¿Qué sucederá con Xiaomi, es el FIN? Diferencia entre las medidas que Donald Trump tomó contra Huawei y Xiaomi

Este jueves Donald Trump agregó a Xiaomi a una lista negra para inversores, que prohibirá que ciudadanos y compañías estadounidenses tengan activos (inversiones) suyas al considerar que tiene relaciones con el ejército chino.

La medida entrará en vigencia a partir del 11 de noviembre de 2021. Si bien se trata de un escollo para Xiaomi, no está cerca a la escala de lo sucedido con Huawei a partir de mayo de 2019.

La medida contra Xiaomi se trata de una orden ejecutiva firmada por Donald Trump y se limita exclusivamente a prohibición de inversiones.



En cambio, Huawei ha recibido varias olas de sanciones que provienen de la Oficina de Industria y Seguridad perteneciente al Departamento de Comercio de Estados Unidos al incluirla en la temida Lista de Entidades o ‘Entity List’. Estas sanciones provocaron la corte entre Huawei y Google, cosa que no sucederá con Xiaomi por el momento, por ahora, Xiaomi tiene la luz verde para continuar su crecimiento.

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The more cameras, better? Find out if it's true or not.

The fashions are inherent to mobile photography as they are to so many aspects of a smartphone and one of the most recent and striking is to put triple rear camera, although we are seeing four and even more in terminals this year. Although the really striking beyond the optics are the current and future designs of the rear cameras, which apparently will not cease to surprise us.


In honeycomb, in "traffic light", excelling ... The options are diverse in order to overcome this current challenge of fitting both a component in such a small space (as explained in OnePlus) and also to differentiate. We review what we can see in the market and what leaks show us in the face of future designs for multiple rear cameras.

One of the manufacturers that has pushed this fashion of the multiple rear camera more is Huawei, with a Huawei P20 Pro that in 2018 boasted triple camera followed by a Huawei P30 Pro that does it with four this year. The design was familiar to us, since that third camera followed the vertical scheme for the double camera that we had seen in many smartphones before, although the Huawei Mate 20 Pro changed it by opting for a kind of central tile including the flash and remaining as a dice.

The fourth camera, starring the integration of a Time of Flight or ToF sensor (another of the most recent fashions) has not forced the manufacturer to change at the moment, since in the Huawei P30 Pro we see a design similar to that of its predecessor. But yes, apparently the next Mate 30 Pro will introduce changes in the design of the back to stay in a circular shape, according to the last leaked poster.

Nokia is a manufacturer with solera and it seems that in its new stage with HMD it still has some of that crazy innovation and design spirit. The last sample is the Nokia 9 Pureview, a device that confirmed a design that leaks made us very difficult to believe.

It is a hexagon in which five cameras are fitted, the flash and the depth sensor, so that each one is inserted in one of the vertices of the hexagon and also in the center of it in a double rhombus scheme. Very striking both in shape and number, but unlike many other manufacturers there is no bulge and all this is at the height of the back cover, without protruding and with some subtlety and sobriety within what fits.

In addition to this mobile, the brand's plans could include launching another with a peculiar rear. This is a possible Nokia 7.2 whose alleged photos circulated recently on the network and showed a rear module also circular like that rumored Mate 30 Pro and very similar to the Motorola, as we will see now.


There are two manufacturers whose rear designs bring more expectation for this year by assuming more drastic changes, and coincidentally despite being nemesis they have apparently thought of very similar solutions. We talk about everything that is rumored about the iPhone 11 and what has been leaked and confirmed from the Pixel 4: that outstanding tile-shaped module that reminds a bit of a glass ceramic for its glass finish on black.

In the case of Google it was the company itself that confirmed it last June with a tweet, although without specifying which lenses will integrate that striking module (apparently they are two cameras and a flash). Something similar is said about the next Apple smartphones, with hundreds of renders created by users based on leaks that speak of a triangle arrangement inside this outstanding tile, adding the wide angle to its telephoto lens and its standard lens.

