Apple is a special application to dispense with maps for Google

American Computer Company announced the famous "Apple" It's putting the finishing touches to a new application of the maps will be available on all its services instead of Google.

The company said in her blog, part of the newspaper (The Wall Street Journal) U.S., it will provide the new application to customers during a conference between 11 and 15 of the next month in San Francisco after the end of the process of updating the operating system.

The new application will work on smartphones "iPhone" and tablet computers any "Bad" music player "iPod."

I tried the "Apple" has long been dispensed with Google Maps arose on the acquisition of companies "biz's Place" and "Poly 9" and "C 3" interested in this type of application, but did not compete with services shining most popular search engine.

It is expected that maps the "Apple" and use the three-dimensional images close to reality.

Project Glass lays out an impressive picture, made without hands

Photo by - Sebastian Thrun, a former professor at Stanford and Carnegie Mellon. And at this point - the head of Google X, the team working on projects (Android, and others) classified as "top secret". They stand behind programs such as Street View, a program the machine and self-government Project Glass. Of course, the public release is still far, but the developers are so confident in this concept that allows some participants to test it outside the office.

For example, co-founder of Google Sergey Brin last month appeared in these glasses at the conference (in infographics is mentioned).

The picture is interesting because it proves the possibility of photographing without hands. With a smartphone you can repeat it only if you normally carry a kind of departing son.

Augmented reality from Google is still at the stage of the design, although the project is already in the work of at least one year. The Company makes no representations regarding the timing of the appearance of a miracle-glasses on the market. While only a movie, which only spoke about the ideas of the developers. Something we've heard about the new glass, which can be used in them. And we All you need to try the novelty.

A hub for practitioners and travelers

Originality can be simple, modest, unpretentious, comfortable and practical. All these definitions are applicable to the full extent to the USB-hub USB Power Strip - it's simple and yet original, modest and practical, and, most importantly, very comfortable and at home, and traveling.

We are accustomed to the fact that the creators of gadgets working hard to highlight their creations, which gives them the most trivial form, decorated with rhinestones and fill functions unnecessary for most users. In USB Power Strip is nothing like it, and he looks like an ordinary power strip that is present in almost every home. And, just as the filter allows you to connect to a single outlet 4.6 devices simultaneously, and the new USB-hub helps to charge 4 gadgets simultaneously. This is especially useful if the table is not enough space or planned long-term auto-moto-air any other journey. Such a gadget must be registered in the list of things needed every prudent tourist, along with alcotester DA-7000, a smartphone with GPS-navigation and a translator (preferably in electronic form).

The gadget comes in two colors, black and white. Its overall dimensions of 2.8 x 11, 2x1, 9 cm, 91.5 cm length of the cable, the price - $ 9 99 cents.

Giada A51 nettop basis has become a platform AMD Brazos

Company under the trademark JEHE Giada officially announced nettop A51. Dimensions of the device are 192 x 155 x 26 millimeters. The basis is the new platform AMD Brazos, or rather the processor E450. The chip includes a tandem of two nuclei of Bobcat, which operate at a frequency of 1.65 GHz and the integrated Radeon HD 6320 accelerator. Value index of the power dissipation for the chip stated at 30 watts.

The description also identified the following characteristics: 2 GB of RAM type DDR3-800/1066, AC adapter Ethernet, Multi-card reader (SD / MMC / MS / MS PRO), as well as wireless modules Bluetooth and Wi-Fi with support for 802.11 b / g / n. The storage system is represented by a 2.5-inch hard disk capacity of 320GB. Are also available four-port USB 2.0, one USB 3.0, and VGA and HDMI. Giada A51 nettop running 64-bit version of Windows 7 Home Premium, and will be available in black and white versions of color performance. Giada A51 nettop Cost is about $ 400.

HP announced a series of laptops Pavilion m6

Hewlett-Packard introduced a 15.6-inch model laptop series HP Pavilion m6. The main difference between the series and other models of laptops m6 Pavilion is a thin shell and an aluminum panel with a keyboard.

The keyboard is made in the new-style chiklet and offers optional backlighting. Pavilion m6 offers the Intel and AMD, and (optionally) a discrete graphics. Models of processors and graphics cards unfortunately have not yet reported, but the web is already brightened the model with an Intel Core i5 Sandy Bridge on the board.

In addition, the novelty has stereo speakers and a subwoofer Beats Audio and a fingerprint scanner. The claimed battery life of up to 8 hours without recharging.

Sales will begin this summer. Price of the laptop is still unknown.

HP introduced a 14-inch business ultrabuk EliteBook Folio 9470m

HP announced a new ultrabuk HP EliteBook Folio 9470m, designed specifically for business users. Novelty is equipped with 14-inch anti-glare display with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels and offers a choice between the families of processors Intel Core i3, i5 and i7 third-generation integrated graphics HD 4000.

