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1. Heads up Display!
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2. Air Compressor Tyre Inflators ¬¬ 2000
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3. Tyre Puncture tool kit ¬¬ Rs.200
https://amzn.to/2YX6Gqb
4. Mobile holder for car ¬ ¬ Rs. 300
https://amzn.to/2ZcSw3l
https://amzn.to/2ZdImzq
5. Car Pillows
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https://amzn.to/33IunRy
https://amzn.to/2Neu63d
https://amzn.to/33GxSI9
https://amzn.to/2sKWj9S (neck pillow)
6. Air Freshener ~ rs 200
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6.1. Little Trees Car Air Freshener Cotton Paper
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7. Indian FLAG with clock car dashboard
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9.American Tourister Luggage @ Rs 2000.
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[தமிழில்] Latest Car accessories gadgets 😍 | 2019 Trending | things To buy in Amazon 🤑 Tamil<br />
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Amazon Links:<br />
0. Micro Fiber Duster for Car [ALL in One] ~ Rs. 500<br />
https://amzn.to/2Nmlk2Y<br />
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1. Vehicle Emergency Tool Kit ~ Time: 0:44<br />
https://amzn.to/2MYKzZf<br />
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2. Seat Belt Cushions ~ Time: 2:10<br />
https://amzn.to/33qkoA9<br />
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3. Inflatable Travel Car Air Bed ~ Time: 2:53<br />
https://amzn.to/33ruTn6<br />
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4. Armrest Cushion ~ Time: 4:02<br />
https://amzn.to/2KSko3N<br />
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5. Back Seat Headrest Hook ~ Time: 4:25<br />
https://amzn.to/2KL4WX8<br />
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6. Sun Visor Organizer Pouch ~ Time: 5:15<br />
https://amzn.to/33sOjIf<br />
https://amzn.to/2MV8UyS<br />
https://amzn.to/2MUUKhq<br />
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7. Manual CAR Washer ~ Time: 6:00<br />
https://amzn.to/2KydVdO<br />
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8. Food Tray ~ Time: 7:21<br />
https://amzn.to/2N0jAMy<br />
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9. Car Vacuum Cleaner ~ Time: 8:08<br />
https://amzn.to/31G4hNx<br />
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10. Disaster & First Aid Kit ~ Time: 9:44<br />
https://amzn.to/2YYhCyH<br />
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11. Portable Fridge n Warmer ~ Time: 11:00<br />
https://amzn.to/2KCF0Nb<br />
https://amzn.to/31tQVUd<br />
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12. Car Dash-Camera ~ Time: 11:52<br />
https://amzn.to/2YGjbpC<br />
https://amzn.to/31rSZvS<br />
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1. Heads up Display!<br />
https://amzn.to/2N9zK6A<br />
https://amzn.to/2Za1QAZ<br />
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2. Air Compressor Tyre Inflators ¬¬ 2000<br />
https://amzn.to/2NebjVK<br />
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3. Tyre Puncture tool kit ¬¬ Rs.200<br />
https://amzn.to/2YX6Gqb<br />
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4. Mobile holder for car ¬ ¬ Rs. 300<br />
https://amzn.to/2ZcSw3l<br />
https://amzn.to/2ZdImzq<br />
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5. Car Pillows<br />
https://amzn.to/33IunRy<br />
https://amzn.to/2Neu63d<br />
https://amzn.to/33GxSI9<br />
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6. Air Freshener ~ rs 200<br />
https://amzn.to/2Nkd7wh<br />
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7. Little Trees Car Air Freshener Cotton Paper<br />
https://amzn.to/2KIH8nU<br />
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Car seats for BABY/PEts:<br />
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1) Car Cushion Seat with Safety Belt for Small Kids & Babies ~ Rs 600<br />
https://amzn.to/2ZbWgy9<br />
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2) Waterproof seat for Pets like Dogs<br />
https://amzn.to/2Mvter5<br />
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3) Infant Baby Car Seat ~ Rs. 2.8K<br />
https://amzn.to/2KIPDPz<br />
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4) Comfy Baby Car Seat ~ BEST !<br />
https://amzn.to/2TUjbwU<br />
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<u><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">WHICH RANK IS YOUR COUNTRY?</span></span></u></h2>
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<td class="xl69" height="151" rowspan="2" style="height: 113.65pt; width: 48pt;" width="64">Country Rank</td>
<td class="xl70" rowspan="2" style="width: 183pt;" width="244">Country / Territory</td>
<td class="xl70" rowspan="2" style="width: 48pt;" width="64">CPI 2014 Score</td>
<td class="xl72" rowspan="2" style="width: 48pt;" width="64">Surveys Used</td>
<td class="xl70" rowspan="2" style="width: 48pt;" width="64">Standard Error</td>
<td class="xl74" colspan="2" style="border-left: none; border-right: .5pt solid black; width: 96pt;" width="128">90% Confidence interval</td>
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<td class="xl66" height="134" style="border-left: none; height: 100.5pt; width: 48pt;" width="64">Lower</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; width: 48pt;" width="64">Upper</td>
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">1</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none;">Denmark</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none;">92</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none;">2.04</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none;">89</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none;">95</td>
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">2</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">New Zealand</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">91</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.28</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">87</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">95</td>
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<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">3</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Finland</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">89</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.05</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">86</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">92</td>
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<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">4</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Sweden</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">87</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.41</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">81</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">93</td>
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">5</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Norway</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">86</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.38</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">82</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">90</td>
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<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">5</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Switzerland</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">86</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.61</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">82</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">90</td>
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<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">7</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Singapore</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">84</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1.75</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">81</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">87</td>
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<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">8</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Netherlands</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">83</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1.97</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">80</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">86</td>
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<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">9</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Luxembourg</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">82</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.78</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">77</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">87</td>
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<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">10</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Canada</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">81</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.45</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">77</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">85</td>
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<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">11</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Australia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">80</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1.31</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">78</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">82</td>
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<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">12</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Germany</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">79</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.58</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">75</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">83</td>
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<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">12</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Iceland</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">79</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.16</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">74</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">84</td>
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">14</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">United Kingdom</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">78</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.09</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">75</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">81</td>
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">15</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Belgium</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">76</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.26</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">72</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">80</td>
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">15</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Japan</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">76</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.16</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">71</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">81</td>
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">17</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Barbados</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">74</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8.09</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">61</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">87</td>
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">17</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Hong Kong</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">74</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.75</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">69</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">79</td>
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">17</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Ireland</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">74</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4.75</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">66</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">82</td>
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">17</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">United States</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">74</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.74</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">68</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">80</td>
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">21</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Chile</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">73</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1.74</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">70</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">76</td>
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">21</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Uruguay</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">73</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1.41</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">71</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">75</td>
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">23</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Austria</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">72</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.49</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">66</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">78</td>
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">24</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Bahamas</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">71</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">0.99</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">69</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">73</td>
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">25</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">United Arab Emirates</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">70</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5.14</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">62</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">78</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">26</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Estonia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">69</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">9</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.89</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">64</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">74</td>
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">26</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">France</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">69</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.17</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">65</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">73</td>
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">26</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Qatar</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">69</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7.21</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">57</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">81</td>
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">29</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">67</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4.64</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">59</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">75</td>
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">30</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Bhutan</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">65</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1.81</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">62</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">68</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">31</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Botswana</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">63</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1.93</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">60</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">66</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">31</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Cyprus</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">63</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.92</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">57</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">69</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">31</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Portugal</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">63</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.36</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">57</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">69</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">31</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Puerto Rico</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">63</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4.37</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">56</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">70</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">35</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Poland</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">61</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">9</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.70</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">57</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">65</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">35</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Taiwan</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">61</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4.17</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">54</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">68</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">37</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Israel</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">60</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.34</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">56</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">64</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">37</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Spain</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">60</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.75</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">54</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">66</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">39</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Dominica</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">58</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.34</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">54</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">62</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">39</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Lithuania</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">58</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.85</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">52</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">64</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">39</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Slovenia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">58</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">9</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.03</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">53</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">63</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">42</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Cape Verde</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">57</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5.94</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">47</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">67</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">43</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Korea (South)</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">55</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">9</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.64</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">51</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">59</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">43</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Latvia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">55</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.35</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">49</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">61</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">43</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Malta</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">55</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.63</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">51</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">59</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">43</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Seychelles</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">55</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8.62</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">41</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">69</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">47</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Costa Rica</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">54</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4.07</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">47</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">61</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">47</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Hungary</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">54</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">9</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.45</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">48</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">60</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">47</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Mauritius</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">54</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.39</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">50</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">58</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">50</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Georgia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">52</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6.47</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">41</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">63</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">50</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Malaysia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">52</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.88</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">47</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">57</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">50</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Samoa</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">52</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4.88</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">44</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">60</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">53</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Czech Republic</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">51</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">9</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.94</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">46</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">56</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">54</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Slovakia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">50</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4.07</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">43</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">57</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">55</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Bahrain</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">49</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6.11</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">39</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">59</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">55</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Jordan</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">49</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.87</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">44</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">54</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">55</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Lesotho</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">49</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.55</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">43</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">55</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">55</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Namibia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">49</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4.00</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">42</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">56</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">55</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Rwanda</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">49</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.23</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">44</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">54</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">55</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Saudi Arabia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">49</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6.69</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">38</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">60</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">61</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Croatia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">48</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">9</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.25</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">43</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">53</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">61</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Ghana</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">48</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.01</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">43</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">53</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">63</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Cuba</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">46</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4.46</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">39</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">53</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">64</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Oman</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">45</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6.55</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">34</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">56</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">64</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">The FYR of