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ASUS Zenbook Sr.

ASUS has proved that not only Lenovo may make good laptops such as Yoga 2. The company has launched two ultrabook UX301 and UX302. The latest one is less interesting because nothing remarkable it has no. UX301 - it's the top model, so it's got all the best ...

Both models have a 13-inch IPS touch display with a glass surface Corning Gorilla Glass 3 which does not break during normal operation and reduces the appearance of scratches by 40%. Depending on the equipment display resolution Zenbook UX301 can be 2560 × 1440 (WQHD) or 1920 × 1080 (Full HD) with a similar Samsung Series 9 viewing angle of 178 degrees. Installed OS Windows 8 supports gesture commands.

Zenbook UX301 is based on a hardware platform Intel Haswell with processors fourth-generation Intel Core i5-4200U (1,6-2,6 GHz), i7-4500U (1,8-3,0 GHz) and i7-4558U (2,8 - 3.3 GHz). Graphics - Integrated Intel HD 5100, which is very good, and in the topovoy complete sets is a discrete card NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M with 2 GB of memory. 4/8/16 GB of RAM. The volume of SSD in RAID0 - up to 512 GB.

Zenbook UX301 has standard Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.0. 2-USB 3.0, Mini DisplayPort, Micro-HDMI 1.4 and a card reader. Zenbook has new sports keyboard with automatic level control of backlight and its own technology SonicMaster for audio. Thickness of UX301 - just 0.61 inches (15.5 mm) and weight - 3 pounds (1.38 kg).

New ASUS Zenbook UX301 comes with White Moonstone and Sapphire Blue color, while there is no information about additional color variants, is also unknown how much they will cost. Fresh laptops is available now.

HTC teases the competitors with their latest 64-bit smartphone Desire 820

Now HTC is again trying to get to technological Olympus by improving the devices of the present. A high probability to stay on top has a new Desire flagship smartphone, which was built using a 64-bit architecture.

HTC promotes the new Desire 820 as the world’s first Android smartphone with a 64-bit mobile processor on board. Unsurprisingly that HTC is betting on 1.5GHz octa-core processor Snapdragon 615 from Qualcomm since it provides overall reduction in energy consumption and acceptable thermal condition. Although this is an advanced computing engine with unimaginable productivity, so you don’t have to worry about the battery life and burns on your palms.

It is worth remembering that this device is not an ordinary representative of its class, and the potential is close to a portable multimedia center packed together with full-fledged game console for your favorite and upcoming games too. Outfitted in a total of eight independent cores it provides efficient multitasking at a steadily increasing demands of multimedia applications.

In a addition to eight core processor there are 2GB of RAM, Adreno 405 GPU and 16/32GB of built-in storage, which probably can be expanded by memory cards. The new HTC Desire 820 will come with 5.5-inch display with a resolution of  720x1280 pixels, Android 4.4.4 KitKat and HTC Sense, that is naturally for this manufacturer, but there is no mentioning about Android 5.0 that we would like to see on board the new Desire, considering Nexus 6 already has. It will also come with an 8-megapixel front facing camera, a 13-megapixel sensor on the cap and a 2600mAh battery on board.

HTC Desire 820 holds a 4G LTE Cat. 4 connectivity, as well as a Bluetooth 4.0 and WiFi 802.11a/g/b/n. The 64-bit pioneer will reveal itself at the end of this month with the price tag of $449 in Marble White, Tuxedo Grey, Santorini White, and Milky-way Grey boby colours. It seems reasonable, acceptable and quite natural for this part of the market.

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Nokia comes with a giant Lumia Bandit

Gadget has already figured in several high-profile cases, under the code name Bandit, which is then transformed into the more familiar form for Nokia: Lumia 1520.

Just over 6 inches phone uses FullHD-LCD with a resolution of 1920х1080 pixels, quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (2Ghz), 2GB of RAM and a choice of either 32GB or 64GB of storage. There is also a microSD card slot. The most effective these elements makes the operating system with the Windows Phone update GDR3. The smartphone is equipped with quite advanced camera PureView 20 megapixels, which protrude slightly from the subtle body executed ​​of polycarbonate (as in the Nokia Lumia 925). The Lumia 1520 will come with battery of 3400 mAh.

If Nokia comes with this device, it definitely set foot on the territory of the smartphone Samsung Galaxy S5 and HTC One Max.

Nokia Lumia 1520 is available now

Handset with two-year contract cost $199.  It will also available in black, white, yellow or red color options.

Amazon Echo is an another home robot to follow your commands! Welcome to the future again!

If you remember Jibo, then robots is your next kin of family and you think about it as of a friend, not as of an enemy aiming to conquer the humanity. And that is correct, because the Artificial Intelligence has not reached the required level of intellect to cause the war between our races. Thinking of it, is actually funny. And the possibility of this act would meaningless... supposedly for this decade at least.

