KreativeByte - 2 July 2012

1) All-in-one, foldable laptop, tablet and multimedia screen, visit here to know more about myRolltop

2) A small pocket sizes dongle that converts any TV into a smart TV, check this out here

3) Samsung S Health launched for Galaxy SIII, read more about this here

4) Create Dynamic Websites from your iPhone or iPad, read more about Webr app

A Challenger in making for Ultrabooks and Netbooks

Intel has being throwing weight behind ultrabook promotions off late and netbook manufacturers are still battling with tablets to survive in the race of portable computing, Asus came up with Transformer Prime to set a new trend in tablet computing.

There are many companies which thrive on iPad accessory market manufacturing portable computing cases one such company CalmCase has come up with an innovative concept of giving you ClamBook which is a laptop dock that would be powered by your Android or iPhone, you get a MacBook Air style device which is made of Aluminum. Their website does not mention about the exact screen size, however it has a 16:9 aspect screen with cinematic sound, ClamBook supports keypad gestures and shortcut keys for Android phone and sweetens the deal further for Motorola based phones that would support Motorola's webtop app.

Your phone is connected with a MHL cable that would allow ClamBook to draw processing power from the phone without draining battery of your handset and charging it parallelly,with Microsoft planning to launch MS Office for Android and iOS by the end of this year, this gadget looks to be a good proposition for computing on the go, with basic apps, browser and increasing muscle power of smartphone processors, ClamBook would work seamlessly with smartphones without the need of worrying anymore about finding a solution for meeting your basic computing  requirements, Portable gaming from your phone would also be an interesting possibility to explore on ClamBook because the quality of games for mobile phones is also evolving faster that we could have though.

ClamBook is not available to buy right now, expected to be launched towards this year end, I would be looking forward to this one, do you think this could be a breakthrough device to challenge the rise of Ultrabooks and future of Netbooks.

Samsung : A Bright galaxy of smartphone stars?

Samsung is basking under the emphatic glory of it's Galaxy smartphone series sales that has touched a figure of close to 60 million phones now, which comprises last year's runaway success phone Galaxy S2 leading with 28 million units sold, Original Galaxy S phone launched in 2010 with 24 million units and another breakthrough "Phablet" device Galaxy Note selling 7 million units after it's October 2011 launch that goes to prove this phone sold close to 1 million units every month after it's launch.

This stellar achievement is something Samsung would not miss to brag about, and it has a potential winner on hand with Galaxy S3 getting rave reviews from critics and smartphone enthusiasts, London Olympics would prove the right vehicle for promoting Galaxy S3, since Galaxy S3 is on the way to shattering records touching a figure of 9 million in pre-orders. Samsung has already warned of shipping delays as fans have started queuing up to buy S3. This feat would surpass Apple's previous record of selling 4 million units of iPhone 4S within 3 days of it's launch, even Galaxy S2 took 6 months to sell 10 million units.

Another surprise hit that came out of Samsung's smartphone stable was in Galaxy Note which got criticized for it's awful screen size just when the "God Phone" set standards of an ideal screen size to 3.5"display, a prankster like Samsung seems switched these display numbers around and poked it's way out with Note sporting 5.3" display that brought the stylus back from the tech dump grave. The last phone 2 phones I used with a stylus were Sony Ericsson W950i and Moto Rokr music addiction phone, back then smart apps were non existent on these so-called "smartphones" which eventually rendered stylus worthless. Samsung has being thoughtful to tailor apps for Galaxy Note which would allow both the creative and professional types to best utilize the stylus on this phone, they even launched a special app challenge contest for the S-Pen (stylus branding for Galaxy Note)

Steve Jobs had ridiculed the idea of using stylus for the iPhone however Apple is now learned to have patented Advanced Stylus design, Samsung also knew it had to come up with an efficient and less clunky solution if it had to prove stylus to be a useful accessory for Galaxy Note. I am making it a habit to carry my note with me for meetings and skip my laptop or notepad for taking notes in office, until now I can say the experience has being good. Though Galaxy note would not be a phone that suit's the taste of every smartphone users, a research report from ABI predicts "Phablet" devices touching a sales figure of 208 million units by 2015 which feels pretty exaggerated right now, however according to their report the key factor of "two in one device" would be the driving force in order to fuel sales of "Phablet" devices. If you thought screen size was a deterrent check this body to screen ratio comparison made by a Reddit user Thare who crowned Galaxy Note to be the best in this category, LG has also launched a a 5 inch Optimus -VU phone to enter this segment. Dell could have taken the lead in the "Phablet" segment because it had Android OS on their Streak phone series, however they failed to position these devices properly in the market and fell behind in porting Android OS updates on time which caused them to pull the plug on their tablet phone offering.

