What is a protective bumper for iPhone 5 for $12000 [photo]

If you're wondering what it looks like super expensive "bumper" for the iPhone 5, you at. Manufacturer of luxury products and accessories for mobile electronics Brikk announced a new line of defense pads for smartphones Apple, which includes models priced from $ 11,610 to $ 14,235.

The product, called Haven is made of solid gold or platinum of your choice. According to the manufacturer, the materials are chosen because of their reliability and resistance to various injuries. Metal received special PVD-coated for greater wear resistance. Accessories come in four versions: yellow gold, rose gold, yellow gold and platinum matte.

In Brikk claim that the creation of each instance Haven takes a few hours, and all its parts and components are made entirely by hand. Weight of gold versions of "bumper" is 75g, and the most expensive model of platinum - 100g

Brikk offers free shipping to the U.S., as part of the proceeds from the sale of the protective lining of funds will go to the starving children of Africa. Each instance Haven numbered and packaged in a deluxe box with a silk ribbon. Accessory has a lifetime warranty.

Order covers Haven on the site of Etsy  this link .

Confirmed: Samsung Galaxy S IV show 14 March

The presentation of the flagship smartphone Samsung Galaxy S IV, designed to eclipse the success of the iPhone 5, will be held on March 14. Wrote about it in Twitter leading Mobile Research Group analyst Eldar Murtazin. Today, this information was confirmed by representatives of the Korean company in an interview with Reuters.

According to the news agency, the new device will allow Samsung to sharpen competition with its main rival in the mobile market Apple. According to Strategy Analytics, in the IV quarter of 2012, iPhone 5 is the most popular smartphone in the world, surpassing released in the spring of previous year, Galaxy S-III.

According to unofficial sources, the new flagship of Samsung will receive a 4-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 600 with a clock speed of 1.9 GHz, 4.99-inch display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, 13-megapixel primary and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera and support the wireless charging. Available to 2 GB of memory.

It is known that the Galaxy S IV is made in a design that departs from the current project Galaxy S III. Case has been straightened corners, the rear side is made of plastic, side panels - aluminum. Proprietary physical button "Home" remains. The model will be roughly the same size as its predecessor - 140,1 x 71,8 x 7,7 mm and weigh 138 g For comparison, the same parameters in Galaxy S III are 136,6 x 70,6 x 8 6 mm and 133g

Analyst Peter Misek out of Jefferies & Company, Koreans expect to sell at least 100 million copies of the Galaxy S IV. For the production of such a large number of high-end phones Samsung plans to win over the contractual suppliers Apple.

Galaxy S line of smartphones on the market about 2.5 years. During this time, Samsung has shipped to retailers of more than 100 million units Galaxy S three generations.

Mozilla formally introduced rival iOS and Android

Mozilla plans to enter the market for mobile operating systems, becoming a competitor of Apple and Google. The exhibition MWC in Barcelona developer popular browser showed the first commercial version of the mobile platform Firefox OS. Firefox OS is entirely based on open web standards, and requires much less hardware smartphones power than most modern devices.

According to the company, Mozilla has partnered with 18 mobile operators that will offer its customers smartphones running Firefox OS. Among the partners - Etisalat, China Unicom, Telenor, Hutchinson, Deutsche Telekom and Telecom Italia.

Smartphones based on Firefox OS will be released by four manufacturers: ZTE, Alcatel, Huawei and LG, all models built on the processor Qualcomm. According to the senior vice president of the Mozilla products Jay Sullivan, gadgets will be available this summer in Brazil, Colombia, Poland, Montenegro, Serbia, Mexico, Spain, Hungary, and Venezuela. For example, the Spanish Telefonica from July this year to sell the new smartphone OS for less than $100.

Situation where the market is dominated by 2.3 operating system, wrong, according to analysts: the consumer has enough choice, and manufacturers of these operating conditions dictate both developers and users. Firefox - popular browser and it gives us hope that Mozilla will be able to create high-quality operating system.

In contrast to the mobile operating systems iOS and Android, Firefox OS uses the open standard HTML5. This means that applications for Firefox OS will be able to create all who are familiar with the programming for the web. Download the software will be of Firefox Marketplace - analogue App Store and Google Play.

Initially the device to Mozilla-platform take the budget segment, and now offers two public phones - Alcatel One Touch Fire and ZTE One.

