HTC’s Advantage program just got juicier.
This morning I had an email from Google saying my free 50gb Google Drive storage from HTC had doubled to 100gb free of charge for the remainder of the offer.
Whenever you purchase an HTC One M8, Max, or Remix, you will get 100 GB of Google Drive storage for free. Upon activating the device, simply open the preloaded Google Drive app and press redeem. Existing owners will get the increase like I did too.
Samsung has announced an expansion to Smart Home Experience. This has an ability to work with third-party devices such as digital door locks and IP cameras.
No clear details as to the brands that will integrate into their home automation platform but Samsung should release a SDK later this year during Samsung Developer Conference.
Personally, the announcement seemed pie in the sky and perhaps trying to steal the thunder from Apple announced HomeKit which comes with iOS 8.
Of course, if you want home automation now, just buy the app Imperihome Pro. It’s what I use!
More info and Source – http://global.samsungtomorrow.com/?p=40299
Ahead of IFA, the Gionee Elfie S5.1 has been announced.
The phone measures just 5.1 mm in thickness.
However, despite its girth the device still features a 2100 mAh battery. Rather impressive.
Source – Pocketnow.com
Via cultofandroid.com –
“Asus CEO Jerry Shen has confirmed that the company’s new ZenWatch, which will get its official unveiling at IFA 2014 in Berlin this week, will cost under $199 when it goes on sale in October. Asus has also promised that the device will be the most attractive Android Wear watch to date, and that it will have built-in voice controls.”
The most attractive Android Wear watch is a bold claim. Let’s hope this is the case.
TKTechNews.com managed to grap a photo of the new Moto X+1. And from the photos it shows it has four sensors. These could be used to provide 3D effects or the sensors will work with Moto Alert and the Moto 360 watch. The rear Moto logo is the power button that can be customisable by the user. The device is an aluminium frame with changeable backs in wood, plastic, leather and denim. Verizon will have a carbon fibre finish.
This looks really interesting. Hopefully it won’t be long before Motorola reveals all.
Talkandroid.com obtained photos of Huawei’s monster phablet, the new Ascend Mate 7.
It has a finger scanner, 1080p display, 13/5 MP camera (back and front, respectively), 2 GB RAM and 16 GB ROM, and a whopping 4,000 mAh battery. The processor running the beast is a HiSilicon Kirin 920, which has four more powerful Cortex-A15 cores, and four less battery-intensive Cortex-A7 cores.
Clearly a mid range phone and will be priced accordingly.
Grainy photos obtained via androidcentral.com give a glimpse of the next iteration of Wearables from Sony. Until we know the detailed specs and pricing on these it is difficult to make a call on whether these will be winners or losers in the next round of Wearables.
And now SonyUK twitter account tweeted the above shot. Clearly waterproofing is going to feature more on any new hardware.
The big event is in a few days time on the 3rd September. But these are the specifications of the Note 4. Obviously software tricks with the stylus might be more important than the hardware.
Specs –
1) Model number – SM910T with some variants in different parts of the world.
2) Screen – QHD , 2560 x 1440 and 64 bit processor. 5.7 inch size. Super Amoled.
3) Processor will depend on region. Either an octa-core Exynos 5433 processor or Snapdragon 805 with 420 Adreno GPU.
4) 3gb ram. 4gb rumoured. 32gb internal storage.
5) Camera. Rear 16mp with 4K video recording. Front 3.7mp
6) Finger print scanner, heart rate monitor and S-Pen will be present.
And below is a leaked poster form IFA 2014 for the Note 4. Source GSM Arena.
Samsung clearly thinks the Note 4 stylus is going to be the unique selling point. See their latest video.
GSM Arena carried out a 5 minute video review of the Samsung Galaxy Alpha.
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