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Vox is Kobo’s first step towards the World of Tablet. Kobo has been a small Canadian Company and has worked with Companies like Amazon, Bernes & Noble and Sony and has given competition in the products like eReader Touch Edition.
The Kobo Vox is an Android tablet which is reasonable and affordable for the people. It has an internal memory of 8 GB and also has slots for additional external memory. The Vox consists of the eReading application and also has the e book store. GetJar can be accessed through the e book which can be used for downloading free apps.
The Kobo Vox eBook does not have any of the unique features apart from an affordable price if compared to the Kindle Fire. There is nothing to be called exceptional in this android tablet.
The Kobo Vox E Book also faces certain drawbacks related to the speed as the books do not load in the speed they should. The screen does not respond well and the battery life, which occupies the main space in the review, is only OK. There is only one cable which helps in charging as well as transferring files which makes the work quite difficult. Thus, the tablet cannot be marketed as a perfect Android.
The Kobo Vox E Book Weighs up to 14.2 ounces and has an in built memory of 8 GB and can Support external memory through micro SD cards up to 32 GB. The Kobo Vox is the only E Book with a Wi Fi but no Bluetooth. The screen resolution is 1024 x 600 pixels and consists of an anti glare coating. The Device also has a standard USB port for external memory and for transferring files.
Another feature that leave the Vox behind in the race is that it has a processor of only 800 MHz where as Kindle fire and Nook’s tablet give the 1 GHz Dual Core processors with 1 GB RAM, where as the Vox provides a RAM of only half a Gigabyte.
Though these features bring the Kobo Vox E book down in the market of ebooks there is nothing to be said as bad about the Tablet but at the same time there is nothing so great to boast on it also. Being an Android it has the access to android 2.3 Gingerbread and also 15000 free android apps but those are only through the GetJar and thus this Tablet cannot be called a complete Android also.
Kobo is working for making the Vox better and is trying to come over the drawbacks which will happen over a period of time and then it might also catch the market of eBooks and can be rated well amongst the competitors.
Huawei’s U8860 Honor is a Smart phone introduced by Huawei creating a debut in Asia in Q4 model and is also named as Glory. With this Gadget Huawei has tried to prove in the market that they can easily run in the competition of the android Smart phones in the present day market.
Let’s see what are the good things about Huawei U8860 Honor.
1. The user interface is an easy to use one and consists of Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread operating system.
2. The 130 mAh Battery promises a good back up for long talking hours and also a battery life of Three days.
3. The Phone is good in its looks and can be called sweet as it is just 4.8 inches tall and 2.4 inches wide as far as the size of the phone is considered. It is not sleek though, as its thickness comes up to 0.43inch and would weigh around 4.9 ounces. The phone has rounded corners and straight sides.
4. The phone can be seen in six colors in the market, i.e. Glossy Black, Textured Black, Burgundy, Elegant White, Vibrant Yellow and Cherry Blossom Pink. `
5. The Huawei Honor’s display is of 480 x 854 resolutions and 4.0′ Complete touch Display which is covered with a not so wide, thin chassis which is 10.8 mm thick.
6. The Huawei is equipped with Qualcomm 1.4 GHz single core processor, 512 MB RAM and 4 GB of internal storage. Apart from the Micro SD slot, the phone also has a micro USB ports which can be used to add additional storage.
7. The phone has an 8 Megapixel camera on the rear and 2 megapixel camera in the front for video chats.
8. The thin and small phone gives a good feeling when held as it is light weighted also. The Hardware is built with good qualities and the Speakers are also loud and clear.
9. The Unlock Screen looks like an Ice Cream Sandwich and the software is a very stable one accessing which is like a smooth fluid.
Admit it, everytime you go for a vacation that did not goes well and you need to stay in your hotel rooms, you must be thinking of the fun that you left behind; your gaming consoles. Now, you can bring them anywhere you like thanks to a product by Project GAEMS. The Gaems G155 is capable of turning your Xbox 360 or PS3 into a portable game station for your gaming needs on the go.
It is claimed as the world’s first true personal gaming environment by the company, and this means that you do not need any add-ons to it. Shaped like a laptop but with more stylish and rugged design embedded, it has a 15.5-inch High Definition display with HDMI connection that spells crisp and bright displays for your gaming. This also means that you can play your games in a 720P HD display for total immersion without any lag. In addition, you can fully control the audio and video settings so that it is up to your liking. If you are afraid that other people will be disturbed with the sound your game makes, the G155 has dual headphone jacks for you to plug in your gaming peripherals and bring you to your own gaming world.
