Huawei Ascend D Quad vs iPhone 4 camera test

 

The Huawei Ascend D Quad casually sailed into Mobile World Congress and leads Huawei's smart phone fleet as its undisputed flagship. It's packing a powerful quad-core chip, a 720p screen and the latest version of Android.
If it hopes to have a long-term berth in everyone's pockets, it's going to have to deliver in the camera stakes too. To see just what the 8-megapixel snapper can do, I took it for a spin around Barcelona and compared the results to my very own iPhone 4.
I only had a brief hands-on time with the D Quad and I didn't have an iPhone 4S to hand with its improved camera, so the results of the test aren't a scientific conclusion, but it gives a good general idea of how well the new phone performs in the snapping stakes.
The quality settings on both handsets were set to their maximum and all other settings were left on automatic. On the left you'll see the image from the iPhone 4; on the right, the D Quad. Click the images to see the full size versions.

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Droid Razr Maxx vs iPhone 4S

No matter what newer smartphones come out, Apple still retains a dedicated group of fans who won’t budge for anything. At what seems to be the height of the smartphone wars, Motorola has just released the successor to its Droid Razr. Welcome the Droid Razr Maxx, which is bigger but is better than the Droid Razr and practically a baby with its release last January 26, 2012. Today, we’ll see how the iPhone 4S stands up to this new release.

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Army-approved winter gloves work with touchscreens

 

By Mark Milian, CNN

(CNN) - The U.S. Army has been working for about two years on outfitting its soldiers with smartphones, but one obstacle to this technological upgrade likely will be familiar to anybody who has tried to operate a touchscreen phone in the winter:
Smartphones and gloves do not get along.
Rather than putting government money toward developing a new type of glove, the Army went on a little shopping spree. If the government is coming late to smartphones, and buying those from stores instead of building them, then surely someone must have solved this problem.
They aren't mainstream yet, but several companies indeed sell gloves that let the wearer operate a touchscreen without taking them off. And as more people discover the limits of their Android companions on a snowy day, these types of gloves could take off.
The Army and Air Force have landed on one brand in particular: Agloves. The little-known Colorado company is up against giant brands, including North Face, and more than half a dozen other scrappy upstarts, like Dots, Echo Touch, Freehands, Power Stretch, Tavo and TouchTec.
Yet, Agloves gets the top endorsement from the Army, where a shoddy glove doesn't mean a missed call but perhaps a lost life. The Army's Fort Bliss outpost in Texas tested several models of gloves promising smartphone compatibility as part of its mobility program. Evaluators favored Agloves, and the Army has sent many pairs of them overseas to fighters.
"These technologies coming out of small companies are literally game-changers," Michael McCarthy, a technology director for the Army, said in a phone interview.

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Verizon Saturday Night Live Ad (Funny)

A customer gets more than he asked for when shopping for a new phone with Verizon

CNN's Stan Grant talked to a Foxconn worker in China about conditions in factories where Apple products are made

"Mrs. Chen," as CNN calls her, works in a Foxconn plant installing iPad screens for virtually every waking hour of her life. Despite this, she never actually saw an iPad until CNN whisked her away. Her reaction will surprise you.

The video investigation, popping up (deliberately) close to the NY Times' piece on Apple labor practices, tells us what we already know: many Foxconn employees complain of inhumane conditions while building the gadgets we love:

During my first day of work, an older worker said to me, ‘why did you come to Foxconn? Don't ever think about it again and leave right now'…Foxconn employees have a saying, "they use women as men and men as machines… there's another way of saying it, ‘they use women as men, and use men as animals."
But when Mrs. Chen is handed an iPad—an object that's for her entirely foreign, despite being front of her face daily—she loves the alien slate that rules her life. "I like it," she says, adding that she'd like to own one someday if she ever has enough money. Not even brutal, humanity-bending work conditions are enough to kill gadget lust. [CNN via 9to5Mac]

Samsung Galaxy S3 and iPhone 5 are Waterproof?

Have you read all specs of Samsung Galaxy S III in the previous post?  From all, this would be the most exciting news of the device.  According to a news from an employee of UK retailer, Samsung Galaxy S III will be waterproof. For sure, it would be a high-end phone – iPhone 5 reportedly resist water as well.
The rumor says that the two smartphones is featured by a special nanocoating  which is impossible to get through water.
This particular technology is developed by Liquepel. We need to thanks to that manufacturer which is able to create water-proof phones even without gaining its weight and profiles. Will you now say that expensive devices like iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S III might save a lot of money for careless users anywhere?
Liquipel offers you to apply the same coating for 59$ to $79. Do you think you need that to avoid your smartphones from being broken?

