The first all new Windows Phone to come from Nokia Devices, now Microsoft Mobile, is the fairly well leaked Lumia 830. While all we are really waiting for is an official announcement, there is still a fair amount of detail we do not fully know.
Earlier this year, it was expected that before the end of the summer, T-Mobile's Nokia Lumia 521 and Nokia Lumia 925
would both be running Windows Phone 8.1 (including Cortana). But the
days are getting shorter, the air a little cooler, and fall is coming
without Windows Phone 8.1 being made available for either device on
T-Mobile.
Dual-SIM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and two cameras, the Spice Fire One Mi-FX 1 delivers a lot for under $40
One
of Mozilla’s Firefox OS mobile platform partners, Spice, has introduced
the Spice Fire One Mi-FX 1, possibly the most affordable smartphone in
the world.
It will be available on August
29th, and the phone will cost just ₹2,299 ($38). India is one of the
fastest, if not the fastest, growing smartphone markets in the world.
However, the economy does not generate enough purchasing power parity
(PPP) to see higher-end smartphone sales as they exist in markets like
the United States and Europe.
The Samsung Galaxy Alpha,
the manufacturer's Apple iPhone challenger, will be available for
pre-order in the U.K. starting on August 28th. With its metal chassis
and 4.7 inch screen, the
2014 is "the year of the wearables" according to many tech pundits. A
statement which I both agree, and disagree with. It has potential to be
a massive year for wearable technology. Companies have already
If your iPhone 5's battery life suddenly took a turn for the worse, it may not just <!--more-->be you. Apple today launched a battery replacement program for some iPhone 5 devices sold between September 2012 and January 2013. According to the company, these devices may "suddenly experience shorter battery life or need to be charged more frequently." As with other voluntary repair efforts, Apple's put up a serial number validator for people to check if they have one of the affected units. It's also offering refunds for people who may have paid to have their battery replaced, which Apple charges $79 to do out of its one year warranty.
Apple had a separate issue with what it said were a "very limited number" of iPhone 5S units shortly after its launch last year. It's currently unclear whether the two issues are related to one another.
Health
should be everyone’s number one priority. Or life span here on earth
isn’t that long, so we have to be sure to maintain a healthy body. One
important aspect of the human body is the heart. We all know what that
bad boy does, so there is no need for me to explain. I personally do not
mean to scare you, but did you know
“I
am the Samsung Galaxy S5. This is my Ice Bucket Challenge.” Never one
to shy away from a good fight, Samsung’s Galaxy S5 took the ALS Ice
Bucket Challenge and is now challenging Apple’s iPhone, the HTC
A rumor floats about that
Microsoft is working on a new version of Windows RT, which will remove
the desktop functionality from the OS altogether. Desktop was by far the
most perplexing of RT's features, as it
It’s 2014 and most of us have traded our focus away from the PC and towards mobile devices. In the latest report from ComScore, we learn that the majority of all digital media time now occurs on mobile apps, with desktop taking a backseat.
Apple is set to release the latest version of its mobile operating
system in the coming weeks. Here's how you can ensure that your device
will be ready to receive the update.
Apple announced the eighth major release of its iOS mobile operating system
at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June. The latest version of
iOS include improvements to the Siri voice assistant, a new health and
wellness app, and revamped notifications, among other things.
After issues with
manufacturing of the super-thin new iPhone display packages, a deeper
problem has been putting Apple's supply chain in a frenzy to meet
deadlines, just a few weeks before the grand iPhone 6
Freshly announced for Verizon in the United States, HTC One (M8) for
Windows is a welcome return to the Windows Phone platform for the
Taiwanese manufacturer. The twin brother of One (M8) with Android
arrives two long years after HTC 8X made its debut as a Windows Phone 8
flagship device (last year's 8XT for Sprint was way too low key to
count).
Google made some waves with its ultra-capable second generation Nexus 7 tablet released last year, and now the device is available for just $130.
