A Nokia Lumia 1020 powers this automated 3D-printed telescope

<h2 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: blue;">A Nokia Lumia 1020 powers this automated 3D-printed telescope</span></h2> <b>There are many, many people who've always wanted a powerful space telescope in their backyards but can't exactly afford one. </b><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2AjCC2YDkJ58L5T7zci-i8GsajRqwSXF886CNUCgykj9XuijRuI1gHrzMNatgqR5Zrdzj-ZRAq1W6RmR-qu4yi4EO7HDC5tZlz4vJ9-_xg_fukx2Lk6IUYdGkFYocCWwRKdC2NGvBpgff/s1600/Nokia-Lumia-1020-tech24h.blogspot.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="alt" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2AjCC2YDkJ58L5T7zci-i8GsajRqwSXF886CNUCgykj9XuijRuI1gHrzMNatgqR5Zrdzj-ZRAq1W6RmR-qu4yi4EO7HDC5tZlz4vJ9-_xg_fukx2Lk6IUYdGkFYocCWwRKdC2NGvBpgff/s1600/Nokia-Lumia-1020-tech24h.blogspot.com.jpg" title="A Nokia Lumia 1020 powers this automated 3D-printed telescope" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Nokia Lumia 1020 powers this automated 3D-printed telescope</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div> <div> For avid makers and DIY enthusiasts, at least, that's not such an absurd dream anymore -- not when someone has designed an automated 3D-printed telescope that's powered by a commercially available phone: theNokia Lumia 1020. The device is called Ultrascope, and it stands one meter tall when assembled, with a base that measures 65 centimeters wide. It was created by Open Space Agency founder James Parr, who promised to upload the current design and future iterations to his organization's website once the ongoing beta testing's done.<br /> <br /> Here's how the robotic telescope works: first, your Windows laptop locates the ISS and forwards its location to Ultrascope's Arduino shield to move its motors. After the telescope positions itself, the 1020 starts snapping images and sends them to the cloud for post-processing. Parr hasn't revealed how powerful Ultrascope is exactly, but it's worth noting that the 1020's 41-megapixel camera blew us away when we tested it. It'll sadly take a while before you can find out for yourself, though, as OSA's busy working with Microsoft at the moment, developing an app that connects Lumia phones to the device.</div> </div>

A Nokia Lumia 1020 powers this automated 3D-printed telescope

A Nokia Lumia 1020 powers this automated 3D-printed telescope There are many, many people who've always wanted a powerful space telesc...

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<h2 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: blue;">Netflix for Android lets you quickly spot what you're searching for</span></h2> <b>Netflix's Android app hasn't made searching very easy so far. While it'll give you thumbnails, the heavy emphasis on text in results has sometimes meant scrolling through gigantic lists.</b><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbRAhRJUn7wz3eiSXUUhnGpZ72tr2mG8fBC8_G8Y0iK4F3yUTfjqbbVyUKqpiMNF2P6-rKPZY1xUFvCR9tFmkbOq-0OKbLE8HX9nC-PuSHqM-_Fzo3rxsOMpc_VaS_s5BwMPJ63aKimR1m/s1600/Netflix-for-Android-tech24h.blogspot.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="alt" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbRAhRJUn7wz3eiSXUUhnGpZ72tr2mG8fBC8_G8Y0iK4F3yUTfjqbbVyUKqpiMNF2P6-rKPZY1xUFvCR9tFmkbOq-0OKbLE8HX9nC-PuSHqM-_Fzo3rxsOMpc_VaS_s5BwMPJ63aKimR1m/s1600/Netflix-for-Android-tech24h.blogspot.com.jpg" title="Netflix for Android lets you quickly spot what you're searching for" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Netflix for Android lets you quickly spot what you're searching for</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div> <div> It should be much more elegant as of today, however; a just-launchedupdate has brought visual search (previously found just about everywhere else on Netflix) to Google's platform. Look for a title and you'll get nothing but pictures, making it easier to find an iconic movie or TV show based on its artwork.<br /> <br /> Prefer iOS instead? Don't worry, you're getting a treat as well. As on Android, visual search on the iPhone can now help you track down actors, creators and directors. You can find everything Netflix has from David Fincher (such as House of Cards), for example. Whichever device you call home, you'll find your illustration-heavy upgrade at the source links.</div> </div> <div> <br /></div>