Macedonia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">45</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5.92</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">35</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">55</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">64</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Turkey</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">45</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.69</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">41</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">49</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">67</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Kuwait</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">44</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5.24</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">35</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">53</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">67</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">South Africa</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">44</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.41</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">40</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">48</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">69</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Brazil</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">43</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4.01</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">36</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">50</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">69</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Bulgaria</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">43</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">9</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.82</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">38</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">48</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">69</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Greece</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">43</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5.56</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">34</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">52</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">69</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Italy</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">43</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.26</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">39</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">47</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">69</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Romania</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">43</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">9</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.60</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">37</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">49</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">69</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Senegal</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">43</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.28</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">39</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">47</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">69</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Swaziland</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">43</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.98</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">38</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">48</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">76</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Montenegro</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">42</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4.25</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">35</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">49</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">76</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Sao Tome and Principe</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">42</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5.05</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">34</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">50</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">78</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Serbia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">41</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.92</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">36</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">46</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">79</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Tunisia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">40</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1.72</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">37</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">43</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">80</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Benin</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">39</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4.38</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">32</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">46</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">80</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Bosnia and
Herzegovina</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">39</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1.15</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">37</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">41</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">80</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">El Salvador</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">39</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1.98</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">36</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">42</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">80</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Mongolia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">39</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.13</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">35</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">43</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">80</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Morocco</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">39</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.57</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">33</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">45</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">85</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Burkina Faso</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">38</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.67</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">34</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">42</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">85</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">India</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">38</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">9</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.27</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">34</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">42</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">85</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Jamaica</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">38</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1.80</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">35</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">41</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">85</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Peru</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">38</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.63</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">34</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">42</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">85</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Philippines</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">38</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1.84</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">35</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">41</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">85</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Sri Lanka</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">38</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.18</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">34</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">42</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">85</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Thailand</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">38</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1.60</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">35</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">41</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">85</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Trinidad and Tobago</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">38</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4.82</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">30</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">46</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">85</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Zambia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">38</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.27</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">34</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">42</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">94</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Armenia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">37</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.69</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">31</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">43</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">94</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Colombia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">37</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1.68</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">34</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">40</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">94</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Egypt</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">37</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.91</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">32</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">42</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">94</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Gabon</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">37</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4.19</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">30</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">44</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">94</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Liberia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">37</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.09</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">32</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">42</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">94</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Panama</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">37</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.49</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">31</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">43</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">100</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Algeria</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">36</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.06</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">33</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">39</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">100</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">China</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">36</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.17</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">32</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">40</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">100</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Suriname</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">36</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.25</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">31</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">41</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">103</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Bolivia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">35</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.98</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">30</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">40</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">103</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Mexico</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">35</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1.66</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">32</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">38</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">103</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Moldova</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">35</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.70</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">31</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">39</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">103</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Niger</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">35</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.99</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">28</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">42</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">107</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Argentina</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">34</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.42</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">30</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">38</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">107</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Djibouti</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">34</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">9.10</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">19</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">49</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">107</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Indonesia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">34</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.57</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">28</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">40</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">110</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Albania</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">33</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1.51</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">31</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">35</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">110</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Ecuador</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">33</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.56</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">27</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">39</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">110</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Ethiopia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">33</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.54</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">29</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">37</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">110</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Kosovo</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">33</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.33</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">29</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">37</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">110</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Malawi</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">33</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.03</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">28</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">38</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">115</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Côte d´Ivoire</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">32</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4.20</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">25</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">39</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">115</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Dominican Republic</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">32</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.30</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">27</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">37</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">115</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Guatemala</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">32</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.96</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">27</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">37</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">115</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Mali</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">32</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.37</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">26</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">38</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">119</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Belarus</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">31</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4.04</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">24</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">38</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">119</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Mozambique</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">31</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1.89</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">28</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">34</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">119</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Sierra Leone</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">31</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.30</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">27</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">35</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">119</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Tanzania</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">31</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.20</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">26</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">36</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">119</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Vietnam</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">31</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.55</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">27</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">35</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">124</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Guyana</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">30</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.03</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">25</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">35</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">124</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Mauritania</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">30</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4.23</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">23</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">37</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">126</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Azerbaijan</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">29</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.02</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">24</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">34</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">126</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Gambia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">29</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7.55</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">17</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">41</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">126</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Honduras</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">29</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.49</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">23</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">35</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">126</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Kazakhstan</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">29</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4.40</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">22</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">36</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">126</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Nepal</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">29</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.20</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">25</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">33</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">126</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Pakistan</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">29</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.24</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">24</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">34</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">126</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Togo</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">29</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.69</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">23</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">35</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">133</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Madagascar</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">28</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.38</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">22</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">34</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">133</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Nicaragua</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">28</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.03</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">25</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">31</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">133</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Timor-Leste</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">28</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5.18</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">19</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">37</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">136</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Cameroon</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">27</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.87</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">22</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">32</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">136</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Iran</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">27</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4.72</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">19</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">35</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">136</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Kyrgyzstan</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">27</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.35</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">23</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">31</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">136</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Lebanon</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">27</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.37</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">21</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">33</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">136</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Nigeria</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">27</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.82</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">22</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">32</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">136</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Russia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">27</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.61</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">23</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">31</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">142</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Comoros</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">26</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8.75</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">12</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">40</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">142</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Uganda</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">26</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.03</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">21</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">31</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">142</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Ukraine</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">26</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1.64</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">23</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">29</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">145</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Bangladesh</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">25</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4.23</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">18</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">32</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">145</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Guinea</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">25</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.21</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">20</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">30</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">145</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Kenya</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">25</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.98</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">20</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">30</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">145</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Laos</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">25</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.80</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">19</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">31</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">145</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Papua New Guinea</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">25</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4.16</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">18</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">32</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">150</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Central African
