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For others, this is just another number. But not with the case with HTC; ‘One’ to HTC denotes a standing HTC is yet to claim in the race of Droid. The story began last year when HTC launched One X before Samsung stole the show with its Galaxy S III. Later it rolled a couple of more devices such as One X+ and Droid DNA, however, but they have done little to overpower Galaxy devices and win battle of Droid. Hence, the HTC One: the device the houses powerful designs and specifications, HTC’s innovation and its pride. Now the question is: will this latest flagship phone HTC One manage to become the ‘One’ you are looking for? That’s why iYogi reviews the latest Smartphone and highlights what’s in the phone, what’s missing and if HTC’s innovation will pay off this time.
(HTC One - Image by: HTC)
HTC One: Design
iYogi suggests that HTC One exudes a combination of stunning edge-to-edge display design and powerful specifications under its stylish hood. At one glance, the device is going to astonish you for sure with its all-aluminum solid exterior. Though its metal body will feel solid, but it looks quite thin and sleek and feels light on the palm. HTC One exudes a full frontal 4.7-inches Super LCD 3 screen with the damage-resistant Gorilla Glass 2 which will display as much as 468 PPI (pixels per inch, the highest and unheard so far in Android market. Below the display, HTC placed a ‘Home’ and a ‘Back’ button for ease of navigation.
HTC TV
HTC One phone will also bring you the reign to control your TV with its power button that serves as an IR blaster remote control, like you will find again on the latest Samsung Galaxy S IV. iYogi suggests that HTC One uses a built-in app HTC TV which will tell you about the recent telecast, upcoming shows and you can also use HTC One to control channels, settings, and recordings. You can also connect to your TV using the HDMI port or wirelessly via Miracast.
An UltraPixel Camera
iYogi found that HTC One has avoided the war of megapixels. While Sony Xperia Z and Samsung Galaxy S4 exude a whopping 13-MP sensor and iPhone 5 has 8-MP, HTC has kept at a limited 4-MP sensor and introduced ‘Zoe’ which enables the camera to reduce shutter lag, work faster in shooting images and videos, applying filters and allow sharing photos faster via Internet. You can share photos via Zoe Share as well as other photo and video sharing networks such as Facebook and YouTube.
iYogi suggests that HTC One will lead Android phones with other notable features such as full HD screen, up to 64GB onboard memory, 1.7GHz quad-core processor, and astonishing Sense 5 native UI of HTC.
If you are a great believer in Windows 8, then you would be excited enough to upgrade to this touch-enabled version from its Windows 7 edition. If you take a quick glance, then you will see no noticeable difference in design of this notebook from its Windows 7 version. iYogi has reviewed this notebook to weigh merits and demerits of the new Windows 8-based Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch laptop.
(Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch with Windows 8 - Image By: Lenovo)
Design
Though Lenovo has kept the physical dimension of this notebook intact at a thickness of 18.9 mm, however, iYogi has found that the laptop is slightly heavier on hand with just .41pounds than its Windows 7 sibling. The main feature of the laptop which is the touchscreen draws the focal attention of PC buyers and determines whether the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch is worth the upgrade for a $1,499.00. That’s why iYogi begins with reviewing Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch from its display and luckily, it didn’t disappoint users there. The touch screen turned out to be completely repelled to fingerprints, no matter how hard and long you may try to smudge on its matte screen. Moreover, the screen responds very well to all the efforts made in the form of pinches, swipes, and taps among others.
Special features
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch is launched a special feature which is assumed to remove the dilemma of missing Start button on Windows 8. The new Lenovo interface introduces Lenovo QuickLaunch button which mimics the functions of Windows Start button and will enable users to search for files, programs and mostly used applications like you used to do earlier Windows platforms.
iYogi recommends Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch for its extended battery life of “up to 8.2 hours” after consistent usage of Internet surfing, IMing, e-mailing, among others.
iYogi has brought a good news for all the gaming enthusiasts and creative professionals who mainly rely on their desktops for precision, performance, and color accuracy.
Lately, the world renowned PC manufacturer, Dell has added four new UltraSharp monitors to its lineup, including Dell UltraSharp U3014 30-inch monitor, Dell UltraSharp U2713H 27-inch monitor, Dell UltraSharp U2413 24-inch monitor, and Dell UltraSharp U2913WM 29-inch Ultra-wide monitor.
Out of the four new Dell UltraSharp monitors, three monitors- U3014 30-inch, U2713H 27-inch, and UltraSharp U2413 24-inch are tagged as “PremierColor” displays, designed to offer superior performance, accuracy and vividness. While on the other hand the UltraSharp U2913WM 29-inch is an ultra-wide monitor made to facilitate productive multi-tasking.
