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    ABS-CBN invests in digital broadcasting

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    ABS-CBN invests in digital broadcasting

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    Philippine broadcast pioneer ABS-CBN is well on its way to bringing crystal clear television viewing to millions upon millions of Filipinos by investing in Digital Terrestrial Television (DTV) and Cable TV.

    ABS-CBN marketing head Miguel Marcado noted that 80 percent of households make do with traditional aerial antennas, as these families from the D and E socio-economic classes cannot afford the clearer signal provided for by cable television. Of that number, less than 52 percent receive only two watchable channels, with the other free TV channels being of quality that is too poor to watch. Given the developments that pop up in the cities, it is more than likely that the TV signal on the ground will continue to deteriorate.

    “People do not get clear reception on TV because of the buildings and billboards that create interference in the signal. They don’t have a choice and they think it is because of their old TV sets,” he said. “Digital terrestrial television will diminish the effect of development in the transmission of content and help the government fulfill its mandate of providing citizens access to information as it enables them to view more channels clearly.”

    Mercado said that ABS-CBN has invested heavily on infrastructure, as well as test broadcast activities over the past six years to ensure a smooth transition to DTT, which gives viewers clear picture and sound, as well as much more content, as it allows each network to broadcast over more than one channel. DTT, which is considered the future of television, has been discussed to completely replace the existing analog system in the country by 2015.

    “All the network’s efforts of producing world class programs are for naught if the content cannot be viewed and appreciated in its true value, if it even reaches the people at all. But the main reason we continue to innovate is to give the people a choice, an access to a wealth of information and entertainment that analog transmission simply cannot address very well,” Mercado added.

     

    Samsung unveils the awesomely massive Galaxy Mega

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    Phone users, have you held your smartphone in your hand and felt that there just wasn’t enough screen on which to view your content? You readers with tablets, have you struggled with your massive slate and wished it were just a little more manageable? Samsung has heard your pleas for the perfect phablet, and present for your consideration the Samsung Galaxy Mega.

    The Galaxy Mega gives users the best of both phone and tablet, and brings more of Samsung’s  great build quality and value to the phablet market. The device combines the portability and convenience of a regular smartphone, with the power, multitasking capability and large screen real estate of a tablet. The newest addition to the Galaxy family has a 6.3-inch, HD screen, yet remains compact enough to stuff into a pocket and use with one hand.

    “We are aware of a great poten­tial in the bigger screen for extensive viewing multimedia, web browsing, and more,”  said  CL Lee Managing Director SEPCO. “We are excited to provide another choice to meet our consumers’ varying lifestyles, all while maintaining the high-quality features of the  award-winning GALAXY series.”
    The Galaxy Mega comes with a software suite that will be familiar to those who have experienced the Galaxy series of devices. Among the software loaded on to the Mega is Group Play that allows users to share a media file, as long as they are all connected to the same Wi-Fi network; Samsung Link, which lets the device stream all sorts of media to your TV, tablet or computer, and S Translator, which instantly translates text or spoken word into a language you can understand.

    The Galaxy Mega also lets users multi-task via the Galaxy’s familiar Split-Screen interface for a variety of commonly-used applications, bringing a whole other level of productivity on the go.

    The GALAXY Mega is equipped with an enhanced 8 megapixel rear-facing camera with a 1.9 megapixel front-facing camera, along with a variety of camera modes including  ‘Drama Shot’ (merging continuous shots of a moving object), ‘Sound & Shot’ (captures 9 seconds of sound and voice together as the picture is taken to capture moments), ‘Rich tone,’ ‘Sports’ and more.

    The Galaxy Mega 6.3 runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, and a 1.7GHz processor on top of  1.5GHz of RAM. Its 8GB of internal memory can be expanded with a microSD up to 64GB large. The 6.3-inch screen has a resolution of 720×1280 pixels, and a density of about 233 ppi.

    We’ll give you more news about Samsung’s latest phablet in the days and weeks to come. There should be a launch at some point in the near future, so watch this page.

    Ford Philippines appoints Kay Hart as Managing Director

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    Ford Philippines appoints Kay Hart as Managing Director

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    Effective June 1, 2013, Ford Group Philippines will have a new Managing Director in the person of Kay Hart, who formerly served as the Dealer Development and Field Operations Director of Ford Asia Pacific, based in Shanghai, China. Hart replaces Randy Krieger, who has been appointed Director of Marketing and Sales of Ford ASEAN and will be based in Bangkok, Thailand. Both Hart and Krieger shall be reporting to Ford ASEAN President Matt Bradley.

