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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

San Francisco Apple Stores iPhone 5s line wraps around the block

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Three hours before the store is scheduled to open, a line of more that 150 hopeful iPhone buyers stretched down the street and around the block.


Some at the beginning of the line were huddled in blankets (above), having camped overnight for the device. New additions to the line joined every few minutes as the queue stretched down Powell Street and around the corner at OFarrell, in the otherwise quiet Union Square shopping district.


Similarly long lines have been reported in China, which was for the first time ever among the initial countries to participate in the first day of Apples launch, as well as London, Los Angeles, New York and other cities.

One reason the new iPhone is still generating lines at its seventh annual launch is that Apples supply of the iPhone 5s, particularly in the new gold finish, is reported to be in limited supply. Apple has instituted purchasing limits for line holders, restricting iPhone 5c models to ten units per person, while the more scarce iPhone 5s is limited to two devices.

In part, this scarcity is due to production challenges of meeting demand for the new Touch ID sensor. Apple faces the enormous task of building millions of the new devices to meet the anticipated demand over its initial launch weekend, products which must be flawless from day one.

That operational circus act comes just days after the mega-launch of iOS 7, which caused major ripples in the Internet as Apple rolled out the biggest, fastest mobile device upgrade ever.

This is the first time Apple (or anyone) has built such a Touch ID sensor, which improves upon previous, unsuccessful attempts to incorporate practical fingerprint-based authentication into a mobile device.


Apples design uses a new sapphire lens element to protect the fragile capacitive sensor, which industry expert Geppy Parziale had earlier predicted would not stand up to everyday use.



"Constant usage of the sensor starts to destroy the capacitors and over time, the fingerprint sensor stops to work," Parziale gravely warned early last month before Apple had demonstrated how its design worked.

Thousands of fans of Apples product design are ready to wait in line for the new device, expecting that the companys new product works as advertised. Initial product reviews have raved that it does.


Data source: via AppleInsider (By Daniel Eran Dilger)

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Saturday, April 4, 2015

Ultrabook Convertible The New Line Of Laptop Computer

With the speed at which smartphones and tablets are released to the stores these days, it would be difficult to keep up and of course get confused as to what device to buy. In fact, it is more difficult to make a choice when it comes to the purchase of a tablet or laptop computer since these two devices are becoming more alike e.g the new Windows Surface.
The brains at Intel have recognize these increasing difficulty in making choices and have decided to create a new line of products known as Ultrabook Convertible.
Ultrabook convertible is a device that can function both as a laptop and or a tablet. It s slick and compact.
This means that it is light weight, with touch screen just like a tablet and also can be flipped open as you would do a laptop with embedded keyboard, webcam, HDMI, VGA $ USB ports, Disc drive and Memory card reader.
Honestly, if you are having difficulty in choosing a tablet over a laptop, then your worries are over.
Other features of this device is that it packs in the Intel icore 5 & 7 processor, retina display resolution and all the goodies you can expect in a tablet and laptop, windows 8 and of course at a reasonable price.
Images are provided for you below.

One thing is certain, wether you prefer a laptop and still need a tablet, you will find these line of products satisfactory.







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