What if one day drop the iPhone?

It's true: the Nasdaq 100 shoots. Flirts with 3,000 points and he does a very good start and good background. And if you do, basically, is that Apple will cover their backs. The feeling is unanimous: erased from the memory stick earlier this century, the U.S. technology and are postulated as a safe haven. Who seeks security, invest in Microsoft, Google, in the upcoming actions of Facebook or Apple. Spanish analysts have it clear. "This is a good opportunity to buy technology," says Nicholas Waterman, chief investment officer of Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management. "All the Nasdaq is advisable," he confirms José Manzanares, a professor at the Institute of Securities Studies (IEB) and director of Capital EAFI Skipper.

Although they all agree on that aspect, that does not mean things will get out shot as always. It outlines some problems with the world of technology. Namely, this is too many of Apple in the Nasdaq 100. The signing of the block already has a 17% volume of the index, a fact that contradicts the most basic investing rules: security is diversification.

What will happen if sales of the iPhone or iPad collapse from one day to the other, they ask analysts. ¿Will last the index then?

"Apple gives you plenty of brightness to the index," says Alejandro Vidal, Department of Banking Market Strategies March. "It is therefore an investment opportunity. However, it is also a risk, because their relative weight is excessive." "The problem with Apple, and especially of its smartphone , which adds five years is monopolizing a large market share, he adds Celso Otero, fund manager at Renta 4 -. But this has happened before. At the time, Motorola was number one. And so was Nokia. And even BlackBerry, much as his leadership had been shorter. That's where fears arise. Will the iPhone lead the future as well as this is leading? ".

The truth is that the weight of the iPhone and the Apple iPad is as intense as the weight of Apple in the Nasdaq 100. The cast is disproportionate. iPhone accounts for 43.5% of Apple's revenue. The iPad tablet, 20% computers, 20%. IPods have lost strength: now account for 7% of their income. "Among the top three account for 83.5% of Apple's revenue, says Otero. If one of these three legs, and especially if it fails iPhone, the project could falter ...".

In media and economic terms, the iPhone has been overwhelming effect. In 2007, a year after its release, the company entered the block $ 630 million annually through sales of iPhone. Now the figure is around 47,060 million ...

Through this flood of data, speech leads to a domino effect. If sales plummet iPhone and iPad (no mistake, it seems unthinkable in the near future) sales slump Apple. And if Apple falls, with 17% in volume in the Nasdaq 100 (worth 72,000 million dollars in 2007, when she weighed 2%, total about 500,000 million today), the index would plunge, much as The following companies are listed as definitive as Microsoft, Oracle, Intel and Qualcomm.

"It's true: it may be that some day the iPhone fall. And if that happened, it would be because there have been a smartphone best-Otero says, a product that would take him ahead. It is also true that the emergence of this new firm could revitalize the index: a new smartphone would have replaced the old. What happens is that the revitalization takes time. does not happen overnight. And in that process, the index had been deflating. " "The Nasdaq raises doubts as such me because of the high weighting of Apple," he insists Vidal.

"Still, this is not a bubble. It has nothing to do with the prick of 2000," interjects Manzanares. Refers to overestimates of the time, early in this century: at that time, Apple was trading 60 times its actual value. "It was total speculation," said Otero. Today, its price remains high, although much closer to its real value: about 12.5%.

Broadly speaking, apart from vagaries of fashion, the future is promising index. "This is one of the least evolved Barquero says. It is global in nature, is present in developed countries and is well exposed in emerging countries. This is one of the fastest growing sectors of benefits."

"All the Nasdaq is advisable," he insists Manzanares. Among other reasons, because the crisis has not beaten the mobile telephony, sales have continued to grow, and that is a global phenomenon. There are iPhone in the U.S., there are in New Delhi and is in Dakar.

Philips launches an app for the iPhone 2 that measures heart rate

Philips today introduced Vital Sign , an application for iPad2 able to remotely control the heart rate and breathing of people using the camera of the second generation Apple tablet.

How it works

The heartbeat causes small changes in the color of the face. These changes are not visible to the human eye, but with advanced software applied to the iPad 2 camera can detect these small signs of redness. When the 'patient' breath, her chest moves up and down. Through this software, the camera iPad 2 follows the movement of your chest to measure breathing rate.

Any user of the iPhone 2 may simply measure your heart rate and breathing from the comfort of your home, either after a walk, a fitness session or at rest. The application offers the option to share the results immediately via Facebook , Twitter or email. It is also possible to switch to continuous measurement, which is particularly useful during a breathing exercise or during a yoga session.

