Apple overtakes Samsung with Smart Clock

Samsung is ahead of Apple. At the IFA in Berlin and on a screen in Times Square in New York has seen first smart watch Korean brand, the Galaxy Gear, ahead of that expected this in the coming weeks Apple.

Gear Galaxy put on sale worldwide on September 25 at a price that, for now, Samsung has not specified in Spain although it seems to be around 250 euros. Although the president of the products division, JK Shin, did not disclose the technical characteristics of these watches, yes you guessed it only synced phones of the same brand, which will lose much of its appeal.

Shin was presented with a watch strap orange and sphere grid, where the received message notifications. Subsequently, the research director, Pranav Mistry showed that the watch will be sold in six colors, which allow immediate connection to mobile. For example if a signal arrives at the clock email, simply remove the phone from his pocket to see on that screen is bigger.

Thanks to bluetooh simply place your hand on your ear for a phone call or make a call. They also have voice commands thanks to the speaker installed in the watch strap. The watch features a camera capable of producing small videos with just swipe your finger across the screen of 1.6 inches. Gear is compatible with all Galaxy devices and has an own application store. The battery lasts 25 hours and includes other features like the accelerometer or pedometer.

By now there are four manufacturers of smart watches, regardless of the dedicated solely to sports functions such as classic Polar. Sony was the pioneer brand with its SmartWatch, which just launched its second geneeración for 199 euros, the Italian'm watch costs between 350 and a thousand euros and Pebble $ 150 (about 120 euros). In all cases, the operating system is Android, but so far, no clock rates for the Samsung.

With these launches, expected more from Apple, is expected later this year has more than a million of these devices operating in Europe.

Samsung's show in New York and Berlin next week Apple will mount in Cupertino, Berlin and Beijing-was used to introduce two products: the Galaxy Note phone-tablet in its third generation. It is lighter, faster, thinner than the previous, announced Shin. The screen goes from 5.5 to 5.7 in. and increases the range of colors with pink, as they have seen much of the public that this product is female. The Note comes with a stylus 3 more sensitive and higher functions, surrounded with apps like Evernote and My Magazine, the Korean version of Flipboard. Your camera is capable of 60 frames in high resolution and, of course, is 4G.

The Note opened a new mobile market more than five inches and, thanks to its success, all manufacturers have followed the path, and mobile and over six inch screen. Such is the success of the Note is now complete with a 10-inch model of 535 grams, which the South Korean firm tries to have a mobile device for every consumer, regardless of their need. This act seems that Samsung wants to preempt Apple, if only for a week. Next Tuesday Apple will speak.

The return of tech giants

There was a time not too distant, although it is situated in the prehistory of telecommunications, in which each country had only one phone company. In the last two decades of the last century, with mobile and Internet still stuttering after birth, there was a wave of liberalization and privatization that ended with the hated monopolies. To paraphrase the biblical axiom was not good for man to be alone against the almighty telephone flag. It was said that competition was the best weapon to improve service quality and lower prices. As usual, America was at the forefront. In 1974 the almighty decree divided AT & T into seven regional companies (so-called baby bells). Europe would soon follow suit.

The end of national monopolies (like Telefonica in Spain) was the birth of hundreds of companies. Finally, consumers had reached the promised paradise of competition, the free market orchard, with dozens of offerings to choose. But also, as in the biblical story, the devil is not resigned to sit still when it comes to ending havens. So for several years, and more intensely since the outbreak of the crisis, a wave of mergers and concentrations is shaking up the telecommunications sector.

The theory now is that competition is beneficial, yes, but to some extent.And the main argument for these concentrations (euphemistically called consolidation processes) is that the development of Internet and mobile, with a consumption of data traffic and exponential growth year after year, requires a huge investment so it is necessary to go back : few very large operators. But with the addition, and that differentiates you from the time of the monopolies, at the same time requires a process of deregulation: that authorities and regulators to intervene as little as possible.

In this process, the U.S. also tops. Four giants (AT & T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile) make up the huge U.S. market. There could be less if the Obama administration had not slowed in 2011 attempted to absorb AT & T to T-Mobile USA, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom.

There are 300 European mobile companies, compared to 9 in the U.S. and 3 in China

Verizon, who leads the mobile phone in the U.S., has closed this week with Vodafone to buy its 45% stake in Verizon Wireless, its mobile subsidiary, for EUR 100,000 million, echoing the era of the tech bubble. It is the third largest acquisition in corporate history after buying Germany's Mannesmann by Vodafone (year 2000) and the AOL Time Warner (2001), which were conducted in full bubble. In July, Japan's SoftBank completed the acquisition of 78% of Sprint by 21,600 million.

The North American market moves. But the local playground has been outgrown and want to shop at Old Continent. The brokerage houses, investment funds and managers of the operators say that Europe is lagging behind in the field of information technology, the victim of a fragmented market in small domestic smallholdings, with multiple and stringent regulations that do not allow return on investment and impeding further step towards the new digital society that make Americans and Asians.

José María Álvarez-Pallete, CEO of Telefónica, is convinced that the European industry is missing the boat and must become more competitive. "Despite the large increase in traffic in recent years, Europe is the only region whose operators do not grow in revenue," the second Spanish multinational executive, who draws attention to the fact that in Europe there 339 mobile operators compared to nine in the United States or all three of China. He also complains coexist 27 eurozone regulatory frameworks for only one that governs the industry both in the U.S. or in the Asian giant.

