Samsung releases the new Series 3 Chromebox .
Features of the £249 Chromebox include fast 16gb SSD, automatic updates, no blue screen, anti virus built in, fast booting in 7 secs, 1 sec from sleep, 1,000s of apps and syncing.
Below is a picture of the ports.
The Series 3 looks really cool. Also looks like it took some inspiration from the Mac Mini?
Would a Series 3 rock your boat?
We all know Google Maps is one of the best free solutions available. Google in partnership with Kia, is bringing Maps in to the console of new Kias.
What’s even more interesting, is that Microsoft will no longer be powering the hardware. This move seems inevitable and I know Apple is also working on tighter vehicle integration with its devices.
I just wonder if there are any new issues with privacy, whereby Google know more about your movements and driving habits, and also whether the manufacturer declines a warranty repair, based on feedback from Google.
What do you think about having Google Maps in your car? Would you buy a Kia over another brand just to get Maps?
Time to own up. Are you a person who buys an app, uses it fully and until such time will only purchase another app if it does something different?
Are you a person who buys a game, plays it to the end and then might consider buying another app?
Or are you the sort of person, who sees a few games promoted or reduced and buys several at a time?
I would imagine many of you fall in to the category above. I know many people who have over 500 apps/games. If you ask yourself seriously, do you ever use all those apps, do you really play all those games. Answer is no.
So, here’s a challenge. Look at all your apps and games and only keep on your device the top 20. See if you can survive a day, then a week and then a month.
Let me know how you got on below in the comments.
There is a website in China where you can download and install apps and games for free. I am not going to post the link as I am totally anti such practices.
What I cannot understand is people will spend up to £700 on a smartphone, but will not spend £0.69 on an app. Even £5 on an app is cheap. If you buy a coffee in Starbucks that will cost you £2.
Developers work really hard to produce these quality apps. Surely rewarding them will only encourage them to produce more apps, which in turn will add to your enjoyment.
iOS 6 feels like it has only just been released to us, with its 200 plus improvements over iOS 5. So with iOS 7 what would you like to see improved.
One person by the user name of BlogB13 produced a YouTube video showing how he would like notifications to appear.
The problem with this slick solution, is that it’s not really a proper solution. The notification improvements really just need to include a few icons on the status bar to indicate their is a missed notification. That way, you will know for certain that you need to slide down to reveal the Notification panel and take the appropriate action.
I personally feel that the only major change other than notifications is dynamic changing icons. So as well as badges, the calendar app can display number of appointments, the weather app icon shows the forecast & temperature, and so on. In essence the app icon is a live tile.
Other changes are tight integration with other social networks, or the ability to allow them to integrate including with your calendars and contacts. The camera app is simple, but surely a few more options can’t hurt, like burst mode and timer.
And my final request would be to allow the changing of a default app to another third party app eg chrome over safari.
What would you like changed?
So here we are in 2013. Somehow I ended up making a New Years resolution not to buy any gadgets in 2013.
So I created a wish list on Amazon
I can’t buy any of the items, but I would be delighted to receive a gift from someone.
Did you make any resolutions that in hindsight are going to be difficult to keep to?
In the latest legal wrangling the US Judge has ordered Samsung to reveal its actual sales figures per device.
This should make fascinating reading as Samsung always declares shipped numbers not actual devices sold. For the first time we might actually get to see how the disparity between shipped and sold.
I’m sure the numbers will still be substantial due to Samsung’s increasing profits.
Lets see if Samsung’s legal team can find a way out of this demand.
The Gamestick is a revolutionary product requiring Kickstarter support.
The concept is incredible. The Gamestick is a computer console the size of a USB stick which plugs in to a wireless controller. You use your screen as the monitor and then simply play away with the 100,000s of android apps.
There is a superb video on their Kickstarter page. If you do one thing tonight, have a view. It’s seriously cool and impressive.
Just over a week ago, I posted a new item on the ultimate G-Shock watch if you had an iPhone 4S or higher.
It’s out of stock on Casio’s website in Black & Silver but if you want to drool some more watch the official YouTube Video
I can see this coming my way for a full review. What do you think? Drool worthy ?
Apple is launching 2 new iPhones in 2013
Apple said 7 inch tablets were wrong. 7 inch android tablets pick up market share. Apple responds with a 7.9 inch tablet. Something they initially sad they wouldn’t do.
In 2012 Apple launched the iPad 4 only 6 months into the cycle of the iPad 3. This was a first for Apple.
CES is going to see 5 inch phones become the norm. Samsung’s replacement for the S3 will feature a 5 inch screen. This will make a statement against Apple. Apple will strike to avoid losing a large market share to the 5 inch phones.
So in 2013 we will see the iPhone 5S released which will be a spec bump on the 5 with better camera and chip and then the iPhone + which will feature a 5.2 inch screen.
This is going to surprise everyone. So be prepared. Due to the size and the lightning connector it will be super thin and have a massive battery life. The design is rumoured to be made of liquid metal, so it will be super strong.
2013 is looking likely to be a cracking year. Do you concur?
Update – the larger size iPhone is rapidly hotting up on interwebs.
