Mobile phone brand Nokia will disappear

According to the U.S. software company Microsoft, the mobile phone brand Nokia is soon to be abandoned and smartphones offered under a new name. In February 2014, Microsoft had completed the acquisition of Nokia. The Finnish manufacturer of mobile business recorded a first-quarter loss of 347 million euros, a decline of 30 percent to 1.9 billion euros. There were 5.6 million Lumia smartphones and 0.5 million Symbian smartphones are sold.

The Windows Phones have been sold at least 8.2 million times in the final quarter of 2013. If the mobile phone Nokia brand disappears, then an era ends because the Finnish company coined the mobile phone market, especially in the 90s and dominated. The smartphone business missed Nokia However, because late smartphones had come with touch screen and advanced operating system on the market. Currently, Microsoft is working on the development of the new name for Nokia smartphones. As the new mobile phone brand is loud and when appropriate smartphone models are coming onto the market, also have no information known. On the smartphone market Windows phones yet they remain rather small role, because the operating system Google Android and Apple iOS to dominate the market.

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they create a 3D printed lens For $ 2

The application of 3D printing in medicine made ​​its way slowly. However, the recent creation ensuing could facilitate the work of physicians. It is a microscopic lens, when mounted on a terminal, acts dermatoscope functional. should this 3D printed researchers at the Australian National University lens. The concept is based on the optical effect caused by a drop of water. The team of Professor Steve Lee has managed to print 3D gel PMDS (a silicone polymer) on a glass slide. They were then baked at 70 ° C until it hardens. Repeating the action and adding a drop of the precious material, they managed to get a lens a few millimeters thick. Able to enlarge an image 160 times, its resolution is about 4 microns. Cost of operation: $ 2 according to its designers.

This invention can make medical microscopy everyone. With this inexpensive method, doctors can diagnose a patient with a smartphone or tablet to detect diseases of the skin.

In the prototype, its designers are trying to improve the process to create lenses printed in larger and powerful 3D.

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Introduced Samsung Galaxy Ace Style

The South Korean technology company Samsung has introduced the Samsung Galaxy Ace style a new smartphone. The resolution of the four-inch display amounts to 800 * 480 pixels and on the back of the model a digital camera with 5 megapixels was installed. The front page features a VGA camera for video chats and phone calls. When CPU is a dual core processor was installed with 1.2 gigahertz clock frequency, and this is supported by 512 megabytes of RAM memory. The flash memory is 4 GB and can be expanded with a microSD card up to 64 gigabytes. The operating system, Samsung decided with Google Android 4.4 Kitkat for the latest version.

The communication standards WLAN, UMTS, Bluetooth and GPRS are supported. An NFC chip is for contactless payment via radio and available for mobile navigation is a GPS module ready. In Germany, the Samsung Galaxy Ace Style will be available for less than 200 euros in July. The entry-level smartphone is not as well equipped as the Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 because it does not provide 8GB of flash memory and 1GB of RAM. The launch will take place in other countries in April.

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Introduced Samsung Galaxy Ace Style

The South Korean technology company Samsung has introduced the Samsung Galaxy Ace style a new smartphone. The resolution of the four-inch display amounts to 800 * 480 pixels and on the back of the model a digital camera with 5 megapixels was installed. The front page features a VGA camera for video chats and phone calls. When CPU is a dual core processor was installed with 1.2 gigahertz clock frequency, and this is supported by 512 megabytes of RAM memory. The flash memory is 4 GB and can be expanded with a microSD card up to 64 gigabytes. The operating system, Samsung decided with Google Android 4.4 Kitkat for the latest version.

The communication standards WLAN, UMTS, Bluetooth and GPRS are supported. An NFC chip is for contactless payment via radio and available for mobile navigation is a GPS module ready. In Germany, the Samsung Galaxy Ace Style will be available for less than 200 euros in July. The entry-level smartphone is not as well equipped as the Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 because it does not provide 8GB of flash memory and 1GB of RAM. The launch will take place in other countries in April.

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Windows Phone 8.1 available from April 14th?

