His camera aims to be the best on the market. The same goes for the OLED screen without six-inch frames. And the same thing happens, once again, with the price.

The ballot for Google is not easy. He arrives with his phones in October.Practically all the brands, as has been discussed these days, have put their progress on the table for months. To make matters worse, the Mountain View have absorbed part of HTC's mobile business, which adds morbidity to the matter, although you can not expect any fruit of this purchase. The leaks - we could also call them premature corporate revelations, that the company is responsible for several of them - had dissected the Pixel 2 and its older brother the Pixel 2XL at its best before the official presentation on Wednesday. It was known what was going to come out of the hat. Complicated ingredients to start a 'Wow', that effect so desired when someone launches something in the world of consumer electronics.

And Google, despite everything, has succeeded. In the first contact we have had in Teknautas with this phone, it gives the feeling that it hits (almost) everything. Some of the mistakes that leave a bad taste in the mouth rather than the terminal must be attributed to the incomprehensible policy of the company against Spain. Only a 64 GB model will arrive , in black and white. Nothing of 128 GB. And nothing of the little brother. And in the price conversion we left, talking in silver, clapping pasta. If in the US the starting price is $ 849 on this side of the ocean we will have to draw the card to earn 950 euros.

But we'll talk about the cost later. The Pixel 2 XL is a clear candidate for Android phone of the year. Why? Design, screen and camera. Pillars in every phone worth its salt. Vital points in which this first review, in the absence of a more comprehensive review, goes very well stopped.

Let's start on the outside. The frame of the Pixel 2 XL has personality . It has followed the line that its predecessor initiated, although it has refined it. His back has two finishes: tempered glass and aluminum(with IP 67 resistance). In addition to giving it a more than pleasant touch (we will not talk about the traces, which seems an insurmountable sin for the entire guild) the truth is that it gets an identifiable style and 'face', something that is not always achieved at the time of create a new device

The screen without frames is appreciated in front. Any self-respecting high-end mobile should adopt this mantra. There is no chance. It is simply another different experience. And more importantly: it allows you to concentrate a 6-inch screen in a 'contained' measurements. 15.76 centimeters high by 7.6 wide and a thickness of just 0.77 centimeters.It is your particular '90 -60-90', since the Google Pixel 2 XL is a device that tames well with one hand.

The only 'but' that some can find is the strange 'hug' that occurs in the contours of the terminal , where it seems that the back layer envelops the screen. All this generates a bevel that goes unnoticed when we are with the completely black model. When we have the white rear highlights a little more.

The screen without frames is appreciated in front. Any self-respecting high-end mobile should adopt this mantra. There is no chance. It is simply another different experience. And more importantly: it allows you to concentrate a 6-inch screen in a 'contained' measurements. 15.76 centimeters high by 7.6 wide and a thickness of just 0.77 centimeters.It is your particular '90 -60-90 ', since the Google Pixel 2 XL is a device that tames well with one hand.

The only 'but' that some can find is the strange 'hug' that occurs in the contours of the terminal , where it seems that the back layer envelops the screen. All this generates a bevel that goes unnoticed when we are with the completely black model. When we have the white rear highlights a little more.

The design is one of the great attractions of the Pixel 2 XL, a phone with personality

For the rest, the placement of the elements is successful. The camera is located in the upper corner and the unlock button in the center of the B side . The most logical position next to the 'Home' key. The placement of the speakers is also ideal: up and down in the front. As I pick up the phone, I can not cover them and the sound is really good when one is watching a piece of video. The laterals, reserved for volume controls. And no, there is no port jack, so either wireless headphones or pay for the adapter for USB Type C. All right.

The screen is a delight . Another one for this course. If 2018 is postulated as the arrival of the 'folding' screens, 2017 has been crowned as the year of the panels without frames. And the return of the OLED.The V30 left me with a good feeling after meeting us at IFA after their presentation and here again the 'feeling' is repeated. Good brightness and great color reproduction , plus a QuadHD + resolution, which translates to 531 pixels per inch.

