iPhone History (By:- Mirza Ali Jawad)

IPHONE HISTORY

 By:- Mirza Ali Jawad  

The operating system was unveiled with the iPhone at the Macworld Conference & Expo, January 9, 2007, and released in June of that year. At first, Apple marketing literature did not specify a separate name for the operating system, stating simply that the "iPhone runs OS X". Initially, third-party applications were not supported. Steve Jobs' reasoning was that developers could build web applications that "would behave like native apps on the iPhone".On October 17, 2007, Apple announced that a native Software Development Kit (SDK) was under development and that they planned to put it "in developers' hands in February".On March 6, 2008, Apple released the first beta, along with a new name for the operating system: "iPhone OS".

Apple had released the iPod touch, which had most of the non-phone capabilities of the iPhone. Apple also sold more than one million iPhones during the 2007 holiday season.On January 27, 2010, Apple announced the iPad, featuring a larger screen than the iPhone and iPod touch, and designed for web browsing, media consumption, and reading iBooks.

In June 2010, Apple rebranded iPhone OS as "iOS". The trademark "IOS" had been used by Cisco for over a decade for its operating system, IOS, used on its routers. To avoid any potential lawsuit, Apple licensed the "IOS" trademark from Cisco.

By late 2011, iOS accounted for 60% of the market share for smartphones and tablet computers. By the end of 2012, iOS accounted for 21% of the smartphone OS market[5] and 43.6% of the tablet OS market.

Primary

Series              iPhone             iPod Touch                  iPad                 iPad Mini

Model   1st        3G        3GS      4          4S        5          1st        2nd      3rd       4th       5th       1st        2          3rd       4th            1st

Phone  Telephone        1.0        2.0        3.0        4.0        5.0        6.0        N/A       N/A       N/A

Mail      E-mail client     1.1.3     2.1.1     3.1.1     4.1        6.0        3.2        4.3        5.1        6.0        6.0

Safari   Web browser    1.1

Music   Portable media player  1.0

(iPod)   2.0

(iPod)   3.0

(iPod)   4.0

(iPod)   3.2

(iPod)   4.3

(iPod)

Videos Video player     3.2        4.3

SpringBoard    Home screen    1.0        2.0        3.0        4.0

Spotlight search           3.0        3.0

Folders            N/A       4.0        N/A       4.0        4.2.1

Home screen backgrounds       N/A       4.0        N/A       4.0        3.2

Secondary

Series              iPhone             iPod Touch                  iPad                 iPad Mini

Model   1st        3G        3GS      4          4S        5          1st        2nd      3rd       4th       5th       1st        2          3rd       4th            1st

Messages         Text messaging            1.0        2.0        3.0        4.0        5.0        6.0        N/A       N/A       N/A

MMS    N/A       3.0

iMessage instant messaging    N/A       5.0        N/A       5.0        6.0        5.0        5.1        6.0        6.0

Calendar          Calendar          1.0        2.0        3.0        4.0        1.1        2.1.1     3.1.1     4.1        3.2        4.3

YouTube          YouTube video streamer (no longer integrated as of iOS 6)     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A

Photos Photo viewer    6.0        6.0        6.0        6.0

Video viewer    2.0        2.0

Crop, red eye fix, auto enhance and photo rotate         N/A       5.0        N/A       5.0        5.0

Camera            Camera            1.0        2.0        3.0        4.0        N/A       4.1        N/A       4.3

Camcorder       N/A

Auto-focus       4.0        N/A       N/A

HDR     N/A       4.1

Crop, red eye fix, auto enhance and photo rotate         5.0        5.0        5.0

Panorama        N/A       6.0        N/A       N/A       N/A

Take still photos while recording video            N/A       N/A

FaceTime         Video calling over Wi-Fi           N/A       4.0        5.0        N/A       4.1        4.3        5.1        6.0        6.0

Video calling over 3G/LTE       6.0        6.0        N/A       N/A       6.0

(Wi-Fi + Cellular)          6.0.1

(Wi-Fi + Cellular)          6.0.1

(Wi-Fi + Cellular)

Photo Booth     A camera application with added special effects          N/A       4.3        5.1        6.0        6.0

Stocks  Stocks provided by Yahoo! Finance     1.0        2.0        3.0        4.0        5.0        6.0        1.1.3     2.1.1     3.1.1     4.1            6.0        N/A       N/A

Stocks Widget for Notification Center   N/A       5.0        N/A       5.0

Weather            Weather provided by Yahoo! Weather   1.0        2.0        3.0        4.0        1.1.3     2.1.1     3.1.1     4.1

Weather Widget for Notification Center N/A       5.0        N/A       5.0

Notes   A simple note-taking program  1.0        2.0        3.0        4.0        1.1.3     2.1.1     3.1.1     4.1        3.2        4.3        5.1            6.0        6.0

Maps    Google Maps (until 5.1.1)         N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A

Google Street View (until 5.1.1)

