Samsung, 70 million smartphones in the first quarter of 2013, double the Apple

According to data distributed yesterday by some analysts the Korean giant Samsung would be growing with regard to the number of smartphone distributed quarter after quarter. Also increasing the gap over the competition

The world of smartphones speaks more and more Korean. This is what emerges from the latest data published by some online research companies that, in just the first quarter of this 2013 the Asian giant Samsung would distribute a total of 70.7 million terminals.

This result is certainly important for Samsung, and perhaps quite daunting for the competition which sees the gap widening from year to year. In second place we find Apple, with 37.4 million distributed solutions, about half of those Samsung and most importantly only 2 million more than last year, compared to 26 million increase company Eastern Europe.

Speaking in percentages, the share of Samsung rose from 28.8% in the same period last year to the current 32.7%, while for the eternal rival Apple, a decline of about 6 percentage points that lead at 17 , 3% of the market share of the bitten apple.

In third place are then LG, followed by Huawei and ZTE, all up from the first quarter of 2012 with sales volumes nearly doubled and a gain ranging from 0.2 to '1.6% with regard to the share.

Not included in the ranking instead major producers like Nokia, HTC, Sony, BlackBerry and Motorola, which therefore fall within the "other" category, which is credited for the remaining 36.4% of the market share, equal to just under 79 million smartphones, only 8 million in more than just Samsung.

Focus Twist turns (almost) Lytro iPhone into a room

"The new Focus Twist app available for iOS allows you to capture images by selecting a posteriori the focus, as in the technology of Lytro Light Field Camera"

That digital has shocked the world of photography is as true as trivial, the general impression is almost that now, after the initial phase in which the digital is basically exploded, the curve of development in the field of photography has almost stabilized towards the improvement existing technologies. One of the (many) factors that disprove this theory is undoubtedly represented byLytro Field Camera Litght .

The small form factor camera with a curious fact has attracted the attention of half the world thanks to the possibility to select the point of focus after the shot. Focus Twist app recently appeared on'Apple AppStore, promises basically the same function offer from Light Field.

The app however works in a completely different way from the small camera: Focus Twist in fact capture more frames (similar to the technique of HDR) by changing the point of focus and then generate a file with all the sufficient information to select a rear point of focus. Obviously it is a fundamental condition to hold both the resume point that any movement of subject movement (despite the app promises to handle even small shifts to allow handheld shooting).

The technique is of course more banal of ability to obtain and Lytro plans to focus distinct, accomplices probably also the small size of the sensor of the iPhone, it is not so immediate and gratifying. 

The advent of the solutions of this kind, however, shows the presence of roads that were unthinkable a few years ago and now available at less than two Euros. From the website dedicated you can find more information and view some photographs taken with Focus Twist.

Company of Heroes 2: co-op Theater of War with 18 new missions (PC)

"Relic unveils a new game mode for Company of Heroes 2 in which players take part in the battles more representative of the Eastern Front alone or in co-op with friends."

Sega has announced that Company of Heroes 2 will include a new mode called Theater of Warto be added to the main campaign and competitive multiplayer mode.

Theater of War Relic represent for the springboard that allow you to show an additional "face" of the conflict will in fact be added to the missions, as well as those of the main campaign, which will unravel throughout the duration of the Second World War and that will put players to the test, either alone or in co-op against the AI ​​in famous battles against commanders with unique characteristics.

At the launch of COH2, the mode will include Theater of War missions taken from the most important battles of 1941. You can choose either the Red Army that the Germans and players can visit different locations on the Eastern Front, scene of the most famous battles took place in that year. Each faction will have 9 missions in the moment in which the game will be released.Further missions of the Theater of War will be added to the game later on, including mini pack previously announced for those who pre-ordered the game.

Greg Wilson, Producer Company of Heroes 2, commented: "We have received several requests from fans to recreate specific conflicts of the war but it is not always possible to be able to include everything in the main campaign. Theater of War was born from the need to find a way to recreate the battles requested by our fans. "

Quinn Duffy, Game Director, commented, "Theater of War is the perfect bridge between the contents of the singleplayer and multiplayer game, giving the production a high level of replayability, and helping players who love solo missions to become familiar with the elements online the game. "

It 's rare that in such a short time since its launch a software house ads more content then released for free, let alone a new mode appears to be as complex as Theater of War. That this is actually a sign that the acquisition by SEGA and the more time been available has borne fruit?