The solution aims is that of a "digital single market" Europe with which to face the American challenge, but the bureaucratic machinery of Brussels and the EU states themselves do not venture to come to fruition the project. "O no single market or we will not be anything in the digital world", said Industry Minister Jose Manuel Soria, in the XXVII Meeting of Telecommunications, which was held this week in Santander.

Brussels wants

a digital single market and to

the 'roaming'

Jean Marc-Vignolles, CEO of Orange Spain, supports the theory that the telecommunications industry in Europe is "cornered" between two fronts: "A European regulation overly protective of the consumer", which translates into a constant pressure on the margins of the companies, and a huge investment needs to meet growing demand.

Vignolles argues that "consolidation is still an unresolved" because European operators are weakening. The two major U.S. carriers together (AT & T and Verizon) generated in 2012 more results (EBITDA) that the sum of the five major European operators (Telefónica, Vodafone, Orange, Deutsche Telekom and Telecom Italia). "The contributions of European operators are under severe pressure and they are becoming takeover target by other foreign operators," warns Vignolles.

It refers to operations such as takeover bid recently launched by America Movil, owned by Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim, on the Dutch KPN. Although the next landings could be much more spectacular. The Anglo-Saxon financial press has not stopped feeding the rumors (or maybe more) of the intention to AT & T to take over some of the greats of Europe. The most notorious was the interest in Telefónica. An interview with the CEO of AT & T Industry Minister sparked speculation. In June, there was talk of a takeover imminent U.S. by 70.000 million euros, which would also assume debt of 50,000 million from the Spanish. Both Telefónica and the Government were quick to deny the bid. Although more cautious when Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the operation, explained days after the AT & T plans were more modest: to capture 29.9% of Telefónica to not have to launch a takeover bid well for the entire capital.

European operators are trying to defend from these threats gaining size.Vodafone, which has had offers from AT & T by one of its European assets, bought in June the largest cable operator in Germany, Kabel Deutschland, for 7,700 million euros. Telefónica has launched a bid of 8,550 million E-Plus, KPN subsidiary cell. They are timid attempts, colliding with the zeal of national and EU regulators, even when it comes to infrastructure sharing. The changes made ​​France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom unifying a joint venture (Everything Everywhere) their British operators may be the way.

There are many companies opables its low share price

The Competition Commissioner, Joaquin Almunia, is defended: Brussels is not particularly strict on the regulatory front. The proof, he says, is that since 1990 began to exercise merger control has never vetoed a cable operation on mobile, only merely imposed conditions. Almunia also denies that the Commission has an unwritten rule that prevents a country has less than four operators.

"In Europe there are countries with less than four. We have authorized a merger that left three in Austria and Holland. We do not have a dogmatic about the number. While it is true that the duopoly is not acceptable, "he said this week in an interview with Cinco Dias.

Equipment manufacturers are in a situation even more complicated, France's Alcatel Lucent continues to cut jobs in Europe while Nokia Siemens has cut 20,000 jobs worldwide in the past two years, and is studying 8,500 additional layoffs. Although Nokia has put icing, the former leader of the mobile manufacturers, whose cell division has been bought by Microsoft this week.

"It would have been unthinkable surgery eight years ago. But today is considered credible any news to talk about shopping in Europe by American operators, but not vice versa, due to the weak market of European companies affected by falling income, "says Francisco Roman, president of Vodafone Spain.

Jazztel, Telstra and Ono, in the sight

The Spanish market is a typical model of fragmentation. The wholesale price regulation by the Telecommunications Market Commission (CMT) has led to a growing segment of resellers, which has proved very profitable in the mobile and fixed inefficient in traditional broadband. In the heat of those priced prices have emerged since 2006 nearly 30 mobile virtual network operators (MVNO) that in a few years have made with 8.3% market share by revenue. The trend is unstoppable: customers who lose month to month with network companies will stop the OMV. The proper functioning of portability, which allows free switching companies retaining the number, facilitates the transfer. Since early 2011, Movistar and Vodafone have lost 3.5 million customers due to portability.

In fixed broadband has proved very inefficient rental model, so the five major operators with their own network (Telefónica, Ono, Jazztel, Vodafone and Orange) make up the residential market, they share in their respective areas with the regional cable operators (Euskaltel, R and Telecable).

With a market so divided there is some way for the consolidation. Assuming that the regulator would make it impossible any operation between the three large-Telefónica, Vodafone and Orange, the two most desirable snacks are Telstra and Jazztel, alternative leaders in mobile and broadband respectively.For the fourth mobile operator and openly expressed interest Orange this spring, but did not cover the bid marked by its parent company TeliaSonera.From Jazztel has spoken of his sales almost from the moment he took the reins of the company Leopoldo Fernández Pujals, the architect of Telepizza pitch. Since early 2012, its price has almost doubled. Worth 1,840 million euros. It is the mystery of Ono. The four venture capital funds seized most of the capital of the cable companies when they bought in 2005 are looking forward Auna your investment. But have not found a buyer. His intention is to look for an alternative in the IPO, which again insisting this week its CEO, Rosalia Portela.

The source of liquidity has provided Vodafone's sale of its stake in Verizon has sparked all sorts of rumors and combinations. Especially when the CEO of the company in Spain, Antonio Coimbra, in a meeting with reporters, said this week that Spain is one of the five countries in which the group will invest part of the 7,100 million euro from Verizon Wireless.