The device is available as a factory reconditioned unit from popular US online retailer Woot.com.
The Nexus 7 (2013) by Asus offers a 1920 x 1200px screen covered with
Gorilla Glass, alongside a quad-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4Pro chipset,
5MP/1.2MP camera combo, and, of course, the latest Android updates
directly from Google.
To get you hands on the limited time offer deal, head over to Woot!’s listing page.
Oppo has officially revealed the Neo 5, its latest affordable LTE smartphone, successor of the Oppo Neo.
The company has significantly updated the internals with a Snapdragon
400 chipset with a 1.2GHz quad-core Cortex A7 CPU, 1GB of RAM and 4GB
of on-board storage (expandable with the microSD card slot). The display
is a 4.5" with a 854 x 480 pixel resolution, which equates to 218 ppi.
The guys at OpenSignal thrive
on smartphone statistics and once agin they took the time to plot
Android fragmentation. It was a mammoth undertaking as the dominant
smartphone platform has splintered in many different ways.
First off is that Android devices are made by a myriad of
manufacturers. Samsung was by far the biggest with 43% market share and
12 of the 13 most popular devices. Despite the domination, the company's
market share has actually slipped, last year it had 47.5% of the
market.
Samsung has released the
European Galaxy S5 LTE-A (SM-G901) firmware hinting at the phone's
imminent announcement. The firmware is based on Android 4.4.4 KitKat and
is available in the UK and Switzerland. As time passes, Samsung will
roll it out to additional European countries as well.
A problem with the build quality of the LG G3
is beginning to show up globally. Cracks are appearing by the
microphone opening, from the top to the bottom. Some T-Mobile customers
with the phone are making
Even those who are only
remotely interested in the phone industry must have been reached by the
hype that's started to build around the upcoming Apple iPhone 6.
Apple's next-gen smartphone is expected to
We already know that BlackBerry will be officially announcing its peculiar, square-ishPassport
sometime next month, and despite the fact that we've already seen the
device quite many a time, it still flaunts a great
Information about the cameras on the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 have been leaked, just weeks before the September 3rd Samsung UNPACKED event
that will unveil the next iteration of Samsung's Galaxy Note phablet
line. According to a report published on Thursday, the rear-facing
camera on the Galaxy Note 4 will be 16MP with a Sony IMX240 camera
sensor. Yes, Virginia, there will be OIS on the snapper, along with
support for 3840 × 2160 video (UHD) at 30FPS.
Being the “frenemies” they
are, Apple and Samsung are in a pretty complex, multi-level relationship
with each other. Although they have been competing for the lion's share
of the smartphone market for the past
If you have been following mobile news with any regularity over the past couple years, you will have come to know the name Evleaks, which time-after-time brought us reliable information; but, more often,
Welcome back to our Android customization series, last week we kept it short and sweet going over a simple display timeout controlling app called KeepScreen. In its simplest form, you choose a selection of apps, when those apps are open, KeepScreen prevents your display from turning off, no frills, no gimmicks.
I had promised that this week we would go over alternative file transfer apps to WiFi File Transfer Pro,
Samsung knows the future of mobile relies on the interaction between multiple devices. Adding bluetooth speakers, wireless headsets, smartwatches and other accessories to the equation can only mean one thing – you need to charge more gadgets. Samsung's latest USB cable may be ridiculously expensive at $39.99, but it is special in that it allows for charging 3 devices at once.
Judge Lucy Koh is back in the news. Koh, who presided over both Apple-Samsung patent trials, turned down Apple's request to recover $16 million in attorney fees from Samsung. With a quick flick of her wrists, the judge also released a $2.6 million bond posted by Apple, which the court had requested from Apple so that the latter could seek a sales ban on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.
OnePlus has started the
journey that will result with the OnePlus One being offered to consumers
in India.