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Invisibly Waterproof Your Phone

Last week, while covering an unrelated event in Park City, Utah, we stumbled upon a demonstration by a couple of guys from the company Liquipel, who we'd been hearing about for a few days and had been attempting to book for "This Could Be Big" since first seeing their video of an apparently waterproofed iPhone.

The video, and the subsequent coverage of it on the Internet, had boosted Liquipel's visibility through the roof, but skeptic we remained... until the guys started dunking their specially treated iPhone into a tank of water, in front of our very eyes. Incredulous, we poked, we prodded, and examined the surface of the phone, and everything remained in working order despite repeated exposure to water. Their explanations were somewhat vague, but the results seemed to be there. Of course, the kicker was when they brought out a specially treated piece of tissue paper that demonstrated the same resistance to water as their Liquipel-treated iPhone.

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Android vs iOS – Which Is Really More Stable? New Data May Surprise You

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OS stability has always been a big concern when choosing which device you’re going to upgrade to. When it comes to the battle between Android and iOS, Apple fanboys would have you believe that their mobile OS is a smooth and steady as an ocean liner, but as history has taught us, some titans — sink. In my talks with friends and acquaintances on why they’ve chosen iOS over Android, I’ve heard everything from, “It just works,” to the argument that “Android is just too fragmented,” or “Apps constantly force close.”
Well, then you would assume that data gathered from Crittercism — a research startup that analyzes mobile app crashes — would show that iOS suffers from fewer, if any, app crashes when compared to Android. Right? Wrong.

La estabilidad de sistema operativo ha sido siempre una gran preocupación la hora de elegir el dispositivo que va a actualizar. Cuando se trata de la batalla entre Android y el IOS, los fanboys de Apple tratan de hacernos creer que su sistema operativo móvil es una suave y constante, como un trasatlántico, pero como la historia nos ha enseñado, algunos titanes - fregadero. En mis conversaciones con amigos y conocidos acerca de por qué han elegido iOS sobre Android, he oído de todo, desde "Simplemente funciona", con el argumento de que "Android es demasiado fragmentada", o "aplicaciones constantemente la fuerza de cierre."

Bueno, entonces usted podría suponer que los datos recogidos en Crittercism - un inicio de investigación que analiza los accidentes de aplicaciones móviles - que muestran que el IOS sufre menos cuelgues de aplicaciones, en su caso, si se compara con Android. , ¿Correcto? o No.

Surprisingly,  Crittercism’s data (gathered from more than 214 million app launches between November and December of 2011) shows that apps on iOS crashed much more frequently than comparable apps on Android. Just take a look at that pie graph. It’s easily dominated by iOS, covering nearly 75% of total crashes. Yup. I was just as blown away as you. Numbers don’t lie.

Sorprendentemente, los datos de Crittercism (obtenidos de más de 214 millones de lanzamientos de aplicaciones entre noviembre y diciembre de 2011) muestra que las aplicaciones en iOS se estrelló con mucha más frecuencia que otras aplicaciones similares en Android. Basta con echar un vistazo a ese gráfico de tarta. Es fácilmente dominado por iOS, que abarca casi el 75% del total de accidentes. Así es. Yo estaba tan asombrado como tú. Los números no mienten.

Now, the reasons for these app crashes are numerous. Everything from iOS 5 being new to the market, problems with hardware, internet connectivity, language support, or just plain ‘ol poorly coded apps. It can even be argued that because there are so many more iOS devices than Andr– oh, wait. I almost forgot. There isn’t.
Even with this newly released data, I almost still don’t believe it. Android. With all the talks of fragmentation, force closes and incompatible apps, could somehow turn out to be more stable than iOS? Well, slap my momma and call me Sally. Who’d-a-thunkit. Now, I’m sure this will come off as the flames of an Android fanboy but I assure you, I’m not hating. Just found this information interesting and felt like sharing. Did this data surprise any of you?

Ahora bien, las razones de estos accidentes de aplicaciones son numerosas. Todo, desde iOS 5 es nuevo en el mercado, problemas con el hardware, conectividad a Internet, soporte de idiomas, o simplemente "aplicaciones ol mal codificados. Incluso se puede argumentar que debido a que hay muchos más dispositivos iOS que André-Oh, espera. Casi se me olvida. No se exige.

