HTC One M9: what to expect?

The first HTC One was a great smartphone, probably better then the Samsung Galaxy S4, but people went all the way with the Korean device. In 2014 the situation was the same: the new M8 is essentially a M7 but improved in every aspect, especially in the design, but again the Samsung Galaxy S5 won the battle. Will 2015 be the year of the surpass for the Taiwanese company?

Old habits die hard… pic.twitter.com/eQ81vxQl2S

— Evan Blass (@evleaks) 28 Gennaio 2015

From what has emerged until now, maybe. A strong point in favor of HTC’s smartphones is always the design and some leaks (provided by the best source possibile about leaks: @evleaks) show that the new M9 will look very premium. The performance of the current top of the range smartphones are by now very good and in 2015 with quad-core and eight-core CPU these will be even better, thanks also to the new 64bit architectures, so the fields in which smartphones have to fight are the camera, functionalities and optimization.

Always referring on the rumors, HTC will abandon the ultrapixel technology for the rear camera in favor of a sensor with more megapixel, probably 20.7 mpx. The front facing camera instead will gain the ultrapixel endorsement, with probably the aim to obtain more natural and realistic selfie in every condition of light.

Samsung is often criticized when speaking of the operating system: too many unremovable application and a TouchWiz not very optimized that sometimes generates lag. In contrast, HTC has always done well when speaking of the optimization of the operation system, and this year everybody hope for Sense with more pure Lollipop experience.

The biggest news is that this year we could see two different versions of the M9: one with a standard 5″ Full HD display and a big brother version with a 5.5″ QHD display. The internal specification (Snapdragon 810, 3GB of RAM, 3000 mAh battery, 32GB of expandable memory) would be the same, but the bigger versione could have a fingerprint sensor like the iPhone 6.

The HTC One M9 will be presented on March 1, so few days before the Mobile World Congress 2015.

Do you prefer Samsung or HTC? Which smartphones will be the king of 2015?

Prynt: instant printer + augmented reality video

In a world where everything is digital and we watch our photos probably on a computer or a tablet, Prynt wants to reverse the situation. The aim is to make memorable our best moments printing a photo in about 30 seconds and without using an external printer, but simply attaching a relative small “print cover”. While taking the photo, is also possible to record a short video that will be paired with the photo: when holding the phone over the printed image, the application recognizes it and a video in augmented reality will start. There are no words to describe this process that seems magic, and to better understand the idea you have to see this video.

The project has already exceed its goal but there is time until the 3th of March to back it and secure a Prynt for a price is not high: 99$ with an estimated delivery for October 2015 (anywhere in the world). You will receive 10 sheets, but if you are interested in this project, it’s better to spend another 25$ that will grant you another 50 sheets. Initially Prynt will be compatible with iPhone 5/5s, 5c, 6 and Samsung Galaxy S4, S5, but the developers are intentioned to create more cases compatible with other smartphones.

 

More information are available here -> PRYNT.

 

Welcome to Kick the idea!

Hi everyone, this is the first post of my new project.

The objective of this site is to share with everyone my love for technology. I don’t remember when exactly I started to think about technology as my main interest, but here I am on a website to talk about it and not in my native language, that is Italian.

Last year I’ve got a degree in Telecommunication Engineering and now my college career is proceeding with a Master in Internet Engineering at Politecnico di Milano. From my studies you can clearly understand that I don’t only want technology to be an hobby, but it has to be part of my life.

In my humble opinion, internet is the best thing happened since the invention of computer and in the coming years we’ll see new type of inventions that rely on the concept of internet to make possible incredible things. If we want to improve our life using technology, we have to be very smart, but also ready to change our perspective to make the change toward innovation an easy path.

With these ideas in mind I’ve decided to create a personal space on the web in which you will find a lot of news about the projects that people are developing with the aim to express their creativity and also improve our experience with technology. I would also like to analyse these project thinking about the impact that they can have in the real life, so that if I ever have a small audience,  it will be possible to have a useful exchange of opinion.

 

Enjoy the internet

Alessandro