Your's Web Tech Power Blog's: Dec 18, 2011

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 11:57 AM PST

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Google’s latest superphone, has just been announced, so those who want to pick it up can make a beeline for the smartphone, be it online or at brick and mortar stores. Just how much do you think you will need to fork out for the Galaxy Nexus? We are looking at a $299.99 price point with a new two-year customer agreement, of course. What is so special about the Samsung Galaxy Nexus? For starters, it will be able to let you browse the Web, stream music and do much more at blazing speeds thanks to Verizon Wireless’ 4G LTE network, where you can experience fast download speeds of 5 to 12 megabits per second (Mbps) and upload speeds of 2 to 5 Mbps.

Not only that, this is the first smartphone from the Android-powered community that will run on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich right out of the box, delivering an entirely new look and feel to the world of Android. The Galaxy Nexus will deliver a redesigned user experience with improved multi-tasking, notifications, Near Field Communications (NFC) sharing with Android Beam and a full e-browsing experience. A slew of standard user interface features such as the lock screen, home screen, phone app and others in between have been rethought and redesigned, with Google hoping to turn Android into a simple, beautiful and useful operating system.

As for the hardware specifications, we are looking at a super slim 9.47mm design which will surely please those who place plenty of priority over the aesthetics of a device, and even being so slim, it will still be able to cram in a 4.65″ HD Super AMOLED Contour Display that lets you watch movies, view pictures and play games which will come to life in 720p (1280 x 720) resolution. A dual-core 1.2GHz application processor will run proceedings from within, and the HTML5 Web browser that has been optimized for dual-core processing with Android 4.0 will make your online experience a seamless one.

You can also be super popular with the rest of your mates as well thanks to the built-in Mobile Hotspot capability, letting you share either a 4G LTE or 3G connection with up to 10 Wi-Fi-enabled devices. A 5-megapixel camera is located at the back, boasting zero-shutter lag for instant photo capturing, autofocus and LED flash with full 1080p recording, while up in front you have a 1.3-megapixel camera for video chat purposes. Since this is such a beauty, there is a textured soft-touch back cover to turn this into a slip-resistant phone (to a certain extent, of course). Any takers for Google’s latest beauty?

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DIY Magnetic Levitating Sculpture Kit

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 04:30 AM PST

Have you watched David Copperfield in action back when he was the magic superstar of the world? Well, he certainly did mesmerize plenty of folks with his collection and repertoire of tricks in his bag, including making the Great Wall of China disappear, but surely some of the seemingly more basic tricks have caught your attention too, no? For example, the trick of levitating an object or a person is still something that I have quite yet to figure out, but perhaps with the $49.99 DIY Magnetic Levitating Sculpture Kit, things might change for the better. This is an easy to assemble kit, allowing you to suspend a magnet in mid-air.

Gravity vs electromagnetism – a battle that can be won by either, depending on the delicate balance and placement of objects. This unique DIY kit will boast an extremely powerful magnet at the top of the sculpture that will pull the magnet cube up, and when the forces of gravity and electromagnetism are balanced, the magnet cube will remain in mid-air, spinning around to keep you and anyone else who looks at it mesmerized.

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iControl Helicopter

Posted: 17 Dec 2011 04:00 AM PST

We saw the iControl Ferrari the other day, so here is something which is far less grounded – a helicopter, so to speak, that will take to the skies while your iOS or Android-powered device functions as the controller. The iControl Helicopter will ship with a Smart Link Control which will make it plug into any iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, or Android device, giving you full and total control of the toy helicopter as you manipulate the simple touchscreen controls to move the Helicopter around in the air. Of course, just as how all roads lead to Rome, so too, can you ditch touchscreen controls and tilt your device instead – forwards, backwards, left and right to make sure it is capable of ensuring the Helicopter goes in the direction of your choice.

With a three channel control, you and another two friends will be able to fly the iControls together, where built-in advanced gyro directional stabilizers are there to make sure that they are a cinch to control. You can juice up the iControl Helicopter after a long, hard day of flying via USB. Just bear in mind that infrared technology is in use here, making this a purely indoor flying experience since a combination of wind and short transmission range might eventually lead to a loss of control.

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