Promising technology

Philips has been developing its technology to capture vital signs chamber during the last three years. Although the concept is simple, the calculation of vital signs from obtaining multiple video images in real time is a major technical challenge. Philips has used advanced algorithms based on their experience in the field of optics, imaging and medical signal processing. The Dutch company Consumer Electronics believes this revolutionary innovation has a large potential market for the company.

Future Applications

In the future, the technology could also be used to monitor non-contact heart rate in gymnasiums, in activities for relaxation and stress reduction, sleep control, monitoring the baby at home or tracking patients in the hospital. Among other possibilities, Philips is exploring how monitoring non-contact vital signs can help premature babies in neonatal wards. The removal of any sensor or cable in the body, such as those used today, it would be a step towards a more similar to the uterus.

GarageBand, now available for users of iPhone and iPod touch

Apple has announced that GarageBand , a revolutionary music creation app is now available for iPhone users and iPod touch . Launched earlier this year to iPad, GarageBand uses the revolutionary Multi-Touch interface for Apple to make it easy for anyone to create and record your own songs , but never touched an instrument.

"GarageBand for iPad has been a huge success and we thought that customers would like to use the app on their iPhone or iPod touch, "said Philip Schiller, senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing Apple. "The innovative Multi-Touch interface combined with the Smart Instruments makes it easy to create high quality music but have never studied music or played an instrument. "

GarageBand includes a collection of fun Touch Instruments that offer great sound and allow both beginners and experienced musicians, can play and record keyboards, guitars, drums and bass with a wide variety of styles . The Smart Instruments now allow choose from an extensive new library as chords, so you can play and accompany your favorite songs.

You can plug your electric guitar to iPad, iPhone or iPod touch to play and record using classic amps and stompbox effects, or record your voice or any acoustic sound using the microphone. GarageBand lets you record and mix up to eight tracks and then share your finished song with friends, or send it to your Mac to keep working on it with GarageBand or Logic Pro software

Price and Availability

GarageBand 1.1 for iPhone, iPhone and iPod touch is available on the App Store at a price of 3.99 euros for new users, or as a free upgrade for current users of GarageBand for iPad. GarageBand is a universal app that works with iPhone, iPhone 2, iPhone 3G, iPhone 4, iPhone and iPod touch 4S (third and fourth generation).

A fault location system could cause problems 4S iPhone Battery

A failure in the system location of new iOS 5 time zones may be responsible for the problems that some users of the iPhone 4S are experimenting with the duration of the battery of the device.

The 'Setting Time Zone' is a system enabled by default in the new 'smartphone' for Apple to automatically detect time changes when the user moves to other countries, and could be the source of the problem.

With the arrival of the fourth-generation iPhone in June 2010, Apple had to face the problem that was known as 'Antennagate'.

The iPhone 4 had problems with its antenna and hold that when talking on the phone was lost coverage. After the big splash made ​​the iPhone 4 problem was solved. But a new problem arises again with the newly released iPhone 4S.

Many users have complained about the rapid consumption of the battery despite disable location services and even the new voice recognition system, Siri. But the problem appears to be located in a tool available in IOS responsible for detecting 5 different time zones automatically when the user changes the country.

The tool is called 'Setting Time Zone' and could be the source of the problem, as recorded by the British newspaper The Guardian .

This tool would work even when there is no possibility that the user is in a different time zone and consume battery in the process.

An icon next to the tool-like the arrow icon that identifies the user's location-indicates whether the tool has been used in the last 24 hours and suggests that it is running to access the phone's location, even when apparent reason to do so.

The use of location services is fully integrated in IOS much like the iPhone 5 4S but many users say that is excessive battery consumption. On the Web section of the Apple Support Communities' theme of the iPhone's battery is the most talked-4S. Apple has so far made no comment, but according to The Guardian the company's engineers have begun to contact some people who have been experiencing this problem.

IPhone Speakers licensed Angry Birds

These speakers are compatible with the iPhone is a product manufactured by GEAR4 , so that they presuppose a high quality, since they have 30 W of power. They have two speakers on the sides of the bird and a small subwoofer in the center, therefore is a 2.1 system. Both models have a base to place the iPhone or iPad. For its part the pig model, is coupled directly to the connector for the iPhone. They will be available from the website of its manufacturer (priced at between 80 and 100 dollars.