gadget-arian : New Episode of Apple vs. Google: Is Apple Will Win ?

For a long time relying on Google Maps, Apple finally decided to no longer use it. Starting in iOS 6 operating system, Apple is using their own maps service, Apple Maps.

However and unfortunately, Apple Maps does not seem to be prepared properly. As example, in the directions shown on the map, many of which are not accurate. 3-dimensional features of Apple Maps was not good, as a result a lot of building form that appears visible is not as it should be.

Than Why Apple No Longer Uses Google Maps?

 This is the reason :

Google Maps On Android Looks Better When Compared Google Maps On Apple 

One reason for Apple to stop the service Google Maps possible because Apple was not given a good service by Google. Chris Ziegler of The Verge technology media, said that Google Maps for Android is getting better than the version for iOS.

This happens because Android is an operating system made ​​by Google itself. Apple was not satisfied with Google's policies. "Apple considers that older versions of Google Maps in iOS lags behind Android, especially since there is no access to turn by turn navigation has been given by Google on Android in recent years," writes Chris.

Apple Fails Forcing Google

Apple initially wanted to use the data from Google to roll out voice-based navigation service on iOS. But they failed to force Google to give it.

"Apple continues to compel Google to provide the data necessary to carry voice-guided navigation to iOS. But according to sources, Google has invested a lot to create the data did not want to hand it over," said John Paczkowski from AllThingsD.

Google assess that these features are advantages of the Android operating system creations. This is one reason Apple soon divorcing Google Maps.

Apple Not Want to Wait 

According to sources, Apple actually will stop the Google Maps service in 2013. But they decided to speed it up.

John grubber, an technology analyst, consider that Apple does not want to wait any longer for Google to grant his request. They immediately launched its own Maps service.

Moreover, the introduction of Apple Maps also gain momentum. That in conjunction with the release of the iPhone 5 and iOS operating system 6, which attracted much attention.

Apple Also Wants to Be Superior In Maps

Apple might know from the beginning that they have a map service problems. But they speculate that the fans will understand and then Apple will continue to develop for the better.

Matthew Yglesias, a technology analyst, assessing Apple also had a dream that one day could be a superior map service provider as its rivals.

"The Apple achieved by ending the relationship with Google is a chance that one day they had a map of the best in the world. During Apple still relies on Google, they will never have that opportunity," said Matthew.

Apple Wants More Innovative From Google

Although there are some problems, some parties felt that such facilities like Flyover and 3-D vision option is quite good. New York Times media rate, 3-D map options Apple is an advantage over Google Maps.

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gadget-arian : 5 Most Expensive iPhone Application

IOS operating system that strengthens the famous iPhone has a choice of exciting applications. Some are free, some are paid. Want to know what applications are most expensive in iOS?

Reported by Distimo, a mobile application analyst, outstanding applications in the iTunes App Store is bounded on the price of $ 999.99 due must be no more than $ 1,000. Some of these applications not only present for the iPhone, but also for the iPad.

Here are 5 of them:

1. Agro App (iPhone/iPad, USD 999,99)

This application is intended for the agronomic, those who care about administration of agricultural crops. Agro said to be able to create and distribute inspection reports about the land.

"No matter what field of agronomy you run, whether it's dealing vineyards, farms, sugar cane, with large-scale or small-scale, it will save time and work efficiency by eliminating duplication of documents," wrote Agro.

2. MobiGage Laser  App (iPhone/iPad, USD 999,99)

This is an application that works with laser metrology Leica to measure materials in manufacturing plants. MobiGage laser can be used in the production of aircraft and automobiles.

"The reason why this application is priced $ 1,000 is because Apple forbids us to mematoknya at the price of USD 25,000. This is a payment that is worthy of an innovation that was born from the PC version," said Frank Ruotolo, President Titansan Engineering, MobiGage maker.

3. BarMax App (iPhone/iPad, USD 999,99)

This application is created by Hawvard Lawyers Team and iPhone developers. It can be guessed, try BarMax present as a solution for users who are preparing for the exam essay, MBE, to test competency.

Because contains a lot of content, the size of this application is very large, up to 1.4 gigabytes total, making it one of the largest sized applications in iTunes.

Sina Mobasser, co-founder TestMax Inc., Making this app BarMax said that the price is pegged at $ 1,000 figure is actually still cheaper and valuable than if the user follows the traditional course method.

4. iVIP Black App (iPhone, USD 999,99)

This is a premium service tool for iPhone users. For this application, users can booking a private jet, yacht, private island and other fancy stuff.

