Recently, Nintendo, in partnership with West Coast Customs, created two karts real Mario Kart 7 to promote the release of the game on the Nintendo 3DS. Now companies have commented about their motivations and showed a video on how they were made from golf carts.
According to Nintendo of America president Reginald Fils-Aime, the intention was to bring the kart Mario Kart 7 for the 3D world, the real world, to symbolize what happens with the game on the Nintendo 3DS, thanks to its effect as displays 3D images without glasses.
That's when Nintendo signed a partnership and sent the diagrams of the karts for the West Coast Customs, known car tuning company working on the MTV show Pimp My Ride, the original version of the framework that we know here as Old Tin.
The West Coast Customs began working with two electric golf carts GEM, using only their motors and lithium batteries, giving them later chassis, bodywork and accessories according to what we see in the newest iteration of the series on the laptop.
Check out the video where you can see some steps in the process and presentation of karts during the Los Angeles Auto Show:
On Friday (9), Apple lost a patent lawsuit against Motorola and could see sales of iPhones and iPads suspended in Germany - with possibility of extension for all of Europe. The decision by the Regional Court of Mannheim, is the result of a complaint for patent infringement against Motorola Mobility Cupertino company in April this year.
The complaint relates to a countdown feature for mobile data transfers, owned by Motorola, which had been used without permission from Apple. The accused devices from using the functionality are the iPad, 2 iPad, iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3G, iPhone 4 and probably also the iPhone 4S, released after the injunction.
The decision is still preliminary and Apple may appeal the ban to prevent the sale of their devices. Another option is the modification of iOS gadgets to remove the feature, which is associated to the standard General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) data transfer.
In addition to betting on the market of smartphones and tablets, Samsung is also investing heavily in the camera market. Besides the success of the line micro four-Thirds NX, she also wants to break the compact, and makes a good model after another, many with a touch screen or wireless connection. The WB210 is in the middle term, we'll check.
Design
This line of Samsung usually has a good feel and nice weight. The 195 grams give safety and ease of use. The body is black matte plastic. The lens takes good front in black metal with details in silver metal, with the inscriptions on the lens. In front are also the Samsung logo, flash and backlight.
On top is the speaker, microphone, power button, shutter release button, preview photos and zoom control. On the left side is the connection to the computer and HDMI. At the bottom are the default entry for tripods, feet and the lid covering the entrance to the battery and memory card. Behind is only one button, the menu / home. The large 3.5-inch screen is touch and widescreen. Through it you can configure almost all camera functions.
It can be seen immediately on the camera body care with the design of the Samsung. The bottom is slightly sloping, facilitating photos taken in the table. A small detail, thought to the user, who just providing better pictures. The top is also tilted in order to facilitate the footprint and access to the camera shutter button.
Usability
The highlight of the WB210 is the usability of the touch screen that takes care of the back. A resistive TFT LCD of 3.5 inches. It is resistive means you need to press your finger on the screen to complete the actions of the camera, and that means sometimes you have to repeatedly press the screen to turn off the flash or other commands.
In the box there is a plastic stylus to interact with the camera, but it is much more practical to use your fingers. Apart from these sporadic problems, it's great to interact with the screen. Instead of having to mess around with menus and more menus, hidden in pads and physical buttons, this camera comes to almost everything with a few touches, everything from the main menu, accessed by the button next to the home screen.
Because almost all controlled by touch, Samsung has put the icons in the main good size for your fingers. Menu choices are through selection wheel, ok with large buttons, back or cancel.
All virtual buttons are relatively comfortable to the touch, and many of them have the function to help, explaining all the commands the user selected. With one touch you can also take pictures without the help of the shutter button, even choosing the focus where it belongs.
Quality photos and videos
The WB line of Samsung is known for taking wide angle lenses. The model Samsung WB210. A wide angle lens with Schneider-Kreuznach 4.0 ~ 48.0mm, f = 3.5mm - 35mm film equivalent: 24mm ~ 288mm, 21mm) CCD 1 / 2.3 "(approx. 7.76mm).
Another feature that makes it to produce good images is the image stabilization technology through the optical sensor. Tiny sensors that are moving to set aside the shaking movements, even in pictures with low exposure. There are strong movements proof, nor prevent blurred photos in low light damaged, but it helps beginners and people who shake your hand too.