A screen density that exceeds the Galaxy S8 +, but stays below the standard S8. Although you have to try it outdoors, the truth is that from a first glance leaves a good taste. Very good taste, I repeat. They have also marked it with ' Always on display' or 'Tap to wake' (touch to wake up), two functions to facilitate consultation and access to information.

No, dual cameras are not required

When the first rumors began to circulate weeks ago everything pointed to Google going from the double cameras . In the last days that idea intensified but the information did not finish putting a stop to the specifications. "That can mean two things: either they have not done anything or they have done a lot and they have kept it with suspicion," commented a professional colleague minutes before the presentation.

And it was the second. Google has achieved with a single lens to catch up with what other terminals do with two . It includes portrait mode ... but how do you do it if it is mono and not dual? Well pulling on 'software'. And the result is spectacular. It allows to do it in the front and back camera. Here you have some examples. You have to bear in mind that these are photos in an interior room, with lighting that leaves something to be desired, and still comes out quite well both the 'portrait mode' and when it comes to capturing details.

You can see how despite being a solution based solely on software and having a double set of lenses, it comes out very well in an environment where, as we said, the light is far from the desired one. It is worth recalling now the characteristics of the cameras: the main one has an aperture of f / 1.6 (the most outstanding figure in the market) and a sensor of 12 megapixels , as well as dual pixel technology and optical image stabilizer. The front also has OIS, as well as an 8 megapixel sensor and f / 2.4.

The first impression is very good in both cases. In the portrait with the front (last photo) we can see how the contours perfectly silhouetted, although it is difficult to differentiate the foreground and the background have a very similar hue and opt for 'fat brush'. We will have to give this camera a lot of wax to confirm these good feelings and if it really deserves the note that DoXMark has put on it . This community is, so to speak, the great thermometer of mobile photography in specialized gossip rooms. And the note was a 98. What does it mean? That for these experts is the best in the market.

In the absence of being able to put it to the test, comment two more things. The Pixel 2 XL will arrive with Google Lens exclusively. It is an 'app' to identify the world around us thanks to Assistant (which will certainly arrive in Spanish exclusively to this terminal when it is released). In the tests of this platform, he has answered honestly. He has recognized a woman's hand and the cover of the book, offering information about it in a few seconds.

The other surprise, in response to Apple's AR KIT , are Augmented Reality apps. This Wednesday we were able to try one that allowed to superimpose the characters of 'Stranger Things' anywhere and the experience was quite fluid. We will have to wait for the developers . It depends on them that this is a candy or something really useful.

Of the performance, little to say. You have to make a long use to be able to judge it . It would be criminal if it did not work like silk in the first contact taking into account the status of the Pixel 2 XL. The camera opens up fast, the apps too ... Everything as it is assumed to a terminal that equips the best Qualcomm processor of the moment, the Snapdragon 835 and 4 GB of RAM. Here it is worth mentioning that they have inherited from their HTC partners the function of 'squeezing' the phone, which with a slight pressure on the edges allows launching from the camera to open the virtual assistant. The battery (3,520 mAh)promises to endure a day even in heavy use, although again we will have to wait.

The microSD and price, its weak points

One of the complaints is the absence of expandable memory. Why? In addition, only the 64 GB model will arrive in Spain . To compensate for the bad taste that can leave, the owners of a Pixel can now store in 'Google Photos' videos in 4K without limit until 2023. Something is something. Not only do you have to think about photos. There are games more and more complete and of greater weight, the downloads of Netflix ... Something that makes that we require a bigger 'storage room'.

The other is the price. The Pixel 2 XL seems to be a victim of the uptrend in our country. In the US it will go for $ 849. An attractive price for a top of the range watching the times. However, with 950 euros of price, it surpasses the iPhone 8 Plus and is close to the territory of the iPhone X and Note 8. Uppercase words in both cases.

More than by its merits or demerits by the power of attraction of its rivals, which can end with a 'For that price, I shot an iPhone'. You have to see in what also materializes his agreement with Orange and if it gives him more visibility than they have had until now. These are questions that will only answer the time and, for now, it seems that the Pixel 2 XL hits (almost) everything.

