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Monday 15 April 2013

Samsung Galaxy S4

First of all you should now that the S4 is not really a new phone, it's more like an upgrade to it. It looks nearly exactly the same and has a few software updates.

Samsung have shot right up the market and has a very large library of phones. Samsung has become the worlds leading phone manufacturer and are now at the top battling with Apple.

This phone is now obviously the new flagship phone for Samsung and will have a rush of people buying it but does it do enough to warrant the hyped billing?

                KEY FEATURES

> 5-inch full HD super AMOLED display

> Android Jelly Bean 2.2

> 1.9 GHz quad-core processor

> 13 megapixel camera!

> 1080p video capture

> 2GB 


Those hoping for a brand new design from Samsung may be a little underwhelmed as was I.
With the poly-carbonate casing and familiar design of the S3 changes are not obvious. Let me point some out. The phone has grown in height and the round edges have been slightly squared off and it is lighter.

Samsung has kept on top of things by by including version 2.2 of Android Jelly Bean.
A new feature is called smart pause: when you turn your head from the phone while a video is playing it pauses, when you look back back it resumes but I'm sure in one way or another this can be annoying. Another is called 
S Health which tracks your walking, running and everything else your tracking apps may do. 
This may not be a worthy companion for people serious about these apps and they might just want to stick to their apps.

The S4 offers a decent battery life meaning you should have it in the charger every night.

I hope this helped!



Saturday 13 April 2013

See Through Computer

This is a transparent computer that allows the user to reach inside and touch digital. This computer was unveiled at the TED conference in Los Angeles. 

TED fellow Jinha Lee has been working on the SpaceTop 3D desktop (the name of the computer) in collaboration with Microsoft.

The computer allows you to interact with it it the same way you with other solid objects.

Jinha Lee thinks he can see the system coming into general use within a decade.

The system has a transparent LED display with built in cameras, which would track the your gestures and eye movements. I think that it will record all the movements as well so don't do anything stupid in front of it!          

One of the features that have been described, is that if you're working on a document you would be able to pick the computer up and flip through it like a book. I would love to see this done!

For more precise tasks where hand gestures are not accurate there is a touchpad which for example allows architects to manipulate 3D models.

I think I've said enough but you can always research this!




Friday 12 April 2013

Halo Reach or Halo 4?

If you're thinking about getting Halo 4 I suggest you stop thinking about it and take a look at Halo Reach. I have both Halo Reach and Halo 4 and a few people I know have both of them as well. We all think that Halo Reach is better. These are some things are better about Halo Reach.

1. The campaign is much better and there is a variety of different missions whereas in Halo 4 all the missions feel the same.

2. Halo Reach has a better forge world.

3. Halo Reach has Firefight which Halo 4 does not

If you are just looking to play online I suggest that you get Halo 4 because that is the only thing that it has better than Halo Reach.

Although Halo Reach was made just before Halo 4, Reach is the start of the story and then on goes Halo 1, Halo 2 and so on. I don't want to ruin the story for you with Halo Reach and I highly recommend that you get it. I would rate it 5/5 stars. 





Thursday 11 April 2013

Drawings

This is one of my most recent drawings and I wouldn't mind if you commented so I could have some feedback.

Wednesday 10 April 2013

An Introduction to me and stopmotion

Hey there people. My blog's going to be about anything electronic, from video games to stop motion videos and tutorials and maybe once in a while something that's not electronic like my drawings or singing.

This post is an introduction to stop motion. First you're going to need the right software. If you're going to be using the computer I suggest 'monkey jam' although you would have to use the front facing camera. If you're going to be using an iPad,iPhone or iPod then I suggest 'iMotion HD' which is what I use. One of the easiest things to do is use a camera and take individual pictures and then turn it into a GIF

In my next stop motion tutorial I will be talking about actually making the videos and the details of making them and I might also post my first stop motion video that I made a few years ago.


                  See you later!!!!!!!!