An opinion even more critical is the undersigned Jose Antonio Lopez, CEO of Ericsson Spain, whose company competes heavily with the Chinese Huawei and ZTE for the laying of new fiber and 4G networks across Europe. "If we do not grow organically and inorganically lose European companies. And we must help regulators. We must improve profitability and grow to keep us buying. Because, as is the capitalization, there are real bargains in Europe for companies in the U.S. and Asia. "

But not only endangered the Europeanness of companies. This dispersion and the regulatory environment are causing, according to operators and manufacturers, a technology gap. Verizon covers 95% of the U.S. population with 4G, while 100% of the South Korean population already enjoys access to this technology.

Vodafone can go shopping

Verizon's money

Arnica ask companies to regulators.The obsession of all is the digital single market Soria speaking. The bearer of this utopia is Neelie Kroes, Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, which states that it is aware that "operators can not achieve economies of scale, think Europe as a whole and compete globally."

His idea is to create a European digital passport with which operators can market their services in any EU country without having to go through national bureaucracies. But Kroes has other plans that do not have the sympathy of the operators. As throughout the EU to end the roaming fee that companies charge when customers call or receive calls from other EU countries who brings great benefits. Commissioner them cites the U.S. market where revenues from subscription services bend to those of the EU, although the cost of calls is three times lower than the European average.

When the big corporate consumers interested in the extent that they affect your bill. And yet been shown to be beneficial to oligopoly pocket.If the model is going to be the energy, where three or four companies share the Spanish market, which they are prepared. According to Eurostat, the prices of electricity and gas for 2012 individuals were 75% and 30% higher, respectively, than in 2007. In that period, in the fragmented mobile market rates have fallen by 33%. Beware consolidations.

The thousand days that sank Nokia

How to transform a giant in a dwarf in just a thousand days. The manual should be signed by one Stephen Elop that in less than three years at the helm of Nokia got, among other things, that your operating system Symbiam passed from 44% to 0 , 3% of the market.

The September 21, 2010, a Canadian profile insubstantial 46 years left the direction of the main area of ​​Microsoft to lead Nokia, world's leading manufacturer of mobile. Steve Ballmer dismissed him with crocodile tears praising his great services to the company, where never replaced. In turn, praised Elop, at first glance, Nokia phones: "There are great products that people have not seen." Neither would ever see.

This week in September, has purchased its own excompañía Nokia by 5,500 million euros, ten times less than it did when Elop came to Finland.In his three years at the helm, the Finnish multinational giant to dwarf passed.

Elop's signing was not a whim. Nokia needed a spark strong. Since the introduction of the iPhone in 2007, sales of the Finnish mobile not stop falling. Although he had grown to more than half of all global sales, both basic phones like smartphones, Elop on arrival only, only! was 37.4%.The share price had fallen 60% over the previous year.

"Elop should be investigated for fraudulent behavior"

That year, 2007, Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone, the first phone from Apple, which had previously manufactured computers and little else. The skepticism of traditional industry was absolute, and Nokia also, who despised the power of the Apple brand and its marketing. De nothing worth saying that Nokia already had smartphones wonderful, as the Communicator or the N8, and his shop applications and their maps and their music. Faced with the simplicity and clarity of the software (operating system) Apple, consumers suddenly discovered that your phone Nokia, Symbian, was tortuous and infuriatingly cumbersome. Three years later, Nokia still did not react and they signed it Elop.

When he Elop, Nokia had sold in the last quarter to 39% of allsmartphones, a total of 24 million units, more than their pursuers Blackberry, Apple and HTC together (Samsung only had 5%). In all that 2010, the smartphones of Nokia rose from 68 million to 104, while the iPhone only 25-47, ie Nokia's decline was evident, but relative.

In the quarter Elop goodbye, a thousand days later, Nokia does not appear among the top five manufacturers, only sold 7.4 millionsmartphones, less than 4% of the market.

Regarding his maligned operating system, Symbian had 44% market share, followed by 18% of Android, Blackberry and Apple 14%. Thinking revolution smartphones, Nokia had launched its Meego system, adapted to tablets and mobile computers. Meego even had the acceptance of Chinese operators to incorporate their phones and so get rid of pressure starting duopoly Android-Apple.

In this scenario, a February 11, 2011, Elop announced that Nokia abandon Symbian and that their devices will only work with software from Microsoft. The announcement had an immediate impact on sales of Nokia, a negative effect that lasted, as Microsoft would take almost a year to take out a mobile operating system, the Windows Phone. In a quarter went from selling 28 million smartphones and 16 million of its new Lumia, and manufactured in Taiwan.

In hindsight, this is the absurdity of decisions Elop, all wrong and in the same direction, some go beyond qualify as the "most useless CEO of Forbes 500 history" and awarded by Tomi Ahanen, exdirectivo Nokia and author of a dozen books on the telephone industry. The average onlineBGR speaks of the Great Conspiracy Ballmer, Elop. According to his theory, Microsoft sent his employee to lead Nokia to lower its value, as has happened. Just remember that last year Google paid triple for Motorola, which sold 15 times less mobile than the Finnish.

"Elop must be investigated for fraudulent behavior and to break their duty of loyalty. I think that all the agreements should be carefully scrutinized, "he writes in his blog Ahonen Communities Dominate Brands."If Elop caused all this damage, how is allowed to sell to him what was destroyed?", A question that is not explained Ahonen gratification nor its Board of Directors.

