Apple’s latest iPad like its predecessors promises to provide around ten hours of battery life. The high-resolution retina display and LTE connectivity of iPad needs much bigger battery which takes long time to charge. But the cost of keeping it running is a lot less. According to the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the annual cost to charge an iPad is just $1.36.
Samsung Galaxy SIII is now the most wished device in the market. US carriers are selling Samsung Galaxy SIII faster through pre-order than Samsung can make them. Seems, this is why all US carriers have delayed the shipping of Samsung Galaxy SIII by a week. Earlier, only Verizon and T-Mobile was on the delayed list. Now, AT&T is in the delayed list too. All US Carriers rescheduled Galaxy SIII shipping date from 21 June to 28 June.
Earlier this year, Acer introduced the Aspire Timeline Ultra M3, the world’s first Ultrabook with dedicated graphics. Just a few months later, the company unveiled its sequel – Aspire Timeline Ultra M5 – at Computex earlier this month. Aspire Timeline Ultra M5 will hit the streets of United States by the end of June with reasonable base prices starting at $680.
We have been hearing about Microsoft’s plans of unveiling its upcoming version of the OS for mobile platform – and today, at a ‘sneak peek’ event, Microsoft finally did let of some of the wraps from Windows Phone 8, which was formerly being called Apollo. The new version comes with many good news as well as some rather not so good news for current Windows Phone users.
A new notebook named CF-19 has been added in Panasonic’s Toughbook product line. The fully rugged laptop is powered by Intel’s latest Ivy Bridge core i5 processors. The convertible laptop can be turned into a tablet PC too. This rugged notebook has a dual touch LCD which is also known as sunlight-viewable touch, capable to deliver of brightness up to 6000-nit in direct sunlight. As for the connectivity, optional 4G LTE adapters are available. This dust-proof, shock-proof and heat-proof convertible is in compliance with MIL STF 810G military standards. The CF-19 will be launched in July 2012 and it is priced at €2,950 ($3,727).
Retina display MacBook Pro is currently probably one of the most powerful as well as the ultra desirable notebook on the market. Apple was able to pack an amazing Retina display and some extra-ordinary power in the machine. Ever since the machine was released, the world has been looking to newer ways to fully bring out the beauty of its Retina display.
The newest version of Apple’s MacBook Air MD231LL/A is now available for pre-order in Amazon. This ultrathin laptop is powered by an 1.8 GHz Intel Core i5 dual-core processor and sports a 13.3-inch high-resolution display. Internal gears include 128/256 GB of flash memory storage, 4 GB of RAM, an SD card slot, and and a long lasting battery. You may pre-order it now on Amazon.
Traditional hard drives (HDD) have been around for a long time. They have been popularly used in computers, laptops and other machines for a long, long time. However, some are now of the opinion that the next-generation storage technology, solid-state drive (SSD) is finally here. Is that true? Below is a comparison between SSD and HDD and a conclusion explaining which one is better and why.