Republic</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">24</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1.33</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">22</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">26</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">150</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Paraguay</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">24</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.95</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">19</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">29</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">152</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Congo Republic</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">23</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4.20</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">16</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">30</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">152</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Tajikistan</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">23</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5.32</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">14</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">32</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">154</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Chad</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">22</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.95</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">17</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">27</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">154</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Democratic Republic
of the Congo</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">22</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4.19</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">15</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">29</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">156</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Cambodia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">21</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.25</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">17</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">25</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">156</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Myanmar</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">21</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.87</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">16</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">26</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">156</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Zimbabwe</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">21</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4.18</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">14</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">28</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">159</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Burundi</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">20</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.65</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">14</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">26</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">159</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Syria</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">20</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5.31</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">11</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">29</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">161</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Angola</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">19</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1.71</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">16</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">22</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">161</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Guinea-Bissau</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">19</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.37</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">15</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">23</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">161</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Haiti</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">19</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.86</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">14</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">24</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">161</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Venezuela</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">19</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1.69</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">16</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">22</td>
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<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">161</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Yemen</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">19</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.37</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">15</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">23</td>
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">166</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Eritrea</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">18</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7.91</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">31</td>
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<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">166</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Libya</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">18</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.81</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">13</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">23</td>
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">166</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Uzbekistan</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">18</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.54</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">14</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">22</td>
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">169</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Turkmenistan</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">17</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.85</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">12</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">22</td>
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">170</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Iraq</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">16</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.37</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">12</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">20</td>
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">171</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">South Sudan</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">15</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.35</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">11</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">19</td>
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">172</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Afghanistan</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">12</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1.29</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">10</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">14</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">173</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Sudan</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">11</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.55</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">17</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">174</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Korea (North)</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.35</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">14</td>
</tr>
<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">
<td align="right" class="xl65" height="17" style="border-top: none; height: 12.75pt;">174</td>
<td class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">Somalia</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8</td>
<td align="right" class="xl65" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.34</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4</td>
<td align="right" class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">12</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
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Dnivarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05898038273999789954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242600221268267906.post-44449959944733877072014-02-07T03:15:00.001-08:002014-02-07T03:17:24.770-08:00ASUS Transformer Book T100 Review<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">To road warriors who are keen to find a good balance between a truly useful laptop and a tablet, the hybrid <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ASUS Transformer Book T100</strong> should be an option. With its lightweight build and detachable screen that doubles as a tablet, it gives end-users easy choices for switching between a laptop and a mobile device in one little package.</span></div>
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This entry level machine comes in compact 10.2-inch unit that can be easily carried in a purse or a satchel. The 2-in-1 laptop/tablet device runs on Windows 8.1 and is installed with Windows Office 2013. Note, however, that users must activate the Office package with the serial provided.</div>
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The screen sports a glossy, metallic plastic finish, while its detachable keyboard/dock is enclosed in plastic with a slate gray, brushed metal look and feel. The dock’s base has a coated rubber finish, which helps prevent the device from sliding off smooth surfaces. On the whole, it is easy to forget that the T100 is just a hybrid instead of a real laptop, if not for its mobile dock, which slightly raises the keyboard’s base when the screen is lifted.</div>
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The touchscreen is easily attached to the dock, or detached with a press of the release button, and does feel (and probably is) much heavier than a typical tablet at 1.2 lbs. However, taken with its keyboard, the whole combination that results in a decent laptop weighs only 2.4 lbs, which is much lighter than most mobile computers. This should make it a truly competitive feature for workers on the go, students, and anyone who prefers to carry tablets but also need to work with notebooks (or enjoy the impression of working with one).</div>
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Speakers are discreetly placed on both sides of the touchscreen’s cover, while a single volume button accompanies a Windows 8 button to help the user return to the Start screen. This is a helpful feature for first-time users of Windows 8, which is dramatically different from the previous incarnations of the operating system.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Touchscreen and Camera </strong></div>
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The high-definition touchscreen panel works easily and seamlessly with its operating system, which is specifically made to cater to both tablet and laptop devices. With a screen resolution of 1366 x 768 , it provides a crisp viewing experience and does not have issues with viewing angles.</div>
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Suffice it to say that it is way easier to control the device with a touch screen, a keyboard, and a touch pad. Having more options just makes everything that more convenient. With an ambient light sensor, the screen adjusts the brightness of the display according to the conditions around.</div>
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The touchscreen also provides a 1.2 megapixel front-facing camera. This might be a bit of a let-down for those who are keen to use the tablet as a camera the way they do with typical mobile devices. However, the Transformer T100 is still after all a notebook, as well.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Storage and Connectivity </strong></div>
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The notebook has a built-in in memory of 64GB, much of which is easily eaten up by its operating system, basic files, and your common applications. Thus, the availability of a microSD to extend storage space is rather welcome, and including a micro USB 2.0 port solves the lack in storage. However, the micoUSB’s main function is for charging, therefore a USB 3.0 found on the keyboard dock should solve the issue.</div>
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If you wish to view files or connect the T100 to a smart TV, its micro HDMI port allows the device to connect to HDCP compliant devices.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Battery Life and Performance</strong></div>
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As previously noted, the notebook comes with a micro-USB charger–a welcome option if you would rather use the same connector for PCs and mobile phones. Fully charged, the T100 it takes a full day to run out of juice, thanks to its <span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Intel Bay Trail-T Quad Core Z3740 1.33 GHz processor, which is designed for mobile devices that require good performance and energy efficiency.</span></div>
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The Asus Transformer T100 is a decent computing machine boasting portability, performance, and decent battery life. For its size, it strikes a good balance between a tablet and a notebook. On the flip-side, no thanks to its dimensions, working with the keyboard may take some getting used to. But once one has become comfortable with a smaller keyboard, using this notebook for productivity and entertainment becomes a breeze.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ASUS Transformer Book T100 Specs</strong></div>
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The ASUS Transformer Book T100 has an SRP of<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Php 23,995. </strong></div>
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Dnivarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05898038273999789954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242600221268267906.post-12405988718394579652013-10-21T10:07:00.000-07:002013-10-21T10:07:13.342-07:00Sony VAIO Pro 13 Ultrabook Review<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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With the introduction of the new Haswell chips from Intel, it’s now easier for notebook manufacturers to achieve the thin, powerful, and battery-efficient design that people crave on laptops.</div>
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Such is the case of the Sony VAIO Pro 13, the slimmest and lightest touch-enabled ultrabook in the market right now. I’ve been eyeing this laptop since two months ago and it really piqued my interest as a worthy consideration for an ultra-portable notebook with powerful specs.</div>
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Design</h3>
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First thing you will notice when you see the VAIO Pro 13 is how slim it is. Second thing is when you pick it up, you will immediately notice how light it is. For a 13-inch notebook, at just 2.4 lbs, it’s actually lighter than 11-inchers out there including the 11-inch MacBook Air. The weight of the VAIO PRO 13 is due to the durable carbon fiber chassis.</div>
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The lid has a brushed finish that doesn’t attract fingerprints and it has an angular edge and sharp corners with a silver metal strip on edge near the hinge for additional style.</div>
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Opening the lid will force its edge to rest on the surface and raise the keyboard at a slight angle for a more comfortable use.</div>
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As for ports, most are found on the right side which has an HDMI port, two USB 3.0 ports, earphone/mic combo jack, and an SD card slot. An HDMI to VGA adapter is included in the package. The left side has the AC port and the exhaust vent.</div>
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The underside has some rubber strips to prevent sliding off the surface and also has catches to fit a battery slice for more juice.</div>
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Display and Audio</h3>
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Opening the lid you will be greeted with a Full HD touchscreen display with Sony’s TRILUMINOS display which is found on their new Bravia TVs. TRILUMINOS allows for a wider gamut of colors especially on the reds, greens, and blues. You’ll see more hues as compared to traditional displays and it’s really discernible. It has excellent viewing angles and also bright even when outdoors although there’s the problem of glare on a glossy screen.</div>
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I watched a 1080p version of Will Smith’s After Earth and the picture was just stunning. The film shows a lot of greens and the VAIO Pro 13 outputted lush greeneries not to mention sharp and detailed pictures including in dark areas. The display on this laptop really made viewing videos more enjoyable.</div>
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On the inside edge of the keyboard near the hinge you’ll find the speaker grill. Although audio quality is crisp and detailed which we like, it lacks power so it’s really not made for blasting music for everybody in the room to hear. You might want to use portable speakers or headphones on this one.</div>
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Keyboard</h3>
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On the keyboard area, there aren’t a lot of extra keys present. There’s the Power button on the upper right edge and the VAIO Assist button on top for troubleshooting.</div>
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The keyboard offers full-sized keys except for the arrow keys which are quite small for my taste. It provides decent travel although the key press is on the shallow side. It also detects ambient light which switches the backlighting on when needed.</div>
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What I don’t like about is the lack of dedicated buttons for the Page Up, Dn, Home and End which requires the use of the Fn key together with the arrow buttons. Same with the volume control which should have their own keys instead of using it with the Fn key.</div>
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The palm rest has that brushed aluminum finish and at the center is the generous-sized trackpad that was able to handle multi-finger gestures quite well. I did notice a bit of flex when pressing down on the palm rest.</div>
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Performance</h3>
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The VAIO Pro 13 that I have here runs on 64-bit Windows 8 using a 4th Gen Intel Core i7-4500U dual-core processor with 4GB of RAM and 256GB SSD. The processor is of low-powered type and there’s only the Intel HD Graphics 4400 for your games to play with.</div>
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Anyway, here’s the Windows Experience Index for reference:</div>
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Not bad actually for a laptop with an integrated graphics. I tried a bunch of games and here’s what I found. Left 4 Dead 2 which is not exactly new played well despite going for Full HD resolution. Skyrim was choppy every now and then on Full HD medium settings. Metro Last Light was unplayable even on its recommended settings. Haven’t tried DOTA 2 or League of Legends but those should be playable in this machine.</div>
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The SSD here uses the PCIe interface by the way making it perform much faster than traditional SSDs. You can really notice it in how fast the laptop wakes up from sleep or from a reboot. It only took just about 10 seconds to do a cold boot before the login screen appeared (3 seconds from Sleep). Even applications install and opens really quick.</div>
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What odd though is the fan which kicks in even when you’re just watching a video online or sometimes just browsing. The temp threshold seemed to be set really low so you’ll be hearing a lot of the fan while using this machine. I searched online and it seems to be a common problem for the VAIO Pro although a BIOS update fixed it for some people. The left portion under the keyboard gets comfortably warm under heavy use, not to the point that you can’t place this on your bare lap.</div>
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The VAIO Pro 13 also supports NFC and it’s located on the touchpad. However, it only seems to work with NFC speakers or headsets. It doesn’t support transferring of files like photos and videos straight from your handset.</div>
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Battery Life</h3>
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Regular usage (surfing mostly) with Balanced power setting, medium brightness, and WiFi on nets me about 6-7 hours on a single charge. Pretty impressive for its size and power thanks in part to Intel’s new Haswell chips. I also liked how it only took about an hour before the laptop becomes fully-charged.</div>
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If you need more lasting power, you can purchase a battery sheet that you can attach underneath it to double the battery life.</div>
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A thing of note is that the charger brick has a USB port on it so it also acts as a USB power adapter to charge your USB devices. Cool!</div>
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Conclusion</h3>
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The Sony VAIO Pro 13 is one of the first Intel Haswell Ultrabooks made available in the market and the size and weight made it really appealing for those looking after ultra-portability. What we don’t particularly like is the shallow keyboard, the soft speakers, and the fan issue. Other than that, it’s a pretty capable and powerful notebook for its class with exceptional battery life and really gorgeous display.</div>
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The Core i7-4500U Sony VAIO Pro 13 with 4GB RAM is available in black with an SRP of <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Php79,999</strong>. A Core i5 version is also available in Black and Silver for <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Php59,999.</strong></div>
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Dnivarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05898038273999789954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242600221268267906.post-3648541288480476552013-10-21T10:06:00.000-07:002013-10-21T10:07:13.349-07:00Gaming excellence with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 700 series graphics cards<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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When it comes to pure blazing fast performance, there is only one line of graphics cards that set the standard: the GEFORCE GTX series. For years now, the GeForce GTX series of graphics cards for NVIDIA have kept on raising the bar when it comes to absolute performance and with the latest iteration of this series, we see NVIDIA’s most powerful GPUs yet.</div>
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The GeForce GTX 700 series introduces the GeForce GTX 780, GeForce GTX 770 and the new kid on the block: the GeForce GTX 760. With over a thousand reviews online and in print garnering numerous awards, the GeForce GTX 700 series adds another notch in NVIDIA’s dedication in leading the visual computing race. Get to know the new weapon of choice for gamers. Read on and find out about the GeForce GTX 700 graphics cards… blazing fast gaming certified.</div>
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NVIDIA graphics cards offer all the gaming technologies one needs in order to have a great gaming experience without burning through their budgets: full DirectX 11 support, Adaptive Vsync, and NVIDIA PhysX®, NVIDIA® FXAA, NVIDIA® TXAA all come together for a problem-free visual experience and with NVIDIA’s excellent and unrivalled driver development and support, consumers can rest assured the company is providing the best effort to maximize their products. Add to that unbridled performance brought to you by NVIDIA GPU Boost 2.0 and SLI enables the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 700 series to drive stereoscopic 3D display with NVIDIA 3D Vision NVIDIA 3D Vision® and quad-monitor support for gaming in 5760×1080 resolutions for true visual immersion.</div>
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NVIDIA’s Adaptive Vsync technology reduces tearing and stuttering for a smooth gaming experience. This technology disables Vsync when the frame rate is low and enables it when the frame rates go higher reducing those distracting screen tears and stutters for problem-free graphics.</div>
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See V-Sync in action:</div>
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NVIDIA® FXAA is an NVIDIA technology to reduce those jagged edges in games. Traditional anti-aliasing takes up a lot of system resources which could slow down and affect your gaming experience. NVIDIA® FXAA is a post-processing technique that creates anti-aliased edges without taxing the GPU resources.</div>
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NVIDIA® TXAA steps up this technology to produce crisper edges. In contrast to NVIDIA® FXAA which provides better performance, NVIDIA® TXAA produces better quality in exchange of performance but ultimately leads to a much better picture, highly suitable for highly demanding gamers that want utmost visual quality.</div>
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NVIDIA PhysX® is a prime technology from NVIDIA, delivering lifelike physics simulation in games that support it. This technology is an NVIDIA exclusive and as you can see the comparison above, you’re missing out when you have NVIDIA PhysX® disabled. Smoke effects, flames, water, etc. all of which are vibrantly delivered by NVIDIA graphics cards.</div>
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GeForce Experience</h3>
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All of NVIDIA’s latest graphics cards are compatible with GeForce Experience<b>. </b>This application allows you to fully optimized your games based on your hardware for zero-configuration gaming. No more worrying about which Anti-Aliasing level to set or how much Anisotropic filtering you need for that smooth experience, <b>NVIDIA GeForce Experience will optimize your game with one click. </b>Featuring support for all the hottest games past, present and future thanks to NVIDIA’s close relationship with game developers, GeForce Experience ensures the best gaming experience every time, all the time. Stream your games to <b>NVIDIA Shield </b>or record your games with <b>ShadowPlay</b> to fully maximize your gaming experience.</div>
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<b>Immortalize Your Greatest Gaming Moments</b></div>
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Gameplay vids are taking the online world by storm and many Youtube channels are dedicated to gameplay videos featuring strategies, great kills, and just down right humorous videos. Normally you’d have to pay for recording software or buy a stream box but NVIDIA’s giving you all you need to record your games and capture those gaming moments with <b>NVIDIA ShadowPlay.</b></div>
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ShadowPlay leverages the H.264 encoder built in Kepler GPUs (GeForce GTX 600 and GeForce GTX 700 series or higher) to record high quality, 1080p gameplay footage on the fly and because it uses a dedicated hardware encoder, your frame rates won’t drop. Shadow Play also features <b>Shadow Mode,</b>which lets you set a defined amount of time to disk. Got an insane kill streak in-game? Just press the hotkey and your gaming moment is immortalized for sharing!</div>
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Introducing the GeForce GTX 700 Series</h3>