This Wednesday, October 11, the virtual reality company of Facebook Oculus Connect , announced during its annual event some interesting news that come to innovate in the world of virtual reality.

The great product that most attracted attention among all is the Oculus Go, a device that will allow users to enter the virtual world with the particularity that you will not need to connect it to a mobile phone or a computer, since it is completely wireless and does not need to cables.

While these virtual reality lenses are a team of lower rank than the Oculus Rift, they provide greater independence than the Gear VR they developed together with Samsung. In addition, they offer a very affordable and competitive price between the virtual reality lenses that are in the market, since you can find it for only $ 199 dollars.

The Oculus Go will be available in early 2018 and will include an LCD screen with 2,560 x 1,440 resolution, integrated spatial audio system and a control similar to the Gear VR.

On the other hand, Oculus developers have announced a new project called Santa Cruz, a virtual reality lenses completely without ties or cables, which is based on position tracking and 60DOF controllers completely tracked to allow the presence of your hands, but in an independent way. This project will contribute to offer an immersive content similar to Rift, but in a completely independent lens. Santa Cruz will be being formally prepared next year.

Other of the announcements given by Oculus Connect was the new permanent price for his Rift lenses. Now this package will be available on its official website and in retail stores around the world for a fixed price of $ 399 dollars, thus reducing $ 100 dollars from its opening price in the market (which was $ 499 dollars)

Also, Oculus informed that its main platform will be updated to Rift Core 2.0. This update will add Dash, a feature that puts a control board in front of you so you can easily access the applications you need to work and play in VR. In addition, you will also have the opportunity to enjoy Oculus Home, a function that will allow you to personalize your virtual reality world, designing it with environments, decorative elements and interactive gadgets.

Definitely Oculus Connect not only thinks about its users who use virtual reality lenses for pleasure but also in companies and their workers. Now he has launched the Oculus for business that will allow integrating virtual reality for training in the workplace, collaboration, retail sales and much more. Each package includes Rift, Touch, three sensors, additional facial interfaces and a four meter dual input cable. The Oculus for business is available for sale online and is priced at $ 900.

In addition, the social media giant announced new content from allies such as Pixar and Marvel, developer tools that make it easier to build applications and social experiences throughout the Oculus platform.

The ads offered by Oculus Connect from Facebook confirm a series of updates that makes the virtual reality experience much more real and comfortable. But, unquestionably, the Oculus Go was the most relevant product presented that will allow you to enjoy VR with greater freedom.

If you want to know more about these products and place your orders online you can visit the official Oculus Connect page. The Oculus Go will be available soon and you can subscribe to its website to get updates and notifications about availability.

Apple launched a case to protect the new 10.5-inch iPad, and there is also a new full wireless keyboard with number keys.

In addition to new Apple products like the iPad Pro 10.5 inches and the HomePod,there are new accessories from the company Cupertino to get more out of these and other gadgets of the brand.

During the inaugural WWDC 2017 conference on Monday, the company mentioned in passing that it will sell a case that is out of ten with the new iPad Pro and its Apple Pencil. The company also upgraded its full keyboard with number keys by removing the cable and making it completely wireless.

The new case, which costs US $ 149 and is available in three different shades, has a space to introduce the iPad Pro. The great news is that it has a small section where you can place the Apple Pencil and thus avoid bringing it floating through the briefcase with the possibility of breaking.

The new keyboard is almost identical to the previous one, except for the absence of the USB cable to connect it to the computer. The keyboard also went up in price and now costs $ 129. The keyboard offers the same thing as a regular one, except for number buttons on the right side and a button to go to the top or bottom of documents and Web pages.

Both products can already be purchased to receive them from June 16, or there is also the option of picking them up in stores. The new 10.5-inch iPad Pro can also be purchased with the same estimated delivery date.

Remember that the 10.5-inch iPad Pro had been waiting for a long time and debuts a new screen size to make four different sizes of Apple tablets - 7, 9, 10 and 12 inches. You can read our first impressions, below.

The Apple tablet is more powerful than many PCs, for its A10X Fusion chip, but is its performance enough to dethrone a laptop?Its screen, although broader, does not equal a 'laptop', and it lacks 'trackpad' and multitasking options, although the latter will arrive this fall with iOS 11.

