Battery Tips

Speaking for the current Android phone, the battery life has become shortage the user experience of mobile phone, in order to solve this problem, Motorola launched a large-capacity battery version of the Droid the RAZR – the RAZR MAXX. At present, the licensed version of this phone XT910 MAXX will be available this month. The British retailer has launched booking of the RAZR MAXX, retail price of 359 pounds.

Compared with the Droid the RAZR, Motorola RAZR MAXX biggest upgrade in the 3300mAh large capacity battery, whose standby capacity is almost twice that of the previous generation. However, gains will lose, 7.1mm ultra-thin thickness of the previous generation blade products have not been extended. At the expense of body thickness, bringing the life of double power,which is also very worthwhile.

Motorola recently introduced three main productors, Motorola Mobile Technologies Asia-Pacific and the Middle East product strategy and management vice president Shen Bin said, XT910 outside, the other two phones, XT917 and XT928 will launch the large-capacity battery version, but the specific launch date has not been confirmed.

According to the report from market research firm Viacom Nova, Samsung Electronics in February 2012 in the U.S. mobile phone market took the share of 25.6 percent, ranking first in the handset original equipment manufacturers. The results of that research is every three months as an average period, and February is the end of the cycle.

According to Viacom Nova, in this period every three months for a period, a total of 234 million 13-year-old and older Americans are using mobile devices.

LG market share was of 19.4%, ranking the second. Apple’s market share was 13.5 percent, ranking third, Motorola’s market share was 12.8%, 6.3% for the HTC.

Qualcomm is preparing to launch quad-core version of the Snapdragon S4 processor for the light and thin Windows 8 notebook computers. Qualcomm hopes that this processor can grab some market from the second wave of Intel ultrabook later this year, some of the limelight. Qualcomm vice president Rob Chandhok said the Snapdragon S4 processor will be used in lighter and thinner laptop computers than the Apple MacBook Air laptop and the existing ultrabook. He said: “We believe that this laptop will be much thinner than Intel’s ultrabook.”

Chandhok said that the boundaries of high-end smart phones and the house of notebook computer have begun to blur together. Snapdragon S4 processor enables smaller notebook computers with high-resolution display, longer battery life and connecting functions all the time.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 the processor is based on the UK chip design company ARM core, an integrated modem and a graphics core able to handle 3D graphics included.

Like Intel hoping to product processor for smart phones, Qualcomm is trying to expand market outside of the smart phone and enter the PC field. Qualcomm has been providing developers with a prototype product configuration Snapdragon chip Windows 8 PC. However, Intel is taking measures to curb ARM manufacturers and invest millions of dollars to develop ultrabook.

Chandhok said that Qualcomm hopes Snapdragon laptop will be 4G connectivity and powerful multimedia quality differentiated products. He said the Snapdragon S4 would use 28-nanometer manufacturing process. Compared with the early Snapdragon chip, both the energy efficiency and performance have been improved.

Qualcomm also considered to make the Snapdragon chip supporting 64-bit operating system. However, Chandhok did not disclose the release time of this chip.

Google has launched the official updated Android 4.0.4. In addition to the Nexus series phone, the Motorola Xoom tablet (Wi-Fi version) can also upgrade to the latest IMM76 firmware version. For early adopters, a developer advance extracte from the official update package download. There are some users encountering download errors, if worried about errors, you can patiently wait for the official OTA upgrade.

It is reported, Xoom upgraded to Android 4.0.4, mainly obtains the following update: First, battery life has been strengthened, then the effect of the rotation of the screen is faster, the quality of teh pictures taken would be enhanced, while the Microsoft Exchange services has also been enhanced. In addition , users can also set whether or not to press the power button to lock screen.

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Samsung had previously released a new Android smart phone model Samsung Galaxy Beam. The most prominent feature of this phone is not only a smart model, but also with built-in projection equipment which allows the phone to realize the projection function. The phone will soon be officially on sale,, the Singapore user is expected to purchase this phone on July 17 .

Samsung Galaxy Beam is equipped with a 3.7-inch Super AMOLED display whose resolution is WVGA-level with very good display. The phone’s built a eight million-pixel autofocus camera with flash function.

The Galaxy Beam phone is also built a ultra-miniature projector provided by Texas Instruments, projection window is set at the top of the phone, which allows users to projecte multimedia content onto the wall to be shared.

Samsung Galaxy Beam is powered by the Android 2.1 operating system, supporting for quad-band GSM and HSDPA networks, with GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0 functionality and with a 1800 mAh battery to ensure the phone with enough power. Seen from the whole, the Samsung Galaxy Beam will be a feature-rich and popular model.

