Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS40 Camera Announced | Review | Features

CES 2014 is the platform for the Panasonic LUMIX DMC-ZS40 to shine, where this particular compact camera will boast of 30x Ultra Zoom capability alongside Wi-Fi and NFC capability, not to mention GPS navigation. Not only that, it comes with a fully flexible manual shooting mode and 60p Full HD video recording capability to boot.

This super slim digital compact camera will feature a LVF (Live View Finder) that boasts of a powerful 30x optical zoom (35mm equivalent: 24-720mm) and it will also boast of functions that will help you enjoy a more advanced level of photography including a Control Ring, RAW compatibility and Focus Peaking.

Panasonic has also successfully integrated a 24mm ultra wide-angle 30x zoom lens into a slim, flat body and the advanced HYBRID O.I.S.+ (Hybrid Optical Image Stabilizer Plus) that should do its job in eliminating the shaky hands effect whenever you shoot a photo or capture a video.

Source: Press Release

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Acer Iconia W4 | Window 8 Tablet | Specs | Price

Few months ago we covered Acer Iconia W3 tablet that runs on Windows 8, and today we have another 8-inch tablet from Acer.

Acer Iconia W4 is a successor to Iconia W3, and it comes with 8-inch IPS display that delivers better color reproduction and better viewing angles. According to Acer, this tablet uses "Zero Air Gap technology" meaning that there's no air between the LCD and the panel so we should get improved readability and reduced reflection.

Acer Iconia W4 got a hardware boost as well, and it comes with Intel's 4th-generation Atom 1.8GHz processor, 5-megapixel main camera and 2-megapixel front-facing camera for video calls. Regarding the storage, there will be two models available: 32GB and 64GB, but there's also a microSD card slot for further expansion.

Acer Iconia W4 sounds promising, and as for the price, 32GB model is priced at $329.99 while the 64GB model costs $379.99.

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Acer Chromebook C720-2848 | Review | Price

Chromebooks are affordable devices, and if you’re looking for a Chromebook that won’t be too harsh on your budget, you might want to check out recently announced Chromebook that comes from Acer.

Acer Chromebook C720-2848 is a 11.6-inch device and it uses 1366 x 768 display resolution, it's powered by Intel Celeron processor based on Haswell micro architecture. Additional specs include 2GB of DRAM, 16GB SSD and 100GB of free Google Drive online storage for first two years. We should also mention that this device comes with webcam, 802.11 a / b / g / n Wi-Fi, HDMI, USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 port.

Acer Chromebook C720-2848 can last about 8.5 hours on a single charge, and it weighs only 1.25kg or 2.75lbs so you can carry it with you at all times. Regarding the software, this laptop runs on Chrome OS.

Acer Chromebook C720-2848 offers decent hardware specs, and as for the price, this laptop is priced at $ 200.

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Edifier Launched E25 Luna Eclipse Bluetooth Speakers | Price

New set of Bluetooth speakers has been launched in the market by Edifer brand, which could be your choice. The e25 Luna Eclipse is the company speakers which has unique designed and is currently available at $199 on pre-order.

The e25 Luna Eclipse comes with a Bluetooth connectivity feature, which let you to connect with any bluetooth enabled device. Speakers each channel will output 74 watts power, means that it is good enough for a small rooms.

The Luna Eclipse speakers also comes with a touch sensitive panel, which allows you to switch tracks and volume adjustment, and also a remote for convenience.

The speakers will come in two black and white colors and will release on the November 25th.

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Gigabyte P35K | World's First Lightest Gaming Laptop

A gaming laptop with powerful processor and video graphics card that you want to buy, but is not that powerful as compared to desktop. Gigabyte has launched P35K gaming laptop as they claims "World's lightest 15-inch gaming laptop".

The Gigabyte P35K is powered by a Intel Haswell Core i7 processor, lightest weigh of 2.16kg and 21mm thin. Nvidia powered graphic card makes it more powerful, it has Geforce GTX 765M graphics card with 2GB GDDR5 RAM. It exceed the 3D Mark score of P17,800 because of "Ultra Boost" overclocking technology.

Additional hardware specs includes 512 GB ( Gigabyte ) mSATA SSD drive and two 1 TB ( Terabyte ) Hard Disk Drive, speed of 1000MBps and 850MBps read/write. It comes with 15-inch full HD display at 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution, backlit keyboard, SD card reader, and two USB 3.0 ports.

The Gigabyte P35K Ultrablade has a sandblasted aluminium matte finish and is available now at starting price of £1,199.99.