In particular, the UltraSharp U3014 30-inch monitor has an aspect ratio of 16:10 and resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels. It is perfect to accomplish color critical work, like CAD/CAM, desktop publishing, graphic design, media creation or gaming. And UltraSharp U2713H 27-inch and U2413 24-inch monitors with display resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels and 1920 x 1200 pixels respectively enables stunning and true color hues and saturation. Whereas, the UltraSharp U2913WM 29-inch Ultra-wide monitor gives a panoramic display with resolution of 2560 x 1080 pixels and is a great substitute to dual monitors.
“The Dell UltraSharp series offers one of the industry’s highest-quality and most advanced technology experiences. We are thrilled to update the UltraSharp family with the U3014, U2713H, U2413 and U2913 displays. The displays and accessories offer users an outstanding visual experience and the versatility to boost productivity and multi-task with ease,” said George Toh, marketing director of Dell Displays.
As far as the price and availability of Dell UltraSharp monitors are concerned, the UltraSharp U3014 30-inch monitor will be available soon all around the world for $1499 USD. However, the UltraSharp U2713H 27-inch and U2413 24-inch monitors are currently available for $999 and $599 USD. But there is no news about the availability of Dell UltraSharp U2913WM 29-inch Ultra-wide monitor, which expectedly will be only available from the Dell source page.
For more tech updates and latest news, stay tuned. iYogi is a one-stop destination to know about all the new products and devices launched in the world of technology.
Succeeding the popular ELPH 320 HS, Canon has recently unveiled another powerful model to its PowerShot ELPH lineup. Known as Canon PowerShot ELPH 330 HS, the snapper touts double optical zoom and improved ISO sensitivity that helps it to capture brilliant shots even in the dim-light conditions. iYogi Reviews team provides the first-impression review of this powerful point-and-shoot digital camera.
The latest offering from Canon boasts of a new hybrid mode, upgraded Wi-Fi connectivity, and various other powerful specs. Thanks to the new HS system, the ELPH 320 HS delivers clear images with minimum noise and maximum details even while shooting at night or in dimly lit conditions. It also features Canon’s Smart Auto that delivers optimal camera performance allowing even the first timers to capture great photos with much details and clarity. iYogi Reviews team also noted that in this model, Canon has moved down from 16.1-megapixel CMOS sensor to 12.1-megapixel CMOS sensor, but this has been done for the betterment as the new CMOS sensor helps the snapper to produce better quality images.
Design wise, the camera is bit smaller than its predecessor. It spots a 3-inch LCD screen and 10x optical zoom lens. The lens offers Canon’s image stabilization technology that works with highly sensitive CMOS sensor and DIGIC 5 processor to enhance your experience by shooting quality images. iYogi Reviews team also noted that the camera features a built-in Wi-Fi that allows you to wirelessly transfer photos and movie clips to Android and iOS devices to share them on your social networking sites. After uploading your pictures, you can also comment on them directly from your camera.
The snapper will hit the stores in March for just $229.99 and will be available in black, silver, and pink colors. iYogi Reviews team believes that at this price range, ELPH 320 HS is a good option for those who want to capture brilliant images and share them instantly with their friends and family through social networking sites.
To know more about the latest releases in the digital world, keep reading iYogi Reviews.
If you are using an MP3 or multimedia cell phone with huge music collection, you can transfer music from cell phone to computer to play from the PC. With a spacious memory phone having multimedia features, you can anytime send the content from mobile phone to PC and vice versa. Today, most of the mobile phones and computers come with Bluetooth and USB cable connectivity. Such connectivity options come handy when sharing or transferring music from mobile phones to computer or from computers to mobile phones. While Bluetooth technology is the wireless means of sharing content, USB connectivity uses wired technology by attaching both the devices on each end of the cable. Though Bluetooth technology eliminates the use of wires, however, it allows sharing limited amount of music files at one go, while using USB cable, you can transfer a large mass of data between any devices. The data rate for Bluetooth technology is 1MB in one second which is quite fast for images and music file transfer. If you have recently bought this cell phone or notebook, they must be capable of Bluetooth file transfer to update the music list by sending to and from cell phone/computer.
Apple’s recent announcement to dip into the tech industry has sparked a bit of controversy. Personally, I don’t feel as if it’s realistic. The technology — iPads and whatnot — they’re all here and ready, but I don’t feel like people are ready to let go of traditional methods and embrace the now, even if the now is more efficient.
That being said, I do like the idea, and here’re a few reasons why.
Global warming. Melting polar ice caps. Dumping of toxic waste in clean habitats. Deforestation. It’s true. After the industrial revolution, despite all the science and research — we really haven’t been able to crack the code for sustainability.
Solar energy is too feeble to support our needs. Oil and gas companies have vested interested in sustaining themselves till fossil fuel runs out. Selling products by labeling them green or eco has become a standard marketing ploy.
We have a lot to fix. So where do we start?
An independent organization called Zeri has been quietly working on a new model for world economy. They call it the Blue Economy. Their model promises to create 100 million jobs by employing 100 innovations over a span of 10 years. How? Here’s how.
Everyone’s gone jumping through the roof with the launch of Google Glasses, what most people don’t know is that Microsoft has been working on it along with the University of
Washington for a while now.
