leads to tomorrow’s leaders and inventors, so this year we invited U.S. kids to exercise their creative imaginations around the theme, "What I’d like to do someday…"
Whether students wanted to find a cure for cancer or take a trip to the moon, it all started with art supplies and some 8.5" x 11" paper. One lucky student artist, Matteo Lopez, has taken home a $15,000 college scholarship and $25,000 technology grant for his school. In addition, his artwork will appear on the Google.com homepage for millions to see.