Athens-Clarke police arrested a man after his girlfriend accused him of forcing her into his car and punching her in the face in the Coleridge Court apartment complex off Lexington Road about 1:30 a.m. Sunday, according to the report.
Eddie Jerome Mayfield, 26, allegedly forced his girlfriend into the car and hit her in the face as he drove through the parking lot, police said. When she called police, he snatched her phone and ran, according to the report. Responding officers were unable to find Mayfield or the victim at that time.
Later, officers responded to an open 911 call from the victim’s apartment. When they arrived, she told them that Mayfield had been there but fled again, according to the report. Officers found Mayfield hiding in the bedroom of his sister’s apartment, which is in the complex, police said.
Police arrested Mayfield and charged him with felony kidnapping, laptop battery, theft by taking and obstruction of a 911 call, according to the report.
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2012年3月25日星期日
2012年3月20日星期二
Dal prof takes charge of batteries' lifespan
LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES used in electric cars and other emerging technologies need to perform for decades, but how do you tell how long they will last without waiting for them to die?
That is the $4.1-million question Dalhousie University physics and chemistry professor Jeff Dahn and his research team plan to answer with help from a federal Automotive Partnership Canada investment.
“I’m pretty thrilled,” Dahn, a pioneer in lithium-ion Canon Digital Ixus 400 battery development, said about the $4,176,005 investment announced Tuesday through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Canada Foundation for Innovation.
Dahn said the money will fund a five-year project to build “a serious piece of infrastructure” that will determine in a matter of weeks the lifespan of experimental lithium-ion Canon Lp-e5 batteries by measuring how efficiently they store and deliver electrical charges.
“To develop something that will last 10 to 20 years, you can’t wait,” he said. “You need to know quickly if the battery will last.”
Private-sector project partners include: 3M Canada, a leading supplier of battery materials; GM Canada, which is developing long-range electric cars; Magna E-Car Systems, developing automotive lithium-ion cells; Medtronic Energy and Component Center, producing lithium-ion powered medical devices; and Nova Scotia Power Inc., which has a vested interest in electric cars and could used the Acer Aspire 5552 batteries to smooth fluctuations in wind energy generation.
Dahn said the funding announced Tuesday will add several new researchers to his 25-member lab team.
Private partners will provide lithium-ion cells for testing and other in-kind investment.
David Rodenhiser, a Nova Scotia Power spokesman, said Dahn’s innovations in testing experimental lithium-ion Acer Aspire 5740 batteries could speed up the development of higher-capacity, lower-cost batteries that would have implications for electric cars and the utility’s capacity to store energy to level out wind energy spikes.
“We’re proud to partner in that,” Rodenhiser said.
Nova Scotia Power contributed $30,000 for lab upgrades.
Engineering professor Stephen Corbin, another Dalhousie researcher, received $2,211,530 from the research council for a four-year project to develop low-cost titanium for automotive applications, particularly exhaust systems.
In an interview, Corbin said that titanium is much lighter than steel, which could help improve automobile fuel efficiency, and also resists corrosion that eats steel exhaust systems.
The titanium project also involves researchers at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont., and the University of Waterloo and two private-sector partners from Ontario, Kingston Process Metallurgy Inc. and Wescast Industries in Brantford.
Corbin said 17 researchers will be involved in the project.
That is the $4.1-million question Dalhousie University physics and chemistry professor Jeff Dahn and his research team plan to answer with help from a federal Automotive Partnership Canada investment.
“I’m pretty thrilled,” Dahn, a pioneer in lithium-ion Canon Digital Ixus 400 battery development, said about the $4,176,005 investment announced Tuesday through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Canada Foundation for Innovation.
Dahn said the money will fund a five-year project to build “a serious piece of infrastructure” that will determine in a matter of weeks the lifespan of experimental lithium-ion Canon Lp-e5 batteries by measuring how efficiently they store and deliver electrical charges.
“To develop something that will last 10 to 20 years, you can’t wait,” he said. “You need to know quickly if the battery will last.”
