Motorola Released First Intel-based Motorola RAZR i with 2GHz Processor, 8MP Camera and Android ICS

Motorola just now has officially released Motorola RAZR I, the first Intel-based smartphone that comes with a single-core 2GHz Intel Atom processor, an 8MP camera for HD video recording and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS. The Motorola RAZR i is the first smartphone to clear the 2GHz barrier and powered by Intel’s 32nm technology processor.

Besides being the first phone to take Intel processor, this smartphone also features a 4.3" edge-to-edge AMOLED screen display with qHD (540x960-pixel) resolution, which is comparable to more compact devices like the iPhone to produce excellent visual experience for users to watch HD movies on mobile phone. Its 2,000mAh battery would greatly ensure digital entertainment for a full-day enjoyment. The large sensitive screen also produces quite fast response against touching.

As for the camera, the gadget has an extremely snappy 8MP camera with quick one-second start-up, which can take 10 pictures a second. Users could record pictures and videos at will with its large internal memory space: 8GB, 16GB and 32GB versions are provided for users to choose from, which is expandable via microSD cards.

In terms of software, you get Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, which could soon get upgraded to 4.1 Jelly Bean. On top of that, you have the light Motorola skin that we've come to like recently. You have the circle widget, and some other nice tweaks to the stock Android user interface. NFC is also on board.

The shipment of Motorola RAZR i is set for October for various markets like the UK, Germany, France, Brazil, Argentina and Mexico, while the U.S. launch is still to be confirmed.

Samsung Galaxy Note X Preview – Probably Featuring 6.3-inch Large Screen

The just released Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is still heat in the global mobile phone market. It is still too early to discuss Samsung Galaxy Note 3 now. But we can be sure that the Galaxy Note 3 will be out in the next year. At present, it is still not known how big the Galaxy Note 3 screen will be, but there has been a very interesting rumor about Galaxy Note X series concept phone, saying that the screen of Galaxy Note X flat telephone series will be upgraded to be larger.

Designed by Erica Yusim, the next generation of Galaxy Note X mobile phone series is assumed to take reference from the current Galaxy Note 2, most likely equipped with a larger 6.3 inch screen. In addition to picture, I also got a new specifications and function parameter list regarding to the next generation of Galaxy Note X, showed below:

The next Samsung Galaxy Note X specs

· Equipped with 6.3 inches Super AMOLED HD display, resolution for 1080 x 1920

· Fuselage size: 161.9 x 84.9 x 8.9 mm

· Weight: 220 g

· Use 2.0 GHZ four nuclear Cortex - A15 processor

· 3GB memory, 32/64/128GB optional USB flash disk

· Carrying 1.6 million pixels rear camera, the back as type CMOS, support automatic focus, LED the fill light auxiliary; 3 million pixels lead high-definition camera, the same back as type CMOS, support autodyne and video chat function

· Support Wi Fi 802.11 - a/b/g/n (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz)

· Support bluetooth 5.0

· Configuration USB3.0 interface

· Support mHL mobile hd connection

· Built-in NFC

· Support GPS and Glonass

· Equipped with 4000 mah battery

· Running two 5.0 system

 However, all of these are just guess.

Oppo Find 5 Comes with Quad-core Processor, 5-inch Full 1080P HD Screen Display and Jelly Bean

The Chinese smartphone maker, Oppo, has just dropped its latest masterpiece into the Android smartphone market, the Oppo Find 5, which comes bringing along a bunch of features that only a few top-notch Android smartphones offer. Earlier this year it released the world’s thinnest smartphone.

The new Oppo Find 5 would be said to be a really powerful smartphone that could even compete with other top smartphones in the market, like Galaxy S III and iPhone 5. It provides a variety of wonderful features that quite few existing smartphones own now. For the very example, if you want to watch HD movies on phone, this smartphone will no doubt be your first choice as it features a 5-inch large screen display with resolution up to 1920x1080 pixels, which produces 441PPI density, leaving Samsung Galaxy S3 and iPhone 5 look bad as far as display is concerned. Other features to ensure smooth and fluent video enjoyment with Oppo Find 5 is that it features Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 quad-core processor with 2GB RAM, producing excellent phone performance. Meanwhile, the 2500mAh battery allows users to have comparatively long time duration of video enjoying.

