All Updates on Your Wrist: Apple iWatch

The chief Executive of Apple, Tim Cook has dropped a statement that Apple Inc. is hard working on iTV to drive next era of growth, the Apple’s stylish-wrist watch device is still in development and may prove more profitable than iTV.

It will be sync up with an iPhone and iPad to give all the updates on your wrist, allow controlling the other devices and pulling the data from the iCloud.  A team of “100 product designers” including Managers, Software/Hardware Engineers and Members of market Group working in the development of the iWatch and previously worked on the iPhone and iPad.

“The iWatch will fill a gaping hole in the Apple ecosystem,” According to Bruce Tognazzini, a technology consultant and former Apple employee, wrote on his blog. He also added- “Like other breakthrough Apple products, its value will be underestimated at launch, then grow to have a profound impact on our lives and Apple’s fortunes.”

According to rumored features and specification, many people called it "Wearable Computer".

Apple iWatch Features:

Screen: The rumor is that Apple iWatch might not be curved around the corner, the Company start rolling out with flexible displays, which supposed to be the iWatch features.

 

Battery: it will be the big challenge for the Apple. Since you would not like to take off your watch and charge it twice a day. The performance of the battery must be well and good. We are expecting it will have wireless charging features as in Nokia Lumia 920 smart handsets.

 

Design:  While early possibilities led us to believe that iWatch could be effectively an iPod Nano. However Cupertino based MNC are trying to mould the design similar to the early 1990s bracelet.

But according to patent, iWatch could be made of a flexible display that wraps on user’s wrist and charge with solar power to keep the battery topped up.

 

Some other Stunning Features should be included in iWatch as :

• Cash less payment through iWatch
• Health sensors
• Enabled with Siri
• Automatic color change according to mood
• Gesture based TV Remote control
• FaceTime
• Bundles of Apps for the entertainment
• Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
•  Color e-Ink Hybrid display 
• Charging Via Solar energy and kinetic energy

Imaginative Google Maps Vs Tedious Apple Maps

Finally, Google Map for iOS has launched, after a long wait of journey. You can grab from Apps store of Google and others right now and it is alarming that end of struggling Apple Maps. Google Maps come with lots of advancement like turn-by-turn navigation, Fly over feature (3D isometric like), Street view and completely reworked on its look and feel. Now it is more users friendly.

Apple CEO Tim Cook’s official explanation was that the company wanted to add things like turn-by-turn navigation, voice integration and flyover, but while those are worthy, reasons it seems like Apple just did not have good enough data for the back end. Google in contrast has spent tons of money and has a huge team working on Maps for years, and it is hard to expect Apple to work out miracles in the short time they have had.

Google Maps Vs Apple Maps

Comparison based on Design and Interface:

                     Start with the design of brand new Google Maps for iOS. The applications are completely    remade with a clean, gesture-based, intuitive interface. Google Maps use no useless buttons, almost all of the screen estate.
There are many more options are available like you can switch to map view to satellite view.  A swipe from right to the left in the bottom part of the screen, or just a two-finger swipe to the left brings up four toggles.

When you select a particular place, a swipe up from the bottom brings up the address along with contacts and user reviews, all very elegant, very intuitive and simple.

Compare this with Apple Maps, and its interface with no gesture support seems outdated, however still functional.

The maps themselves are vector-based in both Google’s and Apple’s case, and load very quickly. Google however seems to have managed to optimize its app so it seems like the new Maps load even quicker than Apple Maps.

Overall, interface is a clear win for Google Maps, which shows us how Google is now more often leading the way in terms of mobile software design while Apple has to catch up.

Interface between Google Maps and Apple Maps.

  Comparison based on Search and View:

                      Searching capability is more important for any search map engine. Google fares noticeably better than Apple Maps.
Two most important things are. Firstly, you just have to be much more specific - Apple’s search algorithms work differently. We managed to find it only after changing the search query to ‘Olympic Plaza’, Calgary and secondly, you have to much more context dependent to your search.

View of Apple Map and Google Map.

We tried looking up a popular restaurant chain in Europe and Google was spot on bringing us all of the restaurants in a particular city, But Apple could not do that.

The more we searched for things, the more it became apparent what a huge gap there is between Google and Apple when it comes to actual places.

You can see in above picture difference between the views of places in Apple Maps and in Google Maps, which is providing better result? I think you all have answer. All of this is a huge frustrating for users, and that is why searching is definitely an area we see Google as a clear winner.

Comparison based on Navigation and Direction:

                     New Google Maps has built turn-by-turn navigation in its apps, which is more different from Apple Maps. Voice driving navigation works flawlessly on both apps, you get directions even if you lock your phone or exit the app in both Apple and Google Maps.
If we talk about direction, there are little bit difference between Google and Apple Maps. Both Search giant have done decent job. However, the back end of maps that are more accurate and tons of more points of interest on Google definitely puts it in a much more favorable position.
I would like to add one more interesting point is that, when you tap on the public transit option in Apple Maps it suggests you to open Google Maps for that.