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The GeForce GTX 700 series is another step in the continuous evolution of gaming. With the advent of the GeForce GTX 780, GeForce GTX 770, and GeForce GTX 760, NVIDIA aims to step-up the gaming revolution providing pure performance coupled tried-and-tested technologies for the most engaging gaming experience ever in today’s hottest games.</div>
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Aside from the existing NVIDIA technologies mentioned above, the NVIDIA GTX 700 series feature exclusive functions only available in this premier series of graphics cards. NVIDIA GPU Boost 2.0, NVIDIA® TXAA, and NVIDIA SLI® all come together to complement the abovementioned technologies for a smooth visual experience with details cranked all the way up. This is the next step in the high-performance gaming revolution.</div>
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The NVIDIA GTX 700 Series line of graphics card includes the GeForce GTX 780, GeForce GTX 770 and GeForce GTX 760. All of which are based on the Kepler architecture which delivers high-performance with great efficiency.</div>
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<b>The GeForce GTX 780: The Titan Jr.</b></div>
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Based on the GK110 GPU, the GeForce GTX 780 is the sole kin to the GeForce GTX Titan, packing an imposing 2304 CUDA cores complemented by 3GB of memory on a 384-bit wide bus. To give you an idea of how immense that is, the GeForce GTX 680 has only 1536 CUDA cores with 2GB of memory on 256-bit bus.</div>
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All those cores mean immense performance of up to 35% than the GeForce GTX 680 and up to 64% against the HD7970. Check out the graph that follows which shows the power of the GeForce GTX 780.</div>
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The graph above shows the performance of the GeForce GTX 780 in varying resolutions, compared against the GeForce GTX Titan and the HD7970 Ghz Edition. Notice that the HD7970 trails in all of the resolutions tested in the game. In higher resolutions, the 3GB memory makes the GeForce GTX 780 the clear winner. Check out the chart below;</div>
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With more memory on a wider bus, the GeForce GTX 780 leads the pack in high-resolution games and with the 4K revolution; you need a powerful GPU for a blazing fast gaming experience.</div>
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<b>The GeForce GTX 770: A Legend Reborn</b></div>
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The GeForce GTX 770 is based on the same GK104 GPU as the GeForce GTX 680, the same 1536 CUDA cores can be found on the GeForce GTX 770 and both 2GB and 4GB configurations are also available both on a 256-bit wide bus. Though technically the same specs-wise, the GeForce GTX 770 has a few tricks up its sleeve. First, it gets a speed bump of 1046Mhz core clock, 40Mhz higher off the gates than the GeForce GTX 680. Another thing that gets bumped is the memory clock, which comes in at an incredible 7000Mhz.</div>
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The GeForce GTX 770 sits nicely below the GeForce GTX 780 and still manages to show why it can hang with its GK110 big brothers. The HD7970 trails behind both GeForce GTX models.</div>
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The GeForce GTX 680 used to be the Performance King, and the GeForce GTX 770 proudly takes over that mantle and still continues the legacy of the Kepler architecture in the GeForce GTX 700 series cards.</div>
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<b>Introducing the GTX 760: Gamers’ Weapon of Choice</b></div>
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The GeForce GTX 760, like its bigger brother the GeForce GTX 770, is based on the GK104 GPU silicon with a slightly less CUDA core count coming in at 1152 shaders. Clocked in at 980 MHz, the GeForce GTX 760 can boost to 1033 MHz when needed and NVIDIA was kind enough to clock the memory at the same specs as the GeForce GTX 680. What’s more enticing is that the GeForce GTX 760 is priced at around $299, making it a more sound alternative to the competition. Setting it in SLI will easily rake you in performance close to a GeForce GTX Titan so it’s a very tasty option.</div>
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The GeForce GTX 760 shows great performance in its range and once the prices really come down to around $250, especially those from AIB partners then the GeForce GTX 760 is really going to be a top contender in the market.</div>
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The GeForce GTX 700 series are simply the best choice for enthusiasts and hard-core gamers seeking uncompromising performance, immersion and efficiency. Whether you’re looking for a powerful GPU that can handle anything maxed out for 1440p, something for 1080p or something to get you armed in the quest for gaming supremacy, you have the cards below as your choices.</div>
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NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 700 series cards have been awarded more than 1000 awards by different critics, have broken numerous performance records and have satisfied thousands of gamers. Now is your chance to choose your weapon for your quest in gaming excellence with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 700 series graphics cards.</div>
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Dnivarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05898038273999789954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242600221268267906.post-84672864173041086172013-10-21T10:05:00.005-07:002013-10-21T10:07:13.360-07:00Gaming excellence with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 700 series graphics cards<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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When it comes to pure blazing fast performance, there is only one line of graphics cards that set the standard: the GEFORCE GTX series. For years now, the GeForce GTX series of graphics cards for NVIDIA have kept on raising the bar when it comes to absolute performance and with the latest iteration of this series, we see NVIDIA’s most powerful GPUs yet.</div>
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The GeForce GTX 700 series introduces the GeForce GTX 780, GeForce GTX 770 and the new kid on the block: the GeForce GTX 760. With over a thousand reviews online and in print garnering numerous awards, the GeForce GTX 700 series adds another notch in NVIDIA’s dedication in leading the visual computing race. Get to know the new weapon of choice for gamers. Read on and find out about the GeForce GTX 700 graphics cards… blazing fast gaming certified.</div>
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NVIDIA graphics cards offer all the gaming technologies one needs in order to have a great gaming experience without burning through their budgets: full DirectX 11 support, Adaptive Vsync, and NVIDIA PhysX®, NVIDIA® FXAA, NVIDIA® TXAA all come together for a problem-free visual experience and with NVIDIA’s excellent and unrivalled driver development and support, consumers can rest assured the company is providing the best effort to maximize their products. Add to that unbridled performance brought to you by NVIDIA GPU Boost 2.0 and SLI enables the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 700 series to drive stereoscopic 3D display with NVIDIA 3D Vision NVIDIA 3D Vision® and quad-monitor support for gaming in 5760×1080 resolutions for true visual immersion.</div>
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NVIDIA’s Adaptive Vsync technology reduces tearing and stuttering for a smooth gaming experience. This technology disables Vsync when the frame rate is low and enables it when the frame rates go higher reducing those distracting screen tears and stutters for problem-free graphics.</div>
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See V-Sync in action:</div>
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NVIDIA® FXAA is an NVIDIA technology to reduce those jagged edges in games. Traditional anti-aliasing takes up a lot of system resources which could slow down and affect your gaming experience. NVIDIA® FXAA is a post-processing technique that creates anti-aliased edges without taxing the GPU resources.</div>
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NVIDIA® TXAA steps up this technology to produce crisper edges. In contrast to NVIDIA® FXAA which provides better performance, NVIDIA® TXAA produces better quality in exchange of performance but ultimately leads to a much better picture, highly suitable for highly demanding gamers that want utmost visual quality.</div>
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NVIDIA PhysX® is a prime technology from NVIDIA, delivering lifelike physics simulation in games that support it. This technology is an NVIDIA exclusive and as you can see the comparison above, you’re missing out when you have NVIDIA PhysX® disabled. Smoke effects, flames, water, etc. all of which are vibrantly delivered by NVIDIA graphics cards.</div>
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GeForce Experience</h3>
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All of NVIDIA’s latest graphics cards are compatible with GeForce Experience<b>. </b>This application allows you to fully optimized your games based on your hardware for zero-configuration gaming. No more worrying about which Anti-Aliasing level to set or how much Anisotropic filtering you need for that smooth experience, <b>NVIDIA GeForce Experience will optimize your game with one click. </b>Featuring support for all the hottest games past, present and future thanks to NVIDIA’s close relationship with game developers, GeForce Experience ensures the best gaming experience every time, all the time. Stream your games to <b>NVIDIA Shield </b>or record your games with <b>ShadowPlay</b> to fully maximize your gaming experience.</div>
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<b>Immortalize Your Greatest Gaming Moments</b></div>
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Gameplay vids are taking the online world by storm and many Youtube channels are dedicated to gameplay videos featuring strategies, great kills, and just down right humorous videos. Normally you’d have to pay for recording software or buy a stream box but NVIDIA’s giving you all you need to record your games and capture those gaming moments with <b>NVIDIA ShadowPlay.</b></div>
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ShadowPlay leverages the H.264 encoder built in Kepler GPUs (GeForce GTX 600 and GeForce GTX 700 series or higher) to record high quality, 1080p gameplay footage on the fly and because it uses a dedicated hardware encoder, your frame rates won’t drop. Shadow Play also features <b>Shadow Mode,</b>which lets you set a defined amount of time to disk. Got an insane kill streak in-game? Just press the hotkey and your gaming moment is immortalized for sharing!</div>
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Introducing the GeForce GTX 700 Series</h3>
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The GeForce GTX 700 series is another step in the continuous evolution of gaming. With the advent of the GeForce GTX 780, GeForce GTX 770, and GeForce GTX 760, NVIDIA aims to step-up the gaming revolution providing pure performance coupled tried-and-tested technologies for the most engaging gaming experience ever in today’s hottest games.</div>
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Aside from the existing NVIDIA technologies mentioned above, the NVIDIA GTX 700 series feature exclusive functions only available in this premier series of graphics cards. NVIDIA GPU Boost 2.0, NVIDIA® TXAA, and NVIDIA SLI® all come together to complement the abovementioned technologies for a smooth visual experience with details cranked all the way up. This is the next step in the high-performance gaming revolution.</div>
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The NVIDIA GTX 700 Series line of graphics card includes the GeForce GTX 780, GeForce GTX 770 and GeForce GTX 760. All of which are based on the Kepler architecture which delivers high-performance with great efficiency.</div>
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<b>The GeForce GTX 780: The Titan Jr.</b></div>
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Based on the GK110 GPU, the GeForce GTX 780 is the sole kin to the GeForce GTX Titan, packing an imposing 2304 CUDA cores complemented by 3GB of memory on a 384-bit wide bus. To give you an idea of how immense that is, the GeForce GTX 680 has only 1536 CUDA cores with 2GB of memory on 256-bit bus.</div>
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All those cores mean immense performance of up to 35% than the GeForce GTX 680 and up to 64% against the HD7970. Check out the graph that follows which shows the power of the GeForce GTX 780.</div>
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The graph above shows the performance of the GeForce GTX 780 in varying resolutions, compared against the GeForce GTX Titan and the HD7970 Ghz Edition. Notice that the HD7970 trails in all of the resolutions tested in the game. In higher resolutions, the 3GB memory makes the GeForce GTX 780 the clear winner. Check out the chart below;</div>
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With more memory on a wider bus, the GeForce GTX 780 leads the pack in high-resolution games and with the 4K revolution; you need a powerful GPU for a blazing fast gaming experience.</div>
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<b>The GeForce GTX 770: A Legend Reborn</b></div>
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The GeForce GTX 770 is based on the same GK104 GPU as the GeForce GTX 680, the same 1536 CUDA cores can be found on the GeForce GTX 770 and both 2GB and 4GB configurations are also available both on a 256-bit wide bus. Though technically the same specs-wise, the GeForce GTX 770 has a few tricks up its sleeve. First, it gets a speed bump of 1046Mhz core clock, 40Mhz higher off the gates than the GeForce GTX 680. Another thing that gets bumped is the memory clock, which comes in at an incredible 7000Mhz.</div>
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The GeForce GTX 770 sits nicely below the GeForce GTX 780 and still manages to show why it can hang with its GK110 big brothers. The HD7970 trails behind both GeForce GTX models.</div>
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The GeForce GTX 680 used to be the Performance King, and the GeForce GTX 770 proudly takes over that mantle and still continues the legacy of the Kepler architecture in the GeForce GTX 700 series cards.</div>
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<b>Introducing the GTX 760: Gamers’ Weapon of Choice</b></div>
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The GeForce GTX 760, like its bigger brother the GeForce GTX 770, is based on the GK104 GPU silicon with a slightly less CUDA core count coming in at 1152 shaders. Clocked in at 980 MHz, the GeForce GTX 760 can boost to 1033 MHz when needed and NVIDIA was kind enough to clock the memory at the same specs as the GeForce GTX 680. What’s more enticing is that the GeForce GTX 760 is priced at around $299, making it a more sound alternative to the competition. Setting it in SLI will easily rake you in performance close to a GeForce GTX Titan so it’s a very tasty option.</div>
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The GeForce GTX 760 shows great performance in its range and once the prices really come down to around $250, especially those from AIB partners then the GeForce GTX 760 is really going to be a top contender in the market.</div>
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The GeForce GTX 700 series are simply the best choice for enthusiasts and hard-core gamers seeking uncompromising performance, immersion and efficiency. Whether you’re looking for a powerful GPU that can handle anything maxed out for 1440p, something for 1080p or something to get you armed in the quest for gaming supremacy, you have the cards below as your choices.</div>
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NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 700 series cards have been awarded more than 1000 awards by different critics, have broken numerous performance records and have satisfied thousands of gamers. Now is your chance to choose your weapon for your quest in gaming excellence with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 700 series graphics cards.</div>
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Dnivarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05898038273999789954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242600221268267906.post-40233659718625661592013-10-21T10:05:00.001-07:002013-10-21T10:07:13.351-07:00CloudFone Thrill 400qx lets you choose which battery to use<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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One of the common problems with smartphones is the limited battery life and the only way to effectively solve that problem is to put a high-capacity battery on a phone. However, doing so will give you a bulky, heavy phone that just doesn’t look appealing for most people. But what if you can choose a battery configuration for your phone at any time?</div>
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Enter the CloudFone Thrill 400qx which comes with interchangeable batteries so you can go for a slimmer phone if you’re near a charger at any given time, or go with a bulkier phone but can last for a longer time on a single charge. With every CloudFone Thrill 400qx, you get a slim 1450mAh battery and a thicker 3000mAh battery plus the back covers to support them. This makes it versatile depending on your battery needs.</div>
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The Dual-SIM Thrill 400qx has a 4-inch WVGA display and is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core chip, with 512MB RAM, and 4GB internal storage. It also has an 8-megapixel rear camera and a VGA front-facing one and runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.</div>
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So you’re now wondering how much this phone will cost right? Well, the CloudFone Thrill 400qx will only set you back by <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Php5,999</strong> and is already available in black and white.</div>
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Dnivarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05898038273999789954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242600221268267906.post-50383532113828355122013-10-21T10:04:00.003-07:002013-10-21T10:07:13.356-07:00Sony intros the Action Cam, a GoPro alternative for P15,999<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Last night during Sony Philippines’ really early Christmas party, they showcased their latest gadgets that Christmas wishes will be made of. One of which is for the active lifestyle people who wants to record memories of every extreme adventure they have on video.</div>
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The Sony Action Cam is a <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="e881e819-e46e-4a9d-8ca4-3f86284998c8" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="5f241143-df01-4000-8229-ce10b0892a8b" grcontextid="ruggedized:0">ruggedized</span> camcorder that caters to people who do extreme sports such as surfing, snowboarding, longboarding, mountain biking, and capture the moments in video, and upload it instantly for bragging rights.</div>
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First of all, being a Sony product, the Action Cam uses premium imaging technology such as its Carl Zeiss Lens with an ultra-wide angle 170-degree view. It also has <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="32065206-99ec-47a5-a430-654f421a9f2b" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="dd02e522-f3ce-4c75-83db-fc05ce42fdea" grcontextid="Exmor R CMOS sensor:0">Exmor R CMOS sensor</span> for incredible low-light sensitivity so even if you’re diving, you’re still getting good videos with minimal lighting. The Action Cam also has an integrated stereo <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d27fa855-c7a5-444d-bbd6-be4b29d0fe71" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="551f6889-b8f7-4076-83e0-8837926391a7" grcontextid="mic:0">mic</span> and WiFi capability not only to share your footage easily but to also control the cam or see what it is seeing through your tablet or <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="18217844-c9bd-4b55-be92-04e1029474b3" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="551f6889-b8f7-4076-83e0-8837926391a7" grcontextid="smartphone:1">smartphone</span>.</div>
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The Action Cam comes with a ruggedized casing that is waterproof up to 197ft. But there are other accessories that <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="aed3d7e8-9fdd-434a-b285-dbea04c32b48" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="352f6c05-fa84-4c96-81de-1b032700f3f2" grcontextid="allows:0">allows</span> you to use it in whatever the situation such as <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="84f9d203-0c2c-4cda-89dc-18636dec5b6b" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="352f6c05-fa84-4c96-81de-1b032700f3f2" grcontextid="helmet:1">helmet</span> or board mount, an attachable flotation device, roll-bar <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="bafa6ab8-18da-473f-8b36-65b60601c864" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="352f6c05-fa84-4c96-81de-1b032700f3f2" grcontextid="mount:2">mount</span> <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="a9bebdba-137b-4df4-b8d8-7403decb1a0a" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="352f6c05-fa84-4c96-81de-1b032700f3f2" grcontextid="for:3">for</span> bikes, suction cup mounts, chest mount harness, and even a dog mount harness!</div>
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Excited yet? The Sony Action Cam Basic Cam will be available in November for <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Php15<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="ba0c1fb6-675e-46fc-a486-e0a4b77e9a38" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="d5be225a-5aa0-4891-a63c-cafaef85b4b8" grcontextid=",:0">,</span>999</strong> and comes with a head mount kit. By December, a package that includes a Live View wristwatch will also be available for <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Php18<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="10797586-e21d-4ef1-848c-473914cbaa85" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="e4034fa5-88b3-4ac8-9630-944a6b4a8e53" grcontextid=",:0">,</span>999</strong>.</div>
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Dnivarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05898038273999789954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242600221268267906.post-33176321720390756732013-10-21T10:04:00.001-07:002013-10-21T10:07:13.344-07:00Cherry Mobile W900 with LTE gets leaked, priced at P11,499<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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For the longest time I’ve been wondering who among the local mobile brands will get to release an affordable LTE handset. Somehow I’m not surprised that it’s Cherry Mobile.</div>
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On a photo found on one of the many Cherry Mobile Facebook pages, a refreshed version of the W900 (which was previously the Dragon) appeared along with other upcoming CM phones. The CM W900 LTE is positioned to be the most affordable LTE handset we’ll see in the market in the near future.<a href="http://www.pinoytechblog.com/archives/nokia-lumia-625-4-7-inch-windows-phone-with-lte-for-only-p13200" style="border: 0px; color: #006633; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Nokia Lumia 625</a> (P13,200) holds that title currently.</div>
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This handset is only single-SIM but has a 4.3-inch HD display and a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor. Looking at dual-core Snapdragon chips with LTE, it can be the Snapdragon S3 as found on the Galaxy S2 with LTE, or an S4 Plus which already sports a Krait processor and being used by the<a href="http://www.pinoytechblog.com/archives/nokia-lumia-625-4-7-inch-windows-phone-with-lte-for-only-p13200" style="border: 0px; color: #006633; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lumia 625</a>.</div>
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The W900 LTE also gets 1GB RAM and 8GB internal storage (no word yet about microSD). It also comes with a 12-megapixel BSI camera with flash and it seems that a power bank is included for every purchase. That’s all we can get out of the photo. Will keep you posted once this becomes official.</div>
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Now the question for you is, will you get an P11,499 LTE handset or stick with one of those LTE pocket WiFi’s to enjoy mobile LTE?</div>
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Dnivarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05898038273999789954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242600221268267906.post-48157898516303421202013-10-01T10:43:00.000-07:002013-10-01T10:43:31.704-07:00Review: The Galaxy Note 3 is big—and it pulls some benchmark shenanigans Beyond "benchmark boosting," the Note 3 needs some software solutions ASAP.- FEATURED<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Big is back! The pocket-filling Galaxy Note returns with a third iteration, and Samsung has one-upped just about every item on the Note II spec sheet with this sequel. While we see the return of the 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800, the benchmarks aren't just a carbon copy of what we saw with LG's G2, thanks to some odd CPU governor settings.</div>
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Specifically, Samsung appears to be giving preferential treatment to benchmarking apps. Through some testing, we've found the CPU runs in a special high-power mode whenever a popular benchmark app is loaded. But before we get into that, let's talk about the device itself. The Note 3 is Samsung's "everything but the kitchen sink" product, so there's a ton to go over: the S-Pen, Touchwiz, multi-tasking, a new sub-pixel layout, USB 3.0, and of course, a screen the size of a small table.</div>
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<tr><th style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2babd5; font-family: BebasNeue, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: top;">STORAGE</th><td style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">32GB or 64GB</td></tr>
<tr><th style="border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2babd5; font-family: BebasNeue, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: top;">NETWORKING</th><td style="border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Dual Band 802.11b/g/n/<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="4b66404e-a65d-4490-b33b-96f20e0fce63" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="d0ba6eb7-77bb-4833-91cb-e66a7b2424ac" grcontextid="ac:0">ac</span>, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS</td></tr>
<tr><th style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2babd5; font-family: BebasNeue, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: top;">FREQUENCIES SUPPORTED</th><td style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">GSM: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHzHSPA: 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHzLTE: up to 6 different band sets (Dependent on market)</td></tr>
<tr><th style="border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2babd5; font-family: BebasNeue, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: top;">PORTS</th><td style="border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Micro USB 3.0, headphones</td></tr>
<tr><th style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2babd5; font-family: BebasNeue, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: top;">CAMERA</th><td style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">13MP rear camera, 2MP front camera</td></tr>
<tr><th style="border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2babd5; font-family: BebasNeue, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: top;">SIZE</th><td style="border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">151.2mm x 79.2mm x 8.3mm (5.95" x 3.12" x 0.33")</td></tr>
<tr><th style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2babd5; font-family: BebasNeue, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: top;">WEIGHT</th><td style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">168g</td></tr>
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<tr><th style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2babd5; font-family: BebasNeue, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: top;">STARTING PRICE</th><td style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">$299 <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="3ffc5fec-7a09-4281-b2f1-a9c1d36c74b8" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="dbd3602b-4a5b-4568-8543-26180a7e04c1" grcontextid="with:0">with</span> 2-year contract</td></tr>