It is really easy to bring the G155 around as it has a grip handle designed for greater mobility. It is also TSA-approved for travel so you can bring them for your overseas travel. Made from a sturdy material, G155 will ensure that your gaming consoles to be safe and secure from any harm during travel. The G155 not only stores your gaming console, it also offers complete storage compartments where you can put all your cables and gaming accessories inside.
For those who love playing their PS3 and Xbox360, the G155 is the ultimate companion. It is currently priced at $299 which is a great price for a great product. There is also a marvellous deal running in the Microsoft Store where you can get the G155 and an Xbox 360 (250 GB) for just under $500. The deal is great for those who want to start playing console games and believe me, this is the one deal that you must not miss!
With G155, you can bring your Xbox and PS3 anywhere. Bring them to parks, during picnics and barbecue parties, or play them at the libraries when you are bored and need a break. The G155 truly evolve your gaming consoles to be the true personal game station for gaming geeks.
The all-new Amazon Kindle Fire that has been greatly improved for the use of the community today has really taken the world by storm. Thousands of it are sold every day and its various features really attracts potential buyers to purchase them. However, the same cannot be said for those who are experts in the usability area.
According to Jakob Nielsen, known as the guru of web usability in the USA, he found out that Amazon Kindle Fire is not up to his expectations. According to him, there are a lot of limitations in this tablet device and it is amazing how Amazon is still able to rake huge profits from selling this Amazon Kindle Fire.
His study is based on various aspects but the main objective of the study is to find whether the Amazon Kindle Fire will be able to be used effectively and efficiently without causing any problems. One of the aspects being studied upon is on its hardware. One of its limitations is that the Kindle Fire cannot be used in a prolonged time. This is because it will strain the arms and can lead to cramps. It is also found out that the 7-inch display screen is a bit too big for normal use. It is too big to be hold in one hand and it is too awkward to be used using both hands. Like Nielsen said, it is a device that is an awkward fusion of a tablet and a smart phone.
Aside from the hardware problem, software problems are also present inside the Amazon Kindle Fire. The most glaring error is the tablet only runs on a specific version of Android. This means that the applications being developed for the Apple’s iPad 2 (using iOS) or Samsung Galaxy Tab (using Android) will not be usable in the Kindle Fire. It will be hard to attract developers to create applications for the Amazon Kindle Fire because of the dominance of Android and iOS nowadays. That being said, the target audience for the Amazon Kindles are also really small, and this will hinder potential developers.
Despite the many limitations, the Amazon Kindle Fire is still a hot item in the market. Perhaps not everyone have the same poor experience like Nielsen and different people also has different tastes. If you are not fond of the Amazon Kindle Fire because of its limitations, there are always other version of Kindles that may be suitable for your taste.
LG (Life’s Good) is eagerly Awaiting CES (Consumer Electronic Show) 2012 as they are excited to boast of their new launch in the television sector, bringing new experiences for the people and making their life even more Good. LG wants to keep it roll on with its incredible and awesome Television sets.
LG is coming up to make people experience the World’s largest 3D Phenomenon and a perfect 3D Ultra Definition TV set. This TV is the First of its kind and LG has again made it for lining up at CES keeping up the product high in innovation. This LG’s 3D Ultra Definition TV gives a new combo of 3D technology and Smart TV Functionality with UD Technology.
This LG’s 3D Ultra Definition TV boasts up to 3840 x 2160 pixel resolution. This resolution is four times any other 3D TV as per the recent technology. The LG TV Sets usually follow a Slim and Narrow Bezel Design and it is done the same way with the Design of this TV and also has a sleek touch in its looks. It is 84 inches in screen size and has 8 million pixels.
The LG 3D Ultra Definition TV comes up with a set of passive 3D Glasses. The set also has unique feature in which the user can select a 3D Film of his or her choice from the catalogue which is present in the TV and is called the 3D Zone. Not only this, the TV has 1200 different kinds of applications stored in it and can be accessed by the user through the set. Apart From TV, the Remote also has many new features for recognizing commands like wheel, voice, point, magic and gesture which is all together enabled in one. The LG 3D ultra Definition TV provides the experience of the present day Movie Theatres. The TV also gives our features like 3D Depth control which can help in controlling the 3D effect and the 3D Sound Zooming can come up with great 3D sound and a rivalry to the best home theatre systems in the present day market.