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Nikon DF Camera Leaked Photos Spotted Online | Price

Leaked press photos of upcoming full frame Nikon DF camera has been spotted this morning. The Nikon DF stands for "Digital Fusion" is a retro full frame 35mm, mirrorless hybrid camera, similar to Sony's recently announced A7 and A7R cameras.

Photos leaked and a listing on Amazon made before official announcement of Nikon DF. Amazon's listing shows, the camera is expecting to go on sale at price tag of $2,746.95 for the camera body only, if you get it with 50mm f.1.8G lens, this will set at $2,996.95. According to Amazon, the camera is set to release on the November 28th.

The Nikon DF will available in two colors black or silver, as appears in the leaked photos. This professional camera is a host of dials and buttons that helps photographer to control over the photography. Bookmark us for upcoming official details.

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Apple iPad Air Launched | Review | Specs | Price

Apple's fifth generation iPad has been launched after several rumors and leaks, which was expected to be called the iPad 5, but Apple stop using numbers behind their iPad tablets and now it is known as iPad Air.

Apple iPad Air is 43% smaller, 7.5-mm thin and light in weigh just 1-pound. Many hardware changes come across fourth generation iPad. The iPad Air has a 9.7-inch Retina Display. It looks like Apple trying to present smaller and lighter tablets to the people, with the launch of iPad Air, new iPad Mini also made many new changes.

According to specs, iPad Air is powered by Apple's 64-bit A7 processor chip, which was first introduced in iPhone 5S. Apple's A7 chip make iPad Air 72 times faster than the previous iPad tablet. The iPad Air comes with a 5-MP ( Megapixel ) iSight camera that can record Full HD 1080p video and a new Facetime HD camera. The iPad Air features dual microphones, MIMO Wi-Fi and LTE support.

Apple iPad Air is now available in silver white and grey black colors across U.S, U.K, Japan and China countries. You can buy 16 GB W-Fi model at $499 and 16 GB Wi-Fi+4G model at $629.

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Prong PocketPlug case for iPhone 5 | Recharge Battery without Adapter

I've reviewed many iPhone cases on the market, protection cases, battery cases. But today i'll introduce to iPhone 5 case that directly connect to a wall outlet and recharge your iPhone without a charger as well as the case also protect your iPhone 5 to physical damage.

Let's take a look at 'Prong PocketPlug case' for iPhone 5, it's a unique case , emergency charger, no need to carry iPhone charger with you at all times.

The Prong PocketPlug case comes with speakers ports, microphone on the front of case and a headphones port on the bottom of the case. The case has two prongs on the back side, flip them up to use them to recharge your iPhone 5. However, the case also have another option to recharge your iPhone 5 via a micro USB port.

Prong PockerPlug is average in thickness ( 18 mm ) and weighs ( 71 grams ). You can buy this amazing case at $69.95 in black and white color.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 12.2 Tablet Spotted with Features and Specs

Big tablet has spotted in AnTuTu benchmark website, the tablet is 12.2-inch of Samsung Galaxy Note model. The performance and specs leak shows Samsung is planning to launch another Galaxy Note tablet.

According to AnTuTu website, the Samsung Galaxy Note 12.2 tablet will be powered by a Snapdragon 800 MSM8947 Quad-Core processor clocked at 2.3 GHz with 3 GB of RAM. The model feature a 12.2-inch display with 2560 x 1600 pixels resolution.

The AnTuTu claims that the Note 12.2 tablet has a 8-MP ( Megapixel ) rear camera and a 2-MP of front facing camera. The big tablet runs on latest Android 4.3 Jelly Bean operating system and a 32 GB of internal storage capacity, but no word on microSD card.

AnTuTu compared Galaxy Note 12.2 with Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet, where Note 12.2 wins in RAM speed, 3D graphics, Android version. The Samsung Galaxy Note 12.2 tablet model number is SM-P900. The model usually comes with S-Pen, Wi-Fi and other connectivity options. We don't have official releasing info yet, but we can assume to be annouce in next few weeks.

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Lenovo Announce Affordable Yoga Tablet 8 and Yoga Tablet 10

Lenovo announced its Affordable two new Yoga series tablet called Yoga Tablet 8 and Yoga Tablet 10. Both tablets comes with very big battery capacity as Yoga tablet 8 has a 6000 mAh and tablet 10 has a 9000 mAh battery which will last in-between 16 to 18 hours.

Both Yoga tablet 8 and 10 are solid, slim body and standard cyclindrical batteries. Yoga tablet 8 measures at 8.4 x 5.7 x 0.12 inches and Yoga tablet 10 measures at 10.3 x 7.1 x 0.12 inches. Both tablet has screen resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels.

According to specs, Both tablets are powered by a MediaTek Cortex-A7 Quad-Core processor clock speed at 1.2 GHz with 1 GB of RAM. Tablets has a 16 GB of on-board memory and can be expand up to 64 GB via microSD card slot.

