The Bite Magazine - Spring Summer 2013

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Samsung Galaxy
Ace 3
One of the new smartphone recently
introduced by Samsung is the GalaxyAce
3. Packed with intuitive features, the third
generation Ace boasts powerful performance
with a 1.2GHz dual core processor built to
perform date-intensive tasks faster and more
efficiently than its predecessor. It is powered by
Android Jellybean 4.2 and has a larger 4.0 inch
display that offers a brilliant viewing experience
while playing games and watching movies.With a
5-megapixel camera, the smartphone is equipped
with exciting features, including Sound & Shot,
Best Photo, and Buddy Photo Share which makes
it easier to share images with your friends.
Other features include S Translator which gives
instantaneous translations at any time no matter
where you are, S Travel provides guides and
travel information for your next trip, Smart Stay
recognises when you’re looking at the phone
and saves battery life when you look away by
dimming the screen and powering down using
facial recognition, S Voice offers voice command
functionality and Easy Mode brings a simple and
intuitive homescreen mode for streamlined
access to your top functions.
The Galaxy Ace 3 is available in 3G or LTE with
the latter one being available in the UK.
Images courtesy of Samsung
You may or may not be familiar with Philippe Starck, the
French product designer and architect who, as well as
being an interior designer, also mass-produced consumer
goods, such as toothbrushes, chairs and even houses. Lately he
has been designing a series of multi-source, wireless stereo
speaker towers and the latest one to hit the gadget radar is the
Parrot Zikmu Solo.The latest model virtually recreates a stereo
music system on a single speaker with a total power of 100W. It
offers an optimal stereo input thanks to the three loudspeakers
located on the upper part of the Zikmu Solo, with two HARP
(HighAspect Ratio Panel) drivers diffusing the sound on the right
and/or left side of the tower and one central BMR (Balanced Modal
Radiator) driver diffusing the sound to the front and the back of the
speaker.
To achieve a pure and perfectly balanced sound, the Sound Flex, a
proprietary algorithmic processor is added to the system.This amazing
component has the capacity to adjust the audio setting of Parrot
Zikmu Solo according to the size of the room and the position of
the speaker in the room, thus reproducing the stereo sound system
of a classic two-speaker configuration. In the bottom part of the
speaker, the Parrot Zikmu Solo dissimulates a powerful
Neodymium woofer that projects the music toward the
floor before it bounces into the room at 360 degrees.
As well as full connectivity with Bluetooth,Wi-Fi andNFC
wireless technologies, it also provides a line-in input that
is both analogue and optical digital allowing connection
to any source such as TV, stereo and amplifier, and also
integrated Ethernet port that enables the extension
of the home network to areas not covered by Wi-Fi.
Users can send or share preferred music stored on PC,
Mac or Tablet, or network drives via UPnP and DLNA
protocols by connecting the speakers to aWi-Fi router.
With an iPhone and iPod dock, Parrot Zikmu Solo also
enables listening to music while charging the devices.
Parrot Zikmu Solo is available from Harrods,
Selfridges, The Conran Shop and Amazon, and on
Parrot Zikmu Solo Reinvents How We Listen To Music
Images courtesy of Mischief PR