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<h2 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: blue;">Moto G review: still the best budget smartphone</span></h2> <b>Last year's Moto G took us all by surprise. Sure, we knew Motorola wanted to reinvent the cheap smartphone experience, but the very first device in the company's cost crusade was even better than we expected.</b><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrV4aXHJDQILbEK2UL6HaHG9EdDxhng-ocLnLtg1KewY3l9SPHPCiqEkhPDPqYCq5cA19TvmDi0hl_7MPH8IQSksH8t5Fwx6LC2Gs6zbC3N1bybBtYgQZ1IT6u2LBVGELsCepjZVhMn399/s1600/Moto-G-tech24h.blogspot.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="alt" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrV4aXHJDQILbEK2UL6HaHG9EdDxhng-ocLnLtg1KewY3l9SPHPCiqEkhPDPqYCq5cA19TvmDi0hl_7MPH8IQSksH8t5Fwx6LC2Gs6zbC3N1bybBtYgQZ1IT6u2LBVGELsCepjZVhMn399/s1600/Moto-G-tech24h.blogspot.com.jpg" title="Moto G review (2014): still the best budget smartphone" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moto G review (2014): still the best budget smartphone</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div> <div> Let's be honest, though: The G's greatest asset was its small, small price tag. For $180 off-contract, it became awfully easy to forgive the thing for not being the quickest, the prettiest or the smartest. Still, it was one of those gadgets that wound up being more than just "good enough"; between the price and performance, the Moto G was one of the best cheap smartphones you could own, period.<br /> <br /> Here we are less than a year later, and we've got a sequel to play with (one with the same name, no less). If you took a quick peek at what it brings to the table, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Motorola wanted to play it safe the second time around -- the new Moto G isn't a game changer, and it doesn't have to be. Does this year's model clear the "good enough" bar once again? And just how far will $180 take you this year?<br /> <br /> <b>PROS</b><br /> <br /> • Camera is much better than the original's<br /> <br /> • Near-stock Android 4.4.4 is a treat<br /> <br /> • Feels snappy despite aging internals<br /> <br /> • Inexpensive<br /> <br /> <b>CONS</b><br /> <br /> • No LTE<br /> <br /> • Screen isn't as crisp as last year's model<br /> <br /> <b>SUMMARY</b><br /> <br /> Motorola's wallet-friendly formula hasn't changed much since last year's Moto G, but that's OK -- the company changed just enough to make the 2014 version one of the best budget smartphones out there. </div> </div>

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<h2 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: blue;">Vertu Aster is a luxury smartphone with 'mid-tier' price, top-tier specs</span></h2> Since the launch of the Signature Touch, Vertu CEO Max Pogliani promised that "technology will be more a merging factor and not a differentiation point" for his phones.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPm4E3vjs13ygb2ac_ra0DqAiqOlPZmvh82gbjqjnhafy34uFnND9fa3RZKuaZGZa-eyeHz2xZ4YeuNoHH2TP86pmXkW0Er28DZaZNkrusnLMIZBIBwxHl67fX042t-Zp9kGMMvcIs1hU/s1600/Vertu-Aster-tech24h.blogspot.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="alt" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPm4E3vjs13ygb2ac_ra0DqAiqOlPZmvh82gbjqjnhafy34uFnND9fa3RZKuaZGZa-eyeHz2xZ4YeuNoHH2TP86pmXkW0Er28DZaZNkrusnLMIZBIBwxHl67fX042t-Zp9kGMMvcIs1hU/s1600/Vertu-Aster-tech24h.blogspot.com.jpg" title="Vertu Aster is a luxury smartphone with 'mid-tier' price, top-tier specs" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vertu Aster is a luxury smartphone with 'mid-tier' price, top-tier specs</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div> <div> That's literally the case with the new mid-tier Aster launched today: This titanium Android device is every bit identical to its flagship sibling device internally, just wrapped within a more contemporary and unisex design.</div> <div> <br /></div> <div> We're looking at a 4.7-inch 1080p display, a 5.1-inch 117 carat sapphire screen, a 2.3GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 chipset, a 13-megapixel Hasselblad-certified main camera with twin LED flash, a 2.1-megapixel front-facing imager, 64GB of internal storage, a 2,275mAh battery, front stereo speakers, NFC, Qi wireless charging and great LTE compatibility (though no love for China, for some reason). With the specs out of the way, let's look at why this swanky phone starts from $6,900 or £4,200.</div> </div>