Assisted GPS   N/A       6.0        N/A       3.2

(Wi-Fi + 3G)      4.3

(Wi-Fi + 3G)      5.1

(Wi-Fi + Cellular)          6.0.1

(Wi-Fi + Cellular)          6.0.1

(Wi-Fi + Cellular)

Apple-sourced maps (6.0 onwards)      N/A       6.0        N/A       6.0        6.0        N/A       6.0        6.0

Turn-by-turn navigation using Apple-sourced maps     N/A       6.0        N/A

Newsstand       A newspaper and magazine store         N/A       5.0        5.0        N/A       5.0        5.0        5.1        6.0        6.0

Reminders       A to-do list application

Voice Memos   Voice recorder 3.0        3.0        4.0        3.0        3.1.1     4.1        N/A       N/A

Calculator        Calculator        1.0        2.0        1.1        2.1.1

Scientific calculator (triggered by rotating to landscape)          2.0        2.0

Clock   World clock, stopwatch, alarm clock and timer            1.0        1.1        N/A       6.0        6.0

Settings           Settings           3.2        4.3        5.1        6.0        6.0

Contacts           Address/phone book    1.0

(Phone)

2.0

iTunes  Access to the iTunes Music Store and iTunes Podcast Directory          1.1

App Store         To buy iOS apps          2.0        2.0

Compass          Compass          N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A

Nike + iPod      Records the distance and pace of a walk or run; can connect to Nike + iPod sensor (turned off by default – can be enabled in Settings)   N/A       2.1.1     3.1.1     4.1        6.0

Game Center    Play multiplayer games with other users, track in-game achievements, view leaderboards.     4.1        4.1            4.2.1     4.3        5.1        6.0        6.0

Voice Control   Simple voice control (disabling Siri may be necessary)           3.0        4.0        N/A       3.1.1     4.1        N/A            N/A

Siri       A personal voice assistant       N/A       N/A       N/A       6.0        6.0        6.0

Voice dictation 5.1

Passbook         A virtual wallet application for passes, tickets, coupons and loyalty cards       N/A       6.0        N/A       6.0            N/A       N/A

Apple ios (By:- Mirza Ali Jawad)

  "APPLE IOS'' 

 By:- Mirza Ali Jawad

iOS (previously iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system developed and distributed by Apple  Inc. Originally       released in 2007 for the iPhone and iPod Touch, it has been extended to support other Apple devices such as the iPad and Apple TV. Unlike Microsoft's Windows Phone (Windows CE) and Google's Android, Apple does not license iOS for installation on non-Apple hardware. As of September 12, 2012, Apple's App Store contained more than 700,000 iOS applications, which have collectively been downloaded more than 30 billion times.It had a 21% share of the smartphone mobile operating system units shipped in the fourth quarter of 2012, behind only Google's Android. In June 2012, it accounted for 65% of mobile web data consumption (including use on both the iPod Touch and the iPad). At the half of 2012, there were 410 million devices activated. According to the special media event held by Apple on September 12, 2012, 400 million devices have been sold through June 2012.

The user interface of iOS is based on the concept of direct manipulation, using multi-touch gestures. Interface control elements consist of sliders, switches, and buttons. Interaction with the OS includes gestures such as swipe, tap, pinch, and reverse pinch, all of which have specific definitions within the context of the iOS operating system and its multi-touch interface. Internal accelerometers are used by some applications to respond to shaking the device (one common result is the undo command) or rotating it in three dimensions (one common result is switching from portrait to landscape mode).

iOS is derived from OS X, with which it shares the Darwin foundation. iOS is Apple's mobile version of the OS X operating system used on Apple computers.

In iOS, there are four abstraction layers: the Core OS layer, the Core Services layer, the Media layer, and the Cocoa Touch layer. The current version of the operating system (iOS 6.1.2) dedicates 1-1.5 GB of the device's flash memory for the system partition, using roughly 800 MB of that partition (varying by model) for iOS itself.

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15 best Android tablets in the worldIt's a smart move: among Android tablets, Asus makes some of the best around, but matching the rock-bottom £129 price of Amazon's Kindle Fire while exceeding its meagre specs would be a challenge for any manufacturer.And make no mistake: the Nexus 7 by Asus is more of an effort to stomp out Amazon's unwelcome (and forked) version of Android, although now it's having to fight the battle against the iPad mini as well.That thrown-down gauntlet has been picked up by the Amazonians already though, thanks to the emergence of the Kindle Fire HD, which offered more storage and similar specs for the same price.In turn Google has now dropped the price of the 16GB Nexus 7 to £159, ditched the 8GB model altogether and released a new model with a Kindle Fire HD-matching 32GB of storage, for £199, along with a 3G-laden 32GB model for £239.The good news is that very little has been sacrificed along the way, unlike with Amazon's initial offering.According to Android boss Andy Rubin, Google's profit margin bears the brunt of any sacrifices made, selling the hardware at cost to get customers to pay for content from the Play Store.And that's ensured the tablet is selling in droves - millions of the things have shifted, and even months after it launched, sales are still going strong. You can even get an official dock from Asus, which debuted at CES 2013, although it's got a rather limited microUSB port and audio line out as it's main points of sale.But enough about why and how Google and Asus have released the Nexus 7: is it even worth £159-239 (depending on the model) of your hard-earned cash?

