Nokia Makes Flagship Smartphone Smaller

HTC has exposed a new and not that expensive phone Desire 820 in Mini concept

It seems that making the Mini versions of smartphone flagships is a routine job nowadays. Reasonable doubt becomes truthfulness, when the same flagship specs are taken onboard the minor form factor version at a lower price.

HTC Desire 820 Mini is a glaring example of how to save money on a first date. Actually this is the same Desire 820, which we all well know since the September this year. Speaking about the flagship itself, we can simply note that a wonderful combination of different specifications and price made the device look pretty attractive to the potential buyers, therefore all the derivative products came from the original basis device look very seductive, especially, when the price gets even lower than the celebrity itself. The information about it has only flashed on the Chinese web-site of HTC, but it could be enough to become popular. Anyway the time will show, if the matter is really worth it.

New Mini version of HTC Desire 820 apparently has lost 0.5 inches of the 5.5 full-size display, adding few pixels on every lost inch to reach the FullHD, having a better resolution quality than the forefather with a resolution at 720x1280 pixels. Moreover the Mini one loses a half of the RAM keeping it at a safe distance from the flagship in order to understand why you pay less. And the processor the tiny guy will have is the Quad Core 1.2GHz, which indeed concedes to the more aggressive Octa-Core Snapdragon 615.

Small Desire 820 will have a respective small storage space with a capacity of not more than 8GB, but with a possibility to enlarge it, as always, along with the 8MP camera on the rear side and 5MP one on the front panel. The OS will be surely upgradable up to Android 5.0 Lollipop instantly after the purchase is made.

But at the very beginning you will have Android 4.4 KitKat and Sense UI interfaces pre-installed out of the box. Mini is also equipped with essential WiFi 802.11a/g/b/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and more than just essential LTE to have the 4G networks in your pocket. The price twinkled appeared to be only $230 after the currency conversion was made, which is significantly cheaper than the elder bro. We expect more details soon to give you more feedback.

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Finally Apple has officially released the iPhone 6 coming together with an elder brother called iPhone 6 Plus

It has long been no secret that a new generation of smartphones from the greatest brand of all times for the first time will be presented as the two models coming at once. This couple's design is incredibly attractive for sure, but is it quite enough for the customer to pull out his wallet in rush and get one of them at store?

From one year to another, each reincarnation of iPhone was mightier with each new model, and the sixth rebirth is not an exception this time. It would be strange to see inside the new device all of the last year's assemblies, modules, or something else not making iPhones inimitable, as we expect them to see. But nevertheless, the absence of a great leader is palpable. It is unlikely for the leading smartphone to step into the new world with an enlarged clone being afraid of the anticipating crowd to be disappointed a bit. Anyway this is the strategy chosen by the company we have fallen in love with, but the respect for the brand was struggled by Steve himself and who knows how would he arrange new strategy in a volatile world we live in.

Abusing the lyrics we can affirm that the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 has a new IPS display with a resolution of 1334×750 (326 PPI), rounded edges and smooth transition area between the glass protecting the screen and casing. It also has an A8 chip with 64-bit architecture, which is generally 25% faster than the A7, and 50% improved with graphics. Also there is M8 motion coprocessor and a new 8MP iSight camera with 1.5µ pixels which supports: autofocus, Hybrid IR filter, Auto HDR, face detection. Video Recording is performed at 1080p and 30 fps or 60 fps and slo-mo video at 120/240 fps. Weight and dimensions of 4.7-inch model is 4.55 ounces (129 grams) and 5.44x2,64x0,27 inches respectively.

And the new comer handset named iPhone 6 Plus has a 5.5-inch IPS Retina HD display offering 1920x1080 pixels at 401 ppi, 500 cd/m2 Max brightness and 1300:1 contrast ratio. There is an improved 8MP camera, which contains an optical image stabilization to explain the "Plus" token in the end of its name.