The photos have good contrast and colors. Under low light conditions, the automatic choice of scene bursts forth a little, but let the smallest possible grain in low light. She takes pictures relatively quickly, but the zoom it is a little slow, and you may at a special time to lose because of it.
It makes recording simple videos in HD (720p) at 30 frames per second in H.264 format. The video quality is nice, but requires good light to work well. There is nothing wonderful, but hold up well. The HDMI connection allows you to view your videos on a TV or HD monitor.
Resources
The Magic Frame feature creates images with frames as wall art, Old Movie, Magazine, Classic TV, among others. 2.0 The Smart Auto analyzes key elements of the scene and automatically sets the ideal scene. We also found face recognition and smile, and automatically adjusts focus and exposure for up to 20 faces that you choose to take photos or more.
With the lens wide you can take wide-angle, and how to arrange the program allows white balance, ISO, focus area, Face Detection, quality, measurement, some color adjustments and smart filters, such as tilt shift, vignetting , old film, fisheye, among many others. This program mode is a bit misleading, as it is not possible aperture, diaphragm, etc..
Among the extra features is a very simple video editor, so to take a photo with a touch screen, highlight the object, beauty shot, presenting an overview and a guide embedded.
Also you can connect the Samsung WB210 at its high-definition TV and view photos and videos directly there. The camera comes with the HDMI connection, but unfortunately there is no cable for this box.
For photos the battery lasts more than 500 photos, but there comes an hour of video. And internal storage is small, the Samsung sends along a 2GB microSD card. This is the same card used by mobile phones, and will disrupt some readers who use a lot of computer, designed for SD cards.
What's in the box
The box is minimalist. Inside we find the camera, battery, 2GB microSD card, USB cable, protective rope, marker pen to interact with the screen, CD with software for Windows, quick guide and a manual. No cable or HDMI audio and video.
Samsung officially announced the launch of the Galaxy Tab 7.7, with the right product to the official website of the South Korean manufacturer. The launch was seen briefly for the first time at IFA 2011 in September, but now the launch is confirmed definitively.
Check here for a hands-on what we did with the new Galaxy Tab at IFA 2011.
Characterized by providing tablets of various sizes, Samsung showed at IFA 2011 Galaxy Tab 7.7 with Plus and Super AMOLED screen resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels. With this combination, the results of high-definition video displayed on the device are excellent, offering comfort and detail in the images presented.
In addition to its dual-core 1.4 GHz, very welcome for those who intend to play it, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 also works as a telephone, receiving and making calls (as the first Tab of 7 inches). You can even take your phone to face to talk, as if it were a cell phone.
Among other details, the tablet has 1 GB of RAM, front and rear camera, and up to 64 GB of storage.
The launch brings up a question that has never been well answered by Samsung: for the Galaxy 7.7 was removed quickly from the IFA 2011 exhibition? Many thought it was because of legal battles with Apple, and has never been clarified with a more consistent explanation. Anyway, the FCC product reappeared in the United States, and the model is already in pre-sales in some U.S. stores.
More information about specifications, prices and date of arrival to the market the Galaxy Tab 7.7 are expected for the next day. It is possible that Samsung do a demo of it at CES 2012 to be held in early January.
The best selling football game around the world innovate without losing their formula for success. FIFA 12 features a new collision system and a new mechanic for the defense, and the new online mode. Check it out.
Staying on top
While PES reigned supreme in the past generation of consoles, FIFA has again been reference that relates to a football game. While in Brazil, the game still lags behind its rival in popularity and sales around the world the game extends its followers every year.
But unlike Konami, EA Sports is political: major innovations every year. And luckily, these innovations give a result and do not compromise in any of its versions. Therefore, it is worth buying a new version every year, something that did not happen in older versions of FIFA and PES, as in any noticeable changes with deparávamos only updates clubs and players.
FIFA also adopted a policy of "revolutionize" some elements of each version. FIFA 11 on the title revolutionized by allowing manual control of the goalkeepers in FIFA 12 that deserves mention is the new mechanics take the ball from your opponent, we'll see throughout the text. This in turn was taken from the first games of the genre, for 16-bit generation consoles.