We will see how this evolves. Some of the leaks are repeated and could be confirmed in months, thus seeing a greater diversity in the rear parts and putting into current debate the question of whether the aesthetics and design of these cameras really matter to the end user, given that in the end what really A priority on many occasions is that the photographic scheme gives the versatility and photographic quality that it promises.

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FILTERED: The Samsung Galaxy X will have a folding and enveloping screen

The Samsung Galaxy X will have an enveloping screen

We have been hearing rumors for a long time about the possibility of Samsung launching a flexible screen phone. We know its final name, Samsung Galaxy X, and we have seen some possible designs of this phone with folding screen. But this new patent from Samsung could reveal the final design of the Samsung Galaxy X that would be characterized by having an enveloping screen.

This new patent, which has been leaked today, shows a smartphone with a screen that wraps the device on both sides. Presented at the United States Patent and Trademark Office on September 2, 2016, this could be the definitive design of the Samsung Galaxy X, or a different version of the flexible screen phone from the Korean manufacturer.

Will this be the final design of the Samsung Galaxy X?

As you will have seen in the conceptual drawings that accompany this article, this version of the Samsung Galaxy X would have a large main screen on the front of the phone that would wrap in the back occupying half of the back side. This way we would have a front panel to visualize contents and, possibly, the back part would be destined to give a similar use to what we saw at the time in the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge being able to read notifications and emails in addition to accessing certain applications.

The Samsung Galaxy X appears on the manufacturer's website

We know that Samsung intends to launch a flexible screen phone throughout the next year, 2018 and already in 2013, within the framework of the CES in Las Vegas, the giant based in Seoul presented the Galaxy Youm, the first screen with AMOLED screen flexible. So it is not so crazy the idea that the Korean manufacturer bet on different models of your Samsung Galaxy X. More if we consider that they will make very few units of this smarphone with folding screen.

We have already seen the possible user interface of the Samsung Galaxy X, which shows a design very similar to ZTE Axon M, so it is likely that this filtered patent may end up being another version of the Samsung Galaxy X. Could it be a model with a 6-inch screen oriented to view multimedia content or read books?

Samsung begins to make prototypes of its mobile phone with folding screen

And to you, what do you think about this possible design of the Samsung Galaxy X? Do you think that a design of this type would be successful in the market?

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Filtered the first Samsung Galaxy S9: Details

Almost without giving a break and when we are still reading analysis of the iPhone X and even the Galaxy Note 8, Samsung would be working already in the heir of the Galaxy S8 and attentive to what is coming, since the Korean giant would provide important new face to user. Although they have not transcended details about the possible aesthetic aspect of the terminal, yes they have leaked, in key of rumor, aspects on their benefits. The first of the novelties would come in the form in which the user unlocks the mobile and in this sense, Samsung would significantly improve what has been offered to date.

According to information published by the Korean Herald, the device would come equipped with a system for unlocking the mobile phone by means of the iris, which would significantly improve what Samsung has offered to date. The manufacturer continues to defend that the iris is still the surest way to identify the user and therefore continues to bet on this system, despite the limited results it offers. Samsung offers the user both the Galaxy S8 and the Note 8 - the company's two flagships - up to four ways to unlock phones (ordered from less to more secure): by facial identification, PIN or pattern, fingerprint recognition and finally, iris recognition.

The device would come equipped with a system for unlocking the mobile phone through the iris, which would significantly improve what Samsung has offered to date.

However, despite the available options, the user does not just reconcile with the last two terminals: identification by fingerprint by the location of the reader (it is in a remote position) and unblocking by the iris because it is not very precise and forces the user to look in front of the mobile by opening his eyes a lot (again, a forced position). So things, Apple once again demonstrated its historic ability to make easy the difficult, presenting the FaceID, a unique way to unlock the phone through the face that equips the iPhone X. The Cupertino giant ensures that this system is much more reliable that the fingerprint reader, but what surprises is how effectively it works and the manufacturer's faith in the system, which Apple presents as the only way to unlock the computer (along with the code).