Microsoft has just to formalize Windows Phone 8.1 Build 2014 when being held in San Francisco, already, the new version of the system is about to be released. It is said that in fact the site Neowin.net, who managed to get their hands on an internal document from Microsoft and in which the OS is announced for 14 April . version 9651.12349 OS available since 26 March and accessible to partners through the Microsoft Connect, would not be the last. It remains to Microsofta few bugs to fix . In the document recovered by Neowin.net, the final version of Windows Phone 8.1 is entitled "Adaptation Kit Final build". Microsoft would set the date of April 8th to solve any problems identified, and April 14 for distribution to partners and developers. Note in passing that all devices currently on Windows Phone 8 will move to the free edition 8.1. However, it will still expect their deployment by the manufacturer of the smartphone. In some cases, it may take several weeks or several months. At least update the device manually, which is not without risk. Finally, the first Windows Phone devices sold 8.1 are meanwhile expected for the month of May.

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A touch pad holographic display

Soon, we can interact with a terminal via a holographic display . Finish the touch screen, instead, the tablet directly displays the data in the air through a holographic screen as interface.

The prototype was called AIRR Tablet for "Aerial Imaging by Retro-Reflection." The touch pad of a new genus is distinguished by its floating display. Allowing the user to manipulate and access to various applications. No need to use glasses virtual complete, the system is based on the retro-reflection to float interface and project information in the air. The tactile feedback is provided by sensors integrated movements, which can take up to 500 images per second. Touch holographic screen thus results in a specific order. Similarly, the user can enlarge or reduce the size via a simple gesture. This tablet was designed and developed by Professor Hirotsugu Yamamoto , University of Tokushima, Japan. At the moment, it is only a prototype that foreshadows the future of touch devices.

AIRR Tablet

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A station for loading and sterilize smartphones

It is a fact that our smartphones are proving a breeding bacteria. If some design hygienic screens , others approach the problem differently. This is the case of Lin Shu Kai, which offers an innovative concept: a dock to disinfect all.

UVC Dock is a simple and practical solution to sterilize smartphones and other mobile gadgets.Presented as a disinfectant case, it uses UV light to neutralize bacteria on the terminal. Dock distributes UV radiation of a wavelength of 260 nm , enough to kill the germs that swarm on the screen and the casing of the mobile. In addition, the device can serve as a charging station wirelessly via Bluetooth technology. Its integrated screen are useful information to the user as the weather forecast of the day or the hour. An internal screen allows you to configure the settings when cleaning.

For now, the device is reduced to its ultraportable concept stage and the realization of which is not on the agenda.

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IOS version 7.1 recognizes facial movements

With each new update of its mobile operating system, Apple still does not consider necessary to share all the news. Proof is with iOS 7 .1, as a new feature has been unearthed by The Loop , completely absent from the report update. It is a way to interact with the system in new ways for a device of the Apple brand: with his face.

The idea is reminiscent of the specific applications phones Samsung in Android , able to read the face of the user constantly to adapt its behavior. But unlike the Korean competitor, Apple is not trying to see if the wearer's eyes remain focused on the phone screen or if they are in the correct reading order. There is more here a new option for people with reduced mobility, the function in question to be found in the accessibility of the camera settings. Under the tab "Control Selection"and in Part "Buttons", it is possible to choose the camera, so that it reads two types of movements at the moment: a nod to the right or left. Can be allocated to each action, launch Siri , the notification center to appear or even handle the volume. Our tests have shown that it works, but at the cost of at least strange attitude which could disturb the environment. If your neighbor starts to move the head of the frantic way, so do not suspect a dog before making sure that it does not simply seek to interact with the phone.

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Huawei Ascend Y330 will be available from April in the market

The smartphone Huawei Ascend Y330 can be purchased in April 2014 for 100 euros unsubsidized. The four-inch display has a resolution of 800 * 480 pixels and is not intended to be scratch-resistant, according to the manufacturer's instructions. As a central processing unit, a dual-core processor 1.3 GHz comes with clock frequency used.

The memory amounts to 512 megabytes of RAM and internal flash memory to 4 gigabytes. The flash memory can be expanded with a microSD card up to 32 gigabytes. A digital camera with 3 megapixel resolution has been installed and is available to the user for easy photographs in good quality. Surfed mobile can with the smartphone via Wi-Fi and UMTS while the new wireless standard LTE is not supported. A GPS receiver, Bluetooth 4.0 and DLNA are also available.

The operating system is Google Android 4.2 Jelly Bean is on the entry-level smartphone. The talk time is to amount on a single charge for up to six hours and in standby mode the battery will hold a maximum of 13 days. In trade, the Huawei Ascend Y330 should be able to be purchased in two housing colors black and white from next month.