Besides the features mentioned above, this smartphone also has other eye-catching features such as the 12MP primary camera and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS.

Clean up iTunes music library with iTunes cleanup tool

“I have downloaded a lot of wonderful music files on my iTunes. Some of the music files have got several duplicates, while some others may have not complete music tags like artist, album, artwork, etc. Now, I would like to re-organize my iTunes music library. How can I clean up iTunes music library, delete duplicates in iTunes and get album artwork for iTunes music files easily? Is there such an iTunes cleaner tool to help me do this?”

For many iTunes users, this problem is in fact very common. iTunes is not only a music player, but also a wonderful choice for users to store music files downloaded from online audio sites, iTunes store, or transferred from other media players. After long term of use, iTunes is not as clean and well organized as it used to be. It might get a lot of duplicates, music files with missed artist, album, artwork, etc. In such condition, it is necessary to clean up iTunes with professional iTunes cleaner tool. 

There are a lot of wonderful iTunes cleanup tool for you to choose online. These iTunes cleanup tools could help you clean up iTunes music files, delete duplicates in iTunes, get album artwork for iTunes music files, etc. Then, how to select the most effective iTunes cleaner program out of all choices, or which iTunes cleanup tool is the best? 

My standard for choosing the best iTunes cleaner program is that it should be easy to use, functional and with user-friendly program interface. Upon these features, I have tested a lot of iTunes cleanup tools and finally found the Tunes Cleaner for Mac fulfills me most. 

The Tunes Cleaner for Mac is indeed a powerful but easy to use iTunes cleanup program. It could clean up iTunes music library easily, delete duplicates in iTunes, get album artwork for iTunes, complete music information including musicians, album, cover, etc. What’s more, the most attractive point of this iTunes cleanup tool is the quite easy to use and user-friendly program interface. It is very easy to use this program to clean up iTunes music library. The simple interface would tell you all things to do in a very simple way. 

Besides the Tunes Cleaner for Mac, I also tried some other wonderful programs to clean up iTunes, including TuneUp and Song Sergeant. The TuneUp could easily fix mislabeled song info, remove duplicate songs, fill in missing album cover art, get concert alerts, music videos, artist bios and more. Song Sergeant intelligently identifies and removes duplicates, renames inconsistently named artists and albums, reunites orphaned song files to your library, and deals with missing song files.

Nintendo to Launch Wii U Game Console with Special GamePad since November

On Thursday, Nintendo officially announced online that its new Wii U game console will be on sale starting on November 18^th in the USA and November 30^th in Europe, while the sale in Japan will be on Dec. 8^th. The company said the new console will be in time for the crucial holiday season, available in two versions: 8GB internal memory version at $299.99 and 32GB internal memory version for $344.99.

The new Wii U game console could meantime be used as a home entertainment center while connected with streaming services. It allows users to stream video content from Hulu, Amazon and Netflix to their TV sets. The touchpad will show additional content, such as box scores and statistics for sports broadcasts, a timeline of key moments for TV shows, and previews for movie services.

Both versions of the Wii U come with a single "GamePad", which is similar to a full-fledged handheld console in itself, with a touchscreen, motion detection, camera and stylus. Its small screen can be used to supplement games played on a larger TV or serve as the main display.

In game demonstrations, the company showed how the controller can be used for two-player gaming, with one user playing on the main TV screen and another on the GamePad. The main console will use NFC (near field communication) technology that is widely used in mobile payment systems, as well as an expanded online system that includes game play and social networks based around various titles.

