Monthly Archives: November 2017

Panasonic Toughbook CF-33 Rugged 2-in-1 Laptop Launched in India: Price, Specifications

Japanese tech firm Panasonic on Friday launched the Toughbook CF-33 – a rugged detachable laptop – at Rs. 2.7 lakhs in India. To recall, the laptop was first unveiled at MWC 2017 earlier this year.

The Panasonic Toughbook CF-33 is touted as the world’s first laptop with an aspect ratio of 3:2 (12-inch QHD display, with a 1440×2160 pixels resolution) and is a fully rugged, two-in-1 detachable laptop.

“Panasonic Toughpads enjoy 65 percent market share in India and with the introduction of new products in ‘Toughbook’ and ‘Toughpad’ series, we aim to increase our market share to over 70 percent,” said Gunjan Sachdev, Business Head, Toughbook and Toughpad Division, in a statement.

The Panasonic Toughbook CF-33 runs 64-bit Windows 10 Pro powered by a 2.6GHz Intel Core i5-7300U vPro processor coupled with 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD.

The Toughbook CF-33 also sports 2-megapixel webcam with stereo microphones and an 8-megapixel rear camera.

Connectivity options include USB 3.0, HDMI, LAN, microSDXC card slot, and headset ports.

Additional tablet configuration options include second USB 2.0 port, serial and barcode reader, smartcard reader, contactless smart card reader and fingerprint reader.

The keyboard dock has 2x USB 3.0, USB 2.0, LAN, Serial, HDMI, SD-XC and VGA ports. The Toughbook CF-33 has an IP65-rating for dust and water resistance. The laptop (with detachable keyboard) weighs 2.76kg while just the tablet part weighs 1.53kg. Further, there is an IP55 digitiser pen that provides user with accuracy while writing, working, or giving signatures.

“We at Panasonic are constantly looking to offer products that not only improve the efficiency, but enhance productivity for a number of years,” said Vijay Wadhwan, Business Head System and Solution Business, Panasonic India.

The screen of the laptop can be flipped around, detached and re-attached which keeps it functioning in all conditions.

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Amazon working on Alexa-powered smart glasses, says report

Amazon’s first wearable device will be a pair of smart glasses with the Alexa voice assistant built in, according to a report in the Financial Times. The device will reportedly look like a regular pair of glasses and use bone-conduction technology so that the user can hear Alexa without the need for earphones or conventional speakers. It won’t, however, likely have a screen or camera, although Google Glass founder Amazon’s first wearable device will be a pair of smart glasses with the Alexa voice assistant built in, according to a report in the Financial Times. The device will reportedly look like a regular pair of glasses has apparently been working on the project following his hiring by Amazon in 2014.

The FT report also says that Amazon is working on a home security camera separate from its ever-expanding lineup of Echo devices; the product that ultimately turned out to be the Echo Look was widely assumed to be a more conventional security camera when it first leaked. Amazon’s Echo Show already lets you view the feed from other security cameras, a feature naturally pegged for the company’s own upcoming model.

“One or both” of these products may arrive this year, according to the FT’s sources, alongside updated Echo products. The regular Echo speaker has gone virtually unchanged since its announcement in 2014, and has been out of stock on Amazon for a while now, prompting speculation over a successor.

Source: https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/20/16337854/amazon-alexa-glasses-security-camera-rumor

How to get rid of that ugly notch on your shiny iPhone X? Well sort off

Apple’s latest and greatest iPhone X is a beautiful phone. Of course, it has to be for that price but in one of the weird design choices, Apple kept a notch resembling horns on top of the phone. While it could be termed as a necessity as all the space below notch is taken by sophisticated hardware responsible for FaceID to work, but it sure looks out of place on the phone.

However, the iPhone X features and AMOLED display which means individual pixels can be turned off and developers were quick in developing ways to hide the display horns between two layers of inactive OLED pixels. You can do that with cleverly-designed wallpapers, and to do that there is an app for that. Meet ‘Notcho”.

With Notcho, you might as well forget about the iPhone X’s notch. It does not only have a selection of carefully-crafted wallpapers for the iPhone X but also allows you to import any of your own pictures or images and make the area surrounding notch darker.

