Marvel will offer over 700 free comics

In a unique initiative Marvel comics, the American manufacturer decided to offer 700 free digital comics.

While it takes 36 hours and about 12 of them have expired, rest assured, in the past hours the servers were down so comics could not be downloaded. Unfortunately, as with any offers such kind, those who initiated the offer announcement did not know that this idea of ​​free comics will bring the servers to their knees.

It was planned for some time now, Marvel’s offer comes just days after the company launched a new iOS service the form of a new application: Marvel's Digital Comics Unlimited. The present offer includes approximately 700 comics in digital format that can be downloaded either from the official website or through iOS or Android applications. If you can’t download anything because of server problems, trying to “buy" free comics you want and download them effectively in the next days.

On average, in this particular case we are talking about comics that are typically priced from two to four dollars. Such a generous gesture may hide obscure intention, in this case, the intention is to attract many new readers. After all, the collection includes almost in exclusivity most of the comic series first launched by Marvel in recent years. Nothing is better than to explain the connections between characters then the first number of a series.

Before iPhone became The iPhone

We all seen them pop up on eBay or in leaked photos. But most of them where just approximations of the first iPhone released in 2007 or later models.

What we don’t usually see are Apple prototypes, mainly from the early models before the iPhone started to look like an iPhone. Here we have a series of early 2005 model.

As shown the as a prototype few ports usually seen on computers then mobile devices , including USB ports , Ethernet port and even a serial port.

Apple didn’t intend to put all of these into the final product, these were just for the development prototype.  The Ethernet and serial were included just to make the device easier to work with.

This early prototype was quite large at around 7"×5" and about two inched think. At the time it was  impressive running on a version of OS X.

The chip resembled a variant of Samsung's S3C2410 clocked at 200-233 MHz, while the first iPhone used a 620 MHz chip under clocked to 412 MHz. 

Turning Atari 2600 in Iphone dock

For the art of modifying has no limits, a creative gentleman made ​​two audio dock for iDevice's from Atari 2600 consoles.

In a time where amateurs of classic consoles will be tricked to pay fabulous sums of money for a good Atari 2600, a Brit put two such consoles out of order. Because they couldn’t be repaired, the two devices have been turned into audio docks.

An audio dock that can accommodate an iPad and one that can accommodate an iPhone were the results of an experiment from Cult of Mac. Peter Morris is the man who brought out the work in such an elegant way, that you’d say he’s working on building a concept for store product. Inside the plastic and wood cases were introduced a digital audio amplifier, a 3.5 mm jack for other audio sources and an infrared sensor for interaction with a remote control.

From melancholy or just the need of money, both creations could be purchased with $ 269, and $ 224 iPad version and the iPhone version. Problems with the sale didn’t exist, because the level of enthusiasm is so high for such unique gadgets, that doesn’t see them sitting too long on sites like eBay.

Palm top Theater turns your Iphone into a 3D Display

Eager for 3D panels and holograms, only those from Palm Top Theater remembered that a similar effect can be reproduced cheaply with optical tricks.

For only $ 36 it’s a gadget which aims to provide a means by which you can consume content in three dimensions from images displayed on your iPhone screen. Palm Top Theater is a product based on a hundred year technology which provides a plausible 3D experience.

Actually, Palm Top Theater is an iPhone case that turns your phone into a device capable of displaying 3D content of a particular format. Construction involves three panels hinged to the gadget placed one in front of the other when you open the case. In the back is a large mirror placed and in the front there are 2 half mirrors mounted. The role of mirror to reflect images on the iPhones screen to looks like a holographic experience.

On the content side, as expected, is about a proprietary format. Proprietary formats goal is to share a video or a still image in three parts one for each mirror. Thus, the content of each plan of action is associated with a matching mirror and at the same time it’s displayed vertically.

With a specified price at around $ 36, it is obvious that this gadget should be purchased, whether you do that trick in front of friends, or play a few hours a night.