New weight - 1.6 kg, the thickness - 19 mm. Since this ultrabuk relates to the business segment, it offers features such as Intel vPro, Trusted Platform Module, card reader and data encryption system. In addition, an option offered support for 3G and 4G, spill-resistant keyboard with backlight and touch pad instead of the coated glass, the usual with the buttons.

The laptop has 16 GB of DDR3-1600, offers a variety of volumes of hard disk drives (500 GB) and solid-state drives (256 GB), and an optional 24 GB or 32 GB mSATA module. Other features include a webcam with a resolution of support for 720p, two ports USB 2.0, USB 3.0, LAN, VGA and DisplayPort, and the card reader SD / MMC.

Standard equipment has a 4-cell battery capacity of 52 W * h For an additional fee you can change the battery for 6-cell capacity of 60 W * h

In general ultrabuk looks interesting. Sad is that this new product we will not see until at least October of this year. Price laptop is still unknown.

HP announced a series of laptops Pavilion m6

Hewlett-Packard introduced a 15.6-inch model laptop series HP Pavilion m6. The main difference between the series and other models of laptops m6 Pavilion is a thin shell and an aluminum panel with a keyboard.

The keyboard is made in the new-style chiklet and offers optional backlighting. Pavilion m6 offers the Intel and AMD, and (optionally) a discrete graphics. Models of processors and graphics cards unfortunately have not yet reported, but the web is already brightened the model with an Intel Core i5 Sandy Bridge on the board.

In addition, the novelty has stereo speakers and a subwoofer Beats Audio and a fingerprint scanner. The claimed battery life of up to 8 hours without recharging.

Sales will begin this summer. Price of the laptop is still unknown.

HP introduced ultrabuki and "slikbuki 'Envy Series 4 and 6

HP has officially announced the new ultrabuki Envy Envy 4 and 6. In addition, the company introduced low-end configuration of new products 4 and 6 series and called them "slikbukami" (Sleekbooks), simply because they do not come under the standards of the Intel ultrabukov.

14-inch Envy 4t and 15.6-inch Envy 6t are offered in various configurations. 4t offers a cost-effective processors i3-2367M and i5-2467M Intel Core "Sandy Bridge", a model of 6t offers the only option with an i5.

The main differences from the ultrabukov Envy "slikbukov" Envy lies in the fact that the first offer mSATA SSD 32 GB to support such technologies as Intel Rapid Start, Identity Protection, Smart Response and Intel Smart Connect, and the latter do not have the drive and offer optional discrete graphics card AMD Radeon HD 7670M with 2 GB of memory. Well, the biggest difference "slikbukov" in that the model Envy Sleekbook 6 and will be presented with a processor AMD.

With regard to housing, the ultrabuki and "slikbuki" virtually identical - 19.8 mm thick. Weight younger model is 1.8 kg and 2.1 kg weight of the elder. Own metal shell as a ultrabukov.

All the new offer screen resolution 1366 x 768 pixels, built-in speakers and subwoofers with support Beats Audio.

Now about the price. "Slikbuki" from HP became cheaper than ultrabuki. The price of ultrabuki with 14-inch and 15.6-inch screens start at 750 and 800 dollars respectively. During the 14-inch HP ENVY Sleekbook will ask $ 700. For the 15.6-inch version of the $ 600 asked. It will appear in the U.S. on June 20.

Besides, you can expect to replace Sandy Bridge processors on the Ivy Bridge.

NEC has announced an ultra Beech LaVie Z

NEC has this week unveiled its first ultrabuk NEC LaVie Z. New offers 13.3 display, sealed in a stylish case made of a lithium-magnesium alloy and thus weighs only 998 grams!

The company has not yet told his stuffing, but we can assume that the new product is based on the new processor Intel Ivy Bridge. Unfortunately, the company also did not mention the cost of ultrabka. According to rumors NEC LaVie Z should appear on sale this summer. Most likely, closer to the release we still talk about its technical characteristics.

We will keep you informed.

Samsung introduced the new WP-smartphone Omnia M

Samsung just announced its latest smartphone operating system, Windows Phone. New product called the Samsung Omnia M, and offers a 4-inch Super AMOLED display with 800 x 480 pixels.

The device is running Windows Phone 7.5 Mango and running on a processor with a frequency of 1 GHz. Novelty is equipped with a 5-megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash and a VGA camera for video chat.

Samsung Omnia M has 384 MB RAM and 4 GB non-volatile memory, offers support for 3G HSDPA, 802.11 b / g / n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, USB 2.0 port and the module A-GPS. Responsible for feeding 1,500 mAh battery capacity.

Samsung has announced that in Europe the Omnia M will be available almost immediately. Other countries will have to wait a bit. New price is still unknown.

