battery and laptop news

According to the current market situation, most PC manufacturers have abandoned the netbook market. But the Chinese manufacturers contiously produce a lot of cheap mini version netbooks, whose display size range is about 10 inches, and some products are even with smaller screens. In these products, some run the Windows operating system, but most low-price products are equipped with ARM chip and run Android or Windows CE operating system.

The Padhz study found that part of the Android system laptops use the Allwinner A20 and Allwinner A31 processors.

The A20 is a dual-core mobile application processor launched in March 2013, and it’s mainly for tablet PCs and smart TVs. The processor is based on ARM Cortex-A7 and Mali400 architecture. While the A31 uses the quad-core Cortex-A7 CPU architecture, and it’s equipped with PowerVR SGX544MP2 GPU.

According to the news released by Padhz, these netbooks use two dimensions. The N101-A uses a resolution of 1024 x 600 10.1-inch display, and it’s equipped with Allwinner A20 chip processor, 1GB memory space and up to 32GB internal storage space. The device is equipped with HDMI multimedia interface and it supports WiFi and Ethernet, it runs Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean operating system, and its battery life is about 7.5 hours.

Another two N70-A and N70-B are with the 13.3-inch display, but the N70-A is equipped with Allwinner A20 dual-core chip processor and 1GB memory space. The N70-B is equipped with the Allwinner A31 quad-core processor and 2GB memory space.

Due to various reasons, it seems that the the larger size of the product, the shorter of the battery life, some devices running time is only 5.5 hours.

Allwinner processor equipment today should be the Tablet PC and Android TV box. Allwinner Android netbook processor is not the first time I saw, but until now, most devices are equipped with Allwinner A10 ARM Cortex-A8 single-core chips.

According to the latest news reports: A few days ago, Toshiba introduced the new Satellite C855D series notebook, and the model is Satellite C855D-S5103, which is pre-installed Windows 8 operating system and priced at $ 280.

According to reports, the Toshiba Satellite C855D notebook is equipped with AMD E-300 1.3GHz dual-core processor, 4GB DDR3 memory, 320GB hard drive, built-in DVD burner, Radeon HD 6310 graphics module, built-in wireless module and 15.6-inch LED wide screen with a resolution of 1366 × 768. It’s with 720p HD camera, and it has USB3.0 interface, HDMI interface and VGA output.

According to the latest agency forecast data, in the first quarter, Samsung smartphone shipments jumped half, and the delivery share is about twice than that of Apple’s, which is enough to make Apple on pins and needles. However, a few days ago, Samsung has just released a new smartphone product named “Mega”, the series comes with two versions, the larger version is with 6.3-inch screen. The new phone is called the Galaxy Mega, and it will run Android 4.2 Jelly Bean operating system. In comparison, Apple’s iPhone screen is 4 inches, while the popular Samsung Galaxy S3 mobilephone is equipped with a 4.8-inch screen.

Analysts said, compared to Apple’s one phone to conquer the world, Samsung Electronics various machines tactics can effectively increase market share and deliveries.

The technology website TabTimes editor David Needle pointed out that the size of the tablet phone is close to some Tablet PC. He believes it is plausible that tablet phone can be the alternative of Tablet PC.

The Mac Pro is Apple’s high-end desktop computers for professional users, it is also one of the most expensive equipments in all Apple products, the entry price is up to $2,499. Apple last upgrade on the Mac Pro should date back to June last year, but it was only a small range upgrade for processor and memory. Recently message from Mac Daily News that Apple may release the new Mac Pro this month.

Compared to the current Mac Pro, it is still unknown what upgrade the new Mac Pro will have. Although in February this year, an Apple authorized reseller mail also showed that Apple plans to update the Mac Pro product line this spring, the Mac Daily News also said that they could not ensure that the message is authentic.

Apple last upgrade of the Mac Pro have to go back in June last year, but it didn’t include the upgrade that consumer expected such as USB 3.0 interface, faster SATA hard drive and Thunderbolt high-speed data interface. Compared to the more frequent updates of the MacBook and iMac, it’s a bit strange for Apple not to have large upgrade on high-end product line for two years. After the upgrade in June last year, users also sent a letter to Tim Cook to express dissatisfaction on Apple and concerns about the Mac Pro series, Tim Cook’s reply also confirmed a new Mac Pro would be released this year. Also this year, the Mac Pro does not comply with the new EU Electronic Products Act, and has been stopped selling in Europe on March 1 this year.

Various phenomena show that the Mac Pro is a bit out of style, and it seems that Apple does need to bring change to the Mac Pro product line.

Fujitsu has officially launched the known as the world’s thinnest Windows 8 waterproof tablet, its body thickness is only 9.9mm, but it has the IP5X and IP8X grade waterproof performance and stylish appearance.

According to reports, Arrows Tab Q582/F is equipped with Z2760 processor, 2GB RAM and a 64GB solid-state hard drive, the screen size is 10.1 inches, and it’s battery life time is about 10 hours.

According to plan, this waterproof tablet will be officially listed in mid-March, and the lowest pre-tax price is 125,800 yen.

According to the U.S. technology blog BusinessInsider reports, Apple is likely to introduce the Finger Scanner Lite function in the next generation iPhone, and other handset makers will probably try using iris scanning and voice unlock functions. Apple spent $ 355 million to buy the bio-security firm AuthenTec in the summer of last year, and the industry analysts think this is one of the main signs that Apple plans to introduce fingerprint recognition.

And earlier this month, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo revealed that Apple would launch iPhone 5S this summer, “We hope Apple is able to integrate the fingerprint identification chip into the Home button on the iPhone 5S to provide the security and availability of the phone,” he said.

Samsung joined the “Face Unlock” function on Galaxy S3 released last year, but it can also unlock the phone when use the photo of the owner rather than himself. In last week’s Galaxy S4 conference, Samsung said that it has improved the function. Galaxy S4 is also with voice recognition software similar to Apple’s Siri.

It is understood that many companies hope the more convenience and security Finger Scanner Lite function can replace the complex password as soon as possible to site access and mobile applications, and two Google security experts Eric Grosse and Mayank Upadhyay mentioned to use ID rings or smart phone chip to replace the existing password in a paper earlier this year.

It is said that Canon is developing the world’s smallest SLR, and not it’s uncertain if this SLR uses the 650D and EOS M sensor. The biggest feature of the camera is possible to be the compact size and new interface design.

The new SLR specifications are as follows:

· 18 million pixel CMOS sensor
· Hybrid AF
· DIGIC 5 processor
· The EOS M like touch screen
· 9-point AF system
· 98% Viewfinder view
· Continuous shooting speed 6/sec
· Sensitivity range supporting up to 25600
· Supporting EF and EF-S lenses
· HD video available

It’s uncertain if this SLR will be released next week togerther with the EOS 70D, but they won’t make us wait too long.