Xybotyx

Xybot 1 goes on sale in February and full worldwide delivery is set for the following month.

According to Xybotyx founders, David Shafter and Daniel McShan, the Xybot 1 is riding on the wave of consumer demand for greater and greater latitudes in the use and enjoyment of the incredibly popular Apple iPhones. As of this hour, some 100,000,000 units of the iconic Apple smartphone – THE smartphone of the decade—are currently in the hands of users all over the planet.

Shafter and McShan said the latest white-hot smartphone and smartphone-support technology represented by the Xybot 1  promises to bring users to greater Fahrenheit altitudes with the scheduled release of the Xybot 1 within the next few weeks even as the phenomenal sales of the iPhone refuses to abate amid fierce competition from the roaring smartphone market.

Its creators describe the Xybot 1 in this no-holds barred confident-in-its excellence fashion: The Xybot 1 is to intelligent robotic support for a top-flight smartphone device as the iPhone itself is to the optimum handheld mobile computing device. The description include the following: Xybot 1’s twin high resolution cameras, iPhone – style precision crafted accelerometers and gyro compasses  to provide users with even greater ease in apps navigation, particularly with sweet finger – swipe and soft key actions, plus GPS, as well as the latest in hands-free iPhone convenience.

The creators added that these leading edge advantages are combined in the Xybot 1 with breakthrough developments in user-controlled features such as face and object recognition technology, finger-tip enabled area, telepresence for virtually unlimited area reach and availability, as well as easy programmability. To be priced initially at $111.11 when it goes on sale next month, the Xybot 1 promises to fulfill every iPhone user’s dream to own an affordable piece of space-age technology that will launch his smartphone enjoyment into virtual orbit.

Motorola

The smartphone comes with a Li-Ion 3300 mAh, which ensures an autonomy of 380 hours in stand-by and up to 21 hours talk time – nearly double the Droid Razr. The phone has a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels, scratch resistant – created with the Corning Gorilla technology.

Motorola’s latest release also comes with an 8-megapixel camera, 8x digital zoom, LED flash, autofocus, face detection, image stabilization and 1080p HD video recording capabilities at 30 fps. The gadget also has a frontal camera with a resolution of 1.3 megapixels and 720p HD video recording capabilities.

On the inside, Droid Razr Maxx is equipped with a dual-core Cortex-A9 processor of 1.2 GHz frequency, PowerVR SGX540 video processor and TI OMAP 4430 chipset. The phone has 1GB RAM and 16GB ROM, expandable to up to 48 GB using the microSD card slot.

In terms of dimensions, the new Droid Razr Maxx is only 9 mm thick (2 mm more than the Droid Razr), measures 130.7 x 68.9 mm and weighs 145 grams, with about 20 grams heavier than the previous model.

The device has LTE (4G) connectivity, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, microUSB v2.0, HDMI and 3.5-mm audio jack.

According to official information, Motorola Droid Razr Maxx will hit the market on January 26.

Canonical, the company that deals with the development of Ubuntu, has presented at CES 2012 the Ubuntu TV operating system for TV manufacturers as well as a smart TV for Linux enthusiasts. As an alternative to other smart TVs, the device powered by Canonical runs this new operating system, offering a lot of features.

The Ubuntu version especially designed for TVs is similar to Google TV and will be able to be updated later through WiFi. Offering support for DVR functionalities, including movies, music, TV broadcasting and YouTube player integrated, Ubuntu TV is the open-source platform optimized for TVs of Ubuntu OS. Canonical is now working on improving Ubuntu TV and wants it to reach all the TV manufacturers, this being the first major step in the company’s intentions to overcome the barriers of a PC or laptop case.

The smart TV model presented at CES 2012 has impressed with the menu’s fluidity and the pre-installed applications, one of them offering direct access to YouTube content. Like its competitors, Ubuntu TV offers the possibility of searching and recording video content.

Ubuntu TV will come on the market only after Canonical will refine the software, now considered unfinished, despite the very good functionality of the model brought at CES.

What Is Rafflecopter?

Rafflecopter is an application that helps publishers create, run and organize giveaways. It’s a service that allows users to place an embeddable widget that displays the specifications and entrants of the giveaway.

The Rafflecopter Launch Party Giveaway

With over 80,000 giveaways already created using this FREE service, Rafflecopter.com launches the “Rafllecopter Launch Party Giveaway” in order to celebrate the New Year by giving away a 16GB Apple iPad2 and several Kindle Fires. The giveaway contest started Monday, January 9 and will last for a month.