<tr><th style="border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2babd5; font-family: BebasNeue, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: top;">OTHER PERKS</th><td style="border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Removable battery, MicroSD slot, RGB Notification LED, IR blaster, 4K video recording. MHL 2.0</td></tr>
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Let's get the obvious out of the way—the phone is big as hell. The size of the Note family has always been extremely polarizing, and the Note 3 is no exception. While showing it to friends and family, it got reactions ranging from "joke-big" and "Zack Morris" to instant gadget lust. The Note 3 is also quite the attention getter—whenever I take it out in public a few people always come up and ask what it is. We'd advise against buying a big device like this sight-unseen. Either go experience it in a store, ask a friend, or (apparently) approach a stranger (at your own risk*). The bottom line is be familiar with the size of the Note 3 before diving in.</div>
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It may seem impossible, but the screen on the Note 3 has gotten even bigger. It's up to a whopping 5.7 inches, 0.2 inches bigger than the Note II. The good news is that the extra screen space doesn't come at the cost of a larger device. Samsung found <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="e1b3bbaa-5a0a-40d9-9cd8-f2f5a31b0b3c" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="c504bac9-f5b4-4384-981b-5221edec079a" grcontextid="room:0">room</span> by slimming down the bezels. While the LG G2 is still the tiny-bezel champ, it's nice to see Samsung improving here. Ultimately the bigger screen makes the phone look even bigger, which is either really awesome or really not awesome depending on which side of the is-it-too-big debate you fall on.</div>
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<figure class="image right medium" style="background-color: white; clear: right; color: #263034; float: right; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 5px 0px 20px 20px; width: 300px;"><a class="enlarge" data-height="491" data-width="734" href="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Untitled-2.jpg" style="color: #699fb3; text-decoration: none;"><img height="200" src="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Untitled-2-300x200.jpg" srcset="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Untitled-2-640x428.jpg 2x" style="border: none; display: block; max-width: 100%;" width="300" /></a><span style="color: #4f525a; font-size: 12px;"> Diamond Pixels at various zoom levels<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="1e583d9a-6d32-4bc4-b40d-fac2475b7711" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="a71beb20-d2b1-4045-bd42-d593380008af" grcontextid=".:0">.</span></span></figure><span style="background-color: white; color: #263034; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">The screen resolution has been boosted up to 1920×1080, and this still uses Samsung's hyper-saturated AMOLED technology. The <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="972fa2f0-cabb-4e50-8aeb-d2bdfac61244" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="bf3b961f-e6ae-4563-a4bb-50099a7aca8b" grcontextid="subpixel:0">subpixel</span> layout isn't a normal RGB stripe, but it's not an RGBG Pentile either. It uses something Samsung calls "Diamond Pixels," a new sub pixel layout that debuted in the Galaxy S4. This new layout alternates a row of large, diamond-shaped red and blue pixels (hence the name) with a row of tiny green pixels. You can see a macro shot of this layout on the right.</span><br />
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The negatives of Pentile still remain. There are still 33 percent fewer <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="e4291270-30a0-4017-b902-d384542c1e48" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="bd1fb995-ea58-4b5d-9e0a-c05136505a75" grcontextid="subpixels:0">subpixels</span> when compared to a full-matrix display. The Note 3 display is definitely not as nice as something like the HTC One, which has a better <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="5dbb1ef0-eb91-48c9-a536-e49abd430166" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="3a929681-c942-4458-bdde-b122f7307789" grcontextid="subpixel:0">subpixel</span> layout and a higher pixel density (468dpi for the One <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="a452ffff-5b24-4dbe-b0c7-5beb07450096" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="3a929681-c942-4458-bdde-b122f7307789" grcontextid="verses:1">verses</span> 386dpi for the Note 3), but it's not completely outclassed either. There is still some checkerboarding on sharp edges from the missing <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="530f991c-aaa6-440e-8256-ff075be0bf8e" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="7c0dc22f-f625-4f44-8d71-96968d3acbde" grcontextid="subpixels:0">subpixels</span>. In the right image you can see how the checkerboard pattern shows up in the search app. The pixels are so small now, though, that this is very hard to notice.</div>
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Design</h2>
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<figure class="image right large full-width" style="background-color: white; clear: right; color: #263034; float: right; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 5px 0px 20px 20px; width: 640px;"><a class="enlarge" data-height="1426" data-width="1481" href="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_2644.jpg" style="color: #699fb3; text-decoration: none;"><img height="616" src="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_2644-640x616.jpg" srcset="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_2644-1280x1232.jpg 2x" style="border: none; display: block; max-width: 100%;" width="640" /></a><span style="color: #4f525a; font-size: 12px;"> The faux leather back and S-</span></figure><figure class="image right large full-width" style="background-color: white; clear: right; color: #263034; float: right; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 5px 0px 20px 20px; width: 640px;"><span style="color: #4f525a; font-size: 12px;"></span></figure><figure class="image right large full-width" style="background-color: white; clear: right; color: #263034; float: right; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 5px 0px 20px 20px; width: 640px;"><span style="color: #4f525a; font-size: 12px;"></span></figure><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="f492235c-bd84-4ff3-8a1e-3a13f928341c" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="e8f24f8e-0fc1-41da-b7ce-673a220bace4" grcontextid="PenThis:0"><figure class="image right large full-width" style="background-color: white; clear: right; color: #263034; float: right; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 5px 0px 20px 20px; width: 640px;"><span style="color: #4f525a; font-size: 12px;">Pen</span></figure><span style="background-color: white; color: #263034; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">This</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #263034; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #263034; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #263034; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> time around, Samsung has opted to cover the back in a plastic faux-leather with pretend stitching around the perimeter. It sounds ridiculous, but it actually looks great. Along with the stylus, it really has a "Moleskin Notebook" vibe going. It doesn't </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #263034; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">feel</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #263034; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> like leather at all; it's just a textured soft-touch plastic. It's a step up from Samsung's usual glossy plastic, but the design here is still disappointing when compared to the HTC One, Nexus 4, or <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="544901e6-3467-4ff6-a67e-62549a517ef9" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="a56b6cae-ce83-43d5-8fd4-09f66a5fc258" grcontextid="anything:0">anything</span> Apple has made in the last two years.</span><br />
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The S-Pen is still here too. While Samsung is clearly trying to ditch the "cheap-plastic" feeling on the exterior of the phone, they haven't done anything to help the <em>feel</em> of the S-Pen. It's made out of the chintziest plastic imaginable. It's so light that it feels <i>disposable, </i>like something you're supposed to throw out after every use. I would have preferred something closer to the nice heft of a metal pen, but this is basically a hollow plastic tube with a button on it. It just seems odd using your $700 device with a 25¢ pen.</div>
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<figure class="image center full-width" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #263034; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 15px auto; width: 640px;"><a class="enlarge" data-height="946" data-width="2544" href="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_2771.jpg" style="color: #699fb3; text-decoration: none;"><img height="237" src="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_2771-640x237.jpg" srcset="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_2771-1280x475.jpg 2x" style="border: none; display: block; max-width: 100%;" width="640" /></a><span style="color: #4f525a; font-size: 12px;"> The button layout. The capacitive buttons now work with the S-Pen<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="7201da93-676a-4be2-a4a9-025828e9b273" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="c4fc0867-f2cf-489a-9f8b-9961626a73a9" grcontextid=".:0">.</span></span></figure><span style="background-color: white; color: #263034; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Samsung has changed a few things about the S-Pen functionality, the most significant of which is that the Back and Menu buttons can now be used with the stylus. On the Note II, you had to use your fingers, but it's still a bit of a silly problem to try to use the <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="9c56ef1c-bf67-44bf-aaad-975fbe762389" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="866d7c00-bb6e-4f0f-99a2-9f38f706dedb" grcontextid="clicky:0">clicky</span> home button with the S-Pen. Trying to impart force through the pen and <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="cc92174e-2443-4827-9adc-8216ea74b6e6" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="948d7ed0-5fc8-4bb0-8fdf-85b93fd7aea4" grcontextid="into:0">into</span> the button is awkward, but Samsung seems more concerned with a consistent button layout across devices than the choosing a more appropriate all-capacitive button layout.</span><br />
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The buttons now have so many functions; they are often hard to keep straight. For the home button, a single tap goes home, a long press opens recent apps, a double tap opens S Voice, and a single tap while already on the home screen will open "My Magazine," a branded version of <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="1cc57b11-044f-492f-9db1-77a9ad9f093b" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="3e5fcc6b-96cf-462d-ac3d-6016e6d97dbe" grcontextid="Flipboard:0">Flipboard</span>. A single press of Back will, of course, go back, and a long press will open the split screen app drawer. A long press on Menu will open Samsung's search app. Got that?</div>
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<figure class="image right large full-width" style="background-color: white; clear: right; color: #263034; float: right; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 5px 0px 20px 20px; width: 640px;"><a class="enlarge" data-height="566" data-width="2472" href="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_2667.jpg" style="color: #699fb3; text-decoration: none;"><img height="146" src="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_2667-640x146.jpg" srcset="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_2667-1280x293.jpg 2x" style="border: none; display: block; max-width: 100%;" width="640" /></a><span style="color: #4f525a; font-size: 12px;"> The side.</span></figure><span style="background-color: white; color: #263034; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">The overall shape of the phone has been squared up when compared to the Note II. It's now a simple, effective rectangle with chrome accents. It looks great, and it's a welcome return to sanity after the <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="903c8636-37f0-401f-8980-f4d14c40686c" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="6039afa9-2b77-483f-8acf-ed05151a00fc" grcontextid="weird:0">weird</span> "pebble shape" of the Galaxy S III. Rather than the traditional smooth faux chrome ring, Samsung opted for one with grooves it that provides a better grip. I'm always a little nervous holding the Note 3 because it's so huge, so anything that will make it easier to hold is nice to have.</span><br />
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There's nothing too out of the ordinary along the sides; a power button on the right and volume buttons on the left. One of the most irritating things about Touchwiz is that Samsung disables the power + volume down key combination for taking screenshots. The only way to save a screenshot is to swipe your whole palm across the screen and hope that doesn't trigger any touch events or gestures. This may be more of a problem for journalists than anyone else, but journalists are people too.</div>
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<figure class="image right large full-width" style="background-color: white; clear: right; color: #263034; float: right; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 5px 0px 20px 20px; width: 640px;"><a class="enlarge" data-height="1115" data-width="1780" href="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_2665.jpg" style="color: #699fb3; text-decoration: none;"><img height="400" src="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_2665-640x400.jpg" srcset="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_2665-1280x801.jpg 2x" style="border: none; display: block; max-width: 100%;" width="640" /></a><span style="color: #4f525a; font-size: 12px;"> The top with a headphone jack, microphone, and IR blaster.</span></figure><span style="background-color: white; color: #263034; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">The top houses a headphone jack, noise canceling <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="466d2ca8-879a-4e09-ae4f-fc1e43d1e566" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="362c8f9e-864d-4b59-a72e-03c7deefefd7" grcontextid="mic:0">mic</span>, and IR blaster. One detail I really like is the chrome ring around the headphone jack, where most devices just abruptly cut a hole and leave it at that. The IR jack can be used to control your home theater provided you download a third-party remote app, which is handy to have. Like the IR blasters on the G2, these <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="91dfa079-ce00-49ba-8d30-6dfc4ca719e6" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="9d8c0427-5aa1-46ab-af2f-0c71ff668b5c" grcontextid="work:0">work</span> more like laser pointers than the wide beam of a traditional remote. You need to know where the IR receiver is on all your equipment and hit within a foot or two of that area. Lazily pointing the phone towards your TV and pressing buttons won't work. </span><br />
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<figure class="image right large full-width" style="background-color: white; clear: right; color: #263034; float: right; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 5px 0px 20px 20px; width: 640px;"><a class="enlarge" data-height="1034" data-width="1622" href="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_2684.jpg" style="color: #699fb3; text-decoration: none;"><img height="407" src="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_2684-640x407.jpg" srcset="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_2684-1280x815.jpg 2x" style="border: none; display: block; max-width: 100%;" width="640" /></a><span style="color: #4f525a; font-size: 12px;"> The Note 3 with the back removed<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="5da742cf-49a0-42be-8cc8-f22ece61ee66" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="af362352-63af-48ff-ad6f-c3ca0add6530" grcontextid=".:0">.</span></span></figure><figure class="image right medium" style="background-color: white; clear: right; color: #263034; float: right; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 5px 0px 20px 20px; width: 200px;"><a class="enlarge" data-height="2076" data-width="2713" href="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_2682.jpg" style="color: #699fb3; text-decoration: none;"><img height="153" src="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_2682-300x229.jpg" srcset="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_2682-640x489.jpg 2x" style="border: none; display: block; max-width: 100%;" width="200" /></a><span style="color: #4f525a; font-size: 12px;">The stacked MicroSD and SIM slots.</span></figure><span style="background-color: white; color: #263034; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">The Note 3 has Samsung's trademark removable back and a MicroSD slot. The back cover has been made to be as thin as possible, so much so that first timers are usually afraid of breaking it. It's quite flimsy, and if you didn't realize the back was plastic before you took it off, you will definitely realize it afterwards. Once the back is off, the 3200mAh battery pops right out. With the cover removed, you can see several gold connectors around the top-left corner of the battery, which are no doubt for a forthcoming wireless charging back piece. Another interesting design touch is the layout of the SIM and MicroSD slot—they're stacked on top of each other! Who knew Samsung would opt to save board space like this on a phone this large?</span><br />
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<figure class="image right large full-width" style="background-color: white; clear: right; color: #263034; float: right; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 5px 0px 20px 20px; width: 640px;"><a class="enlarge" data-height="872" data-width="1945" href="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_27523.jpg" style="color: #699fb3; text-decoration: none;"><img height="286" src="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_27523-640x286.jpg" srcset="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_27523-1280x573.jpg 2x" style="border: none; display: block; max-width: 100%;" width="640" /></a><span style="color: #4f525a; font-size: 12px;">The bottom of the Note 3, with the new Micro USB 3.0 port.</span></figure><span style="background-color: white; color: #263034; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Along the bottom is a spot <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="42c06070-46b3-44ed-9095-fec750f4c9ad" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="9cb10365-89fb-47b9-969f-af01c02c85f4" grcontextid="for:0">for</span> the S Pen, a speaker, Micro USB port, and Microphone. The speaker is almost uncomfortably loud at max volume, which is a very good thing. It's not going to top something like the HTC One, with its dual front-facing speakers, but it's a solid performer.</span><br />
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<figure class="image right medium" style="background-color: white; clear: right; color: #263034; float: right; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 5px 0px 20px 20px; width: 200px;"><a class="enlarge" data-height="768" data-width="920" href="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_26733.jpg" style="color: #699fb3; text-decoration: none;"><img height="167" src="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_26733-300x250.jpg" srcset="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_26733-640x534.jpg 2x" style="border: none; display: block; max-width: 100%;" width="200" /></a><span style="color: #4f525a; font-size: 12px;">The included Micro USB 3.0 cable.</span></figure><span style="background-color: white; color: #263034; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">The Note 3 is the first <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="b2161581-3ed7-4fc1-ae95-8887f9f4ee4f" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="ef091024-0159-4270-8385-215676a804f0" grcontextid="smartphone:0">smartphone</span> to support USB 3.0, which means if you've got the right equipment, you'll get blazing fast file transfer speeds. In most devices, the bottleneck during computer-to-phone communication is the USB 2.0 connection. But with USB 3.0, the Note can receive files as quickly as the internal storage can handle. I was able to transfer a 9GB movie to the Note 3 over USB 3.0 in two minutes; moving the same file to the Note over USB 2.0 took four minutes.</span><br />
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Theoretically, another benefit of USB 3 should be faster charging from a computer, but the phone only says "USB Charging" (as opposed to the faster "AC charging") when hooked up. The max draw from a USB 3.0 port is still only 1.5amps, while the included charger is rated at 2amps. For the fastest charge, you'll still need a wall outlet. Micro USB 3.0 works by adding additional pins to the side of a MicroUSB 2 port, meaning the connection itself <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="4e968aa1-c64f-4854-a0d3-84b219c71175" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="c103b7ff-9c11-422a-b1e9-549d9928ecea" grcontextid="is:0">is</span> just longer. The good news is that everything is backwards compatible—a MicroUSB 2.0 cable will still fit in the port, it just doesn't use every pin. Samsung has included a fancy new Micro USB 3.0 cable (pictured to the right) with the Note 3, but it's nice to know that if you don't have it, your old stuff will still work.</div>
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<figure class="image center full-width" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #263034; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 15px auto; width: 640px;"><a class="enlarge" data-height="1920" data-width="2172" href="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-27-19.14.jpg" style="color: #699fb3; text-decoration: none;"><img height="565" src="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-27-19.14-640x565.jpg" srcset="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-27-19.14-1280x1131.jpg 2x" style="border: none; display: block; max-width: 100%;" width="640" /></a><span style="color: #4f525a; font-size: 12px;"> Samsung's USB settings.</span></figure><span style="background-color: white; color: #263034; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">USB 3.0 is still going through some growing pains. As you can see above, the Note 3 won't let you keep USB 3.0 on all the time. You have to enable it just before <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="168dea8a-81cf-4343-9183-1d13efbcd23f" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="a68df96a-7b8a-4500-8670-3fcb38a345b8" grcontextid="your:0">your</span> transfer, and it will automatically disable itself after four minutes of inactivity. Every time you plug in the Note 3, you have to go to the settings and turn on USB 3.0 or you will transfer at 2.0 speeds. The above dialog box also gives the alarming warning that your radios may stop working due to interference with USB 3.0. Congrats to Samsung for being the first out the door with this feature, but it looks like there are still some bugs to work out.</span><br />
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<figure class="image right large full-width" style="background-color: white; clear: right; color: #263034; float: right; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 5px 0px 20px 20px; width: 640px;"><a class="enlarge" data-height="1920" data-width="3276" href="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-27-19.13.jpg" style="color: #699fb3; text-decoration: none;"><img height="375" src="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-27-19.13-640x375.jpg" srcset="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-27-19.13-1280x750.jpg 2x" style="border: none; display: block; max-width: 100%;" width="640" /></a></figure><span style="background-color: white; color: #263034; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="11cffdba-d973-4f2f-93c7-e44eb1e20475" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="d8e7d1ea-4a80-4d66-b866-513db149dcdb" grcontextid="Touchwiz:0">Touchwiz</span> is still here, and not much has changed. It looks pretty much like it did back when Samsung originally skinned Gingerbread. You'll be seeing lots of dark blue, light blue, green, and black. Much of the way apps work is stuck in that era too. Samsung's UI frequently relies on tabs, but it goes against the usual Android guidelines by not letting you <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="2857ec7b-72b7-429f-98f9-9720e1f7a1d6" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="5f47cf06-7096-492b-857b-d88231e8f795" grcontextid="horizontally:0">horizontally</span> swipe between tabs. This gets very annoying, very quickly. The Note 3 </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #263034; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">still</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #263034; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> uses a menu button, which was deprecated almost two years ago now. The menu button itself wouldn't be a big deal—the screen is huge after all—but this has the same problem as the LG G2. A hardware menu button removes the overflow button from every action bar. There is no longer an on-screen indication that any additional options are present, which is a <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="6068eff7-5fbb-4fe1-9112-03f17787e46e" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="642b3a7b-5b94-4089-9366-77224b53f443" grcontextid="discoverability:0">discoverability</span> nightmare. Once you do remember to hit the Menu button, you'll usually be presented with a mile-long list of hidden options. <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="52f82c6a-330f-495b-89f2-a2776a36caba" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="9c7e8412-b82f-450f-95df-809d78e9eee2" grcontextid="Touchwiz:0">Touchwiz</span> </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #263034; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">heavily</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #263034; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> relies on hidden menus to do things, so much so that it's not unusual for the menu to have a scroll bar.</span><br />
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"Air Command" is the feature <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="0b555f8e-d9a3-49e0-9f1f-ebf1e7aff098" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="a623bca2-c3c9-40fc-92aa-2a8c0a48cef7" grcontextid="du:0">du</span> <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="6edba36b-c391-48e5-aeb4-4c4919f83b70" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="a623bca2-c3c9-40fc-92aa-2a8c0a48cef7" grcontextid="jour:1">jour</span> for this version of Touchwiz. Just take the pen out, or hover above the screen and tap the S-Pen button, and a radial menu will appear with several S-Pen-centric options. The first is "action memo," a pop up notepad that will attempt to make sense of your scribbles with handwriting recognition. The "action" part of "Action memo" comes from the ability to pass what you've written to other apps. You can call a written phone number or move the text to the e-mail app, texting app, Web browser, maps, or task list. Writing down and calling phone numbers works, but everything else is really finicky. So much has to go right for it to be useful: it has to properly recognize your handwriting and detect which field in the app your text should go into. For e-mails, for instance, it will usually paste the entirety of what I've written into the "To:" field.</div>
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The other shortcuts in Air Command have been in the Note II in some form or another. "Scrap <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="cb5fead9-8879-449e-a60c-41fffb8c86a2" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="e8b1e983-38b9-4844-8c17-87f8e8a12392" grcontextid="Booker:0">Booker</span>" will save a screenshot of whatever you circle on the screen, and it will try to include metadata like the URL of the website if you're using the browser. "Screen Write" will take a picture of the screen and let you write <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="26564b9e-874a-4c50-b521-aafcf9a11fbf" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="5f5834ec-1ebb-47ac-b481-3c39d1d30126" grcontextid="on:0">on</span> it. "S-Finder" is Samsung's universal search, and this will even preform handwriting recognition on all your notes, index them, and include them in search results.</div>