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That's pretty much the same as before - so, sorry people, you won't be getting a proper Start menu. "The new tip appears anytime you move the mouse to the bottom left corner of the screen, and is always visible on the taskbar when on the desktop," says Leblond.
Windows 8.1 will bring greater personalisation
Leblond is Head of Windows Program Management and references the marked change of tune that TechRadar detected earlier this year: "Not only will Windows 8.1 respond to customer feedback, but it will add new features and functionality that advance the touch experience and mobile computing's potential." The feedback he's talking about is surely the mellowing of the Start screen dream and the reintroduction of a Start button of some sort.
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"We're only a bit more than seven months into [a] new, bold approach to computing," continues Leblond. "The response to Windows 8 has been substantial - from new devices to strong app growth to key enhancements to the OS and apps. We've learned from customers in how they are using the product and have received a lot of feedback. We've delivered hundreds of updates to the product and to apps. We're just getting started, and the potential ahead is tremendous.
"We've been watching, we've been listening"

We've picked out the top 10 enhancements in Windows 8.1 along with some quotes from Leblond about each one.
1. Lock screen slideshow

"As people started using Windows 8, we found that people were using their Lock screens to show pictures of their families," Leblond says. So in Windows 8.1, you can turn your PC or tablet into a picture frame by making your Lock screen a slide show of your pictures - either locally on the device or photos from Microsoft SkyDrive. "We also added the ability to take pictures with the built-in camera right from the Lock screen without having to log in."
2. More backgrounds

Windows 8.1 offers more colours and backgrounds for the Start screen - including some with motion. You can also choose your desktop background as your Start screen background.
3. Different tile sizes

As in Windows Phone 8, the Windows 8.1 Start screen features a variety of tile sizes including a new large and new small tile. It's also even easier to name groups and rearrange tiles, says Leblond: "We found people were accidentally moving tiles on their Start screen so in Windows 8.1, you press and hold (or right click) to move things around." You can now select multiple apps all at once, resize them, uninstall them, or rearrange them: "View all apps just by swiping from the bottom to view all apps, and we've added the ability to filter your apps by name, date installed, most used, or by category. You want the Start screen to be about all the things you love. So when you install a new app from the Windows Store, we no longer put that app on your Start screen. Instead, you'll find these apps under apps view as mentioned above and marked as 'new' where you can choose to pin the apps you want to your Start screen."
Tiles can be even smaller
4. Aggregated search

Instead of having to select an app and then search when you go to the Search charm, Bing now powers an aggregated search system from the web, your files, SkyDrive and elsewhere. Leblond says: "We think this will really change the way you interact with the Web and with Windows making it quicker and easier to get things done. It is the modern version of the command line! Results from local files, apps, and settings are easily accessed in the same convenient view by scrolling to the left."
5. Enhanced apps

New app enhancements are also promised to all the built-in apps. According to Leblond: "The Photos app now has some new editing features that let you quickly edit or adjust photos when you view them in the Photos app or open them from other places like the Mail, SkyDrive, and Camera apps. And our Music app has been completely redesigned to help pick and play music from your collection. We plan to talk more about updates to the built in apps in Windows 8.1 and some brand new apps we will be introducing in [the] future. We're also making improvements for using multiple apps at once in Windows 8.1."

6. More snap views

If, like us, you use Windows 8 a lot, you'll have been frustrated by the lack of 50:50 split snap views. This is the game-changer for Windows 8 apps. "You will have more ways to see multiple apps on the screen at the same time," says Leblond. "You can resize apps to any size you want, share the screen between two apps, or have up to three apps on each screen if you have a multiple displays connected, you can have different Windows Store apps running on all the displays at the same time and the Start Screen can stay open on one monitor (yes!). This makes multi-tasking even easier. Also in Windows 8.1, you can have multiple windows of the same app snapped together - such as two Internet Explorer windows." We're really looking forward to that.
Yes! A 50:50 split!
7. An enhanced Windows Store

App updates will now install automatically in the background as they come through the Store. And search is available in the upper right hand corner for finding the apps you want. Leblond elaborates: "The improved Windows Store is designed to show more info than before in Windows 8 with detailed lists of top free apps, new releases, and picks for you on the homepage. The app listing is more descriptive and informative and includes an area for related apps to help with app discovery."
8. Save direct to SkyDrive, plus offline files

In Windows 8.1 your files can be saved directly to SkyDrive. The SkyDrive app will also get a new update so that files are available even when offline - as in the desktop version.
SkyDrive will get offline support
9. You no longer need the desktop Control Panel