    Hart will be responsible for leading the successful and ongoing product-led transformation of Ford Philippines, which includes the continual introduction of class-leading One Ford vehicles as well as the aggressive expansion of the company’s nationwide Ford dealer network and customer service experience. Hart will also inherit the continuing sales momentum of Ford Philippines, which has enjoyed four consecutive months of record sales through April.

    “We’re thrilled to welcome Kay to her new role. With her proven experience and leadership in the region, we are confident that she will lead the continued growth our business in the Philippines,” said Bradley.

    Hart served as Dealer Development and Field Operations Director of Ford ASEAN from 2009 to 2013, where she had overall responsibility for the development and growth of Ford’s distribution network across the ASEAN region and the rollout of Ford’s Brand@Retail global dealership facility design standard.

    Hart also served as Vice President of Marketing at Ford Thailand from 2007 to 2009, and prior to that appointment, was part of Ford New Zealand from 1999 to 2007, serving in various roles such as National Sales Manager, Marketing Programs and Communications Manager, Parts and Service Marketing Manager and Dealer Operations Manager.

    Hart graduated from the Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, and holds a bachelor’s degree in business with a double major in marketing and management.

    Android OS could power monitors

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    Android OS could power monitors

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    Your current monitor probably needs to be plugged in to a device to operate, but imagine one that has an ARM CPU and that can also run the Android OS. Currently, the Android OS is featured mostly on smartphones and a small number of tablet devices. With people moving away from traditional desktop devices and taking their gadgets on the road, Android could jolt some life into the struggling monitor market.

    WitsView, a Taiwanese analyst firm, also confirms this, saying that smartphones and tablets have caused consumers to sink their money into such devices and away from traditional monitors, which are now being pushed into niche markets as the bring your own device (BYOD) trend also makes its way into the workplace, where monitors were a staple as they were used in workstations.

    “An Android LCD monitor is a LCD monitor equipped with the ARM processor, featuring the Android operating system, and adjustable to a horizontal angle on top of the touch function and WiFi, which can be regarded as a simple version of [all-in-one computer] AIO or a large-sized tablet,” the firm said. “The user experience on an Android LCD monitor is similar to that on a tablet and can be seen as the extension of a tablet.” Currently, one of the devices that has an OS within what is practically a large monitor is the Sony Tap 20.

    The firm also said the Android monitor’s main competitors would be all-in-one PCs, which currently cost US$600 minimum. They also said an Android OS monitor would sell for US$400, which would undercut said all-in-one PCs. Although they said they would release an Android monitor for the European market back at Mobile World Congress, there has been no news on who would make it (although an Acer branded Android monitor concept is featured above) or when it would be released.

    Source: The Register

    Music collaboration platform idea wins Startup Weekend 4th edition

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    Music collaboration platform idea wins Startup Weekend 4th edition

    OdicionTeam Odicion leader Philippe Bautista makes his pitch before the participants and judges of the 4th edition of Startup Weekend

    Armed with the idea of an online music collaboration platform that utilizes multi-tracking to allow musicians to work together to create music remotely via social networking, Team Odicion was able to best 19 other participating teams in the 4th edition of Startup Weekend Manila, which was recently held at Mint College.

    “Granted that there are musicians who can play a lot of instruments, there are still musicians who have a limited number of skills. There are also some musicians who look for musicians so they can create something new and different. These are reasons for the practice of musicians of looking for others they can collaborate with. But no matter how big a musician’s network, there will always be limitations to that brought on by factors such as history and geographical area,” said Philippe Bautista, Team Leader of Team Odicion.

    Bautista added, “By being able to collaborate with all musicians around the world, we are able to create real world music.”

    Team Odicion is composed of Philippe Bautista, a composer for film, TV, and other multimedia under the outfit MasterScore Music Productions; Mony Romana, a music business teacher; John “JT” Flameño, a musician and graphic designer; Yhanco Grey “Ygee” Esteban, the back-end developer; and Joanna Empit, a graphic designer and front-end developer.

    Bautista claims that even if the 4th edition of Startup Weekend has already come to a close, Team Odicion will remain together to push the project forward.

    Startup Weekend is a 54-hour hackathon and pitching competition organized by Kickstart Ventures, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Globe Telecom, together with web engineering firms Proudcloud and Dynamic Obix and MINT College, where aspiring technopreneurs are given the chance to form teams and pitch their business ideas in the field of digital applications.