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<figure class="image right large full-width" style="background-color: white; clear: right; color: #263034; float: right; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 5px 0px 20px 20px; width: 640px;"><a class="enlarge" data-height="1920" data-width="3288" href="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-228-19.35.jpg" style="color: #699fb3; text-decoration: none;"><img height="373" src="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-228-19.35-640x373.jpg" srcset="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-228-19.35-1280x747.jpg 2x" style="border: none; display: block; max-width: 100%;" width="640" /></a><span style="color: #4f525a; font-size: 12px;"> Left: Split screen apps. Center: Floating </span><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="e5e7c901-7830-4802-90a0-64c63d694e02" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="c47afef5-daea-44a6-863d-24f5074bcab9" grcontextid="window:0" style="color: #4f525a; font-size: 12px;">window</span><span style="color: #4f525a; font-size: 12px;"> apps. Right: Minimized floating apps and really bad horizontal stretching.</span></figure><span style="background-color: white; color: #263034; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Samsung is still very focused on multi-tasking. Split screen apps return from the Note II, and these <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="dac49122-108a-4bb1-9791-5ae4755f4b2a" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="d51d065e-19b8-4d37-a488-d81d2c6e08a8" grcontextid="work:0">work</span> exactly the same way, but you can now save pairs of apps as a shortcut. A long press on the back button will bring up a floating tab on the side of the screen, and tapping it will open the split screen app drawer. Drag one <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="4ac0c7c6-03cf-4321-9d07-e7f7feea03d9" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="3885fa61-7ace-459f-b64e-b3b7ef849b96" grcontextid="app:0">app</span> to the top of the screen and another to the bottom, and you've now got two apps open! You can see all this happening in the extremely busy</span><em style="background-color: white; color: #263034; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </em><span style="background-color: white; color: #263034; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">screenshot on the left. Google apps are supported, and so are many third party apps. You can even adjust the app sizes from 50/50 by dragging the center divider up and down.</span><br />
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<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="e4a213fb-e2b9-4136-9adc-d2c2cadda1f9" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="00f354bb-4317-48ca-8433-f04362719526" grcontextid="Performance:0">Performance</span> <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="347c7e8d-7b62-4ba4-934c-b1ea48ef1b15" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="00f354bb-4317-48ca-8433-f04362719526" grcontextid="for:1">for</span> the split screen apps is fantastic. You can rapidly switch between apps without a delay, and you can do things like play a movie in one half of the screen while working in the other without any slowdown. This is a big improvement over Samsung's first version of split screen, which would have a large delay when you moved between the top and bottom apps.</div>
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</figcaption></figure><span style="background-color: white; color: #263034; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">The center picture, above, shows apps in a floating window, which you access with the last shortcut in Air Control called "Pen Window." After picking Pen Window, draw a square on the screen representing the size of the window the app will be in and choose an app. This is the same software that's on the new Note 10, and when you have a screen that big, choosing the size of the window kind of makes sense. However, on a screen this small, there's really only one size of floating window you can make. Having to draw a box seems pointless, since all your windows end up being basically the same size.</span><br />
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Removing the "draw a box" step would have been a good idea, because right now it slows you down and just feels like a gimmick. Unlike split screen apps, support for this is very limited. On my device, the only options were Calculator, Clock, YouTube, Phone, Contacts, Hangouts, and Internet. The silliest thing about the floating windows is that the shape you draw has to be a perfect 16:9 aspect ratio, or your app will be stretched out and distorted. In the right picture, you can see that Hangouts is stretched so much horizontally that the text is difficult to read. You can resize the windows after the fact, but that just means you spend more time fiddling with the interface than actually doing what you need to do. YouTube is particularly bad. In portrait mode, the floating app window will only display in portrait, so even if you hit full screen on the floating window, you have a portrait 9:16 window with a landscape 16:9 movie inside of it. There's no way to display YouTube without the massive black bars, and remember, in portrait mode, apps need <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="766880bc-335a-4020-9323-045a002c82ef" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="407ddaf2-e937-4139-bcc8-8ad5b0614944" grcontextid="keep:0">keep</span> a portrait 9:16 shape or they will be distorted. Floating apps can be minimized and will shrink down to floating "<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="beec7baf-8406-4644-ac8e-4e198590bfc9" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="ec4e1237-0db4-423e-99fe-47b8fdbf2fbd" grcontextid="chat:0">chat</span> head" bubbles when you press the minimize button or the home button, which you can see in the top right picture. These will float on top of any other window until you close them.</div>
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One of the most shocking blunders in the software department is the Gallery, which is literally unusable with the default settings. In the <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="97a21aff-4f2e-49bd-b4be-8d0d639eb5e4" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="bae02857-ec3c-4427-8231-1996820b0c24" grcontextid="smartphone:0">smartphone</span> world, an app taking one second to launch is considered slow, but the Gallery on the Note 3 takes anywhere from 15 seconds to two minutes-plus to open. Albums take another 10 to 30 seconds to open. While this loading is happening, scrolling and touch screen input often just don't work. The video below shows how crazy this is.</div>
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The issue is that Gallery on the Note 3 wants to display all the pictures on your phone, plus everything from Google+, plus everything from Dropbox. It just can't handle that many pictures. The device has been synced for several days, and it takes forever even with Airplane mode on, so it's not a data issue. While all this loading is happening, System Monitor shows a light CPU workload, almost no disk I/O, no network activity, and no change in RAM usage. We're really not sure what is taking so long. If you go to the settings, turn off Dropbox pictures and clear data, the Gallery goes from "completely unusable" to just "slow," but at least it will work without a multi-minute delay. I'm only using about 5GB of Dropbox storage, and the Note 3 comes with a 50GB Dropbox storage boost, so it's not like I have a crazy amount of data in my account. Having a quad-core 2.3 GHz <em>beast</em> of a phone turn in this kind of performance is kind of sad.</div>
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Camera Samples</h2>
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The Note 3 has a 13MP camera that can put out some really great pictures. The other added bonus is 4K video recording, which pump out 3840×2160 video for as long as your storage can handle it. A one minute 4k video from the Note takes up about 350MB. Here are a few samples from the camera:</div>
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<figure class="image right large full-width" style="background-color: white; clear: right; color: #263034; float: right; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 5px 0px 20px 20px; width: 640px;"><a class="enlarge" data-height="4128" data-width="2322" href="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-24-16.36.29.jpg" style="color: #699fb3; text-decoration: none;"><img height="1137" src="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-24-16.36.29-640x1137.jpg" srcset="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-24-16.36.29-1280x2275.jpg 2x" style="border: none; display: block; max-width: 100%;" width="640" /></a></figure><figure class="image right large full-width" style="background-color: white; clear: right; color: #263034; float: right; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 5px 0px 20px 20px; width: 640px;"><a class="enlarge" data-height="2322" data-width="4128" href="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-29-18.16.21.jpg" style="color: #699fb3; text-decoration: none;"><img height="360" src="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-29-18.16.21-640x360.jpg" srcset="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-29-18.16.21-1280x720.jpg 2x" style="border: none; display: block; max-width: 100%;" width="640" /></a><span style="color: #4f525a; font-size: 12px;"> My dog on a cloudy afternoon<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="a8b47819-7289-4877-bbe1-c303546258ec" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="265ec33e-4bfe-48e1-9e76-83c099626fe7" grcontextid=".:0">.</span></span></figure><figure class="image right large full-width" style="background-color: white; clear: right; color: #263034; float: right; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 5px 0px 20px 20px; width: 640px;"><a class="enlarge" data-height="2322" data-width="4128" href="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-29-18.09.03.jpg" style="color: #699fb3; text-decoration: none;"><img height="360" src="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-29-18.09.03-640x360.jpg" srcset="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-29-18.09.03-1280x720.jpg 2x" style="border: none; display: block; max-width: 100%;" width="640" /></a><span style="color: #4f525a; font-size: 12px;">The camera makes the best of bad indoor lighting.</span></figure><figure class="image right large full-width" style="background-color: white; clear: right; color: #263034; float: right; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 5px 0px 20px 20px; width: 640px;"><a class="enlarge" data-height="2322" data-width="4128" href="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-24-14.39.18.jpg" style="color: #699fb3; text-decoration: none;"><img height="360" src="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-24-14.39.18-640x360.jpg" srcset="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-24-14.39.18-1280x720.jpg 2x" style="border: none; display: block; max-width: 100%;" width="640" /></a><span style="color: #4f525a; font-size: 12px;"> A shadowy city.</span></figure><figure class="image right large full-width" style="background-color: white; clear: right; color: #263034; float: right; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 5px 0px 20px 20px; width: 640px;"><a class="enlarge" data-height="2322" data-width="4128" href="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-24-16.10.32.jpg" style="color: #699fb3; text-decoration: none;"><img height="360" src="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-24-16.10.32-640x360.jpg" srcset="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-24-16.10.32-1280x720.jpg 2x" style="border: none; display: block; max-width: 100%;" width="640" /></a><span style="color: #4f525a; font-size: 12px;"> Everyone else takes pictures of food, so why not?</span></figure><figure class="image right large full-width" style="background-color: white; clear: right; color: #263034; float: right; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 5px 0px 20px 20px; width: 640px;"><span style="font-family: NoticiaBold, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px;">Performance, benchmarks, and benchmark "optimizations"</span></figure><div style="background-color: white; color: #263034; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px;">
The Note is packing a whopping 3GB of ram and a 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800. We covered the differences over the Snapdragon 600 in the G2 review, but for a quick recap, you're moving from Krait 300 to Krait 400 CPU <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="24be3fcf-7575-4b12-b4da-f42c98f304f5" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="4333e3b1-2b4e-4ed7-85c8-0992706a7d9b" grcontextid="core:0">core</span>, which can run faster and more efficiently thanks to TSMC's new 28nm HPM process.</div>
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In terms of performance, the Note 3 is not what I would call "blazing fast." We've run into all sorts of stutters in animation and even outright pauses while testing it. While the hardware is top of the line, Samsung appears to have pushed the software envelope a little too far this time, and it doesn't feel as responsive as other modern Android phones. We've even run into weird error messages like "low memory" warnings when opening GFXBench, despite the 3GB of ram and Android's automatic memory management. While the phone itself sometimes pauses, Samsung isn't helping itself in the "perceived responsiveness" department either, thanks to the way the home button is implemented. You can press it twice to open up S-Voice, which means when you press it once to go Home, it waits for half a beat to make sure you aren't going to press it again to load S-Voice. When the phone temporarily locks up, and you <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="c995e3bf-8405-4a3d-a869-a53a46d1eacb" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="cdfd798b-3fd4-4c34-a3dd-eb2f4f5a9db4" grcontextid="frustratedly:0">frustratedly</span> hit the home button hoping it will wake up and load, every additional home screen press is launching some kind of app or feature that isn't the <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="e188e72a-b76a-4eb6-8aa0-2eb38ee2b363" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="cdfd798b-3fd4-4c34-a3dd-eb2f4f5a9db4" grcontextid="homescreen:1">homescreen</span>. This probably makes things worse. I've accidentally opened <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="6d3e9f2f-c817-46b1-b835-fdf7568c4a95" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="e177de89-ad71-4ce2-a676-32b124c70d20" grcontextid="Flipboard:0">Flipboard</span> (by pressing the home button while on the home screen) so many times I've lost count. Thankfully, if you go into the options of S-Voice and <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="73575ccd-0663-4e8d-b84e-b9f274189f27" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="15e4f86e-f6de-4bfc-8eab-cf4f0ab58002" grcontextid="Flipboard:0">Flipboard</span> you can turn off the home button integration, which removes the half second pause.</div>
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Some benchmark irregularities</h3>
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The benchmarks for the Note 3 are a story in and of themselves (and we'll spin some more on them <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="b2ee6a0a-1402-4bde-a452-9dad538aebaa" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="77f9a922-675a-4cdc-80c8-a1aba3f91aff" grcontextid="into:0">into</span> a separate post soon). In some tests, the Note 3's 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800 blows the doors off the G2's 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800, and that doesn't really make any sense. We've noticed that if you open a benchmark app, the four cores immediately wake up, switch over <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d561cd44-5a32-49d8-84e2-ac35a60111ac" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="e2402396-faa8-4e84-9314-530f278a52fa" grcontextid="in to:0">in to</span> 2.3GHz mode, and stay on even if you are idling. A normal idle is one core on, three <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="c3ad5a4f-2504-486e-bb98-56b5e36195a7" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="c437f3c8-0b62-47cd-812c-9ffa69eae0d0" grcontextid="cores:0">cores</span> off in 300Mhz mode, not all four cores running at maximum power. Samsung's CPU governor appears to be aware of when you are in a benchmark app, and it spins everything up to maximum power. This happens in almost every popular CPU benchmark app: <em>Geekbench 3</em>, <em>Antutu</em>, <em>3Dmark</em>, <em>Vellamo</em>, and <em>Quadrant</em>.</div>
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Samsung did something similar with the international Galaxy S4, but this is the first time the setup has shown up on US soil. A function called "benchmark booster" would increase the GPU frequency when in a benchmark app or while using the camera. We were unable to replicate this CPU boosting behavior in any of the stock apps or for 3D games like <em>Shadowrun</em>, <em>Madden</em>, or <em>Minecraft</em>—it seems to be a special CPU mode just for benchmark apps. The whole point of a benchmark is to quantify how fast the phone will be during normal use, not to get the highest benchmark score. Having <em>any</em> kind of special CPU mode <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="6b6b43a5-06bb-409e-a176-ca30e32bc0c0" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="a79b0d03-e698-4061-96f1-6527cc2138ad" grcontextid="for:0">for</span> benchmarks seems to defeat the purpose.</div>
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Faking out the phone</h3>
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We use Geekbench as our CPU benchmark app, and this is one of the apps that has the suspicious CPU behavior on the Note 3. To fix this, we created "Stealthbench"—it's the Geekbench app with a different package name.</div>
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In the screenshots above, you can see how the Note 3 treats Geekbench and <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="312a9b3f-c083-44aa-8f0e-0341fabdfab2" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="79f03db2-7f4b-40f4-8548-d8ead41dc2c7" grcontextid="Stealthbench:0">Stealthbench</span> differently, even though they're identical in all but name. Geekbench is a popular benchmark app, and when the Note 3 runs it, the CPU will only idle at 2.3GHz. All four cores stay on. The Note 3 has never heard of "Stealthbench" though, so even though it is exactly the same app, the CPU is allowed to idle normally, cores turn off, and the clock speed drops down to 300MHz. When you change the internal name of Geekbench, you break Samsung's benchmark detection. This tricks the Note into running Geekbench as it would any other app. So in our CPU benchmarks you will see the Note 3 listed twice—once running normal Geekbench with the benchmark booster on, and again running Geekbench with the benchmark boosted defeated.</div>
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Performance benchmarks suites</h3>
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As you can see from the two Geekbench charts, the Note 3 gets drastically different benchmark scores just by changing the name of the app. Change "Geekbench" to "Stealthbench" and the scores drop down to LG G2 levels, which, given the identical SoCs, is more in line with what we were expecting. In the <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="ab80303e-fd1d-4e3e-914a-052526514b93" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="12b59776-984f-4534-91b9-1c380f4b6e39" grcontextid="multicore:0">multicore</span> test, Samsung is giving <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="59bb9d73-4c0d-4606-9614-a016e64e6581" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="12b59776-984f-4534-91b9-1c380f4b6e39" grcontextid="themselves:1">themselves</span> a 20 percent boost in score with their benchmark detection scheme. While merely idling the CPU cores at max power won't lead to this high of a jump in scores, it's clear Samsung changes the way the CPU functions when it knows a benchmark app is running.</div>
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Battery life</h3>
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Our <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="9217e531-5c99-4903-a460-f3798981fb11" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="f1c64540-bfeb-4e7b-b955-a42ab548b7ed" grcontextid="Wi:0">Wi</span>-Fi Web browsing test continually cycles through <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="5a00c332-e06c-4573-b215-3a9748455f14" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="f1c64540-bfeb-4e7b-b955-a42ab548b7ed" grcontextid="webpages:1">webpages</span> every 15 seconds until the phone dies. The screen stays on the whole time at 50 percent brightness, so these numbers are more akin to "screen on time" than "standby time." At just over seven hours, Note 3's battery life is downright disappointing. We were expecting a phone this big to score in the 10+ hour range with the G2, not lower than even the Galaxy S4. We ran the test again to be certain, and sure enough, it again came in at seven hours and change. I've definitely killed the phone in a single day, which was impossible with the Note II. It's important to remember though, that this has a removable battery. If you're going to be heavily <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="3e702ffe-9937-4e4b-a081-027edfac59bf" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="cb05f966-b3e9-4f72-a704-5834085c7563" grcontextid="using:0">using</span> the phone, you can always bring more power.</div>
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Top-of-the-line everything, but the software needs work</h2>
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If the Galaxy S 4 is Samsung's <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="afec3cac-3d25-4bab-9dbe-ab6ef116c611" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="947b5e7c-a8ac-439c-bacd-8fb53b2acb41" grcontextid="everyman:0">everyman</span> product, the Note 3 is the "everyone else" model. It's a collection of disparate features mashed together in a single device, yet it somehow works. Some people are here for the huge screen and don't care about anything else. Other people are handwriting enthusiasts or artsy types who want a stylus, and the giant screen is just a bonus. Others will be interested in the monster spec sheet featuring a 2.3<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="27aba53a-c115-4ee6-83bf-ad082c11082a" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="c3039169-11cd-41e7-ba92-b28722379bdd" grcontextid="Ghz:0">Ghz</span> Snapdragon 800, 3GB of RAM, USB 3.0, and the ability to multitask.</div>
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The benchmark shenanigans are disappointing, especially given the fact that the Note 3 will still beat the G2 in a fair benchmark fight. It shouldn't change your perception of the phone, though. Outside of the benchmark apps, the CPU functions normally. We're still waiting to hear back from Samsung on just what the deal is with their CPU settings, and we'll share their comments as soon as we can. Jason Inofuentes reports similar behavior in the Note 10.1 2014 edition, so this isn't just a one time thing.</div>
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While the hardware is great, and even Samsung's plastic backing is much improved, much of the Note 3's software feels unfinished. The gallery is unusable out of the box and needs to be fixed, and the phone doesn't feel as smooth as it could be. With such a huge battery, the Note 3 should last a few hours longer in our tests, especially given what the G2 can accomplish with a smaller battery and a slightly smaller screen. We've got to wonder what the Note will look like after it gets a few OTA updates under its belt.</div>
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For now you're buying the Note 3 and trusting Samsung to fix the performance shortcomings (and we'll keep our eyes out for any upcoming fixes). For those of you that knew you were buying the Note 3 before you even read this article: knock yourselves out. For everyone else, it's probably best to wait and see what the OTA fairy <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d0e9e6da-f9fe-48db-83f7-211b799f47ee" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="94ecdf78-b085-44ec-8648-c3d70b62fa00" grcontextid="brings:0">brings</span>.</div>
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The Good</h3>
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<li>A gigantic 5.7 inch, 1080p display</li>
<li>The faux leather and chrome combo makes for a great looking device</li>
<li>A removable battery and <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="13abc8e4-1c88-4941-94ce-52653574720a" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="1e8cd89c-ef8b-4570-9f0d-5e01feb07418" grcontextid="microSD:0">microSD</span> slot</li>
<li>USB 3.0, while clumsy, is great to have when you really want to transfer a huge file</li>
<li><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="805729a6-6e6f-47d9-8248-c7489e091e23" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="0eaef699-5e6b-4f88-b63e-9918afbed3a2" grcontextid="Touchwiz:0">Touchwiz</span> gives you a million ways to multitask that you can't get anywhere else</li>
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The Bad</h3>
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<li>Disappointing battery life</li>
<li>A Menu button. This hides all the overflow menus you should normally see and is terrible for <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="45df6d0b-255f-4ae0-8ab7-21a9373cbcce" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="67b96d09-6511-4ba7-ac01-64c20e87ed0a" grcontextid="discoverability:0">discoverability</span></li>
<li><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="f0085349-85c3-4184-8e24-9fed83078ebd" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="61159dcf-9a8c-459a-9478-07ae9a7cc39f" grcontextid="Touchwiz:0">Touchwiz</span> still looks and functions like Android 2.3. You can't horizontally swipe between tabs, there are hidden menus that are a mile long, and everything looks rather dated</li>
<li>The occasional animation stutter for seemingly no reason</li>
<li>Artificially boosting benchmark performance is not a good thing</li>
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The Ugly</h3>
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<li>They can include a function to boost benchmarks, but they can't fix the multi-minute load times on the Gallery app</li>
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Dnivarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05898038273999789954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242600221268267906.post-66845312063777885392013-10-01T10:40:00.000-07:002013-10-01T10:43:41.833-07:00New CPUs, faster Wi-Fi, same flaws: Apple’s 2013 iMac reviewed Apple delivers improvements, but not the ones the iMac needs most.-FEATURED<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2babd5; font-family: BebasNeue, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; padding: 5px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: top;">SPECS AT A GLANCE: 21.5-INCH 2013 IMAC</th></tr>
<tr><th style="border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2babd5; font-family: BebasNeue, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: top;">SCREEN</th><td style="border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">1920x1080 21.5" IPS display (102 <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="1fbcb73e-f446-46d5-a966-9f28a5bb57c1" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="f4d2a641-3860-4500-a6fc-6a984d85abe2" grcontextid="ppi:0">ppi</span>)</td></tr>
<tr><th style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2babd5; font-family: BebasNeue, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: top;">OS</th><td style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Mac OS X 10.8.5</td></tr>
<tr><th style="border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2babd5; font-family: BebasNeue, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: top;">CPU</th><td style="border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">2.7GHz Intel Core i5-4570R (Turbo Boost 3.2GHz)</td></tr>
<tr><th style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2babd5; font-family: BebasNeue, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: top;">RAM</th><td style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">8GB 1600MHz DDR3 (<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="ce869bfc-925d-4302-9e9d-f31811d7068b" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="fe597445-3f03-44b5-aba5-96d805287e48" grcontextid="upgradeable:0">upgradeable</span>, but not user-accessible)</td></tr>
<tr><th style="border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2babd5; font-family: BebasNeue, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: top;">GPU</th><td style="border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">Intel Iris Pro 5200</td></tr>
