Friday, October 25, 2013

India's biggest smartphone maker has designs on Europe with its 5-inch, full HD smartphone

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/25/micromax-canvas-touch-indian-smartphone-europe/

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You'd be forgiven for not knowing Micromax, but it's a name that might get a little more familiar in the future. The Indian smartphone manufacturer has hired Hugh Jackman to be its pitch person, and the first product you'll find him carrying is the surprisingly tasty-looking Canvas Turbo. The Turbo is a 5-inch aluminum-clad smartphone with a 1,920 x 1,080 display that's backed up by a 1.5GHz MediaTek chip and 2GB RAM. On the imaging front, there's a 13-megapixel camera and a 5-megapixel front-facer, while the whole thing is running Android 4.2.1. If there's a downside, it's that there's no microSD card slot to complement the 16GB of on-board storage, but the fact that it's retailing for 19,990 ($325) should soften the blow a little. This handset launches in India tomorrow, but the company will be trialling sales in Russia later in the year -- and if that's successful, you'll begin to see Micromax smartphones entering more markets in Europe throughout next year.

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Japan Display joins the Quad HD phone screen party with two new LCDs

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/25/japan-display-joins-the-quad-hd-phone-screen-party/

Japan Display joins the Quad HD phone screen party with 54 and 62inch LCDs

LG clearly doesn't have a monopoly on Quad HD smartphone screens -- Japan Display has unveiled two low-temperature polysilicon (LTPS) LCDs that offer the extra-sharp 2,560 x 1,440 resolution. The headlining 5.4-inch panel is ever so slightly denser than its Korean equivalent, at 543ppi; there's also a 6.2-inch (473ppi) model for giant devices. Both LCDs have "dead-bands" that are just 1mm thick, which should lead to extra-slim bezels on finished products. Japan Display hasn't said which companies will use the Quad HD screens, but it's easy to see one of the joint venture's partners (Hitachi, Sony or Toshiba) calling first dibs.

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Thursday, October 24, 2013

AMD's flagship Radeon R9 290X graphics card now available for $549

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/24/amd-radeon-r9-290x-available/

AMD Radeon R9 290X

AMD's range-topping Radeon R9 290X has been (officially) shrouded in mystery since its unveiling last month, but the company is at last revealing full details and releasing the graphics card to stores. As you'd expect given its $549 price, the flagship is a big leap in performance over the $299 R9 280X: it carries 2,816 stream processors, a wider 512-bit memory bus and a larger 4GB of video RAM. The board can muster 5.6TFLOPs of general computing power, AMD says, and is built with 4K graphics in mind. More importantly, it's also delivering a lot of bang for the buck. Early reviews at sites like AnandTech and Tom's Hardware show the R9 290X outperforming the more expensive GeForce GTX 780; as long as you can tolerate the noisier cooling, it may be a good fit for your gaming PC.

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This Pumpkin Tap Turns Your Halloween Gourd Into an Edible Keg

Source: http://gizmodo.com/this-pumpkin-tap-turns-your-halloween-gourd-into-an-edi-1450804051

This Pumpkin Tap Turns Your Halloween Gourd Into an Edible Keg

Make Martha Boowart proud—while giving your Monster Mash an added seasonal flair—by converting that pre-op Jack-o-Lantern into something far more useful than a carriage: a Keg. The Pumpkin Tap will turn any pumpkin or squash—even watermelon—into an impromptu beverage server.

Simply open the top of the gourd, scoop out the seeds, and shove the shank in at the pumpkin's base. Then just screw the tap mechanism onto the shank and refill the cavity with your preferred beverage. I suggest three liters of Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte, but any number of other witches brews will work. The Pumpkin Tap retails for $32. [Kegworks]

This Pumpkin Tap Turns Your Halloween Gourd Into an Edible Keg

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Fujifilm XQ1 Hands-On: A Canon Clone With Better Guts

Source: http://gizmodo.com/fujifilm-xq1-hands-on-a-canon-clone-with-better-guts-1451069096

Fujifilm XQ1 Hands-On: A Canon Clone With Better Guts

Maybe it's no surprise that when Fujifilm's first advanced pocket camera fell flat, they turned to proven designs for the basis of it's second try. I just played with Fuji's new XQ1, and I could believe It wasn't a Canon S120. But just because it's familiar on the outside, doesn't mean it's got the same stuff inside.

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