    The panel of judges for the 4th edition of Startup Weekend was composed of Pao Pena from LeoBurnett/Arc, Eric Ramirez from Molave Investments, Dave Overton from Symph, Frederic Levy from CashCash Pinoy and Ron Hose from Innovation Endeavors.

    Bagging 2nd and 3rd place, respectively, are Team Good Meal Hunting and Team Nawawala.Org.

    Anti-child abuse ad uses lenticular printing to send different messages to kids and adults

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    Anti-child abuse ad uses lenticular printing to send different messages to kids and adults

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    Look what we picked up on our radar today! We stumbled upon an interesting anti-child abuse outdoor ad from the Aid to Children and Adolescents at Risk (ANAR) Foundation in Spain, which attempts to offer help to abused children by sending them a message that adults won’t see (unless they stoop down to tie their shoe or are smaller than 4’5″).

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    The ANAR Foundation used lenticular printing to create two different images that each appear when you look at the frame from two different viewing angles. When a child (or someone whose height measures 1.35 meters and below) looks at the ad, he or she will see bruises and cuts on the face of the kid, together with this message: “If somebody hurts you, phone us and we’ll help you.” ANAR’s hotline number can also be seen when the ad is viewed at a low angle.

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    When observed from the eye level of someone who is at least 1.75 meters in height, the viewer, who is expected to be an adult, won’t be able to see the scars and bruises and the offer for help, but will be able to see an awareness message. This way, the foundation is able to deliver two different messages to two different audiences by using just one ad.

    The foundation claims that the intention of this outdoor ad is to offer abused kids a line to call without alerting their agressors, even if they are walking by the ad together.

    See it in action in the video below!

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    Paid YouTube subscriptions coming soon

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    Paid YouTube subscriptions coming soon

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    It’s hard to believe that the website we’ve spent nearly a decade wasting our time on for free—the same place where you want to watch videos of cats, listen to music, watch people broadcast themselves doing smart and stupid things—wants you to pay to view its content all of a sudden. However, at the end of the day, content creators have bills to pay just like the rest of society, and the ultimate goal of any business is to make profit.

    According to The Atlantic Wire, the new paid subscription platform is in the final stages of development and could apply to as many as 50 YouTube channels, so you might need to shell out some cash to keep viewing your favorite YouTube channels. Some of these channels are the same ones that YouTube is already heavily promoting. YouTube has spent over $200 million promoting this strategy in the past 18 months. The channels affected are ones that are hosted by major media companies such as The Onion, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and more.

    “We have long maintained that different content requires different types of payment models,” a spokesman for YouTube said in January. “The important thing is that, regardless of the model, our creators succeed on the platform. There are a lot of our content creators that think they would benefit from subscriptions, so we’re looking at that.”

    No news yet on whether or not we’ll be able to access the same content on our shores. However, due to licensing restrictions and other factors, many people either need a cable subscription or resort to piracy to catch their favorite TV shows.

    Source: The Atlantic Wire

    Got gaming comm problems? Yeah, Razer has an app for that.

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    Got gaming comm problems? Yeah, Razer has an app for that.

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    In gaming, more information means more power. Whether it is letting your squad know that you are getting flanked, giving a signal to advance, or letting everyone know it’s time to fall back and regroup. Razer, a world leader in high-performance gaming hardware, has just announced the open beta release of Razer Comms, an all-in-one communications solution for games.

    Razer has taken feedback gathered from a community-based closed beta, Razer Cooms combines a VoIP client, instant messaging and IRC features that allow gamers the world over enjoy crystal-clear audio and instant communication over a seamlessly-integrated interface. This allows for uninterrupted gameplay while typing or talking wth friends.

    Razer Comms uses complex audio algorithms and an ultra-fast server infrastructure to deliver precise, crisp and clear communication with no timeouts or lag spikes, with advanced noise reduction and echo cancellation to gamers everywhere.

    “As a gamer, it gets pretty annoying switching between multiple clients all the time when playing and talking with your friends,” says Min-Liang Tan, Razer co-founder, CEO and creative director. “Razer Comms offers a way around that challenge. By connecting gamers globally through a versatile software solution without any additional costs for the user, Razer Comms is a way for us to give back to our passionate fan base.”

    Users keen to try out Razer Comms can check out THIS LINK. It’s free to download!

