On Monday, I updated my HTC One to the official 4.2.2 update over the air. I have noticed that the battery consumption is considerably faster than previously before.
It is likely that after a new update, the battery needs a few weeks to settle down, but my drainage is twice as fast as previously.
I would be curious to know if you are affected and how many apps/games you have installed? I have a total of 80 apps.
The Samsung S4 has only been released for a few months, when in Korea, Samsung released the Samsung Galaxy S4 A-LTE. This was the S4 but with the next generation of processor, the Snapdragon 800 running at 2.3 ghz and 32gb of internal memory. It also had global LTE support for all the LTE frequencies.
When this got announced this did upset many locals in Korea. Well it looks like Samsung might release this version outside of Korea to compete with the next round of phones that will come with Snapdragon 800 processors.
With only a few weeks to go, HTC will on the 9th August 2013 launch the smaller HTC One Mini to compete with the Samsung S4 Mini.
Featuring a 4.3 inch screen, 720p resolution and a 1.4 ghz processor, the HTC One Mini will be a scaled down version of the HTC One.
At this smaller size, this should be a success for HTC.
Update – HTC UK teased on their twitter account that this device might be announced today.
Russia’s largest mobile phone networks have called Apple’s bluff and not renewed iphone agreements. These include MTS, Vimpelcom and Megafon with a combined 300 million subscribers.
As a result, the networks have got closer to Samsung and Windows Phone.
I just wonder if this is the networks playing hard ball with Apple to get a better deal, or the end for real. Luckily Apple can sell the phones directly, however this cannot be good news.
iOS 6 and Apple hardware is knocked regularly as looking old and tired and out of date. Android is stated as far more advanced. And yet when it comes to a basic need nothing could work as well as the iPhone or iPad.
Why?
Game of Thrones Season 3 is not available on DVD until next year. HBO for some reason stopped iTunes US from showing the third season, when it was fine for the first two. However, Blinkbox by Tesco, now has the third season available for download. Except the iOS app doesn’t work with AirPlay. Well it does , just turn on AirPlay mirroring. And voila.
Now when it came to trying to use an android phone or tablet, this basic operation was not possible. iOS to the rescue.
Researchers from Bristol Robotics Laboratory, a collaboration between the University of the West of England and the University of Bristol, were able to pee on microbial fuel cells (MFCs) to create enough electricity to charge a Samsung phone.
It’s still early days, but just think of the application of your own body waste charging your phone.
Google Maps for ios has now been released. It improves navigation with live traffic updates and incident reports, along with indoor maps for finding your way around shopping malls and the like.
But the big news is proper iPad support. So rush over to the Apple store and get the new update.
LG has confirmed that the true power house Optimus G Pro will be rolled out officially worldwide. Starting in the third quarter in Europe, Latin America, CIS, the Middle East, and about 40 countries thereafter.
The Optimus G Pro has a 1.7GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor, 2GB RAM (RAM), 5.5-inch full-HD IPS display, dual-class hardware recording (Dual Recording), VR panorama (Virtual Reality Panorama), Q Slide a variety of user experience (UX) was mounted. It also comes standard with 32gb internal memory plus a micro SD card slot.
Previous generations of iPhone have been made of polycarbonate, aluminium and glass. Not to be outdone, there is a rumour that the next generation of iPhone will in fact be made of concrete.
From a green perspective, once the phones shelf life has expired, the iPhone can simply be used in your next building project. If you dropped the phone, instead of a crack, you would only be left with some concrete dust.
Now just in case your thought this can’t be true, it is in fact a load of nonsense.
There are so many iPhone rumours floating around one more isn’t going to hurt.
So the latest story about the new iPhone is that which details issues with the fingerprint sensor and LCD yield rates affecting supplies. The problem is this supply shortage happens every year, so is it just a ploy to get you to pre order as soon as possible ?
What do you think?
