BlackBerry has announced the official launch of BlackBerry 9720, acombination of BB7 and the recent BBQ5.The move is aimed at attractingentry level users with a slightly advanced user experience. The company has been in the news following its latest announcement that it has appointed a committee to explore strategic alternatives which could include partnerships, joint ventures or even a sale.The new phone has been launched in five different colours – black, blue, pink, purple and white - and will be available across the region in including the UAE within the next few weeks. Making the announcement in an official release BlackBerry said the new smartphone provides the user with an experience of a starter smartphone while taking them to the next level.The smartphone runs of BB 7.1 and features a full QWERTY keyboard, 2.8-inch touchscreen and trackpad for easy navigation, seven hours of talk time and a 5MP camera. Other features include built-in FM radio, pre-installed apps for social networking and a separate button for BBM messenger among others. Carlo Chiarello, Executive Vice-President for Products at BlackBerry says: "The BlackBerry 9720 smartphone gives you all the essentials of theBlackBerry smartphone experience to support a communications centric lifestyle. “It has the best keyboard and functionality for BBM, as well as an updated BlackBerry 7 OS that adds many enhancements. “It's perfect for customers upgrading from a feature phone or entry-level Android or Windows Phone device, as well as existing BlackBerry smartphone customers, that want a richer experience and jump up in style and performance," said Chiarello. BlackBerry 9720 top features, BlackBerry 7 OS, The new BlackBerry 9720 smartphone comes with BlackBerry 7 OS version 7.1, which features an updated interface that lets you swipe to unlock the phone or access the camera from the lock screen, as well as additional enhancements BBM: The new BlackBerry 9720 smartphone features a dedicated BBM key that makes it quick and convenient to access the globally popular mobile social network, and with its BlackBerry Keyboard, messaging your BBM friends is easy and accurate. It also includes BBM Voice, which lets you chat over Wi-Fi for free. Multicast: The refreshed BlackBerry 7 OS lets you quickly type your message once and post it simultaneously and instantly to your friends on BBM, Twitter and Facebook. You can take a picture and post it to multiple social networks all at the same time, from the camera app. Source: Anantatech, Image: flicker.com
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Google Glass is Transforming Wearable Technology (2013-04-02T22:31:00+05:30)
It’s estimated that one million wearable devices will ship by the beginning of 2014, and it’s also estimated that there will be 300 million shipped by 2018.
Of course, these are what I call “soft trends,” meaning they’re not solid numbers; they’re projections. But it does indicate how rapidly wearable devices will impact us. Perhaps one of the most publicized wearable devices is Google Glass, which is essentially a pair of glasses you wear that has a mini display screen you can see in the corner of your vision. There is a touch pad on the side of the glasses that you can use to access information and a camera to capture activities in front of you. It also has a microphone so you can use voice recognition to have it type messages or to send commands, like you do with Apple’s Siri or Google’s version of Siri, called Google Now. Will everyone be wearing these glasses soon? Probably not. In fact, many places will
likely ban them. For example, teachers wouldn't allow students to wear the glasses, especially during test taking, because they’d be able to access notes and answers. Likewise, business meetings may not allow the wearing of the glasses because it has a built in camera and microphone, enabling an attendee to record sensitive information. With that said, though, there are indeed many specialized uses for the glasses. Already, doctors are using Google Glass during surgery so they don’t have to take their eyes off of the operating table to view things like blood pressure, pulse, and temperature readings. But it doesn’t have to stop there. By combining Google glasses with something called Augmented Reality, which overlays information onto a live camera image, you could help train future surgeons. For example, a medical student could look at a patient’s stomach area and receive detailed information about where each organ is located. It may even overlay a digital incision line to show the student where to operate. So there are many uses for Google Glass when it comes to
Hybrid Apps and its utilities with Google Glass makes an elite combination
simulations. Another use, again combined with augmented reality, could be when shopping. If you’re in a new city’s shopping district and wondering where to find stores or products, you could put on your glasses, say what you’re looking for, and the screen on your Google Glass would show not only the stores in your line of sight, but also overlay the types or names of products in each store. There are also business applications for the glasses. If you’re working and need to access information, but are not at a work surface, you could put on your glasses and access the information in your visual field. For example, if you’re out fixing telephone lines, you could wear the glasses, see the image of your worksite in the screen, and have the information overlaid of what each wire does and which one you need to work on. Of course, you can do many of these things with a smart phone currently, but why take the smart phone out when you can just wear a pair of glasses and do it hands-free? The Google Glass makes it much more convenient. In short, the applications for Google Glass are powerful and almost unlimited. It’s one wearable technology that will revolutionize many areas of life. Source: Article, Images: sciencegravity, twimg, gadgtechworld, computerhardwaredoubts, designdautore, boygeniusreport, gadgetsmaniaworld, nydailynews, imagine-life-with-google-glass, wearabletech, etc......
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