Other specifications such as Time-lapse video recording, Cinematic stabilization, Continuous autofocus, Exposure control, Burst mode, Panorama and a 3x zoom inherent for the both models. FaceTime Cameras are also identical. 1.2-megapixel sensor with ƒ/2.2 aperture can recordi video in 720p HD. The front-facing camera has a backside illumination sensor, Auto HDR, face detection, Exposure control and, of course, the same Burst mode.

iPhone 6 Plus can run for 24 hours of talk time on communication 3G, and iPhone 6 - 14 hours, 14 and 11 hours of video, 50 and 80 hours of music playing. The new Apple iPhones come with three different color options, latest Apple’s mobile operating system iOS 8 on board, which is fully compatible with the new Apple Watch being unveiled too. As all of us expected it features a built in the Home button Touch ID fingerprint scanner for better security of your data. To get more details about the new iPhone 6 models switch to the Apple official website and find all the prices for the two-year contract and shipment terms.

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HTC teases the competitors with their latest 64-bit smartphone Desire 820

Now HTC is again trying to get to technological Olympus by improving the devices of the present. A high probability to stay on top has a new Desire flagship smartphone, which was built using a 64-bit architecture.

HTC promotes the new Desire 820 as the world’s first Android smartphone with a 64-bit mobile processor on board. Unsurprisingly that HTC is betting on 1.5GHz octa-core processor Snapdragon 615 from Qualcomm since it provides overall reduction in energy consumption and acceptable thermal condition. Although this is an advanced computing engine with unimaginable productivity, so you don’t have to worry about the battery life and burns on your palms.

It is worth remembering that this device is not an ordinary representative of its class, and the potential is close to a portable multimedia center packed together with full-fledged game console for your favorite and upcoming games too. Outfitted in a total of eight independent cores it provides efficient multitasking at a steadily increasing demands of multimedia applications.

In a addition to eight core processor there are 2GB of RAM, Adreno 405 GPU and 16/32GB of built-in storage, which probably can be expanded by memory cards. The new HTC Desire 820 will come with 5.5-inch display with a resolution of  720x1280 pixels, Android 4.4.4 KitKat and HTC Sense, that is naturally for this manufacturer, but there is no mentioning about Android 5.0 that we would like to see on board the new Desire, considering Nexus 6 already has. It will also come with an 8-megapixel front facing camera, a 13-megapixel sensor on the cap and a 2600mAh battery on board.

HTC Desire 820 holds a 4G LTE Cat. 4 connectivity, as well as a Bluetooth 4.0 and WiFi 802.11a/g/b/n. The 64-bit pioneer will reveal itself at the end of this month with the price tag of $449 in Marble White, Tuxedo Grey, Santorini White, and Milky-way Grey boby colours. It seems reasonable, acceptable and quite natural for this part of the market.

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Huawei Prime E5878 distributes WiFi to the ten devices chosen around

Huawei is amazing us again with its new WiFi hotspot, which can serve out up to 10 devices at a time based on an LTE technology, which grants up to 150 Mbps of internet speed using the 4G connectivity method.

It is a perfect grab and go slim device, which can be easily thrown to your jacket or bag pocket for all around WiFi access on the go. As said by Liang Qinghai, Senior Industrial Designer, it is designed as a minimalist concept for the young tech developers to have their LTE router quickly accessible and easy to use. As you can see the picture of the device whispers us that the work could be done with an outstanding design developed by the Korean engineers, stating it could be a perfect companion for your all-to-day job.

The casing is seamless, which was achieved by combining metal and polymer materials, called Nano Molding Technology (NMT) and is actually very slim and could be compared with 5 credit cards stacked together and having only 109.5mm long and 58mm wide. As a modern mobile device it is stated to be highly crack and damage resistant thanks to NMT and aluminum frame used.

Its small 0.96-inch OLED screen shows you the text messages received and sent, how many devices are currently connected to it and the most important part is how many data was transferred to ensure that you have not wasted all of the traffic you own. On the lower bottom right corner of the device a micro-USB port is situated to connect to a PC, if you would like to use it as a storage device or modem for your notebook.