The updated PC Settings in Windows 8.1 gives you access to all your settings on your device without having to go to the Control Panel on the desktop. "You can do things like change your display resolution, set power options, see the make and model of my PC, change the product key, let me do Windows Update, and even join a domain – all from PC Settings," says Leblond. You can also manage SkyDrive from PC Settings as well.
10. A new Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer 11 will ship with Windows 8.1. "IE11 will offer even better touch performance, faster page load times and several other new features we think you will enjoy," says Leblond. "For example, you can now adjust the appearance of modern IE11 to always show the address bar and you can have as many open tabs as you like. And you can access your open tabs in sync across your other Windows 8.1 devices."
11. Better with a mouse and keyboard

For devices without touch, Windows 8.1 features a number of improvements for easier navigation using a mouse and keyboard. "PCs today are evolving for a world of mobile computing where people interact with their devices through touch, and we designed Windows 8 for this," explains Leblond. "But we also recognize there are many non-touch devices in use today - especially in the commercial setting."
12. A change to the Start 'tip'

You've already heard about this one, right? Leblond adds that there are also options to change what the corners do, and options to boot into alternate screens: "For example, if you prefer to see the Apps view versus all the tiles, you can choose to have the Start screen go directly to Apps view."
Microsoft says it will be releasing more Windows 8.1 details "in the coming weeks. As you've heard us talk about before, Windows 8.1 will be available later this year as a free update."
Microsoft also says that it will also be sharing more about Windows Embedded at Build. Embedded will be
"updated in the same timeframe as Windows 8.1. We're aligning the platforms even more to bring Windows to form factors of all types, including not only tablets and PCs, but also the growing category of devices such as ATMs, point of service (POS) terminals, and kiosks."
Here are our earlier Windows 8.1 rumors

Windows 8.1 release date

The final Windows Blue release date is late 2013, while there will also be some new Windows Blue hardware.
In a post on the official Windows blog early in May, Tamy Reller, Microsoft's chief marketing office and chief financial officer, confirmed what we already knew - the update will be available "later this year", and certainly by Christmas.
Reller went on to say that the update will provide "more options for businesses, and give consumers more options for work and play". Microsoft now has more than 70,000 Metro/Windows 8-style apps in the Windows Store.
Reller later confirmed the Windows 8.1 name during a conference call with J.P. Morgan, where plans for the operating system were discussed.

Quite how the upcoming preview release will work in practice remains to be seen, but you might not be able to install it straight into an existing Windows 8 install.
If you happen to be one of the small number of users who have a Windows RT device like Surface RT, we're sure you'll be thrilled to know that the Windows 8.1 update will also be coming to your device.
Microsoft: emphasis on Start Screen shackled Windows 8
There aren't likely to be too many massive surprises from Blue, which our writer Kate Solomon says "we feel a bit guilty for passing off as a minor Windows update" now that we've seen plenty of Windows Blue screenshots.
Too late!
Windows Blue is actually Windows 8.1

Windows Blue, we now know for sure that Windows Blue will not be the software's official name. Shame. Instead Windows Blue is just the internal name for the software.
Windows Blue will officially be deemed Windows 8.1, first revealed in early April. Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet's All About Microsoft blog said the original Windows 8.1 tip came from a reliable source and screenshots of the About Windows screen also appeared on Twitter - see below.
In stores, the update will still be called simply Windows 8 - that means Microsoft isn't about to start naming its incremental OS refreshes like Apple does (like OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion). But it does indicate a new attitude to the type of software updates that it has previously called Service Packs.
One thing we definitely would say, it's unlikely that Windows Blue will mean the merging of Windows 8 and with Windows Phone 8 into a single product.
This leaked image is the first reference to Windows 8.1 [Image credit: winforum.eu]
Windows 8.1 Start menu

There has been a lot of speculation over whether Windows 8.1 will actually introduce a Start Button and on May 30 we saw a preview of what the brand new button will look like, thanks to Paul Thurrott at Windows SuperSite.
However, we'd like to point out a big caveat with this screenshot - the new button shown by Thurrott looks awfully like Stardock's Start button replacement tool Start8. Will we actually get a Start button in Windows 8.1?

Credit: Windows SuperSite
New Windows 8 apps

As well as the operating system itself, Microsoft is apparently building some new Windows 8 apps, looking at new ways to run apps side-by-side on smaller-screened devices without needing hefty black-box-level resolution. That's in addition to the March updates for standard Windows 8 apps.
Blue is also bringing in new Snap Views so you can share your screen 50:50 between different apps rather than the current 70:30, including across multiple monitors.
You'll be able to split Windows 8 apps 50:50 on screen
As expected, Microsoft is upping the Sky Drive integration, with some new treats like auto-camera uploads and more back-up options, as well as tab sync which will see your tabs mirrored across devices.
The grabs also reveal the inclusion of IE11 but not much detail on the next iteration of browser beyond that.
And for the personalisation fans, the grabs show a quick and easy menu of options for customising your desktop background and other design elements
Windows Blue will also see IE11 launch
Windows Blue desktop

