Tuesday, October 9, 2012

The difference between the type of screen smartphone




TFT-LCD, AMOLED, Retina is the phrase often users encounter when it comes to the screen on the mobile devices today.

Phone screen has changed quite a lot, compared to them is only capable of displaying caller phone number, at the launch. When SMS was born, the screen of the phone lines began to be larger designs, enabling users to read and compose messages.

After the screen color was developed not long, it was thought to take pictures or video on the phone, so the screen is also sharper. Until the era of the smartphone, touch, people request good screen phone similar to a computer screen with the ability to clearly display text, video blurred and bright enough to see outdoors.

A series of consecutive screens were born, is integrated on the high-end smartphone, making users more time can not distinguish the difference between the screens above. The same "roll" a popular display technology today:

TFT LCD — thin film transistor displays are easily the most common in smartphones at this time, though manufacturers are paving the way for newer, better performing screen technologies. TFT LCDs are often used in laptop displays as well.
Advantage – Cheap to make, most commonly used screen.
Disadvantage –  Aging Technology, Not as bright or clear as other display technologies.
Super LCD (SLCD) — another contender for screen dominance is Super LCD. A variant of traditional LCD technologies, SLCD offers better contrast and warmer colours than older LCD displays, but is said to drain more power than AMOLED displays.
Advantage – Cheaper to produce than AMOLED displays, Works better in direct sunlight over AMOLED.
Disadvantage –  Drains more power than AMOLED displays, not as bright as AMOLED either.
AMOLED — active matrix organic light emitting diode is one of the prominent up and coming display technologies looking to take over from TFT displays.

AMOLED

AMOLED screens are visibly more colourful than TFT displays and have a lower power consumption with thanks to the intriguing fact that the colour black is produced by the OLED being switched off. AMOLED screens have been used by Samsung, HTC, Nokia and Dell to name a few, and continue to be in high demand. They give off clear, bright and sharp images as seen in the images below. The potential problem with AMOLED screens is that they are quite poor in direct sunlight, and the screen will be close to unusable.
Advantage – Bright and clear quality, Low power consumption for screens.
Disadvantage –  Almost un-viewable in direct sunlight, Display can appear pixelated.
Super AMOLED — Samsung has positioned itself at the forefront of mobile display technologies producing its “Super” variant on the AMOLED display. By combining the touch panel and the top layer of glass, Samsung has created a screen that is visibly more vibrant than previous AMOLED screens, and more usable in direct sunlight.
Advantage – Everything AMOLED is but better, great for watching videos on.
Disadvantage –  Still poor in direct sunlight, but better than regular AMOLED.
 Super AMOLED Plus – Another Samsung fortified screen technology, which is available on the latest Samsung Phone Models. It is an advanced version of the Super AMOLED technology with better colour reproduction and scaling. Not as bright as Super AMOLED, but better. More subpixels are crammed into the screen tech, allowing it to be more pleasant for your eyes.
Advantage – Amazing color reproduction, better viewing angles.
Disadvantage –  Not good enough in the sun yet, colours can seem washed out on larger screens.
Super AMOLED HD
Super AMOLED HD

This is a term created by Samsung, is simply a high-resolution (720 x 1280 pixels or higher) of the Super AMOLED screen. Currently, Samsung has abandoned Super AMOLED Plus screens and return to Super AMOLED technology and improved HD. This type of screen used on the Galaxy Note and Galaxy S III of the company.
Retina

Retina is a marketing term influenced by Apple, to just kind of screen pixel density is so high that the human eye can not distinguish each individual pixel in the normal viewing angle.

Density Retina pixels on the screen is split into "standard" vary by equipment and common vision of the user. Such as the iPhone 4S is smaller, the user's vision will be closer to its pixel density up to 326 ppi while the new iPad, this density is 264 ppi.

Mobile BRAVIA Engine
Mobile BRAVIA Engine
Xperia S screen using BRAVIA Engine Mobile.

BRAVIA is a well known technology, used long ago on the TV series of the company. Mobile BRAVIA Engine technology is specifically designed to improve picture quality and video, to increase the contrast and natural color as possible.