It is quick thanks to a HiSilicon A9 dual-core chipset providing it a stable LTE Cat4 connectivity at a 150 Mbps of hi-tech industrial speed having two antennas embedded in upper and lower part of the device for unstoppable internet stability no matter which end of the device works safely.

The 1900 mAh battery is ready for 8 hours of LTE mode usage or 380 hours of standby time. All this stuff can be controlled remotely using the "Huawei Mobile WiFi" app available free of charge through the variety of major online stores.

The Huawei is a reasonable trademark to use the devices it speculates. If your Huawei Honor 6 is still not bought, maybe this device could be of a use keeping in mind that the efficiency it grants is worth of 10 devices standing along for internet.

As stated by Huawei official web-site the device should be available in black and white colors or even customized versions, as sunny gold, peach pink or turquoise green, with polka dot or diamond texture effects will soon be available for sale in Middle East and Europe.

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Sony A3000 reached the lowest price

Sony has introduced a new DSLR camera. Sony Alpha A3000, which is equipped with Sony E-mount and technically belongs to the family Sony NEX. In order to keep within the budget Sony agreed to a number of compromises.

To achieve the low price the company has chosen a lower quality components for the 3-inch LCD (230k dot resolution) screen and electronic viewfinder resolution of 1,44M pixels (EVF).

In return for this, mirrorless camera equipped with the excellent 20.1-megapixel APS-C sensor , BIONZ processor and image stabilizer on the basis of the image sensor shift. Specified range of sensitivity corresponds to ISO 100-16000 for photo and ISO 100-3200 for video. Sony Alpha A3000 is able to record videos in not bad resolution 1920x1080/50i. In addition the camera is equipped with Sweep panorama, 25-point Contrast-detect AF and HDMI out.

Management tools represented by mode dial, navigation center, combined with the control wheel and four buttons, two of which are responsible for the transition to viewing mode and switch between the screen and the viewfinder (the sensor to automatically switch obviously didn't fit into the budget). Certainly pleases metallic bayonet as in the other line of cameras NEX, and not plastic as previously expected.

Now Available. Total price of body with lens Sony E 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS is $ 399 (in Europe - 400 euro). Sony Alpha A3000 leaves no chance to gain a foothold in the hearts of buyers for the new Canon G16.

One new Chromebook means 1TB of free cloud storage for two years

If you're still searching for a cheap laptop with a Chrome operational system aboard, then you should know that there's a terabyte more reasons to purchase it. Google has decided to make a Christmas gift to all of the people planning to buy their new Chromebook and receive along 1TB of free cloud storage using Google Drive for the next two years with no additional expenditures.

Bonus starts from the $240 ranking for the enormous storage space with no need to buy additional devices. But anyway buying the Chromebook with such a giant storage trunk is more economical than buying something else  from any point of view. Having both, a new physical device and a quite huge cloud space for your stuff, is twice more advantageous. Besides the price for a real laptop starts from the $199 per piece and the variety of them is wide on the market. Yeah, and by the way, if you're already interested in this proposal, do not forget to activate your bonus account right after the purchase or at least until the 1st of January 2015, while the promo is still active.

Maybe the 1024GB might be not enough for a widely ranged collection of movies, music tracks or photos, but these are the issues, which should face only specific consumers, as the people, who want it for their home cinema theatre should understand, that more safe is to keep it in a metallic storage devices to keep it away from the publicity, especially the home made copies of your private life. But if you are ready to entrust it to Google Drive, then do it as there is no necessity to wait for a Black Friday to receive a reliable external storage space at a reduced price. But do not expect it to be free anyway.

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Toshiba's first 4K touchscreen laptop arrives

Toshiba has just announced its first 4K laptop. In the U.S. this laptop with a touchscreen, OS Windows 8.1 and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 on board will be called Satellite P55T.

