Little Interest: iPhone 5

Even at its launch, the response to the iPhone 5 was subdued. Unlike to previous models, Apple was able to shine with the innovative power of the past, but had to handle criticism about anot working map service and a very fragile shell. Moreover, the innovations are not far enough for many users.

Although the display has grown from 3.5 "to 4" against the screens of the top models of the competition, which lie beyond the 4.5 " the current iPhone is still "puny". Conversely, the prices for the iPhone demands are still high.

This let the user feel the producers evidently clear. Because unlike to the previous models, there are few reports of the usual jubilation witnessed new sales records. Rather, the smartphone in the warehouse are so leaden that Apple now even reduced the order of components and slows production.

Is thus becoming clear that the manufacturer overslept the current trends and has been resting too much on its success to date: Smartphones are also enjoying the moment of a great popularity, Samsung sells the Galaxy S3 still gorgeous and manufacturer cheaper models, such as Huawei, reported rising paragraphs.

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Genius Presented The New Ring Mouse 2

CES 2013: Genius presented his new Ring Mouse 2 and Ring Presenter. These are input devices which you can simply wear like a ring on your finger. 

Both products use a wireless USB connection with 2.4 GHz, so that the devices can be used within a radius of about three meters. With the Ring Mouse 2 you can use the standard functions of a mouse. The Ring Presenter offers scroll buttons for left, right and center, to draw objects and includes a laser pointer.

Users use the Genius Ring Mouse 2 or the Ring Presenter by a touch sensor with a sensitivity of 1000 dpi.

Unfortunately, pricing and availability for the Genius Ring Mouse 2 and the Presenter are still unresolved.

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Nearly Indestructible M-Disc by Milliennata

Millennata brought out M-Discs with a maximum of 4.7 GB of memory. The trick of optical media is that they are extremely durable: M discs can even handle the alternate immersion in boiling water and liquid nitrogen. For this reason, they are particularly well suited for long-term storage because they do not mind changing temperatures. Now Milleniata presents a new Blu-ray version with more memory. 

The new M-Discs Blu-Rays should be available in the second quarter of 2013. You have up to 25 gigabytes and it can be read by any conventional Blu-Ray player. This is a tremendous step forward, because the M-Discs from the year 2011 were only playable on dedicated hardware. Moreover Millenniata has now a distribution partner "Imation", which will distribute the M-Discs under the brand TDK, Memorex and Imation. The production is taken by Ritek.  

M-Discs get their data security, as they can only be described using a special laser and use inorganic material that resembles a stone. Here the data is actually "engraved".

Kingston presents first 1TB USB Flash Drive

CES 2013: Kingston introduced the world's first USB flash drive with a storage capacity of one terabyte.

The Kingston DataTraveler HyperX 3.0 Predator will sometime in the first quarter of 2013 on the market and offers up to 240 or 160 MB/s. The memory monster has received according to the manufacturer's USB 3.0 SuperSpeed ​​certification, should be backwards compatible with USB 2.0 and supports Windows 8.

A 512-gigabyte version is availible already, but with the cost of 1,750 U.S. Dollar it is already a high price. The price for the 1-TB drive Kingston has not yet been announced, but don't expect less than $ 4,000.

Kingston HyperX 3.0 Basic Predator:

• Case made of a protective zinc alloy
• 5-year warranty and free technical support
• USB 3.0: Read 240 MB / s write and 160 MB / s
• Speed ​​USB 2.0: Read 30 MB / s write and 30 MB / s
• backward compatible with USB 2.0
• Capacity: 512 GB, 1 TB (later in Q1)
• Dimensions (without key ring): 7.2 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
• Dimensions (with key ring): 8.9 x 2.7 x 21 cm
• Operating temperature: 0 ° C to 60 ° C
• Storage temperature: -20 ° C to 85 ° C

 The company has also presented 32 - and 64-gigabyte versions.

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PaperTab: The first bendable tablet

Tablets are flat, PaperTab is flatter: Manufacturers Plastic Logic shows a tablet prototype at CES 2013 

which is nearly eleven 11 inches tall and flexible.

PaperTab: Tablet for bending

Besides nimble models of existing classes of devices at CES 2013 new product ideas can be seen. Plastic Logic introduces PaperTab, a special tablet PC. The device looks like a plastic sheet and is almost as thin and flexible. Advantages: Bend the PaperTap slightly and it reacts on like for e.g it starts an app. Also, it is lighter and stronger as the current tablets.