    WD Launches world’s first 5mm 2.5-inch Hard Drive

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    WD Launches world’s first 5mm 2.5-inch Hard Drive

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    Western Digital has just announced that it is now shipping the world’s first ultra-slim 2.5-inch hard drives and solid state hybrid drives. These drives, which are intended for the extremely slim devices whose internal dimensions are sorely constrained, are an amazing five (5) mm thick. With 500GB of storage and models with high performance-enabling hybrid technology, this product line helps address the tradeoffs designers have to make between capacity, physical size and read/write speeds.

    “With the launch of our new WD Blue™ 5 mm ultra slim hard drives and our WD Black™ SSHD products, currently shipping to OEMs, WD is delivering to our customers a variety of solutions that maximize storage capacity and volumetric efficiency, as well as performance and system responsiveness, for consumers,” said Matt Rutledge, vice president of WD’s client computing business unit. “Our engineering team took a clean-sheet approach with 5 mm to deliver an ultra-thin hard drive that enables a world of possibilities and applications for mobile computing and beyond.”

    Key to the drives are five key features that give it an edge over the competition.

    The drives give users and designers an Ultra-slim Form Factor. 5 mm height with compact connector offers system designers a greater degree of chassis design freedom. This ultra-slim form factor reduces weight by up to 36 percent compared with a standard 9.5 mm drive. The WD drives have achieved best-in-class Acoustics and Shock. WD’s best-in-class acoustics use technologies that reduce noise when the drive is active or idle. The WD Blue and WD Black 5 mm drives deliver unprecedented operation and non-operation shock specifications with 400 G and 1000G, respectively.  Edge Card Technology: WD designed the connector and board utilizing cell phone miniaturization technology to maximize the mechanical sway space in the hard drive and ensure shock performance.
    Edge Card Connector  – WD Blue 5 mm hard drives also feature the first application of a new small form factor SFF-8784 edge connector. This new connector receives power from and interfaces with the host I/O bus via the SATA interface connector SFF-8784. The drives also feature WD’s trademarked StableTrac technology.  The motor shaft is secured at both ends to reduce system-induced vibration and stabilize platters for accurate tracking during read and write operations which enables consistently higher performance.These ultra-thin WD drives also have a Dual Stage Actuator. These leading-edge enterprise dual stage actuators provide two actuators that improve positional accuracy over the data track(s). The primary actuator provides coarse displacement using conventional electromagnetic actuator principles. The secondary actuator uses piezoelectric motion to fine tune the head positioning to a higher degree of accuracy.

    The drives are available at a suggested retail price of PHP  3,995 for the 500GB WD Blue 2.5-inch 5mm drives, and come with a two year warranty.

    To learn more about the products, head over to THIS link.

     

    Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra First Impressions

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    Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra First Impressions

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    Alcatel is no stranger to the mobile phone market. They have produced quite a number of devices over the course of their long presence in the business. As things go, however, they have been a little low-key of late, releasing a phone or tablet here and there. There hasn’t been anything wrong with the devices; as a matter of fact, they have been quite popular with the bundled promos of some local networks. They hope to break the relative silence with a few great devices that they launched here just the other week. At the top of the list is the Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra. It’s a stylish Android phone that now holds the distinction of being the thinnest mobile phone in its class at an unbelievable 6.45mm thick. It’s also a feather-light 115g.

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    When held the One Touch Idol Ultra feels like a phone a few tiers above its actual price. It is light, but doesn’t feel like a toy. The back is a matte, almost rubbery plastic, but manages to still be solid. there is no creak, the seams are tight and the buttons are crisp. Overall, it is of very encouraging build quality and should hold up to daily use.

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    It has a 4.65 inch screen at a resolution of 720×1280 pixels, giving it a crisp pixel density of about 316ppi. The screen is quite nice, and the AMOLED display makes for deep blacks and nice contrast. The Idol Ultra runs Android Jelly Bean 4.1

    We can’t say it enough: This phone is THIN. If it were less solidly built, it would feel like one could snap it clean in half. As it stands though, it’s quite rigid and handles well in the pocket. The front of the device is protected by Dragon Trail Glass; offering similar scratch and shatter resistance as Gorilla Glass, at least according to videos and some light use. It comes with a nice, tasteful skin from Alcatel, and apart from the overly fanboy Iron Man wallpaper that it comes with, is very pleasant.

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    The device is available for approximately PHP15,000, if you folks are interested.