In fact we were also informed that the Closed Beta Company of Heroes 2 ran exclusively in Directx 9: from the many new images that you will find in the gallery you will see some progress on the graphics compared to beta, with images much cleaner and more defined. SEGA also reminds us that tessellation and other advanced graphical effects, not present in the beta, will have a strong emphasis on the visual quality of the final game. What do our readers think: Relic is on track to match the success of the first Company of Heroes? Let us know in the comments!

Recall that Company of Heroes 2 is a unique PC arriving next June 25.

New details on the hardware specifications of Google Glass

Google has not yet provided precise details of the type of processor and the amount of RAM that there will be in the new solution of augmented reality.Now a developer sheds light on these details.

Jay Lee, one of the developers to already have access to Google Glass, revealed important new details about the hardware specifications of the new device Google. The latter would have, in fact, a CPU of the type OMAP 4430, similar to that used in the original Kindle, and a quantity equal to682 MB of RAM.

Details are still rather skinny, but seen in the news that Google, in time to publish the specifications of Google Glass, did not provide full information about CPU and RAM. Also, it seems a hardware equipment much more powerful than originally budgeted, which could allow the glasses to perform fairly complex app without the help of the support device.

Lee also argues that there could be even more memory in the final version of the Glass, even up to 1 GB. "Some kernel messages lead me to believe that there is actually 1 GB of RAM, but a part is used for purposes not known hardware", we read of Selfscreens .

These revelations have been made ​​possible following the announcement of one of the most famous hackers in the community, Liam McLoughlin, who revealed that he had obtainedpermission to root the Google Glass. McLoughlin said that getting these permits is very easy.

According to McLoughlin, the Glass would offer the option "debug mode" apperentemente that would offer the opportunity to access the ADB level. Subsequently a Google employee has made ​​it clear that, although the hacker has spoken of "ease in getting root permissions", there is no security problem. Dan Morrill, the employee in question has in fact said that this first version of Glass is deliberately open to allow developers to browse and experience different types of solution-level app.

In recent weeks, had emerged information about secret code that would suggest innovative solutions for gaming Google Glass .

Surface Pro to debut in 27 countries, including Italy, to the end of May

Microsoft is preparing to extend significantly the prevalence of Surface Pro, its proposal tablet based on Intel Core combined with operating system Windows 8

Microsoft has officially announced for 27 May, the day of the launch of Surface Pro in various countries, including Italy, to extend the initial limited availability in the United States, Canada and China.

From the end of May Surface Pro, Microsoft tablet hardware platform based on Intel Core and Windows 8 operating system, will then be available in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, New Zealand , Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK as well as Italy.

The debut in Korea, Malaysia, Russia, Singapore and Thailand is instead expected by the end of July, to further extend the availability on the market of this tablet. The technical specifications of Surface Pro provide display 10.6-inch diagonal panel with the resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, combined with Intel Core i5-3317U, 4 Gbytes of system memory and local storage by 64 or 128 Gbytes via SSDs .

Recall how Surface RT, tablet first product developed by Microsoft and the Windows operating system combined with RT, was presented by the U.S. at the end of the month of October 2012 in the world but has been marketed in Italy only from the middle of the month of February.

Lacking at the present time indication on the price for the end user as a reference we denote the $ 899 for the version required 64 Gbytes in North America, excluding taxes. For more information about Surface RT, the tablet with ARM platform and OS Windows RT.

The new MacBook Pro maybe coming for the WWDC

In addition to the provisions concerning the debut in October of iPad Mini with Retina Display , the analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has developed some speculation this time related to the product line MacBook Pro , considering the subject of an update that will be presented with a very good chance at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in June.

According to the analyst, that is an upgrade to the latest technology, especially with the debut ofIntel Haswell that will replace the models with Ivy Bridge architecture employed for the realization of the MacBook Pro models currently in the catalog. Intel also recently announced that the Haswell processors will be officially presented next June 3 , the day before the 2013 edition of the Computex Taipei. The update should, probably, going to renew the GPU sector, especially in view of the availability of new solutions AMD and NVIDIA announced in recent weeks.

Kuo claims that there will be no particular stylistic changes to the setting of the systems and that Apple will continue to keep the MacBook Pro models equipped with optical drive to the next line of MacBook Pro Retina systems, without the DVD player. "In emerging markets, where the penetration of the network is not yet so advanced, there is still a high demand for optical media," said Kuo.

The analyst, which excludes the possibility of the debut of a MacBook Air with Retina display,believes that the new models will be delivered by the end of the second quarter, shortly after the official launch. Retina MacBook Pro, however, will be updated later in the year the year because of the low yields of the panels with high resolution.