Amazon Echo is one of it. It's quite useful, if you watch the demo trailer below. And actually, it's quite hard to describe the new comer using the simple words. As you can understand the robot should have the ability to understand the verbal conversation, as it would not be a robot without such a function. Indeed, Echo is capable to listen you and reply logically to your needs.

Let's pretend we are in a room of your house, where a cute coffee table is dislocated in the center of it. And when you come in and ask to play your favorite music, the cylinder shaped stick on it really does the thing asked. What would you think of it? The robot listens to you and does exactly what it was asked to. Amazing! All you have to do is add "Alexa" or "Amazon" phrase in the beginning of your command. Believe it or not, but it really works, as we see the trailer that shows such functionality.

Besides listening to your commands and replying  to it, the device is capable to extend its potential by uploading more information to its Cloud Memory space in order to have more skills to answer you. The family robot can answer everybody's request, such as time now, weather forecast, music playing and a lot of other app configurable stuff.

The solid cylinder like vase looks very good on any surface of the room. It has a 2.5-inch speaker all around the body having its third part of the total surface and a mic on the top of the casing capable to hear a normally spoked voice from every corner of the room not requiring a loud speaking to accept a command. And when it accepts a command, the LED lighting accompanies the robot's reply.

The Echo friend can advise you the time, date, arrange a timer for your cooking or alarm clock to awake you in the morning. The device can also add or remove the required things to do to your "Do list" or products to your "Buy list". Another essential requests are taken from Wikipedia, if you want to know the height of the certain mountain, for example.

You can also manage the device through your smartphone remotely to make a surprise to a person you're in love sitting in a guest room with no suspicion of your activities. The robot might become the weapon of your imagination, so choose wisely how to use it.

The e-butler could make your life more interesting at a simple price of $200 and if you're a Prime user, the price would decrease $100 less, but you should get an invitation for it.

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Smartphone Nexus 5 coming

Google in conjunction with the South Korean company LG is preparing a new fifth-generation Nexus smartphone. Moreover, we talked earlier about how Google is preparing a SmartWatch which is designed to extend the functionality of the new flagship that will stings the Samsung.

Google Nexus 5 has a 5-inch IPS TFT display with a resolution of Full HD 1080p (1920x1080 pixels). On board installed a new pack of Android operating system version 4.4 which is served by a quad-processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (2.3GHz/2.2GHz) and 2 GB of RAM. The new smartphone includes two specifications of internal memory 16 GB and 32 GB.

Nexus 5 will come with a rear 8MP camera and optical image stabilization as well as a 1.3-megapixel front camera for video calls. There is also support for NFC, Bluetooth, UMTS / GSM / CDMA and certainly LTE. New Nexus battery is 2300mAh and can be recharged with the new wireless charging technology Qi.

Google Nexus 5 is available here

Amazon unveiled its FireTV streaming device just for $99

Amazon has launched the Fire TV streaming media device. They say that the new streaming TV system has the performance thrice faster than Roku3, Apple TV or Chromecast from Google.

The Fire TV features 1080p video, 2GB of RAM and a quad-core processor. The device will run with a modified version of OS Android and providing users with an access to Hulu Plus, Netflix, YouTube and other third-party apps.

Yea! Fire TV offers voice search that actually works. You can simply press the voice activation button and speak into the remote control box, having all services on the TV panel shouted. Undoubtedly, Amazon will integrate more services with its voice search.

Smartphone or tablet can be also used as a remote control device after an app for $2 is bought or buy a special Amazon’s Fire Game Controller sold separately for $39.99.

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Immortal Nikon 1 AW1

A fairly wide range of protected cameras really are a class of compact cameras with small matrices. Today, Nikon has decided to fix it. The new camera of Nikon 1 series, designed for shots in all weather conditions, received the name Nikon 1 AW1.

Nikon preparing the world's first interchangeable lens camera that is waterproof to a depth of 15 meters, is protected against dust and can operate at temperatures down to -10 degrees Celsius. Also, the camera is shockproof for falls from a height of 2 meters, which gives it an equivalent IPX8 rating.

New boasts ultra-fast expanded hybrid AF system and 14.2-megapixel AF CMOS-matrix (CX-sensor 13.2x8.8 mm), which brings a 73-point phase-detection and 135-point contrast-detect AF. The sensitivity varies in the range ISO 160 - 6400. The camera can shoot video in MOV format with a resolution of FullHD-video (1920 x 1080 pixels) in continuous shooting mode at up to 60 fps (when using the autofocus - up to 15 frames per second). Taken images are saved in RAW or JPEG. Image processing is derived from the EXPEED 3A image-processing engine. AW1 has TFT-display with a diagonal of 3 inches with a resolution of 921,000 pixels. There is a pop-up flash, integrated GPS-module, depth gauge, altimeter and electronic compass. Interfaces of coupling: USB and miniHDMI.