Private-sector project partners include: 3M Canada, a leading supplier of battery materials; GM Canada, which is developing long-range electric cars; Magna E-Car Systems, developing automotive lithium-ion cells; Medtronic Energy and Component Center, producing lithium-ion powered medical devices; and Nova Scotia Power Inc., which has a vested interest in electric cars and could used the Acer Aspire 5552 batteries to smooth fluctuations in wind energy generation.
Dahn said the funding announced Tuesday will add several new researchers to his 25-member lab team.
Private partners will provide lithium-ion cells for testing and other in-kind investment.
David Rodenhiser, a Nova Scotia Power spokesman, said Dahn’s innovations in testing experimental lithium-ion Acer Aspire 5740 batteries could speed up the development of higher-capacity, lower-cost batteries that would have implications for electric cars and the utility’s capacity to store energy to level out wind energy spikes.
“We’re proud to partner in that,” Rodenhiser said.
Nova Scotia Power contributed $30,000 for lab upgrades.
Engineering professor Stephen Corbin, another Dalhousie researcher, received $2,211,530 from the research council for a four-year project to develop low-cost titanium for automotive applications, particularly exhaust systems.
In an interview, Corbin said that titanium is much lighter than steel, which could help improve automobile fuel efficiency, and also resists corrosion that eats steel exhaust systems.
The titanium project also involves researchers at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont., and the University of Waterloo and two private-sector partners from Ontario, Kingston Process Metallurgy Inc. and Wescast Industries in Brantford.
Corbin said 17 researchers will be involved in the project.
2012年3月19日星期一
Rumourmodo: Lenovo’s Laptops May Reject Third Party Batteries
The model of rejecting refills is one that’s bought in big bucks for the printer industry; so much so that the most expensive fluid in the world is indeed printer ink. Is that a model that will translate to laptop batteries? Lenovo is apparently mulling the idea around.The Verge reports on the plan, which will apparently be called “Battery Safeguard”, and will detect whether an authentic Lenovo battery ’s been inserted in new laptops in the ThinkPad Edge ranges. Put in a third party battery, and, so the story goes, you’ll get a flashing message stating “Genuine Lenovo Battery Not Attached”, rather than the power you were seeking.
Lenovo laptops will reject third-party batteries, starting with ThinkPad Edge in May?
As we reported at CES, Lenovo is planning a refresh of its ThinkPad Edge mainstream laptop line, bringing Intel's new Ivy Bridge processors and some USB 3.0 ports in a slightly lighter design. Now, a source tells us that the new ThinkPad Edge E430 and E530 will be the first of the company's laptops to bring a feature you probably don't want: "Battery Safeguard." Though the name makes it sound like additional protection for your HP COMPAQ business notebook nx6325 battery, our source says it's actually all about protecting Lenovo's bottom line, as it's designed to make sure only official Lenovo batteries work in Lenovo laptops from now on. Allegedly, the laptop will scan for a special new chip that only Lenovo's battery packs will have installed, and will refuse to work without it.
If that sounds familiar, that's because another electronics category uses the same tactic. For years, printer ink cartridges have been chipped to help guide purchases. If true, this also wouldn't be the first time Lenovo's attempted to steer buyers towards its first-party lithium-ion packs. Some laptops flash the message "Genuine Lenovo thinkpad l412 battery Not Attached" if aftermarket cells are used.
On an unrelated note, the new E430 and E530 series will apparently have some interesting factory options on tap, but you can't have them all at once. The regular E430 and E530 will have a soft-touch finish, but you can apparently get an aluminum lid and an anti-glare screen in the E430 Plus and E530 Plus... though you sacrifice the 10-key numpad on the 15-inch E530 when you do so. Also, don't expect an AMD chip in May, when these laptops launch. Only the 15-inch model will get an AMD Trinity processor, according to our source, and it allegedly won't show up until June.
2012年3月14日星期三
Why a DSLR Anyway?
