Tuesday, 10 July 2012

Nike fuel band Review




   A very new product in its unique category is the new product by Nike is Nike Fuel Band , apple tie up with Nike to build this unique product.It’s simply a wristband that tracks your movement, linked to an iPhone app throughout the day , Nike was early in the personal fitness market with its Nike-iPod accessories. it is one of the the best creation it functions as a standard pedometer but uses gaming like tactics such as awarding badges to lure sedentary people into an active lifestyle , Its pedometer tracks steps taken , calories burned, and a proprietary measurement of activity called Nike Fuel. It has a dazzling display made up of an array of 100 white LED lights used to display statistics and a thin strip of 20 color LED lights used to display a gauge of how far you are towards reaching your goal for the day. The apple’s Retina display adds a new effect the display is impressive it has a dimension of 20 x 5 pixels resolution and has some animation effects also 



Nike Fuel :- Nike used oxygen kinetics to measure the intensity of various activities on athletes wearing FuelBands , and then created Nike Fuel as a currency to best estimate the intensity of activities based on the accelerometer data from their Fuel Bands



Nike Fuel band features

Sensors :
3-axis accelerometer, ambient light sensor

Display : 100 white LED lights, 20 color LED lights

Size : 5.79-inch (S), 6.77-inch (M), 7.76-inch (L)

Weight : 0.95 oz (S), 1.06 oz (M), 1.13 oz (L)

Battery life : 4 days 

Connectivity : The Fuelband syncs with its iPhone app (via Bluetooth) and the Nike+ website (via built-in USB)

Price : $150

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Thursday, 5 July 2012

Ultrabook Review


   
 The newest member In computing world the ultrabooks are about to be launched in this year this is a new concept with a good portability and stylish looks this segment could mostly attract the people using laptops but missing the features of tablet pc it is fast stylish with great internet connectivity.Ultrabooks take advantage of a technology called the Intel Rapid Start Technology that helps get the system up and running from deepest sleep, saving both time and battery life


Advantage of ultrabooks :-

1) It has got fast processor which can give beter performance then the earlier used laptops
  
2) A thin light design which would definitely attract new customers 

3) Speed factor the startup time is very low redusing the time wastage and the battery wastage

4) Got better battery life than the previously used laptops they atleast provide battery life upto 5 hours or 8 hours

5) Inbuilt securiety features like Identity protection technology &  Anti-theft technology