Nokia had something to prove at its annual event, and an eight-month turnaround of its smartphone arm is certainly nothing to be sniffed at. While Nokia’s first Windows Phone devices were undoubtably the stars of the two-day expo, there was plenty more to investigate — Nokia’s legion of development labs certainly didn’t let us down. Check out a veritable world of coverage neatly arranged below the break for everything Nokia World had to show us, and few more tidbits we found for ourselves. Read more…
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Now Kindle owners can trade in their old models and receive credit for a new one, or anything else that Amazon sells. Its kind of like taking your old, read books to the bookstore and trading them in for new ones. Almost.
Any Kindle can be traded, from the white elephant that is the oversized DX to the original Kindle. As with all traditional in trade ins, you wont get much for it. The DX is at the top of the heap, and will fetch you $135 in mint condition.
Lytro has unveiled its revolution in camera technology, it is a completely new type of camera which operates by capturing all the rays of light in the scene unlike other cameras that focus pixels. The camera comes in a compact case that measures 41 mm x 41 mm x 112 mm, it weighs only 7.55 oz (214 g) and was constructed using an extruded anodized aluminum which means it is tough and will protect itself against corrosion.
The Light Field camera comes with an f/2 lens, it has 8x optical zoom and only has two buttons for powering the device and one for the shutter capture.
Somehow, felines were created in a way where they have this inherent need to scratch on something. I guess it has to do with keeping those nails nice and sharp in order for them to do a number on their prey during a hunt. Having said that, I am quite sure that cat owners by now are used to seeing their expensive leather sofas end up getting pock-marked all over the place, where the first discovery is normally the most painful and after that, everything more or less becomes numb.
If you want to make sure your kitty cat ends up being a musical superstar in an alternate life, here is the $34.99 DJ Cat Scratch Turntable made out of 100% cardboard that is partially or fully recycled, it would keep your cat looking happy and groovy, not to mention being more than a decent photo opportunity that might just result in some laughs from whoever looks at it.
Enterprise is important, too, you know? So does Samsung, who took the opportunity this week to unveil a new Enterprise Alliance Program, hailed as a new ecosystem for enterprise mobility partners. Jongshin Kim, Vice President of Media Solution Center at Samsung Electronics, explained it as such: “We are delighted to announce our enterprise mobility partnership program to provide our enterprise partners with differentiated benefits to build the ecosystem collaboratively in the enterprise mobility market. We will continue to work closely with our partners to improve and expand the program together.” Ken Daniels, Sr. Read more…