Wii U specs:

CPU: IBM POWER7-based multi-core processor

GPU: Custom AMD Radeon High Definition GPU (GPGPU Support)[citation needed]

RAM: 2GB Total; 1GB for games and 1GB for System Software.

Storage

Basic: 8GB, Premium: 32GB Internal flash memory, expandable via SD memory cards and USB hard disk drives.

Slot-loading optical disc drive compatible with 12 cm "proprietary high-density optical discs" (25 GB per layer) and 12 cm Wii optical discs

Ports and peripheral capabilities

SD memory card slot (supports SDHC cards)

USB 2.0 ports (2 at front of console, 2 at rear)

Sensor Bar power port

"AV Multi Out" port

HDMI 1.4 out port

Wii U GamePad specs

Built-in 3-axis accelerometer, 3-axis gyroscope and a magnetic sensor

Stereo Speakers and Microphone

Front-facing camera

IR Sensor strip

6.2 inch (15.7 cm) 16:9 resistive touchscreen

Two clickable analog sticks and one D-pad

Stylus

Select, Start, Home and Power buttons

A/B/X/Y face buttons, L/R bumper buttons and ZL/ZR trigger buttons

Rumble

Controller sync button

Wireless communication with console based on IEEE 802.11n

NFC

Note: The Wii U is also compatible with the Wii Remote Plus, Wii Nunchuk, Classic Controller, and the Wii Balance Board.

Video

1080p, 1080i, 720p, 576i (PAL Only), 480p, 480i, standard 4:3 and 16:9 anamorphic widescreen

"AV Multi Out" port supporting composite video, YPBPR component video, S-Video (NTSC consoles only), RGB SCART (European consoles only) and D-Terminal (Japan only)

HDMI 1.4 out port supporting stereoscopic 3D images.

Audio: "AV Multi Out" port. Six-channel PCM linear output through HDMI

As for the games, the Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime stressed that the console will have a full complement of games early in its launch. The lack of games available for Nintendo's 3DS handheld launch last year was a major reason that device stumbled after it went on sale, forcing the game company to slash prices. He said over 50 games would be available from the launch through the end of March 2013, such as a new version of its classic "Super Mario Brothers" franchise, "Metroid", "Call of Duty Black Ops 2," a "Transformer" title, the successor to the "Bayonetta" combat game, etc.

The game company has long tried to market its hardware at less extreme gamers, featuring family play and titles aimed at women. But the titles show it also intends to pursue the "hard-core" game market along with rivals Sony and Microsoft.

The ability to use the Wii U as a home entertainment center means Nintendo will compete with companies like Sony, which has emphasized its networked music and video offerings' availability through its PlayStation franchise.

Apple Finally Released So-called “Thinner, Lighter and Faster” iPhone 5

Even since last April, the world has been longing for the Apple iPhone 5. But finally, Apple just introduced its iPhone 4S to the world, which comes with some very minor improvements and certainly disappointment to fans. Now, after such a long time waiting, Apple finally brings out the iPhone 5 on the September 12^th event. Right before the official release event, I wrote a post for a final guess about iPhone 5 features, namely Rumor roundup: Detailed information on iPhone 5 features, specs, release time and price. The pleasant thing is that most of these anticipations turn out to be the actual fact, like the name, design, display size, resolution, aspect ratio, software, camera, etc. Of course, some features are not exactly correct.

On the iPhone 5 release event, Apple CEO Tim Cook unveiled the iPhone 5 by claiming the new iPhone being thinner, lighter and faster smartphone Apple has ever made. In my opinion, though the iPhone 5 is not as expected to be out with quite many shinning features, it is far from enough to describe it only thinner, lighter and faster. We can take a look at the features Apple iPhone 5 comes with.

The words “Thinner, Lighter and Faster” only tell people the straightforward user experience on the phone design and utility. That is the truth. The iPhone 5 is thinner as it is 18 percent thinner than iPhone 4S, with dimension at only 123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm. Meanwhile, the 112g weight makes it 20 percent lighter that iPhone 4S. As for faster, the new A6 chip built in the iPhone 5 is twice as fast and 22 percent smaller as the A5 processor in iPhone 4S. But, those are not the entire iPhone 5.