Anyone who has had the dubious pleasure of listening to a Justin Bieber fan trying to articulate the appeal of a star who seemingly can’t even exude testosterone let alone charisma will know photographic terminology can be just as baffling. Often those considering upgrading from a compact camera to a DSLR can’t escape the idea that suddenly the whole thing seems very complicated, just like Justin can’t help running into packs of screaming girls between blow drying his hair. The good news is a DSLR needn’t be complicated unless you want it to be.
There was a time when enthusiast photographers had to do all sorts of adjustments and measuring and alterations just to take a picture of their cat. Those days are well behind us. Today, the entry level DSLR’s such as the Canon NB-5L or Canon 550D to even the semi-professional Canon 7D have a an AUTO mode: point and shoot. Your cat could do that - I know mine can. But the benefits are still there anyway. DSLR cameras have much larger imaging sensors - the part that captures the light to take the picture - which results in a photograph with much more detail.
What was a going to be a photograph of a puckered collection of wrinkles taken with a compact actually becomes a portrait of my mother in law taken with a Pentax K7. The killer detail for most however is the speed with which DSLR cameras operate. The minimum rate on the current cameras is at least two frames per second. C
ompare that to past experiences when the subject of your photograph is walking out of the room when you pressed the button when they were sitting on the couch. Moments worth photographing are often fleeting - an instant response time is an essential tool in the photographer’s kit. Hence the popularity of DSLR’s with parents: kids do everything but sit still. Suffice to say when you read in your research - about ISO capabilities, maximum shutter speed, dynamic range, noise reduction, barrel distortion plus vignetting and bracketing and image stabilization - its easy to get the idea that you are in over your head. However, for most of us a lot of it can remain a mystery. SLR functions explained I don’t pretend to understand it all myself, just as my niece doesn’t understand why she is taller than Justin Bieber when she is five years younger. The camera can do most of the work. If you want to learn how to tweak the settings for stronger images the potential is there but it needn’t be thought necessary. The dictionary can stay on the shelf - the camera shouldn’t though. The words may need explanation but pictures never do.
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There was a time when enthusiast photographers had to do all sorts of adjustments and measuring and alterations just to take a picture of their cat. Those days are well behind us. Today, the entry level DSLR’s such as the Canon NB-5L or Canon 550D to even the semi-professional Canon 7D have a an AUTO mode: point and shoot. Your cat could do that - I know mine can. But the benefits are still there anyway. DSLR cameras have much larger imaging sensors - the part that captures the light to take the picture - which results in a photograph with much more detail.
What was a going to be a photograph of a puckered collection of wrinkles taken with a compact actually becomes a portrait of my mother in law taken with a Pentax K7. The killer detail for most however is the speed with which DSLR cameras operate. The minimum rate on the current cameras is at least two frames per second. C
ompare that to past experiences when the subject of your photograph is walking out of the room when you pressed the button when they were sitting on the couch. Moments worth photographing are often fleeting - an instant response time is an essential tool in the photographer’s kit. Hence the popularity of DSLR’s with parents: kids do everything but sit still. Suffice to say when you read in your research - about ISO capabilities, maximum shutter speed, dynamic range, noise reduction, barrel distortion plus vignetting and bracketing and image stabilization - its easy to get the idea that you are in over your head. However, for most of us a lot of it can remain a mystery. SLR functions explained I don’t pretend to understand it all myself, just as my niece doesn’t understand why she is taller than Justin Bieber when she is five years younger. The camera can do most of the work. If you want to learn how to tweak the settings for stronger images the potential is there but it needn’t be thought necessary. The dictionary can stay on the shelf - the camera shouldn’t though. The words may need explanation but pictures never do.
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Battery Maker Couldn’t Make a Profit
ational Battery announces that it could not make a profit, and had to close its Upper Macungie plant, putting about 60 workers out of work.
Last week, International fujitsu lifebook s2020 series battery , on Snowdrift Road, closed its doors after giving employees one-day’s notice.
Yesterday, the company issued a statement through its California public relations firm.
