Apple will soon refresh its iPad lineup with a new tablet model this year and this could be the iPad Mini 2. There’s also an indication that it will arrive to the market this March, along with the iPad 5. While the iPad Mini 2 will maintains the form factor of the current iPad Mini model, the iPad 5 could …
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Future Smartphones
Nvidia CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang appeared on the CES to announce the upcoming Nvidia Tegra 4 system-on-chip for mobile devices. The new product proves that Nvidia won’t be messing around in this industry and it’s claimed that the new quad-core SoC will outperform anything currently available in the market, including Apple’s powerful A6X chipset. Nvidia Tegra chips have been used on …
It’s a guarantee that Samsung is a preparing a wide range of devices, although the company may not be planning to introduce a flagship in both CES 2013 and MWC 2013. After the GT-Q1000 was spotted moments after the New Year’s Day, another enigmatic handset called the GT-I9600 has also appeared on the NenaMark 2 benchmark results. The new device …
Glass may seem like a mundane material, but it has a vital role in 21st century technology including in the mobile industry. Its excellent transparency property never gets in the way of our visual enjoyment. Manufactured by Corning, the Gorilla Glass is widely considered by experts and consumers in the mobile industry as glass on steroids. The product has protected …
It is estimated that nearly 20 percent of children between 5 and 7 uses a phone. On the other hand, apps for kids are growing exponentially and many of them are designed to make them smarter. There are thousands of education apps available for download on various app stores. Children-oriented apps like “Wheels on the Bus” continue to become top …
Microsoft is developing a highly-efficient GPS solution that offloads heavy data crunching to the cloud-based services to get around the high power requirement. The CO-GPS (Cloud-Offloaded GPD) was first unveiled in the 10th ACM Conference. GPS antennas are typically the biggest power hog in mobile devices and it can run down the battery in a few hours when used constantly. …
If you keep on misplacing the car keys, future smartphones can help you unlock the door. Researchers at Hyundai have developed an innovative system that allows smartphones to work as car keys. The technology will be ready for commercial use within couple of years. Instead of Bluetooth, the method is based on NFC (New Field Communication), which allows users to …
If you have a rooted Samsung smartphone and S Memo in it, then your username and password will be stored in plain text. This is obviously a scary discovery and further signifies the drawback for having a rooted smartphone. There always are a few security risks that may come along with a custom modified device. If you fail to check …
One new exciting features of Jelly Bean (Android 4.2) is the Daydream, which is essentially a built-in screensaver. The Daydream is activated when the device is docked or connected to a charger. It turns out that Google has hidden a rather interesting Easter Egg within the Daydream. Google regularly hides version art in each Android version release since Gingerbread. Users …
Intel has confirmed its intention to release a next generation SoC for mobile device in 2013. The earlier Intel Medfield processor was only able to scratch the paint of ARM’s might and the company still fails to grab sizable market share. ARM is currently controlling 90 percent of the mobile industry and despite relatively a new arrival; the Intel Atom …