  Conclusion:
                 
                     Finally yet importantly, with a brilliant gesture-based interface, no distracting ads, full on public transit information that Apple Maps lacks, and voice turn-by-turn guidance, Google Maps is the best maps application we have seen up to date, easily.

Compared to Apple Maps, it is a no brainner - Google Maps is better in virtually every aspect, especially looking from a global perspective. If you live in the United States, though, the disparity between the two narrows. It is still there, but with Yelp reviews integration, better-documented locations, Flyover for many cities, the U.S. is of the one place where users of Apple Maps are large in number.
Google Maps for iPhone are more like than Google’s own Android Maps Application.

It is not perfect though. It does not have full offline maps support, an area that Nokia still claims its own on Windows Phone. Google Maps is not ready to work with the i Pad. We really hope Google changes the latter soon.

Top 5 Apple apps

"Apple Inc." brings new surprises for all of you this year with its latest innovation-as usual; i.e:

Here are top 5 apps you should have on your iPhone-that are Amazing!!!!!!

Lose It: Loose your Weight without going GYM? Any iPhone user who wants to lose his/her weight this year should have the app "Lose It"! in their phones. This free app will let you track your food intake and tells you which foods most affect your daily caloric limit. The app also informs you about exercises that will reduce those calories and give you recipes for healthy foods. The app is even a great motivator because this app provides you a Healthier Lifestyle. Lose It! allows lazy users to share their progress through their social network to let friends goad them to make their daily limit.

Flipboard: The new iPhone version of the popular iPad app has been so in-demand that has crashed the company’s servers because 1 million users downloaded "Flipboard" in its first week of launching. Flipboard is a digital magazine that is personalized to your own interests. This app creates a stylized magazine from content gathered from your social networks like Facebook or Twitter & so on. The app fills out the magazine-like view with content modified to your reading history. It’s one of the best content viewing and sharing apps for the iOS.

Mint: If you’re looking for an app this year, that will hold all your your personal information including bank accounts and credit cards then this complete package is called Mint-which can accomplish this task effectively & efficiently. Mint also creates a budget based on that information and even reminds you about bills to pay. It’s safe and an easy way to keep track of your finances. Everyone must has to buy it.Evernote: If you’re a forgetful person you need to have "Evernote" in your iPhone. The app will let you create notes of things you need to do and stores important files for safekeeping. You can create text, audio and photo notes and sync them to other devices. You can even mark notes as “favorites” for easier access.

Lookout Mobile Security: Android systems are usually suffers from lots of Malwares but Apple may not but it doesn’t mean that Apple may get 100% Mobile Security. Lookout Mobile Security, the security software that’s been protecting "Android" and "Blackberry" users released a version for iOS in October 2011. The iOS helps provides you so many facilities like lets you find your lost iPhone, back up your contacts and manages your settings o avoid your phone from connecting to unsecured Wi-Fi networks & so on…

To know more visit at http://www.whichiphone.org.uk/

MWC 2012's expected devices

After CES 2012 there’s a time for the world big trade show Mobile World Congress 2012, which is slated to hold in Barcelona from 27th February to March 1st. Like every year this year too people are waiting for so many new devices especially much anticipated smartphones and tablets.

We’re just few weeks far to confirm all the rumors which have been rolled among the people. At the upcoming MWC we are expecting to see number of newly designed tablets & smartphones with latest quad-core technology.

Let’s take a look at the devices which are supposed to announce officially by their manufacturers at this year’s Mobile World Congress.

Samsung

Everyone is waiting for the widely expected Samsung Galaxy S3, but unfortunately the company decided to delay its launch till summer due to some incomplete technical works on the smartphone.

Not disappointing all the customers the Samsung is going to launch already announced Samsung Galaxy S Advance and Tocco Lite 2 at the MWC 2012. There are also some rumors about the showcase of Galaxy S2 Plus and Galaxy Note S in the event.

Sony

At the Spanish event Sony is going to unveil its two new own brand handsets, Xperia Nypon and Kumquat after the launch of Sony Xperia S.

These two devices on the web are already being popular with the name of Xperia U (Kumquat) & Xperia P (Nypon). Let’s see which of these two officially named devices will be unveiled in Barcelona.

LG

Like others LG is also planning to introduce LG X3, another device powered by the latest Quad-Core Tegra processor and Ice Cream Sandwich.

Along this the company is also rumored to house LG Optimus 3D Max, CX2 and the Optimus Vu which is supposed to ship with a 5-inch 4:3 touchscreen.

HTC

The big Taiwanese brand is also in the line to launch its quad-core devices in the name of the HTC Ville & the HTC Edge. They are also rumored to unveil a 10-inch tablet after the making some more profit with recently launched HTC Flyer.

With HTC Ville and Edge there can be HTC Zeta, a king of rumors to have 2.5GHz quad-core processor with a 4.5-inch screen & running on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

Nokia

Lots of people are expecting Nokia Lumia 910 to come but sadly the company has dismissed all the claims regarding this smartphone. Although they are planning to launch one high end phone for the Mobile World Congress leaked by an industry insider.