The new recognition system that would equip the Galaxy S9 would work without problems in low light conditions and when the user wears glasses or moved his eyes, and as we have pointed out, Samsung is betting on this form of unlocking as the safest possible. But this would not be the only novelty of the team, and another parallel rumor suggests that, in addition to the iris, the new model could equip a fingerprint reader integrated into the terminal's own screen. Recall that one of the achievements of Apple with the iPhone X has been to remove the 'home' button to expand the screen size, forcing us to dispense with the TouchID. Well, Samsung could choose to move the sensor footprint to the front and under the screen, as suggested in another rumor on account of the announcement by Synaptics to be working on a sensor of this type for one of the leading manufacturers of mobiles in devices with "infinite screen".

But the novelties do not end here, since it is also expected that the new Galaxy could equip a Qualcomm 845 chip, which, among other functions, would support the ultra-fast Quickcharge 4+ charge. How would the user benefit? Although the real benefits of this charging system are still unknown, it is estimated that the Galaxy S9 could be fully charged in less than an hour, although to get out of a hurry, in half an hour there could be enough charge to end the day.

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Available already iOS 11 in its eighth update in three months: iOS 11.2.1 already available

The latest version of Apple's operating system has received so many patches that it starts to look like my amended childhood pants.

Trouble in paradise?

Apple released on Wednesday the eighth update for iOS 11 after last week it was released a bug that endangered products using HomeKit.

iOS 11.2.1, already available for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, can be downloaded from the device itself although it is always advisable to backup the information beforehand. Apple said last week that these days it would release this update.

Not counting the iOS 11 version itself, Apple has released eight updates due to several security and performance issues, although not all related to this issue-iOS 11.2, for example, was released with the premise of adding new emojis.

However, iOS 11 could be the version with the most updates to date: iOS 11.0.1, iOS 11.0.2, iOS 11.0.3, iOS 11.1, iOS 11.1.1, iOS 11.1.2, iOS 11.2 and the newly released of the iOS 11.2.1 oven. More those that are missing; Apple usually stops updating until it reaches X.3 or X.4.

On Wednesday also, Apple released tvOS 11.2.1, an update that is coupled to iOS 11.2.1 by bringing a security patch related to the vulnerability located in HomeKit, since the streaming box also has compatibility with household objects.

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What we know about the iPhone of 2018: screen and launch versions

In the midst of this rumor, we must put a little clarity: how many versions will there be? Which ones will have OLED screen? How will your cameras be?

The iPhone X takes just over a month in the market and despite this the atmosphere of rumors already speaks about its replacement for next year as Apple's latest phone.

As time goes by, the iPhone X becomes the new phone to be supplanted by Apple, so the creative and engineering machinery at Apple is already advancing at full steam to have a better phone ready by the fall of 2018 and, According to rumors, the iPhone X paints a clear picture of how the next Apple phones will be for the coming year.

The rumors about the expected phone come from different fronts, some more credible than others and, as time goes by, the information takes shape reinforcing the most credible information and discarding the less reliable reports, then we collect the most important.

Apple will launch three phones, two with OLED and one with LCD

According to Ming-Chi Kuo, there will be a model of 6.5 inches and 5.8 inches with OLED screen, but also one of 6.1 inches with LCD. The three iPhone will be without bezels.

Apple will put Face ID and better batteries in iPhones 2018

Reports suggest that the three iPhones of 2018 will have a longer battery in the form of L, in addition to the integration of facial recognition.

iPhone 'cheap' in 2018 will have metal casing

An alleged 6.1-inch LCD screen would return to the metal of the iPhone 7 and leave behind the glass of the iPhone X, a detail that would make them cheaper, but certainly not necessarily affordable.

2018 iPhones will have better wireless signals

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that the 2018 iPhones will have a different metal frame to improve the transmission of wireless signals.

The 2018 iPhone will not have a modified camera

Ming-Chi Kuo says that Apple will keep the same rear camera design so as not to complicate the production of the next cell phones.