The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference will take place from 10 to 14 June at the Moscone West in San Francisco. Apple has normally used the event to present innovative products, such as last year with the launch of the MacBook Pro Retina. Tickets for the WWDC 2013 sold out in less than two minutes, demolishing the previous record of about two hours.

Chrome Office Viewer to view Office documents directly in the browser

"Among the many extensions installed on Chrome is now available in beta Chrome Office Viewer to view files in the typical Microsoft Office formats"

Google has created an extension for your browser called Chrome Office Viewer , which allows direct visualization of files in Word, Excel and PowerPoint (. doc. docx. xls. xlsx. ppt. pptx) within Chrome. In order to use this extension, still in beta, you must use one of the versions still in the development phase of the browser, so the stable release.

Chrome Office Viewer can be used on PC Windows, OS X systems, and of course on the Chromebook. Extension can also view files locally on the PC, there is no need to upload these elements on one of the many cloud sevices. This extension ensures the read-only content, while other tools such as Office Web Apps provide a higher level of functionality.

However, we are faced with a beta version, so it is conceivable that in the next release are implemented new options. But there is an interesting element to note: as mentioned above, Chrome Office Viewer is able to view documents even in offline mode. This feature, with the necessary changes, it might be useful in general or on the Chromebook on Chrome OS, projects struggle to take off because of the need to remain constantly connected to the Web.

2K Marin: the shooter on the Xcom still exists (PC, XBox 360, PS3)

"2K Games has revealed for the second time his shooter on the Xcom. It will be released in the month of August with the title The Bureau: Xcom Declassified. 

The development of this game was greatly troubled. Announced for the first time in April 2010 as a first-person shooter and shown, as dazzling enough, a few E3, the title is returned later in the design phase. Now 2K Games announces the re-as third-person shooter.

Entrusted to the team of BioShock 2, 2K Marin, the game now takes the name of The Bureau: Xcom Declassified and is provided in formats PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 for the next August 20 in North America and August 23 in Europe. At full price.

The Bureau is a third-person tactical shooter based on teams. The team wants to establish a strong dichotomy over the other recently released Xcom title, or the lucky Enemy Unknown , offering players the opportunity to experience the universe Xcom in real time, as opposed to turn-based structure of the previous game.

According to 2K Marin the franchise revolves around six concepts that all begin with T: team, technology, tools (tools in English), tactics, terror and tension. In the new Xcom not fail, however, the typical elements of the series as a base management and research on artifacts of alien origin.

The players, then, will be able to issue orders in real time to the comrades of the assault team managed through a system called Battle AI Focus. You may order to circumvent the enemy, to cover fire, to take advantage of a height or to deploy the special ability of the soldier, acquired with the progress of the experience. The development team wants to focus on storytelling and the depth of the story, and that's why The Bureau will not have a multiplayer component.

The Bureau follows the story of the agent William Carter. The stories are contextualized in 1962, during the Cold War. The United States is worried about a possible attack on the USSR or of an escalation of tension that may result in the use of nuclear weapons. For this reason, the U.S. decided to create a bureau that gives name to the game, which has the goal of preventing a hypothetical Russian invasion. But the Bureau will also deal with other facts, which relate more closely now.

It is, therefore, of a sort of prequel for Xcom, since it is assumed that the Bureau will become in the future just the secret organization Xcom. At a time when the aliens start invasion on Earth, however, the Bureau must change focus, the Russians own the aliens, who have now become the main threat.

The agency thus relies on Carter the task of leading the assault team into battle against the aliens. Like previous games in the series, The Bureau Xcom Declassified annovererà deaths permanent when one of the members of the assault team will die on the battlefield, in fact, it will be a final death, and the player will lose all the progress made ​​on that soldier up to that point, since it can no longer use it on a mission. 2K Marin is enthusiastic to have this added feature, which claims to be rarely present in the third-person shooter today. The developer, in short, will have a shooter sufficiently punitive, that is able to meet the favor of both the new players of the old fans of Xcom.

The goal is to have a learning curve soft at the beginning, with a system that helps the players to learn the mechanics of progressively. But at the same time, the developer says, there must be a difficulty "extreme" in other parts of the game.

