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Friday, March 21, 2014

2014: Year of Wearable Tech!


Google: Android Wear


One wearable tech. is said to be the King of Smartwatches and that is Pebble, they are the pioneers of the Smart watch but what is Pebble? It's a watch that lets you connect your device that notify you for new alerts, mails, messages and many more. They released an updated version of the Pebble with the new Pebble Steel.

For added information, What is wearable technology? 
"Wearable technology (also called wearable gadgets) is a category of technology devices that can be worn by a consumer and often include tracking information related to health and fitness. Other wearable tech gadgets include devices that have small motion sensors to take photos and sync with your  mobile devices."  -Webopedia

We have a new contender when it comes to smart watch, Google announced " Android Wear " a version of Andriod which is designed for wearable or an Android Os for wearables. The Android Wear is an integration of Google Now but on your wrist with glans-able information and with just a swipe information that is really designed for your wrist.


LG and Motorola will be making smartwatches with the Android Wear OS. LG with its traditional square faced watch but Motorola is making the buzz with its Motorola 360 that Google used for its Android Wear promotional video, it is a traditional round faced smartwatch, it is very beautiful for a smartwatch that can suit your everyday event and we Thank Motorola for that design! We still don't have specifications for the Motorola 360 but I will update you as they release the specifications for the 360.




Motorola 360 - LG smartwatch


Thursday, March 6, 2014

Projects Ara

A viral video about a phone concept and now a real phone.


Remember that viral video on Youtube about a phone with an interchangeable parts that lets you upgrade your phone without buying a new phone or spending huge amount of money. Well, that is Phonebloks.

Phonebloks is made of blocks, that lets your detach every part, they're all connected to the base of the phone. To make it even more interesting, Phonebloks is a phone with an interchangeable blocks that lets you replace every part of your phone when you need it, by means of that. You don't need to buy a new phone or spend huge of money when your phone is not working anymore.



About Phonebloks

" Phonebloks is a vision for a phone worth keeping. We want a modular phone that can reduce waste, is built on an open platform and made for the entire world. We are keen on finding the right partners and people to build this phone. We set up an online platform where you can share your thoughts, ideas and feedback. We believe that together we can make the best phone in the world. " - Phonebloks



Phonebloks became the news of that day and ask people to support them in making Phonebloks real. Many people have supported the project and Phonebloks is now ready to move up to the next level. They had meetings with experts and talked about the future of Phonebloks but one company stood out and that is "Motorola" that was bought by Google. (Google sold Motorola to Lenovo) Motorola has been working for a modular phone for over a year called "Project Ara"  Phonebloks and Motorola teamed up and other companies to make the Project Ara real. Project Ara is an open project and they'll be listing to our ideas and what we want for a new phone suggested by the Phonebloks community. 

" The news is true, Motorola's ATAP the project home of Project Ara is moving to Google "

Project Ara is a phone that lets you upgrade by buying new blocks by not spending huge amount of money. Need a new battery? or your phone is running slow already? you can just change that block to upgrade to a new one, it can help you save money and reduce Electronic waste to save our planet. Phonebloks provides you with many interchangeable hardware, it is highly customize-able that can suit your everyday needs, if you're a businessmen and running low in storage? well, you can change your storage with a bigger one or need a better camera? just get a new camera for your phone so you can capture all your adventures in life.
There will be three different sizes at launch the mini, regular and phablet-sized. The project Ara could arrive by next year we don't have any pricing availability but according to some rumors the device will go on sale next year for as low as $50.

Project Ara:




Google has scheduled a Project Ara developers conference on April 15-16 in Mountain View.
I'm really excited to hold and use the Project Ara, this project is a new innovation for mobile. It's just a dream at first but now it's all real and we just have to wait until next year for us to use it.

Monday, March 3, 2014

What is a smartphone and can we afford it?

Why smartphones are the most hyped product these days? Just a simple answer. People use smartphone on a daily-basis for communications, social networking, business and maybe it's just a trend to own a smartphone but can we afford to buy it?



