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5 Confirmed iPad Air 2, iPad Mini 3 Specs & Features on Q3 2014 Release Date

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It will be an earlier release date for the iPad Air 2 and the third iPad Mini version as popular Apple-focused analyst Ming-chi Kuo forecasted the next iOS slate refresh to happen in the third quarter of 2014, at the earliest.

In his latest research note, picked up last week by MacRumors, the KGI Securities analyst outlined the fresh specs and features that will get unpack with the sixth regular iPad build.

Kuo also corrected his earlier prediction about the iPad Mini – that a third generation is on its way this year and will join the iPad Air 2. Apple, he added, will unveil these devices anytime starting in July with the actual release date to take place not later than September 2014.

Coming out of the box with the Air 2 and Mini 3 are the five specs and features below that Kuo believes are virtually confirmed, pointing to his credible supply chain sources in Asia:

A8 CPU

The iPhone 6 will flex its muscles powered by the 64-bit A8 processing chip and the same powerhouse will fire up both the Air 2 and the Mini 3, Kuo reported. The jump from A7 chip architecture is almost automatic, he added, and should deliver the following benefits – better overall performance, enhanced graphic rendering and more efficient device energy use.

iOS 8

Apple devices, at least most of them, now stand on iOS 7.1 and its unimaginable that the same mobile platform will animate the 2014 batch. So Apple fans are counting on the arrival of iOS 8 with the latest iPads and according to experts, the same software will be previewed at the 2014 WWDC in June.

Working with A8 chip, iOS 8 will be responsible for high-octane mobile computing, better stability and device security in the upcoming iPads.

8MP sensor plus killer cam features

Both the iPad Air 2 and the iPad Mini 3 will be the scaled up iPhone versions in terms of camera shooting capabilities, Kuo predicted. He expects the tablet duo to wield a killer 8MP rear cam plus the usual servings that iPhone fans have been pampered with.

The main object is to allow iPad users to produce high-quality clips and images comparable to that of the iPhone camera capabilities.

Touch ID

Touch ID fingerprint scanner makes for a tougher security protocol in the iPhone 5S and the same feature, Kuo asserts, will debut this 2014 in the two iPads. If that will be the case, Apple will again lead the way as the iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 will become the first tablets to feature biometric security.

Same look, design language and price

Outward, there is not much to expect from the already gorgeous looking iPads, Kuo said, adding that most of the tablet upgrades are confined within. If anything, it will be the Mini 3 that could get a bit of a revision as the analyst noted that the bulkier Mini 2 proved unattractive for many iPad fans.

So the same beautiful and solid design seen in 2013 will be pretty carried over in the 2014 builds, said the KGI expert.

And the same goes for the pricing – $400 for the basic iPad Mini 3 and $500 for the iPad Air 2. As the price mark stays the same, Kuo is upbeat of upcoming treats for tablet shoppers – cheaper 2013 iPads with the Mini 2 likely to go for only $300 soon as the Mini 3 becomes available.

It will be a simultaneous release date for the iPad Air 2 and the iPad Mini 3, which Kuo said should be expected anytime in July through September 2014.

From: http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/548147/20140415/ipad-air-2-mini-3-release-date.htm#.U041SBLYJyM

Google Nexus 8 Release Date Rumors: The Chronological Story

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The next Google I/O event is closing in fast, and as is the case each and every year, the search engine giant is expected to unveil some new hardware during the event. So what can we expect to see during the next conference? Well, judging by what the latest rumors are claiming, we’re most likely going to witness the unveiling of the Nexus 8 tablet.

But, nothing is set in stone yet, so let’s backtrack a bit and discuss the Nexus 8 release date rumors that have been circulated during these past several weeks. More on that one after the break.

Google Nexus 8 Release Date Rumors – The Story So Far

Given the fact that Google usually follows a certain pattern when it comes to launching new devices, it’s pretty much a no-brainer to assume that, if the Nexus 8 is real and is meant as a replacement for the Nexus 7, then the slate should be unveiled in mid-2014. This theory has been initially reconfirmed by the online publication Digitimes.

