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Friday, April 3, 2015

Sony unveils 1 200 Android powered Walkman player with hi res audio

Sony’s once massive Walkman brand is still going, however the glory days are long gone. I’m not sure how much market there is for music players in general, Walkman or otherwise, but I can guess the market size for a $1,200.

It’s as high-quality as a pocketable player gets – it supports FLAC/ALAC (up to 96kHz/24-bit) and Bluetooth with SBC/LDAC hi-fidelity codec. Dual-band Wi-Fi is also available for DLNA playback.

The player packs a massive 128GB – or not so massive considering a single FLAC album is in the hundreds of megabytes, a full gigabyte even. There’s a microSD card slot if you run out, but at an ultrabook price we were hoping for a bit more room out of the box.

Anyway, the Sony Walkman – officially NW-ZX2 – runs Android on a 4″ screen. The screen is not up to up to par with the audio capabilities. Not that the screen is a crucial part of a music player, but something better than 480 x 854px would have been appreciated.

Android 4.2 Jelly Bean is also not our top pick. With the whole “will they, won’t they” upgrade situation on phones, I don’t even want to think what it’s like to wait for a music player to be updated.

Did I mention that for $1,200 you don’t get an impressive pair of headphones? Or any headphones? Headphones are essential, otherwise the difference between FLAC and MP3 is imaginary. Just saying that you have to add several hundred dollars more if you want this Walkman player.

At least it gets decent battery life – 60 hours. If you listen to 128Kbps MP3s. If you want to use the player as intended and listen to FLAC, you get about half the battery life, 33 hours.

If you want a smaller device at a quarter of the price than this seems like an option – $300 for 64GB and an empty microSD card slot. Or if you insist on Android, you can get the Harman/Kardon HTC One (M8)that also supports 96kHz/24-bit FLAC audio. There’s a phone with a good screen and such in there too, besides the audio playback.

Oracle Unveils Cross Platform Marketing Cloud

Oracle announced its latest Oracle Marketing Cloud with the combination of several platforms from various companys acquisitions, including Eloquo, Compedium, Responsys and BlueKai.

According to the company, itll cover a broad spectrum of data for customers to work on marketing campaigns and store the data related to those campaigns. It can also integrate with the current Social Cloud by Oracle, including the content marketing tools.

It sounds like Oracle is bringing enormous marketing capabilities under one roof of the marketing cloud. According to a press release, Oracle has focused on three big selling points – "simplicity", "readiness" and "customer centricity".

Watch The Video To Explore More About Oracle Marketing Cloud

As per the company stats, the customers are already making improvements as Thomson Reuters has reported a 175 % hike in its attributable revenue, Golden State Warriors has stated a rise of 300 % in Twitter followers.

According to Oracle, as it says Marketing Cloud will be, "providing marketers with the most advanced and easy-to-use cloud-based solutions for unifying customer data, engaging the right audiences across paid, owned and earned media, and analyzing performance."

Source:

http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/30/oracle-marketing-cloud/

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Kobo Unveils Aura H2O Premium Waterproof Ebook Reader

Kobo has announced the waterproof version of its Aura HD ebook reader, called the Aura H2O. The company calls the device the worlds first premium waterproof e-reader, and it will be available starting October 1 for $179.99 (roughly Rs. 10,800) and EUR 139.99 (roughly Rs. 11,100). The Kobo Aura H2O will first reach the US, the UK, the Netherlands, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, followed by other regions.

The Kobo Aura H2O can also be pre-ordered from select retailers starting this Wednesday, or users can wait till September 1 to pre-order the ebook reader from the Kobo website in Canada, the UK and the US.

The ebook reader features a 6.8-inch Carta E-Ink HD multi-touchscreen display with a 1430x1080 pixel resolution and a pixel density of 265ppi. The Kobo Aura H2O is powered by a 1GHz processor (unspecified), and features 4GB of inbuilt storage with microSD card (up to 32GB) support. Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and Micro-USB are the only supported connectivity features in the device.

The main feature of the Aura H2O of course, is its IP67 certification. Kobo says the ebook reader is waterproof in 1 metre of water (with port covers closed) for up to 30 minutes.