Technology and operation

The speed comes from an Intel Core i5. But its not included in the PaperTabs but it controls by outside with his performance. The data transfer is carried out via a thin cable - which limits the mobility. Whether the finished PaperTab also relies on the solution is unclear. According to Plastic Logic, the PaperTab a 10.7 inch wide (black and white) display. Touches a PaperTab another it can exchange content. Two PaperTabs besides form a large display - by finger rub then drag items from one to another PaperTab.

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Gaming Tablet by Razer

Razer already presented the project "Fiona" on the CES 2012, a gaming tablet which should be released if there's enough interest from the community. The enthusiasm was big enough so Razer presented the final version of the project Fiona, called "EDGE".

 The tables uses a 10.1" Display with a 1366 x 768 resolution. You can chose between a Intel Core i5 1,7 GHz - 2,6 GHz in turbo mode - or a Intel Core i7 1.9 GHz - 3 GHz in turbo mode. 

The processors includes a integrated CPU a Intel HAD 4000 in addition a Nvidia GeForce GT 640M LE. 

On desire you can chose between 4 or 8 GB RAM and a SSD with 64, 128 or 256 GB.  

The tablet is using Windows 8 as OS, also there is included a webcam with 2 mega pixels, USB 3.0 and a microphone.

The tablet is using Windows 8 as OS, also there is included a webcam with 2 mega pixels, USB 3.0 and a microphone. 

The price of the Razer Edge is around 999 US-Dollar for the USA based on the model with the Intel Core i5, 5 GB RAM and a SSD with 128 GB. Additional you can buy the dock with the controllers for 249 US-Dollar and the one with the keyboard for 69 US-Dollar.

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Nvidia Tegra 4 with ENORMOUS Power

Nvidia didn't surprise us with the release of the Tegra 4 but with it's features. Compared to the Tegra 3 it's 6 time faster!

Nvidia remained on the 4+1 concept, as the Tegra 3 the new Tegra 4 is also using 4 cores for the performance and one companion-core. That combination saves energy and ur everytime ready for a big performance boost.

 

The new cores based on the new Cortex-A15-Design by ARM promise to bring 40% more performance as their predecessor which was based on the Cortex-A9. There was no information given about the clock rate.

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New & Fast HGST Hard Drives

It's not new to have hard drives in your notebook with a capacity of 1TB but those big mates are used to be slow with a speed of around 5400 RPM.

HGST (a part from Hitachi now changed to Western Digital) is creating it's first Hard Drive in the 2,5" format with a speed up to 7200 RPM.

The first model will be the Travelstar 7K1000, it's using a 6GB/s SATA-interface with a 16M big cache.

As it has been announced, we can be really happy about the prices as they are pretty low.

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AMD Radeon HD 8000 Maybe Delayed?

The release of the new graphic card AMD Radeon HD 8000 was planned for the first quarter of 2013. Originally the releasedate was set in March but according to rumors in the net, AMD's stock is too well filled to release another new graphic card yet. AMD wants to give their partners the possibility to sell the HD 7000 series first thats why the releasedate is delayed.

If this information is correct is open, at the moment we're talking about rumors.

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Acer's new Flagship: Aspire V3 771G