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iPhone 6 release before the summer ?

Usually held in early autumn, the release of the iPhone 6 could be advanced in June by Apple, evidenced by the 90 million copies ordered for 2014. 

And if the iPhone 6 coming out in June? It is rumored that runs from the Chinese newspaper Commercial Times , taken by the Taiwanese daily reference Digitimes reported that Apple has ordered 90 million units in the Foxconn factories. 

Each butterfly wing flapping at Foxconn causing a rumor on the iPhone, why observers have made more credit to the latter? Sites more or less specialized went there of their calculations and analyzes. 

Traditionally, the new version of the iPhone is on sale in September. But as pointed Menly , Apple iPhone elapsed 153 million in 2013. If the firm launched its new product as usual in September, it would sell 30 million copies per month. Almost impossible. Saud if the release date is advanced. The high-tech U.S. sites BGR , ValueWalk and Tuaw support this reasoning, recalling that everything depends on the assumed command 90 million units. 

Another argument that is consistent with this hypothesis, Apple has already released three versions in the period from June to July, the iPhone 3G, 3GS and 4. And "Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), which takes place during the second week of June could be a window of opportunity," notes the Huffington Post . 

In addition, the Commercial Times also announced that the Taiwanese TSMC began producing chips for the iPhone 6. 

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The next Nexus 6 is based on the LG G3

The Mobile World Congress is an opportunity to discover new constructors, but conversations can sometimes lead to indiscretions on future products. This is for example the case of our German colleagues Gizmodo , who has learned from a source that the next Nexus smartphone is always produced by LG. Most importantly, the Nexus 6 could be simply derived from the next high-end phone from the Korean company, the G3 .

The continuity of the partnership between Google and LG has nothing surprising, since the last two models of the Nexus range have proved to be very good surprises. As for the choice to take a model of the LG range to fit into Google phone, it is not new: it is precisely what was done for the Nexus 4 , a G Optimus exempt certain features (sensor Photo less efficient and no 4G). Still remains to be seen what will be the LG G3 . So far, little information is available. Only rumors, citing a 64-bit processor, a qHD display (2560 x 1440) or a photo sensor 16 megapixels. The same kind of information that has not always proved true on the Galaxy S5 for example. But even more interesting, Google could also offer a clock connected to its product catalog. And guess what manufacturer would be considered to deal with the hardware? LG. We must now wait until June, during the developer conference Google I / O , to see if they are accurate or not.

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Nokia X (Normandy): 75% of all Android apps will be directly compatible

Nokia is doing now on Android OS. So far so good - but the Finns make it exactly like Amazon with its Kindle tablets. Who can read the source code, recognizes Android (4.1 Jelly Bean), for all other presents on the surface of a completely different user experience.Apps are then also not over the Google Play anew Nokia X, but by manual installation or a store of Nokia / Microsoft. For users and developers there is now the question of the scope of the offer - the Play Store you can now at least be sure of a suitable for virtually all aspects of app to find. Nokia has been on the presentation in Barcelona promised that it would just fall developers to port their programs to the UI of the Nokia X. In the context of the associated SDK (Software Development Kit) is now the assertion in the room that at least 75%, that three out of four apps for Android, originally with the operating system of the Nokia X (as well as the X + and XL) are compatible. To test this, the Finns have even an appropriate tool provided. The adaptation of the remaining 25% should not each avail more than eight hours according to Nokia. Now, the developers just have the time to ship their apps into the new app display of Nokia. Who wants to try the Nokia X without abandoning his usual programs, so it has a good chance that its standard programs will run without major problems.

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Samsung Galaxy S 5 with optimized camera and fingerprint sensor

Samsung has announced the fifth generation of the Galaxy S series. The Samsung Galaxy S5 is equipped with a fingerprint sensor and an optimized 16-megapixel camera and comes in April.

The smartphone is equipped with a 5.1-inch Super AMOLED equipped Full HD monitor. The new Samsung flagship is water and dust resistant (IP67).

Faster camera

The 16-megapixel camera in the Samsung Galaxy S5 is designed to provide the fastest auto-focus speed of 0.3 seconds. A new selective autofocus to enable certain image sections highlight.

