Samsung Galaxy S III Smartphone

                 The Galaxy S III is powered by a Samsung Exynos 1.4GHz quad-core processor and 1GB of RAM. It sports a 4.8-inch 1280×720 HD Super AMOLED (PenTile, however) touchscreen display, NFC support, AllShare DLNA, Bluetooth 4.0 (LE), GPS, and WiFi connectivity. It comes with 8 Megapixel auto focus camera with flash, Zero Shutter Lag, BSI sensor, 1080p Full HD video recording, and a 1.9 Megapixel front camera for video chat. Samsung also added burst shot, best photo, recording snapshot and HDR features to enhanced the camera. The handset is available in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB capacities, and supports microSD/SDHC up to 64GB.

                 The Galaxy S III runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with TouchWiz and Samsung’s own enhancements, including S Voice Music Hub, Game Hub, Video Hub. As a phone designed for humans, it recognize your face and voice. With front camera identifies your eyes, the phone maintains a bright display for continued viewing pleasure, when you are using your phone. The new Galaxy features S Voice, a Siri-like application, that listen and respond to your words.There is also Buddy Photo Share function that lets share photos with all your friends pictured in an image directly from the camera or the photo gallery; Direct Call that will call your friend when you are messaging someone as you lift the phone to your ear. It also includes the S Beam, which is an enhanced Android Beam, allowing a 1GB movie file to be shared within three minutes and a 10MB music file within two seconds by simply touching another GALAXY S III phone, even without WiFi or cellular signal.

              The Samsung Galaxy S III supports quad-band GSM/EDGE, quad-band 3G HSPA+ 21Mbps networks. There will also be 4G version for some markets. Samsung is going to ship the device from the end of May in Europe, then in other countries. It comes in Marble White and, instead of black, Pebble Blue.
Samsung Galaxy S III Specs:

Network	2.5G (GSM/ GPRS/ EDGE): 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
	3G (HSPA＋ 21Mbps): 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
	4G (Dependent on market)
Display	4.8 inch HD Super AMOLED (1280×720) display
OS	Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Camera	Main(Rear): 8 Mega pixel Auto Focus camera with Flash & Zero Shutter Lag, BSI
	Sub (Front): 1.9 Mega pixel camera, HD recording @30fps with Zero Shutter Lag, BSI
Video	Codec: MPEG4, H.264, H.263, DivX, DivX3.11, VC-1, VP8, WMV7/8, Sorenson Spark
	Recording & Playback: Full HD (1080p)
Audio	Codec: MP3, AMR-NB/WB, AAC/AAC＋/eAAC＋, WMA, OGG, FLAC, AC-3, apt-X
Additional	S Beam, Buddy photo share, Share shot
Features	AllShare Play, AllShare Cast
	Smart stay, Social tag, Group tag, Face zoom, Face slide show
	Direct call, Smart alert, Tap to top, Camera quick access
	Pop up play
	S Voice
	Burst shot & Best photo, Recording snapshot, HDR
Google™ Mobile Services	Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, Google Latitude
	Google Play Store, Google Play Books, Google Play Movies
	Google Plus, YouTube, Google Talk,
	Google Places, Google Navigation, Google Downloads
Connectivity	WiFi a/b/g/n, WiFi HT40
	GPS/GLONASS
	NFC
	Bluetooth® 4.0(LE)
Sensor	Accelerometer, RGB light, Digital compass, Proximity, Gyro, Barometer
Memory	16/ 32GB User memory (64GB available soon) ＋ microSD slot (up to 64GB)
Dimension	136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm, 133g
Battery	2,100 mAh

Brookstone iConvert Scanner Transforms your iPad into Scanner

                 Brookstone launches the iConvert Scanner, a device that transforms your iPad or iPad 2 into a portable scanner.The iConvert scans hard copies to JPEG files which are automatically stored in the picture folder, giving you instant e-copies of your documents.

                    The iConvert scans documents in high resolution 300dpi for clear JPEG images. After docking the iPad/iPad 2 into the iConvert, the free downloadable app will provide step-by-step prompts from “scan” (with real-time preview) to “save” or “delete”. The scanner’s front feeder adjusts from 2 inches to 8½ inches wide to fit many size photos and important documents.

OCR TECHNOLOGY

OCR TECHNOLOGY

Optical Character Recognition
                        or
more commonly known as OCR, is the translation of handwritten,
typewritten or printed text into machine readable and editable text
using either mechanical or electrical means. OCR is an off-line character
recognition technique. OCR is a vast technology that
extends into the fields of pattern recognition, artificial intelligence
and machine vision. OCR started off using pure optical instruments
like mirrors and lenses but has now transformed into a purely digital
method that uses scanners and computer algorithms.
What may seem like a relatively new technology was developed
way back in 1929, which was a mechanical device that used a photo
detector and different templates. The template moved all over the
text to be recognized, and when the template and the character lined up
exactly, no light reached the photo detector and that character was
identified. However, this worked with only a predetermined font, and each
font needed a different template. Today’s systems can recognize a
wide variety of fonts spanning across different languages.
The latest OCR technology boasts of accuracy exceeding 99%.
This means that it still needs to be reviewed manually for errors. The
OCR technology used in scanners, are still not very accurate especially
when used to scan hand written documents. With an accuracy of
80-90%, only neat handwritten characters can be recognized, which
amounts to around a dozen errors on each page and makes the use of
this technology fairly limited.