Category: Tech

New ultrabook delivers 22-hour battery life

Compared to the macbook air which has a 12 hour battery life, this new Toshiba  ultrabook model will deliver 22 hours of battery life on a single charge. Along with its amazing battery life, the Dynabook Kira V634 offers a 13.3-inch display with 1,366 x 768 resolution, an Intel Haswell processor, 8GB of RAM, 128GB SSD, support for 4K video output and a weight of only 1.12 kilograms.

Toshiba will start selling the ultrabook in Japan on November 20th for 144,000 yen ($1,446) and 153,000 yen ($1,530). An international launch date is currently not available.

Apple purchases PrimeSense, Creator of Kinect.

According to 9to5mac and Israeli publication Calcalist.co.il, Apple has purchased PrimeSense, the company that created the original Microsoft Kinect technology for $345 Million. This recent purchase will soon allow Apple to add controls that will require body movements. Similar to what has been seen on the Samsung Galaxy S4.

Apple has been working on its own gesture-controlled OS as seen below.
Microsoft used PrimeSense’s technology for the original Kinect. They have since replaced PrimeSense’s technology for their own in-house 3D mapping systems.

Here’s a video of their technology in use.

Google Debuts Nexus 5 Hero

After months of rumors and speculations, the Nexus 5 has finally been revealed! It wasn’t too much of surprise being that we’ve seen pictures all over the internet but I’m pretty sure than any Android fan will agree that it was worth the wait. Even me, A guy who is an Apple sheep personally thinks that this is an AWESOME phone!

The latest pure Google phone features a 4.95-inch full HD 1080p display, a quad-core 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800 processor, an 8-megapixel camera with optical image stabilization, either 16GB of internal storage, 2GB of RAM, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, NFC and Bluetooth 4.0. It also sports Google’s new Android 4.4 KitKat operating system and  includes a 4G LTE radio.

The price for this new toy is amazingly cheap.  Google’s new hero phone starts at just $349 for the 16GB model without a service contract.

From the looks of it, this phone will not disappoint and I cannot wait to get my hands on one and play with it. Google seems to never disappoint with its latest products. I have high hopes for this bad boy.

Here is the link to Google’s Play store in case this post has interested you enough to buy one! https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_5_black_16gb

Check back with is on further updates for the Nexus 5!

Phonebloks – The next step

If you read my post before this one then you watched the video about Phonebloks and how to build your own smartphone. Well here is a video by Dave Hakkens, the creator of the idea of Phonebloks. This is the next step into the future of Modular smartphones!