A pesar de estos datos recientemente publicados, casi aún no me lo creo. Android. Con todas las conversaciones de la fragmentación, se cierra la fuerza y las aplicaciones incompatibles, de alguna manera podría llegar a ser más estable que el IOS? Bueno, una bofetada a mi mamá y me llama Sally. Who'd-a-thunkit. Ahora, estoy seguro de que esto salga como las llamas de un fanático de Android, pero le aseguro, no voy a odiar. Acabo de encontrar esta información interesante y me sentí como el compartir. ¿Esta sorpresa de los datos de alguno de ustedes?

Samsung Releases Anti-Apple Ad (FUNNY)

Samsung seems to have released commercials for their Samsung Galaxy S II’s anti-Apple campaign. The trend is pointing out features which Apple’s iPhone 4S does not have.

Samsung parece haber lanzado la campaña de los anuncios de Samsung Galaxy S II para la lucha contra el Apple. La tendencia es señalar las características que iPhone 4S de Apple no tiene.




For those of you who haven’t seen the previous advertisements that were a part of Samsung’ anti-Apple campaign, you can watch them here.









What did you guys think of the new advertisement? Share any thoughts and comments below! Ahhh and what about this last pic!!!!

¿Qué piensan ustedes del los nuevo anuncio? Compartir los pensamientos y los comentarios de abajo! Ahhhh y por ultimo este pic!!!!

Apple co-founder prefers Android to iPhone

  

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says he’s a fan of phones powered by Google’s Android mobile operating system, the Daily Beast reported. While still the proud owner of an iPhone, Woz admits that in certain situations -- such as voice commands and GPS -- Android is a better bet. “I have a lower success rate with Siri than I do with the voice built into the Android, and that bothers me,” Woz told the Daily Beast. “I’ll be saying, over and over again in my car, 'Call the Lark Creek Steak House,' and I can’t get it done. Then I pick up my android, say the same thing, and it's done.""Plus I get navigation. Android is way ahead on that," he added. The love for Android might seem somewhat strange, coming from someone so engrained in Apple culture and a legend among fans.

Click here to read more about Woz and his love for Android at the Daily Beast.

El cofundador de Apple Steve Wozniak dice que es un fan de los teléfonos alimentados por el sistema operativo Androide de Google móvil, informó el Daily Beast. Aunque sigue siendo el orgulloso propietario de un iPhone, Woz admite que en ciertas situaciones - como comandos de voz y GPS - Androide es una mejor apuesta."Tengo una menor tasa de éxito con Siri que yo con la voz integrado en el Androide, y eso me molesta", dijo Woz el Daily Beast. "Voy a estar diciendo una y otra vez en mi coche," Llama a los Lark Creek Steak House ", y no puedo hacerlo. Entonces tomo mi Androide, dicen lo mismo, y ya está. "Además, tengo la navegación. Androide está por delante en eso", agregó. El amor por Androide podría parecer un tanto extraña, viniendo de alguien tan arraigado en la cultura de Apple y una leyenda entre los aficionados. La relación entre Apple y Google ha crecido polémicas en los últimos años después de que éste entró en el mercado de los teléfonos móviles. Tan convencido de que la oferta de la gigante de las búsquedas era un descarado "rip-off", juró la tarde, Steve Jobs, de hacer todo lo posible para "destruir a Androide". Entonces no era sorpresa cuando una foto de Woz salir en el campus de Google, revisando una versión pre-lanzamiento del teléfono de Google más reciente estrella, causó un gran revuelo en la escena de tecnología en noviembre. Nunca un ser rencoroso, Woz adopta un enfoque pragmático. De hecho, él y Andy Rubin, quien dirige el proyecto Androide, hace mucho tiempo. "Conozco a Andy mucho tiempo, y yo lo respeto mucho", dijo Wozniak. "Mi teléfono primario es el iPhone", dijo Woz el Daily Beast. "Me encanta la belleza de ella. Pero me gustaría que hizo todas las cosas a mi Androide es, de verdad. "Aún así, cree que el iPhone es probablemente la mejor opción para muchos usuarios. "La gente te recomiendo el iPhone 4S son los que ya están en el mundo Mac, porque es muy compatible, y las personas que están asustados de las computadoras en conjunto y no quieren usarlos. El iPhone es lo menos aterrador. Para ese tipo de persona que tiene miedo de la complejidad, así, aquí hay un teléfono que es fácil de usar y hace lo que se tiene que hacer ", dijo.