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Previously, many people predicted that Apple will release the iPad 5 in the event that took place at October 22 October . But in fact , they turn over the predictions with iPad Air release that should be called iPad 5 in accordance with the tradition of products naming by Apple.

One of the radical changes that Apple made ​​was to cut the weight and size of the iPad Air. So, the iPad Air is having thinner and lighter size when viewed from the weight.

iPad Air possessed a thickness of only 7.5 mm, it is rare to have the size of a tablet device as thin as the iPad Air. In addition , the weight of iPad Air is only 469 grams weight . Not only that , the size of the bezel on the right and left of iPad Air is fewer than the previous iPad generation, even iPad mini.

Turning to the internal part, Apple implanting dual core 64 bit processor with a clock speed of 1.3 GHz. As for multi-tasking, iPad Air has 1 GB of RAM. But don't get it wrong , the GPU embedded in Apple iPad Air claimed as one of the most powerful GPU currently available for the tablet device.


On the camera, the iPad Air that called iPad 5 previously, use a 5 megapixel camera. While at the front, they still use the 1.2 megapixel camera .

Unfortunately, Apple does not provide features such as the fingerprint scanner like the iPhone 5S. So is the color variants available only black and silver, no gold color.

iPad Air sale starting next November. Start from USD 499 for 16GB Wi-Fi version and for the Wi-Fi + 3G 16GB, it has a price of USD 629.

Since 2 years ago, HTC was so difficult to penetrate the U.S. market which is touted as the heart of the world's greatest smartphone circulation. But for this time, it seems HTC has find the light with their latest products, the HTC One. After the HTC one release, this smartphone has received a lot of positive response from the United States consumers.

Since it opened the HTC One pre orders a few days ago, HTC successfully obtained hundreds thousands subscribers. This is a rare situation for HTC which is usually after they opened the pre-order, they seems difficult to get tens or hundreds thousands subscribers.

HTC one itself was still opened the pre-order in the United States. HTC laso revealed that in the coming days, HTC One will be available to be purchased and the buyer in the pre-orders list will have the first chance to get this 4.7 inch smartphone.

It's very reasonable that HTC hanging his hopes on this smartphone to get big sales. As this smartphone will have the highest specifications ever made ​​by HTC. HTC One has its own advantages with the design and material that used in its body. Besides the screen with highest pixel depth, 469 ppi, HTC One also has the most powerful Snapdragon 600 processor. Although there are some camera issues that had said on this phone. But still, this HTC One is very worthy to be a choice besides Xperia Z and Samsung Galaxy S4. HTC is also likely to make HTC One dual sim version which will be marketed in China.

Nexus 7 3G 16GB, cheap but powerful

Google have realize the desire of the consumers who want to buy cheap Android tablet, but has a powerful specification. Today, Google released the Nexus 7 with an internal memory of 16 GB with 3G connectivity with a reasonable price tag at around US$199. With low prices, Nexus 7 with 3G connectivity is widely believed will be the toughest opponent for the iPad Mini that just released last week by Apple. Google is not just release a Nexus 7 16 GB with 3G connectivity, but also released the 32 GB version of the Nexus 7 with 3G connectivity and 32GB Wi-Fi version.

Nexus 7 32 GB Wi-Fi version is priced US$249. As for the Nexus 7 32 GB 3G version is worth US$299. Actually, the 3 new variants of Nexus 7 have already seen by Google to cover up the weaknesses in the previous Nexus 7. It's all about the size of the internal memory options and the lack of 3G connectivity in it.

For Nexus 7 Wi-Fi 8 GB version, Google also took the decision to stop the sale. And replaced with the 3 new variants above and of course the Nexus 7 Wi-Fi version with 16GB internal memory which comes first.

The presence of this 3 new version of Nexus 7 could be a new markdown trend for the similar android tablet. As we know, many precious android tablet are cheap, but it just has very minimal specifications. And Nexus 7 could be the pioneer for a cheap tablet gadget but has the specification that's not cheap. The processors used by this new android tablet was included in the high-end processor, the quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3.

Nexus 10, the toughest opponent for iPad 4

There is a new surprise news from Google tablet. Google not only released the Nexus 7 3G to strengthen their market share in the tablet segment. Apparently, Google released another tablet called Nexus 10 earlier than previously expected. This 10.1 inch tablet touted by many parties to have the potential to be the toughest competitor for the new iPad 4.

Now the competition between android tablets and iOS tablets fork on the two Nexus gadgets and two iOS gadgets. Nexus 7 and 10 from Android and iPad Mini and iPad 4 from iOS. Google and Apple certainly have a strategy to beat each other.

Nexus 10 is the first of Google's Nexus tablet that uses a 10.1-inch wide screen. Weighing up to 603 grams, while the thickness is about 8.9 mm. Nexus 10 using the processor of the Samsung Exynos dual-core processor chip with a clock speed of 1.7 GHz. The RAM that's embedded in Nexus 10 is quite high as 2 GB. And using a Mali T604 GPU.

As for the camera, it will be carried by two cameras mounted on the front and back. On the rear, Nexus 10 has a camera with a maximum resolution of 5 mega pixels. As for the front camera has a camera with a resolution of 1.9 mega pixels. Nexus 10 internal memory will be available in 2 versions. The first version is 16 GB and the other is 32 GB. Unfortunately there is no microSD slot for external memory capacity that can be increased.

Google only provides Wi-Fi version for the Nexus 10. The price offered is about US$399 for the 16 GB and US$499 for the 32 GB version. As comparison, Nexus 10 is cheaper than the US$499 iPad 4 for the 16GB Wi-Fi version.

Samsung to release Galaxy Premier i9260

Samsung confirmed that they will soon release new galaxy smartphone series by the end of this year. From some of the rumors circulating, Samsung will release Galaxy Premier with i9260 as the numbering code. The Galaxy Premier smartphone series, Samsung Galaxy i9260 is coming for mid-end segment. It's characterized by the kind of processor that will be used in the Galaxy Premier will manifold dual core 1.5 GHz Processor.

The width of the screen used on the Galaxy Premier is about 4.7 inch, 4.65 inch to be exact. The screen resolution of this upcoming phone reach 1280 x 720 with a Super AMOLED. The Dual core processor on the Galaxy Premier supposedly coming from Texas Instruments OMAP 4470 processor. But there is also a saying that the Galaxy Premier will use the latest Exynos processor types that are produced by Samsung itself.

In the sector of the camera, the Galaxy Premier almost certainly going to use the 8 mega pixel camera with HD video recording with 1080 p capability. And the rumored of the front camera has a maximum resolution of 2 mega pixels. Some rumors about the other specifications of Galaxy Premier are 1 GB RAM, 16 GB internal memory and a microSD slot with availability to increase the memory capacity up to 32 GB.

Samsung is currently the ruler of the smartphone segment by selling over 50 million units in the third quarter of this year, far exceeded the sales of their closest rivals Apple that only managed to sell about 20 million units. Samsung sales figures for this year is more widely contributed by their smartphone OS that adopt the Android OS.