Living as a player and manager
One of the most interesting modes of FIFA 12 is the Career mode. In it, you can choose to be a player, official or both. Although the last option is most attractive, is not easy to follow his career as a player and still need to manage your time.
The first difficulty in its dual-function is having to adapt the amount of options in the menus. In his role as leader, it behooves you to have to keep an eye on market transactions and take care of the athletes. You also performs the role of coach, need to seek options for his team before an injury or suspension of a player.
Already as an athlete, its function is much simpler. His only goal is to evolve to be called for selection of their country, for it must evolve its attributes on the field, keeping the tactical discipline, how to maintain your position and never opt for individuality. So for players who do not have much patience, how Career Athlete, is still the best option.
The fun is online
The online mode in FIFA 12 is still a major attraction of the game. Now, in addition to face random opponents without any form of punctuation or competition, you can compete in divisions. This is so simple: the player will have some games to accumulate a certain amount of points. This score will make you go, continue, or demotion.
This mode is called Head to Head Seasons. In addition to putting the player to manage the results, makes the level of the players look similar, because only opponents will face the same category.
Although soccer does not have an end, as the case of action games, adventure, RPG and others, the online mode allows the player to end the monotony of always playing against an artificial intelligence, which, although considered good, becomes easy for hardcore players.
Other game modes
Another tradition of the franchise is to present a good variety of game modes. Starting with the traditional national tournaments. Although our name has Brasileirão League of Brazil, the vast majority of national competitions have their official names. And although an official game of the federation, FIFA World Cup is not present in the game, being necessary to create a tournament and you opted for selections. Paid Live Season mode also still present. It is possible to play a full season with updates of actual European leagues.
And so if the Live Season is still being paid, the Ultimate Team, became free in this version. In this mode, which mixes football and card games, you get random cards with players, uniforms, and even cards that increase player attributes. With them, you must assemble your team and evolve, thus earning points that can be redeemed for more decks of cards or a letter with a certain high value. In FIFA 12, there is a greater integration with the rules of the game online, but without the need to buy mode via DLC.
Presence of national teams in generic
Another tradition is to bring the FIFA official leagues, clubs and more over its rival PES. For us Brazilians, we have all the clubs in the Brasileirão 2011 Series A, but not all in original versions with names and traditional uniforms.
This is a more complex problem than you think, and it involves a deal with EA Sports, with each club. However, it is not hard to figure out what these generic teams, such as A. Florianópolis Avaí respect to time.
What about the players, it is still possible to notice a certain relaxation in relation to the attributes of national players. Some prominent players in the league does not have the attributes that should have, in other words, many players are still good and should in relation to other stars who play the most prominent teams such as the European clubs.play the most prominent teams such as the European clubs.
Customization varied
Another attraction of the franchise is in relation to their modes of customization. Regarding the players, you can choose to spend thousands of combinations from simple hairstyles, even physical characteristics. And if not enough, you can choose to download and import a picture of your face for FIFA 12.
And with the teams, you can change the scaling of the selections and place your favorite athlete with hopscotch. You can also perform transfer of players manually, ie, the dream of every Tevez to Corinthians to take the helm can become reality easier than you think.
Changes in FIFA 12
Aiming to increase the level of realism, FIFA 12 features a new collision system that simulates the physical contact in a manner similar to what happens in real fields. With this, plus the player who has more physical strength to take advantage over the weaker opponent, the shoulder system functions as a form of "brake" your opponent.
But the change that most reflected in this new version was the mechanism adopted to steal the ball from your opponent. For many years, holding a button made the player without the ball going up the opponent and try to steal it automatically. In FIFA 12, it no longer exists, requiring the player to use another button to try to clear the ball at the right time, ie the time the ball is not accurate, you will be left behind.
Improved visual timidly
Another trend is clear in relation to the graphics of FIFA 12. Players have more details and facial expressions more convincing than was presented in the previous version. But the game still suffers the same as its rival PES, lesser known players do not have as much prominence as the others, so do not be surprised if one of your club athlete is very different from real player.
