Wednesday
Nov282012

Samsung's ATIV Smart PC Windows 8 tablets convert to Ultrabooks

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Samsung's relentlessly pursuing the Windows 8 tablet market with the recently released ATIV Smart PC tablets that can run Windows 8 (not Windows RT) and operate as standalone tablets or as 11-inch Ultrabooks with accessory tablets.

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Wednesday
Nov282012

Samsung launches premium Windows 8 compatible Ultrabooks 

 

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Samsung Canada revealed a series of Windows 8 enabled premium Ultrabooks under the Series 9 and Series 5 line. They also revealed their ATIV Smart PC 11.6-inch tablets which can work as Ultrabooks with optional keyboards. Also launched for the holiday buying season was a new 23-inch all-in-one PC with multi-touch capabilities as well as gesture control. Stay tuned for detailed video demos of all the new Windows 8 Samsung

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Wednesday
Nov282012

The Apple Beat: 5 Technologies Apple pioneered that became tech standards  

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple gets a lot of flack for dropping and discontinuing technologies from their products. They also get criticized for pushing new standards forward, some of these stick and the industry adopts them

They are known as much for their innovations as they are for their exclusions. Here are are some technologies that Apple pioneered which were eventually adopted by the rest of the industry.

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Tuesday
Nov272012

Olloclip 3-in-one photo lens solution for iPhone 5 now available

olloclip introduces the award-winning 3-in-1 photo lens solution for the Apple iPhone 5.  The patented quick-connect iPhone 5 lens is now available in black, red and white colors at olloclip.com and retails for $69.99 USD.

The olloclip for iPhone 5 contains three lenses for fisheye, wide-angle and macro shots in one small, convenient package.  This International CES Innovations 2013 Design and Engineering Awards Honoree is half the size and weight of the average car key and easily fits in a pocket and in the palm of the hand making it the perfect camera accessory.

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