Alien meets Avatar and that makes me very excited to watch this one. Hopefully this will be another good one by Sir Ridley Scott.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Kiva robots in action
Amazon bought Kiva Systems for $775 million. Check out the press release here. Watch this amazing video below to see Kiva robots in action. Kiva Systems specializes in making warehouse robots.
The Skynet vision of James Cameron is coming true, slowly but surely.
The Skynet vision of James Cameron is coming true, slowly but surely.
My new iPad
It took me less than 30 minutes to buy the new iPad. I walked in to the near by Best Buy store on Friday night (16th March, the day Apple made the new iPad available). I entered the store at 8:50 pm and by 9:15 pm I was walking out of the doors of the Best Buy store with the new iPad. I might be the last customer to buy the iPad as the store closes at 9:00 pm. Who cares if you are first or last. Important point is, I was able to buy the new iPad and that to on the very same day it started selling out and that to without standing in lines for hours and hours or waiting for the mailman to come.
I totally loved the new iPad. The one I bought is black and 16gb. I wanted the one with 32gb but 16gb also works for me. As this is my first iPad I am in no position to compare the screen resolution and to me it is just magical. The reading experience on the new iPad is just awesome and I have no complains while watching the videos as well. The moment I unwrapped the new iPad and after going through the initial setup process, I downloaded the “Khan Academy app” as my first new app on the iPad. I guess I just don’t need to explain why Khan Academy as I have already wrote quite a bit on this blog about that.
I guess the new iPad or as a matter of fact any previous versions of the iPad or the iPhone are perfect examples of what Apple products are all about. While holding the new iPad in the palm of my hand there are various thoughts going on in my mind but there is this one particular thought I wanted to share – “Why the hell they took so long to put Sir in front of Jonathan Ive? “
My new iPad....loved it....totally.
My new iPad....loved it....totally.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Apple - The new iPad (Liveblog summary)
Apple TV (not the TV set)
Apple introduces new Apple TV with 1080p support and a new streamlined user interface.
The new iPad
Apple sold 15.4 million iPads in the last quarter.
The new iPad with 2048 x 1536 retina display.
That's 3.1 million pixels which is highest ever in a mobile device. 264 ppi.
Around 40 percent better color saturation than before.
A5X processor with quad-core graphics. Apple says the A5 is "twice as fast" and the A5X offers "four times the performance."
5-megapixel backside illuminated sensor on the back, 5-element lens, IR filter, and ISP built into the A5X chip. Auto-exposure, auto-focus.
1080p video recording.
Voice dictation (No SIRI).
4G LTE (on both AT&T & Verizon); iPad 2 has 3.1Mbps on EV-DO, 7.2 on HSPA.
New iPad now has 21Mbps HSPA+ and DC-HSDPA at 42Mbps, with LTE at 73Mbps.
Verizon, Rogers, Bell, Telus and AT&T will be the LTE parnters. The new iPad will be 3G world-ready.
The iPad can be a personal hotspot if allowed by the carrier.
10 hours of battery life still. 9 hours on 4G.
$499 for 16GB; 32 is $599; and 64GB for $699. If you want 4G it's $629, $729 and $829.
Same prices as current iPad, available on March 16th.
The pre-orders start today in US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Switzerland & Japan.
All launching on the same day. This is Apple's biggest rollout ever.
The new iPad will be available on Mar 23rd for many other countries. Please check the Apple site for more details.
Apple introduces new Apple TV with 1080p support and a new streamlined user interface.
The new iPad
Apple sold 15.4 million iPads in the last quarter.
The new iPad with 2048 x 1536 retina display.
That's 3.1 million pixels which is highest ever in a mobile device. 264 ppi.
Around 40 percent better color saturation than before.
A5X processor with quad-core graphics. Apple says the A5 is "twice as fast" and the A5X offers "four times the performance."
5-megapixel backside illuminated sensor on the back, 5-element lens, IR filter, and ISP built into the A5X chip. Auto-exposure, auto-focus.
1080p video recording.
Voice dictation (No SIRI).
4G LTE (on both AT&T & Verizon); iPad 2 has 3.1Mbps on EV-DO, 7.2 on HSPA.
New iPad now has 21Mbps HSPA+ and DC-HSDPA at 42Mbps, with LTE at 73Mbps.
Verizon, Rogers, Bell, Telus and AT&T will be the LTE parnters. The new iPad will be 3G world-ready.
The iPad can be a personal hotspot if allowed by the carrier.
10 hours of battery life still. 9 hours on 4G.
$499 for 16GB; 32 is $599; and 64GB for $699. If you want 4G it's $629, $729 and $829.
Same prices as current iPad, available on March 16th.
The pre-orders start today in US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Switzerland & Japan.
All launching on the same day. This is Apple's biggest rollout ever.
The new iPad will be available on Mar 23rd for many other countries. Please check the Apple site for more details.
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