Not long after that, the same publication has suggested that Google intends on releasing the Nexus 8 at the end of April, but this seemed a bit too far-fetched to be real. Then, Digitimes has yet again cited its “inside sources”, and claimedclaiming that the Nexus 8 will enter mass production in June (so the April launch is out of the question) – the same month during which the Google I/O conference will take place.

What has followed then, was “confirmation” from numerous tech blogs, that the Nexus 8 is indeed planned for a July or August release, following the June production time-frame. The slate was also further rumored to bemanufactured by HTC, and not by LG or Asus.

The bottom line is, while we can’t be sure of how the story with the Nexus 8 will eventually end, we can be somewhat certain that the slate will go on sale shortly after the Google I/O event (if the N8 is real to begin with) simply because that’s what common sense dictates at this point in time. Hopefully, with the press conference closing in, all will become clearer. Stick around and we’ll keep you posted.

Galaxy S5 Top 10 useful Tips & Tricks

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The Samsung Galaxy S5 is now available on lot of countries and I am one of happy owners! As every phone it exist some hidden stuff and I have select it for you. So I am more or less sure than you didn’t know most of them! Lets go for my top 10 tips & tricks for Galaxy S5.

1- Remove Plastic on Camera
You have an amazing new phone, the Samsung Galaxy S5 and you show it to everyone but you have missed to remove the plastic protection on the camera! Don’t say that to everyone :p
2 – Quick Connect your Phone
You want to share something with a friend. No need to select settings activate bluetooth and search someone! On the status notification bar you know have to fast acess to connect your phone to another one!
3 – Double Window
You are using lot of apps and everytime you need to go to one app and turn back to an other one. For example you search something on internet and are writing a mail about that! You can use the Double Window in order to do that.
Activate it: Go to settings and search Multi Window

Use it: long press on turn button you activate or not it!
4 – Air View
Air View is an app which permit to get information about stuff without touching the screen. You are on the Gallery and you can enlarge the picture without open it thanks to Air View. Activate it from settings!
5 – Quick Settings
On the status notification bar you can go to settings and then go to quick settings. But did you know that with 2 fingers you can immediatly go to those quick settings? Just slide down the notification status bar but with 2 fingers instead of 1.
6 – Take your Pulse
The Samsung Galaxy S5 help you to take car about your health. In order to that the S5 use a sensor for your heart. You have to go on the app called:S-health and there use the pulse. Put your finger on the back of the phone just under the camera and wait some seconds.
7 – Download Booster
The Samsung Galaxy S5 use a new technology to download large files faster. In fat this technology use at the same time the LTE and the WiFi. To use it, go to settings and enable the Download Booster.
8 – Save your Day
Everyday our phone is killing the battery. Samsung use now a new application that save the battery for a longer time. You are at work and you have only 10% of battery and no cable to load your phone. No way! Use the Super battery saver mode! Go to settings and on Power saving option and use the Ultra Power saving mode.
9 – Hidden Menu Button
Did you know that the Samsung Galaxy S5 get a hidden menu button? In fact everywhere you are and where there is a menu you can made a long press on the recent app button and it open the menu!
10 – Close your app
To save your memory and the battery don’t forget to close your open apps. To do that just use the left button and close apps. Slide one to close it or you can also close all apps at the same time.
11 – Take a screenshot
Android KitKat use the same way to take a screenshot on the Samsung Galaxy S5. Just press the power button and the home button at the same time.

If you have any other tips & tricks or any question, let a comment!

Thank you

From: http://www.flow-wolf.net/2014/04/top-10-tips-tricks-samsung-galaxy-s5.html

Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac Giveaway [Save 42$]

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Hi, Friend! I’m so excited to tell you the amazing news that we are going to have a giveway of Pavtube ByteCopy for Windows or Mac at 0:00 on March 23th, 2014, U.S.A. California Los Angeles time. This is only a 24 hours giveway which is providing the great and strong BD/DVD multi-track tool totally the same as Pavtube official (42usd) retail version; no time limit, no watermarks.