Could Windows Blue enable users to boot straight to the desktop? Some rumours think so. You can't boot straight to the desktop in Windows 8, though you can resume to it.
Some coden supposedly includes an option that disables the start screen so users would jump straight to the desktop layout - known as "CanSuppressStartScreen".
Certainly there are no plans to ditch the desktop any time soon. In an interview with TechRadar, Windows Product Manager Ian Moulster was candid about the desktop's important role in Windows.
"To be honest I don't have an answer because I don't know. I'm loathe to speculate. It seems highly unlikely to me. I haven't seen anything either way. I'd be surprised, but that's my personal view."
"I think it's a continuation of us always building on what's there. Windows 8 is built on Windows 7 and starts from where Windows 7 stops, and I don't think there will be a change to that approach. We'd be crazy to throw anything away.
"But what form that takes we'll have to wait and see I suppose. I think we have said that we'll be releasing updates more frequently, but precisely what that means I don't know. There's the apps as well, we've released plenty of updates to our apps."
Windows Blue sync

It seems that more features will be synchronized between PCs and your user account with Windows Blue. It looks like this will extend to the Start screen as well as device associations and Internet Explorer tabs.
Further Windows development
According to a February 15 job posting on the Microsoft Careers site, the software giant is seeking an engineer to join its Windows Core Experience Team.
That part of the operation will be working on improving the centrepiece of the new Windows UI, including the start screen, application lifecycle, windowing and personalisation, according to the post.
This seems to suggest that Windows Blue will bring more than a few tweaks under the bonnet and offer tangible visual enhancements to the Windows 8 software.
Indeed, the post mentions Windows Blue by name and says the updates will look to "build on and improve Windows 8" as time goes on.
An excerpt reads: "We're looking for an excellent, experienced SDET to join the Core Experience team in Windows Sustained Engineering (WinSE). The Core Experience features are the centerpiece of the new Windows UI, representing most of what customers touch and see in the OS, including: the start screen; application lifecycle; windowing; and personalization. Windows Blue promises to build and improve upon these aspects of the OS, enhancing ease of use and the overall user experience on devices and PCs worldwide."
Windows Blue will extend to other platforms

It is also thought that Windows Blue updates will be extended to multiple Microsoft platforms, including Windows server, the mobile OS Windows Phone 8 and applications like SkyDrive and Outlook.com.
Indeed, another post on Microsoft's job site mentions Windows Phone Blue by name, so that is definitely on the horizon.
The plan from Microsoft's point of view is reportedly to move towards a more regular update pace, rather than the three year gap that separated Windows 7 and Windows 8, with little improvements in between.
Apple has enjoyed great success in this arena, gradually adding new strings to the bow of Mac OS X every year, through its feline-themed updates.

Hands On:- Samsung Galaxy NX Review

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Inevitably, people will be questioning the merits of a camera fitted with Android, or wonder if it will also be capable of making telephone calls. What the Samsung Galaxy NX camera does, in theory at least, is combine high quality image making with the current desire to instantly edit and share your photographs as soon as is humanly possible.
By making a camera with Wi-Fi and 3G/4G connectivity and fitting it with the Android OS - for which there are hundreds, if not thousands, of ready-made apps - this kind of camera should meet a new kind of desire for the best of both worlds. Apps such as the ubiquitous Instagram, along with the dozens of Instagram-a-likes out there, make it easy to give your images a vintage or retro feel and upload them for sharing with your networks.

Along with the standout features of the sensor and Android OS, the Samsung Galaxy NX also has a number of other interesting specs.
It's fitted with a Drime IV Image Signal Processor, which Samsung says gives it speed and accuracy. That's something we'll be keen to put to the test when we get a full review sample in.

The number of NX range lenses is growing, and although Samsung doesn't yet match the breadth of options available from the Micro Four-Thirds cohorts of Panasonic and Olympus, there are still a decent number.
Although an official Samsung Galaxy NX price has yet to be confirmed, it seems likely it will occupy the same kind of slot as the Panasonic G6, Olympus PEN E-P5 and the Sony NEX-6.
Build quality and handling



Samsung has gone for the DSLR-type styling, rather than flatter, compact style of cameras we've seen from the company of late. A chunky grip makes the camera easier to hold and helps it to feel secure in the hand, especially when shooting one-handed.
On the back of the camera there are no buttons, since instead the entire rear is taken up by the extremely large 4.8-inch touchscreen TFT. This is much larger than the usual 3-inch displays found on most compact system cameras and DSLRs, and certainly is a striking look.

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The only physical buttons on the camera can be found on top of it, where you'll find the shutter release, a button for lifting the inbuilt flash and a video record button. There's also a dial that can offer a number of different functions, depending on what you're doing with the camera. It can be used to switch between the various modes, such as shutter or aperture priority, or it can be used to jog between different apertures, shutter speeds and so on, once you've selected this parameter on the touchscreen.
Very responsive and quick to use, although touchscreens aren't to everybody's tastes, this one is particularly responsive, and it soon becomes second nature to work with it, rather than relying on physical buttons. In order to make changes to aperture, for instance, first you need to touch the aperture display on the back of the screen, then use the dial at the top of the camera to scroll to the aperture you need.