Specifications Alcatel One Touch Fire include a 3.5-inch screen with a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels, a processor with a clock speed of 1GHz, 256MB RAM, flash drive of 512 MB, microSD-card slot, 3.2-megapixel main camera , interfaces, 3G HSPA, GPS, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0 and FM-radio, removable 1400mAh battery. Model ZTE One repeats the above characteristics, the only battery capacity of 1200mAh.

HTC One allows you to transfer photos, contacts and SMS from the backup iPhone

The new smartphone HTC One , is to become a point of the whole line to restart the One, is able to import user data from the phone iPhone backup iTunes.

 

The Taiwanese company has made great efforts to coerce the owners of "apple" of devices to move your unit. Not only that looks like a mobile gadget flagship Apple, so also you can transfer information directly from backup iPhone. HTC is working on improving the desktop client Sync Manager, which already supports downloading music from iTunes, ready to give the ability to import backups straight to HTC One.

In other words, it will be possible to retrieve photos, videos, calendar events, text messages and other data from the stored in a media player iTunes iPhone backup so that all the accumulation of the "apple" phone easily migrated to the One. Of course, still have to find Android-iOS-analogues favorite applications.

In this case, HTC has done much to differentiate themselves from the "google-phone" other companies. A number of interesting introductions occurred on the part of software: proprietary shell Sense 5 onto the operating system Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, news aggregator BlinkFeed, features, services, chamber Zoe.

HTC One, announced last week, has a 4.7-inch display with a resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels (468ppi), protected by glass Gorilla Glass2. In the all-metal aluminum body enclosed 4-core processor with a frequency of 1.7GHz, the machine also has 2GB of RAM. Your phone provides a 32GB drive, support for LTE and NFC. Built-in battery has a capability of 2300mAh.

How to add the iPhone keyboard with memes / Faith [Jailbreak]

Characters amateur Rage-comics - an integral part of today's Internet. Gradually gaining popularity on the web, Trollfeys, Mr. poher and other characters are widely distribution, and finally reached the status of memes.

Utility from Cydia called RageBoard devoted to this kind of internet memes, as graphics. In general, almost all modern web stable expression can be summed up in a brief but succinct phrase and apply it, as if to say one of the characters of network folklore.

Thanks to the new tweaks from Cydia, iPhone owners may be accompanied by any of the reports of widespread online face. The benefit of such a disposal RageBoard over 350 pieces. Among them are the classic Me Gusta, Okay Guy, Fuck That Guy, LOL Guy, and of course, Rage guy.

For easy memes divided into many sub-categories: determined, annoyed, disgusted, angry, and others. The author has collected the most obvious examples, and it should be noted that full collection is striking - in some categories, a few dozen items.

Tweak works is very simple: to a set of keyboards in iOS adds another called RageBoard. It can be used in many applications for messaging, including iMessage, Whatsapp, BiteSMS, Twitter, customer Facebook, Standard Mail and other mail.

 

RageBoard merit not only have a lot of fun and actual face, but also the ability to easily insert them into the post. Before sending it to view a larger version of meme.

RageBoard released in Cydia for $ 4.99. Repository for download - BigBoss.

Galaxy Note 8.0: Korean response to the iPad mini, officially presented

Samsung officially presented at the exhibition MWC in Barcelona its new mini-tablet Galaxy Note 8.0, which will be a major competitor to the iPad mini tablet segment with small and medium-sized displays. Novelty has the same appearance as in the previously leaked images, and specifications were similar known.

Galaxy Note 8.0 device equipped with an 8-inch touch screen with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels and comes with a stylus S Pen, which is also equipped with other devices in the line of Galaxy Note.

Furthermore, this model includes a number of new features that are not present anywhere else. The device has a quad-core Exynos 4 Quad processor with a clock speed of 1.6 GHz and equipped with a 5 megapixel camera on the back and a 1.3-megapixel on the front. Powered Galaxy Note 8.0 with android version with jellybean.

The list of interfaces Galaxy Note 8.0 includes wireless modules WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, A-GPS, GLONASS, and HSPA + 21 (850/900/1900/2100MHz). Novelty was up to 32 GB of memory for data storage, microSD card support, and battery capacity of 4600 mAh.

