Mobile World Congress 2013

Most anticipated MWC 2013

Hola Again !

 Seems like everyone's anticipated to hear about the new releases from the major smartphone producers.

  The Mobile World Congress(MWC), is in Barcelona, Spain. The event begins Sunday (24.02.2013) and will continue on till Thursday(28.02.2013).

 There have been so many leaks way before the event itself, mainly from LG and Samsung. LG has revamped it's Optimus line, introducing it's L II-series, F-series and the new addition of the Optimus G Pro.

                                         Source:GSMArena.com

HTC's One failing in the camera department

 

Seems like HTC's new camera technology on the One isn't that amazing after all, since CNET Asia got their hands on the new HTC One. They compared the new HTC camera sample's with the all new iPhone 5 & trust me there were ups and downs.

  Even though the new technology with all the ultra pixeling, trust me the Finns are really good at that, the Pure View and the Lumias are there to prove. Just wish that HTC had retained to it's normal camera like it's competitors with the 13MP modules.

Check out CNET Asia for the camera samples from both smartphones.

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New updates to the smartphone industry

Good to be back.... 

 So start off first, I have been busy lately & just started my holidays. 

   Seems like a lot has happened since my lost post, so forget the past and let's all just skip to the future. So smartphones are the current market trends, there are so many releases by many manufacturers, but only a few stand out like Samsung, Nokia, HTC, Apple, Sony (Formerly Sony Ericsson), LG, Blackberry(Formerly RIM). 

   These companies have released so many new devices, but then only a few are left to battle on till the next flagship of the companies are released. Like Samsung's flagship device is SIII, but then SIV's gonna be released in a month or two's time, so end of life for the SIII.

 So the current major releases are Blackberry Z10, HTC Butterfly,  HTC One, Oppo Find5, Sony Xperia Z.... 

Black Berry Z10

Blackberry has gone through some major changes to both it's firm and it's production line. They have introduced a new OS built from scratch, and majoring in swiping. Swipe gestures is so common since android entered the market. So now it's time for BB to take it's chance. 

 It may look a lot like it's predecessor the BB Storm, trust me it's nothing like that plus with the new OS BB users have been taken to a new level, though it may take some time before you get used to the new OS.

But in overall, it's a great thing that BB came up with since the begging and hope they capture their current BB market around the world mainly the Middle East.

HTC Butterfly

  

This is one of the very first announcements made from HTC and other major companies for the all new 1080p screen and yet the phone's not released and it has gained so many negative reviews. 

HTC One

 This is the latest release from HTC, guess it's gonna be their next flagship device plus it's got HTC's latest Ultra Pixel camera, which is great at shooting low light pictures and with a f/2.2 aperture.

Oppo Find 5

A great phone from the Chinese, great specs with a proper andriod UI, and has a great prize. Unfortunately it's only available in the Asian countries, hopefully they market it worldwide. It's famous as it's the first company to release a phone with the new 1080p screen, way before HTC's release.

Sony Xperia Z

  This is the latest hits from all smartphones due to the various new feature plus the IP57 certification for dust and water. this mobile is able to withstand a pressure of 3m underwater.

Sony released a 3 minute footage shot from Xperia Z underwater and it's microphone's even recoreded the underwater sounds.... how cool is that ?


 Stay tuned to Major Vulkin's Tech Blog. More updates on the way.......

IKEA unveils new disposable camera concept

Furniture giant IKEA, apparently has changed the disposable camera concept. The company has unveiled a digital camera housed in a cardboard body, which it plans to sell in its stores around the globe.

   
The cardboard IKEA 'digicam' or so called 'Cardboard Cam' can store up to 40 pictures and has a USB port for transferring them to your computer. As you can clearly see it runs on two AA batteries and is really as basic concept is. Plus, it's way more environmentally-friendly than those plastic disposable cameras.

There’s no word on pricing yet, I suppose it won’t set you back too much, 'cos it's IKEA and they are perfectly known for overcharging their customers. The design's pretty cool for a disposable camera.

Samsung's adevertising has affected Apple yet again...

Samsung's been advertising against Apple lately and these ads get offensive by the day. The company took aim at Apple fans who wait in line for each new iPhone with an ad campaign earlier this year. The first ad for the year, was a group of Apple fans waiting for the launch of the I Phone and Samsung trumped them with the new Galaxy. They also tried to stop Apple selling their iPads by saying that their 4G figures were in fact misleading and Samsung achieved a great success in it's Galaxy Tabs. These guys are real cunning, when it comes to rival advertising.

 The Sydney Apple Store recently got the attention of a mob of protesters. The protestors pulled up in a giant black bus with the words 'Wake Up' printed on the side and were dressed all in black. When they got out of the bus, the people immediately started chanting 'Wake up!' over and over again, and shook signs bearing the same slogan. Amongst them one had a megaphone (It ain't a protest till someone starts screaming over a megaphone). It's not clear who's responsible for the protesters, word on the street is that Apple's rival Samsung.

Luckily Blogger Nate "Blunty" Burr was at the Apple Store at the time of the scene at Sydney and he managed to capture the whole thing on film. Check the video below:

Panasonic previews massive 145inch 8K resoultion Mega monster

The Japanese, more specifically Panasonic has been busy lately, teaming up with the Japanese broadcaster NHK to produce the 145-inch, 8K resolution prototype plasma display.
 This super-sized TV is the world's first self-illuminating Super Hi-Vision TV,  it doesn't require a back light. A new drive method has been introduced, the TV scans the pixels vertically to achieve a uniform picture quality, eliminating high-resolution flicker. 

The current movie & video capturing technology isn't so familiar with the super-high resolution, for instance Hollywood is still struggling to upgrade from 1080p and 2K (2048 × 1080) resolutions to 4K (4096 × 2160). However NHK has been experimenting with an 8K image sensor which can natively output to the new prototype. The new drive method retrain's the resolution despite the TV's massive size.

NHK has reportedly been working on Super Hi-Vision (SHV) for a number of years. Both Panasonic and NHK developed the monster TV to promote the research and development of SHV, and plans to film the upcoming Olympics in this super hi-def mode to preview the sharpness and get an impressive experience. The team plans to demo the new tech in Japan, the United States and the UK starting in May, showcasing images and videos shot with the NHK 120 FPS 8K sensor.

According to the specs, the prototype measures 145-inches, or 1.8m (L) x 3.2m (H). The actual resolution is 7,680 x 4,320 while the frame rate resides at a solid at 60 FPS. The pixel pitch is 0.417-mm horizontal, 0.417-mm vertical, the aspect ratio is 16:9 and the phosphor array is a RGB vertical stripe.

Panasonic stated on Friday that the new 145-inch Super Hi-Vision TV will make an appearance at the Institute of Technology from May 24 to May 27, and at the SID International Symposium international conference from June 3 to June 8. No other dates and locations were provided.

Yo followers of Major Vulkin...... Ssup ??? It's been so long. I'm pretty sure u are all excited to hear about the latest news of gadgets & tech. So hold on fans the updates are on the way.

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