In order to make this giveaway contest more exciting, Rafflecopter decided that the one who refer the winner will be rewarded with a Kindle Fire!

How To Register

The process of getting in is quite simple – the only thing a user should do is to tell who referred him. Also, users can get additional entries by promoting this giveaway on social networks, blogs, etc. Moreover, for an additional entry, users have to suggest a name for the Rafflecopter mascot – that funny smiley face – and after the giveaway ends, a list of favorite names will be voted on Facebook. The winner will win a Kindle Fire as well as a place in Rafflecopter history.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

This giveaway is open for the US and Canadian residents and will close February 9th at 12:01 a.m. EST.

Acer

Acer Aspire S5 starts the avalanche of ultrabooks that will be launched this week in Las Vegas, during the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. Acer Aspire A5 measures only 15 mm in its thickest point and weighs less than 1.35 kg. Moreover, Aspire S5, through the Acer Green Instant On technology, ensures a fast startup time of just 1.5 seconds.

Using Acer Always Connect, the user can access anytime data stored on hard drive, even from sleep mode, using specially developed software for smartphones. Once restarted, the Aspire S5 can automatically log into the e-mail and social network account for immediate access to the latest news. The ultrabook also features an Intel Core processor, SSD storage device, Dolby Home Theater v4, ports HDMI, USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt.

Acer Aspire S5 will be available in the United States starting from Q2 of 2012, but pricing details are still unknown.

In this context, Web users are ready to jump on the first intuitive applications that will allow them to easily identify and collect only the desired information, and organize it into personal or professional dashboards, mashups or knowledge bases, thanks to the technologies of the Semantic Web.

OutWit Technologies is one of the rare publishers already proposing this type of tools, and if they only represent the first steps, they already save considerable time and effort, automating tedious and repetitive tasks.

OutWit Hub breaks down Web pages into their different information elements. It knows how to navigate through sequences of pages and can extract large amounts of data and media and organize them into collections. It will automatically explore whole Web sites or search engine result pages for you and extract contacts, links, images, data, news, etc.

The light version is free and operational. It doesn?t include all the automation tools available in OutWit Hub Pro and the extraction is limited to a few hundred rows, but it gives a good overview of the basic features before purchasing the full version.

The company gives a 25% discount on the price of OutWit Hub Pro to educational and non-profit organizations.

?It’s the most precise thing we’ve ever made,? Apple CEO said.

iPhone 4 is powered by the A4 chip (designed ?in house?) and comes with two built-in cameras (one on the front and one on the back with an LED flash), two mics (one for a noise cancellation), micro-SIM (?we needed the space!”), 802.11n WiFi, GPS, compass, accelerometer, Quadband HSDPA/HSUPA, 7.2Mbps and up to 32GB of storage.

The display is a huge innovation: based on new IPS technology (“quite a bit better than OLED”), the 3.5 inch, 960 x 640 Retina Display displays 326 pixels per inch (four times as many pixels as in any standard display) giving us really sharp text and pictures. The contrast ratio is 800:1 (4x better than the 3GS).

Since the battery is now a bit bigger, its life has been improved. Apple says there is 7 hours of 3G talk, 6 hours of 3G browsing, 10 hours of WiFi browsing, 10 hours of video, 40 hours of music and 300 hours of standby.

Another new piece of hardware is a gyroscope with pitch, roll, and yaw. It provides 6-axis motion sensing and features new CoreMotion APIs for extremely precise positioning. “We’re adding a 3 axis gyro, and we tied the gyro and accelerometer, compass, and gyro together for six axis. It’s perfect for gaming,” Jobs said.

Back camera has gone from 3 to 5 MP. Apple is using something that’s new to smarpthones — a back side illuminated sensor (giving more light to the camera). There’s a 5X digital zoom, tap to focus, and LED flash built in.

Camera also does HD 720p (at 30 frames per second) video recording. It supports tap to focus and allows us to edit videos right on the phone. It also has 1-click sharing and the LED flash will stay on for the HD video recording. There is also iMovie coming to the iPhone for $4.99 (?if we approve it,? Jobs joked).

iPhone 4 will also feature “FaceTime” video calling. It works between iPhone 4 devices, doesn?t require any setting-up and works anywhere there is WiFi. ?It’s WIFI only in 2010. We need to work a little bit with our providers,? Jobs said. He added that Apple is going to make FaceTime and open industry standard.

