Do you carry your Moleskine notebook around with you everywhere you go? Do you have post-it notes dotted around your monitor, hanging off your desk and generally covering your work area? If so, maybe you should try using Evernote to simplify your life.
Evernote is a cloud note-taking service that makes it easy for you to save notes (or small chunks of text) to the cloud. Any notes, web addresses, text or other content that you save is stored on a remote server, and can be accessed by any device which can run a relatively modern web browser or a version of the Evernote app. Evernote is great for saving to-do lists, notes, insightful forum posts or small chunks of text from within ebooks. Anything you save on your desktop, you can access on your smartphone and vice-versa.
Creative Uses for Evernote
While most people use Evernote as a simple note-taking service, you can share notes with other Evernote users, and this is where the service really comes into its own. You can create notes with project related to-do lists or shopping lists, and have your team mates tick of items as they are completed. You can also save useful links and quotations into a global note that everyone in your office can benefit from.
Evernote is perfect for remote or mobile workers because it combines the convenience of on-the-fly note taking (you can install a browser plugin that adds "clip to Evernote" to your right-click menu) with the ability to access your notes from anywhere in the world. Instead of ringing the office and hoping that a colleague will be on hand to read off that number from the post-it on your desk, you can just log in to Evernote on your smartphone and check the number yourself.
Evernote can handle more than just text, too. You can use it to save almost any kind of digital content, from PDFs and text to images. You can even link it up to automated services such as If This Then That, which will filter your email and RSS subscriptions and archive, filter or delete content depending on keywords, context and other conditions. The beauty of evernote lies in its simplicity and its flexibility - no matter what you need it for it can fit your life.
The Downside to Evernote
The main downside to Evernote is that it is a cloud service, and this means that you need Internet access to take full advantage of it. In addition, since the authentication system is just a username and password, there is always some risk of your account being hacked, and the attacker viewing sensitive data or deleting information from your account.
You can mitigate some of that risk by regularly backing up your notes, and by using secure passwords, but no online service will ever be completely secure. If you want to store data that will always be "for your eyes only", then you should buy a notebook and a pen, and then never let that notebook out of your sight.
Crispin Jones has written for a number of business related publications over the years. A fan of all things time management he hopes to retire by the time he is 38 and a half! A recent infographic that Crispin worked on for Name Badges International was featured on Entrepreneur
Thursday, 28 November 2013
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Gionee launches Smartphone Elife E7
Chinese Smartphone manufacturer Gionee has proudly announced its latest Smartphone, the Gionee Elife E7. When looking at the specifications; this unit can easily compete with the most expensive high-end Smartphones of the famous brands.
Thus, the Elife E7equipped with a 5.5- inch Full HD screen Gorilla Glass 3, a 2.5 GHz Snapdragon 800 processor, 3GB RAM and a camera. According Gionee the camera is as good as a normal compact camera. The camera is equipped with the same 16 megapixel sensor that can be found in for example the Canon IXUS140 and the Casio EX - ZR1200 is.
The lens is supplied by manufacturer Largen lens and auto - focus motor comes from Shicoh. The Elife E7 is also equipped with an 8 megapixel camera on the front, which according Gionee is better than the camera of the iPhone 5S.
The device has a super narrow edge of 2.33 mm for the screen and also offers 16GB/32GB storage, 4G LTE, NFC , Wi -Fi and GPS . Gionee informed that there are different versions of the E7 will come, including a model with 2GB of RAM instead of 3GB, a 2.2 GHz processor and no 4G on the market. Prices range from t 325 to 425 Euros.
Zopo Launches Zopo ZP998, A Smartphone For A Cheap Price
Chinese zopo has launched the ZOPO ZP998 world's first Smartphone with an octa - core processor. The ZP998 is equipped with the new MediaTek MT6592 processor, which has eight cores and a clock speed of 1.7 GHz. The unit is also equipped with a 5.5 -inch full HD display, 2GB RAM, a 14 megapixel camera with F2.0 lens, NFC and dual - band Wi - Fi.
According to MediaTek, the MT6592 processor is faster than 800 Snapdragon processor that can be found in many other high-end Smartphone. The processor is supported by a 700MHz GPU Mali 450MP4. This seems almost certain that the ZP998 is more than suitable for gaming.
The 9.1 mm thick ZP998 runs on Android 4.2. Many features and apps are included; for example, the camera app which has 'Beatification' options to decorate photos and you can pick up the phone from sleep mode by means of gesture commands. Write your finger for example a 'C' (‘call') on the screen, then immediately launch the phone app. The 'e ' helps you to launch the browser and the 'z' gives you the phone only from sleep. It is also possible to set the applications with your own gestures.