“While International acer btp-43d1 battery has a unique product and green manufacturing process, it has not been able to reach profitability,” the statement says.”‘Unfortunately, given the challenging market, it was unable to raise additional capital to fund its operations.”
International Battery produces rechargeable lithium batteries with an environmentally friendly process, according to its web site. Its “water-based manufacturing process eliminates millions of gallons of NMP (a toxic solvent), while reducing operating and capital costs.”
But apparently the market for Dell Vostro 1400 batteries is “extraordinarily challenging” and the company said it would now sell its equipment and technology to pay off creditors.
About 60 workers had been employed at the factory. It moved to 6845 Snowdrift Rd. in Upper Macungie from a New Jersey site in 2008, lured here by about $4 million in tax incentives and grants from the state.
source from: Battery Maker Couldn’t Make a Profit
Last week, International fujitsu lifebook s2020 series battery , on Snowdrift Road, closed its doors after giving employees one-day’s notice.
Yesterday, the company issued a statement through its California public relations firm.
“While International acer btp-43d1 battery has a unique product and green manufacturing process, it has not been able to reach profitability,” the statement says.”‘Unfortunately, given the challenging market, it was unable to raise additional capital to fund its operations.”
International Battery produces rechargeable lithium batteries with an environmentally friendly process, according to its web site. Its “water-based manufacturing process eliminates millions of gallons of NMP (a toxic solvent), while reducing operating and capital costs.”
But apparently the market for Dell Vostro 1400 batteries is “extraordinarily challenging” and the company said it would now sell its equipment and technology to pay off creditors.
About 60 workers had been employed at the factory. It moved to 6845 Snowdrift Rd. in Upper Macungie from a New Jersey site in 2008, lured here by about $4 million in tax incentives and grants from the state.
- Here is the official statement for International Battery from its PR firm, Jennings and Associates Communications Inc.:
The market for energy storage, including lithium ion Dell latitude d630 battery, has been extraordinarily challenging. While International Battery has a unique product and green manufacturing process, it has not been able to reach profitability. Unfortunately, given the challenging market, it was unable to raise additional capital to fund its operations. While it is no longer manufacturing any products, it is focusing on selling it assets and technology. Moneys received on account of these assets will be used to pay creditors.
2012年3月11日星期日
The New iPad Has a Really Massive Battery
It's basically more battery than anything else.
Having something the same as the previous generation isn't typically something to brag about, but in this case, it is. The battery of the new iPad is 42.5 Wh, which is literally huge. The one in the iPad is just 25 Wh in comparison, making the new one 70 percent greater in capacity.
To put that in perspective, that's more juice than in the 11-inch MacBook Air and nearly as big as the Inspiron 1545 AC Adapter battery in today's 13-inch MacBook Air at 50 Wh.
Obviously LTE brings a lot more dell inspiron 6400 charger battery drain, as evidenced by 4G smartphones. The real need for all that extra power is likely the upgraded screen with its 3.1 million pixels.
The new iPad may be thicker and heavier than the iPad 2, but all that heft and bulk (which is actually quite minimal) has gone to all the places where it counts.
We can't wait to see the teardowns to show us how much of the entire device is just compaq presario r4000 battery.
When Apple unveiled the new iPad (which is now designated as "third gen" from Apple's site), it said boasted that it featured Acer aspire 5740 battery life that was no different from that of the iPad 2.
Having something the same as the previous generation isn't typically something to brag about, but in this case, it is. The battery of the new iPad is 42.5 Wh, which is literally huge. The one in the iPad is just 25 Wh in comparison, making the new one 70 percent greater in capacity.
To put that in perspective, that's more juice than in the 11-inch MacBook Air and nearly as big as the Inspiron 1545 AC Adapter battery in today's 13-inch MacBook Air at 50 Wh.
Obviously LTE brings a lot more dell inspiron 6400 charger battery drain, as evidenced by 4G smartphones. The real need for all that extra power is likely the upgraded screen with its 3.1 million pixels.
The new iPad may be thicker and heavier than the iPad 2, but all that heft and bulk (which is actually quite minimal) has gone to all the places where it counts.