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  • Backup BD/DVD to MKV without quality loss (keep 1080p quality at 16:9 aspect ratio).
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  • Allow full preservation of all audio tracks, subtitles and chapter markers.
  • Remove unwanted subs streams and audio tracks
  • Preserve soundtracks and subs in multiple languages, e.g. English, Spanish, French, Deutsch…

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Blu-ray Ripper is capable of 1:1 copying BD/DVD Disc content to local computer or external hard drive in original file structure with all subtitle tracks and audio streams preserved. Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper also supports backing up only movie content without extras to save time and storage space. At the same time, it rips/converts 3D Blu-ray discs, 2D Blu-ray discs, and standard DVDs to your desired HD and SD media formats.

Pavtube DVD Ripper provides movie lovers, children and people in any group with the easiest and fastest way to backup and rip DVD movies. It rips and converts DVD movies to MP4/AVI/MKV/WMV and many other video and audio formats with high quality. It lets you enjoy DVD movies on any portable device like iPhone 5, Galaxy S4, Lumia 920, PS4, Xperia Z, Surface, etc.

Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate provides 1:1 backup Blu-ray/DVD movies from disc to PC hard drive for disc burning and ISO image creating. It converts Blu-ray, DVD and video to MP4/AVI/MKV/WMV any popular video and audio formats. Besides, it allows for video editing tools including trimming, cropping, splitting, attaching srt/ass/ssa subtitles and special effects to add more fun when watching movies and videos.

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Kurio Kids Tablet Review

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Kurio Kids Tablet Review | Kurio Kids Tablet Pros| Kurio Kids Tablet Cons

  • Kurio Kids Tablet Quick Specs:

    Screen Size:7” inches
    OS: Android v4.0
    Touch Screen: Capacitive
    Display: LCD
    Resolution: 800 x 480 pixels
    Bluetooth: 4.0
    Ram: 1 GB
    Processor: 1.2  Ghz
    Connectivity: wi-fi
    Camera: 2 MP
    Memory: 4 GB

  • Kurio Kids Tablet Pros

    Kurio Kids Tablet is a seven inches screen sized tablet. Specialty of this tablet is that it has been designed especially for kids. It is one of the very few tablets released for kids. It runs on Android v4.0 or Ice Cream Sandwich version of operating system and hence it will have support for almost all kinds of apps and games available on the Google Play Store. Hence children can download and enjoy variety of games and apps from Google Play Store orAndroid market.Kurio Kids Tablet has been provided with affordable price tag. It is priced at $149.99. Ths tablet comes with support for Wi-Fi internet connectivity. It sports dual cameras, one on the rear side and the other one on front side. Web filtering and parental controls are its special features. It has got drop safe bumper.

  • Kurio Kids Tablet Cons

    Few cons can also be noticed on Kurio Kids Tablet. This tablet is not suitable for every one. General users can’t find this tablet as a great device. It can only be purchased for gifting to children. This tablet is not having professional look and hence it will not attract businessmen and employees. This tablet can be purchased only as secondary gadget to gift to a kid. Also, this tablet targets only a section of consumers and hence its market reach is doubtful.Kurio Kids Tablet has been provided with internal memory of just 4 GB. The in built memory of this tablet is less than other tablets. Although front and rear cameras are provided on this tablet, their resolution has not been mentioned. It is expected that VGA quality camera has been provided on this tablet.Kurio Kids Tablet SIM Card Slot: N/APrice of Kurio Kids Tablet: $149.99

    Overall Rating of Kurio Kids Tablet: 3.5/5

Tips: To get all you movies, videos and audios to fit Kurio Kids Tablet, you need to convert these media files to Kurio suppported format at first.