The iPhone would have 3D functions in the rear camera

Bloomberg says Apple is researching a technology to place third-dimensional functions on an iPhone that would launch in 2019.

Apple will launch the iPhone SE 2 in June

The Chinese newspaper 'The Economic Daily News' says that the new generation of the 4-inch cell would cost around US $ 450 and would be manufactured in India.

Apple works with Intel for 5G modems in upcoming iPhone

Apple engineers would be more engaged in working with Intel and would be limiting what they do with Qualcomm.

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Wow! Samsung gives 200 Galaxy Note 8 to passengers on a flight

Monday in the morning. Still half asleep passengers of a flight of the company Iberia from the city of Madrid to A Coruña, Galicia, can not imagine, but today they will not have breakfast: they will each receive a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 .

The surprise is part of a campaign by Samsung with the airline Iberia, which for a few days has shown in its aircraft advertising Galaxy Note 8. "A year ago we asked you to turn it off, we welcome you today on board," says the information that accompanies the phone box and have posted several users on social networks.

Last year with the Galaxy Note 7 explosive, Samsung had to issue an international requirement for all phones to be returned, and asked its users not to use them on flights. In the United States, for example, the authorities banned them, so the company had to place device changeover points in several airports in this country.

Of course the tag # Note8Added quickly became a trend on Twitter, thanks in part to the fact that many of the 200 passengers tweeted about the surprise. Celestino García, corporate vice president of Samsung Spain, also traveled on the flight, and made Twitter known the action. In addition to our analysis, we spent 15 days testing the Galaxy Note 8 intensively, and this is our opinion of the team.


Will there be more flights with Galaxy Note 8 handsets? I would like my next flight to give me a Note 8.

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iPhone X will be in stock at Apple stores on November 3rd

Despite continued reports of constrained supply of the iPhone X ahead of its November 3rd launch, Apple today confirmed that its retail stores will have the device in stock on day one for walk-in customers. Well, it’ll be in stock for the first few people in line, anyway. Apple’s press release says that anyone hoping to walk into an Apple Store and walk out with an iPhone X next Friday is “encouraged to arrive early.” That’s right: the lines of hopeful iPhone buyers camping out overnight are about to make a big comeback after what many perceived to be soft demand for the iPhone 8’s arrival last month.
It’s nice to see that Apple is already confirming that its retail stores will have at least some iPhone X stock to go around. In previous years, certain new iPhone models have completely sold out from preorders and been unavailable for walk-in buyers on release day. The iPhone 7 Plus (and all jet black iPhones) faced this initial shortage in 2016.

The iPhone X goes up for preorder at 12:01AM PT (3:01AM ET) this Friday, October 27th from Apple and authorized resellers. At Apple’s stores, the device will officially go on sale at 8:00AM local time on the 3rd.

Source: The verge

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IPhone 8 vs Samsung Galaxy S8: What we know

IPhone and Galaxy. Apple and Samsung. They are the Godzilla and King Kong mobile phone market and it shows every year. This 2017 touches a new duel where the iPhone 8 comes to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the North American brand, while the Galaxy S8 hopes to give another leap of quality to what has already seen in the omnipotent S7. In the absence of official presentations of each product by the brands, information based on rumors, leaks and some confirmations suggest that this year may be one of the most disputed between both.

 

What we know about iPhone 8

 

 

After a drop in sales of its flagship, Apple wants to recover the lost ground with the new iPhone 8. Its name during the project is the iPhone X and its goal is to make a real leap in quality over its predecessor after the A continuation evolution that had the 7 to 6. For this, will have a wireless charging system with which the user can charge the battery without the need to use a cable and plug, as assured analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of The company KGI Securities. This mode will be available on all models of the iPhone 8 and will be one of the new star of the terminal.


 
On the other hand, those of Cupertino are interested in incorporating OLED panels to their screens in the new mobiles. A step that seems more than necessary to live up to what has been handled for some time in the market in terms of quality panels and displays. Due to the high cost of production of these panels in their terminals, experts point out that we will only see them incorporated in the top model of the iPhone 8. We would talk about a total of three versions of the phone, being 4.7, 5, 5 and 5.8 inches respectively.

