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Samsung announces Samsung Galaxy S4
Latest Platinum tablets from Archos: 80 Platinum, 97 Platinum HD, 116 Platinum
LG Optimus G Pro coming to US in Q2
Latest technology British Gas Remote Heating Control lets you keep your home warm remotely

Posted: 15 Mar 2013 07:00 AM PDT

We already covered all sorts of leaked information about Samsung Galaxy S4, and now we're pleased to inform you that Samsung Galaxy S4 has been announced, so let's have a closer look at it.

Samsung Galaxy S4 uses five-inch Super Amoled display that runs on 1,920×1,080 pixel resolution with 441 pixels-per-inch pixel density. As for the hardware specs, the European S4 version should use eight-core 1.6GHz CPU, while other versions should run on quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 1.9GHz CPU, but according to the Samsung, performance should be same, despite the used processor.

There's also 2GB of RAM, up to 64GB storage and 4G LTE support up to 100Mbps down and 50Mbps up. Samsung Galaxy S4 comes with 13-megapixel camera on the back and two-megapixel camera on the front side. We have to mention that Samsung Galaxy S4 comes with some new features such as picture-in-picture video recording, Smart Pause that tracks your eyes and pauses the video if you move your eyes away from the screen.

This phone also uses modified capacitive touchscreen, so it can recognize the fingertips up to two centimeters away the screen. There's also a pedometer, so you can easily track walking and running distance with it. As for the software, S4 runs on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean.

Samsung Galaxy S4 is an amazing smartphone, however, there's no information about pricing, but as for availability, we should see it someday in Q2.

[via Wired]

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Latest Platinum tablets from Archos: 80 Platinum, 97 Platinum HD, 116 Platinum

Posted: 15 Mar 2013 03:00 AM PDT

Folks from Archos have been busy, and they have introduced a new Platinum range of quad-core Android tablets, so let's see what do these tablets have to offer.

There are three models available: 8-inch, 9.7-inch and 11.6-inch, and all of them have IPS touchscreen, wide viewing angle and accurate color reproduction. All models come with sleek aluminum housing, 1.2GHz processor with PowerVR SGX 544 8-core GPU and 2GB of RAM.

In addition, all models have 2 Megapixel main camera and a front-facing camera for video calls, WiFi connectivity, mini HDMI output, 8GB of internal memory and a microSD card slot for additional storage.

Also, we have to mention that all these tablets are running on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system. As you can see, all these tablets offer great hardware specs, and the only difference between them is the screen size and price.

80 Platinum uses 8-inch 1024×768 IPS screen and it's priced at $199. On the other hand, 97 Platinum HD comes with 2048×1536 display, and it's priced at $299, while the last model, 116 Platinum, features a 11.6-inch 1920×1080 Full HD display and costs $349.

[via iTechNews]

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LG Optimus G Pro coming to US in Q2

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 07:00 PM PDT

LG Optimus G Pro has been announced in South Korea, and it seems that LG plans to bring this smartphone to the US market in the second quarter of 2013.

LG Optimus G Pro comes with 1.7-inch Qualcomm SnapDragon 600 1.7GHz processor and 2GB of RAM. This device comes with 5.5-inch IPS LCD display that uses 1920×1080 Full HD resolution and 400ppi pixel density. In addition, this smartphone uses 13 Megapixel main camera with LED flash and a 2.1 Megapixel front-facing camera for video calls, and both of them can record Full HD video. In addition, you can also use Dual Recording function, and you can capture video with both cameras at the same time for a picture-in-picture experience.

VR Panorama feature is similar to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean's PhotoSphere and you can use to shoot entire horizontal and vertical environments for a full 360 view. Additional features include Bluetooth, WiFi, microSD card slot, wireless charging, along with improved LG's UI and enhanced QSlide, Live Zooming and QuickMemo features. As for the thickness, this phone is 9.4mm thick, so it will fit nicely in your pocket.

Sadly, we have no information on pricing, but we expect to see LG Optimus G Pro available in the US someday in Q2.

[via iTechNews]

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Latest technology British Gas Remote Heating Control lets you keep your home warm remotely

Posted: 14 Mar 2013 12:09 PM PDT

When was the last time you got home in a late evening and thought to yourself – if only I could have set the heating timer to stay on a little longer? Or, left the house late when going to work only to remember after arriving at work that you left the heating on? Despite our best efforts, I'm sure this is a situation we now and again run into with unforseen circumstances, but with our current day technology should we need to face such a problem? British Gas thinks otherwise, its latest service called Remote Heating Control™ tries to help us prevent exactly this problem from happening in the first place.

British Gas

Remote Heating Control (RHC) lets you control your home's central heating no matter where you are and anytime from your mobile phone or online via its myHome interface website or myHome application for iOS or Android. It has been designed to be simple to use and allows you to turn your heating on and off, set your heating schedule and adjust the temperature. When you make changes to your heating either via your web browser, tablet or smartphone, the changes are sent home to the installed hub and passed onto your thermostat which turns on or off your boiler via a wireless receiver. The great thing about it is that you may find yourself saving some money as well by being more in control of your heating and not wasting unecessary energy when no one is at home. You can even allow family members to make changes too via their own devices remotely or if you're feeling lazy, just a text!

If you're geeky like me, you may also be interested in setting up automatic on / off heating schedules for your boiler via the myHome app, personally I have always hated doing this with my own thermostat because the buttons never make sense and its never very user-friendly. Further more, if you are really tech-savvy, you can look at fancy temperature graphs and even setup temperature alerts which informs you if your home's temperature goes above or below a certain set level. This to me really is the cherry on the icing!

Beating off stiff competition from vacuum Dyson Digital Slim DC44 Animal, robot vacuum cleaner iRobot Roomba 600, Belkin WeMo – the cheapest and easiest way to see the Internet, kitchen gizmo Philips HomeCooker and coffee machine, Krups Barista EA9000. Its no surprise that Stuff Magazine awarded RHC as the Stuff Home Gadget of the year 2012.

Even if you're not be a British Gas customer, RHC can still be installed. All that is required is a gas central heating with a thermostat, RHC will work wtih 99% of boilers, an internet connection (router with a spare ethernet port). The total cost of installation isn't as much as you might imagine, £199 for those who are already existing British Gas Energy customers and £229 for customers who are new to British Gas.

Check out the demo video below of how RHC and myHome works, if you're interested you can also take a look at the British Gas RHC Facebook page for a chance to win a RHC for your own home (3 to be won!) plus £100 worth of cinema vouchers for a ‘last minute change of plan’.