If you're using one of Samsung's innovative iFunction lenses, then the lack of buttons shouldn't be too much of a problem, since you'll be able to make many changes to aperture, shutter speed and so on via the lens itself. If you're not a fan of touchscreens, though, this probably isn't the camera for you.
To get to the Android portion of the Samsung Galaxy NX, you'll need to swipe across the right side of the camera to bring up a Home button. From here, it's pretty much like using any other Android-powered device, and you'll find a number of pre-installed options, as well as the ability to add any app you like from the Google Play store.

Unlike many of the compact system cameras on the market, Samsung has included an electronic viewfinder (EVF) on the Galaxy NX. This is a very impressive device, with a sensor included to help produce a seamless transition from using the touchscreen to using the viewfinder - it automatically switches as you bring it to your eye.
The electronic viewfinder itself is very crisp and clear, and it's almost as good as using a traditional optical viewfinder. One of the benefits of using an EVF over an OVF is that you can see any changes you make as they happen, while you can also view images played back, helping you to determine whether or not you've nailed the shot much quicker than having to remove the camera from your eye frequently.
Performance


It's of course very difficult to judge the performance of a camera before we've had chance to put it to the test properly, but we're reasonably confident that the Samsung Galaxy NX will be a solid performer.
We've recently been very impressed by the quality of the Samsung NX300, and see no reason why the sensor inside the Samsung Galaxy NX should suffer from the addition of the Android operating system.

One of the joys of using a camera with Android incorporated is that it's much easier and more intuitive to use than many of the menu systems, and especially Wi-Fi and social sharing systems, that come already produced for cameras. We'll be keen to see if it's incorporated well and makes the overall system easy to use.
It'll also be interesting to see how battery life holds up to a full-time imaging device, since there's a lot of processing power combined with the Android operating system. We're hopeful that it won't be too much of a drain on battery power, but we'll be sure to put it through its paces to find out in our full review.
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This is quite an exciting announcement in terms of the technologies that are being brought together, and as one of the innovators of Android, it's hardly a surprise to see Samsung first to the market with a CSC that offers Android Jelly Bean.
We'll be very interested to see what the rest of the industry makes of the Samsung Galaxy NX, and what other brands do by way of a response. We're starting to reach a point where a camera without Wi-Fi just doesn't cut it any more, and with the added fun of apps such as Instagram appealing to more and more people (both beginners and enthusiasts) we can certainly see the appeal of a camera like the Samsung Galaxy NX.
Look out for a more extensive review when a full production sample of the Samsung Galaxy NX becomes available.

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Features Of Jelly Bean Android

Features of Jelly Bean Android:-

Fast & smooth

We put Android under a microscope, making everything feel fast, fluid, and smooth. With buttery graphics and silky transitions, moving between home screens and switching between apps is effortless, like turning pages in a book.

More reactive and uniform touch responses mean you can almost feel the pixels beneath as your finger moves across the screen. Jelly Bean makes your Android device even more responsive by boosting your device’s CPU instantly when you touch the screen, and turns it down when you don’t need it to improve battery life.

Simple, beautiful and beyond smart

Expandable, actionable notifications.

Android has always put you in control when it comes to staying notified and connected. Now you can take action directly from the notifications shade. Late for a meeting? Email everyone to let them know. Missed a call? Call them back in an instant. And because they’re expandable, you can get an even deeper look into the things that matter most, like multiple emails or photos on Google+.

Widgets work like magic.

With Jelly Bean it’s now even easier to personalize your home screen. As you place widgets on the screen, everything else automatically moves to make room. When they’re too big, widgets resize on their own. Interacting with your favorite apps and customizing your home screen has never been easier.

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Tons of features

In terms of other specifications, you won't be disappointed. There's a huge 8GB of memory, so you can handle plenty of concurrent tasks, while you also get an equally huge 1TB of storage - that's far more than you'll probably ever need and is plenty for music, videos, photos and your apps. And for entertainment, the powerful Altec Lansing speakers are enhanced with Dolby Advanced Audio to maximise the power of music and movie soundtracks.

We thought the keyboard was of terrific quality and you won't be disappointed when typing assignments or letters. The trackpad and mouse buttons were also decent although you will find yourself increasingly using the touchscreen. You might not think so, but you will; it just makes sense.
As for battery life, up to eight hours is promised. You won't get that. Instead, you'll almost certainly be in the range of five to seven hours depending on what you're doing. That's still pretty impressive for a laptop of this nature and while we very much expect you'll use it near a power source, anyway, it will perform admirably for a decent length of time on battery power.
Connectivity is plentiful, with an SD card reader, Ethernet connection for wired internet, Wi-Fi for wireless and a webcam. There's also a USB 2.0 port plus two USB 3.0-capable ports, as well as HDMI for connecting to an external display. All pretty much what you'd expect, although some may bemoan the lack of Bluetooth for tethering to a phone's internet connection.
One thing that did disappoint us was the amount of extra software on the device. It was just a little too much and we're disappointed that vendors still think littering the Start screen, desktop and desktop taskbar with apps is a good idea. We know it earns them money and we know they think it makes them look different to other PCs in the shop. But all it does is give the impression that somebody has already been on your PC when you take it out of the box. We found that most of this software was useless so we chose to uninstall most of it.