Biometric theft protection

A new fingerprint sensor to safely protect the device biometrically and can also be used for mobile payments. This fingerprint sensor hiding behind an elongated button, which simultaneously serves as a home button. In addition, one can power-saving mode set in which the display changes to black and white display and all the unnecessary features are switched off, the battery life increase.

Video: Samsung Galaxy S5

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Samsung Galaxy S5- Update on the rumors

Less than a week of the announcement of the supposed new Samsung Galaxy S5 , writing Tom's Guide reported on the rumors.

• A bigger screen: Samsung Galaxy S5 would have an even bigger than the Samsung Galaxy S4 screen. While it offered a 5-inch diagonal, the Galaxy S5 adopt a format of 5.2 or 5.25 to believe such information to Bloomberg. Also in terms of resolution, Samsung would make a great step forward. While the S4 showed a Full HD resolution of 1920 pixels by 1080 S5 could adopt a display of 1440 by 2560 pixels , and from a ratio of 441 pixels per inch (ppi) at 565 ppi.

• A 64-bit processor: Samsung Galaxy S5 may be the first Android smartphone to feature a 64-bit processor , as is already the case for the Apple iPhone 5s. It could well be the processorExynos 6 . However, Samsung is expected to maintain its current policy and propose several models of the Galaxy S5 by country, with its Exynos chip or a processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 , including practical to take advantage of 4G networks.

• Available in metal or plastic: According to the website SamMobile, Samsung propose not one, but two different versions of the Galaxy S5. Long criticized for its smartphones in plastic , the Korean manufacturer could finally get to the aluminum as has already made ​​Apple or HTC.However, both versions are available at different rates, 650 euros for plastic and 800 for aluminum.

• A fingerprint sensor: This is one of the latest rumors to date. As HTC Max on One or Apple on the iPhone 5S, Samsung could add a digital fingerprint reader with its next high-end smartphone. Like Apple, it would be directly integrated into the home button . It would be possible to record up to 8 fingers different, each allocated to a different function to change settings or launch an application.

• A revised and updated Touchwiz interface: If Samsung had trouble with Google in recent years, the voltage should not fall with the Galaxy S5. According to screenshots published by the Twitter account @ evleaks, the Korean automaker indeed propose a new interface Touchwiz , far from the traditional office of Android, its future Galaxy S5. Somewhat similar in idea to Google Now, it would be organized in the form of tiles like Windows Phone and present the relevant information to the user based on the time or place where it is located.

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The Samsung Galaxy S5 could be presented Feb. 24

Samsung has announced Tuesday the presentation of a new device on 24 February at the Mobile World Congress . In all likelihood, it could be the future Samsung Galaxy S5 .

As every year, we suspected that Samsung would announce its next high-end smartphone and seas between February this year. The date is now confirmed, it will be on February 24 next in Barcelona, ​​during the Mobile World Congress . This is the first time since the S2 Samsung sees the first international exhibition on mobility to present one of its flagship smartphones. For the last two models, the Galaxy S3 and S4 , the Korean manufacturer had indeed privileged announcement with great fanfare at events dedicated.

The Samsung Galaxy S5 could be available in metal or plastic release depending on the choice of the user, with Touchwiz interface review , a fingerprint reader fingerprint as the HTC Max One or iPhone 5S and a 64 processor bits .

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Huawei Ascend Mate2 4G with 6.1 inch IPS screen

Huawei Ascend Mate2 4G (Photo: Huawei)

Huawei has at the Consumer Electronics Show 2014 (CES) in Las Vegas, the Huawei Ascend Mate2 4G presents. The 4G LTE-enabled smartphone is Huawei's new power Primus and now offers more power and a bigger screen. With its 6.1-inch IPS screen, a long-life 4050 mAh battery [1] and a 5-megapixel front camera, the Ascend Mate2 4G is supposed to be perfect for non-stop entertainment.

Powerful and long life

The Huawei Ascend Mate2 4G is equipped with a powerful 1.6 GHz quad-core processor and a long-life 4050 mAh battery fitted, in which a single battery charge insufficient to surf for half a day on the web, six films to watch or listen to up to 100 hours of music. In addition, the smartphone has a power-saving technology, which in comparison to other smartphones is designed to provide this class thirty percent more power. The Huawei Ascend Mate2 4G is thanks to its ergonomic body comfortably in the hand. A Gloves-mode function enables the use of smart phones with over striped gloves and guaranteed at any time convenient handling, while the Driving Mode  allows the voice activation on the road. The camera has a  13 megapixel BSI camera on the back and a 5-megapixel front camera. In addition, the smartphone offers a variety of connectivity options, including Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0.

