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Me, playing with the PS4 during E3

The PlayStation 4 will ship later this year and since many people may pre-order it based on pre-release information available on the web (like I did), I thought that posting a hands-on review based on the experience gathered from the initial launch and from on our “hands-on” experience of the console at E3 would make sense. By now, most of the PS4-related information is expected to remain unchanged until the public availability, and basically you’re not going to get to know much more (besides launch titles) until the retail units arrive, so here is everything that we do know about PS4. Let’s see if it is for you. (more…)

Hands-On: PS4 Review original content from Ubergizmo.

Samsung announced the next step into its ultrabook line earlier this year with its ATIV brand of products expected to be released in 2013. We were introduced to the ATIV Book 9 Plus earlier this year, but that isn’t the only ATIV product Samsung has up its sleeve as the company released its ATIV Book 7 ultrabook earlier this year.

The ATIV Book 7 has a number of impressive specs as it features an Intel Core i5 1.8GHz processor a 13.3-inch display, 128GB SSD, 4GB DDR3 RAM, and JBL speakers, but will this ultrabook be able to take a step into the spotlight when the ATIV Book 9 Plus was just released over the weekend? There’s only one way to find out and that’s by diving into our review. (more…)

Samsung ATIV Book 7 Review original content from Ubergizmo.

Samsung released its latest Galaxy S Android smartphone earlier this year, the Samsung Galaxy S4, which since then has sold like hotcakes as it’s been released globally. One thing we didn’t expect was for there to be an additional version of the Galaxy S4 released shortly after its release that would allow the device to become extremely durable as it has been made to be water and dust-resistant and has a IP67 certification.

If you’re the kind of person who finds themselves in an environment that requires to outfit your smartphone with a special case in order to survive through the day, we’re sure you’ve been keeping an eye on the Galaxy S4 Active as other Android devices that offer water and dust resistance tend to not have the most earth-shattering specs. Samsung has already caught the attention of many with its Galaxy S4, so let’s see if making it resistant to water and dust makes it an even more valuable device. (more…)

Samsung Galaxy S4 Active Review original content from Ubergizmo.

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Since the launch of Google Glass, wearable technology has become a hot topic in the tech industry, specifically in the Silicon Valley. Additionally, the miniaturization and the decreasing price of components alongside innovations in low power technologies foster the rise of the wearable tech industry. In 2007, Wired editors Gary Wolf and Kevin Kelly started the Quantify Self, a movement that has recently got a lot of traction thanks to the popular connected bracelets Jawbone UP and Nike+ FuelBand.

Yesterday, Stained Glass Labs, the first incubator/accelerator focused on Glass and wearable Technologies announced the Glazed Conference, a 3-day event that will gather the world’s top tier investors, press, developers and entrepreneurs to engage the Silicon Valley in conversation around  wearable technology.

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Stained Glass Labs Glazed Conference Announced original content from Ubergizmo.

Earlier today, tech media outlets were buzzing because Qualcomm’s VP Anand Chandrasekher presented a deck of slides (to a media group in Taiwan) that included a very specific message: among the things that are “dumb”, “Eight-core CPUs” make it to the top of the list.

This comes in the context of Qualcomm being under pressure from the press, and sometimes for the public, to release an “8-core” processor. Why? Basically because “8>4” – if you listen to the common wisdom. Samsung for example, has had ample marketing success with its Exynos Octa 5 “8-core” processor launched at CES 2013. Mediatek is another company that is getting a lot of attention lately because it claims that it will be the first company to launch what they call a “true 8-core” processor for mobiles (official product page). (more…)

Are More Cores, Better? original content from Ubergizmo.