The ZP998 is equipped with 32GB of storage, a microSD card reader for an additional 64GB of additional storage, a 5 megapixel front camera, Bluetooth 4.0, USB OTG, Wi - Fi Direct, and with a battery with a capacity of 2.400mAh . Given the high-end specs you'd probably expect a relatively high price, but that the price is very nominal one. The ZOPO ZP998 is internationally available for only $ 299.99.
Intel Broxton; A platform for mobile phones and tablets
Intel Broxton is an Atom -based platform for tablet and mobile phone. Intel has somewhat missed the tablet and Smartphone boom, but now wants to catch up with Qualcomm and others in the row. The solution provides the chip giant in a common platform concept for Smartphones and tablets codenamed as Broxton.
As of 2015, Intel plans to the Broxton chips that will succeed the current Atom CPUs code named as Bay Trail and in the beginning of 2014 to the market next Atom CPUs codenamed Cherry Trail produce, in 14 -nm process. Broxton will include improved atomic cores codenamed “Gold Mount “and a higher-performance GPU; Compared to the current atom of the Bay Trail – generation, Broxton can reach five times the CPU and 15 times the GPU performance!
However, Intel will not only attack the high-end segment. By starting in Q3/Q4 2014 Atom CPU “SoFIA " Intel is targeting the tablet and mobile phone market for beginners and very price-conscious buyers. The highly integrated chip (SoC - System on Chip) will contain a 64- bit processor graphics unit and UMTS / LTE modem.
As of 2015, Intel plans to the Broxton chips that will succeed the current Atom CPUs code named as Bay Trail and in the beginning of 2014 to the market next Atom CPUs codenamed Cherry Trail produce, in 14 -nm process. Broxton will include improved atomic cores codenamed “Gold Mount “and a higher-performance GPU; Compared to the current atom of the Bay Trail – generation, Broxton can reach five times the CPU and 15 times the GPU performance!
However, Intel will not only attack the high-end segment. By starting in Q3/Q4 2014 Atom CPU “SoFIA " Intel is targeting the tablet and mobile phone market for beginners and very price-conscious buyers. The highly integrated chip (SoC - System on Chip) will contain a 64- bit processor graphics unit and UMTS / LTE modem.
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Nokia Lumia 925 Review
Camera owing to be an important feature in mobile as customer choose mobile for taking snap and share with social networking sites than digital camera. Perceptive this scenario Nokia has launched Lumia 925 with its camera innovation to this Windows Phone. Not much differing with Lumia 920 it is slightly weightless with all the hardware same. The sport metal frame gives a premium look to the new Windows Phone.
Depiction about Design:
Nokia has designed many models to satisfy the user but to attract among those is Nokia Lumia 925 one of the finest Nokia smartphones ever. Aluminum encases this besides metal design that gets inconsistent. It is Sleeker and lighter than the Lumia 920 at 139 grams. Its assured color options available are Black, Grey and White which differs from 920 that established Red and Yellow. So this new color will appeal to all users fond of Nokia smartphone.
Unlike the other Lumia phones with polycarbonate it comprises sport sturdy aluminum frame with brushed finish, curved all over and corners are rounded and supported with black bands at either sides that emphasize the metal frame. The front end is supported with glass panel of 4.5-inch Amoled display of the device. The front camera and ear piece is set at the top of the display, volume and camera shutter key at the right side of the phone. No keys at the left end and bottom but Micro-USB port and 3.5mm headset jack at the top. Unlike the other Lumia Polycarbonate are present only at the back end with adding to the feature a white colored plastic plate. Attractive 8.7-megapixel camera lens with LED flash, speaker grill are located at the back along with Nokia brand. Battery is not removable from the phone.
Display:
Nokia Lumia 925 sported with 4.5-inch Amoled ClearBlack with a resolution of 768x1280 pixel with PureMotion HD+. The pixel density on display stands at 1080p like the displays of HTC One and Galaxy S4, but not noticeable while using phone. This will tend to feel true when using Windows Phone’s dark theme that shines on the Lumia 925 display and text feels crispy and vibrant contrasting the deep black. Amoled displays are used for reproducing the colors accurately, has some special settings for tinkering the screen’s color for saturation. Additional setting help in Amoled screen to a large extent.
Camera:
Nokia offers a PureView branding to its camera on debut to Nokia 808 which had some slight tweak. It also used the same one to the Nokia Lumia 925. It features 8.7-megapixel camera found on the Lumia 920 along with that is offers one more lens on the top of the remaining five lens. It appeals that has improvement in its camera from 920.
It has been observed that phone camera has good quality over the daylight. Due to offer of Amoled feature it offers accurate reproduction of color. The lens focus does have haywire while you need an quick shot. When you need an perfect shot you have to wait a little, default app that is provided offers ISO, Exposure and White balancing settings. The Flash can be turned off when not needed. Some of the top features where the phone excels is that Image Stabilization, it has suspended the entire Lumia 925 that absorbs shake and produce a quality image. If you’re a person who would like to take video on the go you will surely love this Nokia Lumia 925.