Toshiba Exceria Pros: new CF cards for 4K with peaks at 160MB / s

"The new Compact Flash Pro Toshiba Exceria declare peaks of 150/160 MB / s read / write, but also a guaranteed minimum flow of writing to 65MB / s for 4K movies without dropped frames"

4K is definitely one of the words of the moment and also the recent announcements of the NAB in Las Vegas have confirmed that the recording format high-definition video Ultra HD is about to be taking root. Among the proposals capable of recording in 4K are also SLR and video cameras withCompact Flash slot, format that was very important for the history of digital photography, but that ultimately suffers much competition from the SD format in its variations, high capacity and speed .

Different products, however, still use CF cards and Toshiba still believes much in the industry: the latest proposal are Compact Flash cards Exceria Pro 1066x with peak velocity in reading 160MB/se in writing of 150MB / s. They are cards that meet the specifications CompactFlash Specification Revision 6.1 and compatible with the interface UDMA7, but above all also meet the specifications of the standard "video performance guarantee profile 2" (VPG-65), which ensures aminimum flow guaranteed in writing to 65MB / s for 4K recordings without loss of frame no.

Will be made ​​available in denominations of 16GB, 32GB and 64GB: prices have not yet been announced, but will probably be initially accessible only to the professional audience.

Intel Haswell: possible incompatibilities with some power supplies

The new stadiums C6 and C7, introduced with Haswell CPU to minimize the idle power consumption, could introduce an incompatibility with ATX power supplies that do not reflect the new power specifications

With each new generation of Intel Core series processor looks for a continuous containment of consumption, both at full load as in Idle. This trend will be carried out with solutions Haswell, code name that identifies the next generation of microarchitecture expected to debut next month of June, with the first models.

VR-Zone report, a possible problem of compatibility between the platforms for Haswell processors and some ATX power supplies to these combined, linked to the minimum current that must be supplied to the processor when it enters into one of the phases of most high fuel economy.

In correspondence with the power state C6 and C7, the two by using less power in which the CPU can be placed Haswell, the specifications state a minimum current of 0.05 amperes, must be supplied from. For the previous generation of Intel Core processors based on Ivy Bridge architecture, the same specifications required a current of 0.5 amperes.

It is assumed that power is not appropriately developed may have problems to provide this type of current, thereby bringing the system to malfunction when the processor enters one of the states C6 or C7 to the lowest consumption. The manufacturers of power usage is usually specified in the technical specifications of the operation of any product data maximum and not the minimum load: for this reason it is not clear when such models may or may not give malfunctions with these platforms in the lowest power mode.

An alternative way to overcome this potential incompatibility problem may be to disable the activation of these two stages of operation in the lowest consumption. Such an approach would be possible for those with bios LGA 1150 socket motherboards that will implement this feature, but there are no specific details about it at the time. An approach of this kind would lead to a slight increase in idle power consumption for these processors, estimated at a few watts, but with the advantage of ensuring proper operation with power supplies that do not test these new specifications.

Women and Mobile: downloading more apps and spend more (iPhone, Android)

"Apsalar has published the results of its latest market research, which shows the different types of behavior in terms of access to the mobile world between men and women."

The company that is responsible for market analysis and advertising in the mobile world Apsalarpublished data of its latest survey, conducted by examining the habits of 500 million unique users of the Android and iOS platforms. They are definitely indicative of the results, which show interesting differences between what men do and what women do with their mobile devices.

Women 40% of the installed app in more than men, they buy 17% of the paid app more, even paying 87% more for this type of app.
The app used most by women are the ones that concern the categories: social media, news, productivity, lifestyle, books. Moving on, however, to men, the categories are: business, games, navigrazione, travel, health and fitness. Especially curious data on games and navigation, asthey spend 61% more of their time to app gaming.

The men off considerably women, as well as in the gaming category, even in that of the in-app purchases. Sign that the resort to real currency feeds the competition within this sex, whereas this type of purchase allows you to have an edge over the other players.
Even for navigation since we have a similar, given that men spend more time than women on the traditional web, precisely with a difference of 40%. Women hark back to the great when it comes to social media, pulling men in this well 611 percentage points.

Sony announces two new binoculars DEV-50: 20.4-megapixel photos and Full HD video

"Sony has presented the binoculars with digital recording DEV-50: OLED viewfinder, 20.4 megapixel photos and Full HD video"

Among the products developed in recent years thanks to the advent of digital technologies are certainly binoculars with digital recording. Hybrids that combine features of binoculars, camera and video camera, these products are designed princiapalmente for shipments in the open air in order to simultaneously observe and capture the surrounding flora and fauna.