Photo owned by wired.com

Let's take a look back.
Motorola introduced the world's first commercial portable cellular phone and then came other companies to join and be called the mobile phone king of the generation but do you still remember that clicky-toned keypads that we used back in the days, that bulky small phone we love and that bulky phone even dropped in a height of 6 feet  won't break at all. Thanks to that mobile company that stands-out when it comes to phones back in the 90's and early 20's. The company is Nokia, Nokia brought different cellphones on the market ranging from budget to mid-range to high-end phones. But that's not enough for Nokia to hold its ground because many mobile companies are competing to be on top. But as time goes, Nokia has highs and lows. Other companies are innovating phones. Companies like Apple, Samsung, BlackBerry, Sony Xperia, LG, HTC, Motorola and now Google.

And then Apple came along the battle on the mobile industry to compete with other mobile companies, it was a success when Steve Jobs the former co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc. when he announced the much innovative smartphone ever. It is their iPhone line-up, it was said that the iPhone is much smarter than ever,  much smarter with other mobile phone and much innovative than other smartphones. Is it worth joining the battle? well, Yes. Apple did boomed the mobile industry, earning huge amount of money and earning more loyal costumers.
As time passes by other people want something new, the new when incomes to hardware, software and more innovative than the iPhone, Samsung brought that "something new" that people demands and they introduced their Galaxy and Note line-up that wowed the general market until now, bringing new form factor that people loved, new software updates and a huge amount of features that they don't get from iPhones.

But wait there's more, like Apple and Samsung other mobile companies joined the battle like LG, Motorola, Google Nexus, BlackBerry, Sony Xperia, Nokia, HTC and many more, the battle for that one spot to be known as the 'Best Smartphone ever" they made their own high-end smartphone line-up that can compete to other mobile companies, by yearly upgrading them and bringing a new form factor and much innovative smartphone that other mobile companies lacks.

But is it enough to just bring high-end smartphones on the market? but as a general market, we all have that one question. "How much is it?" Well, Smartphones don't come cheap at all, smartphones do pack high-end specifications but usually packs more value. Other companies has the answer for that "How much is it?" question by bringing budget-friendly smartphones but somehow not a high-end smartphone but a mid-range smartphone. By having budget-friendly smartphones people now can buy smartphones without spending a huge amount of money. Many mobile companies realized that they need a budget-friendly smartphone and now they brought budget-friendly smartphone on the market, Yes! Mobile companies that offers a great budget-friendly smartphone and somehow gives you a mid-high end specifications are LG, Samsung, Apple, Sony Xperia, BlackBerry, Nokia, HTC and the two most ever famous for their budget-friendly smartphones the Google Nexus and Motorola.

But as time passes by mobile companies will keep on innovating smartphones just to bring a new and refreshed smartphones that people will be drooling for and will be spending huge amount of money.

Just a tip:
We use smartphones on a daily-basis for communications, business, social networking and for media. We sometimes can't afford those high-end smartphones for there high price. If you just go for communications like sms, calling, social networking that wont require a huge specification just go for the budget price smartphone, but if you're a business man or a person that wants a huge specs on a smartphone then you should go for a high-end smartphone.

"We all have different opinions and craze about a certain product if you have the money then go for the high-end but if you're on a tight budget just buy the mid-range with its budget-friendly price"

Sunday, February 23, 2014

Red Nexus 5

We've spotted a Red Nexus 5 from @evleaks !


Photo of @eveleaks
Adding a new color from the original black and white color edition of the Nexus line up was a good idea. Smartphone colors are such a trend these days. considering Apple’s new color line up the famous Gold colored iphone.
The Nexus red seems like a bright red that still houses the same front black color, black camera housing but now a Red earpiece.

The new Nexus 5 Red edition is now up for sale! you can order from the Google Play:
•16GB for $349
•32GB for $399



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