After launching the two top-of-the-line GeForce GTX 600 series GPUs in past two months, NVIDIA today launched the more affordable third GPU based on the new 28nm Kepler architecture, the GeForce GTX 670. The new card has 1344 NVIDIA CUDA cores in place of 1536 on big brother GTX 680 and 2GB of GDDR5 graphics memory. The card supports NVIDIA PhysX, NVIDIA 3D Vision and SLI technology.
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Digitimes is reporting that Apple has placed manufacturing orders for next generation iPhone and a new 10-inch iPad model to Pegatron technology. Monica Chen posted:
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We have all seen our smartphone and tablet screens fade out as soon as we step outdoors. In some cases it’s almost unreadable outdoors even though these devices are designed to be used on the go. To find out which smartphones and tablets worked better (were more readable) in high ambient lighting DisplayMate tested 4 tablets and 5 smartphones. The test were done inside an Integrating Hemisphere using a powerful light source that uniformly illuminates the displays from all directions from 0 lux (Absolute Darkness) up through 40,000 lux (Indirect Sunlight), which is very bright.
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A developer, who submitted a suggestion for multi-user support in iOS to Apple’s Bug Reporter system, got a surprising email back from Apple saying the issue is “currently being investigated”. Developers can not only use the Bug Report system in iOS for submitting bugs, but also for making suggestions for new features in iOS.
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Cult of Mac is reporting that they have heard from a reliable source who has seen the Apple TV prototype in action featuring current Cinema Display like design along with Siri and iSight camera. The website claims “Our source is well placed and has provided us with great tips in the past.” Leander Kahney wrote on Cult of Mac:
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Digitimes is reporting that Apple will release a lower price model of MacBook Air in Q3 to compete with low end Ultrabooks from other PC makers. According to Digitimes this MacBook Air will be in response to aggressive push by Intel and other PC makers to bring down the cost of Ultrabooks to $699. Monica Chen posted:
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Samsung today announced the much anticipated Galaxy S III smartphone, which they claim is designed for humans and inspired by nature (I don’t know for whom Samsung was designing their previous generation Galaxy S handsets, but this one is for us humans). Samsung’s press release aside, the new Galaxy S III does have some class leading features including 4.8-inch Super AMOLED 720p display (its still PenTile based), 8-megpiaxel back camera, 1.9-megapixel front camera and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
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iLounge has a mixed record about Apple rumors, but they have been right more times than wrong about upcoming Apple product. The website now reports that the iPhone 5 won’t be teardrop-shaped as was rumored before. However, it will be longer and thinner with a bigger screen. Jeremy Horwitz posted on iLounge:
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Business Insider interviewed Atakan Peker, one of the inventors of the Liquidmetal alloy, which Apple has licensed to use in electronic gadgets and is rumored to be one of the main components in upcoming iPhone 5. However, in the interview Peker says put cold water on all the Liquidmetal iPhone 5 rumors by saying that “Apple will likely spend on the order of $300 million to $500 million – and three to five years – to mature the technology before it can used in large scale.”
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NVIDIA has announced the new GeForce GTX 690 graphics card, powered by dual Kepler architecture-based GeForce GPUs. NVIDIA claims that the GTX 690 is world’s fastest consumer graphics card capable of offering double the performance of GTX 680, which was ranked as one of the best consumer graphics cards available today by various reviewers. NVIDIA is also very proud of array of innovative technologies used in designing the new card, including:
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Samsung today announced their new “Exynos 4 Quad” processor and also revealed that the new processor will be powering the much rumored Galaxy S III smartphone, which will be launched on May 3rd at London press event. The new processor is industry’s first quad-core ARM processor built on the High-k Metal Gate (HKMG) low power process technology.
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Samsung has started a new campaign in Australia in collaboration with marketing company Tongue for launch of Samsung Galaxy S III. The odd and ill-conceived campaign is more like a staged protest in which black bus branded “WAKE UP.” came in front of Apple Store in Sydney and a group of phony protesters climbed down from the bus shouting and waving “Wake Up” placards. Samsung also has series of billboards around Sydney and a website for “Wake Up” campaign.
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Apple today announced that it will hold its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) June 11 through June 15 at San Francisco’s Moscone West. At this year’s five-day conference, developers will learn about the future of iOS and OS X, allowing them to build incredible new apps. WWDC will also feature more than 100 technical sessions presented by Apple engineers as well as the popular Apple Design Awards, a showcase of the most outstanding apps from the past year.
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AMD today added the new HD 7970M, HD 7870M and HD 7770M graphics cards to their mobile GPU lineup. All the three cards are based on new 28nm Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture that AMD claims is responsible for the world’s most powerful and advanced mobile GPU with the new HD 7970M. AMD says that not only the new GCN architecture improves performance, but also increases efficiency by using less power in idle state.
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Intel today introduced the quad-core 3rd generation Intel Core processor family for desktops and laptops. The new processors are the first chips in the world made using Intel’s 22-nanometer (nm) 3-D tri-Gate transistor technology. Intel says that the combination of Intel’s cutting-edge 3-D tri-gate transistor technology and architectural enhancements help make possible up to double the 3-D graphics and HD media processing performance compared with Intel’s previous generation of chips. Overall, CPU performance should increase by up to 20% with the new architecture.
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Things have been quiet on iPhone nano rumor front for quite sometime, but that is changing today as China Times is claiming that Apple will launch a low cost iPhone Nano this year. According to China Times, Apple will launch low cost iPhone model to capture lower-end smartphone market, which has been mainly dominated by Android phones.
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Adobe today announced the Adobe Creative Suite 6 product line that includes 14 CS6 applications and four Creative Suites - Adobe Creative Suite 6 Design & Web Premium, Adobe Creative Suite 6 Design Standard, Adobe Creative Suite 6 Production Premium, and Adobe Creative Suite 6 Master Collection. Along with CS 6 announcement, Adobe also revealed new Adobe Creative Cloud, a new subscription based service. Adobe describes Creative cloud as a hub for making, sharing and delivering creative work and it is centered around Creative Suite 6. Highlighted features of Creative Cloud:
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DigiTimes is reporting that Apple's next gen iPhone will adopt Sharp & Toshiba's in-cell touch panel technology. In-cell touch panel technology integrates capacitive sensor arrays along side LCD pixels, making the display thinner and more responsive by removing layer of touch sensor arrays. Siu Han posted:
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Since Samsung announced the May 3rd London event, rumors about Galaxy S III that many believe will be launched at the event are spreading like wildfire. Rumors range from external case design to hardware specifications with many expecting some magical numbers. Below are some of the most prominent rumors:
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Nikon today officially announced the much rumored D3200 DSLR, an upgrade to D3100. The new camera features a 24-megapixel sensor, 1080p video recording at 30fps, 4 frames-per-second continuous shooting mode and an optional WiFi module WU-1a. When connected to the camera, this optional WU-1a adapter can wirelessly send images to mobile devices like smartphones and tablets, preview an image before shooting and control the camera remotely.
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