Toshiba P55T has a 15,6-inch IPS display supporting a resolution of 3840x2160 pixels (~282 ppi). All those pixels generates a quad-core processor Intel i7 and discrete graphics AMD Radeon R9 M265X 2GB DDR5. Another hook of specifications is 16GB DDR3L memory, a Blu-ray drive and 1TB mechanical hard drive 5400 RPM. Also aware of the module Wi-Fi 802.11, four USB 3.0, HDMI port and a keyboard with LED backlight. The laptop body is made of aluminum. Weight starting from 5.3 lbs. (2.5kg).

Toshiba Satellite P55T is available now with a price tag $1500, that seems ready to compete with other 4K touchscreen laptops.

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Olympus PEN E-PL7 comes in leather retro style with professional lens inside

A new photo leaked has given us a try to look at the new coming camera from Olympus glimpsing an old-fashion design with leather tightly covered on the outside and inner parts professionally packed inside.

The photo of the camera and the user manual leaked in May match together and make us believe that a new PEN E-PL7 will be a follower of E-PL6 and EP-5 taking the best and more new in itself.

Based on rumors, when the manual leaked, the E-PL7 is expected to come with a 16.05 megapixel sensor. The metered range is 0 to 20, and the ISO range of 200 to 25,600. Shutter speed varies from 1/4,000 to 60 seconds. It also has a 3-inch 1.04M-dot touch-screen TFT display, high-speed AF together with 81 focus points, and supports MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video codecs.

The camera is supposed to record MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format and motion JPEG with stereo audio.Storage should support Eye-Fi, SDXC, SD, and SDHC. A release date slated for a late September. The price is still unknown, but the photo leak makes us hope to see it soon on the store shelves.

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Oculus gets us deeper into virtual reality

Our common reality has been already persuaded to change by the first DK1 then DK2 and it seems that this process will not stop in the beginning of it. Oculus is preparing its new powerful VR headset, advantage of which comparing to the precursors is the ability to submerge all your senses in an overall immersion of a real virtual reality.

Built on the basis of Developer Kit 2, a new prototype Crescent Bay is a transitional stage on the way to the next generation of Rift. And this state of DK2 should prepare us to face the new generation of Rift Developer Kit 3, which will be revealed to us a bit later.

Unlike the progenitors, the Oculus DK 3 will have 360 degrees head tracking, an extended amount of positional tracking and integrated high quality headphones fastened on the frame, which makes the sound be as exciting as the visuals. RealSpace3D audio technology used comes as the combination of HRTF dimensional and complex reverb algorithms, which creates a feeling of actual presence right in your own head. Oculus also said that game engine Unity will be set in a Free and Pro versions.

It is expected that the headset will be quite light, and will not cause swelling of the neck during prolonged usage. The performance of the device will be upgraded as well to finally end up with the annoying slowdown of the graphics, which can cause slight suspension of the picture. Prototype Crescent Bay allows you to operate only in a range of about 3 feet for the moment, but hopefully it will be improved in a retail version.

Now Oculus is open to third-party development, which can become absolutely new path of development making VR platform the most stable in the future. Oculus Rift DK 3 will not be perfect, but it must be better than others. We do not know what improvements are waiting for us and when they come in force, but we hope that they will be worthy and timely.

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Microsoft prepared a Surface 2

Microsoft persistently believes that the new Surface will change the situation. The company will primarily refine the internal hardware components and improve battery life for their tablets. It's time to lift the veil of secrecy over technical characteristics.

Microsoft Surface 2 has 10.6-inch touch screen that will support the Full HD resolution (1080p). Tablet will equip with a Quad-core Nvidia Tegra 4, 4/8 GB of RAM and storage sizes: 64/128/256/512GB + 200GB of SkyDrive online storage for 2 years. Surface 2 includes a 3.5MP front camera, 5MP rear camera, USB 3.0 port, Wi-Fi 802.11 (without LTE) и Bluetooth 4.0. The company claims that battery lifetime should be enough for eight hours of work.

Another notable change is the more flexible two-stage rack and white version of the cover. New Surface will also use VaporMg. New tablet is available with Windows RT 8.1 with latest updates to Word, Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint and Outlook (each specially modified to run on ARM devices).

It available to buy now. The price of Surface Pro 2 will start at $ 349.