<tr><th style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2babd5; font-family: BebasNeue, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: top;">STORAGE</th><td style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">1TB 5400RPM hard drive</td></tr>
<tr><th style="border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2babd5; font-family: BebasNeue, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: top;">NETWORKING</th><td style="border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.0, gigabit Ethernet</td></tr>
<tr><th style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2babd5; font-family: BebasNeue, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: top;">PORTS</th><td style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">4x USB 3.0, 2x Thunderbolt, headphone jack, SD card slot</td></tr>
<tr><th style="border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2babd5; font-family: BebasNeue, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: top;">SIZE</th><td style="border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">17.7 x 20.8 x 6.9 inches (45.0 x 52.8 x 17.5 cm)</td></tr>
<tr><th style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2babd5; font-family: BebasNeue, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: top;">WEIGHT</th><td style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">12.5 lbs (5.68 kg)</td></tr>
<tr><th style="border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2babd5; font-family: BebasNeue, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: top;">STARTING PRICE</th><td style="border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">$1299</td></tr>
<tr><th style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #2babd5; font-family: BebasNeue, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; padding: 5px; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: top;">OTHER PERKS</th><td style="background-color: #f6f6f6; border-top-color: rgb(131, 148, 150); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; padding: 5px; vertical-align: top;">720p FaceTime HD camera, dual noise-canceling mics, ambient light sensor, Kensington lock slot</td></tr>
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More than a year and a half passed between the introduction of Apple's 2011-model <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="919303d9-225b-497d-b5af-ec62a020d2c4" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b34ca118-861b-42ac-80ce-be477d80411f" grcontextid="iMacs:0">iMacs</span> and the refresh that replaced them late last year, but the changes you got for waiting were reasonably substantial. The computer got much thinner, lost a few pounds, and ran much cooler and quieter than previous models, and it also got a decent internal upgrade courtesy of new Ivy Bridge CPUs from Intel and dedicated Nvidia GPUs.</div>
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Less than a year passed between the introduction of the 2012 <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="0ebec60c-d6af-44bd-af8e-3d0eb5ca3349" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="e652b49e-bfd8-4b8e-88e4-f35af92023fc" grcontextid="iMacs:0">iMacs</span> and this year's quiet refresh, and the changes are accordingly much smaller. The 2013 iMac's new changes are all internal—slightly upgraded CPUs and GPUs, a new 802.11ac <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="3d1417a9-9a4a-4057-8225-b04d3d186f55" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="cff03241-dfb7-42fb-a73f-fcaace95a6b7" grcontextid="Wi:0">Wi</span>-Fi adapter, and a switch from SATA to PCI Express solid-state drives round out a refresh that makes absolutely no external changes to last year's chassis. If you were waiting for a Retina iMac to be released this year, your best bet is to keep on hoping.</div>
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Still, we've got the $1,299 base model in for testing. And if you didn't buy a 2012 model, is there any one upgrade that will encourage you to buy a 2013 model instead, or should you be waiting for a more drastic upgrade?</div>
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Body and build quality</h2>
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The 2013 iMac is externally identical to the 2012 model right down to its odd trapezoidal box and its wireless mouse (or trackpad) and keyboard, but we'll recap for those of you with older models. Like last year's iMac, the new model is extremely thin around the edges and <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="a4c61db4-e674-4f39-a3fd-377828895f0e" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="35a2acc3-db5d-46db-aa6e-0fde8f2caeec" grcontextid="bulgy:0">bulgy</span> in the back. All of the back-mounted ports remain as annoying as ever to reach around and find, but you get the same number of them as you did last year: one <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="4c93b739-e7c9-40dd-86a6-e8fd18c961b5" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="af83b48e-4927-4870-a74d-0240a8973a51" grcontextid="gigabit:0">gigabit</span> Ethernet port, two Thunderbolt ports (<i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><i></i><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="2ab49d32-1f21-4230-855e-095b0b371a11" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="af83b48e-4927-4870-a74d-0240a8973a51" grcontextid="notThunderbolt:1"><i>not</i>Thunderbolt</span><a href="http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/06/sequel-to-thunderbolt-is-all-about-4k-video/" style="color: #699fb3; 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text-decoration: none;">an adapter exists</a> if you still need that particular interface. The optical drive is also out.</div>
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<figure class="image center large full-width" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #263034; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 15px auto; width: 640px;"><a class="enlarge" data-height="853" data-width="1280" href="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_7399.jpg" style="color: #699fb3; text-decoration: none;"><img height="426" src="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_7399-640x426.jpg" srcset="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_7399.jpg 2x" style="border: none; display: block; max-width: 100%;" width="640" /></a><span style="color: #4f525a; font-size: 12px;">The computer is thin around the edges but thick in the back<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="e3c30d32-0b0c-47c9-b93e-05d3e4df5ecf" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="21845d1d-b2b1-4807-a0e6-1cb0cdcb07ff" grcontextid=".:0">.</span></span></figure><figure class="image center large full-width" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #263034; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 15px auto; width: 640px;"><a class="enlarge" data-height="853" data-width="1280" href="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_7406.jpg" style="color: #699fb3; text-decoration: none;"><img height="426" src="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_7406-640x426.jpg" srcset="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_7406.jpg 2x" style="border: none; display: block; max-width: 100%;" width="640" /></a><span style="color: #4f525a; font-size: 12px;">From left to right: headphone jack, SD card slot, four USB 3.0 ports, two Thunderbolt ports, and a gigabit Ethernet port.</span></figure><figure class="image center large full-width" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #263034; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin: 15px auto; width: 640px;"><a class="enlarge" data-height="652" data-width="1280" href="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_7408.jpg" style="color: #699fb3; text-decoration: none;"><img height="326" src="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_7408-640x326.jpg" srcset="http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_7408.jpg 2x" style="border: none; display: block; max-width: 100%;" width="640" /></a><figcaption class="caption" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #4f525a; font-size: 12px; padding: 7px 0px;"><div class="caption-text">
A very familiar keyboard and mouse.</div>
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The presence of two Thunderbolt ports (and the capabilities of Intel's and Nvidia's GPUs) mean that it's easy to connect up to two external displays to the smaller iMac, something that was difficult-to-impossible back when the computers only featured a single mini DisplayPort or Thunderbolt jack. The 12.5 pound weight—about eight pounds lighter than the 2009-through-2011-era bodies—also makes the computer much easier to carry and to tilt on its stand. This stand is stable and reasonably elegant looking, but it's also still limited—you can tilt the display up and down but you can't raise it, lower it, swivel it, or pivot it.</div>
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The computer's 1920×1080 display (and the 2560×1440 display in the larger model) looks like the same panel that Apple has been using in the <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="cc6929be-22c4-449b-b330-22deae043e9c" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="9c5f0986-17f8-4464-a560-163097f81261" grcontextid="iMacs:0">iMacs</span> since they switched to the 16:9 aspect ratio. It's a bright, clear IPS panel that at 102PPI is far from Retina-class, but it still looks decent from what most people would consider to be a normal desktop viewing distance (somewhere around two or three feet away from your face). Colors are bright, contrast is good, viewing angles are excellent, and the glass is much less <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="1b2c5544-86d6-40f3-bbaf-e839864ce491" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="1049994a-13fd-4ae4-a057-922437ce6a13" grcontextid="reflective than in:0">reflective than in</span> the pre-2012 models. The 2012 and 2013 models fuse the LCD panel with the glass layer that covers it, which is something of a double-edged sword—on the one hand, it enables a thinner display assembly that puts the panel closer to the surface of the glass. On the other, cracking that glass means you're looking at replacing the entire screen, and that's an expensive repair.</div>
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Dual microphone pinholes: one on top, one on the back.</div>
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Like the 2013 MacBook Airs, these late-model <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="53bac37c-caab-4e17-bfe7-30c7b02ad078" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="1ee29c64-0b9b-4e66-9428-35505bfdff63" grcontextid="iMacs:0">iMacs</span> also include two built-in microphones that help with noise reduction. Last year we found them to be a modest improvement over the 2011-and-older models' single-<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="14d78330-73a7-4153-be76-7f1c68cf0db5" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="93402f8c-e315-4a5b-bad1-e100e6362078" grcontextid="mic:0">mic</span> setups when chatting or using <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="5317e76f-2751-4eff-9960-c46b30b8117b" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="93402f8c-e315-4a5b-bad1-e100e6362078" grcontextid="OS X's dictation feature:1">OS X's dictation feature</span>, and this year's iMac performs similarly. Finally, just like last year, the 27-inch iMac is the only model that retains <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="5696ed40-fd33-46c6-a7bd-b757e12b32cb" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="f9d57160-7ca5-47ae-80b7-5db8770f1975" grcontextid="user:0">user</span>-accessible RAM slots (it has four, which support up to 32GB of RAM when fully populated). The 21.5-inch has two RAM slots on the inside (capable of supporting up to 16GB of RAM) that can't be accessed without tearing the machine apart, so if you think you'll want the memory eventually you'll probably want to cough up $200 for the upgrade when you buy the computer.</div>
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The 2013 iMac's innovations are entirely interior, and there are four upgrades of consequence: the Ivy Bridge CPUs have been swapped for newer Haswell versions; the 6-series Nvidia GPUs <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="392f530b-0021-4cc0-8f9f-629137b3142b" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="861e1216-0334-4c56-bf54-2ad22420dc4c" grcontextid="have been switched:0">have been switched</span> <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="0449c01c-76e3-44e6-a330-2751afe2c719" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="861e1216-0334-4c56-bf54-2ad22420dc4c" grcontextid="for:1">for</span> an Intel integrated GPU on the lowest-end iMac and 7-series Nvidia GPUs everywhere else; the SATA solid-state drives in the SSD- and Fusion Drive-equipped models has been switched for a PCI Express version; and the dual-band 802.11n <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="7374143f-7ad6-4520-bce5-be55c7ccfea3" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="861e1216-0334-4c56-bf54-2ad22420dc4c" grcontextid="Wi:2">Wi</span>-Fi has been upgraded to the better-performing 802.11ac.</div>
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The CPU</h2>
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Intel's Haswell architecture increases performance relative to Ivy Bridge running at the same clock speed, but Intel's latest architecture is much more focused on battery life improvements than performance improvements. The huge battery life boost was the most impressive thing about the 2013 MacBook Air and we're hoping for similar gains in the MacBook Pros, but the benefits of Haswell for desktop users are less readily evident (aside from a perhaps slightly lowered electricity bill).</div>
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This is the third year in a row in which all the <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="eaca3cfc-9f60-4e78-8520-117f53e258c2" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="7084bab0-c2f2-4f1c-8f90-3c4d412e6c70" grcontextid="iMacs:0">iMacs</span> that Apple offers have come with quad-core Intel processors. Our base 21.5-inch model comes with a Core i5-4570R, which runs at 2.7GHz but can Turbo Boost up to 3.2GHz. The R in the model number indicates both that this CPU includes Intel's Iris Pro 5200 integrated GPU (more on that soon), and that it's not a socketed CPU—R-series chips are all soldered to the motherboards and can't be replaced or upgraded by the end-user. We suspect that the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venn_diagram" style="color: #699fb3; text-decoration: none;">Venn diagram</a> of "people buying <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d8628b90-db0b-460f-b711-23f32b34043e" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="30512fb1-110d-4621-9293-28d66ac5d9ab" grcontextid="iMacs:0">iMacs</span>" and "people who upgrade their CPUs" looks like two circles that aren't touching anywhere, but it's worth noting. The higher-end Macs include dedicated graphics and use more conventional <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="05b04d87-7d1b-4485-8388-41c20f1d3b78" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="0b2a64c8-991f-42df-b545-182d1380edea" grcontextid="socketed:0">socketed</span> CPUs.</div>
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Comparing this year's base model to the base models from the last two years, the story <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="507f1598-2db1-48c5-b54d-6b07627fa891" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="864da431-b519-46aa-b41d-f66bb3455686" grcontextid="is:0">is</span> very much the same as last year's: Haswell is a performance upgrade over an Ivy Bridge or Sandy Bridge CPU <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="e3bf5f8e-1f2b-432d-a971-272d920cc113" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="864da431-b519-46aa-b41d-f66bb3455686" grcontextid="running:1">running</span> at a similar clock speed, but not really so much that you'll notice for most tasks.</div>
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The GPU</h2>
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The graphics processors in most of the <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="2d2f0486-3f7c-4433-9ca2-8abc4aff55d7" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="d069231a-25a0-462c-b689-54365c1b46e4" grcontextid="iMacs:0">iMacs</span> are Nvidia GeForce 700M-series chips like the ones you'd find in laptops. These parts share the same underlying GPU architecture as last year's 600M-series chips, but as we've discussed here, they boost clock speeds enough that they'll generally give you 15-25 percent better performance than comparable last-generation chips.</div>
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This isn't true of the low-end iMac that we're reviewing, which is actually a bit more interesting than its more powerful cousins: it uses Intel's integrated Iris Pro 5200 GPU, which makes it the first iMac to use integrated graphics since the low-end 2009 iMac and the first iMac ever to use one of Intel's integrated graphics.</div>
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If you read "Intel integrated graphics" and then blacked out from a rage-stroke, stop flipping that table and listen: not all of Intel's GPUs are created equal <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="2839da98-7d0f-43de-8954-f85c874d217a" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="fa3cf302-0ac7-48b6-886f-1543893cc497" grcontextid="any more:0">any more</span>. The Iris Pro 5200 shares its underlying architecture with the HD 5000 that you'd find in a computer like the MacBook Air, but it comes with 128MB of <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="84373e7e-d698-4471-82ab-e24fd11065e1" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="951e5aee-c062-4f72-b98f-ebb16fb817d6" grcontextid="eDRAM:0">eDRAM</span> integrated into the CPU package that alleviates the memory bandwidth problems that have historically constrained integrated GPUs.</div>
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The <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="4374882e-7bcc-4523-89aa-9d86b4603379" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b21ca4f9-4683-49d3-b74f-931341d1187b" grcontextid="eDRAM:0">eDRAM</span> essentially serves as a large cache for both the CPU and GPU—while the GPU still uses the main system memory when it needs to, the cache makes <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="13347066-b0c5-4b8c-a1be-59cd5606b927" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b21ca4f9-4683-49d3-b74f-931341d1187b" grcontextid="those:1">those</span> <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="cadfc511-23cd-4369-8a69-9a26238423aa" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b21ca4f9-4683-49d3-b74f-931341d1187b" grcontextid="performance:2">performance</span>-sucking trips from the GPU to the system memory and back again less frequent. Microsoft and AMD have taken a similar route with the Xbox One, integrating 32MB of eDRAM into the console to help compensate for its slower (but cheaper) DDR3 memory.</div>
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The point is, the Iris Pro 5200 is technically an integrated GPU, but it nevertheless offers performance slightly above the dedicated GeForce GT 640M in last year's low-end iMac under both OS X and Windows 8. We've also provided numbers for the 2011 iMac from last year's review for context, as well as the Intel HD 5000 GPU in the 2013 MacBook Air to show how the Iris stacks up against a more "traditional" integrated GPU.</div>
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In the Cinebench test running <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="63965c3f-c0df-436e-a163-9da93ae0972d" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="dd7a212d-dccb-495f-b55c-29d7df3ce8ef" grcontextid="in:0">in</span> OS X, the Iris Pro 5200 does much better than the GPUs in its predecessors.</div>
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Switching to Windows 8, the Bioshock Infinite benchmark shows that, on average, the Iris Pro 5200 can be as much as twice as fast as the HD 5000. The increased CPU power may also be contributing to this increase, however.</div>
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We keep the HD 5000 in the mix and add last year's scores from the 2012 iMac. In Portal 2, performance stays just about <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d482c643-034d-4f69-9e73-216803265b8c" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="aa844b0c-41be-47b2-9947-4da0b3052080" grcontextid="level:0">level</span> between generations. The HD 5000 is much slower.</div>
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Arkham City (which, like Bioshock Infinite, runs the popular Unreal Engine 3) shows us another game where Intel edges out Nvidia.</div>
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Like Cinebench under OS X, 3DMark 11 in Windows shows the 2013 iMac outshining its forebears.</div>
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Intel's biggest and baddest integrated GPU is usually just barely faster than a midrange dedicated GPU from last year, but that's actually kind of a big deal for Intel. Five years ago Apple was ejecting Intel's integrated graphics from its laptops in favor of better-performing integrated graphics from Nvidia; now the features and performance of Intel's integrated GPUs are good enough that it's starting to replace Nvidia's dedicated chips in desktops. Intel's HD 4000 and 5000 series GPUs (as well as AMD's more recent APUs) have all but eliminated the market for low-end dedicated graphics cards in laptops especially, and while the Iris Pro 5200 has been relatively rare so far, it shows that integrated graphics are only going to continue encroaching on the highest-volume segments of the graphics market.</div>
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The Iris Pro 5200's performance also has interesting implications for Apple's Retina MacBook Pros, which are due for a refresh any day now. This integrated GPU's performance is good enough that, in the 15-inch model at least, Apple could potentially get away with marketing the new laptop as having roughly the same graphics performance with much better battery life (both because the Iris would consume less power than the GeForce GT 650M, and because it would free up space on the inside of the laptop that could be used for a larger battery). The graphics performance might actually drop slightly, but the Iris is still enough to drive that Retina display and the benefits might outweigh the downsides from Apple's perspective—something similar happened in the transition between the 2010 and 2011 MacBook Airs, where Apple gave up a little bit of graphics performance in order to give the Airs a huge boost in CPU performance.</div>
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At any rate, the lesson for iMac buyers is that despite the move from Nvidia to Intel, the low-end iMac will still give you good 3D performance relative to last year's.</div>
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The SSD (and, sigh, the HDD)</h2>
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We'll begin with the good news first: for <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="345eee5b-bf32-4111-92ee-994c5071ac0c" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="ac4a8cf2-db4e-424e-9581-0c5aacd56b3a" grcontextid="iMacs:0">iMacs</span> that come with Fusion Drives and with SSDs, Apple has switched from using a SATA storage interface to using a faster PCI Express interface. Apple already made this jump in the 2013 MacBook Air, and since the company tends to use the same components in all of its products when it can, the performance of SSD-equipped <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="dd30ee81-150f-4834-8a94-27f42f14a5f7" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="51d6dfc0-ab6e-4fd3-8c59-376d774bfa2f" grcontextid="iMacs:0">iMacs</span> should be about the same. The standard mechanical HDDs in the <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="b39bcf72-d44e-45fb-9c72-bf39459001b3" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="50dceff8-5134-44ac-bc7e-7531c056d5f3" grcontextid="iMacs:0">iMacs</span> still use a SATA interface—our base model has a SATA II drive attached to a SATA III interface.</div>
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The bad news is that all four base iMac configurations, which start at $1,299 and run all the way up to $1,999, ship with standard mechanical hard drives by default. The 21.5-inch models come with 5400RPM drives, while the 27-inch models use slightly faster 7200RPM drives. Prices for solid-state upgrades have come down a bit even if they're still well above market prices (adding a 128GB SSD to the 1TB HDD to make a 1TB Fusion Drive only costs $200 now instead of $250 as before, and a new 1TB SSD option has been added at the high end for a whopping $1,000), but none of these <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d338b80b-f386-4ce2-b444-aee0a2e73402" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b8e7572c-9847-41e0-b840-e57deb4489e9" grcontextid="iMacs:0">iMacs</span> include solid-state by default, and base models are all that you can walk out of an Apple Store with unless you order through the online store first.</div>
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Especially in the 21.5-inch iMac, this decision has a much larger impact on general system performance than the slight CPU and GPU upgrades. You can feel it in everything from boot time to app launch time to file copy time—that spinning hard drive is definitely the performance bottleneck here, just as it was last year. We'll use boot time and the QuickBench performance test to compare the iMac and a 2013 MacBook Air with a PCI Express SSD just to give you some idea of the performance gap we're looking at.</div>
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<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="5ec31edd-760e-4737-a2aa-c209bdd8b66a" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="68c283d9-10a3-486f-9c27-d6f2a3582385" grcontextid="That:0">That</span> nice, quad-core iMac is going to be faster for CPU-intensive tasks like video exporting and heavy multitasking, but the MacBook Air almost always manages to feel snappier by virtue of having an SSD.</div>
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Why Apple can ship a $999 laptop with 128GB of solid-state storage but can't do the same for a $1,999 desktop is puzzling. Since the introduction of the 2010 MacBook Airs the company has been a big booster of solid-state storage, and yet none of its flagship desktops include it as a default option. It's possible that Apple thinks a large drive is more appropriate for a big, stationary desktop than a small SSD would be, but Fusion Drive is a <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="996d0c38-b980-4b3c-aa7a-362729b00cfc" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="ca421d20-0f52-49e8-ae37-7d8d49a8d1d8" grcontextid="technology:0">technology</span> purpose-built to offer customers SSD-class performance with HDD-like capacity. The iMac on my desk has a 1TB Fusion Drive in it that's worked flawlessly for almost a year now, and it rarely feels any slower than my SSD-equipped Air.</div>
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It goes without saying that you shouldn't buy <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="de26adcb-5263-4d45-a4ed-2780f9727202" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="0ce5bf98-5c5d-4bf8-9561-3126d469ef5b" grcontextid="any:0">any</span> iMac without a Fusion Drive configured, at least. Those upgrades start at $200 for all computers, which raises the base price by a not insignificant amount, but the performance benefits are more than worth it.</div>
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1.3Gbps of 802.11ac goodness</h2>
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The 2013 iMac is Apple's second product to get the bump to 802.11ac after the 2013 MacBook Air, but we aren't quite looking at the same configuration here. The MacBook Air uses a two-stream (2x2:2) antenna configuration—<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="60830ca7-f02e-4f5e-9270-b9085680a14d" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="c1c4ea3a-855a-42e9-9095-52b2ceb46a43" grcontextid="since:0">since</span> a single two-way 802.11ac stream can net you speeds of up to 433Mbps, the MacBook Air can connect to 802.11ac routers at speeds of up to 867Mbps. The iMac uses a three-stream (3x3:3) configuration, adding another antenna for a theoretical maximum transfer speed of 1.3Gbps (the Haswell MacBook Pros, when they're released, should use this same configuration). This is even higher than is possible with wired gigabit Ethernet, though the normal interference and overhead associated with wireless networking means that a wired connection is going to remain the faster and more stable option the majority of the time.</div>