Symbol Loss Finland has not been taken so badly by the country's finance minister, Jan Kapaavuori, who saw it coming. "We are pragmatic people. Nokia is a great symbolic value, but the impact is more emotional than financial. "

If the Finnish Minister not concerned, the European Vice President Neelie Kroes, yes. Europe lost the last cellphone maker, as he lost to last decades computers. He has also lost the possibility of softwarecontinental (operating systems like Symbian, MeeGo or Linux, also Finnish) is extended by other continents. It is true that two years Nokia phones were as European as American as Apple, but the U.S. dominates the software and social networks. "We should re-occupy the driver's seat," said Kroes. "Europe has been a leader in 3G, we have lost in 4G, we need to be ahead in 5G".

The mobile phone is no longer European business

The free market orthodoxy dictates that the more companies compete in a sector more and the better the service that users receive. Under that premise was ended more than two decades ago the telephone monopolies, which were replaced by a multitude of private operators.After those operations, Internet and mobile telephony have resulted in a digital world that generates data traffic cataracts and operators are facing significant investments in new and powerful networks to meet the overwhelming demand. Hence, companies need to gain size and conquer markets to create economies of scale that allow them to remain profitable.

United States and Asia are at the forefront of this process of concentration, of which Europe has lagged behind due to the fragmentation of the market and the imposition of tariffs on a multitude of regulators. In front of the big four companies which share the U.S. market and the three vying Chinese, also subject to a single regulator, in the Old World there are more than three hundred operators. Large multinational companies based in Europe like Telefonica, Orange and Vodafone have warned that the consolidation is necessary to compete effectively with Asian and American giants.

Buying Verizon to Vodafone of its stake in the mobile market leader in the USA, which has become the third largest business operation in history, is just the latest warning companies push across the Atlantic .America Movil, Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim firm is also shopping in Europe and has launched a bid for the Dutch KPN. And AT & T, the U.S. exmonopolio, does not hide his interest in its European rivals, including Telefonica. The weakness of many companies market and lack of liquidity makes them very attractive.

Buying the Finnish Nokia by Microsoft has left Europe without hardware manufacturers, but no presence in the mobile software. American hegemony in the latter sector is evident: the mobile operating systems today are Android (Google), iOS (Apple), Windows Phone (Microsoft) and even BB10 (Blackberry). Nokia loss at the hands of an American company is the symbol of weak European Technology, which has been increasing since the advent of the Internet and smartphones and is now evident in the delay of 4G. Something must make the EU authorities as well as promising a digital single market that never comes to reverse that trend only leads to technological servitude and therefore economic regarding U.S. or Asia. The fall of Nokia, who became a leader in the global mobile market, shows errors in business management, but also a poor European policy of their industry.

Globally, what is missing is greater consumer protection, which does not benefit big mergers that are logged. That is to show the example of the energy sector, shared between a handful of big players, which has driven prices against falling telephony living through greater competition signatures.

Samsung's watch, expensive and unintelligent

The choice of a watch is very personal; speaks volumes about the person wearing it. So to start, I must say q ue the Samsung Galaxy Gearis not for everyone, despite the media frenzy generated by presenting electronic product simultaneously in Berlin and New York. And who expect the gadget will make you more intelligent than those who do not carry it, we continue to wait.

The Gear is at first sight the same dimension of those Casio calculator watches forbade you bring teachers in math exams not to play advantage. This is twice as thick. The other thing that a lot of attention on sight are the four screws in the corners of the box, including Amoled screen and two straps.

I must say that the most famous stand screws in photos than in reality. In fact, not given more attention than the first eye contact. Wear it on your wrist is your thing at first. The belt, for safety, is robust. Once the position is located, is well suited to the arm hold still. To the extent you have, not heavy.

Before tightening the only Gear button and put it to work an aesthetic valuation. For those who are used to big watches, it will not change things much. But seeing the design of the device and the colors in which it occurs, is difficult to believe that a professional Wall Street it will take to work. Also hard to see on the wrist of a woman.

Obviously, the key to this kind of mobile remote control would be on the screen, the new gateway to the Internet that supposedly opens at the wrist. When turned on, the first thing that appears in the model is the time in digital format with a fine typography, white on black background. It reads perfectly. The appearance can be changed. The functions are presenting then moving cards with finger gestures.

The touch screen is of 1.63 inches and resolution 320 by 320 pixels. Has speaker, two microphones and a small 1.9-megapixel camera on the handle facing the outside of the arm. You can take pictures and videos of 10 seconds with sound. If you are looking for image quality, better to shoot with the phone. Inside a processor is 800 megahertz.

Essentially what you are looking for Samsung with the Gear is that your audience is always connected to your phone without having to touch it. In practice, this means being able to make a call while typing, driving or making purchase, provided the phone is less than 1.5 meters away.Fewer procedures are not understood.

One of the functions of the watch is the marker. You can also write messages and update your calendar or contacts thanks to S Voice, which works correctly.

The test call could not be done because the Gear is linked only to a Galaxy Note 3 no contract, but if in the end we used to see people on the street talking to herself, perhaps stroll with his elbow up and wrist to his mouth as popularized Michael Knight and Dick Tracy. In any case, it is true that every time we talk least mobile.

At first contact, the most practical feature is the music player controller, together, in the case of the athlete, the pedometer, always clear you want to carry a Note 3 with the weight you have.

