Sno*Drift Rally

The Sno*Drift rally is a cool event. It is the first rally event event of the Rally America National Championship series held in Montmorency County, Michigan. It is the only event that is scheduled in winter, as such, these cars are up for a good challenge.  You'll see that only the best cars and drivers can win.

Although this is the 2012 event, this video shows some good highlights. Now I wanted an Evo X win, but second's not bad. These rally cars are really awesome, especially when they're put it treacherous environments. To find out more, hit up the source link.  You can also check out more clips after the jump.

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Sno*Drift

Windows Phone Limitation Hurts A Great Device

 

So, it's a fact Nokia makes some great camera phones.  Their Pureview phones are great examples of the best you can get in phones.  Unfortunately, their partnership with Microsoft's WP8 hampers a great phone.

Just watch the video and you will find out that the Lumia 1020 has a decently long interval between taking new shots.  Most current phones have zero shutter lag, in this day and age 3.5 seconds between shots is unacceptable.  This is ultimately limited by the processor, which as of this writing is limited to the old dual-core Snapdragons chips of yore.  If this had been an Android phone, Nokia could have gone with a beefier processor that would've handled this like a champ.

Most people may sit this one out and wait for the next iteration.  I'll just continue to wait for a decent camera to debut on an Android phone.

Note 3 Has Arrived!

 
The wait is over. So, was it worth it? The Note 3 has a 1080p 5.7 inch display, larger 3,200 mAh battery, 3 GB RAM, 32/64 GB Storage, 13 Megapixel camera, UHD (4K) video capture, Stereo FM radio ??? (maybe...it only states that at the source, but this is usually removed from the US variants), Snapdragon 800 Quadcore CPU/ Exynos Octa-core, host of new S-Pen features, IR sensor, USB 3.0 (I saw this stated somewhere, but is of now unconfirmed), and a pleather back cover (it's plastic, but at least it's not so slippery).
 
It hits US shores September 25th.  The software additions are now more useful. Samsung seemed to realize people like the ability to multitask on a big screen. Read on to find out more about the software that really stood out.