    We’ll be featuring the Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra in the upcoming June issue of Gadgets, and we’ll also be posting a few updates on the device as we use it, so stay tuned!

    Reiss: Stockinger can generate more possibilities, greater following for F1 in PH

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    Reiss: Stockinger can generate more possibilities, greater following for F1 in PH

    PressCon1(L-R) Lotus F1 Team Business Development Head Martin Reiss, Marlon Stockinger, Lotus F1 Team Principal Eric Boullier, and Marlon’s father, Tom Stockinger

    Lotus F1 Team Business Development Head Martin Reiss said earlier in a press conference for the Manila Speed Show that Filipinos should see Marlon Stockinger as a pioneer who will be able to help generate a greater following for Formula 1 in the Philippines, as well as usher in more Formula 1 events and activities in the country.

    With Stockinger’s continuing success in the field of racing, Reiss and the rest of the Lotus F1 Team are optimistic that the 22-year-old Pinoy-Swiss racer might be able to push for the popularity of Formula 1 in the country, if given ample support from the Filipino community, as well as the Philippine government.

    The Manila Speed Show will take place tomorrow, May 4th, until Sunday, May 5th. During the opening, Stockinger will sit behind the wheel of a Lotus Formula 1 car in a much-anticipated demonstration. The starting line will be at the Quirino Grandstand. The F1 car demo by Stockinger will conclude the following day at the SM Mall of Asia grounds.

    It has also been announced that President Benigno Aquino III has been invited to grace the Manila Speed Show.

    For more information on the Manila Speed Show, check out our previous post.

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    Marlon Stockinger is the cover boy of Gadgets Magazine’s Mobility Issue. Grab a copy at your local bookstores and read about Marlon’s success as a young racer, his aspiration to have a full-time race seat in Formula 1, and his passion for speed. 

    Shape-shifting smartphones and tablets might be on their way

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    Shape-shifting smartphones and tablets might be on their way

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    Is your smartphone or tablet too thick? Too thin? Too bulky? Want to make it into your portable gaming device despite not having a controller? Scientists in Europe have developed prototype devices that could drastically change the way we interact with our smartphones and tablets. The six working prototypes, or “Morphees,” are thin, electronic displays capable of automatically changing shape to perform certain functions. Although there are many, many apps available for our current devices, the shape of our smartphones and tablets have remained rectangular.

    Project leader Anne Roudaut, a researcher at the University of Bristol in the UK, outlined her team’s developments in a paper published this week for the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM). One of the designs transforms a smartphone into the shape of a gaming controller, with its edges folding downward to allow for more comfortable two-thumb playing. Another caves inward like an origami flower, shielding the display from the view of strangers so that the user can have some privacy.

    “In the future, all mobile devices should change shape so that form factor better fits functionality,” Roudaut said Monday in Paris, where she presented her team’s paper at the annual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI). “Such shape-shifting devices would allow software makers to cater their applications to specific physical configurations. We should all be able to go into an app store, download an application, and that application should come with its own form factor,” Roudaut continued.

    The devices are years away from the consumer market, and still have to overcome some technological limitations. For example, they would require thinner and more powerful batteries, and they are also incapable of being presented in high definition. One design sews wooden tiles together with “shape memory alloys” that bend when jolted with an electric current. Touching any corner of the display causes it to automatically fold upward, transforming it into a box-like shape.

    The other prototype uses “home-educated” shape memory alloys to fold the device into a cylindrical form, creating a more console-like configuration. According to Roudaut, its name derives from the fact that it can be programmed to morph into a specific form. “You can actually train the material—you can educate the material to create a different shape,” Roudaut said.

    She notes that this capability could be used to turn a smartphone into a stress ball or to create different physical keyboards, though its future ultimately rests in the hands of developers. “If we can give developers the tools to experiment, they may come up with many more uses—just like what Apple did with the App Store.”

    Source: The Verge

    Fujifilm PH announces new ambassadors

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    Fujifilm PH announces new ambassadors

    Screen Shot 2013-05-03 at 9.05.12 AMFujifilm X-Photographers (L-R) Niko Villegas, Randall Cipriano, Rommel Bundalian, and Lito Sy with Fujifilm Philippines President Takashi Sasaki (center).

     

    If Canon and Nikon have their respective roster of brand ambassadors, we don’t see any reason why fellow renowned camera brand Fujifilm shouldn’t have its own roster as well. Last night at The Vault Bar in Pasig City, Fujfilm Philippines announced its first set of ambassadors. The group is collectively known as the X-Photographers.