Both Lenovo tablets offers a 5-MP ( Megapixel ) rear camera and 1.6-MP front facing camera. Both runs on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean operating system.

Yoga tablet 8 and 10 will cost you at an affordable price $249 and $299. Enjoy favorite movies, surf web and more.

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Japan Display Announced 5.4-inch Smartphone Display at 543ppi

Japanese Display Inc. announced 5.4-inch smartphone display with resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels and 543 ppi pixel density. Just after announcement of 4K resolution ( 3840 x 2160 pixels ) in a 12.1-inch tablet display with a 365 ppi pixel density.

The display is impressively crystal clear, great for tablet and high-end smartphone users, actually Japan Display Inc. announced two displays with same resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels: 5.4-inch with 543ppi and 6.2-inch LCD display with 473 ppi.

However, todays smartphone like Galaxy S4 with 5-inch full HD display offering 441 ppi pixel density.

Japan Display Inc. uses low temperature poly silicon technology which consume low power and extend battery life. Possibility of which company get this technology first, pointing towards the Sony a Japan based company and partner of Japan Display Inc.

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Panasonic Toughbook CF-AX3 Ultrabook Released

Panasonic has released lightweight and portable 2-in-1 Ultrabook, the Toughbook CF-AX3 that combines tablet and laptop in a single machine, features a Full HD IPS anti-glare display with resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and a Intel powered processor.

The Panasonic device sports an 11.6-inch up to 10 finger multi touch display, where Intel Core vPro i5-4300U processor boost its power and it helps in improving overall battery, the device have 10-12 hours of battery life on single charge.

The Panasonic Toughbook CF-AX3 runs on Windows 8 operating system, Windows 7 is also an option for user. Features includes  Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n and Bluetooth v4.0 connectivity, it also have a VGA and a HDMI ports for video output to external display, other functions includes 3G and 4G-LTE.

The Toughbook CF-AX3 is very thin compared to other Ultrabooks  with 18 mm of thickness and light at 1.135 kg. This Touchbook is perfect for business person.

The Panasonic Toughbook CF-AX3 will go on sale in the month of November and will cost you at $2,231.

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Apple OS X 10.9 Mavericks Available for Free Download

Recently, Apple's latest operating system iMac OS X 10.9 Mavericks will be available for free in Mac App Store from today.

Many features are improved in the OS X 10.9 Mavericks, the update improvement includes more robust notification system with inline replies, much better support given to multiple monitors, now apps can maximize to full screen, a revamp of finder and new iCloud Keychain for saving passwords ( this feature also included in latest iPad ).

Many other apps have been updated, Apple done lot of work on apps to boost OS X and iOS 7.03 ( Launched).

You really like that Apple has distributing updated OS X Mavericks without charging a cent - Totaly Free. This free update is available on Mac Store to every one.

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Dell Precision M3800 Workstation Ready to Release on November 14

Dell has announced release date of its first thinnest and lightest workstation, named the Precision M3800 touchscreen capable Mobile Workstation on November 14.

Dell Precision M3800 sports an Intel fourth generation Haswell Core i7 processor with 16 GB of memory and in association with NVIDIA Quadro 2GB graphics card which supports multiple external displays with 4K resolution as well.

The Precision M3800 is a  15.6-inch incredibly vivid QHD multi-touch display with 3200 x 1800 pixels resolution. Multi-touch display supports up to 5-fingers.

Precision M3800 workstation is 18mm thin at just 2.04 Kgs. It comes with 91Wh battery option which delivers up to 10 hours battery life. The Dell Precision M3800 will price you at $1,800.

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Apple iPad 5 Could Get Smart Surface-style Keyboard: Rumor

People are in excitement and expecting to announce new iPad and more gadget in the today's Apple event.

Less than 24 hours left for Apple big announcement, with more customer attention Apple is now justify form-factor of its iPad gadget and it may comes in the form of surface-style keyboard cover.

Rumor of this new keyboard cover for iPad 5 originates from ex-Apple employee and industry commentator Jamie Ryan, Who has heard Apple has been working on 'a few different styles' of iPad keyboard covers for sometime.

If Apple does making Keyboard cover then what will do Apple with already offered Bluetooth keyboard, it seems a bit clunky when it'll in use. According to Ryan, when Surface keyboard comes to Apple prototype testing, then there more persons were deny than approve, while he believes that having  Bluetooth 4.0 keyboard cover could help Apple company to target iPad 5 tablet to professional customers, while leaving iPad mini to the casual customers.

