The Best Technological Marvels in 2012

Welcome to 2012

The biggest annual gadget lovers Consumer Electronics Show has just wrapped up in Las Vegas showcasing the year's latest and greatest trends in technology, electronics and internet.

Everything from latest car concepts, smart watches, TV's, kitchen appliances, video games, mobile phones and computers.

You will find some of the biggest innovations promising changes in the way we interact with the world over coming years below:

Virtual Reality
Sensic's head tracking 3d Smart Goggles bring the world of virtual reality to you. The user can look in any direction and be immersed in a virtual world not unlike the Sony's HMZ-T1.

Windows phones and Tablets
Microsoft is getting ready to launch its biggest idea for 2012 with Windows 8. Working across both mobile and PC with the stylish "Metro" interface by year's end.

Smart Watches
Expected to become part of the mainstream, your new watch will incorporate an operating system such as iOS or Android combining your smart phone with mp3 players and other features.

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Store it on Cloud

Cloud took off this year with Amazon and Google, Apple and others all launching their own platforms allowing users to store data such as music, photos, videos and documents online for access anywhere, anytime.

4G Downloads

Carriers around the world were rolling out the first 3GPP Long Term Evolution better known as LTE or 4G networks. Expect LTE speed to be the standard across the globe very soon.

Tablet Computers
The Apple iPad continued its market dominance in 2011. Expect more in 2012.

Ultra Light Laptops

Apple again was the first to prove that you can make a laptop ultra lightweight but pack the big features into it with it MacBook Air. Everyone else is on board now too!

Voice Control
Arguably the most exciting feature of the next generation iPhone was its virtual personal assistant Siri. Marrying voice control with artificial intelligence, Siri proved that interacting with your mobile device with speech could not only be easy but fun too.

Looking forward to an exciting year in 2012............

Food Coach FREE App

App of the week!

Fernwood's Food Coach On the GO Facebook app tallies your daily energy intake, telling you how many kilojules you have left for the day. It keeps track of your weekly exercise regime, predicting how many weeks or months away you are from reaching your goals.

Access it for FREE at www.fernwoodfitness.com.au/facebook.foodcoach.

Flipboard.com for iPhone

Flipboard is a totally new way of accessing social Web on your iPhone.

Flipboard named Apple's iPad app of the year and one of Time's Top 50 Innovations is now here on iPhone. It triumphantly replicates the functionality of the iPad app, showcasing Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr posts in a highly compelling way. Simply flip pages upwards.

It's instantly addictive and fantastic way to catch up on the go.



SQUARE for iPhone

MUST HAVE!

The free Square card reader for iPhone is one of the most brilliant innovations for business people on the go......

Square is a free app that allows you to process credit card or cash payments via a small device that connects to the top of you iPhone. This could take the place of EFTPOS terminals?

Requirements: compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.

New features include searchable sales history, refund or send receipts for past transactions, customize tip percentage options.

The Square for iPhone has overall received great reviews.

Nokia Smart Phones

A new dawn for Nokia!

Two of Nokia 's smart phones make use of Microsoft's Windows operating system. The Nokia Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 contain a 1.4Ghz processor and 9.4cm screen. The Nokia 800 features an AMOLED screen and 8 megapixel camera with Carol Zeiss optics with 16GB internal memory. The Nokia Lumia 710 has a 5 megapixel camera and 8GB of memory. Both run on Windows Phone 7.5 Mango OS.

Nokia Lumia 800

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