Fujitsu has announced a one-piece ESPRIMO FH77/HD

Fujitsu has announced a new candybar ESPRIMO FH77/HD. The system offers 23-inch Full HD IPS display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and runs on a processor Intel Core i7-3610QM with a frequency of 2.30 GHz.

Slider is built on the motherboard chipset Intel HM76 Express, has 8 GB of RAM DDR3, HDD 2TB, BDXL optical drive, webcam, card reader, TV tuner and module Wi-Fi.

Novelty is an operating system, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (SP1).

Deliveries ESPRIMO FH77/HD begin May 17. The cost of a monoblock will be 230,000 yen (about 2,880 dollars). The system will offer white, black and red color options.

Sharkoon provided housing Nightfall U3

The company has released a new Sharkoon Nightfall U3 computer case form factor Mid-Tower. Novelty has a black interior and exterior is made of aluminum and supports the installation of full-size boards ATX.

On the front panel are located two-port USB 2.0, one USB 3.0 and two audio jacks. Inside there is room for five 5.25-inch and five 3.5-inch devices. Expansion slots - seven. In addition, there are two holes for piping the liquid cooling system. The nominal cooling system includes a front 120mm fan with LED backlight.

The recommended value of housing is Nightfall U3 54.90 euros (about $ 71).

Brits get Motorola Razr Maxx May 18

A month ago, Motorola Razr Maxx announced for the UK, indicating the estimated time of release of the smartphone (mid May). Today has become known the exact date of receipt of new items on sale.

According to a local retailer Clove, on the shelves of British retailer Motorola Razr Maxx will be May 18. The cost of the smartphone will be 430.8 pounds (about 537 euros or 696 dollars), up 46.8 pounds above the price of the original Motorola Razr.

Despite the fact that in Germany the Razr Maxx comes with the operating system, Android 4.0 ICS on board, an option for the UK version will be managed by Android 2.3 Gingerbread. I think this is easily covered minus the battery capacity of 3300 mAh, which offers up to 17.6 hours of talk time or up to conduct 380 hours of standby time. Everything else is "Max" got from his older brother (Razr), but this 4.3-inch Super AMOLED qHD-screen, rear 8-megapixel camera, 2-core processor clocked at 1.2 GHz, 1 GB of RAM and internal storage capacity of 16 GB.

Lit Samsung SPH-L300 LTE-based Snapdragon S4

The Internet got a photo and some basic specifications of LTE-compatible Smartphone Samsung SPH-L300. The model number of the device suggests that it will perform in the United States pokryvitelem telecommunications company Sprint. Unfortunately, information about a possible new release date is missing.

The smartphone is always the reliable interesting design - metal frame body and keys, made ​​by stamping. Such might have been expected from the company HTC, but not from the company Samsung. The device has dimensions of 121.9 x 63.8 x 12.0 mm and a screen with WVGA-resolution. Presumably, the diagonal of the screen is 4 inches.

It is reported that by default, SPH-L300 will operatsionnouyu system Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich, chip Snapdragon S4 (MSM8960) with 2-core processor at 1.5 GHz, Krait, a module of RAM 1 GB, 4 GB of internal space, 5 megapixel camera (main), the front camera as well as support for wireless technologies, NFC and Bluetooth 4.0.

Microsoft will limit the number of browsers for Windows 8

Despite a number of updates that has an Internet browser Microsoft Explorer, many users chose Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. However, it is possible that in a short time, the user will not be able to choose their own browser. According to information published blog Mozilla, not all current web browsers are available for use on mobile devices managed by Windows 8.

Reportedly, the only browser that will be allowed to run on ARM-mode devices in Windows Classic, will be Windows Internet Explorer. In this third-party programs (Chrome and Firefox) will be supported only in Windows Metro. Some strange, is not it?

David Heiner (David Heiner), occupying the post of attorney at Microsoft, explains the situation that only Explorer is optimized to run in Windows Classic. This is primarily due to safety issues and power devices on the architecture of ARM.

It seems that Mozilla and Google is not Microsoft's decision came as a surprise because the company had forecast such a development.

    "They [Microsoft] are trying to create a new version of its operating system that does not give users the option eliminates competition and innovation. This brings us back to the dark ages, when Windows does not know of browsers other than Explorer»,

- Lawyer says Harvey Anderson, Mozilla (Harvey Anderson).

And they think about it our readers?

EVGA shows three variants of the GeForce GTX 670

American manufacturer of video and computer equipment EVGA enlarged range of graphics cards with three new models based on the base of GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670. At the same time two versions of the three different operating frequencies higher GPU.

Basic graphics core frequency of the first model is 915 MHz, higher - 980 MHz. Memory Type GDDR5, whose volume is 2 GB, running at an effective frequency of 6008 MHz. The second modification of the model has at its disposal 4 GB of memory.

Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 670 SuperClocked (SC) and will be available in two versions: with 2 and 4 GB of memory. In fact, core GPU frequency of this model is increased to 967 MHz, and high - up to 1046 MHz. Working memory frequency remained the same.

The graphics core model with the prefix For the Win (FTW) overclocked to 1006 MHz (1084 MHz by deploying technology GPU Boost).

The first two models similar to the reference sample of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670, but the model differs from the original series FTW PCB and cooler, as the video card EVGA GeForce GTX 680.

The cost model, which works at the reference frequency, with 2 GB of memory is $ 399, with 4 GB of memory - 469 dollars. For the modification EVGA GTX 670 SC with 2 and 4 GB of memory will have to pay 419 and 489 dollars respectively. The cost of a graphics card EVGA GTX 670 FTW with 2 GB of memory is 439 dollars. In the market of new products will be involved in a deadly battle for the wallets of users, along with the decisions of companies ASUS, Palit, KFA2, Gainward, ZOTAC and Galaxy.

Amazon is preparing an e-book with a color electrophoretic display

Referring to information received from members of the supply chain, the site DigiTimes reports that the company Amazon in the second half of this year to market the device for reading, equipped with a color screen. Deliveries of the new components must begin at the end of this month.

E-book will be able to boast a capacitive touch screen type, instead of the infrared sensor, which is used in monochrome models. According to sources, the agreement for the supply of sensor modules, Amazon has signed with the company TPK Holding.

In an e-book will be used by an electrophoretic display (based on electronic ink (E-Ink) paper and electronic (E-Paper)). Most likely, it will display the company E Ink Holdings, which produces monochrome electrophoretic displays for e-book Amazon Kindle. According to analysts, in 2012, Amazon will ship to the market up to 6 million e-books.

TP-LINK T882-based Vanilla ICS for China

Company TP-LINK, known in the world with its networking equipment, has decided not limited to computers and telecommunications, and try his hand at producing smartphones. As a result, the light appeared T882. The device can not be called the first smartphone in our portfolio of Chinese brands, but unlike previous models, it is worthy of our attention to you. If only because at the heart device is a mobile operating system Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (Vanilla).

Other specifications are the so-T882 4.0-inch WVGA-screen, 1.4-gigahertz processor (the number of cores, unfortunately, is not specified), the camera 8 million pixels, support for 720p video recording, dual LED flash, as well as wireless modules of 3G and Wi-Fi.

Apparently, the smartphone will be available exclusively inhabitants of the People's Republic of China. With regard to prices not yet known.

In devaysakh Apple will be nano-SIM

Apple did improve the model of its nano-SIM cards, responding to lawsuits and numerous attacks on the part of Nokia. This is public knowledge at the exhibition CTIA, held in New Orleans. There's SIM-card manufacturer Giesecke & Devrient has shown the final version of the chip.

Apple fought with Nokia, Research In Motion and Motorola Mobility in the European Patent Court, finding out what standards of SIM-cards will be used in next-generation smartphones and tablets.

But yesterday, Giesecke & Devrient resolved disputes of experts, presenting a fourth generation "simok", developed by Apple, called "nano-SIM".

Still, Nokia believes that its chip is similar to RIM and Motorola, is perfect, because it has a more convenient size for the gadget. However, G & D slightly modified the design of the proposed kupertinovtsam, adding a small amount of plastic on the edges.

    We did this so that when you change SIM-card slot was versatile and suited for any device with the tray.

    - Representative of Giesecke & Devrient

Trump Apple in that they suggested using a modification of its microchips for free, without charging a fee for the license, which means that a series of lawsuits launched by Nokia, they do not continue

HTC Golf will be named HTC Desire C

We already know that HTC will release a new smartphone HTC Wildfire C, who had previously been known under the working name HTC Golf. And this weekend, the network has a few quality "live" pictures of the new smartphone.

In addition, journalists ITProPortal believe that the new smartphone will be called HTC Desire C, and not the HTC Wildfire C, we were confident before. I am glad at least that the letter «C» sources did not make a mistake.

Previously, we have already mentioned that the HTC Desire C will be able to offer users a processor with 600 MHz or 800 MHz. Its touch screen gets diagonal of 3.5 inches and a resolution of 480 x 320 pixels. Among the other features of the gadget called the 512 megabytes of RAM, 4GB of internal memory, Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n, Bluetooth 3.0, support for Beats Audio and a slot for memory cards microSD. And today's rumors did not refute this information.

In other words, according to the functionality, HTC Desire C has become one of the cheapest smartphones Taiwanese manufacturer. And one of its most important features will be the use of the operating system Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with a user interface Sense 4.0, which is quite unusual. Indeed, in addition to a weak processor in a smartphone worth a total of 512 megabytes of RAM, and we have serious doubts about the stability of the platform at a low iron. Although, let's hope HTC engineers know what they do. And HTC Desire C indeed be one of the most inexpensive devices with Android 4.0.