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Microsoft Surface 2 on sale early in the UK

Microsoft Surface 2 tablet was unveiled last month, Surface 2 tablet is now go on sale from October 22nd.

The Official Surface 2 went go on sale on UK, this tablet sale was listed on the Argos' website, customers could purchase their unit from Argos store.The Type Cover 2 or Touch Cover 2 keyboard covers yet not put for sale, only Surface 32 GB and 64 GB models offered on store.

Argos get notice of this slip up and has removed the Surface 2 tablet sale listing from its website. The Surface 2 is not come up for sale on online store till Oct. 22nd.

"We fully comply with embargos issued by our suppliers and have withdrawn the Microsoft Surface 2 from sale with immediate effect. We are working with Microsoft to investigate this error as a matter of urgency," Argos response.

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Acer Launched C720 Chromebook | Haswell powered Notebook

Acer has launched new Chromebook named C720. The C720 is comes with many changes from last year launched C7 Chromebook, they improved battery life with switching to Haswell processor and also switch from SATA HDD to SSD ( Solid State Drive ).

The Acer C720 Chromebook will last 8.5 hours of battery life, it has thinner body. The C720 has Haswell-based Intel Dual-Core Celeron 2955U processor clock speed at 1.4 GHz with 4 GB of RAM.

Acer's C720 Chromebook have a 11.6-inch display with resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. It has 16 GB SSD and in addition feature it has Wi-Fi 802.11n with Dual-band support.

Acer said that there will be different configurations of the Chromebook C720 available in the coming weeks, but they didn't provide any specific details on C720 Chromebook. According to rumors C720 will get a touchsceen and may get 4G LTE like Chromebook 11.

You can pre-order for Acer C720 Chromebook at $249

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HP Envy All-in-One PC's | Envy Recline 27 | Envy Recline 23 | Envy Recline 23 SE

HP has launched three new models of Envy series all-in-one PC. If you are looking for A-i-O PC this could be your choice, that have purely functional without taking too much space in your room.

HP trio of A-i-O PCs named Envy Recline 27, Recline 23 and Recline 23 SE. The HP Envy Recline 27 comes with 27-inch Full HD display at 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution, it is powered by a 4th generation Intel Core i5-4570T processor, runs on Windows 8 operating system and 12 GB of RAM.

HP Envy Recline 27 supports 1 GB of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A graphic cards, comes with 1 TB ( Terabyte) 5400RPM SATA HDD ( Hard Disk Drive ) and a 16 GB of SATA SSD ( Solid State Drive ). In addition it includes Blu-ray and Microsoft DirectX 11, Wi-Fi connectivity, Bluetooth v4.0, Wi-Di connectivity and NFC.

In HP Envy Recline 23 also comes with Windows 8 pre-installed, it is powered by Intel i5-4570T processor , carrying 8 GB of RAM with Full HD 23" display, same in Recline 27 HDD and Graphic card supports and other addition features too.

The HP Envy Recline 23 SE is an impressive PC with Windows 8 alongside a Intel i3-4130T processor with 4 GB of RAM, it have a 1TB SSD, a 1 GB of NVIDIA GeForce GT 730A dedicated graphic card and same additional features it supports.

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Nokia Guru With NFC Leaked On Twitter | Portable Music Player

Nokia is working on portable music player like the iPod Shuffle which supports NFC connectivity called Nokia Guru. This Nokia Guru appears an MP3 player.

The upcoming Nokia Guru and more other Nokia products is expected to unveil at its October 22 press event in Abu Dhabi.

Nokia Guru leak tweet published by @evleaks Twitter account. The twitter account evleaks mentioned that iPod shuffle + NFC is equal to Nokia Guru.

It seems that there is a very good for Nokia to end up with Nokia Guru as a portable music player with NFC capability feature. Who uses this NFC feature knows very well, this will pave a way for transfer of songs. Nokia has been tapping into music with a new unique way, see Nokia Music for coverage on the windows Phone app.

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Sonos Play:1 Compact Wireless Speaker | Review

New Compact and affordable wireless speakers has been launched by Sonos, named Sonos Play:1. This speaker designed to be power efficient, easy to carry size and affordability.

If we compare this compact wireless speaker size with other compact speaker, the size isn't big and small, which gave it a powerful audio. The Sonos Play:1 is smaller and heavier with impressive sound.

It have a interesting thing, you can add many speakers to the home to play sound tracks and connect through Ethernet to the home network. The company is providing a range of speakers that connect to the home network via Ethernet or Wi-Fi.

You can control Sonos system by applications for iOS, Android platforms. Control speaker volume, playback and you can add more web services.

The Sonos Play:1 is an impressive compact wireless speaker system which cost you U.S. $199.

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