Concepts iPhone

 

As for the price, the specialized press indicates that the iPhone 8 will cost 1,000 euros in its higher range version. This would be due to the high costs of materials, such as the aforementioned OLED panel, as well as the other technologies that would incorporate the phone. In pursuit of a supreme finish, Apple will take advantage to get rid of its iconic 'Home' button for a smooth and tactile finish. The same will do with the side edges, covering the entire front of the display. On the other hand, one of the great unknowns is in the fingerprint reader, that to carry it is completely unknown in what form it would be integrated in the design.

 

What we know about the Samsung Galaxy S8

 

The Korean giant wants to redeem itself after the crash of Note 7 and what better than the new S8. It will not be presented at the Mobile World Congress, unlike other years, but there are already several information regarding the device. It is known that the design is very inspired by the S7 Edge, making use of the curved screen on the sides. In this case, Samsung will remove the physical button, just like Apple with the iPhone 8, making the front of the phone is almost screened almost entirely. Unlike what the brand did with the S7 and S7 Edge, this design will come in the two versions that will come out of the S8. In the size of the screen, the standard S8 would have 5.8 inches, while its top version would have 6.2. These screens would still have the technology Super AMOLED, remaining in the air the doubt of the resolution.
 

Steel Drake

 

In the section of the camera of photos, Samsung always has much to say. For the S8 has been rumored everything. At first it was not going to bring double camera, in the end yes. Some rumors suggest that said double camera will only come incorporated in the model of greater range. In addition, the fingerprint reader to unlock the phone will come right next to the camera lens.
 
On the other hand, it is known that the S8 will mount a Snapdragon 835 processor with 6 GB of RAM, although some experts venture to claim that it will come with 8 GB of RAM, which would be a very noticeable progress in performance. Finally, the prices aim to be 799 euros for the standard version and 899 for the 'top' finish.

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Android or iPhone: In the world there is no space for other smartphones

Through the analysis of Gartner , his latest document on the mobile market in the world gives an account of the complete dominance of the operating systems of Google and Apple.
 
According to the figures, the market share of Android and iOS systems reached 99.6% during the fourth quarter of last year , leaving in full oblivion to BlackBerry and Windows Phone.
 

There's no more

 

The report also indicates that in the last months of last year, about 352 million Android devices were sold, while 77 million new iPhones were sold .
Meanwhile, Blackberry only sold 297 thousand units, while Windows Phone also lowered its share of new equipment.


 
The Android system dominates just under 81.7% of the market , while the system for iPhones does the same with a 17.9%.
 
That is why only the remaining 4% is for other systems, including Windows Phone with 0.3%. BlackBerrys do not reach even 0.1%.
 
As for the companies, Apple leads the list reaching 17.9% of total sales during the period of the last three months of 2016, closely followed by Samsung with 17.8%. Huawei came in third with 9.5% of sales, spearheading the boom in Chinese companies - including Oppo, BBK, ZTE, Xiaomi and Lenovo - which increased quarter by quarter.

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Shown! IPhone users believe themselves to be better than Android users

 

Generally, people who buy an iPhone do it for two reasons: 1) because they do not want to eat their head and want something that works and 2) by social status. Many people believe that having an iPhone gives them a higher social status, and that "Android is for the poor". Well that seems to stop being a saying to be a reality, and is that a survey has shown that iPhone users are more likely to negatively judge another person if they have an Android smartphone.

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The Samsung Galaxy S7 humiliates the iPhone 6s in camera tests

Samsung has been keen to point out that its flagship the Galaxy S7 has all in its new image sensor has excellent shots in low light and a super fast autofocus. But there is already a bit of choice when it comes to cameras and smartphones when the real test is conducted face to face. The YouTuber SuperSaf has managed to get the phone a little faster and faced with the iPhone 6s and Apple iPhone 6s Plus.