Mozilla will not come up with a iOS version

Because Apple has upset many people because of rules imposed on AppStore browsers, the guys at Mozilla were very fierce in judging the Firefox for iOS. 

Mozilla will not bring for the iDevice's a better version of the popular Firefox browser because of the restrictions that Cupertino imposes when it comes to  the decoding engine that third-party companies like Mozilla and Google are allowed to use . Basically, Safari will always have an advantage over iOS in terms of performance due to the Nitro engine, while all other browsers such as Chrome will be slower due to the web UiWebView decoding engine. Unfortunately, this distinction has existed since the first day in AppStore and no developer has managed to cheat the system.

In an interview a few days ago in the U.S., Mozilla vice president Jay Sullivan, attacked the problem all too clearly the problem of a Firefox for iOS. “Until Cupertino will relax its position on third browsers, Firefox will not come up with a version for Apple platform”. Simply because they want the browser or if you will ever get it for iOS to use the internal decoding engine IonMonkey, Firefox has a good chance of not getting in AppStore.

These radical manifestations come more than half a year after the browser from Mozilla, called Junior, arrived on Web clips using UIWebView. Back then, the explanation was quite different. “There are many reasons why we want to be on iOS, even if we can’t get there rendering engine.”

However, at present we have an explicit promise from the director, so I'm pretty sure that Firefox for is can’t be downloaded from AppStore for.

Who will sell smartphones in 2013?

 Nokia, ZTE, RIM, Sony, HTC, LG and Lenovo take, in that order, places from 4 to 10 sites in top sales, with a range of rates from 3.6 to 5% of the market. These minor differences in sales fake for a great dynamism of the market in 2013. So, it is almost impossible to predict what's next. Sony is just one of the companies who promised to be in of the 3^rd place. Motorola dropped from the top 10 last year and the rest don’t matters enough to be mentioned.

High expectations this year come from Apple, Samsung and BlackBerry. The list should be completed by Nokia, the Finnish company which unfortunately is struggling to survive. Two years after Nokia decided to embrace production of Windows Phone, it becomes obvious that they signed their sentence. Windows Phone 7 was a revolution, unfortunately Windows Phone 7.5 and WP8 were the same "revolution", and changes aren’t insufficient to attract a remarkable number of users. Windows Phone’s ecosystem has no problems. Nokia smartphones products are of high quality and most reviews come with positive remarks when it comes to the hardware. The problem is that no one has patience. Small problems, missing applications from the Marketplace and slow evolution of the entire system have caused the shortage of users.

BlackBerry had an excuse last year, but 2013 will not be available. Blackberry said that in 2012, former RIM took a break. There was an announcement about BlackBerry 10 who went from inertia. Terminals with the new operating system appeared only at the end of last month. The first reviews, although positive, describing some high performance terminals of and quality but that’s about it. Even if systems problems are solved through a framework who runs intermediate Android applications on BlackBerry 10, this is not enough. BlackBerry will need something revolutionary to leave you stunned. In a market where Apple and Samsung make the cards, the Canadian company had to reinvent the smartphone we to chip a spot off the supremacy of the two companies. If BlackBerry 10 is the greatest achievement that has emerged from their research laboratories BlackBerry, it isn’t inconceivable that in another 12 months the company's market share to decline, rather than increase significantly. We should take in consideration that the problems iOS and Android had in the last two years to enter the corporate environment have been resolved. Basically, the strength of the platform invented by Research in Motion has disappeared.

Cheapest smartphone with a Full HD screen

The Chinese aren’t known for making quality products, especially when the most important factor of creation is affordability. That policy doesn’t mean that they can’t generate some truly outstanding products.

