TOP 10 Gadgets of the year 2012

TOP 10 Gadgets of  the year 2012 

Apple iphone 5

The launch of the iPhone is always a big event and it was no different this year with the iPhone 5. The iPhone 5 sports a 4-inch screen and comes with a new Lightning connector, more stylish earpods and three microphones instead of two.

Samsung Galaxy S3

Samsung took the wraps off the third version of its popular Galaxy series smartphone, Galaxy S III in June 2012. It has a 4.8-inch 720p Super AMOLED display and powered by Android version 4.0. It includes several features like Buddy Photo, S Voice assistant, S Beam, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC and Direct Call feature.

Google glasses

Google gave a taste of augmented reality technology as it introduced Google glasses. To demonstrate how these glasses will work, sky divers wearing the glasses streamed live video during their jump from an airplane to the roof of the San Francisco convention center.

Miniature ipad

Apple launched a miniature version of its iPad at a special event held in San Jose, California on October 23. iPad mini features a 7.9-inch screen and 1024x768 display. The iPad mini comes with the same Lightning connector that was first spotted on the iPhone 5. The 16GB Wi-Fi only version of iPad mini is available for $329.

NOKIA Phone

It's a camera, it's a phone… Nokia's 41-megapixel monster managed to create quite a stir when it was first showcased at CES 2012. Nokia PureView 808 sports a 4-inch AMOLED display with curved Gorilla glass, supporting a resolution of 640x360 pixels. It is powered by 1.3GHz single-core ARM11 processor.

Microsoft too launched its own hardware in the form of Microsoft Surface. The tablet runs Windows RT with a Pro version of the tablet running Windows 8 planned for January 2013 release.

The D800 incorporates a 36.3-megapixel (7360 x 4912 resolution) full frame sensor, supplemented by video recording at full HD resolution (1920x1080 at 30, 25 and 24 fps) and 720p (1280x720 at 60, 50, 30 and 25 fps). It has 51-point Autofocus system.

Google entered the tablet market by launching the 7-inch Google Nexus 7 for $199 manufactured by Asus.

The third generation iPad, (aka new iPad) boasts of Retina display. It comes with 16, 32, 64GB internal storage options and 1GB RAM. The new iPad has a 5-megapixel camera.

Apple stunned the laptop world with the Retina MacBook Pro that offers over 5 million pixels on a laptop screen.

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Samsung Galaxy S3 v/s nokia lumia 920

Reasons for the galaxy s3

OS
Plays Adobe Flash	Yes	vs	No	Adobe Flash with Video and Sound is supported in the device's browser.
The browser has word wrap	Yes	vs	No	The web browser has automatic word wrap when zooming, the user can easily read long lines without scrolling horizontally.
Significantly more apps available	850,000	vs	150,000	5.67x more apps available.
PHYSICAL
Thinner	8.6 mm	vs	10.7 mm	2.1 mm thinner.
Less body volume	82.94 cm³	vs	99 cm³	16.22% less body volume.
Lighter	133 g	vs	185 g	52 g lighter.
Narrower	70.6 mm	vs	70.8 mm	0.2 mm narrower.
Lower SAR for head (EU)	0.21 W/kg	vs	0.7 W/kg	0.49 W/kg lower SAR for head (EU). SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) describes how much radio frequency energy emitted by the device will be absorbed by your body. The rate is measured at head level. The legal limit is 2.0 W/kg in the EU.
Definitely lower SAR for head (USA)	0.55 W/kg	vs	1.08 W/kg	0.53 W/kg lower SAR for head (USA). SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) describes how much radio frequency energy emitted by the device will be absorbed by your body. The rate is measured at head level. The legal limit is 1.6 W/kg in the USA.
DISPLAY
A little bit bigger screen size	4.8"	vs	4.5"	6.67% bigger screen size. The bigger the screen size is, the better the user experience.
POWER
A little more battery power	2,100 mAh	vs	2,000 mAh	5% more battery power.
Has a removable battery	Yes	vs	No	The battery is removable and can be replaced by the user if broken
CAMERA
Has a built-in HDR mode	Yes	vs	No	It can automatically shoot pictures with an higher dynamic range (HDR).
Sizably more megapixel (photo, front camera)	1.9 MP	vs	1.3 MP	46.15% more megapixel (photo, front camera).
CONNECTIVITY
Has an external memory slot	Yes	vs	No	The device has a standardized external memory slot in order to easily extend the internal storage with affordable memory modules which can be SD slot, microSD slot, etc.
Has a radio	Yes	vs	No	It works as an FM radio with included headsets
CPU
Faster CPU clock speed	4x 1.4 GHz	vs	2x 1.5 GHz	1.87x faster CPU clock speed.