Samsung is not resting on it's laurels with these high end smartphone range, it has come up with a 2.6" display Galaxy Pocket Android phone which costs approx INR 6900 that goes to show a company that is on a roll in production and marketing which is making other mobile companies shuffle their plans as well. On a closing note, read this humorous feature article on how smartphones and "Phablets" could probably change the Gentlemen's dressing in order to adapt to the next level of gadget evolution.

Leave your comments and reply if you feel Samsung's dominance in smartphone segment is going to be short lived or does this company now have a right profile of products growing without the fear to innovate and experiment.

Nokia Fanboy Rage

A rather attacking comment i read on a blog by a Nokia Fanboy against the iphone

Screen/User Interface:
iDon’t have themes support.
iDon’t have a scalable OS, apps on the iPad are simply stretched to fit.
iDon’t have a desktop, entire UI is organized as a single “start” menu.
iDon’t have parallax (finger/screen offset) adjusting – low precision especially on small objects.
iDon’t have a touch friendly screen, gloves, pens, styluses and not even fingernails work!
iDon’t have neither haptic nor any other type feedback whatsoever.
iDon’t have any precision compared to resistive touchscreens.
iDon’t have a standard(16:10, 16:9, 4:3) aspect ratio only Apple custom ones(3:2) will fit my screen.

Power:
iDon’t have USB charging without a dock adapter.
iDon’t have any safety garment for the battery(1) melting is known to occur in Apple products(2)
iDon’t have warranty for damage made by “external” force aka. the above.

GSM connectivity:
iDon’t have full 3G HSDPA speed (7mb/s vs. 2008 smatphones that have 10mb/s).
iDon’t have full GPRS/EDGE speed (CLASS 10 is four times slower than CLASS 33!)
iDon’t have a decent GSM/GPS/WiFi signal(1) the connection is far worse than on 3GS(2)
iDon’t handle videocall via the network, gTalk etc.

WLAN connectivity:
iDon’t have DLNA (streaming HD content wireless on a HDTV).
iDon’t have UPnP technology (automatic WiFi setup) some networks simply don’t work.

Bluetooth connectivity:
iDon’t A2DP right (BT stereo) right: lags on videos(1) and games(2).
iDon’t have rSAP, Remote SIM Access Profile(1) – iDon’t work with your in-car hands free(2).
iDon’t fully support AVRCP (BT remote)(1) industry standard(2) can’t skip tracks.
iDon’t support any Bluetooth services when pairing with a MacBook.
iDon’t have any BT file sharing my BT is almost useless!

Cable connectivity:
iDon’t have standard USB connectivity(1) only custom cables(2)
iDon’t give a damn about the environment: short cables but tons of iAccesories.

Misc connectivity:
iDon’t have PC/MAC/LINUX connectivity without iTunes.
iDon’t have IR, can’t control: basic household items(1) TV, HDTV(2) DSLR camera(3) MAC(4)

Media/camera:
iDon’t have stereo speakers.
iDon’t have radio.
iDon’t have FM transmitter.
iDon’t have decent camera (small sensor and 72 DPI, which is less than most 5mp phones)
iDon’t have fine detail in pictures, high noise reduction smears the finer details.
iDon’t have video stabilization.
iDon’t have exposure control (ISO).

Design:
iDon’t eject my sim without a special key.
iDon’t have a removable battery.
iDon’t have hot swappable memory.
iDon’t sell cheap but my value at FOXCONN in China(1), where I am made, is ~190$(2)

iOS 4.0

Web:
iDon’t have audio/video streaming for 90% of the multimedia sites.
iDon’t offer a real web experience, various sites only offer a phone version.
iDon’t have Flash or Flash Lite – flash sites, apps or games simply do not work.
iDon’t have push idle so battery drains fast even on push.
iDon’t have push e-mail if i’m jailbroken, even if you pay!
iDon’t render HTML5 graphics, nor can iHandle HTML5 controls.
iDon’t process HTML attachments correctly.

File management:
iDon’t have access to my internal folders by any means – no app in the iStore allows this!
iDon’t even have access to set mp3s as ringtones.
iDon’t have MIDP/JAVA support.
iDon’t handle DivX, XviD, FLV native video.
iDon’t handle ZIP, RAR or SFX – no app in the iStore allows this!