The Samsung HMD Odyssey has two AMOLED screens, built-in headphones, motion sensors and microphone. They work with the Windows Mixed Reality platform.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Microsoft and Samsung today unveiled the Samsung HMD Odyssey glasses, which run on the mixed-media platform Windows Mixed Reality, during a meeting with reporters in the city today to discuss the latest developments in platform of Microsoft in the facilities of one of the Academies of Mixed Reality of the company.

The Samsung HMD Odyssey joins a growing number of third-party systems working with Microsoft's mixed-media platform, which powers the powerful HoloLens augmented reality glasses. However, unlike the HoloLens that are augmented reality glasses, these third-party glasses are totally immersive, so they look more like virtual reality glasses like the Oculus Rift or the HTC Live.

"Computers will give us the ability to renegotiate our contract with reality," said Alex Kipman of Brazil, leader of Microsoft's mixed-media efforts. During the presentation, Kipman emphasized the "convenience" of glasses designed for the Microsoft platform, based on what he indicates is the ease of connecting them to the PC and beginning to use them, and the "choice" of have such variety of devices and brands, which cost from US $ 399.

Alanna Cotton, vice president of Samsung Electronics America, said the goal with the Odyssey was "to create high-performance glasses that are easy to connect." Cotton was not physically present at the presentation but sent a "holographic" recording of his comments.

Like those two systems, the glasses under the Microsoft platform rely on a wired connection to a computer. Microsoft defines the Windows operating system Mixed Reality as a software that combines the physical world with the digital world in three dimensions that runs on the Windows operating system. The update Fall Creators Update of Windows 10, which will arrive on October 17, will include new mixed-reality platform functions.

At the end of September came a rumor about these glasses Samsung mixed reality.

The Samsung HMD Odyssey has two 3.5-inch AMOLED displays with 110-degree field of view, integrated AKG 360-degree hearing aids, location sensors, microphone and motion controls. The glasses are now available in pre-order at the Microsoft Store along with the Acer Reality Goggles Mixed Reality Headset, Dell Visor, HP Windows Mixed Reality Headset and Lenovo Explorer. Several of the latter will be available on 17 October.

The Samsung HMD Odyssey will cost US $ 499 with controls and will be available in November and from now on pre-sale.

Microsoft also announced that the Halo: Recruit mixed-experience will be available for free from the Windows Store on October 17th. You can also play in Microsoft's physical stores as of that date. That same day, another game that will hit the platform of mixed reality is Luna. In addition, Microsoft announced during the presentation the acquisition of the virtual reality social network AltspaceVR.

If you have a celebration or just want to renew the decoration of your table we propose 10 original things to decorate your table this season. Simple and easy ideas that you will surely love!

Decorating the centerpiece in an original and different way is possible and not as complicated as you thought. Sometimes the most normal things or that we have discarded can give a lot of play in a new place. Let's see some ideas to renovate our table for some celebration or special food. Or just if you feel like renovating your table. 10 original things to decorate your house this season with which you will surely feel, do you sign up?

It's the perfect time to make some pumpkins and you'll have the perfect table decoration for autumn, that's as simple as that! With the fashion of Halloween we have already seen that pumpkins can give a

lot of play in decoration, but now we propose to use them on the table. You dare?.

It is as simple as turning them into original vases or adding branches and leaves and you will have an autumnal centerpiece of the most chic and low cost. If you liked the first option here you have an easy diy to do it step by step. Give all the protagonism filling them with flowers or add some candles for some special occasion.

You can also paint them the color that most matches your table or more game: white, pastel, gold, black. And if you are handy you can add some drawing or stamping, for example with a chevron design. Or some sticker. Although perhaps my favorites are the golden ones, perfect for any celebration or for a Christmas table, do not you think?

Finally if you are one of those who do not like to complicate life, use them simply to fill a large glass vase and add some branches for the perfect autumnal touch. Or use glass bells to create a centerpiece with pumpkins of different colors. Or simply stuff a large bowl with small pumpkins and leaves and solved that table center that was holding you back. Simple but effective!