Now the Samsung Galaxy S7 allows, with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, capturing 240 frames per second to achieve this effect. Exactly the same data brings us back camera iPhone 6s, but with the difference that the team Apple does allow Full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels at 120 photograms per second, while in Full HD Samsung Galaxy S7 is limited at 60 frames per second.

We recommend you watch the video because you can make your own conclusions from the images shown and leave us your comments, we believe the Samsung Galaxy came out the winner by a large margin, but we can not detracting from the camera 6s iPhone is a smartphone last year and is competing with a team that was recently introduced and is not even on the market.

 En cualquier caso, la cámara del Samsung Galaxy S7 se alza con una mejor calidad de imagen gracias a que los píxeles son de mayor tamaño y a que, además, la firma surcoreana ha trabajado en una mejor apertura. Esto, junto al estabilizador óptico de imagen de dos ejes, es lo que consigue que con el nuevo terminal de Samsung las imágenes sean más nítidas, y especialmente en tomas con poca luz.

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The iPhone 6s Plus Exceeds the Galaxy S7 Edge in a Speed Test

The new Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge does not reach the market officially until later this week, but who has already been done with a unit and are starting to appear the first comparative video, as you taught them this morning of a test resistance to iPhone 6s Plus. This time we bring you another video, this time a speed test that pits the iPhone 6s Plus with S7 Edge Galaxy, the Nexus 6P and Moto X Pure Edition.
 






However, although the video there are four devices in total, iPadizate we will focus only on the iPhone 6s Plus and the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, the new flagship presented by the South Korean company a few days ago only. So we do not entertain us and we will see how the Galaxy S7 Edge fights back with respect to speed versus iPhone 6s Plus, which has lasted about six months on the market.The iPhone 6s Plus gives a review of the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge in a speed test. 

Which of the two smartphone has a faster response?

 As has been seen in some comparisons speed test the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge has nothing to deal with the iPhone 6s Plus, even though the mobile Apple has already half a year on the market and that has half RAM, 2GB 4GB versus new smartphone from Samsung.

In the video that accompanies this news a comparative response speed is different actions of the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, iPhone 6s Plus, the Moto X Pure Edition and the Nexus 6P, these three last released in 2015. The four devices are factory reset, running without a SIM card and you only have installed additional applications that appear in the test (Instagram, Netflix or Temple Run, among others), which is basically open and close applications and games to see how long it takes.




The iPhone 6s Plus outperforms its competitors in this video, finishing the test in 1 minute and 42 seconds, while the Galaxy S7 Edge was behind with 18 seconds apart. Watching this video it is clear how Apple takes full advantage of all the hardware that is part of the iPhone but not the cutting edge and working together that makes the software, in this case iOS in September.



Without going any further, the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge comes with a 4GB RAM, while the iPhone 6s Plus has 2GB of RAM. We must also not forget that both devices use different processors and operating systems.

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The Galaxy S7 Edge revealed: Samsung video is filtered prior to submission

 A few hours after Samsung presented in style their new Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, ​​has leaked a video in which is the Samsung itself that explains the characteristics of precious S7 Edge, the while confirming that these two terminals will not come just because it will accompany you the Gear 360.





The French site No Where Else has revealed a video in which the head of Technology Samsung Spain explains what's new S7 Edge are well confirmed some of the leaks that had occurred days ago.

The S7 Edge is more refined compared to its previous model as well as submit a 5.5-inch screen with rounded edges, also it has a curvature in the back cover, which improves the grip of the device.

Video improved camera, which not only will have less bulge in design compared to the previous model is also confirmed, but also improve the ability to take night shots and the speed at the time of photographing. Specifically, the head of Samsung explains that the rear camera incorporates Dual Pixel technology, opening 1.7, to perform approaches in much less time up to four times faster than the previous model in low-luminosity. Meanwhile, it takes 5-megapixel front camera and the same opening.

It is also confirmed that the new S7 Edge of Samsung will be able to expand your internal storage -32 GB version for the most attainable, through a microSD card up to 200 GB. About its characteristics, emphasize its 4 GB of RAM, an eight-core processor up to 2.4 GHz.