The key will be in the applications that they are created to bring life and improve performance. That's what could make it an attractive device. It will begin with a 70, but the clock only supports a dozen third-party applications in addition to the preinstalled.

The device response to gestures is better than expected for the first generation, although slow compared to mobile. Still, with the low screen resolution and dimension, so nascent right now is to see that demonstrates more than to browse notes, watch the time or give orders to S Voice. Also to be seen whether future versions let you use the clock without touching the start button.

All this, for $ 299 in the U.S.. If the design and size that it adds, can not imagine that will mobilize the masses a device that continues to be an auxiliary to other accessory. That price makes it a pretty expensive device with plastic strap. If we also consider running twinned with the new Galaxy tablet Note3 and 10.1, both with Android 4.3, we must add the price of those electronic devices or any other that, in the future, is compatible with other Galaxy. It makes no sense that this little clock on limited costs more than a tablet of the same brand .

That Samsung incur this error when competing specializes in lower prices (for now his watch is far more expensive than the Sony, Pebble or Qualcomm) could mean that the product launch as a test to see the answer the consumer or that it was believed that the success of your overall mobile fidelity guarantee your products. The first is arranged, the latter would be more worrisome.

10 Sci Fi gadgets that changed the world

Science fiction in all its forms has been an inspiration and influence in the development of technologies. 10 Then they will know that they are about to change the world as we know.

1. In the 2030s, human beings have nanobots in the bloodstream, which destroy diseased cells, eliminate toxins, and even be of help in performing surgeries.

Sounds exaggerated? Have already been used in curing type 1 diabetes in rats.

Two. The wireless transfer technology already exists to power small devices, but scientists are actively improving. In the future, will eliminate the need for cables and people will be able to send energy through space.

Three. Scientists at the University of California at Berkeley have used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to study the visual cortex and be able to decode brain activity images. This technology may have future applications to help coma patients or people who have had a stroke, it could even be used to decode dreams.

April. Scientists at the University of California, San Diego have developed the first contact lens telescope. The people who own this lens can expand their distance vision. The technology is being considered for military use, but only now being developed for the treatment of macular degeneration. Clinical trials will begin in November this year.

May. Mind-controlled prosthesis. DARPA has already started clinical trials in amputees. Yeah, basically like in Star Wars.

6. Motorola is developing what is known as biostamps, some tattoos that contain flexible electronic circuits. These circuits send a signal to your phone or laptop to unlock it, eliminating the need to enter codes or passwords.

July. Thanks to 3D printing technology, researchers are printing with living cells. In the near future, the waiting list for organ transplants be a thing of the past.

August. The last military exoskeleton, able to amplify strength of its users 17 times, will revolutionize the business of the soldiers. It could also help in the fight overall.

9. Thanks to a substance called "graphene", will soon be possible to charge mobile phone battery or electric cars in a matter of seconds or minutes.

10. In early 2020, the text messages will of mind to mobile devices. This thanks to the thought, ie, brain waves analyzed and digitized messages on a screen similar to Google Glass. Just say (or think) "send" everything will be ready.

iPhone 5S, 5C capacity of each model to determine

Apple on September 10 of the presentation, if no accident, then, iPhoen 5S should be synchronized with the iPhone 5C debut, the positioning of the two models is not the same, so the storage capacity will be overlap size has not been confirmed, and recently through the upstream manufacturers messages, finally made a new generation of iPhone each model configuration storage capacity.

In the past, the history of the iPhone, the earliest of the iPhone is 8GB and 16GB capacities, then in order to reduce prices, and finally launched a 4GB models. But to the second generation of the iPhone 3G, you make sure that only two kinds of capacity 8GB and 16GB. To the iPhone 3GS then further raised to the maximum capacity of 32GB, then iPhoen 4S then again raised to 64GB.

As previously iPad has launched 128GB models, regardless of the time course on evolution, NAND Flash price, capacity, demand and other factors point of view, iPhone launch 128GB capacity model is inevitable, this news came out relevant information in addition to market In addition, this capacity has also been confirmed by upstream firms, ie iPhone 5S will have 16GB, 32GB, 64GB and 128GB, four kinds of capacity, which should also always iPhone models at the same time has the largest capacity of the selected models.

As parity iPhone 5C parties also dispute whether there had 8GB models to further reduce costs and selling prices, but due to gradually falling 8GB capacity to market demand, the user is not attractive, the cost impact is limited. Therefore, there will be no final confirmation iPhone 5C 8GB models, but there will only be two versions of 16GB and 32GB, 64GB for larger segments with iPhone 5S, a start does not appear.

Leather texture Galaxy Note 3 officially unveiled

Samsung Electronics was held in Berlin, Germany new presentation, officially launched its flagship smartphone Galaxy Note 3, which is the third generation of products Note series, in addition to the screen size and the core components of the upgrade, the biggest unveiled the design of the back cover is leather texture added, compared with the previous Galaxy series phones plastic shell texture a great degree of improvement.

Shenzong Jun, president of Samsung Electronics mobile speech recommend Galaxy Note 3, the first to be recommended is the Galaxy Note 3 designs, inspired by the notebook, which matches the name of the Galaxy Note, cover with a texture similar to leather material, but not real leather, cover edge design similar to needle stitched textures, the same years Galaxy series of plastic has finally changed. Galaxy Note 3 There are three colors to choose from, namely black, white, pink.