But there’s a catch, as the wallpaper trick can only “hide” the notch on the home screen or lock screen, which means that you’ll still see the notch on your iPhone X when running other apps. While the app is free, it will place a watermark on the wallpapers, which can be removed for a $1.99 USD one-time payment.

Source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/in-other-news/111117/how-to-get-rid-of-that-ugly-notch-on-your-shiny-iphone-x-well-sort-off.html

First Nokia 7 update brings November security patch and other improvements

To recap on the Nokia 7 specs, the device was launched with a 5.2-inch FHD 1080p 2.5D curved glass display with Gorilla Glass 3 protection. At its core, there is a 2.2GHz octa-core Snapdragon 630 SoC teamed up with 4GB/6GB RAM and 64GB storage space that can be expanded up to 128GB using a microSD card. Running on Android 7.1.1 Nougat and upgradeable to Android 8.0 Oreo, the device features a 16MP rear camera with PDAF, Carl Zeiss optics, and f/1.8 aperture and a 5MP selfie camera. There is a 3000mAh battery powering the device with 4G VoLTE and Bluetooth 5.0 among other aspects.
The changelog of the update has been revealed by a screenshot posted by those at NokiaPowerUser. Going by the same, the update to the Nokia 7 measures 172MB and requires 350MB storage space for the installation. The update brings the Google security patch for November and the other improvements as mentioned above.

Source: https://www.gizbot.com/mobile/news/nokia-7-update-november-security-patch-improvements/articlecontent-pf81145-045607.html

Apple iPhone X owners encountering mysterious green line on display

“Day one and a bright green line have appeared down the right side of the iPhone X,” said Apple Support Communities user benvolio1979.

The complaints indicate that restarting or even restoring the device fully doesn’t seem to remove the green line from the display. It is typically running on the vertical side of the display.

According to MacRumors, this issue is not limited to some specific iPhone models or locations. The reports are coming from both 64GB and 256GB configurations in Silver or Space Gray in the United States, Canada, Poland, and Australia.

@reneritchie Hi Rene, looks like I’m not the only one experiencing this vertical green line of pixels on the right side of the iPhone X. Tried to get in to the Genius Bar today but no appt. til Tuesday. Just tried a Restore without improvement… Ideas? pic.twitter.com/sE875qv5BI

— Scott hates (@scott4pendleton) November 4, 2017

Apple is replacing the affected iPhone X units free of cost, according to a customer who contacted the company. In addition, Apple is collecting data from the incident so that engineers can dig into the matter deeper, as it routinely does with any potential hardware or software issues.

Source: http://www.ibtimes.co.in/apple-iphone-x-owners-encountering-mysterious-green-line-display-749026

Israel-Based Firm Sues Apple Over iPhone Dual-Lens Camera

An Israel-based company Corephotonics has sued Apple, alleging that the iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 8 Plus models infringe upon four of its patents related to the dual camera. According to a report in MacRumors late on Tuesday, Corephotonics filed the lawsuit in a federal court in northern California where Apple is headquartered. It accused that the two iPhone models copied its patented telephoto lens design, optical zoom method and a method for intelligently fusing images from the wide-angle and telephoto lenses to improve image quality.

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Newly-launched “super-premium” iPhone X also has a dual-camera system but was not part of the lawsuit as of now, the report added. “Corephotonics claims that Apple was approached regarding a partnership. Apple allegedly praised the technology, but refused a license, and “expressed contempt” about Corephotonics patent filings,” AppleInsider reported. Corephotonics CEO David Mendlovic was informed that it would take “years and millions of dollars in litigation” before Apple might have to pay anything to the startup.

Apple was yet to respond to the suit or issue a public comment. At Mobile World Congress (MWC) in 2016, Corephotonics displayed its dual-camera technologies. Founded in 2012, Corephotonics which is led by Tel Aviv University Professor David Mendlovic calls itself a pioneer in the field of dual-camera technologies for smartphones. In 2015, Apple had acquired another Israeli camera company called LinX Imaging that also specialises in creating multi-aperture camera equipment for mobile devices.

Source: http://www.news18.com/news/tech/israel-based-firm-sues-apple-over-iphone-dual-lens-camera-1570315.html