Weight of Nikon 1 AW1 with battery and memory card is 356g and its dimensions are 113,3 x 71,5 x 37,5 mm. The manufacturer focuses attention that the protection from moisture and dust is provided only with new lenses NIKKOR AW 11-27.5mm f/3.5-5.6 and NIKKOR AW 10mm f/2.8 (with other lenses deliberately drown the camera is not worth it)

Nikon 1 AW1 for $ 800 USD with a protective zoom lens. In the set with two protective lenses - $ 1000. For extra protection you can buy bright orange signal cover.

Dyson 360 Eye is claimed to be the dust terminator

Technology was always developing because the customer wants somebody or something to do its work, therefore the progress cannot be stopped unless the customer does nothing at all! So this deal should also satisfy every common user, who doesn’t like to collect the dust on his own.

A new vacuum cleaner differs from his competitors by quality, meanwhile not being so expensive, as the previous version of Dyson from 2001. It actually didn’t start due to high weight of the machine and too sophisticated technique to run. It required three computers in apartment and would cost thousands of dollars, therefore the project was closed hoping for future reincarnation.

And the time has come for the people to see a really useful droid cleaning your room. It has 360 degree camera and infrared sensor to actually “feel” itself in the room and avoid collision with any big or small obstacle on the way of cleaning.

The battery cannot boast with long life endurance, but this is quite acceptable comparing with the cleaning quality it performs. Fully charged the vacuum machine can clean the space for 20 minutes and then it returns to the charging station to restore its power.

Dyson has invested $8 million to start this project, so there is no doubt it will be 20 times more useful than the other imitators cleaning the floor awkwardly. Having such a start the robot is designed to reach every surface a regular vacuum cleaner does. It can simply ride through every rough terrain, such as thresholds and other bumps met.

Another function available is connecting the device to your smartphone or tablet running iOS or Android in order to monitor the robot’s mapping during the cleaning procedure, letting you know its strategy and efficiency.

The dirt restrainer will show its muscles to the Japanese publicity next Spring, and the rest of the world will try to touch them later in 2015.

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White giant Panasonic Toughpad 4K

At a time when all tablets irreversibly become shallow White Giant from Panasonic stands out for its power and majesty. Thoughtful design, first-class materials and high-quality assembly helps Toughpad 4K rapidly gain popularity among those who will be able to appreciate these quality.

Panasonic Toughpad 4K UT-MB50 with Ultra HD screen in the first place allocated by huge 20-inch screen with a resolution of 3840 x 2560 pixels, also has a very thin, for devices of its class, ruggedized chassis total mass of about 5 pounds (2.25 kg.)

Toughpad 4K based on the Haswell platform with quad-core Intel Core i5 processor clocked at 1.9GHz and 4 GB of RAM (up to 16GB), 128-/256 GB SSD-drive and a graphics card GeForce GT 745M. Toughpad 4K equipped with USB 3.0 port, HDMI output, a slot for memory cards SD, Wi-Fi and Buetooth. Сapacity of integrated battery will be enough for up to 6 hours of battery life which is very well when you consider the diagonal of the display and the number of pixels (pixel density 230 ppi, just like the Yoga 2).

White giant controlled by the latest version of Microsoft Windows 8, and also supports a digital pen (stylus).

Sales of tablet PC expected to begin in November of this year. Retail price for Panasonic Toughpad 4K UT-MB50 really not focus on a wide range of consumers since starts with a mark of $ 6000. However when you re-watch all the details and specifications the price  will seem quite adequate, predictable and legitimate.

Luxury HP's SmartWatch looks really seductively

HP started working on its own model of smartwatch. The company's engineers have focused exclusively on the hardware, and the complete look was developed by a very famous luxury-designer Michael Bastian.

HP SmartWatch offers a 44-millimeter stainless steel case with a special coating. The decoration will be also used for such typical features of premium segment as inlaid buttons, distinctive frame bolts and a special behavior of the backlight. The package will include a variety of three removable straps, that will instantly adapt to the current owner's style.

Smart watches from HP will work together with all smartphones based on Android or iOS with a special application, which will allow to fine-tune the information that is displayed on the screen of the wrist accessory. In particular, it is about getting SMS, e-mail, weather, stock price updates and sporting events, along with user controls for music and other active applications.

Nevertheless there are no evidences that HP smart watches won't run on Android Wear. It'll reportedly arrive this fall, with no word yet on pricing, but it looks like it could be really quite expensive.

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