 (Source: The verge)

(Source: The verge)

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Galaxy Note 3 major hardware before the release of the exposure parameters are basically the same, Note series most iconic increased to 5.7-inch large-screen 1080p Super AMOLED screen, Samsung said the larger screen of the phone functions to promote progress in order to allow users can fully experience the big screen phone. Although the screen size increases, but the Galaxy Note 3 of body weight than the Galaxy Note 2 reduces 14.5g, battery capacity up to 3200mAh. Galaxy Note 3 will be available in two versions, support for 4G network powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad-core CPU, another version is equipped with Samsung's Exynos eight-core CPU.

 (Source: The verge)

(Source: The verge)

Samsung S Pen stylus Galaxy Note series is the most distinctive parts, the new S Pen in performance also improved, S Pen Galaxy Note can use the latest Air Command, one placed on top of all the programs of the disc controller. In the Galaxy Note 3 software manipulation, support for split-screen multi-program control, the user can use several applications at the same time, you can easily switch between different windows, Group Play function has been previously presented in the Galaxy S4, the new version can support the Group Play more video playback, and even five Galaxy Note can be spliced ​​together to form a large-screen video playback.

(Source: The verge)

Galaxy Note 3 there will be two types of memory capacity 32GB/64GB versions, and support memory card expansion, September 25, 2013 in more than 140 countries worldwide listed price is not disclosed.

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Android 4.4 named KitKat, Nexus 5 real machine exposure in promotional video

Google Android team leader Sundar Pichai confirmed, the next upgrade Andr oid operating system version named KitKat, this is not the long-rumored Andr oid 5.0 but Android 4.4, KitKat as Nestlé (Nestlé)'s a well-known chocolate bar brand, the two companies will also collaborate KitKat.

Google Android official website revealed that the next version of Andr oid system will be called KitKat, if the user can be found in the nearby shops special KitKat chocolate bars, there is access to Google sent Nexus 7 tablet and Google Play points.

The KitKat naming is a partnership between Google and Nestle, had earlier heard the next version of Andr oid system will be called the Key Lime Pie, is a Mexican-style lemon pie available, but Android cooperative relations director John Lagerling reveal "taking into account the very few people know what the specific tastes of lemon pie, Google decided to rename this version of Andr oid", Google insiders suggested named KitKat, which is a very well-known in the United States and Europe chocolate bars brand, Google this proposal had to communicate with Nestle, in less than a day's time, Google and Nestle reached a cooperation agreement. Nestle will 50 million associated with the Android 4.4 dolls chocolate bars shipped to 19 countries, sales and marketing, purchase this part kitKat chocolate bar users will have access to Google's Nexus 7 tablet sent or Google Play points.

KitKat continuation of the Android system named in alphabetical order dessert tradition of Andr oid at Google headquarters office door has been put on the Android 4.4 chocolate bars dolls, Sundar Pichai in his personal homepage revealed Google+ Android devices worldwide startup volume has exceeded 10 million units. Published on Google Andr oid 4.4 commercials, many Google employees before taking pictures in the Android doll, which has a staff holding a large screen of the Nexus phone, this matte black back cover, with a large lens unpublished product is a Nexus device, printed with Nexus and LG Logo, Google this video has been deleted, it is very likely that Nexus 5 real machine. Currently Nexus 4 global price reduction, suggesting that the next generation of Nexus handsets released not too far.

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• Android KitKat is the next version of Google's mobile operating system

Microsoft - Nokia Transactions 11 facts

Microsoft has just announced a nearly $ 7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia devices service sector, which also includes ten Nokia patents related to the right to use the Microsoft acquisition behind the main purpose is to protect the Windows Phone ecosystem, and accelerate Microsoft in smart phones expansion. Nokia will retain other technology sectors, including Nokia Siemens Networks division (Nokia Solutions and Networks), Nokia Here Maps departments and patent ownership, the acquisition of all actions will be completed the first quarter of next year.

The following is about the acquisition of 11 facts:

1. The transaction is divided into two parts, 3.79 billion euros (about $ 5 billion) acquisition of Nokia's mobile phone manufacturing sector and 1.65 billion euros (about 2.17 billion U.S. dollars) Nokia's patents.
2. 32,000 Nokia employees will be assigned to Microsoft, including the headquarters of the 4,700 employees in Finland.
3. Nokia's Lumia series of smartphones sold in the second quarter, a total of 7.4 million units.
4. Nokia CEO Stephen Elop (previously head of Microsoft's Office Business) will once again join Microsoft as mobile phone manufacturing department.
5. Microsoft's equipment and studio engineering department (Devices and Studios Engineering Group) supervisor Julie Larson-Green will join Elop team, but still committed to Xbox One and Surface development.
6. Microsoft and Nokia's global marketing operations will be borne by marketing executive vice president Tami Reller and Mark Penn responsible.
7. The second quarter of this year, Microsoft sold 53.7 million units related to mobile devices.
8. Nokia will retain ownership of the patent, the patent sale to Microsoft's 10-year useful life.
9. Microsoft will immediately pay Nokia 1.5 billion euros (about 1.97 billion U.S. dollars), from Microsoft's overseas cash resources paid in three installments, each 500 million euros.
10. Nokia's shareholders will in October this year to vote for this deal, if not through, Microsoft will pay Nokia another $ 750 million breakup fee.
11. Microsoft will build a data center in Finland for Microsoft and Nokia to provide services to users in Europe, is expected to cost about $ 50 million to 700 million.