Apple has renamed the iPhone OS. Now it’s just iOS 4.” Becuase it’s on iPad, iPod Touch, and iPhone,? Apple CEO said. He also said that 100 millionth iOS device will be sold this month. “There is definitely a market for your applications,” Jobs added.

As announced earlier this year, new iOS 4 features include Multitasking for third party apps; Folders to better organize and access apps; improved Mail with a unified inbox, fast inbox switching and threaded messages; enhanced Enterprise support with better data protection, mobile device management and wireless app distribution.

Apple has also added Bing to the iPhone for search (?Microsoft has done a great job on this,? Jobs said). Google will still be the default, but now we’ll have choice of Google, Yahoo, or Bing.

Developers will get a Golden Master Candidate release of iOS4 today.

Apple is also bringing iBooks to the iPhone with the iPhone 4. It has the same bookshelf as on the iPad, the same ability to read a PDF and comes with the same controls, highlighting, notes, and bookmarking. We can download the same book to all our devices at no extra charge (?Buy it on your iPad, download to your iPhone?)! In addition, iBooks will automatically and wirelessly sync our current place, bookmarks, and notes across all our devices.

On July 1st Apple will also start providing iAds to all iOS 4 devices. ?Why are we doing this? To help our developers earn money to continue to create free and low-cost apps for users,? Jobs said. According to him, they are trying to combine ?the emotion of video with the interactivity of the Web.”

Apple sells and hosts the ads, so developers just have to tell them where to put the ads. And devs get paid 60 percent of the revenue. The company started selling ads eight weeks ago to: Nissan, Citi, Unilever, AT&T, Chanel, GE, Liberty Mutual, State Farm, Geico, Campbells, Sears, JCPenney, Target, Best Buy, DirecTV, TBS Network and Disney. “We’ve got advertisers committing to $60m,” Jobs said.

Price and availability
iPhone 4 comes in two colors: black and white. 16GB model is for $199, and 32GB model for $299. Old 3GS is now $99

Jobs said that AT&T is going to make an ?incredibly generous upgrade offer: if your contract expires at any time in 2010, you can upgrade to the iPhone 4. You can get it up to six months early.”

The new iPhone will be on sale June 24th. Pre orders begin June 15th. Apple will ship iPhone 4 in US and four other countries on the first day (U.K., Germany, France, Japan). In July they’re shipping in 18 countries more. By September it will ship in 88 countries. “Our fastest roll out ever,” Jobs said.

iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G and iPod touch users can upgrade to iOS 4 for free starting June 21.

Reed Hastings from Netflix, Mark Pincus from Zygna and Karthik Bala from Activision were also on stage announcing that Netflix, Farmville and new Guitar Hero will be coming to the iPhone.

Originally appeared on Smartphone.Biz-News.com

Designed by HTC, myTouch 3G Slide will be coming in June from T-Mobile. It is powered by the Android 2.1 and features 3.4-inch HVGA touch- screen display with virtual keyboard as well as a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 5-megapixel camera and a music player with a pre-installed 8GB microSD memory card. It also comes with three completely new features:

Faves Gallery: presents up to 20 of user?s favorite people and the different ways to communicate with them – calls, texts, e-mail, instant messaging, social networking updates – in a dedicated application accessible through a soft button and a widget.

myModes: creates different themes with home screen apps, widgets and wallpapers (e.g. for drawing the line between work and home).

Genius Button: an easy-to- access button on the front of the phone allowing the use of voice commands to control the phone and it’s features (including making calls, composing and sending texts and e-mails, searching the Web or surroundings).

The display can be used in a vertical or horizontal position. When used in the vertical position, the user faces the upright screen from the front as a person would usually use a 2D monitor. However, when used in the horizontal position, the user overlooks the stereoscopic image formed by the display lying face-up, as one would overlook a relief model. Compared with the front view, the 3D images seen face-up from the bird?s eye view are more stereoscopic and realistic.

The tablet platform features a built?in camera for live video conferencing and multiple simultaneous viewing screens allowing patients to have real-time consultation with a physician while examining an x-ray image, referencing an online medical encyclopedia and order a prescription from a nearby pharmacy.

It comes with Marvell ARMADA 600 series 1GHz processor, 1080p videos, HD webcam, power-efficient Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/FM/GPS connectivity, 3D graphics capability and support for multiple software standards including full Adobe Flash, Android and Windows Mobile.