Though no mention on the prices have been made yet, but soon the product would reveal its value at the CES which will be taking place soon. The complete set can be viewed and analyzed during the CES preview shortly. This new era of Ultra Definition Technology TV’s can soon obsolete the full High Definition 1080 pixels Technology and bring in a new generation for the Home Entertainment.
Samsung Galaxy Note is clearly the hottest mobile phone in the final quarter of 2011. In just two months, Samsung has delivered more than one million Samsung Galaxy Notes worldwide and it is greatly expected that the number will increase during this festive season of Christmas and New Year.
The Samsung Galaxy is a really great device worthy of its sales figure. It is a 5.3 inch smartphone-tablet fusion which can works both ways. You can use like a tablet where you it comes with a tablet pen for scribbling and taking notes during your class, or you can also use it like a normal smartphone where you can operate it using your finger. It can also be used like a normal phone, where it can make and receive calls and send text messages.
Samsung Galaxy Note is also a masterpiece by Samsung. It has a 1.4GHz CPU that is really powerful and capable to do processes at blazing speed without any lag and Super AMOLED display for crisp and bright display. Not only that, it also has an 8-megapixel camera as well as a front 2-megapixel camera for a clear video call. It is a perfect device for use of work and fun.
The current OS version being used by the Notes are perfect for the device, where you can scroll through pages effortlessly and you can take and watch beautiful photos and videos without any stutter or loss of pixel. The Notes will gain more appealing features when it will receive an upgrade to Android 4 or also known as Ice Cream Sandwich next year. The Notes are chosen as among the first to receive the upgrade mainly because of the sales figure that is on the rise.
The rapid sales of the Galaxy Note are especially noticeable in Europe and Asia where in most stores, the Notes were sold out in less than a week. The sales figure is expected to increase steadily in the coming year where it will finally be available in the US. The Samsung smartphones on the ‘Galaxy’ line are really popular among the smartphone users around the world. It has the latest specifications available for these devices and the best operating system aside from the iOS that is exclusive for Apple iPhone. The simple and sleek design of the Notes is also one of the selling points of the device. It is not impossible that the Galaxy Note will be the starting point of Samsung to make a big impact in the mobile gadgets industry.
Thousands of web applications are being produced each day all over the world. Some of them are revolutionary, but most of them are just an imitation of what’s available. There is also an imitation that works better than the one that it imitates, improving its features and uses. However, as like most web applications, these higher quality web applications may be buried inside the internet because of poor advertising and low budget given.
Here, we will show you some of the web applications available in the internet that are cool and helpful in their own way.
Love instant messaging but scared of your messages to be intercepted along the way? Cryptocat eliminates this threat where it provides a great and private instant messaging to its users. It works by starting a chatroom with a name and send people the url of the chatroom to join. Any chats will be encrypted and deleted after the chatroom is inactive for 60 minutes and no chat history will be saved.
Love challenges? Then Aherk! will be the best application for your usage. Firstly, you will need to define a goal, what to achieve and then set a deadline for the goal to be completed. Then, upload a compromising picture into Aherk! that will be posted to Facebook if you fail to achieve the goal. After the deadline expires, your Facebook friends will vote whether you have achieved the goal or not. If you have trustworthy Facebook friends and motivated by fear, this will be the best web applications to get your goals done.
There have been a lot of applications that sync your contacts but few have reached the effectiveness of Cloudtact. It has the ability to sync contacts from all your devices and let your contacts do the hard work of updating their information. Just ask your friends to Cloudtact and then Cloudtact will keep everything up-to-date.
A simplified version of the Photoshop, Pixlr is incredibly useful where its response time are marvellous, given the limited resources of using a web application. It is hard to notice any slowdowns while using this web application and Photoshop users will have a great time using Pixlr. This is because it has the same keyboard shortcuts as Photoshop. There are also other features like multiple layer support, blending modes and multiple filters and adjustment. If you cannot afford to buy Photoshop, Pixlr is the way to go.
There will always be something new in the technology industry. New gadgets, cool mobile phones and smart phones and innovative applications; some of them are greatly expected to match its users’ expectation. Some managed to do it successfully while some failed miserably along the way. Here we have a list of some tech things of the year that did not go as expected.
Perhaps the most anticipated gadgets of 2011 simply choose not to exist in this year. All the rumours and speculations about how good and advanced the new iPhone 5 will be were all gone down the drain as Apple has chosen not to introduce it this year. Instead, the new iPhone 4S was launched and even though it received critics such as ‘an old gadget with old specifications’, it is still favourable among the Apple fans.