Let's take a quick and simple review of the iPhone 5 features and specs. Then you will understand why I said that.

Thickness and weight: 123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm anodized aluminum phone body weights 112g.

Screen display: 4 inches Retina multi-touch display with 1136 x 640 pixels resolution (326ppi), 16:9 aspect ratio and better color fidelity and saturation (improved by 44%), which produces amazing experience to watch HD movies on iPhone 5, play games, view and type text content, etc.

Processor: Brand-new A6 chip provides up to twice the CPU and graphics performance as that of iPhone 4S, almost every operation on iPhone 5 is blazing fast for launching apps, loading web pages and downloading email attachments.

Camera: The auto-focus 8 megapixel iSight camera with Flashlights features a sapphire crystal lens cover with the ability to provide crystal clear images and supports HD (1080p) video recording with up to 30 frames per second with audio. The new panorama feature lets you capture jaw-dropping panorama images of up to 28 megapixels by simply moving the camera across a scene in one smooth motion. The FaceTime HD camera on the front panel supports 1.2MP photos and HD video (720p) recording with up to 30 frames per second.

iOS 6: Provides 200 new user features including: an all new Maps app with Apple-designed cartography, turn-by-turn navigation and an amazing new Flyover™ view; Facebook integration for Contacts and Calendar, with the ability to post directly from Notification Center; Passbook, the simplest way to get all your passes in one place; new Siri features, including support for more languages, easy access to sports scores, restaurant recommendations and movie listings; Siri and Facebook-enabled apps like Photos, Safari and Maps; and Shared Photo Streams via iCloud, etc.

Lightening connector: Smaller, smarter and more durable all-digital Lightning connector features an adaptive interface that uses only the signals that each accessory requires, and it’s reversible so you can instantly connect to your accessories. The Lightning-to-30-pin Adapter is also available to connect iPhone 5 to legacy 30-pin accessories.

LTE and carriers: The iPhone 5 will support 4G LTE networks in addition to the current support for GPRS, EDGE, EV-DO, and HSPA data networks. LTE has a single chip for voice and data, a single radio chip, and a "dynamic antenna" that will switch connections between different networks automatically. For the detailed information about LTE support of iPhone 5, check all LTE carriers of iPhone 5.

Audio: iPhone 5 brings some improvements in audio, including a new beam-forming, wideband audio, new Earpods earphones, which all make it more enjoyable for listening to audio files with iPhone 5.

Network connectivity: Support WCDMA, EVDO, LTE, dual-band 802.11n WiFi and Bluetooth. Nano-SIM card supported sports even more convenience.

Battery life: 8 hours for 3G talk or networking, 8 hours of 4G networking, 10 hours of WIFI networking, 10 hours of video playback, 40 hours of music playback, and 225 hours of standby time.

These cover the most of iPhone 5 specs. After reading all these, how do you think of iPhone 5? Is iPhone 5 the right phone you are waiting for?

Rumor roundup: Detailed information on iPhone 5 features, specs, release time and price

For a long time period, people have been guessing about the detailed information about the next generation of iPhone. Now, only a few yards away from the rumored official release of iPhone 5 on Apple’s Sep. 12th event, things seem to be clearer. Since the existing rumors and speculations, we might get a general acknowledgement about the iPhone 5. And today, right before the official release of iPhone 5, I would like to make a guess on iPhone 5 specs and features upon different rumors, to see how many features I could get here.

Name

The name of the next generation of iPhone is always a big concern for all people. Just like the fifth generation of iPhone and the third generation of iPad, which are named respectively iPhone 4S and the new iPad, the next generation of iPhone, actually the sixth generation of Apple iPhone, might get some difference from its traditional way of naming. But it is highly believed to be under the name of iPhone 5. This could be concluded from the invitations Apple sent for the September 12^th event. Also, while the upcoming iPhone is the sixth generation, the name iPhone 5 in fact shows some difference from iPhone 6.