According to the Nokia’s Head Stephen Elop the company may also launch tablets in 2012 which could be seen after this event.

Apple

As we all know Apple is not going to launch any new device in MWC but we hope it’ll leak some information of its iPad 3, which is expected to launch in March.

These are the devices which are supposed to launch at the Mobile World Congress, let’s wait and watch the gadgets that’ll rolls out in Barcelona.

Netflix app for iPhone and iPad

Netflix is the world’s leading internet subscription service to enjoy HD quality movies and videos online. Right now it has 23 million streaming members who are enjoying its service globally. You only have to subscribe with it after that you enjoy unlimited movies and TV shows streamed over the internet directly to your PC, Macs & TVs.

Currently more than 700 devices are available in the markets that are stream from Netflix. Some of them are Microsoft’s Xbox 360, Nintendo's Wii and Sony's PS3 consoles; Internet-connected TVs, an array of Blu-ray disc players, home theater systems, Internet video players and digital video recorders.

After doing great business with the above devices Netflix add their services on the available Apple iPhones and iPads inside market. Users who have their account on Netflix can also enjoy movies and TV shows on their iPhone or iPad having 3G or Wi-Fi connection anywhere. You just have to enter your login details in the Netflix App of your Apple device and it lists what you’ve recently watched and lets you carry on from where you left off.

For both iPad and iPhone they recommend a list of popular films, TV shows, titles from Facebook and much more to enjoy on the large and high quality screen. iPad users can horizontally scroll these lists while small screen iPhone users only flow vertically from one category to the other.

Like Spotify apps you don't have the power to download or record favorite stuffs to your iPad or iPhone. If you like watching movies and TV serials online without a lot of time taking buffering then it’s highly recommended to have 3G or Wi-Fi connection activated on your Apple devices.

Apple iPhone 4S: Most amazing iPhone

After the great success of iPhone 4 Apple launched fifth generation iPhone 4S with more powerful dual-core A5 processor, 8 mega pixel camera and Siri, intelligent assistant to get things done efficiently. Compared to the previous model, it features new apps and software updates to introduce new user interface and smartphone functions.

Design

Design wise it is almost identical to the iPhone 4, its front and back are both flat with a 3.5-inch screen made up of glass. The right hand side of the phone holds slot for micro SIM card with no other buttons.

For good quality sound experience the bottom of the iPhone has dual speakers an Apple connector. Left side feature rounded volume keys and a camera shutter button to make your click fast & easy.

Its high resolution of 640*960 and 3.5-inches LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen gives better contrast ratio and wide viewing angles.

Camera

On the back there’s an 8 mega pixel camera capable of shooting 3264*2448 pixels photos and recording 1080p videos at thirty frames per second. Apple put a new lens, IR filter with a wider f/2.4 aperture that gives your shots better clarity, white balance and color accuracy.It also includes a front VGA camera for video calling and self portraying.

Processor & OS

The Apple iPhone 4S cloaks a dual-core A5 chip, the most powerful processor in the iPhone world. It delivers seven times faster graphics and upto two times more power, making 4S quick and responsive. The iPhone 4S runs on iOS 5, world’s most advanced mobile operating system. It gives the smartphone a revolutionary multi-touch interface and a beautiful homescreen to access thousands of apps available on Apple App Store.

Siri

Apple introduced an automated new voice control application called Siri unique to the 4S. It allows users to give the iPhone voice commands to send messages, schedule meetings, make phone calls and much more. Siri talks you in French, English and German languages understand what you say, knows what you mean and even talks back.

Internet & Connectivity

For high speed internet it comes with iOS 5 upgraded Safari browser which is faster than the original iPhone 4. It works perfectly and loads the Web pages in seconds over Wi-Fi or 3G.

Apple introduced Reader to Safari browser that means you can hit the Reader Tab in the URL bar to see stark, and e-reader version of the page to read an article.

The iPhone 4S is a world phone by supporting both CDMA & GSM networks. With 2G & 3G network it gives average download and upload speed of 0.22Mbps and 1.39Mbps. On the other side it throws HSDPA, 14.4Mbps and HSUPA 5.8Mbps speed and supports Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot along with Bluetooth v4.0 A2DP.

Battery life

On this ground when compared with to its predecessor, Apple iPhone 4S may disappoints you. It has a huge amount of difference between their battery lives. 4S delivers 200 hours standby time (iPhone 4 300 hours), 8 hours talktime on 3G (iPhone 4 7hrs), 14 hours on 2G, 6 hours 3G browsing and 9 hours Wi-Fi browsing.

Conclusion

Apple iPhone 4S is an eye catching gadget Apple has ever produced. If you are a die hard fan of Apple smartphones than this iPhone could be your first choice. Siri, Retina display, iOS 5 and iCloud features bide you to buy this powerful Apple’s device.