Some time ago in the article on minigolf and I told you how to turn an old book into a very special minijardin. Now we recover the idea to use it in our special table for some event.

If you do not want to create a permanent decoration and prefer to decide for a temporary table center, just follow the same idea and fill it with flowers or put a few books plus a small pot with wild flowers. The grace is in filling the whole table with this decoration, not just one. Surely your guests will love it! Books can be the perfect foundation for your core composition. We can also add ties, lace, raffia and some flowers and we will get a romantic and sweet table center. With glass pots with flowers or a small cage and some candles are also great The result can not be more beautiful and you will give a totally different air to your table. Books stick with everything ... or not?

We already talk about the thread as decoration and now we will see it used as if a vase will be treated to give a natural point to our table. In its natural color or with a new finish, it is a very simple way to decorate your table for a special occasion or to give a natural air to that corner that did not just convince you. Original, right? Well, you know ... easier than impossible!

4. More original things to decorate: Branches

We have already talked in the blog about all the uses we can give branches and logs ... and now we add one more, use them to give a natural and different air to your festive table. Be it Christmas or for a special event is an idea with which you will surely triumph.

Take a walk in the woods and take advantage to get what will be the basis of an original and inspiring

centerpiece. Just add some elements like birds, paper flowers, drops of glass or candles and you will get a beautiful effect. He has fallen in love with me for his simplicity, and you?

Sure you have an incomplete set of drinks per house with which you did not know very well what to do now with them you can create some nice and original table centers like these. All you need is some candles, some flower, and that's it. My favorite is definitely the margaritas, very simple but perfect! But it can also be a good idea for Christmas if you do with a little red candles and a little mistletoe. What do you think? I think I'll try it very soon.

Acorns can give a very autumnal air to your centerpiece and become the center of all eyes if you hang

them from a branch. If you give them a little color together with the rest of the decoration will be ideal.

But you can also use them more simply, in a transparent vase with a base of branches and leaves and a white candle in the center. Simple and beautiful. Or if you fancy something more colorful, give them some paint and use them in an original decorative dish and you will see how you love the result.

They will copy you!

We saw it the other day that the old graters can serve to create fun lamps for the kitchen or a corner of

the house. Well now we are going to see a new use .... like centerpieces. Surprising?.

Some old graters, sure to have at home or you can get in some rake, more dry leaves, some branches, pumpkins or mistletoe, some white candles ... and you already have an original and different decoration for that table in which you wanted to do something different . If we sometimes complicate life too much!

The coffee or tea games always end up being mismatched, it is a law of life but nothing to get rid of the old cups, they can have a lot of utilities! One of my favorites is to turn them into mini gardens that will serve to decorate any corner ... and you can also be the perfect centerpiece with flowers or converted into original candles.

Or mini terrariums because we have already told you that terrariums and cacti are fully current. So do not expect more. Or turn them into original candles ... you decide!

The old teapots and coffee makers can also be an original and different solution and go very well with

some books as a stand or a matching cup or cup to create an ideal center that will love your visits. It does not matter if they are unfinished porcelain, decorated or brass or metal do not lose sight of them because they give a lot of play.

Bird cages have long become a more decorative element than practical in our home because they bring that romantic air that takes us back to the past and we like it so much. Now fill them with flowers and turn them into protagonists also in the table for special moments or simply because! Surely if you have gone to the wedding this summer you will have seen them because they cause fury in all kinds of events. And you probably already have some at home so now re-use them to decorate your table in an original way.

You can give them a more autumnal touch with pumpkins, moss, candles or even Christmas balls the result is still fantastic. And up here some of the original things to decorate our table differently this fall. Sure there would be many more options so if you can think of any, tell us! You know that I love recycling and seek new uses for everyday objects so I'll be happy to hear from you. And if you are going to put into practice any of the ideas, tell us what or show us your work of art. We will be looking forward to seeing you. You can also go through my Pinterest page to see more ideas of original things to decorate the table on a special occasion. I hope you liked the article as much as I did. We read very soon.