Being said as the best and fastest HTC smartphone during its launch, it failed in a really bad way. It did have a blazing data speed thanks to its network provider, Verizon, but it is also the fastest HTC smartphone in battery drainage (and it still is).
The company behind BlackBerry will need to forget about 2011 fast and move to the next year. Everything seems to fail for RIM this year. The BlackBerry Playbook failed to meet its user’s expectations, the new Blackberry 10 OS has a problem with its trademark, and the long awaited new and revolutionary OS from Blackberry is still being put on hold. RIM also experienced its longest network blackout in the company’s history, but it is nothing compared to the next company after this one.
The PlayStation Network (PSN) by Sony had its worst network outage in history too. The outage lasted more than a month and the company had to face the wrath of its users, particularly PlayStation 3 users who cannot play their games online. Sony tried to do a campaign to attract their customers back to use the PSN, but the damage had already been done.
webOS is a really anticipated operating system by HP. However, after the TouchPad’s failure to meet the critic’s expectation and the bad sales, HP killed the webOS even before it had the chance to improve. However, it is expected that the webOS will have a second life thanks to its massive potential in the future applications and devices.
Hundreds of new apps are published in the AppStore everyday and not all of them are able to provide the best experience for its users. Some are lacking in features, full of bugs, not compatible with older devices and many more reasons. However, those apps which are really good will be remembered and downloaded by many iPhone and iPad users. Here, we will see the top iOS apps that were built and published in the year 2011.
Firstly will be the Tweetbot, a Twitter client for iPhone. When it is first published in April, it proved that even in a congested market with many rivals, a new application can still have a breakthrough. Its ease of use and tons of features which includes advanced gesture support are the main selling point for this application.
W.E.L.D.E.R is another good example of an app inside a congested market. It is a word game that is simple but appealing to its users; build words by swapping letters on a board and when you run out of swap, it will be game over. It is simple to play, easy to learn, hard to master and good for those on-the-go; an instant classic in the word game category.
For those who love photography and multimedia, Super 8 is a must in your iPhone and iPad. It turns the device into a super 8mm camera that is really useful for those who want to have some fun with this old device that has gone virtual. You can control the grain level and the picture effects of the photos you take, and you can also upload them directly into YouTube or share them on Facebook and Twitter.
It was a masterpiece when it was released 10 years ago in the PlayStation 2. Now, it can be played right on your smartphone! Grand Theft Auto 3 are improved in a lot of aspects, especially graphics and the new touch and gesture control really makes it a must buy for those who love the Grand Theft Auto premise.
Last but not least is another app for those who love editing works on pictures and videos. Mixel is and iPad app that let users create digital collages from any pictures that they found on the web or their device storage. You can cut, paste and put vignettes into those pictures making it a special and unique artwork that can be shared to social network sites. You can also follow a user’s profile and share the elements that they used in your own work.
Android is the most widely used smart phone operating system after Apple’s iOS. This is mainly because it is used by a lot of smart phones manufactured by a number of smart phone maker, unlike iOS which is only used by Apple’s devices like iPhone and iPad. Making an exceptionally good Android application is really hard because of the many screen sizes and the device types that the developer will need to think about. It is also hard because of the inconsistent operating system updates that are always feature new features which means new coding to be mastered.
It is not easy to build an Android application that uses all the technology available in the operating system, and it is also hard to maintain the accessibility of the application to the users. If the developers manage to build this kind of application, it can be said as a masterpiece that deserves an award and recognition. Here are the top five ‘masterpieces’ of Android that receives millions of downloads produced in the year 2011.
It is the best productivity and to-do application exclusive for Android users only. It has an elegant interface that is not only just looks but is optimized for functionality. It features voice-driven commands and also a solid integration with Google Accounts so whenever you create a new task on your Google Calendar, you save the hassle of creating it twice.
It can be said like Instagram for the iPhone but with a whole lot of other features. It can be used as a photo journal and you are able to arrange your pictures, unlike the Instagram. The top-class visual display and compatibility to almost all types of Android devices makes it a common app to be downloaded.
A library to more than 20 million songs and a free 5GB of storage to each user, it is hard to see that this application will not be loved by the Android fans. Widely regarded as a competitive rival for the iTunes.
The best application to operate your smartphone from a personal computer or laptop. It uses the Wi-Fi connection to connect the two devices and features regularly changed passwords to handle privacy problems.
A keyboard customisation for the Android devices. It features larger keys and a top-notch word prediction algorithm with three color schemes to choose from. It can also learn from the previous messages and emails that you have written.