Design

Well, if there is one thing people might get the same opinion, it is the design: all believe it to be bigger and thinner. It is bigger so as to meet the 16:9 aspect ratio, while with a slim phone body less than 8mm thickness. As for the appearance, it is believed the next iPhone would be similar to its predecessors.

Display

Display is also a big concern. The iPhone 5 is going to bigger 4" LCD screen with a resolution of 1136 by 640 pixels, which sports a very high pixel density of 326ppi, just like on the iPhone 4S Retina Display. This would make it excellent to watch HD movies on iPhone 5. With an aspect ratio of 16:9, iPhone 5 produces quite amazing experience for movies, YouTube videos, video games, etc.

Processor

Until right now, there’s little information about the processor of the upcoming iPhone. We can make some conclusion from spy shots that iPhone 5 is going to run on the Apple A6 chip supposedly made by Samsung, not Apple’s own A5X SoC and A5 processor. What makes the A5X better than the A5 is the mighty GPU, but the new iPhone won't really require that much GPU power for HD Retina Display. Therefore, it seems logical Apple to develop a new processor with performance suitable for the new iPhone and power efficiency to ensure decent battery life.

Camera

Well, for the camera, there’s not big improvement in the next iPhone, still an 8MP camera on the rear, just like iPhone 4S’ camera and getting the same performance in shooting as that of iPhone 4S. But the front camera is said to be improved to support HD video calls over FaceTime.

LTE and NFC

Obviously, none expects the next iPhone without LTE support, just like the new iPad. Currently, there’re quite a lot of smartphones in the market supports LTE network connectivity. But for the patent issue with Samsung, it seems that Apple might get difficulty to add LTE support in iPhone 5. As for NFC (Near Field Communication), people have been looking forward to this ever before iPhone 4S, but it still seems to be less likely in iPhone 5.

Software

Very few people would doubt the iOS 6 in iPhone 5, which means that the new iPhone would at least include around 200 new features, including Apple's new 3D maps with turn-by-turn navigation, deep Facebook integration, FaceTime over Cellular, and many more.

Nano SIM card

There’ve reports that the next iPhone would adopt Nano SIM cards, which are even smaller and therefore leave more precious room inside the device for additional circuitry. So yeah, folks that are upgrading will have to get a Nano SIM card from their carrier and won't be able to pop in their old one, which is a slight, but manageable inconvenience.

Accessories

We expect seeing a new, smaller dock connector on the new iPhone, not the well-known, but kind of old 30 pin one. Therefore, included will be a new cable that owners will use to hook up their smartphone to a computer, or to simply charge its battery. A smaller dock connector will also free up some valuable space inside of the device, so that additional components can be installed, just like what the introduction of Nano SIM cards will do. Another accessory that might be altered is the wired headset. Photos that were leaked a few days ago suggest that the earphones have been redesigned, but whether that rumor holds water or not will become known in about a week.

Battery life

Battery has always been the concern for all smartphones, especially for such successful phones like iPhone. Since it would be bigger, the battery life seems to be even more important. It is reported that the new iPhone's battery shows a 1,440mAh cell, which is not enough even compared to the iPhone 4S’ 1,430mAh battery. Of course, Apple might have balanced things out by applying some advanced power management techniques, but we'll be keeping our fingers crossed for a bigger battery up to the smartphone's announcement.

Launch date and pricing

The release date is for sure to be September 12^th, while the launch date is expected to be September 21^st. Nothing is certain as far as pricing is concerned, yet judging by what previous models have been priced at, a base model with 16 gigs of storage will probably cost $199 with a 2-year contract. Doubling its storage will probably cost you an extra $100, and a 64GB model will most likely be priced at a cold $399 on contract.