[Video] HTC 10 with 5.2-inch 2K display launched: Here’s all you need to know

[Video] HTC 10 with 5.2-inch 2K display launched: Here’s all you need to know

News&Knowledge Rahul Chauhan   08:05:00

The new HTC 10 will launch today at 5.30 pm IST online. However a leaked video has revealed what the phone looks like.

HTC is gearing up to announce flagship smartphone which is expected to be launched tommorow, however promotional video has surfaced online, which displays that how the device would be like. The video also confirms that this flagship smartphone from HTC will be called as HTC 10. It seems that this time HTC will get rid of prefix “M” which it included with “HTC M9” last year.

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HTC 10, the new flagship from the struggling Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer, has been launched today. The HTC 10 features a 5.2-inch 2K display and an aluminium uni-body design. The pre-orders for the smartphone open today in the US. HTC 10 will have a new BoomSound technology; HTC skipped its BoomSound speakers with the previous flagship device, the One A9.  This one also comes with Dolby Surround Sound and best in class DAC. - See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/mobile-tabs/htc-10-launch-live-video-leak-specs-price-features/#sthash.sawBnf31.dpuf

HTC announced the launch oh HTC 10 in a 12-minute video. Watch the video here: - See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/mobile-tabs/htc-10-launch-live-video-leak-specs-price-features/#sthash.sawBnf31.dpuf

As for specs, HTC 10 sports a 5.2-inch 2K display and is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 processor. The smartphone supports USB Type-C and Quick charge 3.0. - See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/mobile-tabs/htc-10-launch-live-video-leak-specs-price-features/#sthash.sawBnf31.dpuf

HTC 10 features a 12 megapixel camera with HTC’s Ultrapixel technology, that will ensure high quality photos even when zooming in. HTC 10 runs Android, which appears to be very closer to stock Android in the video. HTC says that there is no duplication of apps. HTC had earlier released a promotional video that it used to highlight the new ’10’ smartphone. The video can be watched here. One day ahead of the launch, a video of the HTC 10 had leaked revealing almost all the details. Interestingly HTC 10 is also rumoured to be the next Nexus smartphone maker. For HTC, which has seen its smartphone market share tank, there’s a lot riding with the new HTC 10 device. There’s no word on the India launch of this device.

Microsoft Hololens

Microsoft Hololens

News&Knowledge Rahul Chauhan   10:33:00

Microsoft Hololens
Microsoft HoloLens is the first fully untethered, holographic computer, enabling you to interact with high‑definition holograms in your world.
Microsoft's HoloLens, which the company unveiled at its Redmond, Wash., headquarters on Wednesday, is a sleek, flashy headset with transparent lenses. You can see the world around you, but suddenly that world is transformed -- with 3D objects floating in midair, virtual screens on the wall and your living room covered in virtual characters running amok.

In "Minority Report," for instance, Tom Cruise's character used sweeping, midair hand gestures and transparent screens to do police work. Five years later, Apple unveiled the iPhone, and with it, a touchscreen operated by hand and finger gestures. Microsoft in turn served up its Kinect gesture-control device, which tracks people's movements through space and feeds the data into an interface.

What's a HoloLens, and how does it work?

Microsoft's HoloLens is not actually producing 3D images that everyone can see; this isn't "Star Trek."

Instead of everyone walking into a room made to reproduce 3D images, Microsoft's goggles show images only the wearer can see. Everyone else will just think you're wearing goofy-looking glasses.

Another key thing about HoloLens is what Microsoft is trying to accomplish.

The company is not trying to transport you to a different world, but rather bring the wonders of a computer directly to the one you're living in. Microsoft is overlaying images and objects onto our living rooms.

As a HoloLens wearer, you'll still see the real world in front of you. You can walk around and talk to others without worrying about bumping into walls.

The goggles will track your movements, watch your gaze and transform what you see by blasting light at your eyes (it doesn't hurt). Because the device tracks where you are, you can use hand gestures -- right now it's only a midair click by raising and lowering your finger -- to interact with the 3D images.

There's a whole bunch of other hardware that's designed to help the HoloLens' effects feel believable. The device has a plethora of sensors to sense your movements in a room and it uses this information along with layers of colored glass to create images you can interact with or investigate from different angles. Want to see the back of a virtual bike in the middle of your kitchen? Just walk to the other side of it.

The goggles also have a camera that looks at the room, so the HoloLens knows where tables, chairs and other objects are. It then uses that information to project 3D images on top of and even inside them -- place virtual dynamite on your desk and you might blow a hole to see what's inside.

Display and Sound

The smartglass head-mounted display requires neither cords nor phones. It features a HD 3D optical head-mounted display, spatial sound system along with various sensors. The eye-piece consist of a tinted visor with a pair of combiner lenses within. 2 small speakers are located on the sides of OHMD. Unlike headphones, these speakers do not prevent the user from hearing external sound.