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Nokia's Here Maps for Android

<h2 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: blue;">Nokia's Here Maps for Android</span></h2> <b>When Microsoft finally completed its €3.79 billion acquisition of Nokia earlier this year, the company took control of its smartphone business, but left behind a number of Nokia's other powerful and profitable properties.</b><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjspCmGsIsrcJO9TujGNpJiZYMMWwcH_nteKDc6LAEyDx8XIYMWfQRSsuooOCtDUt47vrjnaUmRvUVSbdKZgoOxjREOJTbl_D93kYbMzN15vZslfPDtYTKn8xz1BhmLO7lJSbBsxK3I5mK/s1600/Nokia-Here-Maps-for-Android-tech24h.blogspot.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="alt" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjspCmGsIsrcJO9TujGNpJiZYMMWwcH_nteKDc6LAEyDx8XIYMWfQRSsuooOCtDUt47vrjnaUmRvUVSbdKZgoOxjREOJTbl_D93kYbMzN15vZslfPDtYTKn8xz1BhmLO7lJSbBsxK3I5mK/s1600/Nokia-Here-Maps-for-Android-tech24h.blogspot.com.jpg" title="" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nokia's Here Maps for Android</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div> <div> One such property was the company's mapping division, now called Here, which has become the de facto maps app for Windows Phone users the world over. Nokia tried to replicate the experience on iOS, but after poor reviews and the admission that things "went horribly wrong," the companypulled its iPhone app and went back to the drawing board. As for Android, it looked like Nokia would never deliver a real Google Maps alternative.<br /> <br /> Luckily, that's all about to change. Thanks to some marketing muscle from Korea, Nokia will soon give Samsung Galaxy smartphone owners advanced access to its maps app. While Nokia readies Here Maps for Samsung's Galaxy Apps store, which is expected to drop in the coming weeks, the company gave us an early preview of its new app, and it's good.</div> </div>

Nokia's Here Maps for Android

Nokia's Here Maps for Android When Microsoft finally completed its €3.79 billion acquisition of Nokia earlier this year, the company t...

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HP Envy X360 review: laptop 360 degrees is about flexibility, not power