Software upgrades: the screen does not sleep

The improvements of the new device are not confined to the hardware level, which is that the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge out for wearing a Always on screen, which displays information to the user at all times having blocked terminal without this lead to a constant battery consumption. This option is customizable and the user can view it from the watch, the amount of available battery or social interactions you have.

In addition, as in the S6 Edge, Samsung has implemented substantial improvements in the Edge screen, to give themselves to the curved screen features. As revealed this week, Samsung will facilitate access to applications from the side with two line display. There, they can customize tasks as shortcuts to personal conversations, specific websites, favorite contacts, third-party applications and utilities.

Gear 360, bet on virtual reality

While confirming the existence of the Gear 360, in the video fails to explain what it is, even when taking into account both the leaks promotions Samsung about virtual reality, everything indicates that the product will in that sense. And is that Samsung has already launched to market their VR goggles, the Gear 360 would improve the range of products.

The Gear 360 would be a camera capable of recording video in high-resolution 360-degree-all points to 35 megapíxeles- so the user could make their own video compositions and then take them to the ecosystem of virtual reality.

All indications are that the camera can be connected with both S7 to see the video on the smartphone without using virtual reality goggles, to be able to record from it and deliver real-time video in 360 degrees.

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A "hoverboard" Live burns when a "youtuber 'was to try

 BuleBritish is not "The Rubius" but hardly a day has seen one of their videos have had more than 160,000 views in just hours. A record. And it's no wonder. 

 The "dark" history surrounding the "hoverboards" is true.

This unknown "youtuber" was very excited about his new company. Ebay acquired a hoverboard. And to show his followers how it worked, he decided to record an "unboxing" not knowing what would become the most watched video on their channel.

After unpacking, the young man goes out ready to try to show to all his followers. At first, BuleBritish gets on the "hoverboard" which does not react.

Seconds later, he goes up and decides to do something more pressure with his feet to work. However, what is your surprise, instead of getting up, the electric scooter starts to smoke one of its wheels and just burning.

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This could be the next LG G5: modular but "unibody"?

 

The new flagship of the South Korean maintain some aspects such as camera, fingerprint reader installed and reduce the size of your screen

 Beyond the iPhone 7 and Samsung Galaxy S7 future, possibly they repeat one more season as the best-selling smart phones, the major manufacturers are starting to prepare their new flagship. One that possibly be a significant leap in innovation will be G5 LG, next terminal high-end LG, whose main novelty is a chassis of the type 'unibody' but, unlike its rivals, it may remove the battery.
According to the latest leaks that swarm over the Internet, the South Korean giant could launch in the coming months, coinciding with the new edition of the Mobile World Congress, to be held in Barcelona from 22 to Feb. 25, its new flagship for this season . The concept of "smartphone" is changing and proposals as Ara Project of Google, trying modular terminals, allowing set piece by piece, as if it were a conventional computer arise.
Without reaching that level, the LG G5 will, according to rumors, a more modular design. Although they can discard and replace broken parts, the "smartphone" can allow itself to remove the battery from the bottom with just remove a piece, as if it were a cover. And that will be built on a chassis of the type "unibody", that is, in one piece, like the current iPhone 6S and Samsung S6.
In addition to this proposal, the next could be mobile, based on these leaks, totally different from the current LG G4. The LG G5, on the other hand, could hold dual camera with two sensors, one would come to 16 megapixels and an 8 megapixel. With a 5.29-inch screen instead of the current 5.5-inch, there is talk of a resolution of 2,560 x 1,440 pixels and a RAM of 3GB. In terms of processor, most likely uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820, one of the stars components for this year and fingerprint reader, and even heart rate sensor.



 

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Apple patent introduces simultaneous photo capture with multiple cameras

The latest patent filed by Apple details the idea of using two cameras to simultaneously capture two different fields of view in the same direction. By taking two photos with different focal lengths, a device like a phone could have an effective optical zoom without an actual moving lens.