5. Engine Connect App (iPad, USD 999,99)

Engine Connect can be used in a TV weatherman presenter, Sportscaster and news readers using the iPad to manipulate the animation and graphics. So that viewers at home can feel the sensation of the animation directly on the glass screen.

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gadget-arian : Cost Production of iPhone 5

IPhone 5 16GB Unlocked price is $ 649. How much profit can be gained from the sale of the Apple iPhone 5 16GB?

Quoted from VentureBeat, UBM Tech Insight analyzes that Apple should spend money of 167.5 U.S. dollars to produce an iPhone 5 16GB unlocked version.

According to Tech Insight, which are the most expensive component in the iPhone 5 is A6 processor. Components are expected to have a four-core is expected to be priced at 28 U.S. dollars.

The second most expensive component of the iPhone 5 is a 4G LTE modem from Qualcomm. It is estimated that the modem has a price of 25 U.S. dollars. From total cost of production Apple will get a gross profit of 481.5 U.S. dollars.

The gross profit margin was not entirely to Apple. They still have to pay for the marketing and promotion of the iPhone 5 is budgeted from the gross profit. However, the rest of the profit is expected to remain large enough for Apple. For comparison, Apple gets a net income of 8.8 billion dollars in the last quarter.

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gadget-arian : Nintendo Wii U Officially Launch On November 18

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taken from yahoo news

Nintendo Wii U game console which determines start at $ 300 and go on sale in the United States on November 18, at the holidays time.

A deluxe version will sell for $ 350. Includes additional features such as more memory, stand charger and the game Nintendo land.

Nintendo Co. has tried to drum up enthusiasm for the Wii U, which is to launch the first major game console in 2006. equipped a touch screen interface called Wii U Game Pad.

The company announced there is a new feature called Nintendo TVii, this feature allows the user to choose a program such as watching movies, TV shows, and sports. These services include pay-TV services with services like Hulu and Netflix.

And Game pad can work as a remote and will help viewers explore many programs they can watch. This service also captures a scene from the TV and displays on the controller. Viewers can then comment on the scenes and share it on Twitter or Facebook, if they wish. so, users can watch TV while playing a game and then comment and share with friends.

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gadget-arian: iPhone 5 Launch

Slimmer, Lighter and Brighter: Apple Launches New iPhone 5

• iPhone 5 is equipped with a 4-inch screen, comes with front and rear glass and aluminum. 
• 8 megapixel camera.
• New software from Apple replaces Google's maps. 
• Equipped with 4G antenna. 

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc. say saying ‘Apple has never been stronger’ as the new handset was revealed. This phone will go on sale on September 21, and is priced the same as the previous version, 4S. With a casing made ​​of glass and aluminum, making the iPhone 5 as the thinnest smartphone ever made, it has a thickness of 7.6mm. Equipped with an eight megapixel camera that can take 28-megapixel panoramic images. 

Here are some photos of the procession was the launch of the gadget : 

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Android No Longer Used By Samsung...?

Samsung has become the world's top smartphone vendor. This is, of course, because the support of the operating system that is very popular today, namely Android, which now continues to be the mainstay platform for Samsung Galaxy. But... 

As known in addition to Android, it's actually Korean vendor has its own operating system called Bada, which has been used in several of his cell phone. Although not too bright as its Android mobile phone, mobile phone sales in 2011, Bada and close to 10 million units.

Not long ago, Samsung announced the Galaxy S III. Of course with a variety of neat features in it, the smartphone that Samsung seems to be a weapon to remain the top vendors in the arena of competitive smartphone market. However, no matter how good Android to Samsung, Samsung does not want rely on to single vendor.

 Last January, Samsung has announced working on a new project led by Intel, to develop Linux-based operating system known as Tizen. As revealed by Kang Tae-jin, the company intends to merge Tizen and Bada.

Samsung have not stated a long-term goals regarding the cooperation with Intel. But quite interesting, the first debut of the new mobile platform has been done on the Tizen Developer Conference 2012. If viewed from the hardware on the Tizen Smartphone, which includes 720p high-definition screen, dual-core processor 1.2 GHz ARM-based, indicate if the operating system may not only strived for an entry level Samsung Smartphone. Moreover, Samsung has been much involved with developing Tizen user interface.

As a result, even though Android has become the flagship platform, Samsung seems to have begun to realize that it must have the initiative if it wants to have more control. In the Galaxy S III for example, although the Samsung TouchWiz UI has been polished and modify with other software, it will still be limited by nature when dealing with another company's platform.