Sony is not new to this kind of products and now has just announced a new range DEV-50: about one-third lighter than the previous generation ripetto, dust and splash resistant, the new Sonybinoculars are equipped with high-contrast OLED viewfinder and technology of image stabilization Optical SteadyShot home.

Equipped with auto focus, binoculars DEV-50 are able to take photographs from 20.4 megapixel camera and capture video at a resolution of 1920x1080, among the features can also be nominated by dual Exmor R CMOS sensor and dual processor images, record videos in 3D. The output on the market is scheduled for June while the price still not official, expected to be around $ 2,000.

Beyond Two Souls at the Tribeca Film Festival (PS3)

"Beyond Two Souls was presented to the famous film festival. Inside the new gameplay video for 35 minutes. "

For the first time the Tribeca Film Festival has decided to include a video game in the official selection of the festival. It is the last work of David Cage (Omikron The Nomad Soul, Fahrenheit, Heavy Rain), Beyond the Two Souls that will reach stores on October 8, only in the PlayStation 3 format.

The panel on Beyond Two Souls at the film festival in New York were the main protagonists of the new highly anticipated title of Quantic Dream, or Ellen Page and Willem Dafoe, in addition to Cage himself.

Ellen Page, who we have already seen in films such as Juno and Inception, plays Jodie Holmes, through various stages of his life. Jodie is mysteriously linked to supernatural entity she calls Aiden. Can communicate telepathically with Aiden, and this presence can help her to solve puzzles in the game.

At the beginning of the trailer Jodie Dawkins called Nathan (played by Willem Dafoe), which is the putative father of the girl after her parents, apparently, have abandoned it. You can see glimpses of the life of Jodie, which show among other things also the complicated relationship with his parents, as well as his training with the CIA.

The key element in Beyond Two Souls are the emotions expressed thanks to the film character chosen by Cage for this production, but without abandoning the identity of videogame. The characters are characterized by a certain psychological depth and there are plenty of strong moments. In Beyond will take on the role of the protagonist and also interacts through the entity that accompanies it. As in real life, then, every decision carries consequences, positive or negative they are. The title was actually played by actors in the flesh. The main character is Ellen Page, famous Hollywood actress flanked by Willem Dafoe (Spiderman, Platoon). More than 160 actors round out the cast.

But it does not end there, as at the Tribeca Film Festival was also shown a new movie of 35 minutes, this time also sheds light on some of the gameplay elements of Beyond Two Souls.

iPad Mini with Retina display, not October 1

Alleged rendering problems with the screen just would force Apple to delay until the October launch of the new tablet

The next generation of Apple's iPad mini, which most likely will be characterized by the presence of one type screen Retina, will not arrive on the market before next fall as designed by the analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities, which in the past has already shown some accuracy in identifying in advance the moves of Apple.

The analyst argues that in fact there are some problems with the yields of the screen, that will force Apple to delay the launch of the new tablet around the month of October. According to Kuo there would be some obstacles in being able to condense the sufficient number of pixels within a screen of 7.9 inches in order to qualify as a Retina type display.

Kuo noted that in the face of this obstacle, Apple may decide to temporarily introduce on the market a cheaper version of the iPad mini, in order to push sales and outperform competitors tablet at a low price. According to the analyst an iPad mini "cheap" could be placed on the market at a price between 199 and 249 dollars.

Apple could adopt various solutions to contain the cost of production of iPad mini. The analyst advances in this regard a number of roads, including the removal of the rear camera, the reduction of storage space to 8GB, a simplified production of the metal chassis or a more advanced process for the production of the SoC Apple A5.

KGI securities analyst also expressed some consideration for iPad to 9.7 inches, the fifth-generation model which will come in the autumn and also features a new stylistic approach more similar to that of iPad mini. According to Kuo, however, iPad will not see a particular increase in sales since the device does not offer a user experience very different from that of iPad mini.

"We think for the long term Apple will remain competitive in the tablet market with the release of new and exciting products. But with the postponement of product launches and in the face of tougher competition, Apple and the supply chain of iPad will have to wait until the fourth quarter of 2013 before significant growth. "

Sony Xperia ZR, revisiting Xperia Z sauce still waterproof?

According to widespread rumors at this time, the Japanese manufacturer Sony may soon launch a new device with rugged features that stand beside 

the current Xperia Z

According to data released in recent weeks, the new top of the range Sony, which is called theXperia Z, despite the many doubts raised regarding the display and other details would be selling very well and would have reached 4 million copies distributed until today.

