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Sony’s new NEX-6 & NEX-5R Spied!

Published on August 21, 2012 by in Gadget

The first real photos of the rumored Sony’s new cameras, NEX-6 & NEX-5R has been exposed by VRZone.

Both cameras seemingly feature WIFI capability.

Together with the newly rumored Full Frame NEX-FF, Sony’s enthusiasts  seem to head for an exciting autumn when all these cameras will be officially released.

 

 
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iPhone 5’s Home Button Exposed

Published on August 12, 2012 by in iPhone 5

This new photo from China has demonstrated the new Home button for the upcoming iPhone 5.

 
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Nikon 1 J2 Announced

Published on August 9, 2012 by in Gadget

Less than a year after Nikon announced their first mirror-less camera, Nikon 1 J1, Nikon has just announced its successor, Nikon 1 J2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The new features include:

– 921,000 pixels LCD

– Metal body

– New  Creative mode in the mode dial

– More color choices

 

The Nikon 1 J2 goes on sale from September 2012, priced at US$550 in a kit with 10-30mm lens. Body colors include White, Black, Silver, Pink, Red, and Orange.

 

 
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Sony NEX-6 to be Released in September?

Published on August 8, 2012 by in Gadget

It was wildly rumored that Sony will release NEX-F5, the successor of NEX-5N, on September 2012.

However, according to Sony Alpha Rumors, NEX-6, a model in between NEX-5 and NEX-7, will be released on September as well.

Also, both NEX-F5 and NEX-6 are rumored to have build-in wireless LAN. Let’s stay tuned then!

 
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Get the Model Name of the iOS Device

Apple does not provide an NS function for getting the device model. However, the following code can achieve task:

 

#include <sys/types.h> 
#include <sys/sysctl.h>

 - (NSString *)deviceName { 
     
size_t size;     

// get the size of the returned device name     
sysctlbyname("hw.machine", NULL, &size, NULL, 0);   
  
// Allocate the space to store name     
char *name = malloc(size);    
 
// Get the device name    
sysctlbyname("hw.machine", name, &size, NULL, 0);   
  
// Place the name into a NSString     
NSString *platform= [NSString stringWithCString:name];     
free(name); 

if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone1,1"])    return @"iPhone1G GSM"; 
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone1,2"])    return @"iPhone3G GSM"; 
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone2,1"])    return @"iPhone3GS GSM"; 
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone3,1"])    return @"iPhone4 GSM"; 
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone3,3"])    return @"iPhone4 CDMA"; 
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone4,1"])    return @"iPhone4S"; 
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPhone5,1"])    return @"iPhone5"; 
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPod1,1"])      return @"iPod 1G"; 
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPod2,1"])      return @"iPod 2G"; 
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPod3,1"])      return @"iPod 3G"; 
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPod4,1"])      return @"iPod 4G"; 
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad1,1"])      return @"iPad WiFi"; 
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad2,1"])      return @"iPad2 WiFi"; 
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad2,2"])      return @"iPad2 GSM"; 
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad2,3"])      return @"iPad2 CDMAV"; 
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"iPad2,4"])      return @"iPad2 CDMAS"; 
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"i386"])         return @"Simulator"; 
if ([platform isEqualToString:@"x86_64"])       return @"Simulator";

}



				
 
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iPad Mini’s Housing Exposed?

Published on August 5, 2012 by in Gadget

Is this the housing of the new iPad Mini?

This is the latest leaked photo from China and it looks like to be the housing of the rumored 7″ iPad Mini.

 
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Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 To Be Released on Aug 9

Published on August 3, 2012 by in Gadget

Samsung has started inviting selected customers to participate a demonstration of the Galaxy Note 10.1 on Aug 9 at Hong Kong.

SAMSUNG GALAXY Note 10.1 Features:

  • 10.1″ PLS TFT Display、1,280 x 800 pixels
  • Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
  • SAMSUNG Exynos 4412, 1.4GHz Quad-Core CPU
  • Memory: 2GB RAM / 16GB ROM
  • Camera
    Main(Rear): 3 Megapixel Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash
    Sub(Front): 2 Megapixel Camera
  • Video
    Codec: -MPEG4, H.263, H.264, VC-1, DivX, WMV7, WMV8, WMV9, VP8
    Format-: 3GP(MP4), WMV(ASF), AVI, FLV, MKV, WebM
    Playback/ Recording: -1080p Full HD@30fps, 720p HD@30fps
  • Sensor
    Accelerometer, Digital compass, Light, Gyroscope
  • Connectivity
    Bluetooth technology v 3.0 (Apt-X Codec support)
    USB 2.0 Host
    Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4 & 5 GHz), Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Channel Bonding
    HSPA + 21Mbps
  • Dimension
    256.7 x 175.3 x 8.9 mm, 583g
  • Battery
    Standard battery, Li-ion 7,000mAh

 

 
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IDC: iPad’s Market Share Up To 68.2% Q2 2012

Published on August 2, 2012 by in Gadget

The latest report from IDC shows that Apple shipped out over 17 million iPads in Q2 2012, over 68% of the worldwide tablet market share.

Kindle Fire still cannot post a real threat to Apple iPad although Amazon does manage to improve on their Q1 figure. Amazon has shipped out about 1.3 million Kindle Fire in Q2 2012 and is now the third largest tablet manufacturer behind Samsung and Apple.

IDC: Tablet's Market Share


 
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Sharp Starts Shipping Displays for iPhone 5

Published on August 2, 2012 by in iPhone 5

Sharp’s new president Takashi Okuda has indicated that they will be shipping displays this month for the next iPhone – iPhone 5.

Sharp has become one of the three display suppliers last year. The other  suppliers are LG and Japan Display.

It is widely rumored that the display size of the next iPhone would be 4 inch and it is 30% larger than iPhone 4/4s.

 
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Apple iPad mini and iPhone 5 To Be Released on Sept 21

Published on August 1, 2012 by in Gadget

It is widely rumored today that Apple will announce iPad mini and iPhone 5 at a special event on Sept 12, 2012 and both products will be released 9 days later on Sept 21, 2012.

The latest rumor is that the iPad mini will has a 7.X inch retina display that has the same scale ratio of the current iPad, a dual-core A5X CPU, and a 19 pins dock connector.

On the other hand, the iPhone 5 is rumored to have a 4 inch 16:9 retina display and a 19 pins dock connector.

iLab Factory : iPhone 5 Housings?

 
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