We can't wait to see the teardowns to show us how much of the entire device is just compaq presario r4000 battery.
2012年3月9日星期五
Joliet man charged with aggravated battery to a peace officer, and more
These arrests were taken from Joliet Police arrest information, as well as information from the Will County Adult Detention Facility and Will County Circuit Clerk’s Office.
Residential Burglary
Residential Burglary
- A 40-year-old Joliet man from the 300 block of South Raynor Avenue was arrested around 1:15 p.m. March 5 for residential burglary during a police contact at a home on the 2200 block of West Jefferson Street. He is scheduled to appear in court March 27 for a preliminary hearing.
- A 20-year-old Joliet man from the 800 block of North Raynor Avenue was arrested Feb. 29 for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm during a 7:45 a.m. warrant-related police contact at his home. He is scheduled to appear in court March 23.
- A 20-year-old Joliet man from the 100 block of Pleasant Street was arrested Feb. 29 for aggravated battery to a peace officer who was responding to a 5:30 a.m. domestic-battery complaint on the 600 block of Summit Street. He is scheduled to appear in court March 23.
- A 19-year-old Joliet male from the 800 block of Sherman Street was arrested March 1 for aggravated DUI during a 2:40 a.m. traffic stop at Ottawa McDonough streets during a hit-and-run investigation. He is scheduled to appear in court March 23.
- A 30-year-old Crest Hill man from the 1500 block of Pioneer Road was arrested March 1 for aggravated DUI and driving on a suspended license, and ticketed for driving without headlights and improper lane use during a 3:10 a.m. traffic stop at Washington Street and Mississippi Avenue. He is scheduled to appear in court March 23.
- A 43-year-old Joliet man from the 2200 block of Tamarack Drive was arrested around 10 p.m. Feb. 29 at his home on a warrant charging him with selling cocaine on Aug. 30 and Sept. 1 in Joliet. He is scheduled to appear in court March 21.
- A 35-year-old Chicago man was arrested March 6 by a special drug unit and subsequently charged with possession of more than 15 grams of cocaine. He is scheduled to appear in court March 28.
- A 31-year-old Joliet man from the 0-100 block of Broadway Street was arrested March 5 by a special drug unit and subsequently charged with possession of more than 15 grams of cocaine. He is scheduled to appear in court March 27.
- A 32-year-old Joliet woman convicted Jan. 23 of possession of a controlled substance and firearms possession was arrested March 1 by Illinois State Police and subsequently charged with one count of selling more than 100 grams of cocaine and one count of possession of more than 100 grams of cocaine. The resident of the 200 block of Lincoln Street is scheduled to appear in court March 23 on the new charge.
- A 31-year-old Joliet man from the 1500 block of Glenwood Avenue was arrested Feb. 28 during a 7:10 a.m. warrant-related police contact on the 1100 block of North Charlesworth Avenue and subsequently charged with selling 1-15 grams of cocaine. He also is charged with violating parole on a seven-year sentence for a weapons-related conviction. He is scheduled to appear in court March 21.
- A 24-year-old Joliet man from the 100 block of Arizona Avenue was arrested Feb. 28 by a special drug unit and charged with selling more than 15 grams of cocaine on Aug. 30 and Sept. 1 in Joliet. He is scheduled to appear in court March 21.
- A 19-year-old Joliet female from the 2200 of West Acres Road was arrested March 6 by a special drug unit and charged with selling more than 15 grams of cocaine.
- A 34-year-old Lombard woman was sentenced to 10 days in jail and given a 12-month suspended sentence March 5 after pleading guilty to prostitution.
2012年3月1日星期四
A Look at Your Next Smartphone
What is your next phone going to look like? At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, this week manufacturers are giving an idea.
Bigger, brighter, faster, more powerful. They'll do more but will be easier to use. If it's not an Apple, it's likely an Android, and all the smartphone makers are struggling to make their devices stand out among the hundreds of glass-plated rectangles out there.