New! Pavtube DVD Ripper (Windows 4.5.0/Mac 3.7.0) is out!

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Pavtube Studio has updated DVD Ripper to 4.5.0 and DVD Ripper for Mac to 3.7.0.

Windows version

Version: 4.5.0
Supported OS: Windows XP/2003/Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 8.1

What’s new:

Support latest DVD
Windows install package with digital signature
Fixed some known bugs
Download here: http://download.pavtube.com/dvd_ripper/dvdripper_setup.exe

Mac version

Version: 3.7.0
Supported OS: Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.7 Lion, Snow Leopard 10.6, Leopard 10.5

What’s new:

Support latest DVD
Update Mac pkg and dmg install packages simultaneously
Fixed some known bugs
Download here: http://download.pavtube.com/dvd-ripper-mac/dvdrippermac_setup.dmg

From: http://smartphonetablettips.altervista.org/pavtube-dvd-ripper-upgraded/

Diamond HD Media Wonder Mini Media Player Tips and Tricks

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Enjoy your favorite movies, photos and more on your TV with the Diamond HD Media Wonder Mini Media Player.

Product Description

The Diamond HD Media Wonder Mini Media Player connects easily to a TV thanks to its outputs, which include stereo left and right and S/PDIF connections. This Diamond HD Media Player is also USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 compatible. The Diamond HD Media Wonder Mini Media Player supports photo formats of JPEG, M-JPEG, BMP, TIFF and PNG, as well as audio formats of MP3 and WMA. Connect with a U disk or a mobile hard disk easily with this Diamond HD Media Wonder Mini Media Player. The compact size allows you to quickly switch your media between TVs, and this Diamond HD Mini Media player even allows you to switch between USB and card media.


Diamond HD Media Wonder Mini Media Player:

  • Enjoy movies, pictures and more on your TV
  • USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 compatible
  • SD/MMC interface
  • Stereo left and right, S/PDIF connections
  • Composite and component video connections
  • Photo formats: JPEG, M-JPEG, BMP, TIFF, PNG
  • Audio formats: MP3, WMA
  • Video formats: RM, RMVB, AVI, MPEG1 (VCD), MPEG2 (DVD), MP4
  • Hot-swappable
  • Connect with U disk or mobile hard disk
  • Supports USB and card media at the same time and can switch to each

Tips:

It’s a good way to share movies with family members without the risk of scratching discs; everyone in your family can create and access the shared movies on HDTV and HD Media Players. And here Pavtube ByteCopy is an ideal easy-to-use tool to help you make it. With it, you can backup files from Blu-ray discs and standard DVDs to MKV container format with multiple audio tracks and subtitles included.

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Sony Xperia Z2 make an official appearance at CES 2014

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Japanese mobile phone maker Sony Mobile might be getting ready for the unveiling of a new smartphone in the Xperia Z lineup as soon as the next month, the latest reports on the matter suggest.


Rumor has it that it could be set to unveil the handset at the Consumer Electronics Show 2014 in Las Vegas in early January, though it might not put it on shelves until March.

The smartphone, called Xperia Z2, should make an official appearance at CES 2014, Technos Amigos notes in a recent report, and it should also be showcased at MWC 2014 in Barcelona the next month.

Furthermore, the news site claims that Sony also plans the launch of multiple smartphones at CES, and that two of them will be codenamed Sirius and Canopus (Xperia Z2 was rumored a few months ago to be codenamed Avatar).

Nothing has been confirmed on the matter as of now but, considering the fact that Sony did launch Xperia Z at CES this year, it would not come as a surprise if it did a similar move with the upcoming handset.

Xperia Z2 is expected to go official with a 5.2-inch touchscreen display (possibly an IGZO-matrix one), as well as with a quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor inside. Furthermore, it should run under Android 4.4 KitKat right from the start.

Other specs of the smartphone include 3GB of RAM, 32GB of internal memory, a 20-megapixel camera on the back, 3MP front camera, and a powerful battery inside.