The manufacturer said that it had seen plenty of interest in
the country for its value priced flagship
Ever since it became obvious that Apple wouldn't be adding any options
for expandable storage on the iPhone (which occurred somewhere around
June 29th, 2007; when the first iPhone launched), customers have been
asking for larger storage options for the handset. It wasn't until 2011
and the iPhone 4s that Apple introduced the 64GB model, and now it looks
like there may be a higher storage option soon.
Book-seller Barnes & Noble seems to have given up on
its own efforts to develop a tablet, and has instead partnered with
Samsung on its new Galaxy Tab 4 Nook. The 7-inch device comes for an
extremely
In
just a couple of weeks, geeks and journalists from all over the world
will gather in Berlin for one of the year's largest tech events – the
Internationale Funkausstellung, also known as IFA. As usual, it is going
to be an event of massive proportions, and many of the top tech
companies will take advantage of the hype by announcing their latest
products. Here's a look at the gadgets that we're expecting to see
there.
A little while ago, we heard that the creator of Flappy Bird was to return with another game dubbed Swing Copters. The teaser trailer showed us gameplay which looked remarkably like Flappy Bird’s own, and now it’s available for all to try out in the Play Store. You might be wondering what’s changed and, if you can believe it, Swing Copters is even more infuriatingly tricky to master than Flappy Bird was. The main aim of the game is to guide your ‘copter through the gates by heading up while tapping to keep going. Sounds easy, right? Wrong.
Instead of being something that people will be able to pick up nice and quickly, Swing Copters features a motion component that tasks you with moving your device left and right to guide your ‘copter left and right in game. This is extremely sensitive and thus helps create a difficult and challenging gameplay experience that will have even the most patient users pulling their hair out. I’ve not spent a huge amount of time with the game yet – and I’m perhaps unlikely to – but I found it extremely difficult, and I’m someone that prefers to play games at their most difficult setting. Either way, if you actually enjoyed Flappy Bird and you want more of the same, without having to resort to one of the bajillion clones out there, then Swing Copters could be the game for you.
Swing Copters comes from the same GEARS studio and the graphical style is remarkably similar to Flappy Bird with the same sort of sound effects to boot. It’s completely free on both Android and iOS, but for some reason there is no way to get rid of ads in the Android version, but then again we shouldn’t be that surprised. If you’d like to give the game a go, just head on over to the source link and see what score you can get. Or, you know, play something else? Choice is yours.
Google Chrome is now available for download in Cuba, one of the world's most isolated internet regimes.
Google announced the move in a short Google+ post Wednesday, noting that American sanctions against Cuba and other countries have made it more difficult for the company to launch products abroad. Although Cuban internet users have been able to access Chrome through unofficial channels, they'll now be able to download the web browser directly from google.com.cu.
This week's announcement comes after Google Chairman Eric Schmidt and a delegation of web activists visited Cuba in June, pushing for a free and open internet. The government of Raúl Castro has inched toward greater web access in recent months, with new fiber-optic connections and more than 100 public internet cafes, but the outlook remains bleak. According to government figures, just 3 percent of Cubans have regular access to the internet, and broadband subscriptions are among the most expensive in the world.
Google has campaigned for greater web access in other isolated countries, as well. Google launched Chrome in both Syria and Iran in recent years, while Schmidt has made trips to Myanmar and North Korea.
Comparing the high-end cans from the names you know
I have a weird fetish for headphones. I have a handful of sets of my
own, ranging from ones I spent too much money on to ones that were cheap
but sound surprisingly good. Recently, Samsung sent me a sampling of
their new Level Audio gear,
and I just knew we had to compare the top-of-the-line Level Over
headphones to a set from another company familiar to everyone interested
in mobile — Apple's Beats Studio Wireless.
ZTE's smartphones rarely make
it to the United States. When they do, they're usually devoid of their
original names, being sold as cheap own-brand smartphones by smaller
carriers. That isn't the case this time around, though.