NOVA
This is a variation of the LCD, LG company used on its Optimus Black. It has the capability for ultra-high brightness but extremely energy efficient.

IPS — in-plane switching smartphone screens are characterized by vibrant colours and excellent off-axis viewing angles. IPS screens are typically more expensive, but the result is a screen you can see clearly from any angle. Apple recently employed IPS technology in the LCD display of the iPad and iPhone 4 (which they are also referred to as Retina Screens in the iPhone 4 only). IPS has a resolution 960 x 640. This basically means that an IPS Display uses a SLCD screen, but packs more pixels which improve quality
Advantage – Able to create a more viewing angles than other displays, able to zoom in with more clarity
Disadvantage –  Expensive to create, very few companies use this technology so far
Qhd – Quarter HD Screen is exactly how it sounds, as it has quarter of Full HD. Full HD resolution is considered 1920 x 1080, so quarter HD is 960 x 540. It is not quite as good as IPS technology, but it’s has a great looking screen resolution on any device! Qhd is not a screen type, but the amount of pixels in that screen, exactly like Retina Screen’s
Quarter HD Screen

From left to right – iPhone 4 (IPS Retina Display), HTC Desire (Super LCD), and the Samsung Galaxy S (Super AMOLED). While it is quite difficult to tell from just photo’s (we recommend you actually have a look at them in person), we can probably assume that the Super AMOLED is brighter than either the Super LCD or IPS Retina Display (all phones are on maximum brightness). However, if you were to take a closer inspection at these phones, you would realise that The Super LCD screen and IPS Retina Screen are less ‘pixelated’ (meaning the pixels are packed tighter, giving it a clearer image) than the Super AMOLED screen.
Verdict – Truth is, there are quite a few people that don’t care about which screen types they are getting, but we want to change that. You’ve seen the advantages and disadvantages of each screen type, so your choice of screen type will depend heavily on how you will be using your phone, so you will have to decide yourself what screen type to get.
We personally quite like Super AMOLED displays. They have bright and vivid colors on display, which makes it great for general use and an absolute joy when it comes to watching videos. Despite being difficult to see under direct sunlight, it gives the brightest colors of any of the screens giving it a slight edge over our other favourite - the IPS Retina Display.
Phones that use Super AMOLED Displays – Samsung Omnia 7/Focus,  Google Nexus S, and the Samsung Galaxy S2.
You now have a basic knowledge of the different screen types available today and hopefully, an appreciation of the new technologies available to you. So next time your out picking up a new phone we hope you will take the screen type into account, because we guarantee you – they do make a difference in the long run.

Source - pingdom

7 smartphones 'rumor' is the most awaited




iPhone 5 or Apple iPad Mini, or smartphone Galaxy Note Amazon's Kindle ... product will be worth the wait in the future.

New iPhone
New iPhone


iPhone always create a special attraction for believers technology. Before the time of the launch of Apple smatphone, people are eagerly waiting to see the shape of how this product, owns the "magic" nothing. The iPhone 6th generation will probably be owned entirely new design, more than 4 inches wide screen, using in-cell technology allows trim the thickness of the product.


According to some reports (unconfirmed) new iPhone will launch in September or October, equipped A6  with quad-core chips, support 4G LTE connectivity as well as property improvements camera than the older generation.


Nokia Lumia 1101 
Nokia Lumia 1101


No one knows the shape of this product was, but every time Nokia prepares to launch a new product, users are putting a lot of expectations. In addition, the Lumia though not achieve sales expectations of Nokia but still create a strong impression with the user through the design and monolithic designs certainly different.


Additionally, users are eagerly waiting to see, Windows Phone 8 will bring the exciting experience like. A series of improvements have been introduced as Microsoft supports multi-chip, memory card slot to expand storage capacity and much better resolution screen.


Nokia has hinted that it will release a "special" on 7/9 to and it may be time, Nokia Lumia 1101 user sends greetings to the world.