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The worst of OS X's 802.11ac issues were resolved in <a href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/09/os-x-10-8-5-update-more-than-doubles-802-11ac-file-transfer-speeds/" style="color: #699fb3; text-decoration: none;">the 10.8.5 update</a> earlier this month, so buyers with capable routers should get a nice wireless speed bump over the 802.11n <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="725c7d82-8fb1-49d6-a283-1a48ab75cd68" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="12c53b7a-a444-4177-b2e0-836c251fa0cd" grcontextid="iMacs:0">iMacs</span> of years past.</div>
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We ran two performance tests connected to our AirPort Extreme Base Station, which is capable of 1.3Gbps connections. The first is <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="82fab226-a9fd-40e7-adca-5b560502ef03" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="fdff2e2f-cf90-4421-91d9-fe93afc17790" grcontextid="iPerf:0">iPerf</span>, a network testing which measures raw performance without the overhead associated with a file transfer protocol like AFP or SMB. The second is an AFP file transfer test, in which we transfer one 6GB file using the AFP protocol to give you an idea of best-case file transfer performance. For all tests, the computers are positioned about ten feet away from an 802.11ac AirPort Extreme Base Station with nothing obstructing the signal between the two. In all tests, the computers are connecting to a Mac mini server connected to the AirPort via gigabit Ethernet.</div>
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Surprisingly, while the 2013 iMac handily beats the 802.11n adapter in our 2012 iMac, it doesn't really exceed the MacBook Air's performance by much despite the presence of the extra antenna. It could be the case that OS X is still having some 802.11ac-related networking issues, but this seems unlikely—even when the file transfer speeds were being held back, <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d4cca138-d601-4a77-8c30-22ed19172917" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="c392a0ba-c175-49e8-b02b-5b798ccf51a6" grcontextid="iPerf:0">iPerf</span> still performed normally.</div>
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As it turns out, the third antenna in the 2013 iMac is less useful for its maximum possible performance and more for its range. We moved both the Air and the new iMac about thirty feet from the router and put a wall in between them and ran <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="25781628-cfc7-457a-bc9d-6283c24b5177" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="38dc8f0d-6201-4409-b58a-60d425567d48" grcontextid="iPerf:0">iPerf</span> again.</div>
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Here, the iMac's 802.11ac adapter nearly doubles the performance of the Air's. The third antenna is at least a part of the reason, but we'd also bet that the iMac has more room inside it for a larger, stronger antenna than the Air does.</div>
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The iMac isn't a system that you upgrade every year, and its refresh cycle reflects that fact. Every three-or-so years we get a big exterior overhaul, and the rest of the time Apple is content to keep the insides modern without making a big fuss about it. If you liked the 2012 iMac, this year's version is a better take on the same idea. If you hated the 2012 iMac (or certain things about the 2012 iMac, like its reduced <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="abf9f65d-548f-4375-9dfb-46fb1f951ea6" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="04417e5d-ca23-4aaa-965a-807ef2eb8fdc" grcontextid="upgradeability:0">upgradeability</span>), Apple has done nothing to assuage your concerns.</div>
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Particularly perplexing is the lack of a standard SSD option in an age where most of Apple's laptops include them by default. You can get cheaper and larger SSDs than you could last year and Fusion Drive has proven itself to be a good, reliable way to mix SSD performance with HDD capacity, but even if you're buying the top-end <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="acb8fd0d-52d5-46d0-acb7-37e4e8ddb40e" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="95ebf14c-cc09-4118-830a-db51ae042f4f" grcontextid="iMac you:0">iMac you</span> still have to pay an extra $200 to eliminate the performance bottleneck that the mechanical hard drive has become. Solid-state storage is cheaper than it's ever been, and if there's one upgrade we're hoping for in the 2014 <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="93e64d36-d61f-4454-a664-43e4b72fc471" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="af291b97-c62a-4004-bddf-638e88ab75a8" grcontextid="iMacs:0">iMacs</span>, that's the one.</div>
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The good</h3>
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<li>Still a nice-looking, well-built computer</li>
<li>Fast quad-core processors and nice IPS panels across the line</li>
<li>Increased graphics performance, even in the Intel-equipped model</li>
<li>802.11ac is a nice addition if you've got a compatible router</li>
<li>Fan noise, heat, and screen reflectivity are all down from pre-2012 models</li>
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The bad</h3>
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<li>21.5-inch model doesn't offer <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="38460ee8-6122-452b-bb50-eedda8c6701e" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="e87c4d12-c1c5-4db6-8443-8a5e3a4e68a3" grcontextid="user:0">user</span>-accessible RAM slots</li>
<li>No huge performance leaps from last year, which is perhaps to be expected given the maturity of the desktop market</li>
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The ugly</h3>
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<li>SSDs and Fusion Drives are still add-ons rather than standard options, making these <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="4a184e08-c093-4445-a2c6-172529f1660d" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="d4b3430a-e52e-4e58-b8b8-0239d856b037" grcontextid="iMacs:0">iMacs</span> <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="53b4785c-b40d-44c6-842b-2dc6c3b46b9d" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="d4b3430a-e52e-4e58-b8b8-0239d856b037" grcontextid="feel:1">feel</span> slower than they have any right to feel unless you pay for the upgrade</li>
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Dnivarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05898038273999789954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242600221268267906.post-36896227537792576312013-10-01T10:14:00.004-07:002013-10-01T10:39:53.673-07:00Huawei brings the TE30 videoconferencing system to the Philippines<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Huawei recently launched an all-in-one HD <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="ac080a48-4a6e-4602-b91f-4cabf3aea688" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="147ac866-320f-4a52-8125-510a302671b3" grcontextid="videoconferencing:0">videoconferencing</span> system, the Huawei TE30, with the aim to provide <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="5866599c-4b25-400a-8a14-dc5ce68bafc3" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="147ac866-320f-4a52-8125-510a302671b3" grcontextid="improved video communication experience:1">improved video communication experience</span> that would allow companies with offices around the world to discuss business projects at a reduced cost. Perfect solution especially for small and medium-sized companies with offices in different locations.</div>
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With its compact design and simplified installation, the TE30 can be used by executives who are always on the go. The Huawei TE30 has built-in <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="128a99b8-19cf-4f60-b570-2b983b0e6e27" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="4531d174-443c-4907-b983-e7f7a36743da" grcontextid="Wi:0">Wi</span>-Fi to support wireless network and <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="e0d90e6e-b0c0-4c69-ad4c-085cc7f3dd1f" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="4531d174-443c-4907-b983-e7f7a36743da" grcontextid="microphone:1">microphone</span>. It also features Voice Dialing where users can call or join a <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="7cdc2501-5bb4-4f59-8c30-2b002bec0e9a" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="cf941bf2-dd04-4260-a5d1-92609eeace37" grcontextid="videoconference:0">videoconference</span> by saying the name of the scheduled conference or site name.</div>
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Setting up only takes 5 minutes and the design of the TE30 enables users to mount it on the wall placed on a TV set or on the ceiling. It has a built-in microphone with sound pick-up radius of up to 6 meters. Other highlighted features of the TE30 <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="2decdc84-3374-4c8d-9882-f637d9b9013d" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="7cc58078-e3b9-4b1b-ba2b-b30da586af35" grcontextid="is:0">is</span> the face-recognition and video image processing that helps it adapt to different lighting conditions. It supports Video Motion Enhancement (VME) and H.264 HP that reduces bandwidth consumption by 50%.</div>
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Dnivarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05898038273999789954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242600221268267906.post-34225077637956350152013-10-01T10:14:00.001-07:002013-10-01T10:39:53.664-07:00D-Link Cloud Camera DCS-5020L Review<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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CCTV systems are the talk of the town these days and even mandatory for businesses. Who can forget about that vile person caught on cam doing atrocious acts on a poor little baby? Having a baby myself, that video really made me consider getting a surveillance camera that I can access while I’m at work. Luckily, the folks at D-Link sent a Cloud Camera, the DCS-5020L, for us to try out.</div>
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Overview</h3>
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The D-Link DCS-5020L Cloud Camera is an indoor wireless surveillance camera that can be accessed via internet. The camera touts an easy setup process and the ability to control the camera remotely through their My D-Link app on iOS or Android and the My D-Link webpage. The controls allow us to pan and tilt the camera to get the viewing angle that we need. Digital zoom up to 4x is available and also allows us to hear what happening within the vicinity of the camera. Features also include a night vision mode and a WiFi signal repeater.</div>
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The camera comes with a power supply, an install guide, an install CD, a LAN cable and a wall mount. For those that are wondering why we have a LAN cable included with a wireless cloud camera, don’t worry, you’ll only use it during the initial setup.</div>
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Setup</h3>
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Overall, the initial setup of the camera did not go as smoothly as D-Link claimed. Some of the challenges we encountered was the outdated installation wizard found in the install CD. So an extra step is needed to get the latest installation wizard from the D-Link site. The install wizard also had a hard time getting the wireless camera to establish an internet connection with our router. We basically did the wizard steps over and over and over again…I can’t remember how many times we ran the wizard until it just magically decided to work. I can’t imagine doing this process on multiple cloud cams.</div>
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Maybe the installation might have been smoother if I had a D-Link Cloud Router with their claim of a “zero” step setup. But even after the frustrating setup, me and my wife were still very excited to see if the D-Link DCS-5020L will work. Thankfully things went smoother with the installation out of the way.</div>
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Accessibility and Controls</h3>
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Our home is connected to the internet via a 1mbps DSL line and we were using the bundled WiFi modem that was provided by PLDT. The D-Link DCS-5020L connects to our modem wirelessly and that enables us to access the camera online. Keep in mind that you’ll have to leave the camera on to be able to access it, and there is no way to turn on the camera remotely.</div>
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To access the camera online, I had to register to the My D-Link website for free. Once I signed in, the webpage was very straight forward and worked really well. There were several controls available in the page like the pan and tilt controls, mute, night and day mode, zoom in and out, brightness adjustment, and an image capture button.</div>
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Alternatively, there is a free My D-Link Lite app available for iOS and Android. I downloaded the My D-Link Lite app on the iPhone and got the same controls. I would suspect that the Android version won’t be too different. The only difference is that the interface is optimized for the touch screen.</div>
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The video feed is actually quite reliable. I’ve tried streaming for an hour on the My D-Link webpage and it streamed video without long lags or interruptions. We experienced the same reliability even while using 3G on our iPhone My D-Link Lite app.</div>
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Video Quality</h3>
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The default video feed resolution is also the best resolution at 640 x 480 at 30fps. At the best resolution and my 1mbps internet connection I was getting a half second to 1 second lag, not bad in my opinion. I would suspect an improvement with the lags if we use lower resolutions…in my mind, the smaller video resolutions might be too small to be of value so I didn’t bother with it.</div>
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Also, the video stream will probably be smoother with a faster internet connection. Here are some snaps that I took using the image capture button:</div>
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Day mode with poor lighting (energy efficient fluorescent bulbs):</div>
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<img alt="D-Link-DCS-5020L-day-mode-low-light" height="300" src="http://www.pinoytechblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/D-Link-DCS-5020L-day-mode-low-light.jpg" style="border: none; display: block; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="D-Link-DCS-5020L-day-mode-low-light" width="400" /></div>
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Activating the night mode will turn the red IR bulbs on. If you want a discreet camera, the red lights are obvious and not hidden in any way.</div>
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Night mode with lights on:</div>
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<img alt="D-Link-DCS-5020L-night-mode-lights-on" height="300" src="http://www.pinoytechblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/D-Link-DCS-5020L-night-mode-lights-on.jpg" style="border: none; display: block; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="D-Link-DCS-5020L-night-mode-lights-on" width="400" /></div>
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Night mode with lights off:</div>
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<img alt="D-Link-DCS-5020L-night-mode-lights-off" height="300" src="http://www.pinoytechblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/D-Link-DCS-5020L-night-mode-lights-off.jpg" style="border: none; display: block; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="D-Link-DCS-5020L-night-mode-lights-off" width="400" /></div>
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If you need to record the video feed, you will need to get the My D-Link Camera Video Recorder and a separate storage device. I think recording the video feed is the best way to take advantage of the motion detection and sound detection feature of the cloud camera.</div>
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Conclusion</h3>
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<img alt="D-Link-DCS-5020L-06" height="332" src="http://www.pinoytechblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/D-Link-DCS-5020L-06.jpg" style="border: none; display: block; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="D-Link-DCS-5020L-06" width="500" /></div>
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You can purchase the D-Link DCS-5020L Cloud Camera for <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Php6,800</strong> at any official D-Link resellers. A reasonable price to pay for some peace of mind… unless you plan on installing many cameras all over you home. Overall, this is a good product, the only thing that’s holding this back from being great is the frustrating installation process… time to check on my baby.</div>
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Dnivarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05898038273999789954noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242600221268267906.post-13198785281471199092013-10-01T10:13:00.001-07:002013-10-01T10:39:53.656-07:00Sennheiser launches new Momentum On-Ear headphones<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sennheiser recently launched the latest addition to their high-quality Momentum family, the Momentum On-Ear. The Momentum family builds on Sennheiser’s high-quality audio technology and finished with the finest materials like no other headphones.</div>
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The Momentum On-Ear is <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d0b9f0a3-e0d9-4aba-aa2f-44a508a00bfe" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="6a717e3b-3c9f-4c84-a2e6-4470e5453e27" grcontextid="the more travel:0">the more travel</span>-friendly headphone with its smaller <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="e9ca7eac-c6cf-48dc-9dea-0ed8000387f9" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="6a717e3b-3c9f-4c84-a2e6-4470e5453e27" grcontextid="earcups:1">earcups</span>. It’s also the more colorful one having four interesting shades of blue, green, pink and ivory. The ear pads and headband have been finished in Alcantara, a high-tech material produced in Italy used by fashion and interior designers. This makes the ear pads supple, durable and provides breathable comfort.</div>
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The headphone is also equipped with high-end 18-ohm transducers for full stereo sound with a slight bass emphasis in a frequency range from 16 to 22,000 Hz. <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="67b4e32b-2999-4f9c-9a19-62280c822e89" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="e59fd888-a20e-4641-85cd-1c2f667f8594" grcontextid="The:0">The</span> closed on-ear design will also isolate the listener from external noise even in noisy urban environments.</div>
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Like other Momentum headphones, the Momenum On-Ear feature a single-sided detachable cable with convenient in-line remote and microphone for Apple <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="73ef17ff-f17b-4687-98f8-883758f0f698" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="d9360837-74fc-43e3-ae30-fdfe34868ef2" grcontextid="iDevices:0">iDevices</span>.</div>
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The Sennheiser Momentum On-Ear is already available at selected retailers in the nation for<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Php11<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="1ff55d4d-83d2-4913-86e9-656311dfa024" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="9dd85444-a4f1-4d0e-be64-483e82eb2883" grcontextid=",:0">,</span>290</strong>.</div>
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Dnivarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05898038273999789954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242600221268267906.post-90674217135502009052013-10-01T10:12:00.004-07:002013-10-01T10:12:59.171-07:00Cherry Mobile Flare 2X, the Flare with 1GB RAM for P4,499<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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How much does an additional 512MB RAM cost on an Android phone? Well according to Cherry Mobile, it’s P500 more and that’s what the Flare 2X offers.</div>
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Don’t like phones with 512MB RAM any more such as the recently released Php3,999 <a href="http://www.pinoytechblog.com/archives/cherry-mobile-flare-2-0-4-inch-dual-sim-quad-core-phone-for-p3999" style="border: 0px; color: #006633; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CM Flare 2.0</a>? Well Cherry Mobile just released the Flare 2X which almost has the same specs but with a 1GB RAM, 8-megapixel camera and a slightly different look.</div>
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The Cherry Mobile Flare 2X still has the same 4-inch WVGA display, same 1.2GHz quad-core processor, same 4GB internal storage, and almost the same 1,500mAh battery (it’s 1,550mAh for the Flare 2.0).</div>
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It’s hard to understand why Cherry Mobile still released the Flare 2.0 when the Flare 2X was just around the corner. Surely people are more likely to pay an additional P500 for the benefits of having a 1GB RAM on an Android 4.1 device. I guess sub-P4k is still the sweet spot for consumers who don’t care much about RAM.</div>
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Anyway, according to a post on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CHERRYberlein" style="border: 0px; color: #006633; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cherry Mobile SM North EDSA Facebook Page</a>, the Flare 2X is on a limited run and retails for <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Php4,499</strong>.</div>
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Dnivarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05898038273999789954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242600221268267906.post-78723302137990913922013-10-01T10:12:00.002-07:002013-10-01T10:39:53.683-07:00World Trade Center – Once Upon a Time<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Location:</strong></span> New York</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Country:</strong></span> United States</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Designed by: </strong></span></div>
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<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;">Minoru Yamasaki</span></li>
<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;">Emery Roth & Sons</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Completed in: </strong></span>1st tower was completed in 1970 while the last one (7th) in 1987.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Opened on:</strong></span> 4th April 1973</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Height:</strong> </span>417 meters (1 World Trade Center)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Floors:</strong></span> 110</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Area covered:</strong></span> 4,300,000 square meters</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Major materials used:</span> </strong>Aluminum & Steel</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cost: </strong></span>400 million USD</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Used as:</span> </strong>Hotel, Residential space and offices</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">URL: </strong></span><a href="http://www.wtc.com/" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">www.wtc.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Quick Facts about World Trade Center:</span></h1>
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<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;">1 World Trade Center and 2 World Trade Center or Twin Towers remained the highest buildings of the world from 1973 to 1975 until they were surpassed by Willis Towers.</span></li>
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<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;">About 50,000 people used to work in different offices in World Trade Center while 200,000 people used to visit it daily.</span></li>
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<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="2be54238-3fdc-41c8-b257-b0d78468f2af" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="4e8cb141-3550-4540-bd7a-0712164fc1bd" grcontextid="A:0">A</span> 68 miles long road can be constructed with the steel which was used in the construction of the buildings.</span></li>
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<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;">19,600 miles of cable <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="ce4f4143-86de-4c14-b27b-df42093c534c" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="372e6dc5-069a-47a2-b588-c6c702bd545c" grcontextid="was installed:0">was installed</span> in the buildings for the maintenance of 75,000 telephones.</span></li>
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<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;">The buildings had its own Zip Codes i.e., 10047 & 10048 and the building received mail even after years of its destruction.</span></li>
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<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;">World Trade Center claimed 60 lives during its construction.</span></li>
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<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;">Before its construction, there was a tie between constructing a new tunnel, a bridge over Hudson River and a tall building. So the tall building was chosen by the city.</span></li>
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<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;">World Trade Center was featured in hundreds of film, serials, video games and cartoons while there were about 40 movies which were filmed in the building.</span></li>
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<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;">Fuji Bank, AON, New York Stock Exchange, Port Authority of NY & NJ, and dozens of other companies had their offices in the buildings.</span></li>
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<li style="border: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;">World Trade Center was destroyed in 2001 terror attacks. Right now, One World Trade Center is under construction <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="43282da8-7ae8-4da2-bfef-8e785d4eacee" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b2476dfd-a62b-4a10-93fc-ba1ec98ee1d8" grcontextid="on:0">on</span> the same location.</span></li>
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Dnivarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05898038273999789954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242600221268267906.post-3940673372577503492013-09-28T23:07:00.003-07:002013-09-28T23:07:25.137-07:00Microsoft to Let Windows 7 Die Quicker than Windows XP<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<strong style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span class="GingerNoCheckStart"></span>Since Windows XP will go dark on April 8, 2014, many users have decided to make the move to a newer operating system. Still, despite Microsoft's aggressive marketing campaign for the new 8 and 8.1, many are actually moving to Windows 7, which is often described as a more user-friendly platform.</strong><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: justify;">The tech giant, on the other hand, is willing to make everything to bring more users to Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, so it appears that Windows 7 support won't be extended.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: justify;">Paul Thurrot is reporting on </span>WindowsITPro<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"> that Microsoft wants to avoid dealing with the same problems of moving users to a newer platform when Windows 7 reaches end of support, so the company is willing to let its OS die at the original date.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: justify;">At the same time, it will continue to promote both Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, just to make sure that those who want to move to a newer operating system will be familiar with the company's new offering.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: justify;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: justify;">Mainstream support for Windows 7 will end on January 13, 2015, while extended support, which only includes bug fixes and a number of critical security patches, will end on January 14, 2020.</span><br />
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