Video: Huawei Ascend Mate2 4G

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Galaxy S5: new Touchwiz interface to exit the Android desktop?

It's been a few years since Samsung seek to emancipate 's Android , the Google operating system used in most of its smartphones. It could be that it is almost done with the new interface Touchwiz from Samsung Galaxy S5 .

In March 2013, Samsung presented the Galaxy S4 , flagship of its fleet of smartphones running Android , even without the name of the operating system from Google is delivered during the conference. The result of a desire for emancipation from Samsung, the first vendor smartphones Android worldwide, to emancipate gradually Google. However, if Samsung had not mentioned during the presentation of Android Galaxy S4, Google's system was recognizable in the software interface of smartphone, Touchwiz. It could change from the next high-end smartphone from Samsung, the Galaxy S5 .

According to information from Twitter account @ evleaks often well informed about the mobile news, the next interface Touchwiz Samsung should introduce a new Home screen-based tiles , like Google Now. The home screen would display various and relevant information to the user based on location or time rather than icons to launch applications on the desktop.

According to the latest rumors, the Samsung Galaxy S5 is available in plastic or metal release with 805 Snapdragon processor, a 5.25-inch screen of 2560 pixels by 1440, a 16 megapixel camera sensor and would be presented in next March before marketing in the month of April.

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Sony Xperia Z1 Compact for smaller hands & pockets

Sony has announced the small version of its flagship for a prompt global launch. The Xperia Z1 Compact (the nomenclature is thus even a little easier to understand with us when Z1 f (Japan) or Z1 s(T-Mobile/USA)) is in the UK as well as in this country already pre-order. The retail price is 499 €. Available colors are white, black, pink and yellow. Who has not noticed yet, the features are, in contrast to the "mini-versions" of the competition, the same as in the great Xperia Z1. Only the display resolution and battery capacity has screwed down Sony. 1280 x 720 pixels means 4.3-inch but a completely sufficient pixel density of 342ppi. At the same time, of course, the battery is strained less what 2,300 mAh (700 less than the Z1) moves in the right light. In initial tests with the Japanese version, the Z1 Compact has at least as cut good, if not kept even longer than the "big" competition. The IP55/58-certificate got the smaller model on the way. A minor drawback is there yet: To start the Xperia Z1 Compact yet with the already somewhat shopworn firmware (Android 4.3 Jelly Bean) will be the big brother to the market. However, a KitKat upgrade should follow quickly.

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Corning Gorilla Glass: In the future, also for curved screens

Corning, probably the best known manufacturer of scratch-resistant glass display moves with the times and now has production-ready 3D Shaped Gorilla Glass announced. The company wants to meet the increasing demand of curved display glass. In addition to parts for smart phones such as the LG Flex or Samsung's Galaxy Round Corning Gorilla Glass also supply this year for other mobile gadgets, for example, Smart Watches. As with the known flat designs, the company promises scratch-resistant surfaces without creating unnecessary weight or bulky form factors. The first devices with 3D Gorilla Glass might appear in the course of 2014 on the market. In the good reputation of Corning is it is surely only a matter of time before the first manufacturers to provide this service to their wearables avail.

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Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo: large and cheap smartphone

Samsung would project to launch a crippled version of its Galaxy Grand 2 . This project, named Grand Galaxy Lite, just passed into the hands of the FCC, manage frequencies in the United States organization. At its launch, the new smartphone should take the name of Galaxy Grand Neo . It would show a 5 inch touch screen, but its definition is quite low compared to its diagonal, since it would settle for 800 x 480 pixels. We do not know yet what the host processor, but it seems that it is a quad core model clocked at 1.2 GHz. If Samsung plans to soon equip its smartphones 64-bit processors and thus more than 3 GB RAM, Galaxy Grand Neo does not care because it would work with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage. Admittedly, this is not a tip configuration, but it has the advantage of not ruin its buyers. Thus imagine a great phone Android cheap Samsung and especially signed, which is already a selling point. Finally, it is rumored that the South Korean firm may make a formal presentation at CES 2014 opens next week in Las Vegas.

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