Kindle Phone và Kindle Fire 2
Kindle Fire 2


In the context of the smartphone producer, the manufacturer of tablets, Amazon also can not ignore. They officially step into the tablet market with the Kindle Fire with cheap rate "startling" $ 200. Therefore, we believe that 2012 will be the time Amazon to the second step, conquer the smartphone market.


Many rumors were out and it looks like, this product will also be not less than 4 inch screen (probably 4.5 inches), built an Android operating system was only able to customize access go to store digital content like Amazon did with its Kindle Fire.


Meanwhile, with the Google launched the Nexus 7 with the same price, the Fire of the Amazon Kindle has become obsolete. Therefore, it is believed that the company will soon launch the 2nd generation Kindle Fire, equipped with more high-definition screen, slim design and quick release in the third quarter this year.



Apple iPad mini
Apple iPad mini


From time iPad 2 launches, rumors of a iPad mini edition appeared. After more than a year, we still do not see the shadow of this product, but experts believe that the iPad mini appears only a matter of time.



The launch iPad mini is essential to Apple, by 7 inch tablet is increasingly shows its advantages compared to other larger devices. In addition, with a mass of tablet product configuration good, cheap continuous release, Apple also needs to have an equivalent product to ensure its dominance.


Some sources claim that Apple is rushing to produce iPad mini expected sell about 6 million units in 2012 to this day.


Surface phone 
Surface phone


Microsoft has confirmed to speak, the firm does not intend to launch a smartphone, but the village technologies they do not think so. They were able to release a tablet  Surface  to compete with iPad is no reason to reject an "iPhone killer".


Samsung Galaxy Note II
Samsung Galaxy Note II


Galaxy Note is seen as a big surprise that Samsung introduced to the user. Before the dismal failure of the Dell Streak 5 inch, there are many questions to the success of a "Phablet" (cross between a smartphone and tablet) as Note Galaxy. However, Galaxy Note the impressive turnover of more than 7 million units in the second half of 2011.



It is predicted that, Samsung will continue the momentum to successfully launch a Note II, equipped with more big screen (5.5 inches versus 5.3 inches), equipped with quad-core chip and camera resolution 12 megapixel. This product is likely to be fitted with durable screen UBP, the premise of display technology Flexibility revealed that the company had previously.

Source - pingdom

The shocking secret Apple revealed in court



The largest lawsuit in the history of technology village ended after three weeks of trial. Samsung lose the competition for violating six of the seven patents that Apple charges, and to pay $ 1.05 billion.During the trial, the Cupertino-based technology company has revealed the secret information that if not, the user would not be able to imagine, Apple invest carefully for iPhone or iPad likeno.

The idea of ​​'madness'
After the unexpected success of the iPod, the question is what Apple will do next. There are many ideas to the "after" of Apple marketing vice president Phil Schiller revealed. These ideas include production cameras, cars and more "crazy".

Eddy Cue send email Tim Cook
Although Steve Jobs had rejected the idea of producing a 7-inch iPad in public, but in email Eddy Cue, vice president of Internet software and services of Apple sends Tim Cook 1 /2011, Jobs was very excited with the idea mentioned above.

'Purple Project'

In 2004, Jobs asked Scott Forstall, senior vice president in charge of iOS development, formed a design team of the iPhone interface. When employed in this project, the Apple engineers will hear questions such as: "This is a secret project and I can not tell you what the project is. Just know that you will have to work evenings and weekends for a few years. "

Privacy
Apple is famous for security issues, but those who work in the "Purple Project", the security is also pushed up multifold. These people have to work in a particular area, the camera is ubiquitous. The first regulations of the place is called "Fight Club" is that you never mentioned it.

The prototypes of the iPhone
Some form of iPhone
Apple had outlined a series of samples of the iPhone before launching this product in 2007.It includes templates iPhone 8 next, iPhone inspired from the iPod Mini, and many other models, but ultimately the company decided on the shape of the first-generation iPhone because by Stringer designers, it is a beautiful formand most personality compared to other products already on the market.

