The brightest gadgets of 2014
This year, we finally got an iPhone the size of a shovel, a bunch of smart watches and bracelets, puffy and thin smartphones, and virtual reality glasses. I propose to stop for a minute, look back and remember that I received peace this year.
Please, in the comments, offer your options: which devices this year were the most memorable and interesting.
In October, I had the honor of being in London at the presentation of Lenovo's new products and took two pleasant gifts from there. One of them is a brand new Lenovo Tablet 2 Pro, a tablet with a 13.3-inch display with a resolution of 2560x1440 and a projector providing an excellent image in a dark room against a white background. The weight of this colossus - less than a kilogram, although it looks like a TV. Thanks to the design of the case, Lenovo was able to accommodate a battery that can withstand more than 10 hours of intensive work using a camera with flash, 4G and Wi-Fi. I made sure of this during my work at the Open Innovations Forum and the telecom tour to India .
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So we watch TV shows in the kitchen.
Here I had to mention two gadgets, because it’s not even about them, but about the Android Wear operating system, which is definitely one of the most important milestones in the history of wearable devices .
In March 2014, Google introduced the operating system for wearable Android Wear devices. Such manufacturers as Motorola (now a subsidiary of Lenovo), Samsung, LG, HTC and Asus immediately confirmed their participation in the project. In June, at the conference for Google I / O developers, the first devices on Anroid Wear: Samsung Gear Live and LG G Watch were presented, and in September, Asus ZenWatch watches were presented at IFA 2014.
LG G Watch
Samsung Gear Live
Google is preparing to release in 2015 a modular smartphone Project Ara . In Ara, you can change modules, expanding the functionality of the phone. Marvell and NVIDIA are already developing processor modules for it. So "we will see."
In July 2014, the second version of the Oculus RIft virtual reality helmet, created in 2012, became available. This helmet with a wide field of view had a very reasonable price with a dollar exchange rate of 35 rubles. We can also see the consumer version most likely next year.
Not so many gadgets are designed for children , although most wearable electronics are the most toys, just for adult men. In 2014, LG distinguished itself by releasing a children's LG KizON bracelet with GPS support, which allows one-button to call parents and talk with them without a headset. In the US, the bracelet is sold under the name GizmoPal.
Those who several years ago, foaming at the mouth, argued that the optimal display size of a smartphone should be 3.5 inches, that all phones with a large display are shovels are now happily buying (already for big money, if we talk about Russia) iPhone 6 plus with a diagonal of 5.5 inches. According to Kantar Worldpanel, in the United States, this model accounts for 41% of phablet purchases. Bravo, Apple!
The second-generation smartphone Yotaphone 2 with two displays, one of which is e-ink, built on the basis of the quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 and equipped with 32 GB of internal and 2 GB of RAM, looks good. It comes with Android 4.4.2, and at the beginning of next year, the manufacturer promises to upgrade to version 5 of the operating system. What is frustrating is the price of 39,999 rubles.
The Note line smartphone has a 5.7-inch display with a QHD resolution of 1440x2560 pixels. The display is curved, which is what he remembered. Sales can be judged next year, but the display itself can in any case “roll in” on the market and see how much it is necessary and convenient for the consumer.
Blackberry introduced a smartphone with a QWERTY-keyboard, gesture support and a 4.5-inch touchscreen display and a resolution of 1440x1440. The device looks stylish and has a good filling: a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AA quad-core processor, Adreno 330 graphics, 32 GB of internal and 3 GB of RAM, 13 and 2 megapixel cameras and a 3450 mAh battery. Everything works under the Blackberry 10.3 operating system.
What gadgets do you remember, what else should be in this article?
Please, in the comments, offer your options: which devices this year were the most memorable and interesting.
Lenovo Tablet 2 Pro
In October, I had the honor of being in London at the presentation of Lenovo's new products and took two pleasant gifts from there. One of them is a brand new Lenovo Tablet 2 Pro, a tablet with a 13.3-inch display with a resolution of 2560x1440 and a projector providing an excellent image in a dark room against a white background. The weight of this colossus - less than a kilogram, although it looks like a TV. Thanks to the design of the case, Lenovo was able to accommodate a battery that can withstand more than 10 hours of intensive work using a camera with flash, 4G and Wi-Fi. I made sure of this during my work at the Open Innovations Forum and the telecom tour to India .
')
So we watch TV shows in the kitchen.
Samsung Gear Live and LG G Watch
Here I had to mention two gadgets, because it’s not even about them, but about the Android Wear operating system, which is definitely one of the most important milestones in the history of wearable devices .
In March 2014, Google introduced the operating system for wearable Android Wear devices. Such manufacturers as Motorola (now a subsidiary of Lenovo), Samsung, LG, HTC and Asus immediately confirmed their participation in the project. In June, at the conference for Google I / O developers, the first devices on Anroid Wear: Samsung Gear Live and LG G Watch were presented, and in September, Asus ZenWatch watches were presented at IFA 2014.
LG G Watch
Samsung Gear Live
Project Ara
Google is preparing to release in 2015 a modular smartphone Project Ara . In Ara, you can change modules, expanding the functionality of the phone. Marvell and NVIDIA are already developing processor modules for it. So "we will see."
Oculus rift
In July 2014, the second version of the Oculus RIft virtual reality helmet, created in 2012, became available. This helmet with a wide field of view had a very reasonable price with a dollar exchange rate of 35 rubles. We can also see the consumer version most likely next year.
LG KizON
Not so many gadgets are designed for children , although most wearable electronics are the most toys, just for adult men. In 2014, LG distinguished itself by releasing a children's LG KizON bracelet with GPS support, which allows one-button to call parents and talk with them without a headset. In the US, the bracelet is sold under the name GizmoPal.
iPhone 6 Plus
Those who several years ago, foaming at the mouth, argued that the optimal display size of a smartphone should be 3.5 inches, that all phones with a large display are shovels are now happily buying (already for big money, if we talk about Russia) iPhone 6 plus with a diagonal of 5.5 inches. According to Kantar Worldpanel, in the United States, this model accounts for 41% of phablet purchases. Bravo, Apple!
Yotaphone 2
The second-generation smartphone Yotaphone 2 with two displays, one of which is e-ink, built on the basis of the quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 and equipped with 32 GB of internal and 2 GB of RAM, looks good. It comes with Android 4.4.2, and at the beginning of next year, the manufacturer promises to upgrade to version 5 of the operating system. What is frustrating is the price of 39,999 rubles.
Samsung Galaxy Note Edge
The Note line smartphone has a 5.7-inch display with a QHD resolution of 1440x2560 pixels. The display is curved, which is what he remembered. Sales can be judged next year, but the display itself can in any case “roll in” on the market and see how much it is necessary and convenient for the consumer.
Blackberry passport
Blackberry introduced a smartphone with a QWERTY-keyboard, gesture support and a 4.5-inch touchscreen display and a resolution of 1440x1440. The device looks stylish and has a good filling: a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AA quad-core processor, Adreno 330 graphics, 32 GB of internal and 3 GB of RAM, 13 and 2 megapixel cameras and a 3450 mAh battery. Everything works under the Blackberry 10.3 operating system.
What gadgets do you remember, what else should be in this article?
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/375091/
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