Galaxy Note 8.0 will be released to market in the II quarter of this year, but the more specific terms and prices not yet known. Model for the global market will include support for cellular communications, while U.S. version is likely to be deprived of it.

iPhone 300% reliable smartphone Samsung

Today Smartphone is almost everyone. Without these devices, the life of modern man is simply unthinkable. However, like most high-tech devices, phones are subject to various kind of faults - it is well known: the more sensitive parts and electronic elements, the larger the probability that any of them can fail, leading to a malfunction of the device as a whole and the need to consult specialists.

 

FixYa publication conducted a study of reliability of today's smartphones, in which compared mobile products companies Apple, Samsung, Motorola and Nokia. The experts concluded that the "apple" phones - the most reliable on the market. On the iPhone has received the least number of complaints. The reliability of smartphones from Apple amounted to 3.47 points, which is almost 300% higher than that of devices Samsung, a rating of 1.21 points. In the third and fourth place in the list are Nokia and Motorola, their result - 0.68 and 0.13 points respectively.

Safety rating is calculated based on the smartphone experience 25 million visitors FixYa, which left a total of 722,558 complaints. Solid sample to accurately determine which brand is the most reliable in this class of devices.

Among the most common problems to the attention of users of iPhone, - poor battery life, and a lack of new features and a limited ability to customize. Samsung users complain of microphones and speakers devices. Nokia owners have reported "confusion" phones and not enough software, and Motorola smartphones have been criticized because of problems with the touch screen.

Microsoft is losing billions of dollars, postponing release of Office 2013 for iPad

Microsoft loses profits from sales of the new software package Office 2013, as it has not yet released a version of its mobile Apple. According to analysts, it has so far cost the Redmond of several billion dollars.

Analysts at investment bank Morgan Stanley said that if the Office 2013 by "Apple" operating system cost about $ 60, about a third of all iPad owners have always bought it. This would bring Microsoft solid 2.5 billion dollars in revenue. According to experts, the management of the software giant is likely to think about it and calculated the potential losses, but the desire to save the Office as part of the exclusive personal computer (this does not include tablets) prevailed. Office has always been an integral part of the PC, and Microsoft is more than happy.

Windows 8 - this is another attempt to protect personal computers from the onslaught of tablets, which recently only increased. This is manifested in the interface system oriented device with a touch screen - the same way, different shell Office 2013. Plus, this approach - it's part of a strategy to capture the corporate segment and the expulsion of a tablet running iOS and Android.

Advancing on all fronts, Microsoft first announced Windows RT, similar to Windows 8 for tablets on ARM-processors, and then introduced the X86 Tablet PC-compatible proprietary Surface. A little later released a more powerful Surface Pro, and both of them are now on sale, complete with state of the art electronics, detachable keyboard, and of course, Windows 8. Now they can be delivered and Office 2013, equipped with additional features and significantly improved the old functions.

Microsoft offers a similar set of significant benefit in the corporate and user segments of the computer market. Profits it receives, and does not seem particularly upset by the missing couple billion, which was a consequence of the absence of the version of Office 2013 for iPad.

New Google Chromebook surpassed MacBook Pro with the Retina display

Google introduced its new unusual product - a laptop Chromebook Pixel. Unusual, as previously branded Chromebook out low-cost model under the "cloud" operating system Chrome OS with modest specifications. Chromebook Pixel positioned as a new generation of Chromebook and is already available for pre-order.

By design Chromebook Pixel reminds laptops Apple, it is enclosed in an anodized aluminum. The touch-screen device with a diagonal of 12.85 inches has a resolution of 2560 x 1700 pixels, which corresponds to the density of 239 pixels per inch (ppi). For comparison, 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display issue 227 and 220 ppi. The aspect ratio is 3:2 Chromebook Pixel. The maximum brightness is 400 cd / m², viewing angles - 178 °. Touch screen and protected by glass Gorilla Glass.

Chromebook Pixel is based on a 2-core Intel Core i5 processor with a graphics core Intel HD Graphics 4000, clocked at 1.8 GHz. The wireless connectivity include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and LTE.

At the moment Chromebook Pixel is available in two configurations - with 32 GB and supports only Wi-Fi and a 64 GB storage and Wi-Fi support with LTE. The cost of the online store Google Play in the U.S. is on them 1299 dollars and 1449 dollars respectively. Google gives users new items 1TB in cloud service Google Drive for free for three years, 12 free sessions of Internet access on board, as well as 100 MB of traffic per month for two years in the network LTE Verizon Wireless.