<h2 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: blue;">HP Envy X360 review: laptop 360 degrees is about flexibility, not power</span></h2> <b>HP Envy X360 offers good multimedia features and flexible display options at a moderate price, but the performance and the battery life of it's trivial and MIA support 5GHz Wi-Fi will provide some buyers pause. </b><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQE3GmJujMlcdy-ZZOcK035FZmZMsRskuWPSRpzSt9qDm5u_QH4TecNNm23e_CCfGMdXUZqw-pIQeDOrsoJQZeTW9yGrQ0ni-WDSTt5Ysr2qV1Vy29JbsJPHEll3FId77dCbPC1YvaZTAV/s1600/HP-Envy-X360-pc-tech24h.blogspot.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="alt" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQE3GmJujMlcdy-ZZOcK035FZmZMsRskuWPSRpzSt9qDm5u_QH4TecNNm23e_CCfGMdXUZqw-pIQeDOrsoJQZeTW9yGrQ0ni-WDSTt5Ysr2qV1Vy29JbsJPHEll3FId77dCbPC1YvaZTAV/s1600/HP-Envy-X360-pc-tech24h.blogspot.com.jpg" title="" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">HP Envy X360</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div> Like a laptop touch screen 15-inch affordable another class that we've seen of late, HP Envy X360 is too heavy and too slow to be a dream road warrior's machine. However, the handsome high-resolution displays and acrobatic 360-degree hinges on this $ 770 unit will appeal to multimedia fans. <br /> <br /> With a weight of about 5.3 pounds typical large numbers for a mainstream laptop with a hinge strong display of silver Envy 15.6-inch X360 lets you use it as a laptops standards; folded cap and balance units on two sides of a tent configuration; keyboard placed face down and keep the display facing you in your own configuration; screen or fold back completely to the back of the keyboard to create a tablet thick and bulky. </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNN9BOQTCc2evPZfOQCLff6dPU_2mms8-0adQFJRj04P-jAh9FdAWvwRAA-yEpfuQT4ChMRhbMWraHmZrkCVFKn2SPQxOjRkgJVs81cM3VbWi41Xo9UylZQACeO7pscjOhdyGxwdlfseK0/s1600/HP-Envy-X360-pc-01-tech24h.blogspot.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="alt" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNN9BOQTCc2evPZfOQCLff6dPU_2mms8-0adQFJRj04P-jAh9FdAWvwRAA-yEpfuQT4ChMRhbMWraHmZrkCVFKn2SPQxOjRkgJVs81cM3VbWi41Xo9UylZQACeO7pscjOhdyGxwdlfseK0/s1600/HP-Envy-X360-pc-01-tech24h.blogspot.com.jpg" title="" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Widespread 1366x768 pixels on a 15.6-inch screen looks terrible. </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div> You will want to have the option to display a higher resolution that was included in our eval unit. Widespread 1366x768 pixels on a 15.6-inch screen looks terrible. <br /> <br /> Options raise the price of this unit $ 90 higher than the starting price is $ 680 for the basic configuration. These extras include extra 2GB of RAM (bringing the total to 8GB) and from 1920 to 1080-point multi-touch display (compared to the 1366 x 768 resolution of the base unit). Other important components include an Intel Core i5-4210U mobile CPU and a 500GB hard drive spinning at 5400 rpm. </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYj4DME0N3UoiIqlEnGHw1CVQPunSfl-kaCbr0DrOpWuEm0W1P7TfRiBovh-IsBfiUmDcVPfl_f1C9v_7dzgvzNlNNSK7RjiUrFmYkzuSNVOQNIMqS0oHaloiakXbrI7omfzHhpQI08oRz/s1600/HP-Envy-X360-pc-02-tech24h.blogspot.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="alt" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYj4DME0N3UoiIqlEnGHw1CVQPunSfl-kaCbr0DrOpWuEm0W1P7TfRiBovh-IsBfiUmDcVPfl_f1C9v_7dzgvzNlNNSK7RjiUrFmYkzuSNVOQNIMqS0oHaloiakXbrI7omfzHhpQI08oRz/s1600/HP-Envy-X360-pc-02-tech24h.blogspot.com.jpg" title="" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A slow hard drive hamper the performance of the X360 standard Envy</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div> Performance is about what we expected for the specs, which means they are not particularly impressive. The pokey hard drive combined with integrated graphics are responsible for the laptop's WorldBench score 9 points and 57 bad games. The display resolution can drag down the battery to a disappointing 3 hours and 15 minutes. <br /> <br /> <br /> Other connectivity options Envy X2 is more impressive: three USB ports (two of them USB 3.0), HDMI, memory card reader, Gigabit Ethernet the foregoing, and a combined headphone / mic jack. Like many laptops, stereo speakers are located on the underside of the unit where it slopes upward toward the front edge. Rubber disk on the bottom to help keep a distance between the speaker and the work surface, so that does not sound overly muffled. </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1_CMD2legKesqeNDl0sCHzDmL3jxq_kxcMnkLZfIS4IHL1IEXjgvztR8NoIJhZEg1hAPKqrxC-Vxm5mpzQwCk2Sv_guU3kWoclcGettYz9c-9VMH1Z2068VrHKd58OFz82cb_Ej-fbG7L/s1600/HP-Envy-X360-pc-tech24h.blogspot.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="alt" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1_CMD2legKesqeNDl0sCHzDmL3jxq_kxcMnkLZfIS4IHL1IEXjgvztR8NoIJhZEg1hAPKqrxC-Vxm5mpzQwCk2Sv_guU3kWoclcGettYz9c-9VMH1Z2068VrHKd58OFz82cb_Ej-fbG7L/s1600/HP-Envy-X360-pc-tech24h.blogspot.com.jpg" title="" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">X360's battery life is not very impressive, either. </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div> The keyboard is silver and rollers like case. The caps on the island-style keyboard spaced is reasonable, but flat, slippery, and a little mushy. As with most units of this size, you get a numeric keypad to the right of the QWERTY keyboard. However, the new HP touchpad controls Zone, providing both mechanical sensitivity and touch, unusually wide, which is really useful for large navigation screen. <br /> <br /> Like all purpose laptops go, X360 Envy doing a pretty good job with multimedia, and general business users who can benefit from the display options it should have a look. But the absence of 5GHz Wi-Fi and a slow hard drive certain limitations. In the $ 770 price range of it, buyers can also find a balance units less troublesome.</div>

HP Envy X360 review: laptop 360 degrees is about flexibility, not power

HP Envy X360 review: laptop 360 degrees is about flexibility, not power HP Envy X360 offers good multimedia features and flexible display ...

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