The scenarios also developed considerably, with a particular focus on the lawns that change depending on the location of the stadium. What disappoints is still some elements of it, as the crowd of twins and very badly drawn. The weather could also be further developed as a rainy day looks more like a TV interference.
Opponents donkeys
While FIFA and develops the surprising elements in which we thought could not have any improvements, the game is still disappointing not to change what is not pleasing.
The biggest complaint is about the artificial intelligence of the players controlled by the machine. Only one way to define these virtual athletes: stupid. They simply do not understand your move, unless you "force" the so-called "one two", yet he often ignores an offside line.
And if you think that increasing the difficulty of the game solves all your problems, your mistake. The only difference between an easy game and one is the result of difficult moves. That is, while the easiest way the opponent loses an incredibly goal face to face with the goalkeeper, the hard way, an unassuming intersection falls exactly on the head of the opposing attacker, which in turn magically hit the goal.
For those who like challenges, is the most attractive one, but for those who prefer the ease of things, much like FIFA 12 when played with friends or in an online mode.
The eternal bugs
This also causes a lot of anger on the players is the fact that FIFA 12 also carry the curse of the bugs. They occur in many different forms, is a simple header to shoulder, to races in which the ball is for players who fall behind or over other in mysterious ways.
Neither the new collision system can escape this curse. Often faced with players falling like a stone just touching your opponents, or players who lose their balance without rival comes close.
Even with updates already available by EA, FIFA 12 still carries a lot and many bugs. The older players have become accustomed to them, however beginners and felt uncomfortable with it. And for fans of PES, one more reason to criticize the game rival.
Conclusion
FIFA 12 remains the best football game. The new collision system like, and the new mechanisms adopted to take the ball from the opponent promises to revolutionize future games of the genre. The online modes have more integration, especially with social networks, and are more constant over the network connection. What is still dislike the fact that the virtual opponents are well and the eternal stupid bugs that become the main argument in defense of PES fans.
Microsoft has new details on Tuesday (6 / 12) of its new Windows Store, at an event in San Francisco, United States. The App Store should already be released in February 2012, with the Beta version of Windows 8.
The management system follows very similar patterns to the Mac App, Apple. In Store Windows, application developers can provide pre-approved by Microsoft, the price of transferring 30% of the full value of the product from each sale to the company. However, after an app to reach the target of 25 000 units sold, the amount to be paid to Microsoft drops to 20%.
Bill Gates's company still plans to make room for applications in the trial, which could be freely downloaded and used by a certain time limit, the famous "free to test." Time has expired, the consumer would have the option to purchase the full version. According to the vice president of Windows Web Services, Antoine Leblond, this feature is essential, since "the best advertisement possible for an application is the application itself."
The Windows Store is available in the same languages present in Windows, including Portuguese. In addition, Microsoft will automatically convert the values for the major world currencies in order to make the experience easier for the user.
For users of Internet Explorer 10, there will be an integrated experience. Is it possible, for example, search for applications by the search bar of your browser. The official blog of the Windows Store was also created on Tuesday, aimed especially for developers.
What's new for users of the online TVs Smart TV from LG. The company officially announced that the video streaming service Netflix is available in models of intelligent TV company, thus expanding the list of contents of the models sold in Brazil.
Netflix is the fourth partner company of LG in the area of streaming video, making the TV manufacturer with the largest number of content in that category. The arrival of Netflix on LG TVs Smart was something expected by the owners of models, not only for providing the content, but for convenience that this update provides, thus eliminating the purchase of a new product only to use the streaming service.
LG researched the behavior of users in relation to services transmitted by streaming video, and the results of the studies found that the feature films on demand is the most widely used within the various content present in the Smart TV. According to Milton Neto, general manager of content for television from LG, "The consumer wants convenience and freedom to watch movies and TV shows when you want. The arrival of Netflix to all lines of Smart TVs from LG allows more users to have access to an extensive list of quality films, TV series, national content, among others. "
Netflix is the world's leading service streaming TV shows and movies. The company is revolutionizing the home entertainment market because it offers the user freedom to choose what they want to watch, when you want, and paying little for it ($ 14.99).
The owners of the Smart TV from LG should receive this update over the next few days (with information via the release of advisory).