PS4 release date, news and features

PS4's new look

The PS4 itself was shown off for the first time at E3 and it's black, just like the Xbox One. However, it has an angular design and appears to be constructed of a similar plastic to the original PS3 Slim machine.
It looks as though it's slimmer than the Xbox One but we're not totally blown away by the design. What do you think?

PS4 release date

The official PS4 release date is still only 'later this year'. Sony didn't reveal any more details on the release date at E3 so we're still in the dark. However, with Microsoft launching the Xbox One worldwide in November, it seems likely that Sony will be going live around this time also.
The PS4 combines shiny and matte finishes
Previously, Sony took out a newspaper ad in the UK, clearly advertising the PS4 release date as '2013'. That tallies with an interview in May with our buddies at CVG, a source inside Sony said that the company is pulling out all the stops to launch worldwide in 2013 and ensure that the PS4 is not trumped by the new Xbox.
Sony also advertised at the Champions League final at Wembley Stadium, London, with 'PS4 - coming 2013' signs.

PS4 price

Sony announced the PS4 price at E3 - it'll cost $399 in the US, £349 in the UK and €399 in Europe when it goes on sale later this year. That's a whole $100 cheaper than the Xbox One.
That price, it must be said, does not include the PS Eye camera, whereas the Xbox One will ship with the second version of Kinect.
The angular design is reminiscent of Sony's Blu-ray range
PS4 used games/online check-in

Many gamers will be pleased that unlike the Xbox One, the PS4 will offer unrestricted access to pre-owned games. So when you buy a titles, you are free to then trade it in at retail, sell it to another person, lend it to a friend or keep it.
There is also no online check-in requirement, and you'll be able to play games regardless of whether you're connected to the internet or not. The Xbox One requires an online check-in once every 24 hours and will lock you out of your games if this doesn't happen.

10 ways to make your password secure

Don't Make It Easy For Hackers

Best methods
Bearing that in mind, here are 10 tips for choosing and using secure passwords.
1. Don't use personal information as a password. Many people use the name of a pet or child, but if a hacker knows you - or can find out this information from a source like Facebook - it will likely be their first guess.
2. Don't use common passwords - security company Sophos provides a list of 50 popular ones that hackers are bound to try. The most common ones include "123456", "password", and "qwerty".
3. Don't use any single word or pair of words that appear in the dictionary. That's because hackers can use software that can test every word in a dictionary in very short amount of time . And don't be fooled that common substitutions, such as a "5" for an "s" (e.g. pa55word), make a difference - hackers and their software are wise to this.
4. Do use a long password. 11 or 12 characters is probably sufficient, although the SANS Institute, a security research organisation, recommends at least 15.
5. Use a password drawn from a pool of as many characters as possible to protect the most sensitive accounts. That means using at least one upper case letter, lower case letter, digit and special character (although not all websites allow special characters.)
6. One way to create a long password that's easy to remember is to use a whole phrase as a password - something like "WhoDaresWins". Another is to use the first letters of the words in a longer phrase - perhaps capitalising every other letter. For example "God save our gracious queen long live our noble queen" would produce " GsOgQlLoNq ".
7. The longer and more complex your passwords, all else being equal, the better. So you can make them more secure by choosing a simple sequence of three or four characters, like "B52" or "M&S" and adding them to the end of all your passwords, e.g. WhoDaresWinsB52 and GsOgQlLoNqB52.
8. Changing passwords regularly can make them difficult to remember but it's sensible to change them occasionally. An easy way to do this is to add the year to the beginning or end of your passwords - e.g. WhoDaresWinsB522013 and GsOgQlLoNqB522013 - and update them annually. This has the advantage of adding length and complexity, and it's also easy to remember how old the password is.
9. If you have too many passwords to remember them all easily, consider using a password manager program such as LastPass or RoboForm. These encrypt and store your passwords securely, and enter them automatically when you supply one master password - which you still have to remember.
10. To get an idea of how much security a given password provides, check it at Gibson Research's tester. But remember, if your computer is infected with a keylogger then a hacker could still get hold of any password you type in, no matter how secure. For that reason it is important to use different passwords for different sites.
Hacker approach
To understand why these tips are effective, it's worth looking at how hackers actually break in to online accounts.
The first way is simply by going online and attempting to log in to your account by guessing your password. This is actually quite hard, because most sites will lock your account if the wrong password is entered more than a handful of times.
It's also quite slow: even when using hacking software that enters different user names and passwords automatically it's unlikely that a hacker can try more than 100 passwords every second.
The second way is for a hacker to break in to a web service's computer systems and download a copy of the password file. If it actually contains a list of usernames and corresponding passwords it's effectively "game over" - no matter what password you had chosen, the hacker would have it.
Fortunately most (but not all) website administrators are smarter than that. Instead of storing the passwords themselves, they transform each one by passing it through a mathematical feature called a hashing function. What comes out is an apparently random sequence of characters, called a password hash, and it's these that are stored.
Hashing function
A hashing function is a one-way function, which means that once a password has been transformed into a hash, there is no going the other way: turning the hash back into the original password is impossible. When you enter your password it is turned into a hash that is compared with the one stored in the password file. If they are the same then you must have entered the right password, and your logon will be successful.
So if a hacker manages to steal the password file, all they generally get are a list of usernames and password hashes, but they have no easy way of turning those hashes into usable passwords.
That means they have to guess a possible username's corresponding password, turn that into a hash, and then see if it matches the one stored in the password file. This is known as an offline attack, and using software such as John the Ripper it's possible to make guesses very quickly indeed.
The first passwords that hackers are likely to try are commonly used, such as "password", "123456" and "qwerty". They will then likely launch a dictionary attack - trying every word in the dictionary, and even pairs of words.
Finally they'll try a "brute force" attack, using every combination of one, two, three and so on lower case letters, or lower and upper case letters or even lower and upper case letters and numbers and special characters like @ or & or '. The deeper into this they go the longer the process takes, hopefully to the point that it is a deterrent in itself.