The patent, first picked up by by Patently Apple, shows diagrams of two cameras side by side, the first with a larger field of view and the second with a smaller field of view that is a subset of the larger one, with their visual axes aligned. The device can then store the two photo data structures separately.

See also: Apple patent envisions fuel cell battery that could power a smartphone for weeks

Illustrations from Apple's patent. The left figure shows the two cameras capturing two fields of view. The right figure shows the two images both displayed on the same screen.

With these two data structures, the device can display both photos, switch between them or create an intermediate photo, enhancing the quality of the larger field of view picture with data from the smaller field of view.

For an example of this technology being used, Apple described taking video of a baseball game. With this design, someone could take equal-quality zoomed in and wide angle video at the same time and use that in the coverage of the game. With one device, a video operator could focus close up on a batter swinging while also focusing on the wider outfield and crowd reaction.

To ensure simultaneous image capture, Apple included a portion in the patent to index and compare the times at which the photos are captured in each of the cameras.

Apple's patent isn't just for phones, it also includes computers, tablets, cameras and gaming consoles. This technology could very well become a part of many different future Apple products.

There is no mention of using the side-by-side cameras for 3D within the patent, and the slight offset of the two images raises the question of how well an intermediate composition of the two photos would actually look. There are no details about how the photo data would be analyzed and combined.

As always, patent applications aren't proof that we'll actually see the technology in a finished product, but it does show us some of the things Apple is considering for its future camera systems.


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A robot cooked me a tasty Kung Pao chicken

Las Vegas — Someday, a robot will cook you dinner and, if you're lucky, it'll be Chinese food.

That's the promise of OneCook, a new robotic chef that can blend and cook ingredients and serve you a finished meal.

Developed by TNL Corp., OneCook isn't much to look at. The working prototype is a large, round, white device that, coincidentally, resembles a rice cooker. The team had a sleeker, non-working version at CES 2016's Eureka Park (where CES houses all the startups), but they directed me to the back of the conference hall where the TNL Corp. team was about to use OneCook to prepare a meal.

TNL Corp. founder and inventor Hanlin Hong told me that the whole process should take five or six minutes. So I parked myself and waited to taste some robot cooking.

Hong explained that the device works with an app that has meal options supplied by the company. You order what you want to cook and the 4.5-liter, pre-packaged ingredients arrive at your home. Each pack costs between $8 and $10. For the purposes of this demonstration, they would make Kong Pao chicken and use a small pack of chopped red and yellow peppers, peanuts, parboiled chicken pieces and sauce.

I watched as they put each ingredient into its own metal container, lifted the big lid on the OneCook and then carefully placed each one inside. The Wi-Fi in the hall was abysmal and it took some doing to upload the recipe to the robot. Soon, though, Hong closed the lid and announced that the cooking process had begun. An LED timer on top indicated that I’d have to wait approximately five-and-a-half minutes.

Hong opened the lid to show me that the robot was already heating and stirring the peppers and sauce. The speed and heat can all be adjusted through the connected app. Soon the OneCook robot had dropped in the chicken and then, finally, the peanuts. It smelled good.

When the cooking process was finished (after exactly 5 minutes and 30 seconds), Hong opened the front of the robot and pulled out what looked like a steaming hot aluminum pot. Then he ladled the finished meal onto a plate. Each ingredient pack can, depending on the meal, serve as many as four people.

Hong passed out toothpicks and encouraged us to dig in. I skewered a piece of chicken and some red pepper. The food was hot, spicy and pretty tasty, though I would say the chicken was a little over-cooked.

All-in-all pretty impressive. OneCook is not the first robot cooking device I’ve seen. Two years ago, I tried out the Rotimatic, robotic naan maker. The difference between the two devices is that Rotimatic can only make Roti, while OneCook can handle pretty much any ingredients you put into it, as long as it has the recipe program.


When OneCook finally goes on sale it will cost between $200 and $400, though Hong promised a pre-sale deal of $99 to $199.
Honestly, the Kung Pao was good enough that I’d be in for $199.

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