Google launches a new project in the name of Projet Tango

Google announced its new project named Projet Tango and the goal of a new smart phone is equipped with sensor technology are promising will enable the user to create maps and photos Tlatyh dimensional range of places in a way were not possible in the past.

New smart phone system will be equipped with Android and 5 inches screen and processor of Movidius Myriad 1 in addition to the sophisticated sensors its main role is ( digitize ) the surrounding environment , which will enable the recording and analysis of the dimensions of the place from which the user resides Whether it's a room or office , etc. ...

This project has great prospects in relation to photography and maps Tlatyh Dimensions , which will be reflected in a lot of areas, on the other hand has produced Google only 200 model of this new smartphone and will be awarded to developers interested in the establishment of applications interested in the field maps and internal effect from March 14 next .

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Apple and Samsung users seem to be the only ones who really love their smartphones

Right on the heels of another successful quarter for Apple, J.D. Power has awarded the tech giant with the proverbial cherry on top: its latest smartphone customer satisfaction survey puts the iPhone maker ahead of Samsung, HTC, BlackBerry and LG on every major U.S. carrier. According to J.D. Power, customers of AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile are most satisfied with their iOS devices, with Samsung taking second place. It wasn’t exactly a blowout for Apple though – on a 1,000 point scale for each carrier, Apple only beat Samsung by double digits for Sprint customers. The score was within a single point for Verizon.

The key findings from the study show that customers are still more interesting in features than anything else when selecting a phone, but price has become more important than in previous years. That said, customers that do buy a phone solely based on its price are typically less satisfied and less likely to remain loyal to that brand. The features that smartphone owners are looking forward to in future devices include “seamless voice control (36%); built-in sensors that can gauge temperature, lighting, noise and moods to customize settings to the environment (35%); and facial recognition and biometric security (28%).”

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It’s mostly Android deserters who buy cheap iPhones

In its earnings call on Wednesday for the second quarter of its fiscal year 2014, Apple revealed that more than two out of three cheap iPhone buyers are switching over from Android, highlighting the move as a success for the company. Apple’s Tim Cook said that on the quarter, 62% of iPhone 4s buyers and 60% of iPhone 5c buyers ditched Android smartphones to purchase an iPhone.

The more than two-year-old iPhone 4s was a hot seller for Apple during the period, and even though the company did not say how many iPhone 4s units it sold out of the total 43 million iPhone sales during the period. Apple’s CFO Luca Maestri said thatApple’s partnership with China Mobile and iPhone 4s sales were the top drivers for Apple’s record iPhone quarter.

Cook also said that in certain markets, 85% of first-time iPhone buyers chose an iPhone 4s, while in some markets 69% of first-time iPhone buyers got the newer iPhone 5c.

Even though the mix of older iPhone models drove iPhone average selling prices down by over $40 during the period, the company seems more than happy to be adding customers no matter what iPhone model they choose. Interestingly, the company also sold a number of iPhone 4 units during the period, likely in India – according to Cook, iPhone 4 sales were in the single digit percentage of available iPhone mix.

“If we can get them in on the entry iPhone, it gives them a great product at a great value and gets them into the ecosystem,” Cook said about the iPhone 4s.

And the ecosystem is quite strong, with Apple revealing that it currently has 800 million iTunes accounts and that most of them have registered a credit card. Furthermore, Apple said its App Store generated 85% more revenue than Google Play in Q2, with app downloads reaching the 70 billion mark.

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