The kitchen table
This may surprise many people, but when product design, Apple's design engineers in the room often sit in groups of about 15-16 people around a kitchen table.According to Apple, it feels as if they are working in a family. However, to complete only one button on the iPhone, the form of this product may be in the hands of about 50 people before officially approved.

Most iPhone users will buy shell case

Revealed very interesting but also showing that iPhone users cherish their products look like. According to a study from the Apple market, 78% of iPhone users bought shell case to protect the product.

Not receive feedback from users
While many companies often conduct surveys to assess the quality of the product, Apple went in the opposite direction. "We never try to meet and ask the customer what they want to feature in the next product. That's what we have to do, ", Schiller said Vice President.

Product marketing costs
Many people believe that Apple does not take the cost of marketing the product, but the reality is not so. When the iPhone launched, the company has spent $ 97.8 million to advertise the iPhone in the U.S. in 2008. With the iPad, the amount the company spent $ 149.5 million in 2010, when the iPad was first released.

The template iPad
Template Apple iPad stand has been producing research.
Like the iPhone, the iPad has been carefully cared before launch. In court, Apple has launched a series of template iPad, including design template with very thick and has no physical home key.

Source - pingdom

for per-order apple iphone 5 in the us


A week ago, iMore ever mentions the event Apple will introduce iPhone 5 to 12/9 to, and yesterday (13/8), this source also confirmed that the 6th generation iPhone will start placed before the United States at the same time on.

Release date iphone 5 to market later than expected about 9 days after the official product launch. The distribution Monday for iPhone 5 world market started in the first week of October, is expected on 5/10.

Information on the reservation and the distribution iPhone 5 for the world market in October was revealed to iMore from a source fairly accurate in the past.

However, product launch event and placed before the new generation iPhone has never happened before. Last year, Apple introduced the iPhone 4S on 4/10 and started for customers to reserve three days later. The first batch of iPhone 4S is available to consumers on 10.14.2011, while the second batch is 10.28.2011.

Last week, iMore post information that Apple was planning to launch the new IOS devices with new, smaller connector, including the new iPhone, iPod touch, iPod nano, iPad, and iPad mini. However, on the specific introduction of these products were not disclosed.

6th generation iPhone expected to be a larger screen than the iPhone before life, thinner design, connector and headphone jack was redesigned.

Source - pingdom

Windows 8 Metro UI for iPhone and iPod Touch






While Microsoft and its partners are perfecting their products to release Windows 8 on 26/10 to, then users can experience the IOS has Windows 8 Metro UI on your device.
Windows 8 Metro UI interface for iPhone and iPod Touch
Windows 8 Metro UI interface for iPhone and iPod Touch


Thanks to the efforts of the developers that Apple fans can now enjoy the wonderful experience of Windows 8 Metro UI, this is considered one of the releases are technology experts and users Apple expected. Can not imagine that the developers bring it to Microsoft Surface IOS before official release.
Windows_8_Metro_UI_cho_iOS6
Interface screen, claws up to unlock

Custom package Windows 8 Metro UI interface for iPhone and iPod called Metroon is provided on the Cydia Store by ModMyi for 1.5 USD. Of course, to use compulsory Metroon the device must be jailbroken

After successful installation Metroon, users will see the first difference is that features "slide to unlock" instead of claws back on to unlock the screen.

Users can easily move between Metro UI and IOS by clicking the "Desktop" on the main screen.
Applications listed in a style very "metro"
Applications listed in a style very "metro"



Reviews Sony Xperia Neo l


Xperia Neo L is the most differentiated products in Sony's 2012 series, a model with a large screen, running Android 4.0.
Sony Xperia Neo L

In 2012, Sony showed the progress of his own standing in the array smartphone. Design of its products are homogenous and innovation, unique compared to other company's equipment that looks "depreciation and amortization".

Xperia Neo L is a special product, slightly "tune" with the style of the previous Sony Ericsson phones. Inherit the design of the product the Neo went ahead.

