Entries by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla (6710)

Sunday
Feb082015

Android goes warm and fuzzy for its latest TV ad

The 'Be together, not the same,' motto is a recurring one for Google's Android OS and the latest TV spot celebrates diversity and togetherness by showing various animals having fun together. It's a great commercial because it proves cats can open doors and elephants and dogs can hang out together. 

Saturday
Feb072015

'Project Phire' is Corning's answer to sapphire crystal for smartphones and tablets

Corning has made four generations of Gorilla Glass which serve to protect multi-touch displays on smartphones and tablets. Since these devices are mostly glass, they need to have some durability and drop resistance and Gorilla Glass has succeeded in making this possible while continously making glass thinner and even more curved.

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Friday
Feb062015

First Ubuntu-powered smartphone comes to Europe for €169.90

One of the bigger stories of 2014 was the coming of the Ubuntu Edge powered smartphone which was (theoretically) powerful enough to be used as a desktop when plugged into a monitor, keyboard and mouse. Then, news about the the project quickly evaporated, just like that.

Now we have news that the Ubuntu phone isn't just alive, it is coming to market as the Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition by Spanish manufacturer BQ (maker of phones and tablets). Selling in Europe for €169.90. The Aquaris isn't a flagship smartphone but a budget model with dual-sim capability, no LTE and a 4.5-inch display comparable to the Lumia 530 and Moto E range type of device.

Source: The Verge 

Friday
Feb062015

Canon releases 50.6 Megapixel capable 5Ds and 5Ds R DSLRs

Just when it seemed like the DLSR camera market was going stale and falling behind the success of Interchangeable Lens Cameras (ILCs), Canon goes off and unloads a flurry of products. At the top of the heap is their new full-frame capable cameras with a whopping 50.6 megapixel capability. Also new are Dual DIGIC 6 image processors, a 3.2-inch fixed LCD, 61-point autofocus, cropped shooting mode and reduced camera shake.

They also include the EOS Scene Detection system featuring a 150,000-pixel RGB+IR 252-zone metering sensor that provides enhanced precision and performance. The cutting edge doesn't come cheap. These beasties come in June 2015 for estimated retail prices of US $3,699.00 and US $3,899.00 for the body only, respectively.