ZTE is bringing the Nubia 5S Mini to the US, with LTE support in tow.
And it will be sold unlocked, so you don't have to go to a specific
carrier to get one.
In fact, the handset is already up for pre-order at Amazon, with an
asking price of $279.99. It will start shipping on August 27.
Unless you are using a game engine with an integrated scripting language, game development is usually done with C++. On the other hand, most Android applications are developed with Java.
This post will explain how to integrate C++ code into Android Studio, use gradle to build it and clear out some misconceptions.
If you used Eclipse you probably know there was a relatively easy way to add "native library" support to your project but now that most projects are being moved to the newer Android Studio it seems like there is no more C++ support. That is incorrect.
There are two ways to add C++ code code into your project. The first is by including prebuilt libraries which you have compiled elsehwere or were pre-compiled for you. The other is to compile them directly from your Android Studio project.
Including pre-built C++ libraries
Including pre-built libraries is simple. Android Studio will look for a specific directory tree and copy all libraries it finds.
The folder structure should be in your Android Studio module's folder and look like this
LG is coming to market with a couple of new smartphones, aimed at your average teens. Expected to be introduced at IFA, the LG L Fino is a 4.5 inch model with just 4GB of native storage. The LG L Bello
offers a 5 inch screen with 8GB of native storage. Both models will
feature Android 4.4.2, and an 8MP camera. Other shared features include
KnockCode, which allows users to set as much as an eight tap pattern in
order to awaken a sleeping phone, and the Quick Circle case. Without
opening the cover, the case gives you access to calls, text messages,
your music and the camera.
Earlier this year, it was expected that before the end of the summer, T-Mobile's Nokia Lumia 521 and Nokia Lumia 925
would both be running Windows Phone 8.1 (including Cortana). But the
days are getting shorter, the air a little cooler, and fall is coming
without Windows Phone 8.1 being made available for either device on
T-Mobile.
Continue Reading...
Just the other day, the Samsung galaxy S5 was drenched with ice water as part of the Ice Bucket 
Continue Reading...
Continue Reading...
“I
am the Samsung Galaxy S5. This is my Ice Bucket Challenge.” Never one
to shy away from a good fight, Samsung’s Galaxy S5 took the ALS Ice
Bucket Challenge and is now challenging Apple’s iPhone, the HTC 
A rumor floats about that
Microsoft is working on a new version of Windows RT, which will remove
the desktop functionality from the OS altogether. Desktop was by far the
most perplexing of RT's features, as it
Continue Reading...
After issues with
manufacturing of the super-thin new iPhone display packages, a deeper
problem has been putting Apple's supply chain in a frenzy to meet
deadlines, just a few weeks before the grand iPhone 6
Continue Reading...
A problem with the build quality of the LG G3
is beginning to show up globally. Cracks are appearing by the
microphone opening, from the top to the bottom. Some T-Mobile customers
with the phone are making 
Continue Reading...
Information about the cameras on the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 have been leaked, just weeks before the September 3rd Samsung UNPACKED event
that will unveil the next iteration of Samsung's Galaxy Note phablet
line. According to a report published on Thursday, the rear-facing
camera on the Galaxy Note 4 will be 16MP with a Sony IMX240 camera
sensor. Yes, Virginia, there will be OIS on the snapper, along with
support for 3840 × 2160 video (UHD) at 30FPS.
Being the “frenemies” they
are, Apple and Samsung are in a pretty complex, multi-level relationship
with each other. Although they have been competing for the lion's share
of the smartphone market for the past
Continue Reading...
Judge Lucy Koh is back in the news. Koh, who presided over both Apple-Samsung patent trials, turned down Apple's request to recover $16 million in attorney fees from Samsung. With a quick flick of her wrists, the judge also released a $2.6 million bond posted by Apple, which the court had requested from Apple so that the latter could seek a sales ban on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.
OnePlus has started the
journey that will result with the OnePlus One being offered to consumers
in India.