In the wake of momentary success Sony does not seem to want to miss the chance to repeat the results obtained and, according to the latest rumors reported by ' Xperia Blog may be working in the coming months to launch a successor to the top of the range that would take the name ofXperia ZR.

The current code name for the solution seems to be Dogo, while the model should be identified by the number C550X. According to rumors spread, also, the size of the terminal would be slightly lower than those of Xperia Z; one speaks of a display of "only" 4.6 inch resolution 1280x720 pixels.

As Xperia Z also the new ZR should be waterproof but with a certification IP58 ensure that the resistance to dive more than a meter and a half to about 30 minutes. Other features include a 13-megapixel camera, quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 2 GB of RAM, 8 GB of internal memory and expandable battery of 2300 mAh capacity.

We await further information and any confirmation or denial by the Japanese manufacturer.

Debut on June 3 for the Intel Haswell

The next generation of Intel processors for desktop and notebook Core family will be presented in conjunction with the Computex 2013 in Taipei, early in the month of June

Debut confirmed for June 3: we are talking about the next generation of Intel Core family,better known by the code name of Haswell. These processors will introduce a new microarchitecture, thus differing from the Ivy Bridge proposals currently on the market while maintaining the 22-nanometer production technology.

The date of June 3 is not accidental: it is the day before the official opening of Computex Taipei 2013, what is the most important trade fair which is held in Asia. On Monday preceding the opening of the fair has long been used by companies for some events, so-called pre-show, with which are anticipated innovations that will then be displayed in the following days in fera.

The processors from Intel Haswell will be made ​​available in different versions, suitable for desktop systems such as those notebooks. For desktop systems will be in conjunction with a new socket, the LGA 1150, as well as new series chipset 8: all at Computex 2013 Asian motherboard manufacturers show their new solutions based on this platform.

According to the information currently available, the new Haswell processors will be offered initially in the declinations Core i7 and Core i5 processors for desktop systems, together with the versions with Core i7 quad-core architecture intended for use in higher end notebook systems. Only later, presumably from the month of September, we will see the debut also versions of CPU's lowest power allocated to the combination with Ultrabook platforms.

Nilox Foolish Special: first contact with the action cam-equipped

"Among the action camera Nilox Foolish Special points to be noticed for the package equipped: 4GB microSD card, remote control, additional display makes it immediately ready for action"

GoPro is the brand that has opened the field to the landing of the action camera in the consumer market: thanks to marketing campaigns pressing and a very comprehensive range of accessories the brand has been able to establish itself as a leader, however, opening the way for many other , who went to control the different market niches. Among the brands that have exploited the wake of GoPro is also Nilox, which has a catalog of his three declinations deiverse Action Cam. For the report features / price Folish Special is the most interesting sports camera of the brand owned by the group Esprinet.

The approach of Nilox with his Special Foolish is to offer a product at an average price, but characterized by a comprehensive standard equipment: the action cam fact provides additional color LCD display 1.5 ", remote control, 4GB microSD card, in addition to classic accessories like the underwater housing, resistant to immersion to a depth of-60m, and the adhesive backings for mounting on helmets and boards.

The data-sheet is in line with the market average with wide-angle lens with 175 ° angle of view, format CMOS sensor 1/2, 3 "and ability to record Full HD movies at 30 frames per second (12Mbps bitrate), 720p at 60 fps to 8-megapixel photos. Useful color display 1.5 "that allows reviewing their movies and have an interface with the camera more naturally, thanks to the integration in the form of a four-way controller and certain keys.

Among the special features that the contraddistiguono is certainly the presence of a laser pointer, which is useful to know where to 'look' even when the camera is mounted on the helmet and you can not have access to the display. It is a feature that makes up for with the integration of the remote control, the lack of Wi-Fi support shown by some competitors, which allow remote control and display Live-View from smartphones.

In the embedded video below you can get an idea of ​​the quality of Nilox Foolish Special. The yield of the video is average in the sector: exceeds that of entry level products such as Midland XTC300, but is positioned far from top of the range products like GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition. Cost products such as the Sony HDR-AS15 action camera offer similar performance, with the proposal in Nilox advantage in terms of quality performance in some circumstances. You can put the video in comparison with that of the comparison between the proposals GoPro, Midland, Drift and Sony.

Nilox Foolish Special is on sale for € 299 with kit series that we have listed: on the site are also various accessories available for mounting on him (head and chest), on automobiles and dumbbells, which expand the limited possibilities of the adhesive backings included in package.