The process of release of Ivy Bridge is repeatedly adjusted, but at least the first and the second batch have been fully established, they are the Core i7 and Core i5 desktop and mobile version , Core i3 desktop and mobile version is scheduled for the third installment, which is expected available in the third-quarter . Something about the chipset, Z77, Z75, H77, B75 will be officially released on April 8, related motherboard will be comprehensive listing on sale.
The first batch of Ivy Bridge processor releasing time is the fourth week of April, but the market started selling and the evaluation article had to wait until the 29th to be lifted.
These are the quar-core products, including nine desktop versions, four mobile versions, where the former is divided into four of eight threads of the Core i7-3700, five for four threads Core i5-3500, while the latter are eight threads Core i7. Detailed models, specifications, prices as follows:

The second batch of Ivy Bridge processor will debut on June 3, But the releasing time is not necessarily the same day, may be earlier may also be later.
These include six desktop version Core i5 (​​five quad-core thread and a dual-core four threads), eight mobile version of Core I7/i5 (dual-core four threads).
The price only confirms that the Core i5-3470T will sell $184, the others are to be determined.

We only know that the low-end Core i3-3200 series will come in the third quarter, and specific time yet.There are five models on the desktop, all are dual-core four threads, while the mobile version is said without the Core i3, but we have heard of a 17W low-voltage version of the Core i3-3217U, may eventually be. The prices are not fixed.

Toshiba computer recently released a concept Tablet PC model AT470 with quad-core processor and super AMOLED panel. Precisely because of these configurations, let us think that this product can only be a concept product, and they can not be achieved commercial profit at present.

Message from the PC Pro that in the appearance, this Toshiba AT470 tablet computer is 9.9mm thick, which is more like a small version of the Toshiba ultra-thin AT200 (thickness of only 7.7mm) products. In the configuration, Toshiba AT470 Tablet PC is equipped with the NVIDIA Tegra 3 SoC quad-core processor and 7.7-inch Super AMOLED touch screen which supports for 1280 × 800 HD resolution.

The AMOLED panel is slightly strange, which is is known as the new term of the next-generation display technology refers to the active-matrix organic light emitting diode panel (AMOLED). Samsung had a flexible AMOLED panel on display at CES in 2011, the thickness is of only 0.27mm, weight 2.1g, resolution of 800 * 400, 300nits of the brightness, color capabilities 16.7M. Samsung is in mass production of AMOLED panels, which may become the new dominant technology of the Tablet PC screen in the future. There are quite a number of manufacturers, including Samsung, Asus, Sony who all say they will launch a touch-screen tablet computer products using this technology.

In display performance, the AMOLED reaction speed is faster, higher contrast, wider perspective which are sides where the AMOLED is inherently better than TFT LCD; AMOLED is with self-luminous features, without the use of the backlight, so it is able to be thinner than TFT, and save more power; there is a more important feature, the AMOLED without the use of the backlight can save 30%-40% the module cost than TFT LCDs.

As for other features, the Toshiba AT470 and other Tablet PC is not much different, it also supports WIFI, Bluetooth radio, microUSB port, micro SD card slot for expansion of

the capacity of the pc.

A123 Systems’ provides battery energy storage solutions for the UK’s largest smart grid project. Headquartered in the United States, advanced nano-phosphate lithium-ion battery and system development manufacturer A123 Systems, Inc. announced on February 16, 2012, they will offer 6 Grid Battery Systems(GBSs) to the power distribution network operators Northern Powergrid to the UK more than 3.8 million customers in the supply of electricity.

GBSs will be designed for peak load transfer and management of the grid voltage fluctuations. Put into operation at the end of 2012, the system deployed will be used as part of customer-oriented network revolution (CLNR).

The Galaxy Note has a super domineering 5.3 inches screen, the screen material is Super AMOLED Samsung proud of, and also it reached the resolution 1280 x 800 pixels, the actual display is very clear. In addition, the cell phone also built an 8 million pixel camera with LED flash on the back, which supports for autofocus and 1080p HD video recording capabilities, the images are clear and natural.

Samsung Galaxy Note is Android 2.3.5 platform, but it is certain that this phone will soon be upgraded to the latest 4.0 version which is worth the wait. In the configuration, it is also equipped with a 1.4GHz dual-core processors, the run up to 1GB memory capacity, and comes with 16GB of storage space, such a strong hardware configuration ensures the system speed. In addition, for the battery issue, the aircraft is also equipped with a 2500mAh large capacity lithium battery that ensures long-lasting endurance.

There is news that Google will launch Nexus Tablet PC OEM from ASUS this year. While we have been thinking whether Google will launch the Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core 7-inch Tablet PC made by ASUS but named after Google whose contain is similar with Transformer Prime considerable?

But recent news may make us disappointed. There are rumors that this Google Nexus Tablet PC will not be using the Tegra 3 quad-core processors! As for what processor, there have been no explanation. It should at least be built-in dual-core processors, but today only dual-core processor, even in the name of Google,it’s attractive certainly weakened.