While Tizen, even though its open source which means it can not be controlled entirely by Samsung, but because the samsung is very intense involvement in the development platform, it will at least give us a strong taste of the Samsung smartphone based on Tizen... later. So, we wait!

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Samsung Omnia M: To Be Released

Korean manufacturer Samsung will launch a new smartphone called Samsung Omnia M. According to the reports this smartphone will use Windows Phone 7.5 Mango as the operating system. Samsung Omnia M is a smartphone that has a function for social networking and have entertainment features.

The new specification was discovered that the Samsung Omnia M has a high specification with embedded Single Core 1GHz processor and 384 MB of RAM. Super AMOLED screen that uses the features that have a "Reduce Glare" has a 4 inch size with a screen resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. Pinned on the back side of a 5 MP camera with LED flash, and VGA camera placed in front, so that with this Samsung Omnia M you can do video chat. In addition, the Samsung Omnia M also has 4GB of internal storage, network connections up to 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS. For generating power using a 1.500 mAh battery.

Go to the installed applications, Samsung was still include specific applications developed by Samsung itself, namely Samsung ChatOn. A multi-platform chat application that delivers cloud-based service. In addition there is the Samsung Allshare for wirelessly streaming media. The plan, Samsung Omnia M will slide in the market the first time in the European region, and will be continued in the surrounding countries

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Ipad 3 Release Date - Bring Some Amazing Features.

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iPad 3 release date will be announced in the very near date. And it seems, Apple will announce the launch of the iPad 3 on March 7, 2012. Various groups have been waiting for this new Apple's product. Especially the fans of the Apple iPad.

iPad 3 rumors are stating, that the ipad 3...

will carry some very nice features in it such as Retina Display screen with a size of 9.7 inches with a resolution of about 2048 x 1536 pixels, iPad 3 reportedly supported by the quad-core A6 processor, in addition to connectivity-beside 3G and Wi-Fi, iPad 3 is equipped with a main 4G LTE connectivity. iPad 3 rumors reportedly have undergone redesigns and 1 mm thicker than the iPad 2.

There is a rumors about interesting ideas issued by AatmaStudio about Apple iPad 3 Concept Features and upload to youtube. In the video, displays some interesting ideas about the iPad in the future. Such as the possibility of combining some of the iPad into one piece, and many others. Although this is just an idea, but millions of people are very interested to find out. It can describe how most people look forward to the presence of this Apple iPad 3.

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Angry Birds On Facebook Now.

All would have been very familiar with Angry Birds game, this game is pretty phenomenal, because since its launch until now has been getting very many takers. And felt quite encouraging for the game lovers of this game, now has officially announced that this game have now been present in the facebook version. Which is very exciting, Angry Birds in the facebook version is more cool and rich of features than Google+ version which was launched in 2011.

Angry Birds facebook version is run with Adobe Flash 11 and 3D graphics support, so as to give the effect of smoke, light, until the explosion felt more alive. And has also added features that are referred to as "power up". Power-up feature allows the user to take action to cheating. Features of "power up", among others: Scope Sling, Sling King, Super Seeds and Birdquake. But to be able to use the features of the user will charge of $ 1 USD for every 20 times the action.

Angry Birds on facebook version is available in the episode of  Pouched Eggs, Mighty Hoax and the Golden Eggs.

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Invention : Gadget That Will Help Blind People To "See"

An invention that will help the blind to be able to "see" the world, where this gadget uses sound to open visual cortex of persons with blindness and allow them to be able to see.

The Subtitution Sensory Device, which had actually been invented by a Dutch researcher (Dr. Peter Meijer) since 20 years ago, and now again be developed by a research team from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The team is headed by Dr. Amir Amedi stated, that the vision of the brain in general, auditory and data of palpation was not important to interpret things that exist and happen around people.

Even the MRI test (Magnetic Resonance Imaging test) showed Gadget that was created by Dr. Peter Meijer can activate pathways whose effects are similar to those seen in the vision of people who are not blind.

 

 

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iPhone's Resale Price is Higher Than The Competitor (Blackberry & Android)

What are your considerations when buying a smartphone? maybe one of them is the resale price. There is an opinion stating that the resale price is the most objective indicator to assess the quality of the smartphone. Because it is believed as the market opinion about the quality of the product.