In addition to these 11 facts outside Ballmer stressed in an e-mail:

For our global plan and has not changed much, we also hope to join Nokia departments will each play a role in providing services to users around the world.

SOURCE: ZDNET.com 

[News] Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia phones and services!

Big News! September 2, 2013 Nokia official blog published news, Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia devices and services, and Nokia's official blog, the company disclosed two CEO's open letter. Accelerate the development of Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia Windows ecosystem. Microsoft to € 3.79 billion acquisition of Nokia's device services sector 1.65 billion purchase of Nokia's related patents. ...

Here is Steve Ballmer and Stephen Elop issued a joint open letter:

Microsoft will buy Nokia devices and services sector, accelerate the development of the Windows ecosystem

Nokia and Microsoft have minded great dream - we ever dreamed of everyone's table should have a computer, each person's pocket should have mobile phones, through our unremitting efforts today, these dreams have gradually become a reality.

Today marks an innovative new initiative moment.

Nokia has 150 years of tradition, innovation, excellence and innovation, the DNA of this change starts from Finland and around the world and growing. From the initial paper mill to produce shoes and tires, and then to the mobile phone, innovative spirit stored in Nokia's blood.

Nokia will write a new chapter to continue its network in the mobile space, map and location, as well as cutting-edge technological innovation.

Microsoft is also true that today is a brave step into the future, our new journey towards a big leap: the creation of a range of equipment and services to consumers and help small enterprises pleasure.

In our partnership over the past two and a half years, the respective strengths of the two sides with the establishment of a new global mobile ecosystem, and achieved remarkable achievement: Through the award-winning and outstanding mobile phone applications and services, Nokia's Windows Phones are become the world's fastest growing smart terminals.

In this successful cooperation, we have today announced important news: Microsoft's intention to acquire Nokia devices and services business, providing customers with more choices, more rapid innovation and more amazing devices and services.

This will accelerate the Nokia devices and services business development momentum, as more people to bring the world's most innovative smartphones, while continuing through the Nokia rich feature phones to contact the next billion users.

Microsoft's commitment and resources will drive Nokia's devices and services business continues to move forward, we are now able to realize the enormous potential of the Windows ecosystem for people's work and life with the most perfect mobile experience.

We will continue to produce your favorite cell phone, while investing in the future - combines the best of new resources, Microsoft and Nokia mobile phones and new services.

Nokia and Microsoft will be fully engaged in this new chapter.

We will work together to rewrite the mobile field boundaries.

Elop and Ballmer

News came out, basically will appear shortly Nokia bullish, but on the whole in terms of the competitiveness of mobile communications, coupled with Microsoft in fact, there is no additional bonus effect, but will remain on the short-term favorable catalysts, so for Taiwan related supply chain have the opportunity to benefit from short-term stock price, hard board of Taiwan's Hua Tong, Yan Xing, Zhen Ding, Yaohua, soft board Ka Luen Yick, Pottinger, ICHIA, and assembly of Warburg, the panel Innolux, driver IC, ocalteck and Xu Yao, have a chance to see more follow-up.

• Nokia Official Blog: The Next Chapter: An open letter from Steve Ballmer and Stephen Elop
• Chinese official Nokia Blog: a new chapter: from Ballmer and Elop's open letter
• Microsoft's official news: Microsoft to acquire Nokia's devices & services business, license Nokia's patents and mapping services
• Yhaoo! Finance: Microsoft to acquire Nokia's handset business for $ 7.2 billion

Star, young launch 3D camera, so any surface into a touch device

September 2, 2013, Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Meizu held in Beijing Water Cube new presentation, officially launched a new flagship smartphone MX3, this is often used to compare with the millet has finally come up with a weighty new products, public opinion is still a burst of applause, Meizu and millet have the same starting point, two founders of the company have been called China's Steve Jobs, but in the mobile phone industry, out of the two completely different path.

Let us talk about the publication of the new Meizu MX3, this is the fifth generation smartphone Meizu over the previous generation product MX2 larger screen size, positioned as "better phone with a big screen," 4.5-inch retina screen, using narrow frame design, ensure that the phone overall not too much. Terms used in the core components of the Samsung Exynos 5410 processor, which is the second generation Exynos 5410, the performance is better than the Samsung Galaxy S4 equipped with the Exynos 5410. Front and rear cameras, respectively 2,000,000 and 8,000,000 pixels. Run Meizu Flyme 3.0 system, which is based on the Android depth customization system, UI design for the simple flat style. And Sina Weibo, Baidu, Tencent, 360 and other companies to develop pre-App, to achieve a more simple operation. In terms of pricing MX3 16GB version is 2699 yuan, 32GB, 64GB, 128GB priced at 2,699 yuan, 3,099 yuan, 3,999 yuan, MX3 has developed reserve, is expected in late September delivery.

MX3 Meizu seeded fruits of the harvest year, more and more mobile phone manufacturers like Apple is no longer the same as a year to launch a product, Meizu is still up to a year a machine in China nearly intense competition in the mobile phone industry period, Meizu not by blindly pursue high cost, but really make a weighty products to occupy the market place.

If you do not know Meizu, then look right millet, millet is a Meizu opposites. A product not to be interviewed obsessed boss, a company based in Zhuhai, low-key to not open the product launch of the company, a marketing and promotion did not do anything to put a cell phone manufacturers to sell several million units, this is the Meizu.