Source - pingdom

Lodsys claims progress in fight over in-app purchase patents



iOS 6 and apps
Apps are at the center of the Lodsys patent dispute.
(Credit: James Martin/CNET )
Lodsys, which is locked in patent disputes with app developers over an in-app purchase mechanism, said it has made progress in winning legal and developer favor.
The nonpracticing entity, which went after app makers on Apple's iOS, Google's Android, and other technology platforms for infringing on its patents, said in a blog post this evening that the U.S. Patent Office has confirmed the validity of one of its patent's key claims, effectively hobbling Google's effort to have the patent invalidated:
 As a part of the Inter-Parties Reexamination requested by Google, the USPTO recently issued an Office Action confirming Claim 24 of US Patent 7,222,078. This claim is particularly relevant regarding in-app purchases and free-to-paid application upgrades. In addition, we have every confidence that all claims will ultimately be confirmed through this lengthy process. In-app purchase features and free-to-paid upgrades will be a part of the litigation process that is now swiftly moving forward.
The blog also mentions that Apple, which has intervened in a lawsuit against 11 app developers, has won approval from the court to participate in the case, arguing that its licensing of Lodsys patents extend to third-party developers:
 The dispute about the scope of Apple's license rights extending to 3rd parties remains unresolved and clearly contested. This is irrespective of Apple's unilateral declarations to the contrary and their insistence that the documents that underlie the issue remain shrouded in secrecy to prevent application developers and others from determining the scope of Apple's license for themselves.
Source - news.cnet.com

Windows Server 2012 - Best and worst features



The final build of WS2013

A lot has changed from Windows Server 2008 R2 - there are many new features and modifications to the user interface, and it represents a different way of working with Windows on the server. Microsoft has done a lot to bring Windows Server into the cloud age and to make it easier to for IT to support working anywhere and everywhere, without a loss of service or quality. It's also melded Windows 8 experiences into the OS in some questionable and strange ways.

Windows Server 2012 is now officially up for sale.
A lot has changed from Windows Server 2008 R2 - there are many new features and modifications to the user interface, and it represents a different way of working with Windows on the server. Microsoft has done a lot to bring Windows Server into the cloud age and to make it easier to for IT to support working anywhere and everywhere, without a loss of service or quality. It's also melded Windows 8 experiences into the OS in some questionable and strange ways.
In this photo gallery, we'll take you through the most significant changes visually.

Draft EU data protection law loophole threatens medical privacy


Draft EU data protection law loophole threatens medical privacy


Cambridge professor says use of medical records, even anonymised, for statistical and research purposes poses threat to privacy

University of Cambridge Professor of Security Engineering Ross Anderson warned a "huge loophole" is being carved in the European Union's upcoming data protection regulation.
The way the current draft of the law allows secondary uses of medical records is a privacy scandal waiting to happen, Anderson said during the Amsterdam Privacy Conference yesterday.


The loophole, he said, is in articles 81 and 83 of the draft data protection regulation, which covers the way personal health data may be processed in the 27 EU member states. The data can, for instance, be used for historical, statistical and scientific research purposes - but the way the draft proposal is crafted poses a big privacy risk, Anderson said.
"The fundamental problem is that everyone from insurers to drug companies wants access to masses of personal data," said Anderson. And if Europeans are not careful they could reveal very personal information to both academic and commercial researchers, he said.
The data could, for instance, be used to set up patient registries for improving diagnoses, differentiating between similar types of diseases, and preparing studies for therapies. The same information could also be useful for pharmacists who might want to adjust their prescriptions, said Anderson.
There is a big tussle coming up about those secondary uses, he said.
While the draft regulation calls for the data made available to researchers to be made anonymous, it is very hard to anonymise data sufficiently, Anderson said.
"That's something that we geeks have known for 30 years," Anderson said.
By querying a database often and asking it different questions it is possible to find out where someone lives, or to find the medical record of a colleague or friend.
"You can always find a set of queries that reveals the target," he said.
When it comes to making data anonymous, Anderson said: "The big practical problem is context." For example, he said he could find out more about a particular colleague by querying the database for 42-year-old women in the UK with a nine-year-old daughter, who both have psoriasis.
Anderson had hoped that the new data protection regulation would fix a loophole in existing UK legislation that was created by defining "personal data" too narrowly. However, the same is now happening with the new EU regulation, he said.
One of Anderson's colleagues, Douwe Korff, a professor of international law at London Metropolitan University, has already proposed amending articles 81 and 83 of the regulation in a way that would still allow member states to create exemptions for health care and research, but only for "exceptionally high public interests," with the highest standards of anonymisation and with the prior agreement of the privacy regulator.
Anderson, though, wants to go further: he proposes notifying people in advance that their data will be used for research or other purposes, allowing them to opt out.
"Most people don't want wide sharing of information and most people don't want research without consent," he said.
If the articles are not amended, Anderson said, he could picture a situation in which a professor of psychiatry conducting research might lose a file containing 10 million patient records - with them subsequently being posted to Pastebin, a site often used by hackers to leak stolen personal data. Such losses have already happened, said Anderson, referring to a case in which a laptop containing the health records for almost eight million Britons was stolen.
And if such a database were posted to Pastebin, he said, then it's also easy to imagine someone comparing the data to what's known about the UK's members of parliament. "And then things blow up," he said, "a scandal leading to public revolt."
While this scenario is of course fictional, it should be anticipated, Anderson said.
"I want to push back on what the EU is trying to do here," he said. "If civil society can get its voice heard there is every chance we can get these sections amended.
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Source - computerworlduk