Speaking of the resale price was tops iPhone than Android and Blackberry. In a survey said that after we use the iPhone for 18 months, the price of the iPhone is still about 53% of new price, while Android and Blackberry 42% and 41% from new price.

In other words, if you buy an iPhone today, then for a few months the used price of iPhone will not vary much with the price when we bought it, in contrast with the Android phone within a few months fore, the resale price will be reduced by several hundred dollars.

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Nokia Belle : Latest Update For Symbian^3

Nokia has done an update on smartphones based on Symbian ^ 3, precisely on February 7, 2012. According to the release, update the operating system software on Nokia named Nokia Belle.

Nokia Belle in the update provides 3 things that deserve to be enjoyed by users of this smartphone, among other : performance improvement and feture-feature in it, will always provide an update to existing applications, and claimed has better stability.

That was revealed about some of the new features available on Nokia Belle, among others:

• Six homescreen
• the addition of widgets
• Notification bar
• Shortcut to turn on and turn off bluetooth, wifi, and audio

Several series Nokia smartphone that can use this software for nokia series include 710, N8, E7, C7, E6, C601 and Oro series. And included in several countries like United Arab Emirates, Russia, Turkey, Poland, England, Germany, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Italy.

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Invention : Reminders Memory Gene

Development in technology both in the form of insight and knowledge are transformed in the form of the best gadgets will continue to adorn our lives. One thing that quite interesting is in the study that will be undertaken by experts from MIT, the experts are currently working on research related to brain and memory. They are looking for specific parts of the brain that stores memory associated with events experienced by humans or animals.

The researchers discovered a gene that lights up when a memory is stored in the brain. As revealed by one of the researchers, Ramamoorthi, this could just be a beginning of what is called a "chemical trail" that shows specific parts of the brain that stores memory. This new discovery is a new thing in the understanding of the brain. And expected to be used as material for further research to modify or even to create a memory.

Researchers from MIT found the fact that in working to save memory, the memory of our brain will transform it into a password by changing the connections between neurons. In doing so it is actually many genes are lit. But there is one gene that later proved to be most important, which was then a major gene, named Npas4. The gene is active in the hippocampus, a brain structure which is also known to work to establish long-term memory.

In an experiment that has been conducted on rats by giving smooth electric shocks when the animal enters a room, what happens in a few minutes later is the mice were studied for fear of entering a room that has been provided earlier. At that moment known gene called Npas4 was reacting strongly enough. And when the researchers "turn off" the gene, the mice had proved unable to remember the condition of fear.

The researchers also plan to identify whether the neurons are active when the memory is formed is also active during memory reoccur. This course will assist the researchers in charge of ensuring the neurons which store the memory.

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Biography of Steve Jobs Hits the Top of Amazon’s Bestselling Book 2011

Although Amazon does not clearly explain about how the actual sales figures about Biography of Steve Jobs book, but at the Senior Editor at that Company, Chris Schluep explains the sales of this Biography Book are phenomenal either in digital or hard cover format.

This Biography Book written by Walter Isaacson is authorized by Steve Jobs himself. In this book also contains excerpts of an interview between Isaacson and co founder of Apple Inc. about several range topics from televisions, smartphones and google.

This biography book beat Tina Fey's book entitled Bossypants and A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard.

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RIM Has Prepared Several Variants Blackberry Brand for 2012

A company certainly does not want his secret revealed. It may be that this will cause a lot of speculation from some quarters that may cause harm. But a business does smell like it. Just how this is addressed by the company concerned. Instead that information is circulated prior to the time it could be is an attempt to do branding early with a variety of purposes that exist.

Whatever be the background of the circulation of this information, for us remains as a viable information to be observed. And this will add to the splendor of the gadget world is incredible.

Back to talk about some of the brands that might be launched by RIM in 2012 that reportedly will carry BBX operating system, some are the BlackBerry London / Surfboard and BlackBerry Milan which is a variant of the Blackberry London according to the news that there will be launched around March 2012.

There is also a rumored BlackBerry Nevada as BBX with a QWERTY keyboard mobile phone will be launched in November, while there are also BlackBerry Lisbon which will come with a slider form factor, but it is not known exactly when it will be launched. Then there are the BlackBerry Blackforest which according to the news is as BBX based tablet with a 10 inch screen.

However, the unfolding of some brands of RIM's future output is not accompanied by news about the detailed specifications and features.

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Do We Really Have No Need of Paper Again?

