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Last month, rumors surfaced that Samsung would be releasing a mirrorless NX1100 digital camera in the near future. Those rumors were just substantiated by Samsung itself, which posted a manual for the camera on its website ahead of the camera’s official unveiling, giving us a detailed look into its specs and particulars. Check out a picture of the device after the jump.

According to the manual, the Samsung NX1100 features a 21.6-megapixel CMOS sensor and a 3-inch TFT LCD display with VGA resolution. Focus is comprised of contrast auto focus, as well as single point/free selection focus, 15 to 35 point multi-point focus, and face detection that can spot up to ten faces. There’s also a green auto focus lamp to help ensure images are crisp.

ISO has a nice range from 100 to 12,800, and there are the standard modes: Single, Continuous, Burst (limited to 5-megapixel shots), Timer, and Bracket. Images can be taken in JPEG and RAW format. Burst mode ranges from 10 to 30 shots per second, depending on setting. There are 10 white balance modes, including Tungsten, Cloudy, Fluorescent, and Custom, as well as micro adjustments Amber, Blue, Green, and Magenta.

As for video, movies can be recorded in up to 1080p, with both 24fps and 30fps options available. There are several scene modes, such as Panorama, Sports, Children, and Fireworks. In addition, there are smart filters for adding effects, including Miniature, Fish Eye, Sketch, Vignetting, Halftone Dots, and Old Film. Audio is recorded in stereo.

[via Photo Rumors]

Samsung’s mirrorless NX1100 digital camera revealed in user manual is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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We’ve talked about some of the rumored features coming to the Galaxy S IV in the past, including “Eye Scroll” and “Eye Pause,” two features that track your eyes in order to automatically scroll web pages or pause video, respectively. However, in a couple of leaked photos from an Android 4.2.1 update for the Galaxy S III, it looks like the feature will be coming to Samsung’s current flagship device under different names.

SamMobile ended up getting a few leaked screenshots from the update, and the “Eye Scroll” and “Eye Pause” features seem to be renamed to “Smart Scroll” and Smart Pause,” respectively. The screenshots were initially believed to have been from the Galaxy S IV, but SamMobile now says that they were taken from a Galaxy S III running the Android 4.2.1 update, which means that Smart Scroll and Pause features could come to GSIII at some point.

If you’re not familiar with these two new features, Smart Scroll essentially tracks your eye movement, and will automatically scroll up or down on a web page depending on if the camera notices your eyes reaching the top or bottom of the screen. Smart Pause also tracks your eyes, but when watching a video, the phone will automatically pause it when it notices your eyes gazing off of the screen.

Obviously, we hope to learn more about these features on March 14, when Samsung will be holding an event to hopefully announce the Galaxy S IV, or so that’s what we’re believing to be the main focal point at the show. Hopefully we hear more about Galaxy S III compatibility with some of these new features, which should definitely give long-time GSIII a boost.

[via Android Community]

Samsung to add “Smart Scroll” and “Smart Pause” in upcoming Jelly Bean update is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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It’s been quite the week for Ubisoft, who finally confirmed Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag last week and announced some more details earlier this morning, but the announcements ultimately got away from the developer, as information was being leaked left and right. However, even after most of the details have finally become official, more info about the game is still being leaked, including these screenshots.

These leaked screenshots give you more of a glimpse inside the new game, so if you’re were slightly disappointed by the teaser trailer, which consisted of all cutscenes and no actual gameplay, these screenshots may quench your Assassin’s Creed thirst. While the screenshots don’t feature actual gameplay footage, they offer some details that we haven’t heard before.

Specifically, we see that whales may be a focal point in the game, according to several previews which mention the ability to harpoon the creatures. We also get a look at some of the scenery in the game, including the forest and the villages. Plus, it looks like waters won’t be calm at all in the game, according to the screenshot of the two ships.

Overall, though, the style and the feel of the game doesn’t appear to get away from the traditional Assassin’s Creed style that we’ve known and loved throughout the past three installments of the series, but since there’s a new protagonist with a new time period and setting, it’ll be interesting to see how the game plays out.

[via Forbes]

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag screenshots leak is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Just yesterday Ubisoft officially announced the next installment in the Assassin’s Creed series, but details were quite scarce; we merely got a look at the box art and that was it. However, a screen capture of a landing page on Ubisoft’s website (which has since been taken down), says that Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag will be launching on October 29 on “next-gen consoles.”

The game has already been confirmed for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC and Wii U, so we should now see it arrive for the PlayStation 4 and the rumored Xbox 720. Of course, this isn’t too surprising, as the release date for the game will hit around the same time that the next-gen consoles should launch. However, the screen capture suggest that the game will be releasing on October 29 for next-gen consoles, suggesting that the PS4 and Xbox 720 will be out by then.

The landing page where the release date was leaked is now replaced by a countdown for the Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag “world premiere trailer,” which is set to launch in four days and 12 hours from the time of this writing. At that point, we should know more details about the upcoming installment.

The leaked screenshot also means that pre-orders will be available for the game, and those who pre-order the title will receive a collectible Todd McFarlane poster, a cartoonist who used to draw Spider-Man comics for Marvel. Since the release date was pulled and replaced with the trailer, it seems like Ubisoft will announce the release date for the game early next week when the trailer launches. Stay tuned!

[via Gaming Everything]

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag reportedly launching October 29 is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Just because Huawei has already launched a small torrent of smartphones two months into 2013 doesn’t mean the company is taking a vacation anytime soon. Evleaks has spotted what’s purported to be the Ascend G710, a not-quite-high-end smartphone that would sit just below the Ascend D2. While it would preserve the 5-inch screen and 1.5GHz quad-core processor, it would dip to a 720p resolution. There’s hints that it may be more a step sideways, however, through some less performance-minded changes: the G710 would have a premium-looking metal (or metal-effect) back, free up screen real estate with capacitive navigation buttons and talk to both CDMA and GSM networks. When the camera, storage and the all-important launch plans are still missing, though, there’s a long way to go before we know where this latest Ascend might sit in Huawei’s catalog.

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Via: Engadget Chinese (translated)

Source: Evleaks (Twitter)