A robot librarian for the social Web


Little Bird, released in a limited beta version, seeks to point users toward social media accounts they'll find relevant.


Little Bird, released in a limited beta version, seeks to point users toward social media accounts they'll find relevant.(CNN) -- There is a very simple question that Little Bird, a service that launches today in private beta, attempts to answer: What community are you interested in? With that as a starting point, the service chugs through Twitter streams, blog posts and LinkedIn pages to find the most influential people, companies and reading material on your chosen topic.Started by former TechCrunch and ReadWriteWeb journalist and consultant Marshall Kirkpatrick, Little Bird was born from a need on the part of his corporate clients to know which people and sites were important to their businesses from a public relations and marketing perspective. "They all wanted to know who they should have on their radar when it came to the social web," Kirkpatrick says. With some elbow grease and hacks, Kirkpatrick was able to answer their questions.When EMC-acquired data analytics company Green Plum came knocking for the same answer, Kirkpatrick finally built a system that could automate much of his manual labor. Little Bird, formally known as Plexus Engine, came out of that effort.In a similar way that Google's Page Rank looks for connections between web pages to determine relevancy, the Little Bird engine analyzes the connections between people to determine who has the most influence in a particular community or on a specific topic. "I like to think of it as a robot librarian that goes out and tackles the social web," Kirkpatrick says. A Little Bird search will also surface what people are reading and watching, who is the the most active on the social web, and who has the longest track record.A search on the top influencers in the Apple world leaning heavily on Twitter data yields Apple Marketing Chief Phil Schiller, iOS boss Scott Forstall and the Unofficial Apple Blog as the expert sources to pay attention to. Interestingly Schiller and Forstall barely Tweet. "But they are the ones who the other insiders follow, waiting someday I guess for them to start tweeting, so those two show up at the top of the results," Kirkpatrick says. Showing some of the gaps apparent in the nascent service, missing completely from the Little Bird results is Apple CEO Tim Cook -- most likely because he doesn't have a Twitter account at all.Kirkpatrick has raised an initial $1 million in funding from Mark Cuban and other investors to put some muscle on his social search engine. He plans to market it initially to public relations and marketing professions, selling monthly subscriptions offering unlimited access for anywhere from $50 to $2,500 depending on how many people are using it.As to the question of whether Little Bird will promote a frenzy of self promotion by those dying to be deemed top influencers, Kirkpatrick doubts it. Because a site or person's rank is determined by how many other influencers follow their tweets or stories it will be hard to game Little Bird. "Besides, no one else is going to see the results of your query, so I don't think it's going to end up being a weird public popularity kind of thing," Kirkpatrick says. "Look, if I was just looking for a random self promotion I would have stuck with writing awful pieces about the future of technology."

Source - edition