    The line-up consists of street photographer Rommel Bundalian, landscape photographer Randall Cipriano, wedding photographer Lito Sy, and fashion photographer Niko Villegas. Conceptual and portrait photographer Jan Gonzales was not present at the event, but was still introduced as one of the five photographers who are set to uphold the Fujifilm brand in the Philippines.

     

     

    Intel offers Iris Graphics and Iris Pro Graphics for new 4th Gen Intel Core processors

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    Intel offers Iris Graphics and Iris Pro Graphics for new 4th Gen Intel Core processors

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    Intel has just announced the successor to their Sandy Bridge architecture. The Intel 4th Gen Core processors with Iris Graphics afford devices a huge leap in graphics processing power when compared to its predecessors. This is of particular importance to Ultrabooks, as Iris Graphics allow unprecedented 3D performance without the need for a discrete graphics card. Iris gives users up to double the 3D performance when compared against today’s fastest mobile Intel Graphics solutions. This brings high-level visuals to today’s Ultrabooks, Notebooks and Desktop All-in-one PCs.

    When compared with the previous, 3rd, generation Core processors, Intel’s Iris Graphics gives much improved 3D performance. Iris Users will see a twofold graphics increase over the older Intel HD Graphics for the high-performing U-series Ultrabook Processors. H-series processors  will see a similar increase in 3D performance when compared against Intel Iris Pro graphics and High Speed Memory. When compared against desktops running R-series processors, Intel Iris Pro graphics show a 3x performance boost. This allows users, particularly those who own Ultrabooks, to not only use their devices for more intensive video and photo editing, but also gaming on the go, without the need for a huge gaming laptop.

    Apart from 3D visuals, Intel Iris graphics also delivers greater photo and video editing performance through features such as Intel Quick Sync Video technology, MJPEG acceleration, 4K UltraHD display resolution, collage mode display, OpenCL, DX11.1, OpenGL4.1 and DX extensions. The 4th Gen Intel Core Processors offer integrated on-package EDRAM memory, the ability to output to three screens, enhanced 4k support and improved MPEG encoding.

    Intel Iris and Iris Pro graphics, along with their current Intel HD graphics offerings, give manufacturers a greater number of setups to cater to different markets, and allows users greater choice when it comes to choosing a device catered to their needs. Intel said in a conference call earlier this week that while Intel Iris Graphics isn’t really trying to achieve “Perfect” gaming, it is certainly much greater than current offerings, even those that draw more power.

    The announcement is great news for gamers on the go, as well as those who seek to have much improved graphics performance without having to worry about the bulk and power draw of a mobile gaming rig. Stay tuned, we’ve been promised some review units as soon as they are available, and we’ll be putting them through their paces.

    Marlon Stockinger mans up The Mobility Issue

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    For more than half of his life, Marlon, 22, has been tearing it up on the fast lane.

    Despite the danger and hard work that comes with the sport, Marlon is bent on doing all it takes to better his craft and further his career. “It’s the sport that I love and I feel extremely passionate about it. I can’t see myself doing anything else,” he raves. “I feel like myself when I’m on the race track.”

    Marlon has already won several international races in his more than seven years of competing, but admittedly, one of the highest points in his career was when he finished on top of the podium at the GP3 Series held in Monaco last year. For the first time in history, the Philippine flag was hoisted at the awarding ceremonies, gloriously accompanied by our national anthem. Marlon is the first Southeast Asian racer to join the Lotus F1 Team as a junior driver, and this year, he will be competing in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series. Marlon is also the first Filipino driver to be invited by the Renault team to formally test an F1 car, and was able to sit behind the wheel and drive it for 350km with four changes of tires at the Paul Ricard track in France. Being the prominent Pinoy in today’s international racing scene, Marlon was given the privilege of being the designated driver of an F1 car that will be flown in by the Lotus Team for the Manila Speed Show, which will take place from May 3 to 5.

    Still fiery and ambitious, Marlon tells us that things definitely don’t stop there. Now, more than ever, he is determined to whiz towards the pinnacle of his game and stay on top. “In the next five years, I’d like to have a full-time race seat in F1,” he hopes. “My goal is not just to make it, I want to stay there and make a name for myself.”

    Read the full article in Gadgets Magazine’s Mobility Issue! 

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