We’ll take the info with a grain of salt for the time being, but we’ll keep an eye out for additional details on the matter, so stay tuned.

In the meantime, you might also want to learn the fact that the aforementioned Sony handset codenamed Sirius is expected to hit the market with a 5-inch screen and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 CPU inside sometime in the second quarter of the next year.

From: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sony-to-Showcase-Xperia-Z2-at-CES-2014-Report-412147.shtml

The first Nexus 5 cases have already popped up

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The latest hubbub is that our first official glimpse of Android KitKat and a Nexus 5 smartphone could be just days away now. This gossip is further bolstered by the fact that the first third-party cases for the Nexus 5 have been spotted on Google+.

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South Korea’s Spigen, which makes a variety of mobile accessories including a pretty spiffy case for the iPhone 5S designed to complement the new gold model, started sharing images of its “neo hybrid” case for the Nexus 5.

There’s no release date or any other real details on the case or phone, just a shot of the back of a case on what pretty clearly seems to be the Nexus 5 that we’ve been seeing in leaks recently.

Those leaks have painted a pretty clear picture of what to expect from the Nexus 5 — basically a spiffy take on the LG G2 with near top-flight specs, pure Android 4.4 KitKat, and an unlocked price tag that could be as low as $299. We should know more next week. Stay tuned, and please, wipe that drool off your chin.

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Apple and allies begin sales of iPhone 5C

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Apple and its business partners began taking orders on Friday for its iPhone 5C, the lower-end of two smartphone models introduced earlier this week, but not without some hiccups.

Pre-orders were set to begin at 12:01 a.m. Friday, but Apple’s online stores weren’t usable until 12:12 a.m. Customers might have had better luck with T-Mobile in Germany and O2 in the United Kingdom, which began presales just after midnight PT.

In the United States, AT&T’s store was taking orders, too, though Sprint and Verizon Wireless still showed only information pages at 12:20 a.m.

The iPhone 5C, whose internals are very similar to the now-discontinued iPhone 5 that arrived last year, costs $99 for the 16GB version and $199 for 32GB with a two-year contract. Customers can place orders online now, but they won’t be delivered until September 20, when the phones also will go on sale in stores.

Apple isn’t offering a preorder option for the iPhone 5S, its new high-end model that starts at $299 and adds new hardware features like a faster A7 processor, fingerprint security system, improved camera, and a speedier processor with an integrated low-power motion tracking chip.

Last year, Apple ran out of its initial online stock of the iPhone 5 in less than an hour, with new buyers facing a two-week ship time. That quickly ramped up to three to four weeks, with many new buyers turning to Apple’s retail stores or carrier partners to get a phone sooner. It then took the company another two months before it was able to shorten the waiting times in early November, just ahead of what turned out to be a busy holiday quarter.

This launch could be Apple’s biggest yet. First, it’s putting two new iPhone models on sale for the first time. Second, both are being released in 11 countries simultaneously on September 20, with a wider release in other regions to follow.

To put any expectations in perspective, last year’s iPhone 5 tallied up two million preorders in the first 24 hours. Apple went on to sell more than 5 million iPhone 5s in its first three days on sale. The year before, more than a million people preordered an iPhone 4S in the first 24 hours, which went on to become around 4 million on its opening sales weekend.

The iPhone 5’s record was not without hiccups. Online stores experienced performance and availability issues almost immediately after opening up for sales. Both Apple and AT&T’s online stores temporarily went down for maintenance, while Sprint experienced slowdowns the first half hour the phone was on sale. Similar issues plagued some International carrier partners, including T-Mobile in Germany, as well as Orange in the U.K.

Along with the new iPhones, Apple is introducing a handful of new accessories, including color cases.

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Apple started selling its lower-end new smartphone, the iPhone 5C, with an expected delivery date of September 20. That’s the day the phone will be available in stores.

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