Meizu's founder Huang Zhang, forum ID is "J.Wang", outsiders often said to represent the ID. J.Wang is a perfectionist, even to the point of paranoia, reportedly his home has five Cantonese chefs, but by his own hand-picked ingredients, because asking for too much and finally had to grow their own vegetables; Meizu headquarters cafeteria renovation, floor demolished three reloading because J.Wang satisfied; he had bought a house, feel good enough to split the cover in place a re ......

J.Wang

Such perfectionist tendencies are also reflected in the Meizu company's entire development process, in 2004, or a production Meizu MP3 player as the main business of the manufacturer, although the market continues to expand, Meizu MP3 industry has become a relatively influential The brand, with several high-quality MP3 player with almost no marketing and promotion of the situation has become China's first brand of MP3 player.
Like J.Wang removed the lid of his house again, like Meizu hesitate to give up the MP3 player business, to join iffy Chinese smart phone industry, "We stand on top of the hill, but found no way out," Meizu executives have described then shocked the entire industry restructuring.

J.Wang Although the company's founder, but rarely in the office, he prefers to work from home, so you can reduce the external information to his bother, to focus on product development, Meizu phone with many molds are J.Wang tools to create furniture making, pick and choose the most suitable to the Engineer, in accordance with the J.Wang wooden mold making steel molds for the production of mobile phones.

In such a frenzied founder of the product under the leadership of Meizu off the MP3 player business three years later, the company launched the first smartphone Meizu M8, 2009年2月Meizu launched a full touch smart phone M8, two years The closure caused a consumer research and development of very high concern, the Meizu forum, many users have expressed their expectations for mobile phones, bounced several times after M8 finally officially unveiled in February 2009
in interactive mode M8 is very close to the iPhone's style, In 2012 Samsung and Apple's patent case trial, claiming that all mobile phone manufacturers Samsung's UI are similar, there is no infringement, and Apple's UI cited three brand case prove that not all phone UI are the same, which will referred to the Meizu M8. In 2009 full touch phones is still very cutting-edge products, when at its best, is the main thrust of Nokia slider phone N86, Apple released iPhone 3GS, many mobile phone manufacturers have not launched a full touch phones. Meizu M8 running Windows CE system, by optimizing the Meizu's engineers have modified this system very suitable for full touch phone, although still unable to catch up with the iPhone, but at the time of the Chinese mobile phone industry, the design level of Meizu M8 is almost difficult to uncontested. Of course, as an MP3 player manufacturers launched the first smart phone, there are still many shortcomings, many users are not sensitive touch response, poor signal problems, Meizu has not evaded these issues, since each new publication, the selling price of 2080 yuan, M8 can discount 800 yuan redemption new machine, just published MX3 will be the last M8 can be used to redeem the product.

Meizu M8 won a very good reputation, in 2010 Meizu persistent efforts, Meizu M9 to give up Windows CE system, and use the Android 2.2, the hardware configuration is at most top level, priced at 2499 yuan of M9 in 2011 New Year night, the listed day many consumers in the door Meizu major franchise stores lined up, and even those who pre-order queue overnight to buy, to the Chinese market to attract consumers buy mobile phones so enthusiastic, in addition to iPhone, Meizu is probably one of the. Meizu although not the company's product sales in 2011, but insiders confirm M9 sold only three months to complete the full-year sales target Meizu, a number of technology media published articles on listing day evaluation M9 hits skyrocketing, servers overwhelmed dang crashed. The most surprising is that such a hot M9 did little publicity, even the new presentation did not open directly on the official website linked to a page to open to sell, now look to put this approach is almost unthinkable.

M9

Launched in late 2011 Meizu MX, the hardware configuration of routes to go high, MX meaning dream for, Meizu's first mobile quad-core processor, Android 2.3 depth customization system, in the design and materials all have increased dramatically, The phone is still no new post will be held in 2012, listed on the New Year. In July 2012 Meizu OS Flyme on-line, in the Chinese mobile phone manufacturers have cut prices for the market, when, MX pricing on M9 based on the re-raised to 2,999 yuan, which also shows the Meizu intention to participate in China's mobile phone manufacturers price war , not to the price to attract users also shows J.Wang For products with confidence. In addition Meizu MX is also the first to enter the Hong Kong market.

MX

Chinese mobile phone market has become more competitive, low-key Meizu also began to change, this hotel in Zhuhai mobile phone manufacturers for the new publication will be held in MX2, November 2012 Meizu Water Cube in Beijing held a presentation of the new MX2, MX2 MX is an enhanced version of a larger screen size, user UI design is more simple and practical, this is the first time Meizu such high-profile publicity for their own products, but also chose Meizu will be China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, the three operators to launch contract machine. Meizu MX2 first time, pre-order form, priced at 1,999 yuan, slightly higher than the previous price cut, the second largest in China's e-commerce platform, the Meizu MX2 sales are still at the forefront, only this in Apple's iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S3. Meizu MX 2 but also in Hong Kong, Russia, South Korea and other overseas market for sale.

Meizu banner of "better use of the large screen mobile phone" will be published under the banner of the first to launch before the millet MX3, J.Wang yet appeared presentation, MX3 is priced at 2,499 yuan, 2,000 yuan in the smart phone market into a melee period, Meizu products adhere to not go the cheap route can be quite resolute. For Meizu hardware products is its director, and the network services by its short, this is just the opposite with millet, MX3 sales will become a watershed in the development Meizu is unique in the way of this indomitable, or sacrifice the long corner, a few six months to discover.