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The Wearable Technologies Conference Europe is coming up fast and will be hosted at the same time as the ISPO MUNICH, the leading sports business trade show. Last year more than 81,000 people from over 109 countries visited the ISPO in Munich. From January 26 to 29, exhibitors from around the world will be presenting everything sports-related – from footwear to performance sports – on more than 100,000 sqm of exhibition area.

Ubergizmo is a media partner of the Wearable Technologies Conference, and Ubergizmo readers will get a 20% discount on the registration fee on this page by using the uebergizmo_WT discount code. This code will be valid from Dec. 05 9am (CET) to Dec. 12 2013 9am (CET).

Hear about and see the future of wearable technologies

With conferences on three continents and more than 1,000 attendees, 2013 has been an amazing year. In Munich the original Wearable Technologies Conference Europe will offer two days (January 27 and 28) of exciting new technologies, case studies, and experts. In short, the complete value chain will be present.

One Highlight will be the award ceremony of the Wearable Technologies Innovation World Cup on Jan. 27 at around 5p.m. During the award show, the finalists of the categories Sports & Fitness, Healthcare & Wellness, Security & Prevention, Gaming & Lifestyle, as well as the special categories “Evolve Insurance Award”, “Smart Clothing”, “blukii® App 2.0”, and “Phone as a Wearable Hub Award” will present their solutions and products, and the “WT Innovator of the year” will be announced.

On an extra exhibition area of roughly 3,000 sqm around the conference venue, reserved only for wearable technologies novelties,  attendees can speak to pioneers of this rapidly evolving, billion-Dollar market and get their hands on the newest wearables.

Since 2006 Wearable Technologies Conferences have been the leading events, showcasing cutting-edge innovation, focusing on decision makers, experts and developers from commerce, production and research, in particular from the fields of Health, Wellness, Active Life, Lifestyle Computing, Communication, Security/Safety, and Fashion. These unique events aim to encourage a dialogue between the respective industries to bring forward new solutions and applications for a rapidly growing target group. Attendees experience the most comprehensive line-up of technology innovations, discuss the latest trends, and meet thought leaders as well as new start-ups in this area. But convince yourself and take a look at our conferences in 2013.

Often copied, never equaled – the Wearable Technologies Conference is back in Munich on January 27 and 28! original content from Ubergizmo.

Gionee isn’t exactly a name that you’d come across in the Western market every day, but this time, the Chinese company has big global ambitions. The latest proof is its Elife E7, a 5.5-inch 1080p Android phone that boasts two titles: it’s the first known phone featuring the 2.5GHz flavor of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 800 chip (MSM8974AC); plus it has the most sensitive 16-megapixel camera, courtesy of its Largan M8 lens (though the aperture is still unknown) and 1/2.3-inch sensor with large 1.34µm pixels. Compared to the competition, Gionee believes this particular OmniVision sensor has the best balance between resolution and pixel size, and the phone maker even went as far as claiming this already beats the 1.12µm, 16-megapixel counterpart on the yet-to-be-announced Galaxy S 5. Of course, we’ll believe it when we get to properly test the E7’s camera ourselves.

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AppNation, an event focused on the business side of the app revolution is going to be held on Dec 2-3 in San Francisco. Its goal is to gather the most influential leaders of the App world to exchange ideas and power the next phase of market expansion. Ranging from traditional keynotes and on-stage interviews to videos and immersive experiences, APPNATION blends useful information, high concepts and exciting entertainment.

Ubergizmo readers are eligible to receive a free full access conference badge ($495 value) to network with over 2,500, attendees, access all sessions and get into the official APPNATION Party on Tuesday, December 3rd!

Registration Promo Code:
– Complimentary Full Access Conference Discount Pass: AN5UGFC100 (no cost to members)
– Register HERE: bit.ly/1hjW0p5  (more…)

APPNATION V From Dec 3-4 In San Francisco Coming Up original content from Ubergizmo.

Qualcomm’s nightmare has finally come true. Earlier today, MediaTek officially introduced the world’s first true octa-core mobile processor, MT6592, and the first devices to feature it are expected to arrive as soon as end of year. This 28nm chip packs eight low-power Cortex-A7 cores, and courtesy of the Heterogeneous Multi-Processing use model on top of ARM’s big.LITTLE architecture, all eight cores can operate simultaneously — at up to between 1.7GHz and 2GHz, depending on the bin.

MediaTek pointed that Chrome can already make use of all eight cores, and likewise with some map apps, video players plus multi-window function. According to the company’s figures, the MT6592 manages to beat what appears to be the quad-core Snapdragon 800 in benchmarks, power consumption (as low as 40 percent) and temperature. You can see the full detail in this article’s gallery. %Gallery-slideshow122456%

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After a rather successful re-entry in the high-end smartphone market, LG feels “ready” for the very challenging tablet market which is expected to grow by 30% every year as far as predictions go (2016). LG has studied people’s usage pattern and believe that form factors of 7” to 9” will represent more than half the tablet market by then, so 8.3” would be an ideal size to use.

LG’s data points also suggest that tablets are overwhelmingly used at home and where the studies really hit the nail in the head is when they present the contrast between consumers’ expectations (having a small “computer” in the PC sense) and reality: that they don’t carry tablets at all times and that it is not really fit to replace the computer. The conclusion that LG drew is that tablets have to co-exist with other devices, and that they need to have an ideal speed to size/weigh ratio. That’s how the LG G Pad 8.3 was born.

Now the question is whether or not it fulfills its goal of being the ideal tablet for what people “actually do” when they own tablets vs. what they wish they could do. Let’s take a closer look to see how the G Pad 8.3 performs in the real world.  (more…)

LG G Pad 8.3 Review original content from Ubergizmo.