The laptop is now available for order in Google Play in the U.S. and the UK, with deliveries Chromebook Pixel Wi-Fi due to begin next week, and the Chromebook Pixel with LTE will be released in April.

Released a preliminary version of Ubuntu for smartphones and tablets Nexus

Canonical has released a preliminary version of the Ubuntu operating system , designed for smartphones and tablets Samsung. Take advantage of the new platform can anyone, Which has a device Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4, Nexus 7 or Nexus 10.

Before the release of Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview company introduced a version of its operating system for tablet computers . Among the short list of its capabilities creators talk about multitasking called Side Stage, full encryption of disk access, support for different user accounts on the same device, as well as interoperability and unified interface for system versions for phones, televisions, and personal computers.

What are the advantages of the new mobile operating system? For business users, it offers various opportunities to secure access to data, such as encryption of user data. When connected to a docking station device on Ubuntu turned into full-fledged computer, allowing remote access to Windows applications using protocols from companies Microsoft, Citrix, VMWare and Wyse. This commonality makes Ubuntu, by and large, as the only universal OS.

 

iOS and Android can not boast of the work on the desktop, and Microsoft had to release several subspecies Windows (8, RT, Phone), to try to cover all segments at once. For application developers, the unity of the interface is especially useful, for example, they can check the operation of applications for smartphones to a PC with a touch screen, which simplifies the process of creating and debugging. Work to complete unification of interfaces on different platforms to be completed in the version Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, due in April next year.

On the Web site has been available  Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview  with instructions for installing it on the plates Nexus 7, Nexus 10 and Nexus 4 smartphones and Galaxy Nexus. Source code and images with instructions can be downloaded from the official website of the developers.

The new concept watch from Apple's traditional performance

While numerous sources predict an early emergence of "smart" watches Apple, but the company denied everything, dozens of designers all over the world enthusiastically design concepts device. The new creation presented artist named Nicholas Lamm. Like most of his colleagues, he titled his work Apple iWatch.

Wanting to stick with original style brand Apple, the author decided to make a futuristic gadget form. Traditional dial wearable computer replaces a fairly large touchscreen round, without any physical buttons. Housing iWatch made of aluminum, and the strap is made of soft leather to wear the device does not cause discomfort. The main interest is programming interface clock, which is designed as a set of application icons arranged in a spiral.

A functional concept iWatch author does not say anything, probably the gadget will be transferred to some of the basic functions of mobile devices running iOS, for example, reading SMS-messaging, e-mail and social networking status, the ability to see the caller name for an incoming call and the player. In this case, the image we see only the application icons, design of the main functions of the clock - the dial, is a mystery.

Preparations for the production of portable computer Apple reported several resources, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Rumored to be on the creation of iWatch, the company employs a team of 100 people. This designers, programmers, and engineers. Even states that a team of engineers responsible for the senior technical director James Foster Apple and software development head Achim Pantfoerder.

If the rumors are true, and in the autumn 2013 we will see the promised gadget, the consumer electronics industry will join the new trend - smartphones, watch or wearable computing device. Naturally expect a slight delay of similar products from Google, Samsung and Microsoft.

Real Racing 3 for iOS and Android will be free, released 28 February

Official Release racing simulator Real Racing 3 with realistic graphics on 28 February. It is reported by Electronic Arts at the official project page on the social network Facebook. At the end of the month game will be released in the App Store for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, as well as in Google Play and Amazon Appstore for smartphones and tablets on the Android.

The first part of the mobile racing Real Racing debuted the iPhone in 2009, and the second - is now available for iPhone, iPad and Android-based gadgets. To play in the third series, the visual component that will amaze even the most demanding gamers, users will be able to all popular mobile systems - iOS, Android and Windows Phone.

According to the developers, Real Racing 3 will be a real race track, including the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Silverstone, and realistic cars such as Porsche, Audi and Dodge. Developers point out that at the same time on the road can be up to 22 cars, which are expected spectacular.

An interesting feature of the project will be mode Time Shifted Multiplayer, which permits you to vie with alternative players when they drove their race - there's no got to comply with participate within the similar instance. The automotive are controlled by a rival "simulated brainpower". Say you had a race on Monday morning, and your friend - at lunch or on the subsequent day. Occupation the sport via Game Center.

Real Racing 3 will be available to download for free. With a new part of the game Firemonkeys Studio decided to focus on the business model of "freemium."