So, for instance, Nokia introduced a phone with a 41-megapixel camera. That's not a typo. Forty-one megapixels. Samsung introduced a projector phone that lets you show a movie, play a game or give a business presentation in a 50-inch space on any white wall.
Fujitsu showed off phones that can be dropped in a bathtub or other porcelain fixture filled with water and come out just fine, thank you. And a Chinese company few Americans have heard of, Huawei, introduced the “world's fastest smartphone.”
With more than 1,400 exhibitors and 60,000 attendees, the Mobile World Congress has become one of the most important annual tech trade shows in the world, reflecting the rise of mobile computing. Top executives from Google, Microsoft, Cisco, Ford and Facebook were scheduled to speak.
Apple stayed home, because it can. The smartphone and the tablet, the now and future of mobile, were created with the iPhone and iPad. Why associate with all that Android riffraff?
And so, even though Microsoft was scheduled to debut a test version of Windows 8, devices powered by Google's Android operating system dominated—so much so, that Google developed an (Android) app to help attendees collect all 86 of the various Android-figure pins available at exhibitor booths.
Some trends are emerging in the best phones: Fast, quad-core processors; huge, brilliant screens of 4.5 to 4.7 inches and with greater resolution than the iPhone's vaunted Retina Display; 4G LTE high-speed data network capability; near-field communication, or NFC, which will enable a rollout of digital wallet technology later this year; and running the much-improved version 4.0 of Google's Android, also known as Ice Cream Sandwich.
A good example of this is HTC's One X smartphone, with a 1.5-GHz Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor, a 4.7-inch, 1280x720-pixel touchscreen, 32 gigabytes of built-in storage, 1 GB of RAM, 4G LTE, NFC, an 8-megapixel camera capable of shooting 1080p high-definition video, and will run Android 4.0. The camera can be ready to take a photo in 0.7 seconds, and it's capable of continuous burst shooting with a 0.2-second autofocus. Oh, and it runs Dr. Dre Beats audio for great sound.
Clearly, at least from a hardware specifications standpoint, this and phones like it will be superior to the iPhone 4S. Apple will have some upgrading to do on the hardware side when it launches the iPhone 5.
There's also a separate trend of low-end smartphones, particularly the Windows phones, as Microsoft and Nokia team up to try to get a foothold in a market dominated by Apple and Android phones. There should be at least a few up-to-date, full-featured smartphones offered by wireless carriers for free by next fall with the standard two-year contract.
Now on to the unusual. Top of the list would have to be Nokia's 808 PureView smartphone with its 41-megapixel camera using Carl Zeiss optics. The PureView isn't much of a smartphone, running on the antiquated Symbian operating system, but it likely rivals a lot of digital cameras and happens to be a phone, too. While megapixels aren't everything to picture quality, sample photos have been stunning. Nokia promises a Windows Phone version of the device is coming.
Samsung's Galaxy Beam brings projection to the masses. It's even OK as an Android smartphone, and is only about a half-inch thick in spite of housing a bulb big enough to project anything from its 800x480-pixel screen for up to three hours. Need to entertain a bunch of kids with SpongeBob? Find a wall.
Fujitsu's phones have a waterproof seal on the camera battery case and are leakage protected to about a 5-foot depth, which should be good enough to protect against bathroom accidents. The phones will be offered late this year in Europe, but the company is still looking for a U.S. carrier.
China's Huawei is no stranger to mobile devices, but the brand is unknown in the U.S. The company has made some low-end “white-label” phones sold by carriers here, but now it wants a bigger piece of the market, and the credit.
The company showed a series of Android phones, including the Ascend Quad D, which uses the company's own quad-core chip that it claims runs faster than Nvidia's Tegra 3, making the phone the “fastest smartphone in the world.” Other specs are in the same class as the HTC One X, and hands-on reviewers have been impressed by their performance. If they're successful in finding a carrier, look for them in the U.S. later this year.
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Bigger, brighter, faster, more powerful. They'll do more but will be easier to use. If it's not an Apple, it's likely an Android, and all the smartphone makers are struggling to make their devices stand out among the hundreds of glass-plated rectangles out there.