The battery capacity of the ebook reader is not mentioned, however it is rated to last for up to 2 months (based on 30 minutes of reading a day with ComfortLight turned on or off, and Wi-Fi turned off.). The Kobo Aura H2O is sized at 179x129x9.7mm, weighs 233 grams and will be available in only a Black colour variant.

One of the features Kobo is boasting of for the Aura H2O is Kobo Reading Life, which delivers a "personalized, superior reading experience that allows [users] to read, collect, discover and share." Features include the ability to customise the devices UI by changing the font styles and size along with the margin adjustment. Users can also track their average reading speed, create notes, organise digital bookshelves and share content on Facebook.

"We are most interested in those people who put books at the centre of their lives - what they want to see next, what gets them excited. When we asked our customers what held them back from reading more ebooks, many told us they love to read in the bath, by the pool, or on the beach, but believed that devices and water didnt mix," said Michael Tamblyn, President and Chief Content Officer, Kobo during the announcement.

In June, Kobo introduced its ebook reader app, Kobo Books, on the Windows Phone Store for Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 8.1 handsets.

The free to download Kobo Books ebook reader app lets users browse through more than 4 million free ebooks along with features like bookmark syncing to continue reading from a different device right from where the user left off, night mode, first chapter preview of books, and quick access to favourites and recent reads via the Live Tile UI.

Notably, Kobo had launched the Aura HD in India in October last year, alongside the Touch and Glo ebook readers, apart from the Arc tablet.

GoPro unveils Hero4 Black and Silver entry level Hero

GoPro officially introduced three new action cameras – two new Hero4 cams and a new entry-level camera called just Hero. The Hero4 comes in high-end Black and mid-range Silver options but the difference between the two is bigger than in previous years – the Black records 2160p@30fps video, while the Silver doesn’t but is the first with a color touchscreen.

All cameras record at least 1080p@30fps and can dive up to 40 meters (131 feet) underwater – far beyond what any IP-certified phone can manage (of course, you’ll need the waterproof housing for that).

GoPro Hero4 Black

The Hero4 Black has a new image processor that promises improved image quality and 2x better performance, which of course means 2160p video at 30fps (the previous generation was capped at 15fps). Other resolution/framerate combos of note include 2.7K@50fps and 1080p@120fps. The camera can also capture 12MP photos in 30fps bursts.

The GoPro Hero4 Black offers Protune for photos and videos – it helps professionals with advanced manual controls. The new audio capture system boasts twice the dynamic range of previous models and if that’s not enough there’s input for low-sensitivity external mics.

There’s a new dedicated button that tries to make operating the camera easier but GoPros are small and never had the best UI. You can use the GoPro App for better convenience or the Smart Remote that has an impressive range of 180m (600 feet).

The GoPro Hero4 Black will be available from October 5 and will cost $500/€480/£370.

GoPro Hero4 Silver

As I said, the GoPros are too tiny and only have small monochrome displays so the on-device controls aren’t all that great. The Hero4 Silver adds a color touchscreen on the back so you can preview photos and videos and easily navigate the camera’s menu’s without a smartphone (but the app and Smart Remote are still supported).

The camera doesn’t have Black’s video prowess – it tops out at 2.7K@30fps, plus the high-framerate 1080p@60fps, 960p@100fps and 720p@120fps modes. You can shoot 2160p video though only at 15fps like the Hero3 Black from the previous generation.

The GoPro Hero4 Silver also has double the dynamic range and an input for external mics. There’s also Protune for photos and videos and the camera can dive to 40 meters too. The touchscreen won’t work underwater though, so you’re back to relying on the hardware buttons.

The Silver will also be available on October 5 and will cost $400/€380/£290. It saves you some cash and adds the convenient touchscreen for those who have more modest demands for resolution and framerate.

GoPro Hero

The simple name signals a basic action camera – it can do standard 1080p@30fps and 720p@60fps videos and can dive just as deep as its pricier counterparts (40 meters), but costs considerably less.

The GoPro Hero costs just $130/€125/£100, which is great for casual users who need a rugged camera but wouldn’t plug in external microphones or process the ultra-high definition footage in a professional editor. That’s right, the Hero lacks the new audio system, the external mic input and the pro-oriented video modes and settings, no app and remote control functionality either.

Still, it costs a third what the Hero4 Silver goes for and less than a quarter of the flagship Black price, bringing GoPro’s rugged cameras to the masses (probably not what HTC want to hear with its event a week away).

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