Office 2013 Review

Even if you decide you want to buy a pay-for-it-once-and-keep-it copy of Office 2013 in a box, you won't find a DVD inside – just a product key to unlock the software you download. (Buyers in "developing countries with limited internet access" can still get a DVD, but that's not an option in the UK or US.)
If you prefer to pay an annual subscription to get extra features, Office 365 editions let you download the Office 2013 applications onto multiple PCs (or share them with your family).
For home users, there are four options. Buy the boxed software and you can put it on one PC. Office Home and Student 2013 with Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote costs £109.99/$139.99; Office Home and Business 2013 adds Outlook and costs £219.99/$219.99. Office Professional 2013 has the full set of programs for £389.99/$399.99; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Access and Publisher.
Then there's the new subscription version that Microsoft released this week, Office 365 Home Premium, which costs you $99.99 a year for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Access and Publisher.
That's good value if you share it with the family; up to five people in the same household can have their own installations of Office on their PC or Mac at the same time (for the Office programs that run on a Mac – and Mac users get the current version of Office for Mac until a new release comes along in the future). And when the next version of Office comes out, you'll get it on the same subscription.
All five people get an extra 20GB of storage on SkyDrive to keep documents on and 60 free Skype world calling minutes a month (which can be calls to a landline or a mobile and from your PC or from a smartphone with Skype installed).

11-inch MacBook Air 2013 review

The two 11-inch MacBook Airs have double the solid state storage of the previous generation of MacBook Air, at 128GB for the cheaper model we reviewed and 256GB for the more expensive 11-inch MacBook Air, up from 64GB and 128GB respectively. The 13-inch MacBook Airs retain their predecessors' 128GB and 256GB of storage, but are a little cheaper.
Even with the new Haswell processors, gamers, video editors and other high-needs users might prefer the power offered by a MacBook Pro, but the highly portable MacBook Air is perfect for students, business travellers and just about anyone who appreciates its incredibly thin and light design.
The 11-inch MacBook Air 2013 with 128GB storage that we reviewed is the cheapest model in the range, priced at £849 / US$999 / AU$1,099.
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The 11-inch MacBook Air 2013's chassis is almost totally unchanged from last year's model. The only difference is a second microphone hole in the left-hand side, with the dual mic setup using adaptive beam forming to reduce background noise. But there seems little reason for Apple to change such a popular and practical design.
At just 17mm (0.68 inches) at its thickest point and weighing just 1.08kg (2.38lbs), it's so light and portable it's easy to forget it's in your bag. It's sturdy too. If you lift it by the corner it doesn't creak and flex like lesser, cheaper notebooks, and little luxuries such as the multi-touch trackpad, backlit keyboard with ambient light sensor, magnetic power plug, stereo speakers and the 720p FaceTime HD camera are retained.
The changes to the 2013 11-inch MacBook Air are all under the hood. The off-the-shelf processors are 1.3GHz dual core Haswell Intel Core i5s, though you can upgrade it to a 1.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 using the custom options on the online Apple Store.

Iphone 6 Rumor

iPhone 6 Rumor About Releasing.....

 

The rumour mill doesn't seem too sure whether the next iPhone is going to be the iPhone 5S or the iPhone 6. Given the iPhone's history - from the 3G onwards, there's always been a half-step S model before the next numbered iPhone - we'd bet on an iPhone 5S first and an iPhone 6 a while later.
However, in May 2013 Stuff reported it received a photo of the till system at a Vodafone UK store (which it has since removed along with the reference to Vodafone), with '4G iPhone 6' listed. Interesting.
It's been suggested that there could even be three size variants of the new iPhone - check out these mocked up images by artist Peter Zigich. He calls the handsets iPhone 6 Mini, iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 XL.
Could we see both an iPhone 5S and iPhone 6 this year? Some reports suggest a new 5S in the middle part of the year before a revamped iPhone 6 towards the end of the year or very early in 2014.