Here it is, looks great, luxurious and modern: The new Acer Aspire V3 771G Thank to the Intel quad core processor of the 3rd generation, SSD, a huge hard drive, a lot of ram and a full HD screen, this is a high-end multimedia notebook with extreme power! Specs by ACER Operating System Operating System Windows® 7 Home Premium Processor & Chipset Processor Manufacturer Intel Processor Type Core i7 Processor Model i7-3610QM Processor Speed 2.30 GHz Processor Core Quad-core (4 Core) Cache 6 MB 64-bit Processing Yes Hyper-Threading Yes Chipset Manufacturer Intel Chipset Model HM77 Express Memory Standard Memory 6 GB Memory Technology DDR3 SDRAM Memory Card Reader Yes Memory Card Supported MultiMediaCard (MMC) Memory Stick Memory Stick PRO xD-Picture Card Secure Digital (SD) Card Storage Hard Drive Capacity 750 GB Hard Drive Interface Serial ATA Hard Drive RPM 5400 Optical Drive Type DVD-Writer Optical Media Supported DVD-RAM/±R/±RW Display & Graphics Screen Size 17.3" Display Screen Type Active Matrix TFT Color LCD Display Screen Technology CineCrystal Aspect Ratio 16:9 Screen Mode HD+ Screen Resolution 1600 x 900 Backlight Technology LED HDCP Supported Yes TV Card No Network & Communication Wi-Fi Yes Wi-Fi Manufacturer Broadcom Wi-Fi Model 43228 Wi-Fi Standard IEEE 802.11 a/g/n Ethernet Technology Gigabit Ethernet Bluetooth Yes Bluetooth Standard Bluetooth 4.0 Built-in Devices Webcam Yes Microphone Yes Finger Print Reader No Interfaces/Ports HDMI Yes Total Number of USB Ports 4 Number of USB 2.0 Ports 2 Number of USB 3.0 Ports 2 VGA Yes Network (RJ-45) Yes Software Operating System Windows® 7 Home Premium Operating System Architecture 64-bit Software Included Microsoft® Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word and Excel® only, with advertising. No PowerPoint® or Outlook®. Buy Office 2010 to use the full-featured software. Bing™ Bar Windows Live™ Essentials Input Devices Keyboard Yes Pointing Device Type TouchPad Battery Information Number of Cells 6-cell Battery Chemistry Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) Battery Capacity 4400 mAh Maximum Battery Run Time 4 Hour Power Description Maximum Power Supply Wattage 120 W Physical Characteristics Height 1.4" Width 16.3" Depth 10.8" Weight (Approximate) 7.05 lb Miscellaneous Package Contents Aspire V3-771G-73616G75Makk Notebook Lithium Ion Battery AC Adapter Security Features Kensington Lock Slot BIOS Passwords : User Supervisor HDD ~Hardware-Rating

First Supposed to be Photo of The Samsung S4

The first photo of what is claimed to be Samsung Electronics' next flagship smartphone emerged on the Internet on Friday. The S 4 is expected to be announced on March 4, 2013. 

An insider from Samsung reportedly sent an image of a press photo to SamMobile website. The photo has been taken from a camera. As you can see the S4 will be nearly similar to the Galaxy S3 but without the "home" button on the bottom of the phone.

Previously Samsung changed the design of their S models from generation to generaion, therefore it is a surprise that the S IV is nearly similar to the S3. 

The website also shares possible launch date of the S4 based on another photo sent in by a reader: Since the rumours about Samsung’s intention to roll-out its next-gen flagship are pretty widespread these days, the March announcement seems to make sense.

Back in November it was reported that Samsung Display, a producer of display panels that belongs to Samsung, is in the last phase of development of flexible displays for mobile devices, which are expected to be released in the first half of next year. Bendable displays are virtually unbreakable and naturally provide a lot of opportunities when it comes to creation of innovation shapes of smartphone.

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Roccat's First Mechanical Keyboard: RYOS

Mechanical keyboards were the expection and not the rule. But more and more gamers have started to clamor over them. Roccat presents it's first mechanical keyboard tihs week, named RYOS. It is the first gaming keyboard ever that features per-key lighting and up to two 32-bit ARM cortex processors. The keyboard can display key functions, macros and even health or mana bars thanks to this technology.

The included SDK makes what's possible limited only by the player's imagination, and players will also find 2MB of internal Flash. Moreover, it comes with up to four different Cherry MX key switches (black, brown, red, and blue).

The company's also using CES to launch Power-Grid, which converts a smartphone into a fully customizable remote control for the PC. Users can set up different grids to control, for example custom settings for Windows, Skype, Media Player or games. The app provides pre-set grids for several games, but it also  lets users set up their own grids that fit their individual needs. And not only does the Power-Grid control the PC – it works in reverse as well. The app can provide the user with additional information on his smartphone touchscreen. For instance, maps or high scores can be displayed. The user can call up the central news feeds from different hardware and gaming sites via the now standard integrated Media-Grid.

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Leaked informations about the ZTE P945

ZTE is working on their new Smartphone P945 according to leaked informations and pictures on a Twitter account the ned P945 is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core chip and accompanied by a 5.7-inch 720p resolution display. The camera is featured with an 8-megapixel camera and the battery is powered with 3000mAh.

As you can see on the rear of the cover, China Mobile's Logo is engraved which confirms a China launch, expeted to be during the 2nd quarter of 2013. A global launch should be confirmed during CES.

Let's see if the new P945 can handle their strong competitors like Sammsung or Apple.

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