So, for instance, Nokia introduced a phone with a 41-megapixel camera. That's not a typo. Forty-one megapixels. Samsung introduced a projector phone that lets you show a movie, play a game or give a business presentation in a 50-inch space on any white wall.
Fujitsu showed off phones that can be dropped in a bathtub or other porcelain fixture filled with water and come out just fine, thank you. And a Chinese company few Americans have heard of, Huawei, introduced the “world's fastest smartphone.”
With more than 1,400 exhibitors and 60,000 attendees, the Mobile World Congress has become one of the most important annual tech trade shows in the world, reflecting the rise of mobile computing. Top executives from Google, Microsoft, Cisco, Ford and Facebook were scheduled to speak.
Apple stayed home, because it can. The smartphone and the tablet, the now and future of mobile, were created with the iPhone and iPad. Why associate with all that Android riffraff?
And so, even though Microsoft was scheduled to debut a test version of Windows 8, devices powered by Google's Android operating system dominated—so much so, that Google developed an (Android) app to help attendees collect all 86 of the various Android-figure pins available at exhibitor booths.
Some trends are emerging in the best phones: Fast, quad-core processors; huge, brilliant screens of 4.5 to 4.7 inches and with greater resolution than the iPhone's vaunted Retina Display; 4G LTE high-speed data network capability; near-field communication, or NFC, which will enable a rollout of digital wallet technology later this year; and running the much-improved version 4.0 of Google's Android, also known as Ice Cream Sandwich.
A good example of this is HTC's One X smartphone, with a 1.5-GHz Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor, a 4.7-inch, 1280x720-pixel touchscreen, 32 gigabytes of built-in storage, 1 GB of RAM, 4G LTE, NFC, an 8-megapixel camera capable of shooting 1080p high-definition video, and will run Android 4.0. The camera can be ready to take a photo in 0.7 seconds, and it's capable of continuous burst shooting with a 0.2-second autofocus. Oh, and it runs Dr. Dre Beats audio for great sound.
Clearly, at least from a hardware specifications standpoint, this and phones like it will be superior to the iPhone 4S. Apple will have some upgrading to do on the hardware side when it launches the iPhone 5.
There's also a separate trend of low-end smartphones, particularly the Windows phones, as Microsoft and Nokia team up to try to get a foothold in a market dominated by Apple and Android phones. There should be at least a few up-to-date, full-featured smartphones offered by wireless carriers for free by next fall with the standard two-year contract.
Now on to the unusual. Top of the list would have to be Nokia's 808 PureView smartphone with its 41-megapixel camera using Carl Zeiss optics. The PureView isn't much of a smartphone, running on the antiquated Symbian operating system, but it likely rivals a lot of digital cameras and happens to be a phone, too. While megapixels aren't everything to picture quality, sample photos have been stunning. Nokia promises a Windows Phone version of the device is coming.
Samsung's Galaxy Beam brings projection to the masses. It's even OK as an Android smartphone, and is only about a half-inch thick in spite of housing a bulb big enough to project anything from its 800x480-pixel screen for up to three hours. Need to entertain a bunch of kids with SpongeBob? Find a wall.
Fujitsu's phones have a waterproof seal on the camera battery case and are leakage protected to about a 5-foot depth, which should be good enough to protect against bathroom accidents. The phones will be offered late this year in Europe, but the company is still looking for a U.S. carrier.
China's Huawei is no stranger to mobile devices, but the brand is unknown in the U.S. The company has made some low-end “white-label” phones sold by carriers here, but now it wants a bigger piece of the market, and the credit.
The company showed a series of Android phones, including the Ascend Quad D, which uses the company's own quad-core chip that it claims runs faster than Nvidia's Tegra 3, making the phone the “fastest smartphone in the world.” Other specs are in the same class as the HTC One X, and hands-on reviewers have been impressed by their performance. If they're successful in finding a carrier, look for them in the U.S. later this year.
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