Category Archives: smart phones

Google invests 22 million Dollar in the mobile operating system KaiOS

Posted on June 29, 2018 by hrehatschek

Google invests 22 million US dollars into the mobile operating system KaiOS which runs on so called “feature phones”. Feature phones are a mixture of smart phones and classic phones (only for calling). Even though feature phones do not provide … Continue reading →

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Smart phone market decreases for the first time

Posted on February 27, 2018 by hrehatschek

According to Gartner the first time the smart phone market decreased in the fourth quart of 2017. This rises the question whether the peak of the smart phones is reached? Besides Huawei and Xiaomi all producers had a decrease in … Continue reading →

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Intel announces new augmented reality glasses “Vaunt” projecting directly on the human retina

Posted on February 7, 2018 by hrehatschek

Intel works smart glasses called Vaunt which look like normal glasses and have a weight of only 50 gramm, as reported by The Verge.  All electronics including battery are within the glasses iron. In comparison to Google glass the Vaunt … Continue reading →

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First super market without cashiers

Posted on January 29, 2018 by hrehatschek

Amazon opened in Seattle (US) the first super market without any cash registers. The vision of “Amazon Go” is that customers just take the goods needed and leave afterwards the super market. The payment is done automatically via their amazon … Continue reading →

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VR headset LooxidVR tracks both: eyes and brain waves

Posted on January 9, 2018 by hrehatschek

The new LooxitVR set from Looxid-Labs claims itself an emotion detector. It detects next to the eyes also brain waves (EEG in 6 channels) in real time. It needs a smartphone within the headset (google daydream compatible) and a macOS … Continue reading →

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150 Euro smart phone Thor Plus available

Posted on November 6, 2017 by hrehatschek

The smart phone Vernee Thor Plus produced in China and available for 150 Euro list price offers quite good functionality. Next an AMOLED display 5.5″ (1280 x 720 pixel, 16 million colors) with 13 mega pixels, 3 GB RAM it … Continue reading →

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Microsoft starts artificial intelligence offensive

Posted on December 15, 2016 by hrehatschek

Microsoft recently introduced a new kit of artificial intelligence (ai) systems for consumers, companies and developers. This involves their assistant Cortana, a chatbot and a simultaneous translator. For its electronic assistant Cortana Microsoft announced a developer interface. With this so … Continue reading →

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From June 2016 only apps from watchOS2 SDK will be allowed for Apple Watch

Posted on April 25, 2016 by hrehatschek

A blog entry of Apple announces, that from June 2016 only Apps developed with the watchOS 2 SDK will be allowed in the Apple Store. Since Sep. 2015 native apps are available for apple watch. They allow to read out … Continue reading →

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A new smartphone (LG V10) with two displays and three cameras

Posted on December 1, 2015 by hrehatschek

The idea of two displays is not completely new – also the legendary Nokia Communicator had already two displays more than 10 years ago, but he had only two and not three cameras 😉 The new LG V10 based on … Continue reading →

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Chip implantations are the next step after wearables

Posted on September 4, 2015 by hrehatschek

In the near future we won’t have any ID card anymore but only a chip in our body which will identify us. At least if the future will come as proposed by Kaspersky Labs which developed together with the Swedish … Continue reading →

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