Trying to enter the smartphone trend with a Full HD screen of 5 inches, GizChina have be reportedly working on N003 Neo. The new terminal should be available in two versions, one for users on a budget ($ 241) and one for those with a tiny budget ($ 145). The two versions, Youth and Premium, will include a quad core processor by MediaTek called MT6589 and a 5-inch Full HD panel. It is not known at this time if it will a have an LCD or OLED screen. Although it is possible to be some small aesthetic differences between the two versions of Neo N003. Significant difference will be related to storage space. Most likely it will be with 4 or 8GB of internal memory and a 32GB version in the Youth Premium.

Most times, these terminals don’t leave the Chinese market. However, considering that there competing with companies such as Apple, it is possible that domestic high quality terminals with low prices, will prevail over global influences.

Who sold smartphones in 2012?

Samsung had a great year. For the first time in the company's history, the South Korean giant has received the title of largest global producer of smartphones. Given that we are talking about a company that deals exclusively for smartphones, the achievement is even more spectacular. This performance is measured in 215 million smartphones sold and a market share of 30.9 percent, up from 18.7 percent the previous year. Compared to 2011, Samsung has brought in the hands of users 136% more smartphones in 2012.

In theory, Apple had a very good year. I say in theory because although last year Apple sold 135.8 million iPhones compared to 93.1 million in 2011, this amount was reflected in an increase of only 0.4 percent of the market share. Therefore, if in 2011, Apple was the first producer of smartphones in the world, with 19.1 percent, and in 2012, came second with 19.5 percent. Together, Samsung and Apple currently owns over half of the smartphone market. By the rest of the producers, the difference from heaven to earth.

Huawei is in third place with 7.9% and must work incredibly hard to keep this place in the rankings because other companies like Nokia, BlackBerry, HTC and Sony are also competing to enter the top three in 2013. The problem is that only third place will be available.

Nokia had last year 5% of the market, given that in 2011 had 15.9%. RIM's market share was 4.8%, down from the 10.8% the previous year. HTC took 4.5% of the market compared to the 9.2 in 2011. All went down, with very few exceptions. You may be tempted to boast Huawei or ZTE results. In reality, these increases were due exclusively to the Chinese market, so small that there is little chance that the next phone you buy will be a ZTE, especially if you look at a high-end terminal or if you previously had a Samsung Galaxy S or Apple iPhone.

In the same category as ZTE and Huawei might go Lenovo. However, the performance of the company, which has since has grown to have its headquarters in North Carolina, is completely different. Lenovo didn’t made phones three years ago. The fact that in 2012 managed to sell 24.9 million devices, proves that Lenovo found a recipe that many have had it in the past and lost it. 

Who dominates the smartphone market ?

In the first months of the year, the major statistics companies are fighting to tell us who dominates the smartphone market. Based on this information, to see what has changed in the last 12 months and especially how hard it is to change something in a field dominated by two players.

It seems simple. Manufacturers launch more and more powerful phones, sign contracts with mobile operators and consumers end up changing their phone every year ... really that simple? But the reality is that most manufacturers impress increasingly less. For these devices the market is growing from year to year, but there are fewer manufacturers getting richer from this.

The current phenomenon reminds me of the launch of the first iPad, a device that wasn’t described in megahertz, megabytes or milliamps. Again, specs matter less the brand name increasingly more. Obscure or less obscure companies launch phones that you do not buy, even if in terms of specifications might be close those of the S3.

In 2013, when we think of smartphones, we are talking about a customer base that craves for the latest Galaxy or dreaming of the next iPhone. Companies have created fans as if where rock bands. Launching new devices seem like concerts and the first reviews are no longer limited to tests and specifications, but the impressions, feelings and systems. In this system, users of the Galaxy S II or S3 and will not buy anything than a new Galaxy S or possibly a Note. The same is true with iPhone users who would not abandon their precious iDevices.

if Apple made microwaves

If apple produced microwaves , people will still put their tents in front of Apple stores ? 

Vuzix M100- The inteligent glasses

Vuzix M100 began to reach application developers rush to market launch.

Smart glasses made by Vuzix seem to have the main goal to launch it before the much publicized Google Glass.