This will start to become the first in the Court of England and Wales, that began in April next year, in the trial will no longer found any paper, whether in reading, writing, etc.. In the Office of the employees will start siding with the use of the HP TouchPad. This is done to make savings in the long run.

Attorney and his colleagues, judges and colleagues, as well as all the people involved in a trial will obtain and use a tablet to run the trial process. So in their Tablets will contain several documents, recordings, even the evidence required in the trial. And the police had welcomed it, because they can send you proof it electronically and recognized its validity.

Hopefully it goes smooth and rewarding!

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Transformer Prime ... It can be ordered now!!

Asus seems to have really ready to release the Eee Pad Transformer Prime. The customers are able to do pre orders on these gadgets, Asus Transformer prime planned to be in the first release on December 12, 2011 in the United States.

We all are also looking forward to these products for sure, because the Tranformer Prime comes with several advantages including the newest quad core processor chip Tegra 3, as well as a beautiful and elegant design wrapped in aluminum material.

Asus did not appear to half measures in order to complement this EeePad. Beside the newest Tegra 3 processor and elegant design, EeePad is equipped with 10.1-inch screen, 8 MP camera, secondary camera 1.2 MP, microHDMI-out port, and MicroSD card slot.

EeePad comes with two choices of models based on its capacity, of course, valued at different prices, reportedly for 32 GB model Asus gives the price of $ 499.99 and for the 64 GB valued $ 599.99

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Android ... Being the Biggest, In This Year.

We know that Android some time ago, has become the leader of the smartphone market in the United States, and what happens now? It seems that the influence of market share in the American domination has brought a significant impact in a bid to become leader of the Android smartphone market share globally. And it worked quite well.

According to a recent report from Gartner, noted that half of the global smartphone sales in the third quarter of this year has been dominated by Android. In the calculations a total of 60.5 million units sold smartphone around the world using the Android as its operating system. A percentage of market control can be described that Android managed to gain some market share of 52.2% and this means there is a significant increase from last year in the same quarter of 25.3%.

From the data reported by Gartner is right the second is Nokia with the Symbian operating system that managed to sell 19.5 million units worldwide smartphone or controls 16.9% market share there. And this means a decline in sales.

Meanwhile, as reported by Gartner Apple only managed to sell 17.3 million units of iPhone in the same quarter this year.

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The New “Blackberry Kingdom” Come Out From Far East Country…Called Indonesia!!!

It could be said RIM Blackberry smartphone manufacturer brand is currently undergoing a phase where there is a very significant decline in demand for their products in global markets, plus a few more serious problems that face it was on such as issues relating to the efforts of lawsuits over its failure to maintain a quality network that had death in Europe, further adds to the weight load on the sale of its products. Very well possible that the decline in sales figures is due to a lack of support for applications and features in its products.

So how RIM is able to survive until now? The answer is because in some countries, RIM actually be able to demonstrate the performance of the sales are fantastic, RIM is still able to breathe easily, because there are few countries that actually contributed to the sales of the Blackberry with a very significant sales figures. Where is it? One of them is Indonesia a country from far east.

When the market share in the U.S. starting displaced by the popularity of the iPhone and Android up, leaving only 13% only, even in Indonesia with a product called Blackberry RIM able to seize 46% of existing market share, outpacing other smartphones. So it is not denied that the contribution of sales in Indonesia together with South Africa was able to make RIM still survive in the global onslaught of competitors in the world.

With the condition is indeed feasible if Indonesia dubbed by The Blackberry Kingdom. And any new variant that many are released debut in Indonesia.

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The First Android Honeycomb With 7 Inch Screen From Huawei MediaPad

Huawei launches MediaPad which is a device based on Android 3.2 Honeycomb with 7 inch IPS LCD touch screen. This screen has the highest resolution of 1280 x 800 pixel WXGA and 1080p HD video support.

Not wanting to be outdone by its competitors, MediaPad uses 1.2 GHz dualcore processor Qualcomm output. combined with Google Android Market, Huawei provides Hi Space Cloud facility that supports the storage of data on the scope of the cloud for its customers. With these facilities Huawei has set up a data storage of 160 GB for the user of Hi Space Cloud, this is of course as an advantage of this MediaPad compared with its competitors.

Meanwhile, to support browsing activities, MediaPad Huawei has been equipped with HSDPA connection + which has a speed of 14.4 Mbps. This allows users in the move, especially in accessing the Internet as an update of the site / web and stay connected with social networking sites simultaneously. This product is also equipped with a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus capability, and there is a front camera to support video calling 1.3 megapixel size.

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