CoolPix P510 has a large wide-angle lens along with swivel LCD and better zoom quality. 42x optical zoom allows you to pull miles away object from 24 to 1,000 millimeters close. Don’t feel aggravate about blur images because CoolPix P510 is equipped with advanced optical Vibration Reduction technology – A technology that decreases blur and increases stability with zoom. A 16.1-megapixel CMOS sensor allows users to capture images even during night. Video recording is good as you can do it at 1080p resolution. You can enjoy geotagging as there is a built in GPS.

CoolPix P510 costs only $430 and available in different colors including black and red.

Its a much improved updated version than Beta 2 (released last year). Kinect supports four Kinect sensors on one computer along with much improved skeletal tracking system. Speech recognition accuracy is fine and high. You can enjoy API updates, stability, runtime and audio fixes on kinect 1.0 now. Another important feature is Near Mode – allows close-up views up to 40 cm in front on device.

$249 is the retail price for Kinect Windows hardware. However, hardware is available in U.S., UK, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Japan, New Zealand and Mexico. You can download it here.

Its a very curvy smartphone with 4-inch and 800 x 480 pixel resolution Super AMOLED display screen. A 1GHz dual-core processor makes it worth buying. 16GB of memory and 768MB of RAM add more reliability in Samsung Galaxy S Advance. You can enjoy 5-megapixel LED flashing camera on back while 1.3 megapixel on front.

However Samsung Galaxy S Advance is available only in Philippine. However, in Russia , Europe, China, Africa, Middle East, Southeast and Southwest Asia, Latin America yet to come.

iPro Lens System has arousing  features. Its fisheye lens is capable to capture a 165-degree field of view. Wide-angle lens facilitates 35% more front coverage. The detachable wide-angle lens have to be fixed on a cover during use. Its case is more like a tripod adapter.You can use it as a handle on iPhone cover on left or on right side. iPro Lens System has flexibility and compatibility with iPhone 4 and 4S.

You can order iPro lens systems on the company’s official website. It will cost you around $199. For more details check out its detailed video below.

Xbox 720 will run on a super-fast processor from AMD 6000 series – Radeon HD 6670. Its processing power will be six-times of Xbox 360. It supports DirectX11, multi-display output, 3D and 1080p HD. It will have 20-percent more performance than Wii U – Nintendo’s forthcoming console.

These features will allow users to enjoy more detailed game environments, longer draw distances and multiplayer. Users will be able to use better enemy artificial intelligence in Xbox 720.

Bio batteries are user friendly, environment friendly, cost effective and uses no harmful materials. You need to drop papers and cardboard into a liquid mixture made of water and enzymes. This whole equipment is connected to a fan. Now shake the mixture and you will see fan will start circling. 

It uses very simple settings and natural process for electricity. Enzyme cellulase decomposes material into glucose sugar. Now oxygen and more enzymes are mixed with it which will turn them into electrons.

The project team said, “In the future using this technology, we will be able to generate electricity using glucose derived from unused wood, cardboard and old papers”.

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Arman Ahnood, a researcher at the London Centre for Nanotechnology has come up with an ingenious useful solution – smartphone screens with built-in solar cells. He said, “Only 36% of the light produced by an OLED display is projected straight out; the rest is wasted, either as scattered light or bleeding from the edge of the display”.

He placed photovoltaic cells at the back and sides of OLED screens to save this wasted energy. The results of Ahnood’s system (consists of a supercapacitor and some circuitry) were surprising good as it works at 11% of efficiency with five miliwatts output but only for a 3.7-inch device.

According to his research, “A typical smartphone uses up to several hundred miliwatts, and as much as 68.6 miliwatts in a suspended state”. So his early experiment isn’t that promising however efficiency can be increased and we can save hours of battery life.

Fonetwish is the joint production of U2opia and Facebook. To get login to Facebook you just need to dial *325#. However, for non-qwerty mobiles dial *fbk# and enjoy Facebook. Subscription is very cheap. 

You can access various Facebook features using number based commands. Fonetwish offers following features that you can access through mobile.

• Status Updates
• You can post on your friends wall
• You can read, write and comment of news feed
• Send/Receive friend requests
• Send/Read messages
• Chat bar
• You can check your notifications 

]]> http://scitechie.com/01/how-to-access-facebook-without-internet/feed/ 0 http://scitechie.com/01/motorola-xoom-wi-fi-gets-ice-cream-sandwich/ http://scitechie.com/01/motorola-xoom-wi-fi-gets-ice-cream-sandwich/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:39:16 +0000 asadali http://scitechie.com/?p=4641 Motorola Xoom users can enjoy Android 4.0 or Ice Cream Sandwich now. But this facility is only for those who have Wi-Fi version of Motorola Xoom. However, Ice Cream Sandwich will be launched for 3G version of the tablet later. Ice Cream Sandwich will definitely provide you a better web browser and many other arousing features to the device.

With Android 4.0.3 users can enjoy redesigned app launcher, a better fast web browser and various other features on your Motorola Xoom. If you want to know about Android 4.0.3 updates on your Xoom, go to Settings   ->   About tablet    ->    System updates.

]]> http://scitechie.com/01/motorola-xoom-wi-fi-gets-ice-cream-sandwich/feed/ 0 http://scitechie.com/01/best-of-ces-2012-pictures/ http://scitechie.com/01/best-of-ces-2012-pictures/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:40:11 +0000 asadali http://scitechie.com/?p=4632 Consumer Electronics Show 2012 ended at high node with great success. Numerous exhibitors, journalists, marketers and electronics aficionados participated with exciting attractive designed products at Las Vegas this month. Products include brand-new OLED TVs, smartphones, laptops, slim tablets, Pansonic solar car, Apple’s accessories etc. However, I want to share best at CES 2012.

1.     Sony Crystal LED TVs

Sony unveiled its 55-inch Crystal LED HDTV at CES 2012 with brightest, crispest display. There are about 6 million tiny LEDs for screen display also known as self-emitting display.

2.     Sony Xperia Phone

Android powered Sony Xperia Phone also unveiled  at CES 2012. It has much bigger screens than iPhones. It guarantees a good quality camera with no lags between shots. 

3.    Lenovo Tablet

Lenovo unveiled  tablet/laptop hybrid, the IdeaPad S2110 at CES 2012. IdeaPad S2110 consists of 14-inch T430u Ultrabook and dual-booting X1 hybrid laptop.

4.     ABKey Ergonomic Keyboard

A new keyboard with re-arrangeable keys feature was also the part of CES 2012. Re-arrangeable keys feature is new and it makes keyboard usage easy.

5.     Pansonic Solar Car

Auto industry also participated in CES 2012 with Pansonic Solar Car. The car is solar powered and wrapped up in solar panels.

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