LG 360 Cam One Touch 360 Degrees

Having amassed a total of 33 awards at the Mobile World Congress (MWC)

2016 including the event’s top honour, Best Mobile Handsets & Devices Award, securing status as the most honoured company at the show. The G5 sees LG Mobile taking a revolutionary approach by launching a device that consumers can fully immerse themselves in.

The wins highlighted the Modular Type innovation behind LG’s latest flagship smartphone, the LG G5 and Friends. Now that the brand new, completely redesigned G5 has been unveiled to South African consumers, buyers are about to get even more excited with the offer of accessories – Friends. 

One in particular that has been generating a lot of buzz is the LG 360 Cam. The LG 360 Cam is a compact 360 degree angle camera equipped with two 13MP 200 degree wide angle cameras, 1,200mAh battery and 4GB internal memory, which can be supplemented by a microSD card.

What it means for consumers is that the 360 Cam can easily be connected to the LG G5 allowing you to create 360degree content. The LG 360 CAM provides 2K video and 5.1 surround channel recording on three microphones to help users effortlessly create highquality 360degree

contents. Having secured a partnership with Google, images taken with the 360 CAM can be uploaded to Google Street View and YouTube360, adding the fun of sharing creative content with others.

Specs:

The 360 Cam is compact and lightweight standing at 30 x 97 x 25mm and weighs 72 grams. There are two 13megapixel cameras mounted back to back on the LG 360 Cam. Each camera has a lens offering a 200degree field of view, meaning that each side can capture 180degrees.

When used together, these are stitched for the full 360 degree view.

LG has released a video showing how easy it is to use the 360 Cam with its new modular handset, the LG G5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vithqn0ZVc

With the use of the LG Friends Manager app, it will take users three steps to get connected to the LG G5 using the the 360 Cam. All you have to do is press the power button on the side of the accessory. Install the correct modular card, and press the shoot button on the front of the camera and you are on your way on taking your digital photography skills to the next level. The LG Friends Manager app allows you to control the 360 CAM from your handset and the pictures you take can be sampled on your phone using the app.

Life’s Good when you play more!

#LGPlayMore

This edition by Fred Felton

Twitter @fredfelton 

Meet The Blackberry Classic

Although familiar in appearance, BlackBerry Classic upgrades the BlackBerry® Bold 9900 experience with:

·        Three times faster browser

·        60 percent more screen space

·        50 percent longer battery life

·        Greater variety of applications through BlackBerry World and the Amazon Appstore

Top features of the BlackBerry Classic that drive productivity, communications and collaboration include:

·        BlackBerry® Keyboard & Trackpad – The QWERTY keyboard has stood the test of time as the iconic BlackBerry feature that users know and trust. Crafted for optimal speed and accuracy, the BlackBerry Classic’s QWERTY keyboard gives users the control and confidence to communicate quickly and clearly using one hand with a trackpad and classic navigation keys.

·        BlackBerry® Browser – The BlackBerry 10 web browser is amazingly fast and astoundingly beautiful. That’s why HTML5TEST.com rates it amongst the top mobile browsers for web fidelity.* Access your favorite online content as it was meant to be seen, faster than ever before and with unlimited browser tabs.

·        Screen & Battery – The BlackBerry Classic offers a form factor optimized for power communicators with a 3.5-inch touch screen display, 294 dpi HD resolution and Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3 for greater durability. The BlackBerry Classic also offers a large battery capacity and state-of-the-art battery optimization software. With up to 22 hours of battery power, you can be confident that BlackBerry Classic will be ready to deliver results when you need it.**

·        Premium Components – The device is built with durable materials mixed with top-of-the-line technology. This includes a 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon Processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB of device storage (expandable by up to 128GB via uSD), and a 2MP front- and 8MP rear-facing camera with enhanced optics and upgraded imaging sensors.

·        BlackBerry® 10 OS 10.3.1 – The BlackBerry Classic comes preloaded with the BlackBerry 10.3.1 operating system, offering a fresh look that incorporates updated icons and an instant action bar so that each user’s most commonly accessed functions are in the center of their screen. With this new operating system, users gain access to powerful features, including:

o   BlackBerry® Blend – BlackBerry Blend brings messaging and content that is on your BlackBerry smartphone to your computer and tablet. Get instant message notifications, read and respond to your work and personal email, BBM™ and text messages, and access your documents, calendar, contacts and media in real time on whatever device you are on, powered by your BlackBerry.

o   BlackBerry® Assistant – The BlackBerry Assistant is BlackBerry’s first digital assistant and can be used with voice and text commands to help users manage work and personal email, contacts, calendar and other native BlackBerry 10 applications. It’s the only smartphone assistant on the market today that can access both personal and work content in your work perimeter. BlackBerry Assistant intelligently determines how to respond to you based on how you interact with it – if you type, it responds silently, if you speak, it speaks back and if you activate over Bluetooth, it speaks back with additional context because it assumes you might not have access to the screen.

o   Dual app storefronts for a wealth of professional and popular apps:

§  BlackBerry World – BlackBerry World showcases essential productivity apps for business professionals looking to drive efficient communications and collaboration.

§  Amazon Appstore – Preloaded on BlackBerry Classic, users can access popular Android apps and games through the Amazon Appstore including Candy Crush Saga, Pinterest, Kindle for Android and Cut the Rope 2. Users can also scan Android apps for malware and privacy issues prior to installation using BlackBerry Guardian.

·        BlackBerry® Hub – The one place to manage all your conversations – email, texts, BBM, phone calls, social media and more. You can even glance at what’s next in your calendar. It’s always available with a single swipe to help you stay organized, in control and on top of all your conversations.

BlackBerry Classic is built on BlackBerry’s renowned secure operating system, with built-in protection against viruses, tampering and data leaks. The BlackBerry Classic is private by default, protecting users with encrypted email, web browsing and BBM.

The Blackberry Classic is now available in South Africa. 

For more information, please visit http://www.BlackBerry.com/Classic.

Free Tech Symposium For Durban

Join the Dev Community At This Free Tech Symposium For Durban

Date: 22 September 2014
Time: 8am
Venue: Dept. Of Information Technology, DUT, 22 Winterton Walk, Ritson Campus,
To Register For This Free Event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/symposium-on-web-mobile-software-development-technologies-tickets-12948283665


If you love Dev and know what a scrum master is then this event is for you.  Join the Dev community of Durban and come by and meet Taylor Gibb, Microsoft MVP.  He will be giving a presentation at the event.


This edition by +Fred Felton

News of Mobile Web Africa 2014 & Their App Competition

Mobile Web Africa is happening soon and their are some fantastic speakers  on board already.
There will be contributors from the UK, India, Hong Kong and South Africa.

Just some of the speakers lined up 

The event brings together industry experts from around the world as they discuss crucial issues in the mobile arena.

It all happens in Johannesburg on 10th and 11th September.

Some of what is on offer for You:

• In association with the MMA and Standard Bank the Smarties Awards will be held at the event on the evening of 10th September.
• MEF is hosting a session on the future of mobile money.
• Look out for the App Developer Competition - big prizes on offer.
• Tomi Ahonen will be delivering a futuristic address at the conference. 

Details of the App competition: http://mobilewebafrica.com/2014/app-developer-competition/

To book for the conference visit their site: http://mobilewebafrica.com/2014/register/

Twitter @mwebafrica  

(Source - Mobile Web Africa)