Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Asus wants to sell 5 million ZenFones this year ZenFone 6 and ZenFone 5 are available now
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The ZenFone 6 costs around $230 (6,990 TWD) in Taiwan, while the ZenFone 5 is priced at $166 (4,990 TWD). Both were launched in Taiwan before being introduced in other markets because this is Asus’ home country. China is probably one of the markets that will get the new smartphones next. According to Focus Taiwan, Asus CFO David Chang “predicted” that 5 million ZenFone handsets would be sold around the world before the end of 2014.
The ZenFone 6 and ZenFone 5 run Android 4.3 Jelly Bean (upgradeable to KitKat), and are powered by dual-core 2GHz Intel Atom Z2580 processors. The former model sports a 6-inch 720p display, while the latter comes with a 5-inch 720p screen. You can check out our Asus ZenFone 6 hands-on here, and our Asus ZenFone 5 hands-on here.
Asus also has a ZenFone 4, which features a 4-inch WVGA display. This is obviously cheaper than the other two ZenFones, and should be available starting this month, too.
Monday, March 30, 2015
Samsung Galaxy S5 Update with faster camera available – Android World
Today, the Netherlands has an update available for the Samsung Galaxy S5 which include the camera has become faster. The fingerprint scanner also be optimized.
Faster camera
After the latest update for the Samsung Galaxy S5 camera will open a lot faster, this also applies to the gallery. In addition to this improvement is the overall system performance addressed and everything would have to run a lot smoother. The fingerprint scanner has become more accurate. The Galaxy S5 still runs on Android 4.4.2, even though it is already being tested to Android 4.4.3.
Availability
The update for the Samsung Galaxy S5 is rolled out at the moment in the Netherlands for all devices, where previously only the copies of Vodafone. The update is 100.91 MB in size and version number G900FXXU1ANE2 inherited. Have you inside
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Founder Androidworld.nl, gadget lover, Redbull drinker and Android enthusiast. Having started with the ADP1, now including Nexus 5, Nexus 7, Google Nexus and Glass.
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Samsung NX Mini Smart Camera new software available
The Korean giant Samsung has just announced the availability of a new version of software for NX Mini Smart Camera. We remind you that the Samsung NX Mini Smart Camera is a small compact camera with interchangeable lenses that stands out for its folding screen, sleek design and connectivity. The update also adds two new features that add to the list of benefits of this interesting CSC.
The Samsung NX Mini Smart Camera falls within the category of compact cameras with interchangeable lenses, also called compact system cameras (CSC). This is a very small and lightweight camera, just 22mm thick and 158 grams without battery, ideal to carry with no notice that we carry the camera. The screen can be swiveled 180 degrees to take self-portraits or selfies without losing the frame. Indeed, it seems that the NX Mini has been designed taking into account the current craze for selfies, allowing us to take photos with just folded the screen and winking at the camera.
As for its technical characteristics, the Samsung NX Mini Smart Camera is compatible with all NX mount lenses from the Korean company. It incorporates a CMOS BSI sensor (backlit) with a size of one inch and a resolution of 20.5 megapixels. The ISO sensitivity can reach 12,800 and the maximum shutter speed is 1 / 16,000. Also, the maximum number of bursts per second is 6 fps, but to achieve this velocity must be lowered to five megapixel resolution. The NX Mini course includes a small built-in flash and can record video at a resolution of 1080p and 30 fps. Turning to the screen, this little NX has a TFT LCD touch panel, an area of three inches and 460,800 dots of resolution.
The NX Mini Smart Camera offers the usual auto, program, aperture priority or discounted rate and manual mode. And thanks to the Smart function we can select different styles or programs such as Pretty Face, Best face, Landscape, Macro, Action frozen, rich tones, Panorama, etc. It also includes the usual filters or effects like Miniature, Fisheye or Vignette and also the Edit function allows us to crop, resize or adjust and correct your photos in-camera.
The new update by Samsung (version 1.07) affects the effects precisely because it now can check the result of Beauty (Pretty Face, etc) before taking the photo mode. The new software will also make it easier to adjust brightness and contrast, since now these parameters are controlled directly from the screen.
In point of connectivity, the Samsung NX Mini stands out for its NFC technology, can share photos or videos with a smartphone simply bringing the two devices together. It also offers WiFi, digital output via USB and input port for an external microphone, plus SD card slot connection. The battery has a capacity of 2230mAh which by brand ensures a range of up to 650 photos. Finally, the NX Mini a copy of Adobe Lightroom 5 editing software, one of the most complete when editing and sorting our photos delivered programs.
The Samsung NX Mini Smart Camera is available in white, green, pink, brown and black colors, and has an approximate retail price of about 300EUR with fixed target 9mm or 400EUR if we combine it with 9-27mm zoom.
Samsung NX Mini Smart Camera, new software available