iYogi Review: Ultimaker 2 3D Printer – The New Face In 3D Printing

The Ultimaker 2 3D printer is the new face in the world of 3D printing. Built from high quality premium parts and materials, the Ultimaker 2 3D printer is an easy and dependable option in the genre. It has a great solid design and a stylish look that very well complements every type of interior. The Ultimaker 2 3D printer offers high printing speed with unmatched accuracy.

This 3D printer has small footprint but large build volume, which makes it a leading player in the industry for print-to-size ratio.  Low cost material has been used for printing and the manufacturers have an open filament system set in the printer. This facility of the printer allows you to choose and change between the filament types, other than buying filaments from Ultimaker.

The print plate of the Ultimaker 2 3D printer is removable, which means you can easily clean the plate after a big print job is done. It has a heated bed that facilitates the finished prints to be easily removed.

As iYogi reviewed the Ultimaker 2 3D printer the following specifications came to the forefront:

·         Build volume: 23 x 22.5 x 20.5 cm

·         Up to 20 micron of layer resolution

·         Position precision X Y Z: 12.5 / 12.5 / 5 micron

·         Print speed of 30 mm/s - 300 mm/s

·         Travel speed of 30 mm/s - 350 mm/s

·         Recommended filament diameter to be used is 2.85 mm

·         Nozzle diameter is of 0.4 mm

·         Stand-alone SD-card printing

·         Wi-Fi printing (future upgradeable)

·         Software used – Cura (official Ultimaker software)

·         Frame dimension X Y Z: 49.2 / 34.2 / 55.8 cm (with filament)

·         AC input: 100 - 240 V / ~4 AMPS / 50 - 60 HZ / 221 watt max.

·         Operation nozzle temperature is of 180° - 260° C

·         Operation heated bed temperature is of 50° - 100° C

·         Ambient operation temperature: 15° - 32° C

·         Power requirements: 24 V DC @ 9.2 AMPS

·         Print technology used - Fused filament fabrication (FFF)

Since the Ultimaker 2 3D printer can print from SD Card only, a pre-loaded 4GB SD Card is available with sample 3D models. The dial button present in the LCD helps you to control the function of the Ultimaker 2 3D printer easily. So, are you ready to bring this device home and enjoy 3D printing like never before?  

Motorola Brings To You The Incredible Sequel To Moto X

The next-gen Motorola Moto X is faster and more gorgeous than before. If you’ve been a Moto fan for quite some time, this handset won’t disappoint you, albeit it will add more flavors to your experience. Its reliable performance and build quality has bridged the gap between it and its rivals. With various customizable design options available, it’s truly a flagship product revealed by Motorola this time. It truly hits all the right notes with a powerful high-end handset.

It flaunts curved backing, similar to its predecessor and offers a remarkably comfortable hold. It’s more accommodating in comparison to its rival handsets. You won’t find it troublesome at all while flicking trough this incredible device.

With a 5.2-inch OLED display, which is brilliant and vivid, and 5.08 ounces weight, it helps you gain more screen unlike its predecessors. The OLED display flaunts Corning Gorilla Glass 3 and 1080p resolution. This flawlessly designed handset has trimmings upgraded from plastic to metal, which imparts an aesthetic touch to its design, giving you a luxurious feeling. Moreover, you’ll get two color options for the front side and 17 for the back.

It comes equipped with Android 4.4.4. Kitkat and is capable of updating to Android L. Along with this, it contains the usual bundle of Google apps such as Drive, Gmail, Chrome Browser, Maps, etc. It also has various handy software tricks such as digital and search assistant, Moto Voice, which you can activate by simply touching the device. But while using Moto Voice, there are some admonitions that you need to cater to. You need to be in a quiet room and your speech should be clear. You also need to give it ample time to register your command. In addition to this, you’ll also get some preloaded apps from the carrier.

This new version of Moto has jumped a leap in terms of camera, boasting away its 13-megapixels, which can record video in slow motion and in 2,160p ultra HD 4K. Besides, the camera has only a handful of feature, which might be a little disappointing for you if you expect too much out of its 13-megapixels. Simple features like geo-tagging, panoramic shooting and HDR are there. The front-facing 2-megapixel camera can record in 1080p HD. You can take photos while shooting a video and can also pause live recording as per your convenience. More so, you can launch the camera with just one flick of your wrist like in its predecessor.

          

Data speed is relatively fast over this and the average download and upload rate is also commendable. On average, sites load quite fast over this and installing any games or apps takes only a few seconds. Apart from this, its processor is incredibly swift and graphics intensive games play quite smoothly on it.

Power-driven with 2,300mAh battery, this phone has a standby time of 10.4 days. Though battery is passable, but it is not highly impressive. With moderate usage, it can survive one working day without a charge.

Its US starting price is $100 and $500 both on- and off-contract respectively. With the world immersed in the pool of black slabs and boring color options, this device will make you feel like it’s truly designed for you and reflects your personal style. 

iYogi Reviews: Samsung Galaxy NoteEdge comes with Advanced Features

Samsung has recently announced the launch of its latest and curvy smartphone – Samsung Galaxy NoteEdge. This time, Samsung will not let your favorite apps to occupy the space of its front screen display as it has introduced a side display for easy access to apps like – Twitter, Facebook, News, Weather and other frequently used apps. Check out the below given features of Samsung Galaxy NoteEdge smartphone to find out how is it different from other smartphones:

Display

Samsung Galaxy NoteEdge’s front facing screen is 5.6 inches in size with QHD beauty and 1,600 x 2, 560 pixels at 524ppi. This single feature of this smartphone has made it to be a smartphone with the best ever screen features. The size of its curved edge is 1 inch where you have all your apps working.  It works independently and is not attached to the main display. Another added point with this feature is that when you have to check out your apps while your phone is asleep, you can operate only the side screen without disturbing the other displays. Isn’t it a battery saving effort?

Camera

The South Korean company has come up with an upgraded camera technology with 16-megapixel rear camera and 3.7 megapixels as front camera. With higher megapixels and quality lenses incorporated in camera, you can shoot brighter and clearer pictures in one go. The camera of this latest side featuring smartphone functions more like a stand-alone, point and shoot camera because the shutter button and other camera functions appear on top while the phone is held horizontally.

Advanced S Pen

The Samsung’s latest curvaceous smartphone includes advanced S Pen, which offers improved digital handwriting experience. It sounds quite different and better with enhanced pressure sensitivity. Now you can give your writing using this pen an entirely a different feel. 

Battery

Battery is the feature for which the Samsung has been screaming loudly. It has come up with a much developed battery life, which offers short time duration for charging while increasing the time of use. Now, you don’t need to wait for long to get your battery charged. With waiting time getting decreased, you just need 30 minutes to push the Galaxy NoteEdge battery from zero to 50%. The battery with a capacity of 3000mAh ensures you don’t get jerks in between your important task. You can also get on to use Ultra Power Saving mode in case you are running out of charge.  

These are some of the detailed features of the latest and curvaceous Samsung Galaxy NoteEdge. You can check out the other features below:

• Release date: September 2014
• Dimensions (mm):  151.30 x 82.40 x 8.30
• Weight (g): 174.00
• Battery capacity (mAh): 3000 
• Screen size (inches): 5.60
• Touchscreen type: Capacitive
• Colours: 16M
• Processor:  2.7GHz  quad-core
• RAM:  3GB
• Internal storage: 32GB
• Expandable storage type: microSD
• Expandable storage up to (GB):64

Dell brings you Latitude 12 and Latitude 14 - the tough, sturdy, strong laptops

The Rugged Extreme notebooks in the market will compete with Panasonic neck to neck. iYogi reviews the new notebooks launched by Dell and convey its features into the attention. Here we go.

The new versions of notebooks introduced by Dell – Latitude 12 and Latitude 14; provides Dell with not only tough looks but also with strong and sturdy inner built.

The name 'Rugged Extreme' jells very well with the built of the two new versions of laptops. The 'Rugged Extreme' laptops are fully designed with shock-resistant feature. These laptops can survive and resist spurt of dust and even water. The improvised IP65-rated devices enable the laptops with this water and dust proof facility. 

iYogi reviews team gives you a quick highlight on the features of Latitude 14 and Latitude 12; the 'Rugged Extreme' laptops which are launched in the market to compete with Toughbooks from Panasonic.

Latitude 14 and its features –

• Provides you with a 14–inch screen.
• Light weight of 3.54kg.
• The notebook gives you the latest-generation low voltage Haswell Intel Core processors with a storage capacity of 512GB.
• 16 GB of RAM support.
• The notebook allows you to work 12 hours a day without plug-in.  The 6/9 cell battery gives the notebook a long durability.
• The laptop is also provided with a resistive touch screen comprehensive connectivity. 
• The laptop supports every feature as HDMI, PCMCIA and VGA. 
• The notebook also supports an optional Gobi 4G modem.

Latitude 12 and its features –

The look of Latitude 12 resembles with Dell’s XPS 12 version.

• The screen size is 11.6-inch.
• The laptop can also be used as a tablet. 
• The laptop arrives with a multitouch screen. 
• A rear-mounted camera comes handy with the tablet mode.
• 4-cell battery comes along with this laptop. The 4 cell battery backup may seem to be quite insufficient but Dell claims the battery backup to be enough for all the whole day.

The new docking system improvises the laptops in its functioning. Latitude 14 and Latitude 12 will be available with the OS - Windows 7 Professional or Windows 8 Pro. These two laptops will replace the existing semi-rugged Latitude E6430 ATG. Later this year Dell will be launching another semi-rugged laptop - Latitude 14. Surprisingly, the aforementioned features in the new versions of laptops have got many attention grabbing features in comparison to the previous Latitude rugged versions. iYogi reviews team finds that the update is packed with all the necessary features and the Dell users have nothing to lose with the new Latitude devices.