In essence, smart glasses are quite similar to the Google Glass and until now have not enjoyed much attention from the international media. Therefore a good solution will be to launch as quickly as possible to get a good lead from the main competitor to Google. If you're wondering what would be good for these great glasses, you should know that Vuzix M100 is an extension of the smartphone in your pocket and more. You can access content, will help to shoot films, photos, run Android apps or take contact with augmented reality.

No matter how useful it may be, one thing is very clear, smart glasses are likely to become a new trend in terms of cool gadgets. Most likely in the near future we will see an explosion of these devices, but the real war front will give compatible applications, which help us in everyday tasks. Vuzix “tests the watter” with Vuzix M100, but considering the power and involvement of Google I find it hard to believe that the search giant is threatened in any way.

Long term remains to be seen how manufacturers will be able to improve and promote such devices designed to change the way we use mobile technology.

Angry Birds is finally free on iOS

Although Android users have always had Angry Birds available for free, only now this treatment is available iOS users.

The first game Angry Birds kicked off the series on Android devices for free. Compared to iOS the game version Android, came and still comes full of advertisements. In a perfect scenario, the game would be available for free without any ads. This scenario was applied iOS users day.

 Angry Birds still attracts waves of fans and downloads on all platforms, it's nice to see that Rovio has decided to take a break from getting rich. Enrichment is the best word, considering that only on Christmas week of 2012, the game has been downloaded 30 million times.

Angry Birds game with no other suffix of some kind or Seasons Space is available for free on iOS. The game that cost a dollar for iPhone format and 3 dollar for iPad, can now be downloaded by anyone for free. The news is so new that Apple did not get to catch the game on the front page of the AppStore with the logo, Free app of the week ".

If you didn’t already downloaded Angry Birds on iPhone, now is the time to go into frenzy, but the weekend is approaching and it would be a shame to spend it doing something useful.

Phil Schiller from Apple makes jokes about Android's security

It's no surprise that most security problems are Android phones. It seems that this issue has become a matter of joke among executives of Apple.

Phil Schiller, Apple vice one has posted a statement on Twitter yesterday simple message,,, Be safe out there ", followed by a link. Although the statement itself is not with bad intention in any way, the problem comes from the association of these words with the link http://t.co/40UbrWtE6R. This redirects you to the latest report on mobile malware from F-Secure.

Since the star that report is Android system, with 96 families and new malware variations found only in the fourth quarter of last year, there was no doubt about the target of Schiller's assertion: "Be careful!" ... Android users.

In previous years, the threats to the Android platform has increased significantly in 2012 to 79% of the market. Referring here to Android, iOS, Windows Phone, BlackBerry and Symbian 80% of which is the operating system created by Google.

Android is basically equivalent to Windows when it comes to who is vulnerable Infections among mobile platforms. But there is an alternative. Apply common sense. Do not install applications from unknown and keep it in the applications of Google Play or Amazon Appstore.

Marvel ofers you what you always wanted with a subscription for iOS

Comic books have created a large fan base. Every time when browsing in your iPad feels like the reading experience is enhanced exponentially because tablet screen. Probably counting on the nonchalance which money is spent on iDevice's, Marvel decided to come up with a great offer.

The company behind the largest and oldest franchises in the industry launched Marvel Unlimited. This is a subscription that provides users with iOS gadgets over 13,000 comics published over the past 70 years. Price for such subscription will be $ 10 per month or $ 60 per year with automatic renewal. Although comics will still be purchased separately, in six months they will come in Marvel Unlimited catalog. In order to help more users they obliged to always stay online to browse through comics. You have the option to download for offline reading six numbers simultaneously within the same subscription.

If you are wondering how get to Marvel Unlimited, the answer is simple, you install a new application on your iDevice.

iPhone 5S, the future of American smartphone from Apple is already in production, according to the Japanese press

Foxconn has begun production on iPhone 5S, write those at MacRumors and AppleInsider, so Japanese media says. Future Apple smartphone is built on the same production line with the iPhone 5.