Sensors

Sensors include head tracking IMUs, sound capture system consist of various microphones, an energy efficient depth camera with 120°×120° FOV and a RGB video camera.

Processors

For processors, in addition to CPU and GPU, HoloLens will possess an HPU, holographic processing unit. HPU is a coprocessor that is dedicated to integrating real world and virtually generated content. It consolidates and processes all the data from various sensors and produces a thin stream of useful information to the other processors. HPU removes the burden of handling heavy external data from the CPU and GPU, allowing them to focus on creating content.

Power and Connectivity

Battery in HoloLens lasts around 2.5 hours during processor intensive use. It lasts around 5.5 hours during regular use.

HoloLens can connect to any any WiFi or Bluetooth-equipped device.

HoloLens can run any universal Windows 10 app.

Samsung Galaxy S7 edge

Samsung Galaxy S7 edge

News&Knowledge Rahul Chauhan   13:13:00

Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge

Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge will start at euros 699 and 799 respectively, says a new report. Samsung will launch the new phones one day ahead of MWC 2016 on February 21, and has already sent out event invites for the same.

As usual, leaks around the new Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge show no signs of stopping. Apart from the price, press pictures of the new phones have also gotten leaked.

Noted tipster Evan Blass @evleaks put out two new tweets with detailed images of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge. We can see a grey, black and gold version of the S7 edge and a black and gold coloured version of the Galaxy S7.

Samsung Galaxy S7 is likely to retain the design of Galaxy S6 and S6 edge, but will come with microSD card slot and USB Type-C port. Rumours claims Samsung will also introduce Apple’s Force Touch display in the new phones with pressure-sensitive screens, although not too many details have leaked around this supposed feature

Samsung S7 is expected to come with two different chipset variants: the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 SoC and its own Exynos chipset.

A new report on 9to5google also claims that Samsung Galaxy S7 will come with a huge 3,600mAh battery. The website also posted a screenshot from the smartphone containing FCC certification id and battery details. The Galaxy S6 had a comparatively smaller battery of 2,550mAh

NETWORK	Technology	GSM / HSPA / LTE

LAUNCH	Announced	2016, February
	Status	Available. Released 2016, March

BODY	Dimensions	150.9 x 72.6 x 7.7 mm (5.94 x 2.86 x 0.30 in)
	Weight	157 g (5.54 oz)
	Build	Corning Gorilla Glass 4 back panel
	SIM	Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
		- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) - IP68 certified - dust proof and water resistant over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes

DISPLAY	Type	Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	5.5 inches (~76.1% screen-to-body ratio)
	Resolution	1440 x 2560 pixels (~534 ppi pixel density)
	Multitouch	Yes
	Protection	Corning Gorilla Glass 4
		- Always-on display - TouchWiz UI - Curved edge screen

PLATFORM	OS	Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow)
	Chipset	Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 Exynos 8890 Octa
	CPU	Dual-core 2.15 GHz Kryo & dual-core 1.6 GHz Kryo Quad-core 2.3 GHz Mongoose + quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53
	GPU	Adreno 530 Mali-T880 MP12

MEMORY	Card slot	microSD, up to 200 GB (dedicated slot) - single-SIM model microSD, up to 200 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual-SIM model
	Internal	32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM

CAMERA	Primary	12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm, phase detection autofocus, OIS, LED flash, check quality
	Features	1/2.6" sensor size, 1.4 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 9MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, Auto HDR, panorama
	Video	2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR, dual-video rec., check quality
	Secondary	5 MP, f/1.7, 22mm, dual video call, Auto HDR

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes

COMMS	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
	Bluetooth	v4.2, A2DP, LE, apt-X
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
	NFC	Yes
	Radio	No
	USB	microUSB v2.0, USB Host

FEATURES	Sensors	Fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
	Browser	HTML5
	Java	No
		- Fast battery charging: 60% in 30 min (Quick Charge 2.0) - Wireless charging (Qi/PMA) - market dependent - ANT+ support - S-Voice natural language commands and dictation - OneDrive (115 GB cloud storage) - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264 player - MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC player - Photo/video editor - Document editor

BATTERY		Non-removable Li-Ion 3600 mAh battery
	Stand-by
	Talk time

MISC	Colors	Black, White, Gold, Silver
	SAR US	1.17 W/kg (head)     1.59 W/kg (body)
	SAR EU	0.26 W/kg (head)     0.51 W/kg (body)
	Price group	9/10

TESTS	Performance	Basemark OS II: 2107 / Basemark OS II 2.0: 2050 Basemark X: 28480
	Display	Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 4.439 (sunlight)
	Camera	Photo / Video
	Loudspeaker	Voice 66dB / Noise 62dB / Ring 66dB
	Audio quality	Noise -92.5dB / Crosstalk -92.2dB
	Battery life	Endurance rating 98h

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