The Next-Gen Console Battle

10.25.13

     Its 2013 and the new consoles are fast approaching and people are FANBOYING like crazy. Here I will introduce straight facts. I am not gonna lie, I have a already preordered a PS4 and Battlefield 4 and its fully paid for, but i will try to be as unbiased as possible.

	PS4	Xbox one	Wii U
Price	400	500	$300;$350(Deluxe)
Release Date	11.15.2013	11.22.2013	11.18.2012
CPU	x86-64 AMD "Jaguar" Single-chip custom processor	8 Core AMD  custom	Tri-Core PowerPC "Espresso" CPU
Optical Drive	Blu-ray/DVD	Blu-ray/DVD	25GB Optical Disc (Proprietary)
Game DVR	Yes, PS+ subscription not required	Yes, with subscription to Xbox Live Gold	No
Ram	8GB GDDR5	8GB DDR3	2GB DDR3
Storage	500GB (upgradable)	500 GB	8GB OR 32GB
External storage	TBA	No	Yes USB
Mandatory game Install	No	Yes	No
Backwards Compatible	No	No	Wii
Motion Control	Dualshock 4, PS eye (not included), PS move	Kinect 2	Wiimote
Second Screen	Vita, Playstation App	Smart Glass	Wii U Gamepad
Subscription Service	Playstation plus	Xbox live	No

The PS4 is obviously the better option here with a lower price and higher specs but the main variable for success is not the price, nor the specs, but the games that are available which we can not measure at the moment. But battlefield will be amazing... that I know.

http://www.ign.com/wikis/xbox-one/Xbox_One_Hardware_Specs
http://www.ign.com/wikis/playstation-4/PlayStation_4_Hardware_Specs
http://www.ign.com/wikis/wii-u/Wii_U_Tech_Specs

Watch your Death

10.21.13
http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/18/tech/social-media/apparently-this-matters-death-watch/index.html

     A watch that can tell you when your going to die... that sounds insane, but it seems to be real. Its name is Tikker, it "counts down your life, in order to make the world a better place." They assume that that if you know the time of your death would you really change or make a difference. or  would you have one last act of defiance?

 

    The watch still keeps regular time but the main job is to still tell you when your going to die. Tikker comes from the mind of Fredrik Colting who, after his grandfather passed away several years ago, was inspired to create the "death watch" in his honor. Tikker: "Make every second count".

At the time of this writing, with two weeks to go, pledges for the Tikker death watch are at just more than $70,000. Their goal was $25,000.

 

     I honestly will stay as far as away from this device as possible. Its strange and a waste of money. I put everything in the fact that this watch cant predict your crazy accidents

Apple iWatch Rumors

10.7.13
http://www.techradar.com/us/news/portable-devices/apple-iwatch-release-date-news-and-rumours-1131043#article-comments


     Wearable tech sees to be the new and upcoming things in development recently with Samsung, Dell, and even Nissan making whats known as smart watches. Apple is no exception in this market with their new iWatch coming to market soon. Engadget says "According to Bloomburg Apple has a  team of around 100 designers working on a wristwatch-like device that may perform some of the tasks now handled by the iPhone and iPad". The team includes people from all parts of Apple: not just iPad and iPhone engineers but software developers, managers and marketers too.

    Although there is an iWatch in the making, there is very little information to be released to the public. Neither a price nor a release date has been mentioned for the device. Only but an anonymously named analyst has mentioned a price range around $150 to $230. Release dates have been very spastic from being "for sure 2013" to "late 2013" to now "late 2014".Apple itself hinted at "exciting new product categories" back in April, with Tim Cook promising "some really great stuff coming in the fall and across all of 2014" - could some of that really great stuff be worn on your wrist?

   Apple's iWatch will be really big on fitness. Quite aside from the fact that Apple 'ordered in boxes of Nike Fuelbands' and its CEO Tim Cook sits on the Nike board, there's the fact that Apple's been on a fitness-fueled hiring spree. Jay Blahnik, who as good as confirmed his new full time position at Apple on Twitter before deleting his entire account (wethinks the gentleman doth protest too much).