The Japanese are writing that NTT DoCoMo, the largest telecom operator in the Land of Rising Sun, reduced orders for Android, preparing to introduce the new iPhone portfolio.

Regarding the official launch terminal, analysts have not agreed, each time advancing the release to august safe and others during June-July.

IPhone 5S will have an A7 processor, a more powerful camera and a fingerprint reader.

iWatch Concept

If after some time analyzing rumors of a new Apple device, be it with or without flexible displays, today we present a video that shows a bold concept of iWatch, though rooted in science fiction movies. It is not the first time that talented people choose to express their opinions and desires on a gadget by making such presentation reels.

It seems no matter how truthful the film device, this is done using well-placed video effects and do not think it has anything to do with the iWatch from Apple. Of course if it exists even in future releases agenda American giant. For the moment we do not know much about the watch mega, super cool that people are supposed to work at Apple.

Most information sources are rumors and speculation are without facts, but showing the appearance of a smart branded watch by Apple. Whether we will see a release in 2013 iWatch or not, we certainly would like at some point we like to play the clock clip. If we analyze, not long ago, even Google Glass seemed out of a sci-fi production and soon we wear a nose gadget.

Samsung Galaxy S4 Review

As always when I get a new gadget or update for my PC something new gets on the market. When I bought my Samsung galaxy S3 they announced the S4. 

Confirms expectations and rumors that we will see a new S bigger faster. At first glance it's a power upgrade that promises a phone on anabolic steroids. Let's see some specifications which anticipate. Screen, housing, camera, processor, battery, new functions.

Screen: Is 5 "too much?

Samsung is aligned with the diagonal of 5 "(4.99 exactly) with a resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels, or 1080p. This implies a pixel density of 443 ppi, which is the most advanced mobile display used so far by Samsung. The solution is already used in several smartphones like Sony Xperia Z, Huawei Ascend D2, ZTE Grand S, Asus Padfone Infinity. On the market there are displays Sharp or LG IPS technology in these figures. And Samsung has already announced this month that it will have a Super AMOLED 4.9 1080p "is therefore logical to guess that S4 will be their first phone with this display. It's the third over iPhone5 as pixel density though you will never notice in everyday life. The idea is that you now have in your pocket a screen as detailed as the one at home, if you have an LED, LCD or plasma FULL HD. This however comes at a cost. Battery and GPU will work harder, will consume more power. More pixels projected demand more rear light to see them. 5 "diagonal density (crowding of pixels) is so large that we need more light. It remains to be seen how it will do so in sunlight.

I would also add something about the ergonomics of the display. It's already more than 0.2 "from the Samsung Galaxy S3 considered when launching too high. Meanwhile we got used to the 5.5 "NOTE2's so it would be a solution for small hands. Increased by 0.2 "in diagonal could be introduced without affecting the ergonomics if Samsung would lower the edge of the screen bezel that site. Motorola Razr I have already done this successfully (although as a lower diagonal) display but packs a more compact housing causing the phone to not look so big.

CPU: 8 cores??!

Samsung makes its own processors. Exynos is already a recognized name in the industry. The problem is that everyone has quad-core smart phones for over a year so you can’t come up with the same Exynos on it modifying the frequency and helping it with 2 GB of RAM. Hearing about the possibility of a phone with 8 cores clocked at 1.8 GHz so. Unfortunately is enormous and unnecessary for an ordinary user’s needs. At least at first glance. So I'd bet on a different strategy. I think we actually have two physical processors with four cores or eight cores logical one in four individuals. The idea is to offer its users the optimal speed for typical use and to "put NOS" on the 4 cores x 1.8 GHz when running advanced 3D games, video 4K (?) Or you can transform your phone into a computer connected to TV. Samsung promises we can’t just muscle up a bodybuilder on steroids who can’t run 100m hurdles. WOW must come up with something to put this machine to work beyond the leader’s scores in “benchmark" test.

Case: I hope it will not be all plastic. But...

You already know the Samsung's custom. Everything looks fine and dandy on their phones, less material for its housing. Here to save and put plastic so thin that it flexes like a piece of paper. Varnishes him and tell him Glaze Hyper. However Samsung Galaxy S3 looks sexy and feels nice in the hand because it's thin. To quote from Korean: "Le plastique east Fantastique." It would be wrong however to upgrade to aluminum or magnesium. Let's dream of polycarbonate, carbon fiber and Kevlar. If HTC, Nokia or Motorola can, so can Samsung. Otherwise you end up Samsung Galaxy S4 is said to be a HTC One plastic. That would hurt...

Memory: I hope for more than 32GB flash

Samsung also produces flash memory but is so expensive that I do not think that will give us all out of 128GB. Will probably go for the 32GB and 64GB versions plus 25-50GB of Dropbox storage for a year. Doesn’t sound bad but it will sound even better when local operators will offer free cloud for large subscriptions. Orange prepares packages between 50-100GB of free traffic slopes for mobile network cloud. Enough for me.

Operating System: Android 4.2 will do

Since 2.3.5, android never moved so well. New Jelly Bean drone versions 4.1.2 or 4.2 on quad-core phones. New features such as ball room or intelligent notifications, Google and others don’t impress us like the stability of the new operating system. HTC One for example is the most powerful Android tested which doesn’t delay not even a second when you open an application, camera or internet browser. S4 should be faster, right?

Camera: 10 megapixel useless

On Samsung Galaxy S3 camera is mediocre. In a market with 8-megapixel sensors are all "fences" I do not want to hear an upgrade to 10 megapixels is weak. I must admit that we can’t squeeze large sensor in a thin phone. I want 4-5 mpx but well. Noiseless images and better low light sensitivity. We already have good cameras on the iPhone 5, but the Lumia 920 is by far the best of the HTC One. It is expected and optical stabilization solution although I do not think it will be only one digital so that no filming or pictures end shaken.

Battery: Lithium but large capacity!!

I do not think they have the courage to reinvent battery or introduce technologies such fuel cells (fuel cell) or film solar load. Likely to climb to 3,000 mAh battery as the new S4 Galaxy to pass over an intense day. But it will be a challenge with a potent processor and a 1080p screen very dense. Think that will bring wireless charging, because Samsung has joined the alliance with PQI who wants to standardize the technology. You put the phone on all kinds of devices with wireless charging technology like mouse pads, speakers in the dashboard or in the future office from IKEA as is already with the Nokia Lumia 920.

What else?

I talked to people who have seen it and saw that it can do and some things WOW. I mean look at the bottom of the screen and runs on the picture. It used the front room as it does now with Smart Stay function that keeps the screen on while you look at it. There will probably revive the S Voice that does not work today. It is expected that Samsung's fans add features for photo and video sharing and advanced screen mirroring on new TVs. Samsung All Share Cast Dongle is already a pretty good device for that and the technology can be improved.

These are my reasonable expectations of the new S4. We need to take into account another fact. S4 will be the phone of 2013 and will cement Samsung's leadership in this market. They chose to launch in the U.S., New York in Times Square. This is a strong statement. And maybe shake and dust of is. It is the most stable operating system on a mobile phone but it's time to restore it and become the smartest.

Samsung Galaxy S4 release

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South Koreans from Samsung will launch the new Galaxy range on March14

Samsung Galaxy smartphone will launch next March 14 in New York, after the Galaxy S3 was launched in London, and analysts believe this move as an intent to Koreans strongest rival, Apple in the North American market.

In the promotional clip for Samsung Galaxy S4 takes the features, but stated that this phone will be one of the most amazing devices that were launched on the market since color television.

Samsung Galaxy S4 is speculated that it will have a 